Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v2p86

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ord. 1690, m. 4 Dec. 1695, Mary, d. of Col. Samuel Partridge of Hatfield,
after many yrs. rem. to Dedham, there was inst. 4 June 1735, in its third
ch. but dism. 1742, and he went back to W. and d. 1744. He had thirteen ch.
of wh. only ten are nam.; Ann, John, Ruth, Dorothy, Mehitable, Flint, sec.
Mehitable, Eunice, Theodore, and Mary; beside two nameless s. MICHAEL,
Dedham, s. of the sec. Timothy, m. Rachel, d. of Robert Avery, had Samuel,
Rachel, John, Daniel, and Ann. NATHANIEL, Northampton, br. of the
preced. and b. of his f.'s third w. Ann, d. of Henry Flint, m. at Hatfield, 9
Dec. 1693, Mehitable, d. of Col. Samuel Partridge of H. where was b. 19 Oct.
1694, Timothy, gr.f. of famous Presid. D.; rem. to N. there had Samuel, 28
June 1696; Mehitable, 11 Nov. 1697,d.soon; Daniel, 29 Apr. 1699, Y.C. 1721;
Seth, 3 Mar. 1702, d. young; Elihu, and Abia, tw. 17 Feb. 1704; Mehitable,
again, 2 Nov. 1705; Jonathan, 14 Mar. 1708; Ann, 2 July 1710; and Nathaniel,
20 June 1712, after his f. d. wh. was at West Springfield, 7 Nov. 1711. His
wid. d. 19 Oct. 1756, aged 82. SETH, Boston, br. of the preced. had a w. and
ch. wh. both d. early. THOMAS, Dedham, freem. 1653, may have been br. of
John, tho. from a scrupul. examin. of the Col. Rec. in the list of freem.
1653 and 1655, it may well be thot. that there was no such person, but
this name insert. for Timothy; and that the astonishing carelessness of
repetit. of thirty-one out of the total thirty-two names makes the
probabil. in the doctrine of chances stand for Timothy above 30 to 1.
* TIMOTHY, Dedham, perhaps br. of John, at Hampton 1640, freem. 2 June
1641, rep. 1652 for Medfield, where he resid. many yrs. d. 1677. In his will,
pro. Apr. of that yr. he names w. Dorcas, wh. was elder d. of John Watson
of Roxbury, and ch. Timothy, and John. * TIMOTHY, Dedham, s. of John, b. in
Eng. a. 1633, freem. 1655, was rep. 1691 and 2, be the new chart. and
perhaps later; had six ws. and more than twice as many ch. but we can
hardly appropriate the mo.'s. The first, Sarah Sibly, as in the will of his
f. she is nam. (but Perman, as Goodwin, I think erron. says), m. 11 Nov. 1651,
liv. not long, d. with ch. next yr. and he m. 3 May 1653, Sarah, d. of Michael
Powell
, wh. a. 27 June, or 10 July 1664, had Timothy, bapt. 1 Oct. 1654, tho.
Goodwin makes him b. 1 Nov.; Sarah, 12 Apr. 1657, d. young; John, 2 June
1661; Sarah, again, prob. 26 June 1664, d. young; next, by Ann Flint, d. of
Henry, wh. he m. 9 Jan. 1665, wh. d. 29 Jan. 1685, he had Josiah, bapt. 15
Oct. 1665, d. soon; Nathaniel, 25 Nov. 1666; Samuel, 6 Dec. 1668; Josiah,
again, 19 Feb. 1671, H. C. 1687, bef. ment.; Seth, b. 25 July 1673; Ann, wh.
d. 15 Oct. 1675, at 2 mos.; Henry, 10 Dec. 1676, bef. ment.; Michael, 10 Jan.
1680; Daniel, 23 Sept. 1681; and Jabez, 1 Sept. 1684, d. soon; the 4th w.
said to have been wid. Mary Edmunds, was m. 7 Jan. 1686,