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(11) Nathaniel, probably eldest son of John and Sarah Brown, lived at Ipswich, and in his will, dated October 10, 1716, proved June 17 the following year, names his three eldest sons executors, namely : John, Nathaniel and Jacob, to the first-named giving "my right in our pue in our new meeting-house in our pre-
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cinct," which right was one-half of said "pue ;" also names his daughter, Elizabeth Hasy, de- ceased, and her sons William, Nathaniel and Joseph, and his daughters Mary Hubbard and Hannah Coggswell. By his first marriage he had a daughter born April 25, 1688, and he married, December 16, 1673, Judith Perkins, by whom he had children: John, Nathaniel, Jacob, James, Elizabeth, Mary and Hannah. Both Nathaniel Brown and his father, John Brown, are described as "yeomen."
(III) Jacob Brown, of Ipswich, gentleman, was probably the eldest son of Nathaniel and Judith (Perkins) Brown, died in Ipswich, where his will, dated March 25, 1762, proved April 24, 1769, makes his sons Simon and Adam sole executors, and entrusts to his son Adam the provision for his second wife, Eliz- abeth, in confirmation of the agreement made at the time of their marriage. The amount of his inventory, which covered three large folio pages, is given as 1387 pounds 17 shillings 7 pence, and includes real estate, notes and bonds, and personal estate, among the last- named being described "I Great Blue Coat, I Straight Bodyed Cinnamon Colored Coat, Pair Cinnamon Colored Breeches Silver Buckles, Books, Pewter, etc." He married (first) January 10, 1708, Sarah, daughter of John and Sarah Burnham, granddaughter of Deacon John and Mary Burnham, and (sec- ond) Elizabeth -, named in his will. His children were : Jacob, John, Nathaniel, Adam, Simon and James, and perhaps he had daugh- ters also, though none mentioned in his will.
(IV) Adam, son of Jacob Brown, was bap- tized at Ipswich, Massachusetts, April 15, 1721, and there entered his intentions of mar- riage July 17, 1743, in Ipswich, to Esther Parkman, of Wenham. He made no inventory of his estate but his son Jacob was granted ad- ministration September 13, 1775, and made in- ventory November 6, 1775, in which Adam Brown, deceased, is described as "late of Moultonborough, in the county of Strafford, of New Hampshire, yeoman," and part of his estate is described as lying in Ipswich, Massa- chusetts. Adam Brown had also a son Adam.
(V) Adam (2), son of Adam (I) and Es- ther (Parkman) Brown, was born at Ipswich, where he entered his intentions of marriage, June 12, 1772, and married December 3, 1772, Priscilla, daughter of Deacon Tarrant and Priscilla (Baker) Putnam, born August 22, 175I, and at the time of her marriage living at Sutton. She died October 6, 1837, aged eighty-six years. They soon after removed to
Moultonborough, New Hampshire, where his father was living, and he served in the revolu- tion. He was sergeant in Captain Sias's com- pany, Colonel David Gilman's regiment, New Hampshire, enlisted December 5, 1776, service three months eleven day ; served as corporal in Captain Nathaniel Ambros's company, Colonel Welsh's New Hampshire regiment, said to have "marched from Moultonborough and towns adjacent, September 30, 1777, joined the 'Continental army under General Gates at Saratoga, and after the surrender of General Burgoyne, marched with the guard as far as Northampton, in the state of Massachusetts Bay, and were there discharged." In the pay- roll his length of service is described as twen- ty-nine days. In 1780 and 1781 he paid taxes in Plymouth, New Hampshire, and later re- moved to Plymouth, Vermont, where in 1787 he was elected the first town clerk. Children of Adam and Priscilla ( Putnam) Brown: I. Priscilla, born in September, 1774; married, 1790, Nathan Jones Jr., and settled at Jay, New York; her grandson, Nathan H. Jones, of Poultney, Vermont, has in his possession several deeds recorded by Adam Brown when town clerk of Plymouth, bearing his official signature. 2. Lydia, married a Mr. Betts ; settled in New York state. 3. Israel Putnam. 4. Elijah, married Sally Preston; settled in Keene, New York ; ten children, among them Hiram, whose daughter Mary Ann married William Thompson, one of John Brown's Harpers Ferry raiders, one of the seven whose remains have been removed to North Elbe to rest beside those of that hero.
