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Benjamin, jr. married Ruth Curtis 1737, and had children, Elijah born 1738, Seth 1741, Elizabeth (wife of Capt. William Brooks 1774). Elijah married Thankful Whitcomb 1766, and had children, Peres, Elijah, Thankful and Mary. He was often a Selectman. He removed to New Springfield, Vermont, where he recently deceased. Seth married Sprague, and deceased 1831, leaving sons Seth and Josiah, who live near Hingham line on the Mountain road.
HEZEKIAH STODDER,
another brother of Dea. Samuel, settled on Gillman plain 1711, and had children, Bathsheba 1711, Joshua 1713, Eunice 1715,
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· Hezekiah 1722. The latter succeeded his father, and had sons Laban, Hezekiah, Samuel, Obadiah, Deran and Bela, several of whom removed. Hezekiah 3d. has left sons in Abington and Scituate. His wife, Elizabeth Gardner.
The families of this name in this vicinity all descended from John Stodder of Hingham, who married Hannah, daughter of John Bryant of Scituate, 1665.
ABRAHAM SUTLIFFE
sold lands in Scituate to Thomas Ingham 1640 : also to John Stockbridge, " north-east of the Mill." He had a house north of Stockbridge's (as it was afterward built). He was living 1659 when " Abraham Sutliffe and Sarah his wife were ordered to make retraction for defaming John Sutton, in saying he was basely born." Colony Record.
He had one son Abraham, whose house in 1670 was at the foot of Curtis hill, north side of the road on the margin of the brook. He was succeeded by Samuel Curtis of York.
GEORGE SUTTON
had lands laid out in 1638, on the 1st. Herring brook. His house was near John Daman's at the south-west end of Green field lane, where it unites with the Drift way. He married Sarah, the wife of Elder Nathaniel Tilden, 1641. Children, John 1642, Lydia 1646, Sarah 1648, (died early,) Sarah 1650, Elizabeth 1653.
John purchased Conihassett lands, south of Booth hill and near Bound brook. His house was near the Brook, a half mile south of that hill. He was an Ensign in Philip's war with Capt. Williams. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel House, 1661. Children, Elizabeth 1662, John 1664, Mary 1666, Sarah 1668, Hannah 1670, Hester 1673, Benjamin 1675, Nathaniel 1677, Nathan 1679.
John married Ann Cole, and left sons John, jr. Seth and Nathaniel, born from 1705 to 1711. John, jr. had John, An- drew and Abner, who married Ann Hayden 1776: Reuben and Seth were sons of Abner.
Nathaniel had a son Ray born 1709. This family has be- come nearly extinct in this Town. Reuben deceased 1822, and his sons removed.
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John, sen. deceased 1691, and names in his will - " wife Elizabeth, children, John, Nathaniel, Nathan, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Hester."
There was a Simon Sutton, who bore arms in Scituate 1643 : but soon disappears. " John Sutton, who died at Rehoboth 1670, may have been his son. Ichabod Cook now occupies the farm that was John Sutton's in 1750.
CAPT. THOMAS SOUTHWORTH,
from Duxbury, son of Dea. James Southworth, and a descend- ant of Constant Southworth, an early settler of Duxbury, came into Scituate in 1800. He married Sarah, the daughter of Dea. Elisha James. - He was a shipmaster, and an intelligent and exceedingly amiable man. He deceased at New Orleans, on a voyage in 1819. His mansion house stood near the gate that leads to the " Block house," and was unfortunately burnt in 1823- and was replaced by the much smaller house which occupies the spot. His widow survives, and also his children, Capt. James, Lucy, Nathan, Thomas, Temperance and George.
THOMAS STAR, ×
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son of " Comfort Star, who came from Ashford, Kent, Eng. in 1633, and settled in Cambridge," (Farmer,) was in Scituate 1644. His son Comfort was born 1644, and his daughter Elizabeth 1646. He removed to Yarmouth in 1648 or 9. He is styled Surgeon, and is noticed in Dr. Thatcher's Medical Biography as living at Yarmouth in 1670.
John Star of Bridgewater in 1645, may have been another son of Comfort Star of Cambridge. His descendants, Joseph, (with his sons Joseph and Robert) resided on the east margin of the Nippinicket pond, until 1800; at which time they re- moved to Maine.
