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Physicians had little knowledge of the body or intellect. Their special preparation was a knowledge of certain customary reme- dies for the manifest symptoms. Apparently, they had little or no knowledge of the technical advantage of administering certain remedies, or what quality of the medicine produced the results, or why. The published recipes of Dr. Zerobabel Endecott of Salem give an exact view of the methods of the seventeenth century physicians. Such ingredients as had been employed by other practitioners, whether their physiological effects were known or not, were prescribed. Among the herbs and other things used were red lead, lead ore dissolved, wax, stone horse's livers dried in an oven, powdered and administered in milk, herbs of various kinds, as fivefinger, brambles, strawberry roots, plantains, sumac powdered, elecampane roots powdered, wormwood, wild carrot seeds, sweet fennel seeds, raisins, maiden hair, liverwort, elder buds, knotgrass, shepherd's pouch, agrimony, pollipod, borrage, buglose root, rosemary, primrose, cowslips, violets, crude tobacco leaves feverfew, peony seeds, the fillings of a dead man's skull.
spices, camomile, etc. The most revolting substances were in- cluded in many remedies, and are unfit to be mentioned. The fol- lowing is a cure for a distracted woman, and is a specimen of the remedies used in that period: "Tak milk of a Nurce that giues fuck to a male Child & alfo take a hee Catt & Cut of one of his Ears or a peece of it & Lett it blede into the milk & then Lett the fick woman Drink it doe this three Times."
The records reveal a number of instances where patients lived with the physicians while being treated. The bills are classified into treatment and diet. This seems to have been a practice at that time in Salem and Marblehead. These are cases where the patient had no home or place where he could remain and have proper care. This practice was the beginning of the modern hospital.
The expense of funerals at that period was ordinarily about two pounds, sometimes as low as twelve shillings, but that of Capt. Walter Price, in 1674, amounted to sixty pounds, and of Maj. William Hathorne, in 1681, to forty-one pounds. Coffins cost about ten shillings. The formal services at a funeral were
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simple. A large number of people attended, the minister was usually present, but did not read or pray or address the people. At the tolling of the funeral bell, the people met at the late home of the deceased, and carried the remains solemnly on a bier,-above which was carried a pall, a large black cloth, supported by four or six men, horizontally,-to the grave, by which they stood until the burial was completed. Prayers and serious remarks were rare here until nearly the close of the seventeenth century. At the funeral of William Woodcock, the apothecary, in 1669, six gallons of wine was consumed, and three gallons at his child's burial. Finger rings were sometimes given to the mourners. Doctor Bentley, in his Diary, wrote, in 1787, as follows: "Mr. Edw. Norris shewed me a Ring belonging to the first Edward Norris & now held by the sixth for the seventh, a minor. It is of gold, enameled with a death's Head, with a posy Live to Die." This was probably a funeral ring.
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CHAPTER XVII.
BELLINGHAM AND DENISON GRANTS
EPTEMBER 6, 1638, the general court granted to Richard Bellingham seven hundred acres of land ; and, viewed by Maj. William Hathorne and Capt. Richard Davenport, it was described as "on the head of Salem, to the northwest from the town, there being in it a hill, with an Indian plantation, and a pond, and about a hundred or one hundred and fifty. acres of meadow," and it was confirmed by the court Nov. 5, 1639. 'Squire Bellingham, who was then living in Boston, May 28, 1659, being governor, moved that, in reference to this grant, as the town of Salem had taken a parcel of meadow belonging to the farm, pretending that it was within six miles from Salem meeting house, that the distance be measured, which the court ordered to have done. The result of the measurement, if it were made, is unknown. Governor Belling- ham, for two hundred and fifty pounds, conveyed the estate to Bery walking Bray Wilkins, husbandman, and John Gingell (Gingion), tailor, both of Lynn, March 9. 1659-601. Wilkins erected a house, in which he lived, probably on the south side of the Fuller burying place, across the road, in Mid- dleton. Gingell also lived at John Goingall Will's Hill as late as 1679. Wilkins' house was burned in the latter part of January, 1664; and he apparently built a new one on the westerly side of what is now Middleton Square2.
1Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 17.
2BRAY WILKINS1, born in 1610; planter; lived in Lynn from 1630 to 1660 and in Dorchester in 1633, according to Savage; and from 1661 in Salem; married Anna - before 1659; she was his wife in 1697; he died Jan. I,
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There was also granted to Maj .- Gen. Daniel Denison of Ips- wich three hundred acres of land, adjoining the seven-hundred-
1701-2, aged ninety-one; children : I. Samuel2, born in 1636; died Dec. 20. I688; 2. Henry2; 3. Benjamin2; 4. Thomas2; 5. Margaret2; married Philip Knight; 6. Lydia2; married John Nichols; 7. John2.
HENRY WILKINS2; married Rebecca -; she died April 9, 1689, aged forty; children: I. Rebecca3, baptized Jan. 4, 1684-5; married Philip Mackintire of Reading Feb. 20, 1694-5; 2. Daniel3, born about 1675; "be- witched to death" May 16, 1692, aged seventeen; 3. Elizabeth3, baptized Jan. 4, 1684-5; married - Carrill; 4. Henry3, baptized Jan. 4, 1684-5; 5. Aquila®, baptized Jan. 4, 1684-5; 6. Nehemiah3, baptized Aug. 12, 1683; 7. Susannah3, born Oct. 13, 1684; 8. Ebenezer3, born Jan. 5, 1688-9; married Mary (Bailey), widow of Daniel Wilkins April 24, 1730; had a child; 9. John3, baptized Jan. 14, 1686-7; IO. Dec. 14, 1695, aged six; II.
Ruth3, baptized July 13, 1690; died 8, baptized Aug. 17, 1690. BENJAMIN WILKINS2; married Priscilla Baxter June 3, 1677; died in the autumn of 1715; she survived him; children: I. Priscilla3, born Feb. 24, 1677-8; died Oct. 24, 1690; 2. Benjamin3, born Dec. 3, 1679; 3. Anna3, born Oct. 31, 1681 ; married Ebenezer Foster; 4. Jonathan3, born Feb. 24, 1683; 5. Sarah3, born May II, 1686; married Henry Wilkins; 6. Abigail3, born Sept. 12, 1688; married John Wilkins May 26, 1710; 7. Elizabeth3; married Daniel Roff of Concord Sept. 3, 1718; 8. Priscilla3, born April 21, 1691; living in 1715; 9. Daniel3, born June 28, 1693. THOMAS WILKINS2; husbandman; married Hannah Nichols May -, 1667; died in 1717; she survived him; children : I. Hannah3, born Nov. 14, 1669; 2. Thomas3, born May 26, 1673; lived in Boxford; married Elizabeth Towne of Topsfield Dec. 19, 1694; died in 1726; she survived him; had children; 3. Brayª, born Nov. 13, 1678; 4. Joseph3, baptized July 20, 1690. 5. Isaac3, baptized July 20, 1690. JOHN WILKINS2; husbandman ; lived in Salem Village; married, first, Lydia -; she died Jan. 27, 1688-9, aged twenty-two; married, second, Betty Southwick Aug. - , 1687; she was his wife in 1718; he died in 1723; children: I. John3, born Jan. 20, 1688-9; 2. Esther3, born June 25, 1690; living in 1718; 3. Daniel3, born May 12, 1692; living in 1718; 4. Betty3, born Dec. 29, 1695; living in 1718; 5. Jonathan3, born May 6, 1697; 6. Lydia3, born Dec. 23, 1699; married Mark How of Boxford Dec. 20, 1725; 7. Mercy8, born March 13, 1701; married Benjamin Chevers Oct. 20, 1725; 8. David3, born March -, 1703-4; living in 1718; 9. Joseph3, baptized June 7, 1719; married Rebecca Yell (Bell?) Feb. I, 1731-2; 10. Stephen®, baptized June 7, 1719; husband- man; lived in Middleton; married Hannah Curtis Aug. 24, 1732; died April I, 1742; had children; II. Solomon3, born about 1710; lived in Middleton ; married Patience Lambert Oct. 29, 1730; had children.
