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Kenelm was in Plymouth before 1633. He married Helen, the daughter of John Adams of Plymouth 1634. He had lands in Yarmouth in 1640: and he deceased at Salem, and was buried Sept. 13, 1672, (Marshfield Records). He had sons Kenelm and Nathaniel, and perhaps others.
Kenelm, jr. was resident in Yarmouth 1668, from whence he brought to the 2d. church in Scituate for baptism, Kenelm 1668, Josiah 1670, Thomas 1672. It is well known that many of the ministers in the Colony were opposed to infant sprinkling at that time. (See our Chapter on Ecclesiastical History.)
Nathaniel resided in Marshfield, married Faith Miller 1664, and had children, Faith 1665, Nathaniel 1667, James 1669, Eleanor, the wife of John James 1667, Gilbert 1673, Kenelm 1675, Josiah 1683. Of these, Kenelm had a son Nathaniel born 1709. Gilbert married Mary Snow, and had sons Issa- char, Barnabas, Gilbert, Anthony born from 1699 to 1707.
Nathaniel, jr. resided in Marshfield ; he married Lydia Snow (sister of his brother's wife, and daughter of Anthony Snow)
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1692. His children were Lydia 1693, Thankful 1695, Snow 1698, Oliver 1702, (at the head of this article) Deborah 1708, Patience 1710, Nathaniel 1712, and by a 2d wife, Deborah Bryant of Scituate, married 1716, Ruth born 1718. Of these, Oliver married Agatha, daughter of John Bryant 3d. of Scitu- ate, and succeeded to the residence of John Bryant, near the Cornet's old mill dam, on the 3d. Herring brook. He had a son Oliver, who was killed in the French war in 1758, at the age of 20, a son John, who removed to Nobleboro', Maine, and Maj. Nathaniel, a man who inherited the bold spirit of his distinguished ancestors. He was a firm patriot in 1776, enter- ed the army, rose to the rank of Major, and acquitted himself with honor in the southern expeditions. He succeeded to his father's residence. He married Sarah, the daughter of Mr. Isaac Hatch of Pembroke 1766. His children, Nathaniel born 1767, and died 1830, leaving a family, Sarah born 1769, wife of Thomas Waterman, and now the widow of Ebenezer Cope- land; Walter 1772, died early, Josiah 1774, died early, Anna 1776, wife of Dea. William Putnam Ripley of Plymouth 1810, Judith born 1780, the widow of Elisha Tolman : Lydia 1786, wife of Dr. Anthony Collamore of Pembroke, William born 1788, who succeeded to the paternal residence.
Oliver Winslow, a Revolutionary soldier, now living, was the son of Oliver, sen. by a 2d. wife, Bethia Pryor of Hanover, married 1749. He has a son Oliver. There was a son Joseph (of Oliver, sen. born 1753, and died early.)
Josiah, the youngest brother of Gov. Edward, was born in England 1605, resided in Scituate in 1637, when he was chosen an extra Assistant, "to consider and advise how the beaver trade may be upholden," Colony Records. He was afterward of Marshfield. He left a family ; but we have met few notes worthy of insertion. His daughter Elizabeth was born 1637, Jonathan 1638, Mary 1640, Rebecca 1642, Susan- na 1644. Jonathan had a son John born 1664.
There was a Samuel Winslow of Rochester, (probably son of Josiah, but of this we are not certain) : He had sons Samuel and Richard baptized in Scituate 2d. church 1679. Samuel married Bathsheba Holbrook of Scituate 1700. Nathaniel Winslow (called of Freetown) married Elizabeth Holbrook of Scituate 1701. He may have been another son of Samuel.
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JOHN WOODFIELD
was one of the Conihasset partners in 1646, and seems to have taken up lands, (probably without license as had others) before that time. His house lot was near Thomas Ensign's on the north. William James was his successor (probably by pur- chase) in Conihasset lands. In 1649 he sold marsh land and upland near " Lombard's rock," at the Great neck, in 1649, to John Williams, sen. Capt. Stephen Otis succeeded to a part of his Conihasset lands, by purchase of James. John Woodfield was one of " the agitators" in a Conference held between the two churches in Scituate, for the purpose of at- tempting a reconciliation in 1649. He deceased in 1669, giv- ing in his will, his " whole estate to wife Hester." Hester, the widow, left a legacy in 1672, to Henry Ewell's daughter, (see Ewell.)
