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358 - 358 ½ Essex Street
Built for
Joseph Neal
Cordwainer
c. 1729
Research by
Alyssa G. A. Conary
December 2021
Historic Salem, Inc.
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
978.745.0799 | HistoricSalem.org
© 2021
�CHAIN OF TITLE, 358 - 358 1/2 ESSEX STREET, SALEM, ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS
Date of
Transaction
October 10, 1724
July 25, 1752
Date Recorded
October 12, 1724
Grantor(s)
Hanah Croade of Salem,
daughter of Richard
Croade, deceased
May 3, 1753
–
Grantee(s)
Joseph Neale,
cordwainer, of Salem
Mary (Neale) Foster &
John Foster, mariner, of
Salem
Eunice (Neale) Bacon &
Benjamin Bacon, periwigmaker, of Salem
Consideration
56 pounds
Conveyance of
Book /
Page
Notes
43 / 270
An old house already stood on the
property when it was purchased by
Joseph Neal(e) in 1724, but,
according to historian Sidney
Perley, the house burned down in
1729. Neal presumably built the
house that now stands on the
property around the same time.
According to Bryant Tolles, timbers
from the original seventeenthcentury dwelling were reused in the
construction of the current house.
ECRD
99 / 233
This document is an "Indenture of
Division & Partition" of the real
estate of Joseph Neale, deceased,
between his daughters Mary and
Eunice. It divided the house into
two halves.
ECRD
124 / 214
Deed of Mortgage
ECRD
126 / 32
ECRD
141 / 231
ECRD
148 / 150
ECRD
1478 / 140
Source
"an old dwelling house & about twenty nine Poles of Land be it more or
Less being part of the Homestead of the sd Richard Croade decd
bounded Southerly on the main street where it measures three poles &
Eleven feet in the front & northerly in the Rear on the Land of Mr. Robert Essex County
Kitchin decd where it measures four poles & 7 feet & 7 Inches & on the Registry of
Deeds (ECRD)
Easterly side by Matthew Estes decd measuring seven Pole & seven
feet & on the westerly side by the Land of the sd Joseph Neale which
he bought of the widow Croade where it measures seven Pole & two
feet . . . "
The western half of the dwelling house and land of the late Joseph
Neal.
–
The eastern half of the dwelling house and land of the late Joseph
Neal.
WESTERN HALF OF HOUSE & LAND
October 29, 1765
October 29, 1765
John Foster, yeoman, of
Manchester
Benjamin Pickman, Esq. of
Salem
5 shillings
January 16, 1769
January 20, 1769
Benjamin Pickman, Esq.
of Salem
Francis & Elizabeth Grant
240 pounds
Francis Grant,
September 13, 1784 September 14, 1784 shopkeeper, & Elizabeth
Grant of Salem
April 17, 1787
March 27, 1896
March 27, 1896
May 22, 1787
May 1, 1896
May 1, 1896
William Gray Jr.,
merchant, of Salem
William Gray of Salem
John Clarke, mariner, of
Salem
1 shilling
260 pounds
Alfred Stone of
Providence, RI and David
Moore of Salem,
Lucy P. Morgan of Salem
executors under the last
will of William Mack, late
of Salem
$385.63
Alfred Stone of
Providence, RI, trustee of
Lucy P. Morgan
the last will of Esther C.
Mack, late of Salem
$1,156.89
"the west half part of the dwelling House and Land in Salem aforesaid . .
. formerly assigned to me and Mary my wife in a Deed of Partition dated
July the 25th, 1752 as her part of the Estate of Joseph Neal late of said
Salem Deceased."
"The Westerly Part of the Dwelling House and Homestead Land in said
Salem heretofore of Joseph Neal Deceased . . . "
"the westerly half of a dwelling house with the land adjoining and
belonging to said half house lying in Salem aforesaid bounded
Southerly on the main street easterly on the other half of said house &
land belonging to Samuel Grant northerly on land late of Edward
Kitchen Esq. deceased & westerly on land of the heirs of John Ropes
deceased . . . "
"The westerly part of a dwelling house in said Salem & the land thereto
adjoining & belonging the whole of said house & land was formerly the
Estate & Homestead of Joseph Neal deceased . . . "
"one undivided eighth part of a lot of land with one undivided eighth
part of the westerly half of the double house and other buildings
thereon situated on the northerly side of Essex Street in said Salem, and
bounded and described as follows: beginning at the South westerly
corner thereof at land of Johnson and Essex Street, thence running
Easterly on Essex street, about twenty nine feet to land of grantee and
the middle of the front door of said double house, thence Northerly
through said house bounded Easterly by land of said grantee to back of
said house, thence North twenty seven degrees East thirteen and one
half feet, thence North two degrees West to the Northerly end of the
premises, thence Westerly about thirteen feet, thence Southerly one
foot, thence Westerly again about twenty feet to land of Johnson.
thence Southerly about seventy feet seven inches bounded Westerly by
said land of Johnson, thence Westerly about five feet eight inches,
thence Southerly again bounded by said land of Johnson, about sixty
four feet three inches to the point begun at."
"three undivided eighth parts of a certain lot of land on the northerly
side of Essex Street in said Salem, together with three undivided eighth
parts of the westerly half of the double house and other building
thereon, and bounded and described as follows . . . "
Deed of Mortgage
The Clarke/Mack family (John
Clarke's granddaughter Harriet
married Elisha Mack in 1820)
owned the western half of the
property for over a century before
selling it to Lucy Morgan, whose
family had owned the eastern half
of the property since the mid- or
late-nineteenth century.
ECRD
1478 / 141
�property for over a century before
selling it to Lucy Morgan, whose
family had owned the eastern half
of the property since the mid- or
late-nineteenth century.
March 27, 1896
May 1, 1896
Matilda F. Clarke and
Harriet Clarke, both of
Chicago, trustees under
the last will of John F.
