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168. MASON, DAVID, son of David and Susanna Mason, b. in Boston, March 19, 1726; d. in Boston, Sept. 17, 1794. He was a meritorious officer in the Revolution; resided in Salem several years previous to the commencement of hostilities.
169. MERRITT, DAVID, son of David and Elizabeth (Badcock) Merritt, b. at Ticehurst, Sussex Co., England, April 20, 1775; m. July 30, 1804, Anne, dau. of William and Anne Ashby of Battle, Sussex; arrived in this country, Oct. 18, 1804; settled at Utica, N. Y., thence at Sackett Har- bor, N. Y. and Marblehead; came to Salem in Oct., 1824. Trader till the year 1827; then established a wagon express between Boston and Salem and elsewhere, after the opening of the Eastern Railroad by rail ; d. July 28, 1862.
170. MILLET, JOHN, son of Andrew and Ruth Millet, bapt. Oct 23. 1737 ; m. 1761, Mary Roberts, who d. Aug., 1788, aged 48; d. Oct., 1793. A cooper.
171. MORGAN, THEODORE, son of Lucas and Tryphena (Smith) Morgan, b. at West Springfield, Mass., Nov. 19, 1778; m. Sept. 20, 1806, Abigail, dau. of Thomas Manning ; d. at Salem, Dec. 10, 1845. A watchmaker.
172. MOSES, ELEAZER, son of Eleazer and Mary Moses; bapt. Jan. 19, 1734; m. Mary, dau. of Peter Henderson; d. Feb., 1786. Sailmaker. 173. NEEDHAM, BENJAMIN.
174. NEWHALL, ISAAC, son of Joel and Lucy (Mansfield) Newhall, b. in
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Lynn, Aug. 24, 1782. A trader in Salem several years; author of a work, published in; 1831, entitled, " Letters on Junius". He was twice married. His first wife was Sarah Lewis, who d. May, 1821 ; he returned to Lynn and spent his latter days at the old homestead, and there d. July 6, 1858.
175. NEWIIALL, JEREMIAII, son of Jeremiah and Sarah (Bates) Newhall, b. in Lynn, Dec. 25, 1737; m. 1761, Elizabeth Grant. Housewright.
176. NEWIIALL, JOEL, son of Joel and Lucy (Mansfield) Newhall, b. in Lynn, Oct. 12, 1779. A trader in Salem with his brother Isaac (No. 174), afterwards kept a dry goods store in Marblehead; he returned to the old homestead in Lynn, and d. there Oct. 8, 1839.
177. NICHOLS, ICHABOD, son of David and Hannah (Gaskell) Nichols, b. in Salem, Apr. 20, 1749 ; resided in Portsmouth, N. H., several years of his early life. Merchant in Salem; m. Lydia, dau. of Benjamin and Ruth (Hardy) Ropes (b. Dec. 4, 1754 ; d. Feb. 25, 1835) ; he d. at Salem, July 2,1839.
178. NICHOLS, BENJAMIN ROPES. son of Ichabod (No. 177) and Lydia. (Ropes) Nichols, b. at Portsmouth, May 18, 1786; gr. Harv. Coll., 1804. Counsellor at Law, in Salem, many years ; and from 1824, until his decease, in Boston, which occurred April 30, 1848; m. Mary, dau. of Timothy and Rebecca (White) Pickering.
179. NICHOLS, GEORGE, Son of Ichabod (No. 177) and Lydia (Ropes) Nichols, b. at Salem, July 4, 1778 ; m. Ist, Sally ; 2d, Lydia Peirce, dau. of Jerathmael and Sarah (Ropes) Peirce; d. Oct. 19, 1865. Merchant in Salem.
180. NICHOLS, SAMUEL, son of Stephen and Abigail (Moulton) Nichols, b. Dec. 6, 1800; m. Dec; 17, 1826, Mary M. Flint; d. Oct. 17, 1854. A tanner in Salem.
181. NICHOLS, WILLIAM FRYE, son of Ichabod and Cassandra (Frye) Nichols, b. Apr. 4, 1801 ; m. June 8, 1830, Abigail, dau. of James (No. 39) Buffington. A tanner in Salem.
182. NORTHEY, ABIJAH, son of Abijah and Abigail (Wood) Northey, m. Ist, April 18, 1795, Sally G. King; 2d, Lydia, dau. of Gabriel and Lydia (Mansfield) Holman (b. Dec. 9, 1777 ; -); d. Oct. 25, 1853, aged 792 years. Master mariner and merchant.
183. NUTTING, JOHN, b. in Cambridge, Jan. 7, 1694; gr. Harv. Coll., 1712; came to Salem in 1718, and kept the school for many years; col- lector of the port at different times; register of deeds, etc. ; m. Feb. 12, 1719-20, Ruth Gardner, she d. Nov. 12, 1736; m. 2d, Elizabeth, dau. of Benjamin and Abigail (Lindall) Pickman (b. Jan. 22, 1714; d. June 10, 1785) ; d. May 20, 1790, aged 96; the oldest graduate for several years on the College catalogue.
184. OLIVER, WILLIAM W., son of Hubbard and Rebecca (Wallis) Oliver, d. Dec. 29, 1869, aged 91. Many years deputy collector of the customs at the port of Salem.
185. OSBORN, WILLIAM.
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185a. ORMAN, SARAII, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Ruck) Orman, d. at Salem, Sept. 21, 1843, aged 79. Unmarried.
186. OSGOOD, JOSEPH, son of Joseph and Margaret Osgood of Andover, m. June 14, 1770, Lucretia, dau. of Miles and Hannah (Derby) Ward (b. Aug. 28, 1748; d. Sept., 1809) ; d. June, 1812, aged 65. A physician in Danvers and Salem.
