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others; was freem. 1665. JOSEPH, Chelmsford, s. of Richard, m.
12 Dec. 1683, Abigail Wilson of Woburn, had sev. ch. of wh. is kn.
only Joseph, b. 30 Nov. 1695, wh. liv. to old age; but the f. d. 28 Jan.
1707. Of this branch is the historian, Richard. RICHARD, Cambridge,
freem. 10 May 1643, had w. Sarah, wh. d. 15 June 1644; by w. Elizabeth
who d. at Malden 3 Aug. 1693, aged 68, had Elizabeth 21 Sept. 1646; and
Sarah, 8 Aug. 1648. He was serg. one of the grantees of Chelmsford,
1653, there had Joseph, 16 Apr. 1658; Persis, 8 Feb. 1660;
Thomas, 1 Feb. 1662; Isaac, July 1663; beside Abigail, wh. m. Moses
Parker
of the same. The f. d. at Chelmsford, 1688, aged 83, it is read
on the gr.stone by one, tho. in Geneal. Reg. III. 142, his yr. of b.
is mark. 1612, more prob. and his descend. long prevail. there. Six
of the name had, in 1834, been gr. at Harv.

    HILL or HILLS, ABRAHAM, Charlestown 1636, freem. 13 May 1640,
by w. Sarah, d. of Robert Long, had Ruth, b. 2 June 1640; Isaac, 29
bapt. 31 Oct. 1641; Abraham, 1 Oct. 1643; Sarah, 19 Aug. 1647, d.
soon; Sarah, again, Oct. 1649, d. same mo.; Mary, May 1652; Jacob,
Mar. 1657; and Zechary, much earlier than the last; a. 13 Feb. 1670
in Malden. His est. was good, and wid. Sarah admin. He is progenit.
of num. fams. His eldest d. m. 7 Dec. 1659, William Augur. ABRAHAM,
Malden, s. of the preced. m. Oct. 1666, Hannah, d. of Richard
Stowers, had Abraham, b. Aug. 1670 (whose w. Sarah d. 4 July 1695,
aged 24); and Mary, Aug. 1673; and d. 23 Oct. 1713. His wid. liv. to
27 June 1738. BENJAMIN, New Haven 1646, but rem. Soon after tak.
o. of fidel. in 1647. CHARLES, New London, came from Maryland 1665,
but was b. in Barlow, near Chesterfield in Derbysh. s. of George, was
a merch. of distinct. partner with the Christophers, going to and from
Barbados. From that isl. he brot. the first news of the gr. fire in London
1666, as set forth in his let. to Gov. Winthrop of 16 Jan. foll. See
3 Mass. Hist. Coll. X. 66. He m. 16 July 1668, Ruth, wid. of John
Picket, had Jane, b. 9 Dec. 1669; Charles, 16 Oct. 1671; Ruth, bapt.
29 Oct. 1673, and Jonathan, Dec. 1674; his w. d. of Jonathan Brewster,
d. 30 Apr. 1677, and he m. 12 June 1678, Rachel, d. of dep.-gov. John
Mason, wh. with inf. ch. d. 4 Apr. of next yr. He was a useful man,
recorder of the town, and clk. of the Co. Court, and d. 1684. EBENEZER,
Dorchester, a soldier of brave Capt. Johnson's comp. in Dec.
1675. EBENEZER, Newbury, took o. of alleg. 1678. EBENEZER New
Haven, s. of Robert, m. 1677, Mercy Brooks, had two ch. Hannah, b.
1678; and Mary, 7 June 1686; ill treat. his w. wh. obt. div. 1692. He had
sec. w. Abigail, youngest d. of William Wooden, and ch. Abigail, Sarah,
Susanna. EDWARD, a soldier from the E. on Conn. riv. in 1676.
ELIPHALET, Boston, by w. Ann had Mary, b. 1 Apr. 1670.
FRANCIS, Boston, by w. Hannah had Sarah, b. 26 Jan. 1664. In utter
despair of distinguish. for this work betw. those who spell with or without