"A boate going out of Hampton River was cast away and the psons all drowned who were in number eight: Em. Hilliar, Jon. Philbrick and An Philbrick his wife; Sarah Philbrick there daughter; Alice the wyfe of Moses Cox and John Cox his sonne, Robert Read; who all perished in ye sea ye 20th of the 8 mo. 1657."—Norfolk County Records.
From the same Records, we learn that "Capt. Benjamin Swett of Hampton was slain at Black Point by the barbarous Indians the 29th June, 1677."
[LIST OF ANCIENT NAMES IN BOSTON AND VICINITY.]
An Alphabetical List of the Ancient Names in the towns of Boston, Charlestown, Roxbury, Watertown, Dorchester, Cambridge, Dedham, Weymouth, Braintree, Concord, Sudbury, Hingham, and Woburn.
BY THE LATE JOHN FARMER, ESQ.
[This List embraces the names in the above towns from 1630 to 1644, and contains most of the names in each town.
Abbreviations.—Bo. Boston, Ch. Charlestown, Co. Concord, Ca. Cambridge, Br. Braintree, De. Dedham, Do. Dorchester, H. Hingham, M. Medfield, R. Roxbury, S. Sudbury, Wa. Watertown, We. Weymouth, and Wo. Woburn.]