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Father Schofield died on Sunday, September 10, 1916, and was succeeded by Rev. Charles P. Heaney, of Roxbury, who was transferred from the Church of St. Gregory, Dorchester, Mass. This is Father Heaney's first charge as pastor.
One of the societies connected with the church is the St. John's Total Abstinence Society, organized some thirty years ago with about twenty members. William J. Quigley was its first president. The society now receives the assistance of a ladies' auxiliary in its various social activities. The Holy Name and Ladies' Sodality are also very active organizations. Another flourishing society is the local Court of the Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters, known as Court Wannalancit, No. 171, with a membership of about 150.
The establishment of a private school is also connected with the history of St. John's parish. This was conducted in the basement of the church some forty-five years ago, with an attend- ance of about twenty-five pupils, but for some reason it was discontinued after a three months' experiment under the tuition of Miss Bridget O'Donnell.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
The earliest known record of Members of the Church of England in Chelmsford is found in the following extracts from the diary of the Rev. Ebenezer Bridge.
1757. July 21. Went to Dracut. Dined at Rev. Mr. Parker's with Mr. Brown, Junr., Episcopal minister-&c.
Nov. 27. Lord's Day .- Stopp'd Chh after Service P M and read a letter fm some ye Inhabitants of Lyndeborough Inviting us to assist in Ordaining Mr. Jno. Rand, 7 Dec. next. Chh voted to gratify their request. Voted also yt brothr Zachh Emery be ye delegate.
-Dec. 13 ...... received a short Visit fm Rev. Mr. Rand (ordained last week at Lyndeborough) in his way to Charlestown.
-- 17 ...... Rev. Mr. Rand of Lyndeborough came to see me in his way fm Charlestown & lodged with me.
-- 18. Lord's Day. Rev. Mr. Rand preached all day for me frm Luk. 11: 28-a very great snow storm fm last even'g to this- -- 19. Justice Fletcher and Mr. Rand dined wth me-we Spent evening at ye Justice's. Mr. Rand lodged with me again. - 20. Mr. Rand went homeward-
1760. Sept. 27. Wrote serm: but could not finish-had a Visit - fm Rev. Mr. Brown Junr. a Minister of ye Chh of England (sine cure) In his way from Boston to Dunstable, & fm Mr. Farrar a preachr. in his way fm Concord to Dracut.
1761. June 16, P. M. received a visit from the Rev. Mr. Brown, Itinerant missionary of ye Chh of England.
1763. Oct. 5. Received a visit (P M) fm Mr. Rand late minister of Lyndeboro, now a Conformist to ye Chh of England.
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1765. Dec. 11. Mr. Brown, commonly called Domine, dined with me.
Mr. Rand was born in Charlestown, 1727; H. U., 1748; married Sarah Goffe.
He was town clerk and selectman of Bedford, N. H. in 1783 and was Justice of the Peace under George III. He represented Bedford in the Convention which formed the Constitution of New Hampshire in 1805. He was not altogether in accord with his people. One who knew him wrote, "Perhaps his ideas were a little in advance of the time."
After conforming to the Church of England he occasionally officiated as a layman in one or two congregations of Church people, but did not receive Episcopal ordination.
"Rev. Mr. Brown, Junr.," was, no doubt, the Rev. Marma- duke Browne, son of the Rev. Arthur Browne, who was rector of St. John's, Portsmouth, from 1736 until his death in 1773, and is mentioned in Longfellow's "Tales of a Wayside Inn." The father was born at Drogheda, Ireland, 1699; M. A., Trinity, Dublin, 1729. "An accurate scholar, a keen controversialist, a profound thinker, and an able and excellent preacher." The son spent his ministry chiefly in New Hampshire and Rhode Island, and died before his father. He was a man of eminent abilities, learning and piety; and his ministry was both happy and successful. [Sprague's Annals.]
ST. ANNE'S CHURCH.
The first Episcopal Church in Chelmsford was St. Anne's, built by the Merrimack Manufacturing Company for the benefit of the new population brought together by the Mills in East Chelmsford. $9,000 was the amount appropriated for that purpose. The first stone was laid in May, 1824, and the building was consecrated by Bishop Griswold, March 16, 1825. The first services in the village were performed by the Rev. Theodore Edson, who had been invited by the Company to come for a few Sundays. March 7, 1824 was the date of the first service. Dr. Edson in his diary says:
1824. March 6. Saturday. Came up to Chelmsford the first time for the purpose of supplying the people in the Merrimack Manufacturing Corporation with preaching and divine service. Rode up with Mr. Boott and was hospitably entertained at his house.
