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John Usher (search for this): chapter 1
ouse is uncertain; some writers claim that as a farmhouse it was built in the early days of Winthrop's ownership, probably about 1637. It was a brick house, two and one-half stories in height, with dormer windows on the roof. When occupied by John Usher in 1690, a lean — to was added to give more room. Under the ownership of the Royalls the house assumed its present proportions. When purchased in 1732 by Isaac Royall the work of enlarging was put into the hands of his brother Jacob. The pople. The Committee of Safety were his friends and he probably would never have been disturbed had he remained at home, but the reputation of a previous occupant of the older part of the house was held against him. The house, while occupied by John Usher, was a favorite place of assembly for the Tories and Loyalists of Boston. The estate was confiscated in 1775 by the Colonies but was not sold. Gen. John Stark of New Hampshire, who commanded the New Hampshire troops in this section, occupie
George Washington (search for this): chapter 1
up the roof, most of them seven and eight inches square, and it might well be the home of spooks, as the name of Hobgoblin Hall was given it by the generals of the Revolutionary War—at that time being used as headquarters at the request of George Washington. Slave quarters. The Slave Quarters, which housed Isaac Royall's retinue of servants, twenty-seven in number, may still be seen in the yard and in a good state of preservation. The out-kitchen of brick with its latch-string always ouStark of New Hampshire, who commanded the New Hampshire troops in this section, occupied the house until after the Evacuation of Boston. Generals Lee and Sullivan were also stationed here during the war, and there is no doubt that at times General Washington made his headquarters here. From a look-out on the roof between the huge chimneys Mollie Stark watched the Evacuation of Boston, March 17, 1776. Occupants of the Royall House since the Revolutionary War were, in 1778, Colonel Cary of C
William Welsh (search for this): chapter 1
om the Colony, his estate was held by the Colony until disposed of in 1804. In 1779 the General Court ordered all confiscated estates to be sold, but Royall's was not on the list, and later on the estate was turned back to the heirs for $1.00. In 1790 William Woodbridge kept a boarding and day school in the house, having at one time forty-two boys and ninety-six girls. The estate was sold by the heirs in 1804 to Robert Fletcher for 16,000 pounds. It then passed into the hands of William Welsh of Boston, who in 1810 sold it to Francis Cabot Lowell, and two years later it was sold to Jacob Tidd for $9,000. After the death of Mr. Tidd his widow, who was a sister of William Dawes, lived here for fifty years, up to the time of the Civil War in 1860, since which time it has been occupied by various families until 1905, when the Royall House Association was organized. Much credit is due to the Sarah Bradlee Fulton Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, for their conception
John Winthrop (search for this): chapter 1
country, living in rude log cabins, felling trees and clearing ground, and never a backward look. Probably the first white man who wandered over this part of the country was Myles Standish and his exploring party from Plymouth in 1621. John Winthrop, the first Governor of Massachusetts Bay Company, took up his abode on what is now Winter Hill. He was granted six hundred acres in 2631 which was named by him The Ten Hills Farm. The record reads: Sept. 6, 1631 granted to Mr Governor 600 ath by metes & bounds, near his home in Mystic to be held by him and his heirs forever. The date of the building of the original portion of the Royall House is uncertain; some writers claim that as a farmhouse it was built in the early days of Winthrop's ownership, probably about 1637. It was a brick house, two and one-half stories in height, with dormer windows on the roof. When occupied by John Usher in 1690, a lean — to was added to give more room. Under the ownership of the Royalls the
William Woodbridge (search for this): chapter 1
uation of Boston, March 17, 1776. Occupants of the Royall House since the Revolutionary War were, in 1778, Colonel Cary of Charlestown, at a rental of two hundred pounds per year. On account of Isaac Royall being an absentee from the Colony, his estate was held by the Colony until disposed of in 1804. In 1779 the General Court ordered all confiscated estates to be sold, but Royall's was not on the list, and later on the estate was turned back to the heirs for $1.00. In 1790 William Woodbridge kept a boarding and day school in the house, having at one time forty-two boys and ninety-six girls. The estate was sold by the heirs in 1804 to Robert Fletcher for 16,000 pounds. It then passed into the hands of William Welsh of Boston, who in 1810 sold it to Francis Cabot Lowell, and two years later it was sold to Jacob Tidd for $9,000. After the death of Mr. Tidd his widow, who was a sister of William Dawes, lived here for fifty years, up to the time of the Civil War in 1860, sin
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