2.   Peter (s. of Robert above perhaps) came from Hingham a. 1706 and settled in B.; his wife, Sarah; had Josiah 1706, John 1709, David 1711; bought a place of Jacob Leonard 1706; had other children before he came here, viz.:   Peter, Sarah, Abigail, and perhaps others.—Peter was guardian to John and David, who were called his brothers, 1725.—Sarah m. Thomas Alger 1724.—Abigail m. Joshua Fobes 1711, she might have been sister to Peter, and not his D.

   3.   James (s. of James of Hingham perhaps) m. Experience D. of Samuel Hayward 1721, and had James 1721, Betty 1722, Josiah 1725, Jerusha 1727, Mary 1730, and Jesse 1742.—Betty m. Nathan Kingsley of Easton 1744.—Jerusha m. Nath'l Rickard 1751.—Mary m. Dan Leonard 1750.

   4.   Elisha (s. of James of Hingham settled in N. B.; m. Mercy, D. of Nathaniel Hayward 1727, and had Abigail 1728, Jacob 1730, Lemuel 1731, Elisha 1735, Seth 1737, Nathaniel 1739, Peter 1741, and Silas 1743.—Elisha, the father, d. 1773, æ. 74.—Lemuel was a captain in the French war, and d. 1762, æ. 31.—Abigail m. Andrew Gilmore 1752.—Elisha m. Rebecca Wade 1757, D. of Thomas Wade, and had Keziah 1762, Rebecca 1764, and went to Stoughton.—Seth m. Deborah Belcher 1761, and had Deborah 1766, Rebeckah 1768, Bethiah 1770, Joanna 1772, Seth 1775.—Nathaniel went into the war with his brother Lemuel, was taken prisoner and died.—Peter m. Relief, D. of Capt. Theophilus Curtis 1764, settled in Easton, and had Simeon who m. a Bird and lives in N. H.—Bethiah m. Apollos Randall 1776.

   5.   Samuel (s. of James of Hingham m. Melatiah D. of Joseph Hayward, and had Sarah 1733, Mebitabel 1735, Samuel 1737, Melatiah 1741, and Hannah 1743; he then married Mary, D. of Dea. Thomas Hayward 1745, and had Asa 1745, Robert 1746, Daniel 1748, Peter 1750, Simeon 1752, Barnabas 1756, Thaxter 1758, and Caleb 1760.—Sarah m. Elijah Snow 1767.—Mehitabel m. Jonathan Copeland 1754.—Melatiah m. Capt. Jesse Howard 1761.—Hannah m. Daniel Snow, Esq., 1764.—Asa gra. H. U. 1767, and settled in the ministry at Salem 1772, and afterwards as a lawyer at Keene, N. H., and d. 1788.—Robert m. Betty, D. of Jona. Kingman 1770, and had Azel 1774, Oliver 1776, and removed to Belchertown.—Daniel m. Abigail, D. of Henry Kingman 1771, and had Asa 1771, and went to George's River, Me.—Thaxter m. Phebe, D. of James Alger 1779, and d. young leaving a D. Phebe, who m. David Harvey.—Caleb m. Hannah Drake 1782, and settled in Easton.

   6.   David (s. of Peter 2) m. Susanna, D. of Thomas Hayward 1738, and d. 1788, and had Susanna 1739, John 1742, David 1746, and Jemima 1747; his w. died 1749; he then m. Sarah Blake 1749; she d. and he then m. Mercy Soul 1763, and had