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33. Judge Benjamin (s. of Benjamin 16.) gra. H. U. 1740, C. Justice C. C. P. Plym. Co., m. Bathsheba Williams of Taunton 1742, and had a child 1743#: he then m. wid. Sarah Bradford, sister of Dea. Ephraim Spooner of Plymouth, 1761, and had Mary 1762, Benjamin 1765, Sarah 1763: he died July 13, 1807, æ. 87 .- Sarah m. Capt. Simeon Pratt 1791.
34. Daniel (s. of John Esq. 17.) m. Keziah (D. of Ebenezer Willis 11.) 1756, and had Daniel and John 1758, Jonah 1764, Ebenezer 1767 : he d. 1814; she 1816.
35. Zebulun (s. of Samuel 24.) m. Susanna Bartlett of Carver 1793, and had Wendell 1794, Irene 1796, Susanna 1799, Han- nah 1802, Bartlett 1804*, Salome 1807, Mary*, d. 1813. Wen- dell went to Sandwich, and then to New York .- Irene m. Daniel Hartwell Jr. 1817, and died 1818 .- Susanna m. Charles Dunbar 1817 .- Salome m. James O. Stetson .- Hannah m. a son of Eli Hudson of Randolph.
36. Isaac (s. of Isaac 29.) m. Huldah, D. of Capt. John Ames, 1786, and had Ruel 1786, Rebecca 1789, and removed to Me., and d., and his wid. m. again.
37. Gen. Nathan (s. of Nathan 32.) m. Sophia, D. of Col. Benjamin Tupper of Chesterfield, 1787, and had Sophia 1789 .* His w. d. 1809, and he m. wid. Lucy Dogget, D. of Noah Fear- ing Esq. of Mid'o. 1790, and had Sophia Tupper 1791, Noah Fearing 1793, Maria 1795*, Charles 1797, Lucy Fearing 1799, Nathan 1802, William Henry 1804, Maria Antoinette 1806, Elijah 1808, George 1810, Caroline 1812*, Frederick Augustus 1815. He removed to Rochester, and then to Pittsfield : he was Representative, Senator, and Counsellor. George m. Louisa, D. of Silas Packard Jr., and lives in Boston.
38. Elijah Esq. (s. of Nathan 32.) removed to Rochester, m. Sarah, D. of Rev. Jonathan Moore, 1807, and had Susan 1809, Abby 1812, Eliza 1815, Sarah 1818, Elijah 181S *. Susan m. Nathan Willis .- Abby m. a Barstow .- Eliza and Sarah m. two men by the name of Munroe.
39. Benjamin (s. of Benjamin 33.) m. Sarah, D. of Dr. Elea- zar Carver 1801, and had Benjamin. He d., and his widow m.
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Seth Washburn Esq. 1812 .- Benjamin gra. B. U. 1825, and is an Attorney, and has gone South.
40. Daniel (s. of Daniel 34.) m. Zilphah, D. of Sam'l Edson, 1778, and had Keziah 1779, Zilphah 1780*, d. 1800; Susanna 1782, Betsy 1784, Nancy 1787, Polly 1790, Roxana 1792, Daniel E. 1794, Cyrus 1797, Galen 1800 : his w. d. 1821, æ. 61 .- Keziah m. James Willis of E. 1799 .- Susanna m. John Pool 1801 .- Nancy m. Galen Orcutt 1809 .- Polly m. Cyrus Lathrop 1811 .- Betsy m. Benjamin Palmer 1805, and Isaac Alden 1814 .- Daniel went to Hanson.
41. John (s. of Daniel 34.) m. Sarah, D. of Joseph Rickard, 1779, and had Sarah 1782*, d. 1800. His w. d. 1783, and he m. Huldah, wid. of Silvanas Ames and D. of Maj. Isaac Johnson, 1784, and had John 1786, Polly 1787*, Martin 1789 : he d. 1835. John gra. B. U. 1807, and has kept school and lives on the farm with his father : he m. Cynthia Danville in Providence and has had 16 children, many of whom are not living.
