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NICHOLS, Samuel, son of John and Abigail (Kendall), b. 1696 ; m., Ist, Rebecca, and m., 2d, Abigail. Chil .: Samuel, b. 1723 ; Abi- gail, b. 1726, and other children, among whom was James, b. 1735, and he (James) was grandfather of the late Rev. Samuel Nichols, the present Hero W. Nichols, James Eustis, etc. He d. 1810, aged 75.
NICHOLS, Samuel, son of Thomas and Mary (Herbert), b. 1714; m. 1736, Mary Bancroft, and had Sarah, b. 1739.
NICHOLS, Richard, son of John and Abigail, b. 1682 ; m. 1706, Abigail Damon, and had chil. : Abigail, b. 1708 ; John, b. 1711 ; Mary, b. 1713 ; Richard, b. 1715 ; Joshua, b. 1718 ; Hepzi., b. 1721 ; Mehitabel, b. 1723 ; Jacob, b. 1726.
NICHOLS, Jona., son of James and Mary (Poole), b. 1691; m., Ist, 1713 Elizabeth Boutwell ; she d. 1715 ; m., 2d, 1716, Phebe, dau. of John and Dorcas Eaton. Chil .: Jona., b. 1715, and d. soon ; Jona., b. 1717 ; Elizabeth, b. 1719; Phebe, b. 1721, and d., 1749 ; Benja., b. 1723 ; Hepzi., b. 1726 ; Joseph, b. 1728 ; Wm., b. 1731, and d. 1737 ; Abigail, b. 1734, and d. 1737.
NICHOLS, Timothy, son of Capt. Thos. and Rebecca, b. 1702 ; by wife Hannah, had chil .: Hepzibeth, b. 1727; Hannah, b. 1729; Timothy and Thomas (twins), b. 1731 ; Sarah, b. 1737 ; Moses, b. 1740 ; Lucy, b. 1743.
NICHOLS, Daniel, son of Capt. Thos. and Rebecca, b. 1707 ; m. 1729, Elizabeth Batchelder, and had chil .: Daniel, b. 1730; Eliza- beth, b. 1732 ; Didimus, b. 1734; Amos, b. 1736 ; Esther, b. 1738 ; Abigail, b. 1741.
NICHOLS, John, son of Richard and Abigail, b. 1711 ; m. 1733, Joanna, dau. of James and Mary Nichols. Chil .: Hannah, b. 1734 ; John, b. 1736 ; Abigail, b. 1738 ; David,1 b. 1741 ; Kendall, b.
1 David Nichols, son of John and Joanna, settled in Gardner, was father of Isaac, of Gardner, and grandfather of Lyman Nichols, Esq., of Boston, president of Boston National Bank.
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1743 ; Simon, b. 1745 ; William, b. 1747, and was grandfather of Wm. Nichols, Esq., late counsellor-at-law in South Reading. NURSE, Francis, son of Francis and Rebecca, of Salem, b. 1661. His mother was executed in 1692 for witchcraft. His wife's name was Sarah, and his chil. were: Francis, b. 1688 ; Benjamin, b. 1690, and m. 1713, Elizabeth 'Roberts ; Josiah, b. 1694, and m. 1717, Mary Eaton ; Jona., who m. Abigail
NURSE, Francis, son of Francis and Sarah, b. 1688 ; m. 1717, Martha Hartshorne, and had chil .: Jona., b. 1719; Martha, b. 1722 ; Timothy, b. 1724; Samuel, b. 1726 ; Caleb, b. 1729.
PALFREY, Peter, was of Salem in 1626 ; a representative from Salem in 1635 ; removed to Reading as early as 1652 ; was selectman in Reading in 1652, '3, and '7; d. 1663, " well stricken in years "; was a man who was "much betrusted." His first wife was Edith ; second wife was Elizabeth, widow of John Fairfield, of Salem ; third wife was Alice, who d. 1677, "far stricken in years." Chil. : by first wife, Jonathan, b. 1635 ; Jehoidan, Mary, Remember, and perhaps others. Jehoidan m. 1661, Benjamin Smith, of Reading, and d. 1662.