Sunday-preached.
Monday. Returned to Boston in stage.
The next Sunday he came again and was invited to remain.
These services, until the church was built, were held in the upper room of a new schoolhouse, which stood on the site of the later building called the Green School. The Old Residents'
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Contributions, Vol. 3, contains a list of 278 members of the Merrimack Religious Society, and a list of members of the Beeth- oven Musical Society, organized Sept. 15, 1824, (seventy-five gentlemen and fifty-three ladies) which performed the musical parts of the service of Conservation of St. Anne's. This service with the ordination of Messrs. Edson and Cutler, occupied four hours, from ten until two o'clock.
Dr. Edson was born in Bridgewater, August 24, 1793, and was ordained deacon by Bishop Griswold, Sept. 11, 1823, and priest by the same Bishop on the same day that St. Anne's was consecrated. He died June 25, 1883, having been rector of St. Anne's almost sixty years.
The church was built between Kirk and Anne streets, named for Kirk Boott and his wife.
At the time of Dr. Edson's coming to Chelmsford, there were more than one thousand persons dwelling upon Chelmsford Neck, the greater part of whom were employed by the Merrimack Company. There was no place of religious worship within the Town limits nearer than the meeting house in the centre of the Town, four miles away. The first organization formed was called "The Merrimack Religions Society." In 1831, the name was changed to "The Congregation of St. Anne's Church."
ALL SAINTS' CHURCH.
Towards the middle of the last century, about 1850, the religious life of the Town was in an enfeebled condition. Miss Anna Eliza Hunt, an intellectual and refined lady reared among the aristocracy of Charlestown, coming to live in Chelmsford, was impressed with the need of some agency to interest the young, for whose religious training practically nothing was provided, and to arouse the older people. Her persistent efforts resulted in the establishment of a Sunday School, which was well attended. It met sometimes at the house of Thomas P. Proctor, Esq., at the South Village, and in the parlor of Mrs. Eliza Fiske at the Centre. The clergy of Lowell were soon interested and Dr. Edson, who had preached by invitation in the meeting house on Fast Day, April 5, 1860, came on Sunday, July 15 of that year, and held a service in the brick schoolhouse in Forefathers' Cemetery, where the Sunday School met.
The services were continued with good regularity, by various clergymen, among them the Rev. Andrew Croswell, the Rev. N. G. Allen (son of the Rev. Wilkes Allen), and Dr. Nicholas Hoppin.
On May 20, 1867, the parish of St. Anne was organized. (The name was changed to All Saints, Feb. 28, 1888, by act of the General Court.)
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At the time of the above meeting, which took place in the basement of the meeting house, a service was held by the Rev. Dr. Edson of St. Anne's and the Rev. Charles L. Hutchins of St. John's, Lowell.
The officers elected were: Samuel C. Hunt, senior warden; Albert C. Harris, junior warden; John H. Hunt, clerk and treas- urer; vestrymen, George A. Howard, George W. Gaymonds, Samuel L. Byam, Everett E. Lapham and Thomas M. Gerrish. These names, with those of Adams Chamberlain and Lafayette Ward, were on the application for the meeting. The warrant had been issued on May 13, by Benjamin Walker, Esq., justice of the peace.
On June 17, 1867, the Rt. Rev. Thomas March Clark, D. D., Bishop of Rhode Island, held a confirmation, the candidates being presented by Dr. Hutchins.
In 1868, the property on which the church now stands, at the corner of Lowell and Billerica streets, a house and five acres, was purchased of Mrs. Lydia S. Morse, wife of the Rev. Horace W. Morse, the Unitarian minister. It had been their home. In this house a chapel was neatly arranged, and called Emmanuel Chapel, where services were held by clergymen and lay-readers from Lowell and elsewhere, until the church was built, the cornerstone of which was laid November 5, 1879. The church was consecrated December 20, 1882, by the Rt. Rev. Benjamin F. Paddock, D. D. The tower was completed in 1888, in memory of Dr. Edson. Among those who have made valuable gifts to the church are Mrs. E. V. Pierce, Miss E. M. Edson, F. F. Ayer, Esq., Judge Josiah Gardner Abbott, and Mr. Thomas A. Forsyth. The fine toned organ was built in 1899, the gift of Mr. F. F. Ayer. There is a carved oak rood screen in memory of George H. Tryder. The families of Charles D. Clark and Alexander B. Paasche were for many years faithful workers in the parish. The Misses Hunt were also efficient workers from the beginning.
