Key date analysis:
In 1852, Samuel Sewell was assessed for a shop & lot at the location which now encompasses 22, 24/26, and 28 Main Street. 22/26 is now a duplex. From 1866 through 1873 his heirs were assessed $200 for stables, a shop & the lot. In 1873 William Willoughby bought the property from the heirs of Samuel Sewell. In 1874, his tax record includes a "new shop" valued at $200. By 1876, William Willoughby had a carriage Shop & 3 other shops at this location valued at $1000. A mortgage from 1879 describes a house, carriage shop, and furniture store at this location.
The 1922 Sanborn Fire Map shows the structures as they stand today. The 1877 map shows three structures with 22 Main Street and 24/26 Main Street being approximately the same size and in the same position. The structure at 28 Main Street is a different size and in a different position. The structure abutted the street in 1877, but was away from the street in 1922. The 1877 structure was also smaller. The tax assessment from 1896 to 1910 lists a house valued at $400, a shop valued at $300, and a shop valued at $50.
A record has not surfaced that reveals which of the three structures was a house, a carriage shop, or a furniture store. Based on size and shape, the structure at 22 Main Street appears to have been built as a house. The structure at 24/26 Main Street is larger, looks more commercial, and could have been used to manufacture carriages and furniture. The footprint of the structure at 28 Main Street on the 1877 map appears to be small and thus may have been a smaller shop.
Who built it:
William Willoughby built a new carriage shop at this location in 1874. This structure is likely the new shop.
Longest Residents:
Undetermined. The house was rented out for much of its existence.
More Research:
A closer inspection of 28 Main Street might reveal that the construction of this house incorporated the original shop that existed in 1852. Dendrochronology could establish the exact date of date of construction for this house.
Historic Records:
MLB 423/943 - 23 March 2000 - Lawrence B. Adshead to L.B. Adshead Family Limited Partnership for no consideration: Several East New Market properties including Tract 1, Parcel 2 - lot on the west side of Main Street, fronting thereon, 88 feet more or less, which was conveyed to Nathaniel Blount Frampton and Elizabeth Cordelia Frampton, his wife, by May E. Opfer and Walter L. Opfer, her husband by deed dated 9 Jun 1961, PLC 119/405. The remainder of the land not conveyed by deed unto Jacob H. Waller from Oliver W. Hubbard & wife, dated 29 January 1920, WHM 8/61. Parcels of ground on the west side of Main Street, bounded on the North by the property formerly owned by the Misses Sarah and Annie Andrews, bounded on the East by Main Street, and bounded on the South by the George E. Wheatley property, bounded on the East by Main Street and bounded on the West by the Francis H. Camper property, fronting 126 feet more or less on said Main Street, running back from said Street 360 feet to the Camper lands. Being the same property owned by William Willoughby at the time of his death, and being likewise the same property which was conveyed unto the said Oliver W. Hubbard by Frederick H. Fletcher, Trustee, by deed dated 16 June 1910, WLR 2/282. Being the lands conveyed unto Lawrence Blake Adshead by deed of Lawrence Blake Adshead and Elsie K. Adshead by deed dated 30 July 1982, 288/347.
PLC 228/347 - 30 July 1982 - Lawrence Blake Adshead & Elsie K. Adshead, his wife, to Lawrence Blake Adshead for no monetary consideration: Parcel Two - lot on the west side of Main Street which was conveyed to Nathaniel Blount Frampton and Elizabeth Cordelia Frampton, his wife, by May E. Opfer and Walter L. Opfer, her husband, by deed dated 9 June 1961, PLC 119/405. All the remainder of the tract not conveyed in a deed unto Jacob H. Waller from Oliver W. Hubbard & wife, dated 29 January 1920, WHM 8/61. Land described as in plat above. Being the same land conveyed to Lawrence Blake Adshead & E. Kaye Adshead, his wife, by Nathaniel Blount Frampton by deed dated 5 March 1971, PLC 168/247.
