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(V) Rev. Samuel, son of Timothy and Mary (Atherton) Mather, was born in Dor- chester, Massachusetts, July 5, 1650, died March 18, 1727-28. He graduated from Har- vard College in 1671, entered the gospel minis-
try and preached at Deerfield, Massachusetts, until that town was devastated and burned by King Philip's warriors in 1675. He then went to Hatfield, Massachusetts, later to Milford and Branford, Connecticut, and still later to Windsor, Connecticut, where he lived and preached until the time of his death. It is said "that in every respect he was a fit suc- cessor to the venerable John Warham." As a writer he enjoyed a wide reputation, and in speaking of his attainments the Rev. Dr. Cot- ton Mather said "he is known throughout the churches of the famous and happy colony, to none the least whereof he hath for many years been a faithful pastor, known for his piety, gravity and usefulness more than any recom- mendations of mine can render him." The first notable work of which he was author was "A Dead Faith Anatomized," and was printed in Boston in 1697. Another of his principal works was "The Self Justiceary Convicted and Condemned," published in 1706. In the Windsor records it is mentioned that Samuel Mather is called to the church there March II, 1680-81, and in July following the town voted to have the town house made suitable for the entertainment of Mr. Mather, "if God in his providence send him amongst us." His wife was Hannah, daughter of Governor Robert Treat. She died March 3, 1707-08, having borne her husband nine children: I. Dr. Sam- uel, born 1677. 2. Hannah, September, 1682. 3. Rev. Azariah, August 29, 1685. 4. Ebene- zer, September 3, 1687. 5. Joseph, March 6, 1689. 6. Elizabeth, January 12, 1691. 7. Rev. Nathaniel, May 30, 1695. 8. Benjamin, September 29, 1696. 9. John, September 22, 1699.
(VI) Dr. Samuel (2), son of Rev. Samuel (I) and Hannah (Treat) Mather, was born in 1677, died February 6, 1746. He graduated from Harvard College in 1698, and in 1702 received from the general assembly a license to practice medicine and surgery. He is said to have been a physician of distinguished ability and outside of his professional life filled several civil and military offices of importance and much responsibility. He studied medicine with Dr. Thomas Hooker, of Hartford, Con- necticut, and it has been said that "at the time of his death no man stood so high in the public confidence or had so extensive a medical prac- tice in the state. *
* He visited every section of country in a circuit of forty or fifty miles, as counsellor, and was greatly venerated for many excellent virtues as for science or skill as a physician." Dr. Mather married
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(first) April 13, 1704, Abigail, daughter of Samuel Grant, and granddaughter of Matthew Grant. She died September 1, 1722, and he married (second) May 15, 1723, Hannah Buckland, who died March 23, 1758, daughter of Nicholas Buckland. Dr. Mather had twelve children, eight by his first and four by his second wife: I. Eliakim, February 10, 1705, died September 24, 1712. 2. Dr. Samuel, Jan- uary 6, 1706. 3. Timothy, April 23, 1710, died April 6, 1752. 4. Abigail, September 1, 1714, died in infancy. 5. Nathaniel, August 8, 1716, died August 31, 1770. 6. Joseph, May 31, 1718, died December 27, 1732. 7. Charles, February 16, 1720, died July 9, 1736. 8. Abigail, March 6, 1721, died June 9, 1741 ; married Captain Gideon Wolcott. 9. Hannah, August 12, 1727, died March 18, 1861. 10. Lucy, February 18, 1729, died January 1, 1771. II. Elizabeth, January 22, 1731, died February 1, 1813; mar- ried John Allyn. 12. Eliakim, September 26, 1732, died January 11, 1816; married, Decem- ber 4, 1755, Sarah Newbury.
