Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p152

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the first by his sec. w. was freem. of Plymouth Col. June 1691, m.
Mercy, d. prob. youngest, of John Branch, had Thomas, b. 1694;
Ephraim; John; Bethia; and Susanna; and he d. 5 Feb. 1718.
ISAAC, Dartmouth, s. of the first William, had Simpson, b. 12 Jan.
1700; Edward, 27 Dec. 1701; and Mercy, 27 Apr. 1707. JOHN,
Dartmouth, eldest s. of the first William, and his only ch. by first w. wh.
d. Apr. 1648; but he was prob. b. serv. yrs. bef. tho. the fam. geneal.
gives no precise informat. exc. that he had John, b. 2 July 1668; and
that by ano. w. (the bapt. or fam. name of either is not seen) he had
William, 11 May 1680; Jonathan, 24 Aug. 1681; Elizabeth 19 June 1683;
Eleanor, 1 Feb. 1685; Phebe, 11 May 1687; Nathan, 21 Sept. 1689;
Rebecca, 8 Oct. 1691; Deborah, 10 Aug. 1694; and Barnabas, 5 Feb.
1699. His brs. Samuel and William are nam. with hims. and s. John
in the orig. deed to the fifty-six grantees of the town, from William
Bradford, 13 Nov. 1694. SAMUEL, Dartmouth, s. prob. eldest by the
sec. w.
of William, took o. of alleg. 1686, by w. Experience had William,
b. 13 Feb. 1638; Mary, 4 Jan. 1690; Samuel, 4 Feb. 1692; Daniel,
28 Feb. 1693; Seth, 31 Jan. 1694; Hannah, 27 Jan. 1696; Joseph, or Jabesh,
as one rec. has it, 13 June 1698; Ann, 18 Apr. ano. acco. says, 19 June
1700; Experience, 19 June 1702; Beulah, 27 June 1705; and Wing,
30 Apr. of yr. not ment. He d. 1737, or, at least, his will was pro. that
yr. THOMAS, Salem 1637, freem. Mar. 1638, prob. had w. Ann, as her
name stands among early ch. mem. was of Wenham 1657, by sec. w.
Elizabeth had Hannah, wh. m. John Ruck, and possib. others. He got
involv. with the Quakers 1659; and d. prob. 1664, for his inv. is found
of 19 Nov. 1664. His wid. Elizabeth in her will, prob. 26 Mar. 1677 (see
Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. II. 236), made Excor, John Ruck, h. of her
d. Hannah S. and names his five ch. Elizabeth Sarah, Hannah, John, and
Thomas, beside other gr.ch. Elizabeth and John Osborn Jr. and perhaps ch. of
John Osborn of Boston, and some others. WILLIAM, Plymouth 1643,
is by fam. tradit. said to have come from Colchester, Co. Essex, had in
Mar. 1637 been serv. or apprent. to John Osborn Jr. and perhaps ch. of
by the Ct. in 1645 made guardn. of the childr. of C. By w. Elizabeth wh.
d. 28 Apr. 1648, he had only ch. John, bef. ment. aft. wh. he m. 18 Mar.
1652, Hannah Pratt, had Sarah, b. 5 Oct. 1653; Samuel, 14 Jan. 1655;
William; Isaac; Ebenezer; Martha; Hannah, and Mercy; but these six
of unkno. dates or order; was propound. in June 1653 for freem. and
adm. next June; was good public serv., surveyor of highways, gr. juror
1657, and aft. in 1660 liv. at Dartmouth, was a town offic. in 1663, and d. 1684. WILLIAM, Dartmouth,
s. of the preced. is nam. with others proprs. in the gr. of
Bradford for the town 1694, and sw. alleg. two yrs. aft. by w. Hannah Pratt, d.
perhaps of Jonathan
[1], had Benjamin, b. 31 Mar. 1690; Jabesh, 18 Feb. 1692; Joshua,