What Savage Had To Say...

About the Early Settlers of Woburn

This database was painstakingly created and edited for your genealogical use.  Savage abbreviated quite a bit, but most of it is understandable.  Also, some of his research is out of date with new discoveries since he wrote these volumes, but most of it is still in date and can tell you more about the families of Woburn.

  (Any mention of the word, "Woburn" is listed in "red")  I would advise using the "Edit" command and then "Find", then type in the surname that you are looking for!

Source:

Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, - Vol. I-IV (4). Boston, 1860-1862.

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Macginnis, Daniel, Woburn, m. 10 Feb. 1677, Rose Neal, had Rose, b. 19 Nov. 1677; rem. to Billerica 1679, but in W. had Edmund, 23 Mar. 1685.

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Meade, Meades, or Mede, David, Cambridge vill. perhaps s. of Gabriel, m. at Watertown, 24 Sept. 1675, Hannah Warren, perhaps d. of David, had Hannah, b. 17 Sept. 1676; and David, 1678; rem. to Billerica, freem. 1683; rem. to Woburn, there had John, 14 Aug. 1685; Sarah, 24 Oct. 1688; Susanna, 11 Oct. 1690; and, perhaps, rem. again. Hannah m. 14 Oct. 1701, Ebenezer Locke. GABRIEL, Dorchester, freem. 2 May 1638, d. 12 May 1666, in 79th yr. as was suppos. His will, of 18 Jan. 1654, pro. 17 July 1667, names w. Johanna, wh. prob. was a sec. w. s. David, and four ds. Lydia, Experience, Sarah, and Patience. Lydia m. 19 Oct. 1652, James Burgess; Experience m. 4 Dec. 1663, Jabez Heaton; Sarah m. 30 Nov. 1664, Samuel Eddy; and Patience m. 28 Apr. 1669, Matthias Evans, all, I think, of Boston. He had also s. not nam. in the will, Israel, b. 1639, wh. liv. at Watertown some yrs. but rem. to D. in Aug. 1674, and, perhaps, later to Woburn. ISRAEL, Woburn, prob. s. of the preced. m. 26 Feb. 1669, Mary, d. of wid. Mar Hall, had Margaret, b. 20 Jan. 1676; Mary, 10 Feb. 1682; Ruth, 10 Aug. 1684; Ebenezer, 10 May 1686, and, perhaps, some earlier. Margaret m. Joseph Locke, as sec. w. JAMES, Wrentham, by w. Judith had Grace, b. 11 Dec. 1692; and James, 9 Oct. 1694; and [p.191] his w. d. that same day. JOHN, Greenwich, prob. s. of Joseph, propound. for freem. 1670. * JOSEPH, Stamford 1657, rem. to Greenwich, was freem. 1662, rep. 1669-71. NICHOLAS, Charlestown 1680, had by w. Eliz. wh. join. the ch. 6 Mar. 1681, Susanna, bapt. 13 Mar. 1681; Eliz. 14 Aug. 1681, and, perhaps, rem. RICHARD, Roxbury 1663, freem. 1665, had Richard, a mariner, wh. d. bef. 15 Feb. 1679, when the f. took admin. on the est. but that s. was, I think, not b. at R. The f. m. 6 Nov. 1678, Mary, a sec. w. and d. I believe, 21 Feb. 1689. * WILLIAM, Gloucester 1641, one of the selectmen 1647, rem. to New London, bef. Oct. 1653, when he was rep. but never aft. tho. liv. 1669. WILLIAM, Roxbury, br. of Richard, had w. Rebecca, and d. 29 Oct. 1683, and his wid. 8 days aft. His will, made the day of his d. if the rec. be right, pro. 2 Nov. foll. names only br. Richard, w. Rebecca, and s.-in-law Joseph Stanton, tho. undutiful. The wid. made her will 5, pro. 15 Nov. foll. Nineteen of the name had, in 1834, been gr. at the coll. of N. E. of wh. only one was of Harv.

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Merrow, or Mero, Henry, Woburn, m. 19 Dec. 1660, Jane Wallis, had ch. b. 14 Sept. 1662; prob. was most of his days. of Reading, freem. 1677, d. 1685; had, I suppose, John and Samuel, as Mr. Eaton gives their names among early sett. at R.

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Moore, or More, Abel, New London, s. of Miles, was constable 1675, and again 1685, d. sudden. at Dedham, 1689, on his way home from Boston. ABRAHAM, Andover, m. 14 Dec. 1687, Priscilla Poor, but it is not cert. that she liv. at A. only that there he was m. ANDREW, Windsor, m. Sarah Phelps, perhaps d. of William, had Sarah, b. Dec. 1672; Andrew, 15 Feb. 1675; Deborah, 31 May 1677; Jonathan, 26 Feb. 1680; Abigail, 1682; Rachel, 1691; Benjamin, 1693; and Amos, 1698. CALEB, Salem 1668. ENOCH, Charleston 1675, had w. Rebecca, wh. d. 3 Jan. 1733, in 83d yr. had Enoch, b. 28 Feb. 1678, at Woburn, and at C. James, bapt. 12 June 1681; Rebecca, 25 Feb. 1683; Susanna, 27 July 1684; James and William, tw. 29 Apr. 1688; and Ruth, 27 Oct. 1689. FRANCIS, Cambridge, freem. 22 May 1639, brot. w. Catharine, wh. d. 28 Dec. 1648, had ch. Francis, Samuel, John, and Ann, first two b. in Eng. but John, certain. b. 20 Mar. 1645, and, perhaps, Ann, were bapt. in ch. of C. and Sarah, b. there 3 Apr. 1643, and prob. Thomas, na. with John in the will of br. Francis, m. sec. w. 6 Dec. 1653, Eliz. wid. perhaps of Thomas Periman. He d. 20 Aug. 1671, aged 85, and his wid. d. 5 Nov. 1683, aged 84. Ann m. James Kidder. FRANCIS, Cambridge, s. of the preced. b. in Eng. by w. Catharine had John, b. 20 Mar. 1645, and m. 7 Sept. 1650, Abby Eaton, prob. had no ch. at least none to live until he made his will, freem. 1652, selectman 1674-81, and some yrs. aft. d. 23 Feb. 1689, aged 69. FRANCIS, Salem, m. 31 Aug. 1666, Eliz. Woodbury. GEORGE, Scituate, had been a serv. of Edward Dotey, at Plymouth 1630, kept the ferry on Jones riv. in Kingston 1633-8, in S. had much land 1642, fell distracted in 1664, when guardians had power to sell some of his est. and d. 1677, suddenly. Deane, 313. It does not appear that he had fam. GEORGE, Lynn, had Dorothy, b. 8 Jan. 1659. GOLDIN, Cambridge 1636, freem. 2 June 1641, m. Joan, wid. of John Champney, had Hannah, b. 15 May 1643; Lydia; and Ruth; all b. and bapt. at C.; was a sett. at the farms, 1642, now Lexington, rem. to Billerica, there d. 3 Sept. 1698, in 89th yr. Hannah m. 1 Mar. 1666, John Hastings, and d. 10 June 1667; Ruth m. 5 July 1670, Daniel Shed. * ISAAC, Norwalk, one of the first sett. had first been of Farmington, m. at Hartford, 5 Dec. [p.228] 1645, Ruth, d. of John Stanley, a serg. in 1649, may be that youth of 13, who came in the Increase, 1635, from London to Boston, was rep. for N. 1657, had Ruth, b. 5 Jan. 1657; Sarah, 12 Feb. 1662; Mary, 15 Sept. 1664; and Phebe, 25 Apr. 1669; the first bapt. at Norwalk, the others at F. but no s.; went back to F. a. 1660, was a deac. m. very late in life, Dorothy, d. of Rev. Henry Smith, who had been wid. of three husbands, and liv. in 1705. JACOB, Sudbury, s. of John of the same. JAMES, Salem, perhaps br. of Richard or George, or both, in his will, of 5 July 1659, pro. Nov. foll. calls hims. of Hammersmith, in wh. he ment. w. Ruth, and little d. Deborah, may be the one, wh. m. at Lynn, 28 Dec. 1657, Ruth Pinion, wh. perhaps, was d. of Nicholas of New Haven. JAMES, Boston, “a Scottish man” as rec. of his m. 6 Feb. 1657, with Mary Both, or Booth, calls him, may have been (tho. it seems to me unlikely, as he was one of the found. of the Scot's Charit. Soc.) one of the few outcasts of the civil war, sold here, that had health or heart eno. to form a fam. JASPER, Plymouth, serv. boy of Gov. Carver, wh. d. very soon aft. arr. of the Mayflower, by careless read. oft. suppos. to be s. of the Gov. who however had no ch. tho. many thousands have prid. themselves on being his descend. JEREMY, Hingham, came in 1638, by the Diligent, was from Wymondham, a large town in Co. Norfolk, adj. old Hingham, rem. to Boston 1643, was freem. 1645, d. bef. 1669, leav. Jeremiah, Samuel, and Mary, wh. m. John Cotton. * JOHN, Dorchester 1630, came in the Mary and John, prob. for he was freem. 18 May 1631, a deac. went with Warham 1635 or 6, to Windsor, was there a chief man, rep. not as Hist. of W. 705, tells, in 1643, but 1665, 7, and oft. aft. d. 18 Sept. 1677. He had Abigail, b. 1639; Mindwell, 10 July 1643; and John, 5 Dec. 1645; but he had also, prob. elder ds. Hannah, wh. m. 30 Nov. 1648, John Drake; and Eliz. wh. m. 24 Nov. 1654, Nathaniel Loomis. Abigail m. 11 Oct. 1655, Thomas Bissell; and Mindwell m. 25 Sept. 1662, Nathaniel Bissell. JOHN, Roxbury, freem. 3 July 1632, but perhaps he first liv. in some other town, for his name is not found early at R. nor does Mr. Ellis in his Hist. give it; but the ch. rec. has “old John Moore of 99 yrs. d. 27 Oct. 1679.” JOHN, Cambridge, perhaps the freem. of 8 Dec. 1636. JOHN, Salem, had there bapt. Jerusha, 25 Dec. 1636; Abigail, 10 June 1638; Benjamin, 18 July 1641; and Ephraim, 10 Dec. 1643. Perhaps his w. was Hannah, and he may have been freem. but not, as Felt puts him, in 1633. JOHN, Newport, receiv. as an inhab. 16 Nov. 1638, may have been of Warwick 1655, had d. Mary, wh. m. Job Almy. JOHN, Lynn 1641. JOHN, Braintree, whose w. Bridget d. 1643, was liv. there 1658, and in 1660 was one of the purch. of Medway. JOHN, Sudbury 1643, perhaps he who came in the Planter, 1635, aged 24, from London, may have been of ar. co. 1638, by w. Eliz. had Mary; [p.229] Lydia, b. 24 June 1643; Jacob, 28 Apr. 1645; perhaps Joseph; and Eliz.; m. sec. w. 16 Nov. 1654, Ann, d. of John Smith. Mary m. 8 Sept. 1661, Richard Ward; and Lydia m. 1664, Samuel Wright. JOHN, Newtown, L. I. 1656, was their first min. says Riker's Hist. JOHN, Roxbury, of wh. I find nothing but his insert. in list of freem. 1666. JOHN, Boston, shipwright, d. in Virginia, and admin. was giv. 15 Jan. 1683, to his wid. Mary. JOHN, Windsor, only s. of John of the same, m. 21 Sept. 1664, Hannah, d. of Edward Goffe of Cambridge, had John, b. 26 June 1665; Thomas, 25 July 1667; Samuel, 24 Dec. 1669; Nathaniel, 20 Sept. 1672; Edward, 2 Mar. 1675; and Josiah and Joseph, tw. 5 July 1679. His w. Hannah d. 4 Apr. 1697; and he m. 17 Dec. 1701, Martha Flamsworth, unless Mr. Stiles misspell. the name, had Martha, 24 Sept. 1705; and d. 21 June 1718. * JOHN, Lancaster, perhaps of Boston, and freem. 1669, was rep. 1689 and 90, call. sen. JOHN, Boston, by w. Lydia had Sarah, b. 19 July 1673; Hannah, 1675, d. soon; Hannah, again, 25 July 1676; John, Feb. 1678; Thomas, 26 Nov. 1679; Catharine, 5 Feb. 1681; Rachel, Feb. 1682; Francis, Nov. 1684; Catharine, again, Mar. 1686, and Francis, again, 8 Apr. 1687. He was, perhaps, the freem. of 1671, and d. 1693. He was a brewer, had good est. of wh. admin. was giv. to his w. Lydia, 13 July. JOHN, Lynn, m. 21 July 1673, Susanna, perhaps d. of Thomas Marshall, had Thomas, b. 20 Apr. 1674; John, 10 Feb. 1679; Richard, 22 Aug. 1680; and Susanna, 4 Mar. 1685. * JOHN, Lancaster, call. jun. rep. 1689, perhaps s. of him who was rep. aft. JOHN, Lynn, freem. 1691. One other John, wh. came in the Susan and Ellen 1635, from London, aged 41, I am unable to dispose of. JONATHAN, Boston, youngest s. of Mrs. Ann, wid. of William Hibbins, the Assist. was, I infer, only tempo. resid. here, for the will of his mo. 16 June 1656, shortly bef. her execut. for the preposterous crime of. witchcraft, wh. is to be seen in Geneal. Reg. VI. 287, 8, speaks of him and his brs. John, and Joseph, as if all were in Eng. and in the codic. of 19th of the same, acknowledg. “the more than ordinary affection and pains ‘of this one,’ in the time of my distress,” as he had arriv. to attend the result of the execrable fanaticism. She was prob. the richest person ever hanged in this part; and the prejudice against witches long slumbered. JOSEPH, Boston, m. 21 May 1656, Ruth Starr, had Joseph, b. 7 Mar. 1658. JOSEPH, Sudbury, m. Lydia, d. of John Maynard. MILES, Milford 1646, rem. as early at least as 1657, to New London, freem. 1663, call. old in 1680, left descend. thro. d. Miriam, w. of John Willey; beside Abel, bef. ment. RICHARD, Plymouth, brot. by Elder Brewster, with a. br. both as serv. in the Mayflower, 1620, and the br. d. in few wks.; at the div. of cattle 1627, when the name of every man, woman, and [p.230] ch. is giv. he was still assort. with Elder Brewster; but by Gov. Bradford's Hist. 451, we are taught that he m. and in 1651 had four or five ch. liv. as if he had lost one or more. It is vain to regret, that the Gov. did not mention the names of the ch. or the mo. Perhaps he rem. to one of the newer settlem. for Winsor's Duxbury tells that he sold his land 1637, and I am convine. aft. long search, that he is the Richard by Deane, in Hist. of Scituate, call. Mann, as the other four passeng. with this bapt. name of Richard, were all then adult. See Mann. RICHARD, Cape Porpoise, now Kennebunk, had gr. of 400 acres in 1647, and less than 20 yrs. aft. was of Scarborough, had w. Bridget, became pauper 1679, and d. 1681. See Southgate, 77. RICHARD, Salem 1642, to wh. says Felt, was made gr. of land 1638, freem. 28 Feb. 1643, tho. this man may have come in the Blessing, from London 1635, aged 20. He, or perhaps a s. of the same name, in a town office there, was liv. 1682; and in 1668 his name, with that of Richard jun. is sign. to the petitn. against imposts. RICHARD, Lynn, by w. Alice, wh. d. 29 May 1661, had Mary, b. 15 Jan. preced. and he m. 6 Nov. 1662, Eliz. Wildes. ROBERT, Boston 1651, tailor, rem. next yr. ROBERT, Boston, by w. Ann had Susanna, b. 6 Aug. 1686. SAMUEL, Salem, freem. 6 Mar. 1632, perhaps, therefore, came in Nov. preced. in the Lion, had Samuel, bapt. 25 Dec. 1636; and Remember, 9 Dec. 1638. SAMUEL, Boston, prob. s. of Jeremy, m. 1 May 1660, Abigail, d. of capt. Thomas Hawkins, had Mary, b. 2 May 1661; he d. in short time, and his wid. m. Thomas Kellond, and 3d h. Hon. John Foster. SAMUEL, Boston, by w. Naomi had Francis, b. 15 July 1670; and Edward, 5 July 1674. SAMUEL, Lynn, had Mary, b. early in June 1676, d. soon; Rebecca, 9 Nov. 1677, d. soon; Abigail, 26 Sept. 1678; and Ephraim, 17 June 1681; was freem. 1691. THOMAS, Dorchester, came in the Mary and John 1630, and prob. was br. of John of the same, freem. 18 May 1631, rem. 1635 or 6 to Windsor, perhaps rem. to Southold, L. I. where was one of this name 1662. THOMAS, Portsmouth, one of the first sett. sent by John Mason, the patentee, 1631. THOMAS, Salem 1636, prob. s. of Thomas, to whose wid. Ann, a midwife, was next yr. gr. of ld. made, by w. Martha had Thomas, and Martha, both bapt. 21 Oct. 1639, soon aft. the parents were rec. of the ch.; Benjamin, 2 Aug. 1640; Nathaniel, 3 July 1642; Hannah, 29 Dec. 1644; Eliz. 31 Jan. 1647; Jonathan, 3 June 1649; and Mary, 15 Dec. 1650; was freem. 27 Dec. 1642, and in few yrs. rem. THOMAS, Boston, mariner, m. at Cambridge, 9 Nov. 1653, Sarah Hodges, had Sarah, b. 26 Apr. 1655, d. next yr.; Sarah, again, 5 May 1660; Hannah, 26 Apr. 1662; Rachel, 25 May 1664; Eliz. 27 Apr. 1667; and Thomas, 2 Sept. 1669, d. 1690. THOMAS, Roxbury, freem. 1690, says the Col. rec. but I have some doubt. WILLIAM, [p.231] Salem 1639, may have been of Ipswich 1665, and d. 1671. * WILLIAM, Exeter 1645, was, says Farmer, a rep. in the assemb. of N. H. WILLIAM, York 1652, when he subm. to the Mass. governm. to 1680, when he took the o. of alleg. to his Majesty. WILLIAM, Westerly 1669, may be the same, who at Norwich m. Aug. 1677, Mary, wid. of Thomas Howard, wh. was k. at the gr. battle of Philip's war, 19 Dec. 1675, d. of William Wellman, had Eliz. b. 20 July 1678; Experience, 12 May 1680; Martha, 22 Feb. 1682; Joshua, 1683; William, 1685; and Abigail, 1687. His w. d. 3 Apr. 1700, and he m. 17 July foll. Mary, wid. of Joshua Allen of Windham, wh. d. 18 Sept. 1727; and he m. 10 June 1728, Tamison Simmons, and d. Apr. 1729. WILLIAM, Amesbury 1670, a milit. officer, wh. m. as I presume, 7 Oct. 1673, Mary Veazie, perhaps d. of George of Dover. Seven of this name had, in 1829, been gr. at Harv. six at Yale, six at Dart. and twelve at other N. E. coll.
 

