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46 Washington Square
John Southwick, Schoolmaster
Built in 1796, Partially torn down and rebuilt around 1850.
Researched and written by Leslie Fontaine
July 2022
Historic Salem Inc.
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
(978) 745-0799 | info@historicsalem.org
© 2022
�46 Washington Square, 1972
(MACRIS SAL.3517)
46 Washington Square, 1987
(MACRIS SAL.3517)
1
�46 Washington Square, 2017
(MACRIS SAL.3517)
Before 1881 Washington Square South was known as Forrester Street between 1855 and 1878. Prior
to this period, it was known as Bath Street. Over the years it has been numbered 8 Bath Street and 52
Forrester before it was 46 Washington Square South1. The front of the house can just be seen behind
the trees in the below photo.
Nelson Dionne Salem History Collection,
Salem State University Archives and Special Collections, Salem, Massachusetts
1
Salem City Directories
2
�Part of this land was granted for five pounds to James Symmonds by the town selectmen on April 5th,
1672 with the expectation to build a house within one-year 2. James Symmonds continued to own this
lot until his death in 1714 when it was valued at 30 pounds3.
Salem Town Records 1725-1773
Sydney Perley, Essex Antiquarian
2
Salem Town Records 1725-1773 VOLS 4-5
Perley, S. (18971909). The Essex antiquarian: an illustrated ... magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy,
history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts. Salem, Mass.: Essex Antiquarian.
3
3
�According to William Bentley’s diaries, in 1796 John Southwick, a school keeper, built a schoolhouse
upon Symmonds land near the common4. According to the Essex Institue Historical Collections, the
schoolhouse was later used as a dwelling house5 and around the 1850s was renovated to the current
Second Empire style by the Benson family. A visual inspection performed by Vijay Joyce, of HSI,
confirms that some of the older structure still survives in the basement of the house and most of what is
above the basement joists are consistent with an 1850s Victorian-era renovation of the upper floors of
the house.
There were other houses and buildings on the property over the years, as evidenced by numerous
deeds that show parcels were split up and sometimes re-bought by later families, mainly the Bensons,
but they appear to have all been since removed. One of these small parcel transfers occurred between
the Bensons and the City of Salem in order to straighten the line of the Phillips School Lot.
City Council Records 1865-1869 Volume 5, April 12, 1869
The current building at 46 Washington Square South is representative of the Second Empire style of
architecture, primarily characterized by the mansard roof and symmetrical three-bay facade. There is a
cross-mansard ell in the rear of the house and the high foundation features granite in the front and brick
on the other sides.
Samuel Benson purchased this property in 1829 and it continued in the family until its sale in 1925.
According to the city directories, several members and generations of the Benson Family lived in this
house throughout the time they owned it. The family members, as well as a couple of boarders, held
various occupations over the years including mariner, teacher, captain, clerk, and the famous artist,
Frank W. Benson, who was born in this house on March 24th, 1862. Samuel Benson died on April 6,
1862, and his estate was passed to his wife, Sarah Maria (Prentiss) Benson, via probate. Frank
purchased this property from his parents, George Wiggin and Elisabeth Frost (Pool) Benson for ‘$1 and
other valuable consideration paid’. Frank was an artist from Salem, MA known for his Impressionist
paintings as well as his 1935 duck stamp.
4
Waters, J. G., Bentley, W., Waters, A. G., Dalrymple, M. (1907). The Diary of William Bentley: 1793-1802. United
States: Essex Institute.
5
Historical collections of the Essex institute. (1862). United States: (n.p.).
4
�Image of Frank W. Benson
(Archives of American Art, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Frank Weston Benson Duck Stamp
United States Department of Agriculture, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
5
�SOURCES
6
�Part of Salem in 17006
Plan of the Common around the year 1800
6
Perley, S. (18971909). The Essex antiquarian: an illustrated ... magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy,
history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts. Salem, Mass.: Essex Antiquarian.
7
�Map of Salem, 1780
Map of Salem, 1820
8
�Map of Salem, 1851
1874 Atlas of Salem, Plate A
9
�1883 Birds Eye View of Salem
1890-1903 Atlas of Salem, Plate 9
10
�1897 Atlas of Salem, Plate 4
1906-1938 Atlas of Salem, Plate 15
11
�1911 Atlas of Salem, Plate 7
(Rev. William Bentley’s Diary 1793 - 1802)
12
�(Historical collections of the Essex institute. (1862). United States Vol. 4, Page 4)
Historic Commission:
MTG MINUTES 1986-1991 STUDY REPORTS 1960S VOLS I, II, IIA & III\HISTORIC DISTRICT FILE
13
�James Symmonds Probate, 17147
Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England
Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Archives.)
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/rd/13880/27083-co1/248359872
7
14
�John Symmonds Probate 17928
8
Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England
Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Archives.)
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/rd/13880/27099-co1/248360099
15
�Joshua Dodge Probate, 18149
9
Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England
Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Archives.)
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/rd/13764/7906-co1/245212344
16
�Samuel Benson Probate 1862, Image #110
10
Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England
Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Archives.)
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/rd/14205/32576-co1/259551848
17
�Samuel Benson Probate 1862, Image #211
11
Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England
Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Archives.)
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/rd/14205/32576-co1/259551848
18
�Samuel Benson Probate 1862, Image #312
The Benson Family were members of the Salem Marine Society for generations:
(Photos Courtesy of The Salem Marine Society book: Portraits of the Marine Society at Salem in New England, 1972 edition)
12
Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England
Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Archives.)
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/rd/14205/32576-co1/259551848
19
�Homeowner
Castine Realty Trust, Trustees:
Thomas A. O'Donnell & Dorothy V.
O'Donnell
Dorothy V. O'Donnell
Dorothy V. O'Donnell & Thomas A.
O'Donnell
Maude O'Donnell
Date
Purchased
08/07/1992
01/31/1992
07/27/1970
10/24/1961
Years of
Number of
Ownership
Years
1992
1992
1970-1992
1961-1970
<1
<1
22
9
Purchase Price
$1 and
consideration
paid
$1 and
consideration
paid
No consideration
paid
Consideration
paid
Documents
Referenced
Description
11459:51
The land in said Salem, with the buildings thereon, bounded and described as
follows: Beginning at the Northeasterly corner thereof on Washington Square
South, Thence running; Westerly: by said Washington Square South about 88 feet,
6 inches, to land now or late of Symonds, thence turning and running; Southerly: by
land now or late of Symonds about 69 feet, 5 inches, thence turning and running;
Easterly: by land now or late of Lambert and Ashby about 38 feet, 9 inches, thence
turning and running; Northerly: about 19 feet, 1 inch, thence turning and running;
Easterly: by land now or formerly of Duignan about 53 feet, 8 inches, and thence
running: Northerly: by land of the City of Salem, 55 feet, 3 inches, to said
Washington Square and the point begun at; all of said measurements being more
or less.
11126:129
The land in said Salem, with the buildings thereon, bounded and described as
follows: Beginning at the Northeasterly corner thereof on Washington Square
South, Thence running; Westerly: by said Washington Square South about 88 feet,
6 inches, to land now or late of Symonds, thence turning and running; Southerly: by
land now or late of Symonds about 69 feet, 5 inches, thence turning and running;
Easterly: by land now or late of Lambert and Ashby about 38 feet, 9 inches, thence
turning and running; Northerly: about 19 feet, 1 inch, thence turning and running;
Easterly: by land now or formerly of Duignan about 53 feet, 8 inches, and thence
running: Northerly: by land of the City of Salem, 55 feet, 3 inches, to said
Washington Square and the point begun at; all of said measurements being more
or less.
5700:447
The land in said Salem, with the buildings thereon, bounded and described as
follows: Beginning at the Northeasterly corner thereof on Washington Square
South, Thence running; Westerly: by said Washington Square South about 88 feet,
6 inches, to land now or late of Symonds, thence turning and running; Southerly: by
land now or late of Symonds about 69 feet, 5 inches, thence turning and running;
Easterly: by land now or late of Lambert and Ashby about 38 feet, 9 inches, thence
turning and running; Northerly: about 19 feet, 1 inch, thence turning and running;
Easterly: by land now or formerly of Duignan about 53 feet, 8 inches, and thence
running: Northerly: by land of the City of Salem, 55 feet, 3 inches, to said
Washington Square and the point begun at; all of said measurements being more
or less.
4832:481
The land in said Salem, with the buildings thereon, bounded and described as
follows: Beginning at the Northeasterly corner thereof on Washington Square
South, Thence running; Westerly: by said Washington Square South about 88 feet,
6 inches, to land now or late of Symonds, thence turning and running; Southerly: by
land now or late of Symonds about 69 feet, 5 inches, thence turning and running;
Easterly: by land now or late of Lambert and Ashby about 38 feet, 9 inches, thence
turning and running; Northerly: about 19 feet, 1 inch, thence turning and running;
Easterly: by land now or formerly of Duignan about 53 feet, 8 inches, and thence
running: Northerly: by land of the City of Salem, 55 feet, 3 inches, to said
Washington Square and the point begun at; all of said measurements being more
or less.
Notes
�Homeowner
Henry O'Donnell & Maude
O'Donnell
Salem Trust Company, Arthur Guy
as Commissioner of Banks
Date
Purchased
09/14/1934
03/01/1934
Years of
Number of
Ownership
Years
1934-1961
1934
Washington Street Realty
Corporation
12/8/1933
1933-1934
Salem Trust Company, Arthur Guy
as Commissioner of Banks
12/8/1933
1933
Mary L. Hurley, Wife of John J.
Hurley
Benson Family (Totals)
Frank W. Benson
George Wiggin Benson &
Elizabeth Frost (Pool) Benson
27
< 1 year
1 year
< 1 year
02/27/1925
1925-1933
8 years
---
1829-1925
96
6/5/1896
03/11/1869
1896-1925
1869-1896
29
27
Purchase Price
Documents
Referenced
Description
3006:192
The land in said Salem, with the buildings thereon, bounded and described as
follows: Beginning at the Northeasterly corner thereof on Washington Square
South, Thence running; Westerly: by said Washington Square South about 88 feet,
6 inches, to land now or late of Symonds, thence turning and running; Southerly: by
land now or late of Symonds about 69 feet, 5 inches, thence turning and running;
Easterly: by land now or late of Lambert and Ashby about 38 feet, 9 inches, thence
turning and running; Northerly: about 19 feet, 1 inch, thence turning and running;
Easterly: by land now or formerly of Duignan about 53 feet, 8 inches, and thence
running: Northerly: by land of the City of Salem, 55 feet, 3 inches, to said
Washington Square and the point begun at; all of said measurements being more
or less.
2988:121
Conveyance of 13 parcels of land, 46 Washington Square being Parcel 3, being
more fully described in a deed dated December 8, 1933, from said Salem Trust
Company to said Washington Street Realty Corporation, and recorded with Essex
South District Deeds, Book 2971, Page 303.
Consideration
paid
2971:303
The land in said Salem, with the buildings thereon, bounded and described as
follows: Beginning at the Northeasterly corner thereof on Washington Square
South, Thence running; Westerly: by said Washington Square South about 88 feet,
6 inches, to land now or late of Symonds, thence turning and running; Southerly: by
land now or late of Symonds about 69 feet, 5 inches, thence turning and running;
Easterly: by land now or late of Lambert and Ashby about 38 feet, 9 inches, thence
turning and running; Northerly: about 19 feet, 1 inch, thence turning and running;
Easterly: by land now or formerly of Duignan about 53 feet, 8 inches, and thence
running: Northerly: by land of the City of Salem, 55 feet, 3 inches, to said
Washington Square and the point begun at; all of said measurements being more
or less.
$8000 mortgage
2867:361
Mortgage Document that was in default and foreclosed on 12/8/1933
Consideration
paid
2629:500
The land in said Salem, with the buildings thereon, bounded and described as
follows: Beginning at the Northeasterly corner thereof on Washington Square
South, Thence running; Westerly: by said Washington Square South about 88 feet,
6 inches, to land now or late of Symonds, thence turning and running; Southerly: by
land now or late of Symonds about 69 feet, 5 inches, thence turning and running;
Easterly: by land now or late of Lambert and Ashby about 38 feet, 9 inches, thence
turning and running; Northerly: about 19 feet, 1 inch, thence turning and running
Easterly by land now or formerly of Duignan about 53 feet, 8 inches, and thence
running Northerly: by land of the City of Salem, 55 feet, 3 inches, to said
Washington Square and the point begun at; all of said measurements being more
or less. Mentions 1480:525 & 1573:132
$1 and other
valuable
consideration
paid
1480:525
2 Separate parcels on Washington Square. (See 768:14 & 783:38)
Consideration
paid
Consideration
paid
$3,000.00
768:14
Dwelling house with outbuildings, now numbered 52. Refers to 648:16 (release of
mortgage) & 648:17 -(conveying interest of children to widow of Samuel Benson.)
Those deeds then refer to 252:265 & 636:121
Notes
�Homeowner
Samuel Benson & Sarah Maria
(Prentiss) Benson
Francis Boardman
Date
Purchased
09/12/1829
05/01/1826
Years of
Number of
Ownership
Years
1829-1869
1826-1829
40
3
Purchase Price
$1,825.00
$2,200.00
Documents
Referenced
Description
252:265
A certain messuage on Bath Street in Salem aforesaid consisting of a dwelling
house and out buildings and land under and adjoining, being the same which I
purchased of Peirce L. Wiggin by deed of May 1, 1826. B241 L259. Bounded
Northerly on Bath Street 57'6", Easterly on Elijah Haskell 56', Southerly on land of
Rebecca, the wife of John Southwick 56' and Westerly on the widow Flint 56'.
241:259
A certain messuage on Bath Street in Salem aforesaid consisting of a lot of land
with a dwelling house and out buildings thereon bounded Northerly on Bath Street
57'6", Easterly on land of Elijah Haskell 56', Southerly on land of Rebecca, the wife
of John Southwick, and Westerly on land of the widow Flint 56' to the first bounds.
Certain parcel of land with dwelling house formerly owned by John Southwick.
North on Bath Street 54', East on Haskell land 60', South on land of John
Southwick 52', West on Southwick Avenue 60'. Bk 228:278 Releasing the right to
dower by Rebecca Southwick and trading two small portions of land in the back of
property on Bath Street for part of Southwick's Avenue. $100 waiving right to
dower, $1ea for exchange of land.
Peirce L. Wiggin & Anna B. Wiggin
04/20/1822
1822-1826
4
$765.00
229:252
Joshua Dodge
04/19/1810
1810-1822
12
$1.00
189:250
John Southwick
11/25/1794
N/A
N/A
$370.00
157:286
1573:132
1050:25
On Forrester Street, formerly Bath Street. As described in said deeds above
referenced (417:159-160)
1052:3
A certain parcel of land in said Salem bounded Northerly on Washington Square 11
feet, Easterly on land of said Elizabeth, formerly of Williams, about 70 feet and 5
inches, Southerly on land of Lambert 11 feet and Westerly on land of said Eleazer
M. Dalton about 69 feet and 5 inches.
547:77
Messuage on Bath Street or Forrester, North on Forrester Street, West on line
drawn through center of the passageway between said house and house west of it,
said line to extend from said street to estate now or formerly Bakers, South on said
Baker estate, East on land Abraham Williams. See deed 435:250 on October 19,
1850 Nathaniel Jackson to David Reed, being the same as conveyed to Jackson
by George Wheatland by deed 428:5. At the same time Eleazer M. Dalton gave a
mortgage to David Reed - see 557:53. A year later, on July 5 in 1858, David Reed
defaults on mortgage and Eleazer is the highest bidder at $107.50 - see 573:52.
Frank W. Benson
12/7/1898
N/A
N/A
$1 and other
valuable
consideration
paid
Elizabeth F. Benson
12/2/1880
N/A
N/A
$1.00
Elizabeth F. Benson, wife of
George W. Benson
Eleazer M Dalton
01/06/1881
03/10/1857
N/A
1857-1881
N/A
24
$625.00
$700.00
David Reed
10/19/1850
1850-1857
7
$900.00
435:250
Nathaniel Jackson
10/12/1849
1849-1850
1
$600.00
428:5
Notes
A certain messuage situated in Salem: North on Bath Street 54', East on Haskell
60', South on land of Southwick 52', West on a way two feet wide 60'
A piece of land in said Salem being part of the estate left to his heirs by said
deceased - said piece bounding Southerly on the Street now called Essex Street
there measuring 53' 1/2, Westerly on land of Susanna Flint, widow, 162', Northerly
on the common or the way by the common, 57', and Easterly on land belonging to
the heirs of Elijah Haskell 170'.
3 Separate parcels on Washington Square. (See below) 1050:25 & 1052:3 also
small portions of land and buildings added. 1051:257 is a tiny triangular piece of
land added.
Messuage on Bath Street. North on Bath Street, West on line drawn through center
of the passageway between said house and house west of it, said line to extend
from said street to estate now or formerly Baker, South on land of Baker, East on
land of William.
North on Bath Street, West on a line drawn through Center of passageway
between said house and the house west of it said line to extend from said street
through the center of said passageway straight to land of Barker, South on land of
Barker, East on land of Williams. Refers to deeds 276:284 & 345:261.
Additions to the
Benson Estate
�Homeowner
Elizabeth F. Benson
Date
Purchased
01/20/1881
George Fellows, guardian of Ellen 07/07/1848 &
Fellows (minor, daughter)
05/19/1849
Abigail Haraden, wife of Timothy
Haraden
Susannah Flint
06/29/1815
07/10/1792
Years of
Number of
Ownership
Years
N/A
1848-1881
1815-1848
1792-1815
N/A
33
33
23
Purchase Price
In consideration
of a conveyance
to me of a certain
lot of land made
this day by
Elizabeth F.
Benson, wife of
George W.
Benson.
