"Called in the neighborhood, Settler Bray’s house; one of the oldest buildings remaining in the country. It was built about 1660; its name being taken from John Bray, a ship builder, father of Mergery Bray, the wife of the elder Pepperell and mother of the Baronet. It was formerly much larger than now, the back part with a sloping rood, extending far towards what is now the main road. The visitor to this house and the Pepperell mansion, should remember that when they were built, the road had no existence, the houses being approached from the river, toward which they front. Of course they are not now seen to advantage. In one of the rooms of this house is an old picture, representing the siege of Louisburg, painted on a panel over the fireplace. The windows and banisters show extreme age. Near by the house, at the waterside, may be seen the ruins of the old wharf, where Mr. Bray and the Pepperells conducted their large business."

Excerpted from The Portsmouth Guide Book, 1896, by Sarah Haven Foster.

The 1662 John Bray house located in Kittery Point is considered to be one of the oldest surviving homes in Maine.

Inscription reads, "Settler Bray's house, 1660. End of Pepperell house seen."