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395 ESSEX STREET:
BUILT BY 1730 FOR PAUL RAYMOND, POTTER
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Researched by Rory Goff & Nancy Englehardt
Rockport, Massachusetts
May, 1991
�395 ESSEX STREET:
BUILT BY 1730 FOR PAUL RAYMOND, POTTER
Sidney Perley provides an early history of the land beneath 395 Essex
Street in his article, "Part of Salem in 1700. No. 6," in The Essex Antiquarian
(vol. S, no. 3, p. 36). On the accompanying map, we see that the land
belonged in 1700 to Ensign Edward Flint, yeoman, who had inherited it in
1673 upon his father William's death.
Upon his own death in 1711, Edward's tenth child, Sarah, inherited the half
acre immediately underlying what would later be 395 Essex Street. She
kept the land for eleven years, and then sold the land to Jacob Willard, as
appears in the deed below:
BOOK 39 PAGE 203
DATE-
June 19, 1722
CONSIDERATION-
£80 Current Money of New England
GRANTORS-
Jacob Willard of Salem, tanner, and Sarah his wife,
one of the daughters of Ensign Edward Flint late of
Salem, deceased
GRANTEE-
Paul Raymond of Salem, potter
DESCRIPTION-
"... a certain piece or parcel of Land & situate
lying & being in Salem aforesd. containing about
half an acre be the same more or less, butted and
bounded as followeth, viz. Northerly on the Main
Street, Westerly on land of Elizabeth Dean,
Southerly with the land of Thomas Flint, Easterly
with the land of Robert Orange ..."
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- None
NOTE-
Paul Raymond was born in Beverly of Mary
(Kettell) and William Raymond (or Raiment), Jr.,
being baptised March 10, 1694/S ("Beverly First
Church Records," Essex Institute Historical
Collections, vol. 37, p. 349). Between 1723 and
1730, Paul's and his wife Tabitha's four children
�NOTE (cont'd)-
were baptised in Salem's First Church (E.1.H.C., vol.
7, p. 230 ff.). In 1725 he was Constable in Salem,
collecting the taies assessed in his ward for that
year (tai assessor's street book: 1725). By 1736
his family had removed to Bedford (E.l.H.C. vol. 15,
p. 379 ). The tai records are ambiguous, but imply
that the Raymonds may have had a house at 395
Essei Street as early as 1723; it was certainly
present by 1730, as the following deed shows:
BOOK 60 PAGE 191
DATE-
January 27, 1730/31
CONSIDERATION-
£500 Province Bills
GRANTOR-
Paul Raymond of Salem, potter
GRANTEE-
George Needham of Salem
DESCRIPTION-
"All that my Messuage situate in Salem aforesd.
consisting of a Dwelling House, barn, outhouseing
and about half an Acre of Land be the same more
or less as it is now fenced in butting Northerly on
the Main Street, Westerly on Land of Eliza. Dean,
Southerly on land lately Thos. Flint's, Easterly on
Land of Robert Orange ... "
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- None
BOOK 68 PAGE 226
DATE-
October 30, 1735
CONSIDERATION-
£450
GRANTOR-
George Needham of Salem, inn-holder
GRANTEE-
Paul Raymond of Salem, potter
�DESCRIPTION-
"AU that my Messuage situate in Salem aforesd.
consisting of a Dwelling House, Barn, outhouseing
and about half an acre of Land be the same more
or less as it is now fenced, butting Northerly on
the Main Street, Westerly on Land late of Elizabeth
Dean, dec'd., Southerly on land lately Thos. Flint's
and Easterly on Land lately Orange's ..."
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- "... which I purchased of Paul Raymond by deed
dated [January 27, 1730/31 I ..."
BOOK 71 PAGE 151
DATE-
July 6, 1736
CONSIDERATION-
£500 Province Bills
GRANTOR-
Paul Raymond of Bedford, gentleman, "with the
consent of Tabitha my wife"
GRANTEE-
Hannah Hathorne of Salem, widow
DESCRIPTION-
"AU that my Messuage situate in Salem aforesd.
consisting of a Dwelling House, barn, out House &
about half an acre of Land be the same more or
less as it is now fenced, butting Northerly on the
Main Street, Westerly on Land of john Ropes (late
Eliza. Dean's), Southerly on land of Nathaniel Ropes
(late Thos. Flint's) and Easterly on Land of Timo.
