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

9. William, s. of John (5), m. Mary Brooks 1 Oct. 1747, and had William, bap. 22 May 1748; John, bap. 3 June, and d. 28 July 1750; Mary, bap. 29 Oct. 1752, m. Nathan Blodgett of Camb. 27 Ap. 1775; Martha, b. 1755; Sarah, bap. Nov. 1757; Samuel, b. 15 Dec. 1759, d. 22 Oct. 1762. William the f. grad. H. C. 1744, and was a merchant in Medford, in partnership with his brother Francis. He d. of small-pox 10 Mar. 1760; his w. Mary d. 10 Oct. 1765.

10. Stephen, s. of Francis (8), m. Mary Whittemore of Camb. 14 July 1763, and had Elizabeth Cutter, bap. 30 Dec. 1764; Stephen, bap. 22 Sept. 1765; Lydia, bap. 10 May 1767; Samuel and William, twins, b. in Cambridge 11 June 1768; John, bap. here 30 Aug. 1772, at which date Stephen the f. is styled of Kennebunk.

11. Francis, s. of Francis (8), m. Elizabeth Bowman of Cambridge 30 Dec. 1764, and had Elizabeth Sanders, bap. 13 Oct. 1765, d. 22 Aug. 1777; Francis, bap. 2 Aug. 1767. Francis the f. removed from Medf. to Boston, and his subsequent history is not known to me.

Whittemore, Thomas, resided in Chs. on the Malden side, near Chelsea, where he died 25 May 1661. In his will, dated 8 Feb. 1660-61, he bestows legacies on w. Hannah (who afterwards m. Benjamin Butterfield of Chelmsford, and was living in 1680), and ten children, viz.: ‘eldest son Thomas, being now in England and hath his portion there by gift’; Daniel; Nathaniel; John; Elizabeth; and ‘my five youngest, Benjamin, Thomas, Samuel, Pelatiah, and Abraham.’ These children were probably born between 1633 and 1656; Daniel was 48 years old at his death in 1683, prob. b. 1635, and Abraham was 35 at his death in 1690, prob. b. 1655; Elizabeth m. Hopestill Foster Oct. 1670; Pelatiah d. unm. 1678; Abraham, d. unm. 14 Jan. 1690-91, a. 35. Thomas the f. probably res. in England until about 1650, and left his oldest son there. After his emigration, he gave the same name to another son; and at the time of his death had two sons bearing his own name, one in each England.

2. Daniel, s. of Thomas (1), m. Mary Mellins 7 Mar. 1662, and had Daniel, b. 27 Ap. 1663, res. in Malden, had eight chil., and d. 21 Sept. 1756, a. 93; John, b. 12 Feb. 1664; Thomas, b. 5 Mar. 1667; Mary, b. 15 Feb. 1668-9; Nathaniel, b. 7 Feb. 1670-71. Daniel the f. inherited the homestead, and d. at ‘Mistick Side,’ now Malden, 11 May 1683, a. 48.

3. Nathaniel, s. of Thomas (1), by w. Mary, had Mary, b. 26 Ap. 1668; Nathaniel, b. 26 Sept. 1670. Nathaniel the f. d. at Malden 1671, a. 33.

4. John, s. of Thomas (1), m. Mary, dau. of Deac. John Upham of Malden about 1661; she d. 27 June 1677, and he m. Mary Miller of Chs. 8 Nov. 1677. His chil., all b. in Chs., were John, b. about 1662; Thomas, b. 1 Sept. 1664; .Joseph, b. 29 Jan. 1666-7; Benjamin, b. 1 Sept. 1669; Elizabeth, b. about 1671; Nathaniel, b. 9 Mar. 1673; Joel, b. about 1675, d. 27 Ap. 1676; Joel, b. 15 June 1677; Mary, b. 24 Oct. 1678, d. young; Pelatiah, b. 7 May 1680; Amos, b. 25 July 1681; Mary, b. 26 Sept. 1683; Daniel, b. 28 Dec. 1685, d. 27 Mar. 1686; Rebecca, b. 3 Mar. 1686-7, living unm. 1752; Hannah, b. 10 Feb. 1688-9. John the f. was a wheelwright, and resided in Chs. until near the close of life, when he removed to Menotomy, having leased a farm of Lieut.-gov. Danforth, and d. there 8 Dec. 1694, a. about 54. Thirteen children survived him. On the settlement of his estate in 1695, a house with about ten acres in Chs. was assigned to his son Thomas, and the unexpired lease of Lieut.-gov. Danforth's farm to Thomas and Nathaniel.

5. Benjamin, s. of Thomas (1), may have res. here in his younger days. Under date of 8 Jan. 1665-6, it is recorded that, ‘Benjamin Whittemore, for pulling down a bench of a seat in the meeting house, is fined five shillings; and the Constables are to require the bench of him, and set it up again.’ No