Hi again, In the RICHARDSON information just offered, Richard mentioned that his ancestors had "woodlots" and I've been reading about "woodlots" in regard to my HUTCHINSON research. A 1638 map shows the patriarch, George HUTCHINSON, owning a large lot in what would now be Winchester Center. But, he was known to always live in Charlestown. (And I think there was a GARDNER lot beside him.) So, it might have been a "woodlot" for both of them. The reports I have from Thomas HUTCHINSON and his relatives say that it was ~1723 when his ancestor bought a large "woodlot" from the GARDNER family. It was part of the much larger GARDNER property along what is now the Winchester / Arlington line. (Winchester Country Club area) And I'm told that is when the "HUTCHINSON homestead" was built. * The brothers of this family bought many other "woodlots" making the farm very large. What is curious is that I was reminded of the 1820 census for Woburn which showed only John HUTCHINSON. I'm thinking that the several siblings all lived in the very large house at what is now 21 Ridge Street, Winchester. It was ~1838 when my ancestor, Jacob, got married to Eliza CROSBY, probably built the smaller house across the street at 18 Ridge St. (That house still stands.) (South Woburn became Winchester in 1850.) Just an FYI for you. Oh, by the way, I think parts of the very large HUTCHINSON farm still existed after 1900, as my grandmother inherited a small "woodlot." Betty (near Lowell, MA) * I think I already mentioned that I would very much like to find a drawing or sketch of what the original HUTCHINSON house looked like - the one built in the 1720's and stood until 1883 when it burned down. (The Winchester and Arlington societies don't know of such a picture; I just asked the Woburn library.)