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Show WAS BUILTCENWRIESAGO; NEW ENOLAND HOU8K NEARLY THREE HUNDRED YEARS OLD. ktrected by Bon of Gov. Wlnthrop and I Is tn Excellent Example of the I Early Massachusetts Farm- I house. I lloston One ma) reed In the early history of New Kngland that CupL William fierce whs one of the "most leleenicd and accomplished natlga-tora natlga-tora of his da) He commanded three of the ships whtih brought the l'lltsrlms across the "raging main," and lie wun nmnter of the Mayflower when she went from l.nt,land to Salem Sa-lem In the year tbiO lie hud the full confidence of Hot Wlnthrop. and received re-ceived liniorlH!it commissions from blru, and always iroted worthy of the trust Miles Hlandlsh, John Kllot, Itoger Williams. Hlr lllchard Salton stsll and (lot V Inlhiop a wife crossed the Atlantic with Capt Tierce and ho had the distinction or being something of o llterar) light foi he prepared a copy of the first book published In tho colonies This wan An Alumnnck fur the )enr It! ID. calculated for New ling-land ling-land b) William Tierce. Mariner' Ho was ono of tho first at let t men of lies-ton, lies-ton, nnd In 1C3I he lived In n llltlo house of his own on what Is now Htste strict, In llontou He wns one of IK men to whom "Tulllng Tfllnt," now the town of Wlnthrop. a suburb of lloston. was allotted In 1637, and here he made Ids home for the rest of his sojourn on earth, which was not long, for he waa killed by tho Hpnnlards In the West Indies In HM7. Ills widow and sou sold his "Tolling Tolnt" holdings to Donne Wlnthrop, who wns the slxih son of tlov Wlnthrop, Wln-throp, nnd that Is wh the hnuso that Capl Tierce built Is tailed tho Win throp house, and It Is believed to be the oldest dwelling bouse now standing stand-ing In Massachusetts Deane Wlntlirop was left In England ' to finish tils education when Ids father came to the wild New Kngtand shore." and he did not arrive until the year 1035. when he and his brother John came tjrer Id the Abigail Deane I Wlnthrop as the fmader of the town of Qrolon Id Massachusetts Ho ' married l daughter of President ' Punster, of lltrrard oollste, and lial- ' tated tt ""r New Kaglanders by having & large family, nine children being born In hln and he outlived ' all of them rhlnj lu 1704 at the Me uf l. The old Wlnthroii house Is one of the six oldest h uws notf standing In Kew ltnR'anl and the Wlnthrop association as-sociation h bt- a formed for the pur- 0e of purrhanlug and preserving this ancient landnurk, which hut beea but little ihnuhd since It waa built. THE DEANE W1NTHP.OP HOUSE. (Effnrta Are Using Mads to Preserve It Properly.) well on to 300 )earn ago Judge Bow, all records In his famous and delightful delight-ful diary that he attended the wod-dlng wod-dlng of Mercy Wlnthrop In tho woat room or the old house In the year 1700. When the house ami land IMtsfcd from the hands of the Win-Ihropa Win-Ihropa It wns owned and occupied by such notables as (!ov James llowdnln, I.ndy Temple and b) tier daughter, who became the wife of (!ov Thuinan l.lndall Wlnthrop Ono will not find In all New Itug-land Itug-land a better example of tho early New Kaghinil farmhouse, and II la u landmark w II worth) of preservation It la la Intention or the Wlnthrop as-socialise as-socialise to put Into ihe house a ool lection ol luthrop miles and add another an-other b) thi nlreed) considerable number ol TUarlm and Turllan ool-li-rtloas In New Knglsud |