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

440 HISTORY OF DORCHESTER.
shall be and lie for the use of the school." There
seems to be no mention, so far as we have learned,
of the quantity, precise locality, nor of the sale, by
name, of the "Everett meadow."
In 1790, sixteen acres and thirty-seven rods of
land, being " a part of the school farm," was sold to
Seth Bullard, Andrew Willet and John Hartshorn,
of Walpole, for ~81 3s. This was probably undivided land, as the committee of disposal were selected from the towns of Dorchester, Stoughton and
Sharon.
Robert Calef, the lessee of the school land, beforementioned, died 13th of April, 1719, at the age of
71, and was interred in the Roxbury burial ground.
He was father of the celebrated Robert Calef, author
of " More Wonders of the Invisible World," &c. In
1744 the town voted to sue the heirs of Robert Calef,
"who hold under a lease of an Excessive Length, and
also refuse to pay their Annual Rent in Money or
Bills of Credit." A writ of ejectment was accordingly issued against two of the heirs, Daniel Hewes
and William Hewes, by name, though they were not
the only persons who had a right, by the lease of Mr.
Calef, to occupy the land. In 1759, it is recorded
that the action was continued from the Superior
Court, that the town might be consulted whether
they would have the controverted subject left in
equity to the Court, or to referees, Stoughton having
a right to a part of the income of the farm. In 1771,
the town petitioned the General Court for leave to sell
this land. The following, in relation to it, is from
the Court Records, Vol. 29, p. 123: