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6. JAMES, S. of James (4), m. Mary Stebbins Brown, dau. of Maj. John Brown, and had Eliza, b. 13 Aug. 1800, m. Nahum Stratton of Richmond, Va., 13 Aug. 1826 ; James Barnard, b. 26 Aug. 1802, m. Emily, dau. of Maj. Jonas Wycth 9 Nov. 1828, and res. in Boston. JAMES the f. was a merchant and spent several years in the Island of Tobago, where both his children were born. He returned to Camb. before 1809, and d. 8 Sept. 1828, a. 55.
REED, WILLIAM, aged 48, with w. Mabel, aged 30, and three chil. left Lon- don in the ship Defence July 1635, and arrived at Boston on the 6th of the next October. He res. successively at Dorchester, Scituate (where he was Constable in 1644), and Brookline until 1648, when he bought a farm in Wo- burn. His chil. b. in England, were George, b. 1629; Ralph, b. 1630, m. Mary Pierce, d. 4 Jan. 1711-12 ; Justice, b. 1633, prob. d. young; and in New England, Abigail, b. 1635, m. Francis Wyman 2 Oct. 1650 ; Bethia, b. - , in. John Johnson, 28 Ap. 1657 ; Israel, b. 1642, m. Mary Kendall, d. 29 June 1711; Sarah, b. - , m. Samuel Walker 10 Sept. 1662; Rebecca, b. - , In. Joseph Winn, and d. in 1734. WILLIAM the f. with his w. and the four younger chil. returned to England and d. at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a. 69; ad- ministration, with the will annexed, was granted to his wife Mabel by Oliver Cromwell, " the last day of October 1656." She returned to Woburn with her children, and m. Henry Somers 21 Nov. 1661, whom she survived, and died at the house of her son George, 5 June 1690, a. 85.
2. GEORGE, s. of William (1), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Jennison of Watertown, 4 Oct. 1652 ; she d. in childbed 26 Feb. 1664-5, a. 28, and he m. Hannah Rockwell of Clis. 9 Nov. 1665. His chil. were Elizabeth, b. 26 July 1653, m. David Fiske; twins, b. 14 Nov. 1654, both d. in infancy; Samuel, b. 29 Ap. 1656, prob. the physician of that name in Chs .; Abigail, b. 27 June 1658; George, b. 14 Sept. 1660; William, b. 22 Sept. 1662; Sarah, b. 12 Feb. 1664-5, m. - Robinson; Hannah, b. 18 Feb. 1669-70, m. - Elson ; John, b. 18 Mar. 1671-2, m. Ruth Johnson of Woburn, had children, and d. 21 Dec. 1755; Mary, b. 15 June 1674, m. Matthew Johnson, Jr., of Woburn 12 Dec. 1695 ; Timothy, b. 20 Oct. 1678, m. Persis Kendall, had children, and d. 17 Oct. 1758; Thomas, b. 15 July 1682, m. Sarah Sawyer, and d. 18 Aug. 1736. GEORGE the f. was a farmer, res. in Woburn, and d. 21 Feb. 1705-6, a. 77 ; his w. Hannah survived.
3. GEORGE, s. of George (2), m. Abigail, dau. of Thomas Peirce, 18 Feb. 1684-5; she d. 9 Sept. 1719, a. nearly 59, and he m. wid. Sybil Rice of Sud- bury 24 May 1721. His chil. were Abigail, b. 6 Feb. 1685-6, m. Capt. Sam- uel Stone of Lex., and d. 16 Jan. 1767; Ebenezer, b. 6 Mar. 1689-90, m. Huldah -, had children, and d. 9 July 1767; George, b. 2 Aug. 1697, d. 6 Oct. 1697; Elizabeth, b. 14 June 1700, m. Deac. Christopher Paige, of that part of Billerica which is now Bedford, 23 May 1720, afterwards rem. to Hardwick, had seven sons and three daughters, and d. 1786. GEORGE the f. was a farmer, res. in Woburn, was many years Deacon of the Church, and d. 20 Jan. 1756, a. 95.
