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Systematic Distory Fund : (AUXILIARY. )
MARLBOROUGH,
MASSACHUSETTS,
BURIAL GROUND INSCRIPTIONS:
OLD COMMON, SPRING HILL, AND BRIGHAM CEMETERIES.
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WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS: PUBLISHED BY FRANKLIN P. RICE, Trustee of the Fund. 1908.
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MARLBOROUGH INSCRIPTIONS
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PHOTO. BY F. P. RICE, NOV. 6, 1906
OLD COMMON BURIAL GROUND Looking East
Systematic Distory Fund: 11 (AUXILIARY.)
MARLBOROUGH,
MASSACHUSETTS,
BURIAL GROUND INSCRIPTIONS:
OLD COMMON, SPRING HILL, AND BRIGHAM CEMETERIES.
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WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS: PUBLISHED BY FRANKLIN P. RICE, 11 Trustee of the Fund. 1 908.
ONE HUNDRED COPIES PRINTED.
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PRIVATE PRESS OF FRANKLIN P. RICE. ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS AND DESIGNS BY F. P. RICE.
Gift Publishor
FOREWORD TO THE MARLBOROUGH RECORDS:
A RETROSPECT.
THE printing of the Vital Records, the Burial Ground Inscriptions,
and the Proprietors' Records of Marlborough is a realization in small part of a plan formed in 1885 to copy and print the records of several of the old Massachusetts Towns in the pathway of the westward emi- gration from the coast from 1635 to 1660. Some of the details of this plan were discussed at length in certain quarters, and with competent authorities, but I received little encouragement to proceed in an under- taking which seemed to the majority of those gentlemen to be attended with insurmountable difficulties. I gratefully remember, however, that there were two or three who took the opposite view, and who offered assistance. Four of the towns contemplated in the project were Water- town, Concord, Sudbury and Marlborough, and I felt assured that even the announcement of the beginning of work in these important places would give an impetus to record publication in other parts of the State, which was then my principal object.
During the next three years the enterprise was under consideration, but various other interests interposed to delay it, and before arrange- ments could be perfected I unexpectedly found myself involved in the undertaking of printing the second series of the Worcester Records, from which, in consequence of certain unforeseen and singular diffi- culties, I was not wholly freed until 1898. During the period 1876- 1882 I had completed the Worcester Records to 1783, including the Proprietors' Book, and also the Records of the Worcester County Court of General Sessions from 1731 to 1737, the latter being, I be- lieve, the first example of printed county records in Massachusetts.
Considerable activity in record work was manifested in various places in the State from 1880 to 1890, mostly through individual effort. Dr. Samuel A. Green began the publication of the Groton Records in 1880,
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and Mr. Henry S. Nourse prepared three volumes of Lancaster Records in 1884 and later. The most notable instance during this period was the printing of the Dedham Records in six volumes under the super- vision of Don Gleason Hill, Esq. A little later, efforts of this kind began to multiply. Probably the first in Massachusetts, consecutively exerted, was that of printing the Brookline ( Muddy River ) Records, the first volume appearing in 1874, the others not until 1889.
In 1890 I was glad to be informed by Mr. C. A. Stearns that the Watertown Historical Society was about to begin the printing of the local records with the aid of appropriations by the town. About this time I made a verbal proposition to Mr. George Tolman of Concord to print the records of that town upon my own responsibility, if he would furnish the copy, and this offer seemed to strike him favorably. Shortly after, meeting Mr. Francis E. Blake of Boston, who has always been, during my thirty years' acquaintance with him, a ready and potent force in record work, I mentioned this circumstance, and he offered to assume one-fourth of the expense. Thus reinforced, I renewed my proposition in writing, to which Mr. Tolman replied that he would, before giving his decision, make an attempt to induce the town at its annual meeting to appropriate a sum to enable the Concord Antiquarian Society to carry forward the undertaking. In this effort he was success- ful, so far as the printing of the vital records of the town was concerned, and his book is one of the best prepared under the old method, while his incomparable index modifies in some degree the evils of that system. Mr. Tolman wrote that he desired to follow the scientific plan in the printing of records of this class, and avoid the confusing use of an index, but probably he was overruled.
