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BRYANT, Kendall, son of Abraham and Mary, b. 1680 ; m. 1704, Eliza- beth, dau. of Maj. Jeremiah Swaine, and Mary (Smith). Chil .: Elizabeth, b. 1705; Kendall, b. 1709; Anna, b. 1709 ; Jere- miah, b. 1714; Mary, b. 1717 ; James, b. 1719 ; Hepzibeth, b. 1722 ; Abigail, b. 1724.
BRYANT, William, son of Wm. (Esq.) and Rebecca, b. 1702 ; by first wife Anna had chil. : Anna, b. 1733 ; William, b. 1735 ; and by second wife Sarah, had John, b. 1738; Martha, b. 1740; Na- thaniel, b. 1743 ; Mehitabel, b. 1746 ; Caleb, b. 1752 ; Tho., b. 1756. He was a shovel-maker, and removed to Sudbury.
BRYANT, Jeremiah, son of Kendall and Elizabeth, b. 1714 ; m. 1734, Ruth Thompson, of Woburn, and had chil .: Ruth, b. 1735; Phebe, b. 1737 ; Ruth, b. 1740 ; Jeremiah, b. 1742 ; Bridget, b. 1746; Josiah, b. 1748 Ebenezer, b. 1753 ; Anna, b. 1755 ; Elizabeth, b. 1755.
BURNAP, Robert, Senr., an early settler in the easterly part of the town, died in 1689 ; his wife was Ann, who d. 1681. He was select- man 14 years. Chil. : Isaac, who m. 1658, Hannah Antrim, of Salem, and owned half a farm in Salem, and d. 1667 ; Robert ;
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Thomas (probably, possibly brother to Rob't, Sen.); Ann and Sarah.
BURNAP, Robert, Jr., m., Ist, Ann -, who d. 1661 ; m., 2d, 1662, Sarah Broune, and she d. 1695. He was selectman 19 years, and d. 1695. Chil. : Sarah, b. 1653 ; John, b. 1655 ; Rob't, b. 1657, and d. 1674 ; Mary, b. 1661 ; Elizabeth, b. 1664, and m. 1683, Jona. Eaton ; Lydia, b. 1667 ; Samuel, b. 1675, and d. 1676 ; Benja., b. 1677 and m. 1700, Elizabeth Newhall, of Mal- den ; Mary, b. 1681 ; Dorcas, b. 1679, and m. 1700, Will. Saw- yer ; Joseph, who m. 1690, Tabitha
BURNAP, Thomas, probably a brother or uncle of the last named ; m. 1663, Mary Person, of Lynn ; they both d. 1691. He is called Mas. Thomas Burnap upon the town record, on account either of age, wealth, or wisdom. Chil. : Thomas, b. 1664 ; Ebenezer, b. 1666, and d. 1690 ; Mary, b. 1668 ; Bethiah, b. 1670, and d. 1673 ; Sarah, b. 1672 ; Ann, b. 1674 ; Bethiah, b. 1677, and m. 1696, Tho. Grover ; Esther, b. 1681.
BURNAP, John, son of Robert, Jr., and Ann, b. 1655, and m. 1684, Mary Rice. Chil. : Dorcas, b. 1685 ; Mary, b. 1687; John, b. 1689 ; Isaac, b. 1694 ; Abraham, b. 1696 ; Elizabeth, b. 1691.
BURNAP, Thomas, Jr., son of Mas. Thomas and Mary, b. 1664; m. 1688, Sarah, daughter, probably, of Samuel and Sarah Walton. Chil .: Thomas, b. 1689 ; Sarah, b. 1690 ; Mary, b. 1692 ; Eb- enezer, b. and d. 1693 ; Elizabeth, b. 1694, and m. 1724, Benja. Smith, and was great-grandmother of the late David, Noah, and Archibald Smith ; Rebecca, b. 1695, and m. 1726, Ephraim Weston ; Martha, b. 1697, and m. Ebenezer Stearns, of Sutton ; Ebenezer, b. 1699 ; Abigail, b. 1700, and m. John Lilley ; Hep- zibeth, b. 1701, and m. John Woodward ; Timothy, b. 1706 ; Bethiah, b. 1707 ; Ruth, b. 1711, and m. John Smith ; Anna, b. 1713, and m. 1737, Jeremiah Brown, and d. in early life.