Comfort Star, (another son of Comfort of Cambridge,) grad- uated at Harvard College 1647, and, (according to Farmer's register) was a minister at Carlisle, in Cumberland, Eng. - and afterward at Lewis, in Sussex, where he died 1711. Ser lavas_ 275
RICHARD SYLVESTER
was in Weymouth 1633. We find that he gained an unfortu- nate notoriety, by espousing certain religious sentiments, too liberal for the age in which he lived. Mr. Robert Lenthal, his
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minister at Weymouth, advanced the sentiment, " That all bap- tized persons should be admitted to the Communion without further trial." (Magnalia I. 222.) This was a heresy to be noticed by Government, and he was ordered to retract in pres- ence of the General Court ; with which order he complied. Richard Sylvester, who held the same opinion, adhered to it, and in consequence was fined and disfranchised by the Govern- ment. This put him upon removing from the Colony, and he came to Scituate 1642. Thomas Rawlins, Thomas Clap, James Torrey and William Holbrook, came about the same time, and probably on account of holding the same sentiments. Sylvester settled in Marshfield, or rather in that part of Scituate called "the Two miles." He married the sister of Capt. William Torrey. His children were Lydia born 1633, John 1634, Peter 1637, Joseph 1638, Dinah 1642, Elizabeth 1643, Richard 1648, Naomi 1649, Israel 1651, Hester 1653, Ben- jamin 1656.
We observe an anecdote in Winthrop's Journal, respecting the unfortunate death of one of the above children. (Vol. 2, p. 77. See also Vol. I. 289.)
" Richard Sylvester having three small children, he and his wife going to the assembly upon the Lord's day, left them at home. The oldest was without doors looking to some cattle. The middlemost, being a son of about five years old, seeing his father's fowling piece stand in the chimney, took it and laid it upon a stool, as he had seen his father do, and pulled up the cock, the spring being weak, and put down the hammer, then went to the other end, and blowed in the mouth of the piece, as he had seen his father also do, and with that, stirring the piece, it went off and shot the child into the mouth and through his head. When the father came home, he found his child dead ; the youngest child (being but three years old) showed him the whole manner of it." We find a fair record, that Peter born 1637, died 1642 - the date of the anecdote in Winthrop : and also, we find that the two elder sons John and Joseph sur- vived and left families. Richard Sylvester deceased 1663, He names in his will, John, Joseph, Israel, Richard, Benjamin, Lydia, Dinah, Elizabeth, Naomi, Hester. The same year, " Richard Sylvester's widow, Naomi, allowed more than her husband's will." (Plymouth Colony Records.)
Lydia married Nathaniel Rawlins 1652, Elizabeth married John Lowell 1658. Naomi was John Lowell's 2d. wife 1666. Dinah probably did not marry, as also Hester.
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John left a family, Sarah 1671, John born 1672, Joseph 1674, Samuel 1676, Lydia 1679. Some of his posterity remain.
Capt. Joseph had a farm north of the Church hill, which, in part, he purchased of John Whiston 1664. His house stood where that of Mr. Samuel Waterman now stands. (See mili- tary affairs). He was Capt. under Col. Church, in the Eastern Expedition against the Indians, 1689. The next year he was Capt. (with 16 men from Scituate, many of whom never re- turned,) in Phips' Canada Expedition, and died in the service. His will was verbal ;* and proved in the Court by three of his soldiers, viz. Benjamin Stetson, John and William Perry, giving " all my lands at Hugh's cross to son Joseph : the three younger sons to be provided for by their mother out of the re- mainder of my estate." Wife Mary, Executrix. His children were Joseph born 1664, Mary 1667, Anna 1669, Benjamin 1672, Amos 1676, David 1682. The descendants of this family are in Hanover. Joseph Sylvester, of Cumberland County, Maine, married Lucy Wade 1788. He lived at a place called Prout's Gore.+
Richard removed. He was in Milton 1678, when he mar- ried Hannah, the " daughter of Old James Leonard of Taun- ton." See Records at Boston.
