Quoted directly from Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England by James Savage, Boston, 1860-1862. Select abbreviations for futher definition by Savage.
BLAKE, CHRISTOPER, Boston l663, a tailor. EDWARD, Dorchester, a. of William, b. in Eng. m. Patience, d. of John Pope, had Edward, wh. d. 30 Sept. 1676; Jonathan; Solomon; Mary, wh. m. a Pitcher; Sarah, wh. m. Richard Talley; Jane m. a Kilton; Susanna m. Nathaniel Wales; and Abigail, wh. m. 31 Dec. 1695, Obadiah Swift the sec. but I regret to add, that my acco. of this fam. is very indistinct. He was a cooper in Boston, and from his prosper. business enabi. to rem. near to his native fields 1678, then bec. Milton, where he d. 1692, in his will of 31 Aug. in that yr. nam. those seven ch. but giv.little more inform. GEORGE, Gloucester 1640, was selectman 1644, by w. Dorothy had Rebecca, b. 1641 ; Deborah; Prudence, 15 Apr. 1647; Eliz. 31 May 1650; Mary, 14 Feb. 1652; Thomas, 9 June 1658; and Ruth, 5 Sept. 1659; rem. to Andover, where Prudence m. 6 July 1666, Moses Tyler. He d. 17 Feb. 1699; and his wid. d. 12 Feb. 1702, at Boxford, wh. was formerly part of A. HENRY, Boston, by w. Eliz. had Eliz. b. 28 Oct. 1652; Martha, 2 Nov. 1655; and Rebecca, 5 July 1657. He d. 26 July 1662. Farmer suppos. he might be the H. Black wh. was made freem. 1645; but I see some reas. for differ. opin. *JAMES, Dorchester, s. of William the first, b. in Eng. freem. 1652, rep. 1677, was deac. and rul. Elder, m. a. 1651, Eliz. eldest of the ch. of deac. Edward Clap, had James, b. 15 Aug. 1652; John, 16 Mar. 1657; Eliz. 3 Oct. 1658; Nathaniel, 4 July 1659; Jonathan, 12 July 1660; Sarah, 28 Feb. 1665, d. next yr.; and Joseph, 27 Aug. 1667. His w. d. 16 Jan. I694, and he m. 17 Sept. 1695, at Rehoboth, Eliz. Hunt, and d. 28 June 1700, aged 77. His will, made two days bef., is very abund. in giv. fam. connex. JAMES, Dorchester, eldest s. of the preced. was deac. m. 6 Feb. 1682, Hannah Macy, wh. d. 1 June foll. their only ch. Eliz. d. in Nov. preced. few days after b. He next m. 8 July 1684, Ruth Batchelder, had Hannah, b. 16 Sept. 1685, d. at one yr.; James, 30 Apr. 1688 (the dilig. collect. of the Annals of D. for wh. we are so much indebt.), wh. d. 4 Dec. 1750; and Increase, 8 June 1699. His will 8 Aug. 1721, provides for the two s. and their mo. wh. d. in her 90th yr. 11 Jan. 1752 ; but he had d. 22 Oct 1732. JASPER, Hampton, d. 11 Feb. 1673, had Dorothy, or Deborah, b. 17 Sept. 1668, wh. m. 22 Jan. 1689, Nathaniel Locke of the same. But in his will he names w. Deborah, and ch. Timothy, Israel, John, Jasper, and Deborah, and cous. Samuel Dalton. JEREMIAH, New London 1680, of wh. Miss Caulkins tells that he bot. ld. 1681, and was there 1688. ||JOHN, Dorchester, s. of William the first, b. in Eng. ar. co. 1642, freem. 1644, m. 16 Aug. 1654, wid. Mary Shaw (says the Boston rec.), but wh. had been her former h. or whose ch. she was, I see not. Perhaps he liv. some yrs. in Boston, a. 1663; and d. there early in 1689, and from his will of 10 Jan. in that yr. that gives to w. and to his brs. and neph. and nieces, beside others, but no ch. may safely be infer. that be left none. Yet he had Hannah, b. 16 Jan. 1659, wh. prob. d. young, and the Geneal. Reg. IX. 176, erron. makes him f. of deac. John, wh. was his neph. JOHN, Dorchester, see. S. of James the first, had w. Mary, wh. may have borne to him Mary, 26 Apr. 1687; John; and Samuel, 26 Sept. 1691; but of this last nothing, is heard, but that he was gr. of Harv. 