BURNAP, Capt. Joseph, son of Robert, Jr., and Ann ; m. 1690, Tabitha -, and d. 1744. Chil. : Tabitha, b. 1692, and m. Ebenezer Flint ; Elizabeth, d. young ; Sarah, b. 1694, and m. Jereh Swain ; Abigail, b. 1699, and m. James Smith ; Joseph, b. 1701; Sam- uel, b. 1703; Lydia, b. 1706, and m. 1727, Wm. Upton, of Salem ; John, b. 1708, and m. 1732, Ruth Smith ; Martha, b. 1710, and m. John Walton ; Isaac, b. 1713, and m. 1736, Su- sanna, dau. of Eben" and Bethiah Emerson, and was father of Rev. Jacob Burnap, D. D., of Merrimack, N. H .; Hepzibeth, who m. 1725, Nath'l Emerson. Capt. Joseph, aforesaid, and 8
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perhaps his father Robert, Jr., lived on the late Capt. Jonathan Weston's place in West Parish.
BURT, Thomas, by Ist wife Sarah had chil. : Sarah, b. 1676 ; Elizabeth, b. 1678; Martha, b. 1680; Thomas, b. 1685 ; John, b. 1687, and d. 1689 ; Samuel, b. 1689; (by 2d wife Mary), had John, b. 1692 ; Ebenezer, b. 1695, and m. 1722, Ruth Fiske ; Benj., b. 1700. He lived in the North Parish.
BURT, Thomas, Jr., son of the above, b. 1685, m. 1711, Elizabeth Lari- ford, and had Sarah, b. 1711, who m. 1732, Joseph Gilbert, of Boston.
BUTTERS, or Buttery, John, had chil .: John, b. 1660 ; Elizabeth, b. 1662 ; Sarah, b. 1664.
CARTER, Thomas, m. 1713, Abigail Locke, of Woburn. Chil. : Thomas, b. 1715 ; Abigail, b. 1717.
CHADWICK, Samuel, m. 1685, Mary Stocker. Chil. : (born at Woburn,) Mary, b. 1685, and m. 1704, Joel Jenkins ; Martha, b. 1687, and d. soon ; Martha, b. 1689, and m. 1716, Robt. Trevitt, of Charlestown. He was killed at Reading, 1690, by the falling of a tree.
CHANDLER, Thomas, had a son John, b. 1655.
CLARK, Thomas, removed to Reading from Lynn. His Ist wife was Else, or Alice, who d. 1658 ; he m, 2d, 1658, Mary, sister of Major Jeremiah Swain ; she d. 1688, he d. 1693 ; was a select- man. Chil. : Perley, who had a dau. Elizabeth, b. 1669 ; Han- nah ; Elizabeth, b. 1659 ; Thomas, b. 1661, and d. 1673 ; Mary, who m. 1794, John Bancroft, Jr., of Lynn.
COLE, John, probably from Lynn ; m. 1691, Mary -. Chil. : Mary, b. 1693 ; Martha, b. 1695 ; Jona., b. 1698 ; Jona., b. 1699.
COLSON, Adam, m. 1668, Mary, dau. of Josiah Dustin. Chil. : Josiah, b. and d. 1673 ; Elizabeth, b. 1676; Lydia, b. 1680 ; David, b. 1682 ; was schoolmaster from 1679 to 1681 ; he d. 1687, and his wid. m. 1698, Cornelius Browne, Sen".
Cook, George, of Carolina, d. in Reading in 1710.
COWDREY, Dea. William, b. 1602, d. 1687, aged 85 ; his wife's name was Joanna, who d. in_1666. Chil. : Nathaniel, b. -; Mat- thias, b. 1641, and d. 1663 ; Bethiah, b. 1643, and married prob- ably - Polley. He settled first at Lynn, removed thence to Reading in 1642, lived on the present site of the late "Quanna- powitt House " on the Common, was deacon, clerk of the writs, town clerk, selectman, and representative, and was for a long time a most influential and useful citizen. He willed " half of
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homestead to son Nathaniel and half to grandson Nathaniel ; also, to son Nathaniel what he lives on."
