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Mr. Sam'l Floyd, act. 85 yrs.
May 3.
Widow Huldah Sale, act. 92 yrs.
Nov. 13. 19.
Hannah, wife of Sam'l Watts, Esq., aet. 63 yrs.
Feb. 24, 1781.
Mr. Sam'l Viall, Lynn, act. 72 yrs.
Apr. 30.
Eliza Tay, aet. 24 yrs.
July 23.
A child of Wm. Oliver, Junr., drowned, aet. 18 mos.
Oct. 21.
Lois Sargeant, aet. 28 yrs.
Dec. 31.
Mr. Nath'l Belcher, aet. 78 yrs.
Jan. 25, 1782.
Mr. Nath'l Hasey, aet. 77 yrs.
June 27.
Rachel, wife of Jona. Hawks, aet. 26 yrs.
Sept. 29.
Wm. Oliver A.M., aet. 62 yrs.
March 4, 1783.
The widow Abigail Hassey, aet. 90 yrs.
April 17.
Capt. Sam'l Sprague, aet. 71 yrs.
May 18. April 3, 1784.
Wm. Sargeant, aet. 27 yrs.
June 30.
Margarett, negro woman, aet. 84 yrs.
Nov. 16.
Widow Eliza Pratt, aet. 56 yrs.
18.
Widow Belcher, aet. 76 yrs.
23.
Susannah, wife of Reuben Wesson, aet. 33 yrs.
Sarah, wife of deacon Sale, aet. 59 yrs.
June 22, 1785. Oct. 11. Rebecca [ ?]daughter of Belcher and Rebecca Watts, aet. 22 mos.
17.
Mr. Jona. Belcher, aet. 67 yrs.
Jan. 10, 1786.
Sally Combee, aet. 20 yrs.
March 23.
The widow Mary Pratt, aet. 65 yrs.
Apr. 6.
A child of Mr. Slade, aet. 14 mos.
June 23.
Widow Sprague, aet. 73 yrs.
July 28.
Dea. Benj. Brintnal, aet. 70 yrs.
Nov. 23.
Sarah, daughter of deacon Cheever, aet. 13 yrs.
Jan. 13, 1787.
Nathan Cheever, A.M., aet. 64 yrs.
Jacob Bredeen, aet. 76 yrs.
Wm. Low, aet. 67 yrs.
Rebecca, daughter of Edward Wait, aet. 3 yrs.
Sam'l, son of Capt. Joseph Pratt, aet. 22 yrs.
Nabby, daughter of Edward and Eliza Pratt, aet. 2 yrs.
Samuel Sargeant, Junr., aet. 43 yrs.
Dec. 26, 1787. Jan. 3, 1788. Susannah, wife of John Pratt. She died Dcc. 30, 1787, aet. 60 yrs.
Abijah Lewis, aet. 77 yrs.
Becca, daughter of Caleb and Mary Pratt, aet. 6 yrs. The widow Dix, aet. 78 yrs.
William Low (son of Mr. John Low, drowned), aet. 18 yrs. Asa Pike, aet. 18 yrs.
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March 16. 22. 1787, April 21. June 29. Nov. 4.
March 18. April 13. March 11, 1789. June 22.
Mr. Thos. Pratt, aet. 81 yrs.
Mary Hassey, act. 21 yrs.
Thomas, son of John Tukesbury, aet. 13 yrs.
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Sep. 25. 28. Oct. 3.
Thomas, son to Capt. Thos. and Anna Pratt, act. 10 days. Hugh Floyd, act. 86 yrs.
Joshna, son to Capt. Thos. and Anna Pratt, act. 3 weeks.
29.
Abigail Floyd (widow), act. 76 yrs.
Widow Sarah Williams, aet. 97 yrs.
Sarah, daughter to deacon Cheever, art. 10 days.
A child of Sampson, a negro, act. 20 mnos.
Josiah Gleason, art. 70 yrs.
John Pratt, aet. 62 yrs.
Mary Bill, aet. Gl yrs.
Benjamin Bill, act. 29 yrs.
A child of Mr. John Green, Junr., act. 3 yrs.
A child of Mr. Matthew Butman, act. 10 mos.
Pegg, a negro woman, age unknown.
April 13.
Becca, daughter of Jos. Watt, aet. 2 yrs.
May 20.
Susannah, wife of Win. Oliver, act. 37 yrs.
Aug. 16. 19.
The widow Berry, aet. 76 yrs.