(VII) Dr. Samuel (3), son of Dr. Samuel (2) and Abigail (Grant) Mather, was born in Windsor, Connecticut, . January 6, 1706, died in Northampton, Massachusetts, April 29, 1779, after an active professional career which extended throughout a full half century and more of years. He graduated from Harvard College in 1726, read medicine under the instruction of his distinguished father, and the excellent practical training thus acquired proved to be a very valuable factor in his own subsequent professional success. He was per- haps the most famous practitioner of medicine in the vicinity of Northampton during his active carecr, and his remarkable skill yielded him a comfortable fortune. His wife was Martha Holcomb, who died in Northampton, December 2, 1785, having borne him six chil- dren, all of whom were born in Northampton : I. Martha, February 10, 1732, married, 1767, Elihu Clark. 2. Eunice, married Elihu Clark. 3. Dr. Samuel, June 10, 1737, died April 27, 1808; married Grace Mosely. 4. Elisha, April 4, 1740. 5. Dr. William, November 27, 1742, died April 10, 1775; married, 1774, Rachel Lyman. 6. Dr. Timothy, May 11, 1745, dicd April 4, 1819.
(VIII) Elisha, son of Dr. Samuel (3) and Martha (Holcomb) Mather, was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, April 4, 1740, died there March 22, 1807. Hc married Eunice Mosely, who died September 26, 1776, having borne him four children: I. Dr. War- ham, December, 1763, married, January 25,
1791, Sally Wetherbee. 2. Emma, March 13, 1769, married - Russell. 3. Lucy, Sep- tember 15, 1773. 4. William, September 24, 1776.
(IX) William, son of Elisha and Eunice (Mosely) Mather, was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, September 24, 1776, died there August 5, 1835. He married Annie Clark, and by her had ten children, all of whom were born in Northampton: I. Ezra, died young. 2. Timothy, died young. 3. William E., born March 13, 1804. 4. Timothy Howe, 1809, died March 19, 1842. 5. Elizabeth, April, 1811, died September 2, 1841. 6. George, May 31, 1813, died December 22, 1878; married, April II, 1839, Nancy E. Smith. 7. Martha, Feb- ruary 13, 1815, died June 21, 1877; married Thomas Hoskins. 8. Franklin C., December 6, 1816, died May 11, 1839. 9. Sarah A., September 2, 1818. She was a most remark- able woman and spent many years of her life in the south, devoting her attention chiefly to educational work among the Indians of that region. One well known writer has said of her: "Coming here before the war and estab- lishing a young ladies seminary, then com- mencing one benevolent work after another, she has endeared herself to all classes, races, parties and religious sects, Catholics as well as Protestants. Her work in behalf of the Indians now at Hampton Institute is well known. She has built a church for the 'poor whites' out in the neighborhood of the city ; also a home for aged and helpless colored people, a mission for the colored children," etc. 10. John, Octo- ber 13, 1822, died February 8, 1846.
(X) William Elisha, son of William and Annie (Clark) Mather, was born in North- ampton, March 13, 1804, died in Amherst, Massachusetts, January 20, 1862. He lived in Amherst and was a prosperous farmer of that town, taking little active interest in pub- lic affairs, but by his upright life and high moral character exercised an influence for good in the community in which the scene of his life was laid. He marricd (first) Mary R. Cook: (sccond) May 24, 1840, Sophronia Ashley; (third) June 15, 1848, Henrictta H. Lyman, born March 31, 1818, died May 19, 1890. She was a daughter of Enos and Lydia (Wadsworth) Lyman, of Ellington, Connecti- cut. Enos Lyman was a farmer and at the time of his death was survived by his wife and several children. His wife, Lydia Lyman, was born in 1801 and died in 1875. William Elisha Mather had in all seven children: I. Anna Maria, born February 23, 1833, married, about
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1865, a Mr. Chapman, of Virginia. 2. Edward Payson, December 23, 1834, died December 5. 1840. 3. William, August 20, 1836, mar- ried, 1870, Mary Potter. 4. Frank C., August 28, 1849, married, February 19, 1877, Angie S. Bissell. 5. John L., January 9, 1851. 6. Dwight C., October 28, 1852, married, October 24, 1883, Etta Barrett. 7. George Howe, April 17, 1859, died November 3, 1861.