HENRY WILKINS3; husbandman; lived in Boxford and Middleton; married, first, Sarah Wilkins July -, 1703; second, Mary Lewis Oct. 22, I718; children: I. -- 4 (daughter), born May 27. 1704, in Boxford; 2. Sarah4, baptized June 23, 1706, in Boxford; married Isaac Nichols of Sutton Feb. I, 1726-7; 3. Hannah4, born Jan. 4, 1708-9, in Boxford; 4. Abigail4, born Aug. 10, 17II; 5. Elizabeth4, born June 22, 1715; 6. Priscilla4. born July II, 1720; 7. Ruth4, born July 9, 1724, in Middleton; 8. Henry4, born Sept. 23, 1735. AQUILA WILKINS3; husbandman; married Lydia Nichols July 12, 1704; died in Middleton Jan. 17, 1766; children: I. Ebenezer4, baptized April 14, 1706; 2. baptized Sept. 10, 1708; 3. Ruth4, baptized Sept. II, 1726. NEHEMIAH WILKINS3; lived in Boxford; married, first, Elizabeth Guppy Dec. - , 1708; second, Hannah Wilkins Oct. 4, IZII ; child : I. Elizabeth4, baptized Oct. 31, 1714; married Jeremiah Towne Dec. 15, 1735. JOHN WILKINS"; husbandman; married Abigail Wilkins May 26, 1710; living in 1737; children: I. - 4 (son), baptized
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acre grant made to Richard Bellingham, May 7, 1662. This was also conveyed to Bray Wilkins. The actual boundaries of these grants were not determined until, upon an order therefor, dated May 7, 1662, the day that the Denison grant was made, and the order included the layout of both grants. The report was made
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BELLINGHAM AND DENISON GRANTS.
May 18, 1712; 2. 4 baptized April -, 1714. BENJAMIN WILKINS3; married Marjery Roff of Concord July 20, 1702; children : I. Othniel4, bap- ,
tized June 9, 1706; married Mary Veley (Tapley) Jan. 23, 1728-9; 2. Mary4, baptized Oct. 26, 1707; 3. Benjamin4, baptized Sept. 2, 1711; married Eliza- beth Tapley Nov. 15, 1737; 4. Naomi4, baptized Nov. 1, 1713; married John Wilkins April 6, 1738. JONATHAN WILKINS3; husbandman ; lived in Middle- ton; married Hannah Rolf (published Dec. 6, 1712) ; children : I. Lois4, born April 26, 1714; 2. Lois4, baptized July 3, 1715; 3.
_4 (daughter), born Jan. 13, 1717; 4. Jonathan4, born March 18, 1721; 5. Benjamin4, born March 1, 1724; 6. Daniel4, born March 8, 1727; 7. Asa4, born April 26, 1730. DANIEL WILKINS3 : husbandman ; lived in Middleton; married Mary Bailey (published Oct. 13, 1714) ; died in 1743; children : I. Jonathan4, born Aug. 25, 1715; lived in Middleton; married Abigail Goodale Oct. 5, 1737; had children; 2. Mary4, born Feb. 25, 1718-9; 3. Elizabeth4, born Sept. 30, 1721 ; married Samuel Wilkins June 13, 1740; 4. Abigail4, baptized July 18, 1725; married William Cobb June 27, 1743; 5. Sarah4, baptized April 2, 1727 ; 6. Rachel4, baptized June 4, 1727; 7. Sarah4, baptized April 6, 1729; 8. Marcy4, born Feb. 26, 1730-1 ; 9. Priscilla4, baptized May 2, 1731 ; 10. Rachel4, baptized
