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In 1848-49, a list of deaths as found on the stones in this enclosure was published in the " New England Historical and Genealogical Register " (Vols. II. and III.), from material furnished by Nathan Wyman, Esq., town clerk. For want of space, but not in accordance with that gentle- man's first design, a literal transcript of inscriptions was not attempted ; and in that production, names, dates, ages, and poetry, almost without exception, were alone presented.
WOBURN, 1866.
W. R. CUTTER.
EPITAPHS, FIRST BURIAL-GROUND.
(1.) " MEMENTO MORI." " FUGIT HORA."
" Here lyes the body of Deacon Josias Conners aged 72 years, deceased the 3 of February 1689-90."
Deacon Josiah Converse, eldest son of Deacon Edward and Sarah Con- verse, was born in England; came with his father to New England, 1630; and to Woburn, 1641 ; was deacon of Woburn Church, 1674. He married Esther Champney, March 26, 1651, daughter of Richard Champney, ruling elder of the church in Cambridge.
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(2.) " Here lyes the body of Lieutenant James Fowle aged 49 years, died ye 17 of Decemb'r 1690."
Lieut. James Fowle, supposed son of George Fowle, of Concord, was taxed in Woburn, 1666; was a cordwainer by trade, and probably had a shop on land behind the " Bell Hill," now "Powder House Hill." His wife. Abigail married, April 18, 1692, Ensign Samuel Walker (epitaph 25). Lieut. Fowle was constable of Woburn in 1672. ( Vide Sewall's History, pp. 51, 612.)
(3.) " Here lyes ye body of Elizabeth Carter, wife of Cap't. John Carter, aged 78 years died ye 6 of May 1691."
Elizabeth Carter, first wife of Capt. John Carter (epitaph 8).
(4.) " Here lyes y" body of Ann Conuers wife to James Conuers, aged 69 years died August the 10 1691."
Ann (Long) Converse, wife of Ensign James Converse, otherwise Lieut. Converse (epitaph 59), was daughter of Robert Long, of Charlestown, and married Converse, Oct. 24, 1643. (Sewall's History, 176.)
(5.) " Edward Conuers son of Edward & Sara'h Conuers aged 3 dayes died 28 of Oetob'r 1691."
Edward Converse, son of Edward (epitaph 7) and Sarah (Stone) Con- verse.
(6.) " William Batman, son of John & Abigail Batman aged I year & 9 m'o died y' 7 of July 1692."
William Bateman, son of John and Abigail (Richardson) Bateman, born Sept. 29, 1690. His father, enlisting from Woburn in Philip's War, came originally from Concord (son of Thomas), and after the war, settled, married (June 30, 1681), and reared a family in Woburn. ( Vide Sewall's History, 115.)
(7.) " Here lyes y" body of Edward Conuers aged 37 years died ye 26 of Iuly 1692."
Edward Converse, son of Lieut. Converse (epitaph 60) and Ann (Long) Converse (epitaph 4), born Feb. 27. 1654-5; married Sarah Stone, Nov. 5, 1684. ( Vide Bond's Watertown Genealogies, 521.)
(8.) " MEMENTO MORI." " FUGIT HORA."
" Here lyes ye body of Cap't. John Carter aged about 76 years, deceased y" 14 of September 1692."
Capt. John Carter, an early inhabitant of Woburn, subscribed the " town orders," 1640; styled ensign, 1653, and lieutenant, 1664; was captain in 1675, the time of Philip's War; was selectman 1664, and 1672 to 1679; commissioner " to end small causes," 1664, 1674; and commissioner " of the rate," 1653, 1658, and 1668. Ensign, 1651; lieutenant, 1664; captain, 1672. Ordered that Lieut. John Carter be captain, 1672. (See Colony Records. )
His first wife, Elizabeth, died 1691 (epitaph 3). He married, second, Elizabeth Groce, 1691. ( Vide notice of his family, Sewall's History, 578, and further of him, ibid., 38, 39, 79, 112.)
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(9.) " John Cogin son of Iohn & Elizabeth Cogin died March 16. 1693."
