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  2. Providence VR's, 8:10.
  3. RIVR Vol. 1862, pp. 258-59.
  4. Providence Bulletin, December 6, 1920.
  5. Rhode Island Marriages, 1636-1930.
  6. Rhode Island Vital Records, Vol. 1864, pp. 8-9. From copy of certificate of birth and births registered in the Town of Bristol, RI, 1864. Parents listed as Charles D. Eddy, 34, ship master, born in Providence, and Sarah W. Bennett, 22, born in Bristol, RI.
  7. World War I Registration Card.
  8. AbrahamLeonardInternet.ftw. Date of Import: Nov 28, 2000.
  9. Tombstone, North Burial Ground, Bristol, RI, Area 3, lot 2. "John H. Leonard, August 22, 1878, 55 years, 4 months, 17 days" RI death certificate says year was 1879, as does death register.
  10. Records of 1st Baptist Church of Bristol, RI Vital Statistics (Arnold Collection). The date may be December 5th.
  11. RI Vital Records, also Certificate of Death from the State of Rhode Island, 90-738-28.
  12. Rhode Island Births, 1636-1930.
  13. Providence VR's, 8:225.
  14. Rhode Island Certificate of Death, Vol. 1903, p. 4.
  15. RI Vital Records, also Certificate of Death from the State of Rhode Island, Book 5, page 118.
  16. Town of Middleborough Vital Records Index, 1649-1945, www.midlib.org/diglib/digcoll.htm.
  17. George Marston Leonard, "A Leonard Dictionary, Vol 3," manuscript., Chart T-29.
  18. Elisha Clark Leonard - George Marston Leonard, Descendants of James Leonard, Ironworker, of Taunton through 8 Generations, manuscript, 1959, Page 54, Sixth Generation, #1130. #1130.
  19. Town of Middleborough Vital Records Index, 1649-1945, www.midlib.org/diglib/digcoll.htm. Father Nathaniel Leonard 2nd, mother Betsy.
  20. Certificate of Death, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, State Death Register, Vo. 1853-54, pp. 758-59. Gives his age as 55, place of birth as Bristol, RI, and occupation as teamer, but other info is blank (wife, parents, cause of death, etc. Also age and place of birth are wrong. This was at the very beginning of state recordkeeping in RI, and the system apparently hadn't been worked out.
  21. Death Certificate, State of Rhode Island, Vol. 1886, p. 719. Birth date is calculated from age at date of death.
  22. AC/VR Rhode Island.
  23. RI State Death Register, Vol. 1902, p. 128. Death certificate lists her parents.
  24. RI State Death Register, Vol. 1902, p. 128. Date of birth calculated from age at death: 81 years, 10 mos., 11 days.
  25. RI State Death Register, Vol. 1902, p. 128.
  26. Daughters of the American Revolution listing.
  27. 1900 Census.
  28. Elder Wight's Deaths (RI Vital Statistics -- Arnold Collection). A 9-mo. old child of Abraham Leonard is mentioned as dying on May 8, 1827. Was it Abraham or George?.
  29. Elisha Clark Leonard - George Marston Leonard, "James Leonard of Taunton, MA, Ironmaster," manuscript, 1959, #2014.
  30. RI Vital Records, also Certificate of Death from the State of Rhode Island, 90-801-28.
  31. State of RI, Certificate of Death, from Deaths Registered in the Town of Bristol, p. 707.
  32. RIVR 53-758-2, also records of the 1st Baptist Church of Bristol. Sometimes confused with the death of his father, which occurred 4 Dec 1853.
  33. RI Vital Records: New Series, Vol. 13, Newport Co., RI Births 1751-1860 from Death and Marriage Records K-Z, 118. Thomas, of John & Abbie, b. 23 Aug 1790 Po (md; d 16 Aug 1867 Br) (BrD 5-52).
  34. Bristol Phenix, August 24, 1867. "In this town, 16th last, Mr. Thomas Peabody, aged 77 years, 6 months, 15 days, a soldier of the War of 1812." Also RIVR, 67-848-2. Slight variation in age.
