Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p424

name. JAMES, Kittery 1656 or earlier, then had gr. of ld. was of the gr.
jury 1666, liv. in the upper part, wh. bec. Berwick, made his will 9 Dec.
1700, which was pro. 24 Dec. 1702, names w. Margaret, s. Gilbert, and
James, ds. Margaret, and Grizzel, and gr. ch. Jane Grant, and James Stackpole.
JAMES, Plymouth, s. perhaps youngest of Nathaniel of the same,
m. 1687, Sarah, eldest d. of the sec. Edward Dotey, had John; Edward;
both d. young; Sarah; Alice; Patience; James, b. 1700; Hope;
Mercy; Mary; and Elizabeth of wh. the last three d. unm. He was gr. f. of
the emin. James, Presid. of Mass. Counc. 1779. JOHN, Watertown,
came prob. 1630, in the fleet with Sir Richard Saltonstall, then aged a.
45, and hav. w. and ch. (four certain. are nam. in his will, and of them
only Elizabeth could be b. here.). There may have been others, but no rec.
of b. or d. is found. He was adm. freem. 18 May 1631, chos. selectman
1636-40. Late in life he fell under the censure of the laws, unwisely
levelled at dissent. from the relig. course of the major part of the inhab.
and Bond informs us of proceedings against him in 1651, 4, and 61; but
he d. in peace, 13 Dec. 1667, aged 82. His w. Margaret d. 6 Nov.
1662. She was prob. the mo. of all his ch. John, b. 1622; Mary;
and Daniel, b. 1628; beside Elizabeth wh. n. a. 1654, James Knapp. Mary
m. 30 Oct. 1642, John Bigelow. He had good est. in lds. in W. His
will of 30 Nov. 1667, names the four ch. and Mary, w. of Daniel, gr.ch.
Daniel W. and Mary Bigelow. JOHN, Watertown, s. of the preced.
prob. the freem. of 1645, n. 11 July 1667, Michael, d. of Robert Jennison,
wid. of Richard Bloise of the same, had Margaret, b. 6 May 1668;
Sarah, 25 Jan. 1671; Elizabeth 8 July 1673; Mary, 25 May 1675; John,
21 May 1678; Grace, 12 Mar. 1680; and Samuel, 23 Jan. 1683; was
a capt. and .d 1703. His will of 12 Jan. of that yr. was pro. 22 Feb.
foll. It names all the ch. exc. Sarah, wh perhaps d. young. Elizabeth m.
18 Oct. 1705, Daniel Harrington, and Mary m. 30 Dec. 1698, Joseph
Pierce. JOHN, Ipswich 1654. JOHN, Boston, tobacconist, or cardmaker,
as in the will he is call. by first w. had Joshua; Thomas; Mary,
b. a. 1665; and perhaps Sarah; but the name of h is w. is unkn. nor is
any b. found on the rec. so that it seems prob. that he had these ch. in
ano. town, where the mo. may have also d. I think he was early of
Exeter, there m. 21 Oct. 1650, Deborah Wilson, wh. d. 26 June 1668.
In 1669, he m. Eliz. wid. of John Combs, wh. had d. in May of that yr.
preced. She had first been wid. of Thomas Barlow. By this w. he
had Nathaniel, b. 27 May 1670, and this w. d. next yr. or early in 1672,
for in Feb. of this yr. he exhibit. inv. of her goods, and engag. to fulfil
her desire towards her three ds. and his s. by her, in their distrib. to one
Barlow, two Combs, and Nathaniel, This s. and Mary Combs, in 1685,
chose for their guardian, Joseph Ryall of Charlestown, wh. they call.