Record of the parish list of deaths, 1785-1819 (Salem East Church), Part 8

Author: Bentley, William, 1759-1819, [from old catalog] comp; Salem, Mass. East church. [from old catalog]; Patch, Ira J., [from old catalog] ed
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Salem, Printed for the Essex institute
Number of Pages: 200


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914. May 29. Mehitable, wife of John Dyseton. Consumption, 31 years. She was of the family of Masury, and married at 28. He from Denmark, Copenhagen, mariner, called Dystill. Two children left, one male. At the Bridge from Neptune to Water street.


915. June 19. Eunice, wife of Samuel Tucker. Con- sumption, 40 years. Had been a nurse in Jacob Crownin- shield's family, and much esteemed by him, and remem- bered in his will. She was a Stevens, married at 23 years of age, and time in marriage 12 years; her mother a Mascoll, now widow Welman. She had been a widow five years. Four children, three males. Derby street, corner of Becket.


916. June 28. Female child of Joel and Hanna Potter. At birth. She was a Lufkin. Two children left, one male. Derby street corner of Becket.


917. July 5. Ruth, wife of Capt. Christopher Bab- bidge. Consumption, 41 years. She was a Randall of Old York, Me., and lived eleven years in Capt. Allen's


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family, and married at 24. Seven children, two sons. Becket street.


918. July 25. Jacob Manning, son of Thomas Bickford. Fever, 4 years. After measles, fever. Mother a Manning, dead. Living with the father's brother John Bickford who married Mary Ramsdall. Two chil- dren left, sons. Bridge street.


919. July 26. News of the death of Benjamin, son of Benjamin Hutchinson. Fever, 19 years. Died at Havana in Cuba, from ship Adeline, Allen master. Wife Elizabeth Hitchins. Father died, July, 1805. Two sons left. Parents live in Turner below Derby street.


920. Aug. 4. Mary Lane, dan. of Nathaniel and Sara Delano. Convulsions after measles, 7 years. She a daughter of Nicholas Lane. Four children left, three sons. Derby street, corner of English.


921. Aug. 16. Sara, dau. of James and Elizabeth Archer. Convulsions, 17 years. Recovering from fever, able to rise and sit up, when she was seized with violent convulsions and expired. She a daughter of John Archer, he a son of Jonathan Archer. Three children left, two sons. Essex street, cor. of Pleasant.


922. Ang. 17. Lydia, dan. of Lemuel and Sarah Philips. Atrophy, seven months. He from London- derry. She a Carrol of Salem. One daughter left. Bridge street, near Beverly Bridge.


923. Oct. 22. Nancy, dau. of William and Mary Crispin. Worn out, 22 years. Mother a Dawson. Mr. Crispin is a rigger, with ten children still left. Had fourteen. South fields.


924. Nov. 1. Mary, dau. of David and Sarah New- hall. Quinsy, after measles, 2} years. She a Dunckly of Danvers. One child left, a female. Derby street, below English.


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925. Nov. 9. Geffroy Moritz. Dropsy, 43rd year. Baptized Jan. 11, 1767. Dismissed from army in 1805, arrived from Dusseldorf in 1805. Residence passes of same date. Had not been long in Salem from Surinam. See D. B. Turner street, below Derby.


926. Nov. 9. Capt. James Cole of Saco. Fever, 39 years. His wife from Saco at the funeral. Arrived in Salem, sick, Nov. 5, Sunday last, from Antigua, West Indies, and had not had proper care. Commander of the brig Romeo. Six children. Derby street, near English.


927. Dec. 10. News of death of Joseph, son of Joseph and Mary Brown. Fever abroad, 19 years. She a Becket. Six children, four males. Essex street, front- ing Pleasant.


928. Dec. 25. Charles, son of James and Charlotte Fairfield. Quinsy, 1 year. She a Goodrich of Beverly, died in January last. One child left, a son. Becket street.


929. Dec. 27. Samuel, son of James and Mary Clift. Quinsy, 8 months. Child sick five days. She a Masury. Clift, son of Clift, a man of humor, from Ireland. One child left, a female. English street.


DEATHS IN 1810.


930. Jan. 7. Richard Collins, from Ireland. Found dead in bed, 72 years. He came directly to Salem from Newfoundland in 1763, and married, at 32, Mary Cox; widow Cotton. Left two daughters. Daniels street.


