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MARTHA WAIT, wife of Return Wait, who, by sentence of court, was turned out of his place as marshal, Feb. 1685-6, "many complaints coming against him."
SARAH WALKER, wife of Samuel Walker.
DEBORAH KING, wife of William King. 36
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JANE LAWSON, first wife of the Rev. Deodat Lawson (1680). In the register of baptisms, she is called Annc.
1684.
JEREMIAH BUMSTEAD, son of Thomas and Susanna Bumstead ; born in England; died, 27 Feb. 1709, aged 72. By wife Sarah (1684), he had Jeremiah (1700), and Abigail (1701), who married John Lambert.
During the century from 1684 to 1784, five members of this family bearing the name of Jeremiah Bumstead, joined the Old South.
ROGER JUDD, freeman, 1690; had wife Elizabeth. He seems to have been employed in some dependent position by Judge Sewall, who frequently mentions his name. He is remembered now only because of his disorderly withdrawal from the South Church, and his going over .to the Epis- copal order. Judge Sewall records, June 8, 1688, " in the Even, Capt. Hill and I discourse with Roger Judd and Mrs. Willey." What led to this interview we are not told ; but the first King's Chapel was built that year, and Judd's preferences may have already begun to show them- selves. Every effort would seem to have been made to convince him as to the duty which he owed to the church with which he had entered into solemn fellowship, and in which his children had been baptized, but to no effect. At length, Jan. 22, 1698-9, he was put out of the church "for his contumacy in refusing to hear the Church and his contemptuous behaviour against the same and Mr. Willard the Pastor." His apology to Judge Sewall was, that he had come into the church by the importunity of Deacon Eliot and others, and that now "twas his con- science to go to the Church of England." Mr. Willard presented a very full report upon the case to the church, in which he said :
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"The matter of offence is not his going off from this church ; for we acknowledge there is a lawfulness to do so, provided it was orderly ; but ye manner of it. I know none of any persuasion, but who reckon yt there is a discipline ap- pointed by Christ in his churches; and a person who is orderly become a member of our church is lyable to be pro- ceeded with in way of discipline in yt church till he orderly removes his immediate relation to another."
In 1701, Judd became the sexton of King's Chapel.
ANNE COOKE, wife of a Robert Cooke, according to the baptismal register, in which we find, also, Robert and Sarah (1671) Cooke.
ALEXANDER BULMAN, is mentioned in the Memorial History of Boston, in a list of Boston bakers, 1696, and his autograph is given.
JAMES OLIVER, son of Peter Oliver, merchant (1669). Harv. Coll. 1680; married Mercy, daughter of Samuel Bradstreet. Dismissed to the church in Cambridge, where he practised as a physician. Freeman, 1690. He died, 8 April, 1703 ; his widow died, 29 March, 1710, in her 43rd year.
The Rev. WILLIAM BRATTLE, son of Thomas Brattle (1669), by his wife Elizabeth (Tyng) (1672). Born 22 Nov. 1662. Harv. Coll. 1680 ; F.R.S. "The learned and pious minister of First Church, Cambridge." He was or- dained 25 Nov. 1696, when he took his dismission from the South Church. He married, 3 Nov. 1697, Elizabeth daughter of Nathaniel Hayman, of Charlestown, and had an only child, William, Harv. Coll. 1722. He died - two days after the Rev. Ebenezer Pemberton (1692).
Feb. 15, 1715-6; " The Revd M' William Brattle died last night at midnight. He was a Father to the Students of Har- vard College, and a Physician, My Fast Friend. I wish it be not portentous that Two such great Men should fall in one Week ! Deus avertat Omen."-Sewall.
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, Mr, Colman, in his funeral sermon on the two deceased clergymen, preached at the Thursday lecture of the fol- lowing week, notes that they were life-long friends, Brattle having been Pemberton's tutor .- Eds. Sewall.
MARY DAFFORNE, wife of John Dafforne.
" Perhaps he had been driven away from some frontier set- tlement in the Indian war and went back. Yet in the great fire of 1760, one of the sufferers was Isaac Dafforne, perhaps a grandson of John."-Savage.