(XI) John Lyman, son of William Elisha and Henrietta H. (Lyman) Mather, was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, January 9, 1851. He received his education in the public schools of that town, the neighboring town of Hadley and in the city of Northampton. At the age of seventeen years he left school and was apprenticed to Daniel R. Clark to learn the trade of a mason, and served in that capacity until he attained the age of twenty-one years and became a practical workman. He was a beneficiary of the Oliver Smith fund to the extent of five hundred dollars, and with that as the foundation of his capital he purchased the business carried on by his former employer, enlarged and increased it in every respect and is now recognized as one of the largest and most extensive building contractors in Hamp- shire county. His first important contract was for the erection of Cosmian Hall, and in 1874 he erected the Smith College main building and the president's residence. He also erected on the Smith College grounds the Students' building, Seelye Hall, Wallace House, Dickin- son House, Hubbard House and Hatfield House. In addition to these he erected the Hillyer Art Gallery, Masonic block and Dailey block on Main street, Hawley grammar school ; at present (1909) under construction a house for Arthur Curtiss James, of New York, the contract from the ground up being awarded to Mr. Mather without competition. Mrs. James was formerly a resident of Northampton. It is conceded to be one of the best houses in the city, Colonial in style, situated on an eminence on Round Hill, overlooking Connecticut valley with Mt. Holyoke in plain view. Naturally Mr. Mather was pleased at being awarded this contract, and the architects selected by Mr. James for the work is the firm of Howells and Stokes, of New York. While Mr. Mather was showing the plans of the building to the archi- tect, the genealogist, to whom we are indebted for this data, was awaiting an interview with Mr. Mather and saw the work as it progressed, a large corps of men being employed in the different departments. During the last quarter of a century nearly all of the large structures
which have been built in Northampton and also in other towns have been erected under contracts awarded to Mr. Mather. He also has built many fine residences, and what- ever he has done has been well done, for he is known throughout the Connecticut valley as a thoroughly reliable contractor, a man of char- acter and strict business integrity. In a cer- tain sense he is something of a public man, having taken an earnest interest in whatever measures have been proposed for the welfare of the city and its people, and on occasions he has been called upon to serve in official capacity. Politically he is a firm Republican and was mayor of Northampton for the years 1897-99-1900. Mr. Mather is a member of lodge No. 30, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, is a Knight Templar, Shriner, and at the present time is going through the chairs of the commandery. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Patrons of Husbandry. Mr. Mather mar- ried, February 25, 1891, Mrs. Ella K. War- nock, nee Child, a sister of Mrs. E. Cyrus Miller, of Haydenville, a sketch of wnom appears elsewhere in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Mather have one child, Esther Henrietta, born in Northampton, October 25, 1893. Mrs. Mather had by her first husband, William Warnock, two sons, Henry C., born 1879, employed with the Holyoke Water Power Company, married Una Winchester, daughter of Reuben C. Winchester, of Holyoke, and William W., born 1882, a civil engineer, now with the New York Water Supply Company ; residence, Poughkeepsie, New York; married Lillian Smith, of Hartford, Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Mather reside in a substantial and commodious brick house at 275 Elm street, surrounded with a fine lawn and extensive ground, well shaded by numerous trees.
The Blake family is one of the BLAKE oldest in England. It takes its name from Blakeland, a parish of Wiltshire, in which the family owned large tracts of land at an early date. The family is mentioned on the Wiltshire rolls of subsidies granted by Edward I, A. D. 1286, and Robert de Blakeland was assessed to that king's requirement.
(I) Robert Blake, progenitor, dropped the particle de and the suffix land from the name, which has been in use for some generations as a surname. He resided in Calne, adjoining the family estates in Blakeland, where he was assessed to the subsidies of Edward III in
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1347 to an amount far exceeding any other inhabitant of the town. He married Anne Cole, daughter of William Cole.
(II) Henry, son of Robert Blake, married the daughter and co-heir of Edward Durant.
(III) William, son of Henry Blake, suc- ceeded to the estates. He married Elizabeth Power, daughter of Thomas Power.
(IV) Henry (2), son of William Blake, lived at Calne, and inherited from his father. He married Margaret Bellett.