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Moss, * John, New Haven 1639, sign. the orig. comp. 4 June 1643, had John, bapt. prob. 5 Jan. 1640, d. young; Samuel, 4 Apr. 1641; Abigail, 10 Apr. 1642; Joseph, prob. 5 Nov. 1643; Ephraim, 16 Nov. 1645; Mary, 11 Apr. 1647; Mercy, male, 1 Apr. 169; John, again, b. 12, bapt. 20 Oct. 1650; Eliz 3, bapt. 7 Oct. 1652; Esther, 2 Jan. 1654; and Isaac, 21, bapt. 30 Nov. 1655; as the print. in Geneal. Reg. IX. 361, gives the bapt. wh. may be a mistake for Dec. The rec. of b. may be trust. that of bapt. is certain. wrong. He was rep. 1667-70, and then rem. to Wallingford 1670, of wh. he was rep. 1671-3, yet contin. propr. at New Haven, d. 1707, aged 103, perhaps with slight exagg. yet thot. to be the oldest that ever d. in Conn. See Dana, Cent. disc. 1770. Mary m. 3 Nov. 1664, John Peck; and Eliz. m. 1670, Nathaniel Hitchcock. JOHN, Boston. See Morse. JOHN, Woburn, m. 5 Mar. 1686, Dinah Knight. JOHN, Salisbury, by w. Sarah had Joseph, b. 11 Jan. 1694; Abiel, 19 Aug. 1695; Mary, 4 Mar. 1697; and Benjamin, 24 Oct. 1698. He may have been a Morse. JOSEPH, Portsmouth 1665. JOSEPH, New Haven, s. of John of the same, m. 11 Apr. 1667, Mary, d. of Roger Alling, had, beside prob. others, Samuel, b. 27 Jan. 1675, d. next yr.; Joseph, 7 Apr. 1679, H. C. 1699, a min. of reputa. at Derby, ord. 1706; and Samuel, again, [p.247] 18 Mar. 1681. JOSEPH, Boston, by w. Mary had Joseph, b. 22 Mar. 1687; and Joseph, again, 18 Jan. 1689. MERCY, New Haven, s. of John, by w. Eliz. had John; and William, b. 28 June 1682; but perhaps John was not the elder. He d. not long aft. for his inv. was of 3 Mar. 1685, and only the wid. and two s. to have int. in it. In no other case have I seen this female name enjoy. by a man. The surname is sometimes writ. by mistake for Morse.

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Mousall, * || John, Charlestown 1634, with w. join. the ch. 23 Aug. freem. 3 Sept. of that yr. rep. 1635, ar. co. 1641, deac. and selectman 1642, rem. to Woburn, and d. 27 Mar. 1665. Possib. he was tempt. to Salem, for Felt prints Mousar John as av. gr. of ld. there 1639, and among ch. memb. 1646, prints Ruth Monsall, both so very closely resembling this name, may be mistak. for it. His d. Eunice m. 1 Nov. 1649, John Brooks. His will, of 9 June 1660, pro. 4 Apr. 1665, names w. Joanna, makes s. Joh and John Brooks excors. with remem. of Sarah, Eunice, and Joanna Brooks, gr.ch. of testa. JOHN, Woburn, s. of the preced. m. 13 May 1650, Sarah Brooks. JOHN, Charlestown, s. prob. of Ralph, b. in Eng. by w. Eliz. wh. d. 16 Aug. 1685, aged 51, had Eliz. b. 16 July 1659; was, I suppose, that soldier of Moseley's comp. in Dec. 1675, in Geneal. Reg. VIII. 242, print. Monsall, d. 1 Feb. 1704, aged 74. * RALPH, Charlestown, br. of the first John, came, I doubt not, in the fleet with Winth. he being no. 72 and w. Alice 73 in the list of Boston ch. memb. desir. adm. as freem. 19 Oct. 1630, and 18 May foll. was sworn, when the name appears Mashell, and in Geneal. Reg. VII. 30, Moushole. He was one of the founders of the ch. at C. rep. 1636, 7, and 8, but being a favorer of Wheelwright, was eject. yet aft. hold. his tongue and recov. his reputa. was deac. d. 30 Apr. 1657, [p.251] leav. John, wh. was prob. b. in Eng.; Thomas, bapt. 25 May 1633; Mary Goble; Ruth Wood; and Eliz. His will, of 13 Apr. preced. besides w. and ch. names cous. Nathaniel Ball, and Mary Wayne, and in a codie. ten days aft. ment. s. Thomas hav. a s. born. His wid. d. 1667. THOMAS, Charlestown, s. of the preced. by w. Mary, perhaps d. of Samuel Richardson, had Thomas, b. 5 Apr. 1655, d. soon; Joseph, 10 Apr. 1657, d. in few wks.; Mary, 26 July 1659, bapt. as also, Ralph, 21 June 1668; Joseph and Benjamin, tw. bapt. 21 Feb. 1669; Samuel, 23 Apr. 1671; Mercy, 28 Sept. 1673; and Thomas, again, 22 Nov. 1674. His w. d. 13 Sept. 1677, and he had sec. w. an d. 16 Apr. 1713, in 81st yr. and his wid. Ann d. 25 Aug. 1742, in 82d yr. The s. Ralph d. at C. 7 June 1718.

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Nevers, Richard, Woburn, by w. Martha had Samuel, b. 16 Dec. 1689; Mary, 9 July 1694; and Martha, 20 July 1698.

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Nutt, Miles, Watertown, freem. 17 May 1637, brot. from Eng. d. Sarah, who m. 5 Nov. 1644, at Woburn, where he then resid. John Wyman, and next, 25 Aug. 1684, Thomas Fuller; but he d. at Malden, 2 July 1671. There he had liv. sev. yrs.; was one of the petitnrs. in favor of freedom in the ch. made contr. of m. 4 Jan. 1659 with wid. Sibell Bibble, wh. was for benefit of herself and her d. Ann, w. of Robert Jones of Hull, aft. of Lancaster, pro. 15 Dec. 1674, by James Cary and Thomas Carter, who had, with Solomon Phipps, been witn. of his will, 1 Feb. 1661, in wh. said contr. was design. to be fulfil. In that will he made John Wyman sen. excor. provides for the sec. w. names d. Sarah, her s. John, and, perhaps, others of the ch. Inv. of the est. was with the vol. of rec. burned. The wid. m. 30 Oct. 1674, John Doolittle, of that part of Boston call. Rumney marsh, who d. 1681, and she d. 23 Sept. 1690, aged 82.

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Nutting, James, Groton, prob. s. of John, by w. Lydia, d. of William Longley, had Sarah, b. 11 Mar. 1681; Lydia, 3 June 1686; Joanna, 21 Feb. 1691; Ruth, 17 Apr. 1693; Eliz. 5 Nov. 1698; and William, betw. Lydia and Joanna, who d. 12 Apr. 1712. JHN, Groton, m. at Woburn, 28 Aug. 1650, Sarah Eggleton or Eggleden, or Iggleden, perhaps d. of Stephen, there had a s. b. 1651, who may have been John, and prob. other ch. certain. at Chelmsford, Mary, 16 Jan. 1656; and John, James, and Mary were bapt. 3 Ag. 1656; Sarah, b. 7 Jan. 1660, d. soon; but at G. the rec. gives these names: Sarah, 29 May 1663; Ebenezer, 23 Oct. 1666; and Jonathan, 17 Oct. 1668; was freem. 1660. JOHN, Groton, prob. s. of the preced. had two ws. both nam. Mary, of wh. the first, m. 11 Dec. 1674, was mo. of all his ch. but the dispersion of king Philip's war next yr. and long enduring perils of Ind. hostil. prevent. his return, account for deficiency of their rec.

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Overman, Thomas, Boston, m. Hannah, wid. of Mahalaleel Munnings, d. of John Wiswall, was freem. 1671, d. bef. 1675. Of his wid. Hanuah, admin. was giv. 5 June 1694, to Matthew Johnson of Woburn.

