Lamb family

Lemuel Lamb was born in 1779, one of nine children of Lemuel (1738-1812) and Desire Swan Lamb (1739-1797). The younger Lemuel became a merchant, moved to Delaware County, New York, and ran a store there by 1802. He invested in multiple business enterprises, including the La Motte Mining Company, the Quincy Land Group, and the Deep River Gold Mine. He served as the president of the Mechanics Bank from 1824 to 1841. Lemuel Lamb died on September 21, 1855.

Margaretta Lamb was born on April 10, 1801, the daughter of Irish immigrant and merchant Samuel Carswell (d. 1822) and Margaret Carswell. Margaretta had at least three siblings, Mary, Samuel, and Matthew. She married Lemuel Lamb (1779-1855) in 1822. The same year, she inherited her father's stock in the Mechanics Bank, and real estate in and outside of Pennsylvania. The family suffered financial losses, partly associated with the fall of the Second Bank of the United States in 1836, and, in order to help offset the losses, Margaretta established a girl's boarding school at the family's home on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) was a friend of Margaretta's father, Samuel Carswell, and Rachel Jackson (1767-1828) held Mary Ann and Ezra Stiles Ely (Margaretta's sister and brother-in-law) in high regard. Margaretta raised her two sons and seven daughters, and actively participated in the family's business affairs, especially as Lemuel spent considerable time away from home. Margaretta Lamb died on November 14, 1882.

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