Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v3p427

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Elizabeth from Ipswich, Co. suff. (but call. of London by Coffin) 1634,
aged 23; freem. 2 May 1638, rem. to Newbury, by w. Sarah had Daniel,
b. 15 May 1642; Joshua, 15 May 1643; and Martha, 14 Feb.
1648. He sw. fidel. 1652, and m. 26 Dec. 1654, Ann, perhaps wid. of
Thomas Millerd, and d. 27 Nov. 1677, leav. good est. His wid. d. 27
Nov. 1690; and his d. m. perhaps a Thorpe. DANIEL, Groton, s. of
Anthony, as from Butler's Hist. we learn, by w. Elizabeth and Elizabeth b 16
May 1665; Daniel, 28 Nov. 1666; John, 18 Aug. 1668; Ephraim, 15
Oct. 1673; and Josiah, 2 May 1675. Of course, the Ind. hostil. drove
him away; and Bond fixes him at Watertown, and says he had Jospeh;
Abigail, b. 3 Jan. 1682; Hannah, bapt. 16 Jan. 1687; and Benjamin,
the same day; the last three at W. ++ * DANIEL, Newbury, s. of Daniel
of the same, by w. Joanna had Joanna; Daniel, b. 20 Dec. 1663; Ann,
22 May 1666; Benjamin, 16 Feb. 1669; Joshua, 16 Oct. 1671;
Thomas, 1 May 1674; Martha, 26 Feb. 1677; Sarah, 3 Oct. 1679;
George, 5 Mar. 1682; Mary, 14 Apr. 1685; John, 16 Oct. 1687; and
Catharine, 18 Sept. 1690; was a capt. rep. 1682 and 3, of the council
of safety on the revo. 1689, col. of one of the Essex reg. rep. under the
new chart, in the import. yr. 1692; and d. 22 Jan. tho. Hutch, II. 48,
makes it 4 Apr. 1704. His w. d. 26 Sept. 1690, and Daniel and Joanna,
the eldest two ch. a few days bef. DAVID, Dorchester, freem. 7 Dec.
1636; but Mr. Paige, in his very careful list, Geneal, Reg. III. 94, read
it Price. EDWARD, Watertown 1639, says Bond, wh. thinks he went to
Wetherfield, but nothing certain is kn. of the man. EPHRAIM,
Weymouth, perhaps s. of Michael, by w. Hannah, d. of John Halbrook
of the sam, had Azikam, b. 4 Jan. 1672; prob. Ephraim; and perhaps
others. GEORGE, Boston, a smith, m. Mary, d. of Richard Woodhouse,
had Mary, b. 20 June 1660, and he d. 7 Dec. 1661. GEORGE,
Portsmouth, R. I. m. 7 Apr. 1687, Alice, d. of Richard Hart, had Susanna,
b. 21 Aug. 1688; and perhaps more. GILES, Greenwich, R. I.
1687, ISAAC, Boston, tailor, m. Grace, d. of Lewis Tucker of Casco.
JAMES, Boston, k. in youth, by lightning, at Plymouth 1660. JAMES,
Woburn, s. of Thomas, by w. Elizabeth had Elizabeth b. 11 Oct. 1688; James,
28 Feb. 1690; and perhaps rem. JOHN, the patentee under the Pres.
and Counc. of N. E. 1620 and 1, tho. connect. with the pilgr. of Plymouth,
never came, in my opin. to this shore, yet Willis seems contra.
I. 13. After most respectful consider. of the docum. refer. to in his
note, I am constrain. to express a confidence, that the London clothworker
never succeed. in accomplish, tho. he did undertake, a voyage
to Plymouth, the ship being put back in distress. My judgment
seems to have confirmat. by what is read in Bradford, 140. * JOHN,
Dorchester, came perhaps in the Mary and John, 1630, or in the Lion,