Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v3p554

kn. * SAMUEL, Dorchester, eldest s. of William, m. a d. of Richard
Baker, was constable 1667, selectman 1688, freem. 1690, rep. 1701 and
2, d. 16 Sept. 1718, leav. beside John, H. C. 1695, min. of Duxbury,
and gr.-gr.f. of Rev. Edward whose learn. has done so much honor to
our country, elder s. Samuel, wh. d. 30 Mar. 1734, in 68th yr. STEPHEN,
Exeter, 1689. STEPHEN, Dover 1662, perhaps was f. of Timothy.
THOMAS, Boston, had Samuel, wh. d. bef. his f. 1662, and I can tell no
more. THOMAS, Scituate 1642, m. at Boston, for sec. w. 10 Jan. 1653,
Mary, d. of John Coggan of Boston, wid. of John Woodie of Roxbury,
wh. d. May preced. had James, b. 14 Mary. 1654; Thomas, 1654; Joseph,
1656; Mary, 1657; Mercy, 1659, wh. prob. d. young; but by his
former w. had eldest John, wh. he thot. was in Eng. when he made
his will. His w. d. at Boston, 26 Oct. 1661, and he took 3d w. Elizabeth
wid. of Richard Sherman, was a deac. and made his will 17 Mar. 1665,
in wh. he ment. est. in Boston, his w. as liv. separ. from him, yet gives
£10 to her (wh. d. little more than a yr. aft.), and ch. John, Thomas,
James, Joseph, and Mary. Curious inq. would turn to the will of his
wid. 21 Aug. 1666, pro. 16 Nov.1667, in vol. VI. p. 9, in wh. refer. to
the contract of m. with her late h. Thomas, whereby £50 was due to her,
she gives half to childr. of her former h. Sherman, and half to be disp.
by deac. John Wiswall and William Bartholomew; and of other est.
legacies to John, s. of Edmund Brown of Dorchester; Samuel, s. of John
Damon of Reading; Elizabeth d. of Thomas Spaule of Boston; childr. ea. of
her sis. Bridget Lock of Fausett, in Eng. and her orchard to kinsman
John Greenleaf, he paying, within six mos. £20 to his sis. Mary.
Deane has confus. f. and s. The Boston est, was sold by admors. 1667,
for the benefit of heirs; and the tree that k. Thomas in its fall, 1676,
did not, as D. thot. hit the deac. but his s. THOMAS, Boston, by w.
Margaret had Jane, b. Sept. 1646. No more is heard of him, but ano.
THOMAS, prob. of Boston, by w. Mary, perhaps d. of William Beamsley,
had James, b. 14 Mar. 1655; and his wid. m. Thomas Dennis. THOMAS,
Salisbury 1652. THOMAS, Roxbury, a. 1640, had w. Silence, a mem.
of the ch. had rem. to Boston bef. Nov. 1662, when he sold to John
Weld his two lots of twelve acres ea. THOMAS, New London 1665-6.
THOMAS, Guilford 1677, and perhaps sev. yrs. bef. had Thomas, wh.
was, as well as the f. propr. in 1685; and Samuel, wh. sett. at Durham,
beside sev. ds. m. at G. Descend. are respecta. THOMAS, Newtown,
L. I. 1657, one of the patentees under Gov. Dongan, Nov. 1686.
THOMAS, Boston, cordwainer, in his will of 11 June 1690, pro. 30 July
1700, names ch. three, Thomas, Sarah, and James, w. Sarah, to wh.
he gives all est. during wid. but only half if she m. again, calls Jacob
Green, jr. and William Dennison brs.-in-law, making the former excor.