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Excerpted from Kent McCallum's Old Sturbridge Visitor's Guide, 1996. Entire section from John Goff/Historic Preservation and Design historic resources survey, June 1999. Butters, George. Genealogical Registry of the Butters Family with Illustrations. Including the Descendents of William Butters of Woburn, Mass. 1665M (Chicago, Oak Park, Ill.: George Butters, 1896), p. 41. J. W. Proctor March 10, 1852 wrote in a New England Farmer article, "I have ascertained from intelligent observer of facts in Wilmington that he knows the position in which the tree that bore the original of this apple formerly stood. It was a farm owned by James Butter of Wilmington …tree stood on the farm owned by James Butter" (Butter, p. 21-22). Butters, p. 22. Thompson later became known for his cannon experiments that showed heat to be a mode of motion, thereby disproving prevalent notion of heat as fluid material substance (caloric). Self-educated in Woburn, Massachusetts, Rumford became a schoolmaster. At the outbreak of the American Revolution, he remained loyal to the British Crown and served the British during the conflict, after which he fled to England. He lived permanently in exile in Europe for the remainder of his life (American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, Mass. finding aid). Note that Burlington's marriage records note that Mary Sheehan was "supposedly of Ireland." The 1871 deed (book 1163, page 500) notes that Joshua Miller's widow is named Mary Segrow, formerly Mary Miller. Entire section from John Goff/Historic Preservation and Design historic resources survey, June 1999. Table of Contents