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Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Jacob Wyman, died 21 Nov. 1739. Mr. Jacob Wyman md. Mrs. Elizabeth Coggin, 4 Feb. 1739-40. Mr. Jacob Wy- man died 31 March, 1742. Widow Elizabeth Wyman died 2 May, 1752. [Wob. Rec. of Births, etc. Savage's Geneal. Dict. Wyman MSS. Gene- alogy.]
Francis Wyman married 30 Jan. 1644-5, Judith Peirce, of Woburn, born at Norwich, England, daughter of John; died without issue. For his 2d wife, he md. Abigail Reed, daughter of William and Mabel, and sister of first George Reed, 2 Oct. 1650. Their children were : (1) Judith, born 29 Sept. and died 22 Dec. 1652. (2) Francis, born about 1654; died during Indian War, 26 Apr. 1676, about 22 years old. (3) William, b. about 1656. (4) Abigail, b. about 1659; married to Stephen Richardson, 2 Jan. 1675-6; died 17 Sept. 1720, aged 60. Gravestone. (5) Timothy, b. 15 Sept. 1661; died 1709. (6) Joseph, b. 9 Nov. 1663, lived a tailor, unmarried, and died 24 July, 1714. (7) Nathaniel, b. 25 Nov. 1665. (8) Samuel, b. 29 Nov. 1667. (9) Thomas, b. 1 April, 1671. (10) Benjamin, b. 25 Ang. 1674. (11) Stephen,a b. 2 June, 1676; died 19 Aug. 1676. (12) Judith, b. 15 Jan. 1678-9; md. to Nath. Bacon, of Billerica; living in 1714. Francis Wyman, sen., died 30 Nov. 1699, aged, per stone, about 82. [Wob. Rec. of Births, etc. Savage's Geneal. Dict.
WYMAN. III. William, son of Francis and Abigail Wyman, married Prudence -. Their children were : (1) William, born 18 Jan. and died 20 Jan. 1682-3. (2) Prudence, b. 26 Dec. 1683; md. to Jacob Winn. (3) Wil- liam, b. 15 Jan. 1685-6. (4) Thomas, b. 23 Aug. 1687; lived, in his latter days, and died in Pelham, N. H. (5) Elizabeth, b. 5 July, 1689, died 25 June, 1690. (6) Francis, b. 10 July, 1691. (7) Joshua, b. 3 Jan. 1692-3 : a blacksmith : innholder, 1722; m. (1) Mary Pollard, (2) Mary Green, in Wo- burn, 14 July, 1747. (8) Edward, b. 10 Jan. 1695-6. (9) Elizabeth, b. 16 Feb. 1697-8. (10) Deliverance, b. 28 Feb. 1700-1; md. to Ezekiel Gowing, jun.,
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of Lynn, 1732. (11) James, b. 16 March, 1702; taxed in Woburn, 1723. William Wyman died 1705. [Woburn Rec. of Births, etc. Savage's Geneal. Dict. Wyman's MS. Genealogy.]
WYMAN. V. Timothy Wyman, son of Francis and Abigail Wyman, mar- ried Hannah -; by whom he had : (1) Hannah, born 7 July, 1688. (2) Timothy, b. 5 April, 1691. (3) Solomon, b. 24 Oct. 1693; md. in Medford, 9 June, 1725, Mary Peirce, daughter of John Peirce of Woburn; which Mary, when afterwards a widow, md. Benjamin Johnson, 14 Feb. 1765. Sol- omon's Will dated 2 Jan. 1760. (4) Joseph, b. 1 Nov. 1695. (5) Eunice, b. 24 Feb. 1697-8; md. to Henry Tottingham, 1721; died prior to 1748. (6) Anne, b. 26 March, 1700: of Andover, and died unmarried 1774. (7) Judith, b. 16 June, 1702; md. to John Wright III. 1725, of Ashford, Ct .; living 1748. (8) Eli, b. 11 March, 1704; died 22 Aug. 1728. (9) Ebenezer, b. 21 March, 1706: of Townsend, Mass .; md. in Woburn, 24 Feb. 1736, Rebekah Johnson, daughter of Dea. Edward Johnson; and, secondly, in Billerica, 2 April, 1745, to Dorcas Wilson. Living in 1764. (10) Hesther, b. -. (11) Elizabeth, -. (12) Prudence, b. 8 March, 1709; md. to Thomas Phelps. Living 1748, 1772.
