Nathaniel, May 1729-January 1, 1793, was born at Little Compton, R. I. He removed to Plymouth and later to Saquish Neck in the outer harbor. In keeping with his prolific father, he had twelve children. He married Ruth Chandler of Plymouth. Their children were Jacob, Nathaniel, Patience, who married Malachi Delano, Thomas (the fifth Thomas), Lucy, William, John, Mercy, Nathan, Rebecca, Zerviah.[14] Nathaniel’s will, #3389, was probated in 1789 and administered by his son, Jacob. The inventory of his estate showed a value of $1241.46, not inconsiderable at that time. He had lived and farmed on Saquish Neck on the Plymouth-Duxbury outer shore. Principal access to Plymouth would be by boat. CHAPTER X. JOHN BURGESS John Burgess, 1765-1850, is sometimes referred to as the second John. The first John was a half brother of his father, Nathaniel. Keeping in the stride of his father and grandfather, he had thirteen children. As a young man, after leaving his family farm on Saquish by the ocean, he lived for a time in Rochester, Mass., in that part now included in Wareham, Mass., near the Plymouth southern boundary. John Burgess lived on the homestead from the purchase in 1801 until his death in 1850 at the age of 85. He prospered, added to his acreage, and was a land owner in Plymouth center.[15] The sustaining of a family of thirteen children and two parents for a period of fifty years from a small country farm is a significant accomplishment. He married first Annie Tribble, 1765-1805. Their children were Chandler, Annie, Nathan, Lucy, Mary, Serviah, Hannah, Jabez, Sarah, Rebecca, and Nathaniel. Secondly, about age 41 he married Ruth Sprague, 1766-1846, of Duxbury. By her he had one child, Phineas Sprague Burgess, 1807-1890. As in the case of his father Nathaniel, who was the last son of the third Thomas, Phineas was the last child of his father, John. He became the next owner of his father’s homestead. Ruth Sprague was the twin sister of the Hon. Seth Sprague of Duxbury. He was a representative in the Massachusetts legislature. His son, Hon. Peleg Sprague, 1793-1886, was U. S. senator from Maine 1829-1835 and judge of the U. S. District Court in Boston, 1847-1865. Mary Burgess has said that the family tradition was that she considered herself an old maid and might as well go to Plymouth, marry John, and help bring up his children.[16] John Burgess’s son, Phineas, cared for him in his last years, as can be seen from his will of 1850.