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Ephraim Turner (1663), AUTHORITIES : New Eng. Hist, and Gen. Reg., 1885; Boston Records. Rev. Thomas Shepard. AUTHORITIES : Sib-
ley's Harvard Graduates; Eliot's Biog. Dict .; Bud- ington's Hist. of First Church, Charlestown; Sprague's Annals of American Pulpit.
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1664-5. The officers elected were : William Davis (1643), captain ; John Hull (1660), lieutenant; Hezekiah Usher (1638), ensign. Matthew Barnard (1660) was first sergeant ; Hugh Drury (1659), second sergeant ; William Clements (1662), clerk ; John Audlin (1638), armorer, and Seth Perry (1662), drummer.
Major Thomas Clarke (1638) was appointed, in 1664, a commissioner with Major John Pynchon, to meet the King's commissioners before New York, and to confer with them relative to the forces ordered to be raised by Massachusetts to be employed in recapturing Menhadoes, as New York was then called.
On Saturday, July 23, 1664, two ships of war, the " Elias " and the "Guinea," entered Boston Harbor, and were saluted by the Castle, then commanded by Capt. Richard Davenport (1639). The "Elias" and the "Guinea " had sailed from Ports- mouth, England, ten weeks before, in company with the "Martin," the "William," and the "Nicholas," from which they had become separated by a storm. The first two ships had as passengers four commissioners and nearly four hundred troops, destined for a campaign against the Dutch at Menhadoes.
The General Court of Massachusetts promptly raised and equipped a force of two hundred men, and appointed Hugh Mason and Capt. William Hudson (1640) their commanders ; but, before they left for Connecticut, Major Clarke ( 1638) wrote that the Dutch had capitulated to the fleet sent from England, and the colonial expedition was therefore disbanded.
The new members recruited in 1664-5 were : David Saywell and Joseph Turner.
David Saywell (1664), of Boston, probably son of Robert, of Boston, married, Aug. 15, 1660, Abigail Buttolph. He was admitted to be a freeman in 1666, and held the office of second sergeant in the Artillery Company in 1668. He died in 1672.
Joseph Turner (1664), son of Lieut. Robert Turner (1643), was born in Boston, Sept. 7, 1644. His name does not again appear on the Boston Records.
Rev. James Allen, of Boston, delivered the Artillery election sermon of 1664. He was born in England June 24, 1632 ; entered Magdalen Hall March 16, 1649 ; received the degree of A. M. from New College, Oxford, and was one of its fellows. He arrived at Boston June 10, 1662, and married (1) Hannah, daughter of Richard Dummer, (2) Eliza- beth, daughter of Jeremiah Howchin (1641), widow of the second John Endicott, and (3) Sarah Breck, daughter of Capt. Thomas Hawkins (1638). He was installed as the teacher of the First Church, Dec. 9, 1668, at the same time that Rev. John Davenport - whose settlement here caused the formation of the Third, or Old South, Church - was installed as its pastor. He continued his relation with the First Church, as teacher or pastor, until his decease, Sept. 22, 1710.
John Dunton, a London bookseller, who visited Boston in 1686, says, in his Life and Errors, "I went to visit the Reverend Mr. Allen. He is very humble and very rich and can be generous enough when the humor is upon him." His house, considered the oldest stone house in Boston, stood where the Congregational House now stands, corner
David Saywell (1664). AUTHORITY: Sav- age's Gen. Dict. Rev. James Allen. AUTHORITIES : Sprague's
Annals of American Pulpit; Emerson's Ilist. of First Church; Hutchinson's Hist. of Mass .; Say- age's Gen. Dict .; Eliot's Biog. Dict.
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of Beacon and Somerset streets. Mr. Allen is said to have owned a larger part of the territory of Boston than was ever owned by any one individual, unless William Black- stone is an exception. His farm of twenty acres was situated between Cambridge Street, the water, and the Leverett Street estates.
1665-6. The officers elected were : Thomas Clarke (1638), captain ; Richard Sprague (1638), lieutenant, and John Richards (1644), ensign. William Howard (1661) was first sergeant ; John Pease (1661), second sergeant ; Ephraim Turner (1663), clerk, and Seth Perry (1662), drummer.
