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(II) Samuel. son of William Lamson, was born at Ipswich in 1648. He married, May 18. 1676: Mary Nichols, at Reading. He was admitted a
freeman in 1677. He died in Reading Reading: I. Samuel, May 3, 1677; men- tioned below. 2. Mary, June 20, 1678. 3. Ebenezer. March II, 1680; died young. 4. William. June 13. 1681. 5. Joanna, August 16. 1682: married, May 20. 1707, James Nich- ols. 6. Ebenezer, March 15, 1685. 7. John. August 12. 1686 : married. November 26, 1713.
Elizabeth Bancroft. 8. Sarah, October 29, 1689. 9. Elizabeth, September 30, 1691.
(III) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) Lam- son, was born at Reading, May 3, 1677. He was a carpenter by trade, and lived on the Dan- iel Damon place in Reading. He married, May 1I, 1700, Elizabeth Eaton, of Reading ; she died in Amherst, New Hampshire, May 23, 1764. Children, born in Reading: 1. Samuel, January 8, 1701; mentioned below. 2. Re- becca, November 25. 1702. 3. Ruth, 1705. 4. Elizabeth, August 21, 1709 ; married, June 6, 1728, William Melendy.
(IV) Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2) Lam- son, was born in Reading, January 8, 1701, died early in 1779. He was one of the first settlers of Southegan West (now Amherst), NNew Hampshire. He is the progenitor of most of the New Hampshire families, if not all of them. He married, July 3, 1722, at Reading, Abigail Bryant. Children, born at Reading : 1. Abigail, February 12, 1723; mar- ried Joseph Emerson. 2. Samuel, October 24, 1724; married, November 6, 1770, Rebecca Crosby. 3. Jonathan, September 29, 1726; married Anna Dane. 4. Rebecca, March 25, 1733. Born at Amherst: 5. Sarah, said to have been the first child of English parents born in Amherst; married James Gage. 6. Peter, mentioned below. 7. John ; farmer and tailor ; came with Peter from New Hampshire to Brookfield, Massachusetts, and lived on the George Jenks place ; married, November 17, 1758, Mary, daughter of Ammel Weeks. 8. William.
(V) Peter, son of Samuel (3) Lamson, re- moved to New Hampshire with the family. He removed with his brother John to Brook- field, Massachusetts, and was one of the pe- titioners for the incorporation of the second precinct. The cellar hole of his former house was to be seen at last accounts on the east side of the road from Brookfield on the old Cummings place. He married (intentions dated March 10, 1754) Mehitable Gould. Children, born at Brookfield : 1. Jonathan, Feb- ruary 20, 1755 : soldier in the revolution from Brookfield in Captain Daniel Gilbert's com- pany. Colonel Nixon's regiment for the war ; also for the town of Western (Warren) ad- joining in 1777, Captain Pike's company. Colonel Smith's regiment. In 1781 he is de- scribed on the war rolls as twenty-five years old, six feet in height, eyes, complexion and hair light : residence Brookfield. He was cor-
in 1692. Children. born in . pany in 1777; also in Captain Spurr's com-
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poral in Captain Benjamin Pike's company, Lieutenant Colonel Calvin Smith's regiment in 1781; sergeant in 1781-82. By act of the Massachusetts general court, March 5, 1801, he was on the list of those soldiers entitled to a bounty of twenty dollars or to a grant of two hundred acres of land, and he was then living in Vermont; the census of 1790 locates him at Randolph, Vermont, having then two sons under sixteen and four females in his family. 2. Priscilla, April 15, 1757 ; married, February 7, 1779, Solomon Barnes, of Brook- field. 3. Ruth, July 11, 1760; married, Feb- ruary 5, 1784, John Olds, of Brookfield. 4. Thomas, December 9, 1762, mentioned below. 5. Amos, March 5, 1765 ; according to the fed- eral census of 1790 he had two males over sixteen and two females in his family at Ran- dolph; perhaps his parents were living with him. 6. Samuel, March 22, 1767; married, March 26, 1789, Polly Bragg, of Brookfield ; according to the census of 1790 he had one son under sixteen and one female (wife prob- ably) in his family at Randolph. 7. Mehit- able, April 21, 1769. 8. Beulah, February IO, 1772; married, February II, 1794, William Damon, of Cummington, Massachusetts. 9. Abigail, August 29, 1774.
