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ELIJAH, who grad. H. C. 1748, and was ordained at Fairfield, Conn., 17 Oct. 1751, may have been of this family. Five others of the name graduated at the same College, previous to 1839.
SIMONDS, JOSEPH (otherwise written Simons, Symons, and Symonds), m. Mary, dau. of John Tidd, 7 Mar. 1680-81, and had Rebecca, b. 11 June 1682; Mary, b. 15 Dec. 1684 ; Joshua, b. 23 Jan. 1686-7, d. at Lex. 3 Nov. 1768, a. nearly 82, and his w. Hannah d. 11 Nov. 1789, a. 93; Joseph, b. 8 June 1689; Daniel, b. about 1692, d. at Lex. 3 Ap. 1776, a. 83; and his w. d. 2 Ap. 1776, a. 81; Jonathan, d. 22 Dec. 1748; Abigail ; Elizabeth, bap. 13 Nov. 1698.
SIMPKINS, NICHOLAS (otherwise written Sympkins), "late of Dorchester" bought house and land in Camb. of John Knight 20 Nov. 1637. He was at some time Captain of the Castle; he removed to Yarmonth about 1638 (Sav- age, Gen. Dict.), was of Barnstable 1645, and of Scituate 1648. Plym. Col. Rec., xii. 142, 192.
SKIDMORE, THOMAS (otherwise written Skidmer), by w. Ellen, had John, b. 11 Ap. 1643. THOMAS the f. res. on the westerly side of Brighton Street, north of Mount Auburn Street. He rem. to Hartford, where he was living 6 Dec. 1649.
SKINNER, EDWARD, owned a house and six acres in the West End. By his will, dated 25 Dec. 1641, it would seem that he had no family; he devised his estate, with the exception of a few trifling legacies, one half to Robert Ibbitt of Cambridge, Old England, and the other half to the Church in Cambridge, New England. His Inventory denotes a shopkeeper.
SMITH, ABRAHAM, was fined sixpence, for a trespass of his heifer in the planting field, 4 Nov. 1646.
2. HENRY, m. Lydia Buck 3 Mar. 1672-3, and had Lydia, b. 20 July 1677,
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m. Edward Thwing 8 Aug. 1704; Henry, b. 17 Oet. 1679; Ebenezer, b. 9 Mar. 1688-9; and perhaps others. HENRY the f. d. 21 Aug. 1720, a. about 75.
3. JOHN, In. Sarah Prentice 8 June 1676, and had Sarah, b. 31 Mar. and d. 13 Ap. 1677; John, b. 2 Mar. 1677-8; Sarah, b. 17 Aug. 1681; Joseph, b. 9 Aug. 1687; and perhaps others.
4. HENRY, prob. s. of Henry (2), by w. Sarah, had John, b. 2 Ap. 1714; Sarah, b. 24 June 1716 ; Abigail, bap. 30 Nov. 1718; and probably others.
5. JOSEPH, by w. Mary, had Mary, b. 23 Ap. 1701, prob. m. Abraham White 22 June 1721; William, b. 25 June 1703; Hezekiah, b. 2 Ap. 1706; Ebenezer, b. 18 Aug. 1708; Sophia, b. 20 Oct. 1711.
6. JOHN, S. of John (3), by w. Mary, liad Sarah, b. 1 Feb. 1698-9; Israel, b. 23 Jan. 1701-2; Eunice, b. 1 Sept. 1704; by w. Sarah, Zebadiah, b. 23 Feb. 1707-8; Jesse, b. 10 Dee. 1710; and by w. Martha, Ebenezer, b. 15 Mar. 1712-13; Elizabeth, b. 4 May 1716. His last w. Martha survived him, and m. Joseph Parsons 14 June 1742.
7. DANIEL, by w. Mary, had Mary, b. 13 Mar. 1708-9; Daniel, b. 10 Mar. 1710-11, and several others in Lexington.
8. SAMUEL, by w. Sarah, had Sarah, b. 13 Ap. 1717; Susanna, b. 24 Aug. 1720, d. 26 Ap. 1721; Anna, b. 6 Nov. 1726; Pelatiah, b. 8 Jan. 1727-8; Sam- uel, b. 8 Dee. 1729; Michael, b. 12 June 1732; Joseph, b. 7 July 1734; Benja- min, b. 13 Jan. 1735-6; Robert, bap. 31 Dee. 1738, d. 19 May 1740; Thomas, b. 25 Mar. 1740 ; Robert, b. 10 Dee. 1741; Daniel, bap. 8 June and d. 23 July 1746. SAMUEL the f. resided in Menotomy.
