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his ch. were Mary, 2 Apr. 1643; Thomas, 25 May 1645, wh. d. 1695; Elizabeth 22
Apr. 1649 ; Abigail, 20 Apr. 1651; Bethia, 26 Mar. 1654 ; Hannah, 24 Jan.
1658; and Jonathan, 12 Oct. 1662. Perhaps Mr. Farmer had, from Felt,
names of sev. other ch. but some, I believe, were brs. and sis. of his.
THOMAS, Roxbury, s. prob. of Thomas of the same, b. in Eng. m. 4 July 1641,
if the rec. be distinct, Lucy Smith, had Andrew, b. 5 Mar. 1642, bef. ment.;
Thomas, 1645, a wrong mo. being giv. in the rec.; Abigail, bapt. 15 Feb.
1646, d. Aug. 1649; Mary, bapt. 9 Apr. 1648; Peter, 8 Dec. (tho. town rec.
has Sept.) 1650, and he d. 24 Aug. 1653; Abigail, again, b. 6, bapt. 26 Dec.
1602; Lucy, 11 Feb. 1655; Joanna, 25 Jan. 1657; Joshua, 8 May 1659; and
Caleb, 13 Apr. 1662, d. at 19 yrs. Neither of the last five is named by
Ellis, nor are the last three found in town rec. Perhaps, as his resid.
was in that part of Boston, call. Muddy river, the clk. did not think he
was of R. He was freem. 1646; and his w. d. 4 Nov. 1687, and he d. 15 July
1689; in his will, made three days bef. provides for Thomas, and Joshua;
beside ds. Mary, wh. m. 13 Dec. 1665, Thomas Boylston; Abigail, w. of Rev.
John Wise; Joanna Stanton; and Lucy Monk. THOMAS, Salem, s. of the sec.
Thomas of the same, m. 22 Apr. 1669, Mary, d. of Jonathan Porter, had
Mary, b. 14 Feb. 1670; Thomas, 25 Oct. 1671; Habakkuk, 25 Feb. or Oct 1674;
Joseph, 29 Aug. 1677; and a d. 22 July 1679. THOMAS, Roxbury, s. of the sec.
Thomas of the same, m. 19 Nov. 1673, Mary, d. of Elder John Bowles, had
Sarah, b. 15 Mar. 1675; Thomas, 18 Apr. 1676; Mary, 11 Mar. 1679; John, 9
Jan. 1680; Caleb, 23 Apr. 1682; Peter, 22 July 1684; and Isaac, 18 Aug.
1686. THOMAS, Hingham, sixth s. of John the first of the same, m. 17 Dec.
1705, Judith Tower; but no rec. of ch. is seen. Thirty of this name had, in 1829,
been gr. at Harv. and five at the other N. E. coll.

    GARFIELD, BENJAMIN, Watertown, s. of Edward sec.[1] of the same,
freem. 1690, was rep. 1689 and 92. By first w. Mehitable, d. of Timothy
Hawkins
, he had Benjamin, b. 8 May 1674; and Benoni, 4 Dec.
1675; and his w. d. five days after. He m. 17 Jan. 1677, sec. w. Elizabeth
Bridge, had Elizabeth b. 30 June 1679; Thomas, 12 Dec. 1680; Ann, 2
June 1683; Abigail, 13 July 1685; Mehitable, 7 Dec. 1687; Samuel,
3 Sept. 1690; and Mary, 2 Oct. 1695; and d. 28 Nov. 1717. His wid.
m. 25 Oct. 1720, Daniel Harrington. EDWARD, Watertown, d. 14 June,
if Bond be correct, 1672, aged 97. EDWARD, Watertown, s. of the preced.[1] b.
in Eng. freem. 6 May 1635, by w. Rebecca had Samuel;[2] Joseph,
b. 11 Sept. 1637; Rebecca, 10 or 18 Mar. 1641; Benjamin, 1643; and
Abigail, 29 June 1646, wh. m. John Parkhurst, and d. bef. her f. His
w. Rebecca d. 16 Apr. 1661, aged 55, and he m. 1 Sept. 1661, Joan,
wid. of Thomas Buckminster of Muddy river, now Brookline. His will