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88. Hattie E., wife of Oreb F. Mitchell, died May 16, 1878, aged 34 years, 5 mos.
89. Francis Bryant, son of Oreb F. and Hattie E. Mitchell, died July 25, 1865. aged 2 years, 4 mos., 2 days.
Our darling is an angel now.
90. (Dr. Benjamin Palmer, an Englishman, married Silence Price, and was father of James Boldry's wife ; died April 10, 1807. aged 79. and was buried in the northwest part of this yard. No stone to mark his grave).
91. (Prince Richards, born a slave, in Halifax ; bought his freedom of the Waterman family ; lived on the west side of Robbins' Pond , mar- ried, first, Hannah Quoy, a sister of Aunt Lyd, of S. B. and second, Anna Pegin ; had several children ; and died Feb. 17. 1833, aged 87 years, a worthy and respected citizen of East Bridgewater. He, one of his wives, and several of his children were buried in this yard, but there is no stone to mark their graves).
ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO THE NAMES ON MONUMENTS IN JAPAN
GRAVE-YARD.
No. of Epitaph. Name of person.
Year of death . Age.
No. of Epitaph.
Name of person.
Year of death Age.
I.
Abby, Harriet
1858,
4
82.
66
Erastus
1844,
53
37.
Boldry, James
1855,
75
81.
=
Hannah P.
1843,
18
38.
Wilson F.
1860,
4
47.
Jeremiah
1870,
87
23.
Carr, Levi Loel
1854,
23
22.
66
John
1777. -
24.
Maria Adalaide
1854.
I
41.
66
Lucy
1824,
70
24.
Alma Amelia
1855,
I
80.
66
Marv
1846,
89
25.
Sarah E.
1863,
32
20.
40.
Crane, Samuel
1809,
71
21.
Philip
1769,
21
29.
Cushman, Bethia
1822.
67
43.
Sarah
1878,
93
30.
(stillborn,)
1797,
-
46.
=
Sophia W.
1844,
7
30.
66
Edwin
1826,
2
42.
66
Zeba
1832,
58
30.
Franklin
1826,
I
44.
66
William
1833,
0
30.
George
1854,
19
45.
Howard, Polly
1794,
0
30
66
Thomas
1820,
84
39.
Jones, Laura I.
1857,
26
14.
Darling, Lemina Lewis
1849,
3
85.
Leonard, Marv T.
1850,
35
31.
Mary A. P.
1840,
C
86. 67. 89.
Francis B.
1865,
2
56.
Dunphe, Betsey
1858,
61
88.
66
Hattie E.
58.
Elizabeth
1813,
0
66.
Jane
1829,
87
60.
Joanna
1831,
8
69.
Leonard
1829,
2
57.
66
Lowel Quincy
1838,
18
71.
Lucy Ann
1832,
2
59.
Lucy Holmes
1826,
0
-.
Mira
1834,
30
74.
Grundy, Fanny
1863,
16
68.
Ophir
1823,
43
7. 6.
..
Asa
1817,
26
68.
Ruth
1863,
80
13.
Ebenezer
1874,
86
75.
4.
66 Miss Hannah
1827,
31
72.
Veleary Ann
1785,
87
II.
.6
Nancy
1863,
74
90.
Palmer, Dr. Benjamin Pratt, Alles Nancy D.
1803,
96
76.
Harden, Carrie Morton
1865,
3
27.
0
3.
63.
Deborah
1833,
24
2.
Ruth
1858,
83
64.
Deborah
1834,
91
73 78.
Ramsdell, Joshua S.
1862,
23
55-
..
Jonathan
1830,
59
91. 36.
Rider, Abner
1843, 1854,
77 85
52.
N --
1806,
I
34.
66 Sarah
1829,
64
53.
Trask, Everette T.
1858,
4
49.
Hayward, Edward
1832,
35
1 5.
Martin
1792,
19
51.
Elijah
1815,
74
17.
