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He married, November 29, 1882, Antoinette More, born at Silver Creek, New York, Sep- tember 28, 1864, daughter of Henry D. and Elizabeth More (see More V). Children : I. Vernon Theodore, born November 13, 1883 ; educated in Silver Creek schools; graduate of high school, 1900; graduate of Syracuse Uni- versity, class of 1905, and soon after entered the National City Bank of New York City. In 1910 he became cashier of the State Bank of Silver Creek, of which he has been a di-
rector since 1905. He is a member of Beta Theta Pi (college fraternity), and April 14, 1895, became a member of the Presbyterian church of Silver Creek. He married, Septem- ber 8, 1908, Helen L., daughter of Ralph J. and Corinne (Howes) Quale, of Buffalo, New York; child: Richard More, born March 29, 1910. 2. Ethel, born July 10, 1885, at Silver Creek, New York; united with the Presby- terian church of Silver Creek, January 2, 1898; graduate of the high school, 1904, and president of her class ; graduate of Elmira Col- lege, 1908; was president of her class during her freshman year; graduate of Fredonia State Normal School, 1910, and since 1910 a teacher in the Silver Creek high school.
(The More Line).
(II) John (2) More, of Roxbury, Delaware county, New York, was the son of John (I) and Isabel (Buncan) More. He was born in Forres, Elginshire, Scotland, February 24, 1745, died in Roxbury, New York, January 1, 1840. In 1772 he came to America, settling in Dela- ware county, New York, where he cleared ground, built a log cabin and passed through all the bitter experiences of the pioneer. He was driven from his home by Indians and spent some years in Catskill, New York, later returning to Delaware county. He served in the revolutionary war when necessary for home defense. He was the first postmaster at Moresville, Delaware county ; was appointed magistrate by the governor, and for a long time was the only man in his district author- ized to perform the marriage ceremony. He married, in Elgin, Scotland, June 9, 1770, Betty Taylor, born in Elgin, 1738, died in Roxbury, New York, October 13, 1823. Chil- dren, first two, John and Robert, born in Scot- land; Alexander Taylor, in Delaware county, New York : Jonas, Jean, James and David in Catskill. Greene county, New York; Edward Livingston, in Moresville, Delaware county, New York.
(III) Robert, son of John (2) More, the immigrant, was born in Rothiemurchus, Inver- ness, Scotland, July 8, 1772, died February 19, 1849, in Prattsville, New York. He mar- ried (first) Susanna Fellows, born January 30, 1776, in Old Canaan, Connecticut, died August 18, 1824, in Roxbury, New York, daughter of David and Lois (Stevens) Fel- lows. He married (second) Polly Moffatt, born October 5, 1787, died August 18, 1829.
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Children by first wife: David Fellows, Eliza- beth and Lois (twins), Alexander, Edward A., William, Henry Fellows, James and Lois Ann.
(IV) William, son of Robert More, was born in Roxbury, Delaware county, New York, September 4, 1804, died at Avon Springs, New York, September 23, 1848. He was successively clerk at Leeds, New York ; merchant at Holly, New York; cashier in a bank at Geneva, New York ; cashier at Water- loo ; cashier at Conneaut, Ohio; cashier in a bank at Buffalo, New York; banker and broker at Albany, New York ; wholesale fruit merchant, New York City, and bookkeeper. He married Catherine Hasbrouck, born Octo- ber 9, 1803, in Kingston, New York; died there March 10, 1884. Children: James Has- brouck, Henry Dwight, Susan Frances and William Linus.
(V) Henry Dwight, son of William More, was born in Geneva, Ontario county, New York, September 18, 1831, died in Brooklyn, New York, May 2, 1889. He married, June 19, 1856, Elizabeth Cockburn, born August 9, 1835, in Kingston, Ulster county, New York, died December 4, 1880, at Silver Creek, Chau- tauqua county, New York, daughter of Lucas Keersted and Maria (Shaw) Cockburn. Chil- dren: I. William, born in Brooklyn, New York, June 14, 1861; married, October 11, 1883, Mary E. Winters; children: Jessie and Grace. 2. Antoinette, born in Silver Creek, New York, September 28, 1864; married, No- vember 29, 1882, Theodore Stewart (see Stewart III). 3. Edwin W., born in Brook- lyn, New York, May 20, 1870; married, Janu- ary 22, 1906, Isabelle Hildagarde Sheehan, at Atlanta, Georgia.
