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Inscriptions. 169
EZRA HAWKES & THOMAS GOULD. TOMB. 1812.
He ** **** Bur *** the body of MR JONATHAN BROWN who died June ye 14th 1746 in ye 63ª year of his age
Here lies buried the Body of POLLY ROBINS Dautr of Mr James & Mrs Susanna Robins died March 28 1778 aged 6 years
T. OLIVER.
Sacred to the Memory of CAPTAIN JONATHAN CARY, who departed this life Decr. 29th, Anno Domini 1801, aged 85 years. A full believer in the universal religion.
" Why do we mourn departed friends, Or shrink at death's alarms ? 'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends, To call us to his arms."
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GEORGE LOW & ABIAH P. LOW.
TOMB. 1836.
ABIAH P. LOW, died May 28th, 1846, aged 51 years, 7 months.
This Stone is erected in Memory of CAPT CALEB HOPKINS JUNR who died Oct br 19th 1791 in the 39th year of his age
Here lies buried the Body of MRS SUSANNAH SOMES the wife of Capt Nehemiah Somes died Sept 3d 1770 aged 23 years
CLARK.
Here lies buried the Body of MRS SUSANNA WHITE wife of Mr John White died June 4th 1769 aged 48 years
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ROSS, FAMILY TOMB.
ANDW Ross, died Novr Ist, 1814, ÆE. 37. WM Ross, died April 1st, 1816, ÆE. 42. JOHN Ross, died April 5th, 1841, Æ. 64. MARGT Ross, died Jan. 20, 1846, Æ. 72.
Here lies the Body of BETSEY HOPKINS Dautr of Michael & Joanna Hopkins died Augst 29th 1783 aged 15 months & 17 days
SARAH DODGE Dau' to Mr James & Mrs Mary Dodge aged 13 months died May 4th 1748
W. SHERBURNE.
Here lies the Body of ELIZABETH BALLARD the wife of Mr Samuel Ballard who departed this life March the 16th 1776 aged 45 years
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ISAAC S. TOMPKINS AND JOSIAH BROWN. 1845.
In Memory of MRS NABBY DODGE wife of Capt James Dodge who departed this life March 28th 1796 aged 25 years
Here was buried MRS FANNY DISSMORE wife of Capt Thomas Dissmore who lived 35 years & died the 29th of December 1788 it being the anniversary of her Bi *** " The living when the *** ***** ₭. "
B. HENDERSON.
Here lies buried the Body of CAPT THOMAS EELES aged 55 years died Novr ye 16th 1748
Here lies ye Body of MRS ELIZABETH HUBBARD who died Feby ye 5th 1758 *** ***
Inscriptions. 173
MR. JOHN FENNO & CAPT. JOHN HOWE'S TOMB. 1819.
Here lies buried the Body of CAPT WILLIAM TREFRY aged 56 years died May ye 6th 1761
" Stop, O youth, and kindly drop a tear, A youth once gay like you, lies buried here.
Here lies buried the remains of JOHN SCHOLLAY son of James Schollay & Susanna his wife who died Nov ye 17th 1763 aged 10 years
" His body's here, his soul to heaven is gone, Then to receive from God its righteous doom."
S. PRENTISS.
Sacred to the memory of MRS MARCY HAMMATT wife of Capt Benjamin Hammatt who died Jany 6th 1796 aged 69 years
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J. PIERCIVAL. N. PARKER.
" All are but part of one stupendous whole, Whose body nature is, and God the soul."
JOSEPH YOUNG son of William Young died Octr 3d 1731 aged 1 month & 9 days
MRS. ELIZABETH HAMMOND, died April 15, 1810, aged 45 years. "To heavenly realms of endless peace, Angels her patient soul have borne, To taste pure joys that never cease, With Father, Holy Ghost, and Son."
WARD JACKSON & HEMAN LINCOLN'S TOMB. 1819.
