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SAMUEL HINCKLEY V
came into Scituate probably with Mr Lothrop, 1634. He was a freeman 1637. His house was on Kent street, the second south of Greenfield lane. He also owned the marsh between
* By way of showing our authority for asserting that this family came from Southwark, England, we subjoin the following deposition of Clement Briggs, from the Colony records, Anno 1638 :
" This deponent saith that about 22 years since, this deponent then dwel- ling with Sam'l. Latham, in Bermondsey street, Southwark, a fellmonger, and Thomas Harlow then dwelling with Robert Hickes, in the same street, fellmonger -the sd Harlow and this deponent had often conference togeth- er, how many pelts eache of theire masters pulled a weeke-and this deponent saith, that the sd Robert Hickes did pull three hundred pelts a weeke, and diverse tymes, six or seven hundred and more, a weeke : and that the sd Robert Hickes sold his pelts for 40sca hundred, at the same tyme that Sam'l. Latham sold his for 50s."
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his house and the third cliff. He had also land near Rotten marsh, on the south-east, next to Mr Vassall's "brook hall field." He removed to Barnstable, 1640. His son Samuel was here with him, and removed to Barnstable: his children were Sarah born 1642, John 1644. His wife Sarah died 1656, and he married Bridget Bodfish 1657.
Thomas, the son of Samuel, sen. was born in England, 1618. He married Mary Richards 1644, and had one daughter Mary, same year. He married a second wife, widow Mary Glover, 1659 .* He was an assistant and magistrate many years. He was elected Governor 1680, and continued annually in that office until the charter of the Colony was cancelled, and the union with Massachusetts took place in 1692: with the excep- tion of 1686 and 7, (under Andros, General Governor), when he was one of the Council; and too good a patriot, we may add, to approve of the tyranny of Andros. He died 1706. Hubbard says he was seventy-three years of age. Prince says eighty-eight: and from hence other writers have been misled. But we ascertain the probable correctness of those who state his age at eighty-eight, by recurring to the facts that he was married in 1644 : and bore arms in Barnstable 1643 : and of course he could not have been born in 1633, as some state.
Joseph Hinckley of Barnstable married Mary Otis of Scit- uate, 1725, daughter of Joseph Otis, Esq., who removed to New London.
JOHN HOAR
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Wybore arms in Scituate 1643. In 1646, he was one of the Conihassett partners. His farm was on the west of little Mus- quashcut pond. ¿ This farm adjoined General Cudworth's in 1658. We find he was always engaged while here, in the business of the Town, and draftsman of deeds, bonds, &c., and is mentioned occasionally as a lawyer, though the practice must have been small in those days. He removed to Concord, 1659 or 60. His mother deceased in Braintree, 1661. He had a brother Hezekiah Hoar in Scituate for a time, and after- wards of Taunton. He was an Ensign in the expedition to New York against the Dutch, 1654. He was then of Taunton. He had sons born, Nath'l. 1656, Edward 1663, Hezekiah 1678.
* She was widow of John Glover of Dorchester, and daughter of Lawrence Smith : she had a son Ebenezer and five daughters, of whom Mary married Samuel Prince, Esq. of Sandwich and Middleboro, and was the mother of Prince the Chronologist.
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Richard Hoar of Yarmouth, 1641, was probably a brother of John : as also Daniel of Concord, who deceased in London. President Leonard Hoar was also his brother, who died at Braintree, 1675. By way of illustrating the family connexions, we subjoin an abstract of President Hoar's will, dated 1675 :
"To daughter Bridget 200£ at 21, or marriage with her mother's consent. To my brother Daniel, whose real and perpetual kindness I can never remunerate, my stone signet and my watch. To my dear brother John a black suit-To my dear sisters Flint and Quinsey, each a black serge gown. To cousin Josiah Flint, out of my Library, Rouanelli Bibli- otheca. To my cousin Noah Newman, Aquinas' Sermons, and to them both the use of any books and manuscripts of mine on Divinity, they giving a note to return them on demand. My medical writings to my wife's custody, till some of my kindred addicted to those studies, shall desire them, and especially John Hoar's or any other of my brothers' or sisters' sons or grandsons."
