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Samuel, born in Dorchester, Mass., 18 May, 1638 ; wife Rebecca; m. 7 March, 1658-9. They went to South Carolina.
1 Increase, born in Dorchester, 23 Feb. 1642; mar. Sarah Staples, 26 March, 1667, and went to South Caro- lina.
Joan, m. Aaron Way; had 22 children and heirs.
Abigail, d. 19 Feb. 1657.
1671; have n the Jedi-
Ebenezer, born 9 Dec. 1673; wife Silence. They settled in Mendon, Mass.
1 EDWARD, == Elizabeth, dau. of born in Roxbury, 29 August, 1675 ; d. there in 1763.
Elder Samuel and Hannah Clap, of Dorchester ; mar. 25 Sept. 1701.
Joseph, born 26 August, 1677; wife Sa- rah ; settled in Mendon.
Benjamin, born 15 Dec. 1683 ; m. Elizabeth Bad- cock, 3 May, 1706 ; had eight children. He died in 1771.
1710; father, le died His 2d Weld, 1767. ildren, by his .
INCREASE, = Sarah, daughter of b. in Rox- bury, 9th June, 1713; d. there, 28 Nov. 1774.
Hannah, Robert Sharp, of born 8 May, 1715; mar. 1st, Rev. John Newman, grad. H. C. 1740; ord. in Edgar- town in 1747; died in 1763. She m. 2d, Jonathan Metcalf, 27 Aug. 1766, and died about 1798.
Mary, born 9 Oct. 1717; mar. Rev. Thos. Balch of Dedham, 11 Oct. 1733.
Nathaniel, b. in 1718; H. C. 1739; died in Dedham, 23 Dec. 1802.
Ebenezer, b. 10 June. 1722; died 13 Nov. 1745.
Benjamin, b. 29 Dec. 1724.
Susannah, b. 21 May,
15 d. 22 June, 1745.
:d
V.
INCREASE, = Elizabeth, dau. of born in Roxbury, 27 William and Me- hetable Hyslop, born 5 Aug. 1757 ; m. 30 Sept. 1779 ; d. 28 Dec. 1810, aged 53 years. Nov. 1746; Justice of S. J. C. from 1782 till 1797; Governor of Mass. from 1797 till his death in Roxbury, 7 June, 1799, æ. 53.
Edward, born 25 May, 1749 ; d. Aug. 1749.
Lucy, b. 29 June, 1751 ; died 12 March, 1813.
William Bowman, born 8 Jan. 1744 ; grad. H. C. 1764; mar. 5 June, 1777 ; d. in Dorchester, 21 March, 1818.
Jonathan.
William, Henry. a Capt. U. S. . Army, 1814.
334; v. 1843;
Mehetable Stoddard, = Benjamin Welles, m. 1 Aug. 1815; born 1 Aug. 1784 ; died 31 Jan. 1826.
Eliza, born 6 Oct. 1790.
== James W. Gerard, of New York ; m. 3 Oct. 1820.
Benjamin Samuel.
William Sumner.
1
James Watson. Elizabeth Sumner. Juliette Ann.
second wife Susan Codman, by whom he had one dau. Susan, who m. Russell Sturgis, Jr., 14 Jan.1856.
. Harriet.
Brookline, and a cousin of Susan- nah Boylston, the mother of Presi- dent John Adams. She was born 25 Aug. 1719; mar. 28 Oct. 1736 ; died 21 June, 1796.
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INSCRIPTIONS.
HERE LYE
*
* *
WIFE OF MR. WILLIAM LEE,
AGED 63 YEARS, DEC'D SEPT. YE 18, 1737
HERE LYES YE BODY OF
MRS. ABIGAIL PERKINS,
WIFE OF DR. JOHN PERKINS,
DIED MARCH 18TH, 1748-9. CARA TERRIS, CARA COELIS.
ABIGAIL PERKINS,
DAUGHTER OF MR. JOHN PERKINS, PHYSICIAN,
OBIIT DEC'R 24TH, 1766, **** 29. 1
HERE LYES
HERE LYES
THE BODY OF
THE BODY OF
PILGRIM SIMPKINS,
KATHERINE SIMPKINS,
AGED ABOUT 96 YEARS, DEC'D
AGED ABOUT 86 YEARS, DEO'D
DECEMBER 3D. 1720.
