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tfCotes on tJje iFamflp of WtWiolf
" The children of this marriage were :
" I. Gurdon, born ii*'' September 1771; who died in 1772.
34 "2. Sarah, born 10* October 1773; who married : i", Eli Perkins;
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and, 2'"^, Joel Farnsworth.
"3. Jonathan; lost at sea.
" Nathan De Wolf, at the time of the census of 1770, was a success-
ful tiller of the soil. His legal practice did not interfere with his agricul-
tural pursuits. He was for many years senior Justice of the Peace for
King's County, N. S., having received his commission 13*'' March 1767.
He was Registrar of Probate, and took an active part in all public affairs.
He died at Horton, 21'' March 1789, aged sixty-nine years.
" His residence was on the east side of the main post-road, opposite
to the present (1887) Baptist church, at Wolfville.
"The census-returns of 1770 give a detailed account of his farm-
produce and stock, while the records of his native town show that he
owned several tracts of land in Connecticut prior to his removal.
"BENJAMIN (26) DeWOLF, son of the emigrant Simeon, was
born at Lyme, Conn., 14*'' October 1744, and baptized there 25*'' Novem-
ber following. He married, iG**" March 1 769, Rachel Otis of Scituate, Mass.
" Their children were :
36 "I. Sarah Hersey Otis, born 14"' May 1770; who married Major
Nathaniel Ray Thomas, Collector of Customs at Windsor, N. S.
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"2. Rachel Hersey, born f^ January 1772; who died in March
following.
married, 14*^ October
38 "3. Racliel Otis, born i"' February 1773 ; who
1802, Honourable James Fraser.
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"4. John, born i"' June 1775.
40 "5. Susanna Isabella, born 17*'' June 1776; who died 25*'' September
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1777.
1791.
" 6. Fra7ices Mary, born 23'^ February 1778 ; who
42 " 7. Isabella Amelia, born 2'' October 1779 ! who
1821, Capt. John M'=Kay, of H. M. 27*'' Regiment ;
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died 17*'' November
married, i"* August
and died s. p.
"8. Harriot Sophia, born 8"" September 1781; who married, 17"'
September 1799, Rev. W. C. King; and died 7*^ July 1807.
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