In Memory of MRS SUSANNAH FOSTER wife of Mr Jonathan Foster died Oct™ 15 1794 ** years
Inscriptions, 175
J. & M. HALL.
Sacred to the Memory of JOSEPH HOWARD, ESQ., who died July 20, 1808, Æ 54.
" If love of him you wish to show, Like him aspire to be ; So in some happier land at last, Your friend you yet may see, When the great Shepherd sounds his call, And all the dead arise."
T. & J. LEWIS.
**** *ies the body of *ILLIAM MELLENS *parted this life *** ye 10th 1755 Ke 48th year ** his age
Here lies the Body of MRS KATHERIN HOSKINS wife of Capt Christopher Hoskins died Jan'y 5th 1769 aged 34 years
BASSETT.
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WILLIAM & JOHN HOWE'S TOMB. 1820.
Here lies the Body of MRS MARY POOLE aged 50 years Decd July 28th 1737
Here lies buried the Body of LYDIA PARSONS widow of the late Revd Jonathan Parsons of Newbury Port departed this life April 17th 1778 aged 47 years
FRANCIS MASSE, LEONARD SPAULDING, JOHN GALE'S TOMB.
In Memory of MRS HANNAH YOUNG widow of Mr William Young died Oct 13th 1790 aged 87 years
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ALEXR. VANNEVAR & JACOB BARSTOW'S TOMB. 1819.
Here lies the Body of MR JAMES DODGE who died Novr ye 24th 1759 aged 46 years
JOHN WYERS. TOMB. 1820.
Here lies buried the Body of MR SAMUEL SPRING died April 6th 1752 in the 22d year of his age
Here lies buried ye Body of MR RICHARD BRADBURN Son of Mr Joseph Bradburn of London who departed this life Janry 2ª 1739 in ye 21st year of his age
EDMUND WINCHESTER. TOMB. 1819.
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In Memory of JOHN MILK, who died July 11th, 1808, aged 43 years. He was valued in life, and died lamented.
Also JAMES died July 16th 1792 Æ 14 ds
ELEANOR
died Nov 7th 1794
Æ 14 mº & 17 ds
SUSANNAH died Augt 4th 1802 Æ 7 years. Children of Mr John & Mrs Eleanor Milk
JAMES SHERMAN'S Family Tomb.
In Memory of MARY ANN, only daugh of Mr William & Mrs Mary Ann Homer, died April 1, 1816, Æt. 4 years & 4 months. " Cropt as a bud from yonder tree, She's gone to rest, from trouble free."
Here lyes ye Body of ANNA BURRILL died Oct 7th 1773 aged 10 months
Inscriptions. 179
Here lies ye body of MARY BURRILL Daught of Samuel Burrill & Mary his wife died April 5th 1777 aged 9 years & 6 months
Here lyes ye Body of SARAH NORTON wife to David Norton aged 49 years decd October 30th, 1721
Here lyes the body of MRS JANE BURRIL wife to Mr Joseph Burril who died Jany 20th 1740, aged 46 years.
JOSIAH SNELLING'S TOMB.
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Her* **** ***** d th* **** of MR JOHN LANGDON aged 82 years decd Decr ye 6th 1732
Here lies intered the Body of MRS JOANNA FEVERYEAR wife to Mr Grafton Feveryear aged 33 years decd April ye 10th 1772
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DANIEL & SAMUEL ADAMS. TOMB. 1813.
MRS. SUSAN, wife of Samuel Adams, died Jany 25th, 1813, aged 27.
Here lyes ye Body of MR JOSEPH CROWLLEY who died March 6th Anno Dom 1738g aged 69 years
In Memory of
MRS REBECCA YOUNG, who died March 29, 1808, aged 79 years.
CAPT. WILLIAM WARD'S TOMB.
Here lyes ye Body of MRS MARGARET FLETCHER wife of Mr William Fletcher aged 55 years died Febry ye 9th 1747 g
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ROBERT BARBER'S TOMB. 1811.