NELSON Among the early proprietors of Brimfield, Massachusetts, were John, William and Moses Nell- son, or Nilson, as written in the early records, later their descendants appear in the same town records as Nelson. The Buffalo family herein recorded descend from William Nelson, a supposed descendant of Thomas Nelson, who came with Rev. Ezekiel Rogers from Rowley, England, in December, 1638, settling at Rowley, Massachusetts, where he held many positions of trust. He was called to England on business, was taken sick there, and died in 1648. His wife was Joan Dummer.
(I) William Nelson, of whom the first rec-
ord appears in America, was one of the first proprietors of Brimfield, Massachusetts, with wife Elinore. Their parentage is unknown. He died at Brimfield, in October, 1750; she died there, October 16, 1757.
(II) John, third son of William Nelson, a resident of Brimfield, died in 1783, at Whit- ingham, Vermont. He married Abigail. Chil- dren: I. John. born October, 1749; settled in Whitingham, Vermont, where he died; married (first) Mary Fenton, (second) Eliza- beth 2. Andrew, born April 14, 1757. 3. Benjamin, born April 23, 1758, died in At- tica, New York, October 10, 1842; married, February 26, 1779, Anne Fenton. 4. William. 5. George, of whom further. 6. Edward, born February 22, 1765, died at Bernardston, Mas- sachusetts, December 10, 1862; married, 1790, Hannah Ranger.
(III) George, son of John Nelson, was born in Brimfield, Massachusetts, May 13, 1762, died there October 14, 1842. He was a farmer all his active life. He moved to Attica, New York, where his elder brother Benjamin had settled, but after a few years returned to Mas- sachusetts. He married, June 1, 1789, Susan, daughter of David Fenton. Children: I. Eu- nice, born February 1, 1790, died June, 1841 ; married Willard Thompson. 2. Andrew, born February 2, 1793, died September II, 1794. 3. Willard, born May 9, 1795, died in Massa- chusetts, about 1860 ; married Orilla, daughter of Daniel and Abigail Moulton (see Moul- ton). 4. John, of whom further. 5. Adin, born March 5, 1799, died at Wales, Massachu- setts, August 14, 1867; married Sally -
6. Andrew, born May 26, 1801, died at Hen- derson, Illinois, August 26, 1868. 7. Ruea, born September 11, 1804, died July, 1893, and is buried at Wales, Massachusetts. 8. Free- man, born October 5, 1805, died at Stevens Point, Wisconsin, April 15, 1883. 9. Louisa, born December 14, 1812, died at Wales, Mas- sachusetts, in 1892.
(IV) John (2), third son of George Nel- son, was born in Brimfield, Massachusetts, August 28, 1796, died September 6, 1868, at Attica, New York. In the year 1818 he re- moved with his wife, one son and what few belongings they had, in an ox cart, to Attica, New York, then practically a wilderness, and settled upon a piece of heavily timbered land, clearing off thirty acres of solid timber with an ax. fencing same in with a six-rail fence, the rails and stakes being of his own splitting,
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building his own cabin on this place. During the early part of his residence here, which was before the days of railroads or even the Erie canal, he walked back to his old home in Massachusetts four times, a distance of eight hundred miles on each round trip, which dis- tance he covered in sixteen days actual walk- ing time. He was a farmer during his active years, and in politics a Whig, later a Repub- lican. He married, September 13, 1816, Fidilla Moulton, born May 12, 1796, at Mon- son, Massachusetts, died at Attica, New York, May 31, 1874, daughter of Daniel and Abigail (Blodgett) Moulton (see Moulton). Chil- dren: 1. James Lawrence, born February 27, 1817, in Massachusetts, died in Attica, New York, August 15, 1896; married, October 13, 1856, Emily Lindsay. 2. Adin, born at At- tica, New York, May 5, 1819, died there De- cember 8, 1906; married, January 13, 1848, Eliza Gardner, born September 5, 1828. 3. Fenton, born January 24, 1821, at Attica, died in Wisconsin, June 14, 1893; married Irene Phillips. 4. Abigail, born in Attica, June II, 1823, died there unmarried, November 25, 1846. 5. George, born in Attica, November 12, 1825, died there May 12, 1905 ; married, October 22, 1851, Ann Banta Nelson, who died June 6, 1866. 6. Olive, born December 19. 1827, at Bennington, New York, died March 30, 1904, at Varysburg, New York; married Sylvester Hauver, March 15, 1855. 7. Luvan, born December 19, 1829, at Ben- nington, died at Batavia, New York, February 7, 1869 ; married Penrose Garrett. 8. Francis Bolivar, born June 27, 1832, at Attica, New York: married, October 31, 1861, Melissa Gorton. 9. John Seaward, of whom further. Io. Mary, born June 11, 1838, at Attica, died there February 21, 1872; married Lathrop Blodgett.
