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OFFICE AT OLD TOWN HALL
POST OFFICE BOX 865
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS 01970 / PHONE (617) 745-0799
8 Essex Street
"9uilt by
in 1800
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8 Fssex Street
This bu:tl d inc; stands on land once called the Samuel T
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Sam·uel Lambert H;use. This lot was
granted by the town of Salem to Matthew
Wood in 1667, and he immediately built
on it a dwelling 'house, which was not fully
finished Jan. 23, 1667-8. The house
having been mortgaged to Capt. Georg;
I Corwin of Salem, merchant, and default
in payment made, Captain Corwin, by
order. of Jeremiah Bootman, attorney
of Mr. Wood, and Mr. Bootman sold ·
and conveyed the estate to William Cash
of Salem Jan. 23, 1667-8.'{ Mr. Cash
was a mariner, and conveyed the house
and lll!ld to'.:..Philip Cromwell of Salem
'."()ct. 12, 1677.• Mr. Cromwell was a
~,1aughterer, and, for thirty-five pound,,
conveyed the estate to Jonathan Prince
of Salem, cordwinder, Aug. 15, 1683.t
t.Jifr. Prince died about 1685; his widow
\Mary, having married John Warner of
..Ipswich, was appointed administratrix of
.th• estate ; and she, for thirty-five pounds ·
,,aad ten shillings, conveyed the house,
lhop and lot to Samuel Lambert of
$a)em, mariner, Jan. 23, 1694.t Mr.
Lambert lived here, and died before May
19, 1729, when administration upon his
fe,tate was granted. He wu tucceeded
tli:, Jonathan Lambert and the latter died
\ poese!lled of the estate, administration
-being granted on his C!tate Aug. 1, 1774.
'Jhe house, barn and lot were then valued
,t_
:eigh ty pounds. The house was taken
•down March 18, 1789. Doctor Bentley
records the fact in his journal, as follows :
" March x 8 [ 17 89J. A building, the
property of the family of Lambert, having
c:,ne room upon a floor, and the entrance
-in a range with the chimney at the eastern
.
end, the whole building facing the westem end of English's Lane nearly, taken
I
. ...
\
down."
• Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 90.
tEssex R egistry of Deeds, book 6, leaf.111.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 10, leaf 68.
§Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 31.
IIE&scx Reb>istry of D eeds, book I 3, leaf 283.
_ t:ssex Registry of Ueeds, book 93, leaf 134.
•
t Essex Registry of D eeds, book 100, leaf I J 1.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 100, leaf 13:z.
�)
" Essex street was called a street or highway in 1667; ye street,
1675; ye country road, 1690; ye h i ghway or main street, 1695; the
main street, 1725; and Essex street in 1796 . " (Th e Essex Antiquarian,
vol . 9 pg. 72)
As shown on the map , this land was once abutted by what was the n
called a creek. "This creek was an outlet for the ponds and swamp
which now constitute W
ashington squar e . The cr eek was called the
cove that goeth to the neck in 1662; Tuck' s cove or creek, 1663;
a cove, 1667; a kind of a cr eek , 1675; a small creek next the
common land , 1683; ye creek or town common, 1700 ; t he creek, 1732;
a sm
all cre ek next ye common , 1765 ; flats of Coll ins ' cove, 1791;
the cove, 1794; Gerrish's gutter, 1804; the gutter, 1826; flats ,
1850 ; creek, 1858 ; and the brook in 1862. So it was open to some
extent until the latter date . It must have been filled ve r y soon
afterward . " ('rh e Essex Antiquarian, vol . 9 pg. 72)
112.6.
M r ch 19 - Jonathan Lambert , merchant , of Salem; Samuel
a
W
oodkind , shipwright and Lydi a his wife in her right; Adam Wellman,
mariner; and Rebecca W
ellman , spinster of Boston, sold a par cel of
land (which included what is now 8 and 10 Essex street) to David
tturphy , ropema..l{.er , for the sum of $135:
South by M
ain St. (now Essex)
W
est
by land o f Ti m
othy Wellman, for m
erly Gerrish
North by a s mall creek next the common so called
East
by land o f John Pasury, formerly George Hodges
(book 160 page 200)
122.2. David :V:urphy built h i s dwelling house ( now 10 F.ssex)
1800 J an. 13 - David M
urphy, ro pemaker, sold a s trip of 1.slli!
24 feet wide to James Whj ttemor e , r o pcmaker, for the sum of $100
11 Bein~ par t o f the land I pur chased of the heir s of Jonat han
T.ambert in their dee d to me t.::arch 1796 ." (book 167 page 74)
(This is now 8 Essex )
�1801 Jan. 27 - Arthur Campbell, carpenter , of Salem , sold f or $625
to James Dalrymple, watchmaker , "a dwelling house which st ands on
land of James Whittemore, Essex street, between land of David
M
urphy and heirs of John M
asury - which said dwelling house t ogether with all my right and title, claim and demand what ever
which I the said Arthur have now or at anytime heretofore had to
hold - release premises." (book 170 page 119)
This document, coupled with the notation in The Diary of W
illiam
Bentlev , D. D, (vol. 2 pg. 469) describing new buildings and other
construction in 1800: "A House in Essex Street opposite Engli sh
Street", would fix the date of 1 800 to this building. The highly
unusual deed of a carpenter selling a dw~lling house to a third
part y gives one the notion that James W
hittemore hired M Cam
r.
pbell
to build a h ouse and after i ts construction could not pay t he bill .
Arthur Campbell's connection with Salem must have- been brief, fo r
he does not appear in any other documents found to date .
1802 June 14 - James Whitt emore , ropemaker, sold this lot of land
to James Dalrymple. (book 169 page 296)
James Dalr ymple was of Scotch parentage, and came to this country
in 1795 from Belfast, Ireland on t h e brig " Eliza" . He wa s a watchmaker by trade and conducted a s tore on \'fash ington St . In 1806
James Dalrym
ple m
arried Sarah the daugher of J oseph Vi ncent, ropemaker.
1808 A . 9 - James Dalrymple purchased the adjoining pr oper t y
ug
(10 Essex) from W
illiam G
ray who had foreclosed on a m
ortga ~e from
David ~-"ur phy (book 185 page lL~0). I t is worth rem
ember ing that
these were very hard tim for anyone connected with the s hipping
es
industry because of t h e embargo impos s ed against Great Br i t bi n.
Th e m
anufacture of ro pe was vit all y dependent on f itting t he vessel s
comine and goi ng f r om l ocal ports . W
ith shippin~ cur t ail ed t he
rope business , along with oth er s eaport i ndustries , wer e i n t he
state of de pression.
�Some notice regarding the tenants of James Dalrymple can be found
in Rev . W
illiam Bentley ' s writings :
"1816 M 31 . Ann , of Jeremiah and Elizabeth 0 1 Conner. Atroph .
ay
inf., 18 days . He from I r eland . She a Longeway and her m
other a
dau. of madam Rhue . rrhey are Catholics. The grandmother lives in
the Engl ish house next the gate . Her two daugh ters with h er, both
Longeway. Three children l eft, two males . Dalrymple 1 s Building
near old Neck Gate, Essex street ." ( Parish List of Deaths )
"1817 Oct . 23 Francis, of Jeremiah and Elizabeth O'Connor.
Fever , 4 years. Catholics living among us . A fem
ale child of
s ame par e nts burned in f ay, 1816 . Ee fr om Ireland . Two children
left , one m
ale. Dalrymple 's B(uilding) near old Neck Gat e . Essex
opp. English street . 11 (Parish List of Deat hs)
"1817 Nov . 1 M
ale child of Benjamin and ~'. ar y Blanchard . Atrophy,
1 year. He from W
oburn, formerly a butcher . Has been tro ubled with
rheumatism and lost the best use of one hand . Sh e from Beverly, an
Adams , se cond wife . They have eight children l eft , f ive sons .
Dalrymple ' s Buildi ne , Essex street , opp. English . " (Parish List of
Deaths)
11 1818 J une 24 .
Child of J eremy and Elizabeth O' Connor . Atrophy ,
3 weeks . She a granddaughter of the aged M
rs. Rhue , neutral Fr ench ,
ret . 90 . Buried a child 23 Oc tober last . Essex street near old
Neck Gate, Dalrymple' s Buildings . " (Parish List of Deaths)
11 1818 June 25 Benjamin Bl a nchar d f ro m Wobur n .
Apoplexy , 59 years .
He had been in better circumstances . Had been at hard labor on th e
day be for e . Twice m
arried ; s econd wife dau . of Capt. Adams of
Beverly . Le ft seven children . Essex s tree t near old Neck Gate ,
Dalrymple ' s Buildings . 11 ( Parish List of Dea ths)
11 1818 June 26 . B. Blanchard buried this day . He was in extreme
indigence . I wrote to his brother Jesse in :i1arbleh ead . His two
sons from Boston came a t t he tine of th e funeral . His father in
Law Adams & M er at the funer.'.llo Blanchard was of a good fami l y
oth
in i':iddlesex , but had s unk , b ci r1g infirm . !le had but a ohort time
in his last illness . li e ho.s l eft 8 if not 10 c1 ildr cn f< has had
a c;reater numbe r ." ( D
iary of \.h ll iam Bentl ey D. D, )
1
�"1819 M 1 .
ay
M
ale child of Benjamin and M
ary Blanchard. Atr ophy
inf., 2 years . She from Beverly, an Adams. Th e f ather di ed June 25 ,
1817, from W
oburn . After death of husband, she removed f rom
Dalrymple's Building , Neck Gate , to W
indmill Point . Thr ee chi l dren,
one m
ale." (Parish List of Deaths )
The Dalrymple · family also lost a child in 1819:
"July 21. M
artha, of James and Sara Dalrym
ple. W s, 5 years.
orm
N long sick a pleasant child. He f rom I r eland, watchmake r. Holds
ot
tenements opposite English street, near old Neck Gate. She a dau.
of Joseph Vincent , ropem
aker . Have two chi l dr en , f emal es . Ess ex
street." ( Parish List of Deaths )
l[il. (up to this time the tax records yield l ittle i nfor m tion )
a
James D ymple is taxed for "3 houses and 1 small house"•
alr
The tenants were listed as John W
illiams Jr. and Hen,ry Perki ns.
total value being $2,000.
