1656 – Leonard Weeks granted 8 acres of land in western section of Portsmouth known as Greenland.
1660-1669 – Leonard Weeks granted additional land in Greenland, including 20 acres on the western side of the Winnicut River.
1696 – Indians attacked residents of the Portsmouth Plains, just four miles away from the Weeks farmstead.
1697 – Samuel Weeks and Tobias Langdon authorized to build a sawmill on the Winnicut River near the mouth of Winniconic Brook.
1705 – Samuel Weeks, John Johnson, and Abraham Lewis signed petition to establish Greenland as an independent parish of Portsmouth.
1706 – Greenland set off as a separate parish.
1707 – Leonard Weeks died, and his son, Samuel Weeks, inherited the 60 acre farmstead and half interest in a sawmill.
1710 – Samuel Weeks built Brick House using native bricks fired on the property.
1721 – Greenland established as independent town.
1739 – Samuel and Walter Weeks signed petition calling for New Hampshire’s annexation to Massachusetts.
1746 – Samuel Weeks died, and his son, Walter Weeks, inherited farmstead.
1755 – Earthquake cracked gabled walls of Weeks Brick House.
1767 – Walter Weeks began deeding half of the Brick House and barn along with 23 acres to his son, William Weeks.
1773 – Walter Weeks willed the other half of the Brick House and barn along with the rest the property to William Weeks.
1774 – Walter Weeks died, and William Weeks inherited the homestead. Walter Weeks’ wife, Comfort Weeks, continued living in widow’s third of home. William Weeks appointed as delegate to Provincial Congress in Exeter for the selection of delegates for the Continental Congress.
1786 – Comfort Weeks died.
1813 – William Weeks died, and willed the 100 acre farmstead to William Weeks II, and his two brothers Walter and Benjamin H. Weeks. It was not until the late 1810s that William Weeks II gained full interest in the farm.
1819-1833 – William Weeks II sold, mortgaged, leased, and repurchased the farmstead on six separate occasions to several Greenland and Portsmouth residents.
1840-1849 – Heating system in the Brick house improved, including three cast iron fireplaces and five stoves.
1849 – William Weeks II died, and bequeathed 100 acre farmstead to wife, Harriet Weeks.
1860 – Harriet Weeks’ eldest son, Robert B. Weeks, listed as head of household.
1864 – Harriet Weeks died.
1869 – Weeks 100 acre property divided.
1880 – Robert Weeks owned Brick House and 67 acres.
1897 – Robert Weeks died without heirs, and his nephew, John W. Weeks, inherited the property.
1898 – Weeks Public Library dedicated as memorial to George Weeks, Mary T. Weeks, and Clement Weeks by Caroline Avery Weeks.
1936 – Ell connecting Weeks Brick House and out buildings removed.
1938 – Fire destroyed barn, adjoining outbuildings, and porch, and damaged the house’s northern façade and attic.
1968 – Thornton Weeks Jr. sold Weeks Brick House.
1975 – Leonard Weeks and Descendants in America, Inc. formed, and purchased the Weeks Brick House.
1977 – An eighteenth century housewife’s herb garden recreated adjacent to the Weeks Brick House.
1992 – Conservation easement of approximately 30 acres conveyed to the Town of Greenland and the State of New Hampshire.
2001 – Nature trails officially opened.
Sources:
DePaoli, Neill, “Three and a Half Centuries in Greenland: The Weeks Brick House Farm of Greenland, NH,” (September 2003).
Hall, M. O., Rambles about Greenland in Rhyme, reprint (Hampton, NH: Peter E. Randall, 1979).
Hughes, Paul C., “The Last Brick House Homestead Farmer,” (no date).
Leeke, John, “Conditions Survey Report: Weeks Family Association, Greenland, NH,” (January 1994).
