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Aug. 1, 1834. HARRISON GRAY, b. -- , 1794; d. Aug. 16, 1846; m. Clarissa Bookseller. Hilliard, Gray & Co.
April 11, 1835. ROBERT B. SCHENCK.
Sept. 27, 1836. CHARLES WINSHIP HOLBROOK, b. Aug. 4, 1804; d. June 11, 1860; m. Delia Ann Gardner. Discount Clerk City Bank.
Dec. 10, 1841. LEONARD CROCKER BOWLES, b. Sept. 12, 1796; d. March 2 1876; m. Catherine Cushing Lincoln. Bookseller and Publisher. Assistant Secretary of the Mass. Society of the Cincinnati.
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Sept. 6, 1842. SAMUEL MAVERICK PHILLIPS, b. May 19, 1795; d. June 8, 1875; m. Rebecca Capen Simmons. Merchant.
Feb. 23, 1880. GEORGE MORRILL, b. Sept. 7, 1825; d. March 31, 1895; m. Sarah Emmons Rogers. Lawyer and Public Administrator.
Pew No. 79, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $222.00. SAMUEL GUILD, b. March 18, 1777; d. Jan. 12, 1862; m. Sarah Mears. Tanner. Representative. Senator. Presi- dent of the People's Bank. Trustee of the Roxbury Latin .School. President of the Inst. for Savings in Roxbury. Member of the Standing Committee.
May 4, 1814. MAJOR ABIJAH MERRIAM, b. -- , 1777; d. July 10, 1852; m. Catherine Coburn. Tanner.
May 7, 1853. CATHERINE MERRIAM, dau. of Abijah Merriam.
Sept. 9, 1853. SAMUEL PARKMAN BLAKE, see Pew No. 45, in Gallery.
March 26, 1858. JOSIAH WHEELWRIGHT, see Long Pew No 14, in Gallery.
Pew No. 80, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $222.00. WILLIAM SEAVER, b. May 6, 1765; d. Feb. 28, 1817; m. Lucy Heath.
June 1, 1829. DR. HENRY BARTLETT, b. Dec. 9, 1801; d. July 20, 1872; m. Hannah Everett. H. C. 1820. A prominent physician of Roxbury. Member of Mass. Med. Soc. A Founder of the "Home for Aged Women, &c." in Roxbury. President Roxbury Athenaeum. President Roxbury Gas Light Co. President Eliot Savings Bank. Trustee of Fellowes Atheneum. Member of the Standing Committee.
July 4, 1882. ANNA SOPHIA EVERETT, niece of Mrs. Henry Bartlett, & daughter of Thomas Everett.
Pew No. 81, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $212.00. DANIEL SAUNDERSON, b. 1746; d. Jan. 25, 1829; m. Sarah Cunningham.
March 10, 1830. SARAH SAUNDERSON, W. of Daniel Saunderson.
May 5, 1843. NATHANIEL RUSSELL STURGIS, b. Feb. 17, 1779; d. Sept. 26, 1856; m. Susan Parkman. Merchant.
March 2, 1844. BENJAMIN APTHORP GOULD, b. June 15, 1787; d. Oct. 24, 1859; m. Lucretia Dana Goddard. H. C. 1814. Fellow Am. Acad. Principal of Boston Latin School. Afterwards engaged in the East India Trade.
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Jan. 28, 1851. GEORGE WILLIAM BOND, b. June 22, 1811; d. May 29, 1892; m. (1) Sophia Augusta May, (2) Louisa C. Greenwood. Wool broker. Member of School Committee of West Roxbury. Trustee Suffolk Savings Bank. Treasurer Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Jan. 17, 1855. EBEN BACON, JR., b. Aug. 4, 1829; d. Feb. 22, 1904; m. Susan Gilchrist Low. Banker. Treasurer Hamilton Mfg. Co. Director China Mut. Ins. Co. President of Washington Nat. Bank. Director of Sailors' Snug Harbor, and of Farm School for Indigent Boys. Jan. 1, 1898. THEORODE MELVILLE PLIMPTON, living.
Pew No. 82, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $203.00. SAMUEL BLANEY, see Fourth Meeting House.
Dec. 16, 1816. WILLIAM PRATT, see Pew No. 62, Lower Floor.
