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8. iii. .TonN, March 21, 1672-73. 



iv. Kachel, March 16, 1674-75. m. Jan. 15, 1695-96, Joshua Bate, 

 v. Mary, Aug. 16, 1677. m. Feb. 3, 1703-4, John Whiton. 

 vi. Patience, March 21, 1678-79. m. (1) Jan. 31, 1700-1, William Farrow, 

 and (2) May 30, 1704, Thomas James. 



9. vii. Hezekiah, bt. Oct. 2, 1681. 



viii. Elizabeth, June 9, 1682. m. Meritt. 



ix. Content, Feb. 13, 1683-84. m. Apr. 22, 1708, Joseph Souther. 



x. Nehemiah, Nov. 7, 1685. 



xi. Lydia, Nov. 25, 1687. m. (pub. March 15, 1711-12) John Franklin. 



10. xii. Daniel, bt. July 24, 1692. 



4. Jeremiah - (John x ), bt. in Hing. March 9, 1645-46. m. Oct. 28, 

 1670, Mrs. Elizabeth Rowland. Jeremiah d. before 1677, and in the 

 inv. of his est. appraised 22 Jan. 1676-77, his wid., Mrs. Elizabeth 

 Tower, returns an account for "clothes which were my first hus- 

 band's ; " refers also to land " which was given my late husband by his 

 father John Tower, Sen!." Jeremiah was by occupation "weaver." 

 Resided on Main St., So. Hing. 



Ch., b. in Hing., were — 



11. i. Jeremiah, Sept. 19, 1671. 



ii. Mary, Nov. 3, 1672 ; prob. m. (pub. Nov. 5, 1709) William Sprague, wid r .- 

 iii. Peter,* Apr. 30, 1674. 



* A son of wid. Tower (perh. Peter), buried Dec. 1691. 



5. Benjamin 2 (John 1 ), b. in Hing. Nov. 5, 1654, m. in Sept. 1680, 

 Deborah, dau. of John and Mary Garnet. She was b. in Hing. July 

 5, 1657, and d. 8 Sept. 1728, set. 71 yrs. He d. 24 March, 1721-22, 

 set. 68th yr. Will made 2 July, 1717. " Weaver." Resided on Main 

 St., So. Hing. 



Ch., all b. in Hing., were — 



i. Abigail, May 13, 1681. m. Hollis. 



ii. Nathaniel, Sept. 12, 1683, d. 24 Nov. 1700. 



iii. Deborah, Feb. 14, 1684-85. m. Oct. 13, 1708, Robert Corthell. 



iv. Benjamin, Sept. 2, 1686. m., and resided at Scit., near Accord Pond. Of 

 his ch., James, b. ab. 1722, m. in Hing. Jan. 16, 1745-46, Mary Day, 

 dau. of James and Maty (Sherlock) Day. Their dau. Margaret m. in 

 Hing. Oct. 23, 1766, Jonathan Hersey, and d. 13 June, 1777. 



v. Christian, March 16, 1687-88. m. (pub. Dec. 1, 1716) Samuel Pratt of 

 Wey. 



vi. Sarah, Dec. 18, 1689. m. Apr. 19, 1716, Benjamin Whiton. 

 vii. Jael, Oct. 26, 1691. m. Feb. 16, 1715-16, Richard Stubbs of Hull. 



12. viii. Thomas, June 27, 1693. 



ix. Hannah, March 14, 1694-95. m. Nov. 21, 1728, Nathaniel Garnet. 



13. x. Peter, July 17, 1697. 



xi. Ambrose, Jan. 6, 1699-1700. Was for sev. yrs. a resident of Hull, where 

 by w. Mary he had ch.: 1. Joseph, Sept. 5, 1723. 2. Ambrose, Nov. 11, 

 1725. 3. Jonathan, March 4, 1728. 



6. Samuel 2 (John »), bt. in Hing. Jan. 26, 1661-62. m. first, Dec. 

 14, 1683, Silence Damon, dau. of John and Catherine (Merritt) Damon 

 of Scit. She was b. at Scit.. 1663, and d. in Hing. 15 Nov. 1702, set. 

 39 yrs. He m. secondly, Jan. 20, 1703-4, Deborah Howard, dau. of 

 Daniel and Deborah (Pitts) Howard. She was b. in Hing. Nov. 24, 

 1672, and d. 30 Jan. 1741-42, set. 69 yrs. Her will, dated 4 Jan. 

 1741-42, was proved 23 March foil. Samuel d. 21 March, 1723-24, set. 

 62 yrs. In his will of March 14, 1723-24, mentions and provides for 