Clarke, late of Chicago
Lucy P. Morgan of Salem
$1,542.50
"one undivided half part with the undivided half part of the western half
of the double house and other buildings situate thereon of the following
described premises situated on the northerly side of Essex Street in said
ECRD
Salem, and bounded and described as follows . . . "
1478 / 143
EASTERN HALF OF HOUSE & LAND
October 20, 1778
October 28, 1778
December 29, 1783 December 29, 1783
February 4, 1794
February 5, 1794
Benjamin Bacon, periwigWilliam Pickman,
maker, & Eunice Bacon of
merchant, of Salem
Salem
William Pickman,
merchant, of Salem
Samuel Grant, mariner, of
Salem
Samuel Grant, mariner, of
Salem
Thomas Mason, merchant,
of Salem
760 pounds
360 pounds
209 pounds
"the easterly half of a dwelling house in said Salem situate in the main
street, so called, with the land thereto belonging bounding southerly on
ECRD
said street, easterly on land of said Pickmans, lately Abijah(?) Estes,
northerly on land of Edward Kitchen Turner one pole & twenty four links,
& westerly on the other half of said house & land thereto belonging . . . "
"the easterly half of a dwelling house in said Salem with the land thereto
ECRD
belonging . . . "
"The easterly half part of a certain Dwelling house in Salem aforesaid
ECRD
with the land under & adjoining the same . . . "
137 / 13
137 / 178
157 / 111
According to the Salem Directory,
Mrs. Theodore Morgan lived at 358
Essex Street in 1855. The 1874
Salem Atlas shows that, by that
year, the Morgan family owned the
eastern half of the property.
***
ENTIRETY OF HOUSE & LAND
September 24, 1900September 24, 1900
William S. Felton of
Salem, executor of the
will of Lucy P. Morgan,
late of Salem
Susan S. Kimball of Salem
$6,000.00
"a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon situate in said Salem,
and bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the southeast
corner thereof on Essex street, thence running westerly by said Essex
street sixty-two and fifty-five one hundredths (62.55) feet to land of
Johnson; thence running northerly sixty-seven and fifty-six one
hundredths (67.56) feet thence easterly five and seven tenths (5.7) feet,
thence northerly seventy and seven tenths (70.7) feet all three courses
ECRD
being by said land of Johnson, to land of the Winn estate; thence
running easterly nineteen and seven tenths (19.7) feet, and thence
northerly one and three tenths (1.3) feet both courses being by said
Winn land; thence running easterly by said Winn land and by land of
Saunders forty-five and two tenths (45.2) feet to land of Frye; thence
running southerly by said land of Frye one hundred twenty eight and
fifteen one hundredths (128.15) feet to Essex street, and the point begun
at."
1620 / 242
$1.00
"a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon in said Salem
ECRD
bounded beginning at the southeast corner thereof on Essex Street . . . "
1707 / 189
June 9, 1903
June 9, 1903
Frank R. Kimball of Salem Andrew Fitz of Salem
June 9, 1903
June 9, 1903
Andrew Fitz of Salem
May 23, 1904
May 23, 1904
March 17, 1937
March 18, 1937
July 24, 1981
July 24, 1981
Rebecca B. Haskell of
Salem
Thomas E. & Elaine T.
Krueger of Salem
$160,000.00
July 11, 2011
July 11, 2011
Thomas E. Krueger of
Salem
Andrew C. Greer
$425,000.00
Eleanor B. Kimball, wife of
$1.00
Frank R. Kimball, of Salem
Rebecca A. Benson, wife "one dollar and
Frank R. Kimball of Salem of Henry P. Benson, of
other valuable
Salem
considerations"
Rebecca B. Haskell, wife
Rebecca A. Benson of
"consideration
of Paul T. Haskell, of
Salem
paid"
Salem
"a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon in said Salem
bounded beginning at the southeast corner thereof on Essex Street . . . "
"a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon in said Salem
bounded beginning at the south east corner thereof on Essex Street . . .
"
"a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon in said SALEM,
bounded: Beginning at the southeast corner thereof on Essex Street . . .
"
"a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon in said SALEM,
bounded: Beginning at the southeast corner thereof on Essex Street . . .
"
"the land in said Salem, with the buildings thereon, situated at 358
Essex Street, bounded and described as follows . . . Beginning at the
southeast corner thereof on Essex Street . . . "
ECRD
1707 / 190
ECRD
1742 / 431
ECRD
3104 / 49
ECRD
6844 / 148
ECRD
30520 / 7
"see deed from Wm. S. Felton,
Executor, to Susan S. Kimball, my
deceased mother by whom it was
devised to me by will . . . "
The property was officially
condoized in 2012.
�������������������������������������1851 SALEM ATLAS
�1874 SALEM ATLAS
�1897 SALEM ATLAS
�1911 SALEM ATLAS
�VITAL RECORDS OF SALEM V. III
�1855 SALEM DIRECTORY
SALF.M
[M]
DIRECTORY.
Ifl9
Mooney Matthew, shoemaker, house 172 Derby
Moore David, merchant, house 226 Derby
Moore George, carpenter, house rear Aborn
Moore Harriet, widow, house 68 North
Moore James, carpenter, house 14 Whittemore
Moore Mary Mrs. house 224 Derby
Moore Obadiah Mrs. house 10 Ash
Moore Philip, cabinet maker, house 2 Conant
Moore "William, currier, house 20 Boston
Moran Edward, laborer, house 6 Ward
Morasky Patrick, laborer, house 43 Union
Moreland George W. grocer, 44 Essex, house 1 Carlton
(JohnH.) & Dalton (Sephoreno M.), periodicals, 241
Essex, house I May st. court
Moreland John S. shoemaker, house 1 May st. court
IMoreland
Morgan George S. laborer, house 14 Turner
Morgan Henry W. shoemaker, boards Phelps court, e. Vale
Morgan John, laborer, house Parker's court
Morgan John, soap boiler, house 28 Boston
Morgan Lucy Mrs. house 16 Summer
Morgan Martin, currier, boards rear 13 Lynn
Morgan Patrick, laborer, hous" 8 Briggs
Morgan Richard, laborer, house Dodge
Morgan Theodore Mrs. house 358 Essex
Morrill Barnard C. lather, house 8 Peabodv
Morrill (rhebe) & Walker (Mary M.), millinery, 246 Essex
Morris Joseph B. restorator, West place, house 17 Mall
Morris William R. house 1 Ropes
Morrison James, blacksmith, house 18 Carlton
Morse Ebenezer, carpenter, rear 123 Lafayette, house do.
