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- (Research):BOOK: A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY of THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND, SHOWING THREE GENERATIONS OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE MAY, 1692, ON THE BASIS OF FARMER'S REGISTER. BY JAMES SAVAGE;
WEEKS - WILLIAM,
Dorchester, s. of George, freem. 1665, had Elizabeth b. 16 Sept. 1653;
Mary, 10 Nov. 1656; William, 26 Nov. 1658; Renew, 12 Aug. 1660,
but Geneal, Reg. V. 467, had 1662; Jane, 30 Sept. bapt. 5 Oct. 1662;
George, bapt. 2 Oct. 1664; Sarah, 19 Aug. 1666; Samuel, b. 25 Jan.
1670, beside John, the eldest, 23 Feb. 1652, wh. is the only ch. nam. in
his will of 10 Dec. 1677, pro. Feb. foll. He is the bold innovator as
was perhaps thot. wh. being success. as clk. of the writs, after d. of William
Poole, early in 1675, restor. the practice of call. months by their
names, instead of numbers in the Julian calendar; and d. 13 Dec. 1677.
Of his ds. Mary m. Henry White; Renew m. Benjamin Carpenter;
Jane, m. 26 Mar. 1685, John Blackman. WILLIAM, Falmouth,
C. C. m. 16 Mar. 1669, Mercy, d. of Isaac Robinson by his first
w. had Mary, b. 7 Jan. foll.; Mehitable, 16 Oct. 1671; Sarah, 6 May
1674; Experience, 24 June 1677; Mercy, 24 Apr. 1679; Jonathan, 6
May 1681; Benjamin, 1 Apr. 1685; and Lydia, 30 Jan. 1688. In
1834, Farmer says three of the name had been gr. at Harv. one at
Yale, and five at the other N. E. coll.
Toomstone picture: See image: RIN 554 Renew Weeks grave.jpg
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