COWDREY, Nathaniel, son of Dea. William and Joanna ; m., Ist, 1654,
Elizabeth -; she d. 1659 ; m., 2d, 1660, Mary, dau. of John and Rebecca Bachelder. He d. 1690, and his wid. d. 1729, aged 94. He settled on Cowdrey's hill, so named from him, on a farm, a portion of which is still owned and occupied by Jonas Cowdrey, his descendant ; his dwelling stood some rods westerly of the house now owned by Maj. G. O. Carpenter. He was town clerk and selectman. Chil. : Samuel, b. 1657 ; Elizabeth, b. and d. 1659 ; Nathaniel, b. 1661 ; Rebecca, b. 1663 ; Wil- liam, b. 1666 ; Joanna, b. 1673 ; Susanna, b. 1676 ; Nathaniel, b. 1679 ; Elizabeth, b. 1689.
COWDREY, Samuel, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth, b. 1657 ; m. 1685, Elizabeth, dau. of Hananiah and Elizabeth Parker, - perhaps had a 2d wife, Martha. Chil .: Ruth, b. 1687 ; Mary, b. 1689 ; Martha, b. (at Lynn) 1693.
COWDREY, William, son of Nathaniel and Mary (2d wife), b. 1666 ; m., Ist, Esther, who d. 1698 ; m., 2d, 1701, Tabitha, dau. of Sergt. James Boutwell. He succeeded his father at the homestead on the hill. He d. 1726, and his wid. d. 1745. Chil. : Elizabeth, b. 1695 ; William, b. 1702 ; Susanna, b. 1697, and m. 1723, Jo- seph Burrill ; Tabitha, b. 1705 ; Rebecca, b. 1708, and m. 1730, John Goodwin ; Nathaniel, b. 1710 ; Mary. b. 1713 ; Esther, b. 1717.
COWDREY, William, son of William and Tabitha, b. 1702 ; m. 1724, Mary Thompson, and had chil. : William, b. 1730 ; Joseph, b. I733.
COWDREY, Nathaniel, son of William and Tabitha, b. 1710 ; m. 1736, Tabitha, dau. of Thomas Hartshorn, succeeded his father on the homestead. He d. 1745. Chil. : Nathaniel, b. 1737 ; William, b. 1739 ; Thomas, b. 1742 ; James, b. 1744, and d. 1745.
COWDREY, Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel and Tabitha, b. 1737 ; m 1758, Sarah, dau. of John and Sarah (Lilley) Parker. Chil. : Nathan- iel, b. 1759, and m. Jerusha Emerson ; Sarah, b. 1761, and m. 1782, Wm. Emerson, late of Melrose ; Esther, b. 1764, and m. 1783, Wm. Stimpson, Jr. ; Ezra, b. 1766 ; Mehitabel, b. 1768, and m. 1787, Samuel Weston; Hannah, b. 1770; Isaac, b. 1772 ; Isaac, b. 1774 ; Aaron, b. 1777. He also succeeded his father on the old homestead, and was in turn succeeded by his youngest son, the late Aaron Cowdrey.
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COWDREY, Jonathan, by wife Rachel had a dau. Susannah, b. 1755, who m. 1782, Rev. Charles Stearns, of Lincoln. This Jonathan Cowdrey was of a distinct family from the foregoing ; resided but a few years in Reading; was living about 1765 where Col. James Hartshorn lived in 1870 ; was a clock-maker, etc.
CURWIN, Capt., was taxed in 1686 as of the North Parish.
CUTLER, Nathaniel, son of John and Mary, of Hingham ; his mother m. for a second husband, - Hewitt, and she d. at Reading in 1681. He (Nathaniel) m. 1655, Mary -, and had chil. : Mary, b. 1656 ; Nathaniel, b. 1659 ; Hannah, b. 1662, and m. 1681, James Pike ; Sarah, b. 1665 ; Lydia, b. 1669. His wife Mary d. 1708 ; and he m., 2d, 1709, Elizabeth Haines, who d. . 1714.
CUTLER, Thomas, brother of the foregoing, m. 1659, Mary Very, of Salem, and had chil. : Thomas, b. 1660 ; Sarah, b. 1666 ; Ruth, b. 1668 ; David, b. 1670 ; Jona., b. 1678. He d. 1683, and his wid. m. 1684, Matthew Smith, Sen.
