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* Dr. Franklin was born on Sunday, January 6th, 1706. old style, corresponding to January 17th, 1706, new style, the date given by most of his biographers. The re- cords of the Old South Church, Boston, show that he was baptized on the day of his birth. The site of the house in which he was born, in Milk street, opposite the church alluded to, is now occupied by a fine granite store, called “ THE BIRTH-PLACE OF FRANKLIN."
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entitled " Magnalia Christi Americana," as " a godly and learned Eng. lishman."
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S.WILLIAMS
The Committee on the Declaration of Independence.
He had an excellent constitution, was of a middle stature, well set, and very strong: he could draw prettily, and was skilled a little in music; his voice was sonorous and agreeable, so that when he played on his violin and sung withal, as he was accustomed to do after the business of the day was over, it was extremely agreeable to hear. He had some knowledge of mechanics, and, on occasion, was very handy with other
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tradesmen's tools ; but his great excellence was his sound understanding and solid judgment in prudential matters, both in private and public affairs. It is true he was never employed in the latter, the numerous family he had to educate and the straitness of his circumstances keep- ing him close to his trade; but I remember well his being frequently visited by leading men, who consulted him for his opinion in public affairs, and those of the church he belonged to, and who showed a great respect for his judgment and advice : he was also much consulted by private persons about their affairs when any difficulty occurred, and fre- quently chosen an arbitrator between contending parties. At his table he liked to have, as often as he could, some sensible friend or neighbor to converse with, and always took care to start some ingenious or useful topic for discourse, which might tend to improve the minds of his children.
. My mother had likewise an excellent constitution : she suckled all her ten children. I never knew either my father or mother to have any sickness but that of which they died, he at eighty-nine, and she at eighty-five years of age. They lie buried together at Boston, where I, some years since, placed a marble over their grave with this inscription :
JOSIAH FRANKLIN, AND
ABIAH HIS WIFE,
LIE HERE INTERRED.
THEY LIVED LOVINGLY TOGETHER IN WEDLOCK
FIFTY-FIVE YEARS.
AND WITHOUT AN ESTATE, OR ANY GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT,
BY CONSTANT LABOR AND HONEST INDUSTRY, (WITH GOD'S BLESSING,)
MAINTAINED A LARGE FAMILY COMFORTABLY,
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AND BROUGHT UP THIRTEEN CHILDREN AND SEVEN
GRANDCHILDREN REPUTABLY.
FROM THIS INSTANCE, READER,
BE ENCOURAGED TO DILIGENCE IN THY CALLING,
AND DISTRUST NOT PROVIDENCE.
HE WAS A PIOUS AND PRUDENT MAN ;
CHE A DISCREET AND VIRTUOUS WOMAN. THEIR YOUNGEST SON,
IN FILIAL REGARD TO THEIR MEMORY,
PLACES THIS STONE. J. F. BORN 1655, DIED 1744, ÆTAT. 89. A. F. BORN 1667, DIED 1752, ÆTAT. 85 .*
* In 1827, the citizens of Boston erected a monument to the memory of Franklin, in the Granary Burial Ground, over the graves of his parents. The corner stone was laid on the 15th of June, in that year, by the President of the Mechanic Association, CHARLES WELLS, with appropriate ceremonies. An address being delivered by Gen. H. A. S. DEARBORN, embracing a sketch of the life and character of Franklin. The monument is an obelisk of Quincy granite, from the Bunker Hill Monument Quarry, twenty-one feet high, which rests on a square base measuring seven feet on each side, and two feet in height. It is composed of five massive blocks, placed one above another. On one side, is the name of FRANKLIN, in large bronze letters, and a little below is a tablet of bronze, thirty-two inches long, and sixteen wide, sunk into the stone. On this tablet is engraved Dr. Franklin's original inscription, as above, and beneath it the following :
" THE MARBLE TABLET BEARING THE ABOVE INSCRIPTION
HAVING BEEN DILAPIDATED BY THE RAVAGES OF TIME, A NUMBER OF CITIZENS,
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By my rambling digressions, I perceive myself to be grown old. I used to write more methodically. But one does not dress for private company as for a public ball. Perhaps it is only negligence.
