Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p240

told; was ens. 1650, lieut. 1675, and fell in the Ind. war at the E. with
60 of his men, 29 June 1677, in Scarborough. His wid. m. Capt. Stephen
Greenleaf, 31 Mar. 1678, as fam. rep. says, but Coffin, with better
regard, calls it 1679, as the first w. of this sec. h. d. Nov. 1678. Of his
ds. Esther m. 1668, Abia Green, acc. fam. acco. but wh. he was is unkn.
Sarah m. 1678, in same rep. Maurice Hobbs; but Coffin makes him m.
Sarah Eastow. BENJAMIN, Hampton, s. of the preced. took o. of fidel.
Apr. 1678. JOHN, Newbury, among the early sett. freem. 18 May 1642,
brot. from Eng. prob. Stephen, Benjamin and Joseph; beside Sarah,
perhaps, wh. d. 11 Dec. 1650; and possib. others. A wid. Phebe d.
May 1665 wh. prob. was his. JOHN, Newbury, s. of Stephen, m. 6
Dec. 1670, d. of Samuel Plummer, had Mary, b. 10 Apr. 1672;
Hannah, 15 June 1674; John, 20 Feb. 1677; Samuel, 10 Sept. 1680;
prob. rem. to Charlestown for some yrs. as in Dec. 1680 he was adm. of
that ch. by dism. from the ch. of N. as the rec. tells; yet perhaps went
back to N. and had the other ch. Stephen, 27 Jan. 1684; Joseph, 2
Feb. 1687; and Benjamin, 11 Apr. 1688. JOHN, Narraganset 1687.
JOHN, Hampton, s. of Benjamin the first, m. 3 Oct. 1696, Bethia, d. of
Thomas Page, had Huldah, b. 16 July 1699; Sarah, 23 Dec. 1700;
John, 4 Dec. 1702; Elisha, 30 Sept. 1705; Benjamin, 17 Oct 1707;
and Joseph; and rem. to Kingston, N. H. there d. early in 1753, leav.
wid. Sarah. JOSEPH, Newbury, perhaps s. of the first John, m. 1650,
says Coffin, but tells no more; was of Haverhill 1653, and I judge, that
he rem. to Boston, where by w. Elizabeth had Joseph, b. 26 Oct. 1658; and
Benjamin, 22, bapt. 29 Jan. 1660. Yet nothing more is fofund. JOSEPH,
Hampton, s. of Benjamin the first, took o. of fidel. Apr. 1678.
MOSES, Hampton, br. of the preced. took o. of fidel. Dec. 1678, m. 12
May 1687, Mary Hussey, had Mary, b. 2 Feb. 1689; and Esther, 10
June 1690, beside four or five others, of wh. one was Deliverance. His
will of 15 Apr. 1719, perhaps wd. allow us to suppose all the ch. dec.
STEPHEN, Newbury, s. prob. of the first John, b. a 1620 in Eng. m. 24
May 1647, Hannah, d. of the first John Merrill, had John, b. 20 Oct.
1648, d. at 4 yrs.; Stephen, 20 Aug. 1650, d. in few days; Hannah, 7
Oct. 1651; Stephen, again, 28 Jan. 1654; Elizabeth 16 Jan. 1656; Joseph,
28 Nov. 1657; and Mary, 17 Mar. 1662. His w. d. 4 Apr. foll. and he
m. 4 Aug. 1663, Rebecca, d. of Thomas Smith, had Benjamin, 20 May
1664; Rebecca, 4 Dec. 1665, d. within 6 mos.; and Rebecca, again, 27
Feb. 1670; and his w. d. 2 days aft. In old rec. the name is oft. Sweet.
Six had in 1828 been gr. at Harv. as Farmer MS. notes. So oft. is
the interchange of Sweet and Swett in old rec. that we must not depend
on spell.