care of her.—John m. Mehitabel, D. of Israel Packard, 1725, and had children, but left none; Mehitabel, the wid., m. Samuel West 1727, and was dead 1752.—Benjamin refused executorship, and dates his refusal at Scituate.   Jonathan executor alone.

   4.   William (s. of John 2.) m. Mary, D. of John Hayward, 1698, and had Mary 1699, William 1701, Martha 1704, Bethiah 1706, Sarah 1708, Hannah 1710.—He d. a. 1712.—David Packard guardian to Bethiah, and Nathaniel Ames to the rest.—Mary m. Joseph Alger 1719.—Martha m. Thomas Conant.—Bethiah m. Timothy Keith 1737.—Hannah m. Samuel Keith 1734.

   5.   Capt. Nathaniel (s. of John 2.) m. Susanna, D. of John Howard 1702, and had Nathaniel 1708, Susanna 1711, Seth 1713, Sarah 1716, Ann, Mary*.—Susanna m. a Tripp of Providence.—Sarah m. a Spaulding, of Killingsly.—Ann m. a Payne, an attorney.—Seth d. æ. 25, at Guinea, supposed to have been poisoned by the negroes.—Seth Ames m. Elizabeth, D. of John Prince, of Rochester, 1734.   She afterwards m. Joshua Lazell, of M., 1742.—Nathaniel Ames m. Mary Lindsay 1734.

   6.   Thomas, (s. of John 2.) m. Mary, D. of Joseph Hayward, 1706, and had Thomas 1707, Solomon 1709, Joseph 1711, Ebenezer, 1715, Mary 1717, Susanna 1720, Nathan 1722, Sarah 1724, Betty 1727.—Mary m. Seth Howard 1735.—Susanna m. Thomas Willis 1741.—Sarah m. Capt. Josiah Packard 1747.—Betty m. James Ames 1748.—Mary Ames m. John Buck 1739, perhaps the mother, then a widow.

   7.   David (son of John 2.) m. wid. Mary, late wife of Nathaniel Reynolds, and D. of Thomas Snell, 1722, and had David and Mary 1723, James 1725.—He d. 1726, she 1757.—Mary m. Zechariah Gurney 1754.—David left no posterity.—Mary, the wid's. will, dated 1755, p. 1757, mentions David, James, Mary Gurney, and Betty Ames, (perhaps James' wife.)   She also mentions her sons Nathaniel, and Thomas Reynolds, and grand daughter Mary Reynolds.—Nathaniel Reynolds executor.

   8.   Jonathan, (s. of John 3.) m. Keziah Tinkharn 1757, and had Jonathan 1759, Keziah 1761, Susanna 1763, Molly 1765.—He d. 1775.—Keziah m. Thaddeus Howard 1785.—Susanna m. a Tinkham.—Molly m. Capt. David Gurney 1789.—Keziah, the mother, m. James Howard 1776.

   9.   Daniel (s. of John 3.) m. Hannah, D. of Timothy Keith, 1742, and had John 1742, Timothy 1744, Noah 1748, Daniel 1751, Job 1752, Sarah 1754, Hannah 1756, Phebe 1760.—He d. of the small pox 1778, æ. 60.—John was a physician, m. Martha Park 1771, and settled at Rehoboth; he left no children.—Sarah m. Benjamin Fuller 1777.—Hannah m. Israel Burr 1779.—Phebe d. single.

   10.   Benjamin (s. of John 3.) m. Dorcas, D. of Hezekiah Thayer, of Braintree, and had Joshua 1760.—Joshua m. Han-