Gen. John Leverett (1639) was employed to reconstruct the fortifications of Boston. A report by a committee of the General Court states, concerning the famous sconce of South Battery, built where Rowe's Wharf now stands, under the brow of what was then Fort Hill, that the thirteen guns were well mounted, and it was thought to be the "completest work of the kind " in America. The committee also examined a fort, on the north side of Boston, at Merry's Point, at the foot of Copp's Hill, which was of earth, faced with strong timber and mounted with seven guns. A ditch was dug across the " neck," with a defensive gateway, where Dover Street now crosses Washington Street. There were two gates, one for vehicles and the other for pedestrians, flanked by brick walls, banked up with earth, and pierced with embrasures for "sakers." A vote of thanks was passed to Gen. Leverett (1639), and a grant of one hundred pounds made to him for his services.
The new members recruited in 1665-6 were : Humphrey Davie, Samuel Joy, John Mills, Habijah Savage, Thomas Savage, Jonathan Shrimpton, John Taylor, Hezekiah Usher.
Humphrey Davie (1665), of Boston, was a merchant. Mr. Whitman (1810) confuses the father and son. Capt. Humphrey Davie (1665) was a son of Sir John Davie, and came from London in 1662. He was admitted a freeman in 1665, and represented Billerica in the General Court, because he owned property there, from 1665 to 1669 ; also Woburn in 1678. He was assistant from 1679 to 1686. Immediately after this service, he married Sarah (Gibbons) Richards, a widow, of Hartford, Conn., whose former husband left her a large estate, which caused Mr. Davie's (1665) removal thither. He was prominent in town affairs, and was chosen for important duties. In 1663, he purchased the south part of the Bellingham lot, - Tremont Street, between Beacon and Court streets, - the heirs to which sold it, with a stone house, in 1710, to Andrew Faneuil, from whom the estate descended to his nephew, Peter Faneuil.
When the General Court, Oct. 7, 1674, permitted Capt. Edward Hutchinson (1638) to lay down his "captain's place of the Three County Troop," the court appointed Mr. Humphrey Davie (1665) captain of that troop. Mr. Davie (1665) declined to accept the position. In 1675, when the number of militia companies was increased from four to eight, Mr. Humphrey Davie (1665) was appointed captain of one of the new companies. The other new captains were Capt. Thomas Lake (1653), Mr. John Richards (1644), and Mr. John Hull (1660).
Humphrey Davie (1665). AUTHORITIES : ords of Mass. Bay; Savage's Gen. Dict .; Whitman's Hist. A. and II. A. Company, Ed. 1842.
New Eng. Ilist. and Gen. Reg., 1847, p. 169; Rec-
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Capt. Humphrey Davie (1665) died Feb. 18, 1689. The administration on the estate, Dec. 29, 1718, as given by Mr. Whitman (1810), page 176, was on the estate of Humphrey, son of Capt. Humphrey Davie (1665). The witlow of Capt. Davie (1665) married Major Jonathan Tyng (1670).
Samuel Joy (1665), of Boston, son of Thomas (1658) and Joan (Gallop) Joy, was born in that town Feb. 26, 1639. He moved to Hingham with his parents, and married, Nov. 13, 1668, Ann Pitts. Samuel Joy (1665) died in 1670 or 1671. On "the 29tli day of the 4th month, 1671, An Joy, widow, was appointed to administer upon the estate of her husband, late of Boston, deceased."
John Mills (1665), of Braintree, son of John and Susanna Mills, removed with his parents to Braintree - that part now called Quincy- about 1642. John (1665) settled later in what is now Braintree, and became an influential man in town. He was born June 3, 1632, and married, April 26, 1653, Mary Shove.
Habijah Savage (1665), of Boston, son of Thomas Savage (1637), and brother of Ephraim (1674), of Ebenezer (1682), and of Thomas (1665), was born in Boston, Aug. 1, 1638, and graduated at Harvard College in 1659. He married, May 8, 1661, Hannah, daughter of Capt. Edward Tyng (1642). He was admitted to be a freeman in 1665, was captain of a militia company, and died when on a business trip to Barbadoes in 1669. His widow married Major-Gen. Daniel Gookin (1645).
