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On 14 January 1785 Margaret was abated for her son's poll tax due to his "sickness & misfortune." Poll taxes were levied on household males over 16, so it was either Issachar or Robert, who were 19 and 17 respectively in 1784, and were likely still living with her. John and James had households of their own by then. Robert was a seaman by the time of his death, so he may been shipwrecked. Issachar's occupation isn't yet known. Is she the Margaret Thissel who has a guardianship? for non compos mentis, 4 Oct 1808? file #27437.
children of Margaret Sallows and James Thissel (Beverly vital records):
i. Hannah b. 4 March 1746(/1747?)
ii. John b. 17 August 1749
iii. Elizabeth b. 30 September 1751
iv. James b. 18 November 1753
v. Margaret b. 17 March 1756
vi. Abigail b. 18 June 1759
vii. Susannah b. 20 June 1762
viii. Issachar b. 22 July 1765
ix. Lucy bap. 28 July 1765
x. Robert b. 27 October 1767
sources for vital records: Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849, (Topsfield, MA:1907) p. ? (birth), p. 269 (marriage, intentions published in 1746, no month or day given), p. 572 (death, from a First Church record, old age, age 83, bur. 26 June, and from her gravestone).
1. The register of baptisms of the First Church in Beverly, 1667-1710, p. 10.
2. Ibid, pg. 13.
3. Ibid, pg. 15.
4. Ibid, pg. 17.
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