Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p119

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either the sec. or third John of Eastham, or of Samuel of the same.
JOHN, Weymouth, may have been the freem. of 17 Apr. 1637, caus. gr.
trouble a. ch. matters, at tbe captious time of antinom. schism, favor
Rev. Robert Lenthall 1638, for wh. he was fin. £20. and imprison. and
as L. soon withdrew to Newport, I suppose S. follow. him. JOHN,
Taunton, wh. had John, Elizabeth and Samuel, bef. 1643, rem. to Newtown,
L. I. and his ch. dispers. to Hempstead and Jamaica on that isl. See
Riker's Hist. 20. JOHN, Boston, a tailor, adm. of the ch. 6 Feb. 1639,
and his w. Mercy or Mary, 14 Apr. 1644, was freem. 22 May 1639.
His w. d. 11 Jan. 1659; and he d. 1674; in his will, of 23 Sept. 1673,
pro. 13 June foll. aft. giv. Id. to Robert and Nathaniel Woodward, his
gr. ch. (on wh. they had already built new houses), to be enjoy. in fee, he
devis. to his d. Rachel, their mo. now w. of Thomas Harwood, all other
est. and made her Extrix. She had been wid. of Robert W. JOHN,
Meaford 1638. JOHN, Newport 1639, may have cont. there and be
found on their list of freem. 1655; but may be the one at Providence,
distin,. as the miller, wh. had Joseph, and engag. his alleg. June 1668
and did not rem. during the perils of 1676, in Philip's war. JOHN,
Barnstable 1640, join. the ch. 13 Oct. 1644, and his w. Susanna d. of the
first Samuel Hinckley, join. 13 June 1652; but whether she was mo. of
all the ch. is not cert. but he had Samuel, b. Apr. bapt. 20 Oct. 1644;
Sarah, bapt. 11 May 1645; Ebenezer, 22 Nov. 1646, d. next mo.;
Mary, 21 Nov. 1647; Dorcas, 18 Aug. 1650; John, 22 Feb. 1652;
bur. in two days; Shubael, 13 Mar. 1653; John, again, b. Sept. 1656;
Benjamin, Jan. 1659; Ichabod, Jan. 1661; Elizabeth Feb. 1663; Thomas,
Feb. 1665; and Joseph, 6 Dec. 1667; was rep. 1656 and 7. In 1659
being allow. by the Ct. to hear what the Quakers could say in their defence,
was wise eno. with Isaac Robinson, s. of blessed John of Leyden,
to advise repeal of the laws against them. He rem. to New York, but contin.
there not long; was min. at Sandwich, and d. aft. 1690. JOHN, Lynn, rem.
early to Reading, may be he wh. m. at Roxbury, 1 Aug. 1647, Catharine,
d. of Isaac Morrill of R. had Sarah, b. 14 Apr. 1654, d. next mo.; Isaac,
20 June 1655; Benjamin, 8 Aug. 1657, d. in 3 days; Francis, 23 Dec.
1658; and Abraham, 10 Apr. 1661; beside John and Mary, elder than
any, as from abstr. of Morrill's will, Geneal. Reg. XI. 35, is plain. His
w. Catharine d. 12 Sept. 1662; and he was rep. in 1669. JOHN and
John jr. of Stamford among, the first sett. 1641, both rem. to Hempstead,
L. I. The younger, in 1675, gave a depon. call. hims. 60 yrs. old, in
wh. he says that formerly at S. they call. him Rock John S. for distinct.
JOHN, Sudbury, a. 1647 had w. Sarah. JOHN, Guilford 1643, a blacksmith,
said to have come from Boston, and ano. John was there at the
same time. JOHN, Charlestown, by Farmer call. ship carpenter; had
Zechariah, b. by w. Sarah, 29 Mar. 1656, and prob. sev. bef. as Benoni,