Ahnentafel #540 - William Bradford

Here lies the body of ye honorable Major William Bradford,

who expired Feb. ye 20th 1703-4, aged 79 years.

He lived long but still was doing good

And in his countrys service lost much blood;

After a life well spent, he's now at rest,

His very name and memory is blest

William Bradford

Born: June 17, 1624, Plymouth Plantation, Massachusetts
Died: Feb. 20, 1703/04 Kingston, MA

Buried: Burial Hill, Plymouth, MA

Married:

1. Alice Richards by 1650 in Plymouth Plantation
2. Sarah (--?--) Griswold after March 7, 1676
3. Mary (Wood) Holmes, ca. 1673

Religion: Separatist, Pilgrim of Plymouth Colony

Occupation: civil servant, soldier

• 1656/57 deputy from Plymouth
• 1657 representative to Massachusetts Bay Colony government
• 1658 assistant to Massachusetts Bay Colony
• 1679 to 1685 served as Treasurer 
• 1682 to 1684 Commissioner of the United Colonies
• 1682 to 1686 Deputy Governor of Plymouth Colony
• 1689 to 1691 Deputy Governor of Massachusetts Province [merged Plymouth Colony & Massachusetts Bay Colony]
• 1689 to 1691 served as Treasurer
• 1692 Councillor of Province of Massachusetts Bay in Charter 
• 1692-1698 Councillor 
• 1695-1702 or longer he was Judge of Probate

Military Service:

• 1648, March 7 commissioned as ensign in Plymouth militia, 3rd in command
• 1657-1658 served on Council of War
• 1659, Oct. captain of cavalry company
• 1667 served on Council of War
• 1673 appointed Major-Commandant of entire Plymouth Colony militia and held this rank at the time of the Great Swamp Fight
• 1675, Dec. 19 participated in the Great Swamp Fight, South Kingstown, Rhode Island where he was wounded in the eye and hit by a musket ball which was never removed.  He was 51 and commander of the Plymouth Regiment.

Biography from Governor William Bradford & His Son, Major William Bradford:

Major William lived at Jones' River, now Kingston, in the same place and in the same house where his father, the Governor, lived 1627-1647, on the lot before referred to as having passed recently into the possession of the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants.

Here he reared his large family of 15 children, from whom thousands, bearing countless family names have descended during the two centuries that have elapsed since the younger sons were born.  

In 1656-7 William Bradford Jr. was deputy from Plymouth; in 1658 he became assistant in which office he served for twenty four successive years and for the remaining ten years of the Colony's existence filled the new office of Deputy Governor save three years of Andros' tyranny, though even then he was in nominal Council of New England. For twelve years he was Colonial Commissioner, now by direct election and now by substitution. In 1695-1702 or longer he was Judge of Probate.  His entrance into the board of assistants is not pleasant to contemplate for he was placed there as the representative of that new school of illiberality which was then proscribing Hatherly and Cudworth, Skiff and Robinson for their opposition to the proceedings against the Quakers.  Bradford was a high minded gentleman by nature, but unlike his sire he was less a man of genius than a follower of precedent and usage. 

He was next to Miles Standish a chief military man of the Colony. In Philip's War he was commander-in-chief of the Plymouth forces, had charge of the troops at Taunton and often exposed himself to all of the perils of war. At the Narraganset Fort Fight he received a musket ball in the flesh which he carried the remainder of his life.  In that desperate mid winter encounter where both parties fought for their very existence nearly a thousand Indians fell a sacrifice and about one hundred and fifty of the English were killed or wounded.

In the year 1662, when Alexander (Wamsutta,) the successor of Massasoit was suspected of designs against the English, Major Bradford was with Major Winslow when the chieftain was surprised and taken prisoner. He was released by the magistrates to go home but was taken sick and tarried for a while at  Major Bradford's house from whence he was carried on the shoulders of his men and died a few days later. 

