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CHAPTER XXXII
CEMETERIES
T HE Nemasket Hill Cemetery, beautifully situated on a high bank on the Nemasket River, is the oldest in town. It was set apart by the proprietors of the Twenty-six Men's Purchase in 1662, and was used by the early settlers as their only burial-place for more than two generations. It was formerly known as the Old Burial Hill, or simply The Hill. The oldest stone is that of Elizabeth Vaughan, who died June 24, 1693, aged sixty-two years. It was not until the latter part of the seventeenth century that inscribed stones giving the name, birth, and death of the deceased were used to any great extent in any of the burial grounds of the Old Colony. The graves were usually marked, if marked at all, by ordinary stones set at the head and foot of the grave. Here most of the early settlers were buried, although the graves of John Tomson and Samuel Fuller are the only ones now known. It was incorporated by a special act of the legislature March 24, 1885, as the Nemasket Hill Cemetery Association. At the time of the Twenty-six Men's Purchase, it was controlled by them, and afterwards by their descendants, who had here the rights of burial until the time of its incorporation.
The Parish Burial Ground at the Green, containing about two acres of land, was conveyed to about fifty persons as proprietors by James Soule in a deed dated March 30, 1717.1 Many prominent in the history of the town are here buried ; among them Peter Thacher, Jacob Tomson, and Isaac Howland. It is probably the largest burial ground, there being ten hun- dred and seventy-four memorial stones now standing. Ad- joining this cemetery upon the northerly side are the tombs
1 See chapter containing an account of The Green.
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of Zachariah Eddy, Esq., and Thomas Weston, and on the easterly side is the family tomb of Rev. Peter Thacher.
Titicut Cemetery was set apart from land given by the Indian James Thomas in 1750. Some years ago it was enlarged by a gift of land from David G. Pratt. It is controlled by a board of trustees connected with the Titicut parish. A monument has been erected to commemorate the gift, which bears also the names of the three Indians who conveyed land for the Titicut church.
Warrentown Cemetery, one of the oldest in town, is situated on the westerly side of Summer Street, between the houses formerly occupied by Mr. George Hartwell and Solomon Beals. The land was probably given by Daniel Warren in the early part of the eighteenth century. There have been but few recent interments. The oldest grave in this cemetery now marked is that of Elizabeth Lewes, widow of James Lewes, who died in March, 1744, in her ninetieth year.
The Alden Cemetery, situated on Plymouth Street between Purchade and North Middleboro, was probably an old Indian burial ground, and many Indian remains have been there found. It was considerably enlarged in the early part of the last century by a gift from Obadiah Sampson, and has recently
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been extended by the purchase of other adjoining land. At pre- sent it is controlled by a board of trustees. The first burial was that of Hepzibah Allen, who died November 28, 1728. In this, as in the other old burial grounds, there are no stones or monuments to mark the place of those interred before this date.
The cemetery at South Middleboro near the Methodist Church was given by Consider Benson and others in 1768, and since that time has been twice enlarged by the purchase of adjoining land. It was incorporated a few years since, and is now managed by a board of trustees. The oldest burial is that of Joseph Harris, who died November 21, 1771, aged fifty-nine years and six months.
The Central Cemetery is located on the northerly side of Center Street opposite Nevertouch Pond. In the early part of the last century the land was owned by Mr. James A. Leonard, who consented to its use as a burial-place, and after- wards, on August 18, 1842, and in 1858, by two deeds conveyed the land to the Central Baptist Society of Middleboro. It consists of about one and a half acres of land. The oldest stone in this cemetery is that of Bathsheba, wife of Hercules Richmond, who died October 24, 1819.
Rock Cemetery, situated west of the church, was used prior to 1795. It is controlled by the deacons of the Baptist Church and the Baptist Society. The oldest burial is that of Eunice, daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah Barrows, who died August 22, 1791, aged twenty-two years.
There are other cemeteries at Rock, first used in the early part of the last century, one adjoining the old training-green, another lying on the east side of the church, the Ewer Ceme- tery on the south of the church, and Hope Rest Cemetery.
