Another site of an ancient house is on the premises of L. S. Richards, in the rear of his residence down by the sand bank near the windmill.   On this spot was a house and barn owned and occupied by Timothy Rogers,² a son of John Rogers,¹ the Colonial ancestor of the Rogers' descendants in Marshfield.   This was occupied over two centuries ago, and demolished or abandoned probably a century ago.   The site was plainly visible, when Mr. Richards bought the place, 30 years ago.   There were no public roads near by then, and the old patriarch, finding a good spring near the spot, settled there, as was the custom in those old colonial days.   Mr. Richard's children are the 8th generation living on this place.   Rogers' branch.
   Another old site is on Richards' Hill, on the upper lot of land owned by the late Alvin Rogers.   Near the well on this spot was a house owned and occupied by Simeon Rogers, grandfather of the late Clift Rodgers, also by his father, Capt. Luther Rogers.   Here were born the late Clift, Wales, Luther and others of the family, nearly a century ago.   The house many years ago passed from sight.
   Another site on said Hill, is on the upper piece of land of the late Avery Rogers, where the old "Mitchell house" stood, long ago passed away from sight.   It is now owned and occupied by Mr. Harmon.
   Bear's brook was named after a man named Bear, or Bare, who a century or more ago occupied a house down in the valley below the pond near the brook, long ago demolished.
   The house at Sea View, owned and occupied by Luther Little, is a very old house, some 200 years old.
   The house in the rear of the Marshfield store, recently occupied by the late Asa Walker, is a very old house.
   The house now occupied by Dr. Henry W. Nelson is (a part of it) a very old house.   It was built and occupied by the Rogerses in colonial days, who secured a land grant of