The
James Dalrymple truced for 3 houses . Tenant s wer e Thomas and
John Laskey , ropemakers at 13 Pleasant St.; D
alling Hunt r ess , r opemaker.
~
M
arch 24 Jam Dalrymple died . This sim
es
ple obituary was w i tt en :
r
"In this city on Sunday evening last James Dalrymple Esq. i n t he
74th year of his ag e. He w s a native of Ireland."
a
~
M . Dalrympl e ' s es t ate was not probated (#7036) until 1843 . Sarah
r
Dalrymple, widow, was appoint ed administrator . > garet , their only
'.ur
s urviving daughter, approved the account . The invento r y s ave a list
of real estat e :
1~2 , 000
Hous e and l and on Essex St. (#10)
Two dwelling houses and land on Dalrymple Ct. ·1 , 500
50
Field near W
illiam Fay 's estate
25
House on Der by St . on St oddard' s l and
�1850
A federal census gives a clos er look at t he families:
10 Essex Street
Sarah Dalrymple
11
M
argaret
age 72
II
born M
ass.
36
"
"
8 Essex Street
J ames M
urphy
Julia
t1
11
M
ary
11
J ulia
M
ichael 11
second family:
Hugh Flaherty
Elizabeth "
11
John
!v:ichael
"
thir d famil y :
Thomas Hayse
r,:ary c. "
11
M
ary
fourth family:
Patrick Flinn
11
M
ary
R8
Essex Street
John Fitzgerald
M
argaret
"
11
Caty
11
W
illie
second family:
Bart Conner s
Catharine 11
Cath erine 11
age 33 laborer
11
33
"
ti
11
II
II
9
born Ire.
11
"
7
4
II
II
45 laborer
33
II
II
II
M
ass.
II
II
Ire.
11
M
ass.
"
II
2
2 months
II
"
II
24 l aborer
24
Ire.
II
20
"
"
II
II
30 laborer
30
"
"
Ire.
II
I re.
"
30
" 30
11
laborer
"
II
II
2
II
II
8 m
onths
II
II
34 laborer
II
II
34
"
II
2
m
onths
II
II
IL
II
II
II
M
ass.
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Ire.
II
M
ass.
ill.6. Th e tax records list 8 Essex Street a s vacant f or r epairs .
R 8 Essex St. vacant
owner Sarah Dalrymple
value $1 , 000 .
ill2, The front building #8 is s till listed as vacant, while
Daniel Croley age 23 , Soloman Cragen age 25 and Char l es Cragen age
28 are the occupants of t he rear building .
�1
1860 f ederal census:
#10 Sarah D
alrymple
I•fargaret
"
#8 & BR
James Paine
11
Hannah
James E. 11
Robert
"
Fanny E. "
age 83
"
48
age 33 peddler
II
27
II
fl
3
1
II
1 month
born M
ass.
II
fl
born Eng .
II
"
"
II
II
M .
ass
II
"
unoccupied
unoccupied
~
t ax records :
Occupants
#10 Sarah Dalrymple
age 87
8 vacant
R Phillip Brown
Joanna Collins
M
ary Fitzgerald
age 25
Owner
Sarah Dalrymple house $500
85 X 177ft. land
700
II
II
house 200
II
II
ho.use 200
1863 Apr i l 29 - Sarah Dalrymple , daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth
(Hart) Vincent , widow of James D
alrymple, died a t the age of 86 years,
1 month and 15 days. She was buried in t he Howard Street cemetery
in the tomb of N. Appleton . (Ci t y Hall death records)
1866 tenants :
Nathaniel Powell
l•1r s . Love dell
Phillip Rrown
j\l;r s . Neagle
1868 -
After the death of her mot her M
argaret Dalrymple must have
deci ded to sell the proper t y . Th is ad appeared in the Sa lem Gazette :
August 25 - For Sale - Valuable Estate in Essex Street
11
0:n Tuesday , Se pt ~ 8 at L L o I clo ck Ari! . will be so ld on t h e premises .
The estate #10 ~ssex stre et consisting of a t w s t or y dwelling house
o
wi th the land under and adjoining . The house is in good order, is
I
�convenient for two families) and contains 13 rooms. The land
measures 43 feet on Essex street by 100 feet deep, fronting on a
court.
Also the three story dwelling house next east of th e above.
The house has two brick ends, contains 9 rooms, and is very convenient for two families. The land measures 39 feet on Essex
street, by 47 feet on a Court leading from Essex street, with half
of the land in the rear.
Also the two story double house in rear of the above, with the
land adjoining. The house is convenient for two fami'l ies and
contains 8 rooms. The land measures 90 feet on the Court.
This offers a very desirable opportunity to obtain an eligible
location for manufacturing purposes, or for an investment, as
tenements are very much needed in that vicinity, and with good
management it must pay a large interest on the investment.
Terms easy and made known at the sale."
J,M For some reason the property was not sold at this time and
~argaret Dalrymple was still the owner as shown in the tax records:
Essex street
owner
house $ 600
10 - M
argaret Dalrym
ple
land
1,200
house
300
8 - Nathaniel Powell
age 48
Daniel Scanlan
house
R8 - Phillip Brown
age 32
200
II
36
M
annus Fol ey
1.a2Q. census :
10
M
argaret
-2nd famil yDalrymple
age 58
Elizabeth W
ebster
II
Caroline
Caroline Perley
W
illiam H. II
8
II
Thomas Sargent
M
ary E. "
Charlotte T.' I I
. II
Thomas
Ho race F.
George w
. "
"
II
'.
keeps ho use
45 keeps house
born M .
ass
II
"
"
at school
no occupation
printing office
II
II
"
11
labor er
keeps house
at school
II
II
II
II
II
It
II
II
II
" 10 at ho me
11-
II
"
II
II
Ir
II
II
II
11
50
54
44
L1-l
15
13
II
II
II
II
II
It
II
�q
2nd family
Ant hony Forrest
II
M
argaret
age 25 s t one mason
" 25 keeps house
8R
Phillip Brown
Ann
11
Catherine "
2nd family
M
annus Foley
Eunice
"
M
argaret"
Delia
"
II
J a me s
II
J ohn
II
W l liam
i
ti
11
11
II
ti
"
ti
11
II
"
32 tanner
curri er
? k eeps house
73 keeps house
"
32 shoemaker
,,
I re.
II
Hass .
&
30 keeps house
19 at s chool
7 a t s chool
6 at s chool
5 at home
3 at home
1 8?2 t ax r e cords:
10 - M
argaret Dalrymple
8 - empt y
annus Foley
~8 - M
¾ e mpty
~
tax r-eCDrds:
10 - M
argaret Dalrym e
pl
W
illiam H. Dalrymple
8 - J ames M
cCarty
Edward Thompson
R8 - Clem
ent Nichols
Hiram Parshly
1876 t ax records :
10 - t1targaret Dalrymple
Ch ar les Nealey
8 - empt y
RB - M chael Roach
i
Hi ram Parshly
.1fil.6. tax r ecor ds :
10 - \l/illiam Doc!-:.ham
Joh n
"
8 - J ohn Burnes
R8 - Hiram Parshley
born l"'aine
II
Pr ince Ed . I S.
age 30
" 37
II
23
"
?
II
"
II
II
It
I re .
II
It
11
II
II
"
"
"
II
"
"
�1880 census:
10 - Lizzie D
orance
It
Lizzie
Elizabeth Dockham
Wil liam
"
II
John
8 - Ellen Printy
Ann E. II
2nd family
John Pr ynne
It
Jane
George w II
. II
Edwin
II
Eva
?
R8
Sanborn
Hiram Parshley
Pary
"
II
Lizzie
W
illiam
"
II
Lila
age 57 keeps house
37
" 78 mother
It
55 brother
" 41 laborer
It
It
It
II
II
II
II
II
II
II
II
II
II
II
born M
ass.
II
"
II
It
II
28 keeps house
"
II
"
43 teamster
"
33 keeps house
11 at school
4 at home
1
N. H.
M
ass.
II
36 keeps store*
II
It
II
II
II
"
"
88 keeps house
49 shoe factory
45 keeps house
12 at school
10 at school
II
8 II
It
Maine
t-~ass.
II
II
II
"
" N. H.
"
M
ass.
II
"
II
M
ass.
II
"
1.8..82 tax records:
10
8
8½
1889
10
Occupants
George E. Day
Joseph Gilman, nurse
James Cotter, laborer
M
ichael 11
, jute m
ill
Horace Sargent , mo rroco worker
tax records :
Occupants
John D
ockham
8
James Gili:1an
varie t y s tore - E. Printy
8-½ James M
arston
Horace Sargent
Owner
M
argaret Dalrymple house $ 600
land
1,000
II
II
house
300
II
house
300
"
Owner
M
argaret Dalrymple house
land
house
"
"
"
11l2J, city dir e ctory:
8 M
iss Rosanna J . D
uignan , variety s tore
q5
,James Gil man , nurse
W
illiam Leonar d
,J ohn II . Nelson
* Firs t m
ention of a sto r e
II
house
(:
"
600
1 , 000
300
300
�"
~
M
iss M
e.rgueri te Dalrymple gave a address, on the life of
Rev. W
illiam Bentley, from memory, without notes , on Nov. 26.
before the W
oman's Alliance of the Second Church, Salem, M
ass.
This was while she was in her 87th year. (An account of her
lif,e was printed in the Salem News on Nov. 9, 1897 see also Vol.
