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The name is early spelt Sole, Soal, Soul; and Soule seems to be of late adoption.
1. GEORGE, arrived 1620; 1623 had a grant of one acre, and next a lot " at the watering place," which he sold to R. Hicks 1639; lived north of Eel River bridge 1638, relinquished his land there to Constant and Thomas Southworth, and removed to Dux., and settled at Powder point ; prop. of Bridgew. 1645; sold his right to Nicolas Byram ; m. Mary Becket, or Bucket, who d. 1677; he d. 1680, very aged ; had John, 1632 (2) ; George, inherited half of his father's lands at Dartmouth; Benjamin, killed at Pawtucket March 26, 1676; Zachariah, b. before 1627, ad. 1653, m. Margaret, lived at Powder point, d. a. 1663; Nathaniel, Dux., inherited land in Dartmouth ; Elizabeth, m. Francis Walker of Middleboro'; Susanna ; Mary, placed to Jno. Winslow 1652 for 7 years, married before 1672 John Peterson.
2. JOHN, (s. of 1,) Dux., m. Esther, who d. Sept. 12, 1733, æt. 95; he d. 1707, æt. 75; he was made the chief heir of his father, viz. " And for as much as my eldest son John Soule and his family hath in my extreme old age and weakness bin tender and careful of mee and very healpfull to mee; and is likely for to be while it shall please God to continew my life heer, therefore I give and bequeath unto my said son John Soule all the remainder of my housing and lands whatsoever," &c .- Geo. Soule's Will. He had John, perhaps the one who d. at Dux. 1734; Joseph, July 31, 1679 (3) ; Joshua, Oct. 12, 1681 (4) ; Josiah, 1682 (5) ; Benjamin, m. Sarah Standish, one of the first settlers of Plympton, had Hannah, who m. Geo. Sampson ; a da. m. Edmund Weston; a da. m. Adam Wright.
3. JOSEPH, (s. of 2,) Dux., m. Mary; he d. July 11, 1763; had Mary, Dec. 18, 1711 ; Alethea, Jan. 9, 1714, m. Allerton Cushman of Plympton Jan. 30, 1735 ; Lydia, March 9, 1715; Hannah, March 6, 1717; Rebecca, May 3, 1722.
4. JOSHUA, (s. of 2,) Dux., m. Joanna Studley ; he d. May 29, 1767, æt. 85; had Zeruiah, Nov. 2, 1705, m. Ebenezer Sampson 1728 ; John, March 4, 1709 (9) ; Ezekiel, Feb. 17, 1711, m. Hannah Delano Jan. 4, 1733; Joshua, May 30, 1713 (10); Abigail, April 30, 1716, m. Perez Drew of K., Sept. 3, 1730 ; Joanna, April 18, 1719; Sarah, July 25, 1728, m. Aaron Bisbee, Nov. 26, 1747 ; Joseph, March 15, 1722 (11) ; Nathan, July 12, 1725 (12); and prob. Lydia, who m. a Simmons.
5. JOSIAH, (s. of 2,) Dux., m. Lydia Delano May 25, 1704, who d. Nov. 24, 1763, æt. 83; he d. June 25, 1764, æt. 82 ;
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had Jonathan, June 23, 1705, d. April 4, 1776 ; Mary, Dec. 5, 1706, m. Joshua Cushman of Lebanon, Ct., Jan. 2, 1733; Abisha, Nov. 25, 1708 (13) ; Micah, April 12, 1711 (14) ; Nathaniel, Nov. 4, 1714 (15) ; Lydia, Oct. 2, 1719.
6. ZACHARIAH, (perhaps s. of Zachariah, s. of 1,) Dux., d. in the Canada Expedition, 1690; had early a large grant in Dux., which was confirmed to his brother John in 1690.
7. MOSES, (s. of -,) Dux., a householder, and had, 1707, an addition to his land granted. Moses, probably his son, m. Sarah Chandler Jan. 15, 1729.
8. AARON, (s. of -,) Dux .; had a grant 1693, and in 1699 "a small tract of land ate ye South end off his lott iff he and they (appointed to lay it out) can agree," and having paid 40 shillings, 15 acres were accordingly laid out. Aaron (perhaps his son; though styled of Pembroke,) m. Alice Pe- terson, May 5, 1727. An Aaron d. at Pembroke, 1783, had John, Leonice, who m. a Brewster, Huldah, who m. Thomas Church, and three other das. Hist. Bridgewater.
