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The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
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OVERVIEW OF
THE COLLECTION
Creator: Clarke, Benjamin,
1730-1811.
Title: Account book
Dates: 1769-1812
Call No.: Fol. 247
Acc. No.: 58x6
Quantity: 1 volume
Location: 5 K 10
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
Benjamin Clarke was a brazier in Boston,
Massachusetts. Born on Jan 1, 1730 (old
style), he was the son of Benjamin (a felt maker) and Miriam (Kilby)
Clarke. He graduated from Harvard in
1750 and settled in Boston. He served as
a constable and later, clerk of the market.
Clarke was a prosperous businessman.
Although described as a merchant, he specialized in brasses. In 1764, he was a member of the Society for
Encouraging Trade and Commerce; in 1768, he signed the merchants'
non-importation agreement, and the next year he signed the petition protesting
the sending of the Regulars to Boston.
Shortly after, Clarke parted company with the Whigs and signed a loyalty
oath to Gov. Hutchinson and Gen. Gage. At the outbreak of the war, he retired
to Nantucket and then moved to Norwich, Connecticut. Clarke later returned to Boston, Mass., where
he was made a Justice of the Peace in 1784.
Clarke died in 1811, a bachelor.
Benjamin’s brother and sisters were Miriam
(1723-1774; married Jonathan Mason); Sarah (born 1726; married Ebenezer
Backus); Mary (1728; married John Cutler); and Christopher (born 1732). All these, or their spouses, are mentioned in
the account book. In settling Benjamin’s
accounts, mention is made of “my late father, Benjamin Clarke, deceased.” Since the merchant Benjamin is not known to
have had children, it is not clear who was settling his accounts, although it
may have been his brother Christopher, who was settling the accounts for the
heirs of his and Benjamin’s father, those heirs being the younger Benjamin’s
brother and sisters.
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
Records debits and credits accrued by Clarke from
1769 to 1812, when all his shop accounts were settled. Although cash transactions dominate the book,
a variety of merchandise is noted, including pieces of iron and brass, hemp,
gunpowder, hardware, window glass, linen, sail cloth, and nails. He sold nails, brads, and glass to watchmaker
Gawen Brown, and nails, sheep shears, and brass kettles to Benjamin Dolbeare, a
pewterer, brazier, and merchant. Clarke
dealt with a number of prominent Boston merchants as well as people in Amherst,
New Hampshire; Providence and Newport, Rhode Island; and Baltimore,
Maryland. He invested in several venture
cargo exploits, which he called "adventures," to such places as St.
Petersburg, Russia and Amsterdam. Clarke
listed the profession of his customers a number of the entries. He had transactions with braziers, cutters,
metal-workers, housewrights, rope makers, merchants, a truckman, a chair maker,
a stationer, a schoolmaster, and three "peruke" makers. The last three paid Clarke by shaving him and
dressing his wigs. Several entries in
the volume highlight Clarke's relationship with John Skinner and Nathaniel
Austin, two prominent pewterers. From
1770 to 1776, Clarke turned over a ton of old pewter to John Skinner. In return, he received 28 dozen quart pots,
96 dozen pint basins, 3 dozen gill porringers, 6 dozen half-point porringers,
18 dozen large pint porringers, and 15 dozen porringers, not specified as to
size. Similar arrangements were made with
Austin.
Some names in the account book have family relationships
mentioned. In fact, many of the people
with whom Benjamin Clarke had dealings were related to him by marriage. Especially, nephews and husbands of nieces
are found, as well as his own sisters and brothers. His extended family included, among others,
the surnames Mason, Doane, Dunn, Prince, Cutler, Foster, and Backus.
LANGUAGE OF
MATERIALS
The materials are in English.
RESTRICTIONS
ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Purchased from Baldwin's Book Barn.
ACCESS POINTS
People:
Austin, Nathaniel,
1741-1816.
Dolbeare, Benjamin, 1711-1787.
Skinner, John, 1733-1813.
Brown, Gawen, 1719-1801.
Clark family.
Topics:
Brass.
Business records - Massachusetts - Boston.
Cookware.
Dry-goods.
Glassware.
Hardware.
Ironwork.
Kitchen
utensils.
Metal-work.
Pewtercraft.
Shipment of goods.
Ships - Cargo.
Textile fabrics.
Wholesale trade - Massachusetts - Boston.
Decedents’
estates - Massachusetts - Boston.
Boston (Mass.) - Commerce.
Account books.
Braziers.
Merchants.
Pewterers.