John Coggin, son of Capt. John (epitaph 88) and Elizabeth (Richard- son) Coggin, born March 9, 1693.
(10.) " Here lyes y" body of Lien't Iames Thomson aged 44 years died September ye 4 1693."
Lieut. James Thompson, son of Simon and Mary (Converse) Thompson, and grandson of James Thompson, family ancestor, was born in Woburn, March 20, 1649 ; married (first) Hannah Walker, Jan. 27, 1673-4; died Feb. 4. 1685-6; and (second) Abigail Gardner, of Charlestown; married, April 13, 1687. His widow married Deacon Edward Johnson. ( Vide Thompson Genealogy.)
(11.) " Timothy Conver's son of Josias & Ruth Convers aged two m's died September 5. 1693."
Timothy Converse, son of Capt. Josiah (epitaph 65) and Ruth (Mar- shall) Converse, born July. 1693.
(12.) "Ebenezer Convers, son of James & Hannah Convers aged about 5 years died November 9th 1693."
Ebenezer Converse, son of Major James (epitaph 34) and Hannah (Car- ter) Converse, born Dec. 16, 1688.
(13.) "Josias Conuers, son of Josias & Ruth Conners aged 3 years, died December 30. 1693."
Josiah Converse, son of Capt. Josiah (epitaph 65) and Ruth (Marshall) Converse, born Feb. 8, 1690-91.
(14.) "Henry Cogin son of John & Elizabeth Cogin died March 10. 1694."
Henry Coggin, son of Capt. John (epitaph 88) and Elizabeth (Richard- son) Coggin, born March 7 (?), 1694. (March 17, per Town Records.)
(15.) " Elizabeth Conners Daughter of James & Hannah Conners aged 19 years died July 27 1694."
Elizabeth Converse, daughter of Major James (epitaph 34) and lIannah (Carter) Converse, born May 23, 1675.
(16.) " MEMENTO MORI." " FUGIT HORA."
" IIere lyes y" body of Lieutenant Matthew Johnson, aged 62 years died Iuly 19, 1696."
Lieut. Matthew Jolinson, son of Capt. Edward Johnson, the author of " The Wonder-working Providence of Sion's Saviour in New England," and foremost among the founders of Woburn, was born in England, and came from Charlestown to Woburn to reside, where he was taxed in 1666, and had a share of common lands assigned him in 1668. Was a carpenter by trade. Represented Woburn in the General Court, 1686-89, 1690, 1691, and 1692. Repeatedly one of the selectmen, etc., and much esteemed. Ile married Hannah Palfrey and Rebecca Wiswell. ( Tide Sewall's History.)
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(17.) " Here lyes ye body of Lieutenant Iolin Richardson aged 58 years died the 1 of January 1696-7."
Lieut. John Richardson, eldest son of Samuel and Joanna, early settlers of Woburn, was born at Charlestown, and baptized tliere, Nov. 12, 1639. He married Elizabeth Bacon, Oct. 22, 1658; Mary Pierson, Oct. 28, 1673 ; and Margaret Willing, June 25, 1689; was constable of Woburn, 1675, and selectman, 1690 and 1692. ( Vide Sewall's History, 112, 579, 634.)
(18.) " Henry son of John & Elizabeth Cogin died August 21, 1697."
Henry Coggin, son of Capt. John (epitaph 88) and Elizabeth (Richard- son) Coggin, born Aug. 21, 1697.
(19.) " George Reed son of George & Abigail Reed Juner aged 9 weeks died September 6 1697."
George Reed, son of George Reed, Jr. (epitaph 179), and Abigail (Pierce) Reed (epitaph 72), born Aug. 2, 1697; died Oct. 6, 1697. (Per Town Records.)
(20.) " Dorcas daughter of Daniel & Hannah Baldwin was born October 18, 1697 & died March 7, 1698."
Dorcas Baldwin, daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Richardson) Bald- win. ( Vide Sewall's Woburn, 593.)
(21.) " MEMENTO MORI." " FUGIT HORA."
" Here lyes ye body of Richard Gardner aged about 79 years died May 29 1698."
