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ent Cyrus Thompson, Esq. (5) Arphaxad, b. 7 March, 1763; died 15 Dec. 1771. (6) Leonard, b. 1 Dec. 1764, the father of the present Col. Leonard Thompson.
Abigail, first wife to Samuel Thompson, Esq., dying 21 Sept. [2 Sept. ? ] 1768, aged 35 years, he next married Lydia Jones, of Concord, 26 Feb. 1770, by whom was born to him Lydia, 31 Jan. 1771.
Lydia, his second wife, dying 19 Oct. 1788, aged 54 years, he married for his third wife, Esther Wyman, 22 Oct. 1789.
Samuel Thompson, Esq., died Aug. 17, 1820. His wife Esther died before him, Aug. 5, 1818. His brother, Abijah Thompson, sheriff, father of Dea. Charles Thompson, died Jan. 16, 1811. Major Abijah Thompson, the sheriff's son, and father of General Abijah Thompson, died Oct. 27, 1820. [Woburn Town Records. Rec. of Births, etc., etc. Thompson's Diary, or Memoranda of Interesting Occurrences.]
TIDD. John Tidd (or as the name was otherwise once spelled, Tead, or Teed, or Ted) embarked, 12 May, 1637, at Yarmouth, England, aged 19, as servant of Samuel Greenfield, of Norwich; was of Charlestown that year; subscribed there in December 1640 "Town Orders " for Woburn; was taxed at Woburn in the Country Rate, 8 Sept. 1645; and chosen a Surveyor of Fences there in 1646. His wife Margaret died 1651. He died 24 April, 1657. By his Will, made 15 days before, it appears that he had a second wife, Alice ; daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. and a son of his own name. a His daughter Mary was doubtless the wife of Francis Ken- dall, md. 24 Dec. 1644; and Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Fuller, md. 13 June, 1643.
TIDD. II. John Tidd, jun., son of John, sen., and Margaret Tidd, born in England ; married, 14 April, 1650, Rebekah Wood. By her he had issue : (1) Hannah, born 21 Sept. 1652. (2) John, b. 26 Feb. 1654-5. (3) Mary, b. 13 Nov. 1656. (4) Samuel, b. 16 Jan. 1658-9. (5) Joseph, b. 18 Jan. : 1660-1; died 1 Feb. 1660-1. (6) Joseph, again, b. 20 Jan. 1661-2. (7) Rebekah, b. . md. to Thomas Blogget, 11 Nov. 1685. The death of John Tidd, jun., and that of his wife Rebekah, are not found on Record. [Woburn Records of Births, etc., etc.]
TIDD. III. John Tidd, son of John Tidd, jun., and Rebekalı Tidd, b. 26 Feb. 1654-5; married Elizabeth Fifield, 12 June, 1678; and had by her : (1) Elizabeth, born 19 Sept. 1679. (2) John, b. 2 Nov. 1681. (3) Joseph, b. 8 March, 1684. (4) " Rebekah, daughter of John and Elizabeth " Tedd," b. 4 Aug. 1687. (5) Mary, b. 25 Apr. 1690. (6) Ebenezer, b. 31 Aug. 1693. " Elizabeth, wife of Sergt. John Tidd, died 6 Oct. 1732." " Old Mr. John Tid I died 3 Aug. 1743." [Wob. Rec. of Births, etc.]
TOTTINGHAM. Henry Tottingham, (or Tottman, as formerly often written and pronounced in Woburn) was born in England ; was of Charles- town in 1640, when and where he subscribed the "Town Orders " for Wo- burn. He removed shortly after to Woburn; was taxed there in 1645, 1646, 1666; and had a right assigned him, 1668, in the common lands of the town.
& Savage's Geneal. Dict. Wob. Town Records. Records of Births, etc., etc.
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By his wife, Anna, he had: (1) Nehemiah, born 23 Aug. 1646; died 28 March, 1714. (2) Eliah, [" Elijah," County Records] b. 28 Feb. 1651-2. Anna, wife of Henry Tottingham, died 23 Feb. 1653-4.
