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Descendants of John Porter, Sr.


Generation No. 2


2. SAMUEL3 PORTER (JOHN2, SAMUEL1) was born 1637 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA1, and died Bef. April 28, 1660 in @ Sea as a resident of Wenham, Ma.2. He married HANNAH DODGE 1658 in Salem, Ma3, daughter of WILLIAM DODGE and MARY CONANT. She was born July 24, 1642 in Beverly, Ma3, and died January 2, 1689/90 in Beverly, Ma.

Notes for S
AMUEL PORTER:
Samuel was a mariner. He resided in Wenham where he had a house and large farm near Wenham Pond.

More About S
AMUEL PORTER:
Will: April 28, 1660, Proved in Salem court4

Notes for H
ANNAH DODGE:
She died at age 45.
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Priscilla Porter (neighbor, friend, and in the family tree) has Hannah Dodge and Thomas Woodbury referenced with 9 children.
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From a source on the internet. Another person's page has Hannah Dodge as died: Feb. 02, 1687/88 in Beverly.

More About S
AMUEL PORTER and HANNAH DODGE:
Marriage: 1658, Salem, Ma5
     
Child of S
AMUEL PORTER and HANNAH DODGE is:
7. i.   LIEUT. JOHN4 PORTER, b. 1658, Wenham, Ma; d. March 8, 1753, Wenham, Ma.


3. JOSEPH3 PORTER (JOHN2, SAMUEL1) was born September 9, 1638 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA, and died December 12, 1714 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachsetts, USA. He married ANNA HATHORNE January 27, 1664/65, daughter of WILLIAM HATHORNE and ANNE SMITH. She was born 1643, and died 1714.

More About J
OSEPH PORTER and ANNA HATHORNE:
Marriage: January 27, 1664/65
     
Children of J
OSEPH PORTER and ANNA HATHORNE are:
  i.   SAMUEL4 PORTER, b. August 4, 1660; d. Abt. 1749; m. LOVE HOW; d. Abt. 1762.
  Notes for SAMUEL PORTER:
Administration granted his widow, Love, April 24, 1749

  Notes for LOVE HOW:
Love made her will July 12, 1759, proved Sept. 13, 1762, in which she gives her brothers Abraham and Mark How and her grandsons Israel and Edmund Putnam.

  ii.   JOSEPH PORTER, b. October 23, 1665; d. Aft. 1665, died young.
8. iii.   ANNA PORTER, b. September 5, 1667.
9. iv.   NATHANIEL PORTER, b. March 8, 1670/71; d. Aft. 1753.
  v.   MARY PORTER, b. December 18, 1672; d. March 3, 1749/50; m. WILLIAM DODGE; b. 1665; d. January 1747/48, Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA.
  Notes for WILLIAM DODGE:
He was a Deacon of the First church in Beverly.

  More About WILLIAM DODGE:
Residence: At time of marriage: "of Beverly"

  vi.   WILLIAM PORTER, b. August 30, 1674; d. Aft. 1721; m. PHOEBE DORMAN, December 25, 1706.
  Notes for WILLIAM PORTER:
Was living in 1722

  More About WILLIAM PORTER and PHOEBE DORMAN:
Marriage: December 25, 1706

  vii.   ABIGAIL PORTER, b. May 23, 1676; m. SAMUEL SYMONDS, June 8, 1698, Topsfield, Ma6.
  More About SAMUEL SYMONDS:
Residence: at the time of marriage: "of Boxford"

  More About SAMUEL SYMONDS and ABIGAIL PORTER:
Marriage: June 8, 1698, Topsfield, Ma6

  viii.   ELEAZER PORTER, b. May 23, 1676; d. Bef. 1713.
  ix.   HEPHZIBAH PORTER, b. April 11, 1678; m. JOSEPH ANDREWS, June 7, 1711.
  More About JOSEPH ANDREWS:
Residence: at the time of marriage: "of Boxford"

  More About JOSEPH ANDREWS and HEPHZIBAH PORTER:
Marriage: June 7, 1711

10. x.   JOSEPH PORTER, b. 1681; d. December 8, 1714.
  xi.   MEHITABLE PORTER, b. 1682; m. THOMAS CUMMINGS, March 20, 1705/06.
  More About MEHITABLE PORTER:
Baptism: September 1682

