1Marie Lollo Scalisi and Virginia M. Ryan, Peter Pattee of Haverhill, Massachusetts: A "Journeyman Shoemaker" and his Descendants, Vol. 146, pp. 319-326 (Oct. 1992).
4. BENJAMIN2 PATTEE (Peter1) was born at Haverhill, Massachusetts 15 May 1696 (TRs, 2-3:52) and baptized there by the Rev. Benjamin Rolf on 2 August of the same year, recorded as "Benjamin the son of Peter Peta" (First Parish, 2:92). He died at Georgetown,,Maine 15 December 1787 (Vital Records of Georgetown, Maine to the Year 1892 [Portland, Maine, 1737][hereinafter Georgetown VRs], 3:53). He was married by the Rev. John White at Gloucester, Massachusetts 7 January 1719/20 to PATIENCE COLLINS (Gloucester TRs 1716-1739, 11), born there 30 October 1700, daughter of Ezekiel and Elizabeth (Riggs) Collins (Gloucester VRs, 1:164, 2:142), and died at Georgetown, Maine, 30 December 1784 (Georgetown VRs, 3:54).
"1. PETER1 PATTEE was born about 1644 and died at Haverhill, Massachusetts, 19 Oct 1724 aged 80 years (g.s.). He married first, before 1675, a wife whose identity has not been learned (EQCR, 8:94-95). He married second, at Haverhill 8 November 1682, SARAH GILL (Haverhill TRs, 2-3:52), who was born at Salisbury, Massachusetts 27 June 1654, daughter of John and Phebe (Buswell) Gill (Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 [Topsfield, Mass., 1915], 117; David W. Hoyt, The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts [1897-1919, rpt. Somersworth, N.H. 1981], 174; Essex Co. Probate File 10934). She died at Haverhill between 17 March 1718/9, when she placed her mark on a deed, and 19 July 1719, when Pastoe Joshua Gardner called her "an old woman who died before she received the sacrament" (Essex Co. Deeds, 38:120; Mary F. Raymond, "Records of the First Parish' [Ms., 1895, Haverhill Public Library] [hereinafter First Parish], 2:61). Peter was married third by Rev. Mr. John White at Gloucester, Massachusetts, 19 November 1720, to widow SUSANNA (------) HADLEY (Gloucester TRs, 13), who died at Gloucester 10 March 1735/6 in her 84th year (ibid., 164).
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Children; surname Pattee:
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By second wife, Sarah Gill, born at Haverhill (Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 [Topsfield, 1910-11] [hereinafter Haverhill VRs], 1:244; TRs, 2-3:52):
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3. v. SAMUEL, b. 24 Aug. 1687; m. ELIZABETH PRINCE.
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4. ix. BENJAMIN, b. 15 May 1696; m. PATIENCE COLLINS.
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3. SAMUEL2 PATTEE (Peter1) was born at Haverhill, Massachusetts 24 August 1687 (Haverhill VRs, 1:244; TRs, 2-3:52) and died there 16 September 1749 (VRs, 2:456: TRs, 2-3:116). He married before 1712 ELIZABETH PRINCE (ibid.), who was born at Gloucester, Massachusetts 17 October 1690, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Harrdaine/Harraden) Prince (Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 [Topsfield, 1917-1924] [hereinafter Gloucester VRs], 1:561, 2:440) and died at Haverhill after 26 November 1727 (First Parish, 2:79).
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Children, b. at Haverhill (VRs, 1:244; TRs, 2-3:116); surname Pattee:
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iii. SARAH, b. 21 Dec. 1718; d. after 17 June 1757 (Essex Co. Probate File 24292); m. at Gloucester 4 Aug. 1741 JOSEPH ROW, JR. (Gloucester VRs, 2:415). Two men of this name lived in Gloucester at this time, but the preponderance of evidence favors the Joseph Row b. 29 Jan. 1721/2, son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Corney) Row (ibid. 1:601, 2:470). The will of Stephen Row, dated 31 May 1731, mentions (among others) sons John and Joseph, and names Ebenezer Grover as bondsman (Essex Co. Probate File 24299). Administration on the estate of Joseph Row was granted to his widow, Sarah, 13 June 1757, with John Row and Ebenezer Grover as sureties, and John Corney as a creditor (ibid., 24921).
