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IV. PARKER, NOAH, (s. of Nathaniel and Margaret,) m. Sarah Cum- mings, of Tyngsboro', April 21, 1715, settled at Upper Falls and had Thomas, March 26, 1716 ; David, March 10, 1718 ; Peter, April 23, 1720; Esther ; Joseph, d. 1722 ; Josiah, May 7, 1722. His f. Nathaniel, by deed of gift, conveyed to him (1725) half the saw mill, grist mill, fulling mill, with the lands appurtenant, at the Upper
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Falls, valued at £150. Same year, William Clark sold him one quarter part of the same mills, and seven acres land adjoining, for £95; and same time, Nathaniel Longley sold him the remaining quarter part of the same mills, and he became the sole owner of the whole of the first and oldest mills, in 1725, with the dam, stream, eel wears, &c. Was one of the early Baptists. He d. March 18, 1768, æ. 74. She d. Sept. 10, 1758.
IV. PARKER, CALEB, (s. of Nathaniel,) m. Abigail Stedman, of Brookline, 1721, and had Joshua, Sept. 5, 1722 ; Caleb, June 7, 1726.
V. PARKER, THOMAS, (s. of Noah,) m. Eunice Hammond, 1741, and had Moses, June 9, 1742; Nathaniel, May 15, 1744 ; Josiah, May 13, 1746 ; Eunice, March 17, 1748; Priscilla, Nov. 9, 1749 ; Thomas, Aug. 4, 1751 ; Samuel, Sept. 2, 1753 ; Joseph, April 4, 1755 ; Susanna, Jan. 19, 1757; Aaron, Feb. 26, 1759; Benjamin, Nov. 5, 1760 ; Sarah, May 24, 1764; Hadassa, May 27, 1766, d. young. Eunice m. Jonathan Bixby - Priscilla m. Enoch Davenport, 1771 - Susanna d. unm., 1834 - Sarah m. Ithama Ward, 1796 - Josiah d. in the army - Benjamin d. unm., March 12, 1836, æ. 76. He was a Selectman and Representative six years from 1777, a leading and influential man in the town, and occasionally a preacher or exhorter of the Baptist persuasion, and d. March 27, 1812, æ. 91. She d. 1812.
V. PARKER, DAVID, (s. of Noah,) m. Sarah Trusedale, 1738, and had Anna, May 2, 1739 ; Elizabeth, July 9, 1742 ; Sarah, March 14, 1746 ; Noah, July 12, 1749. Sarah m. Ebenezer Morse, 1768. He d. 1797, æ. 79.
V. PARKER, PETER, (s. of Noah,) m. Sarah Ruggles Payson, July 1751, and had in Rox., John, 1756 ; Peter, 1759 ; Sarah, Mar- tha, Elizabeth, and Mary. Sarah m. Joseph Tilden - Martha m. William Shattuck - Elizabeth m. Caleb Kenrick - Mary m. Wil- liam Dall, of Boston. He d. Nov. 1765, æ. 45. She d. 1802.
VI. PARKER, MOSES, (s. of Thomas and Eunice,).m. Mary Mills, of Needham, 1773, settled in Standish, Me. Drowned in Saco river, Oct. 1809.
VI. PARKER, NATHANIEL, (s. of Thomas and Eunice,) m. Hannah Whitney, Nov. 19, 1772, and had Caleb, April 29, 1773; Hannah, March 18, 1775; Eunice, d. young. Hannah m. David Scott.
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VI. PARKER, THOMAS, (s. of Thomas and Eunice,) m. Esther Gridley, of Rox., April 29, 1777, and had Thomas, Sept. 21, 1777 ; Abigail, 1779, d. 1787 ; Samuel G., 1781 ; Abigail, Jan. 22, 1788. Abigail m. Stephen Fairbanks, of Boston. He d. June 22, 1800, æ. 49. She d. Dec. 1824, &. 77.
