Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v2p200

Deborah Reed, wh. d. 19 Dec. 1774, had only two ch. by her; Francis
Folger, b. 20 June 1732, d. at 4 yrs. and Sarah, 11 Sept. 1743, whose
descend. are quite num. JAMES, soldier in Moseley's comp. Dec.
1675, on the terrible Narraganset campaign, and in 1686 was a townsman of
Dartmouth. I would gladly kn. wh. was his f. JOHN, Boston
1652, a cooper, perhaps br. of the preced. d. 26 Nov. 1653. JOHN, Roxbury
1664. JONATHAN, Hadley 1678. JOSIAH, Boston, s. of Thomas
of Eaton, Northamptonsh. where he was b. 23 Dec. 1657, came a. 1683,
with w. Ann and three ch. Elizabeth b. 2 Mar. 1678; Samuel, 16 May
1681; and Hannah, 25 May 1683; all b. at Banbury in Oxfordsh.
followed in Boston his trade of soapboiler and maker of candles, had
here, by her; Josiah, b. 23 Aug. 1685; Ann, 5 Jan. 1687; Joseph, 5
Jan. or 6 Feb. 1688, d. soon; and Joseph, again, 30 June 1689. The
first w. d. and he m. not very long after, we judge, Abiah, d. of Peter
Folger, wh. d. 1752, in 85th yr. had John, bapt. 7 Dec. 1690; Peter, b.
22, bapt. 27 Nov. 1692; Mary, 26 Sept. 1694; James, 4 Feb. 1697;
Sarah, 9 July 1699; Ebenezer, 20 Sept. 1701, d. at 2 yrs.; Thomas,
7 Dec. 1703; Benjamin, 6 Jan. 1706, the celebr. philosoph. and statesman,
bapt. the same day, as his f. liv. very near to O. S. ch.; Lydia, 3 Aug.
1708; and Jane, 27 Mar. 1712; so that there were seventeen ch. He d.
16 Jan. 1745. His br. Benjamin, a silk dyer, and maker of verses, from
London, came many yrs. later, and is beyond the scope of this work.
Nor does it seem necessary to enlarge on the sev. branches of the
orig. stock, for it. is thought the fam. name is exhausted. Much less
can I be expected to speak of the illustrious son of Boston, whose
male descend. the royal Gov. of New Jersey, tho. illegit. after many
yrs. of separation in politic. regards, was reconcil. to his f. Of him
we may express our regret, that the yr. of b. of his son is unkn. tho.
certain. it might have been hoped, bef. the m. of his f. also that the
name of his mo. and the reason why the young philosoph. did. not m. her
(unless bec. he had one w. already), are equal. uncert. But the fam.
geneal. in G. Reg. VIII. 374, while it supplies no mo. for the Gov. says
he was b. a. 1731; and that the blood of the great patron of common
sense is perpet. only through female line. WILLIAM, Ipswich 1634,
came in the Mary and John that yr. with many others, wh. rem. to
Newbury 1635, m. Alice, d. of Robert Andrews, was a blacksmith, rem.
to Boston, there is rec. b. of his d. Elizabeth 3 Oct. 1638; was adm. of our
ch. 30 Jan. 1641. Perhaps his w. d. bef. that, and by w. Joanna he had
John, 14 July 1642; and Benjamin, 12 Oct. 1643; perhaps, also, by
third w. Phebe had Ebenezer, wh. d. 24 Oct. 1644; and Eleazur, 4 Oct.
1645, bapt. as (with unusual precision), the rec. says "almost a day
old," bur. perhaps, the same day; Elizabeth m. 6 Oct. 1656, George May.