Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p177

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Dorchester of the same, had Joseph, b. 4 Oct. 1674; Benjamin, 23 Jan.
1677; Thomas, 13 July 1679; John, 22 Sept. 1681, k. casual. at 5 yrs.;
Mehitable, 27 Nov. 1683; Ebenezer, 8 June 1686; Sarah, 8 June
1688; John, again, 8 Nov. 1690; Hannah, 9 Nov. 1692; and Martha,
28 June 1697; and d. 15 Oct. 1728. His wid. d. 18 Aug. 1746, aged
almost 93. The late sagacious Gov. Strong descend. from Mehitable.
MARTIN, Roxbury, a brewer, m. 25 Dec. 1639, Jane Green, had Hannah,
b. 23 Oct. 1640; Mary, 1, bapt. 5 Feb. 1643; and Nathaniel, bapt.
23 Mar. 1645; rem. soon to Boston, and there his w. d. 24 July 1659,
ROWLAND, Springfield, came from Ipswich, Co. Suffk. in the Francis,
1634
, aged, as the custom ho. rec. says, 40, with w. Sarah, 43, and four
ch. Thomas, 14; Sarah, 11; John, 8; and Elizabeth 6; beside Mary Winch,
perhaps a relat. The fam. Memoir says, he first sett. at Roxbury, where
however is no ment. of him, but he prob. went with Pyncheon, found.
of S. the next yr. aft. land. at Boston in June. At. S. his w. d. 4 Oct.
1649; and he some yrs. later rem. to Northampton, there d. 14 Dec.
1671. In his will of 1 Mar. 1670 he names only the ch. brot. from
Eng. Sarah had m. 14 Jan. 1641, Thomas Merrick; and Elizabeth m. 2
Mar. 1647, John Clark, both of Springfield. SAMUEL, Springfield,
eldest s. of Thomas, m. 22 July 1679, Joanna, d. of John Lamb, had a
s. b. and d. 1680; Thomas, b. 26 Dec. 1681, d. soon; and Samuel, 13
May 1683. His w. d. 8 Aug. foll. and he m. 10 Dec. 1685, Abigail
Brooks, had John, 13 Feb. 1687; Ebenezer, 30 Nov. 1688; William,
27 July 1693; Abigail 30 Nov. 1695; Joanna, 4 Mar. 1697; Thomas,
again, 10 Aug. 1698; Benjamin, 10 Dec. 1700; and Mercy, 19 June
1705; was adm. freem. 1690, and d. 13 July 1708, leav. wid. and the
last nine of the eleven ch. SAMUEL, Northampton, s. of John, m. 4
Mar. 1678, Mary, d. of John French of the same, had Mercy, b. 1683;
and Samuel, 1689; both prob. d. bef. the mo. wh. was aband. this last
yr. by her h. He rem. to Boston, or R. I. or both, and on 14 Mar.
1692, was m. in R. I. by a clerg. of the Episc. communion to Sarah
Williams, but whether by her he had any issue is not kn. He w. sought
for divorce in 1695, and alleg. that he had sev. ch. by that woman; but
perhaps she obt. divorce only by her d. 26 Jan. 1697. He came back to
Mass. aft. few yrs. sat down 1727 at Belchertown, there d. 3 Sept. 1732,
THOMAS, Springfield, eldest s. of Rowland, b. in Eng. m. Nov. 1645,
Hannah, d. of deac. Samuel Wright,[1] had Samuel, b. 19 Sept. 1646;
Thomas, 31 July 1648; Joseph, 18 May 1650, d. next yr.; Joseph,
again, 24 Oct. 1652; Sarah, 18 Aug. 1654; Edward, 14 Apr. 1656;
Benjamin, 11 Apr. 1658; Hannah, 1 Oct. 1660, d. a. 17 yrs. and tw.
Rowland, 2 Oct. 1660, d. next yr. His w. d. 16 Oct. 1660, and he m. 14
Dec. 1676, Abigail, wid. of Benjamin Mun, d. of Henry Burt, wh. had