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From the language of the settlement, we infer that the place was not fenced in until after 1765. After it was fenced, the sexton pastured his cattle there- in until about the year 1800, and owing to this practice, doubtless, some of the gravestones have been displaced, or broken by the cattle, and lost.
About 1802, the proprietors of the brick tombs on the northwest side pur- chased a strip of land one rod wide, adding thercto about nineteen rods, with a view of continuing the tombs across that side of the burying place. In April, 1834, the town purchased of Charles Brackett one acre of land adjoin- ing the northeast side of the burying place. The whole contents are now three acres, less seven rods.
In this cemetery are deposited the remains of the honored pioneers and settlers of the town. The first tenant of it was, probably, the first wife of John Eliot, the earliest pastor of the church,- Sarah Willett Eliot, daughter of Capt. Thomas Willett, of Plymouth colony, and first mayor of New York. She died April 13, 1665. The second is thought to have been John Eliot, the pastor. Richard Park died in Newton, in 1665, but it is uncertain whether he was buried here, or in old Cambridge, his former residence.
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THE MEMORIAL PILLAR.
On the left hand, as the visitor enters, is the more modern por- tion of the cemetery. On the right hand, advancing in line with Centre Street, is a large collection of headstones, which mark the resting places of the Jacksons, one of the most prolific families in the town. Farther along is a tomb facing the road, which has a marble door, securely locked, with handles used to remove it. It is shaded by a spreading weeping willow,- a slip taken from the willow that shadowed the grave of Napoleon, on the island of St. Helena,- and over the top stands a red sandstone tablet on pil- lars. This is the tomb of Gen. William Hull. On the table over the tomb are two inscriptions, one to the memory of Capt. Abra- ham Hull, who fell in the battle of Bridgewater, Upper Canada, in 1814, and the other to the memory of Abraham Fuller, who was successively Representative, Senator, Councillor and Judge. The wife of General Hull, who was the daughter of Abraham Fuller, is buried here with him. There are no records regarding the earlier interments, and little is generally known about any, save the most distinguished settlers. There are warriors here from the revolu- tion, the French and Indian wars, and the rebellion, though a hundred years have intervened between the periods of their ex- ploits and their deaths.
Nearly in the centre of the cemetery is the tablet to the memory of John Eliot, erected by the town in 1823, the inscription on which is as follows :
REV. JOHN ELIOT, A. M., son of the Apostle Eliot, Assistant Indian Mis- sionary ; first Pastor of the First Church,-ordained on the day of its gather- ing, July 20 (Aug. 1, N. S.), 1664 ; eight years after the forming of a So- ciety distinct from Cambridge; Died Oct. 11, 1668, aged 33. Learned, pious and beloved by English and. Indians. " My dying counsel is, secure an interest in the Lord Jesus Christ, and this will carry you to the world's end." As a preacher, lively, accomplished, zealous and acute. He ripened fast for heaven, and heaven received his ascending spirit 155 years since. Erected by the town, 1823.
A short distance from the grave of Mr. Eliot, is the marble shaft before spoken of (p. 186). This monument stands near the centre of the first acre of land given by John Jackson, senior, on the spot where the first meeting-house was erected in 1660.
Many of the headstones are covered with a hard, scaly sub- stance and mosses, filling up the traces of the letters. Some- times several soldiers are buried close by each other, members of
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HISTORY OF NEWTON.
the same family, and only the military titles can be deciphered. Near the back part of the cemetery a long line of moss-covered slate stones marks the graves of twenty-two of the Ward family.
Among the interesting graves in this cemetery, the following are conspicuous :- One of the oldest,-
Here lies ye body of Edward Jackson, Aged 79 years and 3 months. Dec'd June ye 17, 1681. Repaired 1825 by William, Stephen, Francis, George, and Edmund, who descended from Edward (who came from England about 1630) in the line of -. Sebas (sea-born), born 1652, Joseph, born 1690, Timothy, born 1726, Timothy, born 1756. All of whom lived and died in this town.
This Edward Jackson was an intimate friend of Eliot, the Indian apostle. He was often his companion on his missionary tours among the red men.
The following is an interesting inscription,-
The remains of Madam Mary Cotton, Consort of ye late Reverend Mr. John Cotton, who died, lamented, Sept. 28, 1761, Æt. 67. Here lie the re- mains of Dr. John Cotton, son of the Rev. Mr. John Cotton who died much lamented Sept. 6, 1738, aged 29 years.