The rectors of All Saints' have been:
Rev. Benjamin F. Cooley 1875-1880, with an interval of a few months in 1876
Rev. J. J. Cressy 1881-1887
Rev. A. Q. Davis 1888-1892
Rev. Wilson Waters 1892-
The rector's historical address at the fortieth anniversary in 1900 was printed.
The present officers are: Frank Hindle, senior warden; Edgar G. Fay, junior warden; Henrik A. Paasche, clerk; John J. Middleton, treasurer; vestrymen, J. C. Wetmore, William Clin- ton, Alfred B. Paasche, William Reid. Alfred B. Paasche was clerk for more than thirty years.
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THE CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
A number of Congregationalists met at the home of the Misses Winn in the Centre Village on Monday, January 26, 1876, and resolved "that after careful thought and consideration, we, who are shut out of certain church privileges, do now deem it expedient to send for letters of dismission and recommendation to the several churches of which we are now members, for the purpose of forming ourselves into a church to be called the Central Congregational Church of Chelmsford." Mr. George P. Winn was secretary. On request, the Baptists "cheerfully granted" their place of worship for the use of the Congregationalists, when not occupied by themselves, on payment of expenses and two dollars each Sunday afternoon. On February 12, at the residence of Mrs. Edward Tufts, the organization was effected and articles of Faith and Covenant adopted. There were present Rev. C. D. Barrows, moderator, Mr. and Mrs. Sewall Parkhurst, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Metcalf, F. W. Robinson, Captain Amos Adams Byam, Mary J. Winn, Eliza F. Winn, Martha Calhoun and Mrs. Tufts. Rev. Mr. Barrows, of Lowell, preached on Feb. 13, to about two hundred persons. Other Lowell ministers continued the preaching on Sunday afternoons. April 16, twenty people were recognized as forming the church.
An arrangement was made with the Congregationalists of Carlisle for the support of a minister, and the church was admitted to the Andover Conference on October 10.
By a new arrangement, the services began to be held in the First Congregational Church on December 3, when Rev. Frank M. Sprague preached. He became the first pastor of the two churches, as above mentioned, and on January 1, 1877, began his duties. Prayer meetings were held for a time in the schoolhouse in Chelms- ford. May 31, 1879, the union with Carlisle was dissolved, and a return was made to the Baptist Church as the place of meeting. In September, 1883, the meetings began to be held in the Town Hall.
The Act of Incorporation is dated May 28, 1886. Shortly before this date, the Misses Winn and their brother had presented the Society with a lot of land in North Row (Centre street), near their home, on which to build a house of worship. A communion service was presented by Mr. M. B. Mason of Boston, in memory of his wife. A bible was given by Philip Doddridge and Thomas Scott Edwards of East Chelmsford. The church was dedicated May 9, 1888. In 1893 the building was enlarged and a new organ was procured. .
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PASTORS.
Rev. F. M. Sprague
1877-1879
Rev. C. C. Torrey
1880-1883
Rev. J. N. Vincent
1883-1887
Rev. W. A. Anderson .
1887-1888
Rev. Charles B. Wathen
1888-1890
Rev. Frank E. Ramsdell
1890-1891
Rev. A. Lincoln Shear
1891 June to December
Rev. Joshua Foster Tucker
1893-1894
Rev. E. C. Bartlett
1894-1903
Rev. J. M. Greene, D. D., of Lowell, supplied during the winter.
Rev. Albert F. Earnshaw
1904-1908
Rev. Tilton C. H. Bouton .
1908-1910
Rev. Earl A. Roadman
1910-1913
Rev. Edward A. Robinson .
1913-
ST. ALBAN'S EPISCOPAL MISSION, NORTH CHELMSFORD.
On December 30, 1911, Archdeacon Babcock, now Suffragan Bishop, held a service in the Town Hall, North Chelmsford, and baptized several children. Monthly services were at once begun by the Rev. Wilson Waters, rector of All Saints', Chelmsford Centre, and in January, 1915, in a hall rented and fitted up with altar and other furniture. Services have since been held regularly each Sunday evening.
THE PLYMOUTH BRETHREN.
This denomination have a neat little building of their own in North Chelmsford, where their representatives began to preach about three years ago.