(VI) Thomas, son of Peter Lamson, was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts, December 9, 1762. He was a soldier in the revolution from Brookfield, enlisting in the Continental army in 1779 at the age of seventeen. He en- listed for six months in 1780 and was de- . scribed as eighteen years old, five feet five. inches in height, complexion light ; residence Brookfield. He marched to camp, July, 1780, under Ensign Joseph Miller. He was in the continental army at West Point, August 27, 1781, in Captain John Cutler's company, Col- onel Luke Drury's regiment. According to the federal census of 1790 he and his brothers, Samuel, Jonathan and Amos, lived in Ran- dolph, Vermont, and Thomas and one male over sixteen (himself), one under sixteen and four females in his family. He had a son Thomas and at least three daughters.
(VII) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) Lamson, was born in Randolph, Vermont, about 1790, and died there. He was a farmer. He married Esther Mann, who also died at Randolph. Children: I. Irvin Thomas, men- tioned below. 2. Jasper. 3. Whitcomb. 4. Mary. 5. Joseph. 6. Edwin.
(VII) Irvin Thomas, son of Thomas (2) Lamson, was born in Randolph, Vermont, about 1830. He married Augusta Kenney,
born at Braintree, Vermont, and died at Ran- dolph. He bought the homestead on which his father and grandfather had lived. His grandfather built the brick house on the farm in 1812, and in this house the Christian church held its meetings until a meeting house was built. Children: I. Mary, born August 6, 1858; married Roland Smith. 2. Grace E., April 25, 1860; married, May 22, 1880, Frank Hervey Nash Gates (see Gates, XIX). 3. Fred Irwin, December 31, 1863; married (first) Myra Andrews; (second) Florence 4. Lizzie A., 1865; married Charles Gormley and has four children. 5. Frank A., February, 1868; unmarried. 6. Joseph, 1870. 7. Ada, 1872; unmarried. 8. Wallace, died in infancy.
YOUNG John Young, immigrant ancestor, was born in England, settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He had a grant of land in Plymouth, October 31, 1638, and November 21, 1639, as per town of Salem records. His name appears on the list of those able to bear arms in 1643. He married, De- cember 13, 1648, Abigail Howland, daughter of Henry and niece of John Howland of the "Mayflower." (See Howland). She died April 7. 1692. He settled in Eastham about 1650, died January 29, 1690-I. His will, dated Janu- ary 19, 1688 ; proved April 21, 1691 ; bequeath- ed to wife Abigail and children John, Joseph, Nathaniel, David, Robert (2), Henry and three daughters. The widow's estate was divided April 19, 1692.
Howland .- Humphrey ( 1) Howland, citizen and draper of London, will proved July 10, 1646, George of St. Dunstan's in the East London, also Arthur, John and Henry. The last three were to receive, by will dated May 28, 1646, eight pounds, four shillings, four pence, out of the debt "due the testator (Humphrey) by Mr. Buck, of New England," who lived at Salem, Massachusetts. Annie Howland, widow of Humphrey, was executrix of her husband's estate. She was buried at Barking, county Essex, England, December 20, 1653. The sons Arthur, John and Henry were in Scrooby, England; in 1608 went to Amster- dam, remained a year, removed to Leyden, where they remained until migrating to New England.
Henry (2) Howland is mentioned at Plym- outh in 1624, as owner of the "Black Cow," and is found in list of freemen in 1633, and taxed. He appears in Duxbury among its earliest settlers. A substantial land owner and
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freeman. Chosen constable for Duxbury, Jan- uary 5. 1635 ; surveyor of highways ; served on grand inquest (grand jury ), 1636-37-39-51- 52-53-56. In 1652 was a large real estate holder in Dartmouth. In 1659, with twenty-six others, purchased Wamseeta and Pattapanum, called Assonet, later Freetown. In 1660 land at Taunton river ; 1664, large tract at Matta- poisset (Swanzey). He married Mary New- land. who died June 17, 1674, probably at old Duxbury homestead. In his will, November 28, 1670, he mentions wife, Joseph, John, Zoeth, Sarah Elizabeth, Mary, Abigail (3), Samuel. Will exhibited in court March 8, 1671. Wife Mary Howland's will mentioned ( May 8, 1674) Dr. Mary Cudworth, Samuel Howland, daughter Sarah Dennis, daughter Elizabeth Allen, Joseph ; attested February 26, 1674. Children : Joseph, died June 15, 1692 ; Zoeth, died January 31, 1676; Samuel, died 1776; Sarah, married, November 16, 1672, Robert Dennis; Elizabeth, married, 1691, Jede- diah Allen; Mary, married James Cudworth: Abigail, married John Young, Eastham, Feb- ruary 9, 1648; died April 7, 1692.