19.
,
6 Elizabeth
1766,
46
16.
Perez
1793,
79
83.
Ella Josephine 1850,
I
48.
Jackson, Sally
1811,
19
14.
Celia Luretta
1852,
O
79.
Lieu. É. H.
1864,
19
31.
Geo. D. B.
1843,
C
Mitchell, Edward
1828,
89
32.
Sarah W.
1868,
61
79
70.
75.
Samuel
1863,
2
IO.
Lavina
1862,
68
26.
Negus, Esther
1807,
8.
Nancy
1825,
5
28.
5.
66
Sylvanus
1815,
52
12.
Pope, Ichabod
1795,
54
Price, Benjamin
Martha S.
1855,
47
Richards, Prince
1833,
87
54.
= Lucy
1846,
77
Lvdia
65
Mary
1835,
77
33.
66 Samuel
1837,
68
84.
Addie
1832,
37
35. 87.
Waterman, Abigail
1782,
65
24.
George Walter
1852,
I
50.
66
Nathaniel‘
1780,
1837,
88
66
Julius
1844, 3 m
29.
Hall, Almeriah
1825,
3
-.
Orib
1813,
33
Ruth L.
1863,
6
9
Hannah
1830,
74
1832,
23
77.
66 Emma Perkins
1858.
62.
John
1834,
67
1878, 34
Leonard M
1832, 14 m
66
Jotham
1870,
Lydia Darling
1850,
32
62
Zeba
1872,
44
66
1833,
Ward
GREAT WOODS GRAVE-YARD.
The Alden grave-yard, sometimes called the Great Woods grave- yard, and so called on account of the large trees formerly found grow- ing in that neighborhood, is on the northwesterly side of Titicut street. in that part of Bridgewater called the Great Woods ; there measuring, on said street, 122 feet, and running back on the northeasterly side 136 feet ; on the southwesterly side 119 feet; and measuring on the back side 97 feet. It lays at the head of the second one-hundred-acre lot in the division of the one-thousand-acre lot into ten great lots of one hundred acres each, lying on the north side of the Taurton river, in Bridgewater, below the mouth of the Winatuxett river.
The land was given by Solomon and Amasa Alden at different times, and was first used for burial purpose, in 1793. There are two carriage entrances from said street, each twelve feet wide, with a good bank wall next to said street, and a balance wall on all other sides.
The tomb in this yard, towards the back side, was built by Solo- mon and Amasa Alden, and belongs to their heirs, and has several bodies deposited therein.
This ground had, in 1850, 27 graves and 23 grave-stones, and now (1882) has about 60 graves, counting said tomb as a grave for the the bodies therein, and about fifty grave-stones.
EPITAPHS.
I. Mrs. Sarah Shaw, wife of Dea. Asael Shaw, died Nov. 16, 1831. æ 75 years.
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.
2. Dea. Asael Shaw, died May 3, 1844, æ 92 years, 5 mos. and 6 ds.
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth,
Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works do follow them.
3. In memory of Mrs. Sarah, widow of Mr. Solomon Alden, who died Aug. 28, 1815, in her 86 year.
'Tis but a few whose days amonnt
To three-score years and ten, And all beyond that short account Is sorrow, toil, and pain.
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BRIDGEWATER,
4. In memory of Mr. Solomon Alden, who died Dec. 13, 1813, in his 86 year.
Breathless I leave this heavy clod, And fall into the arms of God ; I glide in blissful dreams away, To wake in everlasting day.
5. In memory of Abigail - Alden, daughter of Mr. Noah Al- den and Mrs. Elizabeth, his wife, who died March ye 7th, 1801, in ye 6th year of her age,
Nature has but soft powerful bands,
And reason she controls ; While children with their little hands
Hang closest to our souls.
6. Erected in memory of Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Noah Alden, who died Jan. ye 12, A. D. 1798, in ye 23 year of her age.
