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7. John (s. of Isaac 3.) lived in E. B., and m. Hannah, D. of Henry Kingman, 1727, and had John* and James*, twins, 1729; Isaac 1731, Jonathan 1733, Hannah 1736, Adam 1738*, Abigail 1742*, Keziah 1743 ; his w. d. 1744, and he m. Rebecca Night- ingale 1745, and had Rebecca 1745, John 1747, Esther 1749*, James 1751, Adam 1754, Joseph 1755, Benjamin 1757; the father d. 1762, æ. a. 67; Rebecca m. John Sprague 1767, and they with the mother and John went to Warwick ; James, Adam, Joseph and Benjamin went to Claremont, N. H.
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8. Daniel, Esq., (s. of Dea. Joseph 4.) m. Abigail, D, of Jo- seph Shaw 1717, and had Joseph 1718, Daniel 1720, Abigail 1722, Zephaniah 1724, Hannah 1726*, Hannah 1727, Mehitabel · 1729*, Barnabas 1732, Ebenezer 1734, Mary 1737; he removed to Stafford with his family, where he d. a. 80 .- Joseph m. Su- sanna, D. of Solomon Packard, 1742, and had Zenas 1745*, and Martha 1747*, and d. at Worcester, æ. 50 .- Daniel, Esq., m. Jane Turner 1747, and d. at Lebanon, near Dartmouth College, æ. 70, and was father of the late Dr. Ebenezer Alden, of Ran- dolph, born at Stafford 1755 .- Abigail mn. Dea. Eleazar Whit- man, sen., 1742 .- Zephaniah m. Hopestill, D. of Thomas Wade, 1748, and d. at Stafford, æ. 80 .- Hannah m. Joshua Blodget, at Stafford, and there d., æ. 70 .- Barnabas d. at Ashfield, æ. 60 .- Ebenezer d. at Stafford, æ. 21 .- Mary m. Isaac Fuller 1764.
9. Eleazar (s. of Dea. Joseph 4.) lived in S. B., and m. Mar- tha, D. of Joseph Shaw, 1720 ; she d. 1769, a. 69, he 1773, 2. 79 ; he had Jonathan 1721, Eleazar 1723, Abraham 1725*, Da- vid 1727, Joshua 1729, Caleb 1731*, Ezra 1734, Timothy 1736 .- Jonathan m. Experience, D. of Nathaniel Hayward, 1743, and went to Greenwich where he d , a. 80, and she d. there 1809, a. 90 .- David m. Lucy D. of Noah Thomas, of Mid'o.,, and went to Ashfield, and d. there, æ. 80 .- Ezra went to Greenwich, was a Deacon there, and d. a. 84 .- Rev. Timothy gra. H. U. 1762, settled at Yarmouth Dec. 13, 1769, and d. 1828, æ. 92 ; he m. Sarah, D. of Rev. Habijah Weld, of Attleboro'; she d. 1796, æ. 58; he had Timothy, Isaiah, Martin, Oliver, Sarah Weld, Martha Shaw.
10. Samuel, (s. of Dea. Joseph 4.) lived in Titicut ; m. Abiah, D. of Capt. Josiah Edson, a. 1728, and had Abiah 1729, Mehita- ble 1732, Sarah 1734, Samuel 1736, Josiah 1738, Simeon 1740, and Silas .- Samuel, the father, m. Rebecca, D. of Josiah Wash- burn, 1752, and d. a. 80 .- Abiah m. Seth Harris 1751 .- Mehita- bel m. Joshua Packard, 1755 .- Silas d. a. 21.
11. Capt. Seth (s. of Dea. Joseph 4.) lived in S. B., and m. Mehitabel, D. of Eleazar Carver, 1740, and had Oliver 1740, Seth 1741, Caleb 1744* and Joseph 1747; she d. 1757, and he m. Jael, wid. of Timothy Hayward, 1758, she was wid. Peterson when she m. Hayward ; he d. 1784, a. 75.
12. Dea. Nathan (s. of Capt. Ebenezer, 6.) m. Mary, D. of Daniel Hudson, 1750, and had Nathan 1751 ; she d. 1755, and he m. Lydia, D. of Benjamin Richards, 1757, and had Isaac 1758 *; he d. 1807, æ. 80, she 1823, æ. 90.
