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AND
WHICH WAS HIS GREATEST GLORY,
A GENT'N
0F DISTINGUISHED VIRTUE AND GOODNESS,
HAPPY IN A VIRTUOUS POSTERITY,
AND LIVING RELIGIOUSLY,
DIED COMFORTABLY,
SEPT. 20, 1735,
ÆT. 83.
MINOT. 291
HERE IS INTERED THE BODY OF
MRS. REBECCA MINOTT,
YE VIRTUOUS CONSORT OF JAMES MINOTT, ESQ.
(AND DAUGHTER OF CAPT. TIMOTHY WHEELER,)
SHE WAS A PERSON OF
SERIOUS PIETY
AND ABOUNDING CHARITY,
OF GREAT USEFULNESS IN HER DAY, AND
A PATTERN OF PATIENCE
AND HOLY SUBMISSION
UNDER A LONG CONFINEMENT, AND
RESIGNED HER SOUL WITH JOY IN HER REDEEMER,
SEPT. 23, 1734,
AGED 68.
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The following were children of James Minot, Esq. ;
31-1 Rebecca, b. Feb. 9, 1685, m. Joseph Barrett, Dec. 27, 1701. (13)
32-2 Lydia, b. March 12, 1687, m. Benjamin Barrett, Jan. 3, 1705. (14)
33-3 Mary, b. Nov. 16, 1689, m. Ebenezer Wheeler, Sept. 26, 1706.
34-4 Timothy, b. June 18, 1692, m. 1. Mary Brooks-2. Beulah Brown. (15)
35-5 James, b. Oct. 17, 1694, m. 1. Martha Lane-2. Elisabeth Merrick. (16)
36-6 Elisabeth, b. Jan.
29, 1697, m. Daniel Adams, April 23, 1715. (17)
37-7 Martha, b. April 3, 1699, m. James Lane, April 30, 1719. She d. Jan.
18, 1739, in Bedford, a. 40.
38-8 Love, - m. John Adams, Dec. 13, 1722. (18)
39-9 Mercy, )
twins. b. April 15, 1702,
m. Samuel Dakin, Dec. 13, 1722. (19)
40-10 Samuel, b. March 25, 1706, m. 1. Sarah Prescott, 2. Dorcas Prescott (20)
In the above family, two sisters married two brothers by the name of Barrett; two other sisters married brothers by the name of Adams ; a brother and a sister married a brother and a sister by the name of Lane, and two were born the same day and married the same day.
There are few parents who have so great reason to be " happy in a virtuous posterity," as had these. One son was a minister, another was a deacon, and eight of the grandchildren were deacons or married to deacons ; several were clergymen or married to clergymen. Very many of the great-grandchildren sustained the same offices, or were otherwise distinguished in military, civil, or religious life. A large proportion of those who arrived at mature age professed religion ; and the succeeding and numerous families were among the most respectful, useful, and influ- ential in the towns in which they lived. Very many distinguished men descended from them; among whom were Rev. Stephen and Hon. Timothy Farrar of New Ipswich, N. H., Roger Minot Sherman, of Fair- field, Ct., and several eminent physicians by the name of Adams; and Hon. Roger Sherman, and several other distinguished men of New Haven married descendants.
(9) III. Stephen Minot [9-4] d. in Sudbury street, Boston. He left a will, recorded in Suffolk Records, Vol. XXXI. p. 82. He was a merchant and member of Brattle street Church ; married Mary Clark, dau. of Capt. Christopher Clark, Dec. 1, 1686. They had the following children :
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MINOT.
41-1 Rebecca, b. Aug. 20, 1687, d. Aug. 26 of the same year.
42-2 Stephen, b. Oct. 27, 1688, m. 1. Sarah Wainwright; 2. Mary Brown. (21)
43-3 John, b. Dec. 27, 1690, d. at Brunswick, Jan. 11, 1764.
44-4 Mehetabel, b. Dec. 6, 1692, was engaged to be married to Richard Bills when her father made his will.
