Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p99

June 1651, of Stephen Goodyear, grantee of the Earl of Stirling, the
gr. est. of Shelter Isl. in the Sound, on our cost, it should be presum.
that he knew what he was buying, and his will in Doctor's Commons,
1671, proves that he contin. to value it. Thompson's Hist. of L. I.
234, shows how the right of Constant was confiscat. and sold to his br.
Nathaniel, by the Dutch. Gov. 1674, as, also, how the Gov. compel.
payment. Desend. are very num. either of him, or his br. or both.
GILES, Boston, perhaps s. of Nathaniel, m. Hannah, d. of the first
Thomas Savage, wid. of Benjamin Gillam, in Sept. 1685; but I have
no further acco. of him. Perhaps he dwelt on Shelter Isl. the manorial
est. of his f. ISREAL, Scituate, br. of Benjamin, had Israel, b. 28 Sept.
1675; Silence, 1677; Richard, 1679; Lois, 1680; Martha, 1682;
Mary, 1683; Elisha, 168; Peter, 1687; Zebulon, 1689; Barshua,
1692; and Deborah, 1696. JOHN, Scituate, eldest br. of the preced.
had Sarah, b. 1671; John, 1672; Joseph, 1674; Samuel, 1676; and
Lydia, 1679; was rep. 1689. Joseph, Situate, third s. of Richard of
the same, by w. Mary had Joseph, b. 11 Nov. 1664; Mary, 24 Dec.
1666; Naomi, Mar. 1668; Ann, 5 May 1669; and possib. by sec. w.
Benjamin, 11 Dec. 1680; David, 20 Apr. 1683; and Amos 15 Nov.
1685; was a brave soldier, capt. under Col. Church in his expedit. 1689
in Maine, in the disastrous one of Sir William Phips, next yr.
against Quebec. In that serv. with very many others of the best spirit
of N. E. he d. leav. nuncup. will, pro. by three of his soldiers. His liv.
s. were Joseph, Benjamin, Amos, and David. NATHANIEL, Shelter Isl.
on E. end of L. I. 1659, wh. with his br. Constant he purch. 9 June
1651, from Stephen Goodyear, was h. of Grizzle, d. of Thomas Brinley
of Datchett, in Co. Bucks, the parish well kn. to be the million readers of
Shakesspeare's Merry Wives of Windsor, one of the gr. fam. lords param.
of that est. as the Gardiners were of Gardiner's, and the Winthrops of
Fisher's isl. in the early days; d. 1680. He had, beside d. Grizzle, five
s. Giles, Nathaniel, Constant, Peter, Benjamin, of wh. are many
descend. Griselda m. James Lloyd of Boston, as his first w. There is
no slight reason to believe this Nathaniel to be of the celebr. poet,
Joshua Sylvester, translat. of the divine rhapsodies of Du Bartas, of
whose fame, in the age of Elizabeth and James, the puritans were anxious
guardians. The relig. bard was aged 54 at his d. 1618. But if the
ancestr. honors of literary glory are denied, the more enduring worth of
bold serv. in the higher cause of humanity shall be accord. to him wh.
gave protect. and shelter to the Shattuck and Southwick fugitives from
thee bloody persecut in Mass. under the successive rule of Govs. Endicot
and Bellingham whose. zeal for the for honor of God exterminat. all
tenderness for their fellow creatures. RICHARD, Weymouth, prob.