Thomas Savage (1665), of Boston, a shopkeeper, son of Thomas Savage (1637) and brother of Ephraim (1674), of Ebenezer (1682), and of Habijah (1665), was born in Boston (baptized), May 17, 1640. He married, about 1664, Elizabeth, daughter of Joshua Scottow (1645). He was an officer in the militia of Boston, and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel of the Boston regiment in 1702, and held it until his decease. He. served in King Philip's War, became a freeman in 1690, in which year he led one of the three regiments in Sir William Phips's expedition against Quebec, and was the first field officer that landed. He wrote a brief account of this expedition, which was printed in London in April, 1691.
In his will, he mentions his sons, Thomas, Habijah (1699), and Arthur (1738). He was a member of the Old South Church, first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1674, and ensign in 1681. He died July 2, 1705.
Jonathan Shrimpton (1665), of Boston, was a son of Edward, of Bednall Green, and a cousin of Samuel (1670). Jonathan (1665) came to Boston in 1648, and married, about 1666, Mary, daughter of Peter Oliver (1643). Ile died in 1673, and, in 1674, his widow married Capt. Nathaniel Williams (1667).
Samuel Joy (1665). AUTHORITY: Lincoln's ttist, of Ifingham.
John Mills (1665). AUTHORITIES: flist. of Braintree; Titeomb's Early New England People.
Habijah Savage (1665). AUTHORITIES : Sav- age's Gen. Dict .; Whitman's Hist. A. and If. A. Company, Ed. 1842.
Thomas Savage ( 1665). AUTHORITIES : Sav- age's Gen. Diet .; Records of Mass. Bay; ffill's ffist, of Old South Church.
"July 2, 1705, Lt Col Thomas Savage dies about 6 p. m."
"July 5, . . . Col Savage buried at 7 p. m. Companies in Arms. . . . The Street very much filled with People all along." - Sewall Papers, Vol. 11., M. 133, 134.
Jonathan Shrimpton (1665). AUTHORITIES : New Eng, flist. and Gen. Reg., ISSO, p. 161; Sav- age's Gen. Dict.
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John Taylor (1665), of Cambridge in 1644, was admitted to be a freeman in 1651. He went to England, says Rev. Lucius R. Paige, D. D., in 1671, as a special mes- senger of the church, to accompany the Rev. Urian Oakes across the Atlantic. In acknowledgment of his services, the church granted him five pounds. He was the butler of Harvard College, and perhaps performed other services for that corporation.
His epitaph, now somewhat mutilated, bears testimony to his worth : " Here lyes the body of John Taylor, aged 73 years, deceased September 6th, 1683. He was a useful man in his generation, a lover of piety, a lover of learning, a faithful servant of Harvard Colledg about forty years."
Hezekiah Usher (1665), of Boston, was a son of Hezekiah Usher (1638), and was born at Cambridge, Mass., in June, 1639. He married in 1686, Bridget, widow of Leonard Hoar, who had been president of Harvard College, and daughter of Lady Alicia, widow of Lord Lisle, the regicide. It was not a happy marriage. He thought she was too extravagant, and she thought he was not orthodox in his faith. She embarked for England, and did not return during his life. Judge Sewall recorded her departure, " 1687, Tuesday, July 12."
Mr. Usher (1665) resided afterward for a time at Groton. In his will, made Aug. 17, 1689, he recapitulates his grievances, and appropriates a sum of money for the publi- cation of his letters, etc., " as to the evil of having a wife only in name."
Mr. Thomas, in his History of Printing, Vol. II., p. 410, note, says, "In 1692, a respectable man whose name was Hezekiah Usher [1665] was accused of witchcraft, in consequence of which accusation he was ordered to be confined in the common prison ; but on account of the goodness of his character, he was by connivance allowed to secrete himself in the house of a friend, and afterwards to escape out of the hands of his persecutors, until the delusion or madness of the times in part subsided."
He died at Lynn, July 11, 1697, and Judge Sewall (1679) says his remains were "brought to Boston and laid in his father's tomb, July 14th."