Richard Gardner came from county Surrey, Eng ; settled in Woburn, and married Anna Blanchard, of Acton, Oct. 18, 1651. ( Vide Sewall's History, 614, 615.)
(22.) " Elizabeth Fowl daughter of John & Elizabeth Fowl aged 5 mo. died March 4 1698-9."
Elizabeth Fowle, daughter of Capt. John and Elizabeth (Prescott) Fowle, grand-daughter of Lieut. James Fowle (epitaph 2), born Sept. 19, 1698.
(23.) " MEMENTO MORI."
" FUGIT HORA."
" Here lyes y" body of Francis Wyman aged about 82 years, died Novem- ber 28th 1699.
" The memory of y" iust is blessed."
Francis Wyman, an original settler of Woburn, and a tanner, had his dwelling and tanning establishment in Wyman's Lane, etc. (Sewall's His- tory, 655) ; married Judith Peirce and Abigail Reed (ibid., 653) ; was selectman, 1674, 1675; and partial to the sentiments of the Baptists (ibid., 156, 579). (See New England Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. XLIV., p. 156, for place whence he sprung in England.)
(24.) " MEMENTO MORI."
" FUGIT HORA."
" Here lyes ye body of y" Reverend Jabez Fox pastour of ye church of Christ in Wobourn 23 yea'rs & aged 56 years decease'd Feb'r ye 28 1702."
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Rev. Jabez Fox, abridged from Rev. Timothy Alden's "Collections " (1814), Vol. I., 225 : -
Rev. Jabez Fox, probably a native of Cambridge Mass., and a lineal de- scendant of John Fox, the martyrologist, graduated at Harvard College, 1665; settled, as colleague, with Rev. Thomas Carter, the first minister of Woburn, Sept. 5, 1679 ; and fell a victim to the small-pox in Boston, Feb. 28, 1702-3, aged 56. The skeleton of a discourse, delivered by him at Cambridge, July 23, 1678, taken from the delivery by Rev. Nathaniel Gookin, then a student in Harvard College, but afterwards pastor of the church in Cambridge, is preserved. Mr. Alden concludes his article with a copy of the above manuscript, which is again presented in Sewall's " His- tory of Woburn," pp. 100, 143. ( Vide Sibley's Harvard Graduates, Vol. II., pp. 195-200.)
The following signature of Mr. Fox was written while witnessing a deed of sale in the year 1698. His autograph is rare : -
Faber Fox
( Vide Woburn Journal, June 5, 1869.)
Rev. John Fox, son of Rev. Jabez Fox, of Woburn, graduated from Harvard College in 1698; was grammar-school master of his native town for several years ; succeeded his father in the ministry at Woburn, Oct. 4, 1703, and continued there until his death, Dee. 12, 1756, aged 77. He was unhappily deprived of his eyesight for about fifteen years before his death, but, however, preached occasionally in this time, and often catechised the youth of his parish, who used to resort to his house for this purpose, and to receive his pious counsels and exhortations.
Rev. Edward Jackson was his colleague for a considerable time, and died. Rev. Josiah Sherman, also, was ordained his colleague about a year before his death.
Mr. Fox married Mary, daughter of Hon. Edward Tyng, of Massachu- setts (brother of Col. Jonathan Tyng, died in Woburn, 1724 [epitaph 83]), who, being appointed governor of Annapolis, was taken on his passage to that place, carried to France, and there died. (See Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc., Vol. X.) Mr. Fox was author of two sermons extant on Sam. i. 14, 15, occasioned by the great earthquake of Oct. 29, 1727.
Mrs. Mary Fox survived her husband eight or ten years [died February, 1764], but no stone has been erected to designate the spot of their inter- ment. Issue : -
1. John, in early life went to Ireland to live with a wealthy relative.
2. Jabez (Hon.), spent his days at Falmouth, now Portland, Me.
3. Thomas, a goldsmith, lived in Boston.
4. Edward, lost at sca on his passage to England.
5. Jonathan (Col.), lived and died in Woburn.
6. Mary, married Rev. Ilabijah Weld, Attleboro'.
Rev. Habijah Weld was third minister of Attleboro', where he was set- tled in 1726. Mr. Weld was a man of extraordinary virtues, and preached in that place 55 years. He received from his parishioners an annual salary of two hundred and twenty dollars, and the use of a parsonage lot which furnished him with wood, and a little pasture. With a scanty patrimony he purchased a small house and farm; and with these means he educated
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fifteen children, and was noted for his hospitality and acts of charity. "Frugal Clergyman." (Hayward's Massachusetts Gazetteer, p. 29.)
