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

Sill, John (otherwise written Scill, Syll, and Scyll), about 1638, bought a house and lot at the S. E. corner of Eliot and Winthrop streets. By his w. Joanna, he had Elizabeth, b. about 1637, m. Zechariah Hicks 28 Oct. 1652, and d. 12 Sept. 1730, a. 93; Joseph, b. about 1639. John the f. was living in 1645, but d. before 1662, when his w. Joanna had a grant of land, and another in 1665; she d. before Oct. 1671, when her will was presented and approved. Mr. Sill was unfortunate in his pecuniary affairs soon after his settlement here, and received assistance from the Church; but subsequently appears to have been more prosperous.

2. Joseph, s. of John (1), m. Jemima, dau. of Andrew Belcher, 5 Dec. 1660, and had Andrew, b. 5 Feb. 1665, d. 12 June 1666; Joseph, bap. 11 Mar. 1665-6 [this son is prob. the same as Andrew before named]; Jemima, b. 21 Sept. 1667; Elizabeth, b. 12 Sept. 1668, m. Samuel Green, Jr., 18 Nov. 1685; Andrew; Thomas; and perhaps others. Joseph the f. was engaged in Philip's War, first as Lieutenant and afterwards as Captain. He was appointed as Captain 2 Nov. 1675, to ‘take charge of the soldiers raised from Chs., Wat., and Camb., which are about 60 men,’ and to lead them forth against the enemy. He had previously been Captain of a company consisting of 100 men, under Major John Pynchon. He was at Lancaster, 21 Feb. 1675-6, when the Court ‘ordered, on request of Captain Scyll, that the committee for the war do forthwith send twenty pounds of tobacco and three gallons of rum, for the supply of the company that now resides at Lancaster.’ For some insubordination, or, as the Record expresses it, because ‘of late he hath carried himself offensively,’ he was discharged from office 11 Oct. 1676. In Nov. 1685 he petitioned the General Court for a grant of land, as a compensation for his military services; but was unsuccessful in his request. Before this time, however, he had removed to Lyme, Conn., where he was residing 7 Nov. 1681; at which date he executed a deed of his estate in Camb. to a feoffee in trust for his son Andrew; or if said Andrew should die in his minority, then his other son Thomas to inherit the estate. He d. 6 Aug. 1696. His son Thomas, mariner, of Boston, described himself in a deed, dated 8 Nov. 1699, as son of Joseph Sill, formerly of Cambridge, late of Lyme, Conn., deceased. The son Thomas was probably a shipmaster, residing in Boston, and the Capt. Sill who died in May 1709.

Elijah, who grad. H. C. 1748, and was ordained at Fairfield, Conn., 17 Oct. 1751, may have been of this family. Five others of the name graduated at the same College, previous to 1839.

Simonds, Joseph (otherwise written Simons, Symons, and Symonds), m. Mary, dau. of John Tidd, 7 Mar. 1680-81, and had Rebecca, b. 11 June 1682; Mary, b. 15 Dec. 1684; Joshua, b. 23 Jan. 1686-7, d. at Lex. 3 Nov. 1768, a. nearly 82, and his w. Hannah d. 11 Nov. 1789, a. 93; Joseph, b. 8 June 1689; Daniel, b. about 1692, d. at Lex. 3 Ap. 1776, a. 83; and his w. d. 2 Ap. 1776, a. 81; Jonathan, d. 22 Dec. 1748; Abigail; Elizabeth, bap. 13 Nov. 1698.

Simpkins, Nicholas (otherwise written Sympkins), ‘late of Dorchester’ bought house and land in Camb. of John Knight 20 Nov. 1637. He was at some time Captain of the Castle; he removed to Yarmouth about 1638 (Savage, Gen. Dict.), was of Barnstable 1645, and of Scituate 1648. Plym. Col. Rec., XII. 142, 192.

Skidmore, Thomas (otherwise written Skidmer), by w. Ellen, had John, b. 11 Ap. 1643. Thomas the f. res. on the westerly side of Brighton Street, north of Mount Auburn Street. He rem. to Hartford, where he was living 6 Dec. 1649.

Skinner, Edward, owned a house and six acres in the West End. By his will, dated 25 Dec. 1641, it would seem that he had no family; he devised his estate, with the exception of a few trifling legacies, one half to Robert Ibbitt of Cambridge, Old England, and the other half to the Church in Cambridge, New England. His Inventory denotes a shopkeeper.

Smith, Abraham, was fined sixpence, for a trespass of his heifer in the planting field, 4 Nov. 1646.

2. Henry, m. Lydia Buck 3 Mar. 1672-3, and had Lydia, b. 20 July 1677,