The Wood Cemetery, known as the Thomas Wood Cemetery, was a family burial ground at the corner of Grove and Wood streets. It has been in disuse for almost a hundred years, and trees and bushes have now so grown over the entire lot that it is difficult to distinguish it in passing by. The oldest inter- ment here was that of Abner, son of Joshua and Hannah Wa- terman, who died July 18, 1796, in his twenty-second year.
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Thomastown Cemetery is a well-kept burial-place on Pur- chase Street, and consists of about two acres of land con- trolled by the Ladies' Sewing Circle of that neighborhood. The first burial here was that of Ruth Shaw, who died May 21, 18II, in her twenty-first year.
Waupaunucket Cemetery is situated on both sides of Vaughan Street, and has been used for more than fifty years.
St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, on Wood Street, consists of eight acres of land, purchased and dedicated in May, 1891.
Poorhouse Cemetery is a small lot on the east side of the railroad track near Wood. Street bridge and the town farm, used only as a pauper burying-ground, and containing about thirty graves with rough stones but no inscriptions. It was first used about 1831.
Tispequin Street Cemetery, near Fall Brook, is small and well kept. The oldest inscription is that of Zilpah, wife of Nathan- iel Atwood, who died August 28, 1838, aged fifty-six years.
In addition to the above-named cemeteries, there are the Leonard Cemetery, on Taunton Street near the Lakeville line ; the Gammons Cemetery on Sachem Street near Fall Brook ; the Eaton Cemetery on Taunton Street between Center and Cross streets ; the Drake Cemetery on Pleasant Street, North Middleboro; the Benson Cemetery, South Middleboro, which has not been used for more than one hundred years ; and the Old Smallpox Cemetery, now overgrown with pine wood and underbrush, at the corner of Brook and Soule streets, near the Plympton line.
GRAVESTONE OF REV. SAMUEL FULLER
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MEMBERS OF THE FIRST CHURCH
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The saints on earth, and all the dead, But one communion make ; All join in Christ, their living head, And of his grace partake.
Reprinted from the History of the First Church, published 1854
INDEX TO THE NAMES OF MEMBERS
ALDEN
32 John 33 Hannah 222 David
223 Judith 334 Noah
401 Solomon
427 John 617 Elijah 618 Mary
619 Elihu
ALLEN
65 Mary 76 Nathaniel 305 Mary 326 David
.AMES 301 Elizabeth
ANTONY 315 Else
ATWOOD 720 John
721 Rhoda
840 Francis
841 Shadrach
962 Mary R.
1004 Joanna
BARDEN
20 Deborah 85 Abigail
88 Stephen sr.
170 Abraham sr.
181 Mary
203 Elizabeth
204 Esther
229 Abraham jr.
BARKER
545 Joseph, Rev. 579 Eunice 714 William
760 Anna
788 Elizabeth
BARROWS 30 Mercy 59 Samuel I 32 Samuel jr.