Sarah Payson, a most amiable child; deep sorrow; act. 22 yrs. [ This was the pastor's danghter.] Betsey, daughter to Jos. and Sarah Cheever, act. 15 yrs.
Sept. 15.
16. Nov. 6. Nov. 30. Jan. 17, 1792. 27. Feb. 14. June 1.
John Slade, aet. 52 yrs.
A child of Tileston Clark, act. 9 weeks.
Sam'l Watts, Esq., act. 75 yrs.
Mary, wife of Mr. Thos. Butman, act. 69 yrs. Bethia Hastings, act. 32 yrs.
Jack, (negroman ) nearly one hundred years old.
John and Sam'l Adams, brothers, with a Mr. Cutter. Three young men drowned by oversetting a boat; a very sorrowful and affecting providence.
Sept. 26.
A son of Mr. Adams, brother to ye above, act. 9 yrs. .
A son of Mr. Isaac Watts, act. 5 yrs.
A child of Mr. Mason, act. 6 mos.
A child of widow Mary Butman, idiot. aet. 11 yrs.
Polly, daughter of Caleb Pratt, aet. 17 yrs.
Richard Watts aet. 40 yrs.
The widow Cole, aet. 82 yrs.
A son of Mr. Sam'l Watts, act. 7 yrs.
Ebenezer Sargeant, aet. 46 yrs.
The widow Low. aet. 74 yrs.
A child of Richard Tuttle, aet. 12 mos.
Mr. David Belcher, drowned, aet. 48 yrs. Also Ben Warrar, a mulatto man. Fortune, a negro man of great age.
Thomas Tuttle, act. 46 yrs.
A child of Jos. Wait, Junr .. aet. 7 mos.
Caesar, a negro man, age unknown.
The widow Susanna Sargeant, aet. 77 yrs.
The wife of Ebenezer Pratt, aet. 71 yrs.
Sarah, wife of Capt. James Stowers, aet. 53 yrs.
Oct. 5. Aug. 4, 1793. Nov. 17. 23. Nov. 26, 1793. Dec. 13. June 13, 1794. July 15. Aug. 14. 31. Sept. 8. 30. Jan. 4. 1795. Feb. 6. Nov. 23. Jan. 2, 1796. Sept. 13. 23.
Nov. 17. Jan. 10, 1790. April. May 19.
July 2. 22. Aug. 9. 10. March 30, 1791.
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Dee. 5. Mareh 10, 1797. Sep. 29.
The widow Eliza Belcher, aet. 79 yrs.
Samuel, son to Sam'l and Mary Pratt, aet. 15 yrs. Nath'] Belcher, Junr., drowned, aet. 40 yrs.
Oct. 8. 9.
Joseph, son to Joseph Wait, Junr., aet. 6 yrs.
A child of Mr. J. Hill, drowned, aet. 3 yrs.
Nov. 11. 25.
Mrs. Barrows, that the widow Glover, [something omitted], aet. 53 yrs.
Feb. 23, 1798.
Mareh 2.
A child of Mr. Jos. Green, Junr., aet. 19 mos.
Aug. 20.
The widow Eustis, aet. 91 yrs.
Sep. 9.
Mr. Thomas Butman aet. 70 yrs.
Feb. 12, 1799.
Mr. Ebenezer Butman, aet. 74 yrs.
May 23.
The wife of Mr. Moses Collins, 76 yrs.
June 5.
Mr. James Tukesbury, Junr., aet. 29 yrs.
July 8.
A child of Mr. Wm. Oliver, aet. 5 mos.
Aug. 5.
Mr. Samuel Cheever, killed by lightning, aet. 34 yrs.
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Miss Sarah Pratt, aet. 42 yrs.
Oet. 18. 31. Miss Lydia Williams, aet. 20 yrs.
Dee. 31, 1799.
Joseph Wait, Junr., aet. 42 yrs.
July 29, 1800. The wife of Mr. John Hill, aet. 28 yrs.
Aug. 6. 13.
Mr. John Low, aet. 57 yrs.
Sept. 29.
Mrs. Elizabeth Payson, my dear wife, aet. 66 yrs.
Nov. 7.
Mr. James Tukesbury, aet. 56 yrs.
Jan. 11, 1801.
The Reverend Phillips Payson, D.D., aet. 65 yrs.
·non animo victus, sed fato fructus obibat sic transit gloria mundi.