Mrs. Dafforne herself seems to have been in danger in another fire, -- that of 1724. Judge Sewall writes on the IIth of August in that year :
"This day I view the desolation by Fire, visited Mrs. Dafforn, who was carried out of her house to M' Dan1 Oliver's for fear of the Fire." March 26, 1728 ; " Mrs. Mary Dafforne laid in her Grave in the old Burying Place, /Et 78. Bearers, Sewall, Byfield ; Oliver, Capt. Ephraim Savage ; Capt. Bal- lentine, Deacon Marshall. It seems Mr. Moffat, who married the only daughter, belongs to the old Church ; and the Bearers were equally divided. She was of my Father Hull's privat Mecting, I hope a good Woman; much Confin'd. I am griev'd I visited her no more, though hindered by my own Sickness and indisposition."-Sewall.
ELIZABETH TUCKER.
Judge Sewall mentions the sudden death, 29 March, 1707, of a Mrs. Tucker, sister of Mrs. Lothrop.
PATIENCE HARKER.
" Ebenezer Harker of Nantucket, married Patience, daugh- ter of Peter Folger, but whether he had issue I know not. His widow married James Gardner."-Savage.
1685.
ABIGAIL ELIOT-DAVIS, daughter of Deacon Jacob (1669) and Mary (1674) Eliot, and wife of William Davis.
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Her daughter Abigail (1713) married Henry Lowder. William Davis was probably a son of William, one of the founders of the church.
Feb. 25, 1706-7 ; " After that, I visit the widow Eliott, who dwells with her daughter Davis."-Sewall.
RUTH EDWARDS-CUNNINGHAM, wife of George Ed- wards, and afterward of Timothy Cunningham.
In the register of baptisms we find, George, of George and Ruth Edwards, 1685; and Ruth, Hannah and Nathaniel, of Timothy and Ruth Cunningham, in 1689 and later. The baptism of another son, Timothy, we do not find recorded ; but we have evidence of his interest in our church, in the bequest of two hundred pounds made by him to it. By the desire of his mother, Mrs. Ruth Cunningham, his elder and only brother, Nathaniel, be- came the executor of his will; to him, says the record, " the Committee of this Church have made application for the said Legacy, and which he offered to pay, at the same time signifying his desire that the money should be in- vested in a Bell for the new House now going to be built." A bell was accordingly ordered, and the following inscrip- tion was cast upon it : "The Gift of Capt. Timothy Cun- ningham to the South Church in Boston; who died at Sea, Sept' 12, 1728." It was cracked while ringing for a fire during a tempest, 23 Sept. 1815 ; and a new one, "as near the size and sound of ye old bell as possible," was obtained from London, by a committee of the Old South duly authorized, consisting of Joseph Pierce, Edward Phillips and Josiah Salisbury. It was put up in 1817; and when the church took possession of its new meeting- house on the corner of Boylston and Dartmouth Streets, in 1875, it was transferred to the campanile in which it now hangs. It weighs fifteen hundred pounds, and bears the names of the committee.
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If the register of membership were complete, it might appear that both Timothy and Nathaniel Cunningham were members of the South Church, which they both loved. The latter, a man of large wealth, died in London, 7 Sept. 1748, and left to it by his will, sixty ounces of "silver, to be made into some proper vessel for the com- munion table, and 6500 for its poor. His son, Nathaniel, married Sarah, daughter of Christopher Kilby; and his daughter, Ruth (1764), married James Otis (bapt. cov. 1756), the orator and patriot. Nathaniel and Sarah (Kilby) Cunningham had two daughters, Susannah and Sarah, and the younger of these had a daughter Elizabeth, who mar- ried the seventh Duke of Argyll.
BENJAMIN DAVIS, son of William (1669), by his wife Martha (Pynchon). Boston, 1670; merchant; major artill. co. 1673; freeman, 1690. He married Sarah, daughter of James Richards, of Hartford.
Aug. 14, 16S5 ; " At night M' Willard, Eliot Jacob, Robt Walker, Frary, Nath. Oliver, Benj. Davis meet here to dis- course. Because the two last named desire to come into the Church without making any Relation at all ; or having Mr Willard report the Substance of what they said to him." Sept. 13 ; " Mr. Benj. Davis. Nath1 Oliver, Samt Checkly and his wife are received into the Church which is a Sabbath or 2 sooner than I expected : The Lord's Super not being to be administered till Oct' 4th. Sam! Checkly had most in's Relation; two wear Perriwigs: viz: Davis, Checkly." --- Scwall.
Mr. Davis was one of the founders and earliest deacons of Brattle St. Church ; and it is worthy of notice in con- nection with what Sewall here records, that in the or- ganization of that church it was determined, among other matters, "to lay aside the relation of experiences which are imposed in other churches, in order to the admission of persons to the Lord's table."