NAME INDEX TO
FOL. 247 (acc. 58x6)
Note: pages
are numbered 1-107 (double page spreads), however, the front fly leaf has been
designated with the letter p.A.
Ship names are
in italics.
Abbe, S. 1
Ackworth, Charles (Capt.) 46
[from
London]
Adams 101
Addarton, Samuel (Capt.) 19, 33
[from
Norwich]
[surname
also spelled Adarton]
Allen 95
Allen, James
slip laid in at p. 95
Allen, Jeremiah, esq. 95
Allen, Jonathan
34
Amory - see also Cutler & Amory
Amory & Greenleaf 63
[merchants,
of Boston]
Amory, Jonathan, III 94
Anderson, Andrew, & Co. – see Andrew Anderson & Co.
Anderson, James
50
Andrew Anderson & Co. 50
[of
Greenock]
Andrews, Benjamin
32
Andrews, John
50
Ansley - see
Harrison & Ansley
Ap[illegible] (Mrs) 77
Arnold, Welcome
43
[merchant,
of Providence]
Asbey, James
50
assembly subscription 10
Atkinson - see
Smith & Atkinson
Austin, Benjamin
28
[loan
officer in Massachusetts, of Bank of the United States]
Austin, Nathaniel
21
[pewterer,
of Charlestown]
Backus, Benjamin
67
[nephew,
of Norwich]
Backus, C.
47
[possibly
Christopher Backus, nephew of B. Clarke]
Backus, Christopher 81
[of
Norwich, Conn.]
Backus, Sarah
36
[probably
sister or niece of B. Clarke]
Backus, Sarah Clarke 67, 70, 81, 87-88
[mother
of Benjamin and Christopher Backus, sister of Benjamin Clarke]
Bailey – see
Bayley
Bakast, Joseph
80
Baker, Mary
64, 100
[maid
servant at Capt. Dunn’s]
Balch, Joseph
4
[sailmaker,
of Boston]
Balch, Thomas (Rev.) 11
[of
Dedham]
Bank of the United States 28, 47, 89
[in
Boston]
[also
referred to as United States Bank]
Barker, Josiah
8
[of
Nantucket]
Barnard - see Wheelwright & Barnard
Barbes, Henry
46
Barnebas Russell & Co. 68
[merchants,
in Dartmouth]
Barney, Jonathan
78
Barrett, Dorcas
62
[of
Boston; may have been a servant in Clarke family]
Barrett, John, esq., & Sons 20, 30, 47
[merchants,
of Boston]
Barrett, Phebe
66
[nurse
to sister Cutler (Mary Clarke, wife of John Cutler); of Boston]
Barry, James
95
Bartlet 1
Bartlett, Enoch
1
Bartlett, Mary
100, 106
[maid
servant]
Bass, Henry
50
Bayley, Thomas
36
Benjamin Green & Son 1, 42, 46, 54
[see also Green, Benjamin]
Bernard, John, esq. 2-3
Betsey (brig) 77, 79
Betsey (sloop) 20
Bird, Ebenezer
48
[house
wright, of Dorchester]
Black, Adnrews
50
Blackman, John
44
[of
Boston]
Blanchard, Caleb
p.A
Blanchard, Edward
83
Blewer [?], S. S.
50
Boscawen 1
Boston Exchange Office Bank 69
Bowdoin & Reed
77
Bowers, J.
97
Bowers, Phineas
65, 79
Bowers, Samuel
10
[of
Boston]
Bowes, Nicholas
25
[bookbinder,
of Boston]
Bowes, William
1, 12
Boyd, Peter (Capt.) 3
Boylston, Richard
1
Boylston, Thomas
50
Bradford, John
77
Breck & Hammatt 26
[merchants,
of Boston]
Breck, Samuel
27
[merchant,
of Boston]
Bridge, Mathew (Rev.) 60
[of
Framingham]
Bridges, Lydia
74
[of
Boston; possibly a servant to Clarke family]
Briggs, James & Thomas 79
Brimmer, Herman
88
Britania 1
Brown & Francis 85
[merchants,
of Providence, R.I.]
Brown, Daniel
65
Brown, Enoch
11
Brown, Gawen
71
[watchmaker,
of Boston]
Brown, Rogers, & Brown 49, 75, 84, 92
[merchants,
in Providence, R.I.]
