History of Watertown, Massachusetts by Bond

The following information is taken directly from Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, by Henry Bond, M.D.

from Volume I, (1860):

page 8.

ANDERSON.
JOHN ANDERSON, m., July 16, 1706, REBECCA WAIGHT, probably dr., of John and Mary (Woodward) Waite. [Waite 7.] He m. (2d), July 30, 1716, MARY APPLIN. [Applin. 3] Chil. 1. Hannah, b Aug. 13, 1707. 2. Abraham, b. Aug. 18, 1708 ("9.") 3. Rebecca, b Mar. 29, 1710. 4. Mary, b Aug. 29, 1711.

from Volume II, (1856):

page 674.

ANDERSON. -- Jan. 22, 1713-14, JOHN ANDERSON and wife REBECCA, had leave of the town to build and settle on 10 acres in Newton, bought of Nathaniel Sanger, bounded W. by Major Gookin, N. by Issac Williams, E. by Richard Eccles, and S. by highway. At a meeting of the selectmen, Nov. 18, 1714, Nathaniel Bowman was requested to take John Anderson and family. About July 1, 1731, Mary, wife of John Anderson of Groton, left her husband and came to Wat. She probably returned, as John and his wife Mary came from Groton ab. 1734, to the West Precinct (Waltham), lived in John Smith's house; "caution" was entered against their settlement.

from Volume I, (1860):

page 9.

APPLIN. [Some suppose this to be a contraction or corruption of Appleton, but this is improbable.]
JOHN APPLIN, who was a schoolmaster [See Butler's Groton, p. 217], m., Nov. 23, 1671, BETHSHUAH BARTLETT [Bartlett, 4], who d. Oct. 8, 1892. In May, 1725, John Applin, an aged man, came from Littleton to Wat. Chil.
1. JOHN, b Oct 15, 1672; d. Oct 2, 1690.
2. BETHSHUAH, b. May 1, 1673; m., Jan. 3, 1697-8, JOHN STRATTON, and died 1709. [Stratton, 19.]
3. MARY, b. Oct. 11, 1677; m., July 30, 1716, JOHN ANDERSON, q.v., his 2d wife.
4. HANNAH, b. Mar. 25, 1680; m., May 11, 1703, JOHN FARR of Stow.
5. THOMAS, b. Mar. 15, 1681-2.
6. EDWARD (twin), b. Mar. 15, 1681-2; d. next Ap. 4. 7. Abial, b. May 12, 1684.
8. Mehitabel, b. Ap. 7, 1683; m., Sept. 27, 1711, Benjamin Headley, "of Lancaster." [Headley, 3.]
9. JOHN, b. May 3, 1692.

pages 18 - 19.

BARTLETT.
Ensign THOMAS BARTLETT, an original proprietor; freeman, Mar. 4, 1635-6; selectman, 1639, '44, '52, and '54; d. Apr. 26, 1654; aged about 60; an his wid. HANNAH d. July 11, 1676. In his Will, dated 1653, proved Feb. 26, 1654-5, he mentions his wife Hannah and his daughters Mehitabel, Hannah, Bethuah [Bethshuah, or Bethsheba], and Abial.
1. HANNAH, buried Aug. 26, 1639, aged 2 yrs.
2. MEHITABEL, b. July 15, 1640; m., Jan. 7, 1657-8, HENRY SPRING. [Spring, 6.]
3. HANNAH, b. Aug. 6, 1643; m., Feb. 19, 1667-8, JOHN KIMBALL. [4.]
4. BETHSHUAH, b. Ap. 17, 1647; m., Nov. 23, 1671, JOHN APPLIN. [1.]
5. ABIAL, b. May 28, 1651; m., in Camb., Oct. 24, 1669, DEA. JONATHAN SANDERSON, of Camb., afterwards of Wat. [Sanderson, 4.]

ROBERT BARTLETT was drowned at Samuel Saltonstall's, July 5, 1663.
pages 617-618.