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Parker, Abraham, Woburn, m. 18 Nov. 1644, Rose Whitlock, had Ann, b. 29 Oct. 1645; John, 30 Oct. 1647; Abraham, 8 Mar. 1650, d. next yr.; Abraham, again, Aug. 1652; rem. to Chelmsford, there had Mary, 20 Nov. 1655, bapt. 20 Apr. foll.; Moses; Isaac, b. 13 Sept. 1660; Eliz. 10 Apr. 1663; Lydia; and Jacob, 24 Mar. 1669. He was freem. 1645, and d. 12 Aug. 1685; and his wid. d. 13 Nov. 1691. ABRAHAM, Chelmsford, s. of the preced. freem. 1682. Ano. Abraham of Chelmsford was freem. 1690, unless as I suspect, he had been sworn some yrs. bef. and was really the preced. but ano. of this name was of York 1680, and sw. alleg. next yr. AZRIKAM, Boston 1662, mariner. BASIL, York 1649, recorder of the Province, and made by Gorges one of the counc. was d. bef. 18 Oct. 1651, when admin. was giv. to John Alcock. BENJAMIN, Billerica, s. of Robert, m. 18 Apr. 1661, Sarah, d. of William Hartwell, had Benjamin, and John; and d. 17 Jan. 1672. made his will two days bef. ment. childr. but gives not names, made w. extrix. DAIEL, Charlestown, s. of sec. John of Kennebeck, by w. Ann had Ann, John, and Isaac, and d. 18 Oct. 1694, aged only 27 yrs. Isaac was gr. f. of my admira. friend, the late Isaac, Ch. Just. of the Commonw. DANIEL, Barnstable, s. of Robert of the same, m. 11 Dec. 1689. Mary, perhaps d. of Benjamin, perhaps of Thomas, Lombard, had Patience, b. 1690; Abigail, 27 May 1692; Experience, 7, bapt. 17 Feb. 1695, d. soon; Daniel, 20 Feb. bapt. 15 Mar. 1696, d. under 21 yrs.; Rebecca, 1, bapt. 24 Apr. 1698; David, 17 Feb. bapt. 17 Mar. 1700: Hannah, 5, bapt. 19 Apr. 1702; d. at 13 yrs.; Samuel, 5 Feb. 1704; Jonathan, Jan. 1706; Nehemiah, Oct. 1708; and Mary, 15 Aug. 1710; and he d. 23 Dec. 1728. EDMUND, Roxbury, m. 31 May 1647, Eliz. prob. d. of the first Abraham Howe, had there bapt. Eliz. 2 Apr. 1648, d. soon; Eliz. again, 29 Apr. 1649; Abraham, 5 Sept. 1652; Mary, Esther, and Deborah, 22 June 1656, perhaps not all b. in one [p.350] day; for he may have rem. to Lancaster, where he was propr. 1654, and there brought these ch. to bapt. and possib. had others later. Roxbury rec. of b. or d. has nothing of him, unless death of Abraham, 17 Sept. 1693 means of his s. EDWARD, New Haven 1644, m. Eliz. wid. of John Potter, had Mary, bapt. 27 Aug. not as print. Apr. 1648, being one or two yrs. old; John, 8 Oct. 1648; Hope, b. 26 Apr. bapt. 26 May 1650; and Lydia, b. 14 Apr. bapt. soon, 1652; and he d. 1662. In 1666 Mary m. John Hall; in 1667 Hope m. Samuel Cooke; and Lydia m. 1671, John Thomas. ELISHA, Barnstable, m. 15 July 1657, Eliz. Hinckley, sis. of Gov. Thomas, had Thomas, b. 15 May 1658; Elisha, Nov. 1660; and Sarah, May 1662. GEORGE, Portsmouth R. I. 1638, may be that carpenter from London, who came 1635, in the Elizabeth and Ann, aged 23, was serg. gen. d. 1656, leav. wid. and d. Frances, wh. m. 27 July 1676, Benjamin Hall, beside Mary, wh. m. Ichabod Sheffield. GEORGE, York, freem. 1652, was constable there 1659. HANANIAH, Reading, s. perhaps eldest, of Thomas of the same, m. 30 Sept. 1663, Eliz. d. I presume of Nicholas Brown, wh. ten yrs. aft. made him an overseer of his will, had John, b. 3 Aug. 1664; Samuel, 24 Oct. 1666; Eliz. June 1668; Sarah, 20 Feb. 1672, d. next yr.; Hananiah, 2 Nov. 1674, d. in few mos.; Ebenezer, 13 Feb. 1676; Hananiah, again, 30 Apr. 1681, d. in few mos.; and Mary. He was freem. 1679; lost his w. 27 Feb. 1698; and m. 12 Dec. 1700 sec. w. Mary, d. of William Barsham, and wid. of deac. John Bright, who surv. him, and he d. 10 Mar. 1724, aged 85. ISAAC, Newton, s. of the first John of the same, m. 4 May 1687, Mary Parker, had Mary, b. 4 Feb. 1689, d. soon; Benjamin, 8 Oct. 1702; Martha, and perhaps others bef. or aft. he rem. to Needham. JACOB, Chelmsford, by w. Sarah had Sarah, b. 14 Jan. or Apr. 1654; Thomas, 28 Mar. 1656; both with elder br. Jacob. bapt. 20 Apr. 1656; Tabitha, 28 Feb. 1658; Rebecca, 29 May 1661; Rachel, 9 May 1665; and Mary, 8 Sept. 1667; perhaps others. He d. in few mos. and wid. Sarah present. inv. 6 Apr. 1669. JACOB, Malden, perhaps s. of the preced. freem. 1690, d. 13 Oct. 1694, aged 42. His wid. Joanna m. John Stearns. JACOB, Roxbury, m. 3 May 1687, Thankful, d. of John Hemmenway, had Thankful, d. 19 Feb. 1688, few days old; Sarah, b. 8 Apr. 1689; Jacob, d. 26 Apr. 1691, soon aft. b. Thankful, again, 9 May 1692; Jacob, again, 19 Jan. 1697; Mary, 2 Mar. 1699; Eliz. 25 July 1700; and Experience, 25 Mar. 1705. * JAMES, Dorchester, early, perhaps, as 1630. freem. 14 May 1634, rem. to Weymouth, and was rep. 1639-42, thence to Portsmouth, where he was invit. to be their min. but prefer. to contin. in trade, tho. he preach. a few yrs. went to Barbados, whence a good letter to Gov. Winth. from him is giv. by Hutch. Coll. 155 d. on a visit to Boston, 1666. JAMES, Woburn, [p.351] 1640, m. 23 May 1643, Eliz. d. of Robert Long of Charlestown, had Eliz. b. 12 Mar. 1645; Ann, 5 Mar. 1647; John, 18 Feb. 1649; Sarah, 29 Aug. 1650, d. next yr. Joseph, 1651; James, 15 Apr. 1652, (wh. was k. by the Ind. 27 July 1694); was freem. 1644; and a grantee of Billerica, rem. to Chelmsford and had Josiah, 1655; Samuel, 1656; Joshua, 13 Mar. 1658; Zechariah, 14 Jan. 1659; and Eleazer, 9 Nov. 1660; was capt. rem. to Groton, and, perhaps, by sec. w. Eunice, had, very late in life, Sarah, again, 12 Dec. 1697; and he d. 1701 in 84th yr. Butler, Hist. 282, refers to the will in proof. JAMES, Groton, s. of the preced. by w. Mary, m. 14 Dec. 1678, had five ch. all b. bef. their aunt Sarah, as also were 13 or 14 of their cousins. See Butler. He was town clk. 20 yrs. a deac. and after overthr. of Andros, 1689, of the Comte. of Safety. Hutch. I. 382. Was k. by the Ind. when all his fam. were tak. by them. JAMES, Andover, s. of the first Nathan, was k. by the Ind. 29 June 1677, being on serv. as a soldier at Scarborough. JAMES, Kennebeck, s. of John, with his f. was by the Ind. driv. from his isl. and at Falmouth, where they took refuge, were both k. by the Ind. at the sec. destruct. of that town, May 1690. Willis, I. 65. JOHN, Boston 1635, a carpenter of Marlborough, Co. Wilts, came that yr. in the James. arr. 3 June from Southampton, with w. Jane, had Thomas, b. 2 Oct. 1635, bapt. 22 Jan. 1637, his w. hav. unit. with the ch. two weeks bef. Noah, 3, bapt. 8 Apr. 1638; beside John, and Margaret, who may have been brot. from Eng. He liv. at Muddy riv. now Brookline, and d. in few yrs. for in 1656 his wid. Jane had m. Richard Tare, and then sold her ho. and gard. in Boston to Stephen Greenleaf, who came from Newbury. JOHN, Saco 1636, the purch. of Parker's isl. now Georgetown, on E. side of Kennebec riv. near the mo. is by Williamson fondly thought to have first sett. in 1629 on the W. side of the riv. but his purch. was in 1650. Tradit. says he was from Bideford, Co. Devon, and d. bef. June 1661. By w. Mary he had Thomas, John, and Mary, but all may have been b. in Eng. tho. tradit. makes John b. at Saco 1634. Mary m. Thomas Webber, it is said, who d. at Charlestown bef. 1695. She was wid. on join. the ch. that yr. * JOHN, Hingham 1636, says Lincoln, p. 45, rem. to Taunton, of wh. with William, prob. elder br. he was a purch. 1637, was rep. 1642, and d. 14 Feb. 1668. Baylies, II. 2 and 282. JOHN, Boston 1644, shoemaker, had w. Sarah, who join. our ch. in Aug. of that yr. and prob. d. Sarah, who m. 22 June 1653, Isaac Bull. Perhaps he was the freem. of 1650. JOHN, Woburn 1653, rem. prob. to Billerica, was there first town clk. d. at Charlestown, 14 June 1669. But a JOHN of Billerica, the serg. who d. Sept. 1668, leav. wid. but no ch. and good est. may in 1652 have been of Cambridge, s. of Robert, xxx [p.354] d. 8 Oct. foll.; Ann, 16 Nov. 1663; and Sarah, 16 Nov. 1666: as shown in Shattuck's Memorials; yet I can hardly doubt that confus. betw. husbands of Rebecca and of Margaret, in the rec. of their ch. must have occurr. especial. as ea. has Mary b. on one day. JOSEPH, Groton, prob. s. of James the first, had two ws. Eliz. and Hannah. the latter m. 19 Nov. 1684, and by them had Sarah, b. 16 Nov. 1666 or 1676; Eliz. 31 Aug. 1679; Simon, 27 Aug. 1687; Joseph, 1 Mar. 1689; Benjamin, 3 Dec. 1691; and John. 26 Aug. 1695. In the excel. Hist. f Groton by Butler, five pages are filled with descend. of James and Joseph. But Shattuck's Memorials, page 376, does not contain the name of the first ch. as above giv. yet supplies two, Nebhemiah and Isaac, bef. Simon. JOSEPH, Saybrook, s. of William, m. 3 June 1673. Hannah Gilbert, had Joseph, b. 3 July 1674; Jonathan, 15 July 1675; d. at 8 yrs.; Sarah and Hannah, tw. 15 Feb. 1677, both d. very soon; Hannah, 18 July 1679; Margery, 22 June 1681, d. in few mos.; Margery, again, 12 Mar. 1683, d. at 1 yr.; Matthew; and Jonathan, again, 6 Oct. 1686. JOSEPH, Scituate, s. of William of the same, had, says Deane, from 1684 to 1702, Alice, Mary, Joseph, Judith, and Miles, but he does not fix the date of any. JOSEPH, Andover, s. prob. of Joseph the first, m. 7 Oct. 1680, Eliz. Bridges, wid. of Obadiah, and prob. d. 6 Apr. 1684; and perhaps his wid. m. 26 Apr. 1686, Samuel Hutchinson. JOSHUA, Groton, s. of Capt. James of the same, m. 22 Sept. 1690, Abigail, youngest d. of the first William Shattuck, and wid. of Jonathan Morse, had Abiel, a d. JOSIAH, Groton, s. of James the first, m. 8 May 1678, Eliz. Saxton of Boston, prob. d. of Thomas, had Eliz. b. 31 Aug. 1679; John, 13 Apr. 1681; and Sarah, 1 May 1683; rem. to Chelmsford, Watertown, and last to Cambridge, in one or more of wh. resid. he had Josiah; Joshua; and Thomas, H. C. 1718, the min. of Dracut, to wh. by his will of 26 July 1731 he gave his Groton homestead, and made him excor. MATTHEW, Boston, d. 19 Sept. 1652. MOSES, Chelmsford, s. of Abraham of the same, m. Abigail, d. of Richard Hildreth, had Moses, who was k. by lightning: Abigail, b. 8 May 1685: Aaron, 9 Apr. 1689; Eliz. 26 Dec. 1691; Joseph, 25 Mar. 1694; Benjamin, 14 Apr. 1696; and Mary, 6 Sept. 1698. NATHAN, Newbury, an early sett. rem. to Andover, was br. of Joseph of the same, m. 10 Nov. 1648, Sarah, or Susan, Short, wh. d. at A. 26 Aug. 1651; but by ano. w. Mary he had John, b. 1653; James; Robert; and Peter; and d. 25 June 1685. Perhaps this man may be he who was ent. as Nathaniel, of London, a baker, aged 20, in 1638, when Stephen Dummer brought him in the Bevis from Southampton. NATHAN. Newbury, prob. s. of the preced. m. 15 Dec. 1675, Mary Brown, d. of John, says one acco. in the Geneal. Reg. VI. 232, by ano. corrected report. IX. 221, of Francis, but both describ. as [p.355] of Hampton, and the latter acco. makes her to have sec. h. Eliot. NATHANIEL, Reading, br. of Hananiah, by w. Bethia had Bethia, b. 23 July 1678, d. in few wks.; Nathaniel, 4 Dec. 1679; Stephen, 14 June 1684, d. in few mos.; Bethia, again, 6 Sept. 1685; Susanna, 29 Dec. 1687; Ebenezer, 28 Dec. 1689; Stephen, again, 21 Apr. 1692; Caleb, 22 Feb. 1694; Timothy, 24 Feb. 1696; Obadiah, 13 Jan. 1698; Abigail, 25 Sept. 1699; Amy, 1 June 1701, d. soon; Amy, again, 8 Nov. 1702; and Phineas, 27 Sept. 1704; was freem. 1691. His w. d. 23 Aug. 1748, in 90th yr. NATHANIEL, Newton, youngest s. of Samuel of Dedham, m. 1694, Margaret, d. of Capt. Noah Wiswall, had Noah, b. 20 Jan. 1695; Caleb, 9 Nov. 1696; and his w. d. 30 July 1736. In Dec. foll. he m. Mary, wid. of Joseph Hovey, d. prob. of John Marrett of Cambridge; and d. 28 Feb. 1747. His wid. d. 10 Sept. 1758. ****NICHOLAS, Roxbury, came in 1633, either with Cotton in the Griffin, or in the Bird (both of wh. arr. 4 Sept.), with w. Ann, ch. Mary, and Nicholas; freem. 4 Mar. 1634, had Johanna, b. 1 June 1635, says the Roxbury ch. rec. rem. soon aft. to Boston, had a ch. b. 14 June 1637, d. very soon; Jonathan 1, bapt. 2 Feb. 1640; Abiel, 15 Jan. bapt. 27 Mar. 1642; Joseph, 26 Mar. bapt. 14 May 1643; but when or where he d. I see not. His d. Mary m. William Davis; Joanna m. 5 July 1655, Arthur Mason, the stout patriot. constable; and Jonathan liv. in London. RALPH, Gloucester 1647, rem. to New London 1651, had Mary by a former w. and by Susanna, d. of William Keeny, had Susanna; Jonathan; Ralph, b. 29 Aug. 1670; Thomas; Hannah; Mehitable; and Rebecca, was a master mariner and merch. and d. 1683; Mary m. a. 1663, William Condy; Susanna m. 27 Mar. 1666, Thomas Forster; Hannah m. Richard Wyatt, it is said; Mehitable m. William Pendall; and Rebecca m. 1685 John Prentiss, as his sec. w. RICHARD, Boston, merch. by w. Ann had Joseph, b. 1 Aug. 1638, d. in few mos.; Sarah, 8, bapt. 11 July 1641, was freem. 2 June 1641, and prob. he d. soon aft. but may have had sec. w. for in the book of possessns. Jane, wid. of Richard, had an est. His d. Ann b. prob. in Eng. m. a. 1651 John Manning, as sec. w. and their d. Ann m. 1669, John Sands; and Sarah m. Mar. 1659, John Paine. ROBERT, Boston, call. on adm. to the ch. 9 Mar. 1634, “serv. to our br. William Aspenwall,” was a butcher, possib. came from Woolpit, near Bury St. Edmunds, Co. Suffk. freem. 4 Mar. foll. rem. early to Cambridge, m. Judith, wid. of Richard Bugby of Roxbury, had Benjamin, b. June 1636; Sarah, Apr. 1640; John, bapt. at Roxbury, in right of his w. 27 Mar. 1642, and I judge him to be the H. C. gr. 1661; Nathaniel, 28 July 1643, d. young; and Rachel, wh. d. bef. her f. His w. d. 8 May 1682, aged 80; and in his will, of 21 Mar. 1684, pro. 7 Apr. 1685, he calls hims. a. 82 yrs. The s. Benjamin, and John, [p.356] he says, had full sh. and are d. so that he names sole heir, his d. Sarah, w. of Thomas Foster, m. 15 Oct. 1652, and to her ch. after her, with provision for doub. portion to the s. Thomas. See 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. X. 168. ROBERT, Barnstable, m. 28 Jan. 1657. Sarah James, had Mary, b. 1 Apr. 1658; Samuel, 30 June 1660; Alice, 20 Jan. 1662; and Jane, Mar. 1664; he m. a sec. w. Aug. 1667. Patience, d. of Henry Cobb, had Thomas, 24 Aug. 1669; Daniel, 18 Apr. 1670; Joseph, Feb. 1672; Benjamin, 15 Mar. 1674; Hannah, Apr. 1676; Sarah, 1678; Elisha, Apr. 1680; and Alice, again, 15 Sept. 1681; both bapt. 1684; but an crron. date of his d. is given, Sept. 1680. SAMUEL, Hingbam 1638, may have been of Haverhill 1677; but owned ld. in 1682 at Weymouth. SAMUEL, Dedham, m. 9 Apr. 1657, Sarah, d. of William Holman of Cambridge, had Sarah, b. 23 Jan. 1658. d. next yr.; Samuel, 5 May 1659; Ann, 10 Jan. 1661; Sarah, again, 21 May 1662; Nathaniel, 1 Mar. 1664, d. at 3 mos.: Susanna, 19 Jan. 1667; Margaret, 3 Sept. 1668; Nathaniel, again, 26 Mar. 1670; and Mary, 1675; and his w. d. 19 Nov. foll. and he d. 31 Dec. 1678. Admin. was giv. on his est. 9 Nov. 1680, to Capt. Thomas Prentice and Mr. Timothy Dwight. STEPHEN, Andover, s. of the first Joseph of the same, m. 1 Dec. 1680, Mary, prob. d. of John Marston, wh. d. 12 Apr. 1693, as did her s. Stephen, 15 Dec. preced. and he m. 10 Jan. 1695, Susanna Devereux. THOMAS, Newbury, only s. of Rev. Robert, wh. was one of the carliest Eng. puritans, b. June 1595, bred part. at Magdalen Coll. Oxford. part. under Archbp. Usher at Dublin, also part. under William Ames in Holland, where he took his A. M. 1617 at Franequer. His f. enjoy. gr. favour in the days of Eliz. as in 1591 the Bp. of Winchester present. him to the ch. of Putney, in Co. Wilts, while we find that the Earl of Pembroke had bef. giv. him the liv. of the Hospital of St. Nicholas at Salisbury, and aft. on surrender of these places, present, him, 1593, to the ch. of St. Mary of Wilts, with the chapel of Bulbridge anxd. and in 1594 the Queen gave him that liv. of Stanton Barnard, where he, ten yrs. later, appoint. his own vicar. But from the Reg. of Sir Thomas Phillipps I learn, that seven yrs. aft. he was depriv. no doubt from showing kindness to those wh. like his s. thot. more of k. Jesus than k. James. This s. serv. short time at the altar in Newbury, Eng. and came in the Mary and John, May 1634, with his neph. Rev. James Noyes, was made freem. 3 Sept. of that yr. preach. at Ipswich, and the yr. foll. was fix. at N. to devote a bach. life for instruct. an affectio. but dissatisf. people, to his d. 24 Apr. 1677. The Magn. III. c. 25 is rather brief in his biogr. THOMAS, Lynn, came in the Susan and Ellen 1635, aged 30, young Richard Saltonstall, with his w. and ch. being fellow passeng. freem. 17 May 1637, rem. to Reading, had Hananiah, b. a. 1638; [p.357] Thomas; Joseph, 1642, d. soon; Joseph, again, 24 Dec. 1645, d. at 4 mos.; Mary, 11 Mar. or (as ano. acco. has it 12 Dec. 1647; Martha, 14 Mar. 1649; Nathaniel, 16 May 1651; Sarah, 30 Sept. 1653, prob. d. young; Jonathan, 18 May 1656; and Sarah, again, 23 May 1658; beside John; was there one of the founders of the ch. and many yrs. deac. till his d. 12 Aug. 1683. His will of 3 Apr. pro. 18 Dec. of that yr. provides for w. Amy, s. John, Thomas, Nathaniel, ds. Mary and Martha, beside gr.ch. Samuel, and Sarah, and makes Hananiah sole excor. His wid. d. 15 Jan. 1690. THOMAS, Kennebeck, s. prob. eldest, of John, the first propr. of Parker's isl. now Georgetown, may have visit. Pemaquid, there to take o. of fidel. 1674; had John, Jacob, and five ds. and d. at the isl. John his s. rem. to Boston. and there was a shipwright. THOMAS. Reading, s. of Thomas of the same, had Sarah, b. 9 Aug. 1668; Samuel, 26 Mar. 1670; Sarah, again, 28 Feb. 1672; Deborah, 15 Aug. 1674; Jonathan, 4 Nov. 1678, d. young; Eliz. 25 June 1681; Abigail, 11 Aug. 1683; and Ruth, 22 Apr. 1686; and he d. 9 June 1699. THOMAS, Newton, sec. s. of John of the same, had w. Margaret, but d. at 22 yrs. and his wid. m. an Atkinson. * WILLIAM, Hartford, an orig. propr. 1636, rem. to Saybrook, after hav. sev. ch. Sarah, b. Oct. 1637; Joseph, d. in few weeks; John, 1 Feb. 1642; Ruth, 15 June 1643; William, 1645; Joseph, again, a. mid. Feb. 1647; Margaret; Jonathan, Feb. 1653; David, Feb. 1656; and Deborah, Mar. 1658; but wh. were b. at H. and wh. at S. can hardly be told; was rep. 1672; his w. Margery d. 6 Dec. 1680; and he d. 21 Dec. 1686. WILLIAM, Taunton 1643, perhaps elder br. of John of the same, a purch. in 1637, in his will of 15 Mar. 1660, being 60 yrs. old, names w. Alice, but no ch. and gave small legacy to his neph. James Phillips. His wid. m. 1662, the first Stephen Paine of Rehoboth. WILLIAM, Newport 1639, possib. the same as preced. but the name is so common, it is very easy to fall into error a. the resid. WILLIAM, Watertown, by w. Eliz. had Ephraim, of wh. the rec. says, he was bur. 12 Aug. 1640 at six mos. old; and Ruhamah, 19 Sept. 1641; was freem. 2 June 1641. He was one of the orig. proprs. of Sudbury. WILLIAM, Scituate, m. Apr. 1639, Mary, d. of Thomas Rawlyns, had Mary, b. 1 Jan. 1640; William, Dec. 1643; and Patience, Feb. 1649; and his w. d. Aug. 1651; he m. 13 Nov. 1651, Mary, d. of Humphrey Turner, had Lydia, 9 May 1653; Miles, 25 June 1655; Joseph, 4 Oct. 1658; and Nathaniel, 8 Mar. 1661, who perish. in Phips's expedit. against Quebec, 1690; and d. 1684. Mary m. Theophilus Wetherell; Patience m. a Randall; one d. m. Thomas Totman; and in his will are also named ds. Lydia and Judith; and this Lydia prob. was sec. w. of Theophilus Wetherell, and d. 7 Sept. 1719, aged 67. WILLIAM, Scituate, s. of the preced. m. 1693, Mary Clark, perhaps for sec. w. had [p.358] Alexander, Joshua, and Elisha, who, Deane says all rem. WILLIAM, Saybrook, s. of William of the same, by w. Hannah, wh. d. 27 Jan. 1673, had William, b. 15 of same mo. Of WILLIAM, of Portsmouth Farmer indulg. good Mr. Adams, the annalist of P. with tell. that he m. 26 Feb. 1703, Zurviah Stanley, d. of the Earl of Derby, an absurdity that I ought not to expose by assert. of no such name of a d. being found in that ho. without suggest. also, that the maiden's f might by the rude boy. of the village hav. in the way of joke, been thus titled, and the simplicity of the modest histor. made to prolong the frolic; while the genealogist felt that nothing print. in a book could be false. Such a canon of criticism has, indeed, never been promulg. as binding, but too often passes as sacred tradit. with some, long after rejection by the majority. Forty-one of this name had in 1834, been gr. at Harv. alone, and thirty-eight at all other N. E. coll.