(VI) Israel Putnam, elder son of Adam (2) and Priscilla (Putnam) Brown, was born in 1781, at Plymouth, New Hampshire, and died November 9, 1867. He married Sally Briggs, and settled in Plymouth, Vermont. She died July 31, 1826, aged forty-two years. Among their children was Sarah. He is the ancestor of Senator Arthur Brown, of Utah, and of Dr. B. A. Brown, of Milwaukee, Wis- consin. His second wife was Sally Derby, who died December 22, 1866, aged eighty-six years.
(VII) Sarah, daughter of Israel P. and Sally (Briggs) Brown, was born at Plymouth, Vermont. She married Israel Brewer. (See Brewer ). Among the children of Israel and Sarah (Brown) Brewer was Sarah Almeda, who married Calvin Galusha Coolidge (see Coolidge).
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(For preceding generations see Thomas Colynge 1).
COOLEDGE (VIII) Nathaniel, fifth
son of John and Mary Cooledge, was born about 1635, at Watertown, Massachusetts, where he became a prominent citizen, and in 1677 was selectman. By occupation he was a tailor, and he also owned mills in Watertown. In 166I he purchased fishing rights in the Charles river, and two years later purchased of John Stone all his rights to the river and fishing wears in Watertown, which was one-half of same. October 15, 1657, he married Mary, daughter of Deacon Henry and Anne (Gold- stone) Bright, born April 23, 1639, at Water- town; children : Abigail, born and died 1658; Nathaniel; Samuel, born February 15, 1661- 62 ; Henry, May 16, 1664; Henry, August 6, 1665; Mary, June 16, 1666-67 ; Elizabeth, born and died in 1669; Thomas, born April 24, 1670; Jonathan, about 1672; John, about 1674; Joseph, Hepzibah, February 27, 1681 ; and Anna.
(IX) Nathaniel (2), eldest son of Na- thaniel (I) and Mary (Bright) Cooledge, was born May 9, 1660, at Watertown, and settled in that part of the town now called Weston, where he died January 29, 1732-33. He was one of the earliest members of the church at Weston. He married, January 2, 1687-88, Lydia, daughter of Josiah and Lydia (Tread- well) Jones, born at Watertown, August 25, 1668, died May 21, 1718; children: Samuel, born September 30, 1688; Lydia, baptized 1690; Josiah; Mary, born January 6, 1695; Abigail, baptized September 22, 1700; Thank- ful.
(X) Josiah, second son of Nathaniel (2) and Lydia (Jones) Cooledge, was born in 1693, in Weston, Massachusetts, where he was engaged in farming ; he died January 16, 1788. He married (first) June II, 1719, Deliver- ance, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Whitney) Warren, born October 10, 1699, died February 25, 1764 (second), 1766, pub- lished June 20, Sarah (Walker ) Muzzey, widow of Joseph Muzzey, of Sudbury. Chil- dren, all by first marriage: Nathaniel; Paul, born May 8, 1727, died July I, 1731; Lydia, born September 20, 1731; Anna, August 13, 1734; Delight, February 1, 1736-37, died Oc- tober 7, 1753; Daniel, born October 23, 1741 ; and Josiah, July, 1744.
(XI) Nathaniel (3), eldest son of Josiah and Delievance (Warren) Cooledge, was born October 20, 1724, at Weston, Massachusetts, where he resided ; he married, February I,
1749-50, Sarah, daughter of Joshua and Parnel Parker, born at Sudbury, July 14, 1726; chil- dren : Susanna, born April 12, 1750, married Lot Jennison; Paul; Lucy, born August 5, 1753; Silas, November 14, 1755; Anna, Oc- tober 5, 1757; Eunice, September 24, 1759; Uriah, February 16, 1762 ; Abigail; Sarah ; and Nathaniel.
(XII) Paul, oldest son of Nathaniel (3) and Sarah (Parker) Cooledge, was born Oc- tober 20, 175I, at Weston, Massachusetts, and married, April 19, 1784, Martha, daughter of Abraham and Mercy (Gale) Jones, born in 1760, removing after his marriage to Hills- borough, New Hampshire, where is found re- corded the birth of three sons: Isaac, July 30, 1785; Samuel, October 15, 1786; and Daniel.
