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371
GOD IS LOVE
(Ribbon, hand extended.)
MRS. BEULAH, | wife of | Edward Hammond, | died Feb. 10,
1846. | Æt. 78.
Farewell loved Mother from care set free,
No more shall pain thy bosom swell,
Nor friendship throw her arm around thee, For thou art gone ; gone home to dwell. Sleep Mother I would not awake thee, Or call thy spirit from its rest,
For Jesus called thee home to be, A ransomed one among the blest.
Beulah Gay was dau. of 372.
(Willow and urn.) 372
MRS LYDIA, | wife of Mr. | Jeremiah Gay | died | April 12, 1837, | aged 103 years.
Robert and Dorothy Ware had a dau. Lydia b. in Need- ham, Sept. 9, 1742 (Need. T. Rec.), and according to the Ware Genealogy she m. in Fitchburg, Dec. 26, 1765, Jere-
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miah Gay. If the Needham record refers to 372, she was in her 95th year in 1837.
Mr. Mann wrote of her that her hair which had been white was returning to its original color, black, in her last years. She left many descendants, including two great-great-grand- children.
373 RICHARD HAMMOND | DIED | Apr. 12, 1885, | Æ. 85 yrs. 8 mos.
He was son of 370 and 371.
374 MARCY W. | wife of | Richard Hammond, | died | Aug. 30, 1868, | Æt. 71.
Dear Mother gone to world on high, Where saints are blessed above the sky, To dwell with Jesus, that dear friend.
375 HENRY, | Son of Richard & Marcy | HAMMOND | died Apr. 11, 1840, | Æt. 3 ys. 4 ds.
(Skull and wings.)
376
Here lies ye Body of | ISAAC BACON son of | Mr HENRY & Mrs HANNAH | BACON died march 7th | 1769 Aged 3 Years. | ten months & 7 Days.
Our life is ever on the wing and Death is ever nigh the moment when our lives begin we all begin to Die.
Henry Bacon's house, now owned by Mr. Leadbetter, was built in 1755, and he d. at Natick in 1811, aged 88 yrs. (H. Mann.) In 1759 Henry, Daniel and Stephen, Jr., were re- quired to furnish substitutes for the war or pay £8, £4 and £4 respectively. They paid the money. (Need. T. Rec.)
These Bacons were Needham people until " The Leg" was annexed to Natick in 1797. Oliver, Asa and John (apparently not identical with Capt. John) lived in the territory given to Needham and taken from Natick in 1797.
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Stephen's house, built in 1705, is, or was recently, owned by Madison Loring. Stephen, Jr., d. at Digby, Nova Scotia, in 1804, aged 91 yrs., and in 1879 two of his sons were living aged 89 and 92 respectively. (H. Mann.) For ser- vice of Stephen, Jr., in the Revolution see Mass. S. and S. in Rev. For accounts of the Bacon family see Horace Mann's articles, some of them signed "Quincy," in the Needham Recorder for August 24 and 31, 1895, April 18 and 25, 1896.
377
(Two blades of wheat crossed.)
MRS | ZERUIAH BACON | died | Oct. 24, 1839, | Æt. 91.
She was dau. of Joseph and Lydia (Fuller) Drury, m. in Needham, Nov. 27, 1766 (T. and Ch. Recs.), John Bacon, Jr., but was obliged to support herself, which she did until 1835 by carrying produce on horseback to Boston and selling it to well-to-do families there.
Lydia Fuller, mother of Mrs. Bacon, was b. on the old Fuller homestead in Newton, formerly owned by Brigadier General William Hull, U. S. A., and now by the Honorable William Claflin. She m. firstly, Ephraim Willard, who was a trumpeter in Prescott's company and was killed at the attempted landing at the Isle of Teneriffe, July 29, 1741. Mr. Willard was a blacksmith, and removed from Newton Lower Falls to Attleborough, where four of their children were born.
