From the memoirs of his grandson, Gen. Horace Capron:
Bezaleel Mann M.D., through whom this branch of the Mann family descended whose early history we are now following, was the son of the Revd. Samuel Mann of Wrentham, and he was an eminent physician and a prominent man in the section of Massachusetts where he resided. In the days before and during the great revolution, he served his country on many committees, and was an assistance in many ways to his followers. Some of his writings are preserved with care in the Massachusetts Historical society; he was withal a very wealthy citizen, and threw the weight of his influence on the side of his country in its struggle for independence, associated with Mr. Edward Richards and Major Elisha May, another of note.
From Our County and Its People, Part II: Biography, by Daniel Wager (1896):
Samuel Mann, jr., had thirteen children, of whom the youngest son, Dr. Bezaleel Mann, was born at Attleboro, Mass., June 15, 1724, and died there October 3, 1796; his wife, Bede Carpenter, died in 1793. Dr. Mann was an eminent physician and amassed large wealth. He was an active and influential patriot during the Revolutionary war, a member of the Committee of Safety, judge of the Superior Court of Attleboro, and a member of the committee to report upon the first constitution submitted to the people of Massachusetts. His children were Dr. Preston Mann, a graduate of Brown University, a physician in Newport, R. I., where he entertained Washington and Lafayette during the Revolution; Dr. J. Milton Mann, also a graduate of Brown University, a physician in Attleboro, Mass., and later in Troy, N. Y., and drowned in the Hudson River; Mary, who married Josiah Draper and the mother of Virgil Draper, whose portrait and biography appear in this work; Dr. Herbert Mann, a graduate of Brown University, a surgeon of the privateer General Arnold during the Revolution, and frozen to death at sea; Newton Mann, the subject of this memoir, subsequently mentioned; and Eunice, who married Dr. Seth Capron, who was graduated from Brown University, studied medicine with her father, and served in the war of the Revolution.
Bezaleel Mann M.D., through whom this branch of the Mann family descended whose early history we are now following, was the son of the Revd. Samuel Mann of Wrentham, and he was an eminent physician and a prominent man in the section of Massachusetts where he resided. In the days before and during the great revolution, he served his country on many committees, and was an assistance in many ways to his followers. Some of his writings are preserved with care in the Massachusetts Historical society; he was withal a very wealthy citizen, and threw the weight of his influence on the side of his country in its struggle for independence, associated with Mr. Edward Richards and Major Elisha May, another of note.
From Our County and Its People, Part II: Biography, by Daniel Wager (1896):
Samuel Mann, jr., had thirteen children, of whom the youngest son, Dr. Bezaleel Mann, was born at Attleboro, Mass., June 15, 1724, and died there October 3, 1796; his wife, Bede Carpenter, died in 1793. Dr. Mann was an eminent physician and amassed large wealth. He was an active and influential patriot during the Revolutionary war, a member of the Committee of Safety, judge of the Superior Court of Attleboro, and a member of the committee to report upon the first constitution submitted to the people of Massachusetts. His children were Dr. Preston Mann, a graduate of Brown University, a physician in Newport, R. I., where he entertained Washington and Lafayette during the Revolution; Dr. J. Milton Mann, also a graduate of Brown University, a physician in Attleboro, Mass., and later in Troy, N. Y., and drowned in the Hudson River; Mary, who married Josiah Draper and the mother of Virgil Draper, whose portrait and biography appear in this work; Dr. Herbert Mann, a graduate of Brown University, a surgeon of the privateer General Arnold during the Revolution, and frozen to death at sea; Newton Mann, the subject of this memoir, subsequently mentioned; and Eunice, who married Dr. Seth Capron, who was graduated from Brown University, studied medicine with her father, and served in the war of the Revolution.
From the memoirs of his grandson, Gen. Horace Capron:
Bezaleel Mann M.D., through whom this branch of the Mann family descended whose early history we are now following, was the son of the Revd. Samuel Mann of Wrentham, and he was an eminent physician and a prominent man in the section of Massachusetts where he resided. In the days before and during the great revolution, he served his country on many committees, and was an assistance in many ways to his followers. Some of his writings are preserved with care in the Massachusetts Historical society; he was withal a very wealthy citizen, and threw the weight of his influence on the side of his country in its struggle for independence, associated with Mr. Edward Richards and Major Elisha May, another of note.
