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Mr. Prince, in a sermon on the Character of Caleb, said :
" His Father was a Reverend, pious and learned Pastor of this Church for near Thirty Years, and as highly esteemed and beloved both in the Town and Land for his eminent Grace Wisdom Goodness and Usefulness, I suppose, as any in his Day. His Grandfather was one of the religious and courage- ous Councellors of the ancient Massachusetts Colony. Nor may I forget his Mother, because she was a Gentlewoman of Piety, help'd to form his Youth for Public Service ; and liv'd to see him to her great Joy answering all her Cares, advanced to his Place of Publick Honour, and to receive from him the grateful Returns of his most tender and filial Affection to- wards her. She was also a Daughter of another of our re- ligious Councellors. And if all these had not been noted in their Day for Piety ; I should not have mentioned them. But the Memory of the Just is Blessed."
NATHANIEL SHANNON.
Sept. 5, 1723 ; " On Tuesday Morning, the 27th of August, Died here (after a long and languishing Illness) Nathaniel Shannon. Esq. Aged 68 Years, who upwards of 22. Years, faithfully discharged the Duty of Naval-Officer in this Port ; and was decently Inter'd on the 28th."-News Letter.
THOMAS PECK, one of the founders of the New South Church, 1718. The first signers of the covenant of that church were, Henry Hill, Thomas Peck (1701), John Clough (1696), Thomas Salter (1707), Samuel Adams (1706), Samuel Bridgham, Benjamin White, Thomas Doane.
HULDAH RAINSFORD, wife of Edward. They had a daughter, Huldah, baptized 27 Aug. 1682, and another of the same name 12 Oct. 1684.
Aug. 2, 1721 ; " Mrs. Huldah Rainford buried in a Tomb old burying place. Would have been 62. years old next Decr. Bearers, Sewall, Bromfield ; Dr. Clark, Checkley ; M' Dant Oliver, Frizell. Scarfs and Gloves. Brought M' Bromfield, Frost, Lawrence home with me in the Coach."-Scwall.
MARTHA RUGGLES, wife of John Ruggles.
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HANNAH DAVIS, probably the youngest child of William Davis (1669).
ABIGAIL BUMSTEAD, daughter of Jeremiah and Sarah Bumstead (1684), and wife of John Lambert.
MARY PEMBERTON, daughter of Captain John Clark by his wife Mary (Atwater) (1686), afterward Mrs. Coney. She married, 12 June, 1701, the Rev. Ebenezer Pember- ton (1692), the third minister of the South Church ; and after his death she became the wife, first of Campbell, and then of Mr. Henry Lloyd of Long Island, father of Dr. James Lloyd.
SIMEON STODDARD, son of Simeon (1691), by his wife Mary (1686) ; baptized 22 Oct. 1682. The following ser-, mon is in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society :
" The Just Man's Prerogative, a sermon preached privately Sept. 27, 1706, on a Solemn Occasion ; for the Consolation of a Sorrowful Family, mourning over the Immature Death of a Pious Son, viz, M' Simeon Stoddard, who was found Barbarously Murdered, in Chelsea-Fields near London, May, 14, 1706. By S. Willard . .. . Boston, N. E. Printed by B. Green. Sold by Nicholas Boone at his Shop, 1706." 16 mo. pp. 28.
It contains no information about Mr. Stoddard, or the circumstances of his death .- Eds. Sewall. The mother died 13 Aug. 1708.
ANDREW ELIOT, son of Andrew of Beverly, merchant ; married Ruth Symonds, of Beverly ; had Samuel, a book- seller and stationer, "a man of good esteem "; Ruth ; and Andrew, Harv. Coll. 1737, "eminent as a patriot and divine," minister of the New North Church, Boston.
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ELIZABETH WILLARD, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Willard (1677), by his first wife Abigail (Sherman) ; born 27 Feb. 1675.
ARTHUR SAVAGE, son of Thomas (1669) and Elizabeth (Scottow) (1670) Savage, baptized 4 April, 1680; married Faith, daughter of Samuel Phillips (1707). He was a sea- captain, in the trade between London and Boston.
April 6, 1716; "Capt. Arthur Savage arrives this day ; come from the Downs March, S. He was upon the Scaffold, and saw the Lords Derwenwater and Kenmure beheaded. He and his wife came into the Meeting."-Sewall.