Farewell husband, children dear,
May Jesus for your help appear ;
And be your father kind and just,
When I am mouldering in the dust.
Here is the end of all that love;
This is my dark, long home ;
Jesus himself lay in the grave ; The house where all must come.
7. In memory of Mrs. Vodicia, wife of Mr. Noah Alden, who died Sept. 7, 1827, in her 61 year.
Look down upon this sacred spot and see What death can do for you as well as me ;
Sweet bosom friend, your falling sand is nigh; Children prepare, 'tis God that calls on high.
8. Erected in memory of Mrs. Polly, wife of Solomon Alden, Esq .. who died May 31, 1821, in the 55 year of her age.
The grave beneath this stone contains The mortal, but reserved, remains Of her who was beloved in life, A tender mother, friend and wife.
9. In memory of Solomon Alden, Esq., who died Aug. 18, 1852, aged 94 years, 8 mos. and 2 days.
10. Solomon Alden, Esq., died Jan. 4. 1866, aged 78 yrs., 6 mos. 9 days.
11. In memory of Nancy, daughter of. Mr. Solomon Alden, Jun', and Mrs. Polly, his wife, who died September ye 17, 1793. aged 7 months and 12 days.
This lovely child is now no more, In glory may it rest; Before the throne may it adore, And be with Jesus blest.
12. Sophronia Leach, died July 1, 1845, & 40 yrs., 16 ds.
13. Harriet L., dau. of Solomon and Betsey V. Alden, died Mar. 20, 1868, æ 34 yrs., 9 ds.
Thy labors are over; thou hast entered into eternal rest.
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GREAT WOODS GRAVE YARD.
14. Emily F., dau. of Solomon and Betsey V. Alden, died July 3, 1868, æ 27 yrs., 4 mo., 17 ds.
Thou wast loved by many ; yet love could not keep thee when thy Father called.
15. Sacred to the memory of Abner Alden, M. D., son of Eleab and Mary Alden, of Cairo, N. Y., who departed this life Sept. 28, 1818, aged 25 yrs., 9 mo., 17 days.
Be ye also ready; for in such an hour as ye think not, the son of man cometh.
My flesh shall slumber in the ground, Till the last trumpets joyful sound, Then burst the bands with sweet surprise, And in my Savior's image rise.
16. Sacred to the memory of Mr. Alexander Shaw, son of Dea. Asael Shaw, and Sarah, his wife ; he was born Nov. 4, 1778, died May 8th, 1818, in the 40th year of his age.
Ah, how uncertain is life's slender thread ; How soon, alas ! we mingle with the dust. To-day, our hopes on airy pinions rise, And brightening prospects swim before our eyes ; To-morrow, death shuts out the scene of life. And breaks the tie of parent, friend and wife.
17. Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Priscilla Shaw, wife of Mr. Sora- nus Shaw, and daughter of Mr. Walter Clarke and Lydia, his wife ; she was born in Middletown, R. I., March 3ª, 1789, died in Bridgewater, Ms., June 27, 1814.
Adieu, departed shade, alas, farewell, For thou art gone in happier climes to dwell ; While we the virtues of her mind revere, Stop. pensive stranger, stay and drop a tear.
18. Sacred to the memory of Miss Sarah Shaw, daughter of Dea. con Asael Shaw and Sarah, his wife ; she was born March 28th, 1787, and died Aug. 27th, 1818, aged 31 years and 5 months.
The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
19. Susan E., wife of Martin V. B. Pratt, died Oct. 3, 1867, aged 25, yrs., 8 days. She died as she lived, respected, appreciated, and be loved.
20. Emily. Emily Alden, dau. of Martin V. B. and Susan E. Pratt. died May 17, 1867, æ 1 yr., .I mo.,. 13 days.
21. No inscription.
22. In memory of Albert Edwin, son of John and Lucy Ayer, who died Mar. 3, 1842, æt. 28 ms. and 16 ds. Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not ; for of such is the kingdom of God.