Morse Edward A. currier, house 28 High
.
Morse E. Henry, carpenter, house 19 Dearborn
Morse Enoch, carpenter, house rear 16 Flint
Morse John Mrs. house 28 Broad
Morse Lavinia, millinery, 3 St. Peter, house 10 Church
Morse Lucius B. tanner, 71 Mason, house 188 Federal
Morse Lydia Mrs. house 6 Broad
Morse Mary E. Mrs. house 6 Broad
Morse Nathaniel P. saddler, house 111 Federal
Morse Pavne, shoemaker, house 133 North
Morse William B. mariner, boards 123 Lafayette
Morse William T. tanner, 61 Mason, house 101 do.
Morton Henry, clerk, boards 3144 Essex
Moseley Joseph, captain, house 9 Barr
Moseley Martha Mrs. house 156 Federal
Moseley Martha P. Mrs. house 97 Essex
Motley Rachel, widow, house 163 Federal
�The Essex Antiquarian.
Vol. VII.
Salem,
Mass.,
July,
1903.
No. 3.
"LORD TIMOTHY DEXTER.";
Who has not heard of " Lord Timothy
Dexter," a citizen of Newburyport, and
notorious for his extravagancies and fool
ish exhibitions? He was a son of Nathan
and Esther (Brintnall) Dexter, and was
bom in Malden, Mass., Jan. 22, 1746-7.
He wrote, " I was born when great pow
ers ruled,
on Jan. 22, 1747.
On this
day, in the morning, a great snow storm ;
the signs in the seventh house;
whilst
Mars came forward Jupiter stood by to
hold the candle.
I was to be one great
man."
He had limited advantages in the way
of schooling, and at the age of eight
years, May 9, 1755, his father put him
with a farmer in Malden, with whom he
He
remained six years and six months.
then went to Charlestown, the then prin
cipal center of the skin- or leather-dress
ing business of New England, and learned
the trade of a leather-dresser, dressing skins
He
for leather breeches and gloves.
stayed there eleven months and then
went to Boston, where he remained until
he was of age. Fourteen days later, he says,
" I went to Newbury Port with A bondel
in my hand to A plase all noue to me."
He engaged in the business of a leather.
dresser in Newburyport; and in May,
1770, he married a widow, who was nine
This was Elizabeth,
years his senior.
daughter of John Lord of Exeter, N. H.,
and widow of Benjamin Frothingham of
The widow was
Newburyport, a glazier.
industrious and frugal and possessed of a
house and lot on the southern comer of
Merrimack and Green streets. With her,
Timothy Dexter, then twenty-three years
In the base
old, took up his residence.
ment of the house Mrs. Dexter conducted
a shop for the sale of provisions, vegeta
bles and small fruits ; and in the garden
Mr. Dexter dug vats, and continued at his
trade.
He prospered in business ; and entered
into speculation in various ways. Among
the first was his purchase of land at the
and as a proprietor in the
Penobscot,
Ohio company's purchase, being associ
ated in the latter with Dr. Manasseh Cut
He pros
ler and other prominent men.
pered in these land ventures.
At about the same time, he was ad
vised, as a joke, it is said, to buy a large
of public securities when they
quantity
were selling at about thirteen per cent of
He followed the advice,
their face value.
and the adoption of the new constitution,
followed by the Hamilton funding system,
caused the securities to advance in value
It is supposed that he
to nearly par.
profited to the extent of ten thousand
dollars by the rise of the market.
Many are the stories that have been
told during the past century of the ven
tures that seemed at the time utterly
foolish, but which resulted in great profit
He bought a large quan
to Mr. Dexter.
tity of warming-pans, and shipped them
to the West Indies at the instance of
some merchant clerks, as a part of an
The Yankee ingenuity
assorted cargo.
of the young commander of the craft that
carried them to the sunny South was
aroused, and he took off the covers and
The cov
had handles attached to them.
ers were readily sold as skimmers, and
the pans as ladles, to the various sugarmaking establishments at a good profit.
�n6
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
PART OF SALEM IN
J700.
NO. J2.
BY SiDNEY PERLEY.
The map on page 1 1 9 comprises the
area bounded by Flint, Essex and Beckford streets and North river. It is based
on actual surveys and title deeds, and is
drawn on a scale of two hundred feet to
an inch.
It shows the location of all
houses standing in 1700.
The braces
" show where Federal street
marked " a
runs ; the brace marked " b " where Mon
"
roe street begins ; and that marked " c
where Andover street begins.
Essex street was first called a highway
in 1657; street, 1664 ; town street, 1678;
the broad street that goes from ye meet
ing house westward to the town's end,
1679; the main street, 1679; je high
street, 1695 ; and Essex street, 1 795.
Flint street was called a lane that leads
to the water side in 1672 ; ye lane yt
leads down to ye North river, 1704; a
lane that leads from ye main street to ye
north river, 1706 ; and Dean's lane, 1770.
Several years ago the name was changed
to Flint street as it was a continuation of
the street then and since known by that
name.
Beckford street was called a lane in
1657; street or lane, 1677 ; street or
highway, 1679 ; lane or highway that leads
from ye main street to ye north river,
1696; Beckford's lane, 1773 ; Kitchen's
lane, 1783; Turner's lane, 1793; and
Beckford street in 1797.
Federal
street was laid out but very
shortly before 1773, when it was called
It was called the new
ye new street.
street laid out between the North river
and the main street in 1774; the new
street called the north street, 1776; the
back or new street, 1781; and Federal
street in 1792.
Monroe street was laid out in 1S01,
It was
when it was called a new street.
called a new street leading from Essex to
Federal streets in 1802 ; Shillaber street,
1 81 4 ; and Monroe street in 1828.
River street was called a way in 1739 ,
road, 1773; private road, 1778; lane,
1782 ; and River street in 1796.
Carpenter street was laid out in 1 800,
when it was called an open way.
It was
called the new way in 1801 ; and Carpen
ter street in 1827.
