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Square Pew No. 5
May 10, 1804. Cost $141.00. PELEG HEATH, JR .; reverted to Parish.
Dec. 21, 1806. ANTIPAS JACKSON, b. Nov. 20, 1772; d. July 28, 1846; m.
Hannah Richards. Housewright. She was an original member of the Dudley St. Baptist Church.
May 6, 1826. SAMUEL JACKSON, b. Jan: 15, 1803; d. Nov. 7, 1873; m. Mary Doggett. Patent leather manufacturer. Alderman of Roxbury. Selectman and Assessor of West Roxbury.
March 14, 1828. SAMUEL GUILD, see Pew No. 79, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 6
May 10, 1804. Cost $136.00. JOSEPH JAMES, see Fourth Meeting House. Oct. 3, 1805. SAMUEL LANGLEY, see Pew No. 17, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 7
May 10, 1804. Cost $146.00. REUBEN PARKER, m. Judith Smith. Miller.
Apr. 19, 1805. RALPH SMITH, see Pew No. 24, Lower Floor.
Aug. 25, 1819. JONATHAN DORR, see Pew No. 84, Lower Floor.
May 10, 1830. JOSHUA BENTLY FOWLE, b. June 17, 1797; d. Aug. 17, 1885;
m. Elizabeth Austin. Merchant and baker of ship bread. Alderman. March 25, 1833. HENRY MOORE.
April 24, 1834. JONATHAN PRATT ROBINSON, b. March 2, 1799; d. April 18, 1863; m. (1) Catherine Lewis, (2) Mary A. G. Goddard. Com- mission Merchant. Alderman. Deputy Collector of Boston. Presi- dent of the Mt. Vernon Bank.
Square Pew No. 8
May 10, 1804. Cost $141.00. CHARLES DURANT, b. July 16, 1777; d. Oct. 23, 1832; m. Nabby Langdon Williams. Representative. April 17, 1805. RALPH SMITH, see Pew No. 24, Lower Floor. Before 1834. JOSEPH HARRINGTON, see Pew No. 24, Lower Floor. June 25, 1834. EPHRAIM HARRINGTON, b. Sept. 24, 1786; d. July 24, 1854; m. Maria Williams Simmons. Artillery Co. 1815. Member of the Mass. Militia, of St. John's Lodge F. & A. M., of the Legislature, of the Standing Committee of this church.
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Square Pew No. 9
May 10, 1804. Cost $132.00. EDWARD TURNER, see Fourth Meeting House.
May 10, 1804. EBENEZER GODDARD, JR., b. 1779, d. Dec. 15, 1838. Truck- man. A founder of the Universalist Church.
June 2, 1834. JONATHAN A. RICHARDS, see Deacons.
Square Pew No. 10
May 10, 1804. Cost $92.00. JOHN CURTIS, JR .; reverted to Parish.
April 25, 1806. JESSE DOGGETT, see Pew No. 52, Lower Floor.
Aug. 26, 1807. EDWARD PAYSON WILLIAMS.
Feb. 6, 1811. EBENEZER BREWER, see Pew No. 96, Lower Floor.
Feb. 6, 1811. CHENERY CLARK, see Pew No. 14, Lower Floor.
1825. WILLIAM BREWER, living in Clinton, Ga., Aug. 28, 1834.
Square Pew No. 11
May 10, 1804. Cost $92.00. JOHN SAWIN, living in 1813, m. Abigail Housewright.
Square Pew No. 12
May 10, 1804. Cost $97.00. SAMUEL WARREN, b. Oct. 16, 1742; d. Nov. 1, 1805. Unmarried. Farmer.
June 16, 1808. SAMUEL MAXFIELD, b. 1767; d. Sept. 19, 1855; m. Mary Bradlee. Trader.
Sept. 2, 1817. NATHANIEL SHEPHERD PRENTISS, see Pew No. 67, Lower Floor.
May 30, 1821. JOHN CHAMPNEY, see square Pew No. 14, in Gallery.
June 2, 1834. SHUBAEL BILLS, b. Jan. 3, 1791; d. May 31, 1850; m. Harriet Colburn. Contractor, pile driver and mover of buildings.
Square Pew No. 13
May 10, 1804. Cost $70.00. Forfeited. Reverted to Parish.
April 21, 1806. Cost $84.00. STEDMAN WILLIAMS, see Pew No. 105, Lower Floor.
