Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v2p71

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1662, rem. to East Chester 1665, had John, Samuel, and Joseph, and four
ds. all nam. beside w. Ann, in his will, made 30 May 1686, pro. next mo. when
all the ds. exc. Mary were m. Joseph had s. Joseph. SAMUEL, Fairfield, s.
of the preced. had from his f. 1677 the est. in F. w. Ruth, but no ch. made
his will 12 Dec. 1691, and his inv. is ret. two mos. after. SIMON, Windsor,
s. of the sec. John, m. 15 Dec. 1687, Hannah Mills, d. perhaps, of Simon, had
Simeon, b. 27 Aug. 1690, d. soon; Hannah, 29 Sept. 1694; Edee, 14 Nov. 1697;
Frances, 16 Oct. 1701, d. young; and Phineas, 21 Sept. 1706. THOMAS,
Weymouth, by w. Jane had John, b. 12 Mar. 1659; William, 30 May 1661;
Joseph, 28 Oct. 1663; Amy, 3 Feb. 1666; and Benjamin, 15 Jan. 1677. I think
he m. 9 Mar. 1681, Mellicent, wid. of John Carver, d. of William Ford.
Perhaps he was of Dorchester 1640. WILLIAM, Weymouth, s. of Thomas, by
w. Sarah had Sarah, b. May 1687; Abigail, 4 Apr. 1689; James, 7 May 1691;
and William, 20 July 1695. A wid. Joan D. was adm. of the ch. of Boston 3
Aug. 1634, the same day with Gov. Bellingham and his w. but of her I kn. no
more.

    DRAKELEY, ROBERT, Woodbury, s. of Thomas, the first of the same, m.
4 July 1751, says Cothren, Mary Warner, whose f. is not ment. and he d. 1
July 1784. THOMAS, Woodbury 1682, had come from Stratford, m. says
Cothren, Lydia Brooks of New Haven, whose f. is not nam. had Ann, b. May
1697; Thomas, May 1704; Robert, July 1709; Mary, July 1709; and William,
July 1714, wh. d. unm. 11 July 1769; and d. 5 Apr. 1734, aged 77. He was,
perhaps, b. in Eng. for the surname is not early heard of in our country;
and his wid. d. 4 Dec. 1762. THOMAS, Woodbury, eldest s. of the preced. m.
Eunice Hickok, d. prob. of Joseph, had, as Cothren tells, Lydia, b. 12 Jan.
1730; Mercy, 20 May 1733; Comfort, 5 Apr. 1737; Eunice, 17 July 1739;
Samuel, 18 May 1745; and Beatrice, if such be the decent name, giv. prob.
from the rec. Betteras, by Cothren, 18 Nov. 1749; and he liv. to 1789.

    DRAPER, JAMES, Dedham 1683, may be the same wh. was a propr. of
Lancaster 1654, and wh. was of Roxbury, freem. 1690, and d. 13 July 1697,
aged a. 73, says the inscript. on gr.stone wh. in Geneal. Reg. VII. 331 has
erron. date. JAMES, Roxbury, perhaps s. of the preced. had Patience, b. 17
Aug. 1668; Jonathan, 10 Mar. 1670; his w. prob. d. or ano. James m. 18 Feb.
1681, Abigail Whiting, had Abigail, b. 29 Dec. 1681; perhaps Nathaniel, 2 Apr.
1684; Eunice, 5 Jan. 1689; and Ebenezer, 27 Apr. 1698; d. in 44th yr. 30 Apr.
1698. His wid. d. 25 Oct. 1721. Patience m. 13 Mar. 1689, or 90, Ebenezer
Cass. JAMES, Roxbury, by w. Elizabeth had William, b. 15 May 1686. MOSES,
Roxbury, perhaps br. of the preced. m. 7 July 1685, Hannah, d. of John
Chandler, wh. d. 9 June 1692, had Hannah, b. 8 Apr. 1686; Elizabeth 1687, d. 5
Nov.; and Elizabeth again, 17 Nov. 1688, d. the same day. He soon had sec. w. Mary,
d. of Judah Thacher, and rem. to Boston, had Moses, bapt. 17 Sept. 1693 at sec. ch.
NATHANIEL, Damaris