Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v1p171


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seen, Joseph, wh.d. 7 Sept. 1651, and Nathaniel, wh. d. 7 Feb. 1694, were
two, but their dates of b. are not ascertain. by the rec. Elizabeth m. 28 Nov.
1677, Josiah Jones. SAMUEL, Yarmouth, br. of John, of the same, m.
Elizabeth d. of John Bell, had one d. b. 19 Jan. 1683; Elizabeth 21 Dec. 1685,
perhaps, as the last fig. is lost; Patience, 22 June 1687; John, 9 July
1689; Samuel, Nov. 1691; and Desire, 29 June 1694. Person:Thomas Berry (62)THOMAS, Boston
1668-73, a mariner, by w. Grace, wh. d. 17 May 1695, aged a. 58
yrs. says her gr.stone, had Thomas, b. 1663. THOMAS, Boston, the gr.
of H. C. 1685, wh. was d. bef. 1698 by Mather's catal. and in the succeeding,
one hundred and sixty yrs. remains with no nearer approx.
to exact date, may have been s. of the preced. He had m. 28 Dec.
1686, Margaret, d. of John Rogers, Presid. of H. C. had rem. to Ipswich,
there had Eliz. b. 20 Sept. 1693; and Thomas, 1695, H. C. 1712.
His wid. m. 25 Nov. 1697, Presid. Leverett. WILLIAM, Portsmouth
1631, one of the peop. sent by Mason, for his planta. But in 1635 had
rem. to Newbury, there was adm. freem. 18 May 1642, and d. 1654.
His d. Elizabeth m. a. 1652, John Locke, and his wid. Jane, m. Nathaniel
Drake
. WILLIAM, Newcastle, perhaps s. perhaps gr.s. of the preced. by
w. Judah, had Elizabeth b. 15 Oct. 1686; Nathaniel, 13 Feb. 1689; Stephen,
18 Jan. 1691; William, 18 Nov. 1693; Jeremiah, 8 Mar. 1695; Frederic,
15 Jan. 1699; Abigail 15 Mar. 1700; and Jane, 26 Jan. 1702.

    BESBEDGE, BESBITCH or BEESBEECH, ELISHA, Scituate, by Deane
presum. to be s. of Thomas, b. in Eng. came prob. with him, had Hopestill,
b. 1645; John, 1647; Mary, 1648; Elisha, 1654; Hannah, 1656;
all bapt. at sec. ch. in S. and Deane also gives him Martha, wh. m. 1677,
Jonathan Turner. He rem. to Duxbury, and d. 12 Nov. 1695. Mary
m. 15 Jan. 1678, Jacob Beals; and Hannah m. 1687, Thomas Brooks.
His s. Elisha, acc. Winsor, d. 1715; but no more is told of him. HOPESTILL,
Scituate, eldest s. of Elisha, had w. Sarah, wh. after his d. m. 27
Feb. 1696, Joseph Lincoln of Hingham; but whether he had ch. or no,
I see not. JOHN, Duxbury, br. of Hopestill, m. 13 Sept. 1687, Joanna,
d. of William Brooks, had Martha, b. 13 Oct. 1688; John, 15 Sept.
1690; Elija, 29 Jan. 1692; Mary, 28 Mar. 1693; Moses, 20 Oct.
1695; and Elisha. THOMAS, Scituate, came in the Hercules 1635,
with six ch. and three serv. emb. at Sandwich, Co. Kent, was deac. of
the first ch. of S. that he join. 30 Apr. 1637, but rem. to Duxbury, prob.
for the relig. quarrels at S. was rep. for D. 1643. He was, by Deane,
suppos. to d. early, but he had rem. again, and d. at Sudbury, 9 Mar.
1674. His will, of 20 Nov. 1672, pro. 7 Apr. 1674, is copious in
geneal. inform. tho. begin. with order. for bur. his body at E. end of the
ch. gives gr.s. Thomas, eldest s. of d. Mary, w. of William Brown of
Sudbury, all the ho. and lds. in the parishes of Hedcorn, and Frittenden,