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REV. JOSEPHUS WHEATON, A. M. was a native of Reho- both, and son of Capt. Joseph, and Mrs. Sarah S. Wheaton. He early evinced a taste for study and reading, which led him, by his own unaided exertions, to acquire a liberal education. He graduated at Brown University, September 1812. In 1813, while pursuing his studies preparatory for the ministry, he was appointed a Tutor in the University, and sustained the place with ability and respect, two years ; when he accepted an invi- tation from the Congregational Church in Holliston, (Mass.) to become their pastor. He continued in Holliston till his death, which occurred February 4, 1825, at the age of thirty seven .- At the university, says a fellow student, (Rev. Jacob Ide,) "he was distinguished as a scholar of superior abilities, diligent ap- plication to luis studies, amiable disposition, and engaging man- ners."-" Never," says the same friend, " was I acquainted with a man who more cordially despised every thing like meanness, or who was himself less liable to an imputation of this disgust- ing trait of character." His manners were dignified and concil- iating ; and politeness with him seemed to be, not the effect of studied habit, but the overflowing of a benevolent heart. His attainments as a scholar were highly respectable. He was a great admirer of the classics ; and it was his usual practice to read, every day, a portion of some favorite author of antiquity
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As a minister he was useful and beloved ; and his memory is still held in grateful remembrance by his church and society in Holliston, to whom he was devotedly attached .- He married, January, 1816, Miss Mary Ide, the daughter of Mr. Daniel, and Mrs. Sarah Ide, of Seekonk, an amiable and accom- plished lady. She was a native of Franklin, and was born October 1, 1790. Her father died in her infancy, at Seekonk, whither he had removed but a short time before ; and her mothi- er, who still survives, was afterwards married to Peter Hunt, Esq. of the same town. Mrs. Wheaton died of consumption, July 28, 1817, at the age of twenty six, leaving one child, a son four months old .- Afterwards Mr. Wheaton married Miss Abi- gail F. Fales, a lady of Wrentham, to which town, on the death of her husband, she returned, and where she continues to reside. He left two children, by his second wife, a son and a daughter : a third, and the youngest, died during Mr. Wheaton's last illness, a few weeks before its father .- [ Rev. Jacob Ide's Funeral Ser- mon of Mr. Wheaton, and Rev. Benjamin Wood's Sermon on the Death of Mrs. Mary I. Wheaton.]
HORATIO G. WHEATON, M. D. a native of Rehoboth, and a younger brother of the former, and who like him could boast of having depended, for his education, on his own exertions, graduated at Brown University, in September, 1820, and studied medicine under Dr. J. W. Whitridge, of Charleston. He fell a victim to the yellow fever, and died at Charleston, where he had just entered on the practice of his profession, October 8, 1824, during his elder brother's last sickness. He was distin- guished as a scholar of fine talents, and a young man of high promise.
CAPT. THOMAS WILLETT, one of the principal men in Plymouth colony, and the first English mayor of the city of New York, was one of the last of the Leyden company who came to this country, and arrived at Plymouth about 1629 .* He was then but eighteen or nineteen years old ; had been bred a merchant ; and, as the greater part or the whole of his
* In a copy of " Alden's Collection of Epitaphs," vol. ii. p. 219, now in the possession of the Hon. Nath'l M. Davis, of Plymouth, that had formerly belong- ed to his uncle, the renowned antiquarian, Samuel Davis, I found the follow- ing note in the margin, in the hand writing of the latter : "Mr. Willett came to Plymouth about 1629, and lived there till about 1664, then went to Swan- sey. S. D." That Mr. Willet emigrated to this country, as early, certainly, as 1629, we have clear evidence, from Winthrop's Journal, vol. i. p. 322, where he is mentioned as being at Kennebec that year, as we shall see on the next page.
