Wife of John Crocker. They were married on Feb. 2, 1806 in Falmouth, MA - also listed in the Nantucket, MA records.
The following is an article regarding her father:
SPECIAL ARTICLE
PIONEER INOCULATORS ON CAPE COD
Drs. Francis Wicks (1755-1836) and Hugh George Donaldson (1757-1812), of Falmouth Massachusetts
Fred B. Rogers, M.D.
Philadelphia
664
Near the end of the eighteenth century, in the Cape Cod town of Falmouth, two physicians, Francis Wicks and Hugh George Donaldson, made noteworthy contributions toward erasing smallpox from Massachusetts. These men instituted the practice of variolation at inoculation hospitals that they established at Falmouth Heights and Wood's Hole; they later promoted vaccination after its introduction by Benjamin Waterhouse of Cambridge in 1800. The obscurity of information concerning the lives of these remarkable doctor citizens and their roles in the struggle against a dreaded scourge warrants this brief account.
Records of the town clerk refer to public service by Wicks: he was one of a committee appointed to provide a "poor house," served as a petty juryman in 1791 and in 1798 assisted financially the building of a new schoolhouse. In 1806 he was elected to the state legislature for a four-year term, and in the following year was named a justice of the peace for Barnstable County.
The following is an article regarding her father:
SPECIAL ARTICLE
PIONEER INOCULATORS ON CAPE COD
Drs. Francis Wicks (1755-1836) and Hugh George Donaldson (1757-1812), of Falmouth Massachusetts
Fred B. Rogers, M.D.
Philadelphia
664
Near the end of the eighteenth century, in the Cape Cod town of Falmouth, two physicians, Francis Wicks and Hugh George Donaldson, made noteworthy contributions toward erasing smallpox from Massachusetts. These men instituted the practice of variolation at inoculation hospitals that they established at Falmouth Heights and Wood's Hole; they later promoted vaccination after its introduction by Benjamin Waterhouse of Cambridge in 1800. The obscurity of information concerning the lives of these remarkable doctor citizens and their roles in the struggle against a dreaded scourge warrants this brief account.
Records of the town clerk refer to public service by Wicks: he was one of a committee appointed to provide a "poor house," served as a petty juryman in 1791 and in 1798 assisted financially the building of a new schoolhouse. In 1806 he was elected to the state legislature for a four-year term, and in the following year was named a justice of the peace for Barnstable County.
Wife of John Crocker. They were married on Feb. 2, 1806 in Falmouth, MA - also listed in the Nantucket, MA records.
The following is an article regarding her father:
SPECIAL ARTICLE
PIONEER INOCULATORS ON CAPE COD
Drs. Francis Wicks (1755-1836) and Hugh George Donaldson (1757-1812), of Falmouth Massachusetts
Fred B. Rogers, M.D.
Philadelphia
664
Near the end of the eighteenth century, in the Cape Cod town of Falmouth, two physicians, Francis Wicks and Hugh George Donaldson, made noteworthy contributions toward erasing smallpox from Massachusetts. These men instituted the practice of variolation at inoculation hospitals that they established at Falmouth Heights and Wood's Hole; they later promoted vaccination after its introduction by Benjamin Waterhouse of Cambridge in 1800. The obscurity of information concerning the lives of these remarkable doctor citizens and their roles in the struggle against a dreaded scourge warrants this brief account.
Records of the town clerk refer to public service by Wicks: he was one of a committee appointed to provide a "poor house," served as a petty juryman in 1791 and in 1798 assisted financially the building of a new schoolhouse. In 1806 he was elected to the state legislature for a four-year term, and in the following year was named a justice of the peace for Barnstable County.
The following is an article regarding her father:
SPECIAL ARTICLE
PIONEER INOCULATORS ON CAPE COD
Drs. Francis Wicks (1755-1836) and Hugh George Donaldson (1757-1812), of Falmouth Massachusetts
Fred B. Rogers, M.D.
Philadelphia
664
Near the end of the eighteenth century, in the Cape Cod town of Falmouth, two physicians, Francis Wicks and Hugh George Donaldson, made noteworthy contributions toward erasing smallpox from Massachusetts. These men instituted the practice of variolation at inoculation hospitals that they established at Falmouth Heights and Wood's Hole; they later promoted vaccination after its introduction by Benjamin Waterhouse of Cambridge in 1800. The obscurity of information concerning the lives of these remarkable doctor citizens and their roles in the struggle against a dreaded scourge warrants this brief account.
Records of the town clerk refer to public service by Wicks: he was one of a committee appointed to provide a "poor house," served as a petty juryman in 1791 and in 1798 assisted financially the building of a new schoolhouse. In 1806 he was elected to the state legislature for a four-year term, and in the following year was named a justice of the peace for Barnstable County.
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