ENTERTAINING THE MOST PROFOUND VENERATION FOR THE MEMORY OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,
AND DESIROUS OF REMINDING SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS
THAT HE WAS BORN IN BOSTON, A. D. MDCCVI., ERECTED THIS OBELISK OVER THE GRAVES OF HIS PARENTS. MDCCCXXVII."
A silver plate, bearing an inscription, one of the Franklin medals, and several other small medals were deposited under the corner stone. The inscription on the plate was partly as follows, "This Monument was erected over the remains of the Parents of Benjamin Franklin, by the citizens of Boston, from respect to the private character and public services of this illustrious patriot and philosopher, and for the many tokens of his affectionate attachment to his native town." The Monument was erected under the superintendence of Mr. WILLARD, Architect.
The following gravestones stand about four feet west of the Franklin monument, in the Granary Burial Ground.
HERE LYES BURIED
THE BODY OF
MR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, AGED 76 YEARS,
DEC'D MARCH YE 27, 1727.
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FRANKLIN.
HERE LYES BURIED YE BODY OF
MRS. HANNAH FRANKLIN, WIFE TO MR. SAMUEL FRANKLIN, DIED JAN'RY 24, 1748-9.
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HERE LYES YE BODY OF
MRS. SUSANNAH STONE,
WIFE TO MR. JOHN STONE,
DEC'D JANUARY YE 20, 1726, IN YE 76 YEAR OF HER AGE.
IN MEMORY OF
ANN NEWELL,
DAU'R OF MR. THOMAS & MRS. ELISABETH NEWELL,
WHO DIED OCT. 19, 1766, AGED 9 YEARS & 6 MONTHS.
HERE LIES YE BODY OF
MISS ELISABETH NEWELL,
DAU'R OF MR. THOMAS & MRS. ELISABETH NEWELL, -
DIED 12TH APRIL, 1774, AGED 22 YEARS.
HERE LIES THE BODY OF
SIMON ELIOT,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JAN'RY YE 7TH, 1761,
AGED 49 YEARS.
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JOHN SAVAGE,
SON TO MR. ISAAC & MRS. ELISABETH SAVAGE,
AGED 15 YEARS, DIED APRIL YE 7TH, 1744.
WILLIAM BURT,
AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, DIED NOUEMBER YE 10TH, 1693.
MR. JAMES WOOD,
OF LONDON,
AGED 34 YEARS,
DIED JANUARY YE 5, 1681-2.
JAMES PRINCE,
AGED 6 YEARS & 2 MONTH, DIED JAN'Y 24TH, 1747.
WILLIAM PRINCE,
AGED 1 MONTH,
DIED FEB'RY YE 23D, 1747-8.
THE CHILDREN OF MR. WILLIAM & MRS. JEAN PRINCE. 22
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WILLIAM, SON TO GEORGE & JEAN SIREY,
AGED 1 YEAR & 10 MONTHS, DIED OCT. YE 17TH, 1709.
VIVE, MEMOR, LOETHI. HERE LYETH INTERED YE BODY OF
CAPT. WILLIAM CORDIS,
MARINER, AGED 47 YEARS,
DEPARTED THIS LIFE YE 25 DAY OF AUGUST, 1685.
HERE LYES BURIED THE BODY OF
MRS. DEBORAH SCOLLAY,
RELICT OF MR. JAMES SCOLLAY,
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HERE LYES YE BODY OF
MRS. REBECCA WILLISTON,
WIFE OF MR. EBENEZER WILLISTON,
AGED 31 YEARS, DEC'D FEB. 10, 1738.
HOLMES.
