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3. SAMUEL, s. of Daniel (1), by w. Mary, had Mary, b. 26 Aug. 1679, In. Dr. Samuel Gedney of Salem, 2 May 1701, and Rev. Theophilus Cotton of Hampton 16 Aug. 1711; he d. 18 Aug. 1726, and she in. - Newmarch; Elizabeth, b. 11 Nov. 1681, m. Rev. Daniel Greenleaf of Portsmouth 18 Nov. 1701 (of Yarmouth in 1723) ; Samuel, b. 14 Aug. 1683; Nathaniel, b. 16 Feb. 1685-6, d. young ; Daniel. His w. Mary d. after 29 Ap. 1707, and he m. Mrs. Hannah Biseoe of Watertown (wid. of Thomas Biscoe) 28 Sept. 1708. SAMUEL the f. res. on the easterly side of Holyoke Street, about one hundred feet southerly from Harvard Street, where he d. 16 Sept. 1730, a. 78. He inherited his father's military spirit, and was a Captain as early as 1692, when he was commissioned to settle difficulties existing at Little Compton. He was aetive also in raising troops for the expedition to Canada in 1711. Captain Gookin seems to have been more moderate than his father in opposi- tion to arbitrary power ; as in May 1687 he was appointed Sheriff of Middle- sex by the Andros Administration. At the Revolution, John Green was rein- stated Marshal-general, and Gookin probably went out of office. Green died 3 Mar. 1690-91, and two days afterwards Gookin was appointed Marshal-gen- eral, - equivalent to High Sheriff of the Colony. After the form of govern- ment was changed by the new charter, this offiee was abolished, and High Sheriffs were appointed in each county. Gookin held this office for a time in Suffolk, and was afterwards appointed, 1702, to the same offiee in Middlesex, which he held (except from Dee. 1715 to July 1717) until 27 July 1729.
4. NATHANIEL, s. of Daniel (1), grad. H. C. 1675, and after assisting Pres. Oakes in the ministry a few years, was ordained minister of the First Church
for all due damages. Hereof you are to make a true return under your hand. Dated this 27th of November, 1676. By the Court, SAMUEL GREEN." At the trial, "John Johnson, aged about 39 years, doth say that sometime in November last, near to Mr. Danforth's house, he saw Major Gookin, with sundry others, among whom was Caleb Grant and some of his brethren, and at a distance I saw Major Gookin hold up his
staff over the head of Caleb Grant, and lay his hand on his shoulder, but I saw no blow given, nor heard any further. Major Goo- kin doth confess this testimony, he being greatly abused. 19. 10. 76. 'T. D. R." An- other witness testified that he heard the ob- jectionable words. The jury rendered this verdict: " In the case between Caleb Grant, plaintive, and Major Gookin, defendant, we find for the defendant cost of court."
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in Cambridge, 15 Nov. 1682. Judge Sewall noticed the ordination thus : " Mr. Sherman ordains Mr. Nath. Gookin Pastor of Camb. Church. Mr. Eliot gives the right hand of fellowship, first reading the Scripture that war- rants it. Mr. Sherman, Eliot, and Mather laid on hands. Then Mr. Gookin ordained Deae. Stone and Mr. Clark Ruling Elders. The presence of God seemed to be with his people. Mr. Jona. Danforth, the Deputy Governor's only son, lay by the wall, having departed on Monday morning, (13th) of a consumption."" Mr. Gookin m. Hannah, dau. of Ilabijah Savage (whose wid. Hannah was the last w. of Gen. Gookin), and had Nathaniel, b. 15 Ap. 1687, grad. H. C. 1703, minister at Hampton, N. H., and d. 25 Aug. 1734; (leaving son Nathaniel, grad. II. C. 1731, ordained at North Hampton, N. H., 31 Oct. 1739, and d. 22 Oet. 1766, a. 53;) Habijah, b. 23 Jan. 1689-90, d. 1 Ang. 1690; Hannah, b. about 1692, m. Vincent Carter of Charlestown. NATHANIEL the f. was eut off in the midst of his usefulness 7 Aug. 1692, at the early age of 36. His w. Hannah d. 14 May 1702, a. 34. The affection and esteem cherished by the Church and town towards her, are manifested by their frequent donations while she lived, and by assuming the direction and charge of her funeral, as they had previously defrayed the expense of her husband's burial.
