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3. Roger, doctor, son of Roger, 2, b. 1712. July 28; m. Mary Crosby, dau. of Josiah. 5, who survived him. He d. 1759. Dec. 20. Ch. Roger, 4, b. 1744, Sept. 5. Timothy, 5, b. 1745, Dec. 4. Allin, b. 1747, Aug. 1. He m. Abigail French. of Dunstable, and settled in medical practice at Merri- mac. N. H. He went to Boston to care for his brother Timothy, and contracted a fever of which he d. at Merrimac 1775, July 12. Molle, b. 1749, June 24, and d. March 7. Mary. b. 1751. April 13; m. 1779, Dec. 9, Zechariah Goodhue, of Dracut. Sarah, b. 1758, June 5; m. Samuel Dan- forth, 25.
4. Roger, son of Roger, 3, b. 1744, Sept. 5; m. Mary Wright, of Wilmington. Ch. Roger, b. 1771, Jan. 4. Lucretia, b. 1773, Dec. 28. Caroline, b. 1775. April 4. Mary. b. 1777, Feb. 8. Charles, b. 1779, Aug. 7. 5. Timothy, son of Roger, 3, b. 1745, Dec. 4; m. Lydia - -. He was wounded at Bunker Hill, and d. soon after the battle. Ch. Lydia, b. 1767, Dec. 5. Sarah, b. 1771, Feb. 8. Timothy, b. 1773, June 18. Allen, b. 1775, June 24.
TRULL. 1. John was granted a six-acre lot in 1658. It is reported that he had been previously a tenant of Captain Gookin's farm on Shawshin river and Vine brook. and that he had lived in the Shawshin house. His home grant was "sixteen acres," more or less. "lying on ye North-East angle of ye Township, part of which is his house-lot. Bounded by Golden More and John Poulter on ye South, and ye comons elsewhere surrounding." This was in 1775 the Colonel Bridge place, at the end of a lane leading east from Long street, now owned by Mrs. Farmer. He m. 1657, Dec. 11. Sarah, dau. of John French, of Cambridge, who was brother of Lieut. William, 1. She was b. 1637, Oct., and d. 1710, Sept. 26. He d. 1704, June 15. aged about 70. Ch. John, b. 1658-9, Jan. 13; d. Feb. 1.
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Sarah, b. 1660, May 27. Mary, b. 1662, July 22; m. Benjamin Parker, 6. John, b. 1665, May 19; d. June 22. Elizabeth, b. 1668, May 31; d. July 11. John, 3, b. 1669, July 13. Hannah, b. 1671, Oct. 15. Samuel, 4, bapt. 1673. Dec. 7. Joseph, b. 1675, May 14, and d. June 25. Enoch, b. 1676, Oct. 12; d. Dec. 12. Joseph, b. 1679, May 18; d. Sept. 5. Elizabeth, b. 1681, May 13; d. Dec. 16.
2. Samuel, perhaps a brother of John, was granted 1661, Nov. 19, y liberty to fall timber on ye comons, to build himself a house and to fence in his land, and to keep a cow or two and one or two swine upon the comons; and they do grant No further Town Priviledges at the present." In 1664, March 28, "They have granted more to him: one slip of land, lying on ye South of his own land wch he purchased at the great comon feild,to rune from ye highway (upon ye great plaine, leading to ye comon feild) Westward unto the brook, which is at ye South-West corner of that great comon feild, which land is granted him to set his house upon." This brook is west of the Roman Catholic church, and Trull's house was near. In 1667 he received "priviledge upon our town comons for ye futur, and in all lands which are not yet divided nor agreed upon for division before this day, to ye proportion of one-quarter of a tenn-acre lot." He m. 1668, June 15, Ann, the widow of William Hale, who lived just south of the Great Bridge near by, and had d. May 20. She d. without issue, 1692, April 21, and a second wife d. 1712, May 16. Mr. Trull did not prosper. and became a ward of the town. At a meeting, 1701, Aug. 19, the town instructed the Selectmen "to build a logg-house for Samuel Trull, sen .. upon the land that the town hath granted unto him to improve for his life-time; the building to be eighteen foot long and fourteen foot wide from outside to outside, and the joyce to ly upon the plate and to be boarded up and down, and a small cellar; the chimbly to be within the eighteen foot, and to se unto the finishing thereof; and notice to be given unto persons to labour therein, and such who shall labour upon it to have credit, and the cost of it to be given in to be put into the town-rate, to be equally borne by the inhabitance." When he d. 1714, May 17, the town distributed his effects and buried him, and, generously, as appears by this charge. "paid to John Blanchard, 15s for a barrel of cider for Saml Trull's funeral"! They also paid 4s for two pairs of gloves, and 6s, 6d for his coffin.
