New, No Old House in Concord, Massachusetts

Caesar Robbins House, Concord, Massachusetts

This lovely house is situated in a most unusual location. Practically in a parking lot, not any parking lot, but one that belongs to the National Park Service at the site of the Old North Bridge in Concord. For the better part of 2012-2013, I wondered what this was going to be, perhaps a visitor's center at the entrance to the Bridge. Last year, I finally noticed a sign, so my husband and I walked to it and around the house. When it opens this year, in late spring, I will take a tour, and post new photos here.

The Caesar Robbins House

Concord's African American and Abolitionist History Center

The below information about Caesar Robbins and the house came from the DrinkingGourdProject.

"The Robbins House is a home built by the son of slavery survivor and Revolutionary War veteran Caesar Robbins in the early 1800s. This house was originally located on a small farm at the edge of Concord’s Great Meadows, in an area where a handful of self-emancipated Africans and their families established their homes. The last African American occupants left the house in the 1860s, and in the winter of 1870-71 the building was moved to Bedford St. In 2011 the Drinking Gourd Project moved the house to land adjacent to the North Bridge parking lot, where it is prominently displayed for Concord visitors. It will serve as an interpretive center for Concord’s early African history."

What I saw, peeking into a window (above and below).

The house, taken from the parking lot, a few days ago.

 Article with photos of the house being moved.
 Some good pictures of the old house, before and after, thanks to Google Images.

Mr. and Mrs. Fiske of Lowell, Massachusetts -- Tombstone Tuesday

William O. Fiske

BVT Brigadier General

U. S. V.

June 4, 1838

Feb. 2, 1886

Mary Augusta

Wife of

William O. Fiske.

Died Apr. 19, 1876

Aged 27 Yrs.

They were buried in the Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts

Watertown, Massachusetts -- World War II Memorial

To These Gallant Heroes of

World War II

This Memorial is Reverently Dedicated

Leonard Almeda	George H. Elms	Douglas C. Kenney	Felix T. Murphy
George Andreotes	John A. Fantasia	Paul L. Kenney	George M. Natale
Joseph F. Arone	Jessie J. Farese	Armand Keshishian	Paul Nugent
Haig G. Barmakain	Romeo A. Farese	Bruce S. Kindred	Joseph M. O’Callaghan Jr.
Lloyd E. Beckwith	Ernest B. Ford	Robert A. Krancer	Michael  C. Papadopulos
John A. Bedrossian	Robert M. Ford	William H. Kremin	George A. Perkins
Raymond W. Braffitt	Arthur O. Furfey	Walter F. LaFort	Alfred W. Pezzella
Gerald C. Breen	Louis W. Gahran Jr.	John M. Lambert	Ralph A. Piteri
Thomas P. Brennan	George M. Gaitanis	Joseph F. Lennon	Clarence D. Powell
Thomas J. Cannalonga	Leopold W. Gierwiatowski	Minas L. Loisou	Robert F. Prest
Richard A. Carmchael	Joseph H. Gilfoil Jr.	Robert E. Looney	Vincent J. Ranucci
Lawrence L. Cashin	Charles E. Griffith	Charles J. Mackin	Lawrence N. Rice
Louis K. Chaberlain	George F. Harris	Gordon G. MacKennan	John A. Richards
Harry A. Chapanian	Robert E. Hartenstein	John J. Maloney	Henry H. Roberts
Carl I. Christianson	Charles R. Hasekian	William F. Mann	Edward T. Roche Jr.
Alfred B. Coffin	Lester W. Haynes	Paul S. Maroubian	Bernard F. Romano
Maurice L. Cohen	John W. Hennessey	Fredrick N. Martin	Angelo Russo
Alfred F. Cole	Richard K. Henry Jr.	Leo J. Martin	Dominic J. Russo
Nicholas Conti	Thaddeus R. Hubbell	John M. McCall	Edward A. Safer
John M. D’Alanno	Paul W. Hughes	Allan McClay Jr.	Raymond E. Sargent
Philip Z. Darch	Alfred Iodice	Stanley J. McEachern	Stephen F. Sawyer
Harold D. Davis	Eric B. Ives	Warren F. McManus	Charles J. Shutt Jr.
Fred Devenney Jr.	Myron L. Jevelekian	Harold H. Melkonian	Warren S. Studley
Joseph A. D’Onofrio	Charles E. Johnson	Suren Melkonian	Otto M. Theurer
James J. Donovan	Henning E. Johnson	Edward F. Moran	Albert C. Todino
Arthur O. Doria	Malcom E. Johnson	John J. Moran	Simon Torossian
Raymond G. Dougan	Louis W. Juliano	Murad Mouradian	Thomas J.Trapasso
Theodore J. DuBois	Aram G. Kadehjian	Richard S. Movsessian	Samuel Tungrain Jr.
Melville B. Eaton	John R. Keane	Harry C. Moyles	Thomas A. Waldron
			Earl H. Wellch
Frank D. Borghetti			Michael F. White
			Robert S. White
			Jack Wiltshire
			George F. York

Lillie Or Lilley -- Surname Saturday

The Lillie / Lilley surname has always been a favorite of mine even though I don't share a direct line. Over the years, several people have contacted me because they saw I had a Scrambling connection. I have over 600 individuals in my tree with that surname. There are some blanks to be filled in, in this tree but perhaps some of what I have might be of use to a person working on the descendants of Roswell Lillie. This family began in Vermont, and ended up in New York, Louisiana, and Michigan.

