Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v3p428

Feb. 1631, is call, mariner from Stepney, one of the modern London
parishes, freem. 18 May 1631, by w. Parnell had Joseph, b. 30
Oct. 1631; Abia, or Abigail, 17 July 1633; John, 3 Mar. 1635, d. the same
mo.; Nehemiah, 12 July 1637, d. Oct. 1639; and his w. d. the same mo. He
was selectman 1636 and 41; rep. Mar. 1639; rem. 1642 to Boston, m.
sec. w. 10 Aug. 1654, Rebecca, wid. of Thomas Wheeler, and d. 17
Sept. 1661. His will made the day bef. ment. w. Rebecca, s. Samuel,
and Nehemiah, ds. Mehitable, the w. of Jermiah Rogers, prob. eldest,
and her three ch. beside Mary, Mercy, and Exercise, as may be read in
Geneal, Reg. X 359, 60. In the Hist. of Dorchester, 71, Samuel is supposed
to be elder than Nehemiah, "as he is ment. first;" but it seems
clear, that he was younger, no doubt, by the sec. w. Ano. JOHN of
Dorchester, wh. by w. Mary had sev. ch. is so indistinguisha. as
to w. or ch. by the respective names, that we must be content
to call one a cooper, and one a selectman, without confidence
a. either as more respect. than the other. JOHN, Watertown,
freem. Mar. 1638. a man of very good est. project. settlem. at Sudbury
and Lancaster, d. 19 Aug. 1661; and his will of 4 Mar. 1658 was pro.
1 Oct. foll. In it he provides for w. Elizabeth eldest s. Anthony, and other
childr. without naming; but his wid. in her will of 15 Mar. 1667, in wh.
mo. she d. aged 79, supplies the defic. naming ch. Anthony, John, Robert,
Esther Morse, w. of Joseph, Mary Coldam, whose h. is not of my acquaint.
beside gr.childr. Mary Ball, and ano. Ball, Esther Morse, and
the childr. of Anthony and Robert. He had also d. Judith wh. m. 30 Jan
1645, Francis Wyman, but she d. bef. her f. By Bond he is correct. judged
to be the man emb. 1637 at Yarmouth, with w. and ch. he aged 49 yrs. w.
Elizabeth 36, ch. John, Barbara, Elizabeth and Judith, with a serv. John Gedney,
19, as had been print. in 4 Mass. Hist. Coll. I. 95, and again is giv. in
Geneal. Reg. XIV. 325. He was from Norwich, a weaver. JOHN, Boston,
by w. Elizabeth had John and Elizabeth tw. b. 16 June 1643; and of him nothing more
is kn. unless he may be that man call. John Peirse, to whose four ch.
John Mills of Boston, in his will, Oct. 1651, made gift. * JOHN, Woburn,prob.
s. of John of Watertown, and b. in Eng. had John, b. 23
Nov. 1644; Joseph, 12 Sept. 1646; and Thomas, 3 May 1649; perhaps
others bef. or aft. was freem. in Apr. and rep. May 1690. JOHN, Gloucester,
Husbandman, freem. 1651, m. 4 Nov. 1643 w. Elizabeth had Mary, b.
Sept. 1650; and John, 40 July 1653. His w. d. 3 July 1673, and he
m. 12 Sept. foll. Jane Stanwood, and d. 15 Dec. 1695. His wid. d. 18
Aug. 1706. JOHN, Boston, s. of Anthony of Watertown, adm. as inhab.
28 Feb. 1643, freem. 1648, m. 15 Apr. 1656, Ruth, d. of Nathaniel
Bishop; had Hannah, b. 30 June 1660; Ruth, 22 Nov. 1662; Hannah,
again, 2 Mar. 1665 (as to me seems, tho. in the inform town rec. she is
call. d. of John Pease, and w. Ruth, neither of wh. is seem elsewhere);
beside Nathaniel, 10 Apr. 1678; and Rebecca, 15 Feb. 1680. Perhaps
betw. the earliest and lastest pair he was resid. in some other town. His
will of 21 Oct. 1682, pro. 7 Nov. foll. gives to his w. Ruth all his est. to
bring up the childr. withal, as it lay in Boston or was giv. by his f. at
W. or as may be inher. from gr.f. as this testat. was eldest s. of his f.
JOHN, Hartford 1640, a youth who prob. rem. soon. JOHN, Charlestown
1652, may have rem. to Kittery, and d. 1673, leav. wid. Elinor.