PARKER, Dea. Thomas, came over from England in the "Susan Ellen,' in 1635, at the age of 30 ; stopped first at Lynn ; was a freeman in 1637. His son Nathaniel removed to the West Parish among its early settlers, and was the common ancestor of the West Parish Parkers. Dea. Thomas lived in the easterly part of the town, on the place where his descendant and namesake, and official successor, the late Dea. Thomas Parker lived, and where he d. in 1822. His wife's name was Amy. He was selectman. He d. in 1683, aged 78, and his wid. d. 1690. Chil. : Hana- niah, b. 1638 ; Thomas ; Joseph, b. 1642, and d. soon ; Joseph, b. 1645, and d. soon ; Mary, b. 1647 ; Martha, b. 1649 ; Nathan- iel, b. 1651; Sarah, b. 1653, and d. soon ; Jona., b. 1656; Sarah, b. 1658 ; John.
PARKER, Lt. Hananiah, son of Dea. Thomas and Amy, b. 1638 ; m., Ist, 1663, Elizabeth, dau. of Nicholas Brown ; succeeded to his father's homestead ; was a freeman in 1679 ; his wife, Eliza- beth, d. 1698 ; m., 2d, 1700, Mary, dau. of Wm. Bursham, of Watertown, and wid. of Dea. John Bright, of Watertown. He was selectman, town clerk, and representative, and perhaps captain. He d. 1724, aged 85, and his wid. Mary d. 1736, aged 86. Chil. : John, b. 1664; Elizabeth, b. 1668, and m. 1685, Nath1 Cowdrey ; Sarah, b. 1672, and d. soon; Hananiah, b.
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1674, and d. soon ; Ebenezer, b. 1676, and m. 1697, Rebecca Newhall ; Hananiah, b. 1681, and d. soon.
PARKER, Sergt. John, son of Dea. Thomas and Amy ; settled on Cow- drey's Hill, where M. F. Leslie has since resided ; m., Ist, 1667, Hannah, dau. of Dea. Thomas Kendall ; she d. 1689 ; m., 2d, Thankful. He d. 1698. Chil. : John, b. 1668; Thomas, b. 1670, and d. 1689 ; Hannah, b. 1672, and d. 1689 ; Rebecca, b. 1675, and d. 1689 ; Kendall, b. 1677 ; Abigail, b. 1679, and d. soon ; Jonathan, b. 1681 ; Daniel, b. 1686 ; Abigail, b. 1688, and d. soon ; Hananiah, b. 1691, Rebecca, b. 1693 ; Thomas, b. 1695 ; Elizabeth, b. 1698.
PARKER, Thomas, son of Dea. Tho. and Amy ; by wife Deborah had chil. : Thomas, b. 1668; Samuel, b. 1670; Sarah, b. 1672 ; Deborah, b. 1674; Jona., b. 1678, and d. soon ; Elizabeth, b. 1681 ; Abigail, b. 1683, and m. 1710, Henry Merrow ; Ruth, b. 1686, and d. 1705 ; Joseph, b. 1688, and m. 1711, Elizab, dau. of Jona. Eaton.
PARKER, Nathaniel, son of Dea. Tho. and Amy, b. 1651 ; m. 1677, Be- thiah Polly, who was probably the dau. of John Polly, of Rox- bury, whose wife Bethiah was dau. of Dea. Wm. Cowdrey, of Reading, and whose dau. Bethiah was bap. 1659. He, Nathan- iel, settled in the West Parish, near where is now the centre of Reading (on the Sanborn Place, where it is said he built the first house in the West Parish). He was the first person interred in the West Parish grave-yard. Chil. : Bethiah, b. 1678, and d. soon ; Nathaniel, b. 1679 ; Stephen, b. 1684, and d. soon; Be- thiah, b. 1685, and m. 1707, Ebenezer Emerson ; Susanna, b. 1687, and m. 1707, Joseph Underwood ; Ebenezer, b. 1689, and m. 1714, Mercy Damon ; Stephen, b. 1692, and m. 1713, Eliza- beth Batchelder ; Caleb, b. 1694; Timothy, b. 1696; Obadiah, b. 1698 ; Abigail, b. 1699; Amy, b. 1701; Amy, b. 1702 ; Phineas, b. 1704.
PARKER, Samuel, son of Thomas and Deborah, b. 1670 ; m., Ist, Martha ; m., 2d, Hannah. Chil .: Martha, b. 1689 ; Nicholas, b. 1697, at Lynn ; Samuel, b. 1701; Hannah, b. 1703; Ruth, b. 1709; Joseph, b. 1701; Eunice, b. 1712, in Woburn ; Elizabeth, b. 1715.
