Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register

11. Zechariah, s. of Abraham (5), m. Rebecca Cutter 10 Feb 1731-2, and had Sarah, bap. 15 Oct. 1732, m. William Adams 14 June 1750; Abraham, b. about 1734; Zechariah, hap. 27 Mar. 1737; John, b. 11 Jan. 1738-9; Samuel, b. 3 Mar. 1741; William, b. 8 Oct. 1743; Rebecca, b. 25 Sept. 1745, m. John Cutter 3d, 24 Jan. 1765; Lydia, b. about 1747, m. George Prentice 21 June 1770; Susanna, bap. 4 Mar. 1749-50, m. Thomas Francis of Medf. 11 July 1771; Mary, bap. 7 June 1752, m. Stephen Hall 4th, 12 July 1770; Deborah, bap. 18 July 1756, m. Nehemiah Cutter, Jr., 30 Oct. 1781. Zecha-Riah, the f. res. in Menot., and d. 11 Mar. 1768, a. 60; his w. Rebecca d. 1 Feb. 1797, a. 84.

12. Jacob, s. of John (7), m. Sarah Palmer 14 Sept. 1732, and had Anna, bap. 24 Feb. 1733-4, d. young; Jacob, bap. 12 Sept. 1736; Anna, bap. 12 Nov. 1738; John, bap. 30 Nov. 1740; Elizabeth, bap. 22 Aug. 1742; Bethia, bap. 14 Oct. 1744; m. Rev. Charles Backus of Somers, Conn., about 1775. Jacob the f. res. in Watertown, prob. in the easterly part, now embraced in Cambridge. His w. Sarah administered on his estate 5 Dec. 1755.

13. Jonathan, son of John (7), m. Lydia Cooper 10 Jan. 1763, when advanced in life, and had Jonathan Cooper, bap. 19 Aug. 1763, grad. H. C. 1784, res. in Kensington, N. H., and d. 1820; Lydia, bap. 13 Ap. 1766, m. Jeremiah Fogg of Kensingson, N. H. Jonathan the f. was a mason, and resided on the northerly side of Linnaen Street, about midway between North Avenue and Garden Street. He d. 28 Ap. 1775, a. 60; and the homestead was sold by his children, 1783, to Deac. Gideon Frost.

14. Daniel, prob. s. of Nathaniel (8), m. Lydia Locke 27 Aug. 1761, res. in Menot., and d. 13 Feb. 1774, leaving six children, who were bap. 16 Ap. 1775, viz., Phebe, m. Joel Winship 14 Nov. 1792; Martha; Daniel; Nathaniel; Lydia; Deborah, d. 10 Mar. 1791, a. 23. His w. Lydia d. 7 Feb. 1835, a. about 95.

15. Aaron, s. of Abraham (9), m. Susanna Tainter of Watertown 31 May 1753, and had Susanna, bap. 28 Sept. 1755. d. young; Aaron, b. about 1758; Susanna, bap. 5 Oct. 1760, d. unm. 20 May 1830; William, bap. 17 Nov. 1765, grad. H. C. 1788, d. at Tobago, 5 Aug. 1790. Aaron the f. was a mason, and inherited the homestead; he was Selectman 1777, 1778, 1787, 1788, and Deacon of the Church from 14 July 1772 until he d. of small-pox 16 Oct. 1792, a. 62. His w. Susanna d. of the same disease 2 Oct. 1792, a. 63. (Such are the dates on the gravestones; but Dr. Holmes, on the Church Record, gives the dates eight days later.)

16. Abraham, s. of Zechariah (11), m. Susanna Wellington 17 Dec. 1757, and had Abraham, b. 6 Dec. 1758; Susanna, bap. 13 July 1760, m. John Frost, Jr., 21 Nov. 1780; Thomas, bap. 27 June 1762, d. unm; Rhoda, bap. 8 Jan. 1764, m. Samuel Kent 20 June 1782, and d. 17 Jan. 1841; Isaac, bap. 11 May 1766; Cherry, bap. 18 Oct. 1767, m. Gershom Swan 4 Jan. 1787, and d. 2 Oct. 1806; Sarah, bap. 2 July 1769, m. Thomas Rand of Chs. 19 Dec. 1786, and had sons Thomas, Benjamin, James, Samuel, William, and dau. Sarah, m. Nathaniel Stone, and Susan m. Asa Cutter. Abraham the f. res. in Menot., and d. 16 Dec. 1812, a. 79. A guardian was appointed for him 1789, on the representation of his brother that he was non compos mentis. He was probably insane, and the fearful malady was inherited by several of his children; Mrs. Frost and Mrs. Swan were insane many years before their death. The son Thomas, also, especially in his younger life, was periodically deprived of reason, and subjected to confinement.

17. Zechariah, s. of Zechariah (11), m. Rebecca Wellington of Waltham 22 Jan. 1757; she d. 16 Aug. 1770, a. 35, and he m. Ruth Robbins 9 May 1771. His children were Rebecca, b. 15 Ap. 1757; Zechariah, b. 8 June 1759, m. Abigail Blodgett 25 Mar. 1781, and d. (suicide) 5 Mar. 1814; Sarah, b. 14 Feb. 1761, m. Seth Frost 20 Nov. 1781; Betsey, bap. 23 Jan. 1753, m. Jonathan Perry 29 June 1780; Mary, bap. 20 Jan. 1765; Love, bap. 17 Feb. 1767; Dorcas, bap. 20 Aug. 1769, m. Samuel Frost 15 Oct. 1789; Ruth, bap. 15