Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v2p473


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Deborah; Ann, Mar. 1669, d. soon; ano. Elizabeth wh. perhaps d. 12 May 1686;
Nathaniel; and Jonathan; and d. a. 1697. SAMUEL, Boston, by w. Isabel had
Peter, b. 4 Aug. 1654, d. at 2 yrs.; and Hannah, 11 Apr. 1657; Mary, 15 Sept.
1659. THOMAS, Lynn, m. 15 Nov. 1667, Ruth Jones, had Thomas, b. 17 Jan.
1669; Mary, 24 Apr. 1672; Nathan, 17 Sept. 1673; and Solomon, 5 Aug. 1675.
THOMAS, Norwich 1660, m. Jan. 1667, Mary, d. of William Wellman of
Killingworth, had Mary, b. Dec. 1667; Sarah, Feb. 1669; Martha, Feb. 1672,
d. at one mo.; Thomas, Mar. 1673; Benjamin, June 1675; and d. 1676. His wid.
m. Aug. 1677, William Moore. WILLIAM, Topsfield 1650, was liv. 1666.
WILLIAM, Boston 1660, a witness to the will of William Paine, and a legatee
also therein. WILLIAM, Malden, had w. Martha, wh. d. 6 May 1662. An Elizabeth
H. d. at M. 12 May 1686. WILLIAM, Swanzey 1671, by w. Sarah had Mercy,
b. 30 Jan. 1681. Seven of this name had been, in 1829, gr. at Harv. four at Yale,
and ten at the other N. E. coll. includ. Union and N. J.

    HOWD, ANTHONY, Branford, by w. Eliz. d. of Matthias Hitchcock, m.
Jan. 1673, had John, b. 27 Sept. 1673; Anthony, 11 Nov. 1674; and Benoni,
10 Sept. 1676; d. not long bef. the last was b. for his inv. is of June in that yr.
and the wid. m. 22 Aug. 1677, John Nash.

    HOWE, ABRAHAM, Roxbury, freem. 2 May 1638, had Abraham, Elizabeth and Sarah,
one or more perhaps, b. in Eng.; Isaac, b. here 24 June 1639; Deborah, 4 Sept.
1641; and Israel, 7, bapt. 14 July 1644. His w. of whose bapt. name we are
ign. d. the first week of Dec. 1645, "the most sad mortal week that ever
Roxbury saw," says Eliot's ch. rec. and he rem. to Boston, perhaps, however,
to Dorchester first, and d. 20 Nov. 1683. He had prob. other childr. certainly
Esther, nam. in his will, as w. of Henry Mason. That instr. made 26 May 1676,
pro. 2 Nov. foll. calls Abraham his eldest s. to him, and Israel, and Isaac
gives est. in D. ds. Esther, and Deborah, beside, childr. of d. Elizabeth and
childr. (Joseph, Isaac, and Sarah), of d. Sarah; excors. s. Israel, and s.
Thomas Pierce; and Thomas Tolman sen. with Thomas Tilestone, sen. Overseers.
Of his ch. little is kn. ABRAHAM, Roxbury, s. of the preced. prob. b. in
Eng. may have liv. in Boston or Dorchester some yrs. had at R. Abraham,
bapt. 25 Sept. 1653; and Isaac, 30 Mar. 1656; but I find not any other ch.
of his, or the m. tho. others may have been b. elsewhere. ABRAHAM,
Watertown, m. 26 Mar. 1658, Hannah Ward, had Mary, b. 30 June
1659; Joseph, 9 Apr. 1661, prob. d. soon; and again, Joseph, 12 Feb. 1662;
rem. to Marlborough, had Hannah, 1663; Daniel; Elizabeth 1665; Deborah, 1667;
Rebecca, 1668; Abraham, 1670; Sarah, 1672; and Abigail, 1675; and d. 1695.
The preced. yr. he kept the inn, at wh. the Commisnrs. of Mass. to treat with
the Mohawks, lodged the first night of their journey. Mary m. a Bowker; Hannah
m. 1684, Eliezer