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Jan. 28, 1850. GEORGE ALFRED FISK, b. Oct. 11, 1812; d. Jan. 15, 1883; m. Sarah W. Clap. Hardware dealer.
Feb. 20, 1866. HENRY LEFRELET DAGGETT, see Pew No. 57 in Gallery.
June 15, 1883. MATTHEW BINNEY, living.
Pew No. 43, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $261.00. MRS. HANNAH CURTIS.
Nov. 1, 1834. MILTON DURAND, m. Louisa ---. Innkeeper.
March 10, 1842. NATHANIEL SNOW, b. April 30, 1812; d. Nov. 10, 1862. Unmarried. Merchant.
Nov. 13, 1863. SALOME SNOW, sister of Nathaniel Snow.
June 10, 1892. GORHAM ROGERS, living.
Pew No. 44, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $260.00. EBENEZER SMITH, b. 1752; d. May 19, 1822; m. Abigail Williams. Victualler.
May 10, 1804. JOSEPH WARE, b. 1780; d. July 22, 1830; m. Nancy Smith. Marketman.
Oct. 1, 1830. GUY CARLTON, b. 1788; d. Jan. 31, 1840; m. Abigail Hovcy. Manager of a morocco factory.
Jan. 20, 1834. JOHN LEMIST, see Pew No. 29, Lower Floor.
Feb. 18, 1836. NABBY CARLTON, W. of Guy Carlton.
March 23, 1836. GUY CARLTON JR., b. July 22, 1812; d. March 23, 1903; m. Charlotte Howe. Merchant.
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Aug. 22, 1838. RALPH CROOKER, see Pew No. 46, Lower Floor.
March 16, 1878. EDWARD BELCHER REYNOLDS, see Deacons.
March 26, 1883. HORACE BACON, living.
Pew No. 45, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $240.00. EDWARD JEWETT ROBBINS, b. -- , 1779; d. Sept. 6, 1825; m. (1) Mary Holmes Curtis, (2) Elizabeth -. Trader.
April 7, 1806. REMEMBER PRESTON, b. Nov. 27, 1756; d. April 18, 1832; m. (1) Mary Davis, (2) Sarah Clark.
May 12, 1825. DAVID DUDLEY, b. Aug. 23, 1787; d. April 21, 1841; m. Hannah Davis. Merchant. President of the Traders' Bank. Member Standing Committee, 1830 & 1832.
July 9, 1834. GEORGE ADAMS, b. Sept. 10, 1792; d. Dec. 21, 1868; m. Mary Ann Leach. Commission merchant.
Oct. 21, 1848. JOHN JOSEPH MAY, see Deacons.
April 7, 1902. EDWARD MAY, living.
Pew No. 46, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $206.00. JOHN SEAVER, see Fourth Meeting House. April 5, 1805. BENJAMIN DUICK, see Pew No. 98, Lower Floor.
Nov. 3, 1829. ABIJAH MERRIAM, see Pew No. 79, Lower Floor. Feb. 10, 1830. JOSEPH CALLENDER, b. Dec. 15, 1789; d. Sept. 23, 1855. June 4, 1832. JOSHUA SEAVER, b. Jan. 15, 1779; d. Sept. 11, 1833; m.
Nancy Sumner. Taught school in Jamaica Plain. Postmaster of Roxbury.
June 30, 1838. RALPH CROOKER, b. May 28, 1801; d. March 2, 1886; m. Marietta Hathaway Borden. Overseer of the Iron Mills Corporation on Parker St., afterwards Superintendent of the Bay State Iron Works, South Boston.
Aug. 28, 1838. JOEL SEAVERNS, b. April 18, 1801; d. April 14, 1853; m. Ann T. Seaver. Farmer. His farm is now Forest Hills Cemetery.
Aug. 5, 1839. GEORGE ARTHUR SIMMONS, see Long Pew No. 2 in Gallery. Feb. 16, 1843. CAPT. JAMES HUCKINS, b. Jan. 29, 1798; d. Oct. 11, 1868; m. Lucy J. Crocker. At first in the starch business in Roxbury, afterwards owner of the famous clipper ships Northern Light and Golden Light the former making the fastest passage on record between Boston and San Francisco - 76 days, 5 hours.
