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Jonathan Tyng, son of the first Edward, was also of Dunstable, Mass., where he held a large estate. He married first Sarah, daughter of Hezekiah Usher; secondly, Sarah (Gibbons), widow of Humphrey Davie ; thirdly, Judith, daughter of Rev. John Reyner, and widow of Rev. Jabez Fox. The name long remained at Dunstable, and has been revived in a female branch.

1 8. William Alford, a member of the Skinners' Company, of London, was a merchant here. His daughter Mary married first Peter Butler, and secondly Hezekiah Usher; and Elizabeth married Nathaniel Hudson. Benjamin Alford - probably his son - married Mary, daughter of James Richards, of Hartford, and had a son John, who died s. p., but founded at Harvard the Professorship of Natural Theology which perpetuates his name.

19. Captain Samuel Scarlet, of Boston (from Kersey, co. Suffolk), died s. p. in 1675, leaving a good estate. His brother John had two daughters, - Thomasine Taylor and - -Fryer.

20. John Joyliffe, long in office here, married, in 1657, Anne, widow of Robert Knight, as she had been of Thomas Cromwell ; had an only daughter, Hannah, who probably died unmarried. This Cromwell was a reformed free-booter, who settled in Boston, where he made his peace with the Church, and died in 1649. 1 His widow, by her second husband (Knight), had an only child, - Martha, wife of Jarvis Ballard. Cromwell's only daughter and heiress, Elizabeth, married first Richard Price, and secondly Isaac Vickers, or Vickery. By each husband she had children, - Elizabeth Price, wife of Joseph Lobdell ; Anna Vickers, wife of Benjamin Loring; and Rebecca Vickers, wife of Samuel Binney.

21. William Gerrish belongs rather to Essex County, though he lived in Boston, and married, in 1645, Joanna, widow of John Oliver. His son John was of Dover, and another son (Joseph) was minister at Wenham ; but grandsons returned to Boston, and kept the name alive here.

22. Tobias Payne, of Fownhope, co. Hereford, was a merchant in Hamburg, later in Barbados, and came to Boston in 1666. He married Sarah (Winslow), widow of Captain Miles Standish,2 by whom he had an only child, Wrilliam. His widow married Richard Middlecott. William Payne married Mary, daughter of James Taylor, in 1694. The family became extinct here in i834.3

1 [See note to Mr. Scudder's chapter in this 3 [The Payne and Gore families have been volume. - ED.] traced by Mr. Whitmore in an article in Mass.

23. Richard Middlecott had four children by this wife, - Mary, wife of Henry Gibbs, of Barbados; Sarah, wife of Lewis Boucher; Jane, wife of Elisha Cooke; and Edward, who settled in England.

24. Hezekiah Usher, merchant, married, for a second wife, Elizabeth Symmes, and, for a third, Mary (Alford) Butler. He had two sons and two daughters, of whom Rebecca married Abraham Browne, and Sarah married Jonathan Tyng. His son Hezekiah, Jr., married Bridget, widow of Leonard Hoar, daughter of John Lisle, the regicide. They had no children. John, the other son, married Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Lidgett, and had Elizabeth, wife of David Jeffries. His second wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Allen, the proprietor of New Hampshire, by whom he had issue, still represented in Rhode Island. John Usher fills a large space in our annals; and his wealth is evidenced by the fine house he built at Medford.1

25. David Jeffries, from Rhoad, co. Wilts, came here in 1677. By his wife Elizabeth (Usher) he had sons, John and David, of whom John was town treasurer for many years. The family is still represented in Boston, - being one of the few which have continued through all the changes of two centuries.2

26. Peter Lidgett, freeman, 1673, - a merchant, and partner of John Hull, - married Elizabeth Scammon, and had, besides Elizabeth, wife of John Usher, a son, Charles, who died at London in 1698. This Charles married Mary, daughter of John Hester, of London, whose wife was probably a daughter of Robert Sedgwick, as Mrs. Lidgett was a great-niece of Madam Leverett. Peter's widow married John Saffin.