45-5 Lydia, b. May 15, 1695, m. Joseph Eaton, May 10, 1720 ; had one dau.
46-6 Rebecca, b. Nov. 6, 1697, m. Samuel Miller, Oct. 8, 1724.
47-7 George, b. Jan. 21, 1700, d. Nov. 13, 1702, of the small-pox.
48-8 Peter, b. March 4, 1702, d. Oct. 30, 1702, of the small-pox.
49-9 George, b. Jan. 29, 170-, m. Elisabeth Moore of North Carolina, by whom
he had a son who d. in infancy, and a dau. Sarah who m. Nathaniel Tay- lor, Esq., an officer of the customs in Boston. Mr. Minot d. Jan. 18, 1785. He was a merchant, and owned the T wharf in Boston.
50-10 Christopher, b. gr. at H. C. 1725, was an officer of the customs in Boston until 1776, when he removed to Halifax. where he d. unmarried, May 12, 1783, a. 77.
51-11 Peter, b. m. was drowned at Halifax with his wife.
52-12 James, b. was a merchant at Jamaica, where he d. unmarried.
(10) III. Samuel Minot [10-5] m. Hannah Jones of Concord. He d. young, and his only son Jonathan Minot was in Concord, in 1707, being then 14 years old, when he chose his uncle John Minot of Dor- chester his guardian,
(11) III. James Minot [15-4] lived in Concord, where he m. Re- becca Jones, Feb. 9, 1688. She was the dau. of John Jones. He d. leaving one son, and she m. for her second husband Capt. Joseph Bulkeley, March 9, 1566, by whom she had several children. She d. July 12, 1712, a. 50. Two of her children, Rebecca and Dorothy, men- tioned below, were by Capt. Bulkeley, her second husband, and are therefore not numbered with the Minot Family, not being descendants. That there may be no misunderstanding, their surname is inserted.
54-1 Jonathan, b. m. Elisabeth Stratton, Jan. 26, 1714. (22)
2 Rebecca Bulkeley, b. Dec. 25, 1696, m. Joseph Hubbard, Nov. 10, 1713.
3 Dorothy Bulkeley, b. Jan. 7, 1699, m. Samuel Hunt, Nov. 14, 1716.
About 1725 Jonathan Minot of Westford, (then part of Chelmsford,) and Joseph Hubbard sold to Thomas Jones of Concord, " the whole of the right of their mother, Rebecca Bulkeley, deceased in Acton, allowed
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to the heirs of her father John Jones, and to Dorothy Hunt, deceased, the former wife of Samuel Hunt, one of the heirs of Rebecca Bulkeley " Joseph Hubbard was the ancestor of most of the name in Concord.
FOURTH GENERATION.
(12) IV. JOHN MINOT [26-1] m. Mary Baker of Dorchester, where he lived as a farmer. She d. Feb. 18, 1717. He m. for his 2nd wife Hannah Endecott, Nov. 14, 1717, and d. soon after. His wife adminis- tered on the estate, prized at £1221. He had the following children, all by his first wife :
55-1 Elisabeth, b. June 6, 1699, d. young.
56-2 John, b. June 1, 1701.
57-3 George, b. Sept. 7, 1703, m. Abigail Fenno, Dec. 24, 1724. (23)
58-4 Mary, b. Dec. 10, 1705, d. in infancy.
59-5 Mary, b. March 9, 1708.
60-6 Elisabeth, b. Feb. 23, 1711, m. Thomas Wyer, Jan. 27, 1729.
(13) IV. Capt. Joseph Barrett, son of Dea. Humphrey Barrett, and a grandson of Humphrey Barrett, who came from England to Concord ab. 1640, b. in Concord, Jan. 31, 1678, m. Rebecca Minot [31-1] Dec. 27, 1701. He was a farmer, and lived where Abel B. Haywood now [1847] lives. He d. April 4, 1736, a. 58. She d. June 23, 1738, a. 53. Their children were :
61-1 Mary, b. April 6, 1706, m. Dea. George Farrar. (24)
62-2 Joseph, b. Jan. 30, 1708, m. and settled in Grafton, where he d. leaving two daughters.
