History and records of the First Congregational church, Hanover, Mass., 1727-1865, and inscriptions from the headstones and tombs in the cemetery at Centre Hanover, Mass., 1727-1894. Being volume I of the church and cemetery records of Hanover, Mass, Part 14

Author: Briggs, L. Vernon (Lloyd Vernon), 1863-1941; Hanover (Mass.). First Congregational Church
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : W. Spooner, printer
Number of Pages: 370


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July 1 ... child of John & Rebecca HOUSE. July 9 Joseph BATES.


July 30 ... . child of William & Martha CURTIS.


July 31 Deborah PRATT.


August 10 . . son of Seth and Elizabeth STETSON.


October 9 Sarah, wife of Timothy BAILY.


October 18 Ezekiel, son of Ezekiel & Ruth TURNER.


At this interval the records of 29 deaths appear to be missing.


1743. November 5 Mary, wife of Joshua STAPLES.


December 7 Robert STETSON, a very old man: near 100. 1743-44. February 28 ...... CROOKER, a child exceeding sud- denly.


May child of Robert BARKER.


June son of Robert BARKER.


183


ORIGINAL RECORDS.


June 17 DOGGETT, a child.


June 24 . child of Edward EASTICE.


July 30 Capt. CUSHING'S negro child.


August 10 Mehetabel CURTISS, daughter of Elisha.


August II Ezra, son of Benjamin & Martha MANN.


August 23 Sarah, daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth WILKS.


October 20 . . · daughter of Benja. SYLVESTER, Junr.


October 23 Rachel, wife of James ROGERS.


November 2 The widow TURNER: Caleb's mother : aged 86.


December 17 ...... child of Jeremiah & Deborah ROGERS.


December 22 Baily, only son of James ROGERS.


1744-45. March 19 Mary, relict of Deacon James HATCH.


May 16 An infant of James CORNISH & wife.


June 11 Prince HOWLAND: a young man of Marshfield drowned in the Furnace Pond.


September 3 · · · · · · son of Ezekiel & Martha PALMER.


November Two children of ... . CROOKER: buried I think in one grave.


1745-46. January 4 Isaac, son of Elijah and Elizabeth CUSHING. and ye next day


January 5 Sarah, wife of James TORREY.


January 11 Martha PALMER.


February 18 Barden, son of Michael & Mary SYLVESTER. . RANDALL:


March 7 Sarah, daughter of Caleb & ..


March 18 Mary, daughter of Michael and Mary SYLVESTER.


May 30 A daughter of ye widow Elizabeth PERRY.


August or September A negro infant of Uriah LAMBERT.


October 20 Margaret, wife of Capt. James HOUSE.


October 22 Joseph, son of Joseph & Patience CORNISH. November 6 Deborah, daughter of Ebenezer and Joanna WRIGHT.


November 14 Benoni STUDLEY: an aged man.


November 22 William TORREY of a cancer which began in his nose and which rendered him the most affecting spectacle of torture I ever beheld.


November 25 The Widow Martha FORD.


December 29 or 30 Hope, wife of David TORREY.


1746-47. January or February A negro child of Elijah CUSHING, esqr.


184


ORIGINAL RECORDS.


February 11 RICHARD FITZGERALD, who had been schoolmaster in the town near twenty years.


March 27 Deborah wife of David STOCKBRIDGE


June 15 An infant of Joseph & Abigail HOUSE.


June 28 A child of Joseph & Alice NEAL.


September 24 Matthew EASTICE, Junr. a young man of between 20 & 21 years of age who in making a rash attempt to swim over North River with all his cloaths on heavy with water & mudd was drowned about 8 or 9 of ye clock in the morning.


November 18 Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth WILKS. Novb. or December Jupiter, a negro man of Mr. John CURTISS.


1747-48. February 7 A child of James and . . . CORNISH.


February An infant of . . SYLVESTER.


April 17 Samuel, son of Seth and Elizabeth STETSON.


July 9 John, son of Jeremiah & Deborah ROGERS.


September 22 Joseph NEAL : who on the evening of the 16th day of the month fell (according to his own account) before the wheel of his loaden cart which went over him & yet left no mark.