187. OSGOOD, JOSEPH, son of Dr. Joseph Osgood (No. 186); m. Oct. 23, 1796, Mary, dau. of Ebenezer and Hannah (Hunt) Beckford (b. Sept. 23, 1774; d. March, 1822, aged 47); d. in England in 1806. Supercargo of ship George Washington.
188. OSGOOD, ISAAC, son of Peter and Sarah (Johnson) Osgood, b. at North Andover, July 15, 1756; m. 1st, Sally Pickman, Oct. 12, 1790, who d. Aug. 10, 1791, aged 20; 2d, Rebecca T. Pickman, Dec. 8, 1794, who d. Aug. 29, 1801, aged 29; daughters of C. G. Pickman (No. 213); m. 3d, Mary T., dau. of Benjamin Pickman (No. 210), June 28, 1803, who d. Sept. 7, 1856, aged 90. Resident of Salem and Andover; an underwriter, clerk of the courts of Essex; d. at Andover, Sept. 30, 1847.
189. OSGOOD, JOIIN, son of John and Susanna (Williams) Osgood of Salem, bapt. Sept. 18, 1757; m. Rebecca, dau. of William and Ann (Well- man) Messervy, Oct. 1782; he d. Dec. 2, 1826, aged 69. Master mariner and merchant.
190. OSGOOD, NATHANIEL WARD, son of Joseph Osgood, Jr. (No. 187), m. June 26, 1822, Mary B. Archer; d. March 21, 1863, aged 65. Tanner.
191. PAGE, JEREMIAH, son of Samuel and Rebecca (Putnam) Page, b. in Danvers, June 2, 1796; m. Mary Pindar of Danvers; d. at Salem, Nov. 1, 1867. Master mariner, and president of Salem Marine Insurance Com- pany.
192. PAGE, RUTH, dau. of Samuel Holman (No. 134), b. June 15, 1761; d. Sept. 28, 1833; m. John Page, the second son of Samuel and Eliza- beth Page of Medford (b. in Medford, Nov. 20, 1751; d. in Salem, Dec. 1, 1838) who was connected in the ship chandlery business for upwards of forty years in Salem under the firm of Page and Ropes. He was a rev- olutionary veteran.
193. PAGE, SAMUEL, son of Samuel and Lois (Lee) Page, b. Nov. 14, 1777; m. Dec. 2, 1810, Jane, dau. of Henry (No. 238) and Lydia (Janes) Rust, she d. Dec. 25, 1843, aged 60; d. Feb. 1, 1834. Master mariner.
194. PALFRAY, THOMAS, son of Thomas and Martha (Crowninshield) Palfray, b. - 1793; m. Dec. 18, 1821, Hannah Dale; d. at sea. Master mariner.
195. PARSONS, OLIVER, b. in Gloucester; m. Apr. 15, 1816, Betsey Ives ; d. at Worcester, Aug. 25, 1845, aged 60. Blacksmith.
196. PAYSON, EDWARD H., son of Lemuel and Joanna (Newhall) Pay- son, m. Amelia Mellus. Cashier of First National Bank, Salem.
197. PEABODY, NATHANIEL, son of Isaac and Mary (Potter) Peabody, b. March 30, 1774; gr. Dart. Coll., 1800; m. Nov. 2, 1802, Elizabeth Palmer; d. in Boston, Jan. 1, 1855. For many years a dentist in Salem.
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198. PEABODY, JOSEPH, son of Francis and Margaret (Knight) Peabody, b. in Middleton, Dec. 12, 1757; m. 1st, Aug. 28, 1791, Catharine; 2d, Oct. 24, 1795, Elizabethi, daughters of Rev. Elias Smith of Middleton; d. Jan. 5, 1844. An eminent merchant at Salem and extensively known throughout the commercial world.
199. PEABODY, FRANCIS, son of Joseph (No. 198) and Elizabethi (Smith) Peabody, b. Dec. 7, 1801; m. July 7, 1823, Martha, dau. of Samuel (No. 85) and Elizabeth (Putnam) Endicott; d. at Salem, Oct. 31, 1867. A mer- chant and manufacturer.
200. PEABODY, JOSEPH AUGUSTUS, son of Joseph (198) and Elizabeth (Smith) Peabody, b. Aug. 7, 1796; gr. Harv. Coll. 1816; m. Louisa, dau. of Samuel (No. 228) and Sarah (Gool) Putnam, Sept. 3, 1821; d. June 18, 1828. A merchant at Salem.
201. PEABODY, JOSEPH W., son of Asa and Anna (Gould) Peabody, b. in Middleton, May 18, 1787 ; m. Harriet French of Milford, N. H. ; d. Sept. 16, 1842. Merchant.
202. PEABODY, SAMUEL, son of Bimsley and Ruth (Marston) Peabody of Middleton and Boxford, b. Jan. 7, 1759; m. Sept. 21, 1782, Abigail Trask; d. Jan. 26, 1839. A grocer in Salem.
203. PEIRCE, BENJAMIN, son of Jerathmael and Sarah (Ropes) Peirce, b. Sept. 30, 1778; gr. Harv. Coll., 1801; m. his cousin Lydia R., dau. of Ichabod (No. 177) and Lydia (Ropes) Nichols (b. Jan. 3, 1781; d. at Cambridge, Oct. 22, 1868). Merchant for many years at Salem; in 1826 was appointed Librarian at Harvard College Library and d. in Cambridge, July 26, 1831.
204. PEIRCE, NATHAN, son of Nathan and Sarah Peirce, b. at Newbury, June 17, 1749; d. at Salem, May 22, 1812; his wife Rebecca, widow of John Hill, dau. of Mr. Allen, b. 1742; d. July 18, 1815. In early life a tobacconist; afterwards a successful merchant.