42. Jonah (s. of Daniel 34.) m. Abigail, D. of Jonathan Hay- ward, 1788, and had Abigail 1790, Jonah 1792, Polly Hayward 1795, Lyman 1798. His w. d. 1799, and he m. Hannah, another D. of Jona. Hayward 1800, and had Clement 1801, Henry Wil- liams 1803, died in N. Y .; Nathan 1806, Emeline Frances 1808, Augustus 1811, Benjamin 1815. His 2d wife d. 1816, and he m. Freelove, widow of William Fobes (she was a French) 1816 .- Abigail m. Jacob Hayward 1816, and Alfred Whitman 1833,- Jonah m. Abigail A. Foster of Kingston 1817, where he lives .- Polly H. m. Leonard Hill 1817 .- Lyman lives in Stoughton .- Clement is in Boston .- Benjamin in Boston .- Augustus is with Lyman .- Nathan went to Taunton, is now in S. B.
43. Ebenezer (s. of Daniel 34.) m. Joanna Atwood 1785, and was drowned in a well at Taunton in a fit : he had Ebenezer, George, Huldah, Olive, and Joanna. Ebenezer lived in Mid'o. George m. a D. of John Drew of Taunton, and left two sons, George and William .- Huldah m. Benja. Warren of Mid'o., and Olive m. Dr. Vaughn of Mid'o .- Joanna not m .- Ebenezer Willis d. in Mid'o. 1840, æ. 49.
44. Mr. Nathaniel Willis (brother of Dea. John 1.) was like- wise an original Proprietor, and among the first settlers in Bridgewater. He was a respectable man, and designated on the early records as Mr. Nathaniel Willis, which was as high a title as was given in that day : he is said to have been the first school- master here. He d. before his brother John, and his estate was settled 1686 : his w. survived, but her name is not given : he had Elkanah and Bethiah. There was a Mary b. at Sandwich 1648, probably his D. : he lived there a short time. Bethiah d. 1716.
45. Elkanah (s. of Nathaniel 44.) and his w. Mercy had Na- thaniel 1678, Judith 1682 : she d. 1709; he 1711.
46. Nathaniel (s. of Elkanah 45.) m. Hannah, D. of John Titus of Rehoboth 1712, and had Ephraim 1713, Elkanah 1719: he d. 1747; she 1753,-[See Nathaniel, No. 18.]
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47. Ephraim (s. of Nathaniel 46.) and his w. Ann settled in N. B., and had Ann 1750 *. His w. d. 1751, and he m. Elizabeth Gernsey or Ganza 1758, and had Ephraim 1759, John 1761, Ann, Betsy : he d. 1790, æ. 76. Ann m. Moses Pike 1790 .- Betsy m. Jarvis Pike 1790, both of Attleboro'.
48. Elkanalı (s. of Nathaniel 46.) m. Mary Sables of Stough- ton 1744: he had also a w. Sarah, perhaps 2d w., and had Sarah 1749*, Samuel 1751, Nathaniel 1753, Sarah 1755. No further account of this family.
49. Ephraim (s. of Ephraim 47.), a Baptist preacher, m. Eu- nice, D. of Hezekiah Egerton 1779, and had Polly 1781, Still- man 1785. He m. a 2d wife Frances Lemote of E. 1787, and had Ephraim, James N., Milton, David, Frances, Sarah. Polly m. Jacob Dunbar Jr. 1802 .- Stillman m. Huldah, D. of Jona. Snow Esq. 1809 .- Frances m. Thos. Willis Jr. of E. 1812 .- Sarah m. a Hunt .- Ephraim lives in Easton .- James N. m. Ro- sanda Foster of Abington 1815 .- Wid. Frances m. William Hunt 1817.
