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FOSTER. TIMOTHY, m. Ist Ruth Denton, 13 Oct. 1663, who d. 5 Dec. 1677 ; ch. Ruth, b. 4 : 6 : 1664 : Elizabeth, 8 : 7 : 1667, d. 15 Sept. 1676 ; Naomi, b. 11 : 12 : 1668; Hatherly, 22 : 6 : 1671 : Rebecca, 12 Sept. 1675 ; he m. 2dly Relief Dous, 9 Mar. 1681 ; ch. Timo- thy, b. 8 Jan. 1681 ; Edward, 22 Jan. 1682 ; Prudence, 3 : 10 : 1684 ; Thomas, 3 Nov. 1686 ; Elizabeth, 13 Oct. 1688. These last eight ch. were all living at the time of their 3
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father's death, who made his will 15 Dec. of this year. He was probably a carpenter, as he gave to " son hatharly " all his " carpentary tooles of one sort & other." He owned land at Scituate. Widow, Releiffe, executrix ; inventory £127. 15s. 6d.
FRANCIS, RICHARD, freem. 13 May, 1640. Among our Suffolk Probate Records we find an inventory of the effects of Richard F. of Cambridge, dated 5 April 1687, £62 19s 6d ; Alice Francis administratrix.
GIBSON, CHRISTOPHER, "sope boyler," freem. 19 Oct. 1630 ; selectm. Dorchester, 1638 and 1642 ; moved to Boston, probably in 1646, as in that year 14 : 6 : he bought of David Sellick " half of all belonging to his trade"; was one of the founders of Bos- ton 2d Chh. will 12:9: 1674 ; inventory (6 : 8 : 1674) £503 9s 4d ; suppose he had no wife or ch. He gave legacies " to the poore of the Chh. of Dorchester, to the poore of the Chh. I doe belong at this day but what estate is left to the free scoole of Dor- chester for perpetuity.' From this a school fund (of $11,190.41) has accrued, the in- terest of which in 1850 amounted to $647.37. A School House very appropriately bears the benefactor's name.
GLOUER, JOHN, Captain, Representative, Assistant &c. wf. Ann ; will 11 Apl. 1653 ; sons Thomas, Nathaniel, Habackucke, John, Pelatiah, b. 7 mo. 1636.
GORGE, NICKOLAS, freem. 1666; wf. Elizabeth; son Nicholas (he had other ch.) grandson Nicholas ; will 27 : 2: 1675; d. same or the next year; invent. £288 10s ; Nicholas m. Mary Wales, 4 June, 1684 ; ch. John, Nicholas and Mary. In 1667, there being many " Clamorons Reports of miscaredges in his house of Common Entertain- ment, which he had kept for diuers yeers, which is nery sad (if true)" the select men investigated the matter, and found the " Reports groundless." He had a licence for the same business the year he died, and the next year (1676) his wife was licenced, " pvided she doe not draw Cider any more then is pduced out of her owne orchyard."
GRENAWAY, JOHN, freem. 18 May, 1631 ; Mary d. 23 : 11 : 1658 ; he lived " near the burying place."
GURNELL, JOHN, tanner. freem. 1643; wf. Jane; will 19 : 11 : 1673; had brothers Richard and George, sisters Ane G. and - Clements in England ; estate priz'd. 9 : 6 : 1675, £1648 2s 4d. His wid. m. John Burge. She left a will, 2 Mar. 1677-8; land entailed on John Mason and his heirs foreuer; and in case of their death to go to the poor of Dorchester. See Vol. IV. 166.
HALL, RICHARD, wf. Elizabeth ; son Jonathan, b. 8 :2 : 1659 ; d. 29 Dec. 1719; Ex- perience, b. 30 : 11 : 1661, m. - HIelyar; Martha, b. 12 : 6: 1648, m. Ebenezer Williams, 18 Sept. 1674 ; Samuel, b. 1 : 1 : 1651, m. Ruth Hinckley, 6 June, 1681 ; Elizabeth, b. 20 : 10 : 1653, m. - Wood : Dependence d. 5 : 6 : 1667 ; Hopestill, b. 30 : 10 : 1663, d. 24 : 4 : 1664 ; mentions in will, da. Sarah Whittemore, and son Joseph ; Left. HALL d. 23 June, 1691 ; invent. 10 Sept. 1691, £614 10s. 6d. His wid. d. 8 Oct. 1693.
HAWES, RICHARD, freem. 2 May, 1638 ; Bethel, da. of Richard and Anne, b. 27 : 5: 1657 ; Deliverance, 11 : 4 : 1640 ; Constant, 17 : 5 : 1642 ; inventory, 27 : 11 : 1656, £151 12s 8d.