** *UEL HEATH aged 7 years and 3 mo died May 23d 1752
DEBORAH HEATH Æ 12 years died Janty 7th 1753 - The children of Mr Sam1 & Mrs Elizth Heath
JOSEPH AUSTIN. TOMB.
Here lies the Body of MR JOHN WHITE aged 63 years died Dec ye 1st 1746 Also the body of MRS KATHERINE WHITE wife to Mr John White aged 60 years Died Febry ye 3d 17467
JACOB RHOADES TOMB.
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WILLIAM HALL & CORNELIUS B. SIMMONS. TOMB. 1819.
Here lies buried ye Body of MR ALEXANDER SCAMMELL who departed this life December 27th 1766 in the 64 year of his age
Here lies the body of MRS MARY SCAMMELL wife of Mr Alexander Scammell who died August the 15th 1760 aged 57 years
WILLIAM BADGER & THOMAS RICHARDSON'S TOMB. 1842.
Here lies buried the Body of MR NATHANIEL BROWN son of Mr Nathaniel & Mrs Mary Brown died Decr 8th 1759 in the 23ª year of his age
Enscriptions. 183
FRANCIS HOLMES & BENJ. CUSHING'S TOMB. 1819.
Here lies buried the Body of MRS MARY BROWN widow of Mr Nathaniel Brown died March 5th 1780
Here lies buri ** the body of MRS ANN BROWN widow of Mr William Brown died Sept 1st 1751 aged 74
UTLEY, HEATH, RAYNER, REED, AND BAKER'S TOMB. 1842.
Here lies buried the Body of MR WILLIAM BROWN died June the 4th 1745 in the 74th year of his age
JOSEPH WHEELEN. TOMB. 1820.
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EBEN GAY & ELI VEAZIE'S TOMB. 1819.
Here lies buried the Body of MRS ANN BROWN wife to Willm Brown aged about 57 years decd March ye 31st 1731
Here lies ye Body of JOHN BROWN son of William and Anne Brown aged 21 years & 3 mº decd Octobr 14 1721
BRADLE CUMINGS &
SIMON W. ROBINSONS TOMB.
Here lyes ye Body of MARY MOORE daughter of Capt Richard & Mrs Mary Moore of Oxford who decd May ye 27th 1730 aged 19 years
Inscriptions. 185
NATHANIEL PARKER'S TOMB. 1828.
Here lies ye Body of CAPT JAMES DENNEN aged 40 years 4 months & 3 days died August 11th 1757
Here lyes ye body of MR JOHN CADWELL aged 66 years Decd Jany ye 2d 17323
THOMAS FROTHINGHAM AND OTHERS. TOMB. 1819.
DORYTHY GREENOVGH AGED 4 YEARS & 8 MONTHS DYED YE 20 OCTOBER 1 6 6 7
JAMES DAVIS. TOMB. 1821.
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NO. 2.
EBENEZER SHUTE AND JONATHAN TURNER'S FAMILY TOMB. 1806.
Deposited here : -
EBEN'R. SHUTE, born in Malden, Jan. 5, 1775 ; died in Boston, May 23, 1850.
SUSANNAH SHUTE, (his wife,) born in Hingham, Nov. 22, 1773 ; died in Boston, Feb. 1, 1847.
And their children and grand-children : -
CALEB B. SHUTE, born July 7, 1806 ; died April 4, 1840.
JOSEPH B. SHUTE, born April 28, 1808 ; died June 15, 1840.
SUSAN G. STETSON, (wife of Joshua Stetson,) born June 9, 1815 ; died August 9, 1844.
FRANCES, (child of Eben'r. Shute, Jr.,) born Jan. 17, 1832; died Oct. 7, 1836.
FRANCES, (child of Eben'r. Shute, Jr.,) born May 27, 1838; died August 31, 1838.
