The old home
Publisher: Meador
Published: 1957
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 69
Description: William Moody, his wife Sarah and two sons came from England. The family settled in Ipswich and moved to Newbury in 1635. William was an excellent blacksmith and was the first person in New England to adopt the practice of shoeing oxen so they could walk on the ice. Caleb was born in America in 1637. He married in 1659 and moved into the home which his father had helped him to build. Caleb and his wife had two children named Daniel and Sarah. Not long after the baby was born, Sarah died. Caleb married second, Judith Bradbury. Eight children were born of the second marriage. Caleb died in 1698 at the age of 61.