4. WILLIAM, s. of George (2), settled at Camb. Farms, m. Abigail Ken- dall 24 May 1686, and had Abigail, b. 29 May 1687, m. Dcac. Jonathan Fisk ; William, b. 18 July 1693 ; Mary, b. 8 Ap. 1695. m. Deac. John Stone of Lex. 8 Ap. 1714, and d. 16 Oet. 1772; Benjamin, b. 22 Oet. 1696 ; Samuel, b. 24 Oct. 1699; Joshua, b. 20 June 1702; Hepzibah, b. 10 Dec. 1705, m. Daniel Tidd 9 Ap. 1724. WILLIAM the f. was a farmer, Captain of Militia, and an active citizen. On the incorporation of Lex. as a separate town he was
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elected one of the first Board of Selectmen. He was also the first Represent- ative 1714, and again in 1716, and 1717, and d. 12 May 1718, a. 55; his w. Abigail d. 12 Oet. 1734.
5. WILLIAM, s. of William (4), m. Sarah Poulter, and had William, b. 1 Jan. 1719-20; Samuel, b. 4 May 1722; Sarah, b. 3 Jan. 1724-5; Mary, b. 10 Mar. 1727-8; Oliver, b. 25 Mar. 1730; John, b. 28 May 1731; Ham- mond, b. 28 Ap. 1734; Eliot, b. 28 Ap. 1738; Hannah, b. 21 Oct. 1740; Na- than, b. 9 Nov. 1743. WILLIAM the f. res. in Lex. and was one of the most prominent citizens of the town. He was Captain of the Militia, Representa- tive seventeen years between 1741 and 1770, and Justice of the Peace. He d. 11 Feb. 1778; his w. Sarah d. 25 Nov. 1769, a. 70.
6. BENJAMIN, S. of William (4), m. Rebecca, dau. of Deac. Samuel Stone, about 1717; she d. 31 Mar. 1748, a. 52, and he m. Hannah, wid. of Deac. Joseph Estabrook, 19 July 1753. His chil. were Benjamin, b. 13 May 1718; Abigail, b. 30 Mar. 1720; Jonas, b. 7 June 1722; Rebecca, b. 5 Nov. 1724; Isaac, b. 30 July 1727; Jonathan, b. 8 Mar. 1730; Thaddeus, b. 17 June 1732. d. 21 Ap. 1741; Dorcas, b. 18 July 1734; Samuel, b. 3 Ap. 1737 ; Ruth, b. 9 Nov. 1741. BENJAMIN the f. res. in Lex., was Major of Militia, Justice of the Peace, and was Representative 8 years, from 1750 to 1763. He d. 21 Dec. 1765. His sons Benjamin and Jonas settled in Rutland.
7. JOSHUA, s. of William (4), m. Elizabeth Russell 21 Jan. 1724-5, and had Elizabeth, b. 28 Feb. 1725-6, m. Jonathan Winship ; Hepzibah, b. 8 Mar. 1727-8, d. young; Joshua, b. 15 May 1730, m. Susanna Houghton of Lancas- ter, and d. 11 Aug. 1798; Joseph, b. 21 June 1739, m. Anna Blood of Sterling. JOSHUA the f. res. in Lex., and d. 5 Oct. 1755 ; his w. Elizabeth d. 29 Feb. 1743, a. 41.
8. JONATHAN, s. of Timothy of Woburn, b. 10 May 1718, m. Kezia Con- verse 26 Feb. 1739, and had Jonathan, b. (in Woburn) 15 June 1740; Robert, b. (in Lex.) 3 Aug. 1742; Jude, b. -; Mehetabel, b. -; these four were bap. liere 25 Sept. 1748; Joel, bap. 12 Nov. 1749; Phebe, bap. 2. Feb. 1752; Amos, bap. 30 Dec. 1753 ; Samuel, b. -; Ann, "born in the boat when they were fleeing to escape the tomahawk and scalping knife of the Indians " (Hist. Reed Fam.) ; Mary. JONATHAN the f. removed to Woolwich, Me., soon after 1753, where he d. in 1805 ; his w. Kezia d. in 1808. A numerous posterity remains near the Kennebec River.