Dec. 21, 1806. SAMUEL WAIT, see Pew No. 38, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 14
May 10, 1804. Cost $125.00. JOHN CHAMPNEY, b. Feb. 22, 1779; d. March 21, 1847; m. Lydia Howe. Weigher and gauger in the Boston Custom House. Representative.
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Jan. 16, 1805. NATHANIEL RICHARDSON, see Pew No. 69, Lower Floor. -- 1810. EBENEZER GODDARD, see Square Pew No. 21, in Gallery. June 2, 1834. JOSEPH HARRINGTON, see Pew No. 24, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 15
May 10, 1804. Cost $105.00. ISAAC SHAW, see Fourth Meeting House.
May 10, 1804. AARON RUMRILL, see Fourth Meeting House.
May 10, 1804. RICHARD GALLOOP, d. March, 1842; m. Mary Pain. Hairdresser.
Jan. 26, 1813. CHENERY CLARK, see Pew No. 14, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 16
May 10, 1804. Cost $111.00. GEORGE SIMMONS, b. 1767, d. Oct. 9, 1810; m. Marcy Wales.
May 14, 1825. MAJOR EBENEZER CRAFTS, see Deacons.
Square Pew No. 17
May 10, 1804. Cost $113.00. AMOS MORSE, b. Nov. 30, 1772; d. Nov. 24, 1823; m. Irene Morse. Soap boiler. He and his brothers, Lewis and Harford, first established a conveyance for passengers from Roxbury to Boston. They also established the Hourlies.
May 10, 1804. LEWIS MORSE, b. July 8, 1778; d. Aug. 2, 1830; m. (1)
Olive Richards, (2) Mary Jewell. Soap boiler. A founder of the Universalist Church.
Sept. 5, 1815. HARFORD MORSE, b. Jan. 9, 1788; d. Oct. 28, 1830; m. Lucy Gay. Soap boiler. A founder of the Universalist Church.
July 26, 1819. AMOS MORSE, same as above.
April 10, 1821. AMOS MORSE, JR., b. Aug. 9, 1799; d. April 10, 1851; m. Abigail B. Davenport. Soap boiler.
Square Pew No. 18
May 10, 1804. Cost $111.00. JOHN DOGGETT, b. Sept. 15, 1780; d. June 17, 1857; m. (1) Sophia Miller, (2) Mrs. Mary Jones, (3) Mrs. Ann Eliza (Cushing) Webster. Carver in wood, horn and shell. The first gilder and carver in Roxbury. Founded the Carpet Works in Roxbury Street.
Square Pew No. 19
May 10, 1804. Cost $153.00. JOSEPH HEATH, see Fourth Meeting House. Dec. 15, 1814. WILLIAM HEATH, JR., see Square Pew No. 25, in Gallery.
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Square Pew No. 20
May 10, 1804. Cost $150.00. SIMEON PRATT, see Pew No. 58, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 21
May 10, 1804. Cost $153.00. STEPHEN WILLIAMS 3d, reverted to Parish. April 21, 1806. EBENEZER GODDARD, b. 1752; d. April 8, 1827; m. Vashti Colson. Truckman.
July 13, 1812. TIMOTHY GAY.
July 22, 1830. THOMAS BREWER, see Pew No. 3, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 22
May 10, 1804. Cost $151.00. JOHN PARKER, see Pew No. 28, Lower Floor.
Oct. 4, 1813. JOSEPH WILLIAMS, see Pew No. 26, Lower Floor.
Oct. 4, 1813. AMOS ADAMS WILLIAMS, b. May 4, 1776; d. Feb. 2, 1861; m. Nancy Williams. Merchant in Baltimore.
April 11, 1834. SUSAN DORR, W. of Nathaniel Dorr.
Square Pew No. 23
May 10, 1804. Cost $141.00. WILLIAM MCCARTY, see Fourth Meeting House.
Aug. 16, 1806. JOHN SHIRLEY WILLIAMS, see Pew No. 5, Lower Floor.
March 21, 1816. CHARLES DAVIS, see Pew No. 102, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 24
May 10, 1804. Cost $142.00. AARON POMEROY, see Pew No. 10, Lower Floor.
April 9, 1817. DANIEL SAUNDERSON, see Pew No. 81, Lower Floor.
March 10, 1830. CHARLES GRANT, b. April 13, 1789; d. June 4, 1859; m. Sarah Richards. In the paper trade.