PLC 168/247 - 5 March 1971 - Nathaniel Blount Frampton & Elizabeth Cordelia Frampton, his wife, to Lawrence Blake Adshead & E. Kaye Adshead, his wife, for $5: Land described in plat above. Same land which was conveyed by deeded dated 9 June 1961, PLC 119/405. Remainder of tract not conveyed 29 January 1920, WHM 8/61. The property herein conveyed being the remainder of all of said parcel, immediately described, as the Grantors herein are still retaining all that parcel previously conveyed to them, likewise by the said May E. Opfer & husband, by deed dated 24 September 1959, PLC 116/336, the said parcel retained by them , fronting for a distance of 38 feet on the west side of Main Street.
PLC 119/405 - 9 June 1961 - May E. Opfer & Walter L. Opfer, her husband, of Anne Arundel County to Nathaniel Blount Frampton & Elizabeth Cordelia Frampton, his wife, for $5: Whereas by deed dated 24 September 1959, PLC 116/336, the grantors conveyed a parcel of land improved by a dwelling house on the west side of Main Street. Whereas the land is part of a larger tract improved by two additional dwelling houses, and the remainder of said tract has been sold by the said grantors to the grantees, and in order to convey the remainder of said tract to the grantees this deed is executed. The larger tract is the remainder of the tract not conveyed in a deed unto Jacob H. Waller by Oliver W. Hubbard & wife, dated January 29, 1920, WHM 8/61.
1930 Census
undetermined
1920 Census
Dwelling #47, households of George T. Payge, William Wheelton, and Robert
P. Henry
WHM 8/61 - 29 January 1920 - Oliver W. Hubbard & Minnie E. Hubbard, his wife, to Jacob H. Waller for $5 and other considerations: pieces or parcels of ground on the West side of Main Street, bounded on the North by the property formerly owned by the Misses Sarah & Annie Andrews, bounded on the south by the George E. Wheatley property, bounded on the East by Main Street, and bounded on the West by the Francis H. Camper property. Fronting 126 feet on said Main Street and running back a depth of 360 feet. Being the same property which was owned by William Willoughby, at the time of his death, and being likewise the same property which was conveyed unto the said Oliver W. Hubbard by Frederick H. Fletcher, Trustee, by deed dated 16 June 1910, WLR 2, 282. Together with the buildings and improvements thereupon erected, made, or being...
WLR 2/282 - 16 June 1910 - Frederick H. Fletcher, Trustee, to Oliver W. Hubbard for $1106 (Fletcher made Trustee due to Chancery case 2905, William S. Carmine & wife complainants and Mary E. Besbury and other defendants.): Pieces or parcels of ground on the west side of Main Street described as above.
1902-1903 Dorchester County Commercial Directory - East New Market
Howard H. Willoughby, furniture & undertaker
1899-1901 Dorchester County Commercial Directory - East New Market
H. H. Willoughby, furniture and undertaker
1896-1897 Dorchester County Commercial Directory - East New Market
Howard H. Willoughby, furniture and undertaker
1896-1910 Tax Record
Mary Willoughby
1896 - lot in ENM adjoining lots of Miss Alice Webster and Mrs. Rebecca
Andrews $150
Dwelling $400, Barn & Stables $50, 1 shop $300, 1 shop $50
7 February 1906 - insolvent
1896 Tax
Record
Mary Willoughby
1 lot situated in the town of East New Market adjoining the lots of Miss
Alice Webster & Mrs. Rebecca Andrews $150
Dwelling $400, Barn & Stables $50,
1 Shop $300, 1 Shop $50
1894-1895 Dorchester County Commercial Directory - East
New Market
Howard H. Willoughby, furniture and undertaker
William Willoughby, undertaker
1 JFW 453 - 9 Jun 1891 / 21 Aug 1894 - Distribution of
William Willoughby, deceased.
Executor - William J Payne, Sureties - Mary V Payne & William W Charles
Grandson - Howard Willoughby, Widow - Mary Willoughby, Daughter - Nettie
Willoughby, Son - William R Willoughby, Daughter - May Boosberry, Daughter -
Sarah L Camine, Daughter - Eugenia H Douglass, Daughter - Nettie Simpson
1 JWF 313 - 2 June
1891 - William Willoughby's last Will and testament
...Second, I give and bequeath to my dear loving wife Mary Willoughby
all my real estate situated in the town of East New Market Maryland
consisting of dwelling house shop, store house, smok house & stables +
lots, also all family neccessarys found on the premises after my
death.... Sixth after my wife's death, my four girls are to have
and possess all the property that I have hereby given and bequeathed to
her, to be equally divided.
