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1783; Benjamin C., Nov. 18, 1784; William H., Dec. 10, 1786 ; John G., June 19, 1791. Mary m. Thomas Stickney - Susan m. Elijah Davenport -Phebe m. Joseph Cutler - Benj. C. m. Eliza Snelling - William H. m. Catherine Callender - John d. unm. 3d w. Eliz- abeth Upham, 1811. He d. 1818, æ. 77, and the 47th of his min- istry .*
V. WARD, NATHANIEL, (s. of Dea. Joseph,) m. Hannah Bach- eller, of Upton, settled in Grafton, and had Asa, 1774, d. 1776 ; Sally, 1776, d. 1777 ; Sally, July 22, 1778; Asa, Feb. 26, 1780 ; Anna, Jan. 28, 1782 ; Oliver, Dec. 3, 1783. Sally m. Selah Chapin, Jr .- Asa was several years a merchant in Boston, and d. at Cincin- nati, unm., 1849 - Anna m. Elisha Chapin - Oliver m. Betsy Phil- lips. He d. 1793, æ. 59. She d. 1793, æ. 46 .*
VI. WARD, SAMUEL, (s. of John and Abigail,) m. Esther Mur- dock, 1790, took the old Garrison house homestead, and had John, Feb. 20, 1791 ; Artemas, March 22, 1793; Beulah, June 2, 1795 ; Ephraim, Jan. 20, 1799 ; Louisa ; Almira, Jan. 12, 1802 ; Joshua F., March 15, 1805; Samuel, May 7, 1808. Beulah m. Nathan Trow- bridge - Louisa m. John W. Kingsbury, 1831. He d. Jan. 11, 1834, æ. 72. Wid. Esther d. March 25, 1839, æ. 78.
VI. WARD, WILLIAM, (s. of John and Abigail,) m. Mary Bennett, at Boston, and had William F., Nov. 13, 1801. He d. at Newton, June 25, 1806, æ. 27.
VI. WARD, DENNIS, (s. of Col. Joseph,) m. Mary Watson, of Spencer, 1831, settled in Spencer, and had Mary, Dec. 28, 1832; Caroline, Jan. 19, 1835, d. 1838; Ann Jane, Dec. 16, 1840; Susan Cecilia, Nov. 25, 1842; Joseph Frederic, Nov. 26, 1843.
VI. WARD, LAURISTON, (s. of Dea. Enoch,) m. Julia A. Cook, 1824, and had in Saco, Lauriston C., Sept. 8, 1825, d. 1846. 2d w. Martha Ruggles, 1826, and had in Bangor, Me., Langdon S., May 25, 1828; Julia A., Feb. 22, 1830, d. 1831. 3d w. Olive Storer, 1838, and had in Saco, Me., Caroline E., July 13, 1840, d. 1840; and Caroline E., Jan. 25, 1843. 1st w. d. Sept. 23, 1825. 2d w. d. April 17, 1838. In 1845, he removed to Washington, D. C., and was counsellor at law in that City. *
VII. WARD, JOHN, (s. of Samuel and Esther,) m. Mary Kingsbury, 1822, and had George K., Aug. 29, 1823; John, Oct. 18, 1825; Mary
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Ann, March 2, 1828; William Henry, Oct. 14, 1829 ; Emily, Jan. 13, 1832; Louisa, Nov. 5, 1834; Samuel F., Aug. 16, 1837, d. 1838; Ellen Maria, Oct. 15, 1839 ; Charles, Dec. 29, 1841; Samuel, Dec. 31, 1845.
VII. WARD, ARTEMAS, (s. of Samuel and Esther,) m. Patience Pigeon, 1816, and had Patience, Nov. 22, 1817 ; Charles De Merritt, Nov. 2, 1818, d. 1840; Albert, 1820, d. 1824; Caroline, 1822, d. young. They removed to Illinois, where both d. of cholera, 1849.
