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Sampson, but left no children .- Mercy m. Jonathan Freeman 1708, and afterwards Lt. Isaac Cushman Jr .- Priscilla m. Seth Chipman of Kingston .- William m. a D. of Dea. John Foster of Plymouth and d. young, and she then m. George Partridge of Duxbury : some of William's descendants settled in Plainfield, Conn.
6. William (s. of William 3.) m. Rebecca, D. of Benjamin Bartlett of Duxbury, 1679: she died 1775; he 16$7: they had Alice 1630, Sarah 1683, and William. Alice m. William Barnes of Plymouth, and was g. grandmother of the late Hon. William Davis, and of Barnabas Hedge Esq. of Plymouth .- Sarah m. Jonathan Barnes and d. 1720 .- William, it is said, m. Elizabeth Finney, but qu.
7. Samuel (s. of William 3.) m. Hannah Rogers and died at Duxbury 1714, æ. 46 : he had Hannah 1689, Gershom 1691, Perez 1694, Elizabeth 1696, Jerusha 1699, Wealthy 1772, and Gamaliel 1704. Gershom m. Priscilla Wiswall 1716, and lived in Kingston .- Perez gra. H. U. 1713 .- Gamaliel m. Abigail Bartlett 1728, and d. 1778, æ. 73, and had Abigail 1728, Samuel 1729, Gamaliel 1731, Seth 1733, Peabody 1734, Deborah 1738, Hannah 1740, Ruth 1743, Peter 1745, and Andrew 1746, gra. II. U. 1771. Jerusha m. Rev. Ebenezer Gay of Hingham D. D., and Hannah m. Nathaniel Gilbert of Taunton 1709 .- Col. Ga- maliel, son of Gamaliel above, m. Sarah, D. of Samuel Alden, and had Perez, Sophia, Gamaliel, Alden 1765, Jerusha, Sally, Daniel, and Gershom .- Perez lived on the paternal estate .- Gamaliel was a mariner and Captain of a Ship, and afterwards Warden of the State Prison in Charlestown, where he d .: he m. a Hickling, and had a s. Gamaliel gra. H. U. 1814, a Physician, who d. 1840 ; and another s. Geo. Partridge gra. H. U. 1825 .- Hon. Alden gra. H. U. 1786, first settled in the ministry in Me., and was afterwards Secretary of Mass .; m. Margaret Stevenson, and has a family in Boston.
8. David (s. of William 3.) m. Elizabeth Finney 1714, and d. 1730, and had Nathaniel 1715, d. 1751; Jonathan 1717, Lydia 1719, Nathan 1722. Lydia m. Elkanah Cushman 1740, and Lazarus Le Baron 1743, and d. 1756.
9. Samuel (s. of Maj. John 5.) m. Sarah, D. of Edw. Gray of Tiverton, s. of Edward Gray of Plymouth, 1714, and settled in Plympton ; he d. 1740, æ. 56 ; she 1770 : they had John 1717, Gideon 1719, William 1720*, Mary 1722, Sarah 1725, William 1728, Mercy 1731, Abigail 1732, Phebe 1735, Samuel 1740. Mary m. Abiel Cook .- Sarah m. Ephraim Paddock .- Abigail m. Caleb Stetson .-- Phebe m. Shubael Norton Esq .- John m. Elizabeth Holmes, and had Elizabeth, Molly, John, Priscilla, Perez, Hannah, Lydia, Oliver, Mercy, William, and Sarah. John m. Eunice, D. of Ignatius Loring Esq., and had Polly, Eunice, Olive, John, Nancy, Mercy, Sophia, Susanna, and Jane.
10. Gideon (s. of Samuel 9.) m. Jane Paddock, and d. 1793 : they had Levi 1743, Joseph 1745, Sarah 1748, Samuel 1750,
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Gideon 1752, Calvin 1754, Jenny 1756. Sarah m. Freeman Ellis .- Jenny m. Noah Bisbee.
