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1 By Mr. Shove, Dorothy had Elizabeth, they are called " the only surviving children m. Benjamin Bagnall, watchmaker, Boston, and heirs of Dorothy Shove, who was dau. and Sarah, m. Thomas Edwards, goldsmith, of Elizabeth Sharp, who was dau. of John Stedman." - Mid. Deeds, xxvii. 192. Boston. In a deed, dated 27 Sept. 1727,
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and his w. Sarah m. Dr. Samuel Alcock 24 Mar. 1667-8, and had Samuel, b. 2 Mar. 1669 ; Elizabeth, b. 25 Dec. 1672; both which children appear to have d. before the death of their father. Dr. Alcock d. 16 Mar. 1676-7, and his w. Sarah m. Thomas Graves of Charlestown, H. C. 1656, a physi- cian and judge, 15 May 1682, by whom she had one son Thomas, b. 28 Sept. 1683, grad. H. C. 1703, was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and Su- preme Judicial Court, and d. 19 June 1747. Judge Graves the f. d. 30 May 1697, and his w. Sarah m. Col. John Phillips of Charlestown (also Judge of Court of Common Pleas), who. d. 20 Mar. 1725-6, a. nearly 94. Last of all, the w. Sarah d. in her fourth widowhood 1 Mar. 1729-30, a. 86. I think her only surviving child was Judge Graves the younger, who left several children, chiefly daughters. (3) Martha, youngest dau., b. 3 June 1646, m. Joseph Cooke, Jr., 4 Dec. 1665, and had posterity. See COOKE, JOSEPH.
2. ROBERT, prob. brother to John (1), by w. Ann had a daughter, b. 14 Sept. 1638, d. young; John, b. 27 Dec. 1642; Mary, b. 27 Ap. 1645, m. Dan- iel Thurston 1 Ap. 1674; Thomas, d. 2 Ap. 1659. ROBERT the f. was here about 1638, and res. on the northerly side of Winthrop Street, between Hol- yoke and Dunster streets, on an estate previously owned by Simon Sackett. This house-lot was enlarged by purchase, until it extended through to Mount. Auburn Street, and included the S. W. corner of Mount Auburn and Holyoke streets. In this form it remained in possession of the family until a very re- cent period. ROBERT the f. d. 20 Jan. 1666; his w. Ann was living 10 Dec. 1674, but d. before 2 Nov. 1676.
3. JOHN, S. of Robert (2), m. Elizabeth Remington 14 May 1666, and had John, b. 22 Aug. 1668; Elizabeth, b. - , d. 15 July 1676. JOHN the f. was a farmer (perhaps the " Quartermaster " named in 1676-7), and d. of small-pox 24 Nov. 1678, a. 36; his w. Elizabeth m. Samuel Gibson 14 July 1679, and d. . between 17 July and 11 Dec. 1680, her son John being her only surviving child.
4. JOHN, S. of John (3), m. Sarah, dau. of Samuel Gibson, by his first wife, 9 Ap. 1691, and had John, b. about 1692, grad. H. C. 1712, and d. 5 Sept. 1719; Elizabeth, bap. 1 Aug. 1697, m. Dr. Lawrence Dolhond 26 Oct. 1715, had two children who d. in infancy and were buried here, and son John, who was a physician living in Boston 1754; Samuel, bap. 1 Oct. 1699, prob. d. young; Sarah, b. about 1701, appears by her father's will to have m. and d., leaving children, before 1728; Jonathan, b. 21 Nov. 1703, grad. H. C. 1726, living in Chelmsford 1756, perhaps the same who was pub. here to Mary Blaisdell 22 May 1742; Benjamin, b. 17 July 1706, was a physician in Brain- tree 1746, had a s. Leonard, who was a paper-stainer in Braintree 1759; Eben- ezer, bap. 2 Jan. 1708-9; Mary, b. 7 Jan. 1711-12, m. John Henshaw 14 May 1730. JOHN the f. was a tailor, innholder and shopkeeper. He inherited the homestead, was a thrifty man, and accumulated a large property. He d. 24 Mar. 1727-8, a. nearly 60; his w. Sarah, who appears to have been a very in- telligent, energetic woman, d. 1 July 1754, a. 84.
