▁called ▁the ▁" Sh ipp an ▁Sh uffle ." ▁" It ' s ▁not ▁unusual ▁for ▁people ▁to ▁have ▁lived ▁in ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁house ▁here ," ▁a ▁near - l if el ong ▁resident ▁said . ▁" In ▁fact , ▁there ▁are ▁probably ▁ 1 0 0 ▁people ▁here ▁now ▁who ▁have ▁done ▁that ." ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Up ▁to ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution ▁St am ford , ▁once ▁known ▁as ▁R ipp ow am , ▁was ▁sold ▁by ▁the ▁native ▁Indians ▁to ▁the ▁English ▁sett lers . ▁One ▁such ▁de ed ▁of ▁July ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 6 4 0 , ▁acknowled ges ▁the ▁sale ▁of ▁land ▁to ▁N ath ana el ▁Turner ▁of ▁Qu en ep io cke ▁in ▁exchange ▁for ▁one ▁dozen ▁each ▁of ▁co ats , ▁ho es , ▁h atch ets , ▁glass es , ▁kn ives , ▁two ▁k ett les ▁and ▁four ▁" f ath om ▁of ▁white ▁w amp um ." ▁The ▁de ed ▁be ars ▁the ▁marks ▁of ▁Pon us ▁S ag am ore ▁of ▁To qu ams , ▁his ▁son ▁O wen oke ▁S ag am ore , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁W asc uss ue ▁S ag am ore ▁of ▁Sh ipp an . ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁next ▁ 5 0 ▁years ▁the ▁English ▁sett lers ▁t ended ▁to ▁the ▁corn ▁fields , ▁each ▁being ▁responsible ▁for ▁a ▁five - ra il ▁f ence . ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century , ▁the ▁land ▁was ▁divided ▁into ▁very