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Tradition states that the home was a fort to protect the earliest settlers from the
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The Wing Fort House is recognized as the oldest home in New
England continuously owned by the same family. Stephen Wing either purchased the homestead from the town of Sandwich, or the town granted him the property, around the time of his first marriage in 1646. His descendants continued to live in
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The Fort House is now a museum, privately operated by the Wing Family of
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158:Coordinates
985:Categories
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769:Somerville
729:Framingham
657:Gloucester
626:Fall River
605:Barnstable
512:Barnstable
294:References
170:70°27′56″W
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874:Worcester
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779:Wakefield
734:Lexington
719:Cambridge
714:Arlington
577:Worcester
557:Nantucket
552:Middlesex
547:Hampshire
517:Berkshire
259:In 2007,
240:in 1976.
167:41°45′3″N
946:Category
869:Uxbridge
846:southern
841:northern
774:Stoneham
764:Sherborn
667:Lawrence
581:northern
567:Plymouth
537:Franklin
272:See also
210:76000227
148:Location
911:Bridges
879:eastern
784:Waltham
759:Reading
749:Medford
724:Concord
677:Methuen
662:Ipswich
652:Andover
636:Taunton
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572:Suffolk
562:Norfolk
542:Hampden
522:Bristol
926:Boston
836:Boston
820:Quincy
815:Milton
789:Weston
754:Newton
739:Lowell
455:Topics
381:"Home"
332:"Home"
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532:Essex
527:Dukes
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