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

12. Jacob, s. of Jacob (8), m. Mehetabel Skinner of Woburn (pub. 25 Jan. 1761), and had Jacob, b. 3 Sept. 1765; Mehetabel, b. 10 Sept. 1767, m. Adino Hastings 21 June 1795; he d. 8 Jan. 1798, and she m. Thomas Hastings 3 Oct. 1802, and d. 7 Jan. 1850. Jacob the f. was a blacksmith, and inherited the homestead, near Spruce Street. He d. 5 Oct. 1801; his w. Mehetabel d. 17 May 1814, a. 90.

13. Nathan, s. of Jacob (8), m. Margaret, dau of Isaac Watson, 19 Aug. 1772, and had Margaret, b. 10 June 1773, m. James Munroe 10 June 1804, and d. 28 Feb. 1852; Nathan, b. 14 May 1775, a chaise maker, resided in Roxbury, d. 17 Jan. 1855; Elizabeth, b. 20 May 1777, d. unm. 19 Sept. 1857; Lydia, b. 3 May 1780, m. Joseph Holmes 12 May 1803, and d. 16 Jan. 1864. Nathan the f. was a cordwainer, and resided on the estate formerly owned by the father of his wife. He d. 31 Jan. 1804; his w. Margaret d. 15 Aug. 1825, a. 80, having, by lease from her children, long occupied the homestead at the nominal rent of one dollar per annum.

14. William, s. of Isaac (9), m. Susanna, dau. of Ebenezer Wyeth, 6 Dec. 1779; she d. 29 Dec. 1788, a. 26, and he m. Catherine Lopaus (or Lopez), 29 Dec. 1781. His chil. were Susanna, b. 6 Dec. 1780, m. Artenatus Moore 7 Feb. 1802, and d.--May 1807; Nancy, b. 23 Oct. 1782, d. unm., of consumption, 24 Dec. 1803; Priscilla, b. 9 Ap. 1784, d. unm., of consumption, 5 Nov. 1803; William, b. 13 June 1785, grad. H. C. 1805, d. unm., of consumption, 4 Nov. 1805; Mary, bap. 29 May and d.—Nov. 1787; Mary, b. 12 Dec. 1788, d. unm., of consumption, 22 July 1812; Elizabeth, b. 28 Jan. 1794, m. Andrew Allen 31 Dec. 1826, and d. 14 Mar. 1868; Samuel, b. 2 Feb. 1796, unm., for many years an inmate of the McLean Asylum for the Insane, and d. 18 June 1857; Abraham Andros, b. 11 May 1799, grad. H. C. 1823, a physician, resided in Boston, and d. 14 June 1868. William the f. was a glazier, and res. on the S. E. corner of Brighton and Mount Auburn streets, the homestead of his maternal grandfather (Deac. Whittemore), which he obtained by purchase. He also owned a large tract of land in Cambridgeport, which he is said to have received as a compensation for maintaining an aged colored woman, formerly a slave, called Venus Whittemore; although by some defect in the written obligations, she finally became a public charge and died in the almshouse 4 May 1825, aged 107, according to the account in the Columbian Centinel. This land has become very valuable and much of it remains in possession of the family. Mr. Watson d. 9 Feb. 1811; his w. Catherine d. 15 Sept. 1851, a. 89.

15. Nathaniel Prentiss, s. of Abraham (10), m. Lydia, dau. of Edward Fillebrown, 9 Feb. 1797, and had Nathaniel, b. 17 Dec. 1797, many years Jailer and Master of the House of Correction in Camb., d. at Charleston, S. C., while on a journey for his health, 8 Mar. 1848; Edward, b. 9 Oct. 1799, d. at Chs., and was bur. 13 Aug. 1839; Abraham, b. 23 July 1802, d. at Chs. 18 Nov. 1820; Mary, b. 27 Jan. 1810; and perhaps others. Nathaniel P. the f. was a tanner, a Colonel, Selectman 1806, 1807, after which he rem. to Chs.. where he d. and was buried 3 Ap. 1822.

16. Samuel, s. of Daniel (11), was in early life a card maker, and afterwards a farmer; he inherited a life estate in the homestead; he long held the office of Deacon in the First Universalist Church, and d. s. p. 8 Feb. 1855; his w. Martha d. 8 Mar. 1851, a. 75.

17. Jacob, s. of Jacob (12), m. Abigail Goodwin 8 May 1794, and had Abigail, b. 4 Aug. 1800, d. unm. 18 Aug. 1817; John Waldo, b. 13 Dec. 1802, d. 20 July 1807; Nancy, bap. 23 June 1805, m. John S. Huntress 8 Sept. 1825; Catherine Bradish, bap. 29 Nov. 1807; John Waldo, bap. 4 Feb. 1810, d. 9 Aug. 1818. Jacob the f. was for several years Jailer, while the County Jail was in Ward One. He d. 12 Jan. 1849, a. 83; his w. Abigail d. 7 Aug. 1850, a. 85.

Webb, Richard, owned several parcels of land here in 1635. He rem. to