The above house is the William E Creasy House circa
1867-9 located at 15 Milford St.
2/20/1824 Norfolk County deed: 74:197
Ralph Mann
heirs to Paris Mann, 15 acres on Hartford & Dedham Turnpike
03/1835 Norfolk County deed: 107:15
Paris Mann to
Noah Coombs, 15 acres on Hartford & Dedham Turnpike
4/24/1838 Norfolk County deed: 120:80
Noah Coombs
to Seth Holbrook, 3.75 acres with buildings thereon including 1 acre north of Milford Street (#18)
4/14/1855 Norfolk County deed: 235:222
Seth Holbrook
to James Mann, 2.75 acres. No building listed.
4/5/1967 Norfolk County deed: 353:38
James Mann,
yeoman to William E Creasy, 1.5 acres tillage land
no building listed With lot of John L Adams to the west, and James Mann
other land to the east. William E Creasy married Martha Gibson in 1848 when he was 23 years old. He worked
as a
bootmaker. They had 4 children: William H (1857) who lived only for 1 year, Herbert M. (1858), Frederick
E. (1863), and Addie E. (1866). In 1867, William bought this 1.5 acre lot from James Mann; there was a new dwelling
house there by 1869.
9/15/1869 Norfolk County deed: 384:166 Mortgage
William E Creasy to Dedham Institution for Savings
1.5 acres, “tract of
land with a new dwellinghouse” “same tract of land conveyed to me by
James Mann dated 4/5/1867”
