JOHN BALL [#1936], b. England, d. Concord, MA 1 Oct 1655, m. Ruth _____.
John Ball was born in England probably about 1585 and came to America between 1630 and 1640. He settled in Watertown where he was made freeman 22 May 1650 and later moved to Concord where he lived with his son Nathaniel until his death in 1655. John Ball is reported to be the son of William Ball of Wiltshire, England, whose six sons emigrated to New England. If this was the case, no proof can be found to support the report. In the scanty records no mention is made of his wife (by some authorities his wife was Joanna King). It is thought that she did not come to this country and had probably died before embarkation. The records show only two children, sons John and Nathaniel, although there may have been others.
The son John Ball later removed to Lancaster, a town on the western frontier at the time of King Phillip's War. It was originally called Nashaway Plantation when Sholan, sachem of the Nashaway Indians, deeded an 8 by 10 mile tract to Henry Symonds and Thomas King. Sholan offered to sell this tract, which is 35 to 40 miles west northwest of Boston, if King and Symonds would build a trucking house on the land and trade with the Indians. The General Court confirmed the deed, and the trucking house was built in 1642 on the southeast side of George Hill.
Three men were sent out to occupy the land and take care of the trucking house. These men were Lawrence Waters, Richard Linton, and John Ball, all three of whom are ancestors of Hattie Bruce. The first two built houses and settled with their families, but John Ball disappeared from the records. He evidently moved back to Watertown and was possibly the John Ball who died in Concord in 1655, although it was more likely his son John.
A petition to incorporate Nashaway Plantation as a town was sent to the General Court. The people wished the place to be called Prescott, after John Prescott who went there in 1647, but the Court gave it the name West Towne. The petitioners were unhappy with the name and petitioned for the name of Lancaster, which was approved. Thus Lancaster became a town in 1653. John Ball's son John was an inhabitant of Lancaster and played a part in its history. For more on Lancaster, see the text on him.
The inventory of John Ball's estate was taken on 6 October 1655 and totaled 30.6.10.[3/1:73]
REF: [1] History of Watertown - Henry Bond, 1860
[2] Descendants of John Ball of Watertown - F.D. Warren, 1932
[3] Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 895)
[4] Records of Births Marriages and Deaths, First Book - Watertown
Records, Vol. 1, 1894
Children:
1. John, b. Eng. abt. 1620, d. Lancaster, MA 10 Feb 1675-6, m(1) Elizabeth Peirce, m(2) Watertown, MA 3 Oct 1665[4/27] Elizabeth Fox, d. Lancaster 10 Feb 1675-6 2. Nathaniel, b. abt. 1625, settled in Concord Chil.: 1) Ebenezer; 2) Eleazer; 3) John; 4) Nathaniel
JOHN BALL [#968], b. England abt. 1620, d. Lancaster, MA 10 Feb 1675-6, m(1) ELIZABETH PEIRCE (dau. John Peirce and Elizabeth), b. Eng., d. prob. 1664, m(2) Watertown, MA 3 Oct 1665[7/27] Elizabeth Fox, d. Lancaster 10 Feb 1675-6.
John Ball was a tailor. He married Elizabeth Peirce, daughter of John and Elizabeth Peirce, and had four children by her. She was insane in 1660 and probably had been thus some time. In March of 1660-1 John Ball resigned his three children to his father and mother "Peirse" as their own and gave them two oxen and two cows as their own. He also yielded his wife to his inlaws and the use of his house and lands as long as she continued there, and if God took her before she returned to him, the said property to be his children's by his said wife, Elizabeth.[3/3:81] The deed wasn't recorded until 31 Oct 1664, which makes it likely that Elizabeth probably died shortly before that date. John's subsequent marriage a year later helps bear out this probability.
