FOURTH GENERATION.

(12) IV. John Minot [26—1] m. Mary Baker of Dorchester, where he lived as a farmer. She d. Feb. 18, 1717. He m. for his 2nd wife Hannah Endecott, Nov. 14, 1717, and d. soon after. His wife administered on the estate, prized at £1221. He had the following children all by his first wife;

55—1Elisabeth,b. June 6, 1699,d. young.
56—2John,b. June 1, 1701.
57—3George,b. Sept. 7, 1703,m. Abigail Fenno, Dec. 24, 1724.(23)
58—4Mary,b. Dec. 10, 1705,d. in infancy.
59—5Mary,b. March 9, 1708.
60—6Elisabeth,b. Feb. 23, 1711,m. Thomas Wyer, Jan. 27, 1729.

(13) IV. Capt. Joseph Barrett, son of Dea. Humphrey Barrett, and a grandson of Humphrey Barrett, who came from England to Concord ab. 1640, b. in Concord, Jan. 31, 1678, m. Rebecca Minot [31—1] Dec. 27, 1701. He was a farmer and lived where Abel B. Haywood now [1847] lives. He d. April 4, 1736, a. 58. She d. June 23, 1738, a. 53. Their children were

61—1Mary,b. April 6, 1706,m. Dea. George Farrar.(24)
62—2Joseph,b. Jan. 30, 1708,m. and settled in Grafton, where he d. leavingtwo daughters.
63—3Rebecca,b. July 12, 1710.
64—4Oliver,b. Jan. 12, 1712,m. Hannah Hunt, Dec. 8, 1738.(25)
65—5Humphrey,b. Oct. 24, 1715,m. Elisabeth Adams, Dec. 9, 1742.(26)
66—6Elisabeth,b. Jan. 9, 1717,m. Col. Charles Prescott.(27)
67—7John,b. Feb. 14, 1720,m. Lois Brooks, Nov. 15, 1744.(28)
68—8Samuel,b. July 8, 1725,d. Jan. 1728.

(14) IV. Capt. Benjamin Barrett, brother of the preceding, b. May 7, 1681, m. Lydia Minot [32—2] Jan. 3, 1705. He was a farmer, and lived in Concord, where James Barrett now (1847) lives, and where he d. of the pleurisy fever, Oct. 28, 1728, a. 47. His widow m. Samuel Stow. Mr. Barrett had the following children;

69—1Benjamin,b. Nov. 15, 1705,m. Rebecca Jones.(29)
70—2Thomas,b. Oct. 2, 1707,m. Mary Jones.(30)
71—3James,b. July 31, 1710,m. Rebecca Hubbard, Dec. 21, 1732.(31)
72—4Lydia,b. Aug. 2, 1712,m. Dea. Samuel Farrar, Jan. 31, 1732.(32)
73—5Rebecca,b. March 29, 1714,m. Elnathan Jones, Jan. 31, 1732. She d.Feb. 8, 1733, without issue.
74—6Timothy,b. Jan. 13, 1716,m. widow Dinah Witt, lived in Paxton, was adeacon, had one dau., Persis, b. Feb. 3, 1752, who m. Ithamer Bigelow ofShrewsbury, Feb. 16, 1769, had 7 children. Mrs. Barrett d. ab. 1754. Hewas afterwards twice m. but had no other children. He d. Jan. 4, 1800, a. 83.
75—7Mary,b. Dec. 27, 1717,d. without issue.
76—8Stephen,b. April 18, 1720,m. Elisabeth Hubbard, then widow Howe of Concord,and settled in Paxton. He left 3 sons and 1 daughter; Stephen, Israel,Benjamin, and Lydia. The sons removed to Whitestown near Utica, N. Y.,all married and had families. The dau. m. Israel Stone of Portland, andwent to Ohio. She had a large family.

