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10. Hopestill, married, May 20, 1708, William Brewster.
II. Mercy, was unmarried in 1723.
12. Isaac, was living in 1700.
(Ibid. Town Records of Duxbury. Wills.)
(III) LYDIA WADSWORTH, daughter of Deacon John and Abigail (Andrews) Wadsworth, was born February 13, 1678 (old style), or February 23, 1679 (new style). She died May 26, 1756, aged seventy-seven years, three months and three days. Lydia Wadsworth married Jonathan Peterson, of Duxbury. (Peterson II.)
(Ibid. An article by G. E. Bowman: "The Mayflower Descendant," Vol. IX, p. 246 (1907).)
(The Harmon Line).
The early forms of the name, "Harmon," in England, were "Herman" and "Harman." One branch of the family settled in Virginia, but James Harmon, . from whom descended this line, settled in Saco, Maine, in 1655.
(Hon. Artemas Harmon : "Harmon Genealogy," pp. 1, 137.)
(I) JAMES HARMON, born in England, it is believed, died in New England. It is probable that James Harmon came over to America with the Lewis and Bony- thon Company, or else followed soon after. His name is frequently mentioned in connection with that of James Gibbons, one of the proprietors of the Bonython Patent. It is known that he came to this country when Saco was first settled and that he was there in 1655. At a commissioner's court held at Saco in 1658, "James Harmon was presented for swearing, and was fined forty shillings for bound, to his good behavior until the County Court, in a bond of ten pounds, and Ralph Tris- trum for him." Mention is made in York deeds of 1717 that James Harmon
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formerly owned land in Saco. In 1661, James Harmon and his wife were sepa- rated and the court awarded the wife all her husband's property for her mainte- nance. On December 9, 1674, Goodwife Harmon and Harmon, Jr., were assigned a seat in the meetinghouse.
James Harmon married, May 6, 1650, or before (the date was torn on the record), Sarah Clarke, daughter of Edward and Barbara Clarke, the former a juryman for Cape Porpoise, in York, Maine, who died in 1661. Children :
1. John, of whom further.
2. Jane, born probably in 1655.
3. Barbara, born December 6, 1667.
(Hon. Artemas Harmon : "The Harmon Genealogy," p. 138.)
(II) JOHN HARMON, son of James and Sarah (Clarke) Harmon, was born about 1650, and died in York, York County, Maine, in 1695. In a list of rates paid by the inhabitants of Saco, in 1670, he paid sixteen shillings, and in 1674 he was one of the few people in Saco who owned horses. John Harmon was sent by Saco as deputy to the Assembly in 1681. He removed to York before 1690.
John Harmon married (first) in Saco, Maine, in 1673, Mrs. Elizabeth (Cum- mings) Foxwell, daughter of Richard and Eleanor (Boynton) Cummings, and widow of John Foxwell. John Harmon married (second), in York, Maine, about 1675, Deborah Johnson, daughter of Edward and Priscilla Johnson, of York. Child of the first marriage :
I. Elizabeth, born in Saco, about 1674; married, February 28, 1694, Lieutenant Joseph Banks.
Children of the second marriage :
2. Colonel Johnson, born about 1675; married, in 1702, Mary Moulton.
3. Captain John, of whom further.
4. Mary, married (first) Benjamin Donnell; (second) Joseph Holt.
5. Thomas, who was driven out to sea in a canoe, by a northwest wind, on December 23, 1701, and never returned.
(Hon. Artemas Harmon : "The Harmon Genealogy," p. 138.)
(III) CAPTAIN JOHN HARMON, son of John and Deborah (Johnson) Har- mon, was born about 1680, and probably died in Sanford, sometime after 1754, when he settled there. He and his brother, Johnson, fought the Indians who molested the white settlers around York. He was a moderator and also first dea- con of York in 1731. He was captain of the Sixth Company, First Massachusetts Regiment, in 1744-45, in the French War at Cape Breton. Captain Harmon was one of the first settlers in Sanford, then Phillipstown, and according to the pro- prietor's records of Phillipstown, he had lot number fifteen in a list of lots granted to settlers November 21, 1754. He was empowered to dispose of the trees lying upon the ground in Phillipstown in 1754.