We don't know what the Ball's situation was exactly like, but from the selectmen's records we can see that John and Elizabeth were still together in 1657, as evidenced by Abigail's birth in 1658, but were unable to care for the children as seen in the following records. On 8 December 1656 it was "Ordered yt John Baall be warned to the next towne meeting to make known his condicion".[5/1:48] December 11th at a "meeting of the 7 men", i.e. selectmen, "John Baall appearing, it is ordered yt Capt Masan is to Joyne wth Brother Baall in putting forth two of his children to Brother Pearce, as allso one other child to such as may be thought fitt to take the same".[5/1:49] On 3 January 1656-7 "Richard Gale, have covenanted to take, the daughter of John Baall, Saraih Baall abought the age of 2 yeares, in consideration thearof, the sd Gale is to have the child for fower yeares, & the sd Ball is to find the sd Sarah necessary cloathing for 3 yeares of the sd 4 ...".[5/1:49]
Also on 3 January 1656-7 "These are to testifye, yt John Baall wth the consent of the selct men, hath putt two of his children as apprentices unto John pearce Senior untill ye come to the age as the law pvides, yt is to say, John the son of John Baall, untill he come, to the age of 21 yeares, in wch time the sd John pearce, is to find him sufficiency of meate drinke & cloathes, & the above named John Baall is to obey all those lawfull comands given by the sd John pearce & his wife, at the end of his tearme, John pearce is to give John Baall, a Loome fitted to fall to worke, and double apparrell, wth the trade of weaving, he is all to instruct him, & to learne him to read the English tongue, & to teach him & instruct him in the knowledge of God, & concerning the other child wch is a maide child of the age of 5 yeares, she is to be as an apprentice, untill she come to the age of eighteene yeares, except the sd John pearce & his wife dept this world before the time pfixed, that then the sd Marie shall be free, but if they all live then the sd Marie is to rece of the sd John pearce her granfather or grandmother, a bible & double apparrell, & in the time of her appentishipe she is to be brought up to reade the english tongue, & instructed in the knowleg of God".[5/1:50] Several years later at a selectmen's meeting on 20 September 1658 it was agreed that Joseph Morse would take the three year old child of John Ball for a term of two years. This would be Esther Ball, and Joseph Morse was her uncle, who had married Esther Peirce, the sister of John Ball's wife. John signed the agreement by mark, Joseph signed his name. At the same time another child, one half year of age, was placed with Anthony White for one year.[5/1:57] This child would have been Abigail, born five months earlier.
There is also a record from 3 February 1656-7 at which "It is ordered yt Capt. Masan wth our Brother Bearsto doe goe to Sister Baall, and there to acquaint her yt it is the mind of the Select men, yt she sett her selfe to the Carding of two Skaines of Cotton or sheeps wooll & her daughter to spin it, wth other Business of the family & this to be her daily taske, the wch is she refuse, she must expect, to be sent to the howse of corection".[5/1:50] There is no explanation of the order or what is to become of the wool, but it seems a bit harsh to send her to jail if she ignored the order. While this "Sister Baall" could be John's mother, I presume it to be his wife and to have something to do with her circumstances. Perhaps the work was to be done to help pay for the care of her children placed in other families.
John Ball's second marriage was on 3 October 1665 to Elizabeth Fox, possibly the daughter of Thomas Fox of Concord. On 21 Oct. 1665 John sold to William Perry his farm in Watertown, which he had purchased from John Lawrence, and went to Lancaster. It is not known if the children lived with their father after his second marriage or not. Their grandfather John Peirce had died in 1661 and thier grandmother would die shortly. In any event, they luckily were not at John's house in Lancaster in 1676.
The town of Lancaster was destroyed by Indian attack on 10 February 1675-6 at the height of King Phillip's War. Sholan had invited the English to the area and was their staunch friend. After his death, his nephew Matthew continued the friendship, but Matthew's successor Shosanin apparently saw things a little differnetly. He was enlisted in Phillip's cause to exterminate the colonists.
As a frontier town, Lancaster had no settlement between it and the Connecticut River. Groton was 15 miles to the north and Stow and Marlborough were on the east and south, respectively. It was thus a good candidate for attack. The townspeople had made some preparations for trouble during the Indian War. Four or five of the houses had been designated as garrisons. These were centrally located buildings that had been fortified. One of these garrisons was the house of Rev. Joseph Rowlandson, the minister of the town. The town was clearly fearful of the Indians as on the 10th of February, Rev. Rowlandson and two others were in Boston trying to get the General Court to send soldiers for the defense of the town.