The widow, Lydia (Fuller), was a teacher in Sherborn, re- moved to "Needham Leg " in 1756 and taught school there and in Natick. She m. Joseph Drury in 1744, but continued a noted " school dame." She was a devout Baptist, and d. in Marlborough in 1796. Horace Mann had a needle-book made by Mrs. Willard while she was a widow residing in Attleborough.
At the east side of the grave of 377 is a bronze S. A. R. marker, presumably placed there in memory of her husband,
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Capt. John Bacon, who saw much service in the Revolution, but is said to have d. in Vermont, in 1835, aged 90.
He was son of Lieut. John and Abigail (Sawin) Bacon. Abigail was b. in Sherborn, 1724, and was dau. of Lieut. John and Joanna (Lyon) Sawin.
Capt. John was on the committee December 27, 1780, “to hire the men that are Now Called for," and January, 1781, he was on a similar committee. In May, 1780, he was on the committee "to Confider the Conftitution of Government." He was moderator of no less than fourteen meetings of the West Precinct 1791-97.
For his military service see Year-book S. A. R., 1897.
Submit, dau. of Capt. John and 377, was accidentally burned to death at Natick, 1863, aged 93 years.
378 SACRED | to the memory of | MR JONATHAN BACON, | who died February 17, 1844 ; | aged 84 years.
Prepare for death & follow me.
There is an S. A. R. marker on his grave. For his mili- tary service see Mass. S. and S. in Rev. He is said to have been son of Lieut. John Bacon. (See 377.)
On May 9, 1796, he was chosen to represent his school district on two committees, viz., "for building & repairing School Houses," and "to afsertain what each Proprietors right is in the School Houses." He was one of the West End district school committee 1797, and Jonathan, Jr., was a surveyor of highways that year.
379 SACRED | To the memory of | MITTA, | wife of | Jona- than Bacon, | Born July 19, 1771, | Died Jan. 20, 1865.
"Watch ; for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come."
Jonathan Bacon and Submit Bacon were m. in Needham, Dec. 25, 1788.
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380 (Willow and urn.) In memory of | MR. AMASA BACON, | who died | May 3, 1834, 1 Æt. 69.
381 JOHN BACON. | Born Nov. 14, 1789, | Died Oct. 8, 185 1.
" As we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly."
He was b. in Needham, son of 378 and 379.
381a LUCY SAWIN, | wife of | JOHN BACON, | Born Mar. 6, 1791. | Died Apr. 1, 1865. Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.
382 GEORGE ASHLEY, | son of John & | Lucy S. Bacon, | died April 8, 1840, | aged 5 years.
383 LUCY ANN, | daughter of | John & Lucy S. Bacon, | died Feb. 11, 1847, | aged 27 years. " Be ye also ready."
384 EBENEZER BACON, | DIED | Sept. 27, 1847, | aged 67 yrs.
Farewell my bosom friend.
385 MARY BACON | died | April 22, 1872, | Æt. 85. Thou art not forgotten.
Samuel Bacon was a petitioner for the incorporation of the town in 1710, fence viewer 1718, constable 1719.
Lieut. John, mentioned in 377 and 378, was selectman and assessor 1771, and was killed at West Cambridge, while first lieutenant of the Needham minute men, April 19, 1775, and was buried there. See the History of Norfolk County, 1884, p. 520, and the History and Directory of Needham, 1888-89, p. 29.
He had as many as six sons who served in the war, viz., Capt. John (377), Moses, Timothy, d. in Westminster, 1839,
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aged 90, Hezekiah, Jonathan (378) and David. For military service of Lieut. John see Mass. S. and S. in Rev., and the Year-book of the S. A. R., 1897, p. 168.
Ensign John was excused from serving as warden in 1764.
For military service of Moses see Mass. S. and S. in Rev., and also for service of Michael and other Bacons.
On April 19, 1775, Sergt. John (377), Isaac, Stephen, Jr. (376), Timothy and Moses were in the West Company.
After the Revolution four of the sons of Lieut. John owned together 400 acres of land in "The Leg."