WALTER WOODWORTH
was freeman in Scituate 1640, and settled amongst the men of Kent, 3d. lot on Kent street, south side of Meeting-house lane in 1635. He had other lands in 1635, viz. on the first Her- ring brook 30 rods below Stockbridge's mill : and on the north- west side of Walnut tree hill. He left no record of the births of his children; from incidental records we find Benjamin, Walter, Thomas, Joseph, Mary, wife of Aaron Simons 1677, Martha, the wife of Lieut. Zachary Daman 1679, Mehetabel, who was unfortunate in regard to her health, (see witchcraft.)
Benjamin was a soldier in Philip's war, and lost his life. Lands were assigned for his services, to Charles Stockbridge, for the use of Benjamin Woodworth's family 1676. He had daughters, Elizabeth, Deborah and Abigail, (wife of John Jack- son of Plymouth 1695) and a son Robert, who settled in the west part of the Town, east of Symon's hill, where Dimmick Bowker now resides. His children were Ruth, born 1685, James 1689, Benjamin 1690, Elizabeth 1692, Joanna 1694, Robert 1697, Mary 1699, Deborah 1701, Ann 1704, Lydia 1706, James 1709. Of these, Benjamin married Mary Right 1712. Children, Benjamin 1713, and by a 2d. wife, Ann Torrey, Benjamin 1717, Joseph 1720, Anna 1723. Robert, jr. married Deborah Sylvester 1719. James, the youngest son of Robert, sen. married Sarah Soper 1731. Children, James 1731, Lydia 1734, (died single 1815) Sarah 1736, Bethia
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1737, Joseph 1744, Sarah 1746, (the wife of Shearjashub Bourn) Mary 1742. James (son of James) married Mary Vinal 1749, and had sons Samuel 1750, James 1752, William 1754, Elisha 1756, Benjamin 1758.
Walter (son of Walter, sen.) left children, Mary born 1658, Mehetabel 1662, Ebenezer 1664.
Thomas (son of Walter, sen.) married Deborah Daman 1666, and had children, Deborah 1667, Hezekiah 1671, Katharine 1673. Thomas had lands in Little Compton 1674, but he did not remove. He kept " a trader's shop" 60 rods south of Stockbridge's mill. Hezekiah, his son, married Han- nah Clap 1697, and removed, probably to Little Compton : and his son Ezekiel, of Lebanon, Connecticut, married Lydia Simons of Scituate 1723.
Joseph (son of Walter, sen.) married Sarah, daughter of Charles Stockbridge 1669. Children, Joseph 1670, Mary 1673, Benjamin 1676, Sarah 1678, Elizabeth 1680, Eunice 1682, Abigail 1685, (wife of Thomas Merritt 1711) Ruth 1688, (wife of Benjamin Sylvester, jr. 1718.) This family had lands also in Little Compton, and some of them may have removed thither.
Samuel Woodworth the well known Editor and Poet at New York, was son of Benjamin, whom we have named above as son of James and Mary Vinal. Benjamin has lately de- ceased, at the ancient Northy place, a half mile south of Stock- bridge's mill. He had married the widow of Capt. Northy for a 2d. wife.
PETER WORTHLIKE,
a rare name, was in Scituate before 1670, and had a house and land, near to Granger's and Whiston's lots south of Meet- ing-house lane. He had daughters Hannah and Alice 1676, Mary 1678, Sarah 1682. He sold his estate to Timothy White 1683. He was an unfortunate man, affected with a disease of the eyes, of what nature, does not appear. In 1679 he was " fined by the Court for tavern haunting," perhaps, as the facetious Butler observes, he
" Drank wine by quarts to mend his sight."
But if so, the experiment was not successful, for in March 1684, " The Town made choice of Capt. John Williams and Lieut. Isaac Buck, to be their agents, to bargain with the Doctor, in reference to the curing of Peter Worthlike's sight, the Town to defray the charge thereof."
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THOMAS WRIGHT, or Right,
probably a grandson of William Wright, (who came to Plym- outh in the Fortune 1621,) was in Scituate in the south part of the Town 1682. His children were Elizabeth born 1683, Jane 1685, John 1688, Martha 1690, (wife of John Ford 1713) Mary 1691, (wife of Benjamin Woodworth 1712.) Thomas Wright deceased 1691, and his widow, Elizabeth, married John Sanders, and left one son Edward Sanders, who went to Duxbury.
