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notwithstanding his general good reputation, he became a subject of suspicion and narrowly escaped a public execution. Thomas says: " In 1692, a respect- able man, whose name was Hezekiah Usher, was accused of witchcraft, in con- sequence of which accusation he was ordered to be confined in the common prison; but on account of the goodness of his character, he was, by connivance, allowed to secrete himself in the house of a friend, and afterward to escape out of the hands of his persecutors, until the delusion or madness of the times in part subsided." (Hist. Printing, ii. 410, note.) He closed his troubled life " at Lynn, July 11th, was brought to Boston and laid in his father's tomb July 14th, 1697." (Sewall.) His w. Bridgett probably remained in England until after she heard of his death. Rev. Benjamin Woodbridge testified 4 Jan. 1697-8, that he saw her in London, two years before, at the house of her daughter's husband, Mr. Thomas Cotton. She subsequently returned, and lived in much honor at Boston, where she d. 25 May 1723, having survived her first husband nearly half a century, in whose grave she directed that her body should be placed, rather than in the tomb with Mr. Usher. The Sex- ton's Monitor gives the inscription on the monument of Dr. Hoar, who d. 28 Nov. 1675, aged 45, which closes thus: "His pious and aged widow, the late Madam Usher, was brought hither from Boston, and interred in the same grave, according to her desire, May 30, 1723."
3. JOHN, s. of Hezekiah (1), was a bookseller in Boston; lie became a Colonel, was one of the Andros Council, Treasurer of Massachusetts, and Lieutenant-governor of New Hampshire. Towards the close of life he re- moved to Medford, resided on what has since been known as the Royall Farm. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Peter Lidgett, by whom he had one daughter Eliz- abeth, who m. David Jeffries 15 Sept. 1686, and d. 17 June 1698, leaving eight children. Mr. Usher m. (2d) Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Allen, Governor of New Hampshire, by whom he had John; Hezekiah, who resided in Boston ; Elizabeth, m. Stephen Harris of Boston; Frances, m. Rev. Joseph Parsons of Bradford. JOHN the f. d. at Medf. 5 Sept. 1726; his w. Elizabeth d. 5 July 1753.
4. JOHN, S. of John (3), grad. H. C. 1719, " was a missionary from the Society in England for propagating the Gospel for half a century, and d. in Bristol, R. I., at the age of 75 years, in 1775." Alden's Epitaphs, Note.
5. JOHN, s. of John (4), b. about 1720, grad. H. C. 1743, was an Episco- pal Clergyman at Bristol, R. I. His epitaph is given by Alden: " Sacred to the memory of the Rev. John Usher, late Rector of this Church, who departed this life 5 July 1804 in hope and full assurance of a resurrection to a better, aged 84 years; a kind and tender parent, an ardent, active and faithful friend, a just and generous man, and sincere Christian," etc. Mr. Alden adds, that "he was a descendant, according to family tradition, from the learned James Usher, Archbishop of Armagh." If this be true, Hezekiah (1) must have been son or grandson of the Archbishop; but James is not a family name among his descendants so far as I have seen.
VASSALL, JOHN, s. of Major Leonard Vassall, was born in the West Indies 7 Sept. 1713, and grad. H. C. 1732. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Lt .- gov. Spen- cer Phips, 10 Oct. 1734 ; she d. 22 Sept. 1739, and he m. Lucy, only daughter of Jonathan Barron of Chelmsford. His chil. were Ruth, b. 14 July 1737, m. Edward Davis of Boston 20 May 1756, and d. 23 Jan. 1774; John, b. 12 June 1738; Elizabeth, b. 12 Sept. 1739, m. Thomas Oliver of Dorchester 11 June 1760, who afterwards rem. to Camb. and was the last Lt .- gov. of Massa- chusetts appointed by the King ; Lucy, b. 15 Nov. 1747, m. John Lavicourt of Antigua 16 June 1768. JOHN the f. bought, 26 July 1736, a house and seven acres of land at the westerly corner of Brattle and Ash streets, which estate he sold 30 Dec. 1741 to his brother Henry, having probably, in the mean time, cither erected or much enlarged the house now owned and occupied by Samuel Batchelder, Esq .; he afterwards, 17 Jan. 1746, bought six and a half acres on the opposite side of Brattle Street; he was a Colonel, and
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Representative. He d. 27 Nov. 1747; 1 his w. Lucy m. Benjamin Ellery 22 Nov. 1749, and d. 19 Oct. 1752.