9. JOHN, by w. Euniee, had Mary, b. 8 Dec. 1744, m. Thomas Hill 18 June 1765. There may have been other ehildren; but this was probably the young- est. . Euniee the mother d. in the almshouse 19 Jan. 1794, a. 93.
10. EBENEZER, prob. s. of John (6), or of Joseph (5), m. Ann Bissell of Boston (pub. 21 Ap. 1739), and had Joseph, bap. 13 July 1740; Parsons, bap. 2 Jan. 1742-3; Tabitha, bap. 4 Aug. 1745; Ebenezer, bap. 7 Aug. 1748, d. young; Ebenezer, bap. 8 Mar. 1752, d. 4 Jan. 1802 (his w. Sarah d. 1 Aug. 1780, a. 19); John, bap. 10 Feb. 1754; William, bap. 26 Sept. 1756.
11. DANIEL, prob. s. of Daniel (7), m. Graee Fessenden 10 June 1742, and had Grace, bap. 20 Mar. 1742-3; Daniel, bap. 30 Dee. 1744; Lucy, bap. 8 May 1748, and perhaps others.
12. JOSEPH, S. of Ebenezer (10), had Joseph, bap. 21 Feb. 1768, d. young; Joseph, b. 3 Sept. 1769; Elizabeth, b. 4 Aug. 1771, m. Jonas Wyeth, Jr., 8 Ap. 1792; Hannah, b. 24 Jan. 1774.
13. PARSONS, S. of Ebenezer (10), m. Waitstill Jordan 11 May 1769, and had John, b. 1 Feb. 1770 ; Parsons, b. 8 May 1772; Samuel, b. 26 Sept. 1774 ; Ebenezer, b. 26 Jan. 1777, d. 2 Ap. 1778; Susanna, b. 12 Ap. 1780, m. Walter Cox 11 Dee. 1796. PARSONS the f. d. in the almshouse 23 July 1816, a. 73; his w. Waitstill d. in the same place 30 Aug. 1808, a. 63.
14. JAMES, m. Hannah Daniel 16 Mar. 1726-7; no record of children, ex- eept that Mary, daughter of " Hannah Smith alias Hannah Daniels " was bap. 30 Aug. 1741.
15. DAVID, m. Mary Hagar 2 June 1757, and had David, bap. 9 Ap. 1758, He bought a house and lot at the corner of Mount Auburn Street and Win- throp Square 10 Jan. 1758, which he sold 14 Feb. 1760. He was a carpenter, and described as of Weston at the time of his purchase.
16. WILLIAM, by w. Elizabeth, had William, b. 11 Dee. 1755, d. in the almshouse 1 May 1802, a. 46. WILLIAM the f. may have been the same who m. Sarah Scott of Newton 27 Oet. 1767, and had Rebecca, bap. 9 Oct. 1768.
ELIZABETH, m. Humphrey Miller 12 Sept. 1677. MARY, m. John Prentiee 5 Jan. 1704-5. MARY, m. Edmund Fowle 23 Oet. 1718.
The relationship between these families of Smith is very obseure, and may have been misapprehended.
SPARHAWK, NATHANIEL (otherwise written Sparhawke, Sparhauk, Spar- hauke, Sparowhauke, Sparrowhauke, Sparrow Hawke), was here as early as 1636, and was a Deaeon of the Church. By his w. Mary (who d. 25 Jan. 1643-4), lie had Nathaniel, b. in England; Anne, m. Deac. John Cooper,
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and (2d) James Convers, Sen., of Woburn, and was living 1712; Mary ; Esther, In. Samuel Adams of Chelmsford; Samuel, b. 27 Oct. 1638, d. 13 Oet. 1639: John, d. 21 Sept. 1644; and by w. Katherine, Ruth, b. 12 Ap. and bur. 9 May 1645; Elizabeth, b. 1646, d. unm. 9 Nov. 1692, a. about 47. NATHANIEL the f. resided on the easterly side of Brighton Street, between Mount Auburn Street and Harvard Square. He appears to have owned, in 1642, five houses and about five hundred acres of land; which quantity was afterwards inereased. After his death, about a thousand acres were sold from his estate, leaving a large quantity of land on the south side of the river (now Brighton Dis- trict), a part of which still remains in possession of his deseendants. He was " permitted to draw wine and strong water for Cambridge " 1639. He d. 28 June 1647, a. prob. about 50; his w. Katherine d. 5 July 1647; and Mary Pierce d. in his family, and was bur. 12 July 1647.