John, the only son of Thomas Wright, married Lydia Tay- lor 1709, and had children, Mary 1713, and John 1716, which latter had a son John born 1745, who married Mary Wood- worth 1769, and whose children were James born 1769, John 1772, Mary 1780. James married Lucy, daughter of Abijah Brown, had daughters Mercy, Eleanor and Mary, and died early. His widow married Thomas Ruggles 1813.
There was an Edward Wright, who married Lydia the widow of Nathaniel Rawlins 1664, and whose children were Mercy born 1666, Hannah 1668, Grace 1669, David 1670, Edward 1671, Joseph 1673. This family removed early.
Jesse Wright, a descendant probably of Thomas, and son of John 2d. lived in Scituate, and left sons Thomas, of Scituate, James of South Boston, and Hannah, the wife of Timothy Robbins of Hanover.
GEORGE YOUNG
came into Scituate from Plymouth (probably) in 1660. He had a brother John of Plymouth born 1647, son of John.
George married Hannah, the daughter of Thomas Pincin, sen. 1661, and settled east of Colman's hills on the margin of New Harbour marshes, where his descendants have lived until a late date. His children were Thomas, born 1663, Hannah 1666, Margery 1669, Elizabeth 1671, Patience 1673.
Thomas, married Sarah White, (a grand daughter of Peri- grine) 1688. His children, George born 1689, Joseph 1692, (died early) Sarah 1695, Thomas 1698, (died early) Thomas 1700, Joseph 1701, Ebenezer 1703, Joshua 1704, Isaac 1706.
George, jr. married Margaret Frank 1716, and Mary Stock- bridge 1722. His children, Isaac 1722, James 1724, Mary 1725, Deborah 1727, Reuben 1729, Job 1731, Priscilla 1732,
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Lusanna 1734, Lillis 1736, Sylvanus 1739, Lucy 1741, Jane 1742.
Thomas, (son of Thomas) married Mary House 1750, and Jael Whiting 1756, and widow Hannah Barker 1760. His children, Sarah born September 2d, 1757, now living single. Thomas born 1758, who removed to Ashford.
Joseph (son of Thomas) married Lydia, daughter of William Barrel, jr. 1728. His children, Ruth born 1729, Ezekiel 1731, Sarah 1733.
Joshua (son of Thomas) married Elizabeth Cudworth 1732, and had children, Hannah born 1732, Joshua 1742, and per- haps others. He had a 2d. wife, Lydia Barnard of Boston 1751.
Ezekiel (son of Joseph) married Lusanna White 1755. His children, Joseph 1755, Lydia 1758, Gideon 1761, Christo- pher 1764, Stephen 1769, Ebenezer 1772, Joanna 1776, William 1779.
Joshua (son of Joshua) married Celia Little of Marshfield 1772, and had children, Elicia Baker 1772, Elizabeth Cud- worth 1775, Celia 1777, Betsey 1780, Emily 1795, Pea- body 1798.
Joseph (son of Ezekiel) married Desire Nash 1779, and had children, Ezekiel born 1779, Joseph 1786, Benjamin 1787.
Gideon (son of Ezekiel) married Lydia - of Carolina, and Betsey Man of Scituate 1795. His children, Lydia born 1791, Gideon W. Esq. Post Master of Scituate harbour, and others.
Job (son of George, jr.) was of Hanover, and the father of John Young, of Turner, Maine.
James (son of George, jr.) married Mehetabel Hatch 1753, and was the father of Mehetabel the wife of late Samuel Curtis of Scituate, at the North River.
There was a Robert Young of Hanover, who married Mar- garet Murfy 1732-3 .* This family may be in Bridgewater. A Thomas Young married Hannah Barker, of Scituate 1760 : and Joseph Young of Truro, married Anna Oldham of "the Two Mile" 1718.
* See Appendix VI, on DOUBLE DATING.
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See Page 192.
Upon the much to be lamented DEATH of the thrice three times Honoured JOSIAH WINSLOW, EsQ. late GOVERN- OUR, of New Plymouth and CARLO charus, beloved of his Prince .*
Within this Sacred Urn doth lie, The Quintesence of the Colonie ; New England's Phoenix, Plymouth's glory, Meet subject for a compleat story : To whom at helm, we yield the praise Of blissful times, of peacefull dayes ; The Halcyon which controul'd our seas Of civil storms, and broiles appease. Would you have me, him to descrie, Angels must limn him out, not I; A Sophoclean quill comes short, His worth and merits to report : Where Wisdom, Valour, Eloquence, Were center'd in great Eminence ; Faith, Justice, Patience, every grace In this frayl clay tent had their place. For kind behaviour lov'd by all That knew him, eke both great and small ; Grave, Prudent, Sober and Discreet ; His whole deportment comlie sweet. Sound in the faith, a life untaint, So liv'd, so dy'd this noble Saint- Methinks it cuts me to the heart, Of such rare gemms to be desert. He was a walking Christian bright, Whose life and conversation right, Adorn'd Christ's Gospel: some men talk Like Angels-yet like divells walk. He was not of a Cynick strain, But cheerful Patriot, dy'd in grain :
* Gov. Winslow deceased Dec. 18, 1680, aged 51.
