Some Descendants of Shubael Child (Richard) and Abigail Saunders of Watertown

  1. Richard Child was born on 9 Apr 1690 in Watertown. [WR] He died in Dec 1712, age between 21 and 22, in Watertown. [WR]
  2. Shubael Child was born on 8 Sep 1693 in Watertown. [WR] He was baptised as an adult "about 16" on 16 Jul 1710 in Weston. [TW, p. 390] He died on 24 Sep 1756, age 63, in Weston. [TW, p. 300] He married Abigail Unknown. [TW, pp. 8,12] Abigail, the "aged widow" of Shubael died on 8 Oct 1756 in Weston. [TW, p. 300]
    Shubael lived in Weston. [FMW, p. 153] Shubael Child, age about 16 and brought up by neighbour Flagg owned the covenant on 16 Jul 1710 in Weston. [TW, p. 388] Shubael, a "young man", was received into the church in Weston on 2 May 1714. [TW, p. 391]
    1. Richard Child (twin) was baptised on 27 Sep 1719, while a few days old. [FMW, p. 399] He died in Jan 1719/20. [TW, p. 399]
    2. Mary Child (twin) was born on 23 Sep 1719 in Weston. [TW, p. 8] She was baptised on 27 Sep 1719, while a few days old. [TW, p. 399]
    3. Shubael Child was born on 16 Jul 1721 in Weston. [TW, p. 12] He was baptised on 17 Jul 1721. [FMW, p. 153] He married Sarah Stratton [FMW, p. 153] of Waltham on 11 Feb 1744. [TW, p. 62]
      1. Mary Child was born in Nov 1745 [FMW, p. 153] in Weston. [TW, p. 60] She was baptised on 17 Nov 1745, when a week old, in Weston. [TW, p. 452] She married Joseph Allen on 22 Dec 1762. [FMW, p. 153]
      2. Sarah Child was born on 16 Jan 1747/8 [FMW, p. 153] in Weston. [TW, p. 85] She married Jonathan Stratton, Jr. on 20 Sep 1768 [FMW, p. 153] in Weston. [TW, p. 131]

References

FMW Bond, Henry, Family Memorials: Genealogies of the Families and Descendents of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston; to Which Is Appended the Early History of the Town, Vol. I, Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1855.
TW No author, Town of Weston, births, deaths and marriages 1700-1850, gravestones 1703-1900, church records, 1709-1825, Boston, unknown, 1901.
WR Watertown Historical Society, Watertown Records, Press of Fred G. Barker, 1894.

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