Rambles about Portsmouth. Sketches of persons, localities, and incidents of two centuries: principally from tradition and unpublished documents. By Charles W. Brewster.

200 RAMBLES ABOUT PORTSMOUTH.
votes for my son-in-law, the Major." The Major was accordingly elected.
His son Clement succeeded to the estate in Greenland.
He graduated at Harvard University, and studied medicine
with Dr. A. R. Cutter, of Portsmouth. He married Miss
Lucy Dudley Wainwright, a ward of the Hon. George Jaffrey, and niece of his wife-by whom he had six sons:
Thomas, who died in Brooklyn in 1850, aged 71. Charles,
who died in New York in 1855, aged 74. Clement, who
died in St. Louis in 1830, aged 47. Joseph Wainwright,
who died in Greenland in 1843, aged 58. Francis, who died
in New York in 1858, aged 71. John Howard, who died
in Paris in 1863, aged 72.
Dr. March gave his children a good education. All the
above brothers were merchants. Joseph W. (the father of
the present owner) although doing business for some years
in Portsmouth, remained as the occupant of the homestead,
while his brothers went abroad in the world, acquired a
high standing as merchants, and accumulated much wealth.
The youngest, John Howard, was for over forty years the
American Consul at MAaderia. He was the last deposited
in the family tomb.
The extensive, and highly cultivated farm of Col. Joshua
W. Peirce, adjoining the March farm and extending to Great
Bay, is made up in part of the paternal property descended
from his ancestor Hall. The original Hall house was on
the premises of Col, Peirce, near the spot where the sharp
roofed cottage now stands.