The history of the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts, By a committee of the Dorchester antiquarian and historical society ...

HISTORY OF DORCHESTER. 93
a daughter Mary born in Dorchester, April, 1635;
a son Samuel, February 14, 1636. He received a
division of the Neck lands in 1637.
John Whitfield should be Witchfield. Was in
Dorchester probably about 1630, and removed to
Windsor.
CHAPTER VIII.
Additional Settlers previous to 1636.
IN addition to the names in the preceding chapter, other individuals were in the town previous to
1636. The following, with brief notices respecting
them, are all we have been able to obtain.
John Crab came to Dorchester with the first settlers, and afterwards removed to Connecticut.
John Gaylord, or Gallard. Prince, in his Annals,
mentions Gaylord as being in Dorchester in 1632.
Nathaniel Gillet came to Dorchester with Messrs.
Maverick and Warham in 1630. He was admitted
freeman in 1634, and removed to Windsor in 1635.
Elizabeth Gillet joined the church at Dorchester,
29 (8) 1641.
Thomas Gunn was one of the early settlers of
Dorchester, and removed to Windsor.
William Hayden came to Dorchester in 1630,
became freeman in 1634, removed to Hartford, and
from there to Windsor in 1642, and from Windsor
to Killingworth in 1664. His children were-Daniel, born Sept. 2, 1640, died March 22, 1713; Na