Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, D.

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Dana, Richard (otherwise written Danie, and Dany), was an early inhabitant, and resided on the south side of the River. He m. Ann Bullard, and had John, b. 15 Ap. 1649, d. 12 Oct. 1649; Hannah, b. 8 July 16;51, m. Samuel Oldham 5 Jan.. 1670-71; Samuel,b. 13 Oct. 1653, d. 8 Nov. 1653; Jacob, b. 2 Feb. 1654; Joseph, b. 21 May 1654, Abiah, b. 21 May 1655; d. 8 Dec. 1668; Benjamin, b. 20 Feb. 1661-2; Elizabeth, b. 20 Feb. 1662-3, m. Danl. Woodward; Daniel, b. 20 Mar. 1663-4; Deliverance, b. 5 May 1667, m. Saml. Hides, d. 1741; Sarah, . 1 Jan. 1669-70, d. 11 Jan. 1669-70. Such are the dates in the record; but some of them are manifestly wrong. Richard the f. was killed by a fall from his scaffold, 2 Ap. 1690; his w. Ann d. prob. 15 July 1711.

2. Jacob, s. of Richard (1), by w. Patience, had Jacob, b. 12 Nov. 1679; [527] Hannah, b. 25 Nov. 1685, m. Jonathan Hides, Jr., of Newton 4 April 1706; Experience, b. 1 Nov. 1687; Samuel, b. 7 Sept. 1694; Abigail, bap. 7 Feb. 1696-7, m. Samuel Griffin 9 Jan. 1716-17; Jacob, b. 13 Aug. 1699. Jacob the f. d. 24 Dec. 1698; his w. Patience prob. d. in 1711, when administration on her estate was granted.

3. Joseph, s. of Richard (1), was living in 1690, when he received a share of his father's estate. He was probably the same who d. at Concord, 1699 or 1700, leaving wife Mary.

4. Benjamin, S. of Richard (1), m. Mary Buckmaster, or Buckminster, 24 May 1688, and had Benjamin, b. 28 Ap. 1689; Isaac, bap. 10 Oct. 1697; Joseph, b. 21 Feb. 1699-1700; John, b. 16 Aug. 1702, d. 13 Sept. 1702; William, b. 11 Oct. 1703; Anne, b. 14 May 1705, m. Matthew Davis of Pomfret 17 Nov. 1726; Sarah, b. 14 May 1705, m. Gamaliel Rogers 14 Ap. 1726; Jedediah, b. 11 Feb. 1707-8; Mary, b.——, d. 21 Oct. 1712, and perhaps others. Benjamin the f. resided on the south side of the river, and d. 13 Aug. 1738, a. 78;. his w. Mary m. Joshua Fuller 19 July 1742, the groom, according to Dr. Appleton's record, being in the 87th year of his age, and the bride in her 75th; she prob. d. 13 Feb. 1754.

5. Daniel, s. of Richard (1), m. Naomi Croswell of Chs. and had Thomas, named in his father's will; Caleb, bap. 13 June 1697; Richard, b. 26 June 1700; Naomi, b. 7 Aug. 1702, m. Wm. Upham of Pomfret 21 June 1722, and prob. d. before 1742, leaving son William; Timothy, b. 16 Ap. 1705, d. 3 May 1705; Priscilla, b. 10 Mar. 1705-6, m. Joseph Hill 24 Aug. 1727, and Capt. Samuel Gookin 15 May 1740; she d. prob. in April 1785; Ebenezer, b. 12 Dec. 1711; Hepzibah, bap. 24 Oct. 1714, m. Samuel Hastings 8 May 1735; a son Daniel d. 5 Dec. 1713. Daniel the f. d. 10 Oct. 1749, a. 85; his w. Naomi d. 24 Feb. 1750, aged 81.

6. Samuel, s. of Jacob (2), m. Abigail——; she d. 1 June 1718, and he m. Susanna——. He had Nathaniel, b. 1 Feb. 1716-17; Susanna, b. 10 Oct. 1720; and perhaps others.

