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iii. Charles Weston, Sept. 7, 1864, d. 19 Feb. 1886. 

 iv. Abbie Foster, Feb. 11, 1866. 

 v. Harold Garver, Aug. 1, 1876. 



INGS. 



Samuel, m. in Hing. Feb. 21, 1672-73, Mary, dau. of Nathaniel and 

 Martha Beal. She survived him and m. secondly, Joshua Lee of Bos- 

 ton. Samuel removed to Boston, ab. 1680, and d. before 1690. 



Ch., — 



i. Samuel, b. in Hing. Nov. 28, 1673, i. soon, 

 ii. Samuel, b. in Hing. Aug. 13, 1678. 

 iii. Nathaniel, b. at Boston, July 27, 1684. 



IBROOK. 



Richard, whose name appears among the settlers of Hing. in 1635, 

 had the same yr. a grant of land containing four acres on Broad Cove 

 (Lincoln) St., which adjoined the lots granted to John Palmer, Wil- 

 liam Cockerum, or Cockram, and Rev. Peter Hobart. Of his fam. 

 and personal history I kn. but little. His ch. in Hingham were — 



i. Rebecca, b. in Eng. 1621. m. Rev. Peter Hobart, wid r , and d. 9 Sept. 



1693, set. 72 yrs. 

 ii. Ellen, b. in Eng. m. March, 1638, Capt. Joshua Hobart of Hing. 

 iii. Margaret, b. in Eng. m. at (Jharlestown, Mass., Feb. 13, 1638-39, John 

 Tower of Hing. 



JACOB. 



Nicholas, the ancestor of all the families bearing this surname in 

 Hing. and vie, was one of the very few early planters who came to 

 " Bare Cove " prior to the arrival of Rev. Peter Hobart and his com- 

 pany in 1635. According to Cushing's MS., " Nicholas Jacob with his 

 wife and two children and their cosen Thomas Lincoln, weaver, came 

 from Old Hingham and settled in this Hingham, 1633." In Sept. 1635, 

 he had a grant of a house-lot containing three acres on Town St., sec- 

 ond from the way leading to Broad Cove, which is ab. where the home- 

 stead belonging to heirs of the late William 0. Lincoln is located. 

 Other lands were also granted to him at different dates for planting 

 purposes. He was made freeman 1635-36 ; was selectman in 1637 ; 

 deputy to the General Court 1648 and 1649, and often engaged upon 

 the business of the town. The chris. name of his w. was Mary. She 

 survived him, and m. secondly, March 10, 1658-59, John Beal, widr. 

 Nicholas d. 5 June, 1657, leaving an est. appraised at £393 8s. 6d. 

 In his will of May 18, 1657, proved 25 July foil., he gives to " wife 

 Mary, the bed which she usually lyeth upon with all the furniture 

 thereto belonging to dispose of to whom she pleases;" also £30 in 

 money. To "my children, Joseph, Hannah, and Deborah £10 each, 

 in addition to what they have already had, ... To eldest son 

 John a double portion," . . . and " to the rest of my children," viz. : 

 Joseph Jacob, Mary Otis, Elizabeth Thaxter, Sarah Cushing, Hannah 

 Jacob, and Deborah Jacob, equal shares, " and every one of them shall 

 pay to their mother " a stipulated sum, yearly. Witnesses, Edmund 

 Pitts, Thomas Marsh, Matthew Hawke. 



