Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p437

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Plymouth, s. of George, a blacksmith, by w. Mercy had John, b. 1678;
Phebe, 1681; Mercy, 1683; and Mary, 1688; was drown. in co. with
the sec. Edward Doty and his s. John, by shipwr. on the Gurnet's nose,
in a pass. from Boston home, 8 Feb. 1690. His wid. m. John Freeman
of Harwich
, and tradit. exults in add. that her three ds. m. three of his
s. GEORGE, Plymouth, m. 1635, Phebe, d. of Robert Hicks, wh. d. 22
May 1663, had John; Phebe; Samuel and Elizabeth tw. b. 18 Jan. 1648, of
wh. Samuel d. 20 Aug. 1649, but Elizabeth to be m.; Mary; Jonathan,
9 Mar. 1652; Elkanah, 25 Feb. 1656; Jonathan, again, 1659; and perhaps
others; and d. 1689, aged 87. Phebe m. 22 Jan. 1657, Jonathan
Shaw; Mary m. 21 Aug. 1662, Thomas Leonard; and Elizabeth m. 1667,
Joseph Williams of Taunton. JACOB, Cambridge, s. of John of the
same, by w. Mary m. 21 Aug. 1662, Thomas Leonard; and Elizabeth m. 1667,
and d. 29 Mar. 1724. JOHN, Roxbury, arr. in the Lion, 16 Sept. 1632,
was adm. freem. 5 Nov. 1633, m. 3 Apr. 1634, Alice, wid. of Valentine
Prentice
, had John, b. Jan. 1635, Edmund, 12 July 1636, d. bef. his. f.:
Joshua, Aug. 1637, and d. 1639, as Ellis says (but by ch. as well as
town rec. 30 Apr. 1649); Dorcas, 20 Sept. 1639; Caleb, 29 July 1641,
H. C. 1661; Mary, 2, bapt. 5 May 1644, but Ellis puts it one yr. bef.;
and he d. Jan. 1672, tho. Ellis, confus. the f. with the s. makes it 1693.
By his will of 4 Mar. 1671, pro. 5 Feb. foll. we find to the four ch then
liv. John, Caleb, Dorcas, w. of Timothy Dwight of Medfield, and Mary
w. of Thomas Stedman of Muddy riv. and to three gr.ch. bequests are
made, as also to his s. John Prentice, mean. the s. of his w. by here first h.,
L5. JOHN, Cambridge, by Farmer confus. with the preced. freem. 1645;
m. Rebecca, d. of wid Ann, and sis. of Abraham Errington, wh. d. 11
Nov. 1690, aged 65, was selectman 1680, and much empl. in town affairs.
His ch. named in Mitchell's Reg. as bapt. in his flock, Rebecca,; John,
b. 14 Oct. 1653, d. of smallpox at 25 yrs.; Abraham, 26 June, bapt. 28
July 1661; Ann, 21 Aug. bapt. 16 Sept. 1666, d. young; beside Isaac,
24 Sept. 1669; and Jacob, 20 Dec. 1671. He d. 20 May 1711, aged
92, as Harris Epit. marks. JOHN, Hartford 1644, d. bef. 1656, leav.
wid. Margaret, and s. John; d. Sarah, m. John Merrills; and Mary m.
John Seymour. The wid. d. 1683, in her will of Mar. in that yr. names
the three ch. JOHN, Rowley 1658, freem. 1672, m. Eunice, I think d.
of James Barker of the same. JOHN, Hartford, only s. of John of the
same
, by w. Ann, had John, b. 1680; Thomas, 1682; Zechariah, 1685;
Ann, 1688; Cyprian, 1690; Sarah, 1692; and Caleb, 1695. Perhaps
he had been of Wickford 1674. That Narraganset country was much
coveted by the Conn. governm. as belong. to their jurisdict. JOHN,
Roxbury, eldest ch. of John of the same, had w. Mary, but no ch. is
found on rec. or nam. in his will, made 27 July 1693, pro. 27 Sept. aft.