Claim: In 1769, John Southwick, Jr., was the owner of the vacant 12-acre (49,000 m) of land where the George Peabody House Museum (a historic house museum at 205 Washington Street in Peabody) and Peabody Leather Museum now sits.
Evidence: In 1769, John Southwick, Jr., was the owner of a parcel of land where the museum now sits. He gave the vacant 12-acre (49,000 m) lot to his daughter, Hannah, and her husband, Daniel Purinton, a cordwainer. The George Peabody House Museum is a historic house museum at 205 Washington Street in Peabody, Massachusetts. The museum shares its location with the Peabody Leather Museum.