Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p450

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on serv. in the war of 1675, but d. bef. May 1677, when his wid.
Susanna had leave to sell est. Trumbull, Col. Rec. II. 310. STEPHEN,
Haverhill, m. 24 Mar. 1663, Hannah, d. of John Ayer of Salisbury.
STEPHEN, Newbury, by Coffin, thot. s. of John of the same, m. 1 Nov.
1698, Sarah, d. of Nathaniel Clark, had Joanna, and Sarah, b. 10 Dec.
1701, prob. tw. but Coffin does not say so much. THOMAS, Boston,
mariner, adm. of the ch. 7 Apr. 1644, and freem. next mo. THOMAS,
Hampton, brot. to Watertown, by his mo. Margery, then w. of William
Godfrey, perhaps 1638, from Ormsby in Co. Norfolk, where he had
been bapt. 20 Nov. 1631, and from W. to Hampton carried in youth by
Godfrey, m. 2 Nov. 1657, Sarah Brewer, perhaps d. of Thomas of Roxbury,
had Mary, b. 19 Dec. 1658; Sarah, 22 Jan. 1661; Hannah, 27
Dec. 1663; Thomas, 20 Jan. 1665; Ebenezer, 1 Aug. 1667; Isaac, 2
Apr. 1670; John, 16 Feb. 1674; Joshua, 8 Nov. 1676; and Abigail, 1
Jan. 1679; sw. alleg. Feb. 1669, and d. 5 Jan. 1715, tho. Farmer in
MS. says Feb. in 84th yr. This is the ancestor of the conspicuous lawyers
wh. the research of Farmer ascert. THOMAS, Northampton, s. of
Gov. John, m. 16 June 1663, Abigail, d. of George Alexander of the
same, had Abigail, b. 9 Jan. 1668, d. soon; Abigail, again, 10 Jan.
1669; George, 7 Nov. 1670; John, 26 Nov. 1673; rem. next yr. to
Northfield, thence driv. 1675 by the Ind. wh. destroy. his prop. he sat
down at Hadley, sw. alleg. there 8 Feb. 1679, and had Elizabeth 26 Nov.
1676; Thankful, 12 Jan. 1679; and Mary, 25 May 1681; again went
to Northfield, there d. 1686, and his wid. d. bef. Mar. 1690. THOMAS,
Hampton, s. of Thomas of the same, m. as is suggest. in Bond's Hist. of
Watertown, his cous. d. of William Godfrey
[1], but whether this be so, is
doubt. By w. Sarah, wh. d. 15 Feb. 1718, he had Sarah, b. 15 Sept.
1690; Thomas, 1693; Mary, 19 May 1696; Alice, 5 Aug. 1698;
Joshua, 2 Sept. 1703; Abigail, 15 Apr. 1706; Samuel, 3 Apr. 1708;
and Elizabeth 11 Jan. 1711; and he d. at Kingston, 7 Mar. 1733. WILLIAM,
Hadley, s. of Gov. John, in his MS. by Farmer said (follow.
tradit. prob. without reason) to be b. 1617; sw. alleg. 8 Feb. 1679; m.
17 Feb. 1670, Mary, d. of Thomas Reeve of Springfield, wh. brot. him
no ch. but was accus. of familiarity with the devil, sent all the way to
Boston for trial as witch in 1684, and yet was not found guilty. Had it
been very few yrs. later, the result might have been differ. when the gr.
adversary was foil. with his own weapons, as in the Goodwin case. He
d. a. 1688, and his wid. was permit. to live till 1696. WILLIAM, Boston,
m. Mary, d. of capt. Samuel Mosely or Maudsley, may have had s.
of the same name, wh. d. 28 Dec. 1725, aged 28. Farmer says that in
1834, ten of his name had been gr. at Harv. six at Yale, and twelve at
the other N. E. Coll.