(V) John Seaward, son of John (2) Nel- son, was born in Attica, New York, October 17, 1835, died there January 1, 1903. He was educated in the public schools, and spent his business life engaged in agriculture. He was a Republican in politics. He married, March 2, 1859, Emmeline Locke, born at Bennington, New York, June 5, 1836, died at Attica, Sep- tember 28, 1901. Children: John Moulton, of whom further; Addie L., born December IO, 1867, married, January 1, 1893, Edwin P. 'Burr.
(VI) John Moulton, only son of John Sea- ward Nelson, was born in Attica, New York,
October 31, 1861. He was educated in the public school, finishing his studies at Attica high school. He began business life as a book- keeper for John Belden at his coal and lum- ber office, remaining three years. In 1884 he embarked in the same business in Attica for his own account, continuing until 1889. He then became a salesman for the Whitney Kem- merer Coal Company of New York City. In 1895 he came to Buffalo as resident manager of the Buffalo branch of the Rochester-Pitts- burgh Coal and Iron Company, and so con- tinues (1912). He is an independent Repub- lican, and with his family is an attendant of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He mar- ried, at Attica, New York, February 7, 1883, Ella, daughter of Chauncy G. and Marcia (Gregory) Rykerd. They have no children.
(The Moulton Line).
This name figures prominently in English history from the year 1066, when Sir Thomas De Moulton fought with his King, William the Conqueror, at the battle of Hastings. In 1100 the town of Moulton was founded in England. The family was noble and bore arms of generally the same design. In 1571 was granted the arms borne by ancestors of the American family : Argent three bars gules between eight escalop shells sable: three, two, two and one; crest, on a pellet a falcon rising argent. In 1664 a Robert Moulton was an admiral in the British navy. The American ancestor and emigrant is Robert Moulton, son of Rev. Robert Moulton, of the Established Church. He was a son of Sir Thomas Moul- ton.
(I) Robert Moulton landed from England in 1629, accompanied by his brother James, and a son Robert, a clergyman of the Church of England. He was made a freeman May 18, 1631, and from a letter to Governor Endi- cott it is learned that Robert Moulton was entrusted with all the shipwright tools and supplies sent to the colonies, the letter stipu- lating that Robert Moulton was to have "cheife charge." He was probably the first well-equipped shipbuilder that ever landed in New England. He built the first vessels in Salem and Medford. He was a member of the colonial legislature, representing the town of Salem. He lived in Charlestown 1630-1635, where the navy yard now stands, and had a home there. The place was called Moulton's Point, and it was there that the British landed
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when they crossed from Boston to fight the Americans at Bunker Hill. He afterward moved to Salem, where he built a house which is yet in good condition and was continuously in the Moulton name until 1904, the last male owner also being Robert Moulton, who willed it to a daughter. On her death in 1904, her husband sold the property out of the family name. He died in 1655. The name of his wife is not known. Children: Robert, and Dorothy, married Rev. Gasman Edwards.
(II) Robert (2), son of Robert (1) Moul- ton, was born in England, and came to Amer- ica with his father in 1629. He was a min- ister of the Church of England, and attempted to establish that church in Salem, but was opposed by Governor Endicott and others in authority as not in accord with the ideas of the colonists. He was rector of the Salem church in 1640. He died in the autumn of 1665, leaving a will. He married, 1640, Abi- gail Goode, niece of Emmanuel Downing, who married Lucy, a sister of Governor Winthrop. Children : Abigail, born December 25, 1642, married Benjamin Bellflower; Robert, of whom further; John, born April 25, 1654, married Elizabeth Corey ; Samuel, died 1667; Joseph, born January 3, 1656; Menani, born January, 1659, married Joseph Bachelor ; Mary, born June 15, 1661, married William Lord (2) ; Hannah, married Thomas Flint.
