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7. NATHANIEL, s. of Thomas (4), by w. Bethia, had Mary, b. 15 Sept. 1716, m. Thomas Sparhawk, Esq., 14 Jan. 1730-31, and was living in 1779. NATHANIEL the f. was not the Chelsea schoolmaster and magistrate who grad. H. C. 1701, as some have supposed, but a farmer or " yeoman." He d. 11 Mar. 1727-8; his w. Bethia d. Dec. 1774, a. 81.
8. PETER, S. of Thomas (4), m. Mary Mattucks, and had Elizabeth, b. about 1716; Thomas, b. about 1718; Peter, b. about 1720; Mary, b. about 1722,. prob. m. Abraham Frost 8 June 1747; Samuel, b. about 1726, prob. the mari- ner on whose estate Abraham Frost administered 21 Dec. 1764; Surah, b. about 1728. The dates of birth are estimated from the ages specified in the guardianship granted to their mother Mary 30 July 1731. PETER the f. was styled " Captain " and d. 7 Dec. 1729.
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9. THOMAS, prob. s. of Peter (8), m. Rebecca, dau. of Deac. John Bradish, and had Rebecca, b. about 1740, m. William Manning, Jr., 26 Nov. 1772, and d. 19 Ap. 1821, a. 81; Mary, bap. 30 Oct. 1743; Hepzibah, bap. 27 Ap. 1746, m. John Wyman of Woburn 1 Aug. 1765. THOMAS the f. d. about 1746; his w. Rebecca purchased her father's homestead in 1746, a part of which she immediately sold to Capt. William Angier, and occupied the remainder until 4 Nov. 1762; when she sold it to her brother Isaac Bradish.
10. ROBERT, styled " Esquire," parentage not ascertained, m. Ann, dau. of James Brown, prob. of Antigua; her f. d. and her mother m. Isaac Royal, (who resided many years in Antigua), and had Col. Isaac of Medford, and Penelope, who m. Col. Henry Vassall of Cambridge. Mr. Oliver was of An- tigua in 1738, where prob. most of liis children were born: he returned, or came, to N. Eng. before 1747, and settled at Dorchester, where he d. between 3 Aug. 1761 and 24 Dec. 1762. His children were James, a physician, prob. d. before 1761, as he is not named in his father's will; Thomas, b. about 1733; Isaac ; Richard ; Elizabeth, m. Col. John Vassall the younger, of Cambridge.
11. THOMAS, s. of Robert (8), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Col. John Vassall, Sen., 1760 (pub. 17 May), and had Anne, bap. 4 Mar. 1764; Elizabeth, bap. 17 Aug. 1766 ; Penelope, bap. 2 Oct. 1768; and perhaps others. THOMAS the f. grad. H. C. 1753, he prob. resided at Dorchester until 1766, when he pur- chased an estate on Elmwood Avenue, near Mount Auburn, and erected the mansion afterwards the residence of Gov. Gerry, and of the Rev. Dr. Lowell, now owned and occupied by Prof. James Russell Lowell. Being a man of fortune, he was not actively engaged in business ; nor did he mingle in the stormy political contests of that eventful period, until, in a day fatal to his peace and quiet, he accepted the office of Lieutenant-governor 1 of the Prov-
1 He enjoyed the distinetion of being the Lib.), under date of 10 Oct. 1775, " Sir Wil- last Lieut .- governor of Mass. appointed by the King. He seems also to have been the last representative of royal authority in the Province ; for when Governor Gage returned to England, Pemberton says in his Manu- seript Chronology (in the Mass. Hist. Soc.
liam Howe succeeds to the military eom- mand, and Lieut .- gov. T. Oliver to the eivil department, and is now Governor of Boston only, he having jurisdiction over no other town in the province."
