occupying the pulpit since April, 1831, was ordained December 23, 1832. Their present house of worship was dedicat ed in 1833. In November, 1842, Mr. McClure retired, and went to Florida, on account of his health. In 1843, Rev. Chauncey Goodrich was ordained, and remained in the pastoral office for four years. Soon after his resignation, Mr. McClure resumed the supply of the pulpit, and after one year, was re-installed as pastor of the church, in which office he still remains. Congregational Society in Melrose. In the spring of 1848, a few individuals who had lately removed to this part of the town, were organized into an Orthodox Congregational church. Rev. Stillman Pratt preached to them for some months; and when their place of worship was dedicated in 1849, he was duly installed as pastor. Winthrop Congregational Society. This congregation was organized in the South part of Malden soon after the Melrose society was formed at the North. It worships in the commodious hall of the South-west District school-house. Rev. George E. Pratt was ordained as pastor of this church in 1849. Melrose Universalist Society. In 1849 this society was organized, and meets for worship in the Academy Hall. Rev. J. W. Talbot is their pastor. 16* OLD MALDEN FAMILIES. SARGEANT. The "godly Christian," mentioned by Johnson, as "prophesying" in Malden in the first days of its settlement, is, undoubtedly, William Sargeant, who came from England in 1638, and was made a freeman at Charlestown in 1639. He had several children born as early as 1644; and is undoubtedly the ancestor of the numerous heirs of his name in Malden, which was then a part of Charlestown. One of his sons, Peter Sargeant, was a member of the Council of Safety in 1683, and one of the first Councillors under the new Charter of William and Mary in 1692. John Sargeant, another son of William, is known to have resided in Malden. He had the following. sons, viz: Joseph, John, William, Samuel, Jonathan, and Ebenezer. Jonathan Sargeant was born at Malden, April 17, 1677. He had the following children: Jonathan, by his first wife; by his second wife, who was Mary Sprague, he had Nathan, John, Mary, Hannah, Ebenezer, Lydia, Hannah, Ebenezer, Samuel. He removed to Mansfield, Conn., where he died Oct. 27, 1754, aged 77. His son Nathan, born at Malden, Aug. 27, 1718, married June 24, 1742, Mary Sargeant, of Malden, who was born Nov. 18, 1721, and was a daughter of Joseph and Hannah Sargeant, of Malden. They removed to Leicester, Mass., in 1741. They had three children, Lydia, Mary, and Nathan. This Nathan was a wealthy farmer in Leicester, where his descendants still live in high repute. His great grandfather, John, born March 3, 1644, had by his first wife, Deborah, Jabez, born April, 1669. This Deborah died April 20, 1669, probably in child-bed. John Sargeant next married Mary Bense, Sept. 3, 1669. She died the next year, leaving no issue on record. He married for his third wife, Lydia, by whom he had Hannah, born Dec. 1675; Ruth, born Oct. 1686; Samuel, born March 22, 1688; John, born March 22, 1689; Ebenezer, born Sept. 25, 1690; Sarah, born January 23, 1692. The following Sargeant marriages are on record in Malden: Mary Sargeant married Thomas Douglass, June 10, 1725. Hannah married Jabez Burditt, Feb. 7, 1740. Nathan Sargeant, of Leicester, married Mary Sargeant, of Malden, June 24, 1742. Samuel married Lois Wate, Oct. 25, 1743. Silas Sargeant married Mary Winslow, Feb. 14, 1746. Joseph married Hannah Whittemore, Jan. 20, 1747. Amos Sargeant, third son of Silas, married Alice Bucknam. Their children were, Amos, married to Esther Oakes; Silas, married to Diantha Fisher; John, married to Dorcas Nichols; Sally, married to Lewis Fisher; Alice, married to Leonard Emerson, both deceased; Aaron, married to Sarah Nichols; Thomas, married to Phebe Bridge; Mary, died in infancy; Nathan died in infancy; and another Nathan married to Mehitable Brown. HILLS. Of Joseph Hills we have already given a sketch. Although he moved from Malden to Newbury, he left one or two sons and daughters in this place. There was also an Abraham Hill, made a freeman in Charlestown in 1640, who died at Malden, February 13, 1670. Two of his sons were Isaac, born