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Jonathan Lynde, Dec. 4, 1755, aged 41, and seven children.
John Ball, Jan. 11, 1756, aged 59.
Jonathan Gates, Feb. 7, 1756. aged 73.
James Taylor, 3d, Feb 20, 1756, aged 26 ; was in the fight at Lake George.
Francis Smith, April 17, 1756, agel 36.
Capt. James Moore, Sept 29, 1756, aged 68 ; his wife Comfort, June 22, 1765, aged 63: daughter Sarah, June 3, 1765, aged 28.
John Fiske, Nov. 2, 1756, aged 75 : his wife Elizabeth, in 1768
Jonathan Fiske, Jan. 8, 1781, aged 52.
Adam Knox, Feb. 28, 1759, aged 66.
Samuel Miller, born in Newton, Sept. 24, 1678, died in Worcester, Sept 9, 1759. aged 81.
Capt. Samuel Clark Paine, (brother of lon. Timothy Paine.) died of small pox, Nov. 9, 1759, aged 32 ; he was commander of a company at the reduction of Ticonderoga and Crown Point.
Persis (Gates,) wife of Adonijalı Rice, Jan. 6, 1760. (See page 41.) Robert Smith, July 4, 1807, aged 80 ; and his wife Sarah E., in 1760.
Experience, wife of Capt. Thomas Cowden, died Apr. 3, 1760, aged 30, with three children. He went to Fitchburg in 1765, where he died in 1792, aged 72. He served in the French and Indian and Revolutionary wars. He came to Worcester about 1743, and had a blacksmith shop on Main street.
Samuel Mower, May 8, 1760, aged 70. He was grandfather of Maj. Ephraim Mower who died in 1810, and great-grandfather of the late Capt. Ephraim Mower.
Capt. Samuel Mower, Jan. 24, 1784, aged 64, and his second wife Sarah, Oct. 10, 1774. aged 49 His first wife was Comfort (Larned), and they were parents of Ebenezer Mower who died in 1861, aged 100.
Mary, wife of Dea. Thomas Wheeler, May 1S, 1740, aged 40.
Dr. Charles Wheeler, June 3, 1761, aged 61, and his wife Susannah, Sept. 23, 1760, aged 58.
Eunice, wife of Josiah Flagg, Dec. 26, 1785, aged 28.
Margaret, wife of James Hambleton, Feb. 14, 1761, aged 35, and three sons and one daughter. Andrew McFarland, June 4, 1761, aged 71 : and his wife Rebecca, March 20, 1762, aged 62. Their son, James McFarland, April 9, 1783, aged 56. They lived on Pleasant street near Tatnuck.
Dr. John Green, (son of Dr. Thomas Green, founder of the Baptist Church in Greenville, Leices- ter,) died Oct. 29, 1799, aged 64 ; his first wife Mary, Sept. 5, 1761 ; and his second wife Mary, June 16, 1814, aged 74.
Jonathan Moore, Nov. 25, 1761, aged 84.
Wm. Mahan, June 30, 1763, aged 69 ; his wife Margaret, Feb. 5, 1767, aged 68.
John Mahan, Oct., 1789, aged 32.
Matthew Gray, Feb. 16, 1783, aged 73; and his wife Jean, Dec. 20, 1764, aged 48.
Gershom Rice, Dec. 19, 1768, aged 102 ; his son, Lieut. Gershom Rice, Jr., Sept. 24, 1781, aged 85. (See page 41.)
Daniel Heywood, Jr., June 30, 1756, aged 29.
Abel Heywood, Nov. 29, 1769, aged 40. (See page 30.)
Dea. Daniel Ileywood, April 12, 1773, aged 79 : his wife Hannah, Feb. 24, 1760, aged 64, and his wife Mary, April 9, 1768, aged 65. (See page 80.)
Robert Blair, Oct. 14, 1774, aged 91 : his wife Isabella, Feb. 10, 1765, aged 82. Scotch Presby- terian emigrants of 1718. (See page 127.)
Capt. Thomas Sterne (afterwards spelled Stearns,) Jan. 16. 1772, aged 76 ; his wife Mary, July 19, 1784, aged 77. Kept the " King's Arms" hotel. (See page 58 )
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Samuel Kingsley, Sept. 25, 1773, aged 57.
