His baptism is recorded in the archives of the First Church in Boston.
Like his father, he was a surgeon. He served in this capacity in an expedition to Port Royal in 1710. He also engaged in mercantile trade.
He married Elizabeth Pemberton, daughter of James and Sarah Pemberton of Boston, on 4 June 1698. They had eleven children.
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