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Levi Seaward married, December 12, 1867, Mary Jane Cole, born in Damascus, Wayne county, Pennsylvania, December 24, 1842, daughter of Moses Cole (see Cole III). Chil- dren, all born in Tarport, Pennsylvania: 1. Martha Zeruba, born September 20, 1869, died April 12, 1874. 2. George Algernon, born March 15, 1871 ; now a resident of Bradford, engaged in the oil business; married Jane Rider, of North Baltimore, Ohio; children : Alton Leroy, born September 1, 1892; Nina Vera, May 2, 1894; Earl Forrest, July 31, 1896; Leland Kenneth, July 25, 1898; Garrett Donald, May 30, 1902; Mildred Freda, No- vember 14. 1904; Chester Devon, May 25, 1906; Wayne, November 15, 1911. 3. Levina Amelia, born August 8, 1872, died November 22, 1876. 4. Fred Terry, born March 2, 1874; now an employee of the Erie Railroad Com- pany, and resides in Buffalo, New York ; mar- ried Emma B. Grant, of Tarport, born Octo- ber 8, 1873; child, Gladys, born Jannary 19, 1904. 5. Joseph Redman, born November 15, 1875, died February 22, 1877. 6. Alma Jean- nette, born September 3, 1877 ; married Arthur P. Blair, of Kendall, now a telegraph operator of Bradford, Pennsylvania; child, Robert Arthur, died May 31, 1908. 7. Beulah Elmira, born April 12, 1879; married Morris A. Cav- erly, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, now a press-
man at Bradford; child, Dorothy Ruth, born November 1, 1910. 8. Paul Levan, born De- cember 1, 1884; now a bookkeeper in Brad- ford ; unmarried.
(The Cole Line).
Moses Cole, father of Mrs. Mary Jane (Cole) Seaward, was the son of John Cole, who died near Philadelphia, as did his wife Sally Ball. Through this marriage the Coles became heirs to the famous Ball property, on which a part of the city of Philadelphia now stands. Children, all deceased : I. Phoebe, mar- ried John Francisco, of Beaver Kill, Sullivan county, New York, where both died ; children : John and Lorenzo, both deceased. 2. Paulina, married Daniel Cook ; children: John Chester, Delinda and Hannan, all deceased, and Pru- dence, who lives in Sullivan county, New York. 3. Barbara, married Moses Hendricks, and left a son, Moses (2). 4. Delinda, who married a Mr. Davis. 5. Sarah, married Henry Gardiner. 6. Moses, of whom further. 7. William, who died lacking only four months of reaching the age of a century ; married Sarah Grippen ; chil- dren : John, Alonzo, Theron, Roswell, Miranda, Levanda, Polly, George, James and William.
(II) Moses Cole, born at Bristol, Pennsyl- vania, 1793, died in Tarport, January 25, 1873, was a lumberman and farmer. He married Susanna Evaline Price, born in eastern Penn- sylvania, in 1802, died at Tarport, March 5, 1870, whose family came from England. Chil- dren, born in Damascus, Pennsylvania : 1. John Ball, died at Whitney's Point, New York ; mar- ried Mary French, of Owego, New York ; chil- dren : Leslie, of Whitney's Point; Charles, of Shenango Forks, New York ; Willis, deceased. 2. William, a lumberman; resides at Farmers Valley, Pennsylvania ; married Susan Andrews, of Owego, New York; children : Charles, liv- ing in Michigan ; Daniel ; Elizabeth ; Susan, de- ceased; Mary, deceased. 3. Lavinia, died at Owego, New York ; married William Lawrence, and left a son, Lester, who resides at Forestville, New York. 4. Hiram, died September 25, 1857, at Tarport ; a lumberman and a veteran of the civil war, serving in Company B, One Hun- dred and Ninth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry; his widow survives him at Turtle River, Minnesota, with a daughter Susan. 5. Moses, born 1835 ; now a carpenter and builder at Deposit, New York; married Mary Busby, cieceased ; children : Minnie, Clinton, George, Emma and Harry. 6. Mary Jane, of whom
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further. 7. George Washington, born 1844; enlisted in Company K, Fifth Regiment New York Cavalry; died September 24, 1864, of fever while serving in the army during the civil war ; unmarried. 8. Albert P., born 1845, died in Tarport, April, 1902; married Phoebe Briggs, also deceased, without issue. 9. Sally, who died aged eight years.
