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to his practical mind the names which they received and con- tinue to bear at the present time.
He entered early into the military spirit which had come across the ocean as an inheritance. He was confirmed by the General Court in 1653 Lieutenant of the training band. in 1657 Captain of the company, and at a later date was made a Major of the troop, the local cavalry company, with the command of the military forces in this region.
The Colonial authorities appear to have had great confi- dence in his ability and the General Court appointed him on many important committees relative to boundary lines, and in 1680 he was sent to Albany to confer with Sir Edmund Andros, then Governor of New York, concerning the dep- redations that the Mohawks were making upon some of our outer settlements, and he succeeded in establishing friendly relations with the Indians, for which our General Court vot- ed him £12.
The same year he was appointed with Joseph Dudley to establish the boundary line between Massachusetts and Con- necticut. In 1685 he was one of the committee to make the final settlement of the boundary line between Springfield and Northampton. During his long service in the General Court there was scarcely an important question concerning boundaries or where tact and diplomacy were needed, that he was not given opportunity to bring about a peaceful set- tlement.
He was zealous in upholding the religion of his time, but he does not appear to have had any of the polemic, or con- troversial spirit of his father. He was too eminently practi- cal to enter into the discussion of the different points in the- ology,-possibly from the fact he was deeply concerned in trade, and in the accumulation of wealth. Whatever suc- cess came to him he evidently regarded as God given. He took part in the religious observances of the town and at times conducted Sunday services, sometimes by reading and sometimes from his own meditations. During the ministry of George Moxon he wrote in a kind of short-hand the lead-
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ing points in the sermons which are now in possession of the City Library, but it was constructed on no known system of the present.
The great calamity which befell Springfield October 5. 1675, the burning of the town by the Indians, occurred while he was at the head of his hoops in Hadley, and his despond- ing letters concerning it, written to the Rev. John Russell of Hadley, and to the Governor, indicate that he was greatly affected and despaired of the ability of the settlement to re- cover from the affliction that had fallen upon it, but his fears proved greater than the reality and prosperity came to it in the subsequent years in the continued up-building of the town.
His penmanship was strong and clear, entirely unlike that of his father, but he lacked that thorough training that his father had received, which could hardly be otherwise consid- ering he was placed under entirely different conditions in his youth. His recorded transactions lack system and an order- derly arrangement in statement, but there is a certain pic- turesqueness that gives them the color of the times, a fresh- ness that better trained minds sometimes lack. In entering the accounts in his ledger he frequently accompanied them with bits of conversation, or statements that enliven a very commonplace transaction, even to describing his leather breeches made for him by John Barber.
He was granted at various times large tracts of land. The Island in the Connecticut just north of the railroad bridge at Warehouse Point, in Connecticut, was given to him in 1681 by our General Court. He acquired many grants from the town as gifts, or for services in the erection of mills, or for other work done by him. The grain mill and the saw- mill were built and conducted in consideration of receiving grants of land.
His mercantile transactions extended up and down the Connecticut in the early years, having purchasers at North- ampton and Hadley on the north, and at Windsor, Hartford, Wethersfield, and even New Haven, on the south. His
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store probably had the largest stock of goods for many years of any within many miles of Springfield. Beaver skins bought of the Indians, or of those who traded with them, were shipped to England, and they enabled him to purchase goods for his store. Grain was sent down the Connecticut and around to Boston, but there is nothing to indicate here that it was shipped to England. He also had some trade with Barbadoes. His store was the medium of exchange,- goods for labor and produce, and his shipments abroad en- abled him to keep up the supply which was so much needed in this frontier settlement. It would require a volume to treat of John Pynchon's transactions in all their fullness, but this glimpse of the man will serve to give some idea of his character and work. His children were :-
Joseph, b. July 26, 1646, d. unmarried December 30, 1682. John, b. October 15, 1647, m. Margaret Hubbard.
Mary, b. October 2, 1650, m. Joseph Whiting.
William, b. October 11, 1653, d. June 15, 1654.
Mehitable, b. November 22, 1661, d. July 24, 1663.
JOHN PYNCHON, JR.
