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18; Timothy, 16; Benjamin, 10; Caleb, 7; Jonathan, 5. His wid. m.
John Bowers. MOSES, Greenwich 1670, br. of the preced. prob.
youngest, but perhaps was only a ld. holder, and never liv. at G. but at
Stamford as early as 1667, and there his f. gave him ld. by his will; m.
a. 1669, Abigail, d. of Richard Wescoat. Whether he had ch. I am not
advis. but he was liv. certain. at S. up to 1701, perhaps later. NICHOLAS,
Watertown, may have come in the fleet with Winthrop and Saltonstall
1630, by w. Elinor had Jonathan, wh. was bur. 27 Dec. 1631; Timothy,
b. 14 Dec. 1632; Joshua, 5 Jan. 1635; Caleb, 20 Jan. 1637; Sarah, 5
Jan. 1639; Ruth, 6 Jan. 1641; and Hannah, 6 Mar. 1643; rem. to
Stamford, there, I suppose, had Moses, and Lydia. His w. Elinor d. 16
Aug. 1658, and he m. 9 Mar. foll. Unity, wid. of Peter Brown, wh. had
been wid. of Clement Buxton; d. Apr. 1670. His will of 15 of that
mo. names four s. Caleb, Joshua, Moses, Timothy; and four ds. Sarah,
Hannah, Lydia, and Ruth. Sarah m. 6 Sept. 1667, Peter Disbrough;
and Ruth m. 20 Nor. foll. Joseph Ferris. ROGER, New Haven 1643-7,
Fairfield 1656-70, and prob. later, had made his will 21 Mar. 1673;
nam. w. Elizabeth and ch. Jonathan, Josiah, Lydia, Roger, John, Nathaniel,
Elizabeth and Mary, some of wh. were minors, and his inv. is of 20 Sept.
1675. ROGER, Fairfield, s. of the preced. d. 1691, but no acco. is
found of his fam. THOMAS, Sudbury, m. at Watertown, 19 Sept. 1688,
Mary, d. of John Grout, and d. beyond sea, leav. wid. and ch. Sarah, aged
9 yrs. and Mary, 6, when admin. was issu. 28 May 1697. TIMOTHY,
Stamford, s. perhaps eldest, of Nicholas, rep. for Rye 1670, was of
Greenwich, liv. 1697. In that century a singlep was used. WILLIAM,
Watertown 1636, d. 30 Aug. 1658, "aged a. 80 yrs." Perhaps he came
as early as Nicholas; and had, in his will of 1655, not nam. any w. but
refer. to ch. of wh. sev. were brot. by him from Eng. and to gr.ch. His
ch. were William; Mary; Elizabeth; John, b. 1624; James, 1627; Ann; and
Judith. Mary m. Thomas Smith; Elizabeth m. in Eng. a Buttery; Ann m.
Thomas Philbrick, but d. bef. her f. wh. in his will names her childr.;
and Judith m. Nicholas Cady. WILLIAM, Watertown, s. of the preced.
by w. Mary had prob. Joseph, beside Priscilla, b. 10 Nov. 1642; and by
w. Margaret had Judith, b. 2 Mar. 1653; Elizabeth 23 July 1657; and,
perhaps, others; left wid. Priscilla, wh. had been wid. of Thomas Akers,
and s. John. Three of this name had, in 1829, been gr. at Harv. and
as many at other N. E coll.

    KNEELAND, JOHN, Boston, one of the found. of the Scot's Charit.
Soc. 1657, by w. Mary had Mary, b. 6 Oct. 1659, d. next yr.; Hannah,
18 July 1663; Mary, again, 13 Apr. 1666; John, 9 Nor. 1668; Solomon,
7 Feb. 1671; and Ruth, 30 July 1673. He a. at Roxbury, 11
Aug. 1691, aged 59. PHILIP, Lynn 1637. Several of this name have