280 ' Groce. 



2. Clement ^ (Isaac ^), came from Eng. with his fa. and followed 

 the occupation of " brewer." The chris. name of his first w. was 

 Mary ; of his sec. w. Ann. By the last m'ge he had a s. Edmund ^ (4), 

 b. at Boston, Sept. 27, 1669. 



3. Simon 3 (said to have been a s. of Clement 2), was in Hing. as 

 early as 1675, and Oct. 23 of that yr. m. Mary Bond. Simon d. 26 

 Apr. 1696. ''Boatman." Eesided on South St. Mary, his wid,, was 

 appointed administratrix. Est. appraised at £196, 5s. del. 



Ch., all b. in Hing., were — 



i. Simon, Aug. 11, 1676. 

 5. ii. Thomas, Feb. 4, 1677-78. 



iii. John, A])r. 3, 1681 ; taxed in Hing. 1708, but prob. removed from here 



soon after, 

 iv. JosiAH, Aug. 2, 1683. 



V. MiCAH, Feb. 20, 1685-86. m. Mary , and had a s., Simon, b. in Hing. 



May 3, 1709. No further rec. 

 vi. Alice, Apr. 26, 1689. m. (pub. Aug. 21, 1714), John Crowell of Truro, 

 vii. Abigail, June 28, 1692. m. (pub. Aug. 18, 1716), Nathaniel Smith of 

 Eastham. 



4. Edmund 2 (Clement ^ Isaac i), b. at Boston, Sept. 27, 1669; was 

 a resident of Hing. prior to 1700. The chris. name of his w. was 

 Martha. According to Barry's History, she d. 19 Sept. 1726.* Ed- 

 mund d. 13 March, 1727-28, at. 59th yr. " Set-work cooper." Eesided 

 at " Liberty Plain," So. Hing. His will, dated 5 Oct. 1727, proved 20 

 May, 1728, names 



Ch., all b. in Hing., as foil. : — 



i. Elizabeth, Jan. 13, 1699-1700. 



ii. Anna, Feb. 22, 1701-2. ni. 1728, Benjamin Dunbar, 

 iii. Edmund, May 10, 1705. ra. March 3, 1736-37, Olive Sylvester. They 

 resided at Scit. (See No. 10.) 



7. iv. Obadiah, March 28, 1708. 



V. Martha, March 29, 1711. m. Nov. 17, 1735, Samuel Dunbar. 



vi. Silence, 1714 (bt. 1724). m. Jan. 20, 1736-37, Daniel Tower, Jr. 



vii. Hannah, 1717 (bt. 1724). m. Julv 13, 1737, Thomas Collamore. 



viii. John, 1723 (bt. 1724), d. 5 Sept. 1726. 



8. ix. John, birth not recorded. 



* A wid. Martha Groce, was paid for keeping one of the town's poor in Hing. as late as 

 1750. (" Hingham Records.") 



5. Thomas " (Simon ^ Clement ^ Isaac ^), b. in Hing. Eeb. 4, 1677-78. 

 m. first, Dec. 29, 1705, Elizabeth, eldest dau. of John Hincks, Esq., of 

 Portsmouth, IST. H. She d. in Hing. 7 June, 1708. He subsequently 

 took a sec. w., whose chris. name was Experience, It is believed that 

 he removed with his fam. to Eastham, where he had a sister living. 

 Hing. rec's however, furnish nothing to confirm this statement. 



Child, b. in Hing., by w. Elizabeth, — 



i. Hincks, June 7, 1708, prob. m. July 25, 1731, Abigail Crowell. 

 Ch.. b. in Hing., by w. Experience, — 



ii. Sarah, Nov. 27, 1713. 

 iii. Elizabeth, June 5, 1716. 

 iv. Thomas, Oct. 9, 1718. 