John Pynchon, Jr., son of John and Amy, married Mar- garet Hubbard, daughter of Rev. William Hubbard, at Ips- wich. They returned to Springfield, and his wife died here November II, 1716. He died here April 25, 1721, aged 74. Their children were :--
John, b. 1674, m. Bathshua Taylor and Phebe Sexton.
Margaret, b. - , m. Capt. Nathaniel Downing.
William, b. - , m. Catherine Brewer, daughter of Rev. Daniel Brewer.
WILLIAM PYNCHON.
William Pynchon, son of John and Margaret, m. Catherine Brewer, daughter of Rev. Daniel and Catherine, May 15, 1721. He was for many years Town Clerk in Springfield, and a Representative, with his son William, at the same time to the General Court. He died here January 1, 1741, aged
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52. She died April 10, 1747, aged 47. He was a grand- son of John and great-grandson of William, the founder of Springfield. His children were :-
Sarah, b. August 17, 1721, m. Col. Josiah Dwight.
William, b. December 12, 1723, settled in Salem, and died there.
Margaret, b. November 24, 1727, m. Elijah Williams.
Daniel, b. October 7, 1733. d. April 22, 1754, while a stu- dent at Yale College.
Joseplı, b. October 30, 1737, settled in Gilford and married Sarah Ruggles.
JOHN PYNCHON, THIRD.
John Pynchon, son of John and Margaret, married Beth- shna Taylor of Westfield, daughter of Rev. Edward and Eli- zabeth. She died June 30, 1710, aged 27, and he married 2nd, Phebe Sexton of Enfield, November 3, 1711. She died October 17, 1722, aged 36. He died July 12, 1742, aged 68. His children by the first wife were :-
Elizabeth, b. December 27, 1702, m. Benjamin Colton.
William, b. November II, 1703, m. Sarah Bliss.
John, b. February 7, 1705, m. Mary Levitt.
Joseph, b. February 8, 1705, m. Mary Cheney. Mary, b. October 10, 1706, m. Joseph Dwight.
Bethshua, b. January 1, 1708, m. Robert Harris. Son, b. and . June 19, 1710.
Children by Second Wife.
Martha, b. - , d. December 8, 1712.
Edward, b. April 6, m. 1713 Rebecca (Stoughton) Bliss.
Nathaniel, b. March 3, 1715, d. October 10, 1722.
Martha, b. March 2, 1715.
George, b. April 20, 1717, m. Hannah Bartlett, and 2nd, Abigail Pease.
Charles, b. January 31, 1719, m. Anne Dwight.
Margaret, b. - , d. October 27, 1722.
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THOMAS REEVES.
Thomas Reeves was married before he came here. He was a drummer, date of death was not stated, but he was buried November 5, 1650. His widow, Hannah Reeves, married Richard Exell, June 4, 1681. Savage states that their children born here were :-
Hannah, b. February 7, 1648.
John, b. March 12, 1651, buried May 24, 1652.
JOHN RICHARDS.
John Richards came here as a schoolmaster from Hartford. He married Widow Abigail Munn, widow of John, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Parsons, October 7, 1676. They went to Westfield, and were in Springfield in 1697, and later of Newark, N. J. Payment for schooling was largely in In- dian corn which was delivered at John Pynchon's store and he paid Mr. Richards mostly in goods. Their children born at Westfield were :-
John, b. July 26, 1687. Abigail, b. July 10, 1689.
Thomas, b. November 7, 1791.
HENRY ROGERS.
Henry Rogers married Mary Exell, daughter of Richard and Hannah, December 30, 1675. He died September 26, I724. His widow died October 23, 1732. Their children were :-
Mary, b. December 23, 1676, d. February 4, 1679.
John, b. March 5, 1678, m. Abigail Rose.
Dorothy, b. September 5, 1679, m. James Taylor, Jr.
Mary, b. August 18, 1681, m. Samuel Cooper.
Daughter, b. and d. April 6, 1683.
r .: Son, s. b. September 12, 1686.
Henry, b. December 28, 1687, m. Sarah Remington;
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HENRY ROGERS, JR.
Henry Rogers, Jr., son of Henry and Mary, intention of marriage entered with Sarah Remington, July 17, 1716. He died August 12, 1764, aged 80. His wife died September 28, 1757. Their children were :-
Elijah, b. April 20, 1720, m. Margaret Ely.