VII. WARD, EPHRAIM, (s. of Samuel and Esther,) m. Lucy Hovey, 1828, and had Thomas A., Dec. 18, 1830; Elizabeth L., Aug. 26, 1833; Ephraim, Dec. 29, 1834 ; Joseph G. H., Dec. 5, 1837 ; Lucy E., May 20, 1840 ; Ann C., Aug. 21, 1841.
VII. WARD, JOSHUA F., (s. of Samuel and Esther,) m. Mary Ann Noyes, 1832, settled in Camb., and had Edward, Sept. 29, 1833, d. 1836 ; Francis, Sept. 1, 1835, d. 1837 ; Edward F., Dec. 11, 1837 ; Charles H., Oct. 7, 1839 ; William F., Nov. 14, 1841.
VII. WARD, SAMUEL, (s. of Samuel and Esther,) m. Sarah Rhodes, 1830, settled in Camb., and had Andrew A., July 17, 1831 ; Winthrop A., Aug. 15, 1833 ; Samuel M., Aug. 1, 1835, d. 1839 ; Henry, Sept. 9, 1837, d. 1838; Esther M., April 6, 1839, d. 1840; Henry L., March 31, 1841.
VII. WARD, WILLIAM F., (s. of William and Mary,) m. Myra, dr. of Henry Craft, 1827, and had Joseph J., March 4, 1828; Martha J., Jan. 25, 1834.
WARE, JOHN, from Sherburne, (brother of Professor Ware, of H. C.,) m. Hannah Leland, and had Sylvia, 1776; Walter, 1777 ; Sophia, 1781 ; Elener, 1783 ; Elbridge, 1785; Emily, Feb. 23, 1794 ; and Pa- melia. Sylvia m. Dr. Ebenezer Starr, 1794. He built the first paper mill at the Lower Falls, about 1790.
WARE, AZARIAH, had by w. Sarah -, Mira, Dec. 15, 1792 ; Otis, Jan. 19, 1796.
WARE, WALTER, (s. of John and Hannah,) m. Patience, dr., of Elisha Severns, 1798, and had Albert, May 27, 1799; Elisha, May 29, 1801; Elizabeth, July 3, 1803 ; Martha, d .; and Elisha S. He d. 1822, WARE, LEWIS, m. Matilda Morse, 1803.
WARE, ELBRIDGE, (s. of John and Hannah,) m. Betsy Bridge, 1807.
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WARE, JOEL, m. Mary Perry, 1803, and had Harriet, d. 1822. WELD, NOAH, had by w. Elener -, Elizabeth, Jan 8, 1752.
II. WILLIAMS, CAPT. ISAAC, (s. of Robert Williams, of Rox., the common ancestor of very many distinguished men who have hon- ored this country,) was born in Rox., Sept. 1, 1638, m. Martha, dr. of Dea. William Park, of Roxbury, born Aug. 28, 1639. He re- moved to the w. part of Camb. Village, about 1660, and purchased the tract of land which was granted 1640, to Maj. Samuel Shepard, + by the proprietors of the town of Cambridge; bounded N. by Charles river; s. by the common lands; w. by land of Herbert Pelham, Esq. ; and E. by lands granted to Joseph Cook. Maj. Shepard had erected a dwelling house and barn upon this tract, before 1652, in which year Robert Barrington obtained judgment against Shepard, for £590, and this tract of land was appraised at £150, and set off to satisfy the execution in part. Dea. William Park took this land at the appraisal, for his son in law, Isaac Williams. The house stood about ten rods N. of Cheesecake brook, and about thirty rods N. E. of the West Parish M. H .; it was taken down by Williams, who built another very near the same spot, which was pulled down in 1818. He had by Martha Park, Isaac, Dec. 11, 1661 ; Martha, Dec. 27, 1663 ; William, Feb. 2, 1665; John, 31. 8. 1667; Eleazer, Oct. 22, 1669 ; Hannah, Oct. 8, 1771; Elizabeth ; Thomas, 23. 10. 1673. 2d w., Judith Cooper, and had Peter, 31. 6. 