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4. GEORGE, s. of William (1), res. at the Farms, and by w. Sarah had Wil- liam, b. 6 Jan. 1699-1700; Sarah, b. 17 Oct. 1701; Dorothy, b. 19 Nov. 1703; Lydia, b. 13 Dec. 1705; George, b. 17 Oct. 1707; Robert, b. 4 May 1712; Samuel, b. 23 Oct. 1714; Andrew, b. 4 June 1718; Lucy, b. 20 Aug. 1720.
5. DANIEL, s. of William (1), res. at the Farms, and by w. Dorothy had Daniel, b. 27 Jan. 1717-18; Jedediah, b. 20 May 1721; Sarah, b. 14 July 1724; Dorothy, b. 21 June 1728; John, b. 30 May 1731. DANIEL the f. d. 26 Feb. 1734.
6. JOSEPH, s. of William (1), res. at the Farms (Lexington), and by w. Elizabeth, had Joseph, b. 23 May 1713; Elizabeth, b. 12 Jan. 1714-15 ; Nathan, b. 11 Sept. 1716; Joshua, b. 22 Dec. 1717; Nathaniel, b. 17 Nov. 1719 ; Amos, b. 21 Ap. 1721 ; Abigail, b. 2 Jan. 1722-3; Mary, b. 21 Jan. 1725-6 ; Eleanor, b. 13 June 1727; Kezia, b. 16 Oct. 1731; Hannah, b. 29 Nov. 1733.
7. WILLIAM, s. of William (3), mn. Sarah, dau. of John Mason, and had Edmund, b. 2 Feb. 1735-6 ; Sarah, b. 1 May 1738, m. William Tidd, and rem. to New Braintree ; Catherine, b. 29 Sept. 1740, m. Maj. Joseph Bow- man 22 Nov. 1764, and d. at New Braintree 30 Ap. 1824; William, b. 28 Oct. 1742; Abigail, b. 24 Fcb. 1744 ; Nehemiah, b. 1 July 1747. WILLIAM the f. resided at Lex., and d. 18 Aug. 1747, a. 43.
8. WILLIAM, s. of George (4), m. Rebecca Locke 6 Mar. 1734-5, and had James, b. 12 Dee. 1735; Isaac, b. 11 Sept. 1737; Asa, b. 29 Dec. 1739, d. unm. at Lex. 20 Feb. 1825 ; Rebecca, b. 12 Jan. 1741-2, d. unm. 6 Sept. 1767; Lydia, b. 21 Feb. 1743-4, m. Phineas Parker of Reading 23 June 1768, and d. 6 Oet. 1781; Amos, b. 31 May 1746, d. unm. 5 July 1765 ; Mary, b. 10 Oct. 1748, m. Samuel Sanderson 27 Oct. 1772, d. at Lexington 15 Oct. 1852, aged 104; Hannah, b. 26 Sept. 1751, m. William Porter, Jr., of Woburn 13 Jan. 1774, and d. 28 Mar. 1834; Philemon, b. 30 Oct. 1753; William, b. 29 Aug. 1756. WILLIAM the f. res. at Lex., and d. 10 July 1778, a. 78; his w. Rebecca d. 9 Oct. 1798, a. 87.
9. EDMUND, S. of William (7), m. Rebecca Harrington 31 Aug. 1768, and had Pamela, b. 17 Sept. 1769, d. 29 Sept. 1770; Rebecca, b. 27 June 1771 ; Pamela, b. 20 Sept. 1773; Edmund, b. 13 Oct. 1775, a printer in Boston; Abigail, b. 6 Dec. 1777. EDMUND the f. res. at Lex. and was one of the noble band who withstood the British troops, on the morning of 19 Ap. 1775. He entered the Revolutionary Army, and was slain at Monmouth, while doing battle for his country 28 June 1778.