ISRAEL HOBART, shipwright,
son of Rev. Peter Hobart of Hingham, (born 1642, died 1731, aged eighty-nine), came into Scituate 1676. His house at Hingham had been burnt by the Indians in the spring of that year. He settled here on the North river, at the well known place, since called Hobart's landing. His house stood near the ship-yard : it is remembered by some of our oldest inhabi- tants, as a spacious mansion, adorned with two carved cherubs over the door. He married Sarah, daughter of Rev. Mr With- erell, 1674, his children, Nathan and Abigail born 1678, Jael 1680, Israel 1682, Abigail 1683, Israel 1686, were born in Scituate. In Hingham had been born Nathaniel 1675, Re- becca 1676.
Israel Hobart's will, dated 1729, gives legacies "To son Israel -to daughter Abigail-to Mary Witherton, Grace Davis, and Bathsheba Bradford, daughters of my daughter Sarah Brock - and to my daughter Jael, executrix."
Israel, jr. was a householder 1723. He had two daughters, Patience and Grace.
CAPT. WILLIAM HOLBROOK
came into Scituate 1660, and purchased lands in Conihassett, adjoining the farm of Capt. Michael Pierce, on the south-west.
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His house was on the south side of the Cohasset road, a half mile west of Capt. Pierce's. His father Thomas had lands in Scituate 1649, but resided in Weymouth : Capt. William died here 1699. His sons settled here, viz. Samuel, whose son Samuel was born 1683, (which latter married Jane Clap 1708). John (son of Capt. William) had a son John born 1686: he had six daughters : John, his son, married Sarah Chittenden 1709. Persis, daughter of Capt. William, married John Far- row 1696.
THOMAS HOLBROOK
was brother of Capt. William. He married Deborah Daman 1666, and removed shortly to Weymouth.
Thomas, sen. deceased at Weymouth 1673. His will gives "To wife Jane all my estate during her life, (requesting sons John, William and Thomas to be helpful to her, as she is ancient and weak of body), afterward to be divided to those three sons, and my three daughters, Ann Reynolds, Elizabeth Hatch and Jane Drake. To my grandsons John Holbrook my sword, to Peter my gun and grey mare's colt, and to William my musket : and to each grandchild at my wife's decease 2s. each."
Samuel, sen. deceased at Weymouth, 1696. His will gives to son Cornelius lands in Weymouth, also to son William, and legacies to daughters Elizabeth Buck, (wife of John of Scituate), to Mehitabel Sprague, (wife of Jonathan), to daughter Jane Balcome, and daughter Hopestill Holbrook."
WILLIAM HOLMES, planter,
was one of the Conihassett partners in 1646 : and a householder before 1647 : his right to common lands descended to his heirs as late as 1703. He was a freeman in 1658. Before 1662, he removed to Marshfield side of the North river; where he died before 1690, and where Elizabeth, his widow, died 1693. His children were Abraham born 1641, Israel 1642, Isaac 1644, Sarah 1646, Rebecca 1648, Josiah 1650, Mary 1655, Elizabeth 1661, all baptized in Scituate second Church. We have met with few records of this family after their removal. Abraham had a family in Marshfield : (his daughter Elizabeth was born 1666) : he had a second wife, we believe, viz. Abi- gail Nichols of Hingham, 1695, (see Hingham Records).
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Israel (with Joseph Trouant) was shipwrecked and lost, " sailing into Plymouth harbour, Feb. 24, 1684," Marshfield Records. Joseph was in Marshfield 1671, when he sold lands in Scituate to Caleb Lincoln of Hingham. There are many descendants of this family in Plymouth County. Some, how- ever, of this name descended from John Holmes, a freeman 1634, and who had lands "at Reed pond," in Plymouth, the same year. We notice in the Colony records that he was often the messenger of the General Court. The Rev. John Holmes, minister of Duxbury, who died 1675, may have been his son; but this we have not ascertained. Some of the families in Plymouth County derive their descent from him, viz. those of Rochester. And some derive their descent from yet another source. In A. D. 1718, Judge John Cushing (second gener- ation) married a widow Sarah Holmes of Boston, who had several children, viz. Elizabeth, who became the first wife of Chief Justice John Cushing, 1718-Nathaniel, who resided in Boston, and John, who married Susannah Briggs of Scituate, and had children; some of whom were Deborah and Ruth, twins, born 1719, Abigail 1720, and John, who married Han- nah Briggs 1746.