The mission was conducted for a time by Mr. Kirby S. Taylor, a lay preacher. It has recently been formed into a "church assembly."
CHAPTER XVII.
BURYING GROUNDS.
FOREFATHERS' BURYING GROUND, CHELMSFORD CENTRE.
TT was probably some years after the settlement of the Town before there was any established burial place. The first grave is said to have been upon the land of Thomas Henchman, later owned by Mr. E. H. Warren. A few uninscribed stones of rough surface appear to mark the earliest graves in Forefathers' burying ground, but the year 1690 is the date of the first stone bearing an inscription. In 1702, a "rough fence," and in 1708, a "board fence" was placed around the burying ground. This was replaced in 1717 by a stone wall, and in 1790 one of more permanent character was built; this was repaired in 1793.
May 25, 1778, the Town appointed a committee to consider making some addition to the burying ground.
In 1813, and the three succeeding years, the tombs were built at the top of the rising ground.
In 1817, a piece of land owned by Moses Hale, on the southerly side of the burying ground, was added to it. This new part is said, in the records, to include the graves of Rev. John Fiske and two of his family. Hale was to build a good substantial stone wall four and one-half feet above the surface of the earth. He had a barn, between which and the burying ground he reserved a passageway. Hale received $27.
In 1830, the burying ground was "repaired," and in 1838, an addition was made on the west side, a parcel of land being purchased of David Dickinson for $100.
In 1839, the stone steps were built on the slope near the centre of the old part of the burying ground. The upper flight of steps was built about 1853, when the upper row of tombs was built.
In 1871, a receiving tomb was built in this burying ground.
A triangular strip of land next to Littleton street was annexed at this time. See Plate No. 40.
In accordance with ancient custom, the bodies in the older part of the cemetery are buried with their faces toward the east, as though looking for the promised coming of Christ and the resurrection of the dead.
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The following are some of the oldest epitaphs in Forefathers' Burying Ground :
HERE LYES Ye BODY OF GRACE LIUERMOAR WIFE TO IOHN LIUERMOAR AGED 75 YEARS DIED THE 14 OF JANUARY 1690
MARY THE WIFE OF THOMAS CHAMBERLAINE AGED 88 DIED FEBRUARY 8 1692
RICHARD HILDRETH AGED 88 YEARS DIED FEBRUARY 23 1693
He was one of the original settlers of the Town, and his name appears among the petitioners for the grant of the Town May 19, 1653. He lived on Robin's hill. The present road was laid out through his yard in 1663.
HERE LYES Ye BODY OF CAPT IOSIAS RICHARDSON AGED 61 YEARS DIED THE 22 OF IULY 1695
HERE LYES Ye BODY OF EZEKIEL RICHARDSON AGED 29 YEARS DIED NOUEMBER 27 1696
HERE LYES Ye BODY OF SAMUEL FLETCHER AGED 65 YEARS DIED DECEMBER 9 1697
HERE LYES Ye BODY OF Deacon CORNELIUS WALDO AGED 75 YEARS DIED JANR 3 1700 The Memory of the just is blessed.
Deacon Waldo was a man of distinguished usefulness.
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HERE LYES Ye BODY OF DEACON SAMUEL FOSTER AGED 83 YEARS DIED IULY Ye 10 1702 HERE LYETH Ye BODY OF MAJOR THOMAS HINCHMAN AGED 74 YEARS DECD. JULY Ye 17 1703
A foot-stone to the grave beside it bears the name
MIS ELIZABETH HINKSMAN
HERE LYES THE BODY OF LIEUT. EDWARD SPOLDIN AGED 73 YEARS WHO DECEASED JANRY. Ye 10th 1707|8
Edward Spaulding was one of the original settlers, having been chosen into office at the first Town Meeting, in 1654. He settled where Mr. Thos. Moore lately lived. He grew the first apple orchard, mention of which was made in 1664.
HERE LYES Ye BODY OF , MRS , LUCIA TYNG WIFE TO ,CAPT WILLIAM TYNG AGED , 28 YEARS & 4 MONTHS , WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE APRIL Ye 25TH 1708
Her husband, William Tyng, is buried in Concord, having been wounded by the Indians between Groton and Lancaster, and carried to Concord, where he died Aug. 16, 1710.