VI. PARKER, AARON, (s. of Thomas and Eunice,) m. IIannah Robinson, of Natick, and settled in Standish, Me.
VI. PARKER, JOSEPH. (s. of Thomas and Eunice,) m. Lois Carver, of Natick, Nov. 18, 1776, and had Samuel, June 3, 1777 ; Rebecca, March 20, 1779 ; Lois, Oct. 24, 1781 ; Rebecca, Jan. 17, 1784; Abigail, July 21, 1786 ; Joseph, Feb. 8, 1790; Jonathan C., Oct. 3, 1791. Lois m. Jonathan Richardson, July, 1804 - Rebecca m. Nathaniel Dean, June, 1807 - Abigail m. Jolin II. Handy, June 21, 1812 - Joseph d. in N. Y., 1812 -Jonathan C. went to Ohio. 2d w. Rebecca Ward, July 16, 1801. 1st w. d. April 6, 1799, æ. 47. 2d w. d. Oct. 19, 1840, æ. 86. Ile d. April 30, 1810, æ. 55.
VI. PARKER, JOHN, EsQ., (s. of Peter and Sarah,) m. - Phillips, and had in Boston, John, Peter, Charles, James, George, and Eliza. Eliza m. William Shimmin. He was "one of the solid men of Boston," a merchant, capitalist, President of U. S. Branch Bank, Representative from Boston, &c.
VI. PARKER, CALEB, (s. of Nathaniel and Hannah,) m. Fanny Scott, and had Culeb, March 12, 1798 ; Caleb, Sept. 19, 1803, at Brookline.
VI. PARKER, JOSEPH, m. Rebecca Ward, July, 1801.
VI. PARKER, SAMUEL, (s. of Joseph and Lois.) m. Eusebia Moore, and had in Rox., John W., April 21, 1809 ; Benjamin F., Nov. 21, 1810, d. 1844 ; Joseph C., Feb. 7, 1813. He d. June 9, 1831, &. 54.
VII. PARKER, CALEB, ( s. of Caleb and Fanny,) m. Susan Rich- ards, March, 1826, and had Harriet ; (adopted) Susan M., 1826, d. 1831; Luther, 1828 ; Edwin, 1830 ; Alfred, 1832, d. 1848 ; Susan M. R., 1834; Caleb G., 1837. Harriet m. Rev. E. G. Robinson, Ohio.
PARKER, SAMUEL, m. Abigail Adams, 1822.
PARKER, WILLIAM, m. Hannah Stearns, 1835.
PARKER, CHARLES F., m. Ellen Boyle, 1843.
PARKER, THOMAS M., m. Mary Ann Thomas, 1843.
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I. PARK, RICHARD, was a proprietor in Camb., 1636, and of Camb. farms, (Lexington,) 1642. His house was near the Cow Common, in Camb. In a division of lands, in 1647, he had eleven acres in Camb. Village, bounding w. on Mr. Edward Jackson's land, and the highway to Dedham was laid out through it, in 1648. The very ancient dwelling house upon this lot, which was pulled down about 1800, was supposed to have been built by him. It stood within a few feet of the spot now occupied by the Eliot Ch .* Previous to 1652, he owned a large tract of land in the N. w. part of the Vil- lage, bounded w. by the Fuller farm, N. by Charles river ; E. by the Dummer farm, and s. and E. by the Mayhew farm, (Mr. Edward Jackson's,) containing six hundred acres, which he probably bought of Pastor Shepard or his heirs. By his will, 12. 5. 1665, witnessed by Elder Wiswall and Hugh Mason, he bequeathed to his only s. Thomas, all his houses and lands, after the decease of his w. Sarah.Co By his inventory, dated 19. 8. 1665, taken by John Sherman and John Spring, the dwelling house, barn, out houses, and six hundred acres of land adjoining, whereof twenty acres is broken up, is ap- praised at £660, and twenty-nine acres elsewhere at £100. The whole amount of inventory was £972. In 1657, he was one of a committee, with Mr. Edward Jackson, John Jackson, and Samuel Hyde, to lay out and settle highways in the Village. During the contest between the Village and Camb., to be set off, he sent a peti- tion to the Court, in 1661, praying to retain his connection with Cambridge Ch .¡ In 1663, he was released from training, on ac- count of his age. He d. 1665, leaving wid. Sarah, son Thomas, and two daughters. One of the daughters m. Francis Whittemore, of Camb. All his property (except the six hundred acres and build- ings) was equally divided between the two daughters. Thirteen years after his decease, Thomas bought the life estate of the wid.