205. PHILLIPS, STEPHEN, son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Elkins) Phillips, b. in Marblehead, Nov. 13, 1761. In early life was a shipmaster; in 1800 moved to Salem and engaged in commercial pursuits ; m. Ist, Dorcas dau. of Dudley and Dorcas (March) Woodbridge, she d. June, 1802, aged 29 ; m. 2d, Eliza, dau. of Nathan Peirce (No. 204) ; he d. at Salem, Oct. 19, 1838.
206. PHIPPEN, THOMAS, son of Thomas and Margaret (Driver) Phippen, b. Dec. 25, 1750; in. Dec. 27, 1774, Rebecca Wellman (b. Oct. 3, 1755) ; d. Dec. 22, 1839. A mariner.
207. PHIPPEN, WILLIAM, brother of (No. 206) and son of Thomas and Margaret (Driver) Phippen, b. Feb. 27, 1752; m. Nov. 22, 1777, Lois Hitchings of Lynn, and had among other children, Lois, wife of B. Balch (No. 15) and Mary, wife of E. Fuller (No. 108) ; m. 2d, widow Anna Ring; d. in 1796. A trader.
208. PICKERING, JOHN, son of William and Eunice (Pickering) Pick- ering, b. Jan. 2, 1738; in. Hannah Ingersoll, sister of Jonathan (No. 141) ; removed to Richmond, N. H., where lie d. Oct. 27, 1823; his wife Hannah, d. Jan. 5, 1795, aged 55.
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209. PICKMAN, BENJAMIN, son of Benjamin and Abigail (Lindall) Pick- man, b. Jan. 28, 1707; m. Oct., 1731, Love Rawlins, who d. June 9, 1786, aged 77; he d. Aug. 20, 1773. Merchant, judge of Common Pleas Court, etc.
210. PICKMAN, BENJAMIN, son of Benjamin (No. 209) and Love Rawlins Pickman, b. Nov. 7, 1740; gr. Harv. Coll., 1759; m. Apr. 22, 1762, Mary Toppan, who d. in 1817 ; he d. May 12, 1819. Merchant.
211. PICKMAN, BENJAMIN, son of Benjamin (210) and Mary Toppan Pickman, b. Sept. 30, 1763; gr. Harv. Coll., 1784 ; m. Oct. 20, 1789, Anstiss, dau. of E. Hasket Derby (b. Oct. 6, 1769; d. June 1, 1836) ; d. Aug. 16, 1843. Merchant, Representative and Senator in Massachusetts Legisla- ture; member of the Constitutional Convention, Massachusetts, 1820, and of the Executive Council of Massachusetts; and Representative in United States Congress 1809-11.
212. PICKMAN, CLARKE GAYTON, son of Benjamin (No. 209) and Love (Rawlins) Pickman, b. July 30, 1746; m. Sarah, dau. of Timothy and Rebecca (Taylor) Orne (b. June 5, 1752; d. Sept., 1812) ; d. Nov. 29, 1781. Merchant.
213. PICKMAN, WILLIAM, son of Benjamin (No. 209) and Love (Rawlins) Pickman, b. March 12, 1748; gr. Harv. Coll., 1766; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Dudley and Mary (Pickering) Leavitt (b. Sept. 16, 1759; d. Oct. 13, 1782) ; he d. Nov. 5, 1815. Merchant and naval officer of the Port of Salem.
214. PICKMAN, WILLIAM, son of Benjamin (No. 210) and Mary Toppan Pickman, b. June 25, 1774; d. May 1, 1857. In early life a merchant in Boston; lived many years in Salem; retired from the active duties of life.
215. PICKMAN, DUDLEY LEAVITT, son of William (No. 213) and Elizabeth (Leavitt) Pickman, bapt. May, 1779; m. Sept. 6, 1810, Catherine, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth (Elkins) Saunders (bapt. Aug. 29, 1784; d. May 18, 1823); d. Nov. 4, 1846. Merchant.
216. PICKMAN, THOMAS, son of Benjamin (No. 210) and Mary Toppan Pickman, b. May 10, 1773; gr. Harv. Coll., 1791; m. 1st, Mary, dau. of Capt. Jonathan Haraden, she d. Sept., 1806, aged 31; m. 2d, Sophia, dau. of Joseph P. and Catherine H. Palmer (b. in Boston; d. in Salem, Dec. 22, 1862, aged 76) ; d. Jan. 2, 1817. A physician in Salem.
217. PINEL, PHILIP PAYN, b. in Growville, Isle of Jersey, July 9, 1782 ; m. Jan. 5, 1812, Susan, dau. of Benjamin and Hannah (Shillaber) Peters ; d. in Salem, Nov. 21, 1864. A master mariner.
218. PITMAN, BENJAMIN, son of Michael and Sarah (Carwick) Pitman, b. Dec. 24, 1792; m. July 26, 1825, Catherine, dau. of Jacob (No. 244) Sanderson, and widow of Henry Carwick; resides in Andover street. Book-keeper, many years, in Asiatic Bank, Salem.
219. POPE, EBENEZER, son of Eben and Sarah (Pope) Pope, b. in Dan- vers, July 7, 1759; m. Aug., 1779, Mehitable, dau. of Capt. Samuel and Mehitable (Williams) Carroll, she d. in 1784; m. 2d, Jan. 31, 1790, Lydia,
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widow of James Hayes of Salem, and dau. of William Darling of Cam- bridge, she d. Feb. 16, 1816, aged 62; he d. Feb. 14, 1821. A baker in Salem.
220. PORTER, EBENEZER, came from Wenham to Salem. Housewright ; m. Nov. 10, 1771, Mary, dau. of John and Sarah (Titcomb) Ropes.