Square Pew No. 25
May 10, 1804. Cost $135.00. WILLIAM HEATH, JR., see Fourth Meeting House.
Square Pew No. 26
May 10, 1804. Cost $141.00. JOHN LEWIS, b. Nov. 26, 1763; d. Feb. 15, 1844; m. Polly Pillsbury. Farmer.
April 29, 1822. WILLIAM HAZLET, see Pew No. 65, Lower Floor.
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Square Pew No. 27
May 10, 1804. Cost $150.00. JESSE STETSON, see Fourth Meeting House.
March 29, 1812. WILLIAM PRATT, see Pew No. 62, Lower Floor.
May 24, 1819. JAMES RILEY, see Pew No. 93, Lower Floor.
April 29, 1823. MARTHA RUGGLES, see Pew No. 18, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 28.
May 10, 1804. Cost $142.00. ELIAS DUNBAR. Sept. 10, 1804. WILLIAM LANGLEY, b. 1782; d. Oct. 9, 1828; m. Alona - Marketman.
Square Pew No. 29
May 10, 1804. Cost $100.00. THOMAS CURTIS, reverted to Parish. .
April 21, 1806. STEPHEN BRIGHAM, b. Sept. 21, 1779; d. March 9, 1820; m. Lucy White. Merchant.
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-. THOMAS WILLIAMS, see Pew No. 32, Lower Floor.
April 23, 1824. DANIEL SAUNDERSON, see Pew No. 81, Lower Floor.
March 10, 1830. ABIJAH MERRIAM, see Pew No. 79, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 30
May 10, 1804. Cost $102.00. CALEB CLAP, b. May 9, 1764; d. May 19, 1829; m. Nancy Dorr. Carpenter. Removed to Vermont.
- -. JOSEPH RUGGLES, see Pew No. 94, Lower Floor.
Feb. 15, 1813. NATHANIEL RUGGLES, b. March 20, 1789; d. 1832; m. Rebecca Hollingsworth Hughes. Merchant and shipowner. Re- moved to Henderson, Kentucky.
Aug. 28, 1815. WILLIAM LAMBERT, see Pew No. 97, Lower Floor.
March 26, 1820. NATHANIEL DORR, see Pew No. 97, Lower Floor.
March 26, 1820. WILLIAM BLANCHARD, see Pew No. 97, Lower Floor. Jan. 1, 1830. SUSANNAH LAMBERT, W. of William Lambert.
Square Pew No. 31
May 10, 1804. Cost $106.00. JOSEPH CURTIS, see Pew No. 21, Lower Floor.
May 10, 1804. SAMUEL WARD, see Pew No. 21, Lower Floor.
May 8, 1806. WILLIAM LANGLEY, see Square Pew No. 28, in Gallery. April 22, 1818. SAMUEL LANGLEY, see Pew No. 17, Lower Floor.
April 16, 1823. ELIJAH LEWIS, see Pew No. 64, Lower Floor.
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July 16, 1833. JOHN JONES CLARKE, b. Feb. 24, 1803; d. Nov. 5, 1887; m. Rebecca Cordiss Haswell. Educated at Norton, Framingham and Andover Academies. H. C. 1823 (Rebellion Class). Received his degrees of A.B. and E.M. in 1841. Mayor of Roxbury. Representa- tive. Counsellor of the Supreme Judicial Court. Treasurer of this Society 1835 to 1856.
Square Pew No. 32.
May 10, 1804. Cost $103.00. ASA HUNTING, see Fourth Meeting House.
April 9, 1806. NEHEMIAH MUNROE, see Deacons.
Dec. 29, 1828. JOHN LEMIST, see Pew No. 29, Lower Floor.
March 12, 1835. CHARLES GRANT, see square Pew No. 24, in Gallery.
Square Pew No. 33
May 10, 1804. Cost $110.00. THOMAS TROTT ROBINSON, b. Aug. 22, 1762; d. Oct. 24, 1824; m. Polly Holbrook. Cotton merchant.
April 21, 1817. JOHN CLAP, see Deacons.
Square Pew No. 34
May 10, 1804. Cost $111.00. STEPHEN WILLIAMS, JR., see Pew No. 104, Lower Floor.
