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d. 30 Aug. 1688; the fifth w. was Esther, d. of Hon. Daniel Fisher,[1] m.
31 July 1690, wh. d. 30 Jan. foll.; and last was Bethia Morse, m. 1 Feb. 1692,
and d. 6 Feb. 1718. She bare him no ch. nor did the fourth or fifth w. He d.
31 Jan. 1718, aged 88, some say; but in 85th yr. is prob. TIMOTHY, Boston,
s. of the preced. a goldsmith, had w. Elizabeth and d. 2 Jan. 1692, but in his
will, 9 Dec. 1691, pro. 27 Jan. foll. names no ch. gives all to his w. exc. a
gun to his br. Michael. WILLIAM, Ipswich 1668. Felt. Fifteen of this name
had in 1634 been gr. at Harv. and twice the number at Yale.

    DWINELL, DUENNELL or DUNNELL, JOHN, Topsfield, s. of Michael, by w.
Mary Read, m. as is said, 1701, had Keziah, b. 14 Dec. 1703; Tryphena, 20
Dec. 1705; Tryphosa, 23 Sept. 1709; and John, 23 Apr. 1711. JOSEPH,
youngest br. of the preced. by w. Prudence had George, b. 15 May 1716;
Joseph, 14 July 1718; Mercy, 19 Feb. 1721; Zechariah, 14 July 1723; Mary, 23
Feb. 1725; and James, 2 Nov. 1728; and was drown. 1747. MICHAEL, Topsfield
1668, by w. Mary had Mary, b. 21 Jan. 1669; Michael, 5 Dec. 1670; Thomas, 20
Nov. 1672; John, 16 Dec. 1674; Elizabeth 17 Apr. 1677, wh. d. unm. 1759; Magdalen,
or Maudlin, 24 Feb. 1679; Joseph, 26 Jan. 1681; Joanna, 1685; and Susanna,
5 Apr. 1690. His will was of 29 Jan. 1711, but not pro. for seven yrs. Mary
m. 11 Jan. 1692, John Hovey; Magdalen m. 3 Mar. 1703, James Holgate; Joanna
m. 16 Oct. 1706, Nathaniel Hood; and Susanna m. John Devenish, as is said.
MICHAEL, Topsfield, eldest s. of the preced. a physician, had five ws. it is
said, and so tradit. easily made seven, m. 5 Feb. 1693, Elizabeth Cave, had
Thomas, b. 3 Oct. 1693, d. young; and perhaps the w. d. soon after, tho. as
we kn. not the date of m. of sec. w. Hannah, some of the ch. foll. may be b.
by the first, Sarah, 20 June 1697; Mary, 25 Apr. 1702; Michael, 7 Jan. 1706;
Stephen, 5 Mar. 1708; Hannah, 12 Mar. 1710; Jacob, 31 Jan. 1715; and Abigail,
5 Nov. 1719; by the third w. m. 10 Dec. 1724, Elizabeth Fiske, wh. d. 26 Mar. 1730,
was Benjamin, 10 Nov. 1726; and Thomas, 26 Aug. 1729, wh. prob. d. young. By
last w. Mary Balch, m. 1 Feb. 1733, wh. outliv. him, he had Elizabeth 29 Oct. 1733;
and his will is of 17 July 1753. Some diversity exists in acco. of the ws.
THOMAS, Topsfield, br. of the preced. m. 23 May 1701, Desire, or by ano.
acco.
[2] Dinah, Brimsdell of Lynn, had Jonathan, b. 27 June 1702; Mary, 3 Jan.
1704; Ruth, 12 Jan. 1706; Daniel, 20 Mar. 1709; Thomas, 3 Dec. 1711; Susanna,
12 Aug. 1715; Jacob, 11 Sept~ 1719; and Amos 19 Mar. 1722; and made his will
2 June 1747, when w. was liv.

    DYAMONT, ANDREW, Maine, perhaps Kittery, authoriz. in 1680, to hold
courts at Isle of Shoals, where he liv. in 1671. JOHN, Kittery 1608. The
name, thus spell. in rec. may be the same as Diman.