Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v2p497

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some time after d. of his w. Mary, 7 May 1677; had Hopestill, bapt. 10
June 1649; Isaac; and Mary, wh. m. Obadiah Hawes; d. 12 May
1686. His will was of 16 Dec. preced. JEREMIAH, Saco 1653. JOHN,
Simsbury, s. of Michael, d. 1697, leav. John, Thomas, Nathaniel, Samuel,
Joseph, Mary, and Abigail, wh. m. Benjamin Graham, and d. 27
June 1697. Descend. are very num. sometimes writ. their name Humphries.
JONAS, Dorchester 1634, tanner, whose pits were employ. by
six generat. of most worthy descend.; was from Wendover, Co. Bucks,
where he was, it is said, the constable, came with ch. James, Jonas,
and prob. Eliz. and Susanna, perhaps with w. Frances, whose d. Sarah
was bur. here Sept. 1638. For sec. w. he had Jane, wid. of George
Weeks, wh. d. 2 Aug. 1668. He d. 19 Mar. 1662. His will of 12
Mar. pro. 17 Apr. of that yr. in Vol. I. 381, names only w. s. Jonas,
gr.-ch. Eliz. Foy and d. Susanna, w. of Nicholas White. JONAS,
Weymouth, s. of the preced. b. in Eng. a. 1620, freem. 1653, by w. Martha
had Jonas, b. 24 Jan. or Feb. 1656; John, 31 Aug. 1658; Sarah, 16
May 1661; and James, 16 Sept. 1665; beside sev. bef. rec. of b. begin
in that town, as eldest s. Samuel, Nathaniel, and perhaps more. In 1688
he calls hims. 68 yrs. old. His will of 6 Aug. 1692, in Vol. XIV. 24,
names only these three s. but adds gr.ch. Jonas, James, and Mary, wh.
prob. were by his w. Mary ch. of that s. JONAS, wh. had serv. in Johnson's
comp. in the hard campaign, Dec. 1675, and d. 30 Oct. 1689
preced. So we see the confus. of Geneal. Reg. V. 401, in tak. gr.s. for
s. of the emigr. MICHAEL, Windsor, perhaps had been at Dorchester, was
freem. of Conn. 1657; m. 14 Oct. 1647, Priscilla, d. of Matthew Grant
had John, b. 7 June 1650; Mary, 24 Oct. 1653; Samuel, 15 May 1656,
Sarah, 6 Mar. 1659, wh. m. 11 June 1680, Richard Burnham; Martha,
5 Oct. 1663; Abigail, 23 Mar. 1666; and Hannah, 21 Oct. 1669; all
liv. 1697, bef. wh. he d. at Simsbury, whither he rem. 1669. NATHANIEL,
Hartford, m. Agnes, d. of Samuel Spencer. His wid. m. John Hubbard.
NATHANIEL, Ipswich, freem. 1680. NATHANIEL, Weymouth, s. of
the sec. Jonas, by w. Elizabeth had Elizabeth b. 5 Aug. 1685; Ruth,
4 Aug. 1687; Sarah, 28 Jan. 1690; Hannah, 6 July 1692; Susanna, 6
Apr. 1695; Abigail, 12 Jan. 1698; and perhaps others. SAMUEL,
Weymouth, eldest br. of the preced. by w. Mary had Sarah, b. 27 Oct.
1679; Samuel, 23 Dec. 1681; John, 19 Feb. 1684; Josiah, 9 Dec.
1686; James, 21 Apr. 1689; Mary, 1 Feb. 1692, d. soon; Mary, again,
30 Jan. 1693; and Abigail, 13 Jan. 1698. SAMUEL, Simsbury, s. of
Michael, was a lieut. had d. Mary, b. 15 Nov. 1681, and prob. others.
THOMAS, Dover 1660, m. Dec. 1665, at Hingham, a d. of George Lane,
prob. liv. at Pemaquid 1674, when he swore fidel. to Mass. as 8 Sept.
1665 he took as good an oath to the royal commissnrs. WILLIAM, Boston,