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Nov. 26, 1704 ; " Major Davis dies of a Flux about 6. in the evening after the Sabbath. I knew not that was sick till about 24 hours before." Nov. 30; " Major Davis buried ; Bearers, Elisha Hutchinson esgr, Sewall, Addington, Foster, Jeffries, Joseph Parson." -- Scwall.
NATHANIEL OLIVER, son of Peter (1669). Was one of the committee of safety after the overthrow of Andros, 1689; freeman, 1690, with prefix of respect; among the carliest members of Brattle St. Church ; died, 15 April, 1704. His wife was Elizabeth (1683), daughter of Thomas Brattle (1669), whom he married 3 Jan. 1677, and who survived him.
April 15, 1704; " M' Nathan1 Oliver dieth between 3 and 4 in the morning. He was born 20 days before me." April 18; " Went to the Funeral of M' Nathan1 Oliver : Bearers, Sewall. Walley ; Legg, Dumer ; Cooper, --- Gov' was there." -- Scwall.
SAMUEL CHECKLEY, born at Preston, Northamptonshire, England, 14 Oct. 1653 ; arrived in Boston, 3 Aug. 1670. During his long life, he filled various places of honor and trust. He received twelve different commissions in the Boston regiment, from that of ensign given by Governor Bradstreet, to a colonelcy by Lieut .- Governor Tailer. Se- lectman ; representative; justice of the peace ; county treasurer ; town clerk. " In all which Places He behav'd Himself with such Prudence, Meekness and Fidelity as to gain the general Esteem and Love of all acquainted with Him."
In the Boston News Letter (4 Jan. 1739), which an- nounces his death, he is said to have been chosen a deacon in the South Church, 15 Oct. 1693. This is correct, but it is also true that he then refused the office, and that James Hill was chosen, 24 Nov. 1693, in his stead. There is nothing in the church records to show that he was chosen a second time, or that he ever accepted the position ; but the following passages in Sewall's Diary, in connection
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with the obituary notice just mentioned, leave no doubt as to his having served the church for many years in this office.
Lord's Day, Aug. 20, 1710; " M" Joseph Sewall preaches for M' Pemberton, from Ps. 73. 2S. But it is good for me to draw near unto God: stood a little above. an hour. Before we went out of the seat, Maj' Gen congratulated me on account of my Son ; said he had done Pie et Docte. In the Afternoon, Mr Pemberton traced much of his Discourse in his Prayer." Aug. 21 ; " The Deacons come and deliver him 20. Col. Checkley very cheerfully congratulated me on account of my Son's very good Sermon. Capt. Hill congratulated me, coming in first."
July 5, 1714 ; " I went to M' Pemberton, found M' Comisary [Belcher] and M' Bromfield there. They began to speak to me about Deacons, some of ours very old and infirm. M" Pemberton spake how much Col. Checkley was broken ; which I had not observ'd. Mention'd the expediency of adding to their number. Nam'd M' Daniel Oliver : I said I should like him very well if he would Accept. Then nam'd M' Sam. Phillips : I said nothing."
Lord's Day, Dec. 6, 1724 ; "Lord's Super. M' Prince's Text, Cant. 2. 14. * *. My Son and Deacon Grcen were kept at home by the Great Rain and Indisposition. Deacon Check- ly Deliver'd the Cup first to Madam Winthrop, and then gave me a Tankard, 'Twas humiliation to me and I think put me to the Blush, to have this injustice done me by a Justice."
Mr. Checkley married Mary, daughter of Joshua Scottow (1669) ; they had eleven children, only two of whom survived their parents,-Deacon Richard Checkley and the Rev. Samuel Checkley (Harv. Coll. 1715), first minister of the New South Church, Boston. The mother died in 1721 ; the father, 27 Dec. 1738, in his 86th year.
" His greatest Honour, and for which his memory is Blessed, was his eminent, unaffected and vital Piety." --- News Letter.
MARY CHECKLEY, wife of the foregoing, and daughter of Joshua Scottow, one of the founders of the church. Her sister Lydia (1671), was the second wife of Anthony Checkley, Samuel's brother.