[includes
Brown & Rogers]
Browne, John
22, 54-55
[of
Boston]
Bruce, Stephen
34
Buchanan, John, & Sons – see John Buchanan & Sons
Buell 3
Buell, David
1
Burgess - see also Geyer & Burgess
Burgess, Abraham
71
[merchant, of Boston]
Burgess, William
14, 71
[merchant,
of London]
Burling & Van Wyck 26, 39
[merchants,
of Baltimore]
Burn, Michael
36-37
[of
Boston]
Butler (Capt.)
1
Butler, John
1
Byfield, Nathaniel (Capt.) 1
Cabot – see
also Prince & Cabot
Cabot, Andrew
23
[merchant,
of Beverley]
Cabot, Francis, Jr. 56
[merchant,
of Salem]
Calef, James
34
Campbell, Catherine 62
[widow
of John Campbell]
Campbell, John
62, 72
[farrier,
of Boston; see also Catherine
Campbell]
Campbell, Mary
72
[widow
of Patrick Campbell]
Campbell, Patrick
72
[farrier,
of Boston; see also Mary Campbell]
Capen, Hopestill
50
Carpenter, Gardner
81
Carthwright, John
78
Cary – see
also Ripley & Cary
Cary, Edward
66
[rope
maker, of Nantucket]
Carrol, John
10
[of
Sutton]
Carry [?], Nathaniel 57
Cate [?], James
50
Caverly, Jane
75
[maid
servant with Capt. Samuel Dunn]
Ceres (brig) 17
Champlin, Chris.
77
Champion Dickason & Co. 59
Chapman, Hannah
71
[of
Boston]
Clarey, Prince
100
Clark, Jabez
54, 70, 72
[of
Windham, Conn.]
Clarke - see also Davis, Gray & Clarke
Clarke 39,
50, 101
Clarke (brother)
23
Clarke, Asahel 3
[of
Lebanon]
Clarke, Asahel, Jr. 20
[of
Lebanon]
[surname
also spelled Clark]
Clarke, Benjamin
34, 36, 42, 59, 64, 70, 74, 77, 87-88, 90, 95, 97, 99-100, 102-104, 106
[estate
records on p. 36, 87, 104]
Clarke, Christopher 67, 93, 98, 100, 106
[brother, of Boston; p. 67:
statement of Benjamin’s support of Christopher and his family; p. 98: mentions
wife]
Clarke, Ebenezer
41
[of
Needham]
Cleland, William
28, 96
Clement, Thomas
36
Cleverly - see
Green & Cleverly
Codman, Isaac
1, 18, 46
[merchant,
in Charlestown]
Codman, John
1
Coffin (Capt.)
83
Coffin, Alexander
66
[ship
master]
Coffin, Kezia
57
Coffin, Richard
(Capt.) 34, 48, 62
[of
Nantucket]
Coffin, Shubl.
41
[merchant
in Nantucket, in partnership with Chris. Starbuck]
Coffin, Timothy
57
Coffin, William, esq. 53
[apothecary,
of Boston]
Conant, William (Col.) 85
[of
Boston]
Connor - see O’Donnel & Connor
Coole Smalley & Co. 75, 92
[of
St. Petersburg]
Cookson, Samuel
31
[gunsmith,
of Boston]
Coolidge - see Fosdick & Coolidge
Coolidge, Joseph
88
Cotton, Daniel
50
Courtney, Thomas
16
[tailor,
of Boston]
Cowell (Mrs)
36
Cowell, Mary
36-37
[of
Boston]
Crosby, Daniel
15, 24
[peruke
maker, of Boston]
Cummings, Daniel
100
Curtis & May
53
[shopkeepers,
of Boston]
Curtis, Joseph
44
[of
Roxbury]
Curwen, Samuel, esq. 4
[of
Salem]
Cushing & White 3
[merchants,
of Boston]
Cushing, Jacob (Rev.) 8
[of
Waltham]
Cushing, John
93
Cutler & Amory 21, 88, 95
[merchants,
of Boston]
Cutler, Ann
18
[of
Boston]
Cutler, Benjamin Clarke 59, 69, 88, 91, 95-96, 99, 101, 106
[nephew
of account book keeper]
Cutler, James
28, 47, 88, 94-95
[B.