SUSAN, (child of Caleb B. Shute,) born April 5, 1836 ; died August 26, 1839.
SARAH STETSON, (child of James M. Shute,) born May 14, 1844; died the same day.
SUSAN STETSON, (child of James M. Shute,) born Oct. 5, 1845 ; died May 8, 1846.
Inscriptions. 187
MRS. RACHEL YOUNG.
NICHOLAS VPSHALL AGED ABOVT 70 YEARS DYED YE * * * OF AVGUST 1677
ROBERT RIPLEY'S TOMB. 1824.
JOSEPH COCKE AGED 46 YEARS DECD JANUARY YE 15 167g
GEORGE VANNEVAR. TOMB. 1845.
SAMUEL RHODES son to William Rhodes and Mary his wife who died Octr 9th 1759 aged 12 years & 4 months
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ELIZA WAKEFIELD & HENRY GOODRICH'S TOMB. 1811.
Here lies buried ye Body of MR ROBERT DUNCAN Mercht who departed this life January ye 24th 1752 in the 50 year of his age
J. GREENOGH. -
Here lies buried the Body of MRS ISABELLA DUNCAN wife to Mr Robert Duncan who departed this life Feby 2d 1 749 30 in ye 33th year of her age
CAPT. SAMUEL NICHELS & MR. JESSE KINGSBURY'S TOMB. 1825.
Inscriptions. 189
ROBERT THOMPSON & JOHN WADE. 1811.
Here lyes ye Body ** MRS PATIENCE STARLING wife to Mr William Starling Jun™ who died June 2d 1760 aged 40 years Also JOHN STARLING their son died Sept 1st 1760 aged 14 years
NATH'L., JOHN, & CHARLES WELLS. TOMB. 1811.
Here lyes buried the Body of MRS BRIGET LAD departed this life Novr ye 2d 1743 in the 79 year of her age
AMASA WINCHESTER'S TOMB. 1815.
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EDWARD & JOHN SARGENT, & ANN BURCHISTED'S TOMB. 1820.
Here lies ye Body of MRS HANNAH PIERCE wife of Mr Samuel Pierce who departed this life May 7th 1784 aged 46 years
Here lyes ye Body of MRS MARY PIERCE wife of Mr Jonathan Pierce of Charlestown aged 81 years Died Dec' ye 18th 1744
ELLIOT, KIMBLE, & PRATT'S TOMB. 1819.
Here lies ye Body of GRACE PALMER wife to Mr George Palmer who departed this life June ye 5th 1750 aged 45 years
Inscriptions. 191
ISAAC JENKINS, LUTHER FELTON, EARL GODDARD, & SOLON JENKINS. TOMB. 1821.
In Memory of JOSEPH HAMMATT obt Febry 19th 1798 Æ 48
In Memory of MR JOHN POLLEY son of Mr Simeon and Mrs Mary Polley who died Octr 3d 1787 in the 23d year of his age " May guardian cherubs watch their sacred trust, Till recent life reanimate his dust."
WILLIAM HARTT'S TOMB.
In Memory of MRS. SARAH CHAMPNEY, wife of Capt. Caleb Champney, died Oct" 13th, 1800.
" The joys of faith triumphant rise, And wing the soul above the skies."
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ANDREW J. ALLEN AND THOMAS MICKELL'S TOMB.
In Memory of MRS. MARTHA CABOT, who departed this life on Saturday, March 11th, 1809, aged 60 years.
" So unafflicted, so composed a mind, So firm, yet soft, so young, yet so refined, Wasting disease and pain severely tried - The saint sustained it, but the woman died."
Also In Memory of MR. GEORGE CABOT, who departed this life on Sunday, Feby 5th, 1804, aged 20 years, After a long and distressing sickness, which he bore with meekness and resignation, in hope of a glorious immortality.
SAMUEL WINSLOW'S TOMB. 1826.
