George Soule

_____ - 1680

George Soule , immigrant ancestor of most of the families of this surname in this country, was born in England , and came in the "Mayflower" company. He was the thirty-fifth signer of the famous Compact. His name was variously written in the early records Soul , Sole , Soal and Sowl , while the present spelling was less common. He was entered on the passenger list as an apprentice of Governor Edward Winslow , but as early as 1623 he was granted in his own right an acre of land at Plymouth "on the south side of the brooke to the baywards;" and in 1627 in the division of cattle, was allotted "one of the four black heyfers" 1358 that came in the "Jacob ," "caled the smoothe horned Heyfer and two shee goats." In 1633 he was admitted a freeman and was a taxpayer. He was a volunteer for the Pequot war in 1637 . His house and lot was near Eel River at first, but from time to time he had grants of land at Powder Point and "ye watering-place". In 1638 he sold his property at Plymouth , and, with Myles Standish and others, removed across the bay to Duxbury , and was one of the founders of that town. He was one of  the earliest selectmen and often chosen to that and other town offices. He represented the town in the General Court of Plymouth colony in 1642-45-46-50-51-54 . When Bridgewater was set off from Duxbury he was one of the original proprietors; but soon afterward sold his rights. He subsequently became one of the earliest purchasers of Dartmouth and Middleborough . The Dartmouth property descended to his sons, George and Nathaniel , who are ancestors of a large and respectable family in the vicinity of New Bedford . The Middleborough estate went to his daughters, Mary and Elizabeth . He was, it should be noted, an original proprietor and founder of four important towns in Plymouth colony. For five years he served on the committee "for offensive and defensive wars" at the time of the plot of Miantonomah in 1642 and afterward. His wife "Goodwife" Mary Soule was indicted March 1, 1658-59 , for absence from church, but that was a common charge against the saints of those days, and means nothing. He was a commissioner of court in 1640 . He was on the important committee for the revision of the Colony laws with Governors Prince , Winslow and Constant Southworth , and must have been a man of superior intelligence and education to have filled that position. Winsor mentions him among the ablest men of the colony. He married Mary Beckett , who came in the ship "Ann" in 1621 , in company with Barbara Standish , Patience and Fear Brewster . Governor Bradford tells us that in 1650 he had eight children. Their order of birth is not known. His wife Mary died in 1677 . He died in 1680 , being very aged, outliving nearly all of the Pilgrims. A gourd belonging to him may be seen in Memorial Hall. Plymouth . His will was dated August 11, 1677 , and proved March 5, 1670-80 . Children: Zachariah , perished in the Canada expedition about 1663 , leaving a wife but no children; Mary , married John Peterson ; George , apprenticed to John Winslow , settled in Dartmouth ; Susanna ; John , married Hester Delanoy ; Nathaniel , mentioned below; Elizabeth , married Francis Walker ; Benjamin , killed by Indians at
Pawtucket , March 26, 1676 .

Source:  Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. New York, NY: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911.

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Nathaniel Soule

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Nathaniel , son of George Soule , lived in Duxbury when a young man, and the court records indicate that he was at war with the minister, Rev. John Holmes , and the authorities. He settled in Dartmouth , and appears to have been a more tractable citizen there. He married Rose - . From the fact that the wife of Captain Myles Standish was named Rose , it is surmised that she was daughter or granddaughter, but no proof is forthcoming. He died about 1699 , intestate, and his widow Rose was appointed administratrix. Her bond, dated October 12, 1699 , is preserved in the Bristol county records. Joseph Allen and Nathaniel Soule were the sureties on the bond (see p. 73, vol. 7, "Mayflower Descendants"). A commission was appointed to divide his property among the heirs. From this report we find that the children were: Nathaniel , the eldest; Silvanus ; Jacob , mentioned below; Miles (probably
named for Miles Standish ).

Source:  Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. New York, NY: Lewis PublishingCompany, 1911.

