Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v3p226

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rec. with w. Sarah, but no ch. He was s. of George of
Moulten, Co. Suffolk, freem. 5 Nov. 1635, with prefix fo respect,
suffer. loss f two serv. as Winthrop I. 106, tells, rem.
soon to Hartford, had Samuel, perhaps only ch. unless Elizabeth
Seger, to whom, by his will of 25 July 1655, he gave £25,
tho. not so call. in it, weere his d. His wid. Sarah d. 1671,
at Hadley. JOSHUA, Portsmouth, s. of William. H. C. 1653,
was first min. of the first ch. ord. July 1671, tho. he had preach. there
1658, was call. to preach the Gen. Elect. sermon of Mass. 1675; and
by strange tyranny of Gov. Cranfield, he was aft. 3 mos. imprison. driv.
to Boston, and was sett. in May 1684 at first ch. the same yr. was offer.
the station of Presid. of the Coll. wh. he declined. Of his humane
boldness, in the delusion of 1692, extraord. instance is preserv. in Eliot's
Biog. Dict. Back he went to former service in 1692 at P. but on a
visit to Boston, d. 4 July 1697. Allen, in Biog. Dict. says that "his
zeal against the witchcraft delus. occassion. his dism. from the ch. where
he was preach." Sorry should we feel to find the proof of this, however
honora. to him. Much detail on this subject is in Essex Inst. valua.
Vol I. His w. was d. of Edward Collins of Cambridge, prob. Martha,
wh. d. bef. Aug. 1674. See Hutch. Coll. 465. His d. Martha m. a.
1680, Jonathan Russell; and Sarah m. 5 May 1681, Rev. John Pike,
and d. 2 Mar. 1686. Of other ch. only Samuel, H. C. 1689; is know.
SAMUEL, Hartford, s. of John of the same, rem.
to Hadley, a. 1660, by w. Sarah, prob. d. of first John
Deming
, had Sarah, b. a. 1660; John, 24 July 1661; Hannah,
5 Mar. 1663; Mary; Samuel, 28 Nov. 1670; and Ebenezer,
23 Oct. 1675; d. 1689. His wid. Sarah d, 1714. Goodwin
suppos. he had first w. Hannah; but if so, she must have
d. young. Of the s. John had nine ch. and d. at Hartford,
1732; Samuel d. at Hadley, 1745, leav. six ch.; and Ebenezer
d. at South Hadley, 11 Nov. 1757, leav. eight ch.; SAMUEL
Newbury, s. of William, free. 1666, m. 9 Nov. 1657, Mary,
perhaps Mercy
, d. of capt. John Cutting, had Mary, b. 16 Nov. 1658;
William, 22 July 1661, perhaps d. young; William, again,
20 June 1663; Mary, 18 Feb. 1665; Lydia, 5 Aug. 1667; Hannah,
4 Jan. 1670; Samuel, Dec. 1671: Cutting, 9 Apr. 1674; beside
John, and Sarah, whose dates are not ment. by Coffin, wh.
tells us that he d. 4 Apr. 1675. SAMUEL, Newcastle, s. of
Rev. Joshua, m. 4 Apr. 1695, Esther Green of Boston, had
Joshua, b. 11 Feb. 1696, d. at 3 mos.; Joshua, again, 31
Oct. 1696, prob. H. C. 1716; Samuel, 29 Oct. 1699, H. C.
1718; and Mary, 16 Nov. 1701; rem. to Boston. WILLIAM,
Newbury, came in 1634, a saddler, from Ipswich, Co. Suffolk,
and first sat down at Ipswich, freem. 6 May 1635;
had w. Sarah, and ch. Joshua, wh. it had been agreed,
was b. in Eng. Caleb, and Samuel, bef. ment. was prob. a
propr. of Salisbury 1650,