1 of the Diary of William Bentley)
1900 census
10
M
argaret Dalrymple
Isabelle Tate
Francis Lindsay
r:!ary
"
M
ary
"
-
8
R8
Joseph Gilman
II
M
ary
Rosanna Duignan
Rosanna M
ah.oney
John M
aroney
M
argaret II
Bridget Lyons
II
Annie
John A. M
aroney
Joseph
"
Agnes
"
Helen
"
age 88
II
II
II
11
II
11
11
56 servant
59
57
35
born M
ass.
75
"
"
fl
11
II
81 sister
"
43
II
Ire.
M
ass.
16 niece
11
II
42 morocco dresser
42 Wife
II
II
II
II
II
11
II
II
II
II
II
"
Eng .
Ire .
M
ass.
22 daughter,laundress
20 stepdaughter
8 son
6 "
5 daughter
II
2
II
r-;ass
Canada
11
II
II
II
"
M .
ass
II
II
II
II
II
II
l2Ql
city directory
8 Frank Connor, variety
J oseph Gilm
an, watcher of the sick
8R J . J . ;,:aro ney
Albert Harrington
4 - Miss M
arguerite Dalrymple died at the age of 93.
She was born in Salem on Nov. 4, 1810. " For some 60 years she kept
l9Q1;i; April
a private school wher e she fitted some of Sal em's best known citizens
for the e rammar s chools, t hus, while ea r nin~ her own liveliho9d ,
laying th e foundation of good citizenship in the hear ts and minds
of future cit izens of this city. " (Sal em Evening News - 1\.pril 6 , 1901+)
�12.illi The will of Varguerite Dalrymple was probated (1-~94128).
Gilm Andrews and M Agnes Bishop were named executors. The
an
.
will, written in 1898, directed that her property be sold and
the money be used to fill many bequests to a multitude of cousins
and 2nd cousins. The inventory of real estate listed:
#10 Essex St.,; #8 & 8½ rear Essex st.; 9295 sq. ft. of land;
value 1S3 , 800.
tax r ecords:
19.Q.2
10
Goerge M
oak
------
8
R8
William c
·!ondez
owner - h eirs of M Dalrymple, house $ 800
.
II
II
II
house
400
II
II
II
house
600
land
1,000
.l9.Q£. Nov. 10 -Sarah E. Dalrymple, Gilman A. Andrews of Salem; M
.
Agnes Dalrymple Bish op, sometimes called M Agnes Bishop of Quincy
.
sold the property for $4,700 to Louis Dembofsky. (book 1851 pa g e 329 )
l2Q.6. Nov. 23 - Louis and Sarah Dembozsky sold t he same property to
Gregoz and Eva Paszkocki. "Being the same premises conveyed by
deed of Gilman Andrews exc. under the will of M
argaret Dalrymple."
(boo k 1851 pa g e 333 )
l2Q.2. c ity dire c tor y
8 M A. Concannon , var iey s t ore
.
G. Paszko wski
R8 1r s. H. B. Li vingstone
John Rossie
l9l2, city director y
8 Frederick and Fanny Berkowitz, variety
R8 F. Norton
1921
ci t y dir e ct o ry
8 ,] .. 1'-'ar[~olis , shoe repai r
Peroo nski
M Lebick
.
H. (Jablo nski
178 I\. .
�~ June 9 Gregoz and Eva Paszkowski sold t h e land and buildi ngs
i/.8 and 8-½ Essex St . to W adyslaw D
l
obrosi els ki . " Being a portion of
the prem ses conveyed by deed of Louis Dembofsky on N
i
ov. 23 , 1906. "
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ladyslaw Dobrosielski, unm
arried, . sold the land
and buildings, described as lot B, to W
ladyslaw Brzozowski. " Being
the same conveyed by deed of G
regor and Eva Paszkowski." ( book 2611
page 314)
121±2 Feb. 13 - W
ladyslaw Brzozowski, unmarried, sold the land and
buildings, described as lot B., to Chester J. and Stacia Dzierz~.
The same conveyed by deed Sept. 11, 1924. (book 3521 page 583)
12liZ. June 3
- Chester J. and Stacia B. Dzierzak , husband and wife,
sold the property to Anthony and l'v1ary Sieczkowski. Th e same prem
ises
conveyed by deed Feb . 13 , 1947. (book 3528 page 44)
~
Oct. 26 - Anthony Sieczkowski and his wife M
ary, sold the
property to John and Pary Olszewski. The same premises conveyed
by deed June 3, 1947. (book 3780 page 148)
July 27 - John Olszewski sold the property to LTohn and Beatrice
Olszewski. The same conveyed by deed Oct. 26, 1950 . M
ary Ol szewski
having since deceased . (book 5191 page 736)
~
1.91.2 M
arch 19 - John Olszewski and his wife Beatrice E. sold the
propert y , lot B, to Frederick J , Cardella. (book 6134 page 157)
Note: Refer ence to book
Deeds. Probate ~umbers
are locat ed in t he s ame
r eport ar e not mean t to
and page . are deed books at th e H
egistry of
arc cases a t Pro bate Court . Both office s
building on Federal St . All m
aps in this
be exact, just for illustrati on purposes.
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Arthur Campbell
Carpenter
Essex Street
King
Salem Massachusetts
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POST OFFICE BOX 865
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS 01970 / PHONE (617) 745-0799
35 Essex Street
11
0LD FRYE BUIT,DING11
moved here in
OFFICE AT OLD TOWN HALL
1854
Resear ch by,
Joyce King
May 1983
·'to preserve Historic Sites, Buildings 1111d objects ,
anti to w ork fo r the education of the c-ommunity
in th e tr11e value of th e same."
�I •
35 Essex Street
This h ouse is described in the Salem Historic Distr i ct Study a s:
"A two- s tor y wood (siding) house with a so-called " Dutch" garnbrel
roo f that is not comm in Salem.
on
The lower slope of a Dutch
gambrel roof curves out at the bottom, inst ead of slanting in a
straight line.
The doorway is in the s i de yard and is trimmed
wi th pil asters and a den tiled corni ce.
Th ere ' is an ell attached
to t he r e ar of t he house and a cinder block garage in the yard.
Three dormer windows provi de light on the top f loor ; all the
wi ndow openings in this house are small."
Essex street was the original m in thoroughfare in this section.
a
I t was called a street or highway in 1667 ; ye street, 1670 ; a
highway or the street that goes from ye meeting house down to the
neck so called, 1683; ye high street, 1687; ye main street, 1706 ;
M
ain street, 1788; and Essex street, 1795.
(Essex Antiquarian, vol.
10 pg . 60)
The land on whi ch this house stands was a portion of t he Isaac Foot
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�1851+ - J oseph Gardner 3rd, the owner of t he land now occupied by
35 Essex and 1 'J'urner Streets, obtained a per mi t to move a portion
of w
hat was called the "Frye Bujldings" on Washjne;ton .St .
buildings were purch a sed by Joseph Gardner 3rd and
hj_s
These
brother
Danj el B. Gardn er in Oct. 1847 and transformed into a hot el.
(appendix A)
185~ April- 27 - The bui lding was m
oved .
(appendi x B )
~r . Gardner
was taxed for a " shop" and l a nd at 35 Es sex St. val ued at ~\500 .
( Prior to 185Li- t here is no building listed a t 35 Essex St .
1851 m do e s s how a building on th i s site at t ha t time .
ap
The
Wh a t the
fate of t ha t buildi ng was is not known. )
Joseph Gardner 3rd , the son of Joseph and Eunice (Tucker ) Gardn er,
was born in Salem on ~a y 25 , 1822; lived first at 13 M
argin street,
and later purchased the house at 76 Lafayette street.
married, on June 30, 1850, Eliza
c.
Joseph Gardner
Gove.
Along with being a proprietor of the " Rai lroad House" M Gardn er
r.
chartered a vessel to carry live stock i n to Texas for breeding
purposes i ncludi ng horses, cows, s h eep, hens, turkeys, fancy breeds
of dogs, etc.
The vessel was lured in the Bahamas by false beacon s ,
but was repaired and reached Texas in 1860, returning to Salem just
prior to the Civil War.
on M 4 , 1873.
ay
Mr. Gardner died, suddenly, at Boston, ~ass.
('T'he Gove Book)
�1857 May 8 - Joseph Gardner 3rd sold t he l and and ,buildings to
his fathe r-in- l aw, Squire Gove , f or $2 ,000:
(book 552 page 63)
Squire Gove was born on Oct. 23, 1803.
He settled in Lin coln , Vt .
and removed to Lynn , M
ass, where he worked on a farm a year on
shares.
He then removed to Salem, M ., where he engaged in
ass
the grocery business.
1826.
He married Lydia Bassett Gove on Sept . 14,
Mr. Gove died at Salem on Jan. 12, 1863 .
(The Gove Book)
�1859 tax records:
35 Essex St .
Occupants
tToseph H. Green, cigarmaker age 27
M
oses Stearn s , mariner age 39
Owner
,Io seph:
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Squire Gove
val. $1 , 000
1860 - This ad appeared in the Salem Gaze tte:
'' For sale, th e wooden dwelling house #35 Essex stree t wi t h land
under and adjoining.
The house is in good condition, a nd is very
convenient for two families.
The land measures 40 fee t on Essex
street, by about 70 feet deep and contains about 3,000 sq. ft.
Terms¾ part of purchase money down, in delivery of the de ed,
the balance in one , two, three and four years."
1860 M 7 - Squire Gove, of Salem, sold for the sum of $1,170, to
ay
Thomas Collins the land and dwelling house and all other buildings
at 35 Essex street .
Being a portion of the estate conveyed by
Joseph Gardner on M 8,
ay
�1864 - tax records
Occupants
Thomas Collins age 55
Th omas Collins Jr . aee 19 (navy)
Cornelius Coll ins age 17
Joseph Green age 30
Owner
Thomas Collins
3'/' X '15 1
house $400
land
400
1869 - tax records
Oc cupants
Thomas Collins age 72 (his a ge changes)
( frequentl y
)
Cornelius Collins
Thomas Jr. died Nov. 27, 1864
Owner
'11ho m
as Collins
house $700
land
300
1 870 census:
age 61
Thomas Collins
~ary
"
II
Ellen
Cornelius"
II
M
argaret
2n d family
M
aria Lasamby
11
56
II
28
II
23
II
18
no occupation
keeps house
works in cigar shop
works lathing
saleswoman
II
45
no occupation
born Ire.
