"… By an agreement of the widow Abigail with her brother-in-law, Joseph Bordman, she, for a certain sum to be paid her by him annually during her life, gave up her right of dower in the estate, reserving the use of one room, in case she wished to live in the house. As this agreement was dated Apr. 15, 1760, when Samuel, the heir to the property, was only fifteen, it is probable that Levi, Samuel's older brother, who was married the next year, made the house his home for some years, …"