THOMAS SAVAGE, son of Habijah Savage, grandson of Thomas, the emigrant, and nephew of Thomas (1669). He was a shopkeeper, and married Mehetabel Harwood. He was a member of the artill. co., and when Judge Sewall was elected captain, in 1701, he was chosen en- sign, Thomas Fitch (1691), first sergeant, Oliver Noyes (1693), second sergeant, Habijah Savage (1708), third sergeant, and Charles Chauncy (1708), fourth sergeant. The Rev. Mr. Pemberton preached the sermon that year, so that altogether it was a South Church occasion. Among other pleasantries uttered by Judge Sewall, in his speech of thanks, was this, that "the savages were souldiers ex Traduce."
March 8, 1720-1 ; "Lt Col. Thomas Savage was entombed. The Regiment were under Arms ; was a Led-Horse. Bearers, Thomas Hutchinson esq", David Jeffries Esq'; M' Samuel Greenwood, M' John Pitts of the North. But few Gentle- women follow'd. Was buried in his grandfather Savage's Tomb in the old Burying place. I was not at the Funeral."- Sewall.
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LYDIA SAVAGE, daughter of Thomas (1669) and Eliz- abeth (1670) Savage; baptized 12 Sept. 1686.
1703.
MARY IRELAND.
A sacramental cup, still in use, bears her name as its giver.
By her will, proved 17 Oct. 1763, she left £133. 6. 8 to the poor of the Old South Church.
HENRY BRIDGHAM.
" Buried 14 April, 1720." -- Sewall.
SARAH STORY-DAWES, wife of Thomas Dawes (1705), to whom she was married 20 Aug. 1702. She had come from England with her brother, Elisha Story (1705), two' years before. She had fifteen children, and died in 1759, nine years after her husband.
1704.
ARTHUR MASON, a baker, lived in School Street. He married Joanna (1674), daughter of Nicholas Parker, who survived him. His daughter Joanna (baptismal covenant, 1680), was celebrated by Dunton as being "the very Flower of Boston "; she married, first, Robert Breck, and then, Michael Perry. His son, Arthur, married Mary (1720 ?), daughter of Sampson Stoddard. Arthur Mason died, 4 March, 1708, aged 77 years.
March 6, 1707-8; "Going up the prison Lane I met ME Sergeant, who told me of M' Arthur Mason's Funeral, which I knew nothing of before; neither did I suspect it; thinking it would be defer'd till next week for sake of M' Norton and his wife."-Scwall.
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Mary Mason, the eldest daughter, was the wife of the Rev. John Norton, of Hingham.
WILLIAM CLARK. Judge Sewall mentions William Clark of the South Church, and William Clark of the North Church, to distinguish them from each other. Both were leading merchants. The former died before 1726, and his widow, Hannah, married the Hon. Josiah Willard (1701).1 The latter may be appropriately men- tioned in these pages, as his son Benjamin joined this church, in 1724, and many of his descendants-Masons, Phillipses and Walleys-became prominent in it. The Hon. William Clark, merchant, representative, councillor, ---
"Lived in the largest, most elaborately finished and fur- nished house in Boston. It was a brick structure, standing on Clark's Square, so called, next to the mansion afterward occupied by Governor Hutchinson. It was subsequently owned and occupied by Sir Henry Frankland, and is cele- brated in one of Cooper's novels." -- Tuttle.
He died in 1742. His daughter, Sarah, married Chris- topher Kilby, the distinguished man of that name; and his son, Benjamin (1724), married Miriam, daughter of Christopher (1695) and Sarah Kilby.
There was another William Clark, shipmaster and mer- chant, who died in 1710, and therefore could not have been the Willia .. Clark of the South Church referred to by Sewall as late as 1720. His widow, Mary, became the third wife of Governor Gurdon Saltonstall, of Conn., and she must have been the Mary Saltonstall, by whose will proved 16 Jan. 1729, one hundred pounds were given to the Overseers of the Poor for the poor of Boston, and twenty pounds "to the poor of the now Old South Church," "to be disposed of at the discretion of the said Church." "Deborah, Philisia, Negro-servants of Madam Saltonstall," were baptized 24 July, 1726. The baptismal
1 John, of William and Hannah Clark, was the first child baptized by the Rev. Thomas Prince (19 Oct. 1718).
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bason now in use at the Old South bears the name of Madam Saltonstall as its giver, with her coat of arms.
