The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . * Isaac Morrills and after-wards Samuel Stevenss, contained fourteen acres, and wasbought in August, 1733, of Joseph Scarborough by the elderJudge Auchmutv for £300. Its present boundaries, Warren,Cliff, Washington, and Dudley Streets, include hundreds ofdwellings and stores and the Dudley Street Baptist after the death of the elder Auchmuty in April, 1750,Dr. Jonathan Davies bought of the widow about one half ofthe estate, the
The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . * Isaac Morrills and after-wards Samuel Stevenss, contained fourteen acres, and wasbought in August, 1733, of Joseph Scarborough by the elderJudge Auchmutv for £300. Its present boundaries, Warren,Cliff, Washington, and Dudley Streets, include hundreds ofdwellings and stores and the Dudley Street Baptist after the death of the elder Auchmuty in April, 1750,Dr. Jonathan Davies bought of the widow about one half ofthe estate, the remainder coming into possession of the the site of the old homestead, at the corner of Warren 2( is DR. DAVIES. ami Glcnwood Streets, he built, shortly after his marriage toSmall Williams in 1781, the house yet standing, and whichhas evidently seen better days. Here the doctor, who was anoted practitioner, died early in 1801, at the age of eighty-five. This was for many years the residence of Mr. JosephAdams. Dr. Davies had previously resided in the old housebought of Peter Seaver in 1758, in which William Dove, the. DOVES painter, afterwards lived : it was occupied for barracks duringthe siege, and was torn down to make room for the HotelI )artmouth. The brick building seen on the left of the picture, once theresidence of Samuel J. Gardner, a prominent lawyer, wasafterwards for many years the home of Dr. Charles M. Wind-ship, father of Dr. George B. Windship, the strong deceased. Dr. C. W. Windship. who married adaughter of George Zeigler, died here Aug. 27. 1852, agedseventy-nine. His father, also a distinguished physician, agraduate of the University of Edinburgh, was surgeon of the••Bonne Homme Richard. Capt. John Paul Jones. Robert Auchmuty the elder, by birth a Scotchman, studiedlaw at the Temple, London, came to Boston about the year ROBERT AUCHMUTY. 20lJ 1700, attained great eminence as a lawyer, and was judge ofthe Court of Admiralt
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