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27 July 1658; and Rachel, m. 1673, Bozoan Allen, wh. succeed. to
her f.'s business. He was rep. for Hingham 1651-9, exc. 56, and for
Salisbury 1663; and d. betw. 7 Apr. 1670, the date of is will, and 31
May foll. when it was pro. This docum. is of interest, bec. it refers to
est. giv. to him in will of his f. William (wh. prob. was in Eng.) at
Harliston, in Co. Norf. and names (beside the young ch. of his w. Esther)
Nathaniel; and Rachel; d. Esther; w. of Samuel Wheelwright, prob. the eldest;
Elizabeth w. of Rev. James Allen; and Mary, w. of Nathaniel Greene. ROBERT,
Newport, by w. Rachel had Mary, b. 6 Aug. 1666; and Alce, Apr. 1668.

    HOUGH or HAUGH, ‡ * ATHERTON, Boston, had been mayor of Boston, in
Co. Lincoln, 1628, and was an alderman there in 1633, when he resolved to come
with his min. famous John Cotton, and arr. with w. Elizabeth in the Griffin, 4
Sept. of that yr. freem. 4 Mar. 1634, chos. an Assist. 1635, left out in 1637
as of Antinomian tendency, and chos. rep. for Boston at the same, and foll.
courts; his w. d. 14 Oct. 1643, and he took ano. w. at Wells, no doubt an
adherent of Wheelwright, wh. was, however, rec. on dism. thence into our ch. 4
Apr. 1646; d. 11 Sept. 1650, leav. wid. Susanna. I find no will, nor any other
ch. than Rev. Samuel. JOHN, New London, s. of William, m. 27 Jan. 1680, Sarah
Post of Norwich, prob. d. of John. JONATHAN, Farmington, br. of the preced.
had Mary, bapt. 15 May 1692. SAMUEL, Reading s. of Atherton, b. in Eng. came
prob. with his f. was instr. at H. C. but not grad. perhaps disgust. at the
household economy of Mrs. Eaton, w. of the unlucky head of the Instit. ord. 26
Mar. 1650; m. Sarah, eldest d. of Rev. Zechariah Symmes, (tho. from Geneal.
Reg. XIII. 135, most readers would erron. count her as youngest of all eight) had Samuel,
b. 18 Sept. 1651; Sarah; Zechariah, 22 Aug. 1654, d. soon; Mary, 23 Dec. 1655; Elizabeth
wh. may have been earlier; and Rebecca, 20 Mar. 1661, d. in three mos.; was
freem. 1651, and d. at the ho. of his br.-in-law Hezekiah Usher, in Boston, 30
Mar. 1662. His will of 25 Dec. 1657, sign. Jan. foll. and again 28 Sept.
1661, to wh. the day bef. his d. he add. codic. names, beside own w. childr.
and all the brs. and sis. of the Symmes connex. calls William Whittingham his
neph. but does not allow us to learn how, directs that s. Samuel be brot. up
at coll. in wh. his adv. was not successful. His wid. m. 13 Nov. 1662, Rev.
John Brock, wh. was, the same day, inst. as successor in the ch. Sarah, the d.
m. 26 Feb. 1678, Ephraim Savage, as his sec. w. SAMUEL, Boston, s. of the
preced. m. Ann, d. of Elder Edward Rainsford, had Samuel, b. 1 Feb. 1676; Ann,
27 Jan. 1677; and Atherton, 12 Jan. 1678; and d. 25 June 1679. Both the s. of
wh. Ch. Just. Sewall was guard. d. bef. mid. age. SAMUEL, Norwich, eldest s.
of William, m. 25 Nov. 1679, at Farmington, Susanna, d. of Simon Wrotham, had
William, b. 22 Aug. 1680, at Norwich; rem. to Wallingford,