II
II
"
M
ass.
"
II
II
II
II
Ire.
1872 tax records
Occupants
Thomas Coll ins
Cornelius 11
Owner
Thomas Col lins
age 65
II
23
house $700
land
200
1874 tax records
Occupants
Thomas Collins
Cornelius
Albert Ham
"
a ge 77
laborer
"
25
11
35 shoemaker
Owner
Thomas Collins
house $800
land
400
�1879 tax records
Occupants
Charles E. Hart
age 29
1880 census
M
ary Collins
M
argaret "
II
Nellie
2nd fami l y
Charle s E. Hart
M
ary
"
ti
Bessie
Nellie
"
plumber
Ovmer
Heirs of Thomas Collins
house 1~600
l and
400
age 60 keeps house
" 25 clerk in store
II
4 grand daughter
born I re.
II
Vass .
II
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11
30 plumber
"
II
I!
2L~ keeps house
"
11
11
3
11
11
II
1
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II
1882 tax records
Occupants
John A. Demings, stonecutter
Owner
Heirs of Thomas Collins
house $600
land
400
1887 tax records
Occupants
J ohn A. Demings
age 38
stone cutter
Owner
Heirs of Thomas Collins
taxed at½
house $300
land
200
1895 tax records
Occupants
James Naugle, age 25
stay cutter
Owner
M
argaret Collins
val. ½
house $500
land
200
�1895 Sept. 4 - Patrick Dean , of Salem, as guar dian of Ell en Coll i ns
minor and ch i ld of Cornelius F . Coll ins and Cat he r i ne Coll i ns his
widow , h eirs of M
argaret J . Colljns (she died J une 30 , 1 895) , sold
for
t l1e
house .
SUT!'
of it2 , '.)50 , t o Pat rj cl<: J . Dugan the land an d dwelling
The s ame conveyed to Thomas Coll ins by Squire Gove in 1860 .
(book 1455 page 324)
1900 tax records
Oc cunants
Owne r
Patrick J . Dugan
Patr jck J . Dugan ~rocer
r aur ice A. ~cDonald
1900 census
Patrick Dugan
:t-!argaret "
Naurison M
cDonald
II
August a
a r,e 54
house $1 , 000
barn
300
l and
500
bor n M .
ass
provis i ons store
"
"
II
"
32 cutter in shoe shop
32
ESSEX STREET.
1910 t ax
. :Hein John W. Russell.. .
·: · ~9nias F. Cronin . . . . . . •
··htrirk J . Eelley . . . ... ..
..
- .Re1rs :\lbert 'i\nipplt•. . . .
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ft., $1100.
Honse, $2800; land. 3648 ft .. $1200.
~:~ucis T. Berry . . . . . . . .
43. Store. $600: land, 2358 ft.• $700.
41 . Honse-. $1600 : land. 2000 ft., $500.
. •. ~hn_ ?II. Berry . . . . . . . . . .
39-371/2. House, $1200; lan d. 3000 ft., $700.
· ··ratnek J . Duggii n . . . .. . . ,._ ¾...J{onse, $1200 ; barn, $300; land,
45.
.,..
~ :;~ ~ah ~lcGinley_. . . . . . . . . .
: _.·,.
~ John M. Berry. . . . . . . . . . •
2775 ft., $600.
33. H ouse, $1700; land, 3200 ft., $700.
27. House, $1300 ; land, 2625 ft., $ 500.
25. House, $1300 ; land, 2780 ft., $500. .
J ~aicob M. Rubinovi~ et al.
21. House, $4000;
-t''8alem Charitable Build• ·
ing Association,
Thomas F . Cronin . . . . . . . •
;-.Ellen F. Edward~. . . . . . . .
17.
15.
13.
11.
stable,
II
II
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53. House, $1000; land, 1680 ft., $500. · .
51-49. House, $3300 ; la.nd, 3750 ft., $1100.
47. House. $2700 ; shop, SlO0; land, 3456
•.
II
It
" 55
i•oo; land :
9300 ft.. $2000.
House, $800; land, 15,019 ft., $2000.
Rouse, $1000.
House, S2000; land. 2658 ft., $800.
Rouse, $2000; land, 2990 ft., $700.
1600
4400
8900
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81 ,40
,~ 15
1900
'14
24
38
85
2100
88 85
2400
44
-4000
1800
2100
1800
1800 ·
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2800
.1000
'i800
2'700
00
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15
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as so
8S 80
118 40
51 80
18 50
'1>180
49 00
1919 Feb . 6 - Patrick Dugan , th e s on of t h e l at e Dennis and Margaret
( Dalton) Duga n , died at his hom ,
e
35 Essex St . , yest erday .
He worked
�\) .
at currying m
any _
years, after which he carried on .t he grocery and
provi s i on business on Ward St . for a quarter of a c entury·, and up
t o t he t ime of th e Salem conf l agrat ion (191~) .
been engaged i n the real est ate business .
Sinc e t h en h e had
He was well known and
highl y respected, and he bore his long and painful illness w t h
i
great patience and fortitude.
Father M
atthews Soc .
He was for 40 years director of
He leaves a widow; a s i ster, M
rs. J ame s J .
G
reen and three br others He nry J ., Dennis F. a nd John F. Dugan .
(Salem Evening News)
rr . Dugan 's estate (probate #132463) listed his real estate holdings
as:
house and land 35 Essex st. $2,000
house and land 4 - 6 Hathorne Crescent $4 , 000
house and land 42 Ells worth Rd., Peabody, M ss.
a
$2,000
1924 M 15 - Nora Dugan widow sold to Thomas M
ay
organ the land and
buildings at 35 Essex st.
The same I inherited from my husband.
(book 2596 page 455)
1926 May 29 - Thomas Morgan, unmarried, sold t he land and buildings
at 35 Essex St. to Ignacy and Rozalia Kowalski.
The same premis es
conveyed by deed of Nora Dugan on M 15, 1924.
ay
(book 2680 page 538)
1959 Aug. 14 - Ignatus K
owalski husband of Rosalia (Wojciechowska)
of 35 Essex Street, died suddenly at his home yesterday morning .
He was the son of t he late Frank and Katherine ( Lennen) Kowalski.
He was a resident of Salem f or more than 55 years and was retireq
from the leather industry.
(Salem Evening News)
�1959 De c. 2 - Deeds were drawn in wh i ch the proper.ty was placed in
the names of Rozalia Kowal ski and her dauehter Jane .
page s
(book
4625
276- 277)
1964 Varch 20 - M
rs. Rosalia (Wojciechowska) Kowalski of 35 Essex
street, died last evening at Sal em hospital , followi ng a short
illness .
Sh e was the wife of the late Ignacy Kowalski and daughter of the
late Anthony and J ulianna (Cieslinska ) W ci echowski .
oj
She had been a resident of W
ard One for more than 50 years and
was a parishioner of St. John the Baptist church.
She is survived by two sons, John Kowalski of Teaneck, N. J . and
Bernard Kowalski of Salem; four daughters , M s . Mi chael (Pearl)
r
W
aler of Peabody , Mrs. J ohn (Nancy ) Smith of Lynn , M
iss Jane Kowalski
of Salem and Mrs. Ri ch ard (Stacia) Bishop of M
iddletown, Conn .
Also
17 grandchildren~
1964 Oct . 1 - Jane Kowalski sold the property to Robert L. and
Antoinette M
asse,
(book 5211 page 703)
1967 Aug . 2 - Robert L. M
asse, widower s old the premises to Hjalmer
and Barbara
o.
wife in 1964.
Landean.
The same premises sold to me and my late
(book 5463 page 460)
1981 M 2 - Hjalmer Landean of Souix City, Iowa transferred title
ay
to Barbara
o.
Landean of Salem.
(book 6815 page 321)
�u·
1982 Dec . 1 6 - Barbara
o.
Landean sold the land and buil ding a t
35 Es sex st. t o Edward D. and Cani c e c. I<cGlynn of
t✓. ar ble·h e ad .
(book 70 18 pa ge 97)
Referen ce to book and page are deed books at t he Registry of Deeds .
Probate numbers are cases at Probate Court . Both offic es are located
in the same building on Federal St . All m
aps in th i s report are
not meant to be axact, just f or illustration purposes.
�Note:
An exact date of construction can not be assigned to this house,
at this ti~e. The Frye buildines were comprised of m
any additions
made to an original 1650 ' s house . The exact location of this
buildinG wh:ilG on t he Frye lot is never stated . A recent inspe ction,
made by Sally Dee and t his research er, confirme d t he presence of
some 18th century architectural details .
If I were to venture a guess, it would be t h at the house at 35
Essex street was the "two tene ment" buil ding added to the old house
b y lV'.r . Vansfjeld in t he 1760 ' s .
Joyce Kine;
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NO. 2.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
THE frontispiece is a map of that section was first called Street, highway or road
t . · of Salem which is bounded byWashingto~, leading to Mar~lehead in 1711; Street to
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Essex, Summer and Norman streets. It 1s ye almshouse m 1746; Highway to the
, :~~·>based on actual surveys and title deeds, mills in 1755; Street from Main street to
f ~~'.:.'i and is dra~n on a scale o_f two hu?dred workhouse in 1762;. Street from town
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,,-'-:·feet to an mch. It shows the location of pump to Marblehead m 1791; and Sum·l:5:: .all the houses that were standing in 1700. mer street in 1800.
