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also said he m. Bathsheba Le Brock, and had a son Carpenter, who went to Me., and several Ds.; one m. a Waters in Sharon, and her descendants are said to possess Gov. Bradford's Bible, in which is to be found a record of the family.

   5.   Maj. John (s. of William 3) m. Mercy, D. of Joseph and Priscilla Warren, 1674; her mother was Priscilla, D. of Mr. John Faunce, and sister of Elder Thomas Faunce, and neice of the Secrerary Nath'l Morton, author of the Memorial.   Mercy was born 1653, he died 1736, she 1748, in her 94th year (Josiah Cotton's Diary says, æ. 90); they had John 1675, Alice 1677, Abigail 1679, Mercy 1681, Samuel 1683, Priscilla 1686, William 1688.   John m. Rebecca, D. of Benjamin Bartlett Jr. of Duxbury, and d. young, leaving a son, Capt. Robert.—Alice m. Ens. Edward Mitchell of East Bridgewater, his 2d wife 1708, and afterwards Dea. Joshua Hersey of Hingham.—Abigail [m. Gideon Sampson, but left no children d. 1697 (424)].—Mercy m. Jonathan Freeman 1708, and afterwards Lt. Isaac Cushman Jr.—Priscilla m. Seth Chipman of Kingston.—William m. a D. of Dea. John Foster of Plymouth and d. young, and she then m. George Partridge of Duxbury; some of William's descendants settled in Plainfield, Conn.

   6.   William (s. of William 3) m. Rebecca, D. of Benjamin Bartlett of Duxbury, 1679; she died 1775; he 1687; they had Alice 1680, Sarah 1683, and William.   Alice m. William Barnes of Plymouth, and was g. grandmother of the late Hon. William Davis, and of Barnabas Hedge Esq. of Plymouth.—Sarah m. Jonathan Barnes and d. 1720.—William, it is said, m. Elizabeth Finney, but qu.

   7.   Samuel (s. of William 3) m. Hannah Rogers and died at Duxbury 1714, æ. 46; he had Hannah 1689, Gershom 1691, Perez 1694, Elizabeth 1696, Jerusha 1699, Wealthy 1702, and Gamaliel 1704.   Gershom m. Priscilla Wiswall 1716, and lived in Kingston.—Perez gra. H. U. 1713.—Gamaliel m. Abigail Bartlett 1728, and d. 1778, æ. 73, and had Abigail 1728, Samuel 1729, Gamaliel 1731, Seth 1733, Peabody 1734, Deborah 1738, Hannah 1740, Ruth 1743, Peter 1745, and Andrew 1746, gra. H. U. 1771.   Jerusha m. Rev. Ebenezer Gay of Hingham D.D., and Hannah m. Nathaniel Gilbert of Taunton 1709.—Col. Gamaliel, son of Gamaliel above, m. Sarah, D. of Samuel Alden, and had Perez, Sophia, Gamaliel, Alden 1765, Jerusha, Sally, Daniel, and Gershom.—Perez lived on the paternal estate.—Gamaliel was a mariner and captain of a ship, and afterwards Warden of the State Prison in Charlestown, where he d.; he m. a Hickling, and had a s. Gamaliel gra. H. U. 1814, a physician, who d. 1840; and another s. Geo. Partridge gra. H. U. 1825.—Hon. Alden gra. H. U. 1786, first settled in the ministry in Me.,

 

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