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(Willow and urn.)
MR. ROBERT | JENNISON, | died | Feb. 24, 1841, | Æt. 57.
Prepare to meet thy God.
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428
(Willow and urn.) ARTHUR JENNISON | died | Dec. 8, 1868, | Æt. 76 yrs. 6 mos. He rest in peace.
429 (Willow and urn between two monuments.)
MRS. | HANNAH F. | wife of | Arthur Jennison, | died July 23, 1849, | Æt. 64.
And must we say to thee farewell, Companion sons and daughters, too ; Those whom on earth thou loved'st so well Must they all bid a long adieu ?
430 JOEL PIERCE, | Died Mar. 22, 1867, | Æt. 82 yrs.
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
He was b. in Weston, Dec. 28, 1785, son of Joshua and Mary Peirce (Weston T. Rec.), and lived in Needham ; and in 1812 was a leader among the Methodists attending the church in "The Hundreds." He was fence viewer 1813, '14.
The Needham branch of this family spell their surname Pierce. In the Weston records it is often Peirce, and in the Needham voting list for 1811 the name occurs four times and always as Peirce, but in 1844 both spellings were used in the voting list.
431 SARAH JENNISON, | wife of Joel Pierce, | Died Aug. 19, 1875, | Aged 96 yrs. | & 5 mos. For we which have believed Do enter into Rest.
(Willow and urn.) 432
REV. ISAAC JENNISON | died | Sept. 12, 1878, | Æt. 88 yrs. 5 ms. Gone to reap the reward of the faithful.
For an account of "Father" Isaac Jennison see Zion's Herald for September 15, 1878. He, Joel Pierce and Tyler Harrington were called the "Three Apostles," and were leaders at the meetings in the church in "The Hundreds."
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The Rev. Isaac Baldwin [Jennison] was a grandson of Robert, and was for sixty years a Methodist preacher. Isaac was a selectman of Natick.
433
(Willow and urn.)
MRS. MARY, | wife of Rev. | Isaac Jennison, | died | Oct. 12, 1847, | Æt. 51.
" The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance."
434
(Willow and urn.) JOHN WESLEY, | Son of Isaac & | Mary Jennison, | died | March 15, 1830, | Æt. 2 ys. & 5 ms. " Of such is the kingdom of Heaven." 435
(Willow and urn.)
REV. ISAAC | JENNISON JR. | Member of the grad- | uating class, of the | Wesleyan University, | Middletown Conn. | died June 13, 1841. Æt. 26. " Gone but not lost." (Willow and urn.)
436-437
MRS. HARRIET J. | wife of | Benjamin B. Willy, | died Feb. 23, 1848, | Æt. 24.
HERBURT L. | their only child, | died Feb. 19, 1848, | Æt. 22 mos. " Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." 438
(Willow and urn.)
MISS MARTHA | MURDOUGH, | died | Sept. 29, 1829, | Æt. 39. " Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."
The graves of 436-438 are in the lot with the Jennisons.
439 JOSEPH ROBERTS, | BORN | SEPT. 2, 1792, | DIED | 1867. 440
MARY, | wife of | Joseph Roberts, | died Aug. 11, 1848, f Æt. 57 ys. 3 ms.
The intention of marriage of Joseph Roberts of Weston and Mary Felch of Natick was published Feb. 20, 1821. (Weston T. Rec.)
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441 JOSEPH H. ROBERTS, | BORN FEB. 27. 1824, | DIED | MAY 4, 1889.
442 MARTHA, | Daughter of | Joseph & Mary | ROBERTS, | died Nov. 26, 1828, | Æt. 4 mos.
443 Thomas O. P. | Son of | Joseph & Mary | ROBERTS, | died Aug. 24, 1847, | Æt. 1 yr. 10 ms.
444
(Willow and urn.)
In memory of | MR. | SAMUEL COGGIN, | who was suddenly killed be | neath the wheel of his waggon | Oct. 14, 1831, | Æt. 42. Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
The accident occurred in Watertown.
445 FAITHEE | wife of | Samuel Coggin, | DIED | Oct. 10, 1864, | Aged 63 y'rs.
(Willow.)
