Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v3p492


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Edgton in Co. York, where perhaps he was b. and certain. there m.
Joanna Boyse. We must look to Trumbull's Hist. of Conn. for not much.
He had six ds. and two s. John, b. 9 Nov. 1645, bapt. 1646, H. C. 1668;
and Samuel, the eldest s. wh. prob. was, the propr. at M. 1713; beside Peter,
bapt. 1652, d. soon. His wid. Joanna, wh. had m. 19 Sept. 1671, capt.
Thomas Willet
, and next Rev. John Bishop, in her will of 8 Nov.
1681, names the s. and five ds. Joanna, bapt. 1640; Elizabeth 4 Mar.
1643; Abigail, 167; Sarah, 12 May 1650; and Mildred, 14 May
1653; beside Mary Walker, her d. dec. whose portion was to go to two
ch. Abigail, m. 14 Nov. 1667, Joseph Walker; Mildred m. 20 Sept.
1671, Sylvanus Baldwin; but what was the bapt. name of the h. of
Mary
is yet unseen. SAMUEL, Milford, eldest s. of the preced. m. 30
Dec. 1669, Grace Judson, d. of Joseph of Straford, had Peter, b. 28
July 1671; Samuel, 14 Aug. 1673; Joanna, bapt. 1676; and in 1685,
aft. his d. it is seen that he had Peter and four other ch. in the care of
their mo.

    PUDEATER, JACOB, Salem, m. 28 Oct. 1666, Isabel Mosier, wh. d. 3
Mar. 1677, and took sec. w. Nothing is ment. of him, exc. that his wid.
Ann, was one of those innocents chgd. with the preposter. offence of
witchcr. in May 1692, shut up in Boston gaol, at the same time with
Philip English and his w. tried in Sept. and with seven others execut.
on 22. See Felt II. 477-80; Essex Inst. II. 187, 8; and Hutch.
II. 58.

    PUDINGTON or PUDDINGTON, GEORGE, York 1640. Maine Hist.
Coll. I. 273, and 1 Mass. Hist. Coll. I. 101. A wid. P. I find in the
rec. of that jurisdict. 1649, licensed to sell wine. JOHN, Portsmouth
1654. Adams, 40. He may have been of York, 1680, when he sw.
alleg. and lieut. in comm. of fort, 1689, at Kennebeck. 3 Mass. Hist.
Coll. I. 86. ROBERT, Portsmouth 1640. Belkn. I. 28. Prob. it was
the same man at Newtown, L. I. 1656. See Riker, 43. But he own.
est. at P. 1660.

    PUDNEY, JOHN, Salem, m. 18 Nov. 1662, Judith, d. of Henry Cooke
of the same, had John, b. 28 Sept. foll.; Judith, 24 Nov. 1665; Joanna,
29 June 1668; Samuel, 13 Oct. 1670; Joseph, 25 Aug. 1673; and
Jonathan, 18 Mar. 1678. JOHN. Salem, eldest s. of the preced. m. 1
Jan. 1684, Mary, d. of Hugh Jones, had John, b. 17 Aug. 1685; Mary,
25 Apr. 1687; Samuel, 13 July 1689; Hannah, 2 Apr. 1691; and
Abigail, 28 Apr. 1694. SAMUEL, Salem, s. of John, was of the milit.
1703.

    PUFFER or POFFER, GEORGE, Braintree, had gr. of ld. 24 Feb. 1641,
for five heads, i. e. 20 acres. JAMES, Braintree 1655, by w. Mary had Richard,
b. 14 Mar. 1658; Martha, 28 Dec. 1658. MATTHEW, or MATTHIAS,
Braintree, perhaps br. of James, had James, b. 4 June 1668, at