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Pierce, Pearse, Pears, Peirse, or Pearce, Abraham, Plymouth 1629, had sh. in div. of cattle that yr. of Duxbury 1643, was a propr. of Bridgewater 1645, by w. Rebecca had Abraham, b. Jan. 1638; Isaac; and three ds. of wh. Alice was bapt. at Barnstable, 21 July 1650; and d. at D. 1673. Haz. I. 326; Baylies II. 254. ABRAHAM, Duxbury, s. of the preced. by w. Hannah had Abraham; John; and Samuel; and d. Jan. 1718. ANTHONY, Watertown, eldest s. of John of the same, b. in Eng. freem. 3 Sept. 1634, but by elt is claim. for Salem that yr. yet perhaps against the stronger right of W. for here the rec. says by w. Sarah or Ann (for he had two, but Ann was the surv.) was b. Mary, 28 Dec. 1633; John, eldest s. whose date is not kn.; Mary, again, 1636; Jacob, 15 Sept. 1637; Daniel, 1 Jan. 1640; Martha, 24 Apr. 1641; Joseph; Benjamin, 1649; and Judith, 18 July 1650; and he d. 9 May 1678. Mary m. Ralph Read of Woburn; and Judith m. 16 Feb. 1667, John Sawin. AZERIKAM, or AZRAKIM, Warwick, is suppos. to have come in from Rehoboth, or Swanzey, had ch. Samuel and Tabitha, perhaps others. BENJAMIN, Scituate, s. of Michael, m. 1678, Martha, d. of James Adams, had Martha, Jerusha, Benjamin, Ebenezer, Persis, Caleb, Thomas, Adams, Jeremiah, and Elisha, b. betw. 1679 and 99. Deane. BENJAMIN, Watertown, s. of Anthony, m. 15 Jan. 1678, Hannah, d. of Joshua Brooks of Concord; had eight ch. says Bond, but he names only Hannah, b. 25 Dec. 1679; Benjamin, 29 Apr. 1682; Grace, 4 June 1685; Sarah, 1 Jan. 1688; Samuel, 22 Aug. 1689; Lydia, 3 Oct. 1692; and Hannah, again, 2 Jan. 1700; was freem. 1690; but the time of d. is not ment. BENJAMIN, Woburn, s. perhaps of Robert, more prob. of Thomas of the same, by w. Mary had Benjamin, b. 28 Aug. 1689; Mary, 29 Jan. 1692; Esther, 25 Oct. 1696; Rebecca, Oct. 1698; Deborah, 5 Dec. 1700; Thomas, 23 Nov. 1702; and Zurishaddai, 22 June 1705. DANIEL, Watertown, blacksmith, came in the [p.427] Elizabeth from Ipswich, Co. Suff. (but call. of London by Coffin) 1634, aged 23; freem. 2 May 1638, rem. to Newbury, by w. Sarah had Daniel, b. 15 May 1642; Joshua, 15 May 1643; and Martha, 14 Feb. 1648. He sw. fidel. 1652, and m. 26 Dec. 1654, Ann, perhaps wid. of Thomas Millerd, and d. 27 Nov. 1677, leav. good est. His wid. d. 27 Nov. 1690; and his d. m. perhaps a Thorpe. DANIEL, Groton, s. of Anthony, as from Butler's Hist. we learn, by w. Eliz. had Eliz. b. 16 May 1665; Daniel, 28 Nov. 1666; John, 18 Aug. 1668; Ephraim, 15 Oct. 1673; and Josiah, 2 May 1675. Of course the Ind. hostil. drove him away; and Bond fixes him at Watertown, and says he had Joseph; Abigail, b. 3 Jan. 1682; Hannah, bapt. 16 Jan. 1687; and Benjamin, the same day; the last three at W. ‡ * DANIEL, Newbury, s. of Daniel of the same, by w. Joanna had Joanna; Daniel, b. 20 Dec. 1663; Ann, 22 May 1666; Benjamin, 26 Feb. 1669; Joshua, 16 Oct. 1671; Thomas, 1 May 1674; Martha, 26 Feb. 1677; Sarah, 3 Oct. 1679; George, 5 Mar. 1682; Mary, 14 Apr. 1685; John, 16 Oct. 1687; and Catharine, 18 Sept. 1690; was a capt. rep. 1682 and 3, of the council of safety on the revo. 1689, col. of one of the Essex reg. rep. under the new chart. in the import. yr. 1692; and d. 22 Jan. tho. Hutch. II. 48, makes it 4 Apr. 1704. His w. d. 26 Sept. 1690, and Daniel and Joanna, the eldest two ch. a few days bef. DAVID, Dorchester, freem. 7 Dec. 1636; but Mr. Paige, in his very careful list, Geneal. Reg. III. 94, read it Price. EDWARD, Watertown 1639, says Bond, wh. thinks he went to Wethersfield, but nothing certain is kn. of the man. EPHRAIM, Weymouth, perhaps s. of Michael, by w. Hannah, d. of John Holbrook of the same, had Azrikam, b. 4 Jan. 1672; prob. Ephraim; and perhaps others. GEORGE, Boston, a smith, m. Mary, d. of Richard Woodhouse, had Mary, b. 20 June 1660, and he d. 7 Dec. 1661. GEORGE, Portsmouth, R. I. m. 7 Apr. 1687, Alice, d. of Richard Hart, had Susanna, b. 21 Aug. 1688; and perhaps more. GILES, Greenwich, R. I. 1687. ISAAC, Boston, tailor, m. Grace, d. of Lewis Tucker of Casco. JAMES, Boston, k. in youth, by lightning, at Plymouth 1660. JAMES, Woburn, s. of Thomas, by w. Eliz. had Eliz. b. 11 Oct. 1688; James, 28 Feb. 1690; and perhaps rem. JOHN, the patentee under the Pres. and Counc. of N. E. 1620 and 1, tho. connect. with the pilgr. of Plymouth, never came, in my opin. to this shore, yet Willis seems contra. I. 13. After most respectful consider. of the docum. refer. to in his note, I am constrain. to express a confidence, that the London cloth-worker never succeed. in accomplish. tho. he did undertake, a voyage to Plymouth, the ship being put back in distress. My judgment seems to have confirmat. by what is read in Bradford, 140. * JOHN, Dorchester, came perhaps in the Mary and John, 1630, or in the Lion, [p.428] Feb. 1631, is call. mariner from Stepney, one of the modern London parishes, freem. 18 May 1631, by w. Parnell had Joseph, b. 30 Oct. 1631; Abia, 17 July 1633; John, 3 Mar. 1635, d. the same mo.; Nehemiah, 12 July 1637, d. Oct. 1639; and his w. d. the same mo. He was selectman 1636 and 41; rep. Mar. 1639; rem. 1642 to Boston, m. sec. w. 10 Aug. 1654, Rebecca, wid. of Thomas Wheeler, and d. 17 Sept. 1661. His will made the day bef. ment. w. Rebecca, s. Samuel, and Nehemiah, ds. Mehitable, the w. of Jeremiah Rogers, prob. eldest, and her three ch. beside Mary, Mercy, and Exercise, as may be read in Geneal. Reg. X. 359, 60. In the Hist. of Dorchester, 71, Samuel is supposed to be elder than Nehemiah, “as he is ment. first;” but it seems clear, that he was younger, no doubt, by the sec. w. JOHN, Watertown, freem. Mar. 1638, a man of very good est. project. settlem. at Sudbury and Lancaster, d. 19 Aug. 1661; and his will of 4 Mar. 1658 was pro. 1 Oct. foll. In it he provides for w. Eliz. eldest s. Anthony, and other childr. without naming; but his wid. in her will of 15 Mar. 1667, in wh. mo. she d. aged 79, supplies the defic. naming ch. Anthony, John, Robert, Esther Morse, w. of Joseph, Mary Coldam, whose h. is not of my acquaint. beside gr. childr. Mary Ball, and ano. Ball, Esther Morse, and the childr. of Anthony and Robert. He had also d. Eliz. wh. m. 30 Jan. 1645, Francis Wyman, but she d. bef. her f. JOHN, Boston, by w. Eliz. had John and Eliz. tw. b. 16 June 1643; and of him nothing more is kn. unless he may be that man call. John Peirse, to whose four ch. John Mills of Boston, in his will, Oct. 1651, made gift. * JOHN, Woburn, prob. s. of John of Watertown, and b. in Eng. had John, b. 23 Nov. 1644; Joseph, 12 Sept. 1646; and Thomas, 3 May 1649; perhaps others bef. or aft. was freem. in Apr. and rep. May 1690. JOHN, Gloucester, husbandman, freem. 1651, m. 4 Nov. 1643 w. Eliz. had Mary, b. Sept. 1650; and John, 14 July 1653. His w. d. 3 July 1673, and he m. 12 Sept. foll. Jane Stanwood, and d. 15 Dec. 1695. His wid. d. 18 Aug. 1706. JOHN, Boston, s. of Anthony of Watertown, adm. as inhab. 28 Feb. 1643, freem. 1648, m. 15 Apr. 1656, Ruth, d. of Nathaniel Bishop; had Hannah, b. 30 June 1660; Ruth, 22 Nov. 1662; Hannah, again, 1 Mar. 1665 (as to me seems, tho. in the infirm town rec. she is call. d. of John Pease, and w. Ruth, neither of wh. is seen elsewhere); beside Nathaniel, 10 Apr. 1678; and Rebecca, 15 Feb. 1680. Perhaps betw. the earliest and latest pair he was resid. in some other town. His will of 21 Oct. 1682, pro. 7 Nov. foll. gives to his w. Ruth all his est. to bring up the childr. withal, as it lay in Boston or was giv. by his f. at W. or as may be inher. from gr. f. as this testat. was eldest s. of his f. JOHN, Hartford 1640, a youth who prob. rem. soon. JOHN, Charlestown 1652, may have rem. to Kittery, and d. 1673, leav. wid. Elinor. [p.429] His inv. of £154 is dat. 5 Dec. by Francis Hooke, and Hubertus Mattoon. He may have been the witness to will of Thomas Coytmore, Aug. 1642. JOHN, Boston, a mariner, in 1654, was perhaps he who m. 15 Apr. 1656, Ruth, d. of Nathaniel Bishop, had Hannah, b. 30 June 1660; may have been adm. an inhab. 1657. Ano. JOHN of Boston, perhaps by w. Isabel had Samuel, b. 14 Jan. 1660; and d. 17 Sept. 1661. JOHN, Sudbury, perhaps br. of Anthony, had w. Eliz. wh. d. 12 June 1655. One JOHN, a weaver, came from Norwich, Co. Nov. 1637, aged 49, with w. Eliz. 36, and four ch. John, Barbara, Eliz. and Judith, and one serv. John Gedney, 19, may have been this Sudbury man or not, as the commonness of the name prevents distinct. JOHN, Woburn, s. perhaps eldest, of John of the same, m. 1 July 1663, Deborah, d. of James Converse, had Deborah, b. 30 Oct. 1666; John, 26 Jan. 1671; Thomas, 23 Dec. 1672; James, 6 Aug. 1674, d. at 11 yrs.; Daniel, 7 Nov. 1676; James, again, 8 Oct. 1686; and Joseph, 24 Aug. 1688. JOHN, Salem 1675, was then chos. lieut. of capt. Gardner's comp. of wh. therefore more ought to be kn. Felt II. 497. JOHN, Boston 1670, a bricklayer; a d. of his had m. William Talmage. JOHN, Springfield, m. 1677, Lydia, d. of Miles Morgan, had Nathaniel, b. 1679; John, 1683; Jonathan; rem. to Enfield, there had Lydia 1693, and he d. Sept. 1696, leav. the w. and these ch. JOHN, York 1680, took o. of alleg. next yr. had sev. yrs. bef. m. Phebe Nash, wid. of Isaac. JOHN, Gloucester, s. of John of the same, m. Mary, d. of Robert Ratchell of Boston, had, beside the Stephen and Silas, ment. by Babson, 126, without dates, John, b. 17 Jan. 1679; and Stephen, 25 Jan. 1681; and rem. prob. next yr. JOHN, Woodbury, by Cothren suppos. to be s. of John of Wethersfield, yet wh. he was is not ment. m. the defraud. orphan Ann, sis. of John Hathwit, had John, bapt. Sept. 1683; and Eliz. Aug. 1685; and he d. 19 Nov. 1731. JOHN, Scituate, s. of Michael, m. 1683, Patience, d. of Anthony Dodson, had (says Deane, 325) Michael, John, Jonathan, Ruth, Jael, David, and Clothier, b. betw. 1684 and 98. JONATHAN, Woburn, s. of Robert of the same, m. 19 Nov. 1689, Hannah Wilson, had Hannah, b. 8 Mar. 1691, d. young; Jonathan, 11 May 1693, d. next yr. as did the f. 17 June 1694. JOSEPH, Woburn, prob. s. of Thomas of the same, m. 24 June 1681, Mary Richardson, was freem. 1684. JOSEPH, Watertown, s. prob. of Anthony, by w. Martha, had Joseph, b. 2 Oct. 1669; Francis, 27 July 1671; John, 27 May 1673; Mary, 26 Nov. 1674; Benjamin, 25 Mar. 1677; Jacob, 26 Dec. 1678; Martha, 24 Dec. 1681; Stephen, Oct. 1683; Israel, 7 Oct. 1685; and Eliz. 9 Sept. 1687. He was freem. 1690, and took sec. w. 15 June 1698, Eliz. Winship of Cambridge, wid. of Ephraim, d. of Francis Kendall. JOSHUA, Newbury, s. of the first Daniel of the same, m. 7 May 1668, Dorothy, d. of maj. Robert Pike, [p.430] had Joshua, and perhaps other ch. but no dates are giv. LAUNCELOT, Pegypscot, m. a d. of Thomas Stevens, had William. Willis I. 163. MARK, Cambridge 1642, rem. next yr. to New Haven. MARMADUKE, Salem 1639, charged with k. his apprent. See Winth. I. 318, 9, where the surname seems Percy or Perry. He came 1637 from Sandwich, in Kent, with w. Mary and a serv. In Boys's Hist. of Sandwich, p. 752, it is spelled Peerce, and in Felt I. 169, Percie, but in Ib. II. 458, Pierce. MICHAEL, Hingham 1646, had there bapt. that yr. Persis; other ch. were Benjamin, John, Ephraim, Eliz. Deborah, Ann, Abia, and Ruth, all nam. in his will, beside prob. Abigail, b. 1662, when his w. d. Soon aft. he rem. to Scituate, took sec. w. Ann; was a capt. of great bravery, in command of 50 Eng. and 20 friend. Ind. from Cape Cod, in Philip's war, and was with most of them k. 26 Mar. 1676, at Pawtucket fight in Rehoboth. Deane, 122, 325. NATHANIEL, Woburn, s. of Robert of the same, was a soldier in Philip's war, and engag. in the memo. Falls fight, 19 May 1676, wh. he long surv. m. 27 Dec. 1677, Hannah Convers, had Nathaniel, b. 2 Feb. 1679; and his w. d. 23 Mar. foll. He m. 23 Mar. 1680, Eliz. Foster, perhaps wid. of Hopestill of Charlestown, had Robert, wh. d. 14 May 1689. || NEHEMIAH, Boston 1661, a cooper, ar. co. 1671, m. perhaps sec. w. 1684, Ann, wid. of capt. Samuel Mosely, eldest d. of Isaac Addington, and d. 1691. Admin. was giv. 28 Apr. of that yr. to his wid. RICHARD, Portsmouth, R. I. had perhaps other ch. beside that Susanna wh. m. 4 Dec. 1673, George Brownell. RICHARD, Pemaquid, a carpenter, I think is the man to wh. in Jan. 1642, an Ind. sagamore made large gr. of lds. and islds. as may be seen in Geneal. Reg. XIII. 365; took o. of fidel. 1674. RICHARD, Boston, printer, m. 27 Aug. 1680, Sarah, d. of Rev. Seaborn Cotton. Thomas, Hist. I. 282. For Benjamin Harris, bookseller, he publish. 25 Sept. 1690, the first No. of a newspaper, of wh. the sec. never appeared. See Felt II. 14. ROBERT, Dorchester, perhaps 1630, but not very likely, may have been br. of John, the mariner, by w. Ann, d. of John Greenway, had Deborah, b. Feb. 1640, d. in few wks. was freem. 18 May 1642, and d. 6 Jan. 1665, leav. only s. Thomas, and Mary, wh. m. Thomas Herring, not (as oft. said) Haven, of Dedham; and his wid. d. 31 Dec. 1695, “the oldest person, prob. that ever liv. in D.” says the Hist. 261, aged “about 104 yrs.” unless we suppose some exagger. in Blake's Ann. as may be reasona. if not unavoida. Of his will, good abstr. is in Geneal. Reg. XIII. 154. Some of the bread brot. over the ocean by him, tradit. fondly reports to be still in possess. of descend. and so, by more than 165 yrs. older even than her. It may as well keep many centuries more. ROBERT, Ipswich, m. Abigail, d. of Mark Symonds of the same. ROBERT, Watertown 1646, s. of John of the same, rem. prob. to [p.431] Woburn, was freem. 1650, by w. Mary, had Judith, b. 30 Sept. 1651; Mary, 21 Jan. 1653; Nathaniel, 4 Dec. 1655; Eliz. 6 Mar. 1658; Jonathan, 2 Feb. 1663; and Joseph, 1 May 1672. Farmer assum. that he might be the ancest. of Gov. Benjamin, a native of Chelmsford, assigning, in a way not common with that scrupul. antiquary, as a reason, that the Chelmsford Pierces were from Woburn. ROBERT, Charlestown, m. 18 Feb. 1657, Sarah Eyre. SAMUEL, Malden, whose w.'s name I find not, had Mary, b. 20 Aug. 1656; Thomas, 7 Jan. 1658; John, and perhaps Joseph, Aug. 1659; of wh. John d. very soon; and Eliz. Oct. 1666; prob. more, for I suppose he rem. to Charlestown, and may be the person whose w. Mary join. the Charlestown ch. 27 Mar. 1670, he hav. done so 5 Dec. preced. and brot. to bapt. Samuel, Thomas, Joseph, Jonathan, John, Mary, Eliz. and Persis, all 16 Jan. 1670; Abigail, 29 May 1670; Hannah, 31 Dec. 1671; and Benjamin, 15 Aug. 1675. SAMUEL, Boston 1672, cooper, prob. s. of John of the same, may have rem. 1677, to Charlestown. SAMUEL, Woburn, s. of Thomas of the same, freem. 1684, m. 9 Dec. 1680, Lydia Bacon, had Samuel, b. 25 Nov. 1681; Lydia, 25 May 1683; Joseph, 28 Mar. 1685; Isaac, 22 Mar. 1687; Abigail, 27 Feb. 1689; Sarah, 22 Jan. 1691; Tabitha, 28 Aug. 1697, d. next mo.; and Tabitha, again, 19 Mar. 1700. STEPHEN, fifth s. of Thomas the sec. set. at Chelmsford, by w. Tabitha had Stephen, whose s. Benjamin was gr. f. of the late Presid. of the U. S. says the memoir of Gov. Benjamin in Geneal. Reg. VII. 10; but the writer has perhaps sunk one generat. by confus. of one Thomas with ano. of the same name, prob. the emigr. ancest. THOMAS, Charlestown 1634, freem. 6 May 1635, by w. Eliz. had Abigail, bapt. 17 June 1639, unless she were ch. of ano. Thomas, as seems not unlikely; for no other is ascrib. to this one, wh. d. 7 Oct. 1666, and in his will of 7 Nov. preced. ment. his age of 82 yrs. his w. Eliz. aged a. 71, s. John, Randall Nichols, beside gr.ch. Mary Bridge and Eliz. Jeffts; and gave legacy to the coll. His wid. Eliz. mo. of Mary, w. of Peter Tufts, was perhaps his sec. w. THOMAS, Woburn 1643, may not improb. seem to be s. of the preced. b. in Eng. liv. first at Charleston, and may have been f. of that Abigail; but at W. had John, b. 7 Mar. 1644, d. prob. soon; Thomas, 21 Jan. 1645; Eliz. 25 Dec. 1646; Joseph, 22 Sept. 1648, d. soon; Joseph, again, 13 Aug. 1649; Stephen, 16 July 1651; Samuel, 20 Feb. 1654, d. at 2 yrs.; Samuel, again, 7 Apr. 1656; William, 7 Mar. 1658; James, 7 May 1659; and Abigail, 20 Nov. 1660. He was freem. 1677 and 13 Nov. of that yr. sold ld. in Charlestown. Thomas, f. of Stephen, could not be, as the biogr. suppos. the same Thomas that d. 7 Oct. 1666, aged 83 yrs. THOMAS, Setauket, L. I. 1661, had that yr. a commiss. as a magistr. of Conn. THOMAS, Dorchester, only s. of Robert, m. Mary, d. [p.432] of George Proctor, had nine ch. of wh. were Thomas, bap. 26 Oct. 1662; Mary, b. Apr. 1665; John, 26 Oct. 1668; beside Samuel, k. 16 Dec. 1698, by fall of a tree. His w. d. 22 Mar. 1704, aged 62, and he d. 26 Oct. 1706, aged 71. He was ancest. of the late well beloved Rev. Dr. John of Brookline, H. C. 1793. THOMAS, Gloucester, had w. Ann, wh. d. 26 Jan. 1668, perhaps d. Eliz. d. 3 July 1673. WILLIAM, Boston, a disting. shipmaster, made more voyages than any other person in the same yrs. to and from Boston, was k. by the Spaniards at Providence in the Bahamas, 13 July 1641. Winth. II. 33. Prince says in Ann. II. 69, he was ancest. of Rev. James, a disting. theolog. of Exeter, Eng. wh. d. 1730. WILLIAM, Boston, came in the Griffin, arr. 4 Sept. 1633, with Cotton, Hooker, Gov. Haynes, and other ch. men, was made freem. 14 May foll. oft. a selectman, d. 1661. He had carly m. Sarah, d. of William Colbron, had d. Sarah nam. Sarah Colpit in the will of her gr. f. But I fear that name is wrong, at least, such name is not kn. in Boston. See the note in Winth. I. 109. WILLIAM, Barnstable 1643. WILLIAM, Boston 1653, a mariner, d. 1669, leav. small prop. to his wid. By w. Esther, I suppose, he had Mary, b. 10 Dec. 1656; Martha and Mary, tw. b. 26 May 1659. WILLIAM, Falmouth 1680, on the sec. destruct. of the town, 1690, rem. to Milton. Willis I. 163. WILLIAM, Suffield, m. 1688, Esther Spencer, had Thomas, b. 1688. WILLIAM, Woburn, perhaps s. of Thomas of the same, m. 8 Apr. 1690, Abigail Somers, alias Warren. Fifteen of this name, in its various forms, had, in 1834, been gr. at Harv. five at Yale, and ten at other N. E. coll.
 

