[Those names which are starred are not contained in Fanner's
Genealogical Register, and concerning those which are not starred,
additional facts are related. The article is prepared entirely from
unpublished manuscripts, by Mr. S. G. Drake.]
ADAMS SAMUEL, Chelmsford, authorized to solemnize marriages there,
1664.
ALLEN, BOZOUN, Boston, constable, 1680.
ALLIN, ONESIPHORUS,* Ipswich, 1679.
ALLYNE, THOMAS,* Barnstable, 1644, a witness to a sale of land by the
Indian _Seacunk_.
ANDREWS, THOMAS,* and THOMAS JR.,* Dorchester, 1664.
ANGIER, ANDREW, first inhabitant at Dunston, Me.--ARTHUR, born about
1625.
ANNABLE, ANTHONY, Barnstable, 1644.
ARCHARD, SAMUEL,* church member, Salem, 1640.
ARDELL, RICHARD,* Boston, merchant, 1686.
ATWOOD, JOHN,* ensign, Boston, juror, 1686.
AVERY, WILLIAM* and JONATHAN,* members of the church, Dedham, 1677.
BAXTER, DANIEL, Salem, 1638. Carried the charter of R. Island from
Boston to Newport, 1663. [_Farmer's MS._]
BENTLEY, WILLIAM,* came to New England in the ship Arabella, Richard
Sprague master; sailed from Gravesend, May 27, 1671.
BEZBEANE, JOHN,* Woburn, 1677.
BERRY, RICHARD,* Medford, 1636.
BLAKE, FRANCIS,* Dorchester, 1664.--WILLIAM,*--JAMES, a. 24 in 1677.
BLOWERS, JOHN, a. 36 in 1663, a lessee of an island in Boston harbor
for seven years.
BOTT, ISAAC,* Boston, 1675.
BRADLEY, WILLIAM,* Dorchester, 1664.
BROUGHTON, THOMAS, Boston, 1655, petitions general court against
imposing duties on importations.
BULL, WILLIAM, Charlestown, 1638, heard Squaw Sachem say then, that
she had given all her lands to Mr. Gibbons; was 43 years of age in
1662.
CAPEN, BARNARD, witnesses the Indian deed of Dorchester, 1671;
SAMUEL,* also a witness to the same.
CARPENTER, WILLIAM, Hingham, 1641, witnessed, and seems to have
drawn the deed of a tract of land there from the Indians "to John
Tower the elder." His autograph, and the instrument to which it is
attached, are a most elegant specimen of the chirography of that
age.
CHEEVER, EZEKIEL, married the widow of Capt. Lothrop, who was killed
in Sudbury fight, before May 19, 1680.
CHILD, RICHARD,* Watertown, juror, 1680.
CHURCH, GARRETT, Watertown, 1636, aged 51 in 1662.--RICHARD,
Plymouth, 1631; went there from Wessaguscussett.
CLARKE, JONAS, constable of Cambridge, 1680.--THEODORE,* York, 1663.
CLAY, NATHANIEL,* Dorchester, 1664.
COBB, HENRY, Barnstable, 1644.
COOK, GEORGE, Colonel. &c., Cambridge, Ms., in which place and
vicinity he had large possessions; returned to England in or about
the beginning of the Civil War, in which he took a part, went
into Ireland, where he was killed in 1652. He was twice married,
and left by one of his wives, two daughters: 1. MARY, m. to "her
mother's younger brother," Mr. Samuel Annesley, 1681. In 1669 she
resided at Martins in the Fields, London; in 1691 she resided with
her husband in the city of Westminster. 2. ELIZABETH, m. 1st, Rev.
John Quick, of St. Giles. Cripple Gate, London, and perhaps, 2ndly,
Joseph Cawthorne.
CRISPE, BENJAMIN, "Misticke als Meadforde," 1636.
CURWIN, GEORGE, Salem, 1682, aged 70; went there near 44 years before.
CUSHIN, JEREMIAH,* Boston, juror, 1680.
DAVIS, LAWRENCE,* York, 1663.
DINSDALE, WILLIAM, aged 47 in 1663. Hired an island of John Leverett,
in Boston harbor, for seven years.
DOGGETT, JOHN, Hingham, 1662, where he witnessed an Indian deed.
DURGIE, WILLIAM,* came to Ipswich, Nov. 9, 1663, and was then 33
years old. Had been in the W. Indies, and came here from thence.
Wife, Martha. Perhaps this name is that since written _Durgin_.
EDGECOMBE, MILES,* a. 25, 1676. Was at "Black Point the day and tyme
when nine of Winterharbor men were fighting with the Indians upon
the sands opposite to the said place."
EEDY, JOHN,* Plymouth, left there to reside in Massachusetts, before
Feb., 1632.
EUERS, MATHIAS,* Dorchester, 1664.
EVERETT, JOHN, Chelmsford, 1664, where he is authorized to unite
people in marriage.
