The  house  in  which  he  dwells,  by  a  singular  coin-
cidence, was  built  by  his  grandfather,  after  whom
he  was  named,  in  1861,  just  one  hundred  years  af-
ter that  built  by  the  first  Joseph,  from  whom  it  has
regularly  descended.  The  present  dwelling  of
Samuel  L.  Burrough,  erected  in  1885,  stands  on  a
part  of  the  old  Spicer  tract,  acquired  from  the
Eudderows  by  his  father.  Joseph  A.  Burrough,
after  the  death  of  his  first  wife,  married  Mary  H.,
another  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Anna  Lippin-
cott, being  a  sister  of  his  first  wife,  for  which  of-
fence they  were  both  disowned  from  membership
with  the  Society  of  Friends.  By  this  wife  were
born  to  him  six  children,  only  two  of  whom  lived
to  attain  their  majority, — Edward,  who  married
Emily  Collins,  a  lineal  descendant  of  Francis
Collins,  and  Mary  L.,  who  married  Henry  Troth,
neither  of  whom  have  any  descendants.  Edward
Burrough  still  owns  and  occupies  the  farm  and
dwelling  erected  by  his  ancestors  in  1761,  being
the  fifth  generation  to  whom  it  has  descended.