Stephen Bacon of Needham and Martha Ingles of Weston were published (intention of marriage) Jan. 9, 1784. (Weston T. Rec.) Stephen was selectman in 1781.
In 1797 Moses was a surveyor of bread, and Ephraim was a fence viewer in 1802, '05, '06, surveyor of wood 1805, '06. John was on the West Precinct committee 1809-13. Ralph was a hogreave in 1820. Bacon's Brook is in Natick.
From 1745-1855 four of the Bacons served as town clerks of Natick, and seven as selectmen, including sons and grand- sons of Lieut. John and Abigail (Sawin) Bacon. Thomas Sawin was the first white settler in Natick. Jonathan Bacon represented Natick in the Constitutional Convention of 1820.
386 In Memy of Mifs | Mary Oliver who | died Nov! 15th | 1779, Aged | 20 Years.
Death is a debt to nature due, As I have paid it fo muft You. Depart my friends dry up your tears Here I muft lie till Chrift appears.
387
(Skull and wings.)
Here lies the Body of | MI JOHN UNDERWOOD | died June 22d 1754 | Aged 78 Years | 3 months & 16 Days.
Death may difsolve my Body now And bare my Spirit home. Why do my minutes move so slow, And my Salvation come.
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He bought his farm of Bent in 1714, built the house in 1716, was selectman and assessor 1736, and the births of seven of his children are recorded in Needham. The house is, or was, owned by the heirs of John Bacon, 3d.
Isaac was assessor in 1764, elected selectman and assessor 1772, and declined. Isaac was sergeant of the Needham minute men April 19, 1775, and captain in the Ist Suffolk Regiment of militia 1782.
Isaac Underwood and Grace Greenwood were m. Mar. 30, 1780. (T. and Ch. Recs.) Apparently there was more than one Isaac. There was a selectman of that name in Natick. For some account of the Underwood family see Horace Mann's article in the Needham Recorder for August 24, 1895.
388
(Skull and wings.)
Here lies the Body of | Mrs ABIGAIL UNDERWOOD | Wife of Mr | JOHN UNDERWOOD | died March 19th 1755 | Aged 70 Years. | 3 months & 2 Days. Arife my soul & thou my voice in songs of praife early Rejoyce O great Creator heavenly King thy praifes let me ever Sing. .
She was dau. of Hopestill and Elizabeth (Brown) Bent. Hopestill owned land in " The Leg " and was taxed in Need- ham 1712.
389 (Death's head and wings.)
Here Lies Buried the | Body of Mr TIMOTHY | SPARROWK who died | May ye 5th 1754, in ye | 37th Year of his Age
Behold and fee as you pafs by As you are now fo once was I As I am now fo you muft be Prepare for death and follow me.
390
(Willow and urn.)
MRS. MARTHA, | Relict of | Edward Parker, | & daughter of | Beriah Sparrowk, | died Dec. 14, 1845, Æt. 68.
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391 (Willow and urn.) In memory of | MISS | DOROTHY HALL, | who died | Sept. 14, 1829. |
Æt. 72.
Death cannot make my soul afraid, If God be with me there ; Soft is the passage through the shade, And all the pospect fair.
She was a noted school teacher. Josiah Hall of Wrentham and Dorothy Ware of Needham were m. July 4, 1792, by the Rev. Benjamin Caryl. Mrs. Dorothy (Ware) Hall was b. in Needham, May 16, 1752, dau. of 1IO and sister of 112. She d. in 1815. (Ware Gen.)
The name of Hall occurs somewhat frequently in the records of the town during the last half of the eighteenth century. For some particulars as to Dorothy Hall and the Hall family see Horace Mann's article in the Needham Re- corder for August 24, 1895.
David was a minute man from Needham April 19, 1775, and was collector for the West Precinct in 1776 (before it had a legal existence).
Thomas was a corporal of the Needham minute men April 19, 1775, and was collector for the West Precinct 1780, on its committee 1782-84, and moderator of one of its meetings in 1786.
