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10. Capt. Benjamin (s. of Benjamin 7.) m. Mary Packard, D. of his mother-in-law, 1809, and had Benjamia Rosseter, James Lawrence, Elijah Packard 1816, Mary 1818. James L. d. at sea 1835.
11. Hodijah (s. of Benjamin 7.) m. Silvia, D. of Hugh Orr, and had Lucia Watson, Herbert.
Increase Robinson was on a Jury at Plymo. 1683: perhaps the Taunton and Raynham family descended from him. There was an Increase Robinson who was a Captain in the beginning of the Revolutionary war .- Increase Robinson m. Margaret Bonney 1738 .- Abigail m. John Fobes 1704 .- Abigail m. Thos. Bibby 1776 .- Margaret, D. of Gain Robinson Jr., m. Joseph Wesley 1773 .- Anna of Raynham m. Dea. Josiah Richards 1781 .- Nabby of Mid. m. John Ripley Hayward 1801, and Clar- issa of Mid. m. him 1802 .- Robert m. Chloe Harvey of Free- town 1807 .- Mehitabel m. Daniel Perkins 2d 1809 .- Perez m. Margaret Tomson of H. 1819 .- Zaccheus HI. m. Margaret Fille- brown of Mansfield 1819.
ROGERS .- John Rogers of Duxbury was an original Pro- prietor of this town, but never lived here. He is the same man who went to Scituate, and finally d. in Weymouth 1661. The family tradition is that he was a descendant of John Rogers the martyr of Smithfield. His ss. were John, Thomas, and Samuel, who settled at Rogers' Brook in Marshfield.
2. Samuel (s. of Thomas of Marshfield) came and settled in East Bridgewater, and m. Betty, D. of Capt. Jacob Allen, (who was killed at Saratoga, near Stillwater, at the capture of Bourgoyne, 1777), 1790, and had Nabby 1790, Charles 1799, Jacob Allen 1804, Thomas Hatch 1806. Nabby m. William Newhall 1807 .- Charles m. Sarah Tomson at Halifax 1821 .- Jacob A. m. Lucia, D. of Eleazar Keith .- Thomas H. m. Char- ity Tomson of Halifax 1835, sister of Charles' w., D. of Maj. Nathaniel Tomson. Samuel, the father d. 1838, æ. 72; the mother d. 1831, æ. 63.
Sarah Rogers m. Josiah Churchill 1781 .- There was a Thos. Rogers, one of the forefathers, who came in the first ship, the Mayflower, 1620, and d. the first winter, who probably left a s.
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Joseph, who is named among those to whom lands were allotted in 1623. Whether he was a relation of John first above named is not ascertained.
RUSSELL .- Thomas Russell (from Scotland) first lived at Weymouth, and there m. Abigail Vinton and afterwards settled in E. B., and had Mary, Betsy, Abigail, and Agnes 1775 *.- Mary m. Isaac Alden 1781 .- Betsy m. Maj. James Barrell 1785 .- Abigail m. Dea. Wm. Keith 1789 : he d. 1800, æ. 76; she 1802, æ. 56.
RYON .- Micah (or Michael) Ryon, an Irishman, lived in W. B .: his wife Ruth : he had Nathaniel 1787 (at Scituate), Betsy 1789, William 1791, Isaac 1801. He d. 1811.
SANGER .- The Rev. Zedekiah Sanger, D. D., came from Duxbury, where he had been some time settled in the ministry, and was installed in S. B. as colleague with the Rev. John Shaw, Dec. 17, 1788 : he was born in Sherburne, gra. H. U. 1771 : his w. Irene Freeman : he had Deborah, Richard, Caroline, Joseph, Olive, Ralph, Samuel, Sarah, Zedekiah, Eliza : he d. Nov. 17, 1820, æ. 73. Deborah m. John Ames Jr. 1799. - Richard gra. H. U. 1800, m. Sally Tisdale of Taunton 1807 .- Caroline m. Rev. Samuel Clark 1810 .- Joseph m. Hannah, D. of Dr. Marcy of Plymo. 1812 .- Olive m. Geo. Moore of Burlington 1815 .- Rev. Ralph gra. H. U. 1808, and m. Charlotte, D. of Ezra Kingman Esq. of E. B. 1817, and settled at Dover, Ms .- Sarah m. a Physi- cian of Providence.
