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EPITAPHS

BURIAL HILL,

PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS,

From 1657 to 1S92.

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BY BRADFORD KINGMAN,

MEMBER OF NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF WISCONSIN

STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY; I'lLGRIM SOCIETY, I'LYMOUTH; WEIJSTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY,

BOSTON; WEYMOUTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 'VEYMOUTH : BOSTONIAN SOCIETY,

BOSTON; ESSEX INSTITUTE, SALEM; AUTHOR OF HISTORY OF NORTH

BRIOGEWATER, MASS., AND KINGMAN MEMORIAL.

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Many ages ago the eloquent Pericles, in an oration in honor of the hero-dead who fell lighting for the liberties of Greece, declared in true and burning words the good of doing honor to the memory of the noble dead. It was not that they — immortal in their deeds — needed temple or column to perpetuate their fame or reward their virtues, but because the living, by thus spurring emulation of the good and heroic dead, inspired and ennobled themselves. Their homage was proof that they were not ungrateful, nor insensible to the deeds that constitute glory and renown. No wreath is given, and no monument reared by a nation to the memory of its illustrious dead, but it blossoms with ijood for the livin<r throug^h all future time. Virtue is en- couraged, patriotism kindled, and all that is noble in our nature inspired to action, by this homage to the greatness and goodness of our race.

PREFACE.

" Time corrodes our ef>itaf'hs and buries our 7'ery tombstones."

The practice of erecting memorials of some kind is almost coe%'al with the existence of the human race, but at what precise date epitaphs were fir,-t intro- duced, and by what nation, is involved in obscurity. The first we have been able to find is that about S76 B.C., when Sardanapalus, the last King of the Assyrians, ordered the following inscription to be engraved on his tomb, which was found at Anchiale in the time of Alexander, 543 years later: —

" Sardanapalus built Anc/iiale and Tarsus in one day. Go., Passenger., eat.^ drink^ and rejoice, for the rest is nothitig.''

Epitaphs have long been declared as a means of communication between the living and the dead ; a means of instruction as well as a reminder of our mortality. It is that we may make acquaintance with those who have lived before us, to in- quire into their habits, their peculiarities, to investigate their history, which is not the least interesting object of the student and the antiquary, and to the biog- rapher they are legitimate sources of inquiry.

The importance of monuments and inscriptions cannot be too strongly stated. But for these, many persons, as well as events worthy of remembrance, would have been forgotten. In the early days of epitaphial writings, inscriptions were prohibited except upon the monuments of illustrious persons; but now it is the universal custom among all classes of people to adopt them.

An epitaph to the honor of the dead has ever been regarded as of all praise the most noble and the most pure, especially when it expresses the character and actions of the good. Private virtues are as much entitled to this homage as public ones, and the title of a good parent, a good friend, and a good citizen is worthy of being engraved on brass or marble. Thus the tomb of a good man may in some degree be made to supply the want of his presence, and attach a veneration to his memory, and prove a benefit by his example, " Records on tombstones," says Leigh Hunt, "are introducers of the living to the dead, makers of mortal acquaintances; and 'one touch of nature,' in making the whole world kin, gives them the right of speaking like kindred to and of one another."

An eminent writer says. " When I properly look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me, — when I read the epitaphs of the beauti- ful, every inordinate desire goes out, — w^hen \ see the grief of parents for chil- dren, my heart melts with compassion, — and yet,, when afterwards I have beheld the tombs of parents themselves, I see \]|i«. vanity of grieving for those that we must follow, — when I see kings lyi.i;i;g^, perhaps, by those who deposed them, —

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when I consider rivals who are ]ihiced side hy side, or the great men who divitled the world with their contests and disputes, in the same situation, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and dehates of man- kind,— and finally, wlien I read the several dates on the tombs of some who died recently and some wiio died many years ago, I consider that great day when we shall be all cotemporaries a id make our appearance together."'

