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A month after Col. Pickering arrived in the valley, notwith- standing the vigorous opposition of Franklin and his suppor- - ters the election was called and held. Says Miner "It was a day of high excitement even for Wyoming, indeed of riotous commotion. Many a stalwart Yankee was engaged in combat fierce, and sometimes bloody though not mortal, with a friend by whose side he had formerly fought. In the midst of the wild uproar Col. Butler mounted his war steed and rode up and down amid the crowd exclaiming "I draw my sword in defence of the law : Let every lover of peace and good order support me." In spite of the opposition the election was consummated and the County of Luzerne was organized under the laws of Pennsylvania. A petition headed by Col. Picker- ing was at once sent to the Assembly praying for a confirmna- tion of the Connecticut titles, and in response thereto and in accordance with the previous understanding the Legislature on the 28th of March 1787 passed what was afterwards known as the Confirming act. By this measure the titles of all Con- necticut claimants who were actual settlers before the decree of Trenton were confirmed and established to them and their heirs forever.
To show his confidence in the finality of this proceeding and in the future peace and prosperity of Wyoming, Col. Pickering took up his residence in the valley purchasing his land under the established Connecticut claims. He soon be- came a general favorite and employed all his influence in promoting harmony and good will. Franklin on the other
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hand although he had been chosen at the election to repre- sent Wyoming in the Pennsylvania Legislature was still as irreconcilable as when he swore hostility on the bloody rifle. Refusing to accept his appointment he moved from village to village and from house to house stirring up opposition to the new order of things, inflaming old jealousies and resentments and arraying all whom he could influence against submission to Pennsylvania anthority. Party excitement and animosity increased from day to day, and the unhappy valley which had been so often torn in pieces by external foes was now rent with civil dissension. friend against friend and brother against brother.
By common consent to relieve the tension and soothe the turmoil, resort was had to that genuine yankee remedy for civil disorder, a general town meeting and a public discussion of the existing situation. It was called to take place in that spot so hallowed by the memories of common heroism and common suffering, the old "Forty Fort." Here on the ap- pointed day assembled almost the entire population of the valley, all aroused to the importance of the occasion but un- fortunately all inflamed with the passions of the hour and in the mood of mutual defiance. The meeting organized, and Col. Pickering supported by most of the older and more sub- stantial inhabitants, the Butlers, the Hallenbecks, the Nesbits and the Denisons appeared as the leading advocate of law and compromise. Earnestly and eloquently he appealed to the people to lay aside their doubts and suspicions of Pennsyl- vania: he pledged his honor that the State was sincere and that full faith might be reposed in its promises. "Your lips speak fair" cried one of his excited auditors, "but oh! that there were a window in that breast that we could read your heart !" Major Jenkins replied to Pickering : "What guaran- tee have we" he exclaimed in language long remembered after- wards, "that Pennsylvania will keep her plighted faith? She has forfeited her honor, time and again." If we accept the pro- visions of this law, when she finds we are tied hand and foot, she will repeal it and leave us without hope." Col. Franklin who was gifted with unusual popular eloquence
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followed Jenkins with his utmost energy and bitterness. He dwelt on the justice of the Connecticut claims, both those acquired before and after the Trenton decree: he referred to the persecutions and suffering which the community had endured from Pennsylvania: declared the compromise hollow and deceptive and denounced Pickering and his supporters in vigorous language. Overcome by excitement Col. Hollenbeck drew bis riding whip and aimed a blow at Franklin's head. Instantly the meeting was in an uproar. By a common impulse a rush was made to the neighboring woods for a supply of cudgels and amid the rapid play of these helps to calm delib- ation, the meeting adjourned: but not until a vote had been taken and declared carried, to support the law and accept the proposed terms of compromise.
