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19 Becket Street
Built for
Thomas Ruee
Mariner
and his wife
Susanna Becket
c.1784
Research Provided by
Amy Kellett, Public History Services
July 2020
Historic Salem, Inc.
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
978.745.0799 | HistoricSalem.org
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�Historic Narrative — 19 Becket St. Salem, Mass.
The Ruee-Kehew House — 1784 — Thomas Ruee, Mariner
In October of 1783, Salem mariner Thomas Ruee, husband of Susanna Becket, purchased
the land at 19 Becket from his grandfather-in-law, John Beckett, Jr., to build a home for
himself and his young family. The recorded transaction in the Southern Essex Co. Registry of
Deeds details the property exchange from the descendants of John Beckett, Sr., the original
owner of the land (and street namesake), to Thomas Ruee: Book 137; Page 202:
To all people to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting, Know Ye, That we
John Becket, boat builder, David Felt, trader & Susanna his wife, William Peele,
mariner & Elizabeth his wife, Nathaniel Silsbee, trader & Sarah his wife, William
Fairfield, mariner & Rebecca his wife, Thorndike Daland, mariner & Eunice his
wife & Hannah Cloutman, widow, all of Salem in the County of Essex, For and in
Consideration of the Sum of twenty pounds to us in Hand before the Ensealing
hereof, well and truly paid by Thomas Rue of Salem aforesaid, mariner […] the
northerly half of a piece of land in the east parish in Salem aforesaid, the whole
of said piece of land containing forty poles & was part of the Estate of our
father John Beckett, deceased, the part hereby sold to contain twenty poles &
to be half the front & half the rear of said forty poles & bound northerly on land
of James Collins, westerly on a lane called Becketts lane, Southerly on the
other half of said forty poles of land & easterly on land of Timothy Orne […]
The home that remains standing at 19 Becket was designed and constructed for use as an
income-producing, multi-family dwelling. It reflects the early Federal style found throughout
Salem during the City’s most prosperous period between the American Revolution through
the War of 1812. Salem’s 'Age of Sail' was marked by maritime prowess and accelerated
urban development. Salem’s architecture was designed to reflect the times' prosperity and
expansion, as illustrated in Virginia Savage McAlester’s text A Field Guide to American
Houses, most recently re-published in 2014:
AS
WITH THE
GEORGIAN
AND
POSTMEDIEVAL ENGLISH
STYLES, NORTHERN
HOUSE BUILDERS CONTINUED TO SHOW A PREFERENCE FOR FRAME CONSTRUCTION
WITH CLAPBOARD SIDING, AND SOUTHERN FOR BRICK CONSTRUCTION.
STONE OCCUR INFREQUENTLY IN ALL REGIONS.
SMOOTH
STUCCO AND
WOODEN SIDING WAS
SOMETIMES USED FOR THE FRONT FACADE WITH WEATHERBOARDS, OR EVEN BRICKS,
USED FOR THE LESS CONSPICUOUS WALLS.
PREDICTABLE THAN IN
GEORGIAN
CHIMNEY
PLACEMENT IS LESS
HOUSES, PROBABLY AS A RESULT OF INTERIORS
WITH MORE COMPLEX ROOM ARRANGEMENTS.
THE
INTERIORS OF MANY
FEDERAL
HOUSES CONTAIN GRACEFUL DECORATIVE
ORNAMENT, EITHER CARVED IN WOOD OR CAST IN PLASTER, APPLIED TO MANTELS,
WALLS, CEILINGS, AND ELSEWHERE. LESS COMMONLY, THE EXTERNAL FACADE SHOWS
SIMILAR DECORATIVE DETAILING ON DOOR SURROUNDS OR ENTRY PORCHES, OVER
WINDOWS, ALONG THE CORNICE, OR IN PANELED WALL INSETS.
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�Historic Narrative — 19 Becket St. Salem, Mass.
The Ruee-Kehew House — 1784 — Thomas Ruee, Mariner
FEDERAL WAS THE DOMINANT STYLE OF THE NEW UNITED STATES FROM
1780 TO 1820, A PERIOD IN WHICH THE POPULATION GREW FROM 3 MILLION TO
ABOUT 10 MILLION AND EXPANDED TO COVER THE AREA SHOWN ON THE MAP. THE
ABOUT
STYLE REACHED ITS ZENITH IN THE PROSPEROUS PORT CITIES OF THE EASTERN
SEABOARD, PARTICULARLY BOSTON, SALEM, NEWBURYPORT, AND MARBLEHEAD IN
MASSACHUSETTS […] BY THE 1820S A MORE STRICTLY CLASSICAL STYLE, THE GREEK
REVIVAL, WAS SUPPLANTING THE FEDERAL STYLE.
THE FEDERAL STYLE WAS A DEVELOPMENT AND REFINEMENT OF THE
GEORGIAN STYLE. ESTABLISHED FIRST BY WEALTHY MERCHANTS ALONG THE
NEW ENGLAND SEABOARD, IT DREW ON CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN TRENDS,
PARTICULARLY THE WORK OF THE ADAM BROTHERS WHO, AT THAT TIME, HAD THE
LARGEST ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE IN BRITAIN. THE ELDEST, ROBERT, HAD TRAVELED TO
ITALY AND THE MEDITERRANEAN TO STUDY CLASSICAL BUILDINGS FOR HIMSELF. THESE
STUDIES, AS WELL AS THOSE OF OTHERS WHO REPORTED ON FIRST-HAND VIEWING,
INTRODUCED A NEW INTEREST IN THE EARLY GREEK AND ROMAN MONUMENTS
THEMSELVES, RATHER THAN AS INTERPRETED THROUGH THE BUILDINGS OF THE ITALIAN
RENAISSANCE. ADAM POPULARIZED A NUMBER OF DESIGN ELEMENTS (SWAGS,
GARLANDS, URNS, AND VARIOUS STYLIZED GEOMETRIC DESIGNS) THAT HE HAD SEEN IN
HIS TRAVELS. HE ALSO INCORPORATED INTO HIS INTERIORS A DIVERSITY OF SPATIAL
PLANNING FOUND IN SOME CLASSICAL RUINS. BECAUSE OF THE BREADTH OF HIS
INFLUENCE THE FEDERAL STYLE IS CONSIDERED THE ADAM STYLE BY SOME AMERICAN
ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS. AMONG THE MANY ARCHITECTURAL BOOKS THAT HELPED
SPREAD THE FEDERAL STYLE WAS THE ADAM BROTHERS’ WORKS IN ARCHITECTURE OF
ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM (1779) AND ASHER BENJAMIN’S AMERICAN BUILDER’S
COMPANION (BOSTON, 1806), WHICH WAS SO POPULAR IT WAS REPRINTED FIVE TIMES.
PRECEDING
Construction of the dwelling house at 19 Becket was likely completed during Autumn the
following year in 1784. From the earliest years of our Nation’s existence, and continuing
through the next eight decades, the home served as the homestead to three entire
generations of the Ruee-Kehew Family. Thomas and Susanna Ruee had two children,
Thomas Ruee, Jr., born in 1773, and a daughter born in 1775, whom they named Sarah.
1775-1815 AT 19 BECKET ST. — THOMAS, JR. & SARAH RUEE: CHILDREN OF THOMAS & SUSANNA RUEE
Thomas and Susanna’s only son and eldest child, Thomas, Jr., followed in his father’s
maritime profession, eventually earning the title of Captain. Thomas Ruee, Jr. married
Mehitable Archer in 1798, and the couple had five children between 1799 and 1813: Thomas
Ruee (III) (1799-1802), Philip Beckett Ruee (1801-1882), Thomas Ruee (IV) (1807-1891), Henry
Archer Ruee (1809-1891), and Mehitable Caroline Ruee (1813-1851).
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�Historic Narrative — 19 Becket St. Salem, Mass.
The Ruee-Kehew House — 1784 — Thomas Ruee, Mariner
At the age of 18, Thomas and Susanna Ruee’s daughter, Sarah, met and married Samuel
Kehew in the Spring of 1793. Samuel was the son of an early Irish immigrant, Paul Kehew
(1730-1801), and Salem-native Mary Mason (b.1730). Sarah and Samuel Kehew had three
children between 1796 and 1809: Samuel, Jr. (Jan 1796-Jul 1796), Elizabeth (1801-1828), and
John H. Kehew (1809-1862).
With all three generations of the Ruee-Kehew family living in the home at 19 Becket Street in
1800, the house was undoubtedly the domain of the family's women and children. Thomas
Ruee, Sr. and his son, Capt. Thomas Ruee would spend months and even years sailing to
faraway places, working to provide for themselves and their families (as well as Salem’s
upper-class merchants). All contemporary records note Sarah Ruee’s husband, Samuel
Kehew, a cooper, an occupation that involved the manufacture and repair of casks and
barrels.
Residing 19 Becket at the turn of the 19th century, both the Kehew and Ruee families
suffered the loss of children. During the first half of 1796, Samuel Kehew, Jr., firstborn son of
Samuel, Sr. and Susanna Kehew, passed away at only six months of age. Six years later, in
1802, Mehitable (Archer) and Capt. Thomas Ruee’s first child (also named for his father),
Thomas Ruee, passed away at three years old. Five years later, Mehitable and Capt. Thomas
Ruee welcomed another baby boy on January 3rd, 1807; they christened him for his father
and grandfather before him, and their lost son, and named him Thomas Ruee (IV).
By 1810, Thomas Ruee, Sr. was in his seventieth year of life, time-worn and weather-beaten
by decades at sea. One might imagine him, grateful to retire comfortably at the home he
had built when he was a younger man, while the women kept house and his six surviving
grandchildren grew. In 1814, Thomas Sr.’s son, Capt. Thomas Ruee was lost at sea, leaving
his wife Mehitable a widow, and three fatherless children. Early the next year, in January
1815, Captain Ruee’s father, the builder and original owner of 19 Becket, Thomas Ruee,
passed away at the age of seventy-six. He was predeceased by his wife, Susanna, who had
died from a fever ten years earlier in 1805 at the age of fifty-eight.
1817-1869 AT 19 BECKET STREET — CAPT. THOMAS RUEE & SAMUEL KEHEW FAMILIES
After settling the debts and estates of Thomas Ruee, Sr. and Captain Thomas Ruee, in 1817
the property at 19 Becket was passed on Thomas Ruee’s only surviving relatives: Mehitable
Ruee (née Archer), as the widow of Captain Thomas Ruee, Jr., became a partial owner of the
home, where she lived with her three surviving children: Philip, age twelve, five-year-old
Henry, and baby Mehitable. The remaining portion of the house became the property of
Samuel and Sarah Kehew (née Ruee), daughter of Thomas Ruee, Sr., and mother of two
surviving children: Eliza, aged fourteen, and six-year-old John H. Kehew.
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�Historic Narrative — 19 Becket St. Salem, Mass.
The Ruee-Kehew House — 1784 — Thomas Ruee, Mariner
By 1820, daily life settled to a normal rhythm at 19 Becket Street. The house served as a
homestead to nine members of the extended Ruee-Kehew family, to include the widow
Mehitable (Archer) Ruee and her four surviving children: Philip Beckett, then aged nineteen,
Thomas (IV), age thirteen, eleven-year-old Henry Archer, and little Mehitable Caroline Ruee,
aged seven in 1820. The house at 19 Becket Street was also home Samuel and Sarah Kehew
and their two surviving children: nineteen-year-old Elizabeth (called "Eliza" by her friends
and family), and John H. Kehew, aged ten.
1817-1856 AT 19 BECKET ST. — THE WIDOW MEHITABLE (ARCHER) RUEE, HER CHILDREN & DESCENDANTS
Mehitable Archer Ruee was born in Salem on December 1st, 1773, daughter of Marbleheadnatives Jonathan Archer, aged twenty-six, and twenty-four-year-old Mehitable (Kimball)
Archer — one of six children born to Jonathan and Mehitable Archer. When Miss Mehitable
Archer was eighteen years old, her mother suddenly passed away at the age of just fortytwo, a victim of 'consumption' (also called pulmonary tuberculosis, TB, and sometimes
'phthisis'). Mrs. Mehitable Archer died on December 1st, 1791 — young Miss Mehitable
Archer’s eighteenth birthday. Her epitaph at the Charter Street Cemetery reads: "In the
Memory of Mehitable Archer. Wife of Mr. Jonathan Archer, who (in the midst of her
usefulness) died December 1st, 1791 in the 42d Year of her Age." Exactly eight years and six
months later, Mehitable’s father, fifty-two-year-old leather tanner Jonathan Archer, also met
an early end due to 'consumption’ on June 1st, 1800. His 'Last Will and Testament', penned
just eleven days before his death, details the division of his estate, and a snapshot of the
Archer family as it existed at the beginning of the 19th century:
In the Name of God Amen, I Jonathan Archer of Salem in the County of Essex,
Tanner, being weak in Body, but of sound and perfect mind and memory,
blessed be Almighty God for the same, do make and publish this my last Will &
Testament in a manner and form following, that is to say. — First I will that all
my debts and funeral Charges be paid and discharged by my Executor herein
after named.
Then I will that order that the dwelling house wherein I now dwell shall be
rented by my Executor, and the Income thereof, also the Income of my Interest
in the Long Wharf and the ware house shall be applied for the discharge of my
debts, &c. &c. And towards the support and Benefit of my youngest son, Henry,
for clothing & Learning until he shall arrive at the age of fourteen years. —
Then I will and order that my two youngest daughters, Hannah and Lydia, or
either of them shall have theLiberty to occupy the dwelling house that I now
live in after she comes to the age of twenty one years old, during the natural
Life of either of them; Provided always that she or they remain single and
unmarried, without paying any Rent therefor, but to keep the Premises in repair.
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The Ruee-Kehew House — 1784 — Thomas Ruee, Mariner
— Then I give and bequeath unto my six children, namely, my sons Daniel,
Andrew, Henry, and my daughters Mehitable, Hannah & Lydia and their heirs
and assigns forever, the rest & Residue of my Estate, both real & personal to be
equally divided between them at the time of the marriage of my said two
daughters Hannah & Lydia or at the time other death, which of said times shall
first and next happen. — Lastly I do hereby make and constitute to Benjamin
Ward, junior, of Salem aforesaid sole Executor of this my last Will and
Testament, hereby revoking all former Wills by me made. In Witness whereof, I
have hereunto [set] my hand & seal the nineteenth day of May in the Year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred.
Thus, upon the passing of her father, Mrs. Mehitable Ruee inherited a portion of her father
Jonathan Archer’s estate, divided equally amongst her surviving siblings. The Archer
children laid their father to rest next to their mother, Mrs. Mehitable Archer, at Salem’s
Burying Point. Fourteen years later, at the age of forty-one, Mehitable would suffer the loss
of her husband to the sea, and her inheritance undoubtedly helped to support herself and
her four children at 19 Becket Street after Capt. Thomas Ruee’s death.
Mehitable Ruee’s oldest surviving child, Philip Beckett Ruee, was born on October 26th,
1801, and was raised on Becket Street in Salem. When his older brother Thomas died in
December of 1802, Philip was just one year old; four years later, at the age of five, his second
brother to be named Thomas was born in January of 1807. Over the following six years, his
brother Henry arrived in 1809, and baby sister Mehitable Caroline in 1813. Just one year
later, when Philip was just coming of age, his father, Capt. Thomas Ruee was lost at sea. As
an adult, Philip B. Ruee decided to remain close to his mother’s home and is listed on the
1842 and 1850 Salem Directories as a shoemaker, residing at 23 Becket Street. Philip Becket
Ruee lived his entire long life in Salem, passing away in the Spring of 1882, at the age of
eighty; his body interred by his younger brothers and sisters at Salem’s Harmony Grove
Cemetery.
The second-eldest surviving son of the Archer children, Thomas Ruee (IV), was born in
January 1807 in Salem, and like his father and grandfather before him, he grew to love the
sea. When he was twenty-seven, he married Eliot, Maine-native Mary Ann Leighton. The
couple would eventually settle in New Castle, New Hampshire, and their five children: four
sons and a daughter. Thomas Ruee (IV) lived a long life (unlike his father, grandfather, and
namesake before him) eventually passing in 1891 from natural causes; his family had his
body interred at Marsh-Tarlton Cemetery, in New Castle, New Hampshire.
Henry Archer Ruee was born in Salem on June 14th, 1809, to Mehitable Archer and Capt.
Thomas Ruee, both aged thirty-five. Henry was only five years old in 1814 when his father,
Capt. Thomas Ruee was lost at sea. Henry A. Ruee married Elizabeth Beckett, aged twentyfive, in Salem, Massachusetts, on June 17th, 1844, when he was thirty-five years old. Records
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The Ruee-Kehew House — 1784 — Thomas Ruee, Mariner
list Henry’s occupation as 'carpenter,' and in 1850 is found living on Howard Street at the
same address as his oldest brother, Philip. Henry and his wife Elizabeth remained living in
the home at 10 Howard Street for several decades. Henry, his wife Elizabeth, and his brother
Philip are listed on the 1870 US Federal Census, the widower Philip B. Ruee, aged seventyeight, continuing to work as a shoemaker. Also listed, seventy-year-old Henry, noted to be
suffering from rheumatism, which was undoubtedly caused by countless hours of
backbreaking work during his long career as a master carpenter. Henry Archer Ruee lived
more than eight decades, passing away on May 11th, 1891; Massachusetts Death Records list
his causes of death as "Exhaustion, Old Age & Senile Dementia," aged eighty-one years,
ten months, twenty-eight days. His widow, Elizabeth, had his remains interred with his
brother, Philip, at Harmony Grove Cemetery.
Youngest of the Archer children (and only daughter), Mehitable Caroline Ruee, was born on
June 28t, 1813, just months before her father was lost at sea after sailing from Salem Harbor.
Young Mehitable Caroline was raised within the walls of 19 Becket Street, a dwelling that
served as a home of her Ruee ancestors gone before her. At the age of thirty, she married
Joseph Beckett of Danvers, Massachusetts, on November 8th, 1843. The couple settled in
Peabody, Massachusetts and had four children during their marriage, all daughters: Caroline
Augusta (b. 15th July 1845), Ellen Maria (b. 24th December 1846), Georgiana (b. 8th November
1848), and Josephine, named for her father (b. 29th July 1850); only three of the Beckett
sisters survived childhood, as little Josephine Beckett’s vital records mark the day of her
passing just one day after her birth, on July 30th, 1850.
On the 1st day of May 1851, at just thirty-seven years of age, Mehitable Caroline (Ruee)
Beckett passed away. Her official cause of death recorded as 'Dropsy,' an antiquated term
for 'edema.' However, one might imagine that the passing of Mehitable's infant daughter,
Josephine, may have brought on her early demise. Mehitable Caroline’s passing left her
husband, Joseph, a widower at the age of just thirty-one, to care for their three surviving
daughters, all under the age of six in May of 1851. Perhaps the loss of a daughter proved
too much for the widow Mrs. Mehitable (Archer) Ruee, mother of Mehitable Caroline and
resident of 19 Becket Street, who passed away just five years later in 1856. The three
surviving Ruee sons, Philip Beckett, Thomas (IV), and Henry Archer, had their mother’s body
interred at Harmony Grove Cemetery, beside her daughter and granddaughter.
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The Ruee-Kehew House — 1784 — Thomas Ruee, Mariner
1817-1869 AT 19 BECKET ST. — SAMUEL KEHEW, SARAH (RUEE) KEHEW, THEIR CHILDREN & DESCENDANTS
Samuel Kehew was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1763 to early Irish-immigrant Paul Kehew
(1730-1801), and Salem-native Mary Mason (1730-1775). Paul Kehew (sometimes spelled
Kehoe, Kehoo, etc.) had come to the 'New World' c.1755 from Ireland before his thirtieth
birthday, settling in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1757 Paul Kehew met and married
Mary Mason, a descendent of early Portsmouth, New Hampshire settler, Aaron Mersservy.
Samuel was the second oldest child of Paul and Mary Kehew, one of four Kehew children who
survived into adulthood, including Sarah Kehew (1760-1854), Paul Kehew, Jr. (1773-1845), and
Aaron Kehew (1775-1859).
Born in 1775, Sarah Ruee was brought up and spent her life in the home at 19 Becket Street
in Salem. She met and married Samuel Kehew on June 12th, 1793, at the age of eighteen, and
the couple took up residence at 19 Becket Street with Sarah’s aging parents, Thomas and
Susanna Ruee. Three years after their marriage, the couple had a son whom they named for
his father, Samuel Kehew, Jr., in January of 1796. Just six months later, as the nation
celebrated its twentieth birthday on the 4th of July, little Samuel, Jr. passed away — Samuel
Kehew, Sr. was thirty-three, and Sarah just twenty-one years old. Samuel and Sarah Kehew
waited another five years until their daughter, Elizabeth's arrival in 1801. Four years later, on
November 1st, 1805, Mrs. Sarah Kehew’s mother, Susanna (Becket) Ruee, succumbed to a
fever, passing away when her daughter Sarah was just thirty years old, and a new mother to
four-year-old Elizabeth.