(XIII) Daniel, third son of Paul and Mar- tha (Jones) Cooledge, was born March IO, 1789, at Hillsborough, New Hampshire, and in 1809 removed to Antrim, same state. He bought a farm there which he made his home and where he died, February 25, 1869, a re- spected member of the community, and leav- ing a family well known for their piety and good works. He married, September 20, 1808, Polly, daughter of Deacon Jacob and Mary ( Barker) Spalding, of Hillsborough ; children : Mary, born 1809, married William S. Foster ; Abigail, born 1811; Charles, 1813; married Mary P. Covill, and died August 2, 1872; Clarissa, born 1816, married Benjamin Spald- ing, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts; Daniel; Sarah, born 1821, died unmarried, 1868; Isaac, died young; Franklin S., born 1826, married Anna Burrill, and removed to Lowell, Massachusetts; Jacob S., born 1829, married Mary W. Raymond, and removed to Lowell; and Martha J., born 1831, unmarried.
(XIV) Daniel (2), second son of Daniel (1) and Polly (Spalding) Cooledge, was born in 1818, in Antrim, New Hampshire, and died August 29, 1869. After being edu- cated in the public schools of his birthplace, he removed to Lowell, Massachusetts, where with J. M. Bullens he formed the firm of Bullens & Cooledge, manufacturers of ma- chinery. In 1864 he moved to Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, where he invented the single thread tight-stitch sewing machine. He was a Republican in politics, and a deacon in the Congregational church. He married, in Lowell, Massachusetts, Lucy W. Ray, of Lowell ; chil- dren : Charles, born in August, 1847; Henry M. ; and Edward, born in May, 1857.
(XV) Henry M., second son of Daniel (2)
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and Lucy W. (Ray) Cooledge, was born July II, 1851, at Lowell, Massachusetts, and re- ceived his education there and in Chicopee Falls. In 1866 he became employed in the of- fice of the Hampden Mills, being promoted to the position of paymaster in 1869. In 1878, in company with Mr. John E. Chase, he formed the firm of Chase & Cooledge, dealers in man- ufacturers' supplies. They incorporated in 1898 under the name of the Chase & Cooledge Co., and have become one of the leading com- panies in Massachusetts in the line of mill equipments and supplies. Mr. Cooledge holds the offices of president and treasurer of the company. He is a past chancellor in the Con- necticut Valley Lodge Knights of Pythias, a charter member of the Bay State Club, and a member of a number of the other social or- ganizations of Holyoke. Mr. Cooledge mar- ried, April 30, 1879, Amanda S., daughter of Robert M. and Charlotte Wilson, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, where they now reside, with their two children, Lucy and Ruth.
RICE Edmund Rice was born in Berk- hamstead, England, in 1594. He probably came to America early in 1638. He settled in Sudbury, and was a pro- prietor and selectman there in 1639. The vil- lage plot of Sudbury, now Wayland, was laid out in the fall, and he was one of the first to build his house there. His house lot was on Old North street, near Mill Brook. He re- ceived his share in the river meadows divided September 4, 1639, April 20 and November 18, 1640. He shared also in all the various divisions of uplands and common lands, re- ceiving altogether two hundred and forty- seven acres. He built a second house in the south part of the town between Timber Neck and the Glover farm, near the spring. He sold some land there to Thomas Axtell and Philemon Whale, both of whom built their houses there. He sold his home September I, 1642, to John Moore, and September 13, 1642, took a six year lease of the Dunster farm on the east shore of Lake Cochituate. He bought land between that of Mary Axtell and Phile- mon Whale and his son, thus locating his homestead at Rice's Spring. Then he bought Whale's house and nine acres, forming the nucleus of the Rice homestead, which he sold finally to his son Edmund, and which was oc- cupied by Edmund and his descendants down to a recent date. He leased September 26, 1647, for ten years, the Glover farm, which is within the present limits of Framingham. He
bought April 8, 1657, the Jennison farm of two hundred acres, extending from the Dun- ster farm to the Weston line, and June 24, 1659, he and his son bought the Dunster farm. Besides these grants and purchases, the gen- eral court gave him fifty acres at Rice's End, In 1652, and eighty acres near the Beaver Dam in 1659. He was a prominent citizen and an educated man, as legal documents in his hand writing still in existence, prove. On Septem- ber 4, 1639, he was on the first committee to apportion the meadows ; selectman 1639, 1644, and later at various times ; deacon after 1648; deputy to the general court 1654-56, and one of the petitioners for Marlborough, and re- ceived a house lot and moved there in 1660. He died May 3, 1663, aged sixty-nine, accord- ing to one record. He gave his age as sixty- two in 1656. He married (first) in England, Tamazine who died June 13, 1654. He married (second) March 1, 1655, Mercy (Heard) Brigham, widow of Thomas Brig- ham. Children, all by first wife: I. Henry, born 1616; married Elizabeth More. 2. Ed- ward, born 1618. 3. Thomas, mentioned be- low. 4. Matthew, married Martha Lamson. 5. Samuel, married Elizabeth King. 6. Jo- seph, born 1637. 7. Lydia, married Hugh Drury. 8. Edmund. 9. Benjamin, born May 31, 1640. IO. Ruth, married S. Wells. II. Ann. 12. Mary.