The crisis was imminent both for Pennsylvania and for Wyoming. The one was threatened with the loss of her fairest portion, and the other with the evils of a fratricidal war. The Susquehanna Company pushed forward its schemes of secession with unremitting energy. A constitution for the proposed new state had been already drawn up by Oliver Wolcott, Jr., having a preamble like that of the Declaration of Independence, and the Governor and Lieutenant Governor had been selected. Ethan Allen again appeared in the valley ; this time arrayed in a cocked hat and regimentals openly de- claring that he had already made one new state, and was ready with 100 Green Mountain boys and 200 riflemen to make another in spite of Pennsylvania. Col. Pickering and his associates now determined to take decisive action. A writ was taken out against John Franklin for treason, and in September he was arrested at Wilkesbarre after a violent struggle. Held on a horse by his captors he was taken to Col. Pickering's house, when he flung himself free, lustily shout- ing for help, and fiercely fought for liberty. The alarm being given and his partisans beginning to assemble, Pickering himself rushed out and held a pistol to his breast while six others replaced him on the horse and tying his feet beneath hurried him away and took him to jail at Philadelphia. His friends quickly collected and surrounding Pickering's house
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threatened to burn it and to take Pickering prisoner. He had however already escaped to the woods and through the interference of Col. Butler the house after being searched for him in vain, was spared. Not daring to return to Wilkes- barre, Col. Pickering with one companion started on foot through the mountain forests for Philadelphia and although closely pursued by scouts succeeded in reaching his destina- tion. Here he remained for several months. It was the memorable summer of 1787 when the United States Consti- tution was framed in Philadelphia and submitted to the States for their ratification. Col. Pickering was chosen by the County of Luzerne to represent it in the Pennsylvania Convention which was called to act upon its acceptance, and having per- formed this duty he deemed it safe in January 1788 to return to Wyoming.
But the troubled waters there were by no means quieted, Though the tide of conservatism and of submission to Penn- sylvania was daily rising, and the loss of Franklin as a leader had crippled the revolutionary party, the latter was still numer- ous and its passions excited against Pickering as the principal agent in Franklin's capture. His return to Wyoming while their chieftain was kept closely confined in a Philadelphia jail loaded with 27 pounds of iron chain, sick with a fever, and unavailingly petitioning for release on bail, did not tend to allay their animosity It was not however till June that this broke out in overt action. On the 26th of that month Picker- ing's house was burst open at night by an armed band. They took him from his bed pinioned his arms and led him off by a rope into the mountains. Here they kept him prisoner for three weeks, moving about from place to place, occasionally chaining him to a tree in retaliation for Franklin's fetters, but treating him on the whole as considerately as could be expected in view of the rough nature of the compulsory picnic. Mean- time the militia had been rallied for his rescue and pressing hard on his captors occasionally exchanging shots with them or their scouts. During all this time every effort was made by the abducting party to obtain their captive's written request for Franklin's pardon and release, but in vain. At length
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finding him decidedly an elephant on their hands, and being so closely pursued that escape could not be much longer pos- sible, they set him at liberty on the 16th of July and he then returned to Wilkesbarre. In November of the same year, the first Pennsylvania Court was held at Wilkesbarre. Before this Court twenty-five of those who had been concerned in his abduction were indicted and all were sentenced to fine or imprisonment. Those who were imprisoned straightway broke jail and escaped, that is, returned to their homes with- out let or hindrance. The only one who obstinately remained in prison was pardoned in order to get rid of him. None of the fines were ever collected. ·
At the same term of the Court Col. Franklin having been brought from Philadelphia was arraigned for high treason in endeavoring to subvert the government of Pennsylvania and to erect an independent state in the room and stead thereof. It was no longer however the implacable Franklin of the year before, swearing defiance to Pennsylvania with his bloody ride in his hand. He had been in confinement more than a year and now returned broken in body and depressed in spirit to find his partisans scattered, the Susquehanna Company para- lysed. and an overwhelming unanimity in the valley in favor of peace and quiet. Sensible as well as brave, he had already yielded to the inevitable and had virtually consented to sub- mit to the laws. He was admitted to bail and the prosecu- tion was subsequently abandoned. He became a prominent and trusted citizen of Pennsylvania: was repeatedly elected to the Legislature and was for some years High Sheriff of the County of Luzerne. Nevertheless he never ceased to defend with his voice and pen, the titles of his half-share partisans acquired from the Susquehanna Company and through whom unwilling justice had been wrung from Pennsylvania to the original inhabitants of Wyoming His efforts however were in vain. "Separated from the old settlers who had borne the hardships of early emigration and the crimsoned severities of savage war, the new grants, though plausibly urged for a while, soon found little favor and sank into oblivion."
