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THOMAS, brother of Edward (2), had a grant of land in 1645. By w. Isabel (Mitchell ealls lier Elizabeth), he had Mary, m. Israel Mead 26 Feb. 1669-70; Hannah, b. 4 Mar. 1658, m. Stephen Francis 27 Dec. 1670, and d. 2 Ap. 1683; Lydia, b. - , m. Gershom Cutter 6 Mar. 1677-8, and perhaps otliers. His w. Isabel d. 28 Ap 1682, and he m. Martha, wid. of Humphrey Bradshaw, and formerly wid. of William Russell, 24 May 1683. He d. about 1691 ; his Inventory is dated 5 Oct. 1691; his w. Martha d. about 1694.
4. WILLIAM, s. of Mary (1), by w. Grace, had Mary, b. 4 Nov. 1657. He removed to Coneord and d. 10 Mar. 1666-7.
5. JOHN, s. of Mary (1), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Percival Green, 4 Ap. 1656, and had Elizabeth, b. 18 Sept. 1658, m. John Oldham ; John, b. 13 Dec. 1661 ; William, b. prob. 1664, d. at Medf. 4 Jan. 1683-4, a. 19; Nathaniel, b. 7 July 1666; Mary, b. 23 Oct. 1668, m. John Bradshaw; Stephen, b. prob. 1670; Percival, b. 11 Feb. 1672; Susanna, b. prob. 1675; Jonathan, b. 28 Sept. 1677; Sarah, b. 31 Mar. 1679; Thomas, b. 16 Nov. 1681. JOHN the father res. in Concord 1658 and 1666; then in Camb. till about 1675, when he bought a quarter of the Collins farm at Medf. where he d. 18 Oct. 1701, a. 74; liis widow Elizabetli d. 14 Feb. 1713-14 a nearly 75. Ten of their children were living in 1702.
6. JOHN, S. of Jolin (5), m. Jemima, dau. of Capt. Joseph Sill, 21 Dec. 1687, and had John, b. 11 Sept. 1689, d. 2 Oct. 1689; John, b. 19 Sept. 1690; Wil- liam, b. 24 June 1694, d. 4 Oct. 1694; William, b. 1 Nov. 1694. d. 3 Jan. 1694-5 ; Elizabeth, b. 10 June 1696 ; Andrew, b. 15 May 1698; Jemima, b. 8 Oct. 1700 ; Joseph, b. 30 Nov. 1702; Stephen, b. 19 Jan. 1703-4. JOHN the f. resided in Medf. and d. 14 Nov. 1720.
7. NATHANIEL, s. of John (5), by w. Elizabeth, had Elizabeth, b. 9 Jan. 1691-2; Nathaniel, b. 25 Oct. 1694, d. 22 Sept. 1773 ; Susanna, b. 30 Aug. 1696; Sarah, b. 8 Sept. 1698; Tabitha, b. 9 Nov. 1699; William, b. 9 Feb. 1704-5. NATHANIEL the f. res. in Medford.
8. STEPHEN, S. of John (5), by w. Elizabeth, liad Grace, bap. here 24 June 1698 ; Josiah, bap. here 24 Feb. 1705-6; Ruth, bap. here 25 July 1708; Mary, bap. Medf. 19 Ap. 1719; Stephen, bap. Medf. 13 Aug. 1721; and probably others. STEPHEN the f. res. in Medf.
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9. PERCIVAL, s. of John (5), mn. Jane Willis, and had Percival, b. 13 Nov. 1698; Jane, b. 15 May 1700; Mary, b. 15 July 1706; Thomas, b. 15 Ang. 1712; Zaccheus and Susanna, twins, b. 11 Jan. 1714-15; Grace, b. 5 Oct. 1717; Willis, b. 7 Mar. 1718-19 ; and perhaps others. Mary, was b. in Camb .; the others named in Medf. where PERCIVAL the father res. until about 1721, when he and his w. Jane were recommended for admission to the Church in Sutton. He was elected Deacon in Medf. 6 Ap. 1720.
10. JONATHAN, S. of John (5), res. in Medf., but had son Jonathan, bap. here 20 Oct. 1706.
11. THOMAS, s. of John (5), res. in Medf. and was elected Deacon in Dec. 1706. He m. Hannah, dau. of Gershom Cutter, 22 Dec. 1702, and had Thomas, b. 5 Oct. 1703 ; by second w. Abigail, he liad Edward, b. 11 Ap. 1707 ; Abigail, b. 24 Oet. 1708 ; Ruth, b. 1 July 1712, d. 30 Oct. 1714 ; John, bap. 13 Mar. 1715 ; Ruth, bap. 30 Aug. 1719; William, bap. 18 June 1721 ; Rebecca, b. 28 Feb. 1727, m. A. Blanchard, Jr., 13 Nov. 1745; Samuel, bap. 5 Jan. 1729. THOMAS the f. m. a third w., Elizabeth Davis, 16 Ap. 1747, and d. 25 Jan. 1757. In his will, dated 25 Mar. 1755, he made provision for his wife and for chil. Thomas, Edward, Rebecca, John, William, and the heirs of dau. Ruth, deceased.
12. THOMAS, s. of Thomas (11), received by deed of gift from his grand- father, Gershom Cutter, a tract of land at Menot. 22 Nov. 1728. He in. Patience Allen 10 July 1729, and had Hannah, b. 11 July 1731, m. Joseph Adams, Jr., 11 Sept. 1750 ; Thomas, bap. 6 Aug. 1733 ; Patience, b. 4 May 1738, m. Daniel Cutter of Medf. 18 Nov. 1756. THOMAS the f. was a weaver, res. at Menot , was elected Deacon of the Church 5 Dec. 1759, and d. 29 May 1794, a. 90.
13. THOMAS, s. of Thomas (12), m. Rebecca Cutter of Medf. (pub. 17 Sept. 1756), and had Thomas, b. 4 July 1760; Ebenezer, b. 24 Dec. 1762; Gershom, bap. 31 May 1767. THOMAS the f. res. at Menot. and d. 25 Feb. 1770, a. 37; his w. Rebecca m. William Cutler 19 Jan. 1773, and d. 12 Dee. 1817.
14. THOMAS, s. of Thomas (13), by w. Elizabeth had Elizabeth, b. 21 Aug. 1786 ; Lydia and Rebecca, twins, b. 23 Feb. 1788 ; Oliver, b. about 1792, d. 24 Feb. 1796, a. 4 ; and perhaps others. THOMAS the f. res. at Menot. and d. 8 Sept. 1804.
15. EBENEZER, s. of Thomas (13), m. Esther Ruhamah, dau. of Ammi Cutter, 26 Mar. 1786, and had Ebenezer, b. 12 Oet. 1786, d. 20 Dee. 1826; Esther, b. 10 July 1788 ; Sarah Cutter, b. 14 Mar. 1790; Ammi, b. 18 Feb. 1792, d. 5 Ap. 1794 ; Isaac, bap. 16 Mar. 1794 ; Hannah, bap. 17 Ap. 1796 ; Ammi, bap. 21 Jan. 1798 ; Thomas, bap. 20 Oet. 1799 ; a child, b. 3 and d. 6 JJan. 1804 ; and perhaps others. EBENEZER the f. res. at Menot. and d. 7 Jan. 1840. ABIGAIL, m. Jonathan Ward of Newton 31 Dee. 1700. EZEKIEL, of Medf. m. Anna, dau. of Rev. Samuel Cook, 24 Oct. 1765. STEPHEN, 4th, of Medford mı. Mary, dau. of Abraham Hill, 12 July 1770.
HAMLET, WILLIAM, appears as an inhabitant in 1651. Ile m. wid. Saralı Hubbard, and had Jacob and Rebecca, before 1658.
HAMMERSTON, EDWARD, was buried 24 Ang. 1646.
HAMMOND, THOMAS, was in Hingham 1636. In 1650, he and Vincent Druce (also from Hingham) purchased a tract of land in what is now Newton, adjoining Brookline, which they divided in 1664. He d. 1675, leaving a large estate to his wid. Elizabeth, and chil. Elizabeth Woodward, Thomas, and Nathaniel, and to his grandchildren Sarah and Elizabeth, chil. of his dau. Sarah Stedman, deceased.
2. THOMAS, s. of Thomas (1), m. Elizabeth Stedman, 17 Dec. 1662, and had Elizabeth, b. 3 Nov. 1664; Thomas, b. 16 Dec. 1666; Isaac, b. 20 Dec. 1668 ; Nathaniel, b. 3 Feb. 1670-1; John, b. 30 Ap. 1674; Eleazar, b. 13 Nov. 1677. THOMAS the f. d. 20 Oct. 1678. His w. Elizabeth survived.
HANCHET, PETER, by w. Mary, had Haman, b. 2 May 1680.
HANCOCK, NATHANIEL,, one of the "first company," was here as early as 1634, and res. on the easterly side of Dunster Street, between Harvard and Mount Auburn streets. He died in early life, about 1648, and his widow
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Joanna was appointed, fifteen years afterwards, in 1663, administratrix on his estate. Their children were Mary, b. Nov. 1634; Sarah. b. March 1636-7; Nathaniel, b. 18 Dec. 1638; John, b. 8 April 1642, and d. 2 April 1643; Eliza- beth, b. 1 March 1644-5, and Lydia, b. 5 April 1646.
2. NATHANIEL, s. of Nathaniel (1), was a shoemaker, and inherited the homestead. He was also one of the Town Drummers, and in 1685 recovered judgment, for £8, against the Selectmen, "for drumming and the mainten- ance of drums for sundry years past." He was admitted to the Church 31 May 1667 (at which time he was baptized), and elected Deacon 7 June 1705. He m. Mary, dau. of Henry Prentice, 8 Mar. 1663-4, and Sarah Green 26 Dec. 1699. He d. 12 Ap. 1719, a. 80 ; his last w. survived him, and probably m. John Cooper 21 June 1720. His children, all by the first wife, were Na- thaniel, b. 28 Feb. 1664-5, and d. 20 July 1665; Mary, b 6 May 1666, prob. m. a Bixby, as a grandchild " Mary Bigsbee " is named in Deacon Hancock's will; Sarah, b. 23 Aug. 1667, m. Nathaniel Patten 15 Oct. 1711; Nathaniel, b. 29 Oct. 1668; Abigail, b. 29 Dec. 1669, and d. 7 May 1672 ; John, b. 1 Mar. 1671; Samuel, b. 2 Jan. 1672-3; Abigail, b. 23 Aug. 1675; was unm. in 1719, but prob. m. Richard Davenport 8 Nov. 1720; Elizabeth, b. 26 Aug. 1677, m. Benjamin Wyman of Woburn 20 Jan. 1702, and Jonathan Bacon of Bedford, and d. Mar. 1749; Ebenezer, b. 10 Mar. 1680-81; Joseph, b. 28 Ap. 1683, and prob. d. young, as he was not named in his father's will; Solomon, birth not recorded, d. 16 May 1700.
3. NATHANIEL, s. of Nathaniel (2), was a shoemaker, and prob. res. in a house belonging to his father, opposite to the homestead in Dunster Street, until 1699, when he purchased of Thomas Eyers the estate afterwards famous as the " Blue Anchor Tavern," in Brighton Street. There is a tradition, how well founded I know not, that he erected the ancient edifice now standing, formerly the " Blue Anchor," and recently known as the old Porter Tavern. This estate he sold to Joseph Bean, in 1737, and purchased an estate on the northerly side of Holmes Place, about midway between its easterly angle and North Avenue. Here he d. 10 May 1755, a. 87. His w. was Prudence, dau. of Joseph Russell. and d. 15 July 1742, a. 72. Their chil. were Mary, b. - , m. John Parker 20 Dec. 1711; he d. 2 Nov. 1712, and she m. Francis Whit- more; Prudence, bap. 27 Dec. 1696, m. Abraham Hill 18 Dec. 1718, and d. 16 Jan. 1775; one of her sons was Deacon Aaron Hill, father of the late Dr. Aaron Hill; and one of her daughters (Elizabeth) m. Benjamin Eustis, and was mother of the late Governor Eustis; Martha, bap. 21 Feb. 1696-7, and d. 20 Oct. 1712; Tabitha, bap. 23 Ap. 1699, m. Daniel Champney 4 Sept. 1723; Nathaniel, b. 14 Jan. 1701-2, grad. H. C. 1721, settled in the ministry at Tisbury 1727, dismissed about 1760, styled Esquire in 1772, and d. Sept. 1774, leaving children Josiah, Nathaniel, Russell, Mary, Martha, and Tabitha Dunham : Elizabeth, b. 16 Nov. 1704, m. John Wyeth 20 Dec. 1733; he d. 1756, and she administered on the estate; she d. between 1772 and 1781; Solomon, bap. 10 Nov. 1706; Belcher, b. 24 Ap. 1709; grad. H. C. 1727; Tutor 1742-1767, and Fellow 1760-1767; he d. unm. 8 Nov. 1771 ; Martha, bap. 18 Ap. 1714; d. unm. and her estate was divided 12 Dec. 1781.
4. JOHN, s. of Nathaniel (2), grad. H. C. 1689, taught the Grammar School in Camb. 1691, was ord. at Lexington (then called Cambridge Farms), 2 Nov. 1698, where he continued in the ministry until his death, 6 Dec. 1752, a. 81. He was eminent in his profession, and was generally styled "Bishop Hancock." He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Thomas Clark of Chelmsford, and granddau. of Elder Jonas Clark of Camb. Their chil. were John, b. 1 June 1702, grad. H. C. 1719, ord. at Braintree 2 Nov. 1726, and d. 7 May 1744; his son John was Governor of Massachusetts, President of the Continental Congress, and the first signer of the Declaration of Independence ; Thomas, b. 13 July 1703, a prosperous merchant in Boston, a member of the Council, d. of apoplexy 1 Aug. 1763, and bequeathed his fortune to his nephew John, afterwards Gov- ernor ; Elizabeth, b. 5 Feb. 1704-5, m. Rev. Jonathan Bowman of Dorchester ; Ebenezer, b. 7 Dec. 1710, grad. H. C. 1728, ord. colleague with his father 2 Jan. 1734, and d. 28 Jan. 1740 ; Lucy, b. 20 Ap. 1713, m. Rev. Nicholas Bowes
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of Coneord; after his death she m. Rev. Samuel Cooke of Menot. and d. 21 Sept. 1768 ; her dau. Luey m. Rev. Jonas Clark (who succeeded Bishop Han- coek at Lexington), and had twelve children, of whom Mary in. Prof. Henry Ware, Sen., Luey m. Rev. Thaddeus Fiske of W. Camb., and Martha m. Rev. William Harris of Salem.
5. SAMUEL, s. of Nathaniel (2), was a cordwainer, rem. to Lexington about 1698, sold his estate there in 1716, and returned to Camb., inherited the homestead, which he sold to Samuel Danforth in 1725, rem. to Chs. where he d. and administration on his estate was committed to his widow Dorothy and son John, 15 Mar. 1735-6. His ehil. were Dorothy, bap. at Camb. 21 Mar. 1696-7, m. Caleb Sampson of Chs. 24 Nov. 1720; John, bap. (as were all the following) at Lex. 10 Sept. 1699, was a shoemaker, and res. in Chs .; prob. at the burning of Chs. in 1775 he came to Camb. and here d. 18 Mar. 1776, a. 77; his son John was a goldsmith, res. in Boston, m. Martha Sparhawk 20 Nov. 1760, and had John, Nathan Sparhawk, and Martha ; Mary, bap. 19 Ap. 1702, and m. - Paine; Solomon, bap. 18 June 1704; Samuel, bap. 21 July 1706, and d. 14 June 1716 ; Hannah, bap. 27 Feb. 1708-9 ; Sarah, bap. 17 Feb. 1711-12; Nathaniel, bap. 7 July 1715.
6. EBENEZER, s. of Nathaniel (2), m. Susanna, dau. of Elder Jonas Clark, 14 Jan. 1702, and had Ebenezer, bap. 10 Sept. 1704, and Susanna, bap. 6 July 1707. No further traee of him has been discovered. Susanna Hancock, prob. the widow of Ebenezer, m. Jacob Hill 29 Sept. 1714. The dau. Susanna was named [1719] in her grandfather's will, and was prob. the same who in. Ebenezer Wyeth about 1726.
7. SOLOMON, s. of Nathaniel (3), was a shoemaker ; m. Mary, daughter of Rev. Josialı Torrey of Tisbury, 4 Nov. 1730, and probably res. with his father on Holmes Place. He served in a company of Artillery during the French war, and d. at Lake George 20 Sept. 1756, a. 50. (His age is erroneously inarked 57 on the gravestone.) His widow d. 18 Mar. 1799, a. 88. Their children were Nathaniel, b. 1 Aug. 1731, a housewright in Boston in 1773; Torrey, b. 4 Nov. 1733, d. young ; Ebenezer, bap. 14 Aug. 1737, d. young ; Mary, bap. 12 July 1741, d. unmarried - June 1828, a. 87, and is well remem- bered by very many ; her res. was on the south side of the Common near Ap- pian Way ; Sarah, bap. 15 Ap. 1744, m. William Colson 21 Oct. 1779, and rem. to Northampton ; Torrey, bap. 6 Ap. 1746 ; Ebenezer, bap. 10 Sept. 1749, was a brick-layer, and died in Boston 1796 ; Belcher, bap. 24 Feb. 1754, was a harness maker, and d. in Roxbury 1813 ; his son, of the same name and oe- eupation, now res. in Cambridge.
9. TORREY, s. of Solomon (7), was a briek-layer, and res. on the westerly side of North Avenue, near Avon Street. He m. Sarah, dau. of Ebenezer Wyeth, 5 July 1774, and d. 17 July 1778, a. 32 ; his widow m. Deacon James Munroe, senior, 23 July 1783, and d. 31 Mar. 1815, a. 69. The children of Mr. Hancock were John, bap. 22 Oet. 1775, and d. 29 Sept. 1796; Solomon, bap. 14 July 1776 ; Samuel, bap. 10 Aug. 1777 ; Torrey, bap. 15 Nov. 1778.
10. SOLOMON, S. of Torrey (9), mn. Susanna Baker Bird of Dorchester. 13 Jan. 1803 ; she d. 10 Nov. 1816, and he m. Nabby Hews of Weston 23 Nov. 1817. His chil. were Susanna Baker, b. 15 Ap. 1804 and d. same day ; John, b. 29 Aug. 1805 ; Ann Susan, b. 1 June 1807, m. Belcher Hancock - Sept. 1834 ; and d. 28 Dee. 1866; James Bird, b. 3 July 1809, d. 9 Mar. 1871 ; Joanna Bird, b. 21 Dee. 1811, d. 4 May 1813; Solomon, b. 7 Ap. 1814, m. Amaranth J. Nash of Auburn, Me., 10 July 1854; res. on the homestead ; Samuel, b. 26 Sept. 1815, d. 29 Sept. 1815; William Torrey, b. 18 Oct. 1825. SOLOMON the f. was a saddler, harness maker, and chaise trimmer; he res. on the northwest corner of Pearl and Green streets, where he d. 6 May 1862; his wife Nabby d. 21 Jan. 1851.
11. SAMUEL, s. of Torrey (9), m. Ann Bird of Dorchester 20 Nov. 1808, and had Royal Bird, b. 23 Sept. 1809, printer, res. in India, and was long under the auspices of the Baptist Missionary Union ; he m. Abigail S. Thayer 10 June 1832, and (2d) Sarah, dau. of Deae. William Brown and wid. of Dr. John W. Valentine, 1842 ; she d. here 2 July 1868 ; Martha Ward, b. 20 Oet.
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1811, d. unm. 11 Oct. 1867 ; Joanna Bird, b. 24 Ap. 1814, in. - , d. -. SAMUEL the f. was a chaise naker, and in later life a pump maker ; he res. on the southeast corner of Magazine and Auburn streets, and d. 13 Ap. 1860 ; liis w. Ann d. 2 May 1864, a. 78.
12. TORREY, s. of Torrey (9), in. Olive Orcutt 28 Feb. 1805 ; she d. 11 Oct. 1809, aged 34, and he m. Isabella Rice of Wayland 5 June 1811, who was bur. 29 May 1838, aged 48. His chil. were Ann Elizabeth, b. 8 June 1807, m. John Dolbeare of New York 19 July 1831; Sarah, b. 16 Sept. 1809, m. Josiah W. Cook 11 Oct. 1829 ; Mary Torrey, b. 10 June 1812, m. Jonas Wyeth 2d, 1 Jan. 1833 ; Isabella, b. 28 July 1815, m. Shepard R. Laughton of Pittsford, Me., 11 Aug. 1846; Abigail Louisa, b. 16 Sept. 1817, d. unm. 29 Nov. 1843 ; John Torrey, b. 26 Ap. 1820, res. in Chatfield. Minn .; Horace Augustus, b. 22 Nov. 1823, m. Nancy M. Fuller 21 Sept. 1848, and res. in Texas ; Charles Edward, b. 10 Nov. 1827, m. Abby Hanseom 9 Oct. 1850. TORREY the f. was a blacksmith and res. on the southerly side of Brattle Street, near Story Street ; he d. at St. Catherines, Canada, while on a visit 18 Mar. 1852, and was buried here.
HARLAKENDEN, ROGER, whose ancestry is traced fromn William Harlak- enden (who d. in Wood-Church in Kent 30 Ap. 1081), was a younger son of a wealthy family at Earls-Colne, Essex Co., England, and came to Camb. in the same ship with Shepard. in 1635. He had buried his w. Emlen, 18 Aug. 1634 ; and he brought with him his 2d w. Elizabetli, dau. of Godfrey Bosville, Esq. (m. 4 June 1735), by whom he had Elizabeth, b. Dec. 1636; Margaret, b. Sept. 1638. ROGER the f. purchased the Gov. Dudley estate, at the N. W. corner of Dunster and South streets, where he d. of small-pox, 17 Nov.1 1638, a. 27; his w. Elizabeth mn. Herbert Pelham, Esq., by whom she had several children. Though Mr Harlakenden was young at the time of his deatlı, lie was much employed and trusted in public office. Shepard had known him in England, and had received favor and protection from him and liis family. Less than two months after his arrival here, he was elected a Townsuian or Selectman. The next year, 1636, he was elected an Assistant ; and in December of the same year, on the first division of the military forces, he was commissioned Lieut .- colonel of the regiment embracing the towns of Cambridge, Charlestown, Watertown, Concord, and Dedhamn. All these offices lie held until he died. His death occasioned public lamentation. Gov. Winthrop, in his journal, says, " he was a very godly man, and of good use botlı in the commonwealth and in the church. He was buried with military honor, because he was Lieutenant-colonel." Shepard describes him as "my most dear friend, and most precious servant of Jesus Christ." His daughters, if they survived so long, probably went to England with their step-father in 1648 ; and it is not known that any of his descendants have since resided in this country.
MABEL, sister of Roger (1), m. Governor John Haynes.
HARRIS, RICHARD, d. here 29 Aug. 1644. Little is known of him, though from his being styled " Mr." he was evidently a person of considerable im- portance. He seems to have had some connection with the college. There are indications that he was brother to Mrs. Dunster, formerly the wife of Rev. Jose Glover. He probably had no family.
HART, STEPHEN, in 1635 owned a house at the northeast corner of Hol- yoke Street and Holyoke Place. He rem. soon afterwards to Hartford, and thence to Farmington. He was a Deacon there, and d. 1682-3, leaving sons John, Stephen, and Thomas. He was also Deputy to the General Court 1646, 1648, 1649. Porter, in his Historical Discourse at Farmington, 1840, says that he was Deacon " of the original church formed by Thomas Hooker in Cam- bridge, in 1633." He also informs us that John Hart, prob. s. of Stephen, was burned in his own house 1666, with all his family, except his eldest son who was absent; the fire was supposed to have been kindled by the Indians.
