Collection	Old Houses etc. School Research Project
Date	circa 1718
Abstract	Marblehead Junior High Archives Historical Building Survey See History of the House located at 50 Humphrey Street on page 35. Famous People: Humphrey Devereux was a well-known physician in town. Benjamin Devereux marched out with Glover's Regiment in 1776 and then switched to privateering. Burrill Devereux, Latin scholar and schoolmaster, helped establish the Marblehead Academy and, as selectman, was on hand to greet President George Washington in 1789. They were all members of the Devereux family and lived on the Devereux land. It was not until 1800 that the pieces of the Devereux farm were being sold.
Home Location	Pink Room (4th floor north end of building)
Object ID	2006-075-00429
Object Name	House
Search Terms	Marblehead Buildings
Title	50 Humphrey Street - Hathaway and Thompson Farm House

Rev. 2.0 2/2013 Contact the Historical Commission at 781-639-3425 or e-mail us (please include the "Object ID" number, not the Record Number)     historic@marblehead.org
Last modified on: February 22, 2013