Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p604

was tak. above six mos. bef. Prob. he had earlier Martha, as ment. in
will of Thomas Emmos, 20 Jan. 1661, abstr. in Geneal. Reg. XII.
346, also in the will of Emmons's wid. 30 Mar. 1666, where is nam.
ano. Winsor, Hannah, and the t.e mo. of th, isl is seen in Gene Reg.
XV. 321. JOSEPH, Sandwich 1643, had come from Lynn 1637,
where, perhaps, Lewis call. him John, and, in Hist. of Duxbury, it is
said that he sw. alleg. 1657. JOSHUA, Providence 1637, said by tradit.
to be s. of Samuel, and was by Roger Williams, rec. with a doz. others,
as first purchas. in equal sh. and the indistinct mem. of his descend.
renders it prob. that he brot. a w. whose name is not heard, had Samuel,
Sarah, Susanna, and Mary; but no date of b. m. or d of parents or ch.
are found; but he was liv. 1655, on the list of freem. JOSHUA, Boston,
s. of Robert of the same, had been a serv. of the first Gov. Winthrop,
was mem. of Mather's or sec. ch. freem. 1678, by w. Sarah had William,
b. 26 Nov. 1672, d. soon; Sarah, 3 Nov. 1673; William, again, 2 Sept.
1677; Joshua, 7 Nov. 1679, prob. d. young; Joshua, again, 16 Mar.
1684; and Elizabeth 23 Dec. 1689; was constable 1686, and he d. Nov.
1717. His will of 9th pro. 25th of that mo. in Vol. XX. 53, names w.
Sarah and ds. Sarah Sherand, and Rebecca Wilkinson, the latter nam.
extrix. and both hav. childr. Yet when Rebecca was b. is not found in
the rec. but she had first been w. of Thomas Leverett, wh. d. 1706, and
next m. 4 Dec. 1712, Edward Wilkinson, as by the diligence of Winsor
in Hist. of Duxbury set forth. Hutch. II. 223, ment. the epedemic by
wh. so many people, over 70 yrs. of age, were this yr. 1717, tak. off,
and among the cases were those of Henry Deering with his w. in one
grave, and Robert Winsor and his w. in ano. all in one evening; wh.
the writer of the Hist. of Duxbury, 340, has rec. without suspicion, as
from Hutch. we usually may, tho. here, I doubt not, Joshua is intend.
ROBERT, Boston 1644, a turner, by w. Rebecca had John, bapt. 16 Feb.
1645, a. 5 days old, perhaps d. young; Joshua, 13 June 1647," upon
7 days old;" Mary, 30 Dec. 1649, a. 2 days; Thomas, b. 30 Sept.
bapt. 3 Oct. 1652, d. young; Rebecca, 20, bapt. 31 Dec. 1654; Constance,
7, bapt. 10 May 1657; Thomas, again, 1, bapt. 9 Oct. 1659;
Sarah, 7, bapt. 11 May 1662; Samuel, by town rec. 18, bapt. 25 Sept.
1664, by the name of William, if ch. rec. be good; Lydia, 1, bapt. 5
Aug. 1666; John, 22, bapt. 25 Apr. 1669 by the name of Elizabeth unless
we suppose confusion in the rec. of bapt. the same day of John, s. of
William Read. He d. 1679, mak. his will 24 Apr. pro. 13 May of that
yr. but no light is furnish. by it, exc. that wid. Rebecca was thot. worthy
to have all his prop. for her life, and that equal div. not such as the law
gave, should be made among the ch. aft. her d. but how many of the
eleven were alive is unkn. for they have no names. SAMUEL, Providence,