  35. "The Slocums, Slocumbs, and Slocombs of America,", p. 561.
  36. Providence VR, 1956, N166, Bk 80, page 98, ct 2. daughter of Christopher and Sally. Spelling of last name was Peabodie. She was 83 and died of paralysis, according to death register.
  37. Births, Marriages, and Deaths Recorded in Providence, Vol. 15.
  38. Elder Wight's Deaths.
  39. Births, Marriages, and Deaths Recorded in Providence, Vol. 15 - 21:415.
  40. Bristol Phoenix, Sat., 27 September 1862, page 3, col. 3. In this town, on Friday, 19th inst., James W. Peabody, son of Mr. Thomas Peabody, in the 20th year of his age.
  41. State of RI, Certificate of Death, from Deaths Registered in the Town of Bristol. Death certificate says middle name was Brown, but Eddy genealogy says it was Barker. Cyrus Barker was a noted RI merchant at the time, distantly related to Cyrus Eddy.
  42. Bristol Phenix, May 9, 1843. "In this town, yesterday, Mrs. Eunice G. Eddy, wife of Mr. Cyrus B. Eddy, in the 43rd year of her age.".
  43. RI Vital Records: New Series, Vol. 12, Newport Co., RI Births 1751-1860 from Death and Marriage Records K-Z, p. 72, BRD 6-20. Same source has other children of Martin and Eliza Bennett.
  44. Rhode Island Vital Records, State Death Register, Vol. 1906, p. 5. Birth date calculated from age at death.
  45. Rhode Island Vital Records, State Death Register, Vol. 1906, p. 5. He was a widower, born in Newport, RI, age at death 92 years, 11 months, 13 days, a sea captain by profession. He died of old age. His physician was C. J. Hasbruck and undertaker Robert McKay. He was residing at 68 Constitution St., Bristol, when he passed away. His parents were Martin Bennett and Eliza Butts.
  46. Vital Records of Rhode Island, 7:595.
  47. RI Vital Records, also Certificate of Death from the State of Rhode Island, 88-537-2.
  48. ECL-GML, p. 172. #539. Page 54 in Sixth Generation.
  49. Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid, www.islandnet.com.
  50. Middleborough Vital Records, Vol. II, Book 2, Part 2 - Deaths Marriages 1776-1801.
  51. Middleborough Vital Records,, CD #203, p. 297.
  52. Middleborough Gazette Obituary, 3/13/1858:3.
  53. Middleborough Vital Statistics, p. 125.
  54. ECL-GML. #1128.
  55. Solomon Leonard Memorial by Manning Leonard, p. 197.
  56. Middleborough Vital Records, Vol. I, Book 4, Part 1 - Births 1762-1800.
  57. ECL-GML, Page 54, Sixth Generation, #1129. #1129.
  58. Middleborough VR. Per ECL.
  59. Middleborough Vital Statistics, Vol. 2, Book 7, Part 2 - Deaths 1798-1836.
  60. ECL-GML, Page 54, Sixth Generation. #1131.
  61. Vital Records of Rhode Island, Arnold Collection, Bristol -- Births, p. 93.
  62. Elder Wright's Marriages, p. 342.
  63. Rhode Island American -- Deaths.
  64. 1850 Census, p. 62.
  65. RI Vital Records, also Certificate of Death from the State of Rhode Island, Book 3, p. 27.
  66. "The Slocums, Slocumbs, and Slocombs of America,", pp. 561-2.
  67. RI Vital Records, also Certificate of Death from the State of Rhode Island, Book 4, page 64. 51 at death.
  68. Family History Library, Film #0873749, item 3.
  69. Charles P. Bennett, "Yankee Clippers, Golden Slippers, and More," 1987, p. 261.
  70. Providence Gazette Marriages.
  71. Vital Records of Rhode Island, by James N. Arnold, Vol. 3. He was baptized Auigust 28, 1784, in Bristol.
  72. Vital Records of Rhode Island, by James N. Arnold, Vol. 3. Baptism - Bristol.
  73. RI Vital Records, also Certificate of Death from the State of Rhode Island. He was 81 years, 5 months, 24 days old when he died.