9. SETH, s. of Daniel of Woburn, by w. Lydia, had Samuel, b. 1733, d. 13 June 1749, a. 16; Seth, b. 1735, d. 26 June 1749, a. 14 ; Thomas, b. about 1737; Susanna, b. 1739, d. 25 June 1749, a. 10; Daniel, b. 10 Ap. 1742; Lydia, . b. 13 June 1745; Susanna, b. 17 Mar. 1749-50, d. 24 Nov. 1753; Hannah, b. 6 Jan. 1751-2, d. 24 Nov. 1753. SETH the f. res. in Menot., and d. 18 Mar. 1783, a. 80; his w. Lydia d. 31 Aug. 1789, a. 79.
10. THOMAS, s. of Scth (9), m. Rhoda Crosby 2 July 1761, and had Rhoda, b. 13 July 1762, m. Frederic Johnson 16 Oct. 1783; Seth, b. 21 June 1765; Daniel Crosby, b. 11 Sept. 1766 (prob. the same called Daniel Reed, who d. in Arlington 6 Feb. 1820, a. 54, and whose chil. were Daniel, Jr., d. 20 June 1817, a. 14; Mary, d. 20 Sept. 1821, a. 25; and Benjamin, d. 12 Aug. 1836, a. 40) ; a dau. b. 11 Dec. 1769; Amos, b. 12 Oct. 1773. THOMAS the f. res. in Menot., and d. 7 June 1776, a. about 40; his w. Rhoda d. 22 Nov. 1773, a 32.
11. DANIEL, s. of Seth (9), res. in Menot., and according to the Rev. Mr. Cooke's Journal, he had by w. Dorothy, twelve children between 8 Feb. 1764 and 1 Sept. 1783, among whom were two pairs of twins and one set of triplets, but none of the names are recorded. DANIEL the f. d. 22 Aug. 1801 ; his w. Dorothy d. 26 Ap. 1789, a. 47.
12. THOMAS, S. of Thomas of Woburn, b. 18 Nov. 1704, by w. Lydia, had Lydia, b. 17 Oct. 1737; Thomas, b. 22 Dec. 1740; Sarah, b. 26 June 1742; Abigail, b. 21 Aug. 1743 ; Joseph, b. 23 Dec. 1745 ; Kezia, b. 24 Aug. 1747. THOMAS the f. rem. to Camb. before 27 Nov. 1770, when his w. Lydia d. a. 54, and he m. Alice Pierce 1 Ap. 1773. He d. 17 Ap. 1776.
13. JOSEPH, s. of Thomas (12), m. Relief Richardson, and had William, b.
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24 July 1768. His w. d. and he m. Lavina Bond, and had Joseph, bap. 3 Feb. 1771 ; Edmund, bap. 13 Sept. 1772; Lydia, bap. 14 Ap. 1776 ; John, bap. 21 Mar. 1779.
14. JOSEPH, s. of Jacob of Woburn, b. 1748, m. Eunice Cook of Camb. 4 July 1775, and had Joseph, b. 7 Ap. 1776; Eunice, b. 1 Ap. 1778, m. Ebene- zer Jenkins, Boston, 15 Oct. 1801; Reuben, b. 9 Nov. 1785, chaise maker in Boston, d. 17 May 1873; Elizabeth, b. 22 Nov. 1787, m. John Rayner, Boston; Sarah, b. 22 Dec. 1790, in. Abel Baker, Boston, 1807. JOSEPH the f. d. 23 Feb. 1816; his w. Eunice d. 1 Oct. 1825, a. 76.
MERCY, dau. of Samuel, bap. 5 Dec. 1697. JOHN, s. of Timothy, bap. 15 Ap. 1722. HANNAH, m. Downing Champney, Jr., 4 July 1765.
REDDING, JOSEPH (or Reading, and Readingc), here in 1633, owned house and land 1635 on the easterly side of Holyoke Street, between Mount Auburn Street and Holyoke Place. His name disappears early; and Farmer says he was of Ipswich in 1638.
