Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 27

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 986

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(VI) Ebenezer (2), son of Eben Weld, was born in Roxbury, July 4, 1775. died at West Roxbury or Jamaica Plain, February 7, 1859. He was a prosperous farmer. He married, August 23, 1814, Eliza Tolman Pierce, born in Dorchester. Children: I. Elizabeth, born May 28, 1815. died unmarried in 1890. 2. Ebenezer, March 24, 1816, died unmarried October 3. 1887. 3. Nathaniel, March IO, 1818, married, May 21, 1861, Mary P. White, born at Kennebunkport, Maine, July 2, 1813. died August 27, 1875 ; he died March 7, 1885, a prominent citizen of Roxbury. 4. John, November 9, 1820, mentioned below.

(VII) John, son of Ebenezer (2) Weld, was born in Roxbury, November 9, 1820, died there April 11, 1886. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He engaged in the leather trade in Boston and was also a manufacturer and dealer in boot and shoe findings. Having accumulated a handsome fortune, he retired from business several years before his death. He built a sightly and hand- some residence on Hyde Park avenue, still occupied by his widow and daughter. He was a Republican and actively interested in public affairs. He was a prominent member of the Baptist church at Jamaica Plain, a deacon for many years at Roslindale, where he was one of the charter members of the Roslindale Baptist church. He married, at Jamaica Plain, April 27. 1854. Sybil W. Folsom, born at Orono, Maine, July 10, 1831, daughter of John and Sybil (Willard) Folsom. (See Folsom). Mrs. Weld is an active member of the Baptist church. She is interested in the family his- tory and has in her possession many relics of the Weld ancestors, of great interest. Many of the deeds and mortgages of early days have been preserved. Among the furniture is a beautiful tall clock formerly owned by Eben- ezer Weld, made in 1772 and still an excellent time-keeper. There is some Chippendale furni- ture, a solid mahogany secretary and side- board. She has an ancient copy of the will of

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John Weld, dated at Boston, April 28, 1692. Children of John and Sybil W. Weld: I. Charles E., born May 19, 1856, died February 22, 1897; married Jennie H. Hinman, who survives him, living in Jamaica Plain; had no children. 2. Elizabeth F., July 22, 1859, re- sides in the home of the family, caring for her mother. 3. John H., November 1, 1861, men- tioned below.

(VIII) John H., son of John Weld, was born at Jamaica Plain (West Roxbury), No- vember 1, 1861, died in Boston June 6, 1908. He was educated in the public schools of Jamaica Plain. He was engaged in the busi- ness of haberdasher, one of the firm of Blanchard, King & Company, of Boston. He was a prominent member of the Baptist church, deacon and superintendent of the Sunday school, and one of the founders of the Baptist church at Roslindale, Massachusetts He was enterprising and public spirited. In politics he was a Republican. He married, July 16, 1907, Muriel K. Mabie, born April 24, 1873, in Rockford, Illinois, daughter of Henry C. and Edith (Roe) Mabie. They had one child, Muriel Elizabeth, born September 15, 1908. His widow resides on the homestead on Hyde Park avenue, West Roxbury.

(The Folsom Line).

The surname Folsom was originally spelled Foulsham. When surnames were adopted in England the family living at Foulsham adopted the name of the place, a village in county Nor- folk, England, six or eight miles north of Hingham. This family had been seated in Norfolk many centuries and owned estates in fifteen different places. The spelling and pro- nunciation of this surname have varied in the family itself as well as among others writing and pronouncing it. The immigrant ancestor spelt it Foullsam in 1715. In Hingham, Foul- sham is the general way adopted by the town clerks ; in Exeter, after 1659, Folsom was the prevailing spelling. The name of the town is derived from the words Fols and Hame, mean- ing Fowl's home, or breeding place. The name of the town was gradually modified to Fol- sham.

(I) Roger Foulsham, of Necton, county Norfolk, England, is the earliest ancestor of the American immigrant who can be traced. His will is dated 1534.

(II) William Foulsham was of Necton; married Agnes Smith, alias Foulsham, of Bes- thorpe.

(III) Adam Foulsham married Emma

-, whose will is dated 1565. He owned lands in Besthorpe, Wymondham, Bunwell, Hingham and Hackford, England. He died in 1630.

