Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v1p452

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16 Apr. 1687; Jonathan, 19 Jan. 1689; John, 4 Feb. 1691, the found.
of the Boston fam.; Josiah, 11 Aug. 1695, d. in 4 yrs.; and Joseph;
tho. in his will of 12 Feb. pro. 16 Mar. 1726, he ment. only d. Martha,
s. Jonathan and John, and gr.d. Martha Spooner. JOSEPH, Cambridge,
s. of Simon, was a deac. d. 17 Dec. 1737, by w. Rebecca Frost, d. of
John, had Rebecca, b. 1699; Mary, 14 Apr. 1706; Stephen, 18 Apr.
1708, H. C. 1724; and Mary, again, 15 Jan. 1711. JOSEPH, Water
town, s. of Nathaniel, m. 3 May 1717, Elizabeth d. of John Bond, had Su
sanna, b. 17 Apr. 1718; Elizabeth 5 Jan. 1720; Samuel, 18 Feb. 1722;
Benoni, 1723; Mercy, 3 May 1725; and Mary, 5 Mar. 1727. His w.
d. 1736, and he m. 10 Nov. 1737, Esther, d. of Joseph Mason. He was
capt. and deac. and d. 17 Apr. 1749; and his wid. m. 13 Dec. 1750,
Edward Johnson. NATHANIEL, Watertown, s. of first John, perhaps b.
in Eng. freem. 1668, m. 15 Oct. 1657, Mary, d. of Henry Blight, had
Abigail, b. 21 Sept. 1658, d. at 4 mos.; Nathaniel, 9 May 1660; Sam
uel
, 14 Feb. 1662; Henry, 16 May 1664, d. soon; Henry, again, 6
Aug. 1665; Mary, 16 June 1667; Elizabeth 1669, d. soon; Thomas, 24
Apr. 1670; Jonathan, 1672; John, a. 1674; Joseph; Hepzibah, 27
Feb. 1681; and Ann, wh. m. Benjamin Lawrence of Charlestown. He
was selectman 1677, and d. 1711. NATHANIEL, Weston, s. of the
preced.
m. 2 Jan. 1688, Lydia, d. of Josiah Jones, had Samuel, b. 30
Sept. 1688; Lydia, 1690; Josiah; Mary, 6 Jan. 1695; Abigail, bapt.
22 Sept. 1700; and Thankful; and d. 29 Jan. 1733. OBADIAH, Sher
born, s. of Simon, m. 28 Feb. 1687, Elizabeth Rouse of Hartford, had seven
ch. rem. to Watertown, and d. 16 May 1707. RICHARD, Watertown,
s. of John the sec. m. 21 June 1693, Mary, d. of William Bond, had
William, b. Mar. 1694; John, 22 Oct. 1697; and Richard, bapt. 30
Apr. 1699; and by sec. w. Susanna, had Nathaniel, Mar. 1702; Sam
uel, 16 Aug. 1703; John, Oct. 1704; Daniel, Dec. 1707; Thaddeus, 6
Oct. 1710; and Elizabeth 20 July 1712; was rep. 1722, and d. 23 or 25
Oct. 1732, both dates being seen in Bond. Of his fifth s. Samuel, H. C.
1724, librarian at the coll. and chapl. at Castle William in Boston harb.
many tales are relat. as a very eccentric, if not insane subject. SIMON,
Watertown, s. of first John, prob. b. in Eng. m. 17 Nov. 1657,
Hannah, d. prob. of Ellis Barron, first of the same, had Mary, b. 11
Dec. 1660; Obadiah, July 1663, d. soon; Obadiah, again, a. 1664;
Joseph, 31 May 1666, both bef. ment.; Sarah, wh. m. 10 July 1701,
Samuel Hastings, as sec. w.; Hannah, 7 Dec. 1671, wh. m. 3 Nov.
1693, Daniel Smith, and next, 22 May 1729, deac. Nathan Fiske;
Stephen, 1 June 1674, d. young; and Lydia, 1677, d. soon. His w. d.
24 July 1680, and he m. 19 Jan. 1682, Priscilla Rogers, and d. 27 Dec.
1693, aged 71. His wid. d. next yr. STEPHEN, Watertown, br. of the
preced.
had w. Rebecca, wh. d. 1702, and he d. 1711, without ch. His