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Sept. 27, 1859. NATHAN CARRUTH CARY, see Long Pew No. 68 in the Gallery.
Long Pew No. 28
April 22, 1835. WILLIAM BUTTERS, b. Nov. 1, 1786; d. Oct. 11, 1866; m. (1) Sophia Charlotte Green, (2) Eloisa Moureau Cormerals; (3) Rebecca Fletcher White Cram. Lawyer.
May 5, 1836. JACOB MARSHALL, m. Mary Gay.
Aug. 10, 1841. LYDIA FAXON.
Aug. 23, 1853. MARY FAXON.
Dec. 24, 1888. DEPENDENCE STURTEVANT WATERMAN, living.
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Long Pew No. 29
April 22, 1835. CHENERY CLARKE, see Pew No. 14, Lower Floor.
Aug. 12, 1857. REBECCA HARRINGTON, W. of Joseph Harrington.
Apr. 24, 1865. DAVID MILLER HODGDON, b. March 22, 1829; d. May 17, 1894; m. Henrietta Young. Merchant. Member of the Standing Committee.
Dec. 16, 1898. DEPENDENCE STURTEVANT WATERMAN, see Long Pow No. 28, in Gallery.
Long Pew No. 30
April 22, 1835. JONATHAN A. RICHARDS, see Deacons.
May 16, 1842. WILLIAM WHITING, see Pew No. 84, Lower Floor.
Feb. 15, 1878. LYDIA CUSHING (RUSSELL) WHITING, W. of William Whiting.
May 21, 1882. ROSE S. WHITING, dau. of William Whiting.
Nov. 12, 1887. MRS. HANNAH JONES.
Long Pew No. 31
Nov. 16, 1857. GEORGE B. FOSTER, b. Feb. 10, 1810; d. June 22, 1881; m. Catherine E. Duncan. Silversmith and jeweller.
Long Pew No. 32
Nov. 12, 1867. MARIA D. LOCKWOOD, w. of Commodore Samuel Lock- wood.
4 Feb. 12, 1869. FRANCIS BAKER, JR., b. Jan. 26, 1824; d. Dec. 19, 1877. m. Lydia May Vose. Wholesale salt dealer.
Dec. 7, 1872. EDWARD BELCHER REYNOLDS, see Deacons.
May 19, 1886. CHARLOTTE G. COFFIN, dau. of Peter Coffin, of Portsmouth, N. H.
Long Pew No. 33
April 22, 1835. JOSEPH HARRINGTON, see Pew No. 24, Lower Floor.
Jan. 31, 1843. CHARLES KNAPP DILLAWAY, see Deacons.
May 10, 1864. FREDERICK HALL BRADLEE, b. Sept. 18, 1807; d. Sept. 6, 1888; m. Lucretia Wainwright. H. C. 1827. Merchant. Director of Old Boston National Bank.
Feb. 27, 1890. MRS. LUCY B. STONE, dau. of Frederick Hall Bradlee.
Long Pew No. 34
April 8, 1867. MRS. ANN F. HOLMES.
March 3, 1879. JAMES WARREN HAYWARD, living.
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Long Pew No. 35 July 16, 1867. JAMES RITCHIE, see Pew No. 65, Lower Floor.
Long Pew No. 36
Free Pew.
Long Pew No. 37
Jan. 13, 1868. PICKERING ATWELL, b. May -, 1812; d. Jan. 31, 1866; m. Adeline Prentice. Merchant tailor.
Long Pew No. 38
Jan. 28, 1866. WILLIAM R. HOUSTON, b. 1816; d. Oct. 13, 1881; m. Susan E. Lee. Carpenter and builder. Alderman. Director in the Roxbury Mechanics Institute.
Feb. 4, 1868. Erastus Sampson, b. Aug. 28, 1808; d. May 17, 1885; m. Elizabeth Winsor. Shipmaster, subsequently agent of Boston and Baltimore Steamship Line.
Long Pew No. 39
Free Pew.
Long Pew No. 40
Free Pew.
Long Pew No. 41
June 24, 1845. JOHN JONES CLARKE, see Square Pew No. 31, in the Gallery.