1680; Mary ; Sarah, Oct. 2, 1688; Ephraim, Oct. 21, 1691. Martha m. John Hunt- Hannah m. John Hyde, s. of Job - Elizabeth m. Jonathan Hyde, s. of Job, Jan. 3, 1700 - Mary m. Joseph Hyde, s. of Jona- than, Sen. - Sarah m. John Marsh, Oct. 9, 1718, 2d, - Gray. He was a weaver, Dea., Capt., Selectman and Representative, 1692, '95, '97, '99, 1701 and 1705. In March, 1704, he conveyed to his youngest s. Ephraim, (then 12 years old,) " in consideration of the love, good will, and endeared affection, his then dwelling house and barn, with the land and meadow adjacent, being all the land under my improvement, and all the land on the E. end of my farm, called the ' new field,' and half the land in the ' old field,' i. e., all on the N. side of the cart way, now occupied by my s. Eleazer, and all the wood land at the w. end of Eleazer's line, being the whole tract of land between the Fuller line and the causeway over the meadow, leading to the Island, only reserving half my said dwelling house, and fire wood, for my dear and loving w. Judith, during her life ; also, a piece of meadow on the s. side of the land, called " the Island,'
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containing about six acres, and one acre of salt marsh in Camb." Witnessed by Jeremiah Fuller, Jonathan Hyde and Elizabeth Child. He also made a will confirming this conveyance. It seems apparent from the record, that the influence of the second wife prevailed in this transaction, to secure the most of the estate to her darling Eph- raim ; that, although he held a Captain's commission, she probably aeted in this instance in that capacity, with the assistance of some lawyer, who was willing to take fees for helping enact injustice ; which will appear the more glaring when we know that a large part of the estate came by the grandfather of the first wife's children, whose portions were thus attempted to be wrested from them. * Of course the first wife's children remonstrated to the Judge of Probate against the will, as being " imperfect and insensible," stating that the lands of their grandfather, William Park, in Newton, were never so alien- ated from him, as to cut off their descent to them, &c., and praying that the whole of these lands of their grandfather Park, may be divided among the children of the first wife, as is their right, and as the law directs. If not, they will proceed in their suit before the Gov. and Council, &c. The will was set aside, and is not upon record, and the attempted injustice signally failed, and the estate was finally settled by mutual agreement among all the children. By this agreement, dated March, 1708, Isaac, Eleazer, and Ephraim took all their father's land in Newton, five hundred acres, paying and providing for the other heirs, as stipulated in the agreement, which also provided for the laying out of two or three highways through the lands. He d. Feb. 11, 1707, æ. 69, and was buried under arms by the company of Foot, Feb. 14, 1707. Widow Judith d. 1724, æ. 76.
III. WILLIAMS, CAPT. ISAAC, (s. of Capt. Isaac and Martha,) m. Elizabeth Hyde, dr. of Jonathan Hyde, Sen., and had Isaac, Nov. 1, 1686 ; Jonathan, Nov. 5, 1687 ; Mary, Feb. 27, 1688 ; John, April 30, 1689; William, Sept. 19, 1690 ; Ebenezer, Oct. 16, 1691 ; Samuel, Feb. 11, 1693; Martha, Sept. 12, 1694 ; Daniel, Oct. 22, 1695 ; Eliz- abeth, Sept. 23, 1697. Mary m. - Payson - Martha m .. Nov. 15, 1716 - Elizabeth unn., housekeeper for John Hyde, Jr., who made her a liberal bequest in his will, 1760. 1st w. Elizabeth d. 1699, æ. 40. 2d w. wid. of Nathaniel Hammond, Jr. 3d w. Han- nah -. He was Selectman 1734, and removed to Rox. soon
* The Inventory of Dea. William Park, of Roxbury, was £1,751, 19s. 6d.
