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BURIALS IN YE OLD PARISH
1763
Jany. 10. Michael Newhalls Wife & Allen Newhalls Child
23. Widdow Joanna Ramsdil
Mar. 3. Thomas Owen
26. Deliverence Hascal
May 2. Widdow Ruth Witt
II. Lydia Witt
29. Jno. Boyce's Child
June 2I. Capt. John Jenks
July 30. Ralph Lindseys Wife
Augt. 27. Timothy Howard
29. . John Tarbox
Octr. 8. Mr. Treadwells Child
II. Widdow Ramsdil from Atwells
14. Mr. Jno. Adam Deaggeor's Wife Susanna
Novr. 3. Ephraim Breed's two Children
4. Widdow West
Decr. 14. A woman yt. Liv'd at Jno. Mowers, Mother to Debh. Jones
30. Susanna Fuller
20 Burials in the year 1764
Elderly Persons 9 Middle aged & Young Persons 6 Infants 5
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TEXTS PREACHED FROM
1763 Mar. 6. II Corinth 5 - 18, 19, 20, Mr. Treadwell's Commencement in ye Ministry (1)
1764 Sept. 9. Psalm 14 - I Rom. 6-21, 22
16. Psalm 51 - 4 Mr. Roby Prov. 8 - 7
23. I Cor. 11 - 28 Math. 10-32, 33
Octr.
7. Isa. 49- 8 Rom. 1 - 20 Mr. Sparrowhawk
14. I Thess. 1 - 10 Psalm 10I - I
21. Jude -6 Mr. Holt
1768
July 31. Luke 16 - 19 To ye End
BURIALS IN YE OLD PARISH
1765 Apr. 9. Zacchariah Rand
May 23. Rebecca Graves June 19. Widdow Newman
(1) After the ordination of Mr. Treadwell the church took a wide departure from the teaching of the early days. It sanctioned and adopted what is known as " the half way covenant." Mr. Treadwell, who was a man of spotless character, afterwards abandoned the ministry. He represented Ipswich and then Salem in the legislature - was a Senator from Essex County and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
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1765
June 30. Widdow Collins, Jeddediahs Mother Mr. Fairfield
Augt. 14. Jno. Lewis's Child, Died of ye Whooping Cough
15. Jno. Boyce's Child
21. Wm. Lindsey
22. Widdow Anna Berry
23. Wm. Richards Child
24. Jno. Deaggeor's Child
25. The Widdow Ruth Breed's Child Nehemiah Lindsey Richd. Johnson
Octr.
9. Eunice Rhoads
IO. Mr. Perkin Joseph Goulds Wife
23. John Ballord
Novr. or Begin of Decr. Widdow Hannah Alley Decr. 13. Widow Blany
CHRISTNED
1763
March 20. Sam'l. Ingals Son James
May 29. Theophilus Breeds Joseph
1765
July 7. Joseph Grays Daughter Susanna
Augt. II. Daniel Floyds Son 18. Elisha Fullers Daughter
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1766
Feby. 9. Isabel, Bethiah, Andw. Susanna Joseph & Elizabeth Newhall, Wm. Burriage's Daughter Phebe, Widdow Lydia John- sons Ruth
23. Benjamin Breem Burchsteds Son James Tyler
May
4. Wm. Atwels Children
II. Benjn. Johnsons Son John Legree Jno. Quinars Daughter Elizabeth
July
June 29. Hulda Lindsey's Children Ralph, Joseph, Nehemiah Blany & Nabbie Benjn. Johnsons Wife Lydia
PUBLISHMENTS IN LYNN
1765
Mar. 17. Benja. Mansfield & Stocker
Danl. Tarbox & Mary Tarbox Isaac Oakman & Elizabeth Lathe
24 Gidney Witt & Elizabeth Merrv
Apr. 14. Sampson Silsby Dimond & Mary Symonds
28. Ralph Lindsey & Anna Burchsted
Apr. 12. Benja. Newhall & Elizabeth Mansfield Pell & Rebecca Howard
June 16. Mr. Alan Collins & Margret Doubly 23. Adam Hawks & Hannah Newhall
Augt. 18. Nathl Marsh of Danvers & Susanna New- hall
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1765
Augt. 18. Ezra Coats & Mary Newhall Nathl. Fuller & Mary Blany Daniel Mansfield to Lydia Norwood
Sept.
