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dren : (a) Ruth Rapelje, born June 22, 1881, married October 15, 1902, Thomas Melville Dill, of Bermuda; children: Ruth Rapelje Neilson, born October 4, 1903, Thomas New -. bold, November 30, 1904, Nicholas Bayard, December 28, 1905, Lawrence, December 2, 1908; (b) Helena Rutgers Van Rensselaer, born January 3, 1886; (c) Katharine Bayard, born July 29, 1888 ; vi. Catharine Amelia, born May 2, 1858; vii. John Grant, born January 13, 1860; viii. Anthony Rutgers, born March 25, 1862, married, July 9, 1891, Louise John- son Chapman; children : Anthony Rutgers (2d), born December 18, 1892, Helen Stockton, March 22, 1899; ix. Emily Brown, born De- cember 31, 1864, married, November 14, 1889, Charles Frederick Parmly, who died August 21, 1903; children: Theodore Neilson, born August 21, 1890, Erich, September 24, 1896, Frederick Dubois, January 23, 1902. 7. Mary Elizabeth, born April 12, 1829; married, Octo- ber 10, 1855, T. Robinson Warren, of New York. Children: i. John, born September 24, 1856; ii. Schuyler Neilson, born January 10, 1858, married, December 13, 1886, Alice Edith Binsse ; children: Hope Elizabeth, born May 9, 1893 ; Schuyler Neilson (2d), May 1, 1895; James Kearney, January 18, 1898, died 1902; Alice, born January 6, 1900; Louis Baucel, August 30, 1905 ; Agnes, born June 21, 1908; iii. Susan Strong, born December 18, 1860; iv. James Kearney, born December 20, 1862, died February 22, 1908; v. Mary Louise, born April 14, 1867. 8. Julia, born January, 1832, died 1846. 9. Cornelia, born January 13, 1835 ; liv- ing and unmarried.
(Line of William Neilson of New York).
William Neilson, nephew of James and Dr. John Neilson, founders of the New Brunswick, New Jersey, family of the name, came to New York City from England about 1753. He was then an orphan about eighteen years old. In 1763 he was a merchant at 40 Dock street. He married (first) Susan, daughter of James and Mary (Johnston) Hude ; (see Hude). He mar- ried (second) the widow of Colonel William Duer, of New York. Children, by first mar- riage: I. James Hude, graduated from Col- lege of New Jersey, said to have had one son, "Captain Bill" Neilson; William, referred to below ; three daughters.
(II) William (2), son of William (I) and Susan (Hude) Neilson, was born 1774, and died December 19, 1852. He married, July 25, 1804, Hannah, daughter of John Butler and Elizabeth (Underhill) Coles. Children :
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I. Emily, born June 24, 1802; died January 21, 1880; married May 4, 1826, Anthony Bleecker, son of Dr. John and Abigail (Bleecker) Neilson, referred to below. 2. William Hude, born May, 1815; died Decem- ber 30, 1887; married, May 27, 1841, Cath- arine Kane Mills ; children : i. William Hude (2d), born June 24, 1842, died October 18, 1865 ; ii. Alfred, born July 16, 1845 ; iii. Louis, born August 25, 1847, died August 24, 1898, married twice; iv. Frederick, born October 8, 1849, died July 27, 1887 ; v. Caroline Kane, born February 24, 1854, married, April 16, 1874, William Voss; vi. Julia, born June 14, 1856, married, October 19, 1875, Henry Alex- ander Heimly; vii. Rosalie, born November 16, 1858, married, February 1, 1881, Samuel Parker Hinckley ; viii. Emily, born March 13, 1861, married, November 17, 1885, Middleton Schoolbred Burrill. 3. John Butler Coles, re- ferred to below. 4. Susan Hude, married Rob- ert Grain. 5. Catharine Alexander, married W. F. Beekman. 6. Mary, died July 24, 1878; married Dr. V. R. Ten Broeck. 7. Eliza Coles, married B. R. Winthrop. 8. Charlotte, mar- ried Dr. John A. McVickar. 9. Julia, died March 4, 1888, married W. F. Bailey. 10. Fanny, married Charles E. Borrowe. II. Ce- celia, married Alfred F. Kemp. 12. Margaret, unmarried.