On the morning of February 10th, 1500 Indians are said to have attacked the town in five different places at once. The Rowlandson garrison came under strong attack and was the only garrison overrun. Mary Rowlandson, wife of the minister, was taken prisoner and some weeks later ransomed back to her family. She wrote a fascinating account of this period in The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. In it she writes, "Quickly it was the dolefullest day that ever mine eyes saw." After some hours and several attempts, the garrison was finally set on fire. Forty-two people were in the building. Many were shot or tomahawked as they tried to escape the flames. Those women and children who got out alive were herded off into the woods to be later sold for ransom if they did not die from their wounds or were killed for traveling too slowly (see below).
Very early in the attack a house was overrun by the Indians before the inhabitants could escape to the garrison. "There were five persons taken in one house. The father and the mother and a sucking child they knocked on the head; the other two they took and carried away alive." This was the family of a tailor named John Ball.[2/3,65] John Ball's estate was administered by his son John of Watertown 1 Feb. 1677-8.[4] The Ball homestead and the Rowlandson garrison were in the south part of Lancaster.[6/105] John's lands were never described in the town's Book of Lands although he was one of the first inhabitants. His lands were sold in 1682 to Thomas Harris.[6/288]
The following excerpt is taken from Mrs. Rowlandson's book and is included to portray some of what the people of the time had to live with. While a captive of the Indians, she had been traveling with nine English captives, eight children and Goodwife Joslin. This woman was Mrs. Ann Joslin, aged 26, the widow of Abraham Joslin who was killed in the Rowlandson garrison. The Indians were on the run and were preparing to split up when the two women got a chance to talk. Mrs. Rowlandson being taken with one group, the other captives with another. Mrs. Joslin "told me she should never see me again, and that she could find in her heart to run away. I wished her not to run away by any means, for we were near thirty miles from any English town and she very big with child and had but one week to reckon, and another child in her arms, two years old, and bad rivers there were to go over, and we were feeble with our poor and coarse entertainment. ... And now must I part with that little company that I had. Here I parted from my daughter Mary (whom I never saw again till I saw her in Dorchester, returned from captivity) and from four little cousins and neighbors, some of which I never saw afterward - the Lord only knows the end of them. Amongst them also was that poor woman before mentioned, who came to a sad end, as some of the company told me in my travel. She having much grief upon her spirit about her miserable condition, being so near her time, she would be often asking the Indians to let her go home. They, not being willing to that and yet vexed with her importunity, gathered a great company together about her and stripped her naked, and set her in the midst of them. And when they had sung and danced about her (in their hellish manner) as long as they pleased, they knocked her on the head, and the child in her arms with her. When they had done that, they made a fire and put them both into it, and told the other children that were with them that if they attempted to go home, they would serve them in like manner. The children said she did not shed one tear, but prayed all the while".[2/1415]
REF: [1] History of Watertown - Henry Bond, 1860
[2] The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary
Rowlandson - Lancaster Bicentennial Commission, 1975
[3] Middlesex County Deeds
[4] Middlesex County Probate
[5] Watertown Records, 1894
[6] The Early Records of Lancaster, Massachusetts - Henry S.
Nourse, 1884
[7] Records of Births Marriages and Deaths, First Book - Watertown
Records, Vol. 1, 1894
Children (by first Elizabeth):
1. John, b. Watertown 1644, d. Watertown 8 May 1722, m. 17 Oct 1665[7/27] Sarah Bullard 2. Mary, b. 1651, m. 1686 John Sawyer 3. Sarah, b. 1654, m. 5 Jun 1677 Benjamin Chamberlain 4. Esther, b. 1655 5. Abigail, b. Watertown 20 Apr 1658[7/21]
Children (by second Elizabeth):
6. Joseph, b. Watertown 12 Mar 1669-70,[7/32] captured by Indians 7. child, captured by Indians 8. child, d. Lancaster 10 Feb 1675-6
JOHN BALL [#484], b. Watertown, MA 1644, d. Watertown 8 May 1722,[4/69] m. Watertown 17 Oct 1665[3/27] SARAH BULLARD (dau. of George Bullard and Beatrice Hall).
