David Greenough (1774-1836)

He was born at Welfleet, Massachusetts, and after losing his father at the age of seven was placed under the guardianship of his father's half-brother, David Stoddard Greenough. He became a builder and a real estate developer in Boston, working with the architect Charles Bulfinch among others. He also invested in shipbuilding and in a cotton mill in Clinton and died at Boston with real estate valued at $149,000 and personal effects valued at $10,017. He married Elisabeth Bender and their portraits were painted by Gilbert Stuart. They had 11-children and all four of their sons were either artists or sculptors, notably "America's first Sculptor" Horatio Greenough.