$114.00
$10.00
38 pounds 5
shillings
Documents
Referenced
1051:257
417:159-160
Description
Notes
Additions to the
A certain lot of land in the rear of the land whereon my dwelling house stands on
Essex Street in said Salem, bounded Westerly on land formerly of Williams, now of Benson Estate
said Elizabeth about 19 feet and 1 inch, Northerly on other land of said Elizabeth
about 6 feet 3 inches, Easterly on land now or late of Covell about 19 feet and 1
inch, and Southerly on land of said Lydia about 6 feet and 3 inches, the Southerly
line of the land hereby conveyed ranging with the Southerly line of land of Dalton
recently purchased by said Elizabeth and being as the new fence now stands.
Followed by a mortgage deed transfer from William K. Leach to Elizabeth F.
Benson referencing original mortgage dead Book 640 Page 43
Picked up from 1050:25 (above) Bounded Northerly by Bath Street in said Salem
22 feet, Easterly by land of Benson, 81 feet, Southerly by land now or late of Dalton
about 21 and 1/2 feet, Westerly by land now or late of Dalton 80 feet and 6 inches,
together with one undivided fifth part of the dwelling house and all outbuildings
standing on said land. The premises to be held by said Walcott, in trust for said
Williams during his life and after his decease to be conveyed to such person or to
be held for such uses as the said Williams shall by a writing, to be delivered to said
Walcott, his heirs or assigns direct and appoint. Page 160 mentions Book 210 Page
249
210:249
Certain parcel of land with dwelling house formerly owned by John Southwick.
North on Bath Street 54', East on Haskell land 60', South on land of John
Southwick 52', West on Southwick Avenue 60'. Bk 228:278 Releasing the right to
dower by Rebecca Southwick and trading two small portions of land in the back of
property on Bath Street for part of Southwick's Avenue. $100 waiving right to
dower, $1ea for exchange of land.
155:74
A piece of land in said Salem being part of the estate left to his heirs by said
deceased said piece bounding southerly on the main street there measuring 21 feet
Westerly on land of William Gray 161 feet Northerly on the Common or the way by
the Common 22 feet and Easterly on other land left to his heirs by said deceased
162 feet. Also Susannah Flint obtained a mortgage from Richard Manning. Heirs of
John Symmonds selling their father, James Symmonds, estate.
Related Transfers, including small parcels - not critical to the age of the house
G.W. & Elizabeth Benson
John H. Benson
09/01/1869
$1.00
9/1/1869
$1.00
A certain triangular piece of land situated in said Salem and bounded and
described as follows: Beginning at the Southwest corner of land of said Benson,
then running Easterly 3 feet 11 inches, then turning and running Northerly as the
new fence now stands 36 feet 7 inches to the Southerly point of land this day sold
by said Benson to said City of Salem, then turning at an acute angle and running
783:38 36 feet 9 inches to point begun at, being a part of the Phillips School Lot, so called. These 2 are just
Beginning at Northeast corner at land belonging to said City, thence running
transfers of
Westerly bounded Northerly by Forrester Street, 2 ', then turning and running
small parcels
Southerly, as the new fence now stands 18' and 8" to the Northerly corner of land
between
this day sold by the said City to said Benson, then turning at an accute angle and
Bensons and
785:16 running 18'9" to the point begun at being a part of the "Benson Estate" so called.
the city.
The below oulined deeds describe the Southern part of the lot that was split over the years from Deed 155:74.
George Wheatland
10/08/1834
$10.00
Describes 2 lots, the first on Boston Street and the second on Essex being a lot of
land in Essex Street and bounded Southerly on Essex Street, Easterly on lands of
Southwick and Flint, Northerly on Bath Street, and Westerly on Elkins Land. The lot
being bought of William Silsbee, Hannah & Elizabeth Hodges by Deed dated Oct
28, 1827 recorded Book 247 Leaf 156, together with all the buildings thereon now
276:284 standing. Mentions release of dower by Dalton - see B 427 L 162.
�Date
Purchased
Homeowner
Joseph & Eleazer Dalton
10/28/1827
Years of
Number of
Ownership
Years
Purchase Price
$2,800.00
William Silsbee
07/08/1824
$200.00
Sussannah Parsons, wife of Josiah
Parsons
06/29/1815
$10.00
Samuel Benson
Sarah Maria Benson
Sarah Maria Benson
William R. Leach
Lydia A. Ashby & John J. Ashby
05/13/1852
02/18/1863
02/18/1863
07/08/1862
09/10/1858
Documents
Referenced
$1.00
Description
Notes
A certain parcel of land with two dwelling houses and other buildings thereon
situated in Salem aforesaid bounded Southerly on Essex Street 20' 8", Easterly on
J. Southwicks land 76', Northerly on Mrs. Flint 21' 6", and Westerly on land of W.
Silsbee and H & E Hodges 74'6", as the same was surveyed by J. P. Saunders
Esq, July 8, 1824 being a lot of land purchased by me of Susannah Parsons as per
her deed to me July 8, 1824 together with all privileges and appurtances. Also,
another parcel of land situated in said Salem bounded Southerly on Essex Street
20' 8", Easterly on Southwick 76', Northerly on Flint 21' 6", and Westerly on land
247:156 above described. See 345:261
A certain lot of land in Salem, aforesaid, bounded Southerly on Essex Street 20' 8",
Easterly on Southwick 76', Northerly on Mrs. Flint 21'6" and Westerly on said
William Silsbee 74' 6", as the same was surveyed and measured by Jonathan P.
Saunders Esquire July 8 1824. The same having been conveyed to said Susannah,
in her right, while she was the wife of Josiah Parsons by Timothy Haraden and
Abigail, his wife, and others by deed of June 29th, 1815 recorded in the Registry of
236:47 Deeds for said County in Book 208, Leaf 116.
A certain piece of land situated in said Salem, with a dwelling house thereon,
bounded as follows viz. Easterly on land of John Southwick 81', Southerly on
Essex Street 21', Westerly on land of John Gray 80' 1/2, and Northerly on land of
this day quitclaimed by said Josiah & Susanna Parsons to the Grantors above
named, about 21' 1/2, the premises above described being the Southerly half part
of that piece of land which John Symonds, Elizabeth Symonds, and James Barr
and Priscilla, his wife, conveyed to said Susanna Flint by deed recorded in the
Registry of Deeds B 155 L 74. Susanna Parsons being a daughter and heir of said
208:116 Susanna Flint.
All the land lying Northerly of the following described line and Southerly of said
Benson's estate viz. commencing at the Southeast bounds at a point twenty two
inches Southerly from the Northeast corner of the estate recently conveyed to me
by Joseph G. Waters and running Westerly to a point twenty two inches Northerly
636:121 from the Northwest corner of my said estate.
$900.00
Dwelling house with outbuildings, now numbered 52. See deeds 252:265 & 636:
648:16 121 for full description
$100.00
A certain messuage in Forrester Street in said Salem consisting of a dwelling
house and outbuildings and land under and adjoining now numbered 52 on said
street the same being the real estate owned by the late Samuel Benson at the time
of his decease for a more particular description of which see Deed from Boardman
to Samuel Benson recorded 252:265 and also a deed from Henry Jenks to Samuel
Benson recorded in 636:121 the undivided 7th part being subject to the dower and
648:17 homestead estate of Sarah Maria Benson, widow of said Samuel Benson
$350.00 640:43
A certain parcel or lot of land with all buildings thereon situated on Essex Street in
Salem aforesaid, and is bounded Northerly by land of Benson and others, Westerly
by land formerly of Johnson, Southerly by Essex Street, Easterly by land of Jenks,
meaning hereby to convey the said Leach the premises which were conveyed to
me by deed of William Edwards September 10, 1858.
$1,980.00 575:283
A certain parcel of land situated on Essex Street, in said City of Salem, with a
dwelling house and out buildings thereon, bounded and described as follows,
Northerly by land of Benson and others, Westerly by land of Johnson, Southerly by
Essex Street, aforesaid, Easterly by land of Jenks, being the same estate which I
bought of Joseph Waters, and by me mortgaged to said Waters on the 13th day of
September.
Salem Mariner
These 2 deeds
are transfer of
Samuel
Benson's estate
to his widow via
probate.
�Homeowner
Joseph G. Waters
Date
Purchased
10/12/1849
Years of
Number of
Ownership
Years
Purchase Price
Documents
Referenced
$905.00 417:292
Description
The lot of land on Essex Street in Salem with the building thereon, the same is
bounded Southerly on said Street, Westerly on land of Barker, Easterly on land of
said Waters, and Northerly on land of Williams, likewise the small strip of land lying
between land of Barker, the land conveyed to N. Jackson by me, the land of said
Williams, and the lot first described. See deeds recorded Bk 276 P 284 and Bk 345,
P 261.
Notes
�Directory Year
Residents
Occupation or Notes
1837 Samuel R. Benson
Mariner
8 Bath Street
1842 Samuel R. Benson
Mariner
8 Bath Street
1846 Samuel R. Benson
Mariner
8 Bath Street
1850 Samuel R. Benson
Captain
8 Bath Street
Teacher
8 Bath Street
1851 Samuel R. Benson
Mrs. Maria Lord
Captain
8 Bath Street
1853 George W. Benson
Clerk, Commercial Bank
8 Bath Street
John H. Benson
8 Bath Street
Samuel R. Benson
Captain
8 Bath Street
William C. Benson
Mariner
8 Bath Street
1855 George W. Benson
52 Forrester
John H. Benson
52 Forrester
Samuel Benson
Captain
52 Forrester
William C. Benson
Mariner
52 Forrester
Clerk
52 Forrester
George W. Benson
Clerk
52 Forrester
Samuel Benson
Captain
52 Forrester
William C. Benson
Mariner
52 Forrester
Clerk
52 Forrester
George W. Benson
Clerk
52 Forrester
Caroline P. Dalton
Teacher, Boarder
52 Forrester
1857 Emery K Benson
1864 Emery K Benson
1866 Mrs. Samuel Benson
52 Forrester
1869 Mrs. Samuel Benson
52 Forrester
1872 Mrs. Samuel Benson
52 Forrester
Emery K Benson (son of Samuel & Sarah Maria (Prentiss) Benson
52 Forrester
1874 George W. Benson
Columbia National Bank, 65 State, Boston
52 Forrester
1876 George W. Benson
36 Purchase, Boston
52 Forrester
1878 George W. Benson
36 Purchase, Boston
52 Forrester
1881 George W. Benson
36 Purchase, Boston
46 Washington Square
1882 George W. Benson
46 Washington Square
1884 George W. Benson
46 Washington Square
1886 George W. Benson
46 Washington Square
1890 - 1891 Arthur F. Benson
36 Purchase, Boston
46 Washington Square
George W. Benson
36 Purchase, Boston
46 Washington Square
Henry P. Benson
36 Purchase, Boston
46 Washington Square
Artist
46 Washington Square
1893 - 1921 Frank W. Benson
1931 John J. Hurley
1933 - 1934 Vacant
1935 Henry J. O'Donnell
1936 Mary J. O'Donnell
Funeral Director
1937 Henry J. O'Donnell
Funeral Director
1946 Henry J. O'Donnell
Funeral Director
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9 Linden Street
Built by
Andrew C. Sturtevant
Carpenter
and his wife
Mary E. Horton
1850
Researched and written by Amanda Eddy
February 2023
Historic Salem Inc.
The Bowditch House
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
(978) 745-0799 | HistoricSalem.org
©2023
�Patriot Properties
�Table of Deeds
Date
Purchased
—
Homeowner
Years of
Ownership
Ezekiel Hersy
Derby
Number of
Years
—
Purchase
Price
—
—
Deed
Referenced
—
Notes
—
February 12,
1848
Andrew. C.
Sturtevant
1848-1853
5
$300
393-216
September 6,
1853
Enoch Page
1853- ?
?
$310
483-175
*The dates
look messed
up in the row
and the next,
but there are
two separate
plots forming
one to
include the
home.
June 12,
1851
Henry J.
Read
1851-1854
3
$575
447-12
*There is no
information
on who
Enoch Page
sold the
home/land to
or how Henry
J. Read
came to have
the home.
Inheritance is
a safe bet!
1854-1865
11
$2,000
495-255
Martha W.
Chessman
May 19, 1854
Daniel Bruce
Martha W.
Chessman
March 9,
1865
Alpheus
Hyatt
1865-1872
7
$3,500
715-299,300
August 6,
1872
David Merritt
Jr.
1872-1899
27
$4,750
861-167
May 1, 1899
Charles
Cousins
1899
One day
$4,300
1576-202
May 2, 1899
Aroline C.
Gove
1899-1939
40
$4,300
1576-203
*Aroline was
the daughter
of Lydia E.
Pinkham, a
leading
manufacturer
and marketer
of patent
�medicines in
the late 19th
century
June 1942
—
Lydia P. Gove
Caroline Doty
1939-1948
9
—
—
—
—
3308-193
—
Rachel E.
Renehan
Executrices
Inherited by
her mother,
Aroline C.
Gove, at her
death
Executors
(Caroline
being the
daughter of)
of the will of
Lydia P. Gove
Parcel 1 &
Parel 2 (plus
other plots
not
associated
with 9 Linden
Street)
December
29, 1948
Samuel P.
Backman,
Trustee
United Realty
Trust
1948-1949
>1
$34,500
3640-591
Parcel 1, Lot
#6
Recorded
May 18, 1936
3072-280
Rerecorded
April 28,
1947
3547-49
September
16, 1949
Lionel A.
Dupuis
1949-1987
38
For
consideration
paid ($10,500)
3690-539
Parcel 1, Lot
#6
Leo G.
Chretien
December
29, 1948
Samuel P.
Backman
Trustee
United Realty
Trust
1948-1949
>1
$34,500
3640-591
Multiple lots,
including
Parcel 2, Lot
B
October 6,
1949
Edwin T.
Brudzynski
1949-1969
20
For
consideration
paid
3695-242
Parcel 2, Lot
B
March 21,
1969
Eugene P.
Brudzynski
1969-1971
2
Nominal
consideration
5597-274
Parcel 2, Lot
B
May 21, 1971
Michael I.
Petraskiewicz
1971-1974
3
Consideration
paid; $48,000
5767-524
Parcel 2, Lot
B
June 24,
Yousif
1974-1983
9
Nominal
6079-338
Parcel 2, Lot
�1974
(Joseph) and
Anna M.
Petraskiewicz
April 1, 1983
Yousif
(Joseph) and
Anna M.
Petraskiewicz
consideration
B
1983-1984
1
Nominal
consideration
7095-312
Parcel 2, Lot
B
Michael J.
Petraskiewicz
November
23, 1984
Joseph
(Yousif) and
Anna M.
Petraskiewicz
1984
>1
Nominal
consideration
7587-355
Parcel 2, Lot
B
August 30,
1985
George A.
Belisle and
David
Jacobson,
Trustees of
the Lafayette
Realty Trust
1985
>1
$400,000
7894-333
Parcel 2, Lot
B
April 8, 1986
Mark D.
Barons,
Trustee of
Greystone
Realty Trust
1985-1987
March 1987
Greystone
Manor
Condos/Robe
rt Bowman
January 5,
1987
Lionel A.
Dupuis
This specific
plot being
7894-340
2
—
1987-1990
$100,000
—
3
—
In full
considerations
of $100
8195-429
Parcel 2, Lot
B
Plan Book
230, Plan 26
Parcel 2, Lot
B
8739-487
Parcel 1, Lot
#6
Ida M.
Dupuis
March 30,
1990
Lionel A.
Dupuis
One half
undivided
interest
1990-2008
18
In full
consideration
of less than
$100
10381-501
Parcel 1, Lot
#6
1987-1993
6
In full
considerations
of $100
8739-487
Parcel 1, Lot
#6
Ida M.
Dupuis
Lionel M.
Dupuis
Daniel R.
Dupuis
January 5,
1987
Leo G.
Chretien
Marie P.
Chretien
One half
undivided
�interest
February 12,
1993
Leo G.
Chretien
1993-2008
15
Marie P.
Chretien
In full
consideration
of nominal
consideration
11746-70
Parcel 1, Lot
#6
10381-501
Parcel 1, Lot
#6
Christina H.
Pierro
Lionel A.
Dupuis
11746-70
Lionel M.
Dupuis
Daniel R.
Dupuis
Christina M.
Chretien
(Pierro)
Leona L.
Morrow
Marie P.
Chretien
August 26,
1987
Lionel A.
Dupuis
1987-2004
17
For
consideration
paid of $1
9197-543
Parcel 2, Lot
B
December
30, 2004
Lionel A.
Dupuis
2004-2008
4
Full
consideration
less than $100
23898-334
Parcel 2, Lot
B
Lionel M.
Dupuis
Joint tenants
with a right of
survivorship
Daniel R.
Dupuis
October 20,
2008
Simeen
Brown
Todd J.
Hannig
2008 present
14+
$363,000
28103-402
Lot #6
Parcel 1 &
Parcel 2
�Residents Table
Resident
Years
Occupation
Andrew C. Sturtevant
1851-1852
Carpenter
Charles H. Chessman
1852-1853
Mariner
Henry J. Read
1853-1854
Shoemaker
Daniel Bruce
1854-1866
*There are no defining factors that
help determine which Daniel Bruce
this is, hence why there is no
section on this family.
Mrs. Daniel Bruce
1854-1866
Walter S. Steele
1866
Clerk at 20 Front Street
James T. Steel
1866
Machinist
David Merritt Jr.
1872-around 1880
Freighting Merchant
Ann A. Merritt
1872-1882
David A. Merritt Jr.’s mother.
*Died July 13, 1883
Alfred Merritt
1874-1879
Expressman; brother of David
Merritt Jr.
Margaret (Maggie) A. Moran
1880
Servant
Emily Merritt
1880-1897
At Home; sister of David Merritt Jr.
Susan M. Shelley
1888-1893
Housekeeper at 9 Linden
Mary M. Burton
1879-1897
Widow of Rev. Warren Burton; sister
of David Merritt Jr.