In 1679 the office of moderator having been established by the town itself, William Bradford was requested by a vote of the town to preside at all the meetings, which was confirmed and renewed with no further reference to the office until 1717 when another person was chosen. 

Bradford was first made Captain and in the war with the Indians he held the rank of Major. He was assistant Treasurer and in 1691, he was one of the Council of Massachusetts. He had of course received from his father a good education. He was not only very careful as to the preservation of his father's Latin books but bequeathed all of his Latin books to his son Samuel to be given to his son who should be "brought up to learning."  He lived at the Jones' River parish and died March 1, 1704 (NS) aged eighty.

He had requested to be laid beside his father, but for a wonder the Plymouth road was impassable from snow. The funeral procession therefore followed the shore of the harbor for two and a half miles so that the dead veteran entered the village close by the Rock on which his father originally landed.

Jones' River where Bradford died takes its name from Capt. Jones of the Mayflower who was one of the exploring party that went three English miles up said river on December 29, 1620. About 1855 Francis Drew made excavations in the old cellar of the Bradford house and found numerous bricks and a few household articles. One of the said bricks is now in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth. 

There is now deposited in Pilgrim Hall a pewter tankard and plate which has come down from the days of Major William  through Nathan, the youngest son of David. They bear the crown mark of William III., of England and the Major was living through the whole reign of that sovereign.

Records:

1627 - Plymouth Plantation - In the 1627 Plymouth cattle division "the Governor Mr. William Bradford and his wife Alles Bradford," William Bradford Junior and Mercy Bradford were the first four person in the eleventh company.

1703 - June 29 - William wrote his will:

The Last Will & Testament of William Bradford living in the Township of Plimouth in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England I the sd William Bradford being exorcised with many bodily Infirmatives - which gives me cause to think the time of my dissolution to be near being of a disposing mind & memory do make, ordaine & constitute this my last will & Testament as followeth.

Imp. I commit my soul to God my creator & my body to the dust of the Earth to be decently buried in hopes of a glorious resurrection through the meritts of my dear Redeemer the Lord Jesus Christ As to what outward Estate it hath pleased God to bless me with I dispose of the same as followeth my debts being all first faithfully fully & truly satisfied and paid.

Imp. my will is that my Loving wife Mary Bradford have her thirds in my Lands & meadows where I now dwell in the Township of Plimouth as also in all my lands or meadow which I have elsewhere not by me heretofore disposed of during her naturall life & that she have with David Bradford my son the house in which I live with the barn & orchard by it during her naturall life & after her decease that my sd son David Bradford shall have my sd house, barn & orchard to him & his heirs forever saving that my will is that my sons Ephraim Bradford &  Hezekiah Bradford shall have so much Interest in my sd house as to have liberty to dwell therein till they can provide for themselves otherwise.

Further my Will is that my wife before mentioned shall have a third part of all my goods & chattells for her own forever together with a bed & sutable furniture to it.

Item to my eldest son John Bradford I have made over tracts of lands and meadows as P[er?] deed under my hand & seal appeareth whereon he now liveth further I give & bequeath to him my fathers manuscript viz: a Narrative of the beginning of New Plimoth Parsons - upon the Revelations and Barriff's Military discipline

Item To my Grandson William Bradford the son of my son William Bradford, deceased I have given tracts of Land & meadow as Appear under my hand & seal further I give to him when he shall come of age one of Mr. Perkins his works

Item To my son Thomas Bradford I have given a portion in Lands in Norwich (which now the Lands of my brother John Bradford) as P[er] deed under my hand & seal may Appear

Item to my son Samuel Bradford I have given tracts of Land under my - hand & seal as may appear.

Item to my son Joseph Bradford a portion of Lands near Norwich aforesaid (which was his Mothers & part I Purchased) as may appear under hand & seal also I give to him the history of the Netherlands & a Rapior

Item I give & bequeath unto my four sons John Bradford, Thomas Bradford, Samuel Bradford & Joseph Bradford all that my Pattant Right which I have to the head of Cape Cod.