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inee, and President of a Council appointed by the King in a manner particu- larly obnoxious to popular resentment. On the morning of 2 Sept. 1774, a large number of Middlesex freeholders (Gov. Oliver says about four thou- sand), assembled at Cambridge, and induced the recently appointed Manda- mus Councillors to renounec their offices. The President of the Council was not spared ; but, though he urgently requested delay, inasmuch as he could not with propriety renounce that offiee, while he held that of Lieut .- gov., yet he finally yielded, and signed a solemn engagement " as a man of honor and a Christian," that he would "never hereafter, upon any terms whatsoever, aeeept a scat at said Board, on the present novel and oppressive plan of government." He left Cambridge immediately, and never returned. At the evacuation of Boston he accompanied the British forces, soon went to England, and d. at Bristol 20 Nov. 1815, a. 82. Hc has uniformly been rep- resented as a mild and quiet person, and gentlemanly in deportment. It has even been suggested that his name was inserted in the commission by mistake . instead of the name of Chief Justice Peter Oliver, a much more active, rest- less man, and better fitted as an unscrupulous tool of an arbitrary govern- ment.
OLMSTEAD, JAMES, was one of the earliest inhabitants, and was Constable 1634, 1635. He resided on the northerly side of Harvard Street, upon or near the spot oeeupied by what has long been known as the President's House, now called the Wadsworth House. He rem. to Hartford, and d. in 1640 or 1641. " His children were Nicholas and Nehemiah. He left a large estate and gave in his will £50 to the Church in Hartford." Hinman.
2. NICHOLAS, s. of James (1), was early here with his father, and had a house-lot on the easterly side of Holyoke street. He rem. to Hartford, was a soldier at Mystie against the Pequots in 1637, and was afterwards a Lieuten- ant. He was living in 1672. Hinman.
3. NEHEMIAH, s. of James (1), was undoubtedly here with his father, though not named on the Records. He was at Hartford in 1649.
This name appears with a fruitful variety of orthography. Some of the forms are Omsted, Olmsted, Olmstead, Olmsteadc, Olmestead, Olmesteade, Homstead, Holmstead, Hompstead, and sundry others.
OSLAND, HUMPHREY, m. Elizabeth Hyde 7 Mar. 1666-7, and had Eliza- beth, b. 25 Jan. 1667-8, m. Nathaniel Wilson; John, b. 10 Oet. 1669; Hannah, m. Dr. John Prentiee 1696, and d. 1704; Sarah, b. 23 Nov. 1683, m. Edward Prentice. HUMPHREY the f. was a cordwaincr, and resided on the south side of the river, in what is now Newton. He d. 19 June 1720; his w. Elizabeth d. 13 Mar. 1723.
2. JOHN, S. of Humphrey (1), m. Sarah Hyde, and d. in 1733. About ten years afterwards his estate was distributed to his chil. Jonathan ; Mary, w. of Philip Pratt, Framingham; Mehetabel, w. of Robert Paul of Union, Conn .; Elizabeth, w. of Josiah Hyde; Thankful, w. of Jonathan Hyde; Lydia, w. of Caleb Hyde; all of Canterbury, Conn .; Sarah, and Hannah, both unm. at the time of division.
PADDLEFOOT, JONATHAN (otherwise written Padlefoote, and Padlfoote), m. Mary Blanford 5 Oet. 1652, and had Jonathan, b. 6 July and d. 29 Oet. 1653 ; Mary, b. 22 Aug. 1654; Jonathan, b. 13 Aug. 1656; Zechariah, b. 16 Dec. 1657, d. in Framingham 7 July 1737; Edward, b. 14 June 1660, "slayn in the wars." (Chart.) JONATHAN the f. res. on the easterly side of North Avenue, near the Railroad Bridge. He d. 1661; his w. Mary m. Thomas Eames, and had son Thomas, bap. here 12 July 1663. She subsequently re- moved with her husband and family to Sudbury, and thence to Framingham, where she had five children, and was killed by the Indians at Framingham 1 Feb. 1675-6. Barry.