Denton Journal - 6 June 1891 - Dashes Here and There -
William Willoughby, an old resident of East New Market, Dorchester
county, Md., died on Saturday night, aged seventy-eight years.
1891-1892 Dorchester County Commercial Directory - East New Market
William Willoughby, undertaker
1887 Dorchester County Commercial Directory - East New Market
Howard W. Willoughby, cabinetmaker
1882 Dorchester County Commercial Directory - East New Market
Wm Willoughby, undertaker
1880 Dorchester County Commercial Directory - East New Market
William Willoughby, undertaker
13 FJH 375 - 19 July 1879 - Mortgage - William Willoughby & Mary Willoughby, his wife, owing to William W. Charles for $300: A house and lot situated in East New Market described in a deed from Handley & wife and others, containing 1 acre with the Carriage Shop and Furniture Store situated thereon. Mortgage due 19 July 1882. Paid in full 29 January 1889. Witn: Nettie Willoughby
1876 Tax
Record
William Willoughby
Carriage Shop & 3 other shops in ENM - $1000
1867-1876 Tax Record
Samuel Sewell's Heirs, T.J. Hicks, agent
1867 - Unimproved lot, stables, shop, & lot $200
reduced
1873 - unimproved lot, stables, shop & lot to Willoughby $200
William Willoughby
1867 - 1 hog $10, horse $75, 4 beds $80, furniture $30, working tools
$50
1874 - Lot on west side of street, E. N. Market
1874 - New Shop $200
9 FJH 172 - 8 November 1873 - Thomas J. Hicks & Adeline Hicks, his wife, James Gore & Susan E. Gore, his wife, Dewitt C. Handly & Ann E. Handly, his wife, of Dorchester County, and George W. Carroll & Margaret E. Carroll, his wife, of Caroline County to William Willoughby for $800: lot on the west side of the main street in the town of East New Market. Beginning at a stone set down at the NE corner of the lot and thence running S19W 11p, thence N70W 19p & 21 links, thence N2.5W 11p & 20 links, S70E 63p & 23 links on a straight line to the place of beginning. Containing 1 acre, 1 rood, & 38p. (about 1 3/8A)
Marriage - 30 January 1860 - George W. Carroll to Margaret E. Sewell
Marriage - 1 January 1855 - Thomas J. Hicks to Adeline M. Sewell (widow of Smart B. LeCompte)
6 WJ 422 - 30 January 1852 - John E. Hooper & Maria A. Hooper, his wife, to Samuel Sewell for $1200: lot or lots in the town of East New Market formerly the property of John Robinson and purchased by the said John E. Hooper, except a small piece sold by the said John E. Hooper to Silas Collins & wife on the west side of the street.
Marriage - 18 December 1849 - Dewitt C. Handley to Ann C. Sewell
Marriage - 6 January 1846 - James Gore to Elizabeth Sewell
Cambridge Chronicle – 31 May 1845 – Sheriffs Sale –
By virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias issued by Nimrod Newton, Esq. a
Justice of the Peace for Dorchester county and to the Sheriff directed,
at the suit of Thomas K. Smith, against the goods and chattels, lands,
and tenements of William Moore I have seized and taken into execution
the following property of the said Moore to wit: one sorrel mare, the
tract of parcel of land upon which he now lives and also the tract or
parcel of land upon which Jno N. Moore and Mary Moore (widow) now lives
let the said tracts be known by whatever names they may or contain
whatever number of acres they may; and I hereby give notice that I will
sell to the highest bidder for cash at Robinson’s Hotel in East New
Market on Thursday, the 27th of June next, all the right, title,
interest, and claim, both at law and in equity of the said Moore, to the
said property thus seized and taken into execution to satisfy the writ &
costs. James E. Douglass, Deputy Sheriff.
