The ninth of 11 children, Caleb was just a few weeks shy of a year old when death took his two next oldest brothers Joseph and Avery, one not quite four years old, the other not quite two, to what was likely an illness. Two out of four of his surviving older brothers became sea captains and his father was the owner of several trading ships; almost certainly Caleb spent time at sea.
The ninth of 11 children, Caleb was just a few weeks shy of a year old when death took his two next oldest brothers Joseph and Avery, one not quite four years old, the other not quite two, to what was likely an illness. Two out of four of his surviving older brothers became sea captains and his father was the owner of several trading ships; almost certainly Caleb spent time at sea.
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