JOHN PADDLEFORD, grad. Y. C. 1768, was a physician in Hardwick sev- eral years. SETH PADDLEFORD, grad. Y. C. 1770, was a lawyer in Hard- wick, removed to Taunton, was Judge of Probatc, and received the degree of LL.D. at Brown University. The name, now generally written Padelford, still exists in the southerly part of the Commonwealth, and in Rhode Island;
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and the deseent from Jonathan of Camb. is duly set forth in a chart of the family.
PAINE, MOSES (or Payne), is styled " Mr." on our Records 1639. In 1642 lie owned house and land at the S. E. corner of South and Dunster streets, whieli he sold in 1646.
PALFREY, JOHN (otherwise written Palfray, Palfraye, Palfry, Palfory, Paulfrey, Paulfery), m. Rebecca, dau. of William Bordman, 4 Aug. 1664, and liad Rebecca, b. 15 Sept. 1665, m. Joseph Hieks 24 Nov. 1716; John, b. 12 Ap. 1667, d. 27 June 1667; Elizabeth, b. 24 May 1668; Martha, b. 18 May 1670, m. Benjamin Goddard 30 May 1689; Thomas, b. 7 May 1672, d. 21 Nov. 1677; Ruth, b. 1 Nov. 1677, d. unm. at Medf. 29 Dec. 1737; John, b. Jan. or Feb. 1688-9, a shoemaker, d. unm. 1 Dec. 1759. There were at least two more daughters, one of whom was prob. Mary, who m. Ebenezer Williams 1 Dec. 1700. JOHN the f. was a carpenter, resided on the easterly side of North Avenue, near the Common, and d. in 1689. The name, in this family, became extinet.
PALMER, STEPHEN, by w. - , had Stephen, bap. 18 Ap. 1697. His former residence not ascertained. He d. 21 May 1697.
2. STEPHEN, s. of Stephen (1), by w. Sarah, had Sarah, bap. 6 Nov. 1717, m. Jacob Hill, Jr., 14 Sept. 1732 ; Stephen, bap. 12 Oct. 1718; Mary, bap. 20 Feb. 1720-21, m. Willianı Fessenden ; Elizabeth, bap. 21 Ap. 1723, m. Joseph Gibbs 11 Sept. 1749 ; Bethia, bap. 12 Sept. 1725, ni. John Ellis, Jr., 24 Oct. 1750; John, bap. 26 Nov. 1727 (perhaps the same who d. at an " advanced age," in Newton, between 22 Aug. 1808 and 29 Aug. 1809, naming in his will chil. Thomas, William deceased, Mary Wiswall, Ann Parker, and John) ; Joseph, b. 2 Sept. 1729, grad. H. C. 1747, ordained at Norton 3 Jan. 1753, and d. 4 Ap. 1791. STEPHEN the f. was a tanner, and d. about 1766, when his will was presented 23 Ap. by his son Joseph, one of the executors; after whose death, Rev. John Ellis of Rehoboth was appointed administrator de bonis non.
3. STEPHEN, s. of Stephen (2), m. Sarah Gamage 17 Jan. 1750-51, and had Deborah, b. 23 Dec. 1751, d. 3 Feb. 1752; Stephen, b. 9 Jan. 1753 ; John, b. 22 Oct. 1754; Joseph, b. 7 May 1756; Joshua, b. 20 Mar. 1758, d. 7 Oet. 1759; Sarah, b. 9 Nov. 1759, m. John Warland 5 Feb. 1806, d. at Plymouthi; Joshua, b. 2 Sept. 1761, m. Mary Cooper 23 May 1791, was a baker, resided here and at Clis., d. 15 Jan. 1832, leaving son John, merchant in Camb., and perhaps others; Benjamin, b. 24 Aug. 1763, and d. 5 Jan. 1764; Benjamin, b. 30 Jan. 1765, d. 3 Aug. 1773. STEPHEN the f. was a tanner, and resided near Brattle Square; he d. 30 Mar. 1806, a. 88; his w. Saralı d. 15 Mar. 1794, a. 73.