63-3 Rebecca, b. July 12, 1710.
64-4 Oliver, b. Jan. 12, 1712, m. Hannah Hunt, Dec. 8, 1738. (25)
65-5 Humphrey, b. Oct. 24, 1715, m. Elisabeth Adams, Dec. 9, 1742. (26)
66-6 Elisabeth, b. Jan. 9, 1717, m. Col. Charles Prescott. (27) .
67-7 John, b. Feb. 14, 1720, m. Lois Brooks, Nov. 15, 1744. (28)
68-8 Samuel, b. July 8, 1725, d. Jan. 1728.
(14) IV. Capt. Benjamin Barrett, brother of the preceding, b. May 7, 1681, m. Lydia Minot [32-2] Jan. 3, 1705. He was a farmer, and lived in Concord, where James Barrett now (1847) lives, and where he d. of the pleurisy fever, Oct. 28, 1728, a. 47. His widow m. Samuel Stow. Mr. Barrett had the following children :
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MINOT.
69-1 Benjamin, b. Nov. 15, 1705, m. Rebecca Jones. (29)
70-2 Thomas, b. Oct. 2, 1707, m. Mary Jones. (30)
71-3 James, b. July 31, 1710, m. Rebecca Hubbard, Dec. 21, 1732. (31)
72-4 Lydia, b. Aug. 2, 1712, m. Dea. Samuel Farrar, Jan. 31, 1732. (32)
73-5 Rebecca, b. March 29, 1714, m. Elnathan Jones, Jan. 31, 1732. She d. Feb. 8, 1733, without issue.
74-6 Timothy, b. Jan. 13, 1716, m. widow Dinah Witt, lived in Paxton, was a deacon, had one dau. Persis, b. Feb. 3, 1752, who m. Ithamer Bigelow of Shrewsbury, Feb. 16, 1769, had 7 children. Mrs. Barrett d. ab. 1754. He was afterwards twice m. but had no other children. He d. Jan. 4, 1800, a. 83.
75-7 Mary, b. Dec. 27, 1717, d: without issue.
76-8 Stephen, b. April 18, 1720, m. Elisabeth Hubbard, then widow Howe of Con- cord, and settled in Paxton. He left 3 sons and 1 daughter ; Stephen Israel, Benjamin, and Lydia. The sons removed to Whitestown, near Utica, N. Y., all married and had families. The dau. m. Israel Stone of Portland, and went to Ohio. She had a large family.
(15). IV. Rev. Timothy Minot [34-4] gr. H. C. 1718, m. 1. Mary Brooks, who d. Feb. 15, 1760, a. 61, and "her name," says the record of her death, "is like precious ointment." His 2d wife was widow Beulah Brown of Sudbury, who d. April 13, 1786, a. 92. He d. Nov. 30, 1778, a. 86. A biographical notice of this distinguished man is given in Shattuck's History of Concord, p. 244. He gr. H. C. 1718. His children were :
77-1 Timothy, b. April 8, 1726, m. Mary Martin. (33)
78-2 Mary, b. Dec. 27, 1730, m. Tilly Merrick, July 30, 1752. (34)
79-3 Stephen, b. Jan. 30, 1732, gr. H. C. 1751, was about to settle as a minis- ter at Portland, but d. Sept. 3, 1759, a. 27.
(16) IV. Hon. James Minot [35-5] d. in Concord, Feb. 6, 1759, a. 64. He m. 1. Martha Lane of Billerica, Nov. 14, 1716. She d. Jan. 18, 1735, a. 40. He m. 2. Elisabeth Merrick of Brookfield, in 1736. She d. Jan. 26, 1746. He m. a third wife, but her name is not recorded. The following epitaph is copied from his gravestone in the " Hill Bury- ing-Ground," in Concord ; and tradition awards to him all the praise it pays to his distinguished character. He held a military commission thirty years.
