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1 Carlton Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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Built 1851 for Susan Ingersoll
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Robert Booth
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Carlton
Greek Revival
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Susanna
Susanna Ingersoll
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10 Carlton Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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Joshua Oakes, Ship-joiner 1804
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1804, 1977
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Robert Booth
10
10 Carlton
1804
Carlton
Federal
Joshua
Joshua Oakes
Oakes
shipjoiner
wood
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Gifford Court
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10 Gifford Court, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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Built by Solomon Chaplin, housewright in 1806
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1806, 2009
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Robert Booth
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English
10
1806
2009
Booth
Carlton
Chaplin
Court
Gifford
Massachusetts
Michael
Reverend
Robert
Salem
Solomon
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104 Bridge Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
Built c. 1800 - Occupied by Crowninshield Family
Deed Research conducted by Historic Salem, Inc.
Completed October 2017
Commissioned by Copper Reality LLC ℅ Joe Bates
�Tracing the Deed of 104 Bridge Street, Salem, Massachusetts, 01970
Date
May 5, 2017
Purchased by
Purchased From
Book
Page
Reference Doc. Notes
Copper Realty LLC
Virginia J. Carson, trustee of
MDVC Reality Trust.
35847
464
A
Sept. 24, 2012
Virginia J. Carson, trustee of Michael Pelletier, David
MDVC Reality Trust.
Pelletier, Virginia Carson, &
Christine Johnson
31748
208
B
Sept. 24, 2012
Michael Pelletier, David
Pelletier, Virginia Carson, &
Christine Johnson
31748
196
C
Jane Bachmann
Jane Bachmann given right to sell property via estate of Louise H. Pelletier. See probate #ES03P1346EPI
May 21, 1976
William E. Pelletier and
Louise H. Pelletier
Herman W. Pelletier & Helen
Pelletier
6242
293
D
4405
509
E
3655
178
Herman & Helen sold portion of ownership back to William and Louise
F
Added Herman W. Pelletier & Helen Pelletier to ownership of house in 1959
Sept. 25, 1957
William E. Pelletier and
Louise H. Pelletier
William J. White & Nora A.
White
Mar 23, 1949
William J. White & Nora A.
White
Elmer W. Liebsch
Nov 7, 1935
William J. White & Nora A.
White
Henry Nettles & Elizabeth
Nettles
3057
186
Mar 31, 1934
Henry Nettles & Elizabeth
Nettles
Clara L. Abbott
2987
210
G
H
See probate of Henry Dowbridge & Annie Dowbridge giving Clara Abbott right to sell property
Mar 31, 1887
1874
Henry Dowbridge
Joseph G. S. Carleton
1193
277
I
Oliver Carlton (map)
Nov 1, 1869
Oliver Carlton
John Kinsman
785
247
J
Sept 27, 1864
John Kinsman
Ebenezer Seccomb & Mary
675
9
K
Mar 24, 1863
Mary Seccomb
John Page
649
268
L
John Page
Mehitable Tibbets
Dec 31, 1849
Mehitable Tibbets
Mary Seccomb
426
51
M
Jun 16, 1847
Mary Seccomb
Ebenezer Seccomb
391
3
N
Deed for this transaction? Not found.
1846
Ebenezer Seccomb owned property but Miss Seccomb lived there, also living there was Rev. Alexander Sessions and Eben Tibbets, mariner (directory)
1842
Ebenezer Seccomb owned property but Pricilla Seccomb (daughter?) lived there, also living there was Rev. Alexander Sessions, and Mrs. Harriet Moreland (directory)
Dec 14, 1836
Ebenezer Seccomb
Richard Saltonstall Rogers
294
247
May 9, 1825
Richard Saltonstall Rogers
& Sarah (Sally) Gardiner
Crowninshield
George Crowninshield Jr. and
Jacob Crowninshield
240
74
O
Jacob was Sarah’s father, George was her uncle
P
Built before 1825. Between Crowninshield (1825) and Skerry (land owner in 1700), deed trail becomes intertwined with Crowninshield heirs and multiple plots of land on Bridge and Derby Street.
1820
Crowninshield (map)
1700
Skerry (map)
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104 Bridge Street, Salem MA 01970
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House History
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House History
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Historic Salem House History
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Historic Salem
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1800
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Captain
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Mariner
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House and Land at 123 Federal Street,
Salem, Mass.
This house was built by Jonathan F Carlton, Salem housewright,
for Robert S Saunders, Salem merchant, in the year 1843.
Th~oughout
most of the 18th century the land of which this lot
is a part was owned by the Ropes family of Salem. Jonathan
Ropes ( 1718-99), eminent merchant and Revolutionary patriot,
ov:ned the land from 1754 until his death in 1799; in the year
1760 the 11 New Street" (Federal Street) was laid out through
Mr Ropes' property. The property descended to Mr Ropes•
grandson, Jonathan Waldo Jr, merchant, who died unmarried
in 1817; his brothers & sisters released their rights to
Iv.Ir Waldo 1 s estate to their step-father, Rev. John Prince Jr
of Salem, who owned it until 6 Dec 1841, when he conveyed a
large piece of the Waldo estate for $6010 to 'rhomas Perkins,
Salem merchant (328:152). Mr Perkins then sold it for $7600
on 15 Nov 1842 to David Pingree, also a Salem merchant (335:246).
On 21 Ap 1843, Mr Pingree, for $1500, granted to Robert S
Saunders, Salem merchant, the lot (fronting 64 1 11 11 ) that
now comprises 123 Federal Street (339:8). That Mr Saunders
intended to build on the lot is reflected in th_e $1,500
mortgage to the property which he gave to Mr Pingree on the
same day, for therein he mortgages not just the lot, but
11
all the buildings which may be put on the -same preVL(j.ls to
the cancelling of this deed 11 (336:213). On 13 June 1843
Mr Pingree assigned this $1.500 mortgage to the same Thoma~.
Perkins from whoin_J:ie hap_-_originally bought the land ( 338 :43);
Mr Perkins discharged the mortgage on 9 Mar 1844 (336:213).
On 1 July 1843, Robert S Saunders and Jonathan F Carlton,
Salem housewright, signed a contract in which Mr Carlton
agreed to do all the carpenter work on the "two story housen
that I"Ir Saunders was 11 about erecting • • • on Federal Street
on land re~ently bought of David Pingree; 11 Mr Carlton also
agreed to provide men to do the work at $1.75 per day, to
provide all materials 11 at fair market prices 11 that Mr Saunders
himself did not provide, and to allow ¥.Ir Saunders' brother,
Philip Saunders, to do "such work as he or they may deem
expedient" ( 338 :43). 'rhe existence of such a contract is
a real rarity; without it, we would never know that Jonathan
F Carlton was the man who actually built the house.
We may surmise that Mr Carlton's men finished the house before
winter, for in the real estate assessments for 1843, Robert S
Saunders was noted as living at 53 Federal Street, ward four.
This notation has been made in pencil, and he was not assessed
a property tax for that year, for by the time the house was
finished the time period for 1843 taxes had expired. The pencilled
�note does indicate, however, that a house was standing the~e
before the end of the year 1843.
On 23 Feb and 8 Mar 1844, Mr Saunders mortgaged his Federal
Street messuage (a messuage is an old term for a house, its
land, and the outbuildings) once to John Russell and thrice
to John H Nichols, both of Salem; these mortgages were discharged
at various times up to ~O Ap 1847 (342:80, 163,179,211). The
terms of these mortgages clearly imply the existence of a house
on the land.
On 13 May 1845 William Whiting, Roxbury lawyer, aa the assignee
of Robert S Saunders, gave to Mr Saunders' wife, Louisa, the
lot of land with the two story dwelling house thereon "being
the same now occupied by said Robert S Saunders" (355:127).
It appears that Mr Saunders knew he was dying, and wanted his
wife to have the estate before his death occurred; he therefore
conveyed it to his lawyer, Mr Whiting, who conveyed it to Mrs
Saunders. There is no Essex County probate record for Robert
S Saunders• He died on 22 July.1846; on 18 Sept 1846,
Louisa Saunders, Salem widow, for $1370 sold the Federal Street .
est&te to Andrew Ward, Salem merchant; the property was still
mortgaged for $2500 to John Russell, trustee (377:94).
