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party as delegate, and as secretary of the town committee. He was made a Mason in Mount Olivet Lodge, Cambridgeport, is at present a member of Hiram Lodge, of Arlington, and was its worshipful master in 1902-3; is a member of Menotomy Chapter, R. A. M., and served as its high priest in 1892-3; is a member of Orient Council, R. S. M., and of Cambridge Commandery, K. T., serving as eminent commander in 1904-5; is a member of Lafayette Lodge of Perfection, fourteenth degree, Scottish Rite Masonry, of Boston; of Giles F. Yates Council, Princes of Jerusalem, sixteenth degree; Mount Olivet Chapter of Rose Croix, eighteenth degree; of Massa- chusetts Consistory, thirty-second degree, and he has served in numerous offices in these higher bodies of Masonry. He is past grand scribe of the grand chapter, Royal Arch Ma- sons of Massachusetts, and at present repre- sentative of that body to the grand chapter of Tennessee Royal Arch Masons. He is a. member of the Massachusetts Order of High Priesthood ; of Bethel Lodge No. 12, Odd Fel- lows of Arlington; of Menotomy Council, Royal Arcanum, in which he has held office. He is a member of the Arlington Boat Club,. and served on its building committee and as secretary of the club. He is a member of the Insurance Library Association of Boston; of the National Fire Protection Association of the United States; is secretary and treasurer of the Fire Underwriters Uniformity Asso- ciation of the United States. He joined the Maverick Congregational Church at East Boston in 1876, and became a member of the Arlington church upon his removal there. He. has since been treasurer of the society, in 1887 and 1888. He has been superintendent of the Sunday school and president of the Christian Endeavor Society at Arlington.
He married first, October 27, 1880, Lizzie Palmer Nelson, born November 30, 1856, died August 26, 1888, daughter of William Johnson and Ann (Palmer) Nelson of Hingham. Her father was a contractor and builder. He mar- ried second, November 18, 1891, Della Maria Farrington, born June 14, 1871, daughter of Clayton James and Ella Leondine (Adams) Farrington, of Leominster. Her father was a clothier and shirt manufacturer, and a prom- inent Freemason. Mrs. Hilliard is a lineal de- scendant of John Alden and Priscilla, through the Adams line. Children of first wife: I. Carrie Louise, born August 11, 1881; mar- ried April 23, 1907, George Asher Johnson, of Dorchester. 2. Marion, born March II,. 1883; died April 16, 1883. 3. Albert Watkins, born.
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June 27, 1885 ; married, March 24, 1906, Ada Normand Stephenson, of Arlington, and has one child, Marion, born October 20, 1907. 4. Charles Parker, born May 9, 1888. Child of second wife: 5. Clayton Adams, born August 15, 1893.
LINCOLN Thomas Lincoln, immigrant ancestor, was from Wymond- ham, county Norfolk, Eng- land. He was a brother of Stephen Lincoln, and with a number of others of the name, an- cestors of all the American Lincolns of Col- onial ancestry, settled in Hingham, Massachu- setts. His mother Joan was one of the party of colonists. There were in this remarkable Lincoln colony at Hingham no less than four of the name of Thomas Lincoln, and the pi- oneers found it convenient to distinguish them by the names of their trades. Thomas Lincoln, miller, removed to Taunton; Thomas Miller, cooper, resided at Hingham; and Thomas Lincoln, husbandman, mentioned below. Be- sides these we find Daniel Lincoln, seaman and sergeant; Samuel Lincoln, progenitor of President Abraham Lincoln; and Stephen Lincoln, brother of Thomas Lincoln, the hus- bandman.
