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46. Samuel Scripture (b. say 1648)

Samuel was born say 1648. He married first Elizabeth Knapp on 11 September 1674 in Cambridge. [1, 2:349]

47. Elizabeth Knapp (b. 1655), daughter of James Knapp and Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth, the daughter of James and Elizabeth Knapp, was born on 21 (2) 1655 in Watertown. [2, 1:17]

Children of Samuel Scripture and Elizabeth Knapp:

i. Samuel Scripture was born on 4 (8) 1675 in Cambridge. [1, 1:213] He died between 14 October and 15 November 1755. Samuuel married Mary Green of Watertown on 8 February 1699/1700 in Concord. [3, 2:152] She may have been Mary Pierce, who married first John (?) Green. [4] Mary, the wife of Samuel died on 25 September 1723 in Groton. [3, 2:265] He married second Elizabeth Unknown.

Samuel Scripture, husbandman of Groton, wrote his will on 10 June 1754. He mentioned his wife Elizabeth and the heirs of his son Samuel. He added a codicil on 14 October 1755. An executor was appointed on 15 November 1755. [5]

ii. Elizabeth Scripture was born on 15 August 1677 in Concord. [6, 20]

ii. Mary Scripture was born on 7 February 1680 in Cambridge. She died on 29 July 1761. She married Eleazer Lawrence.

iii. Sarah Scripture was born on 8 February 1682 in Cambridge. [1, 1:213]

iv. Deborah Scripture married Jonathan Whitcomb at Concord on 4 September 1710. [3, 2:152]

v. Abigail Scripture was born on 28 January 1686/7 in Cambridge. [1, 1:212] She died [presumably from complications of childbirth] on 4 February 1721/2. [7] She married Phinehas, the son of Samuel and Mary (Carder) Parker. [7] Phinehas died on 13 August 1744, age 63. [7] He married second Elizabeth (Wilder) Bowers on 14 June 1722. [7] Elizabeth was the widow of John Bowers and the daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Sawyer) Wilder, born on 14 February 1681. [7]

Endnotes:

1. Thomas W. Baldwin, Vital Records of Cambridge to the Year 1850, 2 vols. (Boston: NEHGS, 1914, 1915).

2. Watertown Historical Society, Watertown Records, 4 vols. (Watertow:, the Society, 1894, 1900, 1900, 1906).

3. Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts, to the End of the year 1849, 2 vols. (Salem: The Essex Institute, 1926, 1927).

4. Clarence Almon Torrey, "New England Marriages to 1700," database with images, AmericanAncestors, vol. 2, 1343.

5. "Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648–1871," database with images, AmericanAncestors, 20036.

6. Concord, Massachusetts, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635–1850 (Boston: town of Concord, 1895).

7. Marilyn Fitzpatrick, "James Parker of Groton," Essex Genealogist, vol. 14 (1994): 30–32.

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