W'm. Swan, April 18, 1774, aged 59. He was one of the first choir of the Old South Church. in March, 1770, with James McFarland, Jonathan Stone and Ebenezer Flagg, when the first introduc- tion of choir music in the church service caused so much excitement that the venerable Dea. Jacob Chamberlain, who strenously opposed this interference with his prerogative in leading the psalm reading, absented himself from the church services for several Sabbaths.
Isaac Gleason, Jan. 7, 1776, aged 57.
Daniel, son of Daniel Bigelow, Aug. 29, 1776, aged 48. . (See page 45 )
Capt. James Goodwin, June 2, 1776, aged 62 ; was in the French and Indian war in 1757 ; his wife Mary, July 19, 1749, aged 33.
Dea. Nathaniel Moore, Nov. 25, 1761, aged 83 ; his son Nathaniel, July 19, 1811, aged 96, and the latter's wife Mehitable, April 25, 1809, aged 89. (See page 41.)
Nathaniel Fullerton, Feb. 16, 1777. aged 38. He resided on the east corner of Pleasant and lligh streets. The old honse in which he lived, (removed to Pine Meadow, when the house now standing on its site, was built by Paine and Cyrenus Aldrich in 1840,) was used for a while after Fullerton's death, as temporary quarters for a portion of Burgoyne's soldiers after their surrender in 1777, they being afterwards quartered in Rutland, where commodious barracks 120 by 20 feet, were erected for the purpose, and the whole captured army was quartered there during the snm- mer of 1788 in twenty-four ronms, each 20 feet square. The Fullerton house. (afterwards owned and ocenpied by Samuel Warden,) was lined inside with bricks, and otherwise made seenre against escape of the prisoners during their temporary confinement therein. Isaiah Thomas subsequently resided in this house for a time until the erection of his palatial mansion on Court Ilill, about 1788.
Capt. James Moore, Sept. 29, 1756, aged 68, and his wife Comfort, June 22, 1765, aged 63.
Capt. David Moore, Feb. 25, 1794, aged 64, and his wife Eleanor, Oet. 1, 1791, aged 63.
Katrine, wife of Joseph Moore, Mar. 12, 1755, aged 41.
Rebekah, wife of James Moore, July 19, 1788, aged 39.
Asa Moore, June 30, 1800, aged 89 ; his wife Sarah, Dec. 13, 1760 ; his wife Lucy, March 11, 1800, aged 76.
Capt. Palmer Goulding, senior, Feb. 11, 1770, aged 75; and his wife Abigail. (See page 50.) Capt Palmer Goulding, Jr., Jan. 30, 1792, aged 69, and his wife Abigail (Heywood ) Abigail, daughter of the latter, Sept. 26, 1795, aged 25. Peter Gouldling, July 22, 1790, aged 54. Ignatius Goulding died in 1787. (See page 52.)
l'hinehas Flagg, (son of Col. Benjamin, and father of the present Benjamin Flagg,) Oct. 1, 1791, aged 39.
Francis Harrington, July 18, 1793, aged 84 ; his wife Deborah, April 20, 1799, aged 84.
Francis Harrington, April 6, 1768, aged 31
Nathaniel Harrington, Feb. 28, 1831, aged 89 ; his wife Ruth, Aug. 21, 1817, aged 69 ; parents of Capt. Francis Harrington.
Dea. Jacob Chamberlain, March 17, 1790, aged 71; his wife Lydia, Dec. 29, 1768, aged 44. (See page 125.)
Coroner Daniel Hubbard, April 28, 1787, aged 90 : his wife Dorothy, April 14, 1769, aged 71.
John Chadwick, Sept 3, 1763, aged 86 ; his wife Hannah, May 4, 1752.
John Chadwick, Jr., July 17, 1768, aged 67; his wife, Dee., 1766, aged 46.
Elijah Harrington, Feb. 3, 1811, aged 77 : his wife Azubah, April 27, 1768, aged 34.
Ebenezer Wiswall, March 19, 1809, aged 87 ; his wife Irena, Dec. 31, 1793, aged 76. Joseph Wiley, May 9. 1776, aged 63 ; Mrs. Martha Wiley, May 6, 1794, aged 48.
John Bush, Jan. 28, 1816, aged 61 ; his wife Hannah, Feb. 1, 1807, aged 40. (See page 21.)
Catherine, daughter of Thomas Drowne, late of Boston, Jan. 23, 1807, aged 70; his daughter Mary, Oct. 21, 1816, aged 65.
