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Paddlefoot, Jonathan (otherwise written Padlefoote, and Padlfoote), m. Mary Blanford 5 Oct. 1652, and had Jonathan, b. 6 July and d. 29 Oct. 1653; Mary, b. 22 Aug. 1654; Jonathan, b. 13 Aug. 1656; Zechariah, b. 16 Dec. 1657, d. in Framingham 7 July 1737; Edward, b. 14 June 1660, ‘slayn in the wars.’ （Chart.) Jonathan the f. res. on the easterly side of North Avenue, near the Railroad Bridge. He d. 1661; his w. Mary m. Thomas Eames, and had son Thomas, bap. here 12 July 1663. She subsequently removed with her husband and family to Sudbury, and thence to Framingham, where she had five children, and was killed by the Indians at Framingham 1 Feb. 1675-6. Barry.

John Paddleford, grad. Y. C. 1768, was a physician in Hardwick several years. Seth Paddleford, grad. Y. C. 1770, was a lawyer in Hardwick, removed to Taunton, was Judge of Probate, and received the degree of Ll.D. at Brown University. The name, now generally written Padelford, still exists in the southerly part of the Commonwealth, and in Rhode Island; [621] and the descent from Jonathan of Camb. is duly set forth in a chart of the family.

Paine, Moses (or Payne), is styled ‘Mr.’ on our Records 1639. In 1642 he owned house and land at the S. E. corner of South and Dunster streets, which he sold in 1646.

Palfrey, John (otherwise written Palfray, Palfraye, Palfry, Palfory, Paulfrey, Paulfery), m. Rebecca, dau. of William Bordman, 4 Aug. 1664, and had Rebecca, b. 15 Sept. 1665, m. Joseph Hicks 24 Nov. 1716; John, b. 12 Ap. 1667, d. 27 June 1667; Elizabeth, b. 24 May 1668; Martha, b. 18 May 1670, m. Benjamin Goddard 30 May 1689; Thomas, b. 7 May 1672, d. 21 Nov. 1677; Ruth, b. 1 Nov. 1677, d. until. at Medf. 29 Dec. 1737; John, b. Jan. or Feb. 1688-9, a shoemaker, d. unm. 1 Dec. 1759. There were at least two more daughters, one of whom was prob. Mary, who m. Ebenezer Williams 1 Dec. 1700. John the f. was a carpenter, resided on the easterly side of North Avenue, near the Common, and d. in 1689. The name, in this family, became extinct.

Palmer, Stephen, by w.——, had Stephen, bap. 18 Ap. 1697. His former residence not ascertained. He d. 21 May 1697.

2. Stephen, s. of Stephen (1), by w. Sarah, had Sarah, bap. 6 Nov. 1717, m. Jacob Hill, Jr., 14 Sept. 1732; Stephen, bap. 12 Oct. 1718; Mary, bap. 20 Feb. 1720-21, m. William Fessenden; Elizabeth, bap. 21 Ap. 1723, m. Joseph Gibbs 11 Sept. 1749; Bethia, bap. 12 Sept. 1725, m. John Ellis, Jr., 24 Oct. 1750; John, bap. 26 Nov. 1727 (perhaps the same who d. at an ‘advanced age,’ in Newton, between 22 Aug. 1808 and 29 Aug. 1809, naming in his will chil. Thomas, William deceased, Mary Wiswall, Ann Parker, and John); Joseph, b. 2 Sept. 1729, grad. H. C. 1747, ordained at Norton 3 Jan. 1753, and d. 4 Ap. 1791. Stephen the f. was a tanner, and d. about 1766, when his will was presented 23 Ap. by his son Joseph, one of the executors; after whose death, Rev. John Ellis of Rehoboth was appointed administrator de bonis non.

