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WOOD .- Francis Wood lived in S. B., and m. Sarah, widow of John Hooper and D. perhaps of John Harden, 1710, and had John 1710, Mary 1712, Jonathan 1715, Anna 1717.
2. John (s. of Francis 1) and his w. Priscilla had Anna 1734*, Mary 1735, William 1737*, Priscilla 1738, John 1740, Sarah 1742, Patience 1745, Abigail 1747, Francis 1750, Silas 1752, Joseph 1756. Mary m. Eleazar Snow 1757 .- Sarah perhaps m. John Freelove 1774 .- John Wood Jr. of Easton m. Rachel Barrow 1766.
3. Jonathan (s. of Francis 1) and his wife Betty had Betty 1738, Jonathan 1740, Francis 1742, Sarah 1744, Huldah 1749, Salome 1752, Eunice 1754. Betty m. Ephraim Allen 1758 .- Huldah m. Eleazar Washburn 1769.
4. Capt. Simeon Wood (from Mid'o.) m. Rachel, and had Lydia 1753*, Barzillai 1754. She died and he m. Sarah Wes- ton probably, and had a D. Susanna. His wife d. 1771, and he m. Mary, wid. of Isaac Keith of Easton 1774 (she was a Ran- dall) and had Sarah 1775. His w. died, and he m. Lydia, D. of Jeremiah Washburn, 1778, and had Rufus 1779, Mary 1781, Simeon 1784, Lydia 1786, Philander 1789, Lewis 1791 ; he died 1802. Susanna m. Seth Mitchell .- Simeon m. Keziah, D. of Jesse Dunbar 1809, settled in Boston, and died 1822 .- Mary m. Spencer Leonard 1805 .- Sarah m. Isaac Hooper 1799 .- Lydia m. Cyrus Benson 1806 .- Philander m. Martha, D. of Jonah Benson 1813.
5. Rufus (s. of Capt. Simeon 4) m. Susanna, D. of James Hooper 1799, and had Rachel 1800, Williard 1802, Eunice H. 1804, Winslow 1806*, Rufus 1812 *. Rachel m. Oliver Allen Jr. 1819.
6. Capt. Jonathan (s. of Jonathan 3 perhaps) m. Keziah, D. of James Keith 1764. James m. Achsah Phinney 1764 .- Jona. Wood m. Ann Edson (wid. of Elijah, and D. of Samuel Pack- ard) 1771.
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Jonathan Wood m. Persis Robbins, and Barnabas Wood m. Hannah Robbins, Ds. of Jeduthun Robbins before 1726 .- Mary, D. of Elnathan, m. Thomas Conant 1745 .- Judah m. Hannah Porter 1757 .- Ziba m. Abigail, D. of William Shaw, 1796 .- William m. Amie Mears 1753 .- Rebecca of Halifax m. John Harris of E. B. 1811 .- Olive m. Amasa Nash of Weymouth 1813 .- Patience m. Eliab Keith 1813 .- Eliza m. Eli Blanchard Jr. 1817 .- George W. m. Lydia Tucker 1821 .- Greenough m. Nancy A. V., D. of Calvin Washburn Jr .- Sarah Atwood m. Samuel Derby 1764 .- George Wood lived in E. B. 1775, and his child d. there the same year.
WOODWARD .- Capt. Nathaniel Woodward (from Taunton probably) m. Elizabeth, D. of Benjamin Willis, 1708, and settled in S. B., near the bridge ever since called "Woodward's Bridge," and had Susanna 1709, Sarah 1712 ; he died 1741, æ. 71. Su- sanna m. Charles Latham a. 1724 .- There was a Hannah Wood- ward who m. Joshua Willis 1734.
Nathaniel Woodworth, s. of John, born at Taunton 1679. It may be that the name of Woodworth and Woodward were orig- inally the same, like Southworth and Southard.