WAITE (Wait, Wayt, Wayte, Waight, Weight).
RICHARD WAITE, of Wat., m. MARY ____. He d. Jan. 16, 1668-9, aged 60, and she d. Jan 21, 1678-9, aged 72. Chil.,

1. STEVEN, buried Mar. 8, 1638, aged nine days.
2. JOHN, b. May 6, 1639; d. June 24, 1722; m., Jan. 13, 1663-4, MARY WOODWARD. [Woodward, 3.] She d. Aug. 23, 1718. Chil.,
  1. John, b. May, d. Oct., 1665.
  2. Mary, b. Oct. 9, 1666.
  3. Rachel, m. John Randall. [19.]
  4. John, b. Dec. 27, 1669; d. in Weston, June 24, 1722; m. Mary ____, who d. in Weston, Aug. 23, 1718. Child.,
    1. John, b. June 10, 1694.
    2. Mary, b. Mary May 8, 1696.
    3. Robert, b. Mar. 9, 1698-9.
    4. Sarah, b. Jan. 24, 1703-4.
    5. Lydia, b. July 3, 1707.
  5. Sarah, b. Oct., 26, 1672.
  6. Amos, b. Jan. 4, 1679-80; m., Aug., 1701, Elizabeth Cutting. [17.]
    1. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 10, 1701-2.
    2. Samuel, b. Oct. 26, 1704.
  7. Rebecca, m. July 16, 1706, John Anderson, q.v.
3. THOMAS, b. Mar. 3, 1641-2; m. SARAH, who was adm. f.c., Feb. 2, 1689-90. He d. in Weston, Jan. 17, 1743-4, aged 91; church records say 89. Child.,
  1. Richard, b. Jan. 29, 1674-5; d. Oct, 5, 1690.
  2. Phebe, b. July 26, 1676.
  3. Thomas, b. Mar. 7, 1677-8.
  4. John, b. Feb. 16, 1680-1; d. Aug. 24, 1691.
  5. Joseph, b. Feb. 4, 1682-3; d. in Worcester, Oct. 5, 1753, aged 71; by wife Sarah, had,
    1. Priscilla, b. Ap. 14, 1707; m. Charles Adams.
    2. John.
    3. Rebecca, m. ____ Curtis.
  6. Sarah, b. Jan. 13, 1687-8; m., Aug. 14, 1712, Ebenezer Allen. [27.]
  7. Mary, b. Jan. 20,1 1689-90.
  8. Richard, b. June 25, 1691.
  9. Abigail, b. Dec. 3, 1697; m., Sept. 18, 1718, Solomon Temple, of Concord.
4. JOSEPH, m. about 1675, RUHAMAN HAGAR [3], and settled in Marlboro. [See Hist. of Worcester, pp. 12 and 14, and Barry, p. 428] Chil.,
  1. Ruhamah, d. 1714, aged 38.
  2. William, b. 1679; of Marlboro, and Sherburne; m. Abial ____. Chil.,
    1. Gershom, b. 1700, in Marlboro.
    2. Jason, b. 1702, in M.
    3. Sarah, b. 1704, in Sherb.
    4. Hepzibah, b. Nov. 25, 1707.
    5. Rebecca, b. June 29, 1709.
    6. Abail, b. Nov. 18, 1711.
    7. Betsy, b. Aug. 31, 1714.
  3. John, b. and d. 1692.
  4. Joseph, b. 1695; m., 1721, Mary Holland.
pages 657-658.

WOODWARD.
Embarked at Ipswich, Eng., Ap. 10, 1634, in the Elizabeth, Wm. Andrews, master, Richard Woodward, aged 45, wife Rose, aged 50; son George, aged 13 years, and son John, aged 13 years.

