II. JOSEPH BIXBY {Joseph), of Boxford, Mass., born presumably at Ipswich, Mass., in 1648; died probably at Boxford in 1725. Administration was granted 5 Oct., 1725, on his estate, which inventoried £350-12-11, to Joseph "eldest son." He married 29 March, 1682, at Boxford, SARAH GOULD, born 18 Dec. 1664, died 4 Dec., 1723, daughter of Capt. John and Sarah (Baker) Gould of Topsfield, Mass.
Children, all born at Boxford:
1-1 JOSEPH, born 29 March, 1683; married Lydia Peabody.
2-2 SARAH, born 3 Aug., 1685; married James Higgins.
--3 PRISCILLA, born 28 Feb. (1687-8); living in April, 1728;* married 27 Oct., 1720, at Boxford, Joshua Higgins of Orleans, Mass.'
4-4 PHEBE, born 19 April, 1690, baptized 8 June, 1690, at Topsfield; married Samuel Pickard.
5-5 JOHN, born 26 July (1692), baptized 28 Aug., 1692, at Topsfield; married Esther Andrews.
--6 MARY, born 10 or 19 April, baptized 3 June, 1694, at Topsfield; married 12 Jan., 1743-4, Eliezer Lake. Possibly as his second wife. Eliezer Lake, "an aged man," died 29 April, 1771. Mary Lake, "an aged woman," died in 1775. (See Sarah Bixby, 1354.)
7-7 THOMAS, born 2 April, 16(96), baptized 9 Aug., 1696, at Topsfield; married Alice Cummings.
8-8 HANNAH, born 1 Dec., 1699; married Richard Towne.
9-9 MOSES, born 20 July, 1704; married Phebe Hopkins.
