Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v2p330

as one of the chaplains in the Quixotic exped. equally brief and
disastrous, of Sir William Phips, 1690, against Canada; ana in the
outbreak of the diabol. witchcraft, 1692, was, of course, by his proximity
to the chief incanta. much engaged. Most luckily, somebody of Wenham
made charge of that crime upon his sec. w. then big with her last ch. and
his eyes were opened to the monstrous delusion, as with great
moderation and dignity is set forth in a tract published by him a few
years after. See a valua. Memoir 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. VII. 255. He d. 15 May 1700.
Of his ch. Robert was a promin. man, author, I think, of those verses on Nathaniel
Mather, found at the end of Lib. IV. of his br.'s Magnalia; James was min.
of Ashford; and Samuel, progenit. of a long line that has disting itself in
N. Hampsh. JOHN, Newbury, s. of the first Thomas of the same, m. 5 Dec.
1660, Rebecca, d. of Richard Lowell, had John, b. 2 Sept. 1661; and his w. d. 1 June
foll. He m. 8 Dec. 1663, Sarah, d. of Henry Somerby, had Samuel, b. 15 Oct. 1664. d. at
8 yrs; Henry, 20 Oct. 1667; Thomas, 4 Nov. 1668; and Judith, 5 July 1670. The sec.
w. d. June 1672; and by third w. Sarah Symonds, who d. 19 Jan. 1699, he had
Joseph, 24 Nov. 1674; Benjamin, 11 Aug. 1676, d. at one yr. and Moses, 10
July 1678, H. C. 1699. This last was first min. of Byfield parish, Newbury,
m. 1704, Elizabeth d. of Richard Dummer. JOSEPH, Boxford, s. of Thomas of the
same, m. Mary, d. of William Watson[1]. ROBERT, Charlestown, came prob. in
the fleet with Winthrop 1630, and was of the earliest mem. of Boston ch.
being No. 18, and with his w. Joanna among those who formed the
Charlestown ch. 14 Oct. 1632, of wh. he was one of the first two deac.
freem. 14 May 1634, ar. co. 1644, ensign and a selectman 11 yrs. d. 16 July
1659; had, beside John, b. 3, bapt. 5 June 1636, H. C. 1657, bef. ment.;
Mary, 17, bapt. 19 May 1639; Zechary, 3 Apr. 1641, who d. at two yrs.;
Samuel, 9 Apr. 1644; and Joanna. His wid. m. Richard Jacob of Ipswich, and
d. a 1679. Joanna m. 9 Nov. 1664, John Larkin; and Mary m. Edward Wilson.
SAMUEL, Charlestown, s. of the preced. a mariner, by w. Lydia had Lydia,
bapt. 28 Oct. 1677, and he d. 1677. * SAMUEL, Hartford 1640, one of the
first proprs. at Norwalk 1654, had first been at Wethersfield 1642, and
with his br. Thomas serv. in the Pequot war 1637, was rep. for N. 1657, 8,
and 60, went back to Wethersfield, and liv. in that part wh. is now
Glastonbury; where sev. descend. cont. In his will ch. nam. are Samuel, b.
a. 1644; John; Thomas; Ebenezer; Mary; Rebecca; and Dorothy. SAMUEL,
Newbury, s. of the first Thomas of the same, was, perhaps, of Dover, 1665;
m. 21 July 1673, Sarah, d. of William Ilsley. Coffin tells no more. SAMUEL,
Glastonbury, s. of Samuel of Wethersfield, m. 20 June 1670, Ruth, d. of
Thomas Edwards of the same, had Ruth, b. 20 Jan. 1672, d. under 4