History of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Part 42

Author: Nahum Mitchell
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: author
Number of Pages: 442


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9. Nathaniel (s. of Nathaniel 7) resided in Marshfield, and m. Lydia, D. of Anthory Snow, 1692, and had Lydia 1693, Thankful 1695, Snow 1698, Oliver 1702, Deborah 1708, Patience 1710, Nathaniel 1712 ; he then m. a 2d wife, Deborah Bryant of Scituate, 1716, and had Ruth 1718.


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Lo. Gilbert (s of Nathaniel 7) of Marshfield m. Mary, D. of Anthony Snow, and had Issachar 1699, Barnabas, Gilbert, and Anthony 1707. Anthony m. Deborah, D. of William Barker Esq., and removed to E. Bridgewater. [See page 371.]


LL Gen. John (s. of Col. Isaac 8) lived in Marshfield, and m. Mary Little 1726, and had Pelham 1737, and Isaac 1739 ; he afterwards, late in life, m. a wid. Johnson (whose maiden name was Barker) of Hingham, where he died 1774, æ. 71. He was Captain in the expedition against Cuba 1640, Col. at Louisburgh 1644, and afterwards Maj. Gen'l in the British service.


L2. Edward Esq. (youngest son of Col. Isaac 8) gra. IL U. 1736, m. Hannah, wid. of Charles Dyer and D. of Thos. How- land, 1739, and went to Halifax, N. S., in the revolution, and d. 1786, a. 72; she survived and d. at Frederickton æ. 82 ; he had Edward, Penelope, and Sarah. Edward gra. H. U. 1765, was Clerk of the Courts in Plymouth, and went of in the revolution and died at Frederickton 1815, æ. 69, and his son Edward was drowned, and another s., Wentworth, survived.


13. Oliver (s. of Nathaniel 9) m. Agatha, D. of John Bryant of Scituate, where he also resided, and had Oliver (killed in the French war 1758, æ. 20), John who went to Nobleborough, Me., and Nathaniel. He m. a 2d w. Bethiah Pryor of Hanover 1749, and had Oliver (a revolutionary pensioner) and Joseph* 1753. Oliver had a s. Oliver.


14. Pelham Esq. (s. of Gen. John 11) gra. HL U. 1753, was an Attorney, and m. Joanna, D. of Capt. Gideon White ; he left Plymouth in the revolution, and d. on Long Island, N. Y. 1782, leaving two Ds., Mary who m. Maj. Henry Warren, and Joanna who m. Dr. Nathan Hayward, High Sheriff of Plymouth Co.


15. Dr. Isaac (s. of Gen. John 11) of Marshfield was a re- spectable Physician, and m. a D. of Dr. Charles Stockbridge of Scituate, and d. 1819, æ. 80; the w. of his old age was Fanny Gay of Hingham ; he had a s. John and 3 Ds. One, Betsy, m. Hon. Kilborn Whitman Esq., one m. a Shaw and then a Dingley, and the other m. a Clapp, an Attorney in Bath, Me.


16 Maj. Nathaniel (s. of Oliver 13) m. Sarah, D. of Isaac Hatch of Pembroke, 1766, and had Nathaniel 1767, Sarah 1769, Walter 1772*, Josiah 1774*, Anna 1776, Judith 1780, Lydia 1786, William 1788. Nathaniel died 1830, leaving a family .- Sarah m. Thomas Waterman, and then Ebenezer Copeland .- Anna m. Wm. P. Ripley of Plymouth 1810 .- Judith m. Elisha Tolman .- Lydia m. Anthony Collamore of Pembroke .- William remained at Scituate on the paternal estate.


17. John Esq. (s. of Dr. Isaac 15) gra. B. U. 1795, was an Attorney, and d. at Natchez, whither he went on business 1822, æ. 48, leaving John, Pelham, Isaac, Penelope, Eliza, and Fanny Gay.