27. John Saffin, speaker, councillor, and judge, married first Martha, daughter of Captain Thomas Willett, of Plymouth ; secondly, the widow Lidgett; and thirdly Rebecca, daughter of Rev. Samuel Lee. He left no issue at his death in 1710.

28. Captain Thomas Ruck, or Rock, married Margaret Clark in 1656, and had several children, one of them being Peter, - H. C. 1685. Savage notes the difficulty of distinguishing them from the Salem family of the name.

29. William W'hittingham, of Boston, was the son of John Whittingham, of Ipswich, grandson of Dean Whittingham, of Durham. His mother was Martha, daughter of William Hubbard, sister of the historian. William Whittingham married Mary, daughter of John Lawrence, and left issue.

30. Henry Shrimpton, a brazier of London, came here by i639,3 with wife Elinor, and had a second wife Mary, - widow, first, of Captain Thomas Hawkins, and, secondly, of Captain Robert Fenn. His son Samuel, a councillor, married Elizabeth, daughter of widow Elizabeth Roberts, of London,

Reg. xxiii. 410, reprinted as a pamphlet. Heze- the Heraldic Journal, ii. 166. - ED.] kiah Usher lived on the north side of State 8 [And bought, in 1646, a house and garden and left issue, hereafter to be noted. Henry had a nephew, Jonathan, of Boston, son of Edward S., of Bednall Green, who married Mary, daughter of Peter Oliver, and had several children, of whom Sarah married John Clarke.

Simeon Stoddard

31. Anthony Stoddard, Recorder of Boston, and for nineteen years consecutively chosen a representative, had four wives.1 His first was Mary Downing, niece of Governor Winthrop ; his second, Barbara, widow of Captain Joseph

1 [He is called a linen-draper when admitted Exchange streets, and one on the east side of a freeman in 1639. He owned two houses and Washington Street, between State Street and gardens, one on the lower corner of State and Adams Square. - En.]

married Captain Samuel Turell, and Christian married Nathaniel Pierce. Of his sons, Solomon was minister at Northampton ; Samson lived at Boston, and had a son Samson, H. C. 1701 ; and Simeon was of note as a councillor. This last married secondly Elizabeth, widow of Colonel Samuel Shrimp- ton, and thirdly Mehitable, daughter of James Minot, widow successively of Thomas Cooper and Peter Sargeant. The family still flourishes, though not in Boston.2 him: "Mr. Shrimpton has a very stately house, with a brass kettle atop, to show his father was not ashamed of his original." Duntoifs Letters, p. 68. A Shrimpton pedigree is given in Sumner's East Boston, p. 254. See also the Genealogy of tJu' Stunner Family. - ED.]

2 [An elaborate Stoddard genealogy has been published, including Anthony Stoddard and Deand at one time owned Beacon Hill. Sumner, scendanls, New York, 1865; and a pedigree is Hist, of East Boston, p. 192. He died Feb. 8, given in Sumner's East Boston, p. 226. Durrie 1697-98, - Scwall Papers. \. 470. Dunton says of gives various other references. - En.]

32. Peter Sargeant, a famous merchant, married secondly Dame Mary, widow of Sir William Phips, and thirdly widow Mehitable Cooper. He died s. p. in 1714. He built the noble - /j

Mrs. Shrimpton

Edmund Sheaffe. His widow married Rev. Thomas Thatcher; and, of his daughters, Elizabeth was wife of Robert Gibbs, and secondly of Jonathan Curwin ; and Mehitable married Sampson Sheaffe. This Sampson was son of an Edmund Sheaffe, of Cranbrook and Boston, - brother or cousin of Jacob, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Sampson Cotton, of London. Sampson Sheaffe went to New Hampshire, where he was councillor and judge, but died in Boston in 1724. VOL. i. - 74.

