Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p485

Coffin omits him. He belongs. to Rowley at that time, where eleven of
his ch. by w. Catharine were bapt. 17 May 1696, said Farmer, but only
ten had been b. at that time. However, he had thirteen, as he caused
them to be put upon rec. at Norwich, whither he had rem. from New
London, if Farmer be right, as he gives him recommend. from R. to that
place, June 1707; but prob. Miss Caulkin's would not have been silent on
so good a point, and we may presume his change was only from R. direct
to Norwich. The ch. may have been b. at Dover, Newbury, or Rowley;
but more import, is the name and date of ea. William, 25 Dec.
1680; Sylvanus, 28 Feb. 1682; Paul, 10 May 1682 (wh. or the two
preced. must be wrong); Ebenezer, 18 June 1683; Martha, 9 Feb.
1685; Mercy, 18 July 1686; Aaron, 13 July 1687; Moses, 17 Apr.
1689; Mary, 25 Dec. 1692; Catharine, 28 July 1694; Sarah, 8 Apr.
1697; Benjamin, 28 Dec. 1698; and Edward, 20 June 1700. He was
liv. May 1746 (but his w. was then d.), and d. bef. Jan. 1751. See
Reg. VII. 265. SAMUEL, Dover, eldest s. of William of the same, tax.
1659, sw. fidel. 1669, freem. 1676, by w. Mary, whose fam. name was
prob. Benning, and perhaps she was d. of Ralph, had Samuel, b. 9 Apr.
1666; Daniel 21 Oct. 1669, d. at 21 yrs.; John, 16 Jan. 1672, wh. was
made Lieut-Gov. of the Prov.; Mary, 5 Feb. 1674; Ebenezer, 9 Apr.
1677; Dorothy, 27 June 1680; and Benning, 28 June 1682, d. young;
and the f. d. at Portsmouth, 25 Mar. 1690, of smallpox. In 1681 the
Treasr. of Mass. was direct. to pay him L30. but the serv. is not ment.
Rec. V. 317. His wid. m. next yr. Richard Martin, as his third w.
SYLVANUS, Dover, one of the younger s. of Elder William of the same,
it is said, m. at Rowley, 7 Nov. 1685, Elizabeth Stewart, possib. d. of Duncan,
but why the est. on wh. he was liv. 1693, was then giv. by his f. to
s. Benjamin, unless he took dislike to Sylvanus, may be hard to conject.
nor is any thing more told of him in the fam. acco. See Geneal. Reg.
IV. 327 and VI. 213. TIMOTHY, Dover, br. of the prece. m. Sarah
Cromwell, perhaps d. of Philip of Dover, tho. by extrav. tradit. she has
been by some equal. ignorant and credul. thot. d. of Richard, Lord
Protector, for short time, of Eng. rem. aft. 1702 to Berwick, there d. 17
July 1719, aged 70, says Geneal. Reg. VI. 213, but on the same p. a little
lower, the writer wild. says 1748, and at Dover. His will of 3 May,
pro. 8 July in that yr. 1719 as my memo. reads, ment. w. and ch. Timothy,
Samuel, Mary, and Sarah. But his w. d. near the same time with
him, it is said, and was bur. in the same gr. WILLIAM, Dover, rul. Elder,
had first been at Exeter, 1639, in the orig. combina. with thirty-four
others, and it may be that he had accomp. his fr. John Wheelwright
across the ocean in 1636. He had foll. him from E. to Wells, where he
was made constable 1648, but in 1650 seems ot have fix. his resid. at D.