Lindall Esqr. (late Orange's) ... "
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- "... which I purchased of George Needham by deed
dated October the Thirtieth 1735 ..."
BOOK 74 PAGE 64
DATE-
October 11, 1737
CONSIDERATION-
£500
GRANTOR-
Hannah Hathorne of Salem, widow
�GRANTEE-
Miles Ward, Jr., of Salem, joiner
DESCRIPTION-
"Dwelling House with out houses & land thereto
adjoining and belonging, situate in Salem aforesd.,
containing half an acre more or less as it is now
fenced, butting Northerly on the Main street,
Easterly on Land of Timo. Lindall Esq., Southerly on
Land of Nathaniel Ropes and Westerly on Land of
john Ropes ..."
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- None
BOOK 136 PAGE 221
DATE-
June 11, 1778
CONSIDERATION-
£880
GRANTOR-
Miles Ward of Salem, gentleman [and Hannah, his
wife)
GRANTEE-
Isaac White of Salem, merchant
DESCRIPTION-
"... my late dwelling house situate in the westerly
part of the main street in said Salem with all the
out houses & land thereto adjoining and belonging,
containing half an Acre more or less as it is now
fenced, bounding northerly on the main street,
easterly on land late of Timothy Lindall Esqr.
deceased, southerly on land late of Nathaniel Ropes
Esqr. deceased & westerly on land of john Ropes
.
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- None
BOOK 144 PAGE 227
DATE-
May 3, 1785
CONSIDERATION-
£296.Ss
GRANTOR-
john White of Billerica, administrator of the goods
and estate of Isaac White, late of Salem, merchant
�GRANTEE-
Walter Price Bartlett of Salem, merchant
DE.5CRIPTION-
"... a certain messuage & tenement situate in the
main street in Salem aforesd. with the land thereto
adjoining being about half an acre more or less
with the dwelling House, out Houses & all the
buildings standing & being on the premises, the
whole enclosed with a fence and is bounded
northerly on the main street, easterly on land late
of Timothy Lyndall Esqr. deceased, southerly on
land late of Nathaniel Ropes Esqr. deceased &
westerly on land of john Ropes."
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- None
BOOK 153 PAGE 164
DATE-
September 6, 1791
CONSIDERATION-
£230
GRANTOR-
Walter Price Bartlett of Salem, merchant
GRANTEE-
Josiah Austin of Salem, cabinet-maker
DE.5CRIPTION-
" ... a certain Messuage & Tenement situated in
the main street in Salem aforesaid with the land
thereto adjoining being about half an acre more or
less with the dwelling house, out houses & all the
buildings standing & being on the premises, the
whole enclosed with a fence, bounded [then same
as previous deed) ..."
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- "... being the same that I bought of john White of
Billerica ... esquire, as administrator of the goods
& estate of Isaac White late of Salem aforesaid,
merchant, deceased intestate ..."
NOTE-
Son of Chartestown's carver john Austin, Josiah
Austin in 1779 joined Salem's prominent Sandersons as partner in a "cooperative business venture
in which cabinetmakers, carvers, gilders, turners,
�NOTE (cont'd)-
upholsterers and many other craftsmen contributed their respective parts in the making of
furniture for eiportation to southern states, the
East and West Indies, South America, and Africa -wherever a cargo could be shipped to best advantage." (Qunie's "Furniture Craftsmen of Salem ... in
the Federal Period," E.I.H.C. vol. 113, p. 192; and
especiaUy Swan's "Elijah and Jacob Sanderson,
Early Salem Cabinetmakers ... ," E.I.H.C. vol. 70, p.
323 ff.)
Increased tax assessments imply that Austin
improved the property (£3 in 1793, £3.5 in 1794,
and $1200 in 1795, where house "and shop" is first
mentioned). An early nineteenth-century memory
reca11s 395 Essex Street as Austin's dweUing, with
cabinet shop attached (Jonathan Tucker, Esq.,"Our
Old Houses. Reminiscences ... 1807 to 181 O,"
Salem Gazette, Nov. 19, 1875).
Josiah Austin bought additional small pieces of
land abutting his property to the west and fronting
on Essex street, from James Barr of Salem, yeoman,
for £5 in 1792 (Book 154, Page 274) and from
Jabez Smith, house carpenter, for $15 in 1803
(Book 173, Page 37).
