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William and Samuel 4£ each in addition to what they have already received. To daughter Mary Perry 60£, son William Executor." His farm had been a gift of Capt. John Williams, (see his will).
These children were born as follows: John 1673, Sarah 1675, Mary 1677, (wife of James Perry 1700), Joseph 1679, Benja. 1682, (who was resident at Marlboro 1713), William born 1685, (who married Judith Booth 1714), Hannah born 1687, (wife of James Briggs, jr. 1714), Samuel born 1690, who probably removed after his father's decease.
John married Abigail, daughter of Dea. Samuel Clap, 1700; children, Jane born 1700, John 1703, Jacob 1706, Capt. Israel 1708, Timothy 1709, (who married Sarah Buck 1731, and probably removed), Abigail 1712, (wife of John Bates 1733), Sarah 1714, (wife of Thomas Jenkins 1731), Deborah and Hannah 1717, Rachel 1719, Naomi 1722.
Joseph left a family, viz. Dea. Joseph born 1704, Martha 1707, Ruth 1709, (wife of Dea. Josiah Edson of Bridgewater 1737), Benjamin 1712, Ebenezer 1714, Seth 1717, Caleb 1720, Adams 1722.
Capt. Israel married Keziah Perry 1730, children, Rhoda born 1731, Israel 1732, Keziah 1734, Hannah 1736, Abigail 1738, Rachel 1740, Ward 1742, Sarah 1744, Elizabeth 1746.
Dea. Joseph married Elizabeth White 1732, children, Eliza- beth born 1733, (second wife of Eli Curtis, sen. 1777), Joshua 1735, Caleb 1738, Joseph 1743, Rebecca 1746, Miranda 1749, (Rebecca was wife of Constant Clap).
Benjamin (son of Joseph, sen.) married Ruth Litchfield 1735, children, Jerusha born 1736, (wife of Capt. John Clap 1752), Martha 1738, Benjamin 1747, (who lived at Merritt's brook), Nathaniel Tilden was also of this family, who probably died early : also Mary, (wife of Rev. Paul Litchfield 1778), also. Roland, who removed westward, and Ruth, (wife of Lem- uel Dwelley).
Ebenezer (son of Joseph, sen.) married Mary White 1736, children, Ebenezer born 1740, Paul 1743, who married Ann Holmes of Kingston 1769-his son Paul now inherits the paternal estate at Farm neck.
Seth (son of Joseph, sen.) married Rachel Cudworth 1744. He died early, and his widow married Joseph Briggs 1750.
Caleb (son of Joseph, sen.) married Philippa Peaks, children, Lydia born 1762, Ebenezer 1764, Martha 1766, Caleb 1768, Joseph 1771, Israel 1773. Caleb now lives in Scituate.
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Adams (son of Joseph, sen.) married Sarah -, children, Seth born 1747, Capt. Adams 1748, Joseph 1749. Capt. Adams was the late master of the Marine Hospital, whose son Adams resides in Boston, born 1780.
Joshua (son of Dea. Joseph) married Abigail Clap 1756, his son Ebenezer was Town clerk several years-and Eben- ezer the son of the latter is the present Town clerk.
Joseph (son of Dea. Joseph) graduated at Harvard College 1765, and removed to Chesterfield, where his posterity may now reside.
William (son of John, sen.) married Judith Booth 1714- his children were William, (who married Elizabeth Nichols of Hingham, 1736, and left one son William), Job, who died single, Amasa, who married Elizabeth Bourn 1748, and whose children were Amasa, Abner, (whose son Abner, jr. removed eastward), Job, Judith, (wife of Hayward Pierce, Esq.), and Abigail, (wife of Caleb Pierce). Judith, (daughter of William, sen.), married Issachar Vinal 1750, and Susanna married Thomas Curtis 1759. The late Roland (of Booth hill) was son of Abner, jr., also Mary (daughter of William, sen.) married Nathaniel Turner 1748, and was the mother of Elijah Turner, Esq., Job and Nathaniel.
The families of Bailey at Hanover, are probably all de- scended from Jacob, (son of John, jr.), who married Ruth Palmer 1716.