Hoss, OBADIAH. This name is no doubt Obadiah Hawes, who was inade freem. 23 May, 1666 ; wf. Mary, who d. 21 April, 1676 ; ch. Obadiah, b. 20 Aug. 1663, m. Rebecca Cowen 19 Dec. 1693 ; James, b. 18 : 10 : 1664 ; Mary, 3 : 8 : 1666, d. 13 : 2 : 1668 ; Eben- ezer, b. 15 : 10 : 1668, d. 25 of same mo .; Desire, b. 30 : 6 : 1670, d. 27 June, 1691; Richard, b. 19 : 10 : 1672 : Sarah, 29 : 8 : 1674 ; inventory, 14 Nov. 1690, £384 3s. 7d.
HAWES, ELEAZER, freem. 7 May, 1673, m. Ruth Haines, 23 : 12 : 1669.
HAWKINS, THOMAS, freem. 22 May, 1639; lived on Rock Hill, now called Savin Hill, where the first fort was built, and where "ye Great Guns" were mounted. This was doubtless our Capt. Thomas Hawkins, of whom there is mention in this work, Vol. ii. 59-60 ; stiled " Shipwright & Mariner" ; wf. Mary ; ch. Elizabethi who m. Adam Winthrop and John Richards ; Abegaile, m. to Samuil Moore, 13 May, 1660, to - Kellond, and then to John Foster, Esq. of Boston; Sarah, m. Robert Breck, 4 : 11 : 1653, then to James Allen of Boston ; Mary m. Jolin Avlet, 21 : 9: 1654 ; Hannah, h. 8 : 4 : 1644, m. Elisha Hutchinson, grandfather of Gov. Hutchinson; Thomas who had issue, male and female. MSS. of Mr. T. L. Turner.
HEWENS, JACOB, ch. Samuel, d. 9 : 6 : 1658 : Mary, b. 9 : 6 : 1660; Hannah, 29 : 2: 1665 ; Joseph, 20:3 : 1668 ; Benjamin, 4 : 7 : 1670 ; HE (the father) m. Martha Trescot, 24 Feb. 1680 ; ch. Mercy, b. 28 Jan. 1681 ; Martha, 1 Oct. 1687 ; d. 9 Nov. 1711; son Joseph administered 22 Nov. 1711 ; a wid. Mercy H. d. 12 Mar. 1715-16.
HILL, SAMUEL, wf. Martha d. 13 Sept. 1715; ch. Martha, b. 20 Dec. 1667 ; John, 20 Dec. 1669 ; Thankfull, 31 Jan. 1671 ; Mary, 31 Ang. 1674, d. 15 Nov. 1676 ; Samuel, h. 12 or 19 Sept. 1676 ; Israel, 11 July, 1679 ; Josiah, 1 Jan. 1681 ; Thomas, 8 June, 1687.
HILL, JONATHAN, son Nathaniel, b. 7 May, 1676.
HINSHEW, JOSHUA, husbandm. wf. Elizabeth, had William, b. 2 : 1 : 1671 ; Elizabeth, 25 July, 1675, d. 3 Ang. 1675 ; Thankfull, b. 4 Mar. 1676-7; John, 29 May, 1679; Sam- uel, I April, 1682 ; Elizabeth, 18 July, 1684 ; Katharine, 28 May. 1687 ; Exercise, 15 Dec.
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1693 ; Elizabethi, 20 Apl. 1695, wf. and attorney to her husband Joshua II. Senr. of D. yeoman, at present resident in the kingdom of England ; William and Joshua, sons.
HOLLAND, JOHN, freem. 7 Dec. 1636; inventory, 10 : 7: 1652, £3325 17s. "Debts by Computacon," .£1000.
HOLMAN, JOHN, inventory. IS : 1 : 1652-3, 6739 16s. Samnel Mason m. Mary da. of ve late John HI, of D. 29 May, 1662. See present Vol. 242-3.
HOMES, NATHANELL, In. Patience Tapley. 27 : 1: 1667 ; son Nathaniel, b. 15 : 1 : 1668, lived in Roxbury, was " killed by ye breaking of a great gunn at ye Castle, 12 June, 1699."
How, ABRAHAM, freem. 2 May. 1638 ; will, Boston, 26 May, 1676; eldest son Abra- ham of Roxbury, who d. probably, 12 Jan. 1683-4; ABRAHAM, d. at Roxbury 20 Nov. 1683 ; inventory 8 xbr [8 Dec.] 1683, £323 18s 9d; son Israel, das. Elizabeth and Sarah, both having ch. ; son Isaac d. 28 Jan. 1713-14 ; da. Hester, wf. of Henry Mason, and da. Deborah.
