Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v1p444

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1631, rem. 1643 to Woburn, was rep. 1660, and deac. His w. Sarah, d.
14 Jan. 1662. He may have been f. of all in this region, exc. Allen,
and, perhaps, was his br.; d. 10 Aug. 1663. His d. Mary m. 19 Dec.
1643, Simon Thompson, wh. d. 1658; she m. a Sheldon next yr. His
will, of Aug. 1659, names w. Sarah, s. Josiah, James, and Samuel, Edward,
s. of James, as well as alludes to others, childr. of d. Mary Thompson,
wh. was when w. of Sheldon, kinsm. Allen C. and John Parker, kinswom.
Sarah Smith. EDWARD, Woburn, s. of the preced.[2] b. in Eng. m. 9
Sept. 1662, may be sec. or third w. Joanna Sprague, perhaps wid. of
Ralph, and prob. rem. EDWARD, Woburn, gr.s. of the first Edward, by
s. James; freem. 1685, d. 26 or 28 July 1692, aged 37, m. 5 Nov. 1684,
Sarah, d. of Samuel Stone, had Samuel, b. 9 Oct. 1685; Ann, 3 Oct.
1657; Sarah, 14 Sept. 1689; and Edward, 26 Oct. 1691, d. in two days.
JAMES, Woburn, s. of first Edward, b. in Eng. m. 24 Oct. 1643, Ann, d.
of Robert Long of Charlestown, wh. d. 10 Aug. 1691, aged 69, had Ann,
b. 15 July 1644, d. in 6 mos.; James, 16 Nov. 1645; Deborah, 25 July
1647, wh. m. 1 July 1663, John Pierce; Sarah, 21 Apr. 1649; Rebecca,
15 May 1651; Lydia, 8 Mar. 1653, d. at two yrs.; Edward, 27
Feb. 1655; Mary, 29 Dec. 1656; Abigail, 13 Oct. 1658; and Ruth, 12
Feb. 1661; was a lieut. and d. 10 May 1715, aged 95. Abigail m.
Jonathan Kettle of Charlestown; Ruth m. 25 Dec. 1698[1], Philemon
Dean of Ipswich. JAMES, s. of the preced. was of Woburn, m. 1
Jan. 1669, Hannah Carter, had James, b. 5 Sept. 1670; John, 22
Aug. 1673; Elizabeth 20 Apr. 1675; Robert, 29 Dec. 1677; Hannah,
12 June 1680; Josiah, 24 May 1683, d. soon; Josiah, again, 12 Sept.
1684; Patience, 6 Nov. 1686; and Ebenezer, 16 Dec. 1688, d. under
5 yrs.; and his w. d. 10 Aug. 1691; freem. 1671, rep. 1679, 846, 9, and
92, and speaker in 1699, 1702 and 3; was disting. as capt. and major in
the Ind. war, d. 8 July 1706, aged 61. Mather, VII. Appx. art. 16. Niles.
Hutch. II. 67. 73. 88. Short. bef. his d. a petty agitat. against him led to
some ecclesiast. trouble in the ch. of W. for wh. see Geneal. Reg. XIII. 31.
JOSIAH, Woburn, s. of first Edward, b. in Eng. freem. 1651, was deac.
m. 26 Mar. 1651, Esther, d. of Richard Champney, and had Josiah, b.
15 Mar. 1660; d. 3 or 8 Feb. 1690, aged 72. JOSIAH, Woburn, s.
prob. of the preced. m. 8 Oct. 1685, Ruth Marshall, had Ruth, b. 28
May 1686; Esther, 3 Oct. 1688; Josiah, 8 Feb. 1691; Timothy, 6
July 1693, d. in few wks.; Rebecca, 2 Nov. 1694; Josiah, again, 14
Apr. 1697; Kezia, 27 Mar. 1699; Mary, 12 Jan. 1702; Josiah, again,
25 Apr. 1704; and Hannah, by sec. w. Hannah, 25 Oct. 1707; Josiah,
again, 2 Mar. 1710; and Patience, 21 July 1712; Ruth, again, 28 July
1714; and Dorothy, 20 Jan. 1717. SAMUEL, Woburn, br. of the first
Josiah, freem. 1666, m. 14 Oct. 1660, Judith, d. of Rev. Thomas Carter,
had Samuel, b. 4 Apr. 1662, perhaps he rem. but his s. SAMUEL liv. at