June 26, 1819. LUTHER MORSE, b. Feb. 3, 1770; d. Dec. 4, 1848; m.
(1) Mary Holmes, (2) Elizabeth Holmes. Soap boiler. A founder of the Universalist Church.
June 26, 1819. HARTFORD MORSE, see Square Pew No. 17, in Gallery.
Dec. 17, 1827. JONATHAN DORR, see Pew No. 84, Lower Floor.
Dec. 29, 1832. NATHANIEL DORR, see Pew No. 97, Lower Floor.
June 13, 1834. GEORGE WOODMAN, b. Jan. 27, 1796; d. May 6, 1874; m. Louisa Gore. Merchant. Judge of petty cases at Jamaica Plain lockup. Member of Society of War of 1812.
April 11, 1835. HARRISON GRAY, see Pew No. 78, Lower Floor.
Jan. 1, 1844. NATHANIEL R. STURGIS, see Pew No. 81, Lower Floor.
Dec. 22, 1852. FRANCIS MINOT WELD, b. April 27, 1815; d. Feb. 4, 1886; m. Elizabeth Rodman. H. C. 1835. Interested in the cotton and East India trades. Treasurer of Pembroke Print Mills.
Feb. 21, 1878. THOMAS JOHNSTON HOMER, b. Nov. 1, 1813; d. Dec. 25, 1880; m. Mary Elizabeth Fisher. Merchant. Franklin Medal Scholar. Trustee of estates.
Jan. 9, 1882. MARY ELISABETH HOMER, W. of Thomas Johnston Homer. June 1, 1900. JOHN NOBLE, see Deacons.
Pew No. 83, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $195.00. JOHN HOLBROOK HAWES, b. Sept. 20, 1772; d. July 21, 1846; m. (1) Achsah --- , (2) Sally Clap Mes- senger. Inherited an estate in Roxbury.
May 10, 1804. DANIEL WHITING; m. Elizabeth ----.
Feb. 18, 1814. JONATHAN FREEMAN COOK; m. Mary Little.
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Feb. 4, 1835. GALEN BOWDITCH, b. March 15, 1772; d. March 16, 1853; m. Sally Davenport. Blacksmith and farmer.
Aug. 19, 1839. JOSEPH WARREN TUCKER, see Deacons.
March 12, 1880. MRS. MARY R. GORE.
Pew No. 84, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $195.00. JONATHAN DORR, b. April 5, 1777; d. Sept. 18, 1841; m. Eliza Smith. Merchant. Representative. Delivered an address of welcome to General Andrew Jackson on his visit to Roxbury. Interested in the first omnibus line between Roxbury and Boston. Member of Standing Committee in 1825. Trustee of the Roxbury Latin School.
Dec. 20, 1832. NATHANIEL DORR, see Pew No. 97, Lower Floor.
Sept. 4, 1834. CAPT. WILLIAM C. BARSTOW, b. May 9, 1801; d. March 31, 1864; m. Sarah Foster Morton. He commanded ships in the New York and Liverpool Packet Co. until 1844, afterwards Supt. and Manager of the East Boston Land Co. One of the founders and a director of the Maverick Bank.
March 8, 1836. WILLIAM WHITING, b. March 3, 1813; d. June 29, 1873; m. Lydia Cushing Russell. H. C. 1833. Admitted to the Bar in 1838 and became a leading lawyer. Advocated the union of Roxbury and Boston.
March 21, 1839. ADAM STEWART, b. 1776; d. Oct. 15, 1842. He was called Doctor.
March 2, 1844. GEORGE WILLIAM DODD, b. Aug. 26, 1802; d. Oct. 31, 1872; m. Catherine H. Perkins. Assistant Cashier Atlantic Bank. Oct. 28, 1853. HARRIET BLANCHARD, w. of William Blanchard, Senior. Sept. 24, 1869. WILLIAM BLANCHARD, see Pew No. 46, in Gallery.
March 15, 1880. JAMES G. HAYNES, b. 1830; d. Dec. 29, 1894; m. Charlotte A. Folger. Merchant.
Jan. 10, 1904. REV. CHARLES RICHMOND WELD, living.
Pew No. 85, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Reserved at the sale of pews for the use of the Society.