APRIL YE 17TH, 1721.
[NOTE.] These stones stand about 60 feet southwest of Dr. Franklin's Monument.
MR. SIMEON ELIOT, 1761.
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HERE LYES BURIED THE BODY OF MRS. OLIMPIA ST. LAWRENCE, WIFE TO MR. JOSEPH ST. LAWRENCE, DEC'D JUNE YE 8TH, 1747, ATATIS 33.
HERE LIES BURIED THE BODY OF MRS. AGNESS WEIR, WIFE TO MR. JOHN WEIR, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JANUARY THE 4TH, ANNO DOMINI 1757, AGED 52 YEARS.
JOHN ELIOT, 1757.
TO THE MEMORY OF CAPT. WILL'M CLAGHORN, OF NEW BEDFORD,
WHO DIED IN A FIT OF THE APPOPLEXY,
ON A VISIT TO THIS TOWN, FEB'Y YE 24TH, 1793. IN THE 60TH YEAR OF HIS AGE.
HERE LIES ENTOMBED, BENEATH THE TURFED CLOD, A MAN BELOVED, THE NOBLEST WORK OF GOD; WITH FRIENDLY THROBS THY HEART SHALL BEAT NO MORE, CLOS'D THE GAY SCENE, THE POMP OF LIFE IS ORE.
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No. 93. JOSEPH TILDEN'S TOMB, 1810.
HERE LYES YE BODY OF
MR. SAMUEL JOHNSON, LATE OF GREENWICH, IN GREAT BRITAIN, AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS DEC'D JAN'Y YE 18TH, 1730.
No. 97.
J. M. DEXTER AND J. D. RICHARDSON'S TOMB, 1818.
HERE LIES BURIED THE BODY OF MRS. ELISABETH NEWELL WIFE OF MR. THOMAS NEWELL, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 1ST SEPT. 1773, AGED 47 YEARS.
"BLESSED ARE THE PEACE MAKERS, FOR THEY SHALL BE
CALLED THE CHILDREN OF GOD."'
No. 98.
SAMUEL SMITH'S TOMB, 1814.
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No. 92.
THE TOMB OF JOSIAH STEDMAN.
IN MEMORY OF
MRS. MARY GALLOP, WIDOW OF CAPT. SAMUEL GALLOP, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOV'R 4TH, 1765, AGED 38 YEARS
" THE SWEET REMEMBRANCE OF THE JUST,
" SHALL FLOURISH WHEN THEY SLEEP IN DUST."
No. 90.
RICHARD DALTON TUCKER'S TOMB, 1810.
HERE LYES BURIED THE BODY OF MR. ROBERT HEWES, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE FEB'RY 20, 1770, AGED 60 YEARS.
No. 105.
HENRY TOLMAN,
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No. 104. EBENEZER WHITTLE'S TOMB. 1810.
MARTHA,
DAUGHTER TO MR. GEORGE AND
MRS. ABIGAIL HEWES,
AGED 4 YEARS,
IN THE 13 YEAR OF
DIED JUNE YE 11, 1743.
HER AGE.
JOSEPH HEWES,
EBENEZER HEWES,
BORN YE * * *
DIED OCT. 10TH, 1748,
DIED JUNE 15, 1748.
AGED 23 MONTHS.
THE CHILDREN OF MR. GEORGE AND MRS. ABIGAIL HEWES.
JEDEDIAH BLANCHARD, 1810.
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HERE LYES YE BODY OF
JOHN GALPINE, SON TO CALVIN GALPINE, AGED 27 YEARS, 10 MO'S AND 23 D'S, DEC'D APRIL YE 17, 1725.
TOMB OF P. FUNEL, 1742.
COAT OF ARMS.
* * GA HEWES, DIED OCT. 11, 1748,
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No. 103. GILES LODGE'S TOMB, 1810.
HERE LYES BURIED THE BODY OF
MR. GEORGE HEWES,
AGED 49 YEARS, DIED JULY 3D. 1749.