931. Jan. 7. News of the death of Thomas Shats- well. By a fall, 28 years. Mate of a ship; hurt himself by a fall. Carried into England, and died at Yarmouth, in a high state of derangement. Married, at 23, a Rowell,


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whose mother was a Becket. Two children, one male. Turner street.


932. Jan. 20. Susanna Beadle, maiden. Suddenly, 80 years. Born, by family record, Aug. 7, 1729. Of an ancient Salem family. At twenty-five she went into the family of Abraham Watson, left in 1759.


933. Feb. 14. John, son of John and Sara Becket. Atrophy, 15 months Only child. She a Brown, dau. of James Brown by a Masury. He son of Capt. John Becket. Becket street.


934. Mar. 11. News of the death of Philip Allen. Drowned, 23 years. Drowned on his passage from Eu- rope. He was from Dresden, Me. In Salem two years. He was married at 22. His wife Mary Williams, of Salem, married W. Patterson, and lived with him four months, and he died at sea. One child, son, by Allen. Water street.


935. Mar. 15. Sara, wife of James Grey. Fever, 65 years. She was a Whitefoot of Salem, and married at 30 years of age. Her husband had a former wife, Cressy, of Beverly. They have lived many years at Pest House on the Neck. A most faithful woman. One son.


936. Mar. 26. Benjamin Millet, hardware dealer. Fever, 36 years. Married, at 22, Mary, dau. of William Peele. From the old family of Hardy by his mother's side. Five children, two sons. Corner of Herbert and Essex streets.


937. May 4. Mary, dau. of Stephen and Hanna Webb. Fever, 10 years. Not long sick, but violent and nervous fever, said the physician. She a Gale, he a son of the late Stephen Webb. Three children left, one male. Becket street, near Derby.


938. May 22. Samuel Webb, son of John. Con-


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sumption, 41 years. Numerous family connections. He married, at 24, Abigail Palfrey. Followed the sea. His father and mother now living. Five children, two sons. Becket street.


939. June 25. Margaret Shelton, maiden. Con- sumption, 36 years. Her mother a Whitford, and still living.


940. July 22. News of the death of George Prince. At sea, 18 years. He was a passenger in the ship Mar- garet from Naples, which was upset in a squall in the Atlantic. Two boats escaped with their crews, 46 in all. Eighteen have arrived. His father Capt. II. Prince. Two sons and two daughters.


941. July 22. News of the death of John Browne, upon the wreck of the ship Margaret, 27 years. We had notice of him by the second boat. He married, at 25, an Ashby. One son.


942. Aug. 19. William Millet. Delirious, 47 years. Of an ancient family of Tozer and Millet. He was a seaman, then coaster. Was seized with delirium, which ran into downright madness at last. Above six months in confinement. Married, at 27, Sara, dau. of Jonathan Archer. One son and four daughters left.


943. Aug. 22. Sara, dau. of Timothy and Sara Welman. Consumption, 27 years. She was a worthy young woman, much lamented. His wife a Wyatt. Three sons and three daughters left.


944. Sept. 25. James Grey, mariner. Palsy, 66 years. Married at 24; first wife a Cressy, with whom he lived thirty-five years. She died in March last. Three children by first wife. The child by last wife dead.


945. Oct. 2. William, son of William and Helen Rhne. Atrophy, 14 months. Only child. The mother a daughter of the celebrated James Tytler, who emi-


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grated from Scotland. Married three years. Webb street.


946. Oct. 4. William Howe, servant of Nicholas Lane. Suddenly, 61 years. He came from west of England near Dartmouth to Newfoundland. Has been with Mr. Lane twenty-nine years. A faithful servant. Had several violent spasms in one of which he probably died. Derby street, near Beeket.


947. Oct. 8. Female child of Benjamin and Catha- rine Swasey. Atrophy, 9 months. She a Catholic, from Waterford in Ireland. Child baptized by Dr. Matisnon. No other child. Becket street.


948. Oct. 26. Jesse Perkins, laborer. Consumption, 34 years. Took cold in a well fourteen months before death and never recovered. Father and mother dead. Came with his father's family into Salem from Topsfield, and lived on Neck farm then belonging to Mr. Derby, and afterward at entrance of the Neck. Bridge street, near Beverly Bridge.


