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military service see Mass. S. and S. in Rev., Vol. II, and Year-book S. A. R., 1897, p. 197. He was one of the four wardens elected in 1774. The wardens looked after the poor, and were chosen annually from 1762 to 1789. In 1778 three wardens and three overseers of the poor were chosen. In 1764 there were four wardens ; on March II, 1750/1, three overseers of the poor were elected, but there had been none for twenty years. The selectmen are now the overseers of the poor.
Samuel Brown was a tythingman 1782, highway surveyor 1784, '91, '92, '95, selectman 1785-88, hogreave 1790, '91, field driver 1791, 1804.
Samuel Brown was set off to the West Parish. (Laws and Resolves 1793 chapter 41.) In 1791 he had been chosen by the West Precinct to collect what was due for 1790. In 1812 and 1814 he was a Methodist, attending the church in "The Hundreds."
(Willow and urn.) 52
1136854
ERECTED | In Memory of | MRS. LOIS BROWN, | Wife of Mr.
Samuel Brown, | who died June 22, 1831 : | At. 100.
Surviving mortals, mark it well ! As none the time of death can tell ; Nor his attack, nor power defeat, Be ever ready death to meet.
She was b. Nov. 9, 1733, dau. of Simon and Abia (Sander- son) Coolidge, who were m. Jan. 9, 1725. Lois m. in Water- town, Oct. 14, 1765, Samuel Brown. (Bond's Watertown.) She and her husband "owned the covenant" in Water- town, July 27, 1766. In 1819 she was a Methodist and attended the church in "The Hundreds."
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JACOB BROWN | died | Mar. 19, 1839, | Æt. 75, yrs.
He was bapt. in Watertown, Oct. 17, 1766, son of 51 and 52 (Bond) ; hogreave 1796, field driver 1820, '22, '25-27, '30. He was a Methodist and attended the church in "The Hun- dreds."
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54 HANNAH, | wife of Jacob Brown, | died Apr. 27, 1828, | Æt. 62 yrs.
55 BETSEY BROWN | DIED | June 2, 1855, | Æt. 84 yrs.
She was b. in Watertown, dau. of 51 and 52. (Bond.) Her parents had a dau. Elizabeth bapt. July 22, 1770. Betsey left a legacy of $6,000, or which later amounted to that sum, to the West Church for enlarging and enclosing the burying ground. This fund was used in recent years for the removal of remains to Woodlawn Cemetery, and to pay for lots there. A small amount of the fund is (1899) unexpended.
56 Mrs. Nabby | Wife of | Ethel Jennings | Died Dec. 6, 1848, | Aged 57 years.
She was a christian wife and mother and a faithful friend.
The memory of the just is blessed.
Sweet is the scene when christians die.
When holy souls retire to rest. How mildly beams the closing eye ! How gently heaves the expiring breast.
This stone disappeared about October 1, 1898, and I had not then a record of the lettering.
She was b. in Newton. Deacon Joseph and Joanna (Spring) Fuller had a dau. Nabby, b. Sept. 14, 1791. (Jackson's New- ton.) Ethel Jennings d. in Needham, Jan. 6, 1864.
PIERCE. 57
Probably a foot-stone. It lay about one rod west of 58. On May 20, 1899, I could not find it, and do not know the style of the letters.
58 Walter Stedman | Son of Joseph & Mary | Stedman, died Jan! | II 1792 ; aged 2 years | & 3 months.
A pleasant plant, a blooming flow'r, Cut down and wither'd in an hour.
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This is a small stone, and is in the north corner of the yard.
Walter was b. Oct. I, 1789, son of Joseph and Mary (Curtis) Stedman. See p. 67.
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JOHN TURNER | DIED | Oct. 17, 1854, | Æt. 66 yrs., 3 mos. | & 17 ds.
Far from affliction, toil, and care,
The happy soul is fled ; The breathless clay shall slumber here, Among the silent dead.
Now he resides where Jesus is, Above this dusky sphere : His soul was ripen'd for that bliss, While yet he sojourn'd here.
He was b. in England, son of Joseph and Sarah Turner. The town record of his death gives his age as 66 yrs., 3 mos., 27 dys. John and Margaret Turner had seven children b. in Needham 1833-43. Their son Henry d. Mar. 9, 1843, aged 16 years. (T. Rec.) There was a John Turner who was surveyor of highways for the North Centre district, 1863, '66.
