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First, I will that all my debts be discharged and my funeral expenses, which I leave to the discretion of my Executors.
Item - I give these following legacies, in token of my sincere and hearty affection unto the persons as follows :
Imprimis - To my dear father in law, Mr. Zechariah Symms, pastor of the church at Charlestown, twentie shillings ; - To my dear mother in law, Mrs. Sarah Symms, twentie.shillings ; - To my dear uncle, Mr. Peter Buckley, teacher of the church at Concord, Bishop Usher's Annals of the New Testament; To every of my dear brothers and sisters, to wit : Capt. Tho. Savage and his wife ; - Mr. Hezekiah Usher and his wife ; - Left. , Wm. Davis and his wife - Mr. Humphrey Booth and his wife, Mr. Wm. Symms and his wife, Mrs. Ruth Symms, Mr. Zeckariah Symms, Jr., Deborah Symms and Timothy Symms, to each of all these, ten shillings.
Item - Unto my two negroes, Frank and Mary, (If they survive me) let my father's will be performed.
It. Unto the church at Reading let that silver bowl, given by my father to them, after my decease be surrendered up.
It. Unto my beloved daughters, Elizabeth, Sarah and Mary, I give all my houses and lands that I shall dye in possession of within the town of Reading, with all the accommodations, properly thereunto belonging, together with all the quick stock, that I shall then have at Reading.
Item - To my beloved son Samuel Haugh, I give all my farm at Cambridge, together with all the stock that is or shall then be upon the same property, belonging unto me. Also, I give unto my said son, my Librarie and manuscripts, to wit, if he prove a scholar. And my will is that he be educated in Learning at the College. Also, I give unto my said son, Samuel Haugh, the reversion of my house and land in
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Boston, now in tenure of Mr. Peter Oliver, to come to him at my wife's death. What I have herein willed to each of my children, I give to them and their heirs, of their bodye lawfully begotten. Also, that they shall every one enter upon what I here give them, at the age of one and twentie years, or the time of their lawful marriage, which shall soonest happen. In case that any of the daughters should dye, the sur- viving sister or sisters to be their heir or heirs. In case all of them dye before they come to be twentie one year old, their brother Samuel shall be their heir. In case my son Samuel dye before he be one and twentie, his sisters shall equally share what is herein willed to him, (as it is also my will that they equally share what I have willed them, excepting any peeces of plate, that have been given to any of them be- fore.) In case that Samuel should dye before age, or will not be a scholar, then I give my Librarie unto my dear nephew, Wm. Whittingham. In case Wm. Whitting- ham dye, I give them to wit my said Librarie to my beloved brother Latham Symms. In case all my children should dye before their age or lawful marriage, then I will one half of my estate shall be given to my dear wife, to her and her heirs forever ; the other half to be divided between Wm. Whittingham, Martha Whittingham and Elizabeth Whittingham - Wm. to have a double share.
Item : - I give to my dearly beloved wife Mrs. Sarah Haugh, my little negro boy, and also Mary, negro, if Frank dye before me. Also, I give unto my said wife, dur- ing her life my house and land in Boston, now in tenure of Mr. Peter Oliver ; and all the land at Braintree now in tenure of Samuel Basse and his partners. Also, I will that a true inventorie be taken of all my goods and household stuff; and that they shall be prised to the just value of them, according to the discretion of the Apprisers that shall take the inventorie. Item : I will that my beloved wife shall have the use of the same household stuff, during her widowhood, all of it. And in case of her marriage I will that her husband shall enter into bonds to make good the household stuff to the value they shall be apprised at, and in kind to the several partyes, and at the time I shall herein appoint; only in consideration of loss and decay, I do allow five pounds out of the full price, if my wife survive me three years; but that five pounds to be abated out of that sort of household stuff, which the children shall allow.