(III) Mary Jane, daughter of Moses Cole, born December 24, 1842, in Damascus, Wayne county, Pennsylvania ; married Levi Seaward (see Seaward III).
JAMES Francis James with wife and two servants, Thomas Sucklin and Richard Baxter, came from Hing- ham, England, in 1638, and settled in Hing- ham, Massachusetts, of which he became a proprietor and he was admitted a freeman, May 10, 1643. His house was burned in May, 1647, and he died December 27 of the same year ; his widow, Elizabeth, was appointed ad- ministratrix and July 12, 1688, she admin- istered on the estate of her son Philip. Francis James owned land at Conihasset.
Philip James, brother of Francis James, was born in England and came thither with wife and four children and two servants, William Pitts and Edward Mitchell, from Hingham, England, to Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1638. He died soon afterward. His widow, Jane, married (second) February, 1640, George Rus- sell.
Francis, son of Philip James, named for his uncle, according to the weight of evidence, was probably born in England. He died in Hing- ham, Massachusetts, November 29, 1684, intes- tate. His widow Elizabeth was administratrix of his estate. He was a farmer at Hingham Center. Children, born at Hingham: Eliza- beth, died April 11, 1660; Sarah, born Febru- ary 27, 1661-62; Jane, November 6, 1664; Francis, January 25, 1666-67; Thomas, De- cember 7, 1669 ; Philip, died February 15, 1687- 88; Samuel, born April 6, 1676.
Francis James, a descendant several genera- tions later of Francis James (II), was born about 1760. The vital records of the town of Sherburn, now Nantucket, Island of Nantucket, show that he married, February 3, 1783, Eliza- beth Milton. She died about 1850, aged ninety- one years. In 1790, according to the first fed- eral census, he had two sons and a daughter under sixteen years. The census shows but two other families on Nantucket in 1790, Abi-
gail, whose family consisted of three females, and Hart whose family consisted of four females. Abigail was the widow of Robert Alsop James, whom she married at Sherburn, Nantucket, May 15, 1777. All three families were probably closely related.
Edwin James, son or grandson of Francis James, was born on the Island of Nantucket, April 10, 1808, and there spent his life. He attended the public schools and learned the trade of ropemaker, following it with industry and skill. In early life he was a Whig, later a Republican. He died at Nantucket, August 14, 1868. He and his family were Methodists. He married (first) August 30, 1826, Sarah G. Cash, born December 27, 1807, died December 27, 1833. He married (second) at Nantucket, Sarah G. Sandbury, born at Nantucket, Sep- tember 13, 1815, died March 21, 1902. Children by first wife : 1. Edwin, born at Nantucket, Au- gust 30, 1827, died in infancy. 2. Edwin C., born at Nantucket, March 10, 1829, died in 1871 ; was a whaler and cooper by trade ; married Char- lotte R. James, a cousin, who died in Nan- tucket ; children: Nellie, lives at Nantucket, unmarried, and Eveline, married John Smith, foreman of a lumber company at Nantucket. 3. Roland B., born July 17, 1830, died in infancy. 4. Phoebe Ann, born May 5, 1832, died in infancy. 5. Sarah G., born December II. 1833, died in 1834. Children by second wife: 6. Walter Bunker, born September 2, 1836, died at Nantucket, in 1905. 7. Alexander, August 5, 1838, died April 6, 1912; was a cooper in Fair Haven, Massachusetts ; married Nellie Haskill, of New Bedford, who died in 1900. 8. Lydia C., born June 22, 1840; mar- ried Benjamin B. Long, of Nantucket, a painter by trade, who died in 1904, at Nantucket, where his widow lives with two children: Carrie J., born 1866, unmarried, and Anna T., born 1869, unmarried. 9. Henry F., born De- cember 5, 1841, died November 7, 1911 ; mar- ried Susan Hunter, of Nantucket ; he was a whaler and afterward an oil producer at Frank- lin, Venango county, Pennsylvania, where he died; his widow lives at Franklin, Pennsyl- vania ; their children : Bertha, born 1866, mar- ried Charles Hollister, of Franklin, Pennsyl- vania, an oil worker and storekeeper, and has a child. Henry James, born June 1, 1901 : Frank, born 1871, an oil producer, married Louise Holman, of Franklin. 10. Obed Sands- bury, of whom further. 11. Isabelle L., born May 23, 1845. died in 1908; married William