BENJAMIN BALCH
came from Boston. He married Nazareth, the daughter of Judge John Cushing, and resided in Scituate several years, near the north Meeting-house, fifty rods south. His daughter Deborah born 1727, his son Hart 1731. He removed to Boston, where he had other children born, one of whom was Nathaniel, of facetious memory. This family probably de- scended from John Balch, an early settler in Salem.
ABRAHAM BARDIN
was from Scotland. He married Mary Booth in Scituate, 1697. His son conducted Iron works at Hanover for many years.
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JOHN BARKER, Ese.
was the son of John Barker of Duxbury, and Anna, the daugh- ter of John Williams, sen. of Scituate, (married 1632), John Barker, sen. was at Jones's river (now Kingston) 1638. He was drowned 1652 .*
John Barker, jr. was a serjeant in Philip's war, and freed from bearing arms at the close of that war, "on account of wounds received." He was afterward a Justice of the Peace, and is mentioned as a lawyer in the Colony records in 1674. His brother-in-law, Capt. John Williams, having no children, gave his farm in Scituate, 1694, to Williams Barker, his grand nephew, son of John, Esq. This is the well known Barker farm north of the Harbour. It is now owned by Benjamin Barker, descendant of Robert Barker, (we believe) a brother of the first John Barker, by purchase of Capt. Williams Barker, the last of John Barker's family in Scituate. annabel dan?
John Barker, Esq. lost his first wife Desire, 1705, and married Hannah Cushing, (the widow of Rev. Jeremiah), 1706.
Samuel, Esq. born 1684, the only son of Williams of which we have any knowledge, married Hannah, the daughter of Rev. Jeremiah Cushing, 1706, and succeeded to the family residence. His sons were Samuel, Ignatius and Ezekiel, born from 1707 to 1714, and daughters Hannah and Deborah.
Capt. Samuel, son of the above, succeeded to the family residence. He married Deborah Gorham of Barnstable. His sons were Capt. Williams, Dr. Jeremiah, and Dr. Samuel, born from 1744 to 1762. This family is extinct in this Town ; Capt. Williams removed to Wiscasset, Dr. Jeremiah to Portland, and Dr. Samuel is living in Hanson.
We will add that Robert, the son of Robert Barker, lived in Scituate in 1698, where his son Isaac was born March 10, 1698-9, and who settled in Pembroke, and was the grandfather of the present owner of the Barker farm named above.
There was another family of this name in Scituate distinct from the above, viz. Barnabas Barker, who married Hannah Turner in 1719. His house at Beach woods near Johnson's swamp was burnt 1739, and the Town voted to exempt him from taxes that year. His sons were Barnabas and Thomas.
* He had purchased the ferry (now Little's Bridge) of John Brewster, son of Elder Brewster, 1641, and was there drowned.
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Barnabas was an active man in the Revolutionary war. He resided near Halifax hill, and was succeeded in his residence by Ignatius Otis. His wife, Sarah Green 1750, and a first wife Mary Neal 1740. His son Joshua lived in Boston : he married Mary Copeland, and has posterity in Hanover.
WILLIAM BARRELL
appears in Scituate in 1676. He was the son of William Barrell, who died in rather early life in Boston in 1639, and who with his brothers George and John settled in Boston and Charlestown 1636. William of Scituate married Lydia, the widow of John James 1680, and resided at her residence near " the block-house." His children were William born 1683, Lydia 1684, Mary 1686, James 1687.
We trace the descendants of two only of these in Scituate.
William married Elizabeth Bailey 1706. His children were Hannah born 1706, Lydia 1709, (the wife of Joseph Young 1726), William born 1714, James 1727, Elisha 1735, and- Colburn.
Lydia (daughter of William, sen.) married Samuel Stock- bridge in 1703, who resided on mount Blue in Scituate.
The family of William, jr. have been remarkable for lon- gevity.
William (we believe) lived to advanced age in Bridgewater.
James, had been a soldier and a laborious man, but by the strength of his constitution and temperance, he retained suffi- cient vigour to perform the labour of an ordinary man at ninety, and to walk three miles to Church at ninety-six. He died April 17, 1827, having nearly completed a century. His sons were James, William, Noah and Bartlett.
Elisha (son of William, jr.) completed his ninety-fourth year, and died 1829.
The descendants of William Barrell are in Scituate, Hanover, Bridgewater ; in the State of Maine, and also near Albany in New York.