REDFEN, WILLIAM (or Redfin, and Redfyn), owned house and four acres on the south side of the river in 1642, which he sold to Edward Jackson 8 Sept. 1746, and rem. to New London, Conn.
REMINGTON, JOHN, of "Newbury 1637, freeman 1639, rem. to Andover, and thence to Rowley and to Roxbury." (Farmer.) By w. Elizabeth he had John ; Thomas ; Jonathan, b. 12 Feb. 1639-40; Daniel, b. 2 Oct. 1641, was prob. of Boston 1680; Hannah, b. 19 June 1643, prob. the same who ni. Thomas Larkin of Chs. 13 Sept. 1666; Elizabeth, b. 5 Ap. 1645, d. 16 Mar. 1646; prob. a second Elizabeth, b. about 1648, m. John Stedman of Camb. 14 May 1666, and Samuel Gibson 14 June 1679, and d. 1680, naming Jonathan Remington in her will, as her brother; Mary, b. 31 Mar. 1653, d. - Mar. 1653-4. These chil. except the first two were b. at Rowley, where Elizabeth the mother d. 24 Oct. 1658. JOHN the f. was Lieut. of militia 1647, and re- moved to Roxbury, where he d. 8 June 1667.
2. JOHN, S. of John (1), by w. Abigail, had in Rowley, John, b. 12 Mar. 1650-51; Abigail, b. 14 Sept. 1652; Prudence, b. 14 July 1657. JOHN the f. rem. with his family to Haverhill as early as 1667.
3. THOMAS, s. of John (1), by w. Mehetabel, had in Rowley, Thomas, b. 17 July 1659; John, b. 2 Nov. 1661; Jonathan, b. - Dec. 1663; Mary, b. 14 July 1666; Sarah, b. 8 Dec. 1668.
4. JONATHAN, s. of John (1), settled in Camb. and m. Martha, dau. of An- drew Belcher, 13 July 1664, and had Martha, b. 18 Feb. 1666-7, d. 23 Ap. 1669; Jonathan, b. 17 Mar. 1668-9, d. 16 Ap. 1669; Martha, b. 28 Oct. 1674, in. Capt. Nicholas Bowes of Boston 29 Jan. 1718-19; Jonathan, b. 25 Sept. 1677; Samuel, b. 11 July 1679, d. 3 June 1680; Anna, b. 30 Jan. 1680-81, m. John Hill 24 June 1708; John, b. - , d. 6 Ap. 1689; Mary, b. - , d. 3 Dec. 1690; Elizabeth, b. - , had share of estate; Sarah, b. 10 May 1688, m. John Biscoe of Watertown 1 Feb. 1710-11. JONATHAN the f. was a carpenter, but from an early period much engaged in public affairs. He resided near the westerly corner of Brattle and Ash streets from 1665 to 1682, when he ex- changed that estate for the original Blue Anchor Tavern, which he kept dur- ing the remainder of his life. He served in Philip's War, 1675, as Corporal ; was appointed Lieutenant 27 June 1689; and served in a later Indian War, during which he was stationed at Groton as Commissary, Sept. 1689, and at Wells as Lieutenant, May 1691, at which last place he had command of Capt. Josiah Convers' Company. He was Selectinan nine years between 1688 and 1700, and Town Clerk 1693, 1698, 1699, 1700. He d. 21 Ap. 1700, a. 61; his w. Martha d. 16 July 1711, a. 67.