Apr. 22, 1835. Cost $19.00. BENJAMIN KENT, see Deacons.
Sept. 3, 1856. JAMES THACHER HAYWARD, b. Feb. 19, 1802; d. March 12, 1886; m. Sarah Appleton Dawes. Merchant. Treasurer of Boston Sugar Refinery. Vice Prest. Eliot Five Cent Savings Bank. Director of Eliot Ins. Co. Member of Standing Committee.
Apr. 7, 1883. DR. JOHN LYDENHAM FLINT, b. -- , 1822; d. April 16, 1887. Unmarried. H. C. 1843. Physician of Roxbury.
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Pew No. 86, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Reserved at the sale of pews for the use of the Society.
April 22, 1835. Cost $19.00. BENJAMIN KENT, see Deacons.
May 3, 1866. MRS. SAMUEL D. BRADFORD.
Oct. 25, 1880. JANE ELIZA WHITE, W. of Henry White.
Pew No. 87, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Reserved at the sale of pews for the use of the Society.
April 22, 1835. Cost $21.00. DR. PETER GILMAN ROBBINS, b. Dec. 10, 1781; d. May 18, 1852; m. (1) Abba Dowse, (2) Mrs. Polly (Wil- liams) Hooper. In early life a physician in Lynn, afterwards in Rox- bury. Parish Clerk, 1821.
July 2, 1842. JAMES PHILLIPS, JR., b. March 25, 1808; d. Oct. 5, 1863; m. Eliza Cunningham. Real estate broker. Secretary of Board of Overseers of the Poor of the City of Boston.
April 15, 1854. THOMAS THACHER, JR., b. Jan. 18, 1824; d. Dec. 11, 1869; m. Marietta B. H. Crooker. President Fulton Iron Foundry Co. Notary Public.
March 28, 1871. STEPHEN MINOT WELD, living.
March 11, 1878. HORACE WILLIAMS FULLER, b. in 1844; d. Oct. 26, 1901; m. Emily Gorham Carter. Lawyer and editor.
Jan. 26, 1880. SAMUEL SEAVERNS GAY, b. Feb. 20, 1819; d. Dec. 24, 1894; m. Tryphenia M. Gleason. Stationer.
Jan. 19, 1883. EDWARD BELCHER REYNOLDS, see Deacons.
Pew No. 88, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Reserved at the sale of pews for the use of the Society.
April 22, 1835. Cost $21.00. DR. PETER GILMAN ROBBINS, see Pew No. 87, Lower Floor.
April 18, 1837. SARAH CUMMENS, dau. of William Cummens.
March 12, 1862. PAUL WILLARD, b. Sept. 26, 1824; d. Aug. 15, 1868; m. (1) Maria Louisa McCleary, (2) Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Read Weld. H. C. 1845. Solicitor of Roxbury. Clerk of the Common Council of Charlestown. Member of the Council. Representative. May 29, 1877. MARY E. R. WILLARD, w. of Paul Willard.
Dec. 16, 1889. HELEN WENDELL, W. of Frank Wendell.
Pew No. 89, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $140.00. ABIGAIL GAY, W. of Joel Gay.
Jan. 28, 1820. JOHN LEMIST, see Pew No. 29, Lower Floor.
Dec. 31, 1839. MISS ABIGAIL K. OLIVER.
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June 24, 1843. JONATHAN AMORY DAVIS, b. Jan. 16, 1800; d. May 5, 1865; m. (1) Emily Parker, (2) Frances Elizabeth Amory. President Suffolk National Bank. Treasurer Lancaster Mills.
May 5, 1845. WILLIAM DEHON, b. Feb. 2, 1814; d. May 22, 1875; m. Caroline Maria Inches. Counsellor-at-law.
Feb. 9, 1846. NATHANIEL FRANCIS, JR., of Roxbury, b. 1819; d. Aug. 4, 1848. Bookkeeper.
Sept. 15, 1849. NATHANIEL FRANCIS, of Boston, b. 1789; d. Sept. 13, 1870; m. (1) --- , (2) Elizabeth Lydia Coolidge. Iron merchant.
