Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p409

the first Edward Jackson of the same, had Hannah; John, b. 26 Jan.
1654, d. in few mos.; Rebecca, 15 June 1655; John, again, 8 Mar.
1658; Elizabeth 18 June 1660; Deborah, 19 July 1662; William, 19 Nov.
1664; Richard, 15 Nov. 1666; Mercy, 27 Jan. 1669; Edward, 13 Mar.
1671; Eleazer, 26 Feb. 1673; Jonathan, 22 Apr. 1674; and Joseph,
15 Nov. 1677. He was of the first selectmen when the town was set off
from Cambridge, freem. 1685, rep. 1689 and sev. yrs. aft. and d. 2 July
1708. His w. had d. 21 Apr. 1704, aged 73. Hannah m. 8 June 1670,
Thomas Greenwood; Elizabeth m. 7 June 1679, Joshua Fuller; and Deborah
m. 2 Feb. 1682, John Wythe. JOHN, Newport, came late in life,
aft. hear. of d. of his s. Thomas, as inconsisit. tradit. tells, prob. a. 1690,
took charge of his gr. childr. and d. says the gr.-st. in Apr. 1698, aged
79. Possib. he had serv. fifty-five yrs. bef. in the Parlim. army in the
gr. civil war, and that was the origin of the fable as to Thomas. But
Thomas d. at mid. age, and as the sacred tradit. of serv. in Cromwell's
army belongs to him, and not his f. it will be seen that he was not old
eno. to be a powder monkey to the gr. Protector. JOHN, Branford, a
serg. s. of the wid. Joyce W. was rep. 1666, may have been there many
yrs. and one of the signers of the new planta. and ch. covenant, Jan.
1668; by w. Sarah, had John, b. 10 Apr. 1650; Sarah; Phebe, 11
June 1655; Nathaniel, 30 Nov. 1656; Abigail, 4 June 1658; and
Josiah, 16 Nov. 1661. He rem. soon aft. to N. J. JOHN, Wethersfield,
s. of the wid. Joyce, of wh. nothing more is kn. that by her will of 15
Nov. 1640. JOHN, Middletown, perhaps s. of Andrew of Wethersfield,
prob. the man sw. freem. May 1667 at Hartford, certain. had recommend.
from the ch. of Rowley to that of Wethersfield for hims. and w.
m. 18 Apr. 1664, Mary d. of William Harris of R. had John, b. 15
Nov. 1665; Andrew, 1 Dec. 1667; Esther, 15 Dec. 1669; Mary, Aug.
1672; William, 30 June 1674; Samuel, 1679; and ano. prob. posthum.
wh. d. inf. says the careful scrutiniz. of fam. hist. Dr. T. W. Harris.
Prob. he d. early in 1684, for his inv. is of the date of 22 Feb. in that
yr. and his wid. m. Josiah Gilbert of Wethersfield. JOHN, Branford
1663, drew lot that yr. in 1665, unit. with the other John and many
others in project. rem. to N. J. JOHN, Newton, eldest s. of John of
the same, m. 30 Nov. 1681, Mary d. of John Spring, had Mary, b. 10
Apr. 1683, d. soon; Sarah, 25 Mar. 1685; was freem. 1690, selectman
sev. yrs. rep. many; and d. 5 June 1727, leav. will to be execut.
by wid. Mary, wh. d. 30 Apr. 1731, and deac. William Trowbridge, wh.
had m. 14 Dec. 1708, his only ch. and liv. under his roof. JONATHAN,
Newton, br. of the preced. m. 1700, Abigail Hall of Cambridge, had
Ebenezer, b. 2 Nov. 1701, d. soon; Thankful, 14 Oct. 1702; Nehemiah,