WOODWISS .- James Carkis Woodwiss mn. Hannah Wash- burn 1770, and had Sarah 1770, John 1772, Mary 1773. Sarah d. 1816.
WORMAL, WERMAL, OR WORMELL .- John Wormell m. Mary Bryant 1729, and had Joseph 1732, Benjamin 1735, John 1738. He removed to Halifax and there d., and his estate was settled 1754, and his wid. m. Robert Henry.
Sarah Wormal m. Nehemiah Allen 1707. This family came from Duxbury to Bridgewater probably, and was originally from Scituate, where James Wermal took the oath of fidelity 1638.
YOUNG .- John Young (a Scotchman, born in the Shire of Renfew) came to this country quite young; was cousin to the Hon. Hugh Orr, with whom he served an apprenticeship, and m. Eunice, D. of Capt. Jonathan Bass 1752, and settled in E. B., and had Robert 1754, Agnes 1756, Samuel 1760, Bethuel 1763*, Jennet 1765, Thomas 1768, John 1771, Eunice 1775. His wife d. 1780, æ. 43, and he m. Leah Bonney of Pembroke ; he d. 1798, æ. 68 ; she 1800, æ. 63. Agnes d. 1777 .- Samuel d. 1777. -John died 1792 .- Jennet m. John Phillips 1784, and d. 1823. -Eunice m. John Harris 1795, and d. 1811.
2. Robert (s. of John 1) m. Mary, D. of Capt. David King- man, 1775, and had Samuel 1777, Agnes 1779*, Parnel 1781, Robert 1782*, Molly 1784*, a son 1787*, Betsy 1790, Welcome 1792 *; his wife d. 1831, æ. 77. Samuel was Purser on board the Boston Frigate, Capt. Little, and was killed at the capture of the Burceau 1800 .- Parney d. 1800 .- Mr. Robert Young died 1839, æ. 85.
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3. Capt. Thomas (s. of John 1) m. Bethiah Cushing, D. of the Rev. Samuel Baldwin of Hanover 1791, and had John 1792, Hannah Cushing 1794, Fanny 1798, William Cushing and Bush- rod Washington 1800, Lucy 1802. He removed to Belfast, Me., then to Weymouth, then to Roxbury, and finally to Dorchester, where he died. John d. of a consumption. The widow lived in Charlestown with her family, and d. 1837.
4. Welcome Esq. (s. of Robert 2) gra. B. U. 1814, and is a Counsellor at Law ; m. Jennet Orr, D. of Dea. Wm. Harris, 1816, and had Mary. His w. d. 1821, a. 31, and he m. Rolinda, D. of Josiah Sturtevant of Halifax, and has several other chil- dren.
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THE FOLLOWING WERE NOT RESIDENTS IN BRIDGEWATER, BUT MOST OF THEM WERE ORIGINAL PROPRIETORS, AND OTHERS OF THEM CONNECTED WITH THE EARLY SETTLERS OF THE TOWN ; OF WHOM AND THEIR FAMILIES IT HAS BEEN THOUGHT NOT INAPPROPRIATE TO INSERT HERE THESE FEW BRIEF AND LIMITED NOTICES.
ALLERTON .- BARNES.