2. HENRY, s. of Major Leonard Vassall, was born in the West Indies 25 Dec. 1721, mn. Penelope, dau. of Isaac Royall, 28 Jan. 1742, and had Elizabeth, b. 1742, m. Dr. Charles Russell 15 Feb. 1768, and d. 23 Feb. 1802; Penelope, d. young. HENRY the f. was also a Colonel and Representative, resided in the fine old mansion still standing at the westerly corner of Brattle and Ash streets, and d. 17 Mar. 1769; his w. Penelope d. in Boston 19 Nov. 1800, a. 76.
3. JOHN, s. of John (1), grad. H. C. 1757, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Oliver (and sister to the Lt .- governor) 12 June 1761, and had John, b. 7 May 1762; Spencer Thomas, b. 7 Ap. 1764; Thomas Oliver, b. 12 Ap. 1766; Elizabeth, bap. 5 July 1767, d. 5 Jan. 1768 ; Robert Oliver, b. 28 May 1769; Elizabeth, b. 5 May 1771; Leonard, b. 1773, d. 7 Nov. 1775; Mary, b. in London 26 Mar. 1777. JOHN the f. erected the stately edifice known as the Washington Head-quarters, now the homestead of Professor Henry W. Long- fellow, which he abandoned at the commencement of the Revolution and fled with his family to England, where he d. suddenly 2 Oct. 1797. He had large possessions in Camb. and Boston, all which were confiscated, and himself exiled, soon after he departed from home. For a full account of the Vassall Family, see N. Eng. Hist. Gen. Reg., xvii. 56-61, 113-128.
VINCENT, HUMPHREY, in 1635 owned a house and garden on the south- erly side of Winthrop Street, between Brighton and Dunster streets, and other lots in the West End Field and Pine Swamp. Before 1642 he removed to Ipswich, and sold his house and lands to John Moore; he received a grant of land in Ipswich 1638, and d. 5 Dec. 1664.
WADSWORTHI, WILLIAM, one of the earliest inhabitants, and one of the first Board of Townsmen or Selectmen in Feb. 1634-5, res. on the westerly side of Holyoke Street, near Harvard Street. He rem. witli Hooker to Hart- ford, and sold his house to Elder Champney 25 Sept. 1637; he was a dis- tinguished citizen of Connecticut, Selectman, Deputy in the General Court, and useful in other offices. His second wife was Elizabeth, sister of Rev. Samuel Stone, whom he m. 2 July 1644, and by whom he had Elizabeth, b. 17 May 1645, m. John Terry of Windsor 1662; Samuel, bap. 25 Oct. 1646; Sa- rah, bap. 17 Mar. 1649, m. Jonathan Ashley of Springfield; Joseph, b. 1650, the bold patriot who wrested the Charter from the rapacious grasp of Andros, and secreted it in the memorable oak 31 Oct. 1687; Thomas, b. 1651; Re- becca, m. - Stoughton. WILLIAM the f. d. 1675, his w. Elizabeth d. 1681-2. Hinman.
2. BENJAMIN, s. of Capt. Samuel Wadsworth of Milton, who was slain in battle, by the Indians, at Sudbury 1676, and grandson of Christopher of Dux- bury, was born at Milton 1669, grad. H. C. 1690, was ordained at Boston as
1 A receipt recorded in the Middlesex do., a pair of pocket pistols, holsters, and Registry of Probate (xliv. 201), serves to illustrate the fashion of dress worn by the aristocracy, in Col. Vassall's time : -
"Cambr. Nov. 7. 1752. Then received of Mr. Benjamin Elery of Camb. the articles hereafter mentioned, given by the last will and testament of Col. John Vassall late of said town Esq., deceased, to his son John Vassall, viz., his library, watch, sword, and arms, a velvet coat laced, an em- broidered jacket, silk breeches, a blue vel- vet coat with gold lace, a camblet coat, a flowered silk coat and breeches, a paduasoy waistcoat and breeches, scarlet breeches, a scarlet coat, a fustian coat, a cloth coat, an old waistcoat, a pair of new cloth breeches, a banyan, an old greatcoat, eighteen pairs of white ribbed stockings, one pair of wor- sted do., a pair of boots, a pair of spurs, a trooping saddle, one laced hat, one plain
caps, saddlegirt, brass stirrups, a silver hilted sword, a gun, riding pistols, a silver watch, an old green coat, a black velvet jacket, a book-case : all which were left in the possession of the said Vassall's widow, and whereof the said Elery is hereby dis- charged, and from all demands for the same. Witness our hands.