The author of this work lias for a long time been exceedingly interested in col- lecting memorials of persons who ha\-e been distinguished as citizens as well as in the annals of fame, and whose memoiy should be cherished with a reverence due to their position.

Among the many places that the writer has visited, none has exceeded in interesting associations that of Plymouth and of "Burial I/ill." and as the interest attached to this beautiful spot, once trodden by the steps of our early fathers, has become so universal, the long-cherished purpose of preserving the memorials of this locality has at last been realized, and the results are now offered to the public in this volume, with the hope that all may find as much personal gratifi- cation in its perusal as has the writer in its compilation.

Epitaphs descriptive of the personal character and social lives of those who lie beneath them are interesting and instructive, especially when drawn \\\\\\ truth and discrimination, and the advice given to the living in many of them are worthy of more than a passing thought. It would seem but natural that in a burial ground found in the oldest town of New England, the grave-stones shouUi be the earliest to be found anywhere; but such is not the case. There are found elsewhere many whose records antedate those on Burial llill, but none more interesting. Those buried here are mostly descendants of the early Pilgrims, as will appear by a careful perusal of the index at the end of this volume.

Here there are not only single graves representing a family, but whole liouse- holds, — parents, brothers, sisters, children, and grandchildren, — all grouj^ed together in immediate proximity; these, united in life, are not separated in death. Among these occupants of the soil may be found persons of prominence as well as those from theordinary walks of life. Here rest the remains of many of the earliest settlers of the colony and children of the next generation, none of whom are now living. Here, too, may be found ministers who led the devotions of the saTictu- ary near bv, which, for many years, was the only church in the town, and those who, by their lengthy terms * of faithful pastoral duties, manilested an interest in their fellow-worshippers, and desired to remain in their midst after death.

Here moulders the dust of several prominent physicians who completed their terms of usefulness to their fellovv-townsmen. and lie within this sacred enclosme 'beside those whom even their skill could not save.

Here also may be found the names of those who were called to take an active part in the councils of the nation when the country was in peril during the rev( - lution, and a long list of those who died in their country's service in the late rebejlion.

Many also who have lost their lives on the perilous sea have found their iuial resting-place beneath the turf in these grounds.

At the time of commencement in copying these epitaphs, nearly forty years since, there weix' a large number of badly broken and defaced grave-stones lying about tlie ground. Since the work was begun a still larger numl)cr of slates

* Rev. I ir. KcniliU was pastdr of llie First Churcli for ne.irly sixty years.

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hnvc given way to the ruthless stonns of years, or have been removed and others of a more imposing kind have taken their places, in the form of marble Tnonn- inents and tablets or enduring granite. This will account for some of the in- scriptions being found in different places m the volume, as the earlier ones are printed as foimd on the slate stones which afterward were removed, and on the new monuments the same names and dates were placed.

There are also a large number of inscriptions herein for which no stone can be found. The list of such will render this work the more valuable, as it will preserve the names of many which otherwise would have been forgotten.

It was originally intended to print these epitaphs to the year 1858, but time has wrought so many changes, and so many additions have been made since that date, it was deemed advisable to bring them to the present time. Great pains have been bestowed in the copying, and it is believed the results will be of great value to the antiquary, the genealogist, and the historian, as well as to the pub- lic at large.

It will be noticed that much labor and expense have been bestowed on this work in illustrating many of the monuments wliich it is thought would add much to the interest as well as value to the volume.

The author would respectfully acknowledge the kind assistance and encour- agement he has received from many friends in Plymouth as well as elsewhere, during the progress of this work, and would especially mention Hon. William T. Davis, late president of the Pilgrim Society, as well as historian of Plymouth ; Dr. Thomas B. Drew, curator of the Pilgrim Society at Pilgrim Hall ; also to the family of the late William S. Russell, Esq., who did much in preserving the historical records of Plymouth, and publisher of " Recollections of the Pilgrims ; " also to David Pulsifer, Esq., the well-known antiquary of Boston.