Item : I give unto my dear wife a part of all my household stuff, during her life, to wit : a fourth part ; and to that end, I will that before her marriage the said household stuff shall be justly parted into four parts, of each kind whereof she shall have her fourth part during her life. And she shall have liberty to use the other three parts until they are to be disposed of, as followeth, viz. : I will that my four children, Sam- uel, Elizabeth, Sarah and Mary, shall have the other three parts of the household stuff parted equally among them, and delivered to them at their several ages of one and twentie, or at their lawful marriage, which shall soonest be. If my wife marry again and her husband do not put in sufficient surety before marriage with her for the per- formance of my Will in point of the household stuff, according to the full meaning of this my Will, then shall he and my said wife lose the benefit of that part of my Will concerning household stuff.
Item : Seeing that I cannot foresee what providences of God may fall out after my death, which may occasion some of my children more than others to be in want, I leave it therefore in the power of my dearly beloved wife to make her will concerning that land of mine at Braintree, given her during her life, together with that part of the household stuff given her during life, provided she give it to some or all of said forenamed children, Samuel, Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, according as she shall find cause.
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But if she doth not make a will of them, while she is in perfect memorie, then the land shall fall by inheritance to my son Samuel, and that part of the household stuff shall be divided among the sisters. If my wife choose the law of the Countrie con- cerning dowries, then my will concerning her shall be void. If God take away all those, whom I have willed my estate unto, before the time I have appointed for them to receive it, then the College shall enjoy the same. But if any of them live to that age, they shall have the benefit of the will, according to the plain meaning of the Will. And of this my last Will and Testament, I make my dearly beloved wife, Mrs. Sarah Haugh, together with my dearly beloved brethren, Capt. Tho. Savage and Mr. Heze- kiah Usher, my Executors and Executrix of this my last Will and Testament. To each of my Executors I give three pounds, in token of my endeared affection to them, and in confirmation hereof, I have set to my hand and seal.
SAMUEL HAUGH. [L. s.]
This Will and Testament, I signed and sealed this twentie-fifth of January, 1657. Witness :
WM. SIMMES, WM. COWDREY.
SAMUEL HAUGH. [L. s.]
CODICIL:
Whereas in my indorsed novissimum I ordered my land at Brantry as part of my wife's jointure, and my housing and land that are at Reading, all of them as part of my daughter's portion, I have thought meet to make this change in that Will, (in this only) to wit : that I leave it to my wife's choyce, which of these to take four or five year, -the other to be my daughters'; and of that, which she shall choose, I do give her power to make a will, provided she doe give unto some or all of those chil -- dren, that are between us, according as she shall think meete - having respect partly unto those that may most need it, and partly and espetially to those, that are most obedient to her. The rest of my Will lett stand untouched.
Witness my hand this 2d of September, 1661.
Witness :
By me,
WM. COWDREY, THOMAS CLARK.
SAMUEL HAUGH. [L .. s.]
NOTE. Besides what I have given to Frank and Mary, I doe give them a cow.
Upon further consideration, I have thought meete to make some further alteration of my last Will and Testament, concerning my librarie :
If my son Samuel prove a scholar, I give my Librarie unto him; if he prove no scholar, then my will is that my librarie be divided between my dear wife, and my be- loved brother Mr. Zachery Symms Jr. and my beloved cousin Wm. Whittingham, pro- vided he prove an approved minister, otherwise, by virtue hereof he shall fall short of his share :
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Given under my hand this 29th of March, 1662.
Witness :
HEZEKIAH USHER, SAMUEL HAUGH. [L. S.]
HULLDAH DAVIS.
NOTE. His wid. m. Rev. John Brock. See Brock's Genealogy.
HAY, James, d. 1682.
HAY, Patrick, m. 1685, Mary Kidder.
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DR. WILLIAM HAY.
HAY, William, a physician, a native of Scotland; m. 1717, Abigail dau. of Dea. Thomas and Abigail Boutwell ; he occupied the place on Elm Street, formerly owned by the late Geo. W. Harts- horn. Dr. Hay was selectman in 1744. His wife d. 1779, and he d. 1783, aged 100, nearly. Chil. : Thomas, b. and d. 1718; Abigail, b. 1719, and m. 1750, Rev. Joseph Emerson,1 of Groton ; William, b. and d. 1722 ; William, b. 1723, and m. - Ģale, and settled in Merrimac, N. H .; Thomas, son of William, 2d b. 1762, and settled in Dublin, N. H. ; m. 1792, Rebecca Poole, and d. 1839 ; Edmund, son of William, 2d, settled in Boston ; John, b. 1737, m. about 1760 to Sarah Ring.
