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CAPT. GEORGE BATCHELDER.
1705; m. 1728, Sarah Lewis, and d. 1754 ; Hannah, b. 1709 ; m. 1730,'Samuel Dix ; Nathaniel, b. 1714 ; m. Abigail Flint, and was grandfather of the late John B., Esq., of late Capt. Geo. B.,
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etc., of Reading, and the great-grandfather of the present David B., of Wakefield, and David, b. 1716 ; Sarah, b. 1719.
NOTE. - The name is doubtless the same that, in some families and places, is spelled " Bacheller."
BELKNAP, Abraham, probably son of Abraham of Lynn and Salem, by wife Elizabeth had chil. : Samuel, b. 1694, and d. 1695 ; Abraham, b. 1695.
BELLFLOWER, Henry, by wife Ann had chil. : Hannah, b. 1656 (who m. 1678, John Cutler) ; Deliverance, b.' 1662 ; Mary, b. 1668. His wife d. 1682, and he d. 1703.
BELLFLOWER, Benja., m. 1659, Abigail ; d. 1661 or '70, at Salem. He was a Quaker, who, after sentence of banishment for his opinion, renounced it.
BENNETT, James, probably son of James of Groton, by wife Eliza- beth had chil. : Sarah, b. 1745 ; Wm., b. 1754 ; Elizabeth, b. 1761.
BORMAN, Richard, by wife Ann had chil. : Ann, b. 1702; Jane, b. 1704.
BOUTWELL, James, son of James and Alice, of Lynn; b. 1642 ; m. 1665, Rebecca, dau. of Dea. Thomas and Rebecca Kendall ; she d. 1713, aged 69, and he d. 1716, aged 74. He was called Sergt. Boutwell. Chil. : James, b. 1666 ; Thomas, b. 1669 ; John, b. 1671 ; Rebecca, b. 1674, and m. Thomas Poole ; Sarah, b. 1677, and m. 1698, John Townsend, of Lynn ; Tabitha, b. and d. 1679 ; Tabitha, b. 1680, and m. 1701, Wm. Cowdrey ; Ken- dall, b. 1682, and m. Lucy Damon ; Mary, b. 1685, and m. Eben- ezer Emerson ; Elizabeth, b. 1687, and m. Benja. Hartshorne.
NOTE. - The ancient homestead of the Boutwell family was the place now occu- pied by Dana Parker, in Reading.
BOUTWELL, John, son of James and Alice of Lynn, b. 1645 ; m. 1669, Hannah, dau. of Geo. Davis, and d. 1719, aged 74. Chil. : John, b. 1670; Hannah, b. 1672 ; Sarah, b. 1674 ; James, b. 1677 ; Mary, b. 1680, and m. 1700, Jona. Thompson ; Elizabeth, b. 1683, and m. 1707, Joseph Sibley ; Sarah, b. 1686, and m. 1706, Samuel Lewis ; Susanna, b. 1689, and m. 1712, Timothy Manning ; Thomas, b. and d. 1692.
BOUTWELL, James, Jr., son of Sergt. James and Rebecca (Kendall), b. 1666 ; m. 1690, Elizabeth Frothingham, of Charlestown, who afterwards m. Lt. Benj. Swain. James, Jr., d. 1744, aged 47.
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Chil. : Elizabeth, b. 1693; Ruth, b. 1697; James, b. 1699 ; Samuel, b. 1703 ; Hannah, b. 1709.
BOUTWELL, Dea. Thomas, son of Sergt. James and Rebecca (Kendall),
b. 1669 ; by wife Abigail had chil .: three sons, who d. in in fancy ; Abigail, b. 1696 ; Mary, b. 1698 ; Martha, b. 1700 ; Dea. Thomas, d. 1737, aged 68. He lived on the place now owned by Mrs. James Emerson. His grandfather, Dea. Tho. Kendall, leaving no sons, made Dea. Boutwell his heir and successor ; and he in his turn leaving no sons, made his grandson, James Emerson, the grandfather of the late James Emerson, the hus- band of the present occupant, his heir and successor.