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Generation No. 1

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1.	Roswell LILLIE was born ABT 1785 in Vermont, and died 19 JUN 1851 in Edwards, St. Lawrence Co., New York. He was buried in So. Edwards, St. Lawrence Co., New York. He married Ruth BANNISTER. She was born 11 SEP 1787 in Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, and died 27 FEB 1871 in New York. She was buried in So. Edwards, St. Lawrence Co., New York.
	Children of Roswell LILLIE and Ruth BANNISTER were: 2   i. Timothy LILLIE was born 10 JAN 1812 in Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., New York, and died 20 AUG 1880. + 3   ii. Benjamin J. LILLIE was born 2 MAR 1823 in Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., New York, and died 22 SEP 1898 in Iberia, New Iberia Co., Louisiana. 4   iii. Levi LILLIE was born 1825, and died in Michigan. He married Jane GREVES.

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3.	Benjamin J. LILLIE (Roswell LILLIE1) was born 2 MAR 1823 in Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., New York, and died 22 SEP 1898 in Iberia, New Iberia Co., Louisiana. He married Elizabeth VanGordon CLEMONS 12 MAR 1864 in Wright Twp., Ottawa Co., Michigan. She was born 12 DEC 1835 in Shelby, Orleans Co., New York, and died 3 SEP 1874. He married Jane SCRAMBLING 7 JUL 1875 in Ottawa Co., Michigan or Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, daughter of David G. SCRAMBLING and Hannah COOK. She was born 14 FEB 1847 in Laurens, Otsego Co., New York, and died 26 AUG 1913 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan. She was buried in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan. He married Philena DICKENSON 18 JAN 1843 in Edwards, St. Lawrence Co., New York. She was born 5 JAN 1825 in Pitcaim, St. Lawrence Co., New York, and died 1 JAN 1864.
	Children of Benjamin J. LILLIE and Elizabeth VanGordon CLEMONS were: 5   i. Sarah Ann LILLIE was born 10 DEC 1864 in Michigan, and died 4 MAR 1866. 6   ii. Hattie B. LILLIE was born 3 JAN 1866 in Michigan, and died 6 JUN 1895. She married John N. BURKE. He was born 1865, and died 1919 in Michigan. 7   iii. Rose LILLIE was born 30 NOV 1867 in Michigan. 8   iv. Flora LILLIE was born 14 MAR 1869 in Gratiot, Michigan, and died 11 JAN 1893 in Dakota. She married Warren E. GOODENOW 26 OCT 1887 in Grand Haven, Ottawa Co., Michigan, son of Isaiah GOODENOW and Gertrude NISKERN. He was born 1861 in Illinois. 9   v. Dora LILLIE was born 1 APR 1870 in Michigan, and died 13 AUG 1880 in Wright Twp., Ottawa Co., Michigan. 10   vi. L. D. LILLIE was born 26 AUG 1874. Children of Benjamin J. LILLIE and Jane SCRAMBLING were: 11   i. Lewis Cass LILLIE was born 20 NOV 1875 in Michigan, and died 10 AUG 1876. 12   ii. Jessie Viola LILLIE was born 10 DEC 1876 in Coopersville, Ottawa Co., Michigan, and died 10 JUL 1913 in Jennings, Jefferson Davis, Louisiana. She married Edward Leander MARSH 29 NOV 1911 in New Orleans, Jefferson Co., Louisiana, son of Martin MARSH and Emma STEVENS. He was born JUL 1869 in Blackearth, Dane Co., Wisconsin. + 13   iii. Douglas Daniel LILLIE was born 24 NOV 1877 in Michigan, and died 6 JAN 1959 in of New Iberia, Louisiana. 14   iv. Daisy Emogene LILLIE was born 24 OCT 1879 in Wright Twp., Ottawa Co., Michigan, and died 15 AUG 1880. 15   v. Bertha Evelyn LILLIE was born 3 OCT 1880 in Wright Twp., Ottawa Co., Michigan, and died 12 DEC 1968 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan. She married Edward Leander MARSH 16 AUG 1914 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan, son of Martin MARSH and Emma STEVENS. He was born JUL 1869 in Blackearth, Dane Co., Wisconsin. She married Abraham BURGEMASTER 22 APR 1920 in Muskegon, Muskegon Co., Michigan, son of John BURGEMASTER and Catherine VERHOW. He was born 6 JAN 1872 in Polkton, Ottawa Co., Michigan, and died 15 MAR 1941 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan. 16   vi. L. E. LILLIE was born 1880, and died 13 AUG 1880 in Wright Twp., Ottawa Co., Michigan. Children of Benjamin J. LILLIE and Philena DICKENSON were: 17   i. George A. LILLIE was born 21 JAN 1845 in Michigan, and died in of Wright & Coopersville, Michigan. + 18   ii. Roswell LILLIE was born 26 MAY 1846 in Wright Twp., Ottawa Co., Michigan, and died 9 NOV 1924 in Tangipahoa, Louisiana. 19   iii. Clinton W. LILLIE was born 22 FEB 1848 in Wright Twp., Ottawa Co., Michigan, and died in of Coopersville, Michigan. He married Dora A. CAMPBELL 31 MAY 1893 in Lamont, Ottawa Co., Michigan, daughter of Wm. W. CAMPBELL and Charlotte ANGEL. She was born 1861 in Tallmadge, Ottawa Co., Michigan. 20   iv. Guy C. LILLIE was born 26 AUG 1849 in Michigan, and died in of Minneapolis, Minnesota. 21   v. Eliza P. LILLIE was born 26 FEB 1852 in Michigan. 22   vi. Benjamin Franklin LILLIE was born 9 DEC 1853 in Wright Twp., Ottawa Co., Michigan, and died 18 OCT 1911 in Coopersville, Ottawa Co., Michigan. He married Elizabeth A. BURKE 22 MAR 1887 in Eastmanville, Ottawa Co., Michigan. She was born 1862 in Canada, and died 1930. He married Lorinda Marion SMITH. She was born 25 MAY 1859 in Ottawa Co., Michigan, and died 19 JUN 1884 in Ravenna, Muskegon Co., Michigan. + 23   vii. Silas L. LILLIE was born 31 JUL 1855 in Michigan. 24   viii. Mary A. LILLIE was born 26 APR 1857. 25   ix. Fred LILLIE was born 26 SEP 1858 in Michigan, and died in of Coopersville, Michigan. 26   x. Timothy B. LILLIE was born 26 APR 1860, and died in of Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan. 27   xi. Byron C. LILLIE was born 10 JUL 1862 in Coopersville, Ottawa Co., Michigan, and died in of Coopersville, Michigan. He married Edith M. DEVOWE 6 JUN 1901 in Berlin, Ottawa Co., Michigan, daughter of Lias DEVOWE and Eva DUDLEY. She was born 1877 in Coopersville, Ottawa Co., Michigan.

