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(III) Jacob, youngest son and eleventh child of William (2) and Mary ( Walker) Haskell, was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Jan- uary 15, 1691. He was deacon of the Second Church in Gloucester. He was married De- cember 31, 1716, to Abigail Morey, and their children were born in Gloucester and all but their second son Abner married in their native town. Children: 1. Jacob, born October 27, 1718. 2. Abner, December 5, 1721. 3. Abi- gail, January 27, 1724, married Thomas Luf- kin, of Ipswich, Massachusetts. 4. Alexander, March 4, 1726, and after his marriage with Lucy Haskell, April 27, 1749, removed to Attleboro, Massachusetts, in 1756, and on Oc- tober 7, 1762, he married for his second wife Rachel Stanwood. 5. Israel (q. v.). 6. Amos, twin of Israel, October 30, 1729, married (first) Mary Riggs, November 20, 1750; (second) Abigail Boay, April 9, 1754. 7. Esther, baptized January 23, 1732, married Samuel Stone, of Manchester, Massachusetts. 8. Zebulon, October 17, 1734.
(IV) Israel, twin son with Amos of Jacob and Abigail (Morey) Haskell, was born Oc- tober 30, 1729. He first lived in Gloucester, Massachusetts, but removed to New Glouces- ter, Maine, and thence in the spring of 1775 to the "Sylvester plantation," which became known subsequently as Turner, Maine, and his family were the pioneer settlers of the town. He was married December 13, 1753, to Abi- gail Davis, and had nine children ; his seventh and eighth children, Asa and Elizabeth, were baptized by the Rev. Charles Turner on a visit he made to the place in 1776, and on his sec- ond visit their ninth child, Mary, together with William Bradford, a descendant of Gov- ernor Bradford, and children of other of the settlers. Children of Israel and Abigail (Davis) Haskell were: I. Abigail, married Richard Phillip Jr., December 12, 1796. 2.
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Hannah, married Abner Phillips, brother of Richard Jr. 3. Israel, married Juda Wellman. 4. Jacob, married Mary Jonson, March 15, 1793. 5. Esther, married Joseph Tyler, March 15, 1793. 6. Phebe, married Samuel Tyler. 7. Asa (q. v.). 8. Elizabeth, married Daniel Bray, January 16, 1794. 9. Mary, married Nehemiah Sawtelle; married (second) No- vember 22, 1801, Thomas, son of Abel and Elizabeth (Page) Merrill, born August 19, 1774. Harriet, daughter of Abel Merrill Jr., sister of Thomas Merrill, married Washington Haskell, who lived in Auburn, Maine, 1872.
(V) Asa, third son of Israel and Abigail (Davis) Haskell, was born probably in New Gloucester, Maine, February 22, 1772. He was a farmer in New Portland, Maine, and married Jemima Bray, before 1795; she was born July 10, 1774. Children: I. Zelotes, born in New Portland, Maine, March 21, 1795. 2. Abigail, July 2, 1797, married a Mr. Cole. 3. Sophronia, July 14, 1799, married Zebulon True. 4. Almond, August 29, 1801. 5. Allura, November 10, 1803. 6. Roxcelona, November 4, 1805, married a Bradley. 7. Eliza, December 4, 1807, married a Clough. 8. Alonzo, February 2, 1810, married a Nicker- son. 9. Marshall, April 5, 1812, probably died young. 10. Clorinda, December 10, 1813, mar- ried Stephen Welcome. II. Marshall J. (q. v.). 12. Julia A. 13. Jacob W., February 8, 1821, married Mary Eliza Jordan.