CUTLER, Edward, had a dau. Mary, b. 1663.
CUTLER, John, m. 1678, Hannah, dau. of Henry Bellflower.
CUTLER, Thomas, of Charlestown, perhaps the son of Thomas and Mary ; had chil. : Thomas, b. 1691 ; Elizabeth, b. 1692, and d. 1693 ; Hannah, b. 1696 (all in Charlestown) ; Mary, b. 1698, and d. 1703 ; Ebenezer, b. 1700 ; Ruth, b. 1704, and d. 1706. CUTLER, Nathaniel, m. 1700, Elizabeth Underwood, of Watertown. Chil. : Mary, b. 1701; Nath'l, b. 1702 ; Elizabeth, b. 1705 ; John, b. 1705 ; Jona., b. 17II.
NOTE. - The Cutler family lived in the easterly part of the town, near the spot occupied, in 1868, by E. W. Wood. They early removed to Charlestown (now Stoneham), Medway, Shrewsbury, etc.
DAMON, John (Deacon), came, it is said, from Reading, England ; set- tled first, perhaps, on Cowdrey's hill, where was a very early seat of the Damons. The family, some of them, soon located in the West Parish, where their descendants have owned until recently. His wife's name was Abigail. He was a selectman, and died 1708, aged 87, and his widow d. 1713. Chil. : John, b. and d. 1651 ; John, b. 1652 ; Abigail, b. 1654, and m. Na- thaniel Rand ; Samuel, b. 1656 ; Joseph, b. 1661.
DAMON, Thomas, perhaps brother of the above ; settled on Cowdrey's hill, and had a son Thomas, b. 1659.
DAMON, John, son of Dea. John and Abigail, b. 1652; m., Ist, 1678,
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Susan Wiley ; and 2d, m. Ruth -. Chil. : by Ruth, Joseph and Mary (twins), b. 1697.
DAMON, Samuel, son of Dea. John and Abigail, b. 1656 ; was a soldier in Narragansett war ; m. Mary -, and had children : Samuel, b. 1681; Mary, b. 1683, and m. Tho. Taylor; Ebenezer, b. 1686 ; Abigail, b. 1689, and m. Richard Nichols ; Esther, b. 1691, and m. Daniel Gowing ; Benja., b. 1693 ; Mercy, b. 1695, and m. Ebenezer Parker ; John, b. 1697 ; Tabitha, b. 1703, and m. John Townsend. He d. 1725, and his widow d. 1727.
DAMON, Thomas, son of Thomas, b. 1659 ; m. 1683, Lucy Ann, dau. of Rev. Joseph Emerson, of Mendon, whose widow had married Capt. John Browne, of Reading. He d. in 1723, and his widow, Lucy Ann, d. 1740. Chil. : Lucy Ann, b. 1684, and m. 1706, Kendall Boutwell ; Joseph, b. 1686, and m., Ist, 1707, Mary Bacheller, and 2d, Lydia -; Thomas, b. 1690, and d. 1703 Elizabeth, b. 1693, and m. Benj. Gerry ; Hannah, b. 1695, and m. Samuel Leman ; Susanna, b. - , and m. Nathaniel Town- send ; Mehitabel, b. 1699, and m. Nathaniel Cowdrey ; Mary, b. 1701, and m. John Holden, of Woburn ; Thomas, b. 1703 ; Edward -; John, b. 1709 ; Abigail, b. 1713, and m. Robert Thompson.
DAMON, Samuel, son of Samuel and Mary, b. 1681 ; m. 1707, Priscilla Wright, and had chil. : Samuel, b. 1708 ; John, b. 1712.
DAMON, Ebenezer, son of Samuel and Mary, b. 1686 ; by wife Eliza- beth had chil. : David, b. 1710, and m. 1731, Esther Gowing ; Jona., b. and d. 1712 ; Samuel, b. 1716, and m. Annis Gowing ; Ezra, b. 1721, and m. Ruth Bragg ; Mary, b. 1723 ; Jona., b. 1726 ; Edward, b. 1728, and m. Elizabeth
DAMON, Benja., son of Samuel and Mary, b. 1693 ; m. 1714, Mercy Flint, and had chil. : Mehitabel, b. 1715, and m. 1745, Nath'l Bancroft, of Sherburne ; Martha, b. 1718; Timothy, b. 1721 ; Benja., 1723 ; Hepzibeth, b. 1725 ; Abigail, b. 1727.