September 24 Deborah, daughter of Othniel & Mary PRATT : aged 6 months and a few days: her distemper was a violent cough com- mon among children & strangled her.


October 6 Nathaniel CURTISS : a young man almost 21. 1 December 19 or 29 Elnathan PALMER : aged about 86.


1748-49. January 10 Isaac STETSON.


January 12 Paul, son of Clement and Agatha BATES.


January 15 Joshua, son of Joshua and ... PALMER.


January 23 Briton, a negro child of John & Elizabeth STUDLEY.


May 11 An infant of Sam'll WITHERELL.


June 14 Hannah, daughter of Thomas & Sarah CURTISS.


July 30 . child of Windsor & Mercy JONAS.


August 7 RANSOM, who was killed in a moment by a loaden cart running over his head.


September 11 Shadrach HATCH.


October 23 Rebecca, daughter of John & Elizabeth STUDLEY.


October 24 Abigail, daughter of Joshua & Elizabeth BARSTOW. October 28 A child of Robert BARKER.


November 19 An infant of Jeremiah & Deborah ROGERS.


1749-50. January 20 William, son of Benjamin CURTISS, deceased.


March 8 A child of Francis and KANE.


185


ORIGINAL RECORDS.


March 23 William WITHEREL.


April 9 Mary wife of Joseph CURTISS.


April 14 STAPLES, an infant.


May 31 daughter of William & Elizabeth EASTICE.


June 18 Ramsdale, son of Joseph and Mary RAMSDALE in the morning, and in the evening


· daughter of Jabez and Mary JOSSELYN by drowning


in stream of water at the tail of a Tug wheel (or Forge?)


November I Jesse, son of Jesse and Mary TORREY.


November 9 An infant child of Elisha PALMER.


November To Sarah, the wife of Richard BUKER who had been for many years in great affliction.


November 29 John CURTIS.


1750-51. January 17 John, son of Joshua & Lydia STUDLEY. February 24 or 25 A child of Peg PETERS.


February 28 Hannah, daughter of Nathanael & Hannah ROBBINS: a child betwixt (I think, 6 & 7 years old) whose death was occasioned & within a little more than two days accomplished by a wound at the inner corner of her eye from a little stub root in ye ground on which she fell as she was getting over a scraggy fence.


March 17 An Indian woman: very suddenly on ye Lord's Day morning.


April 5 .. son of Caleb & Mary ROGERS. April 8 Sarah, daughter of Job and ...... TILDEN.


June 2 John, son of Jeremiah & Deborah ROGERS.


July 11 Mr. Hatherly FOSTER of Scituate: killed by lightning.


July 18 .... . son of David STOCKBRIDGE, esqr. and his wife Jane.


July 27 Seth, son of Josiah CURTISS : of the throat disorder.


August 7 A negro child of Ensign John BAILY.


September 4 The wife of Theophilus WITHERELL.


1752. January I John LAMBERT an aged man after long confine- ment to his bed in uncommonly grievous circumstances.


January An infant child of Othniel PRATT.


February 3 Abigail, daughter of Abijah STETSON.


May 2 or 3 · son of Eliab STUDLEY.


May 17 Joseph, son of Abiel COBB : baptised just a week before.


May 19 Abigail, daughter of Abiel COBB.


May 21 Deborah, another child of Abiel Cobb : She fell a-bleeding at the nose about 36 hours afore she died, which bleeding ceased not (if at all intermitted) till her death.


186


ORIGINAL RECORDS.


May 22 (perhaps) A Child of John and Ann BRAY.


May 23 A child of Sylvanus and Hannah WING.


May 24 The wife of Abiel COBB.


May 28 or 29 Another Child of John and Ann BRAY.


May 31 Another Child of Sylvanus & Hannah WING.


June 2 Mr. John BAILY.


June 4 Jeroboam, the only son of Abiel COBB.


June 8 Katharine FITZGERALD.


July 16 Deborah ROGERS.


July 30 William, son of William and Mary WHITTEN.


September Lillis, daughter of Isaac & Deborah LAMBERT.


November 17 An ...... child of Elizabeth SYLVESTER, maiden daughter of Amos Sylvester.


