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Contents Preface IX List of Abbreviations X111 Introduction: THE WORLD OF PEOPLE ON THE MARGIN 1 1 BIRTH, INFANCY, AND CHILDHOOD 27 Phebe Perkins Anthony Hathaway Kate Jones Susannah Guinea Jerusha Townsend Susannah, James, John, and Isabel Brown 2 FAMILY LIFE 49 Clarke, William, and Sanford Pike Patience and Abner Butler Judah Hazard Wanton Mary Cummock Fowler and Mary Fowler Champlin Sarah Gardner and Her Daughters Wait Godfrey alias Whitney alias Grafft Christopher Stocker and Abigail Harris Nathaniel Whitaker Robert Fuller's Family Thomas Field 3 WORK LIFE 85 Phillis Merritt Wanton Mary Carder Olive Pero Elisabeth and Molly Hodges Cato Freeman Vl11 Contents Mark Noble Peter Norton John Treby Nathaniel Bowdish 4 REVERSAL OF FORTUNE 121 Patience Havens and Her Daughters Elizabeth Springer Primus Thompson Benjamin Jones Ann West and Peter West Esther Heradon Margaret Fairchild Bowler Benjamin Champney Jacob Burke 5 OLD AGE AND DEATH 155 Daniel Collins Obadiah Blanding Latham Clarke Abigail Hull Carr Elizabeth Stonehouse Bristol Rhodes 6. Conclusion: CONSTRUCTING A TRANSIENT SLIFE 175 Appendix: Documentary Evidence and Background Information 183 Documentary Sources for the Narrative Chapters 207 Notes 221 References 229 Index 237 ...