[The above entry, Jan.11, given as the date of the burial of Dr. Payson, is the same as that usually assigned to his death, and I suppose must be so regarded. M.C.]
Jan. 21. Mrs. Rebeeea Oliver, aet. 78 yrs.
April 6. Mr. Jos. Green, aet. 66 yrs.
May 30.
Mrs. Lois Sargeant, aet. 82 yrs.
July 27. Mrs. Rachel Lewis, aet. 84 yrs.
Sept. 7. Mr. Jos. Wait, aet. 77 yrs.
Sept. 10. James Penn, son of Col. John Sales, aet. 3 yrs.
[We can hardly glanee at the foregoing record of burials without being struek with the longevity of the people of old Chelsea, after they had fairly passed the period of children's diseases. It would be interesting to com- pare it with a similar record of these days, confined to an agricultural population of the same unmixed blood. M.C.]
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DEATHS DURING DR. TUCKERMAN'S PASTORATE
Nov. 24, 1801. Daniel Sargeant, 44. Melancholy.
Feb. 6, 1802. A son of Benjn. and Sarah Sargeant, 15 hours. How Sweet to pass from earth to heaven, on so soft a wing.
Mr. Nath'l Stowers, aet. 41 yrs.
A child of Mr. Jos. Green, Junr., aet. 4 yrs.
The wife of Wm. Watts, aet. 76 yrs.
Mr. Hugh Floyd, aet. 69 yrs.
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GENERAL APPENDIX
Mar. 9.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stowers, 85. Lung Fever; but, pre- viously, much debilitated by age.
April 26.
Sarah, daughter of the widow Tewksbury, 9. Lung fever, succeeding the measles.
July 15.
A son of Mr. Trevalley (George), 15 months. A complication of disorders, succeeding a fall.
Sept. 20. Miss Elizabeth Eustis, 52. Inflammation of the liver.
Nov. 13. Charlotte, daughter of John and Charlotte Low, 11 weeks.
Nov. 16.
Mary Ann, wife of William Oliver, 43. Consump- tion.
Dec. 26. Henry Howell Williams, Esqr., 6G. Paralytic.
Jan. 26, 1803.
Mr. Daniel Pratt, 78. Complaints induced by old age and sedentary habits of life.
Mareh.
Mr. John Raymond, 75. Fell dead in a moment.
Aug. 27.
George, an infant of Mr. Trevalley, 7 months. Died in consequence of being weaned at four months old.
Ang. 29. Ann, daughter of my venerable predecessor, Phillips Payson D.D., 45. A cancer.
Oet. 28. Samuel Sargeant, 86. Infirmities of old age.
Dec. 17. Caesar Sprague (a black man). Supposed to be near a 100 years old. Old age.
1803.
Miss Molly Eustis. I should think, 60. Dysentery. A child of Mr. William Oliver, 2.
April, 1804.
Mr. Caleb Pratt, 66. Fell into a diteh, where he was found dead.
Sept. 26.
Mrs. Mary, wife of Nathaniel Hall, Esqr., 69. In- stantaneous death. Probably apoplexy.
Dee. 18.
Mrs. Deborah, wife of Col. John Sale, 31. Consump- tion.
Jan. 10, 1805.
Samnel Floyd, 71. Confined 4 years by hypocon- driasis, which terminated in a paralysis.
Jan. 12. June 28. Oct. 5.
Mrs. Hannah Floyd, 70. Consumption of many years continuance.
Oct. 7.
Emma, daughter of Phineas and Jane Panl, 1. In- fantile complaint.
March 31, 1806.
Harriet, daughter of Sweeten and Anna Reed, 1.
Complaints probably induced by being nursed by her mother, who is in a deelinc.
May 31. June 4.
Mr. William Watts, 70. Pleuritia and lung fever. Mrs. Anna, wife of Mr. Sweeten Reed, 3S. Con- sumption.
June 7.
Mrs. Esther Fuller, 33. Bilious fever.
Dee. 27.
Mrs. Belcher, 78. Lung fever.
Dec. 31.
(lle had been for many years de- Jacob Belcher: ranged ), 64. Fover.
Jan. 1, 1807.
April 24.
Catherine Cook (a domestic of Mr. Williams), 58. Dropsy. Content Baxter (n pauper), SO. Consumption.
1803.
Benjamin Stowers, 27. Consumption.
Samuel Sprague Stowers, 36.