5. JONATHAN, S. of Jonathan (4), mn. Lucy, dau. of Rev. Simon Bradstreet of New London (whose wid. had m. Daniel Epps, and at the time of this marriage was residing in Medf. being a second time a widow), 5 Sept. 1711, and had Lucy, b. 17 Aug. 1712, m. Rev. William Hobby of Reading 21 Oct. 1734 ; Martha, b. 24 July 1714, m. Judge Edmund Trowbridge 15 Mar. 1737-8, and d. without issue 31 July 1772; Jonathan, b. 11 June 1716, grad. H. C. 1736, d. unm. 24 Dec. 1738; Mary, b. 22 July 1718, m. Rev. Benjamin
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Stevens of Kittery 28 Sept. 1752, and d. 27 May 1763 (she was grandmother of Rev. Joseph Stevens Buckminster, who grad. H. C. 1800, and d. 1812); John, b. 24 Oct. 1720; Simon, b. 31 July 1722, prob. d. young; Ann, b. 19 Feb. 1724-5, m. William Ellery, Esq., of Newport, R. I., 11 Sept. 1750, and d. 7 Sept. 1764, a. 39 (she was mother of Elizabeth, who m. Chief Justice Dana 5 Aug. 1773, and d. 31 Aug. 1807, a. 56; and of Lucy, who m. William Channing, of which marriage issued William E. Channing, D. D., Walter Channing, M. D., and Prof. Edward T. Channing, LL. D.). JONATHAN the f. grad. H. C. 1696, was elected Tutor 4 Jan. 1702-3, was also Fellow, but resigned his Fellowship 1711, in anticipation of marriage, which was prohib- ited to a Fellow of the College at that period. He was admitted by the Superior Court an attorney at law, and took the prescribed oath in Jan. 1709-10. He was a Selectman 1712 and 1715-1719; Representative in the General Court twelve years between 1714 and 1728; was elected Councillor 1727, which office he then declined, but accepted a similar appointment three years later, and served as Councillor eleven years, 1730-1740. He was ap- pointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas 1729, Judge of Probate 1731, and Judge of the Superior Court 1733, which last two offices he held during life. He d. 30 Sept. 1745, a. 68. His w. Lucy d. 18 Ap. 1743, a. 62. Judge Remington was cousin to Governor Belcher. It is said that they cherished towards each other such a peculiar friendship as to desire that their bodies might rest in one grave. Judge Remington died first, and was buried near his father. Gov. Belcher, though at that time residing in New Jersey, caused a tomb to be constructed here, in which, upon his death in 1757, his body and that of Judge Remington were placed side by side.
RICE, RICHARD, was an early inhabitant liere, and contracted 1 Mar. 1635-6, to take charge of " one hundred cows for the space of three months, to begin when he shall be appointed, and is to liave ten pounds paid liim within ten days after the ships be come in, or in June." He remained here but a short time, and rem. to Concord, where he d. 9 June 1709, having nearly or quite completed his century. In a deposition, 7 Oct. 1684, he is styled 72 years old; if this were his true age, he was 97 at death, and Mr. Shattuck assumes this as the true age; but he was reputed among his conteniporaries to be still older. Judge Foxcroft made a memorandum on the back of Mr. Rice's will, -" Paul Rice the surviving Executor in the same named, exhib- ited this writing as the last will and testament of his father Richard Ricc, late of Concord, (aged 100 years), deceased for probate," etc., 8 Aug. 1709. In the will are named chil. Paul, Peter, Mary (who d. between 27 Dec. 1708 and 8 Aug. 1709), Hannah Wilcockson, Abigail Reed, and Sarah Cootsay. It has been supposed, but erroneously, by several writers, that this RICHARD was ancestor of the numerous race in Sudbury and Marlborough, distinguished for longevity. Their ancestor was EDMUND, freeman 1640, first of Sudbury and afterwards of Marlborough, where he d. in May 1663, and as the Record says, was " buried at Sudbury."
JONATHAN, In. Rebecca Watson 1 Nov. 1677. TIMOTHY, of Concord, m. Abigail, dau. of John Marrett, 27 Ap. 1687. ABIGAIL, mn. Thomas Harring- ton 5 Feb. 1712-13. SUSANNA, m. Joseph Shed 16 Dec. 1720.
RICHARDSON, ABIEL, parentage not ascertained, had w. Sarah, who d. 24 May 1751, a. nearly 28, and he m. Abigail Convers 9 July 1751. His chil. were. Sarah, b. 15 Nov. 1749, m. Jonathan Winship 4 May 1769; Susanna, b. 2 May 1751; Abiel, b. 28 June 1753; Abigail, bap. 19 Jan. 1755; Frances, b. 2 Feb. 1756 ; Godfrey, b. 15 Sept. 1757. ABIEL the f. rcm. to Cumberland, N. S., where he and his son Abiel were drowned 14 Nov. 1765.