Mary Wall
1895-1899
Housekeeper
Mary Ward
1895-1897
Housekeeper
Charles F. Allen
1900-1917
Secretary for State Street Trust
Company, Boston
Sarah F. Allen
1900-1917
At home
Charles F. Allen Jr
1900-1917
Student
Albert H. Rodgers
1901-1911
Clerk for Boston and Maine Railroad
Bertha P. Stacey
1906-1909
Assistant forewoman at Humphrey
& Paine’s
Edith S. Stacey
1911
Boxmaker
�1
Herbert E. Ballard
1912-1913
Clerk for Boston and Maine Railroad
Alice Rhind
1913
Maid at 9 Linden
Sarah E. Ainscough
1914-1915
Maid at 9 Linden
Arthur W. Bartol
1920-1922
Insurance (Boston)
Leonard Bartol
1920-1922
Emma F. Bartol
1920-1922
*Passed away September 16, 19221
George F. Stevens
1924-1926
Gardener at 254 Lafayette Street
Annie G. Stevens
1924-1926
Raymond L. Stevens
1924
Gardener in Marblehead
William B. Perkins
1926-1937
Janitor at the Lydia Pinkham
Building
Helen E. Perkins
1926-1937
Caretaker at 254 Lafayette Street
Arthur L. Pitkin
1930-1939
Civil engineer for the City of Salem
Grace A. Pitkin
1930-1939
At home
Virginia A. Pitkin
1930-1939
Draftsman, Boston
Henry Elmer Gorse
1942-1949
Accountant
Helga Linnea Gorse
1942-1949
Francis J. Winston
1945
Irene M. Winston
1945
Richard R. Deschenes
1946-1949
Bernice M. Deschenes
1946-1949
Leo G. Chretien
1949-1962
Equipment Operator at North Shore
Gas, Meter Tester
Marie P. Chretien
1949-1962
At home
Lionel A. Dupuis
1949-1962 (and most likely later)
Foreman at Belleau Metal Works
Ida M. Dupuis
1949-1962 (and most likely later)
At home
Salem City Directory, 1924
Aud and safety engineer, Boston
Carpenter for Gourdeau
Construction Company
�Linden Street is situated in South Salem, a street almost parallel to Lafayette. Most of this land, known back
then as South Fields, was a part of the Derby estate, owned by Ezekiel Hersy Derby, a gentleman farmer, son of
Elias Hasket Derby, famous Salem ship merchant. In 1848, Andrew C. Sturtevant purchased land (Lot #6) from
Ezekiel Hersy Derby, making room for his soon-to-be home at 9 Linden Street. This was one of the first home’s to be
built on this street. 170 years later, it is still a family home, but now with the title “oldest home in South Fields.”
The Sturtevant Family (Builder of the home - 1851-1853)
Andrew C. Sturtevant (1809-1878) was born around 1809 in Bowdoinham, Maine to John and
Ruth Sturtevant of Wareham and Middleton, Massachusetts, respectively. He was a carpenter for most of
his life, working on various projects from building houses to working on wharfs, working at Burley &
Briggs’s wharf in Salem in the 1850s.2 Andrew married Mary E. Horton (1814-1890) of Marblehead on
March 14, 1833.3 Mary was born to Samuel Horton around 1814 in Marblehead. There is no record of
who her mother was. For work, Mary was a housekeeper. The couple never had children. Prior to living
on Linden Street, the couple lived with Mary’s sister, Emma Horton.4
After moving from Linden Street, the Sturtevant’s moved around Massachusetts to many towns,
including Foxborough, Rockport, Fitchburg, and Newburyport. Andrew died October 20, 1878 at the age
of 69 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He died from chronic bronchitis. Mary died November 25, 1890 from
consumption at the age of 76. She died in Lynnfield, Massachusetts.
The Merritt Family (1872-1897)
David Merritt Jr. (1821-1916) was born on June 28, 1821 to David Merritt (1775-1862) and Anne
(Ashby) Merritt (1784-1883). He worked as a freight merchant. David married Lucy E. Balch (1820-1867)
on June 25, 1844.5 Lucy was born to Daniel and Elizabeth (Gunnison) Balch in Newburyport on
November 14, 1820.
2
3
4
5
Salem City Directory, 1853
Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
United States Federal Census, 1850
Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850
�David and Lucy had only one child together: Elizabeth Balch (Merritt) Hunting (1851-1926) on
March 29, 1851. She married Alfred Arnold Hunting (1853-?) and they had one son, who she also named
David Merritt Hunting (1881-?). Elizabeth passed away on September 24, 1926.6 She is buried in
Harmony Grove Cemetery in Salem alongside her parents.
Lucy passed away first on April 16, 1867. Later on in life, during the first decade of the 1900s,
David Merritt summered in Marblehead in the Clifton Heights area but maintained year round residency at
24 Dearborn Street. David Merritt died at the age of 95 by suicide (“shot himself in the head”) in his home
on Dearborn Street on March 3, 1916. He had not been well for a while and was deteriorating quickly.7
Both Lucy and David are buried next to their daughter in Harmony Grove Cemetery in Salem.
It seems as if David bought the home in 1872 but only lived there a short while, if ever. Most of
the residents were family members of his. Directories and the U.S. Census has him listed as living on
Mason Street with his sister in law, Sarah Balch.
Mary M. (Merritt) Burton and Emily Merritt (1872-1897)
Mary and Emily were both sisters of David Merritt.
Mary (Merritt) Burton (1826-1920) was born on February 16, 1826. She married Warren Burton
on September 18, 1845.8 Warren Burton was a Reverend in Boston.9 Mary was widowed sometime
before 1879 when she began living on Linden Street. She died on December 12,1920 at the age of 94.
Emily Merritt (1812-1897) was born on May 23, 1812 in Marblehead. She never married and is
listed as having no occupation. Emily died on August 8, 1897 at the age of 85 from paralysis. 10
Right around this time is when we see more than one family living in the home at the same time.
It is most likely that around 1900 is when the home was converted into a two-family home.This is also
when Aroline C. Gove purchased the property and used the home as her servants and workers living
space. There were many people who were in and out of the home within a year or two.
6
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216028753/elizabeth-b-hunting
Boston Herald, March 4, 1916
8
Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850
9
Vital Record Transcripts; Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850
10
New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1897
7
�The Allen Family (1900-1917)
Charles Frederic Allen (1868-1929) was born to Captain Charles H. Allen (1830-1910) 11 and
Margaret E. (McKenzie) Allen (1833-?) on April 8, 1868. He had three sisters: Lillian, Mary, and Margaret.
Charles was a banker. He worked for State Street Trust Company in Boston for most of his life.
Charles married Sarah F. Goodhue (1869-1942) on September 15,1898.12 Sarah was born June
9, 1869 to Samuel V. and Sarah E. (Clough) Goodhue. Sarah had a brother and a sister: Samuel Jr. and
Alice.
The couple had three children: Charles F. Allen Jr. (1899-1988), Sarah E. Allen (1903-?), and
William Allen (1915-1989). After leaving Linden Street in 1917, the family moved to 3 Clifton Ave in Salem
where they resided until Charles died on December 1, 1929 at the age of 61. His wife Sarah died about
12 years later on July 19, 1942 at the age of 73.13 Both are buried in Harmony Grove Cemetery in Salem.
The Linden Street home had some turnover in the 1920s, having four different families in and out.
The next family to live there for a longer stretch of time (1926-1937) was the Perkins family.
The Perkins Family (1926-1937)
William Bailey Perkins Jr. (1872-?) was born to William B. Perkins Sr. and Margaret (Homan)
Perkins on September 6, 1872 in Topsfield. His father was a shoemaker.14
William married Helen E. Robinson of Boston on June 11, 1905.15 This was Helen’s second
marriage after divorcing her first husband. Helen was born to James Lynn Robinson and Margaret (Wood)
Robinson around 1876. There is very little information on Helen.
At the time of their marriage, William was a milkman in Topsfield and Helen stayed at home.
There is not much information to be found on their lives or deaths.
11
12
https://pem.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/240 Article on the father
New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915,
1897.
13
Find A Grave
14
Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
15
New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915
�The Pitkin Family (1930-1939)
Arthur Leslie Pitkin (1880-1964) was born in Hartford, Vermont on July 21, 1880 to Edmond
Alonzo Pitkin (1849-?) and Abbie Louise (Bliss) Pitkin (1852-?). Before moving to Linden Street, Arthur
lived in Plymouth, MA with his family. He was a civil engineer all of his life. Arthur married Grace A.
Blaisdell on April 25, 1902 in Hartford, Vermont. 16
Grace Adell Blaisdell (1885-1947) was born in Vermont on November 2, 1885 to Frederick F.
Blaisdell (1881-?) and Christia A. Fisher (1864-?). 17 The couple had a boy, Roscoe Conklin Blaisdell in
1882 but he passed away at the age of 5 in 1887. This was Grace’s only brother.18
Arthur and Grace had two daughters: Beatrice G. Pitkin (1904-1967) and Virginia A. Pitkin
(1910-1969). Beatrice was married by the time the family moved to Salem in 1930. She remained in
Plymouth with her husband, Charles S. Sturtevant.1920 Virginia remained with her father most of her life,
having never married. She worked as a draftsmans, drafting plans for the Fire and Accident Insurance
Company.21
Grace died September 27, 1947 at the age of 62. Arthur went on to remarry Julia H. Mary Howe
(1881-1972) on July 18, 1957, a widow from New Hampshire.22 Arthur died 7 years later on September
27, 1964, at the age of 84, in Lebanon, NH. He is buried at the Hartford Cemetery in Vermont next to his
first wife. Julia is buried in Etna Cemetery in Hanover, NH, most likely with her first husband.
The Chretien Family (1949-1990s)
Joseph Benoit Gerard Leo Chretien (went by Leo) (1919-1998) was born either March 26, 191923
or April 24, 1919 24 (two verified documents have two different dates!) in Rochester, New Hampshire to
16
Do.
Do.
18
Do.
19
United States Federal Census, 1930.
20
No relation to the original owners of the home.
21
United States Federal Census, 1950
22
Find A Grave; Memorial ID 245339704
23
World War II Draft Registration Card
24
Birth Certificates, 1631-1919; Archive: New Hampshire Department of State; Location: Concord, New Hampshire;
Credit: The Original Document May Be Seen At the New Hampshire Department of State
17
�Eugene Chretien (1884-1967) and Marie Delia (Dubois) Chretien (1887-1929). His parents had
immigrated to the United States from Canada only eight years prior in 1912. Leo had nine siblings.25
Leo was in the Army before being honorably discharged on June 29, 1945. 26 His job was Field
Artillery.
Leo married Mary (Marie) P. (maiden name not found) in 1945. This is all the information that
could be found regarding Marie. Before moving to Linden Street, the couple had lived on Prince Street
and Roslyn Street. The couple had at least two daughters: Christina Marie (Chretie) Pierro (1946-2019),
born September 1946 and Leona (Chretien) Morrow (b. 1947).
Though this cannot be confirmed, it seems that Leo died on August 14, 1998. There is a Leo G.
Chretien buried at Greenlawn Cemetery in Salem. His daughter, Christina, is also buried in Greenlawn
Cemetery, having passed away September 22, 2019.
The Dupuis Family (1949-2008)
Lionel A. Dupuis (1923-2022) was born to Albert and Lucia (Lucy) (Martin) Dupuis in Three
Rivers, Quebec, Canada on October 4, 1923. A year later, the family immigrated to the United States.
Lionel’s father, Albert, had most likely passed away by then, as only Lucy and her children came. 27 Lionel
had three siblings. The family moved to Palmer Street in The Point neighborhood in Salem.
Lionel spent much of his life working for Belleau Metal Works and later on, Little Harbor Boat Yard
in Marblehead.28 Lionel married Ida (Locchi) Dupuis (1929-2006) in Salem in 1949. Ida was born in 1929
to Girolamo and Maria (Boiardi) Locchi of Boston’s North End neighborhood. She grew up in Everett.
The couple has two sons: Lionel M. Dupuis and Daniel R. Dupuis. Because they are still living,
out of respect, life information will not be reported.
25
United States Federal Census, 1920
National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Massachusetts,
10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 167
27
The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Passengers Arriving at St. Albans, VT,
District through Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 1895-1954; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and
Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: M1464; Roll Number: 496
28
https://berubefuneralhome.com/obituaries-berube/2022/12/9/lionel-a-dupuis-99
***Note to reader: it seems the Chretien’s sold their half of the house to the Dupuis’s in 1993, making it a
single family home.
26
�Ida passed away at the age of 77 on December 7, 2006, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.
Lionel passed away December 8, 2022 at the age of 99. Both are buried in Greenlawn Cemetery.
�SOURCES
�Andrew C. Sturtevant and Mary E. Horton Marriage Record. March 14, 1833
Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
Andrew C. Sturtevant, Death Record, 1878
Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts
Mary E. (Horton) Sturtevant, Death Record, November 25, 1890
�David Merritt Draft Registration, 1863
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration
Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110
*Highlighted is David Merritt’s entry, but also take note two names above him is Salem’s famous architect, Samuel A.
McIntire!
Marriage Record of David Merritt Jr. and Lucy E. Balch
June 25, 1845
Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Genealogy of the Balch families in America, by Galusha Burchard Balch
�David Merritt Jr., Passport Application, July 1905
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, 1795-1905; Roll #:
678; Volume #: Roll 678 - 17 May 1905-21 May 1905
�Boston Herald, March 4, 1916
�Gravestone for David Merritt and his wife, Lucy Elizabeth Merritt
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216029287/david-merritt/photo
Mary M. Burton and Warren Burton, Marriage Record, September 18, 1845
�Charles F. Allen and Sarah E. Goodhue Marriage Record
September 15, 1898
Charles F. Allen Passport Application, June 1911
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 March 31, 1925; Roll #: 139; Volume #: Roll 0139 - Certificates: 54172-55071, 08 Jun 1911-15 Jun 1911
�Charles and Sarah Allen’s Gravesite
Find A Grave
Memorial ID: 207085049
Charles F. Allen Junior Gravestone
Find A Grave; Memorial ID: 146595398
�Boston Globe Article reporting Charles F. Allen’s Death
The Boston Globe, December 3, 1929
�Allen Coat of Arms
William and Helen Perkins, Marriage Record, 1905
William B. Perkins Birth Record, Topsfield, MA, 1872
�Arthur L. Perkins World War II Draft Registration Card
The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) For the State of
Massachusetts; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Series Number: M2090
Marriage Record, Arthur and Grace Pitkin, April 25, 1902
�Certificate of Marriage between Arthur and his second wife, Julia. July 18, 1957
�Birth Record of Grace Adell Blaisdell. November 2, 1885
�Leo G. Chretien Birth Certificate, New Hampshire, 1919
�Leo G. Chretien Draft Card
National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Massachusetts, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record
Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 167
Leo’s Parents
Private Family Collection
�Christina Marie Chretien, Yearbook Photo, 1964
Leona Chretien, Yearbook Photo, 1965
�Leona Chretien is fourth from the right in the top row. 1965.
Joseph Albert Lionel Dupuis Baptism Record, October 7, 1923
Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, Comp.
�Immigration Log for the Dupuis Family’s Border Crossing. 1924.
The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Passengers Arriving at St. Albans, VT, District through
Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 1895-1954; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: M1464; Roll Number: 496
Ida (Locchi) Dupuis Obituary. December 13, 2006. Berube and Sons Funeral Home
�Lionel A. Dupuis Obituary. Berube and Sons Funeral Home. December 2022.
�Atlases and Maps
1851 Map of Salem
�1874 Atlas Map, Plate M
1897 Atlas Map, Plate 5
�1890-1903 Atlas Map
1911 Atlas Map
�1906-1938 Atlas Map, Plate 33
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22 Winter Street
John Charles Howard
Ship Chandler
And his wife
Priscilla Cheever
Built c. 1850
Researched and written by Connie Barlow
October 2022
Historic Salem Inc.
The Bowditch House
9 North Street
(978) 745-0799 / HistoricSalem.org
©2022
�8/31/22, 8:08 AM
1/1
22 Winter Street, Salem, MA from MACRIS files
�Long before the first English colonists arrived and settled in the area that they called
Salem in 1626, the land was inhabited by indigenous people who called themselves and the
land “Naumkeag.” (See the Perley Map of Indian Lands) The houses that now line Winter Street
sit on that land.
The history of Winter Street can be traced back to 1688 and is listed in the Essex
Antiquarian vol.8, page 66, as follows: “Winter Street was an ancient road. It was called a lane
or highway in 1668; Road leading to Beverly Ferry, 1705; Highway leading from the training
field to Beverly ferry 1760; the way to the ferry, 1769; Road, 1771; Way leading to ferry
lane,1771; the ferry lane leading to Beverly 1779; Ferry Lane, 1780; Ferry lane or the way
leading to Essex bridge; 1793; and Winter street, 1795.” 1
The lot on which this house stands was part of the early homestead of Thomas Watson,
a tailor.2 He conveyed the lot, which included nearly the entire west side of Winter Street, to
Jacob Pudeater, a blacksmith in 1672. 3 After the death of his first wife, Isabel, Jacob Pudeater
married the widow, Ann Greenslatt. Following Jacob’s death in 1682, his estate was left to Ann.
On June 5, 1685, Ann Pudeater sold a portion of the land to William Brown Jr. 4 (See Perley Map
of Salem 1700 in Sources.) Mrs. Pudeator continued to reside in one of the dwellings left to her
by Jacob until the fateful summer of 1692 when she was arrested for “sundry acts of
witchcraft.” Following testimony given against her by neighbors and those “afflicted” by
witchcraft, Ann Pudeator was executed as a witch on September 22, 1692. 5
By around 1780 the land on the west side of Ferry Lane was the site of “Benjamin
Cheever’s Tan Yard,” adjacent to the tan yard of Samuel Cheever. (See Perley Map of About
1780 in Sources). No deed has been located to document the sale of land to either Samuel
Cheever or Benjamin Cheever by William Brown or another entity.