392
(Skull and wings.)
Here lyes ye Body of | WILLIAM GOODENOW | Son of Capt JOHN & Mrs | RUTH GOODENOW | Who died May 26, 1744 | Aged 13 Years & 7 Mº
William was b. in Needham, Jan. II, 173I. Capt. John Goodenow had Rice's 250 acre farm ; house built 1714, and now owned by H. B. Colburn. Capt. John m. Ruth, dau. of Isaac and Sybilla Rice, and grand-dau. of Matthew and Mar- tha (Lamson) Rice. (Barry's Framingham.) Capt. John was selectman and assessor in Needham 1740, and John was later selectman of Natick, and two other Goodenows have held that office there and two have been town clerks.
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Isaac enlisted in February, 1777, for service in Canada.
Isaac, Jr., was a Needham minute man April 19, 1775, and July 26, 1779, was on the committee "to Set what Some of money men Should have that go into the war for ye Town of Needham when Called for the Enfuing year." January 29, 1781, he was one of the committee "to Procure the men that are Now Called for." He was collector for the West Pre- cinct 1778.
On July 9, 1781, Capt. Isaac was on the committee of three to purchase the beef required of the town by the General Court. £220 hard money was appropriated for this purpose.
The previous year, October 29, 1780, Josiah Newell, Jr., Lieut. Silas Alden and Moses Mann were chosen a commit- tee " to Procure the Beef Laid on Said town and Paft in the Affirmative."
On July 6, 1778, Isaac was one of the three men chosen as the first precinct committee of the West Precinct, and Lieut. Isaac served in 1779-81, and as moderator of one of its meet- ings in 1780. In 1778 Goodenow was designated as "Mr.," but in 1779 as Lieut. in the precinct records.
There are two very ancient Goodenow houses still stand- ing in "The Leg." For some account of the Goodenow family see an article by Horace Mann in the Needham Re- corder for August 17, 1895. "Needham Leg" or "Needham End" was the extreme western part of Needham, north of where the tracks of the Boston and Albany Railroad Com- pany now are, and most of this territory, which extended nearly to Lake Cochituate, was annexed to Natick in 1797. The name "Leg" was presumably suggested by the shape of this part of the town, and it included the " West End" school district.
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(Skull and wings.)
Here lyes ye Body of | COLINGS GOODENOW | son of Capt JOHN & MIS | RUTH GOODENOW | Who Died June 2ª 1744 | Aged II Years & 6 Mº
Colings was b. in Needham, Dec. 2, 1732.
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He apparently had a brother John, as I find in the church record of baptisms " Oct : 3 : 1725 John, Son of John Goode- now." (Need.) "Collins " was bapt. Dec. 17, 1732. (Natick Ch. Rec.)
394
(Covered urn.)
Fanny Broad, | daughter of M? Moses & | Mrs Polly Broad, | who died Oct: 15th | 1795, aged 4 years | 5 months, & 7 days.
And lo ! a voice from Heaven, faying this is my beloved Child in whom I am well pleased.
Unless she was a twin she is apparently identical with the child called Anna in the Needham records. See 395.
395
(Willow and urn.)
SACRED | To the Memory of | MR. MOSES BROAD, | died June 30, 1837, | Æt. 68.
He was b. in Natick, May 1, 1769, son of Thomas and Abigail (Mann) Broad, and lived at one time in Needham, where he was a hogreave 1792, on the West district school committee 1793.
He m. Polly Travis of Natick, and his dau. Anna was b. in Needham, May 8, 1791 ; dau. Marian (Mary Ann) d. in Med- way, aged 92.
In his topographical description of Needham the Rev. Stephen Palmer says that Broad's Pond (now Morse's) covers 16 acres. Hezekiah Broad, the first of the name in Needham, mentioned on p. 84, lived in 1720 at or near Broad's Hill in " The Leg," now in Natick. Major Hezekiah (p. 84) ren- dered much service in the Revolution, and acquired his title in the war. Thomas of Natick was also a soldier in the Revolution. In 1898 the town of Needham placed a bronze S. A. R. marker on the grave of Timothy (p. 84) who is buried in the old graveyard on Nehoiden street.