Rev. Increase Mather, the second pastor of the Second Church in Boston, delivered the election sermon in 1665 and 1710. He was the youngest son of Rev. Richard and Caroline (Holt) Mather, of Dorchester, and was born June 21, 1639, graduating at Harvard College in 1656. He went to his eldest brother, Samuel, at Dublin, in 1657, and there studied for his degree of A. M. He preached in several places, -County Devon, Isle of Guernsey, etc.,- but returned to New England in the latter part of August, 1661. On the 8th of September, he delivered his first sermon on our side of the water in that church - the Second - where he served more than sixty years, though he was not ordained until May 27, 1664. He was chosen president of Harvard College in 1685, and filled the office until 1701, when the prevailing dissatisfaction, because he would not give up the pastorate of the Second Church and reside at Cambridge, so increased that he resigned the presidency. In the last year of Sir Edmund Andros's administration, Mr. Mather was sent in disguise on board a ship, and proceeded to
John Taylor (1665). AUTHORITY: Paige's Hist. of Cambridge.
Hezekiah Usher (1665). AUTHORITIES : New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1869, p. 410; Hist. of Middlesex Co., Vol. II., p. 649; Paige's IIist. of Cambridge.
Rev. Increase Mather. AUTHORITIES : Math- er's Magnalia; Ilistories of Ilarv. Coll .; Sibley's Graduates of Harv. Coll .; Life of Cotton Mather; Sprague's Annals of American Pulpit; Eliot's Biog. Dict.
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England to intercede with King James. He sailed April 7, 1688, and was absent from his church and college until May 14, 1692, when he arrived at Boston with Sir William Phips, the new Governor, who brought the new charter of William and Mary. He died Aug. 23, 1723, and was buried the 29th, with the greatest marks of esteem and affection.
The officers elected were: James Oliver (1640), captain ; Isaac 1666-7. Johnson (1645), lieutenant, and Richard Cooke (1643), ensign. John Newton (1641) was first sergeant; Daniel Turell (1660), second ser- geant ; Ephraim Turner (1663), clerk ; John Audlin (1638), armorer, and Seth Perry (1662), drummer.
The royal commissioners sent home an account of New England, in which they said that the commodities of Massachusetts were "fish, which was sent into France, Spain and the Straits ; pipe, staves, masts, fir-boards, some pitch and tar, pork, beef, horses and corn, which they sent to Virginia, Barbadoes, etc., and took tobacco and sugar for payment, which they often sent to England. There was a good store of iron in this province."
" In Boston," said the same commissioners, " the houses are generally wooden, the streets crooked, with little decency and no uniformity ; and there neither months, days, seasons of the year, churches, nor inns are known by their English names." "At Cambridge, they had a wooden college, and in the yard a brick pile of two cages for the Indians, where the commissioners saw but one [Indian]. They said they had three more at school. It might be feared this college might afford as many schismatics to the church, and the corporation as many rebels to the King, as formerly they had done, if not timely prevented."
The new members recruited in 1666-7 were : Daniel Brewer, Hugh Clarke, Philip Curtis, Tobias Davis, Theophilus Frary, Benjamin Gibbs, Laurence Hammond, Thomas Hull, Richard Jencks, John Paine, Thomas Sanford, William Sedgwick, Thomas Snawsnell, Thomas Watkins.
Daniel Brewer (1666), of Roxbury, "husbandman," son of Daniel, of Roxbury, was probably born in England, and married, Nov. 5, 1652, Hannah, daughter of Isaac Morrill (1638). He became a member of the Roxbury church May 20, 1684. Daniel, Jr. (1666), died Jan. 9, 1708, aged eighty-four years.
Hugh Clarke (1666), of Watertown in 1640, removed to Roxbury in 1657, and was admitted to be a freeman in 1660. He became a member of the Roxbury church Sept. 11, 1659. In the records of the Roxbury church, it is related, under date of Sept. 10, 1665, that "Hugh Clark [1666] was called before the church and charged with telling a lye in the face of the Court, etc. By all which it appeared to the church that his soul was sick and needed medicine and therefore dispensed a public admonition unto him." Again, in the same records, "October 21, 1666, Hugh Clark [1666] had
Daniel Brewer (1666). AUTHORITIES: Rox- bury Records; Savage's Gen. Dict .; New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1853, p. 170 (will of his father).
