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

25. Joseph, s. of Joseph (24), was a tanner, and bought of Capt. Samuel Gookin, 1754, an estate on the N. E. corner of Holyoke and Mount Auburn streets. He prob. d. before 1765, and no record is found of his family.

26. Benjamin, s. of Joseph (24), m. Hannah Manning 4 Feb. 1761; she d. 7 Jan. 1782, a. 48, and he m. Mary Winship 5 July 1782. His children were Priscilla, b. 31 July 1761; prob. Benjamin, b. about 1763, m. Patty Myrick 16 July 1786; Joseph, b. 16 Mar. 1766; Hannah, b. 8 Oct. 1768 (probably 1767), m. Thomas Cheney 22 Feb. 1787; Edward, b. 23 July 1769, m. Anna Hyde 6 Aug. 1795; Henry, bap. 3 Aug. 1783; Mary, bap. 13 Mar. 1785; George, b. 16 Nov. 1787. Benjamin the f. res. on the south side of the river, was a Tanner, Deacon of the Church from 1791, and d. 16 Nov. 1802, a. 69. His w. Mary prob. m. Abraham Randall of Stow 26 Mar. 1805.

27. Joseph, s. of Benjamin (26), m. Persis Munroe 18 Nov. 1788, and had Sally, b. 22 July 1789; Joseph, b. 9 Jan. 1793; Priscilla, b. 8 June 1796, m. John Warland 8 Sept. 1825; Mary, b. 28 Feb. 1798; Martha, b. 6 May 1800, m. Luke Moore 14 Oct. 1821. Joseph the f. was a tailor, and resided at the westerly corner of Holyoke and South streets, and afterwards at the S. W. corner of Dunster and Winthrop streets; he d. 17 Dec. 1845, a. nearly 80.

28. Samuel, parentage not known, m. Sarah Cutler 24 Feb. 1764, and had Samuel, b. about 1765, a carpenter, removed to Mason, N. H., where he died 23 May 1813; Ebenezer, b. 31 Jan. 1766, grad. H. C. 1786. and was ordained pastor of the Church in Mason, N. H., 3 Nov. 1790, which office he sustained for more than sixty-three years; he d. 20 May 1854. Samuel the f. was a carpenter, and resided on the easterly side of North Avenue, a few rods from the Common; he was very thriftless and improvident, and depended on others for support. He d. 21 June 1798, a. about 66. His w. Sarah is reputed to have been an excellent woman, who by her industry and self-denial enabled her son Ebenezer to obtain a good education; her kindness was repaid by her son, who received her into his family and provided for her comfort in the latter years of her life; she d. 30 Dec. 1808.

29. Alexander Sears, parentage not known, grad. H. C. 1764, and res. here a few years. His dau. Rebecca was bap. 8 Ap. 1770.

Hannah, m. Andrew Grover 7 Feb. 1673-4. Charles, m. Sarah Prentice 15 Sept. 1757, prob. the same Sarah who d. at W. Cambridge 22 Feb. 1815, a. 83. Thomas, m. Mary Smith 18 June 1765. Elizabeth, m. Isaac Clark 4 June 1764. Rebecca m. Samuel Cutter, Jr., 29 Sept. 1780. Martha, m. John Burbeck 1 Feb. 1781. Hannah, m. Jona. Hearsey 8 July 1792. Isaac, s. of Tabitha, bap. 17 Feb. 1739-40. Elizabeth, dau. of Josiah, bap. at Menotomy 11 Sept. 1774.

Hinckson, John, m. Mary Harrington 13 Ap. 1680.

Hoar, Leonard, grad. H. C. 1650, and three years afterwards went to England, where he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of Cambridge. He was also a preacher at Wanstead in Essex, and was ejected in 1662; returned to New England, and was elected 30 July 1672, President of Harvard College. His continuance in office was short and unpleasant; he resigned 15 Mar. 1674-5, and d. 28 Nov. 1675, a. 45. He was buried at Braintree, now Quincy, by the side of his mother Joanna, who d. 21 Dec. 1661. President Hoar m. in England, Bridgett, dau. of Lord Lisle, by whom he had Bridgett, b. 13 Mar. 1672-3, m. at London, Rev. Thomas Cotton of Peviston, Yorkshire, 21 June 1689; Triphena, b. according to the Record 25 Mar. 1610, but manifestly a mistake, d. young. After Pres. Hoar's death, his w. Bridgett m. Hezekiah Usher of Boston; this proved to be an unfortunate connection, and she sailed for England with her dau. Bridgett 12 July 1687, and probably did not return until after her husband's death in 1697; she d. in Boston 25 May 1723.

Holden, Richard, came to New England 1634, a. 25, and was an early proprietor in Watertown. He m. Martha, dau. of Stephen Fosdick of Charlestown, and had Stephen, b. 19 July 1642; Justinian, b.——1644; Martha, b. 15 Jan. 1645-6, m. Thomas Boyden; Samuel; Mary, m. Thomas Williams; Sarah, m.