We had conjectured that William Holmes, at the head of this article, was the son of Lieut. William Holmes, who was freeman in Plymouth 1634 -" appointed to instruct the people of Plymouth and Duxbury in arms, 1635,"-commander in the Pequod war, 1637, and afterward Major in Massachusetts : but we are not certain. Major Holmes died in Boston, 1649, and it does not appear that he left a family. We notice in the Plymouth Colony records 1654, "Job Hawkins of Boston, claimed as heir, the lands of the late Major William Holmes, at North River, on Marshfield side, and was allowed to take possession, giving security to give them up, in case an heir of better claim should appear."
WARD HOLLOWAY
came from Hingham in 1730. He married Mary, the daugh- ter of Benjamin Studley, 1734. His children were Mary born 1737, now living, William, who was drowned in early manhood, and Wiborn, a soldier in the French war, lately living in Boston.
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JOHN HOSKINS
was in Scituate 1695. His residence was south-east of Great swamp. His children, Sainuel born 1699, Martha 1706, he had also a son Benjamin, who married Charity Sergeant of Hingham, 1725. We believe Mr Lemuel Hoskins, who now resides in the south part of the Town, is descended from this family. There was a William Hoskins in Scituate, free- man in 1634, probably ancestor of John.
SAMUEL HOUSE
had lands assigned by the committee for laying out lands, in 1634, south-east of Colman's hills, between the lots of Rev. Mr Lothrop and Richard Foxwell. He probably was one of Mr Lothrop's church, who came with him from London. He died in Scituate, 1661. Son Samuel and daughter Elizabeth administer ; it is said in the Historical Society's papers, (Vol. IV. 2d. series), that he removed to Cambridge, but this does not appear.
Samuel, his son, was a shipwright, and his place of residence was near Hobart's landing, on the north-east of the ship-yard. He married Rebecca, the daughter of Thomas Nichols, 1664. His children, Samuel born 1665, Joseph 1667, Rebecca 1670, John 1672, Sarah 1678, (who married James Cushing 1710).
Samuel, 3d. married Sarah Pincin 1692, and lived probably near Curtis's mill, west of the third Herring brook. The last of this family in the Town was Coombs House, who removed to Pembroke ponds, 1808. Samuel, 3d. died 1718, and left sons, Joseph, David, James, Samuel and John.
GOODMAN HOYT, probably Simon,
was a freeman in Massachusetts, 1631. In Scituate 1633, and probably earlier, he had a lot of planting land on the third cliff, as also Thomas Bird and Henry Merritt. He had a house lot also on Kent street, the third lot on the Green field, west of Barnard Lombard's lot. Traces of him here disappear after 1636.
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EDWARD HUMPHRIES, (from Ireland),
was in Scituate 1740. He married Anna Sandlin 1739. He purchased land of the Randall family, one quarter of a mile west of Wild cat hill, where he resided. His children, Mar- garet born 1741, Edward 1742, Richard 1744, Mary 1748, John 1749. Edward, a very worthy man, resided on the paternal place, and deceased 1825, not married. He had been a Revolutionary soldier. Margaret married William Corlew, and left a family in Scituate. She died 1826. Rich- ard has recently been living in Littleton. John also resided and deceased in Littleton.
THOMAS HYLAND
was freeman in Scituate 1638. His farm was on the fourth cliff, principally, but his house was on Kent street, nearly opposite to the lane called "the drift way." He came from Tenterden in Kent, England. There is no record of the birth of his children. It, however, appears that his daughter Debo- rah was the second wife of Serjeant William Ticknor, 1666, and a daughter Mary, the third wife of John Bryant, sen. 1664, and Ruth, single, 1664, and Sarah, wife of Thomas Turner, 1652. He mentions these daughters in his deeds of settlement, 1664. He had a son Samuel, who died a soldier in Philip's war, 1676. His wife Elizabeth executor, and Serjeant John Bryant bondsman.
His son Thomas succeeded to his father's residence. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Stockbridge, 1661. His children, Thomas born 1662, Elizabeth 1665, Mary 1667, John 1669, Ruth 1673. Of these children,
Thomas, died in Phipps's Canada expedition, 1690. (Thomas, sen. appointed administrator, Probate Records).
John married Elizabeth James 1693. His children, Ruth born 1695, Elizabeth 1697, James 1701, John 1704, Sarah 1706, Thomas 1708, Ann 1710, Benjamin 1711.
