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Elizabeth/4a Minot, born 29 Jan 1696/97 at Concord, Massachusetts¹, there married, 23 Apr 1715, in a ceremony performed by her father, Capt. Daniel/4 Adams of Concord (later Lincoln), son of Joseph/3 Adams and Margaret Eames, with whom she had 8 children.² She died at Lincoln 12 Nov 1764, a. 67.³ Her husband married (2), 1765, Hannah ____, and died at Concord 9 Feb 1780, a. 90.⁴ Elizabeth and Daniel are buried in Town Hill Cemetery, Lincoln.^5,6

Martha/4a Minot was born "31 April" 1699 at Concord, Massachusetts.¹ There she married, as his 1st wife, 30 Apr 1719, Capt. James/3 Lane of Billerica and Bedford, son of Col. John/2 Lane and Susanna Whipple, with whom she had 9 children.² (Their siblings Col. James Minot and Martha Lane also married.) She died at Bedford 18 Jan 1739.³ James Lane married four times more, without further issue, and died at Bedford 11 Apr 1783, a. 86.⁴

Love/4a Minot, a twin, was born 15 Apr 1702 at Concord, Massachusetts¹, where she married (1), 13 Dec 1722, in a double marriage with her twin sister performed by their father, John/4 Adams, son of Joseph/3 Adams and Margaret Eames, with whom she had 2 children.² He died at Concord 25 Oct 1725, a. 27³, and she married (2) Edward/3 Flint, son of Col. John/2 Flint and Mary/2 Oakes, but had no further children.^4,5,6 Edward Flint died at Lincoln 15 Nov 1754, a. 69⁵, and she 25 Oct 1772, a. 70.⁴

Mercy/4a Minot, a twin, was born 15 Apr 1702 at Concord, Massachusetts¹, where she married, 13 Dec 1722, in a double marriage with her twin sister performed by their father, Capt. Samuel/3 Dakin of Concord, son of Dea. Joseph/2 Dakin and Dorothy/3 Worcester.² Samuel was killed 20 Jul 1758, in battle with the French and Indians, at Halfway Brook near Lake George, New York, a. 57. Mercy died his widow at Concord 25 Jul 1793, a. 91.³

Dea. Samuel/4a Minot was born 25 Mar 1706 at Concord, Massachusetts¹, where he married (1), 7 Mar 1731/32, Sarah/4 Prescott of Westford, daughter of Capt. Jonas/3 Prescott and Thankful/3 Wheeler,² who died at Concord 22 Mar 1736/37, a. 24, 18 days after the birth of their 3rd child.³ He married (2), 1738 (int. 17 Apr, Acton), Dorcas/4 Prescott, a 2nd cousin of his 1st wife, daughter of Samuel/3 Prescott and Esther Wheeler. "She was not a sister of Sarah as put forth in Prescott, Minot, and the Register, 1:177," says R.D. Wheeler, "but her cousin, both being grandchildren of the first George Wheeler's son John."^4,5,6
     Samuel Minot died at Concord 17 Mar 1766, a. 59⁷, and his widow Dorcas 15 Jun 1803, a. 90.⁸ He is interred with both wives in the Hill Burying Ground.^9,10
     Says his epitaph, he was | virtuous and exemplary in his | Life and conversation, discovered | himself a friend to the cause and | interest of religion, was patient & | resigned under his ilness and | confinement, instructive in his | advise and counsel, & manifested | a steady hope in the mercy of | God thro a Redeemer.¹¹

