Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p645

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John, b. 20 Mar. 1650, prob. d. young; rem. to Sudbury, where his w.
d.
8 July 1654; next he rem. to Charlestown, there m. Abigail, d. of
John Benjamin, wid. of Joshua Stubbs, had Rose, 18 Aug. 1659, wh.
m. 10 Aug. 1686, Richard Norcross the sec.; again, at Sudbury, had
John, 12 Dec. 1661; and Abigail, m. 13 Jan. 1682, Jeremiah Morse,
was freem. 1690, and d. at W. 17 Feb. 1696, his will being of 10 Jan.
preced. JOHN, Cambridge, s. of Georhe of Watertown, liv. in that part
wh. bec. Newton, m. Rebecca, d. of Richard Robbins of the same, had
John, b. 7 Sept. 1674, d. in few ds.; John, again, 18 July 1675; Richard,
26 Sept. or Dec. 1677; Rebecca, 29 Oct. 1679, d. young; Daniel,
24 Sept. 1681; Rebecca, again, 2 Feb. 1683; Mary, 6 Oct. 1684, d.
young; Jonathan, 28 Sept. 1685; Joseph, 26 Nov. 1688; Ebenezer, 12
Mar. 1691; and Abigail, 25 May 1695. His w. d. next yr. and he m.
Sarah Goodnow, wh. d. 22 Sept. 1723. He had rem. to Newton a.
1681, and d. 3 Nov. 1732, in his will of 1728 names five s. of wh.
Joseph was not one, and ds. Rebecca Hunting and Abigail Greenwood;
and made Ebenezer, excor. JOHN, Northampton, only s. of Henry of
the same, freem. 1680, m. 18 May 1671, Ann, d. of Thomas Dewey of
Windsor, had Elizabeth b. 17 Mar. 1672; John, 2 Apr. 1674; Samuel, 20
Mar. 1676, d. at 7 mos.; Henry, 18 Mar. 1680; Thomas, 22 Apr.
1682; and Israel, 6 Feb. 1685; rem. to Westfield, and in few yrs. more
to Lebanon, Conn. Much distinct. in the science of med. has been
attain. by descend. JOHN, Taunton, m. 11 Nov. 1675, Sarah Crossman.
Perhaps he had John, b. at Taunton, 2 Mar. and Israel, 30 July
1681. JOHN, Reading, by Eaton call. one of the early sett. was freem.
1691. JOHN, sec. min. of Norwich, s. of Peter of Dedham, succeed.
Rev. James Fitch, the first min. of that city, aft. long agitat. ord. Oct.
1699, m. 1703, Sarah, d. I think. of Richard Rosewell of New Haven,
but Caulkins, from wh. is learn. most of the little kn. of him, in her
Hist. of N. ment. no issue. He had been Secr. to the Assembly of
divines that formed the Saybrook platform, almost as powerful in moulding
the machinery of eccles. discipline in Conn. as for few yrs. was
the Westminster Assembly in Eng. The majority of the people were
dissat. with his rule, tho. the greater part of the ch. sustain. him, and
aft. sev. yrs. of contention, he was dism. 13 Sept. 1716. Whether he
obt. ano. parish is not heard, and by the Coll. Catal. he liv. to 1746.
JOHN, Sudbury, perhaps s. of John the first, in his will of 2 Oct. 1736,
ment. s. John and Daniel, and gr.d. Susanna Haines. JOSEPH, Providence
1676, there had liv. thro. Philip's war. NATHANIEL, Boston, a
mathematician and surveyor, employ. as our Col. Rec. I. 237, shows, to
run the line, 1638, betw. Plymouth Col. and Mass. and Mass. and Conn.
Afterwards he was sent to the Merrimac survey. See Winthrop I. 284. It