Addenda: "382. Samuel Williams7 was the first merchant from the United States to settle with his family and trade from the empire of Brazil. He lived at Rio Janeiro, where he was minister for the United States. In 1816 he removed to New Orleans, where he died December 1, 1819. He was benevolent, judicious and persevering. He spoke nineteen languages with accuracy, and visited all parts of the world. He was married August 29, 1810, at Rio Janeiro, to Maria Randolph, daughter of William Holmes, of Thoms River, New Jersey. She was rescued by him from a Brazilian convent, where she was imprisoned for refusing to wed a Spanish nobleman. They had five children."
[Note: p. v, in introduction: "After the record of the latter [#382 Samuel Williams7 Balch] had gone into type[,] two of his daughters, both over eighty years of age, were found to be living within a few minutes' ride of the office of the writer's son. From them ..."
[p. 71: Samuel Williams Balch [#382], s/o Jonathan Balch [#182, b. 14 Mar 1780.]
[p. 133, prior to addenda above: "He was living in Dorchester, Oct. 13, 1813, as appears by Suffolk Deeds, Vol. 236, p. 193, but as he is not mentioned in his mother's will, dated Oct. 25, 1815, either by name or representative, it is reasonable to infer that he died between the above dates, and left no children."
[Note: the addenda does not really address the reasons for assuming this Samuel W. Balch died before 1815, which by their reasonableness, would cause doubts if not explained.. His mother's will seems to name her children individually, but does not name him or explain why not (here, case 24775, Vol. 113, p. 535. The deed, however, appears to be poorly represented by the Balch Genealogy (Vol. 236, p. 193), as it is a seizure as a result of a judgement against Samuel, and it could certainly be executed in abstentia, so does not necessarily indicate he was then living in Dorchester (although called "of Dorchester, one passage states, "the said Balch not being within the commonwealth, nor having no known place of residence therein"). Further as it appears that at least some of the property described was inherited from his father and held in common and subject to the widow's dower, perhaps it caused enough bad feelings to result in his mother leaving him out of her will???]