949. Nov. 18. Mary, widow of Capt. Andrew Pres- ton. Aged 78 years. Long infirm. She was a Lam- bert, married in 1753, at the age of 20, Capt. Andrew Preston who died in 1799. One son and three daughters left. One daughter unmarried, one daughter widow Ran- toul, and one Mrs. Lefavre. Essex street, opposite Pleasant.


950. Nov. 26. David, son of John and Mary Browne. Dropsy in head, 13 months. Father died on wreck Mar- garet. Mother an Ashby. One child, a daughter left. Water street.


951. Dec. 2. Capt. Timothy Wehman, 54 years. He married, at 21, Sarah Wyatt. Has three sons and three daughters left. Derby street, near Hardy.


952. Dec. 19. William Brown ("Billy," so called).


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Dropsy, 62 years. Mother a Tozzer, father a foreigner. Not of the ancient family of Browne.


953. Dec. 29. Mary, wife of Capt. Benjamin Ward. Fever, 61 years. She was a most worthy woman and most intimate in our family. Her only brother Thomas in New York. She a daughter of Paul Farmer of Bos- ton, keeper of the town almshouse ; married, at 26, Capt. W. Carlton in 1776, with whom she lived nineteen years ; and Capt. Ward in 1801, with whom she lived nine years. No children. Essex street, opposite Daniels.


DEATHIS IN 1811.


954. Jan. 2. Richard Manning, Esq. Aged, 80 years. A man of great wealth, never married. Left an infirm brother Jacob, and two sisters who lived with him. Essex street, between Curtis and Herbert.


955. Jan. 9. Sara, wife of Matthew Vincent. Dropsy, 40 years. Married at 20 years of age. She a daughter of Jonathan and Mary Andrew. Her mother a Gardner. His father Joseph from Kittery. Five children left, three males. Essex street, between Orange and Daniels.


956. Jan. 19. Abigail Rogers, daughter of Samuel and Priscilla Lambert. Scrofula, 6 months. Mother a dau. of Joseph Lambert. Three children left, one son. Essex street, below Pleasant, near Daniels.


957. Jan. 24. Samnel Masury. Drowned, 59 years. He was acting as pilot to a ship outward bound. Sce D. B. for the event. He was in command of the Revenue Boat. Married, at 27, Elizabeth Webb, daughter of Stephen. Left six children. English street.


958. Jan. 31. Mary, widow of Timothy Welman. Cholera morbus, 74 years. She a Henderson, married at


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18, and lived thirteen years in marriage. Husband died on the Banks, lost. Four daughters left, Phippen, Dean, Driver and Swasey. Son died in December last. Essex, near English street.


959. Jan. 31. Sara, widow of Jonathan Millet. Suddenly, 76 years. Died immediately upon a return from a visit without any sign of pain or alarm. She was of the family Mansfield. Married, at 23, in 1758, and lived in married life thirty-seven years. Husband died in 1795, born in 1735. Left three daughters. Essex street, cor. of Herbert.


960. Mar. 16. Pickering Collins. Asthma, 69 years. Married, at 30 years of age, a Morgan and lived on the farm which had been her father's in South Fields. Ilis mother, daughter of Capt. Pickering and sister to Mrs. Watson. One son, single. Near Gardner's Mills, Salem. 961. Apr. 5. Dorcas, widow of Matthew Calley. Fever, 57 years. She was a Kane. Married first, at 15, an Aden, with whom she lived seven years : then Calley with whom she lived three years. Children by both, but none living. Grandchildren survive. Summer street.


962. Apr. 23. Mary, wife of William Foye and widow of David Ledbetter. Consumption, 48 years. Married first, at 18, a Ledbetter, with whom she lived six years ; then W. Foye, with whom she lived thirteen years. She was a Collins. Five children left, two sons and three daughters. English street.


963. May 6. Elizabeth, widow of Capt. Thomas Williams, 48 years. She a Babbidge. Married first, at 25, a Cotton, with whom she lived three years; lived eleven years in second marriage. Two children of Capt. Williams with her. No children of her own survived. She useful, kept a school. Hardy street.


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964. May 14. Sara, widow of William Swaney. Suddenly, 48 years. Married first, at 23, in 1786, Jacob Abraham of Surinam from Boston, with whom she lived three years, and afterwards, in 1791, W. Swaney, of Ire- land, with whom she lived three years. Her mother died in January last. Both husbands died abroad. A son by each left. Essex street, opposite English.


