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2. DANIEL, s. of William (1), was one of the earliest inhabitants of Camb. He was probably among those who erected the first buildings, under the agree- ment to establish this as a fortificd town and the seat of government. His residence, as nearly as can be determined from the Proprietor's Records, was the spot since known as the Winthrop Estate, ncar Bow Street, between Ar- row and Mount Auburn streets. He removed early to Ipswich, and became one of the most distinguished citizens of that town and of the Colony. He was Representative, eleven years; Speaker of the House, two years; Assistant twenty-nine years, until his death; Major-general of the whole military force of the Colony, eleven years, including the period of "Philip's War; " Com- missioner of the United Colonies, eight years, and once President of that Board. He m. Patience, dau. of Gov. Thomas Dudley, by whom he had two children, who survived to maturity. (1) John, who in. Martha, dau. of Dep. Gov. Samuel Symonds, and d. 1671, leaving a daughter Martha, and a son John, who grad. H. C. 1684, m. Elizabeth Saltonstall, commenced preaching at Ipswich, but dicd 1689, leaving an only son, John, who grad. H. C. 1710, was Sheriff of Essex Co., m. Mary, dau. of President Leverett, and d. 1724, leaving one son and one daughter. See Fell's Ipswich. (2) Elizabeth, m. John Rogers, President of Harvard College, and d. 13 June 1723, a. 82. Her children were Elizabeth, in. John Appleton, Esq., and was mother of the ven- erable Dr. Appleton of Cambridge, and of Margaret, wife of President Hol- yoke; Margaret, m. Capt. Thomas Berry, and (2d) President Leverett; John, grad. H. C. 1684, minister at Ipswich, d. 28 Dec. 1745, a. 79; Daniel, grad. H. C. 1686, a physician and Justice of the Peace, perished on Hampton Beach in a snow storm 1 Dcc. 1723; Nathaniel, grad. H. C. 1687, minister at Ports- mouth, N. H., d. 3 Oct. 1723; Patience, m. Benjamin Marston, and was liv- ing his widow in 1721.
DEXTER, JOHN, by w. Sarah, had Richard, b. 6 Nov. 1676. Hc may have been s. of Richard of Malden; but there is no further trace of him here.
DICKERMAN, LYDIA, d. 13 Sept. 1680.
DICKSON, WILLIAM (otherwise written Dikson, and Dixon), in 1642 owned the estate fronting on Brattle Squarc, extending from Mount Auburn Street to Winthrop Street. At what time this residence was changed does not dis- tinctly appear. But, at an early period the Dickson family occupied an es-
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tate on the easterly side of Menotomy River, extending from North Avenue to the Winter Hill road, a portion of which remained until very recently in their possession. Mr. Diekson, by his w. Jane, had Mary, b. 10 Aug. 1644. d. 21 July 1648; Lydia, bap. here, and d. young; Abigail, b. 10 Mar. 1647-8, m. - Thwing, and d. before 1692, leaving an only son William; Mary, b. 17 Jan. 1649-50, m. prob. - Butterfield; Hannah, bap. here, m. Stephen Francis 16 Sept. 1633; John, b. 21 Mar. 1655-6. WILLIAM the f. d. 5 Aug. 1692, a. 78; his wife Jane d. 4 Dee. 1689, a. 73.
2. JOHN, S. of William (1), m. Margery (or Margaret), dau. of Edward Winship, 12 May 1687, and had Jane, b. 4 Oct. 1688, m. Josepli Robbins, 3 Aug. 1709; he d. and she m. John Green before 1737; Elizabeth, bap. 24 July 1698, in. Hubbard Russell, 9 May 1710; William, bap. 24 July 1698; John, bap. 24 July 1698; Margery, b. 11 Dee. 1698, m. Samuel Carter of Woburn, 30 June 1719; Edward, b. 16 Jan. 1701-2. JOHN the f. d. 22 Mar. 1736-7, a. 81; his w. Margaret d. 6 Oct. 1734, a. 70.