Benjamin Cheever who was born in 1747 in Essex, Massachusetts. He was the Benjamin
Cheever, tanner, whose tan yard was shown on the 1780 map. In 1784 Benjamin married Mary
1
Essex Antiquarian, vol.8, p.66
Joyce King, House History for 24 -1/2 Winter St., HIS Archives, 1982
3
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Index, 31-61
4
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Index, 7-33
5
Boyer and Nissenbaum, The Salem Witchcraft Papers, Vol. III, pp.701-710, 1972
2
�Card in Salem. Benjamin died in Salem in 1832. 6 After the death of his wife Mary in 1842, his
estate was divided into five parts, or “lots,” among his “children and heirs at law.” 7 Lot 4 was
conveyed to Benjamin’s daughter, Mary Cheever, a single woman. Lot 4 had no dwelling or
buildings listed on it. This is the lot on Winter Street where number 22 stands today.
In 1850 Mary Cheever’s brother-in-law John Charles Howard, the husband of her sister
Priscilla, purchased Lot 4 from her “with buildings now in part belonging to said Howard.” Mary
Cheever held the mortgage on the property.8 Whether the “buildings in part” referred to a
residence being built is not clear, but the property did not have a building or dwelling on it at
the time Mary Cheever acquired the land. John Cheever was identified variously in deeds and
documents as a sail maker, ship chandler and merchant.
The current house at 22 Winter Street, shown in the National Register District materials
prepared in 1976, was determined to have been built c. 1850. The style of the house is
transitional with features of the earlier Federal style in its massing and fenestration, threestories, hip roof and five bay, symmetrically arranged facade. However, the application of
decorative exterior details on the façade are indicative of the newer, Italianate style becoming
popular at that time and are consistent with the 1850 date. These details include a modillion
cornice comprised of a series of bracket-like supports; windows with hoods and bracketed sills;
a recessed, semi-circular center entrance featuring side jamb paneling that is mimicked in the
paneling of the front door; and an elaborate oriel window above the front entrance. The siding
of the house was wood of flush boards, the foundation was granite.
Only four years later, in 1854, John Howard sold the property to Oliver P. Ricker, “with
dwelling house and all other buildings thereon standing.” 9 The fact that there was then a
dwelling on the lot in 1854 is supporting evidence for John Howard and his wife having built 22
Winter Street about 1850.
6
Ancestry.com. Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1648-1840, Case 5206
Essex County Registry of Deeds, 334-184
8
Essex County Registry of Deeds, 433-244; 433-246
9
Essex County Registry of Deeds 496-147
7
�Captain Ricker, a business partner in Howard’s provisions business, 10 was a somewhat largerthan-life figure for whom a brief biography was provided in his obituary in 1893 in the Salem
News:
“. . .born in Dover N.H. about 74 years ago . . .at the age of twelve he was thrown on the world
to shift for himself. He took to the sea and made a number of voyages to different parts of the
world, Zanziba [sic], China, California, and the Sandwich Islands being among the places he
visited. He sailed for the firm of J. P. Farnham & Co. and Joseph Peabody of Salem. He made a
voyage to California when it was under the Mexican government and was also in Puget Sound
and adjacent places no white man had a residence there in 1835.
For about 15 years he was in the ship brokerage and ship chandlery business in the
Sandwich Islands being part owner of a fleet of vessels trading between the island s and San
Francisco and the northwest coast. He was also interested in the whaling business. While in
business in the islands he made considerable money but most of this was swept away by
unfortunate ventures. He was at one time in the ship chandlery business on Derby Street and
was also connected to William Pickering in the coal and lumber business.
. . . he retired from active sea life nearly 40 years ago.”11
[Having died at age 74 in 1893, Ricker would have been in his 30s when he “retired” from sea
around 1853, just prior to his purchase of the Howards’ Winter Street property in 1854.] The
1874 Salem Atlas shows Ricker as owner of the Winter Street residence. (See map in Sources.)
Captain Ricker sold 22 Winter Street to Stephen Ives, Jr. in 1877. 12 In 1875 Sarah W.
Ricker, wife of the Captain, had bought the land and buildings at 20 Winter Street that had been
Lot #3 in the division of Benjamin Cheever’s estate, the portion of Sarah Cheever Lewis and her
husband Dana. In 1878 Ricker razed the original Benjamin Cheever homestead and was granted
a permit to build a new wooden dwelling house on that lot which is now 20 Winter Street.13
Stephen Ives, Jr. was an attorney in the firm Ives, Johnson and Ives in Salem at 114
Washington Street.14 A prominent citizen of Salem, Ives, was elected to a three-year term on
the School Committee from 1874-1877.15 He passed away in 1884, recorded in the Vital
Records for Massachusetts.16The Salem City Directory listed “Mrs. S.B. Ives, Jr., widow, “as still
10
SAL.232, for 22 Winter Street, MACRIS
The Salem News, May 23, 1873
12
Essex County Registry of Deeds, 985-256
13
Joyce King, House History for 20 Winter Street, HIS Archives, 1979
14
Salem City Directory, 1882-1883
15
Boston Poston, January 6, 1874
11
16
Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
�living at 22 Winter Street in 1886, along with Rose and Walter Creamer. 17 Walter Creamer was
a shoe manufacturer in Lynn. In January 1887 Constance B. Ives, widow of Stephen B. Ives, Jr.,
sold the house back to Oliver Ricker 18 On that same January day in 1887, Oliver Ricker sold the
house and land to Mary Jewett, the wife of Col. George R. Jewett.19 The 1897 Atlas shows M.
Jewett as owner of 22 Winter Street (see map in Sources).
In the 1900 U.S. Federal Census, George Jewett was listed as 48 years old, and Mary was
47. Also listed were their three children: a son Holten, 22, a daughter Sarah Elizabeth, 18, and
another daughter Alice, 16. Mary Jewett’s mother, Mary Tibbets, 76, lived with them on Winter
Street, too, as well as three servants: Margaret Collie, 47, a native of Ireland whose occupation
was listed as laundress; Sophia Duff, 22, born in Nova Scotia; and Selma Strandberg, 20, who
immigrated from Sweden in 1896. The varied countries from which the three servants had
come to Salem reflected the growing number of immigrants arriving in Salem in the late 1800s
and early 1900s as more factories opened here. These familie would have benefited from the
services becoming available in the city for their benefit, such as the Settlement House
established by Caroline Emmerton in 1910. George Jewett’s occupation was listed in the census
as “Private Secretary.”20 Jewett at that time worked as secretary to Mrs. Joseph B. Cabot in
Boston.
By 1920 the Jewett household consisted of George and his wife Mary, their daughters
Alice Jewett, 35, and Sarah Elizabeth McCaw, 38, and her daughter Barbara McCaw, age 6.21 (A
search for information on Sarah Elizabeth’s husband, Frank McCaw, revealed the couple had
married in 1911; however, sometime after the birth of their daughter in 1913, the couple
apparently divorced. Records in Philadelphia in 1919 gave the date of Frank McCaw’s second
marriage to Alice Miles.22)
17
Salem City Directory, 1886
Essex County Registry of Deeds, 1189-137
19
Essex County Registry of Deeds, 1189-138
20
1900 U.S. Federal Census Place: Salem Ward 2, Essex, Massachusetts
21
1920 U.S. Federal Census Place: Salem Ward 2, Essex, Massachusetts
22
Ancestry.com. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriage Index, 1885-1951
18
�Mary Jewett died in 1927 at the age of 74. 23 George Jewett lived for another ten years in
the Winter Street house. The obituary published in the Boston Globe at the time of Col.
Jewett’s death illuminated his impressive career of service at both the local and state levels: 24
Following Jewett’s death, the house at 22 Winter Street was listed as “vacant” in city
directories from 1937 through 1944.25 During that period the Jewett daughters resided
elsewhere in Salem: S. Elizabeth McCaw on Lafayette Place and Alice Jewett on Washington
Square.26
23
24
U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, Boston Transcript, 27 February 1927
Boston Globe, 10 February 1937
25
Salem City Directory, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, and 1944
26
Salem City Directory, 19
�In 1943 S. Elizabeth Jewett McCaw and Alice P. Jewett, having inherited 22 Winter
Street from their mother Mary Jewett, sold the house to Isaac Lisak. 27 Lisak, born in Kiev,
Ukraine, in 1903, had immigrated to Salem with his wife Annie who was born in Russia. He was
self-employed as a carpenter.28 The house sat vacant for another two years after the purchase,
perhaps while Lasik remodeled the interiors to eventually comprise six apartments. In 1945 the
first three tenants recorded as living there were Mrs. Audrey Durkee; Alex Gouseff, a buyer at
Almy Department Store; and Robert Stewart, who worked at GE in Lynn, and his wife Louise. 29
Not until 1951 were there a total of six units rented and occupied. Tenants were typically
middle or upper middle-class couples and individuals. The men were employed as salesmen,
clerks, safety engineers, chiropodist, lawyers and foremen among other professions; very few
occupations were listed in the City Directory for the women, presumably homemakers through
the1940s, 50s, and 60s (see Residents Table for a complete listing).
In May of 1962, Isaac Lisak died and shortly thereafter, his wife and heirs (Annie Lasik,
Sara and Gerald Posner and Judith and Richard Jaffee) formed Lisak Realty, comprised of three
parcels of land previously owned by Isaac Lisak, Parcel II being that of the Winter Street
property.30 In 1966 Salem Savings Bank acquired Lot #2 which was subsequently bought by
Ellen Tobias of Hamilton Realty Trust. 31 Three years later Roger Soderberg and Neil Schauer of
Marblehead formed Winter Street Realty Trust and, as such, acquired 22 Winter Street from
Tobias,32 shortly thereafter creating the Master Deed for 22 Winter Street Condominium,
consisting of six units, as NRS Realty in 1986.33
27
Essex County Registry of Deeds, 3346-207
1930 U.S. Federal Census Place: Salem, Ward 2, Essex County
29
Salem City Directory, 1945
30
Essex County Registry od Deeds, 4979-214
31
Essex County Registry of Deeds, 7046-532
32
Essex County Registry of Deeds, 7523-253
33
Essex County Registry of Deeds, 8377-399
28
�RESIDENTS TABLE
DIRECTORY YEAR
RESIDENT
OCCUPATION or NOTE
1850-1854
John Charles Howard
Ship chandler
1850-1854
Priscilla Cheever Howard
Wife of Joh Howard; sister of
Mary Cheever
1854-1877
1854-1877
1877-1884
1877-1886
1886
1887-1927
1887-1937
Oliver Ricker
Sarah W. Ricker
Stephen B. Ives, Jr.
Constance B. Ives
Rose Weaver
May Jewett
George R. Jewett
1887-~1920
Sarah Elizabeth Jewett
McCaw
Alice Jewett
Holten Jewett
Mary Tibbets
Shipmaster & merchant
Homemaker
Attorney
Wife, later widow of Stephen
Widow
Homemaker
Executive Councilman to
Mass. Governors
Daughter
1887-~1920
1887-~1920
1887-~1900
Daughter
Son
Mother of Mary Jewett
�1913-1920
1897- ?
1900-1904
1897- ?
1945-1949
1945
1945
1945
1947-1950
1947
1947
1947
1949-1951
1949-1951
1949-1957
Barbara McCaw
Margaret Collie
Sophia Duff
Selma Stranberg
Audrey Durkee (Mrs.)
Alex Gousseff
Robert Stewart
Louise Stewart
Doris Levenson
Arthur V. Marrs
Kath T. Marrs
Mary Marrs
James H. Green
Joyce Green
William Shoer
1949-1957
1950
1950-1951
1950-1952
1950-1952
1951
1951
1951
1951
1952
1952-1971
19523-1971
1952
1952
1952
1953-1956
1953-1956
1953
Jennie Shoer
William Hollum
Marjorie Hollum
Lawrence Marcus
Ruth Marcus
Merrill Goldstein
Fredda Goldstein
George L. Hamilton
Mary Hamilton
Veronica Blenkhorn (Mrs.)
Roger E. Knowlton
May Knowlton
Alfred Milton
Lillian Milton
Elizabeth Robinson (Mrs.)
Arthur E. Harding
Mary E. Harding
Arthur J. Landers
1953
1953-1955
Nancy Landers
Richard T. Soper
1953
DeLyle Soper
Grandchild
Laundress
Servant
Servant
Unknown
Buyer, Almy’s Dept. Store
Employee, GE
Homemaker
Homemaker
Foreman
Homemaker
Teacher
Salesman
Homemaker
Pres., Shaw’s Eggs & Poultry
Wholesale
Homemaker
Leather worker
Homemaker; widow in 1951
Chiropodist
Homemaker
Physician, Salem Hospital
Homemaker
Dental student
Homemaker
Unknown
Inspector, GE; later retired
Homemaker
Clerk
Homemaker
Widow of Charles R.
Compositor
Homemaker
Supervisor, Hytron Radio &
Electronics Co.
Homemaker
Safety Engineer, Lumberman
Mutual Insurance Co.
Unknown
�1954-1959
1954-1959
1954
1954
1955-1958
1955-1958
1957-1958
Gilman B. Melcher
Bertha Melcher
Richard W. Mackie
Dorothy Mackie
William A. McClare
Margaret McClare
Robert Tremblay
1957-1958
1957-1959
1957-1959
1958
Margaret Tremblay
Matthew F. Carroll, Jr.
Catherine Carroll
James Gallant
1958
1959
1959
1959-1960
1959-1960
1960-1970
1960-1961
1960
1960-1961
1961
1961
1963
1963
1963
Shirley Gallant
Charles P. Scouras
Helen Scouras
Walter A. Johnson
Judith M. Johnson
Edna Reed
Lillian G. Yates (Mrs.)
Evelyn A. Harrison (Mrs.)
William Crawley
John Walsh
Mary Walsh
George A. Moroney
Carol Moroney
Roy Faria
1963-1964
1964
1963
1963
Elizabeth A. Faria (Mrs.)
Roy Faria, Jr.
Marie Hurley (Mrs.)
Frederick G. Patten
1963
1964-1974
Joan T. Patten
Clarence E. Negretti
1964-1974
1964-1971
1964
Ann M. Negretti
Mary Blanchette (Mrs.)
William L. Blades
Foreman, Parker Bros, Inc.
Homemaker
USCG
Homemaker
Lawyer
Homemaker
Personnel Manager, Pioneer
Plastics
Homemaker
Paymaster, B&M RR, Boston
Homemaker
Salesman, Jerry’s Inc. Men’s
Furnishings
Homemaker
Sign painter
Homemaker
Tree surgeon
Homemaker
Unknown
Widow of Irving
Widow of Frank
Unknown
Clerk, Liggett’s
Homemaker
Salesman, Hood Dairy
Homemaker
Teacher, Peabody School
Dept
Bookkeeper, Naumkeag Trust
Unknown
Coffee Shop, Salem Hospital
Leather worker, Cut Rite
Leather
Homemaker
Launch man, Corinthian Yacht
Club. Marblehead
Homemaker
Widow of Arthur
Oiler, GE
�1964
1966-1970
1966-1970
1967-1973
1967-1973
1971-1972
1971-1972
1972-1973
1972-1973
1972-1974
1972-1974
1972
1973
1974
1974-1976
1974
1974
1975
1975
1975
Donna Blades
Francis McCormack
Ann McCormack
Edward Atwood
Beatrice Atwood
John Corning
Fay Corning
Richard Corning
Janet Corning
Richard Dionne
Susan Dionne
Adel Garonski
Adel Skaronski
Bill Lott
George Bannon
James Belanger
Donald Marchs
Stephen Heger
Cathy Nichols
Gerald Tatten
1975-1976
1975-1976
1975-1982
1976-1983
Gary Blau
Barbara Blau
Janet O’Connell
William M. Conway
1976-1983
1976
1976
1976
Karen Conway
Kathleen Bannon
Jack LeVert
Elizabeth O’Keefe
1977
1977-1982
1977
1977
1979-1981
1979
1979
1980-1983
Sally Fishman
Marco Pirrotta
Caroline Ruthkowski
Nick Verminsky
Sarah Hammons
B. Torres
Debra White
James Kent
Homemaker
Driver, Irving’s Taxi
Homemaker
Unknown
Unknown
Student
Homemaker
Employee, GE
Homemaker
Salesman
Homemaker
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Student; maintenance GE
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Professor, Salem State
College
Lawyer
Homemaker
Nurse
Outreach worker, Council on
Youth Needs
Homemaker
Homemaker (wife of George)
Carpenter
Nurse, North Shore Children’s
Hospital
Unknown
Orderly, Salem Hospital
Asst. Manager, Colonial Mkt
Unknown
Stewardess, TWA
Unknown
Unknown
Counselor
�1980-1983
1980-1983
1980-1983
1982-1983
1983
Robin Kent
Kenneth Rennick
Gina Rennick
Rebecca Embler
H. A. Doliber
1984, 1985
1986
Directories missing
MASTER DEED - WINTER
STREET CONDOMINIUM
Homemaker
Salesman
Homemaker
Student
Veterinary teacher, Bay State
Animal Clinic
�OWNERSHIP TABLE
Date
Purchased
October
18, 1672
Years of Number
Ownership of Years
1672-1685
13
Purchase
Price
unknown
Devised in
Probate
1682-1685
William Brown, Jr.
June 5,
1685
unknown
Essex
Probate
Record
unknown
Benjamin Cheever
Not known
Until 1837
at death
Mary Cheever
November
22, 1842
September
10, 1850
1842-1850
8
1850-1854
4
From
father’s will
$2,800
Oliver P. Ricker
June 21,
1854
1854-1877
23
$6,000
496147,148
Stephen B. Ives, Jr.
August 6,
1877
February 8,
1884
January 17,
1887
January 17,
1887
August 16,
1943
September
10, 1962
February
8,1983
November
4, 1983
1877-1884
7
$10,500
985-256
1884-1887
3
Exc. Widow
of Stephen
Property Owner
Jacob Pudeater
Ann Pudeater,
Exec.
John Charles
Howard
Constance B. Ives
Oliver Ricker
Mary Jewett
Isaac Lisak
LisakRealty Corp.
