The Gladding book: being an historical record and genealogical chart of the Gladdding family, with accounts of the family reunions of 1890 and 1900, at Bristol, RI., the Gladdings' American ancestral home . -*—*?-»* WT: ftii i< mmimmii in John, son of John and Martha, was born in Bristol,R. I,, June 30, 1717. He was twice married, tirst,Sept. 25, 1738, to Mary Drown. To them wereborn five sons and three daughters. In his manu-script he says, Apr. 14, 1759, my first wife died,aged 40 years. 1759, Sept. 6, I was married a second time, to Han-nah Short. It is said of the Gladdings that they ar
The Gladding book: being an historical record and genealogical chart of the Gladdding family, with accounts of the family reunions of 1890 and 1900, at Bristol, RI., the Gladdings' American ancestral home . -*—*?-»* WT: ftii i< mmimmii in John, son of John and Martha, was born in Bristol,R. I,, June 30, 1717. He was twice married, tirst,Sept. 25, 1738, to Mary Drown. To them wereborn five sons and three daughters. In his manu-script he says, Apr. 14, 1759, my first wife died,aged 40 years. 1759, Sept. 6, I was married a second time, to Han-nah Short. It is said of the Gladdings that they are clever at almost anytrade—a kind of Jack at all trades. So it seems to have been withthis woith} ancestor: he was master and owner of a sloop or packet,also a shoemaker. In the winter months this busy man, with hisboys, mans the cobblers bench, and in lieu of sails—jib-sheet, main-sheet,—the halyards and helm, handled the hidss of the calf and thegoat, the wax and the thread. With their patterns on the leatherthey laid out their course. They hoisted no sails : with crimping andbinding and the aid of last fine boots and shoes they brought intoport, and instead of splicing a rope, or mend
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