Clarke’s nephew; of Boston]
Cutler, John
5, 36, 79, 87, 104
Cutler, Sarah
81
[widow
of nephew Benjamin Clarke Cutler]
Cutler, Zaccheus
1, 58
[of
Amherst, New Hampshire]
Daggett, Daniel
26
[of
Rehoboth]
Dalton, James (Capt.) 13
[of
Boston]
Dana, Dexter
101
Davenport, Addington 22, 53
[peruke
maker, of Boston]
Davies, William (Capt.) 1
Davis, Aaron
44
[of
Roxbury]
Davis, Caleb (Deacon) 53
[of
Boston]
Davis, Edward (Capt.) 6, 77
Davis, Elias
26, 39
[ship
master]
Davis, Elijah
68
[of
Dorchester]
Davis, Gray & Clarke 77
[seems to be partnership of Solomon
Davis, Ellis Gray, and Benjamin Clarke]
Davis, Isaac
7, 28, 73, 79
[son
of Solomon Davis; of Boston]
Davis, Solomon (Capt.) p.A, 2-3, 6, 19, 23, 28, 77, 79
Dawes (Judge)
97
Dawes, Thomas
36
Dean, John
34, 49
Deblois, Gilbert
61
[merchant,
in Boston]
Deblois, Gilbert, Jr. 26
[in
Baltimore]
Demmett, Joseph
50
De la Lande & Fynje 83
De Serilly (M.)
77
[at
Paris]
Devens, Richard, esq. 43
[of
Boston]
Deverson, William
1
Dispatch (sloop) 20
Doane (Mrs)
59
Doane, Elisha
69, 91
[merchant,
of Boston]
[B.
Clarke’s niece Jane Cutler married a man named Elisha Doane]
Dolbeare, Benjamin, esq. 14
Dolphin (brigantine) 6, 23, 77, 79
Donald, Jr.
50
[of
Greenock]
Draper, Richard
34
Drummond, Adam
50
Duguid, William
50
Dumesnil, Anthony
60
Dunlap, Andrew
95
Dunn (Capt.)
2, 16, 94
Dunn (Mrs)
85
Dunn, S. 69
Dunn, Samuel (Capt.) 69, 87, 89, 92, 93, 95-96, 100, 104,
106-107
[Junior
or Senior not specified]
Dunn, Samuel, Jr. (Capt.) 49, 84
[of
Boston]
Dunn, Samuel, Sr. (Capt.) 17, 28
[of
Providence, R.I.]
[reference
on page 17 also mentions his wife]
Dutton 1,
35
Dutton – see
also Hubbard & Dutton
Dutton, Isham & Day 55-56
Dutton, Ebenezer
54-55
[of
East Haddam]
Dutton, Hubbard
71, 87-88, 104
[of Lebanon, Conn., married to B.
Clarke’s niece Abigail Backus, daughter of Sarah Clarke Backus]
Dutton, Timothy
54-55
[of
Colchester]
Edgerton (Capt.)
p.A
Edgerton, Benjamin
1
Edwards & Greenough 77
Elliot, Samuel
50
Ellsworth, Jonathan 34
Faneuil, Benjamin, Jr. 54
Farnum, Nancy
90
[of
Boston; B. Clarke was her guardian]
Favourite (brig) 26, 39
Fay (Capt.)
1
Fellows, Nathaniel
10
[of
Boston]
Felton, Joshua
62
[blacksmith,
of Roxbury]
Ferriter, Elizabeth 85
[maid
servant with Capt. Dunn]
Fisher, John
71
[of
Needham]
Flagg 50, 80
Flint, James
1, 32
[of
Windham]
Folger, Timothy
47, 50
Foord, Elisha
49
[of
Marshfield]
Fosdick & Coolidge 86
[merchants,
of Boston]
Fosdick, Alvan
86
Foster (Capt.)
6
Foster, Jo.
89
Foster, Joseph
69, 88, 95-96, 98-99
Foster, Thomas
22
[of
Boston]
Foster, William
29, 83, 89
[merchant,
of Boston]
[includes
William Foster & Co.]
Francis -see Brown
& Francis
Franklin, Samuel
17
[cutler,
of Boston]
Franks (Messrs)
50
[of
London]
Frazier, John (Capt.) 34
Frothingham, Benjamin 39
Gardner, James
1, 27
[truckman,
of Boston]
Geyer & Burgess 70
[merchants,
in Boston]
Geyer [father of Frederick William] 80
Geyer, Charles
80
[brother
of Frederick William Geyer]
Geyer, Frederick William 34, 48-50, 80
[merchant,
of Boston]
[married
to daughter of Duncan Ingraham]
Geyer, Martin
80
[brother
of Frederick William Geyer]
Gibbs, George
26
Gill - see
Scott & Gill
Goldthwaite, Joseph, esq. 69
[of
Boston]
Gooch, William
25
[glazier,
of Boston]
Grawle, Abigail
85
[of
Boston, possibly servant to Clarke family]
Gray – see also Davis, Gray & Clarke
Gray, Ellis
6, 23, 77
[merchant,
of Boston]
Gray, John
2
[rope
maker, of Boston]
Gray, Lewis
2, 39
[merchant,
of Boston]
Gray, Thomas
50
Green 3
Green & Cleverly 88
[of
Boston]
Green, Benjamin
3
Green, Benjamin, & Son - see Benjamin Green &
Son
Green, Jo.
