Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v3p292

at Starford, meaning, I think, Bishop Stortford, in Herts, bred at Peter
House, in the Univ. of Cambridge, where I saw his subscriptions on tak.
his A. B. 1623-4, and A. M. 1627, tho. by the Magn. it is said (with
unusual confid. even for that work) he left the Univ. on occasion of
disaster to his f.'s est. and bec. an usher to a sch. and curate at Starford.
He was domestic chaplain to Sir William Masham in the neighb. Co.
Essex, but could obt. no preferm. and dissatisf. with the formalities
demand. in the ch. serv. emb. in 1634, to come to our country with
Shepard, but they were compel. by a storm to go back, and he came
later than S. next yr. reaching Plymouth aft. ano. terrible storm in ship
with Gov. Winslow, being the Hopewell, capt. Babb, prob. in Oct.
but he could not be content there, aft. teach. some mos. tho. earnest.
desir. by the people. At Ipswich he was ord. 1636 freem. yet without
prefix of resp. 17 May 1637, not long aft. d. of famous John Cotton was
call. to make good his place in Boston, and instal. 23 July 1656. In
Feb. 1662 was sent with Bradstreet to make fair weather for our Col.
in London, fulfill. his mission with skill, and came back in Sept. but as
less kindly rec. here, especially by those who had desir. no such result,
and d. 5 Apr. 1663, leav. w. Mary but no ch. in his will, pro. 16 Apr.
foll. ment. br. William of Ipswich, br. Thomas of London, mo. sis. Elizabeth
and his w. Mary. His wid. d. 17 Jan. 1678. Her will, of 20 Aug.
1677, ment. neph. John, wh. bec. min. of Hingham, brs. Thomas and
William, sis. Elizabeth and Mary, beside sis. Lucy, w. of William. JOHN,
Branford 1645, perhaps s. of Thomas of Saybrook, had there sev. ch.
by w. Hannah Clark, rem. to Hartford, and soon to Farmington, there
had Samuel, bapt. 20 May 1659, d. soon; in Oct. 1661, brot. for bapt.
his ch. Hannah, aged a. 12; Dorothy, 10; John, 8; and Thomas, a. 13
mos.; was freem. 1657 or 1664, and d. 1711. JOHN, Guilford, s. of
Thomas, freem. 1667, m. Hannah, d. of William Stone of the same, and
sec. w. Elizabeth Hubbard, had John, b. 18 Nov. 1666, d. in few wks.; John,
again, 29 May 1668; Samuel, 4 Oct. 1672; Thomas, 4 Mar. 1675;
Hannah, 4 Feb. 1678; and Mary, 1680, but whether all by first w.
tho. prob. is not distinct. told. He d. 5 Mar. 1704. His will of 24 Feb.
1701, names three s. and two ds. JOHN, Hingham, third min. s. of
William of Ipswich, ord. 27 Nov. 1678, m. the same week, Mary, d. of
Arthur Mason of Boston, had Elizabeth and John, and d. 3 Oct. 1716. JOHN,
Springfield, m. 1678, Lydia, d. of deac. Samuel Wright, wid. of Lawrence
Bliss, had no ch. by her, and d. 1687. His wid. m. 1688, John Lamb. JOHN,
Salem, a carpenter, was call. 56 yrs. old in 1693, m. 3 Apr. 1660, Mary, perhaps
d. of Elder Samuel Sharp, had Mary, b. 4 Jan. 1662, d. in one mo.; Mary,
again, 26 Apr. 1664; Hannah, 17 Oct. 1668; Abigail, 30 Jan. 1671; George,
20 Apr. 1672; Elizabeth 30 Aug. 1674; and John, 30 Oct. 1679. JOHN,