221. POTTER, JESSE, sou of William and Elizabeth (Safford) Potter, b. at Ipswich Hamlet (Hamilton), Dec. 27, 1782; m. Nov. 5, 1819, Susan, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Stevens) Punchard (b. Jan. 10, 1790; d. Jan. 10, 1844) ; d. at sea, Aug. 28, 1829. A master mariner.
222. PROCTOR, ROBERT, son of Robert and Hannah (Goodhue) Proctor, b. at Salem, Dec. 23, 1760; m. Nov. 28, 1808, Lydia Kilburn (d. Feb. 18, 1857, aged 76) ; d. Dec. 4, 1841. A trader and farmer.
223. PROCTOR, WILLIAM, son of William and Elizabeth (Masury) Proc- tor, b. at Salem; m. Sarah, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Peirce) Holman (b. July 28, 1792; -- ). Merchant; in 1827 removed to Brook- lyn, N. Y.
224. PURBECK, WILLIAM.
225. PUTNAM, ALLEN, son of Thomas and Mary (Fitz) Putnam, b. Dec. 12, 1794; m. Eliza, dau. of Samuel and Rebecca (Putnam) Page, a sister of Jeremiah (No. 191) ; she d July 15, 1864, aged 70; he d. Sept. 5, 1868. Master mariner; President of East India Marine Society, and at the time of his death one of the assessors of Salem.
226. PUTNAM, BARTHOLOMEW, son of Bartholomew and Ruth (Gardner) Putnam, b. at Salem, Feb. 2, 1737; d. Apr. 17, 1815; m. May 13, 1760, Sarah, dau. of Gamaliel Hodges (b. July 31, 1740; d. Oct. 17, 1830). Sur- veyor of the port.
227. PUTNAM, NATHANIEL, son of Nathaniel and Mary (Ober) Putnam, b. in Danvers, March 2, 1774; m 1st, Polly Warner; 2d, Hannah, dau. of Simon and Mehitable (Dutch) Pendar; 3d, Betsey Waters. Removed to New York city about 1830, and d. in that place June 10, 1849 ; when a resi- dent of Danvers, a trader; in New York a commission merchant.
228. PUTNAM, SAMUEL, son of Gideon and Hannah Patnam, b. in Dan- vers, Apr. 13, 1768; gr. Harv. Coll., 1787; m. Oct. 28, 1795, Sarah, dau. of John and Lois (Pickering) Gool. For many years a prominent lawyer and politician in Salem, Justice in Supreme Court of Mass .; removed to Boston in 1833; d. at Somerville, July 3, 1853.
229. REA, ARCHELAUS, son of Archelaus and Mary (Cook) Rea, b. Feb. 12, 1778; m. Nov. 17, 1805, Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan Mason, Jr., 2d, Apr. 17, 1814, Maria March Woodbridge. Master mariner and agent of Salem Iron Factory Company ; about 1840, he moved to Roxbury where he d. Aug. 18, 1864, aged 76.
230. REA, SAMUEL, son of' Archelaus and Mary (Cook) Rea, b. Feb. 3, 1782; m. Sept. 3, 1807, Sarah, dau. of James and Eunice (Carlton) Barr, (b. July 3, 1782; d. Nov. 17, 1862) ; he d. Sept. 30, 1842. Master mariner and merchant.
231. ROBERTS, WILLIAM, son of William and Rebecca (Goldthwaite)
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Roberts, b. in South Parish of Danvers (Peabody), Sept. 3, 1783; m. June 21, 1805, Sally, dau. of Elijah (No. 243) and Mary Saunderson; d. at Salem, March 30, 1872. Mason.
232. ROGERS, NATHANIEL, son of Rev. Nathaniel and Mary (Burnham) (Staniford) Rogers, b. at Ipswich, March 11, 1762; gr. Harv. Coll., 1782 ; m. Abigail, dau. of Col. Abraham Dodge of Ipswich; d. at Saco, Me., in 1799. He removed to Salem about 1788, and both he and his wife were eminently successful as teachers.
233. ROGERS, NATHANIEL LEVERETT, son of Nathaniel (No. 232) and Abigail (Dodge) Rogers, b. at Ipswich, Aug. 6, 1785; m. Oct. 24, 1813, Harriet, dau. of Aaron and Elizabeth (Call) Waite; d. July 31, 1858. Merchant; President of East India Marine Society, and held other offices of trust and honor.
234. ROGERS, JOHN WHITTINGHAM, son of Nathaniel (No. 232) and Abigail (Dodge) Rogers, b. at Ipswich, Nov. 10, 1787 ; came to Salem in early childhood; received a mercantile education. Merchant in Salem and Boston; m. Anstiss, dau. of Benjamin (No. 211) and Anstiss (Derby) Pickman; d. in Boston, Dec. 9, 1872.
235. ROPES, JANE, dau. of Mr. Bartlett of Exeter, N. H., m. John Ropes of Salem, a son of John and Dorothea (Bartlett) Ropes (b. July 27, 1709; d., 1761 ; a trader) ; she survived him until the summer of 1781.
236. ROPES, DANIEL, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Ropes, b. June 13, 1737; m. Nov. 19, 1761, Priscilla, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Williams) Lambert (b. Feb. 25, 1738; d. Sept. 22, 1808); he d. Oct. 8, 1821. A cordwainer.
237. Ross, JOSEPHI.
238. RUST, HENRY, came from Gloucester to Salem when a young man, and was successful in his business operations, b. Aug. 23, 1737; d. Sept. 28, 1812; m. Dec. 25, 1759, Lydia Janes (b. May 12, 1740; d. Aug. 23, 1808); m. 2d, Abigail (Benson) Foster, who d. Jan. 1823, aged 78.
