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Sarah m. Elijah Thayer. "Jonathan, b. July 12, 1754; no further trace; but probably set. in Newfane, Vt." Jonathan Robinson, of Newfane, Vt., is mentioned in Child's "Wind- ham County Gazetteer " and in Hemenway's "Vermont Gazetteer," vol. v. His wife, Sarah Taylor, and their ten children are spoken of by name, but we find no mention in either book of Samuel4 (of whom the historian of Milford, quoted above, had no certain knowl- edge) or of his son Luke. It seems likely that one or both may have lived for a time in New- fane.
It is known from family records and remem- brances that Samuel4 Robinson and his wife Elizabeth Moore had a daughter Roxana (who m. John Hazen White), and it appears that he had also a son Luke, 5 the children of Roxana having had a near kinsman of that name, be- lieved to have been their mother's brother. Luke Robinson was living about 1810. He owned at one time a large property in Newton, Mass.
Abigail Robbins, wife of Luke Robinson's son William6 Robinson, and mother of George Frederick, was a daughter of George and Abby (Wellington) Robbins, and cousin of Frederic Robbins, Postmaster at Watertown. Her grandparents were James and Lois (White) Robbins, the former of whom was b. in Water- town, March 25, 1752, and d. August 29, 1810. George was a son of James Robbins, and was b. October 27, 1800, and d. May 22, 1867. George m. for his first wife Abigail Wellington, and for his second Caroline Stone. James was a son of Solomon and Martha (Sweetser) Robbins, who were m. in 1746. Solomon Robbins, who was b. in 1720, and d. in 1801, served as a soldier in the Revolution- ary War. He was a son of John and Abigail (Adams) Robbins, who were m. in 1705; John was a son of Nathaniel and Mary (Braside) Robbins, who were m. in 1669; and Nathaniel was a son of Richard and Rebecca Robbins, the former of whom was the immigrant pro- genitor of the family in America.
George Frederick Robinson was educated in Watertown. In 1900 he entered the stove and furnace business in Boston as vice-president of the Walker & Pratt Manufacturing Company,
LUCIUS G. PRATT.
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the well-known makers of heating apparatus, with which he was officially connected for some time. He is still residing in Watertown, and at the present time is serving as chairman of the School Committee.
Mr. Robinson married Grace Pratt, daughter of Miles and Ellen (Coolidge) Pratt, and grand-daughter of David and Sarah (Barrows) Pratt. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson have six chil- dren; namely, Winthrop P., Helen Grace, Ruth Winifred, Miles Pratt, Mary Louise, and Frederick John Robinson.
UCIUS GALE PRATT, of. Newton, Mass., now living retired from busi- ness pursuits, was born at Brattle- boro, Vt., May 3, 1824, son of Rufus and Maria (Estabrook) Pratt. Accord- ing to the best information at present obtain- able, he is a descendant in the eighth genera- tion of Lieutenant William Pratt, his immi- grant progenitor.
Lieutenant William Pratt was b. in the parish of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. Coming to New England, he settled in Cam- bridge, Mass., in 1633, it is supposed, but re- moved to Hartford, Conn., in 1636, and thence to Saybrook, Conn., in 1645. The line was continued through his son, Ensign John2 (b. 1644, m .. Sarah Jones) ; Isaac3 Pratt (b. 1677, m. Mary Taylor) ; and Isaac4 Pratt (b. at Say- brook in 1705, m. Mary Jones, 1733), to Isaac5 Pratt (b. at Saybrook, Conn., October 5, 1738), who m. Phebe Jones. Isaac5 Pratt was a sol- dier of the Revolution. In the Military Rec- ord of Connecticut his name appears in list of privates in the Second Regiment, Connecticut line; enlisted July 1, 1780; discharged De- 'cember 13, 1780; also in Third Regiment, paid from March 1, 1781, to December 31, 1781 ; also Lieutenant, Captain Ensign's mi- litia company, 1778, arrived in camp July 25 (town not mentioned in either of the above) ; also June 9, 1781, Isaac Pratt, of Farmington, Conn., private in Captain Matthew Smith's company. It seems to be sufficiently evi- denced that Isaac5 Pratt removed to Vermont after the Revolution, and that he was the first of the family to settle in that State. The au-
