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had Samuel, b. 16 Oct. 1666; and Elizabeth 15 Jan. 1669; Ann,
1671; Lydia, 1678; Robert, 1681; and John, 1685. JOSEPH, Marshfield,
eldest br. of the preced. by w. Sarah Snow, had Sarah b. 1674;
Joseph, a. 1677; Elizabeth 1679; Abigail, 1681; Anthony, a. 1685; Bethia,
1687; Lydia, 1689; and d. 1 Jan. 1712, aged 69, and his wid. d. 11
Dec. 1741, aged 90. JOSEPH, Providence, perhaps s. of Richard of the
same, m. 17 Dec. 1669, Lydia Olney of the same, prob. d. of the elder
Thomas, possib. of the younger Thomas. NATHANIEL, Providence,
eldest s. of Richard, own. alleg. to k. Charles, 31 May 1666, m. 14
Mar. 1663, Susanna Carder, prob. d. of Richard, had Richard; Benjamin;
Nathaniel, wh. acknowledg. alleg. 29 May 1682; Daniel; and
Bethia; liv. thro. Philip's was without leav. the town, and had his
reward. RESOLVED, Providence, br. of the preced. own. alleg. to
Charles II. on the same day; by w. Mercy, youngest d. of blessed
Roger Williams, had Richard, John, Resolved, Waiting and Mary or
Mercy. His wid. m. Samuel Winsor, and next John Rhodes. RICHARD,
Salem, came in the fleet with Higginson 1629, sent by the Gov. and
Comp. as an expert hunter, and he k. a wolf in July 1632, had Nathaniel,
bapt. 20 Aug. 1637, and two other ch. in July 1638, whose
names do not appear, as the f. had bec. hertic, and in Mar. of that yr.
had liberty to follow Roger Williams to Providence, and there was nam.
thee twelfth among the grantees of his settlem. Prob. Joseph, and certain.
Resolved were also his s. and perhaps he had more; ds. were
Mehitable and Waiting. Disagree. with some of William's friends, he
join. Holden, Gorton, and others, tho. he did not rem. with them, wh.
purch. from Miantonomo, planting place on the W. shore of Narraganset,
now Warwick, and suffer. by monstrous injustice from Mass. in
1643. Yet, tho. some of his est. was confisc. at the Court in Oct. 1643,
he got off better than most of his fellow misbelievers wh. narrow. escap.
sentence of death, still he was bound to appear in May foll. See Winthrop
II. 146-8. At the Gen. Ct. in May next "being found erroneous, heretical,
and obstinate, it was agreed that he should be detain. prisoner till
the Quarter Ct. in the 7th mo. unless five of the magistr. do find cause
to send him away; wh. if they do, it is order. that he shall not ret.
within this jurisdict. upon pain of death," as the Col. Rec. II. 73 says;
as also Felt's Ann. II. 579; but in his Eccles. Hist. I. 558, the tender
heart of the writer prevail. over his judgm. to suppress the last words.
Yet even an Ecclesiast. Hists. should not be afraid of the truth. He was
ch. offic. of the milit. call. col. and d. 28 Oct. 1673. His wid. mo of the
ch. Bethia, d. Dec. 1680. Mehitable m. a Fenner. Of the tradit. of
his coming in the Lion with Roger Williams Feb. 1631, no respect is
felt, but its orgins may easily be referr. to the subordinate truth that he
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