2. Samuel (s. of Rev. Zedekiah 1.) m. Susan, D. of Caleb Alden, but has no children : he remains on the family estate : all the rest of the family moved away.
SAWIN .- Dr. Daniel Sawin (s. of Eliphalet) came from Ran- dolph and settled in E. B., m. Hannah, D. of Maj. James Bar- rell, 1810, and had Eliza Russell 1811, Hannah 1814. His w. d., 1816, and he m. a Cushing of Hanson for his 2d wife. He d. 1822, æ. 36.
SEABURY .- Barnabas Seabury (s. of Samuel Jr. of Dux- bury) and his w. Mary settled in E. B., and had Rebecca 1723. His w. d., and he m. again, and soon removed from Town.
SEALY .- Edward Sealy m. Elizabeth, wid. of James How- ard, and D. of John Washburn, and settled in W. B., and had Benjamin 1693, John 1697: his will 169S: names his ss. Benja- min of Easton (or North Purchase) and John of Bridgewater. The family all went to E. John of E. m. Sabrina, D. of Jona. Snow Esq. 1818 .- The name is now generally written Seele or Selee.
SEARS .- Josiah Sears came from Yarmouth and settled in E. B. about 1711, and m. Mercy, D. of Isaac Harris, and had Jonathan 1714, Mercy 1717, Hannah 1720. His w. d. 1720, and he m. Judith Gilbert 1720, and had Nathaniel 1721, Elizabeth 1725. He removed back to the Cape a. 1725. He lived back of Sam'l B. Allen's, in the old house owned afterwards by Capt. Jona. Bass .- Roland Sears of Ashfield m. Jedidah Conant 1777.
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Capt. Elkanalı Sears lived in S. B .- Desire of H. m. Benja- min Washburn 1762 .- Josiah Sears of H. m. Mary Porter 1817. Abner of M. m. Lydia, D. of Solomon Perkins 1762.
SEVER .- Christopher Sever (from Dorchester) settled in E. B., m, Hannah Harden of Hanson 1771, and had Robert 1772, Ruth 1774, Amos, 1778, Bethaniah 1780, Daniel 1782, Calvin 1765, Samuel 1787, Christiana 1290, Amelia 1800, Isabella, Han- nah Wendell.
Robert Sever (s. perhaps of Robert) m. Priscilla, D. perhaps of Henry Thornbury Smith, 1818 .- Wendell m. Joan Dicker- man of E. 1813.
SHAW .- Abraham Shaw (of Dedham) made free 1637 : his will on Boston records without date : inventory taken 1638 by Wm. Allen and others : Nicholas Byram and Joseph Shaw wit- nesses : sons Joseph and John ; Ds. Mary and Martha : John and Martha infants : no wife named, probably d. The ss. had the estate at Dedham, the rest divided among all his child- ren .- Joseph Shaw and Nicholas Byram of Weymouth granted to Robert Mason all their house and grounds in Dedham 1639 .- It is supposed Byram m. a D. (Susanna) of Abraham, and that he and Joseph, both then of age, sold their lands in Dedham and the family all removed to Weymouth .- Byram called John Shaw of Weymouth his brother in 1687.
John (probably s. of Abraham) and Alice had John, Elizabeth 1655, Abraham 1657, Mary 1660, Nicholas 1662, Joseph 1664, Alice 1666, Hannah 1668, Benjamin 1670, Abigail 1672, Eben- ezer 1674. Joseph, elder brother of John, had also a family at Weymouth, Joseph, John, &c., and d. 1653.