19 ER 105 - 15 March 1842 - John Robinson & Elizabeth Robinson, his wife, to John E. Hooper for $920:(2) Also lot in the village of New Market on the west side of said street. Beginning at a stone on the west side of said street, the same being the last mentioned boundary of Sarah Gootee's lot, and the first boundary of a deed from Denwood Barrow and wife to Thomas Light, and from thence binding with said street, S 17 1/2 W 11 perches to a post or stone, then N 71 W 20 1/4 perches to a post or stone standing on a ditch bank, then with said back N 1 1/2 E 11 perches to said Sarah Gootee's lot, thence binding therewith to the place of beginning. Containing in said lot is 1 acre, 1 rood, & 32 square perches. [a rood is 1/4 acre]
15 ER 333 - 8 March 1836 - Thomas Henry Handy & Sarah Handy, his wife, to John Roberson for $1800: (2) also that lot in the town aforesaid on the west side of the street, and running with the street from the lot aforesaid to intersect the late Stephen LeCompte lot, and binding therewith until it intersects the late Henry Dickinson's land, and binding therewith until it intersects the lot purchased aforesaid and thence to the beginning. As reference to deed of Nathaniel E. Green of Henry Nicols, deceased will more fully appear. Containing 3 acres.
13 ER 572 - 4 February 1834 - Nathaniel E. Greene, executor of Henry Nicols, deceased, to Thomas H. Handy for $80: Henry Nicols, deceased by his last will and testament 20 March 1832. Lot in New Market on the west side of the street opposite the tanyard and running with the street from the said Thomas H. Handy's lot purchased of James Thompson to intersect Stephen LeComptes lot and binding therewith until it intersects the late Henry Dickinson's Land and binding therewith until it intersects the said Thomas H. Handy's lot purchased as aforesaid and thence to the beginning. Containing 3 acres and known by the name of "New Market". Public vendue held at the tavern of Henry B. LeCompte.
Marriage - 13 December 1832 - William Christopher to Delia Stevens
11 ER 352 - 16 July 1829 - Jeremiah Bramble & Mary, his wife, to Henry Nicols for $55: lot on the west side of the street in New Market and being part of a tract called "New Market". Being the remaining 1/3 part of a lot sold to said Henry Nicols by D.H. Barrow and Henry Hicks on the west side of the street binding with the said street till it intersects Stephen Lecompte's lot, thence with said lot to Henry Dickinson's land binding therewith to James Thompson's lot and binding these with to the said street, and premises hereby sold.
11 ER 207 - 3 January 1829 - Henry Hicks & Elizabeth A Hicks, of New Castle County, Delaware to Henry Nicols for $50: all of 1/3 part of my right to a lot in the village of New Market. On the west side of the main street and bounded by the lot belonging to James Thompson, formerly the property of Thomas Light, the back part running with the line of Henry Dickinson's land, and thence binding with the lot of Stephen LeCompte, formerly the property of John Newton, and thence with the street to the first mentioned place in line of James Thompson's lot.
11 ER 144 - 15 April 1828 - Denwood H. Barrow & Eliza Barrow, his wife, to Henry Nicols for $45: a tract in the village of New Market on the west side of the main street, bounded on the north by a lot purchased by James Thompson Esq. of Thomas Light, on the south by a lot sold by Henry Hicks (of Denwood) to James Moore, and on the west by the lands of Henry Dickinson's heirs.
[need record where land is transferred from Thomas Ball & Jane Jones Ball to the King heirs]
[provides relationships - does not refer to this tract] 7 ER 58 - 7 November 1822 - John Jones, deceased 1821. William Jones, deceased, - daughter Sophia, wife of Allen Vane, daughter Jane, wife of Thomas Ball, daughter Esther, wife of William Windows. Amelia, deceased former wife of John Mitchell - daughter Kitty, wife of Samuel Neal, daughter Sally, wife of Peter Robinson, son John Mitchell, son Ezekiel Mitchell.
Marriage - 4 September 1823 - Henry Hicks to Elizabeth King
Marriage - 18 March 1817 - Jeremiah Bramble to Mary King
Marriage - 10 December 1813 - Thomas Ball to Jane Jones
Marriage - 12 January 1812 - Denwood H. Barrow to Eliza Hicks
2 ER 315 - 23 October 1812 - Joseph Ennalls to Jane Jones for $1500: lot in New Market on the west side of the main street that leads from Cabin Creek to Cambridge. Beginning for the first bounder near the corner of Robert Traverse's Currying House and runs as follows - N15E 27p to a stone marked GE, thence runs S75W 24p, then S2W 27 3/4p, to the corner of Robert Traverse's garden and from thence by a line to the first beginning. Containing 3 1/2 acres. Mariah Ennalls, wife of Joseph Ennalls. Margin note - delivered to Mr. Ball 14 June 1814.