Capt Andrew Ward (1793-1860), formerly a sea-captain, and his
wife Abigail Richardson (Abbott) {d.1877) now moved into the
Federal Street house. Capt Ward and his wife lived here for
fourteen years, until his death an 2 Aug 1860. On 21 Mar 1853
old County & Marlborough Streets were incorporated into Federal
Street, and so the house number changed from 51 to 123 Federal
Street. By his will of 3 Ap 1860 Capt Ward left 123 Federal St.
in.trust to his wife and his son-in-law, Rev. George SG Spence,
who had married the Wards' only child, Abby Richardson Ward,
in 1847; on 21 Feb 1861 the house & land were appraised at
$5500 ( #56290) •
Mrs Ward continued to reside at 123 Federal Street until her
death 30 Mar 1877; four years earlier, 23 June 1873, she had
purchased for $7 a triangular piece of land fronting 3 1 on
Federal St f'rom her neighbor to the ·west, Mary Eliza Gould
(974:104 & plan). From 1874 forward, the Salem Directories
show 1'1rs Abby R (Ward) Spence to be the head of' the house;
she seems to have been widowed. Her sons boarded with her at
various times (her eldest son, Andrew Ward Spence, had his
name changed to Andrew Ward in 1 866). In 1887- her three. sons
Bold thei·r ~.rights to the est.ate to· their sister,: Abbie W,. ,
wife of Charle·s F Tay ('1207: 269, 1213.:.37; 39}. - ·_ . ·
In 1900 the trustees of the Winn estate (121 Federal St)
adjusted the boundary of the two estates with Abbie W Tay
(1623:225). In that same year George F Jelly of Boston reconveyed the premises to Mrs Tay (1623:412); she had conveyed
the estate in trust to Mr Jelly in 1889 ( 1243 :509).
�On 18 Sept 1916, Mrs Tay granted the estate to Margaret G,
wife of William F Carney of Salem (2342:442). Less than two
yearn later, Mrs CarneJ" sold the property to Josiah H Gifford
of Salem, on 3 May 1918 (2391 :230). Mr Gifford soon (25 June
1918) sold the premises to May B, wife of Ralph C Browne of
Salem (2392:)79).
Mrs Browne owned the estate until her death on 10 Ap 1952.
By her will of 8 Oct 1921, she left .the property to her
husband, Ralph C Browne (#237424). V.tr Bro~me remarried;
he died 1 Jan 1960 and left the estate to his wif'e F'lorence
by his will o"t 9 Nov 1959 (#263839). Mrs Browne continues
to own and occupy the estate at 123 Federal Street.
L
Robert Booth
8 Feb 1977
Notes
Jonathan F Carlton, the builder of this house, married Mary
Ann Buxton on 9 May 1832. I do not know if they had any children.
Mr Carlton developed much of lower Federal Street, which was
once referred to as Carlton.ville. On 23 Mar 1843--just about
the same time that Robert S Saunders bought this house-lot-Y.tr Carlton was authorized to build a bridge across the North
River (which was then quite wide all the way back to Boston St)
from the foot of Flint-St over to Hasen St. His bridge lasted
until the terrible storm of 18 Ap :851, when it was swept down
the river and came to rest near the North Bridge (now the
North St overpass).
Robert Shillaber Saunders (1805-46) was born in Danvers, the
son of Henry Saunders of Salem and Sarah Shillaber of Danvers.
He married Louisa Courtis of Salem on 27 Jm 1831 and was a
merchant, described as a shoe dealer in the Salem Directories
for 1842 and 1846. I do not know if he had any children. Mr
Saunders died of consumption on 22 July 1846, aged 41 years.
Capt Andrew Ward {1793-1860) was a sea captain who became a
merchant. He married hbigail Richardson Abbott 11 July 1819,
and they had one child, Abby R, who married Rev George SG Spence
of West Wrentham on 6 Ap 1847. Mr Ward was the son o:f Andrew
Ward, a shipwright, and his wife Martha (Babbidge).
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Federal Street
Historic Salem, Inc. House History
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123 Federal Street, Salem, MA 01970
Subject
The topic of the resource
House history
Description
An account of the resource
Jonathan F. Carlton for Robert S. Saunders, 1843
Creator
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Source
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Historic Salem, Inc. house histories
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Historic Salem, Inc., Salem Historical Society
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1843, 1977
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Donna Vinson
Language
A language of the resource
English
123
123 Federal
Carlton
Federal
Jonathan
Jonathan F. Carlton
Robert S. Saunders
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House at
17 Carlton Street, Sale111
Built c.1808 for Margaret Ellison Bray, widow
Enlarged c.1831 for Benjamin Bray, coach-maker & inventor
Francis P. Ashton, barber, in old age (from photo); he resided here from 1809-1821
(source: Hadley's llist01y of Essex Lodge)
�House at 17 Carlton Street, Salem
According to available evidence, this house was built for Margaret (Ellison)
Bray, widow, c.1808. It was enlarged to the rear c.1831 for Benjamin Bray,
chaise- and coach-maker.
On 26 August 1808 Capt. Benjamin Crowninshield, a Danvers merchant who
was formerly a Salem East India shipmaster, for $600 sold to Margaret Bray of
Salem, a widow, a lot of land in Salem bounded southwesterly 38' on "Carlton's
Street", northwesterly 70' on land of Crowninshield, northeasterly 37' on land of
Crowninshield and ofBerry, southeasterly 70' on land of Ranson (ED 185:226).
The evidence indicates that she had a modest house built: it probably had a
central entrance and a room on either side, with chimneys running up the back
walls to provide heat in all four rooms, and perhaps with kitchen rooms attached
as ells. It was two stories high, likely with a pitch roof.
Margaret Hill Ellison was born in Salem and baptized in 1776 at St. Peter's
(Episcopal) Church, the daughter of John Ellison and his wife Elizabeth Ulmer.
John Ellison was an Englishman, born in London; he came as a young man to
Salem, and in 1762 married Elizabeth Ulmer, the granddaughter of Rev. Mr.
Ulmer, who had come as a preacher from Germany c. 1700 and settled in Maine.
The Ellisons had several children, of whom those surviving infancy were Mary,
Rebecca, George, Elizabeth, and Margaret, and John, Jr. John Ellison fought as a
rebel in the War of the Revolution (1775-1783), both as a soldier and later as a
sailor. By 1783 he was in business as a ship-rigger in the East Parish, and in
1798 became a town watchman (policeman). Mrs. Elizabeth (Ulmer) Ellison
would live until October, 1808 (died at age 69) and Capt. Ellison, a watchman in
his last years, lived until March, 1812. He would die at age 74, lamented by many
and characterized by Rev. William Bentley as "a man of great integrity and good
reputation."
In March, 1794, Margaret H. Ellison, 18, married Benjamin Bray, 19. Between
1795 and 1807 they would have seven children, mostly boys. The Brays resided
on Hardy Street, in the old Diman house.
In 1800, Salem was still a town, and a small one by our standards, with a total
population of about 9,500. Its politics were fierce, as the Federalists squared off
against the Democratic Republicans (led by the Crowninshields and comprised of
�the sailors and fishermen). The two factions attended separate churches, held
separate parades, and supported separate schools, military companies, and
newspapers (the Crowninshield-backed Impartial Register started in 1800).
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
Streets). 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, backlands for the Pickerings on Broad Street and the old
estates of Essex Street. The Common, not yet Washington Square, had small
ponds and swamps, and was covered with hillocks and utility buildings and the
town alms-house. In the later 19th century, Salem's manufacturing-based
prosperity would sweep almost all of the great downtown houses away.
The town's merchants were among the wealthiest in the country, and, in Samuel
Mcintire, they had 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 built in the next ten years 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 years before in the Adam brothers in
England and featured fanlight doorways, palladian windows, elongated pilasters
and columns, and large windows. It was introduced to New England by Charles
Bulfinch upon his return from England in 1790. The State House in Boston was
his first institutional composition; and soon Beacon Hill was being built up with
handsome residences in the Bulfinch manner.
Samuel Mcintire, carver and housewright, was quick to pick up on the style and
adapt it to Salem's larger lots. Mcintire's first local composition, the Jerathmeel
Peirce house (on Federal Street), contrasts greatly with his later Adamesque
compositions. The interiors of this Adam style differed from the "Georgian" and
Post-Colonial: 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 (Mcintire'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
1799 (demolished in 1815), on the site of today's Town House Square.