May 10, 1853. HON. JOHN HOWE, of Brookline, b. March 17, 1792; d. April 1, 1867; m. Hannah Williams Heath. Lumber merchant. A Director of the Rutland & Burlington R. R. Co. President of the Boston & Maine R. R. Co. President of the Eastern R. R. Co. Rep- resentative. Soldier of the War of 1812, for which service he received a warrant for 160 acres of land from the Government. At the open- ing of the Civil War in 1861, he presided over the first war meeting in Brookline and gave this land warrant to the Committee to be bestowed upon the family of the first victim of the war.
June 5, 1865. GEORGE WOODS RICE, b. July 14, 1828; d. Nov. 14, 1882; m. Adelaide Walker. Commission merchant. President of Mass. Loan & Trust Co. .
May 20, 1887. CHARLES STUART HALLADAY, b. March 23, 1837; d. June 13, 1907; m. Sarah Adams. Civil War Veteran. A. A. Paymaster United States Navy.
Pew No. 90, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $190.00. ISAAC CURTIS, b. Dec. 2, 1767; d. May 11, 1822; m. (1) Sally Heath, (2) Margaret Bell. Farmer.
Oct. 4, 1837. EBENEZER PRATT, b. June 17, 1802; d. May 28, 1857; m. Nancy Moore. Painter.
June 17, 1844. JOSEPH WHITE, b. April 15, 1791; d. Oct. 15, 1867; m. Anna Maria Halsey. Merchant in New York and Java, afterwards Cashier of the Atlas Bank.
March 5, 1845. JAMES RUSSELL, see Pew. No. 35, Lower Floor.
April 22, 1846. CHARLES H. BLANCHARD, of Boston, b. --; d. about 1848; m. Mary E. Stevenson. West India Goods & Groceries.
Oct. 7, 1848. STEPHEN W. MARSH, of Boston, Pianoforte manufacturer. Jan. 8, 1852. CHARLES MAYO ELLIS, see Pew No. 18, Lower Floor. July 21, 1855. LEONARD C. BOWLES, see Pew No. 78, Lower Floor.
Dec. 3, 1855. MARTIN LINCOLN BOWLES, b. Nov. 1, 1832; d. Feb. 15, 1904; m. Fanny M. Darracott. Merchandise broker.
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March 29, 1858. HENRY HUGHES WARDEN, b. Nov. - , 1817; d. Jan. 2, 1897; m. Elizabeth Beal. Merchant.
May 15, 1861. JOSEPH WILLIAMS BALCH, b. Aug. 3, 1819; d. Jan. 11, 1891; m. (1) Maria Hallet, (2) Agnes Love Greene. President of Boylston Fire Ins. Co.
Feb. 9, 1878. CHARLES C. HARVEY, living.
Pew No. 91, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $214.00. DEACON SAMUEL SUMNER. One half pew, see Deacons.
May 10, 1804. LUCY BOWMAN. One half pew. w. of William Bowman and sister of Governor Increase Sumner.
April 28, 1806. PELEG HEATH, JR., b. May 14, 1771; d. Oct. 21, 1812; m. Peggy Davenport. Farmer.
Dec. 12, 1859. JOSEPH P. SHAW, b. --; d. Dec. 31, 1866; m. Sarah Heath. Merchant.
Nov. 1, 1872. EBENEZER FRANCIS PARKER, see Pew No. 34, Lower Floor.
Pew No. 92, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $214.00. JONATHAN HILL, m. Suky Bosson. Cabinet maker.
Dec. 29, 1824. AARON KINGSBURY, b. -- , 1776; d. April 12, 1839; m. Mary Lethbridge. Farmer and victualer.
May 3, 1825. JOHN LEMIST, see Pew No. 29, Lower Floor.
Oct. 8, 1835. DR. WILLIAM PITT GREENWOOD, b. May 10, 1766; d. May 10, 1851; m. Mary Langdon. Dentist.
May 19, 1841. SAMUEL EDMUND SEWALL, b. Nov. 9, 1799; d. Dec. 20, 1888; m. (1) Louisa M. Winslow, (2) Harriet (Winslow) List. Law- yer. H. C. 1817. LL.B. 1820. Abolitionist. Senator.
June 25, 1847. LYMAN HOLLINGSWORTH, b. July 17, 1816; d. April -, 1890; m. Mary W. Thayer. Paper manufacturer.
