Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v2p500

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his f. prob. dec. in Eng. ENOCH, Weymouth, s. of the preced. or
perhaps more prob. of Ephraim whose s. of this name liv. and d. at Milton;
and of his est. 1 Aug. 1707 admin. was giv. to his br. Joseph. ENOCH,
Rehoboth, perhaps s. of Peter of the same, m. 29 Oct. 1678, Mary
Paine, had Mary, b. 7 Sept. foll.; Peter, 22 Sept. 1681, d. next mo.;
Elizabeth 2 Oct. 1682, d. young; and Enos, 28 Jan. 1685. EPHRAIM,
Rehoboth 1644, eldest s. of the first Enoch, b. in Eng. at Wendover, I
think had childr. perhaps by w. Sarah Barker, at R. rem. to Weymouth
there by w. Ebbet or Ebbot had prob. William, b. 1655; certain. Enoch,
29 Mar. 1657 or 1658; and prob. others not in the rec. bef. Joseph, 18
May 1670, was freem. 1671; and was capt. His will of 14 Jan. 1681,
pro. 7 Apr. 1687, calls hims. sen. gives the unusual name of his w. and
ment. eldest s. Thomas, Ephraim, John, William, Enoch, and Joseph.
‡ * EPHRAIM, Weymouth, perhaps s. of the preced. by w. Joanna,
d. of John Alcock had John, b. 11 Dec. 1679; Samuel, 8 Feb.
1682, H. C. 1700, min. of Dartmouth, d. 1730; John, again,
23 Nov. 1687; Peter, 8 Mar. 1690; William, 14 Mar. 1692;
Ebenezer, 6 Apr. 1694; and Thomas, 1 May 1696; was rep.
1689, 90, and 1, a Col. by this honor led on to partake in the
preposterous exped. of Phips to the St. Lawrence, in command of a comp.
soon after ret. was made in 1703 a couns. till d. June 1713. ISAAC,
Concord, prob. s. of William of the same, m. 14 May 1667, Mary, d. of
the first Daniel Stone. JOHN, Boston 1674, butcher, m. Martha, d. of James Neighbors,
had John, b. 24 Mar. 1676; and Martha, 5 June 1678; and ano. d. JOHN, Boston,
mariner, was tak. by the French, and in the prison at Rochefort, made his will 22
Jan. 1690, pro. by a return. fellow-prison. 13 Feb. 1691, in wh. he gives all to
his Mehitable, or, if she were d. to his br. Arthur, and two sis. JOHN,
Weymouth, br. of the sec. Ephraim, m. 19 Oct. 1686, Ruth, d. of
Edmund Quincy the sec. had John, b. 23 Nov. 1687; Daniel, 17 Nov.
1689; Josiah, 15 Oct. 1693; Samuel, 30 Oct. 1695; Benjamin, 20
June 1698; and perhaps more; was a capt. d. 18 Mar. 1724, says his
cous. Judge Sewall, wh. calls him "an honest man and solid Christian."
JONATHAN, Northampton, perhaps s. of John, b. in Eng. or perhaps at
Salem, where tradit. would fix his f. as a sett. three yrs. bef. the s. was
b. but the evidence is deficient, that his f. was ever in our country; m. 3
Sept. 1662, Clemence, d. of Thomas Hosmer of Hartford, had Thomas,
b. 23 June 1663; Jonathan, 1664, d. soon; Jonathan, again, perhaps 20
June 1666; John, 22 Dec. 1667, d. unm. 1713; Hannah, 7 Jan. 1669;
Clemence, 8 Jan. 1672; Ebenezer, 3 May 1674, d. soon; Ebenezer,
again, 6 or 27 Feb. 1676; Mary, 24 Mar. 1680; Sarah, 20 July 1682;
and Samuel, 15 Sept. 1684; was freem. 1680, deac. and was a gr.s. of
Gov. Webster, as in his will, of 25 June 1659, ment.; rep. 1691, d. 30