Another four years after the passing of Susanna Ruee, Sarah’s mother, Samuel and Sarah
Kehew welcomed the arrival of their last child and only son, John Henry Kehew, born in
Salem on April 2nd, 1809. Samuel and Sarah raised their son and daughter alongside their
cousins, the Ruee Children, Philip, Thomas, Henry, and Mehitable Caroline, along with their
aunt Mehitable Ruee at 19 Becket Street through the 1810s and 1820s, ushering young Eliza
and John into young adulthood. Their daughter, Elizabeth, whom they called Eliza, sadly
passed away at the age of twenty-seven; her cause of death listed as 'phthisis pulmonalis' —
like so many of her ancestors before her, pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) ended Eliza’s life on the
26th of September, 1828.
Nineteen-year-old John H. Kehew was suddenly an only child when his sister Eliza died, after
which he and his parents continued to live at 19 Becket Street for the following decade. In
1838 Samuel and Sarah Kehew decided it best to move on from 19 Becket, granting the
property to their adult son, John H. Kehew. Samuel and Sarah then mortgaged the northern
portion of the dwelling house to Daniel Millet, Jr., detailed and recorded in the Southern
Essex Co. Registry of Deeds: Book 306; Page 100:
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�Historic Narrative — 19 Becket St. Salem, Mass.
The Ruee-Kehew House — 1784 — Thomas Ruee, Mariner
… I, Samuel Kehew of Salem in the County of Essex, Cooper, in consideration
of two hundred dollars to me paid by Daniel Millet Jr. of Salem aforesaid,
Trader, […] the Northern end of a certain Dwelling House situate on Becket
Street in Salem with the land it stands on in front & rear containing about
nineteen & a half poles, with one half of the chimney. The division in said house
between the half here sold and the other half, is as the partition stands. The
front entry to remain in common with the use of all passage ways necessary to
go to the parts of the house now sold, which includes the Northerly half of the
cellar; said land is bounded Southerly on the other part of the house and land
owned by Magoun, Easterly by land of Manning, Northerly by land formerly
Joseph Lambert’s, Westerly on Becket Street and all the buildings standing
thereon, […]
1844 proved to be an eventful year at 19 Becket Street: Samuel and Sarah’s only surviving
child, John H. Kehew (then aged thirty-five), married Mary Ann Hutchinson on the 21st of
April. Subsequently, in June of 1844, Daniel Millet, Jr. sold the property mortgage to the
neighboring property’s owner, Thomas Barker. The transaction recorded in the Southern
Essex Co. Registry of Deeds: Book 345; Page 4:
… I, Daniel Millet jr. of Salem, in the County of Essex, Trader, in consideration of
three hundred and fifty dollars paid by Thomas Barker, of said Salem,
Shipwright, […] the following described parcel of real estate situate on Becket
Street, in Salem, Viz. a lot of land containing about nineteen and a half poles,
front and rear, with one half of the chimney as it now stands, the division
between the part here sold and the other part is as the partition in the house
now stands, said house is bounded Southerly on the other part owned by
Magoun & Barker, easterly by land of Manning, Northerly by land formerly
Joseph Lambert’s, and Westerly by becket Street, the same being the estate
conveyed to me by Samuel Kehew and wife, and recorded Book 306, leaf 100.
Six months later, on December 11th, 1844, Sarah (Ruee) Kehew, mother of John and wife of
Samuel, passed away at the age of seventy-one. (Afterwards, Samuel Kehew relocated to 11
Herbert Street, where he would spend the rest of his natural life until his passing in
December of 1858.) Thomas Barker held the home’s mortgage on the newlywed Mr. and Mrs.
John H. Kehew for the next four years until the property was mortgaged to John Kehew
himself. The deed and mortgage were recorded on October 19th, 1848, in the Southern Essex
Co. Registry of Deeds: Book 403; Pages 76 and 77:
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The Ruee-Kehew House — 1784 — Thomas Ruee, Mariner
… I, Thomas Barker, of Salem, in the County of Essex, Shipwright, in
consideration of one thousand dollars paid by John Kehew, […] a certain parcel
of land situate in Salem aforesaid, bounded and described as follows, Viz.
beginning on Becket Street at a point fourteen inches from the corner of the
brick wall of Thomas Barker’s house, thence running Northeasterly parallel with
said Barker’s brick wall thirty three feet and two inches to corner of said Barker’s
house, leaving nine inches eaves droppings from said house at all corners,
thence running Northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s house one hundred and
nineteen feet nine inches to land of John C. Very, thence running Northwesterly
thirty two feet one inch to said Barker’s land, thence Southwesterly one
hundred sixty four feet eight inches to said Becket Street, thence Southeasterly
by said Street thirty eight feet one inch to the bound first mentioned.
… I, John Kehew, of Salem, in the County of Essex, in consideration of four
hundred dollars paid by Thomas Barker, […] a certain parcel of land situate in
Salem aforesaid, bounded and described as follows, Viz. beginning on Becket
Street at a point fourteen inches from the corner of the brick wall of Thomas
Barker’s house, thence running Northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s brick
wall thirty there feet and two inches to a point, from thence running Northerly
seventeen feet six inches to corner of said Barker’s house leaving nine inches
eaves droppings from said house at all corners, thence running Northeasterly
parallel with said Barker’s house and hundred and nineteen feet nine inches to
land of John C. Very, thence running Northwesterly thirty two forty one inch to
said Barker’s land, thence Southwesterly one hundred sixty four feet eight
inches to said Becket Street, thence Southeasterly by said Street thirty eight
feet one inch to the bound first mentioned.
John H. Kehew paid off this mortgage with Thomas Barker just three years later in January of
1851 — finally, at forty-years-old, brass founder John Henry Kehew was the owner of the
home in which he was born and raised, and would go on to establish his own family. After
their marriage in 1844, John H. Kehew and his wife Mary Ann (Hutchinson) Kehew would
welcome five children, four girls and one boy: Caroline Augusta (b. January 1845), Ella (b.
1847), Georgiana (b. 1848), Mary (b. 1850), and only boy Frederick A. Kehew (b. 1853). John
Kehew, his wife Mary Ann, and their five children completed the third generation of the RueeKehew Family to reside at 19 Becket Street seventy years after John H. Kehew’s greatgrandfather, Thomas Ruee, had purchased the land.
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�Historic Narrative — 19 Becket St. Salem, Mass.
The Ruee-Kehew House — 1784 — Thomas Ruee, Mariner
1817-1869 AT 19 BECKET ST. — JOHN H. & MARY A. (HUTCHINSON) KEHEW, THEIR CHILDREN & DESCENDANTS
Mary Ann Hutchinson was born in 1811 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Mary Robertson
and John Hutchinson. She likely emigrated to Salem concurrently with hundreds of other
young women from Canada during the 1840s and 1850s. When the last of the great ships had
sailed from Salem Harbor, the City turned to the shores and industrialized. Beginning with
the leather and shoe industry regionally, followed by the opening Naumkeag Steam Cotton
Co. (later Pequot Mills) in 1847, Salem’s population boomed through the mid-19th century
with young immigrant women and men, willing and able to work for a day’s wage.
John H. Kehew and Mary Ann Hutchinson were married in 1844 when Mary was thirty-three
years old. Upon taking up residence with her new husband at 19 Becket Street, the couple
welcomed their first child within a year of their marriage: a daughter they named Caroline
Augusta was born on January 31st, 1845, just one month after the death of John’s mother,
Sarah (Ruee) Kehew. Two years later, John and Mary welcomed another daughter, whom they
called Ella. When Ella F. Kehew was born in January 1847 in Salem, Massachusetts, her father,
John, was thirty-seven, and her mother, Mary, was thirty-six. Just eighteen months later, in
April of 1848, a third daughter, Georgiana, was born unto John and Mary. Precisely two years
later, in April 1850, John and Mary (then near forty-years-old), gave birth to the couple’s
fourth and final daughter, whom they named for her mother, Mary. All four of the Kehew
daughters were born within five years of one another. Finally, in February of 1853, John Henry
and Mary Ann Kehew completed their family with a son whom they named Frederick — one
can imagine the household at 19 Becket Street filled with the sounds of children and chaos.
Unfortunately, less than a decade later, the Kehew family would be two fewer and sadly never
quite complete again.
According to Essex County, Massachusetts Vital and Probate records, John H. Kehew passed
away suddenly in March of 1860 at just fifty-one years of age. Mary Ann Kehew, not quite fiftyyears-old herself, inherited her late husband’s estate as a widow and the mother of five
children living at 19 Becket Street. Less than a year later, Mary A. Kehew’s eldest daughter,
Caroline Augusta, was stricken with tuberculosis at the age of fifteen — Caroline succumbed
to her infection on January 4th, 1861. The Widow Mary A. Kehew’s four surviving children
remained living in the home with their mother. Ella and Georgiana Kehew, aged thirteen and
eleven upon their father's passing, continued to attend local schools. Both would go on to
attend the Salem Normal School (now Salem State University’s Sullivan Building) and become
Salem public school teachers. Youngest daughter, Mary, and only son Frederick were just
nine and seven years old in March 1860 when their father died. Reluctant to move her
children from the home they had always known, Mary Ann Kehew continued to live at 19
Becket with her children for nearly ten years after the passing of her husband, John.
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�Historic Narrative — 19 Becket St. Salem, Mass.
The Ruee-Kehew House — 1784 — Thomas Ruee, Mariner
Nine years later, in 1869, Mary E. and Frederick A. Kehew, then in their eighteenth and
sixteenth years of life, respectively, had matured into young adulthood. Young Mary attended
Salem Normal School, and Frederick had found employment as a printer (likely having been
taken on as an apprentice after the death of his father in 1860). In the Autumn of 1869, the
widow and children of John H. Kehew sold the home (by auction) at 19 Becket Street to their
neighbor Henry M. Barker, recorded in a two-part deed at the Southern Essex Co. Registry of
Deeds on October 13th and 30th, 1869: Book 784; Pages 116 and 118:
That whereas Mary Ann Kehew of Salem in the County of Essex and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Guardian of Mary E. Kehew and Freddie A.
Kehew, minor children of John Kehew, late of said Salem, deceased, by an
order of the Court of Probate, held at Haverhill within and for said County of
Essex on the eighteenth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred
and sixty nine was licensed and empowered to sell and pass Deeds to convey
certain real estate of the said minors; and whereas I, the said Guardian, having
given public notice of the intended sale, by causing notifications thereof to be
published once a week, for three successive weeks, prior to the time of sale, in
the newspaper called the Salem Register, printed at said Salem and having first
taken the oath and given the bond by law in such cases required, did on the
twentieth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty
nine, pursuant to the order and notice aforesaid, sell by public auction the real
estate of the said minors hereinafter described, to Henry M. Barker of said
Salem for the sum of nine hundred and twenty five dollars, he being the
highest bidder therefor. […] all the right, title and interest of said Mary E.
Kehew and Freddie A. Kehew in and to the following described real estate,
situated in Salem, bounded and described as follows, viz.: “Beginning on
Becket Street at a point fourteen inches from the corner of the brick wall of
Thomas Barker’s house, thence running northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s
brick wall thirty three feet and two inches to a point, from thence running
Northerly seventeen feet six inches to corner of said Barker’s house, leaving
nine inches eaves droppings from said house at all corners, thence running
northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s house, one hundred and nineteen feet
nine inches to land of John C. Very, thence running northwesterly thirty three
feet one inch to said Barker’s land, thence south westerly one hundred sixty
four feet eight inches to said Becket Street, thence Southeasterly by said street
thirty eight feet one inch to the bound first mentioned” said minor’s interest in
the above premises consisting of one undivided fourth part each of a two story
dwelling house & the land under and adjoining the same, being the same
estate which Thomas Barker conveyed to John Kehew (father of said minors) by
deed dated 19th Oct 1848 and recorded in Essex Registry of Deeds Book 403
Leaf 76.
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�Historic Narrative — 19 Becket St. Salem, Mass.
The Ruee-Kehew House — 1784 — Thomas Ruee, Mariner
I, Mary Ann Kehew of Salem in the county of Essex, and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, widow. In consideration of nine hundred and twenty five dollars
paid by Henry M. Barker of Salem aforesaid, […] on undivided half of a certain
parcel of land situate in said Salem, and bounded and described as follows: Viz.
Beginning on Becket street, at a point fourteen inches from the corner of the
brick wall of Thomas Barker’s house, thence running northeasterly parallel with
said Barker’s brick wall thirty three feet and two inches to a point, from thence
running northerly seventeen feet six inches to a corner of said Barker’s house,
leaving nine inches eaves droppings from said house, at all corners, thence
running Northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s house one hundred and
nineteen feet nine inches to land now or late of John C. Very, thence running
northwesterly thirty two feet one inch to said Barker’s land, thence
Southwesterly one hundred sixty four feet eight inches, to said Becket street,
thence southeasterly by said street thirty eight feet one inch to the bound first
mentioned. […]
For eighty-six years, from 1784 to 1869, 19 Becket Street in Salem silently bore witness to the
lives of nearly two dozen members of the Ruee-Kehew Family, as well as the sweeping social,
political, and economic transformation that took place in 18th and 19th century Salem. After
selling the family homestead, Mary A. Kehew and her children moved to 5 Holly Street in
Salem. Neither Ella nor Georgiana Kehew ever chose to marry, instead choosing to live and
work as school teachers for the rest of their careers. Mary E. Kehew met and married
Theodore Robinson in 1875, settling in the more recent family home on Holly Street. The
widow Mary A. (Hutchinson) Kehew spent the rest of her natural life at home with her
daughters on Holly until her passing on October 1st, 1888, at the age of seventy-seven.
1869-1894 AT 19 BECKET STREET — OWNERSHIP OF HENRY M. BARKER
After the home at 19 Becket Street was purchased in 1869 from Mrs. Mary A. Kehew and her
children by Henry M. Barker, Salem shipwright, he and his family temporarily moved into the
house at 19 Becket Street, according to in the 1870 US Federal Census. (This temporary move
may have been to modernize and complete updates on their neighboring home at 17 Becket
Street.) According to the 1874 Salem Atlas and City Directories, by 1872, the property was
owned by Henry M. Barker and leased to the Doherty, Lawrence, and Henry C. Nichols
Families. Through the 1880 US Federal Census, Henry C. Nichols, his wife Eliza, and their five
children occupied one portion of 19 Becket Street, while Joseph and Sarah Lawrence, along
with their son, Joseph Jr., lived in the other part of the home. When the landlord’s wife, Eliza,
passed away in 1894, Thomas M. Barker opted to sell the house at 19 Becket Street to James
J. Bennett — the sale of the property recorded in Salem’s Southern Essex Co. Registry of
Deeds: Book 1413; Page 255:
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�Historic Narrative — 19 Becket St. Salem, Mass.
The Ruee-Kehew House — 1784 — Thomas Ruee, Mariner
… I, Henry M. Barker of Salem in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, in consideration of Twelve Hundred dollars paid by James J.
Bennett of said Salem […] a certain parcel of land situated in said Salem and
bounded and divided as follows, viz. Beginning on Becket St. at a point
fourteen inches from the corner of the brick wall of Thomas Barker house,
thence running northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s brick wall thirty three
feet and two inches to a point, from thence running northerly seventeen feet six
inches to corner of said Barker’s house, leaving nine inches eaves droppings
from said house to all corners; thence running northeasterly parallel with said
Barker’s house one hundred and nineteen feet nine inches to land now or late
of John C. Verry [sic]; thence running northwesterly thirty two feet one inch to
said Barker’s land, thence southwesterly one hundred sixty four feet eight
inches to said Becket Street; thence southeasterly by said street thirty eight one
inch to the bound first mentioned together with the buildings thereon.
Day laborer James J. Bennett and his family occupied 19 Becket Street through the turn of
the 20th century, and like the Ruee-Kehew family before them, used the separated parts of
the home as income, renting to several of Salem’s working-class residents. Thirteen years
after purchasing the property at 19 Becket Street, James J. Bennett sold the home to the
property’s first sole-female owner, Juliana Focht — the sale was completed on November
10th, 1909 and recorded in the Southern Essex Co. Registry of Deeds: Book 2001; Page 81:
… I, James J. Bennett of Salem in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, in consideration of one dollar and other valuable considerations
to me paid by Julia Focht of said Salem, wife of Marain Focht, […] a certain
parcel of land situated in said Salem and bounds and described as follows, viz.:
beginning on Becket Street at a point fourteen inches from the corner of the
brick wall of Thomas Barker’s House; thence running north easterly parallel with
said Barker’s brick wall thirty there feet and two inches to a point; from thence
running northerly seventeen feet six inches to corner of said Barker’s house,
leaving nine inches leaves droppings from said house to all corners, thence
running north easterly parallel with said Barker’s house one hundred and
nineteen feet nine inches to land now or late of John C. Verry, thence running
north westerly thirty two feet one inch to said Barker’s land, thence south westerly
one hundred sixty four feet eight inches to said Becket Street thence south
easterly by said street thirty eight feet one inch to the bound first mentioned,
together with the buildings thereon. Being the same premises conveyed to me
by Henry M. Barker by deed dated June 14, A.D. 1894, and recorded with Essex
South District Registry of Deeds Libro 1413, Folio 255.
The Focht family maintained ownership of the home at 19 Becket Street for the following six
decades until 1987 when the property was assigned in a trust to Michael D. Spector. Three
years later, in 1990, Spector sold the home to Michael D. Gagnon and Nancy Ann Terry.
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�Historic Narrative — 19 Becket St. Salem, Mass.
The Ruee-Kehew House — 1784 — Thomas Ruee, Mariner
CHRONOLOGICAL TIMELINE OF DEED & MORTGAGE DOCUMENTS FOR 19 BECKET ST. SALEM, MASS.
SOUTHERN ESSEX CO. REGISTRY OF DEEDS — 1783-2005
1.
BOOK 137 PAGE 202 — 1783 LAND DEED: JOHN BECKETT, DAVID FELT, SUSANNA FELT,
NATHANIEL SILSBEE, SARAH SILSBEE, WILLIAM PEELE, ELIZABETH PEELE, WILLIAM
FAIRFIELD, REBECCA FAIRFIELD, THORNDIKE DALAND, EUNICE DALAND, &
HANNAH CLOUTMAN (ET AL.) TO THOMAS RUEE (SR.)
2.
BOOK 215 PAGE 184 — 1817 ADMINISTRATIVE DEED: ESTATE OF THOMAS RUEE (SR.) BY
JONATHAN ARCHER, ADMINISTRATOR TO WILLIAM ROPES, JR. ESQUIRE
3.
BOOK 215 PAGE 185 — 1817 ADMINISTRATIVE DEED: WILLIAM ROPES, JR. ESQ. TO JOHN
GOODRIDGE
4.
BOOK 216 PAGE 258 — 1817 ADMINISTRATIVE DEED: ESTATE OF CAPT. THOMAS RUEE (JR.)
BY JONATHAN ARCHER, ADMINISTRATOR TO BENJAMIN RUEE
5.
BOOK 216 PAGE 259 — 1817 MORTGAGE — BENJAMIN RUEE TO JOHN GOODRIDGE
6.
BOOK 216 PAGE 259 — 1817 MORTGAGE: MEHITABLE RUEE (WIDOW OF CAPT. THOMAS
RUEE, JR.) TO JOHN GOODRIDGE
7.
BOOK 306 PAGE 100 — 1837 MORTGAGE DEED: SAMUEL KEHEW (FATHER OF JOHN) TO
DANIEL MILLET, JR.
8.
BOOK 345 PAGE 4 — 1844 MORTGAGE: DANIEL MILLET, JR. TO THOMAS BARKER
9.
