The 1795 Harris - Black House Brewster, MA

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  • @paulbatz7935
    @paulbatz7935 Рік тому +12

    Loved this, would have liked to have been guided up the stairs and shown the loft. I love the old stairways.

    • @andrewcothran8377
      @andrewcothran8377 3 місяці тому +1

      Probably the real reason she didn't show it is because it's a ghost up there lol 😂

  • @cindyrenfroe5212
    @cindyrenfroe5212 Рік тому +4

    Ahh I just love dutch style wind mill and the house and the fireplace it's so cool ,,it's simple and looks comfy ,,I like that ,, ,,and antiques are my favorite ,, thanks for the tour

  • @Girlytang
    @Girlytang Рік тому +14

    Such a lovely house and family story. The host was incredibly engaging and endearing. I was sad for her presentation to end. With such a full little house, how did the parents ever manage enough privacy to have so many children?! I guess where there’s a will… I wonder what happened to the first Nathan. He was young when he passed away. Thank you for sharing this poignant history!

  • @phillypiper8788
    @phillypiper8788 Рік тому +5

    I'll have to stop by for a visit. Great video. Thanks

  • @megb9700
    @megb9700 Рік тому +7

    An original tiny house!

  • @sharonroberts3397
    @sharonroberts3397 Рік тому +2

    LOVE VIDEO FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING I LIKE FINDING OUT THE HISTORY OF DIFFERENT THINGS

  • @atarayael
    @atarayael Рік тому +2

    Thank you so much! I had such fun 😊

  • @TonyaO2L
    @TonyaO2L Рік тому +3

    Thank you for the wonderful tour.

  • @judedavis-goff7023
    @judedavis-goff7023 Рік тому +4

    I want to see upstairs😢😢

  • @alicegoodman4544
    @alicegoodman4544 Рік тому +9

    Visit a slave cabin when I was a child. A lady was still living there. She was so kind to all children. Gave us cake and fruit.

    • @Mithras444
      @Mithras444 Рік тому

      Me too, in Virginia and there were two old folks that had lived there their whole life. Not sure the details I was young.

  • @TennesseeTrio
    @TennesseeTrio Рік тому +11

    What a cool place! It’s so interesting to see the differences between early Northern and Southern US architecture!

    • @bunjijumper5345
      @bunjijumper5345 Рік тому +1

      I would imagine northern houses had to be smaller simply because the work of heating a house was so laborious.

  • @amalias8888
    @amalias8888 Рік тому +2

    Very interesting history and well told. Thank you.

  • @vanessahenry7238
    @vanessahenry7238 Рік тому +3

    I am putting this on my bucket list! Thank you for making this video!
    A lot of women inherited because the men usually were off making their own fortune and sometimes stayed where they made that fortune. It gave the women a place to stay and live out their days - mainly those who did not wed.

  • @lyndavise971
    @lyndavise971 Рік тому +3

    It's a yoke. I remember my great-uncle using one of these to carry buckets of molasses he had made.

  • @stacyrich113
    @stacyrich113 Рік тому +2

    How disappointing not to be able to see the loft. 😢

  • @patriciadeane7250
    @patriciadeane7250 Рік тому +2

    Really enjoyed this video and I thank you! History is so important!

  • @jessicajones6032
    @jessicajones6032 Рік тому +5

    I enjoyed this video very much! You did a great job telling the story♥️

  • @denisecaringer4726
    @denisecaringer4726 Рік тому +4

    What an interesting and professional presentation. I am impressed with the work of the tour guide. Excellent job. Thank you.

  • @yankeewargamer3098
    @yankeewargamer3098 Рік тому +1

    I grew up next door to this house, when it was in its original location on Red Top Rd. That was way back when that road was rural. I actually shot my first deer about 300 yards from that place... or where it used to be. Sad to see Brewster so built up now days. Love rural Iowa now, but do miss the Cape Cod of my 1970s-80s childhood.