4. STEPHEN, s. of Stephen (3), m. Thankful Child of Wat. 16 June 1774, and Mary Bemis of Waltham (pub. 28 Feb. 1777) ; his chil. were Thankful, bap. 16 Ap. 1775; Polly, bap. 28 June 1778, m. Samuel Frost Wyman 10 Nov. 1796; Betsey, bap. 23 Ap. 1780, m. Chas. Walker of Fryeburg, Me .; Eunice, bap. 9 Dec. 1781 (this baptism is recorded as that of Eunice, dau. of Mary Palmer, and underneath the line is written, " her husband Stephen Palmer was drowned "); Stephen, s. of Stephen and Mary, d. 1 Sept. 1806. Sarah, who ni. Lemuel Brown of Chs. 7 Dec. 1797, was dau. of Stephen. STEPHEN the f. removed to Fryeburg, Me., in 1780, where he was drowned 1 Sept. 1781. Mary Palmer, perhaps wid. of Steplien, in. Ebenezer Day of Fryeburg, Me., 13 Feb. 1783.
5. JOHN, s. of Stephen (3), m. Susanna Stratton 28 Nov. 1781, and had Susan, b. 21 Aug. 1782, d. 7 Mar. 1783; John, b. 4 Oct. 1783, grad. H. C. 1802, d. unm., of consumption, 17 Oet. 1802; Joseph, b. 27 Sept. 1784, d. 27 Mar. 1785 ; Susanna, b. 26 Feb. 1786, m. Isaac Jones 2 Ap. 1809, and d. before 1822, leaving an only ehild Lucy Ann, who in. William L. Whitney 18 Oct. 1836, d. in childbed, and was buried 12 Aug. 1838, together with her child; Stephen, b. 14 Mar. 1787, d. of consumption 9 Ap. 1805; Joseph, b. 22 July 1788, d. of consumption 6 Ap. 1807; Lucy, b. 16 Oct. 1789, d. unm., of consumption, 14 Ap. 1818; Abner, b. 21 Ap. 1793, d. of fever 31 Mar. 1805. JOHN the f. was a baker and trader ; he was also Major. He resided on the northwesterly side of Brattle Square. He d. 1 Sept. 1822, a. nearly 68; his w. Susanna was buried 12 Dec. 1837. The family of Major Palmer is extinct.
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PANTRY, WILLIAM (otherwise written Pantrey, Pentry, Peintrey, Peyn- tree), was here in 1633, and in 1635 owned a house near the spot now occupied by the Wadsworth House, so ealled, on Harvard Square. He went to Hartford with Hooker, and was living in 1649.
PARISH, THOMAS, by w. Mary,1 had Thomas, b. 21 July 1641, grad. H. C. 1659 ; Mary, b. 3 Ap. 1643. THOMAS the f. resided on the westerly side of Garden Street, near Concord Avenue ; was Selectman 1639, 1640, and Savage styles him " physician "; he returned to England before 1654, when his home- stead (the house having been burned) was sold by his agent, Thomas Dan- forth, to Thomas Oakes. He is described in the deed as Thomas Parish, gent., of Naylond, Suffolk Co., England. It is not impossible that Rev. Samuel Parris, of witch mania memory, who d. 27 Feb. 1720, was of this family. The name is spelled differently, but the sound is similar. In his will, Samuel speaks of his father Thomas as a merchant, living in London 1656, and own- ing estates in Barbadoes, where he d. 1673.