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HISTORY OF CHELSEA
July 28.
at about a quarter past 6 o'clock, P. M. Abigail, wife of Joseph Tuckerman, 28. A violent cough, but which was not attended with symptoms greatly alarming. The immediate cause of disso- lution appeared to be the bursting of a vomiea. Louis, wife of Mr. Joseph Stowers, 28. Influenza. A very sudden death.
Sept. 18.
Nov. Jan. 25, 1808. June 24.
A child of Mr. Cook, of Point Shirley, 9 weeks. Mr. Edward Cary, 19. Abscesses.
. Mr. Jonathan Beleher (of Pulling Point), 65. Dropsy.
Feb. 1809.
Mrs. Abigail, wife of Deacon Cheever, 63. Liver complaint.
June 10.
Nathaniel Hall, Esqr., 75. Old age.
Nov. 12.
Susan Parkman Tuckerman, eldest child of J. and A. Tuckerman, at 15 minutes past 2 o'clock, P. M., 5 years, 6 months, and 20 days. Quincy and lung fever, a sickness of 49 hours.
Dec. 25.
Mr. Samuel Pratt, 56. Consumption.
Jan. 1, 1810.'
Hannah Matilda, daughter of Thos. and Sarah Floyd, 6 mos.
May 15.
Moses Collins, 85. Paralytic.
Sept. 2. Mr. Nathaniel Belcher (called the Skipper), 80. Urinary suppression.
Dec. 1.
Consider Cole (a hired man in the town), 25. Con- sumption.
June 3, 1811. Ralph O'Donnell (an Irishman in the poor house), about 70. Consumption.
Nov. 24.
The widow Raymond, 77. Dysentery.
Dee. 28, 1812.
A man ealled Fields Pratt, alias Eben. Fields, 32. Frozen to death, when intoxicated.
Jan. 21.
Abigail, wife of William Tewksbury, 33. Consump- tion.
Aug. 1.
Nathaniel Belcher, 20. Of a strain.
Ead. Die.
Samuel Cary, Esqr., 69. Gravel.
Aug. 14.
Lydia, wife of Jabez Burdett, 64. An uneommonly gross woman; and died of mortification of the bowels.
Oct. 6.
Widow Abigail Low, 65. Long infirmities, which ended in a fever.
Oct. 17.
Miss Sarah Eustis, 82. Lung fever.
Nov. 16.
Sarah, wife of Benjamin Sargeant, 49. She had the King's evil, which closed, and she sunk into a decline.
Dec. 6. Jan. 15, 1813.
Mrs. Williams, wife of Ebenezer W., 21. Bilious fever. Dea. Joshua Cheever, 73. A fall; with the infirm- ities of age.
Mar. 2. Mr. William Oliver, 43. Choked with the first mouthful of his supper.
Mar. 24.
John Belcher, 62. Typhus fever.
Mar. 28. An infant of William and Betsey Carlton, 54 hours. Fits.
Aug. 16. Mrs. Mary Fuller, 74. Paralysis.
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GENERAL APPENDIX
Dec. Dec. 21. Dec. 25.
Thomas Cheever, a pauper; died in Malden. Jonathan Fuller, 82. Worn ont.
An infant of Charles and Sally Adams, 9 months. Lang fever.
Feb. 15, 1814.
Elizabeth Cheever, a pauper, 86. Old age.
April 2.
Charles Bill (a pauper and idiot), 80. Old age.
May 12.
David Fairweather (a black man).
Inne 14. lune 15. June 19.
James Stowers, Junr., 43. Consumption.
Aaron Ames, 1. Fits.
George, son of the late James, Junr., and Abigail Stowers, I. Probably toothing.
Sept. 11. Nov. 6.
Nov. 6.
Andrew Tewksbury (of Deer Island ), about 70.
J. Nelson (Point Shirley ), 20 months. Quincy. Nancy Sale, 62. Decay.
Miss Elizabeth Butman. Dropsy.
Mrs. Catherine, wife of Major Zechariah HIall. Consumption.
Fcb. 18.
Jabez Burditt, 62. Diseases; probably influenced by -
March 6. An infant son of Bill and Martha Tewksbury, 5 mos. Jning fever.
Mar. 8.
Joshua Cheover.
Mar. 12. An infant of Mr. Wyman's, Point Shirley. 21% years. May 11. Mr. John Tewksbury (Pullings Point), 81. Old age. May 11. James Stowers, 74. He had been diseased, several years, and sunk under long diseases.
Dec. 10.
Oliver, 71. Old age.