2. NATHANIEL, s. of Nathaniel (1), m. Patienee, dau. of Rev. Samuel New- man of Rehoboth, 3 Oct. 1649, and had Nathaniel, b. 3 Nov. 1650, d. 12 Feb. 1650-51 ; Mary, b. about 1652, m. William Barrett 8 Oct. 1673; Sybil, b. about 1655, nı. Dr. Jonathan Avery of Dedham 22 July 1679, and subse- quently m. Rev. Michael Wigglesworth of Malden, was mother of the first Professor Wigglesworth, and d. 6 Aug. 1708, a. 53; Esther, bap. 5 May 1661; Samuel, bap. 5 Feb. 1664; Nathaniel, bap. 3 Nov. 1667; John, b. about 1672. NATHANIEL the f. resided in the Brighton Distriet (the residence of most of his descendants who remained within the aneient limits of Cambridge), was Seleetinan seven years between 1677 and 1686, a Deacon of the Church, and d. soon after 29 Dec. 1686, the date of his will; an Inventory of his estate was presented 20 Jan. 1686-7.
3. SAMUEL, s. of Nathaniel (2), m. Sarah, dau. of Rev. Samuel Whiting, and had Sarah, bap. 5 Sept. 1697, d. 9 Oct. 1701; Samuel, bap. 2 Oet. 1698; Sarah, b. 22 Dee. 1700; John, b. 12 June 1702, grad. H. C. 1723, a trader in Plymouth; Thomas, b. 25 May 1706 ; Joseph, b. 2 Ap. 1708. SAMUEL the f. was Selectman 6 years, 1701-1710, and d. 2 Nov. 1713, a. about 49 ; his w. Sarah d. 8 Dee. 1752, a. 84.
4. NATHANIEL, s. of Nathaniel (2), m. Abigail, dau. of Simon Gates, and had Nathaniel (b. about 1694), bap. 11 Ap. 1697; Noah (b. about Feb. 1696-7), bap. 11 Ap. 1697; Simon, b. 30 Nov. 1704; Abigail, b. 21 Jan. 1710-11, m. Thomas Williams 30 Aug. 1733. NATHANIEL the f. was Select- man 12 years between 1716 and 1730, was elected Deacon 5 Aug. 1724, and d. 8 Nov. 1734, a. 67 years and 10 days ; his w. Abigail was pub. to Joseph Mayo of Roxbury 16 Oet. 1735, and after his death returned to Camb., and attained extreme old age. In his century sermon, 1801, Dr. Holmes says, " about the year 1770, Mrs. Mayo of Cambridge died in the CVI year of her age." This date of death is too early ; the Boston News Letter, March 19, 1772, contains this paragraph: " Died at Cambridge the present year 1772, Mrs. Thwing aged 101 in Jan., Mrs. Williams 102 in Feb., Mr. Holden 96 Mar. 8th. Still living in Cambridge, Mrs. Mayo in her 102d year." This statement varies only one year from the faet; Abigail, dau. of Simon Gates, who m. Nathaniel Sparhawk and Joseph Mayo, was b. 14 Aug. 1671, and had not fully attained 101 years in Mar. 1772. She must have lived at least until 14 Aug. 1776, if she entered her 106th year. Under date of Mar. 1774, Pem- berton says, " Died this month at Cambridge the widow Abigail Mayo, aged 106 years " (Man. Gen.); but Pemberton's dates are not always accurate. It seems certain that she was living in Mar. 1772, and she may have survived the 14th of August 1776. Her great grandson, Edward Sparhawk, Esq., who was b. 29 Nov. 1770 and d. 3 Sept. 1867, informed his pastor, the Rev. Fred- erie A. Whitney, that Mrs. Mayo "died in the house of his father, Nathaniel Sparhawk at Brighton (then a part of Cambridge) and was buried in the old burial ground on Market Street, Brighton."