PARKER, John, son of Hananiah and Elizabeth, b. 1664; by wife Deliv- erance had chil. : Hananiah, b. 1691, and d. 1711, at Port Royal, N. S., while in the military expedition ; Andrew, b. 1693 ; Josiah, b. 1694; Mary, b. 1695, and d. 1709 ; John, b. and d. 1696 ;
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Ede, b. 1697 ; John, b. 1703. He, the father, removed to Lex- ington, where his wife d. in 1718, and where he d. in 1741, aged 77. He was the ancestor of the late Rev. Theodore Parker, and of Capt. John Parker, who commanded the Lexington com- pany on the 19th April, 1775.
PARKER, John, son of John and Hannah, b. 1668 ; m. 1691 or 4, Eliza- beth, and settled near the Aaron Parker place in W. Parish, where he built third house of that Parish. Chil. : Elizabeth, b. 1695, and d. 1703 ; John, b. 1697 ; Abigail, b. 1699 ; John, b. 1701; Benjamin, b. 1703; Elizabeth, b. 1704; Elizabeth, b. 1706 ; Joseph, b. 1707, and d. soon; Mary, b. 1710 ; Joseph, b. 1711 ; Tho., b. 1716.
PARKER, Ebenezer, son of Hananiah and Elizabeth, b. 1676 ; m. 1697, Rebecca Newhall, and had chil .: Elizabeth, b. 1698; Eben- ezer, b. and d. 1699 ; Ebenezer, b. about 1701 ; Hepzi., b. and d. 1703 ; Rebecca, b. 1706 ; Sarah, b. 1711 ; Hananiah, b. 1714. PARKER, Kendall, son of Sergt. John and Hannah, b. 1677; by wife Ruth had chil. : Ruth, b. 1704, and m. 1722, Joseph Bancroft, and was the grandmother of the late Joseph Hopkins ; Mary, b .. 1712, and m. 1738, John Goodwin. He was justice of the peace, etc. He succeeded to his father's homestead.
PARKER, Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel and Bethiah, b. 1679 ; by wife Elizabeth had chil .: Elizabeth, b. 1703; Phineas, b. 1704 ; Bethiah, b. 1707, and m. Hezekiah Winn, of Wilmington ; Nathaniel, b. 1710 ; Lydia, b. 1716 ; Nathan, b. 1719, and lived in the West Parish ; built the house now owned by James Davis ; was captain, and father of the late Col. Nathan Parker, and grandfather of the late Hon. Edmund Parker ; Mehitabel, b. 1721 ; Caleb, b. 1725.
PARKER, Jonathan, son of Sergt. John and Hannah, b. 1681 ; m., Ist, 1700, Mehitabel Bancroft ; she d. 1703 ; m., 2d, 1706, Barbara Elseley. Chil. : Mehitabel, b. and d. 1703; Sarah, b. 1708 ; Mary, b. 1709, and d. 1710 ; Mary, b. 1711 ; Hannah, b. 1716 ; David, b. 1719; Amy, b. 1720; Hepzi., b. 1723 ; Daniel, b. 1725 ; Elisha, b. 1727.
PARKER, Jonathan, Jr. ; probably a grandson of Dea. Thomas; m. 1706, Anna Flint, and had chil. : Timothy, b. 1711 ; Anna, b. 1714 ; John, b. 1717 ; Mary, b. 1719 ; Kendall, b. 1723.
PARKER, Ebenezer ; probably son of Ebenezer and Rebecca, and b. about 1701 ; m. Hannah, dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Vinton) Green. Chil. : Ebenezer, b. 1723 ; Thomas, b. 1725 ; Hannah,
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b. 1727 ; Rebecca, b. 1730; Lois and Eunice (twins), b. 1732; Mary, b. 1734 ; Green, b. 1736 ; Joshua, b. 1738 ; Susanna, b. 1740. The father d. 1753 ; the mother d. 1756.