Feb. 8, 1817.
Edward Pratt, 55. Of a diseased limb, which was amputated. He survived the operation, eight days.
June 19. June 23.
A son of Mr. Thomas Furber, 15 months. Cronp.
George Washington, son of Dea. Floyd, 13. Throat Distemper.
June 29. July 5. Aug. 31, 1817.
Mary, daughter of Dea. Floyd, 20. Throat Distemper. Aaron, son of Dea. Floyd, 17.
Stephen Hall, Seur., 71. Stranguary, occasioned by a burst.
Sept. 1.
Lydia, daughter of Abner and Gay. 18 mos. Dysentery and worms.
George, son of Bill and - Pratt, 516 years. Typhus fever.
Mar. 9, 1818. Mar. 9. April 11.
Mary, widow of Daniel Pratt, 87. Old age. William Eustis, 81. Old age.
John Floyd. 45. He was found dead. this after- noon, on the ridge of stones above the beach, with nearly the whole of his face shot away by the discharge of a gun. There were strong indications of an intentional suicide: but circumstances, which equally indicate previous, though short, de-
Ang. 11, 1815. Nov. Feb. 16, 1816.
Martha Tewksbury, 31%. Fever.
Martha, wife of Ebenezer Burrill, 59. Constitution broken up by repeated and long sicknesses.
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HISTORY OF CHELSEA
rangement. He was a man of great probity, tem- perance, industry, and gentleness of character; exemplary in his observance of the Sabbath; and a very faithful and affectionate child and brother. A son of James Floyd, and a brother of the deacon.
July 21.
Mrs. Rachel Floyd, 79. A very long decline.
July 24.
Joseph Burrill, at Pulling Point, 56. Gravel.
Aug. II.
Parker Bassett, a black boy, 9. Drowned in one of the clay pits, before Miskella's.
Jan. 18, 1819.
Samuel, son of Bill and Martha Tewksbury, 10 mos. Sudden affection of the lungs.
Mar. 31.
Hannah, wife of Mr. Stephen Hall, 46. Consump- tion.
May 12.
Martha, wife of Abijah Hastings, Senior, 84. Old Age. Mary, wife of Caleb Pratt, 49. Consumption.
May 18.
April 7, 1820.
Thurza, wife of James Lowe, 33. ! ! !
Nov. 10.
Edward, son of the widow Abigail Stowers, 9. Lung fever.
Jan. 20, 182I.
Mary Abbott, daughter of Abner and Lydia Gay, 3 mos. Lung fever.
Jan. 10, 1822.
Mary Hall (widow, - mother of Stephen and Zech- ariah Hall), 70. Paralysis.
Samuel, son of James and - Green, 18. Died of a fever at Batavia, Aug. 10, 1821.
Feb. 27.
George, youngest son of Joseph and Sarah Tucker- man. Measles.
Mar. 13.
Mr. William Pratt, 59. Consumption.
May 12.
An infant of Mr. A. W. Pratt's, 7 mos.
June 19.
Mr. Henry Newell, 93. Consumption.
Sept. 20.
Widow Martha Green, 85. Paralysis.
Oct. 17.
John Tewksbury, 64. ! !
Oct. 31. James Floyd, Senr., 93. Old age.
Nov. 11. An infant of John and - Belcher, 7 mos. Dropsy in the head.
Nov. 23. Jonathan Bill, an idiot, who has been without any reason from his childhood, 75. Natural decay. Dec. 8. Charles Edward, son of Carpenter Staniels, 2 years. Dropsy of the head.
Dec. 24. Molly Wait (a pauper), 92. Old age.
Fcb. 2, 1822.
[Sic.] Jeffrey Williams, 74. Broken down.
June 5, 1823.
Samuel Lowe, 64. Consumption.
June 27.
Lois Shute, wife of Jacob Shute, 33. ! ! ! Intem- perance.
[Note. This is the first indication of the meaning of ! ! ! seen in several instances.] Aug. 19.
Capt. Thos. Pratt, at sea, 6 days out from Point Peter, Guadalope, - ill 5 days, -67. Yellow fever.
July 28. Capt. Richard Williams, at sea, on his passage from Gottenburg.
Nov. 29. Ann Montagu Cary, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Tuckerman, 312 weeks.
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March 8, 1824.
Edward Carpenter, son of Carpenter and S. Staniels, 6 mos. Sickness of 8 hours.
April.
Abijah, son of - Wyman, of Point Shirley, 2. Probably worms.
