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(VII1) Gilbert Russell (2), son of Gilbert
Russell (1) Payson, was born at Watertown, Massachusetts, October 10, 1868. He pre- pared for college in the Hopkinson school, Boston, formerly known as the Dixwell school, and entered Harvard College, from which he was graduated in the class of 1890 with the degree of A. B. In September after gradua- tion he entered the Manchester Mills, Man- chester, New Hampshire, of which his grand- father was the president, and remained there until the following June when he went into the office of Luce & Manning, wool merchants. Boston. He left this firm April 29, 1893, to go into the construction department of the American Bell Telephone Company at South Boston. After two years he was appointed manager of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Dedham Exchange. He was transferred later to Milton, then to New- ton, then Holyoke and finally Springfield, Massachusetts. He resigned his position as exchange manager at Springfield, October I, 1900, to take charge of the Boston office of R. T. Wilson & Company, cotton merchants, of New York City. After four years as cotton broker, he was appointed wharfinger of the Long Wharf Company, in 1905, and holds this responsible position at the present time. This famous old Long Wharf was built originally in 1708 and before the revolution was owned by a company incorporated in 1772. Since Sep- tember 1, 1907, Mr. Payson has also been superintendent of the Boston Dispensary. He is a Republican in politics, an Episcopalian in religion. His residence is at Belmont, Massa- chusetts. He married, April 21, 1898, Ellen Holt Eldredge, born May 21, 1875, daughter of Henry Grosvenor and Eliza Elderkin (Davis) Eldredge, of Brookline, Massachu- setts. Her father lived at New Bedford and her paternal grandfather at New Bedford, Brookline and Pomfret, Connecticut, dying at Belmont. Massachusetts. Mrs. Payson had two brothers, Edward D. and William A. Eldredge ; and two sisters, Alice and Fannie I. Eldredge, married Alfred K. Von Arnim. She is descended from the Grosvenor family of Massachusetts and Connecticut, prominent from the earliest colonial times. Children: I. Gilbert Russell Jr., born June 14, 1900. 2. Henry Grosvenor Eldredge, March 19, 1907.
(VIII) Samuel Cushing, son of Gilbert Russell ( 1) Payson, was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, April 20, 1875. He was cdu- cated in private schools in his native town, Cambridge and Boston. He graduated from the Noble school, Boston, class 1892. He began
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his career as messenger in the Washington National Bank of Boston; was clerk for the banking house of Lee, Higginson & Company, Boston, five years, and then became bond sales- man for the firm of Crocker & Fisher, bankers, 19 Congress street, Boston. Mr. Payson is an Episcopalian in religion ; a Republican in poli- tics. He married, April 18, 1899, Elsie Lincoln, born July 18, 1875, daughter of William H. and Cecilia F. (Smith) Lincoln, of Brookline. Children : : I. William Lincoln, born June 3. 1901. 2. Edith Cushing, March 31, 1904.
CUSHING Hrolf Nefja Jarl, a Viking, is claimed by this family as the progenitor, and the lineage connecting the American family with this Norse chief is very interesting. In the Scandinavian Sagas relating to the latter half of the eighth century, which may be regarded as the period when the reliable Norse history begins, fre- quent mention is found of this viking and his ancestors in Throndjem and the Maeras of Norway, and in later centuries of his descend- ants in Normandy and England as well. He had at least one son Malahjulc, and a daughter Hild or Ragnhild, mentioned below.
(II) Hild or Ragnhild, married Rognvald Maera-Jarl, who in return for assistance ren- dered him by Harod Fair-Hair in the Conquest of Norway, was made chief ruler over the two Maeras and Ramsdel. They had three sons and a daughter.