To Captain Charles C. Doten, editor of the ''Old Colony Memorial," he is indebted for the free use of files of that paper; and to his son. Charles M. Doten, Esq., correspondent of the Boston Herald, for the kindly assistance rendered, he tenders his hearty thanks.

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LIST OE ILLUSTRATIONS.

Seal of Plj-mouth Colon}- View of riynioutli, steel i)late View of Burial Hill .... Old rilgriin Fort and First Mectiuo- House Gov. William Bradford IMonunient Gravestone of Thomas ("lark Gravestone of Mnj. William Bi-ailfonl Monument to lion. Thomas liiisscU

Map of Plymouth

Entrance to Burial Ilill .... Gravestone of Thomas Fuunec

Eus.sell Tomh

Gravestone of Taltillia Plasket Gravestone of Capt. Josepli Cluiicliill

Goodwin Tomb

Judson Tomb

Grave of William Crowe . . . . Kendall Gravestones .... Marble Tablet of the Old Fort Cushman Momiment .... Cushmau Grave.stone

LeBaron Gravestone . . . •

LeBaron Gravestone

Gravestone of Edward Gray

Gravestone of John Howiand

Gravestone of Rev. Ephraim Little .

Gravestone of N.iiithaniel Clark .

Clark Monument

Maj^ee IMonument

Gravestone of Andrfiw Fafrell .

Gravestone of Joseph 15artlitr

Gravestone of Hon. William Ji»nvis .

Gravestone of Samuel Davis

Marble Tablet of Watch llou^t?

Old Powder House .....

Gravestone of Joseph Bradford

Gravestone of Nathaniel Brad lord , ,

Gravestone of Sarah Bradford .

Gravestone of Sally Bradford

Portrait of Clement Bates

Gravestone of Dr. James rii.nclicr

Gravestone of William S. liu:~-(ll

Gravestone of Edward W. Watson

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INTRODUCTION.

BURIAL HILL.

Next to the famous rock on which the Pilgrim Fathers landed there is nothing of more interest to the many thousands of visit- ors to the old town of Plymouth than the above named locality. The stranger upon his arrival in town, whether by steamboat or rail, cannot fail to notice, directly in the rear of the main street, a beautiful elevated spot of ground appropriated to the pur- poses of burials. There rest the remains of many of the early settlers of the old colony and their descendants for several gen- erations.

This commanding and elevated ground was early selected by the pilgrims, while reconnoitering for a place on which to locate, as appears by their records, viz. : —

"On the other side of the river also much Corne-ground cleared ; in one field is a great hill, on which wee poynt to make a platform and plant our ordnance, which will command all round about. From thence we may see into the Bay, and farre into the Sea, and we may see thence Cape Cod."

This hill is one hundred and sixty-five feet above the level of the sea, and contains about eight acres.

This was their first measure of precaution against any sudden attack of the Indians, and served as a protection for the two rows of dwellings they had designed to construct.

At a little later date, in 1622, in consequence of threatened hostility from Canonicus, the distinguished and powerful sachem of the Narragansett Indians, it appears they erected a larger fort, and so built it in the interests of economy as to answer for protection from the natives as well as for a place of worship.

"This somer they builte a fort with good timber, both strong and Comly, which was of good defence, made with a flate rofe and battlments, on which their ordnance were mounted, and wher they kepte constante watch, espetially in time of danger. It served them allso for a meeting house, and was fitted accord- ingly for that use." — Bradford.