Ellen Tobias,
Hamilton Realty
John & Rosemary
Collins
3
Documents
Referenced
Index,
Essex
Registry
22909
Index,
Essex
Registry
Essex
probate
5207
334184,185
433-244
Notes
Book & page
listed do not
correspond
See Perley Map
c.1700
See Map of Salem
c.1780
Lot #4 from 5
parcel division
“and buildings
now in part
belonging to
said Howard”
“with dwelling
house and all
other buildings
thereon”
1189-137
1887-1943
56
$7,860
1189-138
1943-1962
19
1962-19
4
1983
>1
$26,000
7046-532
1983-1986
3
$60,000
7262-213
3346-207
4979-214
For consideration
paid
Parcel II – Winter
Street
�Roger Soderberg
& Neil Schauer as
July 9,
1986
7523-253
NRS Development
July 11,
1986
8377-399
to 407
Declaration of
Winter Street
Trust
MASTER DEED
WINTER STREET
CONDOMINIUM
�DEEDS
�������������������������SOURCES
��2. Perley Map of Salem 1700
�3. See Map detail next page
�4. Detail of Map of Salem c. 1780
�5. Salem Atlas 1874 – 22 Winter Street owned by Oliver Ricker
�6. Salem Atlas 1897 – 22 Winter owned by M. Jewett
�
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John Charles Howard
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Priscilla Cheever
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Massachusetts
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��Map of the City of
Salem, Mass, 1851
(Norman B. Leventhal Map Center)
�Atlas of Salem, 1874
(Essex County Registry of Deeds)
�Atlas of Salem, 1897
(Essex County Registry of Deeds)
�Atlas of Salem, 1911
(Essex County Registry of Deeds)
�Salem Directory, 1853
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148 North Street
Built for or by
Thomas P. Honeycomb
Carpenter
and his wife
Mary P. Haskell
c. 1850
Researched and written by Amanda Eddy - April 2022
Historic Salem, Inc.
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
978.745.0799
HistoricSalem.org
©2022
�City of Salem Assessor’s Office, Patriot Properties
MACRIS, SAL.1770
�In the early 1800s, “Northfields” was the common name for the area that North Salem
currently occupies. The land was purely fields used for grazing animals and agricultural needs
of the time. James Symonds was one of the first buyers of land on the east side of the
Northfields area. He purchased about from the North River to present day Orne Street. At the
time, there was no bridge over the river. Access was limited by Boston Street into Peabody and
then through to Northfields.
148 North Street is situated near the corner of Stodder Place and North Street in Salem,
Massachusetts. Before becoming number 148, this home was 100 North Street from around
1850 when it was built until the entirety of North Street was renumbered in 1877. By description
of current records, the home is currently a 3 family home set on 0.289 acres of land. There are
13 total rooms, 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and 3 half bathrooms.
148 North Street was originally built as a single family dwelling house. There is an
asphalt shingle roof, wooden clapboard walls and a concrete foundation. The style of the home
is a typical Greek revival style commonly seen in Salem. These features include but are not
limited to the pedimented gable, a door bracket which is patterned in the Italianate style, as well
as the cornice which is a part of the roofline entablature. Greek Revival style architecture
reached its peak during the mid-19th century, from about 1825-1860. During this time, there was
a global fascination with ancient Greek culture, specifically Greek art which displays staple
marbles and ancient temples. This was clearly the reasoning behind the building of 148 North
Street. The home was built for the Honeycomb family. Although it cannot be confirmed who built
148 North Street, it can be imagined with some certainty that it was built by carpenter Thomas P.
Honeycomb himself. The earliest record of the home is in the Salem City Directory of 1850.
�The Honeycomb Family (1850-1897)
Thomas P. Honeycomb (1807-1896) was born April 17,1807 to mother Celia (Peirson)
Honeycomb (1777-1848). Information about his father could not be found. Celia was born in
Liskeard, Cornwall, England on January 27,1777 and died in 1848. She is buried in Harmony
Grove Cemetery.1 Thomas grew up with seven siblings, one of relative importance. His little
brother would go on to become Colonel George H. Peirson (1816-1881), an officer in the
Massachusetts 5th Militia Regiment who served as a Union soldier in the Civil War.2
Thomas made a life as a carpenter. He was a carpenter at H. & Edwards at 8 North
Street in Salem.3 It’s possible that that was the reason for his moving to 148 North Street, due to
it being in closer proximity to his job.
On May 5, 1833, Thomas married Mary P. (Haskell) Honeycomb (c. 1808-1885) in
Salem.4 Mary P. Haskell was born in 1808 to parents Elijah and Lucy (Collins) Haskell. Her
parents were from Gloucester.5 Mary and Thomas had one son, Thomas P. Honeycomb, Jr.
born December 1845 in Salem.6 Prior to living on North Street, the Honeycomb family lived at
92 Essex Street.7
Thomas P. Honeycomb Jr. was a machinist. He was married on June 18, 1873 to Anna
Lyons. Anna was born in Sweden to parents John and Catherine Lyon. 8 They immigrated to the
United States and settled in Somerville, Massachusetts. This is also where Anna and Thomas
built their life after Salem. They had adopted Anna’s sister’s son, Albert H. Peterson (c. 1871-
1
U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current: Memorial ID: 212380415
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10829364/george-h.-peirson
3
Salem City Directory, 1842
4
Massachusetts, U.S. Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850
5
Massachusetts Death Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston,
Massachusetts.
6
United States Federal Census, 1850
7
Salem City Directory, 1837
8
Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston,
Massachusetts.
2
�1898), who lived at 148 North Street for a short time.9 Unfortunately, Albert died at the age of 27
from tuberculosis.10
Thomas and Anna seemingly lived in the home until his parents' deaths. Mary died
January 4, 1885 from congestion of the lungs and Thomas Sr. died August 20, 1896 of
diarrhoea (English spelling for diarrhea) and old age.11
Thomas Sr. left the property to his son in his 1893 will. It is best assumed that Thomas P.
Honeycomb, Jr. kept the home and rented it out until he died in 1920, but documents could not
be found or are not available on this assumption. After his death, his will instructed the
administrator, Benjamin Nason, to sell the home. The home was then sold to the Kennedy
family who had been tenants since 1910.
Hannah Silsbee Haskell Smith (1855-1888)
Hannah S.H. (Silsbee Haskell) Smith (c.1802-1891) was born to Elijah and Lucy (Collins) Haskell.
She was married to Charles Smith III of Gloucester on July 2, 1840.1213 She was Mary P. Haskell’s
sister.14 Hannah lived with her sister and brother-in-law for 35 years on North Street. Hannah died on
December 31, 1891 at the age of 91 and 5 months. Her death record lists her cause of death as
exhaustion.15
The Moore Family (1901-1924)
William Robert Moore (1863-1945) was born to John G. Moore and Catharine L.
(Beardsley) Moore in Peabody on November 13, 1863. He grew up in Beverly working at a shoe
9
United States Federal Census, 1880.
Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston,
Massachusetts.
11
Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915
12
Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
13
Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850
14
Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate Records and Indexes 1638-1916; Author: Massachusetts.
Probate Court (Essex County), Probate Records, Vol 480-482, 1891-1892
15
Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915, 1891.New England Historic Genealogical Society;
Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records
10
�shop with his brother Frank H. Moore. His first marriage was to Margaret J. Turcotte on
September 27, 1886 in Boston.16 No information is available on why they separated. It is
possible they got divorced or Margaret passed away. His second marriage was to Nellie Isabel
Teele (1862-1937) on October 22, 1896.17 Nellie was the daughter of William and Esther
(Richardson) Teele. She was born in Newburyport on July 24, 1862. She had one brother,
William J. Teele (1857-1935).18
Nellie and William had one son, Roland B. Moore (1905-1973). Roland was born on
March 15, 1905 in Salem. He married Ruth M. Payson (1896-1969) in 1931.19 Roland and Ruth
had one son, Donald Moore (1936-2014) on July 24, 1936.20 Don went on to be recruited by the
Chicago Cubs Baseball team, but Nellie and William did not give him permission because he
was too young! (See more about Don in his obituary below.)
After Nellie, William, and Roland moved out of their home on North Street in 1924, they
returned to Lathrop Street in Beverly. William died on November 20, 1945 in Danvers,
Massachusetts. He is buried in Central Cemetery in Beverly.21 Nellie died in 1937 and is buried
at Walnut Grove Cemetery in Methuen, Massachusetts alongside her parents. Roland died on
April 20, 1973 in Quincy, Massachusetts but is buried next to his father in Beverly.22
The Kennedy Family (lived in the home 1910-1921; owned the home
1920-1942)
William B. Kennedy (1866-1932) was born in Ware, Massachusetts in April 1866 to
William and Mary (Bardley) Kennedy. His father was from Scotland and his mother was from
16
Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook
Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
17
Massachusetts Vital Records, 1620–1988. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston,
Massachusetts.
18
U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
19
Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-1955
20
Dignity Memorial, 2014
21
U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
22
U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
�Ireland. William had 4 siblings.23 Sometime during his childhood, the family moved to Meriden,
Connecticut. William worked as a mechanic.24 William married Carrie Elvira Dunbar (1861-1942)
on February 24, 1891 in Ware, Massachusetts.25 Carrie was born on April 10, 1861 in Ware,
Massachusetts to parents Simeon Cummings Dunbar (1814-1880) and Amanda Melvina
(Colton) Dunbar (1815-1890). Carrie had six brothers and sisters.26
Carrie and William had a daughter, Grace C. Kennedy (1895-1982) in Connecticut on
February 20, 1895.27 She never married. The family moved to 148 North Street from
Connecticut in 1901. William was a printer at the United Shoe Machinery Company in Beverly.28
Grace worked a few different jobs throughout her life. She was a stenographer in Beverly, a
clerical at the courthouse in Salem, and worked as a clerk at the Registry of Deeds in Salem.29
By 1922, the family moved next door to 150 North Street after vacating 148 North Street.30
Grace owned 148 North from 1938-1942, best assumed that she was renting it out at the time.
She assumed the mortgage from her parents and inherited Parcel 1 from Mary Lewis (who also
happened to own 150 North Street, which is most likely why Grace was willed Parcel 1 of the
148 North Street property.)
William died in 1932 and is buried in Ware, Massachusetts.31 Carrie died in 1942.32
Grace died January 20, 1982 in Marlborough, Massachusetts.33
In 1942, Grace sold the property to the Jackowski family.
23
United States Federal Census, 1880
United States Federal Census, 1900
25
Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
26
A genealogical record of the descendants of Quartermaster George Colton; North America, Family
Histories, 1500-2000
27
United States Federal Census, 1910
28
United States Federal Census, 1910
29
United States Federal Census, 1930
30
United States Federal Census, 1930
31
U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current; Memorial ID: 204711892
32
Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1940-2001
33
Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1970-2003
24
�The Jackowski Family (1942-1975)
John Jackowski (1891-1979) was born February 28, 1891. His World War II Draft
Registration Card differs in dates, stating he was born March 10, 1892. It should be assumed
this was a mistake, as his gravesite confirms the 1891 date. John was born in Poland to parents
Anthony and Antonina (Bartoszewski) Jackowski. He immigrated to the United States aboard
the S.S. Pocahontas on April 21, 1920 at the age of 29. 34 Throughout his career as a
leatherworker, John was employed at the Morrill Leather Company and the Tremont Leather
Company, both in Peabody.35 Prior to living at 148 North Street, he and his family previously had
lived at 22 ½ Becket Street in Salem and 141 North Street in Salem. At the age of 50 (in 1942),
he was drafted in World War II.
Frances (Franciska) (Rada) Jackowski (1891-1980) was born March 4, 1891 in Galicia,
Krakow, Poland. She arrived in the United States on February 17, 1909 on the ship SS
Brandenburg. The ship departed from Bremen, Germany and landed at Ellis Island in New
York.36 Frances was employed by North Shore Cleaning Company as a cleaner.37
There is no marriage record available for John and Frances. It seems they were married
after they both arrived in the United States. They did not have children, but did adopt their niece,
Sophie F. Leskewicz, at a young age. John died on October 29, 1979 and Frances died March
28, 1980 in Salem. They are buried at Saint Mary’s Cemetery, also in Salem.38
The Leskewicz/Harris Family (1951-2002)
Sophie F. Leskewicz (1931-2015) was born in 1931 in Salem to parents Michael and
Josephine (Ruda) Leskewicz. She had three sisters: Jenny, Marcella, and Helen. Sophie’s
34
Year: 1920; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Line: 1; Page
Number: 132
35
Beverly Times, November 1, 1979
36
Year: 1909; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Line: 1; Page
Number: 54
37
Salem City Directory, 1948
38
Find A Grave. Memorial ID: 146490897
�parents died when she was a child, which left her uncle and aunt (John and Frances Jackowski)
to adopt her. She went to Salem High School, graduating in 1949. Sophie loved to cook so
naturally, one of her part time jobs throughout her life was a cook at the Landmark School.
Robert J. Harris (1930-2009) was born April 12, 1930 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
to Walter R. and Stella (Ryan) Harris.39 He had two brothers, Frederick and Walter Harris.
Robert graduated from St. Mary’s Boys High School in Lynn, Massachusetts. He went on to
receive his bachelors and masters degrees in education at Fitchburg State College.40 Out of
college, he became a stockman in Salem. After moving to Haverhill, Robert was a teacher.
Eventually, he ended up teaching in Lynn as well.
Robert and Sophie married in 1952 and had five children: David, Michael, Stephen,
John, and Catherine. After the couple married, the house was passed down to them from the
Jackowski’s.
Robert died February 16, 2009.41 Sophie died August 15, 2015 in Danvers,
Massachusetts. They are both buried in Greenlawn Cemetery.42
They sold the house to their son, Stephen R. Harris, and his wife, Danigayle, in 1998.
Stephen Harris was born on November 29, 1954 in Salem.43 He went to Salem High School,
graduating in 1972.44 He married Danigayle Harris who was born September 1, 1954.
39
U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1, Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings,
Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings.
40
Full-Spychalski Funeral Home
41
Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File
42
U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
43
U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
44
Salem High School Yearbook, 1972
�SOURCES
�U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current: Memorial ID: 212380415
�Colonel George H. Peirson
Find A Grave - Memorial ID: 10829364
Hannah S.H. (Haskell) Smith Death Record
Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915, 1891
�Roland B. Moore, World War II Draft Registration Card
OBITUARY
Donald P. Moore
JULY 24, 1936 – MARCH 7, 2014
�IN THE CARE OF
Doane Beal & Ames
Donald P. “Don” Moore died on March 7, 2014. He was born in
Beverly Massachusetts on July 24, 1936. When he was 16 he and his
family moved to Quincy, Massachusetts.
As a youngster, Don had fond memories of spending summers in Nova Scotia.
He was recruited by the Chicago Cubs Baseball team, but was not given
permission by his parents who thought he was too young.
Don's first job out of school was a temporary assignment at WHDH radio in
Boston as an audio Engineer. WHDH became a permanent job and one of his
many assignments was that of camera operator in the Boston Red Sox dugout
during the 1967 “Impossible Dream” year. This was a job where Don always
mused that he couldn't believe he actually got paid for such an opportunity.
�After ten years of trying to obtain a radio license on Cape Cod, Don and his
partners were awarded an FM license for Barnstable, MA at 99.9 on the FM dial.
Don built the facility and WQRC went on the air in July 1970. Within a few years
WQRC rose to become the number one station on Cape Cod. WQRC was
recognized with many UPI Tom Phillips awards, many regional awards and a
major national radio award, the Armstrong Award, for creativity and producing for
the special program about the 75th anniversary of Marconi’s trans- Atlantic radio
transmission. Don felt the residents of the Cape deserved lots of news,
information and most of all, the music of their lives that bring back so many
wonderful memories. Don's dedication to giving his listeners the very best was
always most important to him and it shone through.
Don always dreamed of starting his own television station. That dream became a
reality in 1985 when WCVX-TV Channel 58 went on the air providing local news
and live broadcasts for many events around Cape Cod. Several years later Don
sold WCVX-TV and started planning his next broadcast project, radio station
WOCN-FM “Ocean 104”, which he built and put on the air in 1994. True to form,
WOCN-FM became extremely popular. He programmed this station with the
music from the 1950s, 60s and 70s and Don knew he had just the right mix when
he received a phone call from Senator Ted Kennedy, telling him that he and
everyone at The Compound were listening and enjoying the great music on
“Ocean.” Don used radio as an instrument to improve life on Cape Cod. If
something needed publicizing or funds raised, he would try to use his stations to
help.
Don enjoyed the sites and sounds of Cape Cod, playing golf, achieving two hole
in ones, traveling, yard work and listening to music. The Rotary Club of Hyannis
was an important part of Don's life, with 39 years of perfect attendance and many
�lifelong friendships. After retiring, he enjoyed day trips around the Cape and
watching the waves crash over the sandbars at Lighthouse Beach in Chatham.
Don is survived by his beloved wife Terry (David). His five children, Mary and her
husband Steve Davies of Plymouth, MA, Lori and her husband Bob Curley of
Westfield, MA, Jeanine and her husband James Capobianco of San Jose,
California, Scott Moore and his wife Mary of Westford, MA and Susan Moore and
her friend Taylor Newman of Needham, MA. Don's eleven grandchildren Ryan,
Jason and Michael Davies, Kelsey, Colleen and Katie Curley, Nicole and Victoria
Capobianco, Amanda, Timmy and Andrew Moore. And one great-grandchild,
Madison Turgeon.
A memorial Service will be held on Saturday April 5th, 2014 at 1:30pm at the
Federated Church of Hyannis. Burial Services are private. Donations in his
memory may be made to the Hyannis Rotary Club Scholarship Fund. PO Box 39
Hyannis MA 02601.
U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current; Memorial ID: 204711892
�Year: 1931; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Line: 1; Page Number:
66
Find A Grave; Memorial ID: 155981114
�Frances Jackowski Passenger List for the SS Brandenburg, 1909
Year: 1909; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Line: 1; Page Number:
54
�SS Brandenburg
Norway-Heritage, Hands Across the Sea
Year: 1920; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Line: 1; Page
Number: 132
�USS Pocahontas (SP-3044), formerly Prinzess Irene from the Norddeutscher Lloyd, underway
in 1919, while transporting U.S. service personnel home from Europe.