March 5, 1883. JOHN H. HAINES, b. -- , 1839; d. Sept. 2, 1889.
March 18, 1890. MARY P. BACON, living.
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Pew No. 47, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $171.00. STEPHEN SAMPSON, d. Feb., 1826; m. Mary Morse. Tanner.
Oct. 18, 1817. BENJAMIN MYRICK, b. April 14, 1776; d. Oct. 1, 1838; m. Sarah Goding. Tanner. A founder of the Universalist Church.
April 30, 1824. JOHN LEMIST, see Pew No. 29, Lower Floor.
June 6, 1838. LEVI BARTLETT, b. June 3, 1784; d. June 21, 1864; m. Clarissa Walker. Merchant.
Oct. 9, 1845. WHITING HEWINS, b. Aug. 13, 1789; d. Aug. 16, 1855; m. Olive Easty. Oil merchant.
Jan. 16, 1900. ALBERT FEARING HAYDEN, living.
Pew No. 48, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $193.00. JONATHAN CHAMPNEY, b. Feb. 6, 1737; d. Aug. 14, 1809; m. Elizabeth Pierce. Cordwainer.
May 7, 1889. JAMES HOWE CHAMPNEY, see Square Pew No. 3 in Gallery.
Pew No. 49, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $175.00. EBENEZER BUGBEE, see Fourth Meeting House.
May 18, 1825. ASA BUGBEE, b. June 24, 1790; d. Dec. 15, 1831; m. Jane ---. Painter.
Jan. 5, 1832. ALPHEUS M. WITHINGTON. Carpenter.
June 30, 1835. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN COPELAND, see Pew No. 27. Lower Floor.
April 13, 1836. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CAMPBELL, b. July 6, 1806; d. March 29, 1874; m. Mary Lilley. Machinist. A Director of the People's Bank.
April 19, 1843. SUPPLY CLAP THWING, see Deacons.
Sept. 1, 1857. JOHN ROGERS, b. May 11, 1800; d. June 15, 1884; m. Sarah Ellen Derby. H. C. 1820. President Roxbury Charitable Society. President Roxbury Home for Aged Women. Treasurer of the Vermont and Mass. Railroad Co. Treasurer of the Music Hall Association. Member Standing Committee, 1872-1875. Member Music Committee, 1851-1865.
Oct. 9, 1884. ELLEN DERBY ROGERS, dau. of John Rogers.
May 26, 1888. JAMES CLARKE DAVIS, b. Jan. 20, 1838; d. May 11, 1905; m. Alice Paine. H. C. 1858. Was Class Secretary. Lawyer. Assistant District Attorney. Member of School Board. Trustee of large estates.
March 29, 1893. NATHAN DYER ROBINSON, see Pew No. 58, Lower Floor.
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Pew No. 50, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $161.00. } pew. GEORGE LYON FARRINGTON, b. -- , 1764; d. Nov. 30, 1823; m. Rhoda Baker. Cooper.
May 10, 1804. One half pew. CHARLES JOY, see Fourth Meeting House. April 10, 1809. One half pew. STEPHEN SAMPSON, see Pew No. 47, Lower Floor.
Jan. 30, 1823. One half pew. WILLIAM JOY, b. Dec. 20, 1800; m. Mary Parker Hunt.
Nov. 7, 1823. One quarter pew. WILLIAM BACON, see Pew No. 7, Lower Floor.
Nov. 7, 1823. One quarter pew. WILLIAM HEATH SPOONER, see Pew No. 16, Lower Floor.
Jan. 3, 1848. JOHN ADAM WEISSE, see Long Pew No. 5 in Gallery.
Nov. 6, 1852. HENRY WHITE PICKERING, b. May 27, 1811; d. Aug. 15, 1898; m. Frances Dana Goddard. Stock broker. Presdt. of the Old Boston Nat. Bank. President of the Boston Stock Board. Member Common Council. Member of the First Board of License Commis- sioners and of the Overseers of the Poor.
Jan. 20, 1870. STEPHEN W. MARSTON, Jr., b. Oct. 11, 1819; d. Sept. 4, 1899; unmarried. Dry Goods Commission Merchant. Director of the National Webster Bank.