11. Hon. William (s. of Samuel 9.) m. Mary, D. of Dr. Laz- arus Le Baron of Plymouth 1751, and settled as a Physician in Bristol, R. I .; was afterwards an Attorney, Lt. Governor, and Senator in Congress : she d. 1775; he died 1808, æ. 80 : he had William 1752, Le Baron 1754, John 1758*, Mary 1760, Hannah 1762*, One 1764*, Hannah 1767, John 1768, Nancy, Ezekiel Hersey, and Lydia. William m. Betsy B. James, and had Wil- liam and others, and d. 1811 .- Le Baron m. Sarah, D. of Thos. Davis of Plymouth, and had Le Baron 1780, and d. 1793, æ. 39. Mary m. Henry Goodwin, and d. 1834 .- Hannah m. Dr. Gus- tavus Baylies of Uxbridge, and died 1811 .- John m. Jemima Wardwell, and d. 1833 .- Nancy m. James De Wolf, and both d. 1838 .- Ez. Hersey m. Abby De Wolf, and then Abby Atwood .- Lydia m. Charles Collins Esq. of Newport.
12. Samuel (s. of Samuel 9.) m. Lydia Pease, and had Shu- bael, Sarah, Samuel, Edward Gray, Pardon, and Lydia.
13. Levi (s. of Gideon 10.) m. Elizabeth Lewis 1764: she b. 1743, d. 1813; he d. 1822 : they had Lewis 1768, Joseph 1770, Levi 1772, Daniel 1774, Ezra 1776, Elizabeth 1778, and Sarah 1782. Lewis is now living in Plympton, and has an accurate geneological account of the Bradford family, to which recurrence may be had for all particulars here omitted. Joseph d. 1810 .- Levi m. Mercy Sampson 1800 .- Sarah m. Isaiah Tilson.
14. Perez (s. of John and g. s. of Samuel 9.) m. Sarah Prince, and had Christopher Prince, Louisa, Elizabeth, Deborah, Sarah*, Ruth, Lucy Prince, Perez, Hezekiah. His w. died, and he m. Lydia Cushman, and had Sarah, Joanna, and Salome. Louisa m. Miles Holmes .- Elizabeth m. Richard Sayward .- Deborah m. Samuel Bryant .-- Ruth m. Jona. Ripley .- Lucy P. m. Theo- dore Cobb and then Hezekiah Cole .- Perez mn. Deborah Davis. Hezekiah m. Margaret Parsons .- Sarah m. Oliver Churchill Jr. . Salome m. William Bradford.
BREWSTER .- William Brewster, b. 1560, came over in the first ship, the May Flower, 1620; was a ruling Elder in the Church at Plymouth : his w. (name unknown) d. between 1623 and 1627 ; he d. 1644, æ. 84 : he had Jonathan, Love, Wrestling, Patience, and Fear. (Lucretia, William, and Mary, are also set down as his children in a note in the N. E. Memorial, p. 221 ; but this is now considered by the learned and able editor himself as at least doubtful : probably Lucretia was wife of Jonathan, and William and Mary were probably his two eldest children.) Pa- tience m. Thomas Prince, the Governor, 1624, and died 1634 .- Fear m. Isaac Allerton 1626, and d. 1633 .- Wrestling d. single in youth .- The venerable Elder was one of the oldest men among the forefathers, being 60 when he arrived.
2. Jonathan (s. of the preceding) and his wife Lucretia, had William, Mary, Jonathan, and Benjamin. He removed from Duxbury to Norwich, Conn., after 1648, with his wife and sons.
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Mary m. John Turner of Scituate 1645, and was living 1691 .- William and Jonathan Jr. were on the military roll in Duxbury, 1643, the latter then 16 years old, and had an action in Court 1650. William was in the Naragansett war 1645. After these periods neither of their names appears on the records .- Benjamin was at New London 1661.
3. Love (s. of William 1.) m. Sarah, D. of William Collier (she afterwards m. a Parks); he died 1650; and had Sarah, Na- thaniel, William, and Wrestling. He lived and died in Duxbury, and was one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater. Sarah m. Benjamin Bartlett of Duxbury 1656 .- Nathaniel d. 1676, his family (if he had any ) extinct : his name appears on Bridgewater records as a proprietor (of his father's share probably ) 1666.