3. WILLIAM, s. of John (2), m. Ruth, dau. of Solomon Prentice, 12 June 1718, and had William, b. 26 Ap. 1719; Solomon, b. 8 June 1720, d. 3 Aug. 1720; Solomon, bap. 27 Aug. 1721, d. young; Ruth, bap. 21 July 1723, d. 19 Sept. 1723 ; Josiah, bap. 15 Nov. 1724 ; Ruth, bap. 23 Oct. 1726, in. - Teel; Margery, bap. 12 Jan. 1728-9, m. Joseph Cook, Jr., 13 May 1756; Jonas, bap. 15 Feb. 1729-30, d. young; Jonas, bap. 28 May 1732, d. young ; Lydia, bap. 8 June 1735, m. Samuel Prentice (pub. 17 Oet. 1765) ; Jane, bap. 31 Oct. 1736, m. - Teel; Isaac, bap. 26 Mar. 1738, d. young; Hannah, bap. 29 July 1739, d. 13 Jan. 1739-40; Jonas, b. 28 May 1741, d. 5 July 1749. WILLIAM, the f. d. 15 Jan. 1768, a. 74; his w. Ruth d. 12 June 1776, a. 73. After 1720, Mr. Diekson seems to have resided on the Charlestown part of the estate.
4. JOHN, s. of John (2), m. Mary, dau. of Walter Russell 4 Aug. 1725, and had John, b. 31 Mar. 1726; Walter, b. 18 Mar. 1728-9; Mary, bap. 5 Dec. 1731, mn. Patten Russell of Chs. 25 July 1749, and d. 12 Feb. 1813. a. 82. JOHN the f. d. 26 July 1775, a. 80; his w. Mary d. 4 July 1770, a. 63.
5. EDWARD, S. of John (2), m. Martha, dau. of Henry Dunster, 18 Mar. 1730-31, and had Edward, bap. 2 Ap. 1732, d. 3 May 1732; Martha, b. 8 Dee. 1734, d. unm. May 1788; Edward, b. 7 June 1737, d. without issue, 30 Oet. 1820, a. 83; Elizabeth, bap. 4 Nov. 1739, m. Samuel Cook, Jr., 26 Ap. 1764; Henry, bap. 8 Nov. 1741; Gilbert, bap. 18 Nov. 1744; Isaiah, bap. 12 Ap. 1747; Abigail, named in her father's will, and prob. b. 1749, d. unm. 6 July 1817, a. 68. EDWARD the f. d. May 1788, a. 86.
6. WILLIAM, s. of William (3), m. Elizabeth Lawrenee 3 Dec. 1741, and had in Camb. William, b. 9 Aug. 1742, d. 5 Dec. 1744 ; Aaron, b. 10 Aug. 1744, d. 10 July 1749; William, b. 28 Feb. 1745-6, d. 2 Nov. 1746 ; Jonathan, b. 23 Ap. 1748. His w. d. 24 Feb. 1753, a. 32, and he in. Rachel -, and had in Chs. Rachel, b. 12 Sept. 1754 ; William, b. 14 Aug. 1757 ; Elizabeth, b. 10 June 1760, d. 13 Ang. 1761; Elizabeth, b. 27 May 1763; Aaron, b. 1 Oct. 1767. WILLIAM the f. d. 28 Jan. 1801, a. 82; his w. Rachel d. 21 May 1796, a. 65.
7. JOSIAII, s. of William (3), had dau. Mary, b. 10 Ap. 1750.
8. JOHN, s. of John (4), m. Sarah Whittemore 19 Jan. 1748-9, and had Sarah, b. 10 Aug. 1749, in. Jolin Blanehard (pub. 6 Jan. 1767) ; John, bap. 17 Feb. 1750-51, m. Sarah Butterfield 6 Oct. 1771 ; a child, b. and d. 22 Ap. 1753; Susanna, bap. 28 Dec. 1755, mn. Joseph Shaw, 23 Jan. 1777 ; David, bap. 6 Aug. 1758. JOHN the f. d. 1762 (administration granted 28 June) ; his w. Sarah d. 13 May 1777, a. 51.