5. EDMUND, S. of Daniel (2), was a joiner and owned the homestead in Sherburne, 1718, which he sold to his brother Richard 4 Sept. 1722. He m. Sarah Thompson of Boston 27 Oct. 1715, and had Elizabeth, b. 23 Nov. 1716; Mary, b. 1 Mar. 1718; Daniel, b. 11 Mar. 1720, d. 12 May 1720.
6. RICHARD, s. of Daniel (2), was a husbandman for a short time in Chelmsford, but afterwards bought the homestead in Sherburne and was there an innholder; this estate he sold 29 July 1729, and rem. to Dedham. He m. Margaret Morse 19 Feb. 1716-17, and had at Sherburne Bethia, b. 14 Jan. 1717-18, d. unm. at Dedham 14 Ap. 1768; Hannah, b. 22 Dee. 1722, d. 11 Sept. 1723; Daniel, b. 13 Jan. 1725-6, d. 13 Nov. 1729; Richard (twin), b. 13 Jan. 1725-6, d. 15 Jan. 1725-6; also at Dedham, Mary, b. 8 May 1729, d. 28 Sept. 1734; Margaret, b. 15 Feb. 1733-4, m. William Smith 3 May 1753; Daniel, b. 23 Mar. 1735-6; Edmund, b. 8 May 1738; Hannah, b. 20 Aug. 1740, d. 22 Aug. 1740; Samuel, b. 29 May 1743. RICHARD the f. d. 23 Feb. 1754 ; his w. Margaret d. about 1771, and her son Daniel was ap- pointed administrator 5 Ap. 1771.
7. SAMUEL, S. of Samuel (3), inherited the homestead and the military spirit of his father. He served as a Lieutenant in the expedition against Port Royal, 1710,and was afterwards a Captain, by which appellation he was gen- erally known. He was appointed Deputy Sheriff by his father in 1702, when he was only nineteen years old; which office he held for sixty-four years, a longer term than I have elsewhere noticed. He was also appointed Crier of the Conrts in 1742, and remained in this office until 2 Dec. 1766; on which day is the last record of his appearance as Deputy Sheriff and Crier. Towards the close of life, his financial affairs appear to have become embarrassed. Having disposed of sundry other lots of land, he sold the homestead in 1754, reserving a life-estate therein to himself and his wife. His life-estate he sold to Rev. East Apthorp, in 1760, and purchased a house and lands at the N. W. corner of Holyoke and South streets, for the use of himself and wife dur- ing their lives, and then to descend one half to their daughter Mary, and one quarter cach to Benjamin and Priscilla Hill, children of Mrs. Gookin by a former husband. He was twice married, (1) to Susanna, dau. of Capt. Josiah Parker, 28 Feb. 1711-12, by whom he does not appear to have had any chil- dren; (2d) to Priscilla, wid. of Joseph Hill, and dau. of Daniel Dana, 15 May 1740, by whom he had Daniel, b. 28 Mar. 1741; Mary, bap. 24 Oet. 1742, m. James Kettle 1 Dec. 1763; he d. and she m. Joseph Jeffries before 1790, and d. in Boston 2 or 3 Aug. 1825, a. 83, leaving children. In recording her death Dr. Holmes adds the remark, " she was the last of the Gookin family in Cambridge." It is said by those who remember her, that although she possessed but a small estate, in her personal deportment she fully maintained the ancient dignity of her family. SAMUEL the f. d. prob. 1767, a. about 84;
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his w. Priscilla d. prob. - April 1785, at which date is recorded the death of " widow Gookin, an aged woman."
8. DANIEL, s. of Samucl (3), was also a Captain, and much engaged in public affairs. He in. Sarah Biscoe (wid. of John Biscoc) 9 July 1716, and had in Camb. Sarah, bap. 11 May 1718, d. young; Mary, bap. 24 Ap. 1720; Sarah, bap. 21 Oct. 1722; Samuel, bap. 31 Jan. 1724-5. He prob. was the same who rem. to Worcester, and was the first High Sheriff of Worcester County, from 1731 until his death in 1743. Wor. Mag., ii. 206.
