Martha PARKE

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• Birth: 2 Mar 1641

Martha married Capt Isaac WILLIAMS in 1660 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Isaac (son of Robert WILLIAMS and Elizabeth STALHAM) was born on 1 Sep 1638 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 11 Feb 1707/08 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Isaac WILLIAMS died on 7 Mar 1661.
2. Capt Isaac WILLIAMS was born on 11 Dec 1661 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 27 Jun 1739 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Eliot Burying Ground Cemetery, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts .
3. Martha WILLIAMS was born on 27 Dec 1663; died on 2 Oct 1701.
4. Rev William WILLIAMS was born on 2 Feb 1665 in Newton, Massachusetts; died on 29 Aug 1741 in Hatfield, Massachusetts.
5. John WILLIAMS was born on 31 Oct 1667 in Roxbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died on 15 Nov 1702 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; was buried in White Hall Graveyard, Mystic, New London Co., Connecticut.
6. Eleazer WILLIAMS was born on 22 Oct 1669; died on 19 May 1725.
7. Hannah WILLIAMS was born on 8 Oct 1671 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died on 28 Apr 1739 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
8. Thomas WILLIAMS was born on 23 Dec 1673.

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• Children: 1 Jun 1658, 2 unbaptized children were buried

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He came to America in 1630 and settled in Roxbury, where he became one of the prominent men of the colony. "He came to New England in the 12the month, 1630, a single man and was one of the first in the church at Rocksbrough." - Rev. John Eliot's Record of Church Members. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co., 1638; represented Roxbury, Mass., in the General Court from 1635 to 1667, the longest known term of service under the old charter. He was one of the endowers of the Roxbury free school, the first in the United States and the oldest in Continued existence in America. He was undoubtedly a man of influence and a power in the colony. The records of the Massachusetts Bay Colony show that he was always on hand, always on committees, always adjusting difficulties. He was executor the the will of Thomas Dudley and of many others who died during the early days of the Colony. He married Martha, a daughter of John Holgrave, of Salem.

William married Martha HOLGRAVE in 1636. Martha was born about 1614; died on 25 Aug 1708. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]