Jan. 20, 1880. EDWARD BELCHER REYNOLDS, see Deacons.
Oct. 1, 1903. MATTHEW BINNEY, living.
Long Pew No. 42
April 22, 1835. DANIEL ANDREW SIGOURNEY, see Pew No. 38, Lower Floor.
Nov. 19, 1838. CHARLES JEFFERSON HENDEE, see Long Pew No. 61, in the Gallery.
June 3, 1844. CHARLES INCHES, b. March -, 1808; d. Jan. 22, 1888; m. Harriet Auchmuty Howard Boit. Broker.
April 12, 1815. LEONARD C. BOWLES, see Pew No. 78, Lower Floor.
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Oct. 7, 1845. WILLIAM CROSBY, b. Oct. 27, 1818; d. Sept. 9, 1907; m. Mary Elizabeth Bowles. Member of the firm of Crosby and Nichols, booksellers, and of Crosby, Lee and Co., booksellers. Superintendent of the Children's Mission for 20 years. Member of the Standing Com- mittee, Clerk and Treasurer of this Society.
Dec. - , 1853. CHARLES HENRY WARREN, b. Sept. 29, 1798; d. June -, 1874; m. Abby Burr Hedge. H. C. 1817. Lawyer. Judge of Court of Common Pleas in New Bedford. President of Boston and Providence R. R. Senator and President of the Senate.
April 13, 1871. JOSHUA HUNTINGTON WOLCOTT, b. Aug. 29, 1804; d. Jan. 4, 1891; m. (1) Cornelia Frothingham, (2) Harriet Frothingham. Edu- cated in Litchfield, Conn. Member of the firm of A. and A. Lawrence and Co., dry goods merchants. Member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Treasurer of the Sanitary Commission. Father of Governor Roger Wolcott.
Oct. 12, 1880. HENRY A. S. D. DUDLEY, see Long Pew No. 54, in Gallery. Jan. 27, 1883. JOSEPHINE MACKAY HICKS, dau. of William Howland Hicks.
Long Pew No. 43
Sept. 3, 1839. CHARLES FORD, m. Lois --- Farmer. Removed to Dover.
Jan. 25, 1845. EBENEZER PRATT, see Pew No. 90, Lower Floor.
Long Pew No. 44
Aug. 1835. ABIJAH MERRIAM, see Pew No. 79, Lower Floor.
May 12, 1845. GEORGE PACKER, b. Oct. 9, 1801; d. June 19, 1889; m. Catherine French Bowen. Morocco manufacturer. One of the first stockholders of the Rockland National Bank.
Jan. 29, 1856. ROLAND WORTHINGTON, b. Sept. 22, 1817; d. March 20, 1898; m. Abby Bartlett Adams. Proprietor of the Boston Traveler. Alderman. Collector of the Port of Boston.
Dec. 19, 1857. FRANCES CORDIS CLARKE, W. of Manlius Stimson Clarke. Dec. 21, 1872. AARON DAVIS WILLIAMS, see Long Pew No. 45, in Gallery. May 28, 1883. FRANCES CORDIS CLARKE, W. of Manlius Stimson Clarke.
Long Pew No. 45
June 13, 1837. NATHANIEL DORR, see Pew No. 97, Lower Floor.
Aug. 7, 1845. SAMUEL PARKMAN BLAKE, b. Jan. 30, 1804; d. Dec. 26, 1889; m. Ann Boylston Cunningham. H. C. 1823 (Rebellion Class). Received his degrees of A.B. and A.M. in 1841. Merchant.
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Jan. 1, 1850. CALEB LORING CUNNINGHAM, b. Nov. 22, 1821; d. Aug. 11, 1863; m. Clementina Trufant. Merchant.
April 12, 1854. AUGUSTUS DANIEL BERRY, b. June 14, 1810; d. Feb. 16, 1864; m. Mary Adeline Farnham. Wholesale dry goods merchant. July 13, 1860. AARON DAVIS WILLIAMS, b. Sept. 11, 1821; d. Dec. 21, 1899; m. Susan B. Farnham. Merchant. President of the Boston Lead Co. Director of the Rockland Nat. Bank. Trustee of the Instu. for Savings in Roxbury. Councillor of Mass. Horticultural Society. Member of the Roxbury Common Council. Honorary member of the Roxbury Horse Guards.