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Jacob Soule

1685 - ____

Jacob , son of Nathaniel Soule , was born about 1685 . He lived at Dartmouth . In the division of his father's estate he received "a cheery cow, a Red Cow, two years old heifer, a white faced two year old steere A Red yearling stage Plow Tacklin, Iron lumber, two sithes a Iron Barr & some wooden lumber." He also had real estate from his father. He and Nathaniel witnessed the will of their aunt, Deborah Soule , of Dartmouth . He married, at Dartmouth , January 22, 1709-10 , Rebecca Gifford Children, born at Dartmouth : Joseph , February 16, 1710-11 ; Elizabeth , November 14, 1712 ; Oliver , September 7, 1714 , died January 4 following; Rebecca , born December 18, 1715 ; Nathaniel , January 23, 1717-18 ; Benjamin , mentioned below; Rosamund , July 28, 1723 ; Stephen , January 1, 1726-27 .

Source:  Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. New York, NY: Lewis PublishingCompany, 1911.

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Benjamin Soule

1719 - ____

Benjamin , son of Jacob Soule , was born at Dartmouth, Massachusetts , November 18, 1719 . He married Meribah - . Children, born at Dartmouth :
Martha , October 1, 1743 ; Patience , January 30, 1745 ; Benjamin , mentioned below. Probably others.


Source:  Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. New York, NY: Lewis PublishingCompany, 1911.

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Benjamin Soule

1750 - ____

Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin (1) Soule , was born about 1750 . He appears to be the Benjamin Soule of the adjoining town of Plympton, Massachusetts , a soldier in the revolution, in Captain Thomas Loring 's company on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775 . He was also in Captain Thomas Samson 's company, Brigadier Joseph Cushing 's regiment, at Rhode Island in 1776 . In the census of 1790 , Benjamin of Plympton is reported to have two sons under sixteen years and two females in his family. He was the only Benjamin Soule 1358b 1359 reported in New England , and none were in New York at that time. According to family tradition, he went to New Milford, Connecticut , and died in Binghamton, New York .

Source:  Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. New York, NY: Lewis PublishingCompany, 1911.

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Elder William Brewster

  ____ - 1644

William Brewster lived in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England , as early  as 1570 , or 1571 , in which year he was assessed in that town on goods
valued at three pounds. In 1575 or 1576 he was appointed by Archbishop Sandys , receiver of Scrooby , and bailiff of the manor-house in that place
belonging to the bishop, to have life tenure of both offices. Some time in the year 1588 , or possibly before, he was appointed to the additional
office of postmaster under the Crown. He was known as the "Post" of Scrooby , and was master of the court mails, which were accessible only to those
connected with the court. He died in the summer of 1590 . His wife was Prudence - . Child: William , mentioned below.