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Samuel Winslow of Rochester had Samuel and Richard bap. 1679 .- Samuel m. Bathsheba Holbrook of Scituate 1700 .- Na- thaniel (of Freetown) m. Elizabeth Holbrook of Scituate 1701. Josiah of Freetown m. Sarah, D. of John Hayward Jr. of W. Bridgewater, 1721. [See p. 371.]-Oliver, a revolutionary pen- sioner of Westport, served in the artillery 1777 .- Nathaniel Winslow removed to Damarascotta 1729, and testified in Court at old York 1742, then 63 years old.


Isaac Winslow of Boston has a particular geneological account of the Boston branch of this distinguished family.


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See page 17 .- The following extracts from the Records of the General Court, shows that the grant of Titicut was not made till after the grant of Bridgewater plantation was made to Duxbury, and of course was made by the Sachem at Pembroke or Matta- keset, and not by his father Chickatabut at Neponsit :-


" Isaac Wonno appeared to prosecute his claim to three miles of land on each side of Titicut river. Bridgewater agents made it appear that they had purchased of Ossemequin six miles from their centre towards Titicut, and that Chickatabut in his grant to Titicut Indians of three miles doth except any former pur- chase made by Bridgewater men. We therefore think it neces- sary that Titicut Indians and the said Wonno have their three miles after the Bridgewater men's three miles be meted out, or to have the remainder if it be not so much."


The foregoing report of the Committee, 1703, was accepted and approved by the General Court on the petition of Edward Fobes, Representative of Bridgewater, Oct. 27, 1708.


See page 19 .- The following is the report of a Committee es- tablishing the bounds of the Titicut Purchase :-


"1729. We the subscribers being a Committee chosen by the Purchasers and Proprietors of the two mile grant on the southerly side of Bridgewater, commonly called Titicut, to es- tablish the bounds of the Divisions of said Titicut lands where they might be found, and to make new bounds where they were wanting as by record may appear, which work we have carefully performed ; and we have established the bounds of the norther- most parts of said Titicut lands upon the ancient reputed four mile line, as by the return of our work may appear, which line was shown to us by the Proprietors of Titicut : and we being also a Committee chosen by the Purchasers and Proprietors of the eight mile square of Bridgewater, as by record may appear,


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to renew the ancient line between said eight mile and Titicut lands, upon which said Titicut lots were butted when first laid out, in order to bring it to record : because the Purchasers' an- cient book of records before it came into our present Clerk's hands was in divers places defaced, broken and lost, so that the record of said line cannot be found. Accordingly we did upon the 4th day of February, 1728-9, renew said ancient four mile line as followeth. We took our departure from a heap of stones at a place called Wolf Trap Hill where Titicut way parts from Taunton road, which heap of stones was shewn us by Justice Edson and Dea. Fobes, being Proprietors on both sides, and avouched to be a station in the ancient four mile line, or line between said eight mile and two mile and known by them to be so for more than forty years past, it being the same line upon which we butted the said Titicut lands as above. From said heap of stones we run West one degree, South forty-one rods to a great crotched white oak tree marked and numbered 4 : thence West one degree, South 100 rods to a maple tree marked and numbered 4 : thence West one degree, South 53 rods to a white oak sapling marked and numbered 4, near the little pond : thence West one degree, South one hundred and fifteen rods to a red oak tree marked and numbered 4 at the head of Leach's land : thence West one degree, South 53 rods to a horn pine tree marked and numbered 4, an ancient marked tree: thence West one degree, South 50 rods to a white pine stake standing by a black oak stump standing in Taunton Line marked and num- bered 4. Then we began again at the heap of stones first men- tioned and run East one degree, North 85 rods to a maple tree marked and numbered 4; thence East one degree, North 73 rods to a white oak tree standing by the brook in the range of Sainnel Leach's land marked and numbered 4 about a rod be- low a great rock in the brook : thence East one degree, North 83 rods to a rock between a white oak and walnut : thence East one degree, North to a swamp white oak tree marked and num- bered 4 by Thomas Hayward's land : thence East one degree, North 121 rods to a white oak tree northward from Benja. Wash- burn's house marked and numbered 4: thence East one degree, North thirty-six rods to a red oak tree marked and numbered 4: thence East one degree, North 80 rods to a white oak tree marked