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To strangers and to neighbours all, He was a Turtle without gall. Compassion lodg'd within his breast ; To poore ope' were heart hand and chest. Hard heartedness and cruelty Seemed like vile Nero in his eye. By th' acre he did not survey, Nor by the pound did any weigh; According to desert and merit, They should his smile or frown inherit. Religion e'er to keep he strove, (False worship loves the darkest grove) And civil Justice to dispense According unto evidence. On these two pillars founded are, The firmest States for Peace or War: Christ was his all, him might he gain, Far wealthier he than either Spain. But why do I burn Tapers in the Sun, Or midst great Cannons, let fly my pot-gun : His worth transcends the weakness of my quill, As lofty mounts o'ertop the pismire hill.
The goodliest Cedar which this land e'er bore Is hewn flat down and level'd with the shore: Under whose shade and boughs we shelter'd were, 'Gainst storms of outrage, wrongs, oppression, feare. Blest with good Government, thrice happy we Had we had eyes our happiness to see.
The sweetest Rose that e'er in Plymouth grew Frost nips - dried up - like to the morning dew, Yet leaving a sweet scent, mongst great and small, Perfum'd his name from Carswell* to White-Hall ; Whereby great CHARLES enamored of his worth, Lets the warm glances of his love shine forth Upon New Plymouth : grac'd with Royal favour, Let us be Loyal-bound, t'our good behaviour. Strong were my feares, lest this strange blazing stream,f Would be prognostick of some tragick theme ; Yet what it doth portend I cannot tell, But here I come to ring the funeral Knell Of a choice Worthy, and the people call To come and solemnize the FUNERAL, Of him, who late was foremost for his worth Close lock't in Prison, cannot now step forth,
How many dangers hath this gentleman, In's life escaped, both by Sea and Land ! Fort-fights,t Sholes, Quicksands, Quag-mires, Boggs and Sloughs, Enough to plunge an hundred strong team'd Ploughs :
* Carswell or Carsrull was the name of Gov. Winslow's seat in Marshfield, so called from a Castle of his ancestors in England.
The Comet which, our venerable Author seems half inclined to believe, was sent to foretell Gov. Winslow's death, was the great Comet of 1680, whose train extended inore than 60 degrees, that is, across more than one third of the hemisphere. It makes its revo- lution in 575 years.
" The Naraganset Fort fight" is meant.
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Yet he brake through; but now we see him have Mir'd and stuck fast in a dry upland grave. The Pitcher that went oft whole to the well, Comes home at last, crack'd like a broken shell. Our Court of Justice sits in Widdowhood : The Judge ,arrested - Baile will do no good. Judges are stayes of States ; when such stayes fall, It bodes the weak'ning of the Judgment Hall. Isaiah iii. 2. Somewhat above thrice compleat seven years since, Plymouth hath lost blest Bradford, Winslow, Prince, Three skillful Pilots, through this Wilderness, To conduct Pilgrims ; all three called t' undress Upon the top of Pisgah; while we here Deu. xxxiv. 4, 5, 6. Left Pilot-less, do without Compass steer.
Thrice honored Rulers, Elders, People all, Come and lament this stately Cedar's fall, Cut down at's height, full noontide, blest with shine Of Royal favour, and (no doubt) Divine ; Freighted with tunns of honor. Every man, At's best estate is altogether vain. Psalm xxxix. 5.