(V) Robert (2), son of Henry (2) Blake, succeeded his father and inherited lands at Calne and Quenber ford in right of his mother. He married Alice Wallop, daughter and heir of John Wallop, Esquire, of Nether Wallop, county Southampton. By this marriage he acquired estates in that county. His wife died October 29, 1474, and was buried in the Calne church where in windows of stained glass he is represented as habited in armor with a sur- coat charged with his armorial bearings and she with a scarf embroidered with the arms of her family: Gules on a chevron argent two crescents. Children: I. Gilbert, died unmarried. 2. Alexander, died unmarried. 3. John, born 1434, died March 2, 1502-03 ; buried in the church at Nether Wallop; will dated February 24, 1503-04, proved April 24. 4. Robert, succeeded his brother John as owner of Manor Calne etc. in Wiltshire ; died Decem- ber II, 1515; married Margaret Englefield, daughter of Sir Thomas. 5. William, men- tioned below. 6. Alice. 7. Joan.
(VI) William (2), son of Robert (2) Blake, lived at Calne and White Parish of Wiltshire. After his death in 1471, his widow and two sons removed to Hampshire and set- tled at Andover on the estate called Easton- town, formerly part of the possessions of her husband's mother. Children : I. William, mentioned below. 2. Robert, of West Enham in Andover ; married -- Snell.
(VII) William (3), son of William (2) Blake, lived at Andover, White Parish, in Old Hall in Eastontown, and also had lands and tenements at Knights Enham occupied by his brother Robert in 1504. He married Mary Cole or Coles, daughter of Humphrey Coles, of Somersetshire. Children: 1. Nicholas, of Old Hall; will dated May 31, 1547, proved June 20, 1547; bequeathed to wife Margaret, sons William and Edmund, daughters Alice and Elizabeth. 2. Humphrey, mentioned below.
(VIII) Humphrey, son of William (3) Blake, removed early in the sixteenth century
to Over Stowey, Somersetshire, and became Lord of the Manor of Plainfield in that parish, adding the adjoining manor of Tuxwell bought in 1555 of George Sydenham. Over Stowey was owned in large part by the Blake family for two hundred years. It is on the east side of the Quantock hills and consists of four hamlets-Marsh Hills, Addiscombe, Ely Green and Plainfield. The manor house at Plainfield is a mile from the church, and has the Blake coat-of-arms in the great hall over the fire- place. It is now occupied by a farmer-tenant of the Earl of Egmont. Humphrey died in 1558 and was buried December 28 in Over Stowey. His will dated November 19, 1558, was proved May II, 1559. He bequeathed twelve pence to each priest attending his funeral and a sum for repairs to the church of which he was patron. His widow Agnes was buried June 24, 1585. Children : I. John, the elder, mentioned below. 2. Robert. 3. Thomas, received the manor of Tuxwell; mar- ried, April 29, 1569, Agnes Castleman. John, the younger, married, August 18, 1558,
4. Christian Jugg. 5. Agnes, married Lang- Manning. 6. Eleanor, married ham. 7. Alice, married George Slocombe.
(IX) John, son of Humphrey Blake, was born in 1521 ; succeeded to the manor at Plain- field and to other estates, including the patron- age of the church at Arsholt. He was buried in the chancel of the Over Stowey church, De- cember 10, 1576. His will was dated Novem- ber 26, 1576. He left the advowson of the church at Over Stowey to his son Richard. He married Jane ,who was buried June 17, 1595. Children: 1. Humphrey. 2. Will- iam, mentioned below. 3. Alice, married October 2, 1569, James Richards. 4. Annie, married, August 3, 1573, Thomas Saunders. 5. Elizabeth, married, October 5, 1572, Robert Selleck, son of the Vicar of Over Stowey. 6. Richard, baptized January 1, 1562-63 ; his son John was vicar of Over Stowey in 1611 and is buried in the chancel of that church. 7. Rob- ert, baptized May 12, 1566.
(X) William (4). son of John Blake, received from his father lands and houses in Over Stowey and Bishods Lydiard, at. Plain- field in Over Stowey, Padnoller in Parish Spaxton. He bought land at Pitsminster in 1586 and went to live there. Children: I. Grace, baptized February 9, 1588. 2. Eme, baptized December 3, 1592. 3. William; see forward. 4. John, baptized June 15, 1597. 5. Anne, baptized October 16, 1600. 6. Richard, baptized April 17, 1603. The coat-of-arms in
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use from time immemorial : Argent a chevron between three garbs sable.