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and numbered 4: thence East one degree, North 50 rods to a maple tree marked and numbered 4 on the South side, being an ancient marked tree : thence East one degree, North 120 rods to a maple tree marked and numbered 4: thence East one de- gree, South 31 rods to a horn pine tree marked and numbered 4, being the corner of the first great Lot in Titicut Division : thence East one degree, North 47 rods to a maple tree marked and numbered 4: thence East one degree, North 66 rods to a red oak tree marked and numbered 4: thence East one degree, North 70 rods to a red oak tree marked and numbered 4 stand- ing in the edge of Benjamin Willis's meadow, being an old marked tree : thence East one degree, North 47 rods to a pop- lar sapling marked aad numbered 4, being the corner of the first Lot in the last Division of Titicut lands: thence East one de- gree, North 556 rods by a range of old marked trees to a walnut tree marked and numbered 4 standing on the bank of the great river and a little to the North of the mouth of Winnetuxet river. -Ephraim Fobes, Benj. Leach, and Nath'l Willis."


1737. The above was confirmed 1737 by Sam'l Keith, Jona. Howard and Joshua Willis in behalf of the Eight Mile Proprie- tors; and Nathaniel Willis, Benjamin Leach and Ephraim Fobes in behalf of the Two Mile Proprietors.


See page 29 .- The following record contains the final laying out of the land on the North and East side of the original four mile grant, on the northerly and easterly part of the town, ac- cording to the agreement of the purchasers.


" Pursuant to an Act of the Purchasers of Bridgewater bear- ing date Feb. 1, A. D., 1710, we the subscribers, who were en- trusted and empowered to lay out the undivided lands towards the north-east corner of the Four Mile Grant both upon the East and North side, have bounded out the said lands into seven shares or lots according to the purchasers' agreement in man- ner and form as followeth :-


" Part of the first lot lyeth westerly from Joseph Shaw's house, beginning at a red oak tree marked on four sides, numbered one : from thence running west to Packard's line, and bounded westerly partly by Packard's land and partly by John Hayward's land, and at the southerly end by the lots that lie upon Matfield River to a white oak tree, which is Joseph Edson's corner bound:


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from thence running North two hundred rods to the red oak first mentioned, being 100 acres more or less .- The other part of the first lot lieth on the East side of Buck Hill Swamp, be- ginning at a white oak tree near the swamp, numbered one: from thence running East to Joseph Shaw's land by Beaver Brook, and then bounded on the south-east and East by said Shaw's land, and by the lands of Nicholas Byram, and so to the white oak tree standing in the East and West line, which is the southerly bounds of the second lot: from said white oak run- ning West by a range of trees marked to the above said Buck Hill swamp, and so bounded by James Cary's land in Buck Hill swamp to the bounds first mentioned.


"The second lot lieth easterly from Beaver Brook, beginning at a heap of stones upon a flat rock, then running northerly to the four mile line, which is a mile : and from said rock easterly 160 poles to a white oak tree marked on four sides, and then running northerly to the four mile line.


"The third lot beginneth at the white oak last mentioned and runs East 179 poles to a swamp oak, which is marked on four sides : from thence running North 320 poles to the four mile line.


"The fourth lot is bounded westerly by the East side of the third lot, and runs from the above named oak East 160 poles to a stake and heap of stones : thence North to the four mile line.


"The fifth lot lieth on the East side of Weymouth road, bound- ed northerly by a pine tree marked on two sides standing near to William Dyer's land : from thence to a black oak tree by the road near Lieut. Hersey's field : then bounded by said road to a stake and heap of stones by the way-side : from thence running East to Mr. Moore's land : thence bounded by the river lots to the pine tree first mentioned.