Sarah, b. September 27, 1722, m. William Worthington.
Margaret, b. May 21, 1725, m. Thomas Morgan.
Henry, b. May 3, 1728, m. Margaret Root.
JOHN ROGERS.
John Rogers, son of Henry and Mary, married Abigail Rose, daughter of Daniel of Wethersfield, March 25, 1708. Their children were :-
Abigail, b. April 4, 1709.
Mary, b. June 7, 171I.
John, b. April 29, 1713.
Thomas, b. March 31, 1715, d. September 28, 1715.
Abigail, b. August 3, 1717.
JOHN SCOTT.
John Scott married Sarah Bliss, daughter of Thomas and Margaret, July 20, 1659. He died January 2, 1690 at Suf- field. His widow married Samuel Terry. Their children were :-
Sarah, b. October 19, 1663, m. Benjamin Leonard.
John, b. January 4, 1665.
Hannah, b. October 16, 1668, m. John Fowler.
Margaret, b. February 25, m. John Remington.
Ebenezer, b. August 31, 1673.
William, b. August 8, 1676, m. Sarah Foote.
Mary, b. December 29, 1678, m. Ebenezer Nash or John Soley.
Elizabeth, b. Suffield, September 2, 1683, m. Jonathan Worthington.
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WILLIAM SCOTT.
William Scott, son of John and Sarah, m. Sarah Foote, daughter of Samuel and Mary of Hatfield, June 21, 1706. He died December 31, 1673, and his widow November 22, 1764. Their children were :-
Sarah, b. June 12, 1707, m. Benjamin Dickinson.
John, b. March 9, 1709, d. at Hadley, October 3, 1737.
Mary, b. August 4, 1710.
Margaret, b. August 2, 1712, d. -.
Elizabeth, b. January 20, 1714, m. Stewart Southgate.
Margaret, b. December 25, 1720, d. April 6, 1737.
William, b. November 8, 1723, m. Abigail, daughter of Isaac Kibbe of Enfield.
JOHN SEARLE.
John Searle married Sarah Baldwin, March 19, 1639. He came here about that time. He was a brother-in-law of Wil- liam Warriner. He was buried September 6, 1641. He had one son born here, John, May 3, 1641, whose mother married Alexander Edwards and he went to Northampton with her. He was the ancestor of the many families bearing the name of Searle who have resided in this part of the State.
JOHN SEARLE.
John Searle, son of the preceding John, married Ruth Janes, July 3, 1667. She died November 20, 1672, and he married second, Mary North of Farmington, May 30, 1675. She died November 5, 1726. He died October 3, 1718. His children were :-
John, b. March II, 1669, d. March 23, 1669.
John, b. August 6, 1670. Slain by the Indians.
Child, b. November 20, 1672, d. same day. James, b. February 12, 1676.
Mary, b. about 1678, d. unmarried March 24, 1729.
Ebenezer, b. January 9, 1680.
Ruth, b. December 17, 1681, m. Jonathan Gilbert of Windsor, November 15, 1707.
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Sarah, b. February 28, 1664.
Nathaniel, b. May 3, 1686.
Lydia, b. August 22, 1688, m. Ebenezer King of Westfield.
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JOHN SEARLE.
John Searle, grandson of the first John Searle of Spring- field, and son of the John who was born here, was killed by the French and Indians in the massacre at Pascommuck, May 13, 1704, married Abigail Pomeroy, April 5, 1694. They had five children, three of whom were slain with their father, and another, Elisha, captured and carried to Canada. A fifth child, Submit, posthumus, married John Clark. The family record is as follows :-
Elisha, b. February 4, 1695, taken to Canada.
Abigail, b. August 15, 1697, slain May 13, 1704.
John, b. August 9, 1700, slain May 13, 1704.
Caleb, b. November 7, 1702, slain May 13, 1704.
Submit, b. September 17, 1704, posthumus, m. John Clark in 1732.