This is another,-
This monument is erected by members of the Eliot Church and Religious Society in memory of their late beloved pastor, Rev. Lyman Cutler, who died April 18, 1855, aged 28 years. The memory of the just is blessed.
On a green mound stand side by side two white monuments of similar form, which mark the resting-place of the two aged minis- ters who labored side by side for nearly half a century,- one, the Rev. Dr. Homer, pastor of the First Congregational church ; the other, the Rev. Mr. Grafton, pastor of the First Baptist church. The monument over the latter was reared chiefly through the energy and perseverance of the late Thomas Edmands, Esq., the author of the inscriptions. The expense was met principally by sub- scriptions, not exceeding one dollar each, from a multitude who were glad in this way to do honor to the aged pastor. The memo- rial inscription is as follows :
REV. JOSEPH GRAFTON, Born in Newport, R. I., June 9, 1757. Died Dec. 16, 1836, Æt. 79. Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Newton, from June 18, 1788, until taken from his United People after an Unbroken Communion of 483 years. Rom. xii.
The other monument bears this inscription,-
JONATHAN HOMER, D. D., Pastor of the. First Church in Newton. Born April 15, 1659, died Aug. 11, 1843. " My only hope is in the mercy of God
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through Christ." Erected by his congregation, as a grateful tribute to the many virtues of a devoted pastor, who watched over them with tender interest, Christian diligence and parental affection more than sixty years. Also to his worthy companion, who exhibited in unusual perfection all the graces of a Christian.
There is a striking epitaph on the tomb of John Kenrick, an eminent citizen, and the President of the First Anti-Slavery Society. It was written by the late David Lee Child, Esq.
JOHN KENRICK, EsQ., aged 77 years. He was laborious, honest, and frugal. Though possessed of wealth, he loved not money, but loved his fellow men ; rigidly sparing in self-indulgence, but bountiful to others, lie was a bene- factor to the needy and unfortunate; to the funds for the poor of this, his native town, and to benevolent Societies and Christian charities everywhere. To the Temperance Reformation he was an efficient and devoted friend. Early impressed with the unlawfulness, impiety and inhumanity of Slavery, and its peculiar incompatibility with republican government, he strove long and unassisted to awaken his countrymen to the subject : he wrote often and persuasively for the press ; he republished gratuitously the writings of others ; and if there had been "ten" like him in these States, the stain of slavery would not have darkened another Star in the North American Constellation. A fore-runner of Abolition, he was a liberal contributor to the first Society formed for that object in our country, and died its presiding officer. He be- lieved that goodness consists in doing good, and that the truest homage to Almighty God is a reverent imitation of His blessed works. He was born November 6, 1755, and died March 28, 1833.
His grateful children have placed this marble over his remains.
Here are the names of Hobart and Cotton ; of Dr. King, Judge Fuller, General Michael Jackson, Colonel Michael Jackson, Major Timothy Jackson, and Hon. William Jackson ; the descendants of John Kenrick, for a half dozen generations ; the old Woodward family, and a host of Wards and Hydes, original settlers.
When the new cemetery was opened, near the geographical centre of the town, several of the sleepers under these consecrated shades were removed to it; and since that date very few inter- ments have taken place here. But the associations of the earliest times and of the men who were prominent in them, will render this cemetery a hallowed spot forever.
WEST PARISH BURYING GROUND .- Col. Nathan Fuller gave to the West Parish one acre and a half of land for a burying ground, about the time of the settlement of the first minister, the Rev. William Greenough. It was situated about sixty rods north of the meeting-house. The deed of gift bears date Sept. 21, 1781.
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HISTORY OF NEWTON.
In consideration of his love and esteem for the Parish, he conveys it to their committee, their heirs and assigns forever, for the sole use and improve- ment of the precinct, to be improved only as a burying place, for the reposi- tory of the dead in said precinct. Bounded easterly by land of Nathaniel Greenough, north and west by land of said Fuller, and south by the town way, as the stone fence now standeth.
Colonel Nathan Fuller also gave £60 to the church and congre- gation, in April, 1785.
The first tenant of the cemetery was a young woman who died of small-pox. The inscription on her headstone, which is about fifteen inches wide and two feet long, is as follows :
In memory of Jain Nottige, Daughter of Josiah and Jain Nottige, of Boston, who died of ye Small Pox, Nov. 7, 1777, Aged 17 years.
The first man buried here is John Barber. He kept tavern in the West Parish near the meeting-house, and set out the great elm tree before it in 1767. His widow married Captain Samuel Jenks, father of the late Rev. William Jenks, D. D.
