The history of the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts, By a committee of the Dorchester antiquarian and historical society ...

546 HISTORY OF DORCHESTER.
BENJAMIN VINTON, " youngest child of Capt. John
and Hephzibah (French) Vinton, of Braintree, born
October 14th, 1774;" graduated at Harvard College
in 1795; married Sarah Webb, of Quincy, in May,
1802; " studied medicine under Dr. Ephraim Wales,
of Randolph, and at first settled as a physician in
Marshfield. He was a surgeon's mate one year on
board the U. S. frigate'Boston,' commanded by
Capt. George Little, of Marshfield, during the quasi
war with France in 1799." " In 1801, Dr. Vinton
settled in Quincy, where he died, May 11th, 1813,"
and was buried " under arms." He had two daughters, who died of consumption, unmarried, at the
ages of 23 and 24.*
SAMUEL GOULD, son of Maj. George and Rachel
(Dwight, of Dedham) Gould, was born in Sutton,
November 29th, 1770, from which place his parents
removed, whilst he was quite young, to that part of
Dedham which is now included in West Roxbury
-studied medicine-settled in practice in Needham,
and married Esther, daughter of Jonathan Kingsbury, of the latter place, April 6th, 1804. They
had four children-Elizabeth, George, Sarah Kingsbury, and Mary Ann. After the death of his father,
Dr. Gould returned to the old mansion in West
Roxbury, and devoted his attention to agriculture.
He died November 13th, 1845; his wife deceased
January 4th, 1857. Dr. G. possessed good natural
powers of mind, and highly respectable literary and
See " Vinton Memorial," by Rev. John A. Vinton, p. 105.