In Memory of DEAN SAMUEL HOLLAND who died August 17th 1798 Æ 93
Inscriptions. 193
NATHANIEL HAMMOND & O. & S. DAVIS. TOMB. 1819.
In Memory of MR WILLIAM POLLEY son of Mr Simeon & Mrs Mary Polley Died Decr 20th 1782 in the 24th year of his age
BARKER EMERSON, JUN., & WARNER CLAFLIN'S TOMB. 1815.
In Memory of MRS ANN BEERS widow of Mr William Beers who departed this life Decr 18th 1784 aged 79 years
S. YENDAELL'S TOMB. 1816. AND THOMAS HUDSON'S.
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PETER BRIGHAM'S AND ANDREW HARRINGTON'S TOMB. 1814.
Sacred to the Memory of CALEB DINSDAL CHAMPNEY, Obt. Oct. 4th, 1802, Æ. 26.
" To part with worth invaluable ; to feel regret mantled in sympathy ; to lose the richest treasure Heaven bestows ; to realize the agonizing pang of separation ; still to bear misfortune's cruel lash, is the lot of man : but resignation tempers every scene, and points our warmest, fondest hopes to heaven."
NATH'L. FAXON'S TOMB. 1814.
SAMUEL WHITEHEAD son of Samuel & Mary Whitehead aged 1 year 6 months and 22 days Decd August 26th 1719
CAPT. SAMUEL EAMES AND GEORGE REDDING'S TOMB. 1811.
Inscriptions. 195
BENJAMIN SWEETSER & ENOCH H. SNELLING. TOMB.
Here lyes ye Body of MRS MARY HUGHES daur of Mr Richard & Mrs Sarah Hughes who died March ye 7th 1765 aged 46 years
" Time, what an empty vapor 'tis ! and days, how swift they fly ! Our life is ever on the wing, and death is ever nigh ; The moment when our life begins, we all begin to die."
EBEN FROTHINGHAM'S TOMB. 1814.
Here lies ye Body of SARAH BENNIT wife to Samuel Bennit aged 75 years decd January ye 18 168 3
JOHN H. PRAY & J. G. L. LIBBY'S TOMB. 1832.
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Copp's Mill
RANSFORD & FARRINGTON'S TOMB. 1814.
CAPT. JOHN SUTER & FRANCIS WALKER'S TOMB. 1811.
In ****** MR. JO
who depar *** *** April 27th, 18 **.
Also MISS NANCY
who departed **
* * August 10th, 1800, aged **.
" Mouldering to dust here lies *** Of two happy spirits gone to joy Where peace sits smiling on th ** And brightens every feature by **. "
FAMILY TOMB OF DANIEL DICKENSON, who died June 23, 1845, Æt. 72 years.
Inscriptions. 197
HIRAM SMITH, FAMILY TOMB.
Sacred to the Memory OF
WILLIAM SULLIVAN SMITH, OBT. FEB. 2, 1816, AGED 17 DAYS.
HIRAM SMITH, OBT. AUG. 28, 1817, AGED 6 MONTHS.
HIRAM SHURTLEFF SMITH, OBT. APRIL 29, 1818, AGED 11 HOURS.
JULIA ANN SMITH, OBT. JUNE, 4, 1821, AGED 8 WEEKS.
BENJAMIN SHURTLEFF SMITH, OBT. MAY 4, 1824, AGED 5 MONTHS, 14 DAYS.
BENJAMIN SHURTLEFF SMITH, OBT. AUG. 22, 1834, AGED 12 MONTHS.
" Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fade, Death came with friendly care, The opening buds to heaven conveyed, And bade them blossom there."
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Christ's Church
Christ's Church.
CAPT. THOMAS POTTS' TOMB.
Here lyes entombd the body of the REV TIMOTHY CUTLER DD First minister of this church deceased Augst 17 1765 aged 81 years
Also the body of MRS ELISATH CUTLER widow of the above died Sept™ ye 12th 1771 aged 81 years Also the body of
SHUBAEL BELL & ROBERT FENNLLY. 1808.