ABIGAIL TILLY, born at Elizabethtown, N. J., married James Woodmansey in her twentieth year. In 1706, she married William Tilly (1674), who died in 1717; and, 29 `Oct. 1719, she married Judge Sewall as his second wife, but they lived together only seven months, for she died, very suddenly, 26 May, 1720.
Tuesday, May 31, 1720 ; "Buried my dear Wife. Bearers, Col. Tailer, Bromfield ; Stoddard, Davenport; Dudley, ME Dan1 Oliver. Gov' and Lt Gov' had Scarvs and Rings. Bro' heard the Funeral was not over, by the Post, came away .. . after 2. and was timely at the Funeral : had a Comfortable day ; though threatened with rain."-Sewall.
MIRIAM SIMPKINS -- TYLER, daughter of Pilgrim Simp- kins by his first wife Miriam, and wife of Thomas Tyler.
HANNAH SAVAGE, daughter of Samuel Phillips (1707) by his wife Hannah (Gillam), and wife of Habijah Savage (1708).
Feb. 11, 1704-5; "Mrs. Hanah Savage, Mr. Phillip's daughter, is taken into the Church, though next Sabbath be the usual season. It seems she desired it."-Sewall.
On the next Sunday, Habijah, son of Habijah and Hannah Savage, was baptized.
SAMUEL BASS, a tanner in Water Street, probably on part of the site now occupied by the Post Office. Had . wife Christian (1717) ; their daughter, Christian (1741), married John Armstrong (1789), who was the father of Samuel Turell Armstrong (1815), deacon, lieut. governor, acting governor.
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1705.
THOMAS DAWES, son of Ambrose (1670), and grandson of William (1669) ; born I Nov. 1680; by trade a mason and builder. He married Sarah Story (1703), and died suddenly, 17 March, 1750. Several of his children be- came members of the Third Church. His son, Story Dawes (baptismal covenant, 1736), to whom the home in Sudbury Street descended, became a member of the West Church, during the ministry of the Rev. William Hooper.
ELISHA STORY, came from England about 1700, with his sister Sarah (1703), who married Thomas Dawes (1705). By wife Sarah had Elisha, baptized 9 March, 1717-18.
EZEKIEL LEWIS, son of Capt. William Lewis, of Farming- ton, Conn., by his second wife, Mary, daughter of Ezekiel Cheever,1 of Boston. Born 7 Nov. 1764; Harv. Coll. 1695 ; among his classmates were Simon Willard (1696), Abijah Savage (1708), and Oliver Noyes (1721). After graduation, he taught for a time in Westfield, and then in Boston as an assistant to his grandfather, Mr. Cheever. He became a successful merchant, and was selectman, overseer of the poor and representative. His first wife, Mary (Breadon) (1696), died, 20 Feb. 1703-4, and, says Judge Sewall, she had " a great funeral "; he says further, 12 Oct. 1704, "M" Ezk. Lewis marries the widow Kil- cup." This second wife was Abigail, daughter of Joseph Dudson, and widow of Roger Kilcup (died I Oct. 1702) ; she joined the church under the baptismal covenant, 7 Feb. 1702-3, and had three children baptized at the same time; she was, probably, the Abigail Lewis who united with it in full communion 25 Feb. 1721. Mr. Lewis first joined the church in Westfield, and, in 1705, he trans-
1 See Hist. and Gen. Register xxxiii. p. 192. "Ezekiel Cheever, of Middlesex," was a member of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1633.
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ferred his membership to the South Church, of which he became an active member. Judge Sewall mentions him in 1722, with David Jeffries (1711) and Daniel Oliver (1689), as one of the overseers of seats ; and he served on many important committees in connection both with the spiritual and secular affairs of the church, until the time of his death, 14 Aug. 1755. His son, Ezekiel, born 1717, Harv. Coll. 1735 (baptismal covenant, 1741), was one of a committee appointed 9 Feb. 1761, to make arrange- ments for the entertainment of the reverend elders and messengers who were to assist at the installation of the Rev. Alexander Cumming (1761). This son had a son Ezekiel, by wife Jane, baptized 6 Sept. 1741.
ALLWIN BUTCHER, son of Robert and Elizabeth Butcher (1675).
Jan. 20, 1705-6; "M" Butchers son Alwin taken into Church and a woman [Abiah Flagg]; M' Ezek. Lewis dis- miss'd from Westfield, and enter'd into Covenant with them." -Sewall.
He had wife Elizabeth, and children Robert and Elizabeth.
1706.