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In memory of | MR. | JOSEPH KINGSBURY, | who died | Oct. 14, 1830. | Æt. 53.
He was b. Jan. 29, 1777, son of Joseph and Mary (Eaton) Kingsbury, who had seven children whose births are re- corded in Needham.
61 NANCY | Daughter of | Joseph & Nancy | KINGSBURY, | Died Dec. 8, 1843, | Æt. 15 yrs.
Lovelier in Heaven's sweet climate, yet the same.
During the first week of August, 1899, this stone was re- placed by a handsome new one inscribed NANCY KINGS- BURY. | JAN. 12. 1829. | DEC. 8. 1843.
Nancy was b. Jan. 12, 1829, dau. of 60 and Nancy (Bacon) Kingsbury, who were m. Apr. 22, 1813.
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62-63
(Willow.)
(Willow.)
In memory of three children of Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Nancy Kingsbery.
CHARLOTTE died Oct. 18, 1823.
NANCY died
Æt. 4 yr. 8 mo.
Oct. 8, 1823, Æt. 6 We
an infant born &
Sleep on sweet babe & take
thy rest.
died June 9, 1814.
God took the away when he
thought best.
Charlotte was b. Feb. 17, 1819. Nancy was b. Aug. 23, 1823. Charlotte, sister of 62 and 63, was one of the school committee 1874-76.
On January 7, 1830, five children of Joseph and Nancy Kingsbury were bapt., viz: Willard, Joseph, Charles, Char- lotte and Nancy. (West Ch. Rec.)
Between August Ist and 3d, 1899, three new stones were placed in the Kingsbury lot : one is in memory of Nancy (Bacon), wife of 60, and the others bear the names respec- tively of her son Willard and dau. Nancy (61). For the first two inscriptions see the end of this book.
No. 60 was a great-grandson of Josiah Kingsbury, one of the early settlers of the town.
Apparently there were three or more distinct races of Kingsburys in Needham in the last century.
Some account of the more prominent men of this name, whose epitaphs are not included in this volume, may be of interest.
Josiah, son of Eleazer of Dedham, was a petitioner for the incorporation of the town 1710, surveyor of highways 1712, town treasurer 1714, '19-22, '28-30, '36-38, selectman and assessor 1716, '17, '20-23, '25, '26, '28, selectman only '38, representative to the General Court 1728, '29, '31. (Need. Ephs., p. 3.) I have not attempted to name the numerous
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minor town offices held by the early Kingsburys subsequent to 1720.
On September 7, 1730, Josiah, as town treasurer, had paid £6 for wild cats killed. On May 14, 1829, the town voted to pay a bounty of ten cents a head for crows. Josiah lived where the Wellesley poor-house is, and this farm remained in the possession of his descendants for more than one hundred years.
Capt. Caleb, son of Josiah preceding, was selectman 1752, '54, '59, '62, '70, '73, assessor 1752, '54, '59, '62, '65, '70, town treasurer 1766-68, treasurer of the West Precinct January 9, 1775-September 24, 1784.
On August 31, 1774, he was chosen "To attend a County Convention at the Houfe of Mr. Woodward Inholder in Ded- ham on Tuefday the Sixth Day of September Next at Ten O'Clock before Noon, To Deliberate and Determine Upon all matters as the Diftrefsed Circumftances of this Province May Reqiure."
He was captain of the Needham minute men April 19, 1775, and there is a bronze S. A. R. marker on his grave.
On March 19, 1779, he was on the committee to decide upon the compensation of soldiers (see Capt. Robert Smith, p. 15), and March 17, 1780, he was on the committee to " Sup- ply the Continental Soldiers' Families." He was moderator of meetings of the West Precinct 1780-83. (Need. Ephs., p. 16.)
Col. Jonathan, son of Capt. Caleb preceding, was in the Needham militia April 19, 1775, and went to West Cam- bridge. He was an officer later in the war, and there is a bronze S. A. R. marker on his grave. In 1898 the town placed twenty-nine such markers on the graves of its soldiers of the Revolution, buried in the old graveyard on Nehoiden Street. See Year-book S. A. R., 1897, p. 329, for his ser- vice.
Jonathan was a second lieutenant in the Ist Suffolk Regi- ment of militia in 1782, and was lieutenant-colonel command-
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ing the Ist Regiment of militia, 2d Brigade, Ist Division, 1795-99.
