Some Descendants of Constant Southworth (son of Alice Carpenter) and Elizabeth Collier

Constant signed his will on 27 Feb 1678/9. He named his wife Elizabeth; his sons Edward, Nathaniel and William; his daughters Mercy Freeman, Alice Church, Mary Alden, Elizabeth Southworth (provided she did not marry William Fobes) and Priscilla Southworth; grandson Constant Freeman; cousin Elizabeth Howland; brother Thomas Freeman. [Ref, p. 355]

  1. Edward Southworth
  2. William Southworth
  3. Nathaniel Southworth married Desire Gray. [Ref, p. 57]
    Nathaniel signed his will on 18 Sep 1708; it was proved on 8 Mar 1710/1. [Ref, p. 57] Among others he mentioned his son Nathaniel. [Ref, p. 57]
    1. Nathaniel Southworth was born on 18 May 1684 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 57] He was baptised on 29 Mar 1685. [Ref, p. 57] He died on 8 Apr 1757, age 72, in Middleborough. [Ref, p. 57] He married Jael Howland about 1709, probably in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 57]
      1. Fear Southworth was born on 3 Feb 1709/10 in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 58] She died on 23 Jun 1784 in Middleborough. [Ref, p. 221] She married as his second wife Joseph Leonard on 18 Nov 1731. [Ref, p. 221] Joseph was probably the son of Elkanah and Charity (Hodges) Leonard, born on 9 Apr 1705 in Middleborough. [Ref, p. 221] He died on 1 Nov 1783 in Middleborough. [Ref, p. 221] He married first Hannah Pratt. [Ref, p. 221] Fear and Joseph had eight children born in Middleborough. [Ref, p. 221]
      2. Ichabod Southworth was born on 12 Apr 1711 in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 58] He died on 23 Nov 1727, age 17. [Ref, p. 58]
      3. Hannah Southworth was born on 24 Oct 1714 in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 58] She died on 24 May 1778 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts. [Ref, p. 222] She married as his second wife her first cousin Robert Sprout on 10 Dec 1741 in Middleborough. [Ref, p. 222]
      4. Gideon Southworth was born on 5 Sep 1718 in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 58] He died on 25 Oct 1788, age 70, in Middleborough. [Ref, p. 223] He married Rebecca Ellis on 24 Dec 1741. [Ref, p. 223] Gideon and Rebecca had seven children in Middleborough. [Ref, p. 223]
      5. Samuel Southworth was born on 18 Jan 1721/2 in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 58] He died before 25 Dec 1755. [Ref, p. 223] He married Elizabeth Caswell on 2 Jan 1745 in Middleborough. [Ref, p. 223] Elizabeth was the daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Barney) Caswell. [Ref, p. 223] She was born in Taunton and died in 1784 in Amenia, Dutchess, New York. [Ref, p. 223] She married second Capt. Samuel Doty on 16 Apr 1761 in Dutchess county. [Ref, p. 223] Samuel and Elizabeth had three children in Middleborough. [Ref, p. 223]
      6. Nathaniel Southworth was born on 26 Jan 1728/9 in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 58] He died on 31 Jul 1762, age 34, in Middleborough. [Ref, p. 223] He married Susanna Smith on 16 Feb 1748 in Middleborough. [Ref, p. 223] Nathaniel and Susanna had five children in Middleborough. [Ref, p. 225]
    2. Elizabeth Southworth [Ref, p. 247] "of Middlebury" married James Sprout of Scituate on 5 Jun 1712 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Ref, 9;87]
      1. Robert Sprout was born on 1 Jan 1715 in Scituate. [Ref, p. 222] He died on 11 Jun 1797 in Middleborough. [Ref, p. 222] He married first Hannah Samson on 2 Feb 1737/8 in Middleborough. [Ref, p. 222] He married second his first cousin Hannah Southworth on 10 Dec 1741. [Ref, p. 222] He married third Mercy (King) Smith on 27 Oct 1785 in Taunton. [Ref, p. 222] Robert and Hannah had three children in Middleborough. [Ref, p. 222]
  4. Mercy Southworth married Unknown Freeman.
  5. Alice Southworth married Unknown Church.
  6. Mary Southworth married Unknown Alden.
  7. Elizabeth Southworth
  8. Priscilla Southworth