Octr. 6. Abijah Ramsdil & Rebecca Graves George Cheesman & Elizabeth Phillips
13. Josh. Lewis & Sarah Ingals Danl. Hitchins & Eunice Hawks Jonathn. & Ilannah Fullers No. Benja. Parrot & Elizabeth Ingals 1766 Feby. 16. Alen Breed & Abigail Lindsey
23. Henry Burchsted & Elizabeth Newhall
Mar. 9. Dan Newhall & Sarah Batchelor Joseph Brown & Hannah Ramsdil
June I. Tos. Burril & Sarah Johnson
July 13. Mr. Elias Trask of Salem & Mrs. Mary Thawitts of Lynn
Augt. 24.
20. Mr. Benja. Gray Jr. & Mrs. Mary Burchsted Mr. Timothy Johnson & Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis
Sept. 7. Mr. John Watts & Mrs. Elizabeth Ingals
14. Mr. John Perkins & Mrs. Eunice Waters Mr. John Brown & Mrs. Elizabeth Hutch- erson
Octr. 19. Mr. Joseph Hart & Mrs. Eunice Burril Mr. Saml. Burril & Mrs. Mary Johnson
26. Mr. Allen Breed of New Ipswich in the Government of New Hampshire & Mrs. Lydia Mansfield
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1766 Octr. 26. Mr. Benja. Wilson & Mrs. Anna Burril . Novr. 2. Mr. John Massay of Salem & Mrs. Jane Phillips
Mr. Richd. Pappoon & Mrs. Mary New- hall
Decr. 7. Mr. Shadrack Ramsdil & Mrs. Hannah Peck
2I. Mr. Henry Young to Mrs. Eunice Howard
BURIALS IN THE OLD PARISH 1766
Before March Luther Newhall Capt. Richd. Mower Eleazer Collins Ingals Child Daniel Brown
June I. Capt. Joseph Fuller
18. Michael Newhall's Child
Isaac Meachams Child
July Capt. Moses Harts Wife Lydia 2I.
27. Moses Chadwell
Augt. I. Joseph Molton
Sept. 5. Mary Graves Capt. Moses Harts Son 16. Abner Tarbox 13 Burials 1767 Jany. 10. Jacob Tarbox
II. Joseph Bates's Wife 28. Elias Harts Wife
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1767
Feb. I. Nathl. Collins
18. Henry Batchelor
20. Ezra Newhalls Child
Apr. 2I. Matthew Breed
May 5. Stephen Newhall
8. Josiah Breeds Wife
9 Burials
6 Elderly Persons
2 Mildl Aged I Infant
MARRIAGES
1766
Novr. II. Joseph Hart to Eunice Burril
13. Saml. Burril to Mary Johnson
27. John Massay to Jane Phillips Timothy Johnson to Elizabeth Lewis
Decr. 25. Shadrack Ramsdil to Hannah Peck
1767
Feby. 5. Mr. Henry Young to Mrs. Eunice Howard Richd. Pappoon to Mary Newhall
Apr.
2. Mr. Jesse Upham To Mrs. Sarah James 1768
Jany. 7. Mr. Richd. Mansfield to E. Whitemore
Feby. 18. Mr. Holton Johnson & Ruth Lindsey
Mar. 2.4. Mr. John Williams & Hannah Richards
Sept. 8. Mr. Eleazer Richardson & Mrs. Catherine Newhall
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1769 May 2. Ebnezer Mansfield & Hannah Williams
23. Mr. Robert Wallis & Hannah Fuller
Novr. 21. Asa Newhall & Tarball(1)
30. Mr. Wm. Ramsdil & Mrs. Polly White
1770
Feby. 22. Mr. Ezra Burril & Anna Breed
1771
Oct.
3I. Richards & Thankfull Stocker Joseph Fuller & Sarah Lathe
1772 June 4. Jacob Ingals & Martha Lewis
PUBLISHMENTS
1767
Jany. 4. Benja. Gouldthrite & Lois Bordman
Feby. I. Mr. Joseph Gould & Deborah Jones · Mr. Jesse Upham & Sarah James Mr. Wm. Whitemore & Bethiah Collins Mr. Stephen Newhall & Mrs. Catherine Newhall Apr. Mr. John Williams & Hannah Richards
(1) The bride, whose Christian name is not given in this entry, was Sarah, daugh- ter of Jonathan and Mary (Felton) Tarbell, of Danvers (Peabody). A son of this couple was Hon. Asa Tarbell Newhall.
