Quoted directly from Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England by James Savage, Boston, 1860-1862. Select abbreviations for futher definition by Savage.
CARVER, JOHN, Plymouth, came in the Mayflower 1620, had been deac.at Leyden, where prob. he liv. ten or a dozen yr. and much engag. in the negotiat. at London, to wh. he went 1617, and again 1620, to complete the arrangem. for transmigrat. was chos. Gov. in Cape Cod harb. bef. land. and d. in Apr. foll. His wid. Catharine d. early in the first summer. That he ever had ch. is not kn. but certain. he left none. Yet for many yrs. the error was univ. spread, that John Howland, wh. accomp. him, m. his d. Eliz. The orig. Hist. of Gov. Bradford, recent. print. has correct. that, as we now kn. that the f. of Howland's w. was John Tilley. A wild tradit. that a gr.s. and gr.gr.s. while an inf. of th 5th genera. was in the ho. overturn. by modern inquiry, had prob. gain. currency, and escap. unquest. bec. it was wonderful. Belkn. got it from Hutch. II. 456, wh. is common more worth of trust. In his volum. MS. annals, Pemberton, sub an. 1760, ment d. of William C. aged 102, "neph. of the Gov." on 2 Oct. of that yr, and the Boston Gazatte of 20 of that mo. says, " he was bror.'s to the ancient Gov." but that both are wrong is very prob. if not even certain. Mitchell, in Hist. of Bridgewater, 362, writes, that William was gr.s. of Robert, but the relat. of Robert with the Gov. is not clear, and indeed quite improb. See the Memoir in Genealog. Reg. IV. 105, by one equal. assid. in research, and exact in judgm. Seldom is a heavier load laid upon credul. and similar. of name is too oft. rec. for proof. In Eng. it is found, that the fam. name is common. William Penn, on his first visit to his new Prov. 1682, brot. John Carver, with his w. Mary, wh. had Mary soon after land. JOHN, Duxbury, s. of Robert, had gr. of ld. says Winsor, 1640, m. 4 Nov. 1658, Millicent, d. of William Ford, had William, b. 1659, wh. prob. was the subject of that marvel. story; John; Eliz. 1663; Robert; Eleazer; David; Mercy, 1672; Ann; and Mehitable, wh. d. 19 Apr. 1679. He was adm. freem. 1660, and d. 23 June 1679, aged 41. His wid. m. 9 Mar 1681, Thomas Drake. RICHARD, Watertown 1638, of Scratby, a. six ms. from Yarmouth, Co. Norfk. there emb. in 1637, on the Rose, or the John and Dorothy, the two sail. in comp. he then aged 60, with w. Grace, 40, tw. ds. Eliz. and Susanna, 18, and three serv. Issac Hart, 22; Thomas Flegg, 21; and Marable Underwood, 20. He d. early, his will of 9 Sept. 1641, being pro. 30 Oct. 1643, and nothing is kn. of his fam. exc. that w. and ds. are prov. for, as is seen in the abst. of Geneal. Reg. II. 262. ROBERT, Marshfield, had gr. of ld. 1638, yet, tho. he sev. times request. the privilege, he was not adm. freem. bef. 1644, had John, before ment. and William, perhaps took small est. in Boston 1668, and d. Apr. 1680, aged 85. WILLIAM, Marshfield, s. of the preced. m. 18 Jan. 1682, Eliz. eldest d. of deac. john Foster of the same.
Note: There are no listed Additions and Corrections for Carver in Savages's appendices in any of the Vol 1-4.
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