Mary Townsend Addison
Along with her husband, John A. Addison, Mary (Townsend) Addison was one of the first settlers south of Miami, at a place on the Biscayne Bay which later became known as Cutler. They were squatters who settled on land that was part of the Perrine Grant and also was part of the Native American's "Big Hunting Grounds." They probably established their homestead in 1864, or at least sometime between 1861 and 1866. When visited by the Ingraham party in 1892, John A. Addison was not at home so Mary showed them their agricultural land. In time, their land became known as Addison's Hammock and later became part of the Charles Deering Estate.
- Birth: January, 1834
- Death: September 1, 1906, Florida
Name Variations:
- Mary Addison
- Mrs. John A. Addison
Credits:
Sources:
- "Seminoles at Home," by Caroline Washburn Rockwood, Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly American Magazine, Vol. 31, 1891 (describes encounter with the Addisons and includes drawing of John Addison, Mary Addison, and their homestead, but there is not evidence this drawing is accurate)
- Findagrave.com
- Map showing location of Addison land, page 35 of "Miami During the Civil War, 1861-65," Tequesta: The Journal of the Historical Association of Southern Florida, 1993
- National Register off Historic Places Nomination Form for the Charles Deering Estate, 1986
- Perrine Community Chronology, University of Miami Libraries
- "All About The New City Which Is Being Laid Out At Cutler On The Perrine Grant." Miami Metropolis, May 21, 1897
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