RICHARD BILL, JOSHUA HENSHAW,
Executors of the last will and testament of the said John Vassall, Esq.
"Nov. 7, 1752. I, Spencer Phips, Esq., guardian to John Vassall (son of Col. Jolin Vassall abovenamed), do hereby acknowl- edge that I have received of the executors before named the several articles above enumerated for and on behalf of the said John, my pupil, and shall account with him for the same. S. PHIPS."
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pastor of the First Church 8 Sept. 1696, inaugurated President of Harvard College 1725 ; during his Presidency he resided here. He m. Ruth, dau. of Andrew Bordman, 30 Dec. 1696, who survived him, and d. 17 Feb. 1744-5, a. 72. President Wadsworth d. 16 Mar. 1736-7, " in the 68th year of his age, and the 12th of his presidency over Harvard College, leaving behind him a character in which there appears much to love and respect, and, to human eyes, nothing to condemn." (Peirce.) He left no posterity. By his will, dated 15 Feb. 1736-7, he distributed his estate, naming as legatees, his w. Ruth; brothers Timothy and Joseph, and Andrew Bordman, who by special direc- tion was to be regarded as one of his natural brethren, sister Ruth, w. of Bryant Parrott, Esq., and the wives of his deceased brothers Ebenezer and John.1 A legacy was also bestowed upon the children of Capt. Higginson by his first wife, Ruth Bordman, dau. of Andrew. For a full account of this Wadsworth family see Winsor's History of Duxbury.
WAKEMAN, SAMUEL (otherwise written Wackman), came to N. Eng. with w. Elizabeth in Nov. 1631, settled at Roxbury, was Deputy at the May session 1635, in which year he seems to have removed to Camb. and owned about 12 acres on the south side of the river. He rem. to Hartford, of which town he was the first Constable. He is supposed to have been slain in 1641 at Provi- dence in the Bahamas. See Winthrop's New Eng., ii. 33.
WALES, JOHN, was a Hog-reeve for the Common, 1696.
WARD, WILLIAM, freeman 1643, "represented Sudbury in the General Court in 1644, and was several years chairman of the Selectmen." He re- moved to Marlborough 1660, where he was a Deacon of the Church, and d. there 10 Aug. 1687, at a very advanced age. His wid. Elizabeth, who was a second w. and supposed to have been the mother of all his children except the first three, d. 9 Dec. 1700, a. 86. His children were John, b. about 1626; Joanna, b. about 1628, m. Abraham Williams, and d. 8 Dec. 1718, a. 90; Oba- diah, b. about 1632, m. Mary -, and d. 5 Jan. 1718, a. 86; Richard, b. about 1635, m. Mary Moore, and was drowned in Sudbury River 31 Mar. 1666, a. 31; Deborah, b. about 1637, m. John Johnson, and d. 9 Aug. 1697, a. 60; Hannah, b. about 1639, m. Abraham How, and d. 3 Nov. 1717, a. 78; William, b. 22 Jan. 1640, m. Hannah, wid. of Gershom Eames, and d. 25 Nov. 1697; Samuel, b. 24 Sept. 1641, m. Sarah How, and d. 1729; Elizabeth, b. 14 Ap. 1643 ; Increase, b. 22 Feb. 1644-5, m. Record -, and d. 4 Aug. 1690; Hopestill, b. 24 Feb. 1646, m. James Woods, and d. 23 Dec. 1718; Mary, b. about 1647, m. Daniel Stone, and d. 10 June 1703, a. about 57; Eleazar, b. about 1649, m. Hannah Rice, and was slain by the Indians Ap. 1676, a. about 27; Bethia, b. about 1658, m. Daniel Rice, and d. 8 Dec. 1721, a. 63. See Ward Family, by Andrew H. Ward, Esq. See, also, THOMAS BRIGHAM.
