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1718, chief justice, of the Superior Court, and he remained upon the bench until 1728, when he resigned on account of his growing infirmities.
Judge Sewall was a member of the Special Court ap- pointed, in 1692, for the trial of the Salem witches. Of the ten judges, Peter Sergeant (1689) and Wait Winthrop (1689), as well as he, were members of the South Church.1 His penitence afterward, when his eyes were opened to see what a terrible mistake he had made, was thorough and abiding ; and the reading of his confession by Mr. Willard on a fast day, 14 Jan. 1697, he standing with bowed head be- fore the congregation, is one of the most grand and at the same time most affecting incidents of personal biography, ' It is, perhaps, approached by Samuel Johnson's self-im- posed penance in the market place of Uttoxeter, which, Hawthorne says, was " as beautiful and touching a passage as can be cited out of any human life."
" Green forever the memory be Of the Judge of the old Theocracy, Whom even his errors glorified, Like a far-seen, sunlit mountain-side By the cloudy shadows which o'er it glide !" Whittier.
Of Judge Sewall's affection for this church, of which he was a member for fifty-three years, these pages, en- riched by extracts from his Diary, szy all that need or can be said. Of his general character, the following from an obituary notice, written perhaps by his minister, the Rev. Thomas Prince, is the best epitome that can be given:
" He was universally and greatly reverenc'd, esteemed and beloved among us for his eminent Piety, Learning and Wis- dom ; his grave and venerable Aspect and Carriage ; his in- structive, affable and chearful Conversation ; his strict Integ-
1 Robert Calef, the merchant, who wrote More Wonders of the Invisible World, 1700, may have been a member of the South congregation. A person by that name subscribed to the baptismal covenant, 1703, and had children baptized, the last-" Robert, of Robert and Margaret Calf"-3 March, 1716-17.
The book referred to, "was directed with sharp satire against the belief in witchcraft, and especially against the credit and standing of the eminent men who had been deluded by it."
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rity and regard to Justice; his extraordinary tender and compassionate Heart ; his neglect of the World ; his abundant Liberality ; his catholick and publick Spirit; his critical Acquaintance with the Holy Scriptures in their inspir'd Originals ; his Zeal for the purity of instituted Worship ; his constant, diligent and reverent Attendance on it, both in the Church and Family ; his Love for the Churches, People and Ministers, the civil and religious Interests of this Country ; his tender Concern for the aboriginal Natives ; and as the Crown of all, His Moderation, Peaceableness and Humility ; which being all united in the same Person, and in an high Degree and Station, rendered Him one of the most shining Lights and Honours of the Age and Land wherein He lived, and worthy of a very distinguished regard in the New English Histories."-News Letter.
He died, I Jan. 1729-30, in the 78th year of his age. His third wife, Mary (1693), widow of Robert Gibbs (1691), survived him.
SUSANNA EVERINGDEN - PLIMLY, wife of Thomas Plimly.
HANNAH HENCHMAN, dismissed to the North Church. Probably wife of Nathaniel, a son of Daniel Henchman (1669).
Oct. 23, 1706 ; " After Diner I go and take the Acknow- ledgment of M' Nathan1 Henchman and Aña his wife to a Deed to their Brother the schoolmaster: She was lying on the Bed sick of a Fever ; yet very sensible and set her hand to the Receipt." -- Scwall.
She died, 7 Jan. 1707.
DORCAS ANDREWS, wife of James Andrews, of Fal- mouth, who moved to Boston, and died there, 1704; they had a daughter, Dorcas, who married Ebenezer Davenport, of Dorchester ; she died, 24 Nov. 1723, and her husband, 29 July, 1738.
ELIZABETHI MORSE, eldest daughter of John Morse (1669). She was born 22 Jan. 1660-1. In 1678, her
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father made a will, in which he gave her to Mrs. Nathaniel Williams (1672), and one-sixth of his estate to improve for her. He died soon after.
MARY LINDALL-ARDELL, wife of Lindall, and afterward of William Ardell, merchant, who removed from Boston to Portsmouth, and, in 1699, was made sheriff of the Province of New Hampshire.
Oct. 23, 1711 ; "Mrs. Mary Ardel buried ; Bearers, Elisha Hutchinson, Sewall ; M' Oakes, Capt. Hill ; M' Baker." --- Sewall.
