This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Erving, Goddard, Gould, Hale, Hayward, Stone, Trask, Tucker, Washburn, White Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4EB.2ACE/87.35 Message Board Post: Hello c LaCount, Erving family mentioned in the following - excerpted below, see the whole history at... History of ERVING by Josiah Holland, 1855 http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4EB.2ACE/892 (or, the long one-) http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.franklin&m=892 Excerpt- ...."Erving's Grant," as the tract was originally and for many years called, which constitutes the town of Erving, and forms a portion of other towns in the vicinity, was purchased of the province in 1751, by individviduals who sold it to John ERVING of Boston, to whom the grant was confirmed by the General Court, Jan. 22, 1752. It was originally about 12 miles long and two miles wide. Surnames Listed in the history include: Erving, Goddard, Gould, Hale, Hayward, Stone, Trask, Tucker, Washburn, White