Charles James was here in 1673, when he married Ann Collins. From the infrequent mention of his name, and its non-appearance on the list of grantees of the Cape lots in 1688, it is supposed that he was not a permanent settler from the date of his marriage. In 1699, he had six acres of land near Kettle Cove, which he exchanged with Morris Smith for a lot at the Cape. He died Sept. 11, 1720, about sixty-nine years old. The births of two children born to him in Gloucester are on our records, — Charles, born in 1674; and Francis, in 1677. The latter married Elizabeth Hallee, or Hallet, in 1703, and had several children; but none by whom the name was perpetuated in town.