SAMUEL ADAMS, second son of John and Hannah (1700), and father of Samuel, the patriot (1789) ; born in Boston 6 May, 1689; in 1713, he was married by the Rev. Mr. Pemberton to Mary Fifield (1711). He was a brewer, and " was possessed of an ample fortune for those days, the fruits of his scrupulous attention to business." He also took an active interest in political affairs. He "and about twenty others, one or two from the north end of the town, where all ship business was carried on, used to meet, make a caucus, and lay their plans for introducing certain person's into places of trust and power." From this
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Caulkers' Club, the word caucus is supposed by many to have been derived.' Samuel Adams was for many years a justice of the peace, selectman and representative; he was refused as a member of the council in 1747 by the royal governor, Shirley, because he had been too outspoken in his opposition to the encroachments of the crown upon the rights of the people. His son's biographer says that he was for some years a deacon in the Old South Church, but there is no evidence of this in the church records. He united with others, in 1715, in founding what came to be known as the New South Church in Summer Street, over which a family connection, the Rev. Samuel Checkley, was settled as minister. He died, March, 1748, and it was then said :
" Last week died and was decently interred the remains of Samuel Adams, Esq. ; a gentleman who sustained many public offices among us, and for some time past represented this town in the General Assembly. He was one who well understood and rightly pursued the civil and religious interests of this people ; a true New England Man ; an honest Patriot. Help, Lord, for such wise and godly men cease, and such faithful members fail from among the sons of New England." Independent Advertiser. Wmn. V. Wells.
His great son said of him, "he was a wise man and a good man."
HANNAH STODDARD, daughter of Simeon Stoddard (1691) by his first wife Mary (1686)
JONATHAN BELCHER, son of the Hon. Andrew Belcher (1697), by his first wife Sarah (Gilbert); born, 1682; Harv. Coll. 1699; travelled abroad for many years ; be- came a merchant in Boston, and was soon conspicuous in political life. He was a member of the council 1722-23,
1 The derivation of this word would seem to have been giving trouble for an hundred years at least. In the Independent Chronicle, Boston, 6 Dec. 1786, a writer suggests that the word caucus may be an abbreviation of Caucasus, upon which the gods were accustomed to hold their assemblies.
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1726-27, and in 1728 was sent as agent to England. He was Governor of Massachusetts for eleven years, and, in 1747, was made Governor of New Jersey, which office he filled until his death, 31 Aug. 1757. His first wife was Mary (1706), daughter of William Partridge, of New Hampshire. His daughter, Sarah, married Byfield Lyde, and their daughter, Mary Belcher Lyde, joined the Old South, 1768. Rear Admiral Sir Edward Belcher was a great-grandson of Jonathan Belcher.
MARY BELCHER, daughter of William Partridge, Lieut. Gov. of New Hampshire, and wife of Jonathan Belcher.
Jan. 9. 1705-6 ; " Guns are fired at Boston upon the suposal of M' Belchar's being married at Portsmouth yesterday : very cold wether." -- Sewall.
MARTHA BELCHER-STODDARD, daughter of the Hon. Andrew Belcher (1697), and wife of Anthony Stoddard (p. 296), son of Simeon (1691). She joined the South Church when twenty years of age, and was an exemplary member for more than forty years. She died, 11 Feb. 1748, and her funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. Thomas Prince, the subject being, "The Fulness of Life and Joy in the Presence of God." Her son, Simeon, was baptized 23 Nov. 1707, and graduated at Harv. Coll. 1726.
MARY HOLBERTON -- ALLEN, probably a daughter of Capt. Holberton, who sailed between Boston and London, and who, Sewall says, died at sea." He seems to have be- longed to the Old South congregation.
ANDREW WALKER,
We find the death of an Andrew Walker recorded 19 Oct. 1717, and of Mrs. Walker, "wife of Andrew," 8 July, 1717.
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ANNE WILLIAMS, daughter of Dr. Samuel Bradstreet, granddaughter of Gov. Simon Bradstreet (1680), and wife of the Rev. Nathaniel Williams (1693).
MARY VRYLING, wife of John Vryling.
1707.
HANNAH SYLVESTER. Giles Sylvester married Hannah, daughter of the first Thomas Savage, widow of Benjamin Gillam, Sept. 1685, but, says Savage, "I have no further account of him. Perhaps he dwelt on Shelter Island, the manorial estate of his father,"-at the east end of Long Island.
THOMAS SALTER,
MARY SALTER.