BOUTWELL, John, son of Sargt. James and Rebecca (Kendall), b. 1671 ; m. 1695, Grace, dau. of John and Dorcas Eaton. Settled in West Parish near the Amos Parker place. Chil. : Rebecca, b. 1697 and d. 1703 ; Dorcas, b. 1698 ; Tabitha, b. 1700 ; John, b. 1702.
BOUTWELL, John, son of John and Hannah (Davis), b. 1670 ; m. Sarah -; was a soldier in the Narragansett war. Chil. : b. 1693 ; John, b. 1695 ; Tho., b. and d. 1697 ; Thomas, b. 1699 ; Sarah, b. 1702 ; Jacob, b. 1705 ; Jona., b. 1709 ; m. 1733, Elizabeth Foster ; removed to Wilmington, and was the ancestor of Hon. Geo. S. Boutwell, of Groton, representative in congress, ex-governor, secretary of the U. S. treasury, etc. ; Bethiah, b. 1713.
BOUTWELL, James, son of John and Hannah (Davis), b. 1677 ; m. Ab- igail, dau. of Dr. James Stimpson. Chil .: Ebenezer, b. 1700 ; m. Thankful -, and removed to Framingham ; James, b. 1709 ; m. 1744, Rachel Walkup, and removed to Framingham. BOUTWELL, James, son of James and Elizabeth (Frothingham), b. 1699 ; m. 1721, Judith Poole, of Lynn ; removed to Sudbury and Leominster ; had a large family of children, and d. in Leominster in 1745.
BOUTWELL, John, son of John and Grace (Eaton), or of John and Sarah ; b. 1702 or 1695 ; m., Ist, Elizabeth Parker ; had a 2d wife. Chil .: all by Ist wife; Betty, b. 1724 and d. 1809 ; Elizabeth, b. 1726 and d. 1814 ; Hannah, b. 1728 and d. 1812, single ; Kendall, b. 1736 ; removed to Amherst, N. H., and d. 1820 ; John, b. 1739, and m. Ruth Bryant, and d. 1825 ; Rebecca, b. 1742, and m. 1768, Jereh Bryant, and d. -; James, b. 1745, and m. 1770, Tabitha Bryant, and d., and four other children who died in infancy.
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BROCK, Rev. John, b. in Stradbrook, England, in 1620; came over in 1637 ; graduated at Har. Coll. in 1646; preached first in Rowley ; afterwards at the Isle of Shoals, and settled in Read- ing in 1662, as successor of Rev. Samuel Haugh, whose widow he married. (She was Sarah, dau. of Rev. Zachariah Symms of Charlestown.) She d. in 1681, and he d. in 1688, aged 68. Mr. Brock is represented as an eminently pious man. Mitchell, of Cambridge, said of him : " He dwells as near heaven as any man upon earth." Rev. Mr. Allin, of Dedham, said of him : " I scarce ever knew a man so familiar with the great God as his dear servant, Brock." There were several very remarkable co- incidences between Mr. Brock's prayers and providential occur- rences afterwards. While at the Isle of Shoals, a man, whose principal property was his fishing boat, and who had been very serviceable in conveying to the place of meeting the inhabitants of other islands, lost his boat in a storm. He lamented his loss to Mr. Brock, who said to him, "Go home, honest man, I'll mention the matter to the Lord ; you'll have your boat to-mor- row." Mr. Brock made the matter the subject of special prayer. The next day the anchor of a vessel fastened upon the boat and drew it up. The people at the Isle were persuaded by Mr. Brock to observe one day in each month as an extra season for religious exercises. On one occasion the roughness of the weather had for several days prevented fishing. On the day of meeting the weather was fine and the men wanted the meeting put by. Mr. Brock, perceiving they were determined not to attend, said to them, "Catch fish if you can ; but as for you that will tarry and worship the Lord Jesus Christ this day, I will pray unto him for you, that you may take fish till you are weary." Thirty men went away and five tarried. The thirty caught four fishes. The five who tarried went out afterwards and took about five hundred.