446
SAMUEL, | son of Samuel & | Faithee Coggin, | died | Oct. 13, 1832, | Æt. 5 ys. & 4 mo. Farewell my dear and lovely child, My young and tender flower ; From thy parent, snatched away, In an unexpected hour.
447
(Willow.) ISAAC, | son of Samuel | & Faithee Coggin, | died | July 19, 1833, | Æt. 2 ys. & 7 mo. My tender mother don't for me weep 'Tis soon in heaven we both shall meet. (Willow and urn.)
448
In Memory of | Mr. HENRY COGGIN, | who died | May 9, 1814. | Æt. 30.
Death seiz'd me in an unexpected hour, And bade me quit in haste, this mortal shore, My tender infant too, was snatch'd away, And by my side, lies mouldering in the clay. Take warning then, nor think yourselves secure, Since life's uncertain, death you know is sure.
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Henry Coggin of Natick m. Apr. II, 1813, Patty b. July 31, 1780, dau. of Daniel and Martha (Fuller) Stratton of Weston. (Weston T. Rec.) Patty had a twin sister Nancy. Henry was killed by the fall of the house of Daniel Travis, while a new cellar was being constructed. For details see Bacon's History of Natick, p. 221. Henry [Coggin], a rela- tive of 448, was a soldier in the Revolution.
449 MR. | ISAAC COGGIN | died July 4, 1842, | Æt. 52.
He's gone, and left dear friend below, To mourn his loss with grief and wo; But since it was dur Father's mind, May we submit and be resigned ; We trus he lives in Heaven above, And triumphs in everlasting love.
It is only just to say that the extremely bad spelling of some of these epitaphs, particularly the verse, is true to the originals, - not misprints.
The Coggins were Natick people, but lived near "Need- ham End."
450-451
THOMAS COOLIDGE, | died | Sept. 5, 1830, | Æt. 75.
TIMOTHY, | son of Thomas & | Molly Coolidge, | died | Dec. I, 1812, | Æt. 28. " There is rest in Heaven."
According to Bond's Watertown, Thomas was b. Apr. 8, 1755, son of Capt. John and Anne Coolidge of Sherborn, later of Natick.
Capt. Coolidge lived in "The Leg " in 1759, and Thomas was a resident of "Needham End " in 1798. Prior to 1855 John and Alexander were selectmen of Natick. On Decem- ber 17, 1761, David Hall (p. 152), John Coolidge, Joseph Bacon and wife were admitted to the church at Natick.
Timothy was b. July 29, 1784.
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452 Moley, | wife of | Thomas Coolidge, | died July 12, 1841, | Æt. 84.
She was a Felch and m. Thomas Coolidge Sept. 19, 1776. (Bond.)
453 ZERUIAH COOLIDGE | died | Jan. 17, 1867, | Æt. 73 yrs. 7 mos.
" Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth."
She was b. June 15, 1793, dau. of 450 and 452. (Bond.)
454 THOMAS COOLIDGE | died | Sept. 4, 1865, | Æt. 65.
He was b. Sept. 1, 1800, son of 450 and 452. (Bond.)
455 SALLY, | wife of | Thomas Coolidge, | died | May 23, 1873, | Æt. 75. (Willow and urn.) 456
JOHN WAIT | died | April 18, 1847, | Æt. 75.
(Willow and urn.) 457
MARCY, | wife of | John Wait, | died July 26, 1849, | Æt. 73.
458
(Open book with a square and compasses on it.)
EBENR. WHITNEY, | Died | Sept. 23, 1855, | Æt. 72. We part on Earth to meet in heaven.
He is said to have been an innkeeper and stage proprietor. He was b. in Natick, son of Jason and Lois (Fisher) Whitney, who were m. in Needham, Mar. 17, 1773. (Need. T. Rec.) Lois was the widow of Ephraim Pratt, and was b. in Need- ham, Feb. 7, 1745. See the excellent genealogy of the Fisher Family, Ded. Hist. Reg., Vol. VIII, p. 26, and also the vol- ume entitled "The Fisher Genealogy," by Philip Adsit Fisher. Ebenezer Whitney was a selectman of Natick.