1. Joseph (s. of John above, born 1664) m. Judith, D. of John and Sarah Whitmarsh : she was born 1669: he came and set- tled in E. B. before 1698. His children were Elizabeth 1687, Joseph 1691, Judith 1693, Abigail 1695, all born at Weymouth, Ruth 1698, Martha 1700, Sarah 1702, Hannah 1704, Ebenezer 1706, John 1708, Zechariah 1711: he d. 1718, æ. 54; she 1760, æ. 91. Elizabeth m. Noah Washburn 1710, and Isaac Harris 1719 .- Joseph and Judith were never m .- Abigail m. Daniel Alden 1717 : the late Dr. Ebenezer Alden of Randolph was her grandson .- Ruth m. James Snow a. 1719 .- Martha m. Eleazar Alden 1720 .- Sarah m. Dea. James Cary 1722 .- Hannah m. Isaac Snow 1722, and afterwards John Whitman 1743.
2. Zechariah (s. of Nicholas of Weymouth, who was brother of Joseph 1.) lived and d. in E. B .: his wife Sarah : they both joined the church here 1735: he had Zechariah, Sarah b. here 1735. Zechariah chose his uncle John Shaw of Weymouth for his guardian 1736 ; his father then d. The family perhaps re- turned to Weymouth.
3. Ebenezer (s. of Joseph 1.) m. Mary, D. of Samuel Reed, 1733, and had Mary 1738, Abigail 1740, Hannah 1742, Susanna 1744, Deborah 1746, Huldah 1747, Ebenezer 1752, Betty 1954, Mehitabel 1756 : he d. 1776, æ. 70. Mary joined the Ch. 1758,
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and had a dis'n. same year. Abigail m. Silas Harris, and after- wards Jonathan Gannett 1785, and went to Cummington .- Su- sanna m. Pollycarpus Snell 1766 .- Deborah m. a Ford of A. Huldah m. John Bisbee 1779 .- Ebenezer went to Cummington. Betty d. single 1832, æ. 78 .- Mehitabel m. Ebenezer Bisbee 1779.
4. Rev. John (s. of Joseph 1.) gra. H. U. 1729, ord. in S. B., Nov. 17, 1731, m. Ruth, D. of the Rev. Samuel Angier of Wa- tertown, and sister of the Rev. John Angier of E. B., and had Oakes 1736, Bezaliel 1738, William 1741, Eunice 1743, Ruth 1744, Ezra 1746, John 1748, Samuel 1750 : she d. 1768, æ. 63; he d. April 29, 1791, æ. 82. Oakes gra. H. U. 1758, and settled in the ministry at Barnstable 1760, and d. 1807, æ. 71, and was father of the Hon. Lemuel Shaw C. J. of the S. J. C. of Mass., and of an only D. who m. Maj. Blish of Barnstable .- Bezaliel gra. H. U., 1762, and settled in the ministry at Nantucket, and his only child was w. of the late Dr. Craigie of Cambridge .- William, D. D., gra. H. U.1762, and settled in the ministry at Marshfield 1766, and d. 1816, æ. 75, and had Josiah Crocker and Philander, both settled in the ministry .- Ezra d. 1764 .- John gra. H. U. 1772, and settled in the ministry at Haverhill ; m. a Smith, sister of President Adams' wife, and was father of Wm. S. Shaw, former Clerk of the District Court in Boston, who d. single 1S26 : he d. 1794 : his wid. m. Rev. Mr. Peabody of At- kinson, N. H .: he had also a D. who m. Rev. Joseph Felt .-- Eunice d. single 1791, æ. 49 .- Ruth m. Gen. Nath'l Goodwin of Plymouth 1782, and was mother of the late Rev. Ezra S. Goodwin of Sandwich, and Anne, w. of Dr. Boutelle.
5. Dea. Zechariah (s. of Joseph 1.) remained on the family estate in E. B., m. Sarah, D. of Daniel Packard 1733, and had Sarah 1734, Ruth 1738, Martha 1740, Daniel 1742, Elizabeth 1744, Judith 1749, Zechariah 1751, Nehemiah 1753: he d. 1790, æ. 79; she 1792, æ. 77. Ruth m. Joseph Snow 1759 .- Martha d. 1825 not m .- Elizabeth m. Obadiah Reed 1770 .- Judith m. John Edson 1770 .-- Nehemiah m. Molly Hill (or Beal, qu.) 1775. Sarah Shaw m. Elijah Snow in E. B. 1780.
