{"id":707,"date":"2009-08-30T13:55:37","date_gmt":"2009-08-30T17:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/?p=707"},"modified":"2016-09-17T00:50:50","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T04:50:50","slug":"the-william-hagar-house-1760","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/?p=707","title":{"rendered":"William Hagar House (1760)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/William-Hagar-House.jpg\" alt=\"William Hagar House\" title=\"William Hagar House\" width=\"500\" height=\"351\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/William-Hagar-House.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/William-Hagar-House-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=6yoWAAAAYAAJ&#038;pg=PA214#v=onepage&#038;q=&#038;f=false\">William Hager<\/a> was a farmer and miller who built <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/2924386\/Boston-Post-Road\">a house<\/a> around 1760 on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historicmarlborough.org\/Property_Survey.html\">Boston Post Road in Marlborough<\/a>.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schueths.com\/doug\/genealogy\/publicvers\/gleanedwithnotes\/pafg4391.htm#117581\">William<\/a> married <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schueths.com\/doug\/genealogy\/publicvers\/gleanedwithnotes\/pafg4391.htm#117418\">Sarah Stow<\/a> in 1761 (his brother, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schueths.com\/doug\/genealogy\/publicvers\/gleanedwithnotes\/pafg4391.htm#117580\">Ebenezer<\/a>, had married Sarah&#8217;s sister <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schueths.com\/doug\/genealogy\/publicvers\/gleanedwithnotes\/pafg4391.htm#117416\">Abigail<\/a> in 1753).  The brothers operated a sawmill on a nearby brook, built around 1730 by their father Ebenezer Hager.  The house was later owned by <a href=\"http:\/\/freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/~lzrslong\/b1863.htm#P156402\">William<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=nOForRcfiS8C&#038;pg=PA452#v=onepage&#038;q=&#038;f=false\">Sarah<\/a>&#8216;s son, William Hager, Jr. (he was originally named Billy Hager and <a href=\"http:\/\/freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/~historyofmarlborough\/namechanges.htm\">had his name officially changed to William<\/a>), who was a staunch Federalist and opposed the War of 1812.  The house once had a series of rear ells and an attached barn, all later demolished.  In the nineteenth century, it was Victorianized and then re-Colonialized in the 1930s.  Today, the house, which has a saltbox profile on its west elevation, has been converted for offices and has a large modern addition to the rear.     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Hager was a farmer and miller who built a house around 1760 on the Boston Post Road in Marlborough. William married Sarah Stow in 1761 (his brother, Ebenezer, had married Sarah&#8217;s sister Abigail in 1753). The brothers operated a sawmill on a nearby brook, built around 1730 by their father Ebenezer Hager. The house was later owned by William and Sarah&#8216;s son, William Hager, Jr. (he was originally named Billy Hager and had his name officially changed to William), who was a staunch Federalist and opposed the War of 1812. 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