1
Green, John
57
[printer,
of Boston]
Green, Nathaniel
23
[of
Boston]
Greenleaf - see also Amory & Greenleaf
Greenleaf, Thomazin 16, 100
[maidservant
at Capt. Dunn’s]
Greenleaf, William
77
Greenough - see
Edwards & Greenough
Griswold - see also Phelps, Griswold & Co.
Griswold & Hillyer 72
Hall, James
1
[ship
master]
Hall, Stephen
25
[of
Boston]
Hallowell, Robert, esq. 22, 95
Hammatt - see
Breck & Hammatt
Hammond, E.
50
Hannah [schooner] 3
Harlow, Ebenezer
3
[ship
master]
Harris, Daniel
50
Harris, Jeremiah (Capt.) 35, 55-56
Harrison & Ansley 59, 94
[in
London]
Harrison & Co.
59
[may
have been in London]
Hartshorne, Oliver
90, 102
[of Boston]
Harvard College
82
Hatch, Davis (Capt.) 20
Hatch, Paul
1-2, 32, 50
Hatch, William (Capt.) 35
Hauteval, Lewis
56
Hayden, John Webb
9, 52
[of
Boston; seems to have worked for Clarke 1772-1775]
Haynes, Israel
11
[of
Sudbury]
Hays, Moses M.
95
Hazell & Jarvis 1
Henshaw, Joshua, esq. 30
[of
Boston]
Hero 66, 83, 89
Hewes & Mackay
103
Hewes, Daniel
95
Higgins, Christian (Capt.) 2, 32-33, 35, 47, 54-55
Higgins, Silvanus
1
Higginson - see also Jackson & Higginson
Higginson, Henry
61
[merchant,
of Boston]
Hill, Henry
69, 82, 95
[distiller,
of Boston]
Hill, Samuel Webb
64
Hillyard, Pettibone & Co. 46
[also
spelled Hillyer; see also Phelps,
Pettibone & Hillyer]
Hillyer - see also Griswold & Hillyer
Hillyer, Pliny
55
Hitchins, Mary
51
[of
Boston; she seems to have been a servant to the Clarke family]
Hodshon, John
6, 34, 49-50, 59, 66
[merchant,
in Amsterdam]
[also
John Hodshon & Son]
Hodson, Thomas
78
Holbrook, Jirah
36, 64
[of
Boston]
[surname
also spelled Holebrook; first name also spelled Jireh]
Holbrook, Samuel
14
[schoolmaster]
Holland, John
34
Holman, Charles
106
Homer – see
also Kneeland & Homer
Homer, Jacob
26
[bricklayer,
of Boston]
Hope (bark) 56
Hopkinson, F.
47
Houghton, Israel
46
How, Edward
23, 77
[rope
maker, of Boston]
Howard, Samuel (Capt.) 25
Hubbard & Dutton 2, 32-33, 35, 47
[of
East Haddam]
[see
also the individual Hubbard Dutton, who lived in Lebanon, Conn.]
Hubbard & Green 56
Hubbard, Daniel & William 3, 27
[merchants,
of Boston]
Hunt, John
28, 46, 74
[brazier,
of Boston]
Hunt, Shrimpton
74
[of
Boston]
Huntington, Ebenezer, esq. 11
[of
Norwich]
Huntington, Jedediah p.A, 19, 35, 56
[of
Norwich]
Hussey, Joseph
8, 58
[of
Boston]
Hyde, David
50
Inches [?], Henderson 77
Ingraham, Duncan (Capt.) 30, 34, 50
[of
Concord]
[his
daughter Susannah married Frederick William Geyer]
Ingraham, N.