(III) Gongu Hrolf, second son, was called Walking Rolf. He became early a great vik- ing. Returning from one of his expeditions soon after Harold's conquest, he committed acts of depredation in Vikin, and King Harold, who was then in Vikin, was very angry, for he had strictly prohibited robbery within his country, and he announced at a Thing, the outlawry of Hrolf from Norway. In vain Hrolf's mother appealed to the king. Accord- ingly, Hrolf, accompanied by his uncle Mala- hjulc as councillor, and a numerous following, sailed for the Hebrides, whence they made conquests, ultimately gaining Valland (now France ), about 912 A. D. the great Jarl's realm, known soon after as Normandi. Thus Hrolf, so well known in later history as Rollo, became the founder and first earl or Duke of Nor- mandy, establishing, according to nearness of kin with his own and the families of his chief leaders, the great Ruda-Jarls or feudal nobility of Ruen, ancestors of the sovereign families and Norman barons of Normandy and, Eng- land alike, in later centuries. In this manner
Malahulcinus de Toesini, or Toedini, as Mala- hjulc was called, became possessed of Toesini and Conches.
(III) Hugo de Toesini, son of Malahjulc, (mentioned in first paragraph) became Lord of Caval camp in Nuestria and had two sons.
(IV) Ralf was next in line.
(V) Ralph or Ranulph of Apulia was cele- brated for his conquests and inherited Apulia. (VI) Ralf was appointed castellan of Til- lieres in IOII.
(VII) Hugh de Toesini was surnamed de Limesay from his Norman seigneurie, and was living in 1060 and had several sons who accom- panied William the Conqueror, to whom they were related as nephews through their mother, who was William's half sister.
(VIII) Ralf, son of Hugh, received from his uncle, William the Conqueror, the barony of Oxburg in Norfolk, and forty-one others in several counties. He married a sister of Prince Edgar, named Christina.
(IX) Ralf, son of Ralf, married daughter of Hadewise.
(X) Alan, son of Ralf, was his son.
(XI) Gerard married Amy, daughter of Trian de Hronelade.
(XII) Ralf, younger son of Gerard, was surnamed Le Cusyn or Le Cosyn de Limisi, whence the name Cushing is derived; held Choseley.
(XIII) Roger, son of Ralf, had a brother Richard. One of these was ancestor of Gal- fridus Cusyn, mentioned below.
(XIV) Galfridus (Gerard or Geoffrey). Cusyn, was born in county Norfolk in the latter part of the thirteenth century, and had estates in Hardingham. In 1327 he was assessed to the King's subsidies, Edward II.
(XV) William Cushing, son or grandson of Geoffrey or Galfridus Cusyn, added to the original estates, land in Hingham.
(XVI) Thomas Cushing was born in Hard- ingham in the latter part of the reign of Rich- ard II, and had large estates there, in Hing- ham, and elsewhere.
(XVII) William Cushing, son of Thomas, was born in Hardingham in the early part of the fifteenth century and married Emma -
He lived in Hingham. His will was dated September 26, 1492, and proved March II, 1493. His wife Emma died 1507.
(XVIII) John Cushing, son of William, was born in Hingham but lived in Harding- ham: owned large properties in Lombard street, London ; will dated February 21, 1522, proved March 5, 1523.
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(XIX) Thomas, son of John, inherited the homestead and died at Hardingham in April, 1 558.
(XX) Peter Cushing, son of Thomas, was born at Hardingham, removed .to Hingham about 1600; married Susan Hawes at Hard- ingham, June 2, 1583; buried at Hingham, March 2, 1615. His wife was buried there April 26, 1641. He was probably one of the first Cushings to embrace the Protestant faith. Children: I. Theophilus, baptized November 4, 1584, came to New England, 1633; settled with his brother Matthew at Hingham; died without issue. 2. Bridget, baptized February 19, 1586. 3. Matthew, mentioned below, as No. I in the American line. 4. William, bap- tized April 1, 1593. 5. Barbara, baptized June 16, 1596. 6. Peter, of London. 7. Katherine. 8. Thomas, of London, baptized May 15, 1603, died 1669.
(I) Matthew Cushing, immigrant ancestor, was baptized in Hingham, England, March 2, 1589, died in Hingham, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 30, 1660. With his wife, four sons, and his wife's sister, Frances Beecroft, widow, he sailed from Ipswich in 1638 on the ship, "Diligent," John Marton, master. He left England owing to religious troubles. He settled in Hingham, Massachusetts, where he at once became identified with public affairs. He was a town officer and a deacon of Rev. Thomas Hobart's church. He married, August 5, 1613, in England, Nazareth Pitcher, baptized October 30, 1586, died in Hingham, January 5, 1682, aged ninety-six, daughter of Henry "Pitcher, of the family of Admiral Pitcher, of England. After the death of Matthew Cush- ing, his heirs, Daniel, Matthew, John, Jere- miah Cushing, and Matthias Briggs, made an agreement for the division of the estate to themselves and their mother. Children : I. Daniel, baptized April 20, 1619. 2. Jeremiah, baptized July 21, 1621. 3. Matthew, baptized April 5, 1623. 4. Deborah, baptized February 17. 1625, married Matthias Briggs. 5. John, born 1627, mentioned below.