HAY, John, son of Dr. William, m. Sarah Ring, as above, about 1760 ; settled first in Woburn ; was a physician ; removed to Reading ; died 1815. Chil .: Sarah, b. 1762, and m. Dudley Porter ; Jon- athan Pierpont, b. 1765, and m. Hepzi Appleton ; Charlotte, b. 1766, and m. I. S. Thompson, and 2d, - Flint ; Charles, b. 1769 ; Abigail, b. 1771, and m. John Chandler ; Elizabeth, b. 1773, and m. Samuel Nichols ; Permela, b. 1774, and m.
1 Joseph Emerson, of Groton (West Parish, now Pepperell), was the son of Rev. - Emerson, of Malden ; H. Coll. 1743 ; ordained at Pepperell, 1747; m. Abigail Ilay, in 1750, and d. 1775, aged 51. Chil .: Mary, b. 1751 ; Joseph, b. 1754; Eben- ezer, b. 1762 ; Samuel, Moody, twins, b. 1757; Joseph, Sewall, twins, b. 1764.
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DR. JOHN HAY.
· Timothy Sweetser ; Anna, b. 1776, and m. Jesse Pope ; John, b. 1777, and m. Sarah Lucas ; George, b. 1779, and settled in Kentucky ; Mary, b. 1781, and m. R. Raddin ; Francis, b. 1783, and m., Ist, - Mansfield, and 2d, - Myrick.
HERBERT, John, came from Boston ; was in early life a mariner and sea- captain ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Samuel Haugh. He lived on the place recently owned by the heirs of Capt. Noah Smith, and which fell to his wife in the distribution of her father's (Rev. Samuel Haugh) estate. Capt. Herbert was town clerk and selectman several years, and wrote' a very handsome hand. He had one child : Mary, b. 1684, and m. Thomas Nichols, who succeeded to the place. His wife Elizabeth d. when her dau. Mary was one week old. He d. 1712.
HERBERT, Jonathan, m. 1713, Anna Southwick, and had Anna, b. 1715. HESCEY, William, m. 1681, Judith Poole ; d. 1689 ; was a lieutenant, a man of note.
HILLS, -- Mas. ; was taxed in 1686 for the Indian purchase.
HODGKINS, Wm. ; by wife Deborah had Samuel, b. 1695.
HODGMAN, Thomas, m. 1663, Mary, who was (probably) the young widow of Ezekiel Morrill. It is thought that Hodgman had no children, but that he adopted one Josiah Webber, who took the name of Josiah Hodgman. Thomas d. 1729, and his widow d. 1735, aged 95.
HODGMAN, Josiah, son of Josiah Webber, and adopted son of Thomas
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Hodgman, b. 1668 ; m., Ist, 1691, Elizabeth -; she d. 1712 ; m., 2d, 1724, Grace, widow of John Boutwell ; had a son, Thomas, b. 1693. He (the father) d. 1749 ; his widow d. 1756. HODGMAN, Thomas, son of the above-named Josiah, b. 1693, and set- tled in West Parish, near and south of Prescott place ; m. 1714, Abigail Gerry, of Stoneham. Chil. : Elizabeth, b. 1715 ; Josiah, b. 1721; [Benjamin, b. 1722 ; Jonathan, b. 1725 ; Thomas, b. 1727 ; David, b. 1729 ; Timothy, b. 1731 ; John, b. 1733.
HOOPER, Wm., came over in 1635, at the age of 18; was one of the very early settlers of Reading. He d. 1678, aged 61. Chil. : Mary, b. 1647 ; James, b. and d. 1649 ; Susan, b. 1650 ; Ruth, b. 1653 ; Rebecca, b. 1656 ; William, b. 1658 ; Hannah, b. 1662 ; Elizabeth, b. 1665 ; Thomas, b. 1668 ; John, b. 1670.
HOOPER, Wm., son of William, b. 1658 ; by wife Susanna had chil. : William, b. 1687 ; Elizabeth, b. 1689 ; Ruth, b. 1691. He was a selectman in 1685.