ALLERTON .- Mr. Isaac Allerton and his wife Mary were among the first pilgrims, who came over to Plymouth in the May Flower 1620, and resided there till 1636 ; he was one of the Gov- ernor's Assistants ; was also one of Gov. Bradford's 8 associates who assumed the Company's debts in 1627 ; an Agent to Eng- land three times : m. Fear, D. of William Brewster, for his 2d wife, she died 1633 ; he met with losses and removed to New York, and d. at New Haven 1659, his will on record there ; he had Isaac, Bartholomew, Remember, Mary, and Sarah. Mary m. Thomas Cushman ; he had also a sister Sarah, who m. God- bert Godbertson .- Isaac (the son) graduated H. U. 1650; went to New Haven, and a D. of his m. Capt. Simon Eyres and died 1740, æ. 100 ; she was said to have sheltered the regicide judges ; but she was then only eight years old, and could have been only a witness of it in the house of her grandmother where, if any where, it took place ; he had also a son John, who had a son Isaac, born in N. E., and d. in Dutchess Co., N. York, 1806, æ. 80, leaving 3 ss. David, Jonathan, and Reuben, all of whom had ss. in N. Y. State. David had a son Isaac living at Carmel, N. Y., March 25, 1825. George D. James of the town of America in Dutchess Co., N. Y., a connection of the family, is said to be able to give a more particular account of them. Point Allerton or Alderton in Boston harbour was so named for Isaac, the wor- thy ancestor above. Early records speak also of Allerton's Hill in Duxbury .- See N. E. Memorial and Judge Davis' letter in the 7th vol., 3d series of the Collections of the M. H. Society.
BARNES .- John Barnes was at Plymouth in 1634 .- Jona- than Barnes, s. of John probably, d. in Plymouth 1715 ; his w. was Elizabeth, d. of Wm. Hedge probably ; he had John, Wil-
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liam, Jonathan, Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth, Lydia, Esther, and Sarah. Hannah m. Benjamin Rider .- Mary m. John Carver 1689 .- Elizabeth m. Isaac Lothrop 1698 .- Lydia m. Abiel Shurtleff 1695. Esther m. Elkanah Cushman .- Sarah m. Benj. Bartlett 1702 .- John m. Mary, D. of Joseph Bartlett, and had a family ; one D., Lydia, m. Lemuel Barnes .- Jonathan m. Sarah, D. of Wm. Bradford 3d, she d. 1720.
2. William (s. of Jonathan above) m. Alice, D. of William Bradford 3d, and had William 1706, Lemuel 1707, Mercy 1708, Benjamin 1710*, and Benjamin 1717 ; the father d. 1751, æ. 80, the mother d. 1775, æ. 95. William was drowned .- Lemuel m. Lydia, D. of his uncle John Barnes, and had 5 ss. and 3 Ds .; he d. and his wid. m. Jonathan Sampson; one D. m. Nathaniel Bartlett, one m. a Lemote, and another Ephraim Holmes .- Mercy m. Samuel Cole and afterwards Capt. Barnabas Hedge, grandfather of the present Barnabas Hedge Esq., and her D. Mercy m. Thomas Davis, and was mother of the late Hon. Wm. Davis of Plymouth .- Benjamin had Benjamin, Isaac, Bradford, and Mrs. Battles, and died 1769. There are many descendants still in Plymouth, Hingham, and other parts of the County.
BARTLETT .- Robert Bartlett came over in the 3d ship, the Ann, in 1623; m. Mary, eldest D). of Richard and Elizabeth Warren, 1628 ; he d. 1676, a. 73, his w. survived him a few years only ; he had Benja. Joseph 1638, Rebecca who m. W'm. Harlow 1649, Mary who m. Richard Foster 1651 and then Jona. Morey 1659, Sarah who m. Sam'l Rider of Yarmo. 1656, Elizabeth who m. Anthony Sprague of Hingham 1661, Mercy who m. John Ivey of Boston 1668, and Lydla who m. James Barnaby and then John Nelson of Mid'o. He was said to have been much "opposed to psalm singing ; " Ainsworth's Psalms and the tunes appended, badly printed and worse sung probably, could but offend both good sense and good ears.
2. Benjamin (s. of the above) m. Sarah, only D. of Love Brewster, 1656, and settled in Duxbury, where he was Selectman and Deputy ; he m. a 2d w. Cicely or Cecilia 1678 ; he d. 1691, and had Benjamin, Samuel, Ichabod, Ebenezer, Rebecca who m. Wm. Bradford 3d 1679, and Sarah who m. her cousin Robert Bartlett 1687. Some of his descendants went to Lebanon, Conn.