Captain John Harmon married, in 1707, Mehitable Parker, daughter of John and Sarah (Green) Parker, and granddaughter of Nicholas Green. Children, all born in York:
I. Deborah, born March 10, 1707-08; married (first), February 28, 1728-29, Johnson Harmon, Jr .; (second), August 26, 1738, William Fullerton.
2. Benjamin, born February 3, 1709-10; married, June 5, 1734, Katherine Beall.
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3. Elizabeth, born May 1, 1712; married, March 23, 1733-34, Ebenezer Moulton.
4. Nathaniel, born May 5, 1714; married, April 4, 1737, Mary Kingsbury.
5. Jerusha, born May 6, 1615-16; married, December 9, 1738, Edward Call (or Pell).
6. John, 3rd, born May 11, 1720.
7. and 8. Twins, one of whom died September 22 and the other October 5, 1721.
9. Naphtali, of whom further.
10. Mary, married, December 8, 1742, Maximilian Tenney.
(Hon. Artemas Harmon: "The Harmon Genealogy," p. 144.)
(IV) DEACON NAPHTALI HARMON, son of Captain John and Mehitable (Parker) Harmon, was born in York, Maine, November 18, 1722. He was one of the original grantees of Sanford, Maine, in 1754, when it was Phillipstown, and in a petition from the inhabitants of that town, dated May 26, 1756, his name appears with those of his brothers. He was a selectman of Sanford March II, 1768, and deer informer in 1781, and a sergeant of a company of scouts in 1758. Naphtali Harmon was one of the original founders of the First Baptist Church in 1772, and was made a deacon. He was a member of the Committee of Safety, 1777-78.
Deacon Naphtali Harmon married (first), in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Octo- ber 18, 1744, Anne Greenleaf, daughter of Steven Greenleaf, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, and (second), in Wells, Maine, June 18, 1756, Anna Gray, who was born about 1734 and died October 30, 1793. Children of the first marriage, born in York:
I. Samuel, born June 24, 1751; married Lucy.
2. Anne, of whom further.
3. Isaiah, born in Sanford in 1755.
Children of the second marriage, born in Sanford :
4. Josiah, born in 1757, enlisted in July, 1777, for three years in Captain Wheelwright's company in Colonel France's regiment and served in the Revolution as a sergeant.
5. Deborah, born May 8, 1760; married James H. Chadbourne.
6. Sarah.
7. Priscilla, married, March 17, 1794, George Lord, of Alfred, Maine.
(Hon. Artemas Harmon: "The Harmon Genealogy," pp. 147-48. Emery: "History of Sanford, Maine," pp. 63, 65. S. A. R. Register (1904), No. 16,347.)
(V) ANNE HARMON, daughter of Naphtali and Anne (Greenleaf ) Harmon, was born in York, May 12, 1753, and died in 1823. She married Deacon Eleazer Chadbourne. (Chadbourne VI.)
(Hon. Artemas Harmon: "The Harmon Genealogy," p. 147. S. A. R. Register (1904), No. 16,347.)
(The Simmons Line).
The name Simmons is generally understood to be a derivative of Simon, but it may have come from the Domesday name, Simund, which is quite distinct from Simon. There is a family of Simmons, who have been resident at Seaford, in the County Sussex, for the past three centuries and a half. They evidently have cor- rupted their appellative from Seaman, which has gone through the following phases since 1553: Seeman, Seaman, Seamans, Semons, Simons, Simonds, Sim- monds, Symonds, Symmonds, and finally Simmons. The surname, Seaman, is of very frequent occurrence in the records of Cinque Ports, and all along the coasts
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of Kent and Sussex, in the thirteenth, fourteenth, and following centuries. There was a ship of Winchelsea, called "De la Bochere," commanded by Benedict Seman (doubtless named from his occupation), which sailed in 1294.
(Lower: "Patronymica Britannica.")