133 Susanna
208 Coombs
BARROWS
BOURNE
587 Newcomb
588 Abigail
607 Lydia
755 Abigail
765 Joseph
766 Sophia
815 Louisa
895 Lucy
BRAND 1044 Joanna
BRANNACK 520 Consider
BRIGGS 490 John 491 Remember
522 Ebenezer
523 Abigail
708 George
709 Patience
1034 Mary
BROWN 561 Elizabeth
BRYANT
540 Margaret 580 Hannah
636 Jesse
637 Mercy
816 Hillyard
BUMP 596 Mercy
BUMPAS 18 Weibra
III Mary
405 Nathaniel
BURGESS 287 Jacob 782 Temperance 1041 Cornelius 1042 Melissa
BUSS 842 Martin 843 Eliza
CALIMINCO, 463
CANEDY 189 Anibal 432 Elizabeth
CARVER 611 Josiah 612 Jerusha
CARY 536 Ichabod 537 Hannah
CASWELL 56 Mary 171 Daniel
192 Mary
277 Else
899 Polly W.
CAVENDER 126 Ann 266 John
CHAMBERLAIN 844 Joseph
CHAMMUCK 383 Martha
CLAPP 138 Ezra 139 Waitstill
362 Elijah
375 Hope
437 Manasseh
CLARKE
77 Nathan 807 Josiah
808 Mary
809 Deborah P.
845 Elizabeth
1015 Zilpha
CLEAVES 51 Eleanor
COADE 774 Hannah
COBB 17 John 22 Jonathan
23 Hope
248 Fear
274 Ruth
552 Ruth
914 Freeman
BASSETT
125 Nathan
294 Nathan
302 Thankful
BATES
86 Joseph sr.
144 Joanna
310 Joseph jr.
474 Mary
677 Susanna
678 Joseph
BENNET 3 John
4 Deborah
147 Samuel sr.
179 Nehemiah
180 Mercy
207 Mary
215 Eleanor
216 Ruth jr.
221 Ruth sr.
273 Thankful
538 Bachelor
763 Mercy 775 Mercy
780 Jacob 2d
794 Rebecca
BENSON 477 Samuel
BENT 671 Experience
BILLINGTON 14 Isaac 186 Mary
499 Ichabod 518 Elenor
BOOTH 472 Priscilla
BOURNE 563 Abner 568 Mary
575 Abigail
641
COBB
57 Rachel 70 Lydia 119 Joanna 219 Thankful
565 Mercy 741 Sylvia 930 Susanna
1012 Adoniram J.
1013 Ann S.
EDDY
60 Melatiah
61 Samuel
100 Abigail
234 Jabez sr.
243 Samuel jr.
244 Lydia
FINNEY
· 240 Ebenezer
246 Jane
354 Nelson
586 Sarah
609 Martha
657 Margaret
819 Jane
FOLEY 1035 James
FREEMAN
486 Bethiah
676 John
820 Hannah
856 Mercy
893 Mary
972 Jane
FULLER
I Samuel, Rev.
2 Elizabeth
28 John sr.
29 Mercy
41 Mary
91 Isaac
94 Ebenezer
95 Elizabeth
97 Hannah
103 Elizabeth
146 Silence
151 Lydia
155 Mercy
156 John
247 Jabez
276 Mary
304 Timothy
370 Mary
647 Betty
673 Lucy
674 Sally
685 Sophia
799 Sylvia
857 Lauretta Ann
878 Jabez
879 Sally
881 Susan B.
172 Sarah 524 Elkanah
792 Leonard
804 Eliphalet jr.
ELMES
817 Eliphalet sr. 818 Chloe 854 Lavinia 855 Louisa
FAUNCE 476 Abigail
FELIX
324 Thomas jr.
434 Patience
436 Hope 455 Meletiah
469 Ebenezer
470 Mary
518 Abijah
525 Mercy
628 Ebenezer
629 Lydia
644 Binney
645 Azubah
684 Mary
707 Jacob
754 Priscilla 846 Otis T. 847 Adeline 903 Olive T.
COLE 473 Thomas
COLWELL 966 Mary Ann
CONANT IOI Elizabeth 468 Sylvanus, Rev. 492 Abigail
CORNISH 593 William
COX
307 Hannah 398 John sr.
410 John jr.
430 Hannah 431 Mary
CROCKER 290 Lydia
CROSSMAN 209 Barnabas 253 Hannah
CURTIS 759 Sally
CUSHMAN
368 William 369 Susanna
445 Ichabod
497 Deborah
CUSHMAN 548 Susanna
EATON 15 Samuel
226 Francis 886 William, Rev.
890 Lydia
236 Ebenezer
237 Lydia 272 Gershom 419 John jr. 421 John sr. 422 Mary
CUTBART 16 Samuel
DARLING
42 Joanna
149 Thomas
265 Rebecca
365 John
423 Elizabeth
450 Jabez jr.
451 Patience
516 Nathan
535 Samuel
543 Susanna
633 Joshua
634 Lydia
665 Seth
666 Jerusha
681 Silvanus
682 Nathaniel
683 Lydia
718 Zechariah
719 Sarah
761 Anna
797 Abby
851 Thalia
852 Anne Juliet
898 Lydia
915 Betsey
916 Betsey M.
944 Joshua
955 Jane Ellen
967 Charles E.
968 Eliza
969 Susan M.
970 Ann Elizabeth
988 Charlotte E.
1009 Lucy Ann
1010 Mary Jane
EDSON 853 Charlotte
ELLIS
190 Elizabeth
384 Elizabeth jr.
623 Lucia
677 Deborah
680 Southworth
971 Susanna M.
984 Lucia C.
EARLE
1021 Halford
1022 Elizabeth
EASTMAN 932 Mary Jane .