Ye birds of Musick, Lark, Thrush, Turtle, Quaile, Ye pretty humming birds, and Nightingale, Your doleful notes sigh over this sad hearse, Sighs more suit Fun'ralls than a golden verse. You that have skill in verse, let every Line You here present, first pickled be in brine. Had but the Muses heard thou hence wert gone, T'attend thy hearse, they had left Helicon. Thrice Royal CHARLES, were he in person here, Into thy Urn, would drop a sacred tear. Had I an hundred eyes like Argus, I Would weep them all purblind, or pump them dry. I'd rather drink the tears of my old, eyen For sweet JOSIAH, than quaff muskadine. Old eyes can shed few tears ; but my old heart More ready is to break, than eyes to smart. Slight grief have tears, in troops that ready stand To sally forth and but expect command : But deep ingulphing sorrow strikes men dumb, As frosty Winters do their joints benumb. Methinks I see Cape Cod, Manamoit high land, Our Scituate Cliffs, and the Gurnet weeping stand, All clad in mourning sable ; brinish streames Venting, to float a gallant Ship to th' Thames. All creatures crowd to fetch so deep a groan, Able to break an heart of hardest stone, And all because their dear JOSIAH's gone.
Curae leves loquun- tur : ur- gentes stupent. Seneca. Trag.
POSTCRIPT. I wish that He, who thee succeedeth next, May, like to thee, keep close unto the Text, Sacred and Civil ; He shall have my vote, While I am worth a Tester or Gray Groat. Moestus posuit WILLIAM WITHERELL
OCTOGENARIUS.
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For the preceding curious relick of antiquity, we are indebted to the politeness of Rev. Zephaniah Willis : a copy has been preserved by the respectable family of Seaver in Kingston, which family was connected with that of the Winslows. In order to judge of its merits, it is fair to compare it with the common verses of 1680 ; and it is but justice to con- sider that the Author was 80 years of age. There is another Elegy by the same Author, written two years previous, and preserved by the fam- ily of Moody in Newbury. "On the piously affected Matron, Mrs. Sarah Cushing, the mother of twelve living children, and one dead child." It is in a similar strain. The lady was Mrs. Sarah, the wife of John Cushing, Esq. the first of the name in Scituate. She was the daughter of Mr. Nicholas Jacob, an early settler in Hingham. She died, according to our Records, March 9th. 1678.
By favour also of Rev. Z. Willis of Kingston we are able to insert the following Elegy by Rev. N. Pitcher. (See page 184)
" Upon the sudden and surprising departure of Mrs. Han- nah Robinson, Atatis 41, late Consort of the Rev. Mr. John Robinson, who with her daughter Mrs. Mary Robinson, Atatis 16, perished in the Mighty Deeps, Sept. 22, 1722.
Inspire my Muse ! Ye lofty Beams of Light, In trembling airs perfume the sable Night ; Tread soft, while we relate the Tragedy, Perform'd by Him who dwells and rules on High. Let thundering billows in due concert meet, And raging winds and waves each other greet, And all th' obsequious Elements combine, To pay Devotion to the Will Divine, Of Him, whose Infinite and matchless sway, The proudest of Created Powers obey. Behold the ghastly visage of each face, Besmear'd with Griefs, deep mourning in each place ; Not one without a tear upon the Hearse Of the bright subjects of my Fainting verse.
REV. SIR, Can Heart conceive, or Tongue express your grief? Can any hand but Heaven's give relief? Who wounds and heals, who kills and keeps alive, And when depress'd, makes Grace to live and thrive. Behold bright Sovereignty in clear Displays Turning your Halcion into Gloomy days ; Your Nuptial Knot, the fatal Stroke unty'd, By Heaven's Decree, on the Atlantick wide; The Noisy Waters, on the Seas that move, -
Which cannot quench the streams of Boundless love Translated yours unto the Joys above,
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Transported far beyond all Fears and Harms, Guarded by Angels to their Saviour's Arms. You could not close your Vertuous Lady's Eye ; You must not see your dearest Consort dye, Nor her expiring, gasping agonies,
Nor listen to her fervent Farewell cries. Bright Hannah's prayers for you are swiftly gone On Eagle's Wings, up to the Sapphire Throne, And you are left to grieve and pray alone. One of the Gowned Tribe and Family, Of bright descent and Worthy Pedigree ; A charming daughter in our Israel, In vertuous acts and Deeds seen to excell : As Mother, Mistress, Neighbor, Wife, most rare ; Should I exceed, to say beyond compare ? Call her the Phoenix, yet you cannot lye, Whether it be in Prose or Poetry. For Meekness, Piety, and Patience ; Rare Modesty, Unwearied Diligence ; For Gracious Temper, Prudent Conduct too, How few of the fair Sex could her out do? Beloved of all while living, and now dead, The female Hadadrimmon's* lost their head. Her precious Daughter bears her company, ) Taking her flight up to the Joys on High To dwell and feast with her eternally. God's Will is done, "Tis duty to resign Yourself and all unto the Will Divine: You often pray'd "God let thy Will be done !" Still do so, now your dearest Ones are gone. If your Great Sovereign takes but his own due, You are obliged to Him, not He to you.