| 242. James Ball
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484. John Ball |
968. John Ball |
1936. John Ball ?-1655 | 1937. Ruth ____ ?-? |
| 969. Elizabeth Peirce |
1938. John Peirce c.1588-1661 | 1939. Elizabeth ____ c.1589-1668 |
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485. Sarah Bullard |
970. George Bullard |
1940. William Buller c.1562-1610 | 1941. Grace Bignett ?-1630 |
| 971. Beatrice Hall |
| |
John Ball apparently lived his entire life in Watertown. He was a weaver, having learned the trade from his grandfather Peirce. In 1675 John received 16 shillings, 8 pence from the town for weaving done for Ned Sanders.[2/1:124] The Ball's had a maid as seen in this record, dated 18 January 1669-70. "Ordered that John Bigelow shall agree with John Balle the younger a bought Edward Sanderson his Daughter what wagis he shall give her for a yeeres sevis according to his best Descrition for providing for her such things as may be for her clothing as comfortably as may be".[2/1:98] Sanderson was apparently unable to care for his children as the town was looking to put them out as apprentices. John was chosen as one of the "Tything men" on 15 January 1683-4[2/2:16] and on 23 December 1684 was appraised of the fact that his parentsinlaw were "in great nesesity of sum Hellp By reson of Thear age Being unabell To Hellp Them selves".[2/2:20] On 9 April 1694 at a selectmen's meeting it was reported that "We have been at John Balls senr: and we could not find sippio: and we warned John Ball senr: from entertaining him as he would answer it to the town". The day before Sippio was warned to depart from Watertown "that the town be keept from trouble and charge with him".[2/2:114] Sippio was a negro. Whether he was an escaped slave or wanted for breaking the law does not appear. Perhaps the town just didn't want to be obliged for his care. Sippio had been Ellis Baron's negro.
REF: [1] History of Watertown - Henry Bond, 1860
[2] Watertown Records, 1894
[3] Records of Births Marriages and Deaths, First Book - Watertown
Records, Vol. 1, 1894
[4] Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Second Book - Watertown Records,
Vol. 2, 1900
Children(born in Watertown):
1. Sarah, b. 11 Jul 1666,[3/28] m. Watertown 12 Mar 1684-5[3/55] Allen Flagg (son of Thomas Flagg and Mary), b. Watertown 16 May 1665,[3/26] d. Oct 1711[4/46] Chil.: 1) Sarah, b. 6 Aug 1686, d. 3 Sep 1774, m. 5 Jan 1708-9 Jonathan Cutting (son James and Hannah Cotler); 2) Mary, m. 14 Nov 1706 William Pike of Framingham (son Jeremiah Pike), b. 14 Mar 1687-8; 3) Allen, b. 9 Feb 1690-1, m(1) 10 Apr 1717 Abigail Fiske (dau. Nathaniel Fiske and Mary (Warren) Child), d. Mar 1729-30, m(2) Watertown 17 Nov 1737 Prudence Child (dau. John Child and Hannah French), bap. 18 Jul 1708; 4?) Dinah, d. 10 Sep 1704; 5) Daniel, b. 16 Oct 1696-7, m. Mary ___; 6) Mercy, b. 13 May 1702, m. 8 Nov 1722 James Whitney; 7) Deliverance, b. 13 May 1704, m. 18 Oct 1749 James Basford of Chester; 8) Jonathan, b. 1 May 1704, m. 28 Dec 1726 Eunice Patterson (dau. Joseph Patterson and Mercy Goodenow), b. 19 Apr 1708; 9) Dinah, b. Dec 1709, m. 20 or 29 May 1730 Josiah Harrington (son John