PARKER, Thomas ; probably son of Ebenezer and Hannah, and b. 1725 ; m. 1749, Sarah Parker, and had chil. : Thomas (Deacon), b. 1751, and m. 1773, Sarah Richardson, and had no chil .; Phebe, b. 1757 ; Ebenezer, b. 1754, and m. 1779, Lucretia Rich- ardson ; Lydia, b. 1763, and m. 1785, Herbert Richardson ; Wil- liam, b. 1759, and d. 1776, at Stillwater, in the American army ; Ichabod, b. 1761, and m. 1785, Abigail Eaton ; Hananiah and James (twins), b. 1765 ; Hananiah m. 1787, Molly Pope ; James, d. 1783 ; Jacob, b. 1767, and m. 1787, Martha Gould ; Lucy, b. I77I.
PEARSON, John ; one of the earliest settlers, and one of the first seven church members. He d. in 1679, aged 64, and his widow, Maudlin, d. 1690. Chil. : John, b. 1650, and James, b. 1652. PEARSON, John, son of John and Maudlin, b. 1650 ; m. Tabitha, dau. of Dea. Tho. Kendall. Chil .: Tabitha, b. about 1676, and m. 1696, John Goodwin ; James, b. 1678, and m. 1698, Hepzibeth Swain ; John, b. and d. 1682 ; John, b. about 1684, and m. 1706, Elizabeth Batcheller ; Rebecca, b. 1686; Kendall, b. 1688 ; Susanna, b. 1690, and m. 1710, Daniel Gould ; Mary, b. 1692, and m. 1709, Joseph Eaton.
NOTE: This family removed to Lynnfield about 1689.
PHELPS, John, came from Salem, and settled in the North Precinct ; d. before 1688. He had a wife whose name may have been Abi- gail, and by whom he probably had the following children, most of whom were probably born in Salem : Abigail, b. 1669 ; John, b. 1671 ; Henry, b. 1673 ; Joseph, b. 1675 ; Abigail, b. 1678 ; Samuel, b. 1680 ; Hannah, b. 1683 ; and by his second wife had : Elizabeth, b. 1702, and Mary, b. 1706.
PHELPS, John, son of John and Abigail, b. 1671 ; m. 1701, Elizabeth, dau. of John Putnam, of Salem, and had chil .: Elizabeth, b. 1702 ; Mary, b. 1706.
PHIPPS, John, by wife Mary had John, b. 1699.
PIERPONT, Jonathan, fourth minister of Reading, son of Robert and Sarah (Lynde) Pierpont, of Roxbury, b. 1665, Har. Coll. 1685 ; ordained at Reading, 1689; m. 1691, Elizabeth, dau. of Ed- mund Angier, of Cambridge. Chil .: Elizabeth, b. 1693, and m. 1716, Tobijah Perkins, of Topsfield ; Jonathan, b. 1695 ;
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Sarah, b. 1697, and m. 1721, Enoch Sawyer, of Newbury Thomas, b. 1700 ; Har. Coll. 1721 ; settled in Danvers, and d. 1753 ; Anna, m., Ist, Edmund Gale, of Marblehead, and, 2d, Ring, of Marblehead ; Joseph, b. 1706; Mary, b. 1708, and m. 1727, Joseph Bancroft. Rev. Jonathan d. 1709. He lived on, or near, the corner of Main and Albion Streets. The following extracts, from a journal kept by Mr. Pierpont in his early life, will furnish some idea of his feelings and style of thought and expression at about the time of his settlement here, and before and after : -
"July 10, 1682. I was admitted a member of Colledg. Mr. J. Cotton, a pious and learned man, was my Tutor. It pleased God to awaken me by the Death of yt pious Youth, Edw. Dudley. I thought it would go ill with me if God should sud- denly take me away.
"July 1, 1685. I took my first degree.
"July 4, 1685. I removed from Cambridge to my father's house.
"Feb. 1, 1686. I went to Dorchester to keep school. While I lived at Dorchester it pleased God to awaken me by the word preached.
" Aug. 8, 1686. I preached my first sermon at Milton ; Text : I Pet. 5 : 5. And giveth grace to the humble."
" July 1, 1687. I was invited to preach at Deadham, for a quarter of a year. By the advice of Ministers and my friends I accepted the Call.
"Sept. 18, 1687. The church at Deadham with the town invited me to continue in the work of the Ministry in order to settlement.
" Nov. 8, 1687. I had an invitation to the work of the Ministry at New London.