6. Dr. Samuel (s. of the Rev. John 4.) remained on the family estate, and m. Olive, D. of Zebulun Leonard Esq. of Mid'o. 1781, and had Hannah Whitmarsh, John Angier, Zebulun Leo- nard, Sarah Miller. Hannah W. m. Joseph Ames Jr. 1812 .- John A. gra. H. U. 1811, went to the southward, there m. a White ; she d .: he returned again, and m. Mira, D. of Capt. Ephraim Sprague : she first m. John Washburn .- Zebulun L. gra. H. U. IS15, and d. at New Orleans July 22d, 1819, æ. 24 .- Sarah M. m. Col. Abram Washburn.
7. Zechariah (s. of Dea. Zechariah 5 ) m. Hannah, D. of Samuel Bisbee, 1777, and had Joseph, Sarah, Alvan 1785. He d. 1820, æ. 68; she 1832, æ. 82. Sarah d. 1825, æ. 43 .- Joseph m. Olive, D. of Samuel Dike 1805.
8. Benjamin (s. of Benjamin and Hannah probably of A., b.
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1728) and his wife Susanna had Chloe 1757, John 1760, both bap. in W. B.
9. William (brother of Benjamin next above b. 1730) settled in N. B., m. Hannah West 1754, and had Hannah, William 1757, Dan 1758, Rhoda 1762, Napthali 1764, Betsy 1766, Micah 1768, and Patience. His w. d., and he m. Dorcas Smith 1773, and had Abigail 1675 : he d. 1809, æ. 79 ; she 1797, æ. 64 .- Hannah m. Mark Packard 1774 .- William m. Deliverance, D. of Ezekiel Washburn, 1778 .- William Jr. m. Pamela Rugg of D. 1791 .- Dan m. a Perkins of M. and went to Lyme, N. H .- Rhoda m. Benja. Kingman 1783, and went to Winchester .- Napthali gra. Dart. C. 1790, and m. Polly, D. of Dr. John S. Crafts and set- tled in the ministry at Kensington, N. H .- Betsy m. Isaac Hor- ton 1804 .- Patience m. Nath'l Southworth 1793 .- Abigail m. Ziba Wood.
10. Micah (s. of William 9.) m. Jane (Jenny), D. of Matthew Kingman 1793, and had Caroline 1794, Newton 1795, Zibeon 1797, Addison, Marcus, Mary Cary, Hannah, Rhoda. Newton m. Olive, D. of Capt. Robert Packard, 1818 .- Mary Cary m. Abiel Kingman 1819.
11. James and his w. Margaret Mora m. 1752, had David 1757, James 1760. He afterwards had a D. Eunice bap. in E. B. 1777, and brought a certificate from Milton Church ; and had Marga- ret 1779.
12. John and his w. Silence lived in E. B., and had Hannah, Philip 1771, John 1773: Philip and Hannah bap. in E. B. 1773.
13. Azel Shaw m. a D. of Solomon Alden, and lived in S. B., and had Alexander, Soranus, Charles, Azel, and others.
Gideon of Raynham m. Abigail Fobes 1767 .- Hannah m. John Haines 1709 .- John of Raynham m. Dinah Leach 1761 .- Eben- ezer Jr. of Mid'o m. Deborah Keith 1764 .- Martha of Mid'o. m. David Hooper 1768 .- Mary of Raynham m. Ezra Fobes 1776 .- Solomon m. Anna Hayward 1782 .- Nathan m. Rosamond Leo- nard 1782 .- Chloe of Mid'o. m. Ziba Leonard 1782 .- Hannah of Ab. m. Eliab Packard Jr. 1792 .- Betsy of Mid'o. m. Bezer Leach 1793 .- Silas of Ab. m. Lucy White 1794 .- Ruth m. Jacob Washburn 1797 .- William m. Molly Crossman 1797 .- Sullivan of Mid'o. m. Cynthia Keith 1797 .- Experience m. Luther Jen- nison of Conn. 1801 .- Alexander m. Sally White of Mid'o. 1801. Hannah of Ab. m. Eliphalet Leach 1806 .- Rev. John of Ab. m. Susanna Cary 1807 .- Charles m. Lucy Tomson of Mid'o. 1810. Charles m. Lucy Thomas of Mid'o. 1811 .- Sarah of Mid'o. m. Azor Harris Esq. 1813 .- Elizabeth m. Ephraim Harlow of Mid'o. 1815 .- Ebenezer of Mid'o. m. Mary Dickerman 1816 .- Zephaniah m. Lucy, D. of Zenas Crooker .- Soranus m. Eliza- abeth M. Alden 1816 .- Susan m. Cyrus Snell 1S18 .- Hannah m. Lyman Hooper 1S20 .- Harriet m. Ford Bearce 1820 .- Mary m. Benjamin Aldrich 1721 .- Abigail m. Daniel Copeland 1791.
