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"Believing, as I do that drunkenness is a crime, and likewise the origin of a large portion of the crimes, vices and misery which exists among us, I am desirous to do all in my power for its prevention and cure by establishing in Gloucester, the place of my
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ancestors, and in Cambridge, my present place of residence, a permanent salary, to be paid to some worthy man in each place, who has discretion and zeal for the cause, to be constantly employed as a missionary in the cause of Temperance in reforming old drunkards and preventing young drunkards, and abolishing as far as possible the use of all intoxicating articles. I therefore give and beqneath to the town of Gloucester the sum of $10,000, and to the city of Cambridge the like sum of $10,000, to be held as permanent funds, the interest of which shall be paid quarterly as salaries to those pre- sons employed for the above named purpose in those places, so long as the vice of drunkenness there exists."
Besides this son, Mr. Thomas Sanders, of Salem, left a son George T., a daughter Catherine, wife of Dudley L. Pickman ; a daughter Mary Elizabeth, wife of Hon. Leverett Saltonstall ; and a daughter Car- oline, wife of Nathaniel Saltonstall.
Joseph, youngest son of Hon. Thomas Sanders, born Nov. 29, 1772, married, according to the Edgartown records, Eliza Allen, Nov. 18, 1801. She took for second husband, Oct. 10, 1806, Joseph Kenrick, of Rochester. The house built by Mr. Sanders on Middle street in 1764, and still standing, together with four acres of land and orchard, was sold after his death to John Beach for £1050.
Joseph, son of the second Thomas, born April 9, 1737, married Anna Stevens, May 12, 1760, but their wedded life was of short dura- tion. Mr. Chandler records in his journal,-Dec. 10, 1761, "In the evening, about nine o'clock, was sent for to see Joseph Sanders ; talked with him sometime and prayed ; after which he fell into a delirium ; to a high degree distracted ; it took six men to keep him in bed. I came home about ten o'clock in the morning ;" and again Dec. 23, " I was called up early to see Joseph Sanders ; found him dying ; he died about 8 o'clock." His widow married Dr. Samuel Plummer Nov. 19, 1763. His only child, Joseph, became a shipmaster and died in Boston about Jan. 7, 1830, aged 70, leaving a daughter Nancy Olive, wife of Wil- liam Coffin ; his only child as far as I have knowledge.
Bradbury, third and youngest son of the second Thomas, born Aug. 23, 1742, became a ship master and merchant. He was a patriot of the Revolution and took an active part in the repulse of Linzee in 1775. The date of his death is not known, but it is certain that he was dead in 1783. His wife was Anna, daughter of Capt. James Babson. His dangh- ter Anna, married her cousin, Capt. Joseph Sanders ; another, Abigail, married Capt. William Hutchings, and another, Mary, married Capt. Daniel Rogers. He had a son Bradbury of whose career and end I have no knowledge. He married Judith, daughter of Col. Joseph Foster,
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who, in company with Miss Clementina Beach, conducted a popular boarding school for young ladies, in Dorchester, in the early part of this century. Capt. Bradbury Sanders probably built and certainly occu- pied the large gambrel-roofed house at Rose Bank, still standing, though not on its original site. In the "chamber over the sitting room" there were, at his death "calimancoes, green broadcloth, scarlet broadcloth, shalloon, calico, handkerchiefs, gloves, cambric, sewing silk, pins, nee- dles, &c.," all valued at £149, and indicating that here was kept a hun- dred years ago one of the dry goods shops of the town.