5. EBENEZER, s. of John (4), m. Lydia Moore, and had Sarah, bap. 27 Oct. 1734, d. 24 June 1740; Martha, b. 1 May 1736, d. 23 June 1740 ; Lydia, bap. 26 Mar. 1738, d. 5 June 1740; Ebenezer, b. 27 Ap. and d. 15 Nov. 1740; Sarah, b. May 1741, m. Jonathan Titcomb, Esq., of Newport, R. I., and was living in 1786; John and Ebenezer, twins, b. 16 May 1743, both grad. H. C. 1765 (John m. Mary Quincy, was a physician, and d. 1780, leaving sons John and Ebenczer); Martha, bap. 4 Aug. 1745, d. 10 Oct. 1746; Elizabeth, bap. 1 Nov. 1747, m. Samuel Clark, hatter, of Newport, and was living in 1786; Sam- uel, bap. 7 May 1749, d. 9 Ang. 1751 ; Samuel, bap. 20 May 1753, a printer, d. - May 1774 ; William, bap. 21 Sept. 1755, d. 1 May 1758; Lydia, bap. 11 Mar. 1759, d. young. Mrs. Lydia Stedman d. 1761, and Mr. Stedman in. Mary Austin of Chs. 4 Jan. 1764, by whom he had one son William, bap. 20 Jan. 1765, grad. H. C. 1784, was a lawyer, resided in Lancaster, Charlton, and Worcester, was a member of Congress, and d. 1831. EBENEZER the f. inher- ited the homestead, and increased the amount of property which he inherited. He kept a tavern many years on the southerly side of Mount Auburn Strect, about midway between Brighton and Dunster streets. He was Captain of
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the militia, and Selectman from 1759 to 1776, with the exeeption of two years. He d. 13 Sept. 1785, a. 76; his w. Mary d. about 1788.
6. EBENEZER, S. of Ebenezer (5), and twin with Jolin, m. Eunice, wid. of Thaddeus Winship of Lex., and prob. dau. of Samuel Munroe, and had Lydia, b. 24 Jan. 1787, m. Col. Eliab W. Metealf 7 May 1809; Ebenezer, bap. 21 June 1789, m. Mary Braman of Norton 13 Ap. 1807, and d. without issue; Mary, bap. 8 Ap. 1792, m. Col. George Meacham 1 Mar. 1818; Samuel, bap. 14 June 1795, m. Martha Russell (pub. 10 Ap. 1823), and d. 18 June 1848; John, bap. 29 Mar. 1801, d. nnm. 1 Jan. 1822; he was crushed between the wheel of a eart and a brick wall, in Boston. EBENEZER the f. grad. H. C. 1765, was for many years Postmaster, Seleetman eleven years between 1786 and 1801, and Treasurer twenty-three years, from 1786 to 1808. In his old age his mind became unsettled, and he d. (felo de se) 7 Oct. 1815, a. 72; his w. Eunice was buried 6 Sept. 1846, a. 87.
ELIZABETH, m. Thomas Hammond 17 Dee. 1662. HANNAH, m. Samuel Hyde 20 Jan. 1683. MARY, m. David Stowell 7 Ap. 1692. SARAH, m. Joseph Sprague 30 Nov. 1714. MARGARET, m. Benjamin Cheney 9 Nov. 1752. These may have been of the Roxbury family.
STEELE, JOHN, one of the earliest inhabitants, res. 1635 at the westerly cor- ner of Harvard and Holyoke streets, and was a large landholder. He was Deputy or Representative three sessions in 1635. He rem. to Hartford with Hooker, and was Deputy and Magistrate many years. He "was of the Court that declared war against the Pequots. He was the Town Register in Hart- ford 1639, which office he held until he removed to Farmington. He was a valuable man in the Colony, and was the ancestor of the Steeles in Hartford,
Farmington, and Woodbury. . . He d. in 1665, and left a son Samuel, and · two daughters, who married William and Thomas Judd." Hinman.
