. Historic homes of New England . Plate XXXIV. — Middle Chamber, Ladd-Gilman House ;Prison, Ladd-Gilman I. 3 3 3O a: -a X X X M < CHAPTER VIII THE ADAMS HOUSE One of the first settlers at Newbury, Massa-chusetts, was one Henry Sewall, who came overfrom England in 1634, bringing with him cattle,servants, and provisions. He was allotted sixhundred acres of upland and marsh land at New-bury, according to agreement made before he lefthis native country. This land bordered the riverParker, near what is now known as By^eld proper,a fertile, woodland country with rolling hills andrich land
. Historic homes of New England . Plate XXXIV. — Middle Chamber, Ladd-Gilman House ;Prison, Ladd-Gilman I. 3 3 3O a: -a X X X M < CHAPTER VIII THE ADAMS HOUSE One of the first settlers at Newbury, Massa-chusetts, was one Henry Sewall, who came overfrom England in 1634, bringing with him cattle,servants, and provisions. He was allotted sixhundred acres of upland and marsh land at New-bury, according to agreement made before he lefthis native country. This land bordered the riverParker, near what is now known as By^eld proper,a fertile, woodland country with rolling hills andrich land. He married Jane Dummer, settlinglater on the grant of land that had been appor-tioned to him for the first stock farm in America. Near the foot of the hill, at the parting of fourroads, was a lot of land that he bequeathed to hiswife, with ten pounds yearly. The grant of landlater on was divided into several house lots, one ofwhich was the home of William Longfellow, theemigrant ancestor of the Longfellow family inAmerica, who married Anne Sewall. This shows [83] HISTORIC HOMES OF NEW ENGLAND
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