Mr John Hyland, who now resides on the fourth cliff, (land which the family has possessed since 1633), is the grandson of John, born 1704. William Hyland, a Revolutionary soldier, is now living one fourth mile south-east of mount Blue.
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THOMAS INGHAM
was a weaver, as we observe in the Colony records. "1663, Thomas Ingham was presented for detaining yarn of those who brought it to be woven," (cleared). He bought lands on the south side of Stockbridge's mill pond, of Abraham Sutliffe, 1640. His house was about forty rods from the mill dam, near Northy's. He had lands on the south-east of Brushy hill, and elsewhere. Both he and his wife were guilty of being old and solitary, and therefore suspected of witchcraft, (see witch- craft). He had a daughter Mary born 1647, Thomas born 1654, John 1663. John left no family on record. Thomas had a pleasant farm south of George Moore's swamp. He sold it before 1720, to Anthony Stetson, and removed to the south. Isaac, the son of Anthony Stetson, succeeded to this place, 1750, and it is now owned by his son, David, Esq. of Charles- town.
SAMUEL JACKSON
came from Plymouth 1638. He married Hester, the daughter of Dea. Richard Sealis, 1639, and succeeded to his residence, (see Sealis). He had but one son, Jonathan born 1647, who was a soldier in Philip's war, and received a grant of land for his services. He succeeded his father, and had but one son, Jonathan born 1685, and daughters Sarah and Hannah. Jon- athan married Sarah Daman 1728, and Deborah Stetson 1732. He had but one son, Jonathan born 1733, and one daughter, Sarah born 1730. Jonathan married Mehitabel Hyland 1757, and had several children ; of whom Roland resides in Scituate, and Dea. Ward Jackson in Boston.
CAPT. DAVID JACOB
was the son of John Jacob* of Glad Tidings plain, Hingham. He was born 1664. His mother was Mary, the daughter of George Russell, sen. of Hingham, a second wife: he was
* " John Jacob slain by the Indians near his father's house, April 19, 1676, and about the same time of day, Serj. Pratt at Weymouth. April 20th. Joseph Jones's, Anthony Sprague's, Israel Hobart's, Nath'l. Chubbuck's, and James Whiton's houses burnt down by the Indians." (Hobart's journal).
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grandson of Nicholas Jacob, who was amongst the first settlers of Hingham. David came into Scituate 1688, when he pur- chased the lands of George Russell, (his uncle), on the south- east of Stockbridge's mill, the ancient Stedman place. His house stood near where stands the house of Mr Samuel Hatch, his descendant. That Russell house was burnt 1712, and another erected near the same place, which has been succeeded since by the spacious mansion of Mr Hatch. Dea. David Jacob was an active and useful man, always employed in pub- lick business, and often also as town schoolmaster, there being but one school at that time. He married Sarah, the daughter of John Cushing, Esq. 1689; she was his cousin. His children were David born 1690, Elisha 1692, (died early), Lydia 1700, died early, Joshua 1702, Joseph 1707, Benj. 1709, Elisha 1711. Besides these, he had daughters Mary, Sarah, Deborah and Han- nah. Of these sons Benjamin succeeded to his father's residence, and was the grandfather of Mr Samuel Hatch, above named. David, Joshua, and Dr. Joseph settled in the west part of the Town, at Assinippi, (Snappet), David on the Plymouth road, half mile south-east of the mill. Dr. Joseph at the foot of Barstow's hill on Plymouth road, at the east of Gillman plain, (now Col. Collamore's), Joshua sixty rods north-east of the mill, where Richmond Jacob, his grandson, resides. Col. John Jacob, a Revolutionary officer, was his son: as also Capt. Joshua : and James, who succeeded to his father's residence.
Nicholas Jacob, the first of the family, died at Hingham, 1657, and gives in his will legacies, "To wife Mary 30€, to Joseph, Hannah and Deborah Loring 10£ each - To son John a double portion-To son Joseph, to daughter Mary, wife of John Otis, to daughter Elizabeth, wife of John Thaxter, to daughter Sarah, wife of John Cushing, to daughters Hannah and Deborah equal shares."