4. William (s. of Love 3.) was a Deacon in Duxbury, and had William and Benjamin. William, called Jr. 1722, had Ichabod, Job, and others .- William of Pembroke 1730, had a son Ichabod .- Benjamin was in Connecticut 1714.
5. Wrestling (s. of Love 3.) was a carpenter, d. 1696, leaving a wid. Mary, and had Jonathan, Wrestling, John, Mary, Sarah, Abigail, Elizabeth, and Hannah. One D. m. in Duxbury, and four of them in Kingston .- Jonathan went to Windham, Conn., after 1728 and m. Mary Partridge in Duxb., who was living 1733.
6. Wrestling (s. of Wrestling next above) was a Deacon in Kingston, and had Wrestling, Thomas, Isaac, Elisha, Mary, &c., and d. 1767.
7. John (brother of the preceding) had Joseph and Job in Duxbury.
8. Nathaniel Brewster gra. H. U. 1642, a Clergyman, went to England and returned, and finally settled at Brookhaven, L. I., and d. 1690, leaving John, Timothy, and Daniel. This Nathaniel has been supposed to have been a descendant, perhaps a gr. son, of William. There are many descendants from the worthy Elder in Duxbury, Pembroke, Plymouth, Kingston, and elsewhere.
BROWN .- John Brown was one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater, and of course lived in Duxbury between 1645 and 1650. We have no certain account of him or his family, but take him to be the man who was chosen Assistant 1636, and often afterwards one of the Commissioners of the united Colo- nies from 1644 to 1655, and who died at Winnamoiset near Re- hoboth 1662. James Brown, an Assistant also, who lived at Swansey, was his son, and m. Lydia, D. of John Howland. [See N. E. Memorial, p. 297, note.] Peter Brown came in the May Flower 1620, and whether he was father of John, or otherwise related, is not ascertained ; Martha and Mary (wife and D. per- haps) are named 1627.
CARVER .- John Carver, first Governor of Plymouth colony, d. April 1621, and his wife soon after, and the old Colony records furnish no further account of his family. When he arrived in 1620 his family appears to have consisted of 8 persons, of whom John Howland was one, and is supposed to have m. Elizabeth,
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one of the Daughters. In the allotments of land in 1623, and in the division of the cattle in 1627, the name of Carver does not appear. A family however of this name was in Marshfield ever after 1638, at which date Robert Carver had a grant of land at Green's harbor, and died there 1680, æ. 86. John Carver (son of Robert perhaps) d. in Marshfield 1679, a. 42, leaving a wid. Milicent, who was D). of William Ford, and S children. William Carver (eldest s. of John) died at Marshfield 1760, æ. 102, and is noticed by Gov. Hutchinson and Dr. Belknap, in the biogra- phy of Gov. Carver, as the grandson of the Governor; but in Pemberton's Ms. Journal. in the library of the Mass. Hist. Soci- ety, he is called " the nephew of Governor Carver, being his brother's son." Joshua Carver, late of Marshfield, æ. over 90, was of the same family. John Carver (s. of John probably) lived in Plymouth, went from Marshfield 1680, m. Mary, D. of Jonathan Barnes, and his son, Dea. Josiah, d. in Plymouth 1751, æ. 63. There was a Richard Carver in Watertown, who died 1638, and in his will mentioned his wife Grace, and Ds. Eliza- beth and Susanna. Many of the name are still living in Plymo. and other parts of the old Colony .- [See Carver, p. 129.]
CHANDLER .- Edmund Chandler was one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater, an inhabitant of Duxbury of course, before 1650. We have no particular account of him or his family. Those bearing the name, and probably his descendants, have been and still are numerous in the old Colony, and other parts of the country .- [See Chandler, p. 136.]