97
Jackson & Higginson 41
[merchants,
in Boston]
Jackson, Charles
96
Jackson, Joseph
3, 19
Jacobson, Howard
1
[ship
master]
James & Shoemaker 68
Jarvis – see
also Hazell & Jarvis
Jarvis & Russell 6
Jarvis, James
89
Jenkins, Thomas
48, 78
Johann [?], Andrew
2
John 46
John 100
John Buchanan & Sons 50
[merchants,
in Greenock]
Johnson 101
Johnson, Eleazer (Capt.) 60
[of
Boston]
Johnson, Josiah
73
[of
Buckland]
Jones & Peirce
60, 91
Jones [?], Ichabod
55
Jones, Robert, esq. 30
[merchant,
in London]
Jones, Sally
29
[of
Boston; she seems to have been a servant to the Clarke family]
Jones, William
13, 28, 95-96, 99
[merchant,
of Providence]
Joseph Rotch & Sons 20, 33
Joy, John
41
[house
wright, of Boston]
Kingman, David
46, 58
[of
Bridgewater]
Knap [?] (Capt.)
59
Kneeland & Homer 36
Knutton, William
36, 38
[soap
boiler, of Boston]
Lamb, James
77
Lambert (Capt.)
59
Lawrence, George (Capt.) 57-58
[of
Nantucket]
Leonard, Benjamin
50
Leonard, Zebulon
36
Lewis, Jonathan Clarke 2, 29, 46, 66
[of
Groton and Rutland]
Lloyd, Henry, esq.
45, 50
[of
Boston]
Lock & Wilders 1
Long, John
101
Lopez, Aaron
77
Lord 35
Loreing, Israel
29
[house
wright]
[surname
is perhaps Loring]
Loring (Capt.)
79
Loring, C.
50
Loveland, Solomon (Capt.) 56
Low, James
50
Lowell, John, Jr., esq. 95
Mackay - see also Prince & Mackay (which includes Mackay, Prince & Mackay)
Mackay, Mungo
65, 94, 101
[merchant,
of Boston]
[includes
Mungo Mackay & Co.]
Mackay, William
50
Marquand, Joseph
12
[merchant,
of Newburyport]
Marshall, William
72
[shop
keeper, of Boston]
Marston, John
96
Mason 75
Mason, Jonathan
36, 43, 53, 87, 92, 95, 104
[not
specified as to whether Junior or Senior]
Mason, Jonathan, Jr. , esq. 28, 88, 95
Mason, Jonathan, Sr. 11
Mason, Miriam
53, 87
[deceased;
wife of Jonathan Mason, sister of Benjamin Clarke]
Massachusetts Bank
59, 88, 95, slip laid in at p. 95, 96, 107
May - see also Curtis & May
May, John & Joseph 73
[shop
keepers, in Boston]
Maylem, Edward
11
[mason,
of Boston]
Mayo, Joseph, esq.
57
[of
Roxbury]
McGaw, Jacob
1
McNeill, Archibald
39
[of
Boston]
McNeill, William
50, 78
[rope
maker, of Boston]
[also
William McNeill & Son]
Merrick, Tilly
77
Migner, John
36, 68
[of
Boston]
Miliker, John
46
Miller, William
18
[house
wright, of Boston]
Mollineux, William
6
[of
Boston]
Moore, Hugh
34
Morton, Ichabod Capt.) 3
Mulliken 1
Nancy (sloop) 34, 48
Neef, Michael
80
[farrier,
of Boston]
[surname
is perhaps Neff]
Neptune 1
Nesbitt, Arnold
50
Newell, Aaron
50
Newell, Daniel
2
[of
Dudley]
Newell, John
50
Newell, Timothy
50
Nicholson, Thomas (Capt.) 17
Nolen, Thomas
34
Norton, John, III
34
Obed 100
O’Donnel & Connor 36, 72
[soap
boilers, of Boston]
Oliver, Eb.
77
Otis & Thaxter 53, 96, 107
[house
wrights, of Boston]
Paoli 1
Parker, Ann
69, 96
Parker, Samuel
88
Parker, Thomas, Jr. 27
[of
Boston]
Parkman, Breek
45
[of
Westborough]
Parkman, Samuel
69
Parmerle, Benjamin
1
Patty (sloop) 55-56
Peirce, David
13
[of
Gloucester, Cape Ann]
Peirce, Edward
62
[house
wright, of Dorchester]
Peirce, Moses
19
[from
Norwich]
Peirce, Nicholas, Jr. 21, 96
[mason,
of Boston]
Perkins, Henry
11
[chair
maker, of Boston]
Pettibone 3
Pettibone - see also Hillyard, Pettibone & Co.
and also Phelps, Pettibone &
Hillyer
Pettibone, Ozias
2-3, 19-20, 32, 35, 46, 54
[of
Simsbury, Conn.]
Phelps 3
Phelps, Pettibone & Hillyer 55
Phelps, Elisha
19-20, 32, 46, 54, 72
[of
Simsbury, Conn.]
