The Phillips House is the newest addition to Historic New England’s collection of historic homes. The Otis House, located at the foot of Beacon Hill on Cambridge Street, was the first of three houses designed for Harrison Gray Otis and his wife Sally Foster Otis by the renowned architect Charles Bulfinch. The Quincy House was built by Colonel Josiah Quincy in 1770, and was occupied by three generations of the family until 1893. The first owner of what is now known as the Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm was John Spencer who was granted the land in 1635 and used it to raise livestock. In 1910, William Sumner Appleton founded the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities in order to stop the dismantling and destruction of historic homes. Archibald Havens' papers also included the following notes on others of the Havens family whose lines he could not fix and who may or may not have belonged to the Brookhaven family of John Havens-3 George Havens, Brookhaven Assessment, 1749. Children: Selah-5, born Apdied January 29, 1785, married JanuSarah daughter of Selah and Hannah (Woodhull ) Strong. Peter Havens-6 (John Jr.5, Henry-4, John-3, George-2, William-1), born died May 18, 1822, married Deborah Barteau January 10, 1786.
John Havens Jr.-5 (Henry4, John-3, George-2, William1) died intestate in 1786, and letters of administration were granted to his sons Peter and Daniel and son-in-law Samuel Smith. The Census of 1776 lists him as head of a family with one male over 50, one between 16 and 50, one under 16, four females over 16 and two under 16. By his second wife he had a daughter Maria S-6, born Janudied March 1, 1893, married Nathaniel N. The Jerusha-5 presumably was Nathaniel-5's sister who Mallman said married Elkanah Smith, but Archibald Havens said she married a Platt.Īt this point, Archibald Havens completed his analysis of the principal errors he ascribed to Mallman. Benjamin Havens-5 was listed in the 1790 Census for New Windsor (then Ulster, now Orange County) as head of a family containing two males over 16, three under 16, and four females. Archibald Havens says that our Havens Welsh ancestors were believed to have been Quakers, or they married into Quaker families. Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey, by: Francis Bazley Lee, Lewis Pub. Founders of New Jersey, Brief Biographies by Descendants, pub by the Descendants of Founders of NJ, 2006. The furnishing and organization of a traditional jeweler’s workshop continued in a similar form throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Once a goldsmith procured his premises, he stocked it with the necessary tools and equipment.
New Englanders supported many silver and goldsmith workshops, which produced a wide range of forms including small items of personal adornment like this silver stock buckle made by Daniel Rogers of Ipswich, Massachusetts. A similar elegant effect was also achieved by a ruff of lace, such as a vandyke collar, or a simple black silk ribbon tied around the neck. Colonial women also adorned themselves with a variety of simple, understated jewelry that was influenced by the prevailing European styles. Mourning or funeral rings were made to distribute at the funeral to friends and relatives the quantity depended on the prominence of the individual. Symbols that now seem macabre to the modern eye, including coffins, skulls, and crossbones enameled with black or white, were frequently incorporated into mourning rings. The traditional practice of giving and receiving sentimental jewelry, notably memorial and love tokens, was embraced by the men and women of the American colonies. In the eighteenth century, wealthy American colonists were well aware of the fashions set in France and England. For women, the wide, high-waisted look of the previous period was gradually superseded by a long vertical line, with horizontal emphasis at the shoulder. Fashion in the period 1650-1700 in Western European clothing is characterised by rapid change. Fashion in the period 1600-1650 in Western European clothing is characterized by the disappearance of the ruff in favor of broad lace or linen collars.
The following maps are from "The Cambridge Modern History Atlas" edited by Sir Adolphus William Ward, G.W.īaroque is a period in the history of Western arts roughly coinciding with the 17th century.