Dec. 23, 1872. WILLIAM HOWLAND HICKS, see Long Pew No. 70, in Gallery. Nov. 13, 1882. JOSEPHINE M. HICKS, dau. of William Howland Hicks.
Long Pew No. 46
April 22, 1835. JOHN JONES CLARKE, see Square Pew No. 31, in Gallery. June 28, 1841. HIRAM WITHIINGTON, b. July 29, 1818.
May 17, 1842. WILLIAM BLANCHARD, JR., b. July 3, 1817; d. June 2, 1887; m. Mary Elizabeth Seaver. Manufacturer. Member of Boston Com- mon Council. Representative. Member of Standing Committee. April 16, 1845. MRS. LUCIA G. WELLS.
Feb. 21, 1851. LYMAN HOLLINGSWORTH, see Pew No. 92, Lower Floor.
Long Pew No. 47
April 22, 1835. JOHN CLAP, see Deacons.
Aug. 19, 1841. ALPHEUS M. WITHINGTON, see Pew No. 49, Lower Floor.
Oct. 9, 1841. SUSAN M. WITHINGTON.
March 2, 1844. WILLIAM BLANCHARD, JR., see Long Pew No. 46, in Gallery.
April 11, 1845. CHARLES TYLER SAVAGE, b. March 15, 1797; d. Nov. 5,
1879; m. Anna Lewis Thacher. A retired sea captain. Succeeded his father in 1822 as member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
Jan. 1, 1850. SAMUEL PARKMAN BLAKE, see Long Pew No. 45, in Gallery. Sept. 15, 1853. CATHERINE MERRIAM, dau. of Abijah Merriam.
Jan. 14, 1859. ROBERT HALE, b. Oct. 1, 1815; d. June 28, 1888; m. Ann G. Ward. Supt. of several Railroads. Alderman. One of the original members of the Unitarian Church in Minneapolis.
April 26, 1862. NANCY GAY, W. of George Gay.
Feb. 4, 1871. MARTHA GAY, dau. of George Gay.
Nov. 10, 1888. BENJAMIN GILBERT GAY, b. Jan. 8, 1833; d. Oct. 5, 189º; unmarried. Assistant Treasurer of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Co. Dec. 29, 1892. MRS. NETTIE (GAY) HURLBERT, living.
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Long Pew No. 48
Sept. 26, 1842. JOHN AMORY LOWELL, see Pew No. 101, Lower Floor. Aug. 31, 1852. JAMES CUNNINGHAM, see Long Pew No. 18, in Gallery.
Feb. 6, 1890. HEPSIE SWAN HOWARD, niece of Mrs. James Cunningham.
Long Pew No. 49
April 22, 1835. JOSEPH SMITH.
Nov. 22, 1842. SARAH ELIZABETH MILES, W. of Solomon Pearson Miles.
Apr. 8, 1859. WILLIAM SHERMAN LELAND, see Long Pew No. 27, in Gallery.
Long Pew No. 50
April 22, 1835. CHARLES DAVIS, see Pew No. 102, Lower Floor.
June 13, 1839. EDWARD WILLIAMS ADAMS, see Long Pew No. 52, in Gallery. Jan. 15, 1842. MARY ADAMS, W. of James Adams.
Jan. 30, 1846. JOHN AUGUSTUS DODD, b. Aug. 16, 1811; d. July 31, 1890. m. (1) Mary Perrin Adams, (2) Theoda Hunnewell Adams, (3) Sarah Whittemore. Merchant.
Sept. 15, 1856. ROLAND WORTHINGTON, see Long Pew No. 44, in Gallery.
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Long Pew No. 51
April 22, 1835. GEORGE AUGUSTUS ELIOT, b. May 6, 1806; d. June 15, 1838; m. Cordelia Howe. Hardware dealer.
Nov. 30, 1840. JOHN FLEET ELIOT, b. Jan. 17, 1800; d. Ang. 30, 1881. Druggist.