This stone recalls one of the past industries of Chelmsford which flourished at the time of the old Middlesex canal:
SACRED To the memory of John J. Stickelmire, a Native of GERMANY, and late foreman of the Chelmsford Glass Manufactory, Died March 31st 1814 Aged 48 years. This verse reminds the heedless as they pass That life's a fragile drop of unnealed glass, The slightest wound ensures a fatal burst And the frail fabric shivers into dust. So he whom in his art could none surpass, Is now himself reduced to broken glass, But from the grave, the fining pot of man, From scandiver and galss (sic) galls purged again, New mixed and fashioned by almighty power, Shall rise a firmer fabric than before.
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Sepulchram indicat hic Lapis Stephani Scales, A. M. Collegii harvardini olim Alumni et ejusdem nuper Tutoris Ingenii cujus Acumen Virtutes eximiae et Diligentia pariter singularis Famam ejus et Honorem plus plusq: in dies amplificarunt Juris prudentiae studio dicatus toto Animo incubuit et multum profecit Rubiolis dum laboravit È Vivis derepente correptus est Quinto Novembris Anno Salutis humanae 1772 Ætatis 31. O mi amice Vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare longam Jam te premit Nox.
TRANSLATION.
This stone marks the grave of Stephen Scales, A. M., late Alumnus of Harvard College and recently tutor of the same, whose discriminating genius, distinguished virtues, and equally remarkable diligence, daily increased his honor and reputation more and more. Devoted to the study of Jurisprudence, he applied himself with his whole soul, and accomplished much. While he labored in the flush of youth, he was suddenly snatched away from the living, November 5, in the year of human salvation, 1772; of his age 31.
O, my friend, the brief span of life forbids us to enter upon far-reaching hope. So night overtakes thee. [This quotation is from Horace; Odes, I, iv.]
SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION BURIED IN CHELMSFORD CEMETERIES.
FOREFATHERS' BURYING GROUND.
Numbers refer to Plan No. 21.
Adams, Abel, Capt. 21 Parker, Willard, Sergt. 7
Adams, Joseph
11 Parkhurst, Benjamin . 26
Adams, Salatheel, Capt. 3 Parkhurst, Josiah . 31
Adams, William 28 Parkhurst, Samuel 19
Chamberlin, Benjamin, Fifer
18 Perham, Samuel . 12
Chamberlain, Isaac, Capt.
40 Pierce, Jonas, Sergt. 1
Davis, Samuel
37 Pierce, Silas, Corp.
9
Dunn, James, Jr.
24 Pierce, Stephen Proctor, Azariah, Corp. 14 8
Farrar, Peter
36 Proctor, Daniel, Lieut. 42
Fletcher, Josiah
20 Richardson, Josiah
23
Fletcher, William . 16 Richardson, Oliver 15
Foster, Isaiah, Jr.
25 Richardson, Robert 17
Foster, Noah
32 Spalding, Azariah
Gould, Ebenezer
6 Spalding, Job
Harwood, Jonathan, Lieut.t
Spalding, Jonas 35
Hodgman, Asa
27
Spalding, Joseph 5
Howard, Jacob
33 Spaulding, Henry, Jr., Cornet 41
Howard, Samuel
4 Spaulding, Simeon, Col. 38
Howard, Willard
10 Shed, Ebenezer, Capt.
2
Marshall, James
29 Stephens, Samuel, Lieut.
22
Parker, Benjamin, Lieut. 34
Warren, Joseph, Capt .; .
Parker, Jonathan 39
*His grave is located just above that of the Rev. E. Bridge on Plan No. 21. +20 ft. north of Hinchman's grave. #Immediately south of No. 18.
13
30
Emerson, Joseph, Capt.
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HEART POND CEMETERY.
Adams, Samuel, Lieut. Adams, Timothy Brown, Samuel
Markers of the Sons of the American Revolution were placed at the graves of these soldiers in the Town of Chelmsford, in 1901, at the expense of the Town, Rev. Wilson Waters, Henry S. Perham and Daniel P. Byam being the committee.
SCHOOL STREET CEMETERY (NO. 1), LOWELL.
Butterfield, Benjamin Dutton, Stephen Fletcher, Levi Melvin, Benjamin Parker, Simon
HEART POND CEMETERY, SOUTH CHELMSFORD.
In 1774, this burying ground was given to the Town by Dr. John Betty. In 1792, the Town built a wall around it, and this was repaired in 1836. In 1813, John Adams was allowed to build a tomb here. The burying ground was enlarged in 1852, and again in 1870 and 1892. In 1874, the receiving tomb was built.
SCHOOL STREET CEMETERY (NO. 1), LOWELL.
