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to the old Secofici Church ceme- 
ter_y, located near the residence 
of vJames Green, have been coi- 
kcted because of a desire that 
some permanent record of the 
yard mi^ht be preserved. , 

This lot was fir^t. uh.zQ as a 
bury\f]<^ jrroi/nd about the year 
I680, and here stood the meet- 
tn^-houseof ths Second Church 
ofXhrist /n 3cituat€ (now the 
First Unitarian Church, NoriAiellj 
from ib&O to 170"^. 

When the Society rriovcd its 
place of meetfna to Herring- 
Brook Hii'jiear its present 
church boiidinyj. the oici bu!7- 
]r)if ground Decsme neglectsd 

iV'fanv very Did stones, hovM- 
ever are stiSi in good presei'v'a- 
lion^and these serve as a link 
VD bind us bark Id the psst. 

We cannot help connsctin^ 
this spot vvi'ih Gray's bcautf- 
fu! poem, and saying^ with uim 



"Perhsps in this n€5^if cted 5poT is 

iaia 
ijorDR. hesrt once prcgnanr with ce,- 

Iftstia! fire, 
Hands that the. rod of empire 

frnc;M have swayed 
Or waked to ecstdsy thz Mving 

lyre. 

r if from the tTrdddincr crowd's ig- 
noble strife, 
Th£:r quiet wishes nf^Aizr !e,arned 

!\lcr:g it-iCi coDi 'je-Questergci vaJe 

of i rf o 

They kept the noisei£:.s tRoor of 
their way.'" 



Thir. 



. .._ fs one of the oldest cem- 
elsri'es in the country, 3nci 
.stones Udted s-ariier than the 
Wi'.iism Barrel stone (1689) 
are rarely met NA/ith. 

The chi/rch had its first bu- 
ry i n^ gro u n d c ■ V'V i ! sons Hill, 
shout one miie easr from thFs 
yarci, as its meeting-house 
^5t oocl t i'l s r « irorr. ! 6 4 5 to 

iGao. 

All trac£5 of that cemetery 



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uxy 

have be?.n d«!.5t rayed many years many ^tpby^s her^., which are 

since by vandal hands. But few unmarKeoi. A iisi: of d.M thfc ra- 

gravestone^ probably were ereo mainin'^ hsBclstone^, vvrth the. 

ted there,. One of tbe^e was re^ y2,'dr o'i the persons death, fo!-- 

covered lastspring from an old io\r^jS, 

farm [n Sdtuat^,where ii was Qbadiah, 5on of IVir Jo-Dv/elis 

ioCeiteu by clihgent searcn. I njs r, 1705 ai^ed 9 

iS the 3tone of !:J'J«2r Thomas _ 

Kiri'^.whodied in i69). it 15 Mr. I hQiTiasCrocke-rof B-arrvfrdbie. 

tha wish of some membsrs of '-^ l/lo, ^-^ed ^4. 

the K.'Dg^ fz^miiy to reset tnis ,vir5.. Lwcrecy, wile io Mr. 5d.m- 

stane and bIso ecect a histor- muel Silvs"-^- 

/"ca/ tablet, as EiderThomas Ki"n| i7i8, ageci 44. 

was the common ancestor of a ^ ^ 

very ion-^ Vmz of descendants. ^^■'' Chi^rloLS ^tocKoridg^e. 

The words of Celfa ThayUr ,.^^._ Rebecca MoNntforh Reh^ct 
m which 5he^ speaKs of th., ^^ ,y,^ g^^,^ iVloMnrf^rt. 

graves of the r>pan!sn saiiors ^archant in Bostoa 

ar the Isles of Dhua)5 cug^e^t ^,-^^- ^,,^75. 

themselves as approynau to ^ 

thh deserted churchyard, Mrs. Anne Chegiey, wife oi Mr. 

"Aireidy thp. sione^ lean this John Che^ley of Boston. 

vvay and th;vt. and are naif hv\noA r^ 1-71/1 ., ^^, a P-^ 

in the rsnK grass, ooon they v^viil -"^ 

be. entirely rargotten; thf. old old ,. „ , , -^ ^ . . 

vvorid for^io st muchl And iti5 ^^'^: ^^^ ^^^;^^- '^''^ ^' ■ ' ^- 
sown thick with g^rav^s from poit lornmos Jc:>n?o, v/hO d. 

to 90 ie.' " {747. a'i&d 79. 

Thz oldest inscription is ^., ~- „^., r> v/. n-, 

HEi<FilY5c-The D f723, a-^ed 22. 

BODY OF WILLIAM 

BARP.EL3 VN/HO DIED Mr:. Suseanna Dweiie 
NOVEiVIBF^R hiL 7 1729, aced !8. 

1683. 

AGEED 3S YEARS Mr John Dvx/elle 

D 1718, 
There are probably rriany^ very agad about 58. 



hTln. Grace Dweiie vNif^ to i^\f Mrs Marcy Turner vvlfg of 
Rrcnarc! Dwelle, Jumer. Mr. John Turner D I7.5T 

D 1716. ^gzd 2.\. in her G'S"* yr. 

Mrs. Deborah w of Samuel ( parUy dsfacfid slone) Pro(}3,f:i}v - 
'^^*^''"''^"' Mary, dau to Mr. John 

1795 in her 79^'^' year. Haicn, 1738, i>->^.d (5. 

3ami Q-^Kman Esq. ,Yj^^_ n,/I3,^ ,^,-.p^^ ^^ ^^/j,. j^^^^ 
D 1791. a^ed 63, H^tch. d I75Q [n her 

y q t'^ y , p. -. ^ 
Sarnue) sun of 5am- and -^ 

Deborah OaKman. D 1776 /^,/j,. j,...^ Hatch. 

agsd 8 yrs, LAKiNG 15 d?.ys. £) ,-73-7 ^.^^^^ 73^ 

^ „ ,- , r'/lr. John hatch Jun. 
1759 aged i vr.brno. ^ I /days. p, 1-7-5,-,- J-. '^:>^! 

u I /oO in ni:- J3 yr. 

Sz>iT)uei OaKrnan. 

D !75fc aaed3yrs, John.son 9f John Hatch, J.^^n. 
' "^ . Feb.27 !726 aoed 2. months, 

John Turner. „ , . ■ 

/^ , ^ , ) Capt. John Jame.5. 

( root jtone on/yj ' n wr 1 , oc 

D 17bL 25^ed 8b. 

Rial Turner. 

(raot 5r.ne only] ^'''■'^- f^'^'ni^s Jam^s 



IV'iichGl Turner. 

D 1744 ?v^eci 23. 



D 1717, zi^6d 35. 
fhomas Tomlin. . 



Mrs. Abig;ail Curtis. (Mr. Sainmue) RandalL 
[Foot stone on/y.) D !723, aged Z9. 

Mslzar Turner. Mr; Job Randal!. 

D 1750 aged 22. 1727 aged about 73 yrs. 

Mr. John Turner Joseph Randaf/. J-j. 
D !773 in his 86^-" yr. D 17(3 aaed 37. 



4- 7(^UUA/(yC<. , 

C dpt. Joseph Bsrstow. fVirs. fempcr^-nce ye wife of 

D -'726. a^/.^d 52 Li-u £!ish2 forsten 

D 17 7 7, 9g£d 62. 
Deacon Joseph Tu r ne r. 

D !72^, aged 75. Sarzih ye x.vifv'. ot IV! r. John 

Foster. D i78S, ir> y ^■7^"yr 
M*'3. B?>t5huiTL/(rner wife to of her Ay;e. 

Deacon Joseph I'ui^ner. 

D 1724 a^ed 83, ^^'c>hn Fobfer. 

D 1 6 1 D, av^cd 7£ yrs, B m o:.. 

Mrs. Jemima . ye wife of Mr. 

Dsvid Match. K^rb. Mary Fb:^t.e,r, W!6^>o\v oi' 

D !7BG in hcr73^y£dr. Vir. John Foster. 

D iB!9, agcLd Gl 
Lidia Barrei. 

17Kt, •ag.^d G2 yrs Foatotom: f.Pv. (Nt'a^sfme brphtn) 

Mrs. Abcgaii Turner wHe. af Brok^tn tf^^dd^ton^:^ 

Copt. Eii&haTL-irner April ye ho. i H3. 

-" Foot Horn: 

N.S. 
Mrs. Abigail Jankin!, ye vert- m town records shov,-lhii, to h?v2 

'yioxxb contort ot lYi r Thorn- bttn prcb^t/y tln^rave of Na th- 

^.^ J?.nkins. ^^/ftSrerso/v. 

D 1742, 3>^ed lb. (^-|-^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^, comparafivG. 

iv rijcGnt date.) 

Mr. Hstherhy Foster. -^ 

D \lb\, 25,ed 79 ye^r6. Peter Thatcher Tild.en son of 

.^ „ , r- Thatcher Tilde-n. 

IVir!). D3lShna Poster ye virtu- r-^ lOO' . oo 

, „ , ;,-h, I n 1824, a^ed 32. 

Dus Vv'src of Ivh". natheriy ^ 

faster D 1744 in her^G'-^year. |_^,^^^, d^u^hter of Thatcher 

K^rT.mothv Foster: fjden ^0 iB22. ^g.d ZB. 



(730, aged 24. 

t Llis-h-d Foster. 
D i77) dcred &2. yrs and 9 mo5. 



Charles, son of Thafcher 
L.--ffut ni2,hT, Foster. Titden. D Ibt7, as^cd 2 



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Liiks C f'ord. 1^9) aged 75. 



Mrs„Lucy, wife of Thatcher Charles Ford.. Jr. 

Titden D I8ig, a:£ec\ 47. D 1858., a^ed 55. 

ThstcherTiiden, D !843^ 3^ed 78 Zebiah, wife oi Charles Pord. Jr 

D !6e.6 h<^ed 90. 
Betsey LJilden, D iS5.5, a^cd 78 

Israel Tu r n cr D 154 9, ^ged G'-^ 

Thamas S3bles,v\'ho died in 1894 

Betse)' d?.u of Israel and Mercy ^"^ ^'-^o ^'^ ^'^'^^, ^""^ '^''^'''^^ •^^^^^' 

Turn2r D 1644, Aet 52. but their grives ^re unmarked 

D-borah D !&37, s^^ed 22, ^'"^^ SamuGl Oakni^n stone 

Hannsh, D 1837 s§ed 19. has tb»s beautiful verse ^t the base 

Children of Charle.s '2in6 Deb- "The wi'b^,the ji/st^ the pious .And "he. 

orahTwr.nei: . ^riive 

Lfvp. in their dzcsths ^ind flourish ir; 

Deborah Foster ^ their grave; 

D IB54 2i?ed £4- Gram hid in e,;.rth rcp^sys the peiv 

^ " ani's cBre, 

-.^. And Lvenirii' suns but sel to rise 

Timothy rostec rnorc f^'lr/^ 

D 1854. aged 79. The reader will find one 5tone 

Jo=,eDh, son of TirnothY Foster ^^"th onl)/ this inscription, " Thom 

^ coroz5 Who coL^id tni.s. be( the 

Charles son of T[mDthy Foster ^""'■^^'^ T^ccFdentaUy can^e across 

D i82C, a^ed 17. a clbie to this person vvhilp.jook- 

inH over Bngjs'Historv of Sh'ip- 

rbnnahw,-fe of Timothy Foster BMild'ins on North River" Th. 

' ■-> bi/if!t in i70Q:inGi the owners 

' . r- , p. 10.^0 , n^ were Csot. Thomas Tonrdin 2jnd 

uohn roster. D !S48 -a^e-d 80. . , ,,- ' ..u i i i '^ 

' ^ James Allison or fhe Island oi 

Abigail Southworth, h'swife, .Jamaica. Cspt. Thomas Tomhn 

D 1857, a^ed 8&. v-vas also one of the owners of 

^, , PI ^^^ bnVantine "Sarah and ba.- 

'' n",o?o ^ oi beila" built by Rob-^rt Barker 

_ D loGZ, a^ed 9F -^^^ ^d^^yardi Wanton in !700 

Lyciia. hi. wife. or thereabouts. 

D 18C2. iv:ed 77. George C. K/mcr 



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THE KIM& STONE. 

There 15 5om^th\r\'i(ii\rziT\iL 
Vj S'ditisfact'jry in iocatin'^ the 
graves c;f our ancestors. It 
15 a duty, 2lso, th?t \Ne owp. 
to our progenitors, to see 
that the 5pot -where their bod- 
fas vve.re (3id to rebt b^ their 
loving friends /s i<ep! SBCreclly 
free from wanton trespassers. 

it 15 a sz\d f^ct th^t the first 
burying oround in that p^rt of 
old Scituate ^/vhi'ch is now Nor- 
weil WAS broken up SQm^ sixty 
or seventy years since and tra- 
dition, ^f^'y, t-illsthe location 
cf the. yard. 

It vva5 with ^reat satisfac- 
ti'on lh2*t the.y.'riter obtained 
a clue to some, of tha old 
grave -stonts, and it was a. 
pr^at pleasure to him to carry 
the se.'arch to a succ^issfwl cul- 
mination. 

The facts cannot be better 
related than in the. issue of the^ 
Hanove!^ Branch for Apr. 29, IBgb 
from which the following para- 
graphs are quoted. 

''An interesting discovery was 
made at Grie-nbush Ust fjst- 
urd-ay by iVir Georg,^ C.Turner 
ot Norv^/ell, v^^ho sends the par- 
ticulars la thi.s paper. 

The First Unit?ri?.n Church 
'hX Nor/v/eM Centre was formed 
in IG^Z.'and its first nneerin^- 
house stood on Wilson's HiH, 



n£^,r th<e r\iorvyali-5cituafe, h'ne. 
\\zfz the society began a bwry- 
in'^'JroLjnd ;^nd coniinued its use 
until iate in the r/ih century, 
when it became neglected, 3r.d 
fin-ally^ prob^bl\/ about 1830^sonu 
mercenar;y ;^)£rson puUed up 
the old ^raveston^-s and made 
the 5pot a movvfng ^\z\d, 

Mr. Turner learned from con- 
verSc^tion6 with a^ed people th^t 
some of the stones vver^ car- 
ried to the old Chandler Ciapp 
place in Greenbush, •and put un- 
der the corners of an old corn- 
house. Last Saturday he visit- 
ed the place with r^V. Freoieric 
Cole and h/lr Charles O.FJIms of 
Scituate, and was dehghted to 
find hts Surmises correct. Two 
stones were fcj unci, Dut only one 
ha&i an inscription. This one is 
well nf_^h psriect, and reads as 
to 1 lows; 

'r'^tKt LYES Xft BODY 

OP TH0^AA5 KING 
who died S<ipternbtr 2.4-, 

a'^eU about l>5^tix^. 

Eider Thomas Kini^ was born in 
England in i&l4 and c^me to this 
country in rha ship 'Ble/Ssinii'inlfc'iS. 
hie was chosan Elclttrot the Cnurch 
to succiiecl Eider Willjarp Hatch. He 
was the, comtT.on ancestor of the 
branch of the Kin^ family which 
form.j the basis of thev?.lu2ble"Kiri'^ 
G^n&alody" pub^iished by Hmmz^ B, 
Kin;^ M Hcirtf(;rd,Conn.,in 1897. Hf: 
v/af:. a vfciry prominent rr)4r>arid his 
n^mc cp pears often in the early rec- 
ords. Let us hop^i that this anci- 
ent buri'6l place will 5,Dme o\hy be 
ipropferly mdrked. 



y ClS'T -^ P ' ^ \^\ A i\r ^'^^~^ '^''"^V ^^^- thoughts CDiTie U%\. 

\ ^j^ CHURCH^- ' ' ''^■'^" ^'''^ ^^'^ '" '^'^ P^^^' 

/^ . .^ ''" ■ ^c^l.^-'' ^^^'"(^ make u5 trua. 

{ Founded \ m ^ o ^ aJ k ^ h -,- 

\ ('6^2 ; NOf<v^ -"^r-^ IMrue to our hioh id^al.-l] • 

Present Church Bulidingerectt^d !83a 0,Thou, whose love /s real, 
, Our P'aii-h renew. 



Mini^ttr /^ev. Thomas Thompson. 



Ch'vtrch that ouv fathers knew^ 
Church that froj-n every paw 



b peaks of the zo\'\t}. 



An earnest and cordial /nvit^ 

tian to all th? services of chis ,, 

church is now, as always, ex- ''' ^^' '''^y ^^^^ "^"^^^ ^'^ ^^'^^^^'i^ 
tended to al! peroons in our vil- God of Eternity, 

iaae,to fill pgrjsoni m our town. ,i_^afj Jhoa us on', 

to bH persons in the vicinity. 

Servic.fo at II a.n-L -,-,,. , • -. ,x 

Sunday School at iZ. ! hisletterexpi^insitseH: 

Youn^ Peoples Christian Union Boston ^iMn^ib" i&9^ 

in Lihr-Ary H^lut 730 p.m. r^i.^Uirne^ 

Your kind i^rtsr r€ceiv€id. 

H ^1 iVl N . ! h'^'^^ searched the record!-, of 

the fdrniiy, and hsvs fr;uncl out 

(Writren for the. i^ededication -^./riD the partv is. My qreat 

of the hYst Church, Pf^mbroke,. grandtYthar, Be.njYniin iVIount- 

in 1693.) iort^friarrieci ReDecca f~oster of 

7unQjLAlii,nllymn. Dorchest&r Benjamin d Jed in 

1714. and vvdS buriY:,t;i in the 

Churchi bh«it oLir fathers knew, Gran2ir\| burying 5;rt>wnd. Hi^ 

Church th?.t fronn fcvery pew wife. Rebecca, diad in VT21 

Speaks of the gone! '^'^^' ^^'^^^ buri&d in .jo. Scit- 

ti. ^r , .1 I Y , ,L ii '-<ate (he honng of.her grapfd^ 

ll^ Oft have the/ knelt to thee :|| ' fg^ther. • 

Gad of Eternity. Ke-^p. ^/Dur3. 

Thou Only One.. William F. Mountfort. 



& "^WtjTuXAy. 

PUSLu^HIzR'S hOTC. The following gentlemen^ 

all of whom^evLCpt Mr. G2if- 

Address inquiries con- field, are descendants of per- 

cernln^ the o\6. cemetery, ions whose mortal remains 

.c\Ydrcf> history or similar rest in the old cemetery, have 

matters to contributed toward the clear- 

Georqe C. Turner^ ino up of the yard this year 

/f/Ve?/- 5r. Their help has 3 1 so made 

Norv.-'ef/JVJ-dss. possible the publication of 

K ; nd I y e nc i se starn p a n d i " H I STO R 1 K\ 

vvili o)sdl-y give such infor- ^r,^_ Hatheriv Foster, 

mat i on as i h?,ve. ! can- Bobton. 

not, however undertsKe Mr Ch-aries F. Foster 

the isborious work of search- Chestei^ Pennsylvania, 

ing records vvithout charg- ryirThomAS Goffield, 

incf 2i siight fee. NorweJi. 



