By  Richard Gifford Central Village, thickly settled and containing numerous commercial, civic, and religious buildings, is of relatively recent vintage compared to Westport’s other villages such as the Head, Westport Point and South Westport A look at the 1852 and 1858 maps shows that from the Waite-Kirby-Potter house near Booth’s Corner (the intersection of Kirby … Continue reading NOTES ON THE JOHN MACOMBER FARM, EARLY CENTRAL VILLAGE,  THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RHODE ISLAND RED, AND CLARKSON MACOMBER