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204 W/zi/z)z_ Family.
uel Whiting by his first wife, married 4 June,
165o, Mr. Thomas Weld of Roxbury,* who
was born in England, and came over with his
father, Rev. Thomas Weld. The church records
of Roxbury state that "the first church in Rox-
bury was gathered July, I632. Rev. Thomas
Weld, a minister from Stirling, county of Es-
sex, in England, was chosen the first pastor the
same month and year. He returned to Eng-
land I639, and died in London, 23 March,
166o." Mr. Weld, the son, says Savage,t "was
greatly esteemed," as may be seen by reference
to Coll. Rec., part 2, pp. 434 and 455. He was
a representative in 1676 and 1677. He died
17 January, 1683. Mrs. Weld died 3I July,
1694. Their daughter Dorothy married 12
May, 1686, William Dennison, and, after his decease,
Samuel Williams of Roxbury. Their
daughter Margaret married 17 March, 169o,
Nathaniel Brewer.
* See Town Records of Roxbury.
t Savage, Gen. Dict., vol. iii., p. 473.