239. RUST, JACOB PARSONS, son of Henry (No. 238) and Lydia (Janes) Rust, b. Aug. 15, 1774; m. Mary Adams of Boston, who d. Oct. 1817, aged 41 ; he d. at Boston, Jan. 5, 1828, aged 54. Merchant at Salem and Boston.
240. SAFFORD, ABRAHAM, son of - -, b. in Ipswich, March 20, 1735; m. Martha, dau. of Rev. John Dennis; d. in Bath, N. H., Jan. ,. 1829. In early life was engaged in the French and Indian war; on the 19th of April 1775 was lieutenant of the Salem Company and in command of the same, the captain being sick.
241. SALTONSTALL, LEVERETT, son of Nathaniel and Anna (White) Saltonstall, b. at Haverhill, June 13, 1783 ; gr. Harv. Coll., 1802; m. March 7, 1811, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth (Elkins) Sanders who d. Jan. 11, 1858, aged 70; d. May 8, 1845. Lawyer in Salem; Speaker of Mass. House of Representatives; President of Mass. Senate; Rep- resentative U. S. Cong. ; first Mayor of the city of Salem.
242. SALTONSTALL, NATHANIEL, son of Nathaniel and Anna (White) Saltonstall, b. at Haverhill, Oct. 1, 1784; m. Nov. 20, 1820, Caroline,
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youngest dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth (Elkins) Sanders; d. at New Market, N. H., Oct. 19, 1838, during a visit, in the performance of his duties as treasurer of the manufacturing corporation in that place. Merchant at Baltimore and Salem.
243. SANDERSON, ELIJAH, son of Jonathan and Mary (Bemis) Sanderson, b. at Waltham, Oct. 10, 1751; m. Mary Mulliken, of Lexington, who d. at Salem, Oct. 23, 1843, aged 86; d. at Salem, Feb. 15, 1825. Cabinet maker; for many years deacon of the church.
244. SANDERSON, JACOB, son of Jonathan and Mary (Bemis) Sanderson, b. at Waltham, Oct. 21, 1757; m. June 26, 1781, Catherine Harrington of Watertown (b. Aug. 26, 1755; d. Dec., 1811) ; d. at Salem, Feb. 12, 1810. Cabinet maker.
245. SANDERSON, JOHN, son of Elijah (No. 243) and Mary (Mulliken) Sanderson, b. at Salem, Jan. 21, 1797; m. Dec. 7, 1824, Abigail Haskell ; d. Oct. 26, 1858. Cabinet maker.
246. SANDERS, CHARLES, eldest son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Elkins) Sanders, b. in Salem; gr. Harv. Coll. 1802; m. Charlotte, dau. of Ichabod (No. 177) and Lydia (Ropes) Nichols (b. at Portsmouth, Nov. 26, 1788 ; d. at Cambridge, March 29, 1872); he d. at Cambridge, April 7, 1864, aged 80. Merchant in Salem; steward of Harv. Coll. 1827-30; resided principally at Salem and Cambridge, occasionally at Boxford and other places.
247. SAUNDERS, JONATHAN PEELE, son of Daniel and Sarah (Peele) Saunders, bapt. July 10, 1785; m. Dec. 26, 1811, Mary, dau. of Moses and Sarah Adams, (b. in Beverly; d. in Salem, May 5, 1871, aged 80); he d. Feb. 22, 1844, aged 58. A surveyor, and many years town clerk.
248. SCOBIE, JOHN, came from Scotland to Salem; m. Lydia, dau. of Jonathan Mason and widow of Benjamin Mally; d. July, 1853, aged 59. A trader.
249. SECCOMB, EBENEZER, son of Joseph and Ruth (Brooks) Seccomb, b. at Kingston, N. H., June 19, 1778; m. Nov. 27, 1802, Hannah Williams, who d. Nov. 17, 1810, aged 30; m. 2d, Mary, dau. of William and Mehit- able (Osgood) Marston, who d. April, 1824, aged 40; he d. June 21, 1835. A merchant in Salem.
250. SHILLABER, BENJAMIN, son of William and Mary (Waters) Shil- laber, b. June 27, 1758, at Danvers; m. Nov. 19, 1784, Sarah Proctor, who d. July 21, 1794, aged 38; m. 2d, Sept. 15, 1795, Jane, dau. of John and Abigail (Hawkes) Ropes, and widow of John Titcombe; (b. Jan. 7, 1769; d. April 19, 1842). He d. Aug. 16, 1823. Master mariner.
250a. SHILLABER, BENJAMIN, son of Benjamin (No. 250), b. June 20, 1788; m. 1st, Sarah, dau. of Col John Hathorne; she d. Aug. 1824, aged 31; 2d, Sarah Austin; d. Dec. 31, 1840. Master mariner.
251. SHILLABER, EBENEZER, son of Samuel and Susanna (Reeves) Shil- laber, m. 1st, Deborah, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Putnam) Endicott, (bapt. March 17, 1767; d. Nov., 1801) ; m. 2d, Hannah Jones, of Beverly, who survived him; he d. Dec., 1807, aged 43. Master mariner.
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252. SIIILLABER, SALLY, dau. of Benjamin Shillaber (No. 250), b. April 27, 1792. Resides in Salem.
253. SHREVE, BENJAMIN, b. Dec. 6, 1780; m. July 8, 1804, Mary, dau. of Benjamin Goodhue (No. 120), (b. Oct. 15, 1781; d. June 30, 1839) ; d. March 8, 1839. Master mariner, and merchant in Salem. Treasurer of Salem Savings Bank.