13. Ezra (s. of Capt. Ebenezer, 6.) m. Rebecca, D. of Josiah Keith, of Easton, 1756, and had a son 1757*, Abby 1759*, Abi- gail 1761, Isaac 1763, Susanna 1766 : he d., and his wid. m. John Bisbee 1771, and d. 1777, æ. 41 .- Abigail m. George Vining
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1778, and Susanna m. Jacob Allen 1784, and both went to Plainfield.
14. Isaac (s. of John 7.) m. Martha, D. of Solomon Packard, 1755, and had Nabby 1757. Isaac 1758 ; he d., and the wid. m. Israel Bailey, 1760 .- Nabby m. Joseph Whiting 1778.
15. Jonathan (s. of John 7.) m. Experience, I). of Cornelius Washburn, 1766, and had Mehitabel 1767. Isaac, John, Ezra, Daniel : she d. 1775, and he m. Hannah, wid. of Thomas White, 1777, her maiden name Green, and had Cyrus, Samuel Green, Jonathan and Polly .; she, the mother, d. 1811, a. 63: she m. White 1772: Jonathan, the father, d. 1825, æ. 93 .- Mehitabel m. Henry Jackson 1786, and went to Minot .- Isaac m. Ruth, D. of Josiah Byram, 1794, and had Joanna, w. of Wm. Bird, m. 1818, Nabby and Lewis ; he d. 1832, a. 60, and his wid. m. Alpheus Fobes .- John m. Deborah, D. of Benjamin Robinson, 1798, and had Benjamin, Mary, Alvina, Charles, and went to Minot .- Ezra m. Nabby, D. of Wmn. Vinton, 1798, and had Ed- ward V., who d young at the south, and William V., who lives in Boston .- Capt. Cyrus m. Nabby K., daughter of Capt. Daniel Kinsley. 1808, and had Mary K. 1809, Hannah G. 1811, and Nabby Vinton 1813, and then went to Minot .- Samuel G. m. Rhoda, D. of Benjamin Richards, 1804, and had Benjamin, Samuel G., and Bartlett R., and d. 1814, æ. 36, was killed by the bursting of a cannon at Eastport in the last war .- Daniel and Jonathan went to the westward .- Polly m. Abel Barrell 1810.
16. Eleazar (s. of Eleazar 9.) m. Sarah, D). of Nicholas Whitman, 1748, and had Martha, 1752, Mary 1754, Abigail 1756, Sarah 1759, Hannah 1762, Eleazar 1767 ; the father d. 1803, a. 80, the mother 1819, æ. 93 .- Martha m. Silvanus Blos- som 1774, and d. 1802 .- Mary d. single .- Abigail m. Wm. Snell 1774 .- Sarah d. 1778 .- Hannah m. Levi Latham 1782 .- Eleazar m. Deborah, sister of Eleazar Churchill 1794, and had Lewis, Isaac, and Deborah, she d. 1804, and he m. Abigail Pierce, of Mid'o, 1819, and had Maria S. 1822, Hannah a. 1824. Isaac m. Minerva Waterman 1821.
17. Lt. Joshua (s. of Eleazar 6.) m. Mary, Widow of Seth Alden, Jr., and D. of Eleazar Carver 1781 ; had no children ; d. 1809, a. 80, she 1811, æ. 63 ; he gave legacies to the church, parish, and singing choir, in S. B.
18. Samuel (s. of Samuel 10.) m. a Williams, and lived in a corner of Abington included in the north parish of Bridgewater ; had Daniel, Silas, Joseph, Samuel, Williams, Seth, Hosea, and Hannah w. of James Cary, m. 1798 ; d. 1816, æ. 81 .- Daniel m. Sarah, D. of Jon'a. Cary, 1786, and had Otis, Daniel, Al- pheus, and Sally, who m. Jon'a. Burr, of Worthington. Otis m. an Adams, Daniel m. Eunice, D. of Perez Southworth, 1815; he and Alpheus went to Randolph .- Silas and Joseph went to
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Jay .- Samuel m. Sally, D. of Mark Ford, 1799, and had San- ford, Mehitabel, Hannah, and Sally, w. of Sidney Howard, m. 1815 .- Williams m. a Lynfield, and had Mary, Lavinia, and Clarissa .- Dea. Seth m. Harmony, D. of Perez Southworth, 1802, and removed to Stoughton .- Hosea m. Milly D. of Wm. Edson, 1817 .- Wid. Sarah Alden m. Lazarus Beal, of Wey- mouth, 1809.