  74. Luther Genealogy, p. 241.
  75. Vital Records of Rhode Island, 6:2:77.
  76. Vital Records of Rhode Island, 6:1:146. 38 years old.
  77. ECL-GML, p. 104, p. 171. #236.
  78. Town of Middleborough Vital Records Index, 1649-1945, www.midlib.org/diglib/digcoll.htm. "of Joseph and Fear" Also listed in The Corbin Collection, Vol 3, CD (NEHGS).
  79. CD157, Early New York Families, 1600's-1900s, Disk 2, Family Histor of Central New York, p. 1075. I'm not sure how reliable this source is, but most other dates check out.

    ECL says his death date was 2 Nov 1788 according to Middleborough VR's.

  80. Middleboro VR's on line, www.midlib.org., p. 331. Date is given as November 1, 1783. His death and his father's death are not listed in the Middleboro VR's on the NEHGS web site.
  81. Town of Middleborough Vital Records Index, 1649-1945, www.midlib.org/diglib/digcoll.htm. Marriage by Benjamin Ruggles.
  82. Massachusetts VR's to 1850, NEHGS web site.
  83. ECL-GML, p. 104, 171.
  84. ECL-GML, p. 171. #533.
  85. Old Cemeteries of Southeastern Massachusetts, Charles M. Thatcher, 1880's.
  86. ECL-GML, p. 171. #535.
  87. Town of Middleborough Vital Records Index, 1649-1945, www.midlib.org/diglib/digcoll.htm, p. 330.
  88. Charles M. Thacher, Old Cemeteries of Southeastern Massachusetts, 1880's.
  89. ECL-GML, p. 172. #537.
  90. Middleborough MA Deaths, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1947, p. 102.
  91. ECL-GML, p. 172. #538.
  92. Middleborough Vital Records, Vol II, Book 2, Part 2.
  93. ECL-GML. ECL/GML note: See letter from Isaac Richmond Leonard to Elizabeth F. Leonard dtd. 31 July 1901. That's apparently the source of information about this branch.
  94. Noah Leonard's Revolutionary War Pension File, W.20457.
  95. Findagrave.com.
  96. ECL-GML, p. 172. #540 He says she died unmarried.
  97. ECL-GML, p. 172. #541.
  98. NEHGS Cemetery Collection (on line).
  99. ECL-GML, p. 172. #542.
  100. ECL-GML, p. 172. #543.
  101. Town of Middleborough Vital Records Index, 1649-1945, www.midlib.org/diglib/digcoll.htm. Are we sure it was this Simeon?.
  102. Kenneth L. Shaw III, "John Shaw of Plymouth Plantation in Progress," <awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?=AHN&db+kenshaw2001&id_109319>, 4-19-2003.
  103. Records from the Nemasket Cemetery, Middleborough, CD 203, p. 2.
  104. The Corbin Collection, Vol. 3, CD (NEHGS).
  105. Vital Records of Rhode Island, Arnold Collection, Bristol -- Births, p. 91.
  106. Selected Final Pension Payment Vouchers 1818-1864 by Katherine MacPherson Gunning, p. 170. File names all of Edward's children, has signatures of many of them.
  107. Dorothy Chapman Saunders, "Bristol, RI's Early Settlers", p. 98.
  108. Vital Records of Rhode Island, Arnold Collection, Bristol -- Births, p. 82.
  109. RI GR, Vol. 17, p. 293.
  110. RI Vital Records, also Certificate of Death from the State of Rhode Island, 53-758.
  111. Vital Records of Rhode Island, Bristol.
  112. Mrs. Charles L. Alden, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie and Descendants, Salem: Eben Putnam, 1897, p. 62.
  113. Little Compton Families, p. 640. Other info in RI Vital Records.
  114. RI Vital Records, also Certificate of Death from the State of Rhode Island, 4-171.
  115. 163970.ged.
