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title: Early New England Families Study Project update
description: Five new sketches have been posted to the Early New England Families Study Project database on AmericanAncestors.org...
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# Early New England Families Study Project update

[May 15, 2015](https://vitabrevis.americanancestors.org/2015/05/early-new-england-families-study-project-update) [Early New England Families Study Project](https://vitabrevis.americanancestors.org/tag/early-new-england-families-study-project), [American History](https://vitabrevis.americanancestors.org/tag/american-history), [Spotlight](https://vitabrevis.americanancestors.org/tag/spotlight), [Family stories](https://vitabrevis.americanancestors.org/tag/family-stories) [Alicia Crane Williams](https://vitabrevis.americanancestors.org/author/acwilliams)

[![Alicia Crane Williams](https://vitabrevis.americanancestors.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Alicia-Crane-Williams-Apr-21-2023-05-25-34-5698-PM.jpg?width=200&height=260&name=Alicia-Crane-Williams-Apr-21-2023-05-25-34-5698-PM.jpg)](https://vitabrevis.americanancestors.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Alicia-Crane-Williams-Apr-21-2023-05-25-34-5698-PM.jpg)Five new sketches have been posted to the [Early New England Families Study Project](http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/early-families-of-new-england/about/?filterQuery=page:2) database on AmericanAncestors.org: **Daniel Morse, John Morse, Joseph Morse, Rev. John Sherman**,** **and **Samuel Sherman.**

There are now 61 published sketches:

| **Principal Individual** | **Location(s)** | **Spouse(s)** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Allen, John | Weymouth, Rehoboth, Swansea | Christian ___ |
| Andrews, Joseph | Hingham, Duxbury | 1) Unknown; 2) Elizabeth ___ |
| Andrews, Thomas | Watertown, Cambridge | Rebecca ___ (m. 2 Nicholas Wyeth) |
| Arnold, Benedict | Hingham, Providence, Pawtuxet, Newport | Damaris Westcott |
| Bulkeley, Edward | Cambridge, Concord, Marshfield | Lucian ____ |
| Bulkeley, Thomas | Cambridge, Concord, Fairfield | Sarah Jones (m. 2 Anthony Wilson) |
| Capen, John | Dorchester | 1) Raedegon Clapp; 2) Mary Bass |
| Denison, Edward | Roxbury | Elizabeth Weld |
| Denison, Daniel | Roxbury, Cambridge, Ipswich | Patience Dudley |
| Denison, George | Roxbury, New London, Stonington | 1) Bridget Thompson; 2) Ann Borodell |
| Dibble, Thomas | Dorchester, Windsor | 1) Miriam ___; 2) Elizabeth (___) (Hawkes) Hinsdale [m. 1) John Hawkes; 2) Robert Hinsdale] |
| Dudley, Samuel | Boston, Cambridge, Ipswich, Salisbury, Exeter | 1) Mary Winthrop; 2) Mary Byley; 3) Elizabeth ___ |
| Foster, Hopestill | Dorchester | Mary Bates |
| Gaylord, William | Dorchester, Windsor, Conn. | 1) Ann Porter; 2) Elizabeth Drake |
| Hallett, Elizabeth (Fones) (Winthrop) (Feake) | Watertown, Greenwich, Conn., Flushing and Newtown, L.I. | 1) Henry Winthrop2) Robert Feake3) William Hallett |
| Hilton, William | Plymouth, Maine, Newbury, Charlestown | 1) Sarah Greenleaf; 2) Mehitable Nowell |
| Hobart, Edmund | Hingham | Elizabeth Elmer |
| Hobart, Joshua | Hingham | Ellen Ibrook |
| Hobart, Peter | Hingham | 1) Elizabeth Ibrook; 2) Rebecca Peck |
| Hobart, Thomas | Hingham | 1) Ann Plomer; 2) Jane ___ |
| Hudson, Francis | Boston | 1) Mary ___; 2) Elizabeth (Baker) Watkins [m. 1) Thomas Watkins] |
| Hudson, William | Boston, Charlestown | 1) Ann ___; 2) Mary (Brown) Fownell [m. 1) John Fownell] |
| Hull, Josias | Dorchester, Windsor, Killingworth | Elizabeth Loomis |
| Jackson, Elizabeth (Newgate) (Oliver) | Boston, Cambridge, Newton | 1) John Oliver; 2) Edward Jackson |
| Jenney, Samuel | Plymouth, Portsmouth, RI, Dartmouth | 1) Susannah Wood; 2) Anne/Anna Lettice |
| Johnson, Abigail (Stansfield) (May) | Dedham, Roxbury | 1) Samuel May; 2) Humphrey Johnson |
| Johnson, Humphrey | Roxbury, Scituate, Hingham | 1) Ellen Cheney; 2) Abigail (Stansfield) May [m. 1) Samuel May] |
| Johnson, Isaac | Roxbury | Elizabeth Porter |
| Kimball, Henry | Watertown, Ipswich, Wenham | 1) Mary Riddlesdale; 2) Elizabeth (Black) (Gilbert) Raynor [m. 1) Humphrey Gilbert; 2) William Raynor; 4) Daniel Killam] |
| Lane, Andrew | Hingham | Trypheny ____ |
| Lane, George | Hingham | Sarah Harris |
| Leverett, John | Boston | 1) Hannah Hudson; 2) Sarah Sedgwick |
| Lothrop, Thomas | Scituate, Barnstable | Sarah (Learned) Ewer [m. 1) Thomas Ewer] |
| Lyman, Richard | Charlestown, Hartford, Northampton | Hepzibah Ford |
| Makepeace, Elizabeth (Hawkredd) (Coney) (Mellowes) | Boston, Braintree | 1) John Coney; 2) Oliver Mellowes; 3) Thomas Makepeace |
| Mellowes, Oliver | Boston, Braintree | 1) Mary James; 2) Elizabeth (Hawkredd) Coney [m. 1) John Coney; m. 3) Thomas Makepeace] |
| Morse, Daniel | Watertown, Dedham, Medfield, Sherborn | Lydia Fisher |
| Morse, John | Dedham, Medfield, Boston | Annas/Annis ____ |
| Morse, Joseph | Watertown, Dedham, Medfield, Dorchester | Hannah/Ann Phillips [m. 2) Thomas Boyden] |
| Morton, Nathaniel | Plymouth | 1) Lydia Cooper; 2) Ann (Pritchard) Templar [m. 1) Richard Templar] |
| Norman, John | Salem, Manchester | Arabella ____ |
| Oliver, John | Boston | Elizabeth Newgate [m. 2) Edward Jackson] |
| Perkins, John | Boston, Ipswich | Elizabeth ___ |
| Phippen, Joseph | Hingham, Boston, Falmouth, Salem | Dorothy/Dorcas ___ |
| Pike, John | Ipswich, Newbury, SalisburyWoodbridge, New Jersey | 1) Mary Turvell; 2) Elizabeth (Blossom) FitzRandolph [m. 1) Edward FitzRandolph] |
| Pike, Robert | Ipswich, Newbury, Salisbury | 1) Sarah Sanders; 2) Martha (Moyce) Goldwire [m. 1) George Goldwire] |
| Rossiter, Bray | Dorchester, Windsor, Guilford, Killingsworth | Elizabeth Alsop |
| Saltonstall, Richard | Watertown | Muriel Gurdon |
| Shelley, Robert | Boston, Roxbury, Scituate, Barnstable | 1) Judith Garnett; 2) Susannah [Dimmock] |
| Sherman, John | Watertown, Wethersfield, Milford, New Haven, Watertown | 1) Mary ___; 2) Mary Launce. |
| Sherman, Samuel | Watertown, Wethersfield, Stamford, Stratford, Fairfield | Sarah Mitchell |
| Starr, Thomas | Cambridge, Duxbury, Yarmouth, Scituate, Charlestown | Rachel ___ [m. 2) John Hicks] |
| Stileman, Elias | Salem, Portsmouth, Newcastle | 1) Mary ___; 2) Mary (___) Stileman [m. 1) Richard Stileman] |
| Tompkins, John | Salem | 1) Margaret ___; 2) Mary (__) Read |
| Veren, Hilliard | Salem | Mary Conant |
| Warner, Daniel | Ipswich | 1) Elizabeth [Denne?]; 2) Faith (__) Browne [m. 1) Edward Browne]; 3) Ellen (Pell) (Boynton) (Jewett) [m. 1) John Boynton; 2) Maximilian Jewett] |
| Warner, John | Ipswich, Brookfield, Hadley | Priscilla Symonds |
| Winthrop, John the Younger | Boston, Ipswich, Saybrook, New London, New Haven, Hartford | 1) Martha Fones; 2) Elizabeth Reade |
| Winthrop, Henry | Salem | Elizabeth Fones [m. 2) Robert Feake; 3) William Hallett] |
| Woodbury, Humphrey | Salem, Beverly | Elizabeth Hunter |
| Woodward, George | Watertown | 1) Mary ___; 2) Elizabeth Hammond |

 

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