Harrington and Hannah Winter), b. 12 Jun 1709 2. John, b. 29 Jun 1668,[3/30] d. Watertown 24 Oct 1752, m(1) Watertown 27 Sep 1699[4/6] Bethiah Mettup (dau. Daniel Mettup and Bethiah Beers), b. Watertown 24 Feb 1664-5,[3/26] d. 13 Dec 1719, m(2) Newton, MA 12 Nov 1730 Mary Clark (dau. John Clark and Ann Pierce), b. 1698, d. 5 Jul 1738 Chil.: 1) Hannah, b. 25 Dec 1700; 2) John, b. 25 Dec 1705, d. 10 Dec 1769, m(1) 3 Jan or Jun 1725 Mary Benjamin (dau. Daniel Benjamin and Elizabeth Brown), b. 21 Sep 1705, d. 12 Nov 1752, m(2) 26 Apr 1753 Anna Harrington 3. James, b. 7 Mar 1670,[3/33] d. Watertown 24 Feb 1729-30,[4/90] m. 16 Jan 1693-4 Elizabeth Fiske, b. Watertown 11 Jan 1667-8,[3/29] d. 1740 4. Joseph, b. 4 May 1674,[3/38] d. 1730, m. Watertown 31 Dec 1701[4/16] Elizabeth Parkhurst (dau. John Parkhurst and Abigail Garfield), b. Watertown 18 Sep 1681[3/49] Chil.: 1) Joseph, b. 1 Oct 1702, prob. m. Southboro, MA May 6, 1731 Bathsheba Bellows; 2) Abigail, b. 27 Mar 1705 m. 26 Feb 1728-9 Jacob Morse of Framingham, MA; 3) Peter, b. 7 Oct 1707, m(1) 6 May 1730 Rebecca Seaverns (dau. Samuel Seaverns and Rebecca Stratton), b. 21 Feb 1709, m(2) 30 Sep 1732 Abigail Dix (dau. John Dix and Martha Lawrence), b. 25 Jul 1710; 4) Elizabeth, b. 15 Mar 1710, d. bef. 10 Apr 1735, m. 3 Feb 1731-2 William Brewer (son John Brewer and Mary Jones), b. 1707; 5) Josiah, b. 2 Mar 1712-3; 6) Isaac, b. 2 Mar 1712-3, d. Apr 1713; 7) David, b. 17 Jan 1716-7, prob. d. bef. 1761, m. 10 Jul 1735 Sybil Patterson (dau. Joseph Patterson and Mary), bap. 27 Nov 1715, prob. d. aft. 1761; 8) Patience, b. 12 Oct 1718, m. Nathaniel Mills of Needham; 9) Jonas, d. 10 Feb 1729-30 5. Jonathan, b. 29 Mar 1680,[3/48] d. abt. 1727, m. Watertown 5 Jan 1709-10[4/40] Sarah Whitney (dau. Nathaniel Whitney and Sarah Hagar), b. Watertown 13 Feb 1678-9[3/45] Chil.: 1) Sarah, b. 1710; 2) Jonathan; 3) Thankful, bap. 7 Jan 1728 aged 9 yrs.; 4) Daniel, bap. 7 Jan 1728, aged 7 yrs.; 5) Jane, bap. 7 Jan 1728, aged 4 yrs.; 6) Susanna, b. 6 Apr 1728 6. Daniel, b. 2 Aug 1683,[3/53] d. 9 Mar 1717-8, m. Watertown 10 Nov 1708[4/36] Mary Earl, b. Watertown 9 Jan 1689[3/62] Chil.: 1) Mary, b. 27 Dec 1709, m. 14 May 1726 Joseph Mixer (son Joseph Mixer and Anne Jones), b. 14 Dec 1705, settled in Shrewsbury, MA; 2) Lydia, bap. 7 Aug 1715, d. 19 Oct 1808, aged 94, m. 28 May 1737 Samuel Harrington (son prob. Daniel Harrington and Elizabeth Warren), d. 19 Sep 1807, aged 95 7. Abigail, b. 5 Oct 1686[3/58] 8? Benjamin, m. Framingham, MA 24 or 29 Mar 1704 Mary Brewer Chil.: 1) Benjamin, b. 17 Dec 1704; 2) John, b. 16 Jul 1706, m. 1734 Margaret Hemenway; 3) Abraham, b. 29 Dec 1707, m. 13 Jan 1732 Martha Bridges; 4) Jacob, b. 28 May 1712, m. Sudbury 9 Jan 1749 Deborah Belknap; 5) Thomas, b. 16 Aug 1714, m. 17 Feb 1739-40 Hannah Wright; 6) Mary, b. 11 Feb 1716-7, m. 22 Jan 1737-8 William Wright; 7) Abigail, b. 16 Feb 1719-20, m. 27 April 1742 Simon Mellen; 8) Daniel, b. 29 Dec 1722, m. 25 Aug 1748 Patience Gleason
JAMES BALL [#242], b. Watertown, MA 7 Mar 1670,[6/33] d. Watertown 24 Feb 1729-30,[7/90] m. 16 Jan 1693-4 ELIZABETH FISKE (dau. of Nathan Fiske and Elizabeth Frye), b. Watertown 11 Jan 1667-8,[6/29] d. 1740.