DAMON, John, son of Samuel and Mary, b. 1697 ; m. 1722, Rebecca, dau. of John and Sarah Pratt .. Chil .: John, b. 1723 ; Samuel, b. 1726 ; Hepzibeth, b. 1729, and m. 1755, Ebenezer Smith ; Timothy, b. 1732, and d. soon ; Hannah, b. 1735, and m. 1765, Thos. Symonds ; Rebecca, b. 1736 ; Daniel, b. 1737 ; John and Timothy (twins), b. 1738-9 ; Rebecca, b. 1740. He d. in 1755, aged 57.
NOTE. - Parson Hobby in recording his death, says, "a poor unhappy man, who, having plunged himself into the depths of enthusiasm, forsook the ordinances and
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house of God ; at length, withheld all prayer, and by his former excessive fasting, for days and weeks together, threw himself into a consumption, of which he died." It is also said of him that he felt himself called upon by a spiritual communication to imitate the Saviour and to fast forty days and forty nights, and he undertook to do so.
DAMON, Samuel, son of John and Rebecca, b. 1726 ; m. 1754, Abigail, dau. of Isaac and Mary Smith. Chil. : Samuel, b. 1756, and m. 1779, Abigail Sweetser ; Daniel, b. 1757, and m. 1782, Anne Emerson ; Benja., b. 1760 ; Abigail, b. 1763 ; John, b. 1766, and m. 1790, Hepzibeth, dau. of Ebenezer and Hepzibeth Smith ; Rebecca, b. 1768.
DAVIS, George, came from Lynn, and d. 1667; was selectman and had chil .: Joseph (probably); Hannah, b. 1648, and m. 1669, John Boutwell; Sarah, b. 1651; Elizabeth, b. 1654, and m. 1678, Timothy Wiley ; Mary, b. 1657 ; George, b. 1660 ; Susan- na, b. 1662 ; and perhaps John, who d. in 1660.
DAVIS, Joseph, son (probably) of the above. Chil .: Joseph, b. 1669, and d. soon ; Hannah, b. 1672 ; Caleb and Joshua, twins, b. 1673, the latter m. 1697, Rebecca Poor, and had Ruth and Sarah ; Thomas, b. 1676, and m. 1698, Hannah Hartshorne.
DICKERMAN, John, m. 1691, Sarah Chil. : John, b. 1692; Thomas, b. 1693 ; Sarah, b. 1694.
DICKERMAN, John, son (probably) of the above, b. 1692 ; by wife Mary had John, b. 1715 ; Tho., b. 1716.
DIx, Ralph, was of Ipswich in 1647 ; a fisherman ; removed to Read- ing in 1662 ; wife's name was Esther. He lived on the place now owned by heirs of Hon. Tho. Emerson. Chil. : (born in Ipswich,) John, b. 1659 ; Samuel, b. 1661 ; (born in Reading), Stephen, b. 1664 ; Stephen, b. 1672, and perhaps Sarah.
DIx, Samuel, son of Ralph and Esther, b. 1661 ; Ist wife's name was Elizabeth, who d. 1693 ; 2d wife's name was Hannah Smith, of Charlestown, who d. 1696. Chil. : Elizabeth (probably), b. 1689 ; Stephen, b. 1692, and drowned in the Pond in 1705; Hannah, b. 1694 ; Ebenezer, b. and d. 1696.
DIx, John, son of Ralph and Esther, b. 1659 ; m., Ist, Lydia, in 1692, and she d. 1699 ; m., 2d, 1700, Anna Fitch. He succeeded to the homestead of his father. Chil .: John and Lydia (twins), b. and d. 1693 ; Lydia, b. 1695, and d. 1709 ; Sarah, b. 1697 ; Elizabeth, b. 1699 ; Anna, b. 1702 ; Samuel, b. 1706 ; Mary, b. 1708 ; Jona., b. 1710 ; James, b. 1712 ; Edson, b. 1714.
NOTE. - It is said that Rev. Samuel Dix, Har. Coll. 1758, and Hon. John A. Dix late U. S. Senator from New York, were descendants of Ralph Dix.