19. Josiah (s. of Samuel 10.) m. Bathsheba Jones, of Rayn- ham, 1761, and had Elijah 1763, Hazael, Josiah .- Elijah m. Rebecca Fuller, of Kingston, 1783 .- Josiah, and Elijah his son, went to Brimfield, now Wales .- Hazael m. Bethany Wilbor 1791. It appears also on record that Bethany Alden m. Eliphalet White, of Raynham, 1791.
20. Simeon (s. of Samuel 10.) m. Mary, D. of Seth Packard, 1764, and had Simeon, Alpheus, Silas, Solomon, David, Jona- than, Isaac and Lot.
21. Oliver (s. of Capt. Seth 11.) m. Experience, D. of Capt. Solomon Leonard, 1765, and had Caleb 1766, Peddy, (Experi- ence,) Oliver 1770*, Cromwell 1773 *. He d. a. over 80 .--- Peddy m. Silvanus Pratt 1803.
22. Seth (s. of Capt. Seth 1 1.) m. Mary. D. of Eleazar Carver, 1767, and had Seth 1769, Mehitabel 1771; he had three other children, who d. 1775. Seth, the father, d. 1775, and his wid. m. Lt. Joshua Allen 1781 .- Seth m. Sally, D. of Wm. Snell, 1800, and removed to Maine, and had a s. William S., now liv- ing in S. B.
23. Capt. Joseph (s. of Capt. Seth 11.) m. Bethiah, D. of Eleazar Carver, and had Mehitabel 1775, Joseph 1777, Daniel 1780, Thomas 1782, Cyrus 1785, Eunice 1788, Seth, Bethiah, and Betsey ; he d. 1803, a. 55 .- Mehitable m. Thomas Mitchell 1797 .- Capt. Joseph, Jr., m. Polly, D. of Amos Hayward, 1800. -Daniel m. Joanna Tilson 1804, and went to Belchertown .- Thomas m. Matilda, D. of Daniel Copeland, 1815 .- Cyrus and Seth were gra. B. U .; the former an attorney in Boston, now in Bristol co., the latter a minister at Marlboro' .- Eunice d. single. -Bethiah m. Alfred Arnold, of Greenwich, 1813 .- Betsey m. Joseph Hooper, Jr.
24. Nathan, Esq., (s. of Dea. Nathan 12.) m. Sarah, 1). of William Barrell, 1776, and had Mary 1777, Lydia, 1779, Marcus 1782, Isaac 1786, Sarah 1792, Lucius 1796. The mother d. 1816, æ. 61, and he then m. wid. Joanna Soule, of M., 1819 .- Mary m. Capt. Wm. Vinton 1797, and d. 1799 .- Lydia m. Da- vid Keith, Jr., 1801 .- Marcus m. Salome, D). of Col. Aaron Hobart, of A., 1807, and had Aaron Hobart 1809. Susanna Ho- bart 1815, and went to N. Y .- Isaac, Esq., m. Clarissa, D. of Ephraim Whitman, of A., 1811, and had Win. Barrell 1813, and
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Henry 1817 .- Sarah m. James P. Tolman, of St., 1818 .- Rev. Lucius was gra. B. U. 1821, and is settled in E. Abington.
25. Isaac (s. of Ezra 13.) m. Mary, D. of Thomas Russell, 1781, and had Ezra, Thomas Russell, both baptized 1800, James Sullivan 1804, one other*, and the mother d. 1814, æ. 47 ; he m. Betsy, wid. of Benjamin Palmer, and D). of Daniel Willis, 1814, and had several children, and d. 1827, a. 64 .- Ezra m Susan Dyer 1813, and went to Abington .- Thomas R. m. Jane, D. of Matthew Allen, 1813, and afterwards Dorothy, D. of Ste- phen Hearsey, and d. 1835, a. 45 .- James S. went to Weymouth.
