Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p69

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1665; William, 19 Mar. 1667; Martha, 8 Jan. 1669; Joseph, 3 Mar.
1671; Tamosin, 25 May 1673; but at Hingham, Susanna, 11 Dec.
1675; and prob. at S. Elizabeth 28 Nov. 1678; Nathaniel, 7 Mar. 1681;
Mary; and Rachel, again. He does not ment. any sec. w. Tamosin
m. Jonathan Adams; Susanna m. 1 Sept. 1697, Zuriel Hall; Mary m.
John Clark; and Rachel m. and had fam. not ment. WILLIAM, Sherborn,
s. of the preced. m. 30 May 1692; Hannah, prob. d. of Jonathan
Bullard, had Hannah, b. 24 Nov. 1693; Isaac, 3 Mar. 1697; William,
28 Feb. 1699; Rachel, 12 Oct. 1702; Sarah, 18 June 1708; and Mary,
27 Nov. 1710.

    SHELDON or SHELDEN, EBENEZER, Northampton, seventh s. of the
first Isaac, m. 16 Dec. 1701, Mary Hunt, prob. d. of Jonathan, had
Ebenezer, b. 14 Sept. 1702, k. by the Ind. 27 June 1724; Miriam, 6
Mar. 1704; Noah, 20 Mar. 1706; Stephen, 2 Feb. 1709; Catharine, 7
Mar. 1711, d. young; Aaron, 4 Mar. 1713; Israel, 15 May 1715;
Moses, Nov. 1716; Esther, 12 Mar. 1719; Elias, 13 Mar. 1721;
Jemima, 16 Oct. 1722; and Mary, 8 Dec. 1724; and d. 18 Mar. 1755.
His wid. d. 12 Nov. 1767, in 88th yr. GODFREY, Scarborough 1660,
had William, and John, and d. 1671. He was aged 65 when he made
his will of 13 Mar. 1664. Most of his prop. he gave to s. William, and
his w. Alice, with charge to pay small sums to his br. John, ea. of his
sis. as also to testator's w. Rebecca (therefore prob. not mo. of his s.)
and to her br. Samuel Scarlet. ISAAC, Windsor 1640, perhaps not com.
from Dorchester, where Dr. Harris thot. he saw him in 1634. Earlier
than 1652 he may not be found at W. by Stiles, in Hist. 54, but in
1653 he m. Mary, d. of Thomas Woodford of Hartford, had Mary, b.
1654; rem. with his f.-in-law and sett. at Northampton a. 1655, had
Isaac, 4 Sept. 1656; John, 5 Dec. 1658; Thomas, 6 Aug. 1661; Ruth
and Thankful, tw. 27 Aug. 1663; Mindwell, 24 Feb. 1666; Joseph, 1
Feb. 1668; Hannah, 29 June 1670; Eleazer, 4 Aug. 1672, wh. d. at
six mos.; Samuel, 9 Nov. 1675; Ebenezer, 1 Mar. 1678; and Mercy,
wh. d. but few days old, 24 Feb. 1682; and his w. d. 17 Apr. 1684.
He m. sec. w. Mehitable, d. of Thomas Gunn, the divorc. w. of
David Ensign, and had Jonathan, 29 Mar. 1687; and d. 27 July 1708,
aged 79, when twelve of his ch. were liv. Stiles, 771, has not ment. the
early items, but sunk the names of ch. Mary m. 11 Dec. 1670, John Bridgeman;
Ruth m. 6 Nov. 1679, Joseph Wright, and next 28 Oct. 1698, Samuel
Strong
; Thankful m. 23 Feb. 1681, Benjamin Edwards; Mindwell m.
30 Apr. 1684, John Pomeroy, and next, 19 Apr. 1687, John Lyman; and
Hannah m. 24 Dec. 1690, Samuel Chapin of Springfield. ISAAC, Northampton,
eldest s. of the preced. m. 25 Nov. 1685, Sarah, d. of Daniel
Warner
of Hatfield, had Isaac, b. 26 Aug. 1686; Sarah, 16 July 1688;