2. MOSES, s. of Theophilus (who was s. of Ezekiel, gr. s. of Theophilus, and gr. gr. s. of the original Ezekiel), was born in Woburn 8 Ap. 1722; hc m. Mary, dau. of Henry Prentice, and had Mary, b. 10 June 1753, m. William Russell of Boston 16 Jan. 1772; Moses, b. 10 Sept. 1755; Katherine, b. 16 Aug. 1757, m. James Smith of Boston 11 Sept. 1788; Elias, b. 27 Sept. 1760 ; Raham, b. 4 Nov. 1762; Elizabeth, b. 14 July 1767. MOSES thic f. was a housewright, and resided at the N. E. corner of Holmes Place, on the estate
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long owned by Mr. Royal Morse, which estate he purchased of Downing Champney 8 Jan. 1749. He was one of the first martyrs in the cause of American Freedom. With other gallant spirits, he resisted the British Troops on the memorable nineteenth of April 1775, and was slain in battle. It is said that a musket ball passed through his head. His w. Mary d. 10 Mar. 1812, a. 82.
3. EDWARD, said to have been s. of Edward of Woburn, and nephew of Moses (2), m. Anne Wilson 16 May 1771, and had in Camb. Edward, b. 28 Sept. 1773, d. 7 May 1774; John, b. 25 Sept. 1775; Edward, b. 22 Oet. 1777; Samuel, b. 22 Oet. 1780, and perhaps others.
. 4. ELIAS, s. of Moses (2), m. Mary Rand 15 May 1788, and had Moses, b. 7 Ap. 1789; Mary, b. 19 Ap. 1791 ; Elias, b. 15 and d. 26 Oct. 1792 ; Chris- topher Columbus, b. 17 Jan. 1794; Elizabeth, b. 11 Oet. 1795 ; Sarah Rand, b. 27 Nov. 1797, d. 20 Mar. 1798; Rebecca Rand, bap. 27 Jan. 1799, m. Silas B. Fillebrown. ELIAS the f. was a glazier, and d. 14 Aug. 1801, a. 41; his- w. Mary d. 26 Oet. 1828, a. 71.
5. RAHAM, s. of Moses (2), m. Mary, dau. of John Prentiss 6 Jan. 1791, and had Henry, b. 25 Mar. 1791 ; James Prentiss, b. 23 July 1796, ordained. at Poland, Me., 16 Aug. 1826, dismissed 1833, and installed at Otisfield, Me., 22 Oet. 1833. RAHAM the f. was a saddler, inherited the homestead, which he sold to Susanna and Catherine Morse 13 Ap. 1792, and d. of consumption 27 Nov. 1800, a. 38; his w. Mary had charge of the almshouse from Dec. 1802 to Sept. 1818, rem. to Maine to dwell with her son, and d. 1 Jan. 1861.
6. HENRY, s. of Raham (5), m. Relief Arnold, and had at Framingham Henry Francis, b. 4 June 1815 ; Mary Prentiss, b. 25 June 1817; Raham Wil- liam, b. 20 July 1819, d. 12 Oet. 1847; James Prentiss, b. 20 Aug. 1821, a lawyer in Camb., m. Jane Carson, was Captain of the first military company which was organized for the special purpose of maintaining the Union in the War of the Rebellion, and was afterwards Licut .- colonel and Judge (see page 431); Benjamin Franklin, b. 6 Feb. 1823 ; and in Sudbury, Samuel Wadsworth, b. 30 Nov. 1824, a Lieut .- colonel in the War of the Rebellion; Relief Catherine, b. 27 Nov. 1826 ; Elizabeth Ann, b. 14 Dec. 1828, d. 31 Jan. 1850. HENRY the f. res. at Framingham, and afterwards at Sudbury, where he d. - Aug. 1871; his w. Relief d. 17 Sept. 1864.