GEORGE HOLMES was a freeman in Roxbury in 1639. He died De- cember 18, 1645. John Holmes was a minister in Duxbury. He had been a student under President Chauncy in 1658, and succeeded Rev. Ralph Patridge, but was the minister there only a few years. John Holmes was of Plymouth in 1638. Nathaniel, of Roxbury, son of George Holmes, was born in 1639, and was representative in 1689. Obadiah Holmes, of Salem, was admitted to the church March 24, 1639, from which he was excommunicated ; went to Rehoboth, where he became a Baptist : removed to Newport, Rhode Island, and was the minister there in 1652. He died in 1682, aged seventy-six. He had eight chil- dren, and his descendants in 1790 were estimated at five thousand ! His son Obadiah was a judge and preacher in New Jersey. John, another son, was a magistrate in Philadelphia. One of Obadiah's sons was liv- ing in Newport in 1770, at the age of ninety-five. Richard Holmes born in 1610, resided in Rowley, Mass., in 1643. Robert Holmes was a freeman in Cambridge in 1636. His wife's name was Jane. He had three sons, John, Joseph, and Ephraim. A Robert Holmes died at Newbury, September 18, 1673.
Major William Holmes, of Plymouth Colony, in 1638, died in Bos- ton in 1649. He left no family.
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Granite slab, and on the foundation of the same is the following :
SAMUEL TORREY, OB. SEP. 6, 1748, Æ. 73.
SAMUEL TORREY, OB. JULY 15, 1766, Æ. 68.
SAMUEL TORREY, OB. NOV. 18, 1768. Æ. 12.
SAMUEL TORREY, OB. MAY 29, 1815, Æ. 57.
Again beginning :
HERE LYES BURIED THE BODY OF CAPT. JOHN McKOWN,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE SEPTEM'R YE 1ST, 1771, AGED 64 YEARS.
Against the back of this stone leans the footstone of
MARY GYLES, 1791.
TORREY.
LIEUTENANT JAMES TORREY was of Scituate in 1640. Philip was admitted freeman in Roxbury, 1664, and died May, 1686. The Rev. Samuel Torrey succeeded Rev. Thomas Thacher as minister of Wey- mouth in 1656, and died April 21, 1707, aged seventy-five, having been a faithful minister for more than half a century. He married Mrs. Mary Symmes, 30th July, 1695. He published the election sermon in 1674, 1683, and 1695.
William of Weymouth, was a freeman in 1642, member of the Ar. Co. 1641, representative from 1642 to 1649, excepting 1646-7, and per- haps the representative again from 1679 to 1683. Johnson, in his His- tory of New England, p. 110, says, " He was a good penman, and skilled in the Latin tongue," and was "usually Clark of the Deputies." Six- teen of the name had received the honors of the New England colleges in 1828.
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IN MEMORY OF REV. ENOCH HALE, WHO WAS FOR FIFTY-SIX YEARS THE FAITHFUL AND BELOVED MINISTER OF THE CHURCH IN THIS TOWN, AND OCTAVIA, HIS WIFE.
REV. ENOCH HALE, BORN OCT. 28, 1753, AT COVENTRY, CONN. ORDAINED SEPT. 27, 1779, AS THE FIRST PASTOR OF THE CHURCH IN THIS TOWN. DIED JAN. 14, 1837, AGED 84 YEARS. ERECTED IN TESTIMONY OF THE RESPECT AND GRATITUDE OF SURVIVING PARISHIONERS.
66 HE TAUGHT US HOW TO LIVE, AND OH! TOO HIGH A PRICE FOR
KNOWLEDGE, TAUGHT US HOW TO DIE."
OCTAVIA, WIFE OF ENOCH HALE, AND DAUGHTER OF REV. BEN'N THROOP, BORN JULY 7, 1754, AT BOZRAH, CONN. MARRIED SEPT. 30, 1781. DIED AUG. 18, 1839, AGED 85 YEARS.
[NOTE.] Hon. Nathan Hale, of Boston, the venerable editor of the " Daily Adver- tiser," is a son of the above.
HALE.
"Deep was the wound, O death, and vastly wide, When he resign'd his useful breath and died. Ye sacred tribes, with pious sorrows mourn, And drop a tear at your great pastor's urn ! Conceal'd a moment from our longing eyes, Beneath this stone his mortal body lies ; Happy the spirit lives, and will, we trust, In bliss associate with his pious dust."
