g. 1674, prob.
d. young; Thomas, b. 22 Aug. 1676, d. 22 May 1683; Samuel, b. 18 May 1679, d. young; John, b. 9 July 1683, d. 23 Sept. 1683; Nathaniel, b. 1 Feb. 1684-5; Mary, b. 20 Mar. 1687-8; Sarah, b. 14 Nov. 1690, m. Rev. Caleb Trowbridge of Groton 10 Mar. 1714; Abigail, b.——m. Benjamin Prescott of Groton 12 June 1718, and was mother of Col. William Prescott of Bunker Hill memory, and his brothers, James, Sheriff and Judge C. C. P., and Oliver, Judge of Probate for Middlesex County; Peter; Groton 12 June 1718, and was mother of Col. William Prescott of Bunker Hill memory, and his brothers, James, Sheriff and Judge C. C. P., and Oliver, Judge of Probate for Middlesex County; Peter; Thomas, b. 17 July 1700, grad.
H. C. 1719, a schoolmaster; Samuel, b. 12 Jan. 1702-3, d. unm.
2 Dec. 1729.
Thomas the f. was brought here when a child by his mother, whom.
Edward Jackson.
He settled in that part of the town which now forms the westerly border of Brighton District, but retained his connection with the Church at Newton, of which he was a Deacon.
He was Selectman of Camb.
1687, Representative 18 years, between 1692 and 1713, and Councillor 1715.
He d. 31 Oct. or 1 Nov. 1715
0 Ap. 1666, m. Hon. Ebenezer Stone 18 Mar. 1686; Thankful, b. 4 Mar. 1667-8, m. Deac.
Richard Ward 1690; Mary, b. 11 June 1670, m.——Stedman; Hannah, b. 15 June 1672, m. John Greenwood, Esq.; Experience, b. 1 Nov. 1675, m. Samuel Wilson; Thomas, b. 10 Dec. 1677; Deliverance, b. 30 Dec. 1679, m. Eleazar Ward; James, b. 1682, m. Hannah, dau. of Abraham Jackson, and d. 1714; William, b. 1684, m. Sarah——, and d. 1744; Abigail, b. 11 Ap. 1687; Caleb, b. 7 Nov. 1692, grad.
H. C. 1710, ordained at Groton 2 Mar. 1714-15, m. Sarah, dau. of Thomas Oliver, Esq., 10 Mar. 1714-15, by whom he had Oliver, b. 16 May 1716, d. 28 Sept. 1723, and afterwards In. Hannah, dau. of Rev. Nehemiah Walter of Roxbury, by whom he had four sons and four daughters, and d. 9 Sept. 1760.
James the f. rem.
to that part of Camb.
which is now Newton about 1664, was Lieutenant, Clerk of the Writs, and Deac.
of the Church; he was also a Representative of Newton 1700, 1703, and a Selectman of the Village nine years fr
to Alderton's Point.
Go in the ship, Mr. Wharton, Sam. Newman, Mr. Charles Morton, Mr. Wooddrop, Mrs. Bridgett Usher, and her daughter Mrs. Bridgett Hoar, and others.
Had an extraordinary good wind.
Mr. Usher wept at taking leave of's wife and daughter.
Before went from Mr. Usher's, Mr. Moodey went to prayer in behalf of those going to sea, and those staying behind, in a very heavenly manner.
(Am. Quart. Reg., XI. 269). After her departure, Mr. Usher seems to have resided for a time at Groton, where, as I judge from the names of the witnesses, he executed his will, dated at Nonacoicos 17 Aug. 1639, in which his dissatisfaction at the conduct of his wife is clearly manifested.
Professing a willingness to forgive her, however, he says, To my wife, if she comes over to New England before she heareth of my death, with a intention in love to live with me, then I bestow on her 300£.
After recapitulating a long list of grievances, he appropriates a sum of money for the publication of