* This place was afterwards owned by Dea. Ebenezer Stone, shoemaker, who sold it to John Jackson, tanner, son of Sebas Jackson, Sen., in 1700. John Jackson sold it to Stephen Parker, of Reading, tanner, in 1713; Stephen Parker sold it to Nath'l Parker, yeoman, and Nath'1 Parker, cooper, both of Reading; the Parkers sold it to Harbuttle Dorr, of Roxbury, and Dorr sold it to Philip Norcross, a shoemaker, in Nov. 1720. Norcross m. Sarah, a dr. of Edward Jackson, son of Sebas, lived there many years, and brought up a family of ten children. It was next owned by Capt. Joseph Fuller (then a butcher) many years ; then by others.
t The Cambridge Church owned a farm in Billerica, of one thousand acres, and other property. And in 1648 it was " Voted," by the Church, " that every person that from time to time, hereafter removed from the Church, did thereby resign their interest to the remaining part of the Church property." This vote may have been the reason of his sending that petition to the Court.
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for £45, 15s. Her release is dated Sept. 26, 1678, in which she calls herself of Duxbury, in the Colony of New Plymouth, relict of Rich- ard Parke, late of Camb. Village. This transaction would seem to indicate that she was his mother in law. Dea. Wm. Park, of Rox., Samuel Park, of Medford, and Thomas Park, of Stonington, Conn., were brothers, as appears from the will of Dea. Wm. Parke. It is supposed that Richard was also a brother, and probably Edward and Robert, * who were also proprietors in Camb. Edward had seventy-two aeres in 1648, bounded N. by the highway to Concord. In 1650, Henry Park, merchant, s. and heir of Edward Park, mer- chant, of London, deceased, conveyed land in Camb. to John Sted- man, in 1650. Edward, Sen., of London, may have been the f. of them all.
II. PARK, THOMAS, (s. of Richard,) m. Abigail Dix, of Wat., 1653, settled upon the six hundred acre tract, (his house was near to Bemis' Mills, on the banks of Charles river,) and had Thomas, Nov. 2, 1654; John, Sept. 6, 1656 ; Abigail, March 3, 1658; Edward, April 8, 1661 ; Richard, Dec. 21, 1663 ; Sarah, 21. 1. 1666 ; Rebecca, 13. 2. 1668 ; Jonathan, Aug. 27, 1670 ; and Elizabeth, 28. 5. 1679. Abigail m. John Fiske, 1679 - Sarah m. John Knapp - Rebecca m. John Sanger, of Wat., 1686 - Elizabeth m. John Holland - Thomas d. 28. 6. 1681, æ. 27. He d. Aug. 11, 1690, æ. about 62. She d. Feb. 3, 1691. His estate was divided 1693-4, among the heirs ; there being seven hundred and twenty-two acres of land, and part of a corn mill upon Smelt brook, erected by Lieut. John Spring.
III. PARK, JOHN, (s. of Thomas,) m. Elizabeth Miller, his 2d w., and had Elizabeth, Feb. 24, 1695, d. young; John, Dec. 20, 1696; Solomon, Oct. 16, 1699 ; Elizabeth, Feb. 27, 1701 ; Abigail, April 20, 1702; Joseph, March 12, 1705, grad. H. C. 1724; Mary, March 17, 1808. Elizabeth m. Joseph Morse, 1720 - Abigail m. Nathaniel Whittemore, 1724 - Mary m. Isaac Sanger, 1727. He d. 1718, æ. 63, and wid. Elizabeth, admin. The estate was divided 1720.
III. PARK, EDWARD, (s. of Thomas,) m. Martha Fiske, 1679, and had Martha, May 16, 1699 ; Edward, April 18, 1701 ; Thomas, 1703 ; and Nathan. Nathan went to Uxbridge. He d. March 1, 1745, &. 84.