(II) Thomas, son of Edmund Rice, was probably born in England. He married Mary , and resided in Sudbury until 1664, when he moved to the adjacent town of Marlborough. Six of his children were born in Sudbury, the rest in Marlborough. He died November 16, 1681. His family was re- markable for the longevity of the children; an interesting but not entirely reliable article on the family, appeared in the Boston Gazette December 26, 1768. His will was dated November II, 1681, and proved April 14, 1682. He bequeathed to Thomas, Peter, Nathaniel and Ephraim. His widow made her will May 10, 1710; it was proved April II, 1715, and mentions sons Thomas Rice of Marlborough; Peter, Nathaniel, Ephraim, Gershom, James, Jonas, Elisha; daughters Mary White, Sarah Adams, Frances Allen, Grace Moore. Children: 1. Grace, died at Sudbury, January 3, 1653-4. 2. Thomas, born June 30, 1654. 3. Mary, born Septem- ber 4, 1656; married Josiah White. 4. Peter, born October 24, 1658; married Rebecca How. 5. Nathaniel, born January 3, 1660; married Sarah -. 6. Sarah, born Jan-
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uary 15, 1662. 7. Ephraim, born April 15, 1665 ; married Hannah Livermore. 8. Ger- shom, born May 9, 1667; married Elizabeth Haynes. 9. James, born March 6, 1669; married Sarah Stone. 10. Frances, born February 3, 1670-71 ; married Benjamin Al- len. II. Jonas, born March 6, 1672-3; mar- ried Mary Stone. 12. Grace, born January 15, 1675; married Nathaniel Moore. 13. Elisha, born December 1I, 1679; mentioned below.
(III) Elisha, son of Thomas Rice, was born December 11, 1679. He resided in Sud- bury, and married, February 10, 1707-8, Eliz- abeth Wheeler. He had a thirty acre grant of land in Worcester in 1718, and was a pro- prietor in 1719, and his fifth child was re- corded there. He returned to Sudbury, where he died intestate in 1761. His eldest son, Eliakim was administrator of his estate. Children: I. Eliakim, born February 27, 1709; married Mehitable Livermore. 2. Eli- sha, born March 2. 17II ; died young. 3. Eli- sha, born November 3, 1713. 4. Julia, born March 30, 1716. 5. Silas, born November 7, 1719 ; married Copia Broughton. 6. Elijah, born March 5, 1722; mentioned below. 7. Zebulon, born January 5, 1725, died Decem- ber 26, 1799; married December 7, 1749, Su- sanna Allen.
(IV) Elijah, son of Elisha Rice, was born March 5, 1722, and died at Holden, in 1818, in his ninety-seventh year. His will was dated April 8, 1799, and proved April 7, 1818. He resided at Shrewsbury, in that part now Boylston, and removed to Holden after the birth of his children. He married Huldah Keyes, born 1727, died at Holden, March 1799, daughter of Ebenezer and Tamar (Wheelock) Keyes. Children, born at Shrewsbury: I. Elijah, born September II, 1749 ; married Relief Williams. 2. Lois, born September 19, 1751; married January 17, 1770, Edward Goodnow. 3. Tryphena (twin) died young. 4. Joseph (twin) died young. 5. Ebenezer, born March 12, 1756; married (first) Sarah Taintor; and (second) Ruth Eveleth. 6. Zerviah, born August 6, 1760; married Simon Stickney; (second) Thaddeus Colburn. 7. Lettice, married July 18, 1782, Thomas Davis. 8. Huldah, married Asa Raymond.