-f:'..-' The braces marked "a" show where
Norman street was opened in 165- as a
. \;.~-~·• Barton square now runs, and those marked lane obstructed by bus. It w;ts known in
·::r::.t' ... b '' where C1ombie street runs. Barton 1711 as the Highway that goes by John
-°?:J/ square was laid out by Samuel Barton in Norman's, and was first called Norman's
: -:-J: -1797, and Crombie street, as a court from lane that year. In 1768 it was called
Essex street about three-fourths of its Street leading from town house to Marblepresent length, by Benjamin Crombie in head; and Road· from court house to
~:-: -. 1805, beingcut through to Norman street Marblehead in 1792. It was first called
.= a score of years later.
·
Norman street in 1792.
" ·:. ·· Washington street in 1659 ran down to
In the sketches which follow, after
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the Corwin land, about where the post-of- 1 700, titles and deeds referred to pertain
l.
• fice stands, the Corwin land then being to the houses and the land under and im1 ~- . ·bounded easterly on the river. . It was mediately adjacent thereto, and not always
< called a street in 1659, 1691 and 1714, · to the whole lot, the design being, after
l ,; ..and a country road in 1681. It was first 17_00,_ to give the history of the houses
t' ._.'._ . -£ailed Street from town house to south- p~c1pally.
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t' .. fields in 17~9; Street from court.house to
Elizabeth Tawfey House. The ho~se" "
t -,t:.·:110uthfields 10 1762; Street leadmg from and lot of Mrs. Elizabeth Tawley was ongtown house to Marblehead in 17 68 ; Hig}V inally the estate of Dr. George Emery, an
:way from court house to Marblehead in early chirurgeon of Salem. He was living
1773; Street leading to Marblehead in in Salem in 1637, owned this land in 1652,
:-i-• 1782; and Washington street in 1792.
and lived in this house as early as 1657.
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May 1, 1677, in consideration of good
··and a country road in 1681. It was first will, he conveyed the house and lot to his
l :;',. · wled Main, or the main street in 1699 ; kinswoman Elizabeth Tawley and her hus), _ .. Queen's highway in 1711; Paved street in band John Tawley,a mariner, the convey;/
fl . ~-~ · 1790 ; and Essex street in 1802. In 1711 ance being made upon the condition that
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of his life.•
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,ntinued to live there. The daughter used in common, etc., " as long as said
arried Samuel Ruck before 1 700, and house shall be habitable."• This expresey lived in this house, the widow Taw- sion indicates that the house was then old.
y boarding with them after 1703. A bed- In this deed, the leanto on the back side
om and pantry were added in the rearof of the house was reserved, with liberty to
e house when this change in the family remove it within six months. Mr. Ruck
called it " my mansion house."
The
:curred.
April 21, 1708, Samuel Ruck conveyed part of the house conveyed was the origi~
s wife's half interest in the premises to nal house of Dr. Emery.
The northern part of this "double house"
rs. Tawley* ; and, Oct. 3 1, 1709, Mrs.
1wley conveyed the same interest to remained the property of Mr. Ruck until
.mes Ruck, for £200.t This interest of . his death, in the spring of 1769. His
,mes Ruck probably ultimately came into administrator conveyed it to Henry Rust,
e ownership of Samuel Ruck, Mrs. Taw- cabinet-maker, Jan. 22, 1771; an·d the
{'s son-in-law, who, June 6, 1728, con- next day he conveyed it to Joseph Blaney,
yed it to his children,Samuel Ruck, jr., of esq., of Salem, who, in turn, sold it to
.!em, shipwright, John Daniels of Boston, widow Sarah Collins of Salem April 2 2,
pemaker, and his wife Elizabeth, and 1777. Toward the end of the century it
:ligail RuckofSalem, spinster, the mother belonged to the estate of Hannah Taylor,
· the children being dead, and, also, deceased. Polly Collins, probably an heir
obably, the daughter Ruth, who is not of Sarah Collins, or Hannah Taylor, or
both, married Nathaniel Cummings of
entioned in this deed.§
Jan. 26,1711, Mrs. Tawley conveyed her Salem, blacksmith, Oct. 18, 1792. She
her half interest in the land and build- and her husband conveyed their onegs to her daughter's four children, fourth interest in this part of the house and
1
izabeth, Ruth, Samuel, and Abigail land to Joel Bowker of Salem, blacksmith,
uck. U Mrs. Tawley died in the winter Sept. 12, 1797, the tenement being then
1713•4, having, in her will, confirmed occupied by the widow Williamson. Mr.
e conveyance to her grandchildren.
Bowker sold this interest to George Smith
The granddaughters, Elizabeth Daniels of Salem, trader, Feb. 14, 1816; and-Mr~
1 Abigail Ruck, released the house and Smith conveyed it to his son-in-law
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nd under and adjoining the same to their Thomas Frye Nov. 1, 1826. Mr. Frye
other Samuel, who was a carpenter, sold it to Daniel B. Gardner, trader, and
arch 30, 1 730.t On the same day Joseph Gardner, 3d, innholder, both of
:muel and Elizal:>eth released to Abigail Salem, Oct. 2, 1847.
e barn and land under and ad joining it.1
After his purchase of the ancient house,
Thus the whole title to the house and as already mentioned, to the westward of
.stern end of the lot came into the own• this house, and upon the higher ground,
ship of Samuel Ruck.
Mr. Mansfield erected a residence for
On Christmas day, 1 760, Mr. Ruck himself. This is the house in the old
mveyed the southern half of the house colonial style, that is now standing. It
1d that portion of the lot to Jonathan was built between 1760 and 1768.
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:ansfield of Salem, blacksmith, the divis•
To the west side of the original house, Mr• )
n line running through the front door Mansfield erected a building in which were
id chimney, and the front door to be constructed two tenements ; and after that
time this end of the old house, with the·
addition, was called " the long house." .,,...,,
• Essex Registry of Deeds, book 21, leaf 131.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2 r, leaf 133.
Mr. Mansfield died in the spring of
§Essex Registry of Deeds, book 51, leaf 54.
1791, having devised the long house to bis.
ii Essex Registry of Deeds, book 24 leaf 128.
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:):Essex Registry of Deeds, book 56, leaf 222.
'V Essex Registry of Deeds, book 56, leaf 238.
•Essex Registry of Deeds, book-109, leaf 8o.
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• four sons, Benjamin Bream, Ellis, Henry
and Benjamin Mansfield.
Benjamin Bream Mansfield, cabinetmaker, conveyed his interest in the premises to his brother Ellis Mansfield Dec. 18,
1792 ;• and, on the next day, Ellis conveyed the interest he had bought and also
his own to Samuel Putnam,t who was
administrator of their father's estate.
The western end, or tenement, of the
long house was conveyed by Ellis and
Benjamin Mansfield to Henry Mansfield
April 13, 1793; and Henry Mansfield
conveyed it to _George Smith Feb. 3, 1800.
1700.
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his daughter Mary, wife of Thomas Frye
Dec. 13, 1830, and they sold it to the
Gardners, alreadymentioned,Oct. :i,1847.
In 1769, Mr. Mansfield's end of the
original house was occupied by his sons
Jonathan and Amos Mansfield and Josiah
Howard; in 1793 and 1796 by Joseph
Ayers and Ezekiel Goldthwait; and in
1797 by the widow Ayers and Ezekiel
Goldthwait.
Aug. 8, 1 793, the administrator of the
estate of Mr. Mansfield conveyed this part
of the house to John Norris.• Mr. Norris,
who was a merchant of Salem, conveyed·
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HOUSE OF ELIZABETH TAWLEV.
Mr.'Smith died in 184-, having devised the
tenement to his wife Dorcas, who survived
him and conveyed it to the Gardners,
already mentioned, Oct. 1 r, 1847.
The middle tenement of the long house
was occupied in J 793 and 1796 by Joseph
Mansfield, and conveyed by the administrator of the estate of Jonathan Mansfield
to Thomas Bancroft, esq., of Salem, Aug.
25, 1796. On the same day Mr. Bancroft conveyed the tenement to Samuel
Putnam, who sold it to George Smith
Jan. 12, 1801. Mr. Smith conveyed it to
•Essex Registry of Deeds, book JSS, leaf l<f6.
!Essex Registry of Deeds, book 15s, leaf 147.
it to James Fuller and Joel Bowker, both
of Salem, blacksmiths, Dec. 2 z, 1 796. t
Oct. 12, 1797, Mr. Fuller released hi~ interest in the premises to Mr. Bowker.§
For five hundred dollars the latter sold the
tenementtoGeorge Smith Feb. 14, 1816.ff
Nov. 1, 1826, Mr. Smith conveyed it to
his son-in-law Thomas Frye,t who sold it
•Essex Registry of Deeds, book I S7, leaf 19.
tEssex Registry of Deeds,· book 161, leaf 1o6.
§Essex Registry of Deeds, book 162, leaf 249.
IIEssex Registry of Deeds, book 209, leaf 19.
:tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 243, lea f 274.
William Lawrence Sluman, a minor, had a one.
half interest in the double house, which was con.
veyed to Thomas I•rye Oct. IS, 1830.-.Esu~
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four acres, and were a pasture belonging
to Rev. Hugh Peter, the pastor of the
First church in Salem, and subsequently a
regicide, early in the settlement, probably
having been granted to him by the town.
After his return to England, he conveyed
this pasture, by his attorney, Charles Gott
of Wenham, to Capt. George Corwin of
Salem, merchant, July 1, 1659.*
Captain Corwin died Jan. 3, 1684-5,
aged seventy-four.
This pasture was
divided between his son Jonathan and the
heirs of his son John, who had died July
25, 1683, the former taking the western
end of the pasture to th~ division line
shown on the map, which he owneq, until
his decease June 9, r 718. Jonathan was
the judge who lived in the "witch hvuse,"
having succeeded his father there, and
who sat upon the bench during the witchcraft trials. The heirs of John had the
portion east of the division line. He was
the older son, and probably at the time of
his marriage, about 1660, his father erected for him the ancient house that stood
where the Washington House is now located on Washington street. Apparently the
title to the house and land remained in
the father until his decease.