2. JOHN, s. of William (1), rem. to that part of Camb. which is now New- ton, m. Hannah, dau. of Edward Jackson, and had Hannah, b .- , m. Thomas Greenwood 8 June 1670, and d. before 1687 ; John, b. 26 Jan. 1653, d. 5 June 1654; Rebecca, b. 15 June 1655; John, b. 8 Mar. 1658; Elizabeth, b. 18 June 1660, m. Joshua Fuller 7 May 1679, and d. 6 Sept. 1691; Deborah, b. 19 Oct. 1662, m. John Wyeth 2 Jan. 1682; William, b. 19 Nov. 1664, m. Abigail -; Richard, b. 15 Jan. 1666; Mercy, b. 27 Jan. 1668, d. unm. 4 June 1685; Edward, b. 13 Mar. 1671, m. Grace Lovering, and d. Jan. 1749 ; Eleazar, b. 26 Feb. 1672, m. Deliverance Trowbridge ; Jonathan, b. 22 Ap. 1674, m. Abi- gail Hall 31 Dec. 1700, and d. at Newton 26 July 1723; Joseph, b. 15 Nov. 1677, m. Esther Kenrick, and d. at Newton 26 Oct. 1742. JOHN the f. was by trade a turner ; he was Selectman nine years from 1679, and Representa- tive eight years, being the first sent from Newton; his dwelling-house was used as a garrison house in Philip's War, and remained standing until 1821. He d. 1 July 1708, a. 82 ; his w. Hannah d. 24 Ap. 1704, a. 73. Some of the foregoing dates vary slightly from those given in the Ward Family, but I know not whether our records, or the dates referred to, are the more correct. See Jackson's Hist. of Newton.
1 He had also a brother Christopher, who m. - Davis, and d. in childbed 18 Oct. d. at Milton 1687, and a sister Abigail, who 1696.
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3. JOIIN, s. of John (2), m. Mary Spring 30 Nov. 1681, and had Sarah, b. . 25 Mar. 1685, m. William Trowbridge about 1707, and d. 1720. She is sup- posed by A. H. Ward, Esq., to have been the only child of her parents, who survived her. JOHN the f. was Representative of Newton ten years, and d. June 1727; his w. Mary d. 20 Ap. 1731, a. 71.
4. RICHARD, s. of John (2), m. Thankful Trowbridge 15 Dee. 1690, and had Lydia, b. 13 Aug. 1692, m. John Burrage 9 Oet. 1718; Thomas, b. 8 Jan. 1693-4, m. Sarah Mattoeks ; James, b. 6 Jan. 1695, d. young; Hannah, b. 13 May 1697, m. Joshua Gay of Dedham 15 Mar. 1732; William, b. 12 Sept. 1699, m. Elizabeth Wilson; James, b. 14 Aug. 1701, m. Mary Bacon; Ephraim, b. 1703; Margaret, b. 28 Feb. 1705-6. RICHARD the f. was Rep- resentative of Newton eight years, and Deacon of the Chureli; he d. 27 Mar. 1739; his w. Thankful d. 17 Sept 1742, a. 75.
WARLAND, OWEN, m. Hannah Gay 3 Ap. 1679, and had William, b. 27 Mar. 1680; Rebecca, b. - , m. Bartholomew Barrett 23 July 1706. OWEN the f. was a eurrier, and res. on the N. W. corner of Holyoke and South streets, which estate he bought of John Shepard 18 Sept. 1681. He was Con- stable in 1697. In 1705 he and his w. Hannah conveyed the westerly half of their homestead to their son William. They prob. both d. before 1716, when Bartholomew and Rebecca Barrett released to William Warland all their interest in the homestead.
2. WILLIAM, s. of Owen (1), m. Tabitha, dau. of Jacob Hill, 3 Feb. 1701-2; she d. 6 Jan. 1717-18, a. 34, and he m. Anne, dau. of Capt. Josiah Parker, 3 July 1718. His children were William, b. 3 Oet. 1706, d. 23 Aug. 1708 ; Sarah, bap. 9 Jan. 1708-9, d. 5 Oct. 1712; Tabitha, b. 3 Mar. 1710-11, m. John Morse 14 Aug. 1729 ; Sarah, b. 1713; Rebecca, bap. 4 Sept. 1715, d. 24 Jan. 1716-17; William, bap. 12 Jan. 1717-18; Anne, bap. 29 Mar. 1719; Thomas, bap. 13 Aug. 1721; Owen, bap. 2 June 1723; John, bap. 11 Dee. 1726. WILLIAM the f. was a shoemaker, and inherited the homestead. He d. 29 Sept. 1727, a. 47 (his gravestone says 56th); his w. Anne survived, and in 1745, in connection with her son Owen, bought the estate at the N. W. cor- ner of Dunster and Winthrop streets, where she subsequently resided until 22 Dee. 1763, when she d. "of being eut for a eaneer in her breast," a. 69.