Elder William (2) Brewster , immigrant ancestor, who came in the "Mayflower," was born during the last half of the year 1566 or the first half of 1567 , the date being fixed by an affidavit made by him at Leyden , June 25, 1609 , when he declared his age to be forty-two years. The place of his birth is not known. but is supposed to have been Scrooby . The parish registers of Scrooby do not begin until 1695 , and no record of Brewster 's birth, baptism or marriage has ever been discovered. He matriculated at Peterhouse , which was then the "oldest of the fourteen colleges grouped into the University of Cambridge", December 3, 1580 , but does not appear to have stayed long enough to take his degree. He is next found as a "discreete and faithfull" assistant of William Davison , secretary of state to Queen Elizabeth , and accompanied that gentleman on his embassy to the Netherlands in August, 1585 , and served him at court after his return until his  downfall in 1587 . He then returned to Scrooby , where he was held in high esteem among the people of that place, and did much good "in promoting and furthering religion". In 1590 he was appointed administrator of the estate of his father, who died in the summer of that year, and succeeded him as postmaster, which position he held until September 30, 1607 . While in Scrooby he lived in the old manor house, where the members of the Pilgrim church were accustomed to meet on Sunday. When the Pilgrims attempted to remove to Holland in the latter part of 1607 , they were imprisoned at Boston . Brewster was among those imprisoned, and suffered the greatest loss. After he reached Holland , he endured many unaccustomed hardships, not being as well fitted as the other Pilgrims for the hard labor which was their common lot, and spent most of his means in providing for his children. During the latter part of the twelve years spent in Holland , he increased his income by teaching and by profits from a printing press which he set up in Leyden . When, after the twelve years, it was decided that the church at Leyden should emigrate to Virginia , Brewster , who had already been chosen elder, was desired to go with the first company. He was, therefore, with his wife Mary, and two young sons, among the passengers of the "Mayflower," which landed in Plymouth harbor , December 16, 1620 . Here he bore an important part in establishing the Pilgrim republic, was one of the signers of the famous Compact, and believed to have drafted the same. He was the moral, religious and spiritual leader of the colony during its first years and its chief civil advisor and trusted guide until his death. His wife was Mary - . She died April 17, 1627 , somewhat less than sixty years old. Elder Brewster died April 10, 1644 , in Plymouth , and a final division of his estate was made by Bradford , Winslow, Prence and Standish , between Jonathan and Love , his only remaining children. Children: Jonathan , born August 12, 1593 , mentioned below; Patience ; Fear ; Child, died in Leyden , buried June 20, 1609 ; Love ; Wrestling , came in the "Mayflower" with his parents and brother Love , was living at the time of the division of cattle, May 22, 1627.

Source:  Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Volume IV

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Jonathan Brewster

  1593 - 1659

Jonathan , son of Elder William Brewster , was born August 12, 1593 , in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England , and came over in the ship "Fortune," 1621 . He married Lucretia Oldham , of Darby , April 10, 1624 , doubtless a sister of John Oldham , who came to Plymouth about 1623 . She died March 4, 1678-79 . There is some reason to believe that he had married before at an early age, and buried his wife and child by this marriage in Leyden . He moved from Plymouth to Duxbury about 1630 , and from there was deputy to the general court, Plymouth Colony, in 1639-41-43-44 . From there he removed to New London , about 1649 , and settled in that part later established as Norwich , his farm lying in both towns. He was admitted an inhabitant there, February 25, 1649-50 , and was deputy to the general court of the Colony of Connecticut in 1650-55-56-57-58 . He engaged in the coasting trade, and was master of a small vessel plying from Plymouth along the coast of Virginia . In this way he became acquainted with Pequot harbor , and entered the river to trade with the Indians. He was clerk of the town of Pequot , September, 1649 , and received his first grant of land in that town in the same month, from Uncas, Sachem of the Mohegans, with whom he had established a trading-house. At this latter place, which is still called by his name, Brewster 's Neck, he laid out for himself a large farm. The deed of this land was confirmed by the town, November 30, 1652 , and its bounds determined. In 1637 he was a military commissioner in the Pequot war, in 1642 , a member of the Duxbury committee to raise forces in the Narragansett alarm of that year, and a member of Captain Myles Standish 's Dusbury company in the military enrollment of 1643 . He was prominent in the formation of the settlement of Duxbury and in the establishment of its church; sometimes practiced as an attorney, and was also styled gentleman. He died August 7, 1659 , and was buried in the Brewster cemetery at Brewster 's Neck, Preston . A plain granite shaft about eight feet high was erected in 1855 , to his memory and that of his wife. The original footstone is still in existence and leans against the modern monument. No probate papers relating to his estate have been found, but bills of sale are recorded, dated in 1658 , which conveyed all his property in the town plot, and his house and land at Poquetannuck , with his movable property, to his son Benjamin , and son-in-law, John Picket . His widow was evidently a woman of note and respectability among her fellow-citizens. She had always the prefix of Mrs. or Mistress, and was usually recorded in some useful capacity, as nurse or doctor, as a witness to wills, etc. Children, the first three born in Plymouth , the fourth in Jones River , the others in Duxbury : William , March 9, 1625 ; Mary , April 16, 1627 ; Jonathan , July 17, 1629 ; Ruth , October 3, 1631 ; Benjamin , November 17, 1633 ; Elizabeth , May 1, 1637 ; Grace , November 1, 1639 , married Captain Daniel Wetherell : child, Mary , married George Denison , and Boradel Denison , daughter of George and Mary (Wetherell) Denison , married Captain Jonathan Latimer , April 6, 1721 (see Latimer III); Hannah , November 3, 1641 .