March 6, 1815. THOMAS WILLIAMS, JR., see Pew No. 32, Lower Floor. July 1, 1816. JOHN LOWELL, see Pew No. 101, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 35
May 10, 1804. Cost $119.00. SAMUEL WHITTEMORE; reverted to Parish.
Apr. 21, 1806. DR. JOHN BARTLETT, see Pew No. 31, Lower Floor.
Jan. 17, 1810. JACOB ALLEN, see Pew No. 14, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 36
May 10, 1804. Cost $150.00. BENJAMIN WAIT, b. - 1775; d. May 17, 1817; m. Clarissa ---. Grocer.
Afterwards a free pew.
Square Pew No. 37
May 10, 1804. Cost $125.00. AARON CHILD, see Fourth Meeting House.
May 9, 1825. JONATHAN DORR, see Pew No. 84, Lower Floor.
June 13, 1834. JAMES HOWE CHAMPNEY, see Square Pew No. 3, in Gallery. Oct. 13, 1834. DANIEL ANDREW SIGOURNEY, see Pew No. 38, Lower Floor.
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Square Pew No. 38
May 10, 1804. Cost $150.00. DANIEL MCCARTY PRINCE, bap. Jan. 30, 1780; d. March 23, 1806; m. Nancy Thayer. Mariner.
Nov. 12, 1805. JOHN HOWE, b. June 3, 1779; d. March 26, 1828; m. Henrietta Sparhawk. Teacher of the Grammar School (now Roxbury Latin School) Worshipful Master of Washington Lodge F. & A. M. and delivered an address in this meeting house occasioned by the death of Aaron Bean, Esq., in the presence and at the request of St. Paul's Royal Arch Chapter, April 18, 1820.
Apr. 4, 1806. THOMAS WILLIAMS, see Pew No. 32, Lower Floor. April 23, 1824. DANIEL SAUNDERSON, see Pew No. 81, Lower Floor.
March 10, 1830. ISAAC DAVIS, see Pew No. 8, Lower Floor.
In April, 1835, the galleries were altered from square pews to long pews including much of the space occupied by the singers' seats.
Long Pew No. 1
Apr. 22, 1835. THOMAS SIMMONS, see Pew No. 17, Lower Floor.
May 17, 1837. GEORGE ARTHUR SIMMONS, see Long Pew No. 2, in Gallery.
Feb. 3, 1887. GEORGE ALLEN DARY, see Long Pew No. 64, in Gallery.
Long Pew No. 2
April 22, 1835. THOMAS SIMMONS, see Pew No. 17, Lower Floor.
May 17, 1837. GEORGE ARTHUR SIMMONS, b. May 17, 1808; d. Feb. 26, 1884; m. Belinda Wells. Merchant on Long Wharf, keeping the same place for 53 years. First to reduce the refining of whale and sperm oil to a science. Afterwards interested in real estate. Never sought public office.
Oct. 28, 1854. JOSEPH WARREN HUNNEWELL, b. Jan. - , 1818; d. April, 1873; m. Emeline Aquila Sargent. Dealer in paints and oils.
Aug. 18, 1864. HANNAH MARIA PARSONS, W. of Thomas W. Parsons. March 28, 1865. GEORGE A. HULL, living.
Long Pew No. 3
Apr. 22, 1835. EPHRAIM HARRINGTON, see Square Pew No. 8, in Gallery. April 15, 1852. JAMES DAVENPORT, see Long Pew No. 19, in Gallery.
March 27, 1873. DR. JAMES HENRY DAVENPORT, b. Aprll 18, 1846; d. Dec. 26, 1878; m. Elizabeth Wyman Bacon. Physician. H. C. 1868. M.D. 1871.
Dec. 10, 1879. SARAH ADAMS DAVENPORT, W. of James Davenport.
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Long Pew No. 4
April 22, 1835. WATSON GORE, see Pew No. 34, Lower Floor.
Sept. 9, 1845. DAVID R. NASH, m. Caroline M. Fox. connected with Bay State Brewery.
Oct. 14, 1847. GEORGE WILLIAM WHEELWRIGHT, b. Sept. 19, 1813; d. Dec. 16, 1879; m. Hannah Giddings Tyler. First in the dry goods business afterwards in the paper business. Founder of the firm of George W. Wheelwright & Son. Large Mills run by the firm in several towns.
Oct. 28, 1863. CHARLES MAYO ELLIS, see Pew No. 18, Lower Floor. March 16, 1864. MRS. CUSHING STETSON, W. of Cushing Stetson.