FOOTE, PASCO, Salem church, 1640.
FOSTER, JAMES,* Dorchester, constable, 1680.
FOX, THOMAS, Ms., about 52 in 1659, wife, Elinor.
FOXWELL, RICHARD, Dunston, Me., 1654.
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, Boston, before 1678, wife, Katherine.
FRIEND, JOHN, Salem, church memb., 1640.
GODDARD, GILES,* Boston, 1679, had wife and servants.
GRAY, JOHN,* buys Nantasket of the Indians, 1622.
GREENLEAFE, ENOCH,* Boston, saddler, 1693.
GREENOUGH, ROBERT,* Rowley, 1701.
GREEN, JOHN, Cambridge, juror, 1680. NATHANIEL, 1675.
HARROD, THOMAS,* Boston, juror, 1680.
HEWS, JEREMIAH,* Dorchester, 1664.--ELEAZER,* Dorchester.
HAUXWORTH, THOMAS,* Salisbury. Had a daughter married to Onesiphorus
Page. His widow was living there, 1667.
HAYDEN, SAMUEL,* Dorchester or vicinity, 1666.
HILLS, JOSEPH, Medford, a. 60 in 1662. Capt. JAMES,* [HILL] grand
juror, Boston, 1686.
HOAR, WILLIAM,* Boston, baker, 1679.
HODMAN, JOHN, Dorchester, 1679, born 1659.
HOOD, JEREMIAH,* Massachusetts, 1676.
HOPIN, STEVEN,* born 1626, Dorchester, in Capt. Roger Clapp's employ,
1642. Witness to Indian deed of Dorchester, (8:4:1649.)
HOUGHTON, RALPH, Lancaster, 1676, where he was constable, collector
of taxes, treasurer, &c. There were at the same place in 1703,
HENRY, JONAS, ROBERT, JOHN, SEN, JOHN, JR., JOSEPH and JACOB.
HOWARD, JACOB,* Dorchester, 1664.
HUDSON, WILLIAM, lived at "Wading River" in 1670, "where King Philip
and Squamaug (brother of Josias deceased) met to settle the bounds
between them, which had for some time been in dispute."
JOHNSON, EDWARD, a. 60 in 1660, at which time he gives evidence about
land in Charlestown. FRANCIS, Marblehead, 1660, nephew of Mr.
Christopher Coulson, a merchant adventurer of London.
JOYLIFFE, JOHN, Boston, will dated 1699-1700. Had a brother, Dr.
GEORGE JOYLIFFE, in England; sisters, DOROTHY CANE, in England,
MARTHA COOK, in England, REBECCA WOLCOTT, MARGARET DRAKE, and MARY
BISS, "sometime wife of James Biss of Shepton Mallet, in the county
of Somerset," Eng.
KEY, JOSHUA,* probably married a daughter of Capt. Thomas Lothrop,
who was killed by the Indians in 1675, as his children received a
legacy out of Lothrop's estate.
KING, THOMAS, was an inhabitant of Exeter, 1675.
KNIGHT, WALTER, aged 66 in 1653, at which time he was at Boston. The
same person was at Nantasket in 1622. JOHN, Charlestown, juror in
the witch trials, 1680.
LATHAM, CARY, was born in 1612; Boston, 1663.
LAWRENCE, THOMAS, Hingham, 1661.
LOEPHELIN, PETER,* Frenchman, Boston, 1679.
LEACH, RICHARD, Salem, a. 60 in 1678, leased a farm of Gov. Endecott,
1657.
LONG, ROBERT, Marblehead, a. 70 in 1660.
LOTHROP, CAPT. THOMAS; his widow married Joseph Grafton, before May
19, 1680. After her decease, the property left her by Lothrop was
ordered by court to the wife of Ezekiel Chever, and her issue,
heirs of Capt. Lothrop. It is also ordered Mrs. Grafton to pay to
the children of Joshua Key, £20.
LYON, PETER, Dorchester, 1664.
MARRINER, ANDREW,* Boston, 1693, leather dresser.
MATHER, TIMOTHY, Dorchester, 1667.
MAYHEW, THOMAS, hired a farm in Medford, 1636.
MELLEN, JOHN,* Charlestown, where he died before 1695.
MIDDLECOTT, MR. [RICHARD?] Boston, juror at trials for witchcraft,
1680.
MOKALL, JAMES,* b. 1660, Massachusetts, 1680.
MORSE, WILLIAM, Newbury; wife, Elizabeth, accused of practising
witchcraft, finally acquitted at Boston, 1680.
MOSE, JOHN, Watertown, 1680, constable.
MOTT, NATHANIEL, a. 19, or thereabouts, in 1681.
NARAMORE, THOMAS,* Dorchester, 1664. Persons of this name are in N.
Hampshire at this time.
NEIGHBOR, JAMES,* Massachusetts, 1662.
ODIORNE, JOHN and PHILL., Portsmouth, N. H., 1657, subscribed toward
the support of public worship.
