. Bulletin. CHAPTER XI. Ancient Buildings of Nantucket. In June 1661 the settlers of Nantucket left Mass-achusetts Bay for their new Island Home. Enough hadarrived for the Proprietors held their first meeting July15. Among their numbers was a house carpenter fromNewbury named John Bishop who remained at Nantucketuntil 1677 when he joined the company to settle Wood-bridge, New Jersey. Some provision had doubtless beenmade to shelter the inhabitants previous to their arrival,but according to experience elsewhere the first structuresmust have been of rude formation without finish orstrength. A la
. Bulletin. CHAPTER XI. Ancient Buildings of Nantucket. In June 1661 the settlers of Nantucket left Mass-achusetts Bay for their new Island Home. Enough hadarrived for the Proprietors held their first meeting July15. Among their numbers was a house carpenter fromNewbury named John Bishop who remained at Nantucketuntil 1677 when he joined the company to settle Wood-bridge, New Jersey. Some provision had doubtless beenmade to shelter the inhabitants previous to their arrival,but according to experience elsewhere the first structuresmust have been of rude formation without finish orstrength. A lay-out of land at Maddaket in 1670 wasdescribed as being near the old cellar of Edward Star-buck. This meant that during his sojourn at Nantucket duringthe winter of 1660, Starbuck must have had a habitationat the west end of the Island which ten years later wasonly a cellar. This was the first house^built on the Islandfor use of the English. It is a principle of quite universal application thatpermanent dwelbulletin25nant
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