Hello,   Someone got me thinking about my ancestors, David LORING and Elizabeth FAIRSERVICE, who married in MA/US in 1764.     I went to the archives of the Lists and Boards to remind myself of what I knew about them.    I was reminded that they are mentioned in the "LORING book"   (from ~1917?).     I just noticed the last part of the paragraph, and thought it might be of interest to someone:   24. David' Loring (David*, Benjamin3, Benjamin*, Thomas1), born at Hull August 19,1742; married February 2, 1764, Elizabeth Fairservice; she survived him and married second November 2, 1778, Thomas Fennen (Fenecy), whom she also outlived, and married March 22, 1798, Capt. Thomas Jenner Carnes. She made her will (residing at West Cambridge) August 6, 1802, bequeathing to "my 3 grandchildren Eliza, Nathaniel* and David Loring and their mother Sarah." She died August 16, 1802. He was a shoemaker; sealer of leather for the town of Boston in 1769, made many shoes for the soldiers of the British army quartered there. Among the depositions taken by the city of Boston relative to the " Massacre" of March 5, 1770, is one by him, expressing the view that the soldiers of the 29th regiment were " a set of bloodthirsty men," quoting the remark of a soldier of that regiment that "it was a planned thing a month before." He sailed in the privateer Sturdy Decke1; Captain Campbell, in 1777, with one hundred men, which took several prizes but was lost in 1778 on the coast of France. The exact date of his death is therefore not known.   ..  My note:    I am descended from their daughter, Elizabeth LORING,  who married  (Capt.) Jacob HOMER in MA/US  in 1786.    Unfortunately, Jacob died at sea shortly afterwards,  and while Elizabeth was pregnant with their first child.      I need to look on-line to see if there is information on how Jacob was lost.    But, I don't remember that that is known.     I'm just noticing that the father, David, was lost at sea in 1778, and then his son-in-law, Jacob, was lost at sea in 1786.   Just an FYI for you.   Betty                (near Lowell, MA, USA)     (on Lists for 10 yrs.;   now an Admin for 9 Lists, including  CAN-USA-Migration)     (Daughter, "Betsy" HOMER, b1786 grew up to marry Thomas HUTCHINSON of what is now Winchester, MA.      Widow, Mrs. Elizabeth HOMER went on to marry twice more,  and having 8 more children.)