Mr. Brock was probably the son of Henry Brock, of Dedham. " He was dismissed from the Dedham church," says his own memorandum upon the Reading church record, "and joined to the Reading church on the Lord's day before the ordination, and Nov. 13, 1662, he was ordained, and the day after he was married to Mrs. Mary Haugh, a widow, indeed." He had no children.
BROWNE, Nicholas, son of Edward Browne, of Inkburrow, Worces- tershire, England ; settled first at Lynn, removed early to Read-
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ing ; appears to have owned the place now owned by Edward Upton's heirs, and also the place on side the pond, now owned by Lucius Beebe.
His wife's name was Elizabeth. He d. 1673. His children were : John, b. about 1634; Edward, b. 1640; Joseph, b. 1647, an early settler of the West Parish, and lived near the Thad. B. Pratt place ; Sarah, b. 1650 ; Cornelius, b. -; Jo- siah, b. -; and perhaps Elizabeth, who m. 1663, Hananiah Parker.
In 1660, Mr. Browne sent his son John to England to look after certain property to which he had become heir, and furnished his son with a power of attorney, of which the following is a copy : -
"Know all men by these presents, that Nicholas Browne, of Redding, in the County of Middlesex, in the Massachusetts Colonie of New England, sonne of Jane, the daughter of Thomas Lide, which said Jane was the wife of Edward Browne, father of the said Nicholas, who lived and died in the parish of Inkburrow, in the County of Woster, in the realme of England ; the said Nicholas Browne, on the fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and sixty, stile of England, appeared before me, Robert Howard, dwelling in Boston in the Colonie aforesaid, Notary and Tubellion public by authority of the General Court of the said Colonie, admitted and sworne, and in presence of the witnesses hereafter named, the said Nicholas Browne declared and manifested that of his own accord he hath nom- inated, assigned, made, ordayned, constituted and appointed, and in his place and stead, by these presents, doth nominate, assign, make, ordayne, constitute and ap- point his eldest sonne, John Browne, now bound for England, his true and lawful attorney, for him the said Nicholas Browne, his father, in his name and stead and to his use, to call William Rand of Inkborough aforesaid to accompt what of shops, houses and lands, that by discovery are found to be appertayning and belonging unto him the said Nicholas Browne as next heir unto the Lides, which the said Rand by former power unto him granted from the said Nicholas Browne hath recovered. Also, what monies he hath received for rents or arrearages of rent, profits and sheep rents, heretofore and of late due, arising, growing and properly belonging unto the heires of the said Lides. And the said houses, land, tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever, by him the said Rand recovered as aforesaid, to enter into, and in the name of him, the said Nicholas Browne, to give possession to such tenant or tenants as he the said John Browne likes of, that will hier the same, by lease or yearly rent. Also to demand all such monies as aforesaid, received by the said Rand, allowing and paying unto him the said Rand the one half of the true vallue of the said houses and lands so recovered and the half of the said monies for the said Rand's cost, charges and paynes he hath bin at thereabout.
And as concerning the premises to doe any such act or acts as aforesaid, as if he, the said constitutor, were personally present. Ratifying, allowing and holding for- ever firm and stable all and whatsoever his said sonne, as his attorney shall lawfully dce or cause to be done by vertue hereof.
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In witness whereof the said Nicholas Browne hath hereunto put his hand and seall the said fifth day of October, in the year 1660.
NICHOLAS BROWNE. (L. S.)
Signed &c. in presence of ROBT. HOWARD Not. Pub.
This Deed acknowledged by the said Nicholas Browne, Oct. 6, 1660. Before me, RI. BELLINGHAM, Depy. Govr."