23. Henry Wood, born Oct. 19, 1812, died July 7, 1876. Gone, but not forgotten.
24. In memory of Soranus C., son of Soranus and Priscilla Shaw, died March 18, 1824, æt. 9 yrs.
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BRIDGEWATER,
See, the lovely blooming flower
Fades and withers in an hour ;
So our transient comforts fly ; Pleasures only bloom to die.
25. Sacred to the memory of Sarah A., wife of Quartus Snell, and, dau. of Soranus and Priscilla Shaw ; she was born in Bristol, R. I., Nov. 24, 1811, and died in East Bridgewater, Mass., Feb. 5, 1834. Here lies a person who sorrow hath borne ; from pain and grief we trust she is free ; by sanctified grace led home to God, where beams the cloudless sky, and all is love.
Jesus can make a dying bed
Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on his breast I lean my head,
And breathe my life out sweetly there.
26. Asael Shaw,'son of Ephraim and Elizabeth Harlow, died Sept. 2, 1835, in his 16 year.
27.
ALDEN MARBLE SHAFT.
Abigail S., wife of Lewis T. Alden, died June 19, 1849, aged 51 yrs.
Lemira E., their dau., died Aug. 4, 1842, aged 4 yrs., I mo. 4 dls.
28. In memory of Betsey, widow of Benjamin Tucker, who died Feb. 12, 1861, aged 79 years.
29. In memory of Benjamin Tucker, who died Oct. 23, 1840, aged 75 years.
30. In memory of Andrew Tucker, who died Sept. 13, 1858, æ 34 years.
31. Allice J., dau. of Andrew and Amelia Tucker, died Dec. 12, 1853, aged 4 mos. and 12 ds.
Suffer little children to come unto me.
32. Joseph B., son of Andrew and Amelia Tucker, died Sept. 11,. 1854, æ 4 yrs., I mo., 1 day.
Child, thy Father calls thee home.
LAZELL MONUMENT. 33.
Sarah H., wife of Wm. Lazell, died Mar. 2, 1874, aged 79 years. (Two graves unmarked).
34. Abel H., son of Eliab and Levina Dunbar, died Nov. 16, 1819, aged 12 years.
35. No inscription.
36. No inscription.
37. In memory of Mr. Jesse Dunbar, who died April 9, 1816, aged 73 years.
Honorable age is not that which standeth in length of time,
noi is it measured by number of years ; but wisdom is the
grey hair unto man, and an unspotted life is old age.
38. In memory of Abigail Dunbar, wife of Mr. Jesse Dunbar, who died May 5, 1817, æt. 77.
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GREAT WOODS GRAVE YARD.
Adieu, my friends, a long and sad farewell;
A scene more solemn than the passing bell; I hoped with God in glory I should bloom,
Where sorrow, sickness, death can never come. Consoling thought ! dear children dry your tears,
Your friend has gone beyond your anxious fears.
Weep not for me, prepare without delay
To meet the debt you al' must shortly pay.
39. In memory of Lydia Dunbar, who died May 23, 1843, in her 67 year.
40. Sacred to the memory of Eliab Dunbar, who died Feb. 3, 1844, in his 74 year.
41. In memory of Keziah, widow of Simeon Wood, who died Sept. 23, 1855, aged 72 yrs., 10 mos. and 6 days.
42. Dinah, daughter of Jesse and Azubah Dunbar, born May 14, 1780, died June 24, 1869.
Her virtues will embalm her memory.
43. In memory of an affectionate husband and father, Rev. Asa Niles, born Feb. Ioth, A. D. 1777, died Apr. 16th, A. D. 1849.
The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
44. In memory of a beloved son and brother, Asa H. Niles, born May 17, A. D. 1813, died Apr. 2, A. D. 1842.
None knew thee but to love thee.
45. Hannah M., daur. ot Robert C. and Hannah Clark, died Feb .. 12, 1852, aged 7 mos. and 9 ds.
The blighted bud will bloom in heaven.