For several years I was not able to give further consideration to this locality, my efforts in reorganizing the record work under the Systematic History Fund being confined to towns in Worcester County. The burning of the city building in Marlborough in 1902, and the narrow escape of the records from destruction, caused my thoughts to turn again in that direction, and I was urged by friends in the New-England His- toric Genealogical Society and by others to undertake the work of copy- ing and printing the vital records of Marlborough at once. I was obliged, however, to await the completion of the new city hall before
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a suitable place for copying the records could be provided, and it was not until the fall of 1906 that this task was begun. In the meantime I secured copies of the church records and of the gravestone inscriptions. The Vital Records of Sudbury were published in 1903 by the New- England Historic Genealogical Society, at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund,
I had a deeper interest in Marlborough than in any other place in Massachusetts. It was the parent town not only of the settlements in a large adjacent territory but of others more remote, and its records have a particular value in connection with the first history of all these. It was my native town, and had it not been for the difficulty in securing the copy of its records at that period, I should probably have put forth my efforts there instead of in Worcester, and made it the first example of a town with all its records in print. I made an examination of the manuscript volumes in 1883 with a strong inclination to engage in the work of printing, but I was then overtasked. I experienced peculiar satisfaction in being able to make even a beginning at a late date.
It was in Marlborough that I first thought of making use of type to enable me to produce copies in number of certain historical data from original materials which I had collected. Acting under the impulse I procured a small press and type enough to set an octavo page, and thus unknowingly acquired a power, which, as later developments have shown, has proved effective in carrying out the various enterprises in which I have engaged, as otherwise they must have failed of accom- plishment through lack of pecuniary means and in the face of the dis- couragements and other obstacles encountered. This was in March, 1871, and soon after, I returned to Worcester, and for the next two or three years other interests prevailed, but what at a later period became my main object was kept in mind. Facility in the use of type came slowly, for I never received an hour's instruction in a printing office, and have always followed my own methods. It is, perhaps, remark- able that I have many times been solicited to print books for others at high prices. A few of these offers I have accepted that I might be able to patch over financial bare spots in the record work.
I hope sometime to give in detail an account of the various under- takings in the line of record preservation with which I have been con-
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nected since I began, in the early seventies, with the idea, crude and imperfect, of subjecting to classification for easy reference manuscript materials in public depositories, many of which were then hidden or unknown, and in many places practically inaccessible ; but only a brief summary can be given here. Thirty-five years ago the interest in such matters was mainly antiquarian, and the few examples in print in this line had been inspired from that standpoint. Genealogical research was not then the powerful factor it is to-day. As the idea expanded and developed I came to regard the work chiefly in its practical and scientific aspects, and I applied the term Systematic History as best explaining its purpose to meet the necessities of all inquirers and investigators.
My fortunate meeting with Mr. Samuel E. Staples in 1869 resulted in the formation of The Worcester Society of Antiquity five years later. The Worcester Records in eight volumes were published by that Society, some financial aid being given by the City. In 1882-3 considerable work was done at the State House with the intention of including certain early archives of the Commonwealth in the printed Collections of the Society, but this project encountered remonstrances of such a nature that I abandoned it, as, for other reasons, I did the one to print the County Probate and Land Records in 1891. The purpose in these proposi- tions was to have the Society maintain its place as the leader in the record work.
I formulated a plan sometime before 1890 to require the towns in Massachusetts to print their records, but this met with little favor. Its substantial features are embodied in the Act of 1902.
The formation of The Massachusetts Record Society in 1891 was an abortive attempt to reorganize the record work upon a practical basis. Considerable was, however, accomplished, in western Massachusetts and in New Hampshire ; the results in the latter locality were turned over to the State Board of Vital Statistics at Concord.
Pursuing the work since 1898 under the operation of the Systematic History Fund, I have been able to secure copies and to print the vital records of more than thirty towns in central Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN P. RICE.
Worcester, April, 1908.
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THE FIRST BURYING GROUND.
Hudson and other authorities are, I think, in error in stating that the oldest burying ground in Marl- borough is the one "adjoining the Old Common" (now on Prospect Street, in the rear of the High School building). No date earlier than 1713 has been found in this ground, while the one at Spring Hill contains quite a number of stones with dates before 1700, notably the one to Captain Hutchinson, who was killed by the Indians in 1675. Some of the early records of Marlborough are missing, and the time of the laying out of the Spring Hill ground cannot now be determined, but it is quite early referred to as the "ould ground on burrying hill." If, as is asserted, the first meeting house was built on the Old Common site, it was a departure from the general custom to locate the burying ground at a distance.
