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James Parton, The life of Horace Greeley, Chapter 2: Ancestors.—parentage.—birth. (search)
deas of history, yet served to awaken in me a thirst for knowledge and .a lively interest in learning and history. John Woodburn died in 1780. Mrs. Woodburn, the subject of the passage just quoted, survived her husband many years, lived to see her children's grandchildren, and to acquire throughout the neighborhood the familiar title of Granny Woodburn. David Woodburn, the grandfather of Horace Greeley, was the eldest son of John Woodburn, and the inheritor of his estate. He married Margaret Clark, a granddaughter of that Mrs. Wilson, the touching story of whose deliverance from pirates was long a favorite tale at the firesides of the early settlers of New Hampshire. In 1720, a ship containing a company of Irish emigrants bound to New England was captured by pirates, and while the ship was in their possession, and the fate of tie passengers still undecided, Mrs. Wilson, one of the company, gave birth to her first child. The circumstance so moved the pirate captain, who was himse
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
aleb (11), m. Sarah Ballard 21 May 1756, and had Charles; Orlando, bap. 23 Sept. 1760; Henry, bap. 19 Sept. 1762; Caleb; James. Caleb the f. d. Ap. 1769; his w. Sarah survived. 21. James, s. of Caleb (11), grad. H. C. 1753 (D. D., Edinb. 1768), settled in the ministry at Wallingford, Conn., 1758; installed at New Haven 29 Ap. 1789; dismissed Dec. 1805, d. Aug. 1812, a. 77. His s. Hon. Samuel Whittlesey Dana, was several tears Senator in Congress. 22. George, s. of Caleb (11), m. Margaret Clark of Waltham (pub. 28 Jan. 1764); she d. 3 Oct. 1770, and he m.; his chil. were Sarah, bap. 23 Sept. 1770); Edmund, bap. 20 Dec 1772; and probably others. 23. Edmund, s. of Richard (12), grad. 11. C. 1759; went to England, and was Rector of Wroxeter, Co. of Salop m. Helen, dau. of Lord Kinniard, and niece of Sir William Pulteney; d. 7 May 1823, a. 84. His s. George Kinniard Dana, was a Brigadier-general in the British Army. 24. Francis, s. of Richard (12), H. C. 1762, Ll.D. 1792,
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, D. (search)
aleb (11), m. Sarah Ballard 21 May 1756, and had Charles; Orlando, bap. 23 Sept. 1760; Henry, bap. 19 Sept. 1762; Caleb; James. Caleb the f. d. Ap. 1769; his w. Sarah survived. 21. James, s. of Caleb (11), grad. H. C. 1753 (D. D., Edinb. 1768), settled in the ministry at Wallingford, Conn., 1758; installed at New Haven 29 Ap. 1789; dismissed Dec. 1805, d. Aug. 1812, a. 77. His s. Hon. Samuel Whittlesey Dana, was several tears Senator in Congress. 22. George, s. of Caleb (11), m. Margaret Clark of Waltham (pub. 28 Jan. 1764); she d. 3 Oct. 1770, and he m.; his chil. were Sarah, bap. 23 Sept. 1770); Edmund, bap. 20 Dec 1772; and probably others. 23. Edmund, s. of Richard (12), grad. 11. C. 1759; went to England, and was Rector of Wroxeter, Co. of Salop m. Helen, dau. of Lord Kinniard, and niece of Sir William Pulteney; d. 7 May 1823, a. 84. His s. George Kinniard Dana, was a Brigadier-general in the British Army. 24. Francis, s. of Richard (12), H. C. 1762, Ll.D. 1792,