254. SIBLEY, LITTLEFIELD, son of Samuel and Merebah (Bartlett) Sib- ley, b. May, 1739; m. Sarah Lambert; d. at sea in 1780. Master mariner and commanded the Letter of Marque schooner Nancy.
255. SKERRY, EPHRAIM, son of Francis and Hannah Skerry, bapt. Feb. 1,1746; d. Jan., 1821.
256. SKERRY, FRANCIS, son of Ephraim and Margaret (Silsbee) Skerry, bapt. March 15, 1719 ; m. Nov. 11, 1741, Anna Symonds ; d. 1790. Yeoman.
257. SKERRY, SAMUEL, son of Samuel and Lydia (Cheever) Skerry, b. Jan. 18, 1772; m. Sept. 9, 1798, Content, dau. of Ebenezer (No. 282) and Mehitable (Buttolph) Ward (b. Sept. 2, 1773; d. May 6, 1854) ; d. at Salem, Oct. 23, 1808; a master mariner; a few years previous to his death had retired to a farm in Brookfield.
258. 'SMITH, JESSE, son of Aaron and Lucy (Baker) Smith; b. at Ipswich, Dec. 12, 1789; came to Salem when young and learned the watch maker's trade, and was engaged in this business during his life ; m. Priscilla Treadwell; d. July 4, 1866.
259. SMITH, EBENEZER, b. at Ipswich, Sept. 24, 1767 ; m. Sally Griffen, March 22, 1789, who d. July 1, 1824, aged 59 ; he d. June 5, 1825, aged 57. A baker in Salem.
260. SPRAGUE, JOSEPHI, son of Major Joseph Sprague, gr. Harv. Coll., 1792; m. Feb. 6, 1801, Margaret, dau. of Dr. Joseph (No. 186) and Lucy (Ward) Osgood; d. June, 1833. Merchant.
261. STEVENS, TIMOTHY, J., son of Peter and Nabby (Johnson) Stevens ; b. in North Andover, Aug. 30, 1788; m. Almira H., dau. of Edmund and Hittie (Curtis) Herrick (b. Dec. 12, 1791; resides in Salem). He died at Salem, Sept. 1, 1864. A shoe manufacturer.
262. STICKNEY, JUDITH, dau. of Col. Peter and Love (Pickman) Frye; b. in Salem; m. William Stickney, a master mariner, son of William and Mary (Sawyer) Stickney of Rowley, who d. on board of his ship at Martha's Vineyard, June, 1788; she d. in Boxford, July 15, 1837, aged 76.
263. STONE, ROBERT, son of Robert and Anstiss (Babbidge) Stone, b. March 16, 1776; m. June 5, 1808, Rebecca, dau. of John (No. 189) and Rebecca (Messervy) Osgood; d. Sept. 21, 1860. A merchant.
264. STORY, JOSEPHI, son of Dr. Elisha and Mehitable (Pedrick) Story, b. in Marblehead, Sept. 18, 1779; gr. Harv. Coll., 1798; m. Dec. 9, 1804, Mary Lynde, dau. of Rev. Thomas F. and Sarah (Pynchon) Oliver; she d. June 22, 1805; m. 2d, Aug. 27, 1808, Sarah Waldo, dau. of Hon. W. Wetmore; he removed to Salem in 1801, a lawyer of distinction, Speaker of Massachusetts House of Representatives; Representative U. S. Con- gress, 1808, 9; from 1811 until his decease, Judge U. S. Supreme Court ;
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in 1830 removed to Cambridge, having received the appointment of Dane professor of law in Harvard University ; d. Sept. 10, 1845.
264a. STRAW, ISAIAH, son of Jacob and Betsey (Burbank) Straw, b. in Hopkinton, N. H., Feb. 8, 1797; m. Rhoda Merrill; came to Salem, March, 1818. Tanner.
265. SYMONDS, EPHRAIM, son of Benjamin and Margaret (Skerry) Symonds, m. March 20, 1770, Elizabeth Downing.
266. SYMONDS, JONATHAN, son of Benjamin and Hannah (Bullen) Symonds, bapt. Sept. 19, 1742; m. Jan. 8, 1767, Mary Ramsdell, who d. Dec., 1814, aged 72.
266a. SYMONDS, JOSEPH, son of William (No. 268) and Eunice (Gard- ner) Symonds, b. March 14, 1783; m. Catherine, dau. of Edward (No. 35) and Catherine (Felt) Brown; d. Feb. 25, 1840. Shoemaker.
267. SYMONDS, SAMUEL, son of Samuel and Mary (Hooper) Symonds, bapt. Jan. 31, 1741; m. Aug. 10, 1760, Mary, dau. of Samuel and Abigail Cook and sister of Samuel (No. 63) ; d. before 1797.
268. SYMONDS, Mrs. ELIZABETH.
268a. SYMONDS, JOHN, son of Benjamin and Margaret (Skerry) Sy- monds, m. July 22, 1786, Susanna Webb.
268b. SYMONDS, THOMAS, son of Samuel and Mary (Hooper) Symonds, m. April 10, 1769, Mary Chapman, dau. of Isaac and Hannah (Dean) and sister of Benjamin and George (Nos. 51, 52), (bapt. Dec. 28, 1746; d. March 19, 1832, aged 85).
268c. SYMONDS, WILLIAM, son of Nathaniel and Jane (Phips) Symonds, b. Jan. 8, 1749-50; m. Nov. 15, 1772, Eunice, dau. of Joseph and Mehit- able (Pope) Gardner; d. Sept. 8, 1830, aged 77; he d. July 25, 1830.