  • @deeannh17
    @deeannh17 Рік тому

    Thank you so much for the tour. That was very interesting!

  • @timmillan6701
    @timmillan6701 Рік тому

    Fascinating- thank you

  • @KhalidMahmood-wm1qz
    @KhalidMahmood-wm1qz Рік тому

    I am fascinated THANK YOU

  • @shabirjan9201
    @shabirjan9201 Рік тому

    awesome and thank u for upload i liked and subscribed

  • @mrschwabone
    @mrschwabone Рік тому

    Enjoyed your presentation very much Ms. Finch. Now I ned a second viewing to sort out all the family. Thank you and all who preserve:)

  • @vickiepeek2279
    @vickiepeek2279 Рік тому

    love the rock steps at front door

  • @stephenholmes5362
    @stephenholmes5362 Рік тому +1

    Nice presentation & nice preservation!! You didn't mention that the shovel is a snow shovel. The yoke was usually used by a female member of the family, the males would do much heavier work, can you imagine! Love the information about the taxes, death & taxes are the only thing that can be certain in this world. Benjamin Franklin!!

  • @susanpera2131
    @susanpera2131 Рік тому +4

    Love it!

  • @BonnieJeanTlq
    @BonnieJeanTlq Рік тому

    Great video. Thanks

  • @SlimshadyVictoria
    @SlimshadyVictoria Рік тому +4

    VERY disappointing she did not at least show us the upstairs staircase!!!

  • @notthecontentiouswoman-wom2595

    The host was trying to figure out how a couple that had between and 13 children lived in that house. They probably all did not occupy the house at the same time. My mother came from a family in which 11 children survived into adulthood. The children were born over a 30 year period so my mother, who was 3 from the youngest, had sisters old enough to be her mother. My 6 children were born over a 15 year period.

  • @dhawkins78412
    @dhawkins78412 Рік тому

    Fascinating! Thank you. Yes I found at least one woman ancester who died by fire while cooking. She used gasoline.

  • @paulinelarson465
    @paulinelarson465 Рік тому +7

    Elizabeth probably inherited because she was the youngest and the other living children would have been established in their own homes as soon as possible. Elizabeth gave her daughter-in-law as much security of place and ability to provide for HER children as was possible at the time. There was very little, if any, legal protection or support for women and children in those times.

  • @donbell8187
    @donbell8187 Рік тому +1

    It looks like the walls are not very thick. Is it vertical plank framing?

  • @pamelahelengunchick654
    @pamelahelengunchick654 Рік тому +5

    I saw stairs... whats up there?

    • @giovanna722
      @giovanna722 Рік тому +1

      She said the children's bedroom is there.

  • @clayguy1
    @clayguy1 Рік тому

    I just looked up the dollar purchasing power of $308 in 1804. It was equivalent in purchasing power to about $7,979.05 today

  • @condorcondor5797
    @condorcondor5797 Рік тому +1

    loved it ...

  • @tangerinefizz11
    @tangerinefizz11 Рік тому +1

    I can't imagine two parents and six children living in that tiny house.

  • @vintagespider5627
    @vintagespider5627 Рік тому +4

    This was so fun to see love the little house , I’m watching this in the summer how did they keep cool in the heat of summer?

    • @terriv2176
      @terriv2176 Рік тому +1

      Open the windows……

    • @carissafisher7514
      @carissafisher7514 Рік тому +1

      @@terriv2176I guess you are not used to a hot climate? Sometimes it is better to keep the warm air out.

    • @bunjijumper5345
      @bunjijumper5345 Рік тому

      Massachusetts can not be considered a hot climate. As the commenter said windows would have been opened to let in a breeze. I live in upstate NY it's August, its already chilly the high has been in the low 70's while the rest of the country is still getting 90's. Summer here is short. @@carissafisher7514

  • @ConceptsInHealth
    @ConceptsInHealth Рік тому +4

    I was particularly struck by the yoke for collecting water--for 8 people. Everyday. No toilet. No daily bath. We certainly have no idea of the fortitude of most of humanity, and I’m fearful of that realization.