(IV) Adam (2) Folsom was father of the American immigrant ; married Agnes -; died 1627. His will names three sons: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Adam. 3. Peter.

(V) John, son of Adam (2) Folsom, was the immigrant ancestor. He was baptized in England in 1615. He married there at Hing- ham, October 4, 1636, Mary Gilman, daughter of Edward Gilman. In 1638, with wife and two servants, he came from Hingham, England, to Hingham, Massachusetts, and in 1639 his brother, Adam Folsom, came over. The Gil- mans also came to Hingham. John Folsom sailed April 26, 1638, in the ship "Diligent" from the mouth of the Thames, and landed at Boston, August 10, 1638. He received a grant of land and before winter had his house built. This house or one built later by him was taken down in 1875. He was chosen selectman in 1645. He and Captain Joshua Hubbard were granted liberty of the two rivers, Rocky Meadow and Bound Brook, so far as the town hath property, to build and maintain a saw mill or mills. John Folsom sold his lands in Hingham about 1655 and removed with his family to Exeter, New Hampshire. He lived on the west side of the river. where the first settlements were made ; but three of his sons lived in the eastern part of the town. His sons and grandsons owned much land upon what was called Rocky Hill. He was engaged as surveyor in running the lines between Ex- eter and Dover. In advanced life he became unfortunately involved in his pecuniary affairs, but was assisted by his sons in preserving his property. He was very intelligent, earnest, enterprising ; sometimes more enthusiastic than judicious ; a decided Christian ready to sacri- fice his property. ease and popular favor for the sake of his principles. He died December 27. 1651, at Exeter. He deeded to his son Peter, April 10, 1673, "forty or fifty acres of land in Hingham in ye county of Norfolk (England) near Norrald Comon and formerly held by ye name of Ffulsham at ye Box- bushes." We are not told whether the land has ever been sold. John Folsom was select- man of Exeter in 1659; juryman, 1662. Chil-, dren: 1. Samuel, baptized October 3, 1641, married, December 22, 1663, Mary Robie, of Hampton. 2. John, baptized October 3, 1641, married. November 10. 1675, Abigail Perkins, of Hampton ; deacon and town officer of Ex-

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eter. 3. Nathaniel, baptized June 2, 1644, married, June 9, 1674, Hannah Farrow. 4. Israel, baptized April, 1646, resided in New- market and Nottingham. 5. Peter, baptized April 8, 1649, mentioned below. 6. Mary, baptized April 13, 1651, married, June 12, 1672, George Marsh, of Newbury. 7. Eph- raim, born February 23, 1654, married Phaltiel Hall, of Dover; shot by an Indian, June II, 1709.

(VI) Peter, son of John Folsom, was bap- tized at Hingham, Massachusetts, April 8, 1649. He married, May 6, 1678, Susannah Cousins, of Wells, Maine. He lived on the Hampton road, east of the village of Exeter on the southwest corner, where the road leaves the Hampton road and goes to Kensington. It has generally been in the possession of the Folsom family. He was a shrewd and active man of affairs and acquired much property. He was known as Lieutenant Peter in the records of town and church. He died at Ex- eter in 1717. Children: I. Elizabeth, mar- ried, September 13, 1704, Lieutenant Samuel Colcord, of Kingston. 2. Susanna, married Caleb Gilman. 3. Mary, married Joseph Thing. 4. Peter, mentioned below. 5. John, born about 1685, married Hannah Gilman. 6. Benjamin, born in Exeter in 1696, died March, 1752 : married Rachel Gilman.

(VII) Peter (2), son of Peter ( I) Folsom, was born in Exeter about 1682. He married Catherine Gilman, daughter of John Gilman, and granddaughter of Edward Gilman. He died in 1718. He was a man of talent, influ- ence and wealth. His widow married Rich- ard Calley, of Stratham. Children, born in Exeter on the south side of the Hampton road : I. Susanna, September 27, 1704. 2. Eliza- beth, March 20, 1706-07. married, February 1, 1726, John Robinson. 3. John, March 14, 1700, mentioned below. 4. James, October 16. 17II, married, June 18, 1735, Elizabeth Thing. 5. Peter, July 27, 1714, married Mary Folsom. 6. Catherine, January 24, 1716, mar- ried Samuel Lamson.

