Dec. 4: John Merrill came ehre and says htat WIlliam Duty, who resided on our place, was a very courageeous man. HE was in the Bunker Hill fight and stood closet by Maj. McClary of Chichester when a four pound ball struck him in the back and killed him. William Duty had a sister Eunice, who could take up a barrel of cider and drink out of the bung -- also a sister who was the wife of William Rowell of Salem; children: Washington, James, Moses Duty, Polly (who married Alfred Snell), Levina (who is widow of Jona Rowell) and William (who married a Merrill and ahd children)" (ALfred Poore, "A Genealogical Historical Visitation of Groveland, Mass., in the yaer 1863,: Historical Collections of the Essex Institute 55 (1919); 241. See note 125 for Marey Duty's birthdate and backgournd on her father;s will, which names daughters Eunice and Hannah Duty. The town record of Salem, New Hampshire, records the marriage f William Rowell and Hannah Duty, June 6, 1775 (State copy, 2:627). Marriages of children of Levina and WIlliam are also verified in the Salem, New Hampshire, town record (ibd, 5:415, 4 71).
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1903 PO Directory Address 163 Warry St Spring Hill