Dr. Caleb LORING

1674 - 1732  (58 years)

• Name	Caleb LORING  [1]
  	Caleb Loring learned the trade of weaver, and was so called in lawsuit in 1698. he later became a physician, by what process of education records do not show. He made his home first at Plymouth. Bought a tract of land in 1697. Was chosen constable, that is tax collector and court officer, March 6, 1698-9. Had a grand of land fro the town July 31, 1699, "Eastward of the Road Neer New Streete and by the fence side which was sometime Mr. Nath: Clarks fence: to dig a well Not to exceed 5 foot into the lane from sd fence." This was a partnership with Mr. Little." He was a member of a town committee the same year; a member of the Grand Jury in 1701/2 and in 1703 member of another jury. He bought a farm of Stephen Bryant in the part of Plymouth which was set off and formed the own of Plympton four years later. This estate was on the east side of Jones River Book, where that stream crosses the highway in the north part of Plympton. He was on a committee to recommend a plan for the disposition of the cedar swamp lands in 1704; one of the selectmen 1704-7, and constable again in 1706. December 31, 1707, one of a committee to build a new bridge over Jones River. In 1725, he with Dea. Isaac Cushman, petitioned the General Court of Plymouth colony protesting against the sale of certain lands by the town of Plymouth in which Plympton had a share; asking that their share might be paid over to Plympton for the support of a grammar school; but the petition was not granted. Dr. Loring was one of the proprietors of a forge for the reduction of bog iron ore and a foundry; a local poet, with kind thoughts of the doctor both with different opinions of other members of the company, perpetrated this rhyme: "Freeheart and Gripehard And Cunning and Catch Built them a forge To make themselves rich." The forge continued in operation a long time. Dr. Loring continues the same prominence in Plympton affairs he had had at Plymouth, being selectman, assessor, moderator, surveyor of lands and captain of militia at various times. He had considerable medical practice and was never secure from calls; so that he had a door cut in the wall of the meetinghouse close by his pew, so that he could come in and go out without disturbing the congregation in meeting time. [1]
  Prefix	Dr.
  Birth	9 Jun 1674	Hull, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Dec 1732  [1]
  Person ID	I103065	Main Tree
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas LORING, Jr.,   c. 5 Mar 1625/6, Axminster, Devonshire, England d. 1678 (Age ~ 51 years)
  Relationship	Foster
  Mother	Hannah JACOB,   c. 23 Feb 1639/40   d. 20 Oct 1720 (Age ~ 80 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	16 Dec 1657	Hingham, Massachusetts   [1]
  Family ID	F42977	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lydia GRAY,   b. 1677
  Marriage	7 Aug 1696  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Lydia LORING,   b. 23 Aug 1721, Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts d. 02 Apr 1760, Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Age 38 years)
  Family ID	F42971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 9 Jun 1674 - Hull, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S12717] Charles henry Pope/Katharine Peabody Loring, LORING Genealogy.