The Old Homestead of Jesse Hutchinson in Milford, New Hampshire, completed about 1824. Photo taken in 1938 by Elizabeth Hayward Hutchinson Patterson, great granddaughter of Jesse.
According to Elizabeth Patterson:
"This house was built by Colonel Burnham for a hotel but not having enough money to finish he sold it to Jesse who completed it. Granite in the foundation comes from a quarry on the farm - some blocks eight to nine feet long. All lumber came off the property. The woodwork throughout the house is beautifully carved. There is a wide central hall with doors at each end of hall and 'ship stairs'---that is wide stairs going from front and back of hall, meeting half way up on a landing, then turning at right angle and ascending to the second floor. Large fireplaces with beautifully carved mantels make attractive the rooms. The two lower back rooms each have an old bake oven inserted beside the fireplace.
"[Jesse's] sons gave their interest in the property to the two daughters, Rhoda and Abby. The house was used by Abby (Mrs. Ludlow Patton) for many years as her summer home and was inherited from her by Nellie Webster, daughter of Rhoda, who still owns it [as of 1938]."
This is a facsimile of a ticket to one of the Hutchinson Family Singers' concerts.
Ten Hutchinson brothers, probably taken in 1845. A similar, more serious picture is found in the book _Harps in the Wind: The Story of the Singing Hutchinsons_, by Carol Brink, Macmillan, New York, 1947.
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Graveyard where Jesse Hutchinson and some family members, including "Abby", are buried. The cemetery is located in Milford, New Hampshire and is surrounded by farmland. This photo was taken in 2000.