Person:Anthony Collamore (1)
Capt. Anthony Collamore
b.Abt 1640 ENG
d.16 Dec 1693 Scituate, , Massachusetts
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Capt. Anthony CollamoreAbt 1640 - 1693
Spouse and Children
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m. 14 Jun 1666
  1. Mary CollamoreAbt 1668 - Bet 1712 & 1763
  2. Peter Collamore1671 - 1747
  3. Elizabeth Collamore1679 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Capt. Anthony Collamore
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1640 ENG
Marriage 14 Jun 1666 Scituate, Plymouth Co., MAto Sarah Chittenden
Alt Marriage 14 Jun 1666 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusettsto Sarah Chittenden
Death? 16 Dec 1693 Scituate, , Massachusetts
Alt Death? 16 Dec 1693 Off Of Scituate, , MassachusettsShip wreck
Burial? First Parish Cemetery, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Captain Anthony Collamore lost his life by shipwreck in a snowstorm in 1693. His body was recovered several days afterwards and he was buried in the First Parish Cemetery in Scituate.

His ship sunk on a ledge that is now known as Collamore's Ledge (http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lon=-70.7467086&lat=42.2478789&datum=nad83)

His descendants include 2 US Presidents: William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison.

BIOGRAPHY: Genealogy of the Descendants of Anthony Collamer of Scituate, Massachusetts By Charles Hatch Newcomb & Gauss, Publishers Salem, Mass 1915 - Page 26 

  On the rocks near Scituate shore, since known as Collamore's Ledge, the Captain lost his life by shipwreck in a snow storm in 1693. His body was recovered several days afterwards, and he was buried under arms in the First Parish Cemetery at Scituate Harbor.
  The stone marking his grave is located about two rods northeasterly from the Monument to the Men of Kent, on the south side of Meeting-House Lane. The estate of Captain Anthony Collamore (he left no will) was administered by Sarah, his widow, and Peter, his only surviving son. The children mentioned in the division of the estate were Mary, the wife of Robert Stetson, and her sisters, Sarah, Martha, and Elizabeth.
References
  1. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA).
  2.   Find A Grave.

    see http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8650522 for findagrave image of memorial established by his descendants at his gravesite

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