7. Judith, second wife of Rev. Nathan Stone, Southboro'. (Ibid., Vol. II., 91.)
Hon. Jabez Fox, second son of Rev. John Fox, died Portland, Me., April 7, 1755, aged fifty. His first wife, a Boston lady, died soon after marriage [Aug. 5, 1746; was buried in Woburn. See epitaph 127.]
His second wife, Ann, widow of Phineas Jones, died June 9, 1768, aged 43. He graduated at Harvard College in 1727, studied divinity and be- came a preacher of the gospel His health being affected by speaking in public, his slender constitution was unable to endure the onerous duties of the ministry, and thus he was forced to relinquish his intended favorite profession. He fixed his abode in the city where he eventually died, and was for a few years a member of the Executive Council of Massachu- setts. (Ibid , Vol. I., Art. 118.)
Mary (Fox) Weld, daughter of Rev. John Fox, and wife of Rev. Habijah Weld, of Attleboro', Mass., died Jan. 7, 1799. aged 93. “ Pas- senger, aspire not to her age, but to imitate her life, which was a real ornament to the Christian profession." (Gravestone ) Her daughter, Sarah Weld, married Rev. Timothy Alden, of Yarmouth, Mass The latter were parents of Rev. Timothy Alden, of Newark, N. J., author of the valuable " Collections." ( Vide ibid., Vol. I., 46. )
Alden cites the following notice of a " learned and remote ancestor of Mr. Fox," from a " very rare work," D. Pauli Freheri, Med. Noribergæ, Theatrum virorum eruditornm clarorum, in two vols., fol. : -
" Johannes Foxus, in comitatu Lancastriensi natus est, A. C. 1517. Cum Oxoniæ in collegio Magdalenensi Latinæ, Græ et Heb. linguarum cognitionem eximiam assecutus est, theologiam professus est in academia, regnante Edoardo VI., Sub regina Maria tyrannidem exercente apud Belgas exulavit.
" Anno 1559, regina Maria defuncta, remigravit in Angliam et summus extitit theologus, nullam vero sibi oblatam a regina Elizabetha dignitatem unquam amplecti voluit.
"Obiit tandem Londini 18 Ap. A. C. 1587, æt. 70. In ecclesia S. Ægidii sepultus est. Filium reliquit Samuelem."
John Fox wrote the " Acts and Monuments of the Christian Martyrs," a work well known and greatly venerated by Protestants.
(25.) " Here lyes y" body of Deacon Samuel Walker aged 61 years died January yº 18 1703 "
Deacon Samuel Walker, son of Samuel Walker, Sr., born May 7, 1643, styled corporal, sergeant, ensign, deacon, often a selectman; member of Boston Convention, 1689; representative, 1694, etc. ; married Sarah Reed, and Abigail, widow of Lieut. James Fowle (epitaph 2) ; had many distin- guished descendants, and is repeatedly mentioned in Woburn annals. ( Tide Sewall's History, 170, 174, 647, etc. )
(26.) " Henry Cogin son of John & Elizabeth Cogin, born March ye 27 & dyed yº 29 1703."
Henry Coggin, son of Capt. John (epitaph 88) and Elizabeth (Richard- son) Coggin.
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(27.) " Here lyes ye body of Elizabeth Gardne'r wife to Henery Gard- ner aged 43 years died Inne ye 3d 1703."
Elizabeth Gardner, first wife of Henry Gardner (epitaph 55).
(28.) "Stephen ye son of Stephen & Bridget Richardson aged 7 years & 3 mo' dyed Sept. 21st 1703."
Stephen Richardson, son of Deacon Stephen (epitaph 157) and Bridget Richardson (epitaph 149), born June 12, 1696.
