The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American RevolutionStark, James Henry
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The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution
Stark, James Henry
American loyalists -- Massachusetts; Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
To Ebenezer Parsons, Daniel Sargent, Feb. 25, 1783; Lib. 137, fol.
95; Land and dwelling-house in Boston, Fish St. W.; passageways N.
and E.; land purchased by Thomas Stephenson S.----Land and
dwelling-house, Fish St. W.; land purchased by John Hancock N.;
Thomas Hutchinson E.; land purchased by John Hotty S.----Land,
store, block-maker's shop and other work places near the above,
passageways S.; W. and E.; Thomas Hutchinson N.----Flats, dock,
wharf and stores, near the above, passage W.; dock N.; sea E.; dock
S.----Flats, dock and wharf adjoining the above described wharf,
John Brick S.; passageways W. and N.; dock N.; the sea E.
To John Codman, Jr., Sept. 25, 1783; Lib 140, fol. 4; Land, wharf
and dock in Boston. Town Dock N.; heirs of William Clarke deceased
W.; heirs of Benjamin Andrews S.; passage from the Town Dock to
Green's wharf E.
ELIAKIM HUTCHINSON.
As previously stated, the ancestor of Governor Hutchinson who emigrated
to Boston was William Hutchinson, grandson of the Mayor of Lincoln; he
had a brother Richard in business in London whose son Eliakim also
settled at Boston. There is nothing to show that Richard ever came to
this country, and when William and his wife Anne was expelled from
Boston, the lot which had been granted to him in 1634, now known as the
"Old Corner Bookstore," which then extended to the City Hall lot, was
sold by his son Edward to Richard Hutchinson of London, linen-draper.
This was the father of Eliakim. The subject of this notice was the great
grandson of the emigrant. He was born in 1711 and married Elizabeth,
eldest daughter of Governor Shirley. He was a member of the Governor's
Council and Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Suffolk
County. In 1764 he purchased from his father-in-law "Shirley Hall," the
finest estate in Roxbury. In 1746 Governor Shirley bought thirty-three
acres of land and erected this palatial mansion on it. Its oaken frame
and other materials, even the bricks, it is said, were brought from
England, at a vast expense. It has been removed from its original
location, and is now occupied as a tenement house, yet, notwithstanding
the vicissitudes it has undergone, it is extremely well preserved. One
of the peculiarities of "Shirley Place," as the governor styled it, is
its double front. From the upper windows a fine view is obtained of the
city, harbor and islands. Each front was approached by a flight of stone
steps flanked by an iron railing of an antique and rustic pattern.
Entering the northern or proper front, you find yourself in a spacious
hall of grand proportions. To the right a broad staircase leads to a
balcony extending around to the left where two doors open into the guest
chambers in which Washington, Lafayette, Franklin, Daniel Webster and
many other celebrated men have from time to time been accommodated. From
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