She was buried in the Granary burying ground, and her tombstone there gives her age as 72. She left an only daughter, Abiah, or Abiel Lindall,' who married Captain John Barrell, and had children.
ELIZABETH POOLE, wife of John Poole, merchant of Boston, and daughter of William Brenton, Governor of Rhode Island. She was married, 28 March, 1672, and when she joined the church, she was baptized "at a church meeting at her house," a very uncommon favor, says Savage, if not unexampled before in our country. Their three children were publicly baptized in the meeting house a few days later.
Jan. 19, 1691-2; " Visited Mrs. Pool, who lies sick on bed, and has been there this Moneth ; gave her one of M' Willard's Cordials ; was very glad to see me. Speaking about Widow Hamlen [who had died very suddenly a few days before], she mention'd I Cor. 10. 31. Mrs. Elisa. Pool has buried five sisters, Eliot, Gard [Card], Sanford, Brown, Burton. Sanford, Gard, have left no children." Oct. 19, 1694; "Mrs. Pole buried. Bearers, M' Cook, Sewall, Ad- dington, Oakes, Byfield, Oliver. Was laid in the old burying place." Nov. 10, 1711 ; "M' John Pole died, Nov 7th, Was buried this day." -- Sewall.
" The two forms of this name are used interchangeably in one or two instances in the baptismal register, although, generally, Abiel is the male, and Abiah, the female, form of the namc.
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Their daughter Jane (baptized 12 Nov. 1682) was the first wife of Timothy Lindall, of Salem and Boston, Harv. Coll. 1695, speaker, and of the council ; Judge of the Com- mon Pleas, etc .- Eds. Sewall.
Sewall records the death, 9 Sept. 1690, of Mrs. Jane Poole, "a Mother in our Israel," whose name does not ap- pear on the church register. She is supposed to have been the widow of William Poole, of Dorchester.
The Rev. SAMUEL WILLARD, second minister of the South Church.
" One of the most eminent of the ministers that have adorned the New England pulpit. He was a native of the Colony, of honorable. descent, and graduated at Harvard College in 1659. He was first settled in the ministry at Groton, where he continued about twelve years, when, that place being de- stroyed by the Indians, and his flock scattered, in 1676, he removed to Boston, and, on the 10th of April, 167S, was settled as colleague pastor of this [Old South] church. After the death of Mr Thacher, in the following October, he continued sole pastor about two years, when an assistant was ordained. Mr Willard was chosen Vice President of Harvard College in 1701 ; and from the death of President Mather in that year, discharged the duties of the presidency, with high reputation, till a little before his decease in 1707, still con- tinuing his ministerial labors in Boston. * *
* In the strange proceedings in relation to witchcraft in 1692, though three of the judges who condemned the persons executed for that crime were members of his church, and to express doubts of the guilt of the accused, was to expose one's self to accu- sation and condemnation, he had the courage to express his decided disapprobation of the measures pursued, to use his influence to arrest them, and to aid some who were imprisoned awaiting their trial, to escape from the colony."- Wisner.
Judge Sewall thus describes his last illness and death :
1707; " 7' 12. Mehetabel Thurston tells me M' Willard was taken very sick. I hop'd it might go off, and went to Diner ; when I came there, M' Pemberton was at Prayer, near concluding, a pretty many in the Chamber. After Prayer, many went out, I staid and sat down : and in a few
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minutes saw my dear Pastor Expire : it was a little after Two, just about two hours from his being taken. It was very sur- prising : The Doctors were in another room Consulting what to doe. He administred the Lord's Supper, and Baptiz'd a child last Lord's Day : Did it with suitable voice, Affection, Fluency. Did not preach : 7' Irth, went to Lecture and heard M' Pierpont. At even seem'd much better than had been lately. Tis thought cutting his finger might bring on this tumultious passion that carried him away. There was a dolefull cry in the house. Feria Secunda, 7' 15th, Mr Willard is laid by his Tutor in my Tomb, till a new one can be made. Bearers, D' Mather, M' Allen; M' Tho. Bridge, MY C. Mather ; M' Wadsworth, M' Colman. Fellows and Students of the College went before. M' Pemberton Led Madam Willard. Gov' and his Lady had Rings : Bearers, Scarvs and Rings. The Lady Davie and Lady Hobbie were there. Son Sewall led his Sister Pauf Dudley ; he being gon to Plimouth Court. Very Comfortable Day."