Thomas Salter was one of the founders of the New South Church, 1715-18. There was another of the name, of whom Sewall wrote :
Oct. 19, 1714; " Came away to L' Tho. Salter's Funeral."
EZEKIEL WALKER,
RUTH WALKER.
Their son, Ezekiel, was baptized 17 May, 1702, and he, by wife Sarah, had three sons baptized by the same name, respectively, 2 July, 1727; 24 Aug. 1729; and 24 Sept. 1738.
Daniel Henchman (17-) and Thomas Hubbard (1730), executors, advertised, Nov. 1743, "the mansion house and land of Mrs. Ruth Walker, at the upper end of Hanover St. and opposite to the Orange Tree."
In the town records, we find the death of a "Mrs. Ezekiel Walker," entered under date of 13 Sept. 1712;
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this could not have been Ruth, wife of Ezekiel Walker, as they had children baptized at the South Church long after this time.
REBECCA SMITH-BAKER, took dismission to the church in Sherborne.
Rebecca Smith, " since Clark," " grandchild to M' Eliot of Roxbury," was a member under the baptismal covenant (1676). Judge Sewall records her death, 10 Nov. 1711 : "Mrs. Rebekah Clark, Mr. Eliott's granddaughter, is dead."
REBECCA WHETCOMB, daughter of James Whetcomb, merchant, by his first wife, Rebecca. He was a nephew of Edward Willis (1694). In 1680, he, and his second wife, Elizabeth, and his son, James, were admitted to membership under the baptismal covenant, and his chil- dren, James, Jane, Rebecca and William, all but the last the children of his first wife, were baptized. His will bears date, 7 Nov. 1686.
Aug. 20, 1712 ; "Madam Elisa. Whetcomb, 57 years old, buried ; Bearers, Cook, Sewall ; Addington, Belchiar ; Brom- field, Borland. Neither Gov' nor L' Gov' there."-Sewall.
MARGARET CORWIN, daughter of Gov. John Winthrop, of Connecticut, and wife of John Corwin.
Dec. 3, 1711 ; " Mrs. Margaret Corwin, Mr Jnº Corwin's Widow, Maiden name Winthrop, is buried in Gov' Win- throp's Tomb. Bearers, Cooke, Sewall ; Addington, Joseph Lynde esq'; Eliakim Hutchinson esq', Andr. Belchar esq". Neither Goy' Dudley, nor Gov' Saltonstall there."-Sewall.
MARTHA PATTESHALL, wife of Richard of Boston.
April 23. 1713 ; " I went to the Funeral of Mrs. Martha Patteshall ; Bearers, Cooke, Sewall : Dumer, Treas' Taylor ; Col. Checkley, Capt. Hill."-Scwall.
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In another record it is said, "Scarf and Gloves. Old B. place."
ELIZABETHI ROYAL. Savage says of John Royal :
"John, York, son of William, married Elizabeth Dodd ; was there in 16So, to take oath of allegiance to the King, but in 16SS was taken prisoner by the Indians ; yet was living in Boston, 1695."
SAMUEL PHILLIPS,
HANNAH PHILLIPS.
Samuel Phillips, bookseller, married Hannah, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Savage) Gillam. Mr. Pem- berton suggested him for a deacon in 1714. Of his chil- dren, Mary married Peter Butler, and died, Feb. 1715-16; Hannah (1704), married Habijah Savage (1708) ; and Faith married Arthur Savage (1702). He died, Oct. 1720, aged 58. Another Samuel Phillips was. drowned, Oct. 1717.
DAVID STODDARD, son of Simcon (1691) and Mary (1686) Stoddard; baptized 13 Dec. 1685 ; married, 1713, Elizabeth (Richardson), widow of Samuel Shrimpton, Jr. His daughter, Mary, born 1720, married the Rev. Charles Chauńcy (1724).
March 8, 1723 ; " M" David Stoddard dyed of consumption." -Bumstead.
The Rev. Benj. Colman preached a sermon after his funeral, entitled " A Blameless and Inoffensive Life," a copy of which is in the Prince Library.
There was another of the same name, for Dr. Lowell says, that of the original members of the West Church, two,-Hugh Hall and David Stoddard,-came from the South Church, but the name of neither of these appears on our list of members. The West Church was gathered in 1736.
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" The covenant was subscribed by seventeen persons, 'after solemn prayer and preaching, in presence of Thomas Prince, pastor of the South Church, and Thomas Foxcroft, pastor of the Old, or first Church.' It is written in the spirit of Robin- son and the fathers." -- Lowell.