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Pierson, Pearson, Porsune, or Person, Abraham, Branford, was of Yorksh. came to Boston 1640, join. the ch. 5 Sept. of that yr. when he is call. “a studient,” of wh. we may doubt the meaning, as we kn. he was bred at Trinity Coll. Cambridge where he took his A. B. 1632, and he is in Mather's first Classis as a min. bef. coming over, tho. this may well seem incorrect; bec. min. of the ch. gather. in Lynn Nov. 1640 to go to sett. at Southampton, L. I. thence a. 1647 went to Branford, and thence in the autumn of 1667, with a part of his congreg. to Newark, N. J. See his letter to John Winthrop, 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. X. 69 and 84. He had Abraham, b. at Lynn 1641, H. C. 1668; Thomas, John, and Abigail, bef. his rem. from S. and at B. were b. Grace, 13 June 1650; Susanna, 10 Dec. 1652; Rebecca, 10 Dec. 1654; and Theophilus, [p.434] 15 Mar. or May 1659; beside Isaac; and Mary. Abigail m. 27 Nov. 1663, John Davenport the younger; Susanna m. 1672, Jonathan Bell of Stamford, as his sec. w.; Grace was sec. . of Samuel Kitchell; and Rebecca m. Joseph Johnson, and d. 8 Nov. 1732. But much of the details belong to Newark. He d. 9 Aug. 1678. Descend. are in Conn. N. Y. and N. J. of wh. Farmer says twelve had in 1829, been gr. at the coll. of those three States. Lechford, in Plain Dealing, 43, calls him Pridgeon. Of his will, I have large abstr. furnish. by Samuel H. Congar, Esq. It bears date 10 Aug. 1671, provides out of good est. for four s. Abraham, Thomas, Theophilus, and Isaac; four ds. beside his “choice and precious d. Davenport,” so that we may be sure John was d. bef. that date. ABRAHAM, Killingworth, s. of the preced. had been ord. as collea. with his f. at Newark, 4 Mar. 1672, in 1692 came to Conn. and in 1694 was sett. at K. m. Abigail, d. of George Clark of Milford; in 1701, was made the first head of Yale coll. and serv. until he d. 5 May 1707. He had ch. Abraham, Sarah, Susannah, Mary, Hannah, Ruth, James, and Abigail, beside John, Y. C. 1711, min. of Woodbridge, N. J. BARTHOLOMEW, Watertown 139, by w. Ursula, writ. Azlee, Uzlah, Uzlee in the rec. had Bartholomew, b. Sept. 1640, d. next mo.; Bartholomew, again, 26 Feb. 1642, d. in few mos.; Martha, 17 Sept. 1643; perhaps Mary; Jonathan, 12 Aug. 1648; Joseph, 8 Nov. 1650; Sarah, 7 May 1653; and Bartholomew, again, wh. d. in few yrs. In 1648 he was made freem. spell. Porsune in the rec. and in 1653 he rem. to Woburn, was selectman 1665 and 6, and d. 12 Mar. 1687. His wid. d. 28 May 1694. HENRY, Hempstead, L. I. 1686. HUGH, Watertown 1649, had, in 1654, w. Alice and d. Ruth, then 9 yrs. old, and he d. 13 June 1675, very poor, as he had liv. JOHN, Middletown, d. July 1677, leav. w. and s. three yrs. old. PETER, Boston, a quaker, to be whipp. at the cart's tail 1660, thro. Boston, Roxbury, and Dedham. Hutch. I. 203. It is not relat. in any book how this tended to his conversion. STEPHEN, Derby 1679, had prob. other ch. beside Stephen and Sarah; for the name of Abraham is found in the list of est. 1717, and this may lead to the presumption that Stephen was s. of the first Abraham. THOMAS, Branford 1668, not (as oft. he is call.) s. of Rev. Abraham the first, m. 27 Nov. 1662, Mary, d. of Richard Harrison, had Samuel, b. a. 1663, rem. to Newark, and d. there. He sw. alleg. to the Dutch in 1673. He was prob. br. possib. neph. of the first Rev. Abraham, and his will of 12 Jan. 1698, with codic. of 3 Mar. 1701, was pro. in May foll. It names s. Samuel and Thomas, ds. Hannah and Eliz. THOMAS, Branford, s. of the first Abraham, m. Mary Harrison, went to Newark from Branford with his f. was call. jun. was in good esteem, but was d. bef. 1684.
 

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Polly, or Polley, George, Woburn, m. 21 May 1649, Eliz. Winn, perhaps d. of Edward, had John, b. 16 Dec. 1650; Joseph, 25 Dec. 1652; George, 4 Jan. 1656; Eliz. 14 Apr. 1657; Samuel, 24 Jan. 1661, d. in 2 wks.; Hannah, 6 Apr. 1662, d. same day; Hannah, again, 28 June 1663; and he d. 22 Dec. 1683. GEORGE, Woburn, s. of the preced. m. 24 Oct. 1677, Mary Knight, prob. d. of John of the ch. of Charlestown, had George, b. 11 Oct. 1678; Joseph, 24 Aug. 1680; Mary, 25 Nov. 1682; Eliz. 5 Aug. 1684; Sarah, 3 Oct. 1686; Abigail, 17 Mar. 1689; Hannah, 21 Mar. 1691; Ebenezer, 20 Oct. 1693; Miriam, 31 Oct. 1695; and Mercy, 21 Feb. 1698. JOHN, Roxbury, perhaps br. of the first George, had Mary and Sarah, tw. bapt. 2 June 1650; Hannah, 15 Feb. 1652; Abigail, 4 June 1654; Bethia, b. 12, bapt. 20 Feb. 1659; and Susanna, 22 Dec. 1661. His w. Susanna d. 30 Apr. 1664; and he by sec. w. Hannah had Rebecca, b. 7 Aug. 1668; and Joanna, 7 Mar. 1670. This w. d. 8 June 1684, and he m. 3d w. Jane Walter, wh. d. 24 Oct. 1701. Hed. 2 Apr. 1689, aged 71. Hannah m. 10 May 1670, Isaac Curtis; Abigail, on the same day, m. John Lyon; and Susanna m. 23 June 1683, Samuel Weld. JOHN, Woburn, s. of the first George, by w. Mary had John, b. 21 May 1686; Matthew, Mar. 1689; Abigail, 29 Apr. 1692; Thomas, 13 Oct. 1694, d. at 6 mos. Thomas, again, 10 Oct. 1696; and Sarah, 12 Oct. 1702. SAMUEL, Woburn, br. of the preced. by w. Priscilla had Samuel, b. 3 Oct. 1689; Jonathan, 16 July 1691; Jacob, 23 Feb. 1694; and Priscilla, 11 Dec. 1696.
 

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Priest, Degort, Plymouth 1620, d. in few days aft. land. from the Mayflower, on 1 Jan. 1621; and his w. wh. was, says Gov. Bradford, sis. of Mr. Allerton, and their childr. came after. He was formerly thot. the first m. of any of the Leyden exile, but the rec. there shows that his intent was pub. 4 Oct. 1611, and the m. with Sarah Vincent, wid. of John of London, 4 Nov. foll. and we kn. that both Isaac Allerton and his sis. had a few wks. earlier been m. I obs. on the Dutch rec. that aft. hear. of the d. of Priest so early at P. his wid. m. 13 Nov. of that same yr. one, wh. was, in my opin. the Cuthbert Cuthbertson, wh. brot. her and the ch. in the Ann. He had been adm. a cit. of Leyden 16 Nov. 1615, then call. a hatter, no other of his friends exc. Bradford and Allerton hav. enjoy. that distinct. EMANUEL, Marblehead 1668, kn. only as sign. with JOHN, perhaps his br. against impost. JAMES, Weymouth, freem. 10 May 1643, and tho. twice insert. in the list, we may be confid. as the same carelessness attches to two other names, that only one man is intend. had James, b. 8 May 1640; and by w. Eliz. had Lydia, b. 12 Feb. 1658, d. young; and Lydia, again, 16 Mar. 1662; and d. at Salem, 1664. JOHN, Weymouth 1657. JOHN, Salem, m. 25 Feb. 1673, Eliz. Gray, had Eliz. b. 20 Jan. 1680. JOHN, Woburn, had Eliz. b. 12 Sept. 1679; John, 1 Nov. 1681; Daniel (Bond, 911, has Hannah) 19 July 1686; and perhaps others. WILLIAM, Watertown 1672, perhaps by w. Leah had William, wh. d. 3 Dec. 1688; [p.487] and William, again, b. 7 Nov. 1689. But Bond leaves it in no doubt that the name was Price, wh. see.
 

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Rayner or Reyner, Edward, Hempstead, L. I. 1647, was prob. s. of Thurston, or at least came with him, 1634, aged 10, from Ipswich, Co. Suff. in the Elizabeth, liv. first at Watertown. HENRY, Boston, m. 9 June 1662, wid. Joanna Edwards, was a solder on Conn. riv. 1676, under Capt. Turner. * HUMPHREY, Rowley, b. at Gildersome, in the W. riding of Yorksh. not far from Leeds, freem. 18 May 1642, was rep. 1649, had beside the d. Mary, wh. m. Michael Wigglesworth, and perhaps d. bef. her f. Ann, wh. m. William Hobson; and Martha, m. John Whipple; d. 1660, and to those ds. gave all his est. after wid. d. JACHIN, Rowley, s. of Rev. John the first, m. 22 Nov. 1662, Eliz. prob. d. of Edward Denison, wh. d. perhaps 7 May 1672, had d. Eliz. and by ano. w. had Ann, b. 23 July 1678; d. 8 July 1708, and perhaps his w. d. ten yrs. bef. JOHN, Plymouth, br. of Humphrey, b. at Gildersome, was bred at Magdalen [p.514] Coll. Cambridge, where he had his A. B. 1625, m. one of four coheiresses named Boyes of his natie parish, and Rev. Peter Prudden is kn. to have taken ano. came a. 1635, perhaps with first w. by wh. he had Jachin; and Hannah, wh. m. Sept. 1660, Job Lane of Malden; beside an elder d. wh. was once thought, but erron. the first wife of Michael Wigglesworth, m. 1642, for sec. w. Frances Clark, had John, H. C. 1663; Joseph, 15 Aug. 1650, d. at two yrs.; Eliz. Dorothy; Abigail; and Judith, wh. perhaps bec. w. of Rev. Jabez Fox of Woburn. One of the ds. whose name is lost from the Col. Rec. was b. 26 Dec. 1647. After 18 years of serv. at P. he rem. to Dover, there d. 20 Apr. 1669. He had est. at Gildersome, the place of his nativ. in the parish of Batley in the W. riding of Yorksh. near Leeds, where the celebr. Dr. Priestly was b. His will, made only one or two days bef. he d. pro. 30 June foll. directs the div. of rents from his lds. at Gildersome, provides for his w. and their five ch. having formerly provid. for ch. by first w. and in case his w. m. again, carefully devises both the Dover and Eng. est. Mr. Hnter, in Early Hist. of the Founders of New Plymouth, 4 Mass. Hist. Coll. I. 84, supposed he may be derived from Bassetlaw in Co. Notts. But he was b. at no gr. distance, as the same accurate inquirer, in his revised work, London 1854, pp. 118 and 119, proves. He made his name Reyner. JOHN, Dover, s. of the preced. ord. 12 July 1671, m. Judith, d. of Edmund Quincy sec. of Braintree, and in short time after d. at B. 21 Dec. 1676, prob. without ch. aged 33. His wid. d. 8 Mar. 1679 or 80, as the gr.-st. inscript. blindly makes it. JOHN, Charlestown, by. w. Catharine, wh. d. 22 Dec. 1682, in her 23d yr. had John, wh. d. the day bef. his mo. and he m. 31 July 1685, Abigail Hathorne, wh. d. 17 May 1714, in her 47th yr.; had Abigail, bapt. 21 June 1691, d. young, and two ds. Eliz. wh. both d. young; beside John bapt. 25 Dec. 1687, wh. reached mid. life. JOHN, Rowley 1691. JONATHAN and JOSEPH, Southampton, L. I. 1663-73, were perhaps s. of Thurston. SAMUEL, Watertown, had been of Cambridge, where by w. Mary he had Hannah, b. 2 Mar. 1654, wh. m. 7 Apr. 1670, Ephraim Winship; d. 1669, in his will 26 Sept. of that yr. names w. Mary and a. d. SAMUEL, Charlestown, by w. Mary had Sarah, bapt. 8 May 1687. THOMAS, Hempstead, L. I. 1643, acc. Wood's Hist. yet possib. the name may be mistaken for the foll. ‡ * THURSTON, Watertown, came in the Elizabeth 1634, from Ipswich, Co. Suff. aged 40, with w. Eliz. 36; Thurston, 13; Joseph, 11; Eliz. 9; Sarah, 7; and Lydia, 1; who, by the order of their names in the rec. certif. up to London, may be thot. his ch. and Edward, foll. on the same list, aged 10, may have been s. or neph. in 1636; rem. to Wethersfield, was rep. 1638, 9, and 40; rem. 1641 to Stamford, there had commiss. from New Haven jurisdict. but in few years rem. to [p.515] Southampton, L. I. under Conn. and was an assist. 1661 and 3; made his will 6 July, 1667, pro. same yr. In it he names w. Martha, two s. Joseph and Jonathan, beside allud. to four more ch. not nam. Jonathan was not of age. His d. Hannah m. Arthur Howell, as is sec. w. Mather in Magn. II. 33, forgot his bapt. name. WILLIAM, Marblehead, the freem. of 1670, may have been s. of that WILLIAM wh. d. ****, having m. as Farmer says in MS. note, Eliz. wid. of Humphrey Gilbert. This was aged 45 in 1668.
 

