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Joseph, b. January 3, 1686, d. at Wilbraham, February II, 1737
Mercy, b. November 1, 1690, posth., m. William Stebbins.
JOHN LAMB.
John Lamb was here as early as 1651, when his name first appears in the Town Records. He was married twice. His wife, who came with him, was Joanna -. She died Septem- ber 8, 1683, and he married Lidia, widow of John Norton, January 27, 1687. He died September 28, 1690, and his widow married Quartermaster George Colton. His children born here were :---
John, b. February 20, 1653, d. July 13. 1654. John, b. May 15, 1655, d. June 5, 1676. Thomas, b. May 15, 1655, may have gone to Stonington. Joanna, b. September 20, 1657, m. Samuel Stebbins. Sarah, b. June 15, 1660, m. Jonathan Bush. Samuel. b. September 28, 1663, m. Rebecca Bird.
Daniel, b. November 24, 1666, m. Elizabeth Atchinson. Mary, b. July 19, 1669, d. September 6, 1669. Abigail, b. September 20, 1670, m. James Lawton. Joshua, b. October 3, 1674.
SAMUEL LAMB.
Samuel Lamb, son of John and Joanna, married Rebecca Bird, December 1, 1687. He died December 5, 1729. His widow married William Warriner, May 26, 1731. Their children were :-
Mary, b. September 10, 1688, m. James Welden.
Son, b. and d. December 30, 1691.
Samuel, b. February 23, 1693, m. Martha Stebbins, or Ann Rizley.
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Joanna, b. June -, 1695, m. Ebenezer Bliss, Jr.
Rebecca, b. November 12, 1697, m. James Beckwith.
Deborah, b. December 25, 1699, m. John Stebbins. Thomas, b. January 31, 1702, m. Sarah Beckwith.
Decline, b. April 23, 1704, d. December 20, 1704. Abigail, b. March 18, 1707, d. July 2, 1708.
Sarah, b. March 26, 1712, m. Abner Ely.
Huldah, b. -. She sells land that was her father's, Sam- uel, deceased, in 1740.
DANIEL LAMB.
Daniel Lamb, son of John and Joanna, married Elizabeth Atchinson, daughter of John and Deliverance, June 12, 1690. He died March 8, 1692, and his widow, Elizabeth, married Robert Old. They had one child, as below :-
John, b. March 28, 1691, m. Sarah Jones.
JOHN LEONARD.
John Leonard married Sarah Heith, or Heald, November 12, 1640. He was killed by the Indians in 1676, and his widow married February 21, 1677, Benjamin Parsons, and third, November 3, 1690, Peter Tilton of Hadley, and died November 23, 1711. Their children were :-
John, b. August 25, 1641, d. June 22, 1648.
Joseph, b. March 17, 1643, d. May 20, 1643.
Joseph, b. May 20, 1644, had six wives. Sarah, b. December 13, 1645, m. John Keep.
Mary, b. September 14, 1647, m. Samuel Bliss, Sr.
Martha, b. April 15, 1649, m. Benjamin Waite.
Lydia, b. October 20, 1650, m. John Dumbleton, and sec- ond, Joseph Bedortha. .
John, b. September 10, 1652, d March 13, 1663. Benjamin, b. September 5, 1654, m. Sarah Scott. Abel, b. July 22, 1656, m. Mary Remington.
Josiah, b. March 28, 1658, m. Sarah Dumbleton. Hannah, b. February 19, 1659, m. Daniel Denton.
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Rebecca, b. May 26, 1661, m. Thomas Miller, and 2nd, Samuel Billings.
Deborah, b. October 1, 1663. In the distribution of the estate in 1718, she is called Deborah Loof.
Rachael, b. November 6, 1665, m. Thomas Hancock.
JOSEPH LEONARD.
Joseph Leonard, son of John and Sarah, married Mary Fellows, March 24, 1671, daughter of Richard of Hartford. She was baptised February 9, 1650. The Leonard genea- logy gives her name as Mary Livermore. Their children born here were :-
Mary, b. 1674, d. 1676.
Samuel, b. May 16, 1677, m. Penelope Phillips.
John, b. September 12, 1679, d. October 14, 1679.