He was assessor 1776, '78, '79, '82, '86, '90-95, '99-1802, selectman 1782, '90, '93-96, '98-1803, and was elected in 1797, but declined, representative to the General Court 1793, '98, '99, '1801, '03, town treasurer 1793-1806, justice of the peace from June 13, 1800, and in 1806 was the only one in town. He was one of the assessors of the West Precinct in 1778, on its committee 1789-91, '93, and on the standing committee of the First Parish 1801, '02, '04. On May 15, 1794, he was a delegate to a convention of the towns in Norfolk County, which met at Henry Vose's in Milton.
"He was a very accurate surveyor of land." (Need. Ephs., p. 21.)
In a private record kept by his grandfather, Rev. Jonathan Townsend, is the following : " Aug : 4. 1751. My Daughter Esther Kingsbery was safely delivered of a Son, providen- tially at my house. its name Jonathan." From this it appears that Col. Kingsbury was born in the house now the home of the writer.
His son Leonard was collector for the First Parish 181I, compensation .03%. In 1800 Col. Jonathan's estate was annexed to the East Parish, but after his death his sons Leonard and Cyrus were involved in litigation with the West Parish, which claimed that the act of the General Court had reference only to the life-time of Col. Jonathan. See Ded. Hist. Reg., Vol. IV, p. 28.
Col. Kingsbury's note-book of accounts for sawing lumber 1786-1803, has recently come into my possession. His saw- mill was located on Rosemary Brook north of where it passes under what is now Wellesley Avenue.
He had some memoranda in this book relating to military matters, and I copy the following which are of the period of Shay's Rebellion.
" Memorandum Book. Jan. 16th 1787 The West Com- pany in Needham Met at ye West Meeting House for the
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Purpofe of Detaching 14 Men to Rendousvous at Roxbury ye Igth Instant. Jan. 18th Both Companys Met at ye East Meeting House Also a Town Meeting to Raife Men. The Town voted not to Raise Men by ye Present Orders. Jan. 22ª 1787 The West Company met at ye Lt Eph! Bullards the Following persons were Detached to be in Service 30 Days from ye 23ª Instant Viz: Seth Gould Thom. Discomb Ju! Sol- omon Brackett Benoni Muzzy Nathan Mills Willm Kings- bury David Trull Jur Abijah Stevens Amos Morse Daniel Hawes David Bacon Eliab Moore Nathan Dewing Abel Stevens Feb 6th 1787 Recd ordirs to Detach 9 Men the for 6 week west Company was warn'd to Meet at Lt Bullards ye 8th int one o. Clock the orders were Countermanded ye Same Day at 10 o. Clock. May 25. 1787 The west Com- pany Met at ye west Meeting house for the Purpose of view- ing arms. also the whole division met ye same day at each companys usual place of Parade for the same purpose June 12. 1787 The West Company met at ye West Meeting House for the purpose of Compleating the Review Oct 15th & 29th ye West Company met at ye West Meeting house. June 5th & Igth 1788 the west Company at ye West Meeting house 26 in Frocks
" Oct 12 & 13 1790 Gel Ponds Brigade Paraded at Walpole Nov ye 9 1790 at a Court martial held at Henry Voses in milton for ye Trial of Capt Nath1 Wales for refusing to arrest Ens Ayers for Disobediance of Order & for said Ayers Re- fusing to Turn out on ye 23 of August when Order therefor by his Capt "
Then follow the names of the court martial, which num- bered thirteen officers including Capt. Kingsbury of Need- ham. Jacob Gill was president, and John Lovel judge advocate of the court.
" Sept 27 & 28 Gen Ponds Brigade Paraded at walpole on Sept ye 27 & 28."
Jesse, son of Jesse, and cousin of Col. Jonathan, was a pri- vate in the Needham minute men April 19, 1775.
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Joseph, son of Jesse, and brother of Jesse preceding, was in the West Company April 19, 1775 ; probably the Joseph who was on the West Precinct Committee 1794, 95
Eliphalet, Jr., son of Eliphalet, and cousin of Col. Jonathan, was in the West Company April 19, 1775.
William, probably brother of Eliphalet, Jr., preceding, was in the West Company April 19, 1775.
William Alden, son of Josiah, and nephew of Eliphalet, Jr., and William preceding, was assessor 1829, assistant assessor 1834, '35, selectman 1834. He was a prominent member of the First Parish. (Need. Ephs., p. 63.)
