Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v3p15

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aged 30); Sarah, b. in Sudbury, 8 Mar. 1663; and Joseph. He had a
sec. w. Mr. Wyman says, Elizabeth d. of Samuel Ward the sec. wh. was carr.
away from Lancaster in 1676, says Frothingham, 82; and by her had
only Jonathan, b. at L. 24 Nov. 1670. JONATHAN, Charlestown 1677,
youngest br. of the preced. m. 30 Mar. 1676, Abigail, d. of James
Convers, wh. d. 25 Jan. 1691, aged 33, had Jonathan, b. 1677, wh. d.
soon, and he d. 18 Dec. 1720. His other ch. Ann, b. 1679; Jonathan.
1681; and Abigail, 1684, were bapt. 29 Mar. 1685, when he join. to
the ch.; and he had aft. James, 1686; and David, 1689, d. the same yr.
JOSEPH, Charlestown, elder br. of the preced. freem. 1670, m. 5 July
1665, Hannah, d. of William Frothingham, had Hannah, wh. d. 26 June
1666; Hannah, again, d. 5 Sept. 1669; Richard, bapt. 1 May 1670;
Esther, 29 Jan. 1671, d. 25 May 1678; Hannah, 27 Oct. 1672, d.
young; Joseph, 31 Jan. 1675; Elizabeth 18 Mar. 1677, Esther, again, 13
Feb. 1679; William, 6 Feb. 1681; Mary, 25 Mar. 1683; Benjamin, 7
Sept. 1684; Rebecca, 7 Jan. 1687; and Hannah, again, 7 July 1689.
His s. Richard d. 7 Dec. 1690; and his w. d. 15 Sept. 1693; he was
chos. deac. 1695; m. for sec. w. Dorothy, wid. of Thomas Hett, wh. d.
11 Dec. 1710, in her 60th yr. and he d. 5 Apr. 1711. NATHANIEL,
Charlestown, br. of the preced. by first w. Hannah, m. 13 June 1669,
wh. d. 19 Nov. 1670, had only Nathaniel; m. 30 Oct. 1672, Hannah, d.
of James Eidder, both unit. with the ch. 22 Mar. 1686, and on 29 of
same had bapt. Nathaniel, James, Samuel, Hannah, and Sarah; Rebecca,
30 Jan. 1687; Rachel, b. 10,bapt. 14 Apr. 1689; Union, 15
Mar. 1691; and Richard, 10 Dec. 1693. He had three others, wh. d.
bef. bapt. was one of the constables, 1690, and d. 1723. PETER, came
in the Abigail, 1635, aged 10, from London; but who can tell, whether
he grew to manhood, where he liv. wh. he m. or when he d. ? RICHARD,
Charlestown 1633, butcher, freem. 4 Mar. 1635, by w. Esther, d. of
Samuel Ward,
[1] had Hannah, bapt. 29 Oct. 1637, m. 21 Jan. 1657, John
Call; John, b. 6, bapt.8 Dec. 1639; Joseph, 15, bapt. 21 Feb. 1641;
Samuel, 19 Nov. 1642; Nathaniel, 11 Oct. 1644; Jonathan, 1646.
Perhaps we may doubt the ch. rec. of Budington, 247, of the date,
25 July 1633, giv. the. adm. of "Richard Kettle and Esther his
w." as a modern interpolat. in its latter clause, bec. the Boston ch. rec.
of 26 Jan. 1634 has this entry, "Esther Ward, our br. Atherton Hough's
maid serv." for evid. of her adm. and the dism. on 17 July 1642 reads,
"Our sis. Esther Ward, now w. to Richard Kettle of Charlestown hath
letter of recommenda. gr. unto her to the ch. at C." Possib. he had two
ws. nam. Esther, hut it is less prob. than that the Charlestown ch. rec.
was enrich. with a postlimin. addit. It must always be rememb. that we
have not orig. ch. rec. of early yrs. in either Boston or Charlestown ch.
but only copies, made prob. betw. 1650 and 1670, of both. He was usually