June  II,  16S0,  in  Marshfield,  Mass.;  m.  Mercy,  dau.  of  John  Freeman,  of  Harwich
(now  Brewster),  Mass.  Shed.  July  7,  1720,  ae.  thirty-three.  He  m.,  2d.  Susannah,
wid.  of  Nathaniel  Sears,  and  dau.  of  John  Gray.  She  d.  Dec.  7,  1730.  He  m.,  3d,
Ruth,  wid.  of  Samuel  Sears,  and  dau.  of  William  Merrick,  Dec.  7,  1731.  He  settled
in  that  part  of  Harwich,  which  is  now  Brewster.  Like  his  father  and  grandfather,
he  was  a  blacksmith,  and  transmitted  the  mysteries  of  that  craft  to  at  least  three
sons.  He  was  a  deacon  in  the  church  from  July  4,  1731,  till  he  died.  Was  select-
man nine  years,  town  treasurer  twenty-five  years,  town  clerk  twenty-eight  years,
representative  eight  years.  He  d.  Dec.  22,  1764.  Ruth  d.  Feb.  13,  1766,  ae.  eighty-
two.  At  the  time  of  his  third  marriage  he  had  six  children  by  his  first  wife,  three
by  his  second  wife,  and  in  his  family  also  was  the  daughter  of  his  second  wife,  by
her  former  husband,  ten  in  all,  of  whom  only  two  were  over  twenty  years  of
age.  Nearly  all  these  children  were  gathered  under  one  roof,  and  constituted  a
very  harmonious  family.
