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the most prominent citizen during his long life ; for about forty years in succession, he served as Representative and Assistant, and commanded the Middlesex militia many years.
2. JOSEPH, son of Rev. Joseph of Biddeford, who was son of John, a mer- chant at Jamaica, who was son of Rev. Samuel of Boston, Vice President of Harvard College, who was son of Major Simon (1), was born at Biddeford 29 Dec. 1738, grad. H. C. 1765, Tutor and Fellow, ordained at Beverly 25 Nov. 1772, D. D. 1785. He was inaugurated President of Harvard College, 19 Dec. 1781, rem. his family here 2 Jan. 1782, and continued in office, and a resident of Cambridge, during the remainder of life. He m. Mary Sheaffe of Portsmouth 7 Mar. 1774, and had in Beverly, Sophia, m. Francis Dana, Jr., 4 .Aug. 1802; Augustus, grad. H. C. 1793, d. unm. 7 July 1799; Mary, d. unm. 26 Dec. 1860; and Sidney; and in Camb., Samuel, b. 26 Ap. 1782, resided several years in Waltham, d. here unm. 18 Oct. 1848, a. 66 ; Thomas Hollis, b. 14 Feb. 1784, d. 23 Nov. 1785; Horatio, b. 16 Sept. 1785, d. 8 Aug. 1793 ; Jacob Sheaffe, b. 19 Jan. 1788, a student in H. C., d. 27 July 1805, a. 17 ; Lucinda, b. 12 Dec. 1789, d. unm. 11 Ap. 1864; Amelia, b. 9 Oct. 1791, d. 9 Jan. 1793; Augusta, b. 31 Oct. 1792 ; Ann Theodora, b. 14 Oct. 1795; Joseph, b. 14 Mar. 1798, grad. H. C. 1816, a lawyer in Lancaster and afterwards in Boston, clerk of Supreme Judicial Court, d. 12 May 1865. JOSEPH the f. d. 25 Sept. 1804; his w. Mary d. at Portsmouth, N. H., 6 Mar. 1826.
3. SIDNEY, s. of Joseph (2), grad. H. C. 1798, prepared for the ministry and often preached, but was not ordained; Professor of the Hebrew and other Oriental Languages in H. C. from 1807 to 1831; Representative 1833, 1837, 1843; Senator 1834, 1835; member of the Executive Council 1837, 1838, 1840; and Mayor of Camb. 1848, 1849, 1850. He m. Elizabeth Ann Andrews of Ipswich 28 Dec. 1815; she d. 17 Sept. 1817, and he m. Hannah S. Heard of Ipswich 27 Jan. 1819. His chil. were, by 1st w., Joseph A., who m. Penelope Cochran 5 Sept. 1841, res. on Allston Street, and has long been Clerk of the Superior Court in Boston; and by 2d w., Mary Ann, d. young; Augustus, grad. H. C. 1841, d. 1842; Hannah Staniford, m. John Bartlett 4 June 1851. SID- NEY the f. was b. 19 Sept. 1780, res. several years in Ward One, and after- wards on Allston Street, where he d. 6 Dec. 1856 ; his w. Hannah S. d. 28 June 1824.
4. JONATHAN, parentage not ascertained, by w. Elizabeth, had Abigail, b. 18 Sept. 1716; Josiah, bap. 21 Oct. 1722 ; Benjamin, bap. 5 Jan. 1724. His w. Elizabeth having d. he m. Mary, dau. of Samuel Cook, 23 Jan. 1728-9, and rem. to Sutton before 29 Nov. 1731.
