Agnes Surriage Well - Marblehead mA
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nomadwillie
N 42° 30.605 W 070° 50.741
19T E 348369 N 4708063
Where the 'rags to riches' story of Agnes Surriage took place.
Waymark Code: WMQ7Z3
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 01/06/2016
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The Agnes Surriage Well (see Tour 1C, Ashland) is at the end of the grassy land leading (R) form Orne St. just beyond the Orne House.
pp. 277 Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People, 1937
This marker is placed along a secluded portion of Marblehead along Orne Street, almost at the intersection with Pond Street.
Marker reads:
AGNES SURRIAGE WELL
BELONGING TO THE FOUNTAIN INN, WHERE SIR HARRY FRANKLAND, COLLECTOR OF THE PORT OF BOSTON, WHILE SUPERVISING THE ERECTION OF FORT SEWELL, MET AGNES SURRIAGE IN 1742. AGNES, A POOR FISHERMAN'S DAUGHTER, LATER BECAME LADY FRANKLAND AND RETURED WITH HER HUSBAND TO ENGLAND.
Book: Massachusetts
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 277
Year Originally Published: 1937
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