Oct. 29, 1641, and married to Hannnah Hayward, '1666; — and Abraham, born October, 1643, who had a son Abraham, born August, 1670. He is the ancestor of the Hills of Cambridge, and of several noted families in New Hampshire. It is not certain whether the present Hill families in Malden are descendants of Joseph Hills or of Abraham Hill; but there are reasons for believing that the two family names were quite distinct, and that Abraham Hill was the ancestor of the present generation here bearing his name. GREENLAND. John Greenland, of Charlestown, was made a freeman in 1644. He had a son John, born the same year, and admitted a freeman in 1679. This was the noted Deacon Greenland, who served so many years as Town Clerk, Selectman, and Representative. It is not known that he has any descendants living. LYNDE. Deacon Thomas Lynde, of Charlestown, "master," was born in January, 1593-4. He came to this country and settled at Charlestown, where his name appears among the inhabitants in 1634. He was admitted freeman, March 4, 1634-5; was 8 years deputy to the General Court, the first time in 1636, the last time in 1652; he was also one of the selectmen 14 years, and was constantly connected with town business, and was deacon of the church several years. (See also Frothingham's Charlestown, p. 83.) He died at Charlestown Dec. 30, 1671, "being 77 years old wanting 6 weeks." He was thrice married; by his first wife he had several children, two of whom survived him, and are mentioned in his will, namely, Thomas, who was born in England about 1616 (of whom see further,) and Mary, also born in England, and married to a Mr. Weeks, of Succonesset, (part of Falmouth.) The second wife of Deacon Thomas Lynde was "Margarett Jordan, widow, whose maiden name was Martin.” "She was born Feb. 1599-1600, and deceased Aug. 3, 1662, being 621 years old."* By her, Thomas Lynde had 5 children, viz: William, born about Dec. 1634, and died young; Joseph, (afterwards the Colonel,) born June 8, 1636; Sarah, born April 16, 1639; Hannah, May 2, 1642; Samuel, Oct. 14, * Original family papers. 1644. The third wife of Deacon Lynde (to whom he was married Dec. 6, 1665, and by whom he had no issue,) was Rebecca Trerice, widow of Nicholas Trerice, merchant. She died at Charlestown, an aged widow, Dec. 8, 1688." Ensign Thomas Lynde, the eldest son of Deacon Thomas, settled at Malden, and from him alone, as is understood, all the Lyndes in Malden descended. The other children, being those by the 2d wife, did not go to Malden. It is therefore unnecessary to give any further account of them, though there are ample materials. Thomas Lynde was made freeman, May, 1645 He died Oct. 15, 1693, aged 78. * Elizabeth, his wife, died Sept. 2, 1693, aged 81. * The records of their children are very imperfect. They had Thomas, born 25, 1, 1647; Elizabeth. 20, 2, 1650–51; Joseph, 13, 10, 1652; and probably also John, of whose birth, however, no record is made. Elizabeth married Peter Tufts of Charlestown, Aug. 26, 1670, and died July 15, 1685, in the 33d year of her age. * Thomas Lynde, of Charlestown, presumed to be the son of the above, was probably married to Mary Anderson, and had a daughter Mary, born Sept. 3, 1680. Rev. Thomas Shepard, of Charlestown, was married to Mrs. Mary Lynde, widow, July 27, 1682. She was married, thirdly, to Samuel Hayman, Esq., of Charlestown, about 1686. Joseph Lynde, of Malden, son of Ensign Thomas, died Jan. 21, 1735, aged 83.* Elizabeth, his wife, died June 20, 1735. aged 73. * Their children appear to have been Anna, born May 29, 1688; Joseph, Sept. 2, 1690; Sarah, born Nov. 22, 1694, died Oct. 34, 1730; Rebecca, July 14, 1696; Lydia, March 25, 1700; Thomas, April 22, 1702; Hannah, born May 22, 17..† Lydia was married to Thomas Pratt, June 24, 1725. Hannah was married to Amos Putnam, Dec. 27, 1726. Capt. John Lynde, of Malden, presumed son of Ensign Thomas, had a wife Mary, and afterwards a wife named Elizabeth Greene, to whom he was married August 25, 1691. She died January 29, 1698-9; and he then seems to have had a third wife, Judith, by whom he had a daughter Martha. Ile seems to have had a son called John, Jr., date *Grave stones, Malden. + Date in the book evidently wrong. |