WILLIAMS, ISAAC, s. of Robert Williams, b. at Roxbury 1 Sept. 1638, m. Martha, dau. of Deac. William Park of Roxbury, and settled on the south side of the river, in what is now Newton, 1660, being one of the first three who established themselves in the West Parish. He was a weaver by occu- pation, but a prominent man in public life, being a Captain of Militia in a troublesome and dangerous period, and Representative six years between 1692 and 1705. His w. Martha d. and he m. Judith Cooper before 1680; he d. 11 Feb. 1707, a. 69. His chil. were Isaac, b. 11 Dec. 1661, had a large family, and d. at Roxbury 1739; Martha, b. 27 Dec. 1663; William, b. 2 Fcb. 1665, grad. H. C. 1683, minister at Hatfield, d. 1741; John, b. 31 Oct. 1667; Eleazar, b. 22 Oct. 1669, rem. to Stonington, and d. 1725; Hannah, b. 8 Oct. 1671 ; Thomas, b. 23 Dec. 1673 ; by second w. (Judith Cooper), Peter, b. 31 Aug. 1680, d. 1732; Elizabeth ; Mary ; Sarah, b. 2 Oct. 1688; Ephraim, b. 21 Oct. 1691, a Colonel, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Abraham Jackson, by whom he had Eleazer, b. 23 Fcb. 1715, a Colonel, and the founder of Williams Col- lege, slain in battle 8 Sept. 1755; and Thomas, b. 1 Ap. 1718, a physician in Hatfield, d. 1775 ; he d. when on a visit at Hatfield Aug. 1754, a. 63.
2. JOHN, perhaps s. of Isaac (1), though Jackson says that Isaac's son John removed to Stonington, Conn., res. at Menot., and by w. Mary had Jason, b. 1 Nov. 1694, living in 1748; John, b. 22 May 1697; Nathaniel, b. 31 Oct. 1699, pub. Anna Davies 30 July 1738, d. at Menot. s. p. 20 July 1748; Mary, b. 26 Oct. 1701; Martha, b. 29 June 1704; Damaris, b. 17 Feb. 1706-7, m. Jer-
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emiah Russell 12 Jan. 1737-8; Thomas, b. 2 Jan. 1708-9; Sarah, b. 31 May 1712. JOHN the f. d. 17 Jan. 1752, a. 85, according to Rev. Mr. Cooke's Record of deaths; his w. Mary d. 17 Feb. 1772. a. 102, according to the same Record. See SPARHAWK, NATHANIEL (4).
3. THOMAS, s. of John (2), m. Sarah Cutter (pub. 1 Oct. 1731); she d. 1 Nov. 1772, and he m. Mary Winship (pub. 14 Aug. 1773). His chil. were Thomas, b. 22 Feb. 1733-4, pub. to Lydia Child of Newton 18 Mar. 1754, and d. 26 July 1756; John, b. 27 Jan. 1735-6, m. Elizabeth Priest of Waltham 13 Dec. 1764; Gershom, b. 3 Mar. 1738; Sarah, b. 9 Ap. 1740, m. Samuel Swan 1 Jan. 1761; Hannah, b. 26 Ap. 1742, d. unm. 7 Feb. 1773; Aaron, b. 28 May 1744, m. Deborah Robbins of Lex. 12 May 1772; a child, b. and d. 12 Ap. 1751; Mary, b. about 1752, d. 5 June 1769, a. 17. THOMAS the f. res. at Menot., and d. 5 Feb. 1809, a. 100 years and one month; the Church Rec- ord calls him 101 years old.
4. GERSHOM, s. of Thomas (3), m. Martha Wilson 3 Feb. 1765, and had Gershom, bap. 6 July 1766, and d. 31 Dec. 1808; Martha, bap. 27 Nov. 1768; Mary, bap. 16 June 1771, d. 12 Sept. 1771. GERSHOM the f. res. at Menot. and d. 6 Dec. 1824, a. 86; his w. Sarah d. 24 May 1803, a. 60.
5. AMASA, parentage not ascertained, in. Peggy Cunningham 17 Ap. 1796, and had Elizabeth, b. 12 Feb. 1797 ; Amasa, b. 5 Feb. 1799; Mary, b. 5 Dec. 1801; Lydia, b. 5 July 1803; Thomas Burrell, b. 30 Oct. 1805.