(29.) " Here lyes ye body of Esther Convers died November 7th 17 03 in the 16 year of her age."
Esther Converse, daughter of Capt. Josiah (epitaph 65) and Ruth (Marshall) Converse, born Oct. 3, 1688.
(30.) " Here lyes ye body of Willing Richardson, son to John & Mar- gare't Richardson aged 11 years 5 mo'. died March ye 14th 1703-4."
Willing Richardson, son of Lient. John (epitaph 17) and Margaret (Willing) Richardson, born Oct. 5, 1692.
(31.) " Dority, ye daughter of John & Elizabeth Fowl aged 9 mo'ns died May ye 28th 1704."
Dorothy Fowle, daughter of Capt. John and Elizabeth (Prescott) Fowle, and grand-daughter of Lient. James Fowle (epitaph 2), born Aug. 9, 1703.
(32.) " Here lyes ye body of John Carter son of Iolin & Ruth Carter who died May ye 21 1705 in ye 20 year of his age."
John Carter, son of Lieut. John (epitaph 95) and Ruth Burnham Carter (epitaph 84), born Aug. 8, 1685.
(33.) " Here lyes ye body of Timothy Walker aged 34 years died June yº 19 1706."
Timothy Walker, son of Deacon Samuel (epitaph 25) and Sarah (Reed) Walker, born June 16, 1672; left at his death a wife and three children. (Sewall's History, 647.)
(34.) " MEMENTO MORI." " FUGIT HORA."
" Here lyes buried y" body of Maior Iames Convers Esq'r aged 61 years who departed this life Iuly ye 8th 1706."
Major James Converse, Esq., son of Lieut. James (epitaph 59) and Ann (Long) Converse (epitaph 4), the distinguished officer in the Indian war, mentioned by Mather, " Magnalia," Book VII., was born in Woburn, Nov. 16, 1645; married Jan. 1, 1668-69, Hannah, daughter of Capt. John (epitaplı 8) and Elizabeth Carter (epitaphı 3), born Jan. 19, 1650-51; was freeman, 1671; selectman, 1680-88, etc .; town clerk, 1688, and follow- ing years ; representative, 1695-99, etc., etc. Hle lived a little east of Winter Pond, in the present town of Winchester, in a house not now in
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existence. (Vinton Memorial, 23.) ( Vide Sewall's History of Woburn, 175-183, 543-545, etc., etc.)
Major (then captain) Converse is most celebrated for his resolute de- fence of Storer's garrison at Wells, in 1692. The characteristic and minute account of this "memorable action," by Dr. Cotton Mather, occu- pies pages 613-618 of the "Magnalia Christi Americana" (Hartford Edition, 1853), Vol. II.
(35.) " Here lyes y" body of Esther Johnson wife to William Johnson who departed this life December ye 17th 1706 in ye 48th year of her ag'e."
Esther (Gardner) Johnson, wife of William Johnson, son of Major William Johnson, and nephew of Lieut. Matthew Johnson (epitaph 16). She was daughter of Richard (epitaph 21) and Anna (Blanchard) Gard- ner, and was born Oct. 15, 1659. ( Vide Sewall's History, 168, 615.)
(36.) " MEMENTO MORI." " FUGIT HORA."
" Here lyes y" body of Pashence Conver daughter of Maior Iames & Hannah Conve'r who departed this life Iuly ye 23rd 1707 in ye 21st year of her age."
Patience Converse, daughter of Major James (epitaph 34) and Hannah (Carter) Converse, born Nov. 6, 1686.
(37.) " MEMENTO MORI." "' FUGIT HORA."
" Here lyes the body of Jonathan Russell, aged 32 years & 10 m'o who departed this life ye 20th of Iune 1708 "
Jonathan Russell, son of John, Jr., and Sarah (Champney) Russell, born Aug. 6, 1675. His father, an elder, and his grandfather were prominent among the Baptists. (Sewall's History, 636, etc. )
(38.) " Hannah Fowle dau'ghr of John & Elizabeth Fowle aged 1 month & 3 dayes died Octo'br 3rd 1710."