Josiah Perry, Sept. 16, 1767, aged 83 ; great-grandfather of Capt. Samuel Perry. (See page 100 ) Robert Barber, Sept. 27, 1769, aged 69; his wife Sarah, June 9, 1790, aged 86. Settled on the Barber homestead in Northville. Maria, wife of Joseph Barber, (son of the preceding,) April 7, 1781, aged 39.
James Barber, Mareh 30, 1812, aged 85 ; he resided north-west of North Pond.
Simon Gates, April 11, 1777, aged 66 ; and his wife Sarah, Sept. 30, 1800, aged 75; came to Wor" cester from Marlborough in 1749, and settled on the old homestead at the head of Gates' lane, run" ning north from Leicester street, near New Worcester. Their son, Simon Gates, died Feb., 1849, aged 93, in the same room in which he was born. They have numerous descendants.
Luke Brown, Jr., Nov. 6, 1776. aged 31 ; Thomas Brown, Dec. 11, 1776, aged 40; James Brown, Jan. 11, 1778, aged 67, and his wife Rebekah, Feb. 26, 1756, aged 42; Lieut. Samuel Brown, May 25, 1785, aged 42.
Mary, wife of Jonathan Stone, Aug. 7,1773, aged 47 ; her husband was buried in Auburn.
Elizabeth, wife of Ezekiel Ilowe, Sept. 13, 1776, aged 58.
James Tanner, innholder, April 8, 1782, aged 68 ; his wife Sarah, Sept. 19, 1785, aged 73; James Tanner. Jr., Sept. 6, 1778, aged 36; Capt John Tanner, Jan. 10, 1784, aged 44.
John Greenleaf, from Boston. Feb. 21, 1779, aged 64.
Abraham Wheeler, Oct. 20, 1780, aged 80.
Capt. Israel Jennison, Sept. 19, 1782, aged 69; his wife Mary, June 19, 1775, aged 57: their daughter Abigail, June 29, 1789, aged 34 ; their son Samuel, Nov. 18, 1815, aged 70. Hotel keeper. (See page 59.)
Wm. Elder, July 27, 1786, aged 79: his wife Esther, Aug. 31, 1772, aged 59. He headed the famous protest of fifty-two tories in 1774. He resided on Pakachoag Hill, on the estate now owned and occupied by A. W. Ward.
Samuel Rice, Feb 10, 1781, aged 89.
Absalom Rice, July 27, 1781, aged 72. (See page 40.) Ilis wife Elizabeth, Aug. 3, 1792. aged 76. Capt. John Curtis, June 29, 1797, aged 90 : his first wife Rebekah, March 24, 1755, aged 45 ; his second wife Elizabeth ( Prentice), Nov. 14, 1802, aged 90. (See page 34.)
Maj. Daniel Ward, May 21, 1777, aged 77, and his wife Sarah, Nov 1, 1730. (See page 31.)
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Lieut. Noah Jones, July 6, 1781, aged 70 ; his wife Rebekah, Jan. 12, 1771, aged 46; his brother Capt. Wm. Jones, April 6, 1777, aged 73. Hotel-keepers. (See pages 32 and 36.
Rev. Thaddeus Maccarty, July 20, 1784, aged 63 ; and his wife Mary, Dec. 28, 1783, aged 58; their daughter Lucy, June 21, 1813, aged 53; their daughter Elizabeth, March 25, 1823, aged 70. Mary, wife of Nathaniel Maccarty, Jan. 13, 1821, aged 64. (See pages 119 and 120.)
John Goddard, June 26, 1785, aged 87, and his wife Hannah, Dec. 10, 1777, aged 76.
Samuel Goddard, June 12, 1803, aged 71, and his wife Abigail, April 8, 1804. aged 64. The lat- ter's son Samuel, Jr., May 3, 1800, aged 26, their daughter Elizabeth, Sept. 21, 1790, aged 20, and their daughter Lydia, Aug. 9, 1778, aged 13.
Isaac Barnard, March 18, 1788, aged 86, and his wife Sarah, April 9, 1806, aged 97, great-grand- parents of the present Lewis Barnard.
Col. Timothy Bigelow, April 4, 1790, aged 50. (See page 45.)
Samuel, son of Capt. Samuel Hunt, April 29, 1766, aged 23. Capt. Hunt went from Worcester to Fitchburg, about that time, and built a house in which he kept the first tavern ever kept there, on the spot afterwards occupied by James L. Haynes, who enlarged the old house.
James Ilowe, March 18, 1755, aged 44.