6. JAMES, parentage not ascertained, by w. Ann had Ann, b. 7 Aug. and d. 9 Oct. 1797; Ann the mother d. 20 Sept. 1797.
7. WARHAM, s. of Rev. John Williams of Deerfield, and grandson of Deac. Samuel of Roxbury, was b. 7 Sept. 1699, grad. H. C. 1719, ordained at Water- town West Precinct, now Waltham, 11 June 1723, m. Abigail Leonard of Norton 1724, and had John, b. 1 and d. 21 Mar. 1728-9; Abigail, b. 12 Feb. 1729-30, m. Rev. Samuel Woodward of Weston 11 Jan. 1753; Anna, b. 27 May 1732, m. Rev. Jacob Cushing, her father's successor, 8 Nov. 1753; Eunice, b. 8 Feb. 1733-4, d. 30 Sept. 1743; Samuel, b. 12 Dec. 1735, d. 27 Feb. 1742-3; Sarah, b. 2 Dec. 1737, m. Rev. Joseph Parsons of Brookfield 24 Nov. 1763; he d. 17 Jan. 1771, and she m. Rev. Eliphalet Williams of Hart- ford 12 June 1777; Leonard, b. 13 July 1739, grad. H. C. 1758, a physician, resided at Waltham, where he was a Selectman, Assessor, Treasurer, Town Clerk, Representative, and Justice of the Peace; he d. unm. 24 Dec. 1799; Ele- azar, b. 8 Jan. 1741-2, d. 5 Mar. 1742-3; Samuel, b. 23 Ap. 1743. Rev. WAR- HAM the f. d. 22 June 1751; his w. Abigail d. of cancer 18 Sept. 1789, a. 86.
8. SAMUEL, s. of Warham (7), grad. H. C. 1761, a clergyman, LL. D. (Y. C.) 1786, Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in H. C. from 1780 to 1788, rem. to Vermont about 1789, of which state he published a History, and d. 1817. The only child (by his w. Jane) whose birth is re- corded here, was Charles Kilborn, b. 23 Jan. 1782, grad. Mid. Col. 1803, and became Governor of Vermont.
9. NATHANIEL, s. of Deac. Nathaniel, was b. at Boston 25 Aug. 1675, grad. H. C. 1693, ordained in the College Chapel 1698, and went to Barbadoes, but soon returned and was appointed Master of the Grammar School in Boston 1703, which office he held until 1734. He was nephew, by the mother, to Dr. James Oliver of Camb. and availed himself of the opportunity to study the science of medicine. Upon the death of Dr. Oliver, Mr. Williams, " being furnished with his books, papers, medicines, and apparatus, belonging to the physical art ". engaged in the practice, and became an eminent physi- cian. He m. in Camb., Aun Bradstreet, dau. of Dr. Samuel, and granddaugh- ter of Gov. Simon Bradstreet, 21 Nov. 1700; she was sister to the wife of luis unele, Dr. Oliver. He d. 10 Jan. 1737-8, a. 62 ; his wife Ann and two daughters survived. An obituary was published in the N. Eng. Weekly Jour- nal, a week after his decease, from which most of these facts are gathered.
ABRAHAM, of Marlborough, m. Elizabeth Bordman 18 Feb. 1730-31. THOMAS, m. Abigail Sparhawk 30 Aug. 1733. JOHN, of Lynn, m. Martha Bordman 9 Oct. 1740. ABIGAIL, In. John Savell 7 Aug. 1755. ANNA, III. Ebenezer Parker 25 Oct. 1749. JOSIAH, m. Experience Hovey of Lex. 17
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Dec. 1776. MEHETABEL, m. Manuel Grace 10 Ap. 1777. EXPERIENCE, m. Ebenezer Prentice 24 Nov. 1785.
WILLIS, GEORGE (otherwise written Willowes and Willois), m. wid. Jane Palfrey, and had Thomas, b. 28 Dec. 1638; Stephen, b. 14 Oct. 1644. GEORGE the f. res. on the westerly side of Garden Street, near the Washington Elm. He d. 1690; a second w. Sarah survived.
2. THOMAS, s. of George (1), by w. Grace, had in Billerica, Grace, b. 18 May 1664; Stephen, b. 25 Nov. and d. 30 Dec. 1669; John, b. 3 Ap. 1671 ; and in Medf., Elizabeth, b. 19 Oct. 1673 ; Jane, b. 9 Ap. 1677 ; Stephen, b. 16 Nov. 1679; Mary, b. 1 Mar. 1682 ; William, b. 7 July 1685, and d. at Medf. 27 Aug. 1754, and his w. Rebceca d. 30 Sept. 1754, a. 62. THOMAS the f. was elected Deacon of the Medford Church at its organization or reorganiza- tion 1713, and d. 14 Aug. 1725.