Feb. 21, 1851. ROBERT CHAMBLET HOOPER, b. April 8, 1805; d. Nov. 26, 1869; m. (1) Maria Hooper, (2) Adeline Denny Ripley. Entered Harvard College in 1818. Did not graduate. Supercargo and Cap- tain of ship. Merchant.
Dec. 2, 1851. CAROLINE ELIZABETH PERKINS.
Feb. 27, 1883. WILLIAM CROSBY, see Pew No. 42, in Gallery.
Pew No. 93, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $198.00. LEMUEL PEIRCE, m. Sarah --. Wheel- wright.
Sept. 24, 1806. LUTHIER RICHARDSON, b. Ang. 25, 1774; d. Nov. 14, 1811; m. Susannah Craft. H. C. 1799. Lawyer. He delivered an oration
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July 4, 1800, at the request of the inhabitants of the Town of Roxbury in commemoration of American Independence.
Jan. 1, 1807. ANN PIERPONT, dau. of Robert Pierpont.
Jan. 1, 1807. DANIEL FRENCH, b. - , 1776; d. Aug. 3, 1828. Carpenter. Aug. 2, 1814. JAMES RILEY, b. - , 1790; d. Nov. 6, 1829. Trader. A founder of the Universalist Church.
Oct. 16, 1816. JONATHAN DORR, see Pew No. 84, Lower Floor.
May 15, 1837. JONATHAN BUFFINGTON, b. Sept. 1, 1786; d. July 15, 1859; m. Mary Ann Churchill. East India & West India merchant. Ship owner. Pres. of Commonwealth Bank and President Commonwealth Fire Ins. Co.
Dec. 1, 1887. LOIS W. CLARKE, dau. of Col. Thomas Clarke.
Feb. 15, 1892. MRS. FLORENCE LEMIST CRUFT, living.
Pew No. 94, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $210.00. JOSEPH RUGGLES, see Fourth Meeting House.
May 8, 1823. NATHANIEL DORR, see Pew No. 97, Lower Floor.
Aug. 1, 1829. SAMUEL BILLINGS, b. -- , 1757; d. April 11, 1842; m. Hester Gill. Wholesale grocer. Director in State Bank.
May 20, 1830. WILLIAM BRADLEY DORR, b. May 17, 1803; d. Sept. 9, 1875; m. Mary Hickling. H. C. 1821. Lawyer.
April 20, 1835. JONATHAN DORR, see Pew No. 84, Lower Floor.
Jan. 3, 1842. CHARLES DAVIS, JR., b. July 12, 1807; d. March 9, 1888; m.
Mary Vila Ball. Owned and managed his large estate. Refused all public offices.
June 10, 1844. JAMES RUSSELL, see Pew No. 35, Lower Floor.
Feb. 13, 1845. WILLIAM CHANNING APPLETON, b. Oct. 25, 1812; d. Aug. 8, 1892; m. Mary Ann Louisa Smith. Lawyer. Treas. of Roxbury Gas Light Co. President of Eliot Five Cent Savings Bank.
Nov. 2, 1887. JAMES WEBSTER NEWELL, living.
Pew No. 95, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $222.00. PHINEHAS WITHINGTON, see Fourth Meeting House.
June 18, 1811. EBENEZER WITHINGTON, b. Sept. 23, 1753; d. Oct. 1, 1832; m. (1) Betsey Baker, (2) Mary Preston. Wheelwright. Soldier of the Revolution. Coroner of Norfolk County. Deacon of Rev. Dr. Cod- man's Church in Dorchester.
May 11, 1812. STEPHEN CHILDS, see Pew No. 16, Lower Floor.
May 11, 1812. JONATHAN WILLIAMS, see Pew No. 16, Lower Floor. March 30, 1822. STEPHEN CHILDS, 2d.
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Nov. 12, 1851. ROBERT CHAMBLET HOOPER, see Pew No. 92, Lower Floor. May 24, 1860. EDWARD EVERETT RICE, b. July 10, 1814; d. April 8, 1888;
m. (1) Priscilla D. Woodridge, (2) Elizabeth H. Bartlett. Merchant. Director in Atlantic Bank.