2. GEORGE, brother to John (1), was one of the earliest inhabitants, and res. 1635 on the easterly corner of Harvard and Dunster streets, adjoining to his brother's estate. He also rem. to Hartford, where he was Selectman and Juror 1644, and d. in 1664, leaving one son James, and two daughters.
STEVENS, WILLIAM, m. Abigail Green 1 July 1673. REV. BENJAMIN, m. Mary Remington 28 Sept. 1752. THOMAS, m. Mary Barrett 30 Sept. 1771.
STEVENSON, ANDREW (otherwise written Steevenson, Steveson, Stieven- son, and Stimson), by w. Jane, had Deborah, b. in England, in. Robert Wilson of Sudbury, and (2d), Matthew Abdy; Sarah, mn. Joseph Lowden of Charles- town, and d. before 1681, leaving son James, and dau. Mary, who m. James Burbeen of Woburn; Rebecca, b. 20 Jan. 1642, m. James Patterson of Bil- lerica 29 May 1662 ; John, b. 29 Dee. 1644, d. 26 May 1664 ; Mary, b. 17 Jan. 1646, m. Thomas Richardson of Billerica 5 Jan. 1669-70 ; Lydia, b. 2 Aug. 1648 ; Andrew, b. about 1652; Hannah, m. William Burges, and was living in Ipswich 1695. ANDREW the f. d. between 3 May 1681, and 1 Oct. 1683; liis w. Jane survived.
2. ANDREW, s. of Andrew (1), by w. Abigail, had Andrew, died 5 Sept. 1683; Mary, b. 17 Feb. 1682-3, d. young; Mary, b. 21 Oct. 1684 ; Joseph, b. 17 Dec. 1695, d. 29 Aug. 1696; Lydia, b. 13 Aug. 1697, d. 12 Ap. 1703; Joseph, b. 7 Feb. 1699-1700; Lydia, b. 14 Oct. 1703, and perhaps others. ANDREW the f. was a housewright, and resided in Chs., where his chil. were born, and where he d. 14 Dec. 1721.
3. JONATHAN, parentage not ascertained, by w. Elizabeth, had Abigail, b. 1 July 1671 ; James, b. 26 May 1673.
STILEMAN, RICHARD, by w. Hannalı, had Samuel, b. 23 May 1644; went to Salem as early as 1646, and thence to Portsmouthi, where by w. Mary he had Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Richard, from 1657 to 1668.
STOCKING, GEORGE (otherwise written Stockine), was an early inhabitant, and res. 1635 at the S. W. corner of Holyoke and Winthrop streets. He rem. with Hooker to Hartford, where he was Selectman in 1647.
STONE, SAMUEL, "one of the first ministers of Cambridge and Hartford, was born in Hartford, England, and was educated at Emanuel College. came to N. Eng. in 1633, and settled at Camb. with Rev. Thomas Hooker 11 Oct.
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1633, admitted freeman 1634, removed to Hartford with Mr. Hooker in 1636, and there d. 20 July 1663." Farmer. "He was chaplain in the little army of ninety brave men under Major Mason in 1637, who by their valorous deeds exterminated the Pequot Nation of Indians. . . . . He left a widow Elizabeth and children, Samuel, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Mary, and Sarah." (Hinman.) Rev. Mr. Stone res. while here on the easterly side of Brighton Street, between Mount Auburn Street and Harvard Square. His w. who accompanied him here d. before 22 Nov. 1640, and he appears to have nı. again at Hartford.
2. GREGORY, prob. brother to Samuel (1), was here as early as 1637, and about 1638 purchased a house and five acres on the westerly side of Garden Street, between the Botanic Garden and Concord Avenue, which became his homestead. He acquired, by gift and purchase, large tracts of land at the Farms, where some of his children settled. By his w. Lydia (who had formerly been the w. of - Cooper), he had six children, all born in Eng- land; John, b. about 1619; Daniel ; David ; Elizabeth, m. - Potter of Ips- wich; Samuel ; Sarah, m. Joseph Miriam of Concord 1653. GREGORY the f. was a farmer; he owned a house and 26 acres at Wat. and 54 acres of out- lands, all which he sold to Nathaniel Sparhawk, agent of Thomas Boylston of London, 30 Sept. 1639; but it is not certain that he ever resided in Wat. He was a Representative for Cambridge 1638 ; a Deacon of the Church; and d. 30 Nov. 1672, a. 82; his w. Lydia d. 24 June 1674.