3. Joseph (brother of the next above) m. probably Hannah, D. of William Followell, (Gabriel Followell d. 1667) and settled in "Pond's Parish," Plymouth ; she b. 1638, d. 1710; he died 1712, æ. 73. he had Robert, Joseph, Benjamin, Elnathan, Mary w. of John Barnes, Hannah w. of Joseph Silvester, and Lydia w. of Elisha Holmes.
4. Samuel (s. of Benjamin 2) m. Hannah Peabody and settled in Plymouth, and was called "sen." and mariner, from whom are
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Samuel, Ichabod, Judah, William, and others. Samuel Jr. was an officer at Louisburgh, and d. 1750, æ. 59, whose son Samuel, called "Quaker Sam.," was father of Capt. Joseph, Amasa, An- selm, and others .- There was an Abigail Bartlett m. Gamaliel Bradford, and named one of her sons Peabody.
5. Robert (s. of Joseph 3) m. his cousin Sarah Bartlett 1687, and afterwards Sarah, D. of Jacob Cook, 1691, and d. 1718, a. 55 ; he had Thomas, Dea. Joseph, Robert, Ebenezer, and Lemuel .- James and Isaac Bartlett of Plymouth are descendants of Robert Jr.
6. Joseph (s. of Joseph 3) m. Lydia Grisworld 1692, and d. at "Pond's" 1703, æ. 38, and had Joseph 1693, Samuel (town clerk) 1697, Lydia 1698, Benjamin 1699, Francis LeBaron 1701, Sarah 1703. Capt. Zaccheus and the late Silvanus Bartlett were descendants of Joseph 6 .- Samuel (the town Clerk) m. Eliza- beth Lothrop, and afterwards wid. Elizabeth Wethrell, who was also a Lothrop ; he d. 1769, æ. 72.
7. Benjamin (s. of Benjamin 2, or of Joseph 3) called Jr., m. Sarah, D. of Jonathan Barnes, 1702, and died at "Ponds" 1727 ; his wid. m. Joseph Sturtevant of Kingston ; he had Joseph, Benjamin, Nathaniel, Jonathan, Elkanah of Staten Island, Han- nah and Sarah. Elsewhere it is recorded that his Ds. were Sarah wife of Israel Bradford, Rebecca relict of John Bradford Jr., Ruth wife of John Murdock Jr., Mercy wife of John Turner, Deborah w. of Josiah Thomas of Marshfield, and Abigail of Duxbury ; one of his Ds. also is said to have m. Ephraim Brad- ford, but query.
Lydia Bartlett m. Dr. Lazarus LeBaron 1720 .- Sarah, wid. of John Jenny, d. 1655, and in her will, 1654, mentions her son- in-law Benjamin Bartlett.
The family of Bartlett is very numerous, and the preceding is intended as a brief and very general account only of the ancestor and such of his immediate descendants as have fallen under our notice.
BONNEY .- Thomas Bonney was one of the original propri- etors of Bridgewater, and of course lived in Duxbury between 1645 and 1650; m. Dorcas, D. of Henry Sampson .- Mary Bon- ney of Duxbury m. John Mitchell 1675. The family spread into Pembroke and many of the descendants are still there and in the lower part of the county. Abigail, D. of Ebenezer Bonney of Pembroke, m. Jacob Hill of E. B. 1754, and her sister Eliza- beth m. Samuel Whitman of E. B. 1757 .- Some of the family removed to Chesterfield .- Leah m. John Young of E. B.