3. Stephen, s. of Stephen (2), m. Sarah Gamage 17 Jan. 1750-51, and had Deborah, b. 23 Dec. 1751, d. 3 Feb. 1752; Stephen, b. 9 Jan. 1753; John, b. 22 Oct. 1754; Joseph, b. 7 May 1756; Joshua, b. 20 Mar. 1758, d. 7 Oct. 1759; Sarah, b. 9 Nov. 1759, m. John Warland 5 Feb. 1806, d. at Plymouth; Joshua, b. 2 Sept. 1761, m. Mary Cooper 23 May 1791, was a baker, resided here and at Chs., d. 15 Jan. 1832, leaving son John, merchant in Camb., and perhaps others; Benjamin, b. 24 Aug. 1763, and d. 5 Jan. 1764; Benjamin, b. 30 Jan. 1765, d. 3 Aug. 1773. Stephen the f. was a tanner, and resided near Brattle Square; he d. 30 Mar. 1806, a. 88; his w. Sarah d. 15 Mar. 1794, a. 73.

4. Stephen, s. of Stephen (3), m. Thankful Child of Wat. 16 June 1774, and Mary Bemis of Waltham (pub. 28 Feb. 1777); his chil. were Thankful, bap. 16 Ap. 1775; Polly, bap. 28 June 1778, m. Samuel Frost Wyman 10 Nov. 1796; Betsey, bap. 23 Ap. 1780, m. Chas. Walker of Fryeburg, Me.; Eunice, bap. 9 Dec. 1781 (this baptism is recorded as that of Eunice, dau. of Mary Palmer, and underneath the line is written, ‘her husband Stephen Palmer was drowned’); Stephen, s. of Stephen and Mary, d. 1 Sept. 1806. Sarah, who m. Lemuel Brown of Chs. 7 Dec. 1797, was dau. of Stephen. Stephen the f. removed to Fryeburg, Me., in 1780, where he was drowned 1 Sept. 1781. Mary Palmer, perhaps wid. of Stephen, m. Ebenezer Day of Fryeburg, Me., 13 Feb. 1783.

5. John, s. of Stephen (3), m. Susanna Stratton 28 Nov. 1781, and had Susan, b. 21 Aug. 1782, d. 7 Mar. 1783; John, b. 4 Oct. 1783, grad. H. C. 1802, d. unm., of consumption, 17 Oct. 1802; Joseph, b. 27 Sept. 1784, d. 27 Mar. 1785; Susanna, b. 26 Feb. 1786, m. Isaac Jones 2 Ap. 1809, and d. before 1822, leaving an only child Lucy Ann, who m. William L. Whitney 18 Oct. 1836, d. in childbed, and was buried 12 Aug. 1838, together with her child; Stephen, b. 14 Mar. 1787, d. of consumption 9 Ap. 1805; Joseph, b. 22 July 1788, d. of consumption 6 Ap. 1807; Lucy, b. 16 Oct. 1789, d. unm., of consumption, 14 Ap. 1818; Abner, b. 21 Ap. 1793, d. of fever 31 Mar. 1805. John the f. was a baker and trader; he was also Major. He resided on the northwesterly side of Brattle Square. He d. 1 Sept. 1822, a. nearly 68; his w.

Susanna was buried 12 Dec. 1837. The family of Major Palmer is extinct. [622]

Pantry, William (otherwise written Pantrey, Pentry, Peintrey, Peyntree), was here in 1633, and in 1635 owned a house near the spot now occupied by the Wadsworth House, so called, on Harvard Square. He went to Hartford with Hooker, and was living in 1649.

Parish, Thomas, by w. Mary,¹ had Thomas, b. 21 July 1641, grad. H. C. 1659; Mary, b. 3 Ap. 1643. Thomas the f. resided on the westerly side of Garden Street, near Concord Avenue; was Selectman 1639, 1640, and Savage styles him ‘physician’; he returned to England before 1654, when his homestead (the house having been burned) was sold by his agent, Thomas Danforth, to Thomas Oakes. He is described in the deed as

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