Children of John (1) and Abigail (How- land) Young: John, born at Plymouth, No- vember 15, 1649, married Ruth Cole ; Joseph, born November 12, 1651, died December, 1651 ; Joseph, born December, 1654. married Sarah Davis; Nathaniel, born April, 1656, married Mercy Davis ; Mary, born April 28, 1658, mar- ried Daniel Smith; Abigail, born October, 1660, married Stephen Twining; David, born April 17, 1662, married Anne Doane; Lydia, born 1664; Robert (2), born August, 1667, mentioned below ; Henry, born July, 1669, died April 30, 1670; Henry, born March 17, 1672, married Sarah
Robert (2), son of John Young, was born at Eastham, Massachusetts, August, 1667; died there 1742 ; will dated November 12, 1742. He married, March 22, 1693-4, Joanna, daugh- ter of Samuel and Lydia (Doane) Hicks, of Eastham, Barnstable and Dartmouth ( see Hicks ).
Sir Ellis ( 1) Hicks, was knighted at Poitier, 1356, for bravery in capturing a set of colors from the French. His son Thomas, of Tortworth, England, married Margaret At- wood. Their son Baptist (3) Hicks, of Tort- worth, married Mary, daughter of James Ever- ard, Esq. Their son James (4) married Phoebe Hicks. Their son Robert (5) married (first) Elizabeth Morgan, (second) Margaret.
Robert (5) Hicks, immigrant ancestor, came to Plymouth in "The Fortune," December 9, iv -- 59
1621. His wife Margaret, with her children, came to Plymouth in the ship "Anne," August 16, 1623. Their children Samuel (6), Ephraim, Lydia, Phoebe. Samuel (6) Hicks was deputy from Nauset ( Eastham), 1647-8. He married Lydia Doane, 1645, daughter of Deacon John Doane, immigrant ancestor, Eastham; was assistant to Governor Prince, 1633, and his wife Abigail, born about 1590, died February 21, 1685-6. Children: Dorcas, born February 14, 1651 : Margaret, 1654: Joanne (7), married Robert (2) Young, March 22, 1693-4.
Children of Robert (2) and Joanne (7) ( Hicks) Young, born at Eastham: Robert, April 11, 1695, died June 23, 1695 ; Robert (3). December 11, 1696, mentioned below; Lydia. May 29, 1699; Joanne, June 1, 1703, married, April 25. 1724, Theophilus Higgins; Jennet, May 22, 1708, died young.
Robert (3), son of Robert (2) Young, was born December 1I, 1696, at Eastham; died at Maromas, Connecticut, May 1, 1775. He set- tled at Middletown, Connecticut, in 1740, and was admitted in full communion in the church at Middle Haddam in 1751. He was among the first settlers that lived in a district of Middletown, known as Maromas. Was ap- pointed distributor for several years. He mar- ried, October 3, 1717, at Eastham, Elizabeth, born July 11, 1698, daughter of Isaac and Apphia Freeman Pepper (see Pepper). His inventory amounted to one hundred and fifty- nine pounds, four shillings, four pence.
Pepper-Freeman .- Isaac Pepper (see above ) was among the first settlers in Eastham. He married, October 7, 1685, Apphia, daughter of Deacon Samuel and Mary ( Southworth) Free- man (see Freeman). Children : Apphia, born February . 24, 1687; Mary, August 7, 1690; Isaac, July 29, 1693; Robert, February 15, 1695 ; Elizabeth, July 11, 1698, married Robert (3) Young ( see Young) ; Joseph, November I. 1700, died 1703; Solomon, January 15, 1703 : Joseph, February 14, 1704.
Samuel (1) Freeman, immigrant ancestor. born at Devonshire, England, settled in Water- town, near Boston, 1630, with his wife Mary. He took the oath of allegiance in Boston, Octo- ber 19. It is said he owned one-seventh part of the township, and was one of the principal planters of the place. He returned to Eng- land after a few years, where he died and left his estate to his son Henry. Children : Henry, Samuel (2), Apphia.
Captain Deacon Samuel (2) Freeman, who came to Eastham with Governor Prince, was born in Watertown, May II, 1638; succeeded
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to his estate, and married Mercy ( II ), daughter of Constant ( 10) Southworth, of Plymouth, who was an assistant in the government of the colony. He was deacon of the church and on the build- ing committee of the new church in 1676; served as a trooper three years from 1664; was captain 1675 ( ?) ; deputy of court, 1681.