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13.	Douglas Daniel LILLIE (Benjamin J. LILLIE2, Roswell LILLIE1) was born 24 NOV 1877 in Michigan, and died 6 JAN 1959 in of New Iberia, Louisiana. He was buried in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan. He married Grace Blanche BRADFORD 3 JAN 1912 in Ionia City, Ionia Co., Michigan. She was born NOV 1887 in Ionia Co., Michigan, and died 9 JUL 1959 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan.
	Children of Douglas Daniel LILLIE and Grace Blanche BRADFORD were: 28   i. Ruth A. LILLIE was born 23 OCT 1912 in Michigan, and died 11 DEC 1979 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan. 29   ii. Marion Jane LILLIE was born 1910, and died 1969.

18.	Roswell LILLIE (Benjamin J. LILLIE2, Roswell LILLIE1) was born 26 MAY 1846 in Wright Twp., Ottawa Co., Michigan, and died 9 NOV 1924 in Tangipahoa, Louisiana. He married Mary R. BENNETT 11 SEP 1873 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan. She was born MAR 1845 in Hamberg, Michigan.
	Children of Roswell LILLIE and Mary R. BENNETT were: 30   i. Ellen B. LILLIE was born 22 JUN 1877 in Polkton Twp, Ottawa, Michigan. She married Clayton H. RUDY. He was born 1868 in Indiana, and died 11 NOV 1938 in Cortez, Colorado. 31   ii. Hal A. LILLIE was born CA 1882 in Coopersville Twp., Ottawa, Michigan, and died 28 JAN 1899 in Coopersville Twp., Ottawa, Michigan.

23.	Silas L. LILLIE (Benjamin J. LILLIE2, Roswell LILLIE1) was born 31 JUL 1855 in Michigan. He married Amanda CLEMENS.
	Child of Silas L. LILLIE and Amanda CLEMENS was: 32   i. Benjamin L. LILLIE. He married Evelyn VANNOTTEN 17 APR 1900 in Coopersville, Ottawa Co., Michigan.