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HERE LYE THE REMAINS OF
COL. JAMES MINOTT, Esqr. WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE FEB. 6, 1759, IN THE 65TH YEAR OF HIS AGE.
HE WAS OF HONL. DESCENT, EARLY IMPROVED & ADVANCED
IN CIVIL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS.
DIVERS YEARS REPRESENTED THIS TOWN AT THE
GENERAL COURT; WAS A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, AND ONE OF THE HON. HIS
MAJESTIE'S COUNCIL FOR MANY
YEARS, WHICH OFFICES HE
SUSTAINED UNTIL HIS DEATH,
IN ALL WHICH STATIONS AND RELATIONS OF LIFE HE BEHAVED AS THE CHRISTIAN, THE PATRIOT, AND THE BENEVOLENT FRIEND,
AND AS HE MERITED, SO HE WAS MUCH
LOVED AND HONORED IN HIS LIFE AND LAMENTED AT HIS DEATH.
MEMENTO MORI.
" FROM DEATH'S ARREST NO AGE IS FREE."
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MINOT.
The following were the children of Hon. James Minot, the first three by his first, and the last two by his second wife :
80-1 John, b. Aug. 31, 1717, m. Sarah Stow, Jan. 26, 1744. (35) 81-2 Rebecca, b. May 15, 1720, m. Benjamin Prescott, Aug. 12, 1741. (36)
82-3 James, b. Jan. 20, 1726, m. (37)
83-4 Martha, b. Feb. 1, 1738, m. Rev. Josiah Sherman, Jan. 24, 1757. (38)
84-5 Ephraim, b. June 17, 1742, m. Abigail Prescott, Sept. 25, 1764. (39)
(17) IV. Capt. Daniel Adams lived in the south part of Lincoln, then within the limits of Concord, on the road from Waltham to Stow, where he d. Feb. 9, 1780, a. 90. He was the son of Joseph, and grand- son of John Adams, one of the eight sons of Henry of Quincy. He m. Elisabeth Minot, [36-6] April 23, 1715. She d. Nov. 12, 1764, a. 67. They had the following children :
85-1 Daniel, b. Oct. 15, 1720, m. Keziah Brooks and two others. (40)
86-2 Elisabeth, b. Oct. 1, 1722, m. Humphrey Barrett, Dec. 9, 1742. (26) 87-3 Joseph, b. Oct. 5, 1724, m. Mary Eveleth of Stow, - 1746. (41) 88-4 Rebecca, b. Sept. 2, 1727, m. Nathan Brown, March 10, 1747. (42)
89-5 James, b. March 19, 1732, m. 1. Keziah Conant-2. Delia Adams. (43)
90-6 Lydia, b. Sept. 1, 1735, m. Abel Miles, Feb. 26, 1756. (44)
91-7 Martha, b. April 13, 1738, m. Joseph Wellington, April 1, 1760.
92-8 Mary, b. May 18, 1730, m. 1. Peter Hubbard-2. Capt. Timothy Wheeler, who had Martha, m. Joel Dix, who died in Boston in 1837, Joseph, and perhaps others. He was captain of the militia in Concord in April 19, 1775. See Hist. of Concord, p. 107.
These individuals had 69 children, averaging eight and five eighths each.
(18) IV. John Adams, a brother of the above, lived near the centre of Lincoln, where he d. Oct. 25, 1725, a. 28. He was buried in " Hurd Burying-Ground" in Concord. He m. Love Minot, [38-8] sister to his brother's wife. They had two children.
93-1 John, b. Nov. 11, 1723, m. Lucy Hubbard, Dec. 12, 1749. (45) 94-2 Lucy, b. Jan. 23, 1725, m. Rev. Wm. Lawrence of Lincoln. (46)
(19) IV. Capt. Samuel Dakin was b. in Concord and lived in Sud- bury. He went as commander of a military company, commissioned by Governor Pownall, and was slain in a battle with the French and Indi-
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ans at Half Way Brook, near Lake George, July 20, 1758. He m. Mercy Minot, [39-9] Dec. 13, 1732. Their children were :
95-1 Oliver, b. March 30, 1727.