Jason [Whitney] was admitted to the church at Natick in 1760. Not only the Natick families but most of the Need- ham people residing in "The Leg" attended the "English
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Church," at what is now South Natick, during the pastorates of Rev. Oliver Peabody and Rev. Stephen Badger, 1729-98. The list of families includes Ward, Felch, "Goodenow," Underwood, Parker, Sparhawk, Bacon, Broad, Drury, Haynes, Bullard and Jennings. The church records contain many baptisms and admissions of persons of these names.
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(Willow and urn.)
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IN | memory of | MRS. MARY, | wife of | Mr. Ebn ?. Whiney, | who died | July 22, 1822. | Æt. 37.
Tho from our sight our derest friend has fled, And in this narrow house reclines her head, Yet on our hearts, her virtues will remain, Till heaven permit that we shall meet again.
Polly, dau. of Aaron and Martha (Walker) Brown, m. Eben- ezer Whitney of Natick. (Barry's Framingham.)
(Willow.) 460
EBENEZER, | died Dec. 16, 1821. | Æt. 7 yr. | son of Mr. Ebn ?. |& Mrs. Mary Whitney.
Come then ye little flock be wise Secure a mansion in the skies To-day begin to live to God Repent believe Obey his word
461 EPHRAIM LOKER, | Died Dec. 25, 1849, | Aged 76 years, | 9 months.
He was son of Henry and Hannah (Barber) Loker. Eph- raim was a carpenter, and at one time lived in Sudbury, where Henry and John [Loker] were inhabitants in 1638.
In 1725 the mill on Hawes Brook in "The Hundreds " came into the possession of the Lokers. This brook is west of Parker Plain and runs from Nonesuch Pond to Morse's Pond. " Hawes Hundred" was granted to Edward Hawes in 1661, and there was a mill there very early. In 1899 the boundary monuments on Blossom Street, Needham and Weston, and on Washington Street, Needham and Natick, remained un-
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changed although the town of Wellesley was eighteen years old.
John "Loaker " was taxed in Needham in 1712. Horace Mann stated that Moses was a Revolutionary soldier from Needham, Isaac a captain of horse from Sudbury, Sergeant Henry a minute man from Natick, and that during the war of the Revolution Jonas was killed by a cannon ball.
Henry was a selectman of Natick.
Abraham Loker, a tall, stalwart man, 85 years of age, lives in Weston a short distance from the Wellesley line, and not far from the ancient Bogle house. See Needham Re- corder for August 27, 1898.
462 SUSANNA, | wife of | EPHRAIM LOKER, | Died Dec. 20, 1857, | Aged 79 years, | 9 months.
Perhaps she was dau. of Abraham Loker (not the Abraham mentioned under 461).
" To keep an estate in land partly inherited, partly purchased by the fruits of her industry and toil, this lady followed the calling of a market woman. She nursed and supported her husband, a consumptive invalid in his later years; and cared for a relative who was . ... in ill health. She taught a large family the value of frugal habits, and constant toil. She left a large property in land to her heirs."
See article by Horace Mann in the Needham Recorder, October 15, 1898. For other contributions to the columns of this paper by Mr. Mann with reference to the Lokers see August 10, 1895, and August 27, 1898.
463 EPHRAIM LOKER | Died Apr. 11, 1887, | Æt. 83 yrs.
He was b. in Natick or Sudbury, d. in Natick, son of 461 and 462.
He was a farmer and lived for twenty years in "The Hun- dreds" on a farm inherited from his Rice ancestors of Sud- bury. Later he kept the Loker Tavern, now the Elm House, in Felchville. The last twenty years of his life he lived on Worcester Street.
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" He was a genial, kindly old man, a trifle cynical." Till nearly eighty years old he was stalwart and strong. He placed gravestones in memory of his wife and son, and one for himself. At his decease he was buried, as he had re- quested, in a coffin enclosed in a hermetically sealed zinc- lined box. (H. Mann.)
There is a stone in this lot with no inscription, presum- ably erected for his wife.