Mr. Pemberton and Mr. Colman preached funeral ser- mons, which are in the Prince Library ; which also con- tains a number of Mr. Willard's published sermons, and his celebrated lectures on divinity, "the largest [work] that was ever Printed Here, and the first of Divinity in a Folio Volume." See Preface by Joseph Sewall and Thomas Prince.
Mr. Willard's first wife was Abigail Sherman; his sec- ond, Eunice Tyng (1681). His eldest daughter, Abigail (baptismal covenant, 1680), married frst, the Rev. Benjamin Estabrook, of Lexington, and then, the Rev. Samuel Treat, of Eastham, son of Robert Treat, and ancestor of Robert Treat Paine (1749).
REBECCA CROAKHAM-HARRIS, daughter of Abraham Jocelyn and his wife Beatrice, who afterward married Benjamin Bosworth. Rebecca married successively, John Croakham, Thomas Harris and Edward Stevens.
Jan. 11, 1711-12 ; " Mrs. Beatrice Bosworth is buried, aged 89. years. Her first husband's name was Joclin, by whom she had her daughter Stephens."-Scwall.
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KEZIA TUCKER, wife of John Tucker, freeman 1676.
1678.
KATHARINE FRANKLIN.
"Benjamin Franklin of Boston, son of William, of the same, by wife Catharine had Joanna, born 12 July, 1672; Sarah, 2 Oct. 1674 ; Benjamin, 28 Jan. 1677."-Savage.
The last two were baptized 7 April, 1678, one week after their mother joined the church.
CONSTANT PALFREY, wife of William Palfrey.
REBECCA NASH.
Judge Sewall speaks of her two or three times in con- nection with the will of Mrs. Mary Mighill, who died at her house.
REBECCA GILBERT.
" William Gilbert, Boston, cordwainer and merchant, 1675, had wife Rebecca, three sons, of whom William was one, who died soon after his father, also daughter Mary. He died January, 1693."-Savage.
SUSANNA CARTER, wife of Ralph Carter, Boston, 1676.
CATHARINE SIMPKINS. Pilgrim Simpkins, Boston, mar- ried for his second wife, Catharine Richardson. His will of 19 Nov. 1714, proved 2 Jan. 1721, provides for his wife Catharine, who is made executrix, and divides his estate among his children. His first wife, Miriam, died, 1660, and left a daughter Miriam (1704), who married Thomas Tyler.
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1679.
PAUL DUDLEY, youngest son of Governor Thomas Dudley, merchant ; artill. co. 1677; collector of the cus- toms. He married Mary (1690), daughter of Governor Leverett, and died, 1681 ; a posthumous child, Paul, was baptized at the South Church, 30 April, 1682. His widow married Penn Townsend as his second wife.
Dec. 1, 16SI ; " The well accomplish'd merchant and Ac- comptant, M' Paul Dudley, dyed, being little above 30 years old."-Sewall.
JOHN WALLEY, came to this country before his father, the Rev. Thomas Walley, of Barnstable. He was of the artill. co. 1671 ; freeman, 1673 ; one of the council named in the royal commission to Andros, and in that to Sir William Phips. Capt. of artill. co. 1679, 1699, 1707. He was a judge of the Superior Court, and Lieut. General of the forces in the expedition to Canada, 1690. We find constant reference to him in Judge Sewall's Diary ; and he is mentioned in the church records, as serving on im- portant committees.
Dec. 22, 1711 ; "I visit Major Walley, who is now in a maner wholly confin'd to his chair." Jan. 7 ; " A considerable snow fell last night. I visit Major Walley." Jan. 9; "I visit Major Walley, who is much worse, and seems to be hastening to his Long home. Desired of M' Wadsworth the continuance of his Prayers." Jan. 11 ; "Major Jolin Walley dies. I was at prayer with him last night. M' Pemberton pray'd excellently. He was a good Neighbour, a publick spirited Man, a Purchaser and principal Settler of Bristol." Jan. 17 ; " Went to the Funeral of Major Walley ; Bearers, Winthrop, Sewall ; . Addington, Sergeant; Belchar, Mico. Tomb in the new Burying place."-Scwall.