"Nov. 13, 1687. I was again called to settle at Deadham, But meeting with Op- position, I was discouraged from accepting the call.
"Dec. 18, 1687. I gave this answer, 'That I did not see my way clear to settle among them,' and so I took my leave of the people of Deadham.
"Feb. 19, 1688. I joyned in ful comunion with the Church of Ch't in Roxbury.
" Apl. 12, 1688. I had a call to preach the word at Sandwich.
"May 5, 1688. A public Fast, appointed by reason of a sore drought ; - when the afternoon Exercise began, God sent a plenteous rain.
" May 16, 1688. I had a call to the work of the Ministry at Newberry Village.
" May 22, 1688. I had a call to Northfield.
"June 19, 1688. I went to the Funeral of the Rev. Mr. Brock, at Reading. I took notice that the good people much lamented the death of their Pastor. He was a man who excelled most men in Faith, Prayer, and private Conference. After the Funeral I was Desired by some of the principal persons in the place to preach among them on the first Sabbath in July.
"July 1, 1688. I preached at Reading. Text : Heb. 12 : 5.
" July 4, 1688. I took my second degree.
"July 15, 1688. I preached again at Reading, and being desired, I continued to be helpful at that place, till I went to Sandwich.
" Aug. 8, 1688. I went to Sandwich, according to my promise, and continued there a month. The people there were very desirous of my settlement among them. But I kept myself free from an engagement to them, as my Father counselled me.
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"Sept. 9, 1688. I was helpful at Reading. The people at Reading gave me a Call. I was in a great strait, and knew not which way to move. I had inclinations to go to Sandwich : Ist, Because I saw there was an opportunity to do service for Cht in yt place ; 2d, The generality of the people (except the Quakers) were Desir- ous of my coming among them ; 3d, The young men in ye place were in danger of being drawn away by the Quakers, if a minister was not speedily settled among them. The people of Reading urged me to accept their invitation. They told me : Ist. 'They had observed remarkable Providences, directing and leading them to make choice of me for their minister ;
2d. They were unanimous in their Calling me ;
3d. The town was in great danger of being divided, if I accepted not their call ;
4th. The young people were very desirous of my coming among them ;
5th. The longer I was with them, the more desirous were they of Enjoying my labors. .
" I looked up to God and waited on him to lead me in the way wherein he would have me go. I asked advice of the Reverend Elders what to do in my present case. Some counselled me to go to Sandwich, but the most were for my going to Reading. I asked Counsel of my Relations. They advised me to accept the call at Reading. My Honored Father was averse to my going to Sandwich. He once told me, he had- often sought to God to discover his mind to him in this matter ; and the oftener he comended this case to God, the more unwilling he was that I should go to Sandwich. His words had great influence on me. After some time I thought God called me to service at Reading. My way seemed to be cleer to go thither.
"Nov. 28, 1688. I removed to Reading and lived with Capt. Savage.
" Dec. 6, 1688. We kept a public Fast at Reading to seek unto God for his pres- ence with us, in the work before us.
" Jan'y 30, 1689. The church in Reading invited me to accept the office of a Pas- tor among them.
" Feb. 27, 1689. We kept another public Fast.
" May 29, 1689. A Fast was kept by the church and town of Reading.
" June 26, 1689. I was ordained Pastor of ye Church of Cht in Reading. Text : 2 Cor. 2 : 16. Mr. Morton gave me the charge. Mr. C. Mather gave me the right hand of fellowship.
" Aug. 12. I began publicly to catechise the children in Reading.
"Dec. 31. Mr. Fox, Mr. C. and myself with some others kept a day of Prayer for a maid who was deprived of the use of her reason. It pleased God to give a remark- able answer to ye prayers put up to him, for before the day was ended, the use of her understanding was wonderfully restored to her."
"Aug. 13, 1690. This day my horse threw me, but God preserved my Life and Limbs.
"Oct. 8, 1690. I had the preceding week an impulse on my spirit to set this day apart for public prayers to God for our friends who were gone to Canada. When I proposed the matter to the Congregation, some desired that it might be deferred. I answered, we know not what need our friends might stand in of our prayers. I have since been informed that on this day they engaged with their enemies. And it pleased God that not a man that went from this town was slain.