CHURCH .- Richard Church came over 1630, then æ. 22: propounded in Mass., where he first arrived probably, 1630, and made freeman in Plymouth 1632: lived at Eel River in Plymouth till 1649, when he sold out and went first to Eastham probably 1649, and then to Hingham, where he had a D. Deborah b. 1657, and d. at Dedham Dec. 27, 1668 ; but was buried at Hingham ; his will dated at Ilingham 1668 ; was a Carpenter ; a volunteer against the Pequots 1637, called " Sergeant Church ;" made the gun carriages : he, with John Thompson, built the first meeting house in Plymouth a. 1637 ; m. Elizabeth, D .. of Richard War- ren, a. 1635 : she d. a wid. at Hingham 1670 : he had Elizabeth, Benjamin 1639, Richard*, Joseph, Nathaniel, Caleb, Abigail 1648, and Deborah 1657. It is doubtful if he ever lived, or was really settled, at Eastham or Dedham. Being a Carpenter, and of some repute in his calling, he was doubtless employed much abroad, and at these places among others : he had early friends at Watertown and Charlestown, some of whom perhaps came over with him. Elizabeth m. Caleb Hobart at Hingham 1657, and died 1659 .- Abigail m. Samuel Thaxter at Hingham 1666, and d. Dec. 1677 .- Deborah m. John Irish Jr. perhaps of Little Compton .- The father gave Joseph, whom he made Executor of his will, a double portion on account of the " lameness of his hand."
2. Col. Benjamin (s. of the above) the famous warrior, was
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born in Plymouth ; was of his father's occupation, a Carpenter ; m. Alice, D. of Constant Southworth of Duxbury, 1667, where he also settled, and thence removed to Saconet, Little Compton, about 1667, and was a magistrate for Saconet and Pocasset, which places included Little Compton and Tiverton ; appeared also among the first freemen of Bristol 1681, and was a Select- man and Deputy from Bristol in 1682, and d. January 7, 1718, æ. 79, and was buried at Little Compton. He had Thomas (editor of his father's life), Constant (a Captain under his father), Benjamin, a bachelor, Edward (whose only s. was Dea. Benja.), Charles, who had a numerous family, and an only D. who m. a Rothbotham of Newport. His historians and descendants have erroneously said he was born at Duxbury ; knowing he went from thence to Saconet, they supposed he was of course born there ; but he was born at Plymouth, and was ten years old before his father with his family removed : his sister Abigail was born in Plymouth nine years after him.
3. Joseph (s. of Richard 1.) lived in Hingham, his wife Mary, they were m. about 1665, and had Mary 1666, John 1668, Alice 1670, Benjamin 1672, Sarah 1673, William 1675, Deborah 1677, all born at Hingham : he then removed to Little Compton, and was made freeman there 1682; was Ensign and Deputy there, and had other children probably : was one of the County Asso- ciates for Bristol Co. 1691 ; was also a Carpenter : he and his wife Mary are mentioned on the records there 1686 : she was no doubt from Hingham. His will 1711 mentioned Joseph, John, Eliza Blackman, Mary Wood, Deborah Gray, and Abigail Sim- mons : some of these were born probably after he left Hingham. It has been erroneously stated by Deane in his history of Scitu- ate, and by others, that Joseph was the father of Col. Benjamin, but this is only another of the traditional errors respecting this family.
4. Nathaniel (s. of Richard 1.) settled at Scituate ; was a Carpenter, which seems to have been the family calling : he m. Sarah Barstow, and had Abigail 1666, Richard 1668, Nathaniel 1670, Alice 1679, Joseph 1681, Charles 1683, Sarah 1686 : he died intestate before 1700. Abigail m. Nathaniel Harlow .--- Richard and his wife Mary had Richard and two Ds .: one of them, IIannalı, m. Josiah Sturtevant, and was grandmother of the late Josiah Cotton Esq. and Dr. Rosseter Cotton .- Nathaniel had Nathaniel 1698, Joseph 1709, and Caleb 1712 at Seituate. Joseph and Charles settled in Plymouth, and Joseph died there 1707, leaving a D. Judith, wife of Isaac Little. Charles after- wards went to Freetown and died there, called Captain 1729 .--- Sarah m. John Holmes .- Richard and Joseph were both dead before the estate was finally settled .- Nathaniel 3d m. Jerusha Perry 1719, and had Thomas and Lemuel 1742, and 13 others. Thomas Church m. HFuldah, D. of Aaron Soule .- Thomas, son of Thomas, was a revolutionary soldier, and died 1830 .- Capt. Cornelius was son of Lemuel .- Caleb m. Sarah Williamson
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1735, and lived probably in Marshfield .- Ruth Church m. Con- sider Howland 1795.
