8.   JOSHUA⁵ (Francis⁴ Thomas³ Francis² Robert¹), b. in Hing. March 24, 1753.   m. Oct. 17, 1779, Susanna Thaxter, dau. of Benjamin and Susanna (Joy) Thaxter.   She was bt. in Hing. July 13, 1755, and d. at Deerfield, Mass., 20 Feb. 1828, æt. 73d yr.   He d. in Hing. 2 Apr. 1800, æt. 47 yrs.   Grad. at Har. Coll. 1772, and was a practising physician in Hing.   Resided on Main St. in the house now owned and occupied by heirs of George Bassett.
   Ch., b. in Hing., were —

	i.	JOSHUA THOMAS, Nov. 12, 1780, d. 13 Aug. 1782.
	ii.	SUSAN, Oct. 18, 1782.   m. May 30, 1808, Rev. Samuel Willard, and d. at Deerfield, 24 Aug. 1857, æt. 75th yr.

   JOHN, b. at Deerfield, Mass., Sept. 22, 1797, became a resident of Hing. in 1833.   His w. whom he m. at Boston, was Mrs. Sarah Glover.   John d. at Danvers Hospital, 29 Apr. 1881, æt. 84th yr.   "Hatter."   Resided on Hersey St.
   Ch., —

	i.	SUSAN, b. 1830, d. young.
	ii.	JOHN HENRY, b. at Medford, 1832, d. in Hing. 6 July, 1859, æt. 27 yrs.
	iii.	STEPHEN SHARON, 1834, lost at sea in sch. "White Swallow" of Gloucester, March, 1861, æt. 27 yrs.
	iv.	ANGELINE, Nov. 19, 1835.   m. Jan. 5, 1862, William M. Hobart.

   NOTE. — Henry, formerly of Boston, d. in Hing. 18 July, 1853, æt. 42 yrs.

   1.   THOMAS (said to have been a s. of Roland), was an early resident of Hing. and the ancestor of all the families who have borne the surname in this town.   He had a grant of land in 1637, on Bachelor, now Main St. containing three acres, which was bounded N. by Thomas Hett, and S. by Ralph Smith.   This lot is the one upon which stands the dwelling erected by Rev. Joseph Richardson, in 1816, and now belonging to heirs of the late Martin Hayes.   Thomas was by occupation "farmer," and "weaver."   The chris. name of his w. was Anna.   She outlived him, and d. 5 Apr. 1691.   He d. nearly twenty yrs. previously, and a gravestone erected to his memory, and now standing in the Hing. Cemetery, bears the foll. inscription: —

His will, dated 29 Apr. 1671, gives the names of w. and ch.   The inv. of his est. includes 12 horned cattle, 9 swine, produce, weaving material, etc.
   Ch., all bt. in Hing., were —

	i.	THOMAS, May 21, 1643.   Was living when his fa's will was made, but prob. removed from Hing.
2.	ii.	JOHN, May 21, 1643.
	iii.	ELIZABETH, Dec. 8, 1644.   m. —— Murfea, or Murfett.