Item I give & bequeath to my son Samuel Bradford my right of Commonage or Common Right which I have in the Township of Duxborough.

Item It is my Will that my sons Israel Bradford, Ephraim Bradford, David Bradford & Hezekiah Bradford shall have all that my farm or tenement whereon I now dwell together with all the fences, orchards, trees and fruit trees (Except what is above Excepted) standing or growing thereon --- all other Lands meadows swamps or right of lands that I now have within the Township of Plimouth lying on the Northerly side of the brooks commonly called Stony brook with all & singular priviledges thereof which sd lands meadows farms or tenement above sd I do by these presents give bequeath & devise to my sd four sons (that is to say Each of them on Equal part or proportion) to them & their heirs for ever not to be sold given or made away either the whole or any part thereof Except to each other or some bearing the name of Bradford decended from me this I give & bequeath to them hoping they will show themselves very careful & dutiful & Respectful to my Loving wife their mother during her life.

Item It is my will that whereas my son Israel Bradford hath been at charge in building an house upon part of the aforesd farm or tenement that he the sd Israel shall have & enjoy the sd house for his own together with an acre of land thereunto Adjoining to him & his heirs forever

Item I will & bequeath to my sd son Israel Bradford my bolt & Rapior.

Item I give to my son Ephraim Bradford one of my musquotts [musket] & a table with drawers. 

Item Give to my son David Bradford my silver Bowl after his mothers decease not to be Alienated from the family of the Bradfords.

Item I give to my son Hezekiah Bradford my gold ring & silver spoons

Item I give to my grandson John Bradford Dr Widots (?) works on Genesis & Exodus

Item I Give to my grandson William Bradford the son of John Bradford my silver wine cup when he comes of age.

Item I give to my daughters Mercy Steel, Hannah Ripley, Meletiah Steel, Mary Hunt to each of them beside what portion I have already given ten shillings a peice to be paid within a year next after my decease

Item I give & bequeath to my daughter Fitch a wrought Coshion [cushion?] that was her Mothers

Item I give unto my daughter Sarah Baker two of my biggest pewter platters & also a China bason Also a Cow to be delivered to her within a year after my decease

Item I give unto my son Samuel Bradford all my Latin bookes to encourage him in bringing up one of his sons to Learning which said bookes it is my will that they shall --- be given to his sd son whom he shall so bring up.

Item I give to Every one of Daughters a good book which they may chose out of my Library

Item I give to Hannah the wife of my son Samuel Bradford Mr. Borroughs upon the Eleventh of Mathew

Item It is my will that the rest of my bookes be safely kept by my Executor & In case my son Samuel shall bring up one of his sons to Learning to be by sd Executor delivered to him when he comes of age.

I do Constitute & Appoint my Loving sons John Bradford, Samuel Bradford & Israel Bradford as Executors of this my last Will & Testament to pay such debts as I owe to Receive my dues and to see my body decently buried to defray the charge thereof And to see my will (as near as they can) in all the particulars of it performed thus hopeing that they will faithfully perform such a trust committed unto them I do Revoke & make void any former will by me at any time heretofore made

I the said William Bradford have hereunto set my hand & seal this - twenty ninth day of June one thousand seven hundred & three - 1703 

William Bradford {Seal}

Signed sealed & Declared to be his Last Will and Testament In presents of us John Rogers, Thomas Loring, Ephraim Little Jr. 

1703/04 - February 28 - The executors submitted the estate inventory:

Plimouth february 28, 1703[/04] The Inventory of the Estate of Major William Bradford Deceased taken & apprised by us the subscribers

• To wearing apparrill to cash to a Ring to arms 06=00=00
• To Cattell 18=14=00
• To Chares & Cushings [chairs & cushions?] 00=13=00
• To a Chest & Cubbort [cupboard] & trunk 00=09=00
• to mantol 00=08=00
• to a carpitt 00=03=00
• to Plate 07=10=00
• to pewtor 01=12=00
• To Earthen ware 00=02=06
• that Iron ware 01=04=00
• to table Linnon 02=00=00
• to a boll [bowl] 00=03=06
• to a spining wheel 00=05=00
• to a desk & two trunks 00=08=00
• to other old Lumber 00=09=00
• to bookes 15=03=00
• to beds & furniture 14=08=00
• to brass & bollmottle (ball metal?) 01=08=00
• [total] 70=00=00

