The Honorable Samuel Haven

Born in Dedham on April 5, 1771, Samuel Haven was a man of many talents, and the home he shared with his wife, Elizabeth Craigie, was known as one of the most hospitable houses in Massachusetts. A lawyer, a judge, a horticulturalist, a mechanic, he entertained Nathaniel Hawthorne, Horace Mann, Oliver Wendell Holmes among many others. His home is now the Dedham Community House.

Judge Haven served as the Register of Probate for Norfolk County from 1793-1833 and was the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Norfolk County as well.

Judge Haven died on September 4, 1847 at his daughter’s home in Roxbury.