Dr. Asa Tarbell Newhall and Hon. Thomas Bancroft Newhall were grandsons, and the present Hon. Asa larbell Newhall is a great-grandson.
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EBENEZER BURRIL Town Clerk
1767 Aug. Mr. Saml. Graves & Lois Burril
Sept. 27. Mr. Joseph Ballord & Mary Norwood
Mr. John Brown of Danvers &
Novr. I. Mr. Richd. Mansfield & Eliz. Whittemore
1768 Feby. 21. Mr. Saml. Odal & Lois Larrablee
28. Mr. Amos & Mrs. Mary Ingals
Mar. 19. Mr. Amos Lewis & Lydia Newhall
Apr. 10. Mr. Ebenezer Newhall & Mrs. Han Larrabee
The Honble. Meshack Ramsdil & Rt. Hon : Sarah Young
May 15. Ensign Josiah Breed & Hannah Batchelor
REMARKS
1767
Feby. 3. A Fire broke out in Boston about 10 o'Clock in ye Evening which Consumed about 20 Dwelling Houses
Apr. 12. Mr. Joseph Hart's Daughter Born
June 15. Increase Newhall Tendered to Mr. Joseph Breed the Whole of His Legal De- mands on Mr. Israel Elenwoods Bond. Money Told by Mr. Ebenr. Mansfield & myself £31-6-8
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1768
Jany. 6. In the Evening Mrs. Hannah Gray went off & Search Being made could not be found untill ye 9 in ye Evening
Feby. 25. I Saw Twelve Wild Geese
II. Pigeons Came in plenty
Apr. I & 2. Unusual Wind & Severe Cold
May 16. Saml. Breed Buried
June 2. Planted Pease & Callavants (1) Cucumbers & sewed Parsley & Onions the 31st of May
20. An Earthquake about 2 o'Clock P.M.
25. A Frost
29. A Dead body taken up on Lynn Beach. Inquest held at Capt. Johnsons
BURIALS IN THE OLD PARISH
1767
May 19. Brought forward - 9 William Collins Esqr.
25. Nathl. Lewis
June I. Nathanael Henchman Esq. Shadrack Ramsdils Child
Sept.
Octr. 6. William Proctor's wife,
Decr. Edwd. Fuller's Child
3I. Joseph Bates Burials : 16
(1) This word is unfamiliar. Inquiries among elderly people have convinced me that it was a colloquialism for some kind of beans.
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1768
Jany. 21.
John Williams
May 14. Saml. Coats Junr.
June 29. A Stranger Taken up on Nahant Beach
July 12. Mary Wife of Charles Florence
16. Joseph Potter
22. Jonath Fullers Child
Sept. 20. Capt. John Richards
2I. Josh. Newhalls Child
24. Matthew Lindsey's Daughter Anna
Octr. 25. David Fern's Wife
26. A Stranger taken up on Nahant Beach
Novr. 14. Saml. Harts Wife Phebe
Decr. 23.
Elias Blackley
31. Benja. Potters Child Bur 14
PUBLISHMENTS
1768
June 5. Mr. Saml. Stocker & Mrs. Martha Mans- field
July 17. Mr. Amos Stocker & Mrs. Sarah Burrill
24. Mr. Eleazer Richardson & Mrs. Catherine Newhall
Aug. 7. Mr. Nathan Atwel & Mrs. Mary Stone
Octr. 2. Mr. Harris Chadwel & Mrs. Ruth Witt Mr. Ambros Talbot & Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson 9. Mr. John
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1768
Octr. 9. Mr. Aaron Newhall & Mrs. Mary Per- kins Mr. John Hitchins & Lois Hawks(')
Mr. Joseph Larrabee & Lydia
Decr. 25. 1769 Mr. Robert Wallis & Hannah Fuller
Feby. 12.
Sept. 3.
Susannah Mower & Martha Estes & Smith
Asa Newhall & Tarball
Novr. 12. 19. Francis Marble & Mary Jenks
Augt. 4.
1771 Joseph Fuller & Sarah Laythe
II. Ebenezer Stocker & Abigail Newhall
Sept. . I. Ezekiel Moulton & Catharine Hudson John Norwood & Deborah Moulton
1772 May 17. Mrs. Isabel Newhall & Jonas Parnell
CHRISTNINGS
1768 June 5. Rebecca Clark. Revd. John Treadwells Son John Dexter Ephraim Breeds Son Joseph & Daughter Susanna 26. Richd. & Rebecca Pratts 8 Children (2)
(1) John Hitchings with his wife Lois (Hawkes) and other relatives went into the interior of New York to Richfield, then in the wilderness where they were pioneers. His descendants are located in many places in New York.
