Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v2p251

perhaps the same Joseph m. 8 May 1695, Elizabeth d. of Joseph Smith. JOSIAH,
Wethersfield, br. of John of Hartford, first heard of 1651, d. I Sept. 1688;
by w. Elizabeth wh. d. 17 Oct. 1682, had Benjamin, b. 22 Sept. I 1652; Elizabeth 28
Mar. 1654; Lydia, 8 Dec. 1656; Josiah, 12 Sept. 1659; Sarah, 1 Dec. 1661;
Ebenezer, 20 Sept. 1663; Moses, 12 Apr. 1666; Caleb, 10 June 1668; Mary, 18
Nov. 1670; and Amy, 12 Apr. 1672; beside John, wh. is record. only at div. of
est. in Prob. and was the youngest of the eleven. His sec. w. was Mary
Ward. † ‡ MATTHEW, New Haven 1638, in 1639 one of the seven pillars for
found. the ch. next one of two deac. and, last, ruling elder; an Assist. of the Col. 1658,
dep. gov. 1661, and d. prob. 1680; had John, bapt. Apr. 1644; Sarah, b. 7 Apr. 1646, m.
26 Nov. 1668, John Todd; Rebecca, bapt. 15 Apr. 1649; wh. may all have d. or got
portions of his est. bef. but in his will of 14 Jan. in that yr. names two s. and two ds.
Matthew, bapt. June 1655; Samuel, 4 Oct. 1657; Mary Auger, and Hannah, w. of
Joseph Parker, m. 3 June 1673. Of these, Mary, b. 11, bapt. 22 June 1651, m. 20
Nov. 1673, Robert Auger; and Hannah was bapt. Apr. 1653. His w. Jane d. 1706.
Over the remains of this latest dep. gov. of the (Col. and the only Assist. wh. had
not the distinct. of being an Assist. of the United Col. of Conn. tho. nominat.
having failed of elect. after the chart. of Charles II., the gr.stone bears
only the initials M. G., and above them the numerals 80. Perverse
ingenuity, in Presid. Stiles, support. an extravag. hypothesis (that the
corpses of the two regicides, Whalley and Goffe, wh. d. at Hadley, and
there were bur. by their devot. supporter, Rev. John Russell, very close
to his cellar wall, had been disinter. and were brot. to New Haven, to lie
near that of Dixwell), has been compell. to suppose that by M. G. the
stonecutter meant W. G. MATTHEW, New Haven, s. of the preced. by w.
Sarah had Matthew, b. 1 Feb. 1685, d. very soon; Sarah, 10 Mar. 1686;
Matthew, again, 15 Mar. 1689; Joseph, 21 May 1691; Elizabeth 14 May 1694;
Daniel, 15 Nov. 1697; David, 4 July 1700; and d. 1711. His wid. m. 7 July 1717,
Rev. Joseph Moss. NICHOLAS, Mass. 1641. Felt. OBADIAH, Fairfield, br.
of John of Hartford, m. Elizabeth wid. of Nehemiah Olmstead, d. 1674, leav. ch
Obadiah, Benjamin, Joseph, and Sarah Oldstead, wh. was of the former h.
of his w. no doubt. SAMUEL, Colchester, s. of first Jonathan, m. 2 Oct.
1684, Mary, d. of Samuel Rogers of New London, of wh. town C. was then a
part, had Jonathan, b. 29 June 1685; Samuel, 5 Feb. 1688; Nathaniel, 26
Sept. 1690; John, 12 Apr. 1692; and Mary, 2 Dec. 1696. The name was perpet.
there. SAMUEL, New Haven, youngest s. of the first Matthew, by w. Hannah
had Samuel, b. 18 Nov. 1697; Hannah and Rebecca, tw. 19 Jan. 1700; Ann; and
Ebenezer, 1 July 1712; and d. 1721. * THOMAS, Taunton, s. of John the first, b. in Eng.
m. (it is said, the first ceremony in the town of this sort), Jane, d. of Hugh Rossiter,
wh. d. 9 June 1691; had Thomas, b. a 1643; and Jane, wh. m. Samuel Williams;
perhaps more; was freem. 1643, and rep. 1651, but went home in 1653, came
here no more, and d. 1676. Baylies, II. 281. THOMAS, Windsor, may have been
br. of John, Jonathan, Josiah, and Obadiah, but there is no proof, rem.
1655 to Springfield, m. 31 July of that yr. Catharine, wid. of Nathaniel
Bliss, d. of Samuel Chapin, had Sarah, b. 1636; John, 1657; Thomas, 1639;
and Henry, 1661; d.