OLD LANDMARI<5. 



MrJedecJish Dweliey^ 
Hanover 



W h G t h e r- a n o t h e r n u m b e r 

The old VVatermdH house at of f-113T0K!/\ is published 

^he corner of Pine Street vv^s or not v\'i!i depend upon cir- 

built ibout 1762. Tradition cumst2inces. I'he expense 

says thst Xh'z old Lspha.m hou^ wiiij of course be the main 

was built i7i7. obstacle. 

T"ne Did [)o\' factory on River ■ 

Street was fbrmeriy the Univ- " ^nAAt^UJjJ' 

ers-diist Church in Ocrxbwry j^ drawn and printed on ihz 
The tower with its weather vsne .- p. , -^Qp-j 

is stili intsct, but Xhz curved ,^. .'^ p-:pp_p^. p, .-.->,_. 

v./indovvS hsve been boarded ov- ■ •' >--^^^-"^^' 

er One ot the old pew doors is .-. ^li r\r^.^'^ 

in the hocise of Iv^.hs. EvebneTor ^ \-'\f\2>\N iJOiv|\, 

rev. rv^'i-'i.lvTriry \. Liver.rnore 76 Trenton St.. 

aivcs a beauthul descnption ^^^^- ^^^^^^"^ ^^^^^• 

of scenes connc^.cted with this (form^rW o-f Norwcii.) 

cVtusc\\ in her recent booi^, Arlistic Penwork ano! IViimeo Pto 
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NorvMell^ (formeriv South Scituate) lVias"5., Febri/iary, 1829 



ANCESTRAL PEWS. 



"The P^ist and Present here unite 
Beneath Time's flo\fvine^Tid£ 
Like foDt-prints hidden by a brooK, 
But seen on either side." 

-'Loncj fellow. 

The church where our fath- 
ers worshipped, th£ place where 
the young men and maid^ns^ jDar 
ents sna children of days gone 
by found spiritual instruction 
and plsasant social rompanion 
ship, should ever be the espe- 
cial object of our filial respect 
and love. 

To "call the old time back',' and 
to furnish to the descendants of 
the men and women who first, 
carnc to the First Parish Church 
as occupants of the several 
pews^ inlormation which may 
prove interesting^, is the pur- 
pose of this article. 

On October thirteenth^ 1830, 
Rev- Samuel Deane pi^eachedthe 
dedicatory sermon "in the prcs 
ence" he says \\-\ his History of 
Scituate "'of a very lar^e assenn- 
bty. 

The noble character of iVlr. 
Deane is striKin{5ly manifested 
in this sermon ' and those who 



possess a copy have a document 
of ?hTt value. 

At this time the pews, exclu- 
sive of the free pews I'n the ^?a!- 
lery, numbered seventy, but in 
I8G7 extensive improvements Vv'ere 
made in the intsriorof the house 
and ten of the pews wer^ re- 
moved; also, at that time the re- 
maining pews were re-numbered. 
The ones removed vvere: old num- 
bers !, 2., 3, 41, 42 5e^ 57 21, 
22 and £3. Numbers 1,41,' 5fo 
and Z\ were the rear pews, the-- 
reforc the seat of each of these 
remains- 

in this article Xhi present. 
number of the pew is given )n 
lan^e fto-ures^ and the old number 
in srna!! figurizs. 

It is a inatter of xz^rzi to 
the v^/riter that the necessary 
limits of this article prevent 
him from givini^ the grand-chlh 
d.vzvi of the pew-owners in ev- 
ery case. 

When children of the 1830 
pev\'- owners 2^r?^ living,, they o\\ 
\) are given, Gtherwise either 
{he grand-children or g'reat- 
grand-children are given. 

In 1830 severa' persons owned 
two pews. In such cases only 
that pew is traced which Is re- 
membered Dv elderly people as 



the pew of the family. Sp2ce Abie! Turner living: George R, 

does not permit the givine of Turner Hi'ngham; Henry Abie! 

« list of the present pew own- Turner 
er5. Th)5 information csn be 

ea-^iiy oiDlained by i^n)/ one^and No. A, 46. JAfvU-S rJ.SPARRELl. 
it is intere^tintf to MOit \\*?A in From james N.oparre)!, i7&6. 
a rnsjorify of esses the titl'? sLiI) C'niidreii iivin^: Charles W. Spar- 
remains with the family. re!i, Geor^^c ri. Sparrsfl, Pony, 
In speaking of eachptiW, ef fViontanafM.rs^ Deborah C. N. 
fort has been u-\>At\Q) ^^^w^ swf- SKifi, (Virs. fv/!ary T. Turner, Mrs. 
ficienl dat,:. fu ckariy indicate Martha J. 'Wijcox. ^\\ cf ilevv 
the ancesirai line. Bedford. 

INcL^?.. FL!5i-!A HAYDEi^. No.8,6!. JOSHUA JA.MCo. 

iVh: Hayrien vvdS a direct clery From jovin James, iGbS. 

cendant of Joseph Hayclen v^'ho (3r£^nd-chiidren living: V-Vm.E. 

serlied in Scitusie in 1720. One Parnientcr, Jc.Orj'ni^ePark, F!^. 

son. Ciiarle-s W. Haydcn/is now Jsraes Pi Pi^rmcnter, Ariin'^ion. 
living in V\/eynr}OL«th.. 

Tivire are many grand-chlj- No.%47. rSLNJAfvlifO/lcRRlTT 
6\'''cC\ (Thts 5tOfemef?t. W/lIOpply rrom Henry MerrittJGZG. 

ab. wcil to m?ny of, hepUow'tngpeK"/:)} G^!'3 r-A c !') lid T?,v\ \ iv i n.g : M iss Lou- 
ise Phi|Iip.s iVlerririJBoston; Mr. 

i\o.3, -M. BEHJAMIN TURlNER. p^enprnin Frederic MerritLNev/ 

A descendant f'roiTi hurnphrey York. 
Ti^rner I6^'l Children living,: 

l)2)V!'d S Turner, Chelsea; Roland NcJO, &2, EBENtZtR STflTSON 

Turner Scituate. Frair. Comet Robert ST.?L$on,l&34, 

No d'^5ce.nd3nts of Deacon "Lb- 



en" otetson are now living. 



No. 4,59.J05LPHTLiTCHF!LLD. 

ProbaUyfrorn L^wrcuce Litchf.ic'id,i646 

Children iivfHo: fVlrs.MsryE.Kniohl, ,^.._ 1- ^^ J/^IVIES PQSTlR 

Roxbury, IVirs. Martha J. Pr^sby, ■' ,. , ^^ ,^^.., 

o u ^/•. eP ,^ I- 1 .-) From Edward Foster 1633. 

field Hinaharr, ^^'*'- ■^'^--^^'" f-^'^-S^ ^^ve 5oon trans. 

ferred this pew to hi^s fathei; 

Wu.5.4.s,5H!VER)CK*.AB!ELTURNEK. John Fo.ster, who occupied it 

r-rom Huinphrty Turner. I6S3. ac^ long as he h.ved. 

C'ne daughier of ShivericK Twr- Grand-children living: Chas. 

\-\zx is now living-. Mr5. f^i^liy A.Tilden, Esst. Boston^ Mri. 

Stockbridye. ' Childr^^n of Jwlia Turner 



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Nal2..63. VViLLlAM JAiVlK 

From John jArne.s,l&&6. 
Children living: Albert Janoes, 
Senton Hsrbon, Michigan; Miis 
Hannah Pack?-rd James, Wilkes- 
barre,Penn; IVJrs.V/el rh ea AJden 
Merrif.t, Boston. 

No.l3_49. NATHANIEL CLAPP 

FroroThomas Clap, IbAO. 

Gra^nd-children iivina-. Fr^nk 
Alien Ciapp, Winchester; G-'eo. 
AllenCfapp, NewtonvHi^; Ar- 
thur vvinshJp CI a pp , Kox bury; 
)Vlf55 Antoinptre Ciapp Roxbui^V 

No. 14. &^. oAMUELA.T'JRNER 
and FRANCIS rURNEH 
From "Hurri p h re y Turner, 1633. 
One Son of Samuei A-Twrner is 
liv!n.g. JohnTwrner. Children of 
Fra n c i 5 Tu r n e r I ) \y ( r I g: Fra n 1 1 s 
H., Sorn e r vi I i ^; Ed i/v i n, 0-3 n ve rs- 
port. 

No. 15. 50. AMSOM R0881N5 

From Nathaniel f?obb)n:i WrMviid. 
One daughter, Miss Clarissa Rob- 
bins^ is now tivin^. 

No.iaes. JOSIAH CUSHiNG 
No children h'vina. 

Nal7.5!. JOHN MASH 

fn;mJos€p}i MaSh, 1700. 
Mrs. fliza Na^h is the only 
child of John Mash now living. 

No. I8.GG. EIJJAH B. TURiNFR 

^ndWALTE.R FOSTtR. 

?«>K[i Humphrey Turner^ IG33; ind Ed- 



ward Foster I&33. 

Children of Mr. Turner now 
livinoi Mrs. Mary e.Svl'/e^ter of 
Hanover; Miles S.'(viV'r\?.r^ Hano- 
ver No descendants of Walter 
Foster are living. 

Nai9.52. 5Ar/ll)£L FOSTEf? 

From Ed>A/ard i-'oiler !GS3. 

One gre^c-^rand-chiid is now liv- 
fng;. i^/lrs. Mary L. Power. 

No. 20. 67. MOV/ARD BOWKER 

Probably from Jcsme^^ BowKer, If^SO. 
Children living: iViiss Julia A.J. 
6ovvK€r; Davis W. Bowker of 
Kingston; Mrs. tiveiineTorrey. 

No. 2!. S3. ELISHA FOSTER 

Prom 'cd'^j^^ri Poste.f, 1633. 
One son^ Hsnry^ was, a few 
ye^rs since Jivino in Berkeley, 
Calif or Did. 

Mo.22.Ga. 5A[ViUEL DFANf. 

The P>2Stoi' of thic Cuurcb. 
GrancS-chiidren li'vinsj: Harry 
Stann?^rd De^nc, lYIrs.. Kittie 
Eiois^ BiOt^nt, John MTiton 
Deane, A/liss Stella iVIarthi 
Deane; all of Chi'cag.o. 

Thi-S pew was <?ftcr'>A'ard ov'/nfJ 
b)' the Delano family. 

No. 23. 5-4. L.T. FOGG. 

Prom Samuel Fogv? of Ktnsingi^n, N.ll 
vChildren livin*^ fVIr^ Elizabeth 
ATryon, Rosfvihe. N'.J. Geo. 
P Foocj * 8 rook lint, 

Na.24. f,5. LFMUELand 

NATHANnELTURf^Efl 



i2 



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From Htin'ipbrc'y Turner. 1633. 

Lemuel Turner h^s no descencf- 
ants living- Children of Nathan- 
iel Turner livir)^: M/ss LucyTur 
ne r Mr^. Frances Harlow, Mar6hfi?ld. 

No. 25, 55. CUSHINCt OTIS 

From John Otis, Ifc&l. 
No descendants are now living. 

No.28,s. PRANClSMeRRITI 

From Htnry Mern'rt, |(o2b. 

Children IWinq Franc isMerrltt, 
DiAXbury, Mrs.Clara Curtis, Med- 
for6\ fVlrs.M^deline I. Perkins, E. 
Bost n; lYi rs. r/u rl ha R . To r r e y, 
Mrs, Mary E. Litchfield, lYIfj.Prib- 
ciila H. Stetson, Wo.burn;E!ler)' 
Channine M&rritt Bryantville. 

Na29, fe. LOT LITCHFIELD. 

From Lawrence Liichfit!clJ646. 
One 5on, Lot Litchiield, is now 
living in PernbroKe. 

No.30. 7. CALViNDAyiON 

Ffobsbly "T^'^rn John Damon, 162)3. 
CU\\6rzn living: C.Alphonso D^- 
mon, Boston. 

No.3), 8. HENRY MERRJir 

From Henry iMerritt, 162t. 

Children iivinc. Henry Merritt, Wfs. 
EmelineTL^rner both cf Hinuharn, 

^il>.32.9. INATMAMILLCUSRIMG 

From John CuSihing, IS^oZ, 

The onlychilci of NTthanie! Cush- 
ioiJ now livint;^ i.s fVall)2n Cus^hin^. 

No.33, !0. JON/^THAN HATCH 

fromThornas Hauh, I64fe. 

Grandchildren living; Joseph H. 
H»tch,Cushine Hatch; Leonard C. 
H^tch.Hin^^ham; Georg^e Hatch. 



Scituate; Marshall Hatch, Jona- 
than Hatch, Scitu3re;fv1r5. Eliza- 
beth Perrv, Whit man; Mrs. Eveline 
Dill, RockianC; Mrs,Hattie Curtis, 
Abln^,ton; and others. 

No. 34, II. GEaW. STETSON 

D?scend-:ints not traced 

No.35„ .2. BAILEY JENKINS. 

From Edward Jcnkln^^ )&4b. 

Descendants not tracc^d. 
No.3&, 13. ELIJAH DAMON 

rrob^ibly from John Oamoti, \Wh\ 

One daughter; Miss Sus^nC. Da- 
monjs now liyin?'^ in E.Bostoa 

No. 37, K- HON. WILKES WOOD 
Judg2.Wood came from l\F)ddlc- 
boro about 1828. No descend- 
ants have been traced. 

No-36. 15. HENRY 5RI&GS 

Fronr. WiHer Bri^^sJG43v 

Chiidren liviny; Mrs, Deborah Ci sop 
Nash. Wcllesley Hills, 

No. 39, lb. PAUL BRIGGS g< CO. 

FroaiWalitr 6ri^^s,_ I&43. 

Grandchildren livfng^-. Benjamin 
Bri^^'s; Geo. A. Bri^^s, Scitu^te.. 

Tnis pew wa^ afterward own e.d by 
Harrison Wildar. 

No. 4Qj7, LUTHEK TILDEN 

From Nathaniel Tilden, KblB. 

Grandchildren lii^in^?. Mi's. Jos? nh- 
!n<c. Bramen, N.York; Mrs.Juira M. 
Turner, Charles .Albert lilden, t. 
BoiiiDnT'dwardSouthworth.Quincy. 
Wni Francis Turner Assinippi;l\/1rs. 
Ar^ibeli^ FordJ\^rs Eudora 52iley, 
N.Scituate;VVa/doTurner,WpymDL;tn- 
G€or_^cThomas Tilden, Milton-, Mrs. 
Laura Tddfcn Greene, Dorchester; 
\Vi7> Ph i Mi !)S Tf jd en M t \ i orv K'\ I ss 



in^yJ^iytcut'Cu' 



13 



He\Qn Lewis, VValtham. 



No.4l, i6. MRS. ABIGAIL FOSTER 

From John Oxi!>, l6Gi. 

lYlr5.Fosler was the widow of Seth 
ro5rer. One daughter, Mrs. Jane 
Dt-)ano,i5 living fn Brooklyn, NLY. 

No.42,\o. CHARLES COLE 

Prom Ambrose Cole, ifc'JS. 

Grand- Children living: Augustus 
Cole,Scitu3te', Mrs. Lsther'^Rced, 
Mi!waukec,VVi^. Edward t.Cole, 
Boston; Frederic Cole. Scituate; 
Francis Cole,TexiiS; Miss Mary E. 
Waldron, Lynn; Eiii'ah Weatherbee, 
iMewton EoxverPalfs; F^nny (Wea- 
therbec) Coic, Boston; Chirks 
A. LitchTipJd, Andrew J. Litch- 
flek-C M[5S Mary A. Litchfield. 

Mo. 43, 2ojVLfORD& LEMUEL JACOBS 

From Michd«.i Ford. 1778. 
FromCapl D^vid Jacob, 1688. 

One son of Michael Fc>rd i5 now liv- 
ing, Rev. David Barnes Ford of 
.Hanover. Grand-children of 
Lemuel Jacobs hvuig-. B.Warren 
Jacobs; Mr^. Adeline Payne; Rev, 
D.5vid B.Ford, Hanover, 

Ho. 45, 25. TiMOTMY FOSTER 

From Edward Foster, \Q>11. 
On^ daughter, Mrs. Ellen FJames^ 
is novy/ living^ in East Boston. 

No.4b,2fc. SNOW BRYAMT 

From John Bryant, 163*^. 
Om son of Mr. Bryant is now 
iwin^^-. Snow Bryant of Assinippi 

No. 47, 27. SAMUEL TURNER 

From HumphreyTwrnerJ&33. 
Children living: Miss Caroline C. 
Turner,- David W. Turner,- Gusta^ 

vus J.Turner, Sacr?,mentu, Callf- 
orni2; fV'lrs.riarpielTutmsn; hi rs. 



Maria VV. Gaff/eld, Saml.Twrnen 
No. 48, 25. JOSHUA JACO& 

From Capi. David Jacob, I&88. 

Descendants not traced. 
No. 49, 29. JOHN K.NASH. 

Frorn Joseph Nash, 1700. 

One ^r^ndchild is nov\' livin^^: Mr3. 
Mary L. Pcv\'er. 

No_50,3o. LEMUEL CUSHING 
No descendants traced. 



1^0. 5\. 31. 



SAMUELTOIMAN 



From Capt. BenjaminToim-an,l709. 
Grand-children fivino: Samuel Tol- 
m2n, Hanover; .Viasl.. Miss Anna 
Tolm^n, HanOver, Prof. Herbert C, 
Tolman, Naslv/iUe^Tt^no, 

This pew a-(rerwi>-d owned by W. 
f. Litchiietd ?nd others. 

No.52,32. ELIJAH CLAF'P 

From Thomas CUp^ 1640. 
One son ;s Hvino: Andrew Clapp. 

No.5S.33. CUSHiNGO. BRIGGS 

From Waiter Bri^^s, iG'i-o. 
Children living: Llovd Brings, Bos- 
ton; Mrs. HannaK B. James"^ Boston; 
Mrs. Mary T Tolman, Hanover. 

No.54.34. NATHArilEL 6R00KS 

From WHifam Brooks. 1644. 

Children iNinr. Mrs.Charlmte E, 
Jones; Mrs.ElvE'^a B.Vinal, Brock- 
ton; Miss Rebecca C.Brooks; l/liss 
Martha VV. BrooKs, Prof VVm. P. 
Brooks, Amhei^t; Samugl JJVlay 
Brooks, Brockton. 