REV. RICHARD HALE was the son of Deacon Robert Hale. He was born at Charlestown, June 3, 1636. He graduated at Harvard College in 1657 ; was ordained Sept. 20, 1667 ; was chaplain in the expedition to Canada from June 4 to Nov. 20, 1690. He was the first minister of Beverly, Mass., and died May 15, 1700, aged 63. His son James, min- ister of Ashford, Conn., died in October, 1742, aged 56. In the witch- craft delusion of 1692, beginning in the family of Mr. Parris, he was deluded, and approved of the judicial measures. His modest inquiry into the nature of witchcraft was published in 1702. His account of the witchcraft was made use of by Cotton Mather, in Magnalia, Vol. VI. p. 79.
The Rev. John, above mentioned, married : 1. Rebecca Byles (or Byley), Dec. 15, 1664; 2. Sarah Noyes, March 31, 1684; 3. widow Elizabeth Clark, August 8, 1698. He had sons : 1. Robert, born Nov. 3, 1668, graduated at Harvard College in 1686. He was for many years a magistrate in Beverly, and died June 24, 1719, aged 50. 2. James, born Oct. 14, 1685, mentioned above. 3. Samuel, born Aug. 13, 1687.
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He married Apphia Moody, May 29, 1714, settled in Newbury, and had sons : Samuel Hale, A. A. S., of Portsmouth, who graduated at Har- vard College in 1740, and died July 10, 1807, aged 89; Richard, of Coventry, Conn., the father of Nathan, who was executed as a spy in the Revolution; and John, of Gloucester. 4. John, born Aug. 24, 1692. A daughter of the Rev. John Hale married Rev. John Chipman, of the Second Church, Beverly. Samuel Hale, of Portsmouth, had sons : Hon. Saml. Hale, of Barrington, N. H., who died April 28, 1828 ; John, who graduated at Harvard College in 1779, and died July 13, 1791, aged 33; Hon. William Hale, of Dover; and Thomas W., of Barring- ton. John, of Newbury, son of Thomas, of Newbury, was born about 1636, and was admitted freeman 1678; and by three wives had sons : John, born 1661; Samuel, born 1664; Thomas, born 1668; Joseph, born 1674; Benjamin, and Moses. Moses was born July 10, 1678, graduated at Harvard College 1699; was the minister of Byfield parish, Mass., and died January, 1743, aged 65.
Deacon ROBERT HALE was one of the founders of the church in Charlestown in 1632, was admitted freeman 1634, member of the ancient and honorable artillery company 1644, an ensign of the military com- pany, and died July 19, 1659. Two of his sons were : John, minister of Beverly; and Samuel, born in 1644. Thomas Hale, of Massachu- setts, was admitted freeman in 1634. Thomas, a glover, born in 1604, came with his wife Tamosin, and settled in Newbury in 1635 ; admitted freeman 1638; lived in Haverhill in 1646, afterwards in Salem, but died in Newbury, December, 1682. He had three sons who settled in Newbury. 1. Thomas, born 1633, married Miss Mary Hutchinson May 26, 1657, died Oct. 22, 1688, leaving sons : 1. Thomas, born Feb. 11, 1659, was a magistrate, and died Jan. 8, 1746; having had sons, Ezekiel, born 1689 ; Ebenezer, born 1695; Nathan, born 1691; David, born 1697; and Samuel, born June 6, 1674. 2. John, born 1636, who is already noticed. 3. Samuel, who married Sarah Isley in 1673.
Capt. NATHAN HALE, of the Revolutionary army, was a descendant of John Hale, first minister of Beverly, and son of Richard Hale, of Coventry, Conn. He graduated at Yale College in 1773, with high
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reputation. In the war he commanded a company in Col. Knowlton's regiment, and was with the army in the retreat from Long Island in 1776. Washington having applied to Knowlton for a discreet and en- terprising officer to penetrate the enemy's camp and procure intelligence, Hale passed in disguise to the British camp, but on his return was ap- prehended and carried before Lord William Howe, by whom he was ordered for execution the next morning. He was denied a Bible and the aid of a clergyman. The letters, full of fortitude and resignation, which he had written to his mother and sister, were destroyed. He was hung, regretting that he had but one life to lose for his country. Though executed in a brutal manner as a spy, he was firm and composed. In education and talents he was superior perhaps to Andre, who died also as a spy. In patriotic devotion to his country, hazarding in her sacred cause not only life, but honor and home, no one was superior to him. Dwight honored him by some lines on his death.