Salem's commerce created great wealth, which in tum attracted many newcomers
from outlying towns and even other states. 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. The
ferment of the times is captured in the diary of Rev. William Bentley, bachelor
minister of Salem's East Church (it stood on Essex Street, near Washington
Square), and editor of the Register newspaper. Mr. Bentley's 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. On Union Street, not far from Mr. 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, who~e
father would die of fever while on a voyage to the Caribbean in 1808. This kind
of 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 English Street. The other important
wharves were Forrester's (now Central, just west of Derby Wharf), and Union
Wharf (formerly Long Wharf), extending from the foot of Union Street, west of
Forrester's Wharf. To the west of Union Wharf, 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. Among the most important of these were Ward's,
Ome's, and Joseph Peabody's, which extended from the foot of what is now
Hawthorne Boulevard. Each of the smaller wharves had a warehouse or two,
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,
hawkers, sailors, artisans ("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 in the shipyards. Perhaps Benjamin
Bray, a boatbuilder and shipwright, worked there, or perhaps he had his own
small shipyard, or worked at Becket's, off Becket Street.
�Salem's boom came to an end with a crash in January, 1808, when Jefferson and
the Congress imposed an embargo on all American 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 and
families began to wonder how they would survive. In the midst of this
uncertainty, Benjamin Bray, 33, fell ill; and on June 3, 1808, he died of
consumption (pneumonia or tuberculosis), "a worthy man" (per Rev. Wm.
Bentley), leaving Margaret with the care of several young children, including
infants. Joseph Lambert, gentleman, became guardian of some of the Bray
children.
In August, 1808, Mrs. Margaret Bray bought the house-lot on Carlton Street. In
the winter of 1808-9, Mrs. Bray, 30, was courted by a newcomer in Salem,
Francisco Paolo Astranan, 26, a barber from Sicily who had arrived in Salem in
September in the Salem ship Traveller, Capt. Richard Ward Jr. (see Ship
Registers ofDistrict ofSalem & Beverly). Mr. Astranan went by the "Englished"
name of Francis P. Ashton, and started a successful barbering business in Salem.
He and Margaret wed on 29 January 1809; and they would have at least two
children, Lucy Ann and Micalah (born 1817; Francisco's mother's name; it was
handed down in the family but was usually written Mickaler! ). (Info on Mr.
Ashton from 1 Dec. 1865 obituary, Salem Gazette, and from p. 106, H.P.
Hadley's 200 Years ofMasonry in Essex Lodge; photo).
Other Italians had settled in Salem at about this time. Peter Barras, a mariner and
shopkeeper, was here, as was Michele F. Come, a noted painter of seascapes,
who resided on Charter Street and taught painting, did decorative painting of
houses interiors and ship-cabins, and sold his artworks. Joseph Monarch, a
mariner, of Naples, also settled in Salem, and probably was a very close friend of
Francis Ashton. Mr. Monarch named one of his sons Francis Ashton in his
honor; that son later changed his name to Francis M. Ashton. In January, 1817,
Mr. Ashton loaned $200 to Joseph Monarch to help him buy a house (ED
212:206).
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 merchant William "Billy" Gray took his large fleet of
ships-fully one-third of Salem's tonnage--and moved to Boston. Gray's move
to Boston permanently eliminated much of Salem's wealth, shipping, importexport cargoes, and local employment. Gray soon switched from the Federalist
�party and was elected Lt. Governor under Gov. Elbridge Gerry, a native of
Marblehead.
In this new house (assuming it was standing by 1809), the Bray children were
growing up, although it is possible that some were sent to live with relatives.
Margaret Hill Ellison (1776-1819), d/o Capt. John Ellison & Elizabeth Ulmer,
died "suddenly" 6July1819 and was buried at Charter Street Graveyard. She
m. 2March1794 Benjamin Bray (1775-1808), son of John Bray & Eunice
Becket, died of consumption on 3June1808. She m/2 29 Jan. 1809 Francisco
P. Astranan (Francis P. Ashton) (1783-1865) born 5 Feb. 1783 Palermo, Sicily,
s/o Thomas Astranan & Michela Campanella, died 26 Nov. 1865 in Salem. He
m/2 5 Dec. 1819 Rachel (Gwinn) Hall (1789-1850+), d/o Thaddeus Gwinn &
Mercy Beadle of Salem. Known issue ofMargaret, surnames Bray and
Ashton:
1. John Bray, 1795 (m. 1817 Margaret Roundy) Boston printer 1821.
2. Benjamin Bray, 1797, died of quinsy 20 Jan. 1799, aged 15 months
3. Margaret Bray, m. 1820 Jonathan C. Taylor, Salem boatbuilder 1821,
pump & block-maker later
4. Eliza Bray, m. David Robinson, Boston horse-letter
5. Benjamin Bray, 1801, m. 8 Sept.1825 Mary Lane
6. Daniel Bray, Salem mariner 1826 (m. 1828 Pheba Skidmore)
7. William Bray
8. Lucy Ann Ashton, m. William N. Nassau; issue
a. W.N. Nassau Jr.
b. Arethusa W. Nassau.
9. Mica/ah (Mickelar) Ashton, 1817, hp 1824, m. Mr. Snow; issue
a. Mickelar Ashton Snow (b.1836) m. Jonathan Davis
b. Margaret Ellison Snow
c. Francis P.A. Snow (b. 1846)
d. James F. Snow m. Sophia E.
The house was owned by Margaret alone, and not with her second husband Mr.
Ashton, who was noted for his uprightness and high standards and may have
refused to take an ownership interest in the house in order to ensure that his stepchildren received an inheritance. His barber shop was likely situated in this
house. The 1812 real estate valuations are the first to note Mr. Ashton's presence
in Salem (Mrs. Margaret Ashton, the owner, was not listed in the valuations of
�1809-1811 either). In 1812 (ward one) he was listed as "Francis F.A. Ashton,
barber," and paid taxes on "part house & shop" worth $300 and $100 in income.
In 1813 he was listed as Francis P. Ashton, with identical property and values.
Salem resumed its seafaring commerce for three years after the end of the
Embargo, but still the British preyed on American shipping; and in June, 1812,
war was declared against Britain. Although Salem had opposed the war as being
potentially ruinous and primarily for the benefit of the southern and western warhawk states, yet when war came, Salem swiftly fitted out 40 privateers manned
by Marblehead and Salem crews, who also served on U.S. Navy vessels,
including the Constitution. Many more could have been sent against the British,
but some of the Federalist anti-war merchants held their vessels back. In
addition, Salem fielded companies of infantry and artillery. Salem and
Marblehead privateers were largely successful in making prizes of British supply
vessels. While some 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 the 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. In June, 1813, off Marblehead Neck, the British frigate
Shannon defeated the U.S. Navy frigate Chesapeake. The Federalists would not
allow their churches to be used for the funeral of the Chesapeake's slain
commander, James Lawrence ("Don't give up the ship!"). Almost a year later, in
April, 1814, the people gathered along the shores of Salem Neck as three sails
appeared on the horizon and came sailing on for Salem Bay. These vessels
proved to be the mighty Constitution in the lead, pursued by the smaller British
frigates Tenedos and Endymion. The breeze was light, and the British vessels
gained, but Old Ironsides made it safely into Marblehead Harbor, to the cheers of
thousands.
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 the weak English forces;
and, as predicted by many, the western expansionists had their day. At sea, as
time wore on, Salem's vessels often were captured, and its men imprisoned or
killed. After almost three years, the war was bleeding the town dry, and the
menfolk were disappearing. Hundreds of Salem men and boys were in British
�prison-ships and at Dartmoor Prison in England. 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 the Pickering faction was countered by
Harrison G. Otis of Boston and his moderates, who prevailed in sending a
conciliatory message to Congress.
At last, in February, 1815, peace was restored.
Post-war, the Salem merchants rebuilt their fleets and resumed their worldwide
trade, slowly at first, and then to great effect. The eldest Bray son, John, may
have fought, as a teenager, on privateers. After the war he became a printer, and
in 1817 married Margaret Roundy. They soon had a first child, a daughter; and
at just that time John's mother, Margaret Ashton, 42, had her last child, a
daughter named Micalah. Mr. Ashton had continued to prosper in his work as
barber and hair-dresser. In February, 1818, he joined Essex Lodge of Masons.
In July, 1819, at the age of 44, Mrs. Margaret H. (Ellison) Bray Ashton died,
probably at home. The effect on her children, some of them quite young, may be
imagined. Like most men of that time, Mr. Ashton sought a new wife to help him
raise the children; and on 5 December 1819 he married Rachel (Gwinn) Hall. In
1809 she had married Spence Hall, who had died in 1816. Evidently the Halls
had had no children. Rachel now became step-mother to the Bray and Ashton
children. In 1820 the house was occupied as a duplex, with families headed by
Francis Ashton and his step-son John Bray (1820 census, p. 40). Mr. Ashton's
family consisted of himself, his new wife, and two little girls, probably Lucy Ann
and Micalah. Mr. Bray's family consisted of himself, his wife, and a little girl.
