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[This year, the Court granted to Garrett Spenser, "the fferry at Linn, for two yeares, taking 2ª for a single person to the furthest place, and but a 1ª a person for more, to the fur- thest place, and but a 1ª for a single person to the nearest place." This ferry, was, without doubt, from Needham's Landing, be- tween Chase's mill, and the Turnpike, in Lynn, to Ballard's Landing, in East Saugus, and was a great convenience.]
1640.
Many new inhabitants appear at Lynn about this time. The great tide of immigration ceased in 1641, and after that time not many came over.
SAMUEL ABORNE- was a farmer, and resided at first on the Common. He afterward removed to Lynnfield, where his de- scendants remain.
HUGH ALLEY- was a farmer, and lived at the south end of Market street. He had a son Hugh, who married Rebecca
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Hood, 9 Dec. 1681, and had seven children. Solomon, born 11 Oct. 1682; Jacob, b. 28 Jan. 1683; Eleazer, b. 1 Nov. 1686; . Hannah, b. 16 Aug. 1689; Richard, b. 31 July, 1691 ; Joseph, b. 22 June, 1693; Benjamin, b. 24 Feb. 1695. [The first-named Hugh came over in 1635, at the age of 27, and had sons, John, born 30 Nov. 1646; Hugh, b. 15 May, 1653; Solomon, b. 2 Aug. 1656; Jacob, b. 5 Sept. 1663 - and daughters, Mary, b. 6 Jan. 1642; Martha, b. 31 July, 1649; Sarah, b. 15 April, 1651; Hannah, b. 1 June 1661. He died, 25 Jan. 1674. His son Sol- omon, at the age of nineteen, was killed at Bloody Brook, 1675, having been one of the "flower of Essex," under La- throp.]
JOHN ALLEY - was a farmer, lived in Market street, and had five children. John, born in January, 1675; Hannah, b. 22 Jan. 1679 ; Rebecca, b. 28 May, 1683 ; Hugh, b. 15 Feb. 1685 ; William, b. 14 July, 168 -. The descendants of Hugh and John Alley are very numerous.
THOMAS BANCROFT (Lieut.)- was a son of widow Bancroft, and had two children; Ebenezer, born 26 April, 1667; Mary, b. 16 May, 1670. He died 12 March, 1705. His wife Elizabeth died 1 May, 1711. His descendants remain.
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WILLIAM BASSETT- was a farmer, and died 31 March, 1703. He had two sons; William, who married Sarah Hood, 25 Oct. 1675; and Elisha, whose wife's name was Elizabeth. His de- scendants remain. [He lived on Nahant street, on land which is still (1863) in possession of his descendants. He married Sarah, daughter of Hugh Burt, who died in 1661. He was an ensign in the company of Capt. Gardner, of Salem, in the Indian war, and was at the " swamp fight." For his services, the General Court made him a grant of land. Capt. William Bassett, sup- posed to be the same individual, was one of a council of war, with Major Benjamin Church, at Scarborough, Me. 11 Nov. 1689. His name often appears in the oldest town records of Lynn, where, in 1691, he is called Quartermaster Bassett. He died 31 March, 1703. His son William, who married Sarah Hood, as stated above, by Mr. Lewis, succeeded to the estate. This Sa- rah was the same person spoken of under date 1692, as having been imprisoned for witchcraft. He also had a daughter Eliza- beth, who married John Proctor, of Danvers, who was executed for witchcraft. She was condemned, but pardoned. She had a second husband, named Richards. His children, besides those named, were Sarah, who married Thomas Elwell, of Gloucester, in 1675, and in 1701 lived in Salem county, N. J .; Rebecca ; John, born in 1653; Miriam, b. 1655; Mary, b. 1657, who was also imprisoned for witchcraft, in 1692; Hannah, b. 1660, who married John Lilley, of Woburn; Samuel, b. 1664; and Rachel, b. 1666, who married Ephraim Silsbee. And this is, perhaps, as
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convenient an opportunity as any that will occur, to follow the line down to the present time.
