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80 Washington Square East
Salem, Massachusetts 01970
Built for Capt. Joseph and Hannah Hosmer, 1795
Researched and written by David Moffat – December 2020
�Date
Conveyed by
22 Apr Capt. Joseph Hosmer,
1794
mariner, and Hannah
Webb Hosmer, his wife
Conveyed to
Property
Samuel Webb,
Jr., goldsmith
Amount
Doc
Book
One
undivided
fifth part
£21 Deed
158
Page
75
30
Apr
1794
Samuel Webb, Jr.,
Capt. Joseph
goldsmith, and Jonathan Hosmer,
Webb, mariner
mariner, and
Hannah Hosmer
Four
undivided
fifth parts
£84 Deed
158
76
31
Mar
1800
Capt. Joseph Hosmer
and Hannah Hosmer
29 and
1/10 poles
with
“buildings
thereon”
$4,000 Deed
166
195
29 and
1/10 poles
with
“dwelling
house barn
and other
buildings
thereon”
$5,000 Deed
175
157
2 Oct. John Price Jr., Esq.,
John Fairfield,
1810 Samuel Ropes, Philip
Esq.
Chase, merchants acting
in trust on behalf of
Samuel Archer, III’s
creditors
29 and
1/10 poles
with
“dwelling
house barn
and other
buildings”
$7,400 Deed
190
284
24
Oct.
1810
29 and
1/10 poles
with
“dwelling
house barn
and other
buildings”
$5,500 Deed
190
285
16 Oct Walter Price Bartlett,
1804 merchant
John Fairfield, Esq.
Walter
Bartlett,
merchant
Price
Samuel Archer,
III, merchant
John White,
gentleman
�24
May
1813
Joseph White, Jr.,
merchant
Penn Townsend,
merchant
29 and
1/10 poles
with
“dwelling
house barn
and other
buildings”
$4,000 Deed
203
185
6 Mar Penn Townsend,
1826 merchant
The Merchant’s
Bank
29 and
1/10 poles
with
“dwelling
house barn
and other
buildings
$400 Mort
gage
240
111
26 Oct Penn Townsend,
1828 merchant
The Merchant’s
Bank
29 and
1/10 poles
with
“dwelling
house barn
and other
buildings
$300 Mort
gage
247
149
18
Aug
1845
Penn Townsend
William D.
Waters
26
Jan.
1891
J. Linton and Henry F.
Waters
Charles R.
Waters
“a certain
lot of land
with
buildings
thereon”
$1 and
other
considerati
ons
Deed
1301
447
31
Jan.
1891
Edward S. Waters
Charles R.
Waters
“a certain
lot of land
with
buildings
thereon”
$1 and
other
considerati
ons
Deed
1301
447
Sarah A. Weston
“a certain
lot of land
with
$1,000 Mort
gage
1692
543
5 Dec Charles R. Waters
1902
Will
�buildings
thereon”
6 May Charles R. Waters
1912
Catherine F.
Tracy, widow
“a certain
lot of land
with
buildings
thereon”
$1 and
other
valuable
considerati
ons
Deed
2140
588
14
Apr.
1923
Louis A.
Kotarski
“the land
with
buildings
thereon”
with
warranty
covenants
Considerat
ion Paid
Deed
2549
474
6 Jun Louis A. Kotarski,
1928 physician
Thomas B.
Ciesinki
“the land
with
buildings
thereon”
with
warranty
covenants
Considerat
ion Paid
Mort
gage
2767
156
6 Jun Thomas B. Ciesinki
1928
Louis A.
Kotarski
“the land
with
buildings
thereon”
with
warranty
covenants
Considerat
ion Paid
Mort
gage
2767
156
“the land
in said
Salem with
buildings
thereon”
$13,000 Deed
3525
263
“the land
in Salem
with
buildings
thereon”
$12,130 Repi
osses
sion
3761
83
21
Apr.
1947
Catherine F. Tracy,
widow of Henry J.