BOOK 403 PAGE 76 — 1848 DEED: THOMAS BARKER TO JOHN KEHEW
10. BOOK 403 PAGE 77 — 1848 MORTGAGE: JOHN KEHEW TO THOMAS BARKER [DISCHARGE:
BK. 439 PG. 53]
11. BOOK 784 PAGE 116 — 1869 ADMINISTRATIVE DEED: HEIRS OF JOHN KEHEW TO HENRY M.
BARKE
12. BOOK 784 PAGE 118 — 1869 DEED: MARY A. KEYHEW TO HENRY M. BARKER
13. BOOK 2001 PAGE 81 — 1909 DEED & MORTGAGE: JAMES J. BENNETT TO JULIA FOCHT
14. BOOK 3508 PAGE 223 — 1947 DEED & MORTGAGE: CHRISTINA M. HAGAN TO JULIA
FOCHT & HENRIETTA KAWCZYNSKI
15. BOOK 9014 PAGE 88 — 1987 DECLARATION OF TRUST & DEED: HENRIETTA KAWCZYNSKI
TO
MICHAEL D. SPECTOR
16. BOOK 10389 PAGE 560 — 1990 DEED: (TRUSTEE) MICHAEL D. SPECTOR TO MICHAEL D.
GAGNON & NANCY ANN TERRY
17. BOOK 23911 PAGE 556 — 2005 DEED: MICHAEL D. TERRY (FMR. GAGNON) TO MICHAEL D.
TERRY
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�ORIGIN NARRATIVE OF 19 BECKET ST. SALEM, MA — 1784 CONSTRUCTION & FIRST 30 YEARS OF RUEE & KEHEW FAMILY RESIDENCY
IN OCTOBER 1783, THOMAS RUEE (HUSBAND OF SUSANNA BECKET) PURCHASED THE LAND AT 19 BECKET ST. FROM JOHN BECKETT TO BUILD A HOME. CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING WAS LIKELY
COMPLETED THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 1784. FOR THE FOLLOWING THREE DECADES, THE GEORGIAN DWELLING SERVED AS THE HOMESTEAD TO SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF THE RUEE-KEHEW FAMILY.
THOMAS AND SUSANNA HAD TWO CHILDREN, A SON WHO WOULD FOLLOW HIS FATHER’S MARITIME CAREER PATH, CAPTAIN THOMAS RUEE, JR., BORN IN 1773, AND A DAUGHTER, SARAH RUEE, BORN IN
1775.
THOMAS AND SUSANNA RUEE’S SON, CAPTAIN THOMAS RUEE MARRIED MEHITABLE ARCHER IN 1798, AND THE COUPLE HAD FOUR CHILDREN BETWEEN 1799 AND 1813: THOMAS RUEE, III (1799-1802),
PHILIP BECKETT RUEE (1801-1882), HENRY ARCHER RUEE (1809-1891), AND MEHITABLE CAROLINE RUEE (1813-1851).
AT THE AGE OF 18, THOMAS AND SUSANNA’S DAUGHTER SARAH RUEE MET AND MARRIED SAMUEL KEHEW, THE SON OF AN EARLY IRISH IMMIGRANT, IN THE SPRING OF 1793. SARAH AND SAMUEL KEHEW
HAD THREE CHILDREN BETWEEN 1796 AND 1809: SAMUEL, JR. (JAN 1796-JUL 1796), ELIZABETH (1801-1828), AND JOHN H. KEHEW (1809-1862).
WITH ALL THREE GENERATIONS OF THE RUEE-KEHEW FAMILY LIVING IN THE HOME AT 19 BECKET STREET IN 1800, THE HOME WAS UNDOUBTEDLY THE DOMAIN OF THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THE
FAMILY. ALL THREE MEN OF THE HOUSEHOLD, THOMAS RUEE, SR., HIS SON, CAPTAIN THOMAS RUEE, AND THEIR SON/BROTHER-IN-LAW SAMUEL KEHEW, SPENT MONTHS AND EVEN YEARS AT A TIME SAILING
TO FARAWAY PLACES TO PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. BY THE TURN OF THE 19TH CENTURY, THOMAS SR. WAS IN HIS SIXTIETH YEAR, TIME-WORN AND WEATHER-BEATEN BY DECADES AT
SEA, LIKELY GRATEFUL TO RETIRE COMFORTABLY AT THE HOME HE HAD BUILT WHEN HE WAS A YOUNGER MAN, WHILE THE WOMEN KEPT HOUSE AND HIS FIVE SURVIVING GRANDCHILDREN GREW.
IN 1814, CAPTAIN THOMAS RUEE IS LOST AT SEA, LEAVING HIS WIFE MEHITABLE A WIDOW AND THEIR FOUR CHILDREN FATHERLESS. EARLY THE NEXT YEAR, IN JANUARY 1815, CAPTAIN RUEE’S FATHER, THE
BUILDER AND ORIGINAL OWNER OF 19 BECKET, THOMAS RUEE, PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF SEVENTY-SIX. HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS WIFE, SUSANNA, WHO HAD DIED FROM A FEVER TEN YEARS EARLIER
IN 1805 AT THE AGE OF FIFTY-EIGHT.
IN 1817, AFTER SETTLING THE DEBTS AND ESTATES OF THOMAS RUEE, SR. AND CAPTAIN THOMAS RUEE, THE PROPERTY AT 19 BECKET WAS PASSED ON THOMAS RUEE’S ONLY SURVIVING KIN. MEHITABLE
RUEE (NÉE ARCHER), AS THE WIDOW OF CAPTAIN THOMAS RUEE, JR., BECAME PARTIAL OWNER OF THE HOME, WHERE SHE LIVED WITH HER THREE SURVIVING CHILDREN: PHILIP, AGE TWELVE, FIVE-YEAR-OLD
HENRY, AND BABY MEHITABLE. THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE HOME BECAME THE PROPERTY OF MRS. SARAH KEHEW (NÉE RUEE), WIFE OF SAMUEL AND MOTHER OF TWO SURVIVING CHILDREN: ELIZA,
AGED FOURTEEN, AND SIX-YEAR-OLD JOHN H. KEHEW.
19 BECKET ST. SALEM, MASS. || TIMELINE OF OWNERSHIP DOCUMENTS, PUBLIC CENSES & DIRECTORY LISTINGS || 1783-2005
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1817 ADMINISTRATIVE DEED — ESTATE OF THOMAS RUEE (SR.) BY JONATHAN ARCHER,
ADMINISTRATOR TO WILLIAM ROPES, JR. ESQUIRE — BOOK 215 PAGE 184
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6 Aug 1817 (Rec’d 8 Sep 1817) — … I, Jonathan Archer of Salem in the County of Essex,
Trader, as administrator of the goods and estate of Thomas Ruee, late of Salem aforesaid,
Mariner, deceased intestate in pursuance of the authority and license granted to me by the
Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit holden at Ipswich within and for said
County on the third Monday of December last to sell and convey so much of the real estate
said deceased as should raise the sum of eight hundred and twenty dollars for the payment
his just debts and incidental charges, and in consideration of four hundred and seventy
dollars to me in my said capacity paid by William Ropes junior of said Salem, Esquire […] all
the dwelling house and land of said deceased, situate in said Salem bounded as follows, to
wit, beginning at the southeast corner of land late of John Searle, thence running
southeasterly fifty feet and two inches to land of Benj. Crowninshield and bounding
northeast on Becket Street, thence running southwesterly by Crowninshield’s land sixty six
feet and five inches to land late of Caleb Manning, thence running northwesterly by said
Manning’s land forty nine feet and eight inches to land of John Searle’s heirs, thence
northeasterly about twenty seven feet and five inches to a four feet way, then southeasterly
two feet, then northeasterly forty feet to Becket Street and then bounds first mentioned with
the privilege to use the said private way four feet wide from Becket Street running southwest
forty feet at all times in common with the owners or occupiers of said Searle’s house and
land, which way is to be kept open and unincumbered [sic]; excepting and reserving
however all that third part of the aforedescribed [sic] premises with have been set off
assigned to the widow of said Ruee and her dower in his estate for description of which
reference is had to the records in the Probate office. […] I the said Archer do hereby
covenant with the said Ropes his heirs and assigns that I have observed and confirmed to all
the requirements of law in making said sale which took place on the premises on the first
day of August current and that he was the highest bidder therefore.
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1817 ADMINISTRATIVE DEED — WILLIAM ROPES, JR. ESQ. TO JOHN GOODRIDGE — BOOK
215 PAGE 185
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5 Sep 1817 (Rec’d 8 Sep 1817) — … I, William Ropes, junior of Salem in the County of Essex,
Esquire, in consideration of six hundred dollars to me paid by John Goodridge of said
Salem, boatbuilder […] two third divided parts of the following messuage and land situate in
said Salem bounded beginning at the southeast corner of land late of John Searle, thence
running southerly fifty feet and two inches to land of Benj. Crowninshield and bounding
northeast on Becket Street, thence running southwesterly by said Crowninshield’s land sixty
six feet and five inches to land late of Caleb Manning, thence running northwesterly by said
Mannings land forty nine feet and eight inches to the land of John Searle’s heirs, thence
northwesterly about twenty seven feet and five inches to a four feet way, then southeasterly
two feet, then northeasterly forty feet to Becket Street and the bounds first mentioned, with
the privilege of the common use of the said four feet way from Becket, it being intended
hereby to convey all said messuage and land except the third part thereof and privileges set
off and assigned by Joseph Lambert, Daniel Sage and William Ropes in pursuance of a
commission from the Probate Court to the window of Thomas Ruee, deceased, as her dower
in his estate; which dower consists of the eastern end of the house lower room, chamber
garret bed room on the lower floor behind the front stair way, piece of land in the yard, and
certain privileges and rights particularly enumerated in the return of said commissioners on
record in the Probate Office, to which reference is hereby had for the boundaries and
privileges.
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1817 ADMINISTRATIVE DEED — ESTATE OF CAPT. THOMAS RUEE (JR.) BY JONATHAN
ARCHER, ADMINISTRATOR TO BENJAMIN RUEE — BOOK 216 PAGE 258
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Sep 1817 (Rec’d 24 Aug 1818) — … I, Jonathan Archer of Salem in the County of Essex,
Trader, as I am Administrator of the goods and estate which were of Thomas Ruee, late of
said Salem, Mariner, deceased intestate bing duly empowered in this behalf by th Circuit
Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit holden on the third Monday of December in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen at Ipswich within the said
County in pursuance of a sale at public auction and in consideration of the sum of fifty
dollars to me paid by Benjamin Ruee of said Salem, Rope maker, who was the highest
bidder at the said sale for the estate hereinafter described, […] all the estate and right in
reversion of the dower assigned and set off according to Law by Joseph Lambert, Daniel
Sage and William Ropes to the widow of said Thomas, deceased, to wit, the eastern end of
the house, lower room, chamber and garret with the bedroom on the lower floor behind the
front stairway, also with the privilege of the front door and stair way up to the garret in
common also in the main cellar commencing from the western side of the arch fourteen feet
to the partition of the kitchen cellar running southerly seven and a half feet which joins on
the cellar stairs leading from the parlor thence running easterly till it joins the line from the
arch seven and a half feet, together with the cellar kitchen, giving privilege to other
occupants to pass through said cellar to the other parts of therein cellar not assigned to the
widow having the outer cellar door in common and likewise the door in the wood house
leading to the Pump in common, as also two feet and a half for a gang way from the door of
said wood house towards the privy to be left in common, as also the small and large gales
being twelve feet wide from Becket Street up to the wood house to be in common, and
likewise a piece of land in the yard twenty four feet east from the wood house on a line from
the great gate, then running southerly to the boundary line of said estate and the estate of
Jonathan Brown.
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1817 MORTGAGE — BENJAMIN RUEE TO JOHN GOODRIDGE — BOOK 216 PAGE 259
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14 Aug 1817 (Rec’d 24 Aug 1818) — … I, Benjamin Ruee of Salem in the County of Essex,
Ropemaker, in consideration of fifty dollars to me paid by John Goodridge of Salem
aforesaid, Shipwright, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and for divers other
good causes and considerations me hereunto moving do for myself and my heirs remise
release and forever quitclaim unto the said John Goodridge the following described part of
a certain house and land situated in Salem aforesaid, being formerly the estate of Thomas
Ruee, deceased, and that part thereof which was set off to his widow Mehitable Ruee for her
dower, That is to say, the eastern end of the house, lower room, chamber and garret, with
the bedroom on the lower floor behind the front stair way; also with the privilege of the front
door and stair way up to the garret in common; also with the privilege of the front door and
stair way up to the garret in common; also in the main cellar commencing from the western
side of the arch fourteen feet to the partition of the kitchen cellar, running southerly seven
and an half feet which joins on the cellar stairs leading from the parlor, thence running
easterly till it joins the line from the arch seven and an half feet, together with the cellar
kitchen, giving privilege to other occupants to pass thro’ said cellar to the other parts of the
main cellar not assigned to the widow, leaving the outer cellar door in common, and likewise
the door in the wood house leading to the Pump in common, also two feet and a half for a
gang way from the door of said wood house towards the Privy to be in common; as also the
small and large gates being twelve feet wide from Beckett Street up to the wood house to
be in common; and also a piece of land in the yard twenty four feet east from the wood
house on a line from the great Gate, then running southerly on the boundary line of said
estate and the estate of Jonathan Brown. The same being subject to the dower of said
Mehitable the reversion whereof is intended hereby to be conveyed in the same manner as
said reversion has been deeded to me by Jonathan Archer, Administrator of said Thomas
Ruee, deceased, by order of Court as by his deed to me dated September 5, 1817 and ent’d
for record this day reference being thereto had.
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1817 MORTGAGE — MEHITABLE RUEE (WIDOW OF CAPT. THOMAS RUEE, JR.) TO JOHN
GOODRIDGE — BOOK 216 PAGE 259
1837 MORTGAGE DEED — SAMUEL KEHEW (FATHER OF JOHN) TO DANIEL MILLET, JR. —
BOOK 306 PAGE 100
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Occupation/Note
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Occupation/Note
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14 Aug 1817 (Rec’d 24 Aug 1818) — … I, Mehetable Ruee of Salem in the County of Essex,
Widow, in consideration of Four hundred twenty five dollars to me paid by John Goodridge
of the same Salem, Shipwright, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, and for divers
other good causes and considerations me hereunto moving […] all my right of dower in that
third part of the real estate of my late husband Thomas Ruee, deceased, situated in Salem
aforesaid which was set off and assigned to see by a committee from the Probate Office and
in their return particularly described. The revision of which dower has ben sold by order of
Court by Jonathan Archer, Administrator of my said husband by dad from him to Benjamin
Ruee dated September 5, 1817 and conveyed to him by said John Goodridge by deed
dated and ent’d for record this day, in both which deeds there is particular description of my
dower, it being my intention to convey all my right and interest in all that part of said estate
described in the two deeds aforesaid and in said return, reference thereunto had […]
15 Dec 1837 (Rec’d 27 Apr 1838) — … I, Samuel Kehew of Salem in the County of Essex,
Cooper, in consideration of two hundred dollars to me paid by Daniel Millet Jr. of Salem
aforesaid, Trader, […] the Northern end of a certain Dwelling House situate on Becket Street
in Salem with the land it stands on in front & rear containing about nineteen & a half poles,
with one half of the chimney. The division in said house between the half here sold and the
other half, is as the partition stands. The front entry to remain in common with the use of all
passage ways necessary to go to the parts of the house now sold, which includes the
Northerly half of the cellar; said land is bounded Southerly on the other part of the house
and land owned by Magoun, Easterly by land of Manning, Northerly by land formerly Joseph
Lambert’s, Westerly on Becket Street and all the buildings standing thereon, […] it being the
Estate conveyed to me by Joseph Crookshanks & wife recorded Book 148 L.169. […]
Provided Nevertheless, that if the said Samuel Kehew, his heirs, executors, or administrators,
pay to the said Daniel Millet, Jr. his heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, the sum of
two hundred dollars with interest on or before the fifteenth day of December AD 1838, then
this Deed, as also a certain note bearing even date with these presents, given by the said
Samuel Kehew to the said Daniel Millet, Jr, promising to pay the sum of two hundred dollars
at the time aforesaid, shall both be void; otherwise shall remain in full force.
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1844 MORTGAGE — DANIEL MILLET, JR. TO THOMAS BARKER — BOOK 345 PAGE 4
1 Jun 1844 — … I, Daniel Millet jr. of Salem, in the County of Essex, Trader, in consideration
of three hundred and fifty dollars paid by Thomas Barker, of said Salem, Shipwright, […] the
following described parcel of real estate situate on Becket Street, in Salem, Viz. a lot of land
containing about nineteen and a half poles, front and rear, with one half of the chimney as it
now stands, the division between the part here sold and the other part is as the partition in
the house now stands, said house is bounded Southerly on the other part owned by
Magoun & Barker, easterly by land of Manning, Northerly by land formerly Joseph Lambert’s,
and Westerly by becket Street, the same being the estate conveyed to me by Samuel Kehew
and wife, and recorded Book 306, leaf 100.
1848 DEED — THOMAS BARKER TO JOHN KEHEW — BOOK 403 PAGE 76
19 Oct 1848 — … I, Thomas Barker, of Salem, in the County of Essex, Shipwright, in
1848 MORTGAGE — JOHN KEHEW TO THOMAS BARKER — BOOK 403 PAGE 77 —
[DISCHARGE: BK. 439 PG. 53]
1850 US CENSUS
19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
John
Kehew
consideration of one thousand dollars paid by John Kehew, […] a certain parcel of land
situate in Salem aforesaid, bounded and described as follows, Viz. beginning on Becket
Street at a point fourteen inches from the corner of the brick wall of Thomas Barker’s house,
thence running Northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s brick wall thirty three feet and two
inches to corner of said Barker’s house, leaving nine inches eaves droppings from said house
at all corners, thence running Northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s house one hundred
and nineteen feet nine inches to land of John C. Very, thence running Northwesterly thirty
two feet one inch to said Barker’s land, thence Southwesterly one hundred sixty four feet
eight inches to said Becket Street, thence Southeasterly by said Street thirty eight feet one
inch to the bound first mentioned.
19 Oct 1848 — … I, John Kehew, of Salem, in the County of Essex, in consideration of four
hundred dollars paid by Thomas Barker, […] a certain parcel of land situate in Salem
aforesaid, bounded and described as follows, Viz. beginning on Becket Street at a point
fourteen inches from the corner of the brick wall of Thomas Barker’s house, thence running
Northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s brick wall thirty there feet and two inches to a point,
from thence running Northerly seventeen feet six inches to corner of said Barker’s house
leaving nine inches eaves droppings from said house at all corners, thence running
Northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s house and hundred and nineteen feet nine inches to
land of John C. Very, thence running Northwesterly thirty two forty one inch to said Barker’s
land, thence Southwesterly one hundred sixty four feet eight inches to said Becket Street,
thence Southeasterly by said Street thirty eight feet one inch to the bound first mentioned.
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Brass Founder
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19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
WARD 1, SALEM, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS
[IMAGE]
Mary A
Kehew
39
Nova Scotia, Canada
Caroline A
Kehew
5
Massachusetts
Ella F
Kehew
3
Massachusetts
Georgiana R
Kehew
2
Massachusetts
Mary C
Kehew
3/12
Massachusetts
James H
Dunn
22
Carpenter
New Brunswick
Thomas C
Dunn
21
Mariner (Transport)
Massachusetts
Martin H
Dunn
17
Shoemaker
Massachusetts
Margaret Ann
Dunn
15
Massachusetts
John
Dunn
13
Massachusetts
John
Furnald
25
Mary E
Furnald
24
Engineer
Nova Scotia, Canada
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
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[IMAGE]
1851 SALEM MAP — 19 BECKET ST. SALEM, MA — JOHN KEHEW
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1851-1853)
1851
John Kehew
Brass Founder
1851
Thomas Bott
Shoe Maker
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1853
1855 MASSACHUSETTS CENSUS
19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
WARD 1, SALEM, ESSEX CO.
1860 US CENSUS
19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
William Lufkin
John
Kehew
45
Mary A
Kehew
44
Massachusetts
Caroline A
Kehew
10
Massachusetts
Ella F
Kehew
8
Massachusetts
Georgiana R
Kehew
7
Massachusetts
Mary E
Kehew
5
Massachusetts
Frederick A
Kehew
3
Massachusetts
Martin
Dunn
23
Margaret A
Dunn
20
Lewis
Lawrence
40
Susan S
Lawrence
37
Massachusetts
Lewis
Lawrence
2
Massachusetts
Nevell
10
Massachusetts
Mary E W
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1855-1857)
[IMAGE]
Brass Founder
Cooper
Cooper
Martin Dunn
Boarder
1857
Lewis Lawrence, Jr.
Cooper
Kehew
51
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
1855
John
Massachusetts
Iron Founder
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
WARD 1, SALEM, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1861-1864)
1865 MASSACHUSETTS CENSUS
19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
WARD 1, SALEM, ESSEX CO.
