Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v2p13

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tho. he certain. had youngest B. Joseph, wh. d. prob. bef. his f. and perhaps
had ds. bef. or after com. to N. E. and he d. 15 Mar. 1670. Elizabeth perhaps his
wid. d. at B. 15 Sept. 1676, aged 73, if the gr.stone be correct. In the
present age a descend. of the venerab. father of New Haven, A. Benedict
Davenport, Esqr. call. hims. of the twenty-fourth generat. has confident.
carr. the line of his fam. back to Orme de Davenport, 1086, or the 20th of the
Conquer. Such labors are seldom reverenced in our country. JOHN, New Haven
1657, s. of the Rev. John, merch. b. in Eng. or Holland, but wh. is uncert.
was brot. by Mr. Fenwick in 1639, in one of the only two sh. that ever came to
N. H. from Eng.; m. 27 Nov. 1663, Abigail, d. of Rev. Abraham Pierson of
Branford, had John, b. 7, bapt. 11 June 1665, d. in few wks.; Elizabeth 7 Oct.
bapt. 18 Nov., (not as ch. rec. says, 19), 1666, wh. m. Dec. 1700, Warham
Mather; John, again, bapt. 28 Feb. 1669, H. C. 1687; Abraham, B Mar. 1671;
Abigail, 15 Sept. 1672, m. 27 Oct. 1691, Rev. James Pierpont of New Haven, and
d. within four mos.; and Mary, 17 Sept. 1676, wh. m. 22 May 1694, Nathaniel
Wood. He had rem. to Boston at the same time with his f. was freem. 1669, and
a. 1687, at New Haven, where his inv. is of 27 June in that yr.; yet in the
Pedigree, Geneal. Reg. IX. 147, it is said he d. 1676. JOHN, Boston, s. of
Capt. Richard, m. 1 Nov. 1667, Bridget Watkins, had Richard, b. 13 Nov. 1670;
John, 13 June 1672; and perhaps more. JOHN, Stamford, s. of sec. John, ord.
1694, d. 5 Feb. 1731, had, by two ws. (of wh. the first m. 18 Apr. 1695, was
Martha, wid. of John Sellick, d. of Major Nathan Gold, wh. d. 1 Dec. 1712)
nine ch. of wh. John, b. 21 Jan. 1698, Deotate, 23 Oct. 1706, by the first;
and James, Y. C. 1732, and Abraham, Y. C. 1732, by the sec. have many descend.
in Conn. JOHN, Dorchester, s. of Thomas, by w. Naomi had John, b. 10 June
1695; Ephraim, 1698; Samuel, 1700; Joseph, 30 Aug. 1701; Stephen, 8 Oct. 1703;
Mehitable, 30 Aug. 1705; and Benjamin, 12 Aug. 1707; and d. 21 Mar. 1725.
JONATHAN, Dorchester, br. of the preced. by w. Hannah, m. 1 Dec. 1680, had
Thomas, b. 10 Dec. 1681; Jonathan, 3 Nov. 1684; Hannah, 23 Dec. 1686; Simon,
27 Dec. 1688; Ebenezer, 2 Sept. 1691; John, 12 Jan. 1694; Joseph, 25 Mar.
1696; Benjamin, 6 Oct. 1698; and Sarah, 10 Dec. 1700; all, exc. the first,
were b. at Little Compton. NATHANIEL, Boston, B. of Richard, m. Elizabeth d. of
Rev. Thomas Thacher, freem. 1673, a brave capt. in Philip's war, k. 19 Dec.
1675, with four of his comp. and many others in the Narraganset fight. Hutch.
I. 299. His wid. m. 1677, Samuel Davis, master of the ship Gabriel. * RICHARD,
Salem, came with Capt. Endicot in the Abigail, Sept. 1628, from Weymouth, in Co.
Dorset, a few miles from Dorchester, near wh. prob. he was b. a. 1606. He
was freem. 3 Sept. 1634, ens.