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Read or Reed, Abraham, Salem, s. of the first Thomas, had Samuel, wh. went to Eng. and by deed at London, 1701, convey. to Daniel Epps part of est. of his gr. f. that fell to his f. and early in this centu. was kn. as the Derby farm. ARTHUR, perhaps of Stratford 1676. See Trumbull, Col. Rec. II. 424. BENJAMIN, Duxbury, fit to bear arms 1643. DANIEL, Rehoboth, s. of John first of the same, m. at Taunton 20 Mar. 1677, Hannah Peck, but Col. Rec. says 20 Aug. of that yr. had Hannah, b. 30 June 1678; Bethia, 2 Nov. 1679; Daniel, 20 Jan. 1681; John, 25 Feb. 1683, d. in few ds. prob. sev. others, and d. 17 Oct. 1710. DANIEL, Woburn, s. of Ralph, m. 17 Jan. 1699, purch. the squaw sachem farm, so call. on wh. as is said, his descend. still reside. EDWARD, Marblehead 1674. * ESDRAS, Salem 1639, had Bethia, b. a. 1637; and Obadiah, 1639; both bapt. there, 31 May 1640, b. by w. prob. named Alice; was freem. 2 June 1641, rem. to Wenham, of wh. he was rep. 1648 and 51, and with his min. rem. 1655 to Chelmsford. ESDRAS, Boston 1661, a tailor, perhaps s. of the preced. was with his w. adm. of the sec. ch. that yr. GEORGE, Woburn, s. of William of Dorchester, b. in Eng. m. 4 Oct. 1652, Eliz. d. of Robert Jennison, (not Jennings, as oft. said), wh. d. 26 Feb. 1665, had Eliz. b. 29 July 1653; twins, d. 14 Nov. 1654, prob. few hours old; Samuel, 29 Apr. 1656; Abigail, 27 June 1658; George, 14 Sept. 1660; William, 22 Sept. 1662; Sarah, 12 Feb. 1665; and by sec. w. of unkn. name, Hannah, 18 Feb. 1670; John, 18 Mar. 1672; Mary, 15 June 1674; Timothy, 20 Oct. 1678; and Thomas, 15 July 1682, was freem. 1684; Eliz. m. 15 Dec. 1675, Daniel Fiske. I presume he was s. of William of Newcastle in Northumberland, and d. 21 Feb. 1706. GEORGE, Woburn, s. of the preced. freem. 1690, by w. Abigail Pierce, m. 15 Feb. 1685, wh. d. 7 Sept. 1719, had Abigail, b. 6 Feb. 1686; Ebenezer, 6 Mar. 1690; George, 2 Aug. 1697, d. in few wks. and Eliz. 14 June 1700. He m. sec. w. 24 May 1721, Sybel Rice, prob. wid. of Isaac, and was, it is said, the first each. in ch. of Burlington. ISRAEL, Woburn, by w. Mary, had Mary, b. [p.516] 15 Oct. 1670; Sarah, 29 Aug. 1673; a d. without name on the rec. 2 June, 1679; Eliz. 22 Dec. 1681; Ruth, 6 Jan. 1684; Israel, 17 Mar. 1687; Jemima, 23 July 1689; and Patience, 3 Dec. 1697. ISRAEL, Rehoboth, youngest s. of John the first, m. 6 Nov. 1684, Rebecca, youngest d. of the third John Ruggles of Roxbury, had eleven ch. but my correspond. gives date or name to neither, and he d. 17 Nov. 1732. JACOB, Salem, s. of the first Thomas, own. est. in 1661, but prob. d. bef. his f. or at least nothing more is kn. of him. JACOB, Salem, s. of the sec. Thomas, m. Dec. 1693, Eliz. Green, had Aaron, b. June 1694; John, 26 Dec. 1695; Mary, 1697; Jacob, 1699; Jonathan, 12 Jan. 1701; Sarah, 15 May, 1703; and Eliz. 13 Mar. 1705. His will was of 5 Jan. 1741, and his w. then liv. JAMES, Taunton, s. perhaps youngest, of William of Dorchester, perhaps the soldier of Johnson's comp. in Philip's war, m. 18 Apr. 1683, Susanna Richmond, d. of John, had James, William, John, Thomas, Mary, b. 1697, Martha, Ann, and Susanna. || JOHN, Dorchester, rem. to Weymouth or Braintree, freem. 13 May 1640, ar. co. 1644, had Abigail, b. at Dorchester; John, 29 Aug. 1640; and Thomas, 20 Nov. 1641; rem. to Rehoboth, 1645, there had, perhaps, William; Samuel; Moses, Oct. 1650; Mary, June 1652; Eliz. Jan. 1654; Daniel, Mar. 1655; Israel, 1657; and Mehitable, Aug. 1659; was one of good prop. and influence, whose gr.stone, still extant, it is said, shows that he d. Sept. 1685, aged 87. JOHN, jr. Rehoboth, s. of the preced. who had sh. in div. of lds. 1668, and by w. Sarah had John, b. 8 Dec. 1669; Thomas, 23 July 1672; beside Sarah bur. 19 July 1673, was k. by the Ind. at Pierce's fight, 26 Mar. 1676. JOHN, New London 1651, had then gr. of ld. wh. he forfeit. by neglect of resid. JOHN, Weymouth, s. of William first of the same, is prob. he wh. m. Bethia, d. of George Fry, rem. to Taunton, had William, Thomas, George, Mary, Ruth, and Hannah, prob. some of them bef. rem. and d. at Dighton, 13 Jan. 1721. His wid. d. 20 Oct. 1730, aged 77. He may have been of Johnson's comp. in Philip's war, and by a former w. had John, b. 5 June 1674; but neither her surname, nor bapt. name can I decipher from the MS. of my friend. correspondent. JOHN, Scituate, may be that youth bound 1653 to Michael Pierce for nine yrs. personal serv. as rec. in 1662, m. 1668, Mary, d. of Christopher Winter, had John; liv. some yrs. at Marshfield, and d. 21 May 1694. JOHN, Rye, rem. to Norwalk, prob. had John, as in 1687, he is disting. as sen. and both liv. there 1694. JOHN, Woburn, s. of Ralph, m. 21 Mar. 1682, Eliz. Holden, perhaps d. of Richard, had John, b. 22 Mar. 1684; Ralph, 6 Sept. 1686; Eliz. 25 Feb. 1691; and he took sec. w. 4 Dec. 1705, Abigail Baldwin, perhaps d. of Henry. JOHN, Woburn, s. of George the first, m. 10 Jan. 1697, Ruth Johnson, prob. d. of Matthew, but I hear no [p.517] more. JOHN, Boston, whose f. by no dilig. inquiry can be ascert. but seems to be entit. to insert. here, tho. the first ment. of him is as gr. at H. C. 1697, bec. it is so high a prob. that he was either b. on our side of the ocean, or at least had been here so many yrs. JOSEPH and JOSIAH, of Lynn, are among the freem. of 1681. The former came to Boston 1671, in the Arabella from London. JOSIAH, New London 1662, rem. to Norwich, m. at Marshfield, Nov. 1666, Grace Holloway, had Josiah, b. Apr. 1668; William, Apr. 1670; Eliz. Sept. 1672; Experience, 27 Feb. 1675; John, 15 Apr. 1679; Joseph, 12 Mar. 1681; Susanna, 20 Sept. 1685; Hannah, July 1688; and he d. 3 July 1711. His wid. d. 9 May 1727. MATTHEW, Norwalk, adm. to be an inhab. 1655, but his name is not found after. Hall's Hist. 48. MICHAEL, nam. in the will of William, pro. at London, 31 Oct. 1656, as one of three s. m. in N. E. but the name is not kn. to me as of an inhab. * MOSES, Rehoboth, s. of the first John, m. at Taunton, 6 Dec. 1677, Rebecca Fitch, had Zechariah, b. 25 Oct. 1678, d. in Jan. foll.; Zechariah again, 20 Oct. 1681; Rebecca, 14 Sept. 1683; was rep. sev. yrs. and d. 14 Dec. 1716. NICHOLAS, Danvers, apprent. of Edward Putnam, k. by the Ind. Sept. 1689, aged 18. OBADIAH, Boston, m. 19 Aug. 1664, Ann, d. of Obadiah Swift, had Eliz. b. 29 Mar. 1669; Sarah, 16 Apr. 1671, d. young; Ann, 3 Feb. 1673; Obadiah, 29 Nov. 1677, d. soon; Obadiah, again, 29 Nov. 1678, d. young; and James, 29 Feb. 1680. His w. d. 13 Sept. foll. aged 33; and by w. Eliz. he had Obadiah, again, 27 Mar. 1683; Mary, 4 May 1684; Nathaniel, 23 Aug. 1686; and Sarah, again, 26 Jan. 1688. PHILIP, Weymouth 1640, by w. Mary had Philip, b. 24 Oct. 1641; Samuel; and Mary, wh. m. 27 Nov. 1669, John Vining; was prob. the freem. of 1660, and his will of 15 Dec. 1674, was pro. 5 May 1676. PHILIP, Lynn 1669, a physician, is presum. to be that resident of Concord, wh. after liv. there 25 yrs. d. 10 May 1696. PHILIP, Weymouth, s. of Philip the first, by w. Hannah had Mary b. 21 Mar. 1669; Hannah, 18 Feb. 1672; Philip, 2 Nov. 1674; John, 16 Aug. 1676; and prob. these by w. Abigail, Samuel, 29 Sept. 1681; Prudence, 7 Oct. 1685; Stephen, 15 Oct. 1690; and Deborah, 30 Aug. 1692. RALPH, Woburn, s. of William of Dorchester, brought from Eng. by his f. in very early youth, by w. Mary, d. of Anthony Pierce of Watertown, had William, b. 1658; John, 1660; Joseph; Daniel; Timothy, b. 14 Feb. 1665; David; and Jonathan. RICHARD, Marblehead 1674, in June 1678 was witness with Samuel R. to the will of Samuel Condy. RICHARD, Boston, by w. Joanna, had Mary, b. 26 Mar. 1687, and perhaps others. ROBERT, Exeter 1638, was one of the first sett. at Hampton, but rem. to Boston, there by w. Hannah, had Rebecca, b. 29 Sept. bapt. 1 Nov. 1646, wh. prob. d. young; again went to Hampton, there had [p.518] Hannah, Mary, and Sarah; again rem. to Boston, perhaps, where he had the last ment. bapt. 1 Sept. 1650; and Samuel, 3 Apr. 1653; this s. d. the end of Mar. foll. and ano. Samuel was b. 28 Feb. 1655. His w. d. 24 June foll. and he went once more to Hampton, had ano. w. Susanna; and was drown. 20 Oct. 1657, by overset. of a boat. See Belkn. I. 58, f Farmer's ed. His wid. m. John Preston, and she join. with the childr. in convey. of est. in B. Hannah m. 11 Jan. 1661, John Senter of Boston. SAMUEL, Mendon, s. of John the first, freem. 1673, m. 1668, Hopestill Holbrook, perhaps d. of William the first, had Samuel, John, Josiah, and Ebenezer, beside Mary, w. prob. of Seth Chapin; but dates are not seen. His will was of 5 Apr. 1717. The s. John is said to be that gr. of H. C. 1697, wh. was held the greatest lawyer this country produc. bef. the Americ. Revo. exc. perhaps Judge Trowbridge. See full exhibit. of his esteem in Eliot's Biogr. Dict. SAMUEL, Marblehead 1674, perhaps br. of Richard. SAMUEL, Charlestown, s. of George the first, a physician, m. 19 June 1679, Eliz. d. of John Mousal, had Eliz. b. 3 Apr. 1680; Joanna, 16 Feb. 1681; Abigail, 10 Jan. 1683; Samuel, 16 July 1688, d. in few days; Mary, 9 Jan. 1690; Mercy, 29 Nov. 1697. THOMAS, Salem 1630, freem. 1 Apr. 1634, was made ens. 1637, had s. Thomas, Abraham, and perhaps others, and he may earlier have been of Lynn and Marblehead, at wh. latter he was a witness, 28 Sept. 1630, bef. coroner's jury. THOMAS, Salem, elder s. of the preced. by w. Mary, had Susanna, bapt. 23 Sept. 1649; John, 15 June 1651; Mary, 10 Apr. 1653; Eliz. 13 May 1655; Remember, 26 Apr. 1657; Jacob, 5 June 1659; Sarah, 15 Mar. 1661; but prob. the last two d. young, for ano. Jacob was bapt. there 7 Nov. 1663; and Sarah, again, 19 Aug. 1666. Yet here, without doubt, is some confus. and more omis. I feel sure there were two, and prob. three Thomases contempo. at Salem. The first had title of Col. and d. abroad a. 1663; left beside a sec. w. call. Elsy, two s. of wh. Abraham, the younger, was admor. By Wait Winthrop, his atty. Samuel, only s. of the other Thomas, calling hims. merch. of London, sold 28 June 1701, to Daniel Epps the farm at Salem that had belong. to his f. But Essex Inst. II. 16, gives inv. of ano. THOMAS, tak. 5 Apr. 1667. THOMAS, Milford 1646, may have been a promin. man at Newtown, L. I. 1656. THOMAS, Sudbury, may be the freem. of 1656, had Thomas, and perhaps more, d. 19 Sept. 1701, as Mr. Shattuck thinks. THOMAS, Boston, by w. Mary had Eliz. b. 28 Jan. 1657; and he d. 11 May 1661. THOMAS, Rehoboth, s. of John the first, m. 29 Mar. 1665, Eliz. Clark, bur. 23 Feb. 1675, aged 32; and m. 16 June 1675, Ann Perrin, perhaps d. of the first John, had John, wh. d. 4 Dec. 1676; Thomas, 25 Mar. 1678; Nathaniel, 30 Mar. 1680; and Hannah, 12 Apr. 1682; and he d. 6 Feb. 1696. THOMAS, Weymouth, [p.519] s. of William the first, by w. Sarah had Thomas, b. 12 Sept. 1671; John, 30 Dec. 1679; Samuel, 12 Apr. 1681; Ruth, 20 Feb. 1685; William, 4 Feb. 1688; Hannah, 25 Sept. 1689; and Eliz. 9 Nov. 1694. THOMAS, Sudbury, s. of Thomas of the same, m. 30 May, 1677, Mary, d. of John Goodrich of Wethersfield, had fam. was freem. 1678, then call. jun. One THOMAS of New Hampsh. 1689, pray. for jurisdict. of Mass. THOMAS, Woburn, youngest s. of George the first, m. 1 Feb. 1704, Sarah Sawyer. TIMOTHY, Woburn, s. of Ralph, m. 27 Dec. 1688, Martha Boyden, had Martha, b. 1 Mar. 1690; William, 5 Oct. 1694, so nam. for a bro. k. by the f.; Jonathan, 15 Dec. 1701, d. young; Eliz. 1 Dec. 1706; and Mary, 25 Dec. 1709; and by sec. w. Persis, had Persis, 21 July 1711; Timothy, 27 Sept. 1713; Jacob, 31 Jan. 1716; and Jonathan again, 19 May 1718. But it must be told, that the h. of Persis, to wh. these last four ch. are giv. is, by my correspond. call. s. of George the first. WILLIAM, Boston, perhaps very early, but more prob. not, as it seems likely that most, if not all of his ch. were brot. from Eng. So far as can be gather. or reasona. conject. they were Margaret, wh. m. 3 Mar. 1659, Richard Stubbs; Susanna m. 13 Dec. 1659, Samuel Smith; Esther m. 30 July 1661, John Canney, all at B. Edward, Richard, and Samuel, all at Marblehead, and it is said Christopher, wh. d. at Charlestown 1696. Tradit. tells, that he d. at sea, on a passage, 1667, hither from Ireland. * WILLIAM, Weymouth. freem. 2 Sept. 1635, rep. 1636 and 8, had John; William, b. 15 Dec. 1639; Esther, 8 May 1641; and prob. others, certain Mary wh. d. by rec. 16 Apr. 1655. But ano. Mary, d. of one William at W. m. 11 May 1657, John Vining, by the same rec. so that some mistake may be fear. Perhaps the earlier date refers to the mo. of the m. Mary. He had also Thomas, Margaret, and James. WILLIAM, Dorchester, came prob. in the Defence 1635, aged 48, with w. Mabel, 30; George, 6; Ralph, 5; and Justus, 18 mos. and had at D. Abigail, bapt. 30 Dec. 1638; was freem. 14 Mar. 1639; rem. prob. first to Rehoboth, or perhaps liv. at Woburn. WILLIAM, Boston, perhaps br. of the first John, there by w. Susanna, had Susanna; and, John b. 25, bapt. 27 Sept. 1646, a. 4 days old, as the ch. rec. says. His w. d. 12 Oct. 1653, and he m. 20 May 1654, Ruth Crook, had William, 3 Feb. 1655, d. soon; Isaac, 18 Apr. 1656; Ephraim, 23 Nov. 1657; Jonathan, 23 Apr. 1659; Timothy, 11 Aug. 1660; William, again, 7 May 1662; Hezekiah, 6 July 1663; Sarah, 26 June 1665; Eliz. 22 Dec. 1666; and Eliz. again, 22 Apr. 1669. He may have been of the first proprs. of Worcester, 1674. His d. Hannah d. 25 Nov. 1656, by rec. and d. Susanna m. 13 Dec. 1659, Samuel Smith. WILLIAM, Norwalk 1654, perhaps was only a transient man, and very soon aft. of Newtown, L. I. WILLIAM, Boston, by w. [p.520] Hannah had William, b. 26 Mar. 1665, unless there be error in town rec. wh. is not very improb. and John, 25 Apr. 1669. WILLIAM, Woburn, eldest s. of Ralph, by w. Eliz. had William, b. 23 Aug. 1682; Mary, 12 Mar. 1685; Eliz. 23 Feb. 1687; was casual. k. by his own bro. Timothy, 7 Nov. 1688, shooting at a deer. WILLIAM, Woburn, s. of George, m. 24 May 1686, Abigail Kendall. WILLIAM, Weymouth, s. of William the first of the same, not the freem. 1653, m. 1675 Esther Thompson, had William; Esther; John, b. 21 Oct. 1680; ano. ch. whose name is not in the rec. 24 May 1682; John, again, 10 July 1687; so that prob. the first John d. young; Jacob, 6 Nov. 1691; and Sarah, 21 Mar. 1694; beside others, as we are confident, for his will of 26 Oct. 1705, pro. 12 Sept. foll. names w. Esther; eldest s. William; John; Jacob, and ds. Bathshua Porter; Mercy Whitmarsh; and unm. ones, Mary; Esther; and Sarah. This name is very common, often written Reed, and under either form likely to breed confus. betw. sev. hav. the same bapt. title. Aft. spend. many hours of sev. days, I am unable to reconcile and fix the habita. of all. Farmer found 60 gr. in the N. E., N. J., and Union Coll. 1829. Twelve at Harv. and eleven at Yale had been gr. in 1834.
 