Joseph, b. January 1, 1680, m. Sarah, Leonard Genealogy says, Beckwith. She died January 29, 1680, and he married 2nd, Elizabeth Lyman, March 29, 1683.
Children by Second Wife.
Mercy, b. November 6, 1683, d. November 13, 1683.
Elizur, b. March 15, 1685, d. May 30, 1688.
Mehitable, b. September 1, 1686, d. July 8, 1689.
Elizabeth, b. June 14, 1689, m. James Phillips.
Elizabeth, second wife of Joseph, died July 6, 1689, and he married third, Ann Newberry (Widow Ann Ford, widow of Thomas), January 16, 1690. She d. January 6, 1691. He married 4th, Rebecca Dumbleton, daughter of John, March 2, 1693. They had :-
Ebenezer, b. January 10, 1693, m. Joanna Stevenson.
The wife Rebecca died February 16, 1693, and he married 5th, Margaret -, and she died December 1, 1711, and he married 6th, Sarah -.
BENJAMIN LEONARD.
Benjamin Leonard, son of John, married Sarah Scott, daughter of John, February 9, 1679. He died December
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21, 1724, and his widow December 2, 1751. Their children were :-
John, b. July 12, 1681, m. Sarah Dickenson, Jr.
Benjamin, b. October 23, 1683, d. young.
Nathaniel, b. November 6, 1685, m. Sarah Ely. Ebenezer, b. January 20, 1687, m. Martha Miller.
Margaret, b. 1689, m. Joseph Ely, Jr.
Sarah, b. March 28, 1691, m. Francis Ball.
Martha, b. October 23, 1695, m. Joseph Ashley 2nd, and second, Charles Ferry.
Keziah, b. November 25, 1697, m. Lamberton Cooper.
Abel, b. July 27, 1700, m. Esther Austin.
Benjamin, b. August 17, 1702, m. Thankful Merrick.
Rachael, b. January 19, 1706.
ABEL LEONARD.
Abel Leonard, son of John and Sarah, married Mary Rem- ington, March 4, 1687. He died March 10, 1690, and his widow married Samuel Bedortha, July 1, 1691. Their chil- dren were :-
Mary, b. December 16, 1687, d. March 19, 1690.
Sarah, b. October 8, 1689, d. December -, 1689.
JOSIAH LEONARD.
Josiah Leonard, son of John and Sarah, married Sarah Dumbleton, daughter of John, December 19, 1678. He died February 15, 1688, and his widow married Thomas Root of Westfield, January 25, 1692, and was his third wife. His son, John, married her daughter, Mary. Josiah Leonard's children were :---
Josiah, b. October 21, 1680, m. Ruth Allen.
Sarah, b. September 16, 1682.
Mary, b. March 12, 1687, m. John Root of Westfield.
SIMON LOBDELL.
Simon Lobdell, according to Savage, was a resident of Milford and of Hartford before coming here. It is possible
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that Elizabeth Lobdell, who married Jonathan Burt, and Ann, who married Samuel Terry, may have been his sisters. A deed in book S. pages 432 and 433, 1743, mentions as fol- lows: "Samuel Lobdell, Caleb and John Lobdell, Jabez Northrup and wife, Sarah, Seaborn Burt, and wife, Susan- nah, all of Ridgefield, Conn., Samuel Plum and wife, Mary, of Derby, and Joshua Lobdell of Courtland Manor, N. Y., to Ebenezer Lobdell of Ridgefield, all interest in estate of our father, Joshua, and land that formerly belonged to Simon Lobdell, formerly of Springfield." The children of Simon born here were :---
Elizabeth, b. October 7, 1669.
Joshua, b. December 23, 1671.
Anna, b. December 1, 1674.
Rebecca, b. -. Her father moved to Milford and she was born there.
JOHN LOMBARD.
John Lombard married Joan Pritchard, September 1, 1647. He died May 15, 1672. His widow died May 19, 1690. Their children were :-
John, b. July 20, 1698, d. at the age of 24.
David, b. October 16, 1650, m. Margaret Filley.
Nathaniel, b. September 6, 1654, d. September 20, 1654.
RICHARD LORD.