No. 55.. 35. ELIJAH BROOKS 

Frorr) .WiMiam BrooKs 164 4, 

Grandchildren tivinvi: K/rs.EmmiDa- 
n2» Markb, Plymouth; IMiss Hel^in 
Brooks Hathaway, Plymouth. 



eU>'LAtv''u<'< 



David Stefson. than Jas.f^Bfi^vs. 

(Not triced) li FromVv'alr?r Bri-J'^i, l&'ij. 

Children livin-g-. Mrj.Ellen Ellms; 
Alfred &.8rr^^s; Andrg/v J.Bri'jas,' 
Mfdfard'.W-Alti'.r C.Brig^i. Boston; 
Albert N. BnVjs, Wolla^tun; 
Charles E. Bria'jj;,, Boston-, Mrs, 
Adeline B. BroA/n, CohassBt. 

No. 57. 37. CHARlOiTECLAPP 

From Thomas. Clap, IG40. 

ryiiss Clapp was the sister of 
Joseph Clapp, the pTjnclfatlitjr 
yf Jo's^.ph C.'Otis, 

No.53, 38, LUCy ELLIS 

Grandchildren living: NathcVU 
Phillips, Marshfieid; Mrs. Grace 
.Ro'^'^r^, South BostQn. 



No. 59. 5'3. 



D/\VIO TORRtY 



Prom Ueut. James Torr^y, t^-rO. 
Children livlnif-. Mrs. Mary Robbins 
Chxi-riestov/n; Mri.Veota H.Tu rnzf, 
Boston-, CliarlesTfjrrey, Bo':.tGn; 
cverett Torr€y,Chart€stown; Frank- 
iinXorrey, CBrrara, Ital)/; Willard 
Torrey. 

N3.GO,4o. CHf\RLES W^TER 

from Edv'ard Faster l&3i. 

Two grandchildren, C'hsriesand 
Mary'Fo^ter, were recently liv- 
ih'^ in or near Boston. 

Old Ho. 2. DAVID BOWKER 

Prob'abiy fraiTi Jam^.sBowku i6ao. 
Children IWiny. Edwin L. Bowker 
Waltham; IM^rs. Laura Chapmiin] 
K4ilwawkse, Wis. 

Old No. 21. JOSEPH R.TOLMAM 

From CapcBtPJaniinTolnrun, I70(^. 

Grandchildrtjn livinv^: Joseph 
Tolnri2n, Maria W. Tolman, 
Thcma^ J.TQiman. 



The Did church sril! standsjook- 
I'ntf out upon theriver valley. The, 
little feet vvhTrh once pattered 
down its aisles have found thair 
v./ay into many a nobie an(j use- 
ful vy.alk In 1 if ^, whery new friends 
and new scenes have interposed 
their clai.nis and their delights, 
It this little sketch was to be 
sent to each of the children of 
the old meeting-tiQuse it v^ould 
have to journey sornp. Tour thou- 
sand miles to the eastward to 
\'Z^c^^ oT^.z of tf^e. sons of piw 3^, 
and westward across ourown con- 
tinent to sunny California to find 
©ne Y/ho "belongs" to pew 4-7. 

3! If distance doss not stifle 
the affectfons, nor does it cloud 
the memory^ and it must often 
happai! that th^?. thoughts of the 
past claim supren^^acy'^ver the 
thouphts of the present, and the 
hopes and fears, the jays and sor- 
rows of youth, co'me thran'^in-^bacK. 
And with thes2tiiou|^hts must 
come the memory of the ofci church 
and its assoc/aiions, fnspirin^ 
deep emotions 2nd l6Yin|,7i?ntai 
tributes to"the ^ood of times past" 
It is of kfndred associations 
that Whtttler speaks in his ten- 
der poem. "The IVpehno','vvh?n he 
says: 

"in the still waters nzQd^ must be 
SoiTig shade of humeri sympathy; 
And have, in its accustcmed place 
I (aoK an rnemorys dearest face; 
Tlie blind by-Sitter guesseth not 
What shadow haunts th^t vacant 5pct; 
No eye5 save mine alone can lee 
The love wherewith 'ii weicoines me, 
And st!!l, with those alone hiy kin, 
In doubt and weakne!,s, want and sirv, 
I bovs my head, my heart 1 bar? 
As when that face was livm^ there." 



Sc2»ttcrecl throui^h the church of the fathers ib given by the 
are miny copies of "Cbrist-jan Mynini following note from a recent 
3 volume published abuiit /651, It Boston paper; under the head 
h2h been very gratifying to ilnd some oi "*Nev\' Corporations" 
of th^sc in their original pe.ws, not "Unity Church, Amherst: 
havinp been iraniterred or taktn William P, Bro'oKs President." 
;.w25y^ .ilrhough th^i h2nds which This is the new "college tovvrt 
once turned their pa^es have )on0^ ciiurch"of the Unitarian de- 
been folded in rest. nomination^ and the mother 

In pevs' 51 we find one marked: church here in^y well feel 

"Sjlly Laphanri, Thanksgiving Day, proad of her worthy son, Pfof. 

Nov. 24 J853!' In other pevv5, cop- Brooks. 

!C3 markerl^^as fbfUn'vsi Pew 32, When the dnn]\/<zrsary of the 

iNathaniel Cushing.Pew 52, Elijah dedication of the church was near 

Ciapp, Pfe!Vv' 17, John Nash. Pevv at hand last fall, the ^uguestion 

18 f.B.Turncr. Few23, Eberiezer w^s made by someone, that a 

^-i^C'gg. Pevv7^-_bm£5 N. Sparreii, 5ervi"ce of conMnemoration be 

Au*^,J85L Pew 4b, Benj. Jacobs, held, to v\'hich ait the descend- 

Pew53, tilen C.G^nin'zt Pew b6, ants of th^ old families should 

3 copy with the n^rnes of all the. he espccrally invited. Such a 

Son's of J^mes P. Brians. Service, carefwilv planned and 

hi v^/riting an article of lh',5 na- carried' out, wouid be one of 
pjr^^ one has no rii^ht to cxto! great ir-spiration and value, but 
tlie. virtues of any onz distin the sons and' d;^i-4ghter5, grand- 
guished son of the chMrch, whih? 5ons and ^j^and-daui^hters of 
!t:;nor)ng others who are perhaps i'-. these "ancestra! pev^'s"' shou Id 
Yx/orthy^ bt/!t It would secm^ as if count it 2 dutyas v\'eli as a 
no v.'nUr could fail to make men- pleasure, an oblipation as well 
lion of RevWrnPTilderi, tb? Son as a hsppy privilege, to attend 
of Luther Tiiden, ?»s one who e>;- divine service here"^ at anu 
emplitied in his life 2nd teachings tJme^ and for them, t^ch 2rfd 
the beaufv and glory of 2n earne-St all, a welcome, w^its. 
Ciiristian life. 1t was in thisj^hurch T'His little article telis of a 
snd in these pews th^t Mr. iild^n N'ew En.ol and chi^ re h, and rt 
listened to the pulpit utterances .Seems fitrrns^f^ in clbsino to 
of Samue! Deane and Samuel J. qwotG from "a jketch of Hew 
l\'^!ay,.w!)ich inspired him ro lift cn^iand life. I he followtns 
up his eyes to the bills from lines are taken from "The' Mi d- 
whence came to him the blessed die Town of VVhitefield" by Hel- 
5Mn!i?ht of rational reiigron, en IViars'bail North. Theycome 
which it was his delif^ht to to us with a messT^ge of faith 
transmii to the world. " and hope \\kz 3 tender bene- 

Present-day evidence of the loy- diet ion. 

3lty of the Sons to the teachings -'The patient horses toil i^p 



x> 



^AAtcr%CoL. 



and down these liilts; The f^rnief^ 
t\\\ rhe soil £ind reap rhe grain; in 
frcnt cf the littie church each Sab- 
bath gather the famifi^s.the rnr-rrans 
2nd iTTaids.^nd thi gray^he^ded men. 
And the charm and beauty af 
all the living and lavmg, all the 
smih'ng^ the greering, a!! the kfsses 
and caresses is still to befL)L4nd 
fn the ofd, beautiful truth, '! am 
the rt^surre'ction and the \\\z\ he 
th2t beiieve-th In me, rhol\<^\^ he 
were dead, yet shall hs live; " 

George CTbirner 



JOB RAiNDALL. 

(Mr. Randall lived at or near fhe spot 
now occupfed by the nsli^r^^ of Mri. 
HarrfetTorrey. on Rivet- SL) 

Massachusetts Historical 
Society,- boston. 

Dec-I3,189a, 

DearMnTunnar 

-..'.--- Perhaps 
the fjilov^'ino extracr from Judge 
Sewall's diary may interest you: 

"April /7 77^5. -Col. Hat home, Ivfr 
Corwin 3nd I ter out for Scitusrts, 
Lod'^ed at Job RandaU's. /Ipr/J' Id, 
Heard Mr Jam '^s Gardener, oi 
Mirshfieid." 

) prGsume that the Job Ran- 
dal I here- mentioned i.s the one. 
whose name appears on the third 
page of "Histori'a! Ai^afn SewaM 
writes under 6^iz of Apr. 25, 17!^/, 
that he set o'a\ ior Scituata, and 
"got to Mr. Randall's about 5 
o'clocN." 

Your^s Yf.ry truly, 

Samuel A_ Green. 



A PHOTOGRAPH. 

An excellent pbotograDh of 
the fnt&rior of the hr Unitarian 
Church, showing some thirty- 
five of the pews, wai taken sev^ 
tTc^l Years 3g,o by Mr Joseph Greene, 
of ■'Dorchester It is a remarkably 
ch'dC picture^ even showin^the num- 
bers upon the pews. It was tsKen 
from the i^ailery. ! have recently 
ascertained that the, negative fs \\i 
existence, and I mention this for 
the benefit of thosf who may de- 
sire tc>"Sf!cure the shadow ere the 
substance, fades." G C T 

PUBLISHER'S MOTE. 

Further numbers of HISTORIA 
will be ibsucd if sufficient inter 
est is shown, and it Fs hoped ro 
publish articles from several per- 
sons who are we/l versed in local 
antiqLon'an lore. 

ThanKfn^ all who have subscribe 
€d for copies of this issL/iE, I wiH 
gladly answer inquiries from any 
one interested. 

Geori^e C.Turner. 

.River St„Norweil,MaiS. 



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On pac^e 5 of HiSTORIA, Ho'l. 
(first edition) the word "rest" iii 
thy 17th ITne should be "rise." 

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The late Casivin T. Phiii/ps, 
of South Hanover, z^fter vis/t- 
in^ this spot, ssys )"n the "Pi- 
oneer,"— "On the South Scitw- 
^te side of the North Riven a 
it; lie or more above Union Bridge, 
in 21 little thicket just on tht riv- 
er bank, stands, one soh"t?vry 
headstone niarkin£ the site of 
the old Wanton and Rogers bu- 
ryinggrownd. It is a lovely 
spot, where a. bend \n the riv- 
er brings into view ^ ion^ 
reach, both -above. And befow: 
Hzr^ be_yond sight and hear- 
ing from the highw2iy, it m^y in- 
dze.A be said th2t 'ail the air 
2 solemn stillness holds'! The 
dirgas and muHled drwm-beats 
of Decoration Day r\^s^r break 
tbie quiet of the, place, nor 
prompt friendl^^ hands to clear 
away the briars from the neg- 
lected 2ind ie^f-covercd ^Taves. 
But thrs burial place was 
not always the lonely spot 
it now seems, for when it was 
used It was within ttie limits 
of the farm cA Edward Wanton, 
one of the rTost Goterpri'sinj 
3S well as wealthy business 
men o^ the colony. The \K/an- 
ton house and 5hip-yard were 
nearby, and the river was the 
great highway. 



THE QUAKER CEHETERY. 

Khoda BarKtr Eldis. 

A EMBERS of the Society of 
■ |_| Friends, or Quakers were 
at one time C|uite numerous in 
Scituate -^nd- adjoining towns. 
There were two 'ivteet/n^hou- 
ses" there, both of which were 
used for worship. 

The larger one was rr'.oved 
to Pe.ni broke, where it I'j in use 
at the present time bv that 
society. One. of these church- 
es, probably the one styled \ry 
the records "the Upper fVleet- 
m^-house" stood near the old 
cemdery, whKh was former- 
ly known as the Wanton ^nd, 
Kogers burying ground. It was 
a psrt of the NA/anton farm, 
and the Wanton 2\-^A Rogers 
families were, burfed hert. It 
is probable that it was used 
as a buryinu; p'ace :^s> (sarly 
as !£&!, for in that year John 
Roo-ers, the fiVst of that name 
in Marshfiiid d\i6 ^^v\d a year 
or tv/o later thev\/fV£S of Ed- 
ward Wanton and John Rog"- 
ers, Son q] first named John, 
died ^Iso- It vvasac^uarter 
of an acre: in extent. 



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T^oM^-yiyo/: 



In !705, V^Unton, having' 
lived here for more than forty 
ye^rs, ^nd now ^rovvini^ old, deed- 
ed to his son ^y1ichae!, his home 
lot of 8Z acres. Two year^ ht^r 
we find nnention of the bunai 
p\2Q^ when hylich2v€l Wanton 
deeds back to his father E'dwArd 
V^anton of Scitiote, and John Ro- 
gers seni'or of lYl^rshffeld, 'a 
certain piece or parcel of i^nd 
contafning a quarter of d.r\ a.- 
cre^ \y\np^ and being in Scitu- 
ate, for ^ bwryin'i place for 
thenn. the said Wanton and 
Roge.rs^ thsir he-ir^and assigns^ 
faiT!iiie,s> and posterities fort'^zr^ 
to bury their dp.ad in from rime 
to h'ms, and for no other use 
whatsoever Seing that parcel 
of land laying towards the north- 
east from my dwelling hou5&, 
which h^th been and still is 
used and fenced in for a bury- 
ing place^ to continue the sarrie 
bre.adth 25 it is now Fenced 
towards the north-ez^st until 
it make wp the quantity of a 
quarter of 'an acre^ with afoot- 
way or privilege to pass on 
foot from the said house, to the 
burying place sforesaidi and back 
again, 2S ther?. shili be occasion. 

The vensra-bie Edward Wan- 
ton was himself buried here, 
in 1716. Th2 remains of th€- 
succeedfrig _^'enerAtiDns of the. 
VVani:on family occupy Izss ob- 
scure graves, two of Edward's 
sons havino been governors 



of Rhode Island, and t'^o of his 
grandsons having 2ilSo held that 
office. 

It seems strange that such 
2i careful historian as Dea.ne 
should hAve, written of the old 
Friends' bt/rial ground in 1831 
that 'no lettered stone i5 seen 
there', when even now the head- 
stone, of Mary Webb I's entire, 
and h part of 2inother is in 
place inscribed 

— ed ye I0t^> day 

—Month- 1720 ag,ed 19 

According to the statement of 
old people livint^ near; there 
musL have been still more 
stones standing '/vhen Mr Deane 
WAS in Scituate. Did he nav- 
er visit the place? 

The inscription on the Y/ebb 
stone is 

MARY Webb ye W(if)e 
of EDWARD WEBB of Boston 
died ye 23^ 8 mo 1708. 
When Michael VVanlohs chil- 
dren Sold the old place in 1745, 
the burial place is menh'onedas 
follows— 'And e>^ceptiri5 also out 
of the aforesaid 79 acres, the bu- 
r-yinig place containing, one quar- 
ter of an acre to be and remain 
a buryinrr place forever for aM 
persons whomsoever, with full 
egress and re^sress for all per- 
sons to and from said bury- 
ing' %rQ[/r]i.i! " 

We find in the Y/i!l of Thom- 
as Rogers, son of John, second, 
the following: 



T'^iAto'ioayT 



19 



"It is my mind 2nd Will that 
hiy s^id two son^ pay a,li my 
jusl debts 2>nd funaral ch-^r^es, 
and ic^acies aforesaid, and also 
to fence, in the buryino, pi "ace 
th^t fi'es in Scituste, neT^r the 
dwelling houS£ th2it wss ,Vlicr,^e! 
Wanton's , d e c-is sed ." 

Therp.. is a tradition 15 these 
Rogers fan-)iii(!i.i th^t they are. 
cle..sc?.ndec( froin the Nliriyr John 
Rosters, who vy^.s burned at the. 
st's.Ke in Sinithficld^ England, in 
155.5. No traces, however h^ve 
yet biT.sn found to verify this, 
nor C2n any record of the Mar- 
tyr's family be found. John 
RDger!> (son of fir.sl John) to 
whom wc refer in connect.fon 
with [idw2rd Wanton and the 
buria! pisce, was born in Eng- 
I 'And and c^^iTie with his father 
to this cowntrv. He inarried Rho- 
d2^ daughter of Elder Thomas 
Kin^. .After her de^th. h^ nnar- 
rfed .^ S£cond, and a^ain a third 
time,, leaving, seven children. 

The stab of 2 stone, now stand- 
ing in thL o^d cemetery is ^t the 
gr^ve of Judah Bwtier^ son of 
Johanna Butkr, v\'ho w'as a 
dauighler cf John Rogers, sec- 
ond, hir h'^Sbsnd v\'^5 Jwdaii 
Butler of Fs.hT)Outh. 

5ure)v th.e least we can do 
is to preserve this spot !>j\cred, 
and save it from, oblivion, mBrk- 
in^ it in soine suif^ble manner 
in memory of the. brave men 
and women who helped build 
for us the foundation^ upon 
which the lit?. 2nd liberties of 



this great n-alion sta-nd today. 
V\'e hope the tfme \i not far 
off when these memoriais of 
the past Will be cherished by 
theif descenda,nL5^ and savedfrc>m 
destruction ?^l the hands of van- 
dais znd cunositv hunters, 



THE VVAMTON-RDGEK'S BUKViNG GROUND 
TODAY 

The present condition of th?. ceme- 
tery as observed by i visitor tc 'he spc-l 
on Wlirch ?B, h Y'Xtlz differenifroiTi th-il 
of the past few yairs. The Mary Wp.bb 
stone stand-s leaning i«ainst a sturvip 
and little Judah Butler's ^^ravc 15 stil! 
m-irKed by the fra^rap.nl referred to in 
Mis.s Eiiis' article. There are. several 
stubs of stones. and these arc probab- 
ly in their original positions. This is 
cause for con^ratulatior^Tor they pre- 
serve the evact locationof this little 
cemetery wtiith has suf-fereistsuch grte 
vous v.'ron5,5. The adjoining (and, the 
owners of which h^ive at times dainied 
the litle to the ccvwclery, has changed 
hands XwiLC during the fast fev>' year.5, 
and the farm of which this hnd 16 now 
a part is soon to be SoWa^ain at pub- 
lic auction. Let us hope that no trans- 
fers of the neighboring lands will in 
any way work injury to the place of 
interment of thtse prominent early 
Settlers, for it is cruel injustice to 
their memory if some, of their descen- 
ciants do not take fr^t^^Mft^ to protect 
this spot It should be. msirked by a 
tablet or mDnum8.nt,for, one fourth 
mile, from the: nearest ho/^ss, one hilf 
mile from the neire.^t highway, it is 
rarely visited and known to but few. 
This numb&r of HlSTORIA brin^^L it 
into the knowied^c of the general pub- 
lit a^ain, jiiid temporary interest will 
thus be arousf-d. Must it be a^ain 
forijotten? 

