History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . o the deserving and comfort to theafflicted. He pursued business as though the gainstherefrom were not for his use alone, and he distrib-uted them as a trust for the good of others. The lawof rectitude was in his heart, and the balances ofe(|uity in his band. In his family and personal relations he was agree-able and happy, kind and atfectionate; but from hisfamily and those in his employ, whom he had theright to control, he demanded obedience to the rulesof the best society and the h
History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . o the deserving and comfort to theafflicted. He pursued business as though the gainstherefrom were not for his use alone, and he distrib-uted them as a trust for the good of others. The lawof rectitude was in his heart, and the balances ofe(|uity in his band. In his family and personal relations he was agree-able and happy, kind and atfectionate; but from hisfamily and those in his employ, whom he had theright to control, he demanded obedience to the rulesof the best society and the highest morals. He wasijuict, placid, thoughtful and at times serious ; butever he maintained the most absolute confidence inGod and cherished a fraternal love for man. Hisfolded hands, when they were not in use, was indica-tive of his su|)reme tranquility. He had reached apeace that nothing disturbed and lioi)C that nothingdimmed. He was a model husband, a loving father,a firm friend and an homired citizen. Moses Brown twice married,--first, to Mary Hall,who died in 1778, leaving no children ; and second,. ^JCThm, )h,-m • »•« ,rxn •/l!J;\Mm HALE. UD. NEW BURY PORT. 1811 Mary White, of Haverliill. wlm hold a large propertyill her own ritrht. Sho was a lady of rare cultivation,esteemed for the sweetness of her temper, her moralserenity, her kindness to all persons and her devoutspirit. Seldom are a couple so much alike. She washis mentor, discreet in her counsels ; and he, to herdeath, was her admirer and lover. Years increasedtheir attachment and old a<re brought them into one-ness. Her death was to him an incurable bore him two children,—a son who died in in-fancy and a daughter, his sole heir, who, later on, be-came the wife of Hon. William B. Bannister, a lawyerof good repute. Mrs. Bannister died, also leaving adaughter, who, as the inheritor of the estates of hergrandfather and grandmother, the greatest heiressthen living in the county of Ess
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