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in wh. provid. for the w. as long as she contin. wid. to have all his est.
and giv. some small sums to his br. Caleb, and cous. John Dwight, Dorcas
Adams, and to cous. Thomas, Joshua, Joseph, Joseph, and Mary Stedman,
beside L20. to cous. Tabitha Brooks, he devis. all resid. to cous. Caleb
Stedman. He d. 13 Aug. JOHN, Boston, binds hims. apprent. Feb.
1675. JOHN, New Haven, s. of Edward. m. 30 Mar. 1681, Elizabeth Hudson,
had Elizabeth b. 16 Jan. 1682; Mary, 11 Dec. 1683; and prob. more;
was prop. 1685. JOHN, Salisbury, m. 1688, Ruth Griffin, had Abraham,
b. 13 Dec. 1688; John, 11 dec. 1690, d. soon; Hannah, 5 Apr.
1695, d. at one wk.; and Jonathan, 12 Oct. 1696. NATHANIEL, New
London 1647, of wh. no more is seen in Caulkins. NATHANIEL, Windsor,
s. of Robert of the same, m. 1685, Dorothy d. of the sec. John
Bissell, had Nathaniel, and Ann, the latter 4 yrs. old, the other 6 mos.
when he d. 19 Aug. 1690. PHILIP, Rowley 1678, had liv. at Salisbury,
where his s. William d. 19 Dec. 1657. ROBERT, Windsor, m. 10 Dec.
1646, Mary, d. of the first John Rockwell of the same, had Mary, b. 11
Jan. 1652; John, 7 Mar. 1653; Samuel, 14 Jan. 1655; Hannah, 8
Aug. 1658; Ebenezer, 25 Apr. 1661; Nathaniel, 28 Jan. 1664; and
Jedediah, 30 Sept. 1666. He is in the list of freem. 1669, but freed
from train. the yr. preced. His w. d. 21 Aug. 1684; and he d. 19 July
1689. All the s. were then liv. Hannah m. 28 Mar. 1679, John Birge
of W
. ROBERT, Dover, 1665, of wh. no more is learned. THOMAS,
Salem 1637, adm. of the ch. 1639, freem. 13 May 1640, was prob. h. of
that Joan W. wh. is count. ch. memb. 1636, and d. Dec. 1674; but no
ch. is ment. He was, perhaps, the tailor wh. d. 1 Mar. 1672. THOMAS,
Boston, kept the prison 1674, nay be the same, wh. at Ipswich, n. 15
Jan. 1672, Sarah Perley, had Sarah, b. 2 Nov. foll. was of Topsfield
1684. WILLIAM, Newbury, m. says Coffin, 6 Dec. 1670, Sarah Perley,
had Mary, wh. m. Joseph Hale. In 1834, of this name by Farmer's
reckon. eleven had been gr. at Harv. four at Yale, and six at other
N. E. coll.

    WATTLES or WATTLLS, RICHARD, Ipswich 1648, was there 1663.

    WATTS, HENRY, Saco, Scarborough 1636 and 1658, subm. to jurisdict.
1658, and sw. as freem. of Mass. 1659, same yr. constable, and
next yr. as also 1661, commissnr. or rep. under the jurisdict. of Mass.
yet in 1663, unit. with the major pt. of his neighb. in declar. their neutrality
betw. k. and col. and his town was presented for disobey. the
warrant to them direct. for choos. of officers, and when he appear. 1664,
as commissnr. my transcr. of the rec. show that he was disallow. Aft.
this no polit. distinct. is seen. He is point. at by Willis I. 55, as one of
the Assist. in the governm. of Cleeves as early as 1648; and in 1685,
he was aged 71, had w. and perhaps ch. but Southgate in his valu. hist.