(I) William, son of William (4) Blake, was eleventh in descent in the English line, and first in the American line. He was bap- tized July 10, 1594. He married, in England, at Pitsminster, Agnes Bond, a widow, and they had children, baptized at Pitsminster: I. John, August 16, 1618. 2. William, Septem- ber 6, 1620. 3. James; see forward. 4. Edward, also born in England.
(II) James, son of William (I), was bap- tized April 27, 1624. Other record is want- ing.
(III) Joseph Blake, son of James Blake, was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Au- gust 27, 1667, died there February 1, 1739. He married Mehitable Bird, who died April 15, 1751. Children, born at Dorchester: I. Hope- still, January 1I, 1690-91, married, May 6, 1718, Hannah Butt; died October 14, 1765. 2. Nathaniel, September 6, 1692, died Novem- ber 2, 1692. 3. Elizabeth, December 5, 1693, married June 13, 1723, William Withington and died October 9, 1734; lived at Dorchester. 4. Mehitable, March 23, 1696, married, Feb- ruary 6, 1745, William Field, of Braintree. 5. Joseph, March 8, 1699, died January 21, 1750. 6. Zipporah, January 8, 1701, married (first) Isaac Humphrey Jr. and (second ) August 16, 1739, Richard Evans; she died February 10, 1780. 7. Ruth, December 10, 1702, married, December 1, 1726, John Maxfield, and died October 27, 1780. 8. Ann, March 3, 1705, died September 15, 1784; married, March II, 1725, Jonathan Payson. 9. Jeremiah, March 13, 1706-07, died October II, 1784; married, June 18, 1741, Mary Stevens. 10. Sarah, July 14, 1709, married Gillings. 10. Ebe- nezer, October 22, 1712, -mentioned below.
(IV) Ebenezer, son of Joseph Blake, was born in Dorchester, October 22, 1712, died there June 27, 1790. He married, December 29, 1736, Relief Leadbetter. Children, born at Dorchester : I. Josiah, January 2, 1737. 2. Ebenezer, March 26, 1739. 3. Increase, November 2, 1741. 3. Relief, June 10, 1744. 5. Susanna, September 14, 1750. 6. Seth, September 19, 1752, mentioned below. 7. James, April 22, 1755. 8. William, December 4, 1757.
(V) Seth, son of Ebenezer Blake, was born at Dorchester, September 19, 1752. He was a soldier in the revolution, a matross in Major Thomas Pierce's company, Colonel Richard Gridley's regiment of artillery in 1775 for three months; also in Captain Pierce's com-
pany, Colonel Knox's regiment later in 1775. He married Ruxby - -. Children, born at Dorchester: I. Bela (Billy, on record), April 2, 1774. 2. Child, died at Milton, February 27, 1777. 3. Seth, December 6, 1777, men- tioned below. 4. Joseph, April 18, 1785. 5. Ruxby, August 2, 1789. 6. Polly, January I, 1791. 7. John, September 4, 1794.
(VI) Seth (2), son of Seth (I) Blake, was born in Dorchester, December 6, 1777. He removed to Needham, Massachusetts, and after his marriage became a farmer in the adjoining town of Dover. He died May 6, 1866. He married (first) June 15, 1803, Sally Richards, of Dover, born December 1, 1786, died May 2, 1836. Children, born at Dover : I. Ebenezer, July 9, 1805, died in early life ; married Roxelana Whitney, born February 23, 1803, daughter of Jason and Hannah (Goodnow) Whitney. 2. Seth Jr., September 18, 1807, died September 25, 1721. 3. William, February 8, 1811, married, April 16, 1840, Hannah Mosier. 4. Lucy, April 27, 1813, died March 15, 1816. 5. Edward, February 20, 1818, married, April 25, 1841, Hannah S. Bowers. 6. Lucy Blake, December 28, 1819, died September 21, 1821. 7. Sarah, June 22, 1822, married, April 16, 1840, Joseph L. Rogers. 8. Seth, December 1, 1824, married, December 24, 1846, Jane Renison. 9. James, May 18, 1827, died December 10, 1865. Chil- dren of Seth and his second wife, Mary A. (Brooks) Blake, born March 28, 1806, died December 26, 1879. IO. Walter Henry Brooks, July 27, 1838, married, March 26, 1865, Olive F. Mills. 11. Mary Ann, June 30, 1839, died December 18, 1842. 12. John Mar- shall, July 7, 1842, died June 29, 1850. 13. Anna (Salome) Borden, July 29, 1844, died July 1, 1878; married, August 14, 1862, Alfred G. Whittan; resides at 34 Cherry street, Som- erville, Massachusetts; daughter, Etta W. Whittan, married Charles Woodman and has one child, Harold Woodman. 14. Francis Darwin, November 10, 1847, mentioned below.