3. JOHN, s. of Gregory (2), in early life settled in that part of Sudbury which was afterwards included in Framingham, and by w. Anne had John ; Hannah, b. 6 June 1640, in. John Bent 1 July 1658; Mary, b. prob. 1642, m. Isaac Hunt of Concord, who d. Dec. 1680, and she m. Eliphalet Fox of Concord, and d. before 6 Ap. 1686; Daniel, b. 31 Aug. 1644; David, b. 31 Oct. 1646; Elizabeth, b. prob. 1649, m. Samuel Stow: Margaret, b. 22 Oct. 1653, m. William · Brown 11 Jan. 1676; Tabitha, b. 29 May 1655, m. John Rice 2 Nov. 1674; Sarah, b. 22 Sept. 1657, m. Jacob Hill of Camb .; Nathaniel, b. 11 May 1660. JOHN the f. was a Deacon of the Church at Sudbury, and employed by the town in civil affairs. On the death of his father he returned to Camb., and occupied the homestead. He was Representative 1682 and 1683. He was also elected a Ruling Elder of the Church here, to which office he and Elder Clark were ordained 15 Nov. 1682, when the Rev. Nathaniel Gookin was ordained pastor. He d. 5 May 1683, a. 64. His w. Anne and their ten chil- dren survived. A large posterity of Elder Stone remains in Framingham, and in the region round about.
- 4. DANIEL, s. of Gregory (2), m. Mary, wid. of Richard Ward, and dau. of John Moore of Sudbury, and had Mary, b. 21 Mar. 1643-4, m. - Walker; Sarah, b. 22 Sept. 1645, m. - Edmands ; Daniel, b. 2 Jan. 1646-7, prob. d. young ; Elizabeth, b. 1 Jan. 1648-9, prob. d. young; Abigail, b. 28 Ap. 1653, m. - Keach. DANIEL the f. was a physician, or as styled on sundry records, " Chirurgeon," and resided at the N. E. corner of Dunster and Mount Auburn streets. He removed to Boston between 1 May 1655, when Edward Burt acknowledged a debt to him of 7,200 lbs. " Muscavadoes sugar," and 23 Nov. 1657, when he sold his " late mansion place " in Camb. to Samuel Andrew. He d. between 6 Dec. 1686 and 6 July 1687.
5. DAVID, s. of Gregory (2), by w. Dorcas had David, b. 6 Ap. 1650; Daniel, b. about 1651 ; Dorcas, b. 18 Dec. 1652 ; John, b. about 1654 ; Samuel, b. 19 June 1656; Nathaniel, b. about 1658.
6. SAMUEL, s. of Gregory (2), m. Sarah, dau. of Isaac Stearns of Wat., 7 Junc 1655, and had Samuel, b. 1 Oct. 1656 ; Isaac, b. about 1658, prob. d. young; Sarah, b. 5 Feb. 1660-61 ; John, b. 12 May 1663 ; Lydia, b. 25 Nov. 1665; Mary, b. 22 Feb. 1667-8, d. 11 May 1669; Joseph, b. 1671; Anna, b. 30 June 1673. SAMUEL the f. resided at the Farms ; was Selectman 1681, 1688, and 1692; at the organization of the Church (now the First in Lex.), he was elected Deacon, and d. 27 Sept. 1715, a. about 80. His w. Sarah d. 4 Oct. 1700, and he m. Abigail -, wlio d. 1728 at Woburn, a. 71.
7. DAVID, s. of David (5), m. Sarah Hildreth 31 Dec. 1674, and had Sarah, b. 6 Mar. 1676-7 ; Elizabeth, b. 6 Feb. 1678-9, d. 12 Aug. 1679. DAVID the f. d. 21 Aug. 1679.
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8. SAMUEL, s. of Samuel (6), m. Doreas Jones 12 June 1679, and had Samuel, b. 12 Aug. 1634; and others. SAMUEL the f. sueeceded his father as Deaeon of the Church at Lex. 1715, and d. 17 June 1743, a. nearly 87; his w. Doreas d. 24 Sept. 1746, a. 87.
