Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v2p527

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Nov. 1657, Remember, d. of the Seer. had Lydia, b. 19 Nov. 1658;
Abraham; Nathaniel; Eleazer, Oct. 1669; and John. His w. d. 24
July 1707, and he d. 4 Oct. 1714. Lydia m. Israel Leavit; and next,
Preserved Hall. ABRAHAM, Newton, s. of John, m. 20 Nov. 1679,
Elizabeth d. of John Briscoe, wh. d. 12 Sept. 1737; freem. 1690, d. 29 June
1740, leav. only s. John, b. 25 Apr. 1682. But other ch. were Elizabeth b.
8 Aug. 1680, wh. by h. Ephraim Williams was mo. of the worthy found.
of Williams Coll.; Sarah, 1683; Margaret, 1685; Mary, 2 Dec. 1686,
prob. d. soon; Hannah;[2] Mary, again, 19 Jan. 1689; Abigail, 21 Mar.
1690, d. soon; Abigail, again, 1692, d. bef. 13 yrs.; Abraham, 12 Mar.
1693, d. soon; and Thomas, 6 Sept. 1694, d. at 9 yrs. CALEB, Rowley,
s. of Nicholas, had Caleb, b. 1687, and a d. DAVID, Boston, in his will
of 11 Dec. 1683, pro. 3 Jan. foll. gave all his est. to br. Daniel, "if he
return," otherwise to Henry Bouton, and Edmund Shore, made excors.
so that I infer, he was a bachelor, and prob. trans. EDMUND, Boston
1635, shoemaker, join. our ch. 15 Nov. of that yr. by w. Martha, wh. d.
12 Nov. 1652, had Hannah, b. 1 Mar. 1636; John, 20 Oct. 1638;
Thomas, 1 Mar. 1640; Samuel, 27 June, bapt. 2 July 1643; Jeremiah,
14, bapt. 20 July 1645; Mary, 17 Feb. or Apr. 1647; and Isaac, 22
Nov. 1651. He next m. 7 Jan. 1653, eight wks. after d. of the first w.
Mary, d. of Samuel Cole, wid. of ---- Gawdren, if the rec. be right, and
had Edmund, 30 Oct. 1654, prob. d. young, as he is not ment. in
will of gr.f. Cole; Elizabeth 11 Feb. 1657; and Elisha, 12 Feb. 1659; and
this w. d. 11 Mar. foll. By third w. Elizabeth he had Sarah, 24 Sept. 1660;
Martha, 11 Feb. 1662; Susanna, 2 Dec. 1663, d. soon; Susanna, again,
19 Sept. 1666; Edmund, 5 Oct. 1668, d. young; Edmund, again, 2
Aug. 1672; and Mary, 22 Dec. 1674; and d. next yr. His will of 2
May 1675, pro. 28 July foll. names elder ch. Samuel, Jeremiah, and
Hannah Andrews, provides mainten. for five younger, Sarah, Martha,
Susanna, Edmund, and Mary; made w. Elizabeth extrix.; from wh. I presume
all the other ch. had d. tho. their gr.f. hav. 15 yrs. bef. provid. for
two of the three, it is not cert. The name is by Drake, 235 and 245,
misprint. Edward, tho. he refers to the fac-simile of his signature, plain
eno. on p. 243. His wid. d. soon and eldest s. Samuel, act. as admor.
under the will. He was freem. 25 May 1636, and prob. came from old
Boston. EDMUND[1], Boston, m. 27 Oct. 1660, Elizabeth Pilkington], if there
be no error in the rec. of wh. I have strong suspicion that the date
is too late by one yr. and also that he is the same person as the preced.
for I find not any other of the same name, but EDMUND, Weymouth,
wh. by w. Mary had Samuel, b. 22 July 1691, and may have rem. to
Abington. * EDWARD, Cambridge, a nailer from Whitechapel parish
in London, where liv. his f. Christopher; was bapt. 3 Feb. 1604, or 5, at