state to his w. and to Joseph and Sarah, children of his only son Benjamin of which son he says, it is my sore affliction that his disobedient carriage have obstructed the manifestation of my fatherly compassions towards him.
His w. Elizabeth m. Richard Robbins 26 Mar. 1673. Mary, who d. 30 May 1655, and Judith, who d. 1 July 1655, were probably his daughters.
2. Benjamin, S. of Gilbert (1), m. Elizabeth Dutton 10 Nov. 1657.
and had Hannah, b. 3 Sept. 1658, d. 24 Sept. 1658; Sarah, b. 24 Aug 1659; Benjamin, 23 Jan. 1660-61, d. 27 April 1661; Joseph, b. 28 Mar. 1663.
Benjamin the f. served in Philip's War, under Capt. Beers, and was killed in 1675.
3. Joseph, s. of Benjamin (2), m. Abigail, dau. of John Marrett and widow of Timothy Rice of Concord, 11 May 1698; she d. 6 Jan. 1700-1, and he m. Abigail——. His chil.
were Joseph, bap. 19 Mar. 1698-9; Elizabeth, b. 29 Dec. 1700, m. Joseph Hunnewell of Chs. before 1729; Abigail, b. 20 Aug. 1707, m. George MacSparran 2 Ap. 1730, and
ore 1709.
Nichols, Thomas, owned house and nine acres near Fresh Pond in 1638.
Norcross, John (otherwise written, Norcrost), in 1642 had 22 acres on the south side of the river.
Nutting, John, one of the earliest inhabitants of Groton, by w. Sarah, had Sarah, b. 29 May 1663; Ebenezer, b. 23 Oct. 1666; Jonathan, b. 17 Oct. 1668.
2. Ebenezer, S. of John (1), was probably the same who res. in Medf.
and by w. Lydia, had Lydia, b. 5 Nov. 1692; Jonathan, b. 31 Jan. 1694-5; Sarah, b. 11 Aug 1698; Ebenezer, b. 9 Aug. 1700; James, b. 31 Jan. 1703-4; Josiah, b. about 1706; John, b. 23 Mar. 1708-9; Benjamin, b. 7 Sept. 1711; Mary. Ebenezer the f. was a blacksmith, and was described in a deed, as of Camb.
1697. His estate was settled 6 July 1733.
3. Jonathan, s. of John (1), by Elizabeth had Hannah, m. John Gross of Boston, 17 Ap. 1710, and——Shepard of Boston, and was living in 1746; Sarah, m. John Gay, and d. 1772; John, b. 1695, grad.
H. C. 1712, Master of the Grammar School
rter, 9 Sept. 1832, a popular editor of sundry newspapers, and d. 7 July 1872; Mary Madelia, b. 21 Jan. 1809, m. Royal Richardson 22 Mar. 1831, and d. 28 Nov. 1872; Theodore, b. 1 June 1812, grad.
H. C. 1832, commenced preaching, but became insane, and d. at Brattleborough, Vt., 14 July 1864; Alfred, b. 9 April 1814, d. 19 Sept. 1817; Charles Horace, b. 18 Sept. 1816, d. 21 Nov. 1819; Sarah Ann, b. 9 Nov. 1818, m. Joseph Cutler, a lawyer, 9 Ap. 1846, and d. 1 Nov. 1874; Ann Elizabeth, bap. 4 Aug 1822, m. Joseph Bird, Jr., a music teacher of Watertown, 10 Dec. 1848; Caroline Priscilla, bap. 17 Sept. 1826, m. Marshall T. Bigelow, printer, 21 Oct. 1847; Henrietta Hill, b.——; Charles Alfred, b.——, m. Mary D. Brown; Edward Merrick, b.——;Francis Horace, b. 7 May 1836, d. at Bombay 8 June 1865; Emily Phelps, b.——; Frances Bates, b.——. John the f. was a mason, and inherited the homestead, which he sold to James Winthrop 1810; he bought in 1802 an estate on Appian Way, to which h