Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v2p169

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JEREMIAH, Lebanon, fifth s. of Rev. James, d. at Conventry 22 May
1736, teach. us by his will of 8 Mar. preced. that he left w. Ruth, ch.
Jeremiah, Abner, Gideon, Elisha, James, Hannah, and Ruth. JOHN,
came in the Defence 1635, aged 14, and so might be suppos. br.
of the first James; but a doubt arises, for the same London custom ho.
rec. at Westminster Hall, I found, gave passage in the Blessing, on
the same day, to one of the same name and age. Carelessness in parts
of that rec. if not wilful mistakes, is quite apparent; but perhaps
one of sev. foll. may be either passeng. JOHN, Rehoboth 1644, prob.
had John, wh. was bur. Apr. 1676, prob. posthum. for I suppose the f.
was k. by the Ind. 26 Mar. preced. a volunteer under Pierce. Baylies,
II.200. JOHN, Windsor, d. 1676, on 9 May, of wound rec. in the gr.
battle of 19 Dec. preced.; had been there many yrs. His w. d. bef. and
he had no ch. was not a freem. prob. not relat. of the many in Conn.
wh. then bore the name. JOHN, Gloucester, m. wid. Mary Coit, 3
Oct. 1667, wh. d. 7 Nov. 1692; he d. 7 Nov. 1715. JOHN, Norwalk,
s. of Thomas, m. 3 Dec. 1674, Rebecca, d. of deac. Henry Lindall of New
Haven, had John, b. 29 Sept. 1677; Rebecca, 15 Jan. 1680; and Nathaniel, 6 Nov.
1682. * JOHN, Windham, s. of Rev. James, m. 10 July 1695, Elizabeth eldest d. of Thomas
Waterman, had Elizabeth b. 1 June 1696; Miriam, 17 Oct. 1699; Priscilla, 5 Feb. 1702; John, 8
Mar. 1705; was capt. and d. 24 May 1743; and his wid. d. 25 June 1751. By Stiles, 620,
he is confus. with former John. JOSEPH, Norwalk 1652, perhaps br. of Thomas, rem.
1655 to Northampton, thence in 1660 to Hartford, m. Mary, d. of Rev. Samuel
Stone, had Joseph, Nathaniel, perhaps ano. s. certain. sev. ds. was rep. 1662-8,
then rem. to Windsor, there had large farm, enjoy. by sev. generat. of
his posterity, and was liv. in 1713. With his mo. and elder br. he
owned est. at Birch in Essex, wh. they gave power to Samuel Wyllis,
when he went to Eng. to sell. He sold to his br.-in-law Hezekiah, s.
of Gov. Haynes. JOSEPH, Reading, s. of Zechary of the same, by w.
Hannah, m. 2 July 1661, had Hannah, b. 3 Mar. 1662, d. in few days; d.
1694, aet.59. Coffin. JOSEPH, Stonington, eighth s. of Rev. James, m. 2
Nov. 1703, his cous. Sarah, d. of Samuel Mason, had Sarah, b. 24 Jan.
1705; Mason, 11 Sept. 1708; and Joseph, 14 Feb. 1711; and he m. 29 Dec.
1721, sec. w. Ann, eldest d. of Rev. Samuel Whiting, had Samuel, 16 Jan.
1724, a disting. lawyer; Eleazer, 29 Aug. 1726; rem. to Lebanon and Windham
had Asahel, 7 Mov. 1728; Ichabod, 17 May 1734; Ann, 12 July 1737; and Thomas,
11 June 1739, d. young. NATHANIEL, Lebanon, br. of the preced. m. 10 Dec.
1701, Ann, d. of Joshua Abel, had Ann, b. 5 Nov. 1702; Joshua, 13 Feb. 1704;
Nathan, 29 Mar. 1705; Nehemiah, 10 Feb. 1708; James, 15 Oct. 1709; John, 7
Jan. 1712; Nathaniel, 14 May 1714; Mehitable, 3 Feb. 1717; Elizabeth 26 May 1718;
Rachel, Oct. 1720, d. at 6 mos.; Abel, 22 Nov. 1722; Caleb, 17 June 1725; and
his w. d. 3 July 1728. He m. 17 Sept. 1729, Mindwell Tisdale, and had Jabez, 4
Oct. 1730, wh. d. young; Ezekiel, 11 Mar. 1732; and Isaac 10 May 1734; and d. 1759,
his will being of 14 Feb. in that yr. RICHARD, Boston, perhaps br. of the James wh.
came in 1635, as both were of Muddy riv. 1638. * SAMUEL, perhaps at
Milford 1644, certain. of Hartford 1650, schoolmr. m. that yr. or
early in the next, Mary, wid. of William Whiting, freem. 1651, rep.
1654 and 5, d. 1659; he had Samuel, wh. went to Milford; and Thomas,
b. 1652, wh. liv. at Wethersfield. His wid. m. Alexander Bryan of
Milford. SAMUEL, Reading, prob. the s. of Zechary, tho. Eaton calls
him an early sett. He m. Sarah, d. of Job Lane, but of ch. I kn. not.
SAMUEL, Milford, s. of Samuel, by w. Sarah had only ch. Sarah, and
d. 1690. THOMAS, Norwalk 1652, br. of Rev. James, prob. came with him
in 1637, freem. 1657, was early the richest inhab. had Thomas, ana John bef.
ment. and with them and well grown gr. childr. was liv. in 1688. But
strangely Farmer makes him f. of Gov. Thomas. THOMAS, Boston,
cordwainer, by w. Martha, d. of David Fiske the first of Watertown,
had Martha, b. 9 Nov. 1656; Mary, 17 Feb. 1659; Sarah, 14 June 1661;
Elizabeth 2 Aug. bapt. 4 Sept. 1664; and Thomas, 5 Feb. 1669. The ch. rec.
of bapt. of one of his ds. calls him of Watertown, freem. 1666, d.
1678, leav. wid. Martha. THOMAS, Norwalk, s. of Thomas of the same, a
serg. in 1672, had four ch. of wh. one d. bef. him. He d. 1690, leav.
Sarah, then aged 21; Thomas, 19; Mary, 16; and Samuel 2 1/2. The third
Norwalk Thomas,