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396
(Cherub's head and wings.)
In memory of | M. Benjamin Ward, | who died March 31, 1789. | in the 45th year of | his age.
Jefus we come at thy command.
He was a Needham soldier in the War of the Revolution, and served near Boston in 1777 and 1778. Samuel was in the West Company April 19, 1775. Benjamin was highway surveyor 1775, '81, warden 1776, fence viewer 1782. Bacon in his History of Natick states that Benjamin Ward was killed by a yoke of unruly oxen in October, 1789. He was presumably either 396 or 397.
397 In memory of | Benjamin Ward, | Son of Mr. Benjn & Mrs Mehitable | Ward. who died Augt If 1789. in | the 14th year of his age. But howfoever fresh and fair, Its morning beauty Shows ; 'Tis all cut down and wither'd quite, Before the evening clofe.
398
(Cherub's head and wings.)
IN memory of | Samuel Ward, Son of Mr | Benjn & Mrs Mehetable Ward ; | who died March 30-1796 ; | in ye 16th year of his age. A pretty Rofe, a Lilly green, Yes beautiful as e'er was feen ; My Soul believes that he is bleft. And now in Heaven with the reft.
399
AMOS WARD, | died | Aug. 19, 1852, | Æt. 74 yrs.
Friends nor Physicians could not save, My mortal body from the grave : Nor can the grave confine me here, When Christ in glory doth appear.
He was bapt. by the Rev. Samuel West, Nov. 18, 1778.
Horace Mann has some account of the Ward family in the Needham Recorder for August 17, 1895.
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400 LYDIA, | wife of Amos Ward, | died | April 4, 1826, | Æt. 52 yrs.
Lo! where this silent marble weeps, A wife a friend a mother sleeps ; A heart within whose sacred cell, The peacefull virtues loved to dwell.
401
(Willow.)
ARTIMUS | son of Mr. William | & Mrs. Eunice Ward | died | Mar. 7, 1823, | Æt. II mo. My little lovely blooming flower Cut down & wither'd in an hour, I do believe my child is blest, And now is sleeping in Jesus breast.
Artemas, brother of Benjamin who was killed by the unruly oxen, was drowned in the winter of 1815 near " Checkerberry Point " while crossing Lake Cochituate on the ice. (Bacon's History of Natick.)
(Willow and urn.) 402
In Memory of | MRS, MARY HAYNES | who died March 9 | 1803, Aged 64 Years.
I'm bless'd in th' embrace of death. (Willow and urn.) 403 .
In memory of | CHARLES | Son of | Mr Daniel & | Mrs. Eliza- beth Haynes. | who died | Nov. 2, 1804 : | Æt. 7 years.
Behold here lies a blooming flower, Cut down and wither'd in an hour, Cut down just at the morning dawn. And left his friends for him to mourn.
Daniel Haynes lived at "Needham End " in 1798.
404
(Willow and urn.)
In Memory of | Capt. EPHRAIM JEN- | NINGS, who died | April 6, 1802. | Æt. 82.
On January 3, 1775, he was chosen one of the Committee of Inspection in Natick. He was then a lieutenant. At one time he was a selectman of Natick.
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405
(Willow and urn.)
In Memory of | Mrs. SIBBEL JENNINGS, | wife of | Capt. Ephraim Jen- | nings who died | Feb. 20, 1801. | Æt. 77.
She was a Rice. She and her husband were admitted to the Natick church February 26, 1743/4.
406 IN | memory of | Samuel Jennings, Son of | Ephraim & Sib- bel Jennings : | who died Oct .! 1 - 1751, in | the 8th year of his age. " A pretty rofe, a pleafent flow'r Cut down & wither'd in an hour." He was bapt. Mar. II, 1743/4. (Natick Ch. Rec.)