Oct. 8, 1864. MARY ADELINE BERRY, W. of Augustus D. Berry.
Long Pew No. 5
April 22, 1835. THOMAS SIMMONS, see Pew No. 17, Lower Floor.
May 17, 1837. GEORGE ARTHUR SIMMONS, see Long Pew No. 2, in Gallery.
March 6, 1840. Henry Bartlett, see Pew No. 80, Lower Floor.
May 30, 1845. JOHN ADAM WEISSE, b. Dec. 3, 1810; d. Jan. 12, 1888; m. Jane Lee Hunt. Grad. College in Bitsch, Lorraine, also in Metz. Prof. of French in Vienna. He conducted a private school on Haw- thorne St., Roxbury, afterwards settled in New York.
Feb. 23, 1846. OLIVER A. FARWELL, of Roxbury. Commission merchant. Connected with Bay State Brewery.
July 17, 1849. CHARLES FREDERICK SLEEPER, living.
Aug. 12, 1857. JOHN SHERBURNE SLEEPER, b. Sept. 25, 1794; d. Nov. 14, 1878; m. Mary Folsom Noble. Educated at Phillips (Exeter, N. H.) Academy. From 1809 to 1830 followed the sea. Established "The Exeter News Letter." Afterwards purchased "The Lowell Daily Journal." In 1834 removed to Boston. For 20 years sole editor and part proprietor of "The Boston Mercantile Journal," now "The Boston Journal." Mayor of Roxbury. Member of the Constitutional Convention in 1853. Representative.
Jan. 5, 1872. JULIA ANN C. GRAY, dau. of Alfred T. Gray.
Long Pew No. 6
July 11, 1835. JOSEPH HARRINGTON, JR., b. Feb. 21, 1813; d. Nov. 2, 1852; m. Helen E. Griswold. H. C. 1833. Taught in Academy in East Greenwich, R. I. Master of the Hawes School in South Boston, meanwhile studying for the ministry with Rev. George Putnam. Or- dained as an evangelist in 1840 and became pastor of a church in
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Chicago, afterwards in Hartford, Conn., and then in San Francisco, where after preaching seven Sundays, he died. He freed all of these societies from debt.
Dec. 1, 1847. JOSIAH FISK, b. Aug. 17, 1810; d. May 19, 1869; m. Helen Maria Bridge. Merchant.
Dec. 1, 1849. GEORGE BURRILL FAUNCE, b. Aug. 11, 1824; d. Feb. 24, 1899; m. Abbie J. Trenn. Real estate agent. President of the Dedham Mut. Fire Ins. Co. Member of the Roxbury Common Council and of the Boston Board of Aldermen.
July 25, 1851. GEORGE ARTHUR SIMMONS, see Long Pew No. 2, in Gallery. Feb 2, 1867. HELEN E. HARRINGTON, W. of Joseph Harrington, Jr.
Sept. 16, 1868. WILLIAM TURELL ANDREWS, b. Dec. 24, 1794; d. Nov. 24, 1879; m. Fanny Mackay Reynolds. Director and President City Bank 43 years. Director Mass. Mut. Ins. Co., 27 years. Director Manufacturer's Insurance Co., 30 years. Trustee and Vice-Pres. Provident Institution 31 years. Trustee of Boston Public Library over 50 years. Trustee Mass. General Hospital. Trustee McLean Asylum. Trustee Westborough Reform School. Trustee Old Ladies' Home. Trustee of the Boston Atheneum. Overseer of House of Correction. Member of Boston Board of Aldermen. Member of Mass. Charitable Society 41 years, its President 5 years. Treas. of Harvard College, 1853-1857.
Long Pew No. 7
April 22, 1835. JESSE PUTNAM RICHARDSON, b. 1794; d. May 29, 1840; m. Susan Cabot.
May 19, 1841. AUGUSTUS PERRIN, b. Aug. 6, 1788; d. Aug. 8, 1844; m. Harriet Child. First importer of palm leaf into the United States. He established the business of braiding palm leaf hats.
April 1, 1845. WILLIAM STICKNEY. Dealer in domestic produce with Charles F. Joy.
June 13, 1849. JOHN HUNT, see Deacons.
March 26, 1856. JAMES O. SARGENT, b. Nov. 21, 1823; d. Jan. 8, 1897. Unmarried. Lawyer.