Thus by the Confirming act of March 1787 whereby Penn-
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sylvania recognised the titles of the original Connecticut settlers, she succeeded in securing the support of the more conservative part of the Wyoming people and through their efforts and influence in establishing her authority throughout the valley. After thirty years of unavailing strife and vio- lence. this, the first conciliatory overture had healed all wounds and in the very nick of time had saved to the state at least one-half its territory. Relying on the good faith of the state the settlers as we have seen, organized the county of Luzerne, suspended and suppressed all further opposition and devoted themselves to the quiet pursuit of peace and prosperity. The sequel remaius to be told. It corresponds with all the rest of this strange eventful history. Just one year after the con- firming act was passed the Pennsylvania Legislature suspend- ed its operation. Two years later (April 1, 1790) it was totally repealed Thus the prophecy of John Jenkins at the town meeting proved true and the Connecticut titles were again repudiated by Pennsylvania. The repeal was brought about by the old enemies of the Connecticut men, the Penn- sylvania claimants. Col. Pickering who opposed it declared later that its purpose was to enable those claimants to get possession of the land through the courts and thus rid the state of the burden of compensation. If such was its purpose it had but little success. Such litigation presented but few attractions to the Pennsylvania claimants. They had expe- rienced the difficulty of shaking off the grip of a Connecticut yankee on his farm, and were reluctant to make any new at- tempts even by legal proceedings. One such suit was brought in the United States Court, apparently as an experiment, and although decided in the first instance in favor of the claimant, yet an appeal being taken. the proceeding was not pursued and no attempt was ever made to put the plaintiff in posses- sion. The influence of the Confirming act was still felt in the public conscience notwithstanding its repeal, and there was moreover a grim expression on the faces of the Connecticut holders which reminded Pennsylvania contestants of former days and discouraged a re-opening of the controversy. Mean- time public opinion both within and without the state, with
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constantly accumulating force, demanded that the pledged faith of the state to the old settlers should be redeemed. Col. Pickering even when no longer residing in the state con- stantly exerted his influence in the same direction. Finally in April, 1799, a decisive act was passed for the quieting of all disputed claims in the Wyoming Valley. By this act the state purchased the claims of its own grantees and issned new certificates of title to all Connecticut holders before the Tren- ton decree. This enactment was faithfully carried out and with its execution died ont at last all distinguishing marks between an original Connecticut settler and a genuine native of the Keystone State.
But what in the meantime had become of the Susquehanna Company ? It was dead. Dead as Julius Caesar! The Con- firming act of 1787, by separating the interests of the earlier settlers from those of the later eomers and thus dividing the people into opposing faetions, was the first effective stroke at its vitality. Nevertheless for months thereafter as we have scen, the company had vigor enough to put forth spasmodic and dangerous efforts to foment rebellion against Pennsylva- nia and the setting up of an independent state. The final and fatal blow to its existence was given by the establish- ment of the new national government under the Constitution of 1787. After that event successful rebellion within a state or war against it was no longer possible and nobody recog- nised this sooner than the Dyers, the Talcotts, the Hosmers and the Wolcotts of Connecticut. They were not the men to pursue a lawless and hopeless filibustering conspiracy and they quickly found new and more congenial fields for their political energies and ambitions.
And so as the reconstructed Republic like a new light house of constitutional freedom flashed forth its first rays on the sight of the nations, the great Connecticut corporation, a rudderless drifting hulk, struck on the shore and lay stranded at Hartford. Its career was finally ended. For twenty years it had gallantly breasted the waves of war and adversity. Again and again it had borne colonies to the promised land
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and sustained them with its stores in their bitter days of poverty and hardship. But now, repudiated by those whom it had served, deserted by its officers and crew and left to its fate by the commonwealth whose flag it had so long displayed and whose interests it had so faithfully defended, it lay at last an abandoned wreck, soon to disappear beneath the sands of time from mortal view and remembrance. To-day its only relics are the musty record books in Wadsworth Atheneum : Connecticut has forgotten its very existance: and even in Windbam wherei n 1753 its keel was laid with such hope and rejoicing, and where in 1769 it raised its colors and spread its canvas to the breeze, and set forth with its first forty brave spirits to found a new empire. the name of the Susquehanna Company is almost unknown and its memory has faded into oblivion.