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DUNTON, Robert, was selectman of Reading, 1647 to 1649. DUNTON, Samuel, probably a son or brother of the foregoing, came from Lynn, and had chil .: Samuel, b. 1647 ; Hannah, b. 1649 ; Nathaniel, b. 1655 ; Elizabeth, b. 1658 ; Sarah, b. 1660 ; Mary, b. 1662 ; Ruth, b. 1664 ; and perhaps John and Thomas. He d. 1683, and his wid., whose name was Anna (probably), d. 1689.
DUNTON, Samuel, Jr., son of the foregoing, b. 1647 ; by wife Sarah, had chil. : Samuel, b. 1674 ; Sarah, b. 1677 ; Rebecca, b. 1679, and d. soon ; Ebenezer, b. 1681.
DUNTON, John, probably brother of the last above-named; by wife Ruth had chil. : John, b. 1686 ; Samuel, b. 1688 ; Ruth, b. 1690, and m. 1713, Samuel Gould ; Elizabeth, b. 1692 ; Thomas, b. 1695 ; Joseph and Mary, twins, b. 1697, of whom Joseph d. soon ; Sarah, b. 1700 ; Hepzibeth, b. 1702.
DUTTON, Thomas, b. about 1626 ; Ist wife's name was Susan ; she d. 1684, and he m., 2d, 1684, Ruth, dau. of Wm. Hooper. Chil. : Thomas, b. 1648 ; Mary, b. 1651 ; Susanna, b. 1653 ; John, b. 1656 ; Elizabeth, b. 1659 ; Joseph, b. 1661, and m. 1685, Re- becca Fitch ; Sarah, b. 1662 ; James, b. 1665 ; Benj., b. 1669. He removed first to Woburn, and after to Billerica, where he was in 1675. His son Thomas was in the Indian. war at the East, and had a remarkable escape in 1677, when many were killed.
DUSTIN, Josiah, lived near the southeast corner of the "Great Pond," and d. 1671. Chil. : Josiah ; Lydia ; Hannah, who m. 1662, Thomas Tower ; Mary, b. 1648, and d. 1649 ; Mary, b. 1650, and m. 1668, Adam Colson ; Sarah, b. 1653.
EATON, Jonas, lived on the N. W. part of Cowdrey's hill; by wife Grace had chil .: Mary, b. 1643, died single in 1732, aged 90 ; John, b. 1645 ; Jonas ; Joseph, b. 1651 ; Joshua, b. 1653 ; Jona- than, b. 1655 ; David, b. and d. 1657 ; Sarah, b. - , who m. 1671, Joseph Dodge. He was a freeman in 1653, a selectman, and d. 1674.
EATON, William, was brother of Jonas ; came here from Watertown ; was a freeman in 1653 ; by wife Martha had chil .: Daniel, b. 1638, in Watertown ; Martha, who m. Thomas Brown, of Cam- bridge ; another dau., who m. Francis Moore ; and Mary, who was single in 1673. He d. 1673, and his wid. d. 1680.
EATON, John, son of Jonas and Grace, b. 1645 ; lived probably on Cowdrey's hill; d. 1691 ; by wife Dorcas, had chil. : Jonas, b.
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and d. 1677 ; Grace, b. 1678, and m. 1695, John Boutwell ; Noah, b. 1678 ; Thomas, b. 1679 ; Jonas, b. 1680, and m. Me- hitabel, and removed to Framingham ; Joseph, b. and d. 1681 ; Benja., b. 1683 ; perhaps Joseph again ; Dorcas, b. 1688 ; Ste- phen, b. 1689 ; and Phebe, b. 1690, who m. 1716, Jona. Nichols. EATON, Jonas, son of Jonas and Grace, b. about 1647 or '48 ; m. 1677, Hannah Mason, and had chil. : Jonas, b. 1678 ; Jonas, b. 1680 ; John, b. 1681 ; Mary, b. 1683 ; Hannah, b. 1685 ; Abigail, b. 1688; Jonas, b. 1690; Sarah, b. 1693. This family became early settlers of the West Parish, near the Prescott place.
