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He was born into a philanthropic family.
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Josiah Macy
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According to:
"In 1876, prominent philanthropist Josiah Macy, Junior., one of the Captain’s grandsons, died of yellow fever at age 38."
That same website discusses the family history of Josiah West. Macy, Junior., great-great-great-great-great-grandson of Thomas and Sarah Macy, who had settled in Massachusetts during the late 1650s. She continued the Macy family"s philanthropic habits throughout her entire life, and by the time of Kate Macy Ladd"s death in 1945, the Josiah Macy Foundation had received about $19 million from her and her estate. Time Magazine in 1930 reported that the Foundation created a fellowship fund for the expenses of Albert Einstein"s assistant.