Long Pew No. 8
April 22, 1835. EPHRAIM HARRINGTON, see Square Pew No. 8, in Gallery. Sept. 9, 1839. LINCOLN FEARING, b. July 22, 1792; d. May 10, 1873; m. Harriet A. Williams. Farmer. Agent Roxbury Color and Chem- ical Co.
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Long Pew No. 9
April 22, 1835. DAVID ALLEN SIMMONS, see Pew No. 33, Lower Floor.
May 16, 1835. EPHRAIM HARRINGTON, see Square Pew No. 8, in Gallery.
June 28, 1884. SETH AUGUSTUS FOWLE, living.
Long Pew No. 10
Jan. 1, 1844. SOPHIA S. HARRINGTON, dau. of Joseph Harrington. July 10, 1851. JOSEPH DORR, see Pew No. 107, Lower Floor.
Long Pew No. 11
April 22, 1835. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN COPELAND, see Pew No. 27, Lower Floor.
May 17, 1837. GEORGE ARTHUR SIMMONS, see Long Pew No. 2, in Gallery. Jan. 29, 1842. REV. CHARLES BRIGGS, b. Jan. 17, 1791; d. Dec. 18, 1873;
m. Eliza Casey. H. C. 1815. Ordained April 28, 1819. A pastor for 16 years. Secretary of the American Unitarian Association.
May 21, 1883. EDMUND HERSEY STOWELL, b. May 10, 1824; d. Nov. 6, 1896; m. Susan Lawn. Importer of cloths, afterwards a leather dealer.
Long Pew No. 12
April 22, 1835. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN COPELAND, see Pew No. 27, Lower Floor.
Oct. 10, 1835. RICHARD WARD, b. Nov. 17, 1789; d. March 13, 1862; m. Lucy Tidd. Member of the Standing Committee. Cashier of the Atlantic Bank. Alderman. One of three who selected the site for Forest Hills Cemetery.
Oct. 30, 1840. SAMUEL FRANCIS TRAIN, b. Sept. - , 1818; d. Nov. 1, 1863; m. Frances Gore Glover. Hide and leather dealer. Chief of the Rox- bury Fire Department. In the Navy at time of death.
Jan. 1, 1844. THOMAS TILDEN, b. June 18, 1775; d. May 12, 1858; m. (1) Frances Burns Fulton, (2) Mrs. Hannah B. Patterson. Mason. March 9, 1866. HANNAH TILDEN BARTLETT, dau. of Hosea Bartlett.
Long Pew No. 13
May 16, 1835. WILLIAM BRADLEY DORR, see Pew No. 94, Lower Floor. Sept. 14, 1835. SARAH HICKLING, W. of William Hickling.
May 3, 1836. RICHARD WARD, see Long Pew No. 12, in Gallery.
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Aug. 5, 1870. FRANKLIN GREENE, see Pew No. 5, Lower Floor. Oct. 3, 1870. MATTHIAS DENMAN Ross, b. Nov. 1, 1819; d. Sept. 14, 1892; m. (1) Mary Swift Waldo, (2) Caroline E. Archer. Merchant. Aug. 21, 1874. EDWARD BELCHER REYNOLDS, see Deacons.
Long Pew No. 14
April 22, 1835. JAMES LEWIS, see Square Pew No. 4, in Gallery.
May 3, 1851. JOSIAH WHEELWRIGHT, b. June 26, 1824; d. April 11, 1894; m. Lucinda Orne Chapin. Merchant.
March 26, 1858. SUSAN C. WHEELWRIGHT, w. of William Wheelwright.
Jan. 3, 1871. LEONARD WARE, JR., living.
Long Pew No. 15
April 22, 1835. SCOTTO CLARK, b. Sept. 2, 1782; d. Oct. 12, 1844; m. Sally M. Freeman. Merchant.
Sept. 10, 1838. SARAH HICKLING, w. of William Hickling.
Jan. 9, 1846. CHARLES HICKLING, see Square Pew No. 3, in Gallery.
Long Pew No. 16
April 22, 1835. ELEAZER GILES LEMON, b. Jan. 13, 1801; d. July 15, 1845. Unmarried. Apothecary. Postmaster of Roxbury.
March 15, 1845. GEORGE BAXTER HYDE, b. March 20, 1811; d. July 8, 1889; m. Mary Whitten Clap. A public school teacher. Member of the Boston School Committee.