Timothy Wyman died 1709.
[Wob. Rec. of Births. Genealogy of the Wymans in Manuscript, by Thos. B. Wyman, Esq. Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
WYMAN. VII. Nathaniel Wyman, son of Francis and Abigail, married Mary, daughter of Increase Winn, 28 June, 1692. Their children were : (1) Nathaniel, b. 23 May, 1693; died 13 Dec. 1715. (2) Mary, b. 28 May, 1694; died insane, 1728. (3) Abigail, b. 5 Oct. 1695; md. to Benjamin Gowen. (4) Ruth, b. 17 Apr. 1697; md. to Thomas Gould, Charlestown, 1721. (5) Hannah, b. 28 Apr. 1699; md. to II. Timothy Wyman. (6) Elizabeth, b. 11 Nov. 1700; md. 12 March, 1723, to John " Geary," of Charlestown. [Stoneham ?] (7) Phebe, b. 11 June, 1702; md. prior to 1729 to Thomas "Geary," [Gerry] Stoneham. (8) Rebekah, b. 14 April, 1704; md. 7 March, 1723, to Thomas Holden. (9) Johanah, [Joanna ?] b. 25 July, 1705; md. to Jonathan Holden, 1731; died 11 Nov. 1786. (10) Increase, b. 1 March, 1707. (11) Sarah, b. 21 Aug. 1710; md. 6 July, 1732, to Ezekiel Walker; died prior to 1756. (12) Keziah, b 5. Apr. 1713; md. to John Reed, 1735; died 14 Jan. 1756.
Nathaniel Wyman died 8 Dec. 1717. His widow, Mary Wyman, md. to John Locke, of Woburn, 30 Nov. 1720. [Wob. Records of Births, etc. Savage's Geneal. Dict. Wyman's MSS. Genealogy.]
WYMAN. VIII. Samuel Wyman, son of Francis and Abigail; md. Rebekah, daughter of Mathew Johnson, - 1692. Their children were : (1) Rebekah, born 11 Nov. 1693; married at Watertown to Thomas Rich- ardson, of Woburn, 29 Sept. 1713; died 11 April, 1771. (2) Abigail, b. 5 Feb. 1694-5; ind. prior to 1726 to Jonas Richardson. (3) Hannah, b. 10 Dec. 1696; mnd. 10 May, 1725, to Samuel Parker. (4) Sarah, b. 2 Feb. 1698-9; mnd. probably 31 Aug. 1726, to John Coggin. (5) Samuel, b. 18 March, 1700. (6) Oliver, b. 5. Sept. 1701 ; a soldier of Leominster iu 1758, '59, and died 1759. (7) Lydia, b. 1 Jan. 1702-3; md. 24 July, 1729, at Read- ing, to Oliver Richardson, of Woburn. (8) Patience, b. 11 Jan. 1705-6;
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md. to Edward Dean. (9) Matthew, b. 3 Aug. 1707 : of Lancaster, a laborer ; married 8 March, 1738-9, to Abigail Willard, by whom he left issue. He served in Willard's Comp., Nova Scotia, 1755. (10) Esther, b. 25 Feb. 1709-10. Samuel Wyman died 17 May, 1725. His widow, Rebekah, living 1735. [Records of Births, etc. Wyman's MSS. Genealogy. Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
WYMAN. I. Thomas, sen., son of Francis and Abigail Wyman, md. Mary Richardson, a daughter of Nathaniel, 5 May, 1696. Their children were : (1) Thomas, born 12 May, 1697. (2) Josiah, b. 18 March, 1700. (3) Phineas, b. 1701 ; living, insane, 1747. (4) Timothy, b. 1 March, 1702. (5) Benjamin, b. 12 June, 1704. (6) John, b. 6 July, 1706; died 26 March, 1729; a housewright, taxed from 1725 to 1728. (7) Mary, b. 10 March, 1708; md. 13 June, 1726, to Nath. Clark, Watertown. (8) Aaron, b. 6 Dec. 1709. (9) Eleazer, b. 13 Apr. 1712; died 16 July, 1747. (10) Nathaniel, b. 18 May, 1716. (11) Elizabeth, b. 19 Dec. 1718; md. to - Blogget ; issue by whom, and Elizabeth Wyman.
