• [He] operated an apothecary shop in Boston, perhaps the one established by his mother, and was an influential member of the Brattle Street Church. He was married three times: first to Priscilla Brown, secondly to Ruth Walker, and thirdly to Ann Wroe. Three children of the his first marriage, Priscilla (b. 1746), Elizabeth (b. 1748), and John Jr. (b. 1750) are the subject of this investigation.5238, pp 11-12