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there had Samuel, 16 Feb. 1682; and Susanna. His w. d. 5 Sept. 1684, and he m.
next, 18 Aug. 1685, Mary, d. of James Bate of Haddam, had James, 15 Dec. 1688;
and Hannah, 8 Nov. 1691; d. 30 Nov. 1702. WILLIAM, Gloucester, housewright,
was from Cheshire, s. of Edward, and came prob. 1640, with Rev. Richard
Blinman, m. 28 Oct. 1645, Sarah, d. of Hugh Caulkins, had Hannah, b. 31 July
1646; Abiah, 16 Sept. 1648; and Sarah, 23 Mar. 1651; rem. to New London,
there had Samuel, 9 Mar. 1653; John, 17 Oct. 1655; William, 13 Oct. 1657;
Jonathan, 7 Feb. 1660; Deborah, 21 Oct. 1662; Abigail, 7 Mar. 1666; and Ann,
29 Aug. 1667; was deac. and d. 10 Aug. 1683. Of the ch. we have not traces of
sev. Jonathan, prob. d. young; Hannah m. 11 Feb. 1662, John Borden; Abiah m.
18 Dec. 1667, William Douglass; and Sarah m. David Carpenter. WILLIAM, New
London, s. of the preced. m. Ann, d. of Samuel Lothrop of Norwich.

    HOUGHTON, * JOHN, Lancaster, came in the Abigail from London 1635,
with certif. of two Justices, and the min. of Eaton Bray, near Dunstable, Co.
Bedford, at the age of 4 yrs. says the custom ho. rec. yet it is doubtful what
those dignitaries could certify; was not of Watertown, as Farmer had said, for
Dr. Bond finds not the name, so that we may assign him to Concord or to either
of the three or four towns then inhab. between the seashore and the central wilderness;
rem. to Lancaster, a. 1652, had w. Beatrice and ch. Beatrice, b. 3 Dec. 1665; Benjamin,
25 May 1668; Sarah, 30 July 1672; and was rep. 1690, and sev. yrs. after new Chart.
JOHN, Woburn, had Henry, b. 23 Feb. 1676; Joseph, and Benjamin, tw. 26 Feb. 1678;
Mary, 7 Feb. 1680; Mercy, 15 Mar. 1682; may have been s. of the preced. and prob.
rem. JOHN, Salem, 1692. * RALPH, Lancaster, cous. of the first John, and older,
without doubt, by w. Jane had Mary, b. 4 Jan. 1654; John, 28 Apr. 1655; Joseph, 6 July
1657; Experience, 1 Oct. 1659; Sarah, 17 Feb. 1662; and Abigail, 15 July 1664; freem.
1668; was town clk. rep. 1673, and 89. Experience m. 22 May 1684, Ezra Clap of
Dorchester, as sec. w. RALPH, Dorchester, perhaps s. of the first John, was
lost at Port Royal, when the town was sunk by the great earthq. of Jamaica, 7
June 1692, then aged 28 yrs. leav. wid. Mary. ROBERT, Woburn, had Isabel, b.
6 Aug. 1682; but I kn. no more. Perhaps he was s. of John, and may have rem.
THOMAS, Lynn 1664. WILLIAM, a butcher, came from London in the Increase
1635, aged 22, went in few yrs. to Conn.

    HOUNSLOW, EDWARD, Scarborough 1676.

    HOUSE, JOHN, Cambridge, d. 22 Apr. 1644; but prob. Farmer should
have call. him ch. of Samuel, and not given this prominence. SAMUEL,
Scituate 1634, one of the found. of the ch. 8 Jan. 1635, had Elizabeth bapt. 23
Oct. 1636; Sarah, 1 Aug. 1641; rem. to Cambridge, and prob. some