Children: b. at Gloucester (VRs, 1:601, 606-606); surname Row: 1. Sarah, b. before 1743. 2. Joseph, b. 16 Nov, 1743. 3. Benjamin. b. 31 May 1745. 4. Elizabeth, b. 25 July 1747. 5. Susanna, b. 4 Feb. 1748/9. 6. Zaccheus, b. 19 Feb. 1750/1. 7. Molly. b. 22 May 1752. Zaccheus, b. 24 Nov. 1753.
Children, first eight born at Gloucester, Mass., last three born at Georgetown, Me. (Gloucester VRs, 1:259, 536, 537; Georgetown VRs, 1:116-17), surname Pattee:
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iii. SARAH, b. 12 July 1726; d. between May and July 1825 (Moses Appelton, "Obituaries for Waterville, Maine 1807-1837" [typescript, n.d., Maine State Archives] [hereinafter Waterville Obits], 17); m. (int. at Georgetown 11 July 1747) JOHN TOZIER (Georgetown VRs, 2:123), b. ca. 1723, d. at Fairfield, Me., 15 March 1806 (ibid., 3:84).
Children, b. at Georgetown, Me. (ibid., 1:172); surname Tozier: 1. Jeremiah, b. 26 Dec. 1747. 2. Abigail, b. 17 Sept. 1749. 3. Jonathan, b. 27 Aug. 1751. 4. Sarah, b. 1 July 1753. 5. Lemuel, b. 19 Aug. 1755. 6. Patience, b. 20 Oct. 1757. 7. Elias, b. 14 Aug. 1759. 8. Simeon, b. 23 July 1761. 9. John, b. 3 Oct. 1763. 10 Benjamin Pattee, b. 13 Oct. 1764. 11. Amos, b. 31 Jan. 1769." This source clears up the confusion about which Sarah Pattee married Joseph Rowe and which one married John Tozier.
Sarah Pattee(b. 21 Dec. 1718, dau. of Samuel) m. Joseph Row(e);
Sarah Pattee(b. 12 Jul 1726, dau. of Benjamin) m. John Tozier.
1Reuben H. Walworth, Some of the Descendants of Major John Mason, the Conqueror of the Pequots, Vol. 15, p. 117 (Apr 1861).
I Gen. Major JOHN MASON, born in England, about 1600, was a Lieut. in the army, and served in the Netherlands under Sir Thomas Fairfax. He emigrated to America anout 1630, settled in Dorchester, and represented that town in the General Court. In Oct. 1635, he removed to Windsor, Ct., in company with the Rev. John Warham, Henry Wolcott, Esq., and others of the first settlers of that town; where he was elected an Assistant or Magistrate of the colony in 1642. In May, 1637, he commanded the sucessful expedition against the Pequots, near New London. He m. about 1640, Anne -----, and in 1647 removed his family to Saybrook. In 1660 he became one of the first settlers of Norwich; where he was Deputy Governor and Major General of the forces of the colony. He d. 30 Jan. 1672, at Norwich, where his widow d. very shortly afterwards.
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Their children were:---(1) Priscilla,[†] b. Oct. 1641, at Windsor, m. Rev. James Fitch; ---(2) Samuel,[†] b. July, 1644, at W., m. 1, -----; 2, Elizabeth Peck;---(3) John,[†] b. Aug. 1646, at W., m. Abigail Fitch; --- (4) Rachel, b. Oct. 1648 at Aaybrook, m. 12 June, 1678, Charles Hill of New London, son of George Hill of Derbyshire, Eng., and d. 4 April 1679, at N. L., in giving birth to twins, who d. with her; ---(5) Anne,[†] b, June, 1650, at S., m. Capt. John Brown, of Swansey; --- (6) Daniel,[†] b. April, 1652, at Saybrook, m. 1, Margaret Denison, 2, -----; 3, Rebecca Hobart; --- (7) Elizabeth, b. Aug, 1654, at S., who prob. d. unm.".