thor of the Pratt Genealogy mentions him as of Saybrook, Conn., and names three children, two daughters and a son, Allen, b. July 13, 1777 ; then adds, " All. efforts to trace this branch any further have failed." Now, after the Revolution, an Isaac Pratt appears in Brat- tleboro, Vt., coming, it is thought, from Con- necticut. The History of Brattleboro men- tions him as one of the Revolutionary soldiers who had lived in that town. It seems more than probable that he was the father of Orlen, 6 b. January 12, 1768, who resided in Brattle- boro and d. there January 30, 1817, particu- larly as there seems to have been no other Pratt then living in Brattleboro of suitable age to have been Orlen's father. Orlen,6 who was for some time a tavern-keeper, m. March 9, 1795, Lucy Gale, who was b. June 8, 1778, and d. January 31, 1845. Rufus7 Pratt, who was engaged in agricultural pursuits during his active life, was b. in Brattleboro, Vt., on July 14, 1799, and d. there on November 28, 1877. He m. July 3, 1822, Mariah Esta- brook, (d. October 19, 1858), who was b. in Brattleboro on September 7, 1800. She was a daughter of Major James and Polly (Stewart) Estabrook. Her father (b. in Rhode Island about 1775) came to Brattleboro with his par- ents, Warren and Rosanna (Hale) Esterbrook.
Lucius Gale8 Pratt spent his early life in Brattleboro, attending the district schools and assisting in the care of the home farm. At the age of fifteen years he entered the store of John H. Wheeler, dealer in general merchan- dise, remaining five years. The following year he was employed in Worcester. He then returned to Brattleboro, and was there engaged in business on his own account for nine years. Coming to Boston in 1854, he accepted a posi- tion with the firm of Plimpton, Stevenson & Co., with whom he remained two years. In 1856 he became a member of the firm of Jones, Pratt & Christy, wholesale grocers, on State Street, Boston, where he carried on a prosper- ous business for many years, the last nine years as L. G. Pratt & Co. He retired from mercantile pursuits in 1871, and was subse- quently active in promoting and building vari- ous railway properties in the West - prominent among the roads in which he was interested
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being the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé and the Mexican Central. He was one of the first twenty-five men instrumental in pushing the first-named railway beyond Topeka, Kan., and he served on the first board of directors of the latter-named road. He has seen much of his own country and of Europe, which he has visited several times. Mr. Pratt has always taken a deep interest in the welfare of Newton, serving in 1871, 1872, and 1873 as one of the Selectmen of the town, and being a member of the first Board of Aldermen elected under the city charter. He is a member of the Unitarian Church, and a Republican in politics.
Mr. Pratt has been twice married. He mar- ried first, January 1, 1849, Maria Hastings, who was born in Lexington, Mass., a daughter of James Hastings. He married, second, April 18, 1860, Ellen Elizabeth Plimpton, who was born in Newton, Mass., being a daughter of Joseph W. and Eleanor E. (Plimpton) Plimp- ton. By his first marriage Mr. Pratt has one child - Emma Louise, born November, 1849; and by his second wife he has four children, namely : Alfred Stuart, born September 3, 1861; Herbert Gale, born February 16, 1864; Elsie Fay, born December 5, 1870; and Fred- erick Sanford, born August 27, 1872. Emma Louise married Arthur Carroll, of West New- ton, October 2, 1873, and they have three chil- dren - Ruth Weatherbee, b. August 3, 1874; Howard Hastings, b. June 19, 1877; and Ellen Stuart, b. February 12, 1879. Alfred Stuart married Josephine Stewart, by whom he has four children : Eleanor Francis, born September 18, 1888; Lucius Gale, born March 31, 1892; Mabel Stewart, born March 8, 1894; and Alfred, born on March 2, 1897. Her- bert Gale, residing in Newton, is treasurer of the Samson Cordage Works. He married Feb- ruary 25, 1890, Frances E. Sawyer, daughter of Edward and Frances (Everett) Sawyer. They have two children : Edward Stuart, born December 19, 1890; and Katherine, born Sep- tember 21, 1892. Elsie Fay is the wife of Edwin O. Jordan, who is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is now Professor of Bacteriology at the Univer- sity of Chicago. Professor and Mrs. Jordan have one child - Henry Donaldson, born on
June 5, 1897. Frederick Sanford married Ella Winifred Nickerson, by whom he has one child - Frederick Theodore, born on January 3, 1900.