7. RICHARD, said to have been s. of Edward of Woburn, also nephew to Moses (2), and brother to Edward (3), is supposed to have been born 23 Sept. 1751. Slight traces are found of him here. He was a housewright, and bought a part of the Holden Farm, bordering on Fresh Pond and Menot- omy River, 19 Jan. 1784. He was a Seleetman of Camb. five years, 1791-1795; he was deeply interested in the construction of the Coneord Turnpike, which passed over his land, and subseribed largely for the stock ; he ereeted a hotel near the present division line between Camb. and Belmont, in anticipation that the Turnpike would be a great thoroughfare for travel. But his invest- ments proved unprofitable, and he lost a large portion of his property in the operation. I find no record here of his family.
ABIGAIL, m. John Marrett 20 June 1654. THOMAS (of Billerica 25 Mar. 1695), m. Mary, dau. of Andrew Stevenson, 5 Jan. 1669. JOHN, m. Mary Peirson of Woburn 28 Oct. 1673. PETER, m. Hannah Bond 13 Ap. 1780, and was licensed by the General Court 28 May 1779, to keep a tavern in Camb. BENJAMIN, JJr., m. Mary Cutter 16 Feb. 1783. ABIGAIL, perhaps dau. of Abiel (1), m. Isaac Munroe 30 May 1784.
RIDER, WILLIAM, by w. Hannah, had William, b. 29 July 1675.
ROBBINS, NICHOLAS (otherwise written Robbincs, Robins, and Robines), owned a house and lot, which he sold about 1638 to Jolin Fessenden.
2. RICHARD, and w. Rebecca united with the Church at Chs. 24 May 1640, but soon removed here. Their children were John, bap. at Chs. 31 May 1640; Samuel, b. here 22 May 1643; Nathaniel, bap. liere; Rebecca, bap. here, in. John Woodward before 1674. Rebecca the mother d. and RICHARD In. Elizabeth, wid. of Gilbert Crackbone, 26 Mar. 1673. He seems to have re- sided on the south side of the river until about the period of his sceond mar-
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riage; after which he res. in the body of the town, perhaps on the Crackbone place. Hc executed deeds 14 Mar. 1678-9, to his son Samuel, of thirty-six acres, and to his son Nathaniel, of thirty-four acres; and another deed 7 June 1681 to his dau. Rebecca, and her husband John Woodward, of thirty acres, apparently all on the south side of the river.
3. JOHN, s. of Richard (2), was probably the same who was killed 8 July 1680, in what is now Lex. Judge Sewall, under that date, writes thus : " In the afternoon a whirlwind ariseth (at first in a small body), near Samuel Stone's, passeth on to Mat. Bridge's (taking part of Stone's barn with it), kills John Robbins, who was at hoe, breaking his arm and jawbone. It hurled stones, and brake off and transported trees in an unusual manner." The jury of inquest on the same day rendered their verdict concerning the death of John Robbins, whose body was found on the ground "within the bounds of Cambridge, about seven miles towards Concord." " We find him very much bruised, and his jawbone broken and one of his arms, and several other wounds about his head ; which we judge to be by a most tempestuous storm or whirlwind, that after a most formidable manner blew up trees round about him, and removed great stones from under the fence that was just by him, with other most dreadful and amazing effects which many were eye-witnesses unto." I have found no record of his family.
4. SAMUEL, s. of Richard (2), by w. Ebenezer (so twice in the Record) had Elizabeth, b. 15 Jan. 1676, m. Joseph Allen of Wat. 19 Dec. 1700; Rich- ard, b. 6 Dec. 1679. SAMUEL the f. was one of the Hog-reeves on the soutli side of the river in 1684.
5. NATHANIEL, s. of Richard (2), m. Mary Braside 4 Aug. 1669, and had Rebecca, b. 6 Jan. 1671-2, m. Joseph Cheney; Mary, b. 31 May 1673, d. 30 Nov. 1676; Deborah, b. 6 June 1674, m. Thomas Squire, and (2d) William Brown ; Nathaniel, b. 28 Feb. 1677-8; John, b. 21 Nov. 1680 ; Thomas, b. 6 Nov. 1683, d. 31 Jan. 1700-1; Samuel, b. 30 May 1686; Joseph, b. 8 Nov. 1689. NATHANIEL the f. was one of the Hog-reeves on the south side of the river in 1679, and d. 1719; his w. Mary survived.
