Connecticut western news., 1909-05-13
OLD HUTCHINSON
 HOMESTEAD SOLD
HAS BEEN IN FAMILY I66 YEARS
Granted to John Hutchinson in 1 TAB During Reign of George II-It has a History as Old as That of Sails bury-FamiIy a Prominent One.

SIedu on the TOau between Oandan ana Salisbury and a the foot of Barrak Matiff has been sold, after having been i'll the Hutchinson family for nearly two centuries. The land was granted to John Hutchinson during the reign of King George II. while the country here abouts was still under control of the original proprietors. At the same time that the grant was made the town of Salisbury was laid out. The homestead will be used after June 15, as a summer residence by c. E Renshaw, of East Orange, New Jersey, the purchaser.
 The exact date of the proprietary grant was 1743, thirty two years before the Declaration of Independence. At that time there was no village of Salisbury and the fertile lands whereabouts were but sparselY settled. The grant to John Hutchinson included 13O acres located in one of the most desirable sections of the valley and picturesquely situated at the base of the hill called by the Indians and early settlers Barrak Matiff.
 The original home built on the Hutch inson place was a small wooden struc- ture erected where the present house stands on a rise of ground overlooking the valley. For almost a century the history of the Hutchinson family was entwined about that structure.
 In 1885 it was decided that larger home was needed and the present house was built. The brick used in it's con- struction was manufactured on the grounds and that it was of enduring quality is evidenced by the way in which it has stood the stress of years, standing to-day as firm and stable as many more modern building, apparently untouched Dy time
 What lends additional interest to the sale of the old homestead is the fact that the Hutchinson family has been prom inently identified, ever since its arrival in the town, with the growth and pro- gress of the community. An interest ing illustration of this is the fact that three generations Of the family success ively filled the office of town clerk for something over century. To-day the family, whose members have been pill lars of the church and community for the past two centuries, is dying out, the last of that name having been William Hutchinson. whose death occurred in Salisbury about five years ago. Those who survive at present are Mrs. Sarah A. Clark, who lives in the homestead. and three sisters, two of whom live in Salisbury and one in Kansas.
 In the minds of the present genera tion living in Salisbury and vicinity the name that has been most prominently associated with the history of the Hutch inson family is that of Deacon Myron Hutchinson. He was one of the prominent citizens of Salisbury who took an active part in the history of the community during large part of the past century. In addition to having been town clerk for the major past of his life, he was an influential member of the Congrega- tional Church for 10 years.
 The Hutchinson house stands to-day almost exactly as when built in 1885, the only addition having been a small wing containing dining room and kitchen. The farm surrounding the homestead still contains the original 130 acres granted four generations ago. These generations were William, Myron, Aco ToL prietary grant under which the latter obtained the land is still in the possess ion of the family and makes a valuable and extremely interesting relic of the historical significance.
 The final separation of the property from the family, whose life has been linked with it through the succeeding generations, is but an added illustra- ton of Tennyson's hne that "the old order changeth yielding place to new" A new tenant will next month occupy the house, whose walls would repeat the history of two centuries could they but echo today the words that have fallen from the lips of those whose life history has been recorded there. Young men have grown old upon these acres, and old men have been carried to their last resting place through the portals of this historic homestead. To-day a new page is turned. another chapter in that l history IS begun. and the pages yet to be written stretch in countless succession ! through the years to come.