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life had been spent in Holland, he had acquired an intimate knowledge of the manmers, customs, and language of the Dutch : a circumstance which made him 'so acceptable' to the Dutch of New York. On his arrival, he was sent by the people of Plymouth, who had established a trading house at Kennebeck, to superintend their business as agent. While residing there Governor Winthrop relates of him, [Winthrop's Journal, Sav- age's ed. vol. i. p. 322,] the following curious anecdote : - " At Kennebec, the Indians wanting food, and there being store in the Plymouth trading house, they conspired to kill the English there for their provision ; and some Indians coming in- to the house of Mr. Willett, the master of the house, being reading in the bible, his countenance was more solemn than at other times, so as he did not look cheerfully upon them, as he was wont to do; whereupon they went out and told their fel- lows, that their purpose was discovered. They asked them how it could be ? The others told them that they knew it by Mr. Willett's countenance, and that he had discovered it by a book that he was reading. Whereupon they gave over their de- sign." He continued at Kennebec probably about six or seven years. He then married a lady at Plymouth, and removed, as there is some reason to believe, to Dorchester ;* and thence, between the years 1641 and 1646, returned to Plymouth. In 1647, he became the successor of Miles Standish, in the command of the military company at Plymouth.+ In 1651, he was elected one of the Governour's Assistants, and was annually continued in that office till 1665 ; when the pressure of other duties obliged him to decline, and James Brown, of Swansey, was chosen his successor. In February, 1660, we find Mr. Willett an inhabitant of Rehoboth ; and obtaining lib- erty of the town to take up large tracts of land in its vicinity.Į In 1661, empowered by the Court of Plymouth, and having
* " I find," says Daggett, [Hist of Attleborough, p. 130], " the following on the Boston Records, (copied from Dorchester,) by which it appears that there was a Thomas Willett in the latter town --- probably the same. His wife, perhaps, resided there during his absence at Kennebeck. 'John, son of Thomas Willett and Mary his wife, born 8th, 5th mo. 163 -; Jonathan, born 27th 5th mo. 1738, --- dyed 15th, 6th mo. ib. ; Mary, born 26tlı, 6th mo. 1639; Mehitible, born 14th, 1st mo. 1641.'"
If we compare this note with the date of Mr. Willett's marriage, (1636,) and with the dates of the births of his children, recorded at Plymouth, and found near the close of the present sketch, we shall see that it is quite prob- able that our Mr. Willett resided for a while in Dorchester.
t Old Colony Records.
# Seo supra, p. 50.
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obtained, as just mentioned, the consent of the town of Reho- both, he purchased of Wamsitta, or (as he was called by the English) Alexander, the elder son of Massassoit, the large tract of land, afterwards called Rehoboth North Purchase, now At- tleborough and Cumberland. This tract he relinquished into the hands of the Plymouth colony, in 1666. In addition to this, he was also the original purchaser of Taunton North Purchase, (now Norton, Mansfield and Easton), as well as of many other tracts of land in the vicinity.
On the surrender of New York to the English, under Col. Nicolls, in August, 1664, by the Dutch governor Stuyvesant, Capt. Willett attended the Commissioners of Appeals - Nich- olls, Carr, Cartwright, and Maverick, - to that city ; and ren- dered them great service, by his acquaintance with the customs, usages and language of the Dutch, in organizing the new gov- ernment. Judge Davis informs us, [Memorial, p. 311], that " Col. Nicolls, in a letter to Gov. Prince, written from New York, the spring after the reduction of the Dutch settlements, requests that Captain Willett may have such dispensation from his official engagements in Plymouth colony, as to be at liberty to assist in the modelling and reducing the affairs, in those settle- ments, into good English. He remarks that Mr. Willett was more acquainted with the manners and customs of the Dutch, than any Englishman in the country, and that his conversation was very acceptable to them." He performed his duties here to the entire satisfaction of all concerned; and his services were so highly appreciated, and he rendered himself so popular with the people, that, after the organization of the government, he was elected the first English mayor of the city of New York. He was elected a second time to the office. So much confi- dence had the Dutch in his integrity, that he was by them cho- sen umpire, to determine the disputed boundary between New York and New Haven.
The town records of Rehoboth, of the dates of December 20th, 1664, and January 24th, 1665,* mention Mr. Willett as a resident of the town, as he is chosen to some offices : this must have been at the time, that, according to previously cited authority, he was engaged at New York. We know that he still retained his plantation at Rehoboth ; and, in order to recon- cile the two statements, we must suppose that Mr. Willett, while employed and holding his office at New York, spent some part of his time at Rehoboth ; where, after having completed his
* See supra, pp. 59, 60.