26. Solomon (son of David, and grandson of John 5.) m. Sa- rah Hall 1755, and had Sarah 1756, Solomon 1757, Noah, Alex- ander, Amasa, and three other Ds .- Solomon m. Patty King 1786, and had two ss., Solomon (a bachelor) and Lewis .- Noah m. Elizabeth Miller, of M., 1793, and had 2 ss., Noah and Hiram, and went to Illinois .- Alexander m. Lucy Leonard 1792, and went to Me .- Amasa m. Sally Hathaway, of M., 1799, and had 2 Ds .- Of the 4 Ds., one m. Elijah Alden ; one, Sarah, m. Azel Shaw ; one, Hannah, m. Seth Miller, Esq., 1796; and one m. Eliphalet White .- Noah Alden m. Vodicia Hayford 1804 .- Elizabeth m. Soranus Shaw 1816.
27. Caleb (s. of Oliver 21.) m. Sally, D. of Benjamin Hay- ward, 1790, and had Oliver, Cromwell, Susan, Sally, Mehitabel, and Mary .- Oliver m. Melinda, D. of Edward Mitchell .- Cromwell m. Mary, D. Joseph Hall .- Susan m. Samuel Sanger. -Sally m. Sidney Howard .- Mehitabel m. in Lancaster where she lives.
Ebenezer Alden of M., m. Ruth Fobes 1763 .- Anthony Alden joined the church in W. B. 1742 .- Ruth m. Daniel Faunce, of P., 1777 .- Rosanda, of M., m. Joseph Fobes, 2d, 1781 .- Silence of M., m. Zephaniah Hathaway, of T., 1792 .- Andrew, of M., m. Silence (or Selina) Fobes 1797 .- Caleb, of M., m. Susanna Dunbar 1787 .- Lucy of M., m. Eleazar Cary 1794 .- Daniel m. Deborah Fullerton, of A., 1798 .- Caleb 2d, m. Polly Alden 1814 .- Daniel m. Olive Tucker 1819 .- Sally m. Jonathan Burr, of Worthington, 1820.
ALDRIDGE or ALDRICH .- 1. George and Catharine Al- drich, of Braintree, had John 1644, Sarah 1645, Peter 1648, Mercy 1650, Jacob 1652. Mattathias 1656.
2. Henry and Mary Aldridge, at Dedham, had Mary 1643, Samuel 1644. Henry, the father, d. 1645.
3. Josiah and his wife Mary settled in Bridgewater, and had William 1719, Henry 1721, Josiah 1723.
4. John m. Sarah, D. of Giles Leach, and settled in S. B., and had a D. Sarah, who m. Benjamin Hayward a. 1700.
5. John m. Elizabeth Cooper 1722, and had Timothy 1723.
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6. Joseph, of Braintree, m. Patience Osbourne 1661, and had Joseph 1663 .- John Aldridge, of Bridgewater, was a soldier at Roxbury, and d. there Feb. 1776 .- There were also Nathan and Lydia Aldridge, in Bridgewater .- Josiah m. Sarah Baker 1753 .- Joseph m. Elizabeth Andros, of T., 1754 .- Benjamin m. Mary Shaw 1721 .- Catherine m. Jacob Bump 1716 .- Peter Aldridge was on the jury 1707 .- Mary in. Joseph Newcomb 1768 .- Dan- iel, of M .. m. Keziah Pratt 1797 .- Phebe m. David Vaughn, of M., 1802 .- Polly m. Lot Pratt 1787 .- Eaton Aldridge m. Nabby, wid. of Otis Holmes, of T., and D. of Ezra Fobes, 1807; she m. O. Holmes 1796.
ALGER .- Thomas Alger, from Taunton, (perhaps Easton now) settled in W. B. and m. Elizabeth, D. of Samuel Packard, 1665, and had Israel and Deliverance, and perhaps other children.