1753. January 3 Elizabeth, wife of David JENKINS.


January 15 Jeremiah, son of Jeremiah & Deborah ROGERS.


January 16 or 17 ...... son of Robert BARKER.


January 22 Betty, daughter of Clement and Agatha BATES.


January 27 Nathanael, son of James and Margaret CLARK.


February 11 Margaret FRANK, a Welsh woman : judged to have been about 96 years old.


March 2 Mrs : BAILY, relict of Mr. John Baily who died


about 9 months before.


March 6 Mr. Ebenezer CURTISS.


March 11 Ruth ELLIS.


April 4 Nathanael TORREY.


June 4 James, son of Samuel & Deborah HOUSE.


June II Clement BATES, Junior, a promising young man about two and twenty years old.


At this interval the records of 25 deaths appear to be missing.


1754. August 19 An infant of Joshua & Lillis STETSON.


August 21 Desire, daughter of Caleb & Desire SYLVESTER.


October 21 Jane HANMER.


December 26. A negro Infant.


1755. March 11 The Widow VINAL, mother-in-law to Lieut. Job Tilden.


April 14 An infant son of Josiah and Alice CORNISH.


April 30 Edmund SYLVESTER, Junior, my lovely and only grand-son aged a little above two years and four months : may God make us heavenly minded and prepare us for eternal life in Heaven by this death.


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187


ORIGINAL RECORDS.


July 22 Sarah, the wife of John LAMBERT.


August 26 The Widow Frances JOSSLYN


October 11 An Indian woman who died at Mr. Mordecai ELLIS'.


October 14 Patience, wife of Joseph CORNISH.


October 29. Mary, the wife of Michael SYLVESTER.


October 31 The Widow Deborah HATCH.


November 2 An infant of Thomas PALMER.


November 30 Deborah, daughter of Jeremiah and Deborah ROGERS. 1756. February 19 Dinah, a negro, Mr. Amos SYLVESTER's servant. March 29 John HOLMES an aged man after a few weeks abode in and support by ye town, the town of Pembroke in which he once owned a very good estate, having no more manhood than to fling him upon the Town of Hanover because they might do it by the law of the Province.


May 13 Caleb CHURCH.


May 13 The wife of Isaac TURNER.


May 14 Joanna WING.


May 16 Miriam, the wife of Tailor BROOKS.


May 23 The Revd. Benjamin BASS, Pastor of the Church in Hanover. Ben Engin, an Engin of John BOSBY.


A negro of Joseph JOSLYN.


Joseph, son of Joseph CORNISH.


A child of Josiah CORNIS and Elie his wife. John VINIOL printis of Charles BAILY.


Decem. 23 (8?) The Widow Sarah JOSSELYN, the wife of Jabez Jos- selyn, deceased.


1757. Jany. 24. Margarett the daughter of Dea'n. Saml. BARSTOW and Margarett his wife.


Feb. 21. Benj. CURTIS, aged 66.


Mar. 13. Thomas RAMSDALE.


March 25. Mary CURTIS, the wife of Reuben Curtis.


May 21. Bilhah, Mr. Joshua BARSTOW's negro-woman.


June 29. Joshua, the son of Amos WRIGHT and his wife.


July 21. Mary WOODWARD the wife of Jno. Woodward.


July 25. The Widow Sarah WITHEREL.


Sept. 2. Capt. Benj. STETSON.


Sept. 14. Asenath the wife of Simeon CURTIS.


Octo. 22. Phillipi Fóx.


1758. Feby. 2. David LAWSON.


188


ORIGINAL RECORDS.


Feby. 19 An infant, the daughter of Thos. TORREY and Elizabeth his wife.


April 23. Henchman SYLVESTER.


May 15. Reuben CURTIS.


Sepr. 7. The Widow Sarah STOCKBRIDGE.


Nov. 15. Elisha, the son of Othniel PRATT and Mary his wife.


Nov. 20. Hannah, the daughter of Othniel PRATT and Mary his wife.


Dec. 6. Jabez the son of Othniel PRATT and Mary his wife.


1759. Jany. 11. William CURTIS.


March 12. Mary PRATT, the wife of Othniel Pratt.


