Person:William Homes (1)

William resided with his Glover grandparents until he was 21. In 1796 (at age 11) he went to Dorchester, and was clerk in the store of Mr. Unite Blackman, his uncle. He continued there until about 1810, and transacted business for Mrs. Blackman after the death of her husband. He subsequently opened a store on Meeting House Hill and traded there successfully for many years, when he retired and purchased an estate on the Eastern Slope of Mount Ida.

According to the [Dorchester Atheneum], "During the last quarter of the 19th century the streets of Mt. Ida's southwestern slopes were gradually built up with multi family houses in the form of 2-family and three - deckers. A true, commuter middle class area evolved after the demise of Mt. Ida's hilltop estates during the 1910's. This development of "affordable housing", however, was slow. Homes Avenue, for example, is shown as a development unto itself on the 1874 Atlas bordered by 24 vacant lots owned by the heirs of William Homes. By 1884, Homes Avenue appears to be actually set out rather than existing only on paper. At that time its streetscapes were still devoid of housing. By 1894, two houses interesting primarily for their forms and current intact fabric were built at 122 Homes A venue for Caroline Hausman (later owners included Edward A. Huebner and Theodore H. Simpson) and 126 Homes Avenue (built for Margaret P. Hunt with Hunts living here well into the 1930's)."

1. ↑ Anna Glover. An Account of John Glover of Dorchester. (David Clapp & Son, Boston,1867)
   p. 377.
2. ↑ Frederic Endicott. The Record of the Births Marriages and Deaths in the Town of Stoughton. (Wiliam Bense, 1896, Canton, MA)
   p. 123.
3. ↑ Dorchester, MA, Register of Deaths, 1858.

   line 154

4.   1840 United States Federal Census
   p. 378.