Andover street was so called in 1802,
having just previously been laid out.
North river was called the north river
in 1657; ye river, 1698; and the river
leading to the great bridge in 1773.
In the sketches that follow, after 1700,
titles and deeds referred to pertain to
the houses and land under and adjoining,
and not always to the whole lot, the design
being, after 1 700, to give the history of
the houses then standing principally.
The lots of Capt. Thomas Flint, Joseph
Douglass, and Thomas Ruck comprised
the homestead estate of Thomas Spooner
before 1664, when his death occurred.
His widow Elizabeth Spooner was his ad
and she conveyed various
ministratrix,
lots as hereafter stated.
Thomas Flint Lot.
This was a part of
the homestead of Thomas Spooner, and
was conveyed
his
administratrix,
by
together with that part of the Joseph
Douglass lot that lies south of the dashes,
Thomas
for twelve pounds,
to Capt.
Flint of Salem, farmer, May n, 1672.*
Captain Flint, who then lived in Salem
village, for thirty pounds, conveyed this
lot to Joseph Dean of Salem, mariner,
The estate then re
May 7, 17o6.f
mained in the Dean family for three
quarters of a century.
That part of
Joseph Douglass House.
the lot lying south of the dashes was a
part of the half-acre conveyed by Mrs.
Spooner to Capt. Thomas Flint May n,
Flint conveyed this
Captain
1672.*
part of his lot (twenty square rods) to
Edmond Bridges of Salem, blacksmith,
March 5, ^78-9. J Mr. Bridges had
Essex Registry
of Deeds,
book
5, leaf 69.
For an affidavit of John Cooke, blacksmith, and
William Reeves, slaughterer, both living on the
south side of the street, and each aged about
sixty years, relative to Captain Flint's quiet pos
session of the premises, see Essex Registry of
Deeds, book 18, leaf 183.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 18, leaf 182.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 35.
t
J
�Registry
Registry
Registry
Registry
Registry
of
of
of
of
of
Deeds,
Deeds,
Deeds,
Deeds,
Deeds,
book
book
book
book
book
5, leaf 89.
9, leaf 198.
35, leaf 125.
3, leaf 150.
5, leaf 69.
it,
about 1679.
Mr. Ruck released his in
terest in the remainder of the estate to
his son Thomas Ruck Dec. 6, 1687,* and
the other
children
released
probably
their interest to Thomas at about the same
time.
Thomas died in July, 1 704, having
devised the estate to his sons John and
Thomas
Ruck. It is described in the
inventory of his estate as " Old Spooners
houfe & 7 acres of Land & Bam in y*
Towne," and was appraised at two hun
dred pounds.
So the old house was
standing in 1 704, but it probably stood
only a few years longer.
The southeastern comer of this lot
within the dashes was the twelve rods of
land on which John Simpson of Salem
erected a dwelling house before May 10,
1672, when Mrs. Elizabeth Spooner, who
then owned the entire lot, conveyed
as
The deed
gift, to Mr. Simpson.
describes the lot as " that peece of ground
in Salem aforesd upon which
sd Symp.
son with my good liking
approbation
hath built him an house uppon
in which
he now dwells, with
gar
yard room
den platt as
now fenced in."f
Mr.
con
Simpson was
husbandman, and
veyed the house and lot to Joshua Buffum of Salem, in exchange for another
etc.
house, orchard,
(on North river
east of Beckford street, see Map No. 13),
Feb. 28, 1686.74
The estate belonged
to Thomas Ruck at the time of his de
cease in July, 1704, being valued in the
of his estate at thirty-five
inventory
pounds. The conveyance was made from
Buflum to Ruck ptobably at the time of
the latter's acquiring
the Spooner house
and estate in 1687.
This house and lot
was devised in Mr. Ruck's will with the
remainder of the Spooner homestead to
his sons John and Thomas Ruck. Thomas
Ruck,the son,does not appear subsequently
as owner of this property.
John Ruck
apparently took down the Spooner house
and this house, and built on the site of
the latter
new house, in which he lived,
ye
&
&
&
ye
it
is
a
Essex Registry of Deeds, book
Essex Registry of Deeds, book
Essex Registry of Deeds, book
7, 3, 8,
Essex
Essex
t Essex
§ Essex
II Essex
t
"7
NO. 12.
a
a house and bam upon the lot before
the deed was drawn.
Philip Cromwell
of Salem, slaughterer, and Mr. Bridges
of John Ruck, who then
purchased
owned the Spooner estate, that part of the
lot lying north of the dashes ; and those
grantees, for seventy pounds,
conveyed
the entire lot (one fourth of an acre),
with the dwelling house and shop there
on, to William Sweatland of Salem, tailor,
In 1693, the title to
Sept. 18, 1680.*
the estate was in Stephen Sewall of Salem,
merchant.
Mr. Sweatland was living in
1 688, but whether he died possessed of the
property or conveyed it before his death
to Mr. Sewall the writer does not know.
Mr. Sewall, for fifty-five pounds, conveyed
the house, leanto and lot to Joseph Doug
lass of Salem, clothworker, Sept. 8, 1693.1
Mr. Douglass removed to Malden and
conveyed the estate to Joshua Hicks of
March 14, 17 18-9. J
Salem, merchant,
Mr. Hicks removed the old house some
years later.
This lot com
Thomas Ruck Houses.
prised nearly the whole of the Spooner
the
estate.
Mrs. Spooner
conveyed
small lot, included within the dashes, at
the southeastern comer, to John Simpson
May 10, 1672 ;§ and the Thomas Flint
lot and the southern part of the Joseph
Douglass lot to Mr. Flint May n, 1672.H
Mrs. Spooner died in 1676, having de
vised the homestead with the exception
of the lots she had sold to her son-in-law
John Ruck for life and remainder to his
five children, whose mother was Hannah,
only child of Mr. and Mrs. Spooner.
Mr. and Mrs. Ruck's children were Eliz
abeth, Hannah, Sarah, John and Thomas.