407 IN | memy of Ifaac Jennings, Son | of Ephraim & Sibil | Jennings ; who died | Oct.' 1751 the 12th day : | in the 5th year of his | age.
He was bapt. Mar. 15, 1746/7. (Natick Ch. Rec.)
408 In | memy of | Ephrm Jennings, | Son of Ephr" & Sibil | Jennings : who died | Oct: 13 1751 in the | 3ª year of his age
The child was b. Sept. 6, 1749. (Barry's Framingham.) Bapt. Sept. 9, 1749. (Natick Ch. Rec.)
409 ETHEL JENNINGS, | DIED FEB. 16, 1847, | AGED 81 YEARS.
He was b. Aug. 18, 1765, son of 404 and 405. (Barry.) He was a hogreave 1813, surveyor of highways 1819, '28, 3I, '34, '36, on the South district school committee 1819, 22, '24, tax collector "for 42 cents on the dollars " 1821, also collector in 1834, one of the four men "chosen addi- tional Assessors " 1822, assessor 1823, tax collector for the First Parish 1822 and '23, compensation 32% and 4%. He, or his son, was on the West Precinct committee 1831-35, '39-41. Ethel (409) was bapt. Sept. 29, 1765. (Natick Ch. Rec.)
His son Ethel was the father of George b. Sept. 3, 1817, who was a prominent citizen of Needham, active and versa- tile in business, held many public positions, and settled many
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estates. George was assessor 1855, '56, justice of the peace, tax collector 1858-64, and perhaps earlier. He d. in Need- ham, May 3, 1874. He was bapt. Oct. 19, 1817. (West Ch. Rec.) The remains of Ethel Jennings and those of his wife Abigail (56) were removed to the Jennings lot in Woodlawn Cemetery, but her gravestone was left in the old graveyard for some time after. A small pond in Natick south of the turnpike, and not far from the Wellesley line, is named Jen- nings Pond.
Albert, son of George, was the first treasurer of the town of Wellesley, elected 1881, and is still in office. He was clerk of the Wellesley Congregational Society 1890, '91, dea- con of the church 1890-97, and since 1891 a member of its executive committee. Julia Frances, dau. of George, has been for many years the librarian of the Wellesley Free Library.
410 ZERUIAH, | WIFE OF ETHEL JENNINGS, | DIED MARCH 3, 1850, | AGED 84 YEARS.
411 (Willow and urn.)
MR. EPHRAIM JENNINGS | died July 8, 1843, | Æt. 48. Farewell dearest friend ; farewell, Here thy loss, we deeply feel.
412 LUCY GOODHUE | WIFE OF | EPHRAIM JEN- NINGS | Aug. 3, 1801, | Aug. 29, 1883.
Ephraim Jennings of Natick and Lucy G. Pierce were m. in Needham, Jan. 9, 1823 (int. Dec. 18, 1822). She was b. in Needham, Aug. 3, 1801.
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(Willow and urn.)
In memory of | CAPT. JOHN FELCH, | of Natick who fell in the \ Battle at White Plain in | the revolutionary war, | Oct. 28,
1776, | Æt. 47.
MRS. MARY FELCH, | his wife | died Aug. 26, 1813, | Æt. 76.
There is an S. A. R. marker in his memory. He was son of Ebenezer, the first white deacon of the church at Natick
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founded by John Eliot, elected April 29, 1731, and was bapt. Apr. 27, 1729, by Rev. Mr. Williams of Weston. (Natick Ch. Rec.) In 1745 Eben [Felch] was chosen clerk of the proprietors of Natick, and served fifteen years. He was also a selectman, as were John and Isaac. John was a member of the first school committee of Natick, 1797.
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(Willow and urn.) Mr. | JOHN FELCH | died Mar. 6, 1830, | Æt. 70.
He lived at "Needham End" in 1798, the year after the annexation to Natick, and probably had been a resident there previously.
416
(Willow and urn.)
MRS. | HANNAH, | wife of John Felch, | died | Sept. 9, 1844, | Æt. 81.
