1William Richard Cutter, Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, , Vol. 2, p. 837 (1908)
"(I) Thomas Flagg, who settled early in Watertown, is the ancestor, through his son, Lieutenant Gershom Flagg, of the Woburn family of Flagg. He lost his left eye by a gunshot wound, previously to 1659; he was for many years a selectman, and died February 6, 1697-98. His wife was Mary ------.
Children: 1. Gershom, born April 16, 1641, see forward. 2. John, born June 14, 1643. 3. Bartholomew, born February 23, 1644. 4. Thomas, born April 28, 1646. 5. William, born about 1648, killed by Indians at Lancaster, 1675. 6. Michael, born March 23, 1650-51. 7. Eleazer, born May 14, 1654. 8. Elizabeth, born March 22, 1656-57, married, October 20, 1676, James Bigelow. 9. Mary, born January 14, 1657-58, married, June 3, 1674, Samuel Bigelow. 10. Rebecca, born September 5, 1660, married, November 19, 1679, Deacon Stephen Cook. 11. Benjamin, born June 25, 1662. 12. Allen, born May 16, 1665.
(II) Lieutenant Gershom Flagg, eldest son of Thomas Flagg (1) was born at Watertown, April 16, 1641. He was killed in battle with the Indians at Lee, New Hampshire, July 6, 1690, holding the rank of lieutenant.
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