ALDEN MONUMENT.
46.
1863.
Caleb Alden, died Sept. - , 1863, aged 74 yrs., 7 mos., and I day.
Polly, wife of Caleb Alden, died Nov. 29, 1829, aged 40 yrs., 4 mo. and 22 days.
Jane' Alden, died Dec. 25, 1842, aged 22 yrs., 9 mo. and 9 days. Caleb C. Alden, died Sept. 2, 1838, aged 14 yrs., I mo. and 10 days.
This monument includes
47. Jane and Cebra.
48. Mother.
49. Father.
50. John Butterworth, born Nov. 8, 1798, died Jan. 18, 1862. With thy Savior we leave thee.
51. Lois Waldron, wife of John Butterworth, born Dec. 16, 1798, died May 31, 1869.
Dearest mother, rest with God.
52. Sophia, wife of John Butterworth, Jr., died Sept. 4, 1871, aged 47, y., 10 m., 21 d.
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BRIDGEWATER, .
Forever gone, O how we miss
Her gentle foot-steps now ;
The low, soft tone, the pleasant smile,
The sweet and sunny brow. O may we live as she has lived,
And tread the paths she trod;
To reach at last a noble sphere,
A home like hers with God.
53. No inscription.
54. No inscription.
55.
ALDEN MONUMENT.
Amasa Alden, died May 13, 1837, aged 61 years.
Sally H., his wife, died July 3, 1845, aged 63.
Elisha G. Leach, died Jan. 31, 1872, aged 62 year.
Abbie T., his wife, and dau. of A. and S. H. Alden, died Feb. 22, 1867, aged 64 years.
Rev. Darius Dunbar, died Feb. 7, 1878, aged 73 years.
56. Simeon C., son of Zadock and Ruth A. Sturtevant, died Mar. 8, 1870, æ 6 yrs., 6 mos .. 10 ds.
He has gone to dwell with angels.
57. Hannah, wife of Avery Lothrop, died March 18, 1820, æ 19.
Blessed are the dead in Christ ; Who make the Lord their friend and life; Who sees his face, partakes his grace, And rest complete in his embrace.
58. Dea. Avery Lothrop, died Mar. 27, 1871, æt. 79 yrs. Joanna, his wife, died july 10, 1871, æt. 75.
59. Mary K., dau. of Jonathan L. and Abby M. Hall, died Mar. 16, 1870, æ 6 mo., 4 ds.
Sweet little one, chou wast a treasure given To bud on earth and bloom in heaven.
60. A small lot with no inscription.
61. Jeremiah Tucker, born Feb. 12, 1806, died June 12, 1876.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO THE NAMES ON MONUMENTS IN GREAT WOODS GRAVE-YARD.
No. of Epitaph.
Name of person.
Year of death . Age. Epitaph.
No. of
Name of person.
Year of death Age
5.
Alden, Abigail
1801,
5
37.
66
Jesse
1816, 73
27.
Abigail S.
1849,
51
39.
Lydia
1843,
66
15.
Abner, M. D.
1818,
25
59.
Hall, Mary K.
1870, 6 mo
55.
Amasa
1837,
61
26.
Harlow, Asael Shaw
1835,
15
46.
"
Caleb
I863,
74
12.
Leach, Sophronia
1845, 40
46.
Caleb C.
1838,
14
55.
66 Abbie T.
1867,
64
6.
Elizabeth
1798,
22
58.
Lathrop, Dea. Avery
1871,
79
14.
Emily F.
1868,
27
57.
Hannah
1829,
19
13.
Harriet L.
1868,
34
58.
Joanna
1871,
75
46.
Jane and
1842,
22
Asa H.
1842,
29
27.
Lemira E.
1842,
4
20.
Pratt, Emily Alden
1867,
I
II.
Nancy
1793, 7 mo
19.
8.
Polly
1821,
54
16.