Colburn was also a man of extraordinary strength and activ- ity. He died, we believe, about the close of the American war, in which he was a soldier, as also in the French war.
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WILLIAM BARSTOW
was a brother of Michael Barstow, a representative of Water- town 1653. He settled for a time at Dedham, where Joseph his son was born, and probably John also. He was a freeman in Scituate in 1649. His house was about one hundred rods north-west of Hanover corners, on the east side of the Plymouth road. He built "Barstow's bridge," 1656, (see Bridges).
Beside the children above named, there were born to him in Scituate, Deborah 1650, William 1652, Martha 1655. There was also a son Jeremiah, born probably at Dedham.
William Barstow died 1668, and Anna his widow adminis- tered. His descendants are many in Hanover, Rochester, Fairhaven and Salem. 1
Joseph, his son, lived in a house thirty rods north-east of Hanover corners. It was a garrison in Philip's war. He married Susanna Lincoln of Hingham, 1666. His children, Susanna born 1667, Joseph 1675, Benjamin 1679, Deborah 1681, Samuel 1683. He died 1712.
John was a householder in Scituate 1678. A considerable tract of land was laid out to him west of the south Meeting- house common, extending to Jordan lane. His house was fifty rods south of the present road, and was afterward the house of John Ruggles, on the land now owned by Pickles Cushing.
He married Lydia Hatch 1678, daughter of William Hatch, who removed to Swanzey. His children were Job born 1679, Jeremiah 1682, John 1684, and several daughters.
Jeremiah was killed by the Indians with Capt. Pierce at Rehoboth, 1676. His widow Lydia was married to Richard Standlake of Scituate, 1677. We observe in the Colony records, that John administered on his brother's estate: also that "Lydia, the wife of Richard Standlake, was appointed (1677) guardian to her two sons, John and Jeremiah Barstow, and to recover a legacy to each of them from Michael Barstow, their great uncle, late of Watertown deceased, for their use when twenty-one years of age."
We believe most of the people of the name of Barstow may thus trace their descent from William. Those at Hanover descended from his son Joseph. William, jr. succeeded to his father's residence, and to him succeeded Benjamin his son, born 1690. Deacon Samuel of Hanover is son of Samuel, and grandson of Joseph.
* The younger of the sons, Jeremiah, had been a captive amongst the Indians.
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GEORGE BARSTOW
was also a brother of William, sen. and Michael. He was a member of the artillery company in Boston, 1644. In 1652, he was a householder in Scituate, and a member of the second Church. He had here one son, George, born 1653. The same year he removed to Cambridge, and deceased immedi- ately after. We notice the following entry in the Plymouth Colony records, 1653: "A suite was commenced against William Barstow by Mr Charles Chauncy, (afterward Presi- dent), for saying that he (Mr Chauncy) was the cause of the death of his brother George Barstow, late deceased : and for saying that the sd Mr Chauncy sent his bulls abroad to the Church at Cambridge, whereby the sª George Barstow was hindered from communion with s Church, which hastened his death through griefe." The court ordered William Barstow to retract. The explanation of this is, that George Barstow was a member of the second Church in Scituate, with which Mr Chauncy was at variance.
JAMES BATES
was in Scituate 1642. We believe he was a son of James Bates of Dorchester. His name appears also in Hingham. He married Ruth Lyford 1643. His son John was born here 1649. The family returned to Hingham. But the grandson of John, whose name was John, resided in Scituate in 1733. He married Abigail Bailey 1733. His sons were Reuben born February 4, 1735, Simeon 1737, Levi 1738, Judah 1740, John 1746, Caleb 1749, and daughter Aquilla born 1743. Reu- ben is now living at Scituate Harbour. His son Simeon is keeper of the light-house. He has sons Simeon, Joseph and others.
· There was a Joseph Bates in Scituate in 1695, whose sons were Joseph, Solomon, Amos and Clement, born from 1696 to 1710. From this family we understand Neal Bates to have descended, now living. They descended from Clement Bates, who was in Weymouth 1633. The descendants of this family are in Hanover, viz. the late Col. Bates, and Benjamin of Scituate, concerned in the Plymouth stages. The late Gen. Benjamin Bates of Mansfield was a descendant of Clement.