9. WALTER, s. of John (4), m. Anna Cutter of Charlestown, 3 May 1750, and had Anna, b. 1 Oet. 1752, m. Richard Peiree 21 Oet. 1777; Mary, b. 23 Mar. 1755, m. Jonathan Butterfield 4 Aug. 1772; Esther, b. 23 Aug. 1757, m. JJoseph Tufts 23 Dee. 1779; Rebecca, b. 16 Oct. 1759, d. 29 July 1765 ; Lucy, b. 12 May 1764, living unm. in 1798; Walter, b. 9 Dee. 1767, m. Anna Tufts 3 Jan. 1793. WALTER the f. d. 1798; his w. d. at Groton, 4 Ap. 1819, a. 89.
10. HENRY, s. of Edward (5), m. Elizabeth Cox 24 July 1766; she d. and he m. Sarah, dan. of Samuel Cook, 15 Nov. 1774; she d. about 1785, and he
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m. Mercy -. His children were Elizabeth, b. 1767, d. unm. 3 Mar. 1800 ; Eunice Cook, bap. 17 May 1778, m. John Goddard 21 Dec. 1806; Henry, bap. 21 Feb. 1790. HENRY the f. resided at the easterly corner of North Avenue and Cedar Street, and d. 23 Sept. 1815, a. 74, leaving only one surviving ehild, Mrs. Goddard, who inherited the homestead; his w. Mercy d. 4 Dec. 1815, a. 69 or 71.
11. GILBERT, s. of Edward (5), m. Martha -, and had in Pepperell, Hannah, b. 13 May 1773, m. Thomas Rundle of Boston 17 July 1810; Sally, b. 21 Feb. 1775, m. Joshua Shed; Patty, b. 9 Feb. 1778, d. 6 Aug. 1868; in Acton, John, b. 29 Dec. 1781; Polly. b. 4 Oet. 1783, m. - Hosley; in Pep- perell, Lydia, b. 10 Sept. 1787; and in Camb., Nabby, b. 17 Sept. 1790, m. Walter Fisk. GILBERT the f. d. of lockjaw 15 Sept. 1818, a. 74 ; his w. Martha d. 28 June 1800, a. 50.
12. ISAIAH, s. of Edward (5), m. Judæ (Judithi) Symmes of Woburn 15 May 1773, and had John Eliot, bap. 9 Feb. 1777, d. 1783 ; Judith, bap. 10 Nov. 1781, d. 1783. His w. Judith d. 1783, and he m. Sarah -, and had Edward (prob. the same who d. at Bedford 23 Mar. 1825, a. 33), Ann, and Abigail, who all survived him. ISAIAH the f. d. 2 Aug. 1805, a. 59.
13. JONATHAN, S. of William (6), m. Martha Cook 7 Mar. 1771, and had several children who died in infaney. I find no record of any who survived, nor of the death of the parents.
14. WILLIAM, s. of William (6), m. Rachel Cutter 15 May 1792, and had William, bap. 6 Oct. 1793; Rachel, bap. 16 Sept. 1798 ; Oliver, bap. 11 Jan. 1801, d. young ; Martha, bap. 17 July 1803, d. unm. 19 June 1839; Oliver, bap. 8 Sept. 1805: Mary Cutler, bap. 17 July 1808. WILLIAM the f. d. 15 Ap. 1835, a. 78; his w. Rachel d. 15 Aug. 1842, a. 76.
15. AARON, s. of William (6), m. Lucy Cutter 21 Nov. 1797, and d. 2 Oct. 1805, a. 38.
MARY, m. Capt. Samuel Chandler 4 Nov. 1777. JOHN, m. Eleanor Russell 23 June 1781. JOSIAH, m. Sally Cooper 10 July 1788. Wid. SARAH, d. 13 Sept. 1780. SALLY, d. 16 Nov. 1792, a. 23. ELIZABETH, d. 11 Feb. 1793, a. 20. Mrs. HANNAH, d. 31 July 1801, a. 45.