The house apparently was of considerable
in 1677, a parlor and
size, containing,
kitchen,
etc.
chamber,
hall,
parlor
the
to
father,
Ruck,
conveyed
John
Philip Cromwell and Edmond Bridges the
northern part of the Joseph Douglass lot
17OO.
a
built
IN
t
OF SALEM
X
PART
leaf 166.
leaf 150.
leaf 118.
�n8
THE ESSEX
being a blacksmith. He conveyed the es
tate to Joseph Cook, jr., of Salem, fisher
man, Dec. 26, 1730.*
The lots of
Roger Derby House.
Richard Derby, Joseph
Derby,
Neal, Robert Kitchen and that part of
the lot of John and Rebecca Beckford
west of the dashes constituted the lot of
Richard Bishop in 1657.
Before his
decease, Dec. 30, 1674, he probably con
veyed to John Darling of Salem, the hus
band of his daughter Mary, the Roger
Derby and Richard Derby lots and the
western
part of the Joseph Neal lot.
Mr. Darling, for twenty-seven pounds,
conveyed the Roger Derby and Richard
Derby lots to Roger Derby of Ipswich,
Mr. Derby
chandler, Feb. 8, 1 678-9.1
removed to Salem, and continued his
business here.
He was from Topsham,
Devonshire, England, and died in Salem,
Sept. 26, 1698, having devised the house
and this part of his lot to his wife Eliza
beth for her life and then to his son Sam
uel Derby.
She died in 1740.
Samuel
Derby died at sea prior to 1728. At
became
her decease Samuel's children
owners of the estate.
Oct. 7, 1741, his
surviving sons, Roger Derby of Salem,
sadler, and Samuel Derby of Lynn, cordand
wainer, for three hundred
fifty
pounds, conveyed the land and buildings
to Roger Peele of Salem, shipwright, Oct.
7, 1 74 1. J
By several suits at law, Mr.
Peele lost the house and land adjoining.
On execution, in the suit of Robert Peele
of Salem, tailor, the body of the dwelling
house was set off to him April 20, 1748. §
On execution, in another suit of Robert
Peele, the lean to part of the house, on its
eastern side, was set off to him July 28,
Robert Peele, for two hundred
1748.ll
and twenty-three pounds, conveyed the
house and land to Samuel Ropes, jr., of
Salem, merchant,
by two deeds, one
dated April 27, 1748,11 and the other
Roger
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of Deeds, book 61, leaf 226.
of Deeds, book 5, leaf 104.
of Deeds, book 80, leaf 294.
of Deeds, book 91, leaf 149.
of Deeds, book 91, leaf 203.
of Deeds, book 93, leaf 153.
ANTIQUARIAN.
Aug. 3, 1749.*
cordwainer
and
Mr. Ropes became a
and
two hundred
for
sixty-six pounds, conveyed the land and
to Richard Derby of Salem,
buildings
Mr. Derby
merchant, Feb. 9, 1 773-t
conveyed the same estate to Jacob Very
Mr.
of Salem, mariner, April 1, 1795.+
Very probably removed the house the
same year.
Richard Derby Lot.
This lot was a
portion of the lot of land conveyed by
John Darling to Roger Derby Feb. 8,
Mr. Derby died Sept. 26,
1678-9. §
1698, having devised this lot, on which
stood his soaphouse, to his son Richard
Richard
Derby, who was a mariner.
owned the lot for many years subsequent
to 1700.
This lot was
Joseph Neal House.
a part of the lot of Richard Bishop, who
In his nuncupative will,
died in 1674-5.
he devised the front and middle portions
of the lot, as divided by the dashes, to
his granddaughter Mary, daughter of his
daughter Mary Darling, wife of John
Mr. Darling probably erected
Darling.
the house shown on the map in or before
living in it
in
was
He
1676.
Mr.
Bishop
The
lot
devised
by
1678.
to Mary Darling was assigned to her by
metes and bounds by the administrator
She con
of his estate Nov. 7, 168o.||
veyed the central part of the lot, between
the dashes, to Thomas Maule of Salem,
Nov. 19, 1680 ;% and the
merchant,
front part with the house subsequently.
Mr. Maule conveyed the house and front
and middle parts of the lot to Joseph
Neal of Salem, joiner, for sixty- two pounds
July 17, 1 68 1.** Mr. Derby conveyed
to Mr. Neal a strip of land two feet wide
off the eastern end of his lot April 27,
168z.tt
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house and land around
being assigned
to Widow Hannah Croo of Salem, daugh
ter of the deceased.
She conveyed the
" old dwelling house," as the house was
then called, to her brother-in-law
Joseph
Neal of Salem, cordwainer,
Oct. 10,
While Mr. Neal owned the es
1724.*
tate the house was burned down, in 1729,
with the Estes house, which stood only a
few feet distant.
Matthew Estes House.
This lot was
part of the lot conveyed by Thomas
Robbins to John Kitchen before 1664.
Mr. Kitchen conveyed
to George Dean
in or before that year. Mr. Dean who
was then of Salem, and
cordwainer,
transferred the lot with
house upon
for forty pounds, to Thomas Maule of
Salem, tailor, Oct. 14, 1674.1
The fol
lowing affidavits show that Mr. Maule
erected
new house upon the lot
"The testimony of Eleazer Linsey aged
about 36 yeares,
John Coates aged
about
yeares these two p'sons above
written
that when
testifieth,
Thomas
Male's new house was raised, that there
was sufficient rome left belweene
the
fence next Richard Croad's
house, to
clabord
the
whole side of Thomas
Male's new house, without removing any
abovesd fence, for we
part or p'cell of
sd new house on that
claborded part of
side next Richard Croad's, & had roome
new
enough to doe our work, betweene
house & the fence, from one end of
said house to the other end thereof, for
fence as neere as well could be ranged
from one end of Thomas Male's land to
to
the other end on
straite line
the truth hearof wee abovesd John Coates
Eleazer Linsey, witnes.
Sworne 28:
June: 1681, before Bartholraew Gedney
Assist."
