1636-1639 [Part II]

Singletary:
1637: Richard Singletary arrives in Massachusetts & settles first in Salem.
7 Sep 1638: Richard takes the oath of freeman at Newbury.
1638/9: Richard's first wife dies at Newbury.
cApril 1639: Richard marries Susanna Cooke at Newbury.
1640: Richard receives land at Colchester/Salisbury.
28 Oct 1644: Son Nathaniel is born at Salisbury.
1652: Singletarys move to Haverhill.
1662: Nathaniel is dismissed from militia training due to lameness.
22 Dec 1673: Nathaniel marries Sarah Belknap at Haverhill.
7 May 1675: John [Nathaniel & Sarah] is born at Haverhill.
11 Apr 1682: Susanna [Cooke] Singletary dies at Haverhill.
25 Oct 1687: Richard Singletary dies at Haverhill.
13 Aug 1689: Nathaniel & son John are attacked by Indians. Nathaniel is killed & scalped; John is captured, but escapes.
c1700: John moves to Salisbury.
17 Dec 1700: John marries Mary Greeley at Salisbury.
23 May 1709: John settles at Framingham.
30 May 1720: John sells Framingham property & removes to Sutton, where he builds a gristmill.
Sep 1721: Amos [John & Mary] is born at Sutton.
7 Mar 1735: Mary [Greeley] Singletary dies at Sutton.
15 Jul 1735: John marries widow Mary [Curtis] Keeney at Sutton.
6 Sep 1742: Amos marries Mary Curtis at Topsfield.
1747: John is still residing at Sutton.
13 Mar 1749: Mehetible [Amos & Mary] is born at Sutton.
31 Mar 1769: Mehetible marries Peter Jennison at Sutton.
1776-80: Amos represents Sutton at the Massachusetts Provincial Congress.
1788: Amos, an anti-Federalist, opposes ratification of US Constitution, fearing the power of the learned & wealthy.
28 Jun 1799: Mary [Curtis] Singletary dies at Sutton.
30 Oct 1806: Amos dies at Sutton.

Dodge:
1638: Richard Dodge & family first appears at Salem.
29 Oct 1638: Richard is received as a resident of Salem.
c1649/50: Son Edward is born at North Beverly [part of Salem].
1653: Richard is one of the first donors to Harvard College.
1667: Richard is one of the proprietors & founders of the 1st church of Bass River [Beverly].
15 Jun 1671: Richard dies at Beverly.
30 Apr 1673: Edward marries Mary Haskell at Beverly.
27 Jun 1678: Richard's widow, Edith [Brayne] Dodge dies at Beverly.
Apr 1692: Hannah [Edward & Mary] is born at Beverly.
15 Jun 1720: Hannah Dodge marries Samuel Curtis at Topsfield.
13 Feb 1727: Edward dies at Beverly.
1737: Mary [Haskell] Dodge dies at Beverly.

Stoddard:
1638: John & Tabitha [Rogers] Stoddard arrive at Plymouth.
1639: John is granted land at Hingham.
18 May 1642: John Stoddard of Hull is made a freeman.
1647: John granted land at Conyehassett.
28 Feb 1648/9: Daughter Elizabeth marries John Low, Sr. at Hingham.
bef Nov 1661: Tabitha [Rogers] Stoddard dies at Hingham.
16 Dec 1661: John Stoddard dies at Hingham.

Benedict:
c1639: Thomas & Mary [Bridgum] Benedict arrive at what becomes Beverly.
c1640: The Benedicts join Presbyterian minister John Yonge's congregation at New Haven [CT].
1649: The Benedicts remove to Southold, Long Island [then part of Connecticut.]
1655: Daughter Mary is born at Southold, L.I.
Jun 1657: Thomas has taken up residence at Huntington, L.I.
15 May 1662: Thomas is appointed to Huntington town commission, now part of New Haven. 
3 Dec 1663 Thomas is made a lieutenant of the town of Jamaica.
26 Sep 1664: Benedict & others petition Col. Nicholls to establish a settlement along Arthur Kill Bay [now Elizabethtown] in East Jersey. [Long Island is now under British rule.]
1665: Benedict family moves to Norwalk, Connecticut, where Thomas becomes active in local affairs.
Mar 1689/90: Thomas dies at Norwalk.
c1702: Mary Benedict marries John Olmstead at Norwalk.
1721: Mary [Bridgum] Benedict dies at Norwalk.