BRADFORD .- Hon. William Bradford, the 2d Governor of old Plymouth Colony, was born at Ansterfield in Yorkshire 1588, and educated under the Rev. Mr. Clifton ; m. Dorothy May,
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and came to Plymouth with the forefathers in the first ship, the May Flower, in 1620, and had a s. John ; his w. d. (was drowned in Plymouth harbor before they landed) Dec. 7, 1620 ; he after- wards, in 1623, m. the wid. Alice Southworth, whose maiden or family name was Carpenter; she was b. 1590, and there was said to have been a mutual attachment between them in youth, which, after she lost her husband and he his wife, was revived, and she arrived with her two children, Constant and Thomas Southworth, in the ship Ann in 1623; they had William 1624, Mercy, and Joseph 1630. He d. 1657, æ. 71 ; she 1670, æ. 80. Mercy m. Benjamin Vermays or Vermage 1648.
2. John (s. of William and Dorothy above) was in Duxbury between 1645 and 1653, was an original proprietor of Bridge- water, was Representative of Duxbury 1652, and of Marshfield 1653, at the old Colony Court at Plymouth: his father in his will 1657 speaks of him as then living, and the records mention him as living in 1662, and no further account is obtained of him ; the tradition is that he was lost at sea on a voyage to or from England : he probably had no family.
3. William (s. of the Governor) was a Major and Deputy Governor ; lived in Kingston, near Duxbury, and was one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater: m. Alice. D. of Thos. Richards of Weymouth ; she was a very respectable woman, and in an eulogy after her death, on the colony records, was called " Mrs. Alice Bradford Jr." ; they had John 1652, William 1655, Thomas, Samuel 1668, Hannah, and Mercy. His w. died, and he m. a wid. Wiswall, and had a s. Joseph. She died, and he m. Mary, wid. of Rev. John Holmes of Duxbury and D. of Dea. John Wood or Atwood of Plymouth, 1661, and had Israel, Da- vid, Ephraim, Hezekiah, Melatiah, Mary, Alice, and Sarah ; some of these Ds. might have been born of the Ist or 2d wife ; his last w. d. 1671, æ. 44; he d. Feb. 20, 1704. a. 79. Thomas and Joseph went to Conn .- Hannah m. Joshua Ripley of Hing- ham .- Mercy and Melatiah m. men by the name of Steel in Conn .- Israel m. Sarah, D. of Benja. Bartlett Jr., and he, Eph- raim, and Hezekiah settled on the paternal estate in Kingston. Mary m. Thomas or Samuel Hunt of Duxbury or Kingston .- Alice m. a Fitch of Norwich, Conn .- Sarah m. Kenelm Baker of Marshfield, and was mother of the late Wm. Baker, Messen- ger of the Governor and Council, and of a Mrs. Scollay of Bos- ton .- Rev. Timothy Alden said that the children by the first w. were Israel, Ephraim, Samuel, and John; by the 2d Joseph; and by the 3d, William, Thomas, David, and Hezekiah, and that he had three Ds .; but query.
4. Joseph (s. of the Governor) m. Jael, D. of the Rev. Peter Hobart of Hingham, and had Elisha, and d. 1715, æ. 84; she d. 1730, æ. 88. Elisha m. Hannah, D. of James Cole Jr .; it is
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also said he m. Bathsheba Le Brock, and had a son Carpenter, who went to Me., and several Ds. ; one m. a Waters in Sharon, and her descendants are said to possess Gov. Bradford's Bible, in which is to be found a record of the family.
5. Maj. John (s. of William 3) m. Mercy, D. of Joseph and Priscilla Warren, 1674; her mother was Priscilla, D. of Mr. John Faunce, and sister of Elder Thomas Faunce, and neice of the Secretary Nath'l Morton, author of the Memorial. Mercy was born 1653, he died 1736, she 1748, in her 94th year (Josiah Cotton's Diary says, æ. 90); they had John 1675, Alice 1677, Abigail 1679, Mercy 1681, Samuel 1683, Priscilla 1686, William 1688. John m. Rebecca, D. of Benjamin Bartlett Jr. of Dux- bury, and d. young. leaving a son, Capt. Robert .- Alice m. Ens. Edward Mitchell of East Bridgewater, his 2d wife 1708, and af- terwards Dea. Joshua Hersey of Hingham .- Abigail m. Gideon Sampson, but left no children .- Mercy m. Jonathan Freeman 1708, and afterwards Lt. Isaac Cushman Jr .- Priscilla m. Seth Chipman of Kingston .- William m. a D. of Dea. John Foster of Plymouth and d. young, and she then m. George Partridge of Duxbury ; some of William's descendants settled in Plainfield, Conn.
