Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v2p187

EDWARD, Marblehead 1668. EDWARD, Middletown 1670, m. Elizabeth d. of
William Harris. ELI, Chelmsford, s. I presume, of Samuel of the same,
freem. 1690. ELISHA, Dorchester, s. of sec. Hopestill, m. 10 Apr.
1678, Sarah, d. of Giles Payson of Roxbury. He d. 16 Oct. 1682, and
his wid. m. 26 Mar. 1685, Ebenezer Wiswall, brot. no ch. to either h.
it is thot. but long surv. and d. 21 June 1714. EPHRAIM, Andover, s.
of Abraham, m. Hannah, d. of Robert Eames, had Rose, b. 9 May 1678, d.
at 14 yrs.; Hannah, 28 May 1682, d. young; Hannah, again, 15 May 1684;
Jemima, 25 Feb. 1686; Ephraim, 12 Mar. 1687; John, 26 Mar. 1690;
Gideon, 13 May 1692; David, 18 Apr. 1694; Moses, 27 Sept. 1696; Aaron,
21 Apr. 1699; and Joshua, 13 Mar. 1702. His S. Ephraim was f. of
Jedediah, H. C. 1744, a man of value, early in the revo. councils of
Mass. d. 17 Oct. 1779, whose s. Theodore of Providence, and Dwight of
Brookfield, were of U. S. senate. GEORGE, Lynn, perhaps s. of
Christopher. HENRY, Chelmsford 1653. || HOPESTILL, Dorchester 1634, or
earlier, had w. i; Patience, wh. came in the Elizabeth 1635, aged 40,
with her s. Hopestill, 14. In 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. VIII. 261, is extr.
from the rec. of London custom ho. where these names, with that of
Rachel Bigg, 6, are giv. Of the accuracy of this part of the copy a
gen. doubt being felt, by kindness of the official keeper of that rec.
at Westminster, a facsimile was obt. for a few lines, and thus its
exactness proved. That ano. numeral, perhaps on the left, perhaps on
the right, of the fig. 6, denoting the yrs. of Rachel Bigg, was omit.
by the clk. in 1635, must be evid. to all, for in her will, 17 Nov.
1646, she calls. hers. aged, and names her neph. Hopestill F. prob.
the fellow passeng. to wh. she makes beq. See 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. X.
131. The f. was freem. 22 May 1639, ar. co. 1642, selectman 1645; but
neither of his, nor his u.s d. is the date kn. It is even doubted if
he ever came to our country, but had d. bef 1635. They wh. thus doubt,
think that Thankful, bapt. 11 Sept. 1640, wh. m. John Baker of Boston,
was prob. the d. of his s. next ment. * HOPESTILL, Dorchester, s. of
the preced. b. in Eng. came as above said,[1] was a brewer, an ever
active townsman, as an above ascrib. to the f. belongs to the s. many
yrs. rep. selectman, when ens. lieut. or capt. by w. Mary, d. of James
Bates, wh. long surv. and d. 4 Jan. 1703, in 84th yr. had Hopestill,
bapt. 10 Mar. 1645, H. C. 1667; John, 10 Dec. 1648; James, b. 13 Apr.
1651; Elisha, 1653; Thankful, prob. eldest ch.; Comfort, 28 Sept. 1658; Standfast,
bapt. 25 Nov. 1660; Mary, perhaps earlier; and Richard, 29 Mar. 1663; d. 14
Oct. 1676, aged 56, as the gr.stone differs one day from Blake's Ann.
37. Thankful m. John Baker; and Mary was sec. w. of Ephraim Sale. With
three others, in 1653, all neph. of Smallhope Bigg and John Bigg (dec.
in Kent, old Eng.), Hopestill F.