10. JAMES, S. of William (8), m. Lucy, dau. of Jacob Watson, 18 Aug. 1763 ; she d., and he m. wid. Sarah Hancock, dau. of Ebenezer Wyeth, 23 , July 1783. His chil. were Lucy, b. 1 June 1764, d. unm. of paralysis 5 Ap. 1812; Rebecca, b. 6 Nov. 1767, d. unm., bur. 14 May 1838; Lydia, b. 22 May 1772, d. 25 Sept. 1773; James, b. 14 June 1775; Lydia, b. 30 Ap. 1777, d. young; Nathaniel, b. 7 Mar. 1784; Sarah Tapley, b. 20 Aug. 1785, m. Peter Coolidge of Framingliam 28 June 1813, and d. 1823; Susan, b. 8 Aug. 1786, d. 13 Ap. 1863; Mary, b. 19 Dec. 1788, d. 16 Sept. 1863. JAMES the f. was a blacksmith, settled here in early life, and res. on the northerly side of Brattle Street, between James and Mason streets. Hc was Deacon of the
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Church from 30 June 1783, and d. 14 Sept. 1804, a. 69; his w. Sarah d. of paralysis 31 Mar. 1815, a. 69.
11. ISAAC, s. of William (8), was a currier, and resided principally at Menot., where he d. 17 July 1791, a. 53, " by the bite of a venomous insect," leaving chil. Isaac, Amos, and William.
12. PHILEMON, s. of William (8), was a farmer, res. in Lex., m. Rhoda Mead 13 Sept. 1786, and had Thomas, Betsey, Edwin, Charles, Harrison, and others. He d. 17 Oct. 1806.
13. WILLIAM, s. of William (8), was a farmer, res. in Lex., and d. 1 May 1837, a. 80. His s. William, of Chs., was father of William A. Munroe, a trader in Cambridge.
14. JAMES, s. of James (10), m. Margaret, dau. of Nathan Watson, 10 June 1804, and had Nathan Watson, b. 7 July 1806, grad. H. C. 1830, an Episcopal clergyman residing herc; James, b. 15 Dec. 1808, m. Sarah R. M. Fiske 8 Oct. 1834, publisher and bookseller in Boston and Camb., d. 12 Jan. 1861; William Watson, b. 26 Mar. 1810, a grocer, res. here and d. 14 Aug. 1876 ; Isaac, b. 1812, d. 23 Sept. 1817; Charles Augustus, b. 1815, d. 28 Sept. 1817. JAMES the f. was a blacksmith, and res. on the northerly side of James Street; he was Deacon of the Church from 2 Aug. 1818 until he d. 31 May 1848 ; his w. Margaret d. 28 Feb. 1852, a. 78.
15. NATHANIEL, s. of James (10), m. Martha Lewis 12 Dec. 1802; she d. 23 Mar. 1822, and he m. Rebecca Kent 6 Feb. 1823. His chil. were Na- thaniel, b. Mar. 1804, d. 14 Sept. 1805; James, b. 29 Nov. 1805, d. 17 Mar. 1822; Martha, b. 1807, d. 2 Jan. 1830; Nathaniel, b. 1810, d. 21 Nov. 1822; Rebecca R. ; and others. NATHANIEL the f. d. 8 June 1854; his w. Rebecca d. 9 Mar. 1871, a. 80.
16. AMOS, s. of Isaac (11), b. 31 Mar. 1766, m. Ruth Prentice 18 Dec. 1803, and had Henry P., b. 17 July 1804, m. Eunice M. E. Burt Oct. 1827; Francis W., b. 22 May 1807, m. Sarah B. Coolidge Sept. 1829, and d. 15 July 1838; Mary Ann Bird, b. 7 June 1809, d. unm. 31 Aug. 1873; Amos, b. 27 Oct. 1811, m. Celina Robbins 30 Sept. 1852, and had dau. Caroline Celina, b. 9 Aug. 1853 ; Caleb S., b. 18 Mar. 1815, m. Mary Ann Bowen 8 Dec. 1836, and d. 26 Mar. 1870. AMos the f. res. at the northeasterly corner of Pearl and Auburn streets from about 1805 until he d. 5 Sept. 1829; his w. Ruth d. 17 June 1853, a. nearly 84.
