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Mackey, Daniel (otherwise written Mackee and Makey), by w. Sarah, had Sarah, b. 10 Jan. 1663; Nathaniel, b. 1 Oct. 1665; Daniel, b. 17 Aug. 1670; Mary, b. 17 Oct. 1672, d. young; Mary, b. 25 Sept. 1673; Jacob, b. 14 Mar. 1675; Hannah, b. 29 Mar. 1677; Ebenezer, b. 20 Ap. 1680.

MacOONEone, John (otherwise written Maccoon, Maccoone, and Mackoon), m. Deborah Bush 8 Nov. 1656; she d. 20 Feb. 1664, and he m. Sarah Wood 14 June 1665. His chil. were Hannah, b. 31 Oct. 1659; Deborah, b. 31 Dec. 1661; Elizabeth, b. 31 Jan. 1662, d. 30 Jan. 1663; Sarah, b. 15 Feb. 1663; John, b. 14 June 1666; Daniel, b. 18 Feb. 1668; Elizabeth, b. 17 Jan. 1669; Margaret, b. 20 Feb. 1671; Peter, b. 21 Feb. 1673. John the f. resided on the south side of the river, and was living in 1676.

Mercy, m. Samuel Foster of Boxford 2 Sept. 1703.

man, William (or Mann), m. Alice Teel 11 June 1657, and d. before 1 Ap. 1662. In his will, dated 10 Dec. 1661, he names his wife, and an only son Samuel, by a former marriage. William the f. was here as early as 1635, and res. on the road leading to the Fresh Pond. Before 1642 he purchased a house and land on the easterly side of North Avenue, near the Common, where he subsequently resided.

2. Samuel, s. of William (1), b. 6 July 1647, grad. H. C. 1665, and taught school for a time in Dedham. About 1670 he commenced preaching at Wrentham, where a few families were settled. They were scattered during Philip's War. Soon afterwards they returned, and Mr. Mann recommenced his labors. He continued in the ministry until 22 May 1719, when he died. His posterity is very numerous.

Hezekiah, grad. H. C. 1731, d. at the house of Mr. Palmer 5 Aug. 1739, and was buried from the College Hall.

Manning, William, was an early inhabitant and ancestor of a family once numerous here and not yet extinct in the female line. About the year 1638 he purchased of George Stocking an estate at the southwest corner of Mount Auburn and Holyoke streets. He appears to have been living in Oct. 1650, when his wife Susanna died; but I find no trace of him afterwards.

2. William, s. and apparently the only child of William (1), inherited the homestead, and was a prominent citizen. He was a merchant, somewhat concerned in navigation, and owned a warehouse at the southwest corner of Dunster and South streets, to which boats had free access by the canal. He d. 14 Mar. 1690-91, a. 76; his w. Dorothy d. 26 July 1692, a. 80. Their chil. were Hannah, b. 21 June 1642, m. Samuel Stearns of Wat., 1662; Samuel, b. 21 July 1644; Sarah, b. 28 Jan. 1645-6, m. Joseph Bull; Abigail, b. 15 Jan. 1647-8, d. 10 May 1648; John, b. 31 Mar. 1649, d. of small-pox 25 Nov. 1678, prob. unm.; Mary, birth not recorded, but named on the Church Record and in the division of her father's estate, m.——Adams, and d. before 1692, leaving a son Eliphalet. Timothy, prob. of the same family, d. 8 Nov. 1653.

3. Samuel, s. of William (2), rem. early to Billerica, where he subsequently resided, was Representative in 1695 and 1696, Town Clerk six years, and d. 22 Feb. 1710-11. By his first wife, Elizabeth Stearns of Watertown, whom he m. 13 Ap. 1664, he had Samuel, birth not recorded, and John, b. 30 Aug. 1666. By his second wife, Abiah Wright, whom he m. 6 May 1673, he had Timothy, b. 4 Feb. 1673-4, d. 12 Mar. 1673-4; Hannah, b. 28 Mar. 1675, m. Ebenezer King of Watertown 7 Dec. 1699; William, b. 27 June 1677; Mary, b. 2 Sept. 1679; Sarah,¹ b. 26 Aug. 1681, m. Samuel Robinson of Camb. [602] 23 Mar. 1703-4, and d. 19 July 1709; Dorothy, b. 27 June 1683; Isaac, b. 15 Ap. 1685; Ephraim,b. 11 Sept. 1686; Elizabeth, b. 14 Mar. 1690-91; Timothy, b. 4 Mar. 1692-3; Eliphalet; Abiah.

4. Samuel, s. of Samuel (3), was styled ‘waterman,’ and rem. from Billerica to Camb. about 1692. In 1698 his father conveyed to him the warehouse, boat-house, and wharf rights (which he had inherited), at the southwest corner of Dunster and South streets, and a house and land on the southeast corner. A part of this estate he sold to Jonathan Remington in 1720, and before 1724 rem. to Windham, Conn., where he was living in 1744. By his wife Deborah, he had Dorothy, b. 17 Jan. 1688-9; Samuel, b. 14 Jan. 1690-91; Edward: John, bap. 17 Jan. 1696-7; Abigail, bap. 14 May 1699, m. Jabez Carter 27 June 1723; Elizabeth, b. 21 Nov. 1701, m.——Bingham; Mary, b. 17 Mar. 1703-4, m. Case; Joseph (prob. grad. at H. C. 1730), was a physician in Woburn, where he d. in 1745. By his will, dated 29 Oct. 1744, he seems to have left neither wife nor children, as he gives his whole property to his father Samuel, his brothers Edward and John, and his sisters Abigail, Elizabeth, and Mary.

5. John, S. of Samuel (3), was a carpenter. In 1709 he purchased of Richard Proctor an estate on the westerly side of Dunster Street, between Mount Auburn and Winthrop streets, on or near which the first meeting-house in Cambridge was erected. He d. 3 Feb. 1718-19. By his wife Sarah, he had John; Edward, bap. 27 Mar. 1698; William, b. 21 May 1700; Samuel, b. 20 Ap. 1703; Benjamin, b. 10 Mar. 1704-5, res. in Billerica 1748, and prob. the same who m. Mary, dau. of Deacon William French; Sarah, b. 27 Mar. 1708, and was living unmarried in 1732.

6. Isaac, s. of Samuel (3), m. Margaret, dau. of William Eager, 8 April 1708, and had Isaac, b. 13 Jan. 1708-9; Margaret, b. 25 Sept. 1710, m. Daniel Barrett 10 Nov. 1737; William, b. 24 Oct. 1712; Thomas, b. 16 Aug. 1714, and d. 16 Nov. 1714; Daniel, b. 5 Feb. 1715-16; Sarah, b. 7 Feb. 1717-18; Hannah, b. 25 Dec. 1719, m. James Lanman 25 July 1743; Thomas, b. 19 Jan. 1722-3.

7. John, s. of Samuel (4), was styled ‘waterman,’ and sometimes ‘cordwainer.’ He rem. to Hopkinton as early as 1725. By his wife Abigail, dau. of Joseph Winship, he had in Camb. Joseph, b. 15 July 1718; John, b. 10 July 1720; Sarah, b. 2 Jan. 1721-2; Samuel, bap. 10 Nov. 1723.

8. John, s. of John (5), was a carpenter. He m. Rebecca Winship 6 June 1728, and had Sarah, bap. 20 Ap. 1729; John, bap. 12 Dec. 1731; Esther, bap. 5 Jan. 1734-5.

9. Edward, s. of John (5), was a chair maker. By purchasing the rights of the other heirs, he became owner of the homestead on Dunster Street, where he d. 6 June 1774. By his wife Mary, he had

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