Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v1p313

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rec. prob. 1678 was meant; Benjamin, 17 Nov. 1680; and John, 29
Apr. 1682, k. by the Ind. up the riv. May 1709. He d. 1690, and his
wid. m. Joseph Root, and d. 1718. Sarah m. 1688, Robert Porter, and
d. next yr.; Mary m. 14 Feb. 1706, as sec. w. Dr. Thomas Hastings of
Hadley, and, next m. Samuel Belden the younger; and Ruth m. 1710,
Nehemiah Allen. EDWARD, Charlestown 1651, s. of George, by w.
Elizabeth d. of George Bunker, had Mary, b. 28 Sept. 1657; and got a
patent to make salt, grant. 1652, for ten yrs. by our Gen. Ct. GEORGE,
Lynn 1635, d. 2 Nov. 1661, leav. George, wh. went to Sandwich;
Hugh; and Edward, bef. ment. Lewis. HENRY, Roxbury, had his ho.
burn. for wh. loss the Gen. Ct. made a gr. to the town of £8. in Nov.
1639; rem. to Springfield next yr. was there clk. of the writs (tho. rec. of
the b. of his own ch. is not found), and d. 30 Apr. 1662. His wid. Ulalia
d. 29 Aug. 1690, and of his ch. we kn. names for Jonathan; David;
Nathaniel; Sarah, wh. m. first, 1643, Judah Gregory, and, next, Henry
Wakley
; Abigail, wh. m. first, 1644, Francis Ball; next, 1649, Benjamin
Mun
, and bore him five ch. and next m. lieut. Thomas Stebbins,
whose s. m. her d. Abigail; Mary, wh. m. 1654, William Brooks, and
bore him eight s. and eight ds.; Elizabeth wh. m. 24 Nov. 1653, Samuel
Wright, jr.
; Patience, wh. m. 7 Oct. 1667, John Bliss; Mercy, wh. m.
17 Jan. 1667, Judah Wright; Hannah, wh. m. 1659, John Bagg, and
had ten ch,; and Dorcas, wh. m. 28 Oct. 1658, John Stiles. The four
last nam. of these eight ds. of course, were b. after his rem. to S. and in
neither rec. of town nor ch. at R. is his name to be seen. A tradit. is
preserv. that the mo. of these ch. "was laid out for d. in Eng. put into
the coffin, but signs of life appear. at her funer. she recov. came to N. E.
sett. at S. and here had nineteen ch." What degr. of credit may be
yeild. to this acco. quot. from Dr. Stiles, wh. was avery benign. in hear.
such chronicles, may well be ask. but the answer will prob. depend on
the spirit. educat. and habits of the respond. HENRY, Northampton, s.
of David, m. 1684, Elizabeth d. of Alexander Alvord, had only Joseph, b. 1
Dec. 1685; and Elizabeth 2 May 1687, both mo. and ch. d. in few days. He
m. 9 Dec. foll. Hannah, d. of Henry Denslow of Windsor, had Samuel,
b. 8 Sept. 1688, wh. with the mo. d. next yr. and by third w. Mary had
David, 17 July 1691; Ebenezer, 2 Feb. 1693; Mary, 24 Aug. 1694, d.
soon; Mary, again, 9 Oct. 1695; Thomas, 26 Dec. 1697; Hannah, 1
Aug. 1700; Elizabeth 31 Mar. 1702, d. young; and Noah, 17 Aug. 1707,
wh. d. at 18 yrs. and the f. d. 26 Sept. 1735. HENRY, Springfield, s. of
the first Jonathan, had for sec. w. 4 Apr. 1716 (the first being unkn.
to me, as, also, is the point, whether she had issue) Deborah, wid. of
Benjamin Alvord, d. of John Stebbins. HUGH, Lynn, br. of George,
came, prob. in the Abigail 1635, aged 35, with w. Ann, 32, and Hugh,