Southworth .- The list of Southworths ( see above ), as given in "A History of the Ancient Hall of Salmesbury in Lancashire," by James Croston, London, printed by Whittingham & Wilkins at the Cheswick Press, 1871.'
Gilbert de Southworth, county Lancaster. (I) Sir Gilbert de Southworth, Knt., vixit 1363, married daughter and sole heiress of Nicholas D. Ewyas, of Salmesbury Hall, vixit I 326.
(2) Sir John de Southworth, of Salmes- bury, married Margaret, daughter of Sir Rich- ard de Haughton, Knt.
(3) Sir Thomas de Southworth, Knt., obit 1432, married Johan, widow of Sir Thomas Sherburn, Knt., and daughter of John Del Bothe.
(4) Richard Southworth, obit 1467, mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Molineaux, of Sefton.
(5) Sir Christopher Southworth, Knt., by Edward IV., obit 1502, married Isabel, daugh- ter of Sir Thomas Daton, by wife Ann, daugh- ter of James Lord Audley.
(6) Sir John Southworth, Knt., of 1519, married Hellen. daughter of Sir Richard Lang- ton, Baron of Newton.
(7) Sir Thomas Southworth, Knt., ob. 1547. married Margery, daughter of Sir Thomas Bottler, Knt.
(8) Sir John Southworth, Knt., ob. 1595. married Mary, daughter of Sir Richard Ashe- ton, Knt.
(9) Thomas Southworth, his eldest son, aet 36 in 1597 (title expired with his father who was imprisoned for recusancy in New Fleet ), married Rosamond, daughter of William Lis- ter, Esq. Thomas Southworth, vix. 1595, and Edward Southworth, vix. 1595, were brothers.
(9) Edward Southworth, a silk worker front England at Leyden, on May 28, 1613, married Alice Carpenter, from England, with witnesses, daughter of Alexander Carpenter, from Ley- den county. Edward Southworth returned later to England and died in 1620. His widow Alice married Governor Bradford.
(10) Constant Southworth, married, No -- vember 2. 1637. Elizabeth (2) Collier (see below ).
August 14. 1624. Governor Bradford mar-
ried Mrs. Alice (Carpenter ) Southworth, a lady of extraordinary capacity and worth. There was an early attachment between Gov- ernor Bradford and Mrs. Southworth, and their marriage was prevented by her parents on account of the inferior circumstances or rank of Mr. Bradford. Being now a widower, by letters to England he made overtures of marriage to Mrs. Southworth, then a widow, and the proposal was accepted. With generous resolution she embarked on the ship "Anne," arriving in August, 1623, to meet her intended partner, who she well knew could not leave his responsible position in the infant settle- ment. It was the fourth marriage in Plymouth colony. Her two sons, Thomas and Constant came over with her. This lady was well edu- cated and brought considerable property into the country. She died in 1670, aged eighty years, and was honorably interred March 29 at New Plymouth. It is said in the old colony records, "She was a godly matron and much loved while she lived, and lamented though aged when she died." Governor Bradford and Mrs. Southworth's children were : William, Mercy and Joseph.
Constant Southworth, son of Edward and Alice (Carpenter ) Southworth, was admitted a freeman at Plymouth, 1637, and the same year married Elizabeth, daughter of William (1) Collier (see Collier ). His name is on the list of volunteers to go against the Pequots in 1637. He was elected deputy for Duxbury, 1649, and several other years ; was colony treasurer, 1659 to 1678, and often one of the assistants. In the early part of Philip's war he was com- missary general, and accompanied the army. He died in 1678. Children: Edward, Nathan- iel, Mercy, married, 1658, Samuel Freeman ; Alice, married, 1667, Captain Benjamin Church; Mary, married David Allen; Eliza- beth, married William Fobes: Priscilla, died unmarried.
William Collier, merchant and brewer, Lon- don. England, was one of the Adventurers Company and signers of the agreement of the sale of New Plymouth colony. Came to Amer- ica in "Mary and John," 1632, settled at Dux- bury, 1641 ; was at New Plymouth as mediator with Thomas Freeman and others in the col- ony settlements. His daughter Mary married Governor Prince as his second wife. Daugh- ter Elizabeth married Constant Southworth.