(VIII) John (2), son of Peter (2) Folsom, was born March 14, 1709. In 1735 he bought land in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, and in 1737 in Chester, perhaps in that part after- wards included in Raymond, where three of his children settled about 1770. Soon after he went to Raymond and died there. He married (first ) in 1731, Hannah Sanborn, born June 4, 1713, daughter of William San- born. He married (second) Eleanor ---- before 1765. Children: 1. Eleanor, married

Folsom. 2. Eliphalet, born in Exeter, married Mary Fullonton. 3. John, mentioned below. 4. Susan, married Clough. 5. Sarah, married, June 2, 1786, Reuben Pres- cott.

(IX) John (3), son of John (2), Folsom, was born in Exeter and was a farmer in Ray- mond. A John Folsom, of Exeter or vicinity, was in the revolution in 1777 in Captain Zebulon Gilman's company, Colonel Stephen Evans' regiment. at Saratoga. About 1796 he removed to New Sharon, Franklin county, Maine. He married (first) Betty Carr ; ( sec- ond) Sarah Hutchins; (third) Betsey Turner. Children of first wife, born in Raymond: I. Sanders Carr, June 21, 1785 (called in family records Joseph ) : married Abigail Pease ; died December 8, 1856. 2. Samuel, June 24, 1787, married, 1832, Almira Day. 3. John, January 2, 1789, mentioned below. 4. Sarah, December 29, 1791, died May, 1852. 5. Elinor, October 23, 1793, died unmarried January 24, 1880. 6. Betsey, 1795, died 1877 ; married John Welts. Children of second wife: 7. Louisa, married, in New Sharon, Eben Morrow. 8. Mary, mar- ried Currier. 9. Abigail, married, June 27, 1835, Nathaniel Maddocks. Children of third wife: 10. Bethena, married Daniel Lee- man. II. Joshua.

(X) John (4). son of John (3) Folsom, was born in Raymond, January 2, 1789. At the age of four years he lost the use of one leg, and was obliged to use a crutch. He was a tailor by trade, and owned a fulling mill. He died at Week's Mills, Maine, July 17, 1867. He married, in New Sharon, Maine, March 10, 1822. Sybil Willard, who died March 16, 1868, daughter of Deacon Joseph Willard. He and his wife were members of the Freewill Baptist church. Children, born in New Sharon : I. Franklin Weeks, April 14, 1825, married, June 8, 1851, Laura Ann Prescott. 2. Henry Wesley, Orono, Maine, May 25, 1829, married, September 19, 1852, Eliza A. Barlow. 3. Sybil Willard, July 10, 1831, married, April 27, 1854, John Weld ( see Weld family ).

(The Coffin Line).

The family of Coffin in England was seated at Portledge, in the parish of Alwington, in the northern part of county Devon, and has been in England since the Norman conquest. There are various branches of the family in the county. The Portledge family bore these arms : Vert, five cross-crosslets argent, between four plates. These arms are used also by the Amer- ican families.

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(I) Tristram Coffin, the earliest English progenitor of which there is authentic record, lived in Brixton, county Devon, England. His will dated November 16, 1601, was proved at Totness in 1602. He left legacies to Joan, Anna and John, children of Nicholas Coffin ; Richard and Joan, children of Lionel Coffin ; Phillip Coffin and his son Tristram; and appointed Nicholas Coffin, mentioned below, his executor.

(II) Nicholas, son of Tristram Coffin, lived at Butlers, county Devon. His will was dated September 12, 1613, and proved November 3, 1613. It mentions his wife Joan; sons Peter (mentioned below), Tristram, Nicholas and John ; daughter Anne ; and Joan, daughter of one of his sons.

(III) Peter, son of Nicholas Coffin, married Joan Thember. He resided at Brixton and died in 1628. His will was dated December 21, 1627, and proved March 13, 1628. It pro- vides that his wife shall have the estate during her life, and that it then goes to his son Tris- tram, "who is to be provided for according to his degree and calling." He mentions daugh- ters Joan, Deborah, Eunice and Mary as being under twenty years of age. He refers to his tenement called Silferhay, in Butlers, and to brother Nicholas. In 1642 his widow with her son Tristram and daughters Mary and Eunice, went to Salisbury, Massachusetts, and from thence to Haverhill and Newbury, and died in Nantucket or Boston in May, 1661, aged sev- enty-seven years. She was said to have pos- sessed remarkable strength of character, and on the occasion of her death, Rev. Mr. Wilson preached a funeral sermon. Children : I. John, born in England, died in Plymouth Fort. 2. Tristram, born 1609, mentioned below. 3. Joan, probably died in England. 4. Deborah, probably died in England. 5. Eunice, born in England, married William Butler, of New Eng- land. 6. Mary, born in England, married Alexander Adams.