TOMB. HERE LYES BURIED THE BODY OF
MR. SAMUEL GREENLEAF, DEC'D AUG. YE 7, 1737, AGED 56 YEARS.
MARTHA GREENLEAF, WIFE OF MR. SAM'L GREENLEAF.,
DEC'D FEB. 22, 1757, Æ. 78,
MR. JONATHAN GREENLEAF, DIED DEC. 23, 1758, Æ. 42.
MR. MOSES GREENLEAF,
SON TO CAPT. STEPEN GREENLEAF, OF NUBURY, -
DIED MARCH 8, 1753, Æ. 55.
TOMB --- REPAIRED BY "SIMPKINS."
No. 33. BELKNAP.
1725.
JEREMY BELKNAP, D.D .*
JEREMIAH BELKNAP, who died 1830, and Mary Belknap, his sister, who died 1832, were buried in tomb No. 25.
They were benefactors to the Massachusetts General Hospital, the government of which has caused a monumental stone of granite to be placed on the tomb, and inscribed with their names.
JEREMY BELKNAP, D.D., minister in Boston, and eminent as a writer, was born June 4, 1744, and was a descendant of Joseph Belknap, who lived in Boston in 1758. He received the rudiments of learning in the grammar school of the celebrated Mr. Lovel, and was graduated at Harvard College in 1762. He exhibited at this early period such marks of genius and taste, and such talents in writing and conversa- tion, as to excite the most pleasing hopes of his future usefulness and
* Town records, September 27, 1725. "Leave granted to Jeremiah Belknap to build a tomb. "
Jeremiah Belknap died 1751, Æ. 65. He lies buried in a tomb which he built for his family.
Rev. Jeremy Belknap, D.D., a descendant of Jeremiah, died June 20, 1798, Æ. 54, and was buried in the family tomb, on which is a monumental stone of granite.
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distinction. Having upon his mind deep impressions of the truths of religion, he now applied himself to the study of Theology, and he was ordained Pastor of the Church in Dover, N. H., February 18, 1767. Here he passed near twenty years of his life, with the esteem and affec- tion of his flock, and respected by the first characters of the State. He was persuaded by them to compile his history of New Hampshire, which gained him a high reputation.
In 1786 he was dismissed from his people.
The Presbyterian Church in Boston, becoming vacant by the removal of Mr. Annan, and having changed its establishment from the Presbyte- rian to the Congregational form, soon invited him to become its Pastor.
He was accordingly installed, April 4, 1777. Here he passed the remainder of his days, discharging the duties of his pastoral office, explo- ring various fields of literature, and giving his efficient support to every useful and benevolent institution. After being subject to frequent returns of ill health, he was suddenly seized by a paralytic affection, and died June 20, 1798, aged 54 years. Dr. Belknap in his preaching did not possess the graces of elocution; nor did he aim at splendid diction, but presented his thoughts in plain and perspicuous language, that all might understand him. While he lived in Boston he avoided controver- sial subjects, dwelling chiefly upon the practical views of the gospel. His sermons were filled with a rich variety of observations on human life and manners. He was peculiar in giving religious instruction to young children, that their feet might early be guided in the way of life. In the afternoon preceding his death he was engaged in catechizing the youth of his society.
In the various relations of life his conduct was exemplary. He was a member of many literary and humane societies, whose interests he essentially promoted. Wherever he could be of any service he freely devoted his time and talents. He was one of the Massachusetts Histori- cal Society, the design of which he was induced to form, in consequence of a suggestion of Thomas Wallcut of Boston, a diligent collector of old and valuable books, as well as on account of his frequent disappointment from the loss of valuable papers in prosecuting his historical researches.
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JEREMY BELKNAP, D.D.
He had been taught the value of an association, whose duty it should be to collect and preserve manuscripts, and bring together the materials for illustrating the history of our country; and he had the happiness of seeing such an institution incorporated in 1794. Dr. Belknap gained a high reputation as a writer ; but he is more remarkable for the patience and accuracy of his historical researches, than for elegance of style. His deficiency in natural science, as manifested in his history of New Hamp- shire, is rendered more prominent by the rapid progress of natural history since his death. His Foresters is not only a description of American manners, but a work of humor and wit, which went into a second edition. Before the Revolution he wrote much in favor of freedom and his country, and he afterwards gave to the public many fruits of his labors and researches. His last and most interesting work, his American Biography, he did not live to complete. He was a decided advocate of our republi- can form of government, and ever was a warm friend of the constitution of the United States, which he considered the bulwark of our national security and happiness. He was earnest in his wishes and prayers for the government of the country, and in critical periods took an open and unequivocal, and as far as professional and private duties allowed, an active part. The following extract from some lines found among his papers, expresses his choice with regard to the manner of his death, and the event corresponded with his wishes.
