182 THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 



About 1652, Samuel moved to Southold, L. I., married 

 Abigail Ludlam, daughter of William Ludlam, senior, of 

 South Hampton, L. I., and died Nov. 29, 1721. He was 

 buried in the old churchyard at Orient, L. I. His wife died 

 May 17, 1716. Many descendants have settled in that 

 vicinity, and on the banks of the Hudson. Two of the 

 brothers, William and John, were married and remained 

 in Salem. 



His school days were passed at the Franklin Academy, 

 North Andover, under the direction of Mr. Simeon Put- 

 nam, and at the private school of Mr. Samuel H. Archer 

 of Salem, noted in its day, for good discipline and for pre- 

 paring young men for the counting room and the active 

 duties of a mercantile business life. After leaving the 

 school, he entered the counting-room of Thomas P. Pin- 

 gree, Esq. ; whilst in this employ he made a business trip 

 to Para, S. A. Afterwards he embarked upon a seafaring 

 life and sailed with Capt. John Bertram in the ship Black 

 Warrior, for Zanzibar, in the employ of N. L. Rogers & 

 Brothers, pioneers in that trade ; his father having been a 

 shipmaster, he soon rose to the same position and made 

 voyages to Zanzibar and other ports on the eastern coast 

 of Africa and the adjacent islands ; also ports in the Red 

 Sea, continuing in the employ of the Rogers brothers ; 

 sailing in the Lady Sarah, Quill, and other vessels. Later 

 h was engaged in freighting, making voyages to New Or- 

 leans in the ship Newburyport, of which he was part 

 owner. About 1838, he retired from the sea; June 26, 

 1839, he became a member of the Essex County Natural 

 History Society, and soon after was placed on the com- 

 mittee on the Mollusca, and continued in charge of that 

 department until the various scientific collections contain- 

 ing some 140,000 specimens were deposited in the East 

 India Marine Hall, under the custody of the Trustees of 