HOWARD, ROBERT, freem. Feb. 1652-3 ; Notary Public and Clerk of the Writs ; had probably a son Robert; Robert and Elizabeth had Sarah, b. 17 Sept. 1681 ; Robert, 22 Dec. 1683 ; Samuel, 5 April, 1689 ; will 28 May, 1683 ; wf. Mary ; son Jonathan to have not less than four times as much as the rest of the children"; inventory (dated after the death of the wid.) 20 June, 1683, £605 2s.
IlOWCHIN, JEREMY, tanner, freem. 13 May, 1640; son of William H. ; wf. Ester, m. in Boston, 10 : 1 : 1643 ; ch. Jeremiah, bap. 12 : 1 : 1643, d. 8 : 10: 1651 ; Mehetabel, b. 23 : 4 : 1644 ; William, bap. 1 : 5 : 1649 ; Hana, 19 : 3: 1650; Jeremiah, b. 26 : 9: 1652 ; Sarah, 10 : 1 : 1653; John, 27 Oct. 1655, d. 2 : 5: 1657 ; Nathaniel, b. 27 July, 1658; Rachel, 16 : 10 : 1660 : Mary, 18 : 1 : 1639, m. Nathaniel Green ; will, 17 April, 1670, da. Ester, wf. of Samuel Wheelwright ; da. Elizabeth, wf. of Rev. James Allen ; invent. 6 : 3:1670, €1507 6s.
HUMFREY, JONAS, freem. 13 May, 1640; tanner, had been Constable in Wendover, England ; wf. Francis, da. Sarah, buried 7 no. 1638; sons Jonas and James ; da. Eliza- Y betli, wf. of - Price; Susanna, wf. of Nicholas White; 2d wf. JJane, wid. of Geo. Weeks ; will 29 : 11 : 1666 ; she d. 2 : 6 : 1668 ; he d. 9 or 19 Mar. 1661-2; invent. £104 13s 3d ; son Jonas d. 30 Oct. 1689 ; estate, pr. settlemt. (22 Jan. 1689-90) £135 0s 8d.
HUMFREY, JAMES, son of Jonas, b. in Eng. 1608, came to N. Eng. with his father, and followed his trade ; freem. 1645; Ruling Elder 17 yrs. wf. Mary d. 7 May, 1677; had two sons, Hopestill and Isaac ; probably a da. Mary, who m. Obadiah Hawes ; will 16 Dec. 1683.
JONES, ISACK, husbandman ; Hannah, da. of Isaac, b. 20 : 9 : 1658. d. 28 : 9 : 1658 ; lie m. Mary, da. of Robert Howard, Esq. 7 : 2: 1659; had Thomas, b. 15 : 1 : 1659-60; Ebenezer, 20 : 10 : 1661 ; Mary, 9 April. 1687 ; John, d. 24 Oct. 1691 .- Isaac Jones, late of Boston, mariner, his wid. Mary, deceased ; administr. Saml. Eells and Sarah his wf. of Hingham, 7 Apl. 1701; invent. £301 : 13s. 1d.
JONES, THOMAS, freem. 1638-9 ; wf. Ellen; ch. Hannah, b. 28 : 1 : 1636 ; Thomas. d. 24 : 5 : 1635 ; Rebecca, b. 9 : 12 : 1641, m. James Green, 19 : 9: 1661 ; will 6 Mar. 1667; "Sonns Isaac Jones, Richard Way, & James Greene, Overseers"; d. 13 : 9 : 1667 ; estate apprizd. 11 Dec. 1667, £555. Mrs. Ellen J. d. 2 Feb. 1678.
JONES, DAVID, m. Sarah, 11 : 3: 1659 ; ch. Jonathan, b. 9 : 1 : 1659-60, d. 6 Jan. 1681 ; Elizabeth, 7 : 7 : 1662, d. 20 Jan. 1681 ; John, 8 : 3 : 1667, d. 21 Nov. 1690 ; Praise-ever, b. 18 : 9 : 1671 ; Jonathan, 29 May, 1683; David, 18 July, 1689, d. 19 June, 1691 ; Mr. JONES m. Anne Bullard, 18 Mar. 1685.
LAKE, THOMAS, husbandm. freem. 2 June, 1641 ; will 25 Oct. 1678; invent. 1 Nov. 1678, £140 9s 3d. See Vol. iv. 167. This name is written on the records Leake, Leke and Leak, but his own signature to our document is handsomely and plainly written Lake.
LANE, WILLIAM. will, (sec p. 304 ante); invent. as taken by John Wiswall and William Clark, 5 Julv, 1654. . £82, 10s, 8d.