(VI) Marshall J., son of Asa and Jemima (Bray) Haskell, was born in New Portland, Maine, February 22, 1816. He was brought up on his father's farm, where he gained a thorough knowledge of agriculture, and he at- tended the district school and became well founded in the rudimentary elements of an education as was suited to his avocation and intended vocation as a practical tinsmith. He learned his trade in Westbrook, Maine, 1837- 4I, and in the latter year was possessed with a desire to see his native country outside the state of Maine, and he journeyed as far west as Wisconsin, where he worked at his trade for a time, and he then went thence to South Carolina, covering in his journey most of the states convenient to his line of trade. In the south (this was ten years before the civil war broke out) he found the institution of slavery too unusual and repulsive to desire to ever work at his trade there, although he tried it in South Carolina, but his Whig and Free Soil principles were not to be denied expression and his opinions antagonizing his fellow work- men he decided to return home, and upon reaching Auburn, Maine, he resumed his
chosen vocation. He was married in 1847 to Joanna Sawyer Dyer, daughter of Mark Dyer, of Cape Elizabeth, and their children were: 1. Otis Dyer, born November 29, 1848, mar- ried Eliza A., daughter of Stephen and
(York) Jacobs; three children: Anne, Otis and Albert. 2. Lewis Washburn (q. v.). 3. Albert, born June 23, 1853, married Effie E., daughter of Sewell and Ann (Maxwell) Campbell; three children: Charles A., Clara May and Otis Campbell. Marshall J. Haskell died in Auburn, Maine, February 28, 1886, and Joanna Sawyer (Dyer) Haskell is now living with her son, Lewis W. Haskell, in Au- burn, Maine.
(VII) Lewis Washburn, son of Marshall J. and Joanna Sawyer (Dyer) Haskell, was born in Portland, Maine, April 18, 1851. He worked in the tin-shop of his father while a boy and acquired the trade by the time he had completed his course of instruction in the pub- lic school. He worked as a journeyman until 1877, when he conducted business on his own account, and in 1879 the firm of L. W. Haskell & Company was formed to carry on the busi- ness which has steadily increased in volume from that time, requiring additional room and finally an entire block was purchased and a suitable building erected to meet the demands of the trade he had built up. He was a mem- ber of the common council for a time, and then a member of the board of aldermen of the city of Auburn, and in 1885-86 served as mayor of Auburn. He was always a vigilant fire-fighter and member of the fire department of Auburn from the time he was allowed to serve, and he became chief of the department and continued from 1893-94, and re-elected in 1903, not being allowed to resign. The repu- tation of the Auburn firemen is established throughout the state as being present at all fires needing help outside the city within rea- sonable distance, and the alacrity with which they respond to the fire alone has won for the department first position in the state. He is also a member of the street commissioners ; a thirty-second degree Mason ; member of the Mystic Shrine; a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, both in the lodge and encampment ; a Knight of Pythias; a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He was married June 20, 1877, to Rosa E., daugh- ter of Washington and Elizabeth ( Haskins) Parker, granddaughter of Nathaniel and Ruth (Stetson) Parker, great-granddaughter of Elisha Stetson, great-great-granddaughter of Anthony Stetson, great-great-great-grand- daughter of Robert and Mary (Collamore)
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Stetson, great-great-great-great-granddaugh- ter of Joseph and Prudence Stetson, and great- great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Cor- net Robert Stetson, the immigrant. Children of Lewis Washburn and Rosa E. (Parker) Haskell, all born in Auburn, Maine, were: I. Martha W., born April 13, 1878. 2. Lewis Washburn Jr., November 28, 1879, married Ethel M., daughter of Edmund Spearing, June 8, 1905, and they named their first children Ruth E. and Lewis Washburn, 3d. 3. Albert, born August 20, 1883, married Sadie G., daughter of Frank Harmon; child, Albert Jr. 4. Henry Irving, born September 22, 1887. 5. Rosa Elizabeth, born January 20, 1893.
