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

HISTORY OF DORCHESTER. 133
Mill, of Edward Breck. He went to England in
1644, and returned the following year. His son
Samuel succeeded to his father's estate. His son
Increase, baptized 14 (1) 1642, afterwards removed
to Taunton. His daughter Prudence married John
Bridge, of Roxbury; Waitstill married Joseph Penniman, of Braintree. His wife's daughter is mentioned as Mary Streeter. He had three wives —
first, Prudence; second, Margaret (who was living
in 1664); and third, Ursula, who outlived her
husband.
There was a William Robinson, who suffered
death in Boston as a Quaker, in 1660.
William Reed embarked from London in the
Defence, Capt. Edward Bostock, in July, 1638, he
being then 48 years of age. Iis wife came with
him. Also his three sons - George, born 1629;
Ralph, 1630; Justin, 1634. Mr. Reed and his wife
joined the church, and afterwards removed. There
was an Abigail Reed, probably their daughter, baptized 30 (8) 1638, and went to Rehoboth.
John Rigby probably came to Dorchester about
1637, as he and his wife Isabell were early members
of the church. He was made freeman May 18, 1642.
Samuel Rigby, baptized 9 (6) 1640, was undoubtedly a son of John, and lived on the place subsequently owned by his son Samuel, near the spot
where the Hon. John Howe resided, now known as
Adams Street. Mehitable Rigby, baptized in Dorchester, 1643, was probably a daughter of John. She
married Nathaniel Turner, of Scituate. Thomas
Holman married Abigail Rigby, 19 (12) 1663.
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