The Giles memorial. Genealogical memoirs of the families bearing the names of Giles, Gould, Holmes, Jennison, Leonard, Lindall, Curwen, Marshall, Robinson, Sampson, and Webb; also genealogical (14785517953)

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Title: The Giles memorial. Genealogical memoirs of the families bearing the names of Giles, Gould, Holmes, Jennison, Leonard, Lindall, Curwen, Marshall, Robinson, Sampson, and Webb; also genealogical sketches of the Pool, Very, Tarr and other families, with a history of Pemaquid, ancient and modern; some account of early settlements in Maine; and some details of Indian warfare
Year: 1864 (1860s)
Authors: Vinton, John Adams, 1801-1877
Subjects: Giles, Edward, fl. 1633 Gould, John, 1610?-1690 Holmes, William, 1592?-1678 Jennison, Robert, d. 1690 Leonard, John, d. 1676 Lindall, James, d. 1652 Corwin, George, 1610-1684 or 5 Marshall, John, d. 1672 Robinson, John, 1575?-1625 Samson, Henry, 1603 or 4-1684 Webb, Christopher, fl. 1645 Gyles, Thomas, d. 1673?
Publisher: Boston, Printed for the author, by H. W. Dutton & son
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library



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s style; many things are introduced which have nonecessary connection with the narrative ; but the story is told with apparent sincer-ity and truthfulness, and its substantial verity is not doubted. I have also had constantly before my eye, while penning the following sketch, thevolume entitled The Female Review, or Memoirs of an American Young Lady,compiled by Herman Mann, and printed for him at Dedham, in 1797. Not much,in fact, not anything, can he said in favor of this volume, considered as a composi-tion ; the style being intolerably flashy, pompous and affected. It is called by hisson a crude and very imperfect sketch/ and so it is. There are errors, both infact and sentiment. My friend, Rev. Stillman Pratt of Middleborough, became interested in the story,and had collected some materials towards a memoir of this remarkable woman,when his life was suddenly cut short, Sept. 1, 1862. These materials remain iu thehands of his sons, who expect to use them for the purpose he intended.
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797-;^ ■r^- P r e - -f r. f:.r^N THE SAMPSON FAMILY. 431 feeding pigs and poultry; a desire to see the world; and, last but notleast, patriotism. She sympathized strongly with the struggle for liber-ty, and had with deep emotion listened, from a hill near her residence,to the boom of cannon on the day of Bunker Hill. The suit of mascu-line apparel in which she left the house of Dea. Thomas, was spun andwoven by her own hands. The spinning-wheel and loom were thenfound in every farmers family; and all the clothes needed for the attireof the household Avas produced within doors. Deborah employed atailor to make up the suit, pretending that it was for a young man, arelative of hers, who was about to leave home, for the army. In April, 1784^ she left home secretly, and in the night; wandered i^^ 7^-^through Taunton, Rochester, and New Bedford—where she made a partial engagement with the captain of a privateer to enlist on board ofhis vessel, but abandoned the design on being informed