History of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, including Lynnfield ...

Biographical Sketches. Ravisddl. Rhodes. 201
of early dates for many fa6ls concerning him. A fac-simile of his
signature is here given.
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PuRCHis, Thomas — a Maine fur trader. See Annals, 1678.
QuANOPKONAT— a prominent Indian resident of the territory
of Lynn. See History of Lynn, 1865 edition, page 42.
Ramsdell, Abednego. Mr. Ramsdell was one of the immortal
four from Lynn, who fell at the battle of Lexington. It
was said by an aged lady, that on the fatal day a woman in his
neighborhood seeing him hastening along towards Lexington
and being seized
by an unaccountable presentiment of danger,
called to him and warned him of her premonition. He bravely
replied that he might be going to his death ;
but it was a good
cause, and he hoped by the aid of his musket to take a red-coat
with him, if he fell. On he sped, and was killed immediately
after reaching the battle ground. See Annals, I775-
Ramsdell, John — one of the early settlers of Lynn. He
was a witness in the famous case between the Town and Thomas
Dexter, concerning the ownership of Nahant. Descendants of
his are yet among us. His autograph is upon the Armitage
Petition, page 106. See Annals, 1630.
Rhodes, Amos. Mr. Rhodes was born in Lynn, on the 24th
of April, 1795, and died on the 15th of January, 1870. His
father was Amos Rhodes, long a prominent business man, in the
western seftion of the town, at that time the chief business part,
his dwelling being the one still standing on the east side of Federal
street, next south of the mill brook, which house was built
by him near the beginning of the present century ; and he was
the same Amos Rhodes named in the correspondence of Ebenezer
Breed, given in the 1865 edition of the History of Lynn, page
523 et seq. The mother of the subje6l of this notice was Elizabeth,
the eldest daughter of Rev. Obadiah Parsons.
Mr. Rhodes graduated at Harvard College with the 18 16 class,