5. JOHN, s. of Nathaniel (2), grad. HI. C. 1689, settled at Bristol, R. I. Alden gives his epitaph thus: " Here lyeth interred the body of the Rev. Mr. John Sparhawk, a minister of this place 23 years last past, and died the 29
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of April 1718, in the 46 year of his age." He was f. of John, b. 1713; Nathaniel, b. 1715; and perhaps others.
6. SAMUEL, s. of Samuel (3), by w. Joanna had Samuel, b. 17 Jan. 1730-31; Joanna, bap. 21 Jan. 1732-3, m. Thomas Gardner 12 June 1755; Sarah, bap. 3 Nov. 1734; Dorothy, b. 14 July 1739, m. Edward Wigglesworth (the younger Professor), 6 Jan. 1778; John, b. 8 Nov. 1745; Elizabeth, b. 11 Mar. 1754, d. Feb. 1796. SAMUEL the f. was Selectman five years 1737-1741, was elected Deacon 12 Ap. 1734, and d. 14 Ap. 1774, a. 75. At the date of his will, 27 Aug. 1771, his w. Joanna and all their children were living.
7. THOMAS, s. of Samuel (3), m. Mary, dau. of Nathaniel Oliver, 14 Jan. 1730-31, and had Mary, b. 3 Jan. 1731-2, m. Isaac Gardner, Jr., of Brook- line 26 Ap. 1753 ; Elizabeth, bap. 30 Sept. 1733, m. Elisha Gardner of Brook- line 21 June 1753; Sybil, b. 13 July 1735, m. Samuel Aspinwall of Brookline, 25 May 1758 ; Thomas, b. 16 Mar. 1736-7, grad. H. C. 1755, Judge in Chesh- ire Co., N. H., d. Nov. 1802 ; Lucy, b. 14 Aug. 1738, m. Thomas Aspinwall, Jr., of Brookline, 4 Oct. 1762 ; Katherine, b. 16 Dec. 1739, m. Elijah Hough- ton of Lancaster 27 Nov. 1760; Oliver, b. 1 Ap. 1742 ; Abigail, b. 19 Ap. 1746, m. Hull Sewall of Brookline 20 Mar. 1766, and Palsgrave Wellington of Cambridge - 1772. THOMAS the f. was Selectman eighteen years between 1744 and 1764, Justice of the Peace, and d. 15 Aug. 1783, a. 77; his w. Mary survived.
8. NATHANIEL, s. of Nathaniel (4), grad. H. C. 1715, ordained at Lynn- field 17 Aug. 1720, dismissed 1731, and d. 7 May 1732, a. 35. He m. Eliza- beth Perkins, who d. 12 May 1768, a. 68 years. He had four children : Elizabeth, b. 28 Dcc. 1721; Nathaniel, b. 24 Sept. 1725, d. 11 Dec. 1728 ; Edward Perkins, b. 10 July 1728, grad. H. C. 1753, preached often, but was not ordained ; John, b. 24 Oct. 1730, apprenticed to a shoemaker, but was subsequently a physician in Philadelphia. Lewis's Lynn.
9. NOAH, s. of Nathaniel (4), m. Priscilla, dau. of Ichabod Brown, 24 Sept. 1724, and had Priscilla, b. 6 Aug. 1725, m. Abraham Cutting 3 Oct. 1745, and d. before 1765 ; Nathaniel, b. 28 Oct. 1727; Noah, b. 19 Oct. 1729, was of Rutland 1765 ; Martha, b. 2 Jan. 1731-2, m. John Hancock, Jr., of Chs. 20 Nov. 1760; Nathan, bap. 28 July 1734, was of Rutland 1765 ; Ebenezer, b. 15 Junc 1738, perhaps grad. H. C. 1756, and d. 1805; George, bap. 20 Sept. 1741, d. 27 Jan. 1757. NOAH the f. d. 4 Feb. 1748-9; his w. Pris- cilla survived, and administration on her estate was granted to her son Nathaniel, 18 Ap. 1765.