263 Jedidah
341 Zachariah
342 Mercy
715 Daniel
716 Polly
848 Alanson
849 Hannah H. .
850 Aurilla.
DEAN
964 Eliab
986 Lydia
987 Lois
DELANO
89 David sr.
168 Meribah
169 Ann
438 David jr.
DOANE 1031 Calvin
DOGGETT 803 Eliphalet
DOTY 615 Isaac
DREW 78 John 99 Sarah 173 Elizabeth
DUNHAM
162 Ephraim
2II Lemuel
260 Elizabeth
288 Joshua
289 Keturah
404 Ephraim
433 Mercy
983 Henry
ELMES
GIBBS 167 Elizabeth
MEMBERS OF THE FIRST CHURCH
1695-1846]
642
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MIDDLEBORO
[1695-1846
GISBY 773 William 928 Thomas
GODDARD 1045 Almira
GRIFFETH 251 Elizabeth 283 Mary
GUMEE 220 Sarah
HACKET 48 Elizabeth 150 Lydia
HALL 453 Mercy
HARLOW
632 Betsey
767 Mercy
769 Hepzibah
936 David
989 Stephen jr.
990 Jonathan
991 Sarah
992 Betsey B.
993 Mary L.
1029 Bethiah O.
HARRINGTON 956 Lucy
HARRIS 420 Seth
HASKELL
49 Mary 594 Abigail 598 Zebulon
HASKINS 973 Jerusha
HATHAWAY 331 Mary
HAYFORD
225 Mary 239 Benjamin sr.
443 Margery
446 John sr.
603 Lucy
686 Betsey
888 Elizabeth
951 .Sally
LEWIS
26 Elizabeth
34 Mary
285 Shubael
574 Thankful
626 Desire
712 Sage
MORSE 889 Lucy W. 891 Ruth 1016 Marston S.
MORTON So Hannah
127 Mercy
495 Ichabod
496 Deborah 662 Daniel O.
789 Hepzibah
862 Lendall P.
904 Eliza S.
910 Hannah D.
MUXHAM 533 Edmund
NICHOLS 974 Lucia Maria
NORCUTT 622 Mary 905 Mary
NYE 73 Elizabeth
OLIVER 528 Peter jr. 531 Sarah
ORCUTT 975 Harriett
ORRINGTON 954 Mary Ann
OSGOOD 942 Adeline H.
PADDOCK
210 Ichabod
261 Joanna
699 Lydia
798 Julia
PAINE 791 Emerson, Rev.