'Mr. Pemberton's funeral sermon on Mr. Walley is pre- served in the Prince Library. The text was, " For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers and saw cor- ruption."
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"It becomes the whole Land," said Mr. Pemberton, "to resent his Removal ; and this Church in particular : for God hereby has made a breach upon us, and taken away One of our Main, and most Antient Pillars. And if we do not resent and improve the hand of God ; we shall have Reason to fear least God Smite us with breach upon breach ; and remove more of those Antient and Honorable Senators, which are now no small part of our Strength and Glory. * He
* was blessed with an uncommon Sweetness and Candor of Spirit, which being improved and regulated by Grace, did dispose him to a ready observation of the Law of Kindness in his whole Conversation."
His daughter, Elizabeth (1711), married the Rev. Joseph Sewall, fourth minister of the South Church, and his grandson, Samuel Sewall (1749), was elected deacon in 1763. Mr. Walley has had faithful representatives in the church in almost every generation since his death.
1680.
SIMON BRADSTREET,
ANNE BRADSTREET.
Simon Bradstreet, educated at Emanuel College, Cam- bridge, came to this country in the "Arbella," with Governor Winthrop; assistant, 1630, and during forty-eight years. In 1679 he was chosen Governor, and annually thereafter until 1686, when Joseph Dudley assumed the office of President under a commission from James II. After the deposition of Sir Edmund Andros by a revo- lution of the people, in April, 1689, Bradstreet was again chosen Governor, and served until May, 1692. He mar- ried first, Anne, daughter of Governor Thomas Dudley ; and secondly, Anne, daughter of Emanuel Downing, and widow of Joseph Gardner. Her sister, Mary Downing, married Anthony Stoddard, as his first wife.
In 1663, Simon Bradstreet and Thomas Danforth were appointed to prepare "an epistle to the Indian Bible, dedicatory to His Majesty, and to cause the same to be printed."
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" The most venerable figure whom we now see is old Simon Bradstreet, full of years and of dignity. . When Andros is overthrown in 1689, he will be placed at the head of the government, though weighed down with the snows of ninety years. We prize the few words in which the Labadist mis- sionaries describe him, 'an old man, quiet and grave, dressed in black silk, but not sumptuously.' Venerable, but not forcible, his memory was long cherished, largely because he had the happy fortune to linger the last survivor of a band of remarkable men. He seemed to concentrate in himself the dignity and wisdom of the first century of Massachusetts life." --- Footc.
March 27, 1697 ; " About 10. at night Gov' Bradstreet dyes ; which we are told of March. 29th at Cambridge, where we were upon the account of Mrs. Danforth's Funeral." April 2 ; "About 3 was the Funeral ; Bearers, M' Danforth, Major Gen. Winthrop, M' Cook, Col. Hutchinson, Sewall, M' Secretary : Col. Gedney and Major Brown led the widow ; I bore the feet of the Corps into the Tomb, which is new, in the Old Burying place. M' Willard, Capt. Checkly, Capt. Hill, Capt. Williams, Capt Belchar, &c. there. M' Bromfield, M' Eyre. Probably very many would have assisted had not the wether been discouraging. Three Volleys, but no Great Guns, by reason of the Scarcity of Powder. Came home com- fortably in the Sunshine ; which prov'd well; for the next morning was a set Rain. Ministers at the Funeral, M Willard, M' Shepard, MFF Chiever, M' Higginson, Noyes, M' Hale, M' Gerrish, M' Hubbard of Ipswich, which are all I took notice of." -- Sewall.
Mrs. Bradstreet died in Salem, April, 1713.
WILLIAM GERRISH, married, 1645, Joanna, widow of John Oliver. The Rev. Joseph Gerrish, of Wenham, was his son.
SAMUEL SENDALL, Boston, was first at Newbury ; in his will he says : "Edward Rawson brought me into this country." Had wife Joanna. Another wife, Elizabeth, in his will of 29 Sept. 1684, proved 8 Oct. next, described as "singular comfortable and good wife and yokefellow," had been provided for by the contract of marriage, yet he gave something to her and also to her daughter Abigail. -Savage.