3. WILLIAM, s. of William (2), m. Mary Mann 11 June 1747, and was probably the mason of that name in Boston, whose will, dated 9 Dee. 1771, and proved 24 Feb. 1775, mentions w. and names children, Mary Breed, Re- becca, and Sarah, and granddaughter Mary, dau. of Hannah Giles, deceased. As his will was proved in Middlesex County it is probable that he d. here, having left Boston during the siege.
4. OWEN, s. of William (2), m. Sarah Stearns (pub. 12 Oet. 1745), and had Thomas, b. 4 Oet. 1746; d. 27 May 1749; Owen, b. 15 July 1748, d. 20 Oet. 1748; Anne (or Nancy), b. 3 Ap. 1750, m. Josiah Moore 22 Aug. 1782, and d. June 1835; Owen, b. 26 Jan. 1751-2, grad. H. C. 1770, d. 7 Feb. 1775; Sarah, b. 27 Sept. 1753, m. Abel Moore 16 Oet. 1776, and m. Israel Porter 10 Mar. 1796 ; Mary, b. 2 Nov. 1755, d. 11 Sept. 1756 ; Thomas, b. 17 July 1757; Mary, b. 1 Ap. 1759, d. 14 Nov. 1762; Lucy, b. 26 Mar. 1762, in. Jon- athan Hunnewell 10 Feb. 1785, and prob. d. before 1792; Elizabeth, bap. 11 Dee. 1763, d. unm. Nov. 1786; William, b. 19 Sept. 1765, d. Sept. 1786; John, b. 25 Dee. 1768, grad. H. C. 1786, and d. Ap. 1788. OWEN the f. was a tailor, inherited the homestead, and dealt somewhat largely in real estate. His place of business was on the easterly side of Brighton Street, near Har- vard Square, where the late Deae. Levi Farwell last resided. He d. 1 Jan. 1793, a. 70; his w. Sarah d. 19 Feb 1800, a. 75.
5. JOHN, s. of William (2), m. Mary Manning 26 Sept. 1754, and had John, b. 16 July 1755 ; William, bap. 25 May 1760, a chaise maker in Spring- field 1783. JOHN the f. was a barber. He bought of Cutting Bean, 19 Dee. 1758, a house and small lot of land at the junetion of Brighton and Brattle streets. He d. 6 Oet. 1762; his w. Mary m. William Darling 19 May 1763, and d. in her second widowhood 22 May 1817, a. 84.
6. THOMAS, s. of Owen (4), m. Elizabeth -, and had Owen, b. 26 Aug.
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1783, grad. H. C. 1804, d. 1816; Elizabeth Bell, b. 15 July 1785, m. Rev. John Abbott of Boston 21 Oct. 1813, he d. 17 Oct. 1814, and she m. Dr. Samuel Manning, Jr., 20 Mar. 1822 ; she still survives in a second widowhood, hon- orcd and beloved; William, b. 23 Ap. 1787, d. Sept. 1788; Lucy, b. 1 Aug. 1789, d. unm. 10 Oct. 1830; Mary Bell, b. 23 Jan. 1797, m. Dr. Sylvanus Plympton, and d. 9 July 1867. THOMAS the f. was a tailor, and res. on Brighton Street, near Harvard Square. He accumulated a large property, partly by speculations in real estate. Among his more profitable investments were a large tract of land between Pleasant and Magazine streets in Cam- bridgeport, and the estate between Harvard, Plympton, Bow, and Linden streets, where his daughters long resided. He d. 27 Aug. 1837; his w. Eliz- abeth was buried 21 Dec. 1838, a. 84.