Samuel Griffin .- ( Hist. 239.) There can scarcely be a doubt that he was of the family of Humphrey of Ipswich. The latter was born about 1605, of course in England, and came to Ipswich in 1639, when the town refused to receive him "as an inhabitant to provide for him as inhabitants formerly received, the town being full." He, however, be- came a commoner, in 1641, by the purchase of a house and land. His wife Joanna died July 19, 1657. He seems to have removed to Row- ley, where he died about September, 1662, leaving a wife Elizabeth, who married a Sherritt of Haverhill, and died in 1670. Besides two daughters, he left sons, John, Nathaniel and Samuel. The first two of the sons appear to have settled in Haverhill or its vicinity, but Samuel was still an inhabitant of Ipswich in 1677, when he swore allegiance, and in 1684, when he had a wife Lydia, and a daughter Elizabeth who died in that year. It is a reasonable supposition that the death of this Samuel followed not long afterwards, and that his widow Lydia was the Lydia Griffin who became the second wife of Henry Witham of Anni- squam, Gloucester, Oct. 23, 1691, and that she brought to her new home a son Samuel, then a boy, who, Dec. 18, 1703, married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel York, who was settled in that part of the town. She probably died before her husband, for he must have been the Sam- uel Griffin who was intending marriage with Abigail Carter, July 26, 1755. All that we know further about him is that he had a son Sam- uel baptized July 8, 1705 ; Samuel and Elizabeth Oct. 26, 1707; Ado- miram, June 3, 1711 ; Daniel, July 3, 1715 ; and a daughter Lydia born June 9, 1717. The date of his death is not known, but there is good ground for believing that he died about 1764, when he must have been upwards of eighty years of age.
Samuel, son of the preceding, married Margaret Burnham, of Ips- wich, Oct. 28, 1729. He engaged in farming and in maritime business, was a deacon of the third church, many years a selectman, and died
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about Jan. 1, 1794, eighty-six years oldl. His will presented for pro- bate in February following, was "disallowed and disapproved" in conse- quence of "erasements," and his son Thomas was appointed administrator of his estate, of which an inventory was presented Jan. 2, 1797, show- ing that all old age and "erasements" had left was $56.92. At the date of his will, Nov. 10, 1785, his wife Margaret was still living, as were also his sons Samuel, Thomas and Nathaniel, and three daughters.
Samuel, oldest son of the preceding, born April 5, 1732, was intend- ing marriage with Elizabeth Burnham of Ipswich June 6, 1754. The marriage soon followed, without doubt. and it proved a fruitful one, pro- ducing, according to the church record of baptisms, as many as thirteen children, among whom are found JJames, who died Aug. 12, 1828, aged seventy-three ; Peter, Samuel, Joel and David, and a blind daughter, Margaret. The father himself became blind, and died June 8, 1812, aged eighty-one. Thomas, next son of Samuel second, born June 12, 1834, married Judith Robinson, by whom his children were born, but he had a second wife, Lydia. His will shows that he died at sixty-one, and that he left an only surviving son, John Robinson, and several daughters. It provides that his deceased wife, Judith, son Thomas, and daughters Lydia and Sally Davis, shall have tomb-stones. He left an estate of $2200.
Nathaniel, the next son, born April 9, 1743, married Frances Babson Dec. 19, 1765. Besides daughters he had sons Nathaniel, Dudley an d William, the first two of whom were, in 1785, put under guardianship of their uncle Thomas, probably on account of the infirm mind of their father, of whose death no record is found. The funeral of a widow, Fanny Griffin, took place March 2, 1807.
Adoniram, son of the first Gloucester Samuel, married Hannah Goss, Nov. 5, 1732, and had a son of the same name born June 25, 1735, who married Susanna Pierce, Jan. 24, 1760. He also had a son John and two daughters, of all of whom or of father or mother nothing more can be told by me.
Daniel, the other son of the first Samuel, married Sarah Riggs, Jan. 24, 1735, and Rachel Harraden, April 28, 1741. By the first wife he had a son Daniel, born Oct. 20, 1735, and a son Ambrose, who was baptized Feb. 27, 1737. The town records give no children by the sec- ond, but the 'Squam records show the baptism of two sons, Daniel and Benjamin, and four daughters. Of the parents I know no more, unless
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they are the parties mentioned in the Probate record, which show that administration of estate of Daniel Griffin, late of Haverhill, deceased, was granted to his widow Rachel Feb. 16, 1761. Among the charges in the settlement of her account, was one for " bringing up three young children since Feb. 7 last."
Ambrose, above mentioned, married Deborah Butman in 1763. He was lost at sea, with three others, on a voyage to the Banks in a violent gale, in April, 1774. She probably was the widow Deborah Griffin, an aged woman, who died May 6, 1818. The records of the 'Squam church have the baptisms of Ambrose, Jonathan, Deborah and Isaac, their children but they omit John, who was born Oct. 18, 1771, went at the age of about ten to Freeport, Me., with Aaron Lufkin, who mar- ried his mother's sister. He was a mariner till he was sixty years old, and died Aug. 18, 1844, leaving issue in Freeport.
