Dr Leader DAME^[1]

1790 - 1837  (47 years)

• Name	Leader DAME  [2]
  Prefix	Dr
  Born	15 Sep 1790	Waterboro, York, Maine
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	2 Feb 1791	Waterboro, York, Maine
  Education	Harvard, MD
  Occupation	Doctor, compounder of drugs, store owner Boston
  Questions	Cause of death?
  Military Event	Aroostook War - Captain Eliphalet Maxfield's Co of Inf: Pvt
  Military Flag	Y
  Confirmed Ancestor?	Y
  Died	15 Sep 1837	Astor House, New York, New York
  Buried	unknown
  Person ID	I1233	Main
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Samuel DAME,   b. Abt 1752, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire ,   d. Abt Oct 1810, Waterboro, York, Maine  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Mother	Anna NELSON,   b. 23 Mar 1758, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire ,   d. 2 Aug 1834, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts  (Age 76 years)
  Married	Abt 1777	New Hampshire
  Family ID	F397	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ann Nancy FOLSOM,   b. 12 Nov 1801, Limerick, York, Maine ,   d. 23 Oct 1867, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 65 years)
  Married	14 Oct 1819	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [1]
  Notes	Husband and wife are 1st cousins.
  Children	+ 1. Leader Nelson DAME,   b. 23 Oct 1832, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 12 Sep 1901, N Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts  (Age 68 years) + 2. Sarah Amelia DAME,   b. 20 Jan 1823, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   3. Leader Nelson DAME,   b. 23 Aug 1826, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 8 Nov 1829, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts  (Age 3 years) + 4. Maria Augusta DAME,   b. 7 Apr 1824, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 1881  (Age 56 years)   5. Charles Franklin DAME,   b. 23 Aug 1826, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 23 Aug 1826, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years) + 6. Elizabeth Jane Foster DAME,   b. 18 Dec 1829, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 14 Nov 1896  (Age 66 years) + 7. Alice Caroline DAME,   b. 13 Feb 1838, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 5 Apr 1925, Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts  (Age 87 years) + 8. Emily Lucinda DAME,   b. 31 Mar 1833, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 15 Sep 1915, New York, New York, New York  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Melinda Ann GOODRIDGE,   b. 29 Sep 1793, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 6 Dec 1819, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age > 26 years)
  Married	29 Sep 1814	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts   [3]
  Children	+ 1. Melinda Ann DAME,   b. 6 Dec 1819, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 2 Jan 1884, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 64 years)
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2023
  Family ID	F39	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 15 Sep 1790 - Waterboro, York, Maine Baptism - 2 Feb 1791 - Waterboro, York, Maine Married - 29 Sep 1814 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Married - 14 Oct 1819 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Died - 15 Sep 1837 - Astor House, New York, New York  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Death date from death certificate. Died on his birthday. —— Owned a store at Elm and Hanover Streets, Boston Massachusetts, 1833-35. At the time of his death, proprietor of a wholesale drugstore at 72 Maiden Lane, New York City, NY; instructor of penmanship. —— Listed in Muster Roll of Captain Eliphalet L. [sic] Maxfield's Company of Infantry in the Detachment of drafted Militia of Maine, called into actual service by the State, for the protection of its Northeastern Frontier, from the twentieth day of February, 1839, the time of its rendezvous at Bangor and Lincoln, Maine, to the twenty-fifth day of April, 1839, when discharged or mustered.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA), 92:111. [S3] Genealogical Dictionary of, The First Settlers of New England Before 1692, A , Savage, James., Dexter, Orrando Perry., Farmer, John, (Little, Brown and Co, Boston, MA. 1862). [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA).