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MACKEY, DANIEL (otherwise written Maekee and Makey), by w. Sarah, had Sarah, b. 10 Jan. 1663; Nathaniel, b. 1 Oet. 1665; Daniel, b. 17 Aug. 1670; Mary, b. 17 Oct. 1672, d. young; Mary, b. 25 Sept. 1673; Jacob, b. 14 Mar. 1675; Hannah, b. 29 Mar. 1677; Ebenezer, b. 20 Ap. 1680.
MACOONE, JOHN (otherwise written Maccoon, Maecoone, and Mackoon), mn. Deborah Bush 8 Nov. 1656; she d. 20 Feb. 1664, and he m. Sarah Wood 14 June 1665. His chil. were Hannah, b. 31 Oct. 1659; Deborah, b. 31 Dec. 1661; Elizabeth, b. 31 Jan. 1662, d. 30 Jan. 1663; Sarah, b. 15 Feb. 1663; John, b. 14 June 1666; Daniel, b. 18 Feb. 1668; Elizabeth, b. 17 Jan. 1669; Margaret, b. 20 Feb. 1671; Peter, b. 21 Feb. 1673. JOHN the f. resided on the south side of the river, and was living in 1676.
MERCY, m. Samuel Foster of Boxford 2 Sept. 1703.
MAN, WILLIAM (or Mann), m. Alice Teel 11 June 1657, and d. before 1. Ap. 1662. In his will, dated 10 Dee. 1661, he names his wife, and an only son Samuel, by a former marriage. WILLIAM the f. was here as early as 1635, and res. on the road leading to the Fresh Pond. Before 1642 he pur- chased a house and land on the easterly side of North Avenue, near the Com- mon, where he subsequently resided.
2. SAMUEL, s. of William (1), b. 6 July 1647, grad. H. C. 1665, and taught school for a time in Dedham. About 1670 he commenced preaching at Wren- tham, where a few families were settled. They were scattered during Philip's War. Soon afterwards they returned, and Mr. Mann recommenced his labors. He continued in the ministry until 22 May 1719, when he died. His posterity is very numerous.
HEZEKIAHI, grad. H. C. 1731, d. at the house of Mr. Palmer 5 Aug. 1739, and was buried from the College Hall.
MANNING, WILLIAM, was an early inhabitant and ancestor of a family once numerous here and not yet extinct in the female line. About the year 1638 he purchased of George Stocking an estate at the southwest corner of Mount Auburn and Holyoke streets. He appears to have been living in Oet. 1650, when his wife Susanna died; but I find no trace of him afterwards.
2. WILLIAM, s. and apparently the only child of William (1), inherited the homestead, and was a prominent eitizen. He was a merehant, somewhat con- cerned in navigation, and owned a warehouse at the southwest corner of Dun- ster and South streets, to which boats had free access by the canal. He d. 14 Mar. 1690-91, a. 76 ; his w. Dorothy d. 26 July 1692, a. 80. Their chil. were Hannah, b. 21 June 1642, m. Samuel Stearns of Wat., 1662; Samuel, b. 21 July 1644; Sarah, b. 28 Jan. 1645-6, m. Joseph Bull; Abigail, b. 15 Jan. 1647-8, d. 10 May 1648; John, b. 31 Mar. 1649, d. of small-pox 25 Nov. 1678, prob. unm .; Mary, birth not recorded, but named on the Church Reeord and in the division of her father's estate, m. - Adams, and d. before 1692, leaving a son Eliphalet. Timothy, prob. of the same family, d. 8 Nov. 1653.
3. SAMUEL, s. of William (2), rem. early to Billerica, where he subse- quently resided, was Representative in 1695 and 1696, Town Clerk six years, and d. 22 Feb. 1710-11. By his first wife, Elizabeth Stearns of Watertown, whom he m. 13 Ap. 1664, he had Samuel, birth not recorded, and John, b. 30 Aug. 1666. By his second wife, Abiah Wright, whom he m. 6 May 1673, he had Timothy, b. 4 Feb. 1673-4, d. 12 Mar. 1673-4; Hannah, b. 28 Mar. 1675, m. Ebenezer King of Watertown 7 Dec. 1699 ; William, b. 27 June 1677; Mary, b. 2 Sept. 1679; Surah,1 b. 26 Aug. 1681, m. Samuel Robinson of Cainb.
1 Her son, Samuel Robinson, born in Cam- ton. Vt., went to England as agent for the bridge 4 April 1707, removed to Hardwick, and was a Captain in the French War, 1756
settlers on the New Hampshire grants in their controversy with New York, and died -1763; he afterwards removed to Benning- at London, of small-pox, in 1767, leaving a
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23 Mar. 1703-4, and d. 19 July 1709; Dorothy, b. 27 June 1683; Isaac, b. 15 Ap. 1685 ; Ephraim, b. 11 Sept. 1686; Elizabeth, b. 14 Mar. 1690-91 ; Timothy, b. 4 Mar. 1692-3 ; Eliphalet ; Abiah.
4. SAMUEL, s. of Samuel (3), was styled " waterman," and rem. from Bil- lerica to Camb. about 1692. In 1698 his father conveyed to him the ware- house, boat-house, and wharf rights (which he had inherited), at the south- west corner of Dunster and South streets, and a house and land on the southeast corner. A part of this cstate he sold to Jonathan Remington in 1720, and before 1724 rem. to Windham, Conn., where he was living in 1744. By his wife Deborah, he had Dorothy, b. 17 Jan. 1688-9; Samuel, b. 14 Jan. 1690-91 ; Edward; John, bap. 17 Jan. 1696-7; Abigail, bap. 14 May 1699, m. Jabez Carter 27 June 1723 ; Elizabeth, b. 21 Nov. 1701, m. - Bingham; Mary, b. 17 Mar. 1703-4, m. Case; Joseph (prob. grad. at H. C. 1730), was a physician in Woburn, where he d. in 1745. By his will, dated 29 Oct. 1744, he seems to have left neither wife nor children, as he gives his whole property to his father Samuel, his brothers Edward and John, and his sisters Abigail, Elizabeth, and Mary.
5. JOHN, S. of Samuel (3), was a carpenter. In 1709 he purchased of Richard Proctor an estate on the westerly side of Dunster Street, between Mount Auburn and Winthrop streets, on or near which the first meeting-house in Cambridge was erected. He d. 3 Feb. 1718-19. By his wife Sarah, he had John ; Edward, bap. 27 Mar. 1698 ; William, b. 21 May 1700 ; Samuel, b. 20 Ap. 1703 ; Benjamin, b. 10 Mar. 1704-5, res. in Billerica 1748, and prob. the same who m. Mary, dau. of Deacon William French; Sarah, b. 27 Mar. 1708, and was living unmarried in 1732.
6. ISAAC, s. of Samuel (3), m. Margaret, dau. of William Eager, 8 April 1708, and had Isaac, b. 13 Jan. 1708-9 ; Margaret, b. 25 Sept. 1710, m. Daniel Barrett 10 Nov. 1737 ; William, b. 24 Oct. 1712; Thomas, b. 16 Aug. 1714, and d. 16 Nov. 1714; Daniel, b. 5 Feb. 1715-16 ; Sarah, b. 7 Feb. 1717-18; Hannah, b. 25 Dec. 1719, m. James Lanman 25 July 1743 ; Thomas, b. 19 Jan. 1722-3.
7. JOHN, S. of Samuel (4), was styled " waterman," and sometimes " cord- wainer." He rem. to Hopkinton as early as 1725. By his wife Abigail, dau. of Joseph Winship, he had in Camb. Joseph, b. 15 July 1718 ; John, b. 10 July 1720 ; Sarah, b. 2 Jan. 1721-2; Samuel, bap. 10 Nov. 1723.
8. JOHN, s. of John (5), was a carpenter. He m. Rebecca Winship 6 June 1728, and had Sarah, bap. 20 Ap. 1729 ; John, bap. 12 Dec. 1731 ; Esther, bap. 5 Jan. 1734-5.
9. EDWARD, s. of John (5), was a chair maker. By purchasing the rights of the other heirs, he became owner of the homestead on Dunster Street, where he d. 6 June 1774. By his wife Mary, he had Mary, b. 26 May 1720, m. Stephen Randall 29 Mar. 1753; Elizabeth, b. 18 Jan. 1721-2, and d. 26 Jan. 1731-2; Edward, b. 26 Mar. 1724 ; John, b. 3 Dec. 1725; Mercy, b. 4 Aug. 1727, and d. 24 Jan. 1731-2; James, b. 16 May 1729, and d. 1 Fcb. 1731-2; Benjamin, b. 15 Oct. 1730 ; Elizabeth, b. 5 June 1732, and d. 1 Oct. 1733 ; Hannah, b. 20 Mar. 1733-4, m. Benjamin Hill 4 Feb. 1761; Mercy, b. 19 Nov. 1735, m. Samuel Woods of Roxbury 26 Feb. 1756 ; Abigail, bap. 3 Dec. 1738, and d. 28 July 1739.
10. WILLIAM, s. of John (5), was a cordwainer. In 1725 he purchased an estate at the southwest corner of Winthrop and Brighton streets, where he d. 17 Sept. 1778. His wife Mary d. 15 May 1774, a. 74. Their children were William, b. 19 Sept. 1722, and d. young; Thomas, b. 8 May 1727; Samuel, b. 26 Aug. 1729; Joseph, b. 26 Jan. 1730-31; Mary, b. 19 Feb. 1732-3, m. John Warland 26 Sept. 1754; after his death, she m. William Darling 19 May 1763,
large family all born in Hardwick. Two of his sons were particularly distinguished : Moses, who was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Senator in Congress, and Governor of Vermont ; and Jonathan, who was also Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and
Senator in Congress, for the same State. Another son, Samuel, served as Adjutant in the French War, commanded a company in the Bennington Battle, and became Colonel of a regiment of militia.
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whom she survived, and d. 22 May 1817; William, b. 11 May .1755; Sarah, b. 29 Nov. 1737, n. John Barrows of Plymouth (afterwards of Dighton), and was living in 1806; Rebecca, b. 17 Ap. 1740, m. - Pratt, and d. 19 June 1774, leaving an only child Rebecea; Ebenezer, b. 8 May 1743, grad. at H. C. 1766, taught school in Greenland, N. H., and d. 26 Sept. 1801.
11. EDWARD, s. of Edward (9), m. Patience Day of Boston 4 Dec. 1746, and had Margaret, b. 27 Sept. 1747.
12. JOHN, s. of Edward (9), was a chair-maker, and inherited the liome- stead on Dunster Street. In 1794, having lost his reason, his guardian sold the estate for liis benefit. Unable by reason of mental and physical imbecility to maintain himself, he became an inmate of the almshouse where he d. 17 Ap. 1814, aged 88. I think lie was never married.
13. SAMUEL, s. of William (10), was a cordwainer, and inherited his father's homestead. He d. 2 Ap. 1824, a. 94 years and 7 months. He m. Mary Woods 1777, and had Samuel, b. 28 May 1778. His w. d. 15 Oct. 1788, a. 50; and he m. Sarah Woods 29 Dec. 1791; she d. 16 April 1812, a. 72.
14. JOSEPH, s. of William (10), grad. at H. C. 1751; was a elergyman, and eliaplain in the Continental Army; res. for a time in Providence; was of Bath, Me., in 1806, and d. in 1808, a. 77. He had several children; one of whom was the late William Manning, who, having been a printer for nearly or quite half a century, and subsequently Messenger to the Governor and Couneil of the Commonwealth, spent the last few years of a cheerful old age with his affectionate family in this city, and d. 25 July 1849, a. 82. His descendants are numerous.1
15. WILLIAM, s. of William (10), was a cordwainer, and resided on the westerly side of Harvard Square, on an estate which he purchased in 1778, and which after his death was sold to Harvard College. He m. Rebecca Oliver 26 Nov. 1772, and d. 10 Dec. 1804, a. 69. She d. 13 Ap. 1821, a. 81. Their children were Rebecca, b. 7 Sept. 1774, and d. 21 Sept. 1774; William, b. 4 Nov. 1775, and d. 22 Sept. 1777.
16. SAMUEL, s. and only child of Samuel (13), grad. at H. C. 1797, was a physician, and res. principally in Lancaster. He returned to Camb. in 1821, and d. in Oet. 1822. His first wife was Lucy Cogswell, by whom he had Samuel, grad. at H. C. 1822, res. in Baltimore, and d. 16 May 1857; Mary W., m. Dr. A. B. Cleaveland of Baltimore; William, a physician in Michigan; Rebecca, deceased; Joseph and Charles, both of Baltimore. His second wife was Elizabeth B., dau. of Thomas Warland, and widow of Rev. John L. Abbott, to whom he was m. 20 Mar. 1822, a few months before his deeease. She still resides in Cambridge.
MARKHAM, DANIEL, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Franeis Whitmore, 3 Nov. 1669, and liad Daniel, b. 1 Nov. 1671; Elizabeth, b. 13 July 1673; James, b. 16 Mar. 1674-5.
MARRETT, THOMAS (otherwise written Marritt, Maritt, Mariott, and Mary- ott), came early to Camb. and in 1638 purchased the estate at the N. E. eor- ner of Dunster and Mount Auburn streets. He had previously owned a lot on the northerly side of Harvard Street extending northerly to Gore Hall, which was long afterwards known as the " Fellows' Orchard." He was by occupation a shoemaker, but a prominent citizen. He is supposed to have been the first elected Deaeon of Shepard's Church, organized in 1636, and was a Selectman six years, from 1639 to 1647. His children, by w. Susanna, all prob. b. in England, were Abigail, m. Daniel Fisher of Dedham 17 Nov. 1641; Susanna, m. George Barstow of Seituate, and d. here 11 Ap. 1654; John ; Thomas ; Hannah, d. unm. 9 Dee. 1668. THOMAS the f. d. 30 June 1664, a. 75. In his will, dated 15 Oct. 1663, lie names as then living, his w. Susanna; children John, Thomas, Abigail, Hannah ; and grandehildren, Lydia, Amos, John, and Jeremiah Fisher; Thomas, Amnos, Susanna, and John Marrett, and the eliildren (George and Margaret) of George Barstow, dee.
2. JOHN, S. of Thomas (1), m. Abigail Richardson 20 June 1654, and had Hon. J. M. S. Williams, and Mr. Henry R. Glover, all residing in Cambridge.
1 Among the children of William Manning are the wives of Hon. Henry O. Houghton,
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Thomas, b. 15 Dec. 1656, killed by the Indians at the Sudbury Fight, 20 Ap. 1675; John (twin with Thomas), b. 15 Dec. 1656, d. 7 Mar. 1657-8 ; Amos, b. 25 Feb. 1657-8 ; Susanna, b. 19 Jan. 1659-60, m. Jacob Amsden, and d. 16 Oct. 1707 without issue; John, b. 29 Jan. 1661-2, d. 6 Nov. 1663; John, b. 3 June 1664, d. at sea, unm. (administration granted to Jacob Amsden 17 Mar. 1690-91); Abigail, b. 16 Aug. 1666, m. Timothy Rice of Concord 27 Ap. 1687, who d. 1692, and Joseph Crackbone 11 May 1698; Hannah, b. 17 Aug. 1668, m. Samuel Hastings, Jr. ; Edward, b. 2 Aug. 1670; Mary, b. 7 Mar. 1671-2, m. Joseph Hovey 10 Dec. 1702, and Nathaniel Parker of Newton 27 Jan. 1736-7 ; Lydia, b. 22 Feb. 1673-4, d. young. The deaths of Thomas and the third John are stated on the authority of a manuscript genealogy by the late Rev. John Marrett of Burlington. JOHN the f. was a shocmaker, and after 1682 resided a few rods westerly from the Craigie House in the former mansion of Deac. John Bridge. He. d. between 3 Oct. and 16 Dec. 1695; his w. Abigail survived and was prob. the same who d. 15 Mar. 1721-2.
3. THOMAS, s. of Thomas (1), taught school in Dedham from Dec. 1659 to July 1661; and is named in his father's will 15 Oct. 1663.
4. AMos, s. of John (2), m. Bethia Longhorn 2 Nov. 1681; she d. 20 Nov. 1730, a. 69, and he m. Ruth, wid. of Jona. Dunster, 22 Nov. 1732, who survived him, and m. Peter Hayes of Stoneham 1742. Mr. Marrett, gener- ally known as Lieut. Marrett, was by occupation a farmer and brickinaker, a man of wealth, and a prominent citizen of the town. In 1704 he purchased ten acres of land, between the paternal homestead and the estate late of Dr. Hill, embracing the site of the house celebrated as the headquarters of Washington, the present residence of Professor Longfellow. On this lot, which he had occupied for several previous years under lease, he seems to have spent the remainder of his days; but whether his house was erected by him or by a previous owner does not appear. The estate remained in the Marrett family until 1746, when it was sold to Col. John Vassall. Lieut. Marrett d. without posterity 17 Nov. 1739, a. 81. He had previously con- veyed his homestead to his nephew Amos Marrett, and in his will constituted him his principal heir.
5. EDWARD, S. of John (2), m. Hannah, dau. of Joseph Bradish (Barry, Hist. Fram., says she had previously m. Joseph Stanhope). Their chil. were Amos, b. about 1694, d. young; Hannah, bap. 27 Dec. 1696, m. Joseph Law- rence 17 Feb. 1714-15, rem. to Connecticut; Susanna, bap. 11 Sept. 1698, m. John Pierce of Boston 27 Sept. 1722, and Samuel Witt of Marlborough, d. without issue Dec. 1794; Abigail, b. 28 Feb. 1700-1, m. Judah Monis, the He- brew Preceptor, 13 Jan. 1723-4, d. without issue 1761 ; Amos, b. 5 Sept. 1703; Mary, bap. 28 Ap. 1706, m. Rev. John Martyn of Cambridge, afterwards of Nortliborough, 18 Aug. 1724, d. 8 Sept. 1775, leaving several children ; John, b. 29 July 1711, d. of small-pox in Boston, a. 18; Edward, b. 5 Nov. 1713. 'EDWARD the f. was a glazier, and resided on the homestead on Brattle Street. He d. 11 Ap. 1754, a. 83; his w. Hannah d. 9 Ap. 1754, a. 84. Both attended meeting on the previous Sabbath, and both werc buried in one grave.
6. AMOS, s. of Edward (5), m. Mary, dau. of Henry Dunster 21 Sept. 1732, and had Abigail, b. 25 Aug. 1733, d. young ; Ruth, b. 30 Ap. 1735, d. unm. 2 May 1766, and was buried at Lexington ; Amos, bap. 17 July 1737, d. young ; Amos, b. 8 Feb. 1738-9; Mary, b. 17 Aug. 1740, d. 17 Oct. 1754; John, b. 10 Sept. 1741, grad. H. C. 1763, ordained at 2d church in Woburn (now Burlington) 21 Dec. 1774, m. Martha, dau. of his predecessor, Rev. Thomas Jones, and d. 18 Feb. 1813, leaving an only dau. Martha, who m. his successor, Rev. Samuel Sewall, the distinguished ecclesiastical antiquarian. AMos the f. was a glazier and farmer. He dealt largely in real estate, and appears to have been a man of wealth. He was the principal heir of his uncle Amos, and resided on his homestead, until 1746, when he sold it to Col. John Vassall, and purchased the estate afterwards called the Fayerweather estate, recently owned by William Wells, which was then in Watertown. He d. there (perhaps in the old farmhouse lately demolished) 14 Nov. 1747, a. 44. His w. Mary survived.
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7. EDWARD, s. of Edward (5), m. Mary Wyatt of Boston 13 May 1736; she d. 15 Jan. 1743-4, a. 29, and he married wid. Susanna Foster of Boston 3 Nov. 1762, who d. 12 Dec. 1787, a. 71. His chil. were Mary, bap. 13 Mar. 1736-7; Edward, b. 21 Jan. 1738-9, d. young; Judah, bap. 21 Dec. 1740; Thomas, bap. 16 May 1742, grad. H. C. 1761, school-master and Deacon of the 3d Church at Gloucester, returned here after his father's death, united with the Camb. Church 1781, and d. 24 June 1784; Edward, bap. 15 Jan. 1743-4. EDWARD the f. was a tailor, and inherited the homestead, which lic sold 28 July 1759 to Col. John Vassall. He had previously, 13 June 1745, purchased the estate formerly occupied by his first N. Eng. ancestor, Deac. Thomas Marrett, at the N. E. corner of Dunster and Mount Auburn streets, where he resided during the remainder of life. He was Captain of militia, and Selectman seven years, from 1769 to 1777 inclusive. He d. 13 Sept. 1780, a. 67.
8. AMos, s. of Amos (6), m. Abigail Tidd of Lex. (pub. 14 Sept. 1760), and had, in Camb., Abigail, bap. 6 June 1762, d. young; Amos, b. 4 Oet. 1763 ; and in Lex., Abigail, b. 4 June 1765; Daniel, b. 18 July 1767; Ruth, b. 12 Nov. 1768. AMos the f. was a farmer, and inherited the homestead, which he sold 19 Ap. 1764 to George Ruggles, Esq., of Boston ; it was sub- sequently known as the Fayerweather estate. About the time of this sale he removed to Lex. where he d. 27 Mar. 1805, a. 66.
9. AMos, s. of Amos (8), res. in Lex., and by w. Patty, had Patty, b. 9 Sept. 1787; Sally, b. 1 Oet. 1789; Hannah, b. 24 Dec. 1792; Nabby, b. 18 Aug. 1795; Betsy, b. 4 July 1798; Ruth, b. 18 Mar. 1801 ; John, b. 17 Oct. 1803; Emily, b. 25 Dec. 1806 ; Harriet, b. 13 Sept. 1809. AMos the f. d. 16 Nov. 1824, a. 61.
10. DANIEL, s. of Amos (8), grad. H. C. 1790, Pastor of the Church in Standish, Me., 33 years, where he d. 14 Ap. 1836, a. nearly 69. He in. Doreas, dau. of Maj. Samuel Hastings of Lex., 8 Oct. 1810 (second wife), and had Leander, b. 16 Sept. 1811, d. 13 July 1814; Lorenzo, b. 18 Mar. 1816, grad. Bow. Col. 1838, m. Eliza A. Winsor of Pawtucket, R. I., 14 Aug. 1845, res. in Camb., is a lawyer, and has been Alderman and Representative ; Isabella Annette, b. 20 July 1817, d. 4 Mar. 1818; Avery Williams, b. 19 Jan. 1819, m. Elizabeth B. Weston of Standish 25 Nov. 1847, and res. on the homestead; Dane Appleton, b. 12 Jan. 1822, m. Eliza A. Locke of Laneaster 7 June 1848, was a merchant, and had children in Somerville; Samuel Hast- ings, b. 12 Jan. 1822, m. Fanny A. Locke, twin sister to his twin brother's wife, 7 June 1848, was a merchant in Somerville, where he d. 22 May 1850; Ilelen Maria, b. 3 July 1823, d. unm. 15 Mar. 1846; Francis Grenville, b. 8 Sept. 1826, a piano-forte manufacturer, d. unm. at East Cambridge 16 May 1859.
MARTIN, THOMAS, by w. Alice, had Abigail, b. 22 Aug. 1653. DEBORAH, m. Ebenezer Frost 2 July 1723.
MASON, HUGH, came to N. Eng. with his w. Hester, or Esther, in 1634, and settled in Watertown. He was by occupation a tanner, but much engaged in publie life, being a Captain of the train-band for a long succession of years, Selcetman about thirty years, and Representative ten years. His children, all born in Wat., were Hannah, b. 23 Sept. 1636, m. Capt. Joshua Brooks of Concord 17 Oet. 1653; Elizabeth, b. 3 Sept. 1638, d. young; Ruth, b. 17 Dec. 1640, d. young; Mary (twin with Ruth), b. 18 Dec. 1640, in. Rev. Joseph Estabrook of Concord 20 May 1668; John, b. 1 Jan. 1644; Joseph, b. 10 Aug. 1646; Daniel, b. 19 Feb. 1648-9; Sarah, b. 25 Sept. 1651, m. Capt. Andrew Gardner of Muddy River (Brookline) 20 May 1668, and was mother of Rev. Andrew Gardner, who was accidentally killed at Lancaster during the Indian troubles in 1704. HUGH the f. d. 10 Oct. 1678, a. 73; his w. Esther d. 21 May 1692, a. 82.
2. JOHN, s. of Hugh (1), was a tanner, and settled in Newton (then a part of Camb.); he m. Elizabeth Hammond, and had John, b. 22 Jan. 1676-7; Elizabeth, b. 10 Nov. 1678, m. Thomas Brown of Boston; Abigail, b. 16 Dec. 1679, d. young; Daniel; Samuel, b. 22 Jan. 1688, d. young; Hannah, b. 26
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Jan. 1694, m. Joseph Sabin of Rehoboth, 7 July 1721. JOHN the f. d. about 1729.
3. JOSEPH, s. of Hugh (1), was also a tanner, and inherited the homestead in Watertown. He in. Mary, dau. of John Fiske, 5 Feb. 1683-4, and had Mary, b. 22 May 1684, m. Thomas Learned; Esther, b. 8 July 1686, m. Capt. Joseph Coolidge 10 Nov. 1737, being his second wife; Joseph, b. 2 Oct. 1688; Sarah, b. 17 Nov. 1691, n. Thomas Chamberlin 22 June 1709. JOSEPH the f. d. 22 July 1702.
4. DANIEL, s. of Hugh (1), grad. H. C. 1666, was a physician, in which capacity he sailed with Capt. Ellson, 1679; he was taken prisoner, carried to Algiers, and never returned.
5. JOHN, s. of John (2), settled in Lex., where he was Town Clerk and Justice of the Peace. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Spring of Newton, 18 Oct. 1699, and had a son, b. and d. 14 Aug. 1700; John, b. 8 Aug. 1701, d. in Lex. 1787; Elizabeth, b. 30 Aug. 1703; Mellicent, b. 24 Ap. 1705; Thaddeus, b. 27 Dec. 1706; Jonas, b. 21 Oct. 1708; Catherine, b. 5 Aug. 1710; Esther, b. 2 Jan. 1712-13; Sarah, b. 7 June 1714; Mercy, b. 12 Nov. 1716, d. 30 Nov. 1717; Samuel, b. 9 Oct. 1720. JOHN the f. d. 24 Mar. 1738.
6. JOSEPH, s. of Joseph (3), inherited the homestead in Wat., was elected Deacon in 1726, and appointed Justice of the Peace 1734. He m. Mary, dau. of Elias Monck of Dorchester, 14 Sept. 1710, and had Mary, b. 23 Oct. 1711, m. Ebenezer Hovey of Camb. 7 Oct. 1737; Joseph, b. 9 Oct. 1713; Abigail, b. 10 Oct. 1715, m. Thomas Biscoe 8 Sept. 1737; Benjamin, b. 14 July 1717 ; Elizabeth, b. 3 Feb. 1718-19, m. Nathanich Perry of Sherburne 11 Oct. 1739 ; Nehemiah, b. 14 June 1721; Elias, b. 24 Ap. 1723, m. Ruth Cheney 7 Nov. 1740; Esther, b. 14 Nov. 1725, m. Jonathan Brown, Jr., 25 Jan. 1749-50, d. 14 July 1802 ; Lydia, b. 6 Nov. 1727, m. Micah Whitney of Natick 11 Nov. 1747; Susanna, b. 22 Sept. 1729, m. Samuel Soden of Camb. 16 Dec. 1755; Ebenezer, b. 1 Mar. 1731-2; Josiah, b. 3 Oct. 1734. Of this numerous family it is remarkable that all lived to maturity and were married. JOSEPH the f. d. 6 July 1755.
7. THADDEUS, s. of John (5), grad. H. C. 1728, and was the earliest grad- uate who survived until the present century commenced. Hc outlived all his classmates about nine years, and was the eldest living graduate about five years. He taught school at Woodstock a short time after Icaving college, but was soon appointed by Gov. Belcher as his private Secretary ; he was ap- pointed Deputy Naval Officer 1731, Deputy Secretary of the Province in April 1734, and Clerk of the Middlesex Courts Feb. 1735-1736, which last office, by which he was best known, he held for the long period of fifty-four years. He was also Register of Deeds from Ap. 1781 to Dec. 1784. He resided principally in Chs. until shortly before the Battle of Bunker Hill, when he removed to Lex. leaving his mansion to the flames which consumed the village. After a temporary residence in Lex., Stonehanı, and Medf., he rem. here and purchased the Monis estate 11 Feb. 1786, at the S. E. corner of Brighton and Winthrop strects, where he closed his long life. He had previously, from 18 Sept. 1738 to 7 Jan. 1749, owned the estate at the N. E. corner of Holmes Place; but whether he resided there is not ascertained. Mr. Mason m. Rebecca, dau. of Deac. Jonathan Williams of Boston, 17 Feb. 1736-7; she d. in childbed 2 Ap. 1748, and he m. Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan Scwall, Esq., of Boston, 7 Nov. 1748; she d. 12 Feb. 1755, and he m. Ann, dau. of Thomas Fayerweather, Esq., 18 Oct. 1759. His children were Jona- than, b. 15 Dec. 1737, d. unm. 18 Nov. 1760 (he was drowned on a voyage to the West Indies) ; Rebecca, b. 17 Dec. 1738, m. William Harris 20 Aug. 1767, and d. 2 Feb. 1801 (she was mother of the late Thaddeus Mason Harris, D. D., of Dorchester); Thaddeus, b. 1 Aug. 1740, d. Dec. 1740; Thaddeus, b. 19 Aug. 1741, d. 10 Jan. 1747-8 ; Martha, b. 25 Nov. 1742, m. Dr. Isaac Foster of Chs. - July 1765, and d. 21 Sept. 1770 ; Hugh, b. 16 May 1745, d. 8 Mar. 1746; a child, b. and d. 2 Ap. 1748; John Alford, b. 10 Dec. 1750, grad. H. C. 1771, was Clerk in the Boston Post Office, afterwards res. here with his sisters, and still later with Rev. Dr. Harris at Dorchester, where he d. unm. 16 Feb. 1831,
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in consequence of being run over by a milk cart in the previous August; Han- nah, b. 3 Sept. 1760, d. here unm. 20 Jan. 1847; Thaddeus, b. 3 Aug. 1762, d. 15 Sept. 1762; Ann, b. - 1763, d. here unm. 25 Nov. 1816 ; Elizabeth, b. 21 May 1765, d. here unm. 12 May 1830; Abigail Belcher, b. 23 July 1766, d. 5 July 1767. THADDEUS the f. d. 1 May 1802, a. 95 years and 4 months; his w. Ann d. 4 Jan. 1802, a. 71.
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