  116. Revolutionary War Pension File for Coggeshall Butts.
  117. Mrs. Charles L. Alden, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie and Descendants, Salem: Eben Putnam, 1897, p. 113.
  118. Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 16, part 2, John Alden, p. 89.
  119. Vital Records of Rhode Island, by James N. Arnold, Vol. 3.
  120. Vital Records of Rhode Island, by James N. Arnold, Vol. 3, 8:210.
  121. Tami Reynolds via e-mail 5 July 2008.
  122. Vital Records of Rhode Island, by James N. Arnold, Vol. 3. Baptism, Bristol.
  123. The Luther Genealogy.
  124. James N. Arnold, RI Vital Records to 1850, NEHGS Web Site.
  125. ECL-GML, p. 104. #91.
  126. Town of Middleborough Vital Records Index, 1649-1945, www.midlib.org/diglib/digcoll.htm. "of Elkanah".
  127. Middleboro VR's on line, www.midlib.org. In Middleboro VR's on NEHGS, he was a lt. at the time of his marriage to Fear.
  128. ECL-GML, p. 104.
  129. Town of Middleborough Vital Records Index, 1649-1945, www.midlib.org/diglib/digcoll.htm. "of Nathaniel".
  130. ECL-GML, p. 204. #237.
  131. Middleborough Town Records, p. 232. Also, the Corbin Collection, Vol 3, CD, Middleborough VR's.
  132. ECL-GML, p. 173. ECL has a date of March 9, 1733.
  133. ECL-GML, p. 171. #536.
  134. Middleborough Vital Records,.
  135. ECL-GML, p. 204. #239.
  136. Town of Middleborough Vital Records Index, 1649-1945, www.midlib.org/diglib/digcoll.htm. Also the Corbin Collection, Vol 3, CD, Middleborough VR's. Month of birth isn't listed in this case.
  137. ECL-GML. #240.
  138. Members of the First Church of Middleborough. #325.
  139. Catalogue of the Members of the First Church of Middleborough, Mass, 1854. Member #325. Father #219.
  140. NEHGS Register, 48:291. Article does not give date and place of marriage.
  141. Catalogue of the Members of the First Church of Middleborough, Mass, 1854. #255. married #325. dau. Experience?.
  142. The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. XVI, Middleborough, MA, Vital Records.
  143. The Francis Eaton Family, Generation V, Mayflower Society, 1996, p. 104.
  144. Bridgewater Vital Records, p. 68.
  145. Middleborough Vital Records,, p. 28.
  146. Genealogies of Mayflower Families, First Settlers of Eastham, Mass., p. 897.
  147. John Shaw of Plymouth Plantation in Progress by Kenneth L. Shaw, Internet, 8-18-06.
  148. Vital Records of Rhode Island, Arnold Collection, Bristol --Deaths, p. 149.
  149. Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, by James Arnold.
  150. Dorothy Chapman Saunders, "Bristol, RI's Early Settlers", p. 49.
  151. Vital Records of Rhode Island, Arnold Collection, Bristol -- Deaths, p. 149.
  152. Vital Records of Rhode Island, Arnold Collection, Bristol -- Births, p.91.
  153. Vital Records of Rhode Island, by James N. Arnold, Vol. 3, 1-226.
  154. Vital Records of Rhode Island, by James N. Arnold, Vol. 3, 3-2.
  155. Vital Records of Rhode Island, by James N. Arnold, Vol. 3, 1-51.
  156. RI Vital Records, also Certificate of Death from the State of Rhode Island, 6-66.
  157. Vital Records of Rhode Island, Arnold Collection, Bristol -- Births, p. 85.
  158. Dorothy Chapman Saunders, "Bristol, RI's Early Settlers", p. 97.
  159. Dorothy Chapman Saunders, "Bristol, RI's Early Settlers", pp. 97-98.
  160. Dorothy Chapman Saunders, "Bristol, RI's Early Settlers", p.98.
  161. Newport Births and Deaths, v. 1, p. 88. Also RI Vital Records, v. 4, p. 81. Also Diary of Rev. William Homes of Chilmark, who baptized him.
