182 THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 



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

 Abigail Ludlam, daughter of William Ludlam, senior, of 

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

 buried in tbe oldchurcbyard at Orient, L. I. His wife died 

 May 17, 1716. Many descendants bave settled in that 

 vicinity, and on tbe banks of tbe Hudson. Tvvo of tbe 

 brotbers, William and Jobn, were married and remained 

 in Salem. 



His school days were passed at tbe Franklin Academy, 

 Nortb Andover, ander the direction of Mr. Simeon Put- 

 nam, and at tbe private scbool of Mr. Samuel H. Archer 

 of Salem, noted in its dsiy, for good disci[)line and for pre- 

 pariug young men for tbe counting room and tbe active 

 duties of a mercantile business life. After leaving the 

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

 gree, Esq. ; wbilst in tbis 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 sbip Black 

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

 Brothers, pioneers in that trade ; his fatber 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 tbe adjacent islands ; also ports in tbe Red 

 Sea, continuing in tbe employ of tbe Rogers brotbers ; 

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

 be 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, be 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 cbarge of that 

 department until the various scientific collections contain- 

 ing some 140,000 specimens were depositod in the East 

 India Marine Hall, under tbe custody of the Trustees of 