* Robert Parke removed to Conn., was at Wethersfield, and took Freeman's oath 1640, Deputy to the General Court, 1641 and '42, removed to Pequot, 1649, died at New London, 1665. His will, 1660, names sons William, Samuel and Thomas. Thomas, son of Robert, settled at Wethersfield, and Thomas, Jr., at New London, Conn. - [Caulkin's Hist. New London. ]
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III. PARK, LIEUT. RICHARD, (s. of Thomas,) m. Sarah Cutter, and had William ; Thomas, Feb. 7, 1690, d. 1703 ; Abigail, July 25, 1693; Richard, March 1, 1696 ; Sarah, May 11, 1699, d. 1699. 2d w. Elizabeth Billings, of Concord, settled there, and had Joseph, Josiah, Jonathan, Isaac, Ephraim, Elizabeth, Sarah, Rebecca, Daniel, and Zacheus. He was Representative of Concord, and d. there, June 19, 1725, æ. 62. His will, dated 1725, w. Elizabeth sole executrix.
III. PARK, JONATHAN, (s. of Thomas,) m. Ann Spring, of Wat., 1690. 2d w. Elizabeth -, and had Jonathan, March 30, 1695; Jonas, Jan. 1, 1697 ; Lydia, Mindwell, Margery, Eunice, Hannah. 3d w. Hannah Kemball, of Wat., June, 1715, and had Hannah, Fcb. 25, 1718. 2d w. d. April 10, 1713. He d. Jan. 23, 1719. His will, Feb. 1719. Wid. Hannah, and s. Jonathan, executors.
IV. PARK, JOSEPH, (s. of Lieut. Richard, of Concord,) m. and settled in Concord, and had sons Benjamin, Stephen, David, George, Joseph, and daughters Louis, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Sarah.
IV. PARK, JOSIAH, (s. of Lieut. Richard, of Concord,) m. Thank- ful Coolidge, 1730, settled in Weston, and had Elisha, Beulah, Josiah, Nathan, Lucy, James, Lydia, and James.
IV. PARK, EPHRAIM, (s. of Lieut. Richard, of Concord,) m. Mary Hobbs, of Weston, and had Ephraim, John, Isaac, Jacob, and Josiah.
IV. PARK, DANIEL, (s. of Lieut. Richard, of Concord,) m. and had Elizabeth, Daniel, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Hannah. 2d w. Rebecca, and had Daniel, Sybil, Zobel, Isaac, and Rebecca. - [Dr. Bond].
IV. PARK, JOHN, (s. of John and Elizabeth,) m. Esther -, and had John, May 1, 1719. 2d w. Abigail Lawrence, 1720, and had John, May 8, 1723, d. 1741 ; Samuel, April 14, 1725, d. 1741 ; Gideon, Sept. 10, 1729, d .; Abigail, April 15, 1731; Gideon, April 7, 1734 ; Lois, Aug. 28, 1732. Lois m. Moses Prince, 1753. His will, 1741, mentions w. Abigail and only s. Gideon and dr. Lois. He d. May 21, 1747. Wid. Abigail's will gives all to Gideon.
IV. PARK, JOSEPH, (s. of John and Elizabeth,) m. Abigail Greene, 1732, and had Jonathan, Oct. 30, 1733.
IV. PARK, ENSIGN RICHARD, (s. of Lieut. Richard,) m. Sarah Ful. ler, 1717, and had William, Feb. 16, 1718 ; Thomas, Nov. 15, 1719; Je- rusha, Nov. 22, 1722 ; Hulda, Dec. 18, 1724; Priscilla, April 5,
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1726; and Abigail, June 28, 1728. Jerusha m. James Trowbridge, 1739, and went to Worc. - William m. Lucy Fuller, 1745, and set- tled in Lincoln. Sarah the mother d. March 20, 1737, æ. 42. 2d w. Esther Fuller, 1738, and had Edward, 1740, she d. Dec. 28, 1746, a. 42. Son William, admin. He d. Nov. 28, 1746, æ. 50, gravestone says 52.