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after, and bought Rev. Mr. Walter's place, and d. 1739, æ. 78. His will, proved July, 1739, names sons Isaac, John, William, Samuel, and daughters Mary Payson, and Elizabeth Williams ; Jonathan and Martha were probably dead; gives Isaac the family Bible, -" Dan- iel took care of him in his last sickness, and was helpful to him in his age," gave him the homestead formerly Mr. Walter's ; w. Hannah to have the w. end of the house -books to be equally divided among his chil. In the settlement of his father's estate, 1708, the quarter part of the corn mill was set to him, which he conveyed to his brother Ephraim, in 1722.
III. WILLIAMS, REV. WILLIAM, (s. of Capt. Isaac and Martha,) grad. H. C., 1683, ordained as Minister of the Gospel, at Hatfield, 1685; m. dr. of Rev. Dr. Cotton, and had William, May 11, 1688 ; Martha, Oct. 10, 1690; Elisha, Aug. 26, 1694 ; Solomon, June 4, 1700. 2d w. dr. of Rev. Solomon Stoddard, of Northampton, and had Israel, Nov. 30, 1709; Dorothy, June 20, 1713; Elizabeth ; and one other dr., born Jan. 1, 1707, who m. - Barnard, of Salem - Martha m. Edward Partridge - Dorothy m. Rev. Jonathan Ashley, of Deerfield - Rev. Solomon, D. D., Lebanon, Conn., m. Mary Porter, and had ten chil., one of whom, William, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence - Rev. William, of Weston, m. - Stoddard, and had nine chil. - Col. Israel, H. C., 1729, m. Sarah Chester, and had eight chil .- Rev. Elisha, Rector of Yale College, H. C., 1711, m. Eunice Chester, and had seven chil. He d. at Hatfield, Aug. 29, 1741, æ. 76, and the 56th of his ministry.
III. WILLIAMS, JOHN, (s. of Capt. Isaac and Martha,) m. Martha Wheeler, dr. of Isaac Wheeler, of Stonington, and had in Stonington, Isaac, April 10, 1689 ; John, Oct. 31, 1692 ; Martha, Aug. 3, 1693 ; Deborah, April 2, 1695; William, March 29, 1697 ; Nathan, Dec. 11, 1698 ; Benajah, Aug, 28, 1703. He d. Nov. 15, 1702, æ. 35.
III. WILLIAMS, ELEAZER, (s. of Capt. Isaac and Martha,) m. Mary, dr. of Rev. Nehemiah Hobart, and had Nehemiah, Feb. 4, 1696 ; Martha, March 11, 1700, d. 1703 ; Mary, Jan. 18, 1704. Ne- hemiah m., and had two sons. He signed the agreement to settle his father's estate, 1708, and sold part of his land same year, to Capt. Thomas Oliver. This family removed to Conn. before 1715. Eleazer, and w. Mary, conveyed their rights in the homestead of her father, in Newton, containing one hundred acres, to the Rev. John Cotton, in March, 1715 ; in the deed he calls himself of Mansfield, Conn.
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III. WILLIAMS, THOMAS, (s. of Capt. Isaac and Martha,) did not sign the agreement under which the father's estate was settled, 1708, but he sold part of his land to Capt. Thomas Oliver, same year. III. WILLIAMS, PETER, (s. of Capt. Isaac and Judith,) was non compos mentis, and d. 1732.