3. STEPHEN, s. of George (1), by w. Hannah had Hannah, b. about 1672, m. - Seccomb, and is named in her father's will ; Stephen, b. about 1674; Abigail, b. 3 Oct. 1677, m. William Patten of Camb. 3 Jan. 1700-1701; Thomas, b. 16 Nov. 1679, a Deacon of the Medf. Church, d. 16 May 1731 ; John, b. 6 Aug. 1681 ; Jonathan, b. 1 Ap. 1683; Lydia, b. 1 Mar. 1684-5, prob. d. young; Benjamin, b. 30 Oct. 1686, a Deacon of the Medf. Church; his w. Ruth d. 19 Feb. 1752, a. 59 ; Mary, b. 15 July 1690, m .- Parker. STEPHEN the f. was a carpenter, and resided in Medf. where he d. 29 July 1718; his w. Han- nah d. 22 Mar. 1732, a. 80.
4. STEPHEN, s. of Stephen (3), m. Susanna, dau. of Maj. Jonathan Wade, 18 Dec. 1698, and had Susanna, b. 1699, d. 7 Nov. 1700. a. 1 year ; Deborah, b. 27 June 1701, d. unm. 15 July 1718. STEPHEN the f. d. 13 Mar. 1717-18. ESTHER, W. of Andrew, d. here 29 Dec. 1721, a. 24.
WILLY, TIMOTHY, m. Elizabeth Daues 4 Dec. 1677.
WILSON, ROBERT, m. Deborah, dau. of Andrew Stevenson, and had Debo- rah, b. 25 Sept. 1666, m. Elisha Bull 7 June 1689; Sarah, b. 6 Oct. 1668, m. - Croford ; Andrew, b. 17 Ap. 1670. ROBERT the f. d. prob. about 1685. 2. ANDREW, s. of Robert (1), by w. Hannah, had Andrew, b. 12 May 1696; Hannah, b. 10 Aug. 1698, m. Benjamin Hopkins of Billerica 27 Mar. 1723; Deborah, b. 12 Oct. 1700, m. John Perry of Lex. before 27 Ap. 1724; John, b. 28 Jan 1702-3; Mary, b. 11 Mar. 1706-7; Damaris, b. 1 Nov. 1708, d. young; Damaris, b. 25 Aug. 1710; ANDREW the f. d. 1722 ; his wid. Hannah survived.
3. ANDREW, s. of Andrew (2), m. Sarah Sherman of Wat. 7 June 1722, and had Sarah, b. 1 Nov. 1722, m. Jonathan Wyeth 14 Nov. 1750; Joseph, b. 11 Dec. 1724; Hannah, bap. 19 Feb. 1726-7; Damaris, bap. 8 Dec. 1728; Josiah, bap. 24 May 1730; Lydia, bap. 28 May 1732; Andrew, bap. 29 Ap. 1733. ANDREW, the f. res. at Menot., and d. 20 June 1757; his w. Sarah d. 27 Nov. 1772, a. 77.
4. JOHN. s. of Andrew (2), by w. Martha, had Josiah, bap. 24 May 1730; Lydia, bap. 28 May 1732; John, bap. 17 Mar. 1733-4, d. young; John, bap. 30 Nov. 1740 ; Martha, bap. 2 Jan. 1742-3, m. Gershom Williams 5 Feb. 1765; Phebe, bap. 19 May 1745, m. Nathan Swan 21 June 1770; Anna, bap. 21 Jan. 1749-50; m. Edward Richardson of Concord 16 May 1771; Susanna, bap. 1 Dec. 1751 ; Josiah, bap. 5 May 1754. JOHN the f. res. at Menot., and d. 11 Feb. 1773; his w. Martha d. 26 Nov. 1797, a. 86.
5. ANDREW, S. of Andrew (3), m. Joanna Winship 5 July 1757, and had Andrew, bap. 28 May 1758; Sarah, bap. 15 July 1759, m. Henry Dana 31 Aug. 1786 ; Joanna, bap. 7 Dec. 1760, d. ummm. 28 Feb. 1780; Benjamin, bap. 15 May 1763, m. Elizabeth Brown 12 Mar. 1787. ANDREW the f. res. in Menot.