IV. PARK, JONATHAN, (s. of Jonathan and Elizabeth,) m. Ist, Sarah Coolidge, 1720, and had Oliver, Feb. 5, 1721, d. 1721. 2d w. Abigail -, and had Jonathan, Aug. 1, 1722 ; Sarah, May 8, 1724; Abigail, Oct. 30, 1725; Lucy, March 27, 1727, d. 1730 ; Phineas, June 8, 1729.
IV. PARK, SOLOMON, (s. of John and Elizabeth,) m. Lydia Law- rence, and had Keziah, March 16, 1723 ; Lydia, May 6, 1725 ; Mary, Aug. 8, 1727 ; Elizabeth, April 27, 1729 ; Solomon, May 21, 1732, grad. at H. C. 1753, d. 1753 ; and Samuel.
IV. PARK, EDWARD, (s. of Edward and Martha,) m. Eunice Barnes, 1730, and had Elizabeth, May 12, 1731 ; Elisha, Nov. 22, 1733 ; Mary, Jan. 17, 1738. 2d w. Elizabeth -, and had Samuel, July 6, 1744 ; Martha, June 14, 1749. Elizabeth m. Dr. John Staples Craft, of Bridgewater, 1758 - Elisha, physician, went to Wellfleet, d. 1770 - Mary m. Dr. Edward Durant, 1762.
IV. PARK, THOMAS, weaver, and Selectman, (s. of Edward and Martha,) m. Elizabeth Harrington, 1748, and had Elizabeth, Jan. 18, 1749 ; Jonathan, Nov. 6, 1750 ; Sarah, June 4, 1752 ; Thomas, March 8, 1754 ; Ann, Feb. 5, 1756 ; Joshua, Aug. 17, 1757; Susanna, Oct. 10, 1760. He d. 1775, æ. 72. She d. 1767.
V. PARK, CALEB, had by w. Abigail -, Joshua, Sept. 5, 1722.
V. PARK, WILLIAM, (s. of Richard and Sarah,) m. Lucy Fuller, 1745, and had Penuel, May 12, 1746; Richard, Feb. 23, 1748 ; Esther, Dec. 25, 1749 ; William, Aug. 25, 1751 ; Cornelius, Lucy, John, Joseph, Nathan, Jerusha, Hannah.
V. PARK, GIDEON, (s. of John and Abigail,) m. Hannah Fuller, 1758, and had, in Framingham, John, Nov. 16, 1759 ; Lois, Oct. 24, 1761 ; Abigail, Nov. 28, 1763; Samuel, Aug. 9, 1766 ; Joseph, June 30, 1768 ; Hannah, March 10, 1770 ; Moses, March 2, 1772; Sarah, Dec. 1773; Esther. Abigail m. Obed Metcalf, 1790 - Sarah m. Joseph Whitney - Esther m. Reuben Fay - Moses d. a. 10. He d. 1794, æ. 60. She d. 1805.
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V. PARK, JOSHUA, (s. of Thomas and Elizabeth,) m. Salome Hammond, 1778, and had Nabby, April 29, 1780; Thomas, Oct. 2, 1782. 1st w. d. 1782. 2d w. Lois Fuller, 1784, and had Charles, Dec. 15, 1784; Joseph, Sept. 14, 1786 ; Joshua, March 2, 1788 ; Asa, Aug. 16, 1790 ; Sukey, Aug. 2, 1792 ; Salome, Dec. 3, 1794 ; Daniel H., Feb. 10, 1797. He d. Jan. 1813.
VI. PARK, NATHAN, JR., m. Mary Dacres, 1791.
VI. PARK, NATHAN, tertius, m. Sarah -, wid. of Enoch Ward, 1793, and had Abigail, Nov. 29, 1803.
PARK, AMASA, m. Lucy Whitwell, June, 1796. He d. 1813.
VI. PARK, NATHAN, (s. of William,) m. Mary -, and had Luther, Dec. 18, 1793; Mary, Jan. 20, 1796 ; John D., Sept. 20, 1797 ; Abigail, May 26, 1800, d. 1803 ; Elizabeth W., June 2, 1802 ; Elener, July 2, 1804 ; William, Feb. 7, 1807 ; and Nathan.