(2) These children named on the page under the head " Memorandum " were bap- tized by Mr. Treadwell, but propinquity to Wolf Hill and the decline of earnest- ness in the old parish, found them in adult life " attached to Friends' principles."
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1768
Sept. 18. John Quinars Daughter Ann 1769
June 25. Ruth Tarbox Henry Burchsteds Son Frederick
1770
Feby. 18. Jeremiah Tarbox
REMARKS
1768
Augt. 22. Mr. Quinar 3d Daughter Born Ezra Newhall Removed to Eunice Fullers
25. John Farrington Buried
Sept. 9. Cut Corn Stalks
13. Wm. Farringtons Child Took to Nurse
19. A Town Meeting to Choose Men for to Set in Convention at Faniuell Hall(1)
(1) The town record reads as follows :
"At a town meeting held in Lynn Sept. 19, 1768, Dec'n Daniel Mansfield chose moderator of said meeting.
" The town then proceeded agreeable to ye above notification and chose Eben'r Burrill (by a great majority) to attend a convention at Funnels ITall in Bos- ton on Thursday ye 22d instant to consult just reasonable & proper measures for the securing the Crown and Government : also ye constitutional Rights and Privileges of ye Inhabitants of ye Province which they ought to enjoy by Charter & sc. " Then the meeting was dissolved."
From thence on, the old Book of Records of Lynn, through the period of the Revolution, is full of patriotic votes and measures.
When that book is printed it will be seen that 1.ynn was as vigorous and as earnest as the two seaport " rebel " towns of Boston and Marblehead.
Local affairs sunk into insignificance, and the ways and means of securing in- dependence are set down at length.
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1768 Sept. 28. Ships Arrived at Boston with Troops(1)
Octr. 6. Fast Day at the Old Meeting and Mr. Robies on Account of the Disorders to which we are Reduced 26. A Dead Body Taken up on Lynn Beach. Inquest Set at Capt. Johnsons Baxter Tarbox's Legg Cut of
Novr. 7. Young Flint & John Welman Drowned in ye Pines River & taken up ye 8th. Inquest Sett at Josiah Martins
1769
May II. A Snow Storm which lasted about 12 Hours
July 7. Hilled my Corn
17. Sett out Cabeges
24. A Dead Body taken up at the Black Marsh Cut Corn Stalks
Augt. 31. Sept. 8. A Severe Storm of Rain & N.E. Wind which Lasted most of ye Night
(1) These troops held Boston till Washington's occupation of Dorchester Heights compelled the evacuation. March 17, 1776. Lynn's first thought was to hold a special solemn Fast Day in the two parish meeting-houses -" The Old Tunnel " and the West Parish on Saugus green.
The 17th of March is one of the red-letter days of our history, for upon that day the American army accomplished a substantial victory.
Lexington was a chase of a retreating force. Bunker Hill in its immediate re- sult was a defeat, but the evacuation of Boston taught the nations that our people could control themselves and occupy fortified towns by strategy.
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BURIALS
1769
John Barclay
Mar. 16.
Jonathan Ramsdil
May 4. James Johnson
June
Benjamin Grays Child
24. George Edmunds Son Elijah The Widow Sarah Breed
July
15. Holton Johnsons Child
18. Ruth the Wife of Jeremy Tarbox
20.
Thankful Edmunds
25. A Stranger taken up at ye Black Marsh
Augt. 16.
Joseph Mansfield
20. The Widow Mary Trask
29. Ephraim Breeds Child
Sept.
9. Daniel Mears's Child
II. Matthew James's Child
19. Mark Graves's Child & Stephen Ingals Child Abner
22. Ruth Ingals
Octr.
8. Edmunds's Child from Jno. Coats's
Novr. 3. General Mansfield's Wife
REMARKS
1769 Sept. Between ye 8 & 9th Several Buildings & Trees blown down a Sloop drove a Shore at Nahant(1)
1) On the 8th day of September. 1869, just one hundred years later, a similar gale struck I.ynn. Several buildings were destroyed. More than four hundred shade trees were prostrated. On the next day the City Government of Lynn dined at Ilood Cottage, Nahant, from which the gale had stripped most of the roof.