Richard Lord, of Hartford, son of Richard, born 1636, married Mary Smith, daughter of Henry Smith, the son-in- law of William Pynchon, April 25, 1665. He was lost at sea November 5, 1685, and his widow married in 1686 Thomas Hooker, and died May 17, 1702. Richard Lord and wife, Mary, had one son, Richard, born February 1, 1670.
WILLIAM MACK CRANNEY.
This name has been variously written by the different town clerks, and sometimes as Cranny and others as Mack Cranney and Mackcranney. When Mack Cranney married
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Margaret Riley, daughter of John and Margaret, July 8, 1685. After the death of his wife he married Widow Mary Miller, the widow of Lazarus! He died October 25, 1725, and the widow married James Sexton, February 14, 1735- The children by the first wife were :-
John, b. April 24, 1686, drowned June 7, 1687.
Thomas, b. October 7, 1687, m. Dorothy Barnes.
Margaret, b. September 9, 1689, m. Joseph Cooley.
Mary, b. November 2, 1690, m. Thomas Bliss.
Sarah, b. April 9, 1692, m. John Sacket.
John, b. May 13, 1694, date of death not known, but ac- cording to deed was dead in 1732.
William, b. December 14, 1695, m. Hannah -. He is. mentioned in the deed as of Springfield, Northfield and Fort. Dummer.
Mercy, b. July 22, 1697, m. Joseph Ball.
Thankful, b. July 22, 1697, m. Joseph Burt.
Abigail, b. December 1, 1699, m. Nathaniel Williams of Westfield.
Children by the Second Wife.
Ruth, b. June 2, 1703, m. Ebenezer Taylor.
Rachael, b. October 27, 1704, m. Nathaniel Church of Hadley.
Benjamin, b. July 30, 1707, d. January 20, 1713.
Timothy, b. June 10, 1709, m. Patience Stockwell.
SAMUEL MARSHFIELD.
Samuel Marshfield, son of Thomas, of Windsor, was born in England. He married Hester Wright, daughter of Dea. Samuel, February 13, 1651. His wife died April 3, 1664, and he married Widow Catherine Gilbert, December 28, 1664, who was the daughter of Dea. Samuel Chapin. She married first, Nathaniel Bliss, and after his death, Thomas Gilbert. Samuel Marshfield died May 8, 1692, and his widow, Catherine, died February 4, 1712. In 1704 the court. ordered that Samuel Bliss, Nathaniel Bliss, Henry Gilbert, Josiah Marshfield, her sons, and her sons-in-law, Ephraim
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Colton and Ebenezer Parsons, each to pay her 25 shillings annually for her support.
Samuel Marshfield came here about 1648, that being the first mention of him. It is inferred by some of his accounts with John Pynchon that he was a tailor, for he is charged with "100 Needles 2s 6d, 2 lbs of thred 7s," and he is credited with "Taylery worke of old £4 45 4d," and later with "more Taylery worke & severall days worke, in all £2 6s 4d." He performed other labors as well and is credited with "a voy- adge downe to ye falls in October '58, your part 15s, by worke of old 175 8d, by bringing up sheepe from Windsor 4s, by carying 5 Barrells of beife to Hartford, your part is 5s, by worke shearing, rearing, & reaping IIs, by severall days get- ting Thatche £1 5s 6d, getting Stoones out of ye River Is 6d, by I day sheep shearing this '59 2s, by 5 days, his cannoe 5s." These credits illustrate the kind of employment that Pynchon had for nearly all the settlers. Marshfield evidently was an active business man and he served the town in many ways. From 1663 to 1668 inclusive, he held the office of Selectman thirteen years, and in 1680, '83, and '84, he represented Springfield as Deputy in the General Court. Pynchon's store accounts at last appear to have brought him financial troubles, for in 1667 there is this entry: "April 2d. Samuel Marshfield Cr. by his house & land, viz: all his housing & all his land on this side of ye grt. River to cleare ye debt of £53 14s." His children were :-
Mercy, b. May 10, 1653, d. May 3, 1653.
Thomas, b. August 6, 1654, d. June 21, 1673.
Sarah, b. February 2, 1656, m. William Holton, Jr.
Samuel, b. March 25, 1659, d. March 1, 1674.
Hannah, b. July 20, 1661, m. Joseph Bedortha.
