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first burial ground, in the upper town.* Nathaniel her 

 husband died June 6, 1719, aged about eighty-three 

 years, and was buried at the same place. 



" Mary Starbuck was called by writers of that period 

 ' the great woman,' a ' Deborah ' among them for her 

 wisdom and great ability, being as often consulted in 

 town affairs as she was in religious matters. She is 

 said — on the authority of her eldest son, Nathaniel, 

 Jr. — to have been baptized by Peter Folger, in Waip- 

 tequage Pond; but about 1704 she became convinced 

 of the truth as taught by the Friends, joined them, and 

 became one of their ministers. Her family after that 

 generally became Friends, and her son Nathaniel, and 

 daughter Priscilla Coleman, and grandsons Elihu and 

 Nathaniel Coleman, were at a later period Quaker 

 ministers. 



" Nathaniel, Sr., and Mary Starbuck probably lived 

 on the Cornish farm; Nathaniel, Jr., near the south 

 end of Maxcy's Pond." 



Many more names might be added to this list, in- 

 cluding Lieut. -Commander John G. Mitchell, Rev. 

 C. C. Hussey, George Rowland Folger, Dr. Charles 

 Winslow, Lieut. Richard Mitchell, Major Tracy, Henry 

 Mitchell, AnnaC. Starbuck, Lieut. Wm. R. Hathaway, 

 Maria L. Owen, Lieut. -Commander T. M. Gardner, 

 Commander G. W. Coffin. In fact, there is a host of 

 Nantucketers who have become distinguished in the 

 arts and sciences, in the army and navy, in business 

 and the various professions; but lack of space compels 

 the compiler to stop. 



* See cemeteries, page 60 