HASSELL, RICHARD (otherwise written Hassall, Hassull, and Hasewell),
1 The Town Record has October as the ror, because on the 28th day of that month date of liis death ; but this is a manifest er- he was reelected to the office of Townsman.
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by w. Jane (or Joanna), had Elizabeth, b. 20 Sept. 1643; Joseph, b. 20 Sept. 1645, m. Mary Perry 21 Aug. 1667; Esther, b. 6 Dec. 1648. All were living when Mitchell commenced his Church Record, in 1658.
HASTINGS, JOHN, freeman 1643, res. a few years at Braintree, and rem. here about 1654. His first wife d. at Braintree, and he m. Ann, the wid. of John Meane of Camb. Ilis eliil., all by first w., were Walter and Samuel, bap. in England, and John and Elizabeth, bap. in Braintree. To the name of John, Mitchell adds " Seaborne," indicating perhaps that he was born during the passage of his parents across the ocean; but it does not appear that he ever used it as a part of his proper name. Elizabeth is supposed to have m. William Buttrick before 1657, and - Billings before 1666. Joux the f. was a tanner, and res. on the easterly corner of Brattle and Ash streets, the former home- stead of Thomas Brigham, which he bought 5 Mar. 1654. He d. 2 Dec. 1657, his w. Ann d. 25 Mar. 1666, a. about 60, as stated upon the Inventory of her estate.
2. WALTER, S. of John (1), m. Sarah, dau. of John Meane, 10 Ap. 1655 ; she d. 27 Aug. 1673, a. 34, and he m. Elizabeth, dan. of Deac. Henry Bright of Watertown, 23 July 1674 ; she d. 23 July 1702, a. 56, and he mn. Elizabeth, wid. of Elder Clark, 7 Jan. 1702-3. His children were Sarah, b. 3 June 1656, d. 10 June 1663; John, b. 2 Dee. 1660, H. C. 1681, was a physician in Bar- badoes, and prob. d. before 1705 as he was not named in his father's will ; Walter, b. 29 Nov. 1662, d. young; Walter, b. 26 Nov. 1663, d. 19 Sept. 1673 ; Sarah, b. 9 Dee. 1664, d. 16 Jan. 1664-5; Hannah, b. 9 Jan. 1665-6, m. Samuel Cooper 4 Dec. 1682; Elizabeth, b. 19 Feb. 1666-7, d. 3 May 1669 ; Nathaniel, b. 12 Ap. 1669, d. 15 Sept. 1669; Jonathan, b. 15 July 1672; Elizabeth, b. 3 and d. 12 July 1675; Abigail, b. 16 Feb. 1676-7, m. Moses Bordman, 25 July 1700; Walter, b. 10 Ap. 1679, d. 25 Sept. 1699. WALTER the f. d. 5 Aug. 1705, a. 74; his w. Elizabeth survived. He res. on the estate inherited by his first wife, at the corner of .North Avenue and Holmes Place, and obtained large tracts of land elsewhere by purchase. He was by trade a tanner, but was much employed in the public service. He was a Selectman, with the exception of only two years, from 1673 until his death. He was also Deacon of the Church as early as 1681.
3. SAMUEL, s. of John (1), m. Mary dau. of John Meane, 12 Nov. 1661, and had Mary, b. 29 Sept. 1662; John, b. 5 Sept. 1664, d. 12 Nov. 1690; Samuel, b. 22 Ap. 1668 (or more prob. 1667); Stephen, b. 23 May 1669; Sarah, b. 16 Aug. 1671, d. 20 Dec. 1690; Nathaniel, b. 14 July 1673; Martha, b. 20 Oet. 1674; Daniel, b. 30 Jan. d. 12 Mar. 1675-6; Caleb, b. 30 Mar. 1677. SAMUEL the f. was a gunsmith, and inherited a part of the homestead, next to Brattle Street. Ile was Seleetman 1691, 1692, and d. 14 Feb. 1704-5, a. about 70; his w. Mary survived.