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Oct. 18, 1721 ; "Madam Checkley dyes of the Small Pox." Oct. 20; " Mrs Checkley was buried in a Tomb in the South- Burying place. Bearers, Sewall, Townsend ; Dr. Clark, Col. Fitch ; Capt. Ballentine, MEN. Williams ÆEtat. 65. I said at coming away, This Gentlewoman has been under great Confinement a great while, but now, triumphing in the Grace of God, she says Rehoboth ! [Genesis xxvi. 22.] Col. Check- ley thanked us for our last Office of Love. Rings and Scarfs." -Sewall.
EXPERIENCE HAYWARD, received from the church in Roxbury. Wife of John Hayward.
RUTH GARDINER-JEPSON. Ruth, daughter of Richard Gardner, of Woburn, married John Jepson (1693) ; she died, 27 Oct. 1695.
JOHN BOLT.
March 14, 1685 ; "M' Jno. Bolt and Jnº Nichols are re- ceived into our Church. M' Bolt mentioned profane Courses he had been entangled in after Conviction. Relations of both well accepted, being such as gave good hope."-Sewall.
By his will, proved 20 April, 1711, he left twelve pounds, current money of New England, to the poor of the South Church.
JOHN NICHOLS, probably a son-in-law of Willian. Dawes (1669). Ambrose Dawes (1670), in his will, 17 Oct. 1705, appoints his "brother, Mr. John Nichols," and Deacon John Marion, his executors.
1686.
RICHARD DRAPER, merchant, and perhaps a lawyer, as he was one of the attorneys for Anthony Penn, of Bir- mingham, England, in 1716, contestant of the will of William Penn, of Braintree, which was declared null and
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void. Mr. Draper was one of the founders of Brattle St. Church, and one of its earliest deacons.
MARY CLARK-CONEY.
Mary, daughter of Joshua Atwater, married first, Cap- tain John Clark, who died in Barbary, probably a prisoner, says Savage, and secondly, Mr. John Coney. Her sister, Ann, married Jeremiah Dummer; and her daughter, Mary Clark (1701), married the Rev. Ebenezer Pemberton, third minister of the South Church.
April 12, 1726; "Dyed Mrs. Conney, ye goldsmith's wid- dow."-Bumstead.
" Mrs. Mary Atwater, a person of great prudence and Piety, and good education ; First Mr. John Clark married her, by whom she had her eldest Daughter Mary ; first Pemberton and now Campbell. When she was a Widow, M' John Coney married her, being a Widower, by whom he had four daughters. M' Coney died more than three years ago ; and now his wid- ow Mrs. Mary Coney died somwhat suddenly on Tuesday morning April 12. [1726] and was inter'd in one of the new Tombs of the South-burying place ; Bearers, Sam. Sewall, John Clark esq"; Sam. Brown esq", Thomas Fitch esq" ; Sam. Checkley esq', Capt. John Ballantine. Was buried from her daughter Bromfields. His Honor the Lieut Gov' [Dummer] follow'd his Aunt as a Mourner and his Lady. Thus death, by its regardless stroke, mows down all before it, making no distinction between our most prudent and Charming Friends, and others."-Sewall.
The daughter, from whose house the funeral took place, was Abigail, wife of the second Edward Bromfield (1729) ; their daughter Abigail (1756), was the wife of the first deacon William Phillips (1756).
SARAH CHAPIN, wife of Caleb Chapin (1693).
ELIZABETH LANE-GARDINER, a dependent in Judge Sewall's family ; she is frequently mentioned in his Diary ; after her marriage, he speaks of calling upon "Betty Gardiner." She afterward took dismission to the church in Woburn.
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MARY STODDARD, first wife of Simeon Stoddard (1691).
Aug. 13, 170S ; " Mrs. Mary Stoddard dies * * She was a Vertuous Gentlewoman, and one of the most kind Friends I and my wife had."-Sewall.
ROBERT HUSSEY, freeman, ,1690.
1687.
ESTHER WOODWARD-WARREN, third wife of Peter Warren. She brought a letter of dismission from the church in Roxbury. Peter Warren died, 15 Nov. 1704.
CHRISTIAN HERRIDGE. Judge Sewall speaks of his shop being closed, 1690, because of an attachment upon his goods.
Dec. 19, 1690; " Heard M' Thacher preach at neighbour Herridges ; then went to the Funeral of Mr Jno Clark."-Sewall.
1688.
JOSEPH DASSETT, son of John Dassett, of Braintree ; born. 14 Oct. 1666; Harv. Coll. 1687.
July 24, 1693 ; "M" Joseph Dasset was buried yesterday, being much lamented."-Sewall.
He died of the fleet-fever, then very prevalent in the town, and very fatal.