(Willow and urn.) 417
MR. | ASA FELCH | died Mar. 21, 1846, | Æt. 77. " The righteous hath hope in his death."
He held minor town offices in Needham, and in 1812 was a prominent Methodist attending the church in "The Hun- dreds."
418 (Willow and urn.) MRS. LOVINA | wife of | Mr. Asa Felch, | died | June 29, 1840, | in her 72, yr. My soul, this curious house of clay, This present frail abode, Must quickly fall to worms, a prey And thou, return to God.
She is called Vinea in the Needham records.
419 (Willow and urn.)
MR. | JOHN L. FELCH | died | May 22, 1847, | Æt. 52.
John was b. in Needham, May 6, 1794, son of Asa and Vinea Felch. (Need. T. Rec.)
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420
(Willow and urn.)
MR. LEVI FELCH | died Sept. 19, 1861, | Æt. 88 yrs. 3 mo. II d's.
Thy long life is ended, And thou dost rest from thy labors ; We thy friends will not forget thee, And when life's journey with us is past, We hope to meet thee in heaven.
421
(Willow and urn.)
In memory of | MRS. PATTY, | wife of Mr. Levi Felch, | who died | Nov. 13, 1828 ; | Æt. 48.
Stop, traveller, and drop a tear, Think on the dust that slumbers here ; And when you read this date of me, Think on the glass that runs for thee.
422-423
NANCY, | wife of | Asa Felch, | died Sept. 8, 1828, | Æt. 26 yrs.
The once loved form, now cold and dead, Each mournful thought employs : And nature weeps and comforts fled ; And wither'd all her joys.
NANCY, | dau. of Asa & Nancy Felch, | died Sept. 15, 1828, | Æt. 3 weeks.
Budded on earth to bloom in heaven.
424 MARY H. | dau. of | Asa & Ellen | Felch, died | June 12, 1842, | Æt. 4 yrs. 2 ms.
O, far above, where angels dwell ; He liveth with our child, tis well : Then mourn not for this cherished flower, Now blooming in a fairer bower.
425
(Willow and urn.)
SACRED | To the Memory of | Miss HANNAH WASHBURN, | who died | July 2, 1828 : | Æt. 81.
With patience Lord I bore thy hand, 'Till death hath set me free ; Resign'd my breath at thy command, Hoping to dwell with Thee.
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426
(Willow and urn.) SUSANNA, | widow of | Mr. Lot Jennison, | died | Oct. 16, 1841, | in her 92, year.
" Ther's rest in Heaven."
Lot Jennison of Hillsboro and Susanna Coolidge were m. in Weston, Nov. 30, 1773, by the Rev. Samuel Woodward. (Weston T. Rec.)
According to Bond's Watertown she was b. Apr. 12, 1750, dau. of Nathaniel and Sarah (Parker) Coolidge of Weston, who were m. Apr. 16, 1749. (Weston T. Rec.)
Lot Jennison and Lieut. Winsor Moulton built the Meth- odist church in "The Hundreds" more than ninety years ago.
The parents of Lot were Robert and Sibilla (Brintnall) Jennison, who were m. in Weston, Jan. 18, 1738/9. (Weston T. Rec.) Sibilla was dau. of Phineas and Sybilla (Rice) Brintnall, and grand-dau. of Matthew and Martha (Lamson) Rice. (Barry.) See 392.
Robert Jennison was a noted house builder, and kept a journal or note book now extant. He got by his marriage lands which an ancestor had lost in a law suit with Matthew Rice. See article by Horace Mann in the Needham Re- corder for October 5, 1895. Robert, or his descendant of the same name, was selectman of Natick. I have not the date.
Major William of Watertown was the ancestor of Robert and others, and the family owned much land in early times. Some of them lived in Needham. Peter was in the West Company April 19, 1775. Nathan was a Methodist, attend- ing the church in "The Hundreds" in 1819, one of the thirteen hogreaves in Needham in 1815, and on the South district school committee 1824.
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