NATHANIEL, Middletown 1653, is call. s of William of the parish of Stretton, Co. Rutland **, by w. Ann, d. of Thomas Miller of the same, had Nathaniel, wh. d. 8 Apr. 1655; Hannah, b. 14 Apr. 1655; Andrew, 4 Feb. 1657, d. at 5 yrs.; Nathaniel, 20 July 1659, whose name was chang. for Thomas ; John, 14 Mar. 1661; Mary, 7 Apr. 1664; Andrew, again, 10 June 1666; Abigail, 13 July 1670; Lydia, 18 Feb. 1673; perhaps ano. Nathaniel, whose date may be lost. His w. d. 6 July 1680, and he m. 17 Apr. 1682, Elizabeth Pierpont, prob. wid. of one whose name is not seen, had Beriah, 17 Aug. of the same yr. unless we suppose an error in the rec. of m. or of b. He was neph. of Andrew, had part of his uncle's est. and d. 27 Jan. 1706, hav. made his will 1698, pro. twelve days after his d. in wh. are nam. s. Thomas, John, Andrew, Nathaniel, and Beriah, with ds. Hannah, Mary, Abigail, and Lydia. Evidence, giv. in 1661, by deac. John Fletcher of Milford (wh. d. the foll. yr.) relative to the ancestry of this Nathaniel, at wh. was present a party advers. interest. might, without violence, be constr. to refer equally to the Barnstable fam. tho. it is less prob.
