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Captain Josiah W. Macy, Jr. 18__-19__) was a Sea Captain born into a philanthropic family. Josian Macy established a shipping and commission firm in New York City, after leaving the family home in Nantucket, Massachusetts. The Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation was endowed in the name of Captain Josiah W. Macy, Jr., by his daughter, Kate Macy Ladd, in 1930.

According to The Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation:

"In 1876, prominent philanthropist Josiah Macy, Jr., one of the Captain’s grandsons, died of yellow fever at age 38."

That same website discusses the family history of Josiah W. Macy, Jr., son of Thomas and Sarah Macy, who had settled in Massachusetts during the late 1630s. They earned their money from an oil company that later was incorporated into the Standard Oil Company under the Rockefellers.

Catherine "Kate" Everit Macy (1863-1945), Josiah Macy's granddaughter, married Walter Graeme Ladd, a lawyer and yachtsman who won several yachting prizes, including some with his schooner, The Etak ("Kate" spelled backwards). Up through the time of Kate Macy Ladd's death in 1945, she continued the Macy family's philanthropic habits and gave the Josiah Macy Foundation about $19 million.

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