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

8. Henry, s. of Henry (6), m. Mary Gove 7 Ap. 1682, and had John, b. 6 Mar. 1682-3; Mary, b. 11 Dec. 1684, d. 2 May 1685; Mary, b. 4 Dec. 1685, d. 11 Mar. 1685-6; Hannah, b. 19 Jan. 1686-7, d. 3 June 1687; Jonathan, b. 4 Ap. and d. 1 May 1688; Sarah, b. 6 Ap. and d. 31 May 1689; Tabitha, bap. 8 Aug. 1697; Nathaniel, bap. 11 Dec. 1698; Jacob, b. 18 Aug. 1700, d. 18 Feb. 1700-1; Susanna, b. 29 Mar. and d. 22 July 1703.

9. Solomon, s. of Solomon (7), by w. Lydia, had Samuel, bap. 12 June 1698, d. young; Ruth, b. 31 Oct. 1700, m. William Dickson 12 June 1718; Lydia, b. 8 Mar. 1702-3, m. John Cooper 6 Ap. 1721, and Thomas Kidder 8 Ap. 1725; Solomon, b. 11 May 1705, grad. H C. 1727, minister at Grafton, d. 22 May 1773; Samuel, b. 5 May 1707; Joanna, b. 5 Feb. 1709-10, m. Samuel Cook 31 Mar. 1726; Ebenezer, b. 29 May 1712; Sarah, b. 11 Mar. 1714-15, m. Jonathan Cooper 25 Oct. 1732; Daniel, b. 17 May 1717; Stephen, b. 26 Feb. 1719-20, m. Esther Cutter 6 Aug. 1741, rem. to Grafton; Mary, b. 25 Sept. 1723. Solomon the f. resided on the estate, of which the Botanic Garden is a part, at the corner of Garden and Linnaean streets, and d. 25 June 1758, a. 84; his w. Lydia d. 25 Ap. 1758, a. 81.

10. Thomas, s. of Solomon (7), m. Maria Russell 28 Dec. 1696; she d. 1 May 1701, and he m. Mary Batson 6 Nov. 1701. His chil. were Thomas, bap. 21 Nov. 1697, d. young; Mary, bap. 2 Ap. 1699, m. Francis Kidder 13 Feb. 1717-18, Philip Cook about 1725, and Samuel Sprague of Stoneham 4 Ap. 1740; Thomas, b. 9 Dec. 1702; John, b. 3 Mar. 1703-4, prob. the mariner of whose estate William Prentice and Matthew Johnson were appointed administrators 4 May 1738; Elizabeth, b. 22 Aug. 1705, m. Matthew Johnson of Chs. 9 May 1726; Henry, b. 25 Nov. 1706; William, b. 24 July 1708; Hepzibah, b. 29 Oct. 1709, m. William Badger of Chs. 29 June 1727, and——Underwood of Boston before 1771; her son John Badger was brought up by his uncle William Prentice. Thomas the f. was styled a brickmaker, and res. on the westerly side of Garden Street, opposite to the Botanic Garden; the cellar and well were visible recently. He d. 7 Dec. 1709, a. 33 ears 3 months and 12 days, as inscribed on his gravestone; his w. Mary m. Nathaniel Robbins before 1720, and Samuel Lyon of Roxbury 24 Nov. 1742, after whose death she returned to her former dwelling, and d. here 2 Mar. 1760, a. 83. The epitaph on her gravestone was prob. written by her son, Rev. Thomas Prentice of Chs., and as a tribute of filial affection is worthy of preservation; ‘Here lyes interr'd the body of Mrs. Mary Lyon, in her first marriage consort to Mr. Thomas Prentice whom she survived more than 50 years, and expired March the 2d 1760, in the 84th year of her age, not impatient of life, but satisfied with it: Her children rise up, and call her blessed.’

11. Stephen, s. of Solomon (7), m. Judith Frost of Chs. 8 July 1708; she d. and he m. Faith——; she d. 23 Jan. 1741-2, and he m. Lydia Prentice 10 Nov. 1743. He was a cordwainer, and res. on the westerly side of North Avenue, a few rods south of the Railroad Bridge. He was a Selectman 1744, and d. without issue, between 19 Mar. and 11 May 1761.

12. Nathaniel, s. of Solomon (7), m. Hannah, dau. of John Wyeth, and had Jonas, b. 25 Ap. 1713; Nathaniel, b. 19 May 1715, a tailor, resided in Sherburn 1742; Hannah, b. 16 Dec. 1716, m. Thomas Fessenden of Lex. (pub. 6 Feb. 1734-5); Tabitha, b. 30 Aug. 1718, m. Eleazar Russell before 1742; Solomon, b. 31 Jan. 1720-21. Nathaniel the f. was a brickmaker, and d. 24 Oct. 1722; his w. Hannah m. Jason Winship, 1724.

13. Henry, s. of Solomon (7), m. Elizabeth Rand about 1718; she d. 13 Mar. 1748-9, and he m. Elizabeth Haley of Boston (pub. 21 Oct. 1749). His chil. were Joshua, b. 9 Ap. 1719; Caleb, b. 21 Feb. 1721-2; Martha, b. 27 June 1724, m. John Ware of Sherburn 19 June 1743, and was mother of the late Rev. Henry Ware, Sen., D. D.; Elizabeth, b. 17 Oct. 1727, m. Rev. Amos Adams of Rox., 18 Oct. 1753, and d. before 1776; Thomas, bap. 20 Sept. 1730, d. young; Hepzibah, bap. 23 Jan. 1731-2, m. Rev. Jacob Foster of Berwick, 13 Oct. 1756; Thomas, bap. 6 Oct. 1734, prob. d. 12 Mar. 1735-6; Nathan, b. 8 Ap. 1738, grad. H. C. 1756, a merchant in Berwick, Me., m. Mehetabel Spencer, and d. here 29 July 1769; Sarah, bap. 25 Jan. 1740-41,