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[703] Jan. 1649, d. unm. May or June 1698; Nicholas, b. 10 Aug. 1651; Martha, b. 10 July 1653, m.——Ives, and d. before 1680; John, b. 15 July 1655; William, b. 1 Jan. 1657. Nicholas the f. was a mason, and resided on the estate first purchased by him, being apparently the same which was occupied fifty years ago by Major Jonas Wyeth, and more recently rented by Dr. John W. Webster. He d. 19 July 1680 a. 85; his w. Rebecca m. Thomas Fox 16 Dec. 1685, and d. 1698, prob. in May. 2. Nicholas, s. of Nicholas (1), m. Lydia Fiske 6 Sept. 1681; she d. s. p. 10 Mar, 1697-8, and he m. Deborah Parker 30 June 1698, by whom he had Mary, b. 5 and d. 27 July 1699. He was a tanner, and resided in Wat. where he was living in 1716, but d. before 1723, at which time his w. Deborah was a widow. They became paupers before 1716, being the only persons of their name, so far as I have ascertained, who have been a public charge. 3. John, s. of Nicholas (1), m. Deborah, dau. of John Ward, 2 Jan. 1682, and had Elizabeth, b. 6 Oct. 1684, d. young; Deborah, b. 20 Nov. 1686, m. Deac. Samuel Bowman 1714 (she appears to have survived to extreme old age, as the estate of her husband, who d. 1746, was not wholly distributed to his heirs until 1783, after the death of both his sons; if she retained possession of her dower until that period, her age at death was about 97); John, b. 21 Dec. 1688, d. young; Jonathan, b. 3 Mar. 1689—90; Hannah, b. about 1693, bap. 18 Ap. 1697, m. Nathaniel Prentice about 1712; he d. 24 Oct. 1722, and she m. Jason Winship 1724, and d. 12 Dec. 1756, a. 63; Thankful, b. about 1696, bap. 18 Ap. 1697, m. William Winship 6 Dec. 1716; Ebenezer, bap. 24 July 1698; Elizabeth, bap. 25 May 1701, m. John Winship 2 Oct. 1718; John, b. 27 Dec. 1705. Three of these sisters m. three brothers; but the eldest sister m. the youngest brother. John the f. was a mason, Constable 1687, 1688, and resided on Garden Street, upon an estate purchased by him, and adjoining the westerly side of his father's homestead. He d. 13 Dec. 1706; his w. Deborah survived. 4. William, s. of Nicholas (1), m. Ruth Shepard 16 Oct. 1683, and had Ruth, b. 29 Nov. 1685; William, b. 31 Jan. 1687-8; Deborah, b.——, m. Joshua Gamage 22 June 1710; Martha, bap. 1696-7, m. William Fessenden 12 Oct. 1716. The last two appear to have been the only survivors 19 Aug. 1702, when their father conveyed his estate to trustees for their benefit. William the f. inherited the homestead, and according to a contemporaneous record, was ‘killed by the Indians about 1 Oct. 1703.’ His w. Ruth had probably deceased before 1702. 5. Jonathan, s. of John (3), m. Hepzibah, dau. of Daniel and Hepzibah Champney, and granddau. of Elijah Corlett, and had Jonathan, b. 12 Oct. 1714, d. young; Jonathan, b. 27 July 1716; Sarah, bap. 17 Aug. 1718, d. unm. 23 Sept. 1743; Deborah, bap. 24 Aug. 1720, m. Daniel Prentice 29 Dec. 1743; Noah, bap. 28 Oct. 1722, prob. d. before 29 Dec. 1743, when the estate was divided between w. Hepzibah, and chil. Jonathan and Deborah. Jonathan the f. was a mason, and d. 24 Sept. 1743. 6. Ebenezer, s. of John (3), m. Susanna Hancock (prob. dau. of Ebenezer), about 1726, and had Ebenezer, b. 8 Ap. 1727; Jonas, b. 19 Feb. 1730-31; Susanna, b. 2 Mar. 1734, m. Daniel Sawin of Wat. 27 Mar. 1755; Mary, bap. 30 Sept. 1739, m. Mansfield Tapley 1 Oct. 1760; Noah, b. 7 July 1742; Sarah, b. 2 Ap. 1746, m. Torrey Hancock 5 July 1774; he d. 17 July 1778, and she m. Deac. James Munroe 23 July 1783, and d. 31 Mar. 1815. Ebenezer the f. was a shoemaker, and appears to have resided on the old homestead, which he bought of his sister Hannah, to whom it had been assigned in the division of their father's estate. He d. 3 Ap. 1754; his w. Susanna d. 29 July 1789, a. prob. 82. 7. John, s. of John (3), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Nathaniel Hancock, 20 Dec. 1733, and had John, bap. 29 Dec. 1734, d. young; Elizabeth, bap. 4 July 1736, d. young; Martha, bap. 23 July 1738; Elizabeth, bap. 30 Nov. 1740, d. unm. 17 Sept. 1804; John, bap. 6 Mar. 1743; Prudence, bap. 28 Ap. 1745; Jonathan, bap. 13 Nov. 1748, d. 29 Sept. 1756. John the f. was a mason, Selectman from 1750 to 1756, and d. 23 Oct. 1756; his w. Elizabeth d. prob. 23 Feb. 1793, a. 88.
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