BROWNE, John (" of the hill "), probably lived on "Cowdrey's Hill," near where John A. Tyler now lives, and probably gave name to the small pond in front of Mr. Tyler's, long called " Brown's Pond." Whether he was related to Nicholas aforesaid doth not appear. He m., Ist, 1659, Elizabeth, dau. of John Osgood, of Andover. Chil. : Elizabeth, b. 1660, and d. early ; Elizabeth, b. 1661, and m. 1684, Benja. Hartshorne ; Hannah, b. 1664, and d. 1667 ; Sarah, b. and d. 1668; Mary, b. 1771, and d. 1773 ; his wife d. 1673, and he m., 2d, 1681, Sarah -, and by 2d wife had chil. : John, b. 1682 ; Mary, b. 1685 ; Nathaniel, b. 1688 ; Stephen, b. 1693.
BROWNE, Sarah, perhaps sister of John above named ; m. 1662, Robert Burnap.
BROWNE, Elizabeth, perhaps another sister of the same ; m. 1663, Hananiah Parker. (Savage says she was dau. of Jona. Browne.) BROWNE, John, Esq., son of Nicholas and Elizabeth, b. 1634; lived on the farm now owned by Dr. Francis P. Hurd ; m., Ist., Ann, dau. of Rev. John Fiske, of Wenham and Chelmsford ; she d. 1681, aged 36 ; m., 2d, 1682, Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Edward Buckley, of Concord, and wid. of Rev. Joseph Emerson, of Mendon. She d. 1693, aged .55; m., 3d, Rebecca, wid. of Samuel Sprague, of Malden, and she d. 1710, aged 76. He d. 1717, aged 83. Chil., both by Ist wife : Anna, b. 1678, and m. 1696, to Peter Emerson ; Sarah, b. 1679, and d. 1680. He was captain, justice of the peace, selectman, and representative.
" Witty, yet wise, grave, good, among the best Was he, - the memory of the just is blest,"
Says his tombstone.
BROWNE, Cornelius, son of Nicholas, and brother of the last named ; m. 1665, Sarah Lamson. She d. 1683. Chil. : Nicholas, b. and d. 1666 ; Cornelius, b. 1667 ; Sarah, b. 1669 ; Sarah, b. 1670 ;
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ing ; appears to have owned the place now owned by Edward Upton's heirs, and also the place on side the pond, now owned by Lucius Beebe.
His wife's name was Elizabeth. He d. 1673. His children were : John, b. about 1634; Edward, b. 1640; Joseph, b. 1647, an early settler of the West Parish, and lived near the Thad. B. Pratt place ; Sarah, b. 1650 ; Cornelius, b. - ; Jo- siah, b. -; and perhaps Elizabeth, who m. 1663, Hananiah Parker.
In 1660, Mr. Browne sent his son John to England to look after certain property to which he had become heir, and furnished his son with a power of attorney, of which the following is a copy : -
" Know all men by these presents, that Nicholas Browne, of Redding, in the County of Middlesex, in the Massachusetts Colonie of New England, sonne of Jane, the daughter of Thomas Lide, which said Jane was the wife of Edward Browne, father of the said Nicholas, who lived and died in the parish of Inkburrow, in the County of Woster, in the realme of England ; the said Nicholas Browne, on the fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and sixty, stile of England, appeared before me, Robert Howard, dwelling in Boston in the Colonie aforesaid, Notary and Tubellion public by authority of the General Court of the said . Colonie, admitted and sworne, and in presence of the witnesses hereafter named, the said Nicholas Browne declared and manifested that of his own accord he hath nom- inated, assigned, made, ordayned, constituted and appointed, and in his place and stead, by these presents, doth nominate, assign, make, ordayne, constitute and ap- point his eldest sonne, John Browne, now bound for England, his true and lawful attorney, for him the said Nicholas Browne, his father, in his name and stead and to his use, to call William Rand of Inkborough aforesaid to accompt what of shops, houses and lands, that by discovery are found to be appertayning and belonging unto him the said Nicholas Browne as next heir unto the Lides, which the said Rand by former power unto him granted from the said Nicholas Browne hath recovered. Also, what monies he hath received for rents or arrearages of rent, profits and sheep rents, heretofore and of late due, arising, growing and properly belonging unto the heires of the said Lides. And the said houses, land, tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever, by him the said Rand recovered as aforesaid, to enter into, and in the name of him, the said Nicholas Browne, to give possession to such tenant or tenants as he the said John Browne likes of, that will hier the same, by lease or yearly rent. Also to demand all such monies as aforesaid, received by the said Rand, allowing and paying unto him the said Rand the one half of the true vallue of the said houses and lands so recovered and the half of the said monies for the said Rand's cost, charges and paynes he hath bin at thereabout.