464 NANCY | Dau. of | Ephraim & Sarah Loker, | Died | Mar. II, 1862, | Æt. 14 y'rs. I mo. Dear sister thou art gone to rest.
Nancy was b. in Needham, Jan. 29, 1848.
465 EPHRAIM, JR. | Son of | Ephraim & Sarah Loker. | Died 1874. | Æt. 24 yrs.
Ephraim, Jr., was b. in Needham, Apr. 9, 1850.
466-467
HENRY LOKER | died | June 4, 1813, | Æt. 40. SARAH, | His wife, | died June 2, 1846, | Æt. 73.
468 LYDIA W. | wife of | Jonas Loker, | died | Oct. 16, 1807 ; | Æt. 32.
469 JONAS LOKER, | died | Oct. 16, 1851 ; | Æt. 76. Probably 80 was his second wife. See p. 51.
470 JOHN G. | son of | Winthrop & Irene | LOKER, | died July 9, 1842, / Æt. 6 yrs. 5 mos. John Gilman. O how can it be, Never on earth thy face we see, Thou canst not come to us, we know: But unto thee we soon must go.
This is in a Loker lot where there are several stones of more recent date.
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471 JOHN HOLMES | died | March 27, 1878, | Æt. 81 yrs. 4 mos.
In God we trust.
This stone is in a Jennison lot.
472 BELA CARTER | DIED June 20, 1846, | aged 57 yrs.
473-474 (North face of a monument.) ALBERT F. WIGHT | 1842-1842 MARY E. WIGHT | 1844-1845
475
JAMES MCCUTCHINS | Died | Dec. 5, 1861, | aged 75.
476-478
WILLARD JR. | died Sept. 15, 1828, | Æt. 4 mos. JONATHAN R. | died July 29, 1842, | Æt. 3 yrs. 7 mos. ELLEN E. | died Aug. 16, 1854, | Æt. 10 yrs. Children of | Willard & Mary Moore.
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(Willow and urn.) EUNICE MOORE | died | July 29, 1860, | Æt. 83. This stone is near those of the Dunn family.
480 EUNICE, | wife of | William Moore, | died April 7, 1859, | Æt. 59 yrs. Prepare to meet thy God.
481 ANTHONY JONES | DIED | Jan. 11, 1858, | Æt. 67 yrs. 2 mo's.
There are twelve lines of verse in italics on this stone.
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Anthony is a name that occurs in the Jones family of Framingham.
482 SOPHIA, | wife of | Anthony Jones, | DIED | Dec. 27, · 1857, | Æt. 61 yrs, 2 mo's.
There are twelve lines of verse in italics on this stone.
483 CLARISSA C. | Wife of | Jonathan White | Died | May 8, 1850, | Aged 67 yrs.
484 ELIZABETH DUBIA | Died | Jany 5, 1863, | Æt. 77 yrs. 6 mos.
485 (Willow and urn.) MR. TIMOTHY SMITH | died | Aug. 11. 1846. | Æt. 42.
With patience Lord I bore thy hand 'Till death hath set me free.
486
(Willow and urn.)
MR. | PAUL LINCOLN | DIED | March 16, 1848, | Æt. 76.
Friends nor physicians could not save, This mortal body from the grave, Nor can the grave confine me here, When Christ shall call me to appear.
He was a prominent Methodist attending the church in "The Hundreds."
487 (Willow and urn.) MRS. HANNAH, | wife of | Paul Lincoln, | DIED | Aug. 2, 1855, 1 Æt. 74.
Rest dear Mother take thy rest, God has but called thee home, And in his presence thou art blest, Where parting never comes.
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488
(Willow and urn.)
THOMAS P. H. | Son of Edmund & | Betsey Kimball, | died Oct. 8, 1835, | Æt. 10 ys. 3 ms. 15 ds.
No bitter tear for thee be shed, Thou spark of being -seen and gone, With flowers alone, we strew thy bed, Oh blest departed one.
Thomas Peach was b. July 23, 1825, son of Edmund and Betsey (Hammond) Kimball. Several, if not all, of his elder brothers and sisters were b. in Newton. (Kimball Gen.)
489-492 (South face of a monument.)
