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Seth Pattee
Bought Mystery Hill (48 acres) in 1734
Jerediah Pattee
Bought the western half of Mystery Hill from his father in 1765
Seth Pattee, Jr
Bought the eastern half of Mystery Hill from his father in 1770, in 1772 he bought the remaining land from his brother
Susanna Pattee
Wife of Seth Pattee, Jr. (d. 1779 of ill health), who remarried and moved with her children leaving Mystery Hill abandoned
Jonathan Pattee
Received title to Mystery Hill from Susanna Pattee Corliss in 1801
Betsy Mallon Pattee
Wife of Jonathan Pattee. Bought Mystery Hill back from Kendal Mallon in 1809 after husband Jonathan sold it in 1809
Kendal Mallon
Brother-in-law of Jonathan Pattee, Bought Mystery Hill in 1809
Marquis de Lafayette
Urban legend is that Lafayette visited Mystery Hill in 1825 during a tour of the area after dining at Richard Pattee's tavern, cousin of Jonathan Pattee
Richard Pattee
Cousin of Jonathan Pattee
John Leverett
Removed stones from Mystery Hill between 1845 and 1848 to avoid "quarry tax", taking most of it, between 10 - 40% of the site, to Lawrence MA
Seth Jonathan Mallon Pattee
Jonathan Pattee's oldest son, inherited Mystery Hill in 1849 upon his fathers death
George Jonathan Pattee
Son of Seth Jonathan Mallon Pattee. Sued his father in 1863 for Mystery Hill after a will was found naming him heir to his grandfathers estate
Nathaniel Paul
bought Mystery Hill from George Jonathan Pattee in 1863. He stripped the hill for his mill and removed another 10 - 50% of the stones
Ebenezer Duston
Bought Mystery Hill in 1891
Anna McNeil
Bought Mystery Hill in 1902
Fred K. Duston
Bought Mystery Hill in 1927
H.P. Lovecraft
Writer. Said to have visited Mystery Hill in 1928, inspiring a short story titled "The Dunwich Horror"
Frank E. Portors
Wrote an article for the Haverhill Evening Gazette on August 15, 1934 titled "Problem for archeologists". First known article about Mystery Hill. Implied its use for runaway slaves
Elsie Conley
Of North Salem, NH who was quoted in the Haverhill Evening Gazette of August 15, 1934 when she was 16 comenting on Mystery Hill being used by runaway slaves.
Wilbur H. Siebert, Prof.
Named Mystery Hill as a stop on the underground railroad in 1935
William Brownell Goodwin
Writer, amateur archeologist, bought Mystery Hill in 1937. "Notes with Reference to, and Brief History of the Stone Village Site" (New England Quarterly 1938); "The Ruins of Great Ireland in New England" (New England Quarterly 1946)
Malcolm Pearson
Photographer to William Brownell Goodwin. Goodwin willed Mystery Hill to him in 1950
Clay Perry
Writer. "Were the Irish First to Find America?" (Ken Magazine June 2, 1938); "Irish Stone Temples, 1000 Years Old, Found Here" (The Boston Sunday Post July 31, 1938); "Rock Huts Indicate Irish Antedated Norsemen in N.E." (The Christian Science Monitor - Boston News February 25, 1939); "Underground New England" (Stephen Day Press, Brattleboro VT March 1939);
Wesley S. Griswold
Writer. The Hartforf Current Magazine June 19, 1938 "Stone Village Mystery"
Hugh Hencken
Writer. "The "Irish Monastery" at North Salem, NH." (New England Quarterly September 1939); "What are Pattee's Caves?" (Scientific American November 1940) Disputes William B. Goodwins theories.
Margaret Parsons
Writer. "Records of white men in Worchester County Prior To Norman Conquest" (Everybody's Magazine October 5, 1941) Implied Mystery Hill was Norse
Helen Hance
Writer. "Some notes on Earliest America" (A Capuchin Review - The Cowl, April 1943) Implied Mystery Hill was Norse
Howard P. Hodgman
Writer. "Strangers to America" (The Christian Science Monitor October 27, 1945) Admits 'Who built Mystery Hill?' is unanswerable
Robert E. Stone
Leased Mystery Hill in 1956, built the visitors center and opened the area to the public in 1958. Purchased the property and adjacent property, totaling 100 acres, in 1961
Barry Fell
Marine Biologist, Epigrapher, Writer. "America B.C."; "Saga America"; "Bronze Age America"
Al Kayworth
Along with Robert and Dennis Stone, discovered a fallen monolith in 1997 at Mystery Hill
Dennis Stone
Son of Robert E. Stone
Louis Winkler
Astronomy Professor, studied Mystery Hill in 1998
Erik Ferguson
Writer. "America's Stonehenge - The Mystery Hill Timeline of Events....500,000 Years B.C.E. to December 2004" (Old New Hampshire Online Magazine http://www.oldnh.com/mysteryhill.html)
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