At a meeting of the Proprietors of Marlborough, April 8, 1706, it was ordered that the land exchanged with John Perry, the tailor, two and one-half acres, adjoining the Meeting House Land, "shall be for a Trayning Place and a Burying Place forever." This seems to fix the date of the opening of the Prospect Street ground.
EXPLANATION.
The Inscriptions from each burying ground are generally but not invari- ably arranged in alphabetical order. The family names of many of the married women are supplied in the notes, and the index of these and of the names out of place should be consulted.
The copies are verbatim, but, while an occasional peculiarity in the text is given, I have not attempted anything in the way of facsimile, for such efforts in type are only halfway expedients. The name of the subject is printed in SMALL CAPITALS, with certain exceptions in which the long f appears. The lines on the stones are indicated by dividing marks, and an inscription can readily be reconstructed.
The Inscriptions in the three Marlborough burial places were copied by Mr. GEORGE MAYNARD, who has performed similar valuable service for me in many other localities in Massachusetts.
The printing of this book was undertaken at the suggestion and re- quest of a friend, and the work has been carried through under the pressure of numerous difficulties, and at such intervals of time, night or day, as could be spared from the discharge of many other duties. So far as the type-setting and presswork is concerned, the book is entirely the work of my own hands. It was printed upon a press which I purchased in 1887 for thirty-eight dollars, and some of the type used was in service many years ago. The production of this volume has been a reminiscence of former experiences.
OLD COMMON BURIAL GROUND
HERE LYES
OLD COMMON BURIAL GROUND.
Amsden.
I. M' Abraham | Amfden | 1763 [The above on a broken stone. ]
[Death's Head.]
2. Here Lies Buried | & Body of JOSEPH | AMS- DEN Son of | Capt Thomas & | M" Eunice Amsden | Who Departed This | Life March $ 30 | A. D. 1736 In | § 21st year of His | Age
Footstone: Jofeph Amsden.
Arnold.
3. HERBERT W., son of | Winslow Arnold, | Died Sept. 16, 1884. | ÆE. 2 yrs. 10 mos.
4. WINSLOW ARNOLD, | Died Mar. 17, 1884. | Æ. 35 Yrs. 6 Mos.
Bailen. [ Cherub's Head.]
5. Mrs. ELIZABETH BAILEY, | Wife of Col. Silas Bailey of | Bairlin, & formerly the Wife | of Capt. Paul Brigham of Marl- | borough, died March 30- 1793 ; | aged 53 years.
This Grave contains the feeble mould'ring clay The Spirit triumph's in Eternal day.
Footstone: Mrs | Elizabeth | Bailey
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Batter. [Baker Monument, reverse. ] 6. ARETHUSA BAKER, | 2. wife of | Rev. Jacob Baker, | & sister of the former | died Sept. 23, 1845 : | aged 23 years.
" For we know that if our earthly | house of this tabernable were | dissolved, we have a building of | God, an house not made with | hands, eternal in the heavens."
2d COR. 5. I.
[Baker Monument, east side. ]
7. HANNAH BAKER, Wife of | Rev. Jacob Baker, | died Feb. 2, 1843 ; | aged 28 years.
Husband & child, & all friends that I love, I leave you for a better world above : Stay not-O linger not, for here is pain, And that is a heaven all precious to gain.
[The above were daughters of Ephraim and Anna (Temple) Howe, of Marlborough. Rev. Jacob Baker was a brother of Rev. Zephaniah Baker, who was librarian of the Free Public Library of Worcester, Mass., from 1860 to 1870.]
Baker Monument, front: Rev. J. BAKER.
Barns. [Cherub's Head.]
8. Deacon DANIEL BARNS | whose Remains | are here inter'd | fell on fleep | March 9 24th 1775 | in y 74th Year of | his Age.
The fweet remembrance of the fuft, Shall flourith when he fleeps in duft.
Footstone: Deacon | Daniel Barns |1775
[Willow Tree.] 9. EDA | Son of Lovell | & Rebecca Barns, | died Jan. 9, 1801, aged 2 | years 5 months & II ds. Sleep fweet child & take thy rest, While Angels guard thy grave, The Almighty God, the Sovereign King He takes but what he gave. Footstone: E. Barns.