HUTCHINSON, Francis, came here from Lynn ; b. in England in 1630 ; m., Ist., 1661, Sarah Leighton ; she d. soon ; m., 2d, Martha -, who d. 1708 ; removed early to the North Precinct, and d. 1702. Chil. : Francis, who m. 1708, Mary Jeffrey, of Lynn ; Thomas, whose wife was Mary, and had chil. : Adam and Thomas (twins), b. 1712, and Lydia, b. 1721.
HUTCHINSON, Samuel, sold in 1670, the place on side of Great Pond, next above Capt. T. Emerson's former residence.
. JACKSON, Thomas, m. 1685, Hannah Taylor, or Tower.
JENKINS, Joel, m. 1704, Mary Chadwick ; lived in the North Precinct. Chil. : Mary, b. 1705 ; Joel, b. 1707 ; Samuel, b. 1709.
JENKINSON, Barnard ; by wife Mary had Mary, b. 1703. KEBBE, or KIDDER, Edward, d. 1694.
KELSON, Thomas, had chil. : Elizabeth, b. 1663 ; Susanna, b. 1666. KEN, Robert, came from Salem ; had a blacksmith's shop upon the Common ; it stood near what from him was called ' " Ken's Pond," now filled up. His wife's name was Mary -; had chil. : Mary, b. 1684, and m. 1707, Edward Pepper, of Salem ; Susanna, b. 1687 ; Robert, b. 1689 ; Elizabeth, b. 1691 ; Anna, b. 1698. He probably returned to Salem.
KENDALL, Dea. Thomas, an original settler, removed here from Lynn ; was brother of Francis, of Woburn ; lived on the " James Emer- son place," corner of Cedar and Church Streets ; was deacon and selectman for many years, and a very influential citizen. He d. 1681, and his widow, Rebecca, d. 1703, aged 85. Chil. :
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Elizabeth, b. 1642, and m. 1658, John Eaton ; Rebecca, b. 1644, and m. 1665, James Boutwell ; Mary, b. 1647, and m. 1664, Abraham Bryant ; Hannah, b. 1650, and m. 1667, John Parker ; Sarah, b. and d. 1652 ; Sarah, 2d, b. 1653, and m. Samuel Dun- ton ; Abigail, b. 1655, and m. John Nichols ; Susanna, b. 1658, and m. Nathaniel Goodwin ; Tabitha, b. 1660, and m. John Pearson ; and Thomas, b. 1663, and d. 1664. Dea. Kendall had no son that lived to adult age, and his name has long since disappeared from our municipal record ; yet perhaps there is no one of the first settlers that can be 'pointed out, whose blood, through his eight daughters diverging, has come down to us through so many families, and still flows in the veins of so many of the present population of the town.
KNOWLTON, Benoni, son of Marah, b. 1689.
LAMSON, Samuel (probably a son of Wm. Lamson, of Ipswich, who d. there in 1659, and whose wid., Sarah, m. in 1661 Thomas Harts- horn, of Reading, and with her children came to Reading) ; m. 1676, Mary, dau. of Richard Nichols. Chil. : Samuel, b. 1677 ; Mary, b. 1678; Ebenezer, b. 1680, and d. 1681 ; William, b. and d. 1681 ; Joanna, b. 1682 ; Ebenezer, b. 1685 ; John, b. I686 ; Sarah, b. 1689; Elizabeth, b. 1691; Samuel, Sen., d. 1692.
LAMSON, Samuel, son of Samuel and Mary, b. 1677 ; was a carpenter, and by wife Elizabeth had chil. : Samuel, b. 1701 ; Rebecca, b. 1702 ; Elizabeth, b. 1709. Samuel Lamson, father or son, lived · near the late Daniel Damon place.
LAUKIN, or LAKIN, Wm., m. Lydia Brown, and had chil. : Lydia, b. 1650 ; Mary, b. 1652 ; Wm., b. 1655 ; John, b. 1657 ; Jona., b. 1661. He early removed to Groton, where he had other chil- dren.
