Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v3p138

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Sir Henry Mildmay as tumor for hid s. William at Harv. a. 1644 or 5,
and, perhaps, went home with him aft. gr. 1647; but prob. assist.
Presid. Dunster in his revision of the N. E. version of the Psalms, of
wh. the first Ed. was pr. at Cambridge 1640. Tradit. had magn. his
service into translation, tho. the melody of the verse was not exquisite.
RICHARD, Fairfield 1649, recommend. to be freem. 1664, but not qualif.
bef. 1669. SAMUEL, Roxbury, s. of the first William, had, says the ch.
rec. Ebenezer, bapt. 29 Sept. 1678, and, I suppose, rem. to Rowley, but
came back, and the rec. of the town says, by w. Deliverance had Margaret,
b. 24 Aug. 1685; and by w. Maria, --h. d. 25 Apr. 1704, had
John, b. 7 days bef. unless this refers to his neph. Samuel, as seems
ely; and he a. 7 Apr. 1713. THOMAS, Fairfield 1654-70, may be
the soldier under capt. Turner, in the Falls fight, k. by the Ind. aft. his
victory, 19 May 1676. THOMAS, Roxbury, sec s. of first William, m.
10 Mar. 1669, Abigail Gould, had Thomas, b. 4 Sept. foll. if the rec. be
good; Sarah, 26 Aug. 1672; both bapt. 20 Apr. 1673; Jonathan, 24
June, bapt. 23 Aug. 1674, d. in Oct. of next yr.; Jonathan, again, 25
Aug. 1676, whose bapt. I find not; Esther, 13 Oct. 1678, bapt. 8 June
1679; Mehitable, 17 Mar. bapt. 24 Apr. 1681; Ann, wh. d. soon, in
1683; Jonathan, d. soon; Eliphalet, 20 Sept. 1687; and Ann, again,
28 Apr. 1689, d. at 4 yrs. WILLIAM, Roxbury, came 1635, aged 14,
in the Hopewell, capt. Babb, prob. under charge of Isaac Heath, a
passeng. with his fam. in the same sh. m. 17 June 1646, Rachel,[1] d. of
Thomas Ruggles, had John, b. 10 Apr. 1647; Thomas, 8 Aug. 1648;
Samuel, 10 June 1630, all bef. ment.; William, 12, bapt. 18 July 1652;
Joseph, 30 Nov. bapt. 3 Dec. 1654, when the ch. rec. calls him John;
Sarah, bapt. 8 Mar. 1657, whose b. I find not in tbe town rec.; Jonathan,
5 Sept. 1666, wh. d. bef. ano. Jonathan, b. late in 1668, or early
in 1669; was of ar. co. 1640, freem. 1666, and d. 21 May 1692; and
his wid. d. 4 Aug. 1694. WILLIAM, Roxbury, s. of the preced. m. Sept.
1675, Sarah Dunkin, perhaps d. of Samuel, had William, b. 9 Dec.
1677; Samuel, 20 Sept. 1679; Hannah, 11 Aug. 1681; Benjamin, 29
Mar. 1683, d. in few days; Mehitable, 24 Mar. 1684; his w. d. 9 Feb.
1689, and by w. Deborah he had David, 31 Oct. 1692; Martha, wh. d.
soon; and Jacob, 4 June 1696; and d. 10 Aug. 1714. His wid.
Deborah d. 12 Mar. 1717. Thirteen of this name, says Farmer in MS.
had, in 1829, been gr. at the coll. of N. E. and Union, and N. J.

    LYSCUM or LISCOM, HUMPHREY, Boston, ar. co. 1678. He was
merch of whose est. admin. was giv. 23 June 1688, by Sir Edmund
Andros, calling him major, to Abigail Kellond, his mo.-in-law, and on her
resign. next mo. it was giv. to his br. Thomas. JOHN, Lynn, by w. Abigail
had Samuel, b. 16 Sept. 1693.