April 28, 1845. EDWARD CARRINGTON BATES, b. Jan. 11, 1811; d. Dec. 26, 1872; m. Mary Caroline Cook. Merchant. President of Nat. Bank of Commerce. Agent of Cunard Steamers.
June 16, 1859. CHARLES FREDERICK BRADFORD, see Pew No. 104, Lower Floor.
Feb. 16, 1880. CHARLES A. GRINNELL, see Long Pew No. 17, in Gallery.
Long Pew No. 17
April 22, 1835. AMOS MORSE, JR., see Square Pew No. 17, in Gallery. Jan. 31, 1843. CHARLES KNAPP DILLAWAY, see Deacons.
Dec. 16, 1846. JOSEPH HARRINGTON, see Pew No. 24, Lower Floor. Jan. 25, 1853. SUSAN C. WHEELWRIGHT, W. of William Wheelwright.
April 24, 1857. GEORGE LEWIS, b. May 25, 1820; d. Oct. 8, 1887; m. Susan Minns Wheelwright. Member of Common Council of Roxbury. Alderman. Mayor of Roxbury. Member Boston Water Board.
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Treasurer of Forest Hills Cemetery Corporation. Treasurer Granite Railway Co. Director of People's Nat. Bank. Director of Roxbury Gas Light Co.
Feb. 24, 1858. SAMUEL PARKMAN BLAKE, see Long Pew No. 45, in Gallery. Oct. 3, 1874. CHARLES ANDREWS GRINNELL, b. Dec. 4, 1816; d. April 22, 1895; m. Anna Almy Cobb. Manufacturer of boots and shoes. Director of the Nat. Bank of Redemption. President of the New England Shoe and Leather Association.
Long Pew No. 18
April 22, 1835. EBENEZER CRAFTS, see Deacons.
May, 1835. JONATHAN PRATT ROBINSON, see square Pew No. 7, in Gallery. July 9, 1844. ELIZA RIGART HARRINGTON, dau. of Joseph Harrington. Nov. 6, 1851. JAMES CUNNINGHAM, b. April 27, 1801; d. Aug. 12, 1872; m. Catharine Hays Howard. Merchant.
Oct. 28, 1852. WILLIAM DWIGHT, b. April 15, 1805; d. Sept. 20, 1880; m. Elizabeth Amelia White. Merchant. Treasurer of the Pepperell Manufacturing Co.
Dec. 31, 1866. HENRY FAULKNER, b. Sept. 19, 1839; d. Jan 12, 1868; m. Victoria G. Wheat. Wool Merchant.
Oct. 9, 1868. MARIA D. LOCKWOOD, W. of Commodore Samuel Lockwood. - -, 1899. THOMAS S. LOCKWOOD, living.
Long Pew No. 19
July 11, 1835. JOSEPH HARRINGTON, JR., see Long Pew No. 6, in Gallery. July 3, 1846. JAMES DAVENPORT, b. June 22, 1817; d. Nov. 7, 1872; m. Sarah Adams Wiswell. An ornamental car and carriage painter.
Oct. 18, 1851. JONATHAN BIGELOW, b. Jan. 1, 1825; d. May 11, 1907; m. Sarah Brooks. Dealer in boots, shoes and rubbers. Representative. May 17, 1854. LEONARD CROCKER BOWLES, see Pew No. 78, Lower Floor. Dec. 8, 1854. WILLIAM CROSBY, see Long Pew No. 42, in Gallery.
June 9, 1855. SAMUEL T. CROSBY, see Long Pew No. 70, in Gallery.
June 16, 1862. BENJAMIN LINCOLN, b. July 21, 1816; d. July 21, 1884. Unmarried. Clerk.
Oct. 26, 1868. MARY ANN SMITH EASTON, dau. of Isaac Easton.
Nov. 19, 1872. HENRY PELEG COFFIN, b. Aug. 7, 1839, d. Feb. 11, 1894; m. Mary Greenwood Barrett. Real estate and insurance. Member of the Cadets.
April 23, 1883. HIRAM WHITTINGTON, b. Nov. 5, 1843; d. Jan. 31, 1905; m. Alice Parker Streeter. Wholesale hardware dealer. Trustee of estates.
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Long Pew No. 20
April 9, 1838. JONATHAN PRATT ROBINSON, see Square Pew No. 7, in Gallery.