By agreement of the heirs of George
Corwin, March 31, 1685, the northern
portion of the premises was assigned to
John's widow Margaret, and the southern
half with the house to her elder son
George, who spent the remainder of his
life in it. t Margaret probably died in
1691-2, and the northern part was in the
possession of her son Samuel Corwin for
several years, and in the occupation of
Capt. Walter Price Sept. 13, 1709, when
it was conveyed by Elizabeth Corwin, gentlewoman, Lucy Elliston, widow, both of
Boston, Peter Thacher of Weymouth,
clerk, and wife Hannah, Thomas Smith of
Boston, brazier, and his wife Mary, and
Margaret Corwin of Boston, gentlewoman,
Estate of George Corwin House, and to Joseph Flint of Salem.§
to the Gardners, already mentioned, Oct.
z, 1847.•
When the railroad was extended in
184 7, it was found necessary to cut off a
part of the ancient house; and at that
time the Gardners purchased the entire
estate, raising the corner portion of the
building, probably at that time, and constructing the first story of brick
In the accompanying engraving the
ancient house is that part of the structure
which is on the comer, comprising the
present second and third stories, and extending on either street as far as the projections in the building. ThP- upper part
has been burned away, and is now different from what it was years ago.
Upon the purchase of the premises,
which was then known as " The Frye
estate," the Gardners immediately transformed it into a hotel, which the proprietors called the" Railroad House," and put
it in charge of Edward Stearns, who had
come from Lowell. It was opened to 'the
public on Monday, Jan. 31, 1848. It
contained a considerable number of rooms
for guests ; though the principal object of
the proprietors was to accommodate railroad travellers with meals. In speaking
of the new place the week before it .was
opened, a local paper said, "Their saloon
aRd sitting room, on the lower floor, are
very spacious and elegant, with marbletopped tables and counters, French landscape paper hangings, splendid mirrors,
&c." Liquors were dispensed freely, and
the room devoted to gambling, being the
comer room in the third story, was in
constant use. The place became notorious throughout the region. The estate is
still owned by the heirs of the Gardners,
few of the rooms being occupied. Here
P. S. Gilmore, as the leader of the Salem
brass band, began his famous career,
the band room remaining as it was when
he occupied it some thirty years ago.
Estate of George Corwin and Jonathan
Corwin Lots. These three lots contained
•Essex Registry of Deeds, book 388, leaf 201.
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book r, leaf 6o.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 9, leaf 28.
§Essex Registry of Deeds, book 65, leaf 25.f:
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Captain George Corwin was the sheriff
Mrs. Blaney died Dec. 24, 1776, an<
of the county, and but twenty-six years her husband conveyed the premises, in
f, , old when he hung the witches, being but eluding the house, warehouse and lane
t --~ thirty when he died in 1696. Even then to Joshua Ward of Salem Aug. 1 r , q Sr.•
t~e f~eling against him was ~o stron~ that
Mr. Ward removed the old house, an(
·.-,:~•· his friends were for a long time afraid to built a large and fine brick residence up
·;_~t:: deposit his remains in the family tomb, a on the same site before I 789. Wher
·•t :·few rods in the rear of the house, and Washington visited Salem in his tour east
i :.c~ they were buried in the house cellar until in 1789, this was the house in which h,
.. ~- the excitement had subsided.
spent the night he stopped in Salem
Capt. Corwin married two daughters of October 29.
Hon. Bartholomew Gedney, and by a
Jeremiah R ogers House. This lot wa
declaration made March I 7, 1691-2, a few probably granted to Rev. Hugh Peter whe1
'.:~:z.--. months ~ter he h~d acquired the title to he was settled as pastor of the churci
· lf: the prem1ses he conveyed the house and here in 1635 . He probably lived in th,
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J ~~: Jot, after his decease; to his children.• house that was early erected on this lot
His widow died Dec. 23, 1700 ; and the After the close of his ministry here he re
i: · estate came into the hands of his son turned to England ; and, 8 : 1 2mo : 1659
.:/:_ :Bartholomew Corwin.
by his attorney Charles Gott of '\Venham
}:j._' Ba.-tholomew removed to Westerly, R- for twelve pounds, he conveyed the hous
•· :~.,... I., and, as soon as he became of age, con- and lot to Benjamin Felton of Salem ;·
i ift veyed the estate, for one hundred and and about a year later was executed as .
i .i.-.:: .sixty pounds, to Col. Samuel Browne of regicide upon the accession to the thron
{ ~~-:~( 'Salem July 5, 1714.t
of Charles IL Mr. Felton conveyed th,
'{ .. ;•;::_ ' Colonel Browne was wealthy, and resid- house and lot to Jeremiah Rogers of Sa
; ,· f':,,_ ·ed in what is now Derby square, dying !em, for sixty pounds, Nov. 29, 168 r.
possessed of this house and lot June 21, Mr. Rogers was a wheelwright, and live<
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!731, a~d ~aving devise? the sam~ ~o ~is in this house for many years. Here wa
·,, ·:;-,.5..; -eon BenJamm, a boy of sixteen. BenJamm probably born his son, Rev. John Roger!
~ ·. r_•~ died, unmarried, Aug. 12, 1737, at the age who became the second minister of Box
1_.•·~ p-~-twenty-two. His heirs were his broth- ford, and to whom his father conveye,
_f ~-'j:[; 'el's, Cols_- Samuel and William Browne. the premises, for one hundred and lift
~ .:);tt,Samuel died Nov. 26, 174z, leaving two pounds, May 1, 1717. ff Rev. Mr. Roger
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i-'--~.: .. ~ildren, Hon. William Browne, a judge, never lived here after he acquired th
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~ :~:r,:- :-:l!J subsequently governor of Bermuda, title, but let the house until March 26
:,,,:-jf?i.'lDd Abigail, who was afterward the wife of 1750, when, for eighteen hundred pound~
, ·:.~~i,_)oseph Blaney.
· he conveyed the estafe to David Britto1
f ~''f .. -April 9, 1759, Benjamin's brother Wil- of Salem, gentleman, who then · Jived ii
of Beverly, esq. (fath_er of ~illiam the house.t T ile house was burned in th
;. /iti:-;~ e t Brown~), released his half m_terest great fire, Oct. 6, 1774 ; and Captai:
· ) ~[,:·:m the lot to his brother Samuel's children Britton sold the lot, for four hundred an,
. :-·',tf?\Yi11!am and Abigail;§ and the last named eighty pounds, to Henry Rust of Salel1'
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'Y-Uliam, of Salem, for two hundred and merchan t.1 Mr. R ust came from Ipswic
.·\>:._"~Y•six pounds, conveyed his interest in to Salem when a boy, and learned th
·.XI--?:'~ land, which he called two-thirds, to his carpenter's trade of Jonathan Ga vet. · H
Abigail's husband, Joseph Blaney, of
- ,,,~,-- • . em, gentleman, Oct. 5, 1762.11
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tEssex Registry of Deeds, book I, leaf ; 3.
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§Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6 , leaf 33.
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Old Frye Building, moved here in 1854
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1854
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35
Essex Street
Joyce King
Old Frye Building
Salem Massachusetts
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Christopher Babbidgo House, 46½ Essex Street
Although almost half of this house was cut away & removed,
and although its exterior r e sembles nothing so much as a
mid-eighteenth century Georg ian mansion house, yet there
is a possibility that this is one of Salem 1 s few remaining
seventeenth-century houses.
A brief history of the house was written by the historian
Sidney Perley, in his History of Salem (vol. II, pps. 309-10),
as follows (with my own notes interspersed):
"This lot was probably granted to Christopher Babbidge before
1683, when he owned it, having erected a house, in which he
lived. This house was one of the best in the neighborhood,
and the staircase is still in use in that section of the house
which remains upon the original site. 11 Perley provide s an
illustration of the newel post & balustrades of the staircase;
unfortunately, they are no longer in the house. "Mr Babbidge
died about 1711, and his son Christopher succeeded him on the
place." Son Christopher was a cordwainer (shoe-maker). 11 In
1717, the building committee of the East or Second Church
met here & considered the plans of its· first meeting house,
which was built on the opposite side of the street 11 on the
western corner of Essex & Ha rdy Streets. "Mr Babbidge died
in 1755, and the adminstratrix of his estate conveyed the
land and buildings to Richard Derby, the merchant, Nov. 8,
1757" by deed 105:16. Mr Babbidg e's daughter M
ehitable administered his estate, which was worth about 268 li; his
homeste ad, 11 House & Barn & about 60 poles of Land", was appraised at 153.6.8 (probate docket #1155).
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Richard Derby, one of the great merchants of his day, evi- .
dently presente d this house to his daughter Mary when she
married Capt Ceor ge Crowninshield about 1764; either Mr Derby
or Capt & M Crowninshield completely remodelled the house
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to its pres ent Georg ian appearance. 11 Mr Derby died in 1783,
having devised to his daughter Mary Crowninshield this 'House
in which she lately dwelt now occupied by Joseph Noses' 11 who
was a sa.ilmaker. "Mrs Crowninshield conveyed the estate to
James Cheever, a merchant, Aug. 24, 1799 11 by de,ed 165:180,
for $3500.
"Mr Che ever died Sept 23 1839; and his children conveyed the
buildings and land to Phineas R Weston on June 1, 1840 11 for
$2,075, with a store thereon, by deed 320:14. "In 1859, Mr
Weston cut off the e astern end of the house and moved it to
Grant Street, where it still stands." Grant Street is now
Kosciusko Street, n e ar Derby W
harf; evidently this other half
�of the house was demolished within the past ten years. "Mr
Weston's family conveyed the remainder of the house and the
land to Charles Bowker on July 21 , 1885, and Mr Bowker lived
there until his decease. 11
Mr Bowkers heirs conveyed the property for $7500 to Ezma Abdo
of Salem (along with another piece of real estate) on 1 Sept
1914, soon after the Salem fire ( 2276:322 ). with hundreds
of people homeless in Salem, Mr Abdo moved the old Babbidge
house to the back yard, and built the present brick tenement
at the stree t-front. He sold the property 29 Nov 1918 to
Nicolai S Jensen of W
orcester (2402:174); on 1 May 1922 Mr
Jensen sold the premises to Esther Tarlow of Salem (2512:153).