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September 23rd1 following. The Bellingham grant is therein thus described: "The first line runs from a white oak, marked R B, northwesterly to a rocky point, where a white oak is marked, and from thence by the southerly corner of Beachy meadow to a white oak, marked; the length about a mile and a quarter. The second line from the last marked white oak upon a west and by south point, about a mile to an oak marked R B. The third line from the said oak, upon a south and by east point, a mile and a quarter, to a tree marked on the southwest side of the pond, taking in a meadow of about twenty-five acres, lying without the said line, and adjoining to it towards the northerly end thereof. The fourth line from the last marked tree, upon an east and by north point, to the first white oak marked R B, in length one mile and quarter. Also, one hundred acres lying square in the plain before the dwelling house of Bray Wilkinson2, beginning at the brook that runs into Price's meadow, and running in length down to a white oak marked, about one hundred and sixty rods, and in breadth, both ends, one hundred rods, to a tree, marked,
Sept. 16, 1733; II. Daniel4, baptized March 16, 1735. BRAY WILKINS3; lived in Boxford in 1710 and then in Middleton; married Rebecca Knight of Topsfield Feb. 10, 1701-2; children: I. Rebecca4, born May 20, 1702, in Boxford; 2. Rebecca4, born May 18, 1703; 3. Penelopeª, born Nov. 18, 1703, in Boxford; 4. Penelope4, born Sept. 22, 1704; 5. Israel4, born Jan. 6, 1705-6, in Boxford; lived in Middleton; married Margaret Case July 18, 1726; had children ; 6. Margaret4, baptized July 6, 1707 ; 7. Phineas4, born Dec. 26, 1708; Abner4, baptized Sept. - , 17II; married Emma Marble Dec. 29, 1737; 9. Mehitable4, born Sept. 6, 1711; IO. Ithamar4, born Sept. 15, 1712; married Lois - June 3, 1736; had a child; II. Abigail4, born July 28, 1716; married Nathaniel Putnam Feb. 6, 1744; 12. Joshua4, born Aug. 26, 1718; lived in Middleton; had children; 13. Ichabod4, born July 7, 1720; lived in Middleton ; married Mary Clark May 9, 1744; she died July 10, 1803; he died Feb. 27, 1804; had children. JOSEPH WILKINS3; husbandman; married first, Mary White Nov. 22, 1705; second, Margaret Nicholls July 8, 1708; living in Middleton in 1726; children: I. Mary4, born Oct. 29, 1710; 2. Joseph4, born March II, 1712-3; shopkeeper; married Abigail Burt July 20, 1736; had children; 3. Amos4, baptized Oct. 24, 1713; 4. Lydia4, born Sept. 17, 1715; 5. Elisha4, born April 2, 1718; lived in Middleton; married Lydia Nichols Oct. 4, 1738; had children ; 6. Archelaus4, born June 23, 1721 ; lived in Southegan West; married Rachel Case Nov. 29, 1744; 7. Hannah4, born April 1, 1725; married Humphrey Case June 4, 1747; 8. Margaret4, born May 17, 1728. ISAAC WILKINS3; husbandman; married Anna (Wilkins), widow of Ebenezer Foster; children: I. Timothy4, baptized July 3, 1709; married Anna Smith; had children; 2. Isaac4, baptized July 26, 1713; 3. Nehemiah4, baptized May 6, 1716; 4. Hannah4, baptized Aug. 16, 1719; 5. Susanna4, bap- tized July 21, 1724. JOHN WILKINS3; husbandman; married Mary Goodale (published Oct. 24, 1713) ; children : I. Edward4, baptized Oct. 16, 1715; '2. Samuel4, born July 21, 1717; 3. Josiah4, born July 1, 1718; 4. John4, born Dec. 29, 1720; 5. Edward Nichols4, born Nov. 14, 1723.
1Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume IV, part 2, pages 63 and 64.
2Bray Wilkins.