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JOSEPH BATTLES, from Hingham,
was the first of the name in Scituate. He married Susanna Studley 1738. Joseph, his son, married Rebecca Burbank 1759. He has descendants living at Hoop-pole neck. Robert Battles of Boston, 1658, was the common ancestor of this family. There was David Battles of Leominster, 1796, of the Scituate family, we believe.
JOHN BEAL,
of Scituate Harbour, a gentleman of great enterprise in the fisheries, is son of John of Cohasset, and Catharine Kimball, his wife. He married Jane, daughter of Ensign Otis, sen. and has a family. He is descended from John Beal, an early settler in Hingham, a representative 1649.
JOSEPH BENSON
was the son of Joseph Benson of Hull. He settled in Scituate in 1743. His farm was on the south of Hoop-pole hill, near Margaret's brook, where his descendants now reside. He married Abiel Stockbridge 1743. Joseph, his son, born 1744, was his only child, he having deceased 1745. His widow married John Bryant.
Joseph married Susanna, the daughter of Nathaniel Clap, Esq. 1770. He was a useful and worthy man, often employed in the business of the Town, and clerk of the second parish for many years. His sons John and Joseph are deceased. Ste- phen and Artemas are living in Scituate, and Gorham in Charleston, South Carolina. Joseph of Hull, above named, was a son of John of Hull : His first wife was Prince, his second Mary Curtis of Scituate, 1727, and his third Alice Pickels 1739. He died in Scituate.
MR THOMAS BESBEDGE, (now Bisbee or Bisby),
was in Scituate in 1634, and a freeman in 1637. He was a Deacon in the first Church at its first institution. We have found few notices of him : he probably deceased early.
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Elisha Bisby, whom we suppose to have been his son, kept the first ferry where Union Bridge now stands, in 1644. His house stood near the bridge on the west side of the river, and the south side of the way. His son Elisha kept a tavern at the same place for many years. His children were Hopestill born 1645, John 1647, Mary 1648, Elisha 1654, Hannah 1656, (wife of Thomas Brooks 1687), baptized in the second Church. Martha was also probably his daughter, who married Jonathan Turner 1677. Elisha, the son of Elisha Bisby, died in Hing- ham 1715. The descendants of Mr Thomas Besbedge are now at Plympton, and write the name Bisby.
THOMAS BIRD
was one of the earliest settlers of Scituate. He cultivated land on the third cliff, before 1628, and (tradition says) in 1623. There is a deed in the Colony records dated 1628, by which Henry Merritt conveys to Nathaniel Tilden, "planting land which he had of Thomas Bird." His name is amongst the first freemen in 1633. There is no record of his family. He or his son Thomas was in that part of the Town called the Two mile, 1649, when he had a law suit with George Russell, (Colony Records). A widow Bird (no doubt of Thomas) had a part in division of common lands in Scituate 1673. There were several early settlers of the name of Bird in Dorchester and other parts of Massachusetts.
HUDSON BISHOP, from Duxbury.
The first of the name in this place in 1711. There are few records of the family.
WILLIAM BLACKMORE
came from England 1665. He was a nephew of Peter Colla- more, and (as tradition relates) came with an expectation of being his heir, (see Collamore). A farm was laid out to him by the freemen, (in part), where the late Capt. Elijah Curtis resided. His house occupied nearly the same place, a few rods east. He married Elizabeth Bankes 1666. His children were Peter born 1667, John 1669, Phebe 1672, William 1675.
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In 1669, he was freed from military duty, "for the loss of an eye." He however lost his life in repelling the Indians in 1676, April 21. His widow married Jacob Bumpus 1677.
Peter died 1692, leaving two children, Joseph and Jane. Phebe married Ebenezer Holmes.
William died without children 1698. In his will, he gives legacies to "brother John-sister Phebe Holmes-brother Peter's two children Joseph and Jane, and brother in-law Ebenezer Holmes."
MR CHRISTOPHER BLACKWOOD
purchased the farm that had been that of Rev. John Lothrop, east of Colman's hills, in 1641, of Mr Hatherly. He was employed for a short time as a preacher. But in 1642, he sold his farm to Mr Chauncy, whom the Church had chosen for their pastor, and retired. He probably returned to England, as we find no further trace of him.
