Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v2p78


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at Watertown, at last fix. at R. was an Assist. 1635, and some later yrs.
but dep. gov. 13 yrs. Gov. 1634, 40, 5, and 50, and d. 31 July 1653, aged 76,
was bur. 6 Aug. His w. Dorothy d. 27 Dec. 1643, aged 61, and he m. 14 Apr.
foll. Catharine, wid. of Samuel Hackburne, whose maiden name was Dighton,
and wh. m. 8 Nov. 1653, Rev. John Allin of Dedham. The ch. of both ws.
were, perhaps, Thomas, bred at Emanuel Coll. Cambridge, where he had his
degrees 1626, and 1630, but certain. he came not to our country bef. 1636,
if at all; yet that he did come, may be argu. from the strange add. of sen.
to the name of the f. at his elect. as Dep. Gov. 17 May 1637, for the first
time, while from the omission of the epith. at all subseq. ment. of him, one
will infer, that the s. d. within that yr.; Samuel, bef. ment.; Ann, b. a.
1612, m. bef. leav. Eng. Simon Bradstreet, the Gov. after, wh. was a lady of
literary powers, and d. 16 Sept. 1672; Patience m. maj.-gen. Daniel Denison;
Sarah, bapt. at Sempringham in Lincolnsh. 23 July 1620, m. 6 Sept. 1648,
maj. Benjamin Payne of Boston, and after his repudiat. of her, one Pacy
(I suppose, only for convenience), d. 3 Nov. 1659, when her est. as by inv.
sw. by Capt. James Johnson, less than £10, was by the Court giv. to her d.
Ann K.; Mercy, b. 27 Sept. 1621, m. Rev. John Woodbridge, d. 1 July 1691;
these all b. prob. in Eng. by the first w. and Deborah, 27 Feb. bapt. 2 Mar.
1645, wh. m. Jonathan Wade of Medford; Joseph, 23, bapt. 26 Sept. 1647, H.
C. 1665; and Paul, bapt. 8 Sept. 1650, both bef. ment. by sec. w. THOMAS,
Exeter, eldest s. of Samuel, was tutor at the Coll. for a short time, d.
unm.; in his will wh. was pro. 7 Nov. 1655 refers to few matters. It is in
Geneal. Reg. V. 444. THOMAS, s. of Samuel by his sec. w. sw. alleg. at
Hampton 1678, had w. Mary, d. 1713. WILLIAM, Guilford 1639, m. 1636 at
Oakley in Surry, Eng. Jane Lutman wh. came with him prob. as friends of
Rev. Henry Whitfield, and d. 1 May 1674, had William, b. 8 Sept. 1639;
Joseph, 24 Apr. 1643; Ruth, 20 Apr. 1645; Deborah, 20 Sept. 1647; and ano.
ch. and d.6 Mar. 1684. Ruth m. 20 June 1664, John Whittlesey of Saybrook;
and Deborah m. first, 1671, Ebenezer Thompson, and, next, Thomas
Scranton. WILLIAM, Saybrook, s. of the preced. m. 4 Nov. 1661, Mary Roe,
or Stow, as the rec. is uncert. had Mary, b. 6 Sept. 1662; William, 8 Aug.
1665; Abigail, 24 May 1667; Joseph, 3 Mar. 1669, d. at 16 mos.; Deborah, 11
Nov. 1670; Samuel, 4 Nov. 1672; Joseph, again, 14 Sept. 1674; Sarah, 3 Jan.
1676; and Eliz. prob. 4 Mar. 1679; and he d. a. 1700. His wid. m. Richard
Dart of New London. Abigail m. 9 May 1686, John Kent of Suffield. Eight
of this name, all, Farmer says, descend. of Gov. Thomas, had been gr. at
Harv. 1767.

    DUDSON, FRANCIS, Boston, by w. Martha, had Samuel, b. 14 Feb. 1675;
and Martha, 18 Mar. 1679. JOSEPH, Boston, m. Abigail, d. of Robert Button,
had Joseph, b. 11 July 1669; Robert, 20 Mar. 1672; and Abigail, 25 Mar. 1676.
His wid. m. 15 Nov. 1698, Barnabas Lothrop.