3. John, son of John, 1, b. 1669, July 13; m. 1692, April 22, Eliza- beth Hooper, prob. dau. of William, of Reading. her mother having m. Thomas Dutton, 1. She d. 1698-9, Jan. 3. Ch. John, b. 1693, May 5. Sarah. b. 1698. Oct. 22.
4. Samuel, son of John, 1, bap. 1673, Dec. 7; m. Hannah -, and d. 1706, April 15. Ch. Samuel, 5, b. 1701-2, Feb. 26. Moses, G, b. 1703, Jan. 18. John, 7, b. 1705, Oct. 23.
5. Samuel, son of Samuel, 4, b. 1701-2, Feb. 26; m. 1726-7, March 22, Mary Hazeltine, probably daughter of Samuel. They lived in Tewksbury. Ch. Susanna, b. 1728-9. Feb. 3. David, b. 1731-2, Feb. 23. Molly, b. 1736, July 25; d. 1759, April 26.
6. Moses, son of Samuel. 4, b. 1703, Jan. 18; m. Dorothy Ch. Hannah, b. 1728, Oct. 6. Moses, b. 1730, April 27. David, b. 1732, April 25. Israel, b. 1734, Sept. 1.
7. John, son of Samuel, 4, (or possibly of Jolin, 3,) m. 1731, June 1, Mary Hunt, dau. of Samuel, 2. His estate was settled 1753. He lived on the road to Tewksbury, not far from North Billerica. Ch. Samuel, 8, b. 1731-2, Jan. 7. Mary, b. 1733, Dec. 27. John, b. 1737, Feb. 5. Elizabeth, b. 1740, Nov. 9. David, b. 1744, June 22; m. 1789, Sept. 29, Alice Stearns, prob. widow of Samuel, jr. (see 10).
8. Samuel, son of John, 7, b. 1731-2, Jan. 7; m. Elizabeth -. Ch. Samuel, b. 1754, Oct. 27. Elizabeth, b. 1756, March 14; m. 1783, Dec. 11, Isaac Marshall, of Tewksbury. John, b. 1758, Feb. 24. Rhoda, b. 1759, May 31; m. 1790, June 25, Asa Frost, of Chelmsford, and d. in
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Billerica, 1849, Sept. 23. Josiah, b. 1761, May 28. Willard, b. 1763, March 6. Elijah, b. 1765, Feb. 1; m. Lydia Butler; lived in Townsend. Hannah, b. 1766, Dec. 27; d. Feb. 10. Olive, b. 1769, Dec. 6; m. 1794, April 15. Ebenezer Frost, of Chelmsford. Hannah, b. 1773. July 12; m. Joseph Batchelder. Ezra, b. 1775, May 19. John, b. 1777, Dec. 7. Alice, b. 1780, May 5; m. Benjamin Needham (see 5).
TUCKER, Prof. Samuel, son of Gerry Tucker, was b. in Canton, 1841, April 29. Grad. Tufts College, 1868, and has been principal of the Home School since. He m. 1875. Nov. 24, Annie G. Baldwin, dau. of Francis, 25. Ch. Samuel Dunbar, b. 1876, Nov. 25.
TUFTS, 1. Ebenezer, m. 1787, April 21, Hannah Levistone, dau. of Thomas, 4. Ch. Hannah, b. 1781, July 1. Katharine, b. 1783, May 25; d. June 15.
2. Eliakim, m. 1788. May 6, Sarah Ross, dau. of John, 5. Ch. Sarah and Catherine, bap. 1791, March 27.
3. George, m. 1792, Sept. 18, Rebecca Frost, dau. of Joshua, 14. Ch. Joshua, b. 1799, Aug. 11. Joseph, b. 1801. May 24. John, b. 1803. March 31. William, b. 1805, Oct. 31. Samuel, b. 1807, April 27.