(I.) RICHARD WOODWARD, was adm. freeman, Sept. 2, 1635, and his name is on the earliest list of proprietors of Watertown. His wife, ROSE, d. Oct. 6, 1662, aged 80, and he soon after m. (marriage settlement dated Ap. 18, 1663), ANN GATES, b. 1603, widow of Stephen Gates, of Cambridge. In 1642, his homestall of 12 acres, was bounded E. by John Spring, Martin Underwood, and highway; N.W. by John Wincoll; N.E. by John Knight, and John Wincoll. He at the same time owned another homestall of 10 acres, bounded W. by highway; E. by Edward How, and his own land; N. by Richard Benjamin; S. by Edmund Blois. Also, 12 other lots, amounting to about 310 acres. Sept. 8, 1648, he bought of Edward Holbrook, and his wife Anne, a mill in Boston, which he (R.W., then said to be of Boston), sold Dec. 26, 1648, to William Aspinwal. He d. Feb. 16, 1664-5; his estate was appraised, Feb 21, by Nathaniel Treadway, William Bond, and Henry Spring, and was admin. by his sons George and John. He resided in Camb. in 1660. His wid. Ann, d. in Stow, Feb. 5, 1682-3. [See Barry, p. 250.]
(II.) GEORGE WOODWARD (son of Richard, I.), was adm. freeman, May 6, 1646. By his first wife, MARY, he had 8 chil. He m. (2d), Aug 17, 1659, ELIZABETH HAMMOND, dr. of Thomas Hammond, of Newton. [Hammond, 60.] Her father, in his Will, proved Nov. 5, 1675, gave her 100 acres on Muddy River (Brookline); probably the same land upon which her son George afterwards settled. He d. May 31, 1676, and admin. granted June 20, 1676, to wid. Elizabeth, and son Amos. Inventory, June 23, 1676, £143. 10. His wid. m. Samuel Truesdale. Chil.,
1. MARY, b. August 12, 1641; d. August 23, 1718; m., January 13, 1663-4, JOHN WAITE. [2.]
2. SARAH, b. Feb. 6, 1642-3; m., about 1664, STEPHEN GATES, Jr. of Boston, and afterwards Stow. [Barry, p. 250.]
3. AMOS, birth not recorded, but he was one of the administrators of his father's estate; adm. freeman, Oct. 10, 1677. He d. in Camb., Oct. 9, 1679, "aged 38," probably should be 33. He was witness in Court, Ap., 1668, then aged 23, and said to be "of Flint's Farm Camb." It appears by his Will, dated Oct. 9, 1679, that he left neither wife nor child. It was probably his wife SARAH, dr. of William Patten, of Camb., who d. in Camb., Sept. 24, 1677. He gave his right and title to the house and land in Wat., "which was our father Woodward's" to brother Daniel Woodward; gave his house to brother [? Thomas] Patten, of Billerica, and mentioned sister Grey's dr. Sarah. [See Farmer, Art. Patten, and Camb. Church Gathering, p. 59.]
4. REBECCA, b. Dec. 30, 1647; m., in Dedham, Dec. 11, 1666, THOMAS FISHER, of Dedham.
5. JOHN, b. Mar. 28, 1649.
6. SUSANNA, b. Sept. 30, 1651; d. unm; admin on her estate granted to her brother, John, Dec. 19, 1676.
7. DANIEL, b. Sept. 2, 1653. His father's homestead was assigned to him in the settlement of the estate. It is supposed that he was the Daniel Woodward, of Medford, who was licensed by the Court, May 1, 1690, to keep an inn. Chil. by wife ELIZABETH,
  1. Sarah, b. in Medford, Jan. 5, 1689.
  2. Hannah, b. in Woburn, May 7, 1691.
  3. Amos, b. June 5, 1693.
8. MARY, b. June 3, 1656 [so the town record says; it probably should be Mercy.]
(by 2d wife.)
9. GEORGE, b. Sept. 11, 1660; m., Dec. 31, 1686, LYDIA BROWNE. [6-1.] After the birth of one child, he settled in Brookline. He d. 1696. Inventory, dated Dec. 3, 1696, £170. 16,; admin. granted to wid. Lydia, May 1, 1697. His estate was divided, Ap. 2, 1711, to widow Lydia, sons Abraham, George, Nathaniel, and Ichabod, and dr. Lydia, wife of Robert Harris, of Brookline. Chil.,
  1. Abraham, b. in Wat., Feb. 1, 1687-8. By wife Joanna, he had son Abraham, b. Jan. 12, 1718; of Rox., 1761; and by (2d) wife, Sarah, had sons Caleb and Joshua. His estate was admin. by son Caleb, Mar. 7, 1760.
  2. George. May 23, 1712, he bought, for £45, 120 acres of land in Mendon, of Samuel Moore.
  3. Nathaniel, m., in Rox., June 23, 1714, Dorcas Gardner; went first to Brooklyn, Conn., and afterwards settled in Coventry, Conn. He had five chil. when he went to C., the eldest of whom, Nathaniel, was then aged 18 yrs. His other chil. were Moses, b. in Newton, June 7, 1721; Aaron; Dorcas, b. in Newton, Feb. 11, 1719; and Anna. Aaron was father of Rev. Aaron Woodward, of Wilbraham, Mass., grad. Yale Coll., 1789; d. 1840. [See I. Sterns, 169, V.] His wife Dorcas d., and he m. (3d), widow ____ Topliff, with whom he lived about two years. He m. (3d), widow Patten, and moved to Strafford, where he d. Mar., 1772.
  4. Lydia, m. Robert Harris, of Brookline.
  5. Ichabod, m. July, 1725, Abigail Holbrook, of Rox.
10 THOMAS, b. Sept. 15, 1662; d. 1666.
11. ELIZABETH, b. May 8, 1664; m., Dec. 7, 1693, SAMUEL EDDY. [7.]
12. NATHANIEL, d. May 28, 1668
13. SARAH, b. OCt. 3, 1675; m., July 6, 1693, JOHN EDDY. [(?) 5.] She afterwards m. (? ISAIAH) WHITNEY, of Camb., and in 1715, resided in Lexington.

