Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v3p209

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prob. mov. in from neighb. town, one of wh. was selectman
1690, and ano. perhaps the Scotchman, whose s. was prob. the other, for
his d. was 14 July 1690, and his w. Mary join. to the ch. 5 Aug. 1677,
being pt. that day, with her eight ch. James, Mary, Robert, Job, Abraham,
Isaac, Mercy, and Jane. The rec. of his f.'s d. 1 Aug. 1688, calls
him "sen. an aged Scotchman, above 70." Still ano. JAMES, prob. not
of Charlestown, a soldier, was k. by the Ind. 4 Sept. 1675, near Northfield,
with his capt. Beers. JAMES, Norwalk, 1671, wh. we hear no
more, exc. that he liv. at Rye nine yrs. aft. JOHN Dorchester 1636,
by some thot. not by me, perhaps s. of Richard the first, had sh. in
1637, says Harris, of the lds. in the neck, now South Boston; but he
was rather of Roxbury, in my opinion, for there is rec. of his d. Mehitable,
b. 12 July 1638, and with w. Lydia, he belonged to Eliot 's ch. of
wh. he was an elder, was bred at Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge,
where he took his A. B. 1629, freem. 22 May 1639, without the prefix
of respect; brot. from Eng. John, b. Mar. 1632, perhaps had there
other ch. or aft. coming here, may have had at Roxbury, or at Rowley,
some not ment. went to be min. 1639 at Rowley, and was also the first
town clk. there, where he had Lydia, b. 2 Feb. or 12 Apr. 1640, as the
numerals are read both ways, contin. only two or three yrs. and he was
invit. to go on the mission of 1642 to Virg. but declin. it, and soon aft.
accept. the call to Yarmouth, Cape Cod; yet he can hardly have been
long resid. there. At Roxbury, again he was liv. had Susanna, b. 2
May, by Yarmouth rec. but by R. 24, bapt. 29 Aug. 1647, who d. at
Charlestown, unm. 14 Oct. 1669; Elizabeth 13 Oct. 1649; perhaps preach
where any tempo. want existed. His w. d. at Boston, 7 Aug. 1658, and
he d. at Groton, 12 June 1669. His s. John took admin. of his est. 3
July foll. His d. Mehitable m. John Crow of Yarmouth; Lydia m. a
Fish of Sandwich; Faith m. 3 Aug. 1664, Nathaniel Winslow of Marshfield,
and d. 9 Nov. 1729; Elizabeth m. Samuel Frost of Billerica; Hannah
m. 22 May 1666; Joseph Frost of Charlestown; and Mary, the youngest
I suppose, m. 8 Nov. 1677, John Whittmore of Charlestown. JOHN,
Dover 1647, was, perhaps, of Kennebec, 1665, as in Sullivan, 287, and
sw. alle. to the k. 1681. JOHN, Yarmouth, s. of Rev. John, b. in Eng.
m. 24 Dec. 1659, Margaret, d. of the first Josiah Winslow, had Lydia,
b. 18 May 1661; Rebecca, 7 Nov. 16; Hannah, 19 Apr. 1666;
Margaret, 19 Apr. 1668; Mehitable, 14 May 1670; John, 20 Feb.
1673 ; Margaret, again, 2 Mar. 1675; Susanna, 26 July 1677; Josiah,
27 Oct. 1679; and John, again, 16 Oct. 1681. He was rep. 1671-82;
d of his ds. we find m. of the first three, viz.: Lydia, 29 Dec. 1681,
Jacob Cook; Rebecca, 15 Feb. 1682, to Thomas Clark; and Hannah,
12 Feb. 1690, to Joseph Hall. JOHN, Rehoboth 1643, may have gone