Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v2p567

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THOMAS, Charlestown, s. of William, of the same, was, perhaps,
a householder in 1678, d. 1686, in 35th yr. His will of 20 Jan. of
this yr. leav. five. ch. Ano. ch. Isaac, b. 3 May 1681, had d. at
2 yrs. shows that he was a mariner, had mo. Catharine, sis. Catharine,
and br. William. His wid. Abigail m. 11 Aug. 1687, Thomas Atkins.
THOMAS, New London 1675, m. 25 June 1677, Catharine, d. of
Thomas Gammon of Newfoundland, had Thomas, and two ds. Miss
Caulkins thinks he was s. of Thomas of Gloucester. TIMOTHY, Dorchester,
eldest s. of Richard, prob. b. in Eng. of wh. we kn. only that he made his will
11 Dec. 1655, pro. 3 Jan. foll. in uh. he refers to est. in Eng. wh. he gives,
with all here, to w. and only ch. a s. mak. f. Kingsley excor. with William
Robinson, wh. was, perhaps, f. of the w. TIMOTHY, Gloucester, by w.
Elizabeth had Thomas, b. 13 Mar. 1680. WILLIAM, Cambridge 1635, may
be the inhab. of Charlestown in 1658, a mason. The Charlestown man
had s. Thomas. WILLIAM, Portsmouth 1640, in 1644 liv. at that
part nam. Bloody Point. Belkn. I. 28. WILLIAM, Scituate, d. 29 Jan. 1672, as
not ment. by Deane, may have been only trans. † ‡ WILLIAM, New Haven, idly said
to be s. of that col. John, the regicide, execut. 16 Oct. 1660, wh. had, late
in life, many yrs. after b. of this William, m. sec. or fifth sis. of famous
Oliver Cromwell, wid. of Roger Whetstone, by the Protector call. to be one of
the Lords, or "other house," as he term. in contempt the work of his own
hands; chiefly was it so surmis. prob. bec. he came from Eng. shortly bef. the
suffer. of his suppos. f. True it is, that he arr. at Boston from London
(where he was b. 1624, as is said, and had been a lawyer), 27 July 1660, in
the same sh. with the celebr. regicides, Whalley and Goffe, and brot. s.
William and Nathaniel, b. to him by first w. But he had motive suffic. to
come, without the vain fear of being point. at for a s. of that tool of
Oliver, bec. in virtue of a marriage contr. of 4 July 1659, he, by the style
of W. J. of the parish of St. Martins in the Field, Co. Middlesex, had m.
Hannah Eaton of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, London, spinster, youngest
d. of Gov. Theophilus Eaton, and was well inclin. to take care of her est. at
New Haven, brot. a ch. Hannah, the offspring of that union, b. the same season
of the embark. had here, Theophilus, b. 2 Oct. 1661, d. in 3 days; Sarah, 17
Aug. 1662; Elizabeth 28 Aug. but bapt. 23 Oct. 1664, by the name of Mary; Samuel,
20 June, bapt. 29 July 1666, d. at 6 mos.; John, 4 Oct. 1667, H. C. 1690;
Deodat, 15 Mar. 1670, d. next mo.; Isaac, 21 June 1671; Abigail, and Rebecca,
tw. 10 Nov. 1673, d. both in 5 days; and Susanna 18 Aug. 1675. Of Caleb, by
Increase Mather, call. a son, we may well doubt, as he tells of his d. at sea,
Oct. 1676. He was of good talents, a very active public serv. Assist. and
dept.-gov. of the col. of N. Haven, and after Assist. 1678 of the Unit. Col.
of Conn. d. 17 Oct. 1706, in 82d yr. His inv. was only £206, that of his wid.
wh. d. 4 May foll. £989. Of