(III) John Butler Coles, son of William and Hannah (Coles) Neilson, was born in Oc- tober, 1821, and died June 24, 1855. He mar- ried, June 14, 1849, Helena, daughter of Dr. John and Abigail ( Bleecker) Neilson, referred to above. Children: I. Alice Noel, born Feb- ruary 18, 1850; married Nicholas Gouverneur Rutgers ; (see Rutgers in index). 2. Helena, born December 3, 1851 ; married, October 15, 1874, Rodman M. Price ; children : i. Helena Neilson, born December 31, 1875, married, October 19, 1898, Harriman Neilson, son of Charles Dewar and Cornelia (Harriman) Simons, and grandson of Rev. Orlando and Cornelia (Neilson) Simons, referred to above ; ii. Charles Frederick, born April 14, 1878, married, May 18, 1905, Bessie Kellogg Run- yon ; child, Elizabeth Clarkson, born April 12, 1906. 3. Henry Augustus, born June 9, 1854, married, June 1, 1881, Joanna Bayard, daugh- ter of Robert Hall Neilson, and granddaugh- ter of Samuel Neilson of Virginia ; children : i. Robert Hude, born June II, 1882, married, October 6, 1908, Sarah Elizabeth Russell ; ii. Mary, born September 15, 1883; iii. Helena Bleecker, October 12, 1885 ; iv. Katharine Mc- Clelland, February 17, 1893.
(The Hude Line).
Adam Hude, founder of the family, emi- grated with his wife to New Jersey in the ship "Henry and Francis," September 3, 1685, and ten years later bought land in Woodbridge. He was judge of the common pleas in Wood- bridge in 1718. He died November 20, 1732, aged seventy-one years. His wife Marian, died June 27, 1746, aged eighty-five years. Children : John, born July 23, 1687; Agnes, October 29, 1689; Robert, September 25, 1691, died January 30, 1748-9; Andrew, born July 13, 1693, died 1716; James, referred to below ; 6. Mary, born July 27, 1696.
(II) James, son of Adam and Marian Hude, was born August 14, 1695, and died about 1762. He was a merchant in 1726; a judge in 1732, and mayor of New Brunswick when he died. He married Mary Johnston. Children : John, died young ; Robert, surrogate of Mid- dlesex county 1780, lived and died in New Brunswick ; Ann, married, December 31, 1766, Ravaud Kearney; Susan, married William Neilson, of New York, referred to above; Mary, married --- - Livingston ; Catharine, married Cornelius, son of Cornelius and Jo- hanna (Gouverneur) Low, of New Bruns- wick.
(The Staats Line).
The following history of the Staats family, with an armorial coat attached, was obtained in Holland by Col. Nanning Vischer of Green- bush, in the year 1814:
"During the war between Holland and Spain in the 14th century, and at a time when the Staats of Holland were reduced to ex- treme want, they met in council to devise some means for their defense at that time. They received information that a Spanish flotilla loaded with treasures was proceeding from the New World to Spain. The council immediate- ly commanded the admiral of the Dutch fleet to go in pursuit and capture them-the admiral with five vessels went in pursuit and overtook them-but in consequence of their superior numbers he called a council of the commanders and the admiral refused to make battle. Two of the commanders coincided with the admiral, and vice-admiral Joachim Ghyse and one other dissented. The vice-admiral said that the orders from the council were to go and take the flotilla, and he would attempt it if any one would join him. One captain joined him in disobeying the orders of the admiral. The admiral with their vessels returned to Hol- land; Ghyse and the other gave chase, over- took the flotilla, and captured four out of