VI. PARK, JOSHUA, JR., m. Lois -, and had William A., Dec. 5, 1815.
VII. PARK, WILLIAM, (s. of Nathan,) m. Aseneth -, and had Elener M., 1833 ; William W., 1837.
PARK, NATHAN, (s. of -,) m. Ruth -, and had Thomas, Nathan, Amasa, Chloe, and Calvin.
PELHAM, CHARLES, came to Newton, April, 1765, and purchased the homestead of the Rev. John Cotton, house, barn and cider mill, with one hundred and three and three-quarters acres land adjoining, for £735, bounding E. by Dedham highway. In the deed he is styled, " schoolmaster, of Medford." He was a man of talents and education. He was chairman of a committee, and supposed to be the author of sundry resolutions passed by the Town, in 1774. (See page 180.) His parentage has not been ascertained; by some he is supposed to have descended from Herbert Pelham, Esq., * an
* HERBERT PELHAM, EsQ., put £100 into the common stock of the Colony, and was a proprietor in Camb. He had land granted him there, 1637. His house was burnt, in 1640. Treasurer of H. C., 1643; took the Freeman's oath, in 1645; same year, he was chosen surveyor of highways, Selectman, and Assistant, and contin- ued in that office to 1649. He had a dr. b. 1643; s. Herbert, 1645. His chil., so far as we know, were Waldegrave, Nathaniel, Edward, Henry, Penelope, and Herbert. Penelope m. Gov. Winslow, of Plymouth - Waldegrave prob. did not come to this country ; he d. in England, 1699, leaving s. Herbert - Nathaniel grad. H. C., 1651, was lost at sea, 1657- Edward grad. H. C., 1673, m. and settled at Newport, R. I. - Herbert'd. in infancy. He returned to England, and d. there, July 1, 1673, leaving a will, dated 1672, and four chil., as will appear from the following extract from Middlesex Deeds, 59, 236 .- 1761.
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early settler in Cambridge. He m. Mary -, and had Helen, April 2, 1767 ; Charles, Aug. 10, 1769 ; Peter, June 27, 1771. Wife Mary d. 1776. 2d w., Mehitable Gerrish, 1778, and had Henry, March 23, 1779 ; Harriet, Feb. 22, 1781. He was represented by his neigh- bors to have been a very polite and intelligent man. Opened an academy at his own house, and fitted scholars for College. He was
"Court of St. James, March 22, 1738 .- Petition and appeal of Herbert Pelham, of Bures Hamlet, Co. Essex, Esquire, setting forth that the petitioner's grandfather, Herbert Pelham, Esq., died about 1673, leaving Waldegrave, his eldest son, Ed- ward, his 2d son, Henry, his 3d son, and dr. Penelope. By his will, he devised to said Edward, for life, all his lands in Massachusetts Bay, but did not devise the re- version of the same, but left the reversion as an intestate part of his estate; that said Edward lived and enjoyed said estate until Sept. 20, 1730. His lands descended to the heirs of said Herbert, the testator; and particularly two third parts, and two fifth parts of the same, by law descended to the petitioner, as the only son of said Waldegrave." He then commenced his action against Samuel Banister, mer- chant, and Thos. Soden, (heirs of said Edward,) who were in possession, to recover said shares, viz : Forty-four acres in Goff's pasture ; Pelham's great lot, about one hundred and four acres, with the dwelling house and barn thereon; and about sixty acres marsh, called Pelham's island. The petitioner sued out his writ, and brought his action against the defendants. He was unsuccessful in our Courts, and appealed; petitioned the Court of St. James, and was unsuccessful there ; his petition was dismissed in Oct. 1761. The facts it contains are valuable. Capt. Ed- ward deedcd the above described lands to his two s., Edward and Thomas, 1711 .*
PELHAM, CAPT. EDWARD, (s. of Herbert, Esq.) m. Godsgift, dr. of Gov. Bene- dict Arnold, of R. I., settled at Newport, and had Elizabeth, Edward, and Thomas. 2d w. Freclove -. He d. Sept. 20, 1730.
