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tion, as a counsellor, committee man, &c. He was a member of the Provincial Congress which met at Salem and at Concord, Oct. 1774, to ascertain what would be the most wise and prudent measures to be taken at this alarming crisis of their affairs. In 1775 he was a delegate to the Assembly held at Water- town, and in 1776 he is again chosen to the Great and General Court, held in the meeting-house at that place.
While absent, on one of these occasions, the whigs of the vicinity, in the ardor of their patriotism, took from his house, contrary to his intention, a quantity of tea, which had been seized by them and deposited there. This was burnt on a rock, near the meeting- house, with much eclat. This was known after- wards as Tea Rock. Dea. Thomas passed to his reward precisely six months prior to the signing of the preliminaries of peace. The following inscrip- tion is from his memorial stone :-
In Memory of Nehemiah Thomas, Esq. He Died May 30th, 1782, in ye 70th year of his Age, who Sustained the Office of a Deacon in the First Church of Christ in Marshfield, upwards of 30 years.
Here sleeps his dust beneath these speaking stones, In whom each grace, each lovely virtue shone, Remembrance weeps, our Zion drops a tear, And sacred Friendship standeth Mourning here.
Dea. Thomas was town clerk from 1751 to his decease. He executed most of the legal documents
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needed in the township during that period. To farming he added the occupation of a tanner, and his account books show that his business was measurably suspended during the revolutionary struggle.
North of the Dea. Thomas farm is another ancient dwelling house, erected by Nathan Thomas, sen., a tanner. His wives were Alice Baker, Abiah Snow, and Sarah, dau. of "the pious Dea. Foster, of Ply- mouth." His son William succeeded to the home- stead. His wives were, Mary Hill, of Malden, and Abiah Thomas, of Duxbury. He held a captain's commission under Gov. Hutchinson, given at Boston, 1772, twelfth year of the reign of George the Third, probably the last military commission given under the Provincial Government to the citizens of Green Harbor. He fired the three signal guns from a high hill, which were to inform the citizens of the com- mencement of hostilities, the morning after the battle of Lexington, a messenger having ridden all night to bring the intelligence.
FOORD, FORD.
Widow Ford, with her children, arrived in the Colony, in the Fortune, 1621. William Ford, early of Marshfield, was probably her son. His wife, was Anna; the garden of Nathaniel Sprague identifies their homelot ; he d. 1676, aged 72; his wife, 1684. They had William, Michael, Margaret, and Melli- cent. William m. Sarah Dingley, 1658. They had
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John, b. 1659 ; Mercy, b. 1662; and Josiah, b. 1664. He d. 1721, aged 88; the first interment in Cedar Grove Cemetery. His grave marks the site of the deacon's seat which he occupied in an early meeting- house ; his widow d. 1727, aged 78.
Michael, son of William, sen., m. Abigail Snow, 1667. Had Lydia, b. 1668; Hannah, b. 1670; Wil- liam, b. 1672 ; James, b. 1675; Abigail, b. 1677, and Patience, b. 1682. ' The mother d. 1682. He m. secondly, Bethiah, dau. of Walter Hatch, 1683; they had twelve children from that date to 1700. Elisha, the youngest, m. Elizabeth Oakman ; their son, Elisha, m. Elizabeth Tilden, who were grand- parents of the well known commissioner of Plymouth County, John Ford, Esq.
BAKER.
Samuel Baker, son, probably, of the Rev. Nicholas Baker of Hingham, settled near Skirgo. He m. Ellen, dau. of Kenelm Winslow, 1656, who d. 1676. They had Kenelm, b. 1657 ; Lydia, b. 1659 ; Eliza- beth, b. 1661; Mary, b. 1667. Samuel Baker, m., secondly, Patience Simmons ; Eleanor, Samuel, and Josias.
Kenelm Baker, jr., m. Sarah, dau. of Dep. Gov. Bradford. They had Sarah, b. 1688; Alice, b. 1690; Eleanor, b. 1692 ; Abigail, b. 1693 ; Kenelm, b. 1695 ; Bethiah, b. 1699; Kezia, b. 1701; Samuel, b. 1702 ; William and Edward, b. 1705. The two last settled in Boston and left families.
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WILLIAMSON.