The other Bray children were living elsewhere, perhaps as apprentices or in the
family of their sister, Margaret, who married Jonathan Taylor in 1820.
In March, 1821, the Probate Court set off to the little Ashton girls the north front
room and the north kitchen and a small piece of land at the northwest part of the
house lot, with certain rights to pass to and fro over the other land (ED 227:46).
This left the rest of the property in the ownership of the Bray siblings. It is likely
that Mr. Ashton and his new wife and his two daughters moved elsewhere in
1820-1. In November, 1820, he (through a trustee) purchased for $180 a plot of
land on Bridge Street, near Pleasant, and he moved a building onto there to serve
as his house and barber shop (ED 224:221). It seems likely that the two Ashton
�rooms were rented out to John Bullock (1781-1854), a laborer who lived here
with his wife Elizabeth (Cloutman) Bullock, and their daughters Elizabeth and
Mary Ann.
Into the 1820s the foreign trade continued prosperous; and new markets were
opened with Madagascar (1820), which supplied tallow and ivory, and Zanzibar
(1825), whence came gum copal, used to make varnish. This opened a huge and
lucrative trade in which Salem dominated, and its vessels thus gained access to
all of the east African ports. The pre-war partisan politics of the town were not
resumed post-war, as the middle-class "mechanics" (artisans) became more
powerful and brought about civic harmony, largely through the Salem Charitable
Mechanic Association (founded 1817). Salem's general maritime foreign
commerce fell off sharply in the late 1820s. Imports, which were the cargoes in
Salem ships, were supplanted by American goods, now being produced in great
quantities. The interior of the country was being opened for settlement, and
many Salemites moved away to these new lands of opportunity. To the north, the
falls of the Merrimack River powered large new textile mills (Lowell was
founded in 1823 ), which created great wealth for their investors; and in general it
seemed that the tide of opportunity was ebbing away from Salem. In an
ingenious attempt to stem the flow of talent from the town and to harness its
potential water power for manufacturing, Salem's merchants and capitalists
banded together in 1826 to raise the money to dam the North River for industrial
power. The project, which began with much promise, was suspended Gust before
construction began) in 1827, which demoralized the town even more, and caused
several Salemites to move to Boston, the hub of investment in the new economy.
Mr. Ashton was among them, as were John Bray and his sister Mrs. Eliza Bray
Robinson; but most of the Brays stayed in Salem.
On 1 Sept. 1821 Jonathan C. Taylor, Salem pump- and block-maker, paid $200 to
John Bray, printer, and David Robinson, horse-letter, and wife Eliza, all of
Boston, for their 2/6 interest in a half-house and its lot of land on Carlton Street
(ED 236:260). This gave the Taylors a half-interest in the homestead; they
probably resided here for a few years, in the southwest end of the house (which
seems to have been set off to them), and then purchased and moved into a house
on nearby Neptune Street (part of Charter Street nearest Derby Street). On 22
February 1825 the Taylors for $300 sold to Benjamin Bray, a Salem coach- and
chaise-body maker, their 3/6 undivided interest in the dwelling house and other
buildings on a lot in Carlton Street. The lot fronted 25' on the street and ran back
about 70' deep, where it made an ell. Certain parts of the house and land were
�still reserved to the Ashton girls (ED 236:259). The lot was bounded on the
northwest on the other half of the house and on the southeast by land of Ranson.
On 15 May 1826 Daniel Bray 3d, Salem mariner, for $100 sold his one-sixth of
the premises to Benjamin Bray, who also bought (on 8 July 1826 for $100) the
1/6 right of William Bray, Salem mariner (ED 240:232, 243: 93). Thus Benjamin
Bray, Salem coach and chaise-body maker, acquired the last outstanding shares
in the homestead (other than the Ashtons'), which he now owned.
The younger Brays, William and Daniel, who grew up here, had interesting
careers as sailors. Daniel, a mariner, married Pheba Skidmore in 1828 and
resided at 21 Becket Street in 1836 and 1841, and at 104 Essex Street in 1845.
His brother, William Bray, had been involved in one of the most notorious
episodes in Salem's long seafaring history. In May, 1830, William Bray, aged
about 25, sailed as ship's carpenter on board the Silsbee, Pickman & Stone ship
Friendship, Capt. Charles M. Endicott and a crew of 16, bound to Sumatra to
trade for pepper. Having arrived on the west coast of their destination, they kept
guard against the often-hostile Malays as the pepper (300,000 lbs. for William
Silsbee) was loaded on the ship, anchored about % mile off the port of Quallah
Battoo. One hot morning, while the captain and a few of the crew were on shore,
a boatload Malays came alongside with pepper and were allowed to come on
board the Friendship to help in loading. The mate did not heed his crewmen's
alarm at the number of natives on the decks. Suddenly they attacked, using their
razor-sharp "creese" swords to kill and wound several of the Salem men. Cut off
from guns and handspikes on board, four of the crew jumped overboard. William
Bray and his three companions swam two miles to a remote point, and hid,
naked, in the jungle. Traveling by night and enduring scorching sunburns as they
hid in low brush by day, they spent four days without food and with little drink,
and finally arrived at the house of a friendly rajah, Po Adam, who joyfully
informed them that the Friendship had been re-taken by Captain Endicott and a
group from two other American vessels. Four other crewmen had also escaped to
the shore, one of them badly hurt: Charles Converse, grievously wounded in the
initial assault, had pulled himself up the anchor chains at night and dragged
himself on board the vessel, where he was thought to be dead and left
undisturbed until the Americans re-took the Friendship. The others (five) had
been slain. In the next year, the frigate Potomac was dispatched to Quallah
Battoo, whose forts were taken and destroyed and many Malays killed. For more
information about this episode, see G.G. Putnam's article in EIHC 57, among
other sources.
�In 1830 (census, p. 374) the Benjamin Brays and John Bullocks resided here. In
that year a horrifying crime brought disgrace to Salem. Old Capt. Joseph White,
a wealthy merchant, owned and resided in the house now called the GardnerPingree house, on Essex Street. One night, intruders broke into his mansion and
stabbed him to death. All of Salem buzzed with the news of murderous thugs;
but the killer was a Crowninshield (a local crime-boss who killed himself at the
Salem Jail), hired by his friends, Capt. White's own relatives, Capt. Joseph
Knapp and his brother Frank (they were executed by hanging). The results of the
investigation and trial uncovered much that was lurid about Salem, and more of
the respectable families quit the notorious town.
15 March 1831 Benjamin Bray, Salem coach and chaisebody maker for $1500
mortgaged to Peter E. Webster, Salem trader, the dwelling house and land on
Carlton Street (excepting Lucy Ann & Merchaler Ashton's portion) (ED
259:106). With the mortgage money, Mr. Bray evidently enlarged the house by
raising the roofline in front and extending it as a two-story leanto toward the rear,
thus adding three or four new small rooms in back. It is likely that the chimneys
(as indicated by the brick foundation arches in the cellar), which had once run up
the end wall of the original house, remained in place and had fireplaces facing
back into the new rooms as well forward into the old rooms.
Benjamin Bray was thirty in 1831, and operated a coach-making business with a
workshop (by 1836) at 15 Union Street. In 1825 he had married Mary Lane; and
they had three daughters by 1835. Mary (Lane) Bray was born in Salem in 1801,
the daughter of shipmaster Capt. William Lane and his wife Elizabeth Brown of
Derby Street. Mary had two older sisters and four younger brothers. Her
grandfather, Nicholas Lane, a sailmaker, had come to Salem from Gloucester.
By 1836, the house was occupied by the Benjamin Brays and by the John
Bullocks (see 1837 Salem Directory). Artisans and laborers like Messrs. Bray
and Bullock looked on with concern as Salem's remaining merchants moved
quickly to take their equity out of wharves and warehouses and ships and put it
into manufacturing and transportation, as the advent of railroads and canals in the
1830s 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 ropemaking, sail-making, and ship chandleries, gradually declined and disappeared.
Well into the 1830s, Salem slumped badly.
Despite all, Salem was chartered as a city in 1836. 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 183 7, a brief, sharp, nationwide economic depression, caused even more
Salem families to head west 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 many
tanneries (23 by 1832) 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 on the North River, the production of alum and blue
vitriol was a specialty; and it proved a very successful business. Salem's whalefishery, active for many years in the early 1800s, led, in the 1830s, to the
manufacturing of high-quality candles at Stage Point, along with machine oils.