When faith and patience, hope and love, Have made us meet for Heaven above, How blest the privilege to rise, Snatched in a moment to the skies ? Unconscious to resign our breath, Nor taste the bitterness of death.
Dr. Belknap published a sermon on military duty, 1772; a serious address to a parishioner upon the neglect of public worship ; a sermon on Jesus Christ, the only foundation ; an election sermon, 1784; history of New Hampshire, the first volume in 1784, the second in 1791, and the third in 1792; a sermon at the ordination of the Rev. Jedediah Morse, 1789; a discourse at the request of the Historical Society, Octo-
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ber, 1792, being the completion of the third century from Columbus's discovery of America; disertations upon the character and resurrection of Christ, 12mo .; collection of Psalms and Hymns, 1795 ; convention sermon, 1796; a sermon on the National Fast, May 9, 1793; American Biography, first volume in 1794, the second in 1798; the "Foresters, " an American tale, being a sequel to the history of John Bull the clothier, 12mo. He published also several essays upon the African trade, upon civil and religious liberty, upon the state and settlement of this country, in periodical papers in the Columbian Magazine, printed in Philadelphia ; in the Boston Magazine, 1784; in the historical collections; and in newspapers. Two of his sermons on the institution and observation of the Sabbath, were published in 1801. Mass. Hist. Col. vi. x .- xviii. Columb. Cent. June 25, 1798. Polyanthos I. 1-13.
HARRIS.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 24, 1855.
THOMAS BRIDGMAN, EsQ.
Dear Sir,-Of the " Mr. William Harris," aged about forty years, " who departed this life the 17th of May, 1684," and was buried in the Granary Burying Ground, in Boston, according to an inscription extant therein, very little is known to me. His origin and early history are involved in an obscurity that baffles my penetration. He seems to have been a merchant engaged in foreign trade. He left a widow (probably his second wife), named Sarah, who made her will June 18, 1702, by which she bequeathed real estate in Boston to her "son-in-law, William Harris, of Boston, merchant." The last named, who is presumed to have been the son of the Mr. William Harris who died in 1684, at this date was a minor, and an apprentice to Mr. Humphrey Luscombe, whom, together with Mr. William Nelson, of Boston, merchants, he made choice of to be his guardians on the 21st March, 1685. On the 6th Novem- ber, 1689, before which date he must have attained his majority, he sold land in the southerly part of Boston, that had formerly been assigned to " Mrs. Sarah Harris, widow (sometime Colepot), and by her since given to said William Harris, her son-in-law." This gentleman also became a respectable merchant in Boston. He was at Port Royal, Jamaica, during the great earthquake on the 7th June, 1692. (See Sewall's Phenomena Apocalyptica, p. 38.) On the 11th April, 1695, he was married to Sarah Crisp, whose mother, also named Sarah, then a widow, was subsequently married to Mr. Nathaniel Williams, of Boston,
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merchant. Mr. William Harris was one of the founders of Brattle-street Society, and was for some time its treasurer.
" On Friday, the 22d of September, 1721, died at Boston, William Harris, Esq., aged fifty-four years and four months, much lamented, being a just, peaceable gentleman, a complete merchant, well esteemed and beloved by all that knew him. He was honorably interred on Tuesday following." He seems to have died without issue, and left the greater part of his property to his wife, Sarah. She was married April 5, 1722, to Hon. John Leverett, President of Harvard College; subse- quently (date not ascertained) to Hon. John Clark, and lastly, on the 6th May, 1731, to the Rev. Benjamin Colman, Pastor of Brattle-street Society. She died April 24, 1744, aged seventy-two. (Turell's Colman, p. 208-9.)