Henry Tottingham and Alice Alger, [" Allice Eager," County Rec.] mar- ried 13 July, 1654.
[Wob. Town Records : Rec. of Births, etc., etc.]
TOTTINGHAM. I. Eliah Tottingham, son of Henry and Anna, had by his wife Mary : (1) Anna, b. 24 Sept. 1685. (2) Mary, daughter of " Eliah and Mary Tottingham," born 18 Apr. 1688; married to Thomas Lane, 1721 ? (3) Sarah, b. 13 July, 1690; md. to Nath. Cutler, of Reading, 1715. (4) Henry, b. 29 Aug. 1692. (5) Elisha, b. 22 July, 1696. (6) Elizabeth, b. 8 Feb. 1698-9. (7) Alice, b. 10 June, 1701. (8) " Arminell," a daughter of Eliah and Mary, b. 30 July, 1707.
Eliah " Tottman," died 27 Nov. 1717.
TOTTINGHAM. II. Elisha, or Eliah Tottingham, son of I. Eliah and Mary, born 22 July, 1696, had by his wife Rebecca : (1) "Rebekah," b. 4 Aug. 1710; died 28 Apr. 1733. (2) Elisha, son of Eliah and Rebekah Tot- tingham, born 18 Oct. 1713. (3) Elizabeth, b. 4 May, 1722. (4) John, b. 9 Aug. 1724. (5) Phebe, b. 30 June, 1728. (6) Abigail, daughter of Eliah and Rebekah Tottingham, b. 30 Dec. 1737.
Eliah Tottingham died 29 March, 1743.
TOTTINGHAM. III. Elisha, son of II. Eliah and Rebekah Tottingham, born 18 Oct. 1713; md. Sarah Lawrence, of Woburn, 27 May, 1736, and had issue : (1) Elisha, b. 8. Feb. 1736-7. (2) Sarah, b. 21 Nov. 1738 ; md. to John Williams, of New Marlborough, 1765. (3) Nathaniel, b. 10 June, 1740. (4) Ephraim, b. 9 Apr. 1743. (5) Moses, b. 22 July, 1746. (6) Jonathan, b. 17 Dec. 1748. (7) James, b. 14 July, 1751. (8) Rebekah, b. 15 Nov. 1753. (9) Abigall, b. 15 July, 1755. (10) David, b. 24 Sept. 1758.
TOTTINGHAM. II. Henry " Tottman," son of I. Eliah and Mary Tot- tingham, married Eunice Wyman, both of Woburn, 7 Sept. 1721. Their children were : (1) Mary, born 6 March, 1724. (2) Alice, b. 6 May, 1727. Henry "Tottman " died 5 Apr. 1728.
TRERICE. Nicholas Trerice, or Trarice, was in 1684, 1635, a noted master of the shlp Planter, in which he had brought many persons from London to New England. In 1636, he was admitted to be an inhabitant of Charlestown.ª Here, by his wife Rebekah, he had a son John, who was baptized in the church of Charlestown 3 June, 1639. In Dec. 1640, he subscribed the "Town Orders" for Woburn : removed his residence to Wo- burn soon after; and here had a son, Samuel, born 7 May, 1643. He was taxed in Woburn, 1645, in the rate for the country, but not in the town rate for 1646; whence it is concluded, that, previously to 1646, he had removed back to Charlestown ; and there his daughter Rebekah was married, in 1655, to Thomas Jenner; and his widow, Rebekah, in 1665, to Thomas Lynde. [Savage's Geneal. Dict. Woburn Town Records. Rec. of Births, etc., etc.] WALKER. Samuel Walker, sen. Sce Chap. V.
· Frothingham's Charlestown, p. 86.