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H. Gibbs, of Nantucket, a seaman and mer- chant, who died in 1904; two children died young, and Alice, born 1862, married Charles Marks, of Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, now a farmer on Nantucket, children: Mary, born 1888; Harold, 1893; Horace, 1896. 12. Sarah E., born April 11, 1847, died in 1892; married George Andrews, of Nantucket, a painter, now living at Chelsea, Massachusetts, and had two children : Charles Andrews, born 1874, married and has children, lives in Boston, engaged in the automobile business, and Dwight Andrews, born 1876, a resident of Boston. 13. Andrew C., born November 1, 1849, died De- cember 6, 1852. 14. Ferdinand, born October 12, 1851, died December 19, 1852. 15. Clar- ence A., born November 28, 1853, died June 17, 1865. 16. Horace A., born February 6, 1856; unmarried ; lives at Plainville, Connecti- cut, where he is in the dry goods business. 17. Carrie H., born May 28, 1857, died February 26, 1865.
Sarah G. Sandbury's father was James Sand- bury, who was born July 2, 1782, in Sweden, whence he came to Nantucket and settled, fol- lowing the occupation of whaler and mariner. He began in early youth to follow the sea as cabin boy for Captain West. He died at Nan- tucket, in 1860. He married, October 18, 1808, Anne Cleveland, born February 7, 1789, at Nantucket, died there about 1850.
Obed Sandbury James, son of Edwin James, was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 18, 1843. He attended the public schools of his native place, and at the age of fourteen began to follow the sea in a whaling vessel, the "Mohawk," on which he remained for two and a half years. On account of the brutality of the mate, he ran away from the ship while it was in an Australian port and traveled several hundred miles on foot through wild and unfrequented portions of the country to reach Melbourne where he believed he would be able to get an opportunity to return home. After a month of hardship and suffering he joined the crew of the ship "Almira," at Mel- bourne, and made his way back to Nantucket. Mr. James' experiences at sea and particularly in Australia left a deep impression upon his mind and character. He has always been mindful of others and sought the good rather than the evil in their acts, his experiences teaching him that the good predominates in human nature and that the worth of a man is not to be measured by his misfortunes. He
enlisted, August 10, 1861, in the United States naval service and was mustered out, three years later, August 15, 1864, having taken part in many engagements during the civil war. He was at the capture of New Orleans by Ad- miral Farragut on the ship "Adolph Hugle," which was under heavy fire. He was for eleven days in the siege in front of Vicksburg. Mr. James was promoted to the rank of sailmaker's mate. He was afterward at Pensacola Bay and at Alexandria on guard duty until he was discharged.
After the war Mr. James became an oil pro- ducer, following the development of different fields. In 1889 he located in Bradford, Penn- sylvania, where he has since made his home, residing at 238 South avenue. In business he has been fortunate and successful. In the course of business he has had to travel much, making four trips to South America, where he spent nine years altogether, later making a trip to Italy in the interest of his company. He drilled the first oil well ever drilled in South America, in 1865, in northern Peru. Mr. James was a member of Franklin Lodge, No. 3, United Workmen, and was at one time a mem- ber of Chrozen Lodge, No. 505, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Titusville. He is also a member of Bradford Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. He attends the United Brethren church. In politics he is an uncom- promising, stalwart Republican, but has never held any public office although taking a keen interest in all public affairs, never failing to vote either at a primary or regular election unless prevented by some unavoidable circum- stance.