"The sixth lot is bounded northerly by the fifth, beginning at the above stake and heap of stones, and from thence bounded by the way to the Birch swamp to a maple tree, which is the corner bounds of Gannett's land to a white oak tree standing to the northward of the old wolf trap : thence running East to poor meadow lots, and so bounded by lotted lands until it comes to the range of the fifth lot.


"Part of the seventh lot is bounded by the south side of the sixth ; the other part of the lot lieth between Theodosius Moore's


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land and the Major's Purchase, bounded northerly by Mr. Cush- ing's land and southerly by the Cedar swamp."


See page 33 .- The lands on the North side of Titicut River within the township of Bridgewater lying on the South side of the Purchasers' four mile line from the centre, called the Titicut land, is laid out in two divisions of lots, called the great lots and the little lots ; there being 64 lots in each division.


"The great lots begin towards the easterly side and run from the four mile line southerly.


The little lots begin on the westerly side of the path left to go down to Titicut wear, and run West for their length, butting on said path, till they come to the river at said wear; then they begin on the easterly side of the way, and run easterly for their length, butting on the easterly side of the way, till they come to the 63d lot, which buts on a brook, the lot running on both sides of the way. The last lot, James Cary's, No. 64, lies by it- self down the river against Spanyard's land." Laid out by Ed- ward Mitchell, Sam'l Edson Jr., Sam'l Washburn and John Leonard, May 1685.


See page 42 .- Bridgewater's Monitor is the title given to the Rev. Mr. Keith's Sermon, June 14th, 1717, at the dedication of the first meeting-house in the south parish. The following is the preface :-


"The New English Bridgewater has been a town favored of God ; yea some favors of Heaven unto it, have indeed been distinguishing.


"It was planted a noble vine .- And may no more of the text from whence this phrase is borrowed, ever be applied unto it ! The first planters of it, were a set of people who made religion their main interest ; and it became their glory. There was a time when it stood in a land of unwalled villages, with fierce armies of bloody Indians destroying round about them ; and the dispensations of God our Saviour towards it at this time, were so wonderful, that the short report thereof given, in the Church History of New England, is not unworthy to be here transcribed and reported.


"'Remarkable was the fate of Bridgewater, a most praying, and a most pious town, seated in the very midst of the dangers of the war; that although they were often assaulted by formida-


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ble numbers of the enemies, yet in all their sharp assaults they never lost one of their inhabitants, young or old. They were solicited strongly to desert their dwellings, but they resolved, that they would keep their stations. And now on May 8th, 1676, the Indians began to fire the town ; but the inhabitants with no- table courage, issued forth from their garrisons, to fight the enemy ; and God from Heaven at the same time fought for them, with a storm of lightning, thunder and rain, whereby a consider- able part of their houses were preserved. Thou, Church of Bridgewater !


'O nimium dilecta Deo, cui militat æther.'


O how beloved of Heaven, whom storms defend.


"One that was no Christian, so sang the favors of Heaven to the Emperor Theodosius, and so might the Pagan foe now sing of thy salvations !


"Ever since that memorable day, the town has been proceed- ing, with the smile of God upon them, and upon the intentions of his gospel among them, until they are now become two bands. They are lovingly and peaceably swarmed into a new assembly, and began to meet in their new edifice on a day of prayer (as it is the manner of New England) when the two sermons were preached, which the affected hearers have here published. God grant, that from the tokens of his gracious presence with them, the place may claim the name of Mahanaim. And may there be still found among them such a number of lively, watchful, fruitful Christians, exemplarily living to God, and by the faith of the Son of God; may a value for the ordinances of our Sav- iour, be so preserved in vigor with them, and the success thereof appear in all real and vital godliness quickened among the young as well as the old among them ; and may their brotherly love continue at such a rate, that it may be plainly seen, God is yet among them. Wo to them, if I depart from them, saith the Lord.