The candles proved very popular. Lead-manufacturing 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 lead (the approach to
Marblehead is still called Lead Mills Hill, although the empty mill buildings
burned down in 1960s).
These enterprises were a start toward taking Salem in a new direction. In 183 8
the Eastern Rail Road began operating between Boston and Salem, which gave
the people of Salem and environs 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. Mr. Bray's coach-making business was hurt by the
railroad, for the stagcoach lines to Boston and other places were rendered all but
unnecessary. Mr. Bray could not repay the Webster mortgage; and Mr. Webster
foreclosed. In July, 1839, Mr. Webster agreed to convey the premises to Mrs.
Mary L. Bray for Mr. Bray's payment of unpaid balance, $450, in monthly $20
installments (ED 452:196). The Bullocks remained the tenants in the house, and
were joined there by Mrs. Bullock's sister, Sarah Cloutman, a tailoress.
In the 1840s, new companies in new lines of business arose in Salem. The
tanning and curing of leather was a very important industry by the mid-1800s. It
was conducted on and near Boston Street, along the upper North River. There
were 41 tanneries in 1844, and 85 in 1850, employing 550 hands. The leather
business would continue to grow in importance throughout the 1800s. Iri 1846
�the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company completed the construction at Stage Point
of the largest factory building in the United States, 60' wide by 400' long. It was
an immediate success, and hundreds of people found employment there, many of
them living in industrial tenements built nearby. Also in the 1840s, a new method
was introduced to make possible high-volume industrial shoe production. 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 country areas. Even the population changed, as hundreds of
Irish families, fleeing the Famine, settled in Salem; and the-men went to work in
the factories and as laborers.
During the 1840s, with a family of six children to support, Benjamin Bray drew
on his considerable ingenuity to modernize his coach-building business. He was
a talented designer, and applied himself to improving the functioning of windows
and window curtains. Two of his creations were clever enough to earn him
patents. He participated in the first Exhibition of the Salem Charitable Mechanic
Association at the Mechanic Hall, on Essex Street at Crombie Street, in
September, 1849; and there was awarded a diploma in the category of New
Inventions. The diploma was accompanied by the following appraisal by the
judges:
"Car Window Spring and Curtain Fixtures, by Benjamin Bray of Salem.
This is an ingenious application of springs and rollers to window sashes, to
prevent the friction which sometimes occurs, and to allow them to be elevated
or depressed with ease, at the same time, by a simple contrivance, the
window remains suspended at any point of elevation. Something of this kind
would be of very obvious utility in the construction of our car windows,
which are often obstinately fixed at a point, in spite of the efforts of the
conductors and passengers to open or close them. The objection that the
rattling of the cars would continually tend to close the window is theoretically
removed by a contrivance which puts the window in equilibrium with the
spring, and thus produces the same condition as of the weights and pulleys in
the common house window.
"The arrangement of the curtain, though not altogether new in principle,
is, so far as the knowledge of the Committee extends, new in its application
to window curtains, and seems to possess decided advantages over those in
common use. By closing completely at the sides, it not only excludes the
sun, but also operates favorably as a double window to exclude the cold air,
thus contributing materially to comfort of our parlors."
�The talented Mr. Bray also exhibited "a machine for cutting tapered plugs of any
size." These inventions evidently raised the Bray family out of their financial
difficulties, and gave the family a good level of comfort.
Benjamin Bray (born 1801, son ofBenjamin Bray & Margaret Hill Ellison) m.
1825 Mary Lane (born 1801, dlo William Lane & Elizabeth Brown). Known
issue, surname Bray:
1. Mary E., 1826
2. Sarah E., 1831
3. Micalar, 1834
4. Edward L., 1837, mariner 1860
5. WilliamM., 1839, mariner 1860
6. George, 1844
In 1850, the house was occupied by the Benjamin Bray family in % of the rooms,
and by the Bullock sisters, Elizabeth, 38, and Mary Ann, 36, seamstresses, in one
unit, and, in another unit, by the Bullocks' aunt, Miss Sarah Cloutman, 59, a
tailoress (1850 census, ward one, house 192). In 1851, Mr. & Mrs. Bray paid off
the money owed ($375) to Mr. Webster, who had died (ED 452:197, 458:30).
Mr. Bray had made the transition from a coach-builder to a manufacturer of
curtain fixtures. He continued to prosper in the 1850s. In August, 1859, for $100
he purchased from Lucy Ann (Ashton) Nassau her right in the property, and the
right of one of the heirs of her sister, Merchalor (Ashton) Snow (ED 591 :299).
He evidently purchased the other three Ashton-Snow rights, and thus came into
ownership of the Ashton rooms and land, and so owned the whole house and its
lot. With this purchase and the Bray take-over of the Ashton rooms, the Misses
Bullock and their aunt Cloutman moved elsewhere. In 1860 the Benjamin Bray
family resided here, including the three sons, Edward, William, and George, of
whom the first two were sailors (1860 census, house 1247).
Mr. Francis P. Ashton, who had left for Boston about 1825 with his wife Rachel
and little daughters, had prospered in the metropolis, and had saved a good deal
of money. In September, 1834, he had sold his Bridge Street house and shop for
$1100 (ED 278:54). By 1845 he was ready to retire from hair-dressing in
Boston, and he looked to Salem. In March, 1845, he paid $1200 for a house and
land on Dearborn Street, North Salem, and moved back to the town where he had
first arrived from Sicily in 1808. By 1850 he and his wife Rachel were caring for
two of his grandchildren, Mickler Ashton Snow, 13, and Francis P. Ashton Snow,
�four, who lived in their home (1850 census, ward four, house 96). Mr. Ashton
had enough money at that time that he was loaning it out at interest (ED 437:266)
and was "dispensing great sums of money in acts of private charity" (per his
obituary).
Salem continued to change in the 1850s. Some members of Salem's waning
merchant class continued to pursue their sea-borne businesses; but even the
conditions of shipping changed, and Salem was left on the ebb tide. In the late
1840s, giant clipper ships replaced the smaller vessels that Salem men had sailed
around the world; and the clippers, with their deep drafts and large holds, were
usually too large for Salem and its harbor. The town's shipping soon consisted of
little more than Zanzibar-trade vessels and visits from Down East coasters with
cargoes of fuel wood and building timber. By 1850 Salem was about finished as
a working port. A picture of Salem's sleepy waterfront is given by Hawthorne in
his "introductory section" (really a sketch of Salem) to The Scarlet Letter,
which he began while working in the Custom House.
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.
During the war years, the Bray family moved to Boston. By 1865, the house was
occupied by one Parker Bray and by Charles Fillebrown, 29, a varnisher &
polisher, wife Mary E., 28, and son Charles H., seven (1865 census, Ward One,
house 469). Charles Fillebrown had been a brave soldier during the war, and had
served as a private, from Salem, in July, 1862, in Co. G, First Regiment, Mass.
Volunteer Heavy Artillery. The Regiment was assigned to ordinary duty in forts
near Washington, DC, for a year and more. The outfit saw its first action in the
spring of 1864. At the Battle of Harris Farm, in Virginia, on May 19, the
Regiment lost 54 men killed (Major Rolfe included) and 312 wounded, with 27
missing. The outfit remained in the campaign against Petersburg, and on June 16,
lost 25 killed and 132 wounded in an ill-fated assault on the entrenchments.
Charles Fillebrown was one of those wounded. His wounds were evidently
severe, and he was mustered out in July, 1864. (see Mass. Soldiers, Sailors,
Marines in Civil War, 5:610). He resided at One Carlton Street by 1870.
�Francis P. Ashton, 82, survived to see the end of the Civil War. He died in
November, 1865. In his obituary (1 Dec. 1865 Salem Gazette) it was satted that
he retired from business in the 1840s and lived in retirement on Dearborn Street,
making many charitable donations so that "many a poor family now sincerely
mourns his loss. He was guided through life by a strict, stem, unbending moral
principle, and for this he was honored and respected by all."
Through the 1860s and 1870s, Salem continued to pursue a manufacturing
course. The managers and capitalists tended to builp their new, grand houses
along Lafayette Street (these houses may still be seen, south of Roslyn Street).
For the workers, they built more and more tenements near the mills of Stage
Point. A second, larger, factory building for the Naumkeag Steam Cotton
Company would be added in 1859, and a third in 1865; and by 1879 the mills
would employ 1200 people and produce annually 14,700,000 yards of cloth.
Shoe-manufacturing also continued to expand, and by 1880 Salem would have 40
shoe factories employing 600-plus operatives. More factories and more people
required more space for buildings, more roads, and more storage areas.