Pew No. 51, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $221.00. Five eighths of pew. ELIJAH DUDLEY, b. July 26, 1764; d. Sept. 6, 1805; m. Isabel Weed. Cooper.
May 10, 1804. Three eighths of pew. OTIS GOULD, see Fourth Meeting House.
Dec. 17, 1827. MISS SARAH TAPPAN.
July 26, 1828. ISABEL WHITING, W. of Moses Whiting, of Dedham.
Feb. 9, 1842. ELIZABETH WHITWELL, dau. of Samuel Whitwell.
Feb. 9, 1860. DANIEL STANIFORD, b. April 22, 1814; d. Feb. 21, 1879; m. Frances Ann Minns Wheelwright. Wool merchant.
Pew No. 52, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $241.00. CAPT. JESSE DOGGETT, see Fourth Meeting House.
April 20, 1814. ELIZABETH DOGGETT, W. of Jesse Doggett.
April 18, 1845. JONATHAN AMORY DAVIS, see Pew No. 89, Lower Floor,
Jan. 4, 1866. ANN WAINWRIGHT DAVIS, dau. of Jonathan Amory Davis. Jan. 31, 1884. HENRY DAN WILMARTH, see Deacons.
Pew No. 53, Lower Floor.
May 10, 1804. Cost $260.00. WILLIAM BLANEY, see Fourth Meeting House.
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May 19, 1825. CATHERINE BLANEY, W. of William Blaney.
Sept. 20, 1847. HORACE BACON, b. - , 1801; d. Aug. 14, 1850; m. Miranda Wood. City messenger. Sexton of this church.
Nov. 22, 1847. EDWARD DARLEY BOIT, b. Aug. 31, 1813; d. Oct. 25, 1890; m. Jane Parkinson Hubbard. H. C. 1834. Lawyer. Representative. May 29, 1848. JAMES GUILD, b. July 12, 1811; d. May 3, 1887; m. (1) Sophia Buckland Child, (2) Ann Eliza Gore, (3) Caroline Whitmarsh. A Graduate of Roxbury Latin School. Leather merchant. Member of Standing Committee 1853. Trustee of the Roxbury Latin School and its Treasurer in 1855. President and Director of the People's Bank. President Roxbury Gas Light Co.
Nov. 7, 1850. FREDERICK GUILD, living.
Dec. 4, 1891. JAMES CLARKE DAVIS, see Pew No. 49, Lower Floor.
Pew No. 54, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $271.00. EBENEZER SEAVER, see Fourth Meeting House.
April 14, 1855. SARAH PARKER, dau. of Ebenezer Seaver and w. of Thomas Parker.
April 1, 1884. SARAH PARKER, dau. of Thomas Parker.
Pew No. 55, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $300.00. THOMAS WYMAN, see Fourth Meeting House.
Oct. 18, 1817. ISAAC WYMAN, b. March 27, 1795; d. Nov. 6, 1872; m. Catherine Taber. Farmer.
Feb. 5, 1880. EMMELINE HAYWARD, see Pew No. 107, Lower Floor. March 30, 1883. JOHN TETLOW, living.
Pew No. 56, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $321.00. COL. WILLIAM BARNES, see Fourth Meeting House.
May 18, 1825. JANE BARNES, W. of Col. William Barnes.
July 17, 1833. MOSES WHITING, b. - , 1780; d. March 19, 1842; m. Percis Rice Clark.
July 1, 1846. BENJAMIN BANGS, b. Dec. 10, 1783; d. June 18, 1860; m. Sophia Nye. Merchant. Owner of ships. Interested in Valparaiso trade. Member of Common Council. Representative.
Oct. 23, 1860. CHARLOTTE AUGUSTA BRADSTREET, dau. of Benj. Bangs, and w. of Samuel Bradstreet.
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Pew No. 57, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $330.00. HEIRS OF THE PIERPONT ESTATE.
Aug. 16, 1806. SAMUEL GORE, bap. Dec. 23, 1770; d. Dec. 11, 1824; m. Abigail White. Farmer.
