Dr Cornelius Luce

Dr. Cornelius Luce, physician and cordwainer, was born to Hezekiah and Thankful (Look) Luce. He married twice: Olive Foster in Tisbury in 1780 and Sophia Smead (widow of Anson Green) in 1796 in Ashfield, Massachusetts. He died leaving 13 children, 8 from his second wife, all 1-16 years old (sic; he actually left 14 plus a step-daughter). He was a physician in practice in Ashfield about 1810 for a few years and lived about half a mile north of the "Plain". (Extracted from "History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, Volume II," by Louis H. Everts, 1879.) Other source: The American Descendants of Henry Luce of Martha's Vineyard Volume I. Children with Olive: Vinal, Elizabeth, Jane Deborah, Sophia, John Manley, William Foster. Children with Sophia: William Pitt, Laura A., Cora Elvira, Julia Elvira, Eliza Elvira, Cornelius Fitzgerald Edward, Henry Talmadge, Alonzo D.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jun 19 2019, 7:54:16 UTC