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Benjamin Fenn came to Dorchester in 1630, and removed to Connecticut subsequently to 1637.
Robert Fuller and his wife Ann were in Dorches- ter in 1640. Their son Jonathan was born in Dor- chester, 15 (6) 1640. They removed to Rehoboth, about 1658, and he died there previous to 1689.
John Gill joined the church in Dorchester, 20 (9) 1640; at the same time, Goodwife Gill, probably his wife Ann. He with his brother-in-law, Roger Billings, bought the mills at Neponset, together with one hundred acres of land on the south side of the river, called the Indian Fields, of the widow, as ex- ecutrix of Israel Stoughton, in 1656; petitioned for incorporation of Milton in 1662; trustee of Milton church property 1664. He left a daughter Rebecca, who, at the time of his decease, was the wife of Jo- seph Belcher, the minister of Dedham. John Gill died in Boston in 1678. His wife Ann was a sister of Roger Billings, senior, and died at Boston 1683. Rebecca, the wife of Joseph Belcher, was dismissed from the church at Dorchester to the church at Braintree, 6 (7) 1674.
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There was another John Gill in Boston, who died Dec. 10, 1671, aged 60.
Mr. John Gilbert came to Dorchester in 1630. Grantee of Neck lands in 1637. Winthrop (vol. ii:) calls him " a grave honest gentleman." He remov- ed to Taunton, and was one of the early settlers of that town. Had sons -Joseph, Thomas, John and Giles, and a daughter Mary Norcross. Was first deputy from Taunton to New Plymouth in 1639. His inventory was exhibited June 3, 1657. He left a widow Winnifred.
John Gornhill, Gurnhill, or Gornell, came to Dor- chester in 1630. Joined the church in 1638; was freeman in 1643. Was a tanner by trade. By his will, dated November 19, 1673, he left £40 out of his tanyard to be put into the hands of some godly and honest man, to be by him loaned from time to time to some poor, honest and godly mechanic, to assist in setting him up in business. He also left £20 to the schools in Dorchester. He left no children. His widow Jane afterwards married John Burge, and died April 4, 1678, and was buried by the side of her first husband, as Jane the wife of John Gornell. Mr. Gornell died July 3, 1675, aged 64.
Thomas Hawkins's name appears on the records in 1636. Was a grantee of land in 1637. He and his wife Mary signed the covenant in 1638. Was a freeman in 1639, and a member of the Artillery Company in 1644. He lived on Rock (now Savin) Hill, near the fort built in 1633, and where " ye great guns " were mounted in 1639. Winthrop
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calls him a London ship-carpenter; but he was a navigator. He was a large land-holder in Dorches- ter. He owned land at Bass Neck, so called, now the southerly part of Harrison Square. His farm was in that part of Dorchester now Quincy, at the Farm Meadows, so called, and adjoined the Newbury (or Mr. Glover's) farm. Hawkins's Brook, a small stream named for him, crosses Columbia street. He removed to Boston before 1643, when he and Major Gibbens chartered four ships to M. De La Tour to cruise against his enemy D'Aulna, which fleet he commanded in person. From Hubbard we learn that he built a very large ship (for those times) in Boston, being upwards of four hundred tons. She "was set out with great ornament of carving and painting, and with much strength of ordnance." She sailed for Malaga, November 23, 1645, in com- pany with another ship under the command of Capt. Karman. Both vessels were lost on the coast of Spain, and nineteen of the company perished, among whom was Capt. Karman. Unfortunately, he was wrecked on the same spot the next year, when in the company of some persons from London. In 1646 he arrived in Boston, commanding a Lon- don ship. In November, 1648, Winthrop writes his son that news is received from England by Capt. Hawkins's ship (God being pleased to send him [Hawkins] to heaven by the way). His will is re-
corded in Suffolk Records (vol. iii., fol. 101), in 1654. His children were - Sarah, baptized 1638, married to Rev. James Allen ; Elizabeth, who married Adam Winthrop and John Richards ; Abigail, married to
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Samuel Moore, May 13, 1660, to Thomas Kellend, and then to John Foster, Esq., of Boston ; Mary, married John Aylet, 21 (9) 1654; Hannah, born 8 (4) 1644, married Elisha Hutchinson, grand-father of the Governor; and Thomas, who had issue both male and female .- (Mss. of Mr. T. L. Turner .- Hub- bard, fol. 525.)
