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Caleb Church
Caleb rem. from Hingham about 1668 to Dedham and there engaged in business as miller and millwright. Amoung the earliest records of Oxford, Massachusetts is a contract with Caleb to build a mill there. The town of Dedham had reserved 20 acres of land for a millage and sold a part to Caleb in 1677. About this time he went to Watertown, mass., where, besides milling, he was licensed to keep an inn, which he did until1711. He sold the inn in 1712 to Thomas Learned, who kept a tavern there for 50 years. Mar. 22, 1705-06, Caleb mortgaged 12 acres of pasture land known a the "Dirty Green." He was received into full communion 4 Mar., 1687, but did not become freeman until 22 Mar., 1713. His purchase of the water power at Fall River has been mentioned, but he soon sold his half to his brother Benjamin for L100.