(2) William Bassett, son of William the first Bassett here, married Sarah . Hood, 25 Oct. 1675, and had children, Sarah, born 1676, who married Joseph Griffin, for her first husband, and a Newbold for her second ; || Wil- liam, b. 1678, who married Rebecca Berry, in 1703. His father's lands were divided between him and his brother John; Mary, b. 1680, who mar- ried a Hill; John, b. 1682, who married Abigail Berry, of Boston ; Hannah, b. 1685, who married John Estes, of Salem; Ruth, b. 1689, who married Abraham Allen, of Marblehead; Joseph, h. 1692, lost at sea ; Deliverance, b. 1695, who, in 1719, married Samuel Breed; Abigail, who, in 1728, mar- ', ried Samuel Alley.
(3) William Bassett, son of (2) William, had children, Rebecca, born 1709; Miriam, b. 1712, who, in 1732, married David Northey, of Salem ; |Joseph, b. 1715, who inherited his father's lands, and married Eunice Hacker; Elizabeth, who in 1729, married Benjamin Hood.
(4) Joseph Bassett, son of (3)William, had children, William, born 1738, who died young; |Isaac, b. 1741, who, in 1769, married Mary, daughter of Joshua Collins, was a farmer and shoemaker, and inherited one half of the lands of his father, and died in 1829; Nehemiah, b. 1749, who married Abigail Fern; Rebecca, b. 1754, who married James Breed; Sa- rah, b. 1757, who married Abraham Breed; Eunice, b. 1759; Hannah, b. 1763, who married William Breed, of Nahant.
(5) Isaac Bassett, son of (4) Joseph, had children, Elizabeth; William, who died young; Eunice; William, again, who also died young; ||Isaac, who married Ruth Breed; Eunice, again, who married Ezra Collins; Han- nah, who married Samuel Neal.
(6) Isaac Bassett, son of (5)Isaac, who is now (1863) at the mature age of 83, residing in Nahant street, on the site occupied by his forefathers, has long held position as a citizen of energy, enterprise, and wealth. His son William is cashier of Lynn Mechanics Bank. And William's son William is cashier of the Bank of the Republic, at Boston.]
ROBERT BRIDGES - was admitted a freeman, 2 June, 1641. In the same year he was a member of the Ancient Artillery Com- pany and a captain in the militia. He had a large share in the Iron Works. In 1644, he was chosen representative, and ap- pointed a member of the Quarterly Court at Salem. In 1646, he was Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the next year became an Assistant, in which office he continued until his death, in 1656.
· WILLIAM CLARK-a farmer, died 5 March, 1683. His chil- dren were Hannah, John, Lydia, Sarah, Mary, and Elizabeth. His descendants remain.
JOHN DIVEN - died 4 Oct. 1684. He had a son John.
THOMAS FARRAR - was a farmer, and lived in Nahant street. He died 23 Feb. 1694. His wife Elizabeth, died 8 Jan. 1680. [And he married his second wife, Abigail Collins, 3 March, 1681.] He had one son, Thomas, who married Elizabeth Hood, 6 Dec. 1682, and had four daughters; Hannah, Sarah, Susanna, and Elizabeth. [He also had Peleg, and Mehitabel, twins, born 6 Oct. 1660, who died young. Susanna married Joseph Newhall, son of the Thomas who was the first white, child born in Lynn. P*
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This Joseph settled in Lynnfield, and had eleven children ; among them Samuel, who was adopted by his uncle Thomas Farrar, who was a farmer and lived on Nahant street. Thomas Farrar, the elder, was familiarly called " old Pharaoh," and was one of those accused of witchcraft, in 1692.]
JOHN FULLER - came from England, with his brother Samuel, in 1630, and when they arrived in Boston, " only seven huts were erected." After residing there several years, Samuel went to Scituate, and John, in 1644, came to Lynn, and settled at the western end of Waterhill street. He was chosen repre- sentative in 1655, and clerk of the writs, in 1662. He died 29 June, 1666. The name of his wife was Elizabeth, and he had five children - Lieut. John Fuller, who married Elizabeth Far- rington, and died 24 April, 1695; William; Susanna ; Elizabeth ; James. Several of his descendants have borne respectable offi- ces, and some of them remain.
JOHN GILLOW -- died in 1673. The name of his wife was Rose. He had two sons, Benjamin and Thomas.