965. May 17. John Webb. Aged, 79 years. Son of deacon Jonathan Webb. Married at 20 years of age and lived together above fifty-nine years. His wife a Phelps. Left three sons and three daughters. Daniel street, below Derby street.


966. June 8. Capt. John Berry. Fever, 47 years. Fever high from the beginning, one week. He had been commander of a vessel, and was in the Custom house boat with Masury. Son of Oliver and Mary Berry. Married, at 24, a Ward whose parents were drowned in King's Boat, 1773. Left seven children, six sons. Eng- lish street, near Derby.


967. June 15. Mary, widow of Richard Collins. Aged, 73 years. Daughter of Edward and Mary Cox. Married first, at 26, a Cotton, with whom she lived three years ; then Collins, from Ireland, with whom she lived forty years. Two daughters by last marriage. Daniels street.


968. June 28. Haven Poole, printer. Convulsions, 29 years. He from Reading. Married, at 23, a Chap- man. See Day Book. Named after Rev'd Haven of Reading. Two children, daughters. Pleasant street, between Brown and Bridge streets.


969. July 5. Clarissa, dau. of Samuel and Mary Goodrich. Fever, 9 years. Child born at Schodiac, Me., living in Salem not one year. She a Dutch from Ipswich. He from Connecticut, abroad. Three daugh- ters left. Neptune, between Walnut and Elm streets.


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970. July 15. Male child of Francis R. and Emma Branigan. 3 days. She a Williams and lately widow Victory. He a foreigner. Becket street.


971. July 28. News of the death of David Beadle, son of David and Lydia. Epilepsy, 36 years. Died at West Indies. A worthy man. His mother a Wiley. His wife, whom he married at 30, was a daughter of Sam- uel Silsbee. Left two sons. Webb street.


972. Aug. 1. Stephen Larabee, mariner. Liver complaint, 24 years. Married at 21. His father moved from Lynn to Danvers, where he was born. Married Judith Rhuee. Three children, two males. Becket street.


973. Sept. 1. Margaret, dan. of Benjamin and Mar- garet Nourse. Complication of ills, 27 years. Brought from Boston. Her father of an old family. The mother a Welcome, both of Salem.


974. Sept. 26. Cynthia, wife of Israel "Andrew. Consumption, 19 years. Married at 18. She a daugh- ter of Abijah Hitchins. Mother a Gardner. One child. English street.


975. Oct. 13. Moses Little. Consumption, 45 years. Educated at Cambridge (A. M., Camb., A. B., 1787). A physician. Born in Newbury, came to Salem in 1791. Married, at 34, a Williams who died in 1808. Essex street, between Newbury and Liberty.


976. Nov. 15. A female child in care of Michael and Mary Hardigan. Atrophy, 4 years. Michael Har- digan from Ireland. His wife's father from Ireland, a Ryan. The child said to belong to another named Smith in Boston. Two years in their care. Orange street.


977. Nov. 16. Capt. Joseph Franks. Consumption, 29 years. His father from Corsica, but been in Salem above 30 years. His mother from Isle of Jersey. His wife a


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Sarah Evoy, granddaughter of Capt. Reuben Richards. The son was my charge from his infancy. One child, a male. Married life of one year. Bridge street. See D. B., 50, p. 69.


978. Dec. 6. Susanna, widow of Capt. Samuel In- gersoll. Consumption, 65 years. Married at 25. She had been long infirm, but not long confined. Left a good estate, and possessed all the pride of family. Her husband died July, 1804. She was descended from Eng- lish, etc. Left an only daughter Susanna, æt. 27. Turner's House, Turner street. See D. B.


DEATHS IN 1812.


979. Jan. 28. Lydia, widow of Capt. Thomas Dean. Fever, 49 years. Her son had been sick with a fever. She was seized violently. Sick ten days. She was a daughter of Capt. Waters at the Massey House at the ferry, married at 21 years of age, and lived six years in married life. She has left two children ; one son, one daughter. See D. B. Derby street, between Hardy and Turner.


980. Feb. 21. Lucia, dau. of Benj. W. and Mary Crowninshield. Convulsions, 6 weeks. Child seized five days before its death most violently. Mother a Board- man. They have left three sons and two daughters. Curtis and Orange streets, facing Derby street.