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She had been third wife of John Warren; and found another husband in John Hayward, the notary ; and a fourth in Phineas Wilson, of Hartford.
PRUDENCE FRARY, daughter of John, of Medfield, and niece of Deacon Theophilus Frary (1669). She was born 20 Aug. 1662 ; married Henry Adams, 3rd, of Medfield, and was received into the church there, I Aug. 1697. She died in 1750, "having seen the fifth generation."
" The remembrance of her virtue is still cherished."- Morse (1859).
HANNAH HOWARD-MAIR, wife of John Mair.
WILLIAM AVERY.
" Of Dedham, a physician, or apothecary, probably both, artill. co. 1654. Ile was a lieutenant, 1673. of the town's company, and freeman, 1677 ; possibly the bookseller men- tioned by Thomas in his History, II. 411, certainly the representative for Springfield, 1669, and he died at Boston IS March, 1687, aged about 65. His wife Margaret died 28 Sept. 1678."-Savage.
Judge Sewall writes, under date 4 May, 1687 :
"Goe to the meeting at Mistress Averyes ; read out of Dr. Sibs about submitting to God's Providence."
Mary. Tappan (1674) was his second wife.
The Rev. DEODAT LAWSON, son of the Rev. Thomas, of Denton, Norfolk, England. Is first heard of at Martha's Vineyard, 1676. Savage says, if he had become a member of the Second instead of the Third Church, when he came to Boston, Cotton Mather would have told more about him in his Magnalia. Freeman, 1680; preached for a time at Salem Village, now Danvers, where the people would have settled him, but he moved to Scituate, and became the third minister of the Second Church
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there, to which he transferred his membership from the South Church. He was at Salem Village during the sad experiences there in connection with the witchcraft de- lusion, and preached a sermon, 24 March, 1692, entitled "Christ's Fidelity the only Shield against Satan's Malignity," which was printed, and is in the Prince Libra- ry. He died, after 1698. His first wife was Jane (1683) ; his second, Deborah Allen.
JAMES PECKER,
GOODWIFE PECKER.
"James Pecker, Charlestown, 165S, said to have been born 1622, perhaps had wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Friend of Salem ; was afterward at Haverhill, and last, about 1682, at Boston." -- Savage.
Judge Sewall mentions an Ensign Pecker incidentally.
ELIZABETH HERBERT, wife of John. John Herbert, of Reading, capt., married about 1680, Elizabeth, widow of Nathaniel Graves, and daughter of the Hon. Richard Russell ; he died, 1712; the widow died, 18 Oct. 1714.
SAMUEL GREENWOOD, son of Miles, of Norwich, Eng- land ; Boston, 1670. By wife Mary (1671), had daughter Mary, baptized 4 Jan. 1673-4, who died at 45 years of age, unmarried ; also Samuel, and other children. He died, 19 Aug. 171I.
Aug. 21, 1711 ; " Samuel Greenwood, an honest christian, North-burying place. - 65."-Sewall.
REBECCA BLAKEMAN, daughter of Joshua Scottow (1669), and wife of the Rev. Benjamin (son of the Rev. Adam) Blakeman, who graduated at Harv. Coll. 1663, and was ordained, 1674, at Malden, where for a time he was a col- league of the Rev. Michael Wigglesworth.
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"He gave up his pulpit 1678, removed next year to Saco, there was a magistrate. but he for some time preached at Scarborough. During the great French and Indian war, be- ing driven to Boston, he served, 1683, as representative for Saco, but continued to live at Boston. Their children, Benja- min and Rebecca, were baptized at the Old South."-Savage.
Mrs. Blakeman died 21 March, 1715, aged 63, and was buried at Copp's Hill.
1681.
EUNICE WILLARD, daughter of Edward Tyng, and sec- ond wife of the Rev. Samuel Willard (1677), whom she married about 1679. Her sister, Hannah, married Habijah Savage (1708), and her sister Rebecca, Governor Joseph Dudley.
1682.
HANNAH WALKER - BEECHER, daughter of Deacon Theophilus Frary (1669) ; she married, first, Isaac Walker (1674), who died 1688; and secondly, 13 Feb. 1689, the Hon. Andrew Belcher (1697), one of the committee of safety in the insurrection against Andros, and a member of the council, 1702-17.