G-. C . T . 



Baptisms by rlv. vvilliam wETHEReLL, 

the first ?2^'^\or of the Sauth or 'Second Church m Scit- 
uit£, y/hi'ch i"s now thp^ Fn'it Unit^iri-Jin Church, Norwell. 
The earliest records I'n the paslork own h^ndwn'ting give 
h\s. n^imc a.s Wetherel!. Mr Oe^ne. writer fhe nima \\'ith- 
ertill i'n siir.ost every instance. Perhaps the pa^stor changed 
the "e" to"\" I'n his, ist^r vvn'tings. Th£ curious 2irr2n?,eme.nt 
0^ d2Us 15. on accDtytnl: of the fact th^t the Engii&h nation 
did not adopt the Gregorian caiendzur until !752^ therefore 
]n IG4S the new year be^2n with IVlirch 25. These 
ba,|:)tisms are published for the first time. 



A Catalogue o\ the nAmes o\ i\\ .such s.s hsve b^en baptized by 
Guililmo vvethere!!, Paslor to ye Chwrch^ since hiselectian into 
office in Septbre. iG45. 

Anno 1&45. 

Sar^h ye dau^hte^r of Wi" Wetherel) ) o ^. 

Hopestill y£ sonn of Eltsh^ Be5by ^ -:^e,p.bi' 

! hom^s ye sonn of Thomis Kinjs J ^' 

Deborah ye d^u'^hterl ^; r^^-.. . nat^i ^^a ^ 

r^.^ • 1 -^ ^ ^ > ot beortre vviila.rd) Scot 14- 

D^nie! ye Sonne J -' ( Oept ll-. 

Hannah ye d-iuahter of W '' Brook J 

Joseph, Benjamin Thom2s_ Sons of Rob^ Stwds.on Oct S 

Joshua ye sonn of Geo. \[\l\\\^Yd Novemb 2. 

Joanna, ye d.-autfhter of ^p'^r'^ifn Kemoton " 9. 

Sara.h^ Joseph, T-lainna, ye children o{ VsIV' Randal! ^' Z3. 

John, yt soon of Ehsha. Besby D^ce!•nb 21. 

Sa-inue.! ye son of Kesoived VVhita ^ ■ i cr 

RabBCCi ye dau_^ht^r of Tho L'cxppham > March lb. 
Sarah ye ^^ of John Stock bridge) 

Anno 1G4& I (a'^G. 

N^thiniei ye. sonne of Will Brook IVlarch 29. 

Eh'-LSb'^Ah ^ ye Son 2nd dzu^hter of Thomas Starrj JoineT. 

hUnna yz daughter of Vv/iddow HMch ^'14.. 
Sarah \ . 

Eiirabethj v^ daue^hter^ o\ Gilbert Brook I Jun£2L 

Samue'i ye 6on of Rob- Studson July !2. 

Lydia ye daughter of George Sutton Sepc 13. 

Hanna ye daughter ai William Wcrherell Febr 2B. 

VVilliim ye some o-f Jame-S Torry March 2K 

I'^A? )£47. 

Mary and William ye children of VV"'''"^ Parker ivUy 16. 



VViMum ye sonn of James Ad^ms N'^'^^ 23. 

IVIirth^ ye dactghter of William Parker Junz (3 

HesLher ye dau^'hter of John Stockbrid^e July M. 

Resolved y& sonn of Kesotved Whitt Novemb 1 4-. 

PzLtienca ye dau^htGr of Ephra^m Kempton Novemb 21. 

M2.ry djiughtar ot Willi Am BrooK Nov£mb28. 

'i/Vi'llurn ye 5>on of William Randil! Jan 2. 

Daniel ye sonn of Thomas King F^br 13. 

JG^a. ! &43. 

NathSiniel yz sonn of AbrAh^m Prabble Apr 9. 

John y« Sonn of Robt 5tudson May 7. 

iVUry ye daughter of Eiisha Be.sby Sapt 10. 

Joseph ye sonn of Thomas Lapph^m St^pt 24-. 

Sarah ye daug^hlcr of Greor^e Sutton Decerrib 3. 

1£49. IS49. 

Joseph ye sonn of James. Torry hvlarch 2 5. 

Joseph ye sonn of Richard Garret Apr !. 

Ephraim ye sonn of Ephrafnn Kempton Apr 6. 

Jonath^nl ,^ ^ i \ ■ -r c - i uyi 

, , } y€ sonns ot Jonn J^A'r\^zr , Senior Vlay 

Jose.ph ) ^ ' ^ I / 

PAtience daughter o1 WiHiam Parker May 6. 

Anna ^/e daughter o^ J^mes Adams May 20. 

Anna ye daughter of Resolved White June tO. 

Mary ye daughter of Gilbert Brook July 15. 

£lii:ibeLh ye ciswghter of Thomas Courtfs Aug 19. 

John _ye sonn of Jarnts Baits October 7. 

Marg,-aret >^e chu^hter of Qs2.ort^<z. Bastow Febr 24. 

!G50. iG50. 

N^vomi ye dauohter of Richard Sylvester Apr I ^. 

John ye Sonne of Winiam Randal! A^r 23. 

Eunice ye daughter of Robt St'v^dson (Via)' I 9. 

Sarah the daughtir of Thomas Kimg;) -^^^^ 2S 
Sarah ye daughter of W"m Brook J 

Rschel ye daughter of Gilbert Brook Jwiy 7. 

Deborah ye dauyhtsr of Willum Bz^rstow Au^ 16. 

Sarah ye dau^nter oi George Sutton Sept 15. 

Nathaniel ye Sonne of Mr''jDseph Tilden S^pt 29. 
Ezekiell ye son of John Turner^ senior January 19. 

Manasseh ye sonne of Ephratin Kempton Febr 9. 

Hiinnah ye daughter of Walter H^tch " Mar 23. 

^<^^'Il ^??'^^^^1 the children of John Bryant N\^r 23. 

To be continued in JUN£ HiSToRiA. 



22 



T^i^ijtifLOCL/. 



Amother Of TheWilsOiN HfLL 
Gravestones Found. 

Ttiis is the. CORNELIUS BRiGGS 

si one. 

Wilson Hif!, near int Sc.'tuste 
h'ne, VV3.S the. site, of the me-tt- 
I'ng^-house of thu Second Church 
in Sdiu.iXt, end the church be.- 
^an 2) bi-irying-ground here in 
(G44. The. £oci"cty removed to 
2, n£.vv ioc2*ti'on in i&BO, ^nd in 
time the. \\VJt bMr_ying_^round 
became neg.'£cted, '^n(^, asriy in 
the. pre5,ent century \'i.nd2.) 
h^nc^s destroyed 2i!! traces of the 
cemetery, rh^Kin^^ the. spot a 
level field, in April, 1B9&, c>ne- 
of the. o'd gravc-Suon^.s wis found 
m Scitw2vte^ Ui>.)dtr ^n old corn- 
b 2, r n . 

A fuili ^XLDuni of the- search 
for and finding of thus relic 
was g.iven in HlSTORiA, No. I, 
so we will here simply g'ivc 
the inscripti'oh upon it,vvhich is 

Hzrz Lyes Yc Badv 

of THOMAS KiNG 

who di'td September 24- 

1691 

The rBCfht discovery of the. 
Bn'g^s stone was made through 
the efforts ol Mrs. Phe.be Turner 
and ^1r Edward W. Mumphrcy, aid- 
^d by informati'on flemished by 
iVr. John Turner. 

Mr. Turne-r whe,n a youn§ 
man^ vvss one day ^Mnnini^ in 
the vicinity of- Wilson Hill, wd 
cam^ across a fra^p/nent of a 
^ravastont. 

Surprised at the cirnMni stance 
he in(]\j'^rzd^ an reaching, home ^ 



of his f^thi^r Hon.SamMe! A. 
Turner, why SMch a stone 
should be i'n that vfcinity. Mr 
Turner, senior, was much in- 
terested, and the stone was re- 
moved to the Turner homestead 
but the many decides since 
then hasJ almost caused it iu 
be entirely forgotten by those 
who Knew of it. One day last 
February-, MrTwrner mentioned 
It in conversation with the pub- 
lisher of HI5T0RIA c^nd search 
was at once made, finaily re- 
swlting. in success. 

The Tnscriplion is imperfect, 
as the stone is only an vnevt\~] 
fragment. It h as follows: 

CORNELIUS BRIG(GS) 
Dec^' October >^ 20 

HIS AGE, Ib94. 
An Enbign in Kin^f Phih~p'.s 
War, the common anLestor of 
the Bn"g.^s ship-builders ^one of 
whom built thcfarnows ship "Co- 
lumbia," the first vessel to visH 
the north-west coast of out" 
coLsntry. the ship from vvbfch 
the ColwmbiaRiver takes its 
name, the first American ves- 
sel to circumnavigate the 
globe; still "the frail memo- 
ri'al erected ni'gh" proved pow- 
erless "his bones from insult 
to protect;' and the mortal re- 
mains of this one, and n'lany 
more. of5c!tuate"s first set- 
tlers, he in unmarked ^raves, 
Rev. S-amuel Deane says 
of this buryin^-ground "\'\zrz 
we.re burizd the earliest ^ene- 
ri'.tions of the Cushin<^s, the 
Kin^s theTorrevs, the Matchs, 



the Robm&ons. with Mr: Wi th- 
ere/I, their first p^^stor. 

Duxburys people searched kr 
and found' My ks ^t^ndish's 
^r^^z. Will thg descendants of 
Nor^en'6 first sett'ers ailow thd 
Wi'lson H)!l yard to oo fore.var un- 
mirk&d? 



23 



THF DARK DAY. 

" 'Tw;v5 on i Mzy-day ci thti far 
old ye 111', 
5<Lventee.n hundred f^i^hiy. that thtrtfeil, 
Over the bloom and swtPi !ift o-f the. Spring, 
Ovtir thti friiih earth and iht htaven of 

hoon, 
A horror of graat dirkne^j^ like tila mght 
fn day of which the Norland sa52.s tell, 
TheTwHi'siht of thH,&ac(s. The fow-hun^ 

sKy 
Wi5 blacK with ominous clouds." 

- V/hitticr. 

The ''dark day" mtans in fVe.w 
Engl-^nd history, May 1% 1790, win n 
fowls went to roost at mi-cidiy, 
^nd candks wara lighted in the 
houses. 

In two difleKent ^/viys the mem- 
ory of this phenomenal rrynifesl- 
2.tion hib been preserve^d in this 
vicinity. 

A fatrnily \.r^^,\l\Qn, the truth 
oi whicti no on?- hss any r&ason 
to doubt, 5a/s th<it tha 5amu2l 
Ou\kman house, (oow tha rasi- 
d^.nc'd of WiT!.L.Cu.5hing) just 
JYc<:r the, river \n i\/larshf ;eld , 
was' r2\is^d" upon th^t d'Ay. 

In the old Foster house (turn 
down in 1898) lived <at th^t t/me 
Mr John Fost^r^ and Lhi's entry 
from hi's family Bible, now in 
the- possession of his grt^-at - 



^r^ndson, Charl^s T. Foster of 
Chester Pa., r_s interes-ting. 

"May th^ i^^^y 1780, b day 
of darknes 8c fh?, ioibi/zin^ Might 
also Ren-iarcsible 50. " 

It is 5'Aid ih^i tha obscura- 
tfon did not bei5in Lint i I ahout 
ten in the. forenoon ^ 50 who 
Knows but thit the sturdy c^rly 
n"sc,r6 of that X\m^ had the OaK- 
ni^n hous« wsii framed and se- 
curely "trunndled" at th^t hour. 

'^'ZY'-j likely Mr. Poster wiS at 
the raising, and pe.rhaps on the 
rapid approach of &hrkmss he 
hastened home across the ferry 
or \\^ h!5 ovvn boat and clmibe.d 
the long hil! wonderino; 2i\\ the 
ti"m& what the ^athiirin^ blacK- 
ne&.s meant, 

Fn'ohtened? No! There may 
be, persons who bcliRve that 
the early Fosters were not me.n 
of st^lwartness and coMra^^a, 
but tha -^^nltr i.s not one of 
them. .^L n r 



REV. SAMUEL DFANF. 

in hia preface, to the family ik^.lche.^ 
i"n hi{) hi 5ti>r>^, Siid 

Thoucjh many of the famiii 



e,y 
of 



in our c?»talotxue cannot cvhibft 
a line, of illustrious n'ime.5,'y'et the; 
l^rt S[A£h. as partook in the, periko- 
foundins^ and cl«,fe,ndin^ tttis coun 
tr'y, ir, tfmp.s v\/he.n coura-^^, iion- 
5tancy Tind paKence. were indeed 



j>LdMi_Y di iw paiiciiLii- Yverc 'odeed 
common virtues out not the less 
admirable to us \or bi\ng corn- 
nion a.t that tinr?,. There; neds 
bt no apology hr attemptmo to 
priiserve the ^,Gne.alo^r(2.s of 



those UmilJes who occupied these ni ini i r urn'c^ n r\\ i ii\/k) 

hills mtho^e early t,me5, it ,. nJbLiSIICRo C0HJI1!1. 

a!) the. nobility we. have; and it is 

nobility enough, when we can tr^.ce 

Oi^r descent from the fathers of A fe.W ordtfS hhMi been re- 

(MewEngbnc^. ceived for copies of HlSTORlA 

;m. h ^.'il^i^'^- ^^^^ "^°'^^, ^?/^^- Mumber One 2110! Number Two. 

thl^^'j^ae^^f^;^^^^^ ish.l! order, new edition of 

firit broKe the ^o\\ which we now ^^^^ ^^ ^^^'^^^ J^^^ ^^ ^^0*^ ^S 

cuiiiv2t£,2.nd fi^w things c^n more enough or(}sab are received to 

excite tha imig^in^tion than to vvarrsnt the expenst. 
muse upon the spot where they it m^y be well to st^Ie here. 

lightad, thtir domestic fires, or to that these numbers contained 

walk over theareen turf that thi articles "THE OLD CEML 

cov«r5 their rem2in5. TERY"(with inscriptions 1689- 

^ . ____ ,{^^|j -7H£ KmG STONE" 

ERRA.-T/\. and "ANCESTRAL PEWS." 
HISTORIA is lop^^d consecu- ' ^<^^t ju5t(fie.cl in asKing 

tiv^ly, therefore Number 21 should in behalf of HISTORIA, the 

be^m with Pa^e 9. On Page 10 swpport of all per5ons inier- 

Iwo errors occur- I h first column ^..„^ ,„ tho hi^tnrv nf ihlc. 

JOHN HAYDF_N should be JOSEPH ^^'^^ ''^ ^^^ hiStury Of thl5 

MAVDeN, a.ncl in s«,cond columnjine Section, 

30. the_Y\ord "brother" should De HiSTORiA IS not the prod- 

"t'ather." VVe hope r^h&^r^^ will uct of ^ny far-^lghte(^ plan 

mikc th^s^ corrections in th^ir or scheme, therefore it 

own copiLS. J ., , - - r 

needs the subscriptions oi 

„ __ man)' more persons to ins- 
ure its continuance. 

Personally, ! am ^'sd that 
I have ^iven 50 much time 



"JOHN ROGERS 

OF 



^ , ■ , to this work, as it seems 10 

a,'\d surn^eof |-\isdescer\dar\ts.- me. a very important ont. 

D , - , 7r~rx . Hoping to receive many 

' new subscriptions, I renmn, 

8vo. !9SD^^'e.s. Pr.cc|>l-^ ^"""^'^ Respett'L^iy , 

,, , ~ , GrORGE C.TURNFR. 

Orders se,nL in care of 

HISTORIA will be prompt- River St., 

)y forvvard&d. Norweli, Mass. 



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FIRST PARISH CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS. 



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At this t"imc,vvi''iik the fad for 
historiCdl and ^snealo^ical research 
is St its height ^ while. ,so many peo- 
ple are f.ndeavoring to er^tablish the 
proof that their anr.eotor^ four<ht \n 
the ReA'oiution or cs^meover inthe 
Mayflower; ar.vi every bit of histo- 
ry is b&in^ 'tdceriy soufJhtout and 
pres;?.rvecl, It maiy not be. asTiis-^ to 
cai! Rit tent ion to the fact that one 
of the ancestors of the g^reat \N>s 
Pre5i"rfc.nt, Abrjiharn Lincoln., was at 
onetime a resident of Scituate^and 
in^t Prtsident.. Lincoln was descen- 
ded from tha Lincolns of tha Old 
Colony, It is only quite recently 
that the descent was satisfactori- 
ly traced, but the fact now seems 
settled. Mr Sh.^ckford and the His- 
tory of HinphAfn assert it, ^nd \^r_ 
John T l\^iofS£ in bis"L.ife of Lin- 
coln" acce-pts it. NiColay and Hay 
also consi'der it probable. 

Samuel Lincoln, of HJnuham^w^s 
the first of the line, in Arr!eric.a.,arid 
it is tiorou^h his son Morciecai that 
Scitu'.Ate can ciain-^. a part of ihz 
honor. The Historv Cjf Hin<2_ham says; 
"IY!oru2cai Lincoln^ the son of 5am- 
u e. I , was horn in H i nph ^ m , June 
]^^ !b57. He marned for his first 
wife. Sarah Jone.s, dau o-f ,Abrab.^m 



and Sarah (Whitman) Jones of 
Hull. His second vv i f e. was the vyFd- 
ow Mary Gannett, probably of Scib 
uate. He died suddenly NdvJ72X 
in his 71 Y^an" 

His son l\Aord<:cai born Aori! 
24^ 1666 inberit(^d 110 pounds and 
re moved 1 IV1 o n rno u t h Cow nty, New 
Jers?>y and afierwarcis \q Pennsyl- 
vania. His son John^ in ttirnj 
puKocd south into Vtr^ini-a, and 
settled In Augusta County, m that 
part which \A'as latp.f-set off as Rock 
in^bam County. 