7. JOHN, S. of John (5), m. Hannah Prentice 12 Mar. 1776 ; she d. 12 Aug. 1803, and he m. Sarah Palmer 5 Feb. 1806. His children were Hannah, b. 23 Oct. 1776, d. 5 Sept. 1777; Hannah, b. 14 June 1778, d. 28 Dec. 1778; John, b. 28 Dec. 1779; William, b. 8 Mar. 1782; Polly (Mary), bap. 29 Feb. 1784, m. Jason Howe 28 Nov. 1805; Ebenezer, bap. 12 Feb. 1786, a mason, went south, and was living in 1819; Charles, bap. 16 Dec. 1787, d. Sept. 1788; Charles, b. 1789, d. 9 Feb. 1817; Hannah, b. about Dec. 1792, d. 4 Sept. 1793, a. 9 mo. JOHN the f. was a mason, and possessed the homestead, which he exchanged 1784 (reserving his mother's dower therein) for an estate on the easterly side of Brattle Square, near Mount Auburn Street, where he d. 20 Nov. 1809; his w. Sarah survived.
8. JOHN, S. of John (7), m. Sarah, dau. of Joseph Bates, 20 June 1805; she d. of apoplexy 23 Aug. 1824, a. 43, and he m. Priscilla Hill 8 Sept. 1825; she d. 16 May 1830, a. 34, and he m. Mary Ann Phelps of Marlborough (pub. 6 Ap. 1833). His chil. were Sarah, b. 20 May and d. 29 June 1806; John Henry, b. 20 Ap. 1807, grad. H. C. 1827, m. Mary Ann, dau. of William E. Carter, 9 Sept. 1832, a popular editor of sundry newspapers, and d. 7 July 1872; Mary Madelia, b. 21 Jan. 1809, m. Royal Richardson 22 Mar. 1831, and d. 28 Nov. 1872; Theodore, b. 1 June 1812, grad. H. C. 1832, commenced preaching, but became insane, and d. at Brattleborough, Vt., 14 July 1864; Alfred, b. 9 April 1814, d. 19 Sept. 1817; Charles Horace, b. 18 Sept. 1816, d. 21 Nov. 1819; Sarah Ann, b. 9 Nov. 1818, mn. Joseph Cutler, a lawyer, 9 Ap. 1846, and d. 1 Nov. 1874; Ann Elizabeth, bap. 4 Aug 1822, m. Joseph Bird, Jr., a music teacher of Watertown, 10 Dec. 1848; Caroline Priscilla, bap. 17 Sept. 1826, m. Marshall T. Bigelow, printer, 21 Oct. 1847; Henrietta Hill, b. -; Charles Alfred, b. - , m. Mary D. Brown; Edward Merrick, b. -; Francis Horace, b. 7 May 1836, d. at Bombay 8 June 1865; Emily Phelps, b. -; Frances Bates, b. - -. JOHN the f. was a mason, and in- herited the homestead, which he sold to James Winthrop 1810; he bought in 1802 an estate on Appian Way, to which he subsequently added several ad- joining estates, on one of which, fronting on Brattle Street, he resided. He accumulated a very considerable property, consisting chiefly in houses and lands, on both sides of Appian Way. He d. 15 Feb. 1852; his w. Mary Ann d. 20 Dec. 1871.
9. WILLIAM, S. of John (7), m. Mary C. Thompson, and had William, b. 2 May 1811, grad. H. C. 1832, an Episcopal clergyman, now having charge of the Church of the Ascension at East Camb .; Mary, b. 27 Feb. 1813 ; Alta- mont, b. 26 Feb. 1819. WILLIAM the f. was a mason, and resided on the northerly side of Brattle Street, near Brattle Square; he d. 3 Mar. 1871, a. 89; his w. Mary C. d. 23 Mar. 1866, a. 79.
WARNER, ANDREW, one of the earliest inhabitants, resided in 1635 on the northeasterly side of Eliot Street, about midway between the westerly end of Winthrop Street and Brighton Street. He owned several other lots in various parts of the town. He sold his estates here to Capt. George Cooke 20 Dec. 1636, and rem. to Connecticut. He rem. yet again, in 1659, to Had- ley, where he d. 1684, leaving six sons and three daughters. Of his sons, Andrew, Robert, and John, settled in Middletown, Conn .; Daniel, in Hatfield, and Jacob and Isaac, in Hadley.
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2. DANIEL, s. of Andrew (1), resided in Hatfield, where he d. 1692, leav- ing seven sons and seven daughters; the sons were Daniel, Andrew, John, (b. 1677), Abram, Samuel, Ebenezer, and Nathaniel.
3. DANIEL, s. of Daniel (2), was of Hatfield, where, besides daughters, he had sons Joseph and Jonathan, who removed to Hardwick; Joseph was a Capt. in the French War, and subsequently rem. with his family to Cummington; Jonathan was an innholder and had sons Jonathan, a Major-general, and Senator; Daniel, a Captain; and others. DANIEL the f. d. in Hardwick 12 Mar. 1754, a. 88.