96-2 Mercy, b. Sept. 12, 1729, d. young.
97-3 Samuel, b. May 17, 1731. 98-4 Amos, b. Jan. 29, 1732.
99-5 Mercy, b. April 24, 1733.
100-6 Elisabeth, b. Aug. 9, 1734.
101-7 Beulah, b. March 22, 1735, m. Thomas Baker, Jan. 15, 1755.
102-8 Timothy, b. June 7, 1737.
103-9 Hannah, b. Aug. 28, 1739.
104-10 Mary, b. Aug. 1741.
105-11 Samuel, ¿ twins.
b. June 21, 1744, m. 1. Ann Wheeler, 2. Mehetabel - 106-12
(20) IV. Dea. Samuel Minot [40-10] was a deacon in the Con- cord Church, where he d. March 17, 1766. He m. 1. Sarah Prescott of Westford, March 7, 1732, who d. in childbirth, March 22, 1737, a. 24, having had three children. He m. 2. Dorcas Prescott, sister of his first wife, in 1738. She d. June 16, 1803, a. 91. They had the following children :
107-1 Samuel, b. Dec. 23, 1732, m. Elisabeth Davis, lived in Boston, had several children, all of whom d. young except Joanna.
108-2 Jonas, b. April 25, 1735, m. Mary Hall of Westford. (47) 109-3 Sarah Thankful, b. March 4, 1737, m. Dea. Ama Dakin of Mason, N. H. 110-4 Dorcas Prescott, b. March 24, 1739, m. Thomas Barrett, Jr. Jan. 15, 1761.
111-5 George, b. Oct. 23, 1741, m. three wives by the name of Barrett. (48)
112-6 Rebecca, b. Jan. 14, 1744, m. Charles Barrett of New Ipswich, 1799
113-7 Daniel, b. Aug. 29, 1748, d. Dec. 20, 1753, a. 5.
114-8 Mary, b. Oct. 5, 1755, m. Elnathan Jones.
(21) IV. Stephen Minot [42-2] lived in Boston. He m. for his first wife Sarah, eldest daughter of Col. Francis Wainwright. They lived together ten months, when she d. Oct. 21, 1711, in childbirth, leaving one child, Stephen. He m. for his second wife, Mary, daughter of Capt. John Brown of Marblehead, Jan. 1, 1713. They had the fol- lowing children :
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115-1 Stephen, b. Sept. 21, 1711, m. Sarah Clark, Jnne 10, 1736. (49)
116-2 John,
b.
1712, d. in infancy.
117-3 John,
b.
1714, d. in infancy.
118-4 John,
b.
1716.
119-5 Mary,
b. May 28, 1718.
120-6 William,
b.
1720.
121-7 Elisabeth, b. June, 1722.
122-8 Mehetabel, b. 1724, m. Walter Logan, Esq., an officer of the Cus- toms of Boston. He d. in Glasgow in Scotland, Nov. 10, 1788.
123-9 Jane, b. Sept. 11, 1726, m. Capt. Nathaniel Williams of Roxbury. He d. 1774. They had one child, who d. in infancy. She m. again Eli- sha Brewster, merchant of Middletown, Ct., in 1778.
124-10 George, b. 1728, d. in infancy.
125-11 George, b. 1730, gr. H. C. in 1752.
126-12 Sarah,
b.
1732.
(22) IV. Jonathan Minot [54-1] lived in Westford, where he died. He m. Elisabeth Stratton of Concord, Jan. 26, 1714, by whom he had children
127-1 Samuel b. Sept. 10, 1714, m. Elisabeth -
128-2 Elisabeth, b. Jan. 30, 1717.
129-3 Rebecca, b. April 2, 1719.
130-4 Jonathan, b. Jan. 19, 1723, m. Esther Proctor of Chelmsford. (50)
131-5 Anna, b. Sept. 13, 1725.
132-6 John,
b. Dec. 16, 1730.
Genealogical Register.