9. JOHN, (s. of 4,) Dux .; m. Mehetable Partridge, Aug. 5, 1730; he had Lydia, May 6, 1733; Samuel, July 6, 1734 (16).
10. JOSHUA, (s. of 4,) Dux .; m. Mary Cushman, Feb. 14, 1765; had Luther, Dec. 21, 1765, d. May 21, 1771 ; Alethea 1769, d. 1771, May 20; and Joseph.
11. JOSEPH, (s. of 4,) Dux .; m. Mercy Fullerton,* 1742; had Sarah, m. Benj. Prior, Jan., 1765; Olive, bap. Sep. 2, 1750, m. Nathaniel Winsor ; Ezekiel (17) ; Silvina, 1754, d. May 16, 1771; Joanna m. Lot Stetson, May 8, 1777; Wil- liam (18); Ruby m. Eden Wadsworth ; Joseph (19) ; James 1746 (20).
12. NATHAN, (s. of 4,) Dux .; inherited the W. part of his father's farm; m. Sarah; had Thomas, July 8, and d. Sep. 24, 1748; Levi, Sep. 9, 1749; Simeon, Dec. 16, 1751 (21); William, May 15, 1754, d. Jan. 15, 1755; Anna, Oct. 11, 1762; Sarah.
13. ABISHA, (s. of 5,) Dux .; m. Abigail Delano, May 14, 1741 ; he d. Jan. 4, 1778, æt. 70; had Alethea bap. 1743; m. Capt. Daniel Hall, m. 2d, Levi Loring; Esther d. young; John bap. 1747, went to Maine; Esther bap. 1750; Lydia bap. 1752; Abigail ; Dewsbury bap. 1761, m. Seneca Wads-
* She was the da. of John Fullerton of M., who m. Ruth Sampson, in 1720, and whose chd. were Mercy, Nov. 11, 1721, m. as above, Mary, 10 Sep., 1723, William, 24 Dec., 1726, Ann, 26 July, 1728, Alethea, 1732, m. Ebenezer Joyce in 1754. A John Fullerton m. Rebecca Delano of Dux., 1746. - Marshfield Records.
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worth ; Mary bap. 1763, d. unm. ; Nathaniel bap. 1767 (22); Abisha bap. 1770.
14. MICAH, (s. of 5,) Dux .; m. Mercy Southworth, May 30, 1740, she d. 1797 ; he d. Nov. 4, 1778, æt. 67; had Aphela a. 1740; Josiah a. 1742 (23) ; Constant S. a. 1744, "insane, drowned in a brook, July 10, 1790 ; " Rebecca a. 1750, d. Oct. 14, 1778; Asa a. 1752, m. Olive Southworth, Apr. 15, 1773; Esther a. 1753; Lydia a. 1756, d. Oct. 19, 1778.
15. NATHANIEL, (s. of 5,) Dux .; m. (when 60 years old) Abigail Tolman of Scituate, Apr. 27, 1775; she d. July 9, 1834; had Nathaniel, July 28, 1777, m. Polly Partridge, and had Nathaniel, Calvin P., Jane, and Polly ; Lydia m. Andrew Sampson ; Mary ; Alethea.
16. SAMUEL, (s. of 9,) Dux .; m. Mehetabel White, Oct. 1, 1756 ; he d. Jan. 19, 1768, at Carolina; (a widow Mehetabel m. Ichabod Weston, 1769;) had Abigail, May 20, 1757; Sil- via, May 20, 1759, m. Joshua Peterson, Feb., 1780; Alice, May 3, 1763, m. Josiah Soule, 1782; Lydia, July 23, 1766.