Descendants of this Samuel Griffin are numerous, and there are many of another Samuel, probably of the same stock, who married Mary York, Jan. 1, 1736, and settled at Annisquam. His wife died Sept. 10, 1767, aged 50, and he appears to have taken for second wife Hannah Dane, of Ipswich, who. died Dec. 10, 1774, aged 45. He was a car- peuter by trade and died Jan. 15, 1781, of jaundice, after languishing for some considerable time. The 'Squam church records say that " he was a member of the church for many years, and was well esteemed. He was firm and shaken in the doctrines of free grace in an exalted Divine Redeemer and Saviour." His oldest son, Jonathan, born in 1737, mar- ried Mary Riggs, and died before 1791. She died May 5, 1806. Their son Joseph was drowned at sea on a voyage from Europe, but many children survived. Oliver, next son of this Samuel, married Mary Wise, March, 1763, who died 7 JJune, 1821, aged about 80. He died in June, 1815, aged 76. He seems to have been a mariner most of his life, and the sea offered a fatal employment to all of his sons. The old- est, Oliver, was killed on board of a privateer in the revolutionary war. Another Oliver perished at sea in the ship Winthrop & Mary, about 1800. Eliphalet died of West India fever at the Vineyard, Oct., 1813. Capt. Gustavus Griffin, another son, died Feb. 11, 1807, just in from sea ; and Tristram, another, mate of a brig, died at sea in Feb., 1822. Epes, another, two of whose sons, Epes and Oliver, perished at sea in 1827, died in Mobile in 1834. Josiah, third son of this Samuel, married Rachel Lane in 1784, settled in Sandy Bay, and died about 1790. James,
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the next son, married Judith Woodbury, Dec. 17, 1778, and died Jan. 7, 1816, aged 61. Andrew, the youngest, deacon of the 'Squam Church, died Nov. 27, 1829, aged 71.
Benj. Averill. His ten children were James, born 1703 ; Benja- min, 1706, died in 1723 ; Joseph, 1708; John, 1711; Jonathan, 1714; Mary, 1717 ; David, 1720; Samuel, 1722 ; Abigail, 1724 ; and Rachel, 1728. Two of the sons married and had issue. James died before 15 April, 1740, when Josiah Haskell was paid £12 O. T. for keeping Ben- jamin, his son, from the day of his father's death till that date.
James Godfrey, by his wife Hannah, bad Mary, born in 1703 ; Abi- gail, 1707, died 1726 ; Eunice, 1713 ; and Hannah, 1724. Eunice mar- ried Isaac Somes, Dec. 17, 1730, and died before 1744. Feb. 16, 1756, a Mrs. Godfrey fell down on the rock of the door and died about 12 hours after.
Benjamin Hoppin ( Ilist., 246). His son Benjamin married Mary Day, and becoming a widower, married in 1745, at Attleborough, Phe- be, widow of Aaron Davis. She was probably daughter of Timothy Day, of Gloucester. Hannah Hoppin, sister of Benjamin, married Joseph Day, jr., in 1731. The name has been transmitted to distin- guished descendants in Rhode Island.
The following is the petition alluded to in the History, page 306.
To the Hon. Jos. Dudley, Esq., &c., &c., March 10, 1703. The humble address & pe- tition of the Selectmen of Gloucester in behalf of said town of Gloucester. Humbly sheweth that whereas we are a frontier town by sea and lay very much exposed to the dan- ger of the inroads of any foreign enemy, our harbor being very bold and safe for any enemy to come into and make an assault npon us, and we being but a small place and very much scattered, and being very poor and not capable to make a defence for our own safety and security, and there being a very convenient place of a small island or neck of land ont into our Ilarbor for the erecting or building a fort or fortification upon, that may command our whole harbor which, if done, may be of great use and ser- vice to the whole province, as well as a safety and security to ourselves, our harbour laying so convenient that many vessels that are outward bound, as well as those that are coming in, are forced to put in there for a shelter, our harbour being very seldom free of vessels, and in the condition that we now are they are liable as well as our- selves to be exposed to the assaults of an enemy, it being an easy matter for an enemy to come into our harbour, and to take away any vessel or vessels as they lay at anchor, and we are in no capacity to withstand or oppose them. We would therefore humbly request and pray that this Honourable Court would please to consider our case and the circumstances of it, and that they would please to grunt that a fortification may be erec- ted on said island or neck of land for her majesty's service at the province charge, it being likely to be of such public benefit to the province as well as security to ourselves, and that your honors would please to grant so many guns and so much ammunition as in your wisdom you shall think meet and convenient for the supply of said fortifica- tion, and so hoping & believing that your Honours will take into your serious consid .