May God Almighty Sanctify this frown, To the bereaved Family and Town: May the tender brood, under your mateless wing, When Clouds are passed over, chirp and sing. May you Sir, fill the Consecrated Place, With purest doctrines and displays of Grace, Till you have run and finished your Race, That when your dust shall unto dust go down, You may receive the Bright and Massy Crown, And with your Dearest Ones enhappy'd be, In light above, Throughout Eternity.
N. P.
The above will probably be thought to display much less learning and force of thought, than the foregoing Elegy of the Octogenarian Witherell : which has the advantage in the mock sublime, and which approximates nearest to the burlesque, we leave to the reader to judge.
* Compare 2 Kings xxiii. 29. Lam. v. 16, and Zech. xii. 11.
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THE Ministers of Duxbury have been Rev. Ralph Partridge, who arri- ved at Boston from England, Nov. 17, 1636, in company with the Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, having suffered extremely from stress of weather and shortness of provisions. (Winthrop Vol. I. 205.) He settled soon after at Duxbury, where he deceased 1658. One of his daughters married the celebrated Thomas Thacher noticed in this work. (See Chauncy.) The successor of Mr. P. was Rev. John Holmes, probably the son of John of Plymouth. He was a student at Cambridge, but took no degree. His ministry was short, he having deceased Dec. 24, 1675. He left descend- ants, of whom, we are told, is the Hon. Abraham Holmes of Rochester. To Mr. Holmes succeeded Rev. Ichabod Wiswall. He was probably the son of Thomas Wiswall, of Dorchester. He also (Farmer) was a student at Harvard College, but took no degree. He wrote a Poem on the great Comet in 1680, which was sent, by Rev. Zephaniah Willis, to the His- torical Society many years since. He died July 10, 1700, leaving one son Ichabod, who deceased in Boston 1767, aged 84. To Mr. Wiswall succeeded Rev. John Robinson, Har. College 1695, and a native (Mr. Willis thinks) of Dorchester. He married Hannah, the daughter of Mr. Wiswall his predecessor. The Elegy of Mr. Pitcher above, relates to the unfortunate loss of Mrs Robinson and her daughter, on their passage from Duxbury to Boston, by the upsetting of the Coaster off Nantaskett, in a sudden tempest. A young gentleman of Duxbury, Mr. Fish, a member of Harvard College, also perished. The remains of the daughter were soon found and interred at Duxbury: those of the mother were found by the Natives at Race Point, Cape Cod, six weeks afterward. Her person was identified by papers preserved in her stays, and by a gold necklace, which was concealed by the swelling of her neck, which necklace is preserved by her descendants : a gold ring, which she wore on her finger was lost, plundered by the Natives probably, who had cut off the swollen finger in order to obtain the ring. "She was buried at the Cape ; a monument marks her grave, with an inscription by her husband, closing with this quotation from the Psalms "Thus He bringeth them to their desired Haven." Tradition speaks of Mr. Robinson as a man of extraordinary powers of mind and accomplishments of eloquence. He left the ministry before 1740, and removed to Lebanon, Con. the resi- dence of the first Gov. Trumbull, who had married one of Mr. Robinson's daughters. Two sons, John and Ichabod Robinson, lived in Connecti- cut, and two other daughters - and the fifth (Hannah, ) married Nathan- iel Thomas, Esq. of Plymouth, whose only daughter Hannah was the wife of Col. John Thomas of Kingston, and the mother of the present Col. John Thomas, and of the wife of Rev. Mr. Willis. The next minis- ter of Duxbury was the Rev. Samuel Veazie, Har. College 1736, (a de- scendant, we believe, of Robert, an early settler in Braintree.) To him succeeded the Rev. Charles Turner, of Scituate, Har. College 1752. He married the daughter of Rev. Mr. Rand of Kingston ; he retired after 20 year's service, and was well known in public life, as Senator of Mass. He died at Turner, in Maine, about 1813. Rev. Zedekiah Sanger, D. D. was his successor, Har. College 1771, who afterward was Minister of South Bridgewater, where he died about 1818. To him succeeded Rev. John Allyn, D. D. of Barnstable ; Har. Col. 1785. He retired in 1826, and was succeeded by Rev. Benjamin Kent, Har. Col. 1820, a native of Charlestown.
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