(I) MOSES SIMMONS, American progenitor of this branch of the family, was born at Leyden, Holland. He arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1621, hav- ing sailed with his wife on the ship "Fortune." He was one of the first settlers of Plymouth but removed to Duxbury about 1638-40. Moses Simmons was one of the original purchasers of Dartmouth and a proprietor of Bridgewater and Mid- dleborough, but was not a resident of either place. Children:
1. Thomas, died in 1675; married Patience, and they had a son, Moses, in 1660, who died in the Canada expedition; Thomas was a servant of Samuel Fuller ; he was perhaps of Braintree.
2. Moses, of whom further.
(Hobart : "Journal." J. Winsor: "History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts." Duxbury Vital Records. Savage: "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," Vol. IV, p. 100.)
(II) MOSES SIMMONS, JR., son of Moses Simmons, was probably born in Eng- land, and died in Duxbury in 1689. He married Sarah. Children :
1. John, of whom further.
2. Aaron, of Duxbury.
3. Mary, married Joseph Alden.
4. Elizabeth, married, in 1690, Richard Dwelley.
5. Sarah, married James Nash of Duxbury.
(J. Winsor : "History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts," pp. 214, 307. W. T. Davis : "Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth," p. 245.)
(III) JOHN SIMMONS, son of Moses, Jr., and Sarah Simmons, was born in Duxbury, Massachusetts, and died in 1715. Land was granted to him in 1686. John Simmons married, November 16, 1669 (or 1671), Mercy Pabodie. (Pabodie III.) Children, all born in Duxbury :
1. John, born February 22, 1670; married, April 19, 1703, Experience Dicknel.
2. William, born September 24, 1672.
3. Isaac, born in 1673; lived in Duxbury; had a grant of land at Simmons Meadow.
4. Martha, of whom further.
5. Moses, born in February, 1680.
(Duxbury Vital Records, pp. 156, 307. J. Winsor: "History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts," p. 307. W. T. Davis: "Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth," p. 244.)
(IV) MARTHA SIMMONS, daughter of John and Mercy (Pabodie) Simmons, was born in Duxbury, Massachusetts, November 17, 1677, and died in Pembroke, Massachusetts. She married (first) Ebenezer Delano (Delano III) ; and (sec- ond), June 20, 1709, Samuel West.
(Ibid.)
(The Pabodie Line).
The family name, "Paybody, Peabody," means paymaster. The Paybody fam- ily was anciently seated in Leicestershire, at Lutterworth, made famous as the parish which was the charge of John Wycliffe, the reformer, during the last ten years of his life, 1374 to 1384. The earliest known document of the family is the
PEABODY (PABODIE).
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will of John Paybodie, of Lutterworth, which is dated May 4, 1520. There are also several Paybody wills in Leicestershire and the neighboring parts of North- amptonshire of a later date, and the will of Francis Paibody, of Great Glen, of Glen Magna, dated April 17, 1685, gives several names similar to those found in the American family of Pabodie. It is supposed that they were the ancestors of the American family.
("American Families, Genealogical and Heraldic," Vol. XX, p. 96.)
(I) JOHN PAYBODY, born in England, came to Plymouth Colony as early as 1636, undoubtedly from the county of Leicester, for he is in the list of freemen dated March 7, 1636-37. He received a grant of ten acres of land on Duxburrow side, on January 1, 1637-38, and another grant of thirty acres, with meadow, on November 2, 1640. His will was proved in Boston, Massachusetts, April 27, 1667. John Paybody married Isabel. Children :
I. Thomas, named in his father's will.
2. Francis, born in England, 1612-14; came over when he was twenty-one, in the "Planter."
3. William, of whom further.
4 Annis, married, about 1639, John Rouse.
("American Families, Genealogical and Heraldic," Vol. XX, p. 97.)