6. NATHANIEL, s. of Nathaniel (5), m. Hannah -; she d. 15 Sept. 1718, a. 43, and he m. Mary, wid. of Thomas Prentice. His chil. were Thomas, b. about 1696, d. young; Nathaniel, bap. 19 June 1698; Mary, bap. 27 July 1701, m. Joseph Russell 9 Oct. 1724; Thomas. b. 11 Aug. 1703; Han- nah, bap. 9 Sept. 1705, m. Zebadiah Johnson ; Rebecca, bap. 7 Sept. 1707, m. Luxford Patten 11 May 1727; Philemon, bap. 25 Sept. 1709, H. C. 1729, minister at Branford, Conn., was f. of Rev. Chandler Robbins of Plymouth, and Rev. Ammi Ruhamah Robbins of Norfolk, Conn., d. 1781 ; Deborah, bap. 30 Mar. 1712, living unm. 1737; Sarah,- -, m. William Butterfield. NA- THANIEL the f. d. 26 Jan. 1761-2, and his w. Mary in. Samuel Lyon of Rox- bury 24 Nov. 1742 ; she d. 2 Mar. 1760, a. 83 years.
7. JOHN, S. of Nathaniel (5), m. Abigail Adams 4 Ap. 1705, and had John, b. 1 Feb. 1705-6; Daniel, b. 25 Nov. 1707, pub. Hannah Trowbridge, Newton, 23 Oct. 1731; Mary, b. 20 May 1711; Roger, bap. 26 Sept. 1714, resided in Lancaster ; Eliphalet, bap. 26 Jan. 1717-18; Solomon, bap. 25 Sept. 1720; Abigail, b. 24 Feb. 1723-4, m. - Parker. JOHN the f. prob. lived on the south side of the river, and d. 10 June 1751; his 2d w. Hepzibah d. about 1762.
8. SAMUEL, s. of Nathaniel (5), by w. Rebecca had Rebecca, bap. 21 Nov. 1708; SAMUEL the f. d. at Sudbury about 1748, naming in his will, 1743, w. Rebecca and children, Rebecca More; Elizabeth Griffin ; Hepzibah Brown ; Mary Stone; Samuel ; Thankful ; Lois.
9. JOSEPH, s. of Nathanicl (5), m. Jane Dickson 3 Aug. 1709, and had Joseph, b. 14 Mar. 1709-10; William, b. 2 Jan. 1711-12; Edward, b. 9 Jan. 1713-14 ; Jonathan, b. 9 Dec. 1715; June, b. 9 May 1718 ; David, bap. 10 July 1720, d. young ; David, b. 4 Sept. 1722. These chil., except the first David, were living in 1731. JOSEPH the f. prob. res. at Menot., and d. about 1724; his w. Jane was administratrix 27 Ap. 1724, and d. about 1771.
10. THOMAS, s. of Nathaniel (6), m. Ruth -, who d. 27 June 1737,
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a. 34, and he m. Xena Jackson 24 Oct. 1737. His chil. were Thomas, bap. 23 Feb. 1723-4; Nathaniel, bap. 17 Ap. 1726, grad. H. C. 1747, was ordained at Milton 13 Feb. 1751, was father of Lieut .- governor Edward H. Robbins, and d. 19 May 1795 ; Mary, bap. 16 June 1728; Stephen, bap. 28 June 1730; Susanna, bap. 9 Dec. 1733; Esther, bap. 16 Jan. 1736-7; John, bap. 6 Aug. 1738, prob. the same who was of Lex., and m. Sarah Prentice 14 May 1761; Philemon, bap. 19 Aug. 1739 ; Ruth, bap. 7 June 1741; Ebenezer, bap. 4 July 1742, m. Sarah Estabrook 8 June 1775 ; Ezra, bap. 12 Aug. 1744; and others after his removal to Lex. THOMAS the f. prob. res. near the line between Camb. and Chs. (as the towns then existed), being called of Clis. at the time of his second marriage. He rem. to Lex. about 1744, and d. 30 Jan. 1791.
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