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 . ily headquarters. Theold dwelling was a long, red building, but one story in height. Abroad open fire place, surmounted by a massive chimney occupieda liberal share of one side of the living room. Swinging fromone side of the fireplace was a long iron crane from whichhung the pots and kettles in which were cooked the food for five orsix generations of the Preston family. Near the kitchen door wa
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 . ily headquarters. Theold dwelling was a long, red building, but one story in height. Abroad open fire place, surmounted by a massive chimney occupieda liberal share of one side of the living room. Swinging fromone side of the fireplace was a long iron crane from whichhung the pots and kettles in which were cooked the food for five orsix generations of the Preston family. Near the kitchen door wasa well curb from which an oaken bucket was lowered through around hole in the center of the broad fiag stone which formed thetop of the well. Beside the well was an oblong stone hollowed outin the form of a tray which served as the family wash baisin. Northof the well, near the corner of the house, was an old , widow of Captain Roswell Preston, stated that this treewas planted there by the hands of a Preston and that it was onehundred years old when she immigrated to Michigan in 1833, A Dutch oven, built of brick, occupied a place near the well and was ^ .5\- m-, s ^^ I ^flW.
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