Pascommuck, the little hamlet a short distance west of the present Mount Tom station, was the scene of one of those
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brutal attacks by the French and Indians, which took place early in the 18th century. It was then within the limits of Northampton, but now a part of Easthampton. Mr. James R. Trumbull's History of Northampton, recently published, gives an account of the massacre from which this is taken :-
"The attack on Pascommuck occurred about daybreak, on the 13th of May, 1704. It was made by a body of French and Indians, commanded by Sieur de Montigny. The vil- lage of Pascommuck lies at the foot of the upper peak of Mt. Tom (now Mt. Nonotuck). As no watch was kept the garrison was completely surprised. The house of Benoni Jones was fortified, but the Indians were able to approach near enough to put their guns through the port holes before the sleepers were aroused. Thirty-three persons were living there at this time. Of these 19 were killed, three escaped, eight were rescued, and three carried to Canada. The slain were Samuel Janes, wife and three children, four children of Benjamin Janes, Benoni Jones and two children, John Searle and three children, Moses Hutchinson and child, and Pa- tience Webb. Three were found who had been knocked in the head, and one of them scalped, but all recovered. Eli- sha Searle, son of John, Esther, wife of Benoni Jones, and Margaret Huggins, were carried away captive. Mrs. Jones died in Canada, the others returned. Elisha Searle was a soldier in the succeeding wars, and had an interesting his- tory."
THOMAS SEWELL.
Thomas Sewell was not a long resident of Springfield. He had born here the following children :-
Child, b. September 5, 1648, d. September 26, 1648.
Abigail, b. March 14, 1649.
RICHARD SIKES.
Richard Sikes married Phebe -, before coming to Spring- field. His first child was born in Roxbury. He was on the first Board of Selectmen, and served in many minor offi-
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ces. He died March -, 1676, and his widow d. January 2,
1687. Their children were :-
Rebecca, b. at Roxbury, 1640, m. Nathaniel Burt, son of Henry.
Experience, b. 1642, d. June 7, 1648.
Increase, b. August 6, 1644, m. Abigail Fowler.
Nathaniel, b. October 30, 1646, m. Hannah Bagg, daugh- ter of John Bagg.
Victory, b. March 3, 1649, m. Elizabeth Burt.
James, b. June 11, 1651, d. March 24, 1712.
NATHANIEL SIKES.
Nathaniel Sikes, son of Richard and Phebe, married Han- nah Bagg, daughter of John and Hannah, February 3, 1680. He died September 15, 1687, and his widow died May 13, 1740. Their children were :-
Hannah, b. June 27, 1682, d. July 29, 1685.
Hannah, b. July 14,- 1685, m. Samuel Barker.
Nathaniel, b. August 23, 1686, d. April 13, 1750.
VICTORY SIKES.
Victory Sikes, son of Richard and Phebe, m. Elizabeth Burt, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth, January 22, 1672. He married second, at Suffield, January 16, 1684, Elizabeth Granger. She died March 20, 1692, and he married third, Widow Mary Trumble, December 22, 1692, and died at Suf- field, April 25, 1708. His children were :--
Jonathan, b. December 16, 1673, d. August -, 1674.
Jonathan, b. July 17, 1675, m. Mary Lane of Suffield and d. there September 25, 1710.
Elizur, b. December II, 1677, d. December 28, 1677. Abel, b. February 24, 1678, d. March 14, 1679.
Samuel, b. March 3, 1680, mn. Mehitable Hanchet.
Benjamin, b. October 16, 1682, d. November 1, 1682. Victory, child by second wife, b. at Suffield, September 5, 1689, m. Mary King of Suffield.
John, b. - , d. April 19, 1690.
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INCREASE SIKES.
Increase Sikes, son of Richard and Phebe, married Abi- gail Fowler, daughter of Ambrose and Jane, March 22, 1671. He died March 24, 1712, and his widow died June 19, 1733. Their children were :-
John, b. April 23, 1672, d. November 10, 1689.
Nathaniel, b. July 7, 1673, m. Elizabeth Ball.
Increase, b. January 1, 1675, m. Mary Knowlton. Abigail, b. March 16, 1677, m. Wmn. Hendrick.
Rebecca, b. September 15, 1678. m. Samuel Wright.
Samuel, b. March 27, 1680, m. Mary Foot.
Phoebe, b. February 21, 1682, d. March 15, 1682.
James, b. March 27. 1684.
Benjamin, b. December 5, 1685, d. June 30, 1687.
HENRY SMITH.