Deane's doubt as to the father of Nathaniel is groundless, as Richard of Hingham and Richard of Plymouth, whom he sup- posed to be distinct men, were one and the same man.
5. Caleb (s. of Richard 1.) m. Joanna, D. of William Sprague in Hingham, 1667, and had Hannah 1668, and Ruth 1670: he was named of Dedham 1672, and was living in Watertown 1690. [Farmer in his Register says he had Joseph, Caleb, and Benja- min, but query.]
6. Dea. Benjamin (s. of Edward, and g. s. of Col. Benja. 2.) gra. H. U. 1727, was Deacon of Dr. Mather Byle's Church in Boston, and author of a biography of his grandfather, the Col- onel, 1772, in which he erroneously calls the Colonel's father Joseph, and his parents " of Duxbury ;" the Deacon's son Ben- jamin gra. H. U. 1754, and was the famous Dr. Benjamin Church of Revolutionary distinction : another son, Edward, gra. H. U. 1759, was a Consul, and d. abroad ; and a D. Abigail is said to have m. Turner Phillips of Boston.
Col. Peter Church died in Bristol a. 1821, æ. a. 80 .- Samuel Church also died there, perhaps the gra. of H. U. 1778 .- Rev. Nathan Church was of Bridgton, Me. 1799 .- Rev. Aaron Church d. in Hartford, Conn., 1823, æ. 77, b. in Springfield 1744, was in the ministry 41 years .- Capt. Joseph Church died at Fairhaven 1839, æ. 87 .- Gamaliel Church Esq. Representative from West- port 1839 and 1840.
Many of this name, descendants no doubt of Richard, still reside in the old Colony, and have spread extensively over New England.
CLARK .- William Clark was one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater, but we have no further account of him or of his family. There are many of this name in various parts of the county, and it is a very common name throughout the country. Richard Clark came over to Plymouth in the May Flower 1620, and d. before spring, and there is no further notice of him, or of any family left by him. Thomas Clark came in the Ann 1623, and m. Susanna, D. of wid. Mary Ring before 1631, and died at Plymouth March 24, 1697, æ. 97, according to the grave-stone and the records of the town, but by his deposition given 1664, stating himself then to be only 59, he was only 92 at his death. It has been supposed he was mate of the May Flower, having gone back to Eng., and returned to Plymouth again in 1623, but this is not certain. He had William, James, Nathaniel (the Secretary), Andrew, and Susanna, who m. Barnabas Lothrop Esq. of Barnstable 1658. Thomas Clark of Plymoth m. wid. Alice Nichols of Boston 1664 : she was D. of Richard Hallet .- William Clark's house (a garrison house) was burnt in Plymouth by the Indians 1676, on the Sabbath, and 11 persons killed .- John (g. s. of Thomas) d. in Plymouth 1712, and had John, Jo- seph, and James .- Trustum Clark was in Plymouth 1634, and
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d. in Duxbury 1661, and had Trustum and Henry .- Isaac, son of Joseph, went to Hardwick .- Whether William, whose house was burnt, was the proprietor of Bridgewater, is not known, if he was he must have lived in Duxbury before 1650.
COLLIER .- William Collier was an original proprietor, a merchant adventurer, and came over about 1633 : he settled in Duxbury, and was an Assistant many years, and d. 1670 : he had Sarah, wife of Love Brewster (she afterwards m. a Parks); Re- becca, wife of Job Cole ; Mary, 2d wife of Thomas Prince, Gov. m. 1635; and Elizabeth, wife of Constant Southworth.
CUSIIING .- Peter Cushing of Hingham, Norfolk, Eng., had 2 ss., Theophilus 1579, and Matthew 1588, both of wliom came to N. England and settled in Hingham.
2. Theophilus came over 1633, then 54 years old, and lived some years at Gov. Haynes' farm near Boston, and finally settled in Hingham, where he d. nearly 100 years old, and was blind 25 years : he left no children.