PELHAM, EDWARD, JR., m. Arrabella -, and had Harmonie, Dec. 3, 1718; Eliz- abeth, Oct. 20, 1721; Penelope, May 23, 1724. Harmonie m. John Banister, mer- chant, of Boston, and had s. John, Thomas, and Samuel.
PELHAM, THOMAS, (s. of Edward, of Newport,) m. Abigail -. What chil., if any, by this marriage, has not been ascertained. He was a merchant. In April, 1713, he constituted his bro. Edward his lawful Att'y. If Chas. Pelham, Esq. was a descendant of Herbert, it must have been through Waldegrave, of Eng., or of Thomas and Abigail, of Newport, as Edward, Jr. had no sons.
PELHAM, CAPT. WILLIAM, was early in Sudbury; Selectman 1645 and '46, and represented that town in 1647. He may have been a br. of Herbert; but there is nothing upon the Sudbury Records showing that he left any descendants.
PELIIAM, THOMAS, of Boston, had by w. Hannah -, Elizabeth, Aug. 2, 1758; Penelope, March 6, 1760; Thomas, June 4, 1762; Mary, Nov. 17, 1766.
PELHAM, PETER, schoolmaster, of Boston, had by w. Martha ~, William, 1729, d. at Medford, Jan. 23, 1761. 2d w. Mary -, and had Henry, 1748.
PELHAM, JOSEPH, of Boston, m. Rebecca Barber, 1697.
PELHAM, JOHN, of Woburn, had by w. Abigail -, Abigail, Sept. 23, 1699 ; John, d. 1609.
* Middlesex Deeds, 16, 412.
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an Episcopalian, and was supposed to have been educated in Eng. He was a staunch friend of the Colony, as will appear by the resolu- tions he prepared for the Town. He d. 1793.
PAUL, LUTHER, had by w. Rebecca -, Sarah, May 25, 1823 ; Henry, Aug. 3, 1826 ; Luther, June 16, 1829 ; Harriet, Oct. 30, 1834 ; Mary, Jan. 15, 1837. He purchased the ancient Wiswall homestead. He was a Representative from Newton, Selectman, and is now (1854) Town Treasurer, which office he has held for several years.
PARIS, SAMUEL, had by w. Dorothy -, Noyes, Aug. 22, 1699; Dorothy, Aug. 28, 1700.
POND, SIMON, had by w. Esther -, Sarah, July 17, 1770.
POOL, RUFUS, had by w. Mary -, Sarah, March 6, 1792.
PATRICK, JOHN, m. Sarah, dr. of Jonathan and Jemima (Bright) Trowbridge, 1760, and had Sarah, Sept. 5, 1762 ; Andrew, 1764.
PAYSON, ASA, m. Elizabeth Whitney, 1777.
PRATT, PHILIP, JR., m. Mary Osland, 1726.
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PRATT, ZEBEDIAH, had by w. Sarah -, Zebediah, Aug. 14, 1733; Sarah, d. Jan. 23, 1735 ; Jeremiah, March 22, 1736.
PRATT, DR. HENRY, m. Ruth Learned, Dec. 1709, and d. 1745.
PRATT, HENRY, m. Sarah Fuller, 1741, and had Henry, 1746. He d. 1769.
PRATT, EPHRAIM, m. Lois Fisher, 1761.
PRATT, HENRY, m. Elizabeth Murdock, 1769.
PRATT, OLIVER, m. Sarah Willard, 1734, and had Oliver, 1740, d. 1767. He d. 1763, æ. 53.
PRATT, SAMUEL, had s. Samuel, d. 1769, æ. 24.
PRATT, JEREMIAH, m. Sarah Newton, 1770.
PRATT, LEMUEL, m. Lydia Willard, 1750.
PRATT, HENRY, d. Nov. 1750.
PRATT, OLIVER, had by w. Sybil -, Oliver, Feb. 6, 1763 ; Lois, Aug. 16, 1764 ; Sybil, Sept. 16, 1766.