Henry Smith, the first Town Recorder of Springfield, married Ann, daughter of William Pynchon. His mother, widow Frances Sanford, had previously married Pynchon. He was chosen on the first Board of Selectmen and served seven years. In 1651 he was a Deputy to the General Court and held the office only through one session. The Court ap- pointed him Magistrate for Springfield, as the successor of William Pynchon, but he returned to England in 1653, and it does not appear that he gave much service in that office. He was an unusually fine penman and his records of the town, of which he was Clerk, from the beginning of the set- tlement in 1636 up to his departure in 1653, were exceeding- ly well kept.
On returning he went to Wraysbury, in the County of Bucks, where he lived till his death in 1681, or '82. His will, made August 1, 1681, and proved October 24, 1682, is pub- lished in "Genealogical Gleanings in England," by Henry F. Waters (N. E. Hist. and Gen. Register, April, 1894, p. 255), and is as follows: "My body to be buried in a decent man- ner. I do give unto my daughter Martha Camock five shil-
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lings. To my daughter Mary Lord in New England five shil- lings. To my daughter Rebecca Lee, five shillings. To my son Elisha Smith five shillings. To my daughter Elizabeth Smith, not yet disposed of in marriage, I do give fifty pounds, to be paid at the time of her marriage, if she survive after her mother. I do, out of that dear and tender love I bear unto my beloved wife Mrs. Anna Smith, give and bequeath all and singular my goods, chattels, leases, debts, ready mon- ey, plate, rings, household stuff, apparel, brass, pewter. bed- ding, and all other my substance whatsoever, movable or im- movable, quick and dead, of what nature, quality or condition the same are or be, as well in my own possession as in the hands and possession of any other person whatsoever, to her own proper use and behoof, whom I do hereby ordain and ap- point to be my only executrix." One of the witnesses to the will was his daughter, "Rebecca Lee of Wraysbury, widow, aged about thirty years." His children born before coming here were :-
Ann, b. - , m. John Allen.
Mary, -, d. November 15, 1641. Born Here.
Martha, b. July 31. 1641.
Mary, b. September 1, 1742-3, m. Richard Lord.
Elizabeth, b. October 22, 1644.
Margaret. b. April 23, 1646, d. June 24, 1648.
Sarah, b. August 8, 1647, d. June 30, 1648.
Sarah, b. November 1, 1648.
Rebecka, March 2, 1650.
Samuel, b. June 23, 1651, d. June 14, 1652.
Abigail, b. February 10, 1652.
Elisha, b. after his parents returned to England.
THOMAS STEBBINS.
Thomas Stebbins, who purchased the lot, a part of which is now Court Square, served on important committees and was three times elected Selectman. His accounts with Pyn- chon indicate that he must have been a tailor. He did very
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little out-door work for Pynchon, except occasionally in har- vesting. His account with John Pynchon was opened in August, 1652, and by the following February it had amount- ed to £14 IOS. The credits given him from August to No- vember of the following year amounted to £10 17s 6d. The first items of credit are: "By making 12 wastecoates, 8s; By 10 doz. caps at 6s pr. dox, £3; By II doz. & 9 wastcoates at 8spr Doz., £4 14s; By making 3 doz. & I coates, £3 25; By I doz. stockens, 5s; 2 days Taylering 2s; mending my clothes, 6d; By 4 dayes harvesting work, 8s." He is also charged with this: "Delivered to Thomas Stebbins 54 yds of white shag cotton for wastecoates & stockens, & p'ce of Red tape, and 30 yds of cloth in Remnants." He delivered to Pyn- chon not long afterwards 17 doz. caps and over one hundred "wastecoates." The large purchases of thread also indicate that the Stebbins family must have been exceedingly busy with the needle.
Thomas Stebbins, son of Rowland, was born in England. Married Hannah Wright, daughter of Dea. Samuel, Novem- ber -, 1645. She died October 16, 1660, and he married Widow Abigail Munn, December 14, 1676. She was the widow of Francis Ball, and the daughter of Henry Burt. He died September 5, 1683, and his widow, June 2, 1707. The children of Thomas Stebbins by his first wife were :-
Samuel, b. September 19, 1646, m. Joanna Lamb, and 2nd, Abigail Brooks.
