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       Samuel/4w Bateman was born 20 May 1673 at Concord, MA.¹

       Elizabeth/3w Bateman was born 6 Mar 1658/59 at Concord, MA.¹ There she died, unmarried, 6 Jul 1685 at age 26.²

       Nathaniel/1 Treadway married, by 1640, Sufferana/2 How, daughter of Elder Edward/1 How and Margaret (–?–).¹ A weaver, he settled at Sudbury, MA, where his first 3 children were born.² Upon his father-in-law's death, 1644, he inherited an estate at Watertown, to which he then removed.³ There he was selectman in 1653, 55, 64, 66, 69, 70, and 72.^4,2 He received three-sixths of the estate of his mother-in-law Margaret How under the terms of her will, proved 18 Dec 1660.⁵ At the time her Watertown house and lot were "in the occupancy of Nathaniel Treadway."⁵
     He was one of three who appraised, 21 Feb 1664/5, the estate of Richard Woodward of Watertown.⁶ His own will, says Bond, "dated June 25 [July, Savage], 1687, mentions sons Jonathan, James, and Josiah; chil. of dr. Hawkins; chil. of dr. Hayward, which she had by her first husband, Hapgood; sons-in-law Josiah Jones and Joseph Goddard."^7,8
     His wife died at Watertown 22 Jul 1682.⁹ There he died 20 Jul 1689.¹⁰ Bond provides a facsimile of his signature.²

       Sufferana/2 How was born in England, and came to Watertown, MA with her parents.¹ There she married, by 1640, Nathaniel/1 Treadway, a weaver, with whom she had 7 children.² She is mentioned in her father's will, made before his death in Jun 1644.¹ Her husband inherited from her mother a house and lot in Watertown, where they lived.¹ There she died 22 Jul 1682.³

       Elder Edward/1 How married, as her 1st husband, in England, Margaret (–?–), with whom he had 2 daughters.¹ They emigrated to New England, where he became one of the largest original proprietors of Watertown, MA.¹ A ruling elder of the church at Watertown, he was admitted freeman 14 May 1634.² He probably himself built, and thereafter was joint partner with Matthew Cradock of London in, the town's first mill, located on 2 acres of land between the Charles River and "Mill Creek," extending from the mill up to a stone dam. The elder's 40-acre homestead was also in that vicinity. He sold his interest in the mill 19 Aug 1635 to Thomas Mayhew, though Mayhew apparently failed to perform his end of the transaction, as a bond and mortgage to Mayhew in the amount of £400 were included in the inventory of Elder How's estate at his death.³ Elder Edward/1 How was selectman in 1637, 1639, and 1641–43, and deputy to the General Court, 1642–43.¹ He died at Watertown 24 Jun 1644.⁴ His will (NEHGR 3:77) mentions his wife Margaret and daughters Sufferana and Anne.¹
     Bond reproduces his signature on p. 303.¹

       Margaret (–?–) married (1), in England, Elder Edward/1 How, with whom she had 2 daughters and emigrated to New England.¹ She is mentioned in his will, made prior to his death 24 Jun 1644.¹ She married (2), as his 2d wife, between Nov 1646 and Apr 1647, George/1 Bunker, a widower of Charlestown, MA and one of its wealthiest residents. They removed to Malden, where he survived her.² Her will, 8 Apr 1647, proved 18 Dec 1660 ("How alis Bunker"), gave to her sister, Mary Rogers and children John and Elizabeth, of Boxstead, in old England, one-sixth of her estate; to son-in-law John Stone, of Sudbury, two-sixths; and to son-in-law Nathaniel Treadway three-sixths. Her inventory, house and lot, in the occupancy of Nathaniel Treadway, and 10 other lots amounted to £216.¹