One of the many pre-Revolutionary homes in Georgetown, Massachusetts, the Spofford Houseis located on Andover Road, an important route which was occupied by many residences of the Spofford Family. In 1667, John Spoffordand his family became the first permanent (European) residents in what would become Georgetown. Generations later his ancestor,Eleazar Spofford (1739-1828) would build this home in 1765 to be occupied by his new wife married that year,Mary Flint, and their new family. The Georgian farmhouse has been significantly altered since its original date of construction, but retains its general form and character even with later 19thand 20thcentury additions, porches, and windows. The Spoffords had six children in this home and would later move to Jaffrey, New Hampshire after the Revolution, but returned and settled in nearby Groveland. Later generations of the Spoffords would live-in and modify the home until it finally sold out of the family in the 20thcentury.