Quoted directly from Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England by James Savage, Boston, 1860-1862 Vol IV, pp. 438-439. Select abbreviations for futher definition by Savage.
WATTS, HENRY, Saco, Scarborough 1636 and 1658, subm. to jurisdict. 1658, and sw. as freem. of Mass. 1659, same yr. constable. and next yr. as also 1661, commissnr. or rep. under the jurisdict. of Mass. yet in 1663, unit. with the major pt. of his neighb. in declar. their neutrality betw. k. and col. and his town was presented for disobey. the warrant to them direct. for choos. of officers, and when he appear. 1664, as commissnr. my transcr. of the rec. show that he was disallow. Aft. this no polit. distinct. is seen. He is point. at by Willis I. 55, as one of the Assist. in the governm. of Cleeves as early as 1648; and in 1685, he was aged 71, had w. and perhaps ch. but Southgate in his valu. hist. could tell no more. JAMES, Marblehead 1668. JEREMIAH, Salem 1678-80. LAWRENCE, New Haven, d. in 1643, prob. without w. or ch. RICHARD, Hartford, one of the first sett. tho. not orig. purch. liv. on the S. side of the riv. bef. 1640; was f. of William and Thomas. He had also ds. Eliz. wh. m. George Hubbard of Middletown; and Eleanor, wh. m. 23 Dec. 1647, Nathaniel Brown. His wid. Eliz. d. in H. 1666, was sec. w. made her will in Feb. of that yr. and her h. had been d. some nine yrs. or more. SAMUEL, Haverhill, sw. alleg. 1677, was, liv. 1690. SAMUEL, Boston, tr. as a pirate, Jan. 1690. THOMAS, Hartford, s. of Richard, call. serg. in the list of freem. 1669, grew to be ens. 1673, lieut. in 1675 bef. the war, and capt. in the same yr. aft. the hostile and head. his comp. in the desperate Narraganset fight 19 Dec. 1675, as told in Niles's hist. and seventeen of his comp. were that day k. or wound. was in good repute, certain. 1677, when once more he was put at the head of forces to go up the riv. He in. 1 May 1645, Eliz. d. of George Steele, had no ch. made his will, 6 Aug 1683, had very good est. of wh. the use of all to w. dur. life, and made judicious dispos. aft. The wid. d. 25 Feb. 1685, and gave her est. to her br. James Steele and his four ds. and other relat. WILLIAM, Hartford, is by Porter rank. among first sett. yet not orig. propr. bef. 1641, was s. of Richard, certain. not among freern. 1669 ; but he had gone home, and d. bef. 1668, in Eng.
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