ZACCHEUS GOULD - owned, at one time, the mills on Saugus river. He had a son Daniel.
NATHANIEL HATHORNE - had two children; Ebenezer, who married Esther Witt, 26 Dec. 1683, and Nathaniel.
RICHARD HAVEN - was a farmer, and lived near the Flax pond. [He was " 40 odd" years old in 1666.] His wife Su- sanna, [a daughter of Thomas Newhall, senior, ] died 7 Feb. 1682. His children were Hannah, born 1645; Mary; Joseph; Richard ; Susanna ; Sarah ; John; Martha ; Samuel ;. Jonathan ; Nathan- iel; Moses. Several of his sons were among the first settlers of Framingham. [A great family gathering of the descendants of this Lynn settler was had in Framingham, a number of years since, at which some fifteen hundred were present. Many emi- nent persons appear in the family line. E. O. Haven, LL. D. president of the Michigan State University, recently informed me that he is a lineal descendant.]
JOSEPH HOLLOWAY - died 29 November, 1693. He had a son Joseph, whose wife's name was Mary, and who had four children - Mary, born 16 April, 1675; Samuel, b. 2 Nov. 1677 ; Edward, b. 1 Feb. 1683; John, b. 11 Oct. 1686. His descend- ants remain, and spell their name Hallowell.
RICHARD HOOD - came from Lynn, in England. He lived in Nahant street, and died 12 Sept. 1695. He had three sons ; Richard, born 1670; Joseph, b. 8 July, 1674; Benjamin, b. 3 Jan. 1677. His descendants remain. In those early days, a young man, who was inclined to indulge in the laudable custom of courting, went to visit a young lady of this family named Agnes. As he was returning, late one evening, he was over- heard saying to himself-" Well, so far proceeded towards
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courting Agnes." This phrase became common, and has been introduced into an English comedy.
ROBERT HOWARD - had a son Edward, whose wife was named Martha, and who had two children; Amos, born 16 April, 1696 ; Jane, b. 4 March, 1699. His descendants remain.
EDWARD IRESON - died 4 Dec. 1675. His son Benjamin mar- ried Mary Leach, 1 Aug. 1680, and had a son Edward, born 9 April, 1681.
THOMAS KEYSER - was mate of a vessel which sailed from Bos- ton. Governor Winthrop tells a story of one of his men, who was whipped for stealing a gold ring, and some other articles from him at Portsmouth. [He sailed for Guinea, to traffic in slaves. And James Smith, a church member, of Boston, joined with him.]
ANDREW MANSFIELD - came from Exeter, in England, to Bos- ton, in 1636. He came to Lynn, in 1640. He was a farmer, and lived in Boston street. The neighborhood in which he lived was called Mansfield's End. He was town clerk in 1660, and died in 1692, aged 94. He had a son Andrew, who was representative in 1680, and who married Elizabeth Conant, 10 Jan. 1681. His descendants remain.
JOHN MANSFIELD - was a tailor. He was a freeman, 1643; died in 1671, aged 52.
Lady DEBORAH MOODY - came to Lynn, in 1640. Five years before, she went from one of the remote counties in England, to London, where she remained in opposition to a statute, which enjoined that no person should reside, beyond a limited time, from their own homes. On the 21st of April, the court of the star-chamber ordered, that "Dame Deborah Moodie, and the others, should return to their hereditaments in forty days, in the good example necessary to the poorer class." On the 5th of April, 1640, soon after her arrival at Lynn, she united with the church at Salem. On the 13th of May, the General Court granted her 400 acres of land, [“ where it may not hinder a plan- tation nor any former grant."] In 1641, she purchased Mr. John Humfrey's farm, "called Swampscot," for which she paid £1.100. Lechford, in 1641, says, "Lady Moody lives at Lynn, but is of Salem church. She is, good lady, almost undone, by buying · Master Humphrie's farm, Swampscot." [See p. 201.] Afterward she became imbued with the erroneous idea that the baptism of infants was a sinful ordinance ; for which, and other opinions, she was excommunicated. In 1643, she removed to Long Island. Governor Winthrop says, "the Lady Moodye, a wise, and an- ciently religious woman, being taken with the error of denying baptism to infants, was dealt with by many of the elders and others, and admonished by the church of Salem, whereof she was a member; but persisting still, and to avoid further trouble,
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she removed to the Dutch, against the advice of all her friends. After her arrival at Long Island, she experienced much trouble from the Indians, her house being assaulted by them many times. Her wealth enabled her to render assistance to Gov. Stuyvesant, of New York, in some difficulties which he encoun- tered in 1654 ; and so great was her influence with him, that he conceded the nomination of the magistrates that year to her. She was of a noble family, and had a son, Sir Henry Moody. With the exception of her troubling the church with her reli- gious opinions, she appears to have been a lady of great worth. [But was it not rather that the church troubled her and itself about her religious opinions ?