R ICHARD LESLIE FORTNEY, a ris- ing young lawyer of Boston, having an office in the Pemberton Building, was born in Shinnston, Harrison County, W. Va., May 2, 1866, son of Jacob H. 'and Mary (LeFevre) Fortney. His great- grandparents in direct line, who were of French origin, came to this country, it is thought, early in the eighteenth century. Mr. Fortney's paternal grandparents were residents of King- wood, Preston County, W. Va.
Jacob H. Fortney was b. in Kingwood, June 20, 1801. He was twice m., first to Amy Shinn. His second wife, Mary Payne Le- Fevre, was of French origin, her ancestors hav- ing emigrated from France to the island of Jersey in the English Channel, and thence to America. She d. at the age of forty-nine years. Mr. Fortney was her second husband, she having been previously the wife of Elisha Shinn, of Bingamon, W. Va., a member of the family for whom Shinnston was named. By this first husband she had four children : Sa- frona, who d. in infancy; Albert Irving, who d. August 4, 1901, as the result of a kick from a horse received at Terra Alta, W. Va., on the previous day ; Quillen Hamilton, now the Rev. Quillen H. Shinn, D. D., general missionary of the Universalist Church in America, whose home is in Cambridge, Mass. ; and Mary Elizabeth, now Mrs. Felix W. Martin, of Lumberport, W. Va.
Jacob H. Fortney, besides practising medi- cine, owned and managed three farms. A man of fine moral and intellectual fibre, he was noted above all for his rare common sense, and he wielded a potent influence in the community in which he resided. His independence of character is shown in the fact that he was one of the four citizens of Shinnston who cast a vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1860; and he was among the foremost of those by whose personal worth, fearlessly expressed opinions, and active personal exertions West Virginia was saved to
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the Union. At a convention held in Shinns- ton at the beginning of the war to discuss the momentous question of loyalty or secession, after several of the leading men of the county had spoken strongly in favor of the State seceding, Mr. Fortney was called upon by his fellow-citizens to address them. Mounting the platform, he delivered a forceful and stirring Union speech, so powerful as to arrest for the time the tide of rebel sentiment and convince many waverers of their paramount duty to the national government. His mental indepen- dence was also shown in the fact that he was a Universalist in religion in a community where extreme orthodoxy was the almost invariable rule. So thoroughly did he enjoy the confi- dence of all who knew him that many of his Confederate friends entrusted their money and valuables to him for safe keeping when that section was over-run by the Union armies. He d. in 1882 at the age of eighty years. By his two marriages he had in all twenty-one children, the youngest of whom was Richard Leslie, whose name begins this sketch. Among them were several pairs of twins. Four of the sons became ministers, namely : Quillen Hamilton, who has been already men- tioned in this sketch; Granville L., now a resident of West Virginia; William P. ; and Leroy F. William P. Fortney resides in Fairmont, W. Va. The Rev. Leroy L. Fort- ney, now of Plainfield, Vt., is a prominent minister of the Universalist denomination. A man of great moral and intellectual force, he has taken an active and leading part in various reform movements, notably those for the ad- vancement of temperance and against the use of tobacco. He enjoys a unique popularity, having performed more marriage services and preached more funeral sermons than any other minister in his section. As an officiating minister at funerals, his deep sympathy, lib- eral opinions, and impressive eloquence make him sought for by people of nearly all denom- inations. He is also an able writer, and has contributed numerous articles to the Universal- ist Leader and to other religious papers. Among the other children of Jacob H. Fortney may be mentioned Austin Quinby, now a teacher at Sturms Mill, Marion County, W.