WILLIAM JAMES
was in Scituate 1673. He came probably from Marshfield, where there was a widow Anna James and family as early as 1650. William settled at Scituate harbour 1673. His house lot was "north of Job Otis's ware-house," a part of which he sold to Capt. Stephen Otis, for the place for "a new house," 1697, (now Young's Tavern). He conducted ship-building, and dug a dock for launching his vessels, which now bears the name of "Will James's dock." He was also engaged in a
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coasting trade and fishery. He succeeded to a share in Coni- hassett lands in the right of John Woodfield. There is no record of children. His wife's name was Mehitabel. Eliza- beth James married John Hyland 1693, and Mehitabel to Samuel Tuell 1700, which we conjecture to have been his daughters. Also Ann James to John Turner, jr. 1649; prob- ably his sister.
There was a Samuel James mentioned in our records, who may have been his father : and a Samuel James married Hope Chamberlain of Hull, 1711, he was from Hingham, and a son of Francis James.
JOHN JAMES,
so far as we have discovered, appears to have been of a differ- ent family from William above, and probably was the son of Thomas James of Dedham, 1640. John was a freeman in Scituate in 1668. He purchased the farm of Ephraim Kemp- ton's heirs, at "the block-house," on the North river, where his descendant Dea. Elisha James now resides. He married Lydia, daughter of John Turner, sen. in 1675. He had but one son, viz. John born 1676, (see William Barrell), and he deceased about the time of the birth of that son, having been wounded by the Indians.
Dea. John married Eunice Stetson 1700, and Lydia, daugh- ter of Nathaniel Turner, 1719, and succeeded to his father's residence. His children were Eunice born 1703, Mary 1704, Eunice 1706, John 1709, Benjamin 1711, Lydia 1713, Elisha 1715, Zipporah 1717, (wife of Elisha Randall : she died 1815.)
Dea. John, jr. married Rhoda, daughter of Dea. George King, 1730, by whom he had John born 1731, and by a second wife, Prudence Staunton of Stonington, Connecticut, he had Staunton born 1738, Prudence 1740, (wife of Capt. Elisha Turner), Rhoda 1742, (wife of Mr John Beal of Hingham), Elisha 1744, William 1746, Eunice 1747, Lydia 1749, (wife of Charles Curtis, Lucy 1751, Thomas 1753 .- Of these Dea. John, 3d. married Sarah Jacob 1758, and succeeded to the residence of Dea. George King, his grandfather. His children were Sarah, John, (late Major James of Medford, whose sons are Capt. Galen, Joseph and others), Hannah, George, Joseph and Charles, born from 1759 to 1775.
Staunton was killed in the French war.
Dea. Elisha succeeded to the residence of his grandfather, his father having resided at the place now owned by Mr Lem-
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uel . Jacob. He married Sarah, daughter of Capt. Elisha Foster, 1774, by whom he has children, Staunton, Sarah, (widow of Capt. Thomas Southworth), Elisha, of Roxbury, Temperance, (wife of Mr Wild of Hingham), and Dea. Joshua of Scituate. The second wife of Dea. Elisha is Ruth, widow of Nathaniel Chittenden, and sister of his first wife.
William married Mary, daughter of Capt. Benjamin Ran- dall, 1780, and has children, Lydia, (wife of Capt. Bass of Quincy), Betsey, (wife of Rev. William Torrey), William of Scituate, Hannah, (wife of Mr Briggs Alden of Duxbury), and Josiah Leavitt of New York. Thomas married Sarah Clap, and deceased at Londonderry, leaving sons and daugh- ters, one of whom is the wife of Dea. Joshua James of Scituate.
Capt. Benjamin (son of the first Dea. John) settled on the east of Colman's hills. His children were Mercy born 1738, Benjamin 1740. The latter was the father of Benjamin, John and Doctor Elisha of Scituate.