April 15. Jane BARON ; an old woman for many years past main- tained by the Town.


May I. Joseph'Barstow, the son of Joshua BARSTOW and Elizabeth his wife.


May 17. Abel, the son of Elijah GARNETT and his wife.


June 23. Othniel PRATT.


June 27. Lydia the wife of Joshua STUDLEY.


July 9. Joshua STUDLEY.


· July 22. Jesse CURTIS.


July 30. Mary Bates the wife of Joseph BATES.


August 1. William the son of John NICOLSON and Lydia his wife.


August 4. Joshua the son of David HOUSE Jr. and Rhoda his wife.


August 14. Joseph CURTIS.


August 15. David STUDLEY.


Decemr. 2. Barker, the son of Simeon CURTIS and Lucy his wife.


Decemr. 26. Irania DILLENO.


1760, Jany. 7. Abigail STUDLEY a widow-woman.


Feby. 12. A negro boy of Mr. Job TILDEN'S.


March 14. Benjamin SYLVESTER.


Sept. 28. Joseph son of Nathll. ROBBINS & wife.


Octo. I. Thomas SYLVESTER.


Octo. 30. Abigail the wife of Joseph HOUSE.


1761. Jany. 28. Miranda, daughter of Joshua BAYLEY and Abigail his wife.


May 20. The Widow Joanna WING : aged 100 years.


June 23. Samuel STETSON.


August 21. Deborah the wife of Jeremiah ROGERS.


Septr. 17. Samuel son of Joshua SYMMONDS and Elizabeth his wife.


189


ORIGINAL RECORDS.


1762. Jany. I. John WOODWARD.


Feby. 3. Dinah, servant to the Revd. Samuel BALDWIN.


Feby. 8. Paul, son of Bezaleel CURTIS and his wife.


Feby. II. Widow Elizabeth SYLVESTER.


March 20 Widow Ruth SYLVESTER.


March 31. Thomas WHITE.


May 7. Samuel, son of the Revd. Samuel BALDWIN and Hannah his wife. Died about 3 o'clock in the morning : aged 12 months and 28 days.


May 15. Anna STUDLEY, daughter of Joshua Studley and Lydia Stud- ley, deceased.


July 23. Deborah, daughter of Samuel HOUSE and wife.


Novr. 10. Olive, daughter of Samuel WITHERELL Jr. and Ruth his wife.


Decem. 14. Deborah STETSON.


14. Seth, son of Seth and Lydia BAYLEY.


1763. Jany 12, Ruth, daughter of Stevens and Ruth HATCH.


Feby. 12. An Infant Son of Theops. WITHERELL and wife. March 22. The Widow MARGARET FITZGERALD.


April 20. Melzer, the son of Marlby and Mary TURNER.


May 29. Martha, daughter of Sylvanus WING.


July 16. Gamaliel, son of Joshua and Abigail BAYLEY.


August 6. .... .. , wife of Isaac LAMBERT


9 Peninnah, daughter of Benjamin WHITE and wife


12 Lydia STETSON


Novr. 27 Priscilla EELLES wife of Samuel Eelles.


1764. Jany. 31 Christiana, daughter of Nathll. JOSSELYN and wife. June 29 Ruth STETSON wife of Luke Stetson.


1765. Jany. 14. Abigail, daughter of Adam and Betty STETSON.


Feby. 6. John, son of John and Thankfull STETSON.


May 10. Thomas, son of Thomas ROSE Jr. and Rhoda.


July 1. Asenath, daughter of Simeon and Lucy CURTIS. Aug. 28. Rebecca STETSON


Sept. I. An Infant of Mercy PALMER'S


24. Jacob, son of Amos SYLVESTER, Jr. and Desire his wife Oct. 22. Susanna, daughter of Job and Hannah STETSON. Decem. 30. Philip, son of Samuel BARSTOW, Jr. and Hulda.


1766. Jany. 5. ..... wife of Abner CURTIS.


Feby. 7. James, son of Benjamin STUDLEY and wife. 24 Thomas ROGERS


190


ORIGINAL RECORDS.


Mar. 17. Joseph, son of Benjamin and Betty BATES.


Apl. 28 Richard CURTIS.