Dec. 6, 1888. EDWARD D. RICE, living.
Pew No. 96, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $237.00. EBENEZER BREWER. Two thirds of pew, see Fourth Meeting House.
May 10, 1804. WILLIAM BREWER. One third of pew. b. Feb. 24, 1758;
d. July 30, 1817; m. (1) Rebecca Brewer, (2) Mary Brewer. Representative.
May 23, 1825. ELIZABETH BREWER, W. of Ebenezer Brewer.
Sept. 4, 1862. JOHN FELT OSGOOD, b. Dec. 18, 1825; d. July 31, 1894; m. Elizabeth Lawrence Burling. At the age of 15 he was a clerk in the Exchange Bank of Salem. At the age of 17 he was employed by a Salem merchant and spent 6 years as agent at various ports in Arabia. In April, 1850, he went to California and settled in San Francisco as a commission merchant. He came to Boston in 1859 and lived in Roxbury until 1892. His study of mechanics and chemistry soon led to his giving up business. Alderman. Secretary of the Fellowes Athenaum. Treasurer of the Roxbury Latin School. President of the Roxbury Charitable Society. Member of the Standing Committee. April 24, 1894. ALFRED MONSON BULLARD, living. Treasurer of the Society.
Pew No. 97, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $262.00. WILLIAM LAMBERT, b. Dec. 22, 1743; d. June 17, 1823; m. (1) Mrs. King, (2) Susannah Cunningham. A grocer in Boston and Halifax, N. S., afterwards a merchant and ship owner. Member of the Humane Society in Boston. One of the founders of the Roxbury Charitable Society.
March 26, 1820. NATHANIEL DORR, b. March 22, 1779; d. Nov. 8, 1850; m. (1) Susan Lambert, (2) Emily Penelope Bradley. Kept a market. Treasurer of the Society.
March 26, 1820. WILLIAM BLANCHARD, b. -- , 1775; d. April 18, 1844; m. (1) Mary Elliot, (2) Harriet Lambert. Sea captain and merchant. Jan. 1, 1830. SUSANNAH LAMBERT, W. of William Lambert.
March 19, 1841. WARREN FISHER, b. May 30, 1794; d. March 9, 1875; m. (1) Lucretia Bucknam, (2) Nancy Stimpson Simmons. Merchant. Owned large tracts of land in Roxbury.
Jan. 15, 1880. WILLIAM BLANCHARD, see Pew No. 46, in Gallery.
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Pew No. 98, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $302.00. BENJAMIN DUICK, m. (1) Esther Weld, (2) Hannah Gay, (3) Mary - -. Tavern keeper. Removed to Pom- fret, Conn.
May 13, 1805. ASA WHITNEY, b. May 18, 1782; d. March 4, 1826; m. Mary Hammond. Merchant. Parish Treasurer.
April 20, 1818. JOHN CHAMPNEY, see Square Pew No. 14, in Gallery.
Jan. 25, 1867. CHARLES DAVIS, living.
Nov. 29, 1871. HENRY PORTER STANWOOD, living.
Oct. 6, 1883. MRS. ELIZA D. HOWARD.
Pew No. 99, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $317.00. LIEUT. ELISHA WHITNEY, b. Oct. 6, 1747; d. May 18, 1815; m. Abigail Dana. Farmer.
May 12, 1817. ISAAC DAVIS, see Pew No. 8, Lower Floor.
May 28, 1855. JOHN LANGEDORFF D'WOLF, b. May 24, 1817; d. Dec. 31, 1886; m. Mary White Davis. Sugar commission merchant.
Pew No. 100, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $322.00. EDWARD SUMNER, b. June 14, 1746; d. Oct. 28, 1829; m. (1) Rebecca Payson, (2) Joanna Sumner. Farmer. Apr. 30, 1823. ELIJAH LEWIS, see Pew No. 64, Lower Floor. June 9, 1831. JOANNA SUMNER, W. of Edward Sumner.
April 23, 1835. EDWARD SUMNER, b. Aug. 3, 1810, d. -- , 1849.
Sept. 16, 1837. ABIGAIL MATHER SUMNER, dau. of Edward Sumner. July 3, 1849. THEODORE OTIS, see Pew No. 59, in Gallery.