Hugh Clarke (1666). AUTHORITIES: Rox- bury Church Records; Hugh Clark and his De- scendants, p. 17.
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a solemn admonition dispensed to him." " November 25, 1666, Hugh Clark [1666] was forgiven by the church." "June 8, 1673, Hugh Clark [1666] was solemnly admon- ished." " 14th of February 1674, Hugh Clark [1666] was reconciled to the church." He died July 20, 1693, about eighty years of age.
Philip Curtis (1666), of Roxbury, son of William, of Roxbury, was born in England. He married, in 1658, Obedience Holland, of Dorchester. He was a lieutenant in a militia company of Roxbury prior to 1670. He was lieutenant of Capt. Henchman's (1675) company, which left Boston Nov. 1, 1675, for the purpose of rescuing two boys whom the savages had captured at Marlborough. The savages were overtaken near Grafton ; a fight ensued ; the boys were rescued, but Lieut. Philip Curtis (1666) and several of his comrades were killed. He held the office of second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1671.
Tobias Davis (1666), of Roxbury, blacksmith, married Sarah, daughter of Isaac Morrill (1638). She died Jan. 23, 1649, and he married, Dec. 13 next following, Bridget Kinsman. Tobias Davis (1666) succeeded to the business and estate of his father-in-law. The latter included much of the tract bounded by Dudley, Warren, St. James, and Washington streets. He served in the militia as ensign, and was first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1668. He died April 25, 1690.
Theophilus Frary (1666), of Boston, cordwainer, son of John Frary, of Dedham, was born in England. He resided in Dedham until he was admitted an inhabitant of Boston, Feb. 23, 1656-7. His first town office was that of surveyor in 1659-60, and he was selectman from 1679 to 1687 inclusive, and in 1689. He represented Boston in the General Court from 1689 to 1695 inclusive, and in 1699. He was one of the founders of the Old South Church in 1666, and was violently opposed to the Episcopal Church. In 1688, Randolph endeavored to establish worship of that form, and wrote in urgent terms to the Bishop of London on the subject.
Mr. Hutchinson in a note observes, " A dispute happened at the grave of one Lilly. He had left the ordering of his funeral to his executors. They forbade Mr. Ratcliffe, the Episcopal rector, performing the service for burial. Nevertheless he began. Deacon Frary [1666] interrupted him and a stop was put to his proceeding. The Deacon was complained of, and besides being bound to his good behavior for twelve months, it was thought the process would cost him one hundred marks." Mr. Lillie was Capt. Frary's (1666) son-in-law.
Capt. Frary (1666) was elected deacon of the Old South Church, Nov. 6, 1685. He was prominent in town matters, and served on various special committees. Theoph- ilus Frary (1666) was commissioned by the General Court, May 12, 1675, lieutenant of the eighth foot company, which was commanded by Capt. John Hull (1660). In 1683,
Philip Curtis (1666). AUTHORITIES: Sav- age's Gen. Dict .; Drake's Hist. of Roxbury.
Tobias Davis (1666). AUTHORITIES : Drake's Hist. of Roxbury; Savage's Gen. Dict.
Theophilus Frary (1666). AUTHORITIES: Boston Records, Foote's Annals of King's Chapel; Hill's Hist. of Old South Church; Records of Mass. Bay; Savage's Gen. Dict .; Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842.
"[1691] Sabbath Oct. 25, Capt Frary's voice failing him in his own Essay, by reason of his Palsie, he calls to me to set the Tune, which accordingly I doe : 17, IS, 19, 20 verses, 68th Psalm, Windsor Tune." - Sewall Papers, Vol. I., p. 351.
"Oct'r 17, 1700, Capt Theophilus Frary expires about 3 aclock past midnight." - Sewall Papers, Vol. II., p. 23.
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he is called in the Records of Massachusetts Bay, "Captain." He held the office of ensign in the Artillery Company in 1674, of lieutenant in 1675, and of captain in 1682. He died Oct. 17, 1700 On the death of his father-in-law, Jacob Eliot, the house and garden of the deceased, situated on the southwest corner of Washington and Boylston streets, became the property and residence of Theophilus Frary (1666).