Va., who was named for the renowned George Quinby, for years editor of the Gospel Banner, of Augusta, Me., who was chiefly influential in the abolition of capital punishment in that State. Elhanan Winchester Fortney, the youngest of the twenty-one children, except Richard L., d. in 1886, at the age of twenty- three years. He was named after the author of the Winchester (Universalist) Confession of Faith, and was a young man of strong charac- ter, remarkable talent, and great promise, and was greatly beloved by a wide circle of friends. Of the daughters of Jacob H. Fortney, Au- gusta m. Dr. Z. W. Wyatt, a prominent phy- sician of Shinnston, W. Va .; Columbia E. m. Felix W. Cunningham, a thrifty and prosper- ous farmer of Festus, W. Va.
Richard Leslie Fortney was educated in the free schools of West Virginia and in the Na- tional Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, where he graduated in 1887 with the degree of Bachelor of Science, receiving that of Bachelor of Arts in 1888. Going to Chicago, he spent some years there engaged in the publishing business, in which he achieved a fair measure of success. He then came East, and entered the Harvard Law School, at Cambridge, Mass., from which he was graduated in 1897. He was admitted to the bar of Suffolk County in the following year, passing with credit the first ex- amination under the new Board of Bar Examin- ers. He has been successfully engaged since in the practice of his profession in Boston. While a student at Harvard he was a member of the Harvard Union, the Debating Society, and other social organizations connected with the University.
Mr. Fortney married Miss Grace Harrison, who was born in Russellville, Ky., in 1868, a daughter of Carter Henry and Safrona (Smith) Harrison. Mrs. Fortney comes of an old and honored Virginia family, closely connected with the Barclays, Lewises, Randolphs, Ed- wardses, Peytons, and Carters, all leading families of the Old Dominion. Her father was a cousin of the famous Carter H. Harri- son, formerly Mayor of Chicago, who was shot by a disappointed office-seeker. He was also related (being a cousin in about the fourth de- gree) to Benjamin H. Harrison, formerly
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President of the United States. Mrs. Fort- ney's great-grandfather was Peyton Harrison, of Virginia.
A" RTHUR C. BADGER, of Boston, a member of the well-known firm of E. B. Badger & Sons, coppersmiths and sheet metal workers, is of sub- stantial colonial ancestry, being a direct de- scendant in the ninth generation of Giles Badger, one of the early settlers of Newbury, Mass. The lineage is: Giles,1 John,2 Ste- phen, 3 William, 4 Thomas, 5 Daniel,6 Daniel Bass,7 Erastus Beethoven, 8 Arthur C.9
Giles' Badger settled in Newbury, Mass., prior to June 30, 1643, the records showing that Giles, Nathaniel, and Richard Badger were living there at that time, and that Giles d. in that town, July 10, 1647. Giles' Badger m. Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund' Greenleaf. John2 Badger, b. June 30, 1643, d. March 31, 1691. He was made a freeman in 1674. He was a man of much respectability, holding offices of trust, and served as Sergeant of the local military company. By his first wife, Elizabeth Hayden, he had four children, namely : John, b. in 1664, d. same year; John, b. April 26, 1665; Sarah, June 25, 1666; and James, March 19, 1669, d. in 1693. On Feb- ruary 23, 1671, he m. for his second wife Han- nah Swett, evidently the Hannah b. in 1651, daughter of Stephen and Hannah (Merrill) Swett, of Newbury. She bore him the fol- lowing-named children : Stephen, b. December 13, 1671; Hannah, b. December 3, 1673; Na- thaniel, b. January 16, 1675; Mary, b. May 2, 1678, m. John Wyatt; Elizabeth, b. April 30, 1680; Ruth, b. February 10, 1682, m. Thomas Jewell; a son, b. 1685; Abigail, b. June 29, 1687; and Lydia, b. April 30, 1690. Stephen3 Badger, son of John2 and his wife Hannah, settled in Charlestown. He m. Mercy Kettell, daughter of Samuel2 and Mercy (Hayden) Kettell, and grand-daughter of Richard' Kettell and his wife, Esther Ward. Of this union were nine children, namely : Stephen, b. February 18, 1697; John, b. Au- gust 27, 1700, d. at the age of twenty-one years; Samuel, b. January 20, 1702-3; Will-
iam, b. March 24, 1704-5; Mary, b. in March, 1706-7, d. in May following; Joseph, b. March 14, 1707-8; Mary, b. March 9, 1709- 10; Benjamin, b. June 20, 1712; and Daniel, b. October 5, 1714.
