The history of the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts, By a committee of the Dorchester antiquarian and historical society ...

298 HISTORY OF DORCHESTER.
to be regretted that no monument was erected to
his memory in our burying ground, by the town to
which he so long and faithfully ministered.
Mr. Blake, in his Annals, thus speaks of him: -
" He was Sd to be a man of great Learning, he understood ye Mathematicks beyond most men of his
Function. He was exceeding Charitable, & of a
very peacefull temper. He took much pains to Eternize ye Names of many of ye good Christians of his
own Flock; And yet ye World is so ungratefull,
that he has not a Line Written to preserue his
memory, no not so much as upon his Tomb; he
being buried in Lt. Govr. Stoughton's Tomb that
was covered with writing before. And there also
lyeth his Consort, Mrs. Elizabeth Danforth."
The expenses of Rev. Mr. Danforth's funeral, exclusive of mourning clothes, were 591. 4s. 4d., of
which sum the Church paid ~40.
May 15th, of this year, the town voted (on the
petition of Col. Estes Hatch, of Boston, and Jonas
Humphrey, of this town) to sell the piece of land
called Little Woods (now Swan's Woods). This
land is now the property of the heirs of Col. James
Swan, and lies about fifty rods from Roxbury Brook,
on what is called Stoughton Street. A large part
of the tract is in very nearly the same condition at
present as it was at that time. It was estimated at
49 acres; the price paid, ~440. As early as 1648,
it was used as a place for oxen to rest in over night,
probably on their way to and from Boston.
Rev. Mr. Bowman, in consideration of ~250 from
the town, and liberty to take timber out of the minis