HERE LYES YE BODY OF MRS. MARY GRAY, WIFE OF MR. NICHOLAS GRAY, WHO DIED JAN'RY 27TH, 1754, AGED 29 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS.
GRAY.
HON. WILLIAM GRAY, Lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts, and an eminent merchant, was born in Lynn, of humble parentage, about 175 1. He was an early apprentice to Samuel Gardner, and then to Richard Derby, merchants of Salem. Entering upon commercial pursuits at a favorable period, he conducted his business with a sound judgment and unwearied industry. Though he acquired a very large fortune, his sim- ple habits remained unaltered. In the period of the embargo in 1808, he abandoned the party to which he had been attached and espoused the side of the Government; and it is said that the political excitement awakened against him induced him to remove to Boston.
In 1810 he was elected Lieutenant-governor, Mr. Gerry being chosen Governor. Mrs. Gray died in 1823. His eldest son, William R. Gray, has since died.
INSCRIPTIONS. 347
HERE LYES BURIED THE BODY OF
MR. THOMAS WYAT,
AGED 24 YEARS & 6 MONTHS, DEC'D APRIL YE 10TH, 1737.
HERE LYES BURIED THE BODY OF
MRS. JOHN MAYBURY,
AGED 65 YEARS,
DIED OCT. THE 20TH, 1745.
MARY PATISON,
1768.
HERE LYES YE BODY OF
MRS. REBECCA SURCOMB,
WIFE TO MR. RICHARD SURCOMB,
WHO DIED FEB. 28TH, A. D. 1738, AGED 22 YEARS. ALSO, THEIR SON
RICHARD,
DIED SEPT. 22, 1739, AGED ABOUT 18 MONTHS.
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MR. SAMUEL MCCLURE, 1759.
JAMES NICHOLS, SON OF MR. ANDREW & MRS. MARY NICHOLS, AGED 14 MONTHS, DIED AUG. 23, 1748.
HERE LYES BURIED YE BODY OF
MR. ANDREW OSWALD, MARINER,
WHO WAS BORN IN SCOTLAND, & DYED HERE YE 12 OF NOV'R, 1726, ÆTATIS 34.
HERE LYES BURIED YE BODY OF
MR. JOSEPH SCOTT, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JANUARY THE 10, 1771, IN THE 55 YEAR OF HIS AGE. ALSO,
7 CHILDREN OF MR. JOSEPH & MRS. ANNA SCOTT.
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INSCRIPTIONS.
MRS. SARAH MCCLURE.
HERE LYES YE BODY OF
ANNA EMMONS,
WIFE OF THOMAS EMMONS, DIED JULY 10, 1739, AGED 63 YEARS.
HERE LIES YE BODY OF
MRS. MARY FOWLES,
WIFE OF MR. ISAAC FOWLES DIED FEB'Y 18TH, 1760, AGED 30 YEARS.
IN MEMORY OF
MRS. ESTHER LOVERING,
CONSORT OF MR. JOSEPH LOVERING, JUN'R WHO DIED JUNE 7TH, 1798, AGED 26 YEARS.
"COMPLEAT SHE SHONE THROUGH EVERY SCENE OF LIFE,
" THE TENDER PARENT & INDULGENT WIFE."
PERSEVERENTIA. ..
In the Granary Cemetery is a monument with the following inscription :
CALEB LORING, DIED 1806.
LORING.
DESCENDANTS of Deacon Thomas Loring, and his wife, Jane New- ton, who came from Axminster, Devonshire, England, Dec. 22, 1634, with their two sons, and settled at Hingham, New England, in 1635. From the " Ancestral Records of the Loring Family of Massachusetts
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LORING.
Bay. In four parts. Exhibiting the Genealogy of the four sons of Deacon Thomas Loring, extending through seven generations. By James S. Loring."