Israel had a house one fourth mile south-east of the south Meeting-house, on the margin of the 2d. Herring brook in 1670. That house was taken down by Elnathan Cushing 1829. His children were Israel born 1674, Silence 1677, Richard 1679, Lois 1680, Martha 1682, Mary 1683, Elisha 1685, Peter 1687, Zebulun 1689, Bathsheba 1692, Deborah 1696. Of the sons, Richard lived at the place of the late Elijah Turner, Esq. and had sons Nehemiah and Seth.
Peter married Mary Torrey 1712, had children, Peter 1713, Hannah 1717, Joshua 1717, Mary 1721, Levi 1723, Deborah 1726. In 1727 this family removed to Leicester, where there are descendants. Peter born 1713, had sons, Peter, Otho, Amos, Ezra, Elisha. Henry H. Sylvester, Esq. of Charles- town, N. H. we believe is the son of Peter last named.
Zebulun, (son of Israel) had a son Elisha, who succeeded to the residence at the Herring brook, (he was the father of
* Several Nuncupative Wills were allowed by the Court after that Expe- dition.
t The Town of Turner, in Maine, was a grant to this family for services in the Canadian wars.
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Thomas deceased, and Elisha living.) Zebulun had also a son Israel born 1717, and deceased at Snappet 1812, aged 95.
Benjamin, (youngest son of Richard, sen.) married Lydia, daughter of Richard Standlake 1684. Sons, Benjamin born 1685, Joseph 1688, probably his descendants are in Marshfield. Richard sold his Weymouth farm to John Holbrook 1650.
THOMAS TART
was a Conihassett partner 1646. He was here 1640, when he is mentioned as a shop-keeper in the Colony Records. He built the first house on the ancient Ellmes farm, which he sold to Rhodolphus Ellmes 1659. In the deed, he is then called of Barbadoes. His daughter Elizabeth married Thomas Will- iams (we believe of Boston) 1638.
ISAAC TAYLOR,
from Massachusetts and probably from Concord, was in Scitu- ate as early as 1686. He had several children baptized in the 2d. Church, viz. Isaac 1693, Mary 1696, (who was the wife of Mr. Nathaniel Brooks in 1723) Jonathan 1698, David 1700. The latter left a daughter on record, viz. Delight born 1732, Isaac, jr. married Ruth Green 1718. Children, Isaac born 1721, Ruth 1723, Isaac 1725.
WILLIAM TAYLOR
was a brother of Isaac, and probably elder. His children on record were Lydia 1688, Elizabeth 1692, Mary 1696. This family has long since disappeared from our records. Benjamin Taylor married Anna Bates 1720, and John married Elizabeth Gilford 1730. Whose sons they were, it does not appear in our Records.
WILLIAM THRIFT
had several children born in Scituate, viz. Hannah 1732, Mary who married Jabez Stanley 1760, Hannah married John Gaynes of Boston 1759.
JOHN TWISDEN,
freeman 1639, purchased the farm of Isaac Robinson on the south-east of Colman's hills, the same year: which farm he
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sold to Thomas Robinson 1645, and removed to Georgiana or York. His daughter Elizabeth married Dea. Joseph Tilden 1649. Samuel Twisden, probably his son, had lands in Scitu- ate 1670. He deceased here 1680, leaving no family on record.
SERGEANT WILLIAM TICKNER
appears in Scituate 1656, in which year he married Hannah, the daughter of John -Stockbridge, and succeeded to the man- sion house of his father in law at the Harbour, (Mr. Stockbridge having removed to Boston about that time). Serj. Tickner was engaged in agriculture, navigation and mercantile pursuits. His " warehouse" is mentioned in our records in 1660. His farm was three fourths of a mile south-west from the harbour, now the well known place of Abijah Otis. He was often en- gaged in municipal affairs, as selectman, assessor, surveyor, &c. He was also in Philip's war in 1676, being a Serjeant in Gen. Cudworth's guard or " particular company."
We find the names of his children, by recurring to the bap- tisms in the 2d. Church in Scituate ; and from the circum- stance of his having belonged to that church, we know that he was of the moderate party of Puritans. (See Chap. on Eccle- siastical History.)
His son John was baptized May 1659, and William 1664. His wife Hannah deceased in 1665, and he married Deborah, the daughter of Thomas Hyland : she also deceased 1693, and her husband was then living, The latter wife left no children, that we have discovered. John, the eldest son, deceased in 1665.