"It has been a singular felicity unto this good people, that from the very infancy of their plantation, they have sat under the ministry of that gracious, faithful, humble servant of God, who continues with them to this day. He has been a precious gift of our ascended Lord unto them ; and they have hitherto rejoiced in his light ; and we rejoice with them, that after fifty- four years, his light yet shines with such brightness among them.


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"We can make no doubt, but that, as they have grown into such good circumstances under his painful and patient conduct, they will study in all the methods of goodness, to render his old age comfortable to him, and so multiply all the offices and ex- pressions of a grateful people towards him, with an affection and reverence, like what the church of Smyrna paid unto their aged polycarp, that he may anon die, blessing of them, and blessing of God for them. They will certainly find their ac- count in doing so !


"The savoury sermon, which is here extorted for the public from him, we recommend unto the blessing of God, that so the ends of piety, which the good people have proposed in thus ex- hibiting a lasting memorial of what God has done for them, and a constant remembrancer of their duty, may be answered.


INCREASE MATHER, COTTON MATHER.


A second edition of it was published and another preface added June 14, 1768, just fifty-one years after, and the Rev. John Angier's sermon, at the ordination of his son, the Rev. Samuel Angier, Dec. 23, 1767, which was the occasion of print- ing the 2d edition, was bound with some of the copies.


See page 45 .- When the South Parish was incorporated in 1716 it was ordered by the General Court, as we have before seen, that the old meeting-house in the West Parish (then called the North Parish) should stand where it was for five years, and then be removed down to the four corners by Isaac Johnson's, in order no doubt to accommodate the easterly part (now East Bridg'r). Before the five years expired however a petition, signed by John Packard and others, was preferred to the General Court, praying that the old house might remain where it was, which was heard by the Court Nov. 9, 1720, and the prayer granted. This was assented to by the East in consideration of a sugges- tion made by the West, that the East would soon probably be desirous of becoming a separate Parish, and in that case the present house if removed would accommodate neither Parish ; and of a consequent agreement made in parish meeting Nov. 6, 1719, that if the East would contribute towards settling a minis- ter (Mr. Perkins) in the West, whatever they paid (about £65) should be refunded when the East should become a Parish, and


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thus be called on to build a house and settle a minister for them- selves. When therefore that period occurred the East called on the West to refund, but were denied, and no record of any such vote or agreement could be produced. The East then, by Josiah Sears and sixty-three others, applied to the General Court in June, 1726, for some remedy or relief ; whereon an order of notice passed, and Nathaniel Brett, Clerk of the old Parish, was summoned to attend, who appeared, and on examination testified that such a vote was passed, which he produced on a loose paper made at the time of passing it, and which he confessed "he ought in discharge of his office to have made a record of at that time." This the Court considered sufficient, but referred the petitioners to the judicial courts for a remedy. An action was accordingly commenced at the next September Term of the C. C. Pleas at Plymouth, in which John Read appeared for plain- tiffs, and J. Overing for defendants. The East finally recovered, but not till they had expended nearly the whole amount in pros- ecuting their claim.


July 1, 1730. Jona. Howard, Joseph Keith, Israel Packard, and Ephraim Fobes, a Committee of the West Parish, applied to the General Court, shewing that their meeting-house was much decayed and that it had been voted to build a new one, and that the inhabitants were much divided about the place where it should be erected, and praying therefore for a viewing Commit- tee to determine where it should stand ; whereupon Seth Will- iams Esq., Mr. Thacher and Mr. Lemon were appointed, and reported Dec. 21, 1730, that "having viewed all the places shewn to them by the contending parties they are of opinion that where the old house stands is the proper place." which was accepted.


See pages 52, 53 .- To the list of Graduates there should be added Jairus S. Keith of S. B. or Titicut, gra. B. U. 1819 ; and Lewis Washburn of S. B. gra. B. U. 1826; also Thomas J. Snow of N. B. gra. B. U. 1823, Abel W. Kingman of N. B. gra. Amherst 1830, Austin Cary of N. B. gra. Amherst 1837, Samuel Dike of N. B. gra. B. U. 1838.