PALMER
21 Thomas, Rev.
142 Samuel
158 Elizabeth
184 Elizabeth jr.
296 Job
PARKER 461 Joseph
625 Thankful
858 Rufus 859 George L.
HOLMES 860 Eunice
LING 658 Jane
LITTLEJOHN 805 Deliverance 821 Miriam 861 Hannah
LOVELL 31 Mary
367 John jr.
408 Lydia
413 Thankful
449 Joseph
758 Jerusha
LUCAS
599 Elijah 600 Sarah 822 Job
LYON
201 Samuel
202 Joanna
228 Bethiah
293 William
329 Jedediah
389 Martha
390 Sarah
391 Phebe
589 Mary
MACHAAN 152 Patience
LAWRENCE 965 Sarah
LAZELL 312 Joshua
LEACH
316 Abiel
361 Susanna
435 Sarah
504 John
505 Betty
517 Phebe
704 Susanna
MILLER
157 Lydia
LEONARD
264 Waitstill
409 John jr.
560 Sarah
882 Susanna
MORSE
5 Jonathan
6 Mary
50 Mary jr.
284 Martha 498 Desire
HOLMES
549 Isaac
286 Hazadiah
381 Elizabeth
HOWLAND 382 Joseph
HUBBARD 728 Serena
JACKSON
278 Joanna 335 John jr.
462 Sarah
909 Sarah
JENNY 416
KIDDER 687 Sally
KING 79 Ichabod
83 Judith
279 Mary
787 Mercy
925 Nathan
KNOWLTON 185 Martha 188 Thomas
388 Prudence
MCDOWALL 641 John
MANSFIELD 109 Andrew IIO Sarah
MARGARET 36
MAXFIELD 521 Catherine
66 Charity
HILL 945 Harriet
HITCHCOCK 1038 Henry D. 1039 Olivia
PARLOW 153 Hannah 448 Hannah
643
PERKINS
749 Lothrop 750 Mercy 790 John 863 Nathan jr. 1023 Eunice 1043 Ann
PEGGY 303
PERU 444
PICKENS 896 Ebenezer 897 Mary B. 943 Caroline M. 1033 Abigail S.
PIERCE 642 Experience
POMROY 475 Hannah 485 Francis jr.
POOL
906 Samuel 907 Lydia
PORTER
620 Mercy
729 Sybil 776 Sarah
POWERS 500 Stephen 501 Lydia
PRATT 27 Thomas 191 Hannah 200 Phebe
227 Jane
270 John
394 Eleazer sr.
396 Joanna
406 Samuel 3d 407 Hannah sr. 440 Samuel jr. 441 Jerusha
466 Elizabeth 604 Sarah
610 Margaret 621 Benaiah
624 Lucy 646 Benjamin
772 Thomas
823 Lydia
824 Phebe 864 Olive 963 Betsey 976 William 1024 Benjamin F. 1025 Abby B.
PRATT 1026 Mahala S. 1032 Thomas A.
PRINCE
117 Nathan
120 Samuel
121 Mercy
128 Mercy
129 Alice
PRINCE 314
PURRINGTON 256 Hezekiah
257 Mercy
507 Mercy
PUTNAM
939 Israel W. Rev.
941 Julia Ann
1006 Harriot O.
1036 William F.
RANSOM
130 Sarah
RAYMOND 52
87 James
104 John sr.
187 Elizabeth
213 John jr.
254 Mercy
255 Alice
291 Christiana
325 Barnabas
330 Patience
373 Elizabeth jr.
393 Ebenezer
457 Thomas
458 Mary
459 Amos
460 Peter
REDDING
62 Ebenezer
123 Mercy
245 Bennet
353 Deborah
426 John
573 Lois
136 Experience
143 Abigail
292 James
323 Ebenezer
793 James
827 Lucy
513 Fear
597 Luther
REED
937 Ruth
RICHMOND 58 Ebenezer
RICKARD
SMITH
154 Sarah
161 James
309 Rachel
313 Deborah
318 Jonathan jr.
360 Samuel 392 Sarah
417 Experience
564 Susanna
679 Levi
690 James
691 Patience
865 Lydia
977 Mahala
SNOW 317 Jonathan
SOULE
55 Martha
442 John jr.
464 Rebecca
465 Rachel
471 Esther
554 Sarah
555 Lydia
206 Mary
224 Bethiah
562 Thankful
711 Joanna
866 James
867 Ruth
952 Irene
978 Isaac 3d
479 Mary
667 Daniel
980 Rebecca
IOII Alfred B.
SOUTHWORTH
69 Esther
135 Nathaniel
137 Jael
308 Rebecca
SHAW
483 Elkanah
527 Elizabeth
529 Thomas
734 Josiah
735 Minerva
825 Bathsheba
SPROAT
648 Isaac
651 Samuel
654 Mark
SHORT 197 Luke sr.
868 Thomas
883 Mary
STANDISH
194 Ichabod 198 Phebe
740 Irene
826 Josiah O.
205 Elkanah 233 Bethiah 374 Japheth
RIDER 756 Jael
RIPLEY
576 Tilson 688 Hezekiah
689 Priscilla
ROBBINS
1030 Consider
ROGERS 108 Sarah
ROUNSEVILLE 931 Freelove G.