In 1621, Master Williamson, Capt. Standish, and Edward Winslow, made a journey to make a treaty with Massasoit. He is called Master George, mean- ing, probably, Master George Williamson. Timothy, perhaps his son, a freeman of Plymouth Colony, 1646-7, settled in Marshfield, 1649. He m. Mary, dau. of Arthur Howland, sen. They had Mary, b. 1654; Timothy, b. 1655, d. 1687 ; Joanna, b. 1657; Experience, Martha, Abigail, George, and Nathan. Timothy Williamson, sen., d. in Philip's War, 1676. Mary, the widow, m. Robert Stanford, 1679, and d. 1690.
Nathan succeeded to the paternal home, and m. Mary, dau. of secretary Sprague. George settled in Middleboro' ; his son, Caleb, removed to Canterbury, Conn. ; his son, George, m. Mary Foster. The late Hon. William D. Williamson, historian of Maine, was their son.
HOWLAND.
Arthur Howland, sen., m. the widow Margaret Read. He d. 1675 ; his widow, 1683. They had Arthur, Deborah, who m. John Smith, jr., of Ply- mouth ; Mary, m. T. Williamson ; Martha, m. John Damon ; and Elizabeth, who m. John Low.
Arthur Howland, jr., was fined £5, in 1660, for proposing marriage to a daughter of Gov. Prince,
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without her parent's consent. He promised to omit farther proposals, but it is written on the records of the past, that Arthur Howland, jr., and Elizabeth Prince, were m. 9 Dec., 1671. They had Ebenezer, Thomas, Abraham and Prince. This family em- braced Friends' principles.
FOSTER.
Thomas Foster, of Weymouth, had Thomas, b. 1640, a physician at Cambridge ; he d. 1679, aged 39; and John, b. 1642, an ordained deacon of the First Church, at Marshfield. He m. Mary, dau. of Mr. Chillingworth, and settled on her inheritance on South River. He d. 1731, and she having d. 1702; his second wife, Sarah, d. the same year with him- self. Their children were, Elizabeth, b. 1664, m. William Carver; John, b. 1666, married Hannah Stetson, he was the senior Dea. Foster of Plymouth ; Josiah, b. 1669, m. Sarah Sherman, removed to Pembroke; Mary, b. 1671, m. John Hatch of Scituate ; Joseph removed to Sandwich, d. 1750; Sarah, d. 1702 ; Chillingworth removed to Harwich ; James b. and d. 1683 ; and Thomas, b. 1686, who inherited the homestead. He m. Faith, [Oakman,] widow of Benjamin White. They had Thomas, 1735, and Deborah, 1736, who m. Anthony Waterman, 1760. They both deceased 1758, and their son Thomas alienated the homestead to his cousin, Nathan Tho- mas, and removed to Middleboro'.
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WALKER.
John Walker m. Lydia Read, step-daughter of Arthur Howland, 1654. They had Lydia, b. 1665; John, b. 1657, and Isaac ; John Walker, d. 1663. The name is yet on the homestead.
LOW.
John Low m. Elizabeth Howland. Had Arthur, b. 1665, and Hannah, 1670. John Low was killed at Rehoboth, in Philip's war, 1676. Arthur Low m. Elizabeth Crooker, 1714. They had Hannah, b. 1717, m. William Winslow, of Middleboro', 1742; Elizabeth, b. 1720; and Jeremiah, b. 1735, m. Sarah Thomas, 1757.
CHILLINGSWORTH OR CHILLINGWORTH.
Thomas Chillingworth was of Lynn, 1637, sub- sequently of Sandwich, and permanently settled at Marshfield near the time of its incorporation. He was quite a prominent man in public matters, but physically infirm, and d. 1652, probably in the me- ridian of his years. He was a large landholder. He had Sarah, who m. S. Sprague ; Mary, m. to Dea. John Foster ; Mehetabel, to Justus Eames; and Elizabeth, who d. 1655. Joane, his widow, m. Thomas Dogget, 1654, d. 1684. The bible of Mr.
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Chillingworth is in preservation, printed by Christo- pher Barker, 1589.
SPRAGUE.