29 Jeffry, Negro man of Coll. TURNER. Drowned in the Furnace Pond.


May 14 Lydia BRIGGS.


June 16. Joseph STUDLEY. Killed by Lightning.


July 20. Mary RAMSDELL, wife of Joseph Ramsdell, Jr.


Aug. 3. Sarah STAPLES.


Novr. 29. Elizabeth MAN.


Decem. 28. Lurana NICHOLSON.


Indian Woman. .


1767. Jany. 31 Sarah STAPLES


Feby. 5 Mercy, daughter of Shubael and Mary MUNROE.


Mar. 29 Elibabeth SYLVESTER


April 3. Gamaliel HATCH.


12. Caleb TURNER.


24 Widow Rebecca STETSON


May 22. Abner Turner, son of Simeon and Mary RAMSDELL.


June 27. Lemuel, son of Lemuel CURTIS, Sr : aged 14 years. Drowned in his Father's Mill Pond.


Sepr. 17. Lydia BAYLEY, wife of Seth Bayley.


1768. Feby. 27 Robert STETSON.


April 19. The Widow Dorcas RANDALL.


June 4. Robert, son of Michael and Ruth SYLVESTER. Scalded to Death.


IO William TORREY.


15 Mary TURNER, wife of Wait Turner.


Aug. 9. . .. HAYFORD, the wife of Samuel Hayford.


Oct. 10. An Infant Child, son of Lemuel and Mary WHITTEN.


Nov. 8. The Widow Ruth TURNER.


13. Molley Waterman, daughter of Samuel HAYFORD


1769. Jany. 8 Phebe, a Negro girl, Slave to David and Hannah JACOB


26 Martha MAN, wife of Benja. Man.


April 25 Simeon CLARK son of James Clark and wife. June Jerusha SYLVESTER.


June 24. Reuben STETSON


30 Jerusha HILL wife of Leonard Hill.


July 3. Deborah HOUSE


7 Widow Bathsheba BRYANT.


191


ORIGINAL RECORDS.


Aug. 15. Widow Grace GILKY.


Sepr. Joseph BOZZARD: a stranger.


Sepr. 28. Charles, son of Job and Betty YOUNG


Octo. 22. Thomas BATES.


Decem. 30. A Son and Daughter, Twins, children of Isaac LAMBERT Jr: and wife.


1770. Jany. 2. David TORREY, aged 82.


19


An Infant Son of Jabez STUDLEY & wife.


Feby. 19. Widow Rachel PIERCE.


March 2 Benjn. MAN.


March 8. Mary STODDARD


24. Jno. LAMBERT.


April 12. Rose, Negro woman to David JACOB.


May Alice, daughter of Seth and Alice BAYLEY.


June 7 Joshua STAPLES


July 30 Ensign John JOSSELYN.


Nov. 2. Olive, daughter of Joseph HOUSE Jr. and Sage his wife.


Decemr. 29 Recompense TIFFANY.


1771. Jany. 19. An Infant, Daughter of Othniel and Deborah PRATT.


Feby. 13. An Infant, Son of Jabez STUDLY and wife.


March 9. Widow Mercy PALMER.


April 6. Lydia, daughter of Gideon STETSON.


II . Son of Benja. STUDLEY and wife.


July 3. An Infant, Daughter of Margaret PETERS.


July 19. Lucinda, daughter of Lemuel WHITTEN and wife.


Aug. 22. Joseph BRIANT : very suddenly.


1772. Feby. 24 Mrs. Mary BASS, Relict of the late Revd. Mr. Benja. Bass.


Mar. 16. An Infant, Daughter of Margaret PETERS.


May 26. Thomas, Son of Thomas ROSE, Jr. and Rhoda his wife.


Sepr. 22 Lemuel son of Lemuel WHITTEN and wife.


Octo. 2. Rufus, son of Joseph HOUSE Jr. and Sage his wife. Decem. 2. Phebe BATES, wife of Joseph Bates, Jr.


1773. Jany. 10. Ruth ELLIS of Abington, wife of David Ellis : pro- pounded to enter into the Church in Hanover the day before her death.


Jany. 17. Mary HARLOW, wife of Samuel Harlow.