Samuel Thomas, May 20, 1755, aged 67, and his wife Janet, Aug. 18, 1756, aged 56.
Col. Ebenezer Lovell, Dee 6, 1817, aged 88 ; his wife Abigail, April 11, 1766, aged 25.
Increase Blair, Nov. 11, 1797, aged 40 ; his wife Huldah, July 9, 1798, aged 38 ; and two children. Wm. Harris, March 29, 1782, aged 82 ; his wife Mary, March 10, 1767, aged 67.
Noah IIarris, Aug. 30, 1804, aged 70 ; wife Phebe, March 6, 1800, aged 67.
Sally, wife of Lieut. Benjamin Andrews, Nov. 9, 1796, aged 34.
Cornelius Stowell, Jan. 3, 1804, aged 79; his wife Servilla, June 7, 1812, aged 82 ; and their sons, Peter Stowell, July 16, 1810, aged 48 ; Abel Stowell, Aug. 3, 1818, aged. 66 ; Samuel Stowell, April 14, 1774, aged 25 ; and Peter's wife, Relief Stowell, April 14, 1817, aged 62. (See page 53.)
Maj. Wm. Treadwell, April 10, 1796, aged 46. Performed meritorious service as commander of the old Worcester Artillery in the revolutionary war. Ile resided on the north corner of Main and Central streets, his old mansion, afterwards owned and occupied by Hon. Francis Blake, still staud- ing on the north side of Central street, east of the Advent Church.
Mary Ann Barber, Oct. 11, 1802, aged 67.
Lieut. Richard Flagg died at Holden, Nov. 12, 1799, aged 92; and his wife Grace, Dec. 4, 1808, aged 100. Parents of Col. Samuel Flagg. (See page 107.)
Col. Samuel Flagg, Sept. 24, 1819, aged 83; and his wife Dolly Flagg, March 11, 1824, aged 85. They are among the very last buried upon the old common, the latter being the last one named upon the records.
Rebecca, wife of James Brown. Feb. 26, 1750, aged 42.
James Carlyle, 1758 ; his wife Mary, Aug. 24, 1755, aged 34.
Hannah, wife of Lieut. John Mower, Sept. 24, 1784, aged 59.
Martha, wife of Capt. Simon Stevens, Aug. 10, 1817, aged 79.
Damaris, wife of Lieut. Cyprian Stevens, Sept. 28, 1787, aged 79.
Martha Boyd, wife of David Young, Oct. 6, 1749, aged 65. Ebenezer Waters, Aug. 27, 1813, aged 38.
The burial ground upon the north side of Mechanic street, comprising 67,600 square feet of land, began to be used in 1795, the first one interred therein being an infant son, six months old, of Rev. Leonard Worcester, whose death took place July 1, 1795. This ground was a part of the old minis- terial land, which originally extended north from Front street nearly as far as Exchange strect, easterly to Mill Brook, and westerly to Main street at some points. Mechanic street was opened soon after the selling off of the main portion of the ministerial land in 1786, also what is now called Bridge street was then opened to Front street. The construction of the Bos- ton and Worcester Railroad in 1835 necessitated the building of a bridge over the extension of this street north, and as a consequence the highway had to be cut down, and a bank wall built on the east and south sides of the burial ground. In 1837, the wall bordering on Mechanic street was reset, and a substantial and permanent one built, as it now appears, with
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hewn stone posts for a gate-way, and new gates, the entrance to the ground being from this street.
The only tomb which has ever been upon the Mechanic street burial ground, is that of Isaiah Thomas, built in 1817, at an expense of between $5000 and $6000, which appears to-day, as it did at the time of his decease, April 4, 1831, aged 82. The tomb is built of hewn granite blocks from three to six feet in length, and a foot and a half in thickness, each block weigh- ing from three to five tons. The structure is six feet high, five feet deep and has an area 11 by 13 feet. The covering is composed of five pieces of hewn granite soldered together with type metal. It is located in the north-west corner of the ground, but a few fect from the old Boston and Worcester railroad track. The entrance to the tomb is from the south- west side through a granite door, on which are inscribed the words : " Isaiah Thomas-built 1817."
BURIALS IN MECHANIC STREET CEMETERY.
James Trowbridge, July 21, 1806, in his 90th year, and his son, Dea. Wm. Trowbridge, Sept. 30, 1833, aged 82 ; Achsah, wife of the latter, Nov. 13, 1847, aged 88. ( See page 43.)
