Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register

2. Thomas, of Concord, perhaps s. of Thomas (1), m. Hannah Brooks 13 Dec. 1657, and d. 12 Ap. 1658, leaving wid., and chil. Eliphalet, Elizabeth, and others not designated by name in his will. Bond (Hist. Watertown, p. 765) conjectures that this person was identical with Thomas (1), and Savage (Gen. Diet., II. 197) doubts. But the record of his death in 1658, which describes him as ‘husband of Hannah,’ settles this point beyond all question, though it does not indicate what relationship, if any, he sustained to the other Thomas who survived until 1693.

3. Jabez, s. of Thomas (1), bap. at Concord, came here in his minority, m. Judith, dau. of Rev. John Reyner, and had John, b. in Cambridge 10 May 1678, and in Woburn, Thomas, b. 6 July 1680, and d. four days afterwards; Thomas,b. 13 Nov. 1681 Jabez, b. 2 Dec. 1684; Judith, b. 19 June 1690, d. young. Jabez the f. grad H. C. 1665, was ordained pastor of the church in Woburn about 1679;, and d. of small-pox 28 Feb. 1702-3, a. 56; his w. Judith m. Col., Jonathan Tyng and d. 5 June 1736, a. 98.

4. John, s. of Jabez (3), grad. H. C. 1698, succeeded his father in the ministry at Woburn 17 Nov. 1703 and d. 12 Dec. 1756, a. 78, having been blind for the last fifteen years of his life. His son Jabez, b. 1705, grad. H. C. 1727, was trained for the ministry but did not preach; rem. to Portland as early as 1743, and d. there 6 Ap. 1755, having been Magistrate, , Representative, Councillor, etc. Smith's Journal, note.

5. Jabez, s. of Jabez (3), was a tailor, and res. with w. Hannah in Boston, 1708, when he and his brother John sold land in Camb. He d. before 30 Aug. 1736;, when his hiers, to wit., widow Hannah, and her children Thomas, of Woodstock, Hannah, w. of Thomas Roberts, Bosto, Judith, w. of Thomas Prince, Duxbury, and Rebecca, w. of James Allen, Boston, received from Rev. John Fox a quitclaim of all interest in the Cambridge homestead, which they sold the next year to Jonathan Hastings, the famous Steward and ardent patriot.

Foxcroft, Francis, m,. Elizabeth, dau. of Dep. Gov. Danforth, 3 Oct. 1682, and had, in Boston, Elizabeth,b.——,m Mr. Christopher Bridge 15 May 1701; Daniel, b.——; Martha, b. 26 Mar. 1689, m. Benjamin Gerrish of Boston, merchant, 28 June 1716;, and d. here 14 Ap. 1736; Francis, b. 26 Jan. 1694-5; Thomas, b. 26 Feb. 1696-7 ; Samuel, b. 5 June 1700, prob. d. young Friancis the f. came from England (prob . Yorkshire, where he appears to have had an estate) and established himself in Boston. On the death of his wife's father, he removed to the homestead in Cambridge,. which had been conveyed to him, and res. here during the remainder of his life. He was a man of wealth and energy, and sustained many public offices. He was Justice of the Peace, under Andros; and upon his warrant, Winslow was committed to prison for announcing the Revolution in England. A few days afterwards, he exchanged places with Winslow, and became himself a prisoner, with Andros and his adherents. He seems, however, not to have been very obnoxious to the new to the government, for 20 Ap. 1689, it was ‘ordered, that Mr. Francis Foxcroft be released from his present imprisonment, and be confined to the house of Thomas Danforth, Esq., in Cambridge, for one week's time, and that then he be set at liberty, unless anything appear to be objected against him, in the mean time.’ He was elected Representative for Dunstable, though residing in Boston, 1693. He was Judge of the Common Pleas, 1707-1719, and Judge of Probate, 1708-1725. His character is briefly but graphically delineated by Tutor Flint, in the preface to the funeral sermon delivered by Rev. Dr. Appleton. ‘He was a gentleman by birth, of a worthy family in the north of England, where he had a good school education. He was bred a merchant, and was very expert and skilful, as well as very just and upright in all his business. His natural powers were extraordinary; his acquired knowledge of various kinds was so too; his virtues were great and eminent. His generosity, prudence, sincerity, justice towards men, and piety towards God, were conspicuous to those that knew him. His temper indeed was sudden, and made almost uncontrollable by the violence of the gout and pain he was such an uncommon instance of; but this was his burden and ’