Ancestry.com
�The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (Fourth
Registration) For the State of Massachusetts; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective
Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Series Number: M2090
�Jackowski Grave
Find A Grave. Memorial ID: 146490897
Beverly Evening Times
Thursday, November 1, 1979
�Robert J. Harris
February 16, 2009
Obituary
SALEM - Robert J. Harris, 78, of Salem, husband of Sophie (Leskewicz) Harris, passed away Monday, February 16,
2009 in Salem after a short illness.
Born in Jamaica Plain, he was the son of the late Walter R. and Stella (Ryan) Harris. He was a graduate of St. Mary’s
Boys High School in Lynn and received BS and MBA degrees in education at Fitchburg State College.
Mr. Harris Served in the Massachusetts Army National Guard with the 102nd Field Artillery, Yankee Division, from
1947 to 1953 and attained the rank of Sergeant First Class.
Prior to his retirement, he was employed by the City of Haverhill and taught at the Constentino Middle School and
the Haverhill High School from 1977 to 1994. He previously held a teaching position at the Lynn Shoemaking School
from 1968 to 1977.
Bob was an avid fisherman, bowler and gardener.
Besides his wife, with whom he shared 56 years of marriage, he is survived by 5 children, Michael Harris and his
wife Victoria of Land O' Lakes, FL, Stephen Harris and his wife Danigayle of Salem, Catherine Biron and her husband
Daniel of Mountainside, NJ, David Harris and John Harris, both of Topsfield, 7 grandchildren, Anastacia. Michael,
Andrew, Alyssa, Christina, Stephen and Kaitlin, two brothers, Frederick Harris of Arizona, Walter Harris of Idaho and
several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a daughter-in-law, Marie Harris.
�A committal service will be held Friday, February 20, 2009 at 1:30 pm at the Greenlawn Cemetery, 57 Orne St.,
Salem. Relatives and friends respectfully invited. For those who desire, donations may be made in his memory to
the Hospice of the North Shore, 75 Sylvan St., #B-102, Danvers, MA 01923 or to the Salvation Army, 93 North St.,
Salem, MA 01970. Funeral arrangements by the Full-Spychalski Funeral Home, 84 Washington Square East, by
Salem Common, Salem. For on-line guestbook visit www.SalemFuneral.com.
Salem High School Yearbook, 1949
"U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Salem High School; Year: 1949
Sophie Leskewicz Harris
August 15, 2015
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�SALEM: Sophie Leskewicz Harris, 83, of Salem, Mass., wife of the late Robert
J. Harris, died peacefully, and with her family by her side, on August 15, 2015,
at the Kaplan Family Hospice House, Danvers.
Born in Salem, Sophie was the daughter of the late Michael and Josephine
(Ruda) Leskewicz. Due to the early deaths of her parents, Sophie was raised
by her maternal aunt and uncle Frances and John Jackowski.
Sophie was employed at the Bell Shop in Salem, at Ann & Hope in Danvers,
and as a cook at the Landmark School in Beverly. Throughout her life, Sophie
loved cooking, tending to her flowers, reading books, and caring for her
grandchildren.
Sophie is survived by five children, Michael Harris and his wife, Viktoriya of
Land O' Lakes, Fla., Stephen Harris and his wife, Danigayle of Salem,
Catherine Biron and her husband, Daniel of Mountainside, N.J., David Harris
of Topsfield, and John Harris and his late wife, Marie Harris of Topsfield;
seven grandchildren, Anastacia, Michael, Andrew, Alyssa, Christina, Stephen,
and Kaitlin; and many nieces and nephews. She was also sister to the late
Helen Leskewicz Case, Jenny Leskewicz Hollingsworth, and Marcella
Leskewicz Przyjemski.
Services will be held on Friday, August 21, 2015, 1:30 p.m., at the Greenlawn
Cemetery, 57 Orne Street, Salem, MA. Arrangements are by the
Full-Spychalski Funeral Home, 84 Washington Square East, by Salem
�Common, Salem. The family would be honored and deeply appreciative if, in
lieu of flowers, donations are made in her memory to the Kaplan Family
Hospice House, 78 Liberty Street, Danvers, MA 01923. For guest book and
directions, visit www.SalemFuneral.com.
Stephen R. Harris
Salem High School Yearbook, 1972
���Inventory No:
SAL.1770
Historic Name:
Honeycomb, Thomas P. House
Common Name:
Address:
148 North St
City/Town:
Salem
Village/Neighborhood:
North Salem;
Local No:
27-247;
Year Constructed:
C 1850
Architectural Style(s):
Greek Revival;
Use(s):
Single Family Dwelling House;
Significance:
Architecture;
Area(s):
Designation(s):
Building Materials:
Roof: Asphalt Shingle;
Wall: Wood Clapboard;
Foundation: Concrete Unspecified;
Demolished
No
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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
80 30YLST0N STREET,
BOSTON, MA Q2116
Salem
148 N o r t h S t .
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to aesrest cross streets and/or
geographical features.
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a l l buildings between inventoried
property and nearest i n t e r s e c t i o n .
Indicate north.
Style
City
Greek
Directories
Revival
Architect
E x t e r i o r wail f a b r i c
clapboards
Outbuildings__
Major a l t e r a t i o n s (with dates) o n e story
early
20th century
Date
Moved
Approx. acreage
Setting
Recorded by
Debra H i l b e r t
Organization
Salem P l a n n i n g
Date
May, 1986
Dept
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l e s s t h a n one
commercial/residential
on r o u t e 114
(Staple additional sheets here)
addition
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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important a r c h i t e c t u r a l features and
evaluate i n terms of other buildings w i t h i n the community.)
T h i s house i s t y p i c a l of a v e r y p o p u l a r Greek R e v i v a l d e s i g n i n Salem.
O r i e n t e d w i t h i t s p e d i m e n t e d g a b l e end t o t h e s t r e e t , t h e d w e l l i n g has a
recessed s i d e h a l l entry f e a t u r i n g s i d e l i g h t s
and a t r a n s o m .
The
h e a v i l y b r a c k e t e d doorhood i s a t r a n s i t i o n a l I t a l i a n a t e d e t a i l .
Other
e l e m e n t s a r e t h e g r a n i t e f o u n d a t i o n and t h e s l e n d e r s i l l and c o r n i c e
b o a r d s w h i c h c o n t r a s t w i t h t h e v e r y deep e n t a b l a t u r e c o r n i c e .
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played i n l o c a l or state
h i s t o r y and how the b u i l d i n g relates to the development of the community.)
D i r e c t o r i e s i n d i c a t e t h a t t h i s h o u s e was s t a n d i n g by 1850, a t w h i c h t i m e —<>
• i t was owned by c a r p e n t e r Thomas P. Honeycomb. B e c a u s e o f h i s
o c c u p a t i o n i t may be t h a t Honeycomb b u i l t t h i s h o u s e h i m s e l f f o r h i s own
use.
B e f o r e N o r t h S a l e m b e g a n t o d e v e l o p as a r e s i d e n t i a l n e i g h b o r h o o d i n t h e
1 9 t h c e n t u r y , t h e a r e a was known as t h e N o r t h f i e l d s .
L a n d was h e l d
communally f o r a g r i c u l t u r a l purposes.
By 1700, t h e p r o p e r t y on t h e e a s t
s i d e o f N o r t h S t r e e t f r o m t h e N o r t h R i v e r t o Orne S t r e e t had b e e n
a s s i g n e d t o James Symonds. U n t i l t h e N o r t h B r i d g e was b u i l t i n 1744,
t h i s a r e a was i s o l a t e d w i t h a c c e s s a v a i l a b l e o n l y by f e r r y o r f r o m •
Boston S t r e e t v i a present-day Peabody.
The b r i d g e made d e v e l o p m e n t h e r e
more d e s i r a b l e e s p e c i a l l y a l o n g N o r t h S t r e e t , t h e m a i n t h o r o u g h f a r e f r o m
Salem to Dartvers.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of p u b l i c a t i o n , author, date and publisher)
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1 8 5 1 , 1874 S a l e m
1846, 1874 S a l e m
Perley, Sidney.
° H - , Volume
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Maps
Directories
" N o r t h f i e l d , Salem, i n 1700."
48, pp. 172-174
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Present Owner
Date
Source of Date
Architect
3. CONDITION: Excellent Good (Fair? Deteriorated
Moved Altered
IMPORTANCE of site to area: Great Little <Nor$£)
SITE endangered by_
4. DESCRIPTION
FOUNDATION/BASEMENT:
W A L L COVER: j^ojxfr
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CHIMNEYS: 1 (f> 3 4
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Wings E l l Shed Dependency
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Simple/Complex
Portico Balcony
Recessed
ROOF: ^RTcT Gambrel Flat Hip Mansard
Tower Cupola Dormer windows Balustrade G r i l l work
FACADE:
Gable End: lFron|:i^i^~) Symmetrical^Asymu^^
Entrance: (^on^/Side Centered Double Features:
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LANDSCAPING
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NOTE: Recorder should obtain written permission from Commission or sponsoring organization before using this form.
(See Reverse Side)
FORM - MHCB - 1 0M-6-66-94301 7
�FOR USE WITH IMPORTANT STRUCTURES (Indicate any interior features of note)
Fireplace
Stairway
GIVE A B R I E F DESCRIPTION OF HISTORIC IMPORTANCE OF SITE (Refer and elaborate
on theme circled on front of form)
R E F E R E N C E (Where was this information obtained? What book, records, etc.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Original Owner:
Deed Information: Book Number
Page
Registry of Deeds
�Chain of Deeds
Date Purchased
Homeowner
Years of
Ownership
Number
of Years
Purchase
Price
Deed
Referenced
Notes
n/a
Thomas P.
Honeycomb
c.
1850-1896
46
n/a
n/a
Thomas P.
Honeycomb Sr.
died in 1893,
leaving the estate
to his son
presumably.
November 15,
1920
Benjamin F.
Nason
n/a
n/a
n/a
915-382
Administrator of
the Estate of
Thomas P.
Honeycomb
November 19,
1920
Carrie E.
Kennedy
1920-1938
18
$5,250
2469-473
Parcel 2
19381942/43
~5
Consideration
paid; $900
mortgage
remaining
Essex Probate
Record 140,085
Parcel 1 Inherited through
Will of Mary M.
Lewis
3165-15
Parcel 2
William
Kennedy
November 8,
1938
November 30,
1942
Grace C.
Kennedy
John
Jackowski
1942-1975
33
Consideration
paid
3319-155
Parcel 2 (with the
buildings thereon)
1943-1975
32
Consideration
paid
3327-45
Parcel 1
1975-1998
23
Consideration
paid
6165-678
Parcel 1
Frances
Jackowski
April 2, 1943
John
Jackowski
Frances
Jackowski
June 19, 1975
Robert Harris
�Sophie Harris
March 31, 1998
Danigayle
Harris
Joseph
Piemonte
Michaela
Scutti
Parcel 2
1998-2021
23
$155,000
($67,000 was a
gift from Robert
and Sophie
Harris)
Total was
$222,000)
14700-308
Parcel 1 and
Parcel 2
2021+
>1
$880,000
39960-313
As Joint Tenants
with Right of
Survivorship; 2
parcels
Stephen R.
Harris
June 8, 2021
6165-679
�Residents Table
Resident Name
Directory Year(s)
Occupation
Thomas P. Honeycomb
1850- 1896
Carpenter
Mary P. Honeycomb
1850-1885
Keeping house
Thomas P. Honeycomb, Jr.
1850-1898
Machinist
Hannah S. H. Smith
1855-1888
Widow of Charles Smith
Samuel W. Thomas
1899-1901
Lived at the home until he
died
Margaret F. Thomas
1899-1902
Moved out after Samuel died
Albert H. Peterson
1888-1893
Clerk, National Exchange
Bank (adopted grandson of
Thomas P. Honeycomb Sr.)
Margaret Condon
1893-1895
“At 148 North”
Arthur K. Shepard
1904
Inspector in Boston
Robert D. Brown
1905-1908
Clerk (Beverly)
Thomas L. Brown
1905-1907
Janitor at the Pickering
School; died April 26, 1908
(City Directory 1908)
Emma L. Brown
1905-1907
At home
William R. Moore
1901-1924
Moore, Riley & Co., 200
Bridge Street (top lifts and
sole leather remnants)
Nellie Isabel Moore
1901-1924
Bookkeeper
Roland B. Moore
1905-1924
Clerk at Salem Five Cents
Savings Bank
Annie French
1909
Widow of Thomas French
Louise Muise
1912
At home
William B. Kennedy
1910-1921
Employee at United Shoe
Machinery Corporation
(Beverly)
�Carrie E. Kennedy
1910-1921
At home
Grace C. Kennedy
1910-1921
Stenographer (Beverly)
Charles F. Dow
1922-1930
Janitor at 125 Washington
Street
Ida M. Dow
1922-1930
At home
Ethel L. Dow
1922-1930
Stenographer at 124
Washington Street
Martin F. Mullarkey
1939-1942
Insurance Agent
Vera E. Mullarkey
1939-1942
At home
Mary F. Hennessey
1942-1950
Widow of Philip J.
Sophie F. Leskewicz (Harris)
1949-2002
Clerk at Nugent’s
John F. Shanahan Jr.
1951-1955
Watch and Jewelry Repairer
Helen C. Shanahan
1951-1955
Telephone operator at
NET&T Co.
John Jackowski
1944-1975
Leatherworker
Frances Jackowski
1944-1975
Cleaner, North Shore
Cleaning Company
David J. Harris
1993-1995
n/a
Robert J. Harris
1957-2002
Teacher
Ruth A. Harris
1990
n/a
Stephen A. Harris
1995-2020
n/a
Danigayle Harris
1998-2021
Paralegal
Scott T. Cyr
1985
n/a
Hugh H. Cyr
1993
n/a
Michael J. Tutin
1996-1997
n/a
Lori E. Tutin
1996-1997
n/a
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HISTORIC
SALEM INC
2 ½ Essex Street
Salem, MA
Built for
John Waters
Carpenter & Mariner
And wife
Mary Felt
1850
Researched and written by Amy Kellett and Robert Booth, Public History Services Inc.
December 2019
Historic Salem, Inc.
9 North Street
Salem, MA 01970
(978) 745-0799 I historicsalem.org
©2019
�Owners & Occupants
Two and A Half Essex Street, Salem
By Amy Kellett & Robert Booth, Public History Services Inc., December 2019.
According to available evidence, this house was built for John Waters,
carpenter & mariner, and wife Mary Felt, in 1850.
On July 30, 1840, Nathaniel Weston, Salem merchant (and wife Christiana), for
$235 sold to John Waters Jr., Salem merchant mariner, a dwelling house and land
on Essex street which Captain Weston had bought of the estate of his
mother-in-law, Christiana Waters (ED 320:85). The grantee was brotherin-law of
the granter. No boundaries or measurements were given for the lot of land.
John Waters Jr., mariner and carpenter, held the property for ten years; and in
1850 he built a new house thereon-this one. The evidence is in the City
Valuations. In the 1850 valuation book, p. 70, we find, for Ward One, in pencil
"John Waters Jr., new house." The 1854 (p. 89) valuations show "John Waters,
house 2 Essex Street, $2500 (in pencil: $2000), and personal estate $1500 (in
pencil: $1000)."
John Waters (1791-1868) was born in Salem, the son of John Waters and
Christiana English. His mother was the daughter of Philip English, the longtime
sexton of the East Church, who owned a homestead here. His father, Capt. John
Waters, died on a voyage at Baltimore, offever, in August, 1797, aged 42 years.
John was just six at the time.
In 1814 the Philip English homestead (house and land) was sold to the widow
Christiana (English) Waters (ED 230:275, 285). Evidently she and some or all of
her children lived here in an old house that her father Philip English had bought in
1784 from the Cann heirs (ED 137:213). In that deed, the land was described as
bounded south on the main street, east on the sea or salt water, and north and
west on land of Masury.
In 1741 John Cann, tailor, had bought from John Masury, baker, for 70 Ii a house
and land bounded as in 1784, Canns to English (ED 82:55). Possibly this is the site
ofthe George Hodges house, standing by 1667, sold to Thomas Roots in 1681,
willed to Katherine (Hodges) Daland, and sold in 1700 to John Masury (per Sidney
Perley, "Part of Salem in 1700, No. 19" in "Essex Antiquarian" magazine).
�As a young boy in Salem in the 1790s, John Waters Jr. saw the old post-war
seaport transformed into a center of world commerce. New foreign markets
brought great riches to the Salem merchants, and raised the level of wealth
throughout the town: new ships were bought and built, more crews joined more
shipmasters, new shops and stores opened, new partnerships were formed, and
new people moved in. Salem's first bank, the Essex Bank, was founded in 1792,
although it "existed in experiment a long time before it was incorporated," per Rev.
William Bentley. From a population of 7921 in 1790, the town would grow by 1500
persons in a decade. At the same time, thanks to the economic policies of
Alexander Hamilton, Salem vessels were able to transport foreign cargoes
tax-free and essentially to serve as the neutral carrying fleet for both Britain and
France, which were at war with each other.
In 1793-4 there was a quasi-war at sea with Britain; and in the late 1790s, there
was agitation in Congress to go to war with France, which was at war with
England. After President Adams' negotiators were rebuffed by the French leaders
in 1797, a quasi-war with France began in summer, 1798, much to the horror of
Salem's George Crowninshield family (father and five shipmaster sons), which
had an extensive trade with France, and whose ships and cargos in French ports
were susceptible to seizure. The quasi-war brought about a political split within the
Salem population. Those who favored war with France (and detente with England)
aligned themselves with the national Federalist party, led by Hamilton and Salem's
Timothy Pickering (the U.S. Secretary of State). These included most of the
merchants, led locally by the Derby family. Those who favored peace with
republican France were the Anti-Federalists, who later became aligned with
Jefferson and his Democratic-Republican party; they were led locally by the
Crowninshields and Whites. For the first few years of this rivalry, the Federalists
prevailed; but after the death of Hasket "King" Derby in 1799 his family's power
flagged.