| 121. Susanna Ball
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242. James Ball |
484. John Ball |
968. John Ball c.1620-1676 | 969. Elizabeth Peirce ?-c.1664 |
| 485. Sarah Bullard |
970. George Bullard c.1607-1689 | 971. Beatrice Hall ?-1652 |
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243. Elizabeth Fiske |
486. Nathan Fiske |
972. Nathan Fiske c.1592-1676 | 973. Susanna ____ ?-? |
| 487. Elizabeth Frye |
974. William Frye c.1600-1642 | 975. Elizabeth Foster ?-c.1653 |
James Ball was chosen at town meeting 28 Mar 1698 as one of the "hogereifes".[4/2:118] I'm not exactly clear what this job was, but it appears these men looked into the hogs and cattle of the town and sometimes levied fines regarding livestock. At town meeting 2 Mar 1723-4 James was chosen as one of the "Tythingmen".[4/2:307] This was either James Ball or may have been his son James. In March 1706 James and Elizabeth Ball, for six pounds, sold to Scipio Finney, negro, 12 acres, bounded north by Allen Flagg, south and east by Chester Meadow, and west by Jonathan Sanders.[1/676] This is the negro sought by the town in 1694 who may have been hidden and/or protected by James' father. This may be the James Ball who appears on a list of Watertown men dated 15 Apr 1690 "Being listed in the service of the country against the French".[5/109]
James Ball's will is dated 21 Feb 1729-30. He died the next day. Like his forbears, James' profession was that of a weaver, but he also kept a farm and livestock as he called himself "husbandman" in his will. Mentioned in the will are his youngest son John, sons James and Nathan, eldest daughter Sarah Hastings, daughters Abigail Livermore, Elizabeth Fuller, and Susannah Stearns. The will was witnessed by John Cutting, John Chadwick, and Thomas Harrington.[2/19:39]
REF: [1] History of Watertown - Henry Bond, 1860
[2] Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 890)
[3] The Diary of Reverend Ebenezer Parkman - Francis G. Walett,
1974
[4] Watertown Records, 1894
[5] Soldiers in the Expedition to Canada in 1690 - Walter Kendall
Watkins, 1898
[6] Records of Births Marriages and Deaths, First Book - Watertown
Records, Vol. 1, 1894
[7] Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Second Book - Watertown Records,
Vol. 2, 1900
Children (born in Watertown, MA):
