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which is situated about two and a half miles from the vil- 

 lage on the Newburyport road. It is owned by Mr. Gor- 

 ham D. Tenney, who is proprietor of the adjoining farm, 

 which comprises two or three hundred acres. Mr. Tenney 

 is the son of Capt. Gorham P. Tenney, whose wife was 

 the daughter of Dudley Lull, whose name 'still imparts a 

 designation to the old house. When, in 1690, the war 

 was being conducted against the French in Canada, the 

 Indians became troublesome in the Provinces, and on Oct. 

 23, 1692, this old house, which is in that part of the By- 

 field Parish included in the town of Georgetown, was the 

 scene of a massacre of which an account may be found in 

 Gage's History of Rowley. At that time it was occupied 

 by a Mr. Goodrich who, with his wife and two daughters, 

 while engaged in his family prayers, on Sabbath evening, 

 were killed by the Indians. Another daughter, named 

 Deborah, aged seven years, was taken captive, but was 

 redeemed the next Spring, at the expense of the Province. 

 She died in Beverly, as appears by the records of the First 

 Church in that town, where the entry reads, "Buryed, 

 March 28, 1774, Deborah Duty, aged 88, a widow." 

 Those who were killed are said to have been buried in one 

 grave a few rods to the east of the house. The exact spot, 

 as located by tradition, was pointed out. 



Mr. Tenney, the present owner, was very courteous and 

 attentive to those who visited his place, and, besides 

 proffering acceptable comforts, exhibited, at the farmhouse 

 which he occupies, some good specimens of Indian relics, 

 such as a pestle, gouge, axe, and arrow-heads ; all having 

 been found upon his farm, which was evidently an Indian 

 resort in the olden time. He conducted the party through 

 the old house, which is now very dilapidated and of course 

 unoccupied. It has undoubtedly undergone some altera- 

 tions since the day when Mr. Goodrich and his family 