Feby. 3. Lucy, daughter of Edmund and Betty SYLVESTER.


192


ORIGINAL RECORDS.


March 11. Deacon Joseph STOCKBRIDGE of Pembroke: a member of the Church in Hanover ; aged 100 years 8 months and 2 days.


May 15. Bathshua HOUSE wife of .Seth House.


June 21 Samuel HARLOW


July Mary WHITE, wife of Robert White.


Aug. 4. Widow Sarah RAMSDALE, aged 91 years.


IO Col. Ezekiel TURNER aged 72 years.


Oct. 9. Joseph, son Seth and Alice BAYLEY.


I7 Isaac GROSS


19 Widow Deborah TORREY.


- 22 An infant, Daughter of Jabez STUDLEY and wife.


1774. Feby. 13. Martha BRYANT, aged 84.


May 6. Sarah GROSS "Who dyed of the Dropsy after having been Tapp'd nine Times."


May 28 John WITHERELL -


June 11. Michal, daughter of Seth and Anna BATES.


July 24 Ebenezer WRIGHT.


Prissy, daughter of Joseph RAMSDALE, 3d. and Elizabeth.


Sept. 21 Caleb STETSON. He dyed at Hatia in the West Indies.


Oct. II .. wife of John STUDLEY.


Nov. 9. Peninnah, daughter of Robert WHITE.


Decem. 17. Nathanael ROBBINS : " Killed in a well at Marshfield by reason of the Earth's caving in upon and burying of him."


1775. January 10. Margarett WOODWARD 28 Sarah CURTIS.


Feby. 4. Richmond, son of David and Hannah JACOBS.


18 Stephen OTIS.


28 Jane, Negro-Servant to David and Hannah JACOBS.


March 8 Ruth, Daughter of John and Bathshua HATCH.


April 27 John, son of John & Bathshua HATCH.


April 30 An infant, son of Isaac and Hannah HATCH,


July 14 Elijah STETSON, aged 89.


23 Elizabeth GROSS.


Sepr. 8 Isaac, son of Elijah and Leah Gardner.


I3 Joseph, son of Samuel WITHERELL, Jr., and wife. John, son of Lot and Rachel RAMSDELL.


24 Ruth, daughter of Amos and Betty TURNER.


27. Olive, daughter of the Widow Hannah RANDALL. Betty, daughter of Lemuel DELANO and wife.


30. Lemuel Holmes, son of Lemuel DELANO and wife.


193


ORIGINAL RECORDS.


Oct. I. Mary, daughter of Lemuel DELANO and wife.


5 Jesse BOOE, servant to Revd. Saml. Baldwin.


IO An Infant son of Daniel TEAGUE and wife.


Oct. 12. Peleg KEEN, son of Ebenezer Keen : aged 19 “ Dyed in the service at Scituate: entered among these records at the desire of his father."


Nov. 6. Widow Sage JOSSELYN


26. Ezra MAN : belonging to the American Army.


Decr. 7 .... wife of Elisha PALMER.


Decem. 26. An Infant, son of Lemuel and Mercy BATES An Infant, son of Eliab STUDLEY, Jr. and wife.


1776. Jany. 31. Samuel BARSTOW, son of Samuel & Huldah Bar- stow.


Mar. 2. Timothy CHURCH.


17. Hannah JACOB, wife of David Jacob.


30. The Widow Experience CURTIS: aged 96 years.


April 6. The Widow Hanna .. TORREY, aged 81 years.


June 7. An Infant, Daughter of Joseph CARRELL and wife.


July 8 Sarah SYLVESTER, wife of Nathll. Sylvester ..


July 10. Betty CURTIS, wife of Elisha Curtis.


Aug. 12. Philip son of Elisha CURTIS.


Sepr. 21. Zilpah CURTIS wife of James Curtis.


Oct. 3. Mary TURNER, wife of Marlbry Turner.


27 Olive, daughter of Mary MAN.


Nov. 5. Lillis, daughter of Lemuel and Ruth CURTIS. 6 Hannah, wife of Sylvanus WING.


Decem. 3. An Infant, son of Lemuel BATES and wife.


