Exploring
the former homes of the British Loyalists in and around Boston.
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Exploring
the former homes of the British Loyalists in and around Boston. |
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| Isaac Royall
House (c.1640, 1737) 15 George Street Medford, MA 02155  Isaac
RoyallIsaac Royal never intended to abandon hearth and home, he tried to explain to anyone who would listen. He just got caught on the wrong side of the revolution. Realizing that tumult was not good for his health, and that he had business elsewhere, he had journeyed to Boston after the Lord’s Day Evening service, and “unfortunately staid there for two or three days and dined with the Honorable Capt. Erving the very day the Battle [of Lexington-Concord] happened, after which it was impossible to get out of town.” “I went to Halifax expecting...to meet...a vessel bound to the West Indies,” he continued. “All my things were packed up with that intention.” Hours: June to October, Saturdays and Sundays, 1 – 5 p.m. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for students and seniors. For information, call 781-396-9032. Driving Directions: From Interstate Route 93 north from Boston, take exit 31 for the Mystic Valley Parkway. Turn left on Main Street. Stay right at the fork. Turn right on George Street. The house is on the right. Photo above: Painting of the Royall family by Robert Feke, dated 1741. Isaac Royall is on the right, with his wife, Elizabeth, and daughter, also named Elizabeth, to his left. His wife’s sister, Mary Palmer is in red, and his sister, Penelope Royall is in the green dress.
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