(II) Colonel John, son of Matthew Cush- ing, was born in 1627, in Hingham, England, died at Scituate, Massachusetts, March 31, 1708. He came to New England with his father in 1638 and settled in Scituate, where he became a prominent man. He was surveyor of highways in 1663: receiver of taxes, 1667; deputy to the general court, 1674, 1692, and several years afterward ; on the committee for dividing lands in 1663: chosen in 1676 to report to the government all services of the
soldiers in King Philip's war ; selectman from 1674 to 1686; county magistrate for Plymouth county from 1685 to 1692 ; assistant of the Old Colony government of Plymouth Colony from 1689 to 1691. He was colonel of the Plymouth regiment. He married, in Hingham, England, January 20, 1658, Sarah Hawke, baptized there August 1, 1641, died in Scituate, Massachu- setts, March 9, 1679, daughter of Matthew and Margaret Hawke. Children, born at Scituate : 1. John, April 28, 1662. 2. Thomas, December 26, 1663. 3. Matthew, February, 1665, mentioned below. 4. Jeremiah, August 27, 1670. 7. Sarah, August 26, 1671. 8. Caleb, January, 1673. 9. Deborah, 1674. 10. Mary, August 30, 1676. 11. Joseph, September 23, 1677. 12. Benjamin, February 4, 1679, mem- ber of Ancient and Honorable Artillery in 1700.
(III) Matthew (2), son of Colonel John Cushing, was born in Scituate in February, 1665, baptized May 14, 1665. He married, in Hingham, Massachusetts, December 27, 1694, Deborah Jacob, born in Hingham, May 8, 1677, died November 30, 1755, daughter of Captain John and Mary (Russell) Jacob. He was a wheelwright by trade, and was select- man of the town in 1703-04-08-13-14. Chil- dren : 1. Jacob, born March 17, 1696, died December 23, 1777; Harvard, 1725. 2. Matthew, May 22, 1698. 3. Deborah, Decem- ber 9, 1700. 4. Hezekiah, March 14, 1703. 5. Rachel, May 3, 1705. 6. Josiah, August 9, 1707, mentioned below. 7. Sarah, September 5. I7II. 8. Noah, October 18, 1714.
(IV) Deacon Josiah, son of Matthew (2) Cushing, was born in Hingham, August 9, 1707, died in Rehoboth, August 20, 1787. Some time before his marriage he removed to Reho- both, where his brother Matthew and elder sister Deborah had already settled. He mar- ried there, November 13, 1735, Mehitable King, who died April 24, 1778, daughter of Daniel King, of Dighton, a descendant of Thomas King, of Bell House Neck, Scituate. Children, born at Rehoboth : I. Josiah, Octo- ber 31, 1736, mentioned below. 2. Sarah, July 18, 1738. 3. David, March 13, 1741. 4. Eliz- abeth, October 5. 1742, died October 30, 1747. 5. Dasiel, November 5. 1744. 6. Jacob, Sep- tember 26, 1749.
(V) Josiah (2), son of Josiah ( I) Cushing, was born at Rehoboth, October 31, 1736, and resided there. He married Betty - . Chil- dren, born in Rehoboth: 1. Josiah, July 29, 1781, died May 29, 1786. 2. Saralı, November 15. 1783. 3. William, September 18, 1785. 4.
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Oliver, September 25, 1787, mentioned below. 5. Betty, April 17, 1790.
(VI) Dr. Oliver, son of Josiah (2) Cush- ing, was born in Rehoboth, September 25, 1787. He was a physician at Seekonk, Massachusetts. He married, June 20, 1813, Eliza Winslow, born in Freetown, Massachusetts, March 30, 1791. Child, Hannah Gilbert, married Samuel Russell Payson, of Belmont, Massachusetts ; (see Payson family ).