269. TREADWELL, CHARLES, son of Nathaniel and Eliza (White) Tread- well, b. in Ipswich, March 18, 1789, and d. in that town, Feb. 28, 1855; m. May 2, 1819, Lydia R., dau. of Benjamin and Jane Shillaber (b. June 27, 1796; d Nov. 9, 1842). Master mariner; lieut. of private armed ship Alfred, in the war of 1812; president of Essex Insurance Company of Salem.
270. TREADWELL, EPHRAIM, son of Elisha and Lydia (Crocker) Tread- well, b. in Ipswich, Sept. 24, 1789. Trader; moved from Salem to New York.
271. TREADWELL, JOHN, son of John and Hannah (Boardman) Tread- well, b. in Ipswich, Sept. 20, 1738; gr. Harv. Coll , 1758. Minister of the First Congregational Church in Lynn, 1763-1782; taught the Grammar School in Ipswich, 1783-1785; removed to Salem, where he resided until his death, which occurred Jan. 5, 1811; was State Senator; Judge of Court of Common Pleas; and m. Ist, Mehitable, dau. of Dr. Richard Dexter of Topsfield; 2d, Dorothy, widow of Jonathan Goodhue (No. 121) and dau. of Jacob and Mary (Ropes) Ashton; 3d, Miss Austin of Charlestown; she survived him and d. Aug., 1816, aged 63.
272. TREADWELL, JOIIN DEXTER, son of John (No. 271) and Mehitable (Dexter) Treadwell, b. in Lynn, May 29, 1768; gr. Harv. Coll., 1788;
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studied medicine with Dr. E. A. Holyoke (No. 137) ; practised the profes- sion the first two or three years in Marblehead, afterwards in Salem, with considerable celebrity until his decease, which took place June 6, 1833; m. Dorothy, dau. of Jonathan (No. 121) and Dorothy (Ashton) Goodliue, who was b. Feb., 1777; d. Jan. 29, 1858.
273. TRULL, HERBERT.
274. TUCKER, EDWARD, son of Andrew and Blanche (Skinner) Tucker, m. Elizabetlı Foster; 2d, widow Hannah Stone, who survived him many years ; d. 1803, aged about 50. A blacksmith.
275. TUCKER, GIDEON, son of John and Lydia (Jacobs) Tucker, b. March 7, 1778; m. June 21, 1804, Martha Hardy, dau. of Benjamin (No. 120) and Frances (Ritchie) Goodhue (b. April 20, 1787 ; d. April 23, 1848) ; d. Feb. 18, 1861. Merchant in Salem, president of Exchange Bank.
276. TUCKER, ICHABOD, son of Benjamin and Martha (Davis) Tucker, b. at Leicester, Mass., April 17, 1765; gr. Harv. Coll., 1791; m. Sept. 16, 1798, Maria, dau. of Dr. Joseph and Mary (Leavitt) Orne (b. Nov. 13, 1775; d. Dec. 14, 1806) ; m. 2d, Oct. 13, 1811, Esther Orne, widow of Joseph Cabot and dau. of Dr. William and Lois (Orne) Paine of Salem and Worcester (b. Aug. 29, 1774 ; d. Jan. 29, 1854). He commenced the practice of the law in Haverhill, afterwards removed to Salem, clerk of the courts for Essex upwards of thirty years; d. at Salem, Oct. 22, 1846.
277. TURNER, CHRISTOPHER, son of Nathaniel and Lucinda (Turner) Turner; b. at Pembroke in 1767, where he learned the trade of shipwright ; came to Salem a young man and worked at his trade; m. June 9, 1791, Sally Osborne; d. at the Charlestown Navy Yard, Dec. 23, 1812.
278. TURNER, LUCY, dau. of Christopher (No. 277) and Sally (Osborne) Turner, d. unmarried, July 16, 1843, aged 52.
279. TURNER, SALLY, sister of the above, d. unmarried, July 16, 1847, aged 52.
280. VANS, WILLIAM, came from Boston to Salem; merchant and auc- tioneer; m. Oct. 8, 1761, Mary, dau. of John and Ann (Furnese) Clark, (b. June 24, 1735 ; d. May 19, 1770) ; he d. May 23, 1797, aged 67.
281. WARD, ANDREW, son of John and Hannah (Higginson) Ward, b. Oct. 6, 1742; m. Sarah, dau. of Edmund and Lydia (Hardy) Henfield (b. May 14, 1750; d. Dec., 1817) ; d. Jan. 1816.
282. WARD, EBENEZER, JR., son of Ebenezer and Rachel (Pickman) Ward, b. May 26, 1738; m. Mehitable Buttolph; d. Oct. 26, 1773.
283. WARD, GEORGE ATKINSON, son of Samuel Curwen and Jane (Ropes) Ward, b. at Salem, March 29, 1793; m. Oct. 5, 1816, Mehitable, dau. of James and Sarah (Ward) Cushing (No. 68), (b. Feb. 28, 1795; d. Oct. 4, 1862) ; d. at Salem, Sept. 22, 1864. Merchant at Salem and New York.
284. WARD, JOSHUA, son of Miles and Sarah (Massey) Ward, b. 1699; m. 1st, Sarah, dau. of Richard Trevett of Marblehead; 2d, Lydia (Burrill) Hawkes; 3d, Ruth Woodward; d. Dec. 29, 1779. One of the ruling elders of the church.
285. WARD, MILES, 3d, son of Ebenezer and Rachel (Pickman) Ward,
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brother of No. 282, b. July 12, 1744; m. May 20, 1772, Hannah, dau. of Rev. John and Rebecca (Hale) Chipman of Beverly, who d. April 22, 1829, aged 86; d. Oct. 22, 1796. A glazier.
286. WARD, RICHARD, son of Joshua (No. 284) and Sarah (Trevett) Ward, b. April 5, 1741; m. Nov. 8, 1764, Melitable, dau. of George and Sarah (Pickman) Curwen; d. Nov. 4, 1824. A tanner.