Richard Hawes came in the Freelove, Capt. Gibbs, in 1635, with his wife Ann, and two children. His age was 29; his wife's, 26; that of his daughter Ann, 2 1-2; son Obadiah, 6 months .- (See Glean- ings.) He signed the church covenant in 1636,. and was a grantee of land in 1637 and 1646. Their other children were - Bethia, born in Dorchester, 27 (5) 1637; Deliverance, born 11 (4) 1640; daugh- ter Constant, born 17 (5) 1642. They had a son Eleazer killed in the war, April 21, 1676. Mr. Hawes died in 1656.
Jeremy Houchin joined the church in Dorchester, 4 (12) 1639. He is mentioned in the Town Re- cords in 1641, and soon after removed to Boston, where he assisted in forming the Old North Society in 1650. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1641; was repre- sentative for Hingham for several years, though it does not appear that he lived there. He was also representative for Salisbury in 1663. His wife was Esther. His children - Mary, 18 (11) 1639-40, baptized at Dorchester March 4, 1641; Jeremy, born in 1643, soon died ; Jeremy, 1652; Elizabeth, 1653, married John, jr., the son of Gov. Endicott ; John, baptized 1655. Mr. Houchin, when in Bos-
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ton, lived at the corner of Court and Hanover sts. He was a tanner, and his tanyard was where Concert Hall now stands. He died in 1670.
Robert Howard. A Mr. Howard (most probably Robert) received a portion of land in the first divi- sion in 1638 ; was in Dorchester in 1644, and probably earlier ; was chosen to manage the affairs of the schools in 1646; was made freeman in February, 1642-3; was a Selectman in 1651 and 1652, and Clerk of the Writs until Deacon Wiswell returned from England. He was dismissed from the church at Dorchester, to join the church at Boston, Aug. 16, 1668. His wife's name was Mary. He probably had sons, Robert and Jonathan ; and a daughter, Mary, who married Samuel Bass, jr. He died in 1683.
Jonas Humphrey came to Dorchester with his wife Frances and son James, from Wendover, in Buckinghamshire, England (where he had been a constable), in 1634. James was about twenty-six years old when they arrived. Mr. Humphrey was grantee of Neck lands in 1637; member of the church in 1639; freeman, May 13, 1640; and pro- prietor in the great lots in 1646. He bought the place then owned by William Hammond, who came with the first settlers, but afterwards removed to Windsor. His children were -Jonas, died Oct. 30, 1689; James ; Hopestill, baptized 10 (4) 1649; Elizabeth. Susan married Nicholas White. Sarah was buried in 1638. He also had a daughter who married Mr. Foye. He lived in what is now called Humphrey street, and the estate is still in possession
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of his descendants. He died 9 (1) 1661-2. His wife died 2 (6) 1668.
Nathaniel Holder was in Dorchester early, and was a member of the church in 1638, but probably did not remain long in the town. He is undoubtedly the person Dr. Harris calls Nathaniel Holden.
John Kinsley, or Kingsley, was here as early as 1635. He was grantee of land in 1635, and one of the original signers of the covenant in 1636. He had a share in the great lots in 1646; was a rater in 1648, and freeman in 1651. He had a son El- dad, born in Dorchester in 1638; and a daughter Renewed, born 19 (1) 1644. He had a son Enos, who went to Northampton ; and a daughter who married Samuel Jones, son of Richard. John Kinsley married the daughter of William Daniels, of Milton, and resided there in 1670.
Thomas Lake was in Dorchester, probably, as early as 1640. It does not appear that he was ever married. His name is sometimes spelled Leke. A double grave-stone stands in the Dorchester grave- yard, on one side of which is " Thomas Leke, aged 70 years, deceased Oct. 27, 1678. Els Leke, aged 80 years, deceased Oct. 20, 1678." He had a brother Henry, who had a son Thomas. By his will he pro- vides that if he leaves £50, five of it shall be laid out in plate for the Lord's Table, and that his and his wife's name shall be marked upon it - and leaves it with Mr. Flint to see it done. The rest of his pro- perty to go to his brother Henry and his children.