This John had five suns, John 
Thomas, Abraham, Isaac and Ja- 
cob. Abraham settled in North 
CjiPoltna and married. His family 
were neighbors of and intinnatE 
Y"vith the Boones, and according 
to Nicolay and Hay it was this in- 
timacy that; probably caused htm 
to dive up his \\ovr\t iri North 
CanoUnTi and rerriovc to Kentwoky. 

He \'vas a n-^an of avt^rai?;^ means 
and entered several valuable tracts 
of pwbHc bnd fn that state, which 
Yvas at the time beinj^ napidiv set- 
tled by men from Virq^inia anc\ 
Carolina. H(? di"d not tive lonyi 
to enjoy the, possession of bis 
new found heme, betn«< killed by 



2G 7(jyA.t(nA^^. 

B- Iwrking; Indian wnfie at de^ree^ for wt find them per- 

work in a fi>ld n€?.ar his cab;.-!. peFually pt^fii'inj^ up f^takes and 

He left three '-.on^.., Mordecsi, mov'in? on to newe*- lands, the 

JobfAh and Thoma::- the father type of men who have rn?.dp, our 

of Presi-dcint Ij'ncohn. country \A;hst it is today. 

Tho'.Tias wiS a ca.rpenlcr by 't is .^Ko Intercast Tnur to note 
\:f&6z-2 f'oilin^ stone by cboitfc. (hat while bit by bit tht Lin- 
After chan-^^ing lifs re5(d2:ncfi sev coins became more niiterate. 



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erai times within the bord?.^z> 0^ and dropped lower in the social 

Kentucky, he. crossed ovcr into sr.2iie ss they tr^verried wiidef- 

indiana^and later rvattteij i"n I'li- ness 3.nd prairie in 5<?2n;h of 

nois. Te''5€ly wri rten^ the hon-,? and fortune, thst at l3St 

h'ne. of dgT.ceni is — there could come from sMch de- 

f S^n'iue!, oi rnvrland s'lci Hinw- gsnerata .stc•■^<> a son vyha would 

h?.!T,. "" ' be, cahed the noblest in the land, 

Z, Morciec^f, of Sci1u<^tc. And it -srgLtes v/e!l for the prh- 

3. .Mordecal, oi McvVsJersey <5nd tine rtCnf^ratfons of the Old Col- 

P^nnsylvBHia. ony that the good coyldj.,! last 

•1. John, d{ V/r^.Miia. assert itself. 

5. Abriham^ of ["^cifth Csroh'na But to return to the swbjtct 

and Kentucky. cf our sketch. Deanc, says Mor- 

6. Ifvjm^s^ o\ Kentucky Indian a. decii! bettted at Bound Brook 

ind Illinois. "^ Bridge in 1700, and erected rrn"!/?. 

7. Abraham Lincoln, President Bi^elovx/s History of Cohasiset says 

r^t the United States. that he erected iron works 2boi>«t 

A historian renrarks th3>i: 1703, at Bound Brook,wh^rf Ti^r- 

ib.rouph six sueces5iYegc/->e rati- tie Island is formed fay the divid- 

ons 2,11 ssve one were pioneers ed and reunited •strenm. Bound 

in the settlcrrient of new roun- Rrook, by the way^ is a.n historic 

tries. Oddly enowgh^ that one little stream, 2,s it vvss for some 

exxeption is the suhje^it of cur tin'^e 3 part of the bound^sry be- 

sketch, Mordecai, of 5cituate. tween the Plymouth and (he 

It almost seems 2S if the Mo- Mass. 6'.iy ColonFes. To this day 

rnadic instincts of the Isracli'tes after the lapse of nc-<irly two 

were inherftecl by this br.^nch oi hundreO years the mills oi-. hhe 

the Linccin fam.MV 2ilun^ with the aid site arp. known as the Lin- 

fondne^s for .Abrah^arn as :: first coin Mills, 
name. At least they di'^phyt^d the It I's to be reef re 11=-: d th;it- 

Anpio-oayon love of Und and love Dcane, writinej l83C\co{,dd nob 

pf wandering in 2 very marked have cfsVen us a more definite 



account of the L'mcolns of 5cit- 
Uiste. from the genera! accu- 
racv of his work, anything that 
he mi_oht have o\3co\itredi 2XtU>X 
time, would h^ve be^n of grsAi 
i n [ e,r zbl and v a i u e,, ? n d he va^ou W 
Mndi7ubte,d!y have done.3ocouid 
he have known th^t somtLvvhere 
in the o'r^At West vvis^rowinp 
up a Pre.sident or th-i United 
States, ^/vhose ancestry wouid be 
iTaced b^ck to these same Lin- 
coins. 

On? bit of informBtion, thai 

IVlordecai, Jr., married a d2\wgh- 
ter of Rev. Nbrh-?niel Eeiis, is 
interesting to the membtr-s of 
ihe bouth Parish. 

It would 2!so be inten25t/'n'^ 
to know whether the Abraham 
Lincoln whom Brigg^s' HistbTy of 
Ship-E'iiildin^ on f^orth River 
speaks of as part owner of 
the sch. "Three Friends "in 1797 
v^'as a dti^cendant of this branch 
or not. He cert-ainiy nz-s one 
of the characteristic fore nanne-S 
of the family. 

The lapse of time, and the, 
paucity of ^r/ritten m^.tter pre- 
vents us Irorn knowing what 
sort of iTi2n this VlOrdeCAi 
Lincoln was. But the face 
th.^t he est^bU'shed saw and 
orist miils 2nd thit he was the 
owner of iron vvorrcs i^howstnat 
he, was a very useful man in 
his d^y and generation. A 
generation by the vv?y that de- 
pended OP, the fevN^ Sdw n'uKs 



for boards with v^jhich to build 
their houses, on the sc?.ttered 
^rist mills for the very bread 
that they ste, ind that priied 
^ bit of ii^on as h/phiy as we of 
this generation priie <iS)\d and 
silver. He was ^iso possessed of 
d reasonable amount o^ wea/th 
3s wealth was considet^ed then, 
his will shovvin_^ hini to h^vij. 
been a man of considerabte means. 
As to his moral ch^^raLter 
and trie reputation he bore, we 
have no means of knovvjn'j,d]e.r? 
are none left ro tell h;5 virtues; 
none to tel! his faults. ~Xh^ 
hand of time has smoothed aw^y 
almost alt the traces that he ev- 
er exi3ted, ^^ncl xhz. 'ir^.'^-i, has for 
nearly two cento/r(G,s grown o-^~ 
tr his last resting place in Grove- 
Jand cemetery, Month Scituate, 
6ur It need not be ssid that 
he Vwttd^ in vain^ for Y\/ho knows 
but what 5oni^ of the st.ron'^est 
and best qualities of President 
Lincoln were inherited from 
his Scituate ancestor. 



Joseph Fosttf Merrill. 



"Time, what 2n ampty vapor 'tis; 

And days how swift they are— 

Sv^iTt as an Indian an"*ow 

Rv/on );Ke a shootine^^-star , 

The present monn<inrs jost ^\t/idnd. 

Then slides av>/ay in ha^te. 

So that we \^tM<s.r can s.-*y thfeyVc, 

ours 
But only mourn tlie past." 

—A br-A hjm Lincoln. 



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5^KTERii\JG at the southern g^te- 
L^vj2iy of the First Parish Ceme- 
tery at Norwell Centra, the visit- 
or's attention 15 at once attrart- 
ed by a marble gravesti^ne bear- 
ing the. sculptured ima^e of a 
ship upon th£ stocKs 

This is erected at theQ,rdvecf 
LutherTildeii, o\\z ofrhcoid Mofth 
River 3hip builders. Seaming to 
speak of an immort^) voyage, it 
inspires hopefjluph'ftino tho!,<_^ht-.s 
and crivKs a sacred chi^rrn ta the 
spot. Thd inscnptiun upon it is 

LUTHEI^ TILDF.IM 
D;£d 

Mar 6 l6o7 
A.e 80 

PHILENDA Bi=;:OOKS 

his •/vife 

Died Mai- 7, 1837 

Ae. 58. 

SARAH BEIxiSON 

his ?.'H.^ wifi 

died Jan i:i, i862. 

Ae. £7 

iVI r. T i I d e n's f i rs t wi fe vv ^ '^ t h « 
ciaui^hter af C^ijl. VVihiarn BruoKs, 
who liisd on the, pUcfe iv:)W knowf^ 
as Riv'irdale Farm. 

Thf^ir 3/HCDnd son W3S Ke.v. VVit- 
liarn Philhus Tiic!?.n, in whose hf«i 
■<ft nd rn in ! s t r j/ U ; e p e p I c f N r vve 1 1 
feel such i^n honorable pnd'i, and 
it {% from hi^ autobio^Piphy that 



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we c|uote the-se Unes", 

----- 'The next sprmg, 
iVUrch 7 1837, my dear mother 
di"e.d She had been slowly decli"- 
ning for two or three years. Sut, 
oh, she. was so aood and true, so 
i/nse,!f(sh and loving, W. vv.?>s hard 
to let hvir go, ev&n. lo HeAV<2n'. 
3h« W2S a Syvi?et jOuI. — <tvery- 
tiling to -father, everything to 
her children. 

In her d^y$ 0^ h«2\(th, she was 
bright, full of hurnor ^nd Broods 
wit the lif(2 of conipinv, ^nd m^K- 
ing all around her happy. 

She knew, «iS <iN/ery true, wife 
and r-rtother Knov/s, inu^v much ohe 
v^/A:i needed, .-ind ion^ed KO stay. 
5he had suKeri'.d so much ^nd 
30 lon(J thai the sufterin<£ had 
impressed itself wpun \\'^r face. 
But when tiie angel of death had 
gently t^hen rne spirit out of the 
5ick form, and touched the vvdH 
cheek?, with his celestial t"in^- 
ers, the old sweet lool< cain?'. 
b£\cK a^ain. 

Site v'M5 you n^^ .^nd f/^/r once 
rnor<?, ,^nd a sv/eet. srnile past- 
ed on the d?/d.v face. it ^yv^s d 
real comfort to look upon her. 
It vvA^ not death, it 'J^a^:^ nest 
in a higher lifeL." 



- ■ - - ''March G.I 8S7, 17V/ fath- 
er died ?>{ Suu^h Scituato. He 
was. eiuht/ Y*^'?-!"'^ o!d the January 
before. He >ams ^ '^ood f^^thef*, 
a Kind hus-uanci, a d^^'r lover of 
his hom^i. --.--. Diiat-. 
precf'jus f^ither peace tv7 tivy rfs- 
en spin't." 



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Hzi^r the Tildeiti stunt ^re the 
g'raves of Lsban and Be.tse.j' South- 
er, vvilh th?.!><i inscriptions 

To the iVl e m o ry 

of Mrs. 8e.tsay ' 
/ \. wife, of Mr LaDan 

['-} Southtr. Oied Mov 

9, I83Z 

To the Memory 
of Mr: LAb^»n 
(3) Souther Died 

^ Dec IS, 1640 

Several ye^rs <^oo, a Minnesota 
yen Hern in ret u mad fram a vis, it 
to this cematery with the,:^tQryof 
a remarkably intare5tj'n^ inscriph'on 
'//hiCh he had fourid_ 2nd re^cj from 
his notes th&.se, quaint anddeKyly 
piithetic line-b which are to be found 
Upon the. M'^ry Bryant. stone> ne.ar 
the Debho tcrnb, 

H£R£ (.YES YL BODY 
OF (V:R5 ivIARY BR IAN T 
WIFE OF iV^.R ThGi\f(AS 3KMANT 
WHO DYtD NOVEMBER Tti£ 30^" 
1724 gc IN HAK AF^MS DOTH 
/4) LYE YF. CORPS OF TWO 
^ ^ LOVELY S/\tf.eS aORN OF HAR 
3 DAYS bEfOkt HAK DEMH 
[MJL A SOM NA'fl-i/XlNlf.L DYEDXE DAY 
etTORE HAR A OAUGHTft i^AMF.Ei 
H^\WN/\H Li'fP.D A FElf/ OURS AFTER flAR. 

Ne^^r ^t iiAnd ate R^ur other 
Bryant stones on<i being thdt of 
Rev Lernufel Br^/^nt of G^uincy. 
It Wi^ r\/U Bryant yyho vexed t^ev. 



Ntithanie,! Eeils when preaching 
For him ona SMP.day bv iiidul^fng 
ii; Cert-sin advanced "liber<3l spec- 
uiatfons" in a sermon apan th-: text 
•'all our riyhtcaubnessts are fil- 
fhy r'hgs'.' 'Mr. hells .^a.-'d "Alas! 
'3)r, you h^ve undone fodssy all 
that i havfi Seen clom^for forty 
yir'ars.'' lYlr lf)ryar->t rrsade a grace- 
ful Pepry. "Sir; yot^ do ma too 
much hario.i", \r^ ssyin^, th^it I 
co'jld undo in one strrriOn the 
labors of your long_ And useful life." 
In contioui.f^^ with the inscrfp- 
tTons v\e will say- that all thos-.- 
apipeafing in this chapter diveiakta 
from thdt section of tha yand which 
lies southerly and southa^stc-rly 
from the. Delsno ton-ib iz.nclusure, 
excepting only thw Damon stone% 
vvhich ara givers biicausp, of their 
connection with Rsv.Nath'' £«lls. 



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Hzrz. lye.s burred the body 
of TrlOMAS BPiANT ESQ 
VVl-iO dep^irteo* thr:, hfe D^zr 
16'-?, 1743. Aet.itis 7-t. 

he.rs lays inter rex.^ the body 
oT'fne. RevJ iVlr. Lprnijd Bryant 
\,&) vvho departed this lite October 
the r- ^^^ r/54- 

Afctcilis32 v^iars. 



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(FraigrriBnt) 
- HO DIED 
-\RY rM£ 8^^- 

, .17 57 
in ch^ 6 y^ar 
of his 3.tfz., 

hiERF i.yes tha body 
of Rhod^ Br^/anc DauahtP,r o*" 
M r. Pa i i ^ ^ A/i rs fvl rf ry Bryant 
who died July ye. 30 t^", i75Z 
Ap-tiJfcfs 3 yeari. 



Hv?. lye-s burysd fche, body of 
I'q) D'dacon Jolm J^rne-S who died 
^ -^ Sttprember tha 3"^, 1761-, )o the 

jJ6 yeiir of his age. 



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\~\'tr<z lyes t:ne body of Mrs 
3arah JarntdS wife of /VirJohn 
Jiime-S Junr vvhu died September 
the 25,'*^ !7Gl a|&d 29 years. 



Here l^es the. body of John James 
Son of Wr John Jarr.es Juhr 
(/'!; and Mrs Sarah J^mei vvho 
died October the 15^^ l7fo!, 
^j^ed 2 y£^r ^nd 2 months. 

(N'arl;y ab\)ti,rii<L6) 

Erected in mrsnor)/ of De3c" 
(I'l) John James v^ho died 
^ '^ OcL ^' the 19 t^ !775 
in the, 4S*=^ year of his age. 

Her^ Ives ye body of Hannah 

yed^ugh^'of De.ac" Jjhn 
An\ JaiDGi 5L Hannah hi"s 
v^' w/fi. 5he diad Dect"" 

ye 30 1'^ ITaz in ye 15*^ 

year of her a-^e 



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In memory ot !V!r5 
Hannah J2>nn<LS wife, of 
Deac" John J^inies who died 
Nov 17, A.D I81G. aet 77vors. 



The. Nicholj monument with 
its brizi inscriptiOhs "taken 
PRt50NEr<" and "KiLt_eD at !>e- 
terssurgh" tells the story of 
a South 5ciru^l-(i. n^iother who 
odsz two of her boy :> to hvr coMY 
try. 



N 1 CHOLS 



BEINJ IMICHOLS 
l&oa - 1BS7 

soPHRoniA Nichols 

)3I5 -1395 
'^She has "on'i to heaven Defore us 
ttul she, tl^rns and waves her h^nd 
Pointini^ TO th^ diorfes o'er us 
In thit happy, happy )3rid_" 
l\'j) Chifdrtjn. I 

1839 

TAKr:.h PRISONER ISfc4. 



Addison F. 

Killed ^t Peters buri^h 18&4-. 

Alfred 

1352 - !88l 

fVlary P. his v^ife. 

died 1875 

iLlA-b PlNClN 
1769 - 1 87+. 
BET5EY C. 

his W(t2. 

(797 - !S6). 

Hvxt v-ve will record j> stone c- 
rected above, a qrave sacred to 
all who care for theSouth P^irish 
Church, and we edrnzbxly i^dv\se 
■ill Who read this to read the very 
excellent account of iVlr. Eells Jn 
D^anels History, paoes 197 — 2G'l, 
Q(S'!ievini| that thsy will get au 
^re,at deal af satisfaction"" from 
fhis study of his lift. 

HFp.t LlF_b THE BOor 

OF YE. REVC* N./MH"- EEILS 

PA5T0K OF THE 'SECOND CHdPCd 

OF CHRIST IN SC!TUAT£ 
/ svvtiodyed Au0u5'r v^ 2i; ^''^ 
\I^I7SQ in the 7'3'*:,'e-2r of h'ro 

a^e and in ye 47*^' ctf hiS 

Q\a.%btd are. the da^d whi'ch 
die in ye Lord. 

He.rz (ye5 the bady of 

Mrs Hannjkh Eeils 
the wife of ReV'WW rVAfhaniel 
(17) fTeiis vJho di-id Ufi-j ye 2'-^ 
175^^ A^ed 75 ye?rs. 
Bless^ are the d^ad which 
di'a in th<i Lord. 

Mr. tells' cliu^hterAnn^ UnthsLi 
marrii2d Zechariih Damon 17*^8 and 
from bar hava d2sc&nded thz Da- 
mons of Hanover v-ihu trace thiiir 
lin^ hack t'i Eells Dimon son of 
Zechari^ih. Becau?.e of the,s^ facts 
we oive the in scrip tions upon four 
n^.rnoh atones -/v/hich zt:a\)d to the 
north of the £.Baiie.yTurne,r lot. 

These are not erected at th^ 
graves oi thi p^^rsons named above, 
bwt they must have been of fhe san-iR 



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famiiy "dO.d c'05\ily reldtccl, 2h the 
little, giii \!^r&'-. n?.n''i.d Anna i.-.nthal. 

Hz\'^ lyes ths> body o^- Mr.b^ 
(IQ) NlehilebiB DarT\on wUe. of 

Octabcr 3^ dUfed 82. 



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Hers l^tb th3 body o4 Mr 
Ze-c h a r i' a h D ?. in o n v</ h o 
died June fcHe b-'"'' 1764- 
in tht> 78th ye?.r of hi i age. 

in memory of Mrs. 
Desire D;irnori \ftfi'-?£ oi 
fvlr C^ivii'i DarnOr. who 
died reb'"V l^**' 1789 
i'-i tba 25 «"• year ti^t ne/ Bg«/. 