And as concerning the premises to doe any such act or acts as aforesaid, as if he, the said constitutor, were personally present. Ratifying, allowing and holding for- ever firm and stable all and whatsoever his said sonne, as his attorney shall lawfully dce or cause to be done by vertue hereof.
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In witness whereof the said Nicholas Browne hath hereunto put his hand and seall the said fifth day of October, in the year 1660.
NICHOLAS BROWNE. (L. S.)
Signed &c. in presence of ROBT. HOWARD Not. Pub.
This Deed acknowledged by the said Nicholas Browne, Oct. 6, 1660. Before me, RI. BELLINGHAM, Depy. Govr."
BROWNE, John ("of the hill"), probably lived on "Cowdrey's Hill," near where John A. Tyler now lives, and probably gave name to the small pond in front of Mr. Tyler's, long called " Brown's Pond." Whether he was related to Nicholas aforesaid doth not appear. He m., Ist, 1659, Elizabeth, dau. of John Osgood, of Andover. Chil. : Elizabeth, b. 1660, and d. early ; Elizabeth, b. 1661, and m. 1684, Benja. Hartshorne ; Hannah, b. 1664, and d. 1667 ; Sarah, b. and d. 1668 ; Mary, b. 1771, and d. 1773 ; his wife d. 1673, and he m., 2d, 1681, Sarah -, and by 2d wife had chil. : John, b. 1682 ; Mary, b. 1685 ; Nathaniel, b. 1688 ; Stephen, b. 1693.
BROWNE, Sarah, perhaps sister of John above named ; m. 1662, Robert Burnap.
BROWNE, Elizabeth, perhaps another sister of the same ; m. 1663, Hananiah Parker. (Savage says she was dau. of Jona. Browne.) BROWNE, John, Esq., son of Nicholas and Elizabeth, b. 1634; lived on the farm now owned by Dr. Francis P. Hurd ; m., Ist., Ann, dau. of Rev. John Fiske, of Wenham and Chelmsford ; she d. 1681, aged 36 ; m., 2d, 1682, Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Edward Buckley, of Concord, and wid. of Rev. Joseph Emerson, of Mendon. She d. 1693, aged .55 ; m., 3d, Rebecca, wid. of Samuel Sprague, of Malden, and she d. 1710, aged 76. He d. 1717, aged 83. Chil., both by Ist wife : Anna, b. 1678, and m. 1696, to Peter Emerson ; Sarah, b. 1679, and d. 1680. He was captain, justice of the peace, selectman, and representative.
" Witty, yet wise, grave, good, among the best Was he, - the memory of the just is blest,"
Says his tombstone.
BROWNE, Cornelius, son of Nicholas, and brother of the last named ; m. 1665, Sarah Lamson. She d. 1683. Chil. : Nicholas, b. and d. 1666 ; Cornelius, b. 1667 ; Sarah, b. 1669 ; Sarah, b. 1670 ;
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John, b. 1671 ; Hannah, b. and d. 1673 ; Abigail, b. and d. 1674 ; Samuel, b. 1675; Susanna, b. 1677; Mary, b. 1679; Hannah, b. 1680 ; Wm., b. 1682.
