WILLIAM HAGAR [#290], d. Watertown, MA 10 Jan 1683-4,[4/1:53] m. Watertown 20 Mar 1644-5[4/1:12] MARY BEMIS, d. Watertown, MA Dec 1695 "an aged woman".[4/2:14]
In the early records the family name was spelled "Hagar" although by the late 1600's the name was mostly spelled "Hager", which is the common form today. However, since our branch of the family appeared under the "Hagar" name, that is the form adopted here.
It is not known where William Hagar came from or when he arrived in New England. He was here by 1645 as the marriage of William and Mary was recorded in Watertown early that year. Mary Bemis' origins are also as yet unknown. She died "an aged woman" in Dec. 1695. According to the Bemis genealogy, Mary was the sister of Joseph Bemis and accompanied him to Watertown. He was born about 1619 which certainly would make him the right age to be her brother.[3] There is little mention of William in the Watertown records. The only office he appears to have held was when he was chosen surveyor of highways for 1676.[1/1:125] Unlike many of his contemporaries, William is not included in the inventory of Watertown lands, grants, and possessions between 1639 and the mid1640's. Whether because he was too young to own land, wasn't in the country yet, or was not able to afford land is not known.
William Hagar's will was dated Jan. 10, 1683-4, the same day he died, and proved April 1, 1684. In it are mentioned his daughters Ruhamah Waight, Hannah Priest, Susannah Grout, Sarah Whitney, Rebecca Healy, and Abigail and Mehitable Hagar. Also mentioned are sons Samuel and William Hager.[2/6:186] Inventory of the estate amounted to 353.14.0.[2/6:188]
REF: [1] Watertown Records, 1894
[2] Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 10055)
[3] The Bemis History and Genealogy - Col. Thomas Draper, 1900
(pg.1)
[4] Records of Births Marriages and Deaths - Watertown Records,
Vol. 1-4, 1894-1906
[5] Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early
Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts - Henry Bond, 1860
Children:
1. Mary, b. Watertown 25 Dec 1645,[4/1:12] not mentioned in father's will and thus probably died young 2. Ruhamah, b. Watertown 20 Nov 1647,[4/1:13] m. abt. 1675 Joseph Waight Chil. (surname Waight): 1) Ruhamah,[5/617] d. 1714, age 38; 2) William,[5/617] b. 1679, m. Abial ___, res. Marlboro and Sherburne, MA; 3) John[5/618], b. and d. 1692; 4) Joseph[5/618], b. 1695, m. 1721 Mary Holland 3. Samuel, b. Watertown 20 Nov 1647,[4/1:13] d. 13 Feb 1703-4,[4/2:32] 13 Feb 1704-5,[5/264] (Bond must be correct since his will was dated 27 May 1704) m. Sarah Mixer (dau. Isaac Mixer and Mary Coolidge), b. Watertown 29 Nov 1657[4/1:20] Chil: 1) Sarah, bap. 24 May 1691[4/4:130], m. 19 Aug 1717[4/2:59] Joseph Stratton; 2) Mary, b. 17 Feb 1694-5[4/2:14], bap. 25 Jul 1697[5/264], m. 24 Mar 1713[4/2:49] Hezekiah Cutting; 3) Elizabeth, b. 17 Feb 1697, d. 14 Jul 1697[4/2:14]; 4) Samuel, b. 1 Sep 1698[4/2:14], m(1) Hannah Parks[5/265], m(2) 25 Nov 1735[4/2:104] Mary Fiske; 5) Isaac, b. 24 Apr 