  162. Newport Marriages, Vol. 1, p. 102. Also RI Vital Records, v. 4, p. 5. Second Congregational Church (Newport) marriages. RI Vital Records, v. 8, p. 457.
  163. Arnold Memorial, 1935. #27.
  164. Mrs. Charles L. Alden, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie and Descendants, Salem: Eben Putnam, 1897, pp. 61-62.
  165. Rehoboth VR, p. 203.
  166. Bristol VR, p. 115. Arnold's Vol. 6.
  167. RIVR 163601850 by James R. Arnold, NEHGS web site.
  168. RIVR 6:1:146.
  169. Mrs. Charles L. Alden, Elizabeth Alden Pabodie and Descendants, 1897, p. 113. Intentions published in Bristol, RI, 12 July 1723.
  170. Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 2 -- Generation V, Elizabeth Alden Pabodie, p. 88. Martha Seabury is #445.
  171. RIVR 4:6:156.
  172. RIVR 6:1:146. She was a widow when she died.
  173. Vital Records of Rhode Island, p. 146.
  174. Vital Records of Rhode Island, by James N. Arnold, Vol. 3, 2-80.
  175. Vital Records of Rhode Island, by James N. Arnold, Vol. 3, 1-18. Married by Rev. John Usher.
  176. Vital Records of Rhode Island, by James N. Arnold, Vol. 3, 1-286.
  177. Vital Records of Rhode Island, by James N. Arnold, Vol. 3, 2-27.
  178. Ancestral Lines, Third Edition, by Carl Boyer, 3rd, p. 383.
  179. ECL-GML, p. 68. #16.
  180. James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, CD#169, p. 78.
  181. ECL-GML, p. 68.
  182. ECL-GML, p. 68, p. 103. #90.
  183. The Corbin Collection, Vol. 3, CD, Middleborough VR's.
  184. Middleborough MA Deaths, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1947, p. 101.
  185. Middleborough Vital Records, Vol. I, Early Records, Part II -Marriages 1866-1705/Book I - Births, 1674-1709.
  186. ECL-GML, p. 68. #92. Jabez was the son of her stepfather.
  187. ECL-GML, p. 68. #93.
  188. ECL-GML, p. 68, 105. #94.
  189. ECL-GML, p. 68. #95.
  190. Town of Middleborough Vital Records Index, 1649-1945, www.midlib.org/diglib/digcoll.htm. Also the Corbin Collection, Vol. 3, CD.
  191. ECL-GML, p. 68. #96. Also, The Corbin Collection, Vol 3, CD, Middleborough VR's, lists an unnamed child of Elkanah born this date.
  192. ECL-GML, p. 68. #97.
  193. ECL-GML, p. 68. #98.
  194. ECL-GML, p. 69. #99.
  195. Members of the First Church of Middleborough. #135.
  196. Town of Middleborough Vital Records Index, 1649-1945, www.midlib.org/diglib/digcoll.htm. "of Nathaniel and Jael".
  197. Catalogue of the Members of the First Church of Middleborough, Mass, 1854. Member #213. Father of #325. His father was #104.
  198. NEHGS Register, 48:291.
  199. Plymouth County Vital Records, p. 135.
  200. Plympton VR, p. 183.
  201. Stephen Bryant and His Descendants, Genealogies of Mayflower Families, p. 412.
  202. Plymouth County Vital Records, p. 236.
  203. Catalogue of the Members of the First Church of Middleborough, Mass, 1854. Member #399.
  204. Mayflower Source Records, Marriages in the Town of Bridgewater Previous to its Division, p. 6.
  205. Bridgewater Vital Records, p. 8.
  206. RIVR 6:Bristol:149; Lynn VR 1:246.
  207. Arnold's RIVR 6:63.
  208. RI Vital Records, also Certificate of Death from the State of Rhode Island, 6-63.
  209. Ancestry.com info submitted by Roz Edson <rozedson@excite.com>, 1-2007.
  210. Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, p. 104.