JOSEPH HOMES; Roxbury, 1651; married Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Roger Clap; removed to Boston .- Savage.
Oct. 27, 1713 ; " This day Joseph Homes, father of Capt. Nath1 Homes, is buried, with a very thin Funeral."-Sewall.
JOSEPHI BELKNAP, probably eldest son of Joseph Bel- knap (1669).
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April 2, 1716; " Travel home-ward. As had heard of cousin Baker's death at Weymouth, so we heard of MY Belknap's at Braintry." April 3; " Went to the Funeral of my good Friend M' Belknap." April 23 ; "Prov'd Mr. Joseph Belknap's Will."-Sewall.
The will mentions his now wife Abigail, and his chil- dren. His house was "at the head of Prison Lane-now called Queen Street "; and he also had land "on the north-west side of Beacon Hill " and in Roxbury, besides a corn-mill and a fulling-mill .- Eds. Sewall.
HANNAH SEWALL, the only child, arriving at adult age, of John (1669) and Judith (Quincy) (1674) Hull, and wife of the Hon. Samuel Sewall (1677). She and Judge Sewall were married by Governor Bradstreet (1680), 28 Feb. 1675-6. They had fourteen children, seven of whom died young. Mrs. Sewall died, 19 Oct. 1717.
Oct. 23 ;" " My dear Wife is inter'd. Bearers, L' Gov" Dumer, Majr Gent Winthrop ; Col. Elisha Hutchinson, Col. Townsend ; Andrew Belcher esq' and Simeon Stoddard esq'. I intended Col. Taylor for a Bearer, but he was from home. Had very comfortable weather. Bro' Gerrish pray'd with us when return'd from the Tomb: I went into it. Gov' had a Scarf and Ring, and the Bearers, Gov" Dudley, Brother Sewall, Hirst, Gerrish."-Sewall.
ABIGAIL ARNOLD, daughter of Deacon Theophilus Frary (1669), and wife of Captain Berachiah Arnold. He was a son of Edward and Martha Arnold; and his will was proved 2 June, 1703. His wife lived until 1725.
" Mrs. Abigail Arnold died Feb. 23. ZEtat. 62. March 2, Mrs. Arnold buried at the South in the upermost Tomb of the Range next the Comon. Bearers, Sewall, Fitch : Belch- er, Dan1 Oliver esq'; Col. Checkly, Anthony Stoddard esq". Rings and Gloves. She was a good Christian, the 2nd daugh- ter of Capt. Frary, from whose house she was buried. Had lived the widow of Capt. Berechiah Arnold. I hope- she is blessed. Much snow on the Ground, and a very cold day." -Scwall.
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She left one child, Hannah (1728?), who married the Rev. Samuel Welles (1728 ?).
MEHETABEL LILLIE, youngest daughter of Deacon Theophilus Frary (1669), and wife of Samuel Lillie. Her children seem to have inherited the property of their Aunt, Hannah Belcher (1682), who had no children of her own.
HANNAH DAWES, daughter of John (1669) and Eliza- beth (1670) Morse, and wife of Jonathan Dawes. Her husband was a son of William Dawes (1669), a bricklayer and a householder, and a member of the church (1680) under the baptismal covenant. He died, 5 Oct. 1690; and she married, 27 Feb. 1694, Richard Gridley (1693).
DANIEL QUINCY, eldest son of Edmund and Joanna (Hoar) Quincy, born 7 Feb. 1651 ; artill. co. 1675 ; gold- smith. He married Hannah, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Shepard, of Charlestown. He died, Io Aug. 1690; his widow married, 1701, the Rev. Moses Fiske as his second wife, and died, 24 July, 1708.
Sabbath, August 10, 1690 ; " Went to see Cous. Quinsey : read the 102. Psal. and begin 103. pray'd, and so went home. Put up a Bill at his request. Just after Contribution in the Afternoon, was call'd out, Cousin being very bad, so far as I could perceive. He desired me to pray, which I did : After- ward sent for M' Willard, and He pray'd, then Cousin pull'd his hand out of the Bed, and gave it to M' Willard. Seem'd to pray himself; but I could hear little except Jesus Christ ; breath'd quick and hard, till at last abated, and He quietly expired about Seven aclock. Mother Hull and I being there. I have parted with a cordial fast Friend, such an one as I shall hardly find. The Lord fit me for my Change and help me to wait till it come. Cousin was concern'd what he should doe for Patience, but God graciously furnish'd him, and has now translated Him to that State and place wherein He has no occasion for any. Tuesday, Augt. 12. About 7. P.M. we lay the Body of Cous. Daniel Quinsey in my Father's Tomb. M' Serjeant, Dumer, H. Usher, Davis, Williams, Coucy,
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Bearers. I led the Widow, then the Children, next, M' T. Brattle, Mrs. Shepard, H. Newman, Mistress Margaret, Mr Willard, Mother Hull, Mr Parson, my wife and so on." --- Sewall.