981. Feb. 24. Elizabeth, widow of John Masury. See D. B. Aged, 94 years. She a Bush. Thrice mar- ried ; first, at 25, W. Phippen in 1744, with whom she lived five years ; second, S. Boynall in 1749, with whom she lived seven years ; third, J. Masury, in 1776, and he died in 1797. She lived, until a few years before her


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death, near old Neck Gate, afterwards with her son-in- law Punchard and in his care, and died at Punchard House on Essex street, below Beckford.


932. Mar. 17. Mary, widow of Benj. Babbidge. Consumption, 41 years. Lost their property with Col. S. Archer in the speculation of that debtor. Many inter- ested. Distress of mind ended in consumption. She a daughter of Joshua Phippen, married at 19 years, and lived twenty years in marriage. He lost at sea last year. One son survives, now at sea. Andrew street.


983. June 11. Capt. Benjamin Ward. Jaundice, 73 years. Twice married. First, at 31, Elizabeth Bab- bidge, who died in 1797; second, Mary, widow of W. Carlton, with whom he lived nine years, who died in 1810. Deacon for thirty years, and was the grandson of deacon Miles Ward, by Ebenezer, who died at 92. See MSS. 3014 and 1125. Essex, near Daniels street.


984. Aug. 9. Alice, widow of James Cotton. Con- vulsions, 49 years. She was a Welcome of Gloucester. She married first, at sixteen, a Lord, who died three years after ; then a Lister with whom she lived two years ; and third, a Cotton with whom she lived five years, and who perished at the Texel in 1791. None of her children known to have survived her, though their death not all certain. Very infirm. A relative of the Salem family of Welcomes.


985. Aug. 26. Rebecca, widow of Capt. William Fair- field. Rupture, 59 years. She a daughter of John Becket, married at 18, and lived eighteen years in marriage. Three sisters survive. Husband killed by slaves in 1789. Six children left, three sons ; daughters Phippen and widow Reed, two sons married and two single. Allen street, between English and Webb.


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79 years. He of Salem. Thrice married. First wife, Mercy White, whom he married at 22, and lived with her thirty years, by whom his children ; second, Phœbe Gan- son, with whom he lived nineteen years, (she married first a Porter, then Carlton, then Browne) ; third, Mary Collins, with whom he lived five years, she the widow Orne. Left nine children, seven females. All have been mar- ried but one, Deacon for thirty years. Curtis street.


987. Sept. 6. Martha, dau. of William and Eunice Burrill. Consumption and serofula, 14 years. Sick from February last. Scrofulous humor in eyes, blind for some time. He son of Mansfield Burrill from Lynn, she a Coffin married in 1791. Four children left, two sons and two daughters. Derby street, near Neck Gate. 988. Sept. 12. Female child of Susanna Davison, 14 days. Union street, Williams' alias Brown's house.


989. Oct. 3. Abigail, widow of Samuel Webb. Consumption, 39 years. She was a Palfrey, married at 20, and lived seventeen years with her husband who died May 22, 1810. Her father a sailmaker, living in Derby street, opposite Becket. Five children left, two sons. Near Neck Gate, Derby street.


990. Oct. 7. Richard Tannenhall, a seaman and stranger. Suddenly, 43 years. Died instantly in B. Webb's apothecary shop on Essex street. His discharge from U. S. service, 1812, said he was born in Amster- dam, came to enter into a Privateer. He told he had been married in S. C., but he had no wife nor children to provide for. His certificate from Am. Consul, London, 1808.


991. Oct. 10. Lucia Nichols, son of Nehemiah and Sara Curtis. Convulsions, 10 months. Child scalded in the arm. To relieve pain an indiscreet use of opium, whence convulsions ensued, and in four days death fol-


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lowed. Both strangers in Salem, lately from Boston. One child, a female, left. Head of Union wharf.


992. Oct. 20. Eunice, wife of Jesse Richardson. Internal obstructions, 34 years. Sick nearly two years. She consulted many physicians who could not detect the cause or relieve her, journeyed, etc., but in vain. She was the eldest daughter of Joshua Dodge, esq., and mar- ried at 22. He a son of Nathaniel Richardson. She bears the name of both mothers. Seven children left, four males. Brown street, cor. of Washington Square. 993. Oet. 31. William, son of William and Eunice Burrill. Suddenly in convulsions, 17 years. Was thought to have taken cold on Wednesday. Was, on 30th, gunning in North fields; returning at sundown, complained of his head and died at midnight. His sister was buried on the 6th of September last. (See the fam- ily at that date.) He had lived in family of Rogers. One son and two daughters left. Derby street, near Neck Gate.