Beulah Clements, wife of Dea. Moses Clements, and daughter of Dea. Wmn. Trowbridge, Sept. 30, 1826, aged 39.
Dea. David Bigelow, May 10, 1810, aged 79, (brother of Col. Timothy Eigelow,) and David's wife, Deborah Bigelow, May 23, 1822, aged 86 ; the latter's son, Silas Bigelow, April 24, 1837, aged 66 ; and the latter's wife Arethusa, Dec. 23, 1815, aged 44. (See page 44.)
Jedediah Healey, Feb. 7, 1821, aged 65, and his wife Sally, Feb. 1, aged 65, within six days of each other ; and their son John, Sept. 17, 1809, aged 26 Major Ilealey was many years town sex- ton, and owned and occupied what was afterwards the S. M. Burnside estate on Main street, one of his buildings still standing in the rear, now occupied by James Penniman and others, being for- merly occupied for some years as a Masonic Hall.
Col. Phinehas Jones, March 22, 1814, aged 66 ; kept the old Jones Tavern near New Worcester. Betsey, wife of Capt. James MeFarland, Sept. 8, 1805, aged 48. He was son of James McFarland, and grandson of Andrew MeFarland, who settled upon the old MeFarland estate near Tatnuck, where his great-grandson, the late Ira MeFarland, lived. (See page 127.)
James McFarland died in Worcester, March 22, 1801, aged 34 ; Andrew McFarland died in Barre, July 22, 1824, aged 72; and their sister, Mrs. Mary Pierce, died in Rutland, April 16, 1820, aged 60 ; they being children of Win. and Elizabeth Mcfarland of Worcester, who resided upon the old Rutland road. They were all descendants of the first Andrew McFarland.
Col. Benjamin Flagg, Oct 8, 1818, aged 95; his son Benjamin, March 9, 1819, aged 73, and the latter's wife Hannah, July 21, 1843, aged 97. Col. Benj. Flagg's son Amos, Dec. 17, 1817, aged 32. (See page 107.)
Samuel Flagg, Esq., (son of Col. Samuel Flagg,) March 5, 1825, aged 50. (Ilis father, who died Sept. 24, 1819, aged 85, and his mother. Mrs. Dolly Flagg, wife of Col. Samuel, who died March 11, 1824, aged 88, were buried upon the old common, the latter being almost the last, if not the very last one interred there.)
Sarah, wife of Elijah Flagg, Aug. 16, 1831, aged 66; their daughter Catherine, April 4, 1829, aged 39.
Ensign Isaac Putnam, April 23, 1808, aged 45, and his wife Martha, Aug. 24, 1816, aged 52, grand- parents of the present Wm., Samuel and Henry Putnam. (See page 98.)
Joel Putnam, Oct. 30, 1822, aged 32.
Nathan Patch, June 22, 1808, aged 72 ; his wife Eunice, July 3, 1813, aged 74 ; their daughter Lucy, June 17, 1839, aged 58, and son Lieut. Joseph Patch, April 8, 1836, aged 76, and the latter's wife Hannah, July 19, 1824, aged 60.
Elizabeth (Stanton,) Jan 18, 1820, aged 50, widow of Ebenezer Putnam and granddaughter of Judge John Chandler, refugee ; James Putnam, Aug. 18, 1810, aged 20, son of Ebenezer and grand- son of Hon. James Putnam, the distinguished lawyer and tory refugee.
Capt. John Coolidge, Jan. 20, 1821, aged 35, and Nathan B. Coolidge, June 5, 1813, aged 19, sons of Nathaniel and Catherine Coolidge, who resided in the house, previously owned and occupied by Nathan Baldwin, and afterwards by William Eaton, corner of Main and George streets, Mrs. Cather- ine Coolidge being Mr. Baldwin's daughter. (See page 32.) His son Erasmus, Sept. 19, 1811, aged 27.
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Daniel Baird, Dec. 9, 1819, aged 77, and his wife Jane, April 15, 1811, aged 64. He kept the Baird Taverb.
Arba Legg, Sept. 5, 1819, aged 94.
Dea. David Richards, Jan. 29, 1829, aged 78, and his wife Rebecca, Oet 13, 1834, aged 82.
Dea. Nathan Heard, April 28, 1825, aged 74, (father of Gen. Nathan Heard, now surviving in his 88th year,) and his wife Anna in 1807, aged 55 ; Sarah in 1812, aged 48, and Dinah, Oct. 5, 1848, aged 82.