Mrs Tarlow owned the property for 23 years, selling it to
Margaret Solovicos of ~alem on 19 July 1945 (3417: 597); on
28 Oct 1946 she gr anted it to The Solovicos Trust of Salem
(3519:573). The Solovicos family sold it to the M
aguires
in 1975 (61 88:766), and t he Messrs Maguire sold it 6 Jan 1976
to the trustees of Hibbard Realty Trust of M
arblehead, the
present owners (6212:346).
This is just a preliminary history of this property, and
draws no definite conclusions about the age of the h ouse.
Certainly, the remaining orig inal oak chamfered beams tend
to indicate a building date or 1715 or before--and it seems
that Christopher Babbidge built a house here by 1664. In a
case such as this, where there is· very little documentary
evidence relating to the house before the 1750s, the construction methods & evidence are c rucial to assigning a
date to the building. I would suggest calling in an expert
on 17th-century construction from the Society for the Preservation of New England Ant iquities.
Robert Booth
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Note : Dr Abbot L Cummings, executive director of the Society for the
Preservation of N ew England Antiquities, has inspected this house, and
believes that a dating of ca. 1715 is appropriate.
Robert Booth, 13 Aug 1977
�CHRISTOPHER BABBIDGE
Christopher Babbidge (1640?-1711?), a tailor, was the son
of Roger and Hester Babbidge of Totness, Devonshire , England,
where he was apprenticed to George Marks, tailor ; about 1660
he married Agnes Triggs of Totness, and in 1661 they came to
America in the ship Nathaniel ; they settled in Salem that
same year , when their first child, Ruth, was born .
Mr Babbidge was listed as one who owned a Salem cottage or
dwelling plac e in or before 1661; the location of this house
is not k.novm. On 24 Feb 1662 the town of Salem recorded the
sale of house-lots along the northern side of what is now
lower Essex Street; one of the purchasers was "M Babbidge"-r
Christopher Babbidge . On 24 July 1664 Joseph Porter was
granted a house-lot "next adjoining Lt George Gardner's
spot of land in the common near Xtopher Babbidge his house ••• "
and on the same date it was "voted to Anthony Ashby also a
lot of the same quantity with the range (of lots ) where
Goodman Bavedg (sic) lives, paying for it as others did . 11
From these two items , it is clear that by 1664 Christopher
Babbidge was living in a house on the lot he ' d been granted
in 1662--the sar.ie lot that this house stands on today .
By 3 May 1665 :Mr Babbidge had been made a freeman, and in
the next year he served as a grandjuryman--a position
generally held by the t o\<m ' s leading citizens . He would
go on to serve in the same capacity in 1670, 1675- 6, 1678-9,
and 1681-4. he served as a Salem constable in 1673 and many
times after , and held many other tmm offices . By the time
of the witch trials, he owned a shop ; it was in Mr Babbidge's
shop that John Proctor was accused of practicing witchcraft .
Robert Booth
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WE, R0!3Effi' M. MAGUIR:. AND GEORGE E, MAGUIRE, rui tenants 1n comncn, both
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being xxmarried, for consideration paid, and in full ronsiderarion of Cne Hundred .Three Thousan<!
Ten Doll~rs· ($103,010.00)---------------------------------------gr:ints to Willia'll M. Rice and Ann M. Rice and Peter W. :lice, Trustees of Hibbard
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Realty Trust of i'.arblehead, Essex County, l-:.u:1achusdts, a Declaration of ':'rust · dated
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ef.December 30, ·1975, and recorded herewith all of 2 Hibbard 'll'.ki1x)l'.f.li:t~
P.oad, l'.a.rblehead, Essex County, Massachuscttg '111th Quitclaim Covena'1ts
the land in Salem, with buildinf;s thereon bounded a'1d described as follO'.~S:
[0.-Scription :,.nd encumbrancrs, if any]
The land wlth the buildings thereon known as nu:Tbers 44, 46,
46 1/2, 48 and 50 Essex Street, in said Saler., bounded and described as foll<Ms:
SOUIBEASTERLY:
by Essex Street, about n1nety-<ne (91) feet, nine (9) inches;
NORI'HEASTEP.LY:
by land nc,11 or fo~rly of Hayman, about one hundred forty-nine
(149) feet;
NORrn't-TESTERLY:
by land now or forrrerly of Davis about seventy (70) fett;
SOUI"r!WESTERLY:
by land now or forrrerly of the City of Salem, about one hundred
forty-seven (147) feet, exceptinP.; so much thereof. as may have
been t?.ken by the City of Salem for the p:r-JpOse of w1den:1ng said
Essex Street.
For title, see deed of Ha'!'es ;,i, Solov1cos and Raymond T. White, Trustees under the
will o~ f1arf,aret Solov1cos, dated October 14, 1975, and recorded with the Essex South
Regist:rj• of Deeds, Book 6188, Pa.,":e 766.
This Parcel is subject to a rYPrtr:a~ held by the George Peabody Co-Operative Bank, 1n
the amount of approxirrately $65,000.00, and 1n a second r.ortgage held by Ja'!'es M.
Solov:1.cos and Raymond T. White, Trustees under tre will of Mar~t Solov1cos, 1n the
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R0!3Em' M. MAGUIRE end GEORGE E, MAGUIR::
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CHAPT!!P. 183 SEC. ti AS AMENDED BY 0-IAPTEP. 497 OF 1969
l!•OIJ'. deed pmtnted for ttcord shill ~t■in _ hawe •~d?r"'d upon it the full n:m,; rnidence and post ofli~ address of the ,tnnt~
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46.5 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts, 01970
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Built circa 1715 for Christopher Babbidge, Cordwainer
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1715
1977
46.5
Booth
Christopher Babbidge
Essex Street
Salem Massachusetts
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74 Essex Street
This house was built for Samuel Very 3d, Salem block-maker, in 1810.
In 17 57 this land, with a dwelling house thereon, was sold to Salem
spinsters Elizabeth & Anna Philpott, sisters { 114: 155, 156). They
owned it for more than 50 years, Elizabeth surviving Anna until
sometime before 16 Mar 1810, when the administrator of her estate
for $840 solo. to Samuel Very 3d, Salem block-maker, "a lot of land
in Salem with a dwelling house thereon ... being the same messuage
whereof (Elizabeth Philpott) died seized" ( 190: 299).
Samuel Very 3d (1785-181!3), the son of Capt Samuel and Abigail
(Crowninshield) Very, had married Alice Palmer on 4 Dec 1804.
He was a trader and block-maker, in which trade he made the
blocks through which the lines of sailing vessels were led; he
maintained a shop on Derby Street for this purpose. In addition,
he made use of his deceased uncle Clifford Crowninshield's land
·& wharf off Derby Street. In 1810 he paid taxes on the Crowninshield
property (worth $1800) .and on part of a house & a shop (worth $700);
these taxes reflected his estate as of early 1810. Soon after buying
this land in March 1810, he caused this house to be built thereon;
in the tax valuation of 1811 he was assessed for "a house in Essex
St and a shop in Derby St" worth a total of $1700, as well as for the
$1800 Crowninshield property, The jump in assessment ($700 in 1810
to $1700 in 1811) reflects the presence of this new house.
On 19 Ap 1811 Mr Very, then styled a Salem trader, for $500 mortgaged
to Salem widow Susanna Ingersoll "a certain lot of land situated on the
northerly side of Essex Street ... together with a new three story
dwelling house and all other buildings thereon•• ( 193:64). Mrs. Ingersoll
died that winter, and Mr Very failed to redeem the mortgage. On 30
May 1812 Mr Very, having fallen into debt, was obliged to sell his
right in equity to redeem the mortgage at public auction, at which for
a high bid of $835 Mrs Sarah Johnson of Marblehead bought the same
(197:25); on 1 June 1812 Mrs Johnson bought of the administrator of
Mrs Hathorne 1 s estate, for $533. 33, all her right to the premises
(197:24). The house & land thus came into the ownership of Sarah,
wife of Capt Benoice Johnson, Marblehead mariner & merchant,
M.l's Johnson owned it for more than 30 years, evidently renting it out
or most of that time; she died on 8 Sept 1846, at which time the
house & land (valued at $1725) descended to her two heirs, the children
of h;r daughter, Mrs Harriet S Cabot and John C Dodge (#43775). On
30 Sept 1847 Mr Dodge for $862. 50 granted his right in the place to the
trustee of Mrs Cabot (388: lZ 1). Then on 15 July 1850, for a total of
$1500 the estate was bought by George A Nichols of Salem from Mrs
Cabot and from her trustee ( 431: 199,208).
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�George Andrew Nichols died on 17 Aug 1851; a Salem cooper, he owne,d
the houses at 72 & 74 Essex St at the time of his decease (#48190). It t
is not clear as to how the property was disposed of, but it soon came
into the possession of Sarah (Nichols). the wife of Joseph Augustus
Danforth. Mrs Danforth may have been a sister to the deceased.
She owned the premi~es for nearly twenty years, selling for $2900
on 20 Oct 1870 to widow Rebecca Whiley of Salem (808:285). Mrs
Whiley (or Wiley) died on 8 Jan 1879, at which time the homestead (worth
$2400) descended to her two daughters, Mrs Sabra C Morse and Mrs
Abigail W Moulton (#57187). T~ey owned it until the death of Mrs Morse
on 18 July 1905, at which time her right to the premises descended to
her daughter Mrs Rebecca F Davis of Salem (#97083). On 11 June 1906
Mrs Davis and her aunt Mrs Moulton granted the estate to Simon Naczor
of Salem (1827:4_ 1). Mr Naczor owned it a very short time, selling on
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7 July 1906 to Mrs Sarah A Fay (1829:376). Mrs Fay owned it until
12 Sept 1914 when she sold to Sarah F Dore of Salem (2274:361). Sarah
Dore was deceased by 7 July 1921 when her heir & administratrix sold
the estate to Mrs Lena M Abernathy of Salem (2486:375, 376).