  211. Mrs. Charles L. Alden, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie and Descendants, Salem: Eben Putnam, 1897, pp. 19-20.
  212. Mrs. Charles L. Alden, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie and Descendants, Salem: Eben Putnam, 1897, p. 65.
  213. Mrs. Charles L. Alden, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie and Descendants, Salem: Eben Putnam, 1897, p. 66.
  214. Mrs. Charles L. Alden, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie and Descendants, Salem: Eben Putnam, 1897, pp. 60-61.
  215. Little Compton Families, pp. 638-40. from The Stoddard Book, 1912.
  216. Little Compton Families, pp. 638-649.
  217. Ancestral Lines, Third Edition, by Carl Boyer, 3rd, p. 620.
  218. Ancestral Lines, Third Edition, by Carl Boyer, 3rd, p. 229.
  219. RI Genealogical Register, Vol 16, Index of Wills, MI 7-132.
  220. Genealogies of RI Families, Vol. II, John Peckham of Newport, RI, and Some of His Descendants, p. 74. States that James Peckham married Sarah, dau. of John and Sarah (Weeden) Greene. This is at odds with other info I have.
  221. Torrey: New England Marriages CD.
  222. Vital Records of Rhode Island, Tiverton, Marriages and Intentions, p. 8.
  223. Vital Records of Scituate, MA, to the Year 1850, NEHGS.
  224. Scituate VR, MRI, p. 46.
  225. Sons and Daughters of Pilgrims, p. 141.
  226. Records of Constant Hart of Tiverton, RI.
  227. Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Vol. V, George Soule, p. 82.
  228. Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Vol. V, George Soule, p. 87.
  229. Mrs. Charles L. Alden, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie and Descendants, Salem: Eben Putnam, 1897, pp. 36-37.
  230. Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 2 -- Generation V, Elizabeth Alden Pabodie, p. 87. Samuel Seabury is #444.
  231. Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 2 -- Generation V, Elizabeth Alden Pabodie, p. 91. Sion Seabury is #448.
  232. Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 2 -- Generation V, Elizabeth Alden Pabodie, p. 93. Mary Seabury is #450.
  233. Vital Records of Rhode Island, by James N. Arnold, Vol. 3, 2-103.
  234. Swansea VR's, p. 20.
  235. Swanzey, MA, VR's on NEHGS web site.
  236. Internet: www.geniecorner.com/HTML/OldEast.html.
  237. Ancestral Lines, Third Edition, by Carl Boyer, 3rd, p. 531.
  238. Plymouth Colony Vital Records.
  239. Genealogy of the Leonard Family by Fanny Leonard Koster, p. 63.
  240. ECL-GML, p. 14, pp. 16-24. #2.
  241. Samuel H. Emery, HIstory of Taunton, MA, CD Version, p. 372. Error - has him born 1611 vice 1641.
  242. Ancestral Lines, Third Edition, by Carl Boyer, 3rd, p. 678.
  243. ECL-GML, p. 23. #11.
  244. ECL-GML, p. 23, p. 48. #12.
  245. ECL-GML, p. 24. #13.
  246. Raynham VR.
  247. Genealogy of the Leonard Family by Fanny Leonard Koster, pp, 71-73.
  248. ECL-GML, p. 24. #14.
  249. ECL-GML, p. 24, p. 57. #15.
  250. Raynham VR, p. 571 (41). "a little after sunset, age 71 years, 2 months, 12 days.".
  251. ECL-GML, p. 24. #17.
  252. Taunton VR.
  253. ECL-GML, p. 24. #18.
  254. ECL-GML, p. 24. #19. ECL says he died May 2, 1682.
  255. ECL-GML, p. 24. #20. ECL says her name was Phebe.
  256. ECL-GML, p. 24. #21.
  257. Samuel H. Emery, HIstory of Taunton, MA, CD Version, p. 372.
  258. NEHGS Register 1851, Genealogical Memoir of the Leonard Family, p. 4141(5).
  259. NEHGS Register 1851, Genealogical Memoir of the Leonard Family, p. 414(5).
  260. Vol 1, Plymouth Births, Marriages, and Deaths.
  261. New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Torrey, CD. Date of Import: Nov 28, 2000.
  262. The James Chilton Family, Vol. 15, Mayflower Families through 5 Generations, p. 13.
  263. Plymouth VR.
  264. New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Torrey, CD. Exact date not given.
  265. Catalogue of the Members of the First Church of Middleborough, Mass, 1854. Member #104. Died June 5, 1725, age 77, but "in 74th year.".