See page 69 .- The following is the petition referred to in p. 69 :


"To the honored Governor (Thomas Hinckley), and Deputy Governor and Assistants sitting at Plymouth in New England the first Tuesday in June 1685.


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"God by his providence hath placed the bounds of our habi- tation in Bridgewater, and on the eastward side of the town, and about two miles some of us, and some three miles from the meeting-house and mill and chief parts of the town ; and though we have lived there many years, some of us have had no way into the town, but what we have had upon sufferance through men's lands that have been laid out and of our own making of bridges to pass over a river that lies between some of us and the town. We have made and kept up a horse bridge over this river, called Matfield river, many years, which has been a great bene- fit to us that live there, and to many others. and strangers that have occasion to pass that way, especially in times of great floods, it being the best place and most convenient for a bridge in a mile up and down the river, which runs about South and North for the length of it, but the lands being laid out on both sides of it and butting upon this river, our bridge lying over this river on the northerly side of a twenty acre lot, the owner of the land has fenced it in; and now we have no way to go to the town without going three-quarters of a mile about, and partly upon sufferance too many of us; we think it is very hard that living in a wilderness, we cannot have convenient room for high- ways. We have made our case known to the town and can have no help. This lot where our bridge lies is the chief hindrance, and yet there is common land joining to the lower side of it left as we understand by the feoffees for allowance for a highway, but of itself it is altogether incapable of a way. There are many others in the town that desire there might be a sworn jury to lay out such highways as are needful, and to perfect such as are begun. So desiring your help as God shall direct you. Your humble petitioners." [See the names, page 69.]


The preceding history was principally compiled before Bridge- water was divided, and therefore applies to it as if entire and as it formerly stood after the separation of those parts which were incorporated with Abington, and Pembroke (now Hanson). Large as it was it remained without further division for nearly one hundred years. Movements and applications for it were however early and frequently made. In the year 1719, the South, only three years after its incorporation as a parish, ap- plied to the General Court to be made a distinct town, as ap-


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pears by the petition of Josiah Edson and sixty others, and the North, then including all the rest of the town agreed to it, and it was granted in the House of Rep. Nov. 24, 1719, but was non- concurred in by the Council. What is now the North also orig- inally petitioned to be a town in 1738, and the town itself con- sented, and voted also at the same time, as we have already seen that the South and East should become distinct and separate towns; but the General Court resisted all these applications. Some years before any division was finally effected strong de- sires for it were manifested, principally from the South and North Parishes, which were the most remote from the centre. But means were adopted to obviate complaints and to prevent separation. The town however at last, having increased in pop- ulation, and the discontent, never entirely appeased, reviving and no longer to be restrained, was rapidly divided into four distinct towns. The North, though the youngest parish, had become the most populous as well as the most distant from the town house, first applied and was incorporated June 15, 1821, by the name of North Bridgewater.


The West (the old town) was incorporated Feb. 16, 1822, by the name of West Bridgewater.


The East was incorporated June 14, 1823, by the name of East Bridgewater.


The South, with Titicut, remains therefore with the old name, Bridgewater, and the town records which had for 166 years re- mained principally at the West were transferred to the South. It is somewhat remarkable that the South, which was the first to move for separation and often the most forward in it, should after all secure its object and retain the original name by re- maining quiet. The inhabitants felt a pride in belonging to so large and respectable a town, and were somewhat reluctant to separate, and therefore endured the inconveniences of union much longer than otherwise perhaps they would have done; and we accordingly see each division still fondly retaining the cher- ished name as far as public convenience will permit. The old proprietors' records still remain in West Bridgewater.


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ADDITIONAL CORRECTIONS TO PAGE 8. - 1844.


Page 8. To the list of Senators in the first paragraph, add Ar- temas Hale, and Jesse Perkins.