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at either end; the lower or southeast angle being a pine tree, marked, the upper or northwest angle being oak, marked, standing near a great rock; provided, that part of the pine swamp that lieth within the said bounds shall be free and common for any to take off timber growing therein." The Denison grant is described as follows: "Imprimis eighty acres of upland in a long square, bounded on the northeast by John Putnam's land, on the south- west by a brook that runs out of a pond unto Price's meadow, on the northwest by the land of Bray Wilkinson, and on the south- east by Price's meadow. Also, one hundred and forty acres, be- ginning at a white oak, marked R B, the bounds between Bray Wilkinson and John Putnam and the former eighty acres, and from the said tree joining upon Bray Wilkinson in a straight line to a rocky point, where a white oak is marked, and from thence by the southerly corner of Beachy Meadow to a white oak, marked, at the northwesterly angle of Bray Wilkinson's farm, and so up to Andiver six miles bounds; also, from the said white oak, marked R B, upon a north and by west line adjoining to John Putnam's, to a forked white oak, marked, and so to the brook that runs by Beachy Meadow to Andiver six miles bounds. Also, eighty acres of woodland on the northeast side of the brook that runs by Beachy Meadow, beginning at a marked tree standing near the brook, by a swamp, and running north east and by east about two hundred rod to three white oaks marked, and then turning southward about thirty rod to that part of the brook where another brook falls into the same, and a great rock lies in the midst of the brook." These layouts were made by Maj. William Hathorne and Ens. Thomas Howlet, and confirmed Oct. 8, 1662. Thus the territory of Salem was extended northerly. These grants are now entirely within the town of Middleton.
Timothy Lindall1, who was born about 1642, came from Dux- bury to Salem, where he was allowed to be an inhabitant, Jan. 8, 1660-I. He became an extensive and
Fino Lundall successful merchant and a prominent and influential citizen. He lived next westerly of the East India Marine Museum on Essex Street, in Salem.
1TIMOTHY LINDALL1, son of James Lindall of Duxbury, married Mary Veren Feb. 7, 1672-3; she died in 1731; he died Jan. 6, 1698-9; she died, his widow, Jan. 6, 1731-2; children: 1. Mary2, born April 7, 1674; married, first, Nathaniel Gedney ; second, Thomas Phippen; 2. James2, born Feb. 1, 1675-6; 3. Timothy2, born Nov. 4, 1677; 4. Nathaniel2, born Nov. 4, 1679; of Salem in 1703; probably lived in Bristol, Mass .; 5. Abigail2, born Sept. 15, 1681; married Capt. Benjamin Pickman; 6. Sarah2, born March 4, 1682-3; shopkeeper; married Capt. Benjamin Moreshed July 28, 1737; 7. Caleb2, born Feb. 5, 1684; lived in the Parish of St. Lucia, Island of Barba-
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Feb. 26, 1660-1, the selectmen confirmed a grant of one hun- dred acres of upland and ten acres of meadow to Richard Ray- ment ; ten days later the town granted to John Patch forty acres of land on Cape Ann Side ; and Mr. Jeremiah Hubbard requested some land.
Joseph Houlton1, called Joseph Houghton, came to Salem as early as the spring of 1652, when he had land grant- ed to him.
Jefuph Holton
does, in 1715 and 1727; merchant; married Sarah -; died Nov. 13, 1751; she died, his widow, June 27, 1754; 8. Rachel2, born Dec. 3, 1686; married, first, Thomas Barnard May 7, 1713; he died in 1715; married, second, Capt. Samuel Barnard of Deerfield May 29, 1723 ; 9. Veren2, born Feb. 12, 1689-90; killed by the Indians at Haverhill Aug. 29, 1708.
DEA. JAMES LINDALL"; merchant; esquire ; married, first, Elizabeth Cor- wine Dec. 15, 1702; she died May 19, 1706; married, second, Mary (Higgin- son), widow of Dr. Edward Weld May 3, 1708; he died May 10, 1753; she survived him, and was living in 1760; children: I. Elizabeth3, born Sept. 29, 1703; married Edward Gray of Boston Sept. 13, 1739; 3. -- 3 (son), born Jan. 12, 1704; buried Jan. 13, 1704; 3. Mary3, born Dec. 14, 1705; lived in Charlestown, 1761-1767; died, unmarried, Jan. 22, 1776; 4.
