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

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[600] about 1651; Mary, b. 5 Sept. 1653, d. 27 Mar. 1654; Mary, b. 1 Mar. 1654-5; Samuel, bap. 9 Dec. 1660, d. young; Mercy, bap. 11 May 1662, d. young; Patience, bap. 3 Ap. 1664, d. young. Thomas the f. d. 6 May 1685, ‘aged about 68 years,’ according to his epitaph; but in his will, dated 24 Ap. 1685, he calls himself 69 years old, and names wife Sarah, and surviving children Sarah, Elizabeth, and Mary.

Bethia, family uncertain, m. Amos Marrett 2 Nov. 1681.

Lord, Thomas. His name does not appear on our Records. But Hinman says he ‘came to Hartford from Cambridge, Mass., in 1636, . . . . and was in the division of lands at Hartford in 1639. His children were Thomas [a surgeon], Richard, William, Dorothy, Robert, John, and Amy. He is the ancestor of the Lord family of the State.’

2. Richard, perhaps s. of Thomas (1), in 1635 owned ‘one shop, with garden plot, about half a rood,’ at the N. E. corner of Brighton and Mount Auburn streets. He rem. to Hartford, where he was Constable in 1642, and Selectman in 1744. ‘He was a man of great energy, and an original settler. In 1657, he was appointed Captain of the first troop of Horse ever raised in the Colony. . . . . After several years spent in Hartford he removed to New London, where he died.’—Hinman

Lowden, John, m. Sarah Stevenson 29 May 1682.

Luxford, James, was an early inhabitant, and res. on the westerly side of Holyoke Street, on a lot which he sold to Mrs. Glover in 1639, and which became the site of the famous Old School-house. By his w. Elizabeth, he had Elizabeth, b. Sept. 1637, living in 1658; Reuben b. Feb. 1639-40. It would seem that Luxford left a wife in England, and during her life-time iniquitously contracted a second marriage here. The General Court, being informed of the fact shortly before the second child was born, took measures to punish the guilty and protect and partially indemnify the innocent. Under date of 3 Dec. 1639, it is recorded that ‘James Luxford being presented for having two wives, his last marriage was declared void or a nullity thereof, and to be divorced, not to come to the sight of her whom he last took, and he to be sent away for England by the first opportunity; all that he hath is appointed to her whom he last married, for her and her children. He is also fined £ 100, and to be set in the stocks an hour upon a market day, after the lecture the next lecture day if the weather permit; or else the next lecture day after.’ Soon afterwards, he appears to have been convicted of other crimes; for 13 May 1640, ‘James Luxford, for his forgery, lying, and other foul offences, was censured to be bound to the whipping post till the lecture from the first bell, and after the lecture to have his ears cut off; and so he had liberty to depart out of our jurisdiction.’ Very probably he availed himself of the liberty granted, and with mutilated ears departed from the jurisdiction of those rulers who were a terror to, evil doers. I find no trace of him here afterwards.¹ His wife remained here, was a member of the Church, and a recipient of its bounty. Her name appears on the records as sister Albon, Albone, or Olbon. I conjecture that her name before marriage was Olbon or Albone; that she resumed it for herself and her children when her marriage was annulled by the Court; and that, at some period subsequent to 1645 (when she is called sister Albone), she m.——Cole (perhaps the father of Arthur Cole, and died before 1668. This conjecture is partly founded on the fragment of a Church Record commenced by Rev. Mr. Mitchell, who d. in 1668. Under the name of John Fezington (Fessenden) he says: ‘In his family is Reuben Luxford, alias Olbon, who, together with his sister Elizabeth, were baptized in this church, being the children of our Sister Olbon (lately Cole), now deceased.’ The original record was thus written; but subsequently the words—‘Luxford alias’—were erased.