Mr. James married, November 10, 1868, Elizabeth C. Russell, born at Titusville, Penn- sylvania, February 24, 1850, daughter of John Russell. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Obed Sand- bury James: 1. Horace Greeley, born Decem- ber 31, 1869, in Titusville, Pennsylvania ; mar- ried Ruth Valjean Murray, a native of Penn- sylvania, daughter of Alfred Murray, oil oper- ator ; they live at Independence, Kansas, where Mr. James publishes and edits the Independ- ence Daily Reporter. 2. Wayland Victor, born near Titusville, November 30, 1871; he is a lawyer at Springfield, Massachusetts; married Ida E. Flower, of Springfield, Massachusetts; have one child, Elizabeth, born January 26, 1901. 3. Ida M., born at Petrolia, Pennsyl- vania, June 25, 1873, died at Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, November 26, 1878. 4. Ger-
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trude MI., born at Petrolia, December 24, 1874; married Charles Eugene Putnam, born Febru- ary 15, 1873, in Bradford, Pennsylvania ; super- intendent of an electrical car heating factory in Detroit, Michigan ; their children, horn at Brad- ford : Pearl Gertrude, June 24, 1896; Margaret Delphine, February 15, 1898; Wayland Arthur, May 3, 1900; Horace James, August 20, 1904. 5. Edra Mabel, born at Franklin, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1882; unmarried ; is assistant super- intendent of the Bradford Hospital. Mrs. James is a member of the Protected Home Circle of Bradford and of the Women's Chris- tian Temperance Union in which she has been superintendent of scientific temperance instruc- tion. She attends the United Brethren church.
(The Russell Line).
According to tradition the Russell family is descended from Sir John Russell, of England.
(I) John Russell, the first of the line of whom we have information, was a native of New York state, from whence he removed to one of the western states. He married and had thirteen children, among whom were John, Benjamin and George.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Russell, was born near Elmira, New York, April 13, 1817, died May 6, 1896, at Sistersville, West Virginia, from injuries received by being struck by a railroad train. He was a farmer, and in politics a Republican. He married (first) February 4. 1840, Content Woodward, who was born September 29, 1817, near Elmira, New York, and died March 8, 1842. He mar- ried (second) May 31, 1848, Harriet Matilda Corbin, who was born October 14, 1830, and died April 17, 1902, and was a native of New York state, and a descendant of an old New England family. Child of John Russell by his first wife: 1. Sarah, born 1841, died in Elmira. Children by second wife: 2. Elizabeth C., of whom further. 3. Francis Lafayette, born De- cember 9. 1851, died August 8, 1889; married Hannah Widell, of Buffalo, New York, where she now lives ; he was an engineer ; their chil- dren : Charles, died in infancy ; Hattie, lives in Buffalo ; Alma, lives in New York City ; Myrtie, deceased ; William, lives in Buffalo. 4. Mar- shall Fidelion, born February 28, 1854, near Titusville; married Martha Blystone, of Kit- taning, Pennsylvania ; he is in the oil business and lives at Sandusky, Ohio; their children: Judson, born 1875; Willis, 1877; Bertha, 1882 ; Arthur, 1886; Hubert, 1890; Lloyd, 1894. 5.
Wallis B., born February 24, 1856, died July 8, 1856. 6. Eber E., born April 1, 1858; mar- ried Lizzie Oakes, of Lima, Ohio, and lives at Ada, Ohio, where he is in the confectionery business. 7. Clarence, born June 10, 1860, died in 1898; he was a rigger by trade; married (first) December 12, 1883, Kate M. Higgins, and had two children who died in infancy; married (second) Maude -, a native of Indiana, where she now resides, and had two children : a son, born in 1900; Gladys, born 1902. 8. Leister Gordon, born March 16, 1862; married, September 16, 1885, Mary E. Court- ney, of Pittsburgh; he is a confectioner at Norwalk, Ohio; their children: Merl, born 1888; Myrtle, 1890; Twila, 1894; Dorothy, 1902; Hazel. 9. Fanny Rosella, born Sep- tember 4, 1864; married, September 14, 1881, Tobias F. Miller, of Pleasantville, Pennsyl- vania, a painter, living at Franklin, Pennsyl- vania ; their children: Fred, born 1884; Gil- bert, 1886; Edna, 1890; Francis, 1897. 10. Myrtle Edith, born January 24, 1867, died un- married in 1889, at Bolivar, New York. 11. Charles M., born December 25, 1872 ; a rigger by trade ; married and has a family.
