Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v1p65

d. of William sec. of the same, had Ephraim, Elisha, and 3 d. of whose
name rec. is not found, nor of date of b. of either of the ch. His will
was pro. 2 Apr. 1711. EPHRAIM, Braintree, s. of Joseph, by w. Mary
had Samuel, b. 1 Jan. 1689; Mary, 1 Oct. 1690; and Ephraim, 21 July
1695. HENRY, Hartford 1683 to 90, and after, yet no more is kn. tho.
he had w. and childr. ISRAEL, Providence, eldest s. of Stephen the first
of the same, sw. alleg. May 1671; m. 16 Apr. 1677, wid. Mary Smith,
d. of James Barker, had Israel, b. 18 June 1678; and nine more ch. of
not one of wh. is rec. of b. kn. nor other means of find. even their names,
exc. in the will that gives all the ten. They were William, Elisha, Stephen,
James, Joseph, Josiah, Mary, Sarah, and Barbara. He d. 1717.
JASPER, came in the Abigail, 1635, aged 40, from London, with Ann,
perhaps his w. 39, but no more is heard of either. JOHN, Cambridge,
freem. 6 May 1635, went as an orig. propr. to Hartford, there d. 1664,
very aged, leav. Josiah, Joseph, and Daniel, ment. in his will of 20 Aug.
pro. Dec. foll. in that yr. as also gr.ch. Mary Buck, but wh. was her f. or
mo. is not discern. His w. was Susanna. JOHN, Boston 1642, a plasterer,
freem. 10 May 1643, ar. co. 1644, prob. a single man, at least was so on
join. the ch. 22 Apr. 1643. His admor. Samuel A. of Marshfield, enter.
claim. 29 Oct. 1661, to certain lds. in Boston, as the right of his intest.
JOHN, Weymouth, s. of Joseph of Braintree, a soldier on Conn. riv. 1675,
may be that one of Moseley's comp. Dec. 1675, whose name in Geneal.
Reg. VIII. 242 is made Arvell; by w. Mary had William, b. 22 Nov.
1678; Mary, 12 Sept. 1681; Margaret, 14 Oct. 1683; and James.
JOHN, Providence, s. of Thomas the first of the same, took o. of alleg.
May 1671, and d. 5 Jan. 1722. JOHN, Norwich 1680, rem. to Boston
in few yrs. and may indeed have first liv. there, was that prison-keeper,
wh. had custody of many of the respectab. inhab. of Salem, charg. with
witchcraft, especial. of one woman of whose safety he was the happy
means, under a forged order for discharge, as the curious myth is told in
a letter that Hutch. had partly copied, II. 61; and the letter writer assures
us, that he saw the return of the officer on the docum. and was told
by the jailer, that for that discharge he was turned out of his office. In
1700 he went to New London, there was an anchorsmith, m. 6 Dec. 1703,
Mercy, wid. of Samuel Fosdick, had Ruhamah, b. 7 Sept. 1704; and Lucretia,
26 Aug. 1706; and d. 26 Aug. 1725, says the gr.stone, "aged a.
73 yrs." JOSEPH, Braintree, m. 8 June 1648, Rebecca Curtis, wh. d. 14
Aug. 1693, had William, b. 16 Mar. 1649; John, 2 Apr. 1650; Joseph,
18 Oct. 1652; Samuel, 7 Aug. 1658; and Ephraim, 4 Jan. 1664; many
of whose descend. may be seen in Thayer's Geneal. JOSEPH, Haddam,
s. of John of Hartford, was one of the first sett. and d. 22 Oct. 1691, leav.
John, aged 29; Joseph, 26; Samuel, 23; Josiah, 21; Susanna, 16;