"John Reeves aged about 72 yeares,
to his knowledge, the house
testifieth,
of Tho. Male bought of George Deane
doth stand wholy on the town's ground,
the fence
fenced the heads of the
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The rear section of the lot, north of
the dashes, was a part of that portion of
the lot of Richard Bishop that he devised
to his son Thomas Bishop for his life and
remainder to Thomas' son Richard Bish
Thomas Bishop, who lived in Man
op.
chester, conveyed it to Robert Kitchen
of Salem Dec. 22, 1691.*
His son
Richard Bishop released his interest in it
to Mr. Kitchen Feb. 7, 1692-3.*
Mr.
Kitchen conveyed it to Mr. Neal June
4, 1695-t
The house and the whole of this lot,
Mr. Neal conveyed to John Ropes, jr,
and Samuel Ropes, both of Salem, cordwainers, Nov. 7, 1709. J
John Ropes
conveyed his half interest in the house,
in which they both then lived, to his
brother Samuel Ropes Aug. 13, 1716;§
and, April 2, 1734,
John released to
"the old
Samuel the land around
cottage, So Called which formerly Stood
on
afores" Land," being gone.
Widow Frances Croade House.
This
lot was
part of the lot conveyed by
Thomas Robbins to John Kitchen before
The latter then owned
and
1664.
conveyed the part east of the dashes,
with the house thereon, to Richard
July 9,
Croade of Boston, merchant,
The remainder of the lot subse
1664.ll
quently came into the possession of Mr.
Croade, who died in 1689.
By his will
his widow Frances Croade became pos
sessed of the house and lot for her life.
In 1686 there was cellar in the western
end of the lot, but the writer has discov
ered no evidence of
house having been
either before or after that time,
upon
except that, in the division of the estate,
after the decease of the widow in 1716,
" part of an old house and an old cellar
with stones in it"
mentioned
as on
At the decease of
that part of the land.
Mrs. Croade the estate was divided, the
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 43, leaf 270.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 98.
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Essex Registry of Deeds, book 19, leaf
leaf 123.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 35, leaf 104.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book
144, leaf
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it
leaf 72.
leaf 17.
leaf 53.
leaf 123.
to his grandson Edward Kitchen Turner,
In 1785
minor son of John Turner, esq.
or before, the father, John Turner, esq.,
came into the possession of the house,
bam and lot and October seventh of that
year, mortgaged the estate to Daniel Sar
Mr. Turner was
gent, esq., of Boston.
then living in the house.
789,
Jan. 13,
the mortgagee took possession of the pre
mises to foreclose the mortgage, the house
being vacant, and Mr. Turner being pres
For
ent and consenting to the entry.
and twenty pounds, Mr.
four hundred
Sargent conveyed the estate to Dr. Wil
7,
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or dwelling
my now pr'sent habition
place," July 30, 168i.f
For one hun
dred and one pounds, Mr. Prince con
veyed the house, shop and land to Mat
thew Estes of Pascattaqua, mariner, May
Mr. Estes died in 1723,
25, 16824
having devised the house and lot to his
grandsons
Richard and Ahijah Estes.
The house belonged to them when it was
burned down, with the Neal house, in r 7 2 9.
Joseph Dean House.
This was a part
of the lot sold by Thomas Robbins to
John Kitchen before 1664. Mr. Kitchen
sold it to George Dean, who was owning
it in that year.
But Mr. Kitchen died
without having received or given a deed
of
and yx. Robbins, gave
deed of
to Robert
itchen, son of the deceased,
Oct. n, 1679, but no deed to Mr. Dean
has been found.
Mr. Dean died possessed
of the house and lot in 1696, having de
vised the estate to his wife Elizabeth
Dean.
She survived him, and, for sixty
pounds, conveyed the same to her son
says that the house
on this lot was probably built about 1664.
merchant and
Robert Kitchen was
lived in Salem.
He died in 1712, having
devised the house, orchard, etc., to his
The son died under
son Robert Kitchen.
age, probably before the father, and Feb.
Edward
children,
27, 1718, the other
Kitchen, Mary, wife of John Turner, esq.,
and Bethiah, wife of Timothy Lindall, all
of Salem, for two hundred and six pounds,
the estate to their widowed
conveyed
Mrs.
mother, Madam Bethiah Kitchen.
Kitchen died in 1738, having devisedall
her estate to her son Edward Kitchen.
Edward Kitchen lived here, and died in
1766, having devised the house and lot
||
"
16794
William P. Upham
;
Gedney Assistant."*
Mr. Maule conveyed to Jonathan
Prince of Salem, cordwinder, the lot and
Mr.1! Dean, for sixty pounds,
1698.*
conveyed the lot, the house being gone,
to Robert Kiichen of Salem, merchant,
June 24, 17064
This lot was
Robert Kitchen House.
He
part of the Thomas Robbins lot.
sold
quarter of an acre) to John
Kitchen of Salem, who died without
deed of it.
Mr. Rob
having received
bins however, delivered
deed of this
and the Joseph Dean lot to Mr. Kitchen's
son and heir, Robert Kitchen, Sept. n,
a
comon, sworne 22: June: 1681, before
me Bartholmew Gedney Assist."
" Thomas Robbins testifieth, that
>e
fences that fenced in the lotts that were
Barber's & Bownes, which land was since
John Kitchens, ranged behind the house
that Thomas Mall bought
of George
Deane, leaving the sd house wholy out
the sd fences ranged to Richa1d Croads
house or where it stands, leaving some
vacant land betweene the house of Rich
ard Croade & Thomas Male, which he
bought of George Deane, & was at least
the whole bredth of ye sd house, sworne
23 : June : 1681, before me, Bartholomew
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NO.
Joseph Dean of Salem, mariner, Dec. 22,
J t
lotts left the said house without about
two foot, & the front of Thomas Male's
house standeth about 14 foot on the
town's ground, being sett upon a sellar
that Jno. Kitching had made in ye townes
IN 17OO.
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PART OF SALEM
�122
THE ESSEX
liam Steams of Salem
Jan. 27, 1789.*
Doctor Steams resided in this house
until about 1808, when he removed to
the northeastern corner of Flint and Es
sex streets.
He then let the house in
the summer of that year to
John Grant,
who opened a tavern, which he called
the " Sign of the Anchor."
The follow
ing is a copy of his advertisement,
pub
lished in the Salem Gazette on the day
of its date, Sept. 9, 1808 :
NEW TAVERN.
