Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Col. Nathaniel MESERVE | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - son of Clement MESERVE and Elizabeth JONES after 1749 married(2) Mary ODIORNE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Col. Nathaniel Meserve, a shipwright by profession, was a man of fine mechanical genius, attained to eminence in his profession, and acquired a handsome fortune. In 1749 he was commissioned by the British Government to build a ship-of-war at Portsmouth, which, when built, was named "The America." He also rendered essential service to the government at the siege of Louisburg, in 1745. In the military line he was highly respected. In 1746 Fort Edward was intrusted to his care, and he also commanded the New Hampshire regiment which was raised for the Crown Point expedition, and gained much honor in the public service. In 1758 he embarked with over one hundred mechanics on a second expedition against Louisburg, but, on the breaking out of the small-pox among them, he and his eldest son died. His moral and social character was without a blemish, and his death was a public loss. He willed property to his wife Mary, and she was to bring up his first wife's children that were under age. Before he left for Louisburg, tradition says that his last words to his wife were, "Don't break by will." She brokeit, however, and the story is, that his apparition harshly upbraided her in the entry of her place of residence. She died the next year. By his first wife, Jane Libby, who died in 1747, he had ten children: Nathaniel, George, John, Hanson, Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth, Esther, Jane, Anne. [page 32, "Genealogy of the Odiorne Family" by James Creighton Odiorne] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Notes for Sarah LIBBY | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sarah in Newington 16 Dec. 1725 Col. Nathaniel Meserve [ref 22] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sarah, b. 10 June 1705; died before 1751, leaving children. [ref 25:37] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - burial: The Point of Graves Cemetery, Portsmouth - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Last Modified 14 Jun 2004 | Created 4 Jan 2005 |