[EDMUND NEEDHAM. - came in 1639. He was one of the Long Island grantees, but does not appear to have gone with the settlers. He died at Lynn, in 1677. For something relating to his descendants, see notices of Daniel and Ezekiel Needham, under date 1650. His will may be found in the Salem Court files. It is a quaint and curious document. He was a man of property, and one evidently occupying no mean position in his own estimation. Several matters appear in the will which would be more appropriate in some other form of writing, and throughout, his piety is more conspicuous than his modesty. He was connected with the Harts and the Mansfields, and did not forget them in the distribution of his effects. He had sons Daniel and Ezekiel, and several daughters, by whom he became connected as above and likewise with the Armitages. Some passages from the will are here given-enough to illustrate certain habits of thought and peculiarities of the testator, to give an idea of the amount and character of a very fair estate for that time, and to show something of his family connections.
The will and Last Testament of Edmund Needham of Lyn in Nu England, being, blessed be God, in his perfect knowledge, memory, and understanding, tho otherwise ill in Body, mak ye writin by min on [mine own] hand and ac- cording to min on mind to my children and grandchildren as follows, and
First, I humbly Desire my only true God, maker and creator of heaven, ye earth, the sea, and all that is therein, (0 Exodus 20, 11; Psalms 95, 3, 4, 5, and 146, 5, 6; Jonah 1, 9,0) and me his most poor and unworthy crea- ture amungst ye Rest and to resone my poor and unworthy soull of his moor pur and only free Grace and love for ye sake of his only and well beloved son Jesus Christ sake alone, excluding all things of min on carnall or corrupte natur in or of myself, in any natur or means in all or in part to my Justifica- tion but to Jesus Christ alon, my only and alon mediator, advocat and inter- cessor at ye throne of grase and alon propisiation for all my sinnes. 1st John 2, 2.
Next, I desiar and impower my son Ezekiel Needham, my true and lawfull executor to this my last will and Testiment, to se my body desently and Chris- tianly burried as near my old wife, being his own mother, as may be.
Next, I give to my son Daniell Needham,".
Next, I give to my sun Ezekiell Needham, . . ..
Next, I give to my dafter, Hannah Dinen, and her two children, ·
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Next, I give unto my son-in-Lawe Samuell Harts children,
Next, I give to my son-in-law Joseph Mansfields children,
And further this I ad as a codasell or breefe inventory to this my last will and testament, that my sun Ezekiell Needham, my Lawfull Executor, shall not be put to any oath or oathes at any court or any manner or intent what soever ; therefor I have set this according to min own valuation of my holl estate, and if this will not save him from any oath in court he shall safly swer that yt is all my holl estate, I having firmly given him as his own propar estate as if it had never bin min, so soon as ever ye breat is out of my body, and I quite dead, all ye rest; I well knowing yt he canot give any just othat wth out wronging his consience, as I only know how my estate lieth and this min on valuation or inventory as following : First, all my housing, barn and outhousing, and all my lands, wth all the range of ston wall fensing, £400 0 0d; two holl peses of baies one red and ye other of ye collar of a chesnut on or to [one or two] and forty yards apease at ye lest, £12 00 00; on holl peese of red penis- ton on or to and fortie yards long at ye lest, £6 00; 3 parsells of Canvis now about on hundred yards, and other parsells of linin cloth and Calico, £10 00 00; my silver watch and silver box and other silver cupes and spoones and othar plate, £15 00 00; My clock yt striks, and another wach and larum that dus not strik £5 00 00d ; sum putar, sum old and sum new, £2 00 00d; sum par- . sells of Carsies and sum parsells of serges, and my wearing clothes, £26 00 00d ; sum pots and kettles and tramels and clothes and bedsteed, £7 00 00; beds and beding, £7 00 00; Debts in old England in suffisient Bonds and most in Abell Mores hands as the company of ye marchant adventurers and another like it as a great rith citizen, fit for an Alderman of London, tho they do what they can to deseve us, yt is to say, my brothers and sisters to whom they o us about three thousand pounds, £600.