Wymondham, or Windham, was probably the birthplace of Stephen and Thomas, but they were closely connected with the others of the name who came to Hingham, New Eng- land, from Hingham, England. Many of the descendants of Thomas Lincoln, the husband- man, have lived in Maine and in Worcester county, Massachusetts. The designation "husbandman" was found necessary in all records and legal papers, such as deeds and grants of land. Thomas was selectman in 1662- 69-72. His house was on Fort Hill street, on' the upland by the side of the highway leading to Weymouth mill. He married Margaret, daughter of Richard Langer. In his will dat- ed February 20, 1659, Langer bequeaths all the land in Hingham, New England, which he bought of his son-in-law, Thomas Lincoln, and land at Great Rock and Conihasset he gave to his daughter Margaret's son, Joshua Lincoln. Margaret died at Hingham, March 5, 1693-94. 4. Mr. Lincoln died August, 1692. His will was dated May 24, 1681 ; be- queathing to wife and eight children. Chil- dren: I. Caleb, born October 8, 1643. died young. 2. Joshua, mentioned below. 3. Caleb, born May 3, 1645 (twin of Joshua), married, May 8, 1684, Rachel Bate or Bates, daughter of James and Ruth (Lyford) Bates. 4. Susanna, born August 16, 1646, married,
May 16, 1666, Joseph Barstow, of Scituate. 5. Mary, born February 16, 1647-48, married, January 5, 1674-75, Francis Barker, of Dux- bury. 6. Sarah, born September 29, 1650, married, May 6, 1675, Thomas Marsh. 7. Thomas, born December 22, 1652, married, January 6, 1684-85, Sarah Lewis, daughter of James and Sarah (Lane) Lewis. 8. Daniel, born May 14, 1654, died February 14, 1669- 70. 9. Elizabeth, born December 2, 1656, mar- ried, January 23, 1677-78, Daniel Lincoln, son of Samuel. Io. Ephraim, born November I, 1659, died January 28 following. II. Ruth, born November 19, 1662, married, January 13, [684-85, Samuel Gill.
(II) Joshua Lincoln, son of Thomas Lin- coln (I), baptized at Hingham, May 3, 1645 ; married, April 20, 1666, Deborah, daughter of Captain Joshua and Ellen (Brook) Hobart. She was baptized in Hingham, September 12, 1647, died there November 29, 1684, aged thirty-seven years. He died April 21, 1694, in his forty-ninth year. He was a carpenter by trade; constable of Hingham 1672 ; select- man 1682 and 1691. His home was on Fort Hill street. Children, born in Hingham: I. Peter, born June 6, 1667, died July 1I, 1668. 2. Joshua, born May 9, 1669, married, June 2, 1692, Mary who died August 9, 1693 ; married (second), February 12, 1693-4, Hannah Palmer, daughter of John. 3. Peter, mentioned below. 4. Jacob, born March 6, 1672-73, died April 26 following. 5. Deborah, born August 31, 1674, married, 1696, John Lasell. 6. Margaret, born May 14, 1677, died November 30, 1683. 7. Caleb, born October 9, 1678. 8. Jacob, born March 21, 1680-81. 9. Solomon, born November 25, 1682, married Elizabeth Franklin, daughter of David Frank- lin, of Boston ; resided in Scituate. IO. Isaac, born November 14, 1684, died December 29, I689.
(III) Peter Lincoln, son of Joshua Lincoln (2), born in Hingham, January 19, 1670-71 ; married there, May 11, 1703, Ruth, daughter of Caleb and Elizabeth (Hewett) Beal. She was born at Hingham, March 15, 1682-83, died November 4, 1750, in her sixty-eighth vear. He died August 31, 1731, in his sixty- first year. He was a cordwainer by trade. He resided in the paternal mansion on the Fort Hill street homestead. Children, born at Hingham: I. Ruth, born September 15, 1704, died unmarried August 4, 1768. 2, Deborah, born January 16, 1705-06, married, March II, 1745-46, John Hassell, widower. 3. Joshua, born February 4, 1707-08, married Mary Bat- tles, May 18, 1732, daughter of Edward and
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Experience Battles. 4. Peter, born June, 17II, married Margaret. Whiton, daughter of John and Mary (Tower) Whiton; had the homestead. 5. Elizabeth, born May 25, 1714, died May 12, 1742. 6. Isaac, mentioned be- low.
(IV) Isaac Lincoln, son of Peter Lincoln (3), was born in Hingham, April 16, 1720. He learned the tailor's trade and removed from Hingham to Boston and thence to Sud- bury, Massachusetts. He married, Septem- ber 26, 1743, at Sudbury, Hannah Eveluth, of that place, and he settled in Sudbury. They had one child, Isaac, mentioned below.