EATON, Joshua, son of Jonas and Grace, b. 1653 ; m., Ist, 1678, Re- becca, dau. of Dea. Tho. Kendall ; she d. 1690 ; m., 2d, 1690, Ruth -. He d. 1717, aged 64 ; lived in the westerly part of the west parish ; was selectman and representative. Chil .: Re- becca, b. 1679 ; Elizabeth, b. 1681, and m. 1700, Sam1 Lam- son ; Joshua, b. 1683 ; Thomas, b. 1685 ; Abigail, b. 1688.
EATON, Jonathan, son of Jonas and Grace, b. 1655 ; m., Ist, 1683, Elizabeth, dau. of Rob Burnap, Jr .; she d. 1688 ; m., 2d, Mary -; lived on the homestead on the hill; d. 1743, aged 88 ; was Lieut. and selectman. Chil : Sarah, b. 1684, and m. John Poole ; Jonathan, b. 1686 ; was a soldier in the Nova Scotia Expedition, and d. at Annapolis Royal in 1711; unmarried. Elizabeth, b. 1688, and m. Joseph Parker ; Mary, b. and d. 1691 ; Samuel, b. and d. 1693 ; Mary, b. 1694, and m. 1716, Josiah Nurse ; John, b. 1697 ; Samuel, b. 1702 ; Nathaniel, b. about 1700, and m. Lydia ; Noah, b. 1704, and m. Phebe Lilley, of Woburn ; Joanna, b. and d. 1708.
EATON, John, son (probably) of Wm. and Martha, and born perhaps at Watertown ; m 1658, Elizabeth, dau. of Dea. Thomas Kendall ; settled probably on the Plain in westerly part of West Parish, and d. 1691. Chil .: Thomas, b. 1660, and d. 1661 ; Elizabeth, b. 1662, and m. - Bancroft ; Rebecca, b. 1665, and m 1680, Thomas Nichols ; John, b. 1666; Martha, b. 1668, and m. 1685, Timothy Hartshorne ; William, b. 1670; Thomas, b. 1673, and d. 1674; Tabitha, b. 1675, and m. 1690, Joseph Burnap; Hepzibeth, b. 1680, and m. 1697, Sam1 Frothingham, of Charles- town; Hannah, b. 1683 ; Benja., b. 1684.
EATON, Daniel, son of Wm. and Martha, b. 1638, at Watertown. Chil. : William, b. 1665 ; Daniel, who. d. 1667 ; another Daniel, b. 1667 ; a dau., b. 1669 ; Ann, b. 1671; Martha, b. 1673 ; Priscilla, b. 1676 ; Daniel, b. 1678 ; Mehitabel, b. 1680.
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EATON, John, son of John and Elizabh and grandson of Wm. and Mar- tha, b. 1666 ; m. 1691, Hannah -; she d. 1721, and he d. 1727 ; he lived in the North Parish. Chil. : John, b. 1692, and d. 1724 ; Hannah, b. 1694, and m. 1720, Edward Harcum Thomas, b. 1696; Hepzibeth, b. and d. 1698 ; Timothy, b. 1699, and m. 1727, Mary Delver ; Israel, b. 1702, and m. 1726, Diadem Howard, of Salem; Paul, b. 1706, and d. 1733 Silas, b. 1709, and m. 1736, Jerusha Gould, of Andover ; Eben- ezer, b. 1712 ; Barnabas, b. 1718.
EATON, William, son of John and Elizabeth, b. 1670 ; m. 1695, Mary - , and removed to Lynnfield. Chil. : William, b. 1696 ; Jeremiah, b. 1698 ; Elizabeth, b. 1700 ; Jacob, b. 1703 ; Benja., b. 1705.
EATON, Thomas, son of Joshua and Rebecca, b. 1685 ; m. 1708, Lydia Pierce, of Watertown ; succeeded to his father's homestead ; was captain, selectman, and representative ; d. 1774, aged 91. Chil. : Thomas,1 b. 1712, and d. 1723 ; Jonathan, b. 1714, and settled in Woburn ; Ruth, b. 1716, and m. 1734, John Nichols ; Lydia, b. 1718, and d. 1725 ; Hannah, b. 1721, and m. 1739, James Nichols ; Abigail, b. 1724 ; Lydia, b. 1727, and m. 1750, Philip Russell, of Lexington ; Thomas, b. 1729 ; Rebecca, b. 1731 ; Joshua,2 b. 1734, and d., the town record says, in 1772, and Thomas Eaton's will confirms it.
