There are eight spellings in the Andover Vital Records for Haggett: Hagget, Haggett, Haggit, Haggith, Haggitt, Hagitte, Heiget, Heighett.
Haggett’s Pond is named for the Haggett family but prior to the name change it was referenced in deeds in 1679 as Five-mile Pond and also Blanchard’s Pond.

The first Haggett family homestead is located at 67 Haggetts Pond Road. Moses Haggett (I) bought land in 1679 from brother-in-law, Stephen Johnson "14 acres of upland and 7 acres marsh, southwest side of Pond agreeing to pay twelve shillings a year to all charges of church and towne.” Moses Haggett b. 1650 Ipswich, married in Andover on Oct. 23, 1671 to Joanna Johnson b. 1651 in Ipswich, MA dau. of John & Susanna (Munter) Johnson who later moved to Andover. They had five children; Moses b. 1675, William b. 1677, Timothy b. Jan 26, 1681, Thomas b. Oct. 10, 1684 and Henry b. 1695. Joanna died in 1715. It is unknown when Moses died but if he followed British tradition oldest son Moses would have inherited. We do know his brothers William and Timothy both held property nearby and may have shared the homestead. William’s son Thomas sold the homestead to Joseph Burtt in 1755.

Oldest son Moses (Heigett) Haggett (II) b. 1675, a Husbandman, married Martha Grangier on Feb. 21, 1699. Moses & Martha had ten children; Martha b. Jan 31, 1700, Mary b. 1702, Moses b. 1703/4, Joanah b. 1705, child b. Aug. 21, 1709, child b. Feb. 18, 1710/11, Henery b. July 20, 1714, Sarah b. Aug. 8, 1715, Deborah b. Apr. 26, 1719 and Phebe bpt. Mar. 6, 1726. It appears that Moses built a home at 36 Haggetts Pond Rd. as the ownership line follows to that location.

Moses Sr. (II) sold half of his farm to his son Moses Haggit Jr. on Dec. 20, 1733 for 300 pounds. Moses Sr. deeded “all his homestead lands and buildings” to Moses Jr., on in Feb. 1742 recorded on June 4, 1742. Moses Sr. died on April 1, 1742.

Moses Haggit b. 1703/4, a yeoman, married Sarah Head b. 1711 of Bradford, MA on Jan. 20, 1728/9. Moses Jr. and Sarah had nine children: Sarah bpt. Apr. 19, 1730, Moses Jr. b. Mar. 16, 1732, Daniel bpt. Aug. 3, 1735, Phebe bpt. July 7, 1734, Lydia b. Sept. 12, 1736, Daniel b. Feb. 11, 1738-9, Jacob b. Feb. 9, 1743, Isaac b. June 11, 1750 and Daniel b. Sept. 23, 1752. Moses and Sarah joined the South Church on Feb. 29, 1756. Moses died Sept. 8, 1763 age 60 and Sarah died Jan. 3, 1771. In Moses will, he leaves his entire estate to his "only surviving son Jacob" when he reaches 21 years of age.

Jacob Hagget inherits the homestead farm the following Feb 1764. Jacob married on Dec. 6, 1764 to Deborah Stevens b. June 21, 1742 dau. of John Jr. & Lydia (Gray) Stevens. Jacob and Deborah had two daughters; Rhoda b. Sept. 30, 1765 and Phebe b. May 7, 1767. Jacob died on Jan. 29, 1769 age 26. Widow Deborah received 1/3 of the estate and daughters the other 2/3. Deborah joined the South Church on Dec. 13, 1772 and would remarry on Feb. 23, 1775 to Simon Crosby of Chelmsford. Simon b. Sept. 14, 1741 in Billerica joined the church on May 15, 1776. Daughter Rhoda married William Pettingill of Wilton, NH on Feb. 28, 1782. Phebe married Oct. 14, 1784 to Bartholomew Hutchinson of Wilton, NH.

Deborah and Simon Crosby continue to live in the homestead. By 1818 both are in poor health. William Trow creates an Indenture deed to John Crosby and John Jr. on Mar. 11, 1818 who take control of the farm and agree the care and provide for Deborah and Simon until their deaths. Deborah died on Aug. 27, 1818. Son-in law Bartholomew Hutchinson administered the estate. Simon died on Oct. 30, 1820.

Paul Bailey Follansbee, born 1811 in West Newbury, MA son of John & Judith (Bailey) Follansbee, came to Andover and purchased the property on Oct. 8, 1835 for $1700 from Dudley Trow and son Dudley Jr., which had been formerly owned by John Crosby, “A certain farm” lying on both sides of Lowell Street. The 1850 Andover Valuation of Paul’s house and barn are valued at $150, Home farm of 54 acres at $1750, and 20 acre Birch pasture $320. Farm stock valued at $164.

Paul B. married Aug. 4, 1834 in Andover to Eliza Ann Chase b. Aug. 8, 1811 daughter of John & Anna Chase of Andover. They had nine children, Eliza Ann b. 1835, Amanda Octavia b. 1837, Clarisette C. b. 1840, Lycosta Chase b. 1842, John H. b. 1845 m. June 13, 1883 to Susan L. Chase, Ella Pauline b. 1849, Lucretia C. b. 1853, Emma Winifred b. 1855 and an infant died young. Follansbee built a new house at 459 Lowell St. and sold the older Haggett - Trow house to the Boston & Lowell Railway on Sept. 20, 1850. Paul also sells a small piece of land to the Salem Ice Co. between the rail road line and Haggetts Pond to use for their ice storage houses.

The 1860 census lists Seth Chase and family living here. Seth’s niece Eliza Ann was Paul Follansbee’s wife. Seth b. July 28, 1809 in Andover, son of John & Anna (Cochran) Chase. Seth a shoe maker married Elizabeth Charlotte Saunders on Feb. 4, 1842. They had two daughter; Charlotte Elizabeth b. 1843 and Susan Rebecca b. Feb. 1, 1847. Seth remarried on May 2, 1850 in Lowell, MA to Mary Spellman b. 1826 in Ireland, dau. of Patrick & Ellen Spellman. Seth and Mary had six children; Marcus M. b. Mar. 1854 and Georgina b. March 30, 1854 in Newburgh, NY. Therza Brown b. July 7, 1858, Lillie Francis b. June 7, 1860, Franklin Newton b. 1866 and Anna E. b. July 17, 1860. Seth died of consumption on June 17, 1875.

Georgina “became a compositor in the printing industry beginning with the Lawrence American - Andover Advertiser and later 30 years with the Boston Traveler and Boston Pilot, as a proofreader.” Sister Anna E. began teaching in Andover at age 17 from 1886-1934. She first taught at the Abbott District School on Chandler Rd. then at the town center South Central Grammar school. Anna later became principal of Stowe School from 1898-1911. She retired but returned to Stowe Jr. High teaching history from 1921-1934. Anna died on Feb. 4, 1937 at age 68. Their mother Mary died in 1918. Tge sisters purchased the home of Paul Chase at 467 Lowell St in 1916. They would sell the homestead farm to the American Woolen Co. in Apr. 25, 1923. George M. Hunter purchase the property on Aug. 10, 1926 for $3200 which included 8.23 acres.

George M. Hunter died in 1928 and his wife Beatrice M. Hunter would divide off the homestead lot and sold to Alice M. Bell on Oct. 27, 1934. Alice had first considered restoring the old home but razed it in 1935 and built the home on the site today.