Benjamin Gibbs (1666), of Boston, merchant, first appears at Boston in 1662, and married Lydia, daughter of Joshua Scottow (1645). He was admitted to the First Church July 13, 1662 ; became a freeman in 1666; was a founder and member of the Old South Church in 1669, and in 1673 donated fifty pounds to Harvard College.
Mr. Whitman (1810) says, " Josselyn speaks of his [Gibbs's] new house as being a stately edifice, which it is thought, will stand him a little less than £3000, before it be fully finished." This costly house was near Fort Hill, and belonged to Col. Robert Gibbs.
Capt. Benjamin (1666) served on Connecticut River in King Philip's War, in 1676, and died soon after. His widow married (1) Anthony Checkley (1662), attorney-general, and (2) William Coleman (1676).
Laurence Hammond (1666), of Charlestown, was admitted a freeman in 1661, and united with the church in Charlestown, April 29, 1662. He was elected recorder of the town, and served from Jan. 27, 1672-3, until the election of Mr. James Russell; Jan. 14, 1677-8. Mr. Hammond (1666) was chosen lieutenant of the Charlestown company, May 27, 1668, and was promoted to be captain of the same, Oct. 12, 1669. In March, 1680-1, the Charlestown train-band was divided into two companies, one of which was under the command of Capt. Laurence Hammond (1666). He was one of a few who, in 1686, were unwilling "to lift hand or voice " against Andros, " the representative of the crown"; on account of which he was deprived of his military command. His diary is preserved by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
He was a selectman of Charlestown, representative of that town from 1672 to 1677 inclusive, and clerk of the courts and registrar of probate and deeds under Andros. He removed to Boston July 10, 1692, and died July 25, 1699. He was second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1667, ensign in 1670, and lieutenant in 1672.
Thomas Hull (1666), of Boston, was a cooper. He married Hannah Townsend in 1657, about which time he bought of Capt. James Johnson (1638) what is now the corner of Batterymarch Street and Liberty Square, where stood a well-known ordinary, - the " Blue Bell," afterward the "Castle 'Tavern." In 1674, Hugh Drury (1659) occu- pied a part of the building.
Administration was granted on the estate of Thomas Hull (1666), deceased, Aug. 10, 1670. His widow married Lieut. Richard Way (1642).
Richard Jencks (1666), of Boston, was admitted to the Second Church, Oct. 29, 1682, and became a freeman in 1683.
Benjamin Gibbs (1666). AUTHORITIES : Rec- ords of Mass. Bay; Savage's Gen. Dict .; Hill's Ifist. of Old South Church; Whitman's Ilist. A. and II. A. Company, Ed. 1842.
Laurence Hammond (1666). AUTHORITIES : Savage's Gen. Dict .; Hurd's Hist. of Middlesex
Co., Vol. I., p. 195; Frothingham's 11ist. of Charles- town; Mather's Magnalia. Vol. II., p. 91; Mem. Itist. of Boston, Vol. II., p. 311, et seq.
Thomas Hull (1666). AUTHORITIES: Sav- age's Gen. Dict .; Boston Records.
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John Paine (1666), of Boston, son of William, was born in England. He came to America in 1635, when three years of age, with his parents, who settled in Ipswich. They removed to Boston, and the father dying in 1660, left an only son, John (1666). John Paine (1666) married, in March, 1659, Sarah, daughter of Richard Parker (1638).
There is a tradition that he died at sea, after conveying, Dec. 29, 1674, some estate to his niece, Hannah, daughter of Samuel Appleton, wife of William Downe (1716).
Thomas Sanford (1666), born in December, 1644, was a son of Thomas, of Dor- chester. He was admitted a freeman in 1669, and removed to New Haven, where he owned real estate in 1685.
William Sedgwick (1666), son of Robert (1637), of Charlestown, was probably born in that town. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Samuel Stone. He became ruined, morally, by service in the British army, and after some years of abandonment of his wife she petitioned for a divorce in May, 1673. Having removed to Hartford, Conn., she was released, by vote of the General Court of Connecticut, in October, 1674, from the "unchristian bondage." Sept. 7, 1668, William sold all right in his father's estate to Francis Willoughby (1639).
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