1777. Jany. 12 Roland, son of James CURTIS. 25 Melzer, son of Melzer and Kezia CURTIS. 29 Charles, son of Elijah and Susannah STETSON.


Feby. 9. Susannah STETSON wife of Elijah Stetson.


21 Rachel, daughter of Ezra BRIGGS. 26. Josiah CURTIS.


March 9. Ruth SOAPER, wife of Joseph Soaper. 18 Jesse TORREY, Jr. 19 Seth HOUSE


April 19. Mary TORREY, wife of Jesse Torrey.


May 14 John HOUSE


June 6. Lucy TORREY,


194


ORIGINAL RECORDS.


June 9. Elitheer, daughter of John CURTIS, Jr. and Anna his wife.


Sepr. 4. Thomas TORREY, Jr.


29 Robert CORTHELL.


Oct. 17. Prissy, daughter of Joseph RAMSDALE, 3rd. and Elizabeth.


1778. Jany. 12 Eli, son of Seth and Anna BATES.


Feby. 19 . .. . son of Widow Rachel MERITT.


April 12. Elizabeth BAYLEY, wife of Lieut. John Bayley.


17. An Infant, still-born son of Timo. ROBBINS and wife.


23 An Infant, son of Ebenezer WING Jr. and wife.


May 4. Orphan TORREY.


18 Drusilla daughter of Job and Mary CASWELL.


July 1I Abigail, daughter of Seth and Alice BAILEY.


15. Rebecca, daughter of Seth and Alice BAILEY.


Aug. 25 Rhoda HOUSE, wife of David House, Jr.


Sepr. 16. Charles, son of Timothy and Lydia ROSE.


21 Reuben, son of Samuel and Alice STETSON.


24 Deborah CUSHING, daughter of Job and Betty YOUNG. Deacon Thomas ROSE.


28 Lieut. John BAYLEY.


'29 Ruth, daughter of Timo. and Lydia ROSE.


Octo. 2. Widow Sarah TORREY.


6 Thomas TORREY.


9. Betty, daughter of Job and Betty YOUNG.


12. Joseph, son of Benja. and Bradbury STETSON.


13 Caleb, son of Benja. and Bradbury STETSON.


14 Rachel TORREY, wife of Stephen Torrey.


16. Elisha, son of Benja. and Bradbury STETSON.


18 Isaac TURNER.


20 Charles, son of Benja. and Bradbury STETSON.


21 Charles, son of Levi and Deborah CORTHELL. Lois, daughter of Isaac and Lois JOSSELYN.


26. Lydia Peterson, daughter of Daniel TEAGUE and wife.


27 Joseph RAMSDALE, Jr.


1779. March 10. DAPHNE, an old negro-woman.


20. Mary Bowker, daughter of Joseph and Mary TORREY.


April 2. The Widow Elizabeth TORREY.


April 16. Joanna STUDLEY.


Sepr. 10 David, son of Robert and Anna WHITE.


195


ORIGINAL RECORDS.


1784. December 1. Revd. Samuel BALDWIN dyed after a long delirium.


1785. December 13th and 17th were intered Eliab STUDLY, 78 and Widow Martha CURTIS, aged 72.


1786. Jany 15. London, negro-man of Widow TURNER : about 19 years old.


20 Dick, negro-man of Coll. BAILEY : supposed about 90 years old.


25 The Widow Deborah STETSON : aged 81 or there- about of old age.


Feby. 10


30 Lucy SYLVESTER aged 12} years. of a consumption. Benjamin WHITE aged 65 complicated disorders.


March 29 Deborah BATES aged 52 consumption & dropsy.


31 Lucy wife of Charles OTIS : aged 36 of a consumption.


June 19 Wife of Joseph RAMSDEL ætat 44 consumption.


Aug. 13 Becca, daughter of James WHITING : between 3 & 4 years old a fever and canker.


26 Avis DWELLY, daughter of Joshua Dwelly : ætat 16 of a nervous fever.


Octr. 28. Child of Gamal : BATES : ætat 15 months : dyed with the canker.


Nov. 21. Jedediah DWELLY, son of Joshua Dwelly : aged 18. of a. nervous fever.


Dec. 8. Betty WING : aged 40. dyed of a consumption & dropsy.


