"He was on various petitions 1717-21-26; was a selectman in 1726, and called Lieut. William; was a moderator in 1743. He bought land on the way from Sandy Beach to Greenland, 1723-24, and gave it to his son Jonathan in 1728. In 1723 he bought land at Portsmouth Plains. William, a shoekeeper of Portsmouth, bought land on northwest side of the road from 'Ye Bank to Greenland.' June 30, 1728, he bought land in Rye called 'Ye Island of ye Pond once called Locke's Hole.' He sold land inRye in 1751, and died there January 22, 1768, aged 91."