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Jonathan DWIGHT

The Stone House - Built 1827
Belchertown Historical Association

...Mrs. Harriette Dwight Longley, one of the first Trustees, on her death in 1908 left her estate to furnish and maintain a permanent home for the Historical Association. This was used to purchase the Stone House which was occupied for that purpose in 1922. This home was originally built in 1827 by Jonathan Dwight as a wedding gift for his daughter Julia Diantha. Until it was acquired by the Association, it remained in related branches of the Dwight family for nearly a century...
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