William, jr. succeeded his father in business and in useful- ness in the town. He married Lydia, the daughter of Dea. Joseph Tilden, 1696. His children were Hannah, born 1697, John 1699, William 1700, Lydia 1702. He sold his farm, warehouse, &c. to Job Otis 1710, for 400£, and removed to Lebanon, Con. Of his children, we are able to give an account only of
John. He married Mary Bailey at Lebanon, Con. 1724, and deceased 1751, leaving children, Mary born 1725, John 1727, Lydia 1729, Isaac. 1733, Elisha 1736, Hannah 1737, James 1740, (died 1812, without children) Irene 1747, David 1750, (died early) of these
Isaac deceased in Lebanon, Con. and if we mistake not, his son Isaac succeeded him, and deceased 1812, leaving children, David who died 1830, Asahel of Susquehannah County, Penn.
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John, (of Clinton, Georgia) planter and merchant. Dr. Olney, a respectable physician, of Clinton Georgia, William of Sus- quehannah, Penn. Mary, wife of Benjamin Woodworth of Columbia : and Clarissa, wife of Mr. Ormsby, of Clinton, Georgia. Most of these have families. €
Col. Elisha, (son of John and Mary Bailey) married Ruth Knowles of Truro, Mass. 1755, by whom he had children, Elisha born 1757, Ruth 1759, (died early) John 1761, (of Plainfield, N. H. and father of John, a merchant of Mobile, Erastus of Plainfield, and several daughters,) Paul Knowles 1761, (of Lebanon, N. H. and father of Isaac and Paul, and six daughters) Joshua 1765, (of Illinois) Ruth born 1767, (died early) Elias 1769, of N. H. (father of Olney, Joshua, Samuel, Elisha, William, Elias, Barton, and three daughters).
Ruth, the wife of Col. Tickner," deceased 1771, and he married Deborah Davis of Lebanon, Con. 1772, by whom he had Deborah 1773, (wife of Alfred Bingham, and mother of many children) James born 1776, (of Illinois, and father of Thomas, Hiram and others) Samuel born 1778, (of Lisle, N. Y. and father of Elisha, Lewis, David, Samuel, and daugh- ters) Ruth born 1781, (wife of Daniel Richards of Illinois, and mother of 17 children) William born 1785, (of Lebanon, N. H. and father of William, of Boston, and others) Tryphena born 1787, (wife of Elisha Kimball of Lebanon, N. H. and mother of several children) David born 1791, deceased in Boston 1829, where he had been a broker, and leaving sons, William, Benjamin, George - and by a 2d wife, Baldwin.
Col. Tickner, the father of these fifteen children, removed from Connecticut, with several other families, in 1774, and settled in the plantation now called Lebanon, N. H. He had a command in the New Hampshire Troops, in the expedition against Crown point, &c. in the Revolutionary War. He died 1822. We give some further notice to one of Col. Tickner's sons, viz. Elisha, who graduated at Dartmouth College 1783. He was master of the Latin school connected with that College until 1786, when he removed to Boston, where he was Princi- pal of a Grammar school until 1794, and afterward, a success- ful merchant. We believe that the primary schools of Boston owe something to Mr. Tickner, of their present happy arrange- ment : and we can add, that the establishment of the Savings Institution was an object in which he laboured with peculiar
" The name in Scituate records is uniformly written Tickner ; the family now generally write Ticknor.
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interest. He married in 1791, Mrs. Betsey, the widow of Dr. Benjamin Curtis ; her maiden name was Billings of Sharon. She had several children, at the time of her second marriage, and after this marriage she had one son, viz.
George Ticknor born 1791. He graduated at Dartmouth 1807, and was educated for the Bar, under direction of Hon. William Sullivan. We trust we shall be pardoned for adding that he was in Europe from 1815 to 1819 at Gottingen, and on various travels, and during his absence, in 1817, was appointed Smith Professor of French and Spanish Literature, and Pro- fessor of Belles Lettres in Harvard University, on the duties of which office he entered in 1819. He married Anna, the daugh- ter of late Samuel Eliot, Esq. of Boston 1821, and has children, Anna Eliot and George Haven.