Samuel Sprague a townsman of Marshfield, 1666, was son of William Sprague, who came to Salem with his brothers, Ralph and Richard, 1628-29. These brothers were sons of Edward Sprague of Upway, Dorset Co., England, and were the founders, with a few others, of Charlestown, Mass., the same year they arrived. In 1636 William removed to Hingham with his father-in-law, Anthony Eames. In 1650 Eames removed to Marshfield, and his grandson, Samuel Sprague, followed him. He m. about 1665-6, Sarah, dau. of Mr. Thomas Chilling- worth, and settled on her paternal inheritance. He was the fourth and last secretary of the Colony, from 1686 to 1692. He deceased, 1710, and his widow after 1725. They had eight children, viz. : Samuel, who m. Bethiah Thomas, lived in Duxbury. The late Hon. Seth Sprague, father of the Hon. Peleg Sprague, of Boston, was their grandson. John lived in Duxbury, also. Nathan and James remained in Marshfield. In 1727-8, James, who inherited the homelot of the ancestor, alienated it to Nathan, and purchased a part of the Baker estate, near Mt. Skirgo. In the deed thereof given by Samuel Baker, the second, it is called three-fourths of the homestead, that was the estate of his father, Samuel Baker, sen.
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On this estate is now standing a dwelling-house of the Pilgrim times. It is owned by an aged and venerable matron, Mrs. Nellie Sprague, daughter-in- law of James, jr., son of James Sprague the pur- chaser. Her father-in-law, with whom she lived under this roof some years, was ten years of age when he removed with his parents thither, one hundred and twenty-seven years since. He ever stated to her it was then called a very old house. It conse- quently, from comparison of deeds, &c., must be the dwelling-house, with orchards, fields, &c., which Resolved White exchanged, 1672, with Samuel Baker, for his, "situated adjoining over against Skirgo." This ancient dwelling has been, in succession, the residence of Resolved and Judith [Vassall] White, and Samuel and Ellen [Winslow ] Baker.
With these memorials of its age, it is no stretch of the fancy to picture to the eye of the mind, the Pilgrim mothers, Susanna [White] Winslow, and her sister-in-law, Ellen [Newton] Winslow, sitting in Mayflower chairs by these capacious firesides, con- versing of trans-atlantic times, with the daughter of the wealthy Vassall. While gathering around stand the grandchildren of these memorable mothers, list- ening with astonishment to the tales they are telling of the beautiful homes they had left for religious freedom beyond the breaking waves of the broad Atlantic.
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HALL.
Adam Hall, who came to Marshfield early in the last century, was of trans-atlantic birth. He m. Sa- rah Sherman, 1725, a grandaughter of Peregrine White, and settled in the vicinity of his residence. Their children were, William, b. 1726 ; Thomas, b. 1728; Adam, b. 1729 ; Joseph, b. 1733; Sarah, b. 1735; Mercy, b. 1739 ; and Levi, b. 1744, who re- moved to Rhode Island. Sarah, wife of Adam Hall, d. 1768, aged 68.
Adam Hall, jr., m. Kezia, dau. of Samuel and Sarah [Rogers] Ford, 1752. They had Adam, b. 1757 ; Mercy, b. 1759, m. Andrew Keen and Pere- grine White ; Susanna, b. 1761, d. 1834, unmarried ; Kezia, b. 1764, m. Proctor Sampson ; Luke, b. 1767; Samuel, b. 1770; and William, b. 1774.
Adam Hall, jr., was a mariner, and commanded the packet sloop Dolphin, of North River. He d. 1806, aged 77.
Luke, son of Adam and Kezia Hall, was a ship- master. He m. Anna, dau. of Barnard and Experi- ence [Taylor] Tuels, and had Luke, William and Samuel, b. 1800, the celebrated shipbuilder of East Boston. The following epitaph is copied from a monumental stone, erected by him, to perpetuate the memory of his parents, at Church Hill Cemetery, Marshfield :-
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In Memory of LUKE HALL, Who died on Staten Island, June 28, 1815, Aet. 48 years. MRS. ANNA, WIFE OF LUKE HALL, Died at East Boston,
July 20, 1848, Aet. 88 years.
STEVENS.
Edward Stevens, had Edward, William, Elizabeth, and Patience, who m. John Phillips, 1710.
William, son of Edward Stevens, sen., m. Hannah, and had Hannah, b. 1692, m. a Mr. Rider ; William, b. 1694; Josiah, b. 1695, d. 1709; Lydia, b, 1697, m. Ebenezer Cobb, of Kingston, who was 107 years of age at his death in 1801 ; John, b. 1699, m. Eleanor Jarman ; Abigail, b. 1702; Bethiah, b. 1703, m. Caleb Oldham; Edward, b. 1706; Elizabeth, b. 1708-9; and Patience, b. 1712.
A number of families of this name are yet residing on the ancient homestead of the ancestor.
