uel, b. Oct. 1652, grad.
H. C. 1671, and d. unm.
in England 22 Dec. 1676, of small-pox; Thomas, b. 16 Dec. 1654, d. young; Jonathan, b. 27 Feb. 1656-7, d. 20 Ap. 1657; Jonathan, b. 10 Feb. 1658-9, grad.
H. C. 1679, d. unm.
of consumption, 13 Nov. 1682; Joseph, b. 18 Sept. 1661, d. 2 Oct. 1663; Benjamin, b. 20 May 1663, d. 23 Aenergetic and useful citizens in the town and in the Colony.
he was a Selectman, 1645-1671, 27 years; Town Clerk, 1645-1668, 24 years; Representative (or Deputy), 1657, 1658; Assistant 1659-1678, 20 years; Deputy Governor 1679-1692, except during the three years usurpation by Andros, and probably nothing but the prolonged life of 1644; and settled in the ministry at Exeter, N. H., 1650, where he d. 1683, a. 77.
His children, according to Farmer, were Thomas, bap. 9 Mar. 1634, grad.
H. C. 1657, d. 7 Nov. 1655; John, bap. 28 June 1635; Margaret; Samuel, bap. 2 Aug. 1639, d. 17 Ap. 1643; Anne, b. 16 Oct. 1657, m. Edward Hilton of Exeter; Theophilus, b. 4 O
known.
Mr. Goffe was a prominent citizen, 36 Selectman sixteen years, between 1636 and 1655; Treasurer of Middlesex Co. 1657-8; Commissioner (or Magistrate) to settle controversies for a less amount than forty shillings, seven years, between 1648 5 June 1656; she d. Ap.
1679, and he in. Mary, wid. of Thomas Saxton, 9 Nov. 1682.
His children were, Hannah, b. 12 May. 1657; Edward, b. 28 Nov. 1658; Deborah, b. 22 Jan. 1660-1, d. 27 Dec. 1690; Samuel, b. 1 Jan. 1662-3; Lydia, b. 7 Jan. 1; 664-5acob, b. 16 Sept. 1643.
Gove, John, perhaps brother to Edward of Hampton, N. H., was a turner, and was here as early as 1657, when he bought an estate on the easterly side of Brighton Street, between Harvard Square and Mount Auburn Street, where he res. through life.
Hem. Mary Aspinwall 6 Oct 1658; she d. 14 Nov. 1676, and he m. Mary Woodhead 15 Mar. 1676-7; she d. 11 Sept. 1700, a. 56, and he m. Elizabeth Waldin 2 Dec. 1700, who had previously been the wid. of ——Batson.
His children were
t Braintree, and rem. here about 1654.
His first wife d. at Braintree, and he m. Ann, the wid. of John Meane of Camb.
His chil., all by first w., were Walter and Samuel, bap. in England, and John and Elizabeth, bap. in Braintree.
To the name of John, Mitchell adds Seaborne, indicating perhaps that he was born during the passage of his parents across the ocean; but it does not appear that he ever used it as a part of his proper name.
Elizabeth is supposed to have m. William Buttrick before 1657, and——Billings before 1666.
John the f. was a tanner, and res. on the easterly corner of Brattle and Ash streets, the former homestead of Thomas Brigham, which he bought 5 Mar. 1654.
He d. 2 Dec. 1657, his w. Ann d. 25 Mar. 1666, a. about 60, as stated upon the Inventory of her estate.
2. Walter, S. of John (1), m. Sarah, dau. of John Meane, 10 Ap. 1655; she d. 27 Aug. 1673, a. 34, and he m. Elizabeth, dau. of Deac.
Henry Bright of Watertown, 23 July 1674; she d. 23 July 1702, a. 56, an
. . . and was in the division of lands at Hartford in 1639.
His children were Thomas [a surgeon], Richard, William, Dorothy, Robert, John, and Amy. He is the ancestor of the Lord family of the State.
2. Richard, perhaps s. of Thomas (1), in 1635 owned one shop, with garden plot, about half a rood, at the N. E. corner of Brighton and Mount Auburn streets.
He rem. to Hartford, where he was Constable in 1642, and Selectman in 1744. He was a man of great energy, and an original settler.
In 1657, he was appointed Captain of the first troop of Horse ever raised in the Colony. . . . . After several years spent in Hartford he removed to New London, where he died.—Hinman
Lowden, John, m. Sarah Stevenson 29 May 1682.
Luxford, James, was an early inhabitant, and res. on the westerly side of Holyoke Street, on a lot which he sold to Mrs. Glover in 1639, and which became the site of the famous Old School-house.
By his w. Elizabeth, he had Elizabeth, b. Sept. 1637, living in 1658; Reu