50. John (s. of Ephraim 47.) m. Mary, D. of Hezekiah Eger- ton 1781, and had Isaac, John, Abigail, Eunice, Nancy, Sally, Elizabetlı. Isaac m. a Hubbard .- John m. Lavinia, wid. or D. of Alfred Howard, 1813 .- Abigail m. Samuel Whiting IS05 .- Eunice m. Ruel Lincoln 1804 .- Nancy m. Ruel Dunbar 1805 .- Sally m. Oliver Dunbar 1807 .- Elizabeth m. Richard Beresford 1817.
Abraham Pierce d. 1673, and it appears that one of his Ds., Rebecca, m. a Willis .- Seth Willis m. Silence, wid. of Benja. Smith and D. of Josiah Keith, and went to Chesterfield : she was b. a. 1720 .- Jeremiah, John, Solomon, and Jonathan Willis were at Stoughton a. 1760 .- Sarah m. Robert Hoar of Mid'o. 1744 .- Mary m. Lewis Daily 1782 .- Timothy m. Lavinia Pratt 1786 .- Jedediah of Easton m. Adalı Hayward 1802 .- Daniel m. Judith B. Pratt 1815 .- Thomas Willis of T. m. Bethiah, D. of Elisha Hayward, 1743: she was dis. from W. B. Ch. to T. Ch. 1745. The following from Boston Records, viz : John Willis and Sarah : he d. 1735 .- Stephen Willis and Ann : he d. 1729: had Stephen, Mary, Martha, and Grace; a brother William, and friend Jonathan Willis. Stephen Jr.'s widow Martha : he had Jonathan and Mary : his will 1748 ; his brothers Jonathan and Benjamin ex'ors : a D. Phebe Willis, alias Potter, by a former wife Dorothy .- Benjamin and Ann : he d. 1746 .- Nicholas Wil- lis 1648 .- Michael Willis and Mildred his wife : his will 1669; hers 1680 : 2 ss. Experience and Michael, and a gr. s. Michael : several Ds. viz : Abigail Bill, Lydia Nowell, Joanna Ellis, and a Pollard .- Elizabeth, wid. of Michael, a shipwright, 1712 .- Ed- ward Wyllys, merchant, and Ruth his widow: inventory taken 1669.
WILMARTH OR WILMOUTH .- David and Susanna Wil- marth had Molly 1757, Jotham 1759.
WINSLOW .- Josiah Winslow (from Freetown) m. Sarah, D.
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of Jolin Hayward Jr. 1721, lived awhile in E. B., and afterwards exchanged farms with Joseph Keith, and went up to. W. B., near to Easton line. Sarah Winslow m. Edward Wentworth of St. 1746.
Anthony Winslow (s. of Gilbert of Marshfield) born 1707, m. Deborah, D. of William Barker Esq., 1728, and settled the estate of his son-in-law Nathaniel Clift, deceased, 1762 .- Clift's child- ren were Anthony Winslow, Nathaniel, and Deborah. He had also a son-in-law James Thomas of Marshfield, who was in the army with Gen. Winslow at Annapolis Royal 1755, where he d. leaving James, Winslow, Priscilla, and Deborah. Mr. Wins- low came and settled in E. B. before 1770, and brought all these grand children with him, together with his D. the wid. Priscilla Thomas : his D. Deborah Clift was probably then d. Winslow's w. d. 1773, æ. 63 ; he 1789, x. 83 .- His father Gilbert Winslow was son of Nathaniel, who was son of Kenelm, who was brother of Gov. Edward Winslow, and was in Plymouth before 1633 .- Nath'l Winslow removed to Damarascotta 1729, testified at York Court 1742, then 63 years old, and of course born 1679.
John Winslow m. Emeline, D. of Edward Mitchell, a. 1822, and his brother Kenelm Winslow m. Orra, D. of Benja. Pope Esq. about the same time .- Susanna, D. of John Winslow, m. Robert Latham 1649: her mother was the famous Mary Chilton (D. of James and Susanna Chilton who came over in the May Flower 1620, and both died the first winter) who is said to have been the first English lady who set foot on the N. England shore.