(VII) Francis Darwin, son of Seth (2) Blake, was born November 10, 1847, in Dover, died July 6, 1895. He attended the public schools of his native town. At the age of fif- teen he came to Jamaica Plain. After he came of age he engaged in the express business on his own account. By great industry and enter- prise he succeeded in building up a large busi- ness and accumulated a considerable fortune. He possessed the confidence and esteem of his fellow-townsmen to a remarkable degree. He
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invested extensively in valuable city real estate. He was a member of Free Masons and Odd Fellows. He attended the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he was a Republican of much influence. As a mark of respect the stores and other places of business were closed on the day of his funeral which was attended by a large throng of people. He married (first) Jennie Brigham. He married (second) March I, 1880, Fannie Hortense Waldron, born in Taunton, Massachusetts, December 9, 1850, removed to Rochester, Massachusetts, when twelve years old, and later to Jamaica Plain. She was a daughter of Hiram and Amelia (Dyke) Waldron. His widow survives him and is now living in Pueblo, Colorado. She has one sister, Levonia A. Waldron, and one brother, Hiram Edmond Baylis Waldron, who lives at 112 Highland avenue, Hyde Park, a prominent real estate dealer, married Anna B. Coville, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, of a prominent old family of that city, daughter of Captain Coville, master of a whaling vessel for many years. Children of Hiram E. B. and Anna B. (Coville) Waldron : Ralph A., Morris A. and Marion A. Waldron. Levonia Almeda Waldron married John O. Pugsley, February 22, 1903, and is living at 642 Center street, Jamaica Plain ; Mr. Pugsley has been engaged in the express business and is now owner of a livery stable. Child of Francis Darwin Blake by his first wife: 1. Ella F., born Sep- tember 9, 1876, died June 22, 1896, unmarried. Children of second wife: 2. Chester Waldron, October 13, 1881, superintendent of the stock yards at Pueblo, Colorado: married, March 30, 1904, Gertrude L. Cutter; child, Janet Louise, born March 7, 1906. 3. Mary Salome, March 16, 1883, resides at Pueblo with her mother. 4. William Harold, October 28, 1885, mentioned below.
(VIII) William Harold, son of Francis Darwin Blake, was born in Jamaica Plain, now part of Boston, October 28, 1885. He attended the public and high schools of Boston, a school of dramatic art and the New England Conser- vatory of Music. He is gifted with a good voice and much musical talent and his train- ing has equipped him admirably for a pro- fessional career, but his time is fully occupied in the management of his father's estate, for the heirs.
Jasper Blake, immigrant ances- BLAKE tor, was born in England and settled about 1650 in Hampton, New Hampshire. His wife Deborah is said
to have been a sister of Rev. Timothy Dalton and Philemon Dalton. Certain it is she was their relative and named children for them. About 1660 Blake bought the house lot of Thomas Ward. He also owned other tracts of land, among them being one of eight acres, a few rods north of Oliver Lane's present res- idence, where he probably resided during much of his life in Hampton; and a farm of one hundred acres, received from Rev. Timothy Dalton by a deed of gift. Blake died January 5, 1674, and his widow died December 20, 1678. Children: 1. Timothy, born October 16, 1649, mentioned below. 2. Deborah, Janu- ary 15, 1652, married Eleazer Elkins. 3. Israel, died December 3, 1678. 4. John, born Octo- ber 31, 1656, died March 29, 1716. 5. Sarah. February 14, 1659, died September 29, 1660. 6. Sarah, June 30, 1661. 7. Jasper, November 16, 1663, died December 19, 1678. 8. Samuel, June 6, 1666. 9. Dorothy, September 17, 1668, died October 28, 1737; married Nathaniel Locke. 10. Philemon, May 23, 1671, men- tioned below. II. Maria, March 1, 1673.
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