(15) IV. Rev. Timothy Minot [34—4] gr. H. C. 1718, m. 1. Mary Brooks, who d. Feb. 15, 1760, a. 61, and "her name," says the record of her death, "is like precious ointment." His 2nd wife was widow Beulah Brown of Sudbury, who d. April 13, 1786, a. 92. He d. Nov. 30, 1778, a. 86. A biographical notice of this distinguished man is given in Shattuck's History of Concord, p. 244. He gr. H. C. 1718. His children were

77—1Timothy,b. April 8, 1726,m. Mary Martin.(33)
78—2Mary,b. Dec. 27, 1730,m. Tilly Merrick, July 30, 1752.(34)
79—3Stephen,b. Jan. 30, 1732, gr. H. C. 1751, was about to settle as a minister atPortland, but d. Sept. 3, 1759, a. 27.

(16) IV. Hon. James Minot [35—5] d. in Concord, Feb. 6, 1759, a. 64. He m. 1. Martha Lane of Billerica, Nov. 14, 1716. She d. Jan. 18, 1735, a. 40. He m. 2. Elisabeth Merrick of Brookfield, in 1736. She d. Jan. 26, 1746. He m. a third wife, but her name is not recorded. The following epitaph is copied from his gravestone in the "Hill Burying-Ground," in Concord; and tradition awards to him all the praise it pays to his distinguished character. He held a military commission thirty years.

Here lye the remains of Col. James Minott Esqr. who departed this life Feb. 6, 1759 in the 65th year of his age. He was of Honl. Descent, early improved & advanced in Civil and Military Affairs. Divers years Represented this Town at the General Court was a Justice of the Peace, and one of the Hon. His Majesties Council for many years, which Offices he Sustained until his death. In all which Stations and relations of life he behaved as the Christian, the Patriot, and the benevolent friend, and as he merrited so he was much loved and honored in his life and Lamented at his death. Memento mori.
'From death's arrest no age is free.'

The following were the children of Hon. James Minot, the first three by his first, and the last two by his second wife;

80—1John,b. Aug. 31, 1717,m. Sarah Stow, Jan. 26, 1744.(35)
81—2Rebecca,b. May 15, 1720,m. Benjamin Prescott, Aug. 12, 1741.(36)
82—3James,b. Jan. 20, 1726,m.(37)
83—4Martha,b. Feb. 1, 1738,m. Rev. Josiah Sherman, Jan. 24, 1757.(38)
84—5Ephraim,b. June 17, 1742,m. Abigail Prescott, Sept. 25, 1764.(39)

(17) IV. Capt. Daniel Adams lived in the south part of Lincoln, then within the limits of Concord, on the road from Waltham to Stow, where he d. Feb. 9, 1780, a. 90. He was the son of Joseph, and grandson of John Adams, one of the eight sons of Henry of Quincy. He m. Elisabeth Minot, [36—6] April 23, 1715. She d. Nov. 12, 1764, a. 67. They had the following children;

85—1Daniel,b. Oct. 15, 1720,m. Keziah Brooks and two others.(40)
86—2Elisabeth,b. Oct. 1, 1722,m. Humphrey Barrett, Dec. 9, 1742.(26)
87—3Joseph,b. Oct. 5, 1724,m. Mary Eveleth of Stow, —— 1746.(41)
88—4Rebecca,b. Sept. 2, 1727,m. Nathan Brown, March 10, 1747.(42)
89—5James,b. March 19, 1732,m. 1. Keziah Conant—2. Delia Adams.(43)
90—6Lydia,b. Sept. 1, 1735,m. Abel Miles, Feb. 26, 1756.(44)
91—7Martha,b. April 13, 1738,m. Joseph Wellington, April 1, 1760.
92—8Mary,b. May 18, 1730,m. 1. Peter Hubbard—2. Capt. Timothy Wheeler,who had Martha, m. Joel Dix, who died in Boston in 1837, Joseph, andperhaps others. He was captain of the militia in Concord on April 19,1775. See Hist. of Concord, p. 107.

These individuals had 69 children, averaging eight and five eighths each.

(18) IV. John Adams, a brother of the above, lived near the centre of Lincoln, where he d. Oct. 25, 1725, a. 28. He was buried in "Hurd Burying-Ground" in Concord. He married Love Minot, [38—8] sister to his brother's wife. They had two children.