(III) Robert (3), eldest son and second child of Rev. Robert (2) Moulton, was bap- tized in Salem, July 17, 1672, died at Brim- field, Massachusetts, between 1725 and 1731. He married Mary Cook, in Salem, July 17, 1672, daughter of Henry and Judith Birdsall Cook. Children : Mary, born January 2, 1673, married Thomas Mackintire: Robert, of whom further ; Ebenezer, April 23. 1678; Abigail, December 28, 1681, married Zechariah Marsh ; Samuel, married Sarah Green; Martha, mar- ried Thomas Green ; Hannah, unmarried.
(IV) Robert (4), eldest son and second child of Robert (3) Moulton, was born in Salem, July 3, 1675, died August 25, 1756, leaving a will. He lived in Salem, Windham, Connecticut, and Brimfield, Massachusetts. He married, in Beverly, April II, 1698, Hannah Groves. Children: I. Hannah, born August 1, 1699; married Stephen Fuller. 2. Robert, December 18, 1700 ; married Elizabeth Baker. 3. Mary, September 30, 1702; married An- thony Needham. 4. Abigail, married Abel Bingham. 5. Lois, married - - Dunkee.
6. Lydia, born January 13, 1708; married (first) Thomas King, (second) - Mer- rick. These six children were born in Salem, those following in Windham, Connecticut : 7. Ebenezer, December 25, 1709 ; married Eu- nice Hall. 8. Mehitable, March 24, 1712; married John Perry. 9. Samuel, June 15, 1714; married Mary Haynes. IO. Susan, June 15, 1714. II. Joseph, August 24, 1716, died Sep- tember 13, 1735. 12. Freeborn, of whom fur- ther. 13. John, February 1, 1720-1721 ; mar- ried Ruth Bound.
(V) Freeborn, twelfth child of Robert (4) Moulton, was born in Windham, Connecticut, in 1817. He settled in the town of Monson, Massachusetts, where he purchased a tract of land four miles square. Near the centre of his tract he built in 1763 the famous mansion "Moulton Hill." which stood until 1895, when it was sold out of the family and torn down. He lived there until a very old man, bequeath- ing the homestead to his son Daniel. Although then an old man and exempt from military duty, he shouldered his musket and responded to the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775. . He married Rebecca Walker. Children: Joseph, born January 15, 1738; Rebecca, November 29, 1740, died young ; Rebecca (2), born Sep- tember 30, 1742; Hannah, November 29, 1743; Freeborn, April 9, 1746; Abner, June 27, 1749 ; Phineas, May 15, 1751 ; Elijah, Au- gust 10, 1753; Calvin, 1758; Daniel, of whom further ; Luther, 1763. Abner, Elijah and Calvin were soldiers in the revolutionary war. (VI) Daniel, tenth child of Freeborn Moul- ton, was born in Monson, Massachusetts, March 12, 1762, died there March, 1849, aged eighty-seven years. He inherited the paternal mansion on Moulton Hill and the homestead farm. He was a man of education, strong character and sound judgment. He taught school for forty years and held many of the town offices of Monson. At the age of seven- teen years he enlisted, July 12, 1779. in Cap- tain Joshua Shaw's company (Sixth Hampden County Regiment), and served at New Lon- don. He married Abigail Blodgett, born in Stafford, Connecticut, daughter of Joshua Blodgett, also a revolutionary soldier, and granddaughter of Daniel Alden, a direct de- scendant of John and Priscilla Alden of the "Mayflower." Daniel Alden served in the revolution, from Bridgewater, joining Wash- ington's army at Valley Forge. Children of Daniel Moulton, all born in Monson: I. Har-
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rison, October 20, 1782 ; married Polly Riddle ; children: Elbridge G., William H., John W., Susan and Mary. 2. Daniel, July 7, 1784; studied divinity and became a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, located in Chi- cago ; married and had : James Madison, Levi, Daniel and Levant. 3. Violata, February 20, 1786; married John Gardner, of Brimfield, who died in 1827; they lived in De Ruyter and Cazenovia, New York; children: Alfred and Daniel. 4. Lucinda, born December 12, 1787. 5. Levi, October 28, 1789. 6. Oril, April 21, 1792. 7. Olive, twin of Oril. 8. Asa, born March 26, 1794. 