(V) Isaac Lincoln, son of Isaac Lincoln (4), was born at Sudbury, July 10, 1744. He married at Sudbury, February 15, 1763, Ex- perience Willis. Lincoln was a soldier in the Revolution, a private in Captain Moses Stone's company, Lieutenant-Colonel Ezekiel How's regiment, April 19, 1775. Children, recorded as born in Sudbury : I. Daniel, mentioned below. 2. William, born October 20, 1766, married, October 16, 1792, Sarah Haynes. 3. David, born March 5, 1769, died young. 4. Peter, born February 26, 1771. 5. Isaac, Jr., born November 4, 1776, married, December 24, 1801, Kezia Haynes. 6. David, born May 2, 1779. 7. Anna, born April 10, 1783. 8. Abigail or Nabby, born June 13, 1785, mar- ried, December 21, 1806, James Smith.
(VI) Daniel Lincoln, son of Isaac Lincoln, Jr. (5), was born at Sudbury, February 27, 1764. He removed with others to Rutland, Vermont, when a young man. He mar- ried -. Child, David, mentioned below.
(VII) David Lincoln, son of Daniel Lin- coln (6), was born April 8, 1804, in Rutland, Vermont. About 1832 he located in Hopkin- ton, Massachusetts, and was an active and use- ful citizen with high character and many sterling qualities. He was a member of the Congregational church of Hopkinton. He died at Lowell. He married, September 25, 1834, Mary A. Smith, of Hopkinton, born August, 1817. Children, born in Rutland: I. Eliza, A., born January 19, 1868, married William D. Purrington, of New Hampshire ; children : Mary E. and Arthur K. Purrington. 2. Wil- liam Henry, mentioned below.
(VIII) William Henry Lincoln, son of David Lincoln (7), was born in Hopkinton, January 4, 1842. He received his early edu- cation in the district schools of Hopkinton, working on his father's farm during the sum- mer seasons. At the age of seventeen he gave his attention exclusively to farming. His father had a large dairy farm and was a pros-
perous farmer. The farm came to William H. and he has continued farming on the home- stead as his principal vocation in life. He finds a market in Boston for the butter and milk produced on his farm. He has one of the largest and finest stock and dairy farms of his section of the county. In politics Mr. Lincoln is a Republican, and has always been interested in public questions and political campaigns, though never seeking office or caring for public honors. He belongs to no orders or societies, preferring to devote his whole time and attention to his farm and home. He is a man of quiet, domestic tastes ; kindly, charitable and tolerant in his opinions and feelings. He makes many friends and re- tains friendship. Although not a member of the Congregational church he is a regular at- tendant upon the services. He married, May 15, 1864, Jennie Smith, born in Canada, May 8, 1844. Children : I. Ida, born April 19, 1867, married Irving Sweet, of Milford ; child, Walter H. Sweet. 2. George Walter, born July 20, 1870, married Mary Sweet, of Mil- ford ; children : Maud, Esther. 3. Raymond.
Benjamin Moorhouse MOORHOUSE was a resident of York- shire, England. Among his children was Isaac, mentioned below.
(II) Isaac Moorhouse, son of Benjamin Moorhouse, was born near Leeds, in York- shire, England. He married Juliana Pearce, daughter of Shadrach S. Pearce, a native of county Kent, England, and came to America, making his home in Boston. He was a gifted musician and a noted violincello player in his day. All his children have inherited his talent for music. Children, born in Boston, Massa- chusetts : I. Henry P., married Fanny Hutch- inson, of New York City ; now living in Paris, France. 2. S. Woodbridge, born March 7, 1852, mentioned below. 3. Arthur B., mar- ried Ella Metcalf, of Medford, where they now live. 4. S. Percy, married Maud Turner and resides at Wollaston, Massachusetts. 5. Mary E., married Dr. H. M. Smith, of New York City. 6. Helen J., married Moses Wil- liams, of Escondido, California.