17. EZEKIEL, (s. of 11,) Dux .; m. Clynthia Wadsworth, 1777 ; he d. Nov. 3, 1843, æt. 92; had Marshall, Apr. 24, 1778, unm .; Capt. George, Dec. 4, 1779, m. Ruth Sprague, who d. Mar. 25, 1836 ; and he d. at St. Thomas, W. I., Feb. 11, 1820, and had George, 1807, d. 1812, Laura, 1811, d. 1813, George Marshall, 1813 (m. Lucy Ford), Laura Ann, 1816 (m. Paul Wing 2d, of Sandwich), James 1818, Nicolas Brown 1820, d. 1842; Capt. Charles, Apr. 22, 1782, m. Mer- cy Sprague, who d. Dec. 17, 1840, and had Isabella 1811, (m. George Sampson,) Caroline 1811, (m. George Holmes,) Harvy 1812, (m. Lydia Peirce,) Elizabeth 1814, d. 1837, Charles 1819, (of Boston, m. Prudence Soule, and has a da. Isabella, ) Otis 1823, Edwin A. 1825, Susan A. 1825, m. Walter Bartlett, Marcellus 1827, Peleg S. 1831, d. 1832, Mercy S. 1835 ; Harvey, May 29, 1785; Capt. Otis, Feb. 11, 1787, m. Salumith Sampson, d. 1821, and had Salumith, Mary Townsend (who m. J. A. Sampson) ; Clynthia, Apr. 20, 1791, d. unm., Aug. 4, 1846.
18. WILLIAM, (s. of 11,) Dux .; m. Priscilla, da. of Elijah Sampson, 1784; had Lucy ; Elijah; William ; Samuel m. Nancy Bates ; Stephen m. a Peirce, had Lydia, who m. Eden Sampson.
19. JOSEPH, (s. of 11,) Dux. ; he was the father of Bishop Joseph Soule.
20. JAMES, (s. of 11,) Dux. ; m. Abigail, widow of B. Bos- worth (see under Bosworth, ) Jan. 17, 1773. He d. Aug. 29, 1794, æt. 48. Their chd. Sally, July 7, 1774, d. Sep. 12, 1775; Joseph, Dec. 27, 1775, d. Aug. 27, 1778; Joshua, Dec.
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19, 1777, d. Sep. 17, 1803; Joseph, Jan. 2, 1780, d. Jan. 5, 1806; Abigail, Sep. 20, 1784, m. Asa Hunt; James, Sep. 20, 1784, m. Mary Bradford, who was b. Sep. 7, 1789, and had James O. 1821, Justus 1823, Lucy B. 1823, and Henry M. 1825; Capt. Richard, Nov. 7, 1786, m. Prudence Loring, June 24, 1810, who d. Dec. 15, 1823, m. 2d, Lucy Loring, Nov. 24, 1824, and had Richard, June 8, 1812, (m. Harriet Winsor, and has Charles Carroll, Ella and Richard,) Mary Chapman, Oct. 27, 1814, (m. Sylvanus Sampson, Jr.,) Eliza- beth Seaver, Apr. 6, 1818, (m. Isaac Sweetzer, Esq.,) Pru- dence Loring, Mar. 10, 1823, (m. Charles Soule, Jr., ) and by. his 2d w., Horace Homer, Sep. 13, 1827, Helen Maria, Oct. 20, 1829, d. Jan. 20, 1834, and Charles Carroll, June 26, 1832, d. May 17, 1837.
21. SIMEON, (s. of 12,) Dux .; m. Jane Weston, Dec. 29, 1776; m. 2d, Acenith Brewster, who was b. Mar. S, 1778; he d. Dec. 21, 1831 ; had Mary, Dec. 14, 1777; Sarah, Aug. 19, 1779, d. Sep. 14, 1800; Nathan, Jan. 18, 1781, m. Bethiah Freeman, and had Zeruiah, Lot (m. Elizabeth Brooks) and George ; Silvina, June 21, 1784; Thomas, July 24, 1786; Susanna, Sep. 1, 1788, d. Sep. 13, 1790; Simeon, Oct. 2, 1790; Jane, Sep. 23, 1794, d. Oct. 21, 1796; Alethea, July 4, 1797; Henry, Mar. 2, 1800; Charles, May 18, 1806.
22. NATHANIEL, (s. of 13,) Dux., m. Lydia Freeman ; had Daniel, Oct. 14, 1796 ; Lydia F., 1798, m. Capt. Martin Wa- terman ; Hannah, Abigail, Nathaniel, Mary, Capt. Freeman, John, and Enoch.