Abilene, b. April 2, 1664, m. Thomas Gilbert.
Children by Second Wife.
Josiah, b. September 29, 1665, m. Rachael Gilbert. Esther, b. September 6, 1667, m. Ephraim Colton. Child, s. b., November 17, 1669.
Margaret, b. December 3, 1670, m. Ebenezer Parsons.
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Sarah Marshfield, who married Thomas Miller, in 1649, was a sister of Samuel. The will of Thomas Miller, Jr., who died in 1685, refers to Samuel as "My Uncle Marshfield."
JOHN MATHEWS.
John Mathews, who came from Rehoboth, married Pen- tecost Bond, February 24, 1643. His wife was killed by the Indians at the burning of Springfield, October 5, 1675, and . he married Mary Crowfoot, widow of Joseph, May 11, 1680. She died May 13, 1681. In 1668 John Mathews was or- dered to be whipped "15 stripes on the naked back and to twenty shillings for contemptuous behavior toward Mr. Glover in a vile manner after ye Quakers." He was fined again in 1678 and placed under the guardianship in 1681 when his child was supported by the town. Their children were :-
Abigail, b. April 10, 1645, d. July 25, 1646. Sarah, b. March 18, 1647, d. January 7, 1649.
Child by the Second Wife.
John, b. April 18, 1681, d. August 8, 1684.
THOMAS MERRICK.
Thomas Merrick, b. in 1620, is said to have come from Wales. He married Sarah Stebbins, daughter of Rowland and Sarah, September 14, 1639. After the death of his wife, date not stated, he married Elizabeth Tilley, October 21, 1653. He died September 7, 1704. His children by his first wife were :----
Thomas, b. April 12, 1641, d. young.
Sarah, b. May 9, 1643, m. Eliakim Hitchcock.
Mary, b. September 28, 1645, 1. July 28, 1646. Mary, b. August 1647, m. Samuel Foot.
Hannah, b. February 10, 1649, m. Benjamin Knowlton. Children by Second Marriage.
Elizabeth, b. October 26, 1654, d. January II, 1659. Merriam, b. May I, 1656, d. October 4, 1684.
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John, b. November 9, 1658, m. Mary Day. Elizabeth, b. July 4, 1661, m. Thomas Day. Thomas, b. January 2, 1663, m. Hannah Dumbleton. Tilly, b. October 20, 1667, m. Sarah Cooley. James, b. March 2, 1670, m. Sarah Hitchcock. Abigail, b. September 7, 1673, m. Gershom Ferry.
THOMAS MERRICK, JR.
Thomas Merrick, Jr., son of Thomas and Elizabeth, mar- ried Hannah Dumbleton, daughter of John, December 18, 1690. His wife died October 25, 1737. He died August 16, 1743. Their children were :-
Hannah, b. August 27, 1692, d. September 17, 1716. Thomas, b. February 5, 1694, m. Abigail Brewer.
Mirriam, b. March 1, 1697, mn. Joseph Wright, Jr. David, b. February 23, 1699, m. Mary Colton.
Rachael, b. March 28, 1701, m. Zebelon Mygat.
Ebenezer, b. September II, 1703, m. Mehitable Moore.
Moses, b. January 2, 1708, m. Lydia Stebbins.
JAMES MERRICK.
James Merrick, son of Thomas and Elizabeth, married Sarah Hitchcock, daughter of Luke and Sarah, July 30, 1696. She died February 5, 1734. He married Mrs. Abi- gail Moseley of Westfield, January 21, 1735. He died Sep- tember 8, 1765, in his 95th year. His children, all by his first wife, were :-
Sarah, b. February 12, 1696, d. August 16, 1719.
James, b. January 1, 1698, m. Martha Ely.
Thankful, b. October 8. 1701, m. Benjamin Leonard.
Joseph, b. March 27, 1704, m. Mary Leonard of North- ampton.
Mercy, b. October 21, 1706, m. Samuel Leonard.
Aaron, b. September 6, 1708, d. November 12. 1735. Noah, b. August 6, 1711, m. Abigail Brainard.
Son, b. d. January 23, 1715.
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JOHN MERRICK.