In 1870 this was the residence of the Stickneys and Mearas. Charles Stickney,
21, a currier in the leather industry, and his new bride Minnie, 20, born in New
Brunswick. Sherman T. Meara, 35, born in Ireland, was a shoe-factory worker;
he lived here with his wife Eugenia E., 32 (born in Mass.), son Frank S., four,
and William Jones, 22, a boarder, born in Maine and working as a teamster (1870
census, ward one, house 139). Mr. Meara was a veteran of the Civil War. In
1862, a bootmaker residing at Tisbury, he had enlisted as a private in the 43d
Regiment, Mass. Volunteer Infantry, for nine months' service, which occurred in
and around Newbern, North Carolina. His regiment saw some skirmishing but
mainly did guard duty. He (a bootmaker of North Bridgewater) enlisted again, in
November, 1863, in the Second Regiment, Mass. Volunteer Heavy Artillery.
This regiment had some Salem officers: Major Samuel C. Oliver (later Lt. Col.)
and Surgeon, Dr. James A. Emmerton. Mr. Meara's Company H was posted to
Fort Monroe, North Carolina, in December, 1863, and in April, 1864, was
engaged in a battle with Gen. Hoke's rebels. After brave resistance, Co. G and
Co. H, 275 men, were captured by the Rebels, and the men sent off to
Confederate prisons, where most of the men died in sub-human conditions. Mr.
Meara escaped from prison on Feb. 22 and made his way back to his regiment,
where he was promoted to sergeant and served out the war at Newbern. He was
mustered out on 8 July 1865, and soon after came to Salem (see MSSMCW,
4:268, 5 :732).
�On 17 September 1874 Mrs. Mary Lane Bray, widow of Benjamin Bray, of
Boston, for $1825 sold to John Collins of Salem, the house and land here fronting
38' on Carlton Street (ED 912:226). Thus, after more than 60 years, the
homestead passed out of the family ownership.
The new owner, Mr. Collins, 44, was a laborer, born in Ireland. He and his wife
Catherine, 54, had a daughter, Mary Ann, 20. They made the house a duplex,
and rented out one unit to tenants. By 1880 the Collins family lived here in one
unit (Mary Ann, 26, was working as a cigar maker); while in the other lived a
widower, William Kane, 45, tinsmith, born in Ireland (he had come to Mass. by
1856), and his children William Jr., 23, a barber, daughter Nellie, 21, a
dressmaker, and sons John, 18, cigar maker, James, 11, and Thomas, 7 (1880
census). The Kanes were still here in 1884, when Mr. Kane had his tinsmith's
shop at 31 Central Street, on the inner harbor.
About 1882 Mary Ann Collins married Bartholomew N. Flynn, a laborer; but Mr.
Flynn died on 12 Aril 1885 leaving her a young widow. In 1885-6 the house was
occupied by the Collinses, Mrs. Flynn, and William Martin, who worked at the
gas works off Bridge Street (Salem Directory). John Collins, the owner, died in
the late 1880s; and by 1890 the residents here were his widow Catherine, his
widowed dughter Mary Ann Flynn, cigar maker, and Henry Randall, a
"yachtsman" probably meaning a crewman on a yacht (see Directory).
After withstanding the pressures of the new industrial city for about 50 years,
Salem's rivers began to disappear. 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 A venue, Canal Street, and Loring A venue, finally vanished
beneath streets, storage areas, junk-yards, rail-yards, and parking lots. The South
River, too, with its epicenter at Central Street (that's why there was a Custom
House built there in 1805) disappeared under the pavement of Riley Plaza and
New Derby Street, and its old wharves (even the mighty Union Wharf, formerly
Long Wharf, at the foot of Union Street) 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.
By 1893 William G. Dodge, shoemaker, and family, were the tenants, while Mrs.
Collins and Mrs. Flynn occupied the other unit. In March, 1895, Mrs. Ctaherine
Collins conveyed the premises to her daughter, Mrs. Mary Ann Flynn (ED
1437:294). Mrs. Collins evidently died in the next two years. Mrs Flynn would
�continue to live here for another 50 years, with various tenants moving in and
out. By 1897 the tenants were Michael E. Tivnan, a morocco dresser (leatherworker) and Miss Clara J. Tivnan, a shoe-stitcher, probably with their mother,
Marie, a nurse, widow of Michael Tivnan. Mrs. Tivnan lived here through 1906,
and by 1908 had moved to 4 Messervy Street with her children (Charles, Clara,
and Joseph, a police officer).
Salem kept building infrastructure; and new businesses arose, and established
businesses expanded. Retail stores prospered, and machinists, carpenters,
millwrights, and other specialists all thrived. Starting in the 1870s, FrenchCanadian families began coming to work in Salem's mills and factories, and
more houses and tenements were built in what had been open areas of the city.
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.
By the eve of World War One, Salem was a bustling, polyglot city that supported
large department stores and large factories of every description. Its politics were
lively, and its economy was strong.
The owner, Mrs. Flynn, lived here alone in 1907-8. By 1911 her tenant was Mrs.
Joanna Leahy, widow of James. In 1913-1914 Mrs. Mary Ann Collins Flynn was
alone here again. On June 25, 1914, in the morning, in Blubber Hollow (Boston
Street opposite Federal), a fire started in one of Salem's fire-prone wooden
tanneries. This fire soon consumed the building and raced out of control, for the
west wind was high and the season had been dry. The next building caught fire,
and the next, and 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. Despite the combined efforts of
heroic fire crews from many towns and cities, the fire overwhelmed everything in
its path: it smashed into the large factory buildings of the Naumkeag Steam
Cotton Company (Congress Street), which exploded in an inferno; and it rolled
down Lafayette Street and across the water to Derby Street. There, just beyond
Union Street, after a 13-hour rampage, the monster died, having consumed 250
acres, 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 the 1920s, Salem was once again a thriving city; and its tercentenary in 1926
was a time of great celebration. Mrs. Mary Ann (Collins) Flynn lived here
through 1942, with various tenants (in 1920, Emma & Wladislaw Zawacki, a
shoeworker, & family; in 1942 Edward N. Tripp and wife Lillian, who ran the
Salem Recreation Craft Shop in the rear of the house). In 1943 the Salem
Savings Bank took possession of the premises; Mrs. Flynn moved out but the
Tripps stayed on.
Salem boomed right through to the 1960s, but the arrival of suburban shopping
malls and the relocation of manufacturing businesses took their toll, as they have
with many other cities. More than most, Salem has navigated its way forward
into the present with success, trading on its share of notoriety arising from the
witch trials, but also from its history as a great seaport and as the home of
Bowditch, Mcintire, Bentley, Story, and Hawthorne. Most of all, it remains a
city where the homes of the old-time merchants, mariners, barbers, and coachbuilders are all honored as a large part of what makes Salem different from any
other place.
--Robert Booth, 13 Oct. 2002 for Historic Salem Inc.
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Carlton Street
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17 Carlton Street, Salem, MA 01970
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House history
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Built for Margaret Ellison Bray - Widow c. 1808
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Historic Salem, Inc.
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Historic Salem, Inc., Salem Historical Society
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c. 1808, 2002
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Robert Booth
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English
17
1808
1831
2002
Benjamin
Bray
Carlton
circa
Ellison
History
House
Margaret
Massachusetts
Salem
Street
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Carlton Street
Historic Salem, Inc. House History
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18 Carlton Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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Built for Carroll, mariner by 1803
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Historic Salem, Inc.
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Historic Salem, Inc. house history
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1803, 1987
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Joyce King
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English
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18 Carlton
Carlton
Carroll
Federal
Mariner
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Carlton Street
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19 Carlton Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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An account of the resource
Built 1843 for John Brooks
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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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1843, 2001
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Robert Booth
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English
19
19 Carlton
Carlton
Greek Revival
John Brooks
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Carlton Street
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25 Carlton Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
Subject
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House history
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Built by Thomas Magoun, shipwright circa 1802
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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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1802, 1988
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Joyce King
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English
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25
25 Carlton
Carlton
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Thomas Magoun
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Flint Street
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31 Flint Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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Built by Jonathan Carlton, housewright
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Historic Salem, Inc.
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Historic Salem, Inc., Salem Historical Society
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1848, 1978
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Joyce King
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English
31
Carlton
Flint
Jonathan
Joyce
King
Massachusetts
Salem
Street
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5 Carlton Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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James Fairfield Jr. Housewright, 1858
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Historic Salem, Inc. house history
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1858, 1977
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English
1858
5
5 Carlton
Carlton
Fairfield
Housewright
Italianate
James
James Fairfield
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8 CARLTON STREET
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS
....