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HEIRS OF THE REV. DR. WALTER, deceased, viz. :
LYNDE WALTER, WILLIAM WALTER, NATHL SMITH, JOHN ODIN. 1808.
MRS. MARY OTHEMAN, died 12th April, 1802, Æ. 45. A. OTHEMAN, JUNR., her son, died 18th Feby 1805, Æ. 21. MRS. HANNAH OTHEMAN, died 4th Janry, **** , Æ. 31.
EDWARD MCREDDING, died 10th June, 1808, Æ. 10 months. GODFREY MALBONE, died April 30th 1815, aged 39. ANTHONY OTHEMAN, died Feby 9, 1835, aged 85 years. HENRY OTHEMAN, died May 25, 1838, aged 47 years.
BELONGING TO MR. THOS. CARNES & MR. JOSEPH WHEELWRIGHT.
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Christ's Church Inscriptions.
Here lies the bodies of MR SAMUEL WEEKS died August 11th 1740 aged 49 MADAM ELIZATH WHEELWRIGHT consort to the Hon John Wheelwright Esq died Febry 23d 1748 Æ 45 Mr Weeks designed this tomb for his friends.
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CAPT. THOMAS LAKE. (p. 2.)
ACCORDING to Betham's Baronetage, Captain Lake was of the ninth generation in descent from John Lake, of Normanton, in Yorkshire, Esquire, who was of the fifth generation from Sir William Caley, of Owby, Knight, only son of Hugh de Caley, of Owby, County of Norfolk, (who died in 1286,) by his wife, Agnes, daughter and heiress of Hamo de Hamsted.
Captain Lake was son of Richard Lake, of Irby, in Lin- colnshire, and brother of Sir Edward Lake, LL. D., Baronet, Advocate General of the Kingdom of Ireland, Chancellor of the Diocese of Lincoln, &c., who died July 18, 1674, aged seventy-seven, and lies buried in the Cathedral of Lincoln, leaving his title and estate to his nephew, Thomas, son of Capt. Lake. John, a brother of Sir Edward and Capt. Thomas, was living in Boston in 1676. Capt. Lake's wife, who sur- vived him, was Mary, daughter of Hon. Stephen Goodyear,
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Deputy Governor of New Haven Colony, who died in London, 1658. He came to New England, a man of fortune, and was extensively engaged in commercial pursuits. He was asso- ciated with some of the earliest English proprietors of lands in New Hampshire and Maine. While attending to the affairs of the "Kennebec purchase," in 1676, he was slain by the In- dians. His sons were educated in England. Thomas, born in Boston, Feb. 9, 1656, an Utter Barrister of the Honorable Society of the Middle Temple, London, died 22d May, 1711, aged 55, and lies buried in the Middle Temple, London.
Capt. Lake's daughter, Anne, became the wife of the Rev. John Cotton, A. M., of Hampton, N. H., by which marriage alone, it is believed Lake has any descendants in this country.
Mr. Cotton was son of the Rev. Seaborn Cotton, of Hamp- ton, N. H., grandson of Rev. John Cotton, of Boston, and of Governor Simon Bradstreet; great grandson of Rev. Simon Bradstreet, of a wealthy Suffolk family, minister of Horbling, in Lincolnshire, sometime of Middleburg, in Holland, and of Hon. Thomas Dudley, first Deputy Governor, and third Gov- ernor, of Massachusetts. Mrs. Cotton, after the death of her husband, married the Rev. Increase Mather, D. D., of Boston. Her gravestone, in the ancient burial-place at Brookline, bears the following inscription : "Madam Anne Mather, relict of ye Dr. Increase Mather, formerly wife of Revd Mr. John Cotton ; died at Brookline, March 29, 1737, Æ. s. 74." Sir Biby Lake, Baronet, son of Thomas of the Middle Temple, inherited the title and estate of his grand-uncle, Sir Edward.