N.B. It appears that GEORGE WOODWARD, Sr., had a dr. Sarah by each wife, and that both of these drs. wre living at the same time.
(II.) JOHN WOODWARD (son of Richard, 1), lived successively in Wat., Sud., Charlestown, Cambridge, Sud., and Wat. He was reputed to be an atheist until advanced age, when he embraced Christianity, and was admitted to the church in Wat., Ap. 12, 1690. He was adm. freemen, Ap. 18, 1690. He had two wives. The first, MARY, d. in Sud., July 8, 1654; probably s.p. He soon after m. ABIGAIL, wid. of Joshua Stubbs, of Wat., and dr. of John and Abigail Benjamin. He d. in Wat., Feb 17, 1695-6. His Will, dated Jan. 10, 1695-6, mentions wife Abigail; son John, sole executor and residuary legatee; son-in-law Richard Norcross; son-in-law Jeremiah Morse; the chil. now living of "my dr.-in-law Mary Traine." These last two were step-daughters; the drs. of his 2d wife by her first husband. [See Benjamin, 3 and Stimson, 1.] Inventory, £279.15.
1. ABIGAIL, m., Jan. 13, 1681-2, JEREMIAH MORSE. {Morse, 61.] She d. Ap. 13, 1683, leaving son John, b. Mar. 23, d. June 3, 1683.
2. ROSE, b. in Charlestown, Aug. 18, 1659; m., Aug. 10, 1686, RICHARD NORCROSS, Jr. [Norcross, 10.] She d. about 1694, leaving 3 chil.
3. JOHN, b. (? in Sud.), Dec. 12, 1661. He was probably the John Woodward, of Sud., who m. Susanna, a dr. of Capt. John Grout, about 1693, and whose Will, dated Oct. 2, 1736, mentions sons John and Daniel, and gr. dr. Susanna Hayes. Daniel m., in Sud., 4716, Sarah, dr. of Edmund, Jr. and Rebecca Goodnow.

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