TRAIN John Train, immigrant ancestor, came to New England in the ship, "Susan and Ellen," in 1635. The
name is spelled also Traine and Trayne. He was aged twenty-five years at that time. He settled at Watertown, and was a proprietor there in 1636. He was called a husbandman. He took the oath of fidelity in 1652. His will was proved April 4, 1681. He died January 29, 1680-81, and the inventory of his estate was two hundred and eighty-eight pounds, ten shillings. He married (first) Margaret Dix, born 1614, who came over in the same ship. She died December 18, 1660, aged forty-four. He married (second) October 12, 1675, Abi- gail Bent, who died August 17, 1691. Chil- dren, all by first wife: I. Elizabeth, Septem- ber 30, 1640, died May 7, 1708; married, March 10, 1758, John Stratton. 2. Mary,
October 10, 1642, married Memory. 3. Rebecca, married, January 12, 1676-77, Michael Barstow. 4. Sarah, January 31, 1646-47, mar- ried, October 12, 1679, Jacob Cole. 5. Abigail, January 31, 1648-49, married, April 16, 1668, Martin Townsend. 6. John, May 25, 1651, mentioned below. 7. Thomas, 1653, died Jan- uary 23, 1738-39. 8. Hannah, September 8, 1657, married, January 16, 1677-78, Richard Child.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Train, was born May 25, 1651, died February 19, 1717-18. He married, March 24, 1674-75, Mary Stubbs, daughter of Joshua and Abigail ( Benjamin) Stubbs. Children: I. John, born and died December, 1675. 2. Abigail, June 5, 1677, married, May 14, 1702, William Sanderson. 3. Elizabeth, January 6, 1679-80, married (first) November 30, 1701, Thomas Spring ; ( second) Joseph Bullard ; ( third ) April 26, 1723, Thomas Upham. 4. John, October 31, 1682, mentioned below. 5. Margaret, August 18, 1685, married, 1707, Samuel Perry. 6. Thomas, May 20, 1688. 7. Rebecca.
(III) John (3), son of John (2) Train, was born at Watertown, October 31, 1682. He married, May 5, 1705, Lydia Jennison.
Children: 1. John, born February 9, 1706. 2. Judith, August 26, 1708, married, February 16, 1732, Josiah Upham. 3. Samuel, Decem- ber 22, 17II, mentioned below. 4. Ebenezer. June 25, 1715. 5. Joshua, November 7, 1718, married, in Framingham, March 25, 1743. Mary Nichols. 6. Jonathan (twin), Novem- ber 7, 1718. 7. William, December 18, 1721. 8. Peter, January 9, 1724-25. 9. Thomas, August 9, 1727.
(IV) Samuel, son of John (3) Train, was born in Watertown, in that part set off as Weston, December 22, 1711, died there in 1806. He married first (intentions dated April 2, 1738) Mary Holden, of Concord. He married (second) December 31, 1741, Rachel Allen, born April 7, 1722, died about 1802, daughter of Nathaniel and Lydia Allen. Children, all by second wife: 1. Lydia, born July 28, 1743, married, October 7, 1761, Thaddeus Spring. 2. Samuel, August 11, 1745, mentioned below. 3. Mary, March 31, 1748, married, 1769, Abijah Allen. 4. Ephraim, October 17, 1750, married (first) January 26, 1775, Susanna Willis; (second ) March 18, 1779, Rebecca Hammond ; removed to Hillsboro, New Hampshire. 5. Rebecca, December 10, 1754, married, October 29, 1772, Thomas Hills. 6. Lucy, June 3, 1757, married, April 11, 1776, Captain Eleazer Crabtree. 7. Nahum, April 10, 1759, married, November 2, 1787, Louisa Fiske. 8. Enoch. February 10, 1763, married, 1791, Hannah Hewing. 9. Martha, January 24, 1765.
