Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v2p297

and possib. Nathaniel; as all, ex. this last, rem. with him. He d. Nov. 1662;
and his wid. Sarah d. 1666. THOMAS, Dorchester, of whose sad fam. rem. to
Virg. and there all d. exc. one, a d. miserable enough ; to throw away hers.
and good est. upon Nathaniel Eaton, the outcast head of Harv. Coll.; the
story is found in Winthrop II. 342; but it is strange, that Harris did not
give the name among his townsmen. THOMAS, Charlestown 1638, prob. was
nine yrs. bef. mate of the Talbot, in wh. came Higginson to Salem, and in
the same station on board the adm. sh. of Winthrop's fleet, was, it is said,
s. of John, b. at Ratcliffe, near London, 6 June 1605, bapt. 16th of the same;
was sev. yrs. master of a sh. almost constant. empl. betw. London and Boston, and in
1642 had the first vessel ever built at B. for foreign trade, in wh. his br.-in-law,
Coytemore, made the first voyage in that yr.; was freem. 13 May 1640, m.
in Eng,. bef. 1635, 1 presume, Catharine Gray, d. by her first h. of
Catharine Coytemore, the wid. who came over in 1637, her s. Thomas C. hav.
been here a yr. earlier, prob. brot. s. John, and perhaps ano. ch. unit.
with his w. to the ch. 7 Oct. 1639, and on 5 of next mo. had bapt. their s.
Nathaniel, and prob. Thomas, b. the yr. preced. beside Susanna, b. 8 July
1643, as the Boston clk. has record. for what reason can only be guess.;
and Joseph, 13 Apr. 1645. He names these five ch. in his will, and two
others, Rebecca, with her ch. and Elizabeth of wh. we hear no more. The wid. d.
21 Feb. 1682. He was a very active and brave man, for good serv. in the
Eng. chan. perhaps on his last voyage, was reward. by Parliam. I suppose
(certain. not, as tradit. says, by Oliver, whose power bec. perfect too
late for such liberality), with the title of Rear Adm. and d. at C. 31 July
1653, the last will, however, was made 13 June 1652. Susanna m. 18 Nov.
1669, Rev. Zechariah Symmes, min. at a later day, of Bradford, and d. 23
July 1681, after hav. seven ch. THOMAS, Charlestown, s. of the preced. H.
C. 1656, some yrs. a tutor at coll. "a godly, learned man, a good tutor,
and solid preacher," Ch. J. Sewall, wh. was under him at coll. m. 16 May
1677, Elizabeth wid. of Dr. John Chickering, wh. d. 22 July 1679; was freem. 1673,
and he m. 15 May 1682, Sarah, wid. of Dr. Samuel Alcock, d. of John Stedman
of Cambridge, who had first been wid. of John Brackett. By her, perhaps,
were b. all his ch. exc. a d.; Thomas, bapt. 30 Sept. 83, H. C. 1703;
Catharine, John, Nathaniel, Susanna, and Joseph. But,; as Sewall, in his
Diary, ment. his leav. a s. by the d. of Mr. Stedman, I almost necessari.
infer, that all these ch. exc. Thomas, d. bef. their f. He was a physician,
rep. and a judge, d. 30 May 1697, and his wid. (who had fourth h. Col. John
Phillips, outliv. him and) d. 1 Mar. 1731 in 87th yr. His s. Thomas, a judge
of Sup. Ct. d. 19 June 1747, aged 63. Thomas, Lynn, perhaps s. of Samuel of
the same, freem.