In 1810, a burying place "in the North part of the Town" was bought of Joel Spalding. This was laid out in 1814 "near Pawtucket falls," and in 1816, tombs were built in this cemetery.
RIVERSIDE CEMETERY, NORTH CHELMSFORD.
In 1841, a committee of the Town was chosen to select a piece of ground for a burying place in the north part of the Town. The land was purchased of Benjamin Blood and Samuel F. Wood, "between North Chelmsford and Middlesex Village." This cemetery was enlarged in 1890.
WEST CHELMSFORD CEMETERY.
In 1852, a burying ground for West Chelmsford was bought of John Farrar. The receiving tomb was built in 1875.
PINE RIDGE CEMETERY, NEAR THE CENTRE VILLAGE.
Land for this cemetery was laid out in 1888, being part of the Town Farm land, owned by the Town. An enlargement was made in 1899.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY.
In 1894, the Oblate Fathers were granted permission to use a lot in the eastern part of the Town as a burying ground. This is known as St. Joseph's cemetery.
. HIGH SCHOOL . EDWIN R. CLARK ARCHITECT
No. 43
THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING, CHELMSFORD CENTRE
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LIST OF INTERMENTS IN FOREFATHERS' BURYING GROUND.
At least four lists have been made: one by John Rowland Parkhurst, one by "Shawshin," in the Boston Transcript, one by P. Hildreth Parker, and the deaths printed in "Chelmsford Vital Records." The first, third and last of these have been compared, with the following result.
The list is arranged alphabetically, and at the same time chronologically, except in a few instances, where all the names on a family tomb are placed together.
With a few exceptions, the full inscription is not given, only the name, date of death, and age.
J. Rowland Parkhurst has for many years been in charge of the cemeteries of Chelmsford Centre.
The names of persons buried in some of the family tombs are not known. Variations in the spelling of names has been retained.
Capt. Joseph Adams, Jan. 22, 1717-18. Age, 45. A
Samuel Adams, son of Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Mary Adams, Dec. 5, 1738. Age, 3 yrs., 11 mos., 25 d.
Samuel Adams, son of Mr. Samuel and Mrs. Esther Adams, Nov. 4, 1745. Age, 10 yrs., 1 mo., 30 d.
Mrs. Esther Adams, wife of Mr. Samuel Adams, Nov. 4, 1745. Age, 32 yrs., 9 mos., 16 d.
Ms. Lydia Adams, dau. Mr. Pelatiah and Mrs. Lydia Adams, Dec. 30, 1745. Age, 29 yrs., 7 mos., 4 d.
Mr. Pelatiah Adams, July 15, 1746. Age, 63 yrs., 7 mos., 29 d.
Sarah Adams, dafter of Mr. Samuel and Mrs. Ester Adams, Sept. 25, 1754. Age, 3 mos., 23 d.
Mr. Benjamin Adams, Jr., son to Mr. Benjamin Adams and Mrs. Olive Adams, Dec. 18, 1755. Age, 27 yrs., 9 mos., 2 d.
Mr. Abijah Adams, son of Mr. Benjamin and Mrs. Olive Adams, Sept. 14, 1757. Age, 23 yrs., 5 mos., 8 d.
Ester Adams, dau. of Mr. Samuel and Mrs. Ester Adams, Oct. 4, 1759. Age, 22.
Mr. William Adams, Oct. 20, 1760. Age, 34 yrs., 4 mos., 12 d.
Deacon Benjamin Adams, Aug. 13, 1762. Age, 83 yrs., 2 mos., 4 d.
Hannah Adams, dau. of Mr. Oliver Adams and Mrs. Rachel, his wife, Aug. 20, 1766. Age, 2 yrs., 4 mos., 14 d.
Mr. Joseph Adams, June 7, 1772. Age, 73 yrs., 11 mos., 12 d.
Miss Olive Adams, dau. of Mr. Oliver Adams and Mrs. Rachel, his wife, May 31, 1773. Age, 13 yrs., 8 mos., 3 d.
Jonas Adams, son of Mr. Abel Adams and Mrs. Olive, his wife, Sept. 6, 1778. Age 6 yrs., 6 d.
Mr. Salatheel Adams, son of Mr. Jonas Adams and Mrs. Rebeckah Adams, Oct. 7, 1778. Age, 25 yrs.
Mrs. Rebeckah Adams, wife of Jonas Adams, March 3, 1781. Age, 58 yrs. 6 mos., 2 d.
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