as trained for the ministry but did not preach; rem. to Portland as early as 1743, and d. there 6 Ap. 1755, having been Magistrate, , Representative, Councillor, etc. Smith's Journal, note.
5. Jabez, s. of Jabez (3), was a tailor, and res. with w. Hannah in Boston, 1708, when he and his brother John sold land in Camb.
He d. before 30 Aug. 1736;, when his hiers, to wit., widow Hannah, and her children Thomas, of Woodstock, Hannah, w. of Thomas Roberts, Bosto, Judith, w. of Thomas Prince, Duxbury, and Rebecca, w. of James Allen, Boston, received from Rev. John Fox a quitclaim of all interest in the Cambridge homestead, which they sold the next year to Jonathan Hastings, the famous Steward and ardent patriot.
Foxcroft, Francis, m,. Elizabeth, dau. of Dep. Gov. Danforth, 3 Oct. 1682, and had, in Boston, Elizabeth,b.——,m Mr. Christopher Bridge 15 May 1701; Daniel, b.——; Martha, b. 26 Mar. 1689, m. Benjamin Gerrish of Boston, merchant, 28 June 1716;, and d. here 14 Ap. 1736; Francis
d, was one of the first company, and in 1635 res. on the westerly side of Garden Street, near the Botanic Garden.
In 1636 he sold his estate to Joseph Isaac, after which his name disappears from the Records.
He was probably the same who was in Duxbury 1637.
See Winsor's Hist. Duxbury.
2. Isaac, parentage not ascertained, by w. Mary, had Thomas, b. 2 Aug. 1701; Samuel, b. 11 Jan. 1709-10:,John, b. 12 Feb. 1711-12.
Hyde, Samuel, (otherwise written Hide, and by himself Hides), the second Duxbury.
2. Isaac, parentage not ascertained, by w. Mary, had Thomas, b. 2 Aug. 1701; Samuel, b. 11 Jan. 1709-10:,John, b. 12 Feb. 1711-12.
Hyde, Samuel, (otherwise written Hide, and by himself Hides), the second settler in Camb.
village , about 1640.
by w. Temperance, had Samuel, named in his will, Joshua, b. 14 Mar. 1642, d. 21 Ap. 1656; Job, b. 1643; Sarah, b. 19 Ap. 1644, m. Thos. Woolson 20 Nov. 1660; Elizabeth, m. Humphrey Osland 7 Mar. 1166-7.
Samuel the f. was a farmer, and Deacon of the Church in Camb.
Village, afterwards Newton.
He d. 14 Sept. 1689, a. about 80, as noted on his Inventory.
2. Jonathan, a. younger brother of Samuel (1), m. Mary French; she d. in childbed 27 May 1672, a.
s widow and children, viz., Caleb, Isaac, Lois, and a younger daughter.
The Stanley family maintained a high reputation in the jurisdiction for many years after the union of the two colonies.
In 1709 Caleb Stanley was elected or rather appointed Secretary of the Colony, which he held three years.
Hinman.
Stanesby, John, is named as a land-holder in describing the bounds of William Cutter's land in the Neck about 1638.
Starr, comfort, a Chirurgeon, or physician, was here in 1638, in Duxbury 16 Mar. 1639-40 and d. in Boston 2 Jan. 1660.
See Savage, Gen. Diet.
Stearns, Charles, of Wat., had w. Hannah who d. July 1651, and he m. Rebecca, dau. of John Gibson of Cambridge, 22 June 1654.
His chil.
were Samuel, b. at Wat. 2 June 1650; at Camb., Shubael, b. 20 Sept. 1655; John, b. 24 Jan. 1656-7; and again at Wat., Isaac, Charles, Rebecca, and Martha. Charles the f. removed to Lynn and d. before 1695.
(Sav.
Gen. Diet.) His w. Rebecca was afflicted by insanity.
See Gibson, Joh