WOOD .- Francis Wood lived in S. B., and m. Sarah, widow of John Hooper and D. perhaps of Jolin Harden, 1710, and had John 1710, Mary 1712, Jonathan 1715, Anna 1717.
2. John (s. of Francis 1.) and his w. Priscilla had Anna 1734*, Mary 1735, William 1737*, Priscilla 1738, John 1740, Sarah 1742, Patience 1745, Abigail 1747, Francis 1750, Silas 1752, Joseph 1756. Mary m. Eleazar Snow 1757 .- Sarah perhaps m. John Freelove 1774 .- John Wood Jr. of Easton m. Rachel Barrow 1766.
3. Jonathan (s. of Francis 1.) and his wife Betty had Betty 1738, Jonathan 1740, Francis 1742, Sarah 1744, Huldah 1749, Salome 1752, Eunice 1754. Betty m. Ephraim Allen 1758 .- Huldah m. Eleazar Washburn 1769.
4. Capt. Simeon Wood (from Mid'o.) m. Rachel, and had Lydia 1753*, Barzillai 1754. She died, and he m. Sarah Wes- ton probably, and had a D. Susanna. His wife d. 1771, and he m. Mary, wid. of Isaac Keith of Easton 1774 (she was a Ran- dall) and had Sarah 1775. His w. died, and he m. Lydia, D. of Jeremiah Washburn, 1778, and had Rufus 1779, Mary 1781, Simeon 1784, Lydia 1786, Philander 1789, Lewis 1791 : he died 1802. Susanna m. Seth Mitchell .- Simeon m. Keziah, D. of Jesse Dunbar 1809, settled in Boston, and died 1822 .- Mary m. Spencer Leonard 1805 .- Sarah m. Isaac LIooper 1799 .- Lydia 45
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m. Cyrus Benson 1806 .- Philander m. Martha, D. of Jonah Benson 1813.
5. Rufus (s. of Capt. Simeon 4.) m. Susanna, D. of James Hooper 1799, and had Rachel 1800, Willard 1802, Eunice H. 1804, Winslow 1806*, Rufus 1812 *. Rachel m. Oliver Allen Jr. 1819.
6. Capt. Jonathan (s. of Jonathan 3 perhaps) m. Keziah, D. of James Keith 1764. James m. Achsah Phinney 1764 .- Jona. Wood m. Am Edson (wid. of Elijah, and D. of Samuel Pack- ard) 1771.
Jonathan Wood m. Persis Robbins, and Barnabas Wood m. Hannah Robbins, Ds. of Jeduthun Robbins before 1726 .- Mary, D. of Elnathan, m. Thomas Conant 1745 .- Judah m. Hannah Porter 1757 .- Ziba m. Abigail, D. of William Shaw, 1796 .- William m. Amie Mears 1753 .- Rebecca of Halifax m. John Harris of E. B. 1811 .- Olive m. Amasa Nash of Weymouth 1813 .- Patience m. Eliab Keith 1813 .- Eliza m. Eli Blanchard Jr. 1817 .- George W. m. Lydia Tucker 1821 .- Greenough m. Nancy A. V., D. of Calvin Washburn Jr .- Sarah Atwood m. Samuel Derby 1764 .- George Wood lived in E. B. 1775, and his child d. there the same year.
WOODWARD .- Capt. Nathaniel Woodward (from Taunton probably) m. Elizabeth, D. of Benjamin Willis, 170S, and settled in S. B., near the Bridge ever since called " Woodward's Bridge," and had Susanna 1709, Sarah 1712 : he died 1741, æ. 71. Su- sanna m. Charles Latham a. 1724 .- There was a Hannah Wood- ward who m. Joshua Willis 1734.
Nathaniel Woodworth, s. of John, born at Taunton 1679. It may be that the name of Woodworth and Woodward were ori- ginally the same, like Southworth and Southard.
