Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p289

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Oct. 1706, by his wid. in prison. On 14 Dec. 1705, the w. threw a pair
of shears at her h. of wh. the point penetrat. the brain, caus. his d. in
few days. She was convict. but after one or two reprieves, the sentence
was execut. His est. was div. in 1708 to only five liv. ch. Thomas,
Samuel, Ann, Daniel, and Mary, beside two ch. of d. Elizabeth Woodruff,
dec. prob. w. of a s. of sec. Matthew W. WILLIAM, Braintree, had been
maric. at Brazen Nose Coll. Oxford, 28 Jan. 1620, at the age of 21,
but his degree is not found in the Fasti; had been a preach. in Winwick,
a parish of his native Lancash. bef. he came to our side of the sea,
in 1637, and was engag. first at Kittery or York, but after the ch. instit.
at B. 17 Sept. 1639, was ord. in co. with Rev. Henry Flint 19 Nov. of
that yr. if Winthrop I. 324 be foll. tho. Hancock in his Centenn. prefers
24 Sept. Dr. Lunt, ano. success, in the same pulpit, in his fine celebr.
of the sec. Centenn. decides for Nov. He brought w. Abigail and s.
Samuel, William, H. C. 1653, perhaps d. Mary, and Elinor, wh. was b.
1626; was freem. 13 May 1640; had here, Joseph, b. 1 May 1640;
Benjamin, 14 July 1642, H. C. 1662; and his w. d. 1 Jan. 1643, while
he was abs. on a mission with Rev. John Knowles, and Thomas James,
to Virg. begun in Oct. preced. Our governm. had in 1640 gr. him 120
acres. By sec. w. Ann, wid. of Simon Crosby of Cambridge he had
Ann, b. 3 Mary. or 1 May, as the numeral for the day and month may
respective. be read, in 1648 or 9. He was made freem. 1656, but "fell into
the Devil's bath." as the Magn. III. cap. IVII calls his state of melancho.
and gave up his pub. min. seven yrs. and d. 10 Dec. 1666 in 68th
yr. The wid. d. 11 Oct. 1675, aged 68. Mary m. 3 Dec. 1641, Joseph
Wise of Roxbury; and Elinor m. 1644, William Veazey, and next John
French
, and d. 23 Apr. 1711. Of this fam. it is obs. that they always
discard the sec. letter of the name, tho. Mather, whose biog. is exceed.
meagre, prints it as here. WILLIAM, New Haven 1647, br. of Anthony,
had perhaps accomp. Gov. Eaton, had neither w. nor ch. but d. 24 Apr.
1683, and to his will of 6 Oct. preced. we owe very much of our kn. of
ws. and ch. of others. He gave prop. to John, s. of his br. Anthony; to
John and William, s. of his br. John; to Bridget Bowers, Ann Staunton,
and Lydia Cruttenden, ds. of br. Anthony; and to ds. of br. John, viz.
Mary Lines, Ann Bradley and her h. Abraham, and Elizabeth Bradley and
her h. Benjamin. WILLIAM, New London, s. prob. of Rev. William of
Braintree, b. in Eng. after his degree at Harv. was a preach. at Springfield
1654-6, and m. 19 Nov. 1655, Catharine, d. of the first Richard
Treat
of Wethersfield, was employ. in 1658, by the Commissnrs. of the
Unit. Col. acting for the London Soc. Prop. Gospel, and some yrs. succeed.
as missiona. to the Pequot Ind. freem. 1660; but in 1664, he gave
his w. all his prop. by deed "suppos. mys. near d. and a. to take a voyage