JOHN BLOSSOM
was in Scituate 1728, where his son Thomas was born the same year. He probably returned to Barnstable, from whence we believe he came. He was a descendant of Dea. Thomas Blossom, who died in Plymouth 1633. (Colony Records).
JOHN BOOTH
was in Scituate as early as 1656. He purchased lands in the Conihassett proprietary, and settled near the hill which now bears his name. His house was where that of Rowland Bailey now stands. He had several sons, Joseph born 1659, John born 1661, Benjamin 1667, Abraham 1673, and four daughters, Elizabeth, Mary, Grace and Judith.
Joseph, the eldest son, lived in Pennsylvania in 1710.
John married Mary, the daughter of Anthony Dodson 1687, and had a son Anthony born 1689.
Mary married Abraham Barden.
Rev. Chauncy Booth of Coventry, Connecticut, may be a descendant of this family. The name has here been extinct for more than half a century.
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HENRY BOURN
was a freeman in Scituate 1637, but not an householder that we can learn. He removed to Barnstable 1639. His de- scendants. may be there and in Rhode Island. He was brother of Richard Bourn, the first preacher to the Marshpee Indians. John of Marshfield may have been his son, whose children were Elizabeth born 1646, Thomas 1647, Alice 1649, Anna 1651, Martha 1653, Sarah 1663. Thomas had a son Thomas, whose daughter Hannah married William Wilson of Scituate.
JAMES BOWKER, (from Sweden)
was in Scituate 1680. His farm was laid out on the east of Burnt plain and west of Samuel Bryant's land. His house was near the corner of the field, a few rods west of the house of his late grandson Edmund Bowker. His wife was Mary. His children James, Mary and Lazarus, the two last being baptized in the second Church 1686: also Richard, Edmund and Benjamin.
James succeeded to his father's residence. He married Hannah Lambert 1717. His children were five sons and seven daughters. Four of the sons settled near the original farm, viz. Lazarus, James, John and Edmund. Joseph removed to Maine. This family has been remarkable for longevity. Ed- mund born August 20, 1732, reached his ninety-fourth year. Lazarus, son of Lazarus, is now in active life at the age of eighty-eight.
Benj. has left descendants here, viz. Major Joshua and others. Richard lived in Pembroke, and left sons.
WILLIAM BROOKS
was a householder in 1644. His farm was south of Till's creek, latterly called Dwelley's creek, and his house near that of Capt. William Brooks, his descendant of the sixth generation. The spot seems to have been selected on account of the sweet spring of water near it. His wife was widow Susanna Dunham of Plymouth. His children were Hannah born 1645, Nathan- iel 1646, (who married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Curtis, 1678, and succeeded to his father's residence), Mary born 1647,
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Sarah born 1650, (who married Joseph Studley), Meriam born 1652, (who married John Curtis, son of Richard Curtis), Deborah born 1654, (who married Robert Stetson, jr. son of the Cornet), Thomas born 1657, who married Hannah Bisby 1687, and Joanna born 1659.
The people of this name in Scituate have all descended from Nathaniel. His sons were William, Gilbert and Nathaniel. William's posterity remain on the ancient seat of the family .* Gilbert had a son William, born 1714, (who removed or died early), Gilbert 1718, and Benjamin 1720. Nath'l, 2d. married Mary Taylor 1717, and purchased lands of Michael Wanton, a half mile west of Hoop-pole hill, where the fifth Nathaniel Brooks now resides. His children are of the seventh generation. Nathaniel, 3d. married Elizabeth Benson 1744, Nathaniel, 4th. married Deborah Brooks 1783, and Nathaniel, 5th. married Charlotte Lapham 1821.+
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Thomas, the son of William, sen. had one son Thomas, born 1688, and a daughter Joanna born 1695. Thomas had no family. Joanna married John Ruggles, who succeeded to the farm of Thomas Brooks. It lies a half mile east of the resi- dence of William above described. It was the farm of William Richards 1640.