William4 Badger m. in 1727 Hepsibah Pren- tice, daughter of Thomas3 and Mary (Batson) Prentice, of Cambridge, and they became the parents of seven children, namely : Mary, b. August 16, 1728; William, who d. in infancy ; William, b. January 31, 1730; John, b. No- vember 10, 1732; Hepsibah, baptized at the New North Church, Boston, February 16, 1734-5; Thomas, baptized November 27, 1737; and Mary. Thomas3 Prentice, father of Mrs. William4 Badger, was son of Solomon2 Prentice, and grandson of Henry' Prentice, the immigrant ancestor of the Cambridge family of this name.
Thomas5 Badger m. Mary Beighton, prob- ably Mary b. April 2, 1743, in Dorchester, daughter of John and Priscilla (Hall) Beigh- ton, who bore him nine children, as follows : James, b. September 25, 1763; Thomas, b. October 25, 1764; Mary, b. October 17, 1766; William, b. March 27, 1768; Hepsibah, b. January 30, 1770; John, b. May 21, 1771; Joseph, b. February 13, 1773; Daniel, b. May 31, 1775; and John, b. December 2, 1777.
Daniel6 Badger m. Nancy Jones, by whom he had ten children, namely : Daniel Bass, David, Anne J., Jacob, Alfred, Henry, Al- mira, Eliza, Mary, and Jane. Daniel Bass7 Badger, by occupation a tailor, resided in Bos- ton. He m. Clarissa Clark, and they reared four children - Charlotte, Anne, Daniel, and Erastus Beethoven. Nancy Jones, wife of Daniel6 Badger, was probably daughter of David Jones, of Boston.
Erastus Beethoven8 Badger was b. on Fort Hill, Boston, October 1, 1828. After receiv- ing his education in the public schools of his native city, he learned the trade of a copper- smith with Rice & Jenkins, subsequently be- coming a member of that firm, retaining his connection with it from 1854 until 1879. In that year his son, Daniel B. Badger, was admitted to partnership, the firm name being changed to E. B. Badger & Son, the style
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under which the business continued until January, 1893, when Arthur C. Badger was admitted, the firm name then being called E. B. Badger & Sons. He was m. November 15, 1849, at Milton, by the Rev. Rollin H. Neale, of the First Baptist Church of Boston, to Miss Fannie Babcock Campbell. She was b. in Milton, November 14, 1827, daughter of James and Fanny Campbell.
On November 16, 1899, Mr. and Mrs. Badger celebrated the golden anniversary of their wedding at the Brunswick Hotel, Boston. In recent years they have spent much of their time in travelling, visiting the more important places of interest in our own country and Eu- rope. Both are members of the First Baptist Church on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. Mr. Erastus B. Badger was a member of the building committee of Tremont Temple, and for several years has been a director of the cor- poration. He is a member of the Baptist So- cial Union and of the Mechanics' Association, in which he has held many offices.
Mr. and Mrs. Erastus B. Badger are the parents of eleven children, namely : Daniel Bradford, William C. H., Annie Charlotte, Erastus Franklin, Walter I., Clara Harlow, Arthur C., Edward Judson, George S. C., and one that d. in infancy. Daniel Bradford Badger m. Lizzie F. Pearson, by whom he has three children - Erastus B., second, Paul Bradford, and Walter Irving. William C. H. Badger, b. in Boston, m. Belle Pratt, by whom he has three children - Marian Pratt, Mary, and Helen. Annie Charlotte m. N. F. T. Hayden, of Braintree, by whom she has three children - Lowell Thayer, Fannie, and Nathaniel Frederic Thayer. Erastus Franklin m. Josephine Hosmer. Walter I. m. Elizabeth H. Wilcox, of New Haven, Conn., and has two children - Walter I., Jr., and Grace. Clara Harlow is the wife of Albert A. Sargent, and has one child - Ethel. Ar- thur C. Badger married Grace Richardson Learnard, by whom he has three children- Doris, Priscilla, and Theodore Learnard. Ed- ward Judson Badger m. Mattie Pickens. Fan- nie Gertrude is the wife of Charles Pollard, M. D. ; George S. C. m. Grace Spear, by whom he has one child - Sherwin Campbell,
A RTHUR BARTLETT MUDGE,
D. D. S., one of the leading dentists of Lynn, is a direct descendant of one of its early settlers. The fam- ily name (then spelled Mugge) was on record in England as early as the close of the four- teenth century. A pedigree recorded in one of the early "Visitations of Surray," and to be found in Herald's College and in the British Museum, gives the earliest names as follows : John Mugge (alias Mudge), Stephen Mugge (Mudge), Thomas Mugge, Walter Mugge, Daniel Mugge, representing successive genera- tions. The will of the Walter Mugge men- tioned above, dated November 2, 1563, was proved May 4, 1566.