SHELLY .- Abner Shelly m. Melinda, D. of Azor Howe,
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1812, and had Mary Hartwell 1813, Ruth Cheesman 1815, Daniel Hartwell 1817.
SHERMAN .- Anthony Sherman (his father was John and his mother was a D. or g. D. of Anthony Eames of Marshfield) came from Rochester and settled in E. B. a. 1766 : he m. Silence Ford of Marshfield, where they both originally belonged. They had Mary 1747, Hannah Oct. 25, 1749, Jane 1751, Thomas 1754, Lydia 1756, Lois 175S, Ruth, Betty 176S. Mary m. Eleazar Allen of Rochester .- Hannah m. Josiah Newton 1776, and after- wards Cushing Mitchell 1780 .- Jane m. Eleazar Barrows 1773. Lydia m. Thomas Whitman 1781 .- Lois m. a Blazdell of Tam- worth, N. H .- Ruth m. Jareb White of Amherst 1794 .- Betty m. Joseph Keith 1787, and afterwards Timothy Allen 1791.
2. Thomas (s. of Anthony 1.) m. Betsy, D. of Daniel Keith, 1781, and had Anthony (at Brookfield) 1783, Daniel 1785, Thomas 1787 (2 last at Bridgewater), Lydia, Naomi, Betsy, Martin, Hannah (5 last at Tamworth, N. HI., whither he and his father removed).
SHEPARD .- Calvin Shepard m. Mary, D. of Josiah Byram, 1807, and had Silas Cleaveland 1809, Nathan Thomas 1811, Cal- vin 1816 : he removed to Pembroke.
SHURTLIFF .- William Shurtliff m. Sarah, D. of John Kingman, 1745, and had Silence 1747, Sarah 1749. She d. 1752, and he m. a 2d wife Rachel, and had Content 1753, Amasa 1760, Barnabas 1761. She d., and he m. a 3d w. Abigail, and had Jona- than 1793: he d., and his wid. Abigail m. Capt. Josiah Dunbar 1793.
Lucy Shurtliff m. Eleazer Cole 1769 .- Simeon Shurtleff m. Submit, D. of Henry Kingman, 1781 .- Ichabod Shurtleff of Plymouth m. Betty Pettingill 1787 .- Jonathan of M. m. Eliza- beth Leach.
SILVESTER OR SYLVESTER .- Israel Sylvester of Dux- bury m. Abigail, D. of Josiah Snell of W. B. 1734, and had Jo- seph 1735, Israel 1737, Seth 1740, Josiah 1742, Zechariah 1744, Abigail 1747. Joseph and Israel were bap. in W. B. 1739, but. the family lived afterwards in Duxbury. All of the name, now numerous, descended probably from Richard Sylvester, who was at Weymouth 1630, and removed to Scituate 1642 .- Zechariah above m. Mehitabel, D. of Zechariah Cary of N. B .- Abigail m. Samuel Alden of Duxbury.
2. Joseph (s. of Israel 1 ) m. Lucy, D. of Ephraim Sampson of Mid'o., and settled in N. B. 1769, and had Lucy 1772, Ephraim 1774 : he had also Seth, Joseph, Benjamin, and Josiah b. before he came to this town : the father d. 1818, æ. 84 .- Seth and Ben- jamin are d .- Josiah went to Tiverton.