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term of office at the former place, he returned to reside. He was appointed to an office by the town in April, 1666. In 1667, Mr. Willett's name appears the first on the list of individuals to whom liberty was granted ' to become a township by the name Swansea.' In the settlement of that town Mr. Willett may justly be considered the most prominent man ; and he and the Rev. John Myles are usually styled the fathers of it. He con- tinued to reside on his plantation in Swansey during the re- inainder of his life.
Capt. Willett married Mary Brown - generally supposed to be the daughter of Mr. John Brown the elder, at Plymouth, July 6, 1636. Their children were, Thomas ;* Hester, born July 6, 1647 ; Rebeca, died April 2, 1652 ; James, born No- vember 24, 1649 ; Andrew, Samuel, Hezekiah, who died the 26th of July, 1651 ; Hezekiah 2d, born November 16, 1652, and slain in Philip's war. James married Eliza, daughter of Lieut. Peter Hunt of Rehoboth, April 17, 1673 ; Hezekiah 2d married Anna, daughter of Mr. John Brown 2d, of Rehoboth, January 7, 1675. John Saffin, who had resided in Scituate and Swansey, married a daughter of Capt. Willett, and settled in Bristol, R. I. ; and Samuel Hooker,+ of Farmington, Ct., mar- ried another daughter.
Several of Mr. Willett's descendants have distinguished them- selves in the history of the country. His grandson Francis was a prominent man in Rhode Island colony. Another descendant, his great-grandson, the late Col. Marinus Willett, served with distinguished honor in the Revolutionary war; and was also Mayor of the city of New-York. Memoirs of his life have been recently published by his son, William M. Willett.
Capt. Willett died in Swansey, August 4, 1674, at the age of sixty three. He was buried at the head of Bullock's Cove, in what is now Seekonk, where a rough stone still stands to mark the spot, on which is legible the following brief, and rude- ly-carved inscription :
Here Ineth the body of the worthy Thomas EWillett, Esq. who died August De XUth in pe I rib th Fear of his age Anno ==
ZUho was the first Mayor of New York, and twice dio sustain the place.
His wife Mary died about 1669, and is buried by his side.
* For this account of Mr. Willett's family I am indebted to Daggett's Hist. of At- tleborough.
t Baylies' Memoir of Plymouth Colony.
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LAWYERS .*
Apollos Cushman, Esq. was born at Middleborough, in 1782 ; graduated at Brown University, September, 1802; and com- menced the practice of law in Pawtucket, in 1815, where he now resides.
Collins Darling, Esq., was born at Bellingham, Norfolk county, October 14, 1785 ; graduated at Brown University, September, 1810; practised law one year at Providence, R. I. and removed to Pawtucket, April, 1815, where he has since followed his profession.
Hon. James Ellis, son of the Rev. John Ellis, was born at Rehoboth ; graduated at Brown University, September, 1791 ; commenced the practice of law at Rehoboth (in the part now Seekonk) ; thence removed to Taunton, and was appointed County Attorney, and held the office till it was merged in that of District Attorney.
Peter Brown Hunt, Esq., was born at Rehoboth, (now See- konk,) February 1, 1794; graduated at Brown University, September, 1816 ; was admitted to both the Massachusetts and Rhode Island bars ; commenced practice in Seekonk in 1819, and died April 28, 1831.
Ezra Wilkinson, Esq., was born in Wrentham, (Mass.,) graduated at Brown University ; practiced law for a while at Seekonk, and then removed to Dedham, (Mass.) where he is now in the practice of his profession.
PHYSICIANS.
[Of some of our Physicians I am able to give little more than the name, without being able to tell the time they were in town, where they were born, &c. ; but the little that I could gather, is here inserted.]
In July, 1663, the town sent an invitation to Samuel Fuller,
* These notices, as well as those of Physicians and Graduates, which fol- low, are not so complete as I could wish, for want of sufficient materials at hand.