(For preceding generation see William Haskell I.) (II) Mark, son of William,
HASKELL the immigrant, and Mary (Tybbot) Haskell, was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, April 8, 1658, and died there September 8, 1691. He mar- ried, December 16, 1685, Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Lieutenant John Giddings, of Ipswich, Massachusetts, who bore him three children, and after his death, September 8, 1691, his widow married John Dennison, of Ipswich, and the records of the probate court show that Mark and William Haskell, children of Mark and Elizabeth Haskell, received on January 16, 1725, of their "honored father-in-law, Mr. John Dennison and their honored mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Dennison, alias Haskell, both of Ipswich, certain money due from their grand- father William Haskell." The children of Mark and Elizabeth (Giddings) Haskell, born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, were: I. George, born October 10, 1686, died November 10, 1686. 2. Mark, September 16, 1687, married Martha Tuthill and had nine children born in Ipswich, Massachusetts. 3. William (q. v.). (III) William (2), third son of Mark and Elizabeth (Giddings) Haskell, was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, January 1, 1689- 90, and died there December 10, 1766. He was selectman of the town, deacon of the church for many years, and a representative in the general court in 1735. He married Jemima Hubbard, who bore him eight chil- dren, and died in 1762, aged seventy-seven years. Children, born in Gloucester, Massa- chusetts, were as follows: I. Jemima, March 2, 1713, died March 2, 1735. 2. Job, April 27, 1716, married, January 26, 1737-38, Marcy Leavitt, settled in Hampton, New Hampshire, resided at Hampton Falls and later at New Gloucester, Maine, where he died in July, 1806. He had five children, born in Hampton
Falls: Thomas, Nathaniel, Job, Jemima and William, between 1739 and 1755. 3. Comfort, May 22, 1717, married Parker Sawyer, No- vember 10, 1742, and died September 5, 1809. 4. Nathaniel, January 16, 1719, married Han- nah, daughter of Rev. John White, and had nine children. 5. Hubbard, May 3, 1720, died April 9, 1811; married Anna Millett and had ten children. 6. Elizabeth, November 8, 1723, died December 8, 1723. 7. William (q. v.), January 17, 1726. 8. George, February 10, 1729, died February 19, 1729.
(IV) William (3), third son and seventh child of William (2) and Jemima (Hubbard) Haskell, was born in Gloucester, Massachu- setts, January 17, 1726, and died there April 27, 1806. He married Elizabeth No- vember 6, 1746, and their five children were born in Gloucester, as follows : Benjamin, Jemima, Moses (q. v.), Elizabeth, Elias, who married and had twelve children born in Gloucester.
(V) Moses, second son and third child of William (3) and Elizabeth Haskell, was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1767. He married - and had children, as follows : I. Benjamin (q. v.), 1785. 2. Moses, 1787. 3. Betsey, 1790, married a Haskell. 4. Susan, 1792. 5. Jacob, 1794, married and had three children. '6. Abigail, 1796. 7. William, 1798. 8. Micajah, 1801, had seven children. 9. Mary J., 1803, married a Jones. IO. Martha H.,
1806, married a Goodwin. II. Sewell, 1808. (VI) Benjamin, eldest child of Moses Has- kell, was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1785, died in Bangor, Maine, 1832. He mar- ried Mary, daughter of the Rev. Daniel Ful- ler, Congregational clergyman of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Their four eldest children were born in Gloucester and the youngest in Ban- gor. Children: 1. Mary, died before she at- tained womanhood. 2. Hannah, died before she attained womanhood. 3. Susan Ann, married Moses P. Hanson in Bangor ; lived in Sanger- ville, Maine, Salem and Chelsea, Massachu- setts, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin; children : Mary F., married ; Margaret, deceased; Char- lotte E., married; Bertha, unmarried; Eva, married ; James, deceased ; Albert Parker, mar- ried. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson died in Milwau- kee. 4. Elizabeth Davis, married William S. Warren in Bangor; in 1849 moved to San Francisco ; children : William, born in Bangor, deceased; Sarah, married; George, deceased; Henry, married. 5. Loomis Pomroy, see for- ward.
