Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p635

Suffolk jurisdict. Vol. XI. His w. Elizabeth was the extrix. His wid. by
her will of 1 May 1689, with codic. of 8 Aug. foll. pro. 26 Nov. aft. at
Salem, as giv. in Geneal. Reg. VII. 322, names the three ds. but only
two s. William, wh. is made excor. and John, ea. hav. call. a s. Peter
aft. her s. wh. was k. at Deerfield with Capt. Lothrop and the flower of
Essex, 18 Sept. 1675. HUMPHREY, Beverly, s. of the preced. m. 8
Jan. 1671, Ann, perhaps d. of Richard Window of the same, had Bethia,
b. 1672; Abigail, 1674; Humphrey, 1677, d. at 18 yrs.; Ann, 1680;
Nehemiah, 1686; Abel, 1688; Nathan, 1691; and Israel, 1693; beside
these at Gloucester, Nathaniel, 1684; Susanna, 1695; and Humphrey,
1698. He d. 9 Apr. 1727, and his wid. d. 28 Feb. foll. ISAAC,
Beverly, s. prob. of William the first, m. Mary Wills, or Wilkes, sis. of
Robert, wh. by his will of 24 Sept. 1677, in wh. he was made excor.
gave est. to her and their ch. Robert and Mary, freem. 1678, was tak.
1689 in his fish. sch. by the French. JOHN, Salem, had come from
Somersetsh. perhaps some fish. village on the Bristol Channel, and
sat down first at Cape Ann, soon form. with others, under direct. of
Roger Conant, the settlem. at Salem in 1626, went home next yr. and
came back early in 1628, prob. bring. w. Agnes and s. William, unless
it be conclud. that they were brot. two yrs. bef. with s. Humphrey. In
the notice of Roger Conant, one of the most valua. of Mr. Felt's illustra.
of our early hist. Geneal. Reg. II. 235-8, is seen the degree of organiz.
of governm. bef. the coming of Endicott, wh. did not, so far as we can
learn, exercise any higher authority, and prob. bef. the arr. of Higginson,
and the fleet of 1629, had not add. a greater num. of subjects than
he found already in the planta. He was sw. constable, 28 Sept. as in
our Col. Rec. I. 76, appears, and req. to be adm. freem. 19 Oct. 1630,
aft. the governm. had been transfer. to this side of the water, and was
sw. 18 May foll. was. rep. 1635 and 1638, prob. took a sec. w. had Hannah,
bapt. 25 Dec. 1636; Abigail, 12 Nov. 1637; and Peter, 20 Sept.
or Nov. 1640; and d. 1641. His wid. Agnes did not produce the will
until some mos. aft. being summon. and the inv. was not sw. bef. 20
Feb. 1644. JOHN, Beverly, s. of Humphrey, or of William, perhaps,
freem. 1670, was next yr. at Rowley, and soon back to B. The s.
of Humphrey nam. a ch. Peter in mem. of his own br. Peter, the soldier,
wh. fell at Bloodybrook, 18 Sept. 1675, as in the will of the child's
gr.mo. is seen, Geneal. Reg. VII. 322. But an elder JOHN of Salem,
by w. Elizabeth had Elizabeth b. 15 Aug. 1654; John, 15 Mar. 1657, d. young;
and Abigail, 8 June 1660. He may have been s. of William the first[1].
JONATHAN, Boston, mariner, m. Abigail, d. of Henry Phillips, had
Jonathan; and d. 1677, hav. made his will 22 Jan. of that yr. His
wid. m. David East, and next, Thomas Walter. NICHOLAS, Beverly,