"Dec. 10. We spent time in prayer to God for our friends who were returned from Canada, and were sick of a sore fever. And though many of them were likely to die, yet they all soon recovered.
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"July 30, 1691. Having obtained the consent of my parents, I gave Mrs. E. A. a visit.
(NOTE. - The prefix of Mrs. to the name of a maiden was not uncommon in early times.)
" Oct. 29, 1691. I was marryed to Mrs. E. A., a pious and prudent Person.
"Feb. 25, 1693. Our first child was born, which was a daughter."
The Rev. Mr. Green, of Danvers, who attended the funeral of Mr. Pierpont, says : " There was a general lamentation ; he was a man of great worth." Judge Sewall, in his journal, June 3, 1709, writes : " Rev. Mr. Pierpont dies at Reading, a very great loss. June 6, Artillery day, I went with Mr. John Wil- liams, of Deerfield, to ye funeral of Mr. Pierpont at Reading. His bearers were Leverett, Brattle, Wadsworth, Colman, Green, Fox. Mr. Jona. Corwin and I followed next after the relations ; none else of the Council were there." The wife of the late Dr. John Hay, of South Reading, was the granddaughter of Rev. Mr. Pierpont.
PIERPONT, Jona , son of Rev. Jonathan, b. 1695 ; Har. Coll. 1714. In 1715, he was appointed schoolmaster at Reading, at £40 per year.
PIKE, James, came from Charlestown; had wives, Naomi and Sarah. Chil. : Jeremiah ; John, b. 1653 ; Zachariah, b. 1638, and perhaps James. His wife Sarah d. 1693, and he died 1699.
PIKE, Jeremiah, son of James, m. 1671, Rachel Leffingwell, dau. prob- ably of Michael, of Woburn. Chil. : Jeremiah, b. 1674 ; James, b. 1676, and d. soon ; Ebenezer, b. 1677 ; Michael, b, 1678 ; James, b. 1679 ; Rachel, b. 1681 ; Wm., b. 1687.
PIKE, James, perhaps brother of the last named ; m. 1681, Hannah, dau. of Nathaniel Cutler. Chil. : James, b. 1682 ; Martha, b. 1685 ; John, b. 1687 ; Samuel, b. 1690 ; Jona., b. 1693 ; Han- nah, b. 1695.
POLLY, John, son, probably, of George, of Woburn, m. 1681, Mary Everett, perhaps sister of Francis. Child : Elizabeth, b. 1683. He removed to Woburn, and had other children.
POLLY, Edward, by wife Mary had chil .: Mary, b. 1696 ; Elizabeth, b. 1698 ; Edward, b. 1699.
POOLE, John ; came here from Lynn ; was at Cambridge in 1632 ; was one of the earliest settlers of Reading, and probably the wealth- iest. He lived on the present site of Wakefield's rattan factory, where he built the first grist-mill and fulling-mill of the town. He also owned much land at the north end of the Great Pond,
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including the farm lately owned by Dea. Caleb Wakefield, and extending easterly, included the late Newcomb mill, where said Poole erected the first saw-mill, and included also the present farm of heirs of Benjamin Cox, of Lynnfield. He divided his estate between his son Jonathan and his grandson John. His wife Margaret d. in 1662, and he d. in 1667. Chil. : Jona., b. 1634, and succeeded to the homestead ; Mary, who m. 1657, Matthew Edwards, and perhaps Sarah, wife of Wm. Barrett.
POOLE, Capt. Jonathan, son of John and Margaret, b. 1634, probably at Cambridge. Succeeded his father on the homestead, and also owned, in conjunction with his son John, much land at the north end of the pond. Was the second captain of the Reading company. "Was much valued in Philip's Indian war ;" "was a Captain under Major Appleton, at Hadley ;" "was President of a Council of War in the winter of 1675-6 ;" was selectman, justice of the peace, and representative, and d. 1678, aged 44. By wife Judith had chil. : Sarah, b. 1656, and m. 1673, Thomas Bancroft ; Judith, b. 1658, and m. 1681, Wm. Hescy ; Mary, b. 1660, and d. 1661 ; Mary, b. 1662, and m. 1682, James Nichols ; John, b. 1665 ; Jonathan, b. 1667 ; Thomas, b. 1673, and m. 1695, Rebecca -; William, b. 1677; Elizabeth, b. 1678.