Isaac Martin, son of William Alden, was assessor 1881-84, '86, '87, and was chairman 1884, '86, '87.
George Otis, son of William Alden, was on the standing committee of the First Parish 1879, '80.
George Lyman, son of Lyman Edward, and nephew of George Otis, was a registrar of voters 1887-96, on the stand- ing committee of the First Parish 1887 to April, 1891, '97, chosen to act as deacon of the First Church May 26, 1894. He has rendered valuable service in the First Parish choir, of which his father, a tenor singer, was for thirty years the leader. The latter also played the violin. On April 7, 1895, the day when the 175th anniversary of the organization of the Church was commemorated, John Fisher Mills read a paper relative to the music in the First Church since the last century, and this was printed in the Needham Chronicle. Kingsbury Street was named for Lyman Edward, whose original name was Edward Lyman.
Deacon Eleazer, son of Eleazer of Dedham, and brother of Josiah, was one of the petitioners for the incorporation of the town 1710; one of the " Seruaiers of highways " in 1714, tythingman 1719, constable 1720, selectman and assessor 1716, '17, '21, '27, '29-31, '33, '36, '39, '41, '46-48, with the exception of 1733 and '41 when he was selectman only, town treasurer 1715, assessor 1737/38, deacon of the First Church
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February 4, 1729/30 to January 9, 1746/7. (Need. Ephs., p. IO.)
Capt. Eleazer, son of Deacon Eleazer, was assessor 1750, '53, '56, '57, '60, '62, '66-68, selectman 1753, '56-58, '60, '62, '64, '65, '67, '68, '70, '73, town treasurer 1756-63, represen- tative to the General Court 1768, '69-71, '74, '79, moderator of nine or more meetings of the West Precinct 1775-80, and on the precinct committee 1778-81.
On August 31, 1774, he was chosen a delegate, together with Capt. Caleb Kingsbury, to the county convention.
On January 19, 1775, he and Lieut. John Bacon, Lieut. John Ness, Capt. Aaron Smith and Samuel Daggett were the committee chosen by the West Precinct to arrange the boundary with the East Parish. The records of the precinct, which was merely an ecclesiastical one, begin June 23, 1774, four years before the General Court authorized the division of the town into two parishes, and are in fine condition to the final dissolution of the precinct in 1870. The first vol- ume contains an old document dated February 13, 1766.
Lieut. John Ness was moderator of the third meeting held in the West Precinct, April 10, 1775. He lived a short dis- tance west of the residence of Hon. Joseph E. Fiske. Of the prominent members of this precinct, to 1815 inclusive, who are not elsewhere mentioned in this work, were : -
William Bigelow, on the precinct committee 1798-1804.
Dr. Isaac Morrill, on the precinct committee 1799, mod- erator of a meeting in 1798 and again in 1801.
Eliakim Morrill, moderator in 1798, '99.
Capt. John Atkins, on the precinct committee 1803, '04. Isaac Bigelow, on the precinct committee 1814 -.
For items as to Deacon. William Bigelow and others see the History of the Wellesley Congregational Church, by the Rev. Edward Herrick Chandler.
Eleazer was also a delegate to the first Provincial Con- gress, which met at Concord, October, 1774, and to the second which met at Cambridge, February, 1775.
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On April 19, 1775, he was second lieutenant of the Need- ham minute men, and was wounded. There is a bronze S. A. R. marker on his grave.
In 1778 he was on the committee "to hier the men that are now to be raifed. Difcrecinary, and at the beft Method they can." These men were to reinforce General Washing- ton, and for the Army on Hudson River, and March 17, 1780, Eleazer was on the committee to "Supply the Conti- nental Soldiers' Families." (Need. Ephs., p. 14.)
Enoch, son of Capt. Eleazer, was a corporal in the West Company April 19, 1775, and later, when a lieutenant, received from the town £3, 6s., 8d. for going to York in 1776. On January 29, 1781, he was on the committee "to Procure the men that are Now Called for."
Joseph, Jr., son of Capt. Eleazer, was in the West Company April 19, 1775, and there is a bronze S. A. R. marker on his grave. (Need. Ephs., p. 22.) He was assessor 1780, '96, 1801, on the West Precinct committee 1786, '87, '89.
Eleazer, son of Joseph, Jr., preceding, was assessor 1822, '25.