BUILT BY
PHILIP KIMB1l.LL
IN 1Bt1
(
�SUMMA.RY
Humber 8 Carlton Street is a two-stor1 plua
1ambrel roof house with its end on the street and
a
~ii.e
e.ntrance.
It ilas a large central ekimneT
a.na a vary low foundation, indicative of the
Federal perio&.
The builting date of 1811 was
arrivea at from intormation containea in
old. tax records.
Salem'~
Apparently Philip Kimball, who
either built the house or had. it built, was tla.e
loeal 1roeer.
He move4 to ward I in 1810 ana
•et up hit ala.op clireetly in the llouse.
The lot
oa waieh the house was built was subdivided from
tae Orolfllinshieli Estate in 1801 when Carltoa
Street was la.id. out.
In the following documentation, all the footnotes
an& parentheses are the writers'.
Rofle Julien
Emelie Bonin
�DOCUMENTATION
"I, Marie L. St •.Amand of Salem, Easex County,
Massaehusetts, being unmarried, for
grant to
L~
eo~sideration
paid,
Edward Julien and Rose Julien, husband and
wi!e ae tenants bf the entirety of said Salem with quitclaim covenants the land with the
ated at 8 Carlton Street in
~aid
building~
thexeon eitu-
Salem, bounded and
de~-
eribed as follows:
Easterly by said Carlton Street, thirty--one (31) feet;
Northerly by- land now or formerly of Casey;
Weeterly by land now or formerly of Pierce, thirtyone (31) feet; and
.
Southerly by land now or formerly- of Oake.
for my title probate of Joseph St.Amand, in ease
No. 181414, in Essex County Registry o! Probate; deed of
""
Eva Lavoie, et als, dated April 22, 1936, recorded with
Es•ex South Distriet Registry of Deeds, Book 3073, Page 206;
and deed o! Rene St •.Amand, et al, Dated May 26, 1941, recorded
with said Registry, Book 3257, Page 192.
See also deed of Mary
L. Watts to said Joseph St •.A.mand, dated May 23, 1922, recorded
with ea.id Registry, Book 2515, Page 388."
�"we, Rene St.Amana, Jeannette St.J.mand and Ra1Jllond
St.J.mand, All o! Salem, Essex Oounty,
unmarried, !or
e~n11deration
Ma~sachusetta,
all being
pald, grant to Marla L. St.J..mand,
widow, ot Salem, 1-n(said County ot Essex, all our right,
title and 1ntere$t with quitclaim
eovenant~
the land with the
buildings thereon •ituate on Carleon Street ••• bounded ••• :
Ea•terly on aaid
Oarl~on
Street, thirty-one (31') teet;
Northerly on land now ot Casey, formerly of Wittemore;
We•terly on land now or formerly of Pieree, thirty-one (31i)
teet; and Southerly on land now of Archer, tormerly of Oake.
Being the fame prem1ee1 conveyed to our late father, Joseph
St.A.mand by deed ot Mary L. Watts, dated May 23, 1922 and
reeorded ln Book 2515, Page 388 •.• The consideration for this
deed isles• than one hundred dollare ••• "
. J.pril gg, 1936
"we, Eva Lavoie, J..urore Sirois, Yvonne Boudreault,
all o! Salem, ••• and Helena La.Vallee
o~
Wind1or, Oonneeticut,
all being married; and we, Lucien St.J..mand, Rose St.J..mand, •••
being unmarr1ed, ••• grant to Marie L. ·st.Amand, widow, ot
Salem, ••• all our right, title and interest ••• the land with
the building$
t~ereon,
1ituate on
Carlto~,street
in said Salem,
bounded ••• "(same description ae deed of Ma7 26, 1941). "Being
the 'ame prem1se1 eonve7ed to our late father, Joseph St.Amand
by.deed of Mar7 L.
Wat~•,
dated Ma1 23,1922 •• ~(same a$ above).
�May
£l,
1922
•1, Mary L. Watts, of Salem, ••• £rant to
Joee~h
St.11.mand of said Salen Hith warrant7 covenant• the land
witll the buildings thereon situate on Carlton Street in
•aid Salem bounded and des1Jribed as tollows:"{same a.a !or
deed of Ma7 26, 1941) "Being the same premises conveyed to
me by deed of Blanche Riie1 dated Ma1 5, 1916, and recorded
with Essex South District Registr1 ot Deeds, book 2326, page
584."
"I, Blanche R1le7 of Salem, ••• grant to Marr L. Watt$
of Salem with quitclaim covenants the land with the buildings
'--
thereon $1tuate on Carlton Street in said Salem, bounded and
described as follows:" (Bame as for deed o! Ma7 26, 1941)
"Being the same premises conveyed to me by deed o! David
Allen, D&ted June 1,1903 and recorded with
E~sex
South Dis-
trici Registry of Deeds, Book 1708, Page 152."
~ !,1903
~ 1708 Page
ill
.. ••• I, David Allen o! Salem, ••• !n eons1deration of
one dollar and other valuable considerations paid by Blanche
Riley ot said Salem, wite o! Daniel RilP- 7 , ••• grant ••• unto
the &aid Blanche Riley a eertain parcel o! land with the
buildings thereon situated on Carlton Street in said Salem
and bound.eel and deseribed as !ollowsL:" (Same as 1or deed
�ot Ma7 26, 1941)" .... Being the same premisee conveyed to me
.
b7 deed ot George A. A7lward dated March 1,1882 and recorded
4.n Book 1170, :page 170. tt
-
Mareh 1 , 1882
-
" ••• I, George A. Aylward ot Salem, ••• Printer, 1n
consideration of one dollar paid by David ..A.llen ot Said Salem,
Cabinetmaker ••• grant to the said David ..A.llen, b.ia b.eilts, •• a
parcel of land with the building standing therein situated:
Eaoterly on Carlton Street thirty-one !eet (31), Northerly
e-sterly on )And now or late o:t Pierce 31 feet
on land ol 1wn1t~~more~southerly on land now or late of
Oake,.
Said pareel ot land I bought of Ruth Maria
..A.lle~
/
•1.te of David ..A.llen ot said Sa.lem in aer own right and
with the assent
o~
her husban4 ••• signed this firet da7
of Marek, 1882 ••• "
(Sinee
~~
re!erenae Qumber appearea in the above deed,
tae Grantora book 1880-1940 was cheeked. Found waa
auta
M• ..A.llen to Geo•ge a. A7lward, book 1609, :page 449,
Carleton St.)
Marelt 1 1882
------- - , -
Book 1609 Page 449
" ••• I, Ruth MRr1a Allen, w1!e of David Al~en ot Salem •••
J
i• m1 own right an4 with the as•ent of m7 said ausband ••• in
eoneideration of one
4o~lar ••• eonvey
unto tae aa.14 Aylward •••
tae aemeribed parcel of land wita tae building• ~tanding thereon
above cieed\ .. ~'said paroel
ancl aeseribed. ati i'ollows:"(•ame as
�of lan4 I inherit from my ion Charle• Frederiek Sohultz who
d1e4 at Kewburn, North Carolina, in the 7ear A.D. 1862, a
foldier in the Union Army ••• Signed this first da1 ot Marah
in the 1ear 1882 ••• "
(Onoe again no reterenee appeared.
Found in Grantee book
1840-1844 was Ckarles F. Sehultz from JoJ.n Sage, Book 380.
Page 172.)
" ••• I, Jolul Sage of Salem, ••• Gentleman, in consideration of $775 paid me b7 Charles F. Sehultz of Salem, ••• mariner •••
4o kereb7 grant ••• a certain parcel of real estate eonsistini
of a dwelling house with the land under and adjoining situate of Carlton Street and numbered eight in that atreet,
bounded as follows, Easterly on said street 25 feet, Norther17 on lanci. late ot Whittemore and running to lana now or late
of P1eree, then bounding Westerly on said
Peirce'~ l~nd
and
~
·!
· running Southerly 25 feet to land !ormerly of Oakes, taen
i
bouni.e4 Southerl7 by said land and running Easterl7 to saitl
Carlton Street ••• being the same estate conveyed to me b7
Hiram Davis, guardian of Rosalinda D. Archer, as per dee&,
.:
ot saia Davis ••• Book 314, lea! 58 ••• 4ated May 17, 1843."
';
!
" ••• I, Hiram Davia o! Fitchburg in the eount7 of
Woreester ••• Gentleman, as I am Guardian ot Rosalinda I.
