Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register

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[543] b. 19 May 1707, m. Jacob Sweetser of Maiden 4 May 1732; Sarah, b. 23 Oct. 1708; Nicholas, b. 8 July 1710, a brazier in Boston 1737, and prob. the same who d. there of apoplexy 22 Nov. 1753; Anne, bap. 11 May 1712, d. 6 June 1714; Mary, b. 19 May 1714, m. Mr. Timothy Bourne of Sandwich, pub. 26 Oct. 1741; Josiah, bap. 10 June 1716; Stephen, posthumous, bap. 25 Oct. 1719, grad. H. C. 1737, was a lawyer in Worcester 1742, and is said to have been remarkable for the neatness and accuracy of his official papers; he did not long remain in Worcester, but whither he removed is not ascertained. Nicholas the f. res. near the S. W. corner of Dunster and Winthrop streets; he was Register of Probate 1704 to 1709, master of the Grammar School in Cambridge for many years, and d. suddenly (prob. of apoplexy), 5 Oct. 1719; his w. Sarah was living in 1737.

5. Thomas, s. of Nicholas (2), m. Abigail Poulter 1708; she d. 25 Ap. 1719, and he m. Abigail Locke 8 Jan. 1720; she d. 12 June 1736, and he m. Anna Fillebrown 29 Dec. 1737. After about 1712, he resided at Lex. His children were Thomas, b. 9 Dec. 1709; Samuel, b. 11 Aug. 1711; Abigail, b. 13 July 1713; Mary, b. 17 Jan. 1716; Elizabeth, b.——, d. 25 Ap. 1719; Elizabeth, b. 18 Mar. 1721; Jonathan, b. 28 Ap. 1723; Hannah, b. 18 June 1725, d. young; Hannah, b. 19 Jan. 1726-7, d. 21 Ap. 1729; John, b. 27 Ap. 1729, rem. to Rutland, was Representative, Senator, member of the Committee on Confiscated Estates, Justice of the Peace, etc., and d. of apoplexy 7 Ap. 1793, a. 64, having had seven children (See Reed's Hist. of Rutland); Timothy, b. 6 May 1731; Benjamin,b. 9 Jan. 1733-4; Submit, b. 28 May 1736, d. 6 Jan. 1737. Thomas the f. d. 6 Mar. 1738, a. 53; his w. Anna d. at Menotomy (suicide) 12 July 1753, a. 62.

6. Ebenezer, S. of Nicholas (2), m. Elizabeth Barrett 13 June 1733, and Alice Badcock 16 Ap. 1742. His children were Alice, bap. 18 Dec. 1743, m. Thomas Ireland, Jr , of Chs. 28 Jan. 1768; Elizabeth, bap. 27 Ap. 1746, m. William Stanwood of Portsmouth, N. H. (pub. 30 Ap. 1768); Lucy, bap. 30 Sept. 1750, m. Samuel Foster of Portsmouth, N. H., 15 Oct. 1772. Ebenezer the f. d. about 1756 (his will proved 13 Sept. 1756), and his w. Alice m. James Pierce 26 June 1760.

7. William, S. of Nicholas (2), m. Martha, dau. of William Wyeth 12 Oct. 1716, and Martha, dau. of Ichabod Brown. His children were Ruth, b. 28 June 1717, m. John Hunt of Watertown; William, b. 7 Dec. 1718; Martha, b. 29 Feb. 1719-20, m. John Cheney (pub. 23 Sept. 1738), and was living, his widow, in Rox. 1760; Margaret, b. 8 Nov. 1721, d. 17 Sept. 1722; Benjamin, b. 14 Jan. 1722-3, d. 21 Sept. 1723; Benjamin, b. 23 Oct. 1724, d. 21 Nov. 1724; Nicholas, b. 22 Nov. 1725; Peter, b. 16 Aug. 1728, was living in Rutland District (now Barre), 1760; John, b. 16 June 1730; Hannah, b. 15 Aug. 1732, m. John Wright, a physician in Camb. (pub. 25 Jan. 1752-3), d. 9 Dec. 1800, a. 68; Benjamin, bap. 25 Aug. 1734; Ebenezer, bap. 10 July 1737; Thomas, bap. 15 July 1739, grad. H. C. 1758, ord. at Walpole, N. H., 7 Jan. 1767, and d. 9 May 1813 (he was father to Thos. G. Fessenden, well known as an editor and a poet, who d. at Boston of apoplexy 11 Nov. 1837); Margaret, bap. 17 Jan. 1741-2, d. unm. 22 Feb. 1815, a. 73; Martha, bap. 19 Oct. 1746, according to the Record; but another Martha was then living, and the Record may be suspected of error. Nicholas, Benjamin, and Ebenezer are not named in the division of their father's estate, and probably died young; only one Martha had a share. William the f. was a farmer, and res. on the old homestead. He d. 26 May 1756, a. 62; his w. Martha and eight children survived.

8. Joseph, s. of Nicholas (2), m. Mindwell, wid. of John Oldham, 6 Dec. 1733. The only child recorded was Margaret, bap. 11 Dec. 1737, the f. having previously deceased.

9. John, s. of John (3), m. Mary Nowell 19 Sept. 1723, and had Grace, bap. 26 Ap. 1724, m. Daniel Smith 10 June 1742; Martha, bap. 17 Oct. 1725, m. Alexander Thompson (pub. 24 Mar. 1743-4); Sarah, bap. 13 Ap. 1729; Margaret, bap. 29 Aug. 1731.

10. Jonathan, S. of John (3), m. Elizabeth Newell of Brookline (pub. 16