9. JOHN, s. of Samuel (6), m. Rachel Shepard of Concord 27 Ap. 1687, and had John, b. 12 Mar. 1687-8, d. young ; John, b. 15 Dec. 1689, was Deacon of the Church at Lex., and d. 7 Aug. 1762, a. 72 (his w. Mary d. 16 Oct. 1772, a. 77); Mary, b. 26 Sept. 1692; Anna, b. 27 Nov. 1694; Rachel, b. 6 June 1697 ; Ruth, b. 27 Aug. 1700. JOHN the f. res. at the Farms, and d. there 3 Feb. 1713.
10. JOSEPHI, s. of Samuel (6), by w. Sarah, had Sarah, b. 1 Nov. 1700 ; and others. JOSEPH the f. d. 17 Jan. 1713-14.
11. SAMUEL, s. of Samuel (8), m. Abigail, dau. of Deac. George Reed of Woburn 1706, and had Abigail, b. 21 Ap. 1707, m. Micah Stone of Framingham ; Samuel, b. 8 Dec. 1708, rem. to Rutland; Jonas, b. 3 Dee. 1710, a Deacon at Lex., d. 29 Oct. 1790; Elizabeth, b. 21 Dec. 1713, m. John Stone and rem. to Rutland ; Tabitha, b. 9 Jan. 1715-16. m. John Noyes of Sudbury; Mary, b. 9 Mar. 1717-18, m. Thomas Bent of Sudbury ; Susanna, b. 24 Ap. 1720, m. Elijah Bent of Sudbury; Nathan, b. 28 Ap. 1722, m. Mary Robbins, and res. at Sudbury and Rutland; Eunice, b. 2 July 1724, m. Samuel Reed; Sybil, b. 9 Sept. 1727, m. Nathaniel Bright, and (2d) Samuel White; Isaac, b. 5 Ap. 1730. SAMUEL the f. was a Captain, and an active, energetie man. He is said to have res. at different times at Coneord, Sudbury, and Rutland, as well as at Lexington; he d. at Lex. 5 Ap. 1769; his w. Abigail d. 16 Jan. 1767, a. 81.
12. SIMON, brother to Gregory (2), came to N. Eng. in 1634, and settled at Wat. with w. Joanna and four chil., born in England; Frances, b. about 1618; Ann, b. about 1623; Simon, b. about 1630; John, b. 1634, d. young. He had at Wat. John, b. 15 Aug. 1635, Deacon at Wat., where he d. 26 Mar. 1691; Elizabeth, b. 5 Ap. 1639. SIMON the f. was Deacon of the Wat. Church, and d. 22 Sept. 1665, a. about 80, having previously m. 2d w. Sarah, wid. of Richard Lumpkin, and sister to William Warner of Ipswiel; she d. 1663.
13. SIMON, S. of Simon (12), m. Mary Whipple, and had John, b. 23 July 1658; Matthew, b. 16 Feb. 1659-60 ; Nathaniel, b. and d. Feb. 1661-2 ; Eb- enezer, b. 27 Feb. 1662-3; Mary, b. 6 Jan. 1664-5; Nathaniel, b. 1666, grad. H. C. 1690, ordained at Harwich, m. dau. of Gov. Hinkley, and d. about 1755, a. 88, having had ten children, one of whom, Nathan, b. 1708, grad. H. C. 1726, was ordained at Southborough 21 Oet. 1730, and d. 31 May 1781; Eliz- abeth, b. 9 Oct. 1670; Susanna, b. 4 Nov. 1675, m. Edward Goddard, Esq .; Jonathan, b. 26 Dec. 1677. SIMON the f. d. 27 Feb. 1707-8; his w. Mary d. 1720.