PARKER, ROBERT, " butcher, Boston and Roxbury, was admitted a member of Boston Church 1634." (Farmer.) " Robert Parker and his wife, both in full communion, having been dismissed hither (together with their children) from the Churches of Boston and Roxbury. Their children, Benjamin, John, Sarah, and Rachell." (Mitchell.) He was here as early as 1638, when he owned a house on the southerly side of Brattle Street, a few rods westerly from Ash Street; but it would seem that he did not change his ecclesiastical relationship until a later period. By his w. Judith, he had Benjamin, b. June 1636, d. here 17 Jan. 1671-2; Sarah, b. Ap. 1640, m. Dr. Thomas Foster 15 Oct. 1662; Nathaniel, b. 28 July 1643, prob. d. young ; John, b. - , d. be- fore 1684 ; Rachel, b. - , d. 5 Ap. 1663. ROBERT the f. d. 1685, a. 83; his w. Judith d. 8 May 1682, a. 80. The son Benjamin m. a dau. of William Hartwell, owned an estate in Billerica, had sons Benjamin and John, and per- haps others.
2. JOHN, resided on the south side of the river (now Newton), and by w. Joanna, had Mary, b. 28 Jan. 1647; Martha, b. 1 May 1649, m. and d., leav- ing children, before 1686; John, b. 15 Feb. 1651-2; Joanna, b. 16 Jan. 1653-4, m. - Stone; Thomas, b. 1 Feb. 1657; Sarah, b. 6 Jan. 1659; Isaac, b. 15 Mar. 1662; Jonathan, b. 6 Nov. 1665; Lydia, b. 15 May 1667. JOHN the f. prob. d. about 1686, in which year his will is dated.
3. JOHN, prob. s. of John (2), by w. Mary, had John, b. 17 Aug. 1687, and several others in Newton.
4. JOSIAH, s. of Capt. James Parker and w. Elizabeth, was b. in Groton 1655, and resided there until 1683, and perhaps later; was an innholder in Woburn from 1693 to 1695, and in Camb. 1696 and for many subsequent years. In 1699 he purchased a part of the homestead of John Jackson, and in 1708 the remainder, fronting on Brattle Street and Brattle Square extend- ing from Palmer Street to Church Street, or thereabouts, and bounded north- erly on the burial ground. He m. Elizabeth Saxon, or Sexton, of Boston, and liad in Groton, Elizabeth, b. 31 Aug. 1679, m. Samuel Livermore 15 Nov. 1699; John, b. 13 Ap. 1681; Sarah, b. 1 May 1683, m. Stephen Coolidge 30 Ap. 1702, and Nicholas Fessenden, Jr., 8 Aug. 1706; he had also, Susanna, b. - , m. Samuel Gookin, Jr., 28 Feb. 1711-12; Joshua ; William, prob. d. young; Ann, m. William Warland 3 July 1718 (Joshua, William, and Ann, bap. here 3 Ap. 1698); Mary, bap. 11 Dee. 1698, m. Thomas Dana 22 Jan. 1718-19, and d. 10 Oct. 1739; Thomas, bap. 15 Dee. 1700, grad. H. C. 1718, minister at Dracut, d. 18 Mar. 1765. JOSIAHI the f. was a Captain and served in the war against the Indians; he was in command at
1 Probably Mary Danforth, dau. of Nich- Thomas Parish, who graduated at Harvard olas, and sister of Deputy-governor Thomas College in 1659, credit is given for payments, Danforth. In the Steward's account with to wit: -
1. 8. d. gr.
"7. 10. 55, payd by his unckell Thomas Danforth,
5. 5. 8. 2
7. 1. 58-9, payd by lis unckell Thomas Danforth, 4. 9. 6. 1
Sume is 9. 15.2.3"
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Groton 21 July 1706, when Nathaniel Healy of Newton, one of his company, was " waylaid " and slain, together with John Myrick and Ebenczer Seager, also of Newton, "as they were going to meeting on the Sabbath day." He was Selcetman 1710, and d. between 26 July and 6 Aug. 1731; his w. Eliza- beth survived.