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In Memory 
/■vnin^ Lfnthat DiiiTion 
d2i'jghUr of rvir Calvin 
ant^ Mrs be£.ir£ Dsmm 
who dtech Octbr ye l^*'' 
i7S" in f.h^>, 7lK tTiC/ntt-v of her 
?.K'e. 



At the south<3rn bounds ry of the 
y2»ixi are' tvvD tombs in'bC.rf'bed as 
foilows- 

and 



in the Turner -Ti.'dan tomb zji- 
ClD5wrc is the tyiio\'%Mnv?, .^tone. 
^A'h5ch fi probftbiy s cinotdph. 

""B^irtol ti> thft Memory of 
/0'->\ Chpi. Chines H I'jrnW 
^'"^' N/i.ii5tGr of the br!'<' F^nny 



Born 2»t Scit^;ate Nov 2IJ7 90. 
OiiLd 3t iViat?n2,<is in th<2 li,|-and 
o-f- Cuba. Au£7 Z&>, !8ZI. 

:>et 31 years.. 



Ne-cV the \3.r'A'E 0^ Rav. Nath'it^JIs 
are, thre.t Cushin^g stanes i'ittzrad as 

fuiiCV^S, 

Here lyes inierrcdthiebody of 

V- /D»?cerribr ye i2*^ ITfeO'^nd in" 
th^ 84 t'li year of hib z^fp. 



t^a-z lies h-Jtcrred ye body 
, , of JD:>eph Gushing Esquir" 
(24i \^•hc departed tY^T<, tifa 
' ._b.r.M2ry the 2^, i7&7 2^. 
in ye Sfeyeav ir' his ac;e. 



K'i r J li e pi-) C l.- 5 h i n i 
'25] ve Third, died January the 
^ ' '8^^ J /GG ^ in the 33^' yQir 

of his d>ge . 

Here lye'i h«ried the body 
A^A <^'f C/sS'"' Gcon|e Kfnt? 
y'' / \Nt)od\&d June the iG^il 17.1: 

in til? /Zyi'iv- of f"ii.s agt 

iWs Debor?.h King 

/^ V v/ife of Dea''' George. 

v/i/j Kfna who d.ypd iVUy 

n^^\ 1756, ^^ in ye 

73^ yc3r of TK-.r a^s. 

7o bp continui^cJ fn AucjiAst 
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FAPliSlVlS BY REV- WILLIAM Wi^THfiKcLL, 
the fir.'^t psitor of th<? Sauth or Second Church \f\ Scitwate. 



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i'^i chard Ve 
M^rrha yu 
Msry ) 

aii-^a / yc 

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Sonne of 



I, continued frorti April HISTORIC.) 
Adam?. 



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f Ehir-.h'^ f?>fcshy J 
di!>!!:'hipr-s of H?,nry Adverd. 



Apr 
June. 



LJ2in.")2irt5 yi? siauohicr o-f J3i"nc>s iorry 
John ihe s,onn of Pvichard. Garrett 
Mar!h« y«. d'iughccr (Of John Bryant 
Lo)5 y« dai/tght^r ov Robt Stu'd'^on 

/ To toe contJnupx; In .^^ug-JiSt. M I STO tt t-^ , \ 

V tYwo pioes of whici. -^/\iJ b'^* d^vot-sd to these records,; 



March 
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3?. l^JJitcrUyay- 

A LETTIR written by Snd that of my ptoplc- 

SAriUrL DlANE in 1821. "^'^'^^ obliged and a-ifectiyn'dt^ 

__^_ pabtar 

( The di?r.!tle.d, courteaus iao'jiiaye - OsmL^ei Deane. 

of ^^l^'^^ rrpKes iis pre^er^.tlbn -^ Mrs. Lvelira Bowker 

,\'^orr^2!-\^ benevolent, ciispo-^itfon li an /,.,., ■ , i 

e5>n.ac>:aliy ?r:.cefu! semiment. T,v. ( ^^o^^' .n tne possession c,1 her 

cloak rererrpj'.! la was a surpnce, ui -> ' ^^ 

Desr M3d?.m: It seeni^^ 7is if HtSTORlA cle- 

! desire to present my servpxi 2> generous, suppori. It 

grateful dcknowlcdozments to ha^ pubh'shed and wW! pubhsh 

you and the othe.f ladies who n")^ny facts., whic'n, bu!: for its 

hd'./e so Kindi'v contributed tu ^'d,wOLA!d i^o into Db!iv.i"an, I 

my corntori by enablir.?^ mf^ to do not like to Appeal jor si^^ppoft 

purchase a CioriK. ! acce,pL but t'ne financis? probkrr^ Fs ever 

your bountv not uniy ^r::, sn ex- presei-?\, 3nfi 1 feel \u^;t!fi'ed i"n 

prcssion 0\ yomr regard re the askfngfcJr prornpr renritt'^nccs froni 

comfort of your F^abtor, but ?s\- those who are in ^rrii.2''-'i and con- 

50 to his e.xtvjrna! appc^.sr<'*nce., a tfnuccl support frc^m those, who 

matter net to be vvhaliv disrc- hive helped- 

^Ardeci. And 'iti!! p-\orz do I x'bl- i hope to publish tht ne\/«; e- 

we Y'j>ur bounty be-Causc it is dttion of No. 1, in July, ^^o.d 

another h2ippv token of thos-s, be^ would vvelcome subscription:;, to 

ne-voient affsclions which hi'Jz4o(- t'n^t znd. No. 2, t cannot repi.<blish 

ever been mobt lively in the, fe- until iTiOre order copies. VViiJ not 

n^?\ie hei^rt. .some son or dauohtei- of the old 

While yoiA are thus c^^reful church help in this undtrtakinvj? 

for rny externa! corrdort md 2p- No. 5, to bci published in f\t/<^- 

pt'arsnce^ you will give a new ust^wih contain 2' bcdUtif ul 

impuLse to my ex&rtion.s to ac- .sketcti ot Rev. Samuel J. May's 

o^a\rt tha.se mental qualift'cati- Sowth Sci"tuate mini'^jtry , t)y 

ons by which ;ibne i c^n repa^y fV!is'> Susan C.D^mon^ entiiied' 

your- ki^c\nfls^, by heromin^more ''HAPPY AND HELPFUL iVifJv^O- 

u.'se/ul to YOU in mv proft'.ssion. R !£!:;!' ,., . ,, 

t \')2\Ki V)o wibh so clear, as ^ v. — 

th.l of b.;n? able to devote my- f,^,,,,,,, f.,™^^"^'^^^' "'"'''^- 

s^h .atore futiy to yo'.^r service, Norv-veii, ivu-is. 



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Happy and Helpful Memories. 



Susan C.DAMot 



WES- Happy because Help- 
jj ful, and Helpful because 
Happy — forsureiy such has 
been the memory of Rev-Sam- 
uel J. IViay, whose beamfn^ 
face, so raciiant wi'th the tri.re 
Christ-iiKe sph'it of hetpful 
love, csit its inspiring lig^hton 
my \oung^ h"fe, when he first 
came to the Unitsrian Church 
in South Scituate, in 1836. 

f\ new life seemed ooenccl 
to me, and 2W others, throuj/h 
his upiiftfng services fn the 
Church, and hi"s Chrfsti'an sym- 
pathv and true frfendshipHn 
our^'homes; that warm and full 
hand grasp and ^enfa) smile pen- 
etrated far deeper the hidden 
iife of every soLtl than yoiumes 
of hi^h-sowndfncp words. 

His church servfces were ve- 
ry impressive, (here was sue!) 
s depth of true, honeit, unt^V- 
U-x^ zeal in the iViaster's cause. 
!t v\/as not the form of re; /g [on 
he advocated^ but the real spirit. 

He believed most thoroughly 
in b-aptism, but believed that 
one drop of pure Vv-aterwas as 
effectual as an ocean. Howev- 
er, rf any one thought differ- 
ently he acceded \u their wish- 



es, and when Miss iVlarj/ Merntt 
thought immersion the only 
trut baptysm, lie gave her bap- 
tism in the North niver. 

Qv\z of hfs first efforts was to 
establish h Swnday School, and 
\r\ a ver)' short lime the two 
rows of pews in the center of 
the chLirch were filled with ea- 
ger, uptwrned faces, to catch 
the welcome, radiant smile of 
his face, and with close atten- 
tion listen to the ver^' impres- 
sive lesson gj"ven by story', or 
bible truthjfTthc openings exer- 
cises. 

And rich indeed was the bl- 
essing to every child 2nd youth 
who entered there, Ont of his 
most fmpressive lessons was that 
of "Overcoming Fvii with Good," 
and he gave to the Library six 
volumes of a book entitled 'A 
Kiss for a Blow,'' so anxious 
was he that every child should 
rz^d it. 

This was tiie spirit he v/as 
constancy carrying cot in his 
whole hfc. i once heard him 
tell of. his expen'ence when 
travfeiling in New hbrnps-hire, 
on a lecture tour. He was 
obifoed to ride- tbrou5:^h a !onp 



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piece of woods which had a 
'^reat reputation for robbers. 
Just as he was about halfway 
through, a y^ry rough-looki'ng 
man rushed from c thicket to- 
ward his horse's head, when 
Mr f/i^y, relnincj in his horse, 
said "Weil, sirl You seen": to be 
going my way. i '^m alone, jump 
In; shall be happy to h?>>ve/our 
company." — Rather ;imazed, the 
man oot in^ and was soon list- 
ening to Mr, IVlay's pleasant 
and interesting stones. At 
first the man was very reticent 
but finally quite sociable, and 
when the village was reached he 
said/'! will now leave yQu,"and 
gjvin^ his hand a warm ciaspas 
he left the carriao-e, Said, 'You 
Can never know the great bene- 
fir you havci done me." Mr. May 
ha^ci good reason to believe thai 
the man's evi! Intentions had 
been overcome by his Kindness. 
The same spirit w?s rnanife'jL 
I'n his parish life. One g-entle- 
m.an was so opposec^ to him ov) 
account of his g^reat earneitr.ess 
in the tenipera1",ce cause that 
he v^/ould not go with his fam- 
ily to ch'./irch,5o IVlr.iVisy would 
always take pains to send him 
word v^/hen he was to e^^chan^e 
that he m]|ht then have the' 
privilege of attending. 

Mr. May arowsed the whole 
tQWn-\/vhich was then a very 
extensive tov/nship — in the 
cause of Temperance. He 

formed a company of five, hun- 
dred children and youth into 
a "Cold Water Army"under the 



pie doe; 
"5q here, vve pledge ptrpetus! hale 
To all that can intoxicate.." 

This was printed on vyhite 
Sstin ri tibon bearing a beauti- 
ful desi§^n, and aach one wore 
om of these as a b^dge. Th&n 
we. had a lar^e number of ban- 
ners of various designs, and with 
very impressive mottoes. — On 
onz I remember V'/as a fine pic- 
tune of a sheaf of grain and 
bunch of 0'rapes with the. mot- 
toes, "If you eat us, we. are food!' 
"If you drink us, we are poison." 

With these, banners waving 
o\zv the heads of thefjve hun- 
dred children — the dri/'-m corps 
ahead foilov^/ed by iVir. May.and 
the. children singinc their tam- 
perancc son^s — the Army, as 
it marched through the town, 
presented an inspif^ino' spKclacle 
and the town was completely 
converted, the rum shops be- 
]\io soon closed. v^;ith a sinp'ie 
exceotion. 

Tiais he finaiiy captured, and 
resolved to have a public e^re- 
cution of this last enemy. He 
arranged for a picnic in a orove 
ownea by Mr. Samuel Hatch, oro- 
cur^d the liquors from the man's 
shop and suVimoned his little 
army. We went in full ranks 
and were led by Mr May to 
the top of a small hill, with 
banners vvavina an^l drums 
Deatin^. 

Avfter a short address, he 
led us in singing, and then 
with his own hand t'JOk an 
axe and beat \n the head of 



each liquor barrei. A!>thecon- pracii^ed ]n every hour" of his 

tents flowed GUI on the e^rth iffe. 

swch hurrahs ^n6 shouts weni: Mc iV'^y was a very devot- 

up as only boys and '^iris can pcI advoczvte of fdwc^Jtiun. 

51 ve. ' Tiirou^h his instrume.nu!itv'5&- 

Mr. IVIays example and ear- vera I bright 'jOur,<^ ladies '^I'n 

nest vvords ntade si/tch ^sn irn- his Parish vvera ner^suadeJ to 

pression trial rn?.tvy who came £o to the r^lorm?. ' 'Schco! a.i-'.cl 

under his influence n^ver after becoirie tKach^rs. and SfriiivcDt- 

hsted iiquors of^ny kind, and Jy use^u! they proved therns?J- 

v^/he,n they became members of v^s in their cahi ir,,^. 
t h a C h i^ re h r ef u s zd t he w 1 ne H e x'v 3s t i i e C h ^. irma, n of tht 

when offered at the Lord's Sup- School Committ-ce of Sch'uatfc 

per. In his own church he in- trirough ntiarly. ii not all, his 

stftuteci the U5^ of unfer/nent- ministry there, and hislnfiiRp.c?, 

ed wine. in the District School is beyond 

VVeii do I remember hi's ac- estimation. A vi^ii from a. 

tive servi'ce in th? Anti-Slave- Committee IV\an^ at that time, 

ry cause, th& deep impression v\'as an event of g&nera! dread 

he made of the awtL-U inj"qui- te ^v^r\j scholar^ hut not so in 

ty of ths entire system. He regard to Mr. May. his przs- 

invited the N/Usses Sarah and ence was most welcome, A\^d 

Ang"elina GrlmKe to his home, always a delight and ip.spirat!- 

They were very dark and hav- on to all. Thar genial, happy 

In^ been reared fn o(ave,ry smik, his interest in the du\- 

Could neither read nor write, (est as well as the brii^htest 

but they gave most cloque-nL ^^a/dh ail hearts and caused all 

AntiSlavery lectures not only to put forth their best efforts 

m his own church, but in the in t\]^ pursuit o-i thorouph ed- 

surrownding towns; and this, ucaiion. 

vvith hb own inspired utter,j,n- Anciso, too, his v/Vits in all 

ces, exerted a decided AntiSIa- the families of tsis Par^ish.— 

very influence in the whole A^A'ay3 a most delinhcfwi vvef 

con"/ m unity. come guest. No form or cere- 

He was much opposed to mony lor him, but stmpla 

V\/ar, and formeri a Peace So- courtesy and the hearty w-el- 

ciety, wiivse influence was come was ("o liim the only de- 

wideiy felt. ■ The Tatherhood sirabie condition of .a happy 

of God and Brotherhood of visit. Every home was his 

Man Were the central, prac- hovw^.^all on2,Jam/ly. 
tfcal and ail inspirirv^ princi- He often vfsitiad two sci'ools 

pies and spirit of nio ir.inis- in oneVJay; and frequently he 

try and life. These he labored visited the school at K\&%q. Hili 

for-prayfid for-?,nd these he in the forenoon, and wishtnv^ to 



36 "I^^U<rUc^. 

v'sit the, one. in o'-jf Di5tn"ct Christ: ihat wherh&i- i come 

fn the afternoon, would come and st>e you, or else be absent 

in ju5t as vve h^d finished din- j m^y hear oF N/owr dff^Virs, chat 

r,zr and 3 5 if he \\d^6. just ar- ye stand fast in ov,i spirit: vvith 

rived horn&, ^it himself down onz niind striving to^gthv^rfo^ 

at the di'sorde,' iy cable., would the faith of the gospel." 

sav-"Now, N/1r5. Damon, ! wish j^, reverence of th^t Sacred lite 

a little r\\'^\^^x■\ don't niake any That fiiled ail hearts vvith iove, 

chan^3es, only '^ive me sann?.thing_ Suf m\H has join<id the Angel bind 

to eat, S(}T \ want to get into ^^ P^a"-^ jind joy abovje- 

School aboMt the. time it com- VJg'l! forrn ane.w a purpose stronp, 

rrtences." And as it commenced Hi^, spirit' to possess; 

at one o'ctQCk there vv^s not Of iova for Man's grot brothennood, 

u ■!.: '^ _. ^^.^ , And bv hv'2"s sP-^vice —bless. 

STuch time rar ce.^remQny. ^ u< uj 

And SOj th/i;: great, grand soul « 

•A'as aJways a most welcome ORDER Or SERVICE.^ 

guest, even in the rnost hiMmble atthe. 

dwelling of Sciruai^. H« did i t-.i2rr£.,i^L a-ti o n 

not vjisU \y)Z-out^fcle <3\ a friend rev. oamuel j. iviay 

or foe, though clothes' with the ^t Scitu-dt^ Octubcr 26th, 1336. 

most CQStly'lr^ppings that r?<Q^- j An^ht:,^^ 
ey can fwrhish, or skill d^^vis^,^. .^ Infr.idi/rtory Prayer 
but the ^t>i// at sorro^jo or joy gy KevCh^ries Broo;^s.:jf hingham. 
-;if in L<rief, to divb hope and com- xjr_ Sei'^xcions from Scripture, 
fort, -if !n joy, to direct to the . Ry Rcv.Josejjh Anr5/er, yf i\)^w 
reai foirintain of lasting, peace Bedford. 
^\^^ blasserjness- tht/^S makini?^ iV. Hymn, S^iected, 
every homz a real riome of be- Oh! dod, wiiose p rerie nee <^lovvs 
Slific iite. ,^ '^al!. 
His siv. years of ministry in ^^- <::5ai'''^"3n. 
0-. + ., r,u 4 Sv ''nv.Ci.inverf. hrancis 'ji \A/at• 
o C 1 1: U a t e vv / s n e Qi r h e ^re a t^ ^^ .^^ ^ ^^^ ,, 

est blessings that Town aver en- ,^, ,-, '' "■'' . , ,,,.-. 

, I - -^ u . • -i. t i:' VL ravKrot nstiuation. 

loved- his whole SDint and htfi ' j^ . - . ^. c r^ ^ 

Carn^ y)?.aC^r me perfect pat- ^ -^ 

tt^rn in Christ than anyone it ^ni.Hyrnn, Onofna). 

L . , -1 t Rv i nienbiii^ L?f thcd society. 

r\dz ever Deen trie ptMvitep'eot V, ,u u r„ .in..,- ^ ^{ th^ 

i s Q thou vvnose cn^inor )s tne 

your writer to enjo\/. ^^,-;.,^ ^ 

r^is !..st sernnon .^s mnlb- ,^-rn Chsrcre. By R^vJam.s H^^iv 

ter of the GGCietyv./aspre?cn^/i , ,, qh of Plymouth. 