14. EBENEZER, s. of Simon (13), settled in Newton, and m. Margaret, dau. of James Trowbridge, 1686; she d. 4 May 1710, a. 44, and he m. Abigail Wil- son ; she d. 1720, a. 57, and he m. wid. Sarah Livermore 8 Ap. 1722, who d. 1741, a. 70. His ehil., all by his first w .. were Ebenezer, b. 21 Dec. 1686, m. Sarah Bond, d. 1 Feb. 1784, and was buried in the old burial ground at Wat .; Margaret, b. 1 Aug. 1688, m. Nathaniel Hammond, d. 1776; Samuel, b. 1 July 1690, rem. to Framingham, and m. Hannah Searl; John, b. 18 Sept. 1692, in. Lydia Hyde 1717 ; Nathaniel, b. 6 Sept. 1694, d. 1713; Mindwell, b. 26 June 1696, m. Ebenezer Woodward 1716; David, b. 15 May 1698, d. 1725; Mary, b. 19 Ap. 1700; Simon, b, 14 Sept. 1702, m. Priseilla Dyke 1732; James, b. 8 June 1704, grad. H. C. 1724, ordained at Holliston 20 Nov. 1728, d. 1742; Experience, b. 1707, m. Sarah Livermore 1722.
15. DANIEL, a descendant of Gregory (2), through his s. Elder John (3), m. Sally Williams of Wat. 2 Ap. 1806, and had in Mendon, Nahum, b. 7 Ap. 1807, m. Susanna Hovey 1 Jan. 1832; Daniel, b. - June 1809, d. 12 Oet. 1810 ; and, in Camb., Hannah, b. 12 July 1811, m. Freeman Hovey, - Dec. 1831, buried 29 Jan. 1838; Daniel Gregory, b. 18 Ap. 1813, d. 18 June 1815; Sarah Maria, b. 16 Ap. 1815, m. William Hovey, Jr., 31 July 1834; Catherine Whitney, b. 7 May 1817, m. Anson J. Stone (pub. 5 Nov. 1839), d. 31 July
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1845; Levi Farwell, b. 8 Feb. 1819; Daniel Gregory, b. 14 Jan. 1821, d. 23 July 1876 ; Persis Haynes, b. 26 Ap. 1824, d. 1825. DANIEL thic f. was a tanner, and res. at the N. W. corner of Harvard and Prospect streets. He re- linquished that business about 1837, and sold the southerly part of his cstate to Rev. Joseph W. Parker. He was Superintendent of the Burial Ground in Ward Two many years after 1825, and d. 25 Sept. 1861, a. 80 ; his w. Sarah was buried 3 Feb. 1843.
16. WILLIAM F., a descendant of Gregory (2), through Elder John (3), b. in Framingham, m. Harriet Brigham of Westborough (a deseendant from Thomas Brigham of Camb. 1638) (pub. 22 Sept. 1826), and had William Low- ell, b. 24 June 1829, grad. H. C. 1850, d. 1857; Mary Warren, b. 30 Ap. 1833 ; Harriet Brigham, b. 11 Aug. 1835 ; Olynthus Brigham, b. 3 Ap. 1838. WILLIAM F. the f. was bred a physician, but early abandoned the profession ; he was elected Register of Deeds for Middlesex County in 1822, which office he held, by successive elections, until 1845, when he resigned in conse- quence of ill health, and d. 26 Mar. 1857 ; his w. Harriet d. 2 July 1868.
17. WILLIAM, a deseendant from Simon (12) m. Kezia Fairbanks of Brighton (pub. 3 May 1823) ; she d. 3 Mar 1850, a. 56, and he ni. Sarah Ann Coombs of Lynn (pub. 14 Jan. 1851). His children were Sarah P., b. 10 Feb. 1824, bur. 14 Aug. 1825; Sarah A., b. 26 Dec. 1825; William W., b. 20 Sept. 1827; Ephraim W., b. 14 Ap. 1830; Martha Maria, b. 30 Nov. 1832; Horace, b. 8 Nov. 1836 ; Henry M., b. 30 Oet. 1839. WILLIAM the f. was a wheelwright and resided in Ward One; he d. 4 Dee. 1868.
18. LOWELL M., a descendant from Gregory (2), and nephew to William F. (16), b. in Framingham, m. Mary L. Moody (pub. 4 Ap. 1845), and had (posthumous) Mary Lowell, b. 17 Nov. 1847. Mr. Stone was a young man of great promise ; a Justice of the Peace; several years chief elerk in the Pen- sion Office, Boston; and was elected Cashier of the Merchant's Bank a short time before his decease. He d. 25 July 1847, a. 31; his w. Mary L. d. 31 July 1849, a. 31.
