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- James Endicott, son of Gilbert Endicott, born March 10, 1696, at Reading, Massachusetts, settled in Canton.
It was he who built his home on the minister’s land by mistake in 1710. This was the site of the brick house on Washington Street, and it was burned Oct 29, 1806.
He was an inn keeper. He married, November 26, 1723, Esther Clapp, born February 10, 1699, died July 11, 1750, daughter of Ezra and Experience (Houghton) Clapp.
He married, second, January 9, 1752, Mrs Hannah (Tilden) Lyon - widow who died May 22, 1778.
He died October 21, 1767 and his administrator was appointed November 13, 1767. The date on his gravestone is incorrect.
Children all by first wife:
~ Ebenezer, born July 10, 1726
~ James July 10, 1728, died April 27, 1729
~ Hannah April 12, 1730
~ Esther March 14, 1734-35
~ James August 17, 1738
~ Sarah August 10, 1741
Source: “Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts” William Richard Cutter Published in 1908
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