WOODWISS .- James Carkis Woodwiss m. Hannah Wash- burn 1770, and had Sarah 1770, John 1772, Mary 1773. Sarah d. 1816.
WORMAL, WERMAL, OR WORMELL .- John Wormell m. Mary Bryant 1729, and had Joseph 1732, Benjamin 1735, John 1738. He removed to Halifax and there d., and his estate was settled 1754, and his wid. m. Robert Henry.
Sarah Wormal m. Nehemiah Allen 1707. This family came from Duxbury to Bridgewater probably, and was originally from Scituate, where James Wermal took the oath of fidelity 1638.
YOUNG .- John Young (a Scotchman, born in the Shire of Renfrew) came to this country quite young : was cousin to the Hon. Hugh Orr, with whom he served an apprenticeship, and m. Eunice, D. of Capt. Jonathan Bass 1752, and settled in E. B., and had Robert 1754, Agnes 1756, Samuel 1760, Bethuel 1763*, Jennet 1765, Thomas 1768, John 1771, Eunice 1775. His wife d. 1780, æ. 43, and he m. Leah Bonney of Pembroke: he d. 1798, æ. 68; she 1800, æ. 63. Agnes d. 1777,-Samuel d. 1777 .- John died 1792 .- Jennet m. John Phillips 1784, and died 1823 .- Eunice m. John Harris 1795, and d. 1311.
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2. Robert (s. of John 1.) m. Mary, D. of Capt. David King- man, 1775, and had Samuel 1777, Agnes 1779*, Parnel 1781, Robert 1782%, Molly 1784*, a son 1787*, Betsy 1790, Welcome 1792 : his wife d. 1831, æ. 77. Samuel was Purser on board the Boston Frigate, Capt. Little, and was killed at the capture of the Burceau 1800,-Parney d. 1800 .- Mr. Robert Young died 1839, æ. 85.
3. Capt. Thomas (s. of John 1.) m. Bethiah Cushing, D. of the Rev. Samuel Baldwin of Hanover 1791, and had John 1792, Hannah Cushing 1794, Fanny 1798, William Cushing and Bush- rod Washington 1800, Lucy 1802. He removed to Belfast, Me., then to Weymouth, then to Roxbury, and finally to Dorchester, where he died. John d. of a consumption. The widow lived in Charlestown with her family, and d. 1837.
4. Welcome Esq. (s. of Robert 2.) gra. B. U. 1814, and is a Counsellor at Law ; m. Jennet Orr, D. of Dea. Wm. Harris, 1816, and had Mary. His w. d. 1821, æ. 31, and he m. Rolinda, D. of Josiah Sturtevant of Halifax, and has several other children.
THE FOLLOWING WERE NOT RESIDENTS IN BRIDGEWATER, BUT MOST OF THEM WERE ORIGINAL PROPRIETORS, AND OTHERS OF THEM CONNECTED WITH THE EARLY SETTLERS OF THE TOWN; OF WHOM AND THEIR FAMILIES IT HAS BEEN THOUGHT NOT INAPPROPRIATE TO INSERT HIERE THESE FEW BRIEF AND LIMITED NOTICES.
ALLERTON .- BARNES.