  • @rockythetalkingparrot2465
    @rockythetalkingparrot2465 Рік тому +1

    What a charming woman!

  • @bethbartlett5692
    @bethbartlett5692 Рік тому +2

    It stuns me, the complete lack of responsible thinking that the early Americans seemed to have, over hunting to extinction of animals in areas, regions, and the entire country, the same attitude towards trees.
    I can't imagine they were that unaware.

  • @marysketch4772
    @marysketch4772 Рік тому

    Love your videos. The sound is set very loud; I have to adjust it every time. Thanks.

  • @amycastor2872
    @amycastor2872 Рік тому +3

    I believe the "death by petticoat" is a common exaggeration.

  • @doggygaming950
    @doggygaming950 Рік тому

    How are 8 living there?

  • @suetipping4841
    @suetipping4841 Рік тому +3

    I would think the ladies would pull their skirts and any long undergarments like petticoats up and away from the fire, perhaps the ladies even wore skirts with two sides, like full slacks, pulled the material to their ankles and strapped it close before confronting a fire. My grandmother, born in the 1880's did wear slacks because women worked alongside the men many times. Skirts for company and public, slacks for everyday work.

  • @LittleOneSlaysThem
    @LittleOneSlaysThem Рік тому +1

    Born 1777..dies 1804...
    Such a young man to have made the homestead!

  • @nancyvickers2814
    @nancyvickers2814 Рік тому +9

    You would have thought the women would have wised up after the first dozen or so deaths by fire while cooking dinner.

    • @giovanna722
      @giovanna722 Рік тому +3

      I wonder if there's an article on that. Women didn't wear pants in those days, so, how did they deal with it?

    • @gailcurl8663
      @gailcurl8663 Рік тому

      Should of worn Pants back then when cooking close to the fire. And, said NO to the constant BREEDING!!

  • @aaronobryan4295
    @aaronobryan4295 Рік тому

    It looks miles bigger inside

  • @andrewcothran8377
    @andrewcothran8377 3 місяці тому

    In regards to death by fire, this is why women during that day would often wear a wool apron, if a spark from the fire hit the wool it would smolder but it would not ignite quickly.

  • @sailorbychoice1
    @sailorbychoice1 Рік тому

    11:25 Wm Shakespeare famously left his _Second Best Bed_ to his wife in his will, leaving his _Best Bed_ to his daughter.
    This sounds off-putting unless one takes into account that the _Second Best Bed_ had been their marriage bed together, and his daughter newly married.

  • @SunofYork
    @SunofYork Рік тому +2

    My last house in England was built in 1725. Hated it. It was not built to modern standards and was damp with mice in the thick walls. My Wisconsin house is great and modern, but too big !

    • @maryeheinly8256
      @maryeheinly8256 Рік тому +1

      What did you expect of a 1725 house?

    • @SunofYork
      @SunofYork Рік тому +1

      @@maryeheinly8256 It impressed the totty.. They came flocking...That was important at the time... Turned out they were were the snide and supercilious type, You should know about that.

    • @jelenekane1547
      @jelenekane1547 Рік тому +1

      Touche'!!! (too funny!)@@SunofYork

  • @MrRatherino
    @MrRatherino Рік тому +1

    what a horror!

  • @erin19030
    @erin19030 Рік тому

    After you are finished looking here, then check out the people living in caves as wanderers in Iran. The have every need and make do too.

  • @marybeth9320
    @marybeth9320 Рік тому

    Why didn't you show us the rest of the home. How annoying

  • @darz3829
    @darz3829 Рік тому

    It's called the Black House but it's not really Black. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say African American House.

    • @EmeraldAngelEyes
      @EmeraldAngelEyes Рік тому +1

      I thought so too at first, but the name is from the second owner of the house: Elizabeth Harris Black.