March 10, 1830. WILLIAM FISK, b. Dec. 20, 1770; d. June 11, 1844; m. Eunice White. Cabinet maker. Measurer of wood.
Feb. 28, 1843. CAPT. ARCHELAUS REA, b. Feb. 12, 1778; d. Sept. - , 1864; m. (1) Elizabeth Mason, (2) Maria Marsh Woodbridge. Master Mariner. Agent of Salem Iron Co.
Nov. 16, 1847. PHILIP DUMARESQ, b. April 13, 1804; d. June 25, 1861; m. Margarita Deblois. Educated at Gardiner, Me. Commanded a ship at the age of twenty, and for thirty years prominent in his profession. He was the first American who began the traffic with the Japanese after the American Treaty of Commerce.
Oct. 8, 1855. JAMES STURGIS, b. Aug. 21, 1822; d. Jan. 21, 1888; m. Mary Catharine Townsend. Engaged in the East India, China, South Africa and Australian trades. On the staff of Gov. Alex. H. Rice.
Jan. 30, 1880. JAMES THACHER HAYWARD, see Pew No. 85, Lower Floor. Nov. 24, 1886. JAMES WARREN HAYWARD, see Long Pew No. 34, in Gallery.
Pew No. 58, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $338.00. HUMPHREY BICKNALL, see Fourth Meeting House.
May 10, 1804. SIMEON PRATT, see Fourth Meeting House.
May 6, 1837. POLLY LEWIS, W. of Thomas Lewis.
Feb. 9, 1854. GEORGE FOSTER WILLIAMS, b. Aug. 17, 1805; d. Dec. 5, 1872; m. Susan Lucy Fellowes. Member of the firm of Hall & Williams, afterwards Tucker & Williams.
Nov. 11, 1878. NATHAN DYER ROBINSON, b. June 20, 1835; d. April 11, 1895; m. Elizabeth Leman Parker. Member of the firm of Macullar Parker & Co., dry goods. Member of the Boston Art Club and the Roxbury Club.
Pew No. 59, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $351.00. JOEL SEAVERNS, see Fourth Meeting House. May 10, 1804. SAMUEL SEAVERNS, b. -- , 1782; d. April 29, 1810; m. Charlotte Williams.
July 26, 1817. CHARLOTTE SEAVERNS, W. of Samuel Seaverns.
July 26, 1824. WILLIAM LANGLEY, see Square Pew No. 28, in Gallery.
May 14, 1825. AARON KINGSBURY, see Pew No. 92, Lower Floor.
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April 18, 1856. WILLIAM B. KINGSBURY, b. Dec. 14, 1806; d. April 6, 1872; m. Freelove Fenner. Farmer. Alderman. Treasurer Roxbury Gas Light Co. Trustee of Institution for Savings in Roxbury and Vicinity. Nov. 27, 1875. EDWARD C. R. WALKER, b. Dec. 11, 1823; d. Oct. 11, 1897; m. Henrietta Kingsbury. Manufacturer.
Pew No. 60, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $341.00. DEACON JOSHUA FELTON, see Deacons.
May 10, 1804. ZABDIEL ADAMS, see Fourth Meeting House.
May 16, 1825. ABIGAIL P. ADAMS, w. of Zabdiel Adams.
Feb. 9, 1828. DR. ZABDIEL BOYLSTON ADAMS, b. Feb. 19, 1793; d.
Jan. 25, 1855; m. Sarah May Holland. H. C. 1813. M. D. 1816.
Aug. 10, 1833. SAMUEL BILLINGS, see Pew No. 94, Lower Floor.
Nov. 27, 1844. JOHN BUMSTEAD, b. Jan. 12, 1778; d. Oct. 29, 1857; m. (1) Frances Gore, (2) Sarah Gore. Merchant and dealer in real estate.
July 28, 1866. JOHN JAMES DIXWELL, b. June 27, 1806; d. Nov. 14, 1876; m. Eliza Boardman Ingersoll Bowditch.
May 14, 1867. J. HENRY SEARS, see Pew No. 65, in Gallery.
Pew No. 61, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $320.00. MAJOR WILLIAM BOSSON, b. Apr. 28, 1753; d. after 1818; m. (1) Prudence Mayo, (2) Susanna Mayo. One of the minute men at Lexington. Major in the Continental Army. Parish Clerk, 1815 to 1817. Member Parish Committee, 1805, 1806, 1815, 1816.