Jonathan, son of Jonathan, earlier ancestry not known to the writer, was in the West Company April 19, 1775, and there is a bronze S. A. R. marker on his grave. (Need. Ephs., p. 27.) It is possible that he was in the East Company, and that the Jonathan in the West Company was the son of Capt. Caleb. Jonathan was a collector for the First Parish 1792.
Deacon Timothy, son of Nathaniel of Dedham, was a peti- tioner for the incorporation of the town in 1710, selectman 1711-18, '20, '21, '23, '24, '32, '33, '36, '39, '47, assessor 1712-18, '20, '21, '23, '24, '32, '36, '39, '42, '47, town clerk 1711-18, '20, '21, '23, '24, town treasurer 1725, surveyor of " Hemp & flax," the first chosen in Needham, 1735 ; elected a deacon of the First Church May 17, 1720, and served to January 9, 1746/7. (Need. Ephs., p. 7.)
Cornet Timothy, son of Deacon Timothy, was assessor in 1742, the only case in our records of a father and son serving
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together on that board and constituting a majority. (Need. Ephs., p. 13.)
Ensign Timothy, son of Cornet Timothy, was on a com- mittee to " Provide for the Families of thofe men that are in the Continental army," in 1779 and 1780; one of the col- lectors for the First Parish 1784.
Moses, son of Cornet Timothy, was on a committee to care for the soldiers' families in 1779, a collector for the First Parish 1791. He owned at the time of his decease about 95 acres of land in Needham.
Daniel, son of Moses preceding, was town clerk 1799, on the standing committee of the First Parish 1827.
Lieutenant Lemuel, brother of preceding, was on the stand- ing committee of the First Parish in 1831.
Jeremiah, brother of preceding, was on the standing com- mittee of the First Parish 1823, '32, '40, elected parish treas- urer March 26, 1832, and declined. (Need. Ephs., p. 53.)
Asa, 2d, brother of preceding, was collector for the First Parish 1817, compensation 42%. (Need. Ephs., p. 63.)
Nathaniel, son of Hezekiah, and grandson of Deacon Tim- othy, was a private in the Needham minute men April 19, I775.
James, parentage not known to the writer, was surveyor of highways 1714, '18, fence viewer 1717, selectman in 1732, '41, '43, assessor 1732, '43. Probably the James who was a petitioner for the incorporation of the town in 1710.
John, parentage not known to the writer, was selectman in 1 766.
Deacon Thomas, b. in Gilsum, N. H., son of James, was tax collector 1827, assessor 1828, '30, '34-36 (resigned in 1836), '37, '38, '41, '43-46, assistant assessor to take the general valuation 1831, '50, selectman 1829, '30, '32, '33, '35, representative to the General Court 1834-36, '48, '49, collector for the First Parish 1827, '43-47 (.038% compensation in 1827), on its standing committee 1838, '42-44, '54-59, sexton March 9, 1840-March 22, 1851, deacon of the First Church July,
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1849-May 14, 1859, justice of the peace April 19, 1839 -. (Need. Ephs., p. 48.)
For an account of the Deacons of the First Church in Needham see an article in the Ded. Hist. Reg., Vol. III, P. 73, by the writer of this.
Deacon Lauren, brother of Deacon Thomas preceding, was deacon of the Second Baptist Church in Newton (Upper Falls) February 8, 1835-1868. Selectman in Needham 1837, 38, '56, '57, tax collector 1834, assessor 1847-52 (resigned in 1852), 1853-56, '60, '64, representative of the town in the General Court 1855, of the district 1858, auditor 1865, '66.
He d. Dec. 23, 1894, aged 89 yrs., 3 mos., and was buried in his family lot in the old graveyard on Nehoiden Street. (Need. Ephs., p. 56.) This street is named for an Indian who with others once owned a large territory including what is now Needham. He is said to have been the sole owner of this locality. In an Indian deed, dated 1665, of what is now Braintree, Old Hahatun and William Nahanton are men- tioned in the body of the instrument, but in the signatures the names are Old Nahatun and William Hahatun, the latter possibly an autograph. Drake's Book of the Indians, pp. 108 and 109, states in a note that William Hahatun was also called Nahaton or Ahaton. The records of the Proprietors of Dedham call him William Nahuton, and it is said that in the Dedham town records, 1680, he is called Nehoiden. (Worthington's History of Dedham, p. 21.) In a deed of Boston and vicinity, 1695, William Hahaton and Ahawton, senior, are named in the body of the instrument, and the sig- natures are Ahawton, Senr., and Willm Hahaton, the latter name perhaps written by the Indian himself as there is nothing to indicate a mark. On March 19, 1684/5, “Wm Ahawton Jr. in behalf of himself and his father Ahawton, Indians," acknowledged the deed. See Suffolk Registry, and Snow's History of Boston, p. 389. There is a Nahatan Street in Westwood, Nahanton Street in Newton and in Needham there is a tract of land called Hahaton Field.
