Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v2p365

the William and Francis, freem. 2 June 1641, in 1649 was of Dorchester, rem.
to New London 1633, with w. Mary, and ch. Gabriel, bef. ment. and Thomas
(who went to Eng. a. the time of d. of his f. but was not
heard of after); and d. 6 Nov. 1654. His wid. Mary, d. 24 Jan. 1656.
WILLIAM, Salem 1635, br. of Thomas of Providence, rem. with Roger
Williams to build Providence 1636, had bitter controv. 3 few yrs. after
with W. and so all the planta. were div. into two factions, one for H. ano.
for W. the gravamen being, question as to a right to ld. at Pautuxet betw.
Warwick and Providence. He took o. of alleg. to Charles II. 31 May 1666, at P.
and eight yrs. later was oblig. to go to Eng. to secure the interpos. of the
crown as to the ld. controv. for wh. see the k.'s response to Gov. Winthrop in
Conn. Col. Rec. II. 586, return. soon after the outbreak of Philip's war to
Providence; there staid thro. the war of 1675; in 1678, hav. made his will, 4
Dec. in his 68th yr. as he says, he went for home to support the cause of Pautuxet proprs.
emb. at Boston in the Unity, Capt. Condy, but on 24 Jan. 1679, was taken by an
Algerine corsair, and sold in Barbary. After more than a year's slavery, he was
redeem. at a high rate; Connecticut for wh. Col. he had been engag.
in some agency paying £400, in part of it, as Judge Staples assures me,
travell. thro. Spain and France, and reached London in 1680, and d.
at the ho. of his friend, John Stokes, in three days. The will of 4 Dec.
1678, was pro. 20 Feb. 1682. His wid. Susanna was not perhaps the
mo. of all his ch. Andrew, b. 1634 or 5, bef. ment.; Mary, who m. 1663,
Thomas Burden; Howlong, who bec. sec. or third w. of Arthur Fenner
in Dec. 1684, d. without ch.; and Toleration, 1645. WILLIAM, Charlestown
1642, br. of Anthony, and prob. brot. by his mo. the wid. Elizabeth in
youth, rem. to Rowley, thence to Charlestown again, and in few yrs. to
Middletown; by w. Edith had Hannah, b. prob. at Charlestown; Mary,
b. 1 Mar. 1646 at R.; Martha; Elizabeth; and Patience; of wh. Martha
who m. 13 July 1667, Joseph Coit of New London, was b. prob. at C.
may have been the others. Hannah m. 8 Feb. 1675, Francis Whitmore;
Mary, m. John Ward 18 Apr. 1664, and a. 1684, Josiah Gilbert; Elizabeth m.
Edward Foster; and Patience m. Daniel Markham; all of M.
sooner or later. His w. d. 5 Aug. 1685, and he m. Lydia, wid. of
Joseph Smith; but he liv. to 1717. WILLIAM, Boston, by w. Hannah
had William, b. 25 Mar. 1672, d. at 16 yrs.; John, Nov. 1673, d. next
yr. Hannah; Hezekiah; both d. young; Elizabeth 11 Sept. 1680; Mercy,
26 July 1682; Hezekiah, again, 8 Apr. 1684; John, 9 Aug 1686;
and Samuel, 23 Oct. 1688. WILLIAM, Middletown, s. of the first Daniel,
m. 8 Jan. 1690, Martha Collins, prob. d. of Samuel, had Mary, b. 19
Feb. 1692; Sibil, 30 Apr. 1695; William, 20 May 1697; and Prudence,
1 Jan. 1701. WILLIAM, Boston, merch. d. bef. 29 Apr. 1684, leav.
William, b. of first w. and sec. w. Susan, who d. 1702, in her will
giv. prop. to s.-in-law WILLIAM, whom I presume to be the merch.
that was saved in the earthquake that swallowed up Port Royal 1692,