“Joseph Whinship at one time lived in an old house on Charles Rive Street, which house was purchased, with 65 acres of land, in1804 of Nathan Whiting by Jarat Tucker.  In 1808 Mr. Tucker deeded the place, with land in Milton and elsewhere, to his sons Enos Houghton, whose son the Honorable Enos Houghton, was born in this house.  In 1819 Enos H. sold the farm increased to 80 acres, to Capt. Reuben Ware, who lived on it for many years.”

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Epitaphs from Graveyards in Wellesley (Formerly West Needham), by George Kuhn Clarke, 1900, page 49