(II) WILLIAM PABODIE, son of John and Isabel Paybody, was born in 1620 and lived in Duxbury. He died December 13, 1707. William Pabodie married, December 26, 1644, Elizabeth Alden, a daughter of John and Priscilla ( Mullins) Alden. (Alden II.) He was for many years the town clerk of Duxbury. Chil- dren, all born in Duxbury, Massachusetts :
I. John, born October 4, 1645, died in Duxbury November 17, 1669.
2. Elizabeth, born April 24, 1647; married, at Duxbury, November, 1666, John Rogers.
3. Mary, born August 7, 1648 (new style, August 17, 1648) ; married, at Duxbury, Novem- ber 16, 1671, Edward Southworth.
4. Mercy, of whom further.
5. Martha, born February 24, 1650; married, April 4, 1677, Samuell Sebury.
6. Priscilla, born November 16, 1652 (new style, November 26, 1652), died in infancy, March 2, 1652-53.
7. Priscilla, born January 15, 1653 (new style, January 25, 1654) ; married, at Duxbury, December 2, Ichabod Wiswall.
8. Sarah, born August 7, 1656; married, at Duxbury, November 10, 1681, Jolin Coe.
9. Ruth, born June 27, 1658; married, at Duxbury, December, 167-, Benjamine Bartlet, Jr.
10. Rebecca, born October 16, 1660.
II. Hannah, born October 15, 1662; married, at Duxbury, August 2, 1683, Samuell Bartlett.
12. William, born November 24, 1664.
13. Lydia, born April 3, 1667.
(Duxbury Vital Records, Wills, Records, Deeds.)
(III) MERCY PABODIE, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, was born in Duxbury, Massachusetts, January 2, 1649 (new style, January 12, 1650.) She married John Simmons, of Duxbury. (Simmons III.) (Duxbury Vital Records.)
(The Alden Line).
The surname, Alden. is of Saxon origin, from ald, old and den, a hil, or town; old town; it may be, however, from the Gaelic, from Alt, high; and dun, hill, castle or town.
("Tercentenary of New England Families," Vol. I, p. 44.)
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(I) JOHN ALDEN was born in England in 1599 and died in Duxbury, Massa- chusetts, September 1, 1686, aged eighty-seven years, the last of the famous band of Pilgrim Fathers that signed the compact in the cabin of the "Mayflower." He was never a member of the Leydon Colony, but joined the Pilgrims on the "May- flower" at Southampton. He was hired as a ship carpenter, and on reaching the American coast he must have decided to remain with the colonists, as he signed the covenant before leaving the ship, and also became a member of the church. On the division of the common property of the Colony in 1627, Alden, with Captain Standish, Elder Brewster, John Howland, Francis Eaton, and Peter Brown, removed to that territory known by its Indian name, Mattaheeset, which now includes Duxbury, Marshfield, Pembroke, Hanson, and Bridgewater, Massachu- setts. The colonists for mutual protection against the Indians agreed to return to Plymouth during the winter season, which agreement also gave them an oppor- tunity of attending religious worship. John Alden was elected assistant to the Governor in 1633, an office which he held for nearly all of the remainder of his life, serving with Edward Winslow, Josiah Winslow, Bradford, Prince and Hinck- ley. From 1666 until his death he held the office of first assistant, often called Deputy Governor, and was many times Acting Governor in the absence of the Chief Magistrate. He was also a member of the council of war, many times an arbitrator, a surveyor of lands for the government, and on several important occa- sions acted as attorney or agent for the Colony. He spent his declining years in the house his son built on the old Alden farm.
John Alden married, in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in the spring of 1621, Pris- cilla Mullins, daughter of William and Alice Molines ( Mullines), who came from England on the "Mayflower." ( Mullins II.) Children :
I. Elizabeth, of whom further.
2. John, Jr., born in 1626, died at Duxbury, Massachusetts, May (or March) 14, 1702; was made a freeman at Boston in 1648; married, April 1, 1660, Elizabeth ( Phillips) Everill (or Everell), a widow. She was a daughter of William Phillips.