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His children (the given name of his wife is unknown) were Samuel, jun., Israel, and probably, John, sen., of Woburn; Hannah, wife of James, son of Simon Thompson, of Woburn; and (in the opinion of John Farm- er, Esq.) Joseph Walker, of Billerica. Isaac Walker, too, of Woburn, according to the following record of his birth, was also a son of his. "Isaac, son of Samuel Walker, sen., born ye 1st of 9th mo. [November] 1677." But it is not improbable, that sen. was inadvertently written here for jun. This Isaac Walker married Margery Bruce, of Woburn, 20 Feb. 1704-5; and he, and his sons by her, Isaac, jun., Ezekiel and Timothy, were sometime of Pennacook, now Concord, N. H. See Bouton's History of Concord.
WALKER. Samuel Walker, jun., otherwise known as Ensign Walker, and Deacon Walker. See Chap. V. To the notice there given of Samuel Walker, jun., it may be added, that he married, 10 Sept. 1662 [23 Oct. County Records], Sarah Reed, daughter of William and Mabel Reed, and sister of George Reed. Their children were: (1) Edward, born 12 Oct. 1663 : killed with others by the Indians at Lamprey River, N. H., 6 July, 1690. a (2) John, jun., b. 2 July, 1665. (3) Samuel, b. 25 Jan. 1667-8. (4) Sarah, b. 6 March, 1670; married to Capt. Edward Johnson, grandson of first Capt. Edward, founder of Woburn, and son of Major William, 1686-7. (5) Timothy, b. 16 June, 1672; died 19 June, 1706, leav- ing a wife and 3 children. (6) Isaac, b. 1 Nov. 1677? See above Samuel Walker, 1st. (7) Ezekiel, b. 5 March, 1679. Lived in Boston? Sarah, wife of Samuel Walker, jun., died 1 Nov. 1681.
"Ensign Samuell Walker & Abigail Foull " married 18 April, 1692.
" Deacon Samll Walker" died 18 Jan. 1703-4 (aged 61 years. Grave- stone.) [Records of Births, etc.]
Israel Walker, son of Samuel, sen., and brother of Samuel Walker, jun., was taxed, as being an inhabitant of Woburn, in the Rate for the Second Meeting-house, 1672. By his wife Susanna, he had born to him: (1) Israel, b. 29 Sept. 1672; died 1 Nov. 1683. (2) Susanna, b. 1 March, 1674; md. to Ebenezer Lock, 1697? (3) Phebe, b. 11 March, 1676. (4) Henry, b. 1 Feb. 1678-9. (5) Hannah, b. 26 Apr. 1681; died 8 May, 1681. (6) Eliza- beth,b. -- , died 21 Jan. 1681-2. (7) Nathaniel, b. 15 Apr. 1682. (8) Israel, again, b. 26 July, 1684. (9) Hannah, again, b. 24 Sept. 1686; md. to Isaac Kendall, Oct. 1706. (10) Abigail, b. 26 Sept. 1688. (11) Edward, b. 6 Nov. 1690. Susanna, wife of Israel Walker, died 7 March, 1694. "Ens. Israel Walker and Hannah fflagg " married 10 Dec. 1696.
Ensign Israel Walker died 20 April, 1719. " Widow Hannah Walker" died 29 March, 1724.
John Walker, sen., supposed above to be a son of Samuel Walker, sen., and a brother of Israel Walker, is found taxed in the Rate for the Second Meeting-house in Woburn, 1672. He married Mary, daughter of Robert Peirce, 14 Oct. 1672, and by her had : (1) Benjamin, born 25 Jan. 1673-4; died 17 Nov. 1675. (2) Mary, b. 27 Dec. 1675; died 24 Jan. 1675-6. (3)
& Belknap's Hist.
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John, b. 27 Dec. 1677. " Mary, wife of John Walker, sen.," died 8 Nov. 1695.
John Walker and Bethiah Simonds, [daughter of William Simonds] married 13 Aug. 1696; to whom were born: (1) Bethiah, daughter of John and Bethiah Walker, b. 4 Nov. 1697. (2) Benjamin, b. 7 July, 1699, John Walker, sen., died 3 Jan. 1723-4.