SOUTH BURIAL GROUND .- A meeting of the inhabitants of the south part of Newton was held June 21, 1802, to consider the matter of laying out a new cemetery, and Edward Mitchell, Ebenezer Cheney and Jeremiah Wiswall, jr., chosen a committee to purchase a piece of land for that purpose,- bought about three- quarters of an acre of land of Capt. David Richardson, near the corner of the Dedham and Sherburne roads, since denominated the South Burying Ground. Part of this land was divided into twenty-nine equal lots for family burial places for the original pro- prietors, namely :
Jonathan Bixby, Jonathan Bixby, jr., Luke Bartlett, Salmon Barney, Aaron Cheney,
Amasa Winchester, Daniel Richards,
Solomon Richards,
Aaron Richards,
Thaddeus Richards,
James Richards,
Ebenezer Cheney, Simon Elliot, Edward Hall, Samuel Hall,
Samuel Parker, Jonathan Richardson,
Benjamin Richardson,
Ebenezer Richardson,
Solomon Hall, Caleb Kenrick, Edward Mitchell, Joseph Parker, Jonas Stone,
Jeremiah Richardson,
Jeremiah Richardson, jr.,
Jeremialı Wiswall,
Jeremiah Wiswall, jr., (two lots).
In 1833, these proprietors sold out to the town, but reserved the right to bury in their respective family lots, according to the original plan. About the same time, Mr. Amasa Winchester gave
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LOWER FALLS CEMETERY.
the town about three-quarters of an acre of land, for the purpose of enlarging the cemetery, being sixty feet on the west line and twenty feet on the north line adjoining. The cemetery contains therefore about one acre and a half, situated in a retired nook, and is beautifully shaded with evergreens. This cemetery was used for many years chiefly by the families living in and near the Upper Falls and the south part of the town (Oak Hill).
LOWER FALLS CEMETERY .- In 1813, an Act of Incorporation was granted by the General Court to St. Mary's Parish, at the Lower Falls. About the same time a valuable lot of two acres of land was presented to the corporation, as a site for the church and a cemetery, by Samuel Brown, Esq., merchant of Boston. In this cemetery sleep the earlier members of the church with their families. One of the most interesting, a name from humble life, is Zibeon Hooker, a drummer in the Revolutionary war. He was born in Sherburne, but spent most of his maturer life in Newton Lower Falls, and died there aged about eighty. He did not shun danger, as we may infer from the tradition that his bass drum in the action at Bunker Hill was perforated by a British bullet.
Much that is interesting may be gathered from a survey of the memorials in the old graveyard. Some of the ancient headstones stand aslant, or are buried in the earth with the dust of those whom they were intended to commemorate. On some of them, the letters that enshrine the names of the loved and lost of former years, are nearly obliterated. We scrape away the cling- ing moss, only to be disappointed, because the inscriptions have vanished, or become illegible. From the monuments in the first graveyard of Newton, we discover that the hardy pioneers, as the result of their simple manners and virtuous and regular lives, lin- gered, very generally, to an advanced age. In the following lists of two hundred and sixty-two names, we find one who lived to the age of 98 years ; one to 95; one to 93; four to 92; two to 91; one to 90 ; one to 89 ; one to 88; five to 87; one to 86; one to 85 ; five to 84 ; six to 83 ; five to 82 ; eight to 81 ; one to 80 ; four to 79 ; six to 78; seven to 77 ; three to 76 ; five to 75; two to 74 ; seven to 73; five to 72; two to 71; four to 70; forty to various years among the sixties ; seventy-nine in all, beyond 70; one hundred and nineteen,- nearly one-half,- who had attained or exceeded threescore. Many, doubtless, are sleeping in this field of graves, over whom no memorial stone was ever raised, and
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their names are consigned to forgetfulness. Many of the earliest and most honored inhabitants were committed to the dust, to rest with the fathers in the old cemetery of Cambridge, opposite the Halls of the University, dying before Newton had a distinct organization and a corporate name. Some were deposited in tombs built for the place of their final repose, and no separate memorial of them remains, apart from the designation of the ownership of the crypt in which they are concealed. The death roll kept in the ancient Records of Newton registers thirty names belong- ing to the old families of Cambridge Village, borne by persons who died previous to the year 1687. In many cases, in this first cemetery, the name of the head and husband only appears on the tombstone, and the other members of the family are not particularly enumerated. Sometimes, the husband erected a memorial to his departed wife or child; but through age, or change of circum- stances, or through procrastination, or the neglect of executors, he who, in his lifetime, kept careful watch and ward over all that were his own, was left to the chance of having his resting-place kept by faithful memories, or, in a brief period, forgotten. And, after two or three generations, the historian seeks it in vain. Such is the fate of many who have lived their little day in this world,-often, men of note, and useful in their generation ; of whom it was said, "how will the world be carried on without them?" Yet in a little while the tide rolls on ; they are gradually missed no more, and finally their memory fades away. But how interesting is the catalogue, reproducing, as it does, the names of so many who once tilled these broad acres and watched over the rising interests of the town, who cleared its forests and marked out its streets, who worshipped in its simple church and built its earliest dwellings, who lived examples of integrity and honest worth, and have left an inheritance, so rich and beautiful, to their posterity ! It is a benison to linger among these names and dates, and thus to hold communion with the departed.