BROWNE, Josiah, son of Nicholas, and brother of the last named ; m. 1667, Mary Fellows, and d. 1691. Chil. : John, b. 1668 ; Josiah, b. 1670 ; Mary, b. 1673 ; Josiah, b. 1675, and m. 1700, Susanna Goodwin ; Elizabeth, b. 1678 ; Ebenezer, b. 1682 ; Jonathan, b. 1684 ; Phebe, b. 1688.
BROWNE, Joseph, son of Nicholas, and brother of the last named ; b. 1647, and m. Elizabeth, dau. of Tho. Bancroft. Chil. : Elizabeth, 1671, and d. 1674 ; Elizabeth, b. 1676 ; Nicholas, b 1677, and m. 1700, Rebecca Nichols ; d. 1713 ; Joseph, b. 1679, and d. 1723 ; Thomas, b. 1682 ; Ebenezer, b. 1684 ; Eben"., b. and d. 1688 ; Hepzibeth, b. 1693.
BROWNE, Edward, probably son of Nicholas ; b. 1640 ; m. 1679, Sarah Dix, and d. 1685. Chil. : Edward, b. 1680 ; Stephen, b. 1682 ; Stephen, b. and d. 1685.
NOTE. - Gen. Benja. Browne, of Revolutionary fame, who d. in 1801, was the son of Dea. Benja., who was the son of Nicholas, who was the son of Joseph, who was the son of Nicholas, Senr. Wm. Locke Brown, Esq., who d. in 1862, was also a de- scendant of Nicholas, Senr, through Cornelius, Samuel, etc. The late John Brown, 2d, was son of Pearson Brown, who was son of Jacob, who was son of Nathaniel (and Eleanor Stearns), who was son of Josiah (and Susan Goodwin), who was son of Josiah (and Mary Fellows), who was son of Nicholas, Senr.
BROWN, Rev. Richard, was the fifth minister of Reading ; came from Newbury ; was the only son of Richard and Mary (Jaques), and grandson of Richard and Elizabeth (Badger) ; his grand- father was one of the earliest settlers of Newbury. Richard (the third) was b. 1675 ; m. 1703, Martha Whipple, dau. of John Whipple, of Ipswich ; grad. at Har. Coll. in 1697 ; ordained pas- tor of the church in Reading in 1712, and d. 1732, aged 57. Chil. : Martha, b. 1704; John, b. 1706; Wm., b. 1708 ; Mary, b. 1709 ; Katharine, b. 1712, and m. 1732, Joseph Gerrish, of Newbury ; Richard, b. 1716 ; Sarah, b. 1718 ; Elizabeth, b. 1720. After his decease his widow and children returned to Newbury. Mr. Brown, before his settlement at Reading, was Town Clerk five years, and Schoolmaster eleven years, at Newbury. Upon resigning his office of Town Clerk, when about to remove to Reading, he wrote upon the fly-leaf of the town book as follows :
" I have served Newbury as schoolmaster eleven years and as town clerk five years and a half, and have been repaid with abuse, contempt, and ingratitude. I have sent
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nigh as many to College as all the masters before me since the reverend and learned Parker. Those, that I have bred, think themselves better than their master (God make them better still), and yet they may remember the foundation of all their grow- ing greatness was laid in the sweat of my brows. I pray that poor unacknowledging Newbury may get them that may serve them better and find thanks when they have done. If, to find a house for the school when the town had none; if, to take the scholars to my own fire when there was no wood at school, as frequently ; if, to give records to the poor, and record their births and deaths gratis, deserves acknowledg- ment, then it is my due, but hard to come by.
" Est aligua ingrato meritum exprobare voluptas Hoc fruar, hœc de te gaudia sola ferum."