Aug. 20, 1845. ENOCH TRAIN of Boston, b. May 2, 1801; d. Sept. 6, 1868; m. Almira C. Cheever. Merchant. Connected with a Liverpool line of packets. Member of Governor John Davis' staff. Director of Tremont Bank.
Aug. 23, 1847. MISS JANE I. WILLARD.
Oct. 30, 1867. WILLIAM GOODWIN RUSSELL, of Boston, b. Nov. 18, 1821; d. Feb. 6, 1896; m. Mary Ellen Hedge. H. C. 1840. Lawyer, and a Leader of the Bar. Overseer of Harvard College.
April 1, 1882. SAMUEL G. DAVIS, living
Jan. 27, 1897. EDWARD P. SHERBURNE, living.
Long Pew No. 52
April 22, 1835. JAMES ADAMS, JR., bap. Feb. 21, 1813.
Sept. 15, 1838. EDWARD WILLIAMS ADAMS, b. Nov. 22, 1814; d. Jan. 23, 1842. Unmarried. Merchant.
June 6, 1839. JOEL RICHARDS, d. 1847; m. Eliza - -. Merchant.
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Sept. 5, 1842. AMOS ATKINSON, b. May 11, 1792; d. June 26, 1864; m. Anna Greenleaf Sawyer. Merchant.
Nov. 6, 1845. HENRY WINSOR, b. Dec. 31, 1804; d. Oct. 28, 1889; m. Mary Ann Davis. Merchant and steamship owner.
July 1, 1847. ISAAC PARKER, b. Dec. 21, 1778; d. Sept. 7, 1859; m. Betsey Wendell Townsend. Commission merchant.
Long Pew No. 53
April 22, 1835. JACOB ALLEN, see Pew No. 14, Lower Floor.
June 18, 1844. AARON E. WHITTEMORE, b. 1808; d. Nov. 19, 1852. Blacksmith.
April 22, 1848. ALMON DANFORTH HODGES, b. Jan. 25, 1801; d. Sept. 27, 1878; m. (1) Martha Comstock, (2) Mrs. Jane H. Leonard. Merchant. Member of the General Assembly of Rhode Island. President of the Washington Bank. One of the organizers of the Boston Clearing House and Treasurer of the Association of Banks for the suppression of counterfeiting. Commander of the Roxbury Horse Guards.
Nov. 16, 1880. FREDERICK S. HODGES.
Long Pew No. 54
April 13, 1835. BENJAMIN WAIT, see Square Pew No. 36, in Gallery.
Jan. 2, 1854. PEDY DUDLEY, W. of Col. Joseph Dudley.
June 6, 1863. HENRY ALEXANDER SCAMMELL DEARBORN DUDLEY, b. Aug. 13, 1821; d. July 7, 1885. Unmarried. Member of the Standing Committee.
Sept. 7, 1885. GEORGE A. SLACK, living.
April 12, 1886. SARAH ELIZABETH RUMRILL, living.
Long Pew No. 55
April 26, 1835. CHARLES BLANCHARD, b. June 30, 1790; d. Sept. 28, 1863; m. Ann Isabel Blanchard. Merchant. Member of Boston Light Infantry in 1814.
April 6, 1854. HENRY FULLERTON CRAGIN, b. Feb. 9, 1829; d. Nov. 28, 1865; m. Abigail Roe Dalton Blanchard. Cotton Commission Merchant.
April 24, 1854. ANN ISABEL BLANCHARD, W. of Charles Blanchard.
May 18, 1864. CHARLES JARVIS DANFORTH, b. Aug. 11, 1825; d. May 17, 1877; m. Sarah Elizabeth Robbins. Dry Goods Merchant. Member of the Music Committee. A prominent member of the Masonic fra- ternity.
March 26, 1890. SAMUEL EVERETT TINKHAM, living.
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Long Pew No. 56
April 26, 1835. CHARLES GRANT. See Square Pew No. 24, in Gallery.