Capt. Joshua Whitney, May 7, 1809, aged 72 ; his wife Mary, July 4, 1796, aged 55 ; and his wid- ow Abigail, Oct. 5, 1838, aged 94. He was father of Israel Whitney, and lived in the ancient house, corner of Cambridge and Millbury streets, near what was the "Whitney-lock" in Blackstone canal times.
Asa Ward, (father of the late Artemas Ward, register of deeds,) June 27, 1818, aged 70, and his granddaughter Sarah, daughter of Asa Ward, Jr., Oet. 31, 1847, aged 44.
Samuel Curtis, Esq., Oet. 18, 1814, aged 84, and his wife Mary, June 3, 1830, aged 95. He was prominent in revolutionary times. (See Curtis Family, page 38.) Ilis son Ephraim died Oct 9, 1839, aged 75, and the latter's wife Mary, Oct. 12, aged 79, within three days of each other.
Persis, daughter of Christopher Ranks, Jan. 21 1847, aged 87 ; her brother John Ranks, July 7, 1835, aged 63. Christopher Ranks and his son John lived at the head of Ranks' lane, running north from l'leasant street, near Tatnuck.
Samuel Allen, Esq., Dee. 29, 1830, aged 73. He was county treasurer for nearly forty years till his death, and brother of Hon. Joseph Allen. He resided on the estate now owned and occupied by H. N. Tower, upon which Mr. Tower built his present residence in 1848.
fol. Daniel Clapp, March 23, 1827, aged 87, register of deeds from 1784 till 1816. He re- sided on the estate, corner of Main and Park streets, afterwards owned and occupied by Hon. Charles Allen.
Lieut Jacob Hemenway, Feb. 6, 1801, aged 77, and his wife, June 27, 1802, aged 75.
Hon. Benjamin Heywood, Dec. 6, 1816, aged 76 ; his brother, Phinehas Hey wood, April 21, 1821, aged 76. Sewall Heywood, Oet 14, 1813, aged 29.
('apt. Daniel Heywood, Dee. 15, 1809, aged 55, and wife Mary, Jan. 9, 1809, aged 53. He was the third one of the same name, who kept the hotel, afterwards the " Central Hotel." (See page 30. )
Daniel Hey wood, (a relative of the preceding, ) Sept. 4, 1817, aged 55 ; his wife Sally, April 1, 1814, aged 47. Ground enclosed by an iron fence.
Thomas Rice, Dec. 10, 1837, aged 85 : his wife Eliphal Rice, Sept 21, 1845, aged 83.
Nathaniel Maccarty, Esq., (son of Rev. Thaddeus Marcarty of the Old South Church), Oct. 14, 1831, aged 73, and his wife Rebecca, Dec. 11, 1836, aged 56.
Maj. Ephraim Mower, (hotel-keeper. &c ,) Dee. 20, 1810, aged 62, and his wife Huldah, March 10, 1828, aged 81. His brother Thomas Mower, Sept. 14, 1800, aged 50. The latter was father of Capt. Ephraim Mower.
Nancy, wife of Capt. Ephraim Mower, Feb. 18, 1822, aged 20. He was nephew of Maj. Ephraim Mower.
Capt. Azor Phelps, April 2, 1837, aged 75, and his wife Mary, Oet. 6, 1814. aged 53.
Col. Moses N. Childs, Jan. 30, 1826, aged 5134 : his wife Sarah, Feb. 4, 1828, aged 53: their son Moses, May 22, 1823, aged 18 ; their son Simeon N. , Mar. 18, 1815, aged 19 : their daughter Luey B , Feb. 8 1820, aged 1734.
John W. Hubbard, Sept. 19, 1825, aged 32. Ile was a prominent lawyer, nephew and adopted son of Rev. Dr. Samuel Austin, and resided upon his estate. corner of Main and Austin streets.
Mary, wife of De1. Henry Parker. ( and daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Grosvenor, late minister at Ilarvard,) May 8, 1802, aged 25. Mrs Grosvenor, after the death of her husband, resided in the house next south of that of Judge Bangs, on Main street. Mrs. Grosvenor's daughter Mary was wife of llon. Edward D. Bangs and subsequently of Hon. Stephen Salisbury.