(III) S. Woodbridge Moorhouse, son of Isaac Moorhouse (2), was born in Boston, March 7, 1852, and was educated in the pub- lic schools of his native city, in the Brimmer school under Principal Joshua Bates and the English high school under Thomas Sherwin, principal. After two years in the high school he left home and went to work in a wholesale grocery house in Chicago. He returned to
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Boston a few years later and entered the em- ploy of Dana Brothers, wholesale dealers in molasses, and for about eight years was trav- eling salesman for this concern. He left Dana Brothers to accept a similar position with W. H. Emerson, who was a dealer in the same line of goods, and was a salesman for this house for a period of nineteen years. Since 1896 Mr. Moorhouse has been connected with the firm of Haskell, Adams & Company, wholesale grocers, in charge of the buying of molasses, rice and sugar. He is well known and highly esteemed throughout New England in the grocery trade. Among his townsmen in Melrose he is highly esteemed for his upright and straightforward character, his agreeable and attractive manner and speech. In politics Mr. Moorhouse is a Republican, but inclined to independence, especially in municipal af- fairs. He and his family attend the Congrega- tional church. He is a member of the Order of American Workmen.
He married, June 10, 1874, S. Isabel Wes- ton, daughter of Peter D. Weston, of Med- ford, Massachusetts. Children: Helen Isabel, born June 13, 1876, at Melrose, educated in the public and high schools of that place ; now living with her parents at home. Two other children died in infancy.
JONES John Wesley Jones, born in Phil- adelphia, Pennsylvania, 1825, re- sided in Melrose for many years, and was engaged in the newspaper business. When the integrity of the Union was placed in jeopardy by the secession of the slave-hold- ing states he marched with the nation's de- fenders to the scene of conflict and attained the rank of lieutenant. He married Clara Jackson, a native of Melrose, and had a family of three children.
Walter De Haven Jones, son of John W. and Clara (Jackson) Jones, was born in Mel- rose, August 7, 1856. His preliminary studies were pursued in the Melrose public schools, and he completed his education in Brooklyn, New York. For a period of nine years he was engaged in the wholesale clothing business in New York City, but subsequently returned to his native state, and entering the service of the Merchants' Despatch Company in Boston, was connected with that concern for over seventeen years. Upon his return from the metropolis Mr. Jones resumed his residence in Melrose, and has ever since participated actively in lo- cal civic affairs, devoting much of his time to the public service, in which he has displayed marked ability. For two years he officiated as
clerk of the board of selectmen under the old. town government ; was for a similar period a member of the board of registrars ; and since the organization of the city government in- 1900 his time has been occupied almost ex- clusively in the interest of the municipality, his multifarious duties embracing the offices of city clerk, clerk of the board of aldermen and clerk of committees. For nine years he served as secretary of the Republican town commit- tee, and has been affiliated with that party from the time of his majority. Aside from his prominence in political affairs he has occupied positions of honor and responsibility in vari- ous organizations-social, religious, military, philanthropic, etc. He is at the present time secretary of the board of trustees of the First Methodist church, of which he is a leading. member ; was for several years secretary of the East Side Association; has been a director of the Young Men's Christian Association since 1896; superintendent of the Upham Hill Sun- day school for the same length of time; was deputy grand commander of the Order of the Golden Cross in 1898-99, and is an active member of the Sons of Veterans. He is es- pecially devoted to objects of a philanthropic or benevolent nature and takes an active inter- est in the work of the East Side Mission.
On October 21, 1885, Mr. Jones was united in marriage with Gertrude Mabel Worth, daughter of Henry and Hannah L. (Mooers) Worth, of Melrose. Of this union there were two children. Stella Worth, born November 14, 1888; and Dettmar Wentworth, born Sep- tember 2, 1890.
Robert Burns, father of George BURNS James Burns, of Westford, Mas- sachusetts, came to Lowell when a young man and was employed in various mills in that city at his trade. In later years he was a farmer at Westford and Ayer, Mas- sachusetts. He married Mary Hayes, born in Ireland. Children: 1. George James, born July 14, 1855, mentioned below. 2. John.
(II) George James Burns, son of Robert Burns (1), was born in Westford, Massachu- setts, July 14, 1855. He received his early education in the public schools of Ayer and studied for his profession at the Boston Uni- versity Law School, graduating in the class of 1878. He was admitted to the bar and practiced his profession with much success until 1895, when he became interested in the manufacture of machinery and is at present at the head of the Ayer Planing and Machinery Company. In politics Mr. Burns is a Repub-
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lican, and he has taken an active part in public affairs. He has been a member of the school committee of Ayer and a trustee of the public library. He served his district with credit in the house of representatives and state senate for several years. He is a member of St. Paul Lodge of Free Masons, Ayer. He attends the Unitarian church.
