The New England historical and genealogical register . Ue?^yW. D<\ GOSTHEY(?) j KeSlslers Boston, June 7.—On the 26 past died here and on Monday last wasHonorably interred Mr. Jonathan Waldo, in the 63 year of his age, whosometime since was one of the most considerable shopkeepers in thisPlace ; but did of late retire to a more private life. He was always justlyaccounted a Man of Integrity, a fair dealer, and a liberal benefactor tothe Poor; and hath left large Donations to Pious Uses.—Boston May 1731. Last Friday [7 Augt. 1741] died Mrs. Lucy Waldo, Consort of Waldo, merc
The New England historical and genealogical register . Ue?^yW. D<\ GOSTHEY(?) j KeSlslers Boston, June 7.—On the 26 past died here and on Monday last wasHonorably interred Mr. Jonathan Waldo, in the 63 year of his age, whosometime since was one of the most considerable shopkeepers in thisPlace ; but did of late retire to a more private life. He was always justlyaccounted a Man of Integrity, a fair dealer, and a liberal benefactor tothe Poor; and hath left large Donations to Pious Uses.—Boston May 1731. Last Friday [7 Augt. 1741] died Mrs. Lucy Waldo, Consort of Waldo, merchant.—Bost. Eving Post, 10 Augt. 1741 A ser. preached at her funeral by Chas. Chauncy was printed, sameyear (1741) from which nothing can be learned, only that she was in the38th yr. of her age.— Pedigree of the Adams Family. 39 OF THE ADAMS FAMILY, ORIGINALLY LO-CATED AT BRAINTREE, MASS. [The following very ancient pedigree of the Adamsfamily has heen furnished by William DowningBruce, Esq., F. S A., and Cor. Mem. of N. E. H. , of the Middle Temple, London. His letter ac-companying it, addressed to J. W. Thornton, Esq., isas follows :— No. 9 Victoria Square, London, Nov. 1st,1851. Dear Sir.—I have found, what I consider ofgreat interest to every American, the genealogy ofJohn Adams, the second President of the United is copied from an ancient parchment roll with arms,& the times of Charles I., which I discovered amono-the papers of the late Edward Hamlin Adams, Esq.,M. P. for the county of Carmaithen, and it is now in thepossession of his son Edward Adams, Esq., of Middle-ton Hall, in the said county. Mr. Adams is a gentlemanof great wealth and consequence in this county, and takes a great interestin genealogy. Mr. Bruce is himself maternally descen
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