Ar•her, a minor under age of twenty-one b1 virtue of the
�merly of Joshua
Oake~,
Westerly on land of Pierce's heirs and
Northerly of Lydia Albrie or however otherwise bounded, meaning
to eonvey all I hold by the deed aforesaid and no more ••• to
the said Henry Archer, his heirs and assigns ••• this twentytirst day of July in the year o! our Lord one thousand eighteen
hundred and twenty.''
Omtober 28, l.§-1..§.
tt •••
I, Abner Sanger of Salem ••• Merchant admin1stra tor
te bon1snon with the will annexed of the estate ot Philip
Kimball, late of sal.d Salem deceased ••• by order of the Court
of Probate begun and holden at Salem ••• was licensed ••• to sell
and pass deeds to eonvey po mueh of the real estate or the
said deeeased ••• and whereas I the said Abner Sanger having
given public notice of tllo inttrnded sale according to the direetion of said Court ••• aid on the twenty-eighth day of
Oetober (28th) ••• grant to Samuel B. Graves of Salemm, Mariner !or the sum of two hurdred and seventy-!ive dollars
($275.00) he being the highest bidder •• a certain pieee of
land situated and lying ir. Salem bounded as :tollows to wit:n
(Same as Ior deed of July 21, 1820) "it being all the land the
said Philip Kimball bought of Joshua Oakes, see his deed recorded in Book 179 , leaf 200 •• ~"
~ne·~ember:-1, 1806
• ·,)'
...
• LI
-·- , ~ill Page .. 200
" ••• JoE?hua OakeJS of Salem ••• Ship.joiner •• In consideration o! tnree hundred ,aria seventy clollars ($370.00) paiti by
�(
power and authority granted me in said aapaeity by the
Probate Court of Worcester, aforesaid 1n consideration
of the sum of ,515.00} five hundred and fifteen dollars to
me paid by
Jotu~
Sage ot Salem, ••• Gentleman •• the receipt
whereof I hereby acknowledge, being the highest sum bid
tor the Estate herein after mentioned: at a public .vandue
legally had and notified, do grant ••• to John Sage said
premises ••• a certain piece of land with the buildings there-
on situate in Carlton Street and bounded as follows: (Same
l~ay
as for deed of
17, 1843).,.signed July 2, 1839. 1•
(Checked Vital Records to 1850, Salem, Mass.
Found was
Roaalinda D. Archer, daughter of Henry, bp. October 6,
1833, C.R.4)(Grantee books revealed Henry Archer froo
Samuel B. Graves, Boole 225, Page 56.)
"• •• I, Samuel B. Graves of Salem ••• in eonsidere.tion
Of three hundred dollars to me paid by Henry Areher of said
Salem, Trader, ••• a.a grant ••• unto said Henry Archer ancl his
heir• and as8igns forever, a certain lot of land on Carlton
~treet
in Salem
afore~aid
formerly the Bstate of Philip
Kimball deceased and by Abner Sanger, administrHtor de
bonlsnon with
~he
will annexed of said Philip conveyed to
said Samuel B. Graves as b1 teed dated October 28, 1818,
recorded Book 218, leaf 113 ••• the premises are bounded as
follows:
Eaaterly on Carlton Street, Southeriy on lar.d for-
�Pailip Kimball of said Salem, Trader ••• to aereb7 grant •••
unto the sala Philip Kimball, his heirs and assigns a certain piece of land in sai& Salem, being part of Lot No.2 in
Carlton Street described as follows:
Beeinning on the north-
east eorner of said Oakes' land on said Carlton Street then
running Northerly bounAing Easterly on said street twentyfive feet , then Westerl1 and bounding on lana Northe ly ot
EamunQ WhitteQore to land ot Ly&ia Pierce then bounding on
said Pierce twent7-.f'ive .feet to other land of sai& Oakes: th.en
Eaeterl1 bounding southerlly on said Oakes to the first name
bound$ with the privileges ana appurtenances thereto belonginiIJl, the premises being the same sola to me by Edmund Whittemore, see
fi~st
hi~
Deet reeorded Book 180, leaf 6 ••• signed
4ay of Deeember, ••• 1806."
(The writer adds the following deeds to indieate from where
tae house lot for 8 Carlton Street was originally subdivided..}
J.ugµst g, 1806
" ••• Edmund Whittemore of Salem ••• housewright ••• in
eon~ideration
1aipjoiner,~
ot
$300
paid by Joshua Oakes of •a14 Salem,
•• ao kereby grant ••• a certain p1eee of land
in ea1a Salem being part of Lot No. 2 in Carlton Street,
teseribed as follows: Beginning at tb.e Northeast corner of
said. Oakes' land. on said Carl ton Street, then ru:ming nor-
/
therJ.7 and bound.lni easter.1.fon sa1d street 25 feet, then
we~terly
lan4 o!
bou:nd ing northerly on other land of the
L7di~
£ra11tor~
Pierce, then southerly and bounding westerly
to
�on
~aid
Pierce 25 feet to land of the sait Oakes, then running
easterl7 bounding southerly on saii Oakes to ye first named
bounds, ••• be1ng part of the land bot of H. Crovninshieli,aee
Book 178 leaf 66 ••• this 12th day of Aug\1St, 1806.
Oetober 10, 1801
" •• I, Hannah Orowninshield *of Salem, ••• widow, in con•1derat1on of two hundred dollars ($200.00) paid b7 E4mund
WAitemore of salem aforsaid, Housewright, ••• iigrant ••• unto
the saia E.
No. 2 from
Whit~more
E~sex
,his
~ei~s
and assigns !orever the lot
Street beginning at a stake on Qarlton Street,
then. running westerly to land of George Southward, Lydia Pierce
boun6ed south on my other land then running northerly as the
temees iO fifty feet, and bounded westerly by land of South-
Wa.rd an4 Lyaia Pierce then running easterly about 46 feet to
Carlton Street ••• octcber 10, 1801. 1'
*Hannah Crowninshield was a daughter of Capt. Carlton.
�T.i.X RECORDS
1806--Philip Kimball not listed tor Ward 1
Wara 2--Philip ~imball, pt kouse, valuation 450 dollars
1807--Ward 1--no Kimball
Ward 2--Philip Kimball, pt
hou~e,
valuation $450
1808--same ai above
1809--aame a• above
1810--Ward 2--Philip Kimball, pt aouse $450 (notation next
to .flame ·"No. 1 n indicate a Kimball moved to ward 1.)
1811--Ward 1--Philip Kimball--pt houee in Carleton Street,
valuation $300
Ward 2-- no Philip Kimball
1812-- Ward 1--Philip Kimball, house and shop,$300
BENTLEY'S D!ARY
Volume III, Page 575
Februar1 7, 1816
"Died Philip Kimball aet.54.
progress o! knowledge.
Devotee, a Pease, and
She died
house.
la~t
The7
7ear.
~aw
He eame from
wa~
~n
example ot alow
~ndover,
in Salem, e
among the votaries o! Mr. Spaulding.
He received an
sights and heard
waakness and terrour o! '92.
itiner~nt
nois~a,
Quaek into his
in truth all the
He is now deau with a mind iso-
lated trom everything o! the ages as if he never lived in it.
He lived in Carl1on Street and was a subject o! mueh oonver&~tion.
~ecent in his m•nners."
�ESSEX COUNTY PROBATE
E'tate of PHILIP
~IMBALL,
trader
Doeket n.o: 15719
Date o! Deata: February 7, 1816
Heirs:
Jud.1th Kimball, widow
Will provision relating to property: "I give, devise and
bequeath unto my affeetionate wife, judith Kimball
all my Estate, real, personal or mixed. 11
Description of specif le property:
"A small piece o! land
171ng in Salem aforesaid with a dwelling house thereon
situated on Carlton Street ••••••• $700.00"
Estate of Joseph St •.Amand
Docket No.: 181414
Date of Death: November 4, 1934
aied intestate
Heirs: Maria L. St.Amand, Eva Lavoie, Aurore Sirois, Helena
Lavallee, Yvon:ue Boudreault, Lycien S..i.i • .A.mand, Rose
St •.Amand , Rene St.Amand, Jeannette St.Amand, Raymond
St •.A.man&
·Property:
Beal
Estate;;House and land 8
Oa~lton
Street $2000
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8 Carlton Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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Built in 1811 for Philip Kimball, grocer
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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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1811, 1974
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Rose Bonin, Rose Julien
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English
1811
8
Carlton
Federal
grocer
Philip Kimball
wood