Richard Lippincott was in Dorchester about 1636. Remembrance, probably his daughter, was baptized 11*
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in September, 1641. She married Mr. Barber, of Boston.
William Lane came to Dorchester about 1636. He was a man in humble life, and died about 1654. He had sons, Andrew and George, who lived in Hingham. In his will he names sons Nathaniel Baker and Thomas Lincoln, of Hingham. He had a daughter Mary Long; probably the widow of Jo- seph Long, and if so, she afterwards married Jo- seph Farnsworth - but in his will he calls Joseph Farnsworth brother. There was a Sarah Lane bap- tized in Dorchester, 28 (3) 1648; Elizabeth, baptiz- ed in 1655-6, and married Thomas Rider. There were two children of Job Lane, baptized in Dor- chester early ; viz., Rebekah, 4 (5) 1658, and John, 18 (6) 1661 -" being about a quarter of a year old, by reason of their dwelling soe remote." The name of Lane is very ancient. One came over to Eng- land with William the Conqueror in 1067.
Richard Leeds, of Great Yarmouth (England), mariner, and Joan his wife, left England in the reign of Charles I., on the 12th of April, 1637, desirous, as he said (to Mr. Thomas Mayhew, the king's commissioner), " to pass to New England, and there to inhabit and dwell." They embarked on board of one of two vessels that sailed at the same time - the John and Dorothy, of Ipswich (England), Capt. William Andrews, Sen .; or the Rose, of Yarmouth, Capt. William Andrews, Jr., son of said William Andrews, Sen. They settled in Dorchester at what is now called Savin Hill; and in 1639 the town of Dorchester granted him and
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two others, land on Thompson's Island, for the fish- ing business, which he and Nathaniel Duncan and others carried on to a great extent, by sales for ex- port. He was an active man, both in church and town affairs, and left a large estate for those times. He died 18th March, 1692-3, aged about 98 years, and his grave-stone still marks the spot where he was laid. His wife Joan, who was in every thing all that adorns a wife, mother and friend, died in 1682, and lies by his side in Dorchester burying ground. Their children were - Joseph and Benja- min (twins), born in Dorchester in 1637; and Han- nah, born in 1639. Joseph married Meriam, daugh- ter of Capt. Aaron Cook, of Northampton, Nov. 8, 1661. They resided at Northampton till about 1672, when they returned to Dorchester. He was a farmer. He died Jan. 28, 1714-15, about 77 years old ; and his wife 23d August, 1720, about 78 years of age - leaving a large family of children. They were an exemplary couple, and their children were among the most prominent of their generation. They were both buried in Dorchester, and their grave-stones may still be seen. Benjamin lived in Dorchester, was also a farmer, and perhaps engaged in the fishing business. He married Mary Brins- made, daughter of William Brinsmade, of Dor- chester, and sister of Rev. Mr. Brinsmade, of Marl- borough, Mass. His second wife was Mercy, who died August 10, 1692. He was married the third time by Rev. John Danforth, of Dorchester, to Abi- gail Knights, the 11th of the 6th month, 1696. She died June 12th, 1712. He never had children.
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He died March 13, 1717-18, aged about 80 years, and was buried at Dorchester, his grave-stone still remaining. Hannah married, Nov. 18, 1659, Sam- uel Clap (son of Capt. Roger and Joan Clap), who was afterwards elder of the church at Dorchester. She was beloved by all. They lived together about forty-nine years. She died Oct. 8th, 1708, about 69 years of age, and he died of grief at her loss, eight days afterwards, Oct. 16th, 1708, aged 74. He was a conspicuous man in the affairs of the church and town of Dorchester. (See Roger Clap's Memoir.) They left children .*
. Thomas Lewis joined the church in 1636; was a grantee of land in September, 1637. He proba- bly did not remain long.