ROBERT MANSFIELD | died | June 24, 1890 ; | aged 87 yrs.
PRUDENCE, | wife of | R. Mansfield, | died | Jan. 19, 1871 ; | aged 68 yrs.
R. MANSFIELD
(North face.)
PRUDENCE, | died | Nov. 13, 1854, | Æt. 19 yrs.
EMILY, | died | June 5, 1855, | Æt. 15 yrs.
Daughters of Robert | & Prudence Mansfield.
There are four small stones in the lot inscribed
Prudence Emily. MOTHER. FATHER.
Robert was b. in Needham, July 21, 1802, son of Epes and Sarah (Smith) Mansfield.
Robert was a surveyor of land, and held several minor town offices, such as field driver 1829, surveyor of highways, Northwest district, 1859, '60, '65, one of the auditing com- mittee 1860, surveyor of wood, weigher and gauger 1871-90, surveyor of lumber 1873, '74.
He wrote for local newspapers, and made many scrap books using clippings from the papers, and these books he gave as presents.
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In his younger days he lived east of the turnpike, near its junction with Blossom Street, and later in Highland- ville. There were at least two Mansfield homes on or near the turnpike and Blossom Street. The births of five of his children are recorded in Needham. The intention of marriage of Robert Mansfield and Prudence Felch of Natick was recorded in Needham Mar. 13, 1829.
His father Epes resided in Needham, was a zealous Meth- odist, and as early as 1802 entertained the most noted preachers of the time. Apparently Methodism in Needham dates from 1792 when Father Isaac Lee preached in the West or Second Church. Many who had revolted from the old school theology and become antipedobaptists later were Methodists, and were very much in earnest. Epes Mans- field was a recognized leader in the Needham Circuit, and attended the church in "The Hundreds." He was on the West meeting house district school committee in 1794, '99, 1806, '13, '18, field driver 1802, '08, '12, '13, fence viewer 1806, '07, '12, surveyor of highways 1813.
The births of six of his children are recorded in Needham. Besides the daughters Sarah and Rebecca, see 248 and 249, there was Ruth b. Dec. 25, 1790, m. May 27, 1817, Tyler Harrington of Weston, a noted Methodist.
John, son of Epes, and brother of Robert, was a well known citizen of Needham, and was a hogreave in 1820, on the West district school committee 1824, field driver 1827-30, surveyor or measurer of wood 1828-34, '39, '40, fence viewer 1830, elected assessor and declined 1841. He held minor town offices later, serving as surveyor for the Northwest district 1862, '63, but removed to Natick where he d. July 21, 1887, aged 94 yrs., 4 mos., II dys., and was buried at Newton Centre. He was a zealous Methodist, and there was an obituary notice of him in a Natick newspaper, presumably The Natick Citizen.
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By his first wife, Mary, he had one child whose birth is recorded in Needham, and by his second wife, Elizabeth, he had four children whose births are on record.
Horace Mann said that John Mansfield told him that he saw the Methodist meeting house in "The Hundreds" raised, and that a black bottle was passed to the man who walked the "ridge" when the frame was completed. The meeting house, since removed, stood on land granted to Edward Hawes in 1661. Camp meetings were held in "The Hun- dreds " as late as 1843. .
Mr. Horace Mann, a learned local antiquary, died in Natick, March 20, 1899, and it is to be regretted that his many valuable historical and genealogical articles are buried in the unindexed files of the Natick and Needham news- papers. In the early Dedham papers there are obituary notices and local history that ought to be rendered available.
The Needham Recorder and The Natick Citizen for March 25, 1899, contain notices of Horace Mann. In former years he wrote for the Needham Chronicle, a newspaper established in 1874 and in which many historical articles have been pub- lished, but since 1894 he had been connected with the Need- ham Recorder.
EPITAPHS FROM SAINT MARY'S CHURCHYARD NEWTON LOWER FALLS
IT was my purpose to copy only such inscriptions as related to persons who were connected with Needham, but I also noted the following facts. The earliest date of death on a stone is 1812, the year in which the parish was organ- ized. There are two S. A. R. markers; Zibeon Hooker, an officer, and Elisha Bartlett are thus remembered. Sam- uel Lawton, the blacksmith, immortalized in Mrs. Stowe's " Old Town Folks " as Sam Lawson, is said to rest here with members of his family. There are stones in memory of his wife, Mehitable, and of his daughter, Sarah W., both of whom died in 1844, and there seems to be no question that he died in Newton Lower Falls.