3. Joseph, born in 1627; married Mary Simmons, daughter of Moses Simmons.
4. Sarah, born in 1629; married Alexander Standish, eldest son of Captain Miles Standish.
5. Jonathan, born in 1632, died in February, 1697; married Abigail Hallet.
6. Ruth, born in 1634, died in Braintree, October 12, 1674; married, in 1657, John Bass, son of Deacon Samuel Bass.
7. Rebecca, born in 1637, died young, it is believed.
8. Priscilla, said to have died in infancy.
9. Zachariah, born (probably) about 1641.
10. Mary, born in 1643; married Dr. Thomas Delano, of Duxbury, Massachusetts (Delano I-child four.)
11. David, born in 1646; became a prominent man of Duxbury; married Mercy Southworth, daughter of Constant Southworth.
("American Families, Genealogical and Heraldic," Vol. XX, pp. 62-63. "Tercentenary of New England," Vol. I, p. 44.)
(II) ELIZABETH ALDEN, daughter of John and Priscilla ( Mullins) Alden, was born in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in 1623-24, and died May 31, 1717. She married William Pabodie. ( Pabodie II)
("American Families, Genealogical and Heraldic," Vol. XX; p. 62. "Tercentenary of New England," Vol. I, p. 44.)
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(The Mullins Line).
Molins, with its variations, Mullins and Mullens, is an English surname derived from de Molines, taken in turn from Molines (now Molliens) in the department of Somme in Picardy, France, on the English Channel. Molyneux, sometimes claimed as the original of the name, seems regularly to have retained its three syllables, to be originally distinct, and to belong to a distinctively Lancashire fam- ily. Molyneux came from Molineaux-Sur-Seine, near Rouen, France.
The name Molins, Molyns, Mullins, and Mullens was found at an early date in England. In the Hundred Rolls of Gloucestershire, in 1273, the name of William de Molyns was recorded, and a William Mullens was resident at Stoke in 1596 and 1597, according to the Surrey Musters. It was from Surrey County that William Molines (or Mullins), American progenitor of this branch of the family, came.
("New England Historical and Genealogical Register," Vol. XLII, pp. 62-63. Waters : "Genealogical Gleanings in England." Bardsley : "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames." Surrey Record Society.)
(I) WILLIAM MOLINES (or MULLINES), as Governor William Bradford wrote the name, lived in Dorking in Surrey County, England, just across the Thames River and south of London, according to the Probate Book of Dorking. He died at Plymouth, New England, February 21, 1620-21, just after he made his will. His will appears in the Probate Act Book of 1621-22, with his name spelled Mullens. It mentions four Christian names, and bequeaths "To my wife Alice halfe my goodes." William Molines was a tradesman. He came to this country with his wife and two children on the "Mayflower" and landed at Plymouth, December 22, 1620, and they with the other Pilgrims established the first permanent colony in New England.
William Molines married, in England, Alice, who died in 1621. Children, born in Surrey County, England :
1. William, left England; later came to Plymouth, Massachusetts; was living on his father's share of land in 1633 ; had lands in Middleborough in 1664, and probably died in Braintree, Massachusetts, February 12, 1672.
2. Sarah, remained in England; married a Blunden according to Governor Bradford's "History of Plymouth Plantation," written about 1645-47.
3. Joseph, came on the "Mayflower" with his parents, aged at least sixteen years, as he received a share in the allotment of land in the colony; he died soon after the death of his father.
4. Priscilla, of whom further.
("New England Historical and Genealogical Register," Vol. XLII, pp. 62-63; Vol. XLVII, p. 91.)
(II) PRISCILLA MULLINS (as her name is generally spelled), daughter of William and Alice Molines (or Mullines), was born in the County Surrey, Eng- land, and died in New England. She was left an orphan shortly after coming to America and lost her brother also. She was sixteen years old or over at the time of sailing, as she received her share of land in the allotment of land in the Colony, in 1620-21. Priscilla Mullins married, not later than May, 1621, John Alden. (Alden I.)
("New England Historical and Genealogical Register," Vol. XLVI, p. 269; Vol. LI, pp. 428-31.)
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(The Treworgy Line).
The Cornish name Trevathen, Trevarthian, Trewarthen, Treworthy, or Tre- worgy, originated to designate a native of the manor of Trevarthian in the parish of Newlyn, near Truro, County Cornwall.
(Lower: "Patronymica Britannica.")
(The Family in America).