Pew No. 101, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $307.00. JOHN LOWELL, b. Oct. 6, 1769; d. March 12, 1840; m. Rebecca Amory. H. C. 1786. Admitted to the Bar before he was 20 years of age. In 1803 he visited Europe. A noted writer during the War of 1812. A leading member of the Corporation of Harvard College. Received the degree of L.L.D. from Harvard in 1814. Prominent promoter of the Mass. General Hospital and of the Provident Inst. for Savings. President of Board of Trustees of Mass. Agricultural Society. Trustee of the Roxbury Latin School. A sup- porter of the Boston Athenaeum. First in the country to establish a greenhouse on an ample scale and on scientific principles.
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Sept. 26, 1842. JOHN AMORY LOWELL, b. Nov. 11, 1798; d. Oct. 31, 1881; m. (1) Susan Cabot Lowell, (2) Elizabeth Cabot Putnam. H. C. 1815. Merchant. Member of Convention for revising State Consti- tution. Fellow of Harvard College. Trustee of the Lowell Institute. Director of Suffolk Bank.
May 29, 1886. JOSHUA LOVETT, b. Sept. 28, 1840; d. Jan. 25, 1904. Real Estate.
Pew No. 102, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $302.00. CHARLES DAVIS, b. March 29, 1772; d. Feb. 8, 1842; m. Harriet Fellowes. He and his brother Aaron were manufacturers and exporters. They helped to build the Roxbury Canal. Trustee of the Roxbury Latin School. Parish Clerk. Mem- ber Parish Committee.
May 17, 1843. HARRIET DAVIS, W. of Charles Davis.
Sept. 7, 1847. CHARLES JEFFERSON HENDEE, see Pew No. 61, in Gallery. Jan. 6, 1858. JOSEPH HEWES HUNNEMAN, b. Nov. 21, 1812; d. Dec. 13, 1887; m. Harriet Bradley. Dry goods business in New York. Fire engine builder in Roxbury with his brother Samuel. President of Mass. Charitable Society. Trustee of Eliot Five Cent Savings Bank.
Pew No. 103, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $302.00. JOSEPH DAVIS, see Fourth Meeting House. Nov. 18, 1814. POLLY (WILLIAMS) HOOPER, afterwards w. of Dr. Peter Gilman Robbins.
Jan. 6, 1864. MRS. SALLY PATTEN EASTMAN, adopted daughter of Mrs. Polly Robbins.
Nov. 10, 1868. CAROLINE WHITING, niece of Mrs. Polly Robbins.
Pew No. 104, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $382.00. JOSEPH DUDLEY, see Fourth Meeting House.
Dec. 30, 1822. JOHN CREASE ESTABROOKS, b. Nov. 30, 1793; d. Dec. 4, 1830; unm. Blacksmith.
Nov. 24, 1831. CAPT. STEPHEN WILLIAMS, b. June 26, 1781; d. May 23, 1844; m. Louisa Palmer. Slupmaster. Opened American trade with Siam. Sailing Master of Frigate " President." Commanded ship "Blakeley" in War of 1812. Organized Roxbury Fire Department. Member of the Legislature.
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June 24, 1843. CHARLES FREDERICK BRADFORD, b. March 8, 1806; d. Aug. 31, 1887; m. Eliza Edes Hickling. Merchant in China and South America. He compiled, in Spanish, notes on Don Quixote for which he received a medal from the Royal Academy of Madrid and the order of Isabella Catholica from the King of Spain. Trustce of the Roxbury Latin School.
June 16, 1859. GEORGE PACKER, see Pew No. 44, in Gallery.
March 9, 1869. WILLIAM TURELL ANDREWS, see Long Pew No. 6, in Gallery.
Pew No. 105, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $278.00. STEDMAN WILLIAMS, see Fourth Meeting House. Held by the family for many years.
Pew No. 106, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $270.00. JOHN CLAP, see Deacons.
July 6, 1841. MOSES GRAGG, b. Sept. 20, 1791; d. Apr. 30, 1885; m. Rebecca Newell Alden. Hotel keeper. Representative. Commis- sioner of streets in Roxbury. Soldier of the War of 1812. Member Mass. Militia.