MUTCHIN, CHRISTOPHER, was elected Hog-reeve 1639.
MUZZEY, HESTER (or Esther, otherwise written Muzzy, Mussey, Musse, Muse), was here in 1633, and two years later she owned a house on the west- erly side of Holyoke Street, where the printing-house now stands. In 1635 she m. William Ruskew (Reskie or Roscoe), and soon went to Hartford.
2. BENJAMIN, sometimes styled of Malden and sometimes of Rumney Marsh, m. Alice, dau. of Richard Dexter of Malden, where he had Benjamin, b. 16 Ap. 1657; Joseph, b. 1 Mar. 1658-9. He had also Richard; and Sarah, who m. John Waite before 1697. In 1678 he bought 15 acres in Chs. which he sold in 1682; in 1680 he bought 250 acres in Billerica; at both these pe- riods he was of Rumney Marsh. He d. before 26 Jan. 1696-7.
3. BENJAMIN, S. of Benjamin (2), was of Rumney Marsh in 1675, when he was impressed as a " trooper " in an expedition against the Indians. He re- moved to Camb. before 1681, and in 1693 he bought 206 acres at the Farms, where he subsequently resided, and where his posterity remain to this day. He m. Sarah -, who d. 28 Jan. 1710, and he m. Jane -. His chil. were Mary, b. 13 July 1683; John, b. about 1686; Benjamin, b. 20 Feb. 1689-90; Richard, b. - , d. unm. 1719; Amos, b. 6 Jan. 1699-1700; Bethia, b. 15 Ap. 1701; Thomas, bap. 1 Sept. 1706, d. 26 Nov. 1740. BENJAMIN the f. d. 5 May 1732 ; his w. Jane survived.
4. BENJAMIN, S. of Benjamin (3), res. at the Farms. He was in an expe- dition against the Indians in 1707, when he was taken prisoner, and remained in captivity at Canada until 1710, and perhaps longer. He subsequently re- turned, and by w. Patience, had Joseph, John, Benjamin, Esther, m. -- Meriam ; Mary, m. - Reed. He d. 19 Jan. 1764; his w. Patience d. 7 Oct. 1767, a. 79.
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5. AMos, s. of Benjamin (3), m. Esther Green 26 Sept. 1734, and had Esther, b. 11 June 1735 ; Sarah, b. 30 Mar. 1737; Amos, b. 7 June 1739, d. July 1740; Amos, b. 24 May, 1741; William, b. 31 July 1743; Samuel, b. 12 July 1745, d. 23 Aug. 1747; Bethia, b. 8 July 1747; Mary, b. 8 Sept. 1749; Benjamin, b. 25 Jan. 1752, grad. HI. C. 1774, d. 1777. AMos the f. res. in Lex. and d. 26 June 1752; his wid. Esther m. Thomas Prentice, Esq., of New- ton 4 May 1758, who removed to Lex. and d. there 31 Mar. 1760, a. 49; and she m. Capt. Samuel Whittemore of Camb. 15 Aug. 1765, who d. 2 Feb. 1793; a. 963 years ; she returned again to Lex. and d. 9 Sept. 1801, a. 84.
6. AMos, s. of Amos (5), in. Abigail Bowers of Billerica, and had in Lex. Amos, b. 19 Ap. 1766; Josiah, b. 4 Nov. 1767; Abigail, b. 27 May 1769; Wil- liam, b. 20 May 1771. AMos the f. d. 10 Dec. 1822.