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a physician residing at Plymouth, to come and settle at Reho- both ; but whether he accepted the invitation or not, I am not able to determine ; though, as his name does not occur on the town books, if he came, he could not have resided here long.
The Rev. David Turner occasionally practiced medicine, in addition to the duties of the clerical profession.
Col. Thomas Bowen, who lived about the time of Mr. Tur- ner, was also a distinguished physician.
Dr. Joseph Bridgham lived in the part of Rehoboth now Seekonk ; practiced medicine, and died December 4, 1789, aged 57. The Hon. Samuel Bridgham, mayor of the city of Providence, is a son of Dr. Bridgham.
Dr. Isaac Fowler settled in Rehoboth about fifty-two years since, and commenced the practice of medicine. He married, March 30, 1786, Miss Vashti Brown, daughter of Dea. John Brown, of Rehoboth, and had twelve children. He was res- pectable in his profession, and distinguished for his humanity and benevolence. He died March 8, 1808, in the 49th year of his age. Mrs. Fowler died April 18, 1832, in the 66th year of her age.
Dr. John Frederick Rodliff, was born in Germany ; settled in the part of Rehoboth now Seekonk, in the practice of medi- cine ; and died June 13, 1808, in the 59th year of his age.
Dr. James Bliss was born at Rehoboth, April, 1757 ; studied medicine with Drs. Brownson and Blackinton ; commenced prac- tice in Wrentham, at about the age of twenty-one, and remained there one year, during which time he was married to Miss Han- nah Guild, of Attleborough ; then removed to Rehoboth, where he was very successful in his profession, and esteemed as a skil- ful physician. His second wife was Mrs. Sarah Deane, of Digh- ton. He had twelve children, all by his first wife. At the age of about nineteen, he was for several months surgeon's mate in Col. Carpenter's regiment, in the war of the Revolution. He was a man of sound judgment, strict integrity, and great indus- try and economy. He died, September 29, 1834.
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Dr. George A. Bolton, a skilful physician, who resided in that part of Rehoboth now Seekonk. He received a medical degree at Brown University, in 1817.
Dr. - Thayer practiced medicine for a while in Re- hoboth (now Seekonk), whence he removed to the west. His wife was Miss Caroline Matilda Warren, somewhat celebrated as a writer. She wrote ' The Gamester,' with some other small works of fiction. She wrote in the Providence Patriot, some very pretty poetry under the signature of the ' Maid of the Grove.'
George W. Bliss, M. D., a native of Rehoboth, was the son of Capt. Asa, and Mrs. Polly Bliss ; received a medical diplo- ma at Brown University in 1822, and commenced practice in Seekonk, August, 1823. He died March 29, 1829, aged 39 years.
Dr. Addington Davenport, was the first practitioner in Paw- tucket, Mass. ; commenced about 1805 or 1806; married Miss Eliza N. Kenneday, only daughter of Mr. David Kenneday, of Pawtucket. He died about the year 1813. He was a man well read in his profession, as also in history and poetry ; and possessed a fine literary taste.
Dr. Wheelock, the second physician of Pawtucket, removed to the village, and remained there about two years, (1813 and 1814). He finally removed for want of patronage. He mar- ried a Miss Allen.
Artemas Johnson, M. D., graduated at Brown University, commenced practice about the year 1815 ; married the widow of Dr. Davenport. He died December, 1827.
Dr. Isaac Hartshorn, commenced the practice of medicine in Pawtucket, in 1828, and after remaining about two years, re- moved to Providence.
Dr. Darius Carpenter, was born at Rehoboth, in the part now Seekonk, October 4, 1785; studied medicine with Dr. George A. Bolton, of Seekonk ; attended medical lectures at Brown University, but took no degree ; commenced practice in
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Seekonk in 1816. He married Miss Anna Carpenter, of See- konk, November 9, 1817 ; died of pulmonary consumption, July 16, 1833.
Dr. John S. Galup, practiced medicine a short time in See- konk, and then removed to Woodstock, N. H., where he is now in practice.
PRACTICING PHYSICIANS.
