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Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England |
Surnames |
Danforth |
Places |
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States |
Year range |
1618 - 1761 |
3 Mar. 1636, rep. 1636 and 7, d. Apr. 1638, leav. Thomas, wh. was b. 1622;
Samuel, Sept. 1626, H. C. 1643; Jonathan, 29 Feb. 1628; Ann, prob. 1620, w.
of Matthew Bridge; Lydia, w. of William Beaman; and the eldest, Elizabeth 1618, w.
of Andrew Belcher, gr.mo. of Gov. Jonathan. His w. Elizabeth had d. 1629 in Eng.
SAMUEL, Roxbury, s. of the preced. b. in Eng. came with his f. was freem.
1647, and again his name is giv. 1648, ord. as colleag. with Rev. John Eliot,
24 Sept. 1650, m. 5 Nov. 1651, Mary, youngest ch. of Rev. John Wilson of
Boston, had Samuel, b. 14 Jan. 1653 "at nine o'clock at night," bapt. at
Boston two days after by his gr.f. d. at 6 mos.; Mary, 24, bapt. 28 May 1654,
d. at 5 and 1/2 yrs.; Elizabeth bapt. 13 July, tho. her b. was giv. in Geneal. Reg. 1656, d. at 3
and 1/2 yrs.; Sarah, 30 Oct. bapt. 7 Nov. 1658, d. at 1 yr.; these three in ten days; John,
8, bapt. 11 Nov. 1660, H. C. 1677; Mary, again, 13, bapt. 15 Mar. 1663; Elizabeth again, 9
Feb. 1665, d. at 7 and 1/2 yrs.; Samuel, again, b. 10, bapt. 16, but b. 18 Dec. 1666, acc.
Geneal. Reg. VII.321, H. C. 1683; Sarah, again, 21, bapt. 27 Feb. 1670; Thomas, 3
Apr. 1672, d. in ten days; and Elizabeth again, 16 Oct. 1673, d. in few days; and the f. d. 19
Nov. 1674, in his 49th yr. and was bur. on Monday foll. Ellis in Hist. of Roxbury,
p. 96, notes the d. as 1674, and the ch. as twelve, in both points foll.
Farmer, and wisely repudiating the town rec. that makes it 1673. In both he
is foll. Geneal. Reg. VII. 317 by a writer of scrupulous accuracy wh., however,
miscounted his yrs. Farmer, Ellis, and Harris must, I presume, include a
posthum. ch. as in the will anticipat.; and yet none of them give the name.
His will, pro. 24 Dec. 1674, was made, say the witnesses, "The day
immediately preced. his d." but we must go behind them to kn. the mo. or yr.
His wid. m. Ruck, says Farmer, in Mem. of Harv. Grad. p. 32; but in his MS.
notes upon his Gen. Reg. he spells the name Rocke. SAMUEL, Taunton, s. of the
preced. ord. 1687, m. Hannah, d. of Rev. James Allen of Boston, had Elizabeth b.
29 July 1689; Mary, and Samuel, tw. 1 June 1691, both a. soon; James, 11,
bapt. 13 Nov. 1692; Sarah, 18, bapt. 25 Nov. 1694; Samuel, 4, bapt. 10 Jan.
1697; Mary, again, 5, bapt. 11 Dec 1698; Hannah, 2, bapt. 8 Dec. 1700; Thomas,
22, bapt. 23 May 1703; John, 21, bapt. 25 Feb. 1705, d. next yr.; Martha, 2
Sept. 1707, d. soon; Bethia, 16 Aug. 1709; Rachel, 8 July 1711; and Nathaniel,
31 May 1714; and d. 14 Nov. 1727. Ten ch. outliv. him, and his wid. d. 3 Dec
1761. * THOMAS, Cambridge, eldest s. of Nicholas, b. in Eng. came with his f.
freem. 10 May 1643, rep. 1657 and 8; assist. 1659-78, dept. gov. 1679-86, and
again after the close of Andros's usurpat. He was appoint. Presid. 1680, for
Maine, and in 1692, judge of Sup. Court for
the horrible proceed. against
witches. His w. d. 26 Mar. 1697; and he d. 5 Nov. 1699. He m. 23 Feb. 1644,
Mary, d. of Henry Withington of Dorchester, had Sarah, h. 16 Apr. 1645, d. at
six mos.; Sarah, again,
Categories: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States | Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States | Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States | Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States | Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States | Salem Witch Trials
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