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eration our distressed case and will grant our petition in this matter, which if you please to do we shall be encouraged to pray as in duty bound & subscribe ourselves your honors' humble petitioners and humble servants,
T. Riggs, W. Sargent, Saml Sargent, John Parsons.
1704, June 9 .- A day of great excitement and not a little fright on Cape Ann, without doubt. Upon report that several pirates lately belonging to the brigantine Charles, John Quelch, commander, were seen, double armed, in a lone house in the town, the governor ordered a force to be sent in pursuit of them. Upon arriving at Gloucester it was found that the men had been taken on board of a vessel called the Larrimore Galley which was then sailing away to the eastward. An ex- pedition was immediately organized by Major Stephen Sewall, who with a fishing shallop, a pinnace and forty-two men started in pursuit and succeeded in getting possession of the Galley and men at the Isles of Shoals. Two of the pirates still remained on the Cape, but these were soon secured, and one of them, with five others of the gang taken by Major Sewall, was hung in Boston, June 30. See 5 Mass. Ilist. Coll., VI., 103 et seq., where much more about this affair may be found.
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John Burrill and wife Hannah have birth of a son John recorded March 25, and two daughters in subsequent years. The name again appears Jan. 11, 1737, when an Abraham Burrill married Mary Row, by whom his son Abraham was born Sept. 7, the same year, but noth- ing more can be said of any one of them.
Dan'l Gutridge, perhaps Goodridge, had by his wife Mary a son Daniel born this year, a daughter Hannah in 1707, and daughter Mary, baptized in 1707. A John Goodridge and wife Hannah appear in 1710, and, besides other children, had sons John and James, by whom the name was probably perpetuated in town. The inventory of the estate of a John Goodridge is found in the Probate Records Nov. 15, 1754. A William Goodridge and Ruth Eveleth were married Oct. 25, 1733. Ile, it is to be supposed, was the Captain Wm. Goodridge who was in- tending marriage with Sarah Bray, widow, Nov. 1, 1755. The town records give him two children, to which number the records of the West Parish church add ten more. A widow Ann Goodridge, widow of John without doubt, died in 1759. A Benjamin Goodridge and Rebecca Giddings were married Jan. 23, 1746, and had Elizabeth, 1748, who died in 1752.
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John Gilbert, housewright ( Hist. 20), settled in town this year. Humphrey Gilbert of Ipswich was a commoner in 1641. He was born about 1616, and his age corresponds almost exactly with that of a Hum- phrey, son of Raleigh Gilbert, and grandson of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, the distinguished navigator, but the emigrant was not probably that son. The Ipswich settler bought a house and land in that town Feb. 5, 1650, and died Feb. 13, 1658, leaving a son John and four daughters. The son, without doubt, was Dencon John Gilbert of Hamilton, who married Elizabeth Kellam Sept. 27, 1677, and died March 17, 1722. He had a son John, born July 14, 1678, who, it may be reasonably presumed, was the John Gilbert, Jr., of Ipswich, who was intending marriage with Martha Dodge of Beverly, Dec. 23, 1699, and the same John who, with his wife Martha, settled in Gloucester in 1704. His children, born before the removal, were Sarah, born in 1700, probably married George Williams, a seaman ; John, 1701, and Abigail, 1703, died same year. Those born here were Abigail, 1707, probably married Benjamin Trask of Salem ; Hannah, 1709; William 1712; Jonathan, 1713; Martha, 1717 ; and Elizabeth. The date of the father's death is not known, but administration of his estate was granted to his son Jonathan, May 25, 1752. By this son alone, so far as I know, has the name been per- petuated in town. He died May 9, 1800, aged 87. His wife died in Jan., 1791, aged 76.
John Gilbert, merchant of Boston, March 2, 1716, conveys to Wal- ter Newbury of Boston, "my Island in Gloucester, surrounded by the sea in the harbor of Gloucester (20 acres more or less ) with houses &c bo't of exr's of Jonathan Springer." I know not if Kettle Island be here meant, or if our John Gilbert was ever its owner, though it was near his home.