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seven of the flotilla. The admiral on his return to Holland had rendered charges against the vice-admiral for disobedience of orders. At the trial he averred that the admiral being a coward was no rule for him, as they had set out with a forlorn hope; he thought as Esther, "If I perish I perish." The grand council were so pleased with his courage and success that they made him admiral instead of the admiral, who was compelled to wear a wooden sword, and Ghyse had conferred on him the surname of Staats, with the annexed arms, which by heraldists is called a speaking coat, and is explained thus-the oars and a cock denote courage, the helmet being open denotes his consequence in rescuing the States from ruin, the stork on a field argent with a stone in his claws, as that bird is said to sleep over the water he takes a stone in his claws so that if he should be overcome by sleep the dropping of the stone will awaken him. The Book of Evangelists being in his beak denotes that he was earnest to preserve the faith, and the three cannon balls are emblems of his station. The arms engraved on a gold gorget with a gold chain of three thicknesses he wore as a sash. There are still pieces of this chain in the States family. The name Staats signi- fies States. A true copy of the coat-of-arms, beautifully printed and brought from Holland in 1644, is in possession of the Staats family, five miles from the city in the town of Scho- dack, Rensselaer county. "Abraham Staats in the year 1661 .was a skipper in the sloop "Haen" (Cock), and was sent in that year to Gov. John Endicott at Boston. The said Staats is called in that letter of protection an old inhabitant of New Netherlands, and he was to deliver certain documents from the Dutch government to Gov. Endicott on the subject of editorial despatches, &c. He per- formed his trust faithfully. He was a com- missary at Beaverick (Albany) in the same year from Lexel to New Netherlands. This family settled in Beaverwick (Albany) and were highly respected for their sagacity, per- severance and integrity. There are many descendants from this family still remaining in this State. The name of Staats is very ancient ; many of the name were celebrated as statesmen and patriots in Holland, and there is a Dutch couplet concerning this family in this colony admitting this translation in Eng- lish: The fox may sleep, the thief may run away, but Staats is awake both night and day."
Children of Abraham Staats: Abraham; Jacob; Samuel, referred to below ; Joachem.
(II) Dr. Samuel, son of Abraham Staats, died in 1715. He married (first) Joanna Rynders; ( second ) Catharine Hawarden. Chil- dren: I. Sarah, married, 1704, Isaac Gouver- neur. 2. Gertrude, married, 1716, Andrew Coejeman ; their daughter Joanna married Dr. John Neilson, of New Brunswick, referred to above. 3. Catalina, baptized 1689; married Van Cortlandt . 4. Ann Elizabeth, mar- ried, 1713, possibly Philip Schuyler. 5. Joanna, married Anthony White. 6. Tryntje, married Colonel Lewis Morris.
(The Bleecker Line).
Jan Janse Bleecker, founder of the family in America, was born in Meppel Overyssel, Holland, July 9, 1642, and died in Albany, New York, November 31, 1734. He emigrated in 1658, was the charter alderman of Albany in 1686 and mayor in 1700. He was also a member of the New York general assembly, 1698-99, and 1701-02. He married, January 2, 1667, Margrietje, daughter of Rutger Jacob- sen van Schoondewoerdt, who was born Sep- tember 16, 1647, and died October 26, 1733. Children : I. Nicholas, died unmarried. 2. Henry, died unmarried. 3. John, born May 2, 1668, died December 20, 1738; married, Octo- ber 29, 1693, Anna Costen; five children; he was mayor of Albany, 1701. 4 to 9, six daugh- ters. 10. Rutger, referred to below.
(II) Rutger, son of Jan Janse Bleecker and Margrietje Jacobsen van Schoondewoerdt, was born May 13, 1675, and died August 4, 1756. He married, May 26, 1712, Catalina, daughter of David Pieterse and Catalijna (Ver Planck) Schuyler. Children : John Rutgers, and James, both referred to below.
(III) John Rutgers, son of Rutger and Catalina (Schuyler) Bleecker, was baptized February 8, 1713, and died November 1, 1800. He married, August 5, 1743, Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Barent Pieterse Staats. Child, Rutger, referred to below.