ALLEN There were forty different Allens who emigrated at an early day to various parts of this country and founded separate lines, spelling the name vari- ously Allen, Allyn, Allin, Allan, etc. They were found in every colony and usually were men of prominence, as were their descendants. The branch headed by William Allen settled at Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He died in 1685, leaving wife Elizabeth, who died later in the same year, and four sons: William, John, Thomas and Matthew. Another branch. head- ed by John Allen, who died in October, 1708, settled at Newport, Rhode Island. He mar- ried, October 14, 1650, Elizabeth Bacon, and left sons, John and Samuel. There is no authority for determining which of these an- cestors rightfully belongs to the Allens of Bradford, Pennsylvania. Definite record can only begin with Paul and Polly ( Case). Allen, married in Providence, Rhode Island, May 22, 1774.
(II) Henry, son of Paul and Polly ( Case) Allen, was born in Providence, Rhode Island. January 4, 1784. He was a farmer, and served as a private in the second war with Great Britain, in 1812 and 1814. At the age of sixty years he settled in the town of Napoli, Catta-
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raugus county, New York, remaining there until his death in 1874, aged ninety years. He is buried in the cemetery at Napoli, where his wife Nancy is also buried. Children : 1. James, born near Providence, Rhode Island; married and had children : i. Byron ; ii. Anna, married Milo Hall, lives in Randolph, New York, and has a son, Court ; iii. Lydia, married
Bidwell. 2. Henry, died in Rhode Island. 3. Samuel, born 1810, died about 1890; was a sea captain commanding a vessel trading out of Providence ; married (first) -, (second) Minnie Cooney, of Randolph, New York; child by first wife: Samuel C., married Ida Champlin, and resides in Napoli, New York, children : Norman, Henry and Beulah ; children by second wife : Freeman and Amy. 4. Thomas Whitman, of whom further. 5. Louisa, died in Napoli, New York; married Palmer P. Barber, also deceased ; children : i. Samuel A., now living in Findlay, Ohio; ii. Susan A. Fuller, deceased, 1900; iii. Dr. Daniel P., died in Salamanca, New York, 1909, without issue ; iv. Abbie, deceased; married Matson, who survives her, a resident of Providence, Rhode Island; has a daughter, Mrs. Clara Boardman, of East Greenwich, Rhode Island. 6. Amy, married Freeman Baker, and has chil- dren. 7. Daniel, deceased.
(III) Thomas Whitman, son of Henry and Nancy Allen, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, August 23, 1820, died August 6, 1887, at Salamanca, New York. He was educated in the public schools of Providence, where his home was until reaching manhood's estate. In 1852 he went to New York state, settling in the town of Napoli, Cattaraugus county, where he followed the trade of carpenter until his enlistment in Company C, New York Regiment of Heavy Artillery. He served during the last eleven months of the war, stationed at Nor- folk, Virginia. After the war he returned to Napoli, where he lived until 1882, moving in that year to the village of Salamanca, New York, where he died five years later. He was a Republican, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married (first) Lola C. Morse, born in Maine, 1830, died January, 1867, in Napoli. She had three brothers : Seth Morse, living in Maine; George Morse, died in California, 1876, unmarried, and Albert Morse, deceased. Thomas W. Allen married (second) Clara Morey. Children by first wife : I. Ella Madora, born October 8, 1852, died August 21, 1876; married Levi W. Ziegler;
now living in Salamanca, New York ; children : i. Lola, died 1907; ii. Jennie, married Gusse, resides in Schenectady, New York, and has children : Beatrice and Allen. 2. James Irwin, born 1854, died 1855. 3. Herbert Eu- gene, of whom further. 4. Frank W., born October 4, 1866; legally adopted by Rev. E. A. Wheat, is known as Frank W. Wheat; mar- ried Hill, and is now proprietor of a shoe store in Alliance, Ohio.