1. THOMAS, born in 1629; married Hannah, daughter of Nicholas Jacob, of Hingham, Dec. 13, 1657. Their children were, Hannah, born Aug. 9, 1664, who married Rev. Jeremiah Cushing, of Scituate, in 1685. Thomas, born July 29, 1667 ; married Deborah, daughter of Hon. John Cushing, of Scituate, April 19, 1699. Deborah, born March 15, 1668; married Hon. John Cushing, of Scituate, June 20, 1688. David, born Sept. 15, 1671; married Elizabeth, daughter of Hon. John Otis, of Barnstable, Jan., 1699. Caleb, born June 9, 1674; married Lydia, daughter of Edward Gray, of Plymouth, Aug. 7, 1696.
2. JOHN, born Dec. 22, 1630; married Mary, daughter of Nathaniel Baker, of Hingham, Dec. 16, 1657; and married second time widow Rachel Buckland, Sept. 22, 1679. Their children were, John, born in 1658, who died in 1678. Joseph, born March 10, 1660; married Han- nah, daughter of John Leavitt, Oct. 25, 1683. Thomas, born March 1, 1662; married Leah, daughter of Benjamin Buckland, Jan. 10, 1687. Sarah, born 1664, died early. Isaac, born Jan. 22, 1666; married Sarah Young, Aug. 5, 1691, of Boston. Mary, born Feb., 1668; married Thomas Jones, of Hull. Nathaniel, born March 5, 1670; married Susanna Butler, of Boston, Dec. 13, 1699. Daniel, born Feb. 8, 1672 ; married Priscilla Mann, of Boston, Feb. 2, 1698. Rachel, born Feb. 29, 1674; married Caleb Hobart, Sept. 23, 1700. Jacob, born April 21, 1676 ; married Sarah Lewis, Feb. 9, 1709. Israel, born 1678, died same year. John, born June 20, 1680; married Jane, daughter of Samuel Baker, Sept. 2, 1703. Israel, born April 15, 1682; married Mary, daughter of Nathan Hayman, of Charlestown, May 25, 1709. Sarah, born June 6, 1684. Caleb, born Jan. 2, 1689; married Elizabeth Baker, June 22, 1714.
3. JOSIAH, born in 1637; and married Elizabeth Prince, daughter of Elder John Prince, of Hull. Their children were, Jane, born Aug. 9, 1663 ; married Samuel Gifford, of Sandwich. Josiah, born Nov. 22, 1665. Samuel, bòrn 1668, died 1674. Jonathan, born April 24, 1674;
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married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Austin, of Charlestown. Job, born Feb. 22, 1669 ; married Rebecca, name not known, and settled at Rochester, Mass. Elizabeth, born 1672, died 1743.
4. BENJAMIN, baptized Jan. 9, 1642 ; married Mary, daughter of Matthew Hawke, of Hingham, Dec. 8, 1670. Their children were, Benjamin, born 1671, who married Anna, daughter of Isaac Vickory, Oct. 8, 1702. John, born about 1673; married Elizabeth, daughter of John Collier, Feb. 10, 1709. Mary, born 1675; married James Gould, Feb. 8, 1709. Samuel, born 1680 ; married Jane, daughter of John Collier, April 19, 1716. Matthew, born Oct. 19, 1684 ; married Expe- rience, daughter of John Collier, Dec. 23, 1714.
The decease of the common ancestors is thus recorded in Hobart's Diary : "1661, April 1. Thomas Loring, sometime a deacon to the church at Hingham, died at Hull.". His widow, Jane, had the improve- ment of the estate until her decease, Aug. 25, 1672. By her will, dated July 10, 1672, she appointed her son Thomas executor. Among other legacies, she bequeathed to her son Thomas a volume called "The Jewell of Contentment, by Jeremiah Burroughs. Printed at London, in 1645." To Hannah, wife of Thomas, a yellow pair of bodices, stomacher, her best neck clothes, &c .; to her son, John, a volume called " The Covenant of Grace, by Obadiah Sedgwick." To Mary, wife of John, a suit of head linen, her best mantle, a kersey waistcoat with gold lace, and other articles ; to her son Benjamin, a volume called " The True, or Sincere Convert, by Thomas Sheppard, of London, discovering the small number of true Beleevers, and the Great Difficulty of Saving Conversion." Also her interest in a "Catch," or vessel at sea. To Mary, wife of Benjamin, her riding suit, pillion cloth, hood and gloves, a suit of head clothes, serge gown, and other articles. To her son Josiah she gave twenty pounds of wool, to clothe his children. Rev. Zechariah Whitman was a witness to the will ; proved, Boston, Oct. 6, 1672. The agreement of the four sons of Deacon Thomas Loring, in the division of their father's estate, Oct. 30, 1672, is in the probate office of Suffolk.