Source:  Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Volume IV

Love Brewster

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Love , son of William Brewster , came in the ship, "Mayflower ," 1620 , with his parents and brother Wrestling . He served in the Pequot war, and
was a member of Myles Standish 's company in the military enrollment of 1643 . He married Sarah Collier , of Duxbury .

Source:  Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Volume I

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Timothy Foster

  ____ - 1666

Timothy Foster was very likely born in Devonshire, England . He married (first) -, who died in England . He married (second), in England , Mrs. Eglin (Hatherly) Hanford . She married (third), in America , Deacon Richard Sealis , who died in Scituate in 1656 . Eglin Hatherly was sister of the venerable Timothy Hatherly who arrived in Plymouth in the "Ann" in 1623 ; his home was destroyed by fire, and he returned to England in 1625 , and returned here again in 1632 in the "Charles" from Barnstable , went to Plymouth and to Scituate in 1633 ; was a large property owner, and was considered the guardian and patron of Scituate ; was assistant in the government for thirteen years, treasurer of the colonies and commissioner of the United Colonies for three years; died in 1666 , issueless. After the death of Timothy Foster , his widow came to America in the ship "Planter" in 1635 with her three children, Eglin Hanford , Lettie Hanford and Rev. Thomas Hanford . Deacon Sealis , her third husband, was a member of Mr. Lathrop's church; he went to Scituate in 1634 , and had a house in 1636 north of Thomas Ensign 's, which he turned over to Eglin Hanford , his wife's daughter; in 1646 he had a house north of Scituate brook , and he was one of the Comhassett parties in 1646 ; his will was dated 1656 , and he bequeaths to wife Eglin , daughter Hannah , wife of John Winchester , and Hester , wife of Samuel Jackson , Winchester , who was of Hingham and succeeded to Sealis residence in Scituate , and had one son Jonathan , born 1647 , who was in King Philip's war and was granted land for his services. Children: Edward , born in England , 1610 , mentioned below; Eglin , married Isaac Robinson Jr., grandson of the venerable John Robinson , the "Mayflower" pastor; Isaac Jr. was drowned at Barnstable .

Source:  Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Volume 1

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Edward , son of Timothy Foster , was born in county Kent, England , 1610 , and came to this country probably in the ship "Ann" with Timothy Hatherly, who was his mother's brother. He settled in Kent street, Scituate , near Scituate brook , in 1633 , and was taxed that year by the colony court. He was a lawyer and practiced in England before coming to America . He was a farmer in this country, where there was virtually no law business. He had sixty acres of land on the North River near Humphrey Turner 's lot near King's Landing. He was a man of high reputation and one of the founders of the church, January 8, 1635 ; was deputy to the general court in 1639-40 . He was constantly active in public affairs, and but for his early death would doubtless have taken a place of historical importance in the colony.  He was assistant in 1637 . His will was dated November 24, 1643 ; he bequeathed to wife Lettie and son Timothy and to an infant unborn. He married at Mr. Cudworth 's house, April 8, 1635 , Lettie Hanford , mentioned above. The famous Captain Myles Standish performed the ceremony, which had to be by a magistrate at that time. The inventory of his estate was taken by Timothy Hatherly and his father-in-law, Deacon Sealis . They with Edward Edenden were trustees under the will. Children, born at Scituate ; Timothy , baptized March 7, 1636 , buried December 5, 1637 ; Timothy , baptized April 22, 1638 , died young; Timothy , born 1640 , mentioned below; Elizabeth , born 1644 , married, 1666 , Ephraim Hewitt , of Hull .

