Memoirs of the Marstons of Salem With a Brief Genealogy of Some of Their Desce
Memoirs of the Marstons of Salem With a Brief Genealogy of Some of Their Desce
John L John Lee Watson
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After that he was regarded with suspi- cion, and " sometimes harshly treated by the most noisy and turbulent among them. " In the year 1775, his "house was visited by a Marblehead committee, who, without any legal authority, entered his doors, broke open his desks, embezzled his money and notes, and carried off his books and accounts. " He made his escape from the town with difficulty, and probably remained for some time concealed among his friends in the neighborhood of Boston. A letter from "...the Hon*'. W". Brown, in Boston, to Judge Sam' Curwen, " a brother-loyalist, dated Jan. 8, 1776, contains the follow- ing •* — " About 2 months ago, "— that is, in the early part of November, 1775, — " Mr. Marston of Marblehead came here, by night, from Col. Fowle's 1 He was chosen " moderator of town meetings, " twice in 1771; and three times in 1773 ; and " selectman " in all those years. — Town-Records- 2 Essex CO. Deeds. 3 Felt's Annals, vol. Ii. P. 551. * Curwen's Journal. 24 farm.
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