6. EDWARD, prob. s. of John (4), res. at Menot., m. Lucy Francis of Medf. 23 Nov. 1758, and had Joseph, b. 9 Oct. 1759, in. Elizabeth Caldwell 6 Mar. 1785; Lucy, b. 21 Jan. 1761; Edward, bap. 11 Ap. 1762; Ebenezer, bap. 21 Aug. 1763; Rachel, bap. 17 Feb. 1765; Samuel, bap. 14 Sept. 1766; Na- thaniel, bap. 21 Feb. 1768; William, bap. 5 Nov. 1769 ; Aaron, bap. 17 Mar. 1771; a son, b 16 and d. 17 Dec. 1772, " with one hand "; Francis, bap. 7 Aug. 1774; Andrew, bap. 5 Jan. 1777; Thomas, bap. 25 Oct. 1778.
7. JOHN, S. of John (4), m. Susanna Payne 10 Oct. 1765, and had John,
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bap. 2 Nov. 1766, m. Lydia Meek of Salem 31 Mar. 1793, and d. at West Camb. 24 Sept. 1822; Susanna, bap. 14 Ap. 1771; William, bap. 30 Aug. 1772; Sarah, bap. 9 June 1776; Hannah, bap. 15 May 1779. JOHN the f. resided in Menot.
8. JOSIAHI, s. of John (4), m. Hannah Frost 13 Ap. 1780, and had Josiah, bap. 22 Oct. 1780, d. 4 Nov. 1818; Hannah, bap. 8 Dec. 1782. JOSIAH, the f. d. at. Menot. 10 Oet. 1808 ; his w. Hannah d. 10 Mar. 1810, a. 52.
9. RICHARD, parentage not aseertained, " for his gross abuse of his master, Thomas Cheesholme, in base reviling speeches, and refusing to obey his law- ful commands, was censured to be severly whipped." (Col. Rec., 29 Ap. 1641). Perliaps he was the same who had a grant of land 1645. No further trace of him is found on our records.
SEABORNE, m. David Fiske 6 Sept. 1655. CATHERINE, m. John Lopaus 6 Nov. 1760. ELIZABETHI, m. Samuel Whittemore 3d, 20 Mar. 1770. LYDIA, m. Joseph Belknap 5 Jan. 1773. THOMAS, m. Susanna Patrick 29 Aug. 1785.
WINCHESTER, JOHN, owned land on the south side of the river in 1699, but probably was not an inhabitant. The Winehester family was of Brook- line.
WINCOLL, THOMAS (otherwise written Winckall), owned a house and 8 acres near Ash Street, whieli he sold about 1638, and probably removed.
2. JOHN, was of Watertown, 1649, when he bought of John Bridge 15 acres in Roeky meadow. He removed to Kittery, and in 1672 sold to Mat- thew Bridge 150 aeres in Camb., describing it as land bought of Edward Goffe.
WINES, DANIEL, had a share of the Shawshine lands assigned to him in 1652. No other evidence of his residence here is found on record.
WINSHIP, EDWARD, was here in 1635; he m. Jane, prob. dau. of wid. Isa- bel Wilkinson ; she d. and he m. Elizabeth - before 1652. His children were Sarah, b. Ap. 1638, m. James Hubbard 29 Sept. 1659, and d. in ehild- bed 20 Oet. 1665 ; Mary, b. 2 July 1641 ; Ephraim, b. 29 June 1643; Joanna, 1 b. 1 Aug. 1645, d. unm. 19 Nov. 1707 ; Edward, b. and d. June 1648; Eliza- beth, b. 15 Ap. 1652; Edward, b. 3 Mar. 1654 ; Abigail, b. 13 Feb. 1656, m. William Russell 18 Mar. 1682-3; Samuel, b. 24 Oct. 1658 ; Joseph, b. 21 June 1661 ; Margery, b. 11 Dec. 1664, m. John Diekson 12 May 1687 ; Mehetabel, b. 14 Nov. 1667. EDWARD the f. bought an estate in 1638 containing nearly three acres, at the easterly corner of Brattle and Mason streets, and extend- ing through to the Common. He was one of the most active and energetic in- habitants for many years, a Lieutenant of Militia 1660, Selectman 14 years, between 1637 and 1684, and Representative 1663, 1664, 1681-1686, eight years ; he d. 2 Dec. 1688, a. 75; his w. Elizabeth d. 19 Sept. 1690, a. 57. Eleven ehildren survived. This name is written with a remarkably rich va- riety of orthography; such as Winship, Winshipp, Winshepp, Winshape, Win- shipe, Winshope, Winchip, Winchep, Winchepp, Winchope, Windship, ete. EDWARD the progenitor wrote his name Winshipp; most of his descendants now write Winship.