April 8.
Joanna, wife of Simon Blanchard, 31. Consump- tion.
May 10.
Jolm, son of John and Sarah Tewksbury, 6 or 7 weeks.
June 24.
Deacon William Harris, 73. Affection of the kidneys.
Widow Lydia Stowers, 76. Consumption.
July 9. Jan. 14, 1825. daughter of Wm. and Lydia Tewksbury, 22 mos. Catarrhal fever.
Jan. 26.
Mrs. Sarah, wife of Carpenter Staniels, 24. Con- sumption.
In Dec., last.
Mrs. Lois, wife of David Province, about 44. ! ! ! An infant of Joshua and Eliza Pratt, 4 weeks.
April 2.
April 9. An infant of Carpenter Staniels, 3 mos.
May 30.
Charles Carey, son of Dan'l, Junr., and Polly Pratt, 19 mos. Lung fever.
June 24.
Anna Stowers, daughter of J. Stowers, Esqr., 20. Consumption.
July 25.
James Stowers, (son of James, deceased), 27. Con- sumption.
Ang. 16. Mrs. Sarah Cary, my dearly beloved mother, 72.
Aug. 30.
Mrs. Elizabeth Goodwin (a pauper ), 75. A cancer. Mr. Joseph Green, 68. Typhus.
Oet. 13.
Mrs. Euniee, wife of Deacon Floyd, 60. Bilious fever.
Oct. 28.
Harriet Osgood, daughter of John and Priseilla Wright, 21%. Disease of the head, occasioned by a fall.
Feb. 25, 1826.
Abijalı Hastings, Esq., 95 years, and nine mos. Influenza.
Mar. 3.
George, son of Stephen and E. L. Pratt, 3 mos. Influenza.
April 14. William, son of Joseph and Mary Harris, 3 years. Measles and Throat Distemper.
April 15. Giles David, son of Joseph and Mary Harris, 116 years. Measles and Throat Distemper.
April 18. Sarah, danghter of Benj. and Mary Wilson, 215 years. Measles and Throat Distemper.
April 19. Mary, daughter of Benj. and Mary Wilson, 4 years. Measles and Throat Distemper.
April 20, 1. 12 o'clock. Sampson Bassett, a Blackman, late one of the worthiest members of the elili. of Xt. here, and now a glorified member of his chh. in heaven, 86. Old age.
Amos Lyon, 44. Typhus fever.
Ang. 22. Sept. 10. Abigail Cheever (a pauper), 77. Diseased Liver.
Oct. 23. William Cutter, 25. Bilious fever.
[ Here ends the record kept by Dr. Tuckerman. What follows is in an- other hand.]
Oct. 4.
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HISTORY OF CHELSEA
July 25, 1828.
Anne Devereux, wife of a Capt. D., and daugh- ter of a widow Leach, of Boston. They were boarding at Mr. Isaac Pratt's, when the daughter sickened and died, 19.
July 31.
Widow Elizabeth Hlasey (pauper), 101.
Sept. 8. At Mr. Isaac Pratt's, Mr. John Gray, merchant of Boston, 31.
Jan. 8, 1829.
At Point Shirley, a Mr. Burt, a pauper, 50. Con- sumption.
Mar. 23.
Hannah Bridden, at the poor house, 75.
[The following are in the order of the original record.]
Dec. 23, 1826.
Mr. James Low (funeral attended by Mr. Leonard). Consumption.
Oct. 21. Mr. Wm. Cutter (buried at Woburn).
Jan. 8, 1827.
Edward K., son of Edward and Susan Smith, 4 mos. and 20 days.
Jan. 21.
Nathan Floyd (Rev. Mr. Randall), 83.
May 4.
Benjn., son of J. Stowers, Esq., (Rev. Mr. Golds- borough ), 21. Consumption.
June 27.
Infant daughter of John and Sarah Pierce.
Sept. 8.
Benj. Porter, boarder at Widow Joseph Green's.
Sept. 22. George Carpenter, son of Carpenter Staniels, 9 mos. Dysentery.
Oct. 27. John Sears - a stranger. (Dr. Tuckerman.)
Oet. 28.
Thomas Tewksbury. ( Do. ) 40.
Nov. 17.
Catherine A., daughter of James Tewksbury, 15 mos.
Jan. 7, 1828. John Thomas, son of Capt. John Tewksbury.
Mar. 12.
Hannah Burditt (a pauper).