9. DANIEL, s. of Richard (6), m. Hannah Child 24 Dec. 1761; she d. 7 May 1769, and he m. Susanna Whiting 12 Dec. 1771. His chil. born in Dedham, were Margaret, b. 21 Nov. 1762; Lydia, b. 7 Mar. 1765; Hannah, b. 23 Ap. 1769; and perhaps other.
10. EDMUND, s. of Richard (6), res. in Roxbury, m. a dau. of Seth Tucker, and d. 10 July 1810. He is said to have had three sons, Edmund, Squire, and Daniel, and four daughters, one of whom, Hannah, was under 14 years of age in 1765.
11. SAMUEL, s. of Richard (6), is called a surgeon in 1768. Hc res. in Dedham, m. Rebecca Swan 1 Dee. 1768, and had Richard, b. 6 Oct. 1769, set- tled in Haverhill, N. H .; William, b. 1784, settled in Rutland, Vt., and per- haps others.
12. SAMUEL, the reputed s. of Samuel (7) by Bethia Grover of Water- town, b. 1739, was placed under guardianship of Samuel Stratton 31 Mar. 1755, being then sixteen years old. He m. Mary Mullett 21 Dec. 1761 (being styled Samuel Gookin, Jr.), and had Mary, bap. 3 Oct. 1762, and others. SAMUEL the f. rem. to Suffield, Conn., and thence to Rupert, Vt., where he d. 2 April 1812.
13. EDMUND, s. of Edmund (10), res. in Brighton, and m. Sarah Learned 18 Oct. 1791, by whom he had William Boyes, bap. Ap. 1792, entered the Army, and is supposed to have died in the service; Sarah, bap. 14 Ap. 1793; Charlotte, bap. 14 Aug. 1796; Samuel Learned, b. - , established himself in business in Memphis, Tenn., and d. at Florence, Ala .; and perhaps others. EDMUND the f. d. at Claremont. N. H., about 1843.
14. SQUIRE, s. of Edmund (10), res. in Brighton, and in. Phebc, dau. of Deac. Thomas Thwing, 20 Sept. 1792, by whom he had Thomas Thwing, bap. 6 Jan. 1793, d. in Watertown 1 May 1842, leaving George Dana, m. Ann A. Plummer; Abijah Brown, m. Sarah F. Munroe; and others; Phebe, bap. 24 July 1794, d. unm. 23 Feb. 1860; Samuel, bap. 19 Aug. 1798, d. 15 Oct. 1842; Edmund Parker, bap. 1 Nov. 1801, d. 21 June 1839; George, hap. 24 Mar. 1805, d. unm. 6 Aug. 1856; Elizabeth Barker, bap. 11 Sept. 1808, died young; Charles, b. 3 July 1811, a merchant in Florence, Ala., where he in. Saralı M. Brocchus 3 Sept. 1838, and had five sons. SQUIRE the f. rem. to Camb., and d. 18 June 1833, a. 62. His w. Phebc d. 22 Dec. 1855, a. 81.
15. DANIEL s. of Edmund (10), rem. to New Hampshire, and d. about 1849, leaving son Daniel, and four daughters.
GOULD, THOMAS, by w. Mary, had Jacob, b. 16 Sept. 1643.
GOVE, JOHN, perhaps brother to Edward of Hampton, N. H., was a turner, and was here as early as 1657, when he bought an estate on the casterly side of Brighton Street, between Harvard Square and Mount Auburn Street, where he res. through life. He m. Mary Aspinwall 6 Oct. 1658 ; she d. 14 Nov. 1676, and he in. Mary Woodhead 15 Mar. 1676-7; she d. 11 Sept. 1700, a. 56, and he m. Elizabeth Waldin 2 Dec. 1700, who had previously been the wid. of
Batson. His children were Mary, b. 14 Sept. 1659, m. Henry Prentice 7 Ap. 1682; John, bap. 3 Mar. 1660-61, d. 28 Ap. 1679; Aspinwall, b. 2 and d. 11 Oct. 1661; Nathaniel, bap. 16 Nov. 1662, living in 1704; James, bap. 13 Dec. 1663; a child (name worn off) bap. 4 Aug. 1667 ; Jonathan, b. 19 Jan. 1677-8, d. 11 Oct. 1681; John, b. about 1680, d. 16 Jan. 1681-2; Jonathan, b. 3 May 1682; Sarah, b. 28 Aug 1686, living in 1704. JOHN the f. d. 24 Nov. 1704, a. 77. His w. Elizabeth was living in 1717.
