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Land and House at 153 Federal Street, Salem, Mass.
This house was built for Aaron Hayward, master mason, in 1842.
In 1740 Hannah Orange, a widow of Boston, for,450 li sold
3 3/4 acres of land to Thomas Blaney, Salem shoreman (a man
involved in unloading, preparing, and selling the fish brought
back to Salem from the fishing grounds); this land ran down
along what is now Flint Street to what was then the broad
North River, of which Bridge Street was the southern bank
(80:101). In the 1760s Federal Street was laid out through
this land, and Mr Blaney 1 s widow, Alice Blaney, proceeded to
sell off the land for house-lots. On 18 Sept ·1773 she sold
to Benjamin Nourse, Salem sadler, for 35 li, a house-lot fronting about 36 1 on Federal Street and running ba~k about 200 1 ,
as well as a shallow triangular piece (gore) or land fronting
127' on Federal Street to the east {133:22).
Benjamin Nourse (a direct descendant of Rebecoa Nurse, the
witch trial victL~) built a house on this lot soon after
purchasing it in 1773; on 20 Nov 1789 he bought from Ebenezer
Beckford, a merchant, a parcel of land adjoining to the west,
fronting one pole (16.5 1 ) on Federal Street and running about
200 1 deep; on this strip stood a wood-house and the southerly
end of a dwelling house (148:251}. Mr Nourse immediately
mortgaged his dwelling house, his newly-enlarged house-lot,
and the gore to Mr Beckford, who discharged this mortgage on
15 April 1790 (148:252).
Mr Nourse, "a sexton," died nof old age 11 on_17 Jan 1798 in
his 78th year, having earlier changed his occupation from
sadler to chair-bottom maker; by his will of 24 Nov 1797 he
devised to his (second) wife Abigail a life estate in half
of his hcuse and land, and to his son Samuel the other half
of the homestead, along w:l.th the right to Abigail's half after
her death; to his son Benjamin he left just $50; according to
the inventory, the dwelling house and land were worth $800
(#19685).
On 7 Jan 1799 Samuel Ncurse, a cordwainer (shoemaker1 mortgaged
his half snd his right to his mother's half to Sarah Hathorne,
shopkeeper; she discharged this mortgage 30 April 1801 {164:205).
Again, on 28 April 1801, Mr Nourse mortgaged the same premises
for $500 to John Osgood, merchant, who was acting, evidently,
on behalf of his ward Joseph Jackson hroodbridge ( 169 :243).
11r Nourse paid off this mortgage on 20 Aug 1804 for $604 to
Messrs 0Rgood & Woodbridge (175:33).
It was probably at this time that Mr Nourse began the decline
that ended in death two years later; certainly his actions
were those of a man dete!'lllined to put his house in order. On
�20 Aug 1804 Mr Nourse for $500 granted to his step-mother
Abigail (who was also his mother-in-law) a life estate in
his undivided half of the homestead (175:33). On that same
day Mr Nourse, for $500,sold to William Coombs, baker,
~"'rederick Coombs, mariner, and Elizabeth Coombs, spinster
(his wife 1 s siblings )3:~his :r-ight to his step-mo':;her 1 s right
to the homestead and gore (175:33}; also at this time Mr
Nourse granted his right to his mother's remaining undivided
1/4 right in the homestead & gore to Joseph Mansfield, cordwainer, who immediately reconveyed this 1/4 right to Mr Nourse's
wife, Abigail (Coombs}, (these last two deeds were lost or
destroyed, and were renegotiated on 22 & 23 Oct 1806, 193:69).
Having conveyed all of his property to his ste~-mother and
to his wife and her siblings, Samuel Nourse died late in
November, 1806.
Mr Nourse 1 s step-mother, Mrs Abigail Nourse, died 1 Mar 1814,
aged 70 years. After her decease, the whole homestead & gore
came into the outright possession of William and Frederick
Coombs, and Mrs Elizabeth (Coombs) Symonds and widow Abigail
(Coombs) Nourse. On 20 Oct 18t4 and 22 July 1816, these four
people, for a grand total of $ 1100, granted their rights
to the property to Capt Holten Johnson Breed, master mariner
(203:301, 209:277-8).
Capt Breed lived here for several years; on 19 May 1829 he
sold the estate for $760 to Benjamin Allen, Salem tann9r
{252:81 ); from the sale price, one surmises that the property
had been allowed to run down. Mr Allen died 31 Mar 1839,
aged 36 years; the estate then descended to his father, John
Allen, Salem gentleman. On 6 Jan 1842 John Allen for $1000
granted to his neighbor to the west, Aaron Hayward, Salem
mason, the 11 lot of .land on Federal Street with all the buildings
thereon" as well as his right to the gore (328:259).
Evidently, Mr Hayward proceeded to raze or remove (or drastically
remode~ the old Nourse house, and to build this house in its
place. The 1842 Salem real estate assessments show that Mr
Hayward sold to Leonard B Harrington his half-house (now 155
Federal Street, worth then $1600), that he owned two houses
worth a total of $2800, and that he owned another house worth
$1400 unfinished and $2500 finished. This last house was
unfinished at the time of assessment (probably summer 1842),
but it was probably finished by the end of the year. The 1843
assessment show that }fr· Hayward lived at 75 Federal Street
(now 153 Federal St; the street numbers were changed 21 Mar
1853}, which was assessed at $2500; he still owned the other
two houses worth $2800.
On 26 Ap 1855 Mr Hayward for $4500 sold his homestead to
Leonard B Harrington, Salem leather-dealer (511:264). Mr
Hayward, a master mason, died on 25 Nov 1879, aged about
85 years. He left his wife Eliza (Glazier), daughters
�Eliza Ann (wife of Edward D Loring, who was the son of Joshua
Loring, coach-ms..ker, who built 55-57 Federal Street), Mary
Ellen Hayward, and son Charles Henry Hayward, all of Salem
(#42020).
Leonard Bond Harrington, leather manufacturer (1803-89), lived
here for more than 30 years. He died 6 Mar 1889. having outlived
his wife, Marg~ret G (Hearsay); a wealthy man, he left most
of his holdings to his daughter Mrs Mary E Goodhue, to his
grand-daughter, Mabel C Har~ington (daughter of his deceased
son Leonard), and to his son Henry Harrington (to whom he
left his Federal Street homestead), (#67478).
Henry Harrington (1832-98), like his father a leather-merchant,
died on 20 June 1898; the homestead, valued at $7500, was
devised to his wife Lydia Frye (Nichols) Harrin,~ton (82831 )'.
Mrs Harrington owned the premises up to the time of her death
on 30 Nov 1919; she willed 153 Federal Street to Eunice Alice,
wife of her brother Benjamin C Nichols (134881 ).
Mrs Nichola died on 27 May 1831; by her will of 29 Sept 1924
she left the estate to her daughter Marion Winchester Nichols,
the. present owner (#171078). ·
Robert Booth
6 March 1977
Notes: A parenthetical number such as (#123) refers to
Southern Essex County Probate Docket #123, on file at the
Registry of Probate. A number such as (123:456) refers to
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Federal Street
Historic Salem, Inc. House History
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153 Federal Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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Built for Aaron Hayward, master mason
Creator
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Historic Salem, Inc.
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Historic Salem, Inc. house histories
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Historic Salem, Inc., Salem Historical Society
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1842, 1977
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Robert Booth
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English
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