1711, and d. within four yrs., nor of John, except that he d. 19 Apr. 1689, very young. By sec. w. Hannah he had Hannah, b. 8 Sept. 1693; Eliz. 21 Feb. 1696; John, again, 23 Apr. 1698; and Josiah, 11 Mar. 1700. No full report of the m. of either w. is within reach, nor can dates of b. of all of the ch. be found. Yet he was town elk., deac. and d. 2 Mar. 1718. JOHN, Middletown, m. 1673, Sarah, d. of Richard Hall of the same, had Mercy, b. 16 Nov. of that yr.; Sarah, a. 1675; Mary, 29 July 1677; Eliz. 16 Mar. 1679; Abigail, 25 Jan. 1681; John, 19 Mar. 1683; Jonathan, 27 July 1685; Stephen, 15 July 1691; and Richard, wh. d. at 11 mos. JOHN, Hampton, took o. of alleg. 26 Apr. 1678. JOHN, Boston, joiner, had w. Sarah, and s. Richard, as from his will, 8 Oct. 1692, is learn. I presume he had not many yrs. liv. here, for be speaks of prop. in Eng. as well as in N. E. wh. he gives wholly to w. and makes her extrix. so that the s. was prob. young. JOSEPH, Dorchester, youngest s. of James the first, by w. Mehitable had Hopestill, b. 11 Jan. 1691; Nathaniel, 6 Sept. 1692, d. in few weeks ; Eliz. 5 Dec. 1693; Mehitable, 23 Mar. 1696; Joseph, 8 Mar. 1699, Zipporah, 8 Jan. 1701; Ruth, 10 Dec. 1702; Ann, 3 Mar. 1705; Jeremiah, 13 Mar. 1707; Sarah, 14 July 1709, and Ebenezer, 22 Oct. 1712; and the f. d. 1 Feb. 1739. NATHANIEL, Boston 1676. PHILIP, Boston 1676. RICHARD, Andover 1645, one of the found. of the ch. perhaps was passeng. in the Confidence 1638, from Southampton, aged 16. In 1644 he was at Dorchester, but this seems slight ground for the tradit. that he was br. of William the sec. He d. 1695, therefore he was, I think, too young to be omit. in numb. of s. of the f. tho. William had br. Richard, b. four yrs. it is said, later than hims. We may well think that Richard d. young. ||WILLIAM, Dorchester, wh. came 1630, in the Mary and John, was eldest s. of Giles of Little Baddow, Co. Essex, had brot. with him William, b. 1620 ; James, 1623; John; and Edward, bef. ment. and perhaps Ann, wh. m. Jacob Legare ; in 1636 went to Springfield with Pynchon, yet contin. hardly more than a yr. He was a very useful citizen, freem. 14 Mar. 1639, ar. co. 1646, selectman, town clk. etc. and d. 25 Oct. 1663, aged 69. His wid. Agnes, prob. mo. of all his ch. d. 22 July 1678. To her his will, made 3 Sept. 1661, pro. 28 Jan. 1664, refers, and to five ch. of wh. four were s. but none are nam. *WILLIAM, Dorchester, eldest s. of the preced. b. in Eng. had Samuel, b. 14 May 1650; Ann, 6 Mar. 1653; Mary, 20 Mar. 1655; and William, 22 Feb. prob. 1657; Nathaniel, 4 July 1659; Edward, 13 Apr. 1662; Experience, 17 June 1665; beside Susan, wh. d. 4 May 1676; and at Milton (lately set off from D.), of unkn. date, Mehitable. All these, exe. William, wh. bad been press. 1675, for a soldier in Philip's war, and enroll. in Moseley's comp. and prob. d. of the hardships of the Narragansett serv. are nam. in his will of 23 June 1703. From this we learn all the surnames of h's of his ds. Ann, m. 18 Dec. 1676, Thomas Gilbert, the only one of wh. I learn the date or bapt. name; however strange such ignorance may appear. The others are call. Mary Willis, Experience Carver, and Mehitable Brigcs. He was rep. for M. sev. yrs. His wid. Hannah, d. of Thomas Tolman, wh. certain. was not mo. of the earliest ch. had been w. of George Lyon, d. 4 Aua, 1729, aged 90. At the N. E. coll. in 1835, Farmer found thirteen gr. of this name, eleven of them at Harv.
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