Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v3p434

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15 Mar. or May 1659; beside Isaac; and Mary. Abigail m. 27
Nov. 1663, John Davenport the younger; Susanna m. 1672, Jonathan
Bell of Stamford, as his sec. w.; Grace was sec. w. of Samuel Kitchell;
and Rebecca m. Joseph Johnson, and d. 8 Nov. 1732. But much of the
details belong to Newark. He d. 9 Aug. 1678. Descend. are in Conn.
N. Y. and N. J. of wh. Farmer says twelve had in 1829, been gr. at the
coll. of those three States. Lechford, in Plain Dealing, 43, calls him
Pridgeon. Of his will, I have large abstr. furnish. by Samuel H. Congar,
Esq. It bears date 10 Aug. 1671, provides out of good est. for four
s. Abraham, Thomas, Theophilus, and Isaac; four ds. beside his "choice
and precious d. Davenport," so that we may be sure John was d. bef. that
date. ABRAHAM, Killingworth, s. of the preced. had been ord. as
collea, with his f. at Newark, 4 Mar. 1672, in 1692 came to Conn. and
in 1694 was sett. at K. m. Abigail, d. of George Clark of Milford; in
1701, was made the first head of Yale coll. and serv. until he d. 5
May 1707. He had ch. Abraham, Sarah, Susannah, Mary, Hannah,
Ruth, James, and Abigail, beside John, Y. C. 1711, min of Woodbridge,
N. J. BARTHOLOMEW, Watertown 1639, by w. Ursula, writ.
Azlee, Uzlah, Uzlee in the rec. had Bartholomew, b. Sept. 1640, d. next
mo.; Bartholomew, again, 26 Feb. 1642, d. in few mos.; Martha, 17
Sept. 1643; perhaps Mary; Jonathan, 12 Aug. 1648; Joseph, 8 Nov.
1650; Sarah, 7 May 1653; and Bartholomew, again, wh. d. in few yrs.
In 1648 he was made freem. spell. Porsune in the rec. and in 1653 he
rem. to Woburn, was selectman 1665 and 6, and d. 12 Mar. 1687. His
wid. d. 28 May 1694. HENRY, Hempstead. L. I. 1686. HUGH,
Watertown 1649, had, in 1654, w. Alice and d. Ruth, then 9 yrs. old,
and he d. 13 June 1675, very poor, as he had liv. JOHN, Middletown,
d. July 1677, leav. w. and s. three yrs. old. PETER, Boston, a quaker,
to be whipp. at the cart's tail 1660, thro. Boston, Roxbury, and Dedham.
Hutch. I. 203. It is not relat. in any book how this tended to his conversion.
STEPHEN, Derby 1679, had prob. other ch. beside Stephen and
Sarah; for the name of Abraham is found in the list of est. 1717,
and this may lead to the presumption that Stephen was s. of the first
Abraham. THOMAS, Branford 1668, not (as oft. he is call.) s. of Rev.
Abraham the first, m. 27 Nov. 1662, Mary, d. of Richard Harrison, had
Samuel, b. a. 1663, rem. to Newark, and d. there. He sw. alleg. to the
Dutch in 1673. He was prob. br. possib. neph. of the fist Rev. Abraham,
and his will of 12 Jan. 1698, with codic. of 3 Mar. 1701, was pro.
in May foll. It names s. Samuel and Thomas, ds. Hannah and Elizabeth THOMAS,
Brandford, s. of the first Abraham, m. Mary Harrison, went to
Newark from Branford with his f. was call, jun. was in good esteem, but
was d. bef. 1684.