 The home is one of Franklin Pierce's probable places of birth, the other now lying beneath the nearby impoundment of Franklin Pierce Lake.Pierce lived at the homestead until 1834 when he married, with the exception of a seven-year span spent away for school, college, and law study.He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1824, as the young Pierce and his friends were supporting Andrew Jackson for President, and returned to the family home in Hillsborough to study law.