(V) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) Train, was born in Weston, August II, 1745, died in 1839. He was in the revolution in Captain Zachariah Fitch's company, Colonel Samuel Brewer's regiment, from August 23, 1776, to September 30, 1776; also in Captain Samuel Lamson's company on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. He married, December 15, 1770, Deborah Brown, who died in Weston, in March, 1828, aged eighty-one, daughter of Arthur Savage. Children : 1. Arthur, born Feb- ruary 14, 1772, married Betsey Seaverns. 2. Isaac, October 22, 1779, married, November 7, 1802, Sarah Harrington. 3. Charles, January 7, 1783, mentioned below. 4. Samuel, June 29, 1785, married, February 14, 1810, Harriet Seaverns. 5. Betsey, 1787, died 1797.
(VI) Rev. Charles, son of Samuel (2) Train, was born in Weston, January 7. 1783, died September 17. 1849. He attended the district school, and in the spring of 1800 went to the Framingham Academy for one term, finally completing his preparation for college 11nder Rev. Samuel Kendall. D. D., of Weston.
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He graduated from Harvard College in 1805. When he entered college it was with the inten- tion of studying law, but he decided to enter the ministry, in the Baptist denomination. He preached his first sermon in May, 1806, before the church at Newton, and received from that church a license to preach. He spent about seven months in the family of Mr. Grafton, studying theology and preaching in the neigh- borhood. He united with the Weston church, being dismissed from the church in Newton, and for several years preached there every alternate Sunday, teaching school during the winters of 1805-06. In the fall of 1807 he accepted a position as Preceptor of the Fram- ingham Academy and preached alternate Sun- days at Weston and Framingham. In 1809 he resigned his position with the academy, but continued to receive private pupils until 1822. He was ordained pastor of the Framingham church, January 30, 1811, and served as min- ister until 1839, when he resigned on account of ill health. From that time until 1843 he preached and worked as his health permitted, but was at last obliged to give up all active work, on account of broken health. The disease with which he was afflicted was very painful and he bore his long years of suffering with patience and fortitude. He served as secretary of the Massachusetts Baptist conven- tion ; was a member of the school committee ; was elected representative to the general court in 1822 and for the seven years following with the exception of 1827. In 1829 he was elected to fill an unexpired term in the senate, and the year following was elected senator. He was the first to move in the plan of forming a legislative library, and in the matter of a revi- sion of the laws relating to common schools. He also had much to do with obtaining the charter of Amherst College. Many of his sermons and public speeches are published. He married (first) August 15, 1810, Elizabeth Harrington, who died September 1.4, 1814, aged thirty, daughter of Abraham Harrington. He married (second) October, 1815, Hepzibah Harrington, sister of his first wife. Child of first wife: 1. Rev. Arthur Savage, born Sep- tember 1, 1812, graduated at Brown University, 1833; died January 2, 1872; married (first) January 9, 1838, Susan T. Beckwith; (second) June I, 1852, Caroline M. Whittier. Children of second wife: 2. Charles R., October 18, 1817, mentioned below. 3. Althea, June 17, 1821. died September 1I, 1845. 4. Lucilla, June 2, 1823, died May 21, 1841. 5. Sarah E., June 20, 1834, married (first) September 16,
1858, Lorenzo E. Sabine; (second) August 5, 1877, Moses Giddings.
(VII) Charles Russell, son of Rev. Charles Train, was born October 18, 1817, died July 29, 1885. He fitted for college at Framing- ham Academy, and graduated at Brown Uni- versity in 1837. For the next three years he studied law under Josiah Adams, teaching school meanwhile. After a year at the Har- vard Law School, he was admitted to the bar in 1841. He began his practice in Framingham, but in 1863 removed to Boston. He was representative to the general court in 1847-48 from Framingham, and from Boston in 1868- 70-71 ; district attorney for the northern dis- trict from 1848 to 1851. He declined the appointment to the supreme court which he was offered. He was attorney for the north- ern district from 1853 to 1855 ; delegate to the National convention at Philadelphia in 1856; member of the executive council 1857-58. He represented the eighth district in the thirty- sixth and thirty-seventh congresses; delegate to the National Republican convention at Balti- more in 1864. In September, 1862, after the second battle of Bull Run, he volunteered upon the staff of his friend, Brigadier General George H. Gordon, then commanding a divi- sion in Banks' corps, and served as assistant adjutant general, taking part in the battle of Antietam. He resigned in time to assume his seat in congress. In 1867-68 he was a member of the common council of the city of Boston, and a member of the water board. As a mem- ber of the legislature from Boston in 1870-71 he was appointed chairman of the judiciary committee. In 1871 he was chosen attorney general of Massachusetts, which he held by annual election for seven consecutive years, when he retired to private life, and resumed the practice of his profession. He died at Conway, New Hampshire, and the following memorial of the Suffolk Bar Association indi- cates liis standing in the profession.