34. Robert Gibbs, of a good family in Warwickshire, was a noted merchant here by I64O.1 Early historians say that his fine house on Fort Hill cost some three thousand pounds. He married Elizabeth Sheaffe, and had sons, - Rev. Henry, of Watertown, and Robert, who married Mary Shrimpton. The name continued till recently in Middlesex County.

35. Simon Lynde, often mentioned in our annals, married Hannah, daughter of John Newgate, or Newdigate. One of his daughters married George Pordage, and another a cousin Newgate. His son, Benjamin Lynde, - H. C. 1686, - studied law in London, and married, in 1699, Mary, daughter of William Browne, of Salem. There he settled, was Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court, and had a son, Benjamin, who reached the same dignity. Nathaniel, another son of Simon, went to Connecticut, and married a daughter of Deputy-Governor Francis Willoughby.

36. Edward Lyde, of Boston, married, in 1660, Mary, daughter of Rev. John Wheelwright, and had Edward, who married Susanna Curwen, and secondly Deborah, daughter of Nathaniel Byfield.2 This Colonel Byfield, who came here in 1674, was the son of Rev. Richard Byfield a famous Puritan, married Deborah, daughter of Captain Thomas Clark, and had an only daughter, as above.

37. Dr. John Clarke (1673) married Martha Whittingham, and had Elizabeth, wife of Richard Hubbard, and then of Rev. Cotton Mather. His son John C. - H. C. 1668 - was a physician, speaker, and councillor. He married, in 1691, Sarah Shrimpton, then Elizabeth Hutchinson, and thirdly Sarah, widow of President Leverett.

Thomas Clarke, merchant, of Dorchester and Boston, colonel, speaker, and assistant, had several children, including Leah, wife of Thomas Baker, and Deborah Byfield. Thomas, presumed to be his son, was a wealthy merchant here, and left two daughters, - Mehitable Warren, and Elizabeth, who married first John Freke, and secondly Elisha Hutchinson.

Another Thomas Clarke of Boston, son of William and Anne, was born at Salisbury, co. Wilts, in 1645, and died in 1732, aged eighty-seven. His first wife was Jane, by whom he had Jane, wife of Rev. Benjamin Colman. His second wife was Rebecca, widow of Captain Thomas Smith, by whom he had Anne, wife of John Jeffries. His third wife was Abigail Keach.3

38. Rev. John Cotton,4 as we know now, was of good family. He married at Boston, co. Lincoln, the widow of William Story. His children were Seaborn, John, Elizabeth, wife of Jeremiah Egginton, and Maria, wife of Rev. Increase Mather. Rev. Seaborn Cotton married Dorothy Bradstreet, and secondly Prudence Wade. The family, however, soon passed from Boston.

8 [The Clarkes of New England have ancestors, 4 [For Cotton's residence and genealogy see not connected very likely; and those interested this volume, pp. 157, 158. A portrait is given may trace the various branches through Savage, on p. 157. - ED.J

39. Rev. James Allen,1 a graduate of Oxford, married first Hannah, daughter of Richard Dummer; secondly Elizabeth, daughter of Jeremiah Houchin and widow of John Endicott; and thirdly Sarah, daughter of

40. Rev. Richard Mather, of Dorchester, was the founder of the line here.1 His second wife had been the second wife of Rev. John Cotton, and his son Increase Mather married Mary Cotton, his step-sister. Increase married secondly the daughter of Captain Thomas Lake, widow of Rev. John Cotton of Hampton, nephew of Mather's first wife. Of the daughters of Increase, Maria married Bartholomew Green and Richard Fifield ; Elizabeth married William Greenough and Josiah Byles ; Sarah married Rev. Nehemiah Walter; Abigail married Newcomb Blake and Rev. John White; Hannah married John Oliver; and Jerusha married Peter Oliver.