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[ Death's Head.]
IO. Here Lies Buried | The Body of | M'. EDWARD BARNS | Who Deceased | September 9 25 | 1755 Jn e | 75 year of his | Age y Footstone: Mr | Edward Barns
[ Cherub's Head. ] II. In Memory of MT | MARTHA BARNS | the Wife of M' | Daniel Barns, | fhe died May 22d. | 1768, in ye 29th Year | of her age. Footstone: M™ | Martha | Barns
[She was a daughter of Joseph and Comfort (Bigelow ) Brigham, and was married to Daniel Barns Jan. 20, 1763.]
[Death's Head. ] 12. Here Lies Buried | The Body of Mrs | RUTH BARNS Wife | of M' John Barns | Who Died July | 9 I 1752 Jn | ye 31 year of Her | Age Footstone: Mr8 | Ruth | Barns
13. SAMUEL BARNS | Son of M' Solomon | Barns. died | Sept. ye 10th 1776 | in ye 4th Year of | his Age.
Barnes.
14-15. In memory of | Col. EDWARD BARNES. | Graduated at Harvard Col'g 1764. | Member of Prov. Cong's 1774. | Col. in Com'd of Reg't at | Cambridge 1775. | Who died Nov. 16, 1803. | ÆE. 59. | Also his wife | SUBMIT FORBES. | Who died Aug. 6, 1827, | Æ. 81.
[This grave has a Revolutionary marker. Submit Forbes or For- bush was an adopted daughter of Zerrubabel Rice, and probably daugh- ter of Phinehas and Sarah (Bellows ) Forbush, born Oct. 8, 1746.]
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[ Urn and Willow Tree.] 16. In memory of | Mrs. ELIZABETH, | Consort of Dea. William Barnes, | who died | Nov. 28, 1830: | Æt. 62.
Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear, That mourns thy exit from a world like this; Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stay'd thy progress to the seats of bliss. No more confined to grovelling scenes of night; No more a tenant pent in mortal clay,- Now should we rather hail thy glorious flight, And trace thy journey to the realms of day.
Footstone: E. B.
[She was a daughter of Winslow and Elizabeth ( Harrington ) Brig- ham. ]
[ Urn and Willow Tree. ] 17. LYDIA BARNES, | born Nov. 2, 1802, | died | Aug. 3, 1866.
Death rides on every passing breeze, And lurks in every flower; Each season has its own disease, Its peril every hour. [She was a daughter of William and Elizabeth ( Brigham ) Barnes. ] [ Urn and Willow Tree. ]
18. Erected in memory of | REBECCA youngest daughter of | Moses and Hepzibah Barnes, | who died Jan. 21, 1835, | aged 4 yrs. & 9 mths. No more the pleasant child is seen, - To please its parents eye, The tender plant so fresh and green, Is in Eternity.
Footstone: R. B.
[ Urn, Willow Tree, and Pot of Flowers.]
19. In Memory of | SAMUEL BARNES, | who died | June 2, 1816. | Æt. 26.
[Below are illegible verses. ]
Footstone: S. B.
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[ Double Stone: Urns and Willow Trees.] 20-21. In | memory of | Mr. SOLOMON | BARNES, | who died | Nov. 21, 1830 | Æt. 90.
In | memory of | Mrs. JUDITH, | wife of M'. | Solomon Barnes, | who died | April 19, 1820, | Æt. 77.
A holy quiet reigns around; A calm which nothing can destroy; Nothing can disturb that peace profound, Which their unfettered souls enjoy.
Footstone: J. B. S. B. [Judith, wife of Solomon Barnes, was a daughter of John and Abi- gail (Morse) Hapgood.]
[ Urn and Willow Tree.]
22. In memory of | WILLIAM BARNES, | Son of Dea. William Barnes, | & Mrs. Elizabeth his wife; | who died | April 1, 1822 ; | Æt. 15 years. Mortals! how few among your race, Have given this thought its weight, That on this flying moment hangs Your everlasting state.
Footstone: W. B.
[ Urn and Willow Tree. ] 23. Erected | in | Memory of | Dea. WILLIAM BARNES, | who died | March 7, 182-3; | ÆEt. 56.
Bury the dead; and weep In stillness o'er the loss; Bury the dead; in Christ they sleep, Who bore on earth his cross, And from the grave their dust shall rise In his own image to the skies.