"The members of the Bar desires memo- randum to be placed upon the records of the Supreme Judicial Court in memory of the Honorable Charles R. Train, for four years District Attorney for the Northern Criminal District, and for seven years Attorney Gen- eral of the Commonwealth, as well as a repre- sentative in the Congress of the United States, who died at Conway, New Hampshire, July 29, 1885. He was a lawyer eminent in his profession ; and a citizen conspicuous in vari- ous walks of life; upon whom, during a long career, distinguishing marks of confidence were
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bestowed. In discharging a closing act of pious duty, his associates are affected by pleas- ant memories, and gratefully remind the Bar in this place where his presence was so long familiar, not only of the personal traits which endeared him to his brethren, but of the emi- nent professional qualities which marked his career. They desire to bear witness to his skill, his self-possession, his nice discrimination, especially shown in the trial of causes, his enlarged views, and that natural generosity of disposition and constant good humor which smoothed the rough path of duty, and ren- dered the ordinary experience of professional life most grateful."
Mr. Train's knowledge of law was extensive, and his success at important trials, and the uni- form soundness of his opinions gave him a high rank in his profession. His mind was quick, his fancy bounding, his satire caustic, and he could turn his opponent's thrust back upon himself with adroitness. This fertility of resources and self-possession, together with his knowledge of men, gave him great influence with juries. The address which he made at the meeting of the Bunker Hill Monument Association, June 17, 1885, was characteristic of the man. He cherished a warm affection for his early home and the schoolmates of his youth. It can be said that those who knew him best, loved him most. To the end of his life he retained the vivacity and versatility of his youth, tempered by experience. He could tell a good story and enjoy a hearty laugh. He married (first ) October 27, 1841, Martha A. Jackson. born at Attleborough, November 13, 1819, died November 14, 1867. He married (second) June 14, 1869, Sarah M. Cheney, born in Boston, October 27, 1836. Children : I. Lucilla, born August 8, 1842, married, Jan- uary 27, 1863, Francis W. Lawrence. 2. Admiral Charles J., May 14, 1845, married Grace Tomlinson; commanded the Asiatic squadron during the Japan-Russia war and died at Chefoo, China, 1907. 3. Althea, July 24, 1847, married Gilbert R. Payson (see Pay- son family). 4. Arthur Clifford, August 15, 1850, died April 24, 1867. 5. Henry J., Jan- uary 28, 1855. 6. Arthur C., September 6, 1875, only child of second wife.
The name of Manard or Maynard appears in the Rolls MAYNARD of Battle Abbey as among the Normans who came into England with William the Conqueror. John Maynard was appointed governor of Breast Castle in Brit-
tany, July 28, 1352, by Edward Prince of Wales. Sir Henry Maynard, the sixth in descent from John Maynard, mentioned above, was sheriff of Essex county, and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth. His son William was created "Lord of Wicklow" in Ireland, May 30, 1520, by King James First. Lord William was made Baron of the Realm in 1620 by King Charles First. Whether any of these were ancestors of the Maynards in America is not known, but it seems to show the Maynard family as one of great antiquity and of con- siderable prominence in England.
(I) The first ancestor of this family in America of whom there is record was John Maynard, who was in Sudbury in 1638 or 1639. He brought with him one son, John, who was eight years old. It is supposed that his first wife died in England, as no mention is found of her. He was a freeman in 1644. He married (second) Mary Axdell and had five children. In 1656 he was one of the peti- tioners for the grant of the township of Marl- borough, not for himself but for his sons who had grown to man's estate. The Maynard family has since been prominent in the town and honorably connected with its annals. John Maynard died December 10, 1672. In his will he calls his son John his eldest son.
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