Nov. 20, 1816. ELIJAHI LEWIS, see Pew No. 64, Lower Floor.
Aug. 26, 1818. SAMUEL HEWES, b. May 4, 1767; d. Oct. 21, 1860. Unmarried. Dry Goods Merchant. Capt. of the Boston Fusileers. June 21, 1821. WILLIAM COOPER HUNNEMAN, b. July 10, 1769; d. May 10, 1856; m. Hannah Hewes. Coppersmith. Brass founder and manufacturer of hand fire engines. President of Mass. Charitable Society. One of the Deacons of West Boston Church. (Rev. Dr. Charles Lowell).
Feb. 19, 1856. WILLIAM COOPER HUNNEMAN, JR., b. Jan. 4, 1830; d. Jan. 28, 1869; m. Sally Williams Patten. First in the drug business and later a manufacturer of varnishes.
March 29, 1869. SIDNEY BARTLETT, b. Feb. 13, 1799; d. March 6, 1889; m. Caroline Pratt. II. C. 1818. Taught school in Scituate. In 1821 admitted to the Bar where he became the leader. One of the founders
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and first president of the Boston Bar Assn. Member of the Legis- lature and also of Constitutional Convention. Received from Harvard College Honorary Degree of LL.D. in 1855.
Feb. 14, 1880. CHARLES FREDERICK BRADFORD, see Pew No. 104, Lower Floor.
Pew No. 62, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. ' Cost $340.00. WILLIAM PRATT, b. May 18, 1776; d. Feb. 5, 1826; m. Mary Wyman. Currier.
June 7, 1825. CHARLES DURANT, see Square Pew No. 8, in Gallery.
July 1, 1829. AARON KINGSBURY, see Pew No. 92, Lower Floor.
Nov. 2, 1830. SUPPLY CLAP THWING, see Deacons.
April 18, 1843. JOHN MURRAY FORBES, b. Feb. 23, 1813; d. Oct. 12, 1898; m. Sarah Hathaway. Merchant. One of the leaders who gave an impetus to the great Railway systems of the West. A Director of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Rail Road from 1857 until his death, also Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of the same Railroad. Elector at large at President Lincoln's election in 1860. Member of Peace Congress Feb . 1861., Deputy Commissary under Governor Andrew in 1861. One of two persons sent by the Secre- taries of State and Navy on a private mission to England March 1863. One of the founders of the Sanitary Commission. " In the Civil War he did more for his country than any other private citizen and we owed our success as much to him as to any other man." (Judge Hoar.) April 27, 1874. EDWIN READ, b. -- 1815; d. March 12, 1887. Auc- tioneer.
Jan. 26, 1878. JOHN COFFIN JONES BROWN, living.
Pew No. 63, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $320.00. DAVID POIGNAND, m. Delicia Merchant. Removed to Lancaster.
April 12, 1810. NATHANIEL SCOTT, see Fourth Meeting House.
Jan. 8, 1816. THOMAS WHITTEMORE SCOTT, b. Dec. 20, 1793; d. May 1, 1824; m. Susan Curtis Brewer. Manufacturer.
Sept. 1, 1835. ENOCH BARTLETT, b. Feb. 17, 1779; d. June 25, 1860; m. Abby Kane DeWolf. A merchant who laid the foundation of his fortune by importing a cargo of English dry goods just before the War of 1812. A pioneer member and a Vice President of the Mass. Horti- cultural Society. The "Bartlett Pear" was named in honor of him having been first introduced from Great Britain into the garden which he afterwards purchased.
Nov. 15, 1860. ANN D. BARTLETT, daughter of Enoch Bartlett.
May 6, 1874. CAROLINE BARTLETT, daughter of Enoch Bartlett.
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Pew No. 64, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $306.00. ELIJAH LEWIS, b. March 3, 1773; d. Dec. 15, 1858; m. (1) Fanny Sumner, (2) Elizabeth Sumner Daggett. Associated with Charles and Aaron Davis manufacturers and exporters. Alderman. Representative. Captain of Roxbury Fire Brigade. Member of Parish Committee in 1823.