3. Dea. Matthew, with his w., 4 ss., and one D., and his wife's sister, wid. Frances Riecroft, came over 1638, "in the Diligent of Ipswich, of 350 tons, Jolın Martin, master," and settled in Hingham : he m. Nazareth, D. of Henry Pitcher : he d. 1660, æ. a. 72; she 1652, æ. 95 : he had Daniel 1619, Jeremiah 1621, Matthew 1623, Deborah 1625, John 1627. Deborah m. Matthias Briggs. All of the Cushings in this vicinity, and in the State perhaps, descended from Matthew.
4. Daniel Esq. (s. of Matthew) was the 3d Town Clerk of Hingham, and left manuscripts, from which much information respecting Hingham and its early settlers has been derived : he m. Lydia, D. of Edward Gilman (ancestor of all the Gilmans) June 19th, 1645, and had Peter 1646, Daniel 1648, Deborah 1651, Jeremiah 1654, Theophilus 1657, Matthew 1660. She d. 1689, and he m. Elizabeth, wid. of Capt. John Thaxter and D. of Nicholas Jacob 1691, and d. 1700; she 1725, æ. 94. Deborah m. Benjamin Woodbridge 1679.
5. Jeremiah (s. of Matthew 3.) of Boston, a mariner, was lost at sea : his wid. Elizabeth mentioned her D. Elizabethi Condy, and g. s. Jeremiah Condy, and sister Martha Muzer in Redrif, near London.
6. Matthew (s. of Matthew 3.) of Hingham, m. Sarah, D. of Nicholas Jacob, 1653, and died a. 1700, and left no children : in his will he mentioned his brothers and most of his relatives : she made her will 1701, and mentioned most of her relatives.
7. Hon. John (s. of Matthew 3.) settled in Scituate, and m. (according to Deane in his account of Scituate) Sarah, D. of Nicholas Jacob, 1656 (this or the preceding must be an error : did not John m. Sarah, D. of Matthew Hawke ?): he was Deputy and Assistant in the old Colony, and Representative at the Gen- eral Court in Boston the year after the union 1692 : she d. 1678, æ. 38 ; he 1708, æ. 81 : he had John 1662, Thomas 1663, Mat- thew 1665, Jeremiah 1666, James 1668, Joshua 1670, Caleb
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1672, Deborah 1674, Mary 1676, Joseph 1677, Benjamin 1679, and Sarah. Deborah m. Thomas Loring of Plymouth 1699 .- Mary d. single 1698 .- Sarah m. Dea. David Jacob 1689 .- Joshua settled in Marshfield, and left no family.
8. Peter (s. of Daniel Esq. 4.) of Hingham m. Hannah, D. of Matthew Hawke, 1685, and d. 1719 ; she d. 1737, æ. 82 : he had Peter 1686, Stephen 1687, Jonathan 1689, Lydia who m. a Marshall, and Hannah who m. a Cushing.
9. Daniel (s .. of Daniel Esq. 4.) of Hingham m. Elizabeth, D. of Capt. John Thaxter, 1680, and had Daniel 1681*, Elisha, Daniel, Moses, Elizabeth, Sarah, w. of John Jacob ; Ruth, w. of Samuel Lincoln ; Deborah, w. of Benjamin Loring ; Abigail, w. of Richard Kilby of Boston ; and Sarah, who d. young probably. Daniel Cushing and his w. Sarah (he d. 1754) had Daniel, Eben- ezer, Sarah Smith : sister Elizabeth, gr. s. Thomas, and gr. ss. Thomas and Obadiah Hersey .- Daniel Cushing and his w. Eliz- abeth (he d. 1793) had Daniel, Susanna, Elizabeth Jones, Debo- rah Cushing, gr. s. Daniel, and brother Benjamin Lincoln.
10. Jeremiah (s. of Daniel Esq. 4.) gra. II. U. 1676, m. Han- nah, D. of Thomas Loring, 1685, and settled in the ministry at Scituate 1691 : he d. March 22, 1705, and his wid. m. John Bar- ker Esq., an attorney, 1706: he had Hannah 1687, Ignatius 1689, Jeremiah 1695, Ezekiel 1693. Hannah m. Samuel Barker, s. of her father-in-law, 1706 .- Ezekiel settled at Cape Elizabeth, and his D. Lucy m. Dr. James Otis and was mother of the late Hon. Dr. Cushing Otis .- Wid. Ann Cushing d. at Boston 1759, and in her will mentioned her s. Jeremiah, and Ds. Mary Whea- ton, Susanna, w. of Jona. Goddard ; and Hannah.