Source:  Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Volume 1

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Sergeant Timothy Foster , son of Edward Foster , was born at Scituate in 1640 . He sold part of his house in Scituate in 1662 to Edward Jenkins and went to live in Dorchester, Massachusetts , but he soon returned to his farm at North River . He sold the west part of his house lot and the house at the harbor to John Allen in 1679 . In 1671 he purchased one-half of the Edward Breck mill with land adjoining of Mrs. Isabel Fisher , widow of Edward Breck , and afterward wife of Anthony Fisher , of Roxbury , and before her marriage to Breck , widow of John Rigby , Sergeant Foster married (first) October 13, 1663 , Mrs. Ruth (Tileston) Denton , of Dorchester , daughter of Thomas Tileston and widow of Richard Denton . Her father was a freeman in 1636 and an enterprising and useful citizen. Ruth died December 5, 1677 . He married (second), March 9, 1680 , Mrs. Relief (Holland) Dowse , who married (first), October 31, 1672 , John Dowse and had four children. Her third husband was Henry Leadbetter , 364 born October 16, 1664 . She died July 7, 1743 . He died December 16, 1688 . Children of Sergeant Timothy Foster ; by first wife: Ruth , born at Scituate , September 4, 1664 ; Elizabeth , October 8, 1667 ; Naomi , February 11, 1668 , married John Davenport ; Hatherly , September 22, 1671 ; Rebecca , September 12, 1675 , married R. Mountefort . Children of second wife: Timothy , mentioned below; Edward , January 22, 1682 ; Thomas , November 3, 1686 ; Elizabeth , October 13, 1688 ; Prudence , December 3, 1694 .

Source:  Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Volume 1

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John Carey , immigrant ancestor, came from Somersetshire , near the city of Bristol, England , about 1634 , and joined the Plymouth colony. The exact date of his arrival is unknown. From a manuscript over a hundred years old, written by a grandson of John , it is believed that differences with his brothers over the settlement of his father's estate led to his departure for the new world. His name is found among the original proprietors and first settlers of Duxbury and Bridgewater. It occurs in the original grant, as well as in the subsequent deed made by Ousamequin , the sachem or chief of the Pockonocket Indians, 1639 . This deed was made to Miles Standish , Samuel Nash and Constant Southworth , as trustees in behalf of William Bradford , John Carey and fifty-two others therein named. Ousamequin was afterwards called Massasoit . The deed embraced fourteen miles square and was designated as "Satucket," afterwards called West Bridgewater. John Carey drew as his share a lot a mile wide, a portion of which is still occupied by his descendants. In 1656 "Duxbury New Plantation" was incorporated into a new and distinct town and called Bridgewater. John Carey was elected constable, the first and only officer elected in the town that year. He was also elected the first town clerk and held the office each consecutive year until 1681 . In 1656 he was one of the ten freemen in the town. In the same year he was appointed on a jury "to lay out the ways requisite in the town." In 1667 Deacon Willis and John Carey were chosen "to take in all the charges of the latter war (King Philip 's) since June last and the expenses of the scouts before and since June." John Carey was prominent among his fellow citizens and participated actively in public affairs. He was intelligent, well educated and public spirited. There is a tradition that he taught the first Latin class in the colony. He married Elizabeth , daughter  of Francis Godfrey , one of the first settlers of Bridgewater, in 1644 . He died 1681 . Children: John , born 1645 ; Francis , 1647 ; Elizabeth , 1649 ; James , 1652 ; Mary , 1654 ; Jonathan , 1656 ; David , 1658 ; Hannah , 1661 ; Joseph , 1663 , mentioned below; Rebecca , 1665 ; Sarah , August 2, 1667 ; Mehitable , February 24, 1670 .