DOGGET, DOGGETT.
" Thomas Dogget, in Concord, 1642, at which date his wife died. He removed from thence."
A Thomas Dogget is early in Marshfield, who settled on the estate granted, priorly, to Mr. Comfort
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Starr, near the junction of North and South Rivers, now the farm of Capt. Samuel Clapp. He appears to have had a family of children when he came to Marshfield, viz .: John, Samuel, Sarah, who. m. Samuel Sherman, and perhaps others. He married, in Marshfield, 1654, Joane, the widow of Mr. Thomas Chillingworth, and had Rebekah, b. 1655. Joane, the wife, d. 1684; he d. 1692.
His son, Samuel, m. Mary Rogers, 16S2. She deceased, 1690, leaving children, Samuel, Mary, and Sarah. He m., secondly, 1691, Bathsheba Holmes, a grandaughter of the Rev. Samuel Arnold, and had Elizabeth, Ebenezer, Bathsheba, John, and Isaac, all baptised in the First Church, 27 Sept., 1702 ; and Lodiah, Persis, Seth, and Abigail, subsequently. The name has long been extinct at Green Harbor.
KEENE, KEIN, KEEN.
Martha Keene, aged 60 years, was a passenger, 1638, in the good ship Confidence, of London, John Jobson, master, to New England. She was accom- panied by John Keene, aged 17; Eliza, Martha, Josias, and Sarah Keene, probably her children.
Josias settled near Thomas Doggett, in Marshfield ; m. Hannah, dau. of John Dingley, sen. They had, John, b. 1661; Josiah, Matthew, Hannah, and per- haps others. Hannah m. Isaac Oldham, 1695.
Josias Keene and his wife Lydia had nine children baptised in the First Church, Marshfield, by Mr. Gardner, 24 Oct., 1704.
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SHEARMAN, SHERMAN.
William Sherman had a garden place, at Duxbury, 1637, and lands towards Green Harbor, 1640. He early settled on the north side of the highlands, called on early records White's Hill, near Peregrine White's. He had John, b. 1646, William, and perhaps others.
William Sherman, jr., m. Desire Dotey, 1667. They had, Hannah, b. 1668; Elizabeth, b. 1670, d. 1675; William, b. 1672; Patience, b. 1674; and Experience, b. 1678.
John, son of the senior William Sherman, was m. at Boston, to Jane Hatch, dau. of Walter Hatch, of Scituate, 1677.
PHILLIPS.
John Phillips, Duxbury, 1640. Came early to Marshfield and settled on a tract of land lying near the united outlet of North and South Rivers. He had, by his first wife, William, John, and Jeremiah. He m., secondly, Grace, widow of William Hollo- way, 1654. They had, Joseph, b. 1655, killed at the Rehoboth fight, 1676 ; and Benjamin, 1658.
John, the second son of John, sen., was killed by lightning, at the house of Mr. Bulkely, 1654. His second wife, Grace, and his third son, Jeremiah, were killed, with their neighbor and guest, William Shurt- leff, 23 June, 1666, and all interred on the 24th.
In 1667, Mr. Phillips m. Faith Dotey, widow of the Mayflower Pilgrim, Edward. She deceased, 1667.
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He survived until 1691, having numbered nearly 90 years. A man of many sorrows.
Mrs. Grace Phillips had two daughters by her first husband, William Holloway, Hannah and Grace, who m. Josiah Read, 1666. He was one of the thirty-five purchasers of Norwich, Conn.
SHETLE, SHIRTLEY, SHURTLEFF.
1634. William Shetle, an apprentice to Thomas Clark, carpenter, of Plymouth. Circumstances lead to the conclusion that he was from Yorkshire, Eng. William Shirtley removed to Marshfield about 1660. He resided near John Phillips, and is named with the freemen of Marshfield, 1664. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Ann Lettice, of Plymouth, 1655, early comers to New England. Mr. Shurtleff's dwelling-house was destroyed by fire early in the year 1666. He, with his family, found an asylum at the dwelling-house of Mr. John Phillips after this calamity. He was killed by lightning, while so- journing there, June 23d, 1666.
The circumstances connected with this melan- choly occurrence are described in a letter written by the Rev. Samuel Arnold, to the Rev. Increase Mather, Boston.