86. No. 17, after Eleazar in the parenthesis for 6, read 9.


105. No. 4 for Rev. Josiah Smith, read Rev. Thomas Smith.


106. No. 3 & 5, dele Capt .-


66 109. Article Barrett. After James 1738, add Robert 1740 b. at N. B.


113. In No. 2, after Daniel, insert Jacob, Polly w. of Libeus Smith, and Anna, w. of Captain Seth Gurney.


123. Article Brown, for Emily, read Harriet.


128. No. 4. for 1643 read 1743 .-


132. No. 4. dele probably of John Shaw of Weymouth, and insert, of Ens'n. Josiah Standish.


155. No. 8. after William Orcutt, for 1755, read 1715.


160. Article Egerton. for 1834, read 1734 .-


171. Article Gay. for 1725 and 1728, read 1825 and 1828.


" 174. Article Hanmer No. 2., for Mary, read Martha.


187. No. 45. Hannah who m. Perkins was not this woman, but D. of Edmund Hayward No. 40 .-


194. Article Holman. for John Quincy, insert Daniel Quin- cy.


" 199. No. 9. dele Captain Zebedee Snell 1761, and insert Nathan Willis 1757. Snell perhaps m. Martha, D. of Joshua Howard, No. 113-m. 1761.


" 201. No. 24. Susanna who m. Lathrop, was not this woman, but a D. of Capt. Jona. Howard No. 31.


« 205. No. 60. dele David 27, and insert Nathan 64 .-


229. Under Article Lydia Kingman-for 1834, read 1734.


233. Article Lathrop, add Mark Lathrop was at Salem in 1643.


" 235. No. 19. dele Theophilus, and insert Capt. Jonathan .-


245. No. 5. To the children of Jacob there mentioned, add Joseph, Josiah, and Jacob. Joseph m. an Orcutt, and had Ephraim, Joseph 1696, and a D. who m. a Fisher. Ephraim, (mentioned under No. 7.) had Huldah w. of Josiah Washburn, and perhaps Phebe, who m. Eliab Byram 1741, and several other chil- dren ; he removed to N. Jersey.


" 246. No. 16. dele 10 or William 13, in the parenthesis, and insert who was s. of Jacob 5 .-


" 246. No. 17. dele 11 in the parenthesis and insert, who was s. of Jacob 5. He had also three other children, viz : Benjamin 1732, Mary 1722*, Mary 1729 *.


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Page 247. No. 23. To the children of Simeon Leonard, add Stillman 1783.


" 247. No. 26. To the children of Simeon Leonard, add Mary 1726, Simeon 1829*, Herman 1831.


" 281. No. 35. dele James m. Rebecca Packard 1783.


" 288. Art. Pratt. "On the 14th of Jan. 1765, died at Bridge- water Joseph Pratt, æ. 100 years wanting one month ; a man of good character and profession ; he had 20 children by his first wife, but none by his second, who still survives him, being about 90 years old." Boston News Letter, Jan. 31, 1765.


" 323. No. 4. for 2d. in the parenthesis read 3d.


" 323. No. 8. dele the son Ebenezer, and also the following. He and his son Ebenezer both died a. 1748. Zerviah Standish m. Zebedee Tomson of Halifax 1745. Ebe- nour Jr., m. a Churchill 1739. Sarah Standish m. Josiah Cushman Jr. 1749.


325. In the account of Mrs. Bisbee, dele Standish b. at Captain's Hill in Duxbury, and insert-Sampson, and great grand daughter, of Alexander Standish .-


" 377. Art. Bradford 2d. line for Ansterfield, read Austerfield, and for 1588, read 1586.


" 379. Dele m. Gideon, and Sampson but left no children-and insert d. 1697.


" 404. Art. Nash. 6th line for Weymouth, read Plymouth.


: 411. No. 12. 2d line, for Charles, read William, and for 1739, read 1741.


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