. History of Worcester and its people . 855, and married at West Boylston, December 24, 1876. EmmaRoxanna Rollins, who was born in West Boylston, January 30, i860, a daugliter ofCharles B. and Emily R. (Martin) Rollins, of Topsham, Vermont. Emily Caroline,their daughter, was born October 15, 1885. Charles May, grandfather of John Cliarlcs May. was born March 19. 1788, diedMarch 21. 1856. Early in life he developed a liking for the sea and studied navigationand for a number of years was a mariner. Afterward he taught navigation in Boston,making one more cruise to the Pacific Ocean, as chaplain
. History of Worcester and its people . 855, and married at West Boylston, December 24, 1876. EmmaRoxanna Rollins, who was born in West Boylston, January 30, i860, a daugliter ofCharles B. and Emily R. (Martin) Rollins, of Topsham, Vermont. Emily Caroline,their daughter, was born October 15, 1885. Charles May, grandfather of John Cliarlcs May. was born March 19. 1788, diedMarch 21. 1856. Early in life he developed a liking for the sea and studied navigationand for a number of years was a mariner. Afterward he taught navigation in Boston,making one more cruise to the Pacific Ocean, as chaplain and naval instructor in theUnited States Navy, in which his intelligence, his skill as a mariner and his finepersonality made him a popular officer. After teaching for some years in Alabama,he returned to Massachusetts. He married late in life, February 11. 1845, Caroline M,Gore, who was born .August 8. 1817, and died in 1905. Abigail May, sister of CharlesMay, married Amos Bronson .Mcott, and their daughter. Louisa May Alcott, was the. ^^I!Pvl^-£*--^3^;>,<:^::?ic^^ ^ AND ITS PEOPLli 307 author of Little Women and other famous books; another daughter. Abby MayAlcott, was a painter and sculptor, and produced several busts and pictures of greatmerit. Children of Charles and Caroline M. May: Eliza Dorothy, born December25, 1846, died September 4. 1851 ; Catharine Dodge, born February 17. 1849; AnnieBancroft, born .August n. 1852. died August 21. 1853; Joseph Sewall, mentioned above. Joseph May, father of Charles May. was born March 25, 1760, and died February27, 1841 ; married Dorothv Small, who was born December 23. 1758, died October , daughter of Deacon Samuel Sewall and descendant of Rev. Dr. Sewall and ofChief Justice Sewall. Colonel Joseph May was a prominent citizen of Boston, one ofthe founders of the Massachusetts General Hospital. A brief memoir of him, writ-ten by Samuel May, of Leicester, was published in the New England Historical andGenealogical Registe
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