2. JONATHAN, s. of John (1), m. Lydia, dau. of Deac. Samuel Cooper, 26 Dec. 1706, and had John, b. 2 Nov. 1707; Mary, b. 3 Mar. 1709-10, m. Jolin
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Walker 28 Oct. 1731 ; Lydia, b. 22 Aug. 1712, m. Jonathan Wellington of Weston Jan. 1730-31 ; Kezia, b. 17 Ap. 1715, m. Deac. Josephi Loring of Lex., pub. 2 Nov. 1735; Hannah, b. 27 Feb. 1717-18, m. Thomas Goddard 3 Jan. 1738-9; Sarah, b. Dec. 1720, d. 21 Jan. 1720-21; Jonathan, b. and d. 16 Feb. 1721-2; Jonathan, b. and d. 23 Oct. 1723; all, except the last three, living in 1742, at the date of their father's will. His w. Lydia d. at Weston 18 Ap. 1740, and he m. Hannah -, who survived him. JONATHAN the f. was a husbandman, and inherited the homestead, which he sold in 1706, and subse- quently owned and probably occupied a lot of two acres on the S. W. side of North Avenue, at its angle between the Railroad Bridge and Porter's Hotel. This estate he sold in 1729, and rem. probably about that time to Weston, where he d. 22 Dec. 1747. His will, dated 16 July 1742, was offered for pro- bate 15 Feb. 1747, but disallowed ; his son John administered.
GREEN, BARTHOLOMEW, was here in 1634, and had a house in the West Field, not far from the Botanic Garden, but prob. rem. to the S. W. corner of Brattle and Ash streets, where his widow resided in 1638. By his w. Eliza- beth, he had Samuel ; Nathaniel; Sarah, m. Thomas Longhorn about 1646; Phebe, m. William Healy 15 Aug. 1661; all prob. born in England. BAR- THOLOMEW the f. d. about 1638; his w. Elizabethi d. 28 Oct. 1677, a. 88, after a widowliood of about forty years.
2. PERCIVAL, perhaps a brother to Bartholomew (1), came here in 1635, in the Susan and Ellen, then aged 32. and resided on Holmes Place about mid- way between its eastern angle and North Avenue. By his w. Ellen, he had John, b. - June 1636; Elizabeth, b. - Ap. 1639. m. Jolin Hall of Concord 4 Ap. 1656, but subsequently res. here and d. at Medf. 14 Feb. 1713-14; PERCIVAL the f. d. 25 Dec. 1639, a. 36; his w. Ellen m. Thomas Fox about 1650, and d. 27 May 1682, a. 82.
3. SAMUEL, s. of Bartholomew (1), m. Jane, dau. of Guy Banbridge; she d. 16 Nov. 1657, and he m. Sarah, dau. of Elder Jonas Clark, 23 Feb. 1662-3. His children were Elizabeth, b. 16 Feb. 1640-41; Sarah, b. 7 Oct. 1642; Lydia, b. 23 Mar. 1644-5, d. young; Lydia, b. 13 Ap. 1646, d. young; Samuel, b. 6 Mar. 1647-8; Joseph, b. 7 Nov. 1649; Lydia, b. about 1651, d. 24 Sept. 1665 ; Debo- rah, b. 19 Mar. 1655-6; Jonas, b. 29 Jan. 1663-4; Lydia, b. 3 Nov. 1665; Bar- tholomew, b. 26 Oct. 1667 ; Mary, b. 6 Nov. 1669; Dorcas, b. 6 Sept. 1671 ; Timothy; and perhaps five more not recorded. Mr. Green is principally cele- brated as a printer, the conductor of the Cambridge printing-office about half a century, and the ancestor of a very numerous race of printers. Upon some dissatisfaction with Daye, who was the first to commence printing in New Eng- land, Green was appointed to take charge of the press, about 1649. Whether he had previously become acquainted with the business, under the direction of Daye, does not appear. But from this time forward, he devoted himself to this work. Thomas (Hist. Printing) gives a catalogue of books published under Green's superintendence; among which were the Indian New Testament, 1661, the Indian Bible, 1663, and a second edition of the same, six years in press, completed in 1685. Notwithstanding his employment, as