9. Orilla, May 12, 1796; married Willard, son of George and Susan (Fenton) Nelson (see Nelson (III) ; children: i. Susan, born 1820, married Cal- vin Skinner, and had Nelson, James, Adelaide and Fred ; ii. Maud, born 1824, married Tyler Smith, died November, 1865, had Fred, born 1861, married May Field, and Nora, born 1865, married Charles Chamberlain ; iii. Orilla, born August 21, 1825, married Warner Ben- nett, child Cornelius, born August 1, 1851 ; iv. Augusta, born 1829, married (first) Albert Dunbar, and had Charles and Adelaide; she married (second) Roswell Moulton ; v. Samantha, born 1832, died September, 1886, married George Shaw, and had William; vi. Cornelius, born 1834, died 1880, married Lauriston Moulton, and had: Mabel, married Dr. Webber, and Samuel; vii. Willard, born 1840, served three years in the civil war, child, Willard. 10. Fidilla, of whom further. II. Tamar, born May 18, 1798, died August 2, 1849 ; married 1792, died September 6, 1847. 12. Electa, born October 23, 1800. 13. Maria, November 22, 1802.
(VII) Fidilla, twin of Orilla, and tenth child of Daniel and Abigail (Blodgett) Moul- ton, was born in Monson, Massachusetts, May 12, 1796, died May 31, 1874, at Attica, New York. She married, September 12, 1816, John, son of George and Susan (Fenton) Nelson (see Nelson (III).
The Nelson family of Dunkirk, NELSON New York, is of Scotch-Irish and English ancestry, descend- ing in the paternal line from Joseph Nelson, of Ireland, and in the maternal line from Wil- liam Bartholomew. The family was originally Scotch, and in religion Covenanters.' At the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, this sect was made the object of bitter perse-
cution, and thousands took refuge in the north of Ireland. Forming a distinct people, they came to be known as Scotch-Irish, a people of strong character and peculiarly devoted to their religion. Among them was numbered the Nelson family.
Descended from the stock above mentioned was Joseph Nelson, whose mother was a di- rect descendant of John Knox, the famous Scotch divine and reformer. Joseph Nelson's native place was Dromore, county Down, whence he removed to Banbridge, Ireland, where he died. He was a manufacturing jeweler and a noted clockmaker. One of his specialties was the making of the old tall clocks known as "grandfather's clock," many of which he exported to the United States. He married Mary Jane Gilbert, whose father, Rev. Adam Gilbert D. D., was a Scotchman and Covenanter, who became a Presbyterian when the two churches merged, and was sent to Ireland as a missionary by the Scotch Pres- byterian church. Children of Joseph and Mary Jane (Gilbert) Nelson: Robert, Ann, and Joseph.
Joseph Nelson, youngest child of Joseph and Mary Jane (Gilbert ) Nelson, was born in Dromore, county Down, Ireland, August 7, 1832. He was well educated, and at the age of eighteen years came to the United States with his elder brother Robert, aged twenty- two years, and their sister Ann, after the death of their mother and their father's sec- ond marriage. They arrived at Dunkirk on May 4, 1850. The brothers had a perfect practical knowledge of the jeweler's business, gained with their father in Ireland, and de- cided to establish in that line in Dunkirk, which they did most successfully. After a partnership for several years in the retail busi- ness, they finally decided to abandon it and confine themselves entirely to wholesale jewelry business, and having dissolved part- nership, Robert went to Toledo, Ohio, where he successfully established himself. Joseph remained in Dunkirk, continuing in the whole- sale jewelry business and with much success, until his retirement. The business which he founded was conducted under the firm name of Joseph Nelson & Company, wholesale jewelry and silverware dealers, and is notable as the oldest in its particular line of all firms in the United States operating continuously under the same firm name, and will live after him. In its making and in all the events of
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his life, he made for himself a name and a reputation for the strictest integrity, lofty character, public spirit and well planned phil- antlıropy.