(VII) Loomis Pomroy, only son and fifth child of Benjamin and Mary (Fuller) Haskell,
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was born in Bangor, Maine, April 25, 1826. Ilis father died when he was six years old, and in 1838 his mother, having married a second time, removed to Salem, Massachusetts, where he attended school. He was an apprentice in a printing-office four years in Boston, Massa- chusetts. In 1845 he took up the study of dentistry with Dr. M. P. Hanson, and the two dentists removed to Milwaukee, Wiscon- sin, in 1856, and in 1857 Dr. Haskell removed to Chicago, Illinois, where for eleven years he was associated with Dr. W. W. Allport in the practice of dentistry. In 1868 this partner- ship was dissolved and Dr. Haskell continued his practice alone. He was professor of pro- sthetic dentistry in the Chicago Dental Col- lege, the first four years of the institution, and held a similar chair in the dental department of the Northwestern University, the first three years of that department of the university. In 1889 he established the Haskell Post-Gradu- ate School of Prosthetic Dentistry, which was the first post-graduate dental school of den- tistry in the United States, and was the head of that institution. Students came from every state in the United States, and from Canada, Europe, India, Egypt, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, to gain the advantages offered by a post-graduate course in dentistry. The school continued in the work for fifteen years, and in 1903 was consolidated with the Chi- cago Post-Graduate School. Besides his duties to the American school, Dr. Haskell visited Europe three times and instructed post-grad- uate classes in dentistry in Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna and Paris. On the occasion of the eightieth anniversary of his birth, April 25, 1906, the Chicago Odontographic Society, the largest dental society in the world, having a membership of eight hundred, gave him a complimentary dinner. He was as a young man a member of the Free Soil party and he attended the first state convention held by the party in Massachusetts, at Worcester, and the Republican party, being organized in 1856, took over this party organization, and Dr. Haskell has been true to the principles repre- sented by that party in thirteen Republican national conventions, from the nomination of John C. Fremont in 1856 to that of William Howard Taft in 1908. He has remained true to the religion of his forefathers and has been a member of the Congregational church. He was married at Chelsea, Massachusetts, Octo- ber 3, 1848, to Sarah E., daughter of John Wasson, of Derry, New Hampshire ; children : I. Harriet C., born in Chelsea, died young. 2. Ella P., born in Chelsea, unmarried. 3.
Eliza N., born in Chelsea, married the Rev. W. J. Clark, a Congregational minister, and their children were Paul Haskell and Elizabeth Joy. 4. Sarah Isabell, born in Milwaukee, married J. B. Parsons, of Dwight, Illinois, a native of Maine; one child, Florence P. 5. Annie Nutt, married William T. Barr, of Mis- sissippi ; children : Willie P., deceased; Mar- guerite, Mary and Charlotte. Mary Barr mar- ried A. J. Synder, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
HOPKINS The family of Hopkins has been well represented in New England since the landing of "The Mayflower" in 1620, and there have been many famous men of this name, many of them men of letters, and not a few have held pub- lic offices of trust. By intermarriage they have been connected with many prominent families, among them the Brewsters, Princes and Free- mans.
(I) Stephen Hopkins, who was a passenger on "The Mayflower," had previously visited this country. He was one of those who came over in the ship "Sea Adventure," which sailed from England in the year 1608. She was wrecked on one of the Bermuda islands. The adventurers constructed a small boat in It which they finally reached the mainland. is supposed they joined the Jamestown colony. Mr. Hopkins returned, but by what route is not known. He probably succeeded in reach- ing the fishing-fleet off the main coast, and sailed on a returning vessel to London.
He brought with him to Plymouth his wife Elizabeth, his son Giles, and daughter Con- stance, by a former wife Damaris, a daughter of his second wife, and a son Oceanus, who was born on the voyage. He also brought his two servants, Edward Dotey and Edward Les- ter, who fought the first duel recorded in Plymouth. Stephen Hopkins was an "assist- ant" from 1633 to 1636, and died in Plymouth in 1644. His wife Elizabeth died shortly before his death. He had by his first wife: Giles and Constance, both born in England. The latter became the wife of Nicholas Snow. He had by his second wife Damaris, born in England, who became the wife of Jacob Cook : Oceanus, born on the voyage to America, who died the first year ; Deborah, born about 1622, who mar- ried Andrew Ring; Caleb, who died unmar- ried at Barbadoes; Ruth, who died in infancy ; another child who died in infancy ; and Eliza- beth, who died in 1666, unmarried.
