The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . -the first settlers here, soon produced a fruit superior in sizeand flavor to what it had borne in England. Opposite theresidence of Mr. William V. Hutchings and just beyond West-minster Avenue, is the Kingsbury house, which stands on thefarm once the property of Stephen Williams, son of Williams, who lived in Perrins Lane, now BartlettStreet. The old farm-house beyond, once the residence ofDeacon Sumner, is in a very dilapidated
The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . -the first settlers here, soon produced a fruit superior in sizeand flavor to what it had borne in England. Opposite theresidence of Mr. William V. Hutchings and just beyond West-minster Avenue, is the Kingsbury house, which stands on thefarm once the property of Stephen Williams, son of Williams, who lived in Perrins Lane, now BartlettStreet. The old farm-house beyond, once the residence ofDeacon Sumner, is in a very dilapidated condition. A littledaughter of the deacons, who fell into the old well belonging 228 MOSES WILLIAMS S REMINISCENCE*. to the place and was rescued, became the grandmother of Ex-Mayor Lewis. Mr. Muses Williams, a descendant of Robert, whose home-stead we have already visited, and who, though eighty-eightyears of age. retains his physical and mental vigor to a won-. J. D. WILLIAMSS HOUSE. derful degree, has kindly furnished some reminiscences of thisregion, so familiar to his bovhood. He savs : — The two Williams houses on Walnut Avenue, the oue uowowned by Aaron D. Williams and the oue formerly owned by mybrother Stedman Williams, were previously owned by my grand-father, Capt. John Williams. By his will he gave the former to mylather, the latter to my uucle, Jouathau Williams, who was mar-ried, ami who occupied it twenty years or more. He then sold it tomy father, aud removed to Luneuburg, Mass. My father bought it?with the farm about it for my brother Stedman, who moved into itwhen he was married, and lived in it until he died. The old house ou the east side of Walnut Avenue, situatedabout half-way between A. aud Stedmans, belonged eighty or SCARBOROUGH. 220 ninety years ago to Deacon Samuel Sumner. He had two wives. and I have always understood that he obtained the estate in rightof his first wife, who was a Williams. I thus am well s
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