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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 22., William Gray of Salem and Samuel Gray of Medford. (search)
n old building on the lot was bought by Samuel Swan and removed. May 29, 1806, William Gray sold this property to James Gilchrist, who lived here many years. He was a sea captain, sailing from Salem and Boston, engaged in trade with China and thunsafe to assume that the Captain Gilchrist who was master of Gray's brig, the Caravan, that year was the same as Capt. James Gilchrist of this town. Joseph Swan (1784-1853), our townsman, was educated in William Gray's counting-room, and the chu as a garden by the Grays, where now stands St. Joseph's Church. Note.--Since writing the above we have learned that Gilchrist took over a house formerly occupied by W. R. Gray. Captain Gilchrist moved from the house he bought of William Gray toCaptain Gilchrist moved from the house he bought of William Gray to the Parson Turell house, then back to the former house, which his wife preferred. So in one of these houses William R. Gray resided the seasons he spent in Medford. Eliza M. Gill.