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Richardson, or Richeson, often in old rec. * AMOS, Boston, merch. tailor, perhaps one of that gr. London guild, by w. Mary, had John bapt. 26 Dec. 1647, H. C. 1666; Amos, 20 Jan. 1650, in right of their mo.; Stephen, b. 14 June 1652; Catharine, 6Jan. 1655; Sarah, 19 July 1657; Samuel, 18 Feb. 1660; freem. 1665, rem. next yr. to Stonington, of wh. he was rep. 1676 and 7, and there d. 5 Aug. 1683. His w. Mary liv. but few weeks after him. Beside those s. he had ds. Mary, m. June 1663, Jonathan Gatlie, or Gatliffe, of Braintree, and Prudence, many yrs. younger, m. 15 Mar. 1683, John Hallam, and next 17 Mar. 1703, Elnathan Miner. He had been agent of Stephen Winth. and was after of Gov. John, his br. was of gr. enterprise, and good est. one of the purchas. with Winth. Atherton, Hudson, and others of the Narraganset lds. on wh. he first sett. at Westerly, and when the claim of Conn. was subject. to R. I. jurisdict. he crossed over to S. A good letter from him to Fitz John Winthrop, at Cardross in Scotland, writ. 13 Sept. 1659, sign. Amos Richerson, as often the name is in rec. was giv. me. CALEB, Newbury, s. of Edward of the same, m. 31 July 1682, Mary Ladd, had Ruth b. 1 Mar. 1683; and Mary, 12 Jan. 1685. EDWARD, Newbury, had Edward, b. 21 Dec. 1649; Caleb, 18 Aug. 1652; Ruth, 23 Nov. 1655; Moses, 4 Apr. 1658; and Mary, 2 Sept. 1660; and he d. 14 Nov. 1685, as Coffin tells, who adds that ano. Edward R. d. there, 25 Mar. 1655; but he does not inform us, whether this were ch. or adult. One was 61 yrs. in 1678. EDWARD, Newbury, s. of the preced. m. 28 Oct. 1673, Ann, prob. d. of Christopher Bartlett, had Mary, b. says Coffin, 25 Oct. 1673, d. young; Edward, 2 Sept. 1674; Mary, again, 25 Aug. 1676; Moses, 22 Jan. 1680; and Margaret, 7 July 1682; and he d. as in Coffin, 14 Nov. foll. But there was an Edward of Rowley, a serg. in 1691. * EZEKIEL, Charlestown 1630, came prob. in the fleet of Winth. with w. Susanna. They belong. to the ch. of Boston, and were dism. with others, 11 Oct. 1632, to establish a ch. at C. freem. 18 May 1631, by the Court appoint. 1633, constable, and by the peop. rep. 1635, with many of his townsmen unit. in remonstrance against the Act of the governm. towards Wheelwright, in 1637, and, his heart failing him, in Nov. express. his contrit. and had his name crossed over. In 1640, when a selectman, he favor sett. at Woburn, and [p.536] there d. 21 Oct. 1647. His will of 20 July preced. is in Geneal. Reg. VII. 172, names eldest s. Theophilus, and the wid. Excors. other ch. only Josias, James, and Phebe, and brs. Samuel and Thomas are ment. Phebe was bapt. in Boston, 3 June 1632; Theophilus, 22 Dec. 1633; Josiah, 7 Nov. 1635; John, 21 July 1638; Jonathan, 5 Feb. 1640; both d. young; James, 11 July 1641, at C. and Woburn rec. proves that his d. Ruth, b. 31 Aug. 1643, d. in a week. Phebe m. 1 Nov. 1649, Henry Baldwin. GEORGE, Watertown, came in the Susan and Ellen 1635, aged 30, from London, had small fam. in 1642, says Bond. HENRY, came from Canterbury, Co. Kent, with w. Mary and five ch. in 1635 or 6; but I kn. no more than is told in 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. VIII. 276. ISAAC, Woburn, m. 19 June 1667, Deborah, d. of Thomas Fuller, had Jonathan, b. 12 Dec. 1669; Deborah, 22 Jan. 1672; Joseph and Benjamin, tw. 25 Jan. 1674; Mercy, 27 Oct. 1676; tw. 13 May 1678, both d. very soon; David, 4 Feb. 1679, prob. d. soon; Phebe, 14 Feb. 1681; Mary, 14 July 1683; Eliz. 8 Nov. 1685; and Samuel, 2 Feb. 1687; and d. 2 Apr. 1689. JAMES, Woburn, prob. br. of Ezekiel, rem. 1659 to Chelmsford, m. 28 Nov. 1660, Bridget, d. of Thomas Henchman, had Thomas b. 26 Oct. 1660, as the rec. shows; James, 26 Oct. 1661; and sev. other ch. Farmer says. His wid. perhaps m. 8 Oct. 1679, William Chandler of Andover. JOHN, Watertown 1636, may have been at Exeter 1642. One of this name having recently m. Eliz. Tryer here, having w. in Eng. the m. was in Nov. 1644 declar. void. JOHN, Woburn, eldest s. of Samuel of the same, m. 22 Oct. 1658, Eliz. d. of Michael Bacon of the same, had John b. 24 Jan. 1661; and Joseph, 3 Jan. 1667; and m. 28 Oct.1673, Mary Pierson, perhaps d. of Bartholomew, had Pierson, b. 29 Sept. 1674; Jacob, 15 Feb. 1676; William, 29 June 1678, d. in few weeks; and by third w. m. 25 June 1689, Margaret Willing, had Willing, 5 Oct. 1692, d. at 12 yrs.; and Job, 30 Apr. 1696; was a lieut. and d. 1 Jan. 1697. JOHN, Newbury, eldest s. of Amos, by w. wh. is not nam. in Coffin, and by Farmer was mistak. for w. of the preced. had Sarah, b. 9 Sept. 1674; John; Mary 22 July 1677; Eliz. 29 Apr. 1680; and Catharine, 15 Sept. 1681; was ord. 20 Oct. 1675, and Farmer says was freem. that yr. of wh. I do not see the proof. He had early been a mem. of the corpo. of Harv. Coll. and engaged, I am sorry to say, in the less reput. business of rem. Presid. Hoar, and d. 27 Apr. 1696. JOSEPH, Woburn, s. of Samuel of the same, m. 5 Nov. 1666, Hannah Green, had Hannah, b. 21 Oct. 1667; Mary, 22 Mar. 1669; Eliz. 28 June 1670; Joseph, 19 May 1672; and Stephen, 7 Feb. 1674; was freem. 1672, and d. 5 Mar. 1718. JOSEPH, Newbury, s. of William, m. 12 July 1681, Margaret, d. of Peter Godfrey, had Mary, b. 16 Apr. 1682; William, 22 Mar. 1684; Joseph, 31 Dec. 1686; [p.537] Eliz. 28 Feb. 1689; Daniel, 4 Apr. 1692; Sarah, 19 June 1694; Thomas, 15 Feb. 1697; and Caleb, 9 June 1704. JOSHUA, Newbury, m. 31 Jan. 1679, Mary Parker, had Esther, b. 15 Mar. 1683. His w. d. 7 Mar. 1685, and by sec. w. Jane, he had Judith, b. 25 June 1688; Hannah, 9 Oct. 1690; Abigail, 6 Aug. 1692; Eliz. 4 Nov. 1694; Joanna, 6 Mar. 1697; and Joshua, 20 May 1702. * JOSIAH, Chelmsford, s. of Ezekiel, m. 6 June 1659, Remembrance, d. of William Underwood, had Sarah, b. 1660; Mary, 1662; Josiah, 18 May 1665; Jonathan, 8 Oct. 1667; John, 14 Feb. 1669; Samuel, 21 Feb. 1672; and Remembrance, 20 Apr. 1684; was town clk. selectman, capt. rep. 1689 and 90, and d. 22 July 1695. Descend. are very num. and much diffus. MOSES, Rowley, or Newbury, youngest s. of Edward of N. m. Lydia, d. of Tobias Coleman; but I kn. no more. NATHANIEL, Woburn, freem. 1690, by w. Mary, had Nathaniel, b. 27 Aug. 1673; James, 26 Feb. 1676; Mary, 10 Mar. 1679; Joshua, 3 June 1681; Martha, 1683; John, 25 Jan. 1685; Thomas, 15 Apr. 1687; Hannah, May 1689; Samuel, 24 Sept. 1691; Phineas, Feb. 1694; Phebe, 4 Mar. 1696; Amos, 10 Aug. 1698; and Benjamin, 27 Aug. 1700; and d. 4 Dec. 1714. His wid. d. 22 Dec. 1719. RICHARD, Boston 1654, had w. Joanna, and d. Joanna, b. 25 Feb. 1658; and s.-in-law Timothy Armitage. RICHARD, Lynn, m. 20 June 1665, Amy Graves, had John, b. Apr. 1670, and Thomas, 15 Apr. 1674. SAMUEL, Charlestown, prob. br. of Ezekiel, by w. Joanna, had Mary, bapt. 25 Feb. 1638, prob. m. Thomas Mousall; John, bapt. 12 Nov. 1639; was freem. 2 May 1638, rem. early to Woburn, there had Hannah, b. 8 Mar. 1642, d. next mo. Joseph, 27 July 1643; Samuel, 22 Apr. 1646; Stephen, 15 Aug. 1649; Thomas, 31 Dec. 1651, d. bef. his f. and Eliz. was one of the founders of the ch. 24 Aug. 1642, and d. 23 Mar. 1658 or 9. His wid. Joanna, wh. d. 1666, in her will of 20 June 166, the last fig. being lost, names eldest s. John, and other ch. Samuel, Stephen, Eliz. and Mary Mousall. SAMUEL, Woburn, s. of the preced. by w. Martha, wh. d. 20 Dec. 1673, had Samuel and Thomas, tw. b. 5 Nov. 1670; Eliz. a. 1672; and Martha, 20 Dec. 1673, prob. d. very soon. On 30 Sept. 1674, he m. Hannah Kingsley, perhaps d. of Samuel of Braintree, had Hannah, wh. at the age of one wk. with her mo. and br. Thomas were k. by the Ind. it is said, 10 Apr. 1676; and next he m. 7 Nov. foll. Phebe, d. prob. of Henry Baldwin of W. had Zechariah, b. 21 Nov. 1677; and she d. 20 Oct. 1679. By fourth w. Sarah Hayward, perhaps not a maiden, m. 8 Sept. 1680, he had Thomas, b. 18 Aug. 1681, d. next mo.; Sarah, 20 Aug. 1682; Thomas again, 25 Sept. 1684; Ebenezer, 15 Mar. 1687; a s. 17 Aug. 1689, d. without name; Hannah, 11 Aug. 1690; Eleazer, 10 Feb. 1693; Jonathan, 16 July 1696; and David, 14 Apr. 1700; and d. 29 Apr. 1712. His wid. d. 14 Oct. 1717. [p.538] STEPHEN, Woburn, br. of the preced. m. at Billerica, 2 Jan. 1675, Abigail Wyman, perhaps d. of Francis, had Stephen, b. 20 Feb. 176; Francis, 19 Jan. 1678, d. in few days; William, 14 Dec. 1678; Francis, again, 15 Jan. 1681; Timothy, 6 Dec. 1682, d. in few wks; Abigail, 14 Nov. 1683; Prudence, 17 Jan. 1686; Timothy, again, 24 Jan. 1688; Seth, 16 Jan. 1690; Daniel, 16 Oct. 169****; Mary, 3 May 1696; Rebecca, 10 June 1698, d. at 13 yrs.; Solomon, 27 Mar. 1702; and Henry, 1704; was freem. 1690, and d. 22 Mar. 1718. His wid. d. 17 Sept. 1720. STEPHEN, Stonington, s. of Amos, was a man of import. 1676, and after. THEOPHILUS, Woburn, s. of Ezekiel, m. 2 May 1654, Mary, d. of John Champney of Cambridge, had Ezekiel, b. 28 Oct. 1655; Mary, 15 Jan. 1658; Sarah, 23 Apr. 1660; Abigail, 21 Oct. 1662; Hannah, 6 Apr. 1665; John, 16 Jan. 1668; Esther, 25 June 1670; Ruth, 31 Aug. 1673; and prob. Bridget; and he d. 28 Dec. 1674. THOMAS, Woburn, br. of Ezekiel, had liv. few yrs. at Charlestown, freem. 2 May 1638, one of the founders of the ch. at W. by w. Mary, had Mary, bapt. 17 Nov. 1638; Sarah, 22 Nov. 1640; both at C. but at W. had Isaac, b. 14 or 24 May 1643; Thomas, 4 Oct. 1645; Ruth, 14 Apr. 1647; Phebe, 24 Jan. 1649; and Nathaniel, 2 Jan. 1651; and d. 28 Aug. 1651. THOMAS, Farmington, perhaps came to Boston in the Speedwell, July 1656, from London, aged 19, had Mary, b. 25 Dec. 1667; Sarah, 25 Mar. 1669; John, 15 Apr. 1672; Israel; and Thomas; rem. to Waterbury, there had Rebecca, 27 Apr. 1679, the first ch. says the rec. b. there; Ruth, b. 10 May 1681; Joanna, 1 Sept. 1683, bapt. 8 Apr. 1684; Nathaniel, b. 28 May 1686; and Ebenezer, 4 Feb. 1690, bapt. 28 June 1691 and d. 1712. His w. was Mary; d. Sarah m. 1691, James Williams of Hartford; and **** name common. was writ. Richason. THOMAS, Billerica, s. of Thomas the first, d. 25 Feb. 1721, says Farmer, wh. adds that he had many descend. A****o. THOMAS, was of Gallup's comp. 1690, for the adventure against Quebec; but I dare not conject. wh. was his f. WILLIAM, Newport 1638, and there liv. 1655, when the name appears Richinson. WILLIAM, Newbury, m. 23 Aug. 1654, Eliz. Wiseman, had Joseph, b. 18 May 1655; and Benjamin 13 Mar. 1657; and d. 14 Mar. 1658. WILLIAM, Newport, perhaps s. of William of the same, m. 30 Aug. 1670, Deliverance, d. of Richard Scott, but I fear she liv. not long, for I find on rec. no ment. of ch. and he, or ano. of the same name at N. m. 27 Mar. 1678, Eliz. Borden, of whose f. I am ign. and she, we may suppose, d. soon, for he m. 14 May 1679, Eliz. d. of the sec. Adam Mott, and had Rebecca, b. 14 May 1681; and John, 11 Feb. 1683. Of this name, eighteen had been gr. at Harv. in 1850, and three at Yale, beside sev. at other N. E. coll.
 

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Right, George, freem. 18 May 1642, was, I think, either of Dorchester or Weymouth; tho. more prob. with an initial W. of Braintree. JOSEPH, Woburn, freem. 1690, when jun. is affix. so that there was an elder of the same name. ROBERT, Boston, had  Hannah, wh. m. 1669, William Hoar; but the spelling is often with initial W.
 

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Roberts, David, Woburn, m. 3 Oct. 1678, Joanna Brooks, had Eunice, b. 28 Oct. 1679; David, 24 Oct. 1681; Giles, 16 Jan. 1687; Joanna, 13 Feb. 1694; Sarah, 15 Jan. 1697; and perhaps he rem. ELI, New Haven, a propr. 1685. GEORGE, Exeter 1677, in 160 desir. jurisdict. of Mass. GILES, Scarborough 1662, perhaps br. of David, had five ch. of wh. none but Abraham is nam. His will of 25 Jan. 1667, only five days be**** the inv. does not enlighten us, exc. by call. Arthur Auger, and William Sheldon, his br.-in-law. HUGH, Gloucester, m. 8 Nov. 1649, Mary, d. of Hugh Caulkins, rem. to New London, where he was a tanner, and had Mary, b. 9 Dec. 1652; Samuel, 25 Apr. 1656; and Mehitable, 15 Apr. 1658; in 1667, with others of the oldest sett. went to Newark, N. J. JOHN, Roxbury, came, says the ch. rec. “in 1636, brought his aged mo. w. and ch. Thomas, Edward, Eliz. Margery, Jane, Alice, Lydia, Ruth, and Deborah. He was one of the first fruits of Wales that came to N. E. called to Christ by the ministry of that rev. and worthy instrument Mr. Wrath.” In its proper place the rec. has this: “7 Jan. 1645/6, old mother Roberts, a Welch woman, d. in the 103d yr. of her age. She was above 90 yrs. old when she left her native country.” He was freem. 22 May 1639, d. 27 Nov. 1651. Of not one of the seven ds. do I find the m. or d. JOHN, Marblehead 1668. JOHN, Dover, s. of Thomas of the same, m. Abigail, d. of Hatevil Nutter, had Joseph; prob. Hatevil; Thomas; and Abigail, wh. m. 8 Nov. 1671, [p.547] John Hall jr. of the same. He was active against the Quakers 1662, marshall 1680, mem. of a whig convention 1689, and d. 21 Jan. 1695, Belkn. in Farmer's ed. I. 91, 122. JOHN, Boston, freem. 1671. JOHN Northampton, k. by the Ind. 29 Oct. 1675. JOHN, Roxbury, a soldier k. by the Ind. at Sudbury fight, under Wadsworth, Apr. 1676. JOHN, Hartford, m. Eliz. d. of Rev. Samuel Stone, the divorc. w. of William (Goodwin, 212, says Samuel, erron.) Sedgwick, had John, to wh. in her will 1681, his gr. mo. Stone gave some est. He rem. a. 1684, to Newtown, L. I. and with w. was liv. 1695. It is not kn. wh. was his f. when he was b. or when he d. but he was an unfortun. man. JOHN, Gloucester, m. 4 Feb. 1678, Hannah, d. of Thomas Bray, had Nathaniel, b. 26 Mar. 1679; and John, 12 Dec. 1680; Samuel, 1685; Thomas, 1687; Ebenezer, 1690; Mary, 1696; and Job, 1701. He d. 10 Jan. 1714, and his wid. d. 23 Mar. 1717. JOHN, Hadley, wh. took o. of alleg. 8 Feb. 1679, was perhaps s. of John of Northampton. JOHN, Boston, by w. Experience, had Sarah, b. Jan. 1686, d. young. JOSEPH, perhaps of Portsmouth, sent by Capt. Mason 1632, in the Lion, arr. at Boston, 16 Sept. ROBERT, Boston 1640, by w. Eunice had Timothy, b. 7 Aug. 1646; was of Ipswich 1648, d. a. 19 July 1663, leav. wid. Susanna, and eight ch. of wh. the eldest was John, and the youngest two were Abigail, b. 27 Mar. 1658; and Patience, 20 Feb. 1661. His wid. m. Thomas Perrin. ROBERT, Rowley 1676, perhaps s. of the preced. SAMUEL, Ipswich, d. June 1670, prob. for his inv. is of 21 of that mo. SAMUEL, Norwich, s. of Hugh, by w. Eliz. m. 9 Dec. 1680, had Samuel, b. 20 Oct. 1682, wh. d. next mo. Hugh, 26 Oct. 1683, d. under six yrs. Mary, 22 Mar. 1685; Samuel, 9 May 1688; Eliz. 12 Oct. 1690; and his w. d. 29 Apr. 1692. SIMON, Boston, m. 18 July, 1654, Christian, d. of Alexander Baker, had John, b. 27 Apr. 1655; Simon, 22 Nov. 1656; Samuel, 18 Mar. 1658; Joseph, 18 Sept. 1662, d. young; Eliz. 28 Dec. 1665; Ann, 18 July 1669; Benjamin, 8 Jan. 1671; and Joseph, again, 24 Jan. 1673. In Geneal. Reg. X. 303, may be read a fine specim. of the wretched vanity that was exhibit. on the d. of a gr. s. 1774, wh. oft. characteriz. the obituary notices of people bearing the same surnames as memb. of the noble houses in Eng. or France. THOMAS, Dover, prob. sett. there with the Hiltons, 1623, was Presid. of the Col. chos. in oppos. to noted John Underhill, had John, b. 1629; Thomas, 1633; Esther; Ann; Eliz. and Sarah; and d. after 27 Sept. 1673, the date of his will, pro. 30 June foll. Esther m. John Martin; Ann m. James Philbrick; Elz. m. Benjamin Heard; and Sarah m. Richard Rich. || THOMAS, Boston, perhaps s. of John of Roxbury, where he first liv. and was mem. of that ch. by w. Eunice had Timothy, Eliz. Lydia, and Eunice, this last b. 18 Aug. 1653; ar. co. 1644; freem. 1645; [p.548] d. prob. July 1654; and his wid. Eunice, m. 22 Oct. 1656, Moses Maverick, as his sec. w. THOMAS, Duxbury, 1640, m. 24 Mar. 1651 (Winsor, 286), or more prob. 1656, Mary, d. of Robert Paddock, may have rem. to Eastham. THOMAS, Roxbury, a. 1645, s. prob. of John, but I presume he rem. aft. or bef. d. of his f. THOMAS, Providence 1650, is in the list of freem. there 1655, m. a sis. of William Harris, but d. at Newport, without ch. early in Apr. 1676. THOMAS, Dover, s. of Thomas the first, by w. Mary, d. of Thomas Leighton, had s. Thomas, and Nathaniel, perhaps other ch. Thomas d. unm. but the name was perpet. there by Nathaniel. THOMAS, a soldier under Capt. William Turner, k. by the Ind. at the Falls fight, 19 May 1676. WILLIAM, Milford 1645-1669. WILLIAM, Dover 1645, had a fam. and with his s.-in-law was k. by the Ind. in 1675. But whether he had s. or not, is unascert. by the indefatig. Mr. Quint, to whom, for all informat. a. Dover, antiquaries are so much indebt. WILLIAM, Charlestown 1648, may have rem. to New Haven, there been propr. 1685. Perhaps by w. Joanna, he had William; Zachariah; Alice and Lydia, tw.; Ann, and Abigail. His s. William perpet. the fam. See Dodd. WILLIAM, Boston, m. at Hingham, Oct. 1667, Eliz. Tower.