sole master-printer in New England, Mr. Green found some leisure for civil and military duties. He was Town Clerk, 1694-1697, and Clerk of the Writs, from 1652 until a late period if not to the end of life. He had a passion for military exercises. Pro- motion was not as rapid then as now; and a practice thien prevailed, and con- tinued, I believe, until the Revolution, for a Captain to retain the command of his company, however highly promoted, so long as he remained in office; thus Gookin, a Captain about 1647, continued to be Captain of his company while he was Sergeant-major, and Major-general, the immediate command being ex- creised by a Lieutenant; hence Green remained long in a subordinate office before lie could attain high rank. He served as Sergeant in the expedition against Gorton Sept. 1643, and had probably held the same office previously; lie was appointed Ensign in 1660; was Lieutenant in 1686 ; and was commis- sioned Captain in 1689, when seventy-five years old, which station he seems to have held until death. See page 402. In an obituary notice of his son Bar- tholomew, published in thic News Letter, 4 Jan. 1733, it is stated that " Capt.
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Samuel Green, the famous printer of Cambridge . ... arrived with Gov. Win- throp in 1630; he eame in the same ship with the Hon. Thomas Dudley, Esq., and used to tell his children that upon their first eoming ashore, both he and several others were for some time glad to lodge in empty casks, to shelter them from the weather, for want of housing." Capt. Green res. from an early period on the lot afterwards occupied by Judge Trowbridge, on the northerly side of Mount Auburn Street, between Holyoke and Dunster streets. He d. 1 Jan. 1701-2, and his w. Sarah and his children, Jonas of New London, mari- ner, Bartholomew of Boston, printer, Joseph of Boston, tailor, and Timothy of Boston, printer, sold the homestead in 1707; after which time, very little traee is found here of this family.
4. NATHANIEL, s. of Bartholomew (1), was a " chandler " and res. on the homestead with his mother. It does not appear that he ever married. The last notice I have found of him is in 1693, when he and his brother Samuel sold the homestead.
5. JOHN, s. of Percival (2), m. Ruth, dau. of Edward Mitchelson 20 Oet. 1656, and had John, b. 24 July 1657; Nathaniel, b. 25 Sept. 1658 ; Percival, b. 29 Mar. 1660; Ruth, b. 25 Nov. 1661, m. Zechariah Hicks, 18 Nov. 1685 ; Samuel, b. 4 May 1663; Elizabeth, b. 22 Ap. 1665, m. Thomas Johnson 8 Jan. 1682-3 ; Edward, b. 15 Ap. 1667 ; Thomas, b. 7 Mar. 1668-9; Jonathan, b. prob. 1671 ; Bethia, b. 20 Jan. 1673-4, m. Joseph Hicks, and d. 12 Ap. 1708; Joseph, b. 24 Nov. 1675; Benjamin, b. 13 Aug. 1677; was living in 1696; Mitchelson, b. 14 Mar. 1680-81, d. 21 Oct. 1681 ; and Mary, b. - , m. Rev. Nathaniel Hunting of Easthampton, L. I., 27 Oet. 1701. JOHN the f. was a tailor. He succeeded his father-in-law, Mitchelson, 3 June 1681, as Mar- shal-general of the Colony. During the Andros administration, he was su- perseded in office by Samuel Gookin 1687, but was reinstated 15 Aug. 1689. He d. 3 Mar. 1690-91, a. nearly 55; his wid. Ruth m. Samuel Champney.
6. SAMUEL, s. of Samuel (3), was a printer in Boston as early as 1682, where he died of small pox in July 1690. His wife, who is reputed to have been a lady of rare accomplishments, died of the same disease within a few days afterwards.