Hannalı Fowle, daughter of Capt. John and Elizabeth (Prescott) Fowle, and grand-daughter of Lieut. James Fowle (epitaph 2), born Aug. 30, 1710.
(39.) " MEMENTO MORI."
"FUGIT IIORA."
" Here lyes y" body of Sarah Johnson wife to William Johnson Juner who departed this life October y"' 14th 1710 in the 29th year of her age."
Sarah (Dole) Johnson, daughter of Richard and Sarah (Greenleaf) Dole, of Newbury, where she was born Feb. 14, 1681; married as first wife of William Johnson, Jr., Jan. 1, 1707-8, son of William and Esther (Gardner) Johnson (epitaph 35).
(40.) " MEMENTO MORI." " FUGIT IIORA."
" Here lyes the body of M'r Abraham Fyfeild aged 57 years who deceased Septem'br y" 12th 1711." .
Abraham Fifield, styled " Captain " in Town Records, perhaps a son of Giles and Mary (Perkins) Fifield of Charlestown. ( Vide Savage Genea- logical Dictionary.) Gravestone removed from original site when the pound was built.
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(41.) " lIere lyes y" body of Ruth Fowle daug'tr of Cap't. James and M'rs Mary Fowle aged 11 ye'rs & about 11 m'o died Ma'r'ch ye 3rd 1712."
Ruth Fowle, daughter of Capt. James (epitaph 48) and Mary ( Richard- son) Fowle, born April 16, 1701.
(42.) " Here Lyes Buried The Body of Anna Cooper Aged 45 Years who departed This Life March the 9th 1712."
Anna Cooper died "aged 48 years" (Town Records), born Dec. 26, 1667 (Town Records, 1668), Cambridge, daughter of Deacon John Cooper of Cambridge. Her mother married James Converse, Sr., of Woburn. (Paige's History of Cambridge, 516.)
(43.) " Here Lyes y" Body of M'r. Samuel Richardson Aged 66 Years. Died April ye 29th 1712."
Samuel Richardson, son of Samuel Richardson the immigrant, and wife, Joanna, was born May 22, 1646, in Woburn. His first wife, Martha, died 1673, and he married (2) Hannah Kingsley, 1674, slain 1676; (3) Phebe Baldwin, married 1676, died 1679; and (4) Sarah Howard (Hayward), married 1680, died, his widow, 1717 (epitaph 66). April 10, 1676. his second wife and two of his children were slain by Indians at Woburn. ( Vide entire account, Sewall's History, 119, 120; and full notice of him, etc., ibid., 634.)
(44.) " Here lyes y" body of M'r Daniel Payn aged 54 years who de- sceased August y" 21'st 1712."
" Daniel Payne," Town Records. Perhaps the Daniel "Paine," of Charlestown, who, by his wife "Bethiah," had five children born in Charlestown between the years 1697 and 1704. (Dr. B. Cutter's MS.) ( Tide Woburn Records. )
(45.) " MEMENTO MORI." " FUGIT HIORA."
" Here lyes the body of Abigail Walker daug'tr of Samuel & Judith Walker aged 20 ye'rs 4 m'o died March the first 1712-13."
Abigail Walker, daughter of Deacon Samuel and Judith (Howard) Walker (epitaph 86), and grand-daughter of Deacon Samuel Walker, Sr. (epitaph 25), born Oct. 30, 1692.
(46.) " Here lyes the body of John Burbeen aged about 86 years, who deceased Janu'ry the 8th 1713."
John Burbeen, said to have come from Scotland, was a tailor, and mar- ried Sarah Gould, April 16, 1660; was constable in Woburn, 1679, and selectman, 1692. ( Vide Sewall's History, 50. 51, 579, 595.)
Rev. Joseph Burbeen, a grandson, graduate of Harvard College, 1731. died 1794; was interred in the grave of the above, by request. (Statement of Col. L. Thompson, Woburn, who was present at Rev. J. Burbeen's obsequies.)
(47.) " lIere lyes y" body of M'rs Sarah Tyng wife to Col'nl Jonathan Tyng Esq'r deceased February ye 28 1713 in ye 69 year of her age."