I. Benjamin Walker and Grace Tay, both of Woburn, md. 24 Dec. 1724. To them were born: (1) Mary, born 4 Oct. 1725. (2) Elizabeth, b. 17 March, 1728. [Wob. Rec. of Births, etc., etc. Towu Records.]
WATERS. Joseplı Waters was taxed, as an inhabitant of Woburn, in the rate for the Second Meeting-house, 1672, and served in Philip's War, 1675-6. a Nothing is found concerning his family connections. Not improbably he was a relative, perhaps a brother, of Samuel Waters, an inhabitant of Woburn in 1675; to whom and his wife Mary were born 12 children between 1675 and 1696. She died 11 Dec. 1721, and he died 2 May, 1728. [Wob. Rec.]
WHITTEMORE. Thomas Whittemore was taxed in the Rate for the Country, assessed in Woburn 26 Aug. 1666, and is reckoned among those who were entitled to a share of the common lands of the town in 1668; b but not being taxed in the Rate for the new Meeting-house in 1672, he appears to have previously removed to some other place; or, more proba- bly, as Mr. Savagec thinks, to have died in March 1670, for " 5 of April that year his wife Elizabeth had administered." He married, 9 Nov. 1666, Elizabeth Peirce, daughter of Thomas Peirce, b. 25 Dec. 1646? and by her had : Joseph, born 14 Aug. 1667.
WILSON. I. John Wilson, sen., first appears upon the tax lists in Wo- burn, in the Rate for the Country, assessed 26 Aug. 1666; and is numbered among those who had right in the common lands of the town in 1668.d He appears by his wife - to have had two children born to him before he came to Woburn, viz : John, jun., and Dorcas; md. to Aaron Cleaveland, 26 Sept. 1675. In Woburn he had: (1) Samuel, b. 29 Dec. 1658. (2) Abigail, b. 8 Aug. 1666. (3) Elizabeth, b. 6 Aug. 1668. (4) Benjamin, b. 15 Oct. 1670. (5) Hannah, b. 31 May, 1672; mnd. to Jonathan Peirce, 1689.
I. John Wilson, sen., died 2 July, 1687. [Wob. Rec. of Births, etc.]
WILSON. II. John Wilson, jun., had born to him by his wife -: (1) Jolın, b. 3 Jan. 1672-3. (2) Hannah, d. of " John Wilson, jun.," b. 28 Dec. 1674 ; died 5 May, 1676. (3) Hannah, again, b. 11 March, 1677. (4) Susanna, b. 11 March, 1679. [Rec. of Births, etc., in Wob.]
I. Samuel Wilson, son of John Wilson, sen., above named, married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Peirce, 24 Feb. 1681-2. Their cliil- dren were: (1) Elizabeth, b. 28 Jan. 1682-3. (2) Mary, b. 10 Apr. 1685. (3) Samuel, b. 2 Feb. and died 7 Feb. 1687-8. (4) Hannah, h. 24 Dec.
a List by Thos. B. Wyman, Esq.
c Savage's Geneal. Dict.
b Rec. of Wob., Vol. I., pp. 38, 39 - -- 44.
d Town Rec., Vol. I., pp. 43, 44.
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1688. (5) Rebekah, b. 5 March, 1693; died 29 Nov. 1694. (6) Samuel, again, b. 21 Nov. 1695. (7) Rebekah, b. 5 July, 1698. Sargeant Samuel Wilson died 21 Nov. 1729. [Wob. Rec. of Births, Marriages, etc., etc.]
WILSON. II. Samuel Wilson, son of I. Samuel and Elizabeth Wilson, born 21 Nov. 1695; md. Sarah Simonds, daughter of I. James and Susanna Simonds, "both of Woburn," 29 Oct. 1719. To them were born: (1) Samuel, b. 22 July, 1720; died 21 June, 1750, aged 29 years and 11 months.a (2) Sarah, b. 13 July, 1722; married to Jonathan Johnson, 1748. (3) Su- sanna, b. 28 March, 1725; md. a Haywood or Howard, that removed to Maine. (4) Ruth, b. 26 March, 1729; md. to Jona. Proctor about 1748. (5) Rebekah, b. 15 March, 1732; died 31 Oct. 1734.b (6) Rebekah, again, b. 27 July, 1734 ; md. to Azel Johnson, 1757. Mr. Samuel Wilson died Oct. 11, 1750, aged 55 years.a After his decease, Dea. Edw. Johnson md. Sarah Wilson, his widow, 19 Feb. 1755; that is, he md. the mother of his son Jonathan's wife. [Rec. of Births in Woburn.]