Dr. Royal Carpenter was born at Rehoboth ; studied medi- cine with Dr. Isaac Fowler; commenced practice in Rehoboth in 1808 ; was married in 1834.
Dr. Calvin Martin, Seekonk. Dr. Theophilus Hutchins, Seekonk. Dr .-- Bullock, Rehoboth.
Menzias R. Randall, M. D., was born at Easton, Mass., received a medical degree at Harvard University, and also at Brown, September, 1824, and commenced practice in Rehoboth the same year. He married Miss Eliza Edson of Easton, who · died Jan. 8, 1833. In March 1834, he was again married to Miss Almira Guild, also of Easton.
Draper Carpenter, M. D., was the son of Daniel Carpen- ter, and born in Rehoboth, (now Seekonk,) December 30, 1791 ; graduated at Brown University, September, 1821 ; re- ceived a medical diploma at the same institution in 1824; com- menced practice in Seekonk in the same year, and in Pawtuck- et in 1827.
Ira Barrows, M. D., graduated at Brown University, Sep- tember, 1824: commenced the practice of medicine in Paw- tucket, in 1827 ; and married Miss Frances A. Bartlett, of Smithfield, only daughter of Mr. Oliver Bartlett.
Benoni Carpenter, M. D., was born at Rehoboth, March
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12, 1805 ; graduated at Brown University, September, 1829 ; received the degree of M. D. at the University of Pennsylva- nia (Philadelphia) ; commenced the practice of medicine in Seekonk, August, 1832; married Miss Adeline Everett of Wrentham, June 4, 1833.
GRADUATES OF BROWN UNIVERSITY.
[This list is doubtless incomplete, as there were probably graduates at this institution from Rehoboth at an earlier date than 1791; and there may be some since that date, whose names I have not obtained.]
Grad- uated.
1791. Hon. James Ellis. [See sketch of Lawyers.]
1796. Col. Abraham Blanding, Esq., born at Rehoboth, No- vember 18, 1775. After graduating he studied law with Judge Brevard, of Camden, S. C., where he commenced the practice of law, and continued till 1815 or 1816, then removed to Columbia, S. C. He married, about the year 1808, Miss Betsy Martin, of Camden, who died in 1812. He afterwards married Miss Mary Caroline Desaussure, of Columbia.
1798. Rev. Otis Thompson. [See Ecclesiastical Hist. of Re- hobothı.
1801. William Blanding, M. D., born at Rehoboth, Februa- ry 27, 1773; graduated at Brown University, in 1801 ; studied medicine ; practiced a short time in Attleborough ; then removed to Camden, S. C .; in 1805, married Susan Carpenter, daughter of Capt. Caleb Carpenter, of Rehoboth, who died in 1809. He afterwards married Miss Rachel Willet, of Philadelphia, in which city he now resides.
1805. Rev. Sylvester S. Bucklin, born at Rehoboth (in the part now Seekonk), now minister of a Congregational church in Marlborough, (Mass.)
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1805. John Starkweather, M. D. son of the late Hon. Oliver Starkweather, of Pawtucket, now practicing physician in Upton, Worcester county, (Mass.)
1810. Collins Darling, Esq. [See sketch of Lawyers.] 1812. Rev. Josephus Wheaton. [See Biographical Sketches.] 1816. Peter Brown Hunt, Esq. [See sketch of Lawyers.]
1816. Rev. Thomas Vernon. [See Ecclesiastical Hist. of Rehoboth.
1816. Caleb Miller, M. D., now deceased, took only a medi- cal degree at this institution,-was distinguished as a phy- sician and surgeon.
1817. George A. Bolton, M. D. [See sketch of physicians.] 1820. Horatio G. Wheaton. [See Biographical Sketches.]
1821. Rev. James O. Barney. . [See Ecclesiastical Hist. of Seekonk.]
1821. Draper Carpenter, M. D. [See sketch of Physi- cians.
1821. Rev. Augustus B. Reed, son of Dea. Augustus Reed, of Rehoboth, settled pastor over a Congregational church in Ware, (Mass) ; married Miss - Borden of Fall- river.