And Windham itself with its silent and grass grown streets, its vanished social life and its shorn village square: all vesti ges lost of its former importance and business activity. and even its ancient frog-pond drained and dried up, seems like a fitting grave yard for enterprises that are dead, and achieve- ments which have failed and been forgotten.
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NAMES AND DATES
FROM THE
OLD BURYING GROUND,
GREENS FARMS, CONN.,
From the Earliest Date
TO
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1897.
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COPY OF NAMES AND DATES
FROM THE OLD
GREENS FARMS BURYING GROUND, Taken May, 1897.
Contributed by ROBT. P. WAKEMAN, Southport, Conn.
Hezekiah Lockwood. died April 22, 1887. Age 82 years. Frederick Elwood, died June 13, 1883. Age 55 years.
Charlotte Lockwood, wife of Frederick Elwood, died Sept. 21. 1883. Age 48 years.
Jennie, daughter of Frederick and Charlotte Elwood, died July 13, 1884. Age 5 years and 3 months.
Mabel, wife of David Mills, died Feb. 1, 1883. Age 62 years. Ester, died Sept. 15, 1848. Age 7 mos., and 5 days.
Lorenzo, died Sept. 25, 1851. Age 1 yr., 3 mos., 7 days. Children of David and Mabel Mills.
Joshua Jennings, died Feb. 13, 1830, in his 71st year.
Sarah, wife of Joshua Jennings, died Jan. 28, 1845. Age 75 years, 1 month and 29 days.
Albert, son of Joshua and Sarah Jennings, died Dec. 4, 1831. Age. 30 years.
Ebenezer Jennings, died Jan. 15, 1879. Age 82 yrs., 1 mo., and 6 days.
Helena, wife of Edwin B. Jennings, died May 29, 1865. Age 23 years, 11 months and 22 days.
Abbey J, wife of Edward Jennings, died Jan. 9, 1868. Age 63 years, 4 months and 8 days. Edward Jennings, died Sept. 26, 1858. Age 56 yrs., 5 mos., and 23 days.
Eliza J., daughter of Edward and Abbey Jennings, died Sept. 3, 1851. Age 15 years, 11 months and 9 days.
Sally Wakeman. daughter of Peter and Sarah Jennings, died May 16, 1832. Age 19 years, 9 months and 10 days. Peter Jennings, died May 5, 1841. Age 78 years.
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Sarah, wife of Peter Jennings, died July 13, 1857. Age 84 yrs. Peter B Jennings, died Nov. 12. 1867 In the 71 year of his age.
Catharine, wife of Peter B. Jennings, died June 9, 1880. Age 81 years and 9 months.
Samuel Craft, died Dec. 6. 1872. Age 80 yrs., 3 mos., 11 dys. Abigail, wife of Samuel Craft. died May 14. 1888. Age 92 years, 3 months and 26 days.
George, son of Joseph and Angeline Nash, died Oct. 18, 1857. Age 23 years, 8 months and 5 days.
Angeline, wife of Joseph Nash, died April 20. 1884. Age 78 years, 4 months and 20 days.
Joseph Nash, died March 12. 1886. Age 80 years, 4 months, and 10 days.
Eliphalet Stratton. born Feb. 7, 1779, died Jan. 7, 1849.
Sarah, wife of Eliphalet Stratton, born June 2, 1774, died Aug. 29, 1849.
Angeline Keys, daughter of Ezra (M. or N.) and Angeline Stratton, died Feb. 9, 1840. Age 1 month and 15 days. John, son of Eliphalet and Catharine Stratton. died Dec. 13, 1845. Age 9 days.
William West, son of Eliphalet and Catharine Stratton, died Sept. 23. 1842. Age 1 year, 2 months and 7 days
William, son of Eliphalet and Catharine Strattou, died July 22, 1839. Age 11 months and 7 days.