ALLERTON .- Mr. Isaac Allerton and his wife Mary were among the first pilgrims, who came over to Plymouth in the May Flower 1620, and resided there till 1636 : he was one of the Gov- ernor's Assistants ; was also one of Gov. Bradford's 8 associates who assumed the Company's debts in 1627 ; an Agent to Eng- land three times ; m. Fear, D. of William Brewster, for his 2d wife, she died 1633: he met with losses and removed to New York, and d. at New Haven 1659, his will on record there : he had Isaac, Bartholomew, Remember, Mary, and Sarah. Mary m. Thomas Cushman : he had also a sister Sarah, who m. God- bert Godbertson .- Isaac (the son) graduated H. U. 1650; went to New Haven, and a D. of his m. Capt. Simon Eyres and died 1740, æ. 100 : she was said to have sheltered the regicide judges ; but she was then only eight years old, and could have been only a witness of it in the house of her grandmother where, if any where, it took place : he had also a son John, who had a son Isaac, born in N. E., and d. in Dutchess Co., N. York, 1806, æ. 80, leaving 3 ss. David, Jonathan, and Reuben, all of whom had ss. in N. Y. State. David had a son Isaac living at Carmel, N. Y., March 25, 1825. George D. James of the town of America in Dutchess Co., N. Y., a connection of the family, is said to be able to give a more particular account of them. Point Allerton or Alderton in Boston harbour was so named for Isaac, the wor- thy ancestor above. Early records speak also of Allerton's Hill in Duxbury .- See N. E. Memorial and Judge Davis' letter in the 7th vol., 3d series of the Collections of the M. H. Society.
BARNES .- John Barnes was at Plymouth in 1634 .- Jona- than Barnes, s. of John probably, d. in Plymouth 1715: his w. was Elizabeth, D. of Wm. Hedge probably : he had John, Wil- liam, Jonathan, Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth, Lydia, Esther, and Sarah. Hannah m. Benjamin Rider .- Mary m. John Carver 1689 .- Elizabeth m. Isaac Lothrop 1698 .- Lydia m. Abiel Shurtleff 1695 .- Esther m. Elkanah Cushman .- Sarah m. Benj.
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Bartlett 1702 .- John m. Mary, D. of Joseph Bartlett, and had a family : one D., Lydia, m. Lemuel Barnes .- Jonathan m. Sarah, D. of Wm. Bradford 3d, she d. 1720.
2. William (s. of Jonathan above) m. Alice, D. of William Bradford 3d, and had William 1706, Lemuel 1707, Mercy 1708, Benjamin 1710*, and Benjamin 1717 : the father d. 1751, æ. 80, the mother d. 1775, æ. 95. William was drowned .- Lemuel m. Lydia, D. of his uncle John Barnes, and had 5 ss. and 3 Ds .: he d. and his wid. m. Jonathan Sampson : one D. m. Nathaniel Bartlett, one m. a Lemote, and another Ephraim Holmes,- Mercy m. Samuel Cole and afterwards Capt. Barnabas Hedge, grandfather of the present Barnabas Hedge Esq., and her D. Mercy m. Thomas Davis, and was mother of the late Hon. Wm. Davis of Plymouth .- Benjamin had Benjamin, Isaac, Bradford, and Mrs. Battles, and died 1760. There are many descendants still in Plymouth, Hingham, and other parts of the County.
BARTLETT .- Robert Bartlett came over in the 3d ship, the Ann, in 1723; m. Mary, eldest D. of Richard and Elizabeth Warren, 1628: he d. 1676, æ. 73, his w. survived him a few years only : he had Benja., Joseph 1638, Rebecca who m. Wm. Harlow 1649, Mary who m. Richard Foster 1651 and then Jona. Morey 1659, Sarah who m. Sam'l Rider of Yarmo. 1656, Elizabeth who m. Anthony Sprague of Hingham 1661, Mercy who m. John Ivey of Boston 1668, and Lydia who m. James Barnaby and then John Nelson of Mid'o. He was said to have been much " opposed to psalm singing ;" Ainsworth's Psalms and the tunes appended, badly printed and worse sung probably, could but offend both good sense and good ears.
2. Benjamin (s. of the above) m. Sarah, only D. of Love Brewster, 1656, and settled in Duxbury, where he was Selectman and Deputy : he m. a 2d w. Cicely or Cecilia 1678: he d. 1691, and had Benjamin, Samuel, Ichabod, Ebenezer, Rebecca who m. Wm. Bradford 3d 1679, and Sarah who m. her cousin Robert Bartlett 1687. Some of his descendants went to Lebanon, Conn.
