Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p180

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Oct. 1722. His wid. d. 26 Feb. 1751. * GEORGE, Cambridge 1632 or
3, freem. 14 May 1634, rem. with Hooker to Hartford, had Richard, wh.
d. bef. his. f. unm. and he d. 1664. He was of gr. serv. one of the commiss.
from Mass. to gov. the first colonists at Conn. and rep. almost
every yr. fr. 1537 to 59 inclus. By first w. Rachel,[1] wh. d. 1653, he had
John, and Samuel, b. prob. in Eng. But his w. and childr. are by
Cothren, it is thot. borrow, from John, his br. He will of 24 May
1663, ment. s. James, to wh. most of his est. was giv. and Elizabeth w. of
Thomas Watts. Perhaps he had ano. d. b. 1640, wh. m. and had d. Martha;
but the fam. geneal. is very obscure. HENRY, Cambridge, nam. in
Holmes's Hist. as of that town 1632, 1 Mass. Hist. Coll. VII. p. 10;
but as the name never appears again, I think he d. soon, or perhaps went
home. JAMES, Hartford 1657, s. of George, but prob. b. in Eng. m. late
in life, perhaps as sec. w. Bethia, d. of John Hopkins, wid. of Samuel Stocking;
but by former w. m. 18 Oct. 1651, had s. James, b. a. 1654; and John, a. 1660,
wh. d. bef. his f. beside ds. Sarah, a. 1656; Mary, the eldest; Elizabeth; and
Rachel; their mo. perhaps was Ann, d. of John Bishop. He was commissa.
for all Conn. forces in Philip's war. JAMES, Wethersfield, s. of
Samuel of the same, was a capt. m. 19 July 1687, Ann d. of the first
Samuel Welles, had Samuel, b. 1 Oct. 1688; Joseph, 27 Sept. 1690;
Prudence, 17 Jan. 1693; Hannah, 18 Mar. 1697; Ann, 28 oct. 1702;
and David, 8 June 1706; and d. 15 May 1713. His wid. m. 20 Nov.
1718, James Judson of Stratford, whose first w. was her cous. JAMES,
Hartford, s. of James of the same, m. Sarah Barnard, d. of Bartholomew,
had a ch. bapt. 1691; James; Jonathan, b. 1693; Stephen, 1696,
Y. C. 1718; Sarah; Elizabeth; and Mary; and d. 1712. * JOHN, Cambridge
1632 or 3, by Farmer call. of Dorchester 1630, but without any
high authority, was br. of George, freem. 14 May 1634, rep. in Mar.
foll. and two next Cts. and in 1636, appoint. with Ludlow, Pynchon and
others to admin. governm over the gr. Exodus to Conn. (wh. was contin.
2 or 3 yrs. in that state of pupilage) rep. very oft. from the first assemb.
1639 to 57; was town clk. of H. until he rem. to Farmington 1645; by
w. Rachel, wh. d. 1653, had John, wh. d. bef. his f. and Samuel, b. in Eng.
and ds. Lydia, wh. m. 31 Mar. 1657, James Bird; and Mary, m. (not b.)
as fam. geneal. pr. p. 7, gives it) the same day, William Judd; beside
Daniel, b. 29 Apr. 1645, wh. d. next yr.; and Hannah, wh. d. 1655,
prob. unm.; beside Sarah, a. 1639 wh. m. Thomas Judd. He took sec.
w. 22 or 23 Nov. 1655 or 6, Mercy, wid. of Richard Seymour; and d. not
(as the vol. of fam. geneal. says) two days aft. the m. but 1664 or 5. His will
of 30 Jan. 1664 names w. Mary, or Mercy, s. Samuel, two s.-in-law, William
and Thomas Judd, and the three ch. of the dec. s. and Rachel, d. of Samuel.
By fam. tradit. he is deriv. from Co. Essex, and this seems prob. eno.