JONATHAN SIMPSON ; his name appears on a petition, with the names of Samuel Adams, Thomas Peck and others, in 1715, for leave to erect a meeting house in Summer Street, but if he had thought of assisting in this new religious enterprise, he afterward changed his mind. He was chosen deacon in the Old South Church, 7 Aug. I733.
" Friday morning last [18 Feb. 1763] died here in the 79th year of his age, very suddenly, Deacon Jonathan Simpson, a noted Shopkeeper in this Town."-News-Letter.
At a church meeting, 9 Jan. 1764, it was voted,
" That ye Brethren have a grateful sense of ye Fidelity of ye late Deacons, viz. Deacon Henchman and Deacon Simp -. son, deceased."
HANNAH ADAMS, daughter of John Adams (1700) by his first wife, Hannah; elder sister of Samuel Adams (1706) ; she was born 24 Jan. 1685.
ELIZABETH OLIVER, daughter of the Hon. Andrew Belcher (1697), and wife of the Hon. Daniel Oliver (1689).
JOHN FLAGG, perhaps messenger of the Council and House of Assembly.
SAMUEL GERRISH, son of the Rev. Joseph Gerrish of Wenham ; bookseller, and town clerk from 1733 to 1741. His first wife was Mary, daughter of Judge Sewall (1677) ; she died, 17 Nov. 1710, aged 19 years and 20 days, leaving a daughter, Hannah, who died in the April next following. He married, secondly, 8 May, 1712, Sarah, daughter of Capt. John Coney.
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1708.
CHARLES CHAUNCY, son of the Rev. Isaac Chauncy, and grandson of the second president of Harvard College. Born in England ; merchant ; married Sarah (1693), daugh- ter of the Hon. John Walley (1679). His son, Charles (1724), baptized 7 Jan. 1704-5, Harv. Coll. 1721, became twelfth minister of the First Church.
May 7, 1711 ; "M" Chancy buried; Bearers, M' Daniel Oliver, M' Francis Clark ; M' Wa Welsteed, M' Grove Hirst ; M' Oliver Noyes, Mr Anthony Stoddard. Many of the Council there." -- Sewall.
The Rev. Isaac Chauncy, son of the President, Harv. Coll. 1651, returned to England, and had a living in Wiltshire, from which he was ejected for his noncon- formity in 1662. He then practised medicine, and after some years became minister to an Independent congre- gation in London ; he was succeeded there by the Rev. Isaac Watts, who for a short time had been his colleague.
ANN WINTHROP, daughter of Wait Winthrop (1689).
Nov. 28, 1708 ; " Mrs. Anne Winthrop is propounded, in order to be received into the Church." Nov. 1709; " Mrs. Anne Winthrop married to Thomas Lechmere, Surveyor General of the customs for the Northern District of America." March 11, 1710-11 ; "M' Pemberton baptizeth Catharina Winthrop, Lucy Lechmere. * Mrs. Elizabeth Par- tridge taken into the Church."-Sewall.
Thomas Lechmere was brother of Nicholas, Lord Lechmere, of Evesham, a famous lawyer .- Eds. Sewall.
MARY FROST, wife of John Frost. She was present at the marriage of Judge Sewall's granddaughter, Mary Hirst.
Feb. 3, 1719-20; "Great Rain. Meeting is at Brother Manly's, Only M' Franklin and I were there : Mrs. Frost and her Relations made more Women than Men, which made me mention the Assembly of Women where Lydia was."-Scwall.
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HABIJAH or ABIJAH SAVAGE, son of Thomas (1669) and Elizabeth (1670) Savage. In the baptismal record, 13 Sept. 1674, the name is given as Habbiah. Harv. Coll. 1695. He married Hannah (1704), daughter of Samuel Phillips (1707). He was prominent in both civil and military affairs ; he was capt. of the artill. co. 1711, 1721, 1727.
MARY CAMPBELL, wife of John Campbell (1698).
ABIGAIL MASON ; probably a daughter of Arthur (1704) and Joanna (1674) Mason ; she married - Gillam.
HANNAH WALLEY. The record of baptisms says : "25 July, 1680; Hannah, daughter of Mr Jnº and Sarah Walley." She may have been a daughter of the Hon. John Walley (1679), but this is not certain. There was another John Walley, as we have seen, who had wives Sarah and Elizabeth.
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