THE
Sign of the Anchor.
subscriber hereby informs the public, that
*
he has taken that large and convenient House
at the corner of Essex and Beckford Streets, be
longing to Dr. Steams, which he has opened as a
place of public entertainment, having obtained a
licence therefor.
He is now ready to receive and
entertain genteel companies or individuals, travel
lers, &c. and will exert himself for their accom
modation in every respect.
Good
viands and
liquors, clean and comfortable beds, and prompt
attendance, will always be furnished; and good sta
bling for horses.
He respectfully solicits the
favors his friends and the public, for which he
will be ever grateful. N. B. A number of gentle
men boarders can be well accommodated.
Salem, Sept. 9.
JOHN GRANT.
In the spring of 18 10, Mr. Grant was
succeeded by John Perley in the tavern
the name of the " Sign of the Anchor "
being continued.
Messrs. Morse & Fox
(Richard Morse
and Ebenezer Fox), who had a grocery
store on Essex street, in December, 1809,
hired the stable on Hamilton street that
had been conducted
by Galloway, and
became boarding and livery stablers. The
next August, the firm established a stage
route between Salem and Haverhill, going
to Haverhill one day and returning the
next, thus making three round trips each
week.
This tavern was its Salem termi
nus.
The partnership continued until
June 7, 181 1, after which Mr. Morse
carried on the stage business alone.
The writer has no evidence that this
house was open as an inn after 1810.
It became a tenement house, and con
tinued to be thus occupied as long as it
stood.
Before many years had elapsed,
it had become dilapidated in appearance.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 148, leaf 221.
ANTIQUARIAN.
Doctor Steams died in 1819, having
devised the whole of his estate to his wife
Sarah W. Steams.
She died, his widow,
in 1844, possessed of the house and lot.
Her heirs, Joseph E. Sprague, esq., Wil
liam Stearns, esq., widow Eliza Silver, all
of Salem, James W. Stearns, gentleman,
and Sarah White Stearns, singlewoman,
both of Somerville, and Harriet Steams
and Caroline Stearns, singlewoman, Hen
ry Barrett, gentleman, and his wife Lucy
T. G. Barrett, and William St. A. Stearns,
esq., all of Malden, conveyed the lot to
Joseph Andrews, esq., of Salem Oct. 27,
1849, "the old mansion house being ex
pressly reserved by the grantors with the
right of pulling the same down and ex
amining the ground under the same for
the term of sixty days."*
The old house
was accordingly demolished.
The writer has not succeeded in find
ing any picture of this house, and proba
Oliver Thayer, in his
bly none exists.
Recollections of Essex street from 1 804
to 1820, writes that the house was "a
large, square building, with an ell, ven
in appearance."
erable, but dilapidated
It was two stories in height, thejfront door
being in the middle of the house, with
two windows on either side in each story.
It stood a few feet from the sidewalk,
and its distinguishing feature was the two
large square brick pillars which supported
the small portico over the front
door
and steps.
The pillars were surmounted
with capitals of freestone.
These capi
tals were originally a part of the elegant
brick house of Deacon Marston which
formerly stood on the eastern comer of
Essex and Crombie streets.
The house
was removed about 1760, and these cap
itals, which had been carved in England,
were purchased by Edward Kitchen and
placed upon the brick pillars erected for
their support at the entrance to the house
which is the subject of this paragraph,
when the house was razed in 1849 the
capitals were given to James W. Steams,
at his request, and in 1851 they were
.Essex
Registryof
Deeds, book 420, leaf 153.
�PART OF SALEM
IN 1 70O.
owned by Lucius Manlius Sargent, a des
cendant of the Turners.
Katherine King House.
This lot was
a part of the Thomas Robbins lot.
He
was of Salem, husbandman, and conveyed
to William King of Salem, carpenter, that
part of the lot lying south of the dashes,
on which Mr. King "hath lately built a
That
house," June 2, 1676.*
dwelling
part of the lot lying north of the dashes
Mr. Robbins conveyed to Mr. King May
n, 167 7. t Mr. King died in 1684,
having devised the house and lot to his
wife for her life, and giving her the right
to devise one half of the same to whom
she pleased, and the other half he de
vised to his brother's sons who hath need
Mr. King's wife Katherine sur
of it.
vived him, and died in 1 7 1 8, having de
vised the half interest she was entitled to
convey by her will to her nephew Samuel
Stone of Salem and her niece Sarah, wife
of Jacob Manning of Salem, gunsmith.
Samuel King of Southold, N. Y., hus
bandman,
conveyed his interest in the
house and lot to Mr. Manning June 22,
Simuel King of Southold, N. Y.,
1 7 19. J
cooper, only surviving brother of William
of Salem,
husbandman,
King, late
deceased, Samuel King of Salem, husband
husband
man, William King of Sutton,
man, sons of John King of Salem, de
ceased, the other brother of said William
King, deceased, Henry Cook, guardian
of children of Jonathan King of Salem,
deceased, son of said John King, deceased
brother to William King, deceased, Samu
el King, jr., of Salem, guardian to the
children of John King, jr., of Salem, de
ceased, son of John King, sr., deceased,
brother to said William King, deceased,
and, als0, on his own account, and Mary
King of Salem, spinster, a daughter of
said John King, jr., deceased, conveyed
to Messrs. Stone and Manning the house
and lot June 23, 1 7 1 a.§ Messrs. Stone and
Essex Registry
t Essex Registry
X Essex Registry
§ Essex Registry
See also, book 36,
of Deeds,
of Deeds,
of Deeds,
of Deeds,
leaf 106.
book
book
book
book
4, leaf 138.
4, leaf 150.
36, leaf 109.
36, leaf no.
NO.
12.
"3
the house and lot to
Samuel Stone, jr., of Salem, mason, Dec.
For forty pounds, Mr. Stone
10, 1 7 19.*
conveyed the estate to Edward Kitchen
of Salem, merchant, Nov. 10, 1724.1
The house probably remained only a few
Manning conveyed
years longer.
This lot was a
Robert Kitchen Lot.
