In a message dated 1/6/2004 12:49:06 PM Pacific Standard Time, ralbee01@comcast.net writes: > Waterfarm is a large (280 acre) farm that covered what is now the > center of Braintree. It was bordered by a river which is now a creek and > by Sunset Lake, hence the name "Waterfarm". Ben sold it in 1657+- I have > the deed in my files, one of the first recorded. Today the land is > everything from route 3/expressway to Braintree Mall including the old > Grossman (Now Best Buy) sites > I'm not an Albee but have other ancestors in Braintree -- so find this interesting! Sue Susan M. Hillier Roe Seal Beach, CA SueMHR@aol.com "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead, 1901-1978