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guished, among whom may be mentioned Paul Moody, 

 the mechanician, who was one of the most influential 

 persons in the building of the manufactories at Lowell, 

 and Samuel Moody, the celebrated teacher of Dummer 

 Academy. This estate has continued in the family until 

 the present generation. 



The portion known as "Highfields" was given to his 

 daughter Anne, wife of William Longfellow. After his 

 death she married Henry Short. She had children by 

 both marriages. The Longfellows in the second gen- 

 eration purchased the share of the Shorts, and the farm 

 was then divided between Stephen Longfellow and his 

 sister Ann, who married Abraham Adams. 5 A large 

 part of the Longfellows' portion has been and is now 

 owned by descendants of the name. Joseph Longfel- 

 low is the present owner of a portion of it. Abra- 

 ham Adams' share is now owned by his descendants, 

 divided, however, into several farms. From William 

 Longfellow has descended a man whose name need only 

 to be spoken, Henry W. Longfellow, the poet. His 

 great-grandfather was born in the house which was vis- 

 ited by you this morning. He emigrated to Maine in 

 1745. Stephen, the grandfather of Henry W. Long- 

 fellow, was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and 

 his father, Stephen, was a distinguished lawyer and mem- 

 ber of Congress. 



The third portion of the estate was given to his daugh- 



Capt. Abraham Adams, b. May 2, 1676; pwb. to Anne Longfellow Nov. 13, 1703; 

 d. April 8, 1763. Ann, his wife, d. Feb. 4, 1758, aged 74 yrs., 11 mo. He was the 

 son of Serg. Abraham Adams, b. in the year 1639; m. Nov. 10, 1670, Mary Pettingill. 

 He died June 14, 1714, aged 75. His wife Mary died Sept. 19, 1705. A grandson of 

 Robert Adams, who with his wife Eleanor came to Ipswich in 1635, thence to 

 Salem, 1638, finally settled in Newbury in 1640. He died Oct. 12, 1682, aged 81. Hia 

 wife Eleanor d. June 12, 1677. His second wife, Sara, widow of Henry Short, whose 

 maiden name was Glover, to whom he was married Feb. 6, 1678, d. Oct. 24, 1697. 