5. STEPHEN, parentage not ascertained, by w. Susanna, had Hannah, b. 27 Feb. 1704-5.
6. JOHN, perhaps s. of Josiah (4), but if so, a second son of that name, Il. Mary Hancock (dau. of Nathaniel), 20 Dcc. 1711, and d. 2 Nov. 1712, " aged 22 years 10mo. and 11 days," according to the inseription on his gravestone.
7. JOSHUA, s. of Joshua (4), m. Mary, dau. of Nicholas Fessenden senior, 15 June 1712, and had Mary, bap. 12 Oet. 1712; Elizabeth.
8. ELEAZAR, prob. s. of Elcazar of Groton, and nephew of Josiah (4), b. at Groton 25 Sept. 1695, m. Hannah Humphrey at Camb. 24 Mar. 1719-20, and had Elizabeth, bap. 21 May 1721, d. young ; Hannah, bap. 17 Mar. 1722-3; Mary, bap. 15 Aug. 1725, m. Joseph Grant of Chs. 3 Oct. 1745 ; Elizabeth, bap. 29 June 1727, m. Benjamin Chency 3 Jan. 1744-5; Sarah, bap. 13 Ap. 1729 ; Eleazar, bap. 27 Jan. 1733-4; Joseph and Benjamin, twins, bap. 11 Ap. 1736. ELEAZAR the f. was a slioemaker.
9. DAVID, by w. Elizabeth, had David, b. 13 Oct. 1791; Elizabeth, b. 11 Nov. 1793; Alice, b. 4 Sept. 1799.
10. SCARBOROUGHI, m. Hannah Goddin of Watertown 27 Ap. 1794; son Jonathan died 30 June 1796.
11. AARON, m. Lydia, dau. of Joseph Bates, 1 Jan. 1801, and had Mary Snow, b. 29 Dec. 1801; Aaron, b. 20 Feb. 1803; Benjamin, b. 15 Ap. 1804 ; Lydia, b. 16 Oct. 1805; Jane, b. 18 Aug. 1807; Joseph Bates, b. 19 June 1810. AARON the f. d. 23 Feb. 1822, a. 48.
EXPERIENCE, m. Thomas Foster 30 Nov. 1686. ELIZABETH, m. Aaron Bordman 14 Oet. 1708. ELIZABETHI, m. Thomas Thwing 6 Mar. 1764. JOSHUA (of Westford), m. Hannah Kidder 26 Ap. 1744. NOAII, m. Hannah Livermore 4 Dec. 1777. PATIENCE, m. Coolidge P. Woods 2 May 1793.
PARKS, RICHARD, here as early as 1638; resided on the easterly side of North Avenue near the Common; and afterwards on the south side of the river. He d. between 12 July and 19 Oet. 1665, leaving s. Thomas, and two dau. not named, one of whom was Isabel, w. of Franeis Whitmore, and the other prob. Elizabeth, w. of Edward Winship.
2. THOMAS, s. of Richard (1), m. Abigail Derkes (or Dix) 1 Dce. 1653, and had Thomas, b. 2 Nov. 1654, d. 28 Aug. 1681; John, b. 6 Sept. 1656, was a sol- dier under Capt. Beers, in the disastrous battle with the Indians near Northfield, Sept. 1675, where he had an arm broken and was crippled for life; Abigail, b. 3 Mar. 1658, m. John Fisk ; Edward, b. 8 Ap. 1661; Richard, b. 21 Dec. 1663 ; Sarah, b. 21 Mar. 1666, m. Jolın Knap, Jr., of Wat .; Rebecca, b. 13 Ap. 1668, m. John Sanger of Wat .; Jonathan, b. 27 Aug. 1670; Elizabeth, b. 28 July 1679, m. John Holland. THOMAS the f. d. 11 Aug. 1689 ; his w. Abigail d. 3 Fcb. 1691, and his cstate was divided 12 Mar. 1693-4, to cight surviving children.
