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Southamton, L. I. under Conn. and was an assist. 1661 and 3; made
his will 6 July, 1667, pro. same yr. In it he names w. Martha, two s.
Joseph and Jonathan, beside allud. to four more ch. not nam. Jonathan
was not of age. His d. Hannah m. Arthur Howell, as his sec. w.
Mather in Magn. II. 33, forgot his bapt. name. WILLIAM, Marblehead,
the freem. of 1670, may have been s. of that WILLIAM wh. d. 1666,
having m. as Farmer says in MS. note, Elizabeth wid. of Humphrey Gilbert.
This was aged 45 in 1668.

    RAYNGER, EDMUND, Boston, a witness to the will of Gov. Bellingham,
25 Nov. 1672, as in Geneal. Reg. XIV. 238. He was of Bristol 1688.

    REA, JOSHUA, Salem. See Ray.

    READ or REED, ABRAHAM, Salem, s. of the first Thomas, had Samuel,
wh. went to Eng. and by deed at London, 1701, convey. to Daniel
Epps part of est. of his. gr.f. that fell to his f. and early in this centu.
was kn. as the Derby farm. ARTHUR, perhaps of Stratford 1676. See
Trumbull, Col. Rec. II. BENJAMIN, Duxbury, fit to bear arms
1643. DANIEL, Rehoboth, s. of John first of the same, m. at Tauton
20 Mar. 1677, Hannah Peck, but Col. Rec. says 20 Aug. of that yr.
had Hannah, b. 30 June 1678; Bethia, 2 Nov. 1679; Daniel, 20 Jan.
1681; John, 25 Feb. 1683, d. in few ds. prob. sev. others, and d. 17
Oct. 1710. DANIEL, Woburn, s. of Ralph, m. 17 Jan. 1699, purch. the
squaw sachem farm, so call. on wh. as is said, his dec. still reside.
EDWARD, Marblehead 1674. ESDRAS, Salem 1639, had Bethia, b.
a. 1637; and Obadiah, 1639; both bapt. there, 31 May 1640, b. by w.
prob. named Alice; was freem. 2 June 1641, rem. to Wenham, of wh. he
was rep. 1648 and 51, and with his min. rem. 1655 to Chelmsford.
ESDRAS, Boston 1661, a tailor, perhaps s. of the preced. was with his w.
adm. of the sec. ch. that yr. GEORGE, Woburn, s. of William of Dorchester,
b. in Eng. m. 4 Oct. 1652, Elizabeth d. of Robert Jennison, (not Jennings
as oft. said), wh. d. 26 Feb. 1665, had Elizabeth b. 29 July 1653;
twins, d. 14 Nov. 1654, prob. few hours old; Samuel, 29 Apr. 1656;
Abigail, 27 June 1658; George, 14 Sept 1660; William, 22 Sept. 1662;
Sarah, 12 Feb. 1665; and by sec. w. of unkn. name, Hannah, 18 Feb.
1670; John, 18 Mar. 1672; Mary, 15 June 1674; Timothy, 20 Oct.
1678; and Thomas, 15 July 1682, was freem. 1684; Elizabeth m. 15 Dec.
1675, Daniel Fiske. I presume he was s. of William of Newcastle in
Northumberland, and d. 21 Feb. 1706. GEORGE, Woburn, s. of the preced.
freem. 1690, by w. Abigail Pierce, m. 15 Feb. 1685, b. d. 7 Sept.
1719, had Abigail, b. 6 Feb. 1686; Ebenezer, 6 Mar. 1690; George, 2
Aug. 1697, d. in few wks. and Elizabeth 14 June 1700. He m. sec. w.
24 May 1721, Sybel Rice, prob. wid. of Isaac, and was, it is said,
the first deac. in ch. of Burlington. ISAAC, Salem, m. 10 Mar.
1674, Joan Stone. ISRAEL, Woburn, by w. Mary, had Mary, b.