He married, August 1, 1881, Clara Louise Sweatt, of Acton. One child, Avis Adella, born October 12, 1885.
RIPLEY William Ripley, immigrant an- cestor, born in England, came to Hingham, Massachusetts, from Hingham, England, in 1638, bringing with him his wife, two sons and two daugh- ters. He married second, Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Thaxter, September 29, 1654, and died July 20, 1656. His widow married, Jan- uary 20, 1658, John Dwight of Dedham, and died July 17, 1660. His will is dated June 30, 1656, bequeathing to his sons. He was ad- mitted a freeman May 18, 1642. His town lot which he drew in 1638 contained four acres, and is on Main street, Lower Plain, or Hing- ham Center. The house of a descendant, the late Eben Ripley, stands on the lot, or did so recently. He was not a resident of Hingham, England, but joined the Hingham party at that point. He was a weaver by trade. Children : I. John, mentioned below. 2. Abraham, born in England, married Mary Farnsworth, who married, after his death, Edward Jenkins, of Scituate. 3. Sarah, married October 18, 1653, Jeremiah Beale. 4. Daughter, name unknown. The sons John and Abraham were admitted freemen May 14, 1656.
(II) John Ripley, son of William Ripley (I), was born in England, about 1630. He succeeded to the homestead in Hingham ; mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Peter Ho- bart; she died in Hingham, March 26, 1692, aged sixty years. He died February 3, 1683- 84. His will was dated January 21, 1683-4, and proved March 27, following. He resided on the paternal homestead on Main street, Hingham. Children: I. John, see forward. 2. Joshua, born May 9, 1658; died May 18, 1739; settled in Windham, Connecticut. 3. Jeremiah, born September, 1662; died 1737; settled at Windham. 4. Josiah, born May 12, 1667; settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts. 5. Peter, born October 21, 1668; settled in Hing- ham. 6. Rebecca, born January 18, 1670 ; died October I. 1670. 7. Hezekiah, born De- cember 15, 1672; went to Norwich, Connecti-
cut; drowned in the Shetucket river March 13, 1691.
(III) John Ripley, son of John Ripley (2), born in Hingham, January 20, 1655; died September 7, 1720 ; married, October 13, 1686, Jane He resided on Main street, near Bull's Pond, in Hingham. Children, born in Hingham: 1. John, born February 16, 1687- 88. 2. Hezekiah, mentioned below. 3. Jael, born December 24, 1694. 4. Bathsheba, born May 19, 1697; married, 1721, Samuel Gerry. 5. Charles, born August 3, 1699 ; married De- borah Wilcout. 6. Deborah, born February 26, 1702.
(IV) Hezekiah Ripley, son of John Ripley (3), born in Hingham, March 29, 1693; mar- ried, February 16, 1715-6, Sarah, daughter of Stephen and Sarah (Warren) Garnet, or Gan- nett. She was born in Hingham July 31, 1691. He died June 20, 1736, aged forty-three. Chil- dren, all born in Hingham: I. Hezekiah, born August 17, 1716; married December 3, 1739, Abigail Hunt; resided at Duxbury and Kings- ton. 2. Joshua, born December 3, 1717. 3. John, born February 14, 1719-20. 4. Abner, mentioned below. 5. Sarah, born May 9, 1725. 6. Mary, born October 16, 1727. 7. Lemuel, born November 20, 1729. 8. Jane, born December, 25, 1732; married February 2, 1753, John-Noyes, of Weymouth. 9. Wil- liam, baptized April 6, 1735; married Lydia Hunt, who died December 23, 1774; resided at Duxbury; cast away and lost November 17, 1766, on Duxbury Beach.
(V) Abner Ripley, son of Hezekiah Ripley (4), born August 3, 1723; died March 28, 1808; married March 14, 1746, Abigail Rob- bins, of Duxbury. Children: I. Kimball, mentioned below .: 2. Thaddeus, died 1827, at Duxbury.