Dec. 21, 1844. CHARLES EDWARD GRANT, b. Aug. 26, 1814; d. Oct. 1, 1903; m. Eliza Ann Hales Bacon. Succeeded his father in the paper business. Alderman of Roxbury. Representative. One of the Assessors of Boston. Member of Mass. Horticultural Society. Clerk of the Mount Pleasant (Unitarian) church.
April 3, 1852. JAMES TOLMAN, b. Nov. 17, 1811; d. Dec. 16, 1868; m. Elizabeth Metcalf Smith. Merchant tailor. Member of the Roxbury Common Council. President of the Young Men's Benevolent Society. Trustee of the Mass. Charitable Mechanics Assn. Treasurer of the Children's Aid Society.
March 24, 1864. CHARLES MAYO ELLIS, see Pew No. 18, Lower Floor.
Oct. 19, 1878. EFFIE ELLIS, dau. of Charles Mayo Ellis.
Dec. 6, 1883. MARY E. BANGS, W. of William A. Bangs.
Nov. 12, 1887. ISAAC P. GRAGG, living.
May 1, 1896. DR. SEVANUS BOWEN, b. Feb. 13, 1840; d. April 7, 1899. Physician.
Long Pew No. 57
April 22, 1835. CHARLES GRANT, see Pew No. 24, in Gallery.
June 15, 1842. ELIJAH VOSE, b. Jan. 1, 1790; d. Sept. 12, 1856; m. Rebecca Gorham Bartlett. Merchant. State Senator Member of the Society of the Cincinnati. President of Mass. Horticultural Society. Jan. 7, 1864. HENRY LEFRELET DAGGETT, b. Aug. 10, 1812; d. March 1, 1882; m. Sarah Eliza Williams. Shoe and Leather Merchant of Boston. Member of the Boston Board of Trade.
FEB. 20, 1866. FRANKLIN SMITH MERRETT, b. June 16, 1824; d. Jan. 13, 1879. Unmarried. Leather dealer. Director of the City National Bank. Member of the Music Committee.
May 27, 1879. MARY BARKER COMINS, W. of Linus Bacon Comins.
Nov. 11, 1887. FRANK M. SPRAGUE, living.
March 31, 1896. DANIEL W. JONES, b. Nov. 7, 1829; d. Nov. 27, 1898; m. Emma A. Cleaves. Schoolmaster in Roxbury.
Jan. 1, 1904. SAMUEL EVERETT TINKHAM, living.
Long Pew No. 58
June 13, 1837. NATHANIEL DORR, see Pew No. 97, Lower Floor.
April 12, 1851. JOSEPH MORRILL, JR., b. April 5, 1822; d. Nov. 23, 1893; m. Helen Brooks. Manufacturer. Member of Roxbury Common Council.
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Long Pew No. 59
Aug. 26, 1835. CAPT. WILLIAM BLANCHARD, SENIOR, see Pew No. 97, Lower Floor.
Dec. 30, 1848. THEODORE OTIS, b. Dec. 15, 1810; d. July 11, 1873; m. Harriet Blanchard. Lawyer. Mayor of Roxbury. Trustee of the Roxbury Latin School. Member of the Roxbury School Board. Representative.
April 5, 1851. WILLIAM RODMAN ROBESON, b. July 27, 1814; d. Nov. 7, 1892; m. Anna Rodman. Cotton Manufacturer. Representative. - - 1894. ANNA R. ROBESON, W. of William Rodman Robeson. Jan. 1, 1902. THEODORE MELVILLE PLIMPTON, living.
Long Pew No. 60.
April 22, 1835. OZIAS FIELD, b. Nov. 17, 1798; d. Jan. 6, 1866; m. Charlotte E. Whiting. Dry goods with Joseph D. Gould.
Feb. 24, 1866. ANN ISABEL BLANCHARD, see Long Pew No. 55, in Gallery. Dec. 8, 1870. JOHN DEAN STURTEVANT, b. 1818; d. July 5, 1893; m. Adeline D. Bradley. Manufacturer.
Long Pew No. 61
April 22, 1835. DANIEL ANDREW SIGOURNEY, see Pew No. 38, Lower Floor.
