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(III) John Shaw (2), eon of John, was
born about 1655, and married Hannah Whit-
marsh, who died May
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS 829
4, 1736. Their chil-
dren weret Hannah, born in 1680, who died
joung; Abraham, born in 1685; Hannah (2),
born in 1687; Jolin, bom in 1690; Mary, born
in 1691; Benjamin, bom in 1693; and Joseph.
(IV) Joseph Shaw, of WejTnouth, son of
John (2), married (intentions Nov. 13, 1716)
Mary Blanchard, and their children of Weymouth
town record were : Ebenezer, born April
23, 1718; Abraham, born Sept. 8, 1720; Mary,
bom July 14, 1723 ; Susanna, born March 3.
1726; Alice, born April 22, 1728; and Abigail,
horn Dec. 27, 1731.
(V) Abraham Shaw, son of Joseph, bom
Sept. 8, 1720, married Jan. 26, 1741-42,
Joanna Hunt, born Sept. 25, 1722, daughter
of Thomas Hunt, of Weymouth, and his wife
Elizabeth (Reed), granddaughter of Ephraim
Hunt and his wife Joanna (Alcock), great-
^anddaughter of Ephraim Hunt and Anna
(Richards) and great-great-granddaughter of
Enoch Hunt, one of the first settlers of Wey-
mouth. The children of Abraham and Joanna
(Hunt) Shaw of Weymouth town record were:
Joanna, born Oct. 24, 1742 ; and Abraham,
born Dec. 17, 1744.
(V'l) Capt. Abraham Shaw, of Weymouth
and East Abington, son of Abraham and
Joanna (Hunt) Shaw, born Dec. 17, 1744, in
and his wife Sarah (Ripley), Jeremiah Beal
(2) and his wife Hannah (Lane) and Jeremiah
Beal (3) and his wife Esther (Farrow) ;
the third Jeremiah removed from Hingham to
Weymouth, and the fourtii Jeremiah, wlio had
removed there with him, settled about 1731
in Abington.
Abraham and Priscilla (Beal) Shaw had
children as follows: Abraham, born Jan. 14,
1766; Jeremiah, June 18, 1767; Nathaniel,
Aug. 5, 1769; Daniel, Oct. 16, 1771; Priscilla,
Oct. 17, 1773 (died Sept. 4, 1775) : Bracklev,
April 12, 1775; Oliver, Nov. 19, 1777; Pri.sse,
Dec. 24, 1780; Polly, Dec. 20, 1785; Nancy,
July 2, 1786: Chloe, May 6, 1788.
(VII) Brackley Shaw, son of Abraham
and Priscilla (Beal) Shaw, was bom in the
town of Abington April 12, 1775, and married
Betsey Porter, who was a native of New
Hampshire. Children : Betsey, born Aug. 12,
1798 (married Capt. Melvin Shaw) ; Dorinda,
May 21, 1803 (married Capt. Melvin Shaw,
her deceased sister's husband) ; Brackley, July
1, 1805; Edmund, Aug. 2, 1807; Louisa, Aug.
16, 1810 (married Daniel Blanchard) ; Micah
P., April, 1813 (died Oct. 6, 1867) ; Priscilla
Beal, July 2, 1816; Philander, Feb. 28, 1818;
Sumner, March 28, 1821 (married Hannah
Smith Hunt).
LEMUEL LeBARON DEXTER, wellknown
attorney at law of New Bedford, with
offices in the Masonic building, and his home
in Mattapoisett, Plymouth Co., Mass., was
bom Dec. 22, 1872,
in the town of Mattapoisett,
the only son of Elisha Loring and
Harriet W. (LeBaron) Dexter.
The Dexter family was planted in America
by (I) Thomas Dexter, a native of England,
who settled in Lynn, Mass., at an early period.
He was a man of education and a good writer.
He was the owner of about eight hundred acres
of land in Lynn, and was known as Farmer
Dexter. He was energetic and enterprising,
and built a mill neaf the Saugus river. He
moved to the town of Sandwich, Barnstable
county, where in 1637 he built the first gristmill.
Returning to Lynn he remained thei-e
Weymouth, married April 16, 1765, Priscilla,
born in 1746, in until 1646, when he bought a tract of land in
Barnstable, settling there. Later he moved to
Boston, spending
Abington, daughter of Jeremiah
Beal and his wife Mary (Colson), he a
direct descendant of John Beal, who came
from Hingham, County of Norfolk, England,
in 1635, and settled in Hingham, Mass., from
whom his descent is through Jeremiah Beal
his latter days with his
daughter, Mrs. Captain Oliver, and dying at
her house in 1677. He was buried in the
Oliver tomb, in King's Chapel burying ground.
His children were : Thomas, who married
Elizal)eth Vincent in 1648; William, who married
Sarah Vincent in 1653; Mary, who mar-
ried (first) John French and (second) Capt.
James Oliver, of Boston; and James, who married
Rachel Wood.
(II) William Dexter, son of Thomas, settled
in Barnstable in 1650, on one of his father's
farms. In 1679 he moved to t\\e town of
Rochester, Plymouth county, where he became
a large land owner. He also had landed interests
in Barnstable. He died in 1684. In
January, 1653, he married Sarah Vincent, and
tlieir children were: Mary, born in January,
1654 (married Moses Barlow) ; Stephen, May,
1657 ; Philip, September, 1659 ; James, May,
1662 (died July 15, 1694) ; Thomas, July,
1665; John, August, 1668; and Benjamin,
Feb. 16, 1670.
(III) Philip Dexter, son of William, was
born in the town of Barnstable, Mass., in September,
1659. He settled in the town .of Falmouth,
Mass., where he was a landholder. He
also owned and operated a mill. He was quite