" Suffering from a dreadful dearth, the neighboring congregations, on the 20th of June, observed a day of Fasting and Prayer, as they were wont on such occasions. On the 23d they were visited by a terrific
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thunder storm ; during which the electric fluid struck the house of Mr. Phillips, killing his wife and son, with his neighbor, Mr. Shurtleff. Mr. Shurtleff left two sons, William and Thomas, one of which was in his arms, at this sad period, and remained unhurt. A third, called Abiel, signifying, in Hebrew, "God is my Father," was born shortly after his father's decease. William Shurtleff is, probably, ancestor of all bearing the name in New England. The distin- guished antiquary, Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, M. D., of Boston, is a descendant of William Shurtleff and his son Abiel, to whose research I am indebted for a part of this sketch.
LITTLE.
Thomas Little was in Plymouth after 1630, where he m., 1633, Ann, one of the daus. of the Pilgrim Richard Warren. He removed to Marshfield about 1650, settled in the easterly part of the township, a locality since known as Littletown, in the surround- ing region.
He had Thomas, killed by the Indians at the Rehoboth fight, 1676; Samuel, who m. Sarah Grey ; Ephraim, who m. Mary Sturtevant, 1672; Isaac ; Hannah, who m. Stephen Tilden; Mercy, who m. John Sawyer, 1666; Ruth, and Patience.
Thomas Little was probably a lawyer. He de- ceased, 1671. Ephraim and Mary (Sturtevant ) Little had Ephraim, b. 1673, H. C. 1695, ordained as pas- 8
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tor of the Plymouth Church, 1699, and deceased, 1723, without children ; Ruth, b. 1675, m. an Avery ; David, b. 1681, settled as a lawyer in Scituate ; his son Ephraim, H. C. 1728, was settled in the ministry at Colchester, Conn .; John, b. 1683; Ann, who m. Thomas Grey, and Mary, who m. an Otis.
Lieut. Isaac Little, son of the ancestor, purchased the Biddle estate, (now owned by Mr. Waterman Thomas,) on Marshfield Neck. He and his wife Bethiah had Thomas, b. 1676, H. C .- 1695, lawyer and physician at Plymouth; Isaac, b. 1677, removed to Pembroke; Charles, b. 1685; Nathaniel, b. 1690, died 1716; William, b. 1692, H. C. 1710. Lieut. Little deceased, 1712.
John Little, Esq., son of Ephraim, m. Constant Fobes of Little Compton, was a valuable and highly useful citizen. They had eleven children, b. from 1708 to 1724. Their son Fobes, H. C. 1724, was a physician at Little Compton. John, another son, removed to Windham, and William to Lebanon, Conn. Thomas, Ephraim and Lemuel remained on the ancestral estate, where their descendants yet reside. The late Capt. George Little and his brother Capt. Luther Little, both of the U. S. naval service, were grandsons of John Little, Esq. Edward P. Little, late a representative to Congress, is a son of the late Capt. George Little.
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JOHN JONES.
John Jones was a grandson of Thomas Little, sen. He m. Eleanor, dau. of Nathaniel and Faith Wins- low, 1697. Their children were, Patience, who m. William Stevens; John, b. 1701, m. Grace Cushing ; Faith, b. 1704, d. early; Ebenezer, b. 1706, m. Jane King; Anna, b. 1708, m. Bezaleel Palmer; Eleanor, b. 1710; Nathaniel, b. 1713, and Joseph, b. 1715.
CHAPMAN.
Ralph Chapman, aged 20, ship carpenter, from Southwark, England, was a passenger in the ship Elizabeth of London, 1635. He m. Lydia Wills, 1642, the earliest marriage extant on the records of Marshfield. They had Mary, b. 1643, m. William Troop of Barnstable; Sarah, b. 1645, m. William Norcutt of Marshfield; Isaac, b. 1647, m. Rebecca Leonard, and lived at Barnstable, and Ralph.
Ralph Chapman, sen., lived at the Ferry, which he kept, but was excused from the duty, 1645, ex- cept on special occasions. His family became Friends. His son Ralph removed to Newport, R. I., and his son John returned to the Old Colony. He m., in Pembroke, Abigail Booth, 1630; and the births of four sons and three daus. are found re- corded on the books of the Friend's Society. The daus. m. John, Wing, and Joseph Rogers, of the family who early settled at Rogers' Hill, North River.
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"John Chapman d. 3 d. 1 m. 1811, and from the most accurate accounts to be had, was 104 years, 2 months and some days old."-Friend Records.
WEBSTER.
