. A narrative history of the town of Cohasset, Massachusetts . sixty-one years until the present time cannot be told withcertainty ; but the following have been traced to that timeand earlier. Perhaps the oldest fragment of a dwelling house nowstanding is a part of the present Norfolk House. ThomasJames settled at that spot upon the end of the strip(lot 59) which was granted to his father, Francis exact date of his settlement is not known; but hemarried in 1704 the daughter of Ibrook Tower, who thenwas living where Abraham H. Tower now lives beside ourCommon, and it is fair to infer
. A narrative history of the town of Cohasset, Massachusetts . sixty-one years until the present time cannot be told withcertainty ; but the following have been traced to that timeand earlier. Perhaps the oldest fragment of a dwelling house nowstanding is a part of the present Norfolk House. ThomasJames settled at that spot upon the end of the strip(lot 59) which was granted to his father, Francis exact date of his settlement is not known; but hemarried in 1704 the daughter of Ibrook Tower, who thenwas living where Abraham H. Tower now lives beside ourCommon, and it is fair to infer that Thomas James set uphis first home in the year 1704 or 1705. 254 HISTORY OF C OH ASSET. It is said by descendants that at least a part of theoriginal house is now included in the enlarged buildingknown as the Norfolk House. This house has only a fragment that is so old ; butprobably the oldest complete house now standing is theLincoln dwelling upon South Main Street, where Morde-cai Lincoln is supposed to have built it for his son Isaacas early as Photo, Florence R. Rhodes. Lincoln Homestead, South Main about 1717 by Mordecai Lincoln, ancestor of President Abraham Lincoln. Next to this probably is a part of the home of RobertT. Burbank on King Street nearly opposite the old cellarof Hezekiah Tower. The back part of this house standsover an old cellar wholly separate from the front cellar,which itself dates back fully a century and a half. Thisrear part is thought to have been built as early as theyear 1720. SEPARATION FROM HINGHAM. 255 The next in antiquity, and one that has the most defi-nite record of all, is the home of the late Rev. JosephOsgood, It was built by the first pastor of the town, NehemiahHobart. In his diary he says, Raised my House Oct. 15, came to Dwell in my House Jan. 20 1724-25. Thisand the Lincoln house are now substantially as they were
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