Mrs Abernathy owned the premises for more than 25 years, selling
on 12 Nov 194·6 to Mr &· Mrs Louis J Pelletier (3515:195). On 15 Ap
1954 Mr &: Mrs Pelletier granted the place to Mary L Higgins of
Peabody (4060: 194), and she immediately re conveyed to Mrs Pelletier
(4060:195). On 28 Oct 1955 Mrs .Rose A Pelletier granted the estate
to Mr &: Mrs John D 0 1 Connel\ of Salem (4221 :490).
Thirteen years later, on 11 Sept 1968, Mr &: Mrs O'Connell sold the
house and land to the present owners, Mr &: Mrs Richard D Anderson
of Salem ( 5 5 5 7: 101).
Robert Booth
26 July 1977
Note : The death of Samuel Very 3d, for whom this house was built in
1810, was reported in th~ Salem Gazette, issue of 27 April 1813;
he was only 28 years· old. He and his wife Alice evidently had no
children. Mr Very was called a block-maker in 1810 and a trader
in 1811 and 1812.
A figure such as ( 12:34) refers to deed book 1_2, page or leaf 34 at the
Southern Essex County Registry of Deeds; a figure such as (#1234) refers
to probate docket 1234 at Southern Essex County Probate.
�Mortgage Deed of Samuel Ve ry 3d to Mrs Susanna Ingersoll,
19 April 1811, 193:64
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Essex Street
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Built in 1810 for Samuel Very the 3rd, Blockmaker
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Robert Booth
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1810
1977
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blockmaker
Booth
Essex Street
Salem Massachusetts
Samuel Very
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76 & 78 Essex Street
This house was built by Joseph Danforth, Salem housewright, in 1832.
In 1700 this land w as in the Cheever family of Salem; on 7 Mar 1727 /8
widow Mary Che ~ver sold a part of it with "a small old house" thereon
for 85 li to her son James Cheever, Salem turner (46:167). Towards the
end of the 18th century it ·w as owned by Capt Timothy Wellman; in the
partition of his estate in 1818, his son George received the $800
"Wyatt lot, 11 so-called, bounded southerly 54 1 on Essex St, westerly
on Frye & Mansfield 155 1 , northerly 45' on "Washington Square or
Bath Street, 11 and easterly on Sarah Johnson 160 1 ; the southerly
half of this piece is the present house lot (217:230). Five years later
30 June 1823 George Wellman, Salem mariner, for $600 sold the
whole piece to William Silsbee, Salem merchant, who lived across
the street (232: 176). On 26 Ap 1831 Mr Silsbee for $582. 50 granted
the tract to Joseph Danforth, Salem housewright (267:60).
Joseph Danforth (1782-1840) was born in Newbury, but moved to Salem
by 16 Oct 1810, when he married, here, Phebe Kimball of Bradford.
They had seven children, all sons, between 1811-33, and all but one
of these boys survived to adulthood. Mrs Phebe D died 11 Oct 1835,
whereupon Mr Danforth married, secondly, 12 Jan 1836 Mrs Mary
Russell, with whom he apparently did not reside. He died 26 Jan 1840,
in his 58th year.
He probably built the house by late 1832, for on 22 Jan 1833 Mr Danforth
for $300 mortgaged to widow Mercy Upton of Salem the land "with a
dwelling house and outbuildings standing thereon" (273:156). The 1833
Salem tax valuation shows the value of his property next to Joseph's
name in ward 2; the notation "lot land, $500" is crossed out, with
"house, $3000" substituted in its place, although he was not taxed on
the value of the new house until the 1834 valuation. On 4 Ap 1834 Mr
Danforth was given a $950 second mortgage loan from Mrs Upton; it
was discharged ten years later (271:225).
Joseph Danforth died 26 Jan 1840, at which time his estate (including
"a two story dwelling house 76 & 78 Essex St, $3200) descended to his
six sons (#7143). Four years later., 2 May 1844, two of the brothers,
George F and Joseph A, released their rights in the premises for $1066
to brother John K Danforth, Salem tailor (344: 147,147). John K thus
came to own an undivided half of the premises. He successfully
petitioned to have the property partitioned, and on 28 Mar 1845 the
court set off to him the western half of the house and grounds, being
#78 Essex Street (354:261). John K Danforth owned this property at
his death on 11 June 1863, at which time it (worth $2000) descended
to his three minor children, with widow Cornelia's dower right therein
(#36924). On 29 Ap 1865 Mrs Danforth and her three sons sold #78
to Sarah Baxter Endicott, wife of Charles Endicott, of Salem, for a
total of $1935. 95 (682:252, 252,253).
�Meanwhile, back at the eastern half of the house, #76 Essex Street:
on 21 Mar 1848 Samuel G Danforth sold his one-third interest therein
to his brother William H (395:49). William then mortgaged his 2/3
right on 7 June 1855 to brother John K (514:35). On 15 Mar 1858 John K
foreclosed the mortgage and took possession of the premises (567:49).
He sold this 2/3 share on 1 July 1859 to the owner of the remaining f /3,
youngest brother Edward F Danforth (589:292). On 16 Dec 1858
William H had lost his right in equity to redeem the mortgage to his
brother Samuel G (584:52), and on 2 July 1859 Samuel G sold the equity
to Edward F (589:291). Thus Edw ard F Danforth came to possess the
eas t ern h a lf, which he mortgaged 5 Feb 1863 to brother S a muel G
(647:211) . This mortgage was not redeemed, and on 4 Ap 1866 Samuel
sold #76 out of the family to Benjamin S Newhall of Salem (702:68) .
Nine years later, 22 June 1875, Mr Newhall bought the western half,
#78, from Mrs Endicott (930:267). And so Mr Newhall came to own
both halves of the double house.
Benjamin S Newhall died on 3 Ap 1886, willing the premises to his wife
Caroline M for life (#63363). Mrs Newhall was deceased by 16 Ap 1901,
when the Newhall heirs granted 76 &t 78 Essex St to John H Holt of Salem
(1640:3). Fourteen years later, 31 Aug 1915, Mr Holt conveyed to Mrs
Katherine M Rushford of Salem (2505:589) . On 20 Oct 1916 she conv eyed
to Harry E Jackson of Danvers (2344:499). On 22 Dec 1916 Mr Jackson
conveyed to Mrs E Isabel R ·shford of Danvers (2354:51) .
Mrs Rushford sold the premises on 26 July 1921 to Charles Aronson of
Salem (2489:384). Two years later, 25 July 1923, Mr Aronson conveyed
to Mr &t Mrs Delbert R Jones as joint tenants (2562: 100). Nearly twenty
years later, 25 July 1942, Mrs Margaret A Jones (Mr Jones having died)
conveyed to Mary f Evans of Salem (3308: 177) and she immediately reconveyed to Mrs Jones, catherine M Tracey, and Mary D Buckley a s
joint tenants (3308:178). On 30 Jan 1957, Mrs Jones being deceased,
C. M. Tracey and M. D. Buckley conveyed to Mr &t Mrs Richard C
Copeland of Salem (4779: 189).
On 12 June 1961 Mr &t Mrs Copeland granted the double house to the
present owners, Mr &t Mrs Richard D Anderson of Salem (4779: 189).
Robert Booth
Z7 July 1977
�Notes:
In the first Salem Directory, printed in 1837 but bas ed on facts as of 1836,
Joseph Danforth was listed as a "ship-joiner" with a place of business at
15 Neptune Street and a house at 15 Carlton Street, The Carlton Street
house was the family residence, and after Mr Danforth's death his eldest
son_ (and probably other sons) lived here; by 1846 his two eldest sons
Joseph and John lived at 15 Carlton Street. John continued to live
there until 1854, when he moved into 78 Essex Street, where he and
his family lived until his death. None of the other Danforth brothers
ever lived at 76-78 Essex Street, according to the records.
This house bears a striking resemblance to the double house at
55-57 Federal Street, which was built in 1836. It seems likely that
Joseph Danforth was the builder of the Federal Street house as well.
A figure such as (12:34) refers to Southern Essex County deed book 12,
page or leaf 34. A figure such as (#1234) refers to Southern Essex County
Probate docket # 1234.
DANFORTH
Joseph (1782-1840) m. (1) 1810 Phebe Kimball of Bradford (1788-1835),
m. (2) 1836 Mrs Mary Russell of Salem. Children:
1) Jos,eph Augustus, 1811, m . 1838 Sarah Nichols (1819-94), d . 1877.
2) John Klmball, 1813, m. 1842 Cornelia Dunlap ; d . 1863.
3) William Henry, 1817, d. Boston 1870. Carpenter & inventor.
4) Samuel Gray, 1819, m. 1845 Elizabeth Abbot; d. 1867.
5) George Frederick, 1822, m. 1847 Martha J Gwinn; d. 1855.
6) James Albert, 1830, d. 2 Mar 1832 "from the effects of vaccination."
7) Edward Francis, 1833, m.1856 Louisa M Wood, lived Beverly .
Genealogical information from the Danforth Genealogy by John J May,
Chas H Pope, Boston, 1902; pages 394 and 406-7.
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21 ' 4"
78 I 9 11
79'
74 1 4"
73'4'
54'
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#76
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Essex Street
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76-78 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts, 01970
Subject
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House history
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An account of the resource
Built in 1832 for Joseph Danforth, Housewright
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Historic Salem, Inc., Salem Historical Society
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House built in 1832, house history conducted in 1977
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Robert Booth
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English
1977
76-78
Booth
Essex Street
Housewright
Joseph Danforth
Salem Massachusetts
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Essex Street
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94 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts, 01970
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Built circa 1870 for Thomas Covell
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House built circa 1870, house history research conducted 1995
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HSI
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English
1870
1995
94
Essex Street
HSI
Salem Massachusetts
Thomas Covell