Oct. 2nd. (842. His text from ■ ■ . j 

PhilippiAns, ht chap.^27thver3e, I^- f^'g'^f ^^^^^ "^' Fellowship. 

"Only let your conversation be By Rev. Edmund q.5tw2ll. ai 

as ft becoiTieth the gospel of Scituate. 



/l-ta^. 



3T 



X- Address to the Society. Phipps, ofCohasset. 

5y '^ev N^thi-niei Hall, of Dor- 
rhtsur. ^H- Anthem. 

XI. Concluding Prayer XIII. Benediction. 

By Rev. Harrfion G. O. 



BAPTiSiViS BY REV. WILLIAM VVtrhrRFLL/^ 

( The fiisi .'jrt!)ri?r of th?. South or Second Church, Sci I uate.) 

Coi-i 1 1 n u & d irom J i.-. h e Mi "iTOP^ i A . 

1 65 2. IG32, 

Elu'oerienr^. ye daughtvir of Henry Aclverd Apr 18 

(Jeremiah ys son of Jeremy Burroughs May 23 

MiriarD ye d2iUv5hi:er o-f V'\/!iiiarn BrooKs June (o 

John ye sonne. of Thomas King June. 27 

Anna ( yg dziutyhters of Richard Courtis Ju!v 4 



Eli/a.boith ye dauahcer ot iiesoL/ed White _J'jSy 4 

Phebe yg daughter of Gilbert E^rouKe Septbr 5 

M.iry ve daughter oi VVi" Piitch | Octob 3 
V\/iii!'^iT! y(2 sonn^ oF VV" B55t.ow J 

fliizabyth ve !.!?uohier of VVi' R?.,ndali Octob / 

John ye sonne. o^f N\f. Joseoh Tllclzn -Jan 2 

Lyd!^ ye riau'ihter of Jchn Jurnzr- Senior Febr 2C 

j(5hn ve sop.nsi of Humphrey Jotinson iVUy 4-*^'^ 

GgorcJa ye sonr.?. Q-f Gaorp'e 3astow Jwne 12 

Ehzabech yz cJau'^hte-r of G>z.o Sutton "^ Aug 28 

Sarnue!! ye sonlie. of Walter Hatch Jan [ 

Marv ye dauiThter oT James Adams Rabr 5 

John v£ sonn^i of Richard Courtis Febr -5 

Robert ye sonn*i of Rob't StLiciSi^n Fsbr 2£ 

Samuel ye soon'? of John Bry3tnt Febr 2C 

Thomas ye sonnt? of Thomas Robinson Mar '; 

John ye '5onne of Jeremy Bwrrowges ^A;ii- 5 

Phoebe v-i daughter of V^^Tian'i Hstch ^Aac 12 

i654. '' " ^ f'^^f-^ 

Hesth'dr ye daur^hre.r of Richard oyive^ifer Mar 2G 

Narh^n^l! y« sonn of Kich;\rd Garrett M.iy ti 

Ruth ye claughter of Eph.r Kempton.i 

JosUih ye sonn^ of Resolved White Octoh I'l 

John ye sonm^ of John Turner | Octob 29 
Fiish2» ye sonne of Eiisha Sesbye, J 



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Rebecca ye uau_ghrer of Mr Joseph Tiiden 
Job y^ Sonne of^C^ Randall 
fviargrai'er ve d^^U'Jhter of Jarneo Adams 
Deborah yt: d^u^^^htcr of VV'Z? Brooke 

!G55. 
N^BLhan ye rLonr.e of Thom^.s Turner 
Barhsheba ye d?.ughi;er oi Gilbert Brooke 
^/i^rtha ye daughter of VV''"'' Bistow 
Mary ye ddugr.te-r of John SiroCkbrfdge 
Eh'zaberh ye daui^hter of James Doughiy 
Eifzaberh ye ddLiahter of Jererny Burroughs 
•Jo'^^ph ye 3onne of Humphr'^y JofinSiOn 
Israeli ye 3ann of John Turne,r JL'.nror 

^nd %rz\^6ct^\\6 to riwmphr'iy Twrsier 
iViary ye daughter of Richard GarreM 
Elizabeth 1 ye daughters of Nath^nFel R:a\/viirvi 
Ruth ) ^i\^d grandchildren to R\c\YArc\ Sylvestei 

Jane ye daui^hter of WaiUr H^tch 

(656 
iViary ye dau^htar of Richsrd Court iss 
(Vii'ias ye sonne. of W'i"i Parker 
L.ydt'i ye d?iL/ghier of W''" Parker 
D'anrd arAPclchi'd fo our sister 

^( ) and Sonne ro Dan/e! Pr^yor 

Lydia yc dau'^hter of Vv/*'*'' Hatch 
Hannah daughter o^ iNicholas Wade 
h"icrea?»e sornz to John Whets ton ^ 
F|!2ab<2rh dai.1 to Tfiomas Tamzr ) 
Susarna d-TiU'^hter to Resolved White 
Mir^arite yt dauglu^dr of hnroiiy Dodbon } 
Lydia dao^hrer to Narhan/'ei i-^awlin'j ) 

Hannah dzui^izr to Eiisha Be-^be 
rviary j2 diiu(jht^r of John Adams of K-Urshfieii:] (. 
<& ■;/rea!: --grandchild to Widdow Jame'i) 
Jo.jeph ya sonoa of 1 ho.<i Robin&on 
hA.Af-j \jp d-dUv3hter of James Terry '» 
3arih yo_ dau2,hrer o^ Thoi h-.'^^harn J 

IG57. 
Joseph ye sonne of vAr Joseph TikUn 
Mary ye daui^hter of Jerem'iah Burroughs 
EUjha ye Sonne of John Titrner benior •^ 
Rebecca ye daug.hrer of Gfib-err BrcoKe 
iViartha ye daughter o^ James Oou^^hty 
Bevijamin ye sonne of Richard Sylvester 

(_To be corifiriued in October HISfOklA./ 



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May 


27 


ViAy 


27 


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iVisy 17 



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THE rlRoT PA.^:5H CtMtTllRY. 

Conn'nta fi-vm Junt HISTCriM. 



Benjan-jin Randaii 

^j<?.' 3 son of Mr 
Be-nj'^ Stands I! Ju*" 
fe iVirs Hannah Randail 
v»/ho died May ye 3 
i 7.53 - 1 5J zgzd I 4 rn onrhs . 



In IVismory of 6enj^ 
2^ son of 'Csfir Benj "^ 
Randal) <^- Mrs Hannah 
his wile he died Feb ye 
29fclz 17 BO Aged 2 years 
^ 1 \Tionrh. 



)n ^ylemory Of 
Mr Ebene2er Simmons 
who di'ati AuguiT ^e B'l^- 
1784 in the Gl^-iyearof 

his 3ge. 



Het"« iyea y-z body of 
Desier Silvest&r Dau^ht<ir 
of ^'!^ Neherniah and Mrs 
Mehgrabif. 5ilves>t'^r who 
died May yfe 17, 1749 
aged ) ! y«ars 



in Memory Of 
Lieut Narhiniel Chittend^^^ 
who die,d July ye 26^? 
1796. .'\ged 4 4yes.rs 
^. 8 monttn. 



(33) 



!n Memory Of 
Tempiir^nce Foster 
C^aughter of Mr Eilsha 
Foster <&. Mrs Grace 
his wife who die-d 
Dszoernber IG^il. i78io, 
aged 4- years 

wantincj 6 days. 



(3-*) 



65) 



(36) 



(38) 



(40) 



d'^ught^r w Mr 
Ch2!rk>5>Tur'r.gr D October 
ye 12 !737 m yv 3* 

yi/-a.-tj of Y\tT 3'i^& 



George Turner son of 
Mr Char 135 Ti,»rner 
who dyed i'viay ye 27^ 
1735 and ag:cd 
! inonrh. 



Funic? Turner 

daurth tr f-o !V1r 
Charles. Turner 
6,)^2d^ Octobr ye29^'^ 
1737 in yc B'-"" ytdara 
of her age. 



Erected in memary 
f of Mr Charles Turner who 
C37) died Octobr 3<^17S2 agKd 
77ye2i^£, wanting 5 days. 



hkre iie^ Mr5 Eunice 
Widow oi Mr Charlizs 

Turner who died 
Aug iGtl: J798 it^ yc 
92^^ y^ar of her age. 



In Memory of 
/ V Mr George Hatch 

(39; vvhodied June 15. ISiO, 

in his 27— year. 



Here lyes tht body 
of DemmecK Bo-^/.ker son 
of.IVir L2z.arit5 ^ Mrs 
Abigail BowKer' who dieJ 
October ye 22-,)75€:, m 
ye 7 yr of hii AL'^e . 



4-0 



J'^'IAto 



u^iu. 



h\'^ir^ Iye5 ye body of 
Mr Benjamin Stetson who 
(41) dyed M^rch y^ llth 1739, 
]n ■y^ 15 y^-^f of h\s 2ge. 



DE&Nfo HISTORY Of SCIT- 
UATt-A REPRINT 



(42) 



Capt Samuel Friilhp:, 

born in Middlctown 

and died in this, town 

S^pt 10^^ 1832- 

Tspzd 5 9 



Erected in Memory 
of Be. r5>eY Tuitner -A-ife 
of VV;t'« turner Esqr 
by her father Samuei 
["^3) OaKm-an. She. di?.d 
^' ^ Aug the 2b 177! 

in tl^l 23'^ ye^r of her^^^s, 
(The. above date nearly Dbi?tsrate,d- 
rr!s>/ not be cop'^ci corrz-ctiv pn thi; 
account.'! 



in n"»enriory o-f Warren 
and Marcy a son ansi 
dau*'' of Mr John and 
/;, A !V1ri O^ bo rah H'-^t^ch 
^' / Warren died April /. t /S4, in 
bts lO^'^'year rv^arcy died 
Decerr>br 12^'" (793 in ^her 

In Memory o-f 
SanrtMei OaKnnin 
^ Hj-tch son to !vtrJo!>n 

(^4 f>) hat Chi- iM fi. De,bo rah 
his wits h'i died 
Stsptbr ye Gt!? 1795 
("rv his l7ti-« y esr. 

Contimj^a in Ocroder H/S TORI A. 

HISTORIA. 

Aiilhe ma^^aiioe of local bif.tory. 
PwbliLh^d bi-tnonthly at MoPvveiM\/iai-i. 

Fubijsher. Gedf^ge C.Turner. 

The October number ^\\\ cont2in 
many inierciting zrtlclcs; i^mon^ 
tne-m."BowKeR St relet /^ndthe. Bow- 
KER Cemetery^' 



The uncler-big^ncd, bein^ 
g'rcatly intere5t«ocl tn the histro- 
ry of Scituate, intend to r<&pro- 
duce. Deanels History, which has 
been out of print for many ye- 
ars. This valuable book 
has becomii so wcH known to 
Librarians, G€ne3lo?/>sts3nd An- 
tiauarfans that ft is wselfss to 
describe it at length, exce.pt to 
say that it should be in dupli- 
cate in every Library and HTs- 
\K)v'\Z'c!.\ Society 2nd in the h2in(;!s 
of every Historian and Genealo- 
gist, cc'nti)inint| as it does the 
^enealo^i'es of man^oflhe ear- 
liest families of the pilgrim sfocK. 

Every descendant of tv^'^. o\d^ 
Scitu^re families shoMld h?,\/£ 
2i copy in the, house as ^ refcr- 
t!nc2 work- 

We have deciC/ied to ofier tbv, 
reprint <3t an cytrenneiy rea,son3- 
bie orice.. It is well Known that 
when a copy of th^ 1831 edilien 
conges L*»pon the n)3rKet that it 
selb readily at a hit^,?) price. 

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fiiedcjes of subscription -are recciv/ed, 
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Norvve!!, iforiTieriy South Scitu^te) iVhss. OctcberJ899. 
BOVVKER STRlFT AMDTHE BOWKER ClMlTFRY 

l^fp-Il _THtRF. Is no locality Proucy settied in 1670. Sev- 

! B in our dear New Eng- er<il o'-f thi^ pioneers grand- 

1 I'l land which has not somt chfidren removed tO(|,<ither to 

I jl ciaim to historical rzc- Spencer, Massachusetts, ^/vhere 

og;n'it!on. Even this lonely iT.iny descendants now iive. The 

•stretit has traditions dating Proutys of FO.dga H\\i aid Soil- 

back CO 1680, It connv-::rts uate are also descendants oi 

Main Street, near th(£ Nathan- Richard, 

iel Brocks pidce, Yvith urove The sit<2 of the David Bowker 

Street, fornifiriy called Oa- i»ouse Is not rsadilv loc^ti^d at 

nion Street. most times of year, as shrubs 

The old Dimrnick Bowker and trees are growing vsry ivu- 

house is situated on the south- merous on the border of tha 

ern slope of BowKerHi!!, which stn^et, but in May the lovely 

is a yzry steep elevation over blossoms ot the "old hD!riesL-'.?ad" 

which Che road _^ctimb5. flower of New cngland. the li 

The Bowker farm was, in lac, are U?!icat? reminders of 

days gone by, one of the most a household ot years hq-q. 

e^tensjve In the town of Scit- ThG?re vver? many c'^ildren 

uate, and farming of the real ^t this old house ^nd none of 

old-fashioned kind was hzra thtm have remiinc-ed In South 

cc^rned on. Scituste. VVii Deiicvc that only 

On the summit of thp. hill two of David 6ovvk(?r's chil- 

stood the David Bowker house dr^n are now living, ;Vlr. Pcl- 

ioncj sinc^ torn down. The li- v-/in L, &owker of Waltharn, 

lac bushe6 still grow beLsid*L and Mo, Laura Chapman of 

the old foundatfari, 2sOd tht iiilvr^/auKee, VVi5consin> 

yrove of decaying apptetrees Old &Qw'ker Street in its 

tell of tiumin rhout/'ht a.nd loneliness and des^rtic-n does 

planning, ^ not seem likely to have h'Ad 

The vkvv from this spot is much infhuence, in a ivy way, 

Charmihg, althou.;^h sc^j'cely upon the world.. Stili, if you 

"a house or an acre of cuiti- will ^o into the city of Bos- 

vated Und can be seen. To ton, you will fi"nd a business 

the east om notices Hoop- street in the northern pint 

Pole Hill, near which Richard of the city proper, whfch 



•4-2 "^('^■'Atiri/y'j^^ 

takes its nsimc^Vrorn a ^en- Jaivies, iViary and 'LazariAS, 

tlernsin ^-vhose boyhood home the last two bying b^iptiz^^d 

was on the top of i3owker \\^ the second Church, Ib86; 

Hiil, ScUuate. also Richard E^dmund and' 

Bovvker Street, Boston. was benijamm. 

n^rneid for Mr, Edwin LBowk- James suicce^ded to his 

er; the son c;f D^vid Bovv/ker, fathtir's residence, Y\2 u\hvr\2d 

.Pibout !B70. It was. before Hsnnah Lamb'e-rt , 1717, His 

th3t, AddLms Street, ftenjii- chiidren vver-2 five sons and 

min James, furmeriy o'[ Scit- seven Jdughiers. 

[A-htz, was ChziM^man of the Four of \he sons settled 

committee for n^min^ Streets rrear the origins) farm, viz: 

(he b^IniT sn Alderman frcn-i Lbzstws, James, John ^nd 

t'Bst Boston) snd upon his Edmund. Joseph remov^^'d 

rccommeiidatlLJn the new to Maine, 

name was giygn, Benjamin has lefc oUs- 

Bowker Streertj Boston, and Ceiulants hgre. Richard 

Bovvker- 5t\-eet, Norwell^l'uvg hved in Pernbroke, arid left 

nothini?jn comrnon beside the sans, '\ 

name. 'The latter passes Mr: De^ne^also s^ys under 

thi-'ou^h a country the? wild- the h22d oi "Burying' Gi'-junds" 

ness of which seems almost "There is a burying graumd of 

primeval. whil<? the former the fairiily of Bowker U<j,2'r 

Is bordered by missive man- Buirnr Plain, where several^^ 

uf^ctwring, buildln'/s^ not generations have been buried! 

thG? least Important o1 which This cemetery is located 

is the great 'marble vyorkina near the northerly enc's of'Bovv- 

establishment uf bowker ker Street and is wholly ne'|- 

Torrey <5^Co, _ ' lected. It is w-el.' enciose'd 

After David 'dowkers fam- 'jy stone wails, and this was 
I!y moved away from the o\d evidently done by some des- 
nouse, we are informed that cendant (?! Elijah iSowKer, as 
ft was occupied by a family a substantial monument tc 
by the naime of Clapp of which this fa\T^]\y Is the only Bow- 
Mr Edwin Clapp, now of East ker stone in the yard, 
V/eymouth, was a member. It is to be rej^retted that 
The first Bowksrs settled no more stones^were erect- 
near the northern end cf the ed. f^arria! explanation of 
street. Deane says "Jarnes this fact rnay be found In 
Bowker (.t^^^^m Sweden) was th\z evidence ^that 'th^^re w/as 
in Scituate (bbO, hiis farnn ?<\^ old toir>b hei\^ whlcli I /as 
was laid ouf: on the east of been filled up. 
Bwrnt Pl"ain and west of Sam- If one pushes thro uiji^ the 
U5il Bryant's land, fiis wife brambles which cover thB 
was Mary. His children were yhrd fie finds two slc5te stones 



UJ-l^M/- 




Deiight -^'Of^y 


!79^ 


Charles born 


(798 


Charlott'e born 


180^ 


R€becC7\ born 


1803 


Dorc^BSina barn 


1805 


Ruth barn 


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with these inscriptions: 
In Memory ot !Mi,s^ Puily 
D. diiuahter of Greorsre 
and Polly Litchfield, 
who died Augrust 17 I83b. 
B'/cd 24ye:3rs,2mos, Ibclziys, 

(n Menicry of Missli'jnice, ^™- — ~o -^^ — 

d:>ught^r of John and Eunice A Lul'TcLR __ 

Dam^n, who died Sept 13, FROM ^■i ii'-i riE'^^OTA 

I8i5, a^edG3ye.r5 7 ( MrsThom.. is d.s<..nc(..fr.n, 

mos ind id days. vA/niiams BrooKs. S^ie left Sdiiu- 

ate in IB37 v/;th h^'r tathiifS fam. 