LEEDS, RICHARD, freem. 1645; will, 2 Mar. 1692-3, " being by the patience of God near an hundred years old"; sons Joseph and Benjamin ; da. Hannali, wf. of Saml. Clap ; da .- in-la. Mrs. Miriam L. ; invent. 28 Mar. 1693, .£963 19s 6d; Joan, wf. of Rich- ard, d. 18 Mar. 1692-3.
LEEDS, BENJAMIN. freem. 1670, m. Mary Brinsmade, 17 : 7 : 1667; d. 10 Aug. 1692 ; an Abigail, wf. of Benjamin L. d. 29 June, 1712, and a Benjamin L. d. 13 Mar. 1717-18.
LYON, PETER, freem. 2 May, 1649 (were now evidently two Peters) ch. Mary, b. 4: 9 : 1650; Elkanan, 23 : 7 : 1652; Nathaniel, 28 : 10: 1654; (a Nathaniel d. 15 Mar. 1705, another. 5, Sept. 1718 :) Susannah, b. 25 : 1 : 1658 ; Ebenezer, 20 : 12 : 1660 ; Mehi- tabel, 23 : 8 : 1669 ; Eliab, 12 July, 1673 ; Freegrace, 18 Aug. 1677 ; Peter, 19 Dec. 1686 ; Elkanan, 4 May, 1690 ; Ann, wf. of Peter, Sen. d. 26 Nov. 1689.
MAKEPEACE, THOMAS, wf. Elizabeth, will, Boston, 30 Junc, 1666 ; " eldest sonne Thomas beyond the seas" ; son William ; eldest da. Hannah, in. Stephen Hoppin of Thompson's Island, and had nine ch. Deliverance, John, Stephen, Hannah, Sarah,
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Thomas, Oppertunity, Joseph and Benjamin ; da. Mary m. Lawrence Willis, son prob. of John W. sen. of Bridgewater ; da. Esther or Hester, m. John Brown of "mal- borow," 24 : 2 : 1655 ; da. Wait-a-While m. Thomas Cooper of Boston ; invent. £291 7s 1d.
MATHER, RICHARD. The name Mather signifies a mower. The progenitor of this family, named John, is found at Lawton, parish of Winwick, Lancashire, two genera- tions before the time of the emigration to New England. John Mather of Lawton, had a son Thomas, who by Margaret his wf. was father of our Richard, who was born at Winwick, 1596; came to N. Eng. in 1635, settled in D. 23 Ang. 1636, d. 22 April, 1669; his Ist wf. was Catharine, da. of Edmund Holt, or Hoult, by whom he had all his children. See Vol. i. 164, and ii. 166.
MAUDESLEY, JOHN, [probably the John Modesty of Farmer, a name, upon which he remarks with affected gravity, "now probably extinct;"] freem. 14 Mar. 1638-9 ; Jo- seph, son of John and Elizabeth, b. 1638; John, b. 27: 8: 1661 ; Abigail, da. of John and Hannah, d. 11 Aug. 1709 ; Hannah, wf. of John, d. 8 Sept. 1709 ; John, d. 6 April, 1711 ; a John, d. 27 : 8 : 1661 ; a Sicily d. 3 : 10 : 1661 ; a Mary, d. 4 : 10 : 1661.
MAWDESLEY, THOMAS, m. Mary, da. of wid. Laurence, 28: 8 : 1658 ; ch. Mary, b. 31 : 10 : 1660 ; Thomas, 12 : 1 : 1666-7, m. Susanna Rigbie, 24 : 10: 1690 ; Elizabeth, b. 19 :12: 1668 ; Unite. 5 : 3 : 1671 ; Ebenezer, 4 : 7 : 1673; John, 9 Apl. 1676; Nathaniel, 28 Oct. 1678; Joseph, 17 Apl. 1681 ; will, 1 Oct. 1706, d. 22 Oct. 1706; Increase, son of my eldest son Increase, late of D. deceased ; the widow of THOMAS M. d. April, 1723. The name Maudesly, Mawdsley, &c., is supposed to be the same as Moseley.
MAXFEILD, CLEMENT, d. 3 Feb. 1691-2; widow M., d. 31 May, 1707, æ. 86.
MEDE, GABRIEL, freem. 2 May, 1638; will 1654, d. 12 : 3 : 1666, æ. ab. 79 ; wf. Jo- hanna ; sons Israel and David, daus. Lydia ; Experience m. Jabez Eaton, 4 : 10 : 1663 ; Sarah, m. Samuel Eddy, 31 : 9 : 1664 ; Patience, m. Matthias Evans, 28 : 2 : 1669, d. 22 : 3: 1670.
