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... land , was eighteen years old when , in 1637 , he settled at Hingham , on Massachusetts Bay . An older brother , Thomas " the weaver , " was already there , and another brother , Daniel , came near the same time . There were other ...
... land , was eighteen years old when , in 1637 , he settled at Hingham , on Massachusetts Bay . An older brother , Thomas " the weaver , " was already there , and another brother , Daniel , came near the same time . There were other ...
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... lands and became one of the richest colonists of his time . By his wife Sarah , daughter of Abraham Jones , of Hull , he had three sons - Mordecai , junior , Abraham , and Isaac , - and by a second marriage , late in life , he had a son ...
... lands and became one of the richest colonists of his time . By his wife Sarah , daughter of Abraham Jones , of Hull , he had three sons - Mordecai , junior , Abraham , and Isaac , - and by a second marriage , late in life , he had a son ...
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... land in what is now Berks County , where he died in 1736. He fraternized with the Society of Friends , was a man of good condi- tion , and in legal papers was styled " gentleman . " In his will he bequeathed to his son John three ...
... land in what is now Berks County , where he died in 1736. He fraternized with the Society of Friends , was a man of good condi- tion , and in legal papers was styled " gentleman . " In his will he bequeathed to his son John three ...
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... land in Kentucky , on one of which , in what is now Bullitt County , he settled about the year 1784. Here the rifle - shot of an Indian , who had stolen upon him unawares while at work , sud- denly ended his days . His widow and their ...
... land in Kentucky , on one of which , in what is now Bullitt County , he settled about the year 1784. Here the rifle - shot of an Indian , who had stolen upon him unawares while at work , sud- denly ended his days . His widow and their ...
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... land in Nolin Creek valley , near " Hodgen's Mills " bought before their marriage , and known to - day as Rock Spring Farm . Here , in a log cabin , their son Abraham was born on Sunday , the 12th day of February , 1809 . Much of the ...
... land in Nolin Creek valley , near " Hodgen's Mills " bought before their marriage , and known to - day as Rock Spring Farm . Here , in a log cabin , their son Abraham was born on Sunday , the 12th day of February , 1809 . Much of the ...
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