We here insert some extracts from a journal, kept by Mr. Brown, verbatim et literatim : ---
"I Richard Brown was born in Newbury Sept. 12, Anno 1675 and educated under the wing of my parence, especially my mother, who was a pious and prudent woman, and endeavored to instill into this her son the principals of Religion and holiness ; yea she traveled in Birth with me again to have + formed in me, and was upon all opportunities discourcing to me Life and Death, sin and holiness, Heaven and hell, to raise in me a Love, a Licking and Longing aftr the one, and a hatred and abhorance of the othr ; she ws unwearied in her watchings, instructions, admonitions, warnings, reproofs & exhortations, that she might bring up this her son in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, and continued she to train me up betimes, and when she had causd me to read well at home, she sent me to school undr an ingenious and learned mastr, Mr Edward Tompson, undr wm I profited much and went on wth delight in Gramer, Sententia and Cato. But then I ws deprived of my mastr, wo, being calld to the ministry, Left the schoole to his pupils grt damage. Aftr came Mr Shove, to wm I went yet profited Little ; then came anothr wo tarried not Long ; then came Mr John Clark of Exeter, a worthy man undr wm I studied one year, by whome I was sent to, tho not well fitted for, the Colledge ; for by this change of mastrs I suffered gt damage. I went to Colledge 1693 and there I spent 4 years under the care & in- spection of that worthy man Mr William Brattle, then fellow ; wn being in the heat of youth and active, I spent too much time in play & pastime, we I aftr gtly bewailed. When those 4 years wr expired July Anno 1697 I had given me with the rest of my class the Degre of B : B of Arts. My Parence not being well able to keep me longer at Colledge, I was forcd much against my will to leave the Coll : and to return home, wc ws much to my disadvantage ; for being at home I wanted books, and more, money to buy them ; so ws forcd to Borrow here and there as I could. By this, then I lost much time & contracted a listlessness to study, yet read ovr all the vollums of Foxes Acts and Monuments, wc I much delighted in, and know much of espetially the two last vollums, wc I read ovr diverse times, where, in my young years, I showd a tendr heart, yt could not forbare melting into tears, whn I read of the cruelty showd against the Masters and Blessed servants of Jesus Christ. Thus continued I, sometimes Reading History and sometimes Divinity for two years, we being near expired, tho much against my mind, yet being ovrpowerd wth importunity, I was prevaild with to preach in June '99, and when I came into the pulpit, being naturally bashfull, and seeing a great throngue and crowde of people before me, my spirit ws overwhelmed
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Tho. Kendall. Chil. : Mary, b. 1666, and m. 1684, John Weston ; Rebecca, b. 1668, and d. 1670 ; Abraham, b. 1671 ; Thomas, b. 1674 ; Anna, b. 1676 ; William, b. 1678; Kendall, b. 1680; Abigail, b. 1683, and d. 1694; Tabitha, b. 1685. His wife d. 1688. He m., 2d, Ruth, widow of Samuel Frothingham, of Charlestown. She d. 1693.
BRYANT, Abraham, son of Abraham and Mary, b. 1671 ; b wife Sarah had chil. : Mary, b. 1695; Sarah, b. 1698 ; Abraham, b. 1700 ; Jona., b. 1706, and d. 1708 ; Jona., b. 1708 ; Samuel, b. and d. 1710 ; Ebenezer, b. 1712. He d. 1714, aged 43.
BRYANT, Thomas, son of Abraham and Mary, b. 1674 ; m. 1696, Mary Fitch, and had chil. : Elizabeth, b. 1697, and d. 1698 ; Thomas, b. 1700 ; Elizabeth, b. 1702 ; Mary, b. 1706 ; John, b. 1707.
NOTE. - He settled in No. Parish, near the Barnard Place; was Captain. BRYANT, William, Esq., son of A raham and Mary, b. 1678 ; m. 1701, Rebecca, dau. of Wm. and Elizabeth Arnold. Chil. : William, b. 1702 ; Joseph, b. 1704 ; John, b. and d. 1706 ; John, b. 1708 ; Timothy, b. 1712 ; Rebecca, b. 1715 ; Jona., b. 1717 ; Samuel, b. 1720 ; Catharine, b. 1722 ; Samuel, b. 1726. He was Cap- tain, Colonel, Selectman, Justice of the Peace, etc. He d. 1757, aged 79.
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