PAGE, ONESIPHORUS,* Salisbury, 1667, married daughter of Thomas
Hauxworth [Hawksworth].
PARSONS, MARK,* Sagadahock, 1665.
PATESHALL, ROBERT,* Boston, 1655, petitions General Court against
duties on importations.
PEASLEE, JOSEPH, went to Haverhill before 1653.
PHILIPS, JOHN,* Massachusetts, 1630, styled servant, went to
Plymouth, 1631.
POLE, WILLIAM,* Dorchester, 1649. The name is since written _Pool_.
PRAY, EPHRAIM,* born 1661, Dorchester, 1680.
RAINSFORD, SAMUEL,* Boston, killed with Capt. Turner, at Pawtucket,
in Philip's war, leaving no relative in the country.
RICE, HENRY, Charlestown, juror, 1662.
RICHARD, GYLES,* SEN., Massachusetts, 1666.
ROBBINS, RICHARD, juror at trials for witchcraft, 1680.
ROOT, THOMAS, Lynn, 1674, where he attempted to gather a church.
RYALL, JOSEPH,* Charlestown, constable, 1680.
SAUNDERS, MARTIN,* born 1630, Boston, 1679.
SEALE, EPHRAIM,* Lieutenant, Boston, juror, 1686.
SEARES, JOHN,* Boston, Lieutenant, 1652.
SEWALL, HENRY, was residing at Manchester, Lancaster co., Eng., in
1623, only son of HENRY SEWALL, who came to N. England with his
family, and settled in Newbury.
SHERBURNE, GEORGE, b. 1602, Portsmouth, 1650, m. Rebecca, dau.
Ambrose Gibbins, and had children, SAMUEL, ELIZABETH, m. Tobias
Lear, MARY, HENRY, JOHN, AMBROSE, SARAH, and REBECCA. [_Farmer's
MS._]
SIBLY, JOHN, church member, Salem, 1640.
SMITH, JOHN,* Barnstable, 1644.
SPRAGUE, SAMUEL,* Charlestown, 1695.
STILEMAN, ELIAS, Boston, constable, 1673.
STONE, JOHN,* Watertown, juror, 1680.
STUDSON, ROBERT,* one of the commissioners for settling the bounds
between Plymouth and Massachusetts, 1664.
SUMNER, WILLIAM,* Dorchester, 1670.
SWAIN, JOHN,* Salisbury, b. 1633, Nantucket, 1703. A Lieutenant SWAIN
had been under Major Appleton against the Indians at Narraganset,
in 1675. He was afterwards a captain.
TAYLER, JOHN,* Shipcot, [Sheepscot,] 1665.
THAYER, RICHARD, Massachusetts, went to England, and returned in 1679.
TINKHAM, EPHRAIM, Massachusetts, 1666, at which time he was a witness
to the sale of lands to Richard Thayer of Braintree, by the Indian
chief _Josias_. He attests to it in 1678.
TOWER, JOHN, Hingham, buys a large tract of land of several Indians
in that place; deed dated June 17, 1641. In an endorsement on said
deed, (made by Ri: Bellingham, 19: 1: 1662-3,) JOHN TOWER is called
senior. But in the TOWER GENEALOGICAL TREE there are assigned
as the children of JOHN TOWER of Hingham, (1637) only AMBROSE,
BENJAMIN, JONATHAN, HANNAH, and JEREMIAH.
TRAVIS, DANIEL,* "chiefe gunner in ye town of Boston, to salute
shipps and look after ye artillery," at £5 per annum, 1680.
WAIT, JOHN, Charlestown, juror, 1662, [spelt _Wayte_,] Boston, juror
at the trials for witchcraft, 1680. RICHARD, Boston, a. 82 in 1678.
He was marshal. RICHARD, Springfield, 1680, wounded by Indians,
Oct. 5, 1675.
WALES, JOHN,* and JOHN, JR.,* Dorchester, 1677.
WALKER, ROBERT, Boston, aged 72 in 1679. He came from Manchester,
Eng., where he was living in 1623.
WAY, RICHARD, Lieutenant, Boston, juror, 1680. HENRY, Dorchester,
1664.
WEBB, THOMAS, came to N. England in 1671, in the ship Arabella, Capt.
Richard Sprague, which sailed from Gravesend May 27.
WHITTINGHAM, RICHARD,* Charlestown, 1693; had been in England in 1691.
WILLEY, EDWARD,* Boston, juror, 1686.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM,* Boston, 1675, wife, Johanna; was pressed to go
against the Indians in Philip's war, and was killed at Medfield,
leaving "four small children."
WILLIS, LAWRENCE,* Barnstable, 1644.
WINSOR, JOSHUA,* Boston, constable, 1686.
WISWALL, JOHN, Dorchester, witnesses a new deed of the town, (8: 4:
1649,) made "because ye old deed was something decayed with ill
keeping."