The New England ancestor of the late Hon. Daniel Webster was, it is believed, John Webster, who came from Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, Eng., and settled in Ipswich, N. E .; freeman, 1635. His son Thomas settled in Hampton, N. H .; m., 2 Nov., 1657, Sarah Brewer; d. 5 Jan., 1715, aged 83. Their son Ebenezer, b. 1 Aug., 1667; served in the Indian wars; settled in Kingston, 1700; m. Hannah Judkins, 1709. Their son Ebenezer m., 20 July, 1738, Susanna Bachelder; whose son Ebenezer, b. 1739, settled in Salisbury, and was distinguished in the old French and Revolutionary war. His second wife was Abigail Eastman. Their son, the late Hon. Daniel Webster, was b. 18 Jan., 1782; d., at his residence in Marshfield, Mass., 22 minutes before 3 o'clock, Sabbath morning, Oct. 24th, 1852. He m., 10 June, 1808, Grace, dau. of the Rev. Elijah Fletcher of Hopkinton, who deceased 1828. His second wife was Caroline, dau. of Herman Le Roy of New York, who survives him.
Mr. Webster made his first purchase in Marshfield, about 1830, of the late Capt. John Thomas, which consisted of the present Webster mansion, since enlarged and improved, and that portion of the
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landed estate of his father, Nathaniel Ray Thomas, the royalist, which was reserved unconfiscated, at the close of the Revolutionary war, as a dower for the widow. This mansion house, in 1774-5, was the quarters of a detachment of British troops, called the Queen's Guards, commanded by Capt. Balfour, which were unnecessarily stationed here by Gen. Gage, at the request of the royalists of the vicinity. Of these troops, called the flower of the British army, five only were left with Capt. Balfour at the close of the memorable battle of Bunker Hill.
Mr. Webster added subsequently to his first pur- chase, acres unto acres, until his estate amounted to fifteen hundred or more, including therein that por- tion of Careswell on which the present old Winslow mansion is now standing.
THE MARSHFIELD GRAVES.
BY FRANCES MANWARING CAULKINS.
Why meet we here on this memorial hill ? Where is the glory that here walks abroad ? What gives to yonder ocean its deep thrill,- To earth this silent worship of its Lord ?
By sacred feet this hill-top has been prest ; The angels keep these sepulchres in view. Here pilgrims worshipped and here pilgrims rest, Sons of the Old World, fathers of the New. 8*
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Here sleeps the bride,-first of these deserts drear,* Ye daughters o'er the turf your garlands wave! And White,t New England's first-born son, lies here, Move slow, ye bands, around the patriarch's grave!
Here rest the Winslows,-names of old renown ; Yon hawthorn bower the grave of Cushman shows: And Webster, too, with tears we laid him down,- Our Webster, 'mid his loved ones to repose.
These hills, these plains, are monumental ground ; Yonder lies Pilgrim Rock and Plymouth Bay ! The Carvers', Bournes', and Dingleys' dwelt around; Sprague, Bulkley, Tompson, trod the shining way.
Descend, O dart of heaven,-Ithuriel's spear ! Unseal the doors of these grass-covered rooms, And show the sons of pilgrims gathering here The lights yet burning in their fathers' tombs :
These Mayflower lights, whose quickening rosy gleams, So faint, at first, but growing like the morn, Wide round the world now send their kindling beams Of truth and freedom ushering in the dawn.
Take counsel of the fathers : this wild shore, Their toil transfused into a flowery sod ; For little as for much, they rendered more,- Pains-taking people,-looking up to God.
* Susanna Winslow. The first marriage, in New England, was that of Edward Winslow to Susanna, widow of William White.
t Peregrine White, born at Plymouth, in November, 1620; died at Marsh- field, July 22, 1704.
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Children of faith,-they walked by future light ; The glory not yet come, illumed their way ; In truth's great conflict champions for the right,- Tender yet stern they wrestled out their way.
Free worship and free thought, they claimed and found ; Our larger golden freedom gathers rust ; Too oft our banner stoops to kiss the ground ; We have more sunlight, but 'tis flecked with dust.
Away with liberty that leaves man free, Unlicensed on his fellow man to prey ! When law, truth, virtue, are trod down by thee, O faithless freedom! we disown thy sway.
Call up the tenants of these tombs :- They rise,- They speak not, but they fill the air with peace ; Deep counsels dwelling in their earnest eyes,- They seem to say-Cease, warring factions, cease !
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