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OLD PILGRIM FORT AND MEETING HOUSE

For a full account of this hill as it appeared a {^iwi years later, we find the followini^ in a letter written by Isaac De Rasieres, a French Protestant, to Gov. Bradford in 1627: — ■

"New Pl\'inouth lies on the slope of a hill stretching cast to- wards the sea-coast, with a broad street about a cannon shot of e'ght hundred [yards] long, leading down the hill, with a [street] crossing in the middle, northwards towards the rivulet, and southwards to the land. The houses are constructed of hewn ])lanks, so that their houses and court-\-ards arc arranged in very good order, with a stockade against a sudden attack; and at the ends of the streets there are three wooden gates. In the centre, on the cross street, stands the Governor's house, before which is a square enclosure, upon which four patereros [steen- stuclNicn] are niounted, so as to Ihmk along the streets Upon the hill the)' ha\-e a large square house, with a flat roof, made of thick sawn ])lanl<s, sta_\-ed with oak beams, upt)n the top of which the}' have six cannons, which shoot iron balls of four and five j:)ounds, and ci^mmand the surrour ''"ing country. The lower [)ari; the)' use for their church, where ihey preach on

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Sundays and the usual holidays. They assemble by beat of drum, each with his musket or firelock, in front of the captain's door; they have their cloaks on, and place themselves in order, three abreast, and are led by a sergeant without beat of drum. Behind comes the Governor, in a long robe ; beside him, on the right hand, comes the preacher with his cloak on, and on the left hand the captain with his side-arms and cloak on, and with a small cane in his hand; and so they march in good order, and each sets his arms down near him. Thus they are constantly on their guard night and day."

Thus did our forefathers worship God — with a Bible in one hand and a sword or a musket in the other.

Again in September, 1642, according to the records of the town, repairs were made to the fort: —

'Tt is agreed that every man shall bring two peeces more of viii. foote long to finish the fortyfycacon on the fort hill, and that Richard Church shall speed\'ly make the carriage for an- other piece of ordnance."

And on the 23d of September, 1643, a watch was established at riy mouth, and "it was agreed upon that there shall bj a watch house forthwith built of brick, and that I\Ir. Grome shall sell us the bricks for xi. s. p. thousand." This is the first in- stance where bricks are mentioned in the colony.

Again in February, 1676, there were fears of an invasion of the natives under King Philip and his tribe, afterwards known as King Philip's war, which caused the citizens of the town to make more extensive preparations for defence, as appears by the following vote: —

February 19th, 1676. 'Tt was ordered by the Towne that there shal be forthwith a fortification built upon the fort hill alt Plymouth; to be an hundred foot square, the pallasadoes to be ten foot and a halfe longe ; to be sett two foot and a halfe in the Ground ; and to be sett against a post and a Raile ; every man is to doe three foot of the said ff"ence of the fortification ; the pallasadoes are to be battened on the backsyde one against every two, and sharpened on thetopps, to be accomplished by every male in each family from sixteen yeares old and upwards, and that there shal be a watch house erected within the said fifence or fortification, and that the three peece of ordnance shal be planted within the said ffence or fortification.

"Agreed with Nathaniell Southworth to build the said watch house, which is to be sixteen foot in length and twelve foot in breadth and eight foot studd, to be walled with board, and to

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have two flores, the uper flore to be six foot above the lower flore ; and hee is to batten the walls and to make a smal paire of staires in it and to frame two smal windowes below, to make two gebles to the Roofe on each syde one, to Cover the Roofe with shingle ; onely the frame to be brought to the place att the Townes Charge; and for the said work hee is to have eight pounds to be paid either in money or other pay equivolent."

In the year 1679 this watch house was granted to Samuel Jenney"to dwell in, or remove when he pleaseth." The remains of the old fort were sold to William Harlow, and formed part of his dwelling-house. The cannon were used in Revolutionary times for the defence of Coles' hill, and afterwards, as we learn, sold, to be wrought into more harmless forms of human use. — Totvn Records, Vol. i . p. Sj.

It seems that this hill was used not only as a central point for protection from any sudden attack upon the town, but as a place of burial from 1676, the date whence it ceased to be used as a fort.

BURIAL HILL, PLYMOUTH.

The first mention of it as a burial place was in 1698, when Chief Justice