III. WILLIAMS, COL. EPHRAIM, (youngest s. of Capt. Isaac and Judith,) m. Elizabeth, dr. of Ab'm Jackson, April 1, 1714, took the ancient mansion and one hundred acres of the homestead, and had Ephraim, Feb. 24, 1715; Thomas, April 1, 1718. Elizabeth the mother d. April 12, 1718. 2d w. Abigail Jones, May, 1719, and had Abigail, April 20, 1721 ; Josiah, April 17, 1723 ; Elizabeth, July 2, 1725, d. 1729; Judith, July 13, 1728; Elizabeth, Nov. 28, 1730 ; Elijah, Nov. 15, 1732 ; Enoch, March 3, 1735, d. 1738. Abigail m. Rev. Mr. Sergeant, Missionary to the Housatonic Indians, 2d, Gen. Joseph Dwight - Eliz. m. Rev. Dr. West, and d. 1804-Judith m. Rev. Mr. Thayer, of Ware. [Ephraim, Jr., the founder of Williams' College, was taken at the death of his mother, then three years old, by his grandfather Ab'm Jackson, who brought him up, and gave him a good education. He went several voyages to sea, when young ; was never married. He removed to Stockbridge, represented that town in the General Court, thence to Hatfield, where he purchased several tracts of land. He was Col. in the French war, and was killed in a battle with the French and Indians, Sept. 8, 1755, æ. 40. A more full account of this distinguished man, may be seen in the Appendix.] Thomas was taken when an infant, brought up and educated by his grandfather Ab'm Jackson, was A. M., Yale College, physician and surgeon, settled at Deerfield, m. Ann Childs, and 2d Esther Williams, and had fifteen children - Josiah m. - Sargent, and went to N. J. - Elijah m. Sophia Partridge, and d. 1815. Col. Ephraim was Justice of Peace, and Selectman seven years, the last year was 1736; sold the ancient mansion and seventy aeres of land, to Jonathan Park, in 1717, for £300, bounded N. E. by a white oak tree marked by the line of the Fuller farm. He removed from Newton, 1739, and d. 1754, æ. 63.
IV. WILLIAMS, ISAAC, (s. of Isaac, Jr.,) m. Martha Whitman, 1709, and had Abigail, Oct. 4, 1710; Jonathan, Dec. 16, 1711; Eliz- abeth ; Martha, March 8, 1714 ; Mary, June 14, 1717 ; Phebe; Han- nah, Oct. 9, 1723 ; Isaac, July 15, 1725. Abigail m. Josiah Fuller, 1739 -Elizabeth m. Josiah Reed, 1729 - Martha m. Nathaniel
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Spring, 1741 - Mary m. Joseph Miller, 1741 - Hannah m. John Rogers, 1745. His will names w. Martha, sons Jonathan and Isaac, drs. Elizabeth Reed, Abigail Fuller, Mary Miller and Hannah Rog- ers, and g. chil. Ephraim, Nathaniel and Martha Spring. He was Selectman 1741, '45 and '49, and d. 1757, æ. 72.
IV. WILLIAMS, WILLIAM, (s. of Isaac, Jr.,) m. Experience -, and had Abijah, July 8, 1722, d. 1722; William, Aug. 3, 1723 ; Anna ; Abijah, July 19, 1726, d. 1726 ; Elisha, Oct. 12, 1727. Anna m. Rev. Jacob Cushing, of Waltham, Nov. 8, 1753. Abigail m. Rev. Samuel Woodward, of Weston, Jan. 11, 1753. He was a housewright, of Wat., 1737, and sold fifty-five acres of land to Dr. Samuel Wheat, for £300, E. by the gangway through the farm of the late Capt. Isaac Williams, adjoining land of the College, of Richard Coolidge, and of Dr. Wheat.
IV. WILLIAMS, DANIEL, (s. of Isaac, Jr.,) m. Hannah Holbrook, of Rox., 1724, took his father's homestead in Rox., and had Daniel, Aug. 15, 1725; Isaac, Aug. 5, 1728 ; Benjamin, Jan. 9, 1730 ; Phebe ;" Mary. Phebe m. - Deane -Mary m. - Hodges - Benja- min m. Elizabeth Boylston, 1756.
V. WILLIAMS, JONATHAN, (s. of Isaac and Martha,) m. Debo- rah Spring, dr. of Ensign John Spring, 1735, lived at the N. w. part of Newton, on the same spot now covered by Collier's house, and had Jonathan, July 1, 1737, d. 1737 ; Deborah, July 20, 1738; Phebe, Apr. 18, 1740 ; Joanna, Oct. 20, 1741 ; Martha, Aug. 27, 1743 ; Jonathan, Nov. 5, 1744. Deborah m. James Murdock, 1765 - Phebe m. Nathaniel Shepard, 1762. Joanna m. James Cheney, 1765 - Mar- tha m. Thomas Upham, of Weston, 1772. She d. 1777, æ. 64.