3. Joseph Esq. (s. of Joseph 2.) m. Hannah, D. of Robert Howard, 1786, and had Gustavus 1786, Abigail 17SS*, Hannah 1790, Clinthy 1792, Wealthy 1794*, Algernon Sidney 1799 .- Gustavus m. Martha, D. of Daniel Field 1811.
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Snell 1793 .- Sally m. Jesse Perkins 1808 .- Rachel m. Joseph Newell 1734 -- Tabitha d. in E. B. 1794, æ. 47.
SKINNER .- Jno. Skinner from Boston m. Rebecca M'Clench 1797, and had John 1799, at W. B .: he returned again to Boston.
SMITH .- Pelatiah Smith lived in W. B., and m. Jane, wid. of James Dunbar, and D. of Isaac Harris, and had Jane 1692, Pelatiah 1695, James 1697, Samuel 1699, Desire 1701, Joanna 1703, Ruhamah 1705, Robert 170S, Joseph 1710. He purchased John Bolton's house and land butting on the Town River, and bounded westerly by Joseph Hayward and Nath'l Brett 1701 .- The family early removed from town.
2. John Smith (s. of John Smith of Randolph) settled in E. B., and m. Mary, D. of John Hanmer, 1749, and had Elizabeth 1750, William 1753, John 1755, Mary 1757, Daniel 1761, Sarah 1763, Dorcas 1765, Hosea 1768 .- This family removed from town .- Mary d. 1778, æ. 20 .- John the father d. 1790, æ. 69 : he was with Gen'l Winslow in dispersing the Neutral French 1755, at Nova Scotia.
3. John m. Susanna Hill 1777, and had Paul, and d., and she m. John Dyer 1778. John Smith m. Ruth Cornish 1779: John Smith's w. d. 1779, and Joseph Cornish 7 days after, æ. 77.
John Smith (s. of John of E. B., and g. s. of Jolin of Ran- dolph) m. Hannah, D. of David Edson, 1805, and lived in N. B., and had Albert, Harrison, Salome, and Rachel.
4. Elijah Smith m. Betty, only child of Abner Harris, and lived in E. B., and had Betty 1758, Celia 1760, Abner. He re- moved from town. Betty d. unmarried.
5. Joseph Smith and his wife Thankful came from the Cape, and settled in E. B., and had Henry Thornbury, Mary, Rhoda, Joseph (all bap. 1779), Priscilla 1779, John 1781, Rachel 1785 : she d. 1823, æ. 74; he d. 1831, æ. 84. Mary m. John Crooker perhaps 1793 .- Rhoda m. John Tirrell Jr. 1794 .- Priscilla not m .- Joseph m. Eunice Muxam 1799: she d. 1802. æ. 27.
6. Henry Thornbury (s. of Joseph 5.) m. Priscilla, D. of Knight Brown, 1792, and had Libeus and others, and went into Maine and preached. Libeus m. Salome, D. of Azor How, 1814, and Polly, D. of Christopher Bates, 1817 .- His D. Priscilla per- haps m. Robert Sever 1818.
7. Rev. Amasa Smith m. Mary Haskell of Westborough 1815, and had Mary Haskell 1816.
8. William Smith came from Duxbury to E. B. 1832, m. a Tilden, and had William Webster 1832, Andrew Jackson, and others.
John Smith m. Jael, D. of Samuel Packard .- Solomon of E. m. Elizabeth, D. of Joseph Cole, 1761 .- Elizabeth m. Josiah Whitman 1747 .- Margaret of Milton m. Robert Tomson 1754. Samuel m. Abigail, D. of Ebenezer Allen .- Martha m. John Gilmore 1764 .- Anna of Lexington m. Simeon Leonard 1764 .- Zephaniah m. Lydia Conant 1773 .- Jeremiah m. Mary Farr of Easton 1773 .- Richard m. Rhoda Reed 1773 .- Dorcas m. Wm.