These are all the principal facts that have come to my knowledge concerning the family of the foregoing William Harris. The name of Harris was quite a common one in various parts of New England in the seventeenth century. Whether all the individuals of this name de- scended from "three brothers " or any other number, is more than is known to me. Probably most of the contemporary heads of families were not connected with each other; at least no evidence of any such connection has reached me. I have seen some twenty or more different coats of arms, borne by persons of the name of Harris in England, all differing more or less essentially from each other.
I am not aware that any persons in this country are entitled to bear any of these save only the descendants of Mr. Stephen Harris, who came to this country April, 1700, and set up the first mill for the rolling and slitting of iron on the Neponset River, in Milton.
Respectfully yours,
THADEUS WILLIAM HARRIS, M.D.
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No. 102.
M. MACKAY'S TOMB.
WILLIAM BREED'S TOMB.
" THE SWEET REMEMBRANCE OF THE JUST, 4
SHALL FLOURISH WHEN THEY SLEEP IN DUST."
MRS. MARY BREED,
HIS WIFE,
DIED AT CONCORD DEC'R 25, 1775, AGED 24.
JOSEPH,
THEIR SON
DIED JAN. 17, 1776, AGED 6 WEEKS.
MARY,
THEIR DAUGHTER,
DIED AT WESTON, AUG. 26, 1802, AGED 28.
MR. WILLIAM BREED,
DIED SEPT. 5, 1817, AGED 67.
No. 101.
GIDEON SNOW'S TOMB, 1810.
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THE GRANARY BURIAL GROUND. No. 100. BENJA. RUSSELL'S TOMB, 1810.
SARAH STUTSON, DAU. TO CAPT. LEVI AND MRS. MARY STUTSON, DIED APRIL 6TH, 1767, AGED 3 YEARS AND 20 DAYS.
BENEATH, AN INFANT SLEEPING LIES, TO EARTH HER ASHES LENT, HEREAFTER, MORE GLORIOUS RISE, BUT NOT MORE INOCENT.
WHEN THE ARCHANGEL'S TRUMP SHALL BLOW, AND SOULS TO BODY JOIN, WHAT CROWDS WILL WISH THEIR LIVES BELOW, HAD BEEN AS SHORT AS THINE.
No. 99. THOMAS SUMNER'S TOMB, 1810.
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No. 107. JOHNSON JACKSON'S TOMB, 1810. MARTIN SMITH. JOS. HAWKS, 1840.
OLIVER BREWSTER,
1809.
-
JOSIAS BELCHER, AGED 52 YEARS, DEC'D YE 3D DAY OF APRIL, 1683.
HERE LYES YE BODY OF
MARY POLLARD,
WIFE TO SAMUEL POLLARD,
AGED 56 YEARS AND 6 MO. DIED SEPT. YE 30, 1706.
No. 89.
THE TOMB OF PETER DALTON,
-
1810.
HERE LYETH BURIED YE BODY OF EDMUND MOUNTFORT, SENIOR, BROTHER TO HENRY & BENJAMIN MOUNTFORT. LEFT ISSUE SIX SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS. DIED IN YE 61 YEAR OF HIS AGE, UPON THE 14 DAY OF AUGUST, 1690.
AUXILIUM
ALTO,
AB
MOUNTFORT.
THE above, Edmund Mountfort, arrived at Boston in the ship Prov- idence, from London, in 1656, from which place he fled in consequence of political offences.
He is called, in "Smith & Dean's Journal," an " educated mer-
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MOUNTFORT.
chant." In 1673 he was one of the contributors to defray the expense of a sea-wall in the harbor, to protect the town from an apprehended invasion from the French.
In 1676 his house, warehouse, &c., was destroyed in the " great fire." He left the entire of his property to his wife, Elizabeth, during her life, which was administered on by his two sons, John and Jonathan Mountfort, 6th July, 1708, as per Suffolk Probate Court Records.