WINN. Edward Winn was of Woburn, 1641; made freeman, 1643; and taxed in Woburn, in the rate for the country, 8 Sept. 1645. By his wife Joanna, he had, 5 Dec. 1641, a son Increase, which was the first born child recorded in Woburn; but probably his son Joseph, and his daughters Ann and Elizabeth, had their birth in England before. Joanna, wife of Edward Winn, dying 8 March, 1649, he married a second wife, Sarah Beal, 10 Aug. 1649. And she also dying, 15 March, 1680, he took yet a third wife, Ann, or Hannah, widow of Nicholas Wood, who survived him, apparently, till 1686. He died 5 Sept. 1682. In his Will, made 6 May of that year, he names his son Increase, his son Joseph's daughter Sarah, the three youngest children of his daughter Ann, wife of Moses Cleaveland; and the three youngest of his daughter Elizabeth, wife of George Polly. His widow likewise made her Will, 9 Sept. 1685, which being proved, 1 Nov. 1686, is an indication that she was then deceased. [Wob. Records of Births, etc. Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
I. Increase Winn, son of Edward and Joanna, married Hannah Saw- tell, 13 July, 1665. Their children were : (1) Hannah, born 11 Apr. 1666; md. to Samuel Baker. (2) Edward, b. 15 June, 1668. (3) Mary, b. 1 May, 1670; md. to Nathl. Wyman, 1692. (4) Abigail, b. 8 Jan. 1677-8. (5) Re- bekah, b. 5 Nov. 1679. (6) Jacob, b. 4 Oct. 1681. (7) Joanna, b. 24 June, 1683. (8) Increase, b. 9 Feb. 1684-5; died 1 July, 1713, [aged 28 years and 4 months. Gravestone.]
" Sargent Increase Winn" died 14 Dec. 1690. Widow Hannah Winn died 18 Feb. 1722-3.
WINN. II. Jacob, son of Increase and Hannah Winn, married Pru- dence Wyman, 28 June, 1704; and by her had : (1) Prudence, born 28 July, 1705. (2) Elizabeth, b. 29 Sept. 1707. (3) Hannah, b. 1 March, 1711. (4) Increase, b. 24 Jan. 1716-17. (5) Joshua, b. 14 Apr. 1719. (6) Abigail, b. 25 Jan. 1722-3. Prudence, w. of Jacob Winn dying, he md. for his second wife, Phebe Palfray, 14 July, 1737.
a Gravestone.
b The first person buried in Wob. Precinct (Burlington) Burying-Ground.
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WINN. III. Increase Winn, son of Jacob and Prudence Winn, mar- ried Elizabeth Knight, 5 Oct. 1742. Their children were : (1) David, -, md. Hannah Twiss, 11 June, 1765. (2) Elizabeth, born 9 Dec. 1745; md. to Timothy Twiss, 12 July, 1768. (3) " Annah " or Hannah, b. 31 Oct. 1747. (4) Jacob, b. 16 July, 1751 ; md. Molly Twiss, and removed to Hollis, N. H. (5) Molly, b. Jan. 1753.
WINN. III. Joshua Winn, son of Jacob and Prudence Winn, married Mary Center, about Oct. 1645; and had by her : (1) Joshua, born 17 May, 1747. (2) Jeremiah, b. 29 Apr. 1749. (3) Molly, b. 5 Apr. 1751. (4) James, b. 7 Apr. 1753. (5) Jonathan, b. 18 Oct. 1755.