V. WILLIAMS, ISAAC, (s. of Isaac and Martha (Whitman,) m. Sarah Stratton, 1748, and had Isaac, Sept. 7, 1748; Sarah, Aug. 27, 1750 ; Abigail, July 10, 1752 ; Ebenezer, Nov. 28, 1756 ; Ephraim, Feb. 25, 1760; Patty, Nov. 2, 1763. 2d w. Elizabeth Cheney, 1765, and had Amariah, d .; Elizabeth, Aug. 25, 1765 ; Asa, June 7, 1773 ; and Lydia. Sarah m. David Fuller. 1st w. d. 1763.
WILLIAMS, THOMAS, had by w. Lydia -, Lydia, July 22, 1754.
VI. WILLIAMS, JONATHAN, JR., m. Mrs. Sarah Spring, Jan. 1767, took the homestead, and had Jonathan, d. 1767 ; Samuel, April 20, 1768 ; and Sarah. He d. 1776, æ. 39. This is the last family of
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Capt. Isaac's descendants, who bore his name, upon the Newton record. [The births, marriages, and deaths of the Williams's, not recorded in Newton, have been copied from " The Williams' Family, by Stephen Williams, Esq., of Deerfield."]
I. WILLIAMS, ABRAHAM, took the Freeman's oath in 1652. He purchased, in Aug. 1654, a dwelling house and twelve acres of land, in Wat., of John Callow. In 1662 he purchased a dwelling house and six acres of land, in that part of Cambridge Village now Newton Corner, very near the Watertown line. He m. Joanna, sister of John Ward, Sen., about 1660, and had, in the Village, Elizabeth and William. He sold his place, in the Village, to Gregory Cook, March, 1665, (deed acknowledged 1668, in which he calls it his late " Mansion place," highway to Watertown E., Edward Jack- son s., Dummer farm N. and w.,) and removed to Marlboro', and had Lydia, 1669, and John. He lived in the Village about eight years. He was Col. and Representative from Marlboro', to the Gen. Court. His will is dated Dec. 1711. He d. Dec. 29, 1712, æ. 84. Wid. Joanna d. Dec. 8, 1718, æ. 90.
WILLIAMS, RALPH, m. Parmelia Ware, 1814.
WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN, m. Mary Blanden, 1804, and had Lucy, Oct. 22, 1804; Mary, June 21, 1805 ; George, March 15, 1809.
WILLIAMS, ASA, m. Amelia Warren, 1812.
WILLIAMS, DAVID, m. Julia Sargent, 1817.
WILLIAMS, EPHRAIM, m. Becca Jackson, 1822.
WINCH, EBENEZER, (s. of Samuel and Mary, of Framingham,) d. 1831, æ. 78, and w. Esther (Brinley,) d. 1830, æ. 75.
WALES, NATHANIEL, m. Sally Mills, 1801, and had Nathaniel, Sept. 27, 1803. 2d w. Abigail, dr. of Edward Jackson, 1803, (Lower Falls,) and had Emeline, March 20, 1808; Edward, Feb. 4, . 1809.
WARREN, EBENEZER, m. Elizabeth Hyde, 1727, and had Esther, Nov. 28, 1727 ; Samuel, July 2, 1730 ; John, Jan. 14, 1734.
WARREN, MRS. TABITHA, d. 1840, æ. 82.
WARDIN, JUDAH, m. Rebecca Prentice, 1725.
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WEDGE, JOHN, m. Hannah Macoy, 1718.
WELCH, MICHAEL, came from Ireland, and d. 1812, æ. 77. Wife Martha d. 1801, æ. 65. [Lower Falls.] Only s. Walter, m. Elener Thompson, and settled in Boston, kept provisions many years in Faneuil Hall Market, had one child, Jane, who m. -. Walter d. 1853.
