His funeral remarks on this occasion were reprinted by Cotton Mather in his Magnalia. Two more children—Elizabeth (aged 7) and Sarah (aged 2)—died in October 1672. His son John (1660–1730) graduated from Harvard College in 1677 and was minister at Dorchester from 1682 until his death.
On the occasion of his passing, Cotton Mather published a collection that included his funeral remarks. Two more children, Elizabeth aged 7 and Sarah aged 2, died in October 1672. John, his son, graduated from Harvard College in 1677 and served as a minister at Dorchester until his own death.