3 (son), . born April 25, 1709; died same day ; 5. James3, born May 21, 1710; merchant ; died Aug. 19, 1754; 6. Veren3, born May 14, 17II; died April 22, 1712; 7. Sarah3, born June 17, 1712; married Lawrence Lutwych of Boston May 6, 1736; 8. Abigail3, born June 16, 1713; married Rev. William Jenison May 15, 1730; 9. Rachel3, born Aug. 9, 1714; died Sept. 9, 1714; 10. Timothy", born April 14, 1716; merchant; married, first, Elizabeth Gerrish Oct. 14, 1753; she died Aug. 25, 1756; married, second, widow Hannah Swasey June 18, 1763; he died in the summer of 1765; she married, third, Capt. John Bartoll of Marblehead Jan. 8, 1767.
HON. TIMOTHY LINDALL2; H. C., 1695; merchant; judge; representative, speaker, councilor; lived in Boston in 1714; married, first, Bethiah Kitchen May 27, 1714; she died June 30, 1720; married, second, Madam Mary Henchman of Lynn (published Dec. 6, 1749) ; died Oct. 25, 1760; she died, his widow, Feb. 8, 1767; children: I. Bethiah3, born Sept. 6, 1716; died Sept. 20, 1716; 2. Bethiah3, born Nov. 17, 1717; died Nov. 23, 1717; 3: Mary3, born Oct. 20, 1718; died, unmarried, Dec. 31, 1740; 4. (daughter), born June 23, 1720; died same day.
1JOSEPH HOULTON2 (Houghton and Holton) was born about 1621 ; was a servant of Richard Ingersoll about 1640; lived in Salem Village; married Sarah (Ingersoll), widow of William Haynes; died May 30, 1705; children : I. Joseph2, born in 1652; 2. Benjamin2, born Feb. 14, 1657-8: 3. Elizabeth2, born in 1660; married John Buxton; 4. Henry2, born in 1662; 5. James2, born in 1665; 6. John2, born in 1667; cooper and weaver; married Mary Star Jan. 16, 1688; died in 1721 ; she married, second, John Rea Oct. 3, 1722; 7. Sarah2, born in 1669; married - --- Needham.
JOSEPH HOULTON2; yeoman; lived in Salem Village; soldier in the Narraganset War ; married Hannah Eborne; died in 1732; she died in 1743; children : I. Joseph3, born Aug. 31, 1673; lived in Boston; married Susanna ; died in 1708; had a child; 2. Hannah3; married Joseph Fowls; 3. Sarah3, born March 4, 1688-9; married Ebenezer Fowls of Charlestown.
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July 10, 1661, the general court commended to be kept "a solemn day of thanksgiving and returning praises unto our good God" for "the many favo's wherewith the Lord hath been pleased to compass us about for so many years past in this remote wilder- ness, and in special the gracious answer that he hath given us to
BENJAMIN HOULTON2; yeoman ; married Sarah - -; died Sept. 17, 1689: she married, secondly, Capt. Benjamin Putnam; child: 1. Banjamin®, born Jan. 14, 1689-90. HENRY HOULTON2; yeoman; married Abigail Flint March 4, 1688-9; died in 1746 or 1747; she died Feb. 28, 1758; children : I. James3, born Jan. 20, 1689-90; married Ruth -; 2. Timothy", born May 15, 1693; 3. Hannah3, born July 13, 1696; married Stephen Flint of Middleton (pub- lished Nov. 6, 1714) ; housewright; removed to Lynn; married Eunice Col- lins of Lynn Feb. 20, 1722; died in Marblehead May 14, 1732; 4. Ebenezer3, born April II, 1699; 5. Samuel, born April 6, 1703; 6. Abigail3, born May 6, 1705; died in infancy; 7. Abigail3, born June 22, 1708; married Jacob Fuller March 16, 1727-8; S. Elizabeth3, born Sept. I, 1712 (probably married Abraham Kemball of Wenham in 1729). JAMES HOULTON2; yeoman ; married, first, Ruth Felton; second, Mary Linsey of Lynn Nov. 4, 1706; died in 1722; she married, secondly, William Stacey of Marblehead Aug. 22, 1723, and removed to Boston; children: 1. Mary3, born Sept. II, 1707; married Ebenezer Proctor ; 2. James3, born Jan. 16, 1708-9; married Hannah Houlton in 1730; died in 1731; no children; 3. Joseph3, born June 30, 1710-I; cordwainer ; lived in Hopkinton and New Salem; married Rebecca Felton in 1731 ; had children; 4. Ruth3, born Jan. 24, 1712-3; married Samuel Johnson of Lynn ; 5. Sarah3, born April 10, 1715; married David Felton ; 6. John3, born March 7, 1716-7; captain; lived in Danvers; married Lydia Gott of Wen- ham Sept. 25, 1751; had children.