The names, ages and dates of death of the early inhabitants of a town are a fruitful source of information to the antiquarian. The general reader passes them by, unread ; but they are often among the most suggestive materials of history. We have, for- tunately, a catalogue from the manuscripts of Mr. Ward, which we gladly insert.
DEATHS IN NEWTON. FROM THE WARD MANUSCRIPTS.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
AGE.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
AGE.
Allen John, merchant,
1751
69
Cotton Rev. John,
1757
64
Bacon Isaac,
1684
34
Mary, his widow,
1761
63
Bacon Jacob,
1704
56
Cotton Dr. John, son of Rev. John,
1758
29
Bacon Susannah, wife of George, afterwards of John Healey,
1760
52
Craft Elizabeth, wife of Joseph,
1776
33
Bartlett Joseph,
1840
70
Craft Lieut. Moses,
1768
66
Barton James,
1729
86
Drew Abigail,
1717
28
Margaret, his widow,
1731
87
Drew Ebenezer,
1715
26
Beals Thomas,
1806
78
Drew Jonathan,
1700
20
Beverly Abraham,
1745
33.
Erosanon, his widow,
1700
22
Bixby Eunice, wifc of Jonathan,
1777
30
Dyke Experience, wife of Jonathan, formerly of Jacob Chamberlin,
1812
83
Bond Elizabeth, wife of Capt. Jonas, for- merly wife of John Prentice,
1741
83
Eddy Ann, wife of John,
1793
44
Cheney Amos, son of Aaron and Thankful,
1792
21
1805
22
Cheney Joseph, only son of Joseph and Mary,
1754
1 mo.
Eddy John A. M.
1787
42
Cheney Joseph,
1771
84
Eddy John,
1805
18
Cheney Joseph,
1792
78
Eliot Rev. John,
1668
33
Cheney Lydia, wife of James,
1766
64
Eliot Sarah, his first wife,
1665
Cheney Margaret, wife of Joseph,
1742
26
Fenno Jonathan, jr., oldest son of Jon- athan and Esther,
1761
8
Clark Norman,
1787
77
Fuller Elisha, son of Jona. and Sarah,
1727
4 mo.
Clark Sarah, wife of Norman,
1783
32
Fuller Isaac,
1691
26
Cook Jonathan,
1821
82
Fuller Isaac,
1753
61
Lydia, his wife,
1807
66
Fuller James,
1769
81
Cook Stephen,
1738
91
Sarah, his wife,
1764
81
Rebecca, his wife,
1721
60
Fuller Lieut. Jeremiah,
1741
83
Coolidge Luther,
1814
36
Fuller John, sr.,
1698
87
Louisa, his widow,
1816
37
Fuller John,
1717
38
281
DEATHS IN NEWTON.
Clark Mary, wife of William,
1787
73
Eddy Gibbs W.
1796
24
Craft Ebenezer,
DEATHS IN NEWTON. FROM THE WARD MANUSCRIPTS.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
AGE.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
AGE.
