The First House Site in Sandwich
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The first house in town was built on this hill. Daniel Beede and 15 men built a log house in Nov. 1767. Beede was a dominant character in the early history of Sandwich, a surveyor, a businessman, the first town clerk and on the first Board of Selectmen. He was Sandwich's delegate in 1775 to the 5th Provincial Congress; Col. John Wentworth was president of the first three.
John's grandson, Paul, later owned the Beede farm. Beede died in 1799; he is buried in the cemetery next to the house site.
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