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 RecID:   71
 Name:   Forrester, Simon
 Captain:   Yes
 Shipowner:   Yes
 Sailor:   Yes
 Bio:   SF son suicide Bentley, dec 6 1807, see also Saltonstall papers. Bentley April 11, 1816 "A succession of events has directed the public attention to the fate of family of Forrester . . . By uncommon success in business he became one of the wealthiest men in the Country. He was a man of business, of strong passions, & such a man as his condition might readily form. Upon his prosperity he became intemperate, & severe in his family & irregular . . . . One of his sons leaped from the windows of a Cabin into the sea. Another has died this day infirs after a few hours illness . . . The whole eccentric."
 Date:   1787 Sept 29
 Spouse:   Hathorne, Rachel bp July 30 1757
 Master:   Good Hope, Brig.
 Rank:   Captain
 Children:   Simon d. 1807 suicide Son d. April 11 1816



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