Nov. 19, 1838. CHARLES JEFFERSON HENDEE, b. July 1, 1805; d. Aug. 2, 1872; m. Adeline Davis. Member of the firm of Carter, Hendee and Co., who were the first occupants of the "Old Corner Bookstore," as booksellers, from 1828 to 1833.
June 3, 1844. WILLIAM AMORY, b. June 15, 1804; d. Dec. 9, 1888; m. Anna Powell Grant Sears. H. C. 1823 (Rebellion Class), receiving his degrees in 1845. Studied law but did not practice. Treasurer of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.
Jan. 3, 1854. ISAAC POLLARD RAND, bap. Dec. 1, 1816. Marketman.
Oct. 25, 1866. SAMUEL PARKMAN DEXTER, b. June 13, 1824, d. Dec. 18, 1885; m. Matilda Campbell Abbot. Merchant. Director Revere National Bank, and of the Vale Mills.
Long Pew No. 62
April 22, 1835. ISAAC DAVIS, see Pew No. 8, Lower Floor.
March 19, 1853. WILLIAM S. MESSENGER, living.
April 25, 1890. BENJAMIN P. CHENEY CLAPP, living.
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Long Pew No. 63
Sept. 9, 1839. JAMES H. CHAMPNEY, see Square Pew No. 3, in Gallery. Sept. 4, 1844. LOT CLARK, b. July 25, 1796; d. Feb. 24, 1880; m. Mary Barnard Eaton. Commission merchant.
March 22, 1853. AMOS STEVENS, see Pew No. 66, Lower Floor.
Nov. 18, 1858. WILLIAM BRANDFORD SHUBRICK GAY, b. Dec. 13, 1820; d. Sept. 16, 1901; m. Eliza Kirkland Dwight. Dry goods commission merchant. Afterwards note broker.
Feb. 19, 1867. CHARLES EDWARD COOK, b. Oct. 17, 1805; d. Sept. 23, 1874; m. Elizabeth White Wells. Member of Boston City Council. For thirty years connected with public charitable institutions of City and State, including Taunton Hospital. Representative and President of the State Senate.
Long Pew No. 64
April 22, 1835. MRS. HANNAH ROBERTSON.
Aug. 9, 1847. CATHERINE HAVILAND, w. of Thomas Philip Haviland. May 4, 1848. JOSEPH HENRY GARDNER, d. 1884; m. (1) Harriet Robertson, (2) Eliza ---. Insurance Broker.
Aug. 30, 1855. HENRY WHITE, b. Nov. 25, 1797; d. Sept. 11, 1873; m. Jane Eliza Williams. Druggist.
May 15, 1883. GEORGE ALLEN DARY, b. Nov. 30, 1842; d. Dec. 30, 1905; m. Elizabeth Tuttle. Lawyer and a most expert and reliable con- veyancer. Founder and member of the Abstract Club. Member of the Mass. Title Insurance Co. and of the Conveyancers' Title Insur- ance Co. Member of the Music Committee and Clerk of this Society. Jan. 24, 1889. JOSEPH A. WILLARD, b. Sept. 30, 1816; d. Aug. 14, 1904. Clerk of the Superior Court.
Long Pew No. 65
May 29, 1835. ISAAC HARRIS CARY, b. Nov. 3, 1803; d. May 22, 1881 ; m. Phebe Phillips Pratt. Wholesale dealer in fancy goods, horn and shell.
Feb. 14, 1846. WILLIAM JAMES REYNOLDS, b. Oct. 14, 1814; d. Jan. 17, 1865; m. (1) Martha Pratt, (2) Harriet E. Wheelwright. Book pub- lisher. Member of the Roxbury Common Council. Representative. Jan. 25, 1861. JONATHAN PRATT ROBINSON, see Square Pew No. 7, in Gallery. July 10, 1863. J. HENRY SEARS, living.
Nov. 5, 1866. AUGUSTUS PARKER, see Long Pew No. 69, in Gallery.
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Feb. 12, 1883. GEORGE H. WYMAN, b. April 10, 1827; d. April 13, 1893. Bedding supplies.
April 13, 1896. MATILDA CAMPBELL DEXTER, W. of Samuel Parkman Dexter.
Long Pew No. 66
Sept. 16, 1835. THOMAS BREWER, see Pew No. 3, Lower Floor.
