Descendants of William James Hedge
Jenks Lineage
1. James Hedge married Elizabeth (?), died 1566/68. James died 1553.
Children:
+2. i Nicholas Hedge.
Second Generation
2. Nicholas Hedge (1.James1) married Alice Burroughs, born East Bergholt, England, (daughter of John Burroughs and Margaret (?)).
Children:
+3. i Elizabeth Hedge born c 1588.
Third Generation
3. Elizabeth Hedge (2.Nicholas2, 1.James1) born c 1588, married c 1588, Richard Ravens, born 1562, Dedham, Co. Essex, England, (son of William Ravens and Joan Starlyng) died 1626, Wattisfield, England. Richard: Ancestor of Presidents Taft, Coolidge, Bush. Green lists as "REV."
Children:
+4. i Mary Ravens.
Fourth Generation
4. Mary Ravens (3.Elizabeth3, 2.Nicholas2, 1.James1) baptized: Nov 14, 1602, Wattisfield, England, married 1628, John (William?) Coolidge, baptized: Sept 16, 1604, Cottenham, England, (son of Simeon (Cooledge) Coolidge and Jane (?)) died May 7, 1691, Watertown MA. Mary died Aug 22, 1691, Watertown, MA. also source AAP, Roberts, Chart p 205; she was of Watertown MA TAG 62:66(1987) John: Youngets of 8 children. Henry Bond "Geneologies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown MA" calls him John, but William Richard Cutter "New England Families" calls him William. The above dates are those of Cutter. Wife and children are the same by either source, although Cutter just calls her "Mary".
Children:
5. i Simon Coolidge born 1632, prob. England, occupation Surveyor, Constable, married (1) Nov 17, 1657/8, in Watertown, MA, Hannah Barron, born c. 1635, Ireland, (daughter of Ellis Barron and Grace (?)) died July 14, 1680, Watertown MA, married (2) Jan 19, 1682, Priscilla Rogers, (daughter of John Rogers and Priscilla (?)) died 1694. Simon died Dec 27, 1694, Watertown, MA.
6. ii John Coolidge Jr. born c. 1633, England, married Feb 14, 1654/55, in Watertown, Middlesex, MA, Hannah Livermore, born c. 1633, England, (daughter of John Livermore and Grace Sherman) died Dec 23, 1678, Watertown, MA. John died 1691. Hannah: source also AAP, Roberts, Chart p205
7. iii (?) Elizabeth Coolidge married June 1656, Gilbert Crackbone, died of Cambridge.
8. iv Mary Coolidge born Oct 14, 1637, married Sep 19, 1655, Isaac Mixer Jr.. Mary died Nov 2 (?).
9. v Stephen Coolidge born Oct 28, 1639, married Rebecca (?), died Apr 15, 1702. Stephen died c. 1711.
10. vi Obadiah Coolidge born Apr 15, 1642, died 1663. unmarried
11. vii Nathaniel Coolidge died 1711.
12. viii Jonathan Coolidge born Mar 10, 1646-7.