History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . tor of all the name in this country as far asknown. Tradition (apparently well supported) re-lates that he came from Scotland, and that he wasone of the Scottish prisoners taken by Cromwell,either at the battle of Dunbar, September 3, 1650, orat the battle of Worcester, twelve months later. Tra-dition also reports that his wifes name was EleanorStuart, a woman of Scottish birth, and a strong ad-herent of the unfortunate royal house of Stuart. Weare t(dd that she had anticipated his co
History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . tor of all the name in this country as far asknown. Tradition (apparently well supported) re-lates that he came from Scotland, and that he wasone of the Scottish prisoners taken by Cromwell,either at the battle of Dunbar, September 3, 1650, orat the battle of Worcester, twelve months later. Tra-dition also reports that his wifes name was EleanorStuart, a woman of Scottish birth, and a strong ad-herent of the unfortunate royal house of Stuart. Weare t(dd that she had anticipated his coming, and washere upon his arrival, in about 1652. It would seemprobable that all of their children were born in Sa-lem Village (now Peabody). We first find his nameon the records at Salem December 26, 1658. It ispretty certain be was not a member of any Congre-gational Church, for, though a man of large meansand good character, he was not admitted a freemanof the colony until April 18, KiOl, after the revolu-tion in England, and after Eomc modifications hadbeen made in the freemans oath in
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