Cyrus Taber & Ruhamah Hathaway

View of Wareham at Onset Bay Grove 1885

Cyrus Taber, my 5th Great Grandfather and father of Matilda G. Taber, was born in Wareham, Massachusetts in 1795.

Wareham, Mass., originally called Agawam, is located at the entrance to Cape Cod on Buzzards Bay, and was purchased from the native owners in 1665 for 24 pounds 10 shillings, then becoming part of the Plymouth Colony.  The settlers have been active in ship building, iron working, and salt production at various times over its 350 year history.  Cyrus was a boy and young adult during the high point in iron working.

Cyrus married Ruhamah Hathaway May 23, 1819 in Wareham.  Ruhamah was born March 15, 1801 also in Wareham.

Their children were Matilda, Cyrus (who was a sailor), Salathiel H. (worked in a saw mill), and Adelaide.

Cyrus died about between 1840 and 1845 (their last child, Adelaide, was born in 1840, and Ruhamah was remarried in 1845).

Ruhamah's second husband was Richard Withington.  They are listed on the 1865 Massachusetts State Census, but have not found her afterwards.