Notes for Ebenezer Bowditch

!SOUR Five Genealogies of Bowdish and Bowditch Families in America...by Cyrus and Maryella Bowdish:
Mary was born November 1, 1706 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She died in May 1785 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts of apoplexy. After the death of Ebenezer, she lived with her son, Habakkuk and his family for some time, until her death. At the age of 22 Mary was known as the ancient and honorable Miss Turner. Ebenezer was a shipmaster, known as Captain Bowditch. His ship the armed galley "Mary" was shipwrecked in a hurricane at Port Royal, Jamaica, on October 22, 1726. He is listed as a proprietor at New Salem in 1742. He seems to have inherited his grandfathers faculty of being unfortunate in money matters, for it is stated that in addition to losing his own fortune, he borrowed and lost the savings of his son Habakkuk.
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