10. SIMON, S. of Nathaniel (4), had Patience and Simon (prob. not twins), bap. 10 Ap. 1737 ; Sarah, bap. 22 May 1737.
11. JOHN, S. of John (5), grad. H. C. 1731, ordained at Salem 1736, and d. 30 Ap. 1755, a. 42. He m. - Porter, and had thirteen children, among whom were Nathaniel ; John, of Portsmouth, N. H., Speaker of the House of Representatives, d. 5 Sept. 1787, a. 45, leaving son Samuel, who was after- wards Secretary of State; Samuel, a merchant. Farmer.
12. NATHANIEL, s. of John (5), m. Elizabetlı, dau. of Sir William Pepper- ell, and had Nathaniel, grad. H. C. 1765, d. 1814 ; William, grad. H. C. 1766, took the name of his grandfather Pepperell, was his principal heir, and suc- ceeded to his title, was a Councillor, and Mandamus Councillor, a royalist, fled to England, and d. there in 1816; Samuel Hirst, grad. H. C. 1771, also a refugee, but returned and d. unm. at Kittery 29 Aug 1789, a. 38; Andrew Pepperell, who dropped the Sparkawk from his name, married a Miss Turner, was a refugee, and both he and his w. d. in England during the Revolution ; Mary Pepperell, m. Doct. Jarvis of Boston. Farmer and Sabine.
13. SAMUEL, s. of Samuel (6), m. Elizabeth Gardner 23 Mar. 1758; and had Mary, b. 17 Dec. 1758, m. Isaac Sparhawk Gardner 13 June 1784; Jo- anna, b. 6 Ap. 1764; Samuel, b. 10 Feb. 1766.
14. NATHANIEL, s. of Noah (9), m. Lydia Blake of Boston (pub. 16 June 1753) ; she d. 27 Sept. 1766, and he m. Hannah Murdock of Newton (pub. 12 Nov. 1767). His children were John, b. 10 Sept. 1753; Nathaniel, b. 23 Mar. 1755; George, b. 21 Ap. 1757, grad. H. C. 1777, a physician in New Hamp-
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· shire, d. 1847; Noah, b. 29 Ap. 1759 ; Blake, b. 12 Ap. 1761, m. Anna Dana 18 Dec. 1786: Lydia, b. 10 Ap. 1763, d. young ; Lydia, b. 25 and d. 26 Sept. 1766; Nathan ; Edward, b. 29. Nov. 1770; Katherine ; these three named in their father's will; Thomas Gardner, bap. 5 Nov. 1775, d. young. NA- THANIEL the f. was Selectman four years, 1772-1775, and d. 1 Oct. 1777; his w. Hannah d. 27 Jan. 1826, a. 83.
15. EDWARD, s. of Nathaniel (14), m. Elizabeth Murdock of Roxbury (pub. 7 June 1804), and had Edward Corey, bap. 4 Aug. 1805, resides in Brighton District; Samuel, bap. 19 Ap. 1807; George, bap. 24 June 1810, a lawyer in Boston ; Thomas Gardner, bap. 13 Sept. 1812; Charles, bap. 8 Mar. 1818. EDWARD the f. was President of the Brighton Bank, Deacon of the Church, and held other offices until extreme old age ; he d. 3 Sept. 1867, a. nearly 97.
16. THOMAS, by w. Mary, had Sybil, b. 3 Mar. 1761.
SPENCER, WILLIAM, one of the first company, was here in 1632, and res. at the N. E. corner of Mount Auburn Street and Brattle Square. He was Selectman 1635, Deputy or Representative 1632, 1634-1637, five years; Lieutenant of the first Train-band in Camb. 1637, and one of the original members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company 1639, in which year he rem. to Hartford, where he was Selectman, Deputy, and one of the Committee to revise the laws of the Colony.
2. THOMAS, was here as early as 1633, and res. on the easterly side of Eliot Street. His estate extended from Mount Auburn Street to Winthrop Street, which he sold to Edmund Angier, and rem. to Hartford, where he served on a Committee 1644, and was Chimney-vicwer 1649.
