A History of Captain Roswell Preston of Hampton, Connecticut, his ancestry and descendants ; including ancestry in the Eaton, Knowlton, Butt, Raymond, Witter, Killam, Hinds and other kindred families . Presto7i — Rnswell^. 19 used for baking the family bread and pastry. In 1814 CaptainPreston built a large addition to his dwelling. The new house wastwo stories in height with an attic. The carpenter work cost $220and the nails $ Among the latter were 58i lbs. wrought ten-penny nails at 13 cents per pound. The rooms on the ground floor were warmed by two fireplaces seton opposite sides of
A History of Captain Roswell Preston of Hampton, Connecticut, his ancestry and descendants ; including ancestry in the Eaton, Knowlton, Butt, Raymond, Witter, Killam, Hinds and other kindred families . Presto7i — Rnswell^. 19 used for baking the family bread and pastry. In 1814 CaptainPreston built a large addition to his dwelling. The new house wastwo stories in height with an attic. The carpenter work cost $220and the nails $ Among the latter were 58i lbs. wrought ten-penny nails at 13 cents per pound. The rooms on the ground floor were warmed by two fireplaces seton opposite sides of a large stone chimney whose massive founda-tions occupied a liberal space of the walled cellar beneath the build-ing. The old house was continued in use as the family kitchen andworkshop. The farm buildings were across the lane to the westward fromthe dwelling house. They consisted of a large barn, a separatebuilding used as a granary and hog house, which was supplied with acaldron kettle set in a furnace; a smaller building containing thecider-mill and still, and two long sheds for the shelter of the livestock. The description and location of these buildings were fur-nished by S. G. Holt, an
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