Vita Brevis

Update on the Early New England Families project

Written by Alicia Crane Williams | Oct 1, 2015 1:22:26 PM

Six new sketches have been posted in the Early New England Families Study Project database:[1]

John Dunham (c. 1615–1692), son of John Dunham (GM); married Mary ___; settled in Plymouth; farmer; 7 children.

Richard Newton (c. 1606–1701) married Ann/Hannah Loker alias Riddlesdale; settled in Sudbury and Marlborough; husbandman; 10 children.

Joshua Scottow (1617–1697/98), son of widow Thomasine (—) Scottow (GM), brother of Thomas Scottow (EF), and brother-in-law of Robert Winsor (EF), below; married Lydia ___; settled in Boston and Scarborough, Maine, before returning to Boston; “An enterprising and eminently prosperous merchant”; 9 children.

Thomas Scottow (1612–1661), son of widow Thomasine (—) Scottow (GM), brother of Joshua Scottow (EF), above, brother-in-law of Robert Winsor (EF), below; married (1) Joan ___; (2) Sarah Harwood; settled in Boston; joyner; 8 children by first wife, 4 by second.

John Stone (1618–1683), son of Gregory Stone (GM), married Ann [prob. Rogers]; settled in Watertown, Cambridge, and Framingham; “successful and prosperous farmer"; 10 children.

Robert Winsor (c. 1619–1679), married Rebecca Scottow, sister of Joshua and Thomas Scottow (EF), above; settled in Boston; blockmaker and turner; 10 children.

In addition, a revised sketch of Richard Saltonstall has been uploaded.

For a complete list of heads of families for whom sketches have been published, go to Early New England Families Study Project and use the Search function in the article text.

Note

[1] GM designates an immigrant treated in the Great Migration Study Project. EF designates a person treated in the Early New England Families Study Project.