Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v1p70

place a. 1743. The fam. of this name at New York are deriv. from
him. NATHANIEL, Woodstock, br. of the preced. had gone with his
younger br. Thomas under their neighb. Capt. Andrew Gardner, in that
disastrous expedit. of Sir William Phips, 1690, against Canada, in wh.
young Aspinwall and his commander perish. After ret. m. a Bowen, as
fam. tradit. tells, had Nathaniel, and Peter; but no more is kn. exc. from
his will of 15 Feb. 1712, at W. pro. at Boston (as W. was call. of
Co. Suffk.) 4 June 1713, in wh. the name of his w. Abigail is seen, but
neither names nor number of ch. PETER, Dorchester, came from Toxteth
Park, adj. Liverpool, Co. Lancaster, but was early of Boston, in
that part call. Muddy riv. now Brookline, where he purch. with Robert
Sharp the large gr. of William Colbron, tho. he join. with the ch. of D.
Fam. tradit. makes his first w. a Merrill, and in sixteen yrs. she d. without
ch. but more exact is my inform. of his m. with Alice Sharp, "one
of our br. Mr. William Tyng's maid serv." as the rec. of Cotton's ch.
has notice of her adm. 9 Oct. 1642, because the same rec. tells of her
hav. "now the w. of one Peter Aspinwall of D." letters of recommend. 30
Mar. 1645. I suppose she was sis. of Robert, but brot. no ch. to her h.
On 12 Feb. 1662 he m. Remember, d. of Peter Palfrey of Reading, and
had by her ten ch. Samuel, b. Nov. 4 or by Boston rec. 10, bapt. 16 foll.;
Peter, 4 or by Boston rec. 14 June 1664; Nathaniel, 5 June 1666;
Thomas, 21 Jan. 16G8; Mehitable, bapt. 19 Dec. 1669, who d. unm.
long past mid. life; Elizabeth b. 21, bapt. 26 Nov. 1671; Eleazer and Joseph
tw. b. 9 Nov. 1673; Mary, 4 Aug. 1677; and Timothy, 1682, d. at Boston,
dur. apprent. of smallpox; but of the time of his d. or his wife's I
have no acco. Elizabeth m. first a Stevens of Salem, next Daniel Draper of
Dedham; and Mary m. a Baker of Northampton. His will of 29 Nov.
1687 pro. 28 Jan. 1692, in Vol. VIII. 67, names w. and the half score of
ch. all alive. PETER, Woodstock, s. of the preced. one of the early sett.
sent by his f. to help on the piant. of New Roxbury, as it was first call.
m. a wid. Leavens, prob. from Roxbury, had one d. only kn. without
name. SAMUEL, Brookline, eldest s. of Peter the first, m. Sarah Stevens
of Roxbury, had Thomas ; Samuel, H. C. 1714; Mehitable; Elizabeth and
Sarah; was a lieut. at the capt. of Port Royal 1690, and capt. at the
time of his d. wh. occurr. by drown. in Charles riv. 6 Sept. 1727. His
s. Thomas was f. of William, H. C. 1764, a disting. physician of the
early part of this cent. and f. of Col. Thomas, H. C. 1804, late consul
of the U. S. at London, so well kn. for his studies in our early hist.
wh. still enjoys a valu. part of the orig. homestead of Peter the first.
WILLIAM, Charlestown 1630, prob. came in the fleet with Winthrop,
serv. on the first jury of inquest in the Col. 28 Sept. of that yr. was one
of the first mem. of the ch. being No. 10, and chos. one of the two deac.