LEAMAN, Samuel, came from Charlestown ; by Ist wife, Margaret, had Nathaniel, b. 1694, and perhaps Samuel ; m., 2d, 1715, Hannah Damon.
LEAMAN, Samuel ; probably son of Samuel and Margaret ; m. 1716, Mary Bryant, and had chil. : Margaret, b. 1717; Mary, b. 1719 ; Samuel, b. 1721 ; Nathaniel, b. 1726.
LEWIS, Samuel ; came probably from Lynn ; m. 1706, Sarah, dau. of John and Hannah Boutwell. Chil .: Sarah, b. 1707 ; Mary, b. 1709 ; Samuel, b. 1714, and m. 1736, Mary Taylor ; Abigail ; Ebenezer, b. 1717 ; Phebe, b. 1720 ; Joseph, b. 1722 ; Lydia, b. 1724; Benjamin, b. 1727.
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LILLEY, George ; m., Ist, 1659, Hannah Smith ; and m., 2d, 1667, Jane - Chil. : Hannah, b. 1660; John, b. 1662 ; Reuben, b. 1669 ; Abagail, b. 1672 ; George, and perhaps Samuel. He set- tled in W. Parish, near the old Tho. Sweetser place, and was schoolmaster at Woodend in 1683, and d. 1691.
LILLEY, Samuel ; perhaps and probably son of George ; by wife Han- nah had chil. : Samuel, b. 1695 ; John, b. 1697, and m. 1723, Abigail Burnap ; Hannah, b. 1700, and m. 1719, Ebenezer Bur- nap ; Sarah, b. 1702, and m. 1723, John Parker ; Jona., b. 1705 ; Mary, who m. 1728, Nathaniel Goodwin ; David, b. 1712 ; Eliz- abeth, b. 1714. He lived in the West Parish, near the Centre, on the place now occupied by John Burrill, and afterwards re- moved to Sutton.
LILLEY, Samuel, son of Samuel and Hannah, b. 1695 ; m. 1716, Abigail Wright. Had chil. : Phebe, bap. 1717; Sam1, bap. 1719, and removed to Woburn and Sutton. From the Sutton branch of the Lilley family have sprung, it is said, O. K. Hutchinson, Esq., Superintendent of the Reform School at Westboro', and Judge Chase, the late Chief-Justice of the United States.
LILLEY, John, son of George and Hannah, b. 1662 ; m. Hannah, and settled in North Woburn. Chil. : John, b. 1691, and probably d. between 1670 and '74, unm .; Hannah, b. 1694; Sarah, b. 1696 ; Rebecca, b. 1699 ; Susanna, b. 1702 ; Phebe, b. Feb. 2 I, 1705, and m. Noah Eaton, of Reading, and her oldest son (Noah Eaton, Jr.) succeeded to his grandfather's (John Lilley) estate in Woburn.
MARSHALL, Thomas ; was called Lieut .; was a carpenter ; was dismissed with his wife from Lynn Church to Reading Church before 1648 ; wife's name was probably Joanna. They had chil. : Abigail, b. 1644 ; Elizabeth, b. 1649 ; Thomas, b. 1650, and d. 1651 ; Su- sanna, b. 1652 ; he was selectman, and was son of Capt. Tho., of Lynn.
MARSHALL, Edward ; m. 1665, Mary Swain.
MARTIN, William, one of the earliest settlers, and was selectman in 1647, '48, and '51, and early removed to Groton, where it is said he m. the widow of Wm. Laukin, who had also removed from Reading to Groton.
MAVERICK, Anna, wid. of Elias Maverick, of Charlestown and Winni- simmet ; dau. of a wid. Elizabeth Harris, who became the wife of Dea. Wm. Stetson, of Charlestown. Anna, by her husband
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Elias, had several chil., among whom was Ruth, who m. 1680, Francis Smith, of Reading. Mrs. Anna d. 1697.
MCINTIRE, Philip, lived in the North Precinct. Chil. : Philip, b. 1666 ; Thomas, b. and d. 1668; Daniel, b. 1669; Mary, b. 1672 ; John, b. 1679; David, b. 1688; and perhaps others. His descendants are numerous.
