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[582] 4. Jacob, s. of Abraham (1), m. Sarah, dau. of Elder John Stone, and had Jacob; Tabitha, m. William Warland 3 Feb. 1701-2; John, b. 25 Sept. 1684; they had also, Nathaniel and Abraham; some or all of whom were perhaps b. in Malden, where he sold an estate in 1683. All the children before named were living in 1711, and named in a conveyance of land. Jacob the f. d. 12 Dec. 1690, a. nearly 34. The date on his gravestone is 1689, but probably wrong; for his Inventory is dated 20 Mar. 1690-1, and his wid. Sarah was appointed administratrix 7 Ap. 1691. 5. Abraham, s. of Abraham (3), by w. Sarah, had Abraham, b. about 1694, bap. 18 June 1697; Deborah, b. 25 Feb. 1696-7, bap. 18 June 1697; Martha, bap. 29 May 1698; Zechariah, b. 26 Ap. 1708; and perhaps others. Abraham the f. res. a few years in Chs. He d. 9 Mar. 1746, a. 75; his w. Sarah d. 30 Mar. 1752, a. 79. 6. Jacob, s. of Jacob (4), m. Susanna Hancock 29 Sept. 1714, and had Sarah, bap. 17 Aug. 1715, m. Henry Prentice 3d, 19 Aug. 1735, and d. 8 July 1736; Elizabeth, bap. 8 Mar. 1718-19; Mary, bap. 4 Feb. 1721-2, m. Abraham Snow, Chs., 25 Mar. 1746, and d. before 1768; Margaret, bap. 15 Mar. 1723-4; Elizabeth, bap. 16 July 1727; Sarah, bap. 25 Aug. 1734, m. Nathaniel Kingsbury 4 Sept. 1755. Jacob the f. d. Jan. 1768; his w. Susanna survived and was living in 1770. None of the children are named, as living, in the father's will, 5 Jan. 1768, and only two grandchildren, Mary and Sarah, children of his deceased dau. Mary Snow. 7. John, s. of Jacob (4), m. Anna Remington 24 June 1708, and had Martha, b. 22 Ap. d. 25 July 1709; Jacob, b. 6 July 1710; John, b. 9 Mar. 1711-12; Jonathan,b. 11 Dec. 1714; Andrew, b. 5 Jan. 1716-17, d. unm. in the almshouse, 26 Feb. 1806; Tabitha, bap. 8 Mar. 1718-19, m. William Howe, pub. 24 Aug. 1744. John the f. was a cordwainer, and res. on the Judge Trowbridge place, on the northerly side of Mount Auburn Street, between Dunster and Holyoke streets; in 1717 he sold this estate to Jonathan Remington, and removed to the easterly side of Brighton Street, between Mount Auburn Street and Harvard Square; the same estate was recently owned by his granddaughter, Mrs. Lydia Fogg of Kensington, N. H. 8. Nathaniel, s. of Jacob (4), by w. Martha, had Gregory, b. 14 June 1724, d. prob. unm. 21 Aug. 1778; Martha, b. 21 Mar. 1725-6, d. young; Martha, b. 31 Mar. 1728, d. 12 Nov. 1749; and at Sudbury, Daniel, b. 1729; Sarah, b. 1732, probe. the same who d. at Menot. 22 Feb. 1815, aged 83. Nathaniel the f. was a tanner, and bought an estate on the northerly side of Holmes Place near its easterly angle, 30 Nov. 1715, which he sold to Francis Foxcroft and Thomas Foxcroft 30 Jan. 1727-8, and removed to Sudbury and afterwards to Menot., where he d. 28 May 1761, a. 75; his w. Martha d. 18 Nov. 1752. 9. Abraham, s. of Jacob (4), m. Prudence, dau. of Nathaniel Hancock, 18 Dec. 1718, and had Abraham, b. 27 Sept. 1719, grad. H. C. 1737, settled in the ministry at Shutesbury 1742, became obnoxious to the Sons of Liberty on account of his political sentiments, and was dismissed in 1778; he d. in Oxford 8 June 1788; Prudence, b. 13 Aug. 1721, m. Joseph Clark 27 Mar. 1741; Mary, b. 11 Nov. 1722, m. William Codner, 25 Dec. 1745; Abigail, bap. 23 Aug. 1724, m. Rev. Stephen Badger 20 Sept. 1753; Elizabeth, bap. 4 Sept. 1726, d. young; Elizabeth, bap. 26 Nov. 1727, m. Benjamin Eustis 11 May 1749, and d. 30 May 1775 (she was mother of Gov. William Eustis who was b. here 10 June 1753); Aaron, bap 3 May 1730; Martha, bap. 28 Nov. 1731, m. William Bell 9 Aug. 1767; Sarah, bap. 7 Oct. 1733, m. Rev. Nathan Fiske of Brookfield 19 Oct. 1758; Tabitha, bap. 4 Jan. 1735-6; Lucy, bap. 16 Dec. 1739, d. prob. before 1754. Abraham the f. was a mason, and res. at the westerly corner of Brattle and Mason streets, near the spot where St. John's Memorial Church now stands; this estate, which he bought in 1713 of Rev. Thomas Blowers, contained four acres and extended to the Common, including the site of the Shepard Congregational Church. He d. 27 Dec. 1754, a. 66; his w. Prudence d. 16 Jan. 1775, a. 79. 10. Abraham, s. of Abraham (5), m. Mary Grant, and d. s. p. 11 Feb.
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