(V) Elijah (2), born September II, 1749, son of Elijah (1) Rice, was a soldier in the revolution, a private in Captain James Davis' company of minute-men, Colonel Doolittle's regiment, on the Lexington alarm, April 19,
I775. He married Relief Williams, of
Princeton, Massachusetts,' at Lancaster, January 27, 1772, and settled at Holden, Mas- sachusetts, whence he removed to Shrews- bury in January, 1799. He died at Shrews- bury, January 3, 1827, in his seventy-eighth year. His widow Relief died at Newton, Massachusetts, at the home of her daughter, Azubah Pratt. Children, born at Holden : I. Joseph, born January 19, 1773; married Mary E. Eldridge. 2. Tryphena, born April 28, 1774; married, November 29, 1798, Rufus Holman, of Sterling. 3. Nahum, born Octo- ber 27, 1775 ; married Nancy Young, at Bos- ton, May 21, 1803; he died July 25, 1832. 4. Lucy, born July 25, 1777; married Stephen Woods. 5. David, born March 8, 1779; mentioned below. 6. Martin, born March 8, 1781 ; married, December 16, 1803, Lucy Wheeler, of Holden; resided at Leicester, Massachusetts, and Stanbridge, Canada. 7. Azubah, born August 14, 1784 ; married Ru- fus Pratt, of Newton, in 1818; removed to Fitchburg, thence to Sudbury, where he died March 23, 1849. 8. Elijah, born December 5, 1786; married Martha Goddard. 9. Alexan- der, born December 27, 1788; married Sarah Drury. 10. Olive, born October 6, 1790; married Billings Briggs. II. Abner, born September 7, 1792; married Lucy Wheeler, of Kingston : resided at Thomaston, Maine. 12. Lois, resided in Boston.
(VI) David, son of Elijah (2) Rice, was born in Holden, March 8, 1779, and died in Baltimore, Maryland, December 13, 1830. He resided during his youth in Holden, then went to Shrewsbury, and finally to Boston, where he lived for many years on Hamilton street, Fort Hill. About 1817 he formed a co-partnership with David Henshaw, after- wards collector of the port of Boston, and a distinguished and prominent citizen, under the name of Rice & Henshaw, which con- tinued until 1826. David Rice built the first bridge between Boston and South Boston ; an entire block of granite buildings on South Market street, Boston, and many important buildings and public works. In later years he resided on the corner of Broad and F streets, South Boston, and owned the top of Dorchester Heights, where the Battery stood during the siege of Boston. He married, April 26, 1806, Hannah Thompson Bangs, born June 13, 1790. Children, born in Bos- ton : 1. Frances Ann, born March 22, 1808; married William F. Whitney, 2. Alvira W., born December 16, 1810, died July 3, 1813. 3.
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David W .. born April 2, 1812, died unmar- ried, April, 1851. 4. Edward Everett, born July 10, 1814: mentioned below. 5. Henry A., born December 13, 1816; married Eliza M. Putnam. 6. Jane R., born May 31, 1819 ; married Richard Pitts, of Boston, February 2, 1841. 7. Harriet L., born October 13, 1821; married, March 26, 1839, Charles L. Thayer, of Boston. 8. George W., born July 14, 1828; married Adelaide Walker.
(VII) Edward Everett, son of David Rice, was born on Hamilton street, Fort Hill, Boston, July 10, 1814. He was educated at a private school in Bolton, and in Boston, Massachusetts. He was in the office of Hall J. Howe & Company, dry goods commission house, of Boston, afterwards in the firm of Tenney & Rice, ship chandlers, afterwards, the firm of McFarland & Rice, importers and dealers in indigo and dye stuffs. Later he established the firm of Edward E. Rice & Company, corner of Milk and Kilby streets, Boston, which was always prosperous. In the great fire of 1872 the firm lost its entire stock, but immediately resumed business on Central Wharf, Boston, later at 221 State street, then at 297 Franklin street, then at the corner of Batterymarch and Franklin streets, where Mr. Rice continued in business to the time of his death, and on the exact spot where he was born in 1814, only some sixty feet below the top of Fort Hill, which had been razed to its present level. He was a prominent merchant of Boston, and was widely known and highly respected. His suc- cess was due to his own sagacity and enter- prise. He was upright and honorable in all his dealings and of exemplary personal char- acter. In politics he was a Republican, and he took a keen interest in public affairs, hav- ing decided convictions on the questions of the day, but he never sought public honors. He was an active member and liberal support- er of the Unitarian church. He gave freely, not only to the church and charitable organi- zations, but poor and unfortunate who came to him. He died April 8, 1888.