2. EPHRAIM, s. of Edward (1), m. Hannah, dau. of Samuel Rayner, 7 Ap. 1670 ; she d. 10 Nov. 1674, and he m. Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Kendall of Woburn, 9 Nov. 1675. I find no record of children ; he resided at the Farms, was an Ensign of Militia, and d. 19 Oet. 1696 ; his w. Elizabeth m. Joseph Peirce of Watertown, before 23 June 1701. Mr. Winship was one of the
1 Joanna, dau. of Edward Winship, de- voted herself to the instruction of children, and her services appear to have been re- garded with great favor. She was honorcd with the appellation of Mrs., and her epi- taph contains a homely but affectionate eu- logy of the dead and lamentation for the living. On her gravestone, still standing in the old burying-place, is the following in- scription : -
" Here lyes the body of Mrs. Joanna Win- ship, aged 62 years, who departed this life November the 19th 1707.
" This good school dame No longer school must keep, Which gives us cause For children's sake to weep."
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pioneers at the Farms, and his situation, as well as that of his associates, is faintly shadowed in a memorandum connected with the settlement of his estate : " His honored father-in-law, Mr. Francis Kendall of Woburn, in said county, demands these following debts, viz. : that his son-in-law, Ephraim Winship, in the time of the former war, called Philip's War, came to his house for shelter, for fear of the Indians, because his living was then in the woods, remote from neighbors; and he brought with him his ancient mother- in-law Reigner, a widow of whom he was to take care; and that the said Francis Kendall did keep the said widow Reigner for said Ephraim Winship with provisions, more than a year and a half, at eight pounds per year," etc. Mid. Prob. Files.
3. EDWARD, s. of Edward (1), m. Rebecca Barsham 14 May 1683, and had Edward, b. 9 Mar. 1683-4; Elizabeth, b. 1 June 1686, m. Walter Russell 3 Ap. 1706; Ephraim, b. 4 Feb. 1687-8; Nathaniel, b. 16 Feb. 1689-90; Wil- liam, b. about 1691 ; John, b. about 1697; Jason, bap. 29 Oct. 1699. EDWARD the f. res. at Menot. and was Selectman eleven years, up to 1701. He d. 10 June 1718; his w. Rebecca d. Aug. 1717, a. about 61.
4. SAMUEL, s. of Edward (1), m. Mary Powter (Poulter) 12 Ap. 1687, and had Samuel, b. 8 Jan. 1687-8; Mary, b. 12 Dec. 1689, living unm. and non comp. 5 Dec. 1748, when a guardian was appointed; Elizabeth, b. 26 Nov. 1691 ; John; Abigail ; all these were living 22 Feb. 1708-9, and shared in the division of their father's estate. SAMUEL the f. res. at the Farms, and d. 18 June 1696 ; his w. Mary m. Isaac Powers before 3 Aug. 1702.
5. JOSEPH, S. of Edward (1), m. Sarah Harrington, who d. 26 or 28 Nov. 1710, a. 39, and he ni. a second Sarah; his chil. were Joanna, b. 14 Jan. 1689, d. young; Sarah, b. about 1691, m. Nathaniel Carter of Chs. 11 Dec. 1712, and d. before 1726 ; Susanna, b. about 1693, m. Thomas Carter of Woburn 1 Ap. 1713; Joanna, b. about 1695, d. unm. 17 Dec. 1716, a. 21 (Susanna and Joanna were bap. together 14 Feb. 1696-7); Abigail, bap. 16 Oct. 1698, m. John Manning, and was living in Hopkinton 1725; Joseph, b. 28 Feb. 1700-1701 ; Margery, b. 8 Aug. 1703, m. John Elder 26 Mar. 1729. JOSEPH the f. res. at Menot., was Selectman 1706 and 1725, and d. 18 Sept. 1725; his w. Sarah d. Sept. 1726, and Samuel Jennison of Wat. administered.