He was father of John and Jonathan Mountfort, founders of Tombs 17 and 19, Copp's Hill Cemetery (vide BRIDGMAN's Memorials of Copp's Hill, pp. 81-210), and ancestor of all of the name in New England, New York, and Louisiana, among whom are the Mountforts of Portland, the late Colonel John Mountfort, of the U. S. artillery, who died suddenly in Boston, October 22d, 1851; Judge Napoleon B. Mountfort, of New York; George Mountfort, U. S. Consul to Candia, a Grecian island in the Mediterranean, now under Turkish government; Captain Joseph Mountfort, who died some years since in Demarara; and Mr. Charles Mountfort, who died in Boston, November, 1841; which five brothers were the sons of Mr. Joseph Mountfort, who died in Boston, August 11, 1838.
Judge Mountfort was born in Boston, December 19th, 1800, and re- ceived the rudiments of his education in the North School, then under the tuition of the venerable John Tileston in the writing department, and Ezekiel Little in the reading. He was the only scholar that ever received two Franklin medals. The first was awarded him in the year 1813, as the best scholar in the school of which " Master Little " had charge, and the other in the school of " Master Tileston," in the year 1814, At the request and earnest solicitation of his teachers, he remained in those schools as an assistant teacher in the upper classes for two years without pay.
Judge Mountfort had naturally a martial spirit, as well as a judicial mind. While quite a youth he commanded a military company, and was one of the originators of that well-drilled corps, the City Guards of Boston, of which he was the first honorary member chosen. He was commissioned as Adjutant of the First Regiment, and served in that
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capacity under four consecutive Colonels, and until he was unanimously elected Major of the regiment.
Judge Mountfort was in early life a merchant, but disliking the occupation from having suffered serious losses in business, he removed to the city of New York, and commenced the study of the law with Hon. Willis Hall, subsequently Attorney-General of the State of New York, and was admitted to practise as a counsellor of the Supreme Court. For fifteen years he was Clerk and Judge of the Police Court, when he retired from the Bench for the more lucrative practice of attorney and coun- sellor.
HENRY MOUNTFORT. AGED 54.
DIED MARCH 29, 1691.
The above, Henry Mountfort, was brother to Edmund and Benjamin, and arrived with the former in the ship Providence, from London, in 1656.
He was a highly respected ship owner and importing merchant, and also possessed much property at the Town Docks, where he built his warehouses, as per his inventory at the Suffolk County Probate office. He married Ruth Wiswall. His only child, Ebenezer Mountfort, was graduated at Harvard College, second in his class, in 1702, and died in 1715, and left the entire of his property to his cousin, the well-known Doctor Mountfort, who for many years kept at what was called Mount- fort's Corner, Boston.
RUTH CARTER, WIFE OF CAPTAIN THOMAS CARTER, AGED ABOUT 41, DIED JANUARY 26, 1697.
[NOTE. ] She was the widow of the above, " Henry Mountfort."
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· MOUNTFORT.
HANNAH WADSWORTH, WIFE OF JOSEPH WADSWORTH, AGED 31, DIED JUNE 16, 1706.
[NOTE. ] She was the daughter of the first Edmund Mountfort. G. M.
Jonathan Mountfort, founder of tomb 59, brother of John, was a man of liberal education, a physician and apothecary, and resided for many years at what was called " Mountfort's Corner." He was inde- pendent in his means, and eccentric in his habits. In 1719, he was one of the seceders from the New North Church, and among the founders and building committee of the "New Brick," or " weathercock " church, for whom he was treasurer. His descendants in the male line are extinct; in the female line, they are merged with the Greenough and Pitts families.
The Mountfort family coat of arms, as represented over the tomb of Jonathan Mountfort, belonged to Hugo de Montfort, a Norman, who, in 1066, commanded the cavalry of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings.
This name is known in the " History of England," during the reigns of William I., Henry II., Henry III., John, Edward I., Edward III., Edward IV., and Henry VII. It is especially referred to in " Dug- dale's History of Warwickshire," a copy of which is in the library of Harvard University, which represents the same coat of arms as those over the tomb, and gives an elaborate and authentic pedigree of the family, from Turstain de Montfort, 1030, father of Hugo, as abové mentioned, to Simon Mountfort, 1633, father of Edmund, and grand- father of John and Jonathan Mountfort, founders of tombs Nos. 7 and 50.
It is also referred to in " Collins' Peerage," " Burke's Extinct Peer- age," " Wiffan's History of the House of Russell," and other works.