" At her second marriage, Mr. Belcher had four young daughters, who all married great connections, and a son Jonathan [(1706)], who graduated at Harvard College, 1699, and became royal governor of Massachusetts. She seems to have had no issue, but her influence in rearing the children of Mr. Belcher must have been efficient and happy. Ather house during the momentous crisis of our first revolution, must have been secret consultations by leading patriots, like her father and husband, whose plans were not disclosed until ripened into action."-Morse.
PRUDENCE MORSE. Christopher Morse, Boston, mari- ner, had a wife Prudence, and a daughter of the same name born 6 Feb. 1665.
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JOSEPH BRISCO, son of Josepli, of Boston, and of his wife Abigail, daughter of John Compton. He was a neigh- bor and friend of Judge Sewall, who frequently mentions him in his Diary. He was a bearer at the funeral of Dame Walker, Dec. 1695, and at that of Mrs. Abigail Perry, Oct. 1718. Judge Sewall speaks of him as his son's tenant, and (1703) performed the marriage ceremony for one of his daughters. By his wife Rebecca (1682), he had Rebecca, Joseph, John and Sarah.
PHOEBE BROOK --- MANLY, wife of William Manly (1689).
MARY PEASE, wife of Samuel Pease.
1683.
JOHN EYRE, or EYERS, youngest son of Simon, of Watertown, surgeon, who came in the " Increase " from London, 1635. His mother was Martha, daughter of William Hubbard, and widow of John Whittingham, of Ipswich. He was born 19 Feb. 1654; artill. co. 1682; in the committee of safety, 1689; representative 1693 and 1698.
June 17, 1700 ; " M" John Eyre makes his Will in the morn- ing, and dies in the Afternoon, an hour or 2. before Sunset. Born Febr. 19th 1653-4. I visited him on Satterday in the Afternoon : He was sitting up in his little Room, Took me by the hand at first coming in, Desired me to pray for him when took leave. Fourth-day, June 19, 1700; M' Jnº Eyre is entomed in the new burying place. Nine of his children are laid there to handsel the new Tomb : Bearers, Sewall, Addington. Townsend, Byfield, Dumer, Davis: Scarys and Rings. L' Gov' and many of the Council there. M' Thomas Brattle led his mourning widowed Sister."-Scwall.
ELIZABETH OLIVER, daughter of Thomas Brattle (1669), and wife of Nathaniel Oliver (1685).
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May 3, 1719 ; " Between 6 and 7. Mrs. Elizabeth Oliver is buried ; Bearers, Wn Tailer esq', Edward Bromfield esq"; John Clark esq", Elisha Cooke esq ; M' Thomas Clark, William Harris esq'." -- Sewall.
KATHARINE EYRE-WINTHROP, daughter of Thomas Brattle (1669), sister of Elizabeth Oliver (1683), and wife of John Eyre (1683). She told Judge Sewall in the winter of 1717-18, that she was married to Mr. Eyre 20 May, 16So; they lived together for twenty years and had twelve children, nearly all of whom died young. She married, secondly, Wait Still Winthrop (1689) as his second wife, and became a widow again, 7 Nov. 1717. Judge Sewall would have married her for his third wife, had he received en- couragement from her, as appears from the very explicit entries in his Diary. Their relations, however, continued to be friendly ; and he gives an account of a visit which he made to her when she was on her death bed, ac- companied by his son, then the pastor of the South Church, who at Mrs. Winthrop's request offered prayer in her behalf. She died, 2 Aug. 1725.
" Monday. Aug 2; Mrs. Katherine Winthrop, Relict of the honble Wait Winthrop esq', died Etatis 61. She was born in September, 1664. The Escutcheons on the HIcarse bore the Arms of Winthrop and Brattle, The Lion Sable. Aug' 5. 1725. Bearers, His Hon" L' Gov" Dummer, Sam1 Sewall ; Col. Byfield, Edw. Bromfield csq"; Simeon Stoddard esq'. Adam Winthrop esq. Was buried in the South-burying place. in a Tomb near the North-cast corner. Will be much miss'd." -- Sewall.
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