(IV) Rutger, son of John Rutgers and Elizabeth (Staats) Bleecker, was born July 5, 1745, and died October 4, 1787. He married, 1766, Catharine, daughter of Petrus Edmundus and Mary (Crooke) Elmendorf, who was born 1747, and died 1808. Children: I. John, born May 16, 1770, died March 16, 1771. 2. John Rutgers, referred to below. 3. Elizabeth, born October 3, 1777, died July 26, 1868; married Peter Brinckerhoff. 4. Maria, born September 18, 1780, died March 13, 1850; married, August 10, 1804, Morris Smith Miller, who died March 9, 1850. 5. Blandina, born Octo-
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ber 1, 1785, died March 8, 1863; married Charles S. Dudley died 1841. 6. Sarah Rut- gers, died September 10 1793, aged five years. (V) John Rutgers, son of John Rutger and Catharine (Elmendorf) Bleecker, was born December 20, 1777, and died April 13, 1849. He married (first) November 26, 1799, Eliza Atwood Bridger, born February 7, 1783, died March 23, 1805; (second) May 18, 1808, Hester, daughter of Colonel John and Altje (Van Wyck) Bayley, and widow of Rev. John Blair Linn D. D. Her sister: Elizabeth was wife of Chancellor James Kent, of New York, and she was a sister also of Judge William Bayley and of General Theodorus Bayley. She was born in, 1781, and died May 14, 1823. Children, three by first marriage: I. Rutger, born August 19, 1800. 2. Sarah, November I, 1802 ; died April 23, 1883 ; married, May 31, 1824, George Mortimer Tibbits, of Troy, born 1795, died July 19, 1878. 3. Elizabeth, born August 3. 1804; died January 12, 1882; mar- ried Benjamin Tibbits. 4. Catharine, born January 9, 1809; died December 23, 1893; married, January 16, 1844, as fourth wife, James, son of Colonel John and Catharine (Voorhees) Neilson, referred to above. 5. Barent, born March 6, 1811, died July 22, 18II. 6. Mary, born April 10, 1812, died March 8, 1886 ; married, May 31, 1835, Gover- nor Seymour of New York.
(III) James Rutgers, son of Rutger and Catalina (Schuyler) Bleecker, was born De- cember 9, 1716, and died March 8, 1791. He married, July 6, 1740, Abigail, daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth (DeKlyn) Lispenard, who was born June 27, 1718, and died Febru- ary 17, 1807. Children: I. Anthony Lispen- ard, referred to below. 2. Rutger, born June 23, 1741 ; died April 26, 1816; married Sarah Rodman. 3. John J., born 1745 ; died October 2, 1795 ; married (first) Ann Eliza Schuyler, (second) Esther Rhinelander. 4. David, born June 17, 1749; married, April 18, 1775, Sus- anna Renoud. 5. James, born January 24, 1751 ; married, April 18, 1772, Chatt Delancey. 6. Leonard, born December 21, 1755; died March 9, 1844; married (first) Joanna, daugh- ter of Colonel James (q. v.) and Gertrude ( Neilson) Abeel, married (second) July 9, 1818, Grace Moore Berrian.
(IV) Anthony Lispenard, eldest child of James Rutgers and Abigail (Lispenard) Bleecker, was born in 1741. He married, in 1763, Mary, daughter of Gerard and Patricia Jemyme Noel, who was born November 3, 1743. Children : 1. James B., born December
10, 1764; married Elizabeth Bache. 2. Garret Noel, born October 30, 1768; married Jane Byvanch Youle. 3. William, born July 12, 1772; married Elizabeth Robinson. 4. John, born March 6, 1774; married Phebe Smith. 5. Alexander, born July 5, 1775, married Frances Dade. 6. Abigail, born in 1779; died May 19, 1861; married John Neilson, M. D., of New York, referred to above. 7. Leonard, born in 1786, married Sarah E. Popham.
(The Putnam Line).
(1) John Putnam emigrated with his family to America in 1640.
(II) Nathaniel, son of John Putnam, was born in 1620, and emigrated with his father. He married Elizabeth Hutchinson.
(III) Benjamin, son of Nathaniel and Eliz- abeth (Hutchinson) Putnam, was born in 1664. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Putnam.
(IV) Stephen, son of Benjamin and Eliza- beth ( Putnam) Putnam, was born in 1694, and died in 1772. He married, May 30, 1718, Mirian
(V) Aaron, son of Stephen and Mirian Putnam, was born 1730, and died January 30, 1810. He married, January 4, 1759, Lydia Waters.
(VI) Rufus, son of Aaron and Lydia ( Waters) Putnam, was born May 7, 1764, and died March 14, 1836. He married, December 10, 1793, Mary born August II, 1765, died January 28, 1840, daughter of Asa Putnam.
(VII) Rufus (2), son of Rufus (I) and Mary ( Putnam) Putnam, was born April 12, 1800, and died about November, 1875. He married, October 2, 1825, Abigail Proctor, who died August 26, 1884. Children: Mary Abigail, referred to below; Elizabeth, born September 14, 1830.