287. WARD, WILLIAM, son of William and Ruth (Putnam) Ward, b. Dec. 28, 1761; m. Martha, dau. of Robert and Hannah (Goodhue) Proctor, who d. Jan. 16, 1788, aged 25; m. 2d, Joanna, dau. of Jolin Chipman of Marblehead (b. July 1, 1761; d. Dec. 10, 1831) ; d. at Medford, May 9, 1827, to which place he had removed several years previous. Master mariner, and merchant in Salem.
288. WATKINS, BENJAMIN, trader, d. Jan. 26, 1828, aged 75.
289. WATTS, HANNAH, dau. of George and Bethiah (Peters) Deland, bapt. Aug. 27, 1737; m. May 22, 1755, Robert Watts, a native of the Isle of Wight and a skipper of a fishing vessel, lost at sea about the year 1767 ; she d. Jan., 1817, aged 80.
290. WEBB, BENJAMIN, son of Benjamin and Hannah (Bray) Webb, bapt. July 1, 1787; m. May 5, 1810, Sarah, dau. of John and Mary (Porter) Felt (b. July 24, 1790; d. at Worcester, Oct., 1849); d. Sept. 30, 1840, aged 57. An apothecary.
291. WEBB, STEPHEN, son of Benjamin and Hannah (Bray) Webb, bapt. Sept. 20, 1801; m. Oct. 5, 1831, Martha T., dau. of William and Mehitable (Mansfield) Luscomb; d. May 2, 1869, aged 67 years 8 months. Cashier of Mercantile Bank, Salem, and in the Internal Revenue office.
292. WENDELL, ABRAHAM, son of Thomas and Abigail Wendell, came from Marblehead to Salem; m. Martha L. Ballister, who d. at Lynn, Nov. 19, 1852, aged 81; d. at Ipswich, Oct. 4, 1850, aged 76. A wheelwright.
293. WEST, BENJAMIN, son of John and Margaret (Ward) West, b. Jan. 7, 1738-9; m. Aug. 9, 1762, Abigail Phippen (b. Feb. 6, 1742-3; d. Dec. 26, 1797) ; d. March 22, 1809. Master mariner; for many years master of the Salem Marine Society.
294. WEST, DANIEL, probably son of Daniel and Elizabeth West, bapt. April 3, 1748.
295. WEST, EDWARD, son of William (No. 299) and Mary (Beckford) West, bapt. Aug. 31, 1760; m. May 9, 1790, Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel and Esther (Gardner) Mackay. When a resident of Salem, a master mariner and merchant; afterwards removed to Andover, where he d. March 20, 1843.
296. WEST, SAMUEL, son of Samuel and Mary (Poor) West, m. 1st, Mary Gale; 2d, ---; 3d, widow Mary Ingalls of Marblehead ; d. Sept., 1776. Saddler.
297. WEST, SAMUEL, son of Samuel (No. 296) and Mary (Gale) West, bapt. June 20, 1722; m. Oct. 8, 1747, Mary Massey, who d. Jan., 1801, aged 81; d. April, 1774. Mariner.
298. WEST, THOMAS, son of Benjamin (No. 293) and Abigail (Phippen)
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West, b. May 4, 1777; m. Elizabeth Moseley, who d. Feb. 25, 1864, aged 80; d. Jan. 24, 1849. Master mariner, and many years an officer in the Salem Custom House.
299. WEST, WILLIAM, son of Samuel (No. 296) and Mary (Gale) West, bapt. May 12, 1728; in. Nov. 25, 1750, Mary Beckford, who d. Sept., 1813, aged 85 ; d. Aug. 3, 1803, aged 75. Merchant.
300. WHEATLAND, GEORGE, son of Richard (No. 301) and Martha (Good- hue) Wheatland, b. Nov. 10, 1804; gr. Harv. Coll., 1824; m. Feb. 6, 1833, Hannah Bemis, dau. of John and Hannah (Bemis) Richardson of Newton (b. Dec. 23, 1811; d. at Salem, March 15, 1840). Counsellor at law in Salem.
301. WHEATLAND, RICHARD, son of Peter and Bridget (Foxcroft) Wheatland, b. at Wareham, England, Oct. 20, 1762; came to Salem in 1783; m. 1st, Margaret, dau. of John and Isabella (Brown) Silver; 2d, Martha, dau. of Stephen and Martha (Prescott) Goodhue (b. Feb. 2, 1770; d. Aug. 13, 1826) ; d. March 18, 1830. Master mariner and merchant.
302. WHEATLAND, RICHARD, son of Peter and Sarah (Forsey) Wheat- land, a nephew of Richard (No. 301), b. at Wareham, England, Oct. 26, 1786; came to Salem in 1800, m. Oct. 3, 1822, Elizabeth, dau. of Elijah (No. 28) and Hannah (Buffington) Briggs (b. at Scituate, March 12, 1796; d. at Salem, Oct. 15, 1866) ; he d Feb. 5, 1867. Master mariner.
303. WHITTREDGE, THOMAS, son of Thomas and Sarah (Osborn) Whit- tredge, b. at Danvers in 1776; m. Sarah Trask, who d. Aug. 16, 1845, aged 78; d. at Salem, Sept. 15, 1829. Master mariner and merchant.
304. WHITTREDGE, THOMAS COOK, son of Thomas (No. 303) and Sarah (Trask) Whittredge, b. May 28, 1799; gr. Harv. Coll., 1818; m. May 7, 1827, Susan L., dau. of John and Susan Mead, who d. April 10, 1859, aged 56; d. Jan. 26, 1854. Master mariner and merchant.
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