Sarah (Usher) Tyng, daughter of Hezekiah Usher, a prominent mer- chant of Boston, and wife of Col. Jonathan Tyng (epitaph 83).
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March 4, 1713-14, went to Woburn to attend the funeral of Aunt Tyng, being his second wife. Died on the Sabbath day morning of fever. Waited upon the governor and lady there; had given me a pair of gloves. She was about 69 years. (Vol. II., page 298, Letter-Book of Samuel Sewall. Samuel Sewall, Jr.'s, Memoranda, Mass. Hist. Coll., 6th Series, Vol. II.)
(48.) " Here lyes ye body of Cap't. James Fowle aged 47 years & 14 dayes who deceased March ye 19th 1713."
Capt. James Fowle, son of Lieut. James Fowle (epitaph 2), was born March 4, 1667, and married Mary Richardson, Oct. 2, 1688 (vide epitaph 141) ; was town clerk from 1701 to his death. (Vide Sewall's Woburn, 613, 614, etc.)
(49.) " MEMENTO MORI." " FUGIT HORA."
" Here Lyes ye Body of Elizabetli Blogget wife to Caleb Blogget Aged about 22 Years. Died May 24th 1713."
Elizabeth Blogget (Blodget), wife of Caleb Blogget, -presumed Caleb, - son of Ensign Samuel and Huldah (Simonds) Blogget, and grand- son of Samuel Blogget, who was born in England. Caleb Blogget was born in Woburn, Nov. 11, 1691. (Sewall's History, 594.) Caleb Blogget, styled " Capt." and " Mr.," was a prominent man in Woburn during the first half of the last century. ( Vide ibid., 190-2, 256, 257, etc. )
Caleb Blogget, by wife Sarah Wyman, was father of the famous Hon. Samnel Blodget, of Amoskeag, N. H., who was born in Woburn, April 1, 1724. ( Vide Potter's History of Manchester; Woburn Journal.)
(50.) " MEMENTO MORI." " FUGIT HORA."
. flere lyes ye body of Increase Winn aged 28 years and 4 months who deceased ye l'rst of July 1713."
Increase Winn, son of Increase and Hannah (Sawyer) Winn, and grandson of Edward and Joanna Winn, of Woburn, 1641, was born Feb. 9, 1684-5.
His father, Increase Winn, born Dec. 5, 1641, was the first-born child recorded in Woburn. ( Vide Sewall's History, 649.)
(51.) "Here lyes the body of Hannal Green, wife to Samuel Green aged 23 years & 3 m'o who died August 14'th 1713."
Hannah Green, perhaps wife of Samuel Green, son of William and Hannah (Kendall) Green, born July 18, 1689, and grandson of William Green, made freeman, 1644. (Sewall's History Woburn, 615, 616.)
(52.) " Here lyes the body of Benjamin Peirce aged 24 years & 3 months who deceased Novem'br 27th 1713."
Benjamin Peirce, son of Sergt. Thomas Peirce and Elizabeth (of Woburn, 1643) ; married wife Mary, probably the following (Dr. B. Cutter's MS.).
Widow Mary Peirce, died Jan. 17, 1746. Benjamin Peirce and Mary Reed, both of Woburn, married at Charlestown, 8th mo. (?) 10 d., 1688. (N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg. [January, 1875], p. 71. Is age on gravestone in- correct?)
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(53.) " Here lyes ye body of Sarah Convers who deceased December ye 10th 1713 in ye 25th year of her age."
Sarah Converse, daughter of Edward (epitaph 7) and Sarah (Stone) Converse, born Sept. 14, 1689.
(54.) "Here lyes the body of Joseph Wood son of Josiah & Abigail Wood aged 17 y'rs & 8 m'o died Dec'mr 30'th 1713."
Joseph Wood, son of Josiah and Abigail Wood, and grandson of Josialı and Lydia (Bacon) Wood, of Charlestown, born in Woburn, April 25, 1696. ( Vide Savage, Genealogical Dictionary.)
(55.) "Here lyes Buried the Body of M'r Henry Gardner Aged 57 Years, Deceased February The 20'th 1713-14."
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