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IN MEMORY OF
MR. ABRAHAM HUBBELL,
OF STAFFORD, IN CONNECTICUT,
HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN BOSTON, THE 11TH DAY OF MAY, A. D. 1783.
HERE LYES YE BODY OF.
MR. SAMUEL JOHNSTON,
SON TO MR. GEORGE & MRS. EUPHEMA JOHNSTON, AGED 22 YEARS, DEC'D AUG. YE 15TH. 1739.
HERE LYES YE BODY OF MRS. EUPHEMA JOHNSTON, WIFE TO MR. GEORGE JOHNSTON, AGED 48 YEARS, DEC'D FEB. YE 26, 1740.
HERE LIES THE BODY OF
MR. ROBERT MCNIEL, AGED 35 YEARS,
DIED SEPT. 18TH, 1752.
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INSCRIPTIONS.
HERE LIES BURIED THE BODY OF CAPT. JOHN DECOSTER, WHO DIED JAN. YE 28TH, 1773 AGED 26 YEARS. "STOP HERE, MY FRIENDS, AND CAST AN EYE, "AS YOU ARE NOW, SO ONCE WAS I, "AS I AM NOW, SO YOU MUST BE, " PREPARE FOR DEATH & FOLLOW ME."
HERE LIES THE BODY OF
MRS. WAITSTILL TROTT, THE WIFE OF MR. THOMAS TROTT,
SHE DIED JUNE YE 8TH, 1744, IN THE 39TH YEAR OF HER AGE.
WILLIAM,
SON TO THOMAS & WAITSTILL TROTT, AGED 14 MONTHS, DEC'D DEC'R YE 14TH, 1731.
ELISABETH,
DAU'T. TO THOMAS & WAITSTILL TROTT,
AGED 16 MONTHS AND 18 DAYS, DEC'D SEPT. YE 2D, 1732.
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THE GRANARY BURIAL GROUND.
No. 55.
DAVID TOWNSEND.
1810.
MAJOR JOHN WENDELL,
HIS DESCENDANTS & THEIR FAMILIES.
HERE LIES THE BODY OF
EZRA DIBBLE,
SON OF EZRA DIBBLE, OF DANBURY, IN YE COLLONY OF CONNECTICUTT,
DEC'D JUNE YE 19TH, 1738, AGED ABOUT 17 YEARS.
DEACON THOMAS PAYSON.
TOMB No. 43.
CHARLES BRADBURY.
No. 44.
THE TOMB OF
JAMES MORRILL & SAM'L WHITWELL.
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INSCRIPTIONS. 303
No. 57. TOMB OF THOMAS JACKSON, 1810.
JOHN DOLBEARE'S TOMB, BUILT 1725.
JOHN DYER'S FAMILY TOMB, 1816.
JOHN, YE SON OF JOHN & MARY COLESWORTHY, AGED 2 MO. & 1 DAY, DIED NOUEM. YE 19, 1696. 1
No. 53. PETER DOLLIVER TO B. HUNTINGTON, 1822.
YOUNG & TUCKERMAN'S TOMB.
LOWEL.
JOHN LOWEL (or Lowle), of Newbury, was a freeman in 1641. He was son of Percival Lowle, and died July 10, 1647. His children were : Joseph, born Nov. 28, 1639; Benjamin, born Sept. 12, 1642; Thomas, born June 4, 1644 ; Elizabeth, born 1646; she married Philip Nelson, of Rowley. JOHN, of Boston, 1655, who probably died June 7, 1694. He had a son, John, born Aug. 26, 1655. John, of Weymouth, 1658, had a son John, born in 1658. Percival, a merchant, came from Bristol, England, with his sons, Richard and John, also merchants, and settled in Newbury, where he died Jan. 8, 1665. Richard, son of the preceding, was born about 1602, and lived in Newbury. He died Aug. 5, 1682. William, of Massachusetts, was admitted freeman in 1642. Ebenezer Lowel, of Boston, died in Boston in 1711, aged 36. His son John Lowel, was a minister in Newburyport. He was born March 14, 1704; graduated at Harvard College in 1721, was ordained over the third church in Newbury Jan. 19, 1726, and died May 15, 1767, aged 63. Mr. Cary was his successor. He was amiable, candid, liberal, and social, respected for his learning, and a useful minister. He published a sermon at the ordination of T. Barnard, 1738 ; before Col. Titcomb and his soldiers, 1755; on the death of Col. Moses Titcomb, who fell near Lake George, 1760.
