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Excerpt from Samuel Grant Simpkins: A Memorial
Captain Thomas Simpkins, probably about 1690, married Margaret, or Margery, daughter of james and Margaret Barton.1 James Bar ton had resided in Boston previous to 1688, and had there acquired a good estate. He had carried on the business of rope-making on a wharf on Ann Street, then and afterwards known as Barton''s Wharf. In 1688, he purchased a farm and other estates in Newton, and built his house just within the Water town line, on the south bank of Charles River. His will is dated in 1729, and in that he is described as of Watertown He died the same year, aged eighty-six. His wife died in 1731, aged eighty-seven. They were both in terred at Newton,2 where their gravestones, recording their ages, are still to be seen in the old Newton Centre cemetery. His estate was appraised at about the income of which he gave to his widow for her life by his will.
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Captain Thomas Simpkins, probably about 1690, married Margaret, or Margery, daughter of james and Margaret Barton.1 James Bar ton had resided in Boston previous to 1688, and had there acquired a good estate. He had carried on the business of rope-making on a wharf on Ann Street, then and afterwards known as Barton''s Wharf. In 1688, he purchased a farm and other estates in Newton, and built his house just within the Water town line, on the south bank of Charles River. His will is dated in 1729, and in that he is described as of Watertown He died the same year, aged eighty-six. His wife died in 1731, aged eighty-seven. They were both in terred at Newton,2 where their gravestones, recording their ages, are still to be seen in the old Newton Centre cemetery. His estate was appraised at about the income of which he gave to his widow for her life by his will.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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