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Boston in 1675 or '76, and who issued the first book ever printed in that town.*
Of Mrs. Bradstreet's eight children, f all but one, Dorothy,
- Thomas's History of Printing, Vol. i. p. 275; History of Dorchester,
Mass., pp. 244 and 493. f They were, —
1. Samuel; graduated at Harvard College in 1653. He went to Eng- land in November, 1657, and returned in July, i66i. He was a fellow of Harvard College, and represented Andover in the General Court in 1670. He practised as a physician in Boston for many years, but afterwards removed to the island of Jamaica, where he died in August, 16S2. He was twice married; first to Mercy, daughter of William Tyng, hy whom he had five children, only one of whom survived him. He had three children, who were living with their grandfather. Governor Bradstreet, at the time of the latter's death, by a second wife, whose name is unknown. N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, Vol. viii. pp. 312-14; Vol. ix. pp. 113-4; Governor Bradstreet's will, Suffolk Probate Records, Lib. xi. Fol. 276.
2. Dorothy; married the Rev. Seaborn Cotton, eldest son of the Rev. John Cotton, of Boston, June 25, 1654. She had nine children, and died Feb. 26, 1672. Her husband was ordained pastor of the church at Hamp- ton, N.H., May 4, 1659, ^^'^ ^i^'^ April 19, 16S6, at the age of fifty-two, having survived her and married again. N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, Vol. i. pp. 325-6; Vol. viii. p. 321 ; Vol. ix. p. 114; Hull's Diaries, pp. 1S7-S.
3. Sarah ; married Richard Hubbard, of Ipswich, brother of the Rev. William Hubbard, the historian. She had five children by him. He died May 3, 1681, and she afterwards married Major Samuel Ward, of Marble- head. N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, Vol. viii. p- 323 ; Felt's Ipswich, p. 164; Essex Institute Collections, Vol. iii. p. 66; Vol. iv. pp. 66, 71 ; Vol. v. pp.
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4. Simon ; was born at Ipswich, Sept. 28, 1640, and graduated at Har- vard College in 1660. He went to New London, Connecticut, to preach in Maj', 1666, and was ordained pastor of the church there Oct. 5, 1670. He was married Oct. 2, 1667, at Newbury, by his uncle, Major-General Daniel Denison, to his cousin Lucy, daughter of the Rev. John Woodbridge. They had five children. He died in the fall of 16S3. His own MS. Diary; Caulkins's History of New London, passim; N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, Vol. viii. pp. 316-17, and 37S ; Vol. ix. pp. 117-1S.
5. Hannah; married Andrew Wiggin, of Exeter, N.ll., June 14, 1659,
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