Footstone: W. B.
[Cherub's Head. ]
24. In Memory of | ZERUIAH BARNES, | Wife of Deacon Daniel Barnes, | who departed this life | Sept. 12th 1781; | Aged 76 Years. Bleffed are the dead that die in the Lord.
Footstone: Mrs. | Zeruiah | Barnes
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Beeman. [ Death's Head and Scrolls. ]
25. Here Lies Buried | Ye Body of Lieu' | ABRA- HAM BEEMAN | who departed | this life | Nouembr y 13th | A. D 1750 | Age 58 years | 6 M & 9 Ds Footstone: Abraham Beeman
[ Cherub's Head. ] 26. In memory of | Mrs MARY BEEMAN. | Widow of M'. Abraham Beeman, | She died May 18th 1790; | aged 91 years & 18 days.
Footstone: Mrs | Mary Beeman
Bender.
[ Urn and Willow Tree. ] 27. In memory of | Mrs. ABIGL BENDER, | wife of | M' Peter Bender, | who died | April [27] 1805, | Æt. 60.
Live to die, and die to live.
Footstone: A. Bend | er.
[She was a daughter of Jotham and Abigail Brigham, born April 22, 1745; married Feb. 27, 1767.]
[ Three Urns. ]
28-30. In Memory of | Mr. JOTHAM BENDER A. B. | who died Feby 9 1800 Ft. 28. | Also | Mr. JOHN BENDER | who died Oct. 31, 1793, | in | North Caro- lina, | ÆEt. 24. | And | Mr. STEPHEN BENDER, | who died May 14, 1802, | in | Cape Francois, | ÆEt. 25. These men ware brothers.
This is the ftate of man; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; to-morrow bloffoms The third day comes a froft, a killing froft, And nips his root.
Footstone: + + + | Meffrs. Jotham John | and | Stephen Bender.
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[ Urn and Willow Tree. ] 31. Erected | in memory of | Mr. PETER | BEND- ER, | who died | Jan. 6, 1832 : | Æt. 87.
Footstone: P. B.
Bent. [ Cherub's Head. ] 32. In Memory of | M" ANNA BENT | Wife of M' Peter Bent J'. | who died | May § 11tb 1781 : | Aged 27 Years.
In thy fair book of Life Divine My God inscribe my name There let it fill some humble place Beneath the flaughter'd Lamb
Footstone: Mrs | Anna | Bent
33. Here Lies ye | Body of DEBORAH | BENT Dafter of | M' Petter & Mrs | Mary Bent who | Decd Feb. ye | 20 1755 Jn ye 4 | Year of her Age. Footstone: Deborah Bent
34. [An apparently unlettered stone.] Footstone: D. B.
[ Death's Head. ] 35. JABEZ Son to | M' Peter & M's | Mary Bent | Decd Aug' ye | 5th. 1740. in ye 2ª | Year of his age [ Urn and Willow Tree.] 36. In Memory of | Mr. JABEZ BENT, | who died | May 26, 1817. | At. 69.
Footstone: J. B. [This grave has a Revolutionary marker. ]
[ Urn and Willow Tree. ]
37. Sacred | To the Memory of | Mrs MARY BENT, | Relict of Mr. Peter Bent, | Who departed this life | June 3, 1803, | ÆE 93.
The sweet remembrance of the just, Shall flourish while they sleep in dust.
Footstone: M. B.
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[ Death's Head. ] 38. PETER Son to | M' Peter & M's | Mary Bent | Decd Aug $ 3ª | 1740 in § 7th | Year of His Age. Footstone: P. B.
[ Cherub's Head, Urn and Willow Trees. ]
39. Beneath thefe Sacred Shades | rest the Remains of | M'. PETER BENT, | a man juftly efteemed for his | Integrity and Ufefullness, both | in publick & private Life. | He died March the 1 1th 1798 ; | aged 91 years. Imitate his Virtues | And follow him to Glory.
Behold fond Man !
"See here thy pictur'd life, pafs fome few years Thy flow'ring Spring; thy Summer's ardent ftrength, Thy fober Autumn, fading into age, And pale concluding Winter comes at laft And fhuts the scene, but VIRTUE fole Survives. The forms of WINT'RY TIME will quickly pafs, And one unbounded SPRING encircle all."
