Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v2p206

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d. next yr.; and Samuel, 22 Feb. 1660. His w. Grace d. 28 Feb. 1681;
and he m. under a contr. of 8 July 1683, Elinor, d. of Rev. William
Thompson
, wid. of William Veazey. Prob. he was that freem. of 1644,
tho. Thayer says 1639 (when no such person is found), and he prefers
claim of Cambridge John. He d. 6 Aug. 1692, aged 80; and ten pages
of Thayer's Genealogy are filled with acco. of his descend. one of wh.
was Rev. Jonathan of Andover, H. C. 1771. His wid. d. 23 Apr. 1711,
aged 85. Temperance m. John Bowditch, and d. 12 Aug. 1720. Very
difficult is the problem of adjusting the parentage of descend. of this
John French, as in the distribut. of his est. was needful; and tho. after
much study I succeed. for all others, the Lambs evade my search. See
Geneal. Reg. XII. 353. JOHN, Ipswich 1648, s. prob. of Edward, m. 23
Mar. 1659, Mary, perhaps d. of Joseph Noyes of Salisbury[1], rem.
thither, had John, b. 12 Dec. 1660; Mary, 12 June 1663; Hannah, 9
Aug. 1665, d. next mo.; Hannah, again; Sarah, 27 Dec. 1669; Edward,
20 July 1672; Abigail, 6 May 1675; Nicholas, 28 Oct. 1677, d.
at 21 yrs.; James, 15 Aug. 1679; and Timothy, 15 Aug. 1681. JOHN,
Billerica, s. of William, came in the Defence with his parents at the age
of 5 mos. m. 21 June 1659 at Barnstable, Abigail, d. of Henry Coggan;
and in 1662 m. Hannah, d. of John Burrage of Charlestown, and rem.
to Dunstable. He had prob. Joseph, but of wh. w. is uncert. JOHN,
Northampton, came a. 1676, from Rehoboth, with w. d. of John Kingsley,
and ch. John, Thomas, Samuel, and Jonathan, the first three of wh.
took o. of alleg. 8 Feb. 1679; beside three ds. Mary, w. of Samuel Stebbins,
m. 4 Mar. 1678, wh. d. bef. her f.; Hannah, w. of Francis Keet;
and Elizabeth w. of Samuel Pomeroy. Perhaps he was s. of John of Dorchester;
certain. he d. 1 Feb. 1697. SamueI d. prob. unm. 8 Sept.
1683. JOHN, Rehoboth, eldest s. of the preced. m. 27 Nov. 1678, Mary
Palmer, liv. with his gr.f. Kingsley, had Hannah, b. 19 Oct. foll; John,
13 Apr. 1681. JOHN, Braintree, eldest s. of John of the same, m. Experience,
d.
of Thomas Thayer, jr. had John, b. 20 Sept. 1686, d. young;
Ann, 15 Jan. 1688; Thomas, 23 June 1690; Grace, 22 Feb. 1692;
Deborah, 2 Aug. 1694; William, 16 Jan. 1696; and John, again, 16
Apr. 1699. His w. Experience d. 29 Sept. 1719, aged 60. JONATHAN,
br. of the preced. cont. at Northampton, had eight ch. betw. 1693 and
1710; and Thomas, ano. br. liv. at Deerfield. JOSEPH, Salisbury, prob.
s. of Edward of the same, b. in Eng. prob. by w. Susanna, wh. d. 16
Feb. 1688, had Joseph, b. 16 Mar. 1654; Elizabeth 5 Nov. 1655, wh. d. 6
Dec. foll.; Simon, 24 Oct. 1657; Ann, 10 Mar. 1659, wh. m. 21 July
1680, Richard long of the same; Edward, 14 May 1663, wh. d. 8 June
foll. and Edward, again, 6 Apr. 1667, wh. d. 28 Dec. 1674. JOSEPH
Billerica, s. of John of Cambridge, m. Experience Foster, had there