WINN. Joseph Winn, son of Edward and Joanna, among the first set- tlers of Woburn, was born in England; married Rebekah, daughter of William and Mabel Reed, and sister of first George Reed of Woburn, about 1664. Their children were : (1) Rebekah, born 25 May, 1665; and died 6 Apr. 1679. (2) Sarah, b. 9 Nov. 1666; md. to Ebenezer Johnson. (3) Joanna, b. --; md. to Edward Knight, 13 July, 1699. (4) Abigail, b. 18 June, 1670; died 25 June, 1670. (5) Joseph, b. 15 May, 1671. (6) Jo- siah, b. 15 March, 1674. (7, 8) Rebekah and Hannah, twins, b. 14 Feb. 1678-9. Rebekah m. to Timothy Spaulding of Chelmsford, 5 March, 1700. No mention of Hannah in his Will.a (9) Timothy, b. --; died 22 March, 1678. (10) Anne, b. 1 Nov. 1684; died 13 Sept. 1686. (11) Timo- thy, b. 27 Feb. 1686-7.
"Ensign Joseph Winn" died 22 Feb. 1714-15. Widow Rebekah Winn died -. -- , 1734. [Wob. Rec. of Births, etc., etc.]
WINN. I. Timothy Winn, son of Joseph and Rebekah Winn, married Elizabeth Brooks. Their children were :
II. Timothy, born about July 1712.
Elizabeth, born 1 Sept. 1719; md. to Nehemiah Wyman, 7 Dec. 1742.
Elizabeth, wife of Timothy Winn, died 14 May, 1724 [aged about 34: Gravestone].
Timothy Winn and Jane Belknap, both of Woburn, married 18 Fcb. 1729-30. To them were born: (1) Ruth, 6 Aug. 1732. (2) Joseph, b. 3 July, 1734. (3) Jerusha, Aug. 4, 1740. I. Timothy Winn died 5 Jan. 1752 [aged 65 : Gravestone].
Widow Jane Winn died of small-pox May 1775.b [Rec. of Births in Woburn.]
WINN. II. Timothy Winn, better known as Dea. Timothy Winn, was a gentleman of note and of much influence in his day. He was the son of I. Timothy and Elizabeth (Brooks) Winn, and was born in Woburn about July 1712. His place of residence falling within the bounds of Woburn Precinct, he joined the Precinct Church, May 4, 1740; and was chosen a deacon of that church Dec. 26, 1752; an office which he held during life. He was a man noted for his industry, economy, and success in amassing wealth. He was chosen one of the Selectmen of the town in 1756, '57; and
. Mr. Boutelle, from inspection of the Will.
b Mem. of Samuel Thompson, Esq.
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again in 1773, '74, '75. He represented Woburn in the General Court 1787, '88, and 1791. And in December 1787, he and James Fowle, jun., were chosen delegates for Woburn to the convention which met in Boston Jan. 9, 1788, respecting the ratification of the Constitution of the United States.
In all the early attempts to set off Woburn Precinct as a separate town, he was opposed, it is said, to the measure. But he favored, it is under- stood, the last attempt, which proved successful. But he did not live long to enjoy the success of it. He died March 3, 1800, aged 87 years and 8 months, a few days more than a year after the act of Court incorporating the Second Precinct as a town, by the name of Burlington. By his wife Mary (Bowers) Winn, Dea. Winn had two children that lived to mature age, viz : Timothy, born Dec. 20, 1740; and Mary, born June 21, 1743, and married, Jan. 2, 1777, to Col. John Waldron, of Dover, N. H. Dea. Winn's son Timothy, distinguished in Woburn Records as Timothy Winn, jun., and Ensign Timothy Winn, was a gentleman highly respected and esteemed. He married Sarah Reed of Woburn, Jan. 23, 1766; and she dying, in Janu- ary of the following year, he married for his second wife Mary Bridge, daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Bridge, of Chelmsford. By her he had, among other children, the late Col. William Winn, of Burlington and Woburn, who was the father of the present William Winn, Esq., of Burlington, and Messrs. Jonathan Bowers Winn and Timothy Winn, of Woburn, gentle- men well known in all this vicinity.