£ s. d.
400 0 0
12 0 0
06 0 0
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15 0 0
500
200
26 00
700
700
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1090
and one horse yt was forgot, £ 3 and 4 cows and two young bullock, forgot allso, £17
and 20 sheepe, forgot allso, £ 7
to be added to this inventory,
£27
to all with this addition is
£1117
This addition was made before it was signed or sealed or confirmed by the witnesses.
[The above certainly indicates that Mr. Needham occupied a very respectable position. And the chirography shows that he was by no means unskilled in the use of the pen. There are some interlineations, and the will closes thus: "all thes inter- lines were dun by me before it was signed or sealed, and yt this is the last will and testament of me, Edmond Needham, in lin, the Lin in New England."]
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ROBERT RAND - was a farmer, at Woodend. He died 8 Nov. 1694. His wife Elizabeth, died 29 Aug. 1693. His children were Robert, Zachary, Elizabeth, and Mary, and his descendants remain.
HENRY RHODES - was a farmer, and lived on the western side of Saugus river. He was born in 1608, and had three sons. Jonathan, who died 7 April, 1677; Henry; Josiah. Their de- scendants remain.
JOHN TARBOX - had two sons; John; and Samuel, who mar- ried Rebecca Armitage, 14 Nov. 1665, and had eighteen children. Samuel died 12 Sept. 1715, aged 93. His descendants remain. [In his will, dated 25 Nov. 1673, he says, "I bequeath unto every one of my sonn John Tarbox his children and my son Samuel's children, one ewe sheep a peece." See under date 1649, for what befel his daughter. See also under date 1674.71
SHUBAEL WALKER, (Capt.) - was buried 24 Jan. 1689. He lived at the Swampscot farms.
THOMAS WELMAN - died in 1672. His children were Abigail, Isaac, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Mary.
JOHN WITT- died in December, 1675. His children were Ann, Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, Martha, John, who married Eliza- beth Baker, 14 Jan. 1676, and Thomas who married Bethia Potter, 26 Feb. 1675. [John was great-grandfather of Thomas Witt, now living on North Common street, at the ripe age of 86 -a gentleman of more than ordinary intelligence and con- stitutional vigor, and one who can number a large and respecta- ble circle of descendants. He was a son of Benjamin Witt, who was born in 1739 - which Benjamin was a son of Thomas, born in 1696- which Thomas was a son of the before-named John, who married Elizabeth Baker. Some of the family, in other places, write the name DeWitt, as was the case with a late secretary of the commonwealth; and they adopt that orthog- raphy, it is understood, on the supposition that they are de- scended from the DeWitts of Holland, or from a Huguenot.]
Other inhabitants were: ANDREW ALLEN, THEOPHILUS BAYLEY, who died in 1694, HUGH CHURCHMAN, who died in 1644, JOHN COLE, WENTWORTH DANIELS, DANIEL FAIRFIELD, JOHN FARRING- TON, HENRY FITCH, THOMAS GAINES, TOBIAS HASKELL, JOSEPH HOWE, JAMES HUBBARD, WILLIAM HUBBARD, WILLIAM KNIGHT, MICHAEL LAMBARD, ROBERT MANSFIELD, THOMAS MANSFIELD, MI- CHAEL MILNER, who went to Long Island in 1640, RICHARD MOWER, ABRAHAM OTTLEY, ADAM OTTLEY, EDWARD PAINE, QUEN- TIN PRAY, RICHARD PRAY, THOMAS PURCHIS, [spoken of under date 1678,] THOMAS PUTNAM, HUGH STACEY, JOHN STACEY, GEORGE TAYLOR, WILLIAM TAYLOR, JOHN TILTON, WILLIAM TILTON, DAN- JEL TRUMBULL, NATHANIEL TYLER, WILLIAM WELLS, JONATHAN WITT.