7. BARTHOLOMEW, s. of Samuel (3), was a printer, and commeneed busi- ness at Boston, upon the death of his brother Samuel. A sketch of his labors and character is given in an obituary published soon after his death: He " first set up his press with his father in Cambridge, and afterwards removed to Boston; where, on Sept. 16, 1690, soon after he was first married, his press and letters, which were then esteemed the best that had been in the country, were consumed by a fire that began in the neighborhood; upon which he re- turned to Camb. and there continued till the winter 1692-3, when he eame baek to Boston, where he has been printer to the Governor and Couneil for near forty years, and of the Boston News Letter (exeepting a small intermis- sion), from its beginning." He was eommended "for a striet observing the Sabbatlı ; his household piety: his keeping close and diligent to the work of his calling ; his meek and peaceable spirit; his eaution of publishing anything offensive, light, or hurtful; and his tender sympathy to the poor and afflicted. He began to be pious in the days of his youth; and he would always speak of the wonderful spirit of piety that then prevailed in the land, with a singular pleasure." News Letter, 4 Jan. 1733. He was one of the Deacons of the Old South Church, and d. 28 Dee. 1732, a. 65. He left several children, of whom Mary was b. in Camb. 2 June 1691 ; one ni. John Draper, the sueeessor of Mr. Green in the publication of the News Letter ; and Bartholomew, a printer in Boston, 1727, rem. to Halifax, N. S., 1751, to establish a printing house, . where he died about a monthi afterwards, a. 52; one of the daughters of Bartholomew, Jr., was mother of Joseph Dennie, Editor of the Port Folio. Thomas's Hist. Printing.
8. TIMOTHY, s. of Samuel (3), was a printer in Boston 1700, rem. to Con- necticut 1714, was a Deacon, and d. at New London 5 May 1757, a. 78.
9. JOHN, s. of John (5), m. Mary, dau. of Joseph Bradish, 22 Nov. 1684, and had John, b. 23 Aug. 1688; Mary, bap. 26 June 1698; Sarah, b. 12 June 1701; Hannah, b. -; and perhaps others.
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10. NATHANIEL, s. of John (5), was living in 1691, but not named in his brother Edward's will, 1696.
11. PERCIVAL, s. of John (5), grad. H. C. 1680, preached a short time in Stow and also in Wells, Mc., but probably was not ordained. He d. here unm. 10 July 1684.
12. SAMUEL, s. of John (5), was a tailor, and res. here; he m. Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Sill, 18 Nov. 1685, and d. soon after 23 July 1692 (the date of his will), leaving children Samuel and Elizabeth.
13. EDWARD, S. of John (5), a ship-master, d. unm. in 1696. His will, datcd 4 Feb. 1695-6, was made on board ship.
14. THOMAS, s. of John (5), was living in 1691, but not named in his brother Edward's will, 1696.
15. JONATHAN, S. of John (5), a housewright, sold the homestead in 1696 to Joseph Coolidge, and rem. to Newton, where by w. Mary, he had Mary, b. 9 Feb. 1702; Jonathan, b. 31 May 1707, d. 1732; Ann, b. 4 Mar. 1713. JONATHAN the f. d. in 1736 ; his w. Mary d. in 1732.
16. JOSEPH, s. of John (5), grad. H. C. 1695, and was ordained at Salem village, or Danvers, 10 Nov. 1698. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Joseph Gerrish of Wenham, 16 Mar. 1698-9, and had Anna, b. 27 Nov. 1699, d. 8 Aug. 1725; John, b. 22 Dec. 1701, H. C. 1719; Joseph, b. 12 Dec. 1703; Ed- ward, b. 1 Dec. 1705; Elizabeth, b. 8 May 1708, d. 23 July 1732; William, b. 11 Aug. 1710; Benjamin, b. 1 July 1713; Ruth, posthumous, b. 23 Ap. 1716, d. 24 Aug. 1716. JOSEPH the f. d. 26 Nov. 1715; his w. Elizabeth m. Rev. William Brattle of Camb. and d. at Medf. 22 May 1747. See An Account of Percival and Ellen Green and some of their Descendants, by Samuel Abbot Green, M. D., City Physician of Boston.
17. JOHN, S. of John (9), m. Elizabeth Corcy 25 Jan. 1711-12, and had Joseph, b. 24 Oct. 1712.
WILLIAM, parentage unknown, by w. Mary, had Mary, b. 21 May 1661. JACOB, prob. of Chs., had s. Jacob, bap. 1714. ABIGAIL, In. William Stevens 1 July 1673. JAMES, of Malden, m. Deborah Brown 20 Mar. 1734. JOHN, m. Mary Reed 24 Ap. 1777.