DOOLITTLE, JOHN, m. Sibilla Nutt, wid. of Miles Nutt of Chs., 30 Oct. 1674. She d. in Malden 23 Sept. 1690, a. 82. He is called by Dr. Bond of Runney Marsh.
DRUCE, VINCENT (otherwise written Druse, Drusse, and on the list of Freemen, 1645, " Vincent Ruth"), removed from Hingham and purchased a farm on the south side of the river, adjoining Brookline, 4 Feb. 1650-51. He was father of Vincent, and probably also of John of Roxbury who was slain in Philip's War, to whom Eliot refers in the Roxbury Church Record, under date of 24 July 1675: "John Druse dyed in the warrs, and was there buried; he acquited himselfe valiantly."
2. VINCENT, s. of Vincent (1), had John, b. 25 Feb. 1668-9; Mehetabel, b. 26 Sept. 1670; Mary, b. 7. Aug. 1672; Deliverance, b. 15 Mar. 1674-5. VIN- CENT the f. d. 1683; his w. - and these four children survived.
DUDLEY, THOMAS, was one of the founders of Cambridge, and among thie first who erected houses here in the spring of 1631. He remained here only a few years; but removed to Ipswich about the time of Hooker's removal to Hartford, and thence to Roxbury before the elose of 1636. During his whole life in New England, and even before the colonists left England, he was a member of the government. First eleeted an Assistant in England in 1629, he held that office eight different years, was Deputy Governor thirteen years, and Governor four years, to wit, 1634, 1640, 1645, 1650; Commissioner of the United Colonies, 1643, 1647, 1649, and President 1647, 1649. His military skill and energy seem to have been appreciated; he commanded a company of eighty volunteers at the siege of Amiens in 1597; was appointed Lieut .- eol- oncl of the Southern regiment, on the first military organization of the Colony, in 1636, and Major-general of all the forces, 1644. So entirely was his life devoted to the public service, that a particular biography of liim would be a general history of the Colony during the same period. Gov. Dudley was twice
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married; by his first wife, Dorothy, he had five children. who came to N. Eng .; she d. 27 Dec. 1643, and he m. Katherine, wid. of Samuel Hagburne, 14 Ap. 1644, by whom he had three children. Besides these, it is not improbable that Thomas Dudley, of Emanuel College 1626, A. M. 1630, was also his son; but there is no evidence that he came to N. Eng., and he is not named in the Governor's will. The known children were Samuel, b. 1606; Ann, b. 1613, m. Simon Bradstreet; Patience, m. Daniel Denison, and d. 1690; Sarah, m. Maj. Benjamin Keayne, and - Pacy; she d. 3 Nov. 1659, leaving an only child Ann (by her first husband), who m. Edward Lane, and Col. Nicholas Paige, and d. without surviving issue, 30 June 1704; and thus this branch of the Dudley family, and the entire family of Capt. Robert Keayne, became extinct; Mercy, b. 27 Sept. 1621, m. Rev. John Woodbridge, and d. at New- bury 1 July 1691, having had eleven children, three of whom were clergymen; Deborah, b. 27 Feb. 1644-5, m. Maj. Jonathan Wade of Medford, and d. about 1685; Joseph, b. 23 Sept. 1647, m. Rebecca, dau. of Edw. Tyng, and was successively Representative of Roxbury, Assistant, President of New England, Counsellor under Andros, Governor of the Isle of Wight, and mem- ber of the British Parliament, Chief Justice of New York, and Governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire ; he d. at Roxbury, 2 Ap. 1720, a. 72; Paul, b. 8 Sept. 1650, m. Mary, dau. of Gov. John Leverctt, was a " well accomplished merchant," (Sewall) Register of Probate for a short period, and d. 1 Dec. 1681, a. 31. The posterity of Gov. Dudley, in these several branches, is a multitude which no man can number. Among them have been many representatives in Cambridge. The residence of Governor Dudley, while he remained here, was on the northwesterly corner of Dunster and South streets; his house lot, which contained half an acre, extended westerly nearly to Brighton Street. He died at Roxbury 31 July 1653, a. 76; his w. Katherine m. Rev. John Allen of Dedham, and d. 29 Aug. 1671.