25 Wife of Clement BATES aged 74. dyed of old age.


1787. Jany 8. Asa WHITING's wife ; aged 24 dyed of a fever : ye 3rd of ye Dwelly family lately.


March 15 Joshua DWELLY : aged 51 years. of a cancer.


28 Widow Sarah HATCH, aged 86. Dropsy with old age. Solomon BATES, aged 84 old age & suddenly.


April 30. Joseph JOSSELYN, esqr. : aged 88 old age.


June 24 Widow Persis TOWER : aged 80. of old age.


Aug. 3 Infant of Coll. Amos TURNER : aged 8 weeks. dyed hoop- ing cough: set into fits.


Sep. 4. Widow Elizabeth STETSON : aged 83 dyed of old age.


Sept. 23 John STUDLEY, aged 83 dyed of old age.


Oct. I. Nabby CURTIS, aged 24. dyed of a Consumption. Nov. 13. Christopher SYLVESTER aged 20 dyed of a consumption : Atrophy.


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ORIGINAL RECORDS.


Dec. 30 Anna CURTIS, aged 77 of old age : an invalid from her youth.


1788. March 14 Clement BATES, aged 80. dyed of old age.


24 Child of Gamaliel BATES, 7 monthsold of worms.


April 13. Wife or Dea. Samll. BARSTOW aged 80 of old age. June 27. Wife of Capn. Luther BAILY : ætat 35 paralitic disorder. July 9. Ezekiel PALMER, aged 87 of old age.


Aug. 15. Daughter of Major Luther BAILY : an infant ætat 7 weeks never well.


16. Wife of Ezra BRIGGS, Junr. aged 30 dyed of consumption.


22 Mr. Joseph RAMSDEL aged 80 : dyed of old age.


24 Infant son of Elias WHITING of a strange inflamation & swelling.


Sepr. 19 Hannah STOCKBRIDGE aged 95. dyed old age.


Decr. 3 Son of Bena. BATES, Junr. 19 months old dyed of worms.


Decr. 12 Betty BATES, aged 36 dyed of a consumption.


23. David STOCKBRIDGE, esqr. aged 75 long nervous languish- ment.


1789. Mar. 14. Wife of Levi MAN, aged 33 of a bilious morti- fication.


26. Wife of Josiah CHAMBERLAIN, aged 24 of a con- sumption.


30 Infant daughter of Samll. NASH, 18 months old. tho't to be a consumption.


May 4. Wife of Capn. Calvin CURTIS aged 31. of a consumption.


July 7. Daughter of Betty BATES : aged 10 months of fits.


July 24 Wife of Homer WHITING aged 27. of a delirium & con- sumption.


Aug. 12. Infant son of Shubael MUNRO Junr. aged 2 days. by na- ture imperfect.


21. Widow Abigail CLARK aged 85 dyed of old age.


23. Widow of Jona. PRAT aged 47 of a bilious colic.


Octr. 26. Wife of Samuel CURTIS aged 72 of a delirious languish- ment.


Nov. 2. Hannah BALDWIN aged 24 of a nervous delirious consump- tion.


28 Lucy, daughter of Thos. WHITING : aged 42. Lung fever. 1790. Jany. 2. Widow Deborah PETERSON aged 80 : of old age. Feby. 6. Samuel CLAY aged 66. nervous consumption.


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ORIGINAL RECORDS.


Feby. 14 Son of Ezra BRIGGS Junr. 2 years old. hereditary consump- tion.


April 14 Thomas ROBBINS : aged 38. drowned.


16 Infant daughter of Melzar CURTIS aged 9 months. dyed of a fever.


May I. Capn. Joseph SOPER aged 87. old age.


2 Nathll. JOSLYNN aged 68. of a pleurisy.


4 Daughter of Melzar CURTIS aged 3 years 3 months. dyed of a fever.


8 Widow Hannah BALDWIN aged 52 of a lung fever : relict of the Revd. S. Baldwin.


I7 Son of Shubael MUNRO Jr : Infant 9 hours old. Immature.


20. Elias WHITING aged 37 Lung fever & highly nervous.


May 21 Oliver BONNEY aged 32 Lung fever.




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