John Merrick, son of Thomas and Elizabeth, married Mary Day, daughter of Thomas and Sarah, February 11, 1687. He was known as Captain John Merrick. His wife, Mary, died April 29, 1723, and he married Widow Rebecca Steb- bins, widow of Joseph, January 14, 1725. She died July 14, 1747, and he died April 10, 1748, in his 90th year. His chil- dren, all by his first wife, were :-
John, b. February 29, Leap Year, 1688, d. Marclı 26, 1689. Thomas, b. June 9, 1690, drowned September 19, 1699.
John, b. September 27, 1692, m. Sarah Parsons.
Mary, b. July 24, 1694, m. William Colton.
Samuell, b. March 21, 1696, m. Isabelle Ingersoll.
Elizabeth, b. November 1, 1698, m. Joseph Barnard, and second, Joseph Woodbridge.
Abigail, b. June 4, 1699, d. July 30, 1699.
Jonathan, b. August 13, 1700, m. Jerusha Miner. Abigail, b. April 5, 1702, m. Timothy Phelps.
Thomas, b. January 13, 1704, m. Eunice Stebbins. Margaret, b. August 30, 1705, m. Nathaniel Warriner.
Benjamin, b. November 6, 1707; m. Mercy Hoar.
Deborah, b. February -, 1710, d. March 8, 1710.
OBADIAH MILLER.
Obadiah Miller married Joanna -. He was a brother of Thomas Miller. The date of his death is not known. His wife died November, 1695. Accounts at the Pynchon store in 1666 absorbed six acres of land near Cold Spring in West Springfield, which Obadiah Miller owned and for which he was allowed £4. Two years later, March 28, 1668, nine acres more, abutting on the Great River, went the same way, for £17 IOS. In April following Pynchon made this entry: "Goodwife Miller came to mee with her husband & said she was willing I should have the land. But she thought I gave too little, & in further discourseing & owning my debt to have been long due, she was willing to agree to the sale, if
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I would allow her I Is she owes for kersey, which I yielded to, & so both of them were willing, & the price for the land is £18 Is." He was evidently a hard worker and was often in the employ of Pynchon. The children born here were :-
Lazarus, b. September 23, 1655, m. Mary Burbank.
Obadiah, b. March 26, 1658, m. Benedicta Lawton, and 2nd, Dorothy Chapin.
Joanna, b. July 6, 1659, m. John Barber, Jr.
LAZARUS MILLER.
Lazarus Miller, son of Obadiah and Joanna, married Mary Burbank, December 2, 1685. He died August 4, 1697, and his widow married William Mack Cranney. Their children were :-
Obadiah, b. March 1, 1687, d. July 14, 1697.
John, b. October 18, 1688, m. Abigail Lee. He was in Brimfield in 1729, in Springfield in 1732, and in Brimfield in 1735.
Noah, b. December 2, 1691, d. July 27, 1697.
Nathaniel, b. December 6, 1693, m. Rebecca Prichet. Was in Brimfield in 1735.
Martha, b. March II, 1695, d. -.
Martha, b. June 16, 1697, m. Thomas Terry, Jr., and John Miller.
Mary, b. June 16, 1697, mn. Benjamin Wright.
OBADIAH MILLER, JR.
Obadiah Miller, Jr., son of Obadiah and Joanna, m. Bene- dicta Lawton, June 15, 1683. She died September 2, 1719, and he married Widow Dorothy Chapin of Enfield, March 18, 1721. He died August 25, 1731. He was a servant of John Stuart, the blacksmith, and named a son for him, who left some property to him upon his death. His children were :-
Sarah, b. 1684, d. November 24, 1684.
Stuart, b. January 2, 1685, d. June 3, 1704.
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Mary, b. February 2, 1688, m. Thomas Hale.
John, b. January 29, 1690, m. Mary Mattoon or Priscilla Hale.
Hannah, b. October 12, 1699.
Obadiah, b. May 21, 1706, m. Mary Perkins.
THOMAS MILLER.
Thomas Miller, brother of Obadiah, married Sarah Marsh- field, sister of Samuel Marshfield, October 12, 1649. He was killed by the Indians October 5, 1675, and his widow married Edward Foster. Their children were :-
Sarah, b. September 3, 1650, m. Jonathan Ball.