[IMAGE]
Mary A
Kehew
49
Nova Scotia, Canada
Margaret A
Kehew
23
Caroline A
Kehew
15
Massachusetts
Ellen F
Kehew
13
Massachusetts
Georgiana
Kehew
11
Massachusetts
Mary
Kehew
9
Massachusetts
Frederic A
Kehew
7
Massachusetts
John
Garritt
25
Ann
Garritt
25
Teacher
Mariner
Massachusetts
Maine
Maine
1861
Margaret A Dunn
Teacher
1864
Margaret A Dunn
Teacher
Mary A
Kehew
53
Nova Scotia, Canada
Ella F
Kehew
18
Georgiana R
Kehew
16
Massachusetts
Mary E
Kehew
15
Massachusetts
Frederick A
Kehew
13
Massachusetts
Margaret A
Dunn
30
School Teacher
School Teacher
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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Mary A
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1866-1869)
Frances
[IMAGE]
60
Nurse
1866
Margaret A Dunn
Teacher
1866
Mrs Mary Francis
Nurse
1869
Ella F Kehew
Teacher
1869
Frederic A Kehew
Printer
1869
Mary A Kehew
Widow
1869
Mrs Mary Francis
Nurse
Massachusetts
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1869 DEED (1ST HALF) — HEIRS OF JOHN KEHEW TO HENRY M. BARKER — BOOK 784
PAGE 116
Age
Name
Occupation/Note
Birthplace
Occupation/Note
Spouse
[IMAGE]
13 Oct 1869 — That whereas Mary Ann Kehew of Salem in the County of Essex and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Guardian of Mary E. Kehew and Freddie A. Kehew, minor
children of John Kehew, late of said Salem, deceased, by an order of the Court of Probate,
held at Haverhill within and for said County of Essex on the eighteenth day of May in the
year one thousand eight hundred and sixty nine was licensed and empowered to sell and
pass Deeds to convey certain real estate of the said minors; and whereas I, the said
Guardian, having given public notice of the intended sale, by causing notifications thereof to
be published once a week, for three successive weeks, prior to the time of sale, in the
newspaper called the Salem Register, printed at said Salem and having first taken the oath
and given the bond by law in such cases required, did on the twentieth day of October in
the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty nine, pursuant to the order and notice
aforesaid, sell by public auction the real estate of the said minors hereinafter described, to
Henry M. Barker of said Salem for the sum of nine hundred and twenty five dollars, he being
the highest bidder therefor. […] all the right, title and interest of said Mary E. Kehew and
Freddie A. Kehew in and to the following described real estate, situated in Salem, bounded
and described as follows, viz.: “Beginning on Becket Street at a point fourteen inches from
the corner of the brick wall of Thomas Barker’s house, thence running northeasterly parallel
with said Barker’s brick wall thirty three feet and two inches to a point, from thence running
Northerly seventeen feet six inches to corner of said Barker’s house, leaving nine inches
eaves droppings from said house at all corners, thence running northeasterly parallel with
said Barker’s house, one hundred and nineteen feet nine inches to land of John C. Very,
thence running northwesterly thirty three feet one inch to said Barker’s land, thence south
westerly one hundred sixty four feet eight inches to said Becket Street, thence Southeasterly
by said street thirty eight feet one inch to the bound first mentioned” said minor’s interest in
the above premises consisting of one undivided fourth part each of a two story dwelling
house & the land under and adjoining the same, being the same estate which Thomas
Barker conveyed to John Kehew (father of said minors) by deed dated 19th Oct 1848 and
recorded in Essex Registry of Deeds Book 403 Leaf 76.
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1869 DEED (2ND HALF) — MARY A. KEYHEW TO HENRY M. BARKER — BOOK 784 PAGE
118
1870 US CENSUS
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WARD 1, SALEM, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS
Occupation/Note
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Occupation/Note
Spouse
[IMAGE]
30 Oct 1869 — I, Mary Ann Kehew of Salem in the county of Essex, and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, widow. In consideration of nine hundred and twenty five dollars paid by
Henry M. Barker of Salem aforesaid, […] on undivided half of a certain parcel of land situate
in said Salem, and bounded and described as follows: Viz. Beginning on Becket street, at a
point fourteen inches from the corner of the brick wall of Thomas Barker’s house, thence
running northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s brick wall thirty three feet and two inches to
a point, from thence running northerly seventeen feet six inches to a corner of said Barker’s
house, leaving nine inches eaves droppings from said house, at all corners, thence running
Northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s house one hundred and nineteen feet nine inches to
land now or late of John C. Very, thence running northwesterly thirty two feet one inch to
said Barker’s land, thence Southwesterly one hundred sixty four feet eight inches, to said
Becket street, thence southeasterly by said street thirty eight feet one inch to the bound first
mentioned. […]
Henry M
Barker
58
Ship Carpenter
Massachusetts
Harriet L
Barker
55
Keeping House
Massachusetts
Mary A
Barker
27
Thomas
Barker
24
Work for Dental
Massachusetts
Harriet A
Barker
16
Attends School
Massachusetts
Abigail
Barker
56
Joseph A
Cousins
27
Dry Goods Merchant
Massachusetts
Abba
Cousins
21
Keeping House
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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[IMAGE]
1874 SALEM ATLAS (PLATE B) — 19 BECKET ST. SALEM, MA — HENRY M. BARKER
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1872-1879)
1872
Charles Doherty
Clerk (84 Derby)
1874
Charles Doherty
Saloon (84 Derby)
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1880 US CENSUS
19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
WARD 1, SALEM, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1880-1890)
[IMAGE]
1874
George A Caswell
Carriage Painter (138 Bridge)
1876
Thomas Bowditch
Mason
1878
Henry Nichols
Laborer
1879
Joseph Lawrence
Laborer
Henry C
Nichols
48
Works in Oil Factory
England
Eliza A
Nichols
39
Keeping House
Massachusetts
Sarah E
Nichols
19
Works in Shoe Factory
Massachusetts
Jennie M
Nichols
17
Works in Shoe Factory
Massachusetts
Henry F
Nichols
14
Works in Jute Mill
Massachusetts
Nellie M
Nichols
10
At School
Massachusetts
Arthur E
Nichols
6
Joseph
Lawrence
58
Laborer
Massachusetts
Sarah
Lawrence
33
Keeping House
Massachusetts
Joseph, Jr.
Lawrence
30
Roofer
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
1880
Thomas J Sargent Jr
Currier
1881
Joseph L Lawrence
Roofer / Boarder
1881
Joseph Lawrence
Roofer
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Joseph L Lawrence
Roofer / Boarder
1882
Joseph Lawrence
Janitor (P.&R.C.&I. Co. Webb)
1886
Arthur A L Kinsley
Morocco Dresser / Boarder
1886
James Kinsley
Boarder
1888
Charles N Williams
Pilot
1890
Thomas J. Sargent, Jr.
Yachtsman
1890
Charles N Williams
Laborer
1890
Miss Louisa M Watson
Boarder
1894 DEED — HENRY M. BARKER TO JAMES J. BENNETT — BOOK 1413 PAGE 255
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1895-1899)
[IMAGE]
14 Jun 1894 — I, Henry M. Barker of Salem in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, in consideration of Twelve Hundred dollars paid by James J. Bennett of said
Salem […] a certain parcel of land situated in said Salem and bounded and divided as
follows, viz. Beginning on Becket St. at a point fourteen inches from the corner of the brick
wall of Thomas Barker house, thence running northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s brick
wall thirty three feet and two inches to a point, from thence running northerly seventeen feet
six inches to corner of said Barker’s house, leaving nine inches eaves droppings from said
house to all corners; thence running northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s house one
hundred and nineteen feet nine inches to land now or late of John C. Verry; thence running
northwesterly thirty two feet one inch to said Barker’s land, thence southwesterly one
hundred sixty four feet eight inches to said Becket Street; thence southeasterly by said street
thirty eight one inch to the bound first mentioned together with the buildings thereon.
1895
John L Belyea
Laborer
1895
James J Bennett
Laborer
1895
Nicholas N Miller
Laborer
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1897
Adam Maxwell
1897
James J Bennett
Laborer
1897
Nicholas N Miller
Laborer / Boarder
1899
Adam Maxwell
Teamster
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1897 SALEM ATLAS (PLATE 4) — 19 BECKET ST. SALEM, MA — JAMES J. BENNET
1900 US CENSUS
19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
WARD 1, SALEM, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS
James
Bennett
36
Margaret
Bennett
36
Day Laborer
Massachusetts
Ireland
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Mary A
Bennett
11
James H
Bennett
9
Massachusetts
Clara J
Bennett
4
Massachusetts
John J
Bennett
2
Massachusetts
Miller
40
Day Laborer
Massachusetts
Adam
Maxwell
56
Teamster
Scotland
Mary
Maxwell
54
Ireland
Hattie T
Maxwell
22
Massachusetts
Nicholas N
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1901-1909)
[IMAGE]
Student
1901
Adam Maxwell
Teamster
1903
Adam Maxwell
Teamster
1903
Arthur Casey
Leather Sorter / Boarder
1903
James J Bennett
Laborer
1903
Nicholas N Miller
Laborer / Boarder
1903
William B Fitzpatrick
Laborer / Boarder
1904
James J Bennett
Laborer
1904
Mrs Marie D Henderson
1905
Arthur Casey
Massachusetts
Leather Sorter / Boarder
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Given Name Surname
Year
Age
Name
Occupation/Note
Birthplace
Occupation/Note
Spouse
ATLAS, MAP, OR PHOTOGRAPH TITLE
[IMAGE]
1905
Mrs Marie D Henderson
1905
Nicholas N Miller
Laborer / Boarder
1906
Nicholas N Miller
Laborer / Boarder
1906
William B Fitzpatrick
Teamster / Boarder
1907
Mary A Bennett
Clerk (188 Derby) / Boarder
1907
Mrs Marie D Henderson
1908
James J Bennett
Laborer
1909
Arthur Casey
Leather Sorter / Boarder
1909
Mrs Marie D Henderson
1909 DEED & MORTGAGE — JAMES J. BENNETT TO JULIA FOCHT — BOOK 2001 PAGE 81
10 Nov 1909 — I, James J. Bennett of Salem in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, in consideration of one dollar and other valuable considerations to me paid
by Julia Focht of said Salem, wife of Marjan Focht, […] a certain parcel of land situated in
said Salem and bounds and described as follows, viz.: beginning on Becket Street at a point
fourteen inches from the corner of the brick wall of Thomas Barker’s House; thence running
north easterly parallel with said Barker’s brick wall thirty there feet and two inches to a point;
from thence running northerly seventeen feet six inches to corner of said Barker’s house,
leaving nine inches leaves droppings from said house to all corners, thence running north
easterly parallel with said Barker’s house one hundred and nineteen feet nine inches to land
now or late of John C. Verry, thence running north westerly thirty two feet one inch to said
Barker’s land, thence south westerly one hundred sixty four feet eight inches to said Becket
Street thence south easterly by said street thirty eight feet one inch to the bound first
mentioned, together with the buildings thereon. Being the same premises conveyed to me
by Henry M. Barker by deed dated June 14, A.D. 1894, and recorded with Essex South
District Registry of Deeds Libro 1413, Folio 255.
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1910 US CENSUS
19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
WARD 1, SALEM, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS
Occupation/Note
Birthplace
Occupation/Note
Spouse
[IMAGE]
James
Bennett
45
Driver (Coal Team)
Massachusetts
Margaret
Bennett
43
Mary A
Bennett
20
Sales Lady (Dept. Store)
Massachusetts
James H
Bennett
18
Cutter (Shoe Shop)
Massachusetts
John J
Bennett
11
Ireland
Massachusetts
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Year
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Name
ATLAS, MAP, OR PHOTOGRAPH TITLE
Occupation/Note
Birthplace
Occupation/Note
Spouse
[IMAGE]
1911 SALEM ATLAS (PLATE 5) — 19 BECKET ST. SALEM, MA — JULIA FOCHT, UX.
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1910-1917)
1910
Arthur Casey
Leather Sorter / Boarder
1910
Marian Fukt (Focht)
Morocco Worker
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Occupation/Note
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ATLAS, MAP, OR PHOTOGRAPH TITLE
1920 US CENSUS
19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
WARD 1, SALEM, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS
[IMAGE]
1911
Arthur Casey
Leather Sorter / Boarder
1911
John Kozik
Driver (146 Washington) /
Boarder
1911
Marian Focht
Morocco Worker
1911
Wladyslaw Brudzynski
Shoemaker
1912
Arthur Casey
Leather Sorter / Boarder
1912
John Kozik
Driver / Boarder
1912
Marian Focht
Carpenter
1915
Arthur Casey
Leather Sorter / Boarder
1915
Marian Focht
Leather Worker
1916
Marian Focht
Leather Worker
Julia Focht
1917
Arthur C Welch
Post Office Clerk / Boarder
Della M Welch
1917
Arthur Casey
Leather Sorter / Boarder
1917
Marian Focht
Leather Worker
Julia Focht
1917
Stanislaw Rosumik
Laborer / Boarder
Lutza Rosumik
Leather Worker (Factory)
Russian Poland
Marion
Focht
50
Julianna
Focht
45
Mary
Focht
19
Russian Poland
Mill Worker (Cotton Mill)
Russian Poland
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Occupation/Note
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SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1920-1929)
[IMAGE]
Henrietta
Focht
12
Massachusetts
Zigmund
Focht
13
Massachusetts
Rose
Focht
10 (Niece)
Massachusetts
Joseph
Blaszazck
27
Leather Worker (Factory)
Russian Poland
Helen
Blaszazck
27
Massachusetts
Felix
Blaszazck
2 7/12
Massachusetts
Stanislaw
Blaszazck
1 3/12
Massachusetts
1920
Marion Focht
Leather Worker
Julia Ntoan
1921
Jozef Blasczak
Leather Worker
Ellen Blasczak
1921
Marion Focht
Leather Worker
Julia Focht
1921
Mary Focht
Machine Operator / Boarder
1922
Jozef Beasczak
Tanner
Helena Beasczak
1922
Jozef Blasczak
Leather Worker
Ellen Blasczak
1922
Marion Focht
Leather Worker
Julia Focht
1922
Mary Focht
Machine Operator / Boarder
1924
Josef Blaczk
Morocco Worker
Helena Blaczk
1924
Jozef Blasczak
Leather Worker
Ellen Blasczak
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1930 US CENSUS
19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
WARD 1, SALEM, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS
[IMAGE]
1924
Julia Focht
Widow
1924
Mary Focht
Machine Operator / Boarder
1926
Jozef Beasczak
Tanner
Helena Beasczak
1926
Julia Focht
Widow
Marion Focht
1926
Sigmond Focht
Leather Worker / Boarder
1929
Henrietta Focht
Shoe Worker / Boarder
1929
Juliana Focht
Widow
1929
Mary Stefenski
Boarder
1929
Stephen J Jastizembski
Shoe Worker
1929
Henrietta Focht
Shoe Worker / Boarder
1929
Juliana Focht
Widow
1929
Zygumunt Focht
Laborer / Boarder
Die Cutter (Machinery)
Marion Focht
Marion Focht
Mary Jastizembski
Marion Focht
Stephen
Jastrzembski
35
New Jersey
Mary
Jastrzembski
28
Irene
Jastrzembski
7 1/2
Massachusetts
Eleanor
Jastrzembski
5
Massachusetts
Stephen, Jr.
Jastrzembski
2 1/2
Massachusetts
Poland
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Occupation/Note
Spouse
ATLAS, MAP, OR PHOTOGRAPH TITLE
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1930-1939)
[IMAGE]
Lydia
Jastrzembski
10/12
Massachusetts
Julia
Focht
55
Henrietta
Focht
21
Stretcher (Shoe Factory)
Massachusetts
Sigmund
Focht
22
Stretcher (Leather)
Massachusetts
Poland
1930
Henrietta Foucht
Shoe Worker / Boarder
1930
Juliana Foucht
Widow
Marion Foucht
1930
Stephen J Jastrzembski
Shoe Worker
Mary Jastrzembski
1930
Zygmunt Foucht
Laborer / Boarder
1931
Henrietta Fucht
Shoe Worker / Rents
1931
Juliana Fucht
Widow
1931
Zygmunt Fucht
Laborer / Rents
1932
Henrietta Fucht
Shoe Worker / Rents
1932
Julia Fucht
Widow
1932
Zygmunt Fucht
Laborer / Rents
1934
Julia Fucht
Widow
1934
Zygmunt Fucht
Leather Worker / Rents
1935
Julia Fucht
Widow
Marion Fucht
Marion Fucht
Marion Fucht
Marion Fucht
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1940 US CENSUS
19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
WARD 1, SALEM, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS
1935
Zygmunt Fucht
Leather Worker / Boarder
1936
Julia Fucht
Widow
Marion Fucht
1937
Julia Fucht
Widow
Marion Fucht
1937
Stephen Jastrzembski
Machinist (Beverly)
Mary Jastrzembski
1939
Julia Fucht
Widow
Marion Fucht
1939
Stephen Jastrzembski
Machinist (Beverly)
Mary Jastrzembski
Zigmund T
Kawczenski
32
Operator Fleshing Machine
(Leather)
Massachusetts
Henrietta
Kawczenski
32
Pump Stitcher (Shoe)
Massachusetts
Virginia
Kawczenski
2
Massachusetts
Focht
66
Poland
Stephen J
Jastrzembski
47
Machinist (Shoe Machinery)
New Jersey
Irene
Jastrzembski
17
Mounter (Radio Tube)
Massachusetts
Eleanor
Jastrzembski
15
Massachusetts
Stephen L
Jastrzembski
11
Massachusetts
Lydia M
Jastrzembski
10
Massachusetts
Evelyn C
Jastrzembski
9
Massachusetts
Julia
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1940-1947)
[IMAGE]
1940
Julia Fucht
Widow
Marion Fucht
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Age
Name
Occupation/Note
Birthplace
Occupation/Note
Spouse
ATLAS, MAP, OR PHOTOGRAPH TITLE
[IMAGE]
1940
Stephen Jastrzembski
Machinist (Beverly)
Mary Jastrzembski
1942
Zygmunt Kawczenski
Shoe Worker / Rents
Henrietta Kawczenski
1942
Irene B Jastremska
Mounter (Hygrade) / Rents
1942
Julia Fucht
Widow
1942
Stephen Jastrzembski
Machinist (Beverly)
1942
Zygmunt Kawczenski
Shoe Worker / Rents
Henrietta Kawczenski
1943
Julia Fucht
Widow
Marion Fucht
1943
Zygmunt Kawczenski
Shoe Worker / Rents
Henrietta Kawczenski
1944
Julia Fucht
Widow
Marion Fucht
1944
William E Rhymo
1944
Zygmunt Kawcbenski
Shoe Worker / Rents
Henrietta Kawcbenski
1945
Julia Fucht
Widow
Marion Fucht
1945
William E Rhyno
1945
Zygmunt Kawczenski
Shoe Worker / Rents
Henrietta Kawczenski
1946
Zygmunt Kawczenski
Shoe Worker / Rents
Henrietta Kawczenski
1946
Julia Fucht
Widow
Marion Fucht
1946
William E Rhyno
Marion Fucht
Lucy M Rhymo
Lucy M Rhyno
Lucy M Rhyno
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Occupation/Note
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1947
Julia Fucht
1947
William E Rhyno
1947
Zygmunt Kawczenski
1947 DEED & MORTGAGE — CHRISTINA M. HAGAN TO JULIA FOCHT & HENRIETTA
KAWCZYNSKI — BOOK 3508 PAGE 223
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1948-1952)
[IMAGE]
Widow
Marion Fucht
Lucy M Rhyno
Shoe Worker / Rents
Henrietta Kawczenski
19 Feb 1947 — I, Christine M. Hagan, being unmarried, of Marblehead, Essex County,
Massachusetts, for consideration paid, grant to Julia Focht and Henrietta Kawczynski, as
joint tenants, both of Salem in said County of Essex with quitclaim covenants a certain parcel
of land situate in said Salem with the buildings thereon, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning on Becket Street at a point fourteen inches from the corner of the brick wall of
Thomas Barker’s house; thence running northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s brick wall
thirty-three feet and two inches to a point; from thence running northerly seventeen feet and
six inches to corner of said Barker’s house, leaving nine inches eaves droppings from said
house to call corners; thence running northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s house one
hundred and nineteen feet and nine inches to land now or late of John C. Verry; thence
running northwesterly thirty-two feet and one inch to said Barker’s land; thence
southwesterly one hundred and sixty-four feet and eight inches to said Becket Street; thence
southeasterly by said street thirty-eight feet and one inch to the bound first mentioned.
Being the same premises conveyed to men this day by dad of Julia Focht to be recorded
herewith in the Essex South District Registry of Deeds.
