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tizen here, as well as in other towns where he successively resided, and was one of the first board of Selectmen, or Townsmen, elected in Camb. About the time of Hooker's emigration to Hartford, he removed to Ipswich, and thence to Andover, about 1644; of which town he was a principal founder, and Selectman from its organization the N. E. corner of Main and Dana Streets. His brother William owned 2 acres adjoining, extending eastward of Hancock Street. Mr. Butler removed to Hartford, with Hooker, was a Deacon, and d. in 1684, leaving wife Elizabeth, and children, Thomas, Samuel, Nathaniel, Joseph, Daniel, Mary Wright, Elizabeth Olmstead, and Hannah Green..) 2. William, brother to Richard (1), owned house and one acre, in 1635, on the north side of Brattle Street near Brattle Square. He removed to Hartford, with Hooker, and d. in 1648 or 1649; had sisters, West and Winter. He appears to have left neither wife nor children. (Hinman.) Butterfield, Jonathan, by w. Ruth, had Jo
ds he owned and occupied the estate at the N. W. corner of Dunster and Winthrop streets, where he resided until his death 18 Aug. 1671. He was a tailor, and for several years a Deacon of the Church, and Steward of Harvard College. In 1636 he was licensed by the General Court, to keep a house of entertainment, being apparently the first in Camb. who received such license. His wife was Isabel; but they left no posterity. Chester, Mrs., owned land in Camb. 1635. She was sister of Rev. Thomas Hooker, and was probably the widow Dorothy Chester, who settled at Weathersfield, Conn., and whose son, Leonard Chester, is said by Hinman to have been the father and ancestor of the Chester family; and to have died when young, under forty years of age, in 1648. His children at Weathersfield were John, b. 3 Aug. 1635; Dorcas, b. Nov. 1637; Stephen, b. Mar. 3 1639; Mary, b. Jan. 1641; Prudence, b. Feb. 1643; Eunice, b. Jan. 1645; Mercy, b. Feb. 1647. Hinman. Of these children, Dorcas m. Rev.
ohn Druse dyed in the warrs, and was there buried; he acquitted himself valiantly. 2. Vincent, s. of Vincent (1), had John, b. 25 Feb. 1668-9; Mehetabel, b. 26 Sept. 1670; Mary, . 7. Aug. 1672; Deliverance, b. 15 Mar. 1674-5. Vin-cent the f. d. 1683; his w.——and these four children survived. Dudley, Thomas, was one of the founders of Cambridge, and among the first who erected houses here in the spring of 161. He remained here only a few years; but removed to Ipswich about the time of Hooker's removal to Hartford, and thence to Roxbury before the close of 1636. During his whole life in New England, and even before the colonists left England, he was a member of the government. First elected an Assistant in England in 1629, he held that office eight different years, was Deputy Governor thirteen years, and Governor four years, to wit, 1634, 1640, 1645, 1650; Commissioner of the United Colonies, 1643, 1647, 1649, and President 1647, 1649. His military skill and energy seem to hav
Bev. 18 Oct. 1790, has for many years resided here, and is father of Rev. Eben Francis. 10. John, s. of Ebenezer (7), rem. to Beverly, was adjutant in the regiment of his brother, Col. Francis, at the Hubbardton Battle, afterwards Col. of militia, and d. 30 July 1822, a. nearly 69. French, William, by w. Elizabeth, had Elizabeth, b. in England about 1631, m.——Ellis of Dedham; Mary, b. about 1633, bap. in England, between two and three years old at her father's joining; John, bap. by Mr. Hooker, in Camb. about 1635 (Mitchell). Sarah, b. Mar. 1638; Jacob, b. 16 Jan. 1639-40; Hannah, b. 2 Feb. 1641-2, d. 20 June 1642; prob. another Hannah, b. about 1643, m. John Brackett at Billerica, 6 Sept. 1661; Samuel, b. 3 Dec. 1645, d. 15 July 1646. William the f. was a tailor, and Lieutenant of the militia; he res. on the westerly side of Dunster Street, about midway between Harvard Square and Mount Auburn Street, which estate he bought in 1639, and sold to William Barrett, 10 June 1656.