6. EDWARD, S. of Edward (3), by w. Sarah, had Edward, b. 26 Aug. 1707; Rebecca, b. 22 Aug. 1709, m. John Manning 6 June 1728, and John Wootton of Lex., a mariner, before 13 Dec. 1763 ; Sarah, b. 25 June 1712, m. Jonas Meriam of Lex., and was mother of Rev. Jonas Meriam of Newton; Mary, b. 25 June 1716, living unm. 1763; Jonathan, b. 28 May 1719; Isaac, b. 8 June 1724. All these are named as children of Edward Winship, deceased, in a deed dated 13 Dec. 1763. EDWARD the f. was a wheelwright and resided at Lex., where he d. 13 May 1763, a. 79, and was buried at Menot. Mr. Cook calls his age 84, and the Lex. Church Record 82; but both are wrong if I am correct as to his parentage.
7. EPHRAIM, S. of Edward (3), m. Hannah, dau. of William Cutter, 17 June 1708, and had Ephraim, b. 23 May 1709; Richard, b. 25 July 1711 ; Daniel, b. 27 Ang. and d. 8 Dec. 1713 ; Joshua, b. 17 Feb. 1715-16; Hannah, b. 18 Aug. 1718, m. Noah Bowman of Cambridge (pub. 14 July 1744) and per- haps others. EPHRAIM the f. res. at Lex., and d. 16 July 1757; his w. Han- nah was bur. 9 Ap. 1764, a. 77.
8. NATHANIEL, s. of Edward (3), m. Rebecca Peirce of Woburn 11 Feb. 1713-14, and had Elizabeth, b. 13 Oct. 1713; Nathaniel, b. 27 Dec. 1716, perhaps the same who d. at Holliston 1754; Rebecca, b. 7 Dec. 1717, m. Elijah Whitney 8 Dec. 1736; Martha, b. 21 June 1720, d. unm. 8 July 1746; Abigail, b. 25 Mar., d. July 1722. NATHANIEL the f. res. in Menot., and d. 1721; his w. Rebecca administered 6 Mar. 1721-2.
9 WILLIAM, s. of Edward (3), m. Thankful, dau. of John Wyeth, 6 Dec. 1716, and had Joanna, b. 26 Jan. 1717-18, d. unm. 9 Ap. 1795; Deborah, b. 27 Dec. 1719, perhaps m. Moses Harrington 23 June 1760; William, b. 1 July 1722; Aaron, b. 16 Feb. 1723-4; Abigail, b. 30 Oct. 1726, m. Joseph Cook, Jr., 22 May 1746; Rebecca, b. 13 Mar. 1728-9, d. young; Tabitha, b. 26 July
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1730, d. unm. 15 Mar. 1813; Benoni, b. 30 Mar. 1735, d. 22 May 1805, prob. unm. Some fatality attended this family: Joanna, William, Tabitha, and Benoni became paupers, and most of them d. in the alinshouse. WILLIAM the f. res. at Menotomy, and d. 26 Jan. 1774, a. 83.
10. JOHN, S. of Edward (3), m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Wycth, 2 Oct. 1718, and had Josiah, b. 1 Oct. 1719, d. young; Elizabeth, b. 24 Mar. 1720-21, m. Jason Russell 28 Jan. 1740; John, bap. 8 Dec. 1723, d. young; . Ruth, b. 14 June 1726, d. young ; John, bap. 1 Sept. 1728, d. young; Ruth, bap. 24 Oct. 1731, m. Ebenezer Shed, Jr., 24 Mar. 1760; Josiah, bap. 28 May 1738, grad. H. C. 1762, ordained in Woolwich, Me., 12 June 1765, d. 2 Sept. 1824; John, b. 3 May 1742; Thankful, b. 14 Mar. 1744-5 ; Noah, b. about 1747, d. 18 Oct. 1759. JOHN the f. res. in Menot., was Sclectman 1742, and one of the first Deacons of the Church there, elected 17 Nov. 1739. He d. 7 Nov. 1759, a. 62; his w. Elizabeth d. 8 Oct. 1759. a. 58.
11. JASON, S. of Edward (3), m. Hannah, widow of Nathaniel Prentice, and dau. of John Wyetli, between 4 Mar. and 13 May 1724, and had Lydia, bap. 13 Dec. 1724, living unm. 1766, prob. m. Jabcz Wyman of Woburn 13 Jan. 1767 ; Prudence, bap. 11 Sept. 1726, nı. Michael Geohegan of Boston 10 May 1744, and (2d) - Thornton before 1766 ; Nathan, bap. 23 Feb. 1728-9, d. s. p. 27 Sept. 1766 ; Jason, bap. 28 June 1730. JASON the f. res. in Menot., and d. 26 Dec. 1762; "going from a neighbor's near Menotomy Pond, it is supposed he missed his way, and got into the Pond where he was drowned." (Boston News Letter.) His w. Hannah, who was several years his senior, d. 12 Dec. 1756, a. 63.