He married (first) November 14, 1838, Priscilla Derby Goodridge, born 1819, died August 1861, daughter of Samuel Goodridge. He married ( second ) Elizabeth Heath - (Weld) Bartlett. Children of first wife: I. Frances Priscilla, born September 18, 1839; married George Hatch Quincy, of Boston; children : i. Priscilla Rice Quincy, married Richard D. Peters (deceased), and lives in Boston, having children, G. Quincy Peters
and Richard Dudley Peters; ii. Elsie Robin- son Quincy, married Henry Gilman Nichols. 2. Edward David, born November 19, 1844; mentioned below. Child of second wife: 3. Charles F. (deceased) married Lillie Wilder.
(VIII) Edward David, son of Edward Everett Rice, was born November 19, 1844. He was educated at Chauncey Hall School, Boston, graduating in the class of 1862. In 1865 he became a partner in the firm of Ed- ward E. Rice & Company, and has continued the business to the present time. He is one of the leading merchants in the dyestuffs and chemical trade of Boston. He owns and oc- cupies the historic property formerly owned by Sir Francis Bernard, the colonial gov- ernor of Massachusetts Bay colony, 1760-69, located near Jamaica Pond, with grounds five acres in extent. He is a member of the Coun- try Club, the Eastern Yacht Club and the Veteran Cadet Association. In religion he is a Unitarian, and in politics, a Republican.
He married, in Salem, Massachusetts, April 30, 1872, Eliza Grafton Brookhouse, born at Salem, September 2, 1851, daughter of Robert Brookhouse 2d, and Anna Osborne (Sutton) Brookhouse. (See Brookhouse family). She was educated in Miss Ward's School, Salem. She is popular in social life in Jamaica Plain. Children: I. Lila Brook- house, born December 23, 1873 ; married, Oc- tober 4, 1904, Charles Miller Barker, a prom- inent lumber merchant of Boston. 2. Mabel Sutton, born March 23, 1876; resides with her parents. 3. Edward Everett, born No- vember 29, 1882; graduate of Harvard Col- lege, in the class of 1907; now with the firm of Catlin Company, cotton goods commis- sion merchants, of New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Boston; member of Battery A, Light Artillery, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia.
(The Brookhouse Line).
Brookhouse is an old English family. While not a numerous family, either in England or America, many of the men have been distin- guished in business and public life.
(I) Robert Brookhouse, the ancestor, was born in England, about 1720. He settled in Salem, Massachusetts, and was a prominent mariner. He was active during the revolution, in the American service. He served in 1776 in Captain Addison Richardson's company, of Salem, Colonel John Mansfield's regiment. In 1777 he was commissioned by congress, lieu- tenant of the privateer schooner "Lively," of
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Salem, Captain John Simmons, and April 15, 1778, he was commissioned captain of this ves- sel, which had a notable record in the navy. His son Nathaniel became captain of the same privateer in 1783. He married Sarah
He was an Episcopalian, and his children were baptized in the Episcopal church at Salem. In 1790 his widow Sarah had three sons over sixteen, and two daughters living with her, according to the census. Children: I. Na- thaniel, baptized October 9, 1757; mariner, and commanded the "Lively" in 1783, and the "Junius Brutus" in 1781; in 1790 he was the only male head of the family in Massachusetts, and had in his family three males over sixteen, four under sixteen, and two females; chil- dren : i. Nathaniel, baptized October 29, 1780; ii. Mary, baptized October 29, 1780; iii. J. Mugford, baptized March, 1783; iv. Robert, baptized February 5, 1786; v. Daniel Webb, baptized July 13, 1788; vi. Benjamin Webb, baptized September 5, 1790; Benjamin Webb, baptized December 8, 1794. 2. Mary Mug- ford, baptized December 5, 1758. 3. John, baptized June 22, 1761 ; in the navy in the rev- olution, a boy on the "Tyrannicide," in 1776- 78. 4. James, baptized January 22, 1764. 5. Mary, baptized September 7, 1766. 6. Lydia, baptized September 18, 1768. 7. Sarah, bap- tized November 25, 1770. 8. John (?) (ac- cording to the record, probably an error as John was in the revolution as mentioned above, baptized April 19, 1772. 9. Robert (post- humous), born December 8, 1779.
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