(VIII) Mary Abigail, daughter of Rufus (2) and Abigail ( Proctor) Putnam, was born August 16, 1827, and died June 22, 1887. She married, January 7, 1846, Isaac Baker Wood- bury, born October 23, 1819, died October 26, 1858. Children: I. Mary Putnam, born No- vember 29, 1846 ; married, December 15, 1870, James, son of James and Catharine ( Bleecker ) Neilson, referred to above. 2. Isaac Baker, born March 5, 1848; married, November 28. 1888, Mary M. Conway. 3. Ella P., born August 26, 1849 ; died June 17, 1854. 4. Abby Elizabeth, born May 5, 1851 ; died October I. 1894. 5. Rufus Putnam, born June 3, 1852: married, May 15, 1883, Sardinia Ann Swing. 6. Frank Huntington, born July 24, 1853 ; mar-
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ried, April 17, 1883, Hattie M. Hicks. 7 Charles Kemble, born July 11, 1857 ; died De- cember 30, 1896.
Eminent authority states that ALLEN the family of Allen is one of the most noted of the early New England families their ancestors being noted for their intellectual ability, social and public standing and high character. It is distinctly English, and most of the Allen ancestors are derived from English stock. The name was first spelled Alan, and came from the root word Al, meaning mountainous, high and bright. Another authority states it is a cor- ruption of "Aelus," which signifies sunbright. In the Gaelic we have Aliune, signifying fair, handsome; while the Irish "Alein" denoted fair, beautiful; and the English Allan, or Allen, all winning, all conquering.
As a personal name it was first borne by the Bard of Britain, an uncle of Caractacus, who had a long line of kings for ancestors. The name came into prominence after the Norman conquest from the fact that the chief general of William the Conqueror's army at the battle of Hastings was Alan, Duke of Brittany, who made England his future home and became the third richest man in the kingdom. From that time the name grew in numbers and in high importance and was found in the Crusades. The Allen family has been especially honored in England and Scotland by the bestowment of armorial bearings; no less than sixty-two families have been thus honored. The arms most common in England are: Per bend, argent and sable. Six martlets counter- charged. Crest: An eagle with wings ex- tended. Motto: "Amicitia sine fraude." With few exceptions many of the Allen families of England bear these same arms and crest with but little change.
(I) Samuel Allen, immigrant ancestor of Barnabas Huntington Allen, of Brooklyn, New York, and Congressman Henry Crosby Allen, of Paterson, New Jersey, was born about 1605, and came from the parish of Bridgewater, Somerset county, England, with his wife Anne. They arrived at Boston about 1630, and settled at Braintree, south of Boston, be- ing among the first settlers there. He was made a freeman May 6, 1635. He was a sawyer, and owned a saw mill on the Manatti- cut river. He was also a yeoman, or farmer, and owned considerable land in and around Braintree. His will, dated 1669, bequeaths to children : Samuel, Joseph, James, Sarah,
Mary and Abigail, and his death occurred about that year. John Webb, of Boston, yeo- man, granted unto Samuel Allen (sawyer ) his house at Braintree and nine acres of land to the same appertaining, with all fences and appurtenances, being bounded on the south with Monotaquid river, on the north with the commons of Braintree, Abraham Harding on the east, and Lieutenant Thomas Savage on the west, and this was by an absolute deed of sale, date, April 19, 1648. November 16, 1672, "I Margaret Allen, late wife of Samuel Allen, deceased, and Joseph Allen, my sonne, both of the township of Braintry in the Government of Massachusetts in New England, for and in consideration of Twenty Pounds given and appointed to be paide by the above said Samuel Allen, deceased, to his sonne, Samuel Allen, of Bridgewater in the Government of New Plymouth, we the above said Margaret Allen and Josph Allen doe hereby acknowledge to have bargained, sold and assigned and by this bill of sale have made over to said Samuel Allen, of Bridgewater, twelve acres of land lying and being within the Township of Brain- try, butting uppon the river called Monatticut being at the upper corner of their lott next the river and near their saw mill &c &c so far as. the cart-way at the Bridge to a crooked ash tree &c &c with which land with wood, timber, stones &c &c. Signed Margaret & Joseph Allen. Daniel Preston, Samuel Greenwood and Nathaniel Greenwood witnesses."