II. Joseph Winn, son of I. Timothy and Jane Winn, and half brother of Dea. Timothy Winn, was a respected and influential citizen in his day. In the war of the Revolution, he served his country in the military line, and acquired the title of Lieutenant Winn; and at the first Town Meeting in Burlington, after the act incorporating it as a town, he was chosen chair- man of the Board of Selectmen and of the Overseers of the Poor. He died Apr. 30, 1817, aged 82 years and 9 months. The late Abel Winn, Esq., of Burlington, was a son of his.
WRIGHT. John Wright. See Chap. V. -
Joseph Wright. See Chap. V. add :
By his wife Elizabeth, he had issue as follows : (1) Elizabeth, born 2 July, 1664; married Eleazar Bateman, 2 Nov. 1686. (2) Joseph, b. 14 March, 1667; md. Elizabeth Bateman, 7 July, 1692. (3) Sarah, b. 25 Feb. 1669-70. (4) John, b. 2 Oct. 1672. (5) Joanna, b. 18 April, 1675; died 17 Feb. 1690-91. (6) James, b. 10 March, 1677. (7) Timothy, b. 3 Apr. 1679. (8) Stephen, b. 22 Jan. 1680-81. (9) Jacob, b. 22 June, 1683. (10) Ruth, b. 10 Oct. 1685. (11) Benjamin, b. 14 March, 1688. Elizabeth, wife of Dea. Joseph Wright, died 28 June, 1713. Deacon Joseph Wright, died 31 March, 1724.
WYMAN. I. John Wyman, a subscriber at Charlestown to Town Or- ders for Woburn, Dec. 1640, was taxed at Woburn in tax for the Country, 8 Sept. 1645; married 5 Nov. 1644, Sarah Nutt, whom her father, Myles Nutt, had brought with him from England. The children of John and Sarah Wyman were : (1) Samuel, born 20 Sept. and died 27 Sept. 1646. (2) John, b. 28 March, 1648. (3) Sarah, b. 15 Apr. 1650; md. 15 Dec. 1669, to Joseph Walker, of Billerica; died 26 Jan. 1729. (4) Solomon, b. 26 Feb.
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1651-2; died 22 Sept. 1725. (5) David, b. 7 Apr. 1654. (6) Elizabeth, b. 18 Jan. 1655-6; died 21 Nov. 1658. (7) Bathsheba, b. 6 Oct. 1658; md. Na- thaniel Tay, of Billerica, 30 May, 1677; died 9 July, 1730. (8) Jonathan, b. 13 July, 1661. (9) Seth, b. 3 Aug. 1663. (10) Jacob, b. -- , the youngest son of Lieut. Wyman.
Lieut. John Wyman died 9 May, 1684. His widow, Sarah, married after his death, Thomas Fuller, 25 Aug. 1684. [Wob. Rec. of Births, etc.]
WYMAN. II. John Wyman, jun., married Mary, daughter of Rev. Thomas Carter, about 1671. Their children were: (1) John, b. 23 Apr. 1672. (2) Mary, b. 25 June, 1674; md. to Thomas Peirce, jun., son of Sergt. Thomas, 27 Feb. 1693. John Wyman, jun., being one of Capt. Pren- tice's troop, was slain by the Indians in the Narraganset Fight, 19 Dec. 1675. His widow, Mary, was married 31 Oct. 1676, to Nath. Batchelder, of Hampton. [Wob. Rec. Births, etc. Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
WYMAN. David, son of I. John and Sarah Wyman, was a tanner ; mar- ried 27 Apr. 1675, in Charlestown, Isabel Farmer, daughter of John Farm- er, of Concord, by whom he had two children, viz : (1) David, b. 29 May, died 15 June, 1676. (2) Isabel, b. 5 July, 1677; md. 1700, in Malden, to John Green, of that town, and died 9 Aug. 1765, " in her 88th year." [Grave- stone.]