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Russell, Benjamin, Cambridge, 1670, s. of William, by w. Rebecca had Rebecca, wh. d. 2 Feb. 1673; Jason, 10 May 1674; Benjamin, b. and d. Apr. 1676; Joyce, 14 May 1677; and Sarah, 4 July 1679; perhaps rem. soon aft. 1694. DANIEL, Charlestown, sec s. of Richard, freem. 1676, was a preach. aft. leav. coll. for a short time perhaps at New London, in 1675, where his townsman Bradstreet was the min. and invit. to sett. at his native town 1678, but d. 4 Jan. of next yr. He had m. a. 1676, Mehitable, d. f Samuel Willis of Hartford, and had only ch. Mehitable, wh. had from him good est. and m. Rev. John Hubbard of Jamaica, L. I. 12 June 1701; and aft. him m. 9 Dec. 1707, Rev. Samuel Woodbridge. Her mo. m. 1680, Rev. Isaac Foster, and next, his successor in the parish, Rev. Timothy Woodbridge as his first w. [p.590] An elegy on the d. of Daniel is preserv. ELIEZUR, Boston, goldsmith, s. of Rev. John of Hadley, d. late in 1690, unm. as we judge, for his will of 26 Dec. in that yr. names not w. or ch. but give all to Rebecca, d. of his br. Jonathan of Barnstable, and Ch. J. Sewall notes his funeral on 2 Jan. foll. GEORGE, Hingham 1636, came in the Elizabeth from London, 1635, aged 19, was of Hawkhurst, Co. Kent, m. 14 Feb. 1640, Jane, wid. of Philip James, had Mary, bapt. 1 Apr. 1641; Eliz. Feb. 1643; and Martha, 9 Oct. 1645; rem. to Scituate next yr. had, also, George and Samuel, b. to him by first w. and he d. prob. at Hingham, says Deane, bef. 1668. GEORGE, Scituate, s. of the preced. m. a Rogers, d. of John of Duxbury, d. 1675, leav. s. George and John. GEORGE, Boston 1679, youngest s. prob. of William, fifth Earl of Bedford, and created first Duke of B. 1694, had been bred at Magdalen Col. Oxford, as Wood's Fasti shows, taking his A. M. Feb. 1667, by order of our Gen. Ct. 4 Feb. 1680, adm. freem. “if he please to accept,” and the rec. says that 13 Feb. foll. he took the o. bef. the Gov. and Assist. but prob. went home bef. the execut. in 1683, of his br. the celebr. martyr, Lord William, m. Mary Pendleton, th d. of a London merch. and d. 1692, leav. s. William, who d. unm. See the note in Hutch. I. 332, and Collins's Peerage, Vol. I. 268, of Ed. 5. HENRY, Weymouth 1639, made his will 28 Jan. 1640, pro. 9 Oct. foll. names w. Jane, and only ch. Eliz. HENRY, Ipswich 1665, said then to be 55 yrs. old. He was possib. of Salisbury 1652, perhaps of Marblehead 1668-1674, tho. I think this was much younger man, the br. of John, wh. in his will, 26 Aug. 1633, gave him portion of his est. A HENRY of New Hampsh. on the gr. jury 1684, may have been his s. JAMES, New Haven 1643 or earlier, d. 1673, and his wid. Mary d. 1674. He is thot. to have had s. William, perhaps b. in Eng. the f. of Noadiah. ‡*JAMES, Charlestown, eldest s. of Hon. Richard, m. Mabel, d. of Gov. Haynes of Conn. had Mabel, b. 1 May 1665, perhaps at Hartford, and may have d. there; James, bapt. 5 Apr. 1668; Mabel, again, 23 Jan. 1670; Richard, 17 Mar. 1672, d. at 17 yrs.; John, 29 June 1673; Maud, 25 June 1676; Mary, 10 Oct. 1680; and Daniel, b. 30 Nov. 1685; but the last two were by sec. w. Mary, d. of Henry Wolcott the sec. was freem. 1668, rep. 1679, treas. of the Col. and an Assist. 1680 and onwards, named counsel. in the new chart. was a judge of Pro. and treas. of the Prov. He had third w. Abigail, d. of George Curwin, wid. of Eleazer Hathorne, and d. 28 Apr. 1709. JASON, Cambridge, s. of William, m. 27 May 1684, Mary Hubbard, had Hubbard, b. a. 1687, and perhaps more. JOHN, Dorchester, d. 26 Aug. 1633, and in his nuncup. will, gave to his brs. Henry R. and Thomas Hyatt, half his est. and half to the ch. of D. and set free his man serv. JOHN, Cambridge, freem. 3 Mar. 1636, town clk. in 1645, [p.591] constable in 1648, brought, no doubt, s. John, b. a. 1626, H. C. 1645, rem. soon aft. to Wethersfield, where had raged a very unpleasant quarrel betw. Rev. Henry Smith and a part of his people, end. in 1648 by his death. He next yr. m. Dorothy, the wid. of Mr. Smith, and the s. succeed. him as min. By former w. he had also Philip, b. perhaps in Eng. perhaps at ur Cambridge; rem. 1659 to Hadley, and d. 8 May 1680, aged 83. Hinman calls him a rep. 1646-8, but tho. he says nothing else of him, p. 70, I suppose that is wrong. In neither of those yrs. does Trumbull's Col. Rec. so honor him, indeed he was not made freem. bef. 1655, nor was he ever so chosen. If my conjecture would benefit the eye of a reader of those rec. he might see the name that misled H. to be John Bissel, sometimes Byssel, wh. was more than half the time that R. liv. in Conn. one of the reps. JOHN, Charlestown 1640, one of the first sett. of Woburn, freem. 1644, was shoemaker and deac. had w. Eliz. wh. d. 16 Dec. 1644, s. John, perhaps b. in Eng. and d. Mary, wh. m. 2 Dec. 1659, Timothy Brooks; and no others are ment. in his will of 27 May 1676, five days bef. he d. But he had m. sec. w. 13 May 1645, Eliz. Baker, perhaps d. of William of Charlestown, and she d. 17 Jan. 1690. Some distinct. is justly claim. for him as one of the founders of the first Bapt. ch. of Boston, 1669, gather. first in Noddle's isl. some yrs. earlier, and was its elder or deac. JOHN, Marshfield, 1643-51. JOHN, Wethersfield, s. of John of the same, b. in Eng. m. at Hartford, 28 June 1649, Mary d. of John Talcott, had John, b. 23 Sept. 1650 (by the false rec. in Geneal. Reg. XII. 197, said to be bapt. that day, wh. was Monday), wh. d. at 20 yrs. and Jonathan, 1655, H. C. 1675, but this s. may have been by sec. w. Rebecca, d. of Thomas Newberry of Windsor, wh. d. 21 Nov. 1688, aged 57. In 1650 he was made freem. but aft. long controv. that may seem to have been the pastor's inherit. from his predecess. in 1659, he had rem. to Hadley, and carr. both s. with major part of the ch. had Samuel, b. 4 Nov. 1660, H. C. 1681; Eleazer, 8 Nov. 1663, wh. d. bef. his f. Daniel, 8 Feb. 1666, d. next yr. and he d. 10 Dec. 1692, aged 66. At his ho. in Hadley were long conceal. the regicides, Whalley and Goffe, wh. d. there some yrs. apart, and both corpses were bur. in his ground close to the foundat. of his ho. where, to contradict an absurd tradit. of rem. of the bones to New Haven, the authentic remains were, a few yrs. since ascert. by rem. of the cellar wall for the railroad. JOHN, Woburn, s. of John of the same, b. perhaps in Eng. a shoemaker, m. 31 Oct. 1661, Sarah Champney, perhaps d. of John of Cambridge, had John, b. 1 Aug. 1662; Joseph, 15 Jan. 1664; Samuel, 3 Feb. 1667, d. at 10 mos. Sarah, 10 Feb. 1671; Eliz. 19 Feb. 1673; Jonathan, 6 Aug. 1675; and Thomas, 5 Jan. 1678. After the loss of their teacher, Gould, by the first Bapt. ch. in Boston, to wh. he had unit. hims. [p.592] earlier than his f. perhaps 1666, he was engag. and rem. to B. was ord. 28 July 1679, but d. 22 Dec. 1680. His wid. ret. to W. and d. 25 Apr. 1696. JOHN, Cambridge 1652, by w. Eliz. had Martha, wh. d. 7 Nov. 1675; was prob. freem. 1681, tho. as both senr. and junr. of C. were then adm. it may be uncertain, wh. of the two was the s. of William. JOHN, New Haven 1664, perhaps had been empl. in iron works at Taunton, by w. Hannah had Hannah, b. 1670; William, Sept. 1676, d. young; ano. ch. Aug. 1679, d. soon; and John, 1 Nov. 1680; and d. 1681, says Dodd, and his wid. Hannah m. Robert Dawson. * JOHN, Dartmouth, wh. serv. as rep. 1665-83. exc. 1666 and 73, and was on the import. Comtee. for distrib. the charita. contrib. from Ireland 1677, could not have been the same as the preced. for he was s. of Ralph of D. and d. 13 Feb. 1695. His w. Dorothy d. 18 Dec. 1687. By her prob. he had Joseph, b. 6 May 1650, perhaps John, for in the list of townsmen 1686, he is call. sen. JOHN, Woburn, s. of John the sec. of the same, m. 21 Dec. 1682, Eliz. Palmer, had John, b. 20 Sept. 1683, d. at 14 yrs.; Joseph, 3 Oct. 1685; Stephen, 25 Aug. 1687; Eliz. 21 June 1690; Samuel, 16 July 1692; Sarah, 15 Oct. 1694; John, again, 19 Aug. 1697; Ruth, 16 Jan. 1699; Jonathan, 7 Nov. 1700; Mary, 2 Mar. 1703; and Thomas, 26 June 1705, and d. 26 July 1717. His wid. d. a. 1723. JOHN, New Haven, s. of Ralph, m. 17 Aug. 1687, Hannah, d. of Matthew Moulthrop, had Hannah, b. 18 Feb. 1689; Lydia, 18 Sept. 692; John, 15 Jan. 1695; Abigail, 19 May 1701; Rachel, 15 Dec. 1703; Mabel, 14 July 1706; and Sarah, 25 Feb. 1712; was a capt. and d. 13 Feb. 1724. JONATHAN, Dartmouth, perhaps br. of John senr. of the same, took o. of fidel. 1684. JONATHAN, Barnstable, s. of John of Hadley, m. Martha, d. of Rev. Joshua Moody, as is said, had Rebecca, b. at H. 7 July 1681; and at B. where he was ord. 19 Sept. had Martha, 29 Aug. as Baylies IV. 83, says, bapt. 16 Sept. 1683, d. at 3 yrs. John, 3 Nov. 1685, H. C. 1704; Abigail, 2 Oct. 1687; Jonathan, 24 Feb. bapt. 16 Mar. 1690, Y. C. 1708; Eleazer, 12, bapt. 17 Apr. 1692; Moody, 30 Aug. bapt. 2 Sept. 1694; Martha, again, bapt. 24 Jan. 1697; Samuel, 1, bapt. 7 May 1669; Joseph and Benjamin, tw. 11 Oct. 1702, both d. 12 Feb. foll. and Hannah, 12 Sept. 1707. He d. 20, or as Baylies has it, 2 Feb. 1711, and his wid. d. 28 Sept. 1729. JOSEPH, Cambridge, s. of William, b. in Eng. m. 23 June 1662, Mary d. of Jeremy (not as in Vol. I. 155 call. Andrew) Belcher, wh. d. 23 June 1691; and the d. Martha d. three days aft. He had first Mary, bapt. 8 Jan. 1665; also Abigail, bapt. 17 May 1668, sev. others, as Walter, Samuel, Jeremiah, John, and Prudence of dates unkn. and made his will 14 Nov. 1694, nam. br. Benjamin excor. His d. Abigail m. Matthew Bridge sec. of C. JOSEPH, Dartmouth, s. of John of the same, by w. Eliz. had Joseph and John, tw. b. [p.593] 22 Nov. 1679. His w. d. 25 Sept. 1737; and he d. 11 Dec. 1739, aged 89. *JOSEPH, New Haven, s. of Ralph, m. 1687, Jane Blackman, had Joseph, b. 1687, d. young; and Samuel, 23 Apr. 1697. NATHANIEL, Duxbury 1657, says Winsor, wh. tells no more. NOADIAH, Middletown, s. of William of New Haven; in a few wks. after ent. at coll. the Gen. Ct. of Conn. conclud. that it was “more advantag. for the said N. that his ho. and ld. be sold, and the pay rec. be improv. for the bring. of him up in Coll. learn. than to leave his learn. and enjoy his ho. and ld. he being likely to prove a useful instrument in the wk. of God,” permit the sale of est. “left him by his gr. f. and f.” Trumbull Col. Rec. II. 323. After Oct. 1683, he prepar. the Cambridge Almanac, 1684, taught the gr. sch. at Ipswich, until the end of Feb. 1687, then went to M. and was ord. 24 Oct. 1688, being Wednesday, the usual day of the week for such solemnit. was one of the founders of Yale Coll. He m. 20 or 28 Feb. 1690, Mary, d. of Giles Hamlin, Esq. had William, b. 1690; Noadiah, 1692; Giles, 1693; Mary, 1695; John, 1697; Esther, 1699; Daniel, 1702; Mehitable, 1704; and Hannah, 1705; and of the value of his serv. we may be instructed by the doleful verses reprint. in the M. newspap. of 7 Feb. 1854. Of the ch. we learn by Field's Statist. Acco. of Middlesex, 44, that the eldest and the youngest, William, and Daniel, were min. bred at Yale, of wh. the former succeed. his f. at M. 1 June 1715, and d. 1 June 1761. PHILIP, Hatfield, younger br. of Rev. John of Hadley, m. 4 Feb. 1664, Joanna, d. of Rev. Henry Smith, whose wid. had m. his f. She with a d. Joanna, b. 31 Oct. d. 28 Dec. foll. and he m. 10 Jan. 1666, Eliz. d. of Stephen Terry, had John, b. 1667; Samuel, 1669; Philip, 1671; and Stephen, 1674; she was k. by the Ind. 19 Sept. 1677, with her youngest s. and Samuel was k. by them on their road to Canada. He m. 3d w. 25 Dec. 1679, Mary, d. of Edward Church, had Samuel, again, 1680; Thomas, 1683; Mary, 1685, d. soon; Mary, again, 1686; Philip, 1688; and Daniel, 1691. He was a glazier, and d. in Apr. or May 1693. His s. Thomas was k. by the Ind. 19 July 1704; when four brs. and one sis. surv. RALPH, Dartmouth, had come from Pontipool, Co. Monmouth, was one of the first sett. at Dartmouth, had been, I think, at Taunton, engag. in the iron works with the Leonards, is call. anc. of the fam. of Russells at New Bedford, wh. rec. its name, from a descend. in the fourth generat. He had s. John. RALPH, New Haven, m. 12 Oct. 1663, Mary Hitchcock, perhaps d. of Matthew, had John, b. 14 Dec. 1664; Joseph, 20 Mar. 1667; Samuel, 1671; and Edward, Feb. 1673, wh. d. soon, and he d. 1676, not 1679, as Dodd gave it to Farmer, for his inv. bears date, says Mr. Judd, 28 Feb. of the earlier yr. ‡*|| RICHARD, Charlestown, came with newly m. w. Maud, 1640, from Hereford, as common. is told, where he was b. 1611, s. of Paul. but [p.594] apprent. 4 Oct. 1628, at Bristol. They were adm. of the ch. 22 May 1641; and he was freem. 2 June foll. had James, b. 1 Oct. 1640, bapt. 30 May foll. Daniel, H. C. 1669; Catharine; and Eliz. b. 12 Oct. 1644; but neither the b. nor bapt. of either of the two preced. is kn. His w. d. 1652; and perhaps 1655, he m. Mary, wid. of Leonard Chester of Hartford, had no ch. by her, and d. 14 May 1676, in his 65th yr. hav. by will provid. for sev. good works. The wid. d. 30 Nov. 1688, aged a. 80, says gr. st. His d. Catharine m. 29 Nov. (of the yr. wh. Frothingham 145, calls 1654, by mistake) William Roswell; and Eliz. m. 24 or 29 Aug. 1664, Nathaniel Graves or Greaves; and next, 15 Oct. 1684, Capt. John Herbert of Reading, and d. 18 Oct. 1714, aged 70 yrs. He began early to be much esteem. was selectman 1642, ar. co. 1644, rep. 1646, and many yrs. more, speaker 1648, and oft. aft. treas. of the Col. twenty yrs. and assist. 1659, to his d. ROBERT, Andover, m. 6 July 1659, Mary Marshall, freem. 1691, had Robert, wh. d. 27 May 1689, perhaps other childr. and d. 1710, in his 80th yr. having 5 s. as Farmer says; but names and dates are defic. ROGER, Marblehead, in 1674, may have been s. or br. of Henry of the same. SAMUEL, Branford, s. of Rev. John of Hadley, at Deerfield, there, I presume, serv. sev. yrs. m. Abigail, d. of John Whiting, a. 1685, had John, b. 24 Jan. 1687; Abigail, 16 Aug. 1690; Samuel, 28 Sept. 1693; Timothy, 18 Nov. 1695; Daniel, 19 June 1698; Jonathan, 21 Aug. 1700; and Ebenezer, 4 May 1703; was ord. Mar. 1687, and d. 15 June 1731, says Farmer; and his wid. d. 7 May 1733. SAMUEL, New Haven, s. of Ralph, m. 27 Feb. 1696, Esther Tuttle, had Samuel, b. 1697; Esther, 4 May, 1699; Mary, Jan. 1701, d. soon; one, d. 17 Aug. 1702; Ralph, d. Aug. 1703; Joseph, d. Dec. 1706; Daniel; and Abel; and d. 26 June 1624. THOMAS, Charlestown, a gent. with prefix of Mr. in the ch. rec. when he was adm. 23 Jan. 1676, was made freem. next mo. m. 30 Dec. 1669, Prudence, d. of Leonard Chester, had Mary, b. 27 Sept. bapt. 2 Oct. 1670, her mo. hav. join. the ch. 12 June preced. Thomas, b. 30, bapt. 31 Mar. 1672; and Prudence, bapt. 28 Mar. 1675; and he d. 20 Oct. 1676, said to be 35 yrs. old. His wid. d. 21 Oct. 1678. He is call. capt. but whose s. he was is not told, nor does his gr. st. ment. the age. As he m. the d. of Richard's sec. w. he may have been s. of R. perhaps brot. from Eng. perhaps b. here, for his adm. to the ch. was 3 mos. only bef. that of Daniel. THOMAS, Marblehead 1674. WILLIAM, Cambridge, 1645, or few yrs. earlier, a carpenter, brot. w. Martha and s. Joseph, b. a. 1636, bapt. in Eng. says the reg. of matchless Mitchell, had, perhaps, Phebe, wh. d. 8 July 1642; and prob. b. on this side of the water, Benjamin; John, 11 Sept. 1645; Martha; Philip, a. 1650;