Richard Mather (see biography by his grand-son, Cotton Mather) was born at Lowton, Lancashire, 1596. He taught school at Toxteth Park, when he was but 15 years old, studied at Oxford, was or- dained by the bishop of Chester, and settled at Tox- teth in 1618. He married Miss Holt, of Bury, 1624, who was the mother of his six sons. He remained at Toxteth until he was suspended for non-confor- mity in 1633, and removed to New England in 1635. The details of his journey to Bristol and his voyage to America, are to be found in his Journal (printed by our Society in 1850). He arrived at Boston in August, 1635, and was soon invited to settle at various places, but the recommendation of Cotton and Hooker induced him to give the preference to
* Communicated by H. M. Leeds, Esq., who is preparing a history of the family.
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Dorchester, just vacated, by the migration to Con- necticut, of both pastor and church. A new church was gathered at Dorchester in August, 1636, and Mr. Mather was chosen their teacher. After the revolution had deposed the British hierarchy, he was urged to return to his parish at Toxteth, but his roots had taken too strong hold at Dorchester. He was among the most learned of the New England divines. It is said the platform of church discipline
adopted by the synod of 1647, was chiefly taken from his model. He was a hard student ; his opi- nions on theological subjects were regarded with much respect, and he served in many of the assem- blies convened in his time to consult upon church affairs. His first wife died in 1654, and two years after he married the widow of the Rev. John Cot- ton. He died in April, 1669, aged 73, and left six sons, four of whom were ministers of the gospel. Mather and John Eliot made a new version of the Psalms in 1640.
Mr. Ambrose Martin buys out John Branker, Sept. 2, 1637. Received a portion of the Neck lands in 1637. Joan Martin joined the church in . 1636. The court fined him £10 for calling the church covenant a human invention.
. John Maudesley, or Moseley, came to Dorchester in 1630. Was freeman March 14, 1638-39, and grantee of lands in 1656. Mr. Moseley appears to have had two wives; the first, Elizabeth - second, Cicily. Joseph, a son of John and Elizabeth, was born 1638. He left two children - Thomas and Elizabeth. He probably lived in what is now call-
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ed Crescent Avenue, near Thomas M. Moseley's. Mr. Moseley died 27 (8) 1661. His wife Cicily died 3 (10) 1661. A brown freestone slab, on a brick foundation, marks his last resting-place in the Dor- chester grave-yard. John Moseley, Jr. removed to Windsor, and from thence to Westfield.
Henry Moseley was in Dorchester in 1630 - pro- bably a brother of John Moseley. He had a house- lot granted him in Dorchester, Sept. 10, 1637. He was afterwards in Boston and Braintree. Henry had a son Samuel, born in 1641, who is probably the Capt. Samuel that frequently served in the wars with the Indians, against whom he was very inveterate.
Gabriel Mead - called Goodman - was possibly in Dorchester as early as 1636; was freeman May 2, 1638. His wife was Susanna. His son Israel was born in 1637. Israel removed to Watertown, but returned to Dorchester and joined the church here 16 (6) 1674. His father left him the house he lived in, in Dorchester. To his son David he left the old house. His daughters were - Lydia ; Experience, married Jabez Eaton 4 (10) 1663; Sarah, married Mr. Burgess, of Boston ; Patience, married Mat- thias Evans 28 (2) 1669, and died 22 (3) 1670. He owned land near the burying-place-and the Church Records say it appears he lived near where Mr. Foster's malt-house stood. He died 12 (3) 1666, aged about 79.
Thomas Miller was in Dorchester early. He re- moved to Boston as soon as 1665, probably before that time. Joseph Miller, " from Dorchester," set- tled in Cambridge Village (Newton) before 1678.
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Thomas Millett came from Southwark, England ; he sailed from London in the Elizabeth, Capt. Stagg, in the spring of 1635. He joined the Dorchester church in 1636; was made freeman in 1637, and was a grantee of land the same year. He married Mary, the daughter of John Greenway. Their chil- dren were - Thomas, who came from England when two years old; John, born 8 (5) 1635; Jonathan, born and died in 1638; Mary, born 26 (6) 1639 ; Mehitable, 14 (1) 1641. Mr. Millett was born in 1605, and his wife in 1606. His house was burned in 1657, and a part of the Town Records were de- stroyed by the fire. Moses Eyres married Bethia Millett, 3 (6) 1666.