3. GARRAD (or Gerard, or Jared), was here in 1634, and owned land on the south side of the river. He probably removed to Lynn, and afterwards to Haddam, Conn. The General Court 13 Mar. 1637-8 granted him " the ferry at Linn for two years, taking two pence for a single person to the furthest place, and but one penny a person for more to the furthest place, and but one penny for a single person to the nearest place."
4. MICHAEL, owned four acres on the south side of the river 1635. Lewis says he was of Lynn 1637.
5. MICHAEL, whether s. of the foregoing not ascertained, m. Rebecca, dau. of Thomas Swotman, 7 Dec. 1671, and had Rebecca, b. 4 Nov. 1673; Susanna, b. 6 Ap. 1680; Michael, b. 16 Ap. 1682; Thomas, b. 3 Feb. 1688; Ammi, b. 11 July 1690. MICHAEL the f. was a ship-carpenter. In 1677 he purchased the homestead of Thomas Swotman at the N. W. corner of the College Grounds, subject to the life estate of Sweetman and his wife, except three rooms already occupied by Spencer. This estate he sold 12 June 1697 to the Corporation of Harvard College, reserving the use of one third thereof to the widow Isabel Sweetman during her life.
SPRING, JOHN, s. of John of Wat., m. Hannah Barsham, and had Hannah, b. 1 Oct. 1657; Mary, b. 10 June 1659; Susanna, b. 16 Ap. 1661; Sarah, b. 1662; Rebecca, b. 10 Feb. 1664; Abigail, b. 20 Feb. 1666; Susanna, b. 18 Aug. 1670, d. young ; Mary, b. 19 Feb. 1672-3; Elizabeth, b. 7 Ap. 1675; John, b. 1678. JOHN the f. resided in what is now Newton, was Selectman and Representative, and d. 18 May 1717, a. 87; his w. Hannah d. 18 Aug. 1710, a. 73.
MARY, m. John Ward 30 Nov. 1681. THOMAS, m. Margaret Gates 31 Dec. 1729. SARAII, In. Timothy Swan 27 July 1766. MARSHALL, In. Han- nah Lee 31 Aug. 1797.
SQUIRE, JOHN (otherwise written Squiers), m. Sarah, dan. of Richard Francis, and had Samuel; Stephen ; John ; Thomas, b. 25 July 1672, m. Deb- orah -, who subsequently in. William Brown 11 Nov. 1703 ; Sarah, b. 23 May 1677, m. Jolin Fessenden; Jonathan, b. 24 July 1679 ; Mary, b. 18 Oct. 1681, m. - Askell (Haskell?); Richard, b. 2 Nov. 1683; Daniel, b. 3 Aug. 1686. JOIN the f. res. on the south side of the river, and d. 26 June 1713, a. about 83; his w. Sarah survived.
2. JOHN, s. of Jolin (1), by w. Rebecca had John, bap. 31 Jan. 1696-7;
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Rebecca, b. 11 Mar. 1700-1; Sarah, bap. 3 Oet. 1703. JOHN the f. d. before 26 Ap. 1708 (the date of his father's will); his w. Rebecea survived.
3. THOMAS, s. of John (1), m. Deborah -; he was long absent, prob- ably supposed to be dead; and his w. Deborah m. William Brown 11 Nov. 1703. His father left him a legacy, if he should return; if he should not return, then a legacy to Deborah w. of William Brown, formerly w. of the testator's son Thomas.
4. JONATHAN, s. of John (1), had married and d. before 26 Ap. 1708, leaving a dau. Sarah, who was provided for in her grandfather's will.
5. DANIEL, s. of John (1), by w. Deliverance, had Deliverance, b. 13 Dec. 1715 ; Daniel, b. 26 July 1718; John, b. 3 Mar. 1720-21.
STACY, THOMAS, m. Hannah Hieks 2 June 1683, and had Hannah, b. 2 Sept. 1684. m. Stephen Hastings 28 Oet. 1708; Thomas, b. about 1686; Eliz- abeth, b. 19 Feb. 1687-8, d. unm. between 18 Dee. 1742 and 28 Ap. 1743 ; Joseph, b. about 1694, grad. H. C. 1719, ordained at Kingston 3 Nov. 1720, d. 25 April 1741, a. 47; Susanna, bap. 2 June 1700, d. 2 Jan. 1702-3. THOMAS the f. was a blacksmith, and resided at the point made by the june- tion of Brighton and Brattle streets. His estate was divided 5 Nov. 1744.
