Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v1p12

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Inconsistencies appear in the fam. geneal. as to b. of her and her br. John.
JOHN, Chelmsford 1654, had been of Concord 1630, has been sometimes
thot. s. of the first Henry; but the conject. is uncert. JOHN, Marshfield,
s. perhaps, of John of Plymouth, m. 27 Dec. 1654, Jane James, and
had Joseph, Martha, and perhaps other ch. JOHN, Hartford, s. prob.
eldest, of Jeremy of the same, had Rebecca, b. Aug. 1658; Abigail, Feb.
1660; Sarah, Mar. 1662; Jeremy, Aug. 1664; John, Sept. 1666; Jonathan,
6 Nov. 1668; and d. 1670, leav. wid. in expecta. of ano. ch. Of
the s. Jeremy went to Huntington; and John to Great Egg harb. both
on L. I. JOHN, Dover, 1662, was, perhaps, s. of Charles the first of the
same. JOHN, Branford, s. of George of the same, by first w. d. 1677.
JOHN, Windsor, m. 6 Dec. 1677, Abigail, d. of Humphrey Pinney, had Mary;
Abigail, b. 8 July 1681; and John, 15 Mar. 1683; all nam. in the will of their
gr.mo. Pinney, wh. d. 18 Aug. 1684, as if the mo. were d. He was,
prob. br. of Daniel, and rem. to Simsbury. JOHN, Salem, by w. Sarah
had Elizabeth b. 20 Oct. 1682; Sarah, 13 Oct. 1684; Mary, 15 Feb. 1688;
John, 16 Mar. 1690; Margaret, 11 Feb. 1693, d. next yr.; and Margaret,
again, 8 Mar. 1696. JOHN, Sudbury, m. Hannah, d. of John Bent
the sec. had John, b. 12 Mar. 1684; Daniel, 1685; and Hannah, 1688.
John, Medfield, s. of Henry the sec. had Samuel, b. 1684; Mary, 1687;
Patience, 1690 ; Ruth, 1691; Josiah, 1693; John, 1695; Isaac, 1697;
Richard, 1699; Joshua, 1701; Abigail, 1702; Bethia, 1705; and Michael,
1707. JOHN, Medfield, s. of Edward of the same, by first w. Deborah
had Edward, b. 1682; John, 1684; Daniel, 1686; Eleazer, 1687;
beside Obadiah, and Jonathan, whose dates are not giv. and by sec. w.
Susanna had Thomas, 1695; Susanna, 1697; Jeremiah, 1699; Abraham,
1701; Bethia, 1702; Phineas, 1705; Hannah, 1707; and Esther.
JOHN, Boston, merch. third s. of Joseph the first, by w. Hannah, d. of
Christopher Webb, had Hannah, b. 24 Jan. 1685; John, 27 Sept. 1687;
both at Braintree; Samuel, 6 May 1689 (wh. by w. Mary was f. of
Samuel, b. 16 Sept. 1722, H. C. 1740, one of the chief promoters of the
Amer. Revo. 1765, and Gov. of Mass. wh. d. 2 Oct. 1802); and by
sec. w. Hannah, d. of Anthony Checkley, Esq. m. 19 Oct. 1694, had Joseph,
and Mary, tw. 20 Dec. 1695; Thomas, 29 Mar. 1701; and Abijah,
11 May 1702. He d. bef. 20 Jan. 1712. JONATHAN, Medfield,
call. sen. when his inv. of 15 Feb. 1692, was produc. at Prob. Ct. had
been thot. s. of the first Henry, tho. no other circumstance is to be discern.
in support of such assumpt. than that Edward of M. wh. was a s.
of Henry gave to his eldest s. this name of Jonathan. Scrutiny has been
applied, and Vinton, 296, could find two ws. Elizabeth and Mary, but ment.
no ch. JONATHAN, Boston, blockmaker, of wh. I learn from his will,
made 1 Apr. 1707, pro. 8 May next, that his w. was Rebecca, and that