Eunice Salmond

Her date of birth of 1737 does not make sense, if she married Seth Whitman in 11/26/1781, and he died Oct. 17,1783 (aged 29)...she would have been 17 years older than him...and aged 53 when son Peter Salmond Jr. was born. If she was born 1758 (per MVR 6/18/1758), she would have been 23 when she married Seth Whitman, and aged 27 when married Peter Salmond, and 32 when son Peter Jr. was born.....AND would fit the Pembroke VR record of dying 3/14/1833, aged 74y,9m......BUT the Find a grave of her father then is a problem; since they record him dying 1750 (BEFORE she was born). If Mass VR is correct it would seem that there were 2 Eunice's....one b 1737, one born 1758. But the problem of her father's death still remains.

Eunice Bass, dau. of Capt. Jonathan Bass; of East Bridgewater, Mass., married 1st SETH WHITMAN, on Nov. 26, 1781 in East Bridgewater; he died in East Bridgewater, Mass. on Oct. 17, 1783, aged 29 and she then married 2nd with PETER SALMOND. Peter was born Scotland in 1745; came to America with his brother Robert Salmond. He married with Eunice in 1785 and he died in Pembroke, Mass. Oct. 1828, aged 83.

SALMOND, Robert, and his bro. Peter, were born in a small town in Scotland, lying between Edinburgh and Glasgow, within 8 miles, it is said, of the tree in which William Wallace hid, as is related in the Scottish Chiefs. Robert was born in 1749, and Peter in 1745. Previous to the opening of the Am. Rev n., they came to this country, on a visit, and staid in Bridg r., Mass., one year, from 1774 to 1775. Starting from thence to return to

their native land, by the way of Halifax, N. S., they were there impressed into the British army, under Burgoync ; and when that officer was defeated, they left the ranks, and returned to Mr. Russell, their fellow countryman, at Bridg r., with whom they had been tarrying. Soon they entered the employ of the Hon. Hu^h Orr, also a native of Scotland, who was a manufacturer of cannon, and other arms, and with him they remained for four years, receiving, as their compensation, but $8 per month, and their board, a sum which would now be considered small by most of our mechanics. From thence, both came to Hanover, and engaged in trade, in the humble capacity ofpedlers. Peter, after remaining two years, moved to Pemb., and settled near the Rev. Morrill Allen s. He m. Eunice, da. Capt. Jonathan Bass, of E. Bridg r., and widow of Seth Whitman, in 1785, and d. in Pemb., in Oct. 1828, ae. 83, leaving ch., of whom his son Peter, is still living in Pemb., on his father s place. Robert, the other brother, remained in H., and was, for about thirty years, engaged in the iron business at Sylvester s Forge, 28 years of the time with Nath l. Gushing, in manufacturing Anchors, and carrying on this business on an extensive scale. He lived first in the Bald win House, so called, on Hanover St.. and afterwards on Broad way, in what is now known as the " Salmond House." Both the brothers, were men of high moral worth, and one who knew them well, has said, that "if all were like them, we should need no penal laws." Both left behind a good name for their children, a legacy far more valuable than gold or silver ! The desc ts of Hobert, we give below.

• 1781 Mass Vital Records: Marriage: Eunice Bass and John Dyer, intentions, 1780. "not married". Eunice Bass and Seth Whitman, Nov. 26, 1781.(East Bridgewater, Mass)
• 1783 Mass Vital Records: Deaths. Seth Whitman died of consumption on Oct. 17, 1783; aged 29.(East Bridgewater, Mass).
• 1785 Mass Vital Records:Marriage: Eunice Whitman, widow, m. Peter Salmon of Hanover on 2/17/1785.(East Bridgewater, Mass)
• 1833 Mass Vital Records: Deaths: Eunice Salmond, wife of Peter, Mar. 14, 1833, aged 74y, 9m. (Pembroke, Mass).
• https://archive.org/stream/townhanovermass00barrrich#page/368/mode/2up. pg 368-369