Thomas Loring, Elisha Wadworth

1703/04 - March 10 - Inventory presented to Probate Court

Memorandum that on the 10th day of March 1703[/04] before Nath'll Thomas, Esq. Judge of the Probate & Major John Bradford & Samuel Bradford Executor to the last will & testament of their father Major William Bradford Deceased made oath that the above written is a true Inventory of the Estate of the sd deceased so far as they know & when they know of more that they will discover the same

Nathaniel Thomas, Register

1703/04 - March 10 - William's will was probated. 

Memorand: That on the 10th day of March Anno Dom. 1703 the above named Ephraim Little & Thomas Loring two of the witnesses to this Instrument made oath that they were present with Major Wm. Bradford late deceased & saw him sign & seal & heard him declare this Instrument to be his last will & Testament & that he was then of a disposing mind & memory to the best of their Judgments And on the 29th day of the same month of March the above named John Rogers the other witness above named made oath to the same before me

Nathaniel Thomas, Judge of Probate

Pli --(?) Nathaniel Thomas Esq. Appointed & Commissioned Judge of the Probate of Wills & Granting letters of administration etc. to all unto whom those presents shall come Greeting Know that on the twenty ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & four Before me at Plimouth in the County of Plimouth the Will of Major William Bradford late of Plimouth aforesd deceased to these presents annexed was proved approved & allowed who having whilst he lived & at the time of his death Goods Chattels Rights or Creditts in the County aforesd, And the Probate of the sd will & power of Comitting administration of all & singular the goods chattels Rights & Creditts of the sd deceased & also His having examined & allowing the accompts of the same by virtue thereof Appertaining unto me The administration of all the goods Chattels Rights & Creditts of the sd deceased & his will in any manner concerning is hereby committed unto John Bradford, Samuel Bradford & Israel Bradford sons of the sd Deceased Joynt Execution in the same will named will & faithfully to execute the sd will and to administer this Estate of the sd deceased according thereunto & to make a true & perfect Inventory of all & singular the goods Chattels, Rights & Creditts of the said deceased & to Exhibit the same into the Registry of the Court of Probate for the County aforesd at or before the twenty third day of June next Ensuing & also to render a plain & true account of their sd administration upon oath.  In assigning whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the said Court of Probate, Dated at Plimouth aforesd the day & year first above written. 

Nathanel Thomas Register, Nathaniel Thomas

Children by Alice Richards:

Major. John b. 1653, d. 1736 md. Mercy Warren 1674

• John b. 1675, d. 1724, md. Rebecca Bartlett, 1701, children: Robert & Rebecca
• Alice b. 1677, d. 1746, md. 1) Edward Mitchell 1708, 2) Joshua Hersey 1718, children: Mary Mitchell, Alice Mitchell, Edward Mitchell, Sarah Hersey, Alice Hersey
• Abigail b. 1679, d. ? md. Gideon Sampson, no known children
• Mercy b. 1681, d. 1738, md. 1) Jonathan Freeman, 1708, 2) Isaac Cushman, Jr. 1717, children: Jonathan Freeman, Mercy Freeman, Bradford Freeman, Ichabod Freeman, Fear Cushman, Priscilla Cushman, Isaac Cushman, Abigail Cushman
• Lt. Samuel b. 1683, d. 1740, md. Sarah Gray 1714, children: John, Gideon, William, Mary, Sarah, William (2nd), Mercy, Abigail, Phebe, Unnamed Child, Samuel
• Priscilla b. 1686, d. ? md. Seth Chipman 1721, children: Unnamed child, Seth, Mercy, Benjamin
• William b. 1688, d. 1728, md. Hannah Foster, 1714, children: James, Zadock, Samuel, Eliphalet, Hannah, William, Spaulding

