Wm. Allen and others; Nicholas Byram and Joseph Shaw witnesses; sons Joseph and John; Ds. Mary and Martha; John and Martha infants; no wife named, probably d.   The ss. had the estate at Dedham, the rest divided among all his children.—Joseph Shaw and Nicholas Byram of Weymouth granted to Robert Mason all their house and grounds in Dedham 1639.—It is supposed Byram m. a D. (Susanna) of Abraham, and that he and Joseph, both then of age, sold their lands in Dedham and the family all removed to Weymouth.—Byram called John Shaw of Weymouth his brother in 1687.

   John (probably s. of Abraham) and Alice had John, Elizabeth 1655, Abraham 1657, Mary 1660, Nicholas 1662, Joseph 1664, Alice 1666, Hannah 1668, Benjamin 1670, Abigail 1672, Ebenezer 1674.   Joseph, elder brother of John, had also a family at Weymouth, Joseph, John, &c., and d. 1653.

   1.   Joseph (s. of John above, born 1664) m. Judith, D. of John and Sarah Whitmarsh; she was born 1669; he came and settled in E. B. before 1698.   His children were Elizabeth 1687, Joseph 1691, Judith 1693, Abigail 1695, all born at Weymouth, Ruth 1698, Martha 1700, Sarah 1702, Hannah 1704, Ebenezer 1706, John 1708, Zechariah 1711; he d. 1718, æ. 54; she 1760, æ. 91.   Elizabeth m. Noah Washburn 1710, and Isaac Harris 1719.—Joseph and Judith were never m.—Abigail m. Daniel Alden 1717; the late Dr. Ebenezer Alden of Randolph was her grandson.—Ruth m. James Snow a. 1719.—Martha m. Eleazar Alden 1720.—Sarah m. Dea. James Cary 1722.—Hannah m. Isaac Snow 1722, and afterwards John Whitman 1743.

   2. Zechariah (s. of Nicholas of Weymouth, who was brother of Joseph 1) lived and d. in E. B.; his wife Sarah; they both joined the church here 1735; he had Zechariah, Sarah b. here 1735.   Zechariah chose his uncle John Shaw of Weymouth for his guardian 1736; his father then d.   The family perhaps returned to Weymouth.

   3.   Ebenezer (s. of Joseph 1) m. Mary, D. of Samuel Reed, 1733, and had Mary 1738, Abigail 1740, Hannah 1742, Susanna 1744, Deborah 1746, Huldah 1747, Ebenezer 1752, Betty 1754, Mehitabel 1756; he d. 1776, æ. 70.   Mary joined the Ch. 1758, and had a dis'n. same year.   Abigail m. Silas Harris, and afterwards Jonathan Gannett 1785, and went to Cummington.—Susanna m. Pollycarpus Snell 1766.—Deborah m. a Ford of A.   Huldah m. John Bisbee 1779.—Ebenezer went to Cummington.   Betty d. single 1832, æ. 78.—Mehitabel m. Ebenezer Bisbee 1778.

   4.   Rev. John (s. of Joseph 1) gra. H. U. 1729, ord. in S. B., Nov. 17, 1731, m. Ruth, D. of the Rev. Samuel Angier of Watertown, and sister of the Rev. John Angier of E. B., and had Oakes 1736, Bezaliel 1738, William 1741, Eunice 1743, Ruth