From Our County and Its People, Part II: Biography, by Daniel Wager (1896):
Samuel Mann, jr., had thirteen children, of whom the youngest son, Dr. Bezaleel Mann, was born at Attleboro, Mass., June 15, 1724, and died there October 3, 1796; his wife, Bede Carpenter, died in 1793. Dr. Mann was an eminent physician and amassed large wealth. He was an active and influential patriot during the Revolutionary war, a member of the Committee of Safety, judge of the Superior Court of Attleboro, and a member of the committee to report upon the first constitution submitted to the people of Massachusetts. His children were Dr. Preston Mann, a graduate of Brown University, a physician in Newport, R. I., where he entertained Washington and Lafayette during the Revolution; Dr. J. Milton Mann, also a graduate of Brown University, a physician in Attleboro, Mass., and later in Troy, N. Y., and drowned in the Hudson River; Mary, who married Josiah Draper and the mother of Virgil Draper, whose portrait and biography appear in this work; Dr. Herbert Mann, a graduate of Brown University, a surgeon of the privateer General Arnold during the Revolution, and frozen to death at sea; Newton Mann, the subject of this memoir, subsequently mentioned; and Eunice, who married Dr. Seth Capron, who was graduated from Brown University, studied medicine with her father, and served in the war of the Revolution.
Bezaleel Mann M.D., through whom this branch of the Mann family descended whose early history we are now following, was the son of the Revd. Samuel Mann of Wrentham, and he was an eminent physician and a prominent man in the section of Massachusetts where he resided. In the days before and during the great revolution, he served his country on many committees, and was an assistance in many ways to his followers. Some of his writings are preserved with care in the Massachusetts Historical society; he was withal a very wealthy citizen, and threw the weight of his influence on the side of his country in its struggle for independence, associated with Mr. Edward Richards and Major Elisha May, another of note.
From Our County and Its People, Part II: Biography, by Daniel Wager (1896):
Samuel Mann, jr., had thirteen children, of whom the youngest son, Dr. Bezaleel Mann, was born at Attleboro, Mass., June 15, 1724, and died there October 3, 1796; his wife, Bede Carpenter, died in 1793. Dr. Mann was an eminent physician and amassed large wealth. He was an active and influential patriot during the Revolutionary war, a member of the Committee of Safety, judge of the Superior Court of Attleboro, and a member of the committee to report upon the first constitution submitted to the people of Massachusetts. His children were Dr. Preston Mann, a graduate of Brown University, a physician in Newport, R. I., where he entertained Washington and Lafayette during the Revolution; Dr. J. Milton Mann, also a graduate of Brown University, a physician in Attleboro, Mass., and later in Troy, N. Y., and drowned in the Hudson River; Mary, who married Josiah Draper and the mother of Virgil Draper, whose portrait and biography appear in this work; Dr. Herbert Mann, a graduate of Brown University, a surgeon of the privateer General Arnold during the Revolution, and frozen to death at sea; Newton Mann, the subject of this memoir, subsequently mentioned; and Eunice, who married Dr. Seth Capron, who was graduated from Brown University, studied medicine with her father, and served in the war of the Revolution.
Inscription
Bezaleel Mann mort. die Octo. tert. 1796 an. aetat. 74. Early imbued with the principles of moral rectitude, he sustained through the diversified concerns of a long and active life, the character of an honest man. As a physician, he commanded, during the period of near 50 years, that unlimited confidence and respect, which talents alone can inspire. The features of his mind were sketched by the glowing pencil of nature, filled up with qualities that adorn humanity, and shaded with few infirmities the frequent attendants on mental excellence.
This stone is erected by the grateful hand of filial piety to protect the awful dust of revered parents.
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Inscription is found in Alden's Collection of Epitaphs. The tombstone itself has disintegrated.
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