6. William (s. of William 3) m. Rebecca, D. of Benjamin Bartlett of Duxbury, 1679; she died 1775; he 1687; they had Alice 1680, Sarah 1683, and William. Alice m. William Barnes of Plymouth, and was g. grandmother of the late Hon. William Davis, and of Barnabas Hedge Esq. of Plymouth .- Sarah m. Jonathan Barnes and d. 1720 .- William, it is said, m. Elizabeth Finney, but qu.
7. Samuel (s. of William 3) m. Hannah Rogers and died at Duxbury 1714, æ. 46; he had Hannah 1689, Gershom 1691, Perez 1694, Elizabeth 1696, Jerusha 1699, Wealthy 1702, and Gamaliel 1704. Gershom m. Priscilla Wiswall 1716, and lived in Kingston .- Perez gra. H. U. 1713 .- Gamaliel m. Abigail Bartlett 1728, and d. 1778, æ. 73, and had Abigail 1728, Samuel 1729, Gamaliel 1731, Seth 1733, Peabody 1734, Deborah 1738, Hannah 1740, Ruth 1743, Peter 1745, and Andrew 1746. gra. H. U. 1771. Jerusha m. Rev. Ebenezer Gay of Hingham D.D., and Hannah m. Nathaniel Gilbert of Taunton 1709 .- Col. Ga- maliel, son of Gamaliel above, m. Sarah, D. of Samuel Alden, and had Perez, Sophia, Gamaliel, Alden 1765, Jerusha, Sally, Daniel, and Gershom .- Perez lived on the paternal estate .- Gamaliel was a mariner and captain of a ship, and afterwards Warden of the State Prison in Charlestown, where he d .; he m. a Hickling, and had a s. Gamaliel gra. H. U. 1814, a physician, who d. 1840; and another s. Geo. Partridge gra. H. U. 1825 .- Hon. Alden gra. H. U. 1786, first settled in the ministry in Me.,
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and was afterwards Secretary of Mass .; m. Margaret Stevenson, and has a family in Boston.
8. David (s. of William 3) m. Elizabeth Finney 1714, and d. 1730, and had Nathaniel 1715, d. 1751 ; Jonathan 1717, Lydia 1719, Nathan 1722. Lydia m. Elkanah Cushman 1740, and Lazarus Le Baron 1743, and d. 1756.
9. Samuel (s. of Maj. John 5) m. Sarah, D. of Edw. Gray of Tiverton, s. of Edward Gray of Plymouth, 1714, and settled in Plympton ; he d. 1740, æ. 56; she 1770; they had John 1717, Gideon 1719, William 1720*, Mary 1722, Sarah 1725, William 1728, Mercy 1731, Abigail 1732, Phebe 1735, Samuel 1740. Mary m. Abiel Cook .- Sarah m. Ephraim Paddock .- Abigail m. Caleb Stetson .- Phebe m. Shubael Norton Esq .- John m. Elizabeth Holmes, and had Elizabeth, Molly, John, Priscilla, Perez, Hannah, Lydia, Oliver, Mercy, William, and Sarah. John m. Eunice, D. of Ignatius Loring Esq., and had Polly, Eunice, Olive, John, Nancy, Mercy, Sophia, Susanna, and Jane.
10. Gideon (s. of Samuel 9) m. Jane Paddock, and d. 1793; they had Levi 1743, Joseph 1745, Sarah 1748, Samuel 1750, Gideon 1752, Calvin 1754, Jenny 1756. Sarah m. Freeman Ellis .- Jenny m. Noah Bisbee.