Phelps, Griswold & Co. 46
Phillips 1
Phillips, Benjamin 1
Phillips, Isaac (Capt.) 70
[rope
maker, of Boston]
Phillips, William
44
[shopkeeper,
of Boston]
Phillips, William, Jr. p.A, 84, 88
[merchant,
of Boston]
Piemont, Jean
15
[peruke
maker, of Boston]
Pope 50
Pope, Edward
50
Pope, Samuel
47
[blacksmith,
of Boston]
Porter, james
1
powder house
1, 46
Prentice, Amos
46
Prescott, Oliver (Dr.) 15
[of
Groton]
Price, Aaron
46
Prince & Cabot
43
[merchants,
of Boston]
Prince & Mackay 91-92, 96, 103
[merchants,
in Boston]
[includes
Mackay, Prince & Mackay]
Prince & Pattin 78
Prince (Capt.)
47
Prince (Mrs)
63, 93, 97
Prince, Elizabeth (Mrs) 69, 92, 94, 101, 106
[niece
of B.Clarke; widow of Capt. Job Prince]
Prince, Job
93, 95, 97, 100, 102
[neither
Junior nor captain specified; estate records on p. 97, 102]
Prince, Job (Capt.)
69, 78, 83, 94, 105
[estate
records on p. 105]
Prince, Job, Jr.
47, 89
[merchant,
of Boston]
Prince, Rebecca
89
[niece of B. Clarke; Rebecca Cutler
Prince was the daughter of Mary Clarke and John Cutler, and wife of Thomas
Prince]
Prince,
Samuel 97, 101
Prince, Sarah
Dunn 101
Prince, Thomas (Capt.) 2
[of
Boston]
Prince, Thomas I.
92, 96
Procter (Miss)
34
Procter, John
29
[shop
keeper, of Boston]
Putnam, Nathan
23
[of
Sutton]
Quincy (Mrs)
82
[mother
of Samuel Quincy, Jr.]
Quincy, Josiah, esq. 82
[of
Braintree; this is the Josiah Quincy who lived 1710-1784]
Quincy, Samuel, Jr. 82
[student
at Harvard; grandson of Josiah Quincy]
Rallion, Augustin
71
[hairdresser,
of Boston]
Ramsden, Samuel
49
Rathbun, John
46
Rea, Uriel
68, 80
[merchant,
of Dartmouth]
Read – see
also Reed
Read 16
Read, Thomas, Jr.
1
Reed – see
also Read
Reed - see
Bowdoin & Reed
Reed, Abraham
50
Reed, John
31
[of
Boston]
Reiley, Luke
62
[farrier,
of Boston]
Remington, William
18
Rice, John
36
[does
iron work]
Rice, Robert
1
Richards (Capt.)
1, 20
Richards, James
20
[ship
master]
Richardson, Jeffrey 69
[rope
maker, of Boston]
Richardson, Josiah
10
[of
Sudbury]
Ripley & Cary
33
[of
Windham]
Ripley, John
1
Robbins, Robert (Capt.) 36, 64
Roberts, C. A.
49
Rockwell (Capt.)
1
Rogers – see
also Brown, Rogers, & Brown
Rogers 101
Rogers, Daniel
46
Rogers, Jeremiah
48
[ship
master]
Rogers, Mary
80
[surname
possibly Rogen]
Rose, Peter
50
Ross & Mill
50
[of
London]
Rotch, Joseph & Son - see Joseph
Rotch & Son
Rotch, William
59, 78, 80
Row, Joseph (Capt.) 1
Ruggles, John
13
[house
wright, of Boston]
Ruggles, Robert
34, 50
Russell - see also Jarvis & Russell
Russell, Barnebas, & Co. - see
Barnebas Russell & Co.
Russell, Edward
1
Russell, Jeffrey
88
Russell, Jo.
26
Russell, Joseph
56
Russell, Thomas
50
Sampson, Cornelius
50
Sargent 63
Sargent, Daniel
86
[merchant,
of Boston]
Savage (Mrs)
96, 99
Scollay, William, esq. 95
Scott & Gill
25
[of
Boston]
Searle, George
77
Sears, Richard
50
Selkrig, James & Robert 29
[merchants,
of Boston]
Shuing [?], James
16
[baker,
of Boston]
Sibley, Nathaniel
51
[of
Sutton]
Sigourney, Elisha
75
[of
Boston]
Sigourney, Peter
29
[founder,
of Boston]
Skinner, John
5, 65
[pewterer,
of Boston]
Sleight, Mathew (Capt.) 50, 80
Smalley – see Coole
Smalley & Co.
