Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v1p182

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21 May of that yr. with his br. Joseph, m. 31 Mar. 1657, Lydia Steele, d.
of John of Farmington, whither he rem. had James; Thomas; Hannah;
Rebecca; Lydia; Mehitable, bapt. 12 Mar. 1682; and Eliz. 23 Nov.
1684. He d. 1708; but his wid. Lydia liv. to 1759, as is said; no doubt,
however, without truth. JAMES, Dorchester, s. of Thomas of the same,
was a tanner, had w. Mary, and ch. James, bapt. 16 Feb. 1673; Eunice,
23 July 1682; Ebenezer, 10 Feb. 1684; a d. Bebee, 22 Aug. 1686;
Priscilla, 20 May 1688; and Henry, 23 Mar. 1690; was freem. 1690, d.
1 Sept. 1733. NATHANIEL, Ipswich, had gr. of ld. 1641, yet prob. Farmer
mistook the Christian name; and there was at I. that yr. a wid. B.
JOHN, adm. freem. of Mass. 1645, of wh. I can find no more. JOHN,
Dorchester, s. of Thomas of the same, m. Elizabeth d. of Richard Williams
of Taunton, had John, bapt. 14 Apr. 1672; Abiel, 27 Apr. 1673; Damaris,
b. 18, bapt. 19 Sept. 1675; Hannah, bapt. 23 Dec. 1677; a ch.
wh. name is not seen, 16 May 1680; Elizabeth 7 Jan. 1683; Deiton, a d. 23
Oct. 1687; and Silence, 2 Feb. 1690; was selectman 1694, 5 and 6, and
d. 2 Aug. 1732. His w. had d. 20 Oct. 1724, aged 77. JOSEPH,
Hartford, s. of the first Thomas, had Eliz., Samuel, Nathaniel, Thomas,
James, Joseph, Mary, and Mindwell. In 1679 he liv. at Farmington,
where the last nam. ch. was bapt. 27 Feb. 1681; and d. 1695. SIMON,
Boston, came 1635, aged 20, in the Susan and Ellen, from London, where he
had learn. bad tricks, for in Oct. of that yr. he was sentenc. to be whip. tho.
not the worst of a set of boys, that ran away from their master, stole a
boat, etc. See Col. Rec. I. 162. He liv. at Winisemit, or Rumney
marsh, now Chelsea, was freem. 1644, but excommun. in July 1646,
restor. soon after, and sober eno. to be made constable 1655, rem. to
Billerica, there d. 7 July 1666. His will, of 4 Jan. preced. names
sev. cousins, but no ch. and made his w. Mary extrix. THOMAS, Hartford,
d. bef. 1653 [error for 1663], leav. beside James and Joseph, bef. ment. two ds. wh.
all mov. to Farmington, and there all four had fams. THOMAS, Scituate
1627, or later, tho. in his Hist. 221, Deane ment. a tradit. in favor of
1623, wh. he did not stigmatize as he should. THOMAS, Dorchester,
1640, by w. Ann, wh. d. 20 Aug. 1673, had Thomas, b. 4 May 1640,
bapt. 18 July 1641; John, 11 Mar. 1642, bapt. that yr.; Samuel, 1644,
bapt. that yr.; James, 1647; Sarah, bapt. 12 Aug. 1649, wh. d. 2 Apr.
1669; and Joseph, wh. d. 26 Sept. 1665. He made his will, 12 July
1666, and d. 8 June foll. in his 64th yr. THOMAS, Dorchester, eldest s.
of the preced. a tanner, m. 2 Apr. 1665, Thankful, d. of Humphrey
Atherton
, had Joseph, Thankful, Sarah, Thomas, Ann, Mary, Submit,
and Mercy, all bapt. 24 June 1683, "the mo. very lately adm. to full
commun."; Patience, 9 Dec. foll. and Benjamin, 6 June 1686, "then 2
or 3 mos. old." He was freem. 1690, and d. 30 Jan. 1710, and his wid.