1. James, b. 2 Feb 1694-5,[7/1] d. Northboro, MA 31 May 1756, m(1) Hannah ____, m(2) abt. 1726 Sarah Harrington, b. abt. 1703, d. 3 Mar 1795 Chil.: 1) James; 2) Stephen; 3) Nahum; 4) John; 5) Hannah; 6) Patience; 7) Elizabeth 2. Nathan, b. 28 Feb 1695-6,[7/7] d. Northboro 1768, m(1) Mary Williams, b. 1687, d. 10 Jun 1761, m(2) 30 Apr 1764 Dinah Fay 3. John, b. 22 Jul 1697,[7/9] d. Worcester, MA 11 Jan 1756, m(1) Abigail Harrington (dau. Samuel Harrington and Grace Livermore), b. Watertown 24 Jul 1698,[7/11] d. 5 Nov 1728, m(2) 4 Oct 1739 Lydia Perry, b. Watertwon 8 Dec 1711,[7/43] d. 23 Nov 1752 Chil.: 1) Grace, b. May 1721, d. young; 2) Amitee, b. 7 Feb 1722-3, d. 1738; 3) Abigail, b. 16 Dec 1724; 4) Samuel, b. Sep 1726, d. Nov 1726; 5) Lydia, b. and d. 1740; 6) Mary, b. 13 Aug 1741; 7) John, b. 16 Dec 1742; 8) Josiah, b. 16 Dec 1742; 9) Isaac, b. 16 Aug 1744 4. Elizabeth, b. 8 Apr 1699,[7/13] d. Watertown 4 Oct 1703[7/38] 5. Sarah, b. 1 Sep 1700,[7/15] m. Watertown 5 Aug 1724[7/74] Daniel Hastings, bap. 19 Jul 1702, d. Shrewsbury 4 Jul 1777 Chil.: 1) Sarah, b. Watertown 4 Mar 1725-6, m. Shrewsbury 9 May 1745 Samuel Holland; 2) Stephen, b. Watertown 13 Aug 1727, m. 16 June 1732 Martha Walker; 3) Hannah, b. Shrewsbury 26 Jul 1729, d. 15 Nov 1736; 4) Daniel, b. 5 Jul 1732, m. 16 Aug 1753 Priscilla Keyes (dau. Henry Keyes); 5) Elizabeth, bap. 1734, d. 1736; 6) John, b. 3 Nov. 1735, d. 11 Oct. 1736; 7) Elizabeth, b. 11 Nov 1736; 8) John, b. 27 Aug 1737, m. 25 May 1762 Mary Howe of Lancaster; 9) David, b. 19 Jan. 1740, m. 1765 Dinah Williams; 10) Hannah, b. 14 Apr 1742, m. 1762 Solomon Newton 6. Abigail, b. 5 Jun 1702,[7/21] m. 23 Jun 1723 Dea. Jonathan Livermore (son of Jonathan Livermore and Rebecca Barns) Chil.[1/345]: 1) Abigail, b. Watertown 16 Apr 1724, d. Wilton, NH 20 May 1801, m(1) 26 Nov 1741 John Keyes (son John Keyes), m(2) Timothy Gray; 2) Elizabeth, b. Watertown 26 May 1725, d. Feb 1775, m. ___ Rice of Northboro; 3) Lydia, b. Watertown 24 Oct 1726, d. 5 May 1799, m. ___ Sawyer of Bolton; 4) Rebecca, b. Westborough 10 Sep, d. 10 Nov 1728; 5) Jonathan, b. 7 Dec 1729, d. Wilton, NH 20 Jul 1809, m. 14 Sep 1769 Elizabeth Kidder, d. 12 Dec 1822; 6) Silas, b. 1 Dec 1731, d. 3 Jan 1756; 7) Rebecca, b. 1 June 173-, d. 15 Feb 1806, m. ___ Switcher; 8) Nathan, b. 19 Jun 1736, d. 22 May 1761; 9) Thomas, b. 6 Mar 1737-8, d. 27 Oct 1740; 10) Susan, b. 2 June 1740, m. Joshua Townsend of Bolton; 11) Grace, b. 16 Feb 1742, d. Dec 1830, m. Jacob Adams of Wilton 7. Elizabeth, b. 9 Apr 1705, m. Watertown 2 Apr 1728[7/82] Thomas Fuller (son of Jeremiah and Thankful), d. 13 Nov 1748 Chil.: 1) Benjamin, b. 26 Jul 1730; 2) Rachael; 3) Jeremiah, b. 14 May 1736; 4) Thankful, b. 14 May 1736; 5) Thomas, b. 25 Sep 1738; 6) Nathan, b. 30 Jun 1741 8. Susanna, b. 16 Mar 1707-8,[7/38] d. abt. 1740, m. Watertown 31 Dec 1729[7/86] Josiah Stearns (son of John Stearns and Abigail Fiske), b. Watertown 14 Oct 1704,[7/27] d. Watertown 11 Apr 1756 Chil.: (see Stearns Family)
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