History of the 1640 Hart House

Excerpt From a newspaper (Salem News?) story dated June 8, 1923
"BURNHAM HOUSE AT IPSWICH IS UNUSUALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE 17TH CENTURY MODE OF BUILDING"
......"in 1775 it came into the possession of Philip Lord, who died March 23, 1816, at the age of 92 years. The house then passed to Sarah Lord Kimball, his daughter, then to her son Isaac Kimball in 1823, then to his son Philip Kimball in 1876, then to Ralph W. Burnham, the well known authority on antiques, in 1902, and to Mrs. Martha L. Murray, the present owner, in 1920."

"From 'Ye Olde Burnham House,' Lieut. Thomas Hart had gone forth on the occasion of the Quebec expedition, and at a later date, four boys, sons of Philip Lord, to whom the old house was home, were fighting in the ranks of the Continentals at Bunker Hill. On the day of this battle, the father, deeply anxious as to the outcome of the battle, and the welfare of his sons, saddled his white horse and rode towards Salem to meet the courier from Boston. During his absense, Parson Frisbie of the First Parish Church, wishing to comfort the mother, called upon her and found her helping her 14 year old son to prepare to go to the battle. The parson remonstrated against allowing the youth to go, but with the true spirit of the women of that time Mrs. Lord replied, 'If I had five more, every son must go.'"

For more on the Hart House History see the 1640 Hart House web site at:

    http://www.1640harthouse.com/history.htm


Ye Olde Burnham House (1920)   Phillip Lord