Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p56

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true read instead of pounds, it might be less marvel. if equal. ridiculous.
Prob. he was the richest man in the Prov. at his d. yet he left no will,
and his admors. saw no use in return of inv. Amicable partition, no
doubt, was suffic. for the heirs. SAMUEL, Brookline, s. of the preced. m.
15 Sept. 1702, Rebecca, eldest d. of Gov. Joseph Dudley, had Hull, b.
19 July 1703, d. in few mos.; Rebecca, 30 Dec. 1704, tho. Boston rec.
then gives Samuel, wh. foll. and Hannah, Mary, Henry, and John, but
all d. bef. their f. wh. liv. to 27 Feb. 1751. His wid. d. 14 Apr. 1761.
SAMUEL, York, s. of the first John, by w. Lydia, not Sarah (as Alden
calls her) Storer, had John, b. 14 Aug. 1712, d. at 3 yrs.; Dummer, 12
Feb. 1715, d. at 21 yrs.; Lydia, 24 Jan. 1717; Mary, 30 May 1718, d.
soon; Mary, again, 29 Feb. 1720; and Hannah, 22 Jan. 1722; and by
sec. w. m. 28 Nov. 1723, wid. of Joseph Titcomb of Newbury, d. of
Samuel Batchelder of Reading, whose bapt. name is not seen, had seven
s. Samuel, b. 14 Sept. 1724, wh. liv. unm. to gr. age; John, again, 5 May
1729; Joseph, 3 Sept. 1731; Moses, 22 July 1733; David, 7 Oct. 1735,
H. C. 1755; Dummer, 17 Dec. 1737; Henry, 7 Feb. 1740; Sarah and
Jane, tw. that d. young, and he d. 28 Apr. 1769. His wid d. 4 Feb.
1790, aged 92. * SAMUEL, Boston, eldest s. of Stephen the first, a
merch. m. 1 Jan. 1717, Catharine, wid. of Henry[1] Howell, d. of Rev.
Samuel Lee
,
[2] prob. had no issue. But her two young ch. by H. were
drown. 8 Jan. 1727, thro. break. of the ice on the riv. while S. was in
Eng. and he prob. req. celebr. Dr. Watts to write a let. of condolence
to his w. that has been print. in Geneal. Reg. I. 91. Poor Cotton
Mather
had m. their aunt[2] and was made admor. on est. of their f.
thereby caus. gr. trouble to hims. and unjust delay to the orphans. S.
was rep. sev. times aft. coming home, and d. 5 May 1757. STEPHEN,
Newbury, youngest s. of Henry the sec. b. in Eng. m. 13 June 1682,
Margaret, d. of Jonathan Mitchell, the matchless, had, Eliot says, 17 ch.
tho. I see acco. of only ten, Margaret, b. 7 May 1687; Samuel, 24 Nov.
1689; Susanna, 24 Oct. 1691; Jonathan, 7 Feb. 1693; Jane, 10 Feb.
1695; Mehitable, 21 May 1697; Mitchell, 29 Oct. 1699, H. C. 1718;
Henry, 25 Oct. 1701, d. under 20 yrs.; Stephen, 18 Dec. 1704, H. C.
1721, the Ch. J. wh. d. unm. 10 Sept. 1760; and Benjamin, 6 Apr.
1708; d. 17 Oct. 1725; and his wid. d. 20 Jan. 1736. Of his ds. Margaret
m. 11 Nov. 1714, as his sec. w. John Higginson; Susanna m. 22 Oct. 1713,
Rev. Aaron Porter; Jane m. Rev. William Cooke; and Mehitable m. Thomas
Robie. Aft. 1686 he liv. at Salem. Gr. serv. this Stephen render. in 1704,
as head of the volunt. in a successf. expedit. against the pirate Quelch,
wh. with five of his comp. were hang. THOMAS, Springfield, had a d.
b. 5 Jan. 1649, wh. d. in 3 wks.; and Abigail, 14 Mar. 1650, and rem.
soon aft. but to what place is hard to decide, perhaps was at Wickford