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I. PRENTICE, CAPT. THOMAS, was born in Eng., 1621, came to this country in 1649, joined the Camb. Ch., 1652, took the Freeman's oath same year. [A further notice of this celebrated man will be found in the Appendix.] He m. Grace -, and had Grace, in Eng- land, 1648; Thomas and Elizabeth, 22. 11. 1649 ; Mary ; John, 2. 12. 1653, d. 1654; John, 10. 5. 1655; Hannah, 1661, d. April 28, 1738, æ. 77. Grace m. Capt. Thomas Oliver, s. of Rev. Jno. Oliver, 29. 9. 1667- Elizabeth m. Thomas Aldrich, of Ded., 4. 3. 1675. Wife Grace d. Oct. 9, 1692. He d. July 6, 1710, æ. 89 or 90, and was buried under arms, by his old company of Troopers, on the 8th of July, 1710. The Town Records and the Hyde MS. both have his death July 6, 1710. His gravestone has it July 7, 1709, æ. 89.
II. PRENTICE, THOMAS, (s. of Capt. Thomas,) m. Sarah Stan- ton, 20. 1. 1675, and had Thomas, 13. 11. 1676 ; Grace ; Samuel, about 1680 ; John, 1682. He d. 1684, æ. 36. Wid. Sarah and Capt. Thos., admin. Inventory : house, barn, &c., £120 ; pistols, carbine, cutlass, belt, saddle, boots, and other furniture for his horse, £6; (a trooper in his father's co. of horse ;) one hundred acres land in the King's Province, £15; two hundred and thirty acres in Stonington, £109, 5s .; total, £354, 5s. Appraised by John Ward and Thomas Thomas Prentice, 2d.
II. PRENTICE, JOHN, (s. of Capt. Thomas,) m. Elizabeth, dr. of Edward Jackson, Sen., 28. 4. 1677. He d. March 4, 1689, æ. 35, leaving will, giving w. Elizabeth all his property during her life, and to dispose of one half of his estate at her death; the other half, at her death, he bequeathed to his cousin (nephew) John, son of his deceased brother Thomas, and a legacy of £10 at his marriage (meaning Rev. John Prentice, of Lancaster). Inventory : musket, two guns, sword belt, &c .; books, £2. Total, £316, 1s. 7d. Wid. Elizabetlı m. Jonas Bond, Esq., of Wat., Nov. 13, 1699. She d. Jan. 25, 1741, æ. 83, leaving will, giving her property to her cousin (nephew) Rev. John, of Lancaster, and to Elizabeth, wid. of Capt. Thomas Prentice, dr. of Dea. Edward Jackson. Rev. John, of Lan- caster, therefore had all his uncle John's land in Newton, at the death of his aunt Elizabeth, in 1741, being seventy five acres on the Plain, with house and barn, which he sold in 1742, to Henry Gibbs, Esq., for £1,420, being nearly the same land which James and Thomas Prentice, Jr. were the joint purchasers, in 1657.
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III. PRENTICE, CAPT. THOMAS, (s. of Thomas and Sarah,) m. Elizabeth, dr. of Dea. Edward Jackson, and had Deliverance, May 19, 1704 ; Abigail, June 4, 1707 ; Ebenezer, March 3, 1708 ; Jerusha, Oct., 1710; Elizabeth, Aug. 26, 1714 ; Sarah, Nov. 3, 1719. Abigail m. Samuel Wilson, 1734 - Jerusha m. Isaac Bowen, 1733 - Eliza- beth m. Joshua Hammond, 1739 - Sarah m. Timothy Cheney, 1737. He took the old Captain's homestead, was a slave-holder, Selectman, and Captain - Chairman of a committee for building new M. H., 1718. He d. Feb. 6, 1730, æ. 54. His wid. Elizabeth, and her brother Samuel Jackson, Esq., admin. on his estate. Inventory : negro slave, £90; servant boy, £15; real estate, £2,988 ; books, £7,15s .; gun and sword, £1, 8s .; personal, £513, 12s. 6d .; grave- stones, £7. Total £3,631. Wid. Elizabeth d. Oct. 19, 1753, æ. 67. Upon the foot-stone of his grave the following verse was inscribed :
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