(IV) Herbert Eugene, son of Thomas Whitman Allen, was born in Napoli, Catta- ragus county, New York, December 4, 1856. He spent his earlier years in Napoli, attend- ing the public school in winter, and working during the summer months at farming and in the cheese factory of Eben Sibley. Later he purchased this factory and operated it until 1882, when he moved to Bradford, Pennsyl- vania, selling his factory in 1883 to its original owner, Mr. Sibley. In Bradford he engaged in the grocery business for several years, also in oil operations. He sold his grocery business and became senior partner of Allen & Hodges, establishing marble and granite works. In 1902 he sold his interest and has since been actively engaged in the real estate business in Bradford. He is a Republican, and for ten years served as county assessor and for two terms as councilman of Bradford. He belongs to Bradford Lodge, No. 334, Free and Accept- ed Masons; Order of the Eastern Star and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
He married, July 15, 1885, Clementina Sea- ward, born in Bradford township, Mckean county, January 26, 1850, daughter of Joseph Stevens Seaward and Daphana Dorleski ( Farr) Seaward, daughter of Isaac and Pantha (Clark) Farr. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Farr : I. Asaal, died in East Bradford, Pennsylvania. 2. George, died in East Bradford. 3. Lydia, deceased ; married John Hutchinson; had a daughter, Olive, who married Collins. 4. Lucretia, born at Bellows Falls, Vermont, October 11, 1810, died in East Bradford ; mar- ried, July 12, 1828, John F. Melvin; no chil- dren. 5. Olive Livonia, died in California ; married Wheaton, deceased, son of Horace Wheaton, also deceased. 6. Briceus Pantha, born in New Hampshire, January 8, 1818; married, at Tuna, Pennsylvania, William Rowell Fisher, born in Connecticut, February 13, 1810, died May 1, 1889; children, all born in Bradford: i. Orpha, born October 10, 1838, died February, 1896; married James R. Dart,
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of Lansing, Michigan, now of Mason, same state ; ii. Mary C., born March 17, 1840, died September 18, 1901 ; married Moses P. Wool- ley, now of Buffalo, New York ; iii. Olive, born October 20, 1843; married, January 26, 1865, Robert Thompson Lain; iv. Ida, died Decem- ber 3, 1874, unmarried ; v. Alice, born October 7, 1852, now deceased; married Charles L. Ackley, and resides in Grand Rapids, Michi- gan; vi. Nellie, born April, 1857, died June, 1873, unmarried ; the remaining five children died in infancy. 7. Daphana Dorleski, married Joseph Stevens Seaward, mentioned above, and had a daughter, Clementina, who married Herbert Eugene Allen.
The name of Hamblen is sup- HAMLIN posed to be of German origin, perhaps derived from the town of Hamlin, in Lower Saxony, at the junction of the river Hamel with the Weiser. The name of Hemelin is still common in France, whence some have come to this country and to Quebec, where they have become numerous. În England the name was spelled Hamelyn, Hamlin, Hamelin, Hamlyn, etc., and in Amer- ica also spelled Hamlin. As the name is found in the Roll of Battle Abbey it was probably brought to England by a follower of William the Conqueror. Many Hamblen families bore arms. Representatives of the distinguished American family of this name participated in the war of the revolution and subsequent wars. It has produced a goodly number of able men, including clergymen, lawyers, physi- cians, statesmen and men of affairs. The most distinguished representative in official life of modern times was Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, vice-president of the United States during Lin- coln's administration, for a number of years member of the United States senate from Maine, and afterward United States minister to Spain.
(1) John Hamelyn, of Cornwall, was living in 1750. He married Amor, daughter of Rob- ert Knowle, of Sarun.
(II) Giles Hamelin resided in Devonshire and married the daughter of Robert Ashay. He had two sons : Thomas and James.
(III) James Hamlin, or Hamblen, was liv- ing in London, in 1623. He came to New England and settled in Barnstable, Massachu- setts, where he was a proprietor. He was ad- mitted a freeman, March 1, 1641-42, and was on the list of those able to bear arms in 1643.
He was a town officer. He married An His will dated January 23, 1683, proved October 22, 1690, bequeathed to wife Anne and children: Bartholomew, Hannah, John, Sarah, Eleazer and Israel. The parish records of St. Lawrence, Reading, Berkshire, England, contain what are the baptisms of his children born in England, as follows: James, October 31, 1630, buried October 24, 1633; Sarah, September 6, 1632, died young; Mary, born July 27, 1634; James, of whom further. Children, born in Barnstable: Bartholomew, baptized April 24, 1642; Jolin, baptized June 30, 1644; an infant, buried December 2, 1646; Sarah, baptized November 7, 1647; Eleazer, baptized March 17, 1649; Israel, baptized June 25, 1652, died young ; Israel, baptized June 25, 1655.
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