1948
Julia Fucht
Widow
Marion Fucht
1948
William E Rhyno
1948
Zygmunt Kawczenski
Shoe Worker / Rents
Henrietta Kawczenski
1949
Zygmunt Kawczenski
Leather Worker / Rents
Henrietta Kawczenski
1950
Zygmunt Kawczenski
Leather Worker
Henrietta Kawczenski
1950
Zygmunt Foch
Leather Worker / Rents
Lucy M Rhyno
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1981 DEATH CERTIFICATE (COPY) — JULIA B. FOCHT
Occupation/Note
Birthplace
Occupation/Note
Spouse
[IMAGE]
1950
Zygmunt T Kawczenski
Leather Worker
1951
Zygmunt Foch
Leather Worker / Rents
1951
Zygmunt T Kawczenski
Leather Worker
1952
Zygmunt Foch
Leather Worker / Rents
1952
Zygmunt T Kawczenski
Leather Worker
Henrietta Kawczenski
Henrietta Kawczenski
Henrietta Kawczenski
Southern Essex Co. Registry of Deeds — Book 9014 Page 83
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[IMAGE]
JULY 1985 PHOTO — 19 BECKET ST. SALEM, MA — MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL RESOURCE
INFORMATION SYSTEM (MACRIS) REPORT
1987 DECLARATION OF TRUST & DEED — HENRIETTA KAWCZYNSKI TO MICHAEL D.
SPECTOR
Southern Essex Co. Registry of Deeds — Book 9014 Page 88
1988 PLAN — PLAN OF LAND AT NOS. 17, 19 & 21 BECKET ST. (LOT 1)
Southern Essex Co. Registry of Deeds — Book 249 Plan 67
1990 DEED — (TRUSTEE) MICHAEL D. SPECTOR TO MICHAEL D. GAGNON & NANCY ANN
TERRY
Southern Essex Co. Registry of Deeds — Book 10389 Page 560
2005 DEED — MICHAEL D. TERRY (FMR. GAGNON) TO MICHAEL D. TERRY
Southern Essex Co. Registry of Deeds — Book 23911 Page 556
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2020 IMAGE — GOOGLE MAPS - STREET VIEW — 19 BECKET ST. SALEM, MA
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redundant phrases omitted]
1783 LAND DEED — JOHN BECKETT, DAVID FELT, SUSANNA FELT, NATHANIEL SILSBEE,
SARAH SILSBEE, WILLIAM PEELE, ELIZABETH PEELE, WILLIAM FAIRFIELD, REBECCA
FAIRFIELD, THORNDIKE DALAND, EUNICE DALAND, & HANNAH CLOUTMAN (ET AL.) TO
THOMAS RUEE (SR.) — BOOK 137 PAGE 202
Oct 1783 (Rec’d 29 Mar 1784) — To all people to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting,
Know Ye, That we John Becket, boat builder, David Felt, trader & Susanna his wife, William
Peele, mariner & Elizabeth his wife, Nathaniel Silsbee, trader & Sarah his wife, William
Fairfield, mariner & Rebecca his wife, Thorndike Daland, mariner & Eunice his wife & Hannah
Cloutman, widow, all of Salem in the County of Essex, For and in Consideration of the Sum
of twenty pounds to us in Hand before the Ensealing hereof, well and truly paid by Thomas
Rue of Salem aforesaid, mariner […] the northerly half of a piece of land in the east parish in
Salem aforesaid, the whole of said piece of land containing forty poles & was part of the
Estate of our father John Beckett, deceased, the part hereby sold to contain twenty poles &
to be half the front & half the rear of said forty poles & bound northerly on land of James
Collins, westerly on a lane called Becketts lane, Southerly on the other half of said forty
poles of land & easterly on land of Timothy Orne […]
1817 ADMINISTRATIVE DEED — ESTATE OF THOMAS RUEE (SR.) BY JONATHAN ARCHER,
ADMINISTRATOR TO WILLIAM ROPES, JR. ESQUIRE — BOOK 215 PAGE 184
6 Aug 1817 (Rec’d 8 Sep 1817) — … I, Jonathan Archer of Salem in the County of Essex,
Trader, as administrator of the goods and estate of Thomas Ruee, late of Salem aforesaid,
Mariner, deceased intestate in pursuance of the authority and license granted to me by the
Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit holden at Ipswich within and for said
County on the third Monday of December last to sell and convey so much of the real estate
said deceased as should raise the sum of eight hundred and twenty dollars for the payment
his just debts and incidental charges, and in consideration of four hundred and seventy
dollars to me in my said capacity paid by William Ropes junior of said Salem, Esquire […] all
the dwelling house and land of said deceased, situate in said Salem bounded as follows, to
wit, beginning at the southeast corner of land late of John Searle, thence running
southeasterly fifty feet and two inches to land of Benj. Crowninshield and bounding
northeast on Becket Street, thence running southwesterly by Crowninshield’s land sixty six
feet and five inches to land late of Caleb Manning, thence running northwesterly by said
Manning’s land forty nine feet and eight inches to land of John Searle’s heirs, thence
northeasterly about twenty seven feet and five inches to a four feet way, then southeasterly
two feet, then northeasterly forty feet to Becket Street and then bounds first mentioned with
the privilege to use the said private way four feet wide from Becket Street running southwest
forty feet at all times in common with the owners or occupiers of said Searle’s house and
land, which way is to be kept open and unincumbered [sic]; excepting and reserving
however all that third part of the aforedescribed [sic] premises with have been set off
assigned to the widow of said Ruee and her dower in his estate for description of which
reference is had to the records in the Probate office. […] I the said Archer do hereby
covenant with the said Ropes his heirs and assigns that I have observed and confirmed to all
the requirements of law in making said sale which took place on the premises on the first
day of August current and that he was the highest bidder therefore.
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1817 ADMINISTRATIVE DEED — WILLIAM ROPES, JR. ESQ. TO JOHN GOODRIDGE —
BOOK 215 PAGE 185
5 Sep 1817 (Rec’d 8 Sep 1817) — … I, William Ropes, junior of Salem in the County of Essex,
Esquire, in consideration of six hundred dollars to me paid by John Goodridge of said
Salem, boatbuilder […] two third divided parts of the following messuage and land situate in
said Salem bounded beginning at the southeast corner of land late of John Searle, thence
running southerly fifty feet and two inches to land of Benj. Crowninshield and bounding
northeast on Becket Street, thence running southwesterly by said Crowninshield’s land sixty
six feet and five inches to land late of Caleb Manning, thence running northwesterly by said
Mannings land forty nine feet and eight inches to the land of John Searle’s heirs, thence
northwesterly about twenty seven feet and five inches to a four feet way, then southeasterly
two feet, then northeasterly forty feet to Becket Street and the bounds first mentioned, with
the privilege of the common use of the said four feet way from Becket, it being intended
hereby to convey all said messuage and land except the third part thereof and privileges set
off and assigned by Joseph Lambert, Daniel Sage and William Ropes in pursuance of a
commission from the Probate Court to the window of Thomas Ruee, deceased, as her dower
in his estate; which dower consists of the eastern end of the house lower room, chamber
garret bed room on the lower floor behind the front stair way, piece of land in the yard, and
certain privileges and rights particularly enumerated in the return of said commissioners on
record in the Probate Office, to which reference is hereby had for the boundaries and
privileges.
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1817 ADMINISTRATIVE DEED — ESTATE OF CAPT. THOMAS RUEE (JR.) BY JONATHAN
ARCHER, ADMINISTRATOR TO BENJAMIN RUEE — BOOK 216 PAGE 258
Sep 1817 (Rec’d 24 Aug 1818) — … I, Jonathan Archer of Salem in the County of Essex,
Trader, as I am Administrator of the goods and estate which were of Thomas Ruee, late of
said Salem, Mariner, deceased intestate bing duly empowered in this behalf by th Circuit
Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit holden on the third Monday of December in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen at Ipswich within the said
County in pursuance of a sale at public auction and in consideration of the sum of fifty
dollars to me paid by Benjamin Ruee of said Salem, Rope maker, who was the highest
bidder at the said sale for the estate hereinafter described, […] all the estate and right in
reversion of the dower assigned and set off according to Law by Joseph Lambert, Daniel
Sage and William Ropes to the widow of said Thomas, deceased, to wit, the eastern end of
the house, lower room, chamber and garret with the bedroom on the lower floor behind the
front stairway, also with the privilege of the front door and stair way up to the garret in
common also in the main cellar commencing from the western side of the arch fourteen feet
to the partition of the kitchen cellar running southerly seven and a half feet which joins on
the cellar stairs leading from the parlor thence running easterly till it joins the line from the
arch seven and a half feet, together with the cellar kitchen, giving privilege to other
occupants to pass through said cellar to the other parts of therein cellar not assigned to the
widow having the outer cellar door in common and likewise the door in the wood house
leading to the Pump in common, as also two feet and a half for a gang way from the door of
said wood house towards the privy to be left in common, as also the small and large gales
being twelve feet wide from Becket Street up to the wood house to be in common, and
likewise a piece of land in the yard twenty four feet east from the wood house on a line from
the great gate, then running southerly to the boundary line of said estate and the estate of
Jonathan Brown.
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�OWNERSHIP YEAR & DOCUMENT — GRANTOR TO GRANTEE —
SOUTHERN ESSEX CO. REGISTRY OF DEEDS: BOOK NO. & PAGE NO.
Date (Rec’d) — Transcription [Key: ‘…’ redundant words omitted; ‘[…]’
redundant phrases omitted]
1817 MORTGAGE — BENJAMIN RUEE TO JOHN GOODRIDGE — BOOK 216 PAGE 259
14 Aug 1817 (Rec’d 24 Aug 1818) — … I, Benjamin Ruee of Salem in the County of Essex,
1817 MORTGAGE — MEHITABLE RUEE (WIDOW OF CAPT. THOMAS RUEE, JR.) TO JOHN
GOODRIDGE — BOOK 216 PAGE 259
Ropemaker, in consideration of fifty dollars to me paid by John Goodridge of Salem
aforesaid, Shipwright, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and for divers other
good causes and considerations me hereunto moving do for myself and my heirs remise
release and forever quitclaim unto the said John Goodridge the following described part of
a certain house and land situated in Salem aforesaid, being formerly the estate of Thomas
Ruee, deceased, and that part thereof which was set off to his widow Mehitable Ruee for her
dower, That is to say, the eastern end of the house, lower room, chamber and garret, with
the bedroom on the lower floor behind the front stair way; also with the privilege of the front
door and stair way up to the garret in common; also with the privilege of the front door and
stair way up to the garret in common; also in the main cellar commencing from the western
side of the arch fourteen feet to the partition of the kitchen cellar, running southerly seven
and an half feet which joins on the cellar stairs leading from the parlor, thence running
easterly till it joins the line from the arch seven and an half feet, together with the cellar
kitchen, giving privilege to other occupants to pass thro’ said cellar to the other parts of the
main cellar not assigned to the widow, leaving the outer cellar door in common, and likewise
the door in the wood house leading to the Pump in common, also two feet and a half for a
gang way from the door of said wood house towards the Privy to be in common; as also the
small and large gates being twelve feet wide from Beckett Street up to the wood house to
be in common; and also a piece of land in the yard twenty four feet east from the wood
house on a line from the great Gate, then running southerly on the boundary line of said
estate and the estate of Jonathan Brown. The same being subject to the dower of said
Mehitable the reversion whereof is intended hereby to be conveyed in the same manner as
said reversion has been deeded to me by Jonathan Archer, Administrator of said Thomas
Ruee, deceased, by order of Court as by his deed to me dated September 5, 1817 and ent’d
for record this day reference being thereto had.
14 Aug 1817 (Rec’d 24 Aug 1818) — … I, Mehetable Ruee of Salem in the County of Essex,
Widow, in consideration of Four hundred twenty five dollars to me paid by John Goodridge
of the same Salem, Shipwright, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, and for divers
other good causes and considerations me hereunto moving […] all my right of dower in that
third part of the real estate of my late husband Thomas Ruee, deceased, situated in Salem
aforesaid which was set off and assigned to see by a committee from the Probate Office and
in their return particularly described. The revision of which dower has ben sold by order of
Court by Jonathan Archer, Administrator of my said husband by dad from him to Benjamin
Ruee dated September 5, 1817 and conveyed to him by said John Goodridge by deed
dated and ent’d for record this day, in both which deeds there is particular description of my
dower, it being my intention to convey all my right and interest in all that part of said estate
described in the two deeds aforesaid and in said return, reference thereunto had […]
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�OWNERSHIP YEAR & DOCUMENT — GRANTOR TO GRANTEE —
SOUTHERN ESSEX CO. REGISTRY OF DEEDS: BOOK NO. & PAGE NO.
Date (Rec’d) — Transcription [Key: ‘…’ redundant words omitted; ‘[…]’
redundant phrases omitted]
1837 MORTGAGE DEED — SAMUEL KEHEW (FATHER OF JOHN) TO DANIEL MILLET, JR.
— BOOK 306 PAGE 100
15 Dec 1837 (Rec’d 27 Apr 1838) — … I, Samuel Kehew of Salem in the County of Essex,
Cooper, in consideration of two hundred dollars to me paid by Daniel Millet Jr. of Salem
aforesaid, Trader, […] the Northern end of a certain Dwelling House situate on Becket Street
in Salem with the land it stands on in front & rear containing about nineteen & a half poles,
with one half of the chimney. The division in said house between the half here sold and the
other half, is as the partition stands. The front entry to remain in common with the use of all
passage ways necessary to go to the parts of the house now sold, which includes the
Northerly half of the cellar; said land is bounded Southerly on the other part of the house
and land owned by Magoun, Easterly by land of Manning, Northerly by land formerly Joseph
Lambert’s, Westerly on Becket Street and all the buildings standing thereon, […] it being the
Estate conveyed to me by Joseph Crookshanks & wife recorded Book 148 L.169. […]
Provided Nevertheless, that if the said Samuel Kehew, his heirs, executors, or administrators,
pay to the said Daniel Millet, Jr. his heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, the sum of
two hundred dollars with interest on or before the fifteenth day of December AD 1838, then
this Deed, as also a certain note bearing even date with these presents, given by the said
Samuel Kehew to the said Daniel Millet, Jr, promising to pay the sum of two hundred dollars
at the time aforesaid, shall both be void; otherwise shall remain in full force.
1844 MORTGAGE — DANIEL MILLET, JR. TO THOMAS BARKER — BOOK 345 PAGE 4
1 Jun 1844 — … I, Daniel Millet jr. of Salem, in the County of Essex, Trader, in consideration
of three hundred and fifty dollars paid by Thomas Barker, of said Salem, Shipwright, […] the
following described parcel of real estate situate on Becket Street, in Salem, Viz. a lot of land
containing about nineteen and a half poles, front and rear, with one half of the chimney as it
now stands, the division between the part here sold and the other part is as the partition in
the house now stands, said house is bounded Southerly on the other part owned by
Magoun & Barker, easterly by land of Manning, Northerly by land formerly Joseph Lambert’s,
and Westerly by becket Street, the same being the estate conveyed to me by Samuel Kehew
and wife, and recorded Book 306, leaf 100.
1848 DEED — THOMAS BARKER TO JOHN KEHEW — BOOK 403 PAGE 76
19 Oct 1848 — … I, Thomas Barker, of Salem, in the County of Essex, Shipwright, in
consideration of one thousand dollars paid by John Kehew, […] a certain parcel of land
situate in Salem aforesaid, bounded and described as follows, Viz. beginning on Becket
Street at a point fourteen inches from the corner of the brick wall of Thomas Barker’s house,
thence running Northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s brick wall thirty three feet and two
inches to corner of said Barker’s house, leaving nine inches eaves droppings from said house
at all corners, thence running Northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s house one hundred
and nineteen feet nine inches to land of John C. Very, thence running Northwesterly thirty
two feet one inch to said Barker’s land, thence Southwesterly one hundred sixty four feet
eight inches to said Becket Street, thence Southeasterly by said Street thirty eight feet one
inch to the bound first mentioned.
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�OWNERSHIP YEAR & DOCUMENT — GRANTOR TO GRANTEE —
SOUTHERN ESSEX CO. REGISTRY OF DEEDS: BOOK NO. & PAGE NO.
Date (Rec’d) — Transcription [Key: ‘…’ redundant words omitted; ‘[…]’
redundant phrases omitted]
1848 MORTGAGE — JOHN KEHEW TO THOMAS BARKER — BOOK 403 PAGE 77 —
[DISCHARGE: BK. 439 PG. 53]
19 Oct 1848 — … I, John Kehew, of Salem, in the County of Essex, in consideration of four
1869 DEED (1ST HALF) — HEIRS OF JOHN KEHEW TO HENRY M. BARKER — BOOK
784 PAGE 116
hundred dollars paid by Thomas Barker, […] a certain parcel of land situate in Salem
aforesaid, bounded and described as follows, Viz. beginning on Becket Street at a point
fourteen inches from the corner of the brick wall of Thomas Barker’s house, thence running
Northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s brick wall thirty there feet and two inches to a point,
from thence running Northerly seventeen feet six inches to corner of said Barker’s house
leaving nine inches eaves droppings from said house at all corners, thence running
Northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s house and hundred and nineteen feet nine inches to
land of John C. Very, thence running Northwesterly thirty two forty one inch to said Barker’s
land, thence Southwesterly one hundred sixty four feet eight inches to said Becket Street,
thence Southeasterly by said Street thirty eight feet one inch to the bound first mentioned.
13 Oct 1869 — That whereas Mary Ann Kehew of Salem in the County of Essex and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Guardian of Mary E. Kehew and Freddie A. Kehew, minor
children of John Kehew, late of said Salem, deceased, by an order of the Court of Probate,
held at Haverhill within and for said County of Essex on the eighteenth day of May in the
year one thousand eight hundred and sixty nine was licensed and empowered to sell and
pass Deeds to convey certain real estate of the said minors; and whereas I, the said
Guardian, having given public notice of the intended sale, by causing notifications thereof to
be published once a week, for three successive weeks, prior to the time of sale, in the
newspaper called the Salem Register, printed at said Salem and having first taken the oath
and given the bond by law in such cases required, did on the twentieth day of October in
the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty nine, pursuant to the order and notice
aforesaid, sell by public auction the real estate of the said minors hereinafter described, to
Henry M. Barker of said Salem for the sum of nine hundred and twenty five dollars, he being
the highest bidder therefor. […] all the right, title and interest of said Mary E. Kehew and
Freddie A. Kehew in and to the following described real estate, situated in Salem, bounded
and described as follows, viz.: “Beginning on Becket Street at a point fourteen inches from
the corner of the brick wall of Thomas Barker’s house, thence running northeasterly parallel
with said Barker’s brick wall thirty three feet and two inches to a point, from thence running
Northerly seventeen feet six inches to corner of said Barker’s house, leaving nine inches
eaves droppings from said house at all corners, thence running northeasterly parallel with
said Barker’s house, one hundred and nineteen feet nine inches to land of John C. Very,
thence running northwesterly thirty three feet one inch to said Barker’s land, thence south
westerly one hundred sixty four feet eight inches to said Becket Street, thence Southeasterly
by said street thirty eight feet one inch to the bound first mentioned” said minor’s interest in
the above premises consisting of one undivided fourth part each of a two story dwelling
house & the land under and adjoining the same, being the same estate which Thomas
Barker conveyed to John Kehew (father of said minors) by deed dated 19th Oct 1848 and
recorded in Essex Registry of Deeds Book 403 Leaf 76.
6
�OWNERSHIP YEAR & DOCUMENT — GRANTOR TO GRANTEE —
SOUTHERN ESSEX CO. REGISTRY OF DEEDS: BOOK NO. & PAGE NO.
