Quoted directly from Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England by James Savage, Boston, 1860-1862 Vol IV, pp. 382-385. Select abbreviations for futher definition by Savage.
WAITE, WAIT, or WAIGHT, ALEXANDER, in 1637 was whip. for sell. powder to Ind. BENJAMIN, Hatfield 1663, sw. allea. 8 Feb. 1679, was serg. k. by the Ind. and Fr. in surpr. of Deerfield, to whose relief he hasted, 29 Feb. 1704. He in. 8 June 1670, Martha, d. of John Leonard of Springfield, had Mary, b. 25 Feb. 1672; Martha, 1673; Sarah, 1675; on 19 Sept. 1677 the mo. and the three ch. were tak. by the Ind. (when his ho. with those of others was burn.) to Canada, where she had Canada, a d. 22 Jan. 1678; and next yr. all came back. She next had John, 17 Jan. 1680; Joseph, 17 July 1682, d. young; Jeremiah, 24 Sept. 1684; and Joseph, again, 11 Nov. 1688. His good est. was div. soon aft. his d. when the d. Martba is not ment. Mary, the eldest d. in. 4 Dec. 1690, Ebenezer Wells; Sarah in. John Belding,; and Canada m. 15 Dec. 1696, Joseph Smith. GAMALIEL, Boston, call. serv. to our br. Edward Hutchinson, on join. the ch. 15 Dec. 1633, was freein. 4 Mar. 1635, but, for too easy recept. of Mrs. Hutchinson's errors, disarm. 1637; by w. Grace had Moses, bapt. 3 Sept. 1637, d. at 6 mos.; Grace, b. 10, bapt. 20 Jan. 1639; Moses, again, bapt. 23 Aug. 1640, as the ch. rec. tells, tho. that of the town pretends he was not b. bef. Sept. yet it may be more trustworthy in ment. of his d. Sept. of next yr.; Samuel, bapt. 7 Nov. 1641; Deborah, bapt. 21 Jan. 1644, a. 4 days old; and Barry adds John, wh. would otherwise be unkn. to me. He had, also, Gamaliel, bapt. 17 Nov. 1650, was a fisherman, and on that score prayed, in 1657, exempt. from train. in the milit. gave in 1674 Id. on Long, isl. in our harbor to s. John; and d. 9 Dec. 1685 in 87th yr. says his neighbor Judge Sewall in his Diary where he delights to add, "lately had sev. new teeth." GEORGE, Providence, bef. 1646. JEREMIAH, Hatfield, s. of Benjamin of the same, m. 1706, Mary Graves, had Benjamin, b. 1707; Mary, 1708; Nathan, 1711; Gad; Reuben; Simeon; and Miriam; all liv. when the f. d. *JOHN, Charlestown, of the ch. 15 Jan. 1647, liv. in Malden, freem. 1647, was a strenuous support. in 1651 of Rev. Marmaduke Matthews, and was fin. for his contumac. opposition to authority, m. perhaps a d. of Joseph Hills, had Samuel, b. 11 Oct. 1650; Mary, 31 Aug. 1652, d. at 15 yr.; Hannah, 9 Sept. 1656; Mehitable, 15 Sept. 1658; Thomas, 1 Sept. 1660; and Rebecca, 22 Nov. 1662; John, perhaps, and Joseph, may have been elder; was town clk. 1662; rep. 1666-84 every yr. and this last was speaker, but next yr. by reason of age and blindness excus. on his petitn. from further serv. as capt. in wh. place he had many yrs. serv. d. 26 Sept. 1693, aged 75. He left wid. Sarah, wh. d. 13 Jan. 1708 aged 81; but his first w. prob. mo. of his ch. was Mary. Hannah, m. 11 Oct. 1676, William Bucknam; Mehitable m. John Portman; and Rebecca m. Jonathan Tufts. JOHN, Ipswich 1646, d. Dec. 1665. JOHN, Watertown, s. of Richard of the same, m. 13 Jan. 1664, Mary, eldest d. of George Woodward of the same, had John, b. May 1665, d. in few mos.; Mary, 9 Oct. 1666; Rachel; John, again, 27 Dec. 1669; Sarah, 26 Oct. 1672; Amos, 4 Jan. 1680; and Rebecca; and he d. prob. 1691, for in Oct. of that yr. admin. of his est. was giv. to wid. Mary and s. John. His wid. d. 23 Aug. 1718. JOHN, Malden, s. prob. of John of the same, was call. to sw. alleg. Dec. 1674, had m. 4 or 12 June preced. Sarah Mussey, perhaps d. of Benjamin of the same; and ano. JOHN, of Malden, perhaps, m. 4 June 1675, Sarah Parker, as is thot. JOHN, Boston, perhaps s. of Richard of the same, was one of the witness. to the will of Gov. Leverett. JOHN, Hatfield, eldest s. of Benjamin the brave soldier, in. 1702, Mary, perhaps d. of Daniel Belding, of the same, had John, b. 1703; Martha, 1706; Mary, 1708; Lydia, 1710, d. soon; Lydia, again, 1712; Sarah; Benjamin, 1718; Eunice; Eleanor, 1722; and Elisha, 1725. JONATHAN, Northampton, d. June 1696. JOSEPH, Malden, s. of capt. John, prob. call. to sw. alleg. at the same time with him, in. 12 July 1678, Hannah, d. of Thomas Oakes of Cambridge, as his wid. on m. with Samuel Hayward of M. had tak. her d. with her, had Joseph, and Thomas. For sec. w. he m. 24 Oct. or Dec. 1688, Mercy, d. of the first Peter Tufts, had Peter, b. 20 Jan. 1690; and Jonathan, 24 Feb. 1692; was freem. 