Rev. Samuel Newman, a son of Richard Newman, was born at Bambury, in England, in 1600, or 1601. He was educated at Oxford, and came to New Eng- land (according to Judge Davis) in 1636, and joined the church at Dorchester and was made freeman the same year. He lived in Dorchester about a year and a half, and removed to Weymouth. He sold his land in Dorchester to Mr. Mather in 1639. He remained in Weymouth about five years, where he preached. He removed to Rehoboth, and settled there in 1644, and died July 5, 1663. He was an important man in assisting and encouraging the in- habitants during the early settlement of the town. He had sons - Samuel, Noah Antipas ; daughters - Hopestill, Joanna and Hope. His son Noah suc- ceeded him in the ministry at Rehoboth, and did great service by his efforts and council during the war with King Philip. He died April 16, 1676.
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Hopestill married Rev. George Shove, third minister of Taunton, and had sons - Nathaniel, Samuel and Seth. Joanna Newman died at Dorchester, Nov. 23, 1678, and was " buried at Braintree by her father at her own desire." Hope Newman was born at Wey- mouth, Nov. 29, 1641.
Nathaniel Patten came from Severls, in Crewkern, England. He was an inhabitant of Dorchester in 1640; was a Selectman in 1644, and some years afterwards ; was a grantee of land in 1656, and lived on the south side of Savin Hill. He died January 31, 1661, and left an estate appraised at £1416 17s 1d. His widow Justin was the administratrix. She died Dec. 28, 1675, and left a silver cup to the church in Dorchester.
William Pond joined the church in Dorchester, 28 (12) 1641; was a grantee of land in 1656; was a rater in 1662, '67 and '75. Blake styles him Ser- jeant. His children were - Elizabeth and Martha (twins), born 1657, and died in infancy ; Judith, · born 16 (8) 1659; Thankful, born 15 (11) 1661, married Philip Withington, Nov. 17, 1682; Expe- rience, baptized 3 (11) 1663 ; George, baptized 21 (11) 1665; Mindwell, born 24 (6) 1667. Mr. Pond died April 4, 1690. His widow Mary died Febru- ary 16, 1710-11.
William Robinson came to Dorchester in 1636; was freeman the same year; joined the church in 1638 ; was member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1643; appears first as a gran- tee of land in 1656; was a rater in 1658 and '61. He bought the Tide Mill, now known as Tileston's
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Mill, of Edward Breck. He went to England in 1644, and returned the following year. His son Samuel succeeded to his father's estate. His son Increase, baptized 14 (1) 1642, afterwards removed to Taunton. His daughter Prudence married John Bridge, of Roxbury; Waitstill married Joseph Pen- niman, of Braintree. His wife's daughter is men- tioned as Mary Streeter. He had three wives - first, Prudence ; second, Margaret (who was living in 1664); and third, Ursula, who outlived her husband.
There was a William Robinson, who suffered death in Boston as a Quaker, in 1660.
William Reed embarked from London in the Defence, Capt. Edward Bostock, in July, 1638, he being then 48 years of age. His wife came with him. Also his three sons - George, born 1629 ; Ralph, 1630 ; Justin, 1634. Mr. Reed and his wife joined the church, and afterwards removed. There was an Abigail Reed, probably their daughter, bap- tized 30 (8) 1638, and went to Rehoboth.
John Rigby probably came to Dorchester about 1637, as he and his wife Isabell were early members of the church. He was made freeman May 18, 1642. Samuel Rigby, baptized 9 (6) 1640, was undoubt- edly a son of John, and lived on the place subse- quently owned by his son Samuel, near the spot where the Hon. John Howe resided, now known as Adams Street. Mehitable Rigby, baptized in Dor- chester, 1643, was probably a daughter of John. She married Nathaniel Turner, of Scituate. Thomas Holman married Abigail Rigby, 19 (12) 1663.
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David Sellick joined the church in Dorchester in 1640. By the Church Records it appears he lived with "Mr. Gibson, at Father Ways." He died in 1654. David Sellick, baptized in 1640, and went to New Haven ; and Jonathan, baptized May 9, 1641, and went to Stamford, were probably his sons.