Children of Deacon Samuel (2) and Mercy (Southworth) Freeman: Apphia, born De- cember 11. 1654, died February 19. 1660: Samuel, born March 26, 1662; Constant, born
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March 21, 1669; Edward, died young ; Apphia, married Isaac Pepper, October 7, 1687 ; Eliza- beth, born January 7, 1666; Mercy (Cole) ; Alice ( Myrick ) ; Mary.
Children of Robert (3) and Elizabeth ( Pep- per ) Young, born at Eastham : Hannah, about 1722, married Robert Pelton ; John, 1724, mar- ried Hannah, widow of Joseph Ingraham ; Sam- uel, December 12, 1726, died October 27, 1753, unmarried ; Robert, August 17, 1728, married Sarah Baker ; Abigail, December 3, 1730, mar- ried Andrew Carrier ; Elizabeth, August 26, 1733; Silvanus, April 23, 1735, mentioned below ; Simeon, November 23, 1738, married Mehitable
Silvanus (4), son of Robert (3) Young, was born at Eastham, Massachusetts, April 23, 1735; died in 1807, at Middletown. Accord- ing to the census of 1790 he had a family numbering eight. He married, April 6, 1761, Ruth (4) Carrier, born August 14, 1736, daugh- ter of Andrew and Rebecca (4) (Rockwell) Carrier, of Marlborough parish, Colchester ( see Carrier ). His will was dated April 5, 1806, and proved June 29, 1807.
Carrier .- Thomas (I) Carrier, ancestor of this family, was a Welchman, belonged to the bodyguard of King Charles I. of Great Brit- ain. Was notorious for fleetness of foot, even after he was more than one hundred years old. It is said that he was the executioner of King Charles I, in 1648. He was at Billerica, Mass- achusetts, before 1664: was granted land in North Billerica, west of the road to Winthrop farm, next to John Rogers, on which land he lived from 1664 to 1690. Removed to An- dover, thence to Colchester, Connecticut, where he was among the original proprietors of that parish. He used to walk from Colchester to Glastonbury carrying a sack of corn on his shoulder to be ground, walking very fast and stopping only once for the whole distance of eighteen miles. He died in Colchester, May 16, 1736, said to be one hundred and thirteen years old. Was not gray or bald, walked erect, and shortly before his death walked six miles. When in Billerica he married, May 7, 1664. Martha, daughter of Andrew and Faith Allen, of Andover (sister of Dr. Roger Toothaker's wife). While in Andover she was a victim of witchcraft infatuation at Salem Village, and was executed August 19, 1692, on Salem Hill.
Among the first settlers of Andover is men- tioned Andrew Allen, who died 1690. An- drew (2). John (2). Andrew Allen, Sr.,
gives to Andrew, Jr., and Elizabeth Richisson ( 1692) his house and land lying about three miles from town, and the meadow belonging to it and half his orchard at home, and after his and his mother's death he should have his orchard at home and land at town and the home meadow that belong to it. Andrew Allen was constable at an early date in An- dover. A daughter Martha married Thomas Carrier, and was hanged for witchcraft. An- other daughter married Dr. Roger Toothaker, of Billerica, and was murdered by the Indians.
Children of Thomas ( I ) and Martha ( Allen ) Carrier : Richard, born July 19, 1674, mar- ried Elizabeth Sessions, July 18, 1694, in An- dover, died November 16, 1749, seventy-five years old ; Andrew, born April 27, 1677, mar- ried, January II, 1704-5, Mary Adams (see below ) ; Jane, born July 23, 1680, died August 26; Thomas, born July 18, 1682, married in Andover, Susannah Johnson, June 19, 1705 ; Sarah, born November 17, 1684, married John Chapman, Colchester, September 7, 1707 ; Han- nah, born July 12, 1689.
Andrew (2) Carrier, born April 27, 1677. was among the original proprietors of Col- chester, chosen surveyor and way warden, 1712-13; married January 1I, 1704, Mary Adams, of Colchester. Land records of Col- chester say that Andrew Carrier had a laying out of land March 3, 1703, and a laying out for a house November 6, 1703, in Colchester, Connecticut. Died 1740. Children : Andrew (3) Jr., born February 12, 1705-6, see below ; John, born June 14, 1707; Mary, born April 19, 1708-9; Thomas, born June 20, 1711 ; Benja- min, born September 17, 1713, married Eliza - beth Kneeland, February 6, 1734.