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came from Tenterden in Kent, with his family, before 1628 ._ (See page 8.) . He was chosen Ruling Elder of the first Church in Scituate 1634. His house lot was on Kent-street, the 3d. south of Greenfield lane. He had also lands at Long marsh : and lands also in 1640, on the east side of the North River, below Gravelly beach. We have not learned the name of his wife. His children were born in England, and were Dea. Joseph, Thomas, Mary, Sarah, Judith, Lydia, and Stephen, born, as nearly as we can conjecture, from 1615 to 1627. Of the daughters, Mary was the wife of Thomas Lap- ham, Sarah the wife of George Sutton, Judith the wife of Abraham Prebble, and Lydia the wife of Richard Garret, all of Scituate.
Dea. Joseph succeeded to his father's residence in Kent street. He belonged to the 2d. Church, of which he was chosen Deacon 1655 : and of course he belonged to the liberal or moderate class of Puritans. (See Chap. on Ecclesiastical History). He married Elizabeth, the daughter of John Twis- den 1648. His children were Nathaniel born 1649, John 1652, Rebecca 1654, Joseph 1656, Stephen 1659, Samuel 1660, Elizabeth 1665, Lydia 1666, Benjamin 1668. Of the daughters, Rebecca married Lieut. James Briggs 1673, Eliza- beth married Samuel Curtis, jr. 1690, Lydia married William Tickner, jr. 1696. Of his sons, Nathaniel married Mary Sharp 1673, and settled at the well known John Tilden Farm, a mile north-west of the Harbour. The house stood nearly
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where stands the house of John Man. His children were Nathaniel born 1678, (and whose daughter Ruth was born 1715) Elizabeth born 1681, Joseph born 1685, and by a 2d. wife, (Margaret Dodson) Mary born 1694, and Margaret 1696. John had lands contiguous to his brother Nathaniel's farm, but leaving no children, they were inherited by Joseph the son of Nathaniel. Joseph (last named) married Sarah, the daughter of Timothy White 1710, and had two sons, John born 1715, and Job 1725. The posterity of Job, probably are in Han- over. John married Sybil - 1744, and succeeded to his father's residence. His children were Thomas born 1743, Mary 1750, Sarah 1756. Thomas married Abigail Hatch 1766, succeeded to his father's residence, and had children, Abigail born 1767, Deborah 1770, Capt. John 1772, (who resides on the paternal farm) Amos 1774, of Scituate, near Merritt's brook, Thomas 1775, of Boston, Mary 1777, Lydia 1779, Patience 1781, Sybil 1783, (wife of Capt. G. W. Stet- son) and Joseph 1785, of Boston.
Joseph (son of Dea. Joseph) was living in Marshfield 1693, and also Stephen, and we may add Samuel also, who settled on the North river, between Gravelly beach and Union bridge, whose son Samuel was born 1689, (by a first wife) his 2d. wife was Sarah Curtis 1694. The latter Samuel married Desire Oldham 1717, and his son Samuel was born 1718. The latter was the father of the venerable Dea. Samuel Tilden, now living, aged 94, and occupying lands which his family has possessed since 1640. He is the patriarch of three numerous generations : his sons are Capt. Samuel, Capt. Jotham, Charles, Elisha, Dr. Calvin, Benjamin, Capt. Luther, Hatch, and Nathan.
Benjamin (the youngest son of Dea. Joseph) had a farm in Marshfield on the North river, a part of the lands above men- tioned. He died unmarried in 1693, and left his lands to his " seven brothers and sisters," and not naming John, we con- clude he had before deceased. Probate Records.
We return to Elder Tilden's sons.
Thomas was on the roll of those that bore arms in Scituate 1643 (with his brother Joseph) but we find no trace of a fam- ily. He may have returned to England.
Stephen (the youngest son of Elder Tilden) married Han- nah, daughter of Thomas Little (of Plymouth and afterward of Marshfield) 1661. He resided principally in Marshfield. His children were Hannah born 1662, Stephen 1663, Abigail 1666, Mary 1668, Judith 1670, Joseph 1672, Mercy 1674, Ruth
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1676, Isaac 1678, Ephraim 1680, Ebenezer 1681, David 1685. We have had little opportunity of tracing further the genealogy of this family ; we can only add that David married Abigail Pitcher 1710, and had children, David born 1711, , Abigail 1713, Hannah 1715, Elijah 1719, Mary 1722, Ezra 1724. Ebenezer had a family, Mary born 1715, Ebenezer 1717, and perhaps others. Joseph had a family in Marshfield, one of whom was Christopher, baptized in the first Church in Scitu- ate 1712. The latter married Sarah Parrot of Boston, and there resided. He was the father of the late Maj. David Til- den of Boston (whose sons were David, Christopher, James and Nathaniel) and of the late Capt. Joseph Tilden, also of Boston (whose sons are Joseph, Bryant P. and William, ) and of the accomplished wife of late Judge Nathan Cushing, of Scituate.