23. JOSIAH, (s. of 14,) m. Alice Soule 1782, he d. Aug. 12, 1806 ; had Micah, who m. Lucy Alden, had Micah, m. Sarah Wadsworth, Sarah and Lucy ; Asa ; Samuel, May 11, 1786.
24. DEA. EZEKIEL, (s. of 4,) Dux., m. Hannah Delano Jan. 4, 1733 ; she d. Sept. 25, 1768, æt. 50; removed to Woolwich; had William a. 1738; Lucy a. 1740; Lydia, Amasa, Hannah, John, Deborah.
NOTE. James, Middleboro', 1690, find £5 for refusing to go in the Canada expedition. - Rachel m. David Magoon, 1728 ; Jedediah m. Tab- itha Bishop, Nov. 4, 1741; Deborah m. John Hunt, 1746; Alethea m. Joshua Hall, 1732 ; Abigail m. Elijah Curtis, 1756 ; John m. Patience Wadsworth, Jan. 11, 1759; Nepheta m. Consider Simmons, 1763 ; Miss Ruth d. Mar. 17, 1777 ; Rebecca m. Gideon Sampson, 1784 .- Dux. Rec. Ann da. of John and Ruth Soule, b. Mar. 10, 1687, at Boston.
NOTE. The progenitor of this family, George, was a member of Gov. Winslow's family, and it is not known whence he came. The name of SOLE is an ancient English name, (and we find the name so spelled in the Col. and town records,) and Guillim gives this armorial bearing of the family. - " He beareth argent, a chevron gules between three sole fishes 40
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hauriant proper in a bordure engrailed sable " -and adds, "This coat belongs to the family of Soles in Brabanne in the county of Cambridge, according to the bearer's name, and it is very common for persons having their names from any kind of animals or vegetables to bear the like in their coat armour. Such sort of bearings the French call arms parlant, speaking coats, because they plainly declare the name of their owner." - Guillim's Banner displayed. Burke (General Armory) gives the same, except " gules " for " sable," and adds that they are borne by the Soles of Bob- bing place, Kent. Arms by the Soles of London (granted 1591) - " Gules a tower or. Crest, out of a mural coronet or, a demi lion sable, langue'd and armed or." Another - " Sole. Sable an inescutcheon within an orle of owls argent." - Burke's Armory.
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1. CONSTANT, (s. of Constant,) b. 1615, came to New Eng- land in 1628,* an early settler of Duxbury ; m. Elizabeth Col- lier Nov. 2, 1637, and d. March 10, 1679 ; leaving an estate of £360-among the items was an Indian boy £10; had Edward, b. at Plymouth (2); Lt. Nathaniel, b. at Plymouth 1648, m. Desire, da. of Edward Gray, Jan. 10, 1672, who was b. Nov. 6, 1651,-he d. Jan. 14, 1711, and she d. Dec. 4, 1690; their chd. were, Constant of Tiverton, b. Aug. 12, 1674, and d. be- fore 1706 ; Mary, April 3, 1676, m. Joseph Rider 1707 ; Capt. Ichabod, March 1678, of Middleboro', m. Esther, and d. Sept. 20, 1757; Elizabeth, m. James Sproat ; Capt. Nathaniel, May 1684, m. Jael Howland, and he d. April 8, 1757, and she d. Nov. 1743, or 1745; Edward, of Middleboro' 1788, m. Brid- get Bosworth at Hull, June 25, 1711, and d. April 26, 1749, æt. 60 years; Mercy, m. Samuel Freeman May 12, 1658 ; Alice, 1646, d. March 5, 1719, æt. 72, m. Col. Benj. Church 1667; Mary, m. David Alden ; Elizabeth, m. William Fobes. The following is from her father's will : "Item, I will and bequeath unto my daughter E. S. my next best bed and furn- iture, with my wife's best bed, provided shee doe not marry William Fobbes ; but if shee doe then to have five shillings ;" Priscilla ; William (3).