The English branch has intermarried with the families of Winter, Crowther, Turner, King, Macbride, Webb, and others. Of this descent is Sir Willoughby Thomas Lake, K. C. B., Admiral of the White, in the British navy, Hon. Sir James Lake, Baronet, &c.
The New England branch has, in several generations, inter- married with the families of Gookin, Whiting, Upham, Thorn- ton, Tracy, Lee, Wingate, Rogers, Jackson, Dearborn, Coffin, Hale, Storer, Bowles, Chadwick, &c.
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JOHN MOUNTFORT. ( (p. 3.)
JOHN MOUNTFORT, founder of tomb No. 7, was brother to Jonathan Mountfort. They were the sons of Edmund Mount- fort, who fled from England, in 1656, to Boston, in consequence of political offences, and who is referred to in " Dean & Smith's Journal," published in Portland, as an "educated merchant." In 1693, he married Mary Cock, granddaughter of Nicholas Upshall. In 1697 he was a member of the " Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company." He died, January 4, 1723. His descendants still reside in Boston, New York, and Louis- iana.
MARY HART. (p. 13.)
MRS. HART, born at Lynn, 27th of May, 1699, was the daughter of Moses Hudson, (a descendant of Thomas Hudson, an ancient colonist at Lynn,) who, the "12th of November, 1685," married Sarah Collins, descended from " Henry Collins, of Lynn;" of whom Lewis, in his History of Lynn, says : He "embarked in the Abigail, of London, June 30, 1635; lands were granted to him in 1638; in 1639 he was a member of the Salem court; and in 1645, one of the selectmen of the town. He was born in 1606, and buried, February 20, 1687, at the age of eighty-one years. His wife, Ann, was born in 1605. His children were, Henry, born 1630; John, born 1632; Mar- gery, born 1633; and Joseph, born 1635. He was associated with John Hathorne in 1662, in defending the town against a prosecution by William Longley. The first monthly meet- ing of Friends in Lynn was held at the house of Samuel Collins, July 18, 1690. There were only five Lynn men present."
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CAPT. RALPH HART.
CAPT. HART was a well known and much-esteemed citizen of Boston. A copy of one of his com- missions, following, is not without social and political interest, by contrast with the present time : -
Province of the Massachusetts=Bap.
WILLIAM SHIRLEY, Esq;
Captain-General and GOVERNOUR in Chief, in and over His MAJESTY's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, &c.
L. S.
To RALPH HART, Gentleman, Greeting.
B Y virtue of the Power and Authority, in and by His Majesty's Royal Commission to Me granted, to be Captain-General, &c. over this His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, aforesaid ; I do (by these Presents) reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct, constitute and appoint You the said Ralph Hart to be Lieutenant of the foot Company in the Town of Boston under the Command of Captn Samuel Rand, in the Regiment of Militia, within the County of Suffolk, whereof Jacob Wendell Esq; is Colonel.
You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Lieutenant in leading, ordering and exercising said Company in Arms, both inferiour Officers and Soldiers, and to keep them in good Order and Discipline ; hereby commanding them to obey you as their Lieutenant, and your self to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from time to time receive
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from Me, or the Commander in Chief for the Time being, or other your Superiour Officers for His Majesty's Service, according to military Rules and Discipline, pursuant to the Trust reposed in you.
Given under My Hand & Seal at Arms, at Boston, the eleventh Day of Feb- ruary 3 o'clock, In the sixteenth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King GEORGE the Second, Annoq; Domini, 1742.
W. SHIRLEY.
By His Excellency's Boston, Febry 28, 1742.
Command,
J. WILLARD, Secry.
Sworn before JACOB WENDELL. WILLM. DOWNE. DAN. HENCHMAN.