2. Israel, (s. of Thomas 1.) m. Patience, I). of Nathaniel Hayward, and had Israel 1689, Joseph 1694, Thomas 1697, Na- thaniel 1700, John 1704 .- Nathaniel went to Easton, was there in 1727 and 1729 .- John d. 1730, and his brother Israel settled . his estate.
3. Israel (s. of Israel 2.) m. Alice, D. of Joseph Hayward, and had Patience 1713 ; the mother d. 1716, and Patience was then called Alice to bear up her mother's name ; he then m. Su- sanna, D. of William Snow, 1717, and had Israel, Daniel 1727, James 1729; the mother d. and he m. Rachel, I). of Thomas Wade, 1731, but had no children by her .- Alice, Israel, and Daniel were all baptized 1727 .- Alice m. Shepard Fiske 1732.
4. Joseph (s. of Israel 2.) m. Mary, D. of Wm. Ames, 1719, and had Mary 1720, Joseph 1723, Patience 1726, Bethiah 1729, John 1732, Susanna 1734, Nathan 1737*, Edmund 1739 .- Mary m. Abner Hayward 1739 .- Patience m. Isaac Lathrop 1743 .- Bethiah m. Isaac Lazell 1748 .- Susanna m. Ephraim Burr 1755.
5. Thomas (s. of Israel 2.) m. Sarah, D. of Peter Dunbar, 1724, and had a s. Thomas, and perhaps other children.
6. Israel (s. of Israel 3.) m. Abial, D). of Samuel Lathrop, 1747, and had Sarah 1754* ; he d. 1755, and the wid. m. Jon'a. Bozworth, 1756.
7. James (s. of Israel 3.) m. Martha, I). of Jon'a. Kingman, 1750, and had Anna 1752, Alice 1755, Abiezer 1757, Martha 1760, Phebe 1763, James 1765*, and James 1770, and 3 others who d. in infancy ; he d. 1800, she 1813 .- Anna m. Jesse Fuller Sturtevant 1771, and Amos Keith 1774 .- Alice m. Peter Dun- bar 1773 .- Martha m. Calvin Keith 1779 .- Phebe m. Thaxter Dunbar 1779.
8. Daniel (s. of Israel 3.) m. Susanna, D. of Benjamin Fobes, and had Daniel 1751, Susanna 1753, Israel 1755, Kezia 1757, Benjamin 1760, Chloe and Silvia 1761, Nathan 1763, Martha
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1766, David 1768, Abiel 1772 .- Susanna m. Mark Packard- Kezia m. John Dickerman 1786 .- Benjamin m. Hannah, D. of Daniel Snow, Esq., 1785, and lived in Easton .- Chloe m. Tis- dale Howard 1791 .- Silvia m. Col. Caleb Howard .- Martha m. Mark Howard 1788 .- David m. Sarah, D. of Jon'a. Lathrop 1790 .- Abiel m. Rhoda Drake 1789, and David and Abiel went to Winchendon.
9. Joseph (s. of Joseph 4.) m. Naomi, D. of Elisha Hayward 1747, and had Edward 1750*, Bethiah 1752, Mary 1754, Han- nah 1757, Silence 1759, Joseph 1762, Susanna 1767, Ebenezer 1769 .- Bethiah m. Joseph Johnson 1771 .- Mary m. Nathaniel Perkins 1775 .- Hannah m. Jacob Hewins 1776 .- Silence m. Barnabas Dunbar 1780.
10. John (s. of Joseph 4.) m. Abihail (or Abial,) D. of Maj. John Johnson 1754, and had John 1755 .- The father d., and the wid. and her father Johnson settled the estate 1756 .- The wid. m. Ebenezer Pratt 1758.
11. Edmund (s. of Joseph 4.) m. Ruth, D. of Dea. Isaac Willis, 1761, and had Edmund 1762, Isaac 1764, Nathan 1768, Ruth 1770, Willis 1773 .- Edmund m. Huldah, D. of Josiah Lathrop, 1786, and had William 1787, and Huldah 1791, and went to Canada .- Isaac m. Susanna, D. of Joseph Johnson, 1788 and went to Attleboro' .- Ruth m. Dea. Nathan Alger 1792 .- Edmund Alger m. Molly Thompson 1796.