3. EDWARD, before 1648 purchased of Col. George Cookc, a house at the N. W. corner of Brighton and Mount Auburn streets, with several parcels of outlands; to which the town added a grant of seventy-two aeres on the Rocks. It is not certain that he ever resided here, or even erossed the Atlantic; he may have made the purchase in England, whither Cooke had returned and entered the military service of Cromwell. These parcels of real estate were conveyed to John Stedman 1 June 1655, by Henry Parks of London, mer- chant, " son and heir of Edward Parks of London, merchant, deeeased," to whom they had been deviscd by will.
PARLEN, NICHOLAS (otherwise written Parlyn), m. Sarah Hanmore 30 Nov. 1665, and had John, b. 31 Mar. 1666; Sarah, b. 1 Aug. 1668; Hannah, b. 8 Aug. 1670; Elizabeth, b. 8 June 1672; Mary, b. 25 Nov. 1675; Susanna, b. 16 Ap. 1677; Abigail, b. 14 June 1680.
PATRICK, DANIEL, was here as early as May 1632, and resided at the S. E. corner of Brighton and Winthrop streets. He was one of the first two military
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commanders appointed in the Colony. At a General Court 7 Sept. 1630, it was " Ordered, that Mr. Patrick and Mr. Underhill shall have allowed them for half a year's provision, 2 hogsheads of meal, 4 bushels of malt, 10 pounds of powder and lead to make shot, also houseroom provided for them, and £15 12s. in money to make their provisions; all this to be done at the public charge; their year to begin from the time they begin to keep house." ~And when officers were appointed 9 March 1636-7, for the several Train-bands, Mr. Daniel Patrick and Mr. John Underliill are named as Captains "for the Coun- try's service." He served three months in the Pequot war, and performed other military service, until Nov. 1637, when " the Court did give way to Capt. Patrick's remove to Ipswich, discharging him from any further service, and gave him a quarter's pay for a gratuity." (Col. Rec.) But Bond says he was a Selectman in Watertown 1638. He subsequently rem. to Connecticut, and was killed in a quarrel by a Dutchman 1643. Winthrop says, " About this time, Capt. Daniel Patrick was killed at Stamford by a Dutchman, who shot him dead with a pistol. This Captain was entertained by us out of Holland (where he was a common soldier of the Prince's guard), to exercise our men. We made him a Captain, and maintained him. After, he was admitted a member of the Church of Watertown and a freeman. But he grew very proud and vicious," etc. Capt. Patrick had a wife, described by Winthrop as " a good Dutch woman and comely ; " but it is not known that he left any posterity.
PATTEN, WILLIAM (otherwise written Pattin, and Patting), was here as early as 13 Mar. 1635-6, when he agreed to take charge of a part of the town herd of cattle. By w. Mary he had Mary, b. before his arrival here; William, d. 22 Mar. 1645-6; Thomas, b. - Oct. 1636; Nathaniel, d. - Jan. 1639; Sarah, d. young; Nathaniel, b. 29 July 1643. WILLIAM the f. res. on the easterly side of North Avenue opposite the Common; and d. 10 Dec. 1668; his w. Mary d. 20 Sept. 1673.
2. THOMAS, s. of William (1), settled in Billerica; he m. Rebecca -, who d. 19 May 1689, and Sarah Didson (or Ditson) of Reading 20 May 1686. His children were Mary, b. 21 Aug. 1664; Thomas, b. 22 Mar. 1665-6 ; Nathaniel, b. 14 Sept. 1668, d. about 1718, leaving family ; William, b. 12 May 1671, a Deacon at Billerica, d. here of small-pox 5 Oct. 1730, while attending the General Court as Representative; Rebecca, b. 29 Jan. 1674-5 ; Sarah, b. 18 June 1677; Elizabeth, b. 8 May 1680; Mehetabel, b. 28 Feb. 1686-7; Kendall, b. 20 Ap. 1689. THOMAS the f. d. 16 Jan. 1689-90 ; his w. Sarah m. Thomas Richardson 29 Dec. 1690.
