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| Birth: | 5 Feb 1725 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA |
| Death: | 23 May 1783 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | James Otis Sr b. 1663 in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA |
| Mother: | Mary Allyn b. 10 Nov 1702 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA |
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Individual:
1. James was one of the lawyers responsible for John Adams being approved as a lawyer. He was very well respected by John Adams for believing in America's independence from England and his supporting actions.
From our source:
"James Otis lived until 1783. From time to time he recovered his reason; he was even able to argue one or two cases in court, but the lucid periods never lasted long. Toward the end he left the family homestead at Barnstable and went to board with a kind and pleasant man named Osgood who owned a farm on the outskirts of Andover, Massachusetts. During these two final years Otis was quiet, always gentle, shared in the farm work as he could and gave no trouble, seldom wandering more than fifty yards from the house. He had often said that when he died, he wished he might go suddenly, by a flash of lightening. On Friday afternoon, May 23, 1783, a heavy cloud came up from the west; the Osgoods took shelter in their parlor to wait for the storm to pass. Otis, leaning on his cane, stood against the post of the hall doorway, telling a story to the family. As yet there had been no lightening and no rain. Suddenly there came a blinding flash, and thunder shook the house. The family, rigid with terror on their chairs, saw Otis fall to the floor. When Osgood reached him, Otis was already dead."
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- Title: Moate Family Records
Author: Sydney Harrison Moate
Publication: 9 Jan 1999
OATE.html, 2344 Hannah Court, Fortuna, CA 95540Excellent
- Title: John Adams and the American Revolution
Author: Catherine Drinker Bowen
Publication: 1950
Page: pages 165, 172, 192, 193, 308, 317, 334, and 605
Quality: 3
- Title: Cheseboro gedcom
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