April 4, 1865. HARRIET LOUISA THAYER, W. of Charles Lowell Thayer.
Pew No. 107, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $236.00. HON. JOHN READ, b. -- , 1727; d. Jan. 13, 1813. Tanner. Many years agent for Gov. Bowdoin's Elizabeth Island estate and named Bowdoinham, Maine, in honor of his patron. Readfield, Me., was named for him. Once owned the Shirley Man- sion. Selectman, Representative and Member of Governor's Council. May 23, 1825. JOHN LEMIST, see Pew No. 29, Lower Floor.
Apr. 5, 1839. JONATHAN DORR, see Pew No. 84, Lower Floor.
Jan. 23, 1844. CHARLES ELLIS, b. Feb. 27, 1794; d. Jan. 9, 1860; m. Maria Mayo. Merchant. President Howard Bank.
March 3, 1845. JOSEPH DORR, b. Dec. 1, 1817; d. Feb. 1, 1888; m. Caroline Aurelia (Humphrey) Riley. Merchant in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Louisville, Ky., and Boston, afterwards interested in real estate. May 29, 1845. CAROLINE LANGDON EUSTIS, W. of Gov. William Eustis. Jan. 4, 1866. CHARLES LATHAM HAYWARD, b. March 22, 1812; d. Aug. 28, 1890; m. Emmeline Greenwood. Stockbroker. Treasurer of the First Church in Boston. Director of Eliot National Bank.
Sept. 4, 1866. EMMELINE HAYWARD, W. of Charles Latham Hayward. June 29, 1888. ALONZO N. BURBANK, see Pew No. 108, Lower Floor.
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Pew No. 108, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $240.00. SAMUEL HOWARD, m. Sarah Cordwainer.
May 10, 1804. ANDREW NEWMAN, b. -- , 1779; d. March 11, 1812; m. Susan Hayward. Blacksmith.
Jan. 4, 1866. FRANKLIN CURTIS, b. Nov. 10, 1817; d. July 4, 1897; m.
(1) Emily Dore, (2) Sarah B. Lewis. Merchant and shipowner.
Oct. 15, 1878. ALONZO N. BURBANK, living.
This Pew removed in 1888 to give more space for the new Pulpit.
GALLERY PEWS.
Square Pew No. 1
May 10, 1804. Cost $130.00. DWIGHT WILLIAMS, b. 1779; d. Aug. 10, 1812. Unm.
-- , 1812. THOMAS WILLIAMS, b. Oct. 12, 1786; d. Sept. 10, 1815; m. Abigail Williams. Physician. One of the projectors of Roxbury canal.
May 17, 1824. DANIEL SAUNDERSON, see Pew No. 81, Lower Floor.
March 10, 1830. THOMAS SIMMONS, see Pew No. 17, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 2
May 10, 1804. Cost $130.00. BARTHOLOMEW WHITE, see Pcw No. 13, Lower Floor.
Jan. 27, 1818. THOMAS MAYO, see Pew No. 13, Lower Floor.
May 30, 1823. DAVID ALLEN SIMMONS, see Pew No. 33, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 3
May 10, 1804. Cost $143.00. JOSEPH GORE, see Fourth Meeting House.
June 12, 1805. AMOS SMITH, see Pew No. 40, Lower Floor.
Apr. 10, 1826. JAMES JONES, b. 1795; d. Dec. 3, 1826.
May 20, 1831. JAMES HOWE CHAMPNEY, b. Dec. 4, 1807; d. Aug. 29, 1889; m. Sarah Elizabeth Wells. Dry goods merchant. Afterwards book- keeper in the Washington Bank for over 50 years.
April 19, 1832. CHARLES HICKLING, b. Dec. 20, 1799; d. June 9, 1888; m. Eliza Brown Edes. Educated at Boston Latin School. Member of publishing firm of Hickling, Swan & Brewer in the Old Corner Book store.
Sept. 15, 1834. WILLIAM BRADLEY DORR, sce Pew No. 94, Lower Floor.
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PLAN OF THE GALLERIES OF THE PRESENT MEETING HOUSE, 1804.
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Square Pew No. 4
May 10, 1804. Cost $141.00. JAMES LEWIS, see Fourth Meeting House.
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