Complex sentence: He was the son of Alpheus and Mrs. Sophia (Bailey--Wilkerson) Lamb, the father being a descendent of Thomas Lamb, who came from England with Governor Winthrop's fleet in 1630, and settled at Roxbury, Massachusetts.
Split into simpler sentences: He was the son of Alpheus and Mrs. Sophia (Bailey--Wilkerson) Lamb. His father was a descendent of Thomas Lamb, who came from England with Governor Winthrop's fleet in 1630, and settled at Roxbury, Massachusetts.