Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v1p10

various times, show the bapt. Nathaniel; Sarah; both bapt. 12 June
1698 at W.; Benjamin, b. 20 Dec. 1701; and Bond thinks there may
have, also, been Abigail, and Ann. Henry, Braintree, came early to
our country, and tradit. says from Braintree, in Co. Essex in 1632, but
widely diverse is the origin by ano. tradit. had gr. in Feb. 1641, of 40
acres by vote of Boston, of wh. Braintree was part, i. e. the portion
for ten heads. Perhaps he was the first clk. of the town, after separat.
from Boston, tho. more likely is it that his s. of the same name had the
honor; and he d. or was bur. 8 Oct. 1646, leav. by tradit. eight s. yet
only five are nam. in his will, 1646, pro. 8 June 1647, where appear
Peter, John, Joseph, Edward, Samuel, and d. Ursula. Of this d. as tradit.
took no notice, it may be that the number eight applied to s. means in
truth ch. seven s. and one d. but names eno. for the s. may be seen, and
certainly one s good, if not two beyond the deviees in the will, as
Henry, Thomas, Jonathan, in some reports call. William. The inscript.
on the monu. erect. by his descend, John Adams, sec. Presid. of
the U. S. exhibits the popular story with characterist. strength: ÒIn
mem. of Henry Adams wh. took his flight from the Dragon persecution,
in Devonsh. Eng. and alighted with eight s, near Mt. Wollaston.
One of the s. ret. to Eng. and, after tak. some time to explore the country,
four rem. to Medfield, and the neighb. towns, two to Chelmsford.
One only, Joseph, wh. lies here at his left hand, remain, here; wh. was
an orig, prop. in the townsh. of Braintree incorpo. 1639." HENRY,
Braintree, s. of the preced. b. in Eng. a. 1604 as is thot, may, rather
than his f. be regard. as the town clk. of 1640, m. 17 Nov. 1643, Elizabeth d.
of Moses Paine, had Eleazer, b. 5 Aug. 1644; Jasper, 23 June 1647;
rem. to that part of Dedham, wh. bec. Medfield, of wh. also he was first
town clk. there had Elizabeth 11 Nov. 1649; John, and Henry, tw. 14 July
1652; Moses, 26 Oct. 1654; Henry, again, 19 Nov. 1657; and Samuel,
10 Dec. 1661, wh. d. young. He was of ar. co. 1652, rep. 1659, 65, 74
and 5, the lieut. k. by the Ind. 21 Feb. 1676, at his own door, as ment.
by Increase Mather in hist. of Philip's war. His w. was mort. wound.
the same night, at the ho. of Rev. Mr. Wilson, tho. she liv. a week.
HENRY, Boston, m. 10 May 1660, Mary, d. of William Pitty of Weymouth.
HENRY, Medfield, prob. s. of Edward of the same, m. 10 Dec.
1691, Patience Ellis, d. of Thomas. * JACOB, Newbury, s. of Robert of
the same, m. 7 Apr. 1677, Ann Allen, or Ellen, had Dorothy, b. 26
June 1679; Rebecca, 26 Aug. 1680; rem. to Suffield, there had sev. ch.
in his will, beside the two, b. at N. nam. Jacob; Daniel; Abraham, 10
Nov. 1687; John; Ann; Eliz. 16 Aug. 1692; and Sarah. Some of
them, however, had perhaps been b. in a neighb. town. He was rep. for
S. 1711, 14, and 17, in Nov. of wh. last he d. at the Ct. in Boston.