POOLE, John, son of Capt. Jonathan and Judith, b. 1665 ; lived at the north end of the Great Pond. His grandfather John Poole bequeathed him one half of his estate in that vicinity, including the late residence and farm of Dea. Caleb Wakefield, the "New- comb Mill," and the "Benja. Cox Farm in Lynnfield." Was a lieutenant ; d. 1721, aged 56. By wife Mary had chil. : John, b. 1688 ; Nathaniel, b. 1691.
POOLE, Jonathan, Esq., son of Capt. Jona. and Judith, b. 1667 ; suc- ceeded his father on the place now occupied by the Rattan Works; m. 1691 or '92, Bridget Fitch. They both died in 1723, he at the age of 56. He was selectman and justice of the peace. Chil. : Jona., b. 1692 ; Benja., b. 1694 ; Zachariah, b. 1696, and d. 1698 ; Elizabeth, b. 1698, and m. 1720, Nicholas Belknap, of Boston; Samuel, b. 1700; Wm., b. 1702 ; Zach- ariah2d, b. 1708, and lived on the place formerly owned by Dea. Jacob Eaton, at the corner of Crescent and Eaton Streets ; sold and removed to Medford ; Mary, b. 1711 ; Judith, b. 1714, and d. 1714 ; Bridget. His will, made 1723, divided his real estate among his sons Benjamin, Samuel, and Zachariah ; and after providing for his wife Bridget, and remembering his
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daughters Elizabeth (Belknap), Bridget, and Mary, goes on to say : -
" I give to Jonathan (the eldest son), my cloak and cane, and this is over and above what I had given him before, by Deed, which I count was more than a double portion - that I gave by Deed."
POOLE, John, son of Lieut. John and Mary, b. 1688. He succeeded his father on his homestead at the north end of the Pond. By wife Sarah had chil. : John, b. 1713 ; Nathaniel ; James ; Jona- than, b. 1720 ; Sarah, b. 1721, and Elizabeth, b. 1724. He d. 1758, aged 70.
POOLE, Jonathan, son of Esq. Jona. and Bridget, b. 1692 ; by wife Esther, had Esther, b. 1717 ; lived on the place now occupied by the Rattan Works ; sold out his paternal homestead and re- moved to Lynnfield, retaining, it is hoped, the old "cloak and cane " which he inherited from his father. .
POOLE, Benja., son of Esq. Jona. and Bridget, b. 1694 ; m. Mehitabel, dau. of Benja. Gibson, of Boston. Lived on the place now owned by heirs of late Leonard Wiley ; was selectman and jus- tice of the peace, and d. 1732, aged 38, much lamented. Chil. : Benjamin, b. 1725 ; removed to Woburn ; William, b. 1726 ; re- moved to Danvers, and was ancestor of Fitch Poole, Esq., of Danvers ; Mehitabel, b. 1728, and m. Capt. Joseph Fitch, of Boston ; James, b. 1729 ; Bridget, b. 173I.
POOLE, Samuel, son of Esq. Jona. and Bridget, b. 1700 ; lived on the Common on the old Tavern place ; by wife Rebecca, had chil. : Rebecca, b. 1731, and d. 1737 ; Samuel, b. 1733 ; Jonathan, b. 1737, and m. 1760, Sarah Eaton, and succeeded his uncle Benj. Poole, on the place recently occupied by his grandson Leonard Wiley ; Mary, b. 1740 ; Thomas, b. 1744, and d. soon ; 'Thomas, b. 1749, and m. 1771, Mary Parker. Mr. Samuel d. 1752.
POOLE, Jonathan, son of John and Sarah, b. 1720 ; lived on the place recently sold by Dea. Caleb Wakefield ; was grandfather of Dea. Wakefield's first wife. By wife Mary Leman, whom he m. at Charlestown in 1741, had chil. : Jonathan, b. 1747, and m. 1769, Anne Bancroft, and was grandfather of Hon. H. Poole Wake- field ; Sarah, b. 1749 ; Samuel Sheldon, b. 1751, and removed to Nova Scotia ; Timothy, b. 1753, and d. soon ; Timothy, b. 1762 ; m., Ist, Lucy Pope, and m., 2d, Jerusha Richardson, and was father of Dr. Alexander Poole and of Franklin Poole, Esq., now residing in Wakefield.
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