E.
Eager, William (otherwise written Aegur, Egar, and Eger), m.
Ruth Hill in
Malden, 1659, and was here between 1672 and 1682.
His w. Ruth d. 16 Jan. 1679-80, and he m.
Hester Cole (Lydia, wid. of
Arthur?) 13 Ap. 1680.
His children, born here, were
Zerubbabel, b. 8 June 1672;
Martha, b. 26 Nov. 1674;
Ruth, b. 1 Feb. 1677;
Sarah, b. 25 June 1679;
Margaret, b. 25 May 1681.
William the f. d. at
Marlborough 4 Ap. 1690; in his will, dated Dec. 1687, he speaks of his w. Lydia, and children,
William, Zachary, Abraham, Zerubbabel, James, Jacob, Sarah, Margaret, Mercy, Lydia, Esther, Ruth, and one unborn.
Many of his descendants may be found in the
County of Worcester, especially in the vicinity of
Shrewsbury.
‘
Abraham (w. Lydia),
Zechariah (w.
Elizabeth),
Zerubbabel (m.
Hannah Kerly 1697), had children in
Marlborough, from about 1693.’
Barry's Hist.
Fram. In Camb.,
Mercy m.
David Morse of
Newton 1 May 1706, and
Margaret m.
Isaac Manning 8 Ap. 1708.
Eames.
Thomas (having previously resided at
Dedham, where he had
John, b. 16 May, 1641, d. 17 Sept. 1641;
John, b. 6 Oct. 1642, and
Mary, b. 24 May, 1645), m. Mary, wid. of
Jonathan Paddlefoot, and had
Thomas, bap. here 12 July 1663; at
Sudbury,
Samuel, b. 15 Jan. 1664-5;
Margaret, b. 8 July 1666;
Nathaniel, b. 30 Dec. 1668; and at
Framingham,
Sarah, b. 3 Oct. 1670;
Lydia, b. 29 June 1672.
While at
Framingham his house was destroyed, and his wife and some of his children were killed by the Indians.
He d. 25 Jan. 1680, a. about 62.
See
Barry's Hist.
Framingham.
Eason, Joseph, owned a two-acre lot on the northerly side of Brattle Street in 1635, which he sold about 1638, to
Abraham Morrill.
He ‘removed early to
Hartford.’
Savage.
Eaton, Nathaniel, styled a schoolmaster by
Winthrop, and brother to
Gov. Theophilus Eaton, was the first teacher at Harvard College, before it was fully organized by the appointment of
Dunster to be
President.
Mather relates that while preparations were in progress for the erection of a college edifice ‘a society of scholars, to lodge in the new nests, were forming under the conduct of one
Mr. Nathaniel Eaton, a blade who marvellously deceived the expectations of good men concerning him; for he was one fitter to be master of
Bridewell than a College; and though his avarice was notorious enough to get the name of a Philargyrius fixed upon him, yet his cruelty was more scandalous than his avarice.
He was a rare scholar himself, and he made many more such; but their education truly was in the school of
Tyrannus.’
His severity and other misconduct attracted public attention.
He was fined and discharged from his office by the General Court, and excommunicated by the
Church.
He fled to
Virginia, and subsequently to
England, where he is said to have died in prison for debt after rendering himself an object of detestation by his persecution of his former brethren in the faith.
While he remained in
Virginia ‘he sent for his wife and children.
Her friends here persuaded her to stay a while, but she went notwithstanding, and the vessel was never heard of after.’
（
Winthrop.) One child,
Benoni, remained in
Cambridge; the names of the others are not known.
2. Benoni, s. of Nathaniel (1), was brought up in the family of Deac.
Chesholme, and the
Church contributed something for his maintenance.
He became a maltster, and res. at the S. W. corner of Dunster and Winthrop streets.
By his w. Rebecca, he had
Anna, b. 7 Sept. 1672, d. 5 Oct. 1673;
Theophilus, b. 20 Sept. 1674; the following also were probably his children:
Rebecca, who m.
John Bunker 28 Ap. 1690;
Nathaniel, who d. 22 Feb. 1690-91, a. 24; and, perhaps,
Ursula, who m.
Jacob Parker of
Boston 29 Ap. 1708.
Benoni the f. d. 20 Dec. 1690; his wid. Rebecca m.
John Hastings 28 Sept. 1691.
Albee, m.
Francis Moore 7 Sept. 1650.
William, m.
Elizabeth Osborn, in Camb., 1 Jan. 1781.
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Eccles, Richard, resided for a time on the westerly side of the Common, and afterwards on the westerly corner of Brattle and Ash streets.
By his w. Mary he had
Timothy, b. 15 Mar. 1644-5, d. 21 Nov. 1656.
Mary, m.
John Watson of
Roxbury Anna (or
Hannah), m.
Gershom Brooks of
Concord;
Martha, m.