(I) JAMES TREWORGY, merchant, originally from County Cornwall, England, bought land in Kittery, Maine, in 1635. He went to Newfoundland, perhaps for trade only, and died before 1650. He married, at Kingsweare, Devonshire, Eng- land, March 16, 1616, Katherine Shapleigh. (Shapleigh II.) Children, except the last, born in England :
I. John, baptized at Kingsweare, December 30, 1618; came over as agent of John Winter before 1639; lived in Kittery, 1640-49; he was appointed commissioner for New- foundland April 8, 1657, and died there in 1660. He married, at Newbury, Massa- chusetts, January 15, 1646, Penelope Spencer, daughter of Thomas and Penelope (Filial1) Spencer, of Newbury; had a son John, born in Newbury, August 12, 1649, also a son James, mentioned in the will of his mother in 1676, and married (first) Mary Ferguson, who died July 16, 1696; he married (second) Sarah Brady, widow of John Brady, and (third) Ruth Kirk, daughter of Henry Kirk.
2. Joan, married John Ameredith (Meredith).
3. Samuel, born in 1628; married Dorcas Walton, and was a mariner of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1674.
4. Lucy, of whom further.
5. Elizabeth, born in 1639, died September 8, 1719; married, June 3, 1657, Hon. John Gil- man, of Exeter, New Hampshire.
(Stackpole : "Old Kittery and Her Families," p. 780.)
(II) LUCY TREWORGY, daughter of James and Katherine (Shapleigh) Tre- worgy, was born in England, in 1632, and died at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1708. She married (first) Humphrey Chadbourne. (Chadbourne II.) She married (second), in April, 1699, Thomas Wills (or Wells), of Kittery. They were the parents of Elizabeth, who married Captain Samuel Alcock, and Joanna, who married Richard Cutt. Lucy Treworgy married (third) Hon. Elias Stileman.
(Stackpole: "Old Kittery and Her Families," p. 312.)
(The Shapleigh Line).
The English surname Shapleigh may be a variation of "Shepley," meaning sheep pasture; but it is more likely from some small place in Southwestern Eng- land; as, Shapcote in Devonshire, or Shapwith Parish in Dorsetshire, or Shap- with in Somersetshire; derived from Shiep-worth or Sheep-farm. Robert Shap- leigh, of Dartmouth, married a Simondes, of Totnes, whence the Totnes branch of the family.
(Devonshire Visitations of County Devon, 1620, p. 258. (Harleian Society Publications, Vol. VI).
(The Family in America).
(I) ALEXANDER SHAPLEIGH came from Kingsweare, Devonshire, England, as agent for Sir Ferdinando Gorges. He was at Kittery Point, Maine, in 1635; a merchant and ship owner. A deposition of his servant, Thomas Jones, declares that he was living near Sturgeon Creek in 1639. He conveyed to his son-in-law,
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James Treworgy, May 26, 1642, all his estate in Kittery, and died before July 5, 1650, while his estate was being settled at Agamenticus (York). He married, in England, but the name of his wife has not been recorded. Children, born in Devonshire, England :
I. Katherine, of whom further.
2. Alexander, born about 1606, died in England in 1642. His only child, John, born about 1640, was killed by Indians April 29, 1706; was ensign, selectman and representative of Kittery; married Sarah Withers, daughter of Thomas Withers.
3. Major Nicholas, born about 1610, died without issue, April 29, 1682; married Alice Mesant, daughter of Widow Ann Mesant.
("New England Historical and Genealogical Register," Vol. V, p. 345. Stackpole: "Old Kittery and her Families," p. 716.)
(II) KATHERINE SHAPLEIGH, daughter of Alexander Shapleigh, was born in Kingsweare, Devonshire, England, about 1600, and died in Exeter, New Hamp- shire, between 1676 and 1682. She married (first), in England, James Treworgy. (Treworgy I.) She married (second), as his second wife, Edward Hilton, of Exeter, New Hampshire, the founder of the settlement of New Hampshire; who settled at Dover in 1624 and about 1640 at Exeter, and died in 1671, leaving an estate of £2,204, and children: Edward, William, Samuel, Charles, and two daughters, all by a former marriage.
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