11. Theophilus (s. of Daniel Esq. 4.) of Hingham m. Mary, D. of Capt. John Thaxter : his will 1718: he had Nehemiah 1689, Adam 1692, David 1694, Abel, Theophilus, Seth, Deborah, and Lydia. Nehemiah settled in Abington or Pembroke.
12. Capt. Matthew (s. of Daniel Esq. 4.) of Hingham m. Jael, D. of Capt. John Jacob, 1684: she d. 1708 ; he 1715 : he had David 1685*, David 1687*, Solomon 1692, Job 1694, Moses 1696*, Samuel 1699, Isaac 1701, Obadiah 1703*, Jael 1706. Job gra. II. U. 1714, ord. at Shrewsbury 1723, father of Jacob who gra. H. U. 1748, and who was ord. at Waltham, and whose s. John, gra. H. U. 1764, was minister of Ashburnham, and had a s. John of Boston who m. Julia Keith 1795 and died 1806, and had Julia Ann and Mary Keith .- Jael m. John Lazell of Hingham.
13. Hon. John (s. of John 7.) of Scituate m. Deborah, D. of Thomas Loring of Hull, 1687: she d. 1713; he 1737 : he was Chief Just. of the Inferior Court of Plymouth, Counsellor, and then Justice of the S. J. Court : he had Sarah 1687, Deborah 1693, John 1695, Elijah 1697, Mary 1700*, Nazareth 1703, Ben- jamin 1706, Nathaniel 1709: he m. a 2d wife Sarah Holmes (a wid. perhaps, and D. of Capt. John Thaxter) 1714, and had Josiah 1715, and Mary 1716. Deborah m. Capt. John Briggs Jr. 1712, and her D. Deborah m. Thos. Savage Esq. of Boston,
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and was grandmother of the Hon. James Savage .- Nazareth m. Benjamin Balch of Boston, and was mother of Nathaniel Balch " of facetious memory."-Nathaniel gra. H. U. 1728, read law in Boston, where he m. Mary Pemberton 1729, and died in one month after.
14. Hon. Thomas (s. of IIon. John 7.) m. Deborah, D. of Capt. John Thaxter, 1637, settled in Boston, and d. 1740 : he had John 1638, Thomas 1693, Jonathan 1701, Hannah 1702, w. of Thomas Hill; Margaret 1696, who m. a Fletcher ; Elizabeth 1691, wife of John Wingate ; Deborah 1699, w. of Jona. Watson; Samuel 1704, and others perhaps. Among the heirs who signed a receipt in the settlement of the estate in 1647 were the names of Jonathan, Jonathan (clerk), Peter, and William. Jona. Cushing's estate was settled in Boston by wid. Margaret Newman 1773 .- Thomas Esq. (s. of Thos.) gra. H. U. 1711, lived in Boston, was Speaker of the H. of Rep. 1724, m. Mary Broomfield, and d. 1746, and had 2 ss. Thomas and Edward, and a D. Mary. Edward gra. H. U. 1746, and died 1752, not m. probably .- Hon. Thomas (s. of the last Thomas) of Boston gra. H. U. 1744, was the famous pa- triot, Member of Congress, Commissary General, and Lieut. Governor : m. Deborah Fletcher 1747, and died 1788: and had Thomas, Edward, Mary who m. an Avery, Margaret, and Deborah who m. a Newman.
15. Matthew (s. of Hon. John 7.) m. Deborah, D. of Capt. John Jacob probably : he d. 1715 : he had Jacob 1695, Matthew Deborah, Hezekiah, Rachel, Josiah, Sarah, and Noah. Heze- kiah Cushing d. 1781, leaving a wife Lydia, and 3 ss. Matthew, Thomas, and Nathaniel. Rachel m. Thomas Croade Esq .- Jacob was probably father of Col. Charles Cushing of Lunen- burgh, whose s., the Hon. Edmund Cushing, is father of Luther S. Cushing Esq. Clerk of the House of Representatives.
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