4. JOHN, parentage unknown, m. Sarah Wood 12 June 1677, and had son Samuel, b. here 10 May 1680, after which the name disappears. He was probably the same who was "freed from training," May 3, 1678, being "a wounded soldier."
WATSON, JOHN, became a resident here as early as about 1650. He m. Rebecca, dau. of wid. Ann Errington, and had Rebecca, b. about 1650, m. Jonathan Rice 1 Nov. 1677; John, b. 14 Oct. 1653, d. prob. unmn. 25 Nov. 1678, " of small-pox;" Abraham, b. 26 June 1661; Ann, b. 21 Aug. 1666, d. 10 Oct. 1676; Isauc, b. 24 Sept. 1669 ; Jacob, b. 20 Dec. 1671. JOHN the f. was a husbandman, resided on North Avenue, northwesterly from the Rail- road Bridge, was Selectman 1682 and 1684, and d. 20 May 1711, a. 92; his w. Rebecca d. 11 Nov. 1690, a. 65. [This John Watson has been sup- posed, but erroneously, to have been the same who resided at Roxbury, and in. Alice, wid. of Valentine Prentiss, 3 Ap. 1634, or perhaps his son. But the gravestones of John Watson, father and son, are still standing in the old burial ground at Roxbury, indicating that the father d. 2 Dec. 1671, a. 77 (or 73), and that the son, John, Jr., d. 14 Aug. 1693, a. 59. Whether any rela- tionship existed between the Cambridge and Roxbury families of this name, is not ascertained.]
2. ABRAHAM, s. of John (1), m. Mary Butterfield, and had Isaac, b. 3 Mar. 1689-90; Rebecca, b. about 1692, m. William Willis of Medf. 23 June 1709, and d. 30 Sept. 1754, a. 62; John, b. prob. 1694, bap. 21 Feb. 1696-7; Abraham, b. prob. 1696, bap. 21 Feb. 1696-7; William, bap. 8 May 1698; Mary, bap. 14 Ap. 1700; Jonathan, bap. 18 Oct. 1702; Jacob, bap. 7 May 1704. ABRAHAM the f. d. 23 Mar. 1704-5; his w. Mary m. Samuel Whit- inore of Lexington, d. 4 Nov. 1730, a. 60, and was buried here.
3. JACOB, s. of John (1), m. Mary Healy 12 Nov. 1702. He received the homestead by deed of gift, 25 May 1705, in consideration that he should pro- vide for his father, during life. He d. s. p. 29 Mar. 1724, and bequeathed his whole estate to his w. Mary; she d. about 1728, giving by will, dated 10 Mar. 1725-6, proved 7 Oct. 1728, a large portion of her estate to her hus- band's relatives.
4. ISAAC, s. of Abraham (2), m. Anna -; she d. 19 Aug. 1718, a. 26, and he m. Abiel, wid. of Edmund Angier, 27 Aug. 1725. His children were Abraham, b. 20 Aug. 1712, removed to Salem, was a joiner, and living in 1742; Isaac, b. 28 Feb. 1713-14; Abiel, bap. 13 Aug. 1727; Benjamin, b. 14 Nov. 1730. ISAAC the f. was a yeoman, and res. on the soutlierly side of Brattle Street, not far eastward from Ash Street, and afterwards on the northerly side of North Avenue, near Dover Street; his house was consumed by fire 27 Feb. 1741-2, and he perished in the flames ; his w. Abiel sur- vived.
5. ABRAHAM, s. of Abraham (2), by w. Mary, had Abraham, b. 21 Mar. 1728-9; Daniel, b. 14 Feb. 1731-2; Mary, b. 2 Sept. 1734, prob. d. unm .; Samuel, b. 22 Dec. 1736, prob. d. unm. (neither of these are named in their father's will); Sarah, b. 2 June 1745, m. Christopher Grant, Jr., 4 Aug. 1763. After the death of his first wife Mr. Watson m. Mary, wid. of John Butter- field, formerly wid. of Abraham Hill. He was a tanner, Selectman nine years between 1745 and 1760, and resided on the southwesterly side of North Avenue, near Coggswell Avenue. He d. 7 Oct. 1775; his w. Mary d. about March 1789.
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