A history of the Moulton family : a record of the descendents of James Moulton of Salem and Wenham Massachusetts, from 1629 to 1905 . nham Library and among the librarybooks, he enjoyed Addison, Swift and Sterns best. He could read French readily and had some know-ledge of Spanish and Portugees. He excelled infigures. Aunt Grant said; when he lived in IsaacWoodberrys house (R. N. Lees) he taught a privateschool in Lower Beverly to instruct young men inarithmetic, geometry, navigation and chosen a member of the board of selectmenand assessors in Wenham, he usually did all the fig
A history of the Moulton family : a record of the descendents of James Moulton of Salem and Wenham Massachusetts, from 1629 to 1905 . nham Library and among the librarybooks, he enjoyed Addison, Swift and Sterns best. He could read French readily and had some know-ledge of Spanish and Portugees. He excelled infigures. Aunt Grant said; when he lived in IsaacWoodberrys house (R. N. Lees) he taught a privateschool in Lower Beverly to instruct young men inarithmetic, geometry, navigation and chosen a member of the board of selectmenand assessors in Wenham, he usually did all the figur-ing and when not chosen he usually made the taxesfor those that were.—Mary Mouiton. Isaac Babsonsaid; I never knew anybody that could rekon in hishead as quickly as Cousin John, their grandmotherswere sisters, he didnt have to rekon he could guessnear enough. Once he came into the brickyard whereI was at work and Uncle Francis asked him to guesshow many bricks there were in the kiln, he walked tothe end of the kiln, stood a moment, and Ill be darnedif he didnt guess the number to a brick. He was —15— THE MOULTON FAMILY. a Federalist in politics and in religion, though nomin-aly orthodox, his views were liberal.—Anna Potter. He used tobacco freely but in eating-and drinking-he was very temperate.—Mary Moulton. In his younger days he was very quick tempered,but in after life he so far overcame this fault, that it wasconsidered almost impossible to provoke him to anger.—Hannah Moulton, his brothers widow. I sailed with Captain Moulton two voyages ascook and he was the best man that I ever sailed couldnt have treated me any better if I had beena white man.—Robert Arnold, of Beverly, a neg-ro. William S. Moulton, son of Captain John Moul-ton, was born October 13, 1796. Married MaryAnn Porter, daughter, of Colonel Paul Porter, ofWenham, August 13, 18 19. Died February. Ann Porter, born January, 1799, Died April, 1880. AJ V v; ? v.\ Children: William
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