Thomas Andrew 30 Oct. 1673.
His w. Mary d. 23 Aug. 1675, and he m.
Susanna Carter 4 June 1677.
Mr. Eccles was a weaver, and d. before 10 Mar. 1696-7, when the estate was sold by his daus.
Mary and
Anna (both widows), and
Martha, whose husband,
Thomas Andrew, joined in the sale.
Eldred, Samuel, by w.
Elizabeth, had
Elizabeth, b. 26 Oct. 1642;
Samuel, b. 26 Oct. 1644;
Mary, b. 15 June 1646;;
Thomas, b. 8 Sept. 1648; no further trace of the family is found here.
Eliot, John, styled the ‘Apostle to the Indians,’ was for nearly sixty years minister at
Roxbury, where he d. 20 May 1690.
By his w. Ann (or
Hannah), he had
Hannah, b. 17 Sept 1633;
John, b. 31 Aug. 1636;
Joseph, b. 20 Dec. 1638, grad.
H. C. 1658, minister at
Guilford, Conn., where he d. 24 May 1694;
Samuel, b. 22 June 1641, grad.
H. C. 1660, Fellow of the
College and candidate for the ministry, d. Nov. 1664;
Aaron, b. 19 Feb. 1643-4, d. 18 Nov. 1655;
Benjamin, b. 29 Jan. 1646-7, grad.
I. C. 1665, assisted his father in the ministry, and d. 15 Oct. 1687.
2. John, s. of John (1), grad.
H. C. 1656, was ordained 20 July 1664, the first minister at Cambridge Village (now
Newton), m. Sarah,
dau. of
Thomas Willett of
Swansea (first English mayor of New York); she d. 13 June 1664 (or 1665, as
Jackson says), and he m.
Elizabeth, dau. of
Gen. Daniel Gookin, 23 May 1666.
By his first wife he had
Sarah, bap. 21 Sept. 1662, m.
John Bowles of
Roxbury 1 Nov. 1681; and by his second wife,
John, b. 28 April 1667, who was educated by his grandparents, grad.
H. C. 1685, and res. in
Windsor, Conn. John the f. d. 11 Oct. 1668; his
widow Elizabeth m.
Col. Edmund Quincy 8 Dec. 1680.
Mr. Eliot ‘was a person of notable accomplishments, and a lively, zealous, acute preacher, not only to the
English at New.
Cambridge, but also to the Indians thereabout.’
Mather.
3. Ebenezer, parentage not ascertained, m.
Susanna Soden 2 May 1745, and had
Susmanna, b. 19 Mar. 1745-6, m.
Aaron Swan 19 Sept. 1765;
Hannah, b. 18 Jan. 1747-8;
Ebenezer, b. 18 Aug. 1749;
Lovisa, b. 20 Aug. 1751;
Marqaret, b. 30 June 1753;
Elizabeth Prentice, b. 27 Sept. 1755;
Thomas, b. 3 , Jan. 1758;
Rebecca and
Abigail, twins, b. 4 Feb. 1760.
Before 1770
Mr. Eliot removed with his family to
Royalston.
Elmer, Edward, was here in 1635 and owned several tracts of land; but removed to
Hartford before 1639.
Ely, Nathaniel (or Elly), in 1635 res. on the westerly sidle of Garden Street, nearly opposite to the
Botanic Garden.
He rem. with the first company to
Connecticut, and was one of the purchasers of
Norwalk from the Indians in 1651.
At
Hartford, he was ‘a Constable in 1639.
Townsman in 1644, also in 1649, Juror in 1643, was in the division of land in 1639.
He was one of the settlers (f
Norwalk, but afterwards rein.
to
Springfield.
He was a loss to the Colony.’
Hinman.
Emmons,
Thomas, by w. Mary, had
Mary, b. 26 Nov. 1683.
Mary, m. Mephibosheth Bigsbee of
Andover 28 May 1713.
Thomas, m.
Hannah Cutter 17 Nov. 1726.
Hannah, m.
Daniel Champney, Jr., 22 Sept. 1746.
Ensign,
James, in 1635, owned an estate on the easterly side of Brighton Street, extending from Mt.
Auburn Street to Winthrop Street. He rem. with the first company to
Hartford, where he was Constable in 1645 and 1618, and died 1670.
See
Hinman.
Errington, Ann (otherwise written Erinton,
Arrington,
Herrington, and
Harrington), a widow, died here 11 Dec. 1653; or according to the inscription on her gravestone, the most ancient now standing in our burial around, 25 Dec. 1653, a. 77.
She was formerly of Newcastle-upon —
Tyne, as appears by a document recorded
Mid.
Reg. Deeds, i. 87.
It is not known at what time she came here, nor whether she was at that time a widow.
She left children,
Abraham; Rebecca , who m .
John Watson; and possibly Robert of
Watertown.
