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

HISTORY OF DORCHESTER. 139
Newton, in 1664; was a military man, and was in
command in the desperate battle with the Indians
near WVheelwright's Pond, in Lee, N. H., where he
and his son John were killed, July 6, 1690. Ichabod, born 1637, minister of Duxbury, died July 23,
1700; and Thomas, who probably died young.
Enoch came in possession of the house which was
Mr. Maverick's, also the house formerly Abraham
Dyke's. Mary married Samuel Payson, of Dorchester; Hester, baptized 1635, married Major William
Johnson, of Woburn, 1655; Sarah, baptized 1643,
married Nathaniel Holmes, Jr., of Dorchester.
Henry Withington probably came over in 1636.
He was one of the six that signed the church covenant with the Rev. Richard Mather, 23 (6) 1636,
and was soon after chosen Ruling Elder, which place
he filled twenty-nine years. His first wife was Elizabeth, his second was Margarie. He was a Selectman in 1636, and grantee in 1627. He died February 2, 1666-7, aged 79 years. Deacon Richard
Withington, who died Dec. 22, 1701, aged 84 years,
was a son of his. His daughters were -Faith,
who married Richard Baker; Mary, who married
Deputy Governor Thomas Danforth; and Ann, who
married James Bates, Jr.
John Whitcomb came to Dorchester early, probably in 1635 - supposed to have come from Dorchester, in England, and probably a son of Simon,
who was chosen one of the Assistants in England,
but never came over. John removed, to Scituate as.
early as 1640, and owned a large farm near North
River, which he sold to Thomas Hicks. He remmov