A Thanksgiving Find while wishing you all a nice holiday however you may celebrate:
The Whitney Hoar (Howe) house located at 564 Newtown Road, is in one of the oldest settled parts of town. It was built in 1685 by Josiah Whitney and is believed to be one of the oldest houses in Littleton.
In 1719 it was transferred to Isaac Powers, who sold it to Benjamin Hoar. It was inherited by Benjamin’s son, Samuel, who sold it to Calvin Blanchard, Jr in 1812.
The Calvin Blanchards were the last family in town to feed the Nashobah Indians who frequently called there and it is said that they had Thanksgiving dinner with the Blanchards. The home was owned by the Blanchard family until 1901.
I look at that house every time I drive or run past it. It looks old but I had no idea just how old it was. Thank you for the history lesson.
And thank you from Lyle Webster and our family. We are so grateful for your sharing of this Littleton History lesson, as we are the descendants. Our family has owned the second oldest home in Littleton since our grandfather, Luther Blanchard Furbush, bought it and its farm when he got out of The Great War in 1919.
This is so interesting. Lyle -was Luther was Carolyn’s father??
Luther Blanchard Furbush, born in 1891, yes.