Thomas/2 Bateman, born at Toppesfield, Essex, 1614³, presumably came to New England with his father and the rest of his family in the Winthrop Fleet, 1630.⁴ One of the earliest arrivals at Concord, Massachusetts, he was admitted a freeman 18 May 1642.^5,6 There he settled, per an 1835 reference, "easterly of Humphrey Hunt's."⁷ He married (1), by 1645, Martha/2w Brooks, daughter of Henry/1 Brooks.⁸ He signed a town petition to the General Court for tax relief, 14 May 1645.⁹ 22 Aug 1653, Thomas Bateman was one of a number of Concord signatories to an agreement to contribute an aggregate of £5 yearly to "the colledge at Cambridge," later Harvard College, for a term of seven years¹⁰; and in Jan 1654 he witnessed the will of Robert Best of Sudbury.⁶ 2 Jan 1654, he was allowed, with others, to buy additional land at a subsidy: That some particular persons shall have some inlargement, whoe are short in lands, paying 12d. per acre, as others have don, and 6d. per acre, if the towne consent thereto ….¹¹
     Thomas Bateman, "now of Concord," received half of his father's estate in the latter's will dated 24 Mar 1656.^12,6 Loving brethren Moses Wheate and Thomas Bateman (both brothers-in-law) were named overseers in the will of Thomas/1 Fox of Concord, 25 Jan 1657/58.¹³ Thomas Bateman also witnessed the will of Rev. Peter/1 Bulkeley at Concord, 26 Feb 1658.⁶ The 1666 tax list finds him "near R. French's," North Quarter, where his taxes were abated on 7 lots comprising 246 acres.¹⁴
     His wife Martha died at Concord 3 Aug 1665. There he married (2), 27 Jan 1668, Margery (Margaret) Knight¹⁵, and there he died 6 Feb 1669.¹⁶ His will, proved 1670⁶, left an estate of £348 to his sons Thomas, Peter, John and "Ebenezer" [Eleazer], all born prior to 1659, says Shattuck.¹
     Shattuck, following Farmer, says Thomas Bateman had a brother William who arrived with him at Concord early, then removed to Chelmsford, "where his descendants have since lived." However, no William, and few Batemans, are found in Chelmsford records. Ridge calls Thomas "the surviving son."^7,6,17
     A jury inquisition at Charlestown, 18 Sep 1630, "Vpon vew of the dead Body of Willm Bateman," found that the deceased "dyed by Gods visitacon." Was this William a son of Sgt. William/1 Bateman, and thus Thomas/2's brother? If so, who was the Willm Bateman who gave evidence to the jury?¹⁸

Sgt. Thomas/3w Bateman Jr., with 3 brothers, shared his father's estate of £348 after the latter's death in 1670.² Of Concord, Massachusetts, there he married (1), 25 Apr 1672, Abigail/2 Merriam, daughter of George/1 Merriam and Susanna Raven, with whom he had 4 children.³ She died at Concord 14 Jul 1684⁴, and he married (2), by 1687, Ruth (–?–).⁵ Thomas Bateman witnessed the will of Dea. Luke Potter, 11 Jun 1695, and a codicil 15 Sep following.⁶ His 2nd wife died at Concord 17 Oct 1715⁷, and he married (3), 23 Apr 1716 at Billerica, Sarah Fassett.⁸ He died at Concord 6 Oct 1727.^9,10

Peter/3w Bateman, after his father's death in 1670, shared with 3 brothers the estate of £348.² He died at Woburn 13 Feb 1676.³

John/3w Bateman, after his father's death in 1670, shared the estate of £348 with 3 brothers.⁴ He enlisted from Woburn, Massachusetts to fight in Philip's War, "and after the war settled, married…, and reared a family in Woburn (Vide Sewall's History, 113)."² He married, 30 Jun 1681 at Woburn, Abigail/3 Richardson of W., daughter of Theophilus/2 Richardson and Mary Champney.⁵ John later went to Cohansey, West Jersey, where he died before 26 May 1726.³

Eleazer/3w Bateman ["Ebenezer," Farmer, Shattuck and Savage] was born in 1660 (Roberts) at Concord, Massachusetts, though no record survives.^4,3 After his father's death in 1670, he and three brothers shared the estate of £348.⁵ He married, 2 Nov 1686 at Woburn, Elizabeth Wright, daughter of Dea. Joseph Wright and Elizabeth Hassell.⁶
     In Jul 1711 Eleazer Bateman was one of two men appointed to survey the land for the township of Killingly, Connecticut, afterwards removing there.⁷ 19 Oct 1715, Eleazer Bateman and his son-in-law Stephen/2 Grover Jr. were among 11 incorporators of the Killingly church.⁷ A carpenter, he died at Killingly 31 Dec 1751.^3,8
     "He became possessed of much land in Charlestown under grants to himself and his mother and also acquired by purchase great tracts of Killingly and Narragansett land, between the years 1685 and 1720. He settled in that part of Charlestown, which became Woburn and remained there until the movement to promote the town of Killingly, Connecticut."⁹