4. JOHN, s. of John (1), m. Hannah, dau. of Franeis Moore, 1 Mar. 1665-6; she d. 10 June 1667, a. 24, and he mn. Lydia, dau. of Elder Champney, 20 May 1668; she d. 23 Jan. 1690-91, a. about 47; and he m. Rebecca, wid. of Benoni Eaton, 28 Sept. 1691. His children were John, b. 17 Ap. 1667; Joseph, b. 6 May 1669; Lydia, b. 30 Sept. 1671, m. Ebenezer Allen ; Hannah, b. 13 Mar. 1672-3, d. 16 Ap. 1691; Elizabeth, b. 11 Ap. 1675, d. unm. May 1727; Daniel, b. 3 Feb. 1676-7. JOHN the f. was a tanner, and res. on the southerly part of the homestead, on Ash Street. He survived to.old age, and his son John was appointed administrator of his estate 1 Nov. 1720. His w. Rebecca prob. d. before 20 June 1723, when the estate was divided between chil. John, Joseph, Daniel, and Elizabeth.
5. JONATHAN, s. of Walter (2), in. Sarah Sharp of Brookline, and had Jonathan, .b. 1 Jan. 1708-9; Water, b. 4 July 1711, prob. the graduate II. C. 1730, who d. 1735; Sarah, b. 17 Oct. 1714; Robert, bap. 23 June 1718, was a currier, and living in 1743 ; John, bap. 6 Mar. 1719-20, res. on the homestead at the corner of North Avenue and Holmes Place, and d. unm. 22 July 1797 ; Samuel, bap. 15 Mar. 1723-4; Hannah, bap. 20 June 1725; Abigail, bap. 8 Jan. 1726-7; Susanna, bap. 8 Mar. 1729-30; d. 9 July 1758 [ ' in childbirth; " her child was James Lovell, who grad. II. C. 1776, and d. at St. Matthews
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S. C., 10 July 1850;] JONATHAN the f. inherited the homestead, and sue- eeeded his father also in the business of tanning. He aceumulated a large estate, on which his wid. Sarah took administration, 20 Aug. 1742.
6. SAMUEL, s. of Samuel (3), m. Hannah, dau. of John Marrett, and d. 28 Sept. 1699. Their son Samuel, prob. posthumous, was bap. 4 Feb. 1699- 1700, and d. 15 Aug. 1700.
7. STEPHEN, s. of Samuel (3), m. Hannah, dau. of Thomas Staey, 28 Oet. 1708, and had Samuel, bap. 16 Ap. 1710; Thomas, bap. 24 Feb. 1711-12 (and prob. a 2d Thomas, b. about 1717, ealled 70 years old at his death in 1787) ; Stephen, bap. 7 May 1721. STEPHEN the f. was a eurrier, inherited the homestead, corner of Brattle and Ash streets, which he sold in 1707, and afterwards res. on the north side of Mount Auburn Street, between Brighton Street and Brattle Square. He d. 24 Sept. 1726, a. 57; his w. Hannah sur- vived.
8. JOIN, s. of John (4), was deseribed as a " husbandman " residing in Cambridge, when he was appointed administrator of his father's estate 1 Nov. 1720, also when he sold the homestead to Steplien Palmer 23 May 1733, after whiel date I find no trace of him on our records or elsewhere.
9. JOSEPH, s. of John (4), by w. Elizabeth, had Elizabeth, b. - , m. John Allen of Walpole 22 June 1725; Mary, b. 1708; Joseph, b. 1710; Hannah, b. 1713; Abigail, b. 9 Sept. 1716, d. young; Matthew, b. 18 Sept. 1718; Esther, b. 6 Ap. 1721, m. Samuel Boyee of Medfield 13 Ap. 1744. JOSEPH the f. was a weaver, and resided in Reading in 1699, when he petitioned the General Court for relief, deseribing himself as "late of Cambridge," and representing that in 1690 he was in an expedition against the Indians, and that near Exeter he " was wounded by a shot elose by his eye," which destroyed its sight. The Court granted him £10, money. In July 1716 he rem. to Weston, where he d. 27 Feb. 1724-5.
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