In 1754, Lieut. Hart was Commissioned Captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. His great grandfather, Samuel Hartt, born in England, about 1622, settled in Lynn, 1643-50, and was living in 1680, when his son, Samuel Hartt, Jun., was married, January 4, to Elizabeth Ingalls, a grand- daughter of Mr. Edmund and Frances Ingalls, who came from Lincolnshire, in 1629, and were the first English people known to have been inhabitants of Lynn. Mrs. Hartt died, November 2, 1681, and he married his second wife, Abigail Lamberd, or Lambert, June 9, 1684, She was the daughter of Michael Lambert, who died at Lynn, August 18, 1676. Captain Ralph Hart, the son of the last mar- riage, was born at Lynn, the 12th of June, 1699. He married Mary Hudson, Nov. 27, 1722. Their daughter Mary was the wife of Mr. Joshua Bowles.
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JOSHUA BOWLES. (p. 11.)
MR. BOWLES, born at Roxbury, May 3, 1722, was a resi- dent of the north end of Boston, and a deacon of the church there. He is described by one who remembers him, as of about five feet, eight inches in stature, of compact and mus- cular frame, and dark hair ; as silent, and of reserved manners, " magnifying " his office in the church by a godly life and con- versation, and honoring the precepts and examples of his fathers, particularly in the constant observance, during his life, of family devotions. He was brother-in-law to the Hon. Ben- jamin Lynde, of Salem, chief justice of the Province; and son of Major John Bowles, Esq., of Roxbury, by his wife, Lydia, daughter of Col. Samuel Checkley, Esq., of Boston, born at Preston Capes, in Northamptonshire, and sister of Rev. Samuel Checkley, of Boston.
Major Bowles was son of Hon. John Bowles, Esq., of Roxbury, by his wife, Sarah, daughter of the Rev. John Eliot, of Newton, and granddaughter of Rev. John Eliot, the " Apostle to the Indians." His son, Capt. Ralph Hart Bowles, served in the revolutionary army during the whole war of independence, and afterwards settled at Machias, Maine; where he held various civil offices, as clerk of the courts, justice of the peace, &c .* He married Hannah, daughter of Rev. Josiah Crocker, of Taunton, of the lineage of the Leonards, Cobbs, Thachers, Gorhams, Gov. Carver, Gov. Hinckley, and Hon. John Howland, of Plymouth.
Mrs. Bowles was distinguished for her energy of character, excellence of temper, and refinement of manners, peculiarly fitting her for usefulness in the frontier settlement at Machias. She died, July 10, 1847, aged 82, at Roxbury, and was interred at Mount Auburn, in the burial-place of her son, the late Stephen Jones Bowles.
Samuel Bowles, Esq., editor of the "Springfield Republican," is a descendant from Mr. Joshua Bowles.
* Born in Boston, March, 1759 ; died at Machias, Sept. 1813.
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Appendix.
PARKMAN FAMILY. (pp. 27, 38.)
AN honored and distinguished branch of this family was Samuel Parkman, Esq., of whom, and of his father, the Rev. Ebenezer Parkman, of Westborough, Mass., we find the follow- ing notices in the Christian Examiner, of June, 1824 :-
"Died, in Boston, June 11, Samuel Parkman, Esq., aged seventy-two years ; one of the most distinguished and eminent merchants ; who raised himself to great opulence, without losing any thing of the moderation and simplicity of his original character and manners, or his strong attachment to the retired habits of domestic life. He was peculiarly domestic in his feelings, devoted to his family and friends, and singularly suc- cessful in the difficult duty of family government and dis- cipline. Affectionate, yet firm, by judicious mixture of de- cision and kindness, he acquired, and maintained to the last, an unusually powerful influence with a numerous and most at- tached family. The loss of his counsels and affection is irreparable. He had been a professor of Christianity forty- three years, and deacon in the Second Church twenty-three years .* To the interests of that church he was zealously de- voted, and gave frequent proofs of his attachment, which will long be remembered with gratitude. In his last disease, when informed that it must be fatal, he received the intelligence with
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