2. THOMAS, s. of Thomas (1), by w. - , had Susanna, m. Cutting Bean 27 Dee. 1744; Thomas, b. about 1723, was a ship-joiner in Boston 5 Nov. 1744, when he sold to Joseph Bean the homestead which had that day been as- signed to him from the estate of his grandfather. THOMAS the f. was a blacksmith and d. before 5 Nov. 1744, prob. 24 Ap. 1743, a. 56.
3. JOSEPH, of Charlestown, a shipwright, prob. brother to Thomas (1), m. Elizabeth Adams 29 June 1682; she d. 27 Dee. 1709 and he d. 17 Aug. 1711. He prob. left no children, as he bequeathed his whole estate to his sister Susanna Adams, except a small legacy to his eousin John Salter.
STANLEY, TIMOTHY (otherwise written Standly), in 1635 owned a house and garden on the westerly side of Dunster Street near Harvard Street. He removed to Hartford, where he was juror 1639 and 1642; he "died in 1648 and left a good estate to his widow and eliildren, viz., Caleb, Isaac, Lois, and a younger daughter." " The Stanley family maintained a high reputa- tion in the jurisdiction for many years after the union of the two colonies. In 1709 Caleb Stanley was elected or rather appointed Secretary of the Colony, which he held three years." Hinman.
STANESBY, JOHN, is named as a land-holder in describing the bounds of William Cutter's land in the Neek about 1638.
STARR, COMFORT, a " Chirurgeon," or physician, was here in 1638, in Duxbury 16 Mar. 1639-40 and d. in Boston 2 Jan. 1660. See Savage, Gen. Dict.
STEARNS, CHARLES, of Wat., had w. Hannah who d. July 1651, and he ni. Rebecca, dau. of John Gibson of Cambridge, 22 June 1654. His ehil. were Samuel, b. at Wat. 2 June 1650; at Camb., Shubael, b. 20 Sept. 1655; John, b. 24 Jan. 1656-7; and again at Wat., Isaac, Charles, Rebecca, and Martha. CHARLES the f. removed to Lynn and d. before 1695. (Sav. Gen. Dict.) His w. Rebecca was afflicted by insanity. See GIBSON, JOHN.
2. ISAAC, of Wat., by w. Mary, had Mary, b. in England; Hannah ; John ; Isaac, b. 6 Jan. 1632-3; Sarah, b. 22 Sept. 1635, m. Deae. Samuel Stone of Camb. 7 June 1655, and d. 6 Oct. 1700; Samuel, b. 24 Ap. 1638; Elizabeth, m. Samuel Manning of Camb. 13 Ap. 1664; Abigail, m. Deae. John Morse. ISAAC the f. d. 19 June 1671; his w. Mary d. 2 Ap. 1677.
3. JOHN, s. of Isaae (2), m. Sarah Mixer of Watertown, and had John, b. " the second week " in May 1654; his w. Sarah d. 18 June 1656, and he m. Mary Lathrop of Barnstable, Dee. 1656, by whom he had Isaac, b. 17 April 1658, d. young : Samuel, b. 3 Sept. 1659 ; Isaac, b. 23 Dee. 1661 ; Nathaniel, b. 30 Nov. 1663; Thomas, b. 6 Dec. 1665. JOHN the f. was one of the earliest settlers in that part of Cambridge which was incorporated into the town of Billerica, and d. 5 Mar. 1668-9; his w. Mary m. Lieut. William French 6 May 1669.
4. ISAAC, s. of Isaae (2), m. Sarah Beers 28 June 1660, and had at the
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Farms Sarah, b. 14 Jan. 1661-2; Mary, b. 8 Oet. 1663; Isaac, b. 20 Aug. 1665 ; Samuel, h. 20 Jan. 1667-8 ; Abigail ; John, b. 1675.
5. SAMUEL, s. of Isaac (2), m. Hannah, dau. of William Manning, 1 Feb. 1662-3 and had Samuel, b. here 4 May 1664, and several others at Wat.
