EDWARD, Boston, m,. 15 June 1668, Ruth, d. of Rev. Zechariah Symmes, had Edward, b. 5 July 1670, d. soon; Edward and John, tw. 5 Nov. 1672; as the town rec. (or rather the copy, for the orig. may have been lost a hundred yrs.) has it by mistake, possib. for the rec. of their bapt. at the O. S. ch. might seem to indicate 27 Oct. yet I would not hastily give preference to the eccles. over the civil rec. in this case; but take this occasion to warn all inquirers to ask for orig. of old rec. where accessib. Very little is the importance of accuracy, in the present instance, for both of the ch. d. soon; ano. ch. was Elizabeth He was freem. 1673, when the name appears twice in the column for that Court, and again heads the list of 1684; was capt. bore a part in the ceremonies at the funer. of Gov. Leverett, Mar. 1679, ask. leave of Gen. Ct. to build a wooden ho. in 1683, but was steadily refus. and d. 11 Dec. 1698, as mark. in the Diary of his friend, Samuel Sewall, wh. he made one of the overseers of his will of 25 Feb. 1696, pro. 22 Dec. 1698. That instr. div. his prop. half to his w. R. and half to his d. Elizabeth wh. had m. Richard Willey, and her d. Ruth.
