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Genealogies of the Stranahan, Josselyn, Fitch and Dow Families in North America
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THOMAS6 (son of Charles5) married (1) Sarah Tew, at Dighton, Mass., September 22, 1748, by whom he had a son, CHARLES, who died young. She also died, leaving no children. He married (2) Sarah Eddy, October 28, 1762, at Freetown, Mass.(*) She died 1766. He then married (3) in 1767 Martha Eddy, in Freetown, Mass., and the same year removed to Cumberland, R. I. During the interim between his first and second marriage he followed the sea, under his brother-in-law, John Strange, and became remarkably well versed in navigation. He was fond of reading, rich in anecdote, and a village oracle in all matters relating to natural phenomena, and in religion was attached to the Society of Friends. Nature gave him an elegant person, and his numerous children and friends ever cherished his memory. He removed, in 1768, to Sterling, Conn., thence, in 1793, to Butternuts, Otsego County, N. Y., where he died March, 1813, aged 83 years. His wife Martha died February, 1812. Children (by second wife, all born at Freetown, Mass.)--SARAH, born July 28, 1763, married (???) Spalding, and died leaving no issue; ABIGAIL7, born January 24, 1765; (by third wife, and born at Cumberland, R. I.) DOROTHY,8 born December 9, 1768; MARTHA,9 born February 10, 1770; JOHANNA,10 born October 26, 1771; RHODA,11 born October 13, 1773, (at Sterling, Conn., as were the remainder of the family;) THOMAS,12 born June 1, 1775; BETHANA,13 born February 10, 1777; CHARLES,14 born August 26, 1780; LYNDA,15 born October 30, 1782; LOVED,16 born December 18, 1788.
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