Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849

Printed transcript of the town and church records, read in the archive.org full text (vol. 2 at https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofroroxb_0; vol. 1 also at https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofro0001vari). Used for the Lamb, Wise, Payson, Foster and Thompson families. Among the entries:

• Lamb: Caleb, son of Thomas and Dorothy, b. 9 Apr 1641 (1:208), with a second entry in different ink for a Caleb, son of Thomas, b. 27 Nov 1639; Thomas Lamb’s marriage to Dorothy Harbittle, 16 July 1640 (2:241); his burial, 28 Mar 1646 (2:571); Caleb Lamb and “Marie Wise,” 30 June 1669 (2:240).
• Wise: Joseph Wise and “Mary Tompsonn,” 3 Dec 1641 (2:398, 442); Mary bp. 27 Feb 1649/50 and John bp. 15 Aug 1652, children of Joseph (1:389); deaths of Joseph, 12 Sept 1684, and Mary, 4 Aug 1693 (2:675).
• Payson: “Elizabeth, d. Giles, Feb. 4, 1644. [1644-5. C. R. 1.]” (1:270); Giles Payson and Elizabeth Dowell, Apr 1637 (2:311); “Giles, Dea., Jan. 28, 1688-9, a. 78 y.” (2:609).
• Foster: “Hopestill, eldest s. Capt. Hopestill, of Dorchester, and [blank] Pason, at Dorchester, 15 : 12m : 1666” (2:152); children of John and Jane Foster, 1751-1760 (1:134-135).
• Thompson: “Foster … Mary, and Thomas Thompson, Oct. 28, 1765” (2:153, and 2:394 under Thompson).

Also used for the Hawley and Tompson families: Thomas Hawley and Dorothy Lamb, 2 Feb 1651, and Hawley “slain by the Indians at Sudbury, Apr. 21, 1676,” “under the command of Capt. Sam[ue]ll Wadsworth” (2:547); his first wife “Emm,” buried 29 Nov 1651; “Dorothy, wid. Thomas,” 28 Jan 1697/8, indexed under HALLEY (2:543); Bridget Tompson and George Denison, March 1640 (2:398); and Caleb and Mary (Wise) Lamb’s first Mary, b. 13 Apr 1678, d. of smallpox 4 July 1679.

Also, among Joseph Wise’s children (1:389): “Katharen, d. Joseph, bp. 10: 8m: 1658. C. R. 1.” (10 Oct 1658), who married Richard Mather of Dorchester and Lyme (used for the Hatten research).

For the Chapin and Porter ancestors of Ella (Chapin) Browne (October 2026): “Japhet, s. Samuel, bp. 15: 8m: 1642. C. R. 1.” (15 Oct 1642; 1:58, under CHAPIN); and “Abigall, d. Samuel, July 12, 1674” (1:376, under WILLIAMS), the Abigail Williams who married Experience Porter.