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Weston in Massachusetts

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The Brig "Ganges," built 1826 by Ezra Weston II, "King Caesar"

This page collects information about people with surname Weston who were known or believed to have lived in early Massachusetts.

This early Massachusetts family, descended from Edmund Weston (1605-1686) include a shipbuilding tycoon Ezra Weston II, and extended family located in Duxbury, Massachusetts built many schooners for fishing and the coastal trade, the majority of his vessels were large brigs and ships which traded around the world. Over the course of three generations, the Weston firm built or otherwise acquired more than 110 sailing vessels. Lloyd's of London recognized Weston as the owner of the largest fleet in America.

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King Caesar House[]

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King Caesar House

King Caesar House - the family home, was a Federal style house, completed in 1809, and built for Ezra Weston (1772-1842) and his wife, Jerusha Bradford Weston (1770–1833). Located at 120 King Caesar Road, Duxbury, Massachusetts. It is operated today as a non-profit museum by the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society.

From the King Caesar House, Ezra Weston II presided over the largest mercantile enterprise on the South Shore of Massachusetts in its day. Weston operated a large fleet of merchant vessels, a ten acre shipyard, a farm, a ropewalk, a sailcloth mill, and a large work force of sailors, carpenters and laborers.

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