Major William b. 1654/55, d. 1687 md. Rebecca Bartlett 1679

• Alice b. 1680, d. 1775, md. William Barnes ca. 1670, children: William, Lemuel, Mercy, Benjamin, Benjamin (2nd)
• William b. before 1686, d. 1729 md. Elizabeth Finney 1712, children: Elizabeth, Charles, Sarah, Josiah, Jerusha, William, Mercy, Elizabeth (2nd)
• Sarah b. ca. 1686, d. ca. 1718, md. Jonathan Barnes, children: Sarah, Rebecca, Lydia, Hannah

Lt. Thomas b. 1657, d. 1708 md. Anna Raymond ca. 1681

• Joshua b. 1682, d. ?, md. 1) Mary Brooks 1711/12, 2) Katherine (--?--), children: Sylvannus, Hannah
• James b. 1689, d. 1762, md. 1) Edith Adams, ca. 1711, 2) Susanna Adams 1724, children: Thomas, John, Jerusha, William, Sarah, Anna, Mary, James
• Jerusha b. 1693, d. 1739, md. Hezekiah Newcomb 1716, children: Silas, Peter, Anne, Hezekiah, Thomas, Jerusha, Elizabeth, Samuel, Jemina, James
• William bapt. 1695, d. young
• Susanna d. young

Alice b. 1659, d. 1745 md. 1) Rev. William Adams 1680, 2) Major James Fitch 1687

• Elizabeth Adams b. 1681, d. 1766, md. 1) Rev. Samuel Whiting 1696, 2) Rev. Samuel Niles 1737, children: Ann, Samuel, Elizabeth, William, Joseph, John, Sybil, Martha, Anne (2nd), Mary, Eliphalet, Elisha, Samuel, Nathan
• Alice Adams b. 1682, d. 1735 md. Rev. Nathaniel Collins 1700/01, children: Mary, Ann, John, Alice, Nathaniel, William, Edward, Alice
• William Adams b. 1683, d. 1699, age 16
• Abiel Adams b. 1685, d. 1758, md. 1) Rev. Joseph Metcalf 1707, 2) Rev. Isaac Chauncey, nd, children: Abigail Metcalf, Abijah Metcalf, Abiel Metcalf, Hannah Metcalf, Alice Metcalf, Mary Metcalf, Elizabeth Metcalf, Delight Metcalf, Sarah Metcalf, Azuba Metcalf, Sybil Metcalf
• Abigail Fitch b. 1687/88, d. 1750 md. Col. John Dyer, 1713, children: Sibil / Cibil, Sybil (2nd), Elijah, Abigail, James, John, Joseph, Sarah, Ebenezer
• Ebenezer Fitch b. 1689 d. 1724 md. Bridget Brown 1712, children: Alice, James, David, Elijah, Eleazer, Medina, Ebenezer
• Daniel Fitch b. 1693, d. 1752, md. Anna Cooke 1718/19, md. William, James, Ebenezer, John, Daniel, Theophilus, Daniel
• John Fitch b. 1695, d. ? 
• Bridget Fitch b. 1697, d. ? 
• Jerusha Fitch b. 1699, d. 1780 md. Daniel Bissell, 1718, children: Daniel, Jabez, Jerusha, Margaret, Daniel (2nd), Ebenezer
• William Fitch b. 1701, d. ?
• Col. Jabez Fitch b. 1703, d. 1784, md. 1) Lydia Gale 1722, md. 2) Elizabeth Darbe 1754, md. 3) Rebecca, children: Jerusha, Alice, Perez, Jabez, Lydia, Lucy, Ashbel, Abigail 
• Lucy Fitch, b. ?, d. ? md. Lt. Henry Cleveland 1719, children included; William, Nehemiah, Lucy, Jabez, Jabez (2nd)
• Alice Fitch b. ?, d. ? 