Elder Nathaniel Tilden deceased in 1641. His Will gives " to wife Lydia, the income of my Stone house, with the lands, in Tenterden in Kent, Eng. in which Richard Lambeth now dwells, &c. &c. To son Joseph, a double portion, that is, as much as both Thomas and Stephen, (in lands, houses, &c. in Scituate and Marshfield). To Lydia and Stephen, my two youngest children, a maintenance till 21. To Judith, a cow. To Mary, wife of Thomas Lapham, 10s. To Sarah, wife of George Sutton, 10s." The inventory of his estate, in the Colony Records, shows that he belonged to the wealthiest class of early settlers. We remarked, in his inventory, " Ten stocks or swarms of bees, appraised at 10£," and it is the earliest notice we have met with, respecting the keeping of bees in the Colony.
Dea. Joseph Tilden died June 3d. 1670. His will gives " To wife Elizabeth 100£. To sons Nathaniel, John, Stephen, Samuel, Benjamin, lands already deeded to them. To daugh- ter Elizabeth 10£. To sister Lydia Garrett 5£. To daugh- ters Rebecca and Lydia, all my other goods in equal shares : also I acquit my brother Stephen of all dues."
Nathaniel Tilden (son of Dea. Joseph) deceased 1730. His will gives legacies "to wife Margaret - sons Nathaniel and Joseph - daughters, Mary Hyland and Margaret Foster - and the six children of daughter Elizabeth Hatch deceased."
There was a Thomas Tilden who came to Plymouth in the Ann, 1623. He may have been a brother of Elder Nathaniel, but could not have been his son. There was a Joseph Tilden also amongst " the Merchant Adventurers" in London 1626, who was probably another brother of the same family.
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ROBERT THOMPSON
was in Scituate 1712. His house was on the lane which leads north-west from Hobart's landing gate. Mr. Cushing Briggs now owns the place. He married Ann, daughter of John Bar- ker, Esq. 1713. Children, Robert 1715, Barnabas 1717, Ann 1719, John 1720, Thomas 1721. This family soon removed.
JAMES TILL
was in the family of Isaac Stedman 1639. He had a grant of Marsh land at Till's creek, which received its early name from that circumstance, (now Dwelley's creek, opposite Gravelly beach west-side of North river). He left no family here, and probably removed to Boston with Stedman.
THOMAS TOTMAN *
came from Plymouth 1660. He resided south side Church hill. His son was Stephen, whose children were Samuel born 1693, Stephen 1695, Mary 1696, Christian 1699. Of these, Stephen had a son Ebenezer born 1720, who left two sons, Thomas, who removed, and Stephen born 1756, a Revolution- ary soldier ; and who deceased 1830, leaving descendants in Scituate, Weymouth and Boston. Ebenezer married Grace, daughter of Hawkins Turner : she is said to be living now at Brookfield. She was born 1732.
CAPT. BENJAMIN TOLMAN
came from Dorchester in 1709. He was the son of John Tolman, and grandson of Thomas Tolman, who came from England, and settled at Dorchester before 1640. He had also a son Thomas, whose posterity are' in Dorchester and the vicinity. Capt. Benjamin of Scituate, married Elizabeth, the
* Mary, wife of Thomas Totman, died suddenly 1666. Verdict of a Jury of 12 men, " That she did gather, dress and eat a root (which she judged the same she had eaten of before) of a poisonous nature, which we believe the sole cause of her death." Thomas Totman died suddenly 1678, Jury's ver- dict : " his own wilful abstractinge of himself from food."
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widow of Bazaleel Palmer 1709. His residence was one fourth mile south-east of the Church hill. There he established a Tannery. His children were Benjamin born 1710, Samuel 1711, Elizabeth 1713, Joseph 1715, William 1716, Elisha 1718.
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