Individual Details
Benjamin MUZZY
(1657 - 1732)
Benjamin, born in Malden, was a large land owner in the center of town and one of the largest taxpayers in 1693. That year, on 20 October, he bought land from Edward Pelham. According to the deed, Edward Pelham of Newport, Colony of Rhode Island, merchant, for one hundred pounds, sold a parcel of lands amounting to about two hundred and six acres to Benjamin Muzzey, farmer.[2]
In a later deed, dated 14 June 1711, Benjamin Muzzy, along with his sons John and Richard, sold about two acres of land for about sixteen pounds to the “Inhabitants of Lexington,” by subscription, for a common, and an eventual site for a meeting house.[3]
On 28 June 1714, John Muzzy was licensed to open the first public house in Lexington [4].
[2] “Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986,” images, FamilySearch, Middlesex > Deeds 1684-1693 vol 9-11 > image 419 of 741; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
[3] Charles Hudson, History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; from its First Settlement to 1868, 2 vols. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913), 1: 39-40.
[4] Hudson, History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1: 48.
In a later deed, dated 14 June 1711, Benjamin Muzzy, along with his sons John and Richard, sold about two acres of land for about sixteen pounds to the “Inhabitants of Lexington,” by subscription, for a common, and an eventual site for a meeting house.[3]
On 28 June 1714, John Muzzy was licensed to open the first public house in Lexington [4].
[2] “Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986,” images, FamilySearch, Middlesex > Deeds 1684-1693 vol 9-11 > image 419 of 741; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
[3] Charles Hudson, History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; from its First Settlement to 1868, 2 vols. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913), 1: 39-40.
[4] Hudson, History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1: 48.
Events
| Birth | 1657 | Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America |  | ||
| Death | 1732 | | |||
| Marriage | [wife of Benjamin Muzzy] [UNKNOWN] |
Families
| Spouse | [wife of Benjamin Muzzy] [UNKNOWN] ( - ) |
| Child | John MUZZY ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Nancy Bernard, "Buckman's Tavern," New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vita Brevis, 18 April 2016 (http://vita-brevis.org/ : accessed 2 July 2016).
2. Nancy Bernard, "Buckman's Tavern," New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vita Brevis, 18 April 2016 (http://vita-brevis.org/ : accessed 2 July 2016).