7. AMos, s. of Amos (6), m. Lydia Boutelle of Leominster, and had in Lex. Elmira, b. 21 Oct. 1794, m. Charles Reed 23 Oct. 1817, d. 15 Nov. 1819 ; Benjamin, b. 13 Dec. 1795, d. suddenly in Boston 21 Ap. 1848, leaving wid. and children; Lydia, b. 11 June 1799, m. Samuel Chandler (late Sheriff of Middlesex) 29 Oct. 1818; Artemas Bowers, b. 21 Sept. 1802, grad. H. C. 1824, ordained at Framingham 10 June 1830, resigned 18 May 1833, installed over Cambridgeport Parish 1 Jan. 1834, resigned 4 May 1846, commenced his ministry with the Lee Street Society 7 Sept. 1846, resigned 20 Feb. 1854, installed at Concord, N. H., 29 Mar. 1854, resigned May 1857, installed at Newburyport 3 Sept. 1857, resigned May 1865, returned to Camb. where he has since resided, preaching statedly at Chestnut Hill, Newton; he has two sons, Henry W., LL. B. 1855, a lawyer in Camb .; and David P., practised law about a year, enlisted as a private soldier 23 May 1861, served through the war, and was discharged as Lieut .- colonel 8 Oct. 1865, grad. from the Harvard Divinity School 1869; ordained at Littleton Oct. 1869, resigned Ap. 1871, settled at Stow July 1872, resigned Sept. 1876; Abigail, b. 26 Nov. 1804, m. Samuel Chandler 11 Sept. 1834; Amos Otis, b. 11 June 1808, d. 20 Jan. 1812.
MYGATE, JOSEPH (otherwise written Mygatt, probably the same whose name appears among the freemen of 1635 as Maggott), was here in 1634, and res. on the easterly side of North Avenue in 1636. He rem. to Hartford and was Townsman, or Selectman there in 1639. Hinman says, "He was the ancestor of the Mygatts in Fairfield and Litchfield counties," and "a valua- ble man in the Colony."
NEEDHAM, JOHN, of Boston (otherwise written Neadom, and Nedam), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Zechariah Hicks, 10 Oct. 1679, and had Elizabeth, Hannah, Margaret, Zechariah, and Mehetabel. The mother d. 4 Feb. 1690-91, a. 36; the chil. were placed under the guardianship of their grandfather Hicks, and some or all of them probably became members of his household. Elizabeth, m. John Maynard of Sudbury 7 Dec. 1713; Mehetabel, m. Jonathan Maynard of Sudbury 10 Dec. 1714.
NEWMAN, PATIENCE, m. Nathaniel Sparhawk 3 Oct. 1649. SAMUEL, of Rehobothı, m. Hannah Bunker 2 May 1689; the same SAMUEL (probably), in. wid. Theodosia Wiswall before 1709.
NICHOLS, THOMAS, owned house and nine acres near Fresh Pond in 1638. NORCROSS, JOHN (otherwise written, Norcrost), in 1642 had 22 acres on the south side of the river.
NUTTING, JOHN, one of the earliest inhabitants of Groton, by w. Sarah, had Sarah, b. 29 May 1663; Ebenezer, b. 23 Oct. 1666 ; Jonathan, b. 17 Oct. 1668.
2. EBENEZER, s. of John (1), was probably the same who res. in Medf. and by w. Lydia, had Lydia, b. 5 Nov. 1692; Jonathan, b. 31 Jan. 1694-5 ; Sarah, b. 11 Aug. 1698 ; Ebenezer, b. 9 Aug. 1700; James, b. 31 Jan. 1703-4; Josiah, b. about 1706; John, b. 23 Mar. 1708-9; Benjamin, b. 7 Sept. 1711 ; Mary. EBENEZER the f. was a blacksmith, and was described in a deed, as of Camb. 1697. His estate was settled 6 July 1733.
