Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v2p418

foll. yr. Hannah, wid. of Edward Mellows. Again he m. Jan. 1656.
officiat. as magistr. at the solemnity (of course, as third w.) Helen
Atkinson, call. d. of Hugh, of Kendall, in Co. Westmoreland; and at Newbury
m. 8 Mar. 1665, fourth w. Ann, wid. of Henry Lunt. He d. at N. 5
Feb. 1688, in 86th yr. His ch. were Joseph, b. prob. in Eng.; Gershom,
b. 27 July 1639, bapt. 17 Feb. foll. bef. ment.; Mehitable, 1 Jan. 1641,
d.young,; as did also, John; and Nathaniel, wh. was b. 19 Dec. 1653;
Samuel, July 1652; Hannah; Deborah, Mar. 1657, d. young; Abigail
6 Oct. 1658, d. young; and Wait, tho. it seems prob. that this last is
call. s. only from m. a d. of the testator. He wrote his name with final s;
but in some rec. that addit. does not appear. In the third m. he imitat.
the foolish precedent of Gov. Bellingham at an earlier day, performing,
in his own right, the legal ceremony, for wh. act he was presented at the
Court. His will, of 14 Sept. 1687, names gr.childr. Hannah and Elizabeth
Blanchard, Hannah Vinton, and Samuel Greene; makes s. Samuel an
s.-in-law Abiel Long to be excors. See Geneal. Reg. VIII. 309.
JOSEPH, Malden, s. of the preced. b. in Eng. m. Nov. 1653, Hannah
Smith, had Joseph, b. Oct. 1655; Hannah, Mar. 1657; John, Mar.
1666; Dorothy, 13 Apr. 1667; and Samuel, 16 Dec. 1667; but we are
not always sure, from the rec. which was ch. of the elder or younger
Joseph, who d. bef. his f. JOSEPH, Malden, s. of the preced. d. 19 Apr.
1674, and his w. Hannah, d. of George Bunker(by wh. his only ch. Joseph was b.
posthum. 3 July 1674), that rec. prop. of her br. dying 5 days later, d. 11 July of
the same yr. and the gr.f. had admin. JOSEPH, Boston, by w. Ellen had
Abigail, b. 5 Feb. 1664. LUKE, Windsor, 1651, m. 6 May in that year
Mary Hoyt, had Lydia, b. 18 Feb. 1652; Mary, 20 Sept. 1654;
Eleazer, at Farmington, and there rec. 1657; Tahan, 28 Nov. 1659;
Luke, 6 Mar. 1662; Abigail, 16 Apr. 1664; Elizabeth 8 Oct. 1666; and
John, 28 Nov. 1668; rem. to Simsbury, was liv. there 1694. Mary m.
30 July 1677, John Saxton. NATHANIEL, Dover 1680, youngest s. of
Valentine. NATHANIEL, Billerica 1677, s. of Ralph, was resid. there
Sept. 1697. PETER, Saco 1648, freem. 1653, a. Aug. 1667. Willis, I.
55, 241. RALPH, Plymouth, m. 1638, Margaret Toothaker, prob. a
wid. rem. to Woburn, there had Jonathan, b. 20 Apr. 1646; was freem.
1647, and one of the first sett. at Billerica in 1653, d. 1663, leav. ch
named in his will of 10 Nov. 1662, pro. 12 Nov. of next yr.; Nathaniel;
Jonathan; Ralph; Martha; and Rebecca; besides w. Margaret
s.-in-law Roger Toothaker, and gr.ch. Elizabeth Hill, and Mary Littlefield.
His wid. d. 22 Nov. 1683, aged 87. * RALPH, Billerica, s. of the
preced. m. 5 Nov. 1660, Martha Toothaker, had Elizabeth b. 28 July 1661
was selectman 11 yrs. capt. and rep. 1689, 90, 2-4, d. 2 May 1695
RICHARD, Charlestown 1638, cooper, perhaps br. of Abraham, or