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Shaw 1773 .- Abigail of Roxbury m. Joshua Bowen 1782 .- Isaac of Braintree m. Mary Conant 1783 .- Chloe of Norton m. Nathan Kingman 1785 .- Lydia of Walpole m. Roland Leonard 1786 .- Judith of Pembroke m. Rev. Samuel Angier 1796 .- Eli- jah m. Mary Beal 1802 .- Becca m. Daniel T. Dickerman 1803. John of Canton m. Hannah Edson 1804 .- Submit m. William Curtis 1806 .- Nabby m. Silas Leonard 1785 .- Rachel m. Nathan Alger 2d 1809, Priscilla of Mid'o. m. Daniel Allen 1815 .- Bath- sheba of Hanson m. Eleazar Carver Jr. 1821 .- Mary m. Benj. Southworth 1763-Rachel m. Jonathan Lawrence 1765 .- Be- naiah m. Mary Hill 1738 .- Allen m. Sally Leach 1815.
SNELL .- Thomas Snell (from England, nephew of Dea. Samuel Edson) settled in W. B. a. 1665. He was probably the largest landholder in the town, and some portions of it still bear his name, as Snell's Plain, Snell's Meadows, &c. He m. Mar- tha, D. of Arthur Harris, and had Thomas 1671, Josiah 1674, Samuel 1676, Amos 1678, John 1680, Joseph 1683, Ann 1685, Mary 1689, Martha 1692 : his will 1724. Ann m. Nicholas By- ram 1708 .- Mary m. first Nathaniel Reynolds, and then David Ames 1722 .- Martha m. Ephraim Fobes 1714.
2. Thomas (s. of Thomas 1.) had Thomas 1696, Joseph, Abi- gail 1703, Betty 1705. He appeared to be in Mansfield 1726 .- He d. 1739 .- Betty m. Jonathan Copeland 1723 .- Joseph was living with his grandfather 1721, who called him " the eldest sur- viving son of his sou Thomas :" of course there had been other ss. who were dead, and also, it would seem, one other at least was living. No further account of Joseph or Abigail is obtained.
3. Josiah (s. of Thomas 1.) m. Anna, D. of Zechariah Alden of Duxbury, 1699, and had Josiah 1701, Abigail 1702, Zecha- riah 1704 : he d. 1753; she 1705. Abigail m. Israel Sylvester of Duxbury 1734.
4. Samuel (s. of Thomas 1.) went to Tiverton, and was in Newport 1726, called a Tanner. He sold land in E. B. to Jo- seph Shaw 1705.
5. Amos (s. of Thomas 1.) settled in S. B., m. Mary, D. of Samuel Packard Jr., 1700, and had Mary 1700, Jemima 1704, Susanna 1706, Amos 1709, Daniel 1711, Moses 1713, Martha 1716, Charity 1719, Keziah 1727. He d. 1769, æ. 91. Mary m. Hugh Mehuren 1725 .- Jemima m. Benjamin Snow 1722 .- Su- sanna m. Richard Davenport Jr .- Martha m. Jonathan Benson 1740 .- Charity m. Silvanus Blossom 1733 .- Keziah m. Benja- min Benson 1745.
6. John (s. of Thomas 1.) m. Susanna, D. of Samuel Packard Jr .. 1715, and had John 1715*, Nathan 1718*, Samuel 1720*, Zebulun 1721*, Samuel 1723*, Susanna 1725, Silence 1728 : he d. 1767. Susanna m. Sam'l Willis 1747 .- Silence m. Elijah Hay- ward 1751 .- There was a John Snell (at Francis Wood's in S. B.) warned out 1735, called of Raynham ; perhaps of Thomas's or Samuel's family.
7. Joseph (s. of Thomas I.) m. Hannah, D. of Thomas
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Williams of Taunton, 1712, (Rev. Mr. Keith m. her mother for his 2d wife) and had Joseph 1713, Mary 1716, Charles 1717, Jonathan 1718, Martha 1719*, Ann 1720*, Nath'l 1721, Solomon 1723*, Hannah 1724, Mehitabel 1727*, Seth 1729*, Seth 1730, Martha 1732. He was a Tanner, and d. 1736; she 1755. Mary m. Abiah Keith 1737 .- Hannah m. Nathan Keith 1746 .- Martha m. Samuel Bisbee 1751.