1822. Thomas Kinnicutt, Esq., born in Rehoboth (now See- konk) ; now a lawyer at Worcester, (Mass.)
1822. Samuel Starkweather, Esq., son of the late Hon. Oli- ver Starkweather, of Pawtucket ; was tutor one year in Brown University ; now in the practice of law at Cleave- land, (Ohio), and collector and inspector of that port.
1822. George WV. Bliss, M. D. [See sketch of Physicians.]
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1824. Ira Barrows, M. D. [See sketch of Physicians.]
1824. George A. Bucklin, son of Mr. George Bucklin, was born at Rehoboth (now Seekonk) ; graduated at Brown University, September, 1824; first read law, then studied medicine with Dr. Wells, of Columbia, S. C .; died of yellow fever, in 1829, while on his passage from New Orleans to Texas.
1824. Shubael Peck, born at Rehoboth ; died soon after he left the university.
1824. Johnson Gardner, M. D., now practicing physician in Pawtucket, R. I., was the son of Mr. James Gardner, of Rehoboth, and born November 22, 1799. He entered Brown University, and pursued the principal part of the regular course of study ; but, being obliged by ill health to suspend for a while his studies, he left the University before taking the first degree. He afterwards studied medicine with Dr. Lewis Wheaton of Providence ; re- ceived the degree of M. D. at Brown University, in 1824 ; commenced practice in Pawtucket, in September of the same year ; and married, June 8, 1829, Miss Phebe Lawton Sisson, only child of Mr. Aaron Sisson, of See- konk.
1824. Menzias R. Randall, M. D. [See sketch of Physi- cians.]
1824. Hiram Bucklin, M. D., son of Mr. George Bucklin, of Seekonk, received a medical degree at Brown Univer- sity in 1824 ; now practicing physician at Valley Falls, Smithfield, R. I.
1824. Rev. Benjamin C. Wade, born at Seekonk ; graduated at Brown University, September, 1824; was settled as the minister of a Baptist church, in Woburn, (Mass.)
1826. Zenal Bliss, A. M., son of Jonathan Bliss, of Reho- both, deceased ; read a course of law ; but is now engag- ed in manufactures, in Johnson, R. I.
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1829. Benoni Carpenter, M. D. [See sketch of Physi- cians.]
1829. William Blanding Carpenter, A. B., born at Seekonk in 1810 ; graduated at Brown University, September, 1829, (with the salutatory addresses) ; commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Usher Parsons, of Providence ; died of hermorrhage from the lungs, January 3, 1830. He was a scholar of fine promise.
APPENDIX.
A. p. 54.
The following notice of the Rev. Samuel Newman is found in " Woon's ATHENE ET FASTI OXONIENSES," 3d edition, London, 4to. 1817, with addi- tions by Philip Bliss, Esq. Fellow of St. John's College, vol. III. p. 618 .*
" SAMUEL NEWMAN, a learned divine of his time, received some educa- tion in this university ; but, being puritanically affected, he left it, went into New England, became a Congregational man, minister of the church of Rehoboth there, a zealous man in the way he professed, indefatigable in his studies, and marvelously read in the holy scriptures. He hath written,
".A Concordance of the Bible. Lond. 1643, 50. in a large thick fol. [Bodl. C. 2. 9. Th. B. S. Printed also at Cambridge, 1682, Bodl. G. 6. 17. Th.] and dying in December, or thereabouts, in sixteen hundred and sixty and three, was buried at Rehoboth .- I find one Sam. Newman, born at or near Chadlington, in Oxfordshire, who was entered into Mayd. coll. in the condition, as it seems, of a servitour, in the latter end of 1616, aged 16 years, and to have taken a degree in arts as a member of S. Edin. hall, and soon after to have left the university. Whether this Sam. New- man be the same with him who wrote the Concordance before mentioned, I cannot affirm, because I have been informed by the letters of Mr. In- erease Mather, president of Harvarden coll. in New England, dated 6 Jan. 1690, that he thinks Mr. Sam. Newman, author of the Concordance, was born in Yorkshire, and that [as he takes it,] he was in the 65th year of his age when he died."
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