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1769
Novr. 16. Thanksgiving Day
14. Isaiah Breeds Son Killed with a Cart
Feby. 22.
I770 Ebenezer Richardson of Boston an In- former to the Custom Officers Killed a Lad
Mar. 5. The Regular's Killed 5 & Wounded about 14 or 15 Persons at Boston (1)
Augt. 8. As Eight women & Two Men Were go- ing aboard a Schooner in Lynn Har- bour in a Canoe the Canoe over Sett & Two women were drowned
Anna Daughter of Benjamin Hood taken up
Octr. 20.
18. Alice Daughter of Daniel Basset taken up A Severe Storm of Rain & Wind
Benjamin James & Son Drove from Nahant Arrived at Gloucester 2Ist & Returned home the 27th
1771
Jany. 9. Rebecca Hadley Drowned in Jos. Mans- fields Mill Pond taken up 26 Inquest Sett at Tos. Mansfields
Sept. 2I. Elkanah Hawks Jun Shot throw his Arm his Arm taken off the 22d Day of the Same Month
(1) This was the affair known in history as the Boston Massacre. The cry of fire and the ringing of bells drew a large crowd into King, now State Street. There was a collision between the crowd and the troops. The troops fired upon the people. Three were killed, two mortally wounded, and several others injured. The people were greatly excited and exasperated. Theimmediate effect was the removal of the British troops from the Town to the Castle, upon the demand of Samuel Adams.
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BURIALS IN THE OLD PARISH
1770
Feby. 24. Jeremiah Tarbox
Mar. I9. Jonathan Collins
June 24. Mary Wife of Amos Ingals
25. Tabitha Pratt
July 30. Capt. Ralph Lindsey
Augt. II.
Nathan Lewis's Child
Sept. 26. Jonathan Johnson's Wife Susanna
Octr. 2. John Williams's Child
Novr. 25. Jonathan Hudson
Decr. 19. Widow Sarah Ben Collins
21. Thomas Stocker
II Burials 1770
1771
Jany. 3. Rebecca Jackson
4. Elisabeth Wife of Benja. Newhall
Apr. 8. Benjamin Potter
20. Ezra Burril's Child
May 9. Mary Larrabbee
July 2. Mary Wife of Daniel Mears
Augt. · 9.
William Ramsdil's Child
II. William Richards's Child
16. Rebecca Clark
23. Widow Abigail Newhall
24. Saml. Ingals Jun.
Sept. 7 . John Ingals Child
Octr. 23. The Widow Ruth Potter
Novr. & Decr. Benja. Tarbox Daughter
Saml. Hallowell Junr. Jonath Howard
Decr. 19. Capt. Samuel Johnson
17 Burials 1771
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B. B. Burchsteds Child
1772 Jany. Feby. 29. Ruth the Wife of Saml. Coats Wm. Ramsdil's Child
May I. A Child found Dead in a Pond 2. John Ingals
I2. Gen. Joseph Mansfield
31. Anna Wife of Amos Ingals
Lois Wife of Samll. Graves
June 2. July 22. The Bones of Abigail Roades James Newhall's Child
Augt. 15.
Sept. 18. Capt. James Williams' Son Frederick 25. Nathanael Ingals
Octr. 14. William Son of Joseph Newhall
Novr. I. Ensign Thomas Cox's Daughter Betty
24. Joseph Blany's Child
Decr. I. Widow Catherine Newhall
Decr. Holton Johnsons Child
20. Margery Ramsdil
REMARKS
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Sept. 24. One Daniel Walden of Danvers was run over with a Cart Loaded with Hay & Died at the Widow Halls the 27 Day 1772 Feby. 15. Samll. Lewis first Son Born
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1772
Mar. 22. A man taken up Dead on little Nahant. Inquest Set at the Widow Ruth John- sons
28. A man taken up Dead on the Long beach & brought to Increase Newhall's Inquest Set ye 29th
29. .