Thomas Wyman, sen., served in Sir Charles Hobby's troop at Annapolis, 10 Oct. 1710, to 10 Oct. 1711. He died 4 Sept. 1731. His widow Mary md. Josiah Winn, 17 Aug. 1733, and died 7 June, 1743.
Benjamin, son of Francis and Abigail Wyman, was a "maltster; " and married 20 Jan. 1702-3, Elizabeth Hancock, of Cambridge. Their children were : (1) Elizabeth, born 1 May, 1705; md. 11 June, 1724, to Jacob Rich- ardson. (2) Benjamin, b. 13 Dec. (al. Nov.) 1706. (3) Lucy, b. 17 Apr. 1708; died 25 Oct. 1730 : wife of Richard Davenport, of Shrewsbury. (4) Zebadiah, b. 26 June, 1709. (5) Eunice, b. 16 Nov. 1710; md. to Robert Peirce, 1736; died 15 Apr. or May, 1774 or 1775. (6) Jerusha, b. 23 July, 1712; md. to Edw. Richardson, 1730; died 10 Apr. 1784. (7) Tabitha, b. 7 Apr. 1714; md. to Josiah Kendall, 1736; died 24 Apr. 1800. (8) Abijah, b. 20 Sept. 1715. (9) Katharine, b. 6 May, 1717; md. 28 Feb. 1732-3? to Wil- liam Tufts, of Medford; died, per stone, 20 Feb. 1749. (10) Nathaniel, b. 26 Jan. 1718-19. (11) Abigail, b. 26 Aug. 1720; m. 8 Apr. 1740, to Jacob Snow; died 31 Oct. 1771. (12) Martha, b. 7 May, 1722; md. 6 Sept. 1739, to Samuel Dean. (13) Noah, b. 30 July, 1724; died 10 Dec. 1726. (14) Jonas, b. 26 July, 1725; a blacksmith; died at Louisburg, 20 Jan. 1746. (15) Reuben, b. 9 Nov. 1726. Benjamin Wyman died 19 Dec. 1735. His widow m. 22 Ang. [al. Sept.] 1739, to Jonathan Bacon of Bedford; and died March 2, 1749, æt. 63. [Wob. Rec. of Births, etc. Savage's Geneal. Dict. Wyman MSS. Genealogy.]
Messrs. Johu and Francis Wyman were brothers, and original settlers of the town of Woburn. By occupation, they were both tanners; and had their dwellings and their tanning establishments near the late Dea. Benjamin Wyman's, in the Wyman Lane. They were also joint proprie- tors of extensive tracts of laud in other parts of the town. About 1669, they united in the purchase of the " Coitmore Grant," so called, in Wo- burn, containing 500 acres, for which they paid £25 or £30 sterling each, to Mr. Joseph Rock, executor of the will of Martha (Coitmore) Coggazi, who had been the widow of Capt. Coitmore, the grantee. This grant was
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laid out in the northwest part of Woburn, now Burlington; and upon it numerous descendants of both brothers were living a century ago, though now not a person by the name of Wyman is an inhabitant of that portion of the town. They also owned a large farm, with houses thereon, adjoin- ing the Coitmore grant, situate in the west part of Woburn, and extending within the bounds of Billerica, upon which, by order of Court, they were taxed equally for some years, both in Billerica and in Woburn.
The descendants of these two brothers by the name of Wyman have been a multitude. In a genealogy of their families, prepared with great industry and untiring research by Thomas Bellows Wyman, Esq., of Charlestown, a descendant from John Wyman of the 6th generation, there were numbered, Nov. 6th, 1844, of the posterity of John Wyman, in the male line, 5 children, 31 grandchildren, 54 great-grandchildren, 91 of the 4th generation, 106 of the 5th, 147 of the 6th, and 8 of the 7th,-442 in all ; and of the posterity, in the male line, of Francis Wyman, 9 children, 71 grand children, 152 great-grandchildren, 213 of the 4th generation, 188 of the 5th, 41 of the 6th,-674 in all; making a total, in 1844, of 1116 descend- ants, from the males, in each generation, from the two patriarchs, John and Francis Wyman.