Rev. Cotton Mather married first Abigail, daughter of John Phillips, of Charlestown ; secondly Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. John Clark, widow of Richard Hubbard ; thirdly Lydia, daughter of Rev. Samuel Lee and widow of John George.2

I have thus singled out some forty families which seemed entitled to precedence. I do not say that there were not others perhaps of equal rank, but these were nearly all allied by marriage, and certainly held the largest share of public honors prior to A.D. 1700. I can only say in conclusion, as I did at the beginning, that the materials are not yet collected to enable any one to do for our Boston families what Bond did for Watertown, or Wyman for Charlestown. That the work is begun, and that fair progress has been made, is certainly some satisfaction. I do desire to put on record here that the City Council of Boston for the past two years has been willing to vote all necessary money towards the completion of its records, and to say that I think that the desired end is within sight.

1 [A portrait of Richard and genealogical references will be found in Mr. Barrows's chapter. A portrait of Cotton is given in Mr. Foote's chapter. Other portraits can be found in Drake's Boston; his edition of Mather's Philip's War; N. E. Hist, and Cental. Reg., 1852, &c. The signatures beneath the portrait of Increase give, besides his ordinary autograph, the Latin form often used in his learned correspondence. There is another portrait in the Massachusetts Historical Society's gallery ; and engravings of him are numerous. See Drake's Boston ; his edition of Mather's Philip's War; N. E. Hist, and Geneal. Reg., Jan. 1848; Andros Papers, &c. Mr. Nathaniel Paine printed in the Register, Jan. 1876, and separately, Boston, 1876, a pamphlet on the Portraits and Busts in the Public Buildings in Worcester, in which he names the following as in the Amer. Antiq. Soc. Collection, all the gift of Mrs. Hannah Mather Crocker, of Boston : Increase, from life (see preceding page) ; Cotton, by Pelham (see heliotype, p. 208) ; Richard, from life, engraved in Mr. Barrows's chapter; Samuel, son of Cotton, from life; Samuel, son of Richard, born 1626, died in Dublin, 1671.

The seal of Increase attached to his will is not identified. Heraldic Journal, ii. 7. The Mather tomb is in the Copp's Hill burial ground. Shurtleff, Description of Boston, p. 205. - ED.]

Index

Contributors' names are in SMALL CAPITALS, followed by the titles of their chapters in quotation-marks, and titles of books are in italics. The lists of names in the last chapter are not included in this Index.

Acadia, 282

ADAMS, C. F. Jr. " Earliest Explorations of the Harbor," 63. John Quincy, Address on the Confederacy, 299. Samuel, of Charlestown, 389. Rev. William, 418.

Boston, site of, in a region variously designated, 51 : where Smith puts the name on his map, 53 ; where subsequently placed, 56 ; founded, 99 ; called " Baston " by the French, 282; named, 87, 116, 217; early movements for incorporation, 219; settled by Winthrop's Company, 116, 387; made the capita', 119, 222 ; earliest records, xx, 122 ; early descriptions, 231, 303, 522, 534 : Wood's map of its vicinity, 524 ; Indian deed of, 249, 250, - facsimile of it, 250 ; relations with the Co'ony. 217; with the neighboring jurisdictions, 275 ; map of harbor (1677). by Hubbard, 328; its appearance, 482 ; map, " old and new," xxii ; first Church formed, 393 ; sources of Boston's history, xiii ; families, 557.

Brazil, or Bresil, island, 30. Breed, Eben, 393. Breed's Hill. 390. Breedon, Thomas, 309. Brereton, Sir William, 78. Brereton's Relation, 46. Br ck house, first in Boston, 174. Bridgham, Jonathan, 434 ; his house,

Cape Ann, called by the Spaniards Cabo de S. Maria, 44 ; seen by Champlain, 47 ; Cap aux Isles, 49 ; Caps Tragabigsanda, 50, 59 ; shore mapped by Gov. Winthrop, 61 ; settlers at, 79, 92 ; Thornton's Landing at, 92.