David Wyman died of the small-pox in Woburn, 1678; and his widow married in Concord, James Blood, 19 Nov. 1679. [Wob. Rec. of Births, etc., etc. Manuscript Genealogy of Thomas B. Wyman, Esq. Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
WYMAN. Jonathan Wyman, son of I. John and Sarah Wyman, md. Abigail Fowle, daughter of Lieut. James Fowle, 29 July, 1689, who died 3 Jan. 1689-90. For his second wife, he md. Hannah, a daughter of Peter Fowle, 31 July, 1690. Their children were : (1) Abigail, b. 1 June, 1691; md. to Sam. Buck, and died 2 Dec. 1720. (2) Hannah, b. Nov. 1694; md. 1 June, 1717, to Israel Reed. (3) Mary, b. 26 Jan. 1696-7; md. prior to 1718 to Jeremiah Center. (4) Elizabeth, b. 15 Feb. 1700-1; md. 11 Aug. 1721, to Zerubbabel Snow. (5) Jonathan, b. 13 Sept. 1704. (6) Sarah, b. 18 Aug. 1706; md. - to Nathan Brooks; and died 21 Feb. 1747. (7) Zachary, b. 19 July, 1709 : a soldier in French War, 1748.
Cornet Jonathan Wyman died 15 Dec. 1736. [Wob. Rec. of Births, etc., etc. Wyman's MSS. Genealogy. Savage's Gencal. Dict.]
WYMAN. Seth Wyman, son of I. John and Sarah Wyman, md. Esther Jolinson, daughter of Major Wm. Johnson, 17 Dec. 1685 : by whom he had : (1) Seth, b. 13 Sept. 1686; killed at Lovewell Figlit, 1725. (2) "Hesther," b. 25 Oct. 1688. (3) Sarah, b. 17 Jan. 1690-1; md. to Caleb Blogget. (4) Jonathan, b. 5 Nov. 1693; died 19 Jan. 1693-4. (5) Susana, b. 30 June, 1695. (6) Abigail, b. 6 Feb. 1698-9 ; md. 19 Jan. 1725, to Timothy Brooks ; and died 16 March, 1780. (7) Love, b. 14 Feb. 1701-2; md. to Josialı Wyman? Lieut. Seth Wyman died 26 Oct. 1715. His widow, Esther, died 31 March, 1742.
[Wob. Rcc. of Births, etc. Savage's Geneal. Dict. Wymau MSS. Genealogy.]
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WYMAN. Jacob Wyman, youngest son of I. John and Sarah Wyman, a tanner; freeman, 1690; md. 23 Nov. 1687, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Richardson; and had: (1) Jacob, b. 11 Sept. 1688. (2) Samuel, b. 7 Feb. 1689-90. (3) Elizabeth, b. 7 Jan. 1691-2; md. to Josiah Waters; and died prior to 1742. (4) David, b. 14 Apr. 1693. (5) Martha, b. 13 Oct. 1695; md. to Major Joseph Richardson. (6) Mary, b. 8 July, 1698 ; died prior to 1742. (7) John, b. 11 Dec. 1700; died 9 July, 1721, a graduate of Harvard College the same year. (8) Solomon, b. 24 Apr. 1703 ; died aged 22 years. (9) Patience, b. 13 Apr. 1705. (10) Ebenezer, b. 5 May, 1707 ; H. C. 1731 ; minister of Union, Ct .; md. at Woburn, Mrs. Mary Wright, 22 May, 1739 ; died Feb. 9, 1746. (11) Isaiah, b. 28 Feb. 1708-9; died 9 Feb. 1746-7. (12) Peter, b. 27 Sept. 1711; md. Abigail Russell, about 1744, in Boston? (13) Daniel, b. 27 May, 1715; a saddler in East Sudbury, now Wayland; md. first, Re- becca -, who died 10 Feb. 1744; 2dly, Dorothy Jennison, or Johnson, who died 30 Sept. 1806. Daniel Wyman died 29 Dec. 1766; had 8 children by his two wives.
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