4. John. Ch. Augustus, bap. 1800, June 15.
5. Call, and wife Mary. Ch. Call, b. 1807, Nov. 8. John, b. 1810, Dec. 30. Mary, b. 1816, Dec. 31.
6. Bernard, son of Joseph. of Medford, purchased the ancient Tomp- son place at the end of the lane in the southeast part of the village, and d. there 1866, Dec. 3, aged 78. His son Edmond d. 1865, Nov. 25, aged 38. His son Joseph B. now lives there.
TWIST, James, of Woburn, m. 1754, June 27, Lydia Farley, dau. of Joseph, S.
TYLER, John Steel, and wife Sally. Ch. Royal, b. 1783, Oct. 20. Sally Whitwell, bap. 1785, Feb. 5; m. 1813, Dec. 5, John Bradford, of Boston.
UNDERHILL, Rufus Kittredge, son of Jesse Jay Underhill, of Chester, N. H., born 1819, March 8. His ancestry is recorded in the History of Chester. He has been in the edge-tool business in Nashua and Boston. He m. 1848, Oct. 12, Eleuthera D. Webster, of Newport, N. H. Ch. Jay Temple, b. 1849, Nov. 16; m. 1873, Sept. 11, Carrie D. Floyd; lives in Winchester; in business with his father in Boston. Samuel, b. 1852, April 1; is in California. Jessie Frémont, b. 1868. Aug. 22.
UPTON. 1. James, m. 1764, Aug. 9. Rachel Holt, " both of Reading."
2. Paul, of Wilmington, m. 1776, March 14, Martha Wilson, dau. of Seth, 5.
WALKER. 1. Joseph, was from Woburn, son of deacon Samuel, whose father Richard was in 1630 one of the first settlers of Lynn. He had three brothers, Samuel. Israel, and John. whose posterity in Woburn and elsewhere has been numerous and eminent. "26. 6m. 67. The town of Billerica granted to Joseph Walker liberty to be an inhabitant in their town, in case hee can provide for his owne comfortable subsistance; also, the towne do declare willingness to gratify him with some convenience of land, as they shall see meet afterward." He lived south of John Kittredge, beyond Bare hill. "22. March, 1668. The towne did grant to Joseph Walker priviledge upon our towne comons for the future, in all lands that are not divided nor agreed upon for division before this day, to the proportion of a five-acre lot, or half a single share." His first allotment was five or six acres south of John Kittredge; then one of four acres; and another of ten acres "South-East of his dwelling-house," the line of which ran "upon the brow of ye hill, towards Mr. Daniel's farm, 65 pole." His later grants were east of the Shawshin, and in 1699 he purchased of Mr. Daniel the easterly part of the Church farm beyond the river, and probably he then lived in that part of the town. Samuel Walker, who sold part of this Church farm in 1719 to Seth Putnam, was his nephew, and lived after in Burlington. He m. 1669, Dee. 15, Sarah, dau. of John
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Wyman, of Woburn, b. there 1650, April 15. She d. 1728-9, Jan. 26. He d. 1729, July. Ch. Sarah, b. 1670, Oct. 14; d. Oct. 22. Joseph, b. 1673, Nov. 3; d. Sarah, b. 1675-6, Jan. 8; m. 1699. Nov. 22, Benjamin Johnson, of Woburn. Elizabeth, b. 1677-8, Feb. 13; m. Samuel Fitch, 1. Hannah, b. 1679-80. Jan. 1; m. Nathaniel Hill. 7. Susanna, b. 1682. Nov. 4, and d. Jan. 27. . John, 2, b. 1684, April 12. Benjamin, 3, b. 1686, Oct. 29. Jacob, 4, b. 1689, July 6. Seth, 5, b. 1691, Oct. 12.
2. John, son of Joseph, 1, b. 1684. April 12; m. 1707, July 29, Mary Frost, dau. of Dea. James, 2. He d. 1753, March 8. Ch. Mary, b. 1707-8, March 20. Sarah, b. 1712, May 7, and d. 1729, May 22. Joseph, G, b. 1717, April 19.