1705 .- The expenses of the town this year include the following : Edward Haraden for building a watch house on the neck of land called Elwell's Neck near Hodgkins' Cove. Thomas Sawyer for repairs on the watch house in the harbor and 4 1-2 cords of wood for same, £1 1s 2d. Capt. Nathaniel Coit for going representative to the General Court 12 weeks and four days services at £1 per week.
Win. Woodbury ( Hist. 256) who came from Beverly this year and settled on the north side of the Cape, left an estate of £300 10s. Ilis widow, Judith, married Deacon James Lane in 1715, and died Aug. 29, 1770, aged eighty-five. Judith, his "daughter and heiress," prob- ably married William Norwood, and died July 19, 1775.
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Caleb Woodbury, probably not a son of the preceding, is also found on the north side of the Cape, Nov. 27, 1718, when he married Heph- zibah, daughter of John Lane. She died Feb. 12, 1732, and he next married Abial Morgan of Beverly, Sept. 14, same year. He appears to have become a widower again soon, and to have married Anna, prob- ably widow of John Thomas, Aug. 14, 1738. His children were Wil- liam, born in 1721; Hannah, 1723; Rebecca, 1726; Caleb, 1728 ; An- drew and Peter, 1730; Rachel, 1732; Anna, 1733; John, 1739, and Walter, 1741. It appears that cach of the sons married and had issue, of whom descendants, bearing the name are still to be found around the home of their ancestors. Caleb Woodbury, jr., married Lois Mer- chant Nov. 22, 1748. They and their children, Caleb, jr., Lois, Lem- uel, Walter, and Roger, having removed to Newbury, were warned out of that town in 1763.
An Andrew Woodbury, not apparently connected with either of the preceding, appears as a settler at the harbor, Feb. 7, 1735, when he married Lydia Elwell. Among his children were a son John, born May 3, 1744, who married Hannah Hadley, Nov. 3, 1765, and, besides other children, had a son John, born May 1, 1766, probably the Capt. John Woodbury, who died Sept. 2, 1836, aged seventy. Capt. Andrew Woodbury, who died Aug. 10, 1807, in his 61st year, was probably another son of Andrew and Lydia. He left a wife Martha, who died August 1, 1821, aged 75.
Thomas Wise and wife Elizabeth had a daughter Dorcas, born June 15, and a son John baptized Nov. 20, 1709. He was under church cen- sure March 21, 1723, but was soon after restored, and, with his wife, dismissed to the church in Attleboro. Others of this name appear in later years. John Wise married Honor Tarr, Nov. 2, 1712, and had Abigail, born in 1712, and William, 1715. The father was lost at sea on a fishing voyage in 1717, and his widow married John Wonson. A Joseph Wise and Hepsibah Bridges were married Nov. 7, 1718, and had Lucy, born in 1719 ; Hepsibah, 1721; Elizabeth, 1723 ; Joseph, 1725; Joseph, again, 1728 ; and John, 1732. A Benjamin Wise married Pru- dence, daughter of Samuel Gott, Oct. 16, 1721, and had a daughter Mary, born Ang. 24, 1722.
1706 .- John Mariner ( Hist. 256). He married Sarah, daughter of James Sawyer, April 1, 1708. She died Aug. 26, 1724, aged forty-one, and he next married Mary Cobb, Feb. 16, 1725. His children were Sarah, born in 1709; Elizabeth, 1712; John, 1716; Joseph, 1719;
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Rachel, 1724; and Mary, 1727. It does not appear that either of the sons perpetuated the name in town.
John Coy ( Ilist. 256) came this year. The Probate records give inventory of his estate, March 26, 1735, amounting to £783 10s. The "old widow Coy" who died at Kettle Cove, March 8, 1763, was prob- ably his wife. It is not known that he left a son. The records of the Second church have the death of a widow Coy, July, 1793, aged about eighty, and of a Mr. Coy, "of the Cove," August 8, 1820, aged about seventy. He was probably the John Coy who married Molly Millet, Nov. 28, 1773.