Feb. 24. Mary Forin (an Irishwoman, at the poor house).
April. Isaac Wyman (drowned).
July 11. Infant ehild of Joseph Belcher.
Jan. 7, 1829. John Burke (an Irishman). Consumption.
April.
Anne Tewksbury, 91. Old age.
The following data have been preserved, in the handwriting of the Rev. Dr. Tuckerman.
Under 1 year of age, have died,
6.
From 1 to 10
4.
10 20
2.
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20 30
6.
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30 40
6.
- 40 50
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50 - 60
6. 3.
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60 70
10.
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70 - 80
11.
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80 - 90
10.
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90 - 100
1.
59.
June 14, 1814.
32, - that is, more than half of those who have died here since my ministry have been more than 60 years of age. - More than one third above 70.
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GENERAL APPENDIX
Deaths in Chelsea, including Point Shirley, from November 4th, 1801, to November 4th, 1811.
Ages. From
1 to 5.
5 to 10.
10 to 20.
20 to 30.
30 to 40.
40 to 50.
Numbers.
9.
2.
2.
4.
4.
3.
50 to 60. 3.
60 to 70. 7.
70 to 80. 8.
80 to 90. 6.
90 to 100. 1.
Whole Nº 49.
From November 4th, 1811, to November 4th, 1818.
Ages. From
1 to 5.
5 to 10.
10 to 20.
20 to 30.
30 to 40.
40 to 50.
Numbers.
10.
2.
2.
3.
3.
4.
50 to 60. 3.
60 to 70. 7.
70 to 80. 7.
80 to 90.
7.
90 to 100. 0
Whole Nº 48.
These, I think, have been the deaths for 17 years, in about 76 families.
VI A REGISTRY OF MARRIAGES FROM OCT. 26, 1757 1
Jan. 3, 1758, Mr. Isaac Lewis, 3d, to Mrs.2 Mary Downing.
March 28, 1758. Mr. Jonathan Fuller [of Boston] to Mrs. Mary Tuttle.
Sept. 14, 1758. Mr. John Reed [of Boston]to Mrs. Phoebe Brintnal.
Sept. 21, 1758. Mr. John Tukesbury to Mrs. Anna Bill. Returned.
1 [ This list from the church records has been compared with the record of marriages and intentions of marriage in the town records. Essential differences in spelling have been noted, and additional items of information given, in brackets.]
2 It is hardly necessary to say that at this period of our English race both in England and America, unmarried women of a certain social position were called Mrs.
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HISTORY OF CHELSEA
Feb. 22, 1759.
March 1, 1759.
March 22, 1759.
March 25, 1759.
March 29, 1759.
Mr. Wm. Boardman Junr., to Mrs. Zebiah [ Abiascl] Levingstone. MS. reads: Liveingston Mr. Josiah Hitchens to Mrs. Ann Levingstone. Caesar, servt. to Capt. [John] Sale to Susana. servt. to Granny Tuttle. [Mr. John Tuttle.] Mr. John Oakes to Mrs. Jemimy Millet [ Mellet ]. Mr. Benjn. Shute [of Malden] to Mrs. Elizabeth Stowers.
April 12, 1759.
Mr. Wm. Leverctt [of Medford] to Mrs. Rachel Watts.
May 10, 1759.
Mr. Hugh Floy'd to Mrs. Rachel Floy'd.
Dec. 27, 1759. Mr. David Barker to Mrs. Mchitabel Brintnal.
Jan. 3, 1760.
Mr. Saml. Jenks to Mrs. Mary Hinds [Hancs]. Returned.
April 1, 1760.
Mr. Abijah Hastings [of Boston] to Mrs. Martha Ingraham [Ingrams ].
July 9, 1760.
Mr. Zachariah Pool [of Boston] to Mrs. Eliza. Hawks.
August 8, 1760.
Mr. Wm. Watts to Mrs. Mary Pratt widow.
Oct. 23, 1760.
Mr. Isaiah Blanchard to Mrs. Eliza. Burditt widow.
Dec. 4, 1760. Dec. 18, 1760.
Mr. Peter Floy'd to Mrs. Mary Tuttle.
Mr. Abraham Whitemore to Mrs. Hannah Floy'd. Returned.
April 2, 1761.
April 16, 1761.
Oet. 1, 1761.