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BENEATH ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF ABIAH HOLBROOK,
-
MASTER OF THE SOUTH WRITING SCHOOL, IN BOSTON, WHO LIVED BELOVED AND USEFUL FIFTY-ONE YEARS,
AND DIED REGRETTED AND LAMENTED JANUARY 27TH, 1769.
STILL SPEAKS THE INSTRUCTION FROM THE SOLEMN SHADE, YE LIVING LEARN THE LESSONS OF THE DEAD ; REPINE NOT THAT THESE DREARY VAULTS CONCLUDE A LIFE OF LABOURS FOR THE PUBLICK GOOD. CALM . SLEEPS THE FLESH-FAR DISTANT, UNCONFIN'D, IN JOYS UNBOUNDED WAKES THE IMMORTAL MIND.
BENEATH ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF REBECCA HOLBROOK,
WIDOW OF ABIAH HOLBROOK.
HER LIFE WAS EXEMPLARY FOR PRUDENCE, PATIENCE, AND RESIGNATION
TO THE DISPENSATIONS OF PROVIDENCE.
SHE DIED JAN'RY 2D, 1794, AGED 77 YEARS.
TOMB OF RITCHIE.
INSCRIPTIONS. 117
No. 88. THE TOMB OF R. T. PAINE, 1810.
HERE LYES YE BODY OF
JOHN,
MR. JOHN RAND,
SON TO JOHN AND SARY RAND,
DEC'D JUNE YE 4TH, 1730,
AGED 3 YEARS,
IN YE 33D YEAR OF
DEO'D JUNE YE 3D, 1730.
HIS AGE.
[NOTE. ] This stone is 73 feet southwest of the Franklin Monument.
No. 87. THE TOMB OF O. GOODWIN, 1810.
WILLIAM TAYLOR,
JUNE 19TH, 1788.
DIED APRIL 17, 1838,
ÆT. 75 YEARS.
No. 86.
ADAM BABCOCK'S TOMB,
1810.
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No. 85.
STILLMAN BINNEY'S TOMB.
BENEATH THIS SPOT REPOSES
THE MORTAL PART OF
MR. OLIVER W. LANE, JUN'R,
DEA'N OF THE UNIVERSALIST CHURCH IN BOSTON, OBT. NOV. 3D, 1793, AGED 42 YEARS, IN WHOM WAS UNITED THE REAL CHRISTIAN,
THE ACCOMPLISHED GENTLEMAN, AND UNRIVALL'D PRECEPTOR. BESIDE THE PARENT SLEEPS HIS SON,
JOHN MURRY LANE, OB'T JUNE 20TH, 1794, AGED 14 MONTHS.
" THE STOCK AND SCION SPRANG FROM THE SAME ROOT, ENTWIN'D IN HEAVEN THEY BEAR IMMORTAL FRUIT."
No. 84. JOHN ARMITAGE'S TOMB, 1738.
BENJ'N JAMES. L. PELHAM, 1790.
BINNEY TOMB.
BINNEY.
Tomb No. 85, Granary Burial Ground, Boston, owned by Rev. Dr. Stillman and Capt. Barnabas Binney, of Boston, grandfather of Hon. Horace Binney, of Philadelphia; previously it was owned by J. Gibbon. * Capt. Barnabas Binney was born in Hull, Massachusetts, March 22, 1755, son of Deacon John and wife Hannah (Shaw), of Hull, son of the first emigrant ancestor of the Binneys in America.
John, who with his wife Mercy, were among the first settlers of Hull, and found there in 1682, supposed to have come from Hull, England, or vicinity, or near there in Worksop. The Hull, England, families have buried in Worksop some two hundred and fifty years.
Capt. Barnabas Binney in his will, 1772, is styled "mariner." He was also a merchant and trader to Demarara, where he owned planta- tions, and where he died previous to 1774. He resided in liberal style in Sumner-street, opposite Church Green, seven Star Lane, and where he had a store, and left a large estate. He married Avis, daughter of Mr. Ings, who married Avis Adams, of Boston. He left three children- Avis, married Brown, of Providence, R. I., Dr. Barnabas, and Ann, who married Samuel Anthony, of Providence, R. I.
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