He had been a member of his mother's church (the Presbyterian) in his early years, but for the last fifty-four years of his life he was a devoted member of the Dunkirk Bap- tist church. He was most liberal in his sup- port of his own church and of all Christian organizations and benevolences of whatever denomination. He was intensely public- spirited and gave loyal support to every enter- prise for the advancement of Dunkirk's ma- terial and moral interests. He was the soul of business integrity, and held in universal esteem in his city. He had no club or secret order affiliation, being a man of quiet domestic tastes, devoted to home and family. His only sister Ann was an inmate of his home until her death, unmarried. He married, in Sheri- dan, New York, June 29, 1858, Julia Ann Bar- tholomew, born in Sheridan, December 12, 1840, daughter of Henry (see Bartholomew). Children, all born in Dunkirk: I. Isabelle, married Frank Gilbert. 2. Leah, married Henry Van der Voert; children, born in Dun- kirk: Hildegarde, married Daniel W. Lathrop; Joseph Nelson, and Henry Ferdi- nand. 3. Julia, married James Lyman Van Buren, who died February 26, 1910; children, born in Dunkirk: Josephine Nelson, Nellie Caroline, James Henry, Joseph Nelson (twin of James Henry), James Lyman, and Robert Nelson, died aged two years. 4. Josephine, died in infancy.
Mr. Nelson died at his home in Central Ave- nue, Dunkirk, June 28, 1909. His death was sincerely deplored by the entire community, and during the funeral hour all places of busi- ness in the city stood closed.
(The Bartholomew Line).
This surname was derived from the ancient Hebrew or Syriac personal name Bartholmai, modified in Greek and Roman spelling. Like the other names of Christ's Apostles, Bar- tholomew came into use as a baptismal name in every Christian country, even before the use of surnames.
The Bartholomew family in England ap- pears to date back to the origin of the use of surnames. The ancient coat-of-arms : Argent a chevron engrailed between three lions rampant sable. One branch of the family
bears this : Or three goats' heads erased sable. Crest : A demi-goat argent gorged with a chaplet of laurel vert.
John, Robert and Richard Bartholomew were living about 1550, in Warborough, Ox- fordshire, England. Robert and Richard were brothers, and from the fact that John's son was an overseer of Richard's will it is in- ferred that John was a brother also. They were landowners, church wardens and men of consequence in the community. They fre- quently used the term, "alias Martyn," after Bartholomew, presumably having adopted the name of a maternal ancestor, as was frequently the case, to secure an inheritance. Oliver Cromwell's name is given in early records alias Williams, his paternal ancestors being of the Williams family.
(I) John Bartholomew lived in Warbor- ough, England. He married there, November 22, 1551, Alice Scutter, who was probably his second wife.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Bartholo- mew, married, in Warborough, November 6, 1552, Margaret Joyes. He was made overseer of his uncle Richard's estate in 1577. His four sons apparently all settled in the neigh- boring towns of Oxford and Burford. Chil- dren: Jolin, baptized June 19, 1556, married Ales Vicarage; Rowland, baptized December 5. 1561, (twin), died 1587; Richard (twin), baptized December 5, 1561, buried in Burford, April 29, 1632; William, of whom further.
(III) William, son of John (2) Bartholo- mew, was baptized in Warborough, February 7, 1567, and buried May 6, 1634. He settled in Burford, where he was a mercer, a dealer in silks and woolens. His will was dated April 25, 1634. He married Friswide, daugh- ter of William Metcalfe, mayor of New Woodstock, a neighboring town. She was buried in Fulbrooke, December 10, 1647. Chil- dren : Mary, married, June 28, 1620, Richard Tidmarsh; John, inherited father's estate and business, and died November 15, 1639; Wil- liam, born 1602-3, of whom further; Henry, born 1606-7, died November 22, 1692, in Salem, Massachusetts; Richard, supposed to have died in London, or on a return trip from London to Massachusetts; Francis, baptized in Burford, February 13, 1613-14; Thomas, baptized June 30, 1616; Abraham, died in Bur- ford. March 22, 1646-47; Sarah, baptized April 14, 1623.
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