THOMAS, of Framingham, m. Elizabeth Andrew 18 June 1730. REBECCA, m. Timothy Wellington of Lex. 23 Sept. 1742. LOVE, m. Samuel Whitte- more 3d, 11 June 1747. SETH, m. Mary Tufts of Medf. 6 Aug. 1776. JOHN, In. Mary Tufts of Medf. 13 Ap. 1780.
STOWELL, DAVID, m. Mary Stedman 7 Ap. 1692.
STRATTON, SAMUEL, d. 19 Dec. 1672, naming in his will sons Samuel and John, and grandson Samuel, son of Richard deceased. He prob. resided on the northerly side of Mount Auburn Street, next westerly from Prof. James R. Lowell's estate, which was then in Wat. but is now a part of Camb. Those which follow were perhaps his deseendants.
2. EBENEZER, by w. Lydia, had Ebenezer, d. 4 Dee. 1735; Lydia, b. 26 Feb. 1716-17, m. Samuel Child of Dudley 24 Oet. 1734; Abigail, b. 24 July 1718, d. 14 July 1736; Elizabeth, b. 12 Feb. 1719-20, m. Joseph Cooke 7 June 1739; Thankful, b. 17 Dec. 1721, m. Ebenezer Richards 24 Dec. 1741; Mary, b. 2 Jan. 1722-3, m. Samuel Walker 20 Dec. 1750; Sarah, b. 19 Nov. 1725; John, b. 9 Aug. 1727.
3. JOHN, prob. s. of Ebenczer (2), m. Mercy Norcross 3 May 1750, and had Mary, b. 29 Ap. 1752, m. Silas Robbins 7 May 1772; Nathaniel, b. 14 Dec. 1755 ; John, b. 13 Ap. 1759 ; Susanna, b. 2 Dec. 1760, m. Major John Palmer 28 Nov. 1781 and d. Dec. 1837, a. 77; the Town Record says 79, but wrongly, unless I mistake the parentage.
4. JOHN, had Joshua, bap. 18 Nov. 1722; Mercy, bap. 27 Sept. 1724.
5. JAMES, had Mary, bap. 17 May 1724.
6. JAMES, by w. Nabby, had James, b. 7 Feb. 1797.
STREETER, STEPHEN, prob. a descendant from Stephen of Chs. 1644, by w. Deborah, had in Camb. Rebecca, b. 3 Sept. 1683 ; Deborah, b. 25 Sept. 1685, d. 7 Ap. 1689 ; Joseph, b. 18 Sept. 1687; Benjamin, b. 25 Nov. 1689, d. 23 Ap. 1690; and prob. others. A Deborah Streeter, perhaps wid. of STE- PHEN, m. Samuel Scars of Wrentham 10 Aug. 1704.
2. SAMUEL, prob. s. of Stephen (1), had Mary and Sarah, prob. not
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twins, bap. 21 Feb. 1696-7; Stephen, bap. 4 Sept. 1698; Samuel, bap. 7 Jan. 1699-1700; Mercy, bap. 14 May 1704; Susanna, bap. 28 Ap. 1706.
3. JOHN, perhaps s. of Stephen (1), by w. Mary, had Hannah, b. 26 Dec. 1700; Mary, b. 29 Mar. 1702; John, bap. 16 Ap. 1704.
