Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p115

and Ann, wh. we may be sure, was the first b. m. 9 Nov. 1651, John Allyn
of Hartford, the famous Secr. Other ch. he may have had, either
bef. or aft. leav. S. but where Farmer found his Elisha, is hard to guess.
He seems to be as well entit. as the Watertown Henry, to be thot. the
freem. of 18 May 1631, prob. better. Since reach. the conclus. that my
Dorchester Henry is the same as he, wh. Farmer in MS. had thot. of
Watertown, and by his two lines drove me to many wks. research, I
have the gratification of ascertain. from Dr. Bond's untir. investigat.
that at Watertown was no Henry Smith at all. HENRY, Charlestown, join.
the ch. with w. Dorothy, 10 July 1637, prok. rem. soon. He may have been
passeng. in the Elizabeth, 1635, without wishing his name to appear at
the custom ho. as no min. could be suf. to emb. at least we kn. that ship
brot. Dorothy, aged 40; d. Mary 10, and John, 19; most likely he was
the Wethersfield min. Very critical caution, however, is requisite, about
the concomitants of the rev. gent. whose will, of 8 May 1648, refers,
without nam. them, to two ds. m. Of course they were b. in Eng. It
also names s. Peregrine, wh. may not have been b. on this side of the
water, certain. was older than Samuel, but whether s. of the w. Dorothy,
or not, is uncert. Of that Dorothy, the w. we may be very sure, that
she was his sec. w. not mo. of Mary, or John, fellow passeng. with her.
For the elder ds. we are not sure of the h.'s, unless of Rebecca. we judge
her w. of Samuel Smith of New London. See Caulkin's Hist. of N. L.
151. She was divorc. for his desertion, and m. 1669, Nathaniel Bowman.
At least the age of this w. at Charlestown, if she be the passeng.
in the Elizabeth, is very much overrat. perhaps fifteen yrs. if not more;
for bef. his rem. to W. he had Dorothy, b. 1636, or 7; and at W. had
Samuel, 27 Jan. 1639; Joanna, 25 Dec. 1641; Noah, 25 Feb. 1644, d.
young; and Elizabeth perhaps posthum. 25 Aug. 1648. The min. of W.
had a long controv. with a part of his people, whereby the peace of that
whole commonwealth was disturb. See Trumbull, Col. Rec. I. 97 and
98. It seems only to have terminat. by his d. 1648. In his will, Ib. 502,
he speaks of his large fam. ment. only s. Samuel, Perigrine, wh. was d.
Noah and two ds. m. with every one of their childr. as a part. His wid.
m. John Russell in 1649, and ten yrs. aft. rem. to Hadley; there made her
will, 1682, but it was not pro. bef. 22 Dec. 1694, so that we may presume
her life was long protract. It disposes a decent est. to her s. Samuel,
and d. Dorothy Hall, wh. had first been w. of John Blakeman, next
of Francis Hall; and late in life was so happy as to have ano. h. Mark
Sension, and fourth partner Isaac Moore. Joanna m. Philip Russell, 4
Feb. 1664, but with inf. Joanna d. 29 Dec. foll. Both of the m. ds. of
Rev. Henry were, no doubt, d. long bef. the will of his sec. w. It is
very easy to fall into confus. betw. contempo. persons of the same Christian