1707 .- Peter Lurvey came this year from Ipswich. His wife Love died May 28, 1709, and he next married, April 29, 1710, Rachel El- well, by whom he had Peter, 1711; Jacob, 1712; Benjamin, 1714; Joseph, 1715; Eliezer, 1717; William, 1719; and Job, 1721. The father died Jan. 18, 1721, aged forty-four. Five of the above named sons appear to have married in town, and also an Ebenezer, baptized Aug. 11, 1717 ; but no Eliezer is found among the baptisms, though he goes among the married sons. The name has been perpetuated in town down to the present time.
Josiah Tainer (Hist. 256). He and his wife Rebekah sold land in Marblehead, Nov., 1706, to his brother Elias, fisherman. His father was Thomas Tainer. His children born in Gloucester were Rebekah, 1707; Job, 1708; and Deborah, 1711.
John Williams, perhaps son of the John who first appears this year, married Jane Robinson April 4, 1720, and had John, born in 1721, died soon ; Evan, 1722; Mary, 1724, died 1727; John, 1726; Mary, 1728; Abraham, 1733 ; and Elizabeth, 1735. By three of these sons the name was perpetuated in town. Abraham was one of the sufferers by the great disaster at sea which wrecked so many of our fishing fleet in 1766. Abraham, a revolutionary pensioner, died in October, 1837, aged 79.
April 23. Anthony Day, an early settler, died this year. The age both of himself and wife, as given in the history from the records, is, without doubt, much exaggerated. He called himself 37 in 1663. The wife of his son John was Abigail Leach. Timothy Day, son of the first Timothy, died in the Second parish, Sept. 16, 1757, aged 77. He had a brother Ebenezer who had probably been the husband of the "old widow Ebenezer Day" who died in the same parish, April 1, 1771. A Stephen Day was lost on a fishing voyage in 1736. An Isaac Day was a prisoner in Mill Prison, England, in 1781.
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1708 .- Samuel Stockbridge and Mary Villars were married Oct. 31. and had Samuel, born 1709 ; Benjamin, 1711, died soon ; Mary, 1712; John, 1714; and Benjamin again, 1715. The oldest may have been the Samuel who had a wife Ruth, by whom his son Benjamin was born in 1734 and the latter was probably the Benjamin who was intend- ing marriage with Eunice Gott, Nov. 15, 1755. A Benjamin of Sandy Bay married Elizabeth Dresser about 1778 and removed to Deer Isl- and, Me. A Charles Stockbridge married Sarah Low, Nov. 27, 1739, and had children, but he was dead in 1749, when his widow married Jonathan Hodgkins.
Peter Dolliver bought in 1708 land near Vinson's Cove on which his descendants have continued to live to the present time. Perhaps he was of Marblehead origin, for Joseph, sen., of that town, June 30, 1688, made his will, in which is mentioned a son Peter who also had a son Peter. Peterof Gloucestermay have been the Mr. Dolliver mentioned in Mr. Chandler's journal, March 2, 1752, " Mr. Dolliver died last night." He also may have brouht to town a son Peter, for a Peter Dolliver and Abigail Sanders were married Jan. 25, 1722, and had William born in 1724; Peter, 1727; Joseph, 1732; John, 1741; and Abigail, 1743. The father died of small pox in February, 1764; William, his oldest son, married Mary Merchant, Dec. 3, 1745, and Abigail Sanders May 14, 1759. A newspaper record says, "May, 1772, died in Gloucester, Capt. Wm. Dolliver, at an advanced age," but this William was then only forty-eight. His widow, Abigail, died in 1816. HIe had by his first wife a son William, born in 1749, and by his second a son William, born Feb. 5, 1762. The latter was probably the Win. Dolli- ver, 3d, who married Sally, daughter of Col. Joseph Foster, Aug. 7, 1790, and died at his home on Middle street, March 22, 1828, aged sixty-five. Peter, second son of Peter and Abigail Sanders married first, Abigail Ingersol, and second, June 17, 1770, Esther Rogers, widow of Capt. Timothy Rogers, and died Feb. 5, 1806. His son Peter, born Oct. 8, 1753, married Harriet, daughter of Hon. Thomas Sanders. He was a captain in Col. Sargent's regiment in the revolutionary war, af- terwards an officer in the Boston Custom House, and died in that city, leaving a son and three daughters. William, brother of the preceding, born Feb. 13, 1759, married Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Foster, and died Oct. 10, 1841. He also served in the revolutionary army and was a sea captain many years. He had a brother Joseph, concerning whom I can add nothing.
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