Nathaniel Glover Jr. (1653 - 1724)

Born 30 Mar 1653 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Died 6 Jan 1724 at age 70 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Nathaniel Glover, the son of Nathaniel & Mary (Smith) Glover was born in Dorchester 30: 1: 1653, and baptised 3: 2: 1653. He died at Newbury farm in Dorchester, 06 Jan 1723/4 aged 71 years, and was buried in the ancient burial yard in Dorchester. The gravestone still remains [in 1867] but the inscription is worn.

At age 7 in 1660, he was placed under the guardianship of uncle Habackuk Glover of Boston, who succeeded his mother in that appointment at the time of her marriage with Gov. Hinckley and removal to Barnstable. He was placed at school in Boston, and resided in the family of his grandmother, Mrs. Anna Glover, and after her decease in 1670, with his uncle & guardian until about the time of his own marriage. in 1672/3, age 20, he married Hannah Hinckley, of Barnstable, and occupied the homestead at Dorchester, a part of which was his inheritance. In 1674, aged 21, the homestead estate at Dorchester was ordered to be divided amongst the children of Mr. Nathaniel Glover, deceased.

Nathaniel was a tanner, the same occupation as his father & grandfather. In 1700 he resigned his business to his eldest son Nathaniel Jr., and moved with his family to Newbury farm estate (Dorchester). In 1683 he was elected constable, later selectman until 1714.^[1]

His wife, Hannah Hinckley, b. 15 Apr 1650 Barnstable, d. 30 Apr 1730 in Dorchester, in 81st yr. She was the 4th daughter of Gov. Thomas Hinckley by 1st wife Mary Richards.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Glover, Anna, Glover Memorials and Genealogies. An Account of John Glover of Dorchester, and His Descendants. (Boston: D. Clapp & Son, Printers, 1867), pp. 177-179

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970//, Volume: 271

↑ 1.0 1.1 John Glover, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (NEHGS, 1999-2011), 3:75. "Nathaniel Glover, b. say 1633; …"

↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Nathaniel Glover, in Glover, Anna. Glover Memorials and Genealogies: An Account of John Glover of Dorchester, Massachusetts and His Descendants, with a Brief Sketch of Some of the Glovers who First Settled in New Jersey, Virginia and Other Places. (Boston, Massachusetts, United States: David Clapp & Sons, Printers , 1867), 162-76.

↑ 3.0 3.1 Nathaniel Glover, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862), 2:262

↑ 4.0 4.1 Paige, Lucius R. List of Freemen. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct 1849), 3:193.

↑ Nathaniel Glover, in Find A Grave.

• Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGVB-PKV4 : 16 December 2020), Nathaniel Glover, ; Burial, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America, Dorchester North Burying Ground; citing record ID 185025347, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.