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THIS IS A
WORK IN PROGRESS AS IT IS BEING
TRANSCRIPTED FROM
THE RESEARCH OF ROBERT BOOTH.
27
Front Street
The land first
belonged to George Slocomb , who bought it from the inhabitants of Marblehead
early in the
18th century. A shoreman (one involved in the curing- -drying &
salting --
and storage of fish) and joiner (carpenter), Mr. Slocomb built a house
on the
parcel, which fronted about four poles (66') on the street; on 31 Oct
1717 he mortgaged his house and land to
James Bowdoin, Boston merchant (33:84). He re-mortgaged the homestead
for 164
li to Mr. Bowdoin on 15 Mar 1719/20 (37:95). Evidently unable or
unwilling to
repay the mortgage, George Slocomb on 24 June 1728
for
400 li
(inflated
currency) granted the premises to James Bowdoin
the
former mortgagee (52:167)
Twenty-eight
years later after the death of James Bowdoin, and the
probable
deterioration of the house, the
Bowdoin heirs on 8 Sept 1756 for 70 li granted
the
homestead to Samuel Glover, Marblehead cordwainer
(shoemaker),
( 102: 271).
Samuel
Glover
(1730-62)
was born in Salem,
probably late in 1729 or early in 1730, the second
son of Jonathan and Tabitha (Bacon) Glover of Salem
.
His father died in 1737, whereupon his
mother, evidently a native of Marblehead*,
removed to this town with her four young children Jonathan Samuel, John
and
Daniel. On
13 May 1744 the guardianship
of Samuel, then aged more than 14 years, was awarded to Benjamin
Stacey, feltmaker
of Marblehead
(# ll043) .
Samuel married
Mary Andrews of Marblehead
in 1751
. By spring
of the next year he was master
of the 49 ton schooner
Two
Brothers,
aboard
which he cleared Salem on 24 April
1752, bound for Newfoundland
(EIHC
69:182).
In that
same year he was issued
a license to sell liquor, which activity wag restricted to persons of
good
repute (EIHC 92:381).
Like his
brothers Jonathan and John, who would rise to high rank in the
Continental
Army, Samuel was of a. military bent, serving as a captain in the
French and
Indian War (EPIC 92:385). He was known as Captain Samuel as much for
his
military position as for his status aboard ship.
Between making
shoes, commanding vessels, and selling rum, Capt. Glover achieved
a fair degree of affluence, and in 1756 he decided to
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*
see
note at page six
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