"Just north of Stoneybrook was a forty-acre grant belonging to Moses Simmonson, whose
name reduced to Simmons as the years went on."
"Edward Chandler, after briefly owning land at Island Creek, came to Millbrook.
Chandlers and Oldhams were long familiar names at Duck Hill. The line between Duxbury and
Marshfield was a long time in the settling and at one time and another Duck Hill was in
one town, then in the other. The boundary seems to have been of little concern to the
families in the area."
"Capt. Benjamin Church was in the Millbrook neighborhood for a few years before
moving on to Rhode Island, but long enough to leave his name at Church Hill and Church
Street. His military fame in King Phillip's War keeps his name familiar in our time.
In Millbrook, Church Hill and Church Street are seldom if ever associated with the capable
and doughty fighter."
"Along Duck Hill at various times were the Chandler, Bumpass, Weston, Simmons and
Oldham families. All have continued to be well known Duxbury names. Moses Simmons and
his descendants were for many years in possession of the herring rights on Stoney Brook,
managing the runs to better advantage than was the case on some other streams."
Joan Earnshaw