3. NATHANIEL, s. of William (1), m. Rebecca Adams 24 Nov. 1669; she d. 18 Dec. 1677, and he m. Sarah Cooper 8 Oct. 1678 ; she d. and he m. Sarah Hancock 15 Oct. 1711. His chil. were Nathaniel and John, twins, b. 24 Sept. 1672; Anna, b. 20 Ap. 1674, m. Nathaniel Eames of Framingham, and was living in 1725; William, b. 12 July 1676 ; Mary, b. 24 July 1679, m. Walter Russell 17 May 1699, and d. before 1706 ; Samuel, b. 2 Jan. 1681-2 ; Elizabeth, m. John Russell 30 Mar. 1710, living at Killingly, Conn., 1725 ; Daniel, b. 18 Jan. 1689 (I suspect this last should be Hannah, instead of Daniel ; Hannah d. 16 Sept. 1739, a. 50, naming sister Russell in her will). NATHANIEL the f. d. 12 June 1725.
4. NATHANIEL, s. of Nathaniel (3), m. Deborah -; she d. 7 Mar. 1715-26 (G. S. 9 Mar.), and he m. Sarah Frost 17 May 1720. His children were Nathaniel, b. 10 Dec. 1702; Abigail, b. 6 May 1705, m. Sebas Jackson 2 Dec. 1731; Jonathan, b. - Oct. 1706, prob. the same who was killed by the falling of a clay bank where he was digging 22 Dec. 1730; his bro. Nathaniel was appointed administrator 1 Feb. 1730-31; Deborah, b. 25 July 1708, d. 22 Oct. 1708; Deborah, b. 6 Sept. 1709; Phebe, b. 2 Dec. 1711; Priscilla, b. 6 June 1713; Sarah, b. prob. 1714, bap. 10 Ap. 1715; Daniel, b. 22 Feb. 1715-16. NATHANIEL the f. d. about 1727; his w. Sarah administered 8 May 1727, and d. at Menot. 11 Aug. 1747, a. 78.
5. JOHN, s. of Nathaniel (3), m. Margaret, dau. of Reuben Luxford, 13 Mar. 1699-1700, and had Margaret, b. 5 Mar. 1700-1, m. Charles Hunnewell of Chs. 8 Nov. 1733; Luxford, b. 31 Mar. 1704; John, b. 8 Nov. 1706, was a
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earpenter, residing in Stoughton 24 Ap. 1728; Rebecca, b. - , living 24 June 1730, and prob. the " spinster" who bought a small estate (two rods square) on the easterly side of North Avenue, opposite the Common, 24 June 1768. JOIN the f. resided on the southerly side of Brattle street, between Ash and Sparks streets, and d. about 1717; his w. Margaret d. 19 Feb. 1717-18: Amos Marrett was appointed administrator on the estates of both John and Margaret 22 Feb. 1717-18.
6. WILLIAM, s. of Nathaniel (3), m. Abigail, dau. of Stephen Willis of Medf., 3 Jan. 1700-1, and had in Camb., William, b. 21 Aug. 1701, m. Ann Seecomb 17 Nov. 1726, and had family in Medf. ; Abigail, b. 11 June 1703; Rebecca, b. 14 Jan. 1705-6; Stephen, b. 19 June 1707; Eliot, b. 15 May 1709; Mary, b. 20 May 1711; and in Medf., John, b. 1 Jan. 1712-13; Aaron, b. 16 Ap. 1717; Thomas, b. 2 Feb. 1718-19, m. Mary Tufts of Chs. 10 Jan. 1745, and had family in Medf., where his w. Mary d. 28 Aug. 1764, a. 42. WIL- LIAM the f. appears to have removed to Medf. about 1712, and d. there 7 Sept. 1744, a. 68.
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