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- (The Macomber Line). (I) William Macomber was born in Dorchester, England, 1610. Hisbrother,John Macomber, settled at Taunton, Massachusetts, was acarpenter bytrade, with a son John, and perhaps others. William was acooper. Hesettled in 1638 at Plymouth. and in company with HenryMadeley, ofDorchester, a carpenter, he received permission to dwell atPlymouth,April 2d that year. He removed to Duxbury, where he was onthe list ofmen able to bear arms, 1643, and subsequently removed toMarshfield. Hedied 1670, and the inventory of his property is datedMay 27, same year.His wife Priscilla survived him. Their children:Edith, married,November, 1664, John Lincoln; William, resided atDartmouth; Sarah,married, November 6, 1666, William Briggs; Mathew,born February 3, 1649,died at Taunton, aged about twenty-five years,will dated December 9,1675, bequeathing to mother and brothers John,Thomas and William;Thomas, mentioned below; John; Hannah, married,October, 1672, JosephRandall, of Scituate.
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