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2. Abraham, s. of Ann (1), m. Rebecca, dau. of
Robert Cutler of Chs., and had
Rebecca, bap. here, m.
John Gibson 9 Dec. 1668;
Abraham, b. 11 Nov. 1652, d. young;
Abraham, b. 1 Nov. 1654, d. young;
Hannah, bap. here, m.
Thomas Ayres, and was living in
Newbury in 1699;
Sarah, bap. here, m. Lewis, and was living in 1716;
Mary, bap. 13 Jan. 1660-61, d. prob.
1689;
Abraham, bap. 8 Nov. 1663, d. prob.
1689;
Ann, b.——, m.——Parker, and was living in 1697;
Jacob, b. 12 Sept. 1668, d. 2 Oct. 1668; and perhaps others.
Abraham the f. was a blacksmith, and res. on the easterly side of Brighton Street, about midway between Harvard Square and Mount Auburn Street; he owned also the lot on the opposite side of the street, where the old ‘Porter Tavern’ stands.
He d. 9 May 1677, a. 55; his wid. Rebecca d. prob.
1697, as in that year she received alms for the last time of the
Church, and in the same year a final settlement was made of her husband's estate.
She seems to have endured much affliction in her old age. Frequent donations were made to her by the
Church between 1686 and 1697, and for a much longer period to her daughters
Gibson and Lewis, both widows.
Especially, in 1689, ‘there was a contribution for
widow Arrington and her family, they being under the afflicting hand of God; her sons were taken away by death, and her daughter, and a grandchild.’
The male line seems to have become extinct.
Estabrook, Joseph, according to
Savage came from
Enfield in
Middlesex, England, about 1660.
He grad.
H. C. 1664, and was ordained at
Concord, where he continued in the ministry during life.
He m. Mary, dau. of
Capt. Hugh Mason, and had
Joseph, b. 6 May 1669;
Benjamin, b. 24 Feb. 1670-71;
Mary, b. 28
Oct 1672;
Samuel, b. 7 June 1674, grad.
H. C. 1696, ordained at
Canterbury, Conn., 13 June 1711 (
Trumbull), and d. 26 June 1727;
Daniel, b. 14 Feb. 1675-6;
Ann, b. 30 Dec. 1677.
Such are the dates of Births, on the
County Records.
Savage has some of them different.
I know not which is the more correct.
Rev. Joseph the f. d. 16 Sept. 1711.
2. Joseph, s. of Joseph (1), m., at the
Farms,
Millicent Woodis 31 Dec. 1689; she d. 20 Mar. 1692-3, and he m.
Hannah, wid. of
Joseph Loring, 25 Aug. 1693.
His children were
Joseph, b. 10 Oct. 1690;
John, b. 28 July 1694;
Solomon, b. 22 Dec. 1696, ‘deceased in 15 days;’
Hannah, b. 2. Aug. 1698;
Millicent, b. 21 Mar. 1700;
Elijah, b. 25 Aug. 1703.
Joseph the f. res.
at Cambridge Farms, or
Lexington, was a Captain, was elected
Deacon 1716, and d. 23 Sept. 1733, a. 64.
3.
Benjamin, s. of Joseph (1), grad.
H. C. 1690, commenced preaching at
Camb.
Farms in May 1692; was ordained there, 21 Oct. 1696, and d. 22 July 1697, a. 26.
By his w. Abigail (dau.
of
Rev. Samuel Willard), he had
Benjamin, b. 13 Dec. 1695, and
Richard, b. 5 July 1697.
4. Joseph, s. of Joseph (2), m. Submit, dau. of
Joseph Loring, 8 July 1713; she d. 31 Mar. 1718, and he m.
Hannah Bowman 26 Mar. 1719.
His children were
Joseph, b. 27 June, and d. 17 July 1714;
Joseph, b. 16 and d. 18 Mar. 1717-18;
Joseph, b. 9 Ap. 1720;
Hannah, b. 22 Sept. 1725, d. young;
Benjamin, b. 9 Oct. 1727, d. 29 Dec. 1728;
Hannah, b. 24 Oct. 1728;
Benjamin, b. 20 Dec. 1729 (whose son Joseph, b. 4 Mar. 1758, grad.
H. C. 1782, was ordained at
Athol 21 Nov. 1787, and d. 1830); a
daughter, b. 6 Oct. 1731;
Solomon, b. 10 June, and d. 1 Oct. 1733;
Samuel, b. 16 June 1735;
Millicent, b. 25 July 1738;
Ebenezer, posthumous, b. 21 Sept. 1740.
Joseph the f. succeeded his father in the office of Deacon 1733, and d. 19 Aug. 1740, a. nearly 50.
Estw Ck, Pheasant, by w. Sarah, had
Stephen, b. 3 Oct. 1679.
Everett, Francis, m.
Mary Edwards 7 Dec. 1675.
The name does not occur again on our Records, for about a century.