· Apr. 2. Fast Day
3. A violent Snow storm with high Wind about ye 29th of March Daniel Breed cast away at Ipswich
7. Solomon Alley Died at Marblehead, & Buried ye 5th
6. General Mansfield's Lane dug out the Snow being Very deep
30. A Dead Child was found in a Swamp near the Widow Howards
May
I. An Inquisition Sett at Increas Newhalls one Sarah Goldthwait Confes'd ye Child to be her's
2. Sd. Sarah was Carried before Justice Burril Confess'd & was Carried to Goal
15. Abigail Rhoads Lost
2.4. A Large number of People went in Search of her
June 2. A Resarch made for Abigail Rhoads The Measles brought into Lynn by Ezra Ramsdil
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July 1772
I. Ezra Burril Remov'd to Salem Joseph Ballord mov'd into his New House
3. The Wife of Samll. Tuttle of Chelsea Hanged herself
2I. Abigail Rhoads found in a Swamp. In- quest Held the 22
Decr. IO. Elizabeth Pratt Broke out with the Measels Lieut. Increase Newhall's Husking
I7. Samll. Graves Husking
19. Benjamin Massay Jun. broke his Legg
I773 June 17.
A Boat went out from Salem with 7 Women 4 Men & I Boy was over Sett in a Squall the women were all Drowned & 3 of the Men, the Other man & Boy was taken up by another Vessels hands A man was taken up on Nahant Dead Inquest Held at Talbots
July 25.
1774
Jany. About ye 19 & 20 Lieut. James Newhall Twins & Joseph Turel's Daughter Born Samll. Graves Married
PUBLISHMENTS
1772 May 24. June 14.
Mr. Ebenr. Stacey & Dorcas Wait Mr. Ezra Ramsdil & Mrs. Sarah Spencer of East Haddam in Conetatecut Mr. Ezekiel Newhall & Love Mansfield
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1772
July 19. Mr. Calvin Newhall & Sarah Goldthwait Mr. Jabez Newhall & Elizabeth Stone
Augt. 9. Peter Twist of Lynn & Twist of
Danvers
Sept.
15. Mr. Jacob Collins & Lydia Blany Mr. Samson Silsby & Abigail Collins Mr. Walton & Susanna Mansfield Mr. George Hudson & Abigail Tarbox Mr. William Bacon & Abigail Phillips Mr. Payson of & Anna Perkins
Novr.
Octr. 19. Mr. Thomas Newhall & Sarah Lewis Mr. Eliphalet Breed & Mary Johnson Mr. Matthew Farrington & Mrs. Abigail Coats
1773
Jany. 3. Mr. John Lewis & Mrs. Martha Mansfield
June 20. Mrs. Hannah Gray & Mr. Josh. Cutter
BURIALS
1773 Jany. Ebenezer Mansfield's daughter
29. John A. Deaggeors Child J. A. Deaggeor
21. John Collins
25. John Deaggeor's Son Ezry
Feby. 25. John Burril's Daughter
Mar. 20. Sarah Hallowel
Apr. 25. Benjamin Coats Lieut.
27. John Richards Child
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Apr. 30.
Lucy Ramsdil
14. Matthew Lindsey
July 19. Martha the Wife of Thomas Norris
Thomas Norris
23. 25. A Man found Dead on Nahant
Augt. 28. Elizabeth Daughter of Wm. Farrington
29. Ruth Hallowel & Isabel Newhall
Sept. I2. Abner Alleys Child Grimes Tufts Child John Nurse
Octr. I. Richard Pratt's Son, Nathanael Widow Abigail Ingals Child
II. Samll. Burrils Daughter: Eleazer Rich- ardson's Child Theops. Burril Junr. Child, Benja. Johnsons Child Benjamin Johnsons Wife, Elizabeth Merry The Widdow Hallowell Novr. 8. Josh. Cutters Child
Decr. Revd. John Treadwells Child
BURIALS IN THE OLD PARISH
I774
Jany. 17. Thomas Baker The Widow Abigail Collins Esqr. William Lewis Child
Apr. 19. John Breed May IO. Daniel Newhalls Child 16. Jos. Prime
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1774
June 13.
Vertue's Child
July 15.
Martha Derby
18. Sarah Chittenden
Augt. 5. The Widow Sarah Richards
Susana Allen
Sept. Josh. Cutters Child. Hannah Curtis Child
Octr.
Daniel Tarbox Child
Joseph Larrabbee Senr.
Theop. Burrils Child
Novr.
1. Moses Newhall
IO. Allen Newhalls Wife Love
12. Thomas Lewis
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The Widow Farn. Trevit Mansfields Wife
The Widow Rebecca Ingals
The Sarah Rhoades of Graves End
June
Edwd. Fuller. John Mansfield
22. The Widow Anna Tarbox
1776
Apr. 4.