2. SAMUEL, s. of Thomas (1), came here and departed with his father. While here he resided at the southeast corner of Dunster and Mount Auburn streets. He was three times married; first to Mary, dau. of Gov. John Winthrop, who d. 12 Ap. 1643. He resided for short periods at Boston, . Ipswich, and Salisbury; was Representative 1641, 1644; and settled in the ministry at Exeter, N. H., 1650, where he d. 1683, a. 77. His children, ac- cording to Farmer, were Thomas, bap. 9 Mar. 1634, grad. H. C. 1657, d. 7 Nov. 1655; John, bap. 28 June 1635; Margaret ; Samuel, bap. 2 Aug. 1639, d. 17 Ap. 1643 ; Anne, b. 16 Oct. 1657, m. Edward Hilton of Exeter; The- ophilus, b. 4 Oct. 1644; Mary, b. and d. 1646 ; Biley, b. 27 Sept. 1647; Mary, b. 1649, m. Samuel Hardy, a schoolmaster, of Beverly, 24 Jan. 1676; Thomas ; Stephen ; James ; Timothy ; Abigail; Dorothy ; Rebecca; Elizabeth, who m. Kinsley Hall; Samuel. His descendants are very numerous, particularly in New Hampshire. See Dudley Genealogies, by Dean Dudley, pp. 19, 20.
DUNKLIN, NATHANIEL (otherwise written Duntlin), owned land at Cam- bridge Farms, in 1699. NATHANIEL, probably the same, by w. Mary, had Robert, b. 13 Mar. 1709-10.
DUNSTER, HENRY, President of Harvard College from 27 Aug. 1640 to 24 Oct. 1654, m. Elizabeth, wid. of Rev. Jose Glover, 21 June 1641; she d. 23 Aug. 1643, and he m. Elizabeth -, and had David, b. 16 May 1645, who was an expensive son to his mother, went to England about 1664, and returned not; Dorothy, b. 29 Jan. 1647-8, prob. d. young; Henry, b. about 1650, prob. d. young; Jonathan, b. 28 Sept. or 27 Oct. 1653; Elizabeth, b. 29 Dec. 1656, was the second wife of Major Jonathan Wade of Medford (by whom she had Elizabeth, b. 1687, d. unm. 19 Aug. 1721; Dorothy, b. 17 Feb. 1689, d. young); Major Wade d. 24 Nov. 1689 and she mn. Colonel Nathaniel Thomas of Marshfield (a Judge of the Sup. Court), about 1714 ; he d. 22 Oct. 1718, and she returned to Medford, where she d. between 31 May and 8 Nov. 1729. HENRY the f. d. at Scituate 27 Feb. 1658-9, and was buried in Cambridge, as specially directed in his will; his w. Elizabeth d. 2 Sept. 1690, a. 60, according to the Record; but she was probably somewhat older. In a memoir, formerly in possession of Rev. Samuel Sewall of Bur-
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lington, drawn up by his predecessor, Rev. John Marrett, a lineal descendant of this family, it is said that President Dunster was son of Henry, of Bale- hoult, England, a man liberally educated and living 20 Mar. 1640, as appears by a letter from him of that date; that he had three brothers, Thomas, Richard, and Robert, and two sisters, Faith, who m. Edmund Rice of Sud- bury, and had many children, and Dorothy, who m. [Simon] Willard and had children. The marriage of Faith to Edmund Riee I have not been able to verify; nor have I found evidence that Dorothy was the name of Mrs. Wil- lard. In the Amer. Quar. Reg., 1839, it is stated that Major Willard in. two of Mr. Dunster's sisters; but their names are given as Elizabeth (or Isabel), and Mary. Mr. Dunster, in his will, speaks of his sister Willard, and also of sister Hills, understood to be the w. of Joseph Hills of Malden; but Mr. Hills m. Helen Adkinson (or Atkinson) in Jan. 1655-6, who was prob. living at the date of the will, 1658; she may, however, have been a widow, at the time of this marriage, or she may have been sister to Mrs. Dunster, and sister-in-law to the testator. He also speaks of his cousin Bowers (the wife of Benanuel), and cousin Faith Dunster. It is singular that so much obscurity should rest on such a distinguished family, even the name or origin of his wife not being known. The only clue which the most diligent search has obtained, is a bequest to her, in his will, of " twelve or sixteen books brought by her out of England."