Two prostrate gr<ive~5ton(is i\yj 

badly broken, ara in memory Ls^kelsnd^K'inn, Mar I2J099. 

of Reuben Suttipn and his wFfa. i (;_-^r,'i tell you 

There was an old house somE- much of rAr Deane. i h-ave been 

where on 6cwker Street, we t,^ ^y^^ house forischaol book, 

b<ilieve. which was known as and wKnt to rneetiftg son-ietime!). 

the Si/itton house. Fathev- ^nd Mother beion^,^d 

Reuben Suttan to his chirxh or.d I have seen 

0\2C} May 15 1822, hini oct;3Siona!ly. Onc£ hg 

ag'ed43yrs.> can-)e to our housa to h.v/(i t^.- 

o JTT -,. ther jnd mother ao with hirn 

^Dai^ah his wtre ^^ ^he Oelano home, to m3rry 

died Jan i^, Id'^Z ,^y father's Mncle. Seth Stodder, 

a^ed 72 years, to M3nn3h Sprague. t went 

\M. . .1 ^1^ >.\- '^^r. f^^i- with fdCher and Mr; Oeane, 

V/e conclude thi:> imperfect ,. ^ , i-^-x. 

they ^j,t2t^a mz on a littk 



hood with fhg inscription from ^'^'^ket or footstooi. - • - ■ 

Fiii^h Bowker nionument. ' ' -^^ ' T ' i * ."i " " ■" v\ T 

-> . . They t^i^i^d othei^ ministers 

In Memory Of -^^^^'^ ^^^^ Mr, Holld.-^ci of 

Father ^Mother. Boston and S^m^^el J. May. 

Elijah Bowker t was quitti yOung vvhe'n t 

born Nov lc5. !764-. used to gO occ ?i 5) onB II y to 

Anny Sylvester the {^//^ church, r,ear wh*:re 

born April SJ7fo8. ^^^^ Dresent om 15, ! was 

Fatner passed Aw^.y!8t2, baptfzed in fhe old n^.eeUn^- 

^u ■ u-i I...-, house. I think. 
Aibo their children 

Elijah born 1 78B Yo'^r frignd, 

Sally S born 1790 ' Eur^ice Thomas. 

John born 17^2 

JamesS born 1794 r^— N.-^-,yv/^;v^x.v- — ^^-^ 



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dit^/At/ryX 



COLLAMORl'S ledgl 

A re-produGtian of an arficie 
which appeared in a local 
newspaper s^cv^r^lyciars a^o. 
)t desei'ves careful re^fiin^, 
The author is ttie vyeli-Ki'^Jwn 
antiquari'iii, Charles Otis 
Ellms of Gretinbush. 

Off North Scitu^t^' beach 
iTeb a ied^je, where at tmies 
the breakers lash with dism^il 
roar, kavin'^ the sea vvh^te 
with foaming crssts, as the 
rn2arby w.aich tower c^sfb its 
warning iii^ht. Then at tirn(<:s 
the W3ter sterns petri^iecS iike 
polished blue marble, tempt- 
Jnu' ont to walk an its treach- 
eri;u5 surface, as th*^ billows 
5aftlv \'o\\ wi'tli no hostile as- 
pect to wards a trignciiy shore. 

On the. 16th day cf D^cem- 
b^r, IG93, Capt. Anthony CoMa- 
more, wi"rh fi've persons, sail eci 
from Scituate Harbor in a stoop 
\'66z\') with wood for Bo5ton, 
3ncl was ca5t aw^y i-nd ^il' 
lost on this ledge, which has 
borne th? name of Collamore 
ever since. Some 17 years 
ago tfifeire was found in the 
home o^ i Ihiea/ descendant 
ot th? bth generatt'on c?f 
Capt. CoKaiTiore, quaint elegiac 
line-b on his death, sty!(^d 
'^Threnod'^a, or 2 rnournfu! 
Remembrance o\ Lht; much to> b? 
lamented D^ath cfthi^wurLny 
and Pious Caot. Anthony Colla'- 
more." It is vvritts^n oy Deo- 
dat« Lawson. the minister of 
thy South Parish oFScituate, 
whose pbce of worship stood 
yvh«r? now is <in ancic-nt bwry- 
Cn<j <^round in IMorwcM ow the 



hill near whtfr^ the road leads 
tc? \J\')\QO 8ridae. There are 
30 verses. They wer^ printed 
at -Boston by Bartho Green 
In 16^4. A few of them I 
will maKe mention o\ — 

"December last upow thf. sixfe^nth djy, 

'Within the Hdfbor lay at Scitujt£ 
'3i;me LOdClen Boats to Boston bound away, 
'V'/hich fiir Fair wind and vv'e3thfjr 
thtere did V'/iiit. 
'Ariir;nist the R-est was Capt.CoiUrnure, 
'V»/ho3e sad dis'^iler we must now 
Deplore. 

'Sornii Boats with Sails fJ;cpan'Jed led the 
way 
'Out of thie Harb*; and did fairly ^dide. 
Thus one by owt staod out Into the Bay, 
'With wind ji East North Last and 
Fio'wini^ T\d!i. 
The C^otiin in the Rere did Hoist up 

5ai!€, 
'And hj-ited dfter vvith a stf. cldy Gak. 

'But Dangers j^r^at did quickly him Surpri^ 
The clouds did gath'cr and obsci^re ' 
the Sun. ' 
'V-/inds v/histhd, Snow came thicK and 
S'^as did ris*;. 
'Ai.d Ht: was at a loss v/hich way to run, 
'As did appear to st^rnijth^t /«ere beiorej 
Y/ho quicKiy after sawth*; Bo.it no fr-orE. 

'6ut on the Fowrtecnth day ane did gspv, 
'A Coi,DS h(i jud'^ed -.vasQptain u'llainDre, 

'Yet could net Know s-\im f';r a certainty 
'By ^nythiny but by th^ Clodths he wore, 

'His tdr'rrt and visa^s utterly was lost, 

'Having by vvav(?sanci Rocks be^^n so 

lon^ t05!>?:'d, 

'In Siituate let each Inhabitant, 
'Greatly lament this worthy Person's 
fa!!. 
'Both Rich ^nd Poor hi -i Courtesy wij) 

VMflt, 

'Who SI ill was ready to obii^'e 

them aiL 
'It was to many by Eypenencs knwr/n, 
'\^l valued others' vjood before his 

own. 



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^5 



'He was the Captain cf the warlike tram, 
'Love was his Dinner, lo\iz was his 

'Their Cheerful Service wai returned ^f^in. 
'His Accepiation w:<iS the/r RecoiVipenct. 
'In thdJ- Great Company Ci^mmand he bur?.^ 
'W(>r(; mustered tv/o hundred men si"!(i 
more, 

'The North Society in Scituatt 
'Hsth losr a Leading Man and Lc>\/in^4 
Fn'Knd 
'VVho ready was with Persor, aiiM Estate, 
'On every j^d-ju Occasion h«ip to ieiid, 
'HisQ.-E 3rid Conscience plainly did appear 
'To settle and niiiniain G-od's wcrsh/'p 
thyre." 

"it contafn's tlie blood of s 
Howard" 15 3 companson used in 
Engiand, so hl^h so ^st^iem w^-"^ 
h<ilcl for that famliy through the 
various Dukas of Norfolk. 

Jn New England we nave farn- 
iHss that mzdi no comparisonto 
^ Howard. W*? vvil! takg fbr in- 
stance Capt, Cullaniore's d'<;5C'^iid- 
ants. We fmd in the.rr-. thti 
jud^e, the physician, the merchant 
ancf on. eve'ry war roll from 
the settlerricnr yf the country 
the name oT Collamore appears. 
Vie S2Z thg upright- Judge Cc?!!- 
amore of Vermont pQsf-rVlastei' 
General under Pres. Taylor, and 
B.fterv/ard^ U.S. Senator from 
Vermont^V'/ho ^^vh-sn i)r^b2\ited 
with a horse retwrr.ecl it to its 
owner saying "no jud^s ^ should 
receive a presc^nt' S(?nat'^r 

Douglas when sii^Tnegn'ng the 
Nebraska bijl in the interest of 
the slave holders said thzt Jjdi<Jt 
Collamore gave; him rnorK trou- 
ble thsn all the otht^r opposition. 
Among the physTcians Wi^'f^nd 
On AnthoDy Collamore, a grad- 
uate of Harvard, and 'my es- 
teemed friend Dn Frasncis Cc?h 
tamore 'ol North Penibrokvi, 
>A;hos£ frr^indship 1 have enjo)/ed 



fur thg past 25 years as 5^cn-- 
tarj/ and trsaswrer cf th« Marsh- 
f'lfild AoTicuitural and H^rt/cwtt- 
ural Society, Henry Collamore. 
our idtp Representative to the 
General Ccurt; Davis CcMamare 
a merchant of New York, who^e 
fine herd of Jersey cattle was 
5q highly prfied- George Colla- 
niore, who was nnav(;'r of Law- 
rence, Kansas; the late J,H .Cd- 
lamare. whose benevolence to 
his brethren of i\vi rnystfc tfe 
we have seen, \ coi/ilci make 
mentt'on of ir.dnv more of Capt. 
Collamore's descendants, but 
space forbids, 

The ijrandson of Capt.Cdfarn/xes 
daughter. f:i?2abKin. was John 
Clevl^s Symnits, who was a co\o\-)t\ 
in thg R'^voiutio^, Judjc of 5u- 
/jremt^ CoL/irr of iNewJsrs^y, mem- 
ber oi the Contfnental Con^n^ss. 
whose daughter roarngd Presi- 
dent V\/ni. H, Harrison, the .grand- 
father of President Benj. Harri: 
Son. Through the Kindness c^f 
Mrs, Brigg's, of N^ponset.a des- 
cendant of Capt, Coiiarnare, I 
have received a copy of a l-^tter 
fro\r\ President B'^nj, Harrison, 
in which he ackno'^dyd'^^d re- 
ceivFn*; the 1/ne.s on the death of 
Caph. Collarnor? and said that 
he had ht^ard ihrou^h his i|r<jnd- 
n^other Harrison of his qre2^t 
^'ranclfath(ir Jchn 5ymnie,s, He 
'?xpr'<;ssed gri^at thanks for the 
cQpy of Threnodia. 



It is A matter for con'/ratulation 
that the Society of M^yflo'/vBi- Qts- 
c«;nd3nt5hds und-i-rt^ken th'^publfci- 
tioi^of a quarterly "Tha Mayflower 
Descendant!' It is issued from the 
Sociftty^ headq'uarters S23 Tremont 
Building, Boston. Mas5, 



A(o 



dKiiJU^'UX^^ 



THE FIRST PARISH 
CEMfTERY. 

Ci;ntinuicl frjm^us^ust HISTORIA, 

Directly back oH\-\i Dgla- 
no tomb is a lar^va loi r^Tsecf 
much \]\g\^^r Chan thg burround- 
fng -tf refund- Thir-. maund con- 
tains thg graves of Rev. DdYfd 
6arnj^s and Rev, Samuel Oeatie 
and meiTibers uf the/r fan^ilfijs. 
Mrs> Helen D^arrc Ruck>A'elh/vho5& 
home was In Chicago, she be- 
in^ the la':.t 3urvivrngch//,d of 
Mr. Deane, is burfcd here. 

in th/!) \'oi '/vas a/so buried 
Madame Hannah Cushiny^, the 
Wklow o-f Ho Pi Will ism Cushin^ 
the JustiCg of l\i'2 Supreme 
Csurt, wbonn ti-'adi rion says 
adrnin.'stergd the oaih (;f of- 
fice to President Washmqton 
2t the cuiTimencemiint' of his 
b?cond Larrn. y\r, Ccishing- 
vvyas bwried. we uind^^rstand^ 
in the oici Cusning tomb on 
Belle House Neck, near Green- 
bush. 

Tne I n script r (9 ns from the 
Minister'!. Lot follow. The 
Sarnss, D(^c>ne ^A\^d Cashing: 
monuments are of thtf o/'ol 
brick walkd style vvith hor- 
i2onr2l marble Sl3ts atth^:top 

SACRIDTO fi-'iE i^lcMyRY OF 
THE REVE^^END DAVID BARhES 
DuCTOK OF OIVIHITY SEMIOK 
PASTOK OV THE SECOhOCHURCH 
OF CHRIST IN SCITUATE.HE 
WAS RORfS AT MARLP^OROUGH 
MARCH 24tu A, D. 1731, Gf\AD- 
UATED AT MAKVARD COL! ECE 



!752> WAS ORDAIh'EO DECEM- 
BER 4^^ 1754. DIED APRIL 
, ^ 2bth.i8ll. A&EO 80. 
14&) AL50 TO TME MEhORY QF 
MRS RACHEL WIFE OF 
TME REVEREhD DAVID BARHES 
AND DAUGWTER of the HOri 
GEORGE LEOMARD OF riORTOM 
SHt DIED OCTOBER 22"^' 1 305 
AGED 78. 



JOHh MILTOM DEAriE BORil 
JOnE 13, I3IG DIED MAY 22. 
1832. M£L£M hARSA DEAINE 
BOKfi APRIL 9. 1819, DIED JUHE 
24. 1820., 

REV SAMUEL DEAhE BO/?H 
AT MAhSFlELD, r/)ARC14 3/. 1734. 
OROAIhEO AT 5C1TUATE OVER 
, THE SECOMD CHURCH FES 
,^^; 14 i'dIO DIED AUG9J8M. 

STELLA HIS WIFE DIED 
Jam 12, 1850. AGED G3 YEARS. 



(48) 



HELEM M WiFE0FDEr(ril5 
ROCKWELL AMD OA'JGHTE.R 
OF REV SAMUEL OEA/NE. 
fe2l" 1663. 



THE REMAINS OF hlADAME 
HAhHAH GUSHING WIDOW 
OF HON WM. GUSHING L.LO, 
(49) LATE JUSTICE OF S. COURT 
0? U.S. REST HERE. 
DECEASED MAY 12 1834. 
AGED BO. 



, , IM MEMORY OF MISS MARY 
(SOySTETSDM DIED MAY 30 1854 
AGED 90 YEARS, 

We continue with stoo'ijs 
whichi W^ easterly dnd north- 



P2\5teriy frum rhe Ministers In memory of Mr John - 

lot. ^. Match who died March 

Here lyes the Bady o\ Mrs '^^'^' !2 i819 hi the 7!-^^- y«ar 
Abi^aii Bowker wife (yf Mr of his a(^€. 

(51) Laisrus Sijwker wha died 

July 16, 17G& m the44^Hyr j.,^.^^ ,^^^ ^,^^ ^^^^ ^.^- 

!r„ ' Caleb Stetson son ot Mr 

H^r^ !ye3 y? body oi Mr (55) W.liiam Stetson who died 
bril Sylvester vvho dyed t^ecen^bei- ye 5, W5<> 

.larch ye 25, !727 a-^ecl aged 25 years. 



(52^ h: 



8 ^^f^. 



!r, iV^cmory 0\ IVlrs Dsbo- Of course h'^t a :>maH trac- 

, . rah wife at ^y1^ Jen n hatch- tion of the oldest in5criptii?ns 

WJ She died June yell, 1799 fi^yg yet been given. 

a§(id 47 yrs ^.5 rno^:,, 

BAPTISMS BY RVl VyiLLlAM WFTHERf^LLr'cO 
(The firbt pastor of thi Suuth or 5';-?cDnc] Chui-d"., 
Sc(tuat2.> 

•— Continued fron-1 August HI5TORIA 

1657, ^ 1^5/. 

EliZ'ab^Lh ) ye children of 

Joseph / Seorge i^. Eliisbeth Vai/g,h3n May 3h 

Darnell ) ^ \ nu 

Thomas the sonn^ 0I William BrooK^ Jwnt/b. 

John y<d ^:,onnf. of J^hn .Rogers Junr Aug 23. 

Benjamin ye sonn^ oi Humphrey John son Sept 20 

5^'^h th. dau.hj.r ) . p^ , ^ Ch^pm.ui Sept 21 

John., R-ilph the Sunni'.b) 1 ' "^ 

Grace, i-^annah, the ddwghters| ^^ j^},,^ Phillipf. Octob4. 
vj05eph the sonne i 

Ttn^olhy the Sonne of Ruh't 5tud.son Octob 11 

PS2n]a.\run thf Sonne of Wi lii^m Handall Movemb8. 

Mary y(2 daughter of Thomas Robinson FeVjr 25. 

iVIarthi ye dau^idit^^r of Rfchard CaurtiE> A/l^y2 

Patience ye daughter of INBfnanie! R2.wh"n5 J[^\y 4 

a^njamin tht? sonne of J'^hn Phillips Aug 15. 

N'Vary tlv^ daughter of Thomas Oidham Oatob 3. 

John the bonne of Thoma'i Cl_app(> Oct 3i, 

N/lary tht? ddughter ofThomss "lurntir Nov T 

John the 50nne of 620 and Elizabeth Vauglian Mov / 



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Abuve Unujn Bridge there 
'h'r-<: not f^nany (iUnds in the 
North River 'marshes. Prob- 
ably the largest o\^^ is the 
one siiuzitea north and east 
of Owel/viy Cr^ieK, It is 

bounded on two sides by the 
creek, on the north by a i^rge 
trdct of marshes, and -vn the 
z^ibt by the "riv^^r meadows' 

Thic; Inland f^ enti"r(i!y cov- 
ered \/vich vvocd '^rid contains 
Sv^vetdl acre3. 

Dwehey Creek was fonTi«>r- 
iy C'dlidd Tilhs Creek, ?f\c\ 



thi6 exptalhs the following' 
from the town records, Wil- 
li "am Brooks settled near 
here in !644, dn.ci thvf Isbnd 
remained in th'^ famihy tint si 
sold to AbiaS T'^^rnsr in i&37 

May the 3! t'^ <&5 9, 
in i t'ufi Town ,Meeti"na- 
GWen by the hih dbitants of 
the Tuvvne of Sittuate Ltnto 
VViliiam ftrooke A Curtains 
Island of upland Lyings- in 
the rn.-:^rsh on the northerly 
sid'z. of the Creeke common- 
ly called ^ncl knowng by the 
name of T'lli's Creeke. 



PU BLi 5H F: R"'S a n M OU Pf C !:, M ETIL 

After ^ivhn^ much thought to the subject I h2ive decid- 
ed th^t i must suspend HISTQRIA for the present- I am 
^\2.6 to be abia to pUce before yoo< the sixth nurriber and 
ho'p? that the volume y\']\\ prove, of n^iuch historical v^i- 
ue, ! hope patrons will realise that it is almost im- 
possible for me to ^ive further Ume to this work 3t present. 
1 should not h>3Lve persevered in such exacting work so lon^ 
had it not been for i personal resolve to preserve some of 
n&g^lected history of South Scituate, even /f at a sacrifrc^. 

! ar\'i deeply -jr^teful for a.!! the help vvhfch h<js been g;n/- 
en nie. Several g^entlemen have willingly done n-^or? th2n 
their share, thus msKing it possible for me to work with 
less apprehension of financril loss,' 

Thankfully acknowledc[ing,^ also, the many ki'nd and en- 
couraging v^ord^^ I remain 

Yooirs respect foil iy^ 



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