Fuller John,
1720
75
Hobart Rev. Nehemiah,
1712
64
Fuller Jonathan,
1722
74
Sarah, his wife,
171]
62
Mindwell, his wife,
17-
Homer Rev. Jonathan,
1843
84
Fuller Joshua,
1752
98
Anna, his wife,
Elizabeth, his wife,
1691
Hull Gen. William,
1825
72
Fuller Capt. Joseph,
1740
88
Sarah, his wife,
1824
67
Lydia, his wife,
1726
70
Hyde Mary, wife of Jonathan,
1672
39
Gibbs Gilbert, William, Rebecca,
Hyde Samuel,
1790
60
Gibbs Henry, Esq.,
1761
67
Mary, his widow,
1834
91
Hannah, widow of Henry, Esq.,
1783
84
Hyde Mr. William,
1754
Goddard Josiah,
1758
58
Jackson Borodell, wife of Simon,
1795
28
Grafton Rev. Joseph,
1836
79
Jackson Charles, Esq.,
1801
34
Greenwood Elizabeth, dau. of John and Elizabeth,
1755
8
Jackson Elizabeth, his widow,
1709
92
Greenwood Thomas,
1693
50
Jackson Dea. Edward,
1727
75
Hall Abigail, wife of Josiah,
1775
Jackson Abigail, his widow,
1746
83
Hammond Joshua,
1792
72
Abigail, their daughter,
1703
12
Elizabeth, his widow,
1798
84
Abigail, their daughter, wife of S. Robbins, Jackson Edward, son of Edward and Grace,
1738
32
. Hammond Mary, wife of William,
1775
28
Hammond Mary, dau. of Nathaniel,
1748
18
Hammond Anna, wife of Thomas,
1758
81
1691
95?
Hammond Nathaniel,
1691
48
Jackson John, jr.,
1675
36
Mary, his wife,
1710
25
Jackson Margaret, wife of John, sr.,
1684
60
Harkness John,
6- 1747
1.
57
Jackson Mary, wife of Capt John,
1776
67
Jackson Gen. Michael,
1801
66
Hastings John, Sarah, his wife,
1802
40
Ruth, his widow,
1810
78
Hastings Samuel,
1776
65
Jackson Michael, jr.,
1802
48
Holyoke John,
1775
92
Jackson Samuel, Esq.,
1742
48
282
HISTORY OF NEWTON.
1838
83
Jackson Edward, sr.,
1681
79
DEATHS IN NEWTON. FROM THE WARD MANUSCRIPTS.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
AGE.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
AGE.
Jackson Timothy, Esq.,
1814
58
Murdock Joshua,
1797
75
Sarah, his wife,
1815
60
Murdock Samuel, son of Robert, jr.,
1742
24
Wiswall,
1812
27
Oliver (prob.) son of Thomas, jr.,
1729
26
Jackson Thomas, son of Abraham and Elizabeth,
1703
6
Palmer Mary, wife of John, both fr. Ireland,
1782
57
Jackson Abraham,
1694
1
Park Elisha, son of Jona. and Sarah,
1723
4
Jackson Abigail,
1773
11
Park John,
1718
63
Johnson Capt. Henry, of Boston,
1776
49
Park Richard,
1746
52
Kenrick Caleb,
1771
77
1746
42
Kenrick John,
1721
80
Esther, his wife,
Esther, his widow,
1723
70
Park Sarah, wife of Richard, jr.,
1737
42
Kenrick John,
1805
83
Park Thomas,
1775
72
Ann, his widow,
1815
87
Parker David,
1797
61
Kenrick John,
1833
77
Parker Ebenezer, jr.,
1774
23
Mehitable, his wife,
1817
57
Parker Ebenezer, son of Elisha and Esther,
1775
23
Learned Susan, wife of Amariah,
1772
29
Parker Jemima, wife of Dr. Benj.
1779
34
Littlefield Lydia, wife of Ebenezer,
1717
44
Parker Mindwell, wife of Ebenezer,
1756
45
Longley Nathan,
1732
56
Parker Sarah, wife of Josiah,
1758
42
Marean Joshua,
1846
81
Parker William,
1795
52
Mehitable, his wife,
1770
47
Pierce Dr. Thomas,
1745
25
Mirick Elizabeth, wife of John,
1734
74
Pigeon Patience, dau. of John and Mary,
1777
24
Munroe Oliver,
1803
65
Pratt Henry,
1745
28
Murdock Elisha,
1815
57
Pratt Henry, son of Samuel,
1769
24
Murdock Elisha,
1822
29
Pratt Oliver,
1763
53
Murdock Hannah, wife of Robert, sr.,
1727
60
Pratt Oliver, jr.,
1767
27
Murdock Jonathan,
1838
79
Prentice Samuel,
283
DEATHS IN NEWTON.
Murdock Lieut. Robert,
1762
68
Lucretia, his daughter, married
Oliver Capt. Thomas,
1715
70
Meriam Rev. Jonas,
1780
284
DEATHS IN NEWTON. FROM THE WARD MANUSCRIPTS.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
AGE.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
AGE.
