Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p420

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days; John, again, 10 Mar. 1700; Joseph, 30 Apr. 1707; and David, 4
June 1710; an d. 29 Nov. 1711. JOHN, Ipswich, s. of William, brot.
by him prob. for it is said he was b. a. 1616, or he may as well seem to
be that passeng. emb. at London in the Increase 1635, aged 20, wh. m.
1655, Pricilla, d. of Mark Symonds, was one of the first sett. a. 1670
of Brookfield, then hav. ch. Mark; John; Nathaniel; Mehitable, b. 16
Apr. 1659; prob. Daniel, 16 Apr. 1661; Eleazer, 13 Nov. 1662; but
bef. rem. from I. had Joseph, 15 Aug. 1657, wh. d. at 10 mos.; and
Daniel, 1660, wh. d. 8 June of that yr; beside Mark and John, some of
wh. were perhaps by a former w. On the destr. of B. in Philip's war,
he found refuge at Hadley, where Mark had sett. bef. and Mehitable d.
12 June 1678; and he prob. d. there. JOHN, Providence 1637, m.
Pricilla, d. of Ezekiel Holliman, and perhaps his only ch. one of the
orig. purch. from the Ind. of Shawomet, of whom Samuel Gorton was
chief, and was involv. with him in the violent proceeding of Mass.
against that humble col. brot. prisoner to Boston, in Oct. 1643, but was
set at liberty in Mar. aft. and in 1652, hav. differ. with Gorton, Holden,
Greene, and Potter, old friends, was indulg. with leave to ship hims. and
fam. for Eng. from any of the ports of Mass. "provid. he take up his
abode in the ship, and thence not to come forth until his depart. exc.
upon urgent occasion for his voyage, by order from two magistr." Col.
Rec. III. 274 and Winthrop II. 147 and 8. Such tyran. acts did not prevent
him from desir. to come back from Eng. but the fam. tradit. is, that
the vessel in wh. he was emb. for his ret. perish, with all on board. He
left here only Rachel, wh. was them a babe, m. 16 Nov. 1669, Abel Potter;
and John, b. 1 Aug. 1645, with Susan and Mary, were carr. to
Eng. whence John alone came back, being sent for by gr.f. Holliman, in
1658, to inherit his est. JOHN, Farmington, had been of the early sett.
of Hartford, n. 1649, Ann Norton, d. of the first Thomas; freem. 1664,
as was JOHN jr. of the same town soon aft. both names being in the list
of 1669. The sen. went in 1673, to view Matatock, to ascert. if it were
desirable to plant there. He was, Hinman days, p. 90, a soldier in the
Pequot war, d. 1679, leav. wid. Margaret and s. Daniel; John; Thomas;
and s.-in-law, h. of his d. Sarah, William Higginson, to wh. he gave the
tr. of ld. grant. by the Col. of Conn. for his serv. The younger John
foll. the recommend. of good ld. at Waterbury, former. Mattatock, but d.
1707, at F. hav. had John; Ephriam; Robert; Ebenezer; and Lydia,
bapt. 13 Mar. 1680, wh. m. Samuel Brunson; and Thomas, 6 May
1683. JOHN, Middletown, prob. br. of Andrew of the same, m. 14 Dec.
1669, Ann Ward; but if that be true, nothing else can be, of the issue
in Geneal. Reg. XIV. 135. JOHN, Warwick, s. of John of the same,
was bd. apprentice to William Field for 7 yrs. from 1 Aug. 1659, m. 4