Israel Alger, Jr.

4. Israel Alger (Israel 2, Thomas 1), a husbandman, married thrice ;

• 1st, his second cousin, Alice, daughter of Dea. Joseph Hayward, who d. Jan. 30, 1716; 2d, Dec. 25, 1717,
• 2nd, Susanna, daughter of William Snow, grand­ daughter of William Snow, Sen., one of the proprietors and first settlers of Bridgewater: she d. about 1729 ;
• 3d, June 24, 1731, Rachel, daughter of Thomas Wade :by her he had no issue.

When he was twenty-one years of age, his father conveyed to him a certain piece or parcel of land lying in the township of Bridgewater, butting on the north side of the Town River, containing thirty acres. Here, on a spot about a quarter of a mile southwest from where James Alger now lives, he built his house, the cellar of which is still to be seen, — and here he died Nov. 13, 1762, aged 73.

Children by first wife:

• 9. i. Patience, b. Sept. 20, 1713 ;bapt. 1727 ;called Alice,on her mother's death, to bear up her name; m. Shepbard Fiske,* Feb. 24, 1732; d. without issue, in 1796, aged 83. Shephard Fiske was a son of the Rev. Moses Fiske, of Braintree, and a half-brother of the Hon. John Quiney, great-grandfather of President John Quincy Adams. He graduated at Harvard University in 1721, practised a short time. as aphysician inKillingly,Conn., and in 1727 came to North Bridgewater, where he engaged inbusiness as an iron founder, and sustained some public offices. From the North, he removed to the West Par­ish, occupying the bouse now owned by Otis Drury. There he d. June 24, 1779, aged 77.
• 10. ii. A male child, — b.1716 ;d.Feb. 16, 1716.

Children by 2nd wife:

• 11. iii. Israel, bapt. 1727 ;m. — Abial Lathrop.
• 12. iv. Daniel, b. 1727 ;bapt. 1727 ;m. Susanna Fobes.
• 13. v. James, b.4729 ;m. Martha Kingman.

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• http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2007/20070619014ge/200706...
• History of the early settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts including an extensive family register. Nahum Mitchell Boston: Printed for the author by Kidder & Wright 1840link ALGER