Helen A,. Kotarski,
Francis A. &
trustee of the Alexander Ruth M.J.
Trust
Walden
26 Jul. Waldens
1950
Roland A.
Stanley, acting
on behalf of
Salem Savings
Bank
�Considerat
ion Paid
Deed
3784
595
“the land
in Salem,
Essex
County,
Massachus
etts, with
buildings
thereon”
A Valuable
Considera
tion Paid
Deed
3839
97
Charles S.
Erskine and
Elvina M.
“the land
in said
Salem,
together
with the
buildings
thereon”
Considerat
ion Paid
Deed
4487
56
5 Mar. Charles S. Erskine
1959
Elvina M.
Erskine
“the land
in said
Salem,
together
with the
buildings
thereon”
Considerat
ion Paid
Deed
4542
159
30
Aug.
1974
Thomas A.
O’Donnell
“the land
in Salem,
together
with the
buildings
thereon”
$80,000
Deed
6095
353
16
Nov.
1950
Salem Savings Bank
20
Aug.
1951
Carl R. Gray, Jr., United John D. Jackson
States of America
Administration of
Veterans Affairs
20
Aug.
1958
John D. Jackson
Elvina M. Erskine
Carl R. Gray,
“the land
Jr., United States
in said
of America
Salem with
Administration
buildings
of Veterans
thereon”
Affairs
The Hosmer-Townsend-Waters House, built c. 1795
�-Initially described in spring 1794 as 29 and 1/10th poles, bounding 66 ft. westerly on the
Salem Common, 116 ft. southerly on land late of Francis Boardman, 66 ft. easterly on land of
Nathaniel Richards, and 79 ft. northerly on land of Samuel Webb, Jr.
-The date of 1795 is given based on a door knocker which once adorned the house, as
referenced in a footnote to William Bentley’s diary: “In the house in Pleasant Street which he
built in 1795 (Date on the knocker), afterwards the home of Capt. Penn Townsend and now of
his grandson Charles R. Waters.” The Diary of William Bentley, Vol. 3, January,
1803-December, 1810. Salem: The Essex Institute, 1911, p. 35.
-Capt. Samuel Webb was buried April 2, 1780. He married Hannah Ward, daughter of
John Ward, November 9, 1758. She died of fever at age 72 in April 1808. Priscilla seems to have
been his sister, born 1741. Samuel and Hannah had at least two sons, Samuel Webb, Jr., baptized
November 28, 1762, and Jonathan, baptized July 28, 1767. The younger Hannah was possibly
their daughter or perhaps a niece. In August of 1789 she married Joseph Hosmer. Jonathan died
of fever at age 27 while a mate of Captain Martin in Hispaniola, news of which reached Salem in
December of 1795.1
In May 1808, after the elder Hannah Webb’s death, Hannah Hosmer bought a dwelling
house on Pleasant Street from Samuel Webb, goldsmith, Priscilla Webb, singlewoman, for
$2,616.672 In October of that year Samuel Archer III sold an adjoining piece of land to Priscilla
Webb for $2,290.3
-For Samuel Archer’s trustation, see Registry of Deeds 188:241, April 3, 1810.
-Joseph White received the property “from Daniel Dutch Deputy Sherriff on the 16th of
April AD 1813, in part satisfaction of an execution which issued at sd. Salem on the sixteenth
day of April 1813, upon a judgement recovered to me against one John White, of said Salem,
merchant, in the circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle circuit, which execution is
recorded in the Registry of deeds in said County Books of Executions No. 1, page 300.”
-Will of Penn Townsend
Be it remembered, that I, Penn Townsend,
of Salem in the county of Essex, state of Massts, being
weak in body but of sound and perfect mind and memory, do make and publish this my last will and testament, in manner and in form following; (that is to say) –
First,
I give to William D. Waters (merchant in Salem) in
trust, all my real and personal estate, for the benefit
of my wife Sarah Townsend and my daughter Mary
Townsend, the income or interest of the same to be equally divided between them during their life time, on the
1
Salem Vital Records: Births, pp. 403, 404; Marriages, pp. 445, 519; Deaths: pp. 314-315.