He married (first) Ann ---- , at Bridge- water, England; she died in 1641. Children : Samuel, referred to below ; Joseph, born 1634; James, 1636; Sarah, March 30, 1639, married Lieutenant Josiah Standish; Mary, married, January 24, 1655, Nathaniel Greenwood; Abi- gail, married, 1670, John Carey. He married (second) Margaret, widow of Edward Lamb.
(II) Deacon Samuel (2), eldest son of Samuel (I) Allen, was born at Braintree, Massachusetts, Bay Colony, 1632, died at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1703. He was one of the original landed proprietors of East Bridgewater, and held many offices of trust and honor from the people. He was senior deacon of the First Church, and the second town and proprietor's clerk of Bridgewater from December, 1683, to 1702, and the fullness of his records are manifest to this day. He also kept the burial records of the town. He and Joseph Alden were surveyors of highways. In 1677 he served on the grand jury at Plym- onth. He was a representative to the general court under Governor Hinckley and William
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Bradford, deputy governor, in 1683. He was in many battles with the Indians during King Philip's war. While on a march to join Cap- tain Church with twenty of his neighbors they took seventeen prisoners after a desperate con- flict. Only five families were living in East Bridgewater in 1662, which was eleven years after the first settlement of West Bridgewater -Nicholas Bryan on Forge Brook; Samuel Allen and William Brett on John's river ( Mat- field river) ; Thomas Whitman and Robert Latham on the Satucket river, being all that were living in that part of Bridgewater during King Philip's raids in 1675-76, and it was a providence that they were not massacred, as the region was isolated from the main part of the town some two miles away. Samuel Allen bore an exemplary character to his death. His will was made June 29, 1703, and proved De- cember 21, 1705, although the will is dated June 28, one day before he actually made it, and was acknowledged December II, 1704, and recorded December 20, 1705. He lived on the east bank of the Matfield river ( for- merly called John's river, after John Howard) near where (in 1882) the Branch railroad crosses the river, and his homestead stood within a few rods of the river from 1662 to 1703. He owned a large tract of land on the east side of the river, bounded northwest by Nicholas Bryam's and northeast by lands of the town of Whitman and Harris, including the plain, the common, the burial ground and land on both sides of the road to the brick store and depot and some further west. All the burying ground and a very large part of the common at the meeting house was con- veyed to the East Precinct, or to the committee in behalf of said precinct, by the Allen family by sundry deeds. Only one deed covers the burying ground, and that is the deed of Mat- thew Allen, son of Samuel Allen Jr., to Thomas Whitman, Edward Mitchell and Hugh Orr, a committee of said precinct, dated No- vember 20, 1759, recorded April 19, 1760, in Plymouth Registry Book 46, page 55. This deed covers one hundred and twenty-one rods of land adjoining, for many years improved for a burial place, "given by my father, Samuel Allen, late of Bridgewater, containing one hundred rods." Only one reference of this burying ground has been found in the older documents, and that is in the deed of Samuel Allen, the old town clerk, to his youngest son, Nehemiah Allen. He received a deed from his father and mother: "We, Samuel Allen and Sarah, his wife, of Bridgewater, do give, grant
and bequeathe after our death our whole tract of land adjoining to our new dwelling house excepting the halfmoon meadow the rest being near one hundred acres unto our son Nehe- miah Allen of Bridgewater to the northerly side of John's river beginning at the river and running along by the top of the bank of said halfmoon meadow to the land of our son Sam- uel, &c., then westerly by ye highway to our son Samuel made line of his land on easterly side, &c."
He married, 1657-58, Sarah, daughter of George Partridge, of Duxbury, Massachusetts. She survived her husband to a ripe old age ; she was born in 1639. Children: 1. Samuel. referred to below. 2. Essial, born 1663. 3. Mehitable, 1665; married, 1685, Isaac Alden. 4. Sarah, born 1667; married (first) Jonathan Carey ; (second) Benjamin Snow. 5. Bethiah, born 1669; married John Prior. 6. Nathaniel, 1672. 7. Ebenezer, 1674. 8. Josiah, 1677. 9. Elisha, 1679. 10. Nehemiah, born 1681, died 1703.
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