2. EDWARD, (s. of 1,) Dux., a deputy ; often employed by the town in running ranges and settling bounds; had grants of land 1674, 1685 at Mill bk., and in 1689. He inherited the homestead and mill. He m. Nov. 16, 1669, Mary Pabodie ; had Elizabeth, Nov. 1672, m. Saml. Weston March 4, 1716 ; Thomas, 1676 (4) ; Benjamin, 1680, m. Rebecca Delano
* Among the accounts of the Plymouth Company, published in the Mass. Hist. Coll., we find the following item; " 1628, Paid for Constant South- er's passage and diet 11 weeks at 4s. 8d .- £3. 11. 4."
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Aug. 4, 1715, he d. May 12, 1756, æt. 75; she d. Sept. 6, 1774, æt. 90; Constant, m. Rebecca Simmons Feb. 10, 1715, and d. a. 1731; John, 1687, d. Aug. 10, 1751, æt. 64; Mercy, m. Micah Soule 1740; Priscilla, 1693, d. June 7, 1671, æt. 68.
3. WILLIAM, (s. of 1,) Dux .; removed to Little Compton and Tiverton, m. a. 1680 Rebecca [Pabodie, probably], who d. at L. C. Dec. 3, 1702, æt. 42, and he d. June 25, 1719, æt. 59; had Benjamin, April 18, 1681, m. Elizabeth 1701, m. 2d Alice Church 1717, m. 3d Susanna Blackmore 1722 ; Joseph, Feb. 1, 1683, m. Mary Blake 1710, d. 1739; Edward, Nov. 23, 1684, m. Mary Fobes 1708, m. 2d Elizabeth Palmer 1716 ; Elizabeth, Sept. 23, 1686; Alice, July 14, 1688; Samuel, Dec. 26, 1690 ; Nathaniel, Oct. 31, 1692 ; Thomas, Dec. 13, 1694 ; Stephen, March 31, 1696, m. Lydia Warren 1715; by a 2d wife -Gideon, March 21, 1707, m. Priscilla Pabodie 1727, m. 2d Mary Wilbor 1728; and Andrew, Dec. 12, 1709.
4. THOMAS, (s. of 2,) Dux., m. Sarah - -; he d. Sep. 9, 1743, æt. 67; had Jedediah, April 13, 1702 (5) ; Mary, Sept. 18, 1703, m. Thomas Loring Feb. 3, 1724.
6. DEA. JEDEDIAH, (s. of 4), Dux., removed to North Yarm. Me. 1730, returned to Dux. 1735; m. Hannah ; he d. Sept. 8, 1739 ; had Sarah, Oct. 8, 1729; Susanna, July 27, 1731, m. prob. Dr. John Bartlett of N. Yarmouth, who remov- ed to Lebanon before 1760; Dea. John, Oct. 22, 1733, of N. Yarmouth, d. May 17, 1814, m. Joanna Mitchell, who d. Oct. 28, 1798; James, Nov. 17, 1735 (7) ; Lydia, Oct. 11, 1738, m. Seth Bradford 1760.
The following, on a catalogue of the members of the First Church in N. Yarmouth (published 1848), were probably the children of Dea. John, - Mary, m. Jonathan Bradford of N. Yar., removed to Minot in 1799; Joanna, m. Nathl. Scales of N. Yar., and removed to Freeport in 1814; Lucy, m. Asa Lewis, and d. March 25, 1798, æt. 31 yrs. ; Loraina, m. Wm. Wyman, and d. Jan. 22, 1817, æt. 48 ; John, d. May 12, 1790, æt. 25; Sarah, m. Paul Prince, and removed to Cumberland 1795; and L-, who m. John D. Blanchard, and d. April 22, 1844, æt. 72.
6. WILLIAM. (perhaps s. of Constant and Rebecca, ) Dux. ; m. perhaps Betty, da. of Saml. Fullerton, and had Reumah a. 1742, m. Jasper Southworth May 5, 1763, and he d. 1828, æt. 86; Edward, 1747, d. 1833, æt. 86, m. Mercy Thomas Jan. 18, 1769; John, 1753, d. 1827, æt. 73; Nathaniel, 1757, m. Deborah Hatch of Pembroke 1782; William, 1759, d. June 16, 1759 ; Alice, 1764, m. Jacob Weston 1784.