493-494
JEREMIAH DANIELL | DIED | June 14, 1818, | aged 45 yrs.
EUNICE, | his Wife | DIED | Dec. 7, 1852, | aged 82 yrs.
He was b. in Needham, Oct. 4, 1773, son of Jeremiah and Abigail (Fisher) Daniell, who were m. Dec. 24, 1772, and had seven children whose births are recorded in Needham.
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Eunice was b. Feb. 25, 1771, dau. of Moses and Mary (Cummings) Keith, m. Jeremiah Daniell Apr. 14, 1796. (Ch. Rec.) See 39 and 40.
George Keith was b. June 1I, 1810, bapt. July 15 (West Ch. Rec.), and d. May 18, 1887. He was son of 493 and 494, and was a prominent citizen of Needham and later of Welles- ley, and is buried in this lot, as are several members of his family. " Squire " Daniell was a justice of the peace, at one time a trial justice, and also a coroner. Besides many minor town offices he was selectman 1850, '51, assessor 1852-57, '61-67 (chairman '65-67), '71, '73, '74, '77-80, represented the town in the General Court 1857, the district in 1866, '68, '70, auditor 1860, '70, '72, '73, '75, '77-79, town agent 1870, 72-77.
495 GEORGE W. HOOGS | died Oct. 29, 1869, | aged 87 yrs.
He was 87 yrs., I mo., 25 dys., and was b. in Newton, son of William and Elizabeth (Stoddard) Hoogs. (T. Rec. and Jackson's History of Newton.) William is said to have come from Limerick, Ireland.
George W. was a store keeper in Needham; field driver 1820, surveyor of wood 1831, fire ward 1836, and held minor town offices other years. The births of seven of his children are recorded in Needham, and those of three children of his son George W., Jr., who m. Adaline V. Whiting of Walpole (int. Nov. 22, 1846).
496 FAITHE SEAVERNS | wife of | George W. Hoogs, | died June 17, 1864. | aged 77 yrs.
She was 76 yrs., II mos., 17 dys. (T. Rec.), and was b. in Weston, June 28, 1787, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Strat- ton) Seaverns, who were m. May 4, 1775. (Weston T. Rec.)
Faithe m. Apr. 24, 1808, George W. Hoogs of Newton. In the record of her birth she is called Faithe, and in the
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record of her marriage Faithful. She was a sister of Peter Lyon's second wife. (See p. 33.)
497 ELIZABETH A. M. HOOGS, | DIED | FEB. 15. 1868.
FAITHFUL DAUGHTER, | KIND SISTER, TRUE FRIEND; | FAITH POINTS TO HER REWARD.
She was b. Jan. 16, 1828, dau. of 495 and 496.
498-499 (Urn. Two willows. Urn.)
CAROLINE C. | died May 2, 1842 | Æt. 4 ys. 10 ms. 20 d SUSAN A. | died May 10, 1842 | Æt. 2 yrs. daughters of George | & Susan R. Hoogs.
Ah ! who can tell fond parents woe, What pencil paint their grief ; When all of joy that earth could show, Is faded, gone in death ?
500 (Willow and urn.) MR. | GEORGE HYDE, | departed this life | June 7, 1835, | Aged 56 years.
To death's embrace his body's given ; God has reclaimed his own. His spirit's wafted back to heaven, To bow before the throne.
The births of twelve of his children are recorded in Need- ham.
501 (Willow and urn.)
In memory of | MRS. ANNA, | consort of Mr. George Hyde ; | who departed this life | May 11, 1831 : | Æt 48.
And now thy wearisome days, are all ended ; Nor will we repine at thy happy release ; Now God, in his mercy, his hand, hath extended ; And guided, thy soul, to the mansions, of peace.