MERROW, Henry, came from Scotland ; m. 1661, Jane Wallis, a young wid. in Woburn ; lived in Reading, West Parish, and there d. in 1685, aged 60. Estate appraised at £322 ; debts, £5. Chil. : Ist, Daniel, b. 1662 ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Dr. James Stimpson ; succeeded his father on the homestead ; 2d, John, whose wife's name was Deliverance, lived in Reading, near his brother Dan- iel ; had seven chil., and d. 1735 ; 3d, Henry, who m. Miriam Brooks, of Woburn, and removed thither ; 6th, Samuel, b. 1670 ; wife's name was Mary ; removed from Reading, about 1720, to Oyster River, now Durham, N. H .; was the ancestor of the New Hampshire Merrows ; was a physician, and d. about 1740, at Roch- ester, N. H., where his sons had settled ; 7th, Joseph, b. 1675, and d. 1695. There were also four daughters. Many of Dr. Samuel's descendants have become eminent in civil and professional life, among whom are Horace P. Tuttle, of the Cambridge Observa- tory, and C. W. Tuttle, Esq., a lawyer in Boston. Edward Merrow, son of John and Ann, and grandson of John and De- liverance aforesaid, m. Mary, dau. . of Wm. and Tabitha Cow- drey, and lived in Reading, West Parish, on the Hartshorn place, and had chil. : Ist, Edward, b. 1738, who joined the army in the French war, about 1757, took the small-pox, and d. His father, on hearing of his sickness, hastened to his assistance, but arrived too late, his son being dead. He started homeward, but his grief was so great at the loss of his only son, that he re- turned to bring the remains home with him. He caught the malignant disease and there d. also. There were four daugh- ters, viz. Ann, b. 1743, and m. Nathan Pearson ; Tabitha, b. 1745, and m., Ist, Timo. Pratt, and 2d, Abram Gould; and Esther and Mary.
MERROW, Henry, son of John and Deliverance, b. 1686 ; m. 1710, Abigail Parker, and had chil .: David, b. 1711; Abigail, b. at Woburn, 1713 ; Ruth, b. 1715 ; Hepzi., b. 1717 ; Ruth, b. 1721. He died 1761.
MERROW, John, son of John and Deliverance, b. 1688 ; by wife, Ann, had chil. : Ann. b. 1711, and d. 1713 ; Dorothy, b. 1712, and m.
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1733, Jona. Foster ; Edward, b. 1714, and m. 1737, Mary Cow- drey, and d. 1758, of small-pox ; John, b. and d. 1719.
NOTE. The Merrow family lived in the West Parish, on the lands now occupied by the families of Joseph and Emory Bancroft.
MILLER, Humphrey ; m. 1677, at Cambridge, Elizabeth Smith, probably the dau. of Matthew Smith, of Reading. Chil. : Thomas, b. 1678; Matthew, b. 1680; Elizabeth, b. 1683 ; Hannah, b. and d. 1684. He d. 1684.
MORRILL, Ezekiel ; probably from Cambridge ; wife's name was Mary. He d. 1663, while on a visit to Roxbury.
NEWHALL, Ens. ; was taxed in 1686 as of the North Precinct.
NICHOLS, Richard ; came from Ipswich ; lived in the westerly part of the South Parish, on the place subsequently known as the Lam- bert farm. He d. 1674. His wid. Annas d. 1692. Their chil. were : Mary, Thomas, James, John, Richard, and Hannah.
NICHOLS, Capt. Thomas, son of Richard and Annas, m. 1680, Rebecca, dau. of John and Elizabeth Eaton ; was selectman from 1691 to 1722 ; was deacon and representative, and d. 1737. Chil. : Thomas, b. 1682 ; Rebecca, b. 1684, and m., Ist, in 1700, Nich- olas Brown, and m., 2d, Dea. Jona. Barrett ; Ebenezer, b. 1686 ; Judith, b. 1688 ; Abigail, b. 1693, and m. 1711, Jacob Hersey, or Hussey ; Elizabeth, b. 1699; Timothy, b. 1702 ; Daniel, b. 1707.