Apr. 12, 1859. GEORGE LEWIS, see Long Pew No. 17, in Gallery.
Pew No. 65, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $214.00. JOHN DOVE, reverted to Parish.
April 25, 1806. LUCY BOWMAN, see Pew No. 91, Lower Floor.
Jan. 24, 1807. DEACON SAMUEL SUMNER, see Deacons.
May 4, 1818. WILLIAM HAZLET, see Fourth Meeting House.
Jan. 6, 1845. ABRAHAM F. HOWE, b. May, 1783; d. Nov. 29, 1861; m. Mary Woodman. At first a West Indian merchant afterwards an auctioneer. President in the Norfolk M. F. Ins. Co. Special county commissioner. Held offices in the City of Government.
March 25, 1845. JOSEPH WHITE, see Pew No. 90, Lower Floor.
June 21, 1845. LYMAN LOCKE, b. Jan. 25, 1804; d. Dec. 23, 1861; m. (1) Almeria Rosaline Boynton, (2) Eliza Anne Lane, (3) Frances Brew- ster. Manufacturer of weighing scales and afterwards purchased and conducted an iron foundry.
June 20, 1850. THOMAS LORD of Boston, d. Jan. 1860. Merchant and dealer in real estate.
Jan. 2, 1854. SAMUEL ALLDS WAY, b. Dec. 17, 1816; d. June 4, 1872; m. Sarah Ann Simpson. Banker. Organized the first bank under the Mass. Free Banking Law. Large real estate holder.
April 15, 1857. JAMES RITCHIE, b. May 12, 1815; d. March 16, 1873; m. (1) Caroline Whitaker, (2) Mary Jane Kimball. H. C. 1835. Prin- cipal of the Partridge Academy in Duxbury. Mayor of Roxbury. President Roxbury Charitable Society. City Missionary. One of the founders of the Old Ladies' Home. Editor of the Norfolk County Journal. Trustee of the Roxbury Latin School. Representative. Assessor of Internal Revenue. Member of Governor Andrew's Council. July 15, 1867. SEAMAN KLOUS, living.
This pew was removed in 1888 to give space for the new pulpit.
Pew No. 66, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $260.00. MOSES DAVIS, see Fourth Meeting House. April 24, 1824. EZRA MORSE, b. Nov. 16, 1765; d. Oct. 17, 1826; m. Rebecca Thomas. Soap boiler.
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May 8, 1830. EZEKIEL D. DYER, m. Mrs. Rebecca Morse. Gold-beater. June 13, 1834. AMOS STEVENS, b. -- 1803; d. Feb. 25, 1861; m. Susan ---. Merchant and Manager of a balance factory. Dec. 30, 1835. NAHUM WARD, b. Oct. 10, 1801; d. Nov. 9, 1858; m. (1) Susan Gurney, (2) Ruth Stetson Gurney. Manufacturer of tallow candles and settled soap. Alderman. Director of Nat. Rockland Bank.
March 28, 1860. RUTH STETSON WARD, W. of Nahum Ward.
Pew No. 67, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $202.00. NATHANIEL PATTEN, d. before 1822, in Missouri; m. Nancy Scott. One of the Committee of Correspondence during the Revolution. One of the original incorporators of the Bos- ton Marine Society. Ropemaker. His daughter Sarah was the first child baptized in this meeting house, June 10, 1804.
May 10, 1804. BENJAMIN MARSHALL, see Fourth Meeting House.
Sept. 12, 1807. NATHANIEL SHEPHERD PRENTISS, b. Aug. 7, 1766; d. Nov. 5, 1853; m. Abigail Pico. H. C. 1789. Began the practice of medi- cine in Marlborough. In 1801 he removed to Roxbury and took charge of the Roxbury Latin School for eight years. Afterwards kept a private school. Representative. Town Clerk about 30 years. Parish Clerk. Member of Parish Committee. Helped to establish the First Baptist Church in Roxbury and one of the founders of the Eliot Con- gregational Church in Kenilworth Street.
May 30, 1821. SAMUEL GUILD, see Pew No. 79, Lower Floor.