WILLARD, JONATHAN, blacksmith, (his parentage has not been ascertained,) m. Sarah Bartlett, Dec. 20, 1708, settled at Lower Falls, and had Jonathan, April 29, 1710; Sarah, Sept. 3, 1711 ; Eph- raim, Jan. 14, 1713, d. 1714; Ephraim, Aug. 29, 1714 ; Samuel, March 12, 1717, d. 1719; Zachariah, Feb. 23, 1719, d. 1720 ; Han- nah, Dec. 6, 1720, d. 1722; Lydia, May 12, 1723; Esther ; Seth, April 20, 1726; Nathan, June 17, 1728. Sarah m. Oliver Pratt, 1734 - Lydia m. Lemuel Pratt, 1750 - Ephraim m. Lydia Fuller, 1737. His house and iron works were at the Lower Falls. He bought the iron works, forge, dam, &c., of Nathaniel Hubbard, in 1722. He was probably the first person in Newton, of the Baptist denomination. He was baptised 1729, and joined the first Baptist Ch. in Boston, 1732. For many years he appears to have been alone in that faith. Of course "he was not a little wondered at, on account of his religious sentiments." He d. May 22, 1772, æ. 95. She d. Oct. 1767.
WILLARD, JONATHAN, (s. of Jonathan, Sen.,) m. Perthene -, and had Jonathan, July 2, 1738 ; Hezekiah, Nov. 30, 1740; Ephraim, April 20, 1743; John, July 1, 1745. Jonathan settled in Dudley, and d. there, æ. about 100 - Ephraim m. Sylvia Albee, of Sutton, 1781. He d. Feb. 28, 1749, æ. 39.
WILLARD, NATHAN, m. Violet Dix, 1752. He d. in the army, 1778.
WILLARD, REV. FREDERICK A., m. Mary W. Davis, 1835, and had Harriet D., Oct. 1, 1836. He was installed as colleague Pastor with Rev. Joseph Grafton, Nov. 1835.
WILLINGTON, DAVID, (s. of William and Mary, of Wat.,) had by w. Ruth -, Charles, Dec. 13, 1800.
WILTON, WILLIAM, m. Mary Beals, 1741, and had William, May 14, 1743; Samuel, May 7, 1745, d .; Samuel, May 6, 1747 ; Nathaniel, May 2, 1750, m. Elizabeth Brown, 1775. He d. 1751.
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I. WILSON, NATHANIEL, of Rox., m. Hannah Craft, 1645, and had in Rox., Hannah, May, 1647 ; Nathaniel, April 30, 1653; Joseph and Benjamin, Jan. 31, 1655 ; Isaac, Aug. 24, 1658; Mary, at Mud- dy River, May 22, 1661 ; Abigail, 1663; Samuel, Rebecca, Susanna, and one other dr. This family removed to Camb. Village, where he purchased about one hundred and fifty acres of land. His s. Joseph, a wheelwright, also bought of heirs of Richard Park, six acres land, in 1678, N. by land of Capt. Noah Wiswall and Daniel Preston, w. by James Trowbridge and Deliverance Jackson, heirs of John Jackson, Sen., the previous owner. He built his house very near to the West Rox. line. Mary m. Capt. Thomas Oliver, his 2d w., 1682 - Abigail m. Dea. Edward Jackson, (s. of Edward, Sen.,) his 2d w., 1687 - Rebecca m. Shubael Sever, of Rox. - Susanna m. Thomas Gill. He d. in Newton, Sept. 17, 1692, æ. 70. She d. Aug. 18, 1692. Their sons, Nathaniel and Samuel, admin. on the estate, and in that capacity sold a part of Bald Pate meadow, to Thomas Prentice, 2d or Sen., in 1692. Nathaniel, Sen.'s estate was divided by Thomas Prentice, Sen., Jno. Ward and Jno. Spring, 1693. Benjamin had forty acres on N. side; Isaac w. end, forty-seven acres, with the house ; the E. end, seventy-four acres, being the resi- due, he paying £79. Amount of inventory, £219, 14s.
