Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p576

untimely d. on his way. LAWRENCE, Sandwich 1643, in the list of
those able to bear arms, had Mary, b. 14 Apr. 1648, may have been br.
of the first deac. John of Bridgewater, and liv. at B. when he m. 5
Sept. 1656, Mary, d. of Thomas Makepeace of Boston, but nothing is
ascertain. with confidence, nor whether the freem. of Mass. 1669, were
the same man, wh. is very prob. for the f. of his w. in the will made aft.
his rem. to Boston, makes encourag. legacy to her in June 1666.
MICHAEL, Dorchester, freem. 2 May 1638, by w. Joan had Joseph,
bapt. 3 Feb. 1639, wh. prob. liv. not long; rem. with Powell to Boston,
there was one of the found. of sec. ch. by w. Mildred had Michael, b.
11 Nov. 1652; whether he had any more bef. com. or any other than
this one aft. I cannot learn, exc. by inf. from his will of 21 June
1669, pro. 7 Oct. foll. wh. makes it certain that he had a s. Experience
bef. and some ds. m. how many, or what their names is not kn. beside d.
Temperance wh. was bapt. 13 Feb. 1648, unm. yet of inq. for sev.
gr.ch. to wh. he gave legacies (of wh. none but Joseph Phillips is call.
out), obscure diligence may fail of its reward. His w. to wh. he had
giv. power to dispose of some of his prop. aft. her own d. in her will
of 20 Sept. 1680, increase, the confus. in part, and lends no clue to
other part, only that one of his ds. Abigail, was a. 1658, sec. w. of
Thomas Bill. Other ds. are Lydia Nowell; Joanna Ellis; and beside
the darkness that hangs upon gr.s. Michael and gr.d. Marsh, tho. we
may guess the former to be s. of Experience, suffic. trouble would
remain in the search for "daur. Pollard's childr." yet the diffic. seems
inextrica. when we find that beyond the thick clouds wherein we would
hunt for the ds. of her h. she scatters all hope of success, by speaking of
her "five own ds." So the only safe conclus. is that she was a young
wid. with five ds. when Michael took her; but perhaps the ds. m. that
he refers to in his will, may have been, some at least, not his offspr. but
those of the sec. w. bef. their union. MICHAEL, Boston, s. of the
preced. by w. Elizabeth had Joseph, b. 4 Jan. 1680; Abigail, 12 Mar. 1682;
Deliverance, 1 Nov. 1684; Obadiah, 5 Mar. 1686; Hannah, 14 June 1688;
and Michael, 4 July 1694; Ebenezer, 9 Apr. 1697; was a cooper, went to
London, it is believ. and their d. 1712. NATHANIEL, Bridgewater, br. of
the first John of the same, an orig. propr. and perhaps the earliest sch.-master
of the town, had Elkanah, b. 20 May 1639; Judith, 14 June 1641; Mary, 14
Apr. 1648, all at Sandwich, as the indefatig. Mr. Morse instructs me;
and Bethia, and d. bef. 1687, is all that Judge Mitchell teaches. NATHANIEL,
Bridgewater, s. of the first deac. John of the same, by w.
Lydia had Nathaniel, Jonathan, John, Ebenezer, Sarah, and Mary, and
d. 1716. NICHOLAS, Boston, a mercer, as he is call. on join. the ch. 27
July 1634, as did his w. Ann the next Sunday, freem. 3 Sept. foll. was
foreman of the jury on cap. trial of Marmaduke Pierce or Percy, Col.
Rec. I. 283, of wh. details may be seen in Winthrop I. 318. Prob. he had