6. JOHN, s. of John (3), reputed to have been the first English child born on the present territory of Billerica, by w. Elizabeth, had John, b. 22 Jan. 1679-80, d. 4 Ap. 1680; Sarah, b. 21 Mar. 1680-81; Mary, b. 23 July 1684; Isaac. b. May 1689 ; Abigail, b. 22 Aug. 1691. JOHN the f. d. 26 Oct. 1728, a. 74.
7. ISAAC, s. of Isaac (4), by w. Elizabeth, had Isaac, b. 23 Feb. 1690-91, prob. 11I. Mehetabel Frost 24 Dee. 1725; Simon, b. 19 Oct. 1697; Jonathan, b. 20 Nov. 1701; Hannah, b. 26 Jan. 1703-4.
8. PELEG, by w. Elizabeth, had William, b. 10 Ap. 1754.
PHINEAS, m. Mary Willington 9 July 1761. ELIZABETH, m. Edward Fille- brown 7 Dec. 1775. DANIEL, m. Elizabeth Knowlton 7 Sept. 1783.
STEBBINS, EDWARD (generally written Stebing or Stebinge, on the Record), was here in 1633, and res. on the westerly corner of Harvard and Dunster streets. He sold his estates here to Nicholas Danforth (who bought on behalf of his associates forming the second company of settlers) 2 May 1636, and re- moved to Hartford, with Hooker. He was a Deaeon of the Church, " Juror in 1639 and 1643, Deputy in 1639, 1641, and 1648, Selectman in 1647, Col- lector of funds for the students of Cambridge College, by order of the Gen- eral Court, in 1645. He d. in 1663." Hinman.
STEDMAN, JOHN, by w. Alice had Elizabeth, b. about 1641; Sarah, b. 11 Jan. 1643-4 ; Martha, b. 3 June 1646. JOHN the f. eame here in 1638, in the employment of the widow Glover, as her steward, or general superintendent. In the will of her husband, Rev. Jose Glover, is a bequest as follows : " I do further bequeath and give to my servant Jolın Stedman, my antient faythful servant, the sum of fifty pounds." The epithet ancient must refer to his ser- vant's length of service rather than to his age, for he was then only 36 years old. He resided at the N. E. corner of Mount Auburn Street and Brattle Square, where he kept a store for about half a century after Mrs. Glover's death. The monopoly of the trade in furs for Camb. was granted to him Oct. 1658. He was a Selectman 16 years between 1640 and 1676, and Treas- urer of the County 26 years, from 1658 to 1683. He was also connected with the military department. The General Court ordered, Mar. 1647-8, that " John Stedman, having been Ensign of the Company at Cambridge about six years, is freed from serving as a common soldier there." He served as Cor- net of Capt. Davis's Troop, in the expedition against Ninigret 1654; and was one of the Committee of the Militia for Cambridge 5 Mar. 1676-7, hold- ing the rank of Quartermaster (unless John (3) was the person named in the Record). He d. full of years 16 Dec. 1693, a. 92; a large tablet in the old burial ground marks his resting place; his w. Alice d. 6 Mar. 1689-90, a. about 80. He left no son. His daughters m. and had posterity, namely: (1) Elizabeth, the eldest dau., b. 1641, or 1642, m. Nathaniel Upham, son of Deac. John Upham of Malden, 5 Mar. 1661-2; lie was a preacher, but had not been ordained ; he survived his marriage but a few days, and d. 20 Mar. 1661-2; his w. Elizabeth m. Henry Thompson, merchant, of Boston, 27 Ap. 1669, and had Elizabeth, b. 29 Jan. 1669-70; Dorothy, b. 26 Oet. 1671 (m. Samuel Shove 1 of Boston 16 Nov. 1692, and Samuel Burr by whom she had one dau. Sarah, and d. 20 Feb. 1701-2); Henry, b. 23 Oct. 1673, d. Sept. 1690; Alice, b. 8 Sept. 1677. Mr. Thompson d. and his w. Elizabeth m. John Sharp, a merchant, whom she also survived, and d. in hier third widow- hood 9 Mar. 1699-1700. (2) Sarah, the second dau., b. 11 Jan. 1643-4, m. John Brackett of Boston 23 Aug. 1662, and had Sarah, bap. 5 June 1664; John, posthumous, bap. 21 Ap. 1667; both d. young. Mr. Brackett d. 1666,
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