Thomas, b. July 31, 1648, m. Abigail Munn, and second, Widow Mary Day Ely.
Joseph, b. May 18, 1650, d. November 9, 1651.
Joseph, b. October 24, 1652, m. Sarah Dorchester.
Sarah, b. August 18, 1654, m. Samuel Bliss, Jr.
Edward, b. April 14, 1656, m. Sarah Graves and 2nd, Widow Mary Colton.
Benjamin, b. April 11, 1658, m. Abigail Denton, and 2nd, Widow Mary Ball.
Hannah, b. October 1, 1660, d. at 17 yrs.
Rowland, b. October 2, 1660, d. June 24, 1661.
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THOMAS STEBBINS, JR.
Thomas Stebbins, Jr., son of Thomas and Hannah, mar- ried Abigail Munn, daughter of Benjamin and Abigail, Dec. 21, 1672. His wife died February 6, 1692. He married April 12, 1694, Mary, widow of Samuel Ely, and daughter of Robert Day. He died December 17, 1695, and his widow married John Coleman. In his will he mentions no sons and leaves his property to his three daughters. His children by his first wife were :-
Thomas, b. January 28, 1673, d. March 20, 1675.
Abigail, b. May 27, 1675, d. May 15, 1692.
Hannah, b. December 29, 1677, d. January 10, 1678.
Child, s. b., November 23, 1678.
Hannah, b. December 22, 1680, m. Luke Noble.
Thomas, b. November 13, 1682, d. September 9, 1684. Daughter, s. b. May 16, 1685.
Sarah, b. April 17, 1686, m. David Parsons.
Mary, b. November 1, 1688, m. Nathan Wheeler.
Son, b. - , January 6, d. February 15, 1691.
JOHN STEELE.
John Steele of Westfield, son of Barrett and Mary, mar- ried Abigail Brooks, daughter of Benjamin and Mary, March 7, 1728. He died at the house of Ezra Stebbins, February 21, 1793, and she died August 12, 1774. Their children were :-
John, b. - , m. Eunice Crowfoot.
Abigail, b. December 4, 1731, m. Amaziah Sanderson. Mary, bapt. March 10, 1734, m. Stephen Chandler. Rhoda, bapt. June 22, 1735, m. Robert Sanderson. Ann, bapt. July 25, 1737, m. Samuel Warner. Aaron, b. July 13, 1739, m. Sarah Rumrill.
Seth, b. December 20, 1741.
Solomon, bapt. December 23, 1744.
Reuben, b. September II, 1746.
Justin, b. August 13, 1749, m. Thankful Wright. Squire, b. August 26, 1752, m. Tyrphena Wright.
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BARRETT STEELE.
Barrett Steele married Mary Brooks, daughter of William and Mary, December 30, 1697. He died December 4, 1713. His widow resided in Suffield, and deeded land that was formerly her father's in 1730. Their children were :-
Mary, b. October 27, 1698, m. John Hodge.
Hannah, b. February 24, 1700, d. March 17, 1700.
Hannah, b. March 14, 170I.
Mercy, b. March 6, 1703, m. Nathaniel Olds.
John, b. March 9, 1707, m. Abigail Brooks.
Thankful, b. September 28, 1708. Abigail, b. November 3, 1710, d. November 3, 1713. Samuel, b. October 21, 1713.
JAMES STEVENSON.
James Stevenson, married Widow Joanna Barber, widow of John and daughter of Obadiah and Joanna Miller, June 4, 1691. This was his second marriage. He died Decem- ber 23, 1711. His widow died November 30, 1713. Their children were :-
Jonathan, b. September 29, 1692, m. Margaret -. Benajah, b. September 29, 1692, m. Priscilla -.
John, b. January 2, 1693, m. Ruth Miller. Joanna, b. December 10, 1695, m. Ebenezer Leonard. Sarah, b. June 16, 1697.
Bashuah, b. February 15, 1698, d. April 2, 1699.
Bethiah, b. May 30, 1702, d. June II, 1702.
JOHN STILES.
John Stiles married Dorcas Burt, daughter of Henry and Eulalia, October 28, 1658. He was son of John Stiles of Windsor. They had born here one daughter. The remain- ing children are not on record here. Their children were :--- . Sarah, b. September 12, 1661.
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