Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v2p35

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    DEMING, DEMON or DEMENT, DAVID, Wethersfield, s. of first John, by
w. Mary (m. 16 July by one report, and by ano. 14 Aug. 1678) had David, b.
20 July 1681, H. C. 1700, min. of Medway; Samuel, 9 Aug. 1683; and Honour, 9
May 1685; to wh. Chapin adds Mehitable, without date of b. He liv. some
yrs. at Cambridge, and after in Boston. EBENEZER, Wethersfield, youngest
br. of the preced. by w. Sarah, m. 16 July 1677, had Ebenezer, b. 5 May
1678; John, 26 July 1679; Sarah, 6 Jan. 1681; Prudence; Ephraim; and Josiah;
and d. 2 May 1705. * JOHN, Wethersfield 1635, one of the chief sett. rep.
very often from 1649 to 61, nam. in the chart. of 1662, m. Honour, d. of
Richard Treat, had John, b. 9 Sept. 1638; and others. His will of 26 June
1690, with pro. 1705, names s. John; Jonathan, 1639; Samuel, 1646; David;
Ebenezer; and five ds. ws. of John Morgan (whose name prob. was Rachel);
of Richard Beckley; of John Hurlbut (wh. was Mary); of Thomas Wright;
and prob. Sarah, w. of Samuel Moody, beside some gr.ch. * JOHN,
Wethersfield, s. of the preced. m. at Northampton, 20 Sept. or by ano.
acco. 12 Dec. 1657, Mary Magot, or Mygate, d. of Joseph, had John, b. 9
Sept. 1658; Joseph, 1 June 1661; Jonathan, 12 Feb. 1663; Mary, 1 July 1666;
Samuel, 25 Aug. 1668; Jacob, 26 Aug. 1670 and Sarah, 17 Jan. 1672; beside
Hezekiah, as nam. by Chapin; was selectman 1662, rep. 1669 and 72, d. 23
Jan. 1712. JONATHAN, Wethersfield br. of the preced. by two ws. Sarah, m.
21 Nov. 1660, wh. d. 5 June 1668, and Elizabeth d. of Josiah Gilbert, m. 25 Dec.
1673 had Jonathan, b. 27 Nov. 1661; Thomas, 27 Nov. 1679; Charles, 10 June
1681; Benjamin, 20 July 1684; Jacob, 20 Dec 1689; and seven ds. and d. 8
Jan. 1700, sudden. aged a. 61. The ds. were, acc. Chapin, Sarah, b. 12 Aug.
1663; Mary, 11 July 1665; Comfort, 5 June 1668; Elizabeth 12 June 1674; one, with
ineffable name, 16 Feb. 1676; Mary, again, 24 Oct 1692; and Ann, 1 Oct. 1695.
His wid. d. 4 Sept. 1714. NICHOLAS, Pemaquid, sw. fidel. to Mass. 1674.
SAMUEL, Wethersfield, br. of Jonathan, by w. Sarah, d. of John Kirby, m. 29
Mar. 1694, had John, b. 7 or 27 Dec. 1694; David, 29 Dec. 1696; Samuel, 12
June 1699; Honour, 16 Dec. 1701; and William, 10 May 1705; and d. 6 Apr.
1709, aged a. 63; of course he was past mid. age at m. THOMAS,
Wethersfield, perhaps br. of first John, m. 24 July 1645, Mary Sheaffe,
was of Farmington, and rem. again to Southampton, L. I. thence to
Easthampton, where posterity is still liv. Sometimes in the rec. the name
is Demon, or Dement, and the affinity is exceed. difficult to be traced
with exactness. Eight of this name had, in 1828, been gr. at N. E. coll.

    DENBOW, SALATHIEL, Dover 1665.

    DENGAYNE or DINGHAM, HENRY, Watertown, a physician, had grants of
ld. in Feb. and June 1637, as Francis, in his Hist. Sketch, 132, tells.