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Porter family record.
[Compiled from manuscript in possession of
Edward T. Bigelow of
Medford, and from Town Records.]
Doctor Jonathan Porter;1 m.
Hannah Hayden, Sept. 14, 1742.
He was. b. in
Topsfield, Mass., Dec. 10, 1726, and d. in
Malden, Mass., July 1, 1783.
She was b. in
Braintree, May 10, 1724, and d. in
Malden, July 20, 1811.
Children.
William; b. in
Braintree, Sept. 19, 1743; d. in
Boston, Sept. 28, 1813.
Jonathan: b. in
Braintree, March 12, 1745; d. in
Medford, Nov. 4, 1817.
Hannah; b. in
Braintree, April 4, 1748; d. in
Malden, Aug. 7, 1785.
Sarah; b. in
Braintree, Feb. 21, 1750; d. in
Malden, Sept. 30, 1775.
John; b. in
Braintree, Dec. 28, 1751; d. in
Malden, Aug. 9, 1798.
Jabez; b. in
Braintree, Sept. 20, 1753; d. in
So. Carolina, Jan. 1796.
Phebe; b. in
Braintree, March 4, 1756; d. in
Malden, Sept. I, 1844.
Polly; b. in
Braintree, April 17, 1758; d. in
Malden, July 12, 1762.
Samuel; b. in Chibacco, Sept. 3, 1760; d. in
So. Carolina.
Polly; b. in
Malden, Sept. 27, 1762; d. Jan. 19, 1838, in
Salem.
Joseph; b. in
Malden, Sept. 3, 1764; d. June 19, 1822, in St. Stephens, N. B.
Benjamin; b. in
Malden, March 16, 1767; d. in
So. Carolina.
Jonathan Porter;2 m. at
Andover, Mass., Nov. 6, 1790,
Phebe Abbot.
She was born in
Andover, Jan. 25, 1766; d. in
Medford, Oct. 10, 1852.
Children.
Jonathan; b. in
Medford, Nov. 13, 791; d. in
Medford, June 11, 1859.
Henry; b. in
Medford, Nov. 9, 1793; d. in
Medford, April 17, 1869.
Sarah; b. in
Medford, June 7, 1795; d. Aug. 5, 1815, in
Andover.
Charlotte; b. in
Medford, Aug. 21, 1797; m.
Hezekiah Blanchard, April 11, 1820.
Settled in
Boston.
George; b. in
Medford, Aug. 26, 1799; d. Oct. 14, 1799, in
Medford.
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George Washington; b. in
Medford, Jan. 26, 1801; d. Dec. 2, 1860, in
Medford.
Augusta; b. in
Medford, March 1, 1803; m.
James T. Woodbury, May 31, 1827.
Settled in
Bath, N. H.
Jonathan Porter;3 m.
Catherine Gray of
Medford, July 22, 1823.
Settled in
Boston, but returned to
Medford.
Children.
Mary Gray; b. in
Boston, May 1, 1824.
Anna Gray; b. in
Medford, Sept. 25, 1825; d. May 20, 1851.
George Doane; b. in
Boston, June 20, 1831; and d. Nov. 25, 1861.
George D. Porter4; m.
Lucretia E. Holland of
Boston, Aug. 8, 1860.
Child.
George Jonathan Porter;5 b. in
Medford, April 21, 1861; m.
Julia Marvin of
Boston, June 6, 1894.
Children.
Catherine Gray; b. July 18, 1897.
Reginald; b. May 22, 1905.
Henry Porter;3 m. 1st,
Susan S. Tidd, May 13, 1824. 2d,
Adeline S. Child, May 16, 1855.
Children.
Susan Emily; bap. June 19, 1828; m.
Thomas A. Cunningham; and d. in
Medford, March 15, 1902.
Theodore Child; b. in
Medford, Jan. 20, 1860; m. 1st, Josephine (
Rowell)
Williams; 2d, Lucia Morris Row, Jan. 27, 1904.
George W. Porter;3 m. Elizabeth Hall, Feb. 17, 1824.
Settled in
Medford.
She d. May 6, 1862, aged 61 yrs., 3 mos.
Children.
Elizabeth A.; b. in
Medford, Nov. 27, 1824; d. in
Medford, Nov. 20, 1844.
Helen; b. in
Medford, Oct. 23, 1828; d. in
Medford, Aug. 7, 1899.
Frances; b. in
Medford, Feb. 20, 1832; d. in
Medford, June 11, 1870.
Frances Porter;4 m.
Henry W. Bigelow, Jan. 2, 1854.
Children.
Howard Porter; b. in
Medford, July 11, 1859; d. in
Medford, July 18, 1877.
Elizabeth Hall; b. in
Medford, Aug. 29, 1863; d. March 4, 1865.
Edward Turner; b. Oct. 30, 1866.
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Edward Turner Bigelow;5 m.
Elizabeth Gleason, of
Medford, Nov. 17, 1896.
Child.
Elizabeth; b. September 18, 1898.