Mercy bapt. 1660, d. before 1720, md. Samuel Steel 1652

• Lt. Thomas b. 1681, d. 1757, md. Susannah Webster 1709, children: Jerusha, Samuel, William, Susannah, Thomas, James, Nathaniel, John
• Samuel b. 1684, d. 1709/10 age 26, never married
• Jerusha b. 1684, d. ? md. (--?--) Smith, no known children
• William b. 1687, d. 1713 age 26, never married
• Abiel b. 1693, d. after 1769 md. 1) Capt. John Webster 1712, 2) Stephen Hopkins 1756, children: Elisha Webster, Jerusha Webster, Aaron Webster, Abiel Webster, Mary Webster, Sarah Webster, Ann Webster, Susan(nah) Webster, John Webster, Abigail Webster, Osee Webster, Robert Webster
• Daniel b. 1697, d. 1788 md. Mary Hopkins 1725, children: Daniel, Mary, Wealthia, Submit, Timothy, Roswell, Thomas, Lemuel
• Eliphalet b. 1700, d. 1773, md. Catherine Marshfield 1722, children: Eliphalet, Josiah, Catherine, Marcy, Theophilus, Eliphalet (2nd), Elijah, Rachel Ruth, Eliphalet (3rd), Jerusha

Hannah b. 1662, d. 1738 md. Joshua Ripley 1682

• Alice b. 1682/83, d. 1730, md. Samuel Edgerton 1703, children: Samuel, Peter, Joshua, William, John, Mary, Elijah, David, Alice, Daniel
• Hannah b. 1684/85, d. 1751, md. Samuel Webb 1711, children: Ebenezer, Hannah, Ebenezer, Joshua
• Faith b. 1686, d. 1720/21 md. Deacon Captain Samuel Bingham 1708/09, children: Jerusha, Abisha, Lemuel, Anne, Marcie
• Joshua b. 1688, d. 1773, md. Mary Backus 1712, children: Mary, Phineas, Hannah, Nathaniel, Elizabeth, Joshua, Ebenezer, William, John
• Margaret b. 1690, d. 1774, md. Benjamin Seabury, children: Abigail, Elisha, Sarah
• Rachel (twin) b. 1693, d. 1782, md. Sgt. Winslow Tracy 1714, children: Joshua, Perez, Josiah, Eliphalet, Nehemiah, Samuel, Solomon
• Leah (twin) b. 1693, d. 1779, md. 1) Samuel Cook 1716, 2) James Bradford after 1741, children: Phineas Cook, Rebecca Cook, Jerusha Cook, Mary Cook, Wealthean Cook, Mary Cook (2nd), Daniel, Samuel, Phineas Cook (2nd) 
• Hezekiah b. 1695, d. 1779, md. 1) Miriam Fitch 1740, 2) Mary Skinner 1746, child: Hezekiah
• David b. 1697, d. 1781, md. Lydia Cary 1720, children: Faith, Lydia, Ann, Irene, David, William, Gamaliel, Alethea, Gamaliel (2nd), Hezekiah, Bradford, Hannah
• Irene b. 1700, d. 1726/27 md. Samuel Manning 1719, children: Josiah, Hezekiah, Abigail, Sarah, Samuel, David
• Jerusha (twin) b. 1704, d. 1792, md. Edward Brown 1724, child: Hubbard
• Anna (twin) b. 1704, d. 1746/47, md. Dr. Solomon Wheat(e), children: Sarah, Solomon, Mary, Annah, Jemima, Hannah

Meletiah b. 1664 md. 1) John Steele 1693 and 2) Ensign Samuel Stevens 

• John Steele b. 1693, d. 1712 age 19, never married
• Bethia Steele b. 1694, d. 1746 md. Samuel Shepherd 1709, children: John, James, Bethia, Hannah, Sarah, Samuel, Stephen, William, Amos
• Ebenezer Steele b. 1695, d. 1746 md. Susannah Merrill 1718, children: John, Susannah, Mary, Daniel, Huldah, Meletiah, Bradford, Elisha
• Elizabeth Stevens b. 1703, d. 1744, md. Col. John Hubbard 1724, children: Leverett, John, Daniel, Elizabeth, William, William (2nd), Nathaniel, Amelia