Nov. 27, 1844. HENRY WELD FULLER, b. Jan. 16, 1810; d. Aug. 16, 1889; m. Mary Storer Goddard. Lawyer. Clerk of Circuit Court. Founder and treasurer of Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Mass.
Nov. 6, 1882. HENRY ALPHONSO MORSE, b. March 27, 1832; d. June 21, 1900; m. Joan D. Follansby. Wholesale coal merchant.
Long Pew No. 21
April 22, 1835. JONATHAN PRATT ROBINSON, see Square Pew No. 7, in Gallery.
March 3, 1847. CHARLES TILDEN APPLETON, b. Jan. 11, 1809; d. March 11, 1859; m. (1) Catharine Lawrence, (2) Mary Grave Barker. Merchant. Treasurer of Lowell Bleachery and Clinton Mills.
Nov. 6, 1882. HENRY WELD FULLER, see Long Pew No. 20, in Gallery.
Long Pew No. 22
April 22, 1835. SAMUEL LANGLEY, see Pew No. 17, Lower Floor.
May 15, 1845. EDWARD WYMAN, b. Aug. 1, 1818; d. Oct. 26, 1899; m. (1) Margaret Curry Boyd, (2) Caroline King Hooper. Merchant. Captain of Roxbury Reserve Guard. Commander of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. Chief of Staff of Governor Gaston.
Sept. 7, 1869. SARAH B. LEWIS, a well-known school teacher of Roxbury. May 3, 1897. ALFRED BUNKER, living.
Long Pew No. 23
April 22, 1835. JOSEPH HARRINGTON, see Pew No. 24, Lower Floor.
Jan. 31, 1843. CHARLES KNAPP DILLAWAY, see Deacons.
Dec. 16, 1846. JOSEPH HARRINGTON, see Pew No. 24, Lower Floor. March 3, 1853. FRANCIS GARDNER, b. Nov. 6, 1809; d. Dec. 22, 1881; m. Lydia Nowell Browne. Wholesale hardware merchant. Alder- man. Member Boston Common Council.
April 29, 1874. LYDIA NOWELL GARDNER, W. of James Gardner.
Long Pew No. 24
April 22, 1835. STEDMAN WILLIAMS, see Pew No. 105, Lower Floor. Jan. 6, 1851. ALFRED TUPPER GRAY, b. Dec. 11, 1797; d. March 17, 1867; m. Mary Woodward Gray. Bookkeeper.
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Jan. 3, 1872. SAMUEL FROTHINGHAM, b. July 17, 1815; d. Dec. 25, 1872; m. Maria Louisa Whitridge. Dry goods merchant. A director of the Suffolk National Bank.
April 29, 1876. MARIA LOUISA FROTHINGHAM, W. of Samuel Frothingham.
Dec. 23, 1883. JOSEPH B. BRYANT, living.
Dec. 24, 1884. GEORGE BURRILL FAUNCE, see Long Pew No. 6, in Gallery.
Long Pew No. 25
April 22, 1835. SHUBAEL BILLS, see square Pew No. 12, in Gallery.
Dec. 6, 1847. LEWIS SLACK, b. March 11, 1804; d. Jan. - , 1883; m. (1) Pedy Dudley, (2) Mary Reed Flower. Produce dealer. Justice of the Peace. Member of Roxbury Fire Department.
Jan. 17, 1856. WILLIAM CROSBY, see Long Pew No 42, in Gallery.
Long Pew No. 26
April 22, 1835. JOHN SAWIN, see Square Pew No. 11, in Gallery.
July 10, 1857. HORATIO GILBERT, b. Aug. 15, 1807; d. April 30, 1883;
m. Cordelia E. Perry. Dealer in iron and steel springs and axles.
Long Pew No. 27
April 22, 1835. JOSEPH HARRINGTON, see Pew No. 24, Lower Floor. Aug. 25, 1857. WILLIAM SHERMAN LELAND, b. Oct. 12, 1824; d. July 26, 1869; m. Sarah Elizabeth Hallett. Educated in the public schools of Roxbury. Studied law in his father's office. Succeeded his father as Judge of Probate of Norfolk County. Received honorary degree of Master of Arts from Harvard College. Director of the People's Bank. One of the founders of the Eliot Five Cent Savings Bank, and its Presi- dent. Member of the City Government of Roxbury.
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