Jno. Burrils Wife Eliz A Widow Basset of Boston
May 5. Josiah Burrage
17. Wm. Ramsdils Child
19. Ebenr. Mansfields Child
June 2. Joseph Mansfield
8. Joseph Browns Child
18. Hannah Mansfield
22. The Widow Sarah Moulton
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REMARKS
1774
Apr. 14. Fast. July 14 Fast on Acct. of the Pub- lick affairs
27. General Training at Salem
May
IO. Planted. June 10 Weed His Excellency Thomas Gage Governor Arived(1)
15. Elijah Ingals broke out with ye Small Pox
June
I. The Port of Boston block't up(2)
20. Adml. Graves Arrived at Boston
Augt. I. Samll. Tuttles Child Born
(1) General Thomas Gage succeeded Thomas Hutchinson, and was the last Royal Governor of Massachusetts.
His military reputation was ruined by the battle of Bunker Hill.
He made his headquarters at first in the " King Hooper " house in Peabody (then Danvers), as elegant a mansion to-day as it then was. He had there with him two companies of troops as a guard. The gathering storm soon compelled Gage and his troops to remove to Boston, where all the forces of the Crown were con- centrated.
In the beleaguered town of Boston, the amiable but sluggish Gage remained till Oct. 10, 1775, when he turned over the command to General Howe, and sailed for England.
(2) On the 7th of March, the King sent a message to Parliament, communicating the dispatches from America, with the story of the destruction of the tea in Boston Harbor, and on the 14th, Lord North brought in the Boston Port Bill, which diverted the commerce of Boston to Salem, but gave power to the King, in council, to restore it upon the return of order and full compensation to the owners for the tea destroyed.
The bill passed both houses and received the King's assent March 31st, and took effect June 1st.
Governor Gage ordered the General Court to convene at Salem on June 1st, by the King's command, till further orders.
The Boston Port Bill worked havoc with the commerce of Boston, but it led up to the idea of the Continental Congress.
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1774
Augt. 3. Trevit Mansfields Child Born
Sept. 2. Michael Negles of Maldon was run over by a Cart wheel which broke his Thigh & he died the Monday following
22. Mr. Knuttons Mill Raised, & Capt. Hart wounded
Novr. 14. Mr. Wm. Newhals Daughter Born
17. Mr. John Burril & Anna Fuller Married Benja. Coats of Boston Died
2I. Major Cheevers Daughter Buried
1775 Apr. 19. General Gages Army March'd out to Con- cord and Began Hostilities
25. I began to keep the School
May 27. Fight at Winesimet(1)
Octr. 8. Betsey McAlpine Died
1776
May 3. Died Josiah Burrage
(1) Sumner, in his Ilistory of East Boston, styles this affair the Battle of Nod- dle's Island, and the second battle of the Revolution.
The Colonists removed the cattle from Noddle's and Ilog Islands and captured an armed English Schooner at Winnisimet Ferry.
This was the first action of the Revolution in which the Americans used field pieces. The British lost many men killed and wounded. The Americans had no one killed. Israel Putnam was in command of the Americans, and the news, reach- ing Congress upon the day it was electing General Officers, so influenced it that l'utnam was unanimously elected one of the Major Generals.
The troops were ordered toact under a Resolution of the Committee of Safety, passed May 14, 1775 :
" Resolved, as the opinion of this committee, that all the live-stock be taken from Noddle's Island, Hog Island, Snake Island, and from that part of Chelsea near the sea-coast, and be driven back ; and that the execution of this business be com- mitted to the committees of correspondence and selectmen of the towns of Med- ford, Malden, Chelsea, and 1.ynn, and that they be supplied with such a number of men as they shall need from the regiment now at Medford."
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PUBLISHMENTS
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Elizabeth Stocker, married Sept. 15
July 24. 3I. William Ramsdil & Sarah Newhall
Augt. 7. Mr. Jonathan Downin To Hutcherson
Sept. II. Mr. Abel Belknap & Bethiah Newhall, married Sept. 27
18. Mr. Timothy Hitchins to Mary James 1775
June 25. Josiah Burrage to Susanah Ramsdil
MEMORANDUM
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of Land Divided Apr. To my Self 2 Acres Salt Marsh @ £13- 6-8 Rocks Pasture IO - Tomblin Swamp I-IO
3 Part of ye Meadow 5 - 5
£30- 1-8 Total
I Planted Corn May 21, 1776
1798 Augt. 25th. Benja. Cox came into my House to Live
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