Heraldry .- Arms of Sir Petrus Loring, granted in the reign of
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Henry III. : Shield-quarterly, argent and gules, a bend engrailed, sable, for Loring. Crest-five upright feathers, standing in a bowl, argent.
From " Memorials of the Cushing Family, of Hingham and Scituate, New England, descendants of Daniel Cushing, Esq., and Hon. John Cushing, sons of Deacon Matthew Cushing, of Hingham, Norfolk County, Old England, in 1638. By J. S. Loring."
Peter Cushing, of Hingham, Norfolk County, England, who, accord- ing to Deane, held large estates in Lombard-street, London, had two sons, Theophilus and Matthew, who came to New England. The former, born in 1579, sailed in the ship Griffin, in 1633, in company with Governor Haynes; resided on his farm, and finally settled in Hingham. He was blind for twenty-five years, had no family, and died March 24, 1678. The younger son, Matthew, born in 1588, married Nazareth, daughter of Henry Pitcher, Aug. 5, 1613, and had four sons, and one daughter, who married Matthias Briggs, May, 1648; all natives of Hingham, Old England. He embarked with his whole family and his wife's sister, widow Frances Riecroft, in the ship Diligent, of Ipswich, three hundred and fifty tons, John Martin, master ; arrived at Boston, Aug. 10, 1638, with one hundred and thirty-three passengers, among whom was Robert Peck, teacher, and settled at Hingham, in that year, where he had a grant of land, and became a deacon of Rev. Peter Hobart's church. He died Sept. 30, 1660, leaving a will. His widow died Jan. 6, 1691, aged ninety-five years. But two of his sons left de- scendants, Daniel and John, the former of whom was a justice of the peace, and third town clerk of Hingham.
1. DANIEL, married Lydia, daughter of Edward Gilman, Jan. 19, 1645. Their children were, Peter, born 1646, who married Hannah Hawke, 1685. Daniel, born 1648, who married Elizabeth Thaxter, in 1680. Deborah, born in 1651, who married Benj. Woodbridge, 1679. Jeremiah, born in 1654, who married Hannah Loring, in 1685. The- ophilus, born in 1657, who married Mary Thaxter, in 1688. Matthew, born in 1660, who married Jael Jacob, in 1684.
Daniel Cushing, Esq., died Dec. 3, 1700.
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2. HON. JOHN, married Sarah, daughter of Matthew Hawke. Their children were, John, born in 1662, who married Deborah Loring, in 1688. Thomas, born in 1663, who married Deborah Thaxter, in 1687. Matthew, born in 1664, who married Deborah Jacob, in 1689. Jeremiah, born in 1666, who married Judith Parmenter, in 1693. James, born in 1668, who married Mary Barrell, in 1712. Joshua, born in 1670. Sarah, born in 1671, who married Dea. David Jacob, in 1689. Caleb, born Jan. 6, 1672, who married Elizabeth Cotton, in 1698. Mary, born 1676, died 1698. Deborah, born 1674; married Thomas Loring, 1699. Joseph, born in 1677; married Mercy Pickles, in 1710. Ben- jamin, born in 1678; became a merchant of Barbadoes.
. The arms of the Cushing Family are quarterly, gu. an eagle, argent. Gules, three right hands somewhat torn. A canton chequery or. and az. 1563.
DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE SPEAR. He was an early inhabitant of Dorchester, and was admitted freeman in 1644. He soon removed to Braintree, now Quincy, where he died. His wife's name was Mary, who died Dec. 7, 1674. He was probably the ancestor of all of the name in New England. Their children were, George, who married Mary Deer- ings, 1669. Sarah, born 1647 ; married George Witly, 1672. Samuel, born 1659; married Elizabeth Daniels, 1694. Ebenezer, born 1654. Richard. Hannah, married Simeon Bryant, 1694. Nathaniel, born 1665 ; married Hannah Holman, 1689.
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