3. Joseph (brother of the next above) m. probably Hannah, D. of William Followell, (Gabriel Followell d. 1667) and settled in " Pond's Parish," Plymouth : she b. 1638, d. 1710; he died 1712, æ. 73 : he had Robert, Joseph, Benjamin, Elnathan, Mary w. of John Barnes, Hannah w. of Joseph Silvester, and Lydia w. of Elisha Holmes.
4. Samuel (s. of Benjamin 2.) m. Hannah Peabody and settled in Plymouth, and was called " sen." and mariner, from whom are Samuel, Ichabod, Judah, William, and others. Samuel Jr. was an officer at Louisburgh, and d. 1750, æ. 59, whose son Samuel, called " Quaker Sam," was father of Capt. Joseph, Amasa, An- selm, and others .- There was an Abigail Bartlett m. Gamaliel Bradford, and named one of her sons Peabody.
5. Robert (s. of Joseph 3.) m. his cousin Sarah Bartlett 1687, and afterwards Sarah, D. of Jacob Cook, 1691, and d. 1718, æ. 55 : he had Thomas, Dea. Joseph, Robert, Ebenezer, and
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Lemuel .- James and Isaac Bartlett of Plymouth are descendants of Robert Jr.
6. Joseph (s. of Joseph 3.) m. Lydia Griswold 1692, and d. at ' Pond's" 1703, æ. 33, and had Joseph 1693, Samuel (town clerk ) 1697, Lydia 1693, Benjamin 1699, Francis LeBaron 1701, Sarah 1703. Capt. Zaccheus and the late Silvanus Bartlett were descendants of Joseph 6 .- Samuel (the town Clerk) m. Eliza- beth Lothrop, and afterwards wid. Elizabeth Wethrell, who was also a Lothrop: he d. 1769, æ. 72.
7. Benjamin (s. of Benjamin 2, or of Joseph 3.) called Jr., m. Sarah, D. of Jonathan Barnes, 1702, and died at " Ponds" 1727 : his wid. m. Joseph Sturtevant of Kingston : he had Joseph, Benjamin, Nathaniel, Jonathan, Elkanah of Staten Island, Han- nah and Sarah. Elsewhere it is recorded that his Ds. were Sarah wife of Israel Bradford, Rebecca relict of John Bradford Jr., Ruth wife of John Murdock Jr., Mercy wife of John Turner, Deborah w. of Josiah Thomas of Marshfield, and Abigail of Duxbury : one of his Ds. also is said to have m. Ephraim Brad- ford, but query.
Lydia Bartlett m. Dr. Lazarus LeBaron 1720 .- Sarah, wid. of John Jenny, d. 1655, and in her will, 1654, mentions her son- in-law Benjamin Bartlett.
The family of Bartlett is very numerous, and the preceding is intended as a brief and very general account only of the ancestor and such of his immediate descendants as have fallen under our notice.
BONNEY .- Thomas Bonney was one of the original propri- etors of Bridgewater, and of course lived in Duxbury between 1645 and 1650 : m. Dorcas, D. of Henry Sampson .- Mary Bon- ney of Duxbury m. John Mitchell 1675. The family spread into Pembroke and many of the descendants are still there and in the lower part of the county. Abigail, D. of Ebenezer Bonney of Pembroke, m. Jacob Hill of E. B. 1754, and her sister Eliz- abeth m. Samuel Whitman of E. B. 1757 .- Some of the family removed to Chesterfield .- Leah m. John Young of E. B.