3. JONATIIAN, S. of Jolin (1), by Elizabeth had Hannah, m. John Gross of Boston, 17 Ap. 1710, and --- Shepard of Boston, and was living in 1746 ;
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Sarah, m. John Gay, and d. 1772; John, b. 1695, grad. H. C. 1712, Master of the Grammar School at Salem 1719-1749, Ruling Elder of a new ehureh at Salem 1736, Notary Publie 1755, Collector of Customs at Salem and Marble- head 1768, and d. 20 May 1790; Jonathan ; these four were bap. here, 18 July 1697; Elizabeth, bap. 9 Oet. 1698, d. unm. between 20 Ap. and 2 June 1785 ; Samuel, b. 1 Aug. 1701; James, bap. 25 Ap. 1703; Ebenezer, bap. 25 Mar. 1705; prob. d. young ; Mary, m. Paul Nowell of York, living in 1785. JONA- THAN the f. was a gunsmith and loeksmith ; in 1695 he bought house and land at the N. E. corner of Bow and Holyoke streets, but at a later period he owned and oeeupied the square inelosed by Dunster, Winthrop, Holyoke, and South streets, except the southeast corner. He d. 1735 ; his w. Elizabeth and seven ehildren survived.
4. JONATHAN, S. of Jonathan (3), settled in Wrentham, where he d. before 1735. His children were Jonathan ; Elizabeth, b. 1726, was placed under the guardianship of John Gay of Camb. 30 Nov. 1737, being then deseribed as in the twelfth year of her age, m. John Hieks 26 Ap. 1748, and died Dee. (buried the 22d) 1825, a. 99; Hannah.
5. SAMUEL, s. of Jonathan (3), was a briekmaker, resided a few years in Medf., where two of his children were born, afterwards in Camb., and re- moved to Wat. as early as 1746. His children were Samuel, b. 16 Oet. 1729; Elizabeth, b. 7 June 1731; Jonathan, bap. here 15 June 1735 ; Joseph, bap. 14 Aug. 1737, d. young; Joseph, bap. 6 May 1739.
6. JAMES, S. of Jonathan (3), by w. Merey, had Ebenezer, b. 15 May 1728; Mary, bap. 15 May 1730; James, b. about 1734, d. 1758, and his mother administered 1 Jan. 1759; Ebenezer, bap. 30 Jan. 1736-7, was of Salem 1799; John, bap. 21 Jan. 1738-9; Jonathan, bap. 14 June 1741; Samuel, bap. 15 Ap. 1744. JAMES the f. was a locksmith, and resided on the westerly side of Dunster Street, about midway between Harvard Square and Mount Auburn Street. He d. about 1745, and his w. Merey who was appointed administra- trix 27 Jan. 1745, remained a widow, and dwelt on the liomestead more than half a century; she died of a caneer 2 May 1799, at the age of 98 years, according to the record of Dr. Holmes.
7. JOHN, prob. s. of James (6), by w. Mary, had Mary, b. 26 Ap. 1762, d. 12 Ap. 1766; John, b. 3 Mar. 1764; Mercy, bap. 3 Mar. 1766; Mary, bap. 6 Mar. 1768; Elizabeth, bap. 6 May 1770. JOHN the f. was a carpenter, and in 1761 bought house and one fourth aere on the easterly side of North Avenue, near the Common, which estate he mortgaged to John Walton of Reading 1770; Walton's Executor took possession of the estate 1786, and it became the residenee of Deaeon John Walton. In the Revolution, Mr. Nutting ad- hered to the King, and was proseribed by the Aet of 1778. Whether he re- turned is not aseertained.
8. JONATHAN, s. of James (6), was a trader in Chs. He was probably the same who sold the estate formerly of Jolin Gay in 1785, then styled trader of Boston, and having repurchased a part of it, sold it again to Judge Win- throp in 1786, then styled trader of Reading.
9. SAMUEL, s. of James (6), grad. H. C. 1768, was a physician, and res. here. The Overseers of the Poor 6 Mar. 1793, "agreed with Dr. Samuel Nutting, for the current year, as Warden to the Poor's House, and as Physi- eian to the Poor, for £16; his son to do the errands." This situation he re- tained until his death 8 Jan. 1797, after which his wid. Elizabeth aeted in place of a Warden until Dee. 1802. Their children are not found on record.