8. Thomas (s. of Thomas 2.) m. Hannah Lewis of Mid'o. and settled in E. B., and had Deliverance 1727, Thomas 1730, Elea- zar 1732, Joseph 1734*, Hannah 1735, Pollycarpus 1737, William 1740, Barnabas 1741, Lewis 1745*, Seth 1747. : he d. 1772, æ. 76; she 1793, æ. 89. Deliverance m. Nath'l Chamberlin (his 2d w.) 1:67 .- Thomas m. Bethiah, D. of James Allen, and went to Woolwich, Me., and left a family there .- Eleazar went to N. Y., and had a family there .- Hannah m. Benj. Chamberlin 1756 .- Seth went to Warren, R. I., and left a large family.
9. Josiah (s. of Josiah 3.) m. Abigail, D. of John Fobes, 1728, and had Josiah 1730, Anna 1732, Elijah 1734, Mary 1736*, Abi- gail 1739*, Rhoda 1743, Nathan 1749. Anna m. Edmund Hay- ward 1751 .- Rhoda m. Elijah Copeland 1765.
10. Dea. Zechariah (s. of Josiah 3.) ın. Abigail, D. of Dea. Joseph Hayward, 1731, and was one of the early settlers in N. B., and had Issachar 1732, Abigail 1734, Zebedee 1736, Ebene- zer 1738, Zechariah 1743*, Hannah 1745* : he d. 1768, æ. 64; she lived to a great age, between 90 and 100. Abigail m. Robert Howard Jr. 1757.
11. Amos (s. of Amos 5.) m. Experience Washburn 1759, 2d wife perhaps, and had Isaiah, David, Isaac, and perhaps others. Isaiah went to Me .- David m. Molly Bowcker 1783 .- Isaac m. Rachel Reed of Pembroke 1800 .- David and Isaac went to Ware .- Amos, by first w., went to Freetown .- Amos the father d. 1791, æ. 81.
12. Dr. Daniel (s. of Amos 5.) m. Joanna Harlow 1732, and had Daniel 1733, Susanna 1735, Joanna 1738, John 1741, Lydia 1743*, Keziah 1745, Lydia 1747, Sarah 1749, Benjamin 1752, William 1754 : she d. 1795, æ. 82; he d. 1776. Susanna m. Nathan Orcutt of E. B. a. 1756 .- Joanna m. Jacob Hayward 3d 1759 .- Keziah m. Jeremiah Washburn 1777 .- Lydia never m .- Sarah m. Jeremiah Collins perhaps of R. I. 1771.
13. Moses (s. of Amos 5.) m. Mary Besse 1736, and had Mary 1737, Charity 1739, Moses 1741, Robert 1743. Mary m. Nathan Rickard 1767 .- Charity m. Elisha Washburn of Roxbury 1763. Moses m. Hannah, D. of Nathaniel Washburn, 1763, and had 4 children, who all d. 1778, and Robert and Hannah. Robert m. Joanna King of T. 1786 .- Hannah m. Wm. Loring.
14. Joseph (s. of Joseph 7.) gra. H. U. 1735, engaged in no profession, lived in N. B., m. Anna Williams, and had Mary 1747, Joseph 1750, Olive 1753, Gilbert 1755 : he died 1791, æ. 78. Olive m. James Alger 2d 1781 .- Gilbert d. a bachelor.
15. Charles (s. of Joseph 7.) m. Susanna, D. of Jonathan
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Packard, 1745, and lived in N. B., and had Mehitabel 1745*, Bathsheba 1747*, Jonathan 1749*, Silence 1750, Charles 1753, Nathaniel 1755, Susanna 1757, Hannah 1759, Reuben 1761*, Abigail 1765, Shepard 1770 : he d. 1771, æ. 54. Silence m. Ebenezer Howard 1773 .- Susanna m. Abiel Harris 1774 .- Hannah m. Jonathan Keith 1777 .- Abigail m. Capt. Leavit Thayer 1783 .- Nathaniel, a bachelor.
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