Thomas, b. April 1, 1653, m. Rebecca Leonard.
Samuel, b. April 20, 1655, m. Ruth Beamon and 2nd, Widow Catherine Halliday.
John, b. April 23, 1657, m. Mary Beamon.
Joseph, b. September 27, 1659, d. November 10, 1659.
Josiah, b. September 27, 1660.
Deborah, b. November 9, 1662, m. James Gerald.
Martha, b. November 4, 1665, m. John Ferry.
Ebenezer, b. August 25, 1667, m. Hannah Keep.
Mehitable, b. November 12, 1669, m. John Clemmons.
Joseph, b. December 13, 1671, d. December 26, 1671.
Experience, b. May 19, 1673, m. Samuel Frost.
THOMAS MILLER, JR.
Thomas Miller, Jr., son of Thomas and Sarah, m. Rebecca Leonard, daughter of John and Sarah, December 1, 1681. He died March 5, 1690, and his widow married Samuel Bil- lings, of Hatfield, December 20, 1690. Their children were:
Sarah, b. - , d. September 29, 1684.
Thomas, b. December 18, 1684, d. February 5, 1685.
Rebecca, b. December 29, 1685.
Thomas, b. October 31, 1687, m. Abigail (Day) Warriner, 2nd, Mary Meekins.
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SAMUEL MILLER.
Samuel Miller, son of Thomas and Sarah, married Ruth Beamon, daughter of Simon Beamon, April 9, 1685. She died May 8, 1702, and he married Catherine Halliday, widow of Walter, and daughter of William Hunter, June, 1710. He died February II, 1727, and his widow was living at that time. The children of Samuel and Ruth Miller were :-
Samuel, b. March 23, 1687, m. Abigail Halliday.
Sarah, b. September 21, 1687, m. Ebenezer Ashley.
Josiah, b. December 27, 1691, d. November 3, 1769. Thomas, 2nd, b. May 14, 1693, m. Sarah Meekins.
Benjamin, b. May 7, 1695, d. at Northfield, September 23, I770.
Ruth, b. December 27, 1697, m. John Stevenson.
Mehitable, b. - , 1700, m. David Lombard, and second, Thomas Bliss.
Son, s. b. May 8, 1702.
Ichabod, b. March 25, 1704, m. Hannah Van Horn.
JOHN MILLER.
John Miller, son of Thomas and Sarah, m. Mary Beamon, daughter of Simon. Their children were :-
Mary, b. - , m. Oliver Barker.
Joseph, b. March 12, 1700, m. Mary Combs.
Moses, b. February 24, 1707, m. Elizabeth Field, and sec- ond, Esther Miller.
John, not b. here, m. Widow Martha Terry.
EBENEZER MILLER.
Ebenezer Miller, son of Thomas and Sarah, married Han- nah Keep, daughter of John and Sarah, October 16, 1690. He died February 6, 1754. Their children were :-
Ebenezer, b. March 11, 1692, m. Elizabeth Smith.
Martha, b. June 19, 1695, m. Ebenezer Leonard.
Hannah, b. July 27, 1696, m. Samuel Jones. Jonathan, b. August 16, 1698, m. Abigail Noble. Sarah, b. March 15, 1700, m. William Smith.
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Margaret, b. April -, 1702, m. Daniel Graves.
Jacob, b. October II, 1704. Elizabeth, b. March 12, 1707.
Esther, b. April 9, 1709, married Moses Miller.
Rachael, b. - , -, m. Benj. Pike.
MILES MORGAN.
Miles Morgan was one of three brothers to emigrate to America, he being the youngest. James, John and Miles sailed from Bristol, England, in March, 1636, and landed in Boston. They were born in Wales, Miles in 1615. James settled in New London, John went to Virginia, and Miles came to Springfield. The first record of him here was in 1644. He married Prudence Gilbert of Beverly, at Salem in 1643. She died January 14, 1660, and he married Elizabeth Bliss, daughter of Thomas and Widow Margaret, February 18, 1669. He died May 28, 1699. He served one year as Constable and was five times chosen a Selectman. holding the latter office in 1655, 1657, 1660, 1662, and 1668.