2. JONATHAN, s. of Henry (1) m. Abigail Eliot, prob. dau. of Francis of Braintree, 5 Dec. 1678; she d. and he m. Deborah, dau. of Maj. Jonathan Wade of Medford (by his first wife), 5 Ap. 1692; after her deathi he in. Ruth, wid. of Joshua Eaton of Reading, - marriage contract signed 23 Nov. 1719. His children were (by first wife), Henry, b. 17 July, 1680; Elizabeth, b. 22 Feb. 1681-2, d. young ; and by second wife, Jonathan, b. 1695, d. unm. 11 April 1742, aged 47; Elizabeth, b. about 1699, m. Philip Carteret (or De Carteret), and d. 25 Jan. 1787, aged 87, as inscribed on her gravestone; Thomas, b. -, d. unm. between 3 Ap. 1726 and 1 Ap. 1728; Dorothy, b. 1702, m. Solomon Page of Hampton, N. H. (prob. the graduate H. C. 1729), 13 Ap. 1732, and d. 13 Oct. 1741, leaving five children ; David, b. 1705. JONATHAN the f. d. 1725; his w. Ruth m. Lieut. Amos Marrett 22 Nov. 1732, and after his death, Peter Hayes of Stoneham, pub. 30 Sept. 1742.
3. HENRY, s. of Jonathan (2), nı. Martha, dau. of Jason Russell, 25 Feb. 1707-8, and had Martha, b. 7 Feb. 1708-9, m. Edward Dickson 18 Mar. 1730-31; Mary, b. 7 July, 1712, mn. Amos Marrett 21 Sept. 1732; Abigail, bap. 21 Mar. 1713-14, m. James Cutler (pub. 29 Oct. 1737); Elizabeth, b. 7 July 1717, d. 7 Nov. 1717; Isaiah, b. 21 Oct. 1720, grad. H. C. 1741, or- dained in the north parish of Harwich (now Brewster) 2 Nov. 1748, and d. 18 Jan. 1791, a. 70; Henry, b. 13 Feb. 1722-3; Elizabeth, bap. 10 May 1724, d. young; Jason, bap. 18 July 1725; Eunice, bap. 26 May 1728, d. young; Jonathan, bap. 1 June 1729, d. young; Ruth, bap. 7 Oct. 1733, d. 30 June 1735. HENRY the f. d. 28 Jan. 1753, a. 72; his w. Martha m. Francis Locke 15 Mar. 1759.
4. DAVID, s. of Jonathan (2), m. Mary, dau. of Hubbard Russell, and had Elizabeth, bap. 25 Ap. 1731 ; Mary, bap. 4 Mar. 1732-3 ; Margery, b. 1739; and others. Mr. Dunster resided in Menotomy; but removed to Westminster (being dismissed from the Church 17 Oct. 1742, to help form a Church at Narragansett No. 2), where he d. 1758, leaving w. Mary, and chil. Hubbard ; Thomas ; Elizabeth, w. of James Taylor; Mary, w. of David Bemis; Margery ; Ruhamah ; Carteret ; Henry.
5. HENRY, s. of Henry (3), m. Abigail Moore 27 Ap. 1748, and had (posthumous), a daughter, b. and d. 4 Mar. 1748-9. He d. 13 Oct. 1748, a. 25; his w. Abigail, m. Jonathan Harrington of Lex. (pub. 9 June 1750).