EATON, Joseph ; he was probably either the son, or, through John and Dorcas, the grandson of Jonas and Grace ; m. 1709, Mary Pear- son, of Lynnfield. Chil. : Joseph, b. 1711; Mary, b. 1714, and m. 1734, Nathaniel Upton ; Benjamin, b. 1720 ; Sarah, b. 1722 ; Pearson, b. 1725.
EATON, John, son of Jonathan and Mary, b. 1697 ; m. Abigail Roberts ; d. 1758, aged 61. Chil. : John, b. 1723, and m. 1744, Elizabeth Boutwell, and settled in West Parish, near Tim. Hartshorn place ; Thomas, b. 1725 ; Abigail, b. 1727, and d. 1729 ; James, b. 1733, and m. 1758, Lois Damon, and was grandfather of the present Joseph Eaton, of Wakefield.
EATON, Nathaniel, son of Jonathan and Mary, b. about 1700 ; m. Lydia -; lived in the westerly part of Wakefield, on the place owned, in 1868, by - Davis. Chil. : Nathan, b. 1726 ; Jona- than, b. 1728 ; Lydia, b. 1730 ; Nathaniel, b. 1732 ; Mary, b. 1734 ;
1 This Thomas was grandfather of Mrs. Joshua Prescott, late of Reading.
2 A son of this Joshua was killed in battle at the taking of Burgoyne in 1777, and was the father of the late Mary Rayner, of South Reading.
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William, b. 1737, and m. 1762, Rebecca Flint ; Elizabeth and Sarah, twins, b. 1740 ; Sarah, m. 1760, Jonathan Poole ; Susanna, b. 1746.
EATON, Noah, son of Jonathan and Mary, b. 1704; m. Phebe Lilley, of Woburn, and d. 1770 ; his widow, Phebe, d. 1786. Lived a while at the homestead on the hill ; afterwards, in 1732, he purchased of Benjamin Gibson, of Boston, the former homestead of Zach- ariah Poole, leather-dresser, who had sold to said Gibson and removed to Medford, - the same place formerly owned by Dea. Jacob Eaton, at the corner of Eaton and Crescent Streets. On this place, which included the land on both sides of Eaton Street, and extended easterly to the "Lot End Road," now Ver- non Street, he lived until his death. Chil .: Noah, b. 1728, and settled in Woburn ; Phebe, b. 1731, and m. 1749, Thomas Hart, of Lynnfield ; Katharine, b. 1735, and d. soon ; Hannah and Lilley, twins, b. 1738 ; Hannah m. - Boutwell, of Amherst, N. H. ; Lilley, m. 1762, Sarah, dau. of Dea. Brown Emerson ; Katharine, b. 1744, and m. John Emerson ; Susanna, b. 1749, and Reuben, m. 1773, Sarah Hart.
EATON, Jonathan, son of Thomas and Lydia, b. 1714; m. Mary, dau. of Joseph and Mary Damon ; was a Lieut., and selectman sev -- eral years ; lived on the place in "Woodend," then so called, recently known as the Jonas Parker place, and now owned by Chas. Tweed. The old house was burnt down some 40 years since, either before or soon after his place passed out of the family. Chil. : Jonathan1, b. 1735 ; m. 1759, Lucy Ann Holden, and removed to Stoneham ; Lydia, b. 1740 ; m. Lieut. Nathan Eaton ; Edmund, b. 1742 ; m. 1766, Sarah, dau. of Dea. Benja. and Sarah Brown ; lived at one time on the place now owned and occupied by heirs of Hon. Tho. Emerson, and died 1796. He was father of late Dr. Joseph Eaton, Surgeon in the United States army, and grandfather of Gen. Joseph H. Eaton (son of Dr. Joseph), an officer in the Mexican War, and a Colonel and General in the war of the Rebellion. Also, grandfather of Mrs. Leonard Wiley, of Wakefield.
" COLONEL JOSEPH H. EATON, PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF BREVET BRIGADIER- GENERAL, U. S. A.
" Colonel Joseph H. Eaton, the able and efficient assistant to the Paymaster- General, and the author of the 'Paymaster's Manual,' has been officially notified by
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