MILLET, THOMAS, frecm. 17 May, 1637; John, son of Thomas and Mary, h. 8 : 5 : 1635 ; Jonathan, b. 27 : 5 : 1638, d. 15 : 6 : 1638; Mary, b. 26 : 6 : 1639; Mehitabel, 14 : 1 : 1641 ; Moses Eyres, m. Bethia Millet, 3 : 6 : 1666 ; she d. 15 : 2 : 1669.
MINOT, GEORGE, freem. 1 Apl. 1634 ; will, 10 Sept. 1669 ; sons, James, Stephen, and John ; estate valued 5 Jan. 1671, E271 7s 7d.
MUNNINGE, EDMUND, [Manning ? | wf. Mary, ch. Hopestill, Returned and Take-heed. NARAMORE, THOMAS ; " This day Ralph Warner & Thomas Narrowmoore arr ad- mitted for Innhabitants in the towne of Dorchester." [Dorch. Recs. 11 :5: 1664.] Thomas Narramore of Boston, fisherman, wf. Hannah, ch. Sarah, b. 26 Sept. 1672; James, 4 May, 1674 ; Sarah, 10 Ang. 1686.
PATTEN, NATHANIEL, d. 31 Jan. 1661 ; estate appraised Feb. 1671, £1416, 17s, 1d. ; wid. Justin Patten, administratrix. She d. 28 Dec. 1675.
PAULL, SAMUELL, " only son of wid. Withington," m. Mary Breck, 9 : 11 : 1666 ; ch. Samuel, b. 13: 9: 1670; Hannah, 8: 9: 1672; Mary, 27 Mar. 1675 ; Elizabeth, 10 Oet. 1677 ; Ebenezer, 1 May, 1680; Priscilla, 11 June, 1682 ; Susanna, 15 July, 1685 ; he d. 3 Nov. 1690, intestate ; invent. 24 Mar. 1691-2, 284; Mary and Samuel P. ad- ministered.
PEARCE, JOIIN, freem. 18 May, 1631 ; perhaps a selectman in 1639 & 1641; name written Pierce on the Town Records ; John sen. of Boston, mason, will 2 Aug. 1689 ; wf. Isabel ; ch. Mary, b. 13 Mar. 1661 ; Jacob, 20 June, 1664 ; Sarah 10 :6 : 1665 : sons Joseph & John ; da. Mary Wilson.
PEARS, JOHN, m. Rebecca Wheeler of Boston, wid. 10 : 6 : 1654 ; will 16 : 7 : 1661 ; ch. Saml., Nehemiah, da. wf. of Jeremiah Rogers; Mary Morey, Exercise ; John Pearse d. 17 Sept. 1661.
PETCHER, ANDREW, freem. 2 June, 1641 ; wf. Margaret; ch. Samuel, John, Jonathan, Nathaniel, da. Experience, youngest da. Ruth ; bo't land with others in 1653 in Med- way, then called Bogistow; will 4: 10 : 1660 ; d. (in Dor'r) 19 : 12: 1660.
PHILLIPS, JOHN, freem. 7 Aug, 1632; deac. 2d chh. Boston ; wf. Joanna ; ch. Mary, John, Israel; 2d wf. Sarah ; da. Mary m. George Munjoy ; will 15 Mar. 1681 ; invent- ory, 25 Jnly, 1683, £137 17s 6d ; Mary Lawrence (late Munjoy) executrix.
POLE, WILLIAM. ch. John, eldest son, m. Elizabeth Benton of Taunton, 28 Mar. 1672 ; Theophilus, b. 27 : 3 : 1660; Mary, m. Daniel Henchman of Boston, 26 : 2 : 1672; Wil- liam, d. 21 Apl. 1687. WILLIAM P. was clerk of ye writs, &c. 10 years ; Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths, & Schoolmaster, at a salary of £25 per an. He was brother of Miss Elizabeth Poole the benefactress of Taunton. See our work, vol. ii. 281.
POND, WILLIAM, ch. Elizabeth & Martha, b. 17: 12: 1657; Samuel d. 2 : 8 : 1657 ; Elizabeth d. 26 : 12: 1657 ; Martha d. 2: 1 : 1657-8; Judeth b. 16 : 8 : 1659 ; Thankfull, 15: 11 : 1661 ; m. Philip Withington, 17 Nov. 1682; George, b. 20 : 11 : 1665 ; Mindwell, 24 : 6 : 1667 ; WILLIAM P. d. 4 Apl. 1690; wid. Mary d. 16 Feb. 1710-11. Mary m. Nicholas Ellen, 3 : 5 : 1663 ; Sarah m. Desire Clap, 21 Oct. 1679.