OAKES, EDWARD (otherwise written Okes), was here in 1640. By w. Jane he had, in England, Urian, b. about 1631; Edward, living in 1658 ; and in Camb., Mary, m. John Flint of Coneord 12 Nov. 1667; Thomas, b. 18 June 1644. EDWARD the f. was a prominent and useful eitizen; he was Seleetman twenty-nine years, between 1642 and 1678, and Representative seventeen years, between 1659 and 1681. He was also Representative for Coneord 1683, 1684, and 1686. He was appointed Quartermaster of the Troop 1656, and twenty years later was engaged in Philip's War, with the title of Cornet or Lieutenant, - unless, indeed, this last service was per-
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formed by his son of the same name. He d. 13 Oet. 1689, according to the Concord Records; if the date be correct he was 85 years old; his w. Jane was living 24 Dec. 1691, when she petitioned for leave to sell real estate.
2. THOMAS, brother to Edward (1), by w. Elizabeth, had Elizabeth, b. 3 Nov. 1646, d. young; Thomas, b. 5 Nov. 1648, d. 14 Jan. 1648-9; Elizabeth, b. 26 May 1650, m. Lemuel Jenkins of Malden ; Hannah, b. 4 May 1657, m. Joseph Waite of Malden; Thomas, b. 18 Mar. 1658-9, after his father's death. THOMAS the f. was a farmer, and resided on the westerly side of Garden Street, near Coneord Avenue. He d. in 1658; his wid. Elizabeth m. Samuel Hayward of Malden. She removed with her children to Malden, the resi- dence of her husband. By the Camb. Records, it appears that Elizabeth Oakes m. Seth Sweetser Ap. 1661; if this were the same, she must have soon lost her seeond husband and married a third; for her dau. Abigail, by her husband Hayward, was bap. here 23 Sept. 1666.
3. URIAN, s. of Edward (1), grad. H. C. 1649, went to England and was minister at Titchfield until he was silenced in 1662, by the Act of Uniformity. On invitation of the Church, communicated by a special messenger, he re- turned, and was installed here 8 Nov. 1671. He was elected President of Harvard College 1675, but declined the appointment; he acted, however, as President pro tempore, until 2 Feb. 1680, when he was fully indueted into office. He continued to perform the dutics of President and Pastor (having an assistant in the latter office) until his life was suddenly terminated by fever 25 July 1681. His w. d. in England 1669, about two years before his return hither. His children were all born there, and consequently no record of them is found here. He had a son Edward, who was a joint administrator on his estate; he was prob. the same who grad. H. C. 1679, and preached for a short time at Branford and New London, but d. before 1698; Urian, grad. H. C. 1678, and d. 13 June 1679, " at 22 years of age, after almost two years' languishing by a consumption;" and Laurence, styled B. A., though his name does not appear on the Catalogue, who d. 13 June 1679, a. 18, was probably son of Rev. Urian Oakes; perhaps he had completed his studies, but was cut off by death shortly before the Commencement; he had certainly been in Camb. a considerable time; for he gave a deposition concerning Indian troubles 1 Oct. 1677, in which he is described as about fifteen years of age. Hannah, who m. Rev. Samuel Angier 2 Sept. 1680, and d. 15 Aug. 1714, a. 55, was buried here, and her epitaph deseribes her as "daughter of the Rev. Mr. Urian Oakes, sometime President of Harvard College and Pastor of Cambridge." Judge Sewall in noticing her death calls her the " only surviv- ing child " of her father.
4. THOMAS, s. of Edward (1), grad. H. C. 1662, was a physician in Boston. He was eminent in his profession, and also as a politician. He was Repre- sentative of Boston and Speaker of the House 1689, and Assistant 1690, 1691, 1692, during a part of which time he was in England, as an agent to assist in proeuring a restoration of the Charter. He had been a prominent advocate of the rights of the Colony, and a sturdy opposer of the encroachments by the crown; so much so, that he was selected by Randolph as one of the number against whom he exhibited artieles of impeachment in 1681. He was subse- quently a Representative for Boston, elected Speaker and Councillor, but negatived by Gov. Dudley, as to both offices, and was a prominent leader in the opposition to Dudley's government. He d. at Wellfleet 15 July 1719, a. 75. Ilis w. Martha d. at Boston 19 Ap. 1719, a. 70, and was buried here. Their youngest son Josiah, grad. H. C. 1708, preached in Wellfleet several years, and d. there in 1732, a. 44.