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[Something may be added regarding a few of the individuals named in this list. Those under notice will be distinguished by italics.
[Andrew Allen - married Faith, a daughter of Edmund In- galls. He removed to Andover, and there died, in 1690. There was also a George Allen here, who came in 1636, and soon after removed to Sandwich. His house, built in 1646, Savage re- marks, (1860), is said to be still in good repair, and occupied.
[Hugh Churchman. Of this individual little is known. He was, no doubt, the same person alluded to in the presentation to the Salem Court, 27 May, 1643 : " Wee present oulde Church- man for liveing 7 or 8 yeares without his wife ; and for haveing the wife of Hugh Burt locked with him alone in his house. Wit- ness, Joseph fflood, Jarrard Spenser." And again: "Ould Church- man for living 7 or 8 yeares without his wyff, unless he bring unto Mr Endecot, our depty Govr a certificat fr Mr Dumer, yt he hath used meanes for his wyfs comeing, and then he is discharg- ed." Churchman left a will, which was probated in 1644. Hugh Burt and Robert Driver were appraisers. The amount of his estate was £24.9.11.
[Daniel Fairfield, was the abandoned fellow, who, with Jen- kin Davis and John Hudson, so abused the little daughters of Mr. Humfrey. He was sentenced to a severe, though well- merited punishment. He was ordered, on the fourteenth of June, 1642, to be whipped, have his nostrils slit and seared, and be " confined to Boston neck, so as if hee bee found at any time dureing his life to go out of Boston neck, that is, beyond the rayles towards Roxberry, or beyond the low water marke hee shalbee put to death upon due conviction thereof; and hee is also to weare a hempen roape about his neck, the end of it hanging out two foote at least, and so often as he shalbee found abroad wthout it, hee shalbee whiped . . . and hee is to pay Mr Humfrey forty pounds." A year or two after, however, he was "alowed to go to work wthin any part of Boston lymits, both in the ilands and elsewhere, and also at Roxberry, so as hee go not above five miles from Boston meeting house." And by the Court, 2 May, 1649, on the petition of Elizabeth, his wife, leave was granted for "her husband, shee and their children, to depart out of this iurisdiction unto such other parts of the world as it shall please God to dispose ; pvided that her husband shall be under his former censure if hee returne hith" againe." But they do not appear to have availed themselves of this lib- erty to depart; or if they did, they must have soon returned, for on 27 May, 1652, the Court, on another petition of the wife, give him leave to " lay the rope aside." Finally, 14 Oct. 1656, the Court granted him liberty " to goe in one of theire shipps, to England, as he desires." He had lived in Lynn but a short
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time, when he committed the abominable offence. See Colony Records, vol. ii .; also notice of Jenkin Davis, under date 1635. The John Hudson alluded to as a partner in guilt with Fairfield and Davis, is mentioned by Winthrop as an unworthy servant of Mr. Humfrey.
[Nathaniel Tyler, does not seem to have remained in Lynn many years after this date. By a record on page 20 of the first book of the Essex Registry, it appears that he and his wife Jane sold " unto Philip Kirtland, shoemaker," all their " lands and houses, with their appurtenances, in Lynn," by deed dated 1 Oct., 1652. And on the 16th of the same month, he made a will, dated at Boston, being then about to embark on board the ship New England Merchant, " and because our lives are ficle and mortall, and dangers at sea are many." In this will he men- tions his wife Jane, his son Joseph, and his sister Jane Sanford, wife of Edward Sanford, living in London.
[William Wells is thought to be the person who was " enjoyn- ed in 10%." by the Court, 7 Sept., 1641, to answer " for oppres- sion." But little concerning him can be gathered. He seems to have been one of the Long Island settlers.
[Jonathan Witt, may have been of the family of John Witt who was under notice a few paragraphs back, and the one who mar- ried Mary Dinan, 23 March, 1663. He had one child, Esther, born 5 Feb., 1665. And he died during the latter year. Oliver Purchis was one of the appraisers of his estate, which was small.]
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