994. Nov. 15. Daniel Shehane, mariner. From the bursting of a cannon, 44 years. It happened Nov. 4. He broke his leg and fever ensued. Seven persons at same time in Salem Harbor. Among others, Capt. P. Townsend and J. Knapp. Married, at 22, Bethiah Wed- ger of Marblehead. His father from England, his mother a Masury. Left six children, five daughters. Below Essex and Becket streets.


995. Dec. 10. Nathaniel Weston. Fever, 53 years. Shoemaker. A man of good habits, but of a speculating turn of mind. Lived in Salem nineteen years. Married, at 23, a Richardson. Both of Reading. Seven children left, two sons. Derby street near Webb, water side.


996. Dec. 11. Samuel Swasey. Old age, 82 years. Shoemaker and mariner, captain. His mother died July


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22, 1807, aged 100. He only survived her. Twice mar- ried. First, at 26, Elizabeth Skinner in 1756, with whom he lived three years ; second, Mary Greves in 1762, with whom he lived twenty-two years. Six children left, one son and five daughters, viz. : John, Rebecca Becket, Abigail Black, Hanna Brown, Margaret Millet, Mary More, all by his last wife. Daniels street. (See D. B., L., pp. 146-7.)


997. Dec. 24. Sarah, dau. of Benjamin and Hanna Hodges. Consumption, 14 years. Taken with bleeding, lingered a month. Mother a King. Three sisters sur- vive. This the sixth child dying of consumption. Father worthy. Youngest child. Essex street, cor. of Orange.


998. Dec. 27. Mercy, wife of Capt. Joseph Webb. Typhus fever, 41 years. Sick a short time. She was a Devereux of Marblehead, married at 23. Educated by widow Gale, a Crowninshield. Husband youngest son of Stephen Webb. He lately commanded in militia. Shipbuilder, etc. Became a merchant, etc., a year on return to his business. Left six children, three sons. Derby street, between Webb and English.


DEATHS IN 1813.


999. Jan. 20. John, son of John O. and Mehitable Dileton. Tumor in throat, 6 years. The mother, Mehit- able Masury, died in 1809. In three years married May Laralle, dau. of John Knap. One child by first wife, one by second. Turner street, between Essex and Derby.


1000. Feb. 8. Philip English. Old age, 77 years. Was sexton for forty-eight years, and was able to do duty till last season. For his character see Sermons and


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MSS. He was honest, faithful and obstinate. His wife Eunice Ellingwood, of Beverly, whom he married at 23, died in 1785. He left one son and two daughters. One daughter widow Waters, the other Vanderfort. Son mar- ried a Patten. All have children. Philip was the son of John, and brother of John and Joseph. Essex street, Old Gate.


1001. Feb. 21. News of the death of Stephen Webb, in the action of the Constitution with the Java, Dec. 29, 41 years. Wound from handling a cartridge, it took fire. Son of Stephen, and married, in 1796 at 23, Hannah Gale. Eccentric. An excellent seaman. Left three children, two youngest in the ship.


1002. Mar. 1. John Thresher. Fever, 22 years. Born in Beverly, and his father and family removed from Beverly to Salem. Of the 4th Reg., U. S. A. Was in Hull's army ; taken at Detroit upon parole and died at home in Daniels street.


1003. Mar. 4. Mary, widow of Capt. John Batten. Aged, 80 years. She had been long infirm, but not con- fined by sickness but for a short time. Much esteemed. Married at 25, living twenty-three years in married life. Husband died in 1781. His sister Sayward now living in the house. Left a daughter, widow Bateman, school- mistress, and children of a deceased son. Husband's brother living at Lyndeborough, N. II. Turner street, between Derby and Essex.


1004. Mar. 9. Abigail, dau. of Nathaniel and Abi- gail Chever. Dropsy in head, 13 months. She a Hutch- inson. Four children left. Turner street, below Derby.


1005. Apr. 8. Mary Tozzer, a maiden. Aged, 77 years. She has a sister Patterson living, above ninety years of age, and a sister-in-law above eighty years of age.


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1006. Apr. 19. Richard Manning. Apoplexy, 58 years. Was on his journey to Maine. Died at Newbury. A blacksmith, stage keeper and landholder. He came to Salem with his wife from Ipswich in 1776. See D. B., L. 165. She was Miriam Lord. Married at 21. Nine children left, five sons. Union and Herbert streets.




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