Lt. Samuel b. 1668, d. 1714 md. Hannah Rogers 1689

• Hannah b. 1689, d. 1772 md. Nathaniel Gilbert 1709 children: Nathaniel, Welthea, Samuel, Hannah, Thomas, Mary
• Capt. Gershom b. 1691, d. 1757, md. Priscilla Wiswall 1716, children: Priscilla, Noah, Daniel, Rachel, Hopestill, Alexander, Solomon, Jeremiah, Job, Eliphalet
• Perez / Persis b. 1694, d. 1746 md. Abigail Belcher, children: Perez, Joel, George, Joseph, Abigail, Mary, John, Elizabeth, Hannah
• Elizabeth b. 1696, d. 1777, md. Lt. Charles Whiting, 1716/17, children: Mary, John, Sybil, Elizabeth, Charles, Gamaliel, William, Bernice, Ebenezer, Dorothy
• Jerusha b. 1699, d. 1783 md. Rev. Ebenezer Gay 1719, children: Samuel, Abigail, Calvin, Abigail (2nd), Martin, Abigail (3rd), Celcia, Jotham, Jerusha, Ebenezer, Persis, Joanna
• Wealthy b. 1702, d. 1758 md. Peter Lane, children: Hannah, Irene, Lucy, George, Lucy (2nd), Elizabeth, unnamed child, Sibil, Sarah
• Gamaliel b. 1704, d. 1778 md. Abigail Bartlett, children: Abigail, Samuel, Gamaliel, Seth, Pabody, Deborah, Hannah, Ruth, Andrew, Peter

Mary b. 1668, d. 1720 md. William Hunt

• Mary b. 1787, d. 1716, md. Nathaniel Knowles 1706, children: Rebecca, Mary, Malatiah
• William b. 1693, d. 1769, md. 1) Jane Tilton 1718, 2) Sarah Gray 1741, children: Abia, Mary, Jane, Hannah, Sarah, Samuel

Sarah b. 1671, d. after 1705 md. Kenelm Baker 1687

• Sarah b. 1688, d. ? md. John Sherman 1711/12, children: Sarah, June, Alice, John, Abigail, Bethia, William, Kezia, Samuel 
• Alice b. 1690, d. 1715, md. Nathan Thomas 1713, no children
• Eleanor b. 1692, d. 1726 md. Maj. Benjamin Phillips 1716/17, children: Jeremiah, Benjamin, John
• Abigail b. 1693, d. 1753 md. Gideon Thomas 1719, children: Abigail, Mercy, Anna, Sarah, Elizabeth, Eleanor
• Kenelm b. 1695, d. 1777, md. Patience Doty 1718/19, children: John, Alice, Sarah, Kenelm, Elizabeth, William, Lucy
• Bethia b. 1699, d. ? md. (--?--) Scollay, no known children
• Kezia b. 1700, d. ? md. (--?--) Clapp, no known children
• Samuel b. 1702/03, d. 1795, md. Hannah Ford 1726, children: Eleanor, Hannah, Bethia, Samuel, James, Thomas, Charles, Elijah, Abigail
• William (twin) b. 1705, d. ?, md. Sarah Perkins, no known children
• Edward (twin) b. 1705, d. ? md. (--?--), child: Anna

Child by Sarah (--?--)

Joseph

Children by Mary (Wood) Holmes:

Israel b. 1678, d. 1760 md. Sarah Bartlett 1701

• Ruth b. 1702, d. 1703
• Bathsheba b. 1703, d. 1773, md. Ensign Thomas Adams 1731, children: Sarah, Joshua, Thomas, Nathaniel, Mary, Deborah
• Benjamin b. 1705, d. 1783, md. 1) Zeriah Stetson 1731, 2) Mary / Mercy Chipman 1763, children: Thomas, Mikel, Perez, Lydia, Benjamin, Marcy, Lemuel, Lydia (2nd)
• Abner b. 1707, d. 1783, md. Susannah Porter 1733, children: Elijah, Levi, Zenas, Mary, Abigail, Israel, Lyda, Hannah, Elisha, Lucy, Peggy, Abner, Levi (2nd)
• Joshua b. 1710, d. 1756-1758, md. Hannah Bradford 1736, both scalped and killed by Indians, and two children taken captive. Children; Cornelius, Sarah, Rachel, Mary, Meletiah, Joshua, Hannah, Joseph, Benjamin, Elisha, Winslow (?)
• Ichabod b. 1713, d. 1791 md. 1) Mary Johnson 1743 & 2) Mary (Cook?) 1763, children: Ichabod, Elizabeth, Rhoda, Lemuel, Anne, Israel
• Elisha b. 1718, d. 1801, md. Mary Sturtevant 1761, no known children

Ephraim b. 1685, d. 1746 md. Elizabeth Brewster 1709/10

• Deborah b. 1712, d. 1732, age 20
• Unnamed son b. 1714, d. 1714, six months old
• Anna b. 1715, d. ?, md. Ebenezer Chandler 1737, children: Lydia, Zilpah, Simeon, Anna, Nathaniel, Sceva / Seva, Judah
• Unnamed daughter b. 1716, d. 1716, about 3 months old
• Elizabeth b. 1717, d. ?, md. Azariah Whiting 1753, children: John, Ephraim, Patience, Elizabeth, Patience (2nd), John (2nd)
• Ephraim b. 1719, d. before 1741, no children
• Abigail b. 1720, d. ? md. Peleg Holmes 1740, children: Abigail, Deborah, Abigail (2nd), Abigail (3rd), Peleg, Elizabeth, Lydia, Nathaniel, Mary, Sarah
• Susanna b. 1721, d. 1805, md. Seth Everson 1752, children: Hannah, James, Oliver, Lydia, Seth, Bradford
• Elijah b. 1722/23, d. young
• Ruth b. 1725, d. 1767, md. Nathan CHandler 1749, children: Ephraim, Lucy, Sarah / Selah, Hannah, Unnamed daughter, Ruth, Sarah (2nd), Deborah
• Ezekiel b. 1728, d. 1816, md. Betsy / Betty Chandler, 1750, children: Ephraim, Deborah, William, Rebecca, Jesse, Ezekiel, Chandler, Martin, Philip, Betsey
• Simeon b. 1729, d. 1793, md. Phebe Whiton / Whiting 1755, children: Asa, Simeon, Lucy, Joel, Hosea, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Abigail, Ephraim, Cynthia, Deborah, Ruth 
• Wait b. 1730, d. 1801, md. Welthea Bassett 1765, children: Sarah, Simeon, Deborah, Ephraim
• Deborah b. 1732, d. 1752, 20 years old

David b. 1690, d. 1729/30 md. Elizabeth Finney/Phinney 1714

• Nathaniel b. 1715, d. 1751 md. Sarah Spooner 1746, children: Nathaniel, Lemuel
• Jonathan b. 1717, d. before 1742, no children
• Lydia b. 1719, d. 1756, md. 1) Elkanah Cushman 1740, 2) Dr. Lazarus Le Baron 1743, 3) (--?--), children: Elkanah Cushman, Isaac Le Baron, Elizabeth Le Baron, Frances Le Baron, William Le Baron, Priscilla Le Baron, Margaret Le Baron
• Nathan b. 1722 d. 1787, md. 1) Elizabeth Groce 1730, 2) Sarah Sturtevant 1776, children: Lydia, Jonathan, Elizabeth, Thomas, David
• Lemuel b. 1726/27, d. before 1742

Hezekiah b. 1692 md. Mary Chandler

• Mary never married