Date (Rec’d) — Transcription [Key: ‘…’ redundant words omitted; ‘[…]’
redundant phrases omitted]
1869 DEED (2ND HALF) — MARY A. KEYHEW TO HENRY M. BARKER
30 Oct 1869 — I, Mary Ann Kehew of Salem in the county of Essex, and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, widow. In consideration of nine hundred and twenty five dollars paid by
Henry M. Barker of Salem aforesaid, […] on undivided half of a certain parcel of land situate
in said Salem, and bounded and described as follows: Viz. Beginning on Becket street, at a
point fourteen inches from the corner of the brick wall of Thomas Barker’s house, thence
running northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s brick wall thirty three feet and two inches to
a point, from thence running northerly seventeen feet six inches to a corner of said Barker’s
house, leaving nine inches eaves droppings from said house, at all corners, thence running
Northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s house one hundred and nineteen feet nine inches to
land now or late of John C. Very, thence running northwesterly thirty two feet one inch to
said Barker’s land, thence Southwesterly one hundred sixty four feet eight inches, to said
Becket street, thence southeasterly by said street thirty eight feet one inch to the bound first
mentioned. […]
1909 DEED & MORTGAGE — JAMES J. BENNETT TO JULIA FOCHT — BOOK 2001
PAGE 81
10 Nov 1909 — I, James J. Bennett of Salem in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, in consideration of one dollar and other valuable considerations to me paid
by Julia Focht of said Salem, wife of Marjan Focht, […] a certain parcel of land situated in
said Salem and bounds and described as follows, viz.: beginning on Becket Street at a point
fourteen inches from the corner of the brick wall of Thomas Barker’s House; thence running
north easterly parallel with said Barker’s brick wall thirty there feet and two inches to a point;
from thence running northerly seventeen feet six inches to corner of said Barker’s house,
leaving nine inches leaves droppings from said house to all corners, thence running north
easterly parallel with said Barker’s house one hundred and nineteen feet nine inches to land
now or late of John C. Verry, thence running north westerly thirty two feet one inch to said
Barker’s land, thence south westerly one hundred sixty four feet eight inches to said Becket
Street thence south easterly by said street thirty eight feet one inch to the bound first
mentioned, together with the buildings thereon. Being the same premises conveyed to me
by Henry M. Barker by deed dated June 14, A.D. 1894, and recorded with Essex South
District Registry of Deeds Libro 1413, Folio 255.
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�OWNERSHIP YEAR & DOCUMENT — GRANTOR TO GRANTEE —
SOUTHERN ESSEX CO. REGISTRY OF DEEDS: BOOK NO. & PAGE NO.
Date (Rec’d) — Transcription [Key: ‘…’ redundant words omitted; ‘[…]’
redundant phrases omitted]
1947 DEED & MORTGAGE — CHRISTINA M. HAGAN TO JULIA FOCHT & HENRIETTA
KAWCZYNSKI — BOOK 3508 PAGE 223
19 Feb 1947 — I, Christine M. Hagan, being unmarried, of Marblehead, Essex County,
Massachusetts, for consideration paid, grant to Julia Focht and Henrietta Kawczynski, as
joint tenants, both of Salem in said County of Essex with quitclaim covenants a certain parcel
of land situate in said Salem with the buildings thereon, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning on Becket Street at a point fourteen inches from the corner of the brick wall of
Thomas Barker’s house; thence running northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s brick wall
thirty-three feet and two inches to a point; from thence running northerly seventeen feet and
six inches to corner of said Barker’s house, leaving nine inches eaves droppings from said
house to call corners; thence running northeasterly parallel with said Barker’s house one
hundred and nineteen feet and nine inches to land now or late of John C. Verry; thence
running northwesterly thirty-two feet and one inch to said Barker’s land; thence
southwesterly one hundred and sixty-four feet and eight inches to said Becket Street; thence
southeasterly by said street thirty-eight feet and one inch to the bound first mentioned.
Being the same premises conveyed to men this day by dad of Julia Focht to be recorded
herewith in the Essex South District Registry of Deeds.
1981 DEATH CERTIFICATE (COPY) — JULIA B. FOCHT
Southern Essex Co. Registry of Deeds — Book 9014 Page 83
1987 DECLARATION OF TRUST & DEED — HENRIETTA KAWCZYNSKI TO MICHAEL D.
SPECTOR
Southern Essex Co. Registry of Deeds — Book 9014 Page 88
1988 PLAN — PLAN OF LAND AT NOS. 17, 19 & 21 BECKET ST. (LOT 1)
Southern Essex Co. Registry of Deeds — Book 249 Plan 67
1990 DEED — (TRUSTEE) MICHAEL D. SPECTOR TO MICHAEL D. GAGNON & NANCY
ANN TERRY
Southern Essex Co. Registry of Deeds — Book 10389 Page 560
2005 DEED — MICHAEL D. TERRY (FMR. GAGNON) TO MICHAEL D. TERRY
Southern Essex Co. Registry of Deeds — Book 23911 Page 556
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�19 BECKET ST. SALEM, MASS. || PUBLIC CENSES || 1850-1940
CENSUS YEAR & DESCRIPTION
1850 US CENSUS
19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
WARD 1, SALEM, ESSEX,
MASSACHUSETTS
1855 MASSACHUSETTS CENSUS
19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
WARD 1, SALEM, ESSEX CO.
Given Name Surname
Age
Occupation/Note
Birthplace
John
Kehew
41
Brass Founder
Massachusetts
Mary A
Kehew
39
Nova Scotia, Canada
Nova Scotia, Canada
Caroline A
Kehew
5
Massachusetts
Ella F
Kehew
3
Massachusetts
Georgiana R
Kehew
2
Massachusetts
Mary C
Kehew
3/12
Massachusetts
James H
Dunn
22
Carpenter
New Brunswick
Thomas C
Dunn
21
Mariner (Transport)
Massachusetts
Martin H
Dunn
17
Shoemaker
Massachusetts
Margaret Ann
Dunn
15
Massachusetts
John
Dunn
13
Massachusetts
John
Furnald
25
Mary E
Furnald
24
John
Kehew
45
Mary A
Kehew
44
Massachusetts
Caroline A
Kehew
10
Massachusetts
Ella F
Kehew
8
Massachusetts
Georgiana R
Kehew
7
Massachusetts
Mary E
Kehew
5
Massachusetts
Engineer
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Brass Founder
Massachusetts
1
�CENSUS YEAR & DESCRIPTION
Given Name Surname
Frederick A
1860 US CENSUS
19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
WARD 1, SALEM, ESSEX,
MASSACHUSETTS
1865 MASSACHUSETTS CENSUS
19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
WARD 1, SALEM, ESSEX CO.
Age
Occupation/Note
Birthplace
Kehew
3
Massachusetts
Martin
Dunn
23
Margaret A
Dunn
20
Lewis
Lawrence
40
Susan S
Lawrence
37
Massachusetts
Lewis
Lawrence
2
Massachusetts
Mary E W
Nevell
10
Massachusetts
John
Kehew
51
Mary A
Kehew
49
Margaret A
Kehew
23
Caroline A
Kehew
15
Massachusetts
Ellen F
Kehew
13
Massachusetts
Georgiana
Kehew
11
Massachusetts
Mary
Kehew
9
Massachusetts
Frederic A
Kehew
7
Massachusetts
John
Garritt
25
Ann
Garritt
25
Maine
Mary A
Kehew
53
Nova Scotia, Canada
Ella F
Kehew
18
Georgiana R
Kehew
16
Cooper
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Cooper
Iron Founder
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Nova Scotia, Canada
Teacher
Mariner
School Teacher
Massachusetts
Maine
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
2
�CENSUS YEAR & DESCRIPTION
Given Name Surname
1880 US CENSUS
19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
WARD 1, SALEM, ESSEX,
MASSACHUSETTS
Occupation/Note
Birthplace
Mary E
Kehew
15
Massachusetts
Frederick A
Kehew
13
Massachusetts
Margaret A
Dunn
30
School Teacher
Massachusetts
Frances
60
Nurse
Massachusetts
Henry M
Barker
58
Ship Carpenter
Massachusetts
Harriet L
Barker
55
Keeping House
Massachusetts
Mary A
Barker
27
Thomas
Barker
24
Work for Dental
Massachusetts
Harriet A
Barker
16
Attends School
Massachusetts
Abigail
Barker
56
Joseph A
Cousins
27
Dry Goods Merchant
Massachusetts
Abba
Cousins
21
Keeping House
Massachusetts
Henry C
Nichols
48
Works in Oil Factory
England
Eliza A
Nichols
39
Keeping House
Massachusetts
Sarah E
Nichols
19
Works in Shoe Factory
Massachusetts
Jennie M
Nichols
17
Works in Shoe Factory
Massachusetts
Henry F
Nichols
14
Works in Jute Mill
Massachusetts
Nellie M
Nichols
10
At School
Massachusetts
Arthur E
Nichols
6
Lawrence
58
Mary A
1870 US CENSUS
19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
WARD 1, SALEM, ESSEX,
MASSACHUSETTS
Age
Joseph
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Laborer
Massachusetts
3
�CENSUS YEAR & DESCRIPTION
1900 US CENSUS
19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
WARD 1, SALEM, ESSEX,
MASSACHUSETTS
Given Name Surname
1920 US CENSUS
19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
WARD 1, SALEM, ESSEX,
MASSACHUSETTS
Occupation/Note
Birthplace
Sarah
Lawrence
33
Keeping House
Massachusetts
Joseph, Jr.
Lawrence
30
Roofer
Massachusetts
James
Bennett
36
Day Laborer
Massachusetts
Margaret
Bennett
36
Mary A
Bennett
11
James H
Bennett
9
Massachusetts
Clara J
Bennett
4
Massachusetts
John J
Bennett
2
Massachusetts
Miller
40
Day Laborer
Massachusetts
Adam
Maxwell
56
Teamster
Scotland
Mary
Maxwell
54
Ireland
Hattie T
Maxwell
22
Massachusetts
James
Bennett
45
Margaret
Bennett
43
Mary A
Bennett
20
Sales Lady (Dept. Store)
Massachusetts
James H
Bennett
18
Cutter (Shoe Shop)
Massachusetts
John J
Bennett
11
Marion
Focht
50
Julianna
Focht
45
Mary
Focht
19
Nicholas N
1910 US CENSUS
19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
WARD 1, SALEM, ESSEX,
MASSACHUSETTS
Age
Ireland
Student
Driver (Coal Team)
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Ireland
Massachusetts
Leather Worker (Factory)
Russian Poland
Russian Poland
Mill Worker (Cotton Mill)
Russian Poland
4
�CENSUS YEAR & DESCRIPTION
1930 US CENSUS
19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
WARD 1, SALEM, ESSEX,
MASSACHUSETTS
1940 US CENSUS
19 BECKET ST. HOUSEHOLD
WARD 1, SALEM, ESSEX,
MASSACHUSETTS
Given Name Surname
Age
Occupation/Note
Birthplace
Henrietta
Focht
12
Massachusetts
Zigmund
Focht
13
Massachusetts
Rose
Focht
10 (Niece)
Massachusetts
Joseph
Blaszazck
27
Leather Worker (Factory)
Helen
Blaszazck
27
Massachusetts
Felix
Blaszazck
2 7/12
Massachusetts
Stanislaw
Blaszazck
1 3/12
Massachusetts
Stephen
Jastrzembski
35
Mary
Jastrzembski
28
Irene
Jastrzembski
7 1/2
Massachusetts
Eleanor
Jastrzembski
5
Massachusetts
Stephen, Jr.
Jastrzembski
2 1/2
Massachusetts
Lydia
Jastrzembski
10/12
Massachusetts
Julia
Focht
55
Henrietta
Focht
21
Stretcher (Shoe Factory)
Massachusetts
Sigmund
Focht
22
Stretcher (Leather)
Massachusetts
Zigmund T
Kawczenski
32
Operator Fleshing Machine
(Leather)
Massachusetts
Henrietta
Kawczenski
32
Pump Stitcher (Shoe)
Massachusetts
Virginia
Kawczenski
2
Massachusetts
Focht
66
Poland
Julia
Die Cutter (Machinery)
Russian Poland
New Jersey
Poland
Poland
5
�CENSUS YEAR & DESCRIPTION
Given Name Surname
Age
Occupation/Note
Birthplace
Stephen J
Jastrzembski
47
Machinist (Shoe Machinery)
New Jersey
Irene
Jastrzembski
17
Mounter (Radio Tube)
Massachusetts
Eleanor
Jastrzembski
15
Massachusetts
Stephen L
Jastrzembski
11
Massachusetts
Lydia M
Jastrzembski
10
Massachusetts
Evelyn C
Jastrzembski
9
Massachusetts
6
�19 BECKET ST. SALEM, MASS. || DIRECTORY LISTINGS || 1851-1952
DIRECTORY LISTINGS
Year
Name
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1851-1853)
1851
John Kehew
Brass Founder
1851
Thomas Bott
Shoe Maker
1853
William Lufkin
1855
Martin Dunn
Boarder
1857
Lewis Lawrence, Jr.
Cooper
1861
Margaret A Dunn
Teacher
1864
Margaret A Dunn
Teacher
1866
Margaret A Dunn
Teacher
1866
Mrs Mary Francis
Nurse
1869
Ella F Kehew
Teacher
1869
Frederic A Kehew
Printer
1869
Mary A Kehew
Widow
1869
Mrs Mary Francis
Nurse
1872
Charles Doherty
Clerk (84 Derby)
1874
Charles Doherty
Saloon (84 Derby)
1874
George A Caswell
Carriage Painter (138 Bridge)
1876
Thomas Bowditch
Mason
1878
Henry Nichols
Laborer
1879
Joseph Lawrence
Laborer
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1855-1857)
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1861-1864)
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1866-1869)
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1872-1879)
Occupation/Note
Spouse
1
�DIRECTORY LISTINGS
Year
Name
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1880-1890)
1880
Thomas J Sargent Jr
Currier
1881
Joseph L Lawrence
Roofer / Boarder
1881
Joseph Lawrence
Roofer
1882
Joseph L Lawrence
Roofer / Boarder
1882
Joseph Lawrence
Janitor (P.&R.C.&I. Co. Webb)
1886
Arthur A L Kinsley
Morocco Dresser / Boarder
1886
James Kinsley
Boarder
1888
Charles N Williams
Pilot
1890
Thomas J. Sargent, Jr.
Yachtsman
1890
Charles N Williams
Laborer
1890
Miss Louisa M Watson
Boarder
1895
John L Belyea
Laborer
1895
James J Bennett
Laborer
1895
Nicholas N Miller
Laborer
1897
Adam Maxwell
1897
James J Bennett
Laborer
1897
Nicholas N Miller
Laborer / Boarder
1899
Adam Maxwell
Teamster
1901
Adam Maxwell
Teamster
1903
Adam Maxwell
Teamster
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1895-1899)
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1901-1909)
Occupation/Note
Spouse
2
�DIRECTORY LISTINGS
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1910-1917)
Year
Name
Occupation/Note
1903
Arthur Casey
Leather Sorter / Boarder
1903
James J Bennett
Laborer
1903
Nicholas N Miller
Laborer / Boarder
1903
William B Fitzpatrick
Laborer / Boarder
1904
James J Bennett
Laborer
1904
Mrs Marie D Henderson
1905
Arthur Casey
1905
Mrs Marie D Henderson
1905
Nicholas N Miller
Laborer / Boarder
1906
Nicholas N Miller
Laborer / Boarder
1906
William B Fitzpatrick
Teamster / Boarder
1907
Mary A Bennett
Clerk (188 Derby) / Boarder
1907
Mrs Marie D Henderson
1908
James J Bennett
Laborer
1909
Arthur Casey
Leather Sorter / Boarder
1909
Mrs Marie D Henderson
1910
Arthur Casey
Leather Sorter / Boarder
1910
Marian Fukt (Focht)
Morocco Worker
1911
Arthur Casey
Leather Sorter / Boarder
1911
John Kozik
Driver (146 Washington) /
Boarder
Spouse
Leather Sorter / Boarder
3
�DIRECTORY LISTINGS
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1920-1929)
Year
Name
Occupation/Note
Spouse
1911
Marian Focht
Morocco Worker
1911
Wladyslaw Brudzynski
Shoemaker
1912
Arthur Casey
Leather Sorter / Boarder
1912
John Kozik
Driver / Boarder
1912
Marian Focht
Carpenter
1915
Arthur Casey
Leather Sorter / Boarder
1915
Marian Focht
Leather Worker
1916
Marian Focht
Leather Worker
Julia Focht
1917
Arthur C Welch
Post Office Clerk / Boarder
Della M Welch
1917
Arthur Casey
Leather Sorter / Boarder
1917
Marian Focht
Leather Worker
Julia Focht
1917
Stanislaw Rosumik
Laborer / Boarder
Lutza Rosumik
1920
Marion Focht
Leather Worker
Julia Ntoan
1921
Jozef Blasczak
Leather Worker
Ellen Blasczak
1921
Marion Focht
Leather Worker
Julia Focht
1921
Mary Focht
Machine Operator / Boarder
1922
Jozef Beasczak
Tanner
Helena Beasczak
1922
Jozef Blasczak
Leather Worker
Ellen Blasczak
1922
Marion Focht
Leather Worker
Julia Focht
1922
Mary Focht
Machine Operator / Boarder
4
�DIRECTORY LISTINGS
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1930-1939)
Year
Name
Occupation/Note
Spouse
1924
Josef Blaczk
Morocco Worker
Helena Blaczk
1924
Jozef Blasczak
Leather Worker
Ellen Blasczak
1924
Julia Focht
Widow
Marion Focht
1924
Mary Focht
Machine Operator / Boarder
1926
Jozef Beasczak
Tanner
Helena Beasczak
1926
Julia Focht
Widow
Marion Focht
1926
Sigmond Focht
Leather Worker / Boarder
1929
Henrietta Focht
Shoe Worker / Boarder
1929
Juliana Focht
Widow
1929
Mary Stefenski
Boarder
1929
Stephen J Jastizembski
Shoe Worker
1929
Henrietta Focht
Shoe Worker / Boarder
1929
Juliana Focht
Widow
1929
Zygumunt Focht
Laborer / Boarder
1930
Henrietta Foucht
Shoe Worker / Boarder
1930
Juliana Foucht
Widow
Marion Foucht
1930
Stephen J Jastrzembski
Shoe Worker
Mary Jastrzembski
1930
Zygmunt Foucht
Laborer / Boarder
1931
Henrietta Fucht
Shoe Worker / Rents
1931
Juliana Fucht
Widow
Marion Focht
Mary Jastizembski
Marion Focht
Marion Fucht
5
�DIRECTORY LISTINGS
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1940-1947)
Year
Name
Occupation/Note
Spouse
1931
Zygmunt Fucht
Laborer / Rents
1932
Henrietta Fucht
Shoe Worker / Rents
1932
Julia Fucht
Widow
1932
Zygmunt Fucht
Laborer / Rents
1934
Julia Fucht
Widow
1934
Zygmunt Fucht
Leather Worker / Rents
1935
Julia Fucht
Widow
1935
Zygmunt Fucht
Leather Worker / Boarder
1936
Julia Fucht
Widow
Marion Fucht
1937
Julia Fucht
Widow
Marion Fucht
1937
Stephen Jastrzembski
Machinist (Beverly)
Mary Jastrzembski
1939
Julia Fucht
Widow
Marion Fucht
1939
Stephen Jastrzembski
Machinist (Beverly)
Mary Jastrzembski
1940
Julia Fucht
Widow
Marion Fucht
1940
Stephen Jastrzembski
Machinist (Beverly)
Mary Jastrzembski
1942
Zygmunt Kawczenski
Shoe Worker / Rents
Henrietta Kawczenski
1942
Irene B Jastremska
Mounter (Hygrade) / Rents
1942
Julia Fucht
Widow
1942
Stephen Jastrzembski
Machinist (Beverly)
1942
Zygmunt Kawczenski
Shoe Worker / Rents
Marion Fucht
Marion Fucht
Marion Fucht
Marion Fucht
Henrietta Kawczenski
6
�DIRECTORY LISTINGS
SALEM CITY DIRECTORIES (1948-1952)
Year
Name
Occupation/Note
Spouse
1943
Julia Fucht
Widow
Marion Fucht
1943
Zygmunt Kawczenski
Shoe Worker / Rents
Henrietta Kawczenski
1944
Julia Fucht
Widow
Marion Fucht
1944
William E Rhymo
1944
Zygmunt Kawcbenski
Shoe Worker / Rents
Henrietta Kawcbenski
1945
Julia Fucht
Widow
Marion Fucht
1945
William E Rhyno
1945
Zygmunt Kawczenski
Shoe Worker / Rents
Henrietta Kawczenski
1946
Zygmunt Kawczenski
Shoe Worker / Rents
Henrietta Kawczenski
1946
Julia Fucht
Widow
Marion Fucht
1946
William E Rhyno
1947
Julia Fucht
1947
William E Rhyno
1947
Zygmunt Kawczenski
Shoe Worker / Rents
Henrietta Kawczenski
1948
Julia Fucht
Widow
Marion Fucht
1948
William E Rhyno
1948
Zygmunt Kawczenski
Shoe Worker / Rents
Henrietta Kawczenski
1949
Zygmunt Kawczenski
Leather Worker / Rents
Henrietta Kawczenski
1950
Zygmunt Kawczenski
Leather Worker
Henrietta Kawczenski
1950
Zygmunt Foch
Leather Worker / Rents
Lucy M Rhymo
Lucy M Rhyno
Lucy M Rhyno
Widow
Marion Fucht
Lucy M Rhyno
Lucy M Rhyno
7
�DIRECTORY LISTINGS
Year
Name
Occupation/Note
1950
Zygmunt T Kawczenski
Leather Worker
1951
Zygmunt Foch
Leather Worker / Rents
1951
Zygmunt T Kawczenski
Leather Worker
1952
Zygmunt Foch
Leather Worker / Rents
1952
Zygmunt T Kawczenski
Leather Worker
Spouse
Henrietta Kawczenski
Henrietta Kawczenski
Henrietta Kawczenski
8
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Built c. 1784
for John Berry, mariner
and Abigail Berry, spinster
Researched and written by Dan Graham
November 2021
�July 1985, source: MACRIS SAL.2584
August 2012, source: Google Maps
�October 2012, source: Google Maps
November 2020, source: Google Maps
�According to the Massachusetts Historical Commission, what is now Daniels Street was
in existence as early as 1661, and by the mid 1700s was known as Daniels Lane, later Daniels
Street. By the late 1700s, both Palfrey’s and Fogg’s Wharves were located at the foot of Daniels
Street, making the street busy with activities connected with the sea. According to MACRIS
property reports, 6 Daniels is among the oldest extant properties on the street.
