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- The history of the family of James Rising is abstracted from the NEHGS Register, Vol. 63, pp. 333-341 (1909), by Louis Marinus Dewey, Esq., of Westfield, Mass.
"James Rising of Boston removed to the Bermudas, where he was a church member, and brought letters from the pastor there, Nathaniel White, being admitted to the Salem, Mass., Church about 1662. He removed to Windsor, Conn., where he kept a ferry, and died at Suffield, Conn., 11 Sept. 1688.
"He married, 7 July 1657, Elizabeth Hinsdale, daughter of Robert of Medfield. She died at Windsor, in 1669, as did another wife who died 2 Apr. 1674.
"Children:
i. James, d. unm. at Suffield 24 July 1690. His inventory, taken 12 Aug. 1690, amounted to £12 5s., 'to go to John Rising for caring for his brother during his sickness.'
ii. John, b. abt. 1660.
iii. Moses, who was appointed guardian in 1720 to Moses, son of John Rising, late of Suffield, deceased, a minor less than 17 years old.
Perhaps others."
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