John Spurr House

John Spurr House

John Spurr House
Location Charlton, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°8′6″N 71°58′10″W / 42.13500°N 71.96944°W / 42.13500; -71.96944Coordinates: 42°8′6″N 71°58′10″W / 42.13500°N 71.96944°W / 42.13500; -71.96944
Built 1798
Architect Unknown
Architectural style No Style Listed
NRHP Reference #

76000293

[1]
Added to NRHP April 26, 1976

The John Spurr House is an historic house on Main Street in Charlton, Massachusetts.

The house was built in 1798 and added to the National Historic Register in 1976.

Maj. Gen. John Spurr (1759–1816) served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.[2] He participated in both the Boston Tea Party and the Battle of Bunker Hill.[2] He was commissioned a captain in Col. Thomas Nixon's Regiment in 1777. He fought in the second Battle of Saratoga, Sep-Oct 1777, and was present during the surrender of General John Burgoyne. He was promoted to the rank of major in 1780.[3][4][5][6] He eventually held the rank of major general in the Massachusetts State Militia.

John Spurr's granddaughter, Mary Louisa Spurr, was the first wife of Sen. George Frisbie Hoar, and the mother of Congressman Rockwood Hoar.[7][8]

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "The National Register of Historic Places, 1969," Published by National Park Service, 1976. Page 252
  3. ↑ "Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the revolutionary war," by Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of State (1906) Page 996. Online at: https://books.google.com/books?id=Ak0SAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA996&dq="john+spurr"+nixon's
  4. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book (1915). Page 217 https://books.google.com/books?id=fOE-xcuFLgwC&pg=PA217&dq="john+spurr"+nixon's#PPA218,M1
  5. ↑ Historical register of officers of the Continental Army during the war of the Revolution, Francis Bernard Heitman, comp. (1914) - Page 685. https://books.google.com/books?id=tZALAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA38&dq="john+spurr"+nixon's ,
  6. ↑ Mintz, Max. "The Generals of Saratoga: John Burgoyne and Horatio Gate," Page 181. Yale University Press; Hartford, 1992
  7. ↑ "Rockwood Hoar (late a Representative from Massachusetts) Memorial Addresses," Page 12 by United States Congress (1907). Online at: https://books.google.com/books?id=p0YYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA12&dq="rockwood+hoar"+mary+louisa+spurr
  8. ↑ "The Worcester Magazine," by Worcester Board of Trade, Worcester Chamber of Commerce, Page 247 (1906) Online at : https://books.google.com/books?id=o3QWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA247&dq="rockwood+hoar"+mary+louisa+spurr


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