(IV) Tristram (2), son of Peter Coffin, was born in England in 1609 and died in Nan- tucket, Massachusetts, October 2, 1681. He married, in England, Dionis Stevens, daughter of Robert Stevens, of Brixton, county Devon. He was the immigrant ancestor, and came to Salisbury, Massachusetts, in 1642, with five children. He removed in a short time to Haver- hill and was witness to an Indian deed of that place, November 15, 1642. About 1648 he removed to Newbury, where he kept an ordin- ary, and thence to Salisbury again in 1654 or 1655, and was commissioner there. In 1659

he was one of the company of Salisbury men who bought land at Nantucket island, whither he removed in 1660 with his wife, mother, and some of his children, and where he died. He was the first magistrate of the island, and a capable officer. Children: I. Hon. Peter, born in England, 1631, died in Exeter, New Hamp- shire, March 2, 1715. 2. Tristram Jr., 1632, died in Newbury, February 4, 1704. 3. Eliza- beth, England, married, in Newbury, Novem- ber 13, 1651, Captain Stephen Greenleaf ; died November 29, 1678. 4. James, August 12, 1640, mentioned below. 5. John, England, died in Haverhill, October 30, 1642. 6. Deborah, Haverhill, November 15, 1643, died there December 8, 1643. 7. Mary, Haverhill, Febru- ary 20, 1645, married Nathaniel Starbuck and was mother of the first white child born in Nantucket ; died there September 13, 1717. 8. John, Haverhill, October 30, 1647, died in Edgartown, 17II. 9. Stephen, Newbury, May II, 1652, died in Nantucket, May 18, 1734.

(V) James, son of Tristram (2) Coffin, was born in England, August 12, 1640, and came to New England with his father. He was admitted a freeman at Dover, New Hampshire, May 31, 1671. He lived in Nantucket, where he moved after the first child was born, and died there July 28, 1720. He married, Novem- ber I, 1663, Mary Severance, daughter of John and Abigail Severance, of Salisbury. Chil- dren : I. Mary, born in Dover, April 18, 1665, died February 1, 1741 ; married (first) Rich- ard Pinkham; (second) James Gardner. Born in Nantucket : 2. James, died August 2, 1741. 3. Nathaniel, 1671. died October 29, 1721. 4. John, mentioned below. 5. Dinah. died August I, 1750 ; married, November 20, 1690, Nathaniel Starbuck Jr. 6. Deborah, died October 8, 1767; married, October 10, 1695, George Bunker. 7. Ebenezer, March 30, 1678, died October 17, 1730. 8. Joseph, February 4, 1680, died July 15, 1719. 9. Elizabeth, died March 30, 1769; married (first) Jonathan Bunker ; (second) Thomas Clark. 10. Benjamin, died young. II. Ruth, died May 28, 1748; married Joseph Gardner. 12. Abigail, died March 15, 1709 ; married Nathaniel Gardner. 13. Experi- ence, died young. 14. Jonathan, August 28, 1692, died February 5, 1773.

(VI) John, son of James Coffin, was born in Nantucket and died there July 1, 1747. He married Hope Gardner, born in Nantucket, 1669, died October 12, 1750, daughter of Rich- ard and Sarah ( Shattuck) Gardner. Children. born in Nantucket : I. Richard, June 12, 1694. married Ruth Bunker : died March 4, 1768. 2.

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Peleg, September 16, 1696. 3. Judith, May 8, 1700, died December 4, 1788; married Ebe- nezer Gardner. 4. Elias, June 18, 1702, died 1773 ; married Love Coffin. 5. Francis, Sep- tember 13, 1706, mentioned below. 6. Abigail, August 31, 1708, died 1770; married Zaccheus Folger.

(VII) Francis, son of John Coffin, was born in Nantucket, September 13, 1706; married Theodate Gorham. They spent their lives on the island of Nantucket. Among their children was Peleg, mentioned below.

