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

2. Daniel, s. of Andrew (1), resided in Hatfield, where he d. 1692, leaving seven sons and seven daughters; the sons were Daniel, Andrew, John, (b. 1677), Abram, Samuel, Ebenezer, and Nathaniel.

3. Daniel, s. of Daniel (2), was of Hatfield, where, besides daughters, he had sons Joseph and Jonathan, who removed to Hardwick; Joseph was a Capt. in the French War, and subsequently rem. with his family to Cummington; Jonathan was an innholder and had sons Jonathan, a Major-general, and Senator; Daniel, a Captain; and others. Daniel the f. d. in Hardwick 12 Mar. 1754, a. 88.

4. John, parentage unknown, m. Sarah Wood 12 June 1677, and had son Samuel, b. here 10 May 1680, after which the name disappears. He was probably the same who was ‘freed from training,’ May 3, 1678, being ‘a wounded soldier.’

Watson, John, became a resident here as early as about 1650. He m. Rebecca, dau. of wid. Ann Errington, and had Rebecca, b. about 1650, m. Jonathan Rice 1 Nov. 1677; John, b. 14 Oct. 1653, d. prob. unm. 25 Nov. 1678, ‘of small-pox;’ Abraham, b. 26 June 1661; Ann, b. 21 Aug. 1666, d. 10 Oct. 1676; Isaac, b. 24 Sept. 1669; Jacob, b. 20 Dec. 1671. John the f. was a husbandman, resided on North Avenue, northwesterly from the Railroad Bridge, was Selectman 1682 and 1684, and d. 20 May 1711, a. 92; his w. Rebecca d. 11 Nov. 1690, a. 65. [This John Watson has been supposed, but erroneously, to have been the same who resided at Roxbury, and m. Alice, wid. of Valentine Prentiss, 3 Ap. 1634, or perhaps his son. But the gravestones of John Watson, father and son, are still standing in the old burial ground at Roxbury, indicating that the father d. 2 Dec. 1671, a. 77 (or 73), and that the son, John, Jr., d. 14 Aug. 1693, a. 59. Whether any relationship existed between the Cambridge and Roxbury families of this name, is not ascertained.]

2. Abraham, s. of John (1), m. Mary Butterfield, and had Isaac, b. 3 Mar. 1689-90; Rebecca, b. about 1692, m. William Willis of Medf. 23 June 1709, and d. 30 Sept. 1754, a. 62; John, b. prob. 1694, bap. 21 Feb. 1696-7; Abraham,b. prob. 1696, bap. 21 Feb. 1696-7; William, bap. 8 May 1698; Mary, bap. 14 Ap. 1700; Jonathan, bap. 18 Oct. 1702; Jacob, bap. 7 May 1704. Abraham the f. d. 23 Mar. 1704-5; his w. Mary m. Samuel Whitmore of Lexington, d. 4 Nov. 1730, a. 60, and was buried here.

3. Jacob, s. of John (1), m. Mary Healy 12 Nov. 1702. He received the homestead by deed of gift, 25 May 1705, in consideration that he should provide for his father, during life. He d. s. p. 29 Mar. 1724, and bequeathed his whole estate to his w. Mary; she d. about 1728, giving by will, dated 10 Mar. 1725-6, proved 7 Oct. 1728, a large portion of her estate to her husband's relatives.

4. Isaac, s. of Abraham (2), m. Anna——; she d. 19 Aug. 1718, a. 26, and he m. Abiel, wid. of Edmund Angier, 27 Aug. 1725. His children were Abraham, b. 20 Aug. 1712, removed to Salem, was a joiner, and living in 1742; Isaac, b. 28 Feb. 1713-14; Abiel, bap. 13 Aug. 1727; Benjamin, b. 14 Nov. 1730. Isaac the f. was a yeoman, and res. on the southerly side of Brattle Street, not far eastward from Ash Street, and afterwards on the northerly side of North Avenue, near Dover Street; his house was consumed by fire 27 Feb. 1741-2, and he perished in the flames; his w. Abiel survived.

5. Abraham, s. of Abraham (2), by w. Mary, had Abraham, b. 21 Mar. 1728-9; Daniel, b. 14 Feb. 1731-2; Mary, b. 2 Sept. 1734, prob. d. unm.; Samuel, b. 22 Dec. 1736, prob. d. unm. (neither of these are named in their father's will); Sarah, b. 2 June 1745, m. Christopher Grant, Jr., 4 Aug. 1763. After the death of his first wife Mr. Watson m. Mary, wid. of John Butterfield, formerly wid. of Abraham Hill. He was a tanner, Selectman nine years between 1745 and 1760, and resided on the southwesterly side of North Avenue, near Coggswell Avenue. He d. 7 Oct. 1775; his w. Mary d. about March 1789.

6. William, s. of Abraham (2), resided in Medford, where he m. Abigail