Smith (Capt.)
4
Smith & Atkinson 54-56, 68
[merchants,
of Boston]
Snelling, Jonathan
34
Soames, Nehemiah (Capt.) 14
[merchant,
of Boston]
Southack, Francis
27
Sparrow, James
1
Spear, David
6
Spear, Josh.
6
Spooner, George
35
[merchant,
of Boston]
Spooner, William
8
[of
Dorchester]
Sprague, John, esq. 97
Stanwood, Joseph
12
[of
Newburyport]
Starbuck, Chris.
41
[merchant
in Nantucket, in partnership with Shubl. Coffin]
Stoddard, Sampson
1
Stow, Edward
77
[rope
maker, of Boston]
Sturgis, R.
83
Sturgis, Russell
74
[hat
maker, of Boston]
Sullivan, Daniel
80
Sumner, E.
97
Sumners, Seth (Capt.) 68
Symmes, Thomas
1, 19-20, 32-33
Taber, Stephen
50
Tate, John
68
Taylor, William
8
[merchant,
of Boston]
Thayer - see also Tucker & Thayer
Thayer, Gideon
44
[tallow
chandler, of Boston]
Thayer, Nathaniel & Fra. 13
Thayer, Ziphion
24, 33
[upholsterer,
of Boston]
Thaxter - see
Otis & Thaxter
Thomas 1
Thomas. E. & I. 81
Tidmarsh, Giles
30
Tiley, Samuel (Capt.) 20, 46, 54-55
Tilley, William
26
[rope
maker, of Newport, R.I.]
Timmins, John
66
[merchant,
of Boston]
Tinker 35
Todd, William
4
[merchant,
of Boston]
Tracy, John
77
Trumbull, David
70, 72, 104
[of
Lebanon, Conn.; heir to Sarah Clarke Backus, sister of B. Clarke]
Trumbull, Jonathan 1, 46, 71
[of
Lebanon, Conn.]
[Trumbull,] Sarah
70
[daughter
of David Trumbull]
Tuckeman, Abraham
31
Tucker & Thayer 101
Tucker, Thomas Tudor 28
[treasurer
of the United States]
Tucker, Joseph
24
[administrator]
Tudor, William
50
Tufts, Cotton (Dr.) 69
[of
Weymouth]
Turner, William
10, 101
[of
Boston]
Union Bank in Boston 92
Van de Honsell, John 49
Van Wyck - see Burling & Van Wyck
Vernon, Fortesque (Capt.) 56, 66
[merchant,
in Boston]
Waldo, Daniel
1, 40
[merchant,
of Boston]
Walker 1
Walker, Bezaliel
36
Walker, Timothy
1, 46
Walley, T. [?]
34
Wallis, Samuel
1, 31, 46
[of
Boston]
Ward, Jonathan
1
Washburn (Capt.)
56
Welch, John
77
Weld, Aaron
51
[of
Stourbridge]
Welles, Samuel, esq. (the Honorable) 57
[deceased,
of Boston]
Wendell & Co.
78
Wendell (Judge)
90
Wendell, Oliver
7
[merchant,
of Boston]
Westmoreland 1
Wheat, S. 1
Wheat, Samuel C.
1, 3, 55-56
[of
Norwich]
Wheatley, Nathaniel 32-33
Wheeler, Josiah
[house
wright, of Boston]
Wheelwright & Barnard 25, 54, 78
[coopers,
of Boston]
White - see also Cushing & White
White, Charles
50
White, John (Capt.)
46
[from
London]
White, Timothy
7
[stationer,
of Boston]
Whitman, Davis
101
Whitworth, Richard
71, 80
Wier, Robert
23
Wiglesworth, Edward (Col.) 58
[of
Newburyport]
[surname
should probably be Wigglesworth]
Wilders - see
Lock & Wilders
William 46
William McNeill & Son – see McNeill, William
Williams, Israel
55
Williams, John Foster 34
Williams, T.
99
Williams, William
1, 19, 71
[of
Lebanon, Conn.]
Wing, Nancy
51
[she
seems to have been a servant to the Clarke family]
Winslow, Benjamin
48
[shopkeeper,
of Boston]
Winslow, Isaac, esq. 90
[deceased]
Winslow, J.
55
Winslow, John
p.A, 55, 63, 76
[of
Boston]
Winslow, Joshua
54
Winslow, Nicholas
32
[tailor,
of Boston]
Woodbridge, William 93
[schoolmaster,
of Medford]