BOOK 217 PAGE 174
DATE-
June 2, 1818
CONSIDERATION-
$2000
GRANTOR-
Josiah Austin of Salem, gentleman
GRANTEE-
James Silver of Salem, merchant
DESCRIPTION-
"... a certain piece of land situate in Salem
aforesaid containing about fifty poles of land be
the same more or less, with the dwelling house
standing thereon bounded as foUows, viz.,
northerly on Esse1 Street, easterly on land of Capt.
John Andrew formerly land of the Rev'd. Thomas
�DESCRIPTION (cont'd}- Barnard deceased, southerly on land of Capt. Jabez
Smith, and westerly on land partly on land of Capt.
Jabez Smith and partly on land of said Silver to
Essei Street aforesaid or however the same may be
bounded."
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- None
BOOK 237 PAGE 101
DATE-
May19,1824
CONSIDERATION-
$2300
GRANTOR-
James Silver of Salem, merchant
GRANTEE-
Charles Hart of Salem, master mariner
DESCRIPTION-
"... a certain piece of land situate in Salem
aforesaid with the dwelling house, the eastern half
of the wood house, the eastern half of the
necessary thereon standing, bounded as follows,
viz, beginning at the northeast corner on land of
Andrews, then running southerly on said Andrews
land one hundred and siI feet to land of James
Silver, then westerly on said Silvers land forty five
feet and three inches to said Silvers land, then
northerly on said Silvers land ninety one feet and
eleven inches to EsseI street, then northeasterly on
said street fifty four feet to the bounds first
mentioned ..."
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- None
NOTE-
A recollection of early nineteenth-century Essei
Street states that after being occupied by Mr.
Austin (with cabinet shop attached}, the "house
was sold years afterward, and put in fine order by
Capt. Charles Hart," adding elsewhere that Hart was
captain "of Brig New PrisciUa, which was taken by
pirates near Cuba in 1829, the crew never being
heard from" (Oliver Thayer, "Early Recollections of
the Upper Portion of EsseI Street," E.I.H.C. vol. 21,
�NOTE (cont'd)-
pp. 212, 223). Tai records show no improvement
before Hart's death (Austin's house and shop was
valued at $1000 in 1807; the house was valued at
$800 in 1827 and in 1828, when Hart was listed as
"missing"). However, in 1830 Mrs. Frances Hart's
real estate was assessed at $1600; it appears that
his widow made the improvements. She
remarried, becoming Mrs. Frances Hart Grafton,
and her children later sold the house:
BOOK 396 PAGE 279
DATE-
May 2, 1848
CONSIDERATION-
$2300
GRANTORS-
Charles Hart of Providence, R.I.; Edward A. Hart of
Boston; Nathan Todd and his wife Francis M. Todd,
both of Rowley
GRANTEE-
Ezra Northey of Salem
DESCRIPTION-
"A certain lot of land, with the dwelling house & all
other buildings & improvements thereon standing
situate in Salem aforesaid, on Essex Street,
bounded as follows; beginning at the Northeast
corner on land now or formerly belonging to heirs
of the late john Andrews deceased & running
Southerly on said land one hundred & six feet to
land now or formerly belonging to the heirs of the
late James Silver deceased; then Westerly on said
last mentioned land forty five feet & three inches,
to land now or formerly belonging to [James
Silver's heirs); then Northerly on said land ...
ninety one feet & eleven inches, to said Essex
Street; then Northeasterly on said Street fifty four
feet to the first mentioned bound."
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- None
NOTE-
In the 1851 Map of Salem. the house ("E. Northey")
is portrayed with no additions to the rear.
�BOOK 713 PAGE 151
DATE-
June 23, 1866
CONSIDERATION-
$1500
GRANTOR-
Rebekah Northey Buffum, wife of Henry Buffum of
Melrose
GRANTEE-
William Northey
DESCRIPTION-
"... my undivided half of a certain lot of land with
all the buildings and improvements thereon
standing situate in Salem aforesaid on Essex Street
... and bounded ... as follows (then same as
previous deed)"
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- " ... being the same which was conveyed to our
late father Ezra Northey by Francis H. Grafton (sic),
Charles Hart, Edward A Hart, Nathan Todd and
Francis M. Todd by Deed dated (May 2, 1848, in)
Book 396, leaf 279"
NOTE-
On September 21, 1867, William Northey bought
adjoining land from Samuel P. Andrews for S1025.