by the Indians, at Hadley, 1676. Goodwin, William, was here in 1632, and res. at the easterly corner of Harvard and Holyoke streets. he rem. to Hartford with Hooker, in whose church he was a ruling elder, and was a prominent person both in Church and State. During the unpleasant dissension in the Hartford Church, after HookHooker's death, he rem. to Hadley; but he subsequently returned to Connecticut, and d. at Farmington, 1673, leaving a large estate to his only child, a daughter, who m. John Crowe. See Hinman. Gookin, Daniel, is said to have emigrated, with his father, from the County of Kent to Virginia in 1621. He is supposed to have arrived inar. 1734. John, in. Mary Reed 24 Ap. 1777. Greenhill, Samuel, res. 1635 at the N. W. corner of Brighton and Mount Auburn streets. He rem. to Connecticut with Hooker, and died early. (Hinman.) Rebecca Greenhill, perhaps dau. of Samuel, m. John Shepard in Camb. 4 Oct. 1649. Greenwood, Thomas, otherwise written Greenhood, m
ical Discourse at Farmington, 1840, says that he was Deacon of the original church formed by Thomas Hooker in Cambridge, in 1633. He also informs us that John Hart, prob. s. of Stephen, was burned ad. Haynes, John, came to New England 1633, from Copford Hall in Essex, in company with Rev. Thomas Hooker, was admitted freeman in 1634, elected an Assistant in 1634 and 1636, and Governor in 1635liam, by w. Winifred, had Elizabeth, b. 19 May 1644. Perhaps this may be the same as Holman. Hooker, Thomas, Rev., arrived in New England 3 Sept. 1633, and settled at Camb. He rein. to Hartford er Newton); and Sarah, who afterwards m. Rev. John Wilson, Jr., of Medfield. The character of Mr. Hooker has deservedly been held in reverence in New England He was considered one of the most able thhat though he had been acquainted with many scholars, of divers nations, yet he never met with Mr. Hooker's equal, either for preaching or for disputing. (Mather's Mag.) While in Camb. he res. on th
Richard Hassell's farm (on the west side of Menotomy River) to Rocky Meadow, for which he was to receive land in payment. No Record is found of his family. Ann Gleason, spinster, administered his estate 26 Dec. 1690. Dorcas, perhaps dau. of John (2), m. Samuel Stone 12 June 1679. Sam-uel, m. Sarah Hill 15 May 1704. William, m. Elizabeth Ash 28 Mar. 1776. James, m. Ruth Fisk 1 Jan. 1778. Thaddeus, m. Sarah Horton 19 Oct. 1789. Judd, Thomas, one of the first company, was here in 1635, and res. on the northerly side of Brattle Street; his homestead probably embraced the spot where the Craigie House stands, now owned by Professor Longfellow. He rem. with Hooker to Hartford. He was several years a Deputy or Representative of Hartford, and subsequently of Waterbury, to which place he removed. He was great-grandfather of Rev. Jonathan Judd, the first minister of Southampton, Mass., of whom Sylvester Judd, Esq., of Northampton, a diligent and accurate antiquarian, was grandson.
K. Kelsey, William (otherwise written Kellsie), was here in 1635, and res. at the S. E. corner of Winthrop and Spring streets. He rem. to Hartford with Hooker. After his decease; his widow Bethia m. David Phillips of Milford. The town of Hartford, in 1664, offered him £ 10 to remove from Hartford with his wife. Hinman. Kempster, Daniel, in 1642 res. on the southerly side of the Common, near Appian Way. In 1644 he bought an estate on the westerly side of Dunster Street, about one hundred feet northerly from Mount Auburn Street, where he subsequently resided. A few months before his death, he sold this estate to Justinian Holden. He was a carpenter, and d. between 15 Oct. 1666 and 2 Ap. 1667, a. about 80; Abigail, prob. his w., d. 22 Oct. 1657. In his will, dated 27 Sept. 1665, he bequeaths sundry articles to his cousin Thomas Moulton, his kinsman Samuel Andrew, the daughter of his brother John Kempster, sometime of Needum, England, deceased, Anna, daughter of Thomas Park
or takes his hand out of his pocket, which is taken notice of; and indeed is ruler of the Town as well as College. Pres. Leverett res. on the northerly side of Harvard Street, nearly opposite to Holyoke Street, which was the former residence of Hooker, Shepard, and Mitchell, and afterwards of the Professors Wigglesworth; connected with his homestead were about seven acres of land, now the property of Harvard College. He m. 25 Nov. 1697 Margaret, dau. of President Rogers, granddau. of Gen. Da08; John, b. 21 June 1711, d. 4 July 1711. Rachel, m. Josiah Dana 31 Oct. 1782. Sally, m. Oliver Pratt 29 Sept. 1788. Lewis, William, was here in 1635, and res. at the N. W. corner of Winthrop and Holyoke streets. He rem. to Hartford with Hooker's company, and thence to Farmington, where he was a Sergeant in 1649; to train the men there. Lockwood, Edmund, was among the more prominent of the first company of inhabitants. He was appointed Constable by the General Court, May 1632; and,
, 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, Probably Mary Danforth, dau. of Nicholas, and sister of Deputy-governor Thomas Danforth. In the Steward for breach of a Town Order 1657. Post, Stephen (otherwise written Poast), owned a house and twelve acres on the south side of the river, 1635. He rem. with Hooker to Hartford, where he was Constable in 1641. Some of the family moved down the River. Hinman. 2. Thomas, a weaver, had a grant 1669, of fencing timber for hisain, in Dec. 1644. This man was above 60 years old, an experienced surgeon, who had lived in New England many years, and was of the First Church at Cambridge in Mr. Hooker's time, and had good practice, and wanted nothing. But he had been long discontented, because his employment was not so profitable to himself as he desired, an