Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v2p29

Nov. 1725, aet. 97. Shattuck. EZRA, Taunton, br. of Benjamin, m. 17 Dec. 1678,
Bethia, d. of deac. Samuel Edson of Bridgewater, had Bethia, b. 14 Oct. 1679,
d. soon; Ezra, 14 Oct. 1680; Samuel, 11 Apr. 1681, unless Col. Reg. is wrong,
yd. soon; Seth, 3 June 1683; Margaret; and Ephraim; and his d. was betw. 28
Oct. 1727 and 15 Feb. 1732. Very striking instances of old age in fifteen ch.
of his s. Ezra are ment. in the Mem. of Deane fam. GEORGE, Salem 1660-1686,
was a cordwainer, by w. Elizabeth had Elizabeth b. 2 Jan. 1661, d. soon; John; Thomas;
George; Joseph, a. 1671; Benjamin; Elizabeth and Hannah; of not one can the date
of b. or d. be ascert. and glad. can we read in fam. rec. that Elizabeth m.
Jonathan Lambert; and that Hannah m. 11 June 1701, John Cook; that John,
Thomas, and Joseph had fams. and of George and Benjamin only that they d. bef.
1706. ISAAC, Taunton, s. of John, m. 24 Jan. 1678, Hannah, d. of James Leonard
of the same, had Alice, b. 20 Nov. 1678; Abigail, 16 Nov. 1680; Hannah, 24
Apr. 1683; Nathaniel, 25 Apr. 1685; Jonathan; Abiah; and Deborah. His will was
pro. 11 Apr. 1710 by his wid. In his youth he liv. at New Haven in fam. of
Capt. Thomas Jeffrey, wh. had m. a relative of his, and left him a legacy of
£10. ISRAEL, Taunton, br. of the preced. a lieut. in Philip's war, was in the
great swamp fight, d. unm. made his will 7 Aug. 1677. JAMES, Stonington,
blacksmith, had John, b. 15 May 1672; James, 31 Oct. 1674; Sarah, 4 Sept.
1676; a s. whose name is not legible, 28 Nov. 1678; Onesiphorus and
Mary, tw. 28 Mar. both d. next mo. 1680; Francis, Sept. 1682; William,
b. and d. 1684; William, again, 12 Sept. 1689. Some confus. of names and dates is fear.
in var. old MS. Even the bapt. on ch. rec. of four more ch. count wrong days for two, as
Hannah, Apr. 1686; William, 6 July 1690; Nathaniel, 20 Apr. 1693; and Jonathan, Apr.
1695; the first hav. Saturday, and the last, Monday. Some variat. as
well in dates as names may be seen in rec. both of ch. and town. John was
progenit. of Hon. Silas D. 1758, the ambass. with Franklin in France, and James was of
late Prof. James D. JOHN, Dorchester 1636, came from Chard, Somersetsh. rem.
to Taunton, of wh. he was one of the first purch. 1639, hav. been made freem.
of the Col. 4 Dec. 1638; by w. Alice wh. surv. had John; Thomas; Israel;
Isaac; Nathaniel; and Eliz. wh. m. Josiah Edson, Esq. of Bridgewater, and at
her d. in 1734, was call. a. 84; and d. 1660, betw. 25 Apr. date of his will,
and 7 June of the inv. aged a. 60. JOHN, Taunton, s. of the preced. by
tradit. call. the first Eng. ch. b. there, a 1639, m. 7 Nov. 1663, Sarah, d.
of deac. Samuel Edson of Bridgewater, had Samuel, b. 24 Jan. 1667; Sarah, 9
Nov. 1668; John, 28 July 1670, d. soon; Mehitable, 9 Oct. 1671; John, again,
18 Sept. 1674; Elizabeth 15 Mar. 1676; Mary, 15 July 1680; Susanna, 13 Aug. 1683;
and Israel, 4 Aug. 1685. He d. 18 Feb. 1717, aged 77, during the great snow,
wh. was so deep as long to keep knowledge of the occurrence from his Neighb.
JOHN, Dedham, by w. Sarah had John, b.25 Apr. 1677; Sarah, 13 Dec. 1678;
Ebenezer, 17 May 1681; Joseph, 14 Mar. 1683; Jeremiah, 24 Mar. 1685; Elizabeth 13
Oct. 1689; and Abigail, 12 June 1694. JOHN, Dover,