  More About THOMAS CUMMINGS:
Residence: at the time of marriage: "of Topsfield"

  More About THOMAS CUMMINGS and MEHITABLE PORTER:
Marriage: March 20, 1705/06

  xii.   RUTH PORTER, b. 1682; m. JESSE DORMAN.
  More About RUTH PORTER:
Baptism: September 1682

  xiii.   MERCY PORTER, b. 1684; d. Young.
  More About MERCY PORTER:
Baptism: April 27, 1684


4. ISRAEL3 PORTER (JOHN2, SAMUEL1) was born February 14, 1642/43 in Hingham, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA, and died November 28, 1706 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. He married ELIZABETH HATHORNE November 20, 1672, daughter of WILLIAM HATHORNE and ANNE SMITH. She was born July 5, 1649.

Notes for I
SRAEL PORTER:
He was called Capt. Israel and made freeman in 1690. A member of the First Church where all his children were baptized. He also raised       Mehitable Endicott. Daughter of Zerubbable Endicott, who gave him a half acre of land to be made available for her maintenance.

Oct. 11, 1686 Israel Porter, Selectman, with other Selectman and trustees of Salem purchased of the Indians for twenty pounds for the town       all the land "lying to the westward of Bass River, whereupon the town of Salem is butted."

More About I
SRAEL PORTER and ELIZABETH HATHORNE:
Marriage: November 20, 1672
     
Children of I
SRAEL PORTER and ELIZABETH HATHORNE are:
11. i.   ELIZABETH4 PORTER, b. October 2, 1673, Salem, Massachusetts; d. Bef. October 27, 1746.
12. ii.   SARAH PORTER, b. August 24, 1675; d. September 24, 1728.
  iii.   JOHN PORTER, b. September 24, 1677; d. Abt. 1715; m. ELIZABETH.
  Notes for JOHN PORTER:
Made his will in Boston on Dec. 22, 1709, empowering his wife Elizabeth to sell his land in Salem for the benefit of his children, consisting 205 acres which she did July 11, 1715. He was a mariner.

  More About JOHN PORTER:
Occupation: Mariner

  iv.   GINGER PORTER, b. October 6, 1679; d. 1706; m. SAMUEL LEACH, September 25, 1699; b. April 28, 1677.
  More About SAMUEL LEACH and GINGER PORTER:
Marriage: September 25, 1699

  v.   MARY PORTER, b. 1681; d. 1682.
13. vi.   ISRAEL PORTER, b. April 4, 1683, Danvers, Essex County, Massachsetts, USA; d. Abt. 1729.
  vii.   BENJAMIN PORTER, b. September 4, 1685; d. August 1691.
  viii.   ANNA PORTER, b. June 17, 1687.
  ix.   WILLIAM PORTER, b. February 12, 1688/89; d. Aft. 1749, Still living in 1750; m. EDITH HERRICK7, 17087; b. February 20, 1689/907.
  Notes for WILLIAM PORTER:
Internet Notes from another person's page: Died, Beverly, Ma.

  More About WILLIAM PORTER and EDITH HERRICK:
Marriage: 17087

14. x.   BENJAMIN PORTER, b. May 17, 1693; d. December 1726.


5. MARY3 PORTER (JOHN2, SAMUEL1) was born August 12, 1645, and died November 27, 1695. She married LT. THOMAS GARDNER April 22, 1669, son of THOMAS GARDNER and MARGRET FRIER. He was born May 25, 1645, and died November 16, 1695.

More About M
ARY PORTER:
Baptism: October 12, 1645

Notes for L
T. THOMAS GARDNER:
Perly Derby's original notes include "He was styled Lieutenant"

More About T
HOMAS GARDNER and MARY PORTER:
Marriage: April 22, 1669
     
Children of M
ARY PORTER and THOMAS GARDNER are:
15. i.   MARY4 GARDNER, b. February 14, 1669/70; d. 1724.
  ii.   THOMAS GARDNER, b. October 25, 1671.
  iii.   HABAKUK GARDNER, b. February 25, 1673/74.
  iv.   JOSEPH GARDNER, b. August 29, 1677.
  v.   MAPSCOTT GARDNER, b. July 22, 1679.


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