Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p554

mariner, but, in 1723, mariner of Boston. JOSIAH, Wethersfield, oldest
s. of major Simon, m. at Concord, 20 Mar. 1657, Hannah, d. of Thomas
Hosmer of Hartford, had Samuel, b. 1 Sept. 1658; and Josiah, 13
Mar. 1660; both at Hartford, where he was then sch.-master, and so
was after empl. at W. where he prob. had Dorothy; Simon; Stephen;
Thomas; John; and Hannah; was freem. 1665, bec. a trader, and d.
1674, when his est. was insolv. NATHANIEL, Northampton 1668.
RICHARD, Northampton 1668, f. of the preced. but both belong. in ano.
place, the surname being Weller, not as giv. in Geneal. Reg. IX. 89.
SAMUEL, Groton, sec. s. of major Simon, began to preach there 1662,
was ord. 13 July, and m. 8 Aug. 1664, Abigail, d. of John Sherman, the
min. of Watertown, and of that Mary Launce of wh. is told in the
Magn. the preposterous myth, of her being gr.d. of Earl Rivers, as also
of the happiness of the two ws. of Sherman, the latter count. by the
score, in bring. him ch. He had Abigail, b. 5 July 1665; Samuel, 25
Jan. or 17 Mar. 1668, d. young; Mary, 10 Oct. 1669; John, 8 Sept.
1673, H. C. 1690, merch. at Kingston, Jamaica (wh. was f. of Rev.
Samuel, H. C. 1723, wh. was f. of the Rev. Joseph, H. C. 1765, and
presid. of the Univ. from 1781 to his d. 25 Sept. 1840); Elizabeth 27 Feb.
1675; and Simon, the latter b. at Boston, aft. the ind. destr. Groton, 6
Dec. 1676, H. C. 1695. But two more ch. of the first m. are report.'
wh. d. too young to have names. His w. d. soon after, and he m. a.
1679, Eunice, d. of the first Edward Tyng, had Edward, 6 July 1680,
d. young; Josiah, 21 June 1681, H. C. 1698 (wh. was long Secr. of
our prov. a counsel. and judge of pro. d. 6 Dec. 1656); Eunice, Jan.
1683, d. young; Richard, May 1684, drown. 28 June 1697, few hrs.
after ent. coll. in his 13th yr. says Sewall's diary; William, bapt. 14
Feb. 1686; Margaret, b. 3 Dec. 1687; Edward, again, Sept. 1689, d.
young; Hannah, Dec. 1690; Sarah, Feb. 1693, d. young; Eunice,
again, bapt. 16 June 1695; Sarah, again, b. 10 June 1697, d. young;
and Richard, again, Sept. 1699. Only six of these twelve by the sec.
w. outliv. their f. and only the sec. Eunice and Josiah liv. to mid. age.
Nor is there now remain, any male descend. of the progenit. exc. in the
line of John through Rev. Samuel. He was freem. 1670, instal. 31
Mar. 1678 at the O. S. ch. as success. to Thacher, the first min. and was
highly esteem. call. by the Gen. Ct. to preach their sermon on a fast, in
the anxious days of Feb. 1683, and doing gr. service, in recov. the public
judgm. from the horrible delusion of the witchcraft cruelty, and on
the forced resignat. of Increase Mather, as Presid. of the coll. was made
his success. as vice-presid. 6 Sept. 1701, without the obligat. of resid. at
Cambridge, the fatal necessity that disgusted his predecess. He resign.
14 Aug. 1707, and d. 12 Sept. foll. * SIMON, Cambridge, s. of