Dec. 7, 1839. GARDNER BREWER, see Pew No. 3, Lower Floor.
Dec. 3, 1849. NATHANIEL P. LOVERING, see Pew No. 11, Lower Floor.
Long Pew No. 67
June 25, 1839. JOHN EAGAN, a painter; received the deed of this pew in part payment for painting fence and blinds attached to the Meeting House.
July 12, 1839. GEORGE READ, b. July -, 1788; d. March 27, 1856. Mer- chant. Auctioneer and real estate agent.
Aug. 22, 1844. FRANCIS CURTIS, b. -- , 1814; d. Aug. 12, 1882. Mer- chant.
Dec. 4, 1846. JOSEPH LEWIS STACKPOLE, b. Dec. 28, 1808; d. July 20, 1847; m. Susan Margaret Benjamin. H. C. 1824. Lawyer.
Dec. 1, 1887. NATHANIEL OSGOOD WHITCOMB, living.
Long Pew No. 68
Jan. 2, 1837. AARON CHILD, see Square Pew No. 37, in Gallery.
Nov. 19, 1844. JOSEPH HARRINGTON, see Pew No. 24, Lower Floor.
May 31, 1853. NATHAN CARRUTH CARY, b. Nov. 4, 1814; d. May 7, 1900;
m. (1) Frances Taylor Wilson, (2) Charlotte Emeline Burnette. Solici- tor in Probate.
Feb. 8, 1862. LEONARD C. Bowles, see Pew. No. 78, Lower Floor.
Oct. 7, 1863. CURTIS GUILD, living.
March 17, 1871. HENRY PRENTICE BINNEY, b. March 5, 1838; d. April 17, 1878; m. Josephine Hayward. Merchant. Trustee of estates.
Long Pew No. 69
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.
Feb. 25, 1846. WILLIAM FREDERIC FREEMAN, b. July 31, 1817; d. Aug. 18, 1888; m. Caroline Crosby Lewis. Manufacturer of dye stuffs from imported woods.
March 27, 1848. SAMUEL GORE GLOVER, b. Feb. 28, 1821; d. July 15, 1856; m. Rebecca Putnam Page. Merchant. Trustee of estates.
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March 13, 1856. AUGUSTUS PARKER, b. Aug. 30, 1827; d. Feb. 27, 1901; m. Mary Elizabeth Baker. Farmer. Member of the Common Coun- cil. Representative. President of Franklin Savings Bank. Overseer of the Poor.
Nov. 15, 1866. EDWARD BELCHER REYNOLDS, see Deacons.
Jan. 11, 1869. ISRAEL GOODWIN WHITNEY, b. Jan. 30, 1831; d. Jan. 27, 1901; m. Christiana Kadie Swan Sargent. East India merchant. Trustee of estate of John A. Burnham.
April 13, 1883. SAMUEL T. CROSBY, see Long Pew No. 70, in Gallery. Jan. 6, 1898. WILLIAM HOAG, living.
Long Pew No. 70
April 22, 1835. DAVID DUDLEY, see Pew No. 45, Lower Floor.
Sept. 24, 1842. SAMUEL THOMPSON of Roxbury; m. Rachel Blacksmith.
May 5, 1843. WILLIAM HOWLAND HICKS, b. Feb. 27, 1801; d. May 17, 1873; m. Sarah Mackay. Merchant.
Dec. 15, 1847. ANDREW DAVIS, b. June 15, 1814; d. June 1, 1872; m. Ellen Pearey. Dealer in boots and shoes.
May 5, 1853. SAMUEL T. CROSBY, b. 1822; d. Dec. 24, 1907; m. Sarah E. Lincoln. Senior member of the firm of Crosby, Morse & Foss. Jewellers. Afterwards Life Insurance Broker.
Jan. 12, 1855. THOMAS SIMMONS, see Pew No. 17, Lower Floor.
Oct. 30, 1855. FRANCES CORDIS CLARKE, W. of Manlius Stimson Clarke.
Nov. 16, 1857. REBECCA FARNHAM, W. of Putnam Ingalls Farnham.
