iii.	ABIGIAIL, June 6, 1729.   m. June 18, 1767, Josiah Lincoln, widr.
10.	iv.	THOMAS, Feb. 21, 1730-31.
	v.	EPHRAIM, Feb. 8, 1732-33, d. 7 Sept. 1734.

   9.   EPHRAIM⁵ (Thomas^4-3 Joseph² Thomas¹), b. in Hing. Jan. 16, 1706-7.   m. (pub. March 3, 1728-29), Jane Loring, dau. of John and Jane (Baker) Loring of Hull.   She was b. at Hull Oct. 7, 1709, and d. in Hing. 18 March, 1732-33, æt. 23 yrs.   He d. 13 Aug. 1732, æt. 26th yr.   Their
   Child, b. in Hing., —

11.

i.

JOSEPH, July 31, 1731.

   10.   THOMAS⁶ (Thomas^5-4-3 Joseph² Thomas¹), b. in Hing. Feb. 21, 1730-31.   m. Oct. 23, 1755, Deborah Burr, dau. of Jonathan and Mary (Lincoln) Burr.   She was b. in Hing. 1731, and d. 19 March, 1814, æt. 83d yr.   He d. 15 Feb. 1779, æt. 48 yrs.   "Farmer."   Constable in 1754 and 1761.   Resided on the paternal homestead, North St.
   Ch., all b. in Hing., were —

	i.	THOMAS, Apr. 1, 1756, d. 14 Nov. 1758.
12.	ii.	DAVID, Dec. 28, 1757.
13.	iii.	THOMAS, Jan. 22, 1760.
	iv.	ELIZABETH, Oct. 12, 1763, d. 17 Oct. 1784.
14.	v.	BENJAMIN, Sept. 10, 1765.
	vi.	SAMUEL, Jan. 27, 1767.   m. Jan. 2, 1794, Katy, dau. of Peter and Silence (Burr ) Cushing.   Removed to Worcester.   He d. 22 Apr. 1807, æt. 40 yrs.   She d. 28 May, 1837, æt. 68 yrs.   "Housewright."
	vii.	JONATHAN, Dec. 4, 1769.   Removed to Portland, Me., where he m. in 1801 Charlotte, dau. of Hon. Isaac Ilsley, and d. 19 Apr. 1820, æt. 51 yrs.

   11.   JOSEPH⁶ (Ephraim⁵ Thomas^4-3 Joseph² Thomas¹), b. in Hing. July 31, 1731.   m. Hannah Richmond of Dighton, Mass.   Joseph d. 22 Nov. 1777, æt. 46 yrs.   "Farmer."   Selectman in 1775, 1776, and 1777.   Town Treasurer, 1769.   Resided on the paternal homestead, North St.
   Ch., all b. in Hing., were —

	i.	HANNAH, Dec. 28, 1752, d. 2 Oct. 1798.
	ii.	JANE, Aug. 1, 1755.   m. March 1, 1772, Samuel Norton.
	iii.	JOSEPH, Aug. 5, 1757, was a lieut. in active service in the war of the Rev.; and d. 22 Nov. 1777, of wounds received at the battle of Brandywine, æt. 20 yrs.
15.	iv.	EPHRAIM, Sept. 29, 1759.
	v.	SYLVESTER RICHMOND, Dec. 8, 1761, d. of a malignant fever at Martinico, 3 Apr. 1794, æt. 32 yrs.
	vi.	JOHN, March 3, 1764.   m. a Wigglesworth of Cambridge, and settled in the ministry at Newburyport, Mass.
	vii.	RACHEL, Sept. 12, 1766.   m. Sept. 7, 1806, Thomas C. Cushing of Salem.
	viii.	LORING, Oct. 18, 1768, d. at Charleston, S. C., 19 Oct. 1805, æt. 37 yrs.   He was one of the original proprietors of the "Charleston News and Courier."

   12.   DAVID⁷ (Thomas^6-5-4-3 Joseph² Thomas¹), b. in Hing. Dec. 28, 1757.   m. Dec. 6, 1781, Sarah Thaxter, dau. of Dea. Joseph and Mary (Leavitt) Thaxter.   She was b. in Hing. Nov. 30, 1761, and d. 23 May, 1842, æt. 80 yrs.   He d. 1 Sept. 1847, æt. 90th yr.   "Trader."   Selectman in 1790, 1791, and 1792.   Resided on North St.
   Ch., all b. in Hing., were —