Prentice Capt. Thomas,
1730
53
Stedman Mary, wife of Thomas,
1704
60
Elizabeth, his widow,
1753
67
Stone David,
1725
27
Prentice Capt. Thomas,
1709
89
Stone Dea. David,
1802
72
Richards Dorothy, wife of James,
1796
42
Mary, his widow,
1826
92
Richards James,
1778
68
Stone Hon. Ebenezer,
1704
92
Mary, his wife,
1793
77
Margaret, his wife,
1710
44
Richards Mary, widow of James,
1743
77
Abigail, his second wife,
1723
57
Richard Mary, wife of Edward,
1827
82
Sarah, his third wife,
1741
70
Richardson David,
1770
71
Stone Ebenezer, Esq.,
1774
78
Remember, his second wife,
1760
55
Stone Dea. John,
1769
76
Richardson James,
1778
68
Abigail, his widow,
1788
90
Robbins Hannah,
1734
21
Stone John,
1797
61
Robbins Solomon,
1801
81
1804
82
Martha, his wife,
1798
73
1794
72
Robinson Jeremiah,
1754
49
1775
71
Robinson William,
1754
81
Trowbridge Edmund,
1695
49
Rogers Hannah, wife of John, sr.,
1779
56
Trowbridge James,
1714
32
Rogers John W.,
1835
56
Trowbridge Dea. James,
1717
81
Rogers Mary, wife of John, jr.,
1786
31
Margaret, his widow,
1727
78
Seger Ebenezer,
1813
63
Trowbridge John,
1737
73
Elizabeth, his widow,
1844
87
Trowbridge John, son of Jona and Jemima,
1767
27
Elizabeth, his widow,
1797
85
Trowbridge Dea. William, Truesdale Samuel,
1744
60
Sewall Mary, wife of Hon. Samuel,
1746
79
Spring Lieut. John,
1717
87
Wadsworth Abigail, dau. of James,
Hon.
Hannah, his wife,
1710
73
Staples Dea. John,
1740
82
Mary, his wife,
1763
93
· Wadsworth Hannah, wife of Hon. James,
1792
86
HISTORY OF NEWTON.
Seger Henry,
1796
77
1695
49
1766
64
Stone Dea. Jonas, Ann, his wife,
Stowell Sarah, wife of Israel,
DEATHS IN NEWTON. FROM THE WARD MANUSCRIPTS.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
AGE.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
AGE.
Ward Enoch, son of Joseph,
1749
33
Wheat Moses,
sons of
Ward Dea. Ephraim,
1772
69
Wheat Jonathan,
Dr. Samuel,
1770
Ward James,
1763
67
Whitney Mary, wife of Timothy,
1834
81
Mary, his wife,
1750
50
Williams Elizabeth, wife of Ephraim,
1718
37
Ward Elisha, son of James,
1749
20
Williams Elizabeth, wife of Isaac,
1699
Ward Esther, dau. of Joseph,
1742
20
Williams Capt. Isaac,
1707
69
Ward John,
1708
82
Judith, his wife (second wife),
1724
76
Hannah, his wife,
1704
73
Winchester Hannah, widow (2d wife of Stephen),
1801
61
Mary, his widow,
1732
71
Winchester Stephen,
1798
75
Ward John,
1814
62
Beulah, his wife,
1762
35
Ward John, son of John and Mary,
1812
11 w.
Winchester Stephen, jr.,
.786 1691
24
Ward Jonathan,
1723
49
Wiswall Ebenezer,
Sarah, his widow,
1714
67
Ward Joseph,
1810
21 d.
dau. of Timothy Jackson,
1812
27
Ward Joseph,
1742
65
Wiswall Lieut. Thomas,
1709
45
Esther, his widow,
1761
84
Woodward Daniel,
1755
Ward Mary, first wife of Dea. Ephraim,
1732
33
Woodward Ebenezer,
1770
79
Ward Dea. Richard,
1739
73
Mindwell, his widow,
1774
78
Thankful, his widow,
1742
75
Woodward Jonas, son of Jona. and Mary,
1764
10
Ward Sarah, dau. of Joseph,
1766
31
Woodward Margaret, widow,
1793
73
Ward Tabitha, dau. of Eleazer and Deliv- erance,
1752
21
Woodward Mary, dau. of Daniel and Mary,
1749
Wheat Dr. Samuel,
1770
67
Woodward Mary, wife of Jonathan,
1764
4 mo. 42
285
DEATHS IN NEWTON.
Ward Joseph, only son of Col. Joseph and Prudence,
1792
5
Wiswall Lucretia, wife of Enoch and
Ward John,
1727
69
Mary, his widow (second wife),
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