He marked, thy serenity, and calmness, in death ; Yon, Seraphs, descended, thy flight, to attend ; Departed, with rapture, from sorrowful, earth ; Enshrined, is thy body, with ashes, to blend.
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502 (Willow and urn.)
In memory of | Miss CLARISSA, | daughter of Mr. George & | Mrs. Anna Hyde; | who departed this life | Nov. 23, 1830; |
Æt. 23.
O! bright example of unsullied youth, Of holy faith, and piety sincere ! T'was thine supported by the word of truth, To view the early grave without a fear.
To see with joy the sure approach of death ; A glorious privilege to thee was given, And some blest seraph, as he caught thy breath, Gave thy departing soul a glimpse of Heaven.
She was b. Aug. 22, 1807.
503
(Willow and urn.)
HENRY H. HYDE, | died | May 5, 1839, | Æt. 16.
God loves the young who early seek, His favor to obtain ; He will not turn away his ear, Nor let them seek in vain.
Henry Hiram was b. Sept. 13, 1822, son of 500 and 501.
504 (Willow and urn.)
MIss | HANNAH M. HYDE, | departed this life | Dec. 4, 1833, [ Aged 18 years.
The heaven born soul has winged her way To regions of resplendant day ; Then lift thine eyes unto that sphere, Nor fondly dream she slumbers here.
Hannah Maria was b. Feb. 26, 1816, dau. of 500 and 501.
505
(Willow and urn.)
GEORGE G. HYDE, | died | Nov. 28, 1844, | Æt. 24. Ere Death consigned his manly form, To this low bed of dust ; His spirit quit in glad surprise, To mansions with the just.
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George Gridley was b. Sept. 27, 1820, son of 500 and 501. As George Hyde he was admitted to the West Church July 7, 1844.
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(Willow.)
SARAH R. HYDE | died | Apr. 23, 1860, | Æt. 47.
Lives to die no more.
507
(Willow and urn.)
MR. | LEWIS MUZZEY | DIED | July 16, 1836, | Æt. 42.
I rest in peace, n'er to return, I've left a world of care and pain, Friends, Parents, Child now cease to mourn, Your loss is my eternal gain.
He was b. Nov. 7, 1794, son of Benoni and Lucy (Lewis) Muzzey. See 193. Lewis was a hogreave 1818, '20, '27 ; d. "at Mr. Luther Ware's." (West Ch. Rec.)
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(Willow and urn.)
IN Memory of | MRS. ANN MUZZY, | Consort of Mr. Lewis Muzzy, | who departed this life | March 22, 1830, | Æt. 29.
" The once lov'd form, now cold and dead, Each mournful thought employs ; And nature weeps, her comforts fled, And withered all her joys."
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JOHN SLACK'S TOMB. 1814.
John was b. Mar. 1, 1779, son of John and Mary (Fuller) Slack, m. Mary - and had three children whose births are recorded in Needham.
For an account of this family see Needham Epitaphs, to which may be added, p. 14 of the reprint, that John, Senior, was in the West Company April 19, 1775, and there is a bronze S. A. R. marker on his grave. He was on the standing
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committee of the First Parish 1780, '82, '86, '87, assessor 1787. During the War of the Revolution Mr. Slack served on com- mittees of the town to raise men and money.
Benjamin, son of John, and brother of 509 (Need. Ephs., p. 18), was collector for the north side of the First Parish in 1796, on its standing committee 1799, 1800, town assessor 1803, '06, '18-21, elected in '22 and declined, served in '24, '27, '28, '31, justice of the peace May 8, 1806 -- , and often moderator of town meetings, one of the three town agents 1813, '16, one of the inspecting school committee 1826, '27, '30, '32, '34, '35, and held many minor town offices. From 1798-1800 he had a law suit with the West Parish, he desir- ing to belong to the East Parish. Ded. Hist. Reg., Vol. III, pp. 127 and 128. From April 8, 1805-April 13, 1837, he was treasurer of the West Precinct, on its committee 1805-10, 14-36, moderator of no less than thirty-five of its meetings 1804-37. The Slacks lived on Walnut Street, where are still standing some of the oldest houses in Wellesley. The births of six children of Benjamin are recorded in Needham.
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