Captain Jonathan Poor

From: The Essex Antiquarian, Vo. 12, p. 40-41.

"Old Poor Tavern, Newbury."

The homestead was next owned and occupied by John Poor's son Capt. Jonathan Poor, who conducted a tavern here, probably having the ell his sample room, where "whistles" could be wet or warmed. The old swinging tavern sign is in the possession of the Newburyport Marine Society. This was the half-way house between Rowley and Newburyport; and Captain Poor continued the business of an innkeeper until 1806, when the opening of the Boston and Newburyport Turnpike drew the through travel to the new route. Captain Poor died March 19, 1807.

Citations

1. Alfred Poor, Genealogy of John Poore, p. 13.
2. Alfred Poor, Genealogy of John Poore, p. 14.

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