CAPT. BENJAMIN HOULTON3; yeoman ; married, first, Lydia Leach July 13, 1708; second, Elizabeth (Putnam), widow of Jonathan Putnam Nov. 25, 1736; he died; she married, thirdly, Edward Carlton of Haverhill, N. H., Nov. 7, 1745; children : I. Sarah4, baptized March -, 1709-10; married John Farrington of Andover Nov. 12, 1730; 2. Ruth4, baptized July 13, 1712; married Abraham Goodell; 3. Lydia4, baptized Sept. 2, 1716; 1. Benjamin, born May 4, 1718; 5. Israel4, baptized March 19, 1720-1; 6. Elizabeth4, bap- tized July 7, 1723; 7. John4, born in 1726; 8. James4, baptized July 27, 1729; 9. Mary4, baptized Sept. 19, 1731; probably married Humphrey Holt Nov. 30, 1749. TIMOTHY HOULTON3; removed to Sutton in 1727; town clerk; married, first, Keziah Rea March 7, 1715-6; she died June 14, 1724; married, second, Mary -; children : I. John4, born Sept. 19, 1717, in Salem; lived in Sutton; married Ann Rawson Oct. I, 1747; died May 13, 1760; had children ; 2. Timothy4, born Sept. 5, 1719, in Salem; lived in Sutton ; married Susannah Putnam Feb. 24, 1742; had children; 3. Nathan4, born March 21, 1732, in Sutton; 4. Kezia4, born July 4, 1734, in Sutton; 5. Ebenezer4, born Oct. 7, 1736, in Sutton. SAMUEL HOULTON3; married, first, Anna Edwards of Wenham Jan. 22, 1728; she died Sept. 18, 1729; married, second, Hannah Gardner (published April 28, 1732) ; she died March 7, 1762; married, third, Mary -; he died Jan. 18, 1777; she survived him; children : I. Anna4, born Sept. 4, 1729; married David Putnam (published April 17, 1745) ; 2. 4, born Feb. 14, 1734; died same day; 3. Lydia4, born Aug. 4, 1735; married Dr. Jonathan Prince; 4. Samuel4, born June 9, 1738; physician ; member of congress and judge of probate court; lived in Danvers ; married Mary Warner (published March 4. 1758) ; she died Aug. -. 1815; he died Jan. 2, 1816; had children; 5. John4, born April 6, 1745; died Nov. 6, 1745.
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our late supplication and humbling of ourselves before him," and "in being preserved from contagious diseases & suitableness of the season this present spring, and continuance of the lives of so many of his aged servants of public use in church and common- wealth, even while he seemed to threaten us with so great and unparalleled loss in such juncture of time as this."
Aug. 26, 1661, the selectmen granted to Serg. John Porter the way upon Mr. Sharp's hill in consideration of the way which now goes on "this" side of the hill.
Sept. 7, 1661, John Croade, Thomas Hale, Nicholas Potter, John Corwine, William Woodcocke, Richard Harvey, Andrew Woodberry, Isaac Williams, James Rizing, Thomas West, Thomas Barnes and Richard Tidmarsh were required, as a jury of inquest, by a constable, to go the house of Samuel Beadle, in Salem, to see a dead child. They found the remains laid out on a chest or table ; and upon inquiry as to how it came to its death, the parents answered that it was drowned in the well, and no contrary evi- dence appeared.
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