(II) Giles, eldest child of Stephen Hopkins, was born in England, and came with his father to Plymouth in 1620; he removed to Yar-
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mouth, Massachusetts, and died in Eastham in 1690. He married, in October, 1639, Cath- erine (on records spelled Catorne) Wheldon, of Yarmouth, and had children as follows : Mary, born 1640; Stephen, 1642; John, 1643; Abigail, October, 1644, married William Mer- rick; Deborah, June, 1648; Caleb, January, 1651 ; Ruth, June, 1653; Joshua, June, 1657; William, January 9, 1661, and Elizabeth, No- vember, 1664, who died in infancy. The last six children were probably born in Eastham, Massachusetts.
(III) Stephen (2), eldest son of Giles and Catherine (Wheldon) Hopkins, was born in September, 1642, and died Harwich, October IO, 1718. He lived in Eastham, Massachu- setts, and married (first ) May 23, 1667, Mary, daughter of William Merrick (or Myrick), and (second) Bethia Atkins, who died March 28, 1726. His children were: Elizabeth, born June, 1668; Stephen, July 15, 1670; Ruth, November, 1674; Judah, January 16, 1677 or 78; Samuel, March, 1682; Nathaniel, March, 1684; Joseph, 1688; Benjamin, February, 1690; and Mary, April 15, 1692, married John Maker.
(IV) Joseph, fourth son of Stephen (2) Hopkins, was born in 1688, and April 17, 1712, married Mary, daughter of Hon. John Mayo and Hannah (Freeman) Mayo, born October 26, 1694. Major John Freeman, the noted Indian fighter, married Mercy, daughter of Governor Prince, and his daughter Hannah married John Mayo, thus uniting the lines. The children of Joseph and Mary ( Mayo) Hopkins were: Isaac, born March 10, 1713; Joseph, May 10, 1715; Mary, December 15, 1716; Jonathan, February 12, 1719; Hannah, October 22, 1722; Nathan, August 22, 1726; Prince, July 8, 1729, died young : Elizabeth ; Prince, July 7, 1731 ; Nathan, October 6, 1733; Elizabeth, June 6, 1738.
(V) Prince, next to the youngest son of Jo- seph and Mary (Mayo) Hopkins, was born July 7, 1731, lived in Harwich, and married Patience, daughter of Nathaniel and Thankful (Gage) Snow. Date of death not known. She ( Patience) was descended from Con- stance Hopkins, who came over on the "May- flower" with her father, Stephen Hopkins. She was also descended from Elder William Brewster, who was the ablest man in Plym- outh Colony. Thus, those named below are all descended from four of the "Mayflower" passengers, viz .: Stephen, Giles, and Con- stance Hopkins and William Brewster. Chil- dren of Prince and Mary Hopkins: Seth, born July 6, 1753; Thomas, June 10, 1755;
Sarah, March 27, 1757; Joseph and Nathaniel, January 27, 1760 ( Nathaniel probably died in infancy) ; Thankful, February 23, 1766 (prob- ably died young ) ; Prince, September 23, 1768; Reuben Nathaniel. December 25, 1770; Elizabeth
(VI) Nathaniel, son of Prince and Pa- tience (Snow) Hopkins, was born in East Brewster, December 25, 1770. He was a physician, and lived and died in East Brewster, Massachusetts. He married, July 7, 1799, An- nie Armstrong, of Franklin, Connecticut. He died March 26, 1826. Their children, born at East Brewster, Massachusetts, were: I. Na- thaniel, of Foxcroft, Maine, October 1I, 1800, died October 26, 1872. 2. Franklin, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, August 12, 1802, died June 28, 1869. 3. Samuel, of East Brewster, May 16, 1804. 4. Nancy A., May 16. 1806. died April, 1843. 5. Joseph, of Mount Vernon, Maine, January 16, 1808. 6. Abariah, of Malden, June 15, 1810, died Jan- uary 7, 1841. 7. Mary West, March 31, 1812, died March 10, 1860. 8. Calvin, January 16, 1814, died - -. 9. George, December 24, 1816, died June 5, 1839. 10. Thomas, August 18, 1819, died November , 1878.
