SECTION III - RELATED FAMILIES

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 (jj) DANFORTH

1 - RACHEL⁴, daughter of Samuel³, b. 14 AUG 1703 at Billerica, MA; m. Thomas Kidder³, see family (v), on 10 MAY 1726 at Billerica; died 15 SEP 1764.

2 - SAMUEL³, son of Jonathan², b. 5 FEB 1665/6 at Billerica; m. 8 JAN 1694/5 at Billerica to Hannah Crosby² , see family (kk); died 19 APR 1742 at Billerica.

Children
(All born at Billerica, MA)

Elizabeth⁴, b. 3 NOV 1695.

Hannah⁴, b. 20 AUG 1698.

Samuel⁴, b. 15 MAY 1701; m. Elizabeth Hosley, daughter of James Hosley¹; she died 3 JUL 1756 at Billerica; he died 28 JUN 1750 at Billerica.

Rachel⁴, (See #1 Above).

Lydia⁴, b. 26 MAR 1706.

Abigail⁴, b. 19 AUG 1709; m. ? Ruggles in 1742.

Jonathan⁴, b. 11 JAN 1712/13; m. Sarah Manning, daughter of William Manning¹; she died 11 DEC 1745; they had one son, William - born 7 NOV 1737. Jonathan died between 10 AUG and 9 OCT 1738.

3 - JONATHAN², son of Nicholas¹, b. 29 FEB 1627/28, at Framingham, High Suffolk, England; m.1 on 22 NOV 1654 at Billerica to Elizabeth Poulter, see family (ee); she died 7 OCT 1689 at age 56. He m.2 to Mrs. Esther Champney, daughter of Elder Richard Champney¹ of Cambridge and widow of Josiah Convers of Woburn, on 17 NOV 1690; Esther died 5 APR 1713 at age 82.

Children
(All born in Billerica, MA)

(Only two sons survived their father, Samuel³ and ? , who died after 1712.)

Mary³, b. 29 JAN 1655/6; m. John Parker of Chelmsford at Billerica on 4 JUN 1678.

Elizabeth³, b. 27 MAY 1657; m. Simeon Haywood (or Hayward) of Concord, at Billerica on 7 MAR 1687.

Jonathan³, Ensign, b. 18 FEB 1658/9; m. Rebecca Parker, daughter of Jacob Parker of Chelmsford at Billerica on 27 JUN 1682; died 17 JAN 1710/11 Billerica; his widow married again to Joseph Foster; she died in 1755.

John³, b. 23 JAN 1660/1; died 7 FEB 1660/1 at Billerica.

John³, b. 22 FEB 1661/2; d. 4 JUN 1661/2 at Billerica.

Lydia³, b. 1 JUN 1664; m. Edward Parker of Concord.

Samuel³, (See #2 Above).

Anna³, b. 8 MAR 1667/8; m. Oliver Whiting 22 JAN 1689/90.

Thomas³, b. 29 APR 1670; d. 31 JUL 1670.

Nicholas³, b. 1 JUL 1671; d. 8 MAR 1693/4.

Sarah³, b. 23 (or 13) DEC 1676; m. William French.

4 - NICHOLAS ^l, Mr., settled Cambridge, MA 1634 from Framingham, High Suffolk, England; m. before 1627 to Elizabeth ? ; who died in England in 1629, Yeoman; proprietor; selectman 21 NOV 1635 to 1637; freeman 3 MAR 1635/6; town officer; deputy 1636 and 1637.

Children
(All born in England)

Jonathan², (See #3 Above).

Martha², m. Richard French; sold land inherited from her father with husband in 1654.

Elizabeth², b. 1619; m. Andrew Belcher; d. 26,OCT 1680 at age 61.

Thomas², b. 1622; m. 23 FEB 1643/4 to Mary Withington, daughter of Henry Withington, Ruling Elder of Roxbury; at Cambridge, Asst. Dep. Gov., and Judge, has been called "one of the most useful and eminent citizens of the colony". Also held the posts of Selectman and Town Clerk. He died 5 NOV 1699.

Anna², b. probably in 1624; m. Matthew Bridge; d. 2 DEC 1704.

Samuel², b. 1626; m. 5 NOV 1651 to Mary Wilson, (daughter of Reverend John Wilson of Boston). He graduated from Harvard College in 1643; a colleague of Reverend John Eliot at Roxbury, MA; became a celebrated minister himself. Died 19 SEP 1674 of "putrid fever", at Cambridge, MA.

Jonathan², b. 29 FEB 1627/28; laid out and surveyed many tracts of land, deposed 1677 at age 50 years; became very prominent in colonial affairs.

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