Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p14

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and Sarah. One d. had d. bef. her f. ANDREW, Milford, s. of the
preced. m. 8 Jan. 1668, Mary, d. of Henry Botsford, had Mary, bapt.
Nov. 1668; Samuel, 1672, d. soon; Andrew, 16 July 1673; Samuel,
again, 1675; and Esther, 1677. He was liv. in 1700, and date of d. is
unkn. EPHRAIM, Milford, s. of Thomas of the same, m. 1669, at New
Haven, Mary Powell, prob. d. of Thomas of the same, had Mary, b.
there, but he d. at M. In Nov. 1692 his est. was div. to wid. Mary
and ch. Mary, Samuel, Ephraim, Thomas, Nathaniel, and Zechariah.
EZEKIEL, Fairfield, freem. 1669, eldest s. of Thomas, as is thot.;
had good est. 1670, and d. late in 1683, leav. wid. Rebecca, s. Ezekiel,
and Thomas, ds. Sarah, w. of Cornelius Hull; Mary, w. of Theophilus
Hull, Rebecca, w. of John Seely, beside Martha, and Elizabeth then unm. as
by agreem. 1697, for partitn. of est. we learn. EZEKIEL, Milford, s. of
the first Andrew, d. 1685 or 6, leav. wid. and, perhaps, one ch. HENRY,
Charlestown, m. 23 Jan. 1677, Mary, d. of John Long. JAMES, Boston, m.
1656, Elizabeth d. of Francis Smith of the same, wh. had first liv. at Roxbury.
He d. 2 Nov. 1661. JOHN, Boston 1631, wh. is No. 115 on
the list of ch. memb. was sw. freem. 3 Apr. 1632, and the same yr. made
cannoneer at the fort; had John, bapt. 24 June 1632; Samuel, 22 June
1634; Eliphal, Dec. 1637, when he was disarm. as a support. of Wheelwright.
He went with Coddington, Hutchinson, and others, to purch.
R. I. and liv. at Portsmouth, the N. end of the isl. is in the list of freem.
there 1655, was constable, treasr. Secr. Assist. 1647, and chos. head of
the Colo. as Presid. in May 1653. One or more of his ch. were tak. by
the Ind. when they k. Mrs. Hutchinson, it is said; and the friend. visit
from a distance of a hundred and thirty miles, shows the intimacy the
poor wid. kept up with old acquaint. When he d. is not heard. JOHN,
Boston, by w. Bridget had Ann, wh. d. 26 Aug. 1654, as prob. the f.
had good time bef. and the wid. m. lieut. William Phillips of B. who
gave security, 10 Mar. 1657, to four ch. of said John, for portions of his
est. in conform. with his will. But wh. those ch. were, is not ascertain.
JOHN, Portsmouth, R. I. eldest s. of the first John, m. 17 Apr. 1663,
Mary, d. of Samuel Gorton, wid. of Peter Greene, as is thot. by wh. he
had Mary, b. 3 Mar. foll.; Eliphal, 20 Feb. 1656 [error for 1666]; John, 18 June 1670;
and Samuel, 5 Oct. 1677; but he had been adm. freem. 1653, and m. 8
Aug. 1654, Eliz. eldest d. of Henry Spatchurst of Bermuda, wh. d. 6
Dec. 1660, and had, as the Portsmouth rec. tells, Eliz. b. 11 July 1655;
Mary, 18 Aug. 1656; Susanna, 31 July 1658; and Rebecca, 23 June
1660. JOHN, Boston, the sch.master, wh. I rejoice to say, taught writ.;
m. 19 Feb. 1657, Sarah, wid. of Robert Potter, was perhaps, the freem.
of 11 Oct. 1670, and d. 10 Feb. 1677. His will, of 19 Jan. preced.
pro. 24 Apr. foll. ment. no ch. but gives all est. to w. Sarah for life, and