6. JASON, s. of Henry (3), m. Rebecca, dau. of Samuel Cutter 26 Oct. 1749, and had Ruth, b. 10 Aug. 1750; Rebecca, b. 17 Aug. 1752, d. 5 July 1753; Henry, b. 4 Aug. 1754; Rebecca, b. 18 June 1756; Martha, b. 28 Aug. 1758; Josiah, b. 10 Ap. 1761; Jason, b. 27 Mar. 1763; Samuel Cutter, b. 20 Ap. 1766. Before 5 Aug. 1769 Mr. Dunster removed to Mason, N. H., and d. 1 805, a. 80.
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7. HENRY, parentage not ascertained, had Elizabeth, bap. 24 May, 1767.
ELIZABETH, called cousin by Henry (1), m. Benanuel Bowers, 9 Dec. 1653. FAITH, called cousin by Henry (1), m. Jolin Page, at Groton, 12 May 1664.
DUTTON, ELIZABETH, m. Benjamin Crackbone 6 Nov. 1657.
EAGER, WILLIAM (otherwise written Agur, Egar, and Eger), m. Ruth Hill in Malden, 1659, and was here between 1672 and 1682. His w. Ruth d. 16 Jan. 1679-80, and he m. Hester Cole (Lydia, wid. of Arthur?) 13 Ap. 1680. His children, born here, were Zerubbabel, b. 8 June 1672; Martha, b. 26 Nov. 1674; Ruth, b. 1 Feb. 1677; Sarah, b. 25 June 1679; Margaret, b. 25 May 1681. WILLIAM the f. d. at Marlborough 4 Ap. 1690; in his will, dated Dec. 1687, he speaks of his w. Lydia, and children, William, Zachary, Abraham, Zerubbabel, James, Jacob, Sarah, Margaret, Mercy, Lydia, Esther, Ruth, and one unborn. Many of his descendants may be found in the County of Wor- cester, especially in the vicinity of Shrewsbury. " Abraham (w. Lydia), Zech- ariah (w. Elizabeth), Zerubbabel (m. Hannah Kerly 1697), had children in Marlborough, from about 1693." Barry's Ilist. Fram. In Camb., Mercy m. David Morse of Newton 1 May 1706, and Margaret m. Isaac Manning 8 Ap. 1708.
EAMES. THOMAS (having previously resided at Dedham, where he had John, b. 16 May, 1641, d. 17 Sept. 1641; John, b. 6 Oct. 1642, and Mary, b. 24 May. 1645), m. Mary, wid. of Jonathan Paddlefoot, and had Thomas, bap. here 12 July 1663; at Sudbury, Samuel, b. 15 Jan. 1664-5; Margaret, b. 8 July 1666; Nathaniel, b. 30 Dec. 1668; and at Framingham, Sarah, b. 3 Oct. 1670; Lydia, b. 29 June 1672. While at Framingham his house was de- stroyed, and his wife and some of his children were killed by the Indians. He d. 25 Jan. 1680, a. about 62. See Barry's Hist. Framingham.
EASON, JOSEPH, owned a two-acre lot on the northerly side of Brattle Street in 1635, which he sold about 1638, to Abraham Morrill. He "re- moved early to Hartford." Savage.
EATON, NATHANIEL, styled a schoolmaster by Winthrop, and brother to Gov. Theophilus Eaton, was the first teacher at Harvard College, before it was fully organized by the appointment of Dunster to be President. Mather re- lates that while preparations were in progress for the erection of a college edi- fice " a society of scholars, to lodge in the new nests, were forming under the conduct of one Mr. Nathaniel Eaton, a blade who marvellously deceived the expectations of good men concerning him; for he was one fitter to be master of Bridewell than a College; and though his avarice was notorious enough to get the name of a Philargyrius fixed upon him, yet his cruelty was more scandal- ous than his avarice. He was a rare scholar himself, and he made many more such; but their education truly was in the school of Tyrannus." His severity and other misconduct attracted public attention. He was fined and discharged from his office by the General Court, and excommunicated by the Church. He fled to Virginia, and subsequently to England, where he is said to have died in prison for debt after rendering himself an object of detestation by his persecution of his former brethren in the faith. While he remained in Virginia " he sent for his wife and children. Her friends here persuaded her to stay a while, but she went notwithstanding, and the vessel was never heard of after." (Winthrop.) One child, Benoni, remained in Cambridge; the names of the others are not known.