GILBERT BROOKS Lu Savages Cleanings h 267.
was a brother of William Brooks, sen. and came into Scituate at the same time. His residence was on the south of Colman's hills. He sold his house to Robert Crossman of Taunton, 1652. It was afterward the residence of Joseph Otis, Esq. The earliest notice which we have seen of him, is, that he was in the family of Mr William Vassall 1638. He married Eliz- abeth, the daughter of Gov. Edward Winslow. He had sons
* The late Capt. William, who deceased 1821, on the paternal spot, was his grandson, (and son of William, who married Mary Braman 1737). His children are Capt. William, who lives on the paternal farm, Sarah, (wife of Dea. Loring of Duxbury), Philenda, (wife of Capt. Luther Tilden), Temper- ance, (wife of Capt. Reuben Drew of Duxbury), Betsey, (second wife of Capt. Jotham Tilden), Gilbert of Medford, Lucy, Seth and Nathan of Duxbury. Their mother Betsy Stodder.
t Nathaniel, 2d. had also a son Taylor, who married Miriam Curtis 1740. Capt. Noah was his son, born 1744, and died at sea. His son is Capt. Noah of South Boston, and his daughters the wives of William Bradford of Kings- ton, Samuel Kent, late of Scituate, and Hon. John Holmes of Maine.
Gilbert (son of Gilbert) was father of late Samuel of Hanover, born 1742. Nathaniel, 2d. had sons Noah, Michael, Simeon and Stephen, who died early or removed, born from 1723 to 1737.
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Gilbert and John, probably born in Marshfield. His children born in Scituate were Elizabeth, born 1645, Sarah 1646, Mary 1649, Rachel 1650, Bathsheba 1655, Rebecca 1657, Hannah . 1659, all baptized in the second Church.
In 1675, he kept a garrison at Gov. Josiah Winslow's house in Marshfield. We observe that John, son of Gilbert Brooks, had a legacy in the will of his uncle, Gov. Josiah Winslow.
Gilbert was in Rehoboth 1683, and one of a committee "to treat with the Rev. Samuel Angier, concerning his settlement in the ministry there." (Colony Records).
WALTER BRIGGS
appears in Scituate 1651, when he purchased a farm of Mr Hatherly, on the north side of Farm neck. The cove within the glades still bears the name of Briggs's harbour. He was long an useful man in the plantation.
His will dated 1684, gives
"To my wife Frances one third of my estate during her life, also a gentle horse or mare, and Jemmy the Negur shall catch it for her. To son John my homestead, bounded south-west by Mr John Saffin's farm. To son James the easterly side of my farm (bounds named). To daughter Hannah Winslow (certain moveables). To son Cornelius one freeman's share in the Town of Swanzey, and 30£. Son John Ex."
Capt. John married and left on record Han- nah born 1684, Deborah 1685, John 1687. Hannah married John Alden of Duxbury, 1709 : their son John Alden was baptized in Scituate second Church, December 10, 1710, and Samuel, May 17, 1713. The venerable Judah Alden, Esq. of Duxbury is a descendant, being the son of Briggs Alden, another son of John. Deborah, we believe, married Dea. Thomas King 1705. Capt. John, jr. married Deborah, the daughter of Hon. John Cushing, sen. 1712. Their daughter Deborah born 1713, John 1714. Deborah, last named, mar- ried Thomas Savage, Esq. of Boston, (see John Cushing). The family of Capt. John Briggs removed or became extinct probably.
Lieut. James married Rebecca, daughter of Dea. Joseph Tilden, 1678. His children were Joseph born 1678, Mary 1682, James 1687, Benjamin 1695, (and perhaps others).
Joseph married Deborah Holbrook 1703, and had children, Cornelius 1705, (who married Lydia Stodder 1741, and prob-
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ably removed), Mary 1707, John 1709, Joseph 1714, Thankful, Hannah and Ezra, (who married Lydia Neal 1764). James (above) married Hannah Bailey 1706, and left no family on record. Benjamin married Leah Merritt 1719, and left daugh- ters Leah, Deborah, Rachel, and sons Capt. Benjamin born 1722, and James born November 16, 1735. Capt. Benjamin married Rebecca Curtis 1758, and was the father of Capt. Ben- jamin now living, whose children are James of Watertown, Billings of Boston, Paul of Scituate, and daughters : and James, the veteran Town clerk, married Rhoda Nash 1763, and had sons Shadrach, Bartlett, Joseph, George and daughters. James Briggs is living, aged ninety-six.
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