Nov. 16, 1840. BAMAN STONE, see Pew No. 37, Lower Floor.
Feb. 8, 1862. SAMUEL CROCKER COBB, b. May 22, 1826; d. Feb. 18, 1891; m. Aurelia Ladd Beattie. Merchant. Pres. of the Mass. Society of the Cincinnati. Alderman of Roxbury. Alderman and Mayor of Boston. Trustee of Fellowes Athenaeum. Trustee of Roxbury Latin School. Member of Standing Committee. President of Roxbury Charitable Society. Member of the Board of Public Institutions. President of Nat. Revere Bank. Trustee National Sailors' Home. Actuary of the Mass. Hospital Life Ins. Co.
Dec. 21, 1877. WILLIAM ADDISON BEATTIE. Living.
Pew No. 68, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $311.00. WILLIAM HANNAFORD, m. Betsey Knower. Currier. A founder of the Universalist Church.
March 7, 1822. SAMUEL DOGGETT, b. Feb. 12, 1794; d. Aug. 18, 1856; m. Lois Currier. Manufacturer of mirrors, picture frames, &c. Cap- tain of the Norfolk Guards of Roxbury.
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Jan. 7, 1845. HENRY PETTES, b. May 24, 1810; d. Aug. 29, 1882; m. Mary Barrett. Merchant.
Feb. 16, 1860. JOHN REED, b. -- , 1812, d. July 26, 1892; m. Harriet White. Vice-Treasurer Provident Institution for Savings.
Pew No. 69, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $347.00. THOMAS RUMRILL. One half pew, see Fourth Meeting House.
May 10, 1804. NATHANIEL RICHARDSON. One half pew. b. March 19, 1780; d. April 18, 1812; m. Mary Dwight Coverly.
Jan. 10, 1807. BENJAMIN WELD. One quarter pew, see Pew No. 75, Lower Floor.
Jan. 10, 1807. JESSE DOGGETT. One quarter pew, see Pew No. 52, Lower Floor.
July 25, 1825. SAMUEL JACKSON GARDNER. One half pew, see Pew No. 32, Lower Floor.
Feb. 13, 1826. JOHN WELD CHILDS, b. Feb. 8, 1789; d. March 21, 1864; m. Sarah Richards.
Jan. 19, 1830. CHARLES FREDERICK GORE, b. -- , 1799; d. June 10, 1857. Gardener.
Jan. 19, 1830. JOSEPH WARREN TUCKER, see Deacons.
July 3, 1833. SAMUEL PERKINS, b. -- , 1771; d. Aug. 3, 1846.
Aug. 9, 1843. ABIGAIL PERKINS.
Feb. 27, 1850. CUSHING STETSON, b. Apr. 26, 1800; d. March, 1865; m. Mrs. Frances (Burrows) Bowles. Merchant.
Sept. 30, 1863. GEORGE W. WHEELWRIGHT, see Long Pew No. 4, in Gallery.
Pew No. 70, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $310.00. THOMAS KILBY JONES, bap. Feb. - , 1759; d. April 26, 1842; m. Polly Morton. Auctioneer and Mer- chant. He built his country seat "Grove Hall." Trustee and Vice- Pres. of Mass. Fire Society. Trustee of the Roxbury Latin School.
Aug. 17, 1833. JOHN JONES CLARKE, see Square Pew No. 31 in Gallery.
June 19, 1834. EDWARD BRINLEY, b. -- , 1809; d. July 13, 1868; m. Ann Matilda Bartlett. Druggist.
March 31, 1843. HEZEKIAH BLANCHARD, b. --; d. May, 1864; m. Charlotte Porter. Dealer in seeds. Member of New England Guards in 1812.
Pew No. 71, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $298.00. NEHEMIAH MUNROE, see Deacons.
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Dec. 29, 1828. SAMUEL HEWES HUNNEMAN, b. Feb. 12, 1800; d. Jan. 15, 1869; m. Elizabeth Champney. Coppersmith. Builder of the cele- brated Hunneman Hand and Steam Fire Engines in Roxbury. Presi- dent of Mass. Mechanic Charitable Association. Member of the Roxbury Social Library. Engineer of the Roxbury Fire Department. Feb. 1, 1883. AUGUSTUS PARKER, see Pew No. 69, in Gallery. Nov. 23, 1898. WILLIAM PRENTISS PARKER. Living.