21 HD 518 - 6 November 1804 - William McDonald and James McDonald to Joseph Ennalls (of Joseph) for $2000: William and James McDonald, as the executors of the last will and testament of Cyrus Mitchell, deceased, sell the house and lot in New Market whereon he then lived. Also 4/5 of the said rent for the present year. Henrietta McDonald is wife of William McDonald.
[The house mentioned in 21 HD 518 is likely the Brick house known as the "House of the Hinges" and the "Daffin-Mitchell" house. However, the lot on the west side of Main Street that Joseph Ennalls purchased was almost certainly 2 distinct pieces separated by lots purchased by Grantham Earle and John Stevens.]
[The main road originally ran behind where this house was built. The road was a gentle curve from the from the NE corner of the "Daffin-Mitchell House" lot to the SW corner of the "Smith Cottage" lot. The deed 9 HD 427 shown below adds about 1 acre of land to the east of this original road to the 4 3/4 acres of land on the west side of the original road to create a 5 3/4 acre lot. The 5 3/4 acre lot is on the west side of the current Main Street. Cyrus Mitchell sold part of his 5 3/4 acre lot to Levin Marshall in late 1796 or early 1797. The lot is described as the north part in this document. Cyrus Mitchell died in the late part of 1797 and the rest of his 5 3/4 acre lot was split into 4 or 5 other smaller lots. The lot described as south part in this document is one of the smaller lots.]
[Front Original Large Lot] 9 HD 427 - 28 July 1796 - James Sulivane to Cyrus Mitchell for 37 pounds, 10 shillings: 1 acre part of a tract called "New Market" in the village of New Market. Beginning at the end of a line drawn east 21 1/2 perches distance from the boundary of "Anderton's Desire", it being the place of beginning of the 2nd line of Lot No 1 sold by the said Sulivane to Charles Daffin about 10 years ago for 4 3/4 acres, and from thence running S 21 W 30 perches, bounded with Lot No 1, and then running S 50 W 11 1/2 perches bounded with Lot No 1, and then running S 61 W 8 3/4 perches bounded with Lot No 1 to a marked white oak, it being one of the boundaries of Lot No 18, and from thence running S 75 E 16 perches bounded with Lot No 18 to another white oak post marked 18 standing on the west side of the new road leading through New Market, and from thence bounded with the said road on a straight line to the place of beginning. Containing 1 acre and 14 square perches. [Original Large Lot] 6 HD 31 - 2 April 1793 - Daniel Godwin to Cyrus Mitchell for 180 pounds: lot in the village of New Market which was purchased by the said Daniel Godwin of a certain Charles Daffin, who purchased of a certain James Sulivane.
[Back Original Large Lot] 3 HD 25 - 1 December 1790 - Charles Daffin, merchant, to Daniel Godwin, planter, for 250 pounds: lot in the village of New Market being part of the tract called "New Market" purchased by said Charles Daffin of a certain James Sulivane.
[Back Original Large Lot] 9 NH 102 - 21 October 1786 - James Sulivane, merchant, to Charles Daffin, merchant for 157 pounds, 10 shillings: part of a tract called "New Market" and "Yorke". Beginning at a Spanish red oak, it being the original bounder of a tract called "Andertons Desire", then runs E 21.5p to a marked cedar post standing at the main road, it also being the beginning of Mr. James Shaw's lot leased of Mr. John Anderton, S21W 30p down the said road binding therewith as the road now runs S50W 11.5p down the said road binding therewith as the road now runs S14.5W 10p down the said road binding therewith as the road now runs N 41p that is to say until an E course will strike the first beginning. Containing 4 3/4 acres.
50 BC & GS 471 - 30 October 1776 - Resurvey of Buckland Regulated, Debate Enlarged, Restitution, Sulivane's Meadows, Westward, York, and several pieces of vacant land to create the tract New Market.
This lot appears to fall within the original bounds of the northwest arm of a tract called "York". With the changing metes and bounds in the 1700s, the tract could also be partially or entirely within the bounds of "Debate Enlarged", which was later called part of "Buckland Regulated.