3. Benjamin, son of JJoseph. 1, b. 1686, Oct. 29; m. 1712. Dec. 15, Susanna Baldwin, of Woburn. She d. after 1731, and he m. 1746, Nov. 25. Joanna Ditson, dau. of Hugh, 1. He d. 1750, Aug. 2. Ch. Susanna, b. 1714. Sept. 17. and d. 1715. Dec. 17. Benjamin. 7, b. 1715-6. Jan. 23. Ezekiel, 12, b. 1717, June 26. Susanna, b. 1719. Oct. 5; m. 1754. Aug. 22, John Cheever, and had a son John b. 1756. Feb. 2. Daniel, b. 1721, Oct. 13. Abigail,. b. 1724. April 23; m. William Danforth. 15. Sarah, b. 1726-7, March 14; m. Nicholas Sprake, 3. Zaccheus, h. 1728. April 7. Katharine. b. 1729, Sept. 23. David, b. 1731, Sept. 25, whose widow Sarah appears on tax-list, 1755.
4. Jacob, son of Joseph, 1, b. 1689, July 6; m. Hannah -. His will was proved 1766, Oct. 14. Ch. Joseph, 8, b. 1714, Aug. 21. Hannah, b. 1715, Oct. 16; m. Samuel Richardson, 10. Elizabeth, b. 1716-7, Feb. 28; m. Hezekiah Richardson (see 5). Jacob, 9, b. 1719-20, Jan. 17. Phebe. b. 1723, May 5; m. 1744-5, March 14, John Lewis. of Wilmington.
5. Seth, son of Joseph, 1, b. 1691, Oct. 12; m. 1716. April 4, Ellener Chandler, of Concord. He was living in Groton in 1734, and about 1750 was one of the pioneers in the settlement of Charlestown, N. II., first known as Number Four. His wife d. 1769, Nov. 6, aged 74. He d. 1772, July 7. He prob. had other ch. than the four here named. Ch. Seth, b. 1717, April 16; m. Abigail Holden. of Groton, where he had ch. Nathaniel, Sybil, Seth, and Abigail; and in Shirley: Asa, Nathaniel, Isaac, JJabez. Mary, Jemima, and Emma. He removed to Charlestown about 1770. and d. there. Ellener. b. 1718-9, March 11; and, b. in Groton. Abel. b. 1734. April 20; captain and.inn-holder in Charlestown, and a leading man in the town during and after the Revolution. He d. 1815, March I1. Sybil, b. 1735-6. March 23.
6. Joseph, son of John, 2, b. 1717, April 19; m. 1739, Dec. 4. Elizabeth Walker, of Woburn. He d. 1764, and she m. William Tarbell. 2. Ch. John, b. 1740, JJuly 25. Joseph, b. 1742, Aug. 22. Elizabeth. b. 1744, Aug. 19; d. Samuel, 10, b. 1746, May 12. Sarah, b. 1747-8, Feb. 4; m. John Beard, 16. Jesse, b. 1749, Sept. 13. Supply. b. 1751, March 20. Mary and Margery. b. 1753. Nov. 15. Ann, b. 1755, Sept. 7. Timothy, b. 1758, July 27; m. 1783, Dec. 9, Hannah Gleason, dau. of William, 1; lived in Brownfield, Me. Elizabeth, b. 1760, Sept. 6; bap. 1762, April 11.
7. Benjamin, son of Benjamin, 3, b. 1715-6. Jan. 23; m. Hannah He died about 1755. Ch. Benjamin, b. 1741, Oct. 6. William, b. 1742-3, March 22. Hannah, b. 1745, March 26; m. 1769, March 20, Silas Early (?) of Marlboro'. Susanna, b. 1746-7, Jan. 21. Zaccheus, b. 1748-9, March 12. Sampson, b. 1751, April 4. Eliakim, bap. 1753. April 1.
8. Joseph, son of Jacob. 4, b. 1714, Aug. 21; m. Abigail- Ch. Abigail, b. 1738, July 25. Lucy, b. 1740. June 19. Esther, b. 1742, June 23. Hannah, b. 1744, May 18; m. John Wright, 1. Mille, b. 1746, June 14; m. 1765, May 1, Moses Goddard, of Marlboro'. Elijah, b. 1748. Aug. 2. Keziah, b. 1750, Oct. 2. Silas, b. 1752, Nov. 4. Phebe, b. 1755, March 22. Jemima, b. 1757, June 3.