Thomas' Mudge, a later descendant of the above line, b. about 1624, emigrated to Amer- ica probably from Devonshire (he sailed from Plymouth), and was living in Malden, Mass., in 1657. His wife Mary was b. about 1628. They had eight children.
John2 Mudge, b. in Malden in 1654, d. October 29, 1733, aged seventy-nine years. A farmer and tanner by occupation, he always resided in Malden. He was a soldier in King Philip's War, 1675, in Captain Moseley's company, of Dedham. He was a freeholder, and in 1675 was one of eighty who divided two thousand three hundred acres of common land. He was also one of the Narragansett grantees in 1733; was Constable of Malden in 1692 and 1693. In 1684 he m. Ruth Bur- dett, b. May, 1666, daughter of Robert and Hannah Burdett, of Malden. She d. twelve days before her husband, August 17, 1733, aged sixty-seven years. A double gravestone in the old burying-ground in Malden marks the spot where they were buried.
John3 Mudge, b. November 21, 1686, d. November 26, 1762, aged seventy-six years. He was a farmer, and always resided in Mal- den. He was chosen Deacon of the South Parish, September 4, 1734; was chosen Sur- veyor of Highways, March 7, 1719-20, and also in 1741. His wife Lydia, whose maiden name is not known, d. December 1, 1762, aged seventy-five years.
John+ Mudge, eldest child of Deacon John Mudge, was b, in Malden, December 30, 1713,
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and d. in Lynnfield, November 26, 1762. He was a farmer in Malden during his early life, and later in Lynnfield, removing thence after the birth of his son Simon in 1748. On May 4, 1738, he m. Mary, daughter of Samuel and Anna White, of Malden. A Revolutionary soldier, he served in "Captain Joseph Hiller's company, J. Titcomb's regiment, at Provi- dence, July 6, 1777; served from July II to August II; three days allowed to go home; two months, six days' time; £2 per month, £4 8s. due; from Marblehead 65 miles travel." His name also appears on the Ti- conderoga Rolls, page 243, names of men from Lynn, Lynnfield, and Saugus, who served at Concord and at other battles.
Nathan5 Mudge, b. in Lynnfield, September 21, 1756, d. in Lynn, February 8, 1831. He was a farmer and a Revolutionary soldier, enlisting first in Captain Brown's company under Colonel Jacob Gerrish, and being sta- tioned at Winter Hill from April 2 till July 3, 1778. His name also appears on the Ti- conderoga Rolls, page 243. He was a member of the Methodist church. He m., first, Hannah Ingalls, daughter of John and Sarah Ingalls; second, widow Elizabeth Burrill, July 24, 1794. By his first wife he had seven children, and by his second, nine.
The Hon. Ezra6 Mudge, second son and child of Nathan and Hannah (Ingalls) Mudge, was b. April 10, 1780, and d. May 25, 1855, in Boston. In his early business career a shoe manufacturer, he subsequently became a dry- goods merchant in Lynn, and thence went to New York City, where he was engaged in the wholesale and retail boot trade. Afterwards he returned to Massachusetts, and for several years was weigher and gauger in the Boston Custom House. He was a Justice of the Peace for a number of terms, and also served as Councillor. For sixteen years, from 1807 until 1823, he represented Lynn in the State Legislature. In the establishment of the Lynn Artillery Company in 1808 he took an active part, and at its organization was made Lieutenant, in 1813 becoming Captain. He and his family attended the Methodist Episco- pal church. He was thrice m. : on June 28, 1801, to Betsey Brewer; on December 20,
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