"Built by Samuel Sherburne, who died in 1765. The ancestor of the Sherburne families in this vicinity, Henry Sherburne, came to Piscataqua among the first settlers in 1631. He was church warden in 1640, of the first Episcopal chapel, which, as one of his descendants spicily remarks, 'was broken up by the Bay Puritans; the document about which is the only thing left of our early town records, which were burnt by the Bay Puritans in the civil wars, when they re-annexed Maine and New Hampshire to their empire.' The name appears in all our early history. Henry Sherburne 2d was one of the councilors of the Prince; his son, born in 17009, was also named Henry, and was a brother of Samuel, who built this house. The estate has remained in the family until within a few years."

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

Inscription reads, "Sherburne House. Christian Shore, about 1750."