Zenas was a successful yeoman (a farmer of his own land). In 1782, he built a magnificent home in Cotuit to serve as a home for him and his soon to be Bride, his neighbor Hannah Bourne. The home still stands and now serves as the Cahoon Museum of American Art on Falmouth Road. This is the fourth oldest house in the village of Cotuit, preceded only by the place next door (1739), the Rev. Gideon Hawley House (1758), and Alvan Friday Crocker's home across the street (1769).
Zenas' middle name was Friday, after the day of the week he was born (his siblings have the day of the week they were born as their middle names, as well).
Zenas's occupation was yeoman, that is, a farmer of his own land. In addition to this house he owned the ¾ acre orchard across the street, 50 acres of woodland by the Cotuit River, land next to Fuller's Pond, the north end of Rushy Marsh cedar swamp that became the first Nickerson "Oregen"al settlement, a third of the Rye Field, woodland and meadow on Little Neck including the salt marshes that supported profitable raising cattle for beef.
An indication of Zenas's prosperity and education is his hosting of the first meeting to establish a library, the Second Social Library of Barnstable in 1796.
(Source: Jim Gould's Blog, based on research of the Barnstable Patriot, Cindy Nickerson's book on the museum, and other documents in the Sturgis Library)
Zenas' middle name was Friday, after the day of the week he was born (his siblings have the day of the week they were born as their middle names, as well).
Zenas's occupation was yeoman, that is, a farmer of his own land. In addition to this house he owned the ¾ acre orchard across the street, 50 acres of woodland by the Cotuit River, land next to Fuller's Pond, the north end of Rushy Marsh cedar swamp that became the first Nickerson "Oregen"al settlement, a third of the Rye Field, woodland and meadow on Little Neck including the salt marshes that supported profitable raising cattle for beef.
An indication of Zenas's prosperity and education is his hosting of the first meeting to establish a library, the Second Social Library of Barnstable in 1796.
(Source: Jim Gould's Blog, based on research of the Barnstable Patriot, Cindy Nickerson's book on the museum, and other documents in the Sturgis Library)
Zenas was a successful yeoman (a farmer of his own land). In 1782, he built a magnificent home in Cotuit to serve as a home for him and his soon to be Bride, his neighbor Hannah Bourne. The home still stands and now serves as the Cahoon Museum of American Art on Falmouth Road. This is the fourth oldest house in the village of Cotuit, preceded only by the place next door (1739), the Rev. Gideon Hawley House (1758), and Alvan Friday Crocker's home across the street (1769).
Zenas' middle name was Friday, after the day of the week he was born (his siblings have the day of the week they were born as their middle names, as well).
Zenas's occupation was yeoman, that is, a farmer of his own land. In addition to this house he owned the ¾ acre orchard across the street, 50 acres of woodland by the Cotuit River, land next to Fuller's Pond, the north end of Rushy Marsh cedar swamp that became the first Nickerson "Oregen"al settlement, a third of the Rye Field, woodland and meadow on Little Neck including the salt marshes that supported profitable raising cattle for beef.
An indication of Zenas's prosperity and education is his hosting of the first meeting to establish a library, the Second Social Library of Barnstable in 1796.
(Source: Jim Gould's Blog, based on research of the Barnstable Patriot, Cindy Nickerson's book on the museum, and other documents in the Sturgis Library)
Zenas' middle name was Friday, after the day of the week he was born (his siblings have the day of the week they were born as their middle names, as well).
Zenas's occupation was yeoman, that is, a farmer of his own land. In addition to this house he owned the ¾ acre orchard across the street, 50 acres of woodland by the Cotuit River, land next to Fuller's Pond, the north end of Rushy Marsh cedar swamp that became the first Nickerson "Oregen"al settlement, a third of the Rye Field, woodland and meadow on Little Neck including the salt marshes that supported profitable raising cattle for beef.
An indication of Zenas's prosperity and education is his hosting of the first meeting to establish a library, the Second Social Library of Barnstable in 1796.
(Source: Jim Gould's Blog, based on research of the Barnstable Patriot, Cindy Nickerson's book on the museum, and other documents in the Sturgis Library)
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