SAMBO 415
SAMPSON 67 Samuel
193 Obadiah
664 James 2d
710 John
732 Samuel
733 Lydia
SAVERY
668 Huldah
SEARS
333 David
399 Phebe
703 Abiah
SPARROW
643 Rhoda
530 Mary
557 William
558 Lydia
572 James
439 William
467 Thomas 478 Joanna 494 Thankful 508 Sarah jr.
SIMMONS 447 Martha
SMITH 63 Jonathan 90 Abigail
979 Priscilla
MEMBERS OF THE FIRST CHURCH
1695-1846]
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MIDDLEBORO
[1695-1846
STANDISH 900 Jane
THOMAS
THOMPSON
TINKHAM
403 Asa
570 Mary
357 Martha
424 William
581 William
358 Agnes
425 Benjamin
582 Deborah
359 Esther
452 Barzillai
583 Isaac
397 Hannah
484 Elizabeth
584 Lucy
428 Ebenezer
STROWBRIDGE 106 William
107 Margaret
510 Lemuel
655 Weltha
526 Sarah
STURTEVANT
195 Moses
196 Elizabeth
627 Sarah
550 Deborah
723 Lucy
595 Hannah
731 Abigail
556 Mercy
724 Mary
601 Mary
764 Priscilla
566 Thankful
725 Irene
614 Elizabeth
779 Eunice
795 Fanny
608 Nathan sr.
770 Arad
660 Squire
638 Zilpah
871 Marietta T.
661 Anna
649 Perez
872 Cordelia
663 Silas
786 Lucy
650 Sarah
926 Charles F.
771 John
829 Mercy
830 Lucy jr.
THACHER
35 Peter, Rev.
47 Mary
183 Mary
262 Peter jr.
275 Samuel
299 Thomas
306 John
352 Susanna
454 Oxenbridge
884 Silas
653 Joanna
TORRY
590 Samuel
591 Mary
717 Lydia
THOMAS
894 Betsey
43 Mary
44 David
45 Susanna
919 Hope
II Ebenezer
12 Elizabeth
19 Hester
695 Bathsheba
96 Elizabeth
922 Lucia Ann
24 Patience
98 Mary
923 Winslow
25 Priscilla
TUCKER
164 Benjamin
115 Hannah
957 Lothrop jr.
40 Ephraim jr.
165 Sarah
163 Miriam
46 Ephraim sr.
327 Woodward
218 Susanna
959 Saba S.
72 Joanna
489 Sarah jr.
541 Benjamin jr.
249 Abigail
961 Mary H.
93 Isaac sr.
635 Samuel
250 Anna
1017 Phebe
II2 Hannah
746 Jedidah
258 Noah
THOMPSON
148 Seth
912 Susanna
933 Mandana
282 Mary
Io Abigail
267 Mary
298 Israel
134 Mary
336 Peter sr.
TUPPER
322 Mary
159 Mary
337 Samuel 3d
176 Ichabod
328 Benoni
235 Thomas sr.
338 Susanna
259 Thomas
350 Eleazer
268 Caleb
345 Joseph
4II Rebecca
385 Phebe
269 Abigail
346 John jr.
386 Sarah
376 John
347 Hannah
TURNER
387 Abigail
418 Lydia
348 Priscilla
456 Elizabeth
402 Sarah
569 Caleb jr.
349 Patience
616 Priscilla
828 Joseph jr.
669 Zenas
927 Florantha
781 Orin
670 Mary
935 Cephas
806 Susanna
692 William
981 Anna T.
831 Elizabeth
700 Edward
994 Venus
901 Barbara
701 Lydia
995 Jane
933 Betsey
702 Betsey
996 Benjamin
938 Harvey
736 Jacob
1007 Sarah T.
985 Jane
997 Oliver G.
TISDALE
605 Jacob
785 Serena
515 Silence
694 Hannah
869 Daniel
652 Calvin
THAYER 321 Abigail
887 Azel
892 Phebe
796 Joanna
873 Judith
917 Hannah
918 Seneca
TINKHAM
TOTMAN 502 Experience
TRIBOU
64 Lydia
81 Jeremiah sr.
105 Elizabeth jr.
924 Huldah
37 Mary
958 Louisa F.
238 Henry
960 Mary Ann
74 Mary
145 Mary
757 Hannah
271 Abigail
281 Mary
9 Jacob
214 Abijah
920 Eunice