Shaw, Alexander
1818,
39
48. 5
Sally H.
1845,
63
I.
Sarah
1831,
75
3.
Sarah
1815,
85
18.
Sarah
1818,
31
4.
io
Solomon, Esq ..
1852,
94
25.
Snell, Sarah A.
1834,
23
IO.
16
Solomon, Esq.,
1866,
78
56.
Sturtevant, Simeon C.
1870,
6
7
Voadicia
1827,
60
22.
Ayer, Albert Edwin
1842, 28 mo
31.
Tucker, Alice J.
1853, 4 mo
50.
Butterworth, John
1862,
64
30.
Andrew
1858,
34
51.
Lois W.
1869, 71
29.
Benjamin
1840, 75
52.
Sophia
1871,
47
28.
Betsey
1861, 79
45.
Clark, Hannah M.
1852 7 mo
61.
Jeremiah
1876,
70
34.
Dunbar, Abel H.
1819,
12
32.
Joseph B.
1854,
4
38.
Azubah
1817,
77
55.
¥ Rev. Darius
1878,
73
41.
" Keziah
1855, 72
42.
Dinah
1869,
89
40.
" Eliab
1844,
73
Susan E.
1867,
25
46.
Polly
1829,
40
2,
.€
Dea. Asael
1844,
92
17.
Priscilla
1814,
25
55.
Solomon
1813,
85
24.
Soranus C.
1824,
9
9.
66
Cebra
43-
Niles, Rev. Asa
1849,
72
47. 9
44.
Elisha G.
1872,
62.
47.
Lazell, Sarah H.
1874, 79
49.
33.
55.
66
66
23, Wood, Henry
1876, 64
Graves No. 21, 35, 36, 53, 54, and 60, have no Stone or Inscription.
SMALL-POX GRAVE-YARDS, -IN-
BRIDGEWATER.
One on the east side of Conant street, a few rods north of the Four Mile line, near the house of the late Rufus Wood. This yard has nine graves and six grave-stones, as follows :
I. In memory of Ford Bearce, son of Jacob Bearce and Hannah, his wife, of Pembroke, born June 25, 1853, and died April 20, 1778.
2. Jabes Fuller, died Dec. 8, 1788, in his 95th year.
My young dear friends, shed tears,
Down by this stone my body is here ;
Make Jesus Christ vour hope and trust Before your body turns to dust.
3. O remember death. In memory of Lieut. Jonathan Benson, who died of small-pox Dec. 16, 1788, in the 71st year of his age.
My flesh shall slumber in the ground
Till the archangel's solemn sound
Shall wake my dust, and bid it rise To join my soul and mount the skies.
4. In memory of Maj. James Allen, who died with the small-pox Jan. 10, 1789, in ye 54th year of his age.
5. In memory of Adam Besse, who died of small-pox Jan. II, 1793, in ye 23 year of his age.
6. In memory of Mr. Chilton Latham, who died of ye small-pox Jan. 16, 1793, in ye 53 year of his age.
Death is a debt to nature due, Which I have paid and so must you.
Three other graves are found and distinctly visible, but have no graves-stones, and are not known. No. 4 heads south, and foots north ; all the other graves head north and foot south.
The Rufus Wood dwelling-house, near these premises, was used for a pox-house on several occasions, and all persons buried here, ex- cept Latham, died in this Rufus Wood house. Latham died in his own house, about one mile off.
Two children of Jacob Washburn-a son of Gideon Washburn, who lived in front of the Rev. S. Sanger house-died of the small-pox, and were buried on the southeast side of the Great Hill. One of these children died May 3, and one May 19, 1777. A third grave is said to be seen at this place, on south side of this hill, and is supposed to be the grave of one Benson.