John Parker, 91 : his wife, Welthea Parker, 69 : and their daughter Charlotte, 4
Capt. Thaddeus Chapin, March 14, 1831, aged 75 : his wife Lucy, June 1, 1847, aged 88 : his brother, Capt. Eli Chapin, March 7. 1880, aged 76; and the latter's wife Margaret, Jan. 10, 1831, aged 75. They were sons of Benjamin Chapin, who died May 6, 1782, aged 70, and resided on the east side of Pakachoag hill, between Worcester and Auburn.
Dr. Benjamin Chapin, (son of Capt. Thaddeus, ) Jan. 15, 1835, aged 54, his wife Comfort, Oct 14, 1814, aged 29, and his wife Hannah, Dec. 21, 1834, aged 33. Dr. Benjamin was brother of Dea. Lewis Chapin, who died in 1874, aged 82.
Mary, daughter of Dea. Seth Chapin of Mendon, July 26. 1805, aged 80.
Elder Luther Goddard, May 25, 1842, aged 80, and his wife Lucretia in 1852, aged 77, parents of Dea. Daniel Goddard.
Capt John Goddard, Jan 20. 1824. aged 35.
Capt. John Gleason, April 14, 1823, aged 49 ; his wife Polly, April 29, 1829, aged 51; and son Samuel S., June 21, 1826, agel 18
Jonathan Gleason, June 1. 1827, aged 82 ; his wife Mary, Aug. 1, 1821, aged 73.
Lois, wife of Wm. Taylor, Nov 1805, aged 70.
Molly, wife of Timothy Bragg, April 23, 1830, aged 69.
Miriam, wife of Samuel Warden, Aug. 5, 1797, aged 61.
Nancy, wife of Capt. Leonard Clark, June 24, 1818. aged 32.
John Goodale, April 13, 1827, aged 82 : and his wife Lney, Feb. 11. 1814, aged 74.
Capt. Wm. Gates, July 7, 1811, aged it. He served in the revolutionary war, and resided on the corner of Plantation street and the Bloomingdale road.
Samuel Gates, Dec. 19, 1831, aged 77, and his wife Luey (Chadwick,) Sept. 22, 1819, aged 56. Ile was grandfather of the present John Gates, lumber merchant, and resided on the corner of Planta- tion and Belmont streets.
Nathaniel Gates, Dec. 10, 1824, aged 54, and his wife Lucy, June 16, 1855, aged 85. He lived in Tatnuek.
Jonathan Gates, Dec 4. 1814, aged 66, and his wife Sarah, Jan. 28, 1828, aged 78.
John Gates, Nov. 27, 1797. aged 9;, and his wife Violaty, Feb. 10, 1801, aged 79.
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Joseph Blair, Feb. 8, 1804, aged 77, son of Robert Blair, Scotch Presbyterian of 1718.
Lieut. Isaac Willard, Dec. 26, 1865, aged 80 ; and his wife Marcy, July 26, 1813, aged 67.
Phinehas Ward, Nov. 20, 1808, aged 79.
Tyler Curtis, (son of Capt. John Curtis,) April 16, 1807, aged 54; his wife Lydia, Oct. 5, 1841, aged 88 ; and their children as follows : John, (father of the present Tyler Prentice Curtis), Aug. 31, 1826, aged 43; Eliza P., wife of Jonathan Knight, March 26, 1815, aged 24; Tyler, March 17, 1842, aged 40 ; Nathaniel, March 28, 1818, aged 24 ; and Samuel, May 17, 1811, aged 15. (See pages 37 and 38.)
Charles Stearns, Nov. 17, 1828, aged 81; he built and first kept the old C. M. Deland tavern at New Worcester in 1812. (See page 39 )
Thomas Stearns, Mar. 26, 1811, aged 39.
Mindwell, wife of Silas Harrington, Oet. 27, 1808, aged 57.
Capt. Ebenezer Wiswell, Jan. 10, 1822, aged 67, son of Ebenezer Wiswell buried on the old Common.
Capt. Simeon Duncan, Feb. 22, 1836, aged 80, and his wife Mary, May 26, 1813, aged 53.
Willard Moore, Feb. 13, 1859, aged 83 ; his wife Mary, Feb. 21, 1821, aged 45.
Daniel Knight, Aug. 31, 1826, aged 35. Son of Reuben Knight of Leicester.
Edward K. Knight, Sept. 19, 1819, aged 69. Miss Elizabeth Knight, Jan. 12, 1816, aged 71.
Sarah, wife of Urial Johnson, July 22, 1817, aged 37.
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