12. Thomas (s. of Thomas 5.) m. Mehitabel Briggs, of Nor- ton, and had James and Daniel both baptised 1766 .- Daniel d. soon after the revolutionary war .- Thomas Alger d. 1793 .- Wid. Alger d. 1795, a. 67.
13. Abiezer, Esq., (s. of James 7) m. Hepsibar, D). of Ebe- nezer Keith, 1778, and had Jesse 1781*, Cyrus 1782, Olive 1785, Abiezer 1788, Hepzibah 1792, Cornelia 1799 *.- Cyrus, Esq., m. Lucy, D. of Nathan Willis, 1804, and lives in Boston, and has Olivia, Francis, Lucy, Mary Ann, Eliza, Martha, Cyrus .- Olive m. the Hon. John Reed, of Yarmouth, 1809 .- Abiezer m. Anna Cushing 1812.
14. Dea. James, (s. of James 7.) m. Hannah, D. of Joseph Bassett, 1791, and had Adin 1791, Nahum 1794, Phebe Cush- man 1798, Zenas 1802, Horatio 1806 .- Adin m. Clarissa, D. of Jason Fobes, 1814 .- Phebe C. m. Cyrus Copeland 1816 .- Ho- ratio gra. H. U. 1825, and settled in the ministry at Chelsea.
15. Daniel (s. of Daniel 8.) m. Sarah, D. of Theophilus Howard 1781, and had Sukey 1782, Parnel 1783, Daniel 1786, Sally 1788, Minerva 1790, Howard 1793, Silvia 1796, and Ruth 1802 .- Daniel m. Lydia Wilkes 1807 .- Sally m. Martin Dunbar 1812 .- Minerva m. Libeus Packard 1812.
16. Israel, Esq., (s. of Daniel 8.) lived within the limits of
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Easton; m. Rachel, D. of George Howard, 1785, and had George, Israel, Barnard, Roland, Rachel, and several other Ds. -George m. Sally Lothrop 1814 .- Israel gra. B. U. 1811, and settled in the ministry .- Barnard m. Betsey Lathrop 1810.
17. Dea. Nathan (s. of Daniel 8.) m. Ruth, D. of Edmund Alger, 1792, and had Martin 1793, Abigail 1795, Nathan 1798, Lyman 1800, Benjamin 1803, Edmund 1806*, Emily 1809 *.- The mother d. 1826, a. 55 .- Abigail m. Albe Howard 1814.
18. Joseph (s. of Joseph 9.) m. Olive, D. of Joseph Ames, 1785, and had Tiley 1786, Ansel 1788, Lucinda 1790, Joseph 1792, Olive 1795, Betsey 1798, Henriette 1801, Mary 1803, Caroline 1807, Jane 1810, Elijah Ames 1813.
19. Ebenezer (s. of Joseph 9.) m. Polly Capen, of Sharon, 1792, and had Otis 1793, Polly 1795, Lucy 1797, Ebenezer 1799, Nancy 1801, Eliza 1803, Sanford 1805, William 1808 .- Polly m. Waldo Hayward, Jr., 1816, and d. 1817 .- Otis m. Susanna Perkins 1817 .- Nancy m. Waldo Hayward, Jr., 1818.
20. Nathan (s. of Edmund 11.) m. Rachel Smith 1809, and had Rhoda 1811, Edmund 1813, Bathsheba 1815.
21. Willis (s. of Edmund 11.) m. Susanna Capen, of Sharon, 1795, and had Anna C. 1797, Leonard 1799, Stillman 1801, Isaac 1802, Ward 1805, Davis 1807, Susan 1809, Semantha 1814 .- Anna C. m. Nathan Hewins 1818 .- Leonard m. Hannah R. Lathrop 1821.
22. James (s. of Thomas 12.) m. Mehitabel Briggs, of Norton, and had Daniel, James, and several Ds., one, Olive, m. Daniel Tyler, of Pittsfield, 1811 .- Daniel m. Salome, D. of Joseph Keith, 1806, and had Emily Williams 1807, Daniel Francis 1810, James Newton 1812, Joseph Allen 1815, Eliza Sherman 1816, Merton, and George.