(VIII) Peleg, son of Francis Coffin, was born on the island of Nantucket ; married Eliz- abeth Hussey of an old Nantucket family. Both were prominent members of the Society. of Friends. He was a farmer.

(IX) Peleg (2), son of Peleg (I) Coffin, was born on Nantucket in 1756, died there in 1805. He married Eunice Barker, also of Nantucket. Children: I. George Washington, mentioned below. And two daughters.

(X) George Washington, son of Peleg (2) Coffin, was born January 16, 1784, died in Jamaica Plain, Boston, March 24, 1864. He was educated in his native place and engaged in the business of agent for eastern lands. He removed to Boston and lived there until his death. He became prominent in business and in public life. He was active and influential in politics and held various positions of trust and honor. He was state treasurer. In relig- ion he was first a Quaker and later a Uni- tarian. He married Mary Winthrop Spooner. born at Boston, December 23, 1791, died there July 23, 1880, a direct descendant of a distin- guished Plymouth county family and of Gov- ernor John Winthrop. Child, Annie Warren, born at Boston, July 15, 1834, married Septem- ber I, 1859, Aaron Davis Weld. (See Weld family ).

( For first generation see Robert Williams).

(Il) Stephen Williams, son WILLIAMS of Robert Williams. was born in Roxbury, November. 8, 1640, died there February 15, 1719-20. He inherited the homestead and lived in the paternal mansion at Roxbury. He cared for his father and Uncle Nicholas during their last years. He married Sarah Wise, born 1647, died 1728. Children, born at Roxbury : I. Sarah, August 13, 1667, married - · Hast- ings. 2. Mary, December 20, 1669, married - Choate. 3. Elizabeth, October 1, 1672, married - Tucker. 4. Bethia, April 26. 1676, married Rice. 5. Stephen, August

27, 1678. 6. Robert, born and died 1680. 7. Joseph, February 24, 1681, mentioned below. 8. John, January 26, 1683-84. 9. Henry, April 9, 1686, died August, 1686. 10. Grace, April 2, 1688, married, October, 1718, John Metcalf, of Dedham. II. Catherine, November 9, 1690 died June, 1707. 12. Thomas, July 27, 1694, died September, 1694.

(III) Joseph, son of Stephen Williams, was born at Roxbury, February 24, 1681. He was a farmer at Roxbury all his life. He married Abigail Davis, born 1687, died 1772. Children, born at Roxbury : I. Colonel Joseph, April 10, 1708, married Martha Howell and Hannah Dudley. 2. Mary, September 14, 1710. 3. John. September 17, 1712, mentioned below. 4. Sarah. September 17, 1714. 5. Stephen, October 27, 1716, died August 21, 1720. 6. Jeremiah, October 5, 1718, married, 1743, Catherine Payson ; died 1762. 7. Abiel, Octo- ber 17, 1720, married Timothy Foster, of Dor- chester, in 1773.

(IV) John, son of Joseph Williams, was born at Roxbury, September 17, 1712, died 1777. Married (first) Ann Elizabeth Sted- man, born 1716, died 1746, and (second) Bethiel Stedman. He was a farmer in his native town. Children, born in Roxbury: I. Rev. Ebenezer, June 13, 1738, graduate at Harvard College in 1760. 2. John Davis,

3. December 25, 1739, mentioned below. Sarah, December 8, 1741, married, December 20, 1763. Cornelius Fellows. 4. Joshua, Feb- ruary 7, 1744, died December 30, 1801. 5. Jonathan, November 18, 1745. Children of second wife: 6. Hannah. 7. Elizabeth." 8. Lucretia, married William Campbell.

(V) John Davis, son of John Williams, was born December 25. 1739, at Roxbury, died there May 25, 1807. He was a well-to-do farmer and prominent citizen of his native town, leaving an estate valued at about one hundred thousand dollars as the result of his industry, prudence and sagacity. His portrait is published in the old Williams genealogy. He married. December 15, 1768, Hannah Davis, born 1751, died 1844, of an old Roxbury family. Children, born at Roxbury: 1. John Davis, January 28, 1770, married Hannah Weld, of another old Roxbury family ; children: John D. W .. George, David, Harriet W., married Jonathan French ; Sarah Ann, married R. D. C. Merry. 2. Stedman, March 16, 1773. 3. Aaron Davis, 1778, died 1779. 4. Hannah, 1781, married, 1807, Daniel Weld, of Boston. 5. Betsey, June 5. 1784, died 1807, married Aaron Davis Weld, of Boston. (See Weld

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family ). 6. Aaron Davis, July 3, 1787, mar- ried Nancy Bugbee. 7. Moses, December, 1790. married Mary Blake.