GREENHILL, SAMUEL, res. 1635 at the N. W. corner of Brighton and Mount Auburn streets. Hc rem. to Connecticut with Hooker, and " died carly." (Hinman.) Rebecca Greenhill, perhaps dau. of Samucl, m. John Shepard in Camb. 4 Oct. 1649.
GREENWOOD, THOMAS, otherwise written Greenhood, m. Hannah, dan. of John Ward, 8 June 1670, and had John, b. prob. 1671; Thomas, b. 27 Dec. 1673; by his 2d w. Abigail, he had James, b. 19 Dec. 1687 ; William, b. 14 Oct. 1689, m. Abigail Woodward 1715. THOMAS the f was a weaver, and res. on the south side of the river, in what is now Newton, where he d. 1694. It is said that he was the first Town Clerk in Newton, and also Justice of the Peace.
2. ISAAC, parentage not ascertained, by w. Sarah, had Isaac, b. 9 May 1730; Sarah, b. 8 Sept. 1731; John, b. 29 Mar. 1733; T'hales, bap. 23 Mar. 1735; Elizabeth, bap. 1 May 1737. ISAAC the f. grad. II. C. 1721; was the first Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, to which office he was elected in May 1727; he was a candidate for the Presidency of that Col- lege in 1737, and divided the votes of the Corporation equally with Holyoke, who, about a month later, was elected by unanimous vote. He was removed from his Professorship a year afterwards. "He held his office ten years and five months (from the time of his inauguration), and might have continued to hold it, with credit to himself and benefit to the College, had his wisdom and firmness been equal to his acknowledged abilities." "Little is known of him after his dismission. He went to Charleston, S. C., and there he died Oct. 22, 1745." Peirce's Hist. Harv. Univ.
GRIFFITHI, HENRY, d. here 12 Nov. 1639.
GRISWOLD, FRANCIS (variously written, Greshold, Greshould, Grisell, Grissell, Grissoll, and Grisold), by w. Mary, had Mary, b. 28 Oct. 1639 ; Hannah, b. 3 Fcb. 1642-3, d. Ap. 1643; Hannah, b. 4 Mar. 1644-5. FRANCIS
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the f. res. on the northerly side of Kirkland Street, and d. in Charlestown 2 Oet. 1652, leaving two daughters; his wid. Mary m. William Bullard.
GROVER, ANDREW, m. Hannah Hill 7 Feb. 1673-4.
2. THOMAS, a carpenter, from Reading, bought the estate at the N. W. corner of Brattle and Mason streets, 1711, but sold it again, the next year.
GUY, JOHN, by w. Hannah, had Mary, b. 17 Ap. 1676, d. 25 July 1676. Possibly this name may be Gay; in which case, perhaps Hannah may be the same who m. Owen Warland 3 Ap. 1679.
HADDEN (or Haddon), GERARD (variously written Garrad, Jarett, and Jarritt), owned a house and three aeres, extending from Sparks Street to Garden Street, in 1635. He rem. to Salisbury about 1640, and was living in 1663. George, H. C. 1647, may have been his son.
HALL, MARY, a widow, is named by Mitchell as a member of his church. " Her children were all adult at the time of her joining. But two of them are since joined to the Church of Concord, viz., John, and Susanna." Her son Stephen was living in 1668, then " aged 28 or thereabouts." William, who d. at Concord 10 Mar. 1666-7, was another son. A John Hall of Cambridge had a share of the Shawshine lands in 1652, who may have been husband of Mary ; but he was more probably her son.
2. EDWARD, in Camb. as early as 1638, res. on the easterly side of North Avenue, very near Holmes Place; the same estate which afterwards beeame the property of Aaron Bordman, and remained in his family several genera- tions. EDWARD had w. Margaret, but prob. no children; she d. 7 Dec. 1676, and he mı. Mary Rayner 18 June 1677. He d. 20 Oct. 1680, a. 73; his w. Mary m. Thomas Brown 23 May 1681, and was living, again a wid., in 1696; her last husband, Thomas Brown, Sen., "on the common," having d. 3 Nov. 1688.
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