11. Hon. William (s. of Samuel 9) m. Mary, D. of Dr. Laza- rus Le Baron of Plymouth 1751, and settled as a Physician in Bristol, R. I .; was afterwards an Attorney, Lt. Governor, and Senator in Congress ; she d. 1775 ; he died 1808, æ. 80; he had William 1752, Le Baron 1758*, John 1758*, Mary 1760, Hannah 1762*, One 1764*, Hannah 1767, John 1768, Nancy, Ezekiel Hersey, and Lydia .- William m. Betsy B. James, and had Wil- liam and others, and d. 1811 .- Le Baron m. Sarah, D. of Thos. Davis of Plymouth, and had Le Baron 1780, and d. 1793, æ. 39. Mary m. Henry Goodwin, and d. 1834 .- Hannah m. Dr. Gusta- vus Baylies of Uxbridge, and died 1811 .- John m. Jemima Wardwell, and d. 1833 .- Nancy m. James De Wolf, and both d. 1838 .- Ez. Hersey m. Abby De Wolf, and then Abby Atwood. Lydia m. Charles Collins, Esq , of Newport.
12. Samuel (s. of Samuel 9) m. Lydia Pease, and had Shu- bael, Sarah, Samuel, Edward Gray, Pardon, and Lydia.
13. Levi (s. of Gideon 10) m. Elizabeth Lewis 1764; she b. 1743, d. 1813 ; he d. 1822 ; they had Lewis 1768, Joseph 1770, Levi 1772, Daniel 1774, Ezra 1776, Elizabeth 1778, and Sarah 1782 .- Lewis is now living in Plympton, and has an accurate genealogical account of the Bradford family, to which recur- rence may be had for all particulars here omitted .- Joseph d. 1810 .- Levi m. Mercy Sampson 1800 .- Sarah m. Isaiah Tilson.
14. Perez (s. of John and g. s. of Samuel 9) m. Sarah Prince, and had Christopher Prince, Louisa, Elizabeth, Deborah, Sarah*,
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Ruth, Lucy, Prince, Perez, Hezekiah. His w. died, and he m. Lydia Cushman, and had Sarah, Joanna, and Salome .- Louisa m. Miles Holmes .- Elizabeth m. Richard Sayward .- Deborah m. Samuel Bryant .- Ruth m. Jona. Ripley .- Lucy P. m. Theo- dore Cobb and then Hezekiah Cole .- Perez m. Deborah Davis. Hezekiah m. Margaret Parsons .- Sarah m. Oliver Churchill, Jr. Salome m. William Bradford.
BREWSTER .- William Brewster, b. 1560, came over in the first ship, the May Flower, 1620; was a ruling Elder in the Church of Plymouth ; his w. (name unknown) d. between 1623 and 1627 ; he d. 1644, æ. 84; he had Jonathan, Love, Wrestling, Patience, and Fear .- (Lucretia, William, and Mary, are also set down as his children in a note in the N. E. Memorial, p. 221 ; but this is now considered by the learned and able editor him- self as at least doubtful ; probably Lucretia was wife of Jonathan, and William and Mary were probably his two eldest children.) Patience m. Thomas Prince, the Governor, 1624, and d. 1634 .-- Fear m. Isaac Allerton 1626, and d. 1633 .- Wrestling d. single in youth .- The venerable Elder was one of the oldest men among the forefathers, being 60 when he arrived.
2. Jonathan (s. of the preceding) and his wife, Lucretia, had William, Mary, Jonathan, and Benjamin. He removed from Duxbury to Norwich, Conn., after 1648, with his wife and sons. Mary m. John Turner of Scituate 1645, and was living 1691 .- William and Jonathan, Jr., were on the military roll in Duxbury, 1643, the latter then 16 years old, and had an action in Court 1650 .- William was in the Naragansett war 1645. After these periods neither of their names appears on the records .- Ben- jamin was at New London 1661.