921 Anna
TILSON
743 Silvanus
744 Susanna
480 Ann
737 Lucy
1027 Mary H.
738 Hope
730 Ezra
631 Sarah
532 Keziah
656 Lydia
551 Chloe
544 Daniel
705 Reuel
577 Lucy
546 David
706 Nathaniel
578 Ruth
547 Churchill
722 Lydia
592 Jeremiah
506 Elizabeth
585 Freelove
482 Isaac
509 Lucy
640 Otis
519 Hannah
STAPLES 929 Simeon
SWIFT
602 Abigail
885 Eleazer
693 Calvin jr.
739 Hannah
645
VALLER 606 Mercy
WASHBURN 810 Abiel
WILLIAMSON
WOOD
412 Fear
356 Edmund
377 Joanna
812 Abigail
WILLIS
487 Ebenezer
488 Mary
802 Ebenezer
876 Jane
414 Lydia
114 Jerusha
131 Joanna
166 Faithful
231 Edmund sr.
WING
553 Rebecca
230 Desire
232 Susanna
874 Betsey L.
880 Lura
698 Lucy
319 John jr.
571 Priscilla
613 Isaiah
745 Priscilla jr.
762 John
777 Hannah
778 Salome
834 Thomas
835 Abigail
836 Abigail jr.
837 Bethania
838 Lavinia
13 Samuel
68 Ephraim
71 Rebecca
911 Lucy C.
934 Matilda
WHITE
82 Samuel jr.
947 Wilkes
.160 Benjamin sr. 199 Ann
WILBUR
1018 Perry A.
122 Mercy
124 Elizabeth
1003 Mercy L.
344 Jedidah
5II Joseph
512 Mercy
659 Keziah
696 John
832 James
833 Margaret
908 Betsey
1019 George
WILLIAMS
339 John
295 John jr.
311 Ephraim jr.
481 Thomas
332 Bathsheba
355 Ephraim
WRIGHTINGTON 1040 Hope
VAUGHAN
38 Joseph 39 Joanna sr. 92 Deborah 113 John
813 Caroline
814 Louisa Jane
946 Elizabeth H.
982 Eunice
940 Sabina
542 Elizabeth
241 Hinksman 297 Jabez
493 Hannah
902 Lauretta
713 Maria
320 Jerusha jr.
351 Elisha
363 Daniel
364 Joseph
371 Joanna
372 Sarah
395 Mercy
503 Abraham
567 Lucy
VINICA
998 Rachel 999 Dorlisca N. 1000 Lydia
WARREN
174 Samuel
175 Eleanor
182 Priscilla
343 Benjamin
WILDER
639 Ebenezer
726 Mary
177 David
1014 Abiel
1020 Mary
753 Susanna
875' James D.
1001 Bathsheba L.
242 Sarah
252 Hannah 280 Sarah
WRIGHT
534 Cuffee 630 Anna
WASHBURN 539 Huldah 559 Azel
340 Elizabeth
770 Jabez
53 Nathaniel
54 Elizabeth
366 Susanna
752 Theodate
768 Betsey
WOOD
7 Abiel
784 Mary
8 Abijah
800 Elizabeth jr.
801 Horatio G.
877 Lydia
839 Thomas jr.
75 James
84 Experience 102 Sarah
949 Emily Louisa
950 Mary T.
953 William H.
1002 Abigail T.
140 Timothy
1005 Mary C.
1008 Alfred jr.
727 Mary
178 Joanna
212 Thomas
1028 Eleanor B.
1037 Phebe H.
217 Jemima
948 Charles W.
116 Elnathan
118 Patience
742 Abigail
WINSLOW
747 Israel
748 Ichabod
751 Elizabeth sr.
672 Sarah
697 Lydia
300 Elizabeth
378 Nathaniel
379 Ichabod
380 Patience
400 Samuel
429 Lydia
WESTON
811 Elizabeth
MEMBERS OF THE FIRST CHURCH
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1695-1846]
141 Mary
783 Ichabod 2d
EXPLANATORY NOTICE
THE Descriptive Catalogue contains the names of all persons who have been or are members of the First Church in Middleboro', including the successive pastors, so far as records and other documents which the committee have been able to examine will show.