As noted in the MACRIS report for this property (SAL.2584), the structure at 6 Daniels St
is somewhat larger than the average Federal period dwelling since it was built to house two
families. Placed gable end to the street, the structure was originally 7 bays long (2 narrow
windows have been added to the façade) and 3 bays deep. The Daniels St entrance has a simple
entablature while the north side doorway, while its blind sidelights, transom, and entablature,
appear to be a Greek Revival feature. The house also has the addition of a rear 2-story bay. Of
the architectural details and likely date(s) of construction, local architectural historian Vijay
Joyce contributed the following:
Along with other details (like the basic massing of the building), the massive bed
molding underneath the overhang is almost identical to the [house] at 10 ½ Herbert St.
which was built in the 1790s. [6 Daniels] was definitely added on to over the years. The
front door on the north side is very Greek Revival. And the south side of the building has
a Victorian bay added to it which came about in the 1840s/50s.
Perhaps the additional work/extension added in the 1840s/50s is why the Patriot Properties
listing for this property indicates 1850 as the construction date.
�According to historian Sidney Perley, a previous house built by 1672 once stood on this
site. John Berry acquired the property on December 7, 1722, and by 1746 had removed the old
house. See the excerpt below concerning the “Estate of Richard Rose House”:
Source: Sidney Perley, Essex Antiquarian, vol. 10, no. 24, pp. 122-123, Google Books
In 1784, Berry’s heirs - John Felt, Catharine Felt, and Elizabeth Stone - sold their interest
in this property to John Berry, a mariner, and Abigail Berry, a spinster. The language of the deed
is worth including at some length given its stipulations as to the intended partitions and future
building plans:
The said Abigail to have so much of the land under the house as may be covered by her
part of the house which she & said John the grantees may build & the said John to have
the land under his part of said house & the dividing line in said house to be an entry to
run from south to north through said house & the said Abigail to have the east end with
said entry & the said John the west end & the land round said house to remain in
�Common to the grantees with the well therein said Common land to extend as
farmost[sic] as to be six feet west from the west end of the house & to extend from
north to south parallel with said west end of said house & the rest of said land to be
divided in two equal halves […] (emphasis added)
As noted above, a house was intended to be built at the time of the deed’s signing in March of
1784, with Abigail taking the east end and John taking the west. According to city atlases and
directories, the house was partitioned as separate addresses - 6 Daniels and 8 Daniels (with 8 ½
Daniels also emerging in the early 1900s) - for most of its lifetime. The MACRIS report for 4
Daniels nextdoor (SAL.2585) notes that Abigail also acquired the eastern and western halves of
that property in 1797 and 1802, respectively. She died in 1824 after which point her executor,
Abigail B. Archer (nee Woodward; b. 1789; d. January 25/26, 1868), apparently rented out the
property.
John Archer (b. July 4, 1796; d. March 5 1884), a ship’s chandler, was the next owner of
6 Daniels. John Berry’s granddaughter, Mary Ann Stevens (nee Peele/Perle), and her husband
Hiram, a cordwainer, sold 6 Daniels to Archer in 1831. (Hiram and Mary Ann were married on
December 5, 1830 in Methuen.) The 1837 directory shows that Archer was sharing the house
with Eunice Russell, Aaron Meader, a laborer, and Ebenszer Morgan, a mariner. The 1850
Census lists John and Abigail living at the residence with Sophia Manning, who was 21 years of
age at the time; and a likely niece of John’s (see later note regarding 1880 Census).
��After Abigail’s death in early 1868, her sibling heirs - Benjamin Woodward and Nancy
Oneutt - granted John “two thirds of [the] house and one half the land” for $1,450 (see book
741, page 33 in “Deeds”). The 1870 Census shows that John continued to reside at the property
with Mary A. Francisco, identified as a housekeeper. The final Census showing John at the
property (before his death in 1884) is from 1880, and lists James Manning - a post office clerk and Robert Manning - a sea captain/master mariner - who are identified as Archer’s halfbrothers. Mary Francisco was living at 8 Daniels in 1880, and came to own the house after
John’s death, perhaps as a stipulation of Archer’s will. City directories show Francisco as the
sole occupant of 6 Daniels from at least 1890 until her death in 1895, at which point the
executor of her will, Nathaniel Simonds, sold the property to Roland Smalley. Book 1465 page
51 identifies Francisco as the owner of the property and stipulates that the property be sold off
via private sale as part of her will, but makes no mention of how she came to possess
ownership.
���Following Francisco’s death and more transfers of ownership, 6/8 Daniels provided
tenement housing for several decades (the 1906-1938 atlas labels the property as
“Tenements”). Throughout the early 1900s, 6/8 Daniels was home to various tenants, many of
them Polish immigrants. Attracted to job opportunities in the city’s mills and factories, Polish
immigrants began arriving in Salem en masse around 1890, accounting for about 8% of the
city’s overall population by 1911. Religion played a strong role in the Polish community and as
the number of Polish Catholics in Salem grew, the need for a permanent house of worship
became apparent. Nearby Herbert Street and Union Street became the heart of the Polish
Catholic presence in the city, after the opening of St. John the Baptist Church, a parochial
school, convent, and rectory.
The new church catalyzed the settlement of Polish immigrants in the neighborhood and
multiple single-family homes were converted or replaced with multi-family tenements to house
the growing population. The sizeable 6/8 Daniels was one such property, with 8 ½ being built in
the early 1900s (first appearing on the 1906 atlas and referred to as “Flats”). The Derby Street
neighborhood became a tight knit hub of all Polish activities with multiple shops, restaurants,
and social clubs in the area catering to Poles from all regions and religions. Even the House of
the Seven Gables (the namesake of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1851 novel) played a crucial role in
this community. Caroline Emmerton opened the museum in 1910 to support her adjacent
settlement house, which provided classes and workshops to the local immigrant community, a
role the museum still upholds to this day.
Closer to 6/8 Daniels, the Polish American Citizens Club (PACC) moved its headquarters
across the street to 9 Daniels in 1928 (see MACRIS SAL.2619). Founded in 1916, the PACC grew
�out of efforts to promote citizenship and naturalization among Salem's Polish immigrants, a
project that was strongly supported by the St. Joseph Society and community leaders such as
Teofil Bartnicki, Felix Rybicki, and Wladyslaw Sobocinski (who lived on Daniels and likely had
relatives at 6/8 Daniels in the early 1900s). The building has remained part of the community,
later becoming (and remaining) the home of the local Polish Legion of American Veterans post,
which had originally used the old firehouse at 128 Derby Street as its meeting place.
1950 installation dinner of the Polish American Citizens Club, Falcons Hall.
Source: National Park Service, “9 Daniels Stret and the Polish American Citizens Club,”
https://nps.gov/articles/000/daniels-street. Accessed 21 Nov 2021.
Many Polish tenants of 6/8 Daniels and their relations are featured in In the Heart of
Polish Salem: An Ethnohistorical Study of St. Joseph Hall and Its Neighborhood (2009), a PDF
version of which is freely available online through the National Park Service.1 As a case in point,
the text features in-depth coverage of Joseph Kohn - who lived at 6 Daniels in 1911 - who had
come to the U.S. in part because he was seeking to avoid conscription into the Russian army.
1
http://npshistory.com/publications/sama/in-heart-polish-salem.pdf
�Following his older brother’s migration to Salem, Joseph followed the same route. As his wife
Hedwiga (Harriet) shared in 1978:
When they got to a certain age, the Russians were taking all the young Polish boys to
join their army. And when he knew that he was going to be picked, he got into a wagon,
one of those farmers’ wagons loaded with hay. And he hid under the hay. And every
border they come to, they’d stick pitchforks through to see if anybody was there. And
they just laid in that hay. Most of them traveled that way to get out of the boundary
lines.
Trained as a shoemaker, Joseph found work at a shoe shop in Salem before saving up enough
money to acquire a horse and wagon he used to transport fruit and vegetables from New
Hampshire to sell in Salem. He eventually established his own grocery business.2
Joseph and Hedwiga (Harriet) Kohn. Photo from Francis Kulik. Featured in In the Heart of Polish Salem, p. 109.
2
See Cathy Stanton and Jane Becker, In the Heart of Polish Salem: An Ethnohistorical Study of St. Joseph Hall and
Its Neighborhood, pp. 108-109.
�Another tenant of 6 Daniels - Frank (Franciszek) Sobocinski - attempted to start a local
mutual assistance society in 1897 with six other men, one of whom also lived at 6 Daniels in the
early 20th century - Walter Jastrzembski. As scholars Cathy Stanton and Jane Becker have noted,
the mutual assistance model had significant appeal in immigrant communities. Many ethnic
communities felt that it was shameful to accept aid from outside of their own groups; one early
study of Poles in the U.S. found that Polish immigrants saw the acceptance of American charity
as a disgrace to the entire community.3 Founded in 1899, the St. Joseph Society was among the
earliest of many local associations designed to provide civic, economic, educational, and social
benefits for Poles in the city. See Appendix C from In the Heart of Polish Salem which features
meeting minutes from the Society, naming several additional tenants and relations of 6/8
Daniels.
3
See David T. Beito, From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967, p.
26.
�Owner
Years of
Ownership
Number
of Years
Purchase Price
Document
Referenced
(Book-Page)
146-181
260-164; 364151; 741-33
1465-51
1465-51
1708-255
John and Abigail Berry
John Archer
1784-1831
1831-1884
47
53
62 pounds, ten shillings
$275
Mary Ann Francisco
Roland Smalley
Robert and Nellie J.
McCartney
Joseph and Julianna
Kowalski
1884-1895
1895-1903
1903-1909
11
8
6
n/a
$2580
$1
1909-1955
46
$100 and other
considerations paid
Lionel and Wilfred
Pelletier
Theresa C. Pelletier
William H K
Donaldson
John A. Driscoll
1955-1958
3
$14,500
1958-1962
1962-1966
4
4
4487-369
4930-152
1966-1972
6
Peter A and Mary P
Lagos
John J Connelly III
Edmund L and
Marguerite H Phelan
Christopher B and
Celeste B Quinn
Claire S Quinn
1972
1
Less than $100
“for consideration
paid”
“for consideration
paid”
$24,000
1972-1974
1974-1985
2
11
$50,000
$31,477
5936-470
6059-306
1985-1991
6
$160,000
7642-286
1991-1992
1
11062-102
Christopher B Quinn
1992-1996
4
Alexander Stephens III
John and Deborah
Nestel
Michelle DuPont
Jerome and Frances
Wilson
Jennifer Mirra
Suzanne Inge
1996-2000
2000-2001
4
1
2001-present
2009-present
20
12
“for consideration
paid”
“for consideration
paid”
$157,000
“for consideration
paid”
$139,000
$117,500
2013-present
2019-present
8
2
$174,000
$340,000
1949-521;
1958-505;
2797-599
4187-289
5355-493
5686-715
11603-62
13412-78
16685-229
16959-461
28978-435;
31033-385
32670-142
38053-127
�Residents
John and Abigail Berry
John Archer, ship chandler
William B Jackson, cooper
Miss M. A. Francisco
Charles Boyer Jr., machinist
John Grant, car carpenter
Mrs Johann Grant
John A Grant, driver
Directory Year
N/A
1831-1884 (died Mar 5
1884)
1874-1884
1890-96
1890-96
1897-1910
John J Parsons, engineer
Mrs A J Parsons
Arthur P Parsons, shoemaker
1897-1910
Kasper Nikiel, machinist
Frank A Soboczinski, machinist
William P. Goldthwaite, jobber
Joseph Kohn, grocer
John Karbowniczak, furniture
Maciey Lipka, shoe worker
Frank Pszenny, leather worker
Alex H Chludzininski, mechanic
John Haluposki, shoe worker
Joe Vasoloski, machinist
Andrew W Wyzenski, molder
Frank Sentkowski, morocco
dresser
1911
1911
Directory Notes
6 Daniels; 1886 Directory
notes Archer’s death date
8 Daniels
6 Daniels
8 Daniels
6 Daniels; Mrs. J Grant first
named in 1910 directory
(John d. May 24, 1910); John
A named for first time in
1910
8 Daniels; John J Parsons died
sometime before the 190202 directory was published;
Arthur first mentioned in
1901-02
6 Daniels; would have lived
here until 1913 at the latest
1914
8 Daniels; would have lived
here until 1913 at the latest
6 Daniels
1914-15
1914-21
8 Daniel; men were noted
living at the rear
Pierre Gagne, mason
A Salowski
Wladyslaw Zuiski, leather worker
George Sansoucy, car conductor
Joseph Pelletier, operator
Walter A Jastrgembski, moulder
Alfred Morin, second hand
Theophile Dancosse/Dancausze
Georgiana Dancosse
1915-17
1915
1915-17
1915
1915-31
1915-31
1915
1917-21
1917-21
6 Daniels
Alexander Staniszenski, die sinker
Mary Staniszenski
Stanislaw Wilczenski, emp (U S M
Co Bev)
1917
1917
1921-31
8 Daniels; 1917 is the first
year in which 8 ½ features in
the directory; Jastrgembski
and Dancosse were still in
rear in 1921
6 Daniels
6 Daniels
�Helen Wilczenski
Z Tardiff
Thomas Goodrow, paper hanger
Margaret C Goodrow
1921-31
1921
1921
1921
Exena Dancause
Joseph Kowalski
Joseph Waleszkiewicz, leather worker
Nelly Waleszkiewicz
1931
1931
1931
1931
8 ½ Daniels
Eleopauldine Fournier
Clifford J Pooler, leather worker
Margaret C Pooler
Zygmunt Wodarski
6 Daniels
Joseph Skoniecki
1931
1931-36
1931-36
1933-34
1936
Edward M Haibon
Frances Grocka (widow of Bernard)
Jane Grocka, shoeworker
Lucien Grocka, leather worker
Edward M Haibon, machinist
Stella Haibon
1933-36
1933-36
1935-36
1935-36
1935-36
1935-36
8 Daniels
Andrew W Jastrzembski
Josephine Jastrzembski
Waclaw Jastrzembski, sign painter
William Radzymski
John Maciejewski
Jessie Maciejewski
Eug Maciejewski, shoeworker
Henry Radzymski, shoeworker
John Radzymski, shoeworker
Frances Radzymski
1933-35
1935
1933-35
1933-36
1933-36
1935-36
1935-36
1935
1935
1935
8 ½ Daniels
Anthony Gauthier
William Gadala
Mary Skoniecki
Paul Malawka
Chester Sawulski
Victoria Jaskiel
William Radzymski
John J Maciejewski
Joseph Bulkowski
Henry E Jendrazek
John J Konieczny
Jean D Sutherland
Joseph A Jablonski
1948
1948, 1951, 1954, 1959
1948, 1951, 1954
1948, 1951, 1954
1948, 1951, 1954
1948, 1951
1948, 1951, 1954, 1959
1948, 1951, 1954, 1959
1954
1959
1959
1959
1959
6 Daniels
6 Daniels
8 ½ Daniels
6 Daniels
Note: Available Salem City Directories span 1837-1964. All currently accessible City Directories were consulted.
Some years were not available at the time of research.
�Inventory No:
SAL.2585
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Address:
4 Daniels St
City/Town:
Salem
Village/Neighborhood:
Derby Street
Local No:
35-355
Year Constructed:
c 1802
Architect(s):
Architectural Style(s):
Federal
Use(s):
Single Family Dwelling House
Significance:
Architecture
Area(s):
Designation(s):
Building Materials(s):
Wall: Wood Clapboard
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In i t s form, s i z e , and s h a l l o w p i t c h o f i t s g a b l e r o o f , 4 D a n i e l s .
St i s t y p i c a l o f numerous v e r n a c u l a r F e d e r a l p e r i o d b u i l d i n g s i n the
Derby"St. area.
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a r r a n g e d facade w i t h a modest c e n t e r e n t r y .
T r i m i s s i m p l e and c o n s i s t s
of s i l l arid c o r n e r b o a r d s , and p l a i n window s u r r o u n d s .
The r o o f eaves
are somewhat deeper than one might expect on a F e d e r a l house .
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (rbGDlain the role owners played in local or state
history and how the building relates to the development of the community0
A c c o r d i n g to an account by h i s t o r i a n S i d n e y P e r l e y , R i c h a r d
I n g e r s o l l b u i l t a house on t h i s s i t e i n 1675. A b i g a i l B e r r y a c q u i r e d
the e a s t e r n and w e s t e r n h a l v e s o f the p r o p e r t y i n 1797 and 1802
r e s p e c t i v e l y and the I n g e r s o l l house, "was p r o b a b l y gone soon a f t e r w a r d . "
J u d g i n g from i t s appearance , B e r r y may have b u i l t 4 D a n i e l s S t .
s h o r t l y a f t e r demolishing the e a r l i e r b u i l d i n g .
She d i e d i n 1824 and
her e x e c u t o r , A b i g a i l B . A r c h e r , a p p a r e n t l y r e n t e d out the p r o p e r t y .
The 1837 Salem D i r e c t o r y shows m a r i n e r Thomas Seaver l i v i n g h e r e .
A r c h e r ' s h e i r s then s o l d t h e h o u s e . i n 1868 t o Susan Mundy who l i v e d here
w i t h h e r husband J o h n .
The F e d e r a l p e r i o d was one of g r e a t p r o s p e r i t y i n Salem due t o
numerous s u c c e s s f u l m a r i t i m e v e n t u r e s around t h e w o r l d . ' Many o f the
s t r u c t u r e s s u r v i v i n g i n the Derby S t . neighborhood date t o t h i s time
(179-1820).
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or P___F_NCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher)
Perley,
S i d n e y , Essex A n t i q u a r i a n , V o l , 1 0 , N o . 2 4 , P . 122
Essex Landry R e g i s t r y o f Deeds, Book 161/Le"af 1 7 8 , Book 1 7 1 / L e a f
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SAL.2619
Historic Name:
Salem Polish American Citizens Club
Common Name:
Wiggin, Peirce L. - Goldsmith, William H. House
Address:
9 Daniels St
City/Town:
Salem
Village/Neighborhood:
Derby Street
Local No:
35-383
Year Constructed:
c 1810
Architect(s):
Architectural Style(s):
Federal
Use(s):
Clubhouse; Multiple Family Dwelling House
Significance:
Architecture; Ethnic Heritage; Recreation
Area(s):
Designation(s):
Building Materials(s):
Wall: Aluminum Siding; Brick; Brown Stone; Concrete
Unspecified; Granite; Wood; Stone, Cut
Foundation: Concrete Unspecified; Granite; Stone, Cut
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�FORM B - BUILDING
USGS Quad
Salem
Assessor's number
35-383
Town
Area(s)
Form Number
2619
Salem
Place (neighborhood or village) Derby Street
Address
9 Daniels Street
Historic Name
Uses: Present
Social Club
Original Residential
Date of Construction
Source
c. 1810
maps, directories
Style/Form
Architect/Builder
unknown
Exterior Material:
Foundation
Stone
Wall/Trim
Brick
Roof
(not visible)
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures
none
Major Alterations (with dates) (c. 1930) - south addition,
removal of facade cornice
Condition
good
Moved 13 no
Acreage
Recorded by
Lisa Mausolf
Organization
Salem Planning Department
Setting
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Date
6070 SF
densely built-up 19th century residential
neighborhood between Essex Street and the waterfront
Date (month/year) April 1998
SEP
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A R C H I T E C T U R A L DESCRIPTION
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the
community.
This early 19th century brick dwelling was converted for use as a Polish social club in the late 1920s. The three-story, flatroofed brick building presents its narrow two-bay facade to the street and was apparently originally nearly identical to the
adjacent building at 7 Daniels Street which sits just a few feet to the north. The brick is laid in a Flemish bond and the
building rests on a stone foundation. With the exception of the first floor windows which have been bricked-in, most of the
windows contain a 1/1 replacement sash and display simple stone sills and splayed lintels. The windows on the third floor are
slightly smaller. On the facade, the height of the building has been raised slightly and the original cornice has been removed.
