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7. O--'iginal owner (if Known) c 1698 - John Mason <br /> Original use farmhouse <br /> Subsequent uses (if any) and dates <br /> 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) <br /> Aboriginal Conservation Recreation <br /> Agricultural Education Religion <br /> Architectural Exploration/ Science/ <br /> The Arts settlement invention <br /> Commerce Industry Social/ <br /> Communication Military Humanitarian <br /> Community development political Transportation <br /> 9. Historical Significance (include explanation of themes checked above) <br /> John Mason, tanner, assessor in Lexington, one of eleven subscribers in purchase of the <br /> Green from Benjamin Muz zey 1711 when town was incorporated, constable (1714) , Town Clerk <br /> (1729) & later lates & selectman. Area around house became known as Mason's Hollow. <br /> Grandsons Joseph & Daniel Mason fought in Capt. Parker's company of Minutemen in 1775, <br /> Joseph became Town Clerk (1770-1790). Daniel, more accentric became town character. <br /> Sarah Mason (aunt to Joseph & Daniel) Wm. Munroe., -Mother of Col. Wm. Munroe ( df Munroe <br /> Tavern, D-Z� . In 1789 house passed out of Mason family to Samuel Henley (1780-1791) to <br /> James Winthrop ( 1791-1822)), Harvard graduate, noted astronomer, Registrar of Probate for <br /> Middlesex Co. Librarian of Harvard, Judge of Court of Common, Pleas, & excessive drinker. <br /> He raised mulberry trees for- his -silkworms, d. 1821. House then passed to James Munroe, <br /> owner of Munroe Tavern. In Munroe family to 1920 . <br /> 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, <br /> early maps, etc.) <br /> Canavan Papers - Lexington Library <br /> Hudson, Charles - History of Lexington <br /> Proceedings, Lexington Historical Society <br /> Unpublished paper by Joan Weber-(Mrs. James Webers for Lexington Bicentennial <br /> Photographic Exhibit, 19 75, .in Lex. Library, & Lex. Hist. Soc. <br />