Andrew (3) Carrier, born February 12, 1705-6 ; married (first ) Ruth Adams, Decem- ber 27, 1733. Colchester. She died Novem- ber 16, 1734. He married ( second) Rebecca (4) Rockwell, October 27, 1735, Marlboro parish, Colchester. (See Rockwell).
Rockwell .- Deacon William ( 1) Rockwell. ancestor, was one of the deacons of the church formed in New Hospital, Plymouth, England, March 20, 1630. With wife Susannah ( Chapin ) he sailed on the ship "John and Mary," Captain Squeb, and after seventy days landed at Nan- tasket (Hull), May 30, 1630, with one hun- dred and forty passengers. Moved to Dor- chester. Deacon William Rockwell was one of the first three selectinen of the town, one of twenty-four to take the oath of fidelity, May, 1630. Ilad land grants, moved to Windsor.
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Connecticut, 1636, where he was a deacon of the First Church and a leading man in the settlement until his death, May 15, 1640.
Samuel (2) Rockwell, born at Dorchester. March 28, 1631 ; married Mary (2), daughter of Thomas ( I) and Grace ( Wells) Norton, Say- brook (Guilford), April 7, 1660 (Windsor records). (See Norton ).
Norton .- Thomas ( I) Norton, immigrant ancestor, was warden in the church, Ocgley, Surrey county, England, when Rev. Henry Whitfield was rector. He was a signer of the Guilford, Connecticut, compact, and came in the ship "St. John," July 6, 1639, with wife Grace Wells. Children : Thomas, John, Anne. Grace, Abigail, Mary ( married Samuel Rock- well ).
Children of Samuel ( 2) and Mary (2) (Nor- ton ) Rockwell: Mary, born January 18, 1662, married Josiah Loomis; Abigail, born August 23, 1664. died May 3, 1665; Samuel, born October 19, 1667, married January 10, 1694. Elizabeth Gaylord : Joseph, born May 22, 1670. married Elizabeth Drake : John, born May 31, 1674, married Anne Skinner; Abigail, born April 11, 1676, married John Smith; Josiah (3), born March 10. 1678, married, Decem- ber 14, 1713, Rebecca Loomis ( see Loomis and Rockwell).
Joseph (4) Loomis, with wife Mary, came from Braintree, Essex county, England, in ship "Susan and Ellen," from London, April II. 1638, Edward Payne, master, arriving July 17, 1638, and was one of the first settlers of Wind- sor, Connecticut. Was granted land February 2, 1640 (Windsor land records ). His house was situated near mouth of Farmington river, on an island so-called, because freshets overflowed and surrounded it. He brought with him five sons and three daughters. His wife died Au- gust 23, 1652. He died November 25. 1658. Children : Joseph, born in England, about 1616; Sarah, married Captain Nicholas Olmsted, Hartford, 1640; Elizabeth, married Joshua Hull, 1641; Deacon John, born in England, 1622 ; Thomas, born in England ; Nathaniel (2), born in England, married Elizabeth (3), daugh- ter of Deacon John Moore, November 24, 1653 ( see Moore ), also see below ; Lieutenant Sam- uel, born in England, married Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Thomas Judd, December 27, 1653.
Nathaniel (2) Loomis, was freeman at Windsor, 1654, and admitted to the church May 3. 1663. Was dragoon in King Philip's war. He died August 19, 1688. His will, dated August 17, 1688, is preserved at Hartford, signed "Nathaniel Loomys." His wife was
then living. He married, November 24, 1653. Elizabeth (3), daughter of Deacon John Moore.
Moore-Captain Thomas (1) Moore, was made a freeman of Boston, October 19, 1630; was at Dorchester, then at Windsor, before 1639, where he had a lot granted. Was one of the dragoons in King Philip's war; granted by the town land to build a mill December 8. 1709. A land viewer for laying out of other western towns, 1723-32. Name among first settlers of New Hampshire, 1631; freeman at Salem, 1642. His wife was sister of Christo- pher Young, of Wenham, England.
His son, Deacon John (2) Moore, was free- man of Boston, May 18, 1631, later at Wind- sor, where he was deacon of the church until his death. He married his wife Abigail, June 16, 1639, and died September 18, 1677. Chil- dren: Mindwell, born July, 1643, married Nathaniel Bissell, September 25, 1662, died November 24, 1682: Deacon John, born at Windsor, December 5, 1645; Elizabeth (3), married Nathaniel Loomis (2), November 24, 1654, died July 23, 1728.
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