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POPE. JonN. freem. 3 Sept. 1634 ; 1st wf. Jane, probably. 21 Alice, 3d Margaret, who outlived him : he d. 18 Oct. or 19th, 1686 ; inventory, 3 Nov. £260 ; ch. Thomas, Nathan ; John. b. 30 : 4 : 1635, m. Beatrix . & had son John, born 1 : 5 : 1658 ; da. Jane, b. 23 May, 1677 : Joseph, 17 Oct. d. 24 of the same, 1680. Beatrix & Margaret. A Jane, d. 12: 11 : 1662. will 18 Apl. 1662 ; hud da. Patience, m. to Edward Blake. Beatrix, wf. of Jolin jr., was living a wid. in Lancaster in 1700.
Porr. THoMas, ch. John, b. 27 : 10: 1643 ; Thomas, 26: 10: 1670; Alice, 23 Dec. 1676 : m. Margaret Long. 18 Nov. 1681.
PRESTON. DANIEL, freem. 3 May, 1665 ; husbandm. : deacon ; d. 10 Nov. 1707, æ 86; son Daniel who was deacon also, & Ruling Elder ; da. Mary m. Eleazer Fawer : admin. on estate 10 Feb. 1708; invent. . [170 18s ; Daniel jr. d. 13 Mar. 1725-6, in his 77th. venr ; wf. Abigail.
PROCTOR, GEORGE, freem. 17 May, 1637 ; will 27 Jan. 1661, d. 29 : 11 : 1661 ; das. Sarah & Mary ; wf. Edeth ; da. Abigail. m. Joseph Lowell of Boston, 8 Mar. 1659 ; son Thomas. b. 16 : 10 : 1637 ; Samuel, 8 : 9 : 1640; John Lowle of Boston, m. Hannah, da. of George P., of D. 3 : 1 : 1652-3.
PROCTOR, SAMVULL. probably son of George, above : cooper; wf. Mary; they sold house and land in Boston. to Hugh Drewry, carpenter, 23 Dee. 1674 ; Mary, da. of Sam- ucl and Mary, b. 22 Dec. 1671.
RIGHYE, JOHN, freem. 18 May, 1642. Thomas IIolman m. Abigail Rigby, 19 : 12: 1663.
ROBINSON, JAMES, m. Mary Alcock, 27 : 7 : 1664 : ch. James, b. 8 : 9 : 1665 ; Thomas, 15 April, 1668 : Samuel, 14 Sept. 1670; Mary, 17 Mar. 1673, d. Mar. 31, 1693 ; John, b. 17 Apl. 1675 : Henry, 21 Jne, 1678, d. next day ; Ebenezer, b. 5 July, 1682 ; JAMES R. d. 18 Apl. 1694; Mary, wid. d. 13 Mar. 1717-18.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM, will, 31 July, 1688; wf. Vrsula; eldest son Samuel; son In- crease : da. Prudence Bridge of Roxbury ; da. Waiting Penniman of Brantry ; mary Streeter my wines da. inventory, 14 : 5: 1668, £435 12s 6d.
RUSH, JASPER. freem. 29 May, 1644; wf. Elisabeth ; ch. Preserved, b. 24 : 7: 1651; Elizabeth, 24 : 8: 1653,-d. 9: 9: 1657 ; Thankful, b. 21 : 8 : 1637, d. 21 : 9 : 1657 ; JAS- PER R. m. Judith, 24: 1 : 1664, d. 23 : 12 : 1668, & 58 ; estate pzd. 10: : 1668-9, £111 18s 6d.
SEARLL, ROBERT, admitted an inhabitant of D. 9 : 4 : 1662; Deborah, wf. of Robert senr. d. 2 Mar. 1713-14; Robert, d. 7. Feb. 1716-17; ch. Salter, b. 26: 4: 1664, d. 8 Apl. 1690 ; Esben, 24: 12: 1669; Robert, 2:5:1671; Ezben, 18 : 1 : 1674; Deborah, 4 Apl. 1677 ; Jabez, 13 Mar. 1678-9.
SELLOCKE, DAVID, " soape boyler," wf. Susanna; memb. Ist ehh. of Boston, 23 : 1 : 1644; ch. David. b. Il : 10: 1638 ; Jonathan, 20 : 3: 1641, was of Stamford, Ct. 16 Apl. 1703 : John, b. 21 : 2, 1643; Nathaniel, 18: 5: 1645; Johannah, 11 : 10: 1647 ; Eliza- beth. 1 Feb. 1651 ; da. Susanna, d. 10: 9 : 1653 ; estate przd. 6: 10: 1654, .€570 6s &d ; debts .£560 Ss.
