Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v1p265

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8 Nov. 1664, Mary Winship, had Boaz, b. 31 July 1665; Thomas, 12
May 1667; Mary, 31 Oct. 1670; Edward, 20 Mar. 1672; rem. to Stow,
was freem. 1673. CHAD, Providence, came first to Boston, in July
1638, in the Martin, as bef. dep.-gov. Dudley, he swore, in support of a
nuncup. will of a fellow passeng. dying, on the ocean; was sett. at the
Bapt. ch. 1642 after Roger Williams. It has been thot. by some, that
he was earlier on our side of the water, and that imperfect rec. proves it,
on p. 14 of the Vol. 1. of Col. Rec. of R. I. as to his incorp. in town
fellowsh. with others at Providence, wh. bears date 20 Aug. without a yr.
Now the supplying, of the numerals for the yr. call admit those wh. the
transcriber used, 1637, by no means; for that day was Sunday, when no
civil compact could have been enter. into, and bef. that day in the former
yr. the place was kn. as Moshasuck, prob. the sec. use of the designat. of
the mod. city being, in the foll. mo. at the bapt. of the s. of Roger Williams,
Providence, late in Sept. 1638. Earlier than Aug. 1638 his name,
I suppose; will not be found. He brot. w. Elizabeth and s. John, aged a. 8
yrs. prob. other ch. for we kn. not the b. of any of his five s. The other
four were James, Jeremiah, Judah, alias Chad, and Daniel. No connex.
is trac. betw. Chad and Henry, of the oldest proprs. His gr.ch. James
was min. of the same ch. This is the progenit. of the fam. so much
disting. as the patrons of Brown Univ. at P. CHARLES, Rowley 1648.
CHRISTOPHER, Salem, examin. 1674, on charge of deal. with the devil.
CORNELIUS, Reading s. of Nicholas of the same, m. 6 Mar. 1665, Sarah
Lamson, had Nicholas, b. 7 Apr. 1666, d. soon; Cornelius, 3 June 1667;
Sarah, 23 Dec. 1668; John, 8 Aug. 1671; Abigail, 5 Apr. 1674, d.
soon; Samuel, 13 Sept. 1675; Mary, 1 Jan. 1679; and Hannah, 28
Aug. 1680. CHRISTIAN, Salisbury, one of the first sett. 1640, a wid.
brot. prob. three s. and d. 28 Dec. 1641. Her s. were Henry, George,
and William. CORNELIUS, Windsor, youngest s. of Peter of the same,
m. 4 Dec. 1701, Abigail Barber, had Abigail, b. 6 Sept. 1702; Rachel,
and Mabel, tw. 21 Nov. 1704, of wh. Mabel d. soon; Cornelius, 1 May
1707; Hildah, 17 Nov. 1709; Hepzibah, 19 Jan. 1712; Titus, 11 Nov.
1714; Elizabeth 1 Oct. 1717; and Aaron, 31 May 1725; was deac. and d. 26
Jan. 1747. DANIEL, Providence 1646, m. 25 Dec. 1669, Alice Herenden,
prob. d. of Benjamin, had Judah; Sarah, b. 10 Oct. 1677;
Jeremiah; and perhaps more; and d. bef. 10 NOV. 1710. DANIEL, New
Haven, s. of Eleazer, m. a. 1690, Abigail, d. of Ephraim Howe. EBENEZER,
New Haven, s. of Francis, m. 28 Mar. 1667, Hannah, d. of John Vincent
of the same, had Hannah, b. 1 Feb. 1668; s. without name, 4 Oct. 1669;
Ebenezer, 12 Nov. 1670; Rebecca, 20 Apr. 1672; Mary, 6 Aug. 1674;
Elizabeth 13 May 1679; Eunice, 26 Oct. 1681; and James, 22 Feb. 1685;
perhaps more. EDMUND, first min. of Sudbury, came over 1637, freem.
13 May 1640, ord. in Aug. foll. d. 22 June 1677, had w. wh. had been
wid. of John Lovering, as Barry says, but no ch. EDMUND, Boston, d.
in the Autumn of 1665, at Surinam, leav. wid. Elizabeth to have all his prop.
EDMUND, Dorchester, s. of deac. William of Sudbury, freem. 1650, by w.
Elizabeth wid. John, bapt. 22 Aug. 1652; Elizabeth b. 1658; and Samuel, 1661; rem. to
Boston, and was a shopkeeper 1694, there, when his sec. or third w. was Elizabeth
wid. of Hopestill Foster, and d. soon after. He may be the man, wh. m. 14
Feb. 1654, Elizabeth Okley, or Oakley, if we suppose the date of bapt. of