BRADFORD .- Hon. William Bradford the 2d, Governor of old Plymouth Colony, was born at Ansterfield in Yorkshire 1588, and educated under the Rev. Mr. Clifton ; m. Dorothy May, and came to Plymouth with the forefathers in the first ship, the May Flower, in 1620, and had a s. John : his w. d. (was drowned in Plymouth harbor before they landed) Dec. 7, 1620: he after- wards in 1623, m. the wid. Alice Southworth, whose maiden or family name was Carpenter ; she was b. 1590, and there was said to have been a mutual attachment between them in youth, which, after she lost her husband and he his wife, was revived, and she arrived with her two children, Constant and Thomas Southworth, in the ship Ann in 1623: they had William 1624, Mercy, and Joseph 1630. He d. 1657, æ. 71 ; she 1670, æ. 80. Mercy m. Benjamin Vermays or Vermage 1648.
2. John (s. of William and Dorothy above) was in Duxbury
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between 1645 and 1653, was an original proprietor of Bridge- water, was Representative of Duxbury 1652, and of Marshfield 1653, at the old Colony Court at Plymouth : his father in his will 1657 speaks of him as then living, and the records mention him as living in 1662, and no further account is obtained of him : the tradition is that he was lost at sea on a voyage to or from England : he probably had no family.
3. William (s. of the Governor) was a Major and Deputy Governor ; lived in Kingston, near Duxbury, and was one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater ; m. Alice, D. of Tlios. Richards of Weymouth ; she was a very respectable woman, and in an eulogy, after her death, on the colony records, was called " Mrs. Alice Bradford Jr.": they had John 1652, William 1655, Thomas, Samuel 1668, Hannah, and Mercy. His w. died, and he m. a wid. Wiswall, and had a s. Joseph. She died, and he m. Mary, wid. of Rev. John Holmes of Duxbury and D. of Dea. John Wood or Atwood of Plymouth, 1661, and had Israel, David, Ephraim, Hezekiah, Melatiah, Mary, Alice, and Sarah : some of these Ds. might have been born of the Ist or 2d wife : his last w. d. 1671, æ. 44 ; he d. Feb. 20, 1704, æ. 79. Thomas and Joseph went to Conn .- Hannah m. Joshua Ripley of Hing- ham .- Mercy and Melatiah m. men by the name of Steel in Conn. Israel m. Sarah, D. of Benja. Bartlett Jr., and he, Ephraim, and Hezekiah settled on the paternal estate in Kingston .- Mary m. Thomas or Samuel Hunt of Duxbury or Kingston .- Alice m. a Fitch of Norwich, Conn .- Sarah m. Kenelm Baker of Marsh- field, and was mother of the late Wm. Baker, Messenger of the Governor and Council, and of a Mrs. Scollay of Boston .- Rev. Timothy Alden said that the children by the first w. were Israel, Ephraim, Samuel, and John ; by the 2d Joseph ; and by the 3d William, Thomas, David, and Hezekiah, and that he had three Ds .; but query.
4. Joseph (s. of the Governor) m. Jael, D. of the Rev. Peter Hobart of Hingham, and had Elisha, and d. 1715, æ. 84; she d. 1730, æ. 88. Elisha m. Hannah, D. of James Cole Jr .: it is also said he m. Bathsheba Le Brock, and had a son Carpenter, who went to Me., and several Ds .: one m. a Waters in Sharon, and her descendants are said to possess Gov. Bradford's Bible, in which is to be found a record of the family.
5. Maj. John (s. of William 3.) m. Mercy, D. of Joseph and Priscilla Warren, 1674: her mother was Priscilla, D. of Mr. John Faunce, and sister of Elder Thomas Faunce, and niece of the Secretary Nath'l Morton author of the Memorial. Mercy was born 1653, he died 1736, she 1748, in her: 94th year (Josiah Cotton's Diary says, æ. 90): they had John 1675, Alice 1677, Abigail 1679, Mercy 1631, Samuel 1653, Priscilla 1686, William 1658. John m. Rebecca, D. of Benjamin Bartlett Jr. of Dux- hury, and d. young, leaving a son, Capt. Robert .- Alice m. Ens. Edward Mitchell of East Bridgewater, his 2d wife 1708, and af- terwards Dea. Joshua Hersey of Hingham .- Abigail m. Gideon
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