Mr. Wm. Williams to Mrs. Martha Combie [ Comee]. Mr. Benjn. Bill [of Boston] to Mrs. Eliza. Watts. Cuffee a servt. of Dr. [Silvester] Gardner [of Bos- ton] to Moll a servt. of Capt. Richd. Watts. Mr. Andrew Tukesbury to Mrs. Susanna Hassey.
Feb. 18, 1762.
March 25, 1762.
Mr. Benja. Comee [of Lexington] to Mrs. Hannah Watts. April 3, 1762 Returned to ye Town Clerk. Peter a Servt. of Mrs. Hawks [“ a negro servant to the widow Abigail Hawks "] to Jane a servt. of Mrs. Pratt [of " widow Rebeccah Pratt."]
May 6, 1762.
Mr. Thos. Cleaverly to Miss Elizabeth Tewkesbury.
May 26, 1762.
Mr. Caleb Pratt to Miss Mary Sprague.
Jan. 13, 1763.
Fortune a Negro Servt. of ye Widow [Hannah] Bill to Jane a Negro Servt. of ye Wdw. [Abigail] Hasey.
August 24, 1763. Nov. 22, 1763. Mr. Thos. Newcomb [of Cape Cod] to Miss Mary Hool.
March 22, 1764.
Mr. David Bradley [of Boston] to Miss Sarah Watts. April 2, 1764 returned to ye Town Clerk. Mr. John Burrell [of Lynn] to Miss Anna Tuttle. Mr. Joseph Hudson [of Boston] to Miss Sarah White.
Jan. 3, 1765.
Mr. John Cochran to Miss Mary Humphres [Hum- phrey ].
Eodem Die.
Mr. James Stowers [Jr.] to Miss Sarah Sprague. Mr. John Sweetser to Mrs. Katharine Odam.
Feb. 10, 1765.
April 18, 1765.
Mr. Eleazer Dowse [of Charlestown] to Mrs. Me- hitabel Barker.
April 20, 1762.
Mr. John Floy'd to ye Widow Hannah Bill.
June 7, 1764.
Dec. 24, 1764.
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May 8, 1765. May 22, 1765.
Mr. Joshua Cheever to Miss. Abigail Eustis.
Dr. Edward Watts [of Falmouth] to Miss Mary Oxnard.
July 25, 1765.
Mr. Henry Black to Miss Sarah Stowers. Oct. 28 Returned to ye Town Clerk.
Feb. 20, 1766.
Mr. Ezra Wait [of Malden] to Miss Sarah Ser- geant.
August 21, 1767.
Mr. Joseph Hasey to Miss Hannah Bill.
Sept. 27, 1767.
Mr. Solomon Mory to Mrs. Hannah Hammond.
Dec. 24, 1767.
Mr. William Hool to Miss Mary Hammond.
May I, 1768.
Mr. Aaron Bueknam [ of Malden] to Miss Johanna Floy'd.
May 5, 1768. June 30, 1768.
Mr. John Low to Miss. Abigail Stowers.
Mr. Richard Floy'd [of Boston] to Miss Elizabeth Brintnal.
March 7, 1769.
Mr. Seth Wood [of Stoughton] to Miss Susannah Bill.
June 8, 1769.
Mr. Samuel Haselton [of Boston] to Miss Ruth Sampson.
Nov. 13, 1769.
Mr. Joseph Pomroy to Miss. Tabatha Hatch.
Nov. 13, 1769. Mr. William Low [Jr.] to Miss. Elizabeth Knower [of Malden].
Nov. 16, 1769.
Mr. Stephen Floy'd [of Boston] to Miss. Abigail Pratt.
Dee. 6, 1769. April 16, 1770. July 26, 1770.
Mr. Lemuel Spurr to Miss. Abigail Lewis.
Mr. James Tewkesbury to Miss. Mary Sergeant.
Prince Watts [servant to Mrs. Sarah Watts] to Violet Hasey [Servant to Mrs. Abigail Hasey, - both negroes].
The Revd. Peter Thacher [of Malden] to the Widow Eliza. Pool.
Dec. 2.
Mr. Andrew Blany [of Marblehead] to Miss Lydia Sergeant.
1771, Feb. 19.
Mr. Budd Robinson [of Boston] to Miss Mary Tuttle.
March 12.
Mr. Samuel Stuart of Scarborough to Miss Anna Pratt.
April 18.
Mr. Joseph Oliver to Miss Abigail Brintnal. July 25. Mr. William Oliver [of Frankfort] to Miss Mary Pratt [Jr. ] Brethren.
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