12. SAMUEL, s. of Samuel (4), m. Jane, dau. of Nicholas Fessenden, 10 Jan. 1711-12; she d. and he m. wid. Lydia Cutter (formerly wid. Simonds) 24 Dec. 1761. His chil. were Samuel, b. 19 Sept. 1712; Martha, b. 27 Dec. 1714, nı. William Bowers ; Margaret, b. 25 Dec. 1718, d. unm. 13 Feb. 1791. SAMUEL the f. res. in Lex., and was bur. 13 Feb. 1776, a. 88; his w. Lydia was bur. 18 April 1790, a. 95.
13. JOHN, S. of Samuel (4), by w. Bethia, had John, b. 12 July and d. 27 Nov. 1726; John, b. 8 Nov. 1728, d. 1749; Thaddeus, b. 8 Mar. 1731-2, d. before 15 Ap. 1755; James, b. 27 Sept. 1733, m. Lydia Phillips 15 Ap. 1762; Ebenezer, b. 30 Sept. 1735; Bethia, b. 28 Aug. 1738, d. 19 Mar. 1739-40; Josiah, b. 18 July 1741 (was under the guardianship of Ebenezer Eliot 1755, and perhaps was the same who d. at Wat., and on whose estate Jonathan Harrington administered 7 Jan. 1760); Eliot, b. about 1744 (in her 5th year 20 Feb. 1748-9), m. Edward Crafts of Boston 16 June 1768. JOHN the f. res. in Lex. and d. 18 July 1747.
14. JOSEPH, s. of Joseph (5), by w. Anna, had Francis, b. 5 Aug. 1723, perhaps of Concord, whose administrator was Joseph Green 24 Aug. 1752; Sarah, b. 25 Ap. 1725, m. Henry Spring 30 Jan. 1744; Joseph, b. 3 Jan. 1727 ; Anna, b. 24 Sept. 1728, m. Samuel Manning; Mary, b. 18 Ap. 1730, mı. Eben- ezer Wyeth, Jr., 5 Nov. 1751; Aaron, b. 24 Sept. 1731, d. young ; Joanna, b. 30 Sept. 1733, m. Andrew Wilson 5 July 1757; Philemon, b. 12 Oct. 1735, a mariner, res. in Norwich, Conn., 1784 ; Aaron, b. 26 Dec. 1736. JOSEPHI the f. res. in Menot., but near the close of life probably removed to the Chs. side of the linc. He d. 24 July 1761, a. 60; his w. Anna d. 2 Feb. 1806, a. 101.
15. EDWARD, s. of Edward (6), by w. Esther, had Thomas, b. 25 Oct. 1729 ; Benjamin, b. 12 Ap. 1731 ; Edward, b. 18 Jan. 1733; Joel, b. 13 Nov. 1734; Amos, b. 12 Dec. 1736, d. 19 May 1740; Esther, b. 1 Jan. 1739, d. unm. 1 May 1789 ; Isabel, b. 2 Feb. 1743, d. unm. 18 Nov. 1763. EDWARD the f. was a wheelwright, and res. at Lex. where he d. and was buried at Menot. 7 Dec. 1773, a. 66 ; his w. Esther d. 10 Oct. 1785, a. 85.
16. JONATHAN, s. of Edward (6), m. Isabel Cutter 6 Oct. 1741; she d. 9 June 1742, a. 24, and he m. Elizabeth -, and had Jonathan, b. 18 June 1747; Joshua, b. 27 Jan. 1748-9; Amos, b. 19 Dec. 1750; Hepzibah, b. 15 Feb. 1753, m. Jonathan Davis 29 Feb. 1776; Mary, b. 18 Feb. 1755, 11. Benjamin Hill 5 July 1782; Elizabeth, b 23 May 1757, m. Isaac Learned 8 July 1784; Lucy, b. 9 Feb. 1760, m. Jason Lyon 5 Nov. 1789; Nathaniel, b. 23 June 1762,
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