Hon. John Lowel, LL.D., also a Judge, was a son of the preceding, graduated at Harvard College 1760. Having settled at Boston, as a lawyer, he was chosen a member of Congress in 1781; of the Conven- tion which formed the Constitution of Massachusetts, he was a distin-
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guished member. In 1789, Washington appointed him Judge of the District Court; and on the new organization of the Courts of the United States, in February, 1801, he was appointed Chief Judge of the first Circuit. He died at Roxbury, May 6, 1802, aged 58. Uniting to a vigorous mind, which was enriched with literary acquisitions, a refined taste and conciliatory manners, and being sincere in the profession and practice of religion, his decease was deeply felt and lamented. For eighteen years he was a member of the corporation of Harvard College, and one of the founders of the American Academy. His son, Francis C., proprietor of the Lowell factories, died in 1817. His sons John and Charles, were living in 18 -. He wrote an English poem, No. 3, in the " Pilas," &c., printed at Cambridge. He pronounced before the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, in January, 1791, an elegant eulogy on their late President, James Bowdoin, which is prefixed to the memoirs of that Society.
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HERE LYES BURIED THE BODY OF MRS. KATHERINE CLARKE,
WIFE TO
MR. JAMES CLARKE, WHO DIED SEPT. THE 10TH, 1747, IN THE 32D YEAR OF HER AGE.
HERE LYES BURIED THE BODY OF MRS. CHRISTIAN CLARKE,
WIFE TO
MR. JAMES CLARKE,
AGED 32 YEARS,
DIED MARCH YE 1ST, 1745-6.
HERE LIES BURIED THE BODY OF
FREDERICK CLARKE, SON OF MR. JOHN & MRS. MARGARETT CLARKE,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MAY YE 13TH, 1760, IN THE 22D YEAR OF HIS AGE.
HERE LYES YE BODY OF
JOHN CLARK, SON OF YE REV. PETER CLARK, OF DANVERSE, & MRS. DEBORAH, HIS WIFE,
WHO DIED JAN'Y 10TH, 1756.
CLARK.
ARTHUR CLARK, of Hampton, was admitted freeman in 1640. The name of Clark is a very common one; it is sometimes spelled Clarke, but more frequently the e is omitted. One hundred and four persons of the name had graduated at the New England and at Princeton and Union Colleges in 1826, of whom twenty-eight have been settled minis- ters. Daniel, of Ipswich, 1635. Hutchinson names a Daniel Clarke, and Rev. Mr. Felt gives the name of David Clark, of Ipswich, at an early period. Daniel was a Magistrate of Connecticut in 1662, and Secretary of the Colony in 1660. Edmund, of Lynn, in 1636, removed to Sandwich in 1637. Henry, of Connecticut, was a Magistrate in 1648, and many years afterwards. Hugh, of Watertown, in 1640, three of whose children were, John, born Oct. 13, 1641; Uriah, born April
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5, 1644; Elizabeth, born Nov. 6, 1647. There was a Hugh Clark, probably the same who was admitted freeman in 1660, member of the ancient and honorable Artillery Company 1666, and who died at Rox- bury, July 20, 1693. Elizabeth, his wife, died in 1692. Jeremiah, of Rhode Island, was President of the Colony in 1648. He was probably one of the brothers of John Clark, one of the founders of the Colony. John, of Cambridge, freeman in 1632, probably went with Rev. Thomas Hooker to Connecticut, where several of the name were early in public life. John, a physician, and one of the founders of the Rhode Island Colony, came, according to tradition, from Bedfordshire, England, and settled in Massachusetts, from whence he was driven before 1638. He was Treasurer of Rhode Island Colony, and a minister. He died April 20, 1676. He had three brothers, ancestors to a large family in Rhode Island. John, the first physician in Newbury, in 