Lying east of Northey's house, it measured 27'2"
along Essex St. on its north side, 108 · along Northey
property on its west side, 36 · on its south side and
116 '9" on its east side, both sides abutting other
property of Samuel Andrews (Book 733, Page 64).
Significant improvements were underway; tax
records assess the house at S1500 in 1865, at
$2500 in 1866, '67, and '68, and at $3000 in 1869.
By 1874, the house had its tong south extension
(see map, 1874 Atlas of ... Salem). The smaller,
east extension was apparently added between
1874 and 1897 (see map, 1897 Atlas of ... Salem).
BOOK 2669 PAGE 99
DATE-
January 6, 1926
CONSIDERATION-
S1 and other valuable considerations
�GRANTORS-
Edward A. Northey of Boston and WiUiam E.
Northey of Salem, trustees under the will of
William Northey, dec'd, late of Salem
GRANTEES-
Leverett S. Tuckerman and Linda S. Tuckerman, his
wife, both of Boston
DESCRIPTION-
"... the land on Essex Street in said Salem, with
the buildings thereon, bounded and described as
follows: northerly by Essex Street, eighty-one (81)
feet two (2) inches; easterly by land now or late of
Andrews, one hundred si:1teen ( 116) feet nine
inches; southerly by land now or late of Harrington
and Northey, eighty-one (81) feet three (3) inches;
and westerly by land now or late of Runette,
late of Northey, ninety-one (91) feet eleven ( 11)
inches. AU of said dimensions being more or less."
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- "See deed to William Northey from Rebekah
Northey Buffum, date June 23, 1866 and recorded
... Book 713, Page 151; deed to Ezra Northey ...
Book 396, Page 279 and deed to William Northey
... September 21, 1867, ... Book 733, Page 64."
BOOK 3354 PAGE 104
DATE-
November 5, 1913
CONSIDERATION-
Paid
GRANTORS-
Leverett S. Tuckerman and Linda S. Tuckerman of
Salem, husband and wife
GRANTEE-
Oara M. Kaminski of Everett
DESCRIPTION-
"... the land at 395 Essex Street in Salem with the
buildings thereon ..." [then, same as previous
deed)"
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- "... conveyed to us by Edward A. Northey and
William E. Northey, Trustees under the will of
William Northey by deed dated January 6, 1926 ...
Book 2669, Page 99."
�BOOK 3354 PAGE 105
DATE-
November 5, 1943
CONSIDERATION-
Paid
GRANTOR-
Clara M. Kaminski of Everett
GRANTEE-
Linda S. Tuckerman of Salem
DESCRIPTION-
Same as previous deed
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- "... conveyed ... by Leverett S. Tuckerman and
Linda S. Tuckerman dated November 1, 1942 ...
Book 3354, Page 104."
BOOK 3572, PAGE 23
DATE-
October 17, 1947
CONSIDERATION-
Paid
GRANTOR-
Linda S. Butler of Middleton
GRANTEE-
Priscilla Belknap Moore of Salem
DESCRIPTION-
Same as previous deed
NOTE-
"... the said Linda S. Tuckerman having since been
divorced from Leverett L. Tuckerman ... and
having subsequently married Warren H. Butler."
BOOK 3873, PAGE 164
DATE-
January 30, 1952
CONSIDERATION-
Paid
GRANTOR-
Priscilla Belknap Moore, being unmarried, of Salem
GRANTEE.5-
Roland L. Audette and Pauline L. Audette, husband
and wife, as tenants by the entirety, both of said
Salem
�DESCRIPTION-
'The land in said Salem, with buildings thereon,
bounded and described as follows: northerly by
Essex Street, eighty-one (81) feet two (2) inches;
easterly by land now or formerly of Andrews, one
hundred sixteen (116) feet nine (9) inches;
southerly by land now or formerly of Harrington
and Northey, eighty-one (81) feet three (3) inches;
and westerly by land now or formerly of Runette,
formerly of Northey, ninety-one (91) feet eleven
( 11 ) inches."
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- Book 3572, Page 23
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Built in 1730 for Paul Raymond, potter.
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1730
395 Essex Street
Paul Raymond
Salem MA