(VI) Kimball Ripley, son of Abner Ripley (5), was born about 1750, probably at Dux- bury, where his parents lived. He was a sol- dier in the Revolution from Duxbury, a priv- ate in Captain Samuel Bradford's company, Colonel Theophilus Cotton's regiment, 1775; also in Captain Joseph Woodworth's com- pany, Colonel Gamaliel Bradford's regiment ; also sergeant in Captain Calvin Partridge's company, Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment, in the Rhode Island campaign in 1773. He married Sarah - He died at Ipswich, March 28, 1782. Children: I. Daniel, men- tioned below. 2. Kimball Jr. 3. Joseph. 4. John. 5. Thomas. 6. Sampson.
(VII) Daniel Ripley, son of Kimball Rip- ley (6), born October 29, 1772, died January 25, 1857; married April 18, 1793, Jane Mc-
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Lauthler, of Kingston, Massachusetts. Chil- dren : I. Eden M., born February 19, 1795, died August 14, 1861 ; married Sarah Houl- ton, Staten Island, New York. 2. Thomas, born July 10, 1796. 3. Sarah, born May 31, 1798. 4. Samuel E., born September 26, 1800. 5. Saba E., born August 19, 1803. 6. Lewis, born June 16, 1806; married Sarah Loring, of Duxbury; children : i. Martha, born Novem- ber 3, 1846; ii. Henry L., born September 16, 1848. 7. John, born July 20, 1808; died No- vember 19, 1821. 8. Nathaniel, mentioned be- low. 9. Abigail, born June 14, 1813. IO. Mary, born October 10, 1816; died April 17, 1867. II-12. Otis and Elizabeth, twins, born December 1, 1820.
(VIII) Nathaniel Ripley, son of Daniel Ripley (7), born in Kingston or Duxbury, May 20, 1811 ; married, July, 1835, Mary Dus- tan, of Duxbury. Children: I. Lewis, men- tioned below. 2. Thomas. 3. Amos. 4. Au- gustus. 5. Daughter.
(IX) Lewis Ripley, son of Nathaniel Rip- ley (8), settled in Augusta, Maine, where he followed his trade as carpenter. He mar- ried Susan Ripley, of Baltimore, Maryland.
(X) Henry Hill Ripley, son of Lewis Rip- ley (9), was born in Augusta, Maine. He was educated in the public schools. He has fol- lowed the boot and shoe business as traveling salesman for many years. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church. He is a thirty- second degree Mason, Scottish Rite, and well known among the prominent Free Masons of the state. He married, in 1889, in Boston, Mary Angell Newell, daughter of Edward Angell Newell. Her father was born in Car- bineer, Newfoundland, December 18, 1832, and died at Hingham, Massachusetts, October 18, 1897; was freight agent of the Boston & Albany Railroad Company; married, 1858, Carrie M. T. Goodwin, of Newburyport, Mas- sachusetts, daughter of Timothy Goodwin, ship carpenter ; children : i. Fred Ellis Newell, of Hingham; ii. Otis Kimball Newell, of Phila- delphia ; iii. Mary Angell Newell, mentioned above. Mrs. Timothy Goodwin (Sarah) is living at Salisbury Point, Massachusetts. Her grandfather Newell of Carbineer, Newfound- land, was thrice married.
Children of Henry Hill and Mary Angell (Newell) Ripley: Harry Hill Jr., born in Malden, May 29, 1890; student in Stone school, Beacon street, Boston. 2. Ed. Angell Newell, born at Malden, July 8. 1893; stu- dent in Glenwood school, Malden. Mr. Hill resides in Malden.
John Merchant, or Mar- MERCHANT chant, immigrant ancestor, settled first in Braintree, Massachusetts, where he had a grant of land for two heads February 24, 1639-40. The only other pioneer of this name in Massachusetts or New England was William Merchant, prob- ably a brother, who settled first in Watertown, then in Ipswich. John Merchant was a pro- prietor of Watertown in 1642; an inhabitant of Newport a short time in 1639, but settled finally in Yarmouth, where he was constable June 7, 1648, ensign of town military com- pany approved by the general court June 8, 1664, lieutenant August 11, 1670, when he was called senior, indicating that John Jr. was of age. His wife Sarah died at Braintree, December 3, 1638. John and Abishai, sons of John Sr., were on the Yarmouth tax roll in 1676. Children : I. John, Jr., born about 1645. 2. Mary, born May 20, 1648. 3. Abi- shai (Abijah), mentioned below.
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