7. JAMES, (s. of 4,) Dux., m. Sarah Drew Nov. 28, 1762; he d. Oct. 8, 1811 ; had Jedediah, Aug. 23, 1764, m. Betsy Thomas ; Abigail, June 7, 1769; Capt. Thomas, July 13,
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1771, removed to Scituate, d. at New Orleans 1819, father of Nathan, artist, of Boston; John, May 19, 1773; Hannah, July 22, 1776 ; Nathan, June 6, 1778, d. at sea; Sarah, Mar. 31, 1780 ; James, April 3, 1782, and was burnt in the beach house.
[SOUTHWORTH PEDIGREE.
The following pedigree was procured by Horatio G. Somer- by, Esq. from the Herald's College, London, for Nathan South- worth, Esq., artist, of Boston, and with the permission of the last-named gentleman I copy it. In its details, as regards in- termarriages, etc., it is uncommonly full, much more so than most of so early a date.
SIR GILBERT SOUTHWORTH, of Southworth Hall in the county of Lancaster, Knt.
Elizabeth, da. and sole heir of Nicholas Dayes of Salmsburye in Lancashire.
SIR JOHN SOUTHWORTH, of Southworth, Knt.
Elizabeth, da. of John Haughton of Lancashire.
SIR THOS: SOUTHWORTH, of Southworth.
Jane, da. of John Boath, of Barton, Esq.
RICHARD SOUTHWORTH, of Salmsburie, Esq.
Elizabeth, da. of Edw. Mollineaux, of Segton in Lancashire, Esq.
SIR CHRISTOPHER SOUTHWORTH, of Southworth.
Isabel, da. of John Dutton, of County Chester.
SIR JOHN SOUTHWORTH. of Salmsburie, Knt.
Ellen, da. of Richard Langton, of Newton Walton, Lanc.
Sir Thomas, the heir, m. Margery, da. of Tho. Butler, of Warrington, Lanc.
CHRISTOPHER SOUTHWORTH (2d son.)
Richard, (3d son), d. s. p.
RICHARD SOUTHWORTH London, Merchant.
= Jane, da. of Edw. Lloyd, of Shropshire.
John, d. s. p.
Henry of Somerset- shire, living in 1623.
Elizabeth, da. of John Pell- sant, of London, Merchant.
THOMAS SOUTHWORTH, Recorder of Wells, in Somersetshire.
Jane, da. of Nicholas Mynne, of Norfolk. 7
CONSTANT SOUTHWORTH
Alice Carpenter, who afterwards m. Gov. Bradford, of Plymouth Colony, New England.
THOMAS, = Elizabeth Reyner. of New Eng. (See p. 68.)
CONSTANT = Elizabeth Collier, (See pp. 68-9.) Nov. 2, 1637.]
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8. THOMAS, (s. of -,) Dux., m. Anna ; had William, Feb. 18, 1763; Content, Aug. 20, 1764; Lydia, Nov. 8, 1766 ; Hannah, Jan. 9, 1769, d. young; Elizabeth, April 24, 1773; Anne, Dec. 23, 1774; Hannah, May 24, 1776.
NOTE. Hannah (of M.) m. Hezekiah Herrington (of M.), March 1, 1739 ; Silvia m. Noah Simmons 1769 ; Clynthia m. Asa Phillips, 1769 ; Olive m. Asa Soule 1773 ; John of M. m. Sarah Clark of Duxbury Nov. 9, 1748 ; Abigail, 1742, d. Sept. 19, 1768, æt. 26 ; Rebecca 1694, d. March 16, 1771, æt. 77 ; James m. Elizabeth, had Joseph 1797, Betsy 1798, Char- lotte, Hiram, Thomas, Jairus .- Dux. Rec. Constant Southworth drowned himself July 1790 .- J. D.'s Jour.
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1. FRANCIS, arrived 1623; ad. June 17, 1637; removed to Dux. about 1632, and settled in the southeastern part of the town, near the Nook, so called, and in that vicinity " about his owne ground," and "at the Eagle," he was allowed in early years to mow ; in 1640, had land at North river; prop. of Bridgew. 1645; was alive 1666; had John (2); Anna; Mary ; Mercy, m. Wm. Tubbs 1637; one of the das. m Robt. Lawrence.