2. BENONI, s. of Nathaniel (1), was brought up in the family of Deac. Chesholme, and the Church contributed something for his maintenance. He became a maltster, and res. at the S. W. corner of Dunster and Winthrop streets. By his w. Rebecca, he had Anna, b. 7 Sept. 1672, d. 5 Oct. 1673; Theophilus, b. 20 Sept. 1674; the following also were probably his children: Rebecca, who in. John Bunker 28 Ap. 1690; Nathaniel, who d. 22 Feb. 1690-91, a. 24; and, perhaps, Ursula, who m. Jacob Parker of Boston 29 Ap. 1708. BENONI the f. d. 20 Dec. 1690; his wid. Rebecca m. John Hast- ings 28 Sept. 1691.
ALBEE, m. Francis Moore 7 Sept. 1650. WILLIAM, nI. Elizabeth Osborn, in Camb., 1 Jan. 1781.
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ECCLES, RICHARD, resided for a time on the westerly side of the Common, and afterwards on the westerly corner of Brattle and Ash streets. By his w. Mary he had Timothy, b. 15 Mar. 1644-5, d. 21 Nov. 1656. Mary, m. John Watson of Roxbury; Anna (or Hannah), m. Gershom Brooks of Concord; Martha, m. Thomas Andrew 30 Oct. 1673. His w. Mary d. 23 Aug. 1675, and he m. Susanna Carter 4 June 1677. Mr. Eccles was a weaver, and d. before 10 Mar. 1696-7, wlien the estate was sold by his daus. Mary and Anna (both widows), and Martha, whose husband, Thomas Andrew, joined in the sale.
ELDRED, SAMUEL, by w. Elizabeth, had Elizabeth, b. 26 Oct. 1642; Samuel, b. 26 Oct. 1644; Mary, b. 15 June 1646; Thomas, b. 8 Sept. 1648; no further trace of the family is found here.
ELIOT, JOHN, styled the " Apostle to the Indians," was for nearly sixty years minister at Roxbury, where he d. 20 May 1690. By his w. Ann (or Hannah), he had Hannah, b. 17 Sept. 1633; John, b. 31 Aug. 1636 ; Joseph, b. 20 Dec. 1638, grad. H. C. 1658, minister at Guilford, Conn., where he d. 24 May 1694; Samuel, b. 22 June 1641, grad. H. C. 1660, Fellow of the Col- lege and candidate for the ministry, d. 1 Nov. 1664; Aaron, b. 19 Feb. 1643-4, d. 18 Nov. 1655 ; Benjamin, b. 29 Jan. 1646-7, grad. H. C. 1665, assisted his father in the ministry, and d. 15 Oct. 1687.
2. JOHN, s. of John (1), grad. H. C. 1656, was ordained 20 July 1664, the first minister at Cambridge Village (now Newton), m. Sarah, dau. of Thomas Willett of Swansea (first English mayor of New York); she d. 13 June 1664 (or 1665, as Jackson says), and he m. Elizabeth, dau. of Gen. Daniel Gookin, 23 May 1666. By his first wife he had Sarah, bap. 21 Sept. 1662, mn. John Bowles of Roxbury 16 Nov. 1681; and by his second wife, John, b. 28 April 1667, who was educated by his grandparents, grad. H. C. 1685, and res. in Windsor, Conn. JOHN the f. d. 11 Oct. 1668; his widow Elizabeth m. Col. Edmund Quincy 8 Dec. 1680. Mr. Eliot "was a person of notable accom- plishments, and a lively, zealous, acute preacher, not only to the English at New. Cambridge, but also to the Indians thereabout." Mather.
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