The half-way covenant, which was in practice from the earliest records until about 1760, has in some cases made it difficult to determine the question of full membership. The existing church records do not give the admissions of all, as is evident from other proceedings of the church ; and the absence of all records (except the Fuller copy of the organization), until 1708, makes it almost certain that a portion of the admissions of that period of thirteen years have not been ascertained. Much care has been taken to enrol none but members in full com- munion; and the committee are not sure but a few others, excluded for want of fuller evidence, were not also members.
It will be seen that the Catalogue is columnar in three respects, namely ; - the regular numbering of the whole church; the dates of admission; and the names of the members, followed by a particular notice of each ; - the whole occupying but one line when practicable. The order of the particular notices is as fol- lows : -
I. A reference to ancestry or kindred, or both, by abbreviations and the regu- lar numbers if in the church, or by the christian name if not.
2. Reference to the wife or wives by their regular numbers in parenthesis, if members, or by their whole original name, if not.
3. The year of marriage.
4. Time of death and the age.
This order varies only in the case of married women, where the name of the husband, or reference to his number, is placed next after her name, and the refer- ence to kindred after her original surname. In a few instances, where nothing else is known of a member, one or more of their children has been entered in the line. Members whose time of admission is unknown have been inserted near the time when they were found to have been such.
The fourteen members, from Nos. 21 to 34 inclusive, were probably nearly all admitted during the time of which there are no records.
The double dating of the years before Sept. 1752, is made to agree with New Style, but the day of the month conforms to the records. To bring these to New Style, add ten days to dates prior to the year 1700, and eleven days to dates occurring between 1700 and Sept. 2, 1752, when the New Style was first estab- lished in England.
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ABBREVIATIONS
MONTHS
Ja.
Ap.
Jy.
Oc.
Fe.
Ma.
Au.
No.
Mh.
Ju.
Se.
De.
CHURCHES
C. C. C. Central Congregational Church
of Middleboro'
N. P.
.
North Parish, Middleboro'
W. P.
.
West Parish, Middleboro'
MISCELLANEOUS
abt.
@.
age 1
Afr.
African
bap.
baptised
bef.
before
husband
wife
b.
born
church
dis.
dismissed to another church
dea.
deacon
. excluded
ex.
fr.
Ind.
Indian
original or maiden name
1.
page
re.
removed from town, and no record
of dismission
re. in, resides in the town or State
specified
re-ad. readmitted to this church after
dismission to another
Rev.
Reverend
M. F.
the May-Flower
unc.
uncertain
Sandw.
. Sandwich
2472772.
unmarried
fa.
gr. fa. .
grandfather
gr. gr. fa.
mo.
mother
br.
·
brother
sis.
sister
son
s.
. daughter
chi.
h.
w.
wid.
widow
m.
senior
jr.
junior
COUNTRIES
Eng.
.
England
0.
Ir.
Ireland or Irish
TOWNS
Barnst.
Barnstable
Bridg'r.
Bridgewater
Carv. .
Carver
Hal'x. .
Halifax
Plym.
. Plymouth
Plymt. .
Plymton
Figures in parentheses thus (2) refer to the regular number of the husband or wife ; when separated by a comma thus (2, 12) they indicate successive husbands or wives, and refer to them. Figures not in parentheses, and preceded by abbre- viations, refer to the ancestors or kindred indicated, thus fa. 20 shows the father may be found at No. 20. Remarks or references in brackets apply to the person preceding, and who is not a member of this church.
The names of members admitted by letters of recommendation from other churches are followed, without the comma, by fr. and the name of the town or place. Names of churches are not usually given.
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