The name of Alger has been variously written ; sometimes Aulgar, Augur, Augre, Auger, Agur, Ager, Eager, and Agar, and were, perhaps, originally the same name. And although the family in Bridgewater have generally written it Alger, yet it was formerly invariably pronounced Auger. In Willis' His- tory of Portland we find the names of Arthur and Andrew Al- ger, of Scarborough, in 1650; the latter is found on the court records as early as 1640. Both of these were killed in Philip's war 1675. It is remarkable that they were written often in the same variable manner, Alger and Auger. There was also a Sampson Alger, written Augur, in Old York, made freeman at Kittery 1652. These three last have been mistaken by Farmer in his Register, for Angier, and so was Thomas, ancestor of the Bridgewater family, on the Old Colony records as copied by Nichols, in consequence of being there written Auger, the u as as generally written not being easily distinguishable from an n.
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In Winthrop's Journal, p. 23d, we find "a vessel arrived from Bristol in 1631, and among the passengers the name of Augre appears. We find also the name of a Mr. Augur, at New Ha- ven, 1667." The families of John and Hannah Aulgar, of John and Sarah Aulgar, and of Matthew and Martha Aulgar, appear from 1652 to 1682, on Boston records; where also it appears John Alger m. Sarah Seely 1721 .- Farmer's Register also gives the name of Nicholas Auger, a learned physician of New Ha- ven, 1638, and his brothers, John and Robert; taken from Dodd's East Haven Register. William Auger, or Agar, also was admitted freeman in Mass. 1631, and lived in Salem 1637, and d. 1654. Jonathan Ager or Auger was also of Salem in 1665. Jacob Auger was at Braintree 1689.
ALLEN .- Samuel Allen, of Braintree and his wife Ann, had Samuel 1632, Joseph, James, Sarah 1639, Mary and Abigail. His w. Ann d. 1641, and he had a 2d w. Margaret : whether she was mother of any of the children is not known; his will 1669, wherein the children are named in the above order .- Sarah m. Lieut. Josiah Standish .- Mary m. Nathaniel Green- wood 1655 .- Abigail probably m. John Cary 1670.
1. Samuel Allen, a Deacon, and son of Samuel Allen above named, settled in E. B. as early as 1660, and was the second town clerk, to whom we are much indebted for the fulness and perfection of the records ; he m. Sarah, J). of George Partridge of Duxbury; she was born 1639; they had Samuel 1660, Essiel 1663, Mehitabel 1665, Sarah 1667, Bethiah 1669, Nath'l. 1672, Ebenezer 1674, Josiah 1677, Elisha 1679, Nehemiah 1681. His will 1703 ; he d. 1703, a. 71 .- Mehitabel mn. Isaac Alden 1685. -Sarah m. Jonathan Cary, who d. about 1695, and she after- wards m. Benjamin Snow 1705 .- Bethiah m. John Pryor.
2. Samuel (s, of Samuel 1.) m. Rebeckah, D). of John Cary, 1685, and had Samuel 1686, Ephraim 1689, Timothy 1691, Jo- seph 1693*, Mehitabel 1695. The mother d. 1697, and he m. Mary (D. perhaps of Joseph Alden,) 1700, and had Joseph 1701, Benjamin 1702, Mary 1704, Rebecca 1706, Matthew 1708, Seth 1710, and Abigail. His will 1736 .- Timothy, Joseph and Ben- jamin perhaps, went to N. J. or elsewhere; Mehitabel m. a Bushnell .- Mary m. Henry Kingman 1726 .- Rebeckah m. John Kingman .- Abigail m. Shubael Waldo, of Windham, 1730. (There was a Samuel Allen who m. Jane Turner, of Weymouth, 1728, and d. 1750, and called Jr., probably the son ; there is no further record of him.)-Ephraim went to Berkley, and was a blacksmith.
3. Nathaniel (s. of Samuel [.) m. Bethiah, I). probably of Nathaniel Conant, 1696, and lived at Conant's Bridge, and af- terwards in S. B., and had Andrew 1698, Hannah 1700, James 1704. The mother d., and he had a 2d wife Abigail, (it is Mary
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on the town records, ) and had Abigail 1711, David 1713 .- An- drew, Hannah and David, no account of, perhaps they went to the Cape .- Abigail m. Nathaniel Carver 1736 .- Perhaps there was another D. Mercy, who m. Moses Orcutt 1739.
