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The large farmhouse was built around 1685 for John Daggett, Jr. near the previous site of his father's house. The father's house is said to have been destroyed during King Philip's War.
The house was probably inherited in 1707 by Daggett's eldest surviving son, Joseph Daggett, a doctor of medicine, a wheelwright, and a miller. The farm is presumed to have been inherited by Joseph's son Israel, a cooper, in 1727. The house passed to various members of the Daggett family by inheritance or purchase, ending with Jefferson Daggett and his eldest son, Edwin O. Daggett. They continued to farm the property at least until 1870, when Jefferson died. The farm went into decline after the death of Jefferson Dagget, and was purchased as a "wornout farm" by the city in 1894.
The house was restored by the Daughters of the American Revolution starting in 1902 and opened as a museum in 1905.
John Daggett came to America in 1630 and settled in Weymouth, a part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The descendants of John Daggett built this very house in 1685. The land surrounding Daggett House, now Slater Park, was the first landing place of Roger Williams and his small band of followers after they were driven from Salem, Massachusetts. Governor John Winthrop of the Plymouth Colony advised Roger Williams to move off the land as it was considered part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Five years later, Roger Williams relocated to Providence. It was then that Governor Winslow and John Brown purchased considerable land on the easterly side of the Blackstone River for a company of Weymouth colonists, which included John Daggett.
Eight generations of Daggetts lived on this beautiful farm, now known as Slater Memorial Park.
The original house was built in 1643-1644, but was burned down by Native Americans during King Philip’s War in 1675-1676. It was subsequently rebuilt in 1685 by the second John Daggett.
The Daggett Farm was originally in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Then in 1828, it became a part of Pawtucket, Massachusetts and later was transferred to Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Nathan Daggett and Colonel John Daggett were two of the 310 men and 27 officers from Rehoboth who fought in the Revolutionary War.
George Washington’s diary indicates that he stopped at the Daggett Homestead on his way from Newport to Boston. The house was a short distance from the Old Post Road (Newport Avenue-Route 1A).
The "Rhode Not Taken," a pun on the title of Robert Frost's famous poem, "The Road Not Taken," -- a boat at Long Wharf on Boston Harbor.
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In the spring this year, we have made a weekend trip to Newport in Rhode Island. This city is really awesome (, but also a bit tourist) and the complete area is full of luxurious mansions. You can feel the historic atmosphere and easily imagine, how it must have been to live here as a member of the high society. Unfortunately,when we have been there, the leaves were not already at the trees.
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