SMITH, JOHN, sen. wf. Katherine ; son John ; da. Waitstill, b. 11 : 10: 1658; Sam- uel, 8: 1: 1658-9; Deliverance, 21: 11: 1660 ; Samuel, 26: 10 : 1662; will 29 : 10: 1676; "da. Mary to be understood Mary Pelton, not da. Mary Hinckley; shee is paid what I promised vpon her mar. to Mr. Nath. Glover; " Jons S. d. 17 Sept. 1676.
SPURR, ROBERT. freem. 23 Mav, 1666; ch. Elizabeth, b. 4 : 11 : 1658 ; Robert, 21 : 2 : 1661, nı. Elizabeth Tilstone, 24 Oct. 1684, & had Thomas, Elizabeth, & Robert, who d. 16 Jan. 1738-9, in his 78th year.
STOUGHTON, WILLIAM, Will, 6 July, 1701. To Dorchr. . £150, the income for the ad- vancement of the salary of the School Master: but if within ten years the town do not establish such salary to the full value of £40 a year, the whole income (of the .£150) shall be paid to the Steward of Harvard College, to be given at the discretion of the President and Fellows, towards the encouragement of some well deserving student, coming from Milton, &c. This fund in 1850 ($3320.20) yielded an interest of $209.87. Lient. Gov. Stoughton d. nm. 7 July, 1701, x 70. See Vol. iv. 52. He was unfortun- ately chief justice during the lamented trials for witchcraft in 1692, & is said to have been more severe than his associates against the wretched sufferers by that delusion ; & died without knowing, or if knowing, without acknowledging his error.
SUMNER, WILLIAM, freem. 1637; wf. Mary d. 7 June, 1676 ; will 1 Mar. 1668; son William eldest son, nine ch. then living; Roger ; Samuel, b. 18: 3; 1638 ; Increase, 23 : 12 : 1642, d. 30 Sept. 1683; Sarah, da. of Increase, d. 22 Oct. 1683; son George; da. Joane Way ; invent. 23 Jan. 1688, £509 Ils 11d ; Abigail, d. 19: 12 : 1657 ; Mary, m. Nicolas How, 19 : 11 : 1671.
SWIFT, THOMAS, freem. 6 May, 1635; wf. Elizabeth ; ch. Thomas, b. 17: 4: 1635; m. Elizabeth, d. of Robert Vose, 9: 10: 1657 ; deacon of the chh. at Milton ; d. 31 Jan. 1717-18, & 82 yrs. 8 mos .; Obadiah, b. 16: 5: 1638; Elizabeth, 26: 12: 1640; Ruth, 24 : 6: 1643, m. William Greenough of Boston, 10 Oct. 1660; John Baker of Boston, m. Joan, da. of Thomas S. of D. 5 : 9 : 1657 ; will, 26 Apl. 1675, d. 4 May, 1675; Elizabeth d. 26 Jan. 1677, æ 67 ; a James S. d. 9 : 9 : 1657.
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SWIFT, OBEDIAH, son of Thomas above, m. Rest Atherton, 15: 1 : 1660-1 ; ch. Rc- member, b. 5: 12: 1661, d. 5: 12: 1661 ; Rest, b. 13: 10 : 1662; Obadiah 28: 11: 1670; Hopestill, 11 : 1 : 1674; Elizabeth, 7 Sept. d. 17th, 1675 ; Abigail. b. 4 Jan. 1676 ; Eliz- abeth, 4 Jan. 1679, d. 2 Nov. 1683 ; OBEDIAH S. d. 27 Dec. 1690 ; appraisment of estate 4 Mar. 1690-1, £189 2s &d; Rest, d. 13 Nov. 1708 .- John White m. Mary S. 11 : 11 : 1663. Obadiah Reed m. Anna S. 19: 6. 1664. Hopestill Clapp m. Susanna S. 18 : 2:1672.
TILESTON, THOMAS, freem. 9 Mar. 1636-7, d. 24 June, 1694, &. 83 ; Mrs. Sarah, d. 26 June, 1712 ; Katherine, d. 7 Nov. 1677.
TOLMAN, THOMAS, frecm. 13 May, 1640; 2d. wf. Sarah ; will 29 Oct. 1688; eldest son Thomas ; da. Sarah Leadbetter ; da. Rebekah, wf. of James Tueker; da. Ruth, desd wf. of Isaac Royall; two eldest das. Ruth and Mary ; da. Hannah, b. 27 : 5 : 1642, m. - Lyon ; son John; da. Mary Collins;, inventory, 23 July, 1690, E322 15s .; Elizabeth, wid. of Thomas jun. d. 15 Dec. 1726.