In 1800, Adams negotiated peace with France and fired Pickering, his
oppositional Secretary of State. Salem's Federalists merchants erupted in anger,
expressed through their newspaper, the Salem Gazette. At the same time, British
vessels began to harass American shipping. Salem owners bought more cannon
and shot, and kept pushing their trade to the farthest ports of the rich East, while
also maintaining trade with the Caribbean and Europe. Salem cargoes were
exceedingly valuable, and Salem was a major center for distribution of
merchandise throughout New England: "the streets about the wharves were alive
with teams loaded with goods for all parts of the country. It was a busy scene with
the coming and going of vehicles, some from long distances, for railroads were
then unknown and all transportation must be carried on in wagons and drays. In
the taverns could be seen
2
�teamsters from all quarters sitting around the open fire in the chilly evenings,
discussing the news of the day or making merry over potations of New England
rum, which Salem manufactured in abundance" (from Hurd's History of Essex
County, 1888, p.65).
The Crowninshields, led by brother Jacob, were especially successful, as their
holdings rose from three vessels in 1800 to several in 1803. Their bailiwick, lower
Derby Street, seemed almost to be a foreign country: in the stores, parrots
chattered and monkeys cavorted, and from the warehouses wafted the exotic
aromas of Sumatran spices and Arabian coffee beans. From the wharves were
carted all manner of strange fruits and blue and red patterned china and piles of
gorgeous silks and figured cloths.
By this time, John Waters Jr. had been apprenticed, evidently to a carpenter; but
he would earn his living as a mariner for many years.
The greatest of the Salem merchants at this time was William "Billy" Gray, who
owned 36 large vessels-15 ships, 7 barks, 13 brigs, 1 schooner-by 1808. Salem
was then still a town, and a small one by our standards, with a total population of
about 9,500 in 1800.
Its fierce politics polarized everything. The two factions attended separate
churches, held separate parades, and supported separate schools, military
companies, and newspapers. Salem's merchants resided mainly on two streets:
Washington (which ended in a wharf on the Inner Harbor, and, above Essex, had
the Town House in the middle) and Essex (particularly between what are now
Hawthorne Boulevard and North Street). The East Parish (Derby Street area) was
for the seafaring families, shipmasters, sailors, and fishermen. In the 1790s,
Federal Street, known as New Street, had more empty lots than fine houses.
Chestnut Street did not exist: its site was a meadow. The Common was not yet
Washington Square, and was covered with hillocks, small ponds and swamps,
utility buildings, and the alms-house. As the 19th century advanced, Salem's
prosperity would sweep almost all of the great downtown houses away (the brick
Joshua Ward house, built 1784, is a notable exception).
The town's merchants, among the wealthiest in the country, had, in Samuel
McIntire, a local architect who could help them realize their desires for large and
beautiful homes in the latest style. While a few of the many new houses went up
in the old Essex-Washington Street axis, most were erected on or near
Washington Square or in the Federalist "west end" (Chestnut, Federal, and upper
Essex Streets). The architectural style (called "Federal" today) had been
developed by the Adam brothers in England and featured fanlight doorways,
palladian windows, elongated pilasters and columns, and large
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�windows. It was introduced to New England by Charles Bulfinch in 1790. The
State House in Boston was h'is first institutional composition; and soon Beacon
Hill was being built up with handsome residences in the Bulfinch manner.
Samuel McIntire (1757-1811), who was self-educated and who made his living
primarily as a wood-carver and carpenter, was quick to adapt the Bulfinch style to
Salem's larger lots. Mclntire's first local composition, the Jerathmeel Peirce house
(Federal Street), contrasts with his later Adamesque designs. In place of walls of
wood paneling, there now appeared plastered expanses painted in bright colors
or covered in bold wallpapers. The Adam style put a premium on handsome
casings and carvings of central interior features such door-caps and
chimney-pieces (Mclntire's specialty). On the exterior, the Adam style included
elegant fences; and the houses were often built of brick, with attenuated porticoes
and, in the high style, string courses, swagged panels, and even two-story
pilasters. The best example of the new style was the Elias Hasket Derby house,
co-designed by Bulfinch and
McIntire, and built on Essex Street in 1797-8 (demolished in 1815), on the site
of today's Town House Square.
A new bank, the Salem Bank, was formed in 1803, and there were two
insurance companies and several societies and associations. The fierce
politics and commercial rivalries continued.
On Union Street, not far from Bentley's church, on the fourth of July, 1804, was
born a boy who would grow up to eclipse all sons of Salem in the eyes of the
world: Nathaniel Hawthorne, whose father would die of fever while on a voyage to
the Caribbean in 1808. Untimely death was all too typical of Salem's young
seafarers, who fell prey to malaria and other diseases of the Caribbean and
Pacific tropics.
In 1806 the Derbys extended their wharf far out into the harbor, tripling its previous
length. This they did to create more space for warehouses and shipberths in the
deeper water, at just about the time that the Crowninshields had built their great
India Wharf at the foot of now-Webb Street. The other important wharves were
Forrester's (now Central, just west of Derby Wharf), and Union Wharf at the foot of
Union Street; and then, father to the west, a number of smaller wharves extended
into the South River (filled in during the late 1800s), all the way to the foot of
Washington Street. Each had a warehouse or two, and shops for artisans
(coopers, blockmakers, joiners, etc.). The waterfront between Union Street and
Washington Street also had lumber yards and several ship chandleries and
distilleries, with a Market House at the foot of Central Street, below the Custom
House. The wharves and streets were crowded with shoppers, gawkers, hawkers,
sailors, artisans
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�("mechanics"), storekeepers, and teamsters; and just across the way, on Stage
Point along the south bank of the South River, wooden barks and brigs and ships
were being built.
The ferment of the times is captured in the diary of Rev. William Bentley
(1760-1819), bachelor minister of Salem's East Church and editor ofthe Register
newspaper. His diary is full of references to the civic and commercial doings of the
town, and to the lives and behaviors of all classes of society. By the end of 1806,
when Rev. William Bentley reflected in his diary that (Dec. 2 entry), "while Salem
was under the greatest aristocracy in New England, few men thought, and the few
directed the many. Now the aristocracy is gone and the many govern. It is plain it
must require considerable time to give common knowledge to the people."
Salem's boom came to an end with a crash in January, 1808, when Jefferson and
the Congress imposed an embargo on all shipping in hopes of forestalling war with
Britain. The Embargo, which was widely opposed in New England, proved futile
and nearly ruinous in Salem, where commerce ceased. As a hotbed of
Democratic-Republicanism, Salem's East Parish and its seafarers, led by the
Crowninshields, loyally supported the Embargo until it was lifted in spring, 1809.
Shunned by the other Salem merchants for his support of the Embargo, the
eminent Billy Gray took his large fleet of ships-fully one-third of Salem's
tonnage-and moved to Boston, whose commerce was thereby much augmented.
He removed a large amount of Salem wealth, shipping, import-export cargos, and
local employment. Gray soon switched from the Federalist party, and was elected
Lt. Governor under Gov. Elbridge Gerry, a native of Marblehead. Salem resumed
its seafaring commerce for three years. We see John Waters at sea in 1811, aged
twenty. He had probably completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter, and had
chosen to try the life of a mariner.
John was 5' 5" tall, light-complected and fair-haired, when a seaman on board
the Salem 240-ton ship "Mary Ann," departing for Russia on May 6, 1811
(SCL). He was home by early 1812: on Jan. 31, 1812, the 220-ton brig
"Diomede" cleared for Madras, India, with John among the crewmen.
The British preyed on American shipping; and in June, 1812, war was declared.
Although the merchants had tried to prevent the war, when it came, Salem
swiftly fitted out 40 privateers manned by Marblehead and Salem crews, who
also served on U.S. Navy vessels, including the frigate "Constitution." Many
more local vessels could have been sent against the British, but some of the
Federalist merchants held them back. In addition, Salem fielded companies of
infantry and artillery. Salem and Marblehead privateers were largely successful
in making prizes of British supply vessels.
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�While many ofthe town's men were wounded in engagements, and some were
killed, the possible riches of privateering kept the men returning to sea as often as
possible. The first prizes were captured by a 30-ton converted fishing schooner,
the "Fame," and by a 14-ton luxury yacht fitted with one gun, the "Jefferson." Of all
Salem privateers, the Crowninshields' 350-ton ship "America" was most
successful: she captured 30-plus prizes worth more than $1,100,000.
Salem erected forts and batteries on its Neck, to discourage the British warships
that cruised these waters. On land, the war went poorly for the United States, as
the British captured Washington, DC, and burned the Capitol and the White
House. Along the western frontier, U.S. forces were successful against their
weaker opponents; and, as predicted by many, the western expansionists had
their day. At sea, over time, Salem vessels were captured, and its men imprisoned
or killed. After almost three years, the war was bleeding the town dry. Hundreds of
Salem men and boys were in British prison-ships and at Dartmoor Prison in
England. Perhaps one was John Waters.
At the Hartford Convention in 1814, New England Federalist delegates met to
consider what they could do to bring the war to a close and to restore the region's
commerce. Sen. Timothy Pickering of Salem led the extreme Federalists in
proposing a series of demands which, if not met by the federal government, could
lead to New England's seceding from the United States; but Harrison G. Otis of
Boston and the Federalist moderates prevailed in sending a mild message to
Congress.
At last, in February, 1815, peace was restored.
Post-war, the Salem merchants rebuilt their fleet and resumed their worldwide
trade, slowly at first, and then to great effect. Many new partnerships were formed.
The pre-war partisan politics of the town were not resumed, as the newly powerful
middle-class "mechanics" (artisans) brought about civic harmony, largely through
the Salem Charitable Mechanic Association (founded 1817) ..
John Waters resumed his seafaring as a merchant mariner on board the brig
"Mercator," which departed for South America on Aug. 30, 1816. John would have
a berth on this vessel, commanded by Samuel B. Graves, for the next several
years, during which he rose to the rank of Second Mate (1817) and then First Mate
(in November, 1818). In the years 1816-1823 he made ten voyages on board the
"Mercator," usually to Brazil, but finally to Antwerp (departing May 21, 1823)
(SCL).
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�During this period, too, he purchased (in 1820, from Joseph Waters) a
homestead at then-19 Daniels Street (ED 225:30). John, 25, had married a
widow, Mary (Felt) Kinsman, 31, in August, 1816; and they may have had
children by 1820.
Rev. William Bentley, keen observer and active citizen during Salem's time of
greatest prosperity and fiercest political divisions, died at the end of 1819, the year
in which a new U.S. Custom House was built on the site of the George
Crowninshield mansion, at the head of Derby Wharf. Into the 1820s foreign trade
continued prosperous; and new markets were opened with Madagascar (1820),
which supplied tallow and ivory, and Zanzibar (1825), whence came coffee, ivory,
hides, and gum copal, used to make varnish. This opened a huge and lucrative
trade with East Africa in which Salem dominated.
John Waters found a new berth on board the Salem brig "Mercator," commanded
by his brother-in-law Nathaniel Weston (1793-1868). From 1826 to 1830 he made
nine overseas voyages on board this vessel, always as First Mate, and always
under Captain Weston except for the last voyage, to Havana, departing Sept. 15,
1830, under Capt. Seth Rogers. Usually there were 5-8 crewmen on board. Most
of these voyages were to ports in Brazil, to get cargoes of hides for the leather
trade; some were described as having the West Indies (Caribbean) as the
destination.
Salem's general maritime foreign commerce fell off sharply in the late 1820s.
Imports in Salem ships were supplanted by the goods now being produced in
great quantities in America. The interior of the country was being opened for
settlement, and some Sale mites moved away. To the north, the falls of the
Merrimack River powered large new textile mills (Lowell was founded in 1823),
whose cotton cloth, sold at home and overseas, created great wealth for their
investors; and it seemed that the tide of opportunity was ebbing away from Salem.
Salem's merchants and capitalists were already prospering from ownership of an
iron-products factory in Amesbury and from a textile factory they had built in
Newmarket, NH, so they saw the potential of manufacturing in Salem. In 1826, in
an ingenious attempt to stem the flow of talent from the town and to harness its
potential water power, they formed a corporation to dam the North River for
industrial power; but the attempt was abandoned in 1827, which further
demoralized the town, and caused several leading citizens to move to Boston, the
hub of investment in the new economy.
In 1830 occurred a horrifying crime that brought disgrace to Salem. Old Capt.
Joseph White, a wealthy merchant, resided in the house now called the
Gardner-Pingree house, on Essex Street. One night, someone broke into his
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�mansion and killed him in his bed. All of Salem buzzed with the news of murderous
thugs; but the killer was a Crowninshield (a fallen son of one of the five brothers; he
killed himself in jail). He had been hired by Capt. White's own relatives, Capt.
Joseph Knapp and his brother Frank (they would be executed). The results of the
investigation and trial having uncovered much that was lurid, and several
respectable families quit the now-notorious town.
John Waters "swallowed the anchor" and came ashore in early 1831, aged about
forty, old for a mariner. Thereafter, he evidently worked in Salem as a carpenter.
He and his wife Mary had two children by then, Eliza and Edward.
As the decade wore on, Salem's remaining merchants took their equity out of
wharves and warehouses and ships and put it into manufacturing and
transportation, as the advent of railroads and canals diverted both capital and trade
away from the coast. Some merchants did not make the transition, and were
ruined. Old-line areas of work, like rope-making, sail-making, and ship chandleries,
gradually declined and disappeared. Salem slumped badly, but in 1836 the voters
decided to charter their town as the third city to be formed in the state, behind
Boston and Lowell. City Hall was built 1837-8 and the city seal was adopted with an
already-anachronistic Latin motto of "to the farthest port of the rich East" -a far cry
from "Go West, young man!"
The Panic of 1837, a brief, sharp, nationwide economic depression, brought
economic disaster to many younger businessmen, and caused even more
Salem families to depart in search of fortune and a better future.
Salem had not prepared for the industrial age, and had few natural
advantages. The North River served not to power factories but mainly to
flush the waste from the 25 tanneries that had set up along its banks.
Throughout the 1830s, the leaders of Salem scrambled to re-invent an
economy for their fellow citizens, many of whom were mariners without much
sea-faring to do. Ingenuity, ambition, and hard work would have to carry the
day.
One inspiration was the Salem Laboratory, Salem's first science-based
manufacturing enterprise, founded in 1813 to produce chemicals. At the plant
built in 1818 in North Salem, the production of alum and blue vitriol was a
specialty; and it proved a very successful business.
Some Salem merchants turned to whaling in the 1830s, which led to the building
of two small steam-powered factories producing high-quality candles and
machine oils at Stage Point. The manufacturing of white lead began in the
1820s, and grew large after 1830, when Wyman's gristmills on the Forest River
were retooled for making high-quality white lead and sheet
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�lead (the approach to Marblehead is still called Lead Mills Hill, although the
empty mill buildings burned down in 1960s).
These enterprises started Salem in a new direction. In 1838 the Eastern Rail
Road, headquartered in Salem, began operating between Boston and Salem,
which gave the local people a direct route to the region's largest market. The new
railroad tracks ran right over the middle of the Mill Pond; the tunnel under
Washington Street was built in 1839; and the line was extended to Newburyport
in 1840.
The 1840s proved to be a decade of explosive growth in Salem's leather industry,
still conducted largely as a mass-production handicraft, and its new textile
manufacturing, applylng leading edge machine technology.
John Waters, of 19 Daniels Street, appears in the Salem Directory in 1837 as a
laborer, and thereafter, through the 1840s, as a carpenter. Perhaps he had
become a building contractor, or perhaps a specialist in some aspect of carpentry
such as stair-building.
The tanning of animal hides and curing of leather, a filthy and smelly enterprise,
took place on and near Boston Street, along the upper North River. In 1844, there
were 41 tanneries; a few years later, that number had doubled and in 1850 they
employed 550 workers. Salem had become one of the largest leather-producers
in America; and it would continue to grow in importance throughout the 1800s.
In 1847, along the inner-harbor shoreline of the large peninsula known as Stage
Point, the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company completed the construction of the
largest steam cotton factory building in the world, four stories high, 60' wide, 400'
long, running 1700 looms and 31,000 spindles to produce millions of yards of
.first-quality cotton sheeting and shirting. It was immediately profitable, and 600
people found employment there, many of them living in new houses on The Point.
The cotton sheeting of The Point found a ready market in East Africa, and
brought about a revival of shipping, led by the merchants David Pingree
(president of the Naumkeag company) and John Bertram.
In Lynn, the factory system was perfected, and that city became the nation's
leading shoe producer. Salem had shoe factories too, and attracted shoe workers
from outlying towns and the countryside. Even the population changed, as
hundreds of Irish families, fleeing the famine in Ireland, settled in Salem and gave
the industrialists a big pool of cheap labor.
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�The Gothic symbol of Salem's new industrial economy was the outsized twintowered granite-and-brick train station-the "stone depot"-smoking and growling
with idling locomotives, standing on filled-in land at the foot of Washington Street,
on the site of shipyards and the merchants' wharves.
In general, foreign commerce waned: in the late 1840s, giant clipper ships sailing
from Boston and New York replaced the smaller vessels that Salem men had
sailed around the world. The town's shipping consisted of vessels carrying coal
and importing hides from Africa and Brazil, and Down East coasters with cargoes
of fuel wood and lumber. A picture of Salem's waterfront is given by Hawthorne in
his mean-spirited "Introduction" to The Scarlet Letter, which he began while
working in the Custom House.
In September, 1850, John Waters, identified as a mariner, for $1225 sold the
Daniels Street homestead to Dennis Lynch, trader (ED 434:1). It would seem that
this house {2½ Essex) had been built by then, as we find in the 1850 valuation
("new house"). It is unknown if the old house, once John's grandfather English's,
was still standing by then.
