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had large est. only s. David, bef. ment. and three ds. of wh. Sarah,
perhaps, m. 6 May 1651, John Rockwell; Lydia was bapt. 19 Aug. 1649; and
Mary m. Samuel Smith, afterwards of Northampton and Hadley. His will, of
Nov. 1670, was pro. Mar. foll. JOHN Scituate, s. of Thomas, by w. wh. d. bef.
him, had only ch. Hannah, b. 1669; was k. by the Ind. at Rehoboth fight 26
Mar. 1676; had made his will in contempla. of such a result a few days bef.
So this fam. in male line was extinct. THOMAS, Scituate, m. Jan. 1639, Elizabeth
Wilder of Hingham, prob. liv. there some yrs. had Hannah, bapt. 6 July
1640, wh. m. 19 Nov. 1658, Thomas Shepherd of Malden, not the Rev. of
Charlestown, and a. 14 Mar. 1698; Elizabeth wh. m. Nicholas Wade; and John, bef.
ment. He was of Duxbury 1656, and d. 1663. His will of 16 July in that yr.
names w. Elizabeth and the three ch.

    ENSOME, ROBERT, Boston 1646, merch. Felt.

    ENSWORTH, ENDSWORTH or ENISWORTH, TIXALL, TIXOLL, TEXHALL, or
TYXHALL, so various. writ. in rec. was of Hartford 1681, rem. 1700, to
Canterbury, had bapt. at H. five ch. and left Nathaniel, Nehemiah, Ezra,
and Joseph. Possib. the orig. name was Ainsworth.

    EPES or EPPES * DANIEL, Ipswich, s. of Daniel, from Kent, Eng. came
1637 with his mo. Martha, wh. by the fam. tradit. corrob. by slight
circumstances, is said to have m. the worshipful Samuel Symonds. He m. 20
May 1644, Eliz. eldest d. of Samuel Symonds, wh. d. 7 May 1685 aged 60, by
wh. he had Samuel, b. 24 Feb. 1647, H. C. 1669 wh. was of Boston 1673, and
d. Apr. 1685 at London; Daniel, 24 Mar. 1649, H. C. 1669; Nathaniel, 1650, d.
soon; John, 1651, d. soon; Joseph, 1653; Martha, 1654; Mary, 1656, d. soon;
Lionel, 1657; ano. s. 1658, d. soon; and Richard, 1659. He had sec. w. Lucy,
d. of Rev. John Woodbridge, wid. of Rev. Simon Bradstreet of New London;
was freem. 1674, a capt. rep. 1684, and d. 8 Jan. 1693, aged a. 70 yrs. as
his grave-st. tells. * DANIEL, Salem, s. of the preced. m. 17 Apr. 1672,
Martha, d. of William Bordman of Cambridge, wh. d. 9 Feb. 1692, had Martha,
b. 10 Aug. 1673, d. young; Martha, again, 8 Mar. 1676; Mary, 19 Feb. 1678; d.
young; Daniel, 28 Oct. 1679; Samuel, 4 Jan. 1681; Elizabeth 19 Mar. 1684; Mary,
again, 31 Aug. 1686; Ruth, 22 July 1688; and Margaret, 31 Mar. 1691; was
master of the gr. sch. from 1670, above 20 yrs. by John Dunton in his Life
and Errors call. "the most eminent sch.master in N. E." wh. of course may
be tak. with qualific. in favor of contempo. Cheever and Corlett. He prob.
had for sec. w. Hannah, wid. of Francis Wainwright of Ipswich, was rep.
1708 and 15, says Feb, II. 564, but he hac omit. him in the list of Counsel.
in wh. office, however, Hutch. II. 292, wh. could not easi. be mistak. says,
he d. Nov. 1722.