9. Jacob, son of Jacob, 4, b. 1719-20, Jan. 17; m. Ursle - -. The inventory of his estate is dated 1752, Dec. 14. Ch. Jacob, b. 1749-50. Feb. 19. Ursle, b. 1751, Dec. 18; m. 1773, Jan. 14, Isaac Jaquith, of
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Wilmington. Probably Catherine and Elizabeth, "daughters of widow Walker, of Woburn." who were bap. 1752. Sept. 24. 1
10. Samuel, son of Joseph, 6, b. 1746, May 12; m. 1774, Feb. 4, Abigail Tarbell, dau. of William, 2. Ch. Elijah, b. 1774, April 28; d. 1775, Aug. 13. Abigail. b. 1775, Sept. 23. Sarah. b. 1777, April 7; d. 1778, March 1. Sarah, b. 1779, March 14. Joel, b. 1780, Dec. 21. Elijah, bap. 1782, March 17. Samuel, bap. 1784. May 2.
11. Robert, not born in Billerica; m. 1743, Dec. 7, Elizabeth Abbot, dau. of Joshua, 1. He d. 1757. Jan. 26. She d. 1803. Ch. Elizabeth, b. 1745, April 9. Abigail. b. 1746. Oct. 6; m: William Stickney, 5. Samuel, b. 1748, April 12. Joel, b: 1749-50, Feb. 17. Lydia, b. 1752. March 22; m. Josiah Richardson, 15. Rebecca. b. 1754. June 12; m. Ebenezer Richard- son, 18. Sarah and Hannah. b. 1756, June 6.
12. Ezekiel, son of Benjamin, 3, b. 1717. June 26; m. Amity who appears a widow on tax-list 1757, and m. 1759, Aug. 16, Daniel Baldwin, of Pelham. Ch. David, bap. 1756, Aug. 8. Ezekiel, bap. 1758, Feb. 12.
13. Dudley. Ch. Varnum Rand, bap. 1802, Jan. 10. Richard Clark and Susanna Boylston, bap. 1806, June 15. Lydia B., bap. 1808, May 6.
14. Reuben, son of Mary, bap. 1768, Oct. 30.
WARREN. 1. Joseph, of Chelmsford, m. Sarah Osgood, dau. of Joseph, 4.
2. William Wilkins, m. Rebecca Bennett, dau. of Joshua, 3. See Bennett and Wilkins.
WARRICK, John, "indian servant to Jonath. Danforth, sen., dyed- 15. 11m. 1686."
WATERS, Samuel, doubtless of Woburn. 1702, Nov. 30, exchanged 30 acres of land south of Nutting's pond for 20 acres near Cambridge and Concord line.
WEB, Christopher, was from Braintree, son of Christopher, and probably born in England about 1630. He was granted a six-acre privi- lege 1659, Sept. 29. His house-lot was "thirty and two acres of land * lying on the East side of the country road that goeth from Woburn to Chelmsford, and is bounded by Cambridge Church farme Southward, and by ye commons West and East. and by a highway on the South, according to bound markt trees." This place was near the South school-house, and "Web's brook" which runs just below is a memorial of his early and brief residence. He returned to Braintree probably as early as 1665, for the birth in that year of his daughter Hannah is not recorded here; but he received a grant here as late as 1666-7, Jan. A full account of his family and descendants is given in the Giles Memorial, by the Rev. John Adams Vinton, (pp. 499-531). Four of his children married children of Joseph Adams, ancestor of the Presidents Adams. He d. 1694, May 30. Of his 9 ch. two were b. in Billerica: Samuel, b. 1660, July 28. Christopher, b. 1663. "01. 25."
WEBBER. 1. Thomas, m. 1803, Dec. 1. Eliza Bacon. Ch. bap .: Eliza. Almira. Ann. Susan Bacon, 1811, Oct. 24. Elbridge, 1814, June 12. Ann m. 1830, Nov. 4, Henry C. Johnson, of Mason.
2. Hiram, and wife Fidelia. Ch. George Edward, b. 1827, Jan. 24. WELD, Jabez Hatch, of Plymouth, N. II., m. 1793, Jan. 21, Patty Fletcher, of Chelmsford.
WESSON, Samuel, and wife Sarah. Ch. bap. : Sarah. 1752, April 12. Mary. 1760, Aug. 31. John, 1762, Aug. 22. Joanna, 1764, Sept. 16. Phebe, 1767. Nov. 29.
WETHERBEE. 1. Timothy, of Pepperell. m. Lydia Parker, dau. of Benjamin. 11.
2. David, m. Susanna Hardy, of Concord, dau. of Ebenezer, 2.
3. John. Ch. bap. : John Bradford, 1801, March S. Rebecca, 1804, Jan. 1; m. 1821. Jan. 18. William McDonald. George Henry. 1806, March 2. Gardner Eaton, 1808, March 20. Perhaps Ann, who m. 1816, Feb., William Whittemore.
