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ment of Church. He died in 1717. The name appears, 

 thus far, to have been as prominent in the civil history of 

 that period, as it has been in the elegant literature of the 

 present. 



Joseph Hathorne, the next in descent, married, June 

 30, 1715, Sarah, daughter of William Bowditch, and 

 a sister of Ebenezer, the grandfather of Hon. Nathaniel 

 Bowditch, the eminent mathematician. He was occupied 

 principally with the quiet and retiring duties of the farm, 

 and did not take that leading part in publick affairs which 

 his father and grandfather had been called upon to assume. 



He died in 1762, having had among other children, 

 Daniel, who, during the period of the Revolution, was in 

 command of several Privateers, and noted for his courage 

 and bravery ; died April 18, 1796, at the age of 65. His 

 contemporaries speak of him in high terms of commenda- 

 tion, and his funeral was attended with that respect which 

 real worth ensures. No descendants are now living in 

 Salem who bear his name. The eldest son died young: 

 the second, Daniel, died at sea, unmarried, in 1805, a 

 master-mariner; the third, Nathaniel, was the father of 

 the subject of this notice. The eldest daughter, Rachel, 

 married Simon Forrester, one of the Pioneers in the East 

 India trade, who died in 1817, leaving a large fortune, 

 the results of his successful commercial enterprises. 



Nathaniel Hathorne, son of the preceding, born in 

 1776, married Elizabeth Clarke Manning, daughter of 

 Richard Maiming, and sister of Robert, the distinguished 

 pomologist of Salem. Mr. Hathorne, after his marriage, 

 continued to reside in the family mansion, now numbered 

 21 Union street, and in the northwest chamber of this 

 house, Nathaniel, the author, was born, July 4, 1804. 

 This house was built about two hundred years since by 

 Benjamin Pickman, some additions and alterations having 



