Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v1p53

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he allows one to John, the report is incomplete. BENJAMIN, Farmington,
s. of John, by w. Mary, had Benjamin. b. 1683; John, 1685; both,
with their mo. bapt. 10 Jan. 1687, prob. d. young; Mary, 26 Aug. 1688;
Stephen, prob. 21 Sept. 1690; beside Daniel, b. 7 Feb. bapt. 10 Sept. 1693;
Samuel, 20, bapt. 24 Nov. 1695; Joanna, b. 24 May 1698; James, 1 Aug 1701.
* DANIEL, Salem, sch. master, in 1672, was, Dr. Bond thinks, s. of Thomas
of Watertown, liv. in the pt. call. the vill. now Danvers, for wh. in the
June Sess. 1689, the first yr. of liberty recov. from Andros, he was rep.
and in 1692 was charg. with the preposter. crime of witchcraft, perhaps
bec. he kn. more than some of his neighb. but was releas. early in the yr.
foll. when reason prevail. over the influence of Cotton Mather. He d. 3 Dec.
170, aged 59, and s. Thomas, 24, with Samuel, 19, d. next mo. all of the
smallpox. DANIEL, Farmington, s. of John, had Daniel, b. 9 Mar. bapt. 20
July 1673; Mary, 9, bapt. 13 Dec. 1674; Joseph, b. 10 Aug. 1676; Mary,
1678; John, 10 June 1680; Martha, 17, bapt. 23 July 1682; Hannah, bapt.
18 Jan. 1685; Paul, 2, not 3 Jan. 1687; Stephen, 1 Dec. 1689; Ebenezer, b.
28 Aug. 1692, d. in few wks. EDWARD, Newport 1639, perhaps
rem. to Saco, at least one of the name was freem. there 1653, acc.
Folsom, 123, of the planta. I suppose he means, for he does not appear in
the Col. list, d. 1668. EDWARD, Hartford 1655, sw. freem. 1657, had
Edward, wh. d. unm. and Solomon; beside ds. Mary, and Sarah, of wh.
the last m. Henry Treat of H. and next David Forbes. He d. 1673. EDWARD, Warwick,
among freem. there 1655, but no w. or ch. is heard of; may possib.
be he who was early of Newport. FRANCIS, Hartford 1639, had John,
bapt. 27 Sept. 1646; and Thomas, 2 Jan. 1648; rem. to Fairfield, there
d. 1662, or 3, his will being of 6 .June of the former. pro. 5 Mar. of the
latter yr. In it he provides for four s. and five ds. viz. in addit. to the
two bef. ment. were Jeremiah, and Abraham, ds. Elizabeth Mary; Esther;
Rebecca, wh. bec. sec. w. 7 July 1678, of Samuel Benedict of Norwalk;
and Ruth; beside Hannah, wh. had m. John Crampton, after of Norwalk.
Quite uncert. is it, whether his s. Abraham were the man, wh. d. 1693, or
he wh. had ch. 1699. * HENRY, Taunton, an orig. purchas. rep. 1639
and four next yrs. d. 1652, is chiefly kn. from his will of 13 Mar. in that
yr. pro. 10 Feb. foll. in wh. are nam. his w. Mary; and ch. Henry; Mary,
w.
of William Hodges; Sarah; Abigail; and gr.s. John Hodges. The
wid. in her will of 14 Feb. 1654, calls hers. 43 yrs. old, and speaks of Sarah
as little. Baylies, II. 282. In Emery, I. 48 he is shown to have
built the first meeting-ho. but this author inadvert. finds him permis. to
erect a saw-mill in 1659, wh. must be refer. to his s. HENRY, Taunton,
wh. was k. by the Ind. in Philip's war; and tho. descend. are said to be
num. I regret that no acco. of m. or name of w. or ch. is kn. JAMES,
Saco, s. of Samuel of the same, rem. with his mo. on her sec. m. to Falmouth,
m. Sarah, d. of Michael Mitton, had Elisha, wh. was a lieut. so