THOMAS LAMB, Roxbury, came, 1630, in the fleet with Winth. brot. w. Eliz. and two ch. Thomas, and John, req. adm. 19 Oct. had Samuel, b. in Oct. bapt. that yr. at Dorchester, bef. the ch. at R. was gather. and was freem. 18 May foll. had Abel, fourth s. b. Oct. 1633; Decline, the first d. b. Apr. 1637, wh. m. 7 Dec. 1666, Stephen Smith; and Benjamin, the sixth ch. Oct. 1639, d. soon, as did his mo. both bur. on 28 Nov. Barry calls this last ch. of Eliz. Caleb; but the ch. rec. is copious, and explicit to the contra. The town rec. said Benjamin, b. 27 Nov. but a modern hand eras. that, and wrongful. ins. Caleb. Such violat. of the vestal purity of rec. is less rare than might be expect. He m. 16 July 1640, Dorothy Harbottle, " a godly sis. of the ch." had Caleb, b. 9 Apr. 1641; Joshua, 27, bapt. 28 Nov. 1642; Mary, bapt. 29 Sept. 1644; and Abiel, 2 Aug. 1646. The f. d. 28 Mar. preced. and apostle Eliot notes (on the bapt.) his " not long afore leav. his childr. to the Lord to be their f." and his wid. m. 2 Feb. 1652, Thomas Hawley. See Winth. II. 339, 40. Mary m. Thomas Swan.197
In NEHGR v96p207 1942, it says that a book is preparation on his genealogy by Frank B. Lamb 48 Elm Street, Westfield, NY |