Clement Topliff, born in England, Nov. 17, 1603, was in Dorchester in 1637 ; a member of the church in 1639; grantee of lands in 1647. His children were - Jonathan, born 2d mo. 1637; Sarah, 3d mo. 1639, married David Jones 11 (3) 1659 ; Obedience, 8th mo. 1642, married elder David Copp, Feb. 20, 1659; Samuel, May, 1646; Patience, married Na- thaniel Holmes, 27, 1667. Mr. Topliff died Dec. 24, 1672, aged 69. His wife Sarah died July 29, 1693, aged 88. His inventory, £286. He lived on what is now known as Bowdoin Street, and owned the land where St. Mary's Church stands.
Thomas Tolman was a member of the church in 1638, and was made freeman May 13, 1640. The family tradition is that he came over in the Mary and John, with the first settlers, in 1630. His wife was Sarah. Had sons - Thomas, who died Septem- ber 12, 1718, aged 85; and John. Daughters - Sarah, who married Henry Leadbetter, March 18, 1659 ; Rebecca, married James Tucker ; Ruth, mar- ried Isaac Royal ; Hannah, born 27 (5) 1642, mar- ried Peter Lyon ; Mary, who married . - Collins, of Lynn. He first settled on Pine Neck, and after- wards removed to what was denominated " the Great Lots." His descendants now own and live upon some of the land which has been in the family since
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the first settlement of the town. Some of his de- scendants have furnished Dorchester with a Town Clerk for upwards of fifty years. Mr. Tolman died in 1688.
William Trescott, admitted freeman May 10, 1644. Married Elizabeth, the daughter of George Dyer. Their children were - Samuel, born 4 (9) 1646, was dismissed from the church in Dorchester to the church in Milton, August 7, 1687; Mary, 23 (2) 1649, married John Hemmenway, 6 (8) 1665, and removed to Roxbury ; John, 21 (8) 1651, died Jan- uary 22, 1741, in the 91st year of his age, and his wife Rebecca died August 1, 1741, in the 89th year of her age; Patience, 7 (3) 1665; Abigail, 5 (9) 1656, married Amiel Weeks, March 22, 1682; Martha, born 8 (11) 1660, married Jacob Huens, February 24, 1680; Elizabeth, born 24 (4) 1665 ; and Sarah. There was a Thomas Trescott died about 1654, who was a brother of William. He left a wife.
Ralph Tompkins embarked from London in the Freelove, Capt. Gibbs, in September, 1635; joined the church in Dorchester in 1636; was made a free- man in 1638. He was born in England in 1585. His wife Catherine was born in 1577. Their chil- dren were - Samuel, born 1613; Elizabeth, born 1617; Maria, born 1621. Samuel was one of the proprietors of Bridgewater in 1645. Mr. Tompkins sold his place in Dorchester to John Farnham, in 1648, and about that time removed to Salem.
Jeffry Turner came here probably as early as 1637; was made freeman in 1643. He married
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Isabell Gill. He had children - Jeffrey, born 22 (3) 1640; Increase, born 16 (8) 1642.
James Trowbridge, in the list, should have been Thomas, who was here about 1636. A Mrs. Trow- bridge joined the church that year. He was proba- bly son of Thomas, of Taunton, England. He had sons - Thomas and William, who settled at New Haven ; and James, born about 1636, who resided in Dorchester until about 1664, then removed to New- ton. Thomas, sen., visited England in 1644 or '45, and left his children in charge of Sergeant Thomas Jeffrey, " to bring up in the fear of God ; and when Mr. Trowbridge returns, he will refer it to the Court to determine what is equal for it." Mr. Trowbridge died in Taunton, England, subsequently to 1663.
Thomas Trott was made freeman in 1644, and joined the church the same year. His children were - Thomas, who was killed by a fall from his cart, January 13, 1693 ; Sarah, born 16 (11) 1653, mar- ried Barnard Capen, June 2, 1675 ; Mary, 26 (11) 1656; Samuel, 27 (6) 1660, died August 3, 1724 ; John, baptized 4 (10) 1664 ; Thankful, 5 (10) 1667, married - - Hinckley ; James, born 2 (4) 1671, died Sept. 27, 1717; daughter Preserved, married John Baker, 11 (6) 1667, died November 25, 1711. Thomas Trott died July 28, 1696, aged 82 years. Sarah his wife died May 27, 1712. He lived on Spurr's Hill, near where Mr. Nichols now lives.
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