2. JOHN, (s. of 1,) Dux .; but first resided at M .; joined Michael Peirce's company in Philip's war, and was killed at Pawtucket March 26, 1676 ; m. Ruth Basset 1655, who after- wards m. a Thomas; had John (3) ; William (4) ; Samuel (5); Eliza ; Ruth, Feb. 12, 1659 ; Desire ; Dorcas, m. Joseph Hatch Jan. 10, 1710.
3. JOHN, (s. of 2,) Dux., m. 1st Lydia; removed to Leba- non, Ct., and m. 2d Mary Babcock ; had Ephraim March 15, 1685; Benjamin, July 15, 1686, - for his chd. see Soule's Sprague Memorial ; by 2d w. he had Ebenezer and others at Lebanon, for whom see idem.
4. WILLIAM, (s. of 2,) Dux., m. Grace, prob. da. of the first Dea. Wadsworth ; drowned Nov. 25, 1712; had Ruth, Feb. 22, 1702, m. Samuel Kein April 19, 1719; Zeruiah, Dec. 10, 1704, m. Nath. Chandler 1724; Terah, Feb. 17, 1712 ; Jethro, Nov. 30, 1709, m. Patience Bartlett Dec. 12, 1738, she d. Mar. 1741, m. 2d Bethia Sprague, removed and settled on the Ken- nebec after 1760, had Silvina Oct. 8, 1739, and William Nov. 19, 1740.
5. SAMUEL, (s. of 2,) Dux. ; carpenter ; m. Ruth Alden Nov. 29, 1694; m. 2d Elizabeth (says Mitchell), and removed to Rochester, and d. there 1723; had Noah, Jan. 18, 1696; Eliz- abeth, July 4, 1699 ; Nathaniel, Jan. 10, 1702; Samuel, June
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23, 1704; Mary, Dec. 20, 1706, d. April 19, 1708; Priscilla, March 18, 1709, and Ephraim (according to Mitchell).
NOTE. There arrived at Salem, 1629, three brothers, Ralph, Richard, and William Sprague, who removed to Charlestown. They were sons of Edward of Upway, Dorset county, England, who d. 1614, leaving widow Christian and six chd. William was 21 years of age when he arrived, and removed in 1636 to Hingham, m. Millicent Eames 1635, and d. Oct. 26, 1675, æt. 66; she d. Feb. 8, 1696; they had Anthony 1635, John 1638, Samuel 1640 (6), Elizabeth 1641, Perses 1643, Joanna 1644, Jonathan 1648, William 1650, Mary 1652, and Hannah 1655 .- See Hosea Sprague's Account of Hingham Spragues, and Soule's Memorial.
6. SAMUEL, (s. of William,) removed to M. before 1644; selectman, representative and colony secretary ; d. 1710; m. Rebecca; m. 2d Sarah da. of Thomas Chillingworth ; had Samuel 1674 (7) ; John (8); Nathan, M., m. Margaret, and had James (the father of Capt. Jonathan), and perhaps Mar- garet of M., who m. Robt. Howland 1733; James, m. Han- nah Black, and had James, m. Sarah Jackson, and Hannah, m. Barnabas Ford ; Sarah, m. Joseph Holmes; Mary, m. Nathl. Williamson ; Joanna, m. John Holmes; Hannah, m. John Rogers, Jr. of M. Dec. 11, 1700.
7. SAMUEL, (s. of 6,) removed to Dux. a. 1710; m. Bethia Thomas, who d. Oct. 1, 1761, æt. 792 ; he d. Feb. 15, 1764, æt. 90; had Phineas, 1714 (9); Samuel (10) ; Sarah, m. Samuel Alden Feb. 26, 1728; Bethia, m. Ist a Cushing (says Soule. A Bethia Sprague m. David Curtis of Hanover Dec. 14, 1732), m. 2d Jethro Sprague.
S. JOHN, (s. of 6,) Dux. ; m. Love, had John, perhaps the one who m. widow Deborah Simmons, Dec. 5, 1744, and the one who d. Sept. 1784; Abigail ; Peleg (11) ; Joanna, m. Jas. Arnold Feb. 19, 1735 ; Rebecca, m. Ezra Arnold July 27, 1732.
9. PHINEAS, (s. of 7,) Dux., m. Mercy, widow of Peleg Sprague, d. Jan. 20, 1776, æt. 62; had Peleg, bap. 1758; Seth, July 4, 1760 (12) ; Mercy, m. John Chandler; Ruth, m. John Burgess of Plymouth, and d. 1845.