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Albert Dexter (M. D.), recently returned to town after an absence of five years, was for a quarter of a century a phy- sician here, served three years as chairman of the board of health, and was on the standing committee of the Evan- gelical Congregational Society, and a deacon of the church. For sketch and portrait see " One of a Thousand " 1890.
Henry Augustus is a veteran fireman, who has been for some years the efficient chief engineer of our fire department. The foregoing list is not exhaustive as to the Kingsburys who have lived in Needham, and have been more or less prominent there, and those named have held many minor town offices of which I have made no mention.
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THIS STONE | is raised to support | the Memory of | MR TIMOTHY HUNTING, | who died | Oct. 1793 : | in the 41st year of his age.
Honesty, Industry, and | Benevolence were thine.
He was b. Jan. 13, 1753, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Hunting, who had six children whose births are recorded in Needham.
Timothy was in the West Company April 19, 1775, and was a corporal when he "Done a turn" early in the war, was in the army at York in December, 1776, and there is an S. A. R. marker on his grave. In 1778 he was a collec- tor for the West Precinct, and on December 27, 1780 he was one of the committee of three " to hire the men that are Now Called for." He was a tythingman 1780, fence viewer 1782, '84, '90, field driver 1783, '88, '91, highway surveyor 1785, deerreave 1789-93. The Hunting Genealogy states that he was killed by an accident in his mill.
The name of Hunting has been identified with the town from the earliest times. Stephen was a petitioner for incor- poration in 1710, and was its first sealer of leather and chosen March 14, 1719/20. Jonathan was a selectman and assessor 1734, '35. Daniel was on the standing committee of the
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First Parish 1800, selectman 1813-15. He d. Feb. 20 or 21, 1834. (Dr. Josiah Noyes' diary.) Daniel, Jr. was collector for the West Precinct 1791. Moses, Daniel, Jr., Jonathan, William and Israel were in the West Company April 19, 1775. Stephen was then a minute man, and Jonathan and Israel enlisted for service in Canada in February, 1777, and received a bounty of £7 each. For Israel's service see Year book S. A. R., 1897, p. 315. Hunting Road is named for a family of Huntings who once lived in what is now Hahaton Field.
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(Willow and urn.)
THIS STONE | is raised to support | the Memory of | MRS. LUCY HUNTING, | Wife of Mr. Timothy Hunting ; | who died Nov. 1800 : | in the 46, year of her age
Her body rests beneath this sod, Her soul is with her maker God.
Timothy Hunting and Lucy Savage were m. Sept. 26, 1774. (T. and Ch. Recs.)
65-73 TIMOTHY HUNTING, [ Died Dec. 22, 1871. | Aged 74 Years.
MARY B. HUNTING, | Died May 5, 1862. | Aged 65 Years. | Mary Aged 15 | Jane 2 | Marshall 2 | Willard 2 | Sanford P. I | Jonas B. I | Henry P. 15 Children of | Timothy & M. B. Hunting.
The names of the children are arranged in a column follow- ing Mary. The word " Aged " is not repeated.
Timothy was b. May 4, 1798, son of Israel and Rhoda (Dewing) Hunting, who were m. June 24, 1779. (T. and Ch. Recs.) Israel, who was collector for the West Precinct in 1785, d. June 1, 1834, aged 76 years, and Rhoda d. July 15, 1834, aged 72. (Dr. Josiah Noyes' diary and West. Ch. Rec.) Timothy m. Nov. 25, 1819 (int. Oct. 25), Mary Barnard, and the births of ten of their children, not including Willard, are recorded in Needham.
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Timothy was a hogreave in 1820, field driver 1830. Mary was b. Aug. 4, 1820, Jane was b. Mar. 24, 1825, d. Oct. 13, 1827, Marshall was b. Apr. 23, 1830, Henry was b. May 2, 1836, Sanford Palmer was b. Mar. 28, 1832, and Jonas Bar- nard was b. Jan. 28, 1829.
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