Pew No. 72, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $299.00. EBENEZER CRAFTS, see Deacons.
April 12, 1844. MISS SARAH STODDARD, from New London.
Nov. 29, 1844. EBENEZER CRAFTS, see Deacons.
-- , 1864. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS CRAFTS, b. Oct. 28, 1819; d. Oct. 30, 1906; m. Emily Daggett. H. C. 1840. Lawyer. Established the Norfolk County Journal in 1849. Member of Common Council. Member of School Committee. Representative. Clerk of the State Board of Railroad Commissioners.
Pew No. 73, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $297.00. ELEB FAXON, b. Jan. 9, 1756; d. Oct. 6, 1820; m. Ruth Ann Hathaway. Blacksmith. Proprietor of a large iron factory casting cannon used in the War of 1812. A founder of the Universalist Church.
March 22, 1822. RUTH FAXON, dau. of Eleb Faxon.
Jan. 2, 1836. AMOS STEVENS, see Pew No. 66, Lower Floor.
March 3, 1853. THOMAS MOTLEY, JR., b. Feb. 1, 1812; d. March 8, 1895; m. Maria Bussey Davis. Agriculturist. President of the Mass. Society for the Promotion of Agriculture. Trustee of the Mass. Humane Society. President of the Sailors' Snug Harbor.
Feb. 23, 1880. JOSEPH WARREN TUCKER, see Deacons.
Pew No. 74, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $302.00. NATHANIEL SEAVER, b. Feb. 7, 1773; d. Oct. 27, 1827; m. Hannah Loco. Merchant.
Nov. 3, 1829. MRS. ANNA GARDNER HOVEY.
Jan. 12, 1839. MISS SARAH S. GARDNER of Cambridge.
Sept. 20, 1856. SAMUEL WILLIAM RODMAN, b. Oct. 30, 1814; d. June 1, 1906; m. Emma Motley. Owner of Whaling ships. Feb. 10, 1880. JEREMIAH PLIMPTON, see Deacons.
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Pew No. 75, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $291.00. MAJOR BENJAMIN WELD, see Fourth Meet- ing House.
May 10, 1804. SAMUEL HEATH, b. March 9, 1760; d. Sept. 24, 1841; m. Mrs. Nancy Greaton. Tanner.
March 1, 1849. ELIZABETH WELD, dau. of Benjamin Weld.
Pew No. 76, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $273.00. HON. WILLIAM HEATH, see Fourth Meeting House.
-- , 1814. WILLIAM HEATH, JR., see Square Pew No. 25, in Gallery.
May 25, 1836. WILLIAM DAVIS, JR., b. July 18, 1801; d. April 27, 1865; m. Maria Davis. Merchant and importer of Russian goods.
Aug. 25, 1857. SUPPLY CLAP THWING, see Deacons.
March 29, 1878. ANNIE HAVEN THWING, dau. of Supply Clap Thwing
Jan. 28, 1884. JOSIAH WHEELWRIGHT, see Long Pew No. 14, in Gallery.
Dec. 28, 1895. WALTER ELIOT THWING, living. Author of this book.
Pew No. 77, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $260.00. BENJAMIN SEAVER, see Fourth Meeting House.
May 28, 1816. SUSANNAH MCCARTY, W. of William McCarty.
Feb. 24, 1842. JOSEPH DUDLEY GOULD, see Pew No. 78, Lower Floor.
Aug. 1, 1878. DR. P. O'MEARA EDSON, living.
Pew No. 78, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $222.00. JACOB GOULD, see Fourth Meeting House.
May 10, 1804. SOLOMON JONES, see Fourth Meeting House.
Jan. 11, 1813. LUCY GOULD, W. of Jacob Gould.
Aug. 30, 1828. JOSEPH DUDLEY GOULD, b. May 17, 1807; d. April 19, 1879; m. Sarah Payson Seaverns. Dry goods merchant. Partner of Ozias Field.
Dec. 29, 1828. JOHN LEMIST, see Pew No. 29, Lower Floor.
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