Of the posterity of these two noted primitive settlers in Woburn, num- bers may be referred to who were prominent men in their day; persons distinguished not only by their official relations, but by their ability and care to fulfil them with usefulness to society. Of this description, among the descendants of John Wyman, was Dea. Samuel Wyman, the revolution- ary patriot, repeatedly chosen in those trying times to represent Woburn in the General Court, and in the Provincial Congress assembled at Water- town. And among the descendants of Francis Wyman answering to the above character, may be reckoned Capt. Benjamin Wyman, the faithful treasurer of the town from 1752 to 1758 inclusively, seven years in unin- terrupted succession : Dea. Zebadiah Wyman, his successor in that impor- tant office, and at a very trying period, ten years out of the thirteen which elapsed from 1780 to 1792 inclusively : the late Dea. Benjamin Wyman, the judicious and upright magistrate, as well as exemplary officer of the First Church in this town; and Dr. Rufus Wyman, a native of Woburn, "the beloved physician," while at Chelmsford, the skilful, successful Superin- tendent of the McLean Asylum for the Insane at Somerville, honored in life, and lamented at his death.
WYMAN. John Wyman, 2d, distinguished as Sergeant John Wyman, and supposed by some to have been a near relative, perhaps a nephew, of John and Francis Wyman, had land granted him in Woburn, 25 Feb. 1679.ª
He was a wheelwright by occupation, and married Hannah, daughter of John Farrar, of Woburn, 14 Dec. 1685. Their children were : (1) John, born 16 Nov. 1686. He settled in Wilmington, and died prior to 6 Jan. 1748.ª (2) Thomas, b. 25 March, 1689, and died insane prior to 1749.a (3) Jasher, b. 6 Jan. 1691-2. (4) Nathan, b. 8 Jan. 1695-6. (5) Hannah, b.
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8 Aug. 1703. (6) Anne, b. 10 Apr. 1705; md. 5 May, 1739, to Samuel Bath- rick, of Portsmouth, N. H.a (7) Rachel, b. 24 Oct. 1707.
Sergt. John Wyman died 19 April, 1728.
WYMAN. I. Nathan, son of Sergt. John Wyman and Hannah, married Huldah Simonds, daughter of Benjamin and Rebekah, both of Woburn, 29 Jan. 1723. Their children were: (1) Nathan, born 28 June, 1723. (2) Rachel, b. 31 July, 1724; md. to Jacob Eames, in 1748.ª (3) Elijah, b. 22 Feb. 1727-8.
Nathan Wyman, wheelwright, died 4 Feb. 1773. Huldah, his wife, died 28 May, 1768, æt. 68, per stone. a
WYMAN. II. Nathan Wyman, jun., son of Nathan and Huldah, md. Rebekah Russell, daughter of Saml. and Rebekah, of Woburn, 11 June, 1749, and had issue : (1) Nathan, born 21 May, 1754. (2) Rebekah, b. 7 Aug. 1757; died 15 Sept. 1759. (3) Zadok, b. 20 [10?] Ang. 1760. (4) Rebekah, b. 7 Aug. 1762. (5) John, b. 26 Feb. 1765.
Rebekah, widow of Nathan, died 9 Oct. 1811, aged 85. ª
WYMAN. III. Nathan Wyman, son of Nathan and Rebekah, m. 21 Nov. 1778, Mary Convers, daughter of Samuel and Mary, who had a son, Nathan, born 11 Sept. 1783.
III. Nathan Wyman died 30 April, 1821; his wife Mary died 3 Sept. 1817, æt. 51.
IV. Nathan Wyman, son of Nathan and Mary, md. Esther Wilder, and at his decease left two sons, viz: (1) Herbert, born May 7, 1818; md. Lydia Kimball, and lives respected at North Woburn. (2) V. Nathan, born 16 Feb. 1821; chosen Town Clerk of Woburn 1844, and by constant re-election still (1867) continues in that office.
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