OLDHAM, RICHARD (otherwise written Oldam), was here as early as 1650, and by w. Martha, had Samuel, and John. RICHARD the f. res. on the south side of the river, and d. 9 Dec. 1655; his w. Martha in. Thomas Brown 7 Oct. 1656.
2. SAMUEL, s. of Richard (1), mn. Hannah, dau. of Richard Dana, 5 Jan. 1670-71, and had Samuel, b. 27 May 1672, d. 4 Jan. 1672-3 ; Samuel, b. 15 Jan. 1673-4, d. 24 Aug. 1675; Hannah, b. 25 Mar. 1676, d. 9 July 1676 ;
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Andrew, b. 22 Ap. 1677, d. 12 July 1677 ; Nathaniel, b. -- , d. 3 May 1678; Mary, b. 1 June 1679, m. James Read 3 Ap. 1722 ; Hannah, b. 10 Oct. 1681, m. Amos Gates 19 May 1703; Ann, b. - , living in 1727. SAMUEL the f. d. between 13 July 1727, and 10 June 1728.
3. JOHN, s. of Richard (1), m. Abigail Wood 22 July 1675, and had John, b. 20 July 1676; Abigail, b. 28 Nov. 1679, m. Capt. Samuel Frothingham of Chs. 23 Nov. 1708. JOHN the f. was Selectman fifteen years, between 1695 and 1714, and d. 14 Oct. 1719, a. 66 ; his second w. Elizabeth survived him.
4. JOHN, s. of John (3), mn. Mindwell Parks 1 Nov. 1720, and had John, b. 18 Dec. 1720; Samuel, b. 26 Aug. 1722; Mary, b. 10 Mar. 1727-8 ; besides these were Abigail, who d. unm. 20 Oct. 1743; Jonathan, and Elizabeth, named in their father's will. JOHN the f. d. between 7 Mar. and 9 July 1733; his w. Mindwell m. Joseph Fessenden 6 Dec. 1733.
5. JOHN, s. of Jolin (4), m. Sarah Chadwick 2 June 1743, and had Abigail, b. 18 Mar. 1743-4, d. 26 May 1744 ; Sarah, b. 30 July 1746 ; Susanna, b. 11 Mar. 1748-9; Abigail, b. 3 Ap. 1752; John, b. 1 Nov. 1754. JOHN the f. d. and his w. Sarah administered 21 Feb. 1757.
OLIVER, THOMAS, an Elder of the First Church in Boston, came to N. Eng. 1631, and d. 1657. By his w. Ann, he had James ; John ; Peter ; Samuel ; Nathaniel, who was killed by the fall of a tree 9 Jan. 1632-3, a. 15; and Daniel.
2. JOHN, s. of Thomas (1), grad. H. C. 1645, was a preacher at Winnisimmet (Chelsea) several years. He m. Elizabethi, dau. of John Newgate, and had John, b. 1638, d. 1639; Elizabeth, b. 28 Feb. 1640, m. Enoch Wiswall; Han- nah, b. 1642, d. 1653 ; John, b. 2 Ap. 1644, res. in Boston ; Thomas, b. 10 Feb. 1645-6. JOHN the f. d. 12 Ap. 1646; his w. Elizabethi m. Edward Jackson of Cambridge 14 Mar. 1648-9, and d. 30 Sept. 1709, a. 92.