The variety of spellings of this

BRECK family name, as they occur in the various old records, include : Breck (the most used way), Brick (used by a few living descendants only), Brecke, Bruck, Brucke, Breche and Bricke (obsolete so far as the present generations of the family are con- cerned). Two branches of the family were established in America, the Dorchester branch, of which Edward Breck was the founder, in 1635-36. and the Sherborn branch, of which Thomas Breck was the founder, about 1650, and his son Thomas, the only one of his sons found in America, removed from Dorchester, the place of his original settlement, with his father about 1650, to Sherborn on the banks of the Charles river in 1658, and is thus the pro- genitor of the Sherborn branch.

Both Edward and Thomas Breck and their brothers. John of Medfield, Massachusetts, Henry, of Dorchester, Samuel and Robert, who came to Dorchester and soon returned to England, came from the county of Lancashire, England, and the neighborhood of Rainforth and Ashton in that county, but their father's christian name or the name of their mother has not been obtained. Living as they did in one of the most populous counties of England and one in which the Puritan spirit of free- dom of religious worship had taken strong hold, these Puritan sons, desiring to better the prospects of themselves and their children, saw in New England such advantages of growth and prosperity as not even the rich soil and great manufacturing advantages of Lancashire could offer, and they joined the increasing numbers making new homes in the New World.

Edward Breck, the Puritan ancestor of the Dorchester branch of the Breck family in America, was probably the eldest of the six immigrant brothers, who made Dorchester their first dwelling place in New England. With him came his brothers, Robert and Samuel, aged twenty-eight and twenty-five years respectively. They did not remain in New England, but returned home, probably at the request of their mother, younger brothers and sisters in Lancashire, they being her young- est adult sons.

Henry, born about 1605, immigrant to Dor- chester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, about 1640, and joined the church in 1641. As nothing

further is known of him, he probably returned to England in 1642 and possibly with his younger brothers, Robert and Samuel, ex- changed places at the English home with Thomas, born about 1600, and John, born about 1602, who thus relieved of domestic cares, came to Dorchester about 1650, Thomas becoming the progenitor of the Sherborn branch and John located in Medfield, where he died, January 3, 1660, probably leaving a son, John Breck, of Medfield, who died August 20, 1690, leaving no descendants so far as known.

(I) Edward Breck was born probably in Ashton in Rainforth, Lancashire, England, about 1595. He married probably about 1617, but neither the christian or maiden name of his wife is known. He had two daughters and one son born in Lancashire before he, with his wife and two living children, a son and a daughter, and his two brothers, joined the company of Puritan immigrants gathered at Ashton bound for the Massachusetts Bay Col- ony, to join their brethren already located in the neighborhood of Salem and Boston. The company evidently sailed from Bristol, Eng- land, on the ship "James," Captain Taylor, master, August 7, 1635, and the Brecks settled at Dorchester and joined the church there in 1636. Edward Breck appears to have been a man of considerable wealth and he built houses in Dorchester and acquired considerable land besides owning much property in Lancashire, Massachusetts, of which town he was the first of seven prudential managers. He built one of the first grist mills in Dorchester. He was a selectman of the town in 1642, and his church relationship is apparent by his designa- tion as "Brother Breck," while in 1645 in nam- ing a committee to build a new meeting house, he is recorded as "Edward Breck, one of the rators," and in 1646, when again elected a selectman, he is designated "Edward Breck," as he is in 1655 and 1656, when again elected selectman. He also, as an officer of the town. signed a deed of gift of all rents and profits from Thompson's Island for the support of a free school. His first wife died about 1645, and in 1647 he married Isabel, widow of John Rigby. Her maiden name does not appear, but she was born in England about 1610, where she married John Rigby, came with her hus- band to Dorchester about 1637, were early members of the church, and their son, Samuel Rigby, was baptized March 21, 1641, the church record making his name Rigbee. Mehit- able Rigby in 1643 married Nathaniel Turner, of Scituate; Abigail Rigby, married Thomas.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 27

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848- Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 986

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 986