John Waters (1791-1868), born May, 1791, son of John Waters & Christiana
English, died on May 17, 1868, aged 77 years, paralysis. Hem. 19 Aug. 1816
Mary Felt {1785-1859}, dtr. of John Felt & Susannah Ropes, died 30 June 1859,
paralysis, 74th year. She had m/11806 Jacob Lakeman (died 1814). Known
issue, surname Waters:
1. Edward, 1819, died 2 Jan. 1821, 17 mos.,consumption.
2. Elizabeth, 1823, died 2 Feb. 1882.
3. Edward, 1826-1911, m. Elizabeth Ellen Mullen {1833-1906}, dtr. of John
Mullen (b. Scotland) and Sarah Trefry of Marblehead; she died 12 Nov.
1906, Chelsea.
In 1850, still residing at Daniels Street, the Waters family (census, h. 113)
consisted of John, 59, carpenter, $800 in r.e., Mary, 63, and offspring Eliza, 27,
and Edward, 24, a mariner.
The family moved that year, into the new house here.
Edward Waters was a diligent young mariner, starting at the age of fifteen, on
board the bark "Brenda," Capt. Andrew Ward, departing Oct. 13, 1841, for Ceylon
and Bombay. Edward was then 4' 9", light complected and fair-haired (SCL). Sor
the next few years he shipped out as a seaman on eight more voyages, one to
India, two to Zanzibar, four to South American ports, and
one to Cayenne. In 1849, at 22, he had a growth spurt and went from 4' 11" to 5'
4". He sailed as Second Mate of the brig "Gambia", Capt. George E. Bailey, for
South America, departing June 6, 1849. He then rose to First Mate,
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�sailing in April 1851 on board the brig "Garland," Capt. Richard Savory, for
Paramaraibo, Surinam, and in August, 1851, on board the brig "Elizabeth
Felton," Capt. Henry B. Manring, for the same port.
After that, he probably sailed out of Boston
In 1855 (per census, h. 274), this was the home of John Waters, 64, carpenter,
Mary, 69, Eliza, 32, and Edward, 29, mariner. At that time, John was making $1
a day as a carpenter (see ED 461:82).
In the late 1850s Edward Waters married Elizabeth Ellen Mullen, the
daughter of a Scotsman, John Mullen, who had married a Marbleheader,
Sarah Trefry. They would live elsewhere.
Salem's industrial growth continued through the 1850s, as business expanded,
the population swelled, new churches were built, new workingclass
neighborhoods were developed (especially at The Point, South Salem along
Lafayette Street, in North Salem, off Boston Street, and along the Mill Pond
behind the Broad Street graveyard); and new schools, factories, and stores were
erected. A second, even-larger factory building for the Naumkeag Steam Cotton
Company was added in 1859, down at Stage Point, where a new Methodist Church
went up in 1852; and many neat new homes, boarding-houses, and stores lined
the streets between Lafayette and Congress. The tanning business continued to
boom, as better and larger tanneries were built along Boston Street and Mason
Street; and subsidiary industries sprang up as well, most notably the J.M.
Anderson glue-works on the Turnpike (Highland Avenue).
As it re-established itself as an economic powerhouse, Salem took a strong
interest in national politics. It was primarily Republican, and strongly antislavery,
with its share of outspoken abolitionists, led by Charles Remond, a passionate
speaker who came from one of the city's leading black families. At its Lyceum (on
Church Street) and in other venues, plays and shows were put on, but cultural
lectures and political speeches were given too.
On June 30, 1859, Mrs. Mary (Felt) Waters died, of paralysis, aged 73 years.
She was survived by her husband and two offspring.
With the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, it was clear that the Southern
states would secede from tile union; and Salem, which had done so much to win
the independence of the nation, was ready to go to war to force others to remain
a part of it.
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�In that year, this house (per census, h. 2016) was the home of John Waters, 69,
carpenter, with r.e. worth $2000, his daughter Eliza, 37, and his son Edward,
mariner, 34, and Edward's wife Elizabeth, 26.
The Civil War began in April, 1861, and went on for four years, during which
hundreds of Salem men served in the army and navy, and many were killed or
died of disease or abusive treatment while imprisoned. Hundreds more suffered
wounds, or broken health. The people of Salem contributed greatly to efforts to
alleviate the suffering of the soldiers, sailors, and their families; and there was
great celebration when the war finally ended in the spring of 1865.
At that time this house was occupied by John Waters, 74, carpenter, and his
daughter Eliza, 42 (per census, h. 584).
Through the 1860s, Salem pursued manufacturing, especially of leather and
shoes and textiles. The managers and capitalists tended to build their new, grand
houses along Lafayette Street (these houses may still be seen, south of Holly
Street; many are in the French Second Empire style, with mansard roofs). Factory
workers, living in smaller houses and tenements, wanted something better for
themselves: in 1864 they went on strike for higher wages and fewer hours of work.
On May 17, 1868, John Waters died in his 77th year. The property descended to
Elizabeth and Edward.
In 1870 Salem received its last cargo from Zanzibar. By then, a new Salem & New
York freight steamboat line was in operation. Seven years later, with the arrival of
a vessel from Cayenne, Salem's foreign trade came to an end. After that, "the
merchandise warehouses on the wharves no longer contained silks from India, tea
from China, pepper from Sumatra, coffee from Arabia, spices from Batavia,
gum-copal from Zanzibar, hides from Africa, and the various other products of
far-away countries. The boys have ceased to watch on the Neck for the incoming
vessels, hoping to earn a reward by being the first to announce to the expectant
merchant the safe return of his looked-for vessel. The foreign commerce of Salem,
once her pride and glory, has spread its white wings and sailed away forever"
(Rev. George Bachelder in History of Essex County, II: 65).
Edward Waters and wife Elizabeth moved to Boston. He added the middle
initial S., for Stanley.
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�In 1870 (per census, h.161) Eliza Waters, 47, resided here, as did tenants
Albert Cummings, a Maine-born merchant with $4000 in property, and his son
William, 21, born in New Hampshire.
In April, 1872, Edward Waters, of Boston, for $1000 sold his half-interest in the
homestead to his sister Eliza, who lived there and owned the other half (ED
853:132). The lot was bounded south on Essex Street and west on the Saul
heirs.
Salem continued to prosper in the 1870s, carried forward by the leathermaking
business. In 1874 the city was visited by a tornado and shaken by a minor
earthquake. In the following year, the large Pennsylvania Pier (site of the present
coal-fired harborside electrical generating plant) was completed to begin
receiving large shipments of coal, most of it shipped by rail to the factories on the
Merrimack. In the neck of land beyond the Pier, a new owner began subdividing
the old Allen farmlands into a development called Salem Willows and Juniper
Point. In the U. S. centennial year, 1876, A. G. Bell of Salem announced that he
had discovered a way to transmit voices over telegraph wires.
In this decade, large numbers of French-Canadian families came to work in
Salem's mills and factories, and more houses and tenements were built. The
better-off workers bought portions of older houses or built small homes for their
families in the outlying sections of the city; and by 1879 the Naumkeag Steam
Cotton mills would employ 1500 people (including hundreds of children) and
produce annually nearly 15 million yards of cloth. Shoemanufacturing businesses
expanded in the 1870s, and 40 shoe factories were employing 600-plus
operatives. Tanning, in both Salem and Peabody, remained a very important
industry, and employed hundreds of breadwinners. On Boston Street in 1879, the
Arnold tannery caught fire and burned down.
In 1880 (per census, h. 234), this was the home of Eliza Waters, 57, in one unit,
and in the other Charles Converse, 44, a railroad engineer, wife Olive, 41, and
son Frederick W., 20, a brass finisher.
Eliza Waters died on February 2, 1882, aged 59 years. She was survived by her
brother, Edward S. Waters of Chelsea. Evidently she willed some or all of her
property to Lakeman relatives of her mother's first marriage. In May, 1882, these
heirs sold their interest in the homestead here to Edward S. Waters of Boston (ED
1083:117). He would lease it out for 13 years.
In the 1880s and 1890s, Salem kept building infrastructure; and new
businesses arose, and established businesses expanded. Retail stores
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�prospered; horse-drawn trolleys ran every which-way; and machinists,
carpenters, millwrights, and other specialists all thrived. In 1880, Salem's
manufactured goods were valued at about $8.4 million, of which leather
accounted for nearly half.
In the summer of 1886, the Knights of Labor brought a strike against the
manufacturers for a ten-hour day and other concessions; but the manufacturers
imported labor from Maine and Canada, and kept going. The strikers held out,
and there was violence in the streets, and even rioting; but the owners prevailed,
and many of the defeated workers lost their jobs and suffered, with their families,
through a bitter winter.
By the mid-1880s, Salem's cotton-cloth mills at the Point employed 1400 people
who produced about 19 million yards annually, worth about $1.5 million. The city's
large shoe factories stood downtown behind the stone depot and on Dodge and
Lafayette Streets. A jute bagging company prospered with plants on Skerry
Street and English Street; its products were sent south to be used in
cotton-baling. Salem factories also produced lead, paint, and oil. At the Eastern
Railroad yard on Bridge Street, cars were repaired and even built new. In 1887
the streets were first lit with electricity, replacing gas-light. The gas works, which
had stood on Northey Street since 1850, was moved to a larger site on Bridge
Street in 1888, opposite the Beverly Shore.
In December, 1895, Edward S. Waters, of Chelsea, for $2400 sold the
homestead to John I. Comstock of Salem (ED 1465:102). The lot, which had
not previously been described in dimensions, was recorded as fronting on
Essex Street 76.5' and running back about 47' in depth.
Thus after 45 years the house passed out of the name of Waters. The land
here had been in the family since 1784.
John I. Comstock was a native of Lewiston, Maine. In 1900 (per census, h. 249,
2½ Essex) he, 40, resided here, working as the chief stationary engineer at the
Pennsylvania Pier (large coal and railroad facility on Salem Harbor), with wife
Anna/Annie (nee Henningsen), 39, and son George, 17, a piano tuner. Also
residing here were Charles Kent, 38, a baker from Woburn, wife Rebecca (nee
Liebsch), 30, and Charles' daughter by a first marriage, Josephine L., 13. Anna
and Rebecca were perhaps cousins; the parents of both were born in Denmark,
as was Annie.
John I. Comstock died of heart disease on January 10, 1904. His remains were
interred at Greenlawn Cemetery. In March, 1904, his son George J.
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�Comstock, having moved to Washington, DC, conveyed the premises to his
mother, Annie E. (Henningsen) Comstock, Salem widow (ED 1737:247).
More factories and more people required more space for buildings, more roads,
and more storage areas. This space was created by filling in rivers, harbors, and
ponds. The once-broad North River was filled from both shores, and became a
canal along Bridge Street above the North Bridge. The large and beautiful Mill
Pond, which occupied the whole area between the present Jefferson Avenue,
Canal Street, and Loring Avenue, finally vanished beneath streets, storage areas,
junk-yards, rail-yards, and parking lots. The South River, too, with its epicenter at
Central Street (the Custom House had
opened there in 1805) disappeared under the pavement of Riley Plaza and
New Derby Street, and some of its old wharves were joined together with much
in-fill and turned into coal-yards and lumber-yards. Only a canal was left,
running in from Derby and Central Wharves to Lafayette Street.
Salem kept growing. The Canadians were followed in the early 20th century by
large numbers of Polish and Ukrainian families, who settled primarily in the Derby
Street neighborhood, and by Sicilians, in the High Street neighborhood. By the
eve of World War One, the bustling, polyglot city supported large department
stores and factories of every description. People from the surrounding towns, and
Marblehead in particular, came to Salem to do their shopping; and its handsome
government buildings, as befit the county seat, were busy with conveyances of
land, lawsuits, and probate proceedings. The city's politics were lively, and its
economy was strong.
In September, 1912, the Comstocks sold the homestead to Helen Zaborowski,
whose husband was named lgnecy (ED 2167:458). For almost 50 years they
owned the premises.
On June 25, 1914, in the morning, in Blubber Hollow (Boston Street at Proctor), a
fire started in small wooden shoe factory. This fire soon raced out of control, for
the west wind was high and the season had been dry. Out of Blubber Hollow the
fire roared easterly, a monstrous front of flame and smoke, wiping out the houses
of Boston Street, Essex Street, and upper Broad Street, and then sweeping
through Hathorne, Winthrop, Endicott, and other residential streets. Men and
machines could not stop it: the enormous fire crossed over into South Salem and
destroyed the neighborhoods west of Lafayette Street, then devoured the
mansions of Lafayette Street itself, and raged onward into the tenement district of
The Point. Despite the combined efforts of heroic fire crews from many towns and
cities, the fire overwhelmed everything in its path: the Naumkeag Steam Cotton
Company factory complex exploded in an inferno. At Derby Street, just beyond
Union, after a 13-hour rampage, the monster died, having consumed 250 acres,
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�1600 houses, and 41 factories, and leaving three dead and thousands homeless.
Some people had insurance, some did not; all received much support and
generous donations from all over the country and the world. It was one of the
greatest urban disasters in the history of the United States, and the people of
Salem would take years to recover from it. Eventually, they did, and many of the
former houses and businesses were rebuilt; and several urban-renewal projects
(including Hawthorne Boulevard, which involved removing old houses and
widening old streets) were put into effect.
By 1920 Salem was once again a thriving city; and its tercentenary in 1926 was
a time of great celebration. The Depression hit in 1929, and continued through
the 1930s. Salem, the county seat and regional retail center, gradually
rebounded.
Salem prospered after Worlc'.:I War II through the 1950s and into the 1960s.
General Electric, Sylvania, Parker Brothers, Pequot Mills (formerly Naumkeag
Steam Cotton Co.), Almy's and Newmark's and Webber's department stores,
various other retailers, and Beverly's United Shoe Machinery Company were all
major local employers.
Eventually the Salem Savings Bank foreclosed on its mortgage and in 1961
conveyed the property Lauren R. L'ltalien (ED 4754:160). That same year the
premises were sold to Mary E. Carr & Mary E. Grocki (ED 4826:288). In 1994 the
Grocki Family Realty trust sold to the Opie & Pelletier (ED 14006:147). In 2004
the Pelletiers sold to Sanprasert & Phongrong (ED 22741:381). The homestead
has been sold several times since then.
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A figure like (ED 123:45) refers to book 123, page 45, Essex South Registry of
Deeds.
A figure like (#12345) refers to Essex Probate case 12345, on file at the Essex
Probate Court, or on microfilm at Mass. Archives, Boston, or at the Peabody
Essex Museum's Phillips Library, Rowley.
MSSRW refers to the multi-volume compendium, Mass. Soldiers & Sailors in the
Revolutionary War, at the Salem Public Library among other places.
MSSCRW refers to the multi-volume compendium, Mass. Soldiers, Sailors, &
Marines in the Civil War, at the Salem Public Library among other places.
EIHC refers to the Essex Institute Historical Collections (discontinued), a
multi-volume set (first volume published in 1859) of data and articles about
Essex County. The indices of the EIHC have been consulted regarding many
of the people associated with this house.
Salem Crew Lists (SCL), online at Mystic Seaport website.
The six-volume published S~lem Vital Records (marriages, births, and deaths
through 1849) have been consulted, and the Salem Directory and later
Naumkeag Directory, with data about residents and their addresses, etc.
Sidney Perley's three-volume History of Salem, 1626-1716, has been
consulted, as has the four-volume William Bentley's Diary, J. Duncan
Phillips' books, some newspapers, and other sources.
Salem real estate valuations, and, where applicable, Salem Street Books,
have also been consulted, as have genealogies.
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reader is encouraged to make his or her own discoveries.
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Essex Street
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2 1/2 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970
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House Histories
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Carpenter & Mariner
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Mary Felt
1850
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Historic Salem, Inc.
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Historic Salem, Inc. house histories
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Historic Salem, Inc.
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Amy Kellett & Robert Booth
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English
1850
2.5/Essex Street
2019
Carpenter
Felt
Mariner
Massachusetts
Salem
Waters
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Howard Street
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12 Howard Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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Historic Salem, Inc.
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Historic Salem, Inc., Salem Historical Society
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1850, 2001
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Robert Booth
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English
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2001
Booth
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Massachusetts
Robert
Salem
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Thurston
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Fowler Street
Historic Salem, Inc. House History
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19 Fowler Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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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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1850, 1990
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Rory Goff
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English
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19
1990
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Goff
James
Massachusetts
Rory
Salem
Stimpson
Street
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Federal Street
Historic Salem, Inc. House History
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171 Federal Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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Built for John Huse, currier
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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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1850, 1981
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Joyce King
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English
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John
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King
Massachusetts
Salem
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Chestnut Street
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1 Chestnut Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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Historic Salem, Inc.
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Historic Salem, Inc. house history
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Historic Salem, Inc., Salem Historical Society
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1850, 1991
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John Goff
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English
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Chestnut
Cox
Francis
Francis Cox
Italianate
merchant
wood
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Turner Street
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9 Turner Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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Historic Salem, Inc.
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Historic Salem, Inc., Salem Historical Society
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English
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1840-1850, 2015
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Kimberly Whitworth
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1850
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Brown
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Greek Revival
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John
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mason
Renks
Rinks
Turner
wood
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Buffum Street
Historic Salem, Inc. House History
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22 Buffum Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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Nathaniel Horton, 1850
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Historic Salem, Inc.
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Historic Salem, Inc. house history
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Historic Salem, Inc., Salem Historical Society
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1850, 1968
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David T. Gavenda
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English
1850
22
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Italianate
Nathaniel
Nathaniel Horton
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Winthrop Street
Historic Salem, Inc. House History
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12 Winthrop Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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Historic Salem, Inc.
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Historic Salem, Inc. house histories
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Historic Salem, Inc., Salem Historic Society
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1850, 2005
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Robert Booth
Language
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English
12
1850
2005
Booth
Hill
Ira
Massachusetts
Robert
Salem
Street
Winthrop
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Title
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Winthrop Street
Historic Salem, Inc. House History
A resource made available by Historic Salem, Inc. detailing the history of Salem's houses.
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Title
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8 Winthrop Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
Subject
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House history
Description
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Built for Nathan Putnam, wharfinger, c. 1850.
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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1850, 2015
Contributor
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Kimberly Whitworth
Language
A language of the resource
English
1850
2015
8
Kimberly
Massachusetts
Nathan
Putnam
Salem
Street
Whitworth
Winthrop