NICHOLS, James, son of Richard and Annas, m. 1682, Mary Poole, probably dau. of Jona. and Judith. She d. 1711, and he d. 1745, aged 87. Chil. : James, b. 1683 ; Mary, b. 1685, and m. 1707, Benjamin Wiley ; Jona., b. 1691 ; William, b. 1696; Sarah, b. 1699, and m. 1722, Joseph Burnap ; Ebenezer, b. 1703.
NICHOLS, John, son of Richard and Annas, b. 1651 ; m. Abigail, dau. of Dea. Tho. Kendall. They both d. 1721, aged, he 70, she 66. Chil. : John, b. 1677, and d. 1721 ; Richard, b. 1679, and d. soon ; Richard, b. 1682 ; Thomas Kendall, b. 1686 ; James, b. 1688 ; Nathaniel, b. 1691 ; Abig1, b. 1694, and m. 1713, Wm. Flint ; Samuel, b. 1696; Benj., b. 1699 ; Joseph, b. 1702. This family settled in the West Parish.
NICHOLS, Richard, son of Richard and Annas ; m. 1706, Abig1, dau. of Samuel and Mary Damon. He d. 1732. Chil. : Abigail, b. 1708, and d. 1732 ; John, b. 1711 ; Mary, b. 1713 ; Richard, b. 1715 ; Joshua, b. 1718 ; Hepzi., b. 1721; Mehitabel, b. 1723 ; Jacob, b. 1726. This family settled in the West Parish.
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DR. JOSEPH EATON (father of Gen. J. H. Eaton. See page 67).
NICHOLS, Dea. Thomas, son of Capt. Tho. and Rebecca, b. 1682 ; m. Mary, dau. of Capt. John Herbert, and succeeded to his father- in-law's place. His wife was granddau. of Rev. Samuel Haugh. Dea. Thomas, d. 1745, aged 63. Chil. : Herbert, b. 1705; John, b. 1708, and d. soon ; John, b. 1712, and m. 1734, Ruth, dau. of Capt. Tho. Eaton ; Samuel, b. 1714; Jacob, b. 1719. NICHOLS, James, son of James and Mary (Poole), b. 1683 ; m. 1707, Joanna, dau. of Samuel and Mary Lamson. Chil. : James, b. 1708 ; Joanna, b. 1712 ; Mary, b. 1713, and d. 1741 ; James, b. 1719 ; Zechariah, b. 172I.
NICHOLS, Nathaniel, son of John and Abigail, b. 1691 ; m. 1715, Isabel Hay, of Charlestown (now Stoneham). Chil. : Mary, b. 1717 ; Nathaniel, b. 1719 ; Abigail, b. 172 I.
NICHOLS, Ebenezer, son of Capt. Thomas and Rebecca, b. 1686 ; m., Ist, Abigail, and m., 2d, Anna. He lived in the South Parish, near the Pond, on the place now occupied by Mrs. F. B. Eaton. Chil. : Mary, b. 1719 ; Anna, b. about 1720 ; Rebecca, b. 1724 ; Ebenezer, b. 1733, and perhaps Lydia and Eunice.
NICHOLS, Col. Ebenezer, son of James and Mary (Poole), b. 1703 ; m. Susanna ; was selectman, justice of the peace, representative, colonel, etc. He lived on the place long known afterwards as the " Rayner place," and his house stood near where now stands the residence of Mrs. Dr. J. G. Brown. Chil. : Ebenezer, b.
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1725, and d. soon ; Edmund, b. 1727, and d. 1729 ; Susanna, b. 1729 ; Elizabeth, b. 1732, and m. 1749, Jeremiah Bancroft ; Katharine, b. 1734, and m. Dr. Wm. Stimpson ; Edmund, b. and d. 1741 ; Wm., b. 1743, and d. 1745 ; Susanna, b. 1748; Eben- ezer, b. 1750, and perhaps Richard.
NICHOLS, Wm., son of James and Mary (Poole), b. 1696 ; by wife Abi- gail had chil. : Wm., b. 1721, and m. 1754, Phebe Stimpson ; Joshua, b. 1724; Abigail, b. 1726 ; Samuel, b. 1729.
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