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Historic map and resident data from the Collection at the Massachusetts Historical Society. 

Boston 1648

Plot_ and Plot_No: The plot number assigned to each inhabitant's plot on the 1648 Clough map.

LastName and FirstName: Last name and first name of plot owner. Last name based on the common last name provided by both Clough and Thwing. 

REFCode: Reference code of the citizen used in the Thwing collection.

AltLast and AltFirst: Alternative last name or alternative first name if there are various ways of spelling found in the archives and provided by Thwing.

Birth: Birth year or potential set of years of the land owner.

Death: Death date or year of the land owner.

Spouse_s_: Information on the spouse or spouses of the land owner. May include date of marriage or death, where they originate, or previous husbands of the spouse. 

Children: Information on the children of the land owner. May include birth date or year, the year they were married, and which spouse they were born to.

Occupation: Noted career or various occupations of the land owner.

Office: Any town office held by the land owner. 

Church: Any religious or church-related events related to the land owner, like the admission of family members into the church or baptisms. 

Legal: Any legal or court noted documentation about the citizen. This includes court orders, fines, and testimonies before court.

Property: Any property information including land grants given to or by the land owner. The purchasing or exchange of wharves would also be found in this section.

Municipal: Any interaction the individual had with the city that was not a legal matter. This includes tax records, placement of roads near an owner's land or where the inhabitant migrated from.

Commercial: Any commercial activity of the land holder (running a business, opening an establishment that sold alcohol... etc)

Event: Any other miscellaneous events or details noted in the Thwing collection about the inhabitant. 

* Land plots may have mirrored data entries if an inhabitant owns multiple parcels of land.