Robbins. His
the
lot
of
Thomas
of
part
heir was his niece Rebecca, wife of Wil
Mr.
liam Pinson of Salem, husbandman.
Pinson died, and she conveyed the lot to
Robert Kitchen of Salem, merchant, for
Mr.
Nov. 13, 16964
fifty pounds,
Kitchen owned the lot until his death in
1712.
John and Rebecca Beckford House. §
That part of this lot lying east of the
dashes was owned by Thomas Trusler,
His widow
who died March 5, 1654.
Elinor Trusler died in 1655, having
devised the house and lot to her son Ed
Mr. Phelps lived in New
ward Phelps.
for
pounds, he con
twenty.five
and,
bury,
veyed the estate to Thomas Robbins of
Salem July 2, 1657. || Upon Mr. Robbins'
decease, before 1694, the estate descend
ed to his niece and heir Rebecca Pinson.
Mr. Pinson died in July, 1695, having de
In
vised his estate to his wife Rebecca.
the inventory of his estate, the house,
at one
barn and land were appraised
Mrs. Rebecca Pinson
hundred pounds.
married
and
her
husband,
survived
secondly, Joseph Boobier of Marblehead ;
and, for thirty pounds, they conveyed to
Rebecca, daughter of William Pinson, and
of Marblehead,
wife of John Beckford
then being
n,
the
estate
1698.9,11
Jan.
in the possession of George Hacker, as
re
Mr. and Mrs. Beckford
tenant.
moved to Reading, where he was a yeo
man : and conveyed the house and land
HEssex Registry of Deeds, book 13, leaf 61.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 37, leaf 56.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 42, leaf 276.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book n, leaf 272.
§William P. Upham states that the middle por
tion of this lot was a part of the lot of William
Bownd, whose house was near the river, before
1653.
IIEssex Registry of Deeds, book 9, leaf 234.
�that laft Thurfday
fen'.
night, a large Whale, between fixty and
feventy foot long, came afhore at Plumb.
Ifland, near Newbury, out of which it's
laid, will be made near Eighty Barrels of
This
Oyl, and is worth 200I. fterl.
which was the
Whale had an Iron in
occasion, as
fuppoled, of it's death.
hear
is
SALEM, April
Laft Evening the large
Houfe of Mr. John Barton,
1,
p.
Molly Bartlett of Amesbury published
to Oliver Osgood Nov. 12, 1763.
Sarah Bartlett
married
Abner Ring
June
1769.
Elizabeth Bartlett of Amesbury pub
lished to Elijah Dow June 17, 1780.
John Bartlett married Sarah Goodwin
Sept. 14, 1794.
Salisbury town records.
Widow Elizabeth
Bartlet
married
David Burnam, both of Ipswich, Aug. 20,
1740.
31, 1769.
it,
We
1769.
4.
John Bartlet of Newbury married Sa
rah Souther of Ipswich Oct.
1782.
Ipswich town records.
Caleb
to
Bartlet published
Nelly
Haize, both of Manchester,
17,
Sept.
6,
NOTES.
PORTSMOUTH, March
common land in that township at auction
April 5th, Wednesday, at
m. at the
house of Mr. Goodhue, innholder, in Sa
lem.
Signed by Benjamin Pickman, jr.,
Salem, April
proprietors' clerk.
1769.
Francis Symonds, at the Bell, near
Salem, informs
and ladies
gentlemen
that he not only continues his endeavors
to give good satisfaction as to entertain
ment, but continues to sell West-India
and English goods, hay seed, and seedoats.
In an advertisement relative to the es
tate of Joseph Lakeman of Salem, mari
ner, deceased, David Masurey says that
he married
the administratrix
of the
estate.
Essex Gazette, March 28-April 4,
2
around it to their son John Beckford, jr.,
of Salem, shoreman, July
23,
1739.*
The house was probably gone soon after.
The exact site of the house, as it stood in
1700 is uncertain, it may have been on
the nar1ow way some two hundred feet
westerly of the place where it is marked
on the map.
That part of the lot lying west of the
dashes was a part of the Richard Bishop
lot, and was devised in the nuncupative
will of Mr. Bishop, who died in 1674.5,
to his son Thomas Bishop for his life and
the remainder in fee to the latter's son
Richard Bishop.
Thomas Bishop lived
in Manchester,
and was a wheelwright.
For forty pounds, he conveyed it to Rob
ert Kitchen of Salem Dec. 22, 1691.1
Thomas Bishop's son Richard released his
interest in the estate to Mr. Kitchen Feb.
7, 1 692-3. f Richard Bishop's house stood
upon the northern end of the lot, accord
ing to his will, but was probably gone
before the latter date. Mr. Kitchen appar
ently conveyed the lot to John and Re
becca Beckford about 1700, and it was
thenceforth
a portion of the Beckford
lot.
ANTIQUARIAN.
8,
THE ESSEX
124
1769.
John, son of Caleb and Eleanor Bart
born Oct. 16, 1770; died Feb. 3,
lett,
1772.
Manchester
town records.
Enoch Bartlet, jr., published to Sarah
Bricket May 14, 1768.
Mary Bartlet of Amesbury published
to Timothy Pilsbury of Newbury Feb. 19,
guished.
Daniel Bartlet married
rill May 31, 1770.
a
Dwelling.
fituate in
the main Street, was fet on Fire by
Rocket, which lodged on the Roof, but
Affiftance was foon extin
by timely
The proprietors
Hampshire county
of New Salem, in
advertise to sell the
Es.'ex Registry of Deeds, book 80, leaf 96.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 9, leaf 69.
1770.
Sarah
Bartlet
published
Priscilla Mer
to
Emery, jr., both of Newbury,
1780.
Stephen
May 22,
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Essex Street
Historic Salem, Inc. House History
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Title
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358-358 1/2 Essex Street, Salem, MA, 01970
Subject
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House History
Description
An account of the resource
Built for
Joseph Neal
Cordwainer
c. 1729
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.
Date
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Built c. 1729
House history completed 2021
Contributor
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Alyssa G. A. Conary
Language
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English
1729
2021
358 1/2 Essex Street
358 Essex Street
Cordwainer
Massachusetts
Neal
Salem