(VII) Joseph (2), fourth son of Nathaniel and Annie (Armstrong) Hopkins, was born January 16, 1808, at East Brewster, Massa- chusetts, and when a young man removed to Mount Vernon, Maine, where he married Han- nah S., daughter of Nathan and Sally ( Sher- burne) Philbrick, December 31, 1833 ; he died September 12, 1886, and his wife died April 26, 1873. (See Philbrick, VIII.) Mr. Hop- kins was a tanner and farmer, and for about forty-seven years was an honored and useful member of the Baptist church at Mount Ver- non. He was one of its first members, and was baptized by Elder Drinkwater. His children were : I. Leroy Davis, born July 24, 1836, died December 26, 1864; he was a member of the First Maine Cavalry; in 1862 he married Abbie P. Scribner, and had one child, Fred L., born November 20, 1862. He is a farmer, and resides at Mount Vernon, Maine ; he mar- ried, November 10, 1885, Hattie Hall, and they have four children : Helen E .; born March 8, 1892; LeRoy T., February 24, 1894; Hazel A., November 2, 1895, and Lawrence P., April 30, 1905. 2. Susan Philbrick, born May 18, 1838, unmarried, and lives on the old homestead at Mount Vernon. 3. Thomas Snell.
(VIII) Thomas Snell Hopkins, the younger son of Joseph (2) and Hannah S. (Philbrick) Hopkins, was born April 22, 1845, at Mount
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Vernon, Maine, and after attending the pub- lic schools of his native town, studied at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kent's Ilill. In June, 1862, when but seventeen years of age, he enlisted in the famous fighting Sixteenth Regiment Maine Infantry Volunteers, serving three years and until the close of the war. At the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, Decem- ber 13, 1862, his company, in a charge made by the regiment, lost sixty-two per cent. of its number in killed and wounded, and Mr. Hop- kins was among those wounded. After the close of the war he graduated from the Law Department of Columbian College (now George Washington University) of Washing- ton, District of Columbia, and in 1869 was ad- mitted to the bar. He has met with success in the practice of his profession, and is a mem- ber of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. His son is associated with him under the firm name of Hopkins & Hopkins, and they are the Washington representatives of important corporate interests, domestic and foreign ; they are also legal advisors in Wash- ington of a number of foreign governments, and have been identified with large matters of international character. In 1897-98 Mr. Hop- kins was department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was for several years governor of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the District of Columbia; is president of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Tem- porary Home at Washington, and is a mem- ber of the Cosmos Club. He was married. January 4, 1866, to Carrie W., daughter of Nathaniel W. and Lucy Emeline (Cook) East- man, and they reside at Washington, having a summer home at the old homestead, in Mount Vernon, Maine, where he casts his vote at elections. They have two children: I. Cap- tain Sherburne Gillette, born October 5, 1867, who was mustered into the District of Colum- bia Naval Reserve, in May, 1898, was com- missioned by President Mckinley lieutenant and lieutenant-commander, respectively, and as such was in command of the United States steamships "Oneida" and "Fern," until his resignation in 1900. He is a lawyer, and is associated in business with his father. Janu- ary 21, 1891, he married Hester I. Davis, and they have two children : Sherburne Philbrick, born December 3, 1891, and Marjorie Ger- trude, born August 5, 1894. 2. Jessie East- man, born September 18, 1875, married Dr. Edward G. Seibert, a physician of Washing- ton, March 5, 1904, and they have two chil- dren, viz .: Thomas Hopkins, born October 19, 1904, and Carolyn Eastman, December 8, 1908.
The Philbricks and Phil- PHILBRICK brooks, although now dis- tinct families owing to a variation in the orthography, are in all proba- bility of the same origin. They were mariners in England prior to the emigration period, and not a few of them on this side of the ocean have followed that occupation.
(I) Thomas Philbrick, who is supposed to have been a shipmaster, arrived in New Eng- land about the year 1630, and was well ad- vanced in years, some of his children being already married. He settled first in Water- town, Massachusetts, from whence he removed in 1651 to Hampton, New Hampshire, where his sons John and Thomas had previously set- tled. His wife, Elizabeth, died in Hampton, 12 mo. 19, 1663. His will, in which he alludes to himself as being very aged, was made in March, 1664, and his death occurred in 1667. Children : James, John, Thomas, Elizabeth, Hannah, Mary, and Martha.
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