Land Ownership-"The 1627 Division of Cattle"

The year 1627 was a very important year for the residnts of Plimoth Colony.It was the year that the colonists finished their contract with the " Merchants", wealthy men in London who had "adventured" their money,paying for some of the travel expenses and supplies used to set up the colony in hopes of making a profit.

In the year 1627 in anticipation of receiving the land they were promised much of the jointly owned property was divided up. The historic document The Division of Cattle records this land.

As this is a very lengthy document only a summary of it will be given here.The full document can be viewed at http://www.plimoth.org/ under the Dicover More section.

The land was divided into 12 lots, with several people in each lot- 13 to be exact- with the division being:

Lot 1-FFrancis Cooke and his companie joyned to him

Lot2- Mr. Isaac Allerton and his companie joyned to him- this lot included Edward Bumpasse

Lot3-Capt. Standish and his companie joyned to him

Lot4- John Howland and his companie joyned to him

Lot5-Mr. William Brewster and his companie joyned to him

Lot6- John Shaw and his copmanie joyned to him

Lot7-Stephen Hopkins and his copmanie joyned to him

Lot8- Samuel Ffuller and his companie joyned to him

Lot9-Richard Warren and his companie joyned to him

Lot10-Ffrancis Eaton and his companie joyned to him

Lot11-Governor William Bradford and his copmanie joyned to him

Lot 12- John Jene and his companie joyned to him

*Note the spelling of the words company and joined