Extending to the south of the building is a 20th century three-story addition measuring l x l bay and obscuring the original
center entrance. Its detailing echoes that of the original building. The brick on this section is laid in a common brick above a
concrete foundation. The windows have splayed brownstone lintels and concrete sills. The first floor entrance is located on
the west wall of the addition and is fronted by new concrete steps. The original brownstone entablature over the entrance has
been partially obscured by a canopy and the doors have been replaced by modem bronze and glass double doors. At the rear
of the building is a two-story, wood-frame addition which is sheathed in aluminum siding above a concrete foundation. On
the south side, there is a recessed bay which accesses a set of covered stairs.
The building is set directly on the sidewalk just about two feet from the adjacent building at 7 Daniels Street. There is a large
paved parking area to the south of the building.
HISTORICAL N A R R A T I V E
Describe the history of the building. Explain its associations with local (or state) history. Include uses of the building and
the role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community.
What is now Daniels Street was in existence as early as 1661 and by the mid 1700s was known as Daniels Lane, later
Daniels Street. By the late 1700s Bentley states that both Palfrey's and Fogg's Wharves were located at the foot of Daniels
Street, making Daniels Street busy with activities connected with the sea. The houses at 7 and 9 Daniels Street both date to
the early 19th century.
The earliest available directory, that of 1836, indicates that Peirce L. Wiggin was living here at that time. Without deed
research it is not possible to find out whether he was the original owner. Mrs. Wiggin continued to live here as late as 1881.
By 1884 the property had been acquired by William H . Goldsmith, an inspector at the Custom House, who occupied part of
the house and rented out units to two tenants. William Goldsmith and William Hyde are shown as the owners on the 1911
map and in the 1905 and 1910 city valuation records. Goldsmith continued to live here until about 1915. The house was
rented out to a number of tenants over the next 10-15 years. By 1929 the building was being utilized by the Polish American
Citizens Club, which was organized in November 1916 and initially met at 160 Derby Street. By 1970 the present occupant,
the Polish Legion of American Veterans Post 55, was using the building.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y and/or R E F E R E N C E S
Hopkins, G M . Atlas of Salem. Massachusetts. Philadelphia: 1874.
Mclntyre, Henry C.E. Map of the Citv of Salem. Philadelphia: 1851.
Reardon, Elizabeth. Salem Historic District Study Committee Investigation. 1969.
Richards, L.J. Atlas of the City of Salem. Massachusetts. 1897.
Salem City Directories, 1836-1970.
Walker Lithograph and Publishing Company. Atlas of the City of Salem. Massachusetts. Boston: 1911.
Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attached a completed
National Register Criteria Statement form.
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Built c. 1784
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1784
2021
6 Daniels Street
Berry
Mariner
Massachusetts
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Book 139 page 39
March 6, 1781
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personal, to his wife Catharine (Harrington) Sanderson. The real
estate was listed as: "Mansion house in Federal Street" (now 120
Federal), a store and land in Federal Street, a pew in Dr. Barnad 1 s
Meeting-house,and the dwelling house on Andover St.
Book 194 page 238
August 19, 1811
$1,435
Catharine Sanderson, widow and executrix
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Catharine Sanderson executrix of the
estate of Jacob Sanderson."
Book 998 page 155
May 23, 1878
The heirs of Josiah Hayward sold the
land and buildings to Malvinia L. Hamblet.
"The same premises conveyed by deed of
Brown Emerson to Josiah Hayward on March 22,
1847."
Book 2907 page 289
Jan. 9, 1932
$2,000
Marcia c. Hamblet of N.Y., N.Y., administrix
of the will of Laura M. Hamblet sold the
property to Mary L. Hamblet of Burrillville,
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Hayward et als to Malvinia L. Hamblet on
May 23, 1878 recorded in book 998 page 155.
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Laura M. Hamblet deceased and Augustus P.
Hamblet deceased. The said Mary L. Hamblet
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Mary L. Hamblet on April 9, 1947."
L. Hamblet, unmarried, sold the
and buildings to Margaret T. Rasmusen.
my title see deed recorded in book
page 289-290."
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Jan. 26, 1961
Margaret T. Rasmusen, unmarried, and
Edward D. Rasmusen sold the land and
buildings to James A. and Joan L. Bailqy.
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Book 6945 page 684
June 17, 1982
James A. Bailey sold the la;1d and building
at 120 Federal St., to Anthony F. Di Croce.
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Probate numbers are cases at Probate Court. Both offices are
located in the same building on Federal st. All maps in this report
are not meant to be exact, just for illustration purposes.
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The first mention of a dwelling house on this land appears in the
August 1783 deed in which Elijah and Jacob Sanderson divide the
"house" and land. The Sandersons first appear on the tax rolls
in "1784-5" when the brothers are each taxed for part of a house,
valued at $300 and a shop, valued at $75.
"Built as a two-family house by and for Jacob and Elijah Sanderson in
1783 ~ this three-story plus hip roof building has two front
entrances, one in each side yard. The house still has Pre-Federal
period molded window caps and sills; the latter are not seen
frequently. The eastern half of the house was modified when Victorian trim and bay windows were added, but the west side remains
as it was with a pedimented, pilastered entrance. Archer says that
Josiah Hayward, a stone mason, lived at #120 where his daughter
kept a pr:Lvate school and that Deacon John Punchard and his daughter
Keziah lived in the other half of the house.
The Sanderson brothers, who bmilt the house, originally came from
Lexington; Elijah is said to have followed a British officer to
Lincoln where he was captured and kept prisoner in the same field
vri th Paul Revere on the eve of April 16, 1776. Not long after this
incident, the two brothers came to Salem and carried on an extensive
venture cabinet trade, shipping fine Salem-made furniture wherever
Salem vessels sailed." (Salem Historic District Study Committee
Investigation)
building permits have been found reeardinc; this house:
1883 April 12 - Mrs. M. Hamblet
bay window in yard over the door.
1888 April 23 - Malvina Hamblet - alteration of building.
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Elijah and Jacob Sanderson, cabinetmakers, 1783
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120
120 Federal
1784
cabinetmaker
Elijah
Elijah Sanderson
Federal
Jacob
Jacob Sanderson
Sanderson
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124 FEDERAL STREET
Built for Jonathan Ropes, Merchant
1784
Rear ell erected f()r Joanthan Waldo, Merchant
c. 1807
124 1/2 Federal Street built for Benjamin Shreve, Purveyor of !"inc Goods
c. 1877
Research by: Donna Vinson
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�124 Federal street
built in 1784 for Jonathan Ropes, Merchant
(rear ell erected for Jonathan Waldo, Merchant, circa 1807)
124 1/2 Federal Street
built for Benjamin Shreve,
Purveyor of Fine Goods,
circa 1877
One Lynn Street
built for Jonathan Waldo,
Merchant,
by 1811
History of the structures:
The early Federal house presently bearing the address 124
Federal Street was built in 1784 for Salem merchant Jonathan Ropes
on or near the
11
100 poles" of land bequeathed to him by his father,
John Ropes, Jr., in 1754 along with "a mansion house, shop and
barn''·
The younger Ropes made few changes to his estate until
after 1780 when he tore down the "ancient" homestead and began
aguiring adjoining northerly properties along the
11
new road" (Lynn
Street) lately laid out by his neighbor Benjamin Goodhue.
By 1783,
he had consolidated the property on which he would construct his
new house in the following year. 1
Jonathan Ropes bequeathed his entire estate to his only
grandchild, Jonathan Waldo, in 1799.
Waldo's professional
occupation was that of an apothecary, but he referred to and
conducted himself primarily as a "merchant" and also had many parttime public pursuits.
In the 1790s he served successively as a
i
Essex (South) County Registry of Deeds, Book 139, leaf 229
(October 15, 1782), and Book 141, leaf 35 (May 30, 1783); Salem Tax
Valuations, 1784-85; James Duncan Phillips Library, Peabody Essex
Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.
�town official, major of the militia, and overseer of the repairs of
Fort Pickering.
Several years after receiving his inheritance,
Waldo increased the assessed value of the Federal Street house by
either erecting or extending the rear ell along Lynn Street in
order to open a shop.
In their valuations of 1807-1810, Salem's
tax assessors indicate quite clearly that Waldo's new shop is
located in his house, not adjacent to it.
In 1810-1811, Waldo was
assessed for an additional store, referred to as "a brick store" in
mortgage deeds of 1811, 1813, and 1818.
Presumably this structure
is the present-day One Lynn Street, possibly built by Waldo's
neighbor Nathaniel Chamberlain, a noted Salem bricklayer. 2
After the death of Jonathan Waldo in 1817, his heirs
bequeathed the entire estate, referred to as "a certain messuage
consisting of a dwelling house and the land under and adjoining and
the brick store and all other buildings thereon, bounding southerly
on Federal street seventy-eight feet more or less, easterly on Lynn
Street one hundred and four feet more or less, northerly by land
late of David Bancroft deceased about one hundred thirty-five feet,
westerly partly by land of Ebenezer Shillaber deceased and partly
by land of Nathaniel Chamberlain about one hundred and eighty feet
or however otherwise bounded or reputed to be bounded" to John
Holman of Salem, a mariner, who occupied the house until 1830 and
owned the property until 1832.
In the early 1830s, Holman appears
Essex County Probate File #24175; Salem Tax Valuations,
1799-1813; ECRD Book 199, leaf 173 (April 15, 1811); ECRD Book 200,
leaf 215 (April 5, 1813) ECRD Book 216, leaf 298 (September 19,
2
1818).
�to have removed both himself and his business from Salem to New
York, and consequently he conveyed "a certain messuage consisting
of a wooden dwelling house and Brick House and barn and land under
and adjoining the same .... situated at the corner of Federal Street
and Lynn Street" to the Reverend John Brazer, pastor of the North
Church, in 1832. 3
John Brazer and his large family owned and occupied 124
Federal Street, then designated alternatively 50 or 52 Federal
Street, until the Reverend's death in 1845.
Based on the tax
assessments, there were no changes made to the existing structures
of the estate during this time.
The following year, Brazer's heirs
transferred the property to Thomas Perkins of Salem, a relatively
wealthy shipmaster and merchant. 4
It is during Thomas Perkins' possession of 124 Federal Street
(1846-1876) that the·present-day One Lynn Street, the brick house
adjoined to the wooden rear ell of the dwelling house on Federal
street, is officially listed as a separate structure in the Salem
Tax Valuations.
There is no evidence, however, that the brick
building (with no address) was used as residence but rather as a
warehouse or store for storage and/or display of Perkins'
substantial goods in stock.
The structure was certainly
embellished during this period, as its assessed value increases
considerably, as does that of the main house.
Perkins likely added
Essex County (South) Registry of Deeds, Book 216, leaf
299 (September 19, 1818); ECRD Book 263, leaf 230 (May 7, 1832).
3
Salem Tax Valuations, 1820-1848; ECRD Book 373, leaves
122-124 (October 24, 1846).
�the Greek Revival entrances and bay windows to both structures at
different periods in his thirty-year occupation. 5
The west wing of 124 Federal Street, or 124 1/2 Federal
Street, was built after the Perkins heirs conveyed the property to
Benjamin Shreve in 1876.
Shreve, "importer of French goods,
watches, and jewelry" and founder of Shreve, Crump & Low in Boston,
purchased the Perkins estate as an addition to his many rental
properties in Salem.
The first tenant of 124 1/2 Federal Street,
Samuel Pitman, a currier, appears in the 1878 Salem Directory.
In
that same year, Franklin Tyler, a "morocco dresser" is listed as
living in the house on "Lynn near Federal" and William H. Carter,
an importer of wines in Boston, takes up residence in 124 Federal
Street shortly thereafter. 6
124 and 124 1/2 Federal Street were occupied by a succession
of tenants, both short-term and long-term, during the Shreve
family's ownership (1876-1929).
The main house's occupant of
longest duration was Frederick Broadhead, an insurance broker
(1901-1917), while Frank A. Laws, a professor at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, lived in the addition from 1907 until
1920.
In 1929, the trustees of Benjamin Shreve's estate conveyed
"the property now numbered 124 and 124 1/2 Federal Street and
Number One Lynn Street" to Rebecca Dembofsky of Salem, a mortgage
broker and real estate agent who partitioned the estate and
5
6
Salem Tax Valuations, 1848-1855.
ECRD Book 2802,
Directories, 1876-1884.
pages
557-558
(May
30,
1876);
Salem
�promptly sold off its component parts in the following year. 7
The Cooke sisters, purchasers of 124 and 124 1/2 Federal
Street in 1930, lived at the latter address and leased out the main
house.
David Limauro, a physician, lived and practiced at 124
Federal Street in the early forties and this use continued after
Dr. Melvin Goodman and his wife Alyce purchased the property from
Florence and Lilla Cooke in 1945.
The Goodmans owned, occupied,
and practiced in 124 and 124 1/2 Federal Street for nearly fifty
years, after which its present owners purchased the house from the
executor of Alyce Goodman's estate in 1995. 8
History of the property:
The land on which 124 and 124 1/2 Federal Street and One Lynn
Street were eventually built was part of the original seventeenthcentury land grant of Richard Bishop (d. 1674-75), which was
conveyed successively to his son Thomas and grandson Richard
Bishop.
Robert Kitchen purchased the Bishop property in the early
1690s, and quickly turned it over to Joseph Neal, one of the
largest landowners in the neighborhood.
Neal possessed the
property, which adjoined his "mansion house" on the main street
(Essex Street) for several years, after which it was transferred to
7
ECRD Book 2826, page 427 (November 1, 1929); ECRD Book
2845, page 508 (May 17, 1930); ECRD Book 2843, page 518 (May 3,
1930); Salem Directories, 1884-1930.
ECRD Book 3415, pp. 457-460
13053, page 179 (June 6, 1995).
8
(June 15,
1945);
ECRD Book
�the Ropes Family. 9
The Ropes brothers, John Jr. and Samuel, built and possessed
half-interests in a house and outlying buildings on their property,
all of which was conveyed to Jonathan Ropes in 1754.
After the
laying out of Federal Street (after 1766) and Lynn Street (after
1780), Ropes greatly enlarged the property, probably with the aim
of increasing its access to the North River.
A representative
purchase came in 1782, when Nathaniel Lang of Salem, a silversmith,
conveyed to Jonathan "a certain piece of land adjoining a new road
lately laid out by Benjamin Goodhue junior from the new street in
said Salem so called down to the water side".
Additional parcels
of land (on the western side) were added to the property after the
construction of the new Federal house in 1784 and its additions by
both Ropes and his heir, Jonathan Waldo.
There were few or no
changes made to the property for most of the nineteenth century,
until Benjamin Shreve added the circa 1877 addition to the main
house.
The division of the Ropes/Shreve estate came in 1930, when
124 and 124 1/2 Federal Street became legally separated from One
Lynn Street. 10
Transfers of title:
Essex (South District) Registry of Deeds, Book 216, leaf 299
ECRD Book 9, leaf 69 (December 22, 1691, February 7, 169293); ECRD Book 17, leaf 33 (June 4, 1695); ECRD Book 21, leaf 164
(November 7, 1709).
9
ECRD Book 139, leaves 228-229; see enclosed plan of "Land
of Rebecca Dembofsky, Salem, Mass., Jan. 1930 11 , ECRD Book 2838,
pages 25-30).
10
�Grantors: Charles F. Waldo of Charleston in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, Edw~rd w. Waldo of Salem in the County
of Essex, Merchant, Mary R. Waldo of said Salem, Spinster, and
Henry s. Waldo of Boston in the County of Suffolk, Gentleman
Grantee: John Holman of Salem, Mariner
Consideration: $4030
Conveyance of: "a certain messuage situated in Salem aforesaid
consisting of a dwelling house and the land under and
adjoining and all the buildings thereon, bounded .... on Federal
Street and Lynn Streets .... "
Date recorded: September 19, 1818
ECRD Book 263, leaf 230
Grantor: John Holman of Ithaca, New York, Trader
Grantee: John Brazer of Salem, Clerk
Consideration: $3800
Conveyance of: "a certain messuage consisting of a wooden
dwelling house and Brick House or barn and land under and
adjoining with all the buildings thereon, the forementioned
is situated at the corner of Federal Street and Lynn Street
in Salem aforesaid .... 11
Date recorded: May 7, 1832
ECRD Book 373, leaves 122-124
Grantors: James W. Cheever of Salem, Merchant, Guardian of
John Brazer, William Brazer, Anne Brazer, and Edward Brazer,
minor children of th€ Reverend John Brazer, late of Salem, and
Mary Brazer of Salem
Grantee: Thomas Perkins of Salem, Master and Merchant
Consideration: $3750
Conveyance of: "a certain messuage situated in Salem .... on the
corner of Federal and Lynn Streets .... "
Date recorded: October 24, 1846
ECRD Book 2802, pages 557-558
Grantor: Thomas Perkins, Executor of the will of Thomas
Perkins, late of Salem
Grantee: Benjamin Shreve of Salem
Consideration: $9105
Conveyance of: 124 and 124 1/2 Federal Street; One Lynn Street
Date recorded: May 30, 1876
ECRD Book 2826, page 427
Grantors: Octavius B. Shreve of Salem and the First National
Bank of Boston, Trustees under the will of Benjamin Shreve,
late of Salem
�Grantee: Rebecca Dembofsky of Salem
Consideration: $16,000
Conveyance of: "the property now numbered 124 and 124 1/2
Federal Street and Number One Lynn Street in Salem"
Date recorded: November 1, 1929
ECRD Book 2843, page 518
Granter: Rebecca Dembofsky of Salem
Grantees: Susie J. and Lilla Cooke of Lowell and Florence
G. Cooke of Salem
Consideration: paid
Conveyance of: 124 and 124 1/2 Federal street
Date recorded: May 30, 1930
ECRD Book 3415, pages 457-460
Granters: Lilla Cooke and Florence G. Cooke of Salem
Grantee: Melvin Goodman of Boston
Consideration: paid
Conveyance of: "the land with the buildings thereon situated
on 124 - 124 1/2 Federal Street in Salem"
Date recorded: June 15, 1945
ECRD Book 13053, page 179
(Fiduciary Deed)
Grantor: Louis Kolow of Newton, temporary executor of the
will of Alyce Goodman, late of Salem
Grantees: Kevin and Deborah A. Guinee
Consideration: paid
Conveyance of: 124 and 124 1/2 Federal Street
Date recorded: June 9, 1995
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P.O. BOX 865 SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS 01970 I PHONE (508) 745-0799 I FAX (508) 744-8255
February27, 1996
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Guinee
124 Federal Street
Salem, MA 01970
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Guinee:
As you are aware, WGBH had retained Historic Salem to do a house history of your property which is a
regular service we provide. At the time the history was completed, no plaque was requested.
We typically charge an additional $75.00 for the painting and installation of house plaques.
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In appreciation of the wonderful restoration which you have undertaken and the fine example of quality
restoration which was represented to the national viewing public, we would like to extend to you a plaque as
a gift. Please give Alice Clarke a call at our office (745-0799) to arrange for it's installation.
Sincerely,
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John M. Wathne
President
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�October 25. 1995
Mr. Bruce Irving
Producer. This Old House
WGBH
125 Western J\ vc.
Boston, !Vii\ 02134
Dear Bruce:
At long las!, the house report you've been waiting for on 124 Federal St. Tiiank you for
your patience. Fortunately the turn-around time for painting the plaque is «:1uut (\\ll
weeks. Please remit the $75.00 balance and we will get our painter going.
Sincerely,
Debbie I lilbert
Office Staff
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Built for Jonathan Ropes 1784
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124
124 Federal
1784
Federal
Jonathan
Jonathan Ropes
Ropes
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Joyce King
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122
122 Federal
1784
cabinetmaker
Elijah
Elijah Sanderson
Federal
Jacob
Jacob Sanderson
Sanderson
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A resource made available by Historic Salem, Inc. detailing the history of Salem's houses.
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Title
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2 Beaver Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
Subject
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House history
Description
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Built 1784 for Thomas Benfield
Creator
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Historic Salem, Inc.
Source
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Historic Salem, Inc. house histories
Publisher
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Historic Salem, Inc., Salem Historical Society
Date
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1784, 2001
Contributor
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Robert Booth
Language
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English
1784
2
2 Beaver
2001
Beaver
Benfield
Federal
Frye
John
Jr.
Massachusetts
Salem
Stimpson
Thomas
Thomas Benfield
William
wood