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WHEELER, Benjamin, m. 1794. March 4, Polly Fitch.
WHIPPLE. Matthew Whipple, of Ipswich. m. Jemima Lane. dau. of Job, 1, and had a son Matthew, b. 1685. Oct. 20. who inherited one-fourth of the Winthrop farm from his grandfather. His share extended from the Two Brothers on Concord river to the road and along the river, including 375 acres. The records furnish no evidence that he ever occupied this farm. He was prob. father of
John, who with wife Susanna, had children: John, b. 1722-3, Jan. 5. Susanna, b. 1726, Aug. 19.
WHITE. 1. John, is on tax-list 1736; m. 1741, Sept. 23. Mehitable French, dau. of William. 6; d. 1796, April 11. He lived east of Fox hill. No children recorded. He perhaps had Daniel, 3, and Nancy, who m. 1778, Aug. 2, Josiah Orne.
2. John, "Esq., formerly of Charlestown," d. 1811. Nov. 23, aged 93. He was son of Isaac. of Boston. as appears from the following inscription in the South burying-ground: "Mrs. Rebecca White, widow of Mr. Isaac White, late of Boston. When the British Troops took possession of the town of Boston, she went to her son, John White, Esq., of Charlestown, and continued in his family till she died in Billerica Sept. 17. 1782. Age 94." . He lived on Woburn street, near Dr. Wilson's.
3. Daniel, prob. a son of John, 1; m. 1784, Jan. 1, Mary Hunt, of Acton. Ch. John, b. 1785. Feb. 24. Sally, b. 1786, Dec. 24. Polly, bap. 1789, Oct. 25. Daniel, b. 1791, Aug. 6.
4. Nancy, m. 1742, Dec. 19. John Brown.
WHITFORD, William, son of William, was b. in Hillsboro', N. H .. 1799. Oct. 5. He m. Sarah -, and 1832, May 13, Mary Stearns, dau. of John, 13. Ch. Martha Lucy, b. 1826, May 14; m. Charles H. Hill, 40. William Benjamin, b. 1828, Jan. 9. George Henry, b. 1829, July 24. Edward Bacon, b. 1831, May 13. John Stearns, b. 1833, May 22. Edward Lorenzo b. 1836, July 23. Mary Eliza, b. 1838, April 18. Francis Owen, b. 1843, April 21. Addison Bernard, b. 1847, April 29.
WHITING. 1. Rev. Samuel, the first pastor of Billerica, was the oldest son of Rev. Samuel and Elizabeth (St. John) Whiting, and born 1633. March 25, in Skirbeck, very near Boston. in Lincolnshire. England. His father came to America in 1636, and became the pastor of Lynn, Nov. 8. He d. 1679, Dec. 11, aged 82. Our Samuel graduated at Harvard College in 1653. His class was the largest graduated before 1690, and included some of the names most eminent in the colony; and among them was Thomas Crosby, elder brother of Simon so long his parishioner in Billerica. The subject of Mr. Whiting's thesis at graduation was the question, "An detur Maximum et Minimum in Natura?" which he affirmed. He remained at college a year after graduating, and the fact is noted as peculiar that his quarter bills were almost always paid "by silver." He was admitted a freeman, 1656, May 11; and in 1658, as elsewhere related, he came to Billerica, to fill a large and honorable place in the history of the town. On his settlement, the town granted Mr. Whiting "one tenne-acre lott, or single share," with all town privileges. His house-lot was "twenty acres * lying upon the Towneship, on the South side of it, upon part of which his house now standeth. It is bounded by George Willice on the North, the brook highway on the East. by Charnstaffe lane on the South, by John Sternes' feild on the West; also, a highway passing crosse it against the pound, being four pole wide." This highway was and is the Concord road, and Mr. Whiting's house stood north of Charnstaffe lane just where it descends to the brook, in the field now owned by Miss Susan Hill. He had another small grant near, "one acre, more or less, lying on the West side of John Sternes' feild, bounded by the feild on the East of it, by the River West, by George Willice North. by George ffarley South, a highway on it," etc. This highway was Charnstaffe; and in 1685 we find this record : "Granted more to him, that part of ye highway called Charnstaffe lane, which lyeth Westward of ye country road to
