Beginnings
Birthplace of Samuel Minot Jones in Enfield, Massachusetts
Samuel and his sister Augusta as children
“The Homestead on the Hill”
Boyhood home of Samuel Minot Jones, at the corner of Amity Street and Lincoln Avenue in Amherst
Samuel Minot Jones was born in Enfield, Massachusetts (the largest of the four towns inundated to create the Quabbin Reservoir). When Samuel was 3 years old, the Jones family moved to Amherst, Massachusetts.