  266. Records of Old Cemetery, Middleborough, CD#203.
  267. Torrey: New England Marriages CD. Supplement is definite that it's Martha Woodin (not Weare) and that they married in Beverly, per TAG 64:73.
  268. Catalogue of the Members of the First Church of Middleborough, Mass, 1854. Member # 87.
  269. NEHGS Register, 48:290. This NEHGR article covers the first three generations of the Bent family in America.
  270. Marshfield VR, p.111.
  271. Marshfield VR, p. 111.
  272. NEHGS Register, 48:290.
  273. Diary of Jabez Fitch, Jr.
  274. NEHGS Register, 141:206 and 207.
  275. Some Descenants of John Munro(e) of Bristol RI, Dorothy Chapman Saunders, TAG, 1986, pp. 180-182. She notes possibility that this John Munro may have been the one from Assynt or possibly a later arrival. She quotes from the will of John's wife, Sarah, which names all ten children.
  276. RIVR 6:Bristol:144.
  277. RIGR 3:137.
  278. Genealogical Dictionary of New England, p. 40.
  279. Dorothy Chapman Saunders, "Bristol, RI's Early Settlers", p. 43, p. 47-8.
  280. Dorothy Chapman Saunders, "Bristol, RI's Early Settlers", p. 48.
  281. Dorothy Chapman Saunders, "Bristol, RI's Early Settlers", pp. 48-9.
  282. Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, p. 166.
  283. Dorothy Chapman Saunders, "Bristol, RI's Early Settlers", p. 96-97.
  284. Dorothy Chapman Saunders, "Bristol, RI's Early Settlers", p.97.
  285. Vital Records of Rhode Island, by James N. Arnold, Vol. 3, 1-219.
  286. Rhode Island Genealogical Register, 17:275 - 286, Dorothy Chapman Saunders, Some Descendants of Henry Bragg of Bristol, RI.
  287. RIVR 6 Bristol:91, 148.
  288. Dorothy Chapman Saunders, "Bristol, RI's Early Settlers", p. 55.
  289. Mrs. Charles L. Alden, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie and Descendants, Salem: Eben Putnam, 1897, p. 14.
  290. Mrs. Charles L. Alden, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie and Descendants, Salem: Eben Putnam, 1897, pp. 16-17.
  291. Mrs. Charles L. Alden, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie and Descendants, Salem: Eben Putnam, 1897, pp. 10-12.
  292. Scituate VR, Vol. II.
  293. "Little Compton Families".
  294. Little Compton Families, pp. 638-40.
  295. Genealogical Dictionary of New England, p. 231.
  296. Little Compton Families, p. 88.
  297. Ancestral Lines, Third Edition, by Carl Boyer, 3rd, p. 619.
  298. Ancestral Lines, Third Edition, by Carl Boyer, 3rd, p. 683.
  299. Westcott History and Genealogy, Roscoe L. Whitman, 1932, p. 151.
  300. Plymouth County Vital Records.
  301. Ancestral Lines, Third Edition, by Carl Boyer, 3rd, p. 228.
  302. Boyer, Ancestral Lines, Third Edition, p. 228.
  303. NEHGS Register, 164:68.
  304. New England Marriages Prior to 1700, CD.
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  306. CD180, Family Histories, Rhode Island Genealogies #1, Vol. II, John Peckham of Newport, R.I. and some of his descendants.
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  458. RIchard Hart, Amherst, NH.
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