93—1John,b. Nov. 11, 1723,m. Lucy Hubbard, Dec. 12, 1749.(45)
94—2Lucy,b. Jan. 23, 1725,m. Rev. Wm. Lawrence of Lincoln.(46)

(19) IV. Capt. Samuel Dakin was b. in Concord and lived in Sudbury. He went as commander of a military company, commissioned by Governor Pownall, and was slain in a battle with the French and Indians at Half Way Brook, near Lake George, July 20, 1758. He m. Mercy Minot, [39—9] Dec. 13, 1732. Their children were

95—1Oliver,b. March 30, 1727.
96—2Mercy,b. Sept. 12, 1729,d. young.
97—3Samuel,b. May 17, 1731.
98—4Amos,b. Jan. 29, 1732.
99—5Mercy,b. April 24, 1733.
100—6Elisabeth,b. Aug. 9, 1734.
101—7Beulah,b. March 22, 1735,m. Thomas Baker, Jan. 15, 1755.
102—8Timothy,b. June 7, 1737.
103—9Hannah,b. Aug. 28, 1739.
104—10Mary,b. Aug. 1741.
105—11Samuel, twins. b. June 21, 1744,m. 1. Ann Wheeler, 2. Mehetabel ——.
106—12

(20) IV. Dea. Samuel Minot [40—10] was a deacon in the Concord church, where he d. March 17, 1766. He m. 1. Sarah Prescott of Westford, March 7, 1732, who d. in childbirth, March 22, 1737, a. 24, having had three children. He m. 2. Dorcas Prescott, sister of his first wife, in 1738. She d. June 16, 1803, a. 91. They had the following children;

107—1Samuel,b. Dec. 23, 1732,m. Elisabeth Davis, lived in Boston, hadseveral children, all of whom d. young except Joanna.
108—2Jonas,b. April 25, 1735,m. Mary Hall of Westford.(47)
109—3Sarah Thankful,b. March 4, 1737,m. Dea. Ama Dakin of Mason, N. H.
110—4Dorcas Prescott,b. March 24, 1739,m. Thomas Barrett, Jr., Jan. 15, 1761.
111—5George,b. Oct. 23, 1741,m. three wives by the name of Barrett.(48)
112—6Rebecca,b. Jan. 14, 1744,m. Charles Barrett of New Ipswich, 1799.
113—7Daniel,b. Aug. 29, 1748,d. Dec. 20, 1753, a. 5.
114—8Mary,b. Oct. 5, 1755,m. Elnathan Jones.

(21) IV. Stephen Minot [42—2] lived in Boston. He m. for his first wife Sarah, eldest daughter of Col. Francis Wainwright. They lived together ten months, when she d., Oct. 21, 1711, in childbirth, leaving one child, Stephen. He m. for his second wife, Mary, daughter of Capt. John Brown of Marblehead, Jan. 1, 1713. They had the following children;

115—1Stephen,b. Sept. 21, 1711,m. Sarah Clark, June 10, 1736.(49)
116—2John,b. 1712,d. in infancy.
117—3John,b. 1714,d. in infancy.
118—4John,b. 1716.
119—5Mary,b. May 28, 1718.
120—6William,b. 1720.
121—7Elisabeth,b. June, 1722.
122—8Mehetabel,b. 1724.m. Walter Logan, Esq., an officer of the Customsof Boston. He d. in Glasgow in Scotland, Nov. 10, 1788.
123—9Jane,b. Sept. 11, 1726,m. Capt. Nathaniel Williams of Roxbury. Hed. 1774. They had one child, who d. in infancy. She m. again ElishaBrewster, merchant of Middleton, Ct., in 1778.
124—10George,b. 1728,d. in infancy.
125—11George,b. 1730, gr. H. C. in 1752.
126—12Sarah,b. 1732.

(22) IV. Jonathan Minot [54—1] lived in Westford, where he d. He m. Elisabeth Stratton of Concord, Jan. 26, 1714, by whom he had children.

127—1Samuel,b. Sept. 10, 1714,m. Elisabeth ——.
128—2Elisabeth,b. Jan. 30, 1717.
129—3Rebecca,b. April 2, 1719.
130—4Jonathan,b. Jan. 19, 1723,m. Esther Proctor of Chelmsford.(50)
131—5Anna,b. Sept. 13, 1725.
132—6John,b. Dec. 16, 1730.

(To be continued.)

[BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF DECEASED PHYSICIANS IN MASSACHUSETTS.]

BY EBENEZER ALDEN, M. D.

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