Charlestewn in the Colonial period, 383 ; founded, 385 ; training field, 392 ; great house, 393 ; called Charlton, 56 ; or Cherton, 60 ; settled, 217; Winthrop at, 114; first meeting-house, 314 : first church history, 396 : schools, 397 ; fortifications, 398 ; oak, 394 ; records, early narrative in, 51; histories of, xv; records, xxi, xxii.

Dandelion, 20

DRAKE, FRANCIS S., " Roxbury in the Colonial Period," 401 ; " Brighton in the Colonial Period," 439 ; Town of Roxbury, xv. Samuel A., Old Landmarks, xiv. Samuel G. , History of Boston, xiv.

170; his controversy, 171 ;his Simplicitie's Defence, 171. Gosnold on the coast, 36, 46. Gould, Rev. Thomas, 396. Governor's pomp, 510. Granary burying-ground, 556. Gravestones quarried, 4. Graves, Daniel, 556. John, 404. Thomas, the admiral, 389, 499. Thomas,

Hagburne, Samuel, 419

Harbor, geological formation of, 3 ; depth of water diminishing, 7 ; earliest explorations of, 63 - by Standish, 64; by the French, 69; old planters, 75 ; early described, 523 ; settlement by Weston, 70 ; by Gorges, 76; called Massachusetts Bay, 37, 38 ; visited by early fishermen, 40; called Baie de S. Antonio, 41 ; how far explored by Smith, 50 ; on his map, 53, 55 ; called Foxhaven, or Vos-haven by the Dutch, 57, 58, 59 ; visited by Allerton, and other Plymouth men, 60.

New England, names borne by it at different times, 34, 51; named by Smith, 51 ; called New Netherland by the Dutch, 51, 58 ; described by Johnson, 303 ; the coast divided among patentees, 74 ; council for, see Council ; confederacy, 131 ; geology of, i.

farm, 448, 450. Newton (Cambridge), 222. Nicolls, Richard, autograph, 358. Ninigret, 245. Nipmucks, 316. Noah's ark, 551. Noddle, William, 78. Noddle's Island, 78. Nonantum, 261. Norse ship, a, 25. North Carolina, relations with Boston,

Painter, Thomas, 528

Ploughed Hill, 391. Plymouth, its harbor, 47, 48, 59 ; called Crane Bay, 57 ; the Pilgrims land there, 60; relations with Boston, 276; their trading station on the Penobscot, 283, 289; visited by Winthrop, 119.

History, xviii. Pring on the coast, 47. Printer, James, 470, 477. Prison, 541. Prospect Hill, 391. Prout, Timothy, 250. Provisions, 491. Prudden, John, 419. Psalm-singing, 513. Ptolemy's geographies, 40, 43. Pudding Stone, 402. Pullen Point, 445. Pumps, 545. Punishments, 508. " Puritan Commonwealth," by George

R ixbury, 217, 234 ; in the Colonial Period, 401 ; Book of Possessions and Town Records, 407 ; first church records, 408 ; first meeting-house, 411 ; first parish formed, 411 ; grammar school, 415, 419, 421 : burialground, 418; parish tomb, 419; training field, 420 ; histories of, xv ; records of, xxi, xxii.

Sabbath-Breaking, 218

SMITH, CHARLES C, "Boston and the Colony," 217 ; " Boston and the Neighboring Jurisdictions," 275. John, on the coast, 49 ; his map of New England, 50, 52, 89; his writings, 50 ; his Description of Neiu England, 52 ; his escutcheon, 54. his portrait, 54, 55 ; his Generall ffistorie, 54 ; in Boston harbor, 67, 68. Margaret, 185.

Penobscot, 284. State library begun, 136. State Street, 539. State's-Arms Inn, 493. Stebbins, Martin, 494. Stephanius, Sigurd, map by, 38. Stephenson, John, 84. Sternhold and Hopkins's version of