7. Jacob, prob. s. of Jacob (2), perhaps the same who ‘went to Pomfret, Conn., and was ancestor to the late Rev. Joseph Dana, D. D., two of whose sons, Rev. Daniel Dana, a graduate and president of D. C., and Rev. Samuel Dana, were ministers of Newburyport and Marblehead.’ Farmer.

8. Benjamin, S. of Benjamin (4), m. Anna, dau. of John Francis of Medf. and had John, b. 10 July 1725; Anna, b. 25 Nov. 1726, d. 20 Ap. 1727; Anna, b. 5 Mar. 1727-8, m. John Kenrick 2 Mar. 1748-9; Benjamin, b. 10 Feb. 1729-30, d. young; Mary; Benjamin, b. 7 June 1734; Francis, b. 6 Feb. 1737; Stephen, b. 1740 (in his 12th year, 16 Mar. 1752, when his guardian was appointed). Benjamin the f. was a captain, and d. 5 June 1751, a. 62; his w. Anna survived.

9. William, s. of Benjamin (4), m. Mary Green of Maiden, pub. 20 Feb. 1735-6, and had Jonathan, b. 22 Mar. 1736-7; Samuel, b. 14 Jan. 1738-9; Benjamin, b. 6 Ap. 1741; Sarah, b. 16 Ap. 1743, m. Moses Robbins 31 Oct. 1765; William, b. 29 Sept. 1745; Mary, b. 29 Feb. 1747-8; Lucy, b. 2 Ap. 1750; Josiah, b. 19 Sept. 1752; Ezra, b. 29 Sept. 1755. William the f. d. 17 May 1770, a. 67; his w. Mary d. 5 Mar. 1763, a. 44. All the children survived.

10. Thomas, s. of Daniel (5), m. Mary, dau. of Capt. Josiah Parker, 22 Jan. 1718-9; and had Mary, b. 27 Nov, 1719, d. unm. 17 Dec. 1740; Susanna, b. 4 Aug. 1721; Thomas, b. 8 Aug. 1723; Naomi, b. 28 Aug. 1725, d. young; Daniel, b. 22 Oct. 1726; Naomi, bap. 12 Jan. 1728-9, m. Ebenezer Frost, Jr., 21 Ap. 1748; Elizabeth, b. 7 Feb. 1730-1, prob. m. Capt. William Angier 18 Dec. 1760; Ann, b. 8 June 1733, pub. David Wyman, Woburn, 3 Nov. 1752; Richard, b. 6 Aug. 1735; Sarah, b. 2 Sept. 1737, m. George Lamb of Springfield 1 Dec. 1757; Silence, b. 5 Oct. 1739, prob. d. young. Thomas the f. d. 1752; his w. Mary d. 10 Oct. 1739.

11. Caleb, s. of Daniel (5), m. Phebe Chandler of Andover, and had Caleb, b. 20 Mar. 1726-7, d. 6 Aug. 1727; Phebe, b. 12 July 1729, m. Henry Coolidge 12 Sept. 1747; Priscilla, b. 24 Aug. 1731; Caleb, bap. 13 Aug. 1733; [528] James, bap. 18 May 1735; George, bap. 10 Oct. 1742, and was living in Stow 1769. Caleb the f. was Justice of the Peace, and d. 28 April 1769; his w. Phebe d. in Dec. 1772.

12. Richard, s. of Daniel (5), m. Lydia, dau. of Thomas Trowbridge, 31 May 1737, and had Lydia,b. at Marblehead 14 April 1738, d. 24 Sept. 1744; at Charlestown, Edmund, b. 15 Nov. 1739; Henry, b. 12 Aug. 1741, d. 14 Mar. 1761; Francis, b. 13 June 1743; Mary, b. 2 Mar. 1744-5, d. 12 Dec. 1747; Robert, b. 13 April 1747. d. 10 July 1748; and at

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