[536] m. Mercy--. His children were Elizabeth, b. 1767, d. unm. 3 Mar. 1800; Eunice Cook, bap. 17 May 1778, m. John Goddard 21 Dec. 1806; Henry, bap. 21 Feb. 1790. Henry the f. resided at the easterly corner of North Avenue and Cedar Street, and d. 23 Sept. 1815, a. 74, leaving only one surviving child, Mrs. Goddard. who inherited the homestead; his w. Mercy d. 4 Dec. 1815, a. 69 or 71.
11. Gilbert, s. of Edward (5), m. Martha——, and had in Pepperell, Hannah, b. 13 May 1773, m. Thomas Rundle of Boston 17 July 1810; Sally, b. 21 Feb. 1775. m. Joshua Shed; Patty, b. 9 Feb. 1778, d. 6 Aug. 1868; in Acton, ,John, b. 29 Dec. 1781; Polly. b. 4 Oct. 1783, m.——Hosley; in Pepperell, Lydia, b. 10 Sept. 1787; and in Camb., Nabby, b. 17 Sept. 1790, m. Walter Fisk. Gilbert the f. d. of lockjaw 15 Sept. 1818, a. 74; his w. Martha d. 28 June 1800, a. 50.
12. Isaiah, s. of Edward (5), m. Judae (Judith) Symmes of Woburn 15 May 1773, and had John Eliot, bap. 9 Feb. 1777, d. 1783; Judith, bap. 10 Nov. 1781, d. 1783. His w. Judith d. 1783, and he m. Sarah——, and had Edward (prob. the same who d. at Bedford 23 Mar. 1825, a. 33), Ann, and Abigail, who all survived him. Isaiah the f. d. 2 Aug. 1805, a. 59.
13. Jonathan, s. of William (6), m. Martha Cook 7 Mar. 1771, and had several children who died in infancy. I find no record of any who survived, nor of the death of the parents.
14. William, s. of William (6), m. Rachel Cutter 15 May 1792, and had William, bap. 6 Oct. 1793; Rachel, bap. 16 Sept. 1798; Oliver, bap. 11 Jan. 1801, d. young; Martha, bap. 17 July 1803, d. unm. 19 June 1839; Oliver, bap. 8 Sept. 1805: Mary Curtler, bap. 17 July 1808. William the f. d. 15 Ap. 1835, a. 78; his w. Rachel d. 15 Aug. 1842, a. 76.
15. Aaron, s. of William (6), m. Lucy Cutter 21 Nov. 1797, and d. 2 Oct. 1805, a. 38.
Mary, m. Capt. Samuel Chandler 4 Nov. 1777. John, m. Eleanor Russell 23 June 1781. Josiah, m. Sally Cooper 10 July 1788. Wid. Sarah, d. 13 Sept. 1780. Sally, d. 16 Nov. 1792, a. 23. Elizabeth, d. 11 Feb. 1793, a. 20. Mrs. Hannah, d. 31 July 1801, a. 45.
Doolittle, John, m. Sibilla Nutt, wid. of Miles Nutt of Chs., 30 Oct. 1674. She d. in Malden 23 Sept. 1690, a. 82. He is called by Dr. Bond of Rumney Marsh.
Druce, Vincent (otherwise written Druse, Druse, and on the list of Freemen, 1645, ‘Vincent Ruth’), removed from Hingham and purchased a farm on the south side of the river, adjoining Brookline, 4 Feb. 1650-51. He was father of Vincent, and probably also of John of Roxbury who was slain in Philip's War, to whom Eliot refers in the Roxbury Church Record, under date of 24 July 1675: ‘John Druse dyed in the warrs, and was there buried; he acquitted himself valiantly.’
2. Vincent, s. of Vincent (1), had John, b. 25 Feb. 1668-9; Mehetabel, b. 26 Sept. 1670; Mary, . 7. Aug. 1672; Deliverance, b. 15 Mar. 1674-5. Vin-cent the f. d. 1683; his w.——and these four children survived.
Dudley, Thomas, was one of the founders of Cambridge, and among the first who erected houses here in the spring of 161. He remained here only a few years; but removed to Ipswich about the time of Hooker's removal to Hartford, and thence to Roxbury before the close of 1636. During his whole life in New England, and even before the colonists left England, he was a member of the government. First elected an Assistant in England in 1629, he held that office eight different years, was Deputy Governor thirteen years, and Governor four years, to wit, 1634, 1640, 1645, 1650; Commissioner of the United Colonies, 1643, 1647, 1649, and President 1647, 1649. His military skill and energy seem to have been appreciated; he commanded a company of eighty volunteers at the siege of Amiens in 1597; was appointed Lieut.-colonel of the Southern regiment, on the first military organizations of the Colony, in 1636, and Major-general of all the forces, 1641. So entirely was his life devoted to the public service, that a particular biography of him would be a general history of the Colony during the same period. Gov. Dudley was twice
