Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v2p373

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prob. and Elizabeth 1693. His w. d. 1695, or earlier, and he took sec. w. prob.
Mary, wid. of Jonathan Parsons of Northampton, had perhaps tw. that bef. ment.
Benjamin and Hannah; Benjamin, again, b. May 1699; Zeruiah, 30 Aug. 1701;
Joseph, 27 Dec. 1703; and a d. 30 June 1706, wh. d. in 10 days; the last four
all b. at Northampton; and Submit, at Hatfield, 1707. In the assault of 29
Feb. 1704, Samuel was tak. car. to Canada, and nev. came back; but the f.
rem. to H. once more, and d. 11 Dec. 1711. Benjamin, jr. bec. a man of
distinct. at Greenfield. JOHN, Braintree, a tanner, freem. 10 May 1643, had
Walter, b. 1631, and Samuel, brot. from Eng. John, b. on the passage, and
Elizabeth 2 July 1643; "both bapt." says Mitchell's Reg. "at Braintree," so that
seaborn, wh. Farmer mistook for a name, is clear. only description; rem. to
Cambridge, where in 1652 he had sh. in div. of the Shawsheen ld. m. there Ann,
wid. of John Means, and d. 2 Dec. 1657. In his will, six days bef. he names
the w. and his four ch. also s.-in-law William Buttrick, wh. may, therefore,
be presum. to be h. of his d. Elizabeth and also d.-in-law Mary Means, meaning, no
doubt, the d. of his w. b;y John M. her first h. wh. m. afterwards, Samuel,
the testator's s. His wid. d. 25 Mar. 1666, aged 60, and her inv. is of 3 Apr.
foll. JOHN, Cambridge, s. of the preced. freem. 1669, m. 1 Mar. 1666, Hannah,
d. I suppose, of Goldin Moore, wh. bore John, 17 Apr., and d. 10 June 1667; he
m. next 20 May 1668, Lydia, d. of Richard Champney, had Joseph, b. 6 May 1669;
Lydia, 30 Sept. 1671; Hannah, 13 Mar. 1673; Elizabeth 11 Apr. 1675; and Daniel, 3
Feb. 1677. Perhaps he had ano. d. Sarah, for in the Cambridge rec. these deaths are close
together, Hannah 16 Apr. 1690; John, prob. the f. 12 Nov. foll; Sarah, 20 Dec. foll.and
Lydia, the mo. 23 Jan. 1691. JOHN, watertown, br. of Benjamin, m. 18 June 1679,
Abigail, d. of lieut. John Hammond, had Abigail, b. 8 Dec. 1679; John; Elizabeth
and Hepzibah, both bapt. 4 Dec. 1687; William, 13 July 1690; Samuel, bapt. at
Charlestown, 8 Sept. 1695; Samuel, again, and Joseph, both 10 July 1698; and
Thomas, b. 26 Sept. 1697; d. 28 Mar. 1718, and his wid. d. in few days.
JOSEPH, Watertown, br. of the preced. m. 21 Nov. 1682, Ruth, d. of Matthew
Rice of Sudbury, who d. 28 Jan. foll. and he m. in Jan. 1684, Martha Shepherd,
had Joseph, b. 3 Jan. 1685, Martha, 30 Oct. 1687; Thomas, 14 Feb. 1692; and
Ebenezer, 2 Mar. 1694; and d. 7 Oct. 1695. JONATHAN, Cambridge, s. of Walter
of the same, by w. Sarah had Jonathan, John, Sarah, Robert, Samuel, Hannah,
Abigail, and Susanna. NATHANIEL, Watertown, s. of Thomas of the same, m. Mary,
eldest ch. of John Nevinson, had Nathaniel, and John, both bapt. 26 June 1698,
at desire of mo. for he had d. 25 Dec. 1694. ROBERT, Haverhill, took o. of
fidel. 28 Nov. 1677. SAMUEL, Cambridge, s. of first John, b. in Eng. m. 12