4.   JOHN⁴ (Thomas³ Joseph² Thomas¹), b. in Hing. Sept. 30, 1658.   m. Dec. 21, 1685, Patience Nichols, dau. of Thomas and Rebecca (Josselyn) Nichols.   She was b. in Hing. Dec. 25, 1660, and surviving him, m. secondly, Feb. 12, 1695-96, Joseph Beal.   John d. 2 July, 1695, æt. 37th yr.
   Ch., all b. in Hing., were —

	i.	PATIENCE, June 2, 1687.   m. Feb. 17, 1714-15, Daniel Hunt of Wey.
	ii.	JOHN, Feb. 8, 1688-89, d. 17 Dec. 1690.
	iii.	ABIGAIL, May 20, 1692, d. 8 Oct. 1711.

   5.   THOMAS⁴ (Thomas³ Joseph² Thomas¹), b. in Hing. June 26, 1663.   m. first, Apr. 12, 1693, Abigail Lincoln, dau. of Stephen and Elizabeth (Hawke) Lincoln.   She was b. in Hing. Apr. 7, 1673, and d. 18 Aug. 1713, æt. 40 yrs.   He m. secondly (pub. Nov. 19, 1714), Susanna Stutson, of Boston.   Thomas d. 5 Aug. 1727, æt. 64 yrs.   "Tailor," and kn. as "Lieut.;" was one of "the committee appointed by the town in 1715-16 to go to Boston to answer our Cohasset neighbors."   Resided on North St.   In his will, of 8 July, 1727, provides for w. Susanna, and desires that "David, my youngest son, be educated as a Doctor."   (S. P. R.; vol. xxv. p. 450.)   [See also Corrections]
   Ch., all b. in Hing. by w. Abigail, were —

	i.	ABIGAIL, March 3, 1693-94.   m. Oct. 30, 1718, Jonathan Lane.
	ii.	RUTH, Feb. 1, 1695-96.   m. (pub. July 13, 1717) Lazarus Beal.
8.	iii.	THOMAS, June 14, 1698.
	iv.	ELIZABETH, Jan. 15, 1700-1, d. 1 Feb. foll.
	v.	JOSEPH, June 17, 1703, d. 23 Nov. 1724.
9.	vi.	EPHRAIM, Jan. 18, 1706-7.
	vii.	DAVID, July 16, 1710.   Studied medicine with Dr. Ezekiel Hersey, of Hing.   He d. at Boston (of small-pox) 1 Apr. 1730, æt. 20th yr.

   6.   STEPHEN⁴ (Thomas³ Joseph² Thomas¹), b. in Hing. March 6, 1672.   m. June 23, 1697, Bethia, dau. of Benjamin Stetson of Scit.   This fam. removed to Taunton, Mass.   Their
   Ch., b. in Hing., were —

	i.	BETHIA, May 26, 1699.
	ii.	MARY, Sept. 15, 1 703.
	iii.	BENJAMIN, Jan. 25, 1705-6.

   7.   JEDIDIAH⁴ (Thomas³ Joseph² Thomas¹), b. in Hing. July 3, 1674, was grad. at Har. Coll. 1695.   In 1696 and 1697 he was employed by the Selectmen of Hing. as a teacher in Latin, Arithmetic, etc.   Subsequently he settled as a minister at Philadelphia, Pa.   He had a s. Ephraim who was a physician at Baltimore, Md., and d. there ab. 1781.

   8.   THOMAS⁵ (Thomas^4-3 Joseph² Thomas¹), b. in Hing. June 14, 1698.   m. Jan. 10, 1722-23, Elizabeth Jacob, dau. of Peter and Hannah (Allen) Jacob.   She was b. in Hing. Apr. 9, 1700, and d. 16 March, 1768, æt. 68th yr.   He d. 5 Sept. 1784, æt. 86 yrs.   "Farmer."   Was Town Treasurer, also deacon of the Church of the First Parish, and a large land-owner.   Resided on North St. near Thaxter's Bridge.
   Ch., all b. in Hing., were —

	i.	ABIGAIL, Nov. 20, 1723, d. 10 Jan. 1727-28.
	ii.	ELIZABETH, Nov. 7, 1726.   m. Dec. 7, 1749, Stephen Cushing.