1690. His wid. m. a Jenkins. JOSEPH, Watertown, s. of Richard of the same, m. Ruhamah, d. of William Hagar of the same, had Ruhamah, wh. d. 1714, aged 38, it is said; William, b. 1679; John, 1692, d. soon; and Joseph, 1695. He rem. to Marlborough; but whether bef. during or aft. Philip's war may be quite diffic. to determine, tho. in Oct. 1675, he was there in garrison. JOSEPH, Hatfield, youngest s. of the brave soldier Benjamin of the same, in. 1713, Hannah Billings, had Moses, b. 1714; and Hannah, 1716. His w. d. that yr. and he m. 1720, Mary Warner, had Rhoda, 1721; David, 1722; Martha, 1724; Lucy, 1727; Mary, 1730; and ano. whose name is not kn. ||RETURN, Boston, s. of Richard of the same, ar. co. 1662, was an officer of governm. a serg. in regular pay 1674-81, had import. part of the show at Gov. Leverett's funer. Mar. 1679. RICHARD, Boston, tailor, br. of Gamaliel, adm. of the ch. 28 Aug. 1634, freem. 9 Mar. 1637, by w. Eliz. had Joseph, wh. d. 20 Nov. 1651, aged 14 yr.; Isaac, b. 9 Aug. 1638, d. soon, of wh. I find neither brot. to bapt. perhaps bec. he was serv. as serg. in the Pequot war; for wh. in later days be obt. gr. of 300 acres, yet held fast by the deadly heresies of Mrs. Hutchinson, and was therefore in Nov. 1637 compel. to surrender his arms to better believer, and was in Jan. 1639, subject. to maledict. by the ch. for tak. a portion of buckskin leather to make gloves, so that his next ch. Return, 8 July foll. was next Sunday bapt. in right of its mo. wh. had come from the ch. of Newbury, says our rec. The next ch. was Hannah, b. 14 Sept. 1641, Barry tells from the town rec. wh. to me seems wrong, bec. the ch. to the good will of wh. he was restor. shows rec. of the bapt. 12th of that mo. declares she was 6 days old; next, Nathaniel, bapt. 5 Nov. 1643, a. 11 days old; Mary, b. 15, bapt. 22 Feb. 1646, a. 6 days old; Samuel, bapt. 9 July 1648, a. 20 days old; and Eliz. 17 Nov. 1650. Barry supplies a sec. w. Rebecca, wh. brought John 1 Nov. 1653, prob. d. soon; Richard, 1658; John, again, 9 Feb. 1660; and Abigail. He was marshall or sheriff of the Col. 1653, and was entrust. next yr. as messeng. to the Ind. His will was pro. 1680, by his br. Gamaliel, Excor. RICHARD, Watertown, by w. Mary had Stephen, b. 27 Feb. 1638, d. in few days; John, 6 May 1639; Thomas, 3 Mar. 1642; and Joseph; and d. 16 Jan. 1669, aged 60; and the two elder s. gave their mo. all the est. to bring, up Joseph. His wid. d. 1678, aged a. 72. RICHARD, Springfield, took o. of alleg. 31 Dec. 1678, or next day, was on serv. in Philip's war, and when lieut. Thomas Cooper was slain by the Ind. was badly wound. for wh. in 1680 the governm. reliev. him from poll tax. SAMUEL, Wickford 1674, may, by w. Alice, have had Joseph, b. 1697; George, 1699; Samuel, 1701; Benjamin, 1702; Martha; and John, 1708; unless a later SAMUEl, Perhaps s. at North Kingstown had these ch. SAMUEL, Malden, s. of capt. John had w. Mehitable, d. of the first William Bucknam, was freem. 1690, and d. 17 Sept. 1720. THOMAS, Ipswich, perhaps s. of John of the same, was serg. 1664, had John, b. 11 Dec. 1658; and was liv. 1678. THOMAS, Portsmouth, R.I. 1639, was among the freem. 1655, and of him I learn no more but that he had d. Mary wh. m. 5 Apr. 1676, Joseph Anthony of the same. THOMAS, Watertown, s. of Richard of the same, by w. Sarah, had Richard, b. 29 Jan. 1675, d. at 15 yrs.; Phebe, 26 July 1676; Thomas, 7 Mar. 1678; John, 16 Feb. 1681, d. at 10 yrs.; Joseph, 4 Feb. 1683; Sarah, 13 Jan. 1688; Mary, 20 Jan. 1690; Richard, again, 25 June 1691; and Abigail, 3 Dec. 1697; and he d. 3 Jan. 1723, and his wid. d. 17 Jan. 1744, aged 91, or by ch. rec. only 89. WILLIAM, Northampton, sw. allg. 8 Feb. 1679, m. 1681, Sarah, d. of Enos Kingsley, had William, b. Aug. 1682; Sarah, 18 Apr. 1687; John, Aug. 1689. His w. d. 22 Jan. 1691, and he m. 29 July 1691 or 2, Ann, d. of John Webb jr. had Joseph, b. a. 1693; Ann, Jan. 1695; Jonathan, 1696, d. very soon; Mary, 17 Feb. 1698; Abigail; Jonathan, again, 18 Mar. 1703; Thankful, 27 Jan. 1706; Samuel, 19 Jan. 1708. Jemima, 13 Dec. 1709; Noah, 20 Feb. 1712; and Experience, 3 Mar. 1715; and d. 6 Feb, 1732. His wid. d. 7 Oct. 1748. Who was his f. or whence he came to N. is unkn.
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