Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p569

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him and others trouble; and in two yrs. the affections of his people
could not prevent the Gen. Ct. from banishm. of their teacher. He had
been excommun. at S. for refus. to bring his ch. to bapt. &c. In the
winter of 1635-6, he meekly obey, the cruel sentence, and next spring,
or more prob. in June, laid the foundat. of the prosperous city by him,
with pious emotion, call, Providence. See the opening chap. of Arnold's
Hist. of R. I. There he was usually held in much honor, tho. occasional.
overborne by antagon. against wh. his revenge was exhaust. in
show. kindness. He always had the friendship of Gov. Winthrop tho.
circumstances, consist. with the honor of both, enforced their long and
sad separat. As the Col. agent in London, or chief Magistr. here, he
was equal, discreet and disinterest. to his d. in Apr. 1683. Of his w.
Mary, the fam. name, or date of the m. is unkn. but she came with her
h. and may have had ch. in Eng. for only six can be precisely kn. to be
b. on our side of the water; Mary is said to have been b. at Plymouth,
the first week in Aug. 1633; Freeborn, at Salem, late in Oct. 1635;
Providence, late in Sept. 1638, wh. d. unm. Mar. 1686; Mercy, 15 July
1640; Daniel. a. 15 Feb. 1642; and Joseph, early in Dec. 1643.
Mercy m. Resolved Waterman, and next, Samuel Winsor; for third h.
having John Rhodes, and bear. ch. to all; Freeborn m. Thomas Hart of
Newport, and next, Walter Clark, the Gov. of the Col. ROGER, Milford,
d. 1656, leav. very little inv. SAMUEL, Yarmouth 1643, then of
age to bear arms, but he may have been old, or liv. not long. SAMUEL,
Roxbury, eldest s. of Robert of the same, b. in Eng. a. 1632, was a
shoemaker, join. the ch. when under 16 yrs. freem. 1650, a deac. m. 2
Mar. 1654, Theoda, eldest d. of deac. William Park of the same, had
Elizabeth b. 1, bapt. 11 Feb. foll. and d. 10 of next mo.; Samuel, 15, bapt.
27 Apr. 1656; Martha, 29 Apr. 1657, unless the rec. be, as I doubt not
it is, wrong, bapt. 28 Mar. 1658, d. or was bur. 6 Feb. 1661; Elizabeth
again, 11, bapt. 26 Feb. 1660; Theoda, 27 July, bapt. 3 Aug. 1662, d.
at 16 yrs.; John, 10 Dec. 1664, H. C. 1683; Ebenezer, 6 Dec. 1666;
Deborah, 20 Nov. 1668; Martha, again, 19 May 1671; Abigail, 12
July 1674; and Park, 11 Jan. 1677; and d. 28 Sept. 1698, aged 65.
His wid. m. Stephen Park, and d. 26 Aug. 1718. SAMUEL, Salem, a
cooper, sec. s. of George of the same, m. 2 Apr. 1662, Mary, eldest d.
of Hilliard Veren, I suppose, had Samuel, b. 26 Dec. foll. d. in few
wks.; Samuel, again, 21 Nov. 1664; Mary, 7 Mar. 1667, d. soon;
Hilliard, 26 Dec. 1668; George, 12 Feb. 1670, d. in few wks.; Sarah,
15 July 1672; Mary, again, 27 Nov. 1674, d. young; Richard, 3 Mar.
1679; Mary, again, 2 Mar. 1681; Joshua, May 1683; and Nathaniel,
25 Jan. 1687; and d. 1689, betw. the date of his will, 23 May, and its
prob. 26 Nov. of that yr. SAMUEL, Taunton, sec. s. of Richard of the