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

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[590] a preacher from 1742 to 1767, and afterwards clerk in a mercantile house; he m. Lydia, dau. of John Atwood of Plymouth; she d. 23 Feb. 1771, a. 56, and he d. 7 Jan. 1781; Ebenezer, b. 12 July 1714. John the f. was a baker, but he bought of his brother Joseph, 1 Ap. 1709, the ‘Blue Anchor Tavern,’ which he probably kept as a public house until he d. 13 Sept. 1714; his w. Abiel m. Edmund Angier 9 Ap. 1717, who d. 4 Ap. 1724; she then m. Isaac Watson 27 Aug. 1725; he perished in the conflagration of his dwelling-house 27 Feb. 1741-2, and she d. 18 Sept. 1753, a. 66.

5. Caleb, s. of Joseph (2), m. Mary Winchester of Brookline, and had Mary, b. 11 Ap. 1714; Abigail, b. 20 Ap. 1716; Caleb, b. 21 Dec. 1717; Esther, b. 10 June 1720; Sarah, b. 21 May 1722; Josiah, b. 4 May 1724, prob. the same who d. at Malden, and whose brother Caleb of Newton was appointed administrator 14 July 1746. Caleb the f. d. at Newton, and his son Caleb was appointed administrator 3 Feb. 1745.

6. Daniel, s. of Joseph (3), m. Mary Tapley 30 Dec. 1736, and had six children, bap. here: Joseph, 30 Mar. 1740; Margaret, 14 Oct. 1744; Mary, 26 Oct. 1747; Daniel, 27 May 1750; John, 30 Dec. 1753d. young; John, 15 July 1659.

7. John, s. of John (4), grad. H. C. 1725; was several years engaged in teaching here and at York, Me.; settled in the ministry at Arundel, Me., 1741; was dismissed 1768, and d. 1773 or 1774. He m. Elizabeth Muzzey, who d. Dec. 1729, aged 19; he afterwards m. Susanna Swett of New York, sister to the w. of Rev. Thomas Prentice, who survived him. By his w. Susanna, he had Susanna, bap. here 18 Sept. 1737; John, bap. 7 Jan. 1738-9. ‘He was a man of respectable talents, and, to judge from his writings that were preserved some time after his death, of good acquirements. He wrote a splendid hand, and was well acquainted with business, nearly all the deeds and contracts of the day being drawn up by him. A Professorship had been offered him at Cambridge before his settlement.’ ‘In returning from a visit in Plymouth, in 1774, he came to Biddeford by water, and lodged at the house of Col. Richworth Jordan. After having been in his chamber for some time without extinguishing his light, some of the family entered his apartment, and found him sitting in his chair partly undressed, apparently having been dead some considerable time.’ Bradbury's Hist. Kennebunk Port.

8. Ebenezer, s. of John (4), m. Mary, dau. of Joseph Mason of Watertown, 7 Ap. 1737, and had Thomas, b. 14 Aug. 1740; Elizabeth. Ebenezer the f. d. 11 Ap. 1742, a. 28.

9. Thomas, s. of Ebenezer (8), m. Elizabeth Brown 21 Ap. 1763, and had in Camb. Josiah, b. 24 Dec. 1763; Mary, b. 1 July 1765, m. Benjamin Hammond, and d. 19 Dec. 1846; in Roxbury, Thomas, b. 18 Aug. 1766; James, b. 8 Feb. 1768; in Lunenburg, Ebenezer, b. 8 June 1769; Phineas Brown, b. 1 Nov. 1770; Elizabeth, b. 4 July 1772, m. John Royal Barlow 6 Sept. 1792, and d. 30 Sept. 1850; Stephen, b. 23 June 1774, fell from mast-head and was killed 25 Dec. 1796; in Cambridge, Washington, b. 26 Aug. 1777, supposed to have perished in the Richmond Theatre conflagration 1811; another account says ‘I lost at sea;’ Eleanor Dana, b. 23 Feb. 1779, m. Rev. Abisha Sampson, and d. at Harvard 15 Feb. 1813; John, b. 23 Jan. 1781, m. Anna Gardner of Brookline, had son John G. Hovey, and d. 11 Dec. 1853; Sarah, b. 26 Sept. 1782, m. Washington Lee, and d. 7 Jan. 1862; Ann, b. 3 Sept. 1784, m. Ephraim Chamberlain; William, b. 4 Aug. 1786;, d. May 1790; Susan Soden, b. 9 Ap. 1791, m. Elisha Brimball, and d. 9 Feb. 1824. Thomas the f. was a currier, and resided successively in Cambridge (Brighton), Roxbury, Lunenburg, and Cambridge. He served in the Revolutionary War, and was styled ‘Major’ in the record of his election as Deacon of the Brighton Church, 10 May 1791. He d. at Brighton 8 May 1807; his w. Elizabeth d. at Rutland 14 Jan. 1821, a. 75.

10. Josiah, s. of Thomas (9), m. Isabella Winship 31 Mar. 1789, and had Isabella, b. 29 Dec. 1789, m. William Leathe 4 July 1811, and d. 9 Aug. 1875. Josiah the f. was a merchant, and innholder in early life, but for many years cultivated a few acres in Cambridgeport. His w. Isabella d. 24 Nov.