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Dorothy, 24, bapt. 26 Nov. 1665, by name Deborah, says ch. rec. wh.
no doubt is erron.; Mary, 25 Mar. 1668, not found in the ch. rec. where
is a vacation for 16 or 17 mos. a. this date; and Jane, 29 July bapt. 6
Aug. 1669; to wh. the geneal. presumptously adds to make ten by this
w. a Grace, b. tw. with Jane, of wh. as neither town nor ch. rec. has
notice and the other was bapt. 8 days aft. b. I doubt the exist. but many
of these ch. d. young. Grace, call. d. in his will of 29 Dec. 1684, pro.
19 May 1687, to wh. he remits whatever she is indebt. was not otherwise
entit. than as wid. of a dec. s. of wh. we kn. no more. He was a
man of gr. influence, constable as early as 1641, of his scruple in that
office to obey the Govr.'s warrant for tak. Francis Hutchinson into
custody, and freedom of remark, call. insolence by the author, the story
is giv. by Winth.p II. 39. In 1650 he was chos. recorder of B. and a
rep. also in 59 and 60, and nineteen yrs. succesiv. from 1665, no man
hav. ever been so oft. chos. for Boston to our days. For a fourth w. he
had Mary, wid. of Major Thomas Savage, d. of Rev. Zechariah Symmes,
and he d. 16 Mar. 1687, "the ancientest shop-keeper in town," says
Sewall in his Diary. JOHN, Wethersfield, m. 1642, Mary, sec. d. of
Nathaniel Foote of the same, had Mary. b. 12 May 1643; John, 12 Apr.
1646; Caleb, and Joshua, tw. 12 Sept. 1648, of wh. the former d. young;
Mercy, Nov. 1652; Eliz. July 1656; and Nathaniel, 1661; and d. Dec.
1664; and his wid. m. John Goodrich Apr. 1674. His d. Mary m. 10
Dec. 1663; and Mercy m. 10 Mar. 1685, as sec. w. the same man,[1]
Joseph Wright; Eliz. also m. a Wright. JOHN, Wethersfield, s. of the
preced. m. 26 May 1674, Elizabeth d. of Thomas Curtis of the same, had
eight ch. and d. 4 Dec. 1703. Six ch. John, Jonathan, David, Samuel,
Elizabeth and Mary with w. Elizabeth are nam. in the will of 30 Nov. 1703, so
that two, prob. d. young. He left good est. See Foote Geneal. by
Goodwin. JOSHUA, Wethersfield, br. of the preced. m. 15 Aug. 1684,
Bethia, d. of Richard Smith of the same, and d. a. 1725, leav. no issue.
NATHANIEL, Wethersfield, br. of the preced. by w. Mary wh. d. 17 Jan.
1693, had one ch. and he m. 7 Dec. foll. Eunice, d. of Thomas Standish
of the same, had three ch. and d. 9 Feb. 1714; and his wid. d. 5 Aug.
1716, aged 52, as Goodwin shows without nam. the ch. or giv. dates of
b. But the Wethersfield fam. had first writ. their names Stodder.
SAMSON, s. of Anthony, in the geneal, hardly to be disting. as neither
the name of w. nor date of m. nor place of resid. nor number of ch. nor
time of d. is giv. All that it tells, is that he had s. Samson, H. C. 1701.
On turn. to our rec. we find, that he was of Boston, by w. Susanna and
Anthony, 24 May 1672; Martha, 13 June 1678; and Christian, 11 May
1680; but prob. he rem. yet the b. of one of these ch. of Samson is
found on the same page of one of Simeon, wh. found more favor in the
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