3. PETER, s. of Thomas (1), admitted freeman 1640, was an eminent mer- chaut in Boston, where he d. 1670. He had sons Nathaniel, b. 8 Mar. 1652, a member of the Council of Safety 1689, d. in Boston 15 Ap. 1704, described in an obituary as " a principal merchant " of Boston ; Peter, b. 3 Mar. 1654-5, grad. H. C. 1675; James, b. 19 Mar. 1658-9; Daniel, b. 28 Feb. 1663-4. He had also dau. Sarah, who m. John Noyes; and another dau. Mary, who m. Deac. Nathaniel Williams of Boston, and was mother of Nathaniel, b. 25 Aug. 1675, grad. H. C. 1693, ordained in the College Chapel 1698, as an evangelist to preach the gospel in Barbadoes, but his health would not permit him to remain there ; he returned and was master of the Grammar School in Boston, with Cheever, from 1703 to 1708, and sole master from 1708 to 1734; lie also studied medicine with his uncle, Dr. James Oliver, and as stated in an obitu- ary notice of him, " he continued to preach.and practise physic as occasion required, through life "; he d. 10 Jan. 1737-8, a. 62.
4. THOMAS, s. of John (2), m. Grace, dau. of Capt. Thomas Prentice, 27 Nov. 1667; she d. 30 Sept. 1681, a. 33, and he m. Mary Wilson 19 Ap. 1682. His chil. were Grace, b. 15 Nov. 1668, d. 16 Nov. 1680 ; Elizabeth, b. 11 Ap. 1670, d. 22 June 1674; John, b. 22 Nov. 1671, d. 20 Dec. 1673 ; Hannah, b. 16 Aug. 1674, prob. d. young; Thomas, b. 22 Aug. 1676, d. 22 May 1683 ; Samuel, b. 18 May 1679, d. young; John, b. 9 July 1683, d. 23 Sept. 1683 ; Nathaniel, b. 1 Feb. 1684-5; Mary, b. 20 Mar. 1687-8; Sarah, b. 14 Nov. 1690, m. Rev. Caleb Trowbridge of Groton 10 Mar. 1714; Abigail, b. - , m. Benjamin Prescott of Groton 12 June 1718, and was mother of Col. William Prescott of Bunker Hill memory, and his brothers, James, Sheriff and Judge C. C. P., and Oliver, Judge of Probate for Middlesex County ; Peter ; Thomas, b. 17 July 1700, grad. H. C. 1719, a schoolmaster; Samuel, b. 12 Jan. 1702-3, d. unm. 2 Dec. 1729. THOMAS the f. was brought here when a child by his mother, who m. Edward Jackson. He settled in that part of the town which now forms the westerly border of Brighton District, but retained his connec- tion with the Church at Newton, of which he was a Deacon. He was Select- man of Camb. 1687, Representative 18 years, between 1692 and 1713, and Councillor 1715. He d. 31 Oct. or 1 Nov. 1715; his w. Mary survived.
5. JAMES, S. of Peter (3), in. Mercy, dau. of Dr. Samuel Bradstreet, and
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granddaughter of Gov. Bradstreet, and had Mercy, b. about 1694, d. unm. 21 Feb. 1773, a. 78 ; Sarah, bap. 20 Dec. 1696, m. Jacob Wendell, an eminent merchant of Boston, 12 Aug. 1714, and d. 22 July 1762; from this marriage have descended many distinguished persons. JAMES the f. grad. H. C. 1680, was an eminent physician, resided on what is known as the Winthrop estate, where the present house stands, between Mount Auburn and Arrow streets, and d. 8 Ap. 1703, a. 43; his w. Mercy d. 29 Mar. 1710, a. 42, and her cousin, the Rev. William Brattle, was appointed guardian to her children.
6. DANIEL, s. of Peter (3), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Andrew Belcher, and sister to. Gov. Jonathan Belcher 23 Ap. 1696, and had Daniel, b. 14 Jan. 1703-4, grad. H. C. 1722, d. at London of small-pox 5 July 1727; Andrew, b. 28 Mar. 1706, grad. H. C. 1724, Secretary and Lieut .- governor of Massa- chusetts; Peter, b. 26 Mar. 1713, grad. H. C. 1730, Chief Justice of the Supe- rior Court of Massachusetts, and the last who held that office before the Revolution. DANIEL the f. d. in Boston of apoplexy 23 July 1732; his w. Elizabeth d. 21 May 1735.
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