General Notes

(V) Nathaniel (4), son of Nathaniel (3) Frothingham, was born June 2, 1722. He lived in Charlestown and Boston and was a coachmaker. In the shops at one period were four of the family bearing the name Nathaniel, each designated by some peculiar, significant term. He was taxed from 1756 to 1773. In 1746 his father deeded to him one-half house. In 1784 he deeded to his son Nathaniel a lot, and in 1786 he bought a house of Nathaniel and Hepzibah Rand. In 1788 he bought of Nathaniel Prentiss a house and one acre of land partly in Cambridge and partly in Charlestown. In 1796 his son Ebenezer with his heirs sold land to Page; Nathaniel Frothingham's executors in 1798 sold land to Nathaniel Prentiss, and also to John Page, and to Richard Frothingham in 1799. Nathaniel Frothingham married (first) March 1, 1743-44, Mary Whittemore, who died December 18, 1763, aged forty (gravestone). He married (second) in 1765. Ruth Taylor, who died October 12, 1800, aged sixty-one, and on the gravestone is written: "Husband and two wives were all buried here." He died in West street, Boston, March 14, 1791, aged sixty-nine. Children: Nathaniel, baptized February 24, 1744-45; Nathaniel, mentioned below; Richard, March 15, 1748; Mary, baptized July 14, 1754; Ebenezer, December 13, 1756; child, December 11, died December 12, 1758; Susanna, September 19, 1763; Katharine, May 14, died October 1, 1765; Thomas, November 30, 1767; Peter, November 24, 1775.

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