Wortendyke Homestead

Frederick Wortendyke, Jr. built the original sandstone section of this farmhouse in the 1750’s. Located at “Pascack” on land purchased by his father in 1735, the tract included nearly a third of present-day Park Ridge. The homestead was enlarged before ...

Ackerson Homestead

Built about 1800 by John Ackerson and son Garret, this stone house stands on land purchased in 1759. The property was developed during a century of family ownership. A general store was built opposite the house site in 1777 and ...

John Rogers Homestead

1630 - 1930

Near this spot stood the John Rogers homestead, which was destroyed in the Indian massacre of 1695, and the entire family killed.

Marker is on Kingsley Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Danforth Homestead

1630 - 1930

Site of homestead of Captain Jonathan Danforth, pioneer of Billerica and famous surveyor. "He rode

the circuit, chain'd great towns and farms to good behavior; and by well worked stations he fixed their bounds for many generations. "

Marker ...

Faulkner Homestead

1630 - 1930

Site of garrison house built before 1700. Opposite, Ammi Ruhamah Faulkner had his saw and grist mill and woolen mill in 1735.

Marker is on High Street (Massachusetts Route 27) just from Main Street (Local Route .01), on the ...

Pike Haven Homestead

1630 - 1930

Built in 1693 by Jeremiah Pike. He and his descendants were town and militia officers, yeomen and makers of spinning wheels, in the colonial period. This house has been occupied by the same family for eight generations.

Marker is ...

Rebecca Nurse Homestead

1678

In 1636 Francis Weston was granted this land upon which he laid out a farm. This property was purchased by Governor John Endicott in 1648, and in 1678 Francis and Rebecca Nurse moved here and built a house. In March, ...

Knottsville, Kentucky/Leonard Knott Homestead

(side 1)

Knottsville, Kentucky

On this site in 1827, Leonard Knott built the first house in Knottsville. James Millay named the town in 1833 when he opened a store and post office nearby. In 1834, the name was officially set in the ...

Abraham Bush Homestead

[ upper plaque ]

1750

Abraham Bush Homestead

Reputed Headquarters Of

General Israel Putnam

Marked By The

Ruth Lyon Bush Chapter

Daughters Of

The American Revolution

1968

[ lower plaque ]

Bush Homestead

Headquarters

General Israel Putnam

1777 – ...

Homesteading: The Cry was Free Land!!!

The Homestead Act of 1862 was one of the most significant and enduring events in the westward expansion of the United States. By granting 160 acres of free land to claimants, it allowed nearly any man or woman the chance ...