EDWARD JENKINS
was one of the Conihassett partners in 1646, and a freeman 1647. He purchased a part of Edward Foster's house lot 1647, and built his house at the corner of Kent street, near the bridge, where the house of Capt. Lemuel Webb now stands. He had a lot also near where the Methodist chapel now stands, where his son Thomas settled 1678. Edward Jenkins kept an ordinary many years : licensed first 1677. He deceased 1699. His will gives legacies, "To my wife Mary -to son Thomas -to grandson Daniel 20 acres near Valley swamp- (note : this is now called the Jenkins meadow, on the north of Jacob's mill pond) -to grandson Edward -to granddaughters Hannah Turner and Mary Bacon-to daughter Mary Cooke, to granddaughter Mary Jenkins. Item, it is my will that bread and beer be given at my funeral : also that a sermon be preach- ed at my funeral by Mr Jeremiah Cushing, or some other minister whom my Executor shall think meet : also I give to the minister that shall preach my funeral sermon 20s." By way of explanation, we remark, that Edward Jenkins seems to have belonged to the liberal party of the puritans : the more strict party forbade sermons, and even prayers at funerals, because the Church of England " said prayers at funerals," and the Church of Rome "prayed for the dead." See Neal's History.
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We have not learned who was the first wife of Edward Jenkins, and the mother of his children : his second wife was widow Mary Ripley of Hingham, 1684. His daughter Mary married Marmaduke Atkinson, 1670, and in 1674, "being deserted, was divorced," Colony Records. She afterwards married Robert Cooke. His daughter Hannah married Tho- mas Turner, Esq. a lawyer, 1693, and his daughter Sarah married Mr Bacon, probably of Taunton.
Thomas married Martha - . 1678. Children, Hannah 1679, Thomas 1681, Edward, 2d. 1683, Daniel 1685. We find no families of these sons here except of
Edward, 2d. who married Martha Daman 1705, and Abigail Merritt, 1728, and left children, Mary born 1706, Thomas 1707, Anna 1708, Samuel 1710, Thankful 1712, Edward 1713, David 1715, Mary 1717, James 1718, Martha 1724, Content 1726, Daniel 1728. Of these,
Thomas married Sarah Bailey 1740, and had children, Thomas, who married Hannah, the daughter of Dea. Joseph Clap, of Black pond hill, and whose son Bailey Jenkins is living, and has a family. Gera, who married Lillis Colman, 1766, and has sons Gera, Capt. Colman, Capt. Elijah, Capt. Oliver, (of Quincy), and Israel. Dea. Samuel (son of Edward, 2d.) married Rebecca White, 1740, his children, Edward born 1741, Samuel 1742, Joshua 1744, Ebenezer 1745, (died young), Rebecca 1747, Nathaniel 1748, died early, Martha 1750, Nathaniel 1752, died young, Caleb 1754, died early, Joseph 1757, Caleb 1758, Abigail 1759, Sarah 1761. Dea. Samuel lived nearly a century. Of his sons :
Edward, 3d. married Jerusha Neal 1764, and left a son Charles, who married Jane Collier 1785. He was then of Bridgewater, and his sons William and Noble Everett are of Boston.
Samuel (son of Dea. Samuel) married Abigail Cole 1771. Children, Samuel born 1772, Abigail 1774, Nathaniel 1776, George 1779, Sarah 1782, Nancy 1784, Sophia 1786. Capt. Joshua (son of Dea. Samuel) married widow Ruth Sparrell, 1778 : his son Capt. Davis Jenkins, by a first wife, was lost at sea, 1819, and Joshua by his second wife, was also lost at sea, and Capt. Joshua himself.
Joseph (son of Dea. Samuel) removed to Sandy river, Maine, where he has a family.
Caleb (son of Dea. Samuel) married Elizabeth Tilson of Plymouth, 1791, and had sons Peres, Peleg, (of Bridgewater), and Nathan, who died young.
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David (son of Edward 2d.) removed to Abington, where he has posterity. He married Elizabeth Merritt 1741.
James (son of Edward, 2d.) married Mary Vinal 1746, and left children, Mary born 1747, James 1749, Peleg 1751, (died early), Gideon 1753, Calvin 1758. Of these James, jr. mar- ried Ruth Lincoln 1774, and had children, Polly born 1775, Ruth 1777, James 1779, Cummings 1782, Isaac 1784, Ruth 1788. Gideon married Mercy Lincoln of Cohasset, 1777, and left children, Capt. Peleg of Scituate Harbour, born 1779, Luther 1780, Nancy 1783, (widow of Capt. Davis Jenkins), Gideon 1785, Mercy 1789, Josiah 1791, Solon 1793, (who married Hannah, daughter of Charles Cole), Shadrach 1796, Clarissa 1799, Chloe 1802. Calvin married Elizabeth Litch- field 1781, and has sons Calvin and others.
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