The James Mann house (1849 or 1868) is located at 11
Milford St.
2/20/1824 Norfolk County Deed: 74:197
Ralph
Mann heirs to Paris Mann 15 acres on the Hartford and Dedham Turnpike.
03/1835 Norfolk County Deed: 107:15
Paris
Mann to Noah Coombs 15 acres on the Hartford and Dedham Turnpike.
4/24/1838 Norfolk County Deed: 120:80
Noah
Coombs to Seth Holbrook 3.75 acres with buildings thereon including 1 acre on Milford Street (#18).
4/14/1855 Norfolk County Deed: 235:222
Seth
Holbrook to James Mann 2.75 acres no building listed.
6/17/1868 Norfolk County Deed: 368:132
James
Mann to Noel and Mary Mathewson 1.3 acre with dwelling house.
12/13/1869 Norfolk County Deed: 390:22
Mary
Mathewson to Charles Thompson Adams 1.3 acre with dwelling house with William Creasy to the west, and Timothy Pond to the
east. When he bought the house in 1869, Charles Thompson Adams was 29 years old, married to Harriet Hastings,
and had a 2 year old son Jasper. He was a prosperous florist/horticulturalist in Medway in the 1870s and 1880s;
his large greenhouses on Main Street extended to the back of his lot at 11 Milford Street. He was the first long
term owner of the house.