Ebenezer (s. of Samuel I.) m. Rebeckah Scate 1698, and had Sarah 1699, Rebeckah 1701, Jacob 1702, Joanna 1704, Abi- gail 1706, John 1708, Ebenezer 1709*, Ephraim 1711, Isaac 1719, Joshua*, James, Jemima*, Deborah *.- The father d. 1730 .- Sarah m. Jon'a Crooker .- Joanna m. David Pratt 1722 .- Abigail m. Samuel Smith .- Ephraim d. 1734, and Jacob settled his estate .- Rebecca was baptized 1725, and died single.
5. Josiah (s. of Samuel 1.) m. Mary Read 1707, perhaps D. of Micah Read; had Micah 1708, Josiah, Mary, Esther, Sarah, Nathan 1722, Betty 1724, William 1726. Her will 1751, proved 1759 .- Mary m. Benjamin Vickery 1737 .- Esther m. James Edson 1749 .- Sarah m. Japhet Byram 1742. The father was dead in 1736 .- Micah, Nathan, and Betty sold to Benjamin Whitman 1761.
6. Elisha (s. of Samuel 1.) m. Mehitabel, D. of Nicholas Byram 1701, and had Elisha 1704, Japhet 1705, Matthew 1708, Samuel 1710, Mehitabel, Susanna, Mary, Silence .- Mehitabel m. Jonathan Alden, of Duxbury, 1731 .- Susanna m. John Cary 1733 .- Silence m. Edmund Jackson 1741 .- (Quere if it was not Elisha's D. Mary that m. Benjamin Vickery 1737, and not Jo- siah's above.)-Samuel probably m. Susanna, D. of David Per- kins, 1733, and died 1737.
7. Nehemiah (s. of Samuel 1.) m. Sarah Wormel 1707, and had Alice 1707, Sarah 1710, Martha 1713, Nehemiah 1715*, Bethiah, Lydia .- Alice m. Arthur Latham 1733, and then Jona- than Allen, of Braintree, 1739 .- Sarah m. Nath'l Pratt, of Bridgewater, 1734 .- Martha m. Dea. Jacob Hayward 1736 .- Bethiah m. Micah Turner of Weymouth .- Lydia m. Richard Vining of Weymouth .- Jonathan Allen, of Braintree, m. Mary, D. of Capt. Chilton Latham, 1742, and had several Ds. m. here ; 2 m. Ramsdells, and one m. Seth Hobart.
8. Benjamin (s. of Samuel 2.) m. Mehitabel, D. of Ephraim Cary, 1730, and had Benjamin, Ephraim, Hannah, Mehitabel 1737 .- The father died, and his estate was settled among the children 1754 .- Hannah m. John Edson 1751 .- Mehitabel, the daughter, m. Benanuel Leach .- Mehitabel Allen, the widow, m. Caleb Washburn 1756 .- Benjamin went to Kingston and m. a Delano, and was a Sergeant with Gen. Winslow, 1755, in seiz- ing the neutral French at Nova Scotia, where he died; he en- listed from Plymouth, where he was a tanner .- This family lived where Dexter Pratt now lives.
9. Capt. Matthew (s. of Samuel 2.) m. Sarah, D. of Seth Brett, 1735, and had Nehemiah 1736*,. Ezra 1739, Nehemiah
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1741*, Sarah 1747, Mary 1750*, Simeon 1753 .- He d. 1787, æ. 79 ; she 1794, æ. 76 .- Sarah d. single 1812, æ. 65 .- Simeon m. Huldah, D. of Ephraim Cary, 1785, and had Susanna 1786*, Simeon 1788*, and Alpheus 1792, who m. 2 Ds. in succession of Maj. Nath'l. Wilder, of Middleborough, and removed to Boston, and there d. 1828, without children .- Simeon, the father d. 1805, æ. 52, and Huldah, the mother, d. 1802, æ. 50.
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