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Rev. Nehemiah Smith , immigrant, was born in England about 1605 and settled at Plymouth in New England before March 6, 1637-38 , when he and others applied to be made freemen of the colony. He married, January 21, 1639-40 , Anne Bourne , of Marshfield , daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Bourne . Her sister Martha married John Bradford , son of Governor William Bradford . Nehemiah Smith lived for a time at Marshfield and is believed to have been the first religious teacher there. He was appointed May 5, 1640 , on a committee of five to view all the meadows of Green Harbor (Marshfield) which were not granted and report their measurements to the general court. From Marshfield Smith sailed to Stratford, Connecticut , as early as 1644 . He belonged to the church and some of his children were baptized there. The records show that he raised sheep extensively and was called "Shepherd" Smith . He owned land in the New Haven jurisdiction. He removed to Long Island about 1652 , but returned in a year or two, and located at New London, Connecticut , where he was granted land in 1652 . He appears to have been a weaver by trade and doubtless spun the wool from his own sheep and made  it into cloth. About 1655 he settled on a farm at Smith Lake, Poquonock . Smith was one of the original proprietors of Norwich, Connecticut , and had the largest tract of land. His house stood about fifty-seven feet north of the oldest burying ground. He had grants in 1661 and afterward. He conveyed some land to his nephew, Edward Smith , November 18, 1668 , and he and wife Ann conveyed their homestead to their son-in-law, June 12, 1684 , in consideration of maintenance for the remainder of their lives. He died about 1686 . He left a will, but the records including the will have been destroyed. The records sometimes refer to him as "Mr." in recognition of the fact that in early life he was a preacher. Children: 1. Sarah , baptized in the First Church, New Haven , December 14, 1645 , when about three years old. 2. Mary , baptized December 14, 1645 , at New Haven . 3. Hannah , baptized with Sarah and Mary . 4. Mercy , baptized February 22, 1645-46 . 5. Elizabeth . 6. Nehemiah , mentioned below. 7. Lydia , born 1647 . 8. Ann (perhaps same as Sarah , for the mother was called Sarah in the church records). 9. Mehitable .

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John Richards , immigrant ancestor, was of Eele river , Plymouth colony, as early as July 12, 1637 , when the general court placed him under bonds and probably indentured him for one year for some slight breach of the peace; and he "acknowledged himself indebted to the king" with Thomas Little as his surety to appear before the next general court and especially to keep the peace toward Mark Mendall . At the next session of the court he seems to have given satisfaction and was made rectus in curia and November 5, 1638 , he received from the court twenty-five acres at Mannamet Pond due to him by indenture. He is supposed to have married late in life Lydia Beman . In 1644 he was a merchant and was dignified by the title of Mr., which was reserved for those of noble birth or special education. In 1652 he was perhaps absent as "Mrs." Richards , as the records call her, a prefix very rare at that time, and indicating the highest social standing, if not quality of birth, is reported in Plymouth as claiming a "stray steere." John Richards was doubtless the brother of William and nephew of Thomas Richards . Sr. His cousins became the wives of Thomas Hinckley , afterwards governor, and of William Bradford , son of the governor, and himself afterward deputy governor. About 1658 he removed to New London with Thomas Crocker and Thomas Leonard and he died there in 1687 . In 1660 he purchased two house lots on what is now State street and built his house at the corner of Huntington street, which, according to Miss Caulkins in her history of New London , remained the seat of the family for more than a century. In 1671 he was probably received into the church at New London and had seven children baptized. The order of birth of his children is not known. Children: John , baptized March 26, 1671 ; Israel ; Mary , born 1669 ; Penelope , baptized with John and Israel ; Lydia , baptized with the others; Elizabeth ; Hannah, baptized with Elizabeth and the others; David , born 1673 .

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Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Volume II

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Source: "History of Plymouth, Norfolk and Barnstable Counties Massachusetts; Volume I" by Elroy S. Thompson. Pub. 1928. Page 7