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As a historical writer has so aptly described him. he was the father of a Governor of New Hampshire and of a Governor of Massachusetts. of an attorney general of New Hampshire. of a major general in- the Revolutionary Army. and of four sons who were officers in that Army.. he was a� grandfather of a Governor of Maine and of a United States Senator from New Hampshire and an attorney general of that State. the greatgrandfather of an attorney general of New Hampshire andof a judge of its courts. and the greatgrandfather of a distinguished American officer in the Civil War. This man was of a noted fnily of Cork and Kerry. distinguished in Irish history. He was botn in Limerick in 1696 and emigrated to New England In 1732: it is related of him that when he applied to the Reverend Doctor Moody. In the year 1732. for employment as a teacher. he wrote his application in seven languages. He exerted a remarkable influence among the people. and many of the Revolutionary worthies of New England were numbered among his pupils.