1 Sarah Ann, daughter of Eliphalet and Catharine Stratton, died Nov. 21. 1840. Age 8 yrs. 2 mos., and 29 days.
Amelia, daughter of Win. H & A D. Smith, died May 22. 1869. Age 18 years, 10 months and 11 days.
Ann, widow of Edward MI Griffith, died Oct. 28, 1871. Aged 72 years. 1 mouth and 10 days.
Edward, son of Erastus P. aud Myrtilla Smith, died Ang. 26. 1856. Age 1 year, 5 months and 25 days.
Myrtilla, wife of E P. Smith, died Feb. 7, 1884. Age 58 years, 6 months and 13 days.
David S. Smith, son of Sammel S. and Betsey Smith, died April 15, 1841. Age 52 years and 17 days.
Henry L. Luff, died April 12, 1843. Aged 27 years, 2 months and 5 days.
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Samantha, wife of Henry Luff, died Jan. 11, 1848. Age 28 years, 8 months and 22 days.
Daughter of Samuel and Betsey Smith.
Betsey, widow of Samuel Smith, died July 22, 1865 Aged
80 years, 3 months and 25 days.
Samuel S. Smith, died May 5, 1849. Aged 67 yrs. and 8 mos. Esther, wife of Cornelius Winant, died Sept. 24, 1851. Age 45 years, 2 months and 23 days.
John Henry, son of Cornelius and Esther Winant, died Feb. 1, 1845. Age 20 years, 7 months and 27 days.
Cornelius Winant, died Feb. 2, 1855. Age 53 years. 2 months and 29 days
Samuel S. Smith, born Jan. 17, 1862, died Oct. 6, 1892.
Jennie, danghter of Geo. and Sarah Hale, died July 13, 1871. Age 3 years, 10 months and 5 days.
Ebenezer Baker, died Feb. 9, 1875. Aged 68 years and 10 months.
Elizabeth, wife of Ebenezer Baker, died June 19, 1883. Age 65 years, 3 months and 25 days.
Johnathan Nash, died Oct. 9. 1757. Age 43 years wanting 3 days.
Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah Nash, died Mar. 1, 1775 in the 19th year of her age.
Eliza, daughter of Joseph and Grace Whitehead, died May 13, 1861. Age 46 years, 5 months and 17 days. .
Joseph Whitehead, died March 6, 1855 Age 84 years and 8 months.
Grace, widow of Joseph Whitehead, died July 27, 1863. Age 86 years.
Helen, daughter of David and Charlotte Jennings, died July 21, 1852. Age 17 years.
Charlotte, wife of David Jennings, died May 22, 1874 Age 82 years and 7 months.
David Jennings, died Oct. 4, 1850. Age 58 years
Abigail Jennings, consort of David Alvord, died Nov. 20, 1857. Age 78 years.
Talcott Jennings, died Nov. 3, 1861. Age 73 yrs. and 8 mos. Eunice, wife of Nathaniel Dewey, died July 31, 1863. Age 73 years.
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Mary Augusta, daughter of Joshua J. and Mary Thorp, died Jan. 12, 1830. Age 1 year and 3 months.
Abagail, wife of David Jennings, died Mar. 3, 1847. Age 94. Seth Meeker, her former husband. died in West Indies, 1794. David Jennings, died Feb. 12, 1831. Age 75 years.
Eunice, wife of David Jennings, died Nov. 1798. Age 42 yrs. Paulina Craft, died Sept. 25, 1863. Age 70 years.
Rev. Bradford Craft, died Oct. 10, 1827 in the 33d year of his age.
Joshua Jennings, died Feb. 1, 1818. Age 90 years.
Esther, wife of Joshua Jennings, died May 12, 1819. Age 85 years.
Jennings Thorp, son of Capt. Eliphalet and Esther Thorp, died Aug. 28, 1804 in the 15th year of his age.
Capt. Eliphalet Thorp, died Aug. 27, 1804 in the 40th year of his age.
Esther Thorp, widow of Capt. Eliphalet Thorp, died April 12. 1816 in her 50th year.