SWAN, JOHN (otherwise written, Swann, Swaine and Swayne), m. Re- becca Palfrey 1 Jan. 1650-51 ; she d. 12 July 1654 and he m. Mary Pratt 2 Mar. 1655-6. His children were Ruth, b. 1 or 10 Mar. 1652; Gershom, b. 30 June 1654; Samuel, b. 3 Ap. or 1 May 1657, d. 19 or 20 June 1678; Mary, b. 2 May 1659; Elizabeth, b. 14 July 1661, m. Ezekiel Richardson of Woburn 27 July 1687; Lydia, b. 28 July 1663; John, b. 1 May 1665, resided in Woburn 1712; Hannah, b. 27 Feb. 1667; Ebenezer, b. 14 Nov. 1672. JOHN the f. was brought up in the family of Thomas Bittlestone, who provided by his will 3 Nov. 1640 that his w. Elizabeth should be served five years by his boy John Swan, and should then pay him five pounds. He was a farmer and resided in Menot., where his posterity may now be found; he was a member of the Church, but for some fault was excommunicated 1684. It would seem he was not easily moved from his purposes whether good or bad ; for in that day when excommunication was generally regarded as an effectual bar against salvation, he withstood the power of the Church more than twenty years ; but at length when he had attained extreme old age he made his peace with the brethren and "was restored to communion " 22 Dec. 1706. He d. 5 June 1708, a. 87, as inseribed on his gravestone; his w. Mary d. 11 Feb. 1702, a. 69.
2. GERSHOM, s. of John (1), m. Sarah Holden 20 Dec. 1677, and had Sarah, b. about 1679, d. unm. 25 Ap. 1699, a. 20; Rebecca, b. 24 Aug. 1681, d. young ; John, b. 3 Oct. 1683; Ruth, b. 25 Dec. 1685, m. Theophilus Rich- ardson of Woburn ; Abigail, b. 12 Feb. 1686-7, m. John Richardson of Wo- burn 1 July 1714 ; Lydia, b. 10 Nov. 1689, m. William Mansur of Medf. 2 Feb. 1714-15; Rebecca, bap. 14 Aug. 1698, m. George Abbott 2 Feb. 1714-15; and perhaps others between 1689 and 1698. GERSHOM the f. res. at Menot. and d. 2 July 1708, a. 54 ; his w. Sarah survived.
3. EBENEZER, s. of John (1), by w. Elizabeth, had Elizabeth, b. 29 Mar. 1699; Sarah, b. 26 Feb. 1700-1701, m. Ephraim Cook, 14 Dec. 1727; Ebene- zer, b. 23 Mar. 1703-4; Mary, b. 4 Mar. 1706-7; Samuel, b. 5 Ap. 1711; William, b. 31 Jan. 1713-14, m. Ruth Polley 13 Ap. 1743. EBENEZER the f. res. at Menot., and d. 27 July 1740 ; his w. Elizabeth d. 20 Ap. 1748, a. 73.
4. JOHN, s. of Gershom (2), by w. Elizabeth (who d. 21 Dec. 1723, a. 28), had John, bap. 12 Ap. and d. 11 June 1719; Timothy, b. 3 Aug. 1720; Eliza- beth, b. 12 Oet. 1722, perhaps the same (called Mrs. Elizabeth), who d. 24 Jan. 1799, a. 76; and by 2d w. Elizabeth, Esther, b. 15 Mar. 1725-6, m. Zebadiah Richardson 19 Ap. 1759; John, bap. 4 Aug. 1728; Gershom, bap. 10 Aug. 1729, d. young; Susanna, b. 4 Oct. 1730, m. Joseph Parks, Jr., of Con- cord (pub. 3 Mar. 1753), or Samuel Watts of Woburn 4 Ap. 1757; William, b. 4 Sept. 1737, pub. to Luey Robbins of Boston 15 Mar. 1759. JOHN the f. had the homestead, and d. 31 Mar. 1752; his w. Elizabeth d. 28 Oct. 1780, a. 85.
5. EBENEZER, S. of Ebenezer (3), by w. Bathsheba, had Peter, b. 6 Jan. 1728-9 ; Ebenezer, b. 18 Nov. 1730; Benjamin, b. 20 Ap. 1733 ; Joseph, b. 16 Feb. 1735-6; Bathsheba, b. 15 Feb. 1737-8, d. unm. 26 Aug. 1805; a daughter, b. 1739, d. 22 July 1740, a. eighteen months ; Joshua, b. 28 June 1743, m. Sarah Cutter 20 July 1762; Mary, bap. 7 Ap. 1745, d. 1 Ang. 1747. EBEN- EZER the f. d. 23 Ap. 1752; his w. Bathsheba d. 31 Aug. 1793, a. 84.
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