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... 9 Jeremiah, b. 21 Jan., '53; d. 18 Aug., 1826; m.1 R. Murray, 2 Eliz' (Newhall) Ives. ... Except Eunice all the others were baptized at the Tabernacle Church in Salem. ...
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... 9 Jeremiah (1 John) born in Salem 23 Jan., 1753, died in Salem 18 Aug., 1826, married first in 1776 (published 9 November) Rebecca Murray, buried 2 Aug., 1784, daughter of Samuel Murray, cooper of Salem. He married second, 11 Aug 1785, Elizabeth (Newhall) widow of John Ives of Salem, born 23 June, 1761, in Lynn, died 28 March, 1837. ...
... Jeremiah's seafaring life must have begun early for I have a receipt drawn up by E. Hasket Derby, dated 11 Feb., 1775 (it might well be July, but I do not see how to reconcile that with the date of the pay roll quoted below) for £285-0s-0d., Old Tenor, for nine casks of rice sold the Province, "the other one is at Mr. Putnam's at Danvers for the Acct of Cap. Emerton." It is receipted by "Jeremiah Emmerton."
I recall one of my father's stories of his father's seafaring life, which may serve to illustrate by what close economies one of the old-time fortunes was amassed.
A voyage was over, and in clearing up, he was about to throw away the pieces of pine board which had served for plates on the cabin-table, but was stopped by the owner's eager "No, no, Jerry, they will serve quite as well another voyage!"
In the files at the State House, Boston, in a pay roll up to 1 Aug., 1775, of Captain Nathan Brown's company in Colonel John Mansfield's Regiment, in the army before Boston, occurs Sergeant Jeremiah Emerton of Salem.
My father, in his last years, told me that the chambers of the Shepard house in Brown street (No. 25 in the chart of 1874) was his father's dwelling during his early married life.
It would seem that Jeremiah must have performed his father's duties as Master of the Workhouse for some months, at least, previous to John's death, for there is a balance due Jeremiah Emerton at the end of Feb., 1784, and one must count back beyond the date of his regular appointment to cover the thirty-three years of continued residence which father's journal claims at the time of final removal to East (Forrester) street 6 Dec. 1816.
The record runs as follows: "July 1784 Jeremiah Emerton was appointed master of the Workhouse which appointment he accepted of upon the following terms - to be paid the sum of sixty pounds per annum to ba allowed his house, Rent, fire-wood and light, Small Beer Milk & Sauce for his family use out of the Common Stock."
Rebecca Murray was daughter of Samuel, a cooper deceased 1794, when Jeremiah is appointed guardian over his children's interest in their grandfather's estate, and, perhaps, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Larrabee of Lynn, who died 26 March, 1774. In the Workhouse Records is an order dated 2 Aug., 1784, to Philip English "for burying Mrs. Emerton."
I have a "Tax-list of Lands - Dwelling Houses etc. owned by Jeremiah Emerton and others, on the 1st day of February 1814 - within the Ninth District of the State of Massachusetts and Town of Salem." It includes "One dwelling house built of weeod and two story high, forty by thirty-three, situated on East street, three Quarters finished and 190 1/2 polls of land under and adjoining, of which 73 1/2 belonged to Betsey Ives." This land was inherited by Jeremiah's second wife Elizabeth from her first husband John Ives, and was part of the homestead of his grandfather Benjamin.
Betsey Ives, mentioned as owner of a part, was a widow of Elizabeth's son, by her first marriage, John Ives, born in Lynn 22 Dec., 1783, died at sea on a voyage to the Havana in 1809, having married July, 1809, Betsey, daughter of Joshua and Lydia (Derby) Cross, who was born 11 Aug., 1784 ; afterwards married 15 April, 1816, Oliver Parsons, and died in Salem, 9 Sept., 1862.
The house (now No. 22 Forrester street) was occupied by the old people till their death, in part by their sons William and James for short periods, and by Rebecca till about 1856. It was long held as undivided property by the heirs till 1871, when they sold to James A. Gillis, Esq., who laid out Emmerton street in the rear.
13 April, 1795. The committee of the Tabernacle sell to Jeremiah Emerton for eight pounds, eighteen shillings "a certain half of a wall pew on the south side of the meeting-house with the proportion of land thereunto belonging being No 12 with its appurtenances."
28 Sept., 1803. The committee sell with the same phraseology one-half of No 12 for forty dollars.
1 Jan'y, 1828. The estate of Jeremiah Emerton pays $16.14 tax on Pew No 12. ...
