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"Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island" states that Nathan was a tailor and that he served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Capt. Thomas Rice's company. It says that he married Mary Pearce, with whom he had five children: Hulda, Joseph, Elder Benjamin, Nathan, and Isabel. In "Samuel Gorton and His Descendants[1] ", these children are listed along with two more, Mary and Israel.
A online transcript[2] states that Huldah was born in 1762 and married Stephen Briggs in 1780. These years are repeated in "The Life and Times of Samuel Gorton".
Nathan appears as head of household at Warwick in the 1774 census of Rhode Island[3]. The household distribution and inferred attributions are
The remaining children, should they be real, should have death dates before 1774 or birth dates after 1774.
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Categories: 1774 Census of Rhode Island, Warwick