Eleanor Thorp, wife of Almon Alvord, died July 4, 1876. Age 79 years and 7 months.
Almon Alvord, died Nov. 30, 1889. Age 86 yrs. and 10 mos. Abram Bulkley, died Dec 26, 1838 in his 81st year.
Jane, wife of Abram Bulkley, died Nov. 4, 1838 in the 78th year of her age.
Rachel Osborn, wife of Stephen Osborn, died Oct. 21, 1819. · Aged 35 years and 5 months.
Peter Bulkley, died May 12, 1804 in the 89th year of his age.
Anna Bulkley, wife of Peter Bulkley, died April 11, 1795 in the 76th year of her age.
William Bulkley, died March 4, 1787. Age 45 years, 5 months and 17 days.
Grace, daughter of Peter Bulkley ye 2d and Anne his wife, died April ye 7. 1766 in ye 21st year of her age.
Gideon Morehouse, died Aug. 5, 1829. Aged 83 yrs., 7 mos., and 18 days.
Morehouse Jennings, died Dec. 31, 1863. Aged 70 years and 18 days.
Sally A , widow of Morehouse Jennings, died Sept. 14, 1864 Aged 66 years, 4 months and 10 days.
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Mary B., daughter of Morehonse Jennings, died March 9, 1861. Aged 27 years, 9 months and 27 days. Samuel Taylor, died Jan. 27, 1805 Aged 71 years. Mary, relict of Samuel Taylor. died Mar. 29, 1815. Aged S5. Gershom Sturges, died March ye 15. 1762 in ye 32d year of his age, and his daughter Martha, aged 2 yrs., 9 mos. Abraham Morehouse, died Feb. 21, 1816. Age 53.
Mary, wife of Abraham Morehouse, died March 29, 1842. Aged 82.
Ebenezer Morehouse, died Jan. 5, 1829. Aged 86 yrs.
Temperance, wife of Ebenezer Morehouse, died March 18, 1819. Aged 79 years. · Daniel Meeker, died Sept. 20, 1784. Aged 45 yrs.
Abigail, his wife died Sept. 10. 1789. Aged 45 years.
Capt. Simon Couch, died April 10, 1770 Aged 72 years, 9 months and 13 days.
Abigail Couch, reliet of Capt. Simon Conch and daughter of Joshua Jennings, died July 14. 1765. Aged 65 years, 4 months and 15 days.
Mary Morehouse, died May 18, 1854. Aged 81 yrs., 9 mos., and 19 days
Evelina B., danghter of Morehouse and Sally Ann Jennings, died June 25, 1838 Aged 3 yrs . 8 mos., and 20 days. Grumman M, son of Joshua and Sarah Jennings, died Oct. 2. 1792. Age 9 months.
Hulda, wife of Grumman Morehouse. died May 19, 1815. Aged 71 years.
Grumman Morehouse, died April 15, 1833. Aged 88 yrs. John Andrews, died Aug. 23, 1830. Aged 43 years.
Thomas Andrews, died March 26, 1815. Aged 31 years. Mary, wife of Thomas Andrews and daughter of Talcott Banks, died Dec. 19, 1820. Aged 30 years.
Altheia, consort of William Hobby. and daughter of Thomas and Mary Andrews, died Nov. 15. 1836. Aged 25 yrs., 8 mos., and 22 days.
Thomas Andrews, died July 30, 1801. Aged 40 yrs., 2 mos., and 4 days.
Abigail. wife of Jeremiah Rowland, died Dec. 6, 1831. Aged 69 years.
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George Andrews, died April 9, 1791. Aged 26 yrs., 9 mos .. and 24 days.
Capt. John Andrews, died Nov. 19, 1777. Aged 46 yrs., and 9 months.
Deacon John Andrews, died March 28, 1771. Aged 63 years, 7 months and 11.
Mrs. Sarah Andrews, relict of Dea. John Andrews, died Mar. 9, 1783 in her 77th year.
Sarah, daughter of Deacon Gideon Morehouse, died May 26, 1769. Aged 20 years and 30 days.
Abijah, son of Gideon and Sarah Morehouse, died Oct. 14, 1751 in ye 4th year of his age.
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