1701[4/2:32], m. 16 Jul 1724[5/265] Prudence Allen (dau. Joseph Allen and Elizabeth), b. 18 May 1703 4. Hannah, b. Watertown 21 Nov 1649,[4/1:14] d. 1702, m. Joseph Priest Chil.: none known 5. Sarah, b. Watertown 1 Sep 1651,[4/1:16] d. 7 Mar 1746, m. Watertown 12 Mar 1673-4[4/37] Nathaniel Whitney, b. Watertown 1 Feb 1646-7,[4/12] d. Watertown 7 Jan 1732-3 Chil.: see Whitney family 6. Susannah, m. abt. 1680 Joseph Grout (son of John Grout and Sarah Cakebread), b. Sudbury, MA 24 Jul 1649[5/263] Chil. (surname Grout): 1) Susanna, b. 31 Mar 1681[4/1:51], m. 23 Mar 1710[4/2:44] Zechariah Smith (son of Jonathan Smith and Jane Peabody), b. 16 May 1687[4/1:58] 2) Joseph, b. 6 Feb 1682[4/1:52], m. 3 Jan 1716-7[4/2:58] Mary (Harrington) Rogers (dau. of Edward Harrington and Mary Occington), b. 2 Jan 1692-3[4/1:66], res. Westboro, MA 7. William, b. Watertown 12 Feb 1658-9,[4/1:21] d. 8 May 1731,[4/2:100] m. Watertown 31 Mar 1687[4/4:97] 30 Mar[5/264] Sarah Benjamin (dau. of John Benajamin), d. 1745 Chil: 1) William?[5/265]; 2) Sarah, m. 13 May 1712[5/265] John Flagg; 3) John, b. 29 Apr 1697[4/2:14], m. Sarah ___; 4) Ebenezer, b. 13 Aug 1698[4/2:14], res. Marlborough and Framingham, MA, m. 3 Feb 1725-6[4/2:74] (23 Feb[5/267]) Lydia Barnard; 5) Joseph, b. 1 Jan 1701-2[4/2:32] , m. 1 Jan 1729-30[4/2:86] Grace Bigelow; 6) Mehitable, b. 7 May 1704[4/2:25], m. 28 Feb 1726-7[4/2:80] Joseph Traves/Travers of Sherborn; 7) Mary?[5/265]; 8) Mercy, d. Waltham 23 Nov. 1772, age 65[5/265] 8. Rebecca, b. Watertown 20 Oct 1661,[4/1:24] m. Watertown 14 Jul 1681[4/50][5/264] 14 Jun[5/296] Nathaniel Healey (son of William Healy and Grace), bap. Cambridge 6 Feb 1658,[5/296] d. Groton, MA (by Indians) 21 Jul 1706[5/793] Chil. (surname Healy, first 2 b. in Watertown, others in Newton[5/793]): 1)Rebecca, b. 19 May 1682[4/1:51]; 2) Abigail, b. 21 Sep 1683[4/1:53]; 3) Nathaniel; 4) Mary; 5) Samuel; 6) Ebenezer; 7) Martha; 8) Lydia; 9) John; 10) Joshua; 11) Hannah 9. Abigail, m. Watertown 31 Mar 1687[4/4:97] 30 Mar[5/264] Benjamin Whitney (son of John Whitney and Ruth Reynolds), b. 28 Nov 1660[4/1:23] 28 Jun 1660,[5/643] d. by 1736[5/645] Chil. (surname Whitney): 1) Abigail, b. 3 May 1688[4/1:60], m. 18 Mar 1717[4/2:59] Richard Sawtle (son of Enoch Sawtle and Susanna), bap. 28 Apr 1689[4/4:127]; 2) Benjamin, m. Rebecca ___[5/647]; 3) Ruth, bap. 10 Jul 1698[5/645], d. Worcester, MA 1 Apr 1748[5/51], m. 7 Jul 1715[4/2:54] John Bond (son of Nathaniel Bond and Bethiah Fuller); 4) John, b. 15 Jun 1694[4/2:3], m(1) Susan ___[5/647], m(2) Bethia Peirce (widow of Joseph Peirce), res. Westford, MA; 5) David, b. 16 Jun 1697[4/2:10], d. bef. 30 Apr 1745[5/648], m. Rebecca ___[5/648], res. Waltham; 6) Daniel, b. 17 Jul 1700[4/2:15], m. Dorothy ___, d. 7 Aug 1788, age 82[5/648] 10. Mehitable, d. Watertown 5 Apr 1691,[4/1:65] m. 20 Jun 1687[4/4:97] Nathaniel Norcross (son of Richard Norcross and Mary Brooks), b. Watertown Dec. 18, 1665[4/1:27] Chil. (surname Norcross): 1) Mehitable, b. 4 Feb 1691[4/1:65];
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