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Craditions of Pearl's Point 
Site of Marblehead’s First Settlement. Rich in 
Literary and Historic Interest 
BY MARY TAYLOR FALT. 
which repose the handsome summer homes of prom- 
inent Bostonians, is believed to have been the site 
{ the first settlement of Marblehead, by fishermen from 
Guernsey, Jersey and Lincolnshire, England, who were 
inured to toil and hardship and met the exegencies of a 
new settlement in the then wild environs of Marblehead 
without being disheartened. 
As early as 1629, the date mentioned as the time of 
Marblehead’s settlement, her headlands and shores were 
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0 i headland known today as Peach’s Point upon 
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spoken of as ‘Marble stone” and ‘*Marble-harbor,” from 
the great rocks which met the settler’s gaze. 
In 1633, “Marble-harbor” began to be spoken of as 
Marblehead. Marblehead Neck was known as “Great 
Neck.” 
In 1636 the little settlement at Marblehead began 
KING HOOPER HOUSE — MARBLEHEAD. 
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From the observatory which is intact as “King” 
Hooper built it so as to watch the return of his ships, a 
fine view of the Atlantic is gained. 
Miss Grant says that strangers from all over the 
ccuntry who visit Boston call and ask permission to see 
this house, and Mrs. Nims’ guest book contains many 
signatures as a consequence. 
All photos of “King” Hooper House are by cour- 
tesy of Roy C. Wells, a Salem real estate dealer. 
listory making by building her first ship, the ‘Desire.’ 
For two years she was engaged in fishing, then went to 
the West Indies and brought back a cargo of “salt, cotton, 
tobacco, and negros,” the first slaves supposed to have 
been brought into Marblehead. 
“John Deverekxe,” Devereaux from which family 
meme another of Marblehead’s summer resort sections 
was named, was a settler in 1637, being given a grant of 
half an acre and a house lot. 
Peach’s Point developed from the grant of land 
awarded October 14, 1638 to John Peach and was known 
as. “John Peach’s Neck.” John Peach and John 
“Deverox” both took an active part in the early affairs 
ef the settlement and were made selectmen. 
Salem’s settlers and Marblehead’s settlers had ferry- 
boat connection. They were rowed across Salem Harbor 
the fare, two pence, having been regulated by a town 
meeting. 
During the year 1660, Marblehead settlers started 
PARKER S—MARBLEHKAD NECK 
upon their first highway to Salem. 
In 1666 breastworks for fortifications were started. 
December 18, 1669, the road leading to the Neck was 
evidently laid out to assist in the ‘drift of cattle to the 
Nek, 
Marblehead Harbor, which today evokes such gen- 
uine admiration. from the tourist and the yachtsman, to 
the early settler was known as “Great Bay.” ‘The first 
school was opened in 1675, and the first church in 1684. 
Peach’s Point therefore, is one of Marblehead’s most 
interesting localities and rich in tradition. 
MARBLEHEAD. 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Jaynes of The Canterbury, 
Boston, have arrived at their summer home at Marblehead 
Neck. 
Adelbert Moot, Esq., and family of Buffalo, have 
arrived at Harbor View, Marblehead, where their sum- 
mer home is located. 