10. SAMUEL, (s. of 7,) Dux., m. Sarah Oldham July 8, 1742; he d. March 26, 1766; had Uriah June 11, 1743 (13).
11. PELEG, (s. of S,) Dux., m. Mercy Chandler, Feb. 18, 1746, d. a. 1754; had Nathaniel, m. Hannah, removed to Me. and had Caroline Feb. 2, 1771, Peleg, Nathaniel, William, Sarah, Hannah and Mercy ; John, removed to Weymouth, and then to Maine; Peleg, 1751, d. May 6, 1756.
12. HON. SETH, (s. of 9,) Dux. When a mere youth, he engaged in the war of the Revolution, and continued in the
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service of his country until the summer of 177S. He next en- gaged in the occupation of fishing, and pursued this calling with but little interruption until the year 1790, when he in- vested his small capital in trade, and entering by degrees into navigation, having acquired a moderate competence, he with- drew from active business pursuits, and devoted his attention to the more grateful labor of husbandry.
Mr. Sprague quite young entered upon the public duties of the town, and continued through the prime of his life a fre- quent recipient of public trusts. He was for forty years a jus- tice of the peace and of the quorum, and for twenty years - sometimes in the senate and at others in the house-a member of the Massachusetts legislature, and also twice a member of the Electoral college, which determines the choice of President and Vice President of the United States.
He was the leader of the friends of the administration in Duxbury at the time of the war of 1812, and to him in justice it should be said, much credit is due for his strenuous opposi- tion to all measures of neutrality, which some of the inhabit- ants would have urged upon the town.
In the moral and religious reforms of the age, Mr. Sprague took a great interest, and manifested a truly commendable zeal. In the cause of temperance he was an early laborer, and presided at the first temperance meeting ever held in Dux- bury, and also over the first held in the county. With the Abolitionists he has always been in sympathy, and an officer of several of their societies.
Mr. Sprague died in Duxbury, July 8, 1847, four days after the occurrence of his eighty-seventh birth-day, and after an illness of about five weeks .- Memorial of the Sprague Family.
He m. Deborah Sampson March, 1779, who d. Nov. 21, 1844. They had Capt. Phineas, Nov. 2, 1779, m. Eunice Freeman, m. 2d Hannah Brown, and had one da. Hannah B. who m. Edw. Silas Tobey, Esq .; m. 3d Betsy, widow of Silas Tobey ; William, Dec. 28, 1780, m. Patience Rogers, who d. Nov. 18, 1833, æt. 48, m. 2d widow Priscilla (Barker) Peirce, and he d. Oct. 17, 1840, and had Susan, m. Charles Copeland; Charity m. Janes Gooding; Almira m. Samuel Gilbert of Bos- ton ; William ; Harriet m. Edward Winsor ; Eliza m. Henry Tolman ; Seth d. at sea in 1843 ; Julia, and Francis ; Deborah, Aug. 19, 1782, m. Ahira Wadsworth ; Wealthea, June 2, 1784, m. 'Thomas Winsor ; Ruth, Dec. 4, 1785, m. George Soule ; HIon. Seth, Nov. 21, 1787, m. Wealthea, da. of Isaac Little ; Mercy, Dec. 25, 1789. m. Charles Soule; Zeruiah, Sept. 5, 1791, m. Perez Thomas, and d. April 2, 1829 ; Hon. Peleg, April 27, 1793, Rep. and Senator from Maine, and now Judge of the U. S. Dist. Court for the Mass. District. Chd. Charles, d. unm., Seth m. a da. of Wmn. Lawrence, Esq. of Boston,
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Sarah, and Francis ; Caroline, Oct. 6, 1795, m. Wm. Samp- son ; Hannah, Sept. 26, 1797, in. Ralph Partridge ; Judith, April 25, 1799, m. Hon. G. B. Weston ; Nancy, April 23, 1801, m. Samuel Loring; Lucy, Aug. 2, 1803, m. Rev. Robert W. Cushman, she d. Nov. 9, 1841 ; Sarah, Sept. 20, 1805, m. Wm. Henry Sampson.
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