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MUSIC
In the early days of the church the music was wholly supplied by the congregation. Hymn books were not in general use and the number of tunes was limited. Though there is no mention of a Precentor in the records, there was undoubtedly some one member who pitched the tunes, and led the singing, as Judge Sewall did for many years in the Boston church.
The Bay Psalm Book, a metrical version of the Psalms, was the first hymn book used as far as we know. This was the joint production of John Eliot, Thomas Welde and Richard Mather, and was published in Cambridge in 1640. Rev. Elias Nason describes this book as follows, "Welde, Eliot and Mather mounted the restive steed Pegasus, Hebrew Psalter in hand, and trotted in hot haste over the rough road of Shemitic roots and metrical psalmody. Other divines rode behind, and after cutting and slashing, mending and patch- ing, twisting and turning, finally produced what must ever remain the most unique specimen of poetical tinkering in our literature." The music is arranged in treble and base; directions are given for setting the tune to the voice, so that one may sing "without squeking above or grumbling below."
Rev. Thomas Shepard of Cambridge wrote,
"Ye Roxbury poets, keep clear of the crime Of missing to give us very good rhyme; And you of Dorchester, your verses lengthen, But with the text's own words you will them strengthen."
Samuel Sewall, in 1718, speaking of attending a private meeting where Mr. Thomas Walter preached and there was singing, says "Sang part of the 145th Psalm which he set to Low Dutch very well."
In 1721 Rev. Thomas Walter, who excelled in the science of harmony, being grieved beyond measure, and annoyed at the very indifferent performances in the sanctuary, pub-
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lished a neat 12 mo. volume, The Grounds and Rules of Music Explained; or an Introduction to the Art of Singing by Note, Fitted to the meanest capacity. Recommended by several Ministers. "Let everything that hath breath, praise the Lord." Ps. cl, 6.
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In this work the author endeavored to show that singing was reducible to the rules of art, and that he who made him- self master of these rules would be able at first sight to sing any new tune, by the bare inspection of the notes. He complains that "for a want of a standard to appeal to in all our singing, our tunes are left to the mercy of every unskilful throat, to chop and alter, twist and change, according to their infinitely divers and no less odd humors and fancies." And of the singing of the congregations, "it sounded like five hundred different tunes roared out at the same time," and so little attention was paid to time, that they were often one or two words apart, producing noises "so hideous and disorderly as is bad beyond expression."
The manner of singing also had become so tedious and drawling, that he goes on to say, "I myself have twice in one note paused to take breath." The preface to this book, signed by fourteen clergymen, discourses delectably, and in a manner equally applicable at the present day. "We would encourage all, more particularly our young people, to accom- plish themselves with skill to sing the songs of the Lord, according to the good rules of psalmody; hoping that the consequence of it will be that not only the assemblies of Zion will decently and in order carry on this exercise of piety, but also it will be the more introduced into private families and become a part of our family sacrifice. At the same time, we would above all expect that the main concern of all may be to make it not a mere bodily exercise, but sing with grace in their hearts, and with minds attentive to the truths in the psalms which they sing, and affected with them, so
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that in their hearts they may make a melody to the Lord." This volume was the first wherein the music was printed with bars in America. The tunes were composed in three parts only. Mr. Hood characterizes the harmony as being "full rich and correct, and the whole style purely choral."
In 1757 members of the congregation wrote the following letter to the Pastor, Rev. Mr. Amos Adams.
Rev. Sr
The New England Version of the Psalms, however usefull it may form- erly have been, is now become through the natural variableness of Lan- guage, not only very uncouth, but in many Places unintelligible; whereby the mind instead of being Raised and spirited in singing The Praises of Almighty God, and thereby better prepared to attend the other Parts of Divine Service, is Damped and made spiritless in the Performance of the Duty; at least such is the Tendency of the use of That version, and it being the Duty of Christians to make use of the Best helps for the right & acceptable performance of Divine Worship and as in Regard to Psalm singing there are several versions of the Psalms much preferable to that Before mentioned especially the version Made by Tate & Brady, which has been lately Recd by Divers of the Neighbouring Churches in the Room of the New England version.
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