II. WILSON, NATHANIEL, (s. of Nathaniel, Sen.,) m. Hannah, dr. of Rev. John Oliver, first Minister of Chelsea, and had Nathaniel, Dec. 4, 1682; Elizabeth, Nov. 9, 1684; Hannah, Oct. 18, 1686; Susanna, Nov. 6, 1688 ; Edward, Oct. 3, 1689. Edward was a brick- layer, and went to Shrewsbury. Hannah the 1st w., d. Sept. 26, 1690, æ. 49. Her mother, the wid. of Edward Jackson, Sen., by her will, proved Nov. 14, 1709, bequeaths to the chil. of her deceased dr. Hannah Wilson, £6, whereof her g. s. Nathaniel had already received forty shillings, being his full share; the remaining four chil. to have twenty shillings each, with other bequests. Edward Jackson, Sen., by his will, dated June, 1681, bequeathed to his s. in law, Nathaniel Wilson, one-fifth part of his long marsh at the Pines. Ist w. Hannah d. Sept. 1690. 2d w. Elizabeth, dr. of Humphrey Osland, March 11, 1693, removed to Fram., and had Mary, who m. Gideon Bridges, 1723; Relief, who m. John Stacey, and 2d, Dea. Moses Pike, 1737; Thankful, who m. Isaac Gleason, 1725 ; Abigail, who m. Richard Mellen. He was surveyor of highways, at Newton, 1686 and 1691. 2d w. Elizabeth d. March 10, 1715, æ. 48. He d. Dec. 26, 1721, æ. 68.
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II. WILSON, BENJAMIN, (s. of Nathaniel, Sen.,) m. Sarah -, and had in Rox., Benjamin, Oct. 6, 1678. 1st w. Sarah d. in New- ton, April 15, 1689. 2d w. Grace -, and had in Newton, John ; Benjamin ; Joseph; Sarah; Mary ; and William, Oct. 14, 1697. 3d w. Esther -. He d., and his estate was settled 1705. Dea. Edward Jackson, admin. His s. Joseph d. at Cape Breton, Sept. 1745.
II. WILSON, JOSEPH, (s. of Nathaniel, Sen.,) m. Deliverance-, and had Hannah, June 10, 1685; Deliverance, Oct. 11, 1687; Marga- ret, Feb. 27, 1689; Sarah ; Thankful, March 24, 1692; Mary, Jan. 24, 1694 ; Experience, Nov. 10, 1696 ; Elizabeth, May 30, 1703 ; Abi- gail ; Josiah, Oct. 31, 1704. Hannah m. - Turner - Deliverance m. at Wat. Daniel Squier, 1710 - Margaret m. - Pitt - Sarah m. John Trowbridge, 1708 - Experience m. - Wilkins - Eliza- beth m. William Ward, 1722 - Abigail m. - Smith. She d. Jan. 18, 1718.
II. WILSON, ISAAC, (s. of Nathaniel, Sen.,) m. Susanna Andrews, July, 1685, and had Isaac, May 14, 1686 ; Samuel, Ebenezer, Susanna, Hannah and Abigail. Hannah m. John Harris, of Brookline, 1718.
II. WILSON, SAMUEL, (s. of Nathaniel, Sen.,) m. Experience Trowbridge, and had Experience, Sept. 21, 1697, d .; Margaret, Aug. 28, 1699; Samuel, March 18, 1701 ; Thomas, May 8, 1703; Expe- rience, Aug. 2, 1705. Margaret m. John Hammond, Dec. 1718 - Experience m. Isaac Clark, Aug. 1729. She d. Oct. 10, 1705.
III. WILSON, JOHN, (s. of Benjamin,) m. Mehitable Mayhew, and had John, Aug. 18, 1714 ; Mehitable and Catherine.
III. WILSON, SAMUEL, JR., m. Abigail Prentice, 1734, and had Thomas, May 19, 1735. He d. Feb. 1771, æ. 71. 2d w., Martha Wyman, 1764. 1st w. d. 1755.
III. WILSON, BENJAMIN, m. Mary Ward, Sept. 1739.
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