Footstone: Mr Peter Bent
[ Urn and Willow Tree.] 40. Sacred | To the Memory of | Mr. PETER BENT. | Who departed this life | Aug. 31, 1801, | ÆEt. 54.
This flesh and blood I want no more. I land upon a purer shore; My work is done and I resign That flesh which is no longer mine. Footstone: P. B. [This grave has a Revolutionary marker. ]
Bouker. [Death's Head.]
41. Here Lies Buried | & Body of M' | EZEKIEL BOUKER | Who departed | this life Nouembr | € 24th A.D 1744 | Age 50 years | & 19 ds
Footstone: M™ | EZEKIEL | BOUKER
[Ezekiel Bouker married, Jan. 24, 1733, Abigail, daughter of Peter and Rebecca ( Howe) Rice. ]
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HERE LIES BURIELY
OF EZEKIEL BOULER WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOULM
PHOTO. BY F. P. RICE, NOV. 6, 1006
TYPE OF SLATE STONES, EIGHTEENTH CENTURY (Old Common Ground)
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[Death's Head.]
42. Here Lies Buried | The Body of Mrs. | RACHEL BOUKER | Who Died Apr1 | The 12 | A. D 1754 | In The 52 | year of | Her Age
Footstone: Mr8 | Rachel Bouker
[The above was a daughter of John and Mary (Howe) Bouker, and a sister of Ezekiel (No. 41), born Sept. 9, 1702. She was never married, the prefix Mrs. often being misapplied during the early period. ]
Brigham.
[ Double Stone: Cherubs' Heads. ]
43-44. In Memory of | AARON, Son of M'. | Paul Brigham, & Mrs. | Elizabeth his Wife, | he died Oct'. 9 10th, | 1771, Aged 3 Years, | 8 M. & 3 D.
In Memory of | SARAH, Daugh' of M'. | Paul Brig- ham & Mrs. | Elizabeth his Wife, | fhe died Oct'. ; IOth | 1771, Aged I Year, | II M. & 25 D. Reader! Death is a debt to Nature due [As we have] paid it, fo muft you.
Footstone: Sarah | Brigham Aaron | Brigham
[Death's Head. ]
45. Here Lies Buried | e Body of Mr8 | ABIGAIL
BRIGHAM | wife of Lieu' | Samle Brigham Esq' | who departed this life Nouemb' | $ 20 A.D 1731 | Jn 36th year | of her age
Footstone: $ @ | Mrs Abigail | Brigham
[Her maiden name was Moore. ]
[Death's Head.]
451/2. Here Lies ye | Body of ABIGAIL | BRIGHAM Daft' | of Mr Jotham | & Mrs Abigail | Brigham who | decd Septemb' | § IIth 1740 | in § 4th year | of her age
Footstone: Abigail | Brigham
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46. In | memory of | ALDEN BRIGHAM | Son of M'. Abner Brigham | & Dorothy his wife ; who | died Sep'. 9 1797; age 4 months | & 5 days. My days are few, & I but fmall Yet muft obey when Chrift [doth call]
Footstone: A. Brigham.
[ Urn and Willow Tree. ]
47. In memory of | Mrs. BETSY, | Wife of | Mr. Willard Brigham, | who died | Dec. 11, 1820, | Æt. 40.
We from the dust are formed, By the Almighty power; Here to finish our all, For an eternal hour.
Footstone: B. B.
[She was a daughter of Oliver and Betsey (Howe) Russell. ] [ Cherub's Head. ] 48. Here lies ; body of | M" BITHIAH | BRIGHAM Wife to Lieu | Jedidiah Brigham | fhe decd, Jany ; 23ª. | AD 1756 in & 61f | Year of her age.
Footstone: MT | Bithiah | Brigham.
[She was a daughter of Joseph and Dorothy ( Martin ) Howe. ] [ Urn and Willow Tree.] 49. In | memory of | Mrs. CATHARINE, | Wife of Mr. Ithamar Brigham, | who died | April 13, 1804; Æt. 39.
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Footstone: C. B.
[Daughter of Solomon and Judith ( Hapgood) Barnes. ] [Cherub's Head. ] 50. In Memory of | Mrs. COMFORT BRIGHAM, (Wife of | M'. Joseph Brigham) | who departed this life, | Sept. § 24th, 1755 ; | Aged 47 years 11 months | and 20 days.
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