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Concord, to take it from sd country road untill you come down to George ffarley's land that he purchased of John Sternes (deceased) ; they only reserving the priviledge of a private highway toward Concord river." This westward extension of Charnstaffe, beyond the point where the road to Bedford turns south from it, is still a private lane. Another grant on the township touches in its description several points of the local geog- raphy. "Granted more to him, one parcell of land conteining twelve aeres, more or lesse, bounded by Jnº. Sternes on the South. by a small skirt of land wch he had of the towne (for highway damage) on ve towne- ship, joyneing to his farme line; bounded on the East by John Marshall, in ye old Township line; and ther his S. W. corner is a white oake standing on the East side of ye ash swamp, wch white oake is the N. E. corner of Mr. Dudley's farme; bounded by the country road on the West; and by land (yet lying in comon to ye use of the Towne) reserved for the ministry on the North." This description compared with the corresponding grant to Stearns (see under Stearns, John, 1) proves that the north-east corner of the Dudley farm and the south-east corner of the township were at the same point, on the east side of Ash swamp, where Charnstaffe lane and Tufts lane extended, would meet. Mr. Whiting received twenty-three grants in all the various parts of the town, and different divisions, amount- ing to more than 200 acres. He was one of the seventeen ministers who bore testimony against the settlement of Rev. John Davenport over the First Church, in Boston; and he preached the Artillery Election sermon in 1682. But he published nothing. His descendant, Rev. Moses G.
Thomas, formerly of Concord, N. H., had a volume of his MS. sermons, but it shared in the dispersion of his library, in Missouri, some years since, and no clue to its place of concealment has been found. A similar fate seems to have befallen afolio MS. mentioned by Farmer as in his posses- sion, containing notes of his sermons by Jonathan Danforth. He m. 1656, Nov. 12. Dorcas, dau. of Leonard Chester. and b. in Wethersfield, Conn., 1637, Nov. 1. Her father was a nephew of Rev. Thomas Hooker, D.D. He lived a year or two in Watertown, and assisted in exploring the Connecticut valley and selecting the locations there, when Dr. Hooker and his company removed from Newtown to Hartford. He d. 1648, Dec. 11, and his widow Mary m. Hon. Richard Russell, one of the foremost citizens of Charles- town. She d. a widow. 1688, Nov. 30, aged 80. The happy union of Mr. and Mrs. Whiting continued 56 years, and they were separated by death only 13 days. She d. 1712-13, Feb. 15. and he d. Feb. 28. Ch. Elizabeth, b. 1660. Nov. 6; m. 1702, Oct. 14, "Mr. Thomas Clerk" (Rev. Thomas Clark) pastor of the church in Chelmsford from 1678 to his death, 1704, Dec. 7. She had one dau., Abigail, b. after her husband's death, who m. Samuel Green. Among her descendants are President Porter of Yale College, and George B. and Charles E. Butler, eminent lawyers of New York. Samuel, 2, b. 1662-3, Jan. 19. John, b. 1664, Aug. 1; graduated HI. C .. 1685 ; ordained pastor of the church in Lancaster. 1691. Dec. 3; and was there killed by the Indians 1697, Sept. 11, leaving two young daughters, who died the same year. Olicer. 3. b. 1665. Nov. 8. Mary. b. 1667, May 28: m. - Burchstead. of Lynn. and d. at Lexington 1740, Nov. 13. Dorithy, b. 1668. Sept. 23. and d. 1740. Jan. 31. Joseph. b. 1669-70. Feb. 7; grad. HI. C., 1690; d. 1701, Sept. 6. James, b. 1671, Aug. 20, and d. Sept. 1. Unis, b. 1672, Sept. 6. and d. Sept. 20. Benjamin, b. 1675, Sept. 26, in Charlestown, and d. Oet. 18. Benjamin, b. 1682, Nov. 5. and d. Nov. 20.
2. Samuel, son of Rev .. Samuel. 1, b. 1662-3, Jan. 19. John Whiting, esq .. mayor of Boston, in England, and brother of Rev. Samuel Whiting, of Lynn, advanced £50 in aid of the Massachusetts colony. In return, the General Court granted him 500 acres of land, which he transferred to his American brother, who gave it to his son, the Billerica pastor. The grant was located on Salmon brook. in Dunstable, and passed into the possession of Samuel Whiting. jr., who became one of the first settlers of Dunstable, and a leading man in that town. He was taken a prisoner by the Indians.
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