. Mr. Quincy's will was witnessed by Jacob Eliot and Theophilus Frary, the deacons of the South Church at that time, and by Samuel Sewall.
On the 28th July, 1689, John, son of Daniel and Hannah Quincy, was baptized, probably by the Rev. Mr. Willard. Against the entry there is a note, dated 10 Sept. 1839, in the handwriting of the Rev. George W. Blagden (1836), saying, that the Hon. John Quincy Adams had told him that this was the record of the baptism of his great grand- father.
GEORGE ELLISTON, Boston; freeman, 1690. He is mentioned as one of the bearers at the funeral of Isaac Walker, 22 Oct. 1688.
ROBERT HAWKINS; freeman, 1690.
Feb. 4, 1696-7: " Bro' Hawkins and his wife, the Thur- tons, Sam. and Atherton Haugh, Joseph Gerrish and Wm Longfellow dine with us."-Sewall.
Monday, Sept. 11, 1704; " M' Robert Hawkins dies in the Afternoon. 7' the 12th buried ; Hill, Williams, Checkley, Belknap, Cole, Emory, Bearers. Great Funeral."-Sewall.
JOSIAH GRICE, SAMUEL GRICE.
Both freemen, 1690: brothers of Charles Grice, of Braintree.
Jan. 3, 1690-1; "Josiah Grice, a very usefull man and good Christian, died last night." "On that Friday [Aug. II, 1721], I was at the Burying of Sam. Grice." Feb. 26, 1721-2; " The widow Grice dined with me: Gave her a Crown." -- Sewall.
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HANNAH ELJOT-FAIRWEATHER --- CLARK, daughter of Deacon Jacob Eliot (1669), and wife of Thomas Fair- weather (bapt. cov. 1719) : he was a son of John Fair- weather. "a very noted citizen," who had been select- man, commissioner and captain of the Castle at the time of the overthrow of Andros, and who, says Sewall, in recording his death, 14 April, 1712, was "a good Chris- tian Member of the old Church."
MARY WEBSTER, daughter of Ambrose (1670) and Mary (Bumstead) Dawes, and wife of James Webster, probably eldest son of James, a brewer.
REBECCA MARSHALL -- MORTON, daughter of Ambrose (1670) and Mary (Bumstead) Dawes. She first married Benjamin Marshall ; and secondly, - Morton (given by Mr. Holland in the Dawes Genealogy as Moulten), and took letter of dismission to the church in Plymouth.
LYDIA BURRINGTON, wife of Thomas Burrington.
JOANNA PHILIPS --- OAKER; dismissed to the church in Chatham.
1689.
MARY BRATTLE-MIco, youngest daughter of Thomas Brattle (1669), and wife of John Mico, "a worthy mer- chant of Boston, and was probably a late comer, as his name does not appear on the records before 1686." He died "very suddenly," Sewall says, and was buried 16 Oct. 1718. The widow died, 22 Dec. 1733 ; they had no children.
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ELIZABETH EUSTIS, daughter of John (1669) and Eliza- beth (1670) Morse, and wife of John Eustace, or Eustis.
MARY THACHER, daughter of Thomas Savage (1669), and widow of Thomas, eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Thacher (1669), the first minister of the church. Thomas was a member (1671) under the baptismal covenant. He was a merchant in Boston, and died, 2 April, 1686. His son, the Rev. Peter Thacher (Harv. Coll. 1696), was minister of Weymouth, and married Hannah Curwen. He afterward came to the New North Church, Boston, as colleague pastor with the Rev. John Webb.
JOHN MARSHALL, was dismissed to the church in Braintree.
John Marshall by wife Ruth had John, a mason, of Braintree, who kept a valuable Diary, now in the pos- session of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Was probably the freeman of 1671, and died, Nov. 1672. His son John married, 12 May, 1690, Mary, widow of Jonathan Mills, and daughter of Edmund Sheffield, and had a daugh- ter Deborah.
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