Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p327

1684, Ephraim Goodrich; and Mary m. 10 Dec. 1684, Thomas Chester,
both of W. RICHARD, Wethersfield, s. of James, first of the same, m.
23 Nov. 1704, Catharine, d. of Rev. Gershom Bulkley, had only Catharine,
b. 26 Aug. 1706; and d. 7 May 1713. §†‡* ROBERT, Milford, s.
of the first Richard, b. in Eng. had liv. with his f. at Wethersfield, and
was not, as oft. said, an early sett. at M. certain. not bef. 1647, was an
Assist. of the New Haven Col. 1659, wh. rank of course, was not contin.
aft. the union with Conn. where, tho. on withdraw. of his f. from that
office in the older Col. 1665, he was put in nominat. but did not gain the
honor until 1673, yet had the compliments of being a capt. and rep.
under the new admin. in Philip's war, was command.-in-chief, and in
1676, when Leete was chos. Gov. aft. d. of Winthrop, he was made
Dept. Gov. was oft. a commissnr. of the Unit. Col. of N. E. and aft. d.
of Leete 1683, succeed. him as Gov. By the royal constitution of Sir
Edmund Andros, to be head of all the Northern provinces, T. was nam.
one of his council, and tho. he did not resist, but acquiesced, he was
hailed Gov. on the overthr. In that place he serv. 15 yrs. retir. from
old age, and d. 12 July 1710, aged 88. Lambert marks his d. 1712.
He had two ws. Jane, only d. of Edmund Tapp, wh. d. 8 Apr. 1703;
and he m. 22 Oct. 1705, a wid. Elizabeth Bryan, wh. d. 10 Jan. 1706. It is
said he had 21 ch. (and very glad should I be to prove above half of the
tradit. num.) but ten only have been heard of by me; viz. Samuel, bapt.
3 Sept. 1648, H. C. 1669; John, 20 Oct. 1650; Mary, 23 May, not 28
(as my correspond. writes), 1652, bec. this was Friday, and ch. in our
country, without except. in that age, were bapt. on Sunday only; Robert,
b. 14 Aug. 1654; Sarah, 9 Oct. 1656; Hannah, 1 Jan. 1660, wh. m.
Rev. Samuel Mather of Windsor; Joseph, a. 1662; Abigail, wh. m.
Rev. Samuel Andrew of Milford; beside Jane, and Ann, wh. d. bef.
their f. If any respect for tradit. would solicit explana. of its giv. twenty-one
ch. to the Gov. it may be guessed to have sprung from the fact, that
his ch. add. to the ten of the first w. of s. Samuel made up the desired
number. Being above 83 yrs. old, when he took his sec. w. none by
her was expect. Very observa. is it that in Goodwin's Geneal. Notes,
229, after the heading, "Descend, in the line of Robert," not one is giv.
wh. must be regard. as a misfortune attending Goodwin's d. bef. one
eighth of the vol. was print. for he was not the man to be frightened by
such a mythical host. On p. 328 the list that was intend. to be insert.
and may perhaps now seem imperfect, is found, and some error is seen,
if the Milford rec. be correct. The Gov. in his will of 5 Jan. 1708,
names only these seven ch. Samuel, John, Mary, Robert, Hannah,
Joseph, and Abigail. No doubt the other three were d. and prob. the
date of Abigail's b. in Goodwin is wrong. SALMON, Preston, s. of the