3. Love (s. of William 1) m. Sarah, D. of William Collier (she afterwards m. a Parks); he died 1650; and had Sarah, Nathaniel, William, and Wrestling. He lived and died in Dux- bury, and was one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater. Sarah m. Benjamin Bartlett of Duxbury 1656 .- Nathaniel d. 1676, his family (if he had any) extinct; his name appears on Bridgewater records as a proprietor (of his father's share proba- bly) 1666.
4. William (s. of Love 3) was a Deacon in Duxbury, and had William and Benjamin .- William, called Jr., 1722, had Ichabod Job, and others .- William of Pembroke 1730, had a son Icha- bod .- Benjamin was in Connecticut 1714.
5. Wrestling (s. of Love 3) was a carpenter, d. 1696, leaving a wid. Mary, and had Jonathan, Wrestling, John, Mary, Sarah, Abigail, Elizabeth, and Hannah. One D. m. in Duxbury, and four of them in Kingston .- Jonathan went to Windham, Conn., after 1728 and m. Mary Partridge in Duxb., who was living 1733.
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6. Wrestling (s. of Wrestling next above) was a Deacon in Kingston, and had Wrestling, Thomas, Isaac, Elisha, Mary, &c., and d. 1767.
7. John (brother of the preceding) had Joseph and Job in Duxbury.
8. Nathaniel Brewster gra. H. U. 1642, a Clergyman, went to England and returned, and finally settled at Brookhaven, L. I., and d. 1690, leaving John, Timothy, and Daniel. This Nathan- iel has been supposed to have been a descendant, perhaps a gr. son, of William There are many descendants from the worthy Elder in Duxbury, Pembroke, Plymouth, Kingston, and else- where.
BROWN .- John Brown was one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater, and of course lived in Duxbury between 1645 and 1650. We have no certain account of him or his family, but take him to be the man, who was chosen Assistant 1636, and often afterwards one of the Commissioners of the united Colo- nies from 1644 to 1655, and who died at Winnamoiset near Rehoboth 1662 .- James Brown, an Assistant, also, who lived at Swansey, was his son, and m. Lydia, D. of John Howland. [See N. E. Memorial, p. 297, note.] Peter Brown came in the May Flower 1620, and whether he was father of John, or other- wise related, is not ascertained ; Martha and Mary (wife and D. perhaps) are named 1627.
CARVER .- John Carver, first Governor of Plymouth colony, d. April 1621, and his wife soon after, and the old Colony records furnish no further account of his family. When he arrived in 1620 his family appears to have consisted of 8 persons, of whom John Howland was one, and is supposed to have m. Elizabeth, one of the Daughters. In the allotments of land in 1623, and in the division of the cattle in 1627, the name of Carver does not appear. A family, however, of this name, was in Marshfield ever after 1638, at which date Robert Carver had a grant of land at Green's harbor, and died there 1680, æ. 86. John Carver (son of Robert, perhaps,) d. in Marshfield 1679, æ. 42, leaving a widow, Milicent, who was D. of William Ford, and 8 children .- William Carver (eldest s. of John) died at Marsh- field 1760, æ. 102, and is noticed by Gov. Hutchinson and Dr. Belknap, in the biography of Gov. Carver, as the grandson of the Governor; but in Pemberton's Ms. Journal, in the library of Mass. His. Society, he is called "the nephew of Governor Carver, being his brother's son." Joshua Carver, late of Marsh- field, æ. over 90, was of the same family .- John Carver (s. of John, probably,) lived in Plymouth, went from Marshfield 1680, m. Mary, D. of Jonathan Barnes, and his son, Dea. Josiah, d. in Plymouth 1751, æ. 63. There was a Richard Carver in Watertown, who died 1638, and in his will mentioned his wife
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