Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p277

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of wh. with confid. no more is kn. but that he had Joanna, b. 13 Dec.
1665, wh. m. 7 Jan. 1690, John Crossman, was a propr. 1668. But
other ch. prob. he had, for in the list of ms. only few yrs. bef. and aft.
appear the names of Mary, twice, Abigail, Elizabeth and William, all of wh.
may not be deriv. from Braintree. NATHANIEL, Boston, s. prob. of
Richard the first, was freem. 1690, and d. 28 Mar. 1728; by w. Deborah,
had Nathaniel, b. 28 Aug. 1671, prob. d. young; Nathaniel, again, 11
July 1681; Zechariah, 29 May 1683; Cornelius, 14 Nov. 1684; John,
2 Apr. 1687, d. soon; John, again, 2 July 1688; Ebenezer, 1 Feb. 1690,
H. C. 1708; and Deborah, 14 Oct. 1691. From his s. Cornelius,
through a gr.-gr.s. Ebenezer, H. C. 1753, min. of Hampton, came the
late Rev. Nathaniel of Lancaster, H. C. 1789, f. of promin, men of this
generat. NATHANIEL, Braintree, s. of Richard the sec. m. 27 May
1679, Hannah, eldest d. of the sec. John Hayden of the same, had Nathaniel;
Richard; Hannah, b. 17 Feb. 1686; Zechariah, 16 Mar. 1687;
Ruth, 17 July 1689; Dorothy; Lydia; and Daniel; was a housewright,
of great esteem, and d. 28 Mar. 1726. He was progenit. of Col. Sylvanus,
the disting. engineer of our day, former command. of the national
milit. sch. at West Point. RICHARD, Boston, 1640, brot, from Eng. ch.
Richard, Deborah, Sarah, and perhaps more, as prob. Cornelius, Nathaniel
and Zechariah. Sarah m. 20 July 1651, Samuel Davis, rem. to
Braintree, and had d. 27 Aug. 1696. In 36 Pages of Thayer's fam.
Geneal. are compris. many of the progeny of this Richard alone. RICHARD,
Braintree, s. of the preced. brot. from Eng. by his f. m. 24 Dec.
1651, Dorothy Pray, had Dorothy, b. 30 Aug. 1653; Richard, 31 Aug.
1655; Nathaniel, 1 Jan. 1658; and perhaps had Zechariah, and prob. ds.
Jael, and Abigail, and Cornelius, 18 Sept. 1670; went home on business, and
came back 1679, as is told, and d. 4 Dec. 1705. His wid. d. the next week aft.
He made complaint in Eng. against our Col. to wh. the answ. in Remonstrance of
Braintree is one of the most curious papers in our annals. It may be read in 4 Mass.
Hist. Coll. V. 104. RICHARD, Braintree, s. of the preced. prob. serv. in
Philip's war, of Johnson's comp. 1675, m. 16 July 1679, Rebecca Mycall,
d. of James, had Rebecca, b. 16 Aug. 1680; Benjamin, 6 Oct. 1683;
Richard, 26 Jan. 1685; John, 12 Jan. 1688; Mary, Feb. 1689; James,
16 Nov. 1691; Deborah, bapt. 11 Apr. 1697; Ann, 14 Nov. 1697;
Gideon, b. 26 July 1700; and Obadiah, 1 May 1703; and d. 11 Sept.
1729. SAMUEL, Braintree, s. of Shadrach, m. 18 Jan. 1694, Susanna,
d. of William Scant of the same, had Samuel, b. 8 Mar. 1695; Susanna,
23 May 1697; Lydia, 25 Dec. 1699; Timothy, 31 Dec. 1701; and
Hannah, 27 Jan. 1704. SAMUEL, Mendon, s. of Ferdinando, by w.
Mary had Samuel, b. 1 Dec. 1691; Sarah, 11 Feb. 1695; Huldah, 30
Nov. 1698; Mary, 11 Feb. 1701; Joseph, July 1707; and Benjamin,
11 Sept. 1709; was lieut. and d. 19 Dec. 1721. SHADRACH, SYDRACK,
or SIDRICK, Braintree, youngest s. of the first Thomas, b. in Eng. m. 1