He opened an account with John Pynchon, August 30, 1652, by purchasing 9 yards of Devonshire kersey at 9s, which amounted to £4 Is, 9 yards of Red Cotton at 3s 8d, 2 yards of Scots cloth 5s, several pairs of stockings and a varie- ty of other family necessities, including 2 combs, 4 pairs of "sissars," 4 inkhorns, and a looking glass, the latter costing 2s. The lost charge in the year was for "7 Pills, 14d." Many of the credits were for "voyadges" down to the falls or to the "foote of the falls," refering to the falls in the Connecticut at Enfield. "By carrying goods down & bringing up with Goodman Merrick in July, 1663, your part is £1 14s Id."
His homelot was on the south side of the present Cyprus Street, next to Main Street, on what was the lane to the up- per wharf. He appears to have been a thrifty inhabitant and by killing "beasts," and carrying down "corne," and doing a great variety of work for Pynchon, he escaped the perils of owing too much at his store. His "housing and lands" do not appear to have been transferred to John Pynchon's pos-
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sessions, who seems to have placed confidence in his accuracy in accounts, for he frequently enters in his book, "By worke as in Miles his Booke," and they were balanced accordingly. He came from a sturdy race and many of his descendants have been noted as successful business men in various parts of the country. His children were :-
Mary, b. February 4, 1644, m. Edmund Pryngrydays.
Jonathan, b. November 16, 1646, m. Sarah Cooley.
David, b. September 23, 1648, m. Mary Clark.
Pelatiah, b. July 7, 1650, killed by the Indians, 1676. Isaac, b. May 12, 1652, m.' Abigail Gardner:
Liddia, b. April 8, 1652, m. John Peirce.
Hannah, b. April 1I, 1656, m. Samuel Terry, Jr.
Mercy, b. July 8, 1658.
Children by the Second Wife.
Nathaniel. b. June 14, 671, m. Hannah Bird. 6
DAVID MORGAN.
David Morgan, son of Miles and Prudence, married Mary Clark, daughter of John and Mary, January 16, 1672. He died May 30, 1731, and his wife April 22, 1755. Their chil- dren were :-
Prudence, b. - , d. December 9, 1673.
Pelatiah, b. March -, 1676.
Pelatiah, b. October 18, 1677, m. Lydia Bird.
David, b. February 18, 1679, m. Deborah Colton.
Abigail, b. 1681.
John, b. October 7, 1682, m. Mercy Colton, and second, Hannah Chapin.
Jonathan, b. September 13, 1685. d. October 24, 1685.
Mary, b. December 24, 1686, m. Nathaniel Bliss.
Jonathan, b. - , d. November 4, 171I.
Morgan Genealogy gives as below :-
Ebenezer, b. March 7, 1692, m. Mary Horton, and second, Sarah Warner.
Benjamin, b. May 2, 1695, m. Mary Graves.
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL.
ISAAC MORGAN.
Isaac Morgan, son of Miles and Prudence, married Abi- gail Gardner, daughter of Samuel of Hadley. November 12, 1673. He went to Enfield, Conn. The date of his death not ascertained. Savage states that out of five children only one survived the father. Those on record here are as be- low :-
Prudence. b. November 12. 1674.
Elizabeth, b. August 27, 1677.
Jonathan, b. January 15. 1679.
In 1706 Isaac Morgan gives a deed of land in which Abi- gail, sister of Jonathan, is mentioned, and in 1708 the father being dead she gave a deed. In 1729 Stephen Noble and wife Abigail of New Milford, Conn., sell land laid out to Isaac Morgan of Springfield, deceased.
GEORGE MOXON.
Rev. George Moxon was from Yorkshire, England. He was educated at Sidney College, Cambridge, from which he was graduated in 1623, with the degree of A. B. On com- ing to New England he settled at Dorchester. September 7, 1637, he was made a freeman and not long afterward came to Springfield. In 1639 he represented Springfield in the Gen- eral Court at Hartford. The witchcraft examinations men- tioned in the first volume and the return of Mr. Pynchon to England, must have influenced him in his decision to go back to the country from whence he had come. He sold his house and lands to the town in 1652 and returned that year. He died in England September 15, 1687, aged 85 years. His children born here were :-
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