Another pox grave-yard is to be seen on the William Dunbar farm, at the extreme west end of that farm. It contained 3 graves : Ebenezer
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Keith, who died at his own house April 12, 1778, aged 61, and has been since removed to the old yard at the Unitarian church ; Capt. Benjamin Sprague, who died March 31, 1778, aged 41, and who has been since removed to the Trinity church grave-yard ; and the third grave is that of a child, unknown. The old Wm. Dunbar house was used for a pox-house at the time of their deaths.
The Hon. Nathan Mitchell died of small-pox in his own house, then standing where Dr. Lowe's barn now stands, March 2, 1789, aged 59, and was buried in the northeast corner of Dr. Lowe's house-lot, near the guide-post ; and since removed into the old grave-yard near the Unitarian church.
Several persons have died with small-pox, and it is not known where they were buried. Such as
Levi Edson, died Jan. 20, 1777 ; Bristol, negro, died June 16, 1777 ; Nathaniel Simmons, died Nov. 24, 1777; Jeremiah Washburn, died April7 , 1778 ; Abigail Conant, died April 8, 1778 ; Marshall Wash- burn, infant son of Eliab Washburn, died April 12, 1778 ; Hannah Washburn, died April 16, 1778 ; Daniel Dunbar' schild died April 30, 1778.
Leonard Shaw, son of Dr. Samuel Shaw, died Dec. 10, 1788, aged II months, buried in the old yard at Unitarian meeting-house.
Thus making a list of twenty-five deaths by small-pox from 1777 to 1793, most of whom were buried on private ground. Other deaths from this cause did, no doubt, occur during this time, and probably some before 1777, and some since 1793.
In November, 1801, the small-pox broke out in Titicut. Many people had been exposed. The dwelling house of Jeremiah Keith, east of the Turnpike, with a large building near by, were fitted up and as- signed by order of the Selectmen, for a pox-house, to which a large num- ber of persons, tradition says fifty or more, went, then having, or expect- ing to have the small-pox. A Dr. Southworth, from Mattapoisett, was employed to attend the sick, and to reside at said house. There was, at that time, a great want of faith in the efficacy of vaccination. The late Dr. Samuel Shaw, of this town, had faith in its prevention of small- pox, and for a test he sent to said hospital his two daughters, Han- nah, then aged 20, and Sarah, then aged 5. Hannah had had the small-pox by inoculation some years before, and Sarah had been vac- cinated, and they remained in the hospital long enough to decide the question that vaccination was a preventive of the small-pox.
No persons died at this hospital, though several were very sick ; and this was the last general alarm of the small-pox in Bridgewater. We have had an occasional alarm, and a few single fatal cases.
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This grave-yard is probably the oldest grave-yard in old Bridge- water, outside of the first settlement in West Bridgewater, 1651. Tra- dition says that the Rev. John Angier, soon after his settlement in East Bridgewater, in 1724, cut the initials of names, and the year of death, one or both, upon many native flat stones then found at the head of many graves ; and there is a report that stones have been seen with such inscription thereon, as far back' as 1700, and especially one stone bearing date of 1685. The southwest part of this ground was first used for burial, and was, no doubt, part of the first one hundred rods appropriated for burial at this place, as hereafter stated.
Samuel Allen, Senior Deacon and second Town and Proprietors' Clerk in Bridgewater, 1683 to 1702, lived on the east bank of Matfield river, near where the Branch railroad crosses the river. He owned a large tract of land on the east side of that river, bounded, northwester- ly, by Nicholas Byram, and northeasterly by the lands of Whitman and Harris, including the plain, the common, the burying-ground, and land on both sides of the road, to the brick store and depot, and some fur- ther west.
All the burying-ground, and a very large part of the common at the meeting-house, was given and conveyed to the East Precinct, or to committees in behalf of said Precinct, by the Allen family by sundry deeds. Only one deed covers the burying-ground, and that is the deed of Matthew Allen, Jr., to Thomas Whitman, Edward Mitchell, and Hugh Orr, a committee of the East Precinct, dated November 20, 1759, recorded April 19, 1760, in Plymouth Registry, book 46, page 55.
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