Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v1p13

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he had Samuel, eldest s. beside Jonathan, Nathaniel, and James, and
four ds. Rebecca, Dorcas, Mary, and Lydia. His w. was d. of James
Andrews of Falmouth, driv. up by the war. JONATHAN, Medfield,
eldest s. of Edward of the same, m. 20 Mar. 1678, Mary Ellis, d. prob.
of Thomas of the same; but my acquisit. reach no further. JOSEPH,
Braintree, perhaps youngest s. of the first Henry, b. in Eng. a. 1626, was
a maltster, freem. 1653 or 5, his name appearing on both years, as the
wonderful carelessness of Secr. Rawson admits thirty, if not thirty-one
(if we include Dwight), out of thirty-two of the earlier yr. to be reinsert.
two yrs. later with the sole addit. of one name at the top and one
at the foot of the list, m. 26 or 29 Nov. 1650, Abigail (not Mary, as
Alden has it), d. of Gregory Baxter (not, as is giv. by Thayer, of John,
wh. was her br.), had Hannah, b. 13 Nov. 1652; Joseph, 24 Dec. 1654;
John, 13 Jan. 1657, or 11 Feb. it being, uncert. wh. date is prefer. on the
rec. (but as he d. in few ds. the earlier may denote b. and the latter, d.)
Abigail, 27 Feb. 1659; John, and Bethia, tw. 3[2] Dec. 1661; Mary,
9 Oct. 1663, d. soon; Samuel, 6 Sept. 1665; Mary, again, 25 Feb.
1668; Peter, 7 Feb. 1670; Jonathan, 31 Jan. 1672; and Mehitable,
bapt. 24 Nov. 1678, not as sometimes read 23 Nov. wh. was Saturday.
His w. d. 27 Aug. 1692; and he d. 6 Dec. 1694. Thayer's Fam. Memo.
in eleven pages furnish. large enumera. of descend. His eldest d. m.
10 Apr. 1672, Samuel Savil; Abigail m. John Bass jun.; Bethia m.
1680, John Webb; Mary m. 16 Dec. 1686, Samuel Webb; and Mehitable
m. 21 July 1697, Thomas White. His will, of 18 July 1694, gives
no ment. of s. Samuel or Jonathan, but provides for the others and the
five ds. using the name of hs. for all but the last. JOSEPH, Braintree,
eldest s. of the preced. m. 20 Feb.[1] 1682, Mary Chapin, perhaps d. of
Josiah, had Mary, b. 6 Feb. foll. and Abigail, 17 Feb. 1684. This w. d.
14 June 1687, and he next m. Hannah, d. of John Bass, by wh. he had
Joseph, 1 Jan. 1690, H. C. 1710, min. of Newington from 16 Nov.
1715 to his d. 26 May 1783; John, 8 Feb. 1692, the deac. nh. d. 25
May 1761, and was (by Susanna, d. of Peter Boylston) f. of John, sec.
Presid. of the U. S. b. 19 Oct. 1735, wh. d. 4 July 1826, and was f. of
John Quincy, sixth Presid. of the U. S.; Samuel, 28 Jan. 1694; Josiah,
8 Feb. 1696; Hannah, 21 Feb. 1698; Ruth, 21 Mar. 1700; Bethia,
13 June, 1702; and Ebenezer, 30 Dec. 1704. This w. d. 24 Oct. 1705,
and he d. at the mature age of 81, on 12 Feb. 1736; and his wid. Elizabeth
(by wh. he had Caleb, 26 May 1710, that d. in few days ;) d. 14 Feb.
1739, aged 71. JOSEPH, Cambridge, s. of John of the same, m. 21 Feb.
1688, Margaret, d. of Thomas James, of Sudbury, had Joseph, b. 1689,
wh. liv. to the age of 85; Daniel, 1690; Cherry, if such be a possib.
name in that day, bapt. 31 Jan. 1697; John, 18 Apr. 1637; and Abigail.