1638, admitted free- man in 1639, Representative to the September session that year ; re- moved to Boston, where he was much distinguished as a physician, and died in January, 1665, aged 66. John, son of the preceding, was a physician, and admitted freeman 1673; representative in 1689 and 1690, and died Dec. 17, 1690. His son John was born Jan. 27, 1686, graduated at Harvard College 1687, was Representative of Boston from 1708 to 1714, and 1720 to 1724; chosen Speaker 1709, 1720-1723; was also a Councillor, and died Dec. 6, 1728. John, of Massachusetts, admitted freeman 1635, may have been the John Clark who removed to Rhode Island. Joseph, of Dedham, freeman 1635; had sons, Joseph, born 1642, Benjamin, 1643, and Ephraim, 1645. Joseph, of Newport, 1644; one of the founders of the first Baptist Church in that place. Jonas, of Cambridge, freeman 1647, had by his first wife, Sarah and Jonas; by the second, Elizabeth, whom he married in 1650, his children were: Elizabeth ; Thomas, born 1653; John, born 1655; Timothy ; Samuel, born 1659; Abigail; Mary; John, born 1665; Nathaniel, 1667. Nathaniel, of Plymouth, was one of Sir Edmund Andros's Coun- cil in 1687, died 1717, aged 73, leaving no children. Nathaniel Clark, of Newbury, died August 25, 1690. Nicholas, of Cambridge, 1634. Richard, one of the first pilgrims at Plymouth, died in 1621. A
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Richard Clark was an early settler at Rowley. Robert, of Boston, was assistant minister at King's Chapel in 1686. Thomas, of Boston, admit- ted freeman, and member of the ancient and honorable Artillery Com- pany 1638; Captain of artillery company 1651; Major of the Suffolk regiment ; Representative 1651, eighteen years; Speaker of the House 1662, '65, '69, '70, and '72; elected Assistant 1673 to 1677. He died March 13, 1683. He was one of the two who entered their dissent against the law of 1656, punishing with death all Quakers who should return to Massachusetts after banishment. Thomas, Jr., of Boston, probably son of the preceding, was Representative from 1673 to 1676. Thomas, blacksmith, of Boston, was admitted a townsman November 25, 1639, member of the church 1640, freeman 1641. Cornelius and Jacob, sons of Thomas Clark, were born in 1639 and 1642. Thomas, of Dorchester, member of the church 1636. There was a Thomas Clark, of Ipswich, in 1648, and another in 1674, who was admitted free- man that year. There was a Thomas Clark, of Lynn, 1640, who re- moved to Reading. Thomas, the second minister of Chelmsford, son of Jonas Clark, was born at Cambridge, March 2, 1653; graduated at Harvard College 1670, succeeded Rev. John Fiske in 1677; died Dec. 7, 1704, aged 52. His children were, Jonas, a Colonel and Magistrate, born Dec. 20, 1684, died April 8, 1770; Thomas, born Sept. 28, 1694; Elizabeth, who married Rev. John Hancock, of Lexington; Lucy, who married Major William Tyng, of Dunstable; and several who died in infancy. Mary, his first wife, died Dec. 2, 1700. He married Eliza- beth Whiting in 1702. Thomas, of Newport, one of the founders of the first Baptist Church in that place in 1644. Thomas, of Plymouth, died March 24, 1697, aged 98. There was a Thomas Clark, of Scituate, in 1676. Walter, of Rhode Island, was Speaker of the House of Deputies ; one of Sir Edmund Andros's Council 1687, and Governor in 1676, 1686, 1696, and 1697. William, of Ipswich, one of the first settlers 1633, and probably admitted freeman in 1631. He is men- tioned by Prince, who omits his title of Captain, which is supplied by the Ipswich town records. There was a William Clark, of Watertown, in 1631; another of Dorchester, and member of the church in 1636;
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