Salem Deeds, Deed 184:176, 13 May 1808.
3
Salem Deeds, Deed 184:176, 7 Oct. 1808.
2
�decease of my wife, then the whole income to go to my
daughter Mary, and on the decease of my wife and my
daughter Mary, then the whole property to go to my daughter Eliza G. Waters or her heirs or assigns, to be disposed
of as she or they may think proper; - and I hereby
appoint William D. Waters above named sole executor
of this my last will and testament; hereby revoking
all former wills by me made.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
seal, the eighteenth day of August in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five.
Signed, sealed, published, and declared
by the above named Penn Townsend to
} Penn Townsend Seal
be his las will and testament, in the
presence of us, who, at his request, and
in his presence, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses to
the same.
N. Weston
James B. Briggs
James B. Curwen
-Kotarski Trustation, Registry of Deeds 2767:157.
-Waldens/Wheldons in 1950:
Mortgage (3525:263) 21 Apr. 1947
Order of Notice (3724:89) 6 Mar. 1950
Order of Notice (3726:186) 17 Mar. 1950
Final Decree Authorizing Foreclosure (3761:81) 11 Aug. 1950
Salem Savings Bank, possession (3761:82)
D. un. Pow. (3761:83)
Affidavit of Sale (3761:84)
-Thomas A. O’Donnell forms Castine Realty Trust, Dec. 17, 1987
-Declaration of homestead, 26 Dec. 2014
Directories:
1837: Asa Brooks, hardware, 10 Pleasant, Penn Townsend to 10 Pleasant (in additions,
removals and corrections)
1842: Penn Townsend, William Edwards, mariner, Esther Waters, all at 10 Pleasant
1846: Benjamin Barker, Benjamin Hawkes, Penn Townsend
1850: Mrs. Penn Townsend at 10 Pleasant, Mr. Penn Townsend at 10 Andrew Street.
�1853: John Barlow, boots and shoes, Mrs. Sarah Stimson, Peter M. Cooper, groceries,
Mrs. Penn Townsend
1857: 10 Pleasant is home to John Barlow, boots and shoes, and Mrs. Sarah Stevens.
1861: Charles R. Waters, Joseph G. Waters, a judge at the Police Court, Henry F. Waters,
instructor and Miss Mary Townsend, who boards there. William C. and WIlliam D. Waters live
at 6 Pleasant.
1874: Charles R. Waters, bookkeeper, and J. Linton Waters, counsellor and notary public
1878: Charles R., J. Linton, and Henry F. Waters
1914: C.F. Tracey, C.F. Grush
1921: Catherine F. Tracy
1931: Louis A. Kotarski, physician, Helen A., his wife, Clara, William C., physician,
Eliz., his wife, William K., physician, Eliz., his wife.
1937: Louis A. Kotarski, Helen A., his wife.
Atlases:
1851-Townsend
1874-J.G. Waters
1897-C.R. Waters
1911-Charles P. Waters
Other Sources:
Massachusetts Historical Commission4
Bryant F. Tolles’ Architecture in Salem. 5
Fiske Kimball’s Mr. Samuel McIntire, Carver: The Architect of Salem.6
Plan, June 1961:
MHC MACRIS, SAL.2699, “Hosmer, Capt. Joseph - Townsend, Capt. Penn House”
Bryant F. and Carolyn K. Tolles, Architecture in Salem: An Illustrated Guide. Hanover and New London: UPNE,
1983, pp. 32-33.
6
Kimball, Fiske. Mr. Samuel Mclntire. Carver: The Architect of Salem. Salem: Essex Institute, 1940. Reprinted,
Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1966.
4
5
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Built for Capt. Joseph and Hannah Hosmer, 1795
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1795
2020
80 Washington Square East
Capt. Joseph Hosner
Captain
Hosner
Massachusetts
Salem