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John,2 son of above Henry, was b. in Barnstable in 1639. Mar. dau. of Richard Goodale, of Salisbury. He died at Newbury in 1685, leaving one dau., Mary.
Ichabod,2 son of above Henry,1 lived on the paternal farm. His will mentions no children. Mar. Mehitable Gwinne, a Quaker, and after his wife's death the property went to the Quakers. From Gershom2 mentioned above, all the Ewells, so numerous in the towns of Marshfield and Scituate, descended.
Gershom,2 son of above Henry,1 mar. Mary and the town records of Scituate gives the births of their 8 children, only two of whom were sons, named: 1, Gershom,3 2, John.3
Gershom3 (Gershom,2 Henry,1) mar. Relief Turner in 1701, and his will and the Scituate records give the children as follows:
I. Gershom,4 b. Jan. 16, 1717. II. Seth,4 b. Sept. 16, 1719. III. Job,4 b. Jan. 19, 1720. IV. Relief.4 V. Hannah.4
Gershom's3 will, dated Dec. 23, 1726, is as follows: "Scituate in ye county of Plymouth in N. E., being sick & weak of body, etc., I give & bequeath to my beloved wife & children all my estate until my son Gershom,3 shall arrive at the age of twenty-one, and said wife to continue my way, but if she marry again, which shall first
I give & bequeathe to my dau. Relief Ewell £60 at the time when my son Gershom Ewell4 shall come to ye age of twenty-one.
The rest of my estate to my sons, Gershom4 & Seth4 and appoint my loving brother John Ewell3 sole executor."
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