TOPLIFF, CLEMENT, b. in England, 17 Nov. 1603; wf. Sarah, ch. Jonathan, b. 2 mo : 1637 ; Sarah, 3 mo : 1639; Obedience, 8 mo : 1642, m. David Cope, 20 Feb. 1659 ; will, 21 Jan. 1666 ; d. 24 Dee. 1672, æ. 69 ; wf. Sarah, d. 29 July, 1693, a. 88 ; son Samuel ; da. Sarah, m. David Jones ; da. Patience, m. Nath. Homes, 27, 1667 : inventory, 8 Jan. 1672, £256 7s 6d.
TOPLIFE, SAMUEL, freem. 7 May, 1673 ; wid. Patience, d. 8 Sept. 1728; ch. Mehit- able, b. 19 Aug. 1663, d. probably in infancy ; Samuel, b. 19 Aug. 1675, d. 30 Ang. 1694, æ. 19 ; Patience, b. 24 Jan. 1677, m. Nathaniel Crafts, of Roxbury, 26 Nov. 1701 ; Thankfull, b. 22 Feb. 1679, m. Jabez Scarle, 9 Apl. 1702, d. a wid .; Jonathan, b. 23 Sept. 1682, d. 8 Sept. 1700 ; Waitstill, b. 6 Nov. 1684, m. Samuel Henshaw, d. 17 May, 1637, in her 53d year ; Joseph, b. 24 Apl. 1687, m. Sarah
TRESCOTT, WILLIAM, freem. 10 May, 1643; wf. Elizabeth, her father, Dyer, de- ecased before 1699 ; ch. Samuel, b. 4 : 9 : 1646 ; Mary, b. 23 : 2 : 1649, m. John Hene- way, 6 : 8 : 1665 ; John, 21 : 8:1651 ; Patience, 7:3 : 1653, d. 9 May, 1707; Abigail, b. 5 : 9 : 1656, m. Ammiel Weeks, 2 Mar. 1682 ; Martha, b. 8 : 11 : 1660, m. Jacob Hnens. 24 Feb. 1680 ; Elizabeth, b. 24 : 4 : 1665 ; will, 9 Aug. 1699; da. Martha Adams, her three ch. Merey, Mary and Martha Huens ; gr. ch. Ammiel and George Weeks ; da. Sarah Modesly.
TRESCOT, SAMUELL, ch. Jeremiah, b. 6 Oct. 1676 ; Abia, 31 Oct. 1678 ; Thankfull, 22 Feb. 1679 ; Elizabeth, 19 Jan. 1681 ; Sarah, 5 Mar. 1683.
TROT, THOMAS, freem. 1644, wf. Sarah, d. prob. 27 May, 1712; ch. Sarah, b. 16 : 11 : 1653, m. Barnard Capen, 2 June, 1675 ; Mary, b. 26 : 11 : 1656 ; Samuel, 27 : 6 : 1660 ; d. 3 Aug. 1724; John, b. 24 : 9 : 1664 ; Thankfull, 5 : 10 : 1667, m. - Hinckley ; James, b. 2 : 4: 1671, d. 27 Sept. 1717 ; will, 11 Aug. 1694, d. 28 July, 1696, æ. ab. 82 ; son Thomas dau. Preserved Baker, estate £508 6 d.
TURNER, WILLIAM, freem. 10 May, 1643 ; probably removed to Boston soon after; will, 16 Feb. 1675-6, "hee being to goe forth against the heathen our barbarous Ene- mies, & not knowing whither ever hee may return "; wf. Mary, wid. of Key Alsop ; mentions also " sons " and " eldest daughter," but not by name. In Philip's War he was in active service, and being ordered against a large body of Indians encamped about the great falls in Connecticut River, appears to have made his will before entering upon the campaign of 1676. On the night of the 18th of May of that year he sup- prised those Indians while fast asleep, made a " great & notable slaughter of them, " with only the loss of one of his own men, but in his retreat, is himself cut off with many of his men, by the enraged enemy who had rallied and pursued him. The in- ventory of his estate was given in, 18 July, 1676, £391 1s 6d; widow Mary adminis- tratrix. He had a grandson, William Turner living at Swansey, in 1636.
TURNER, JEFFREY, freem. 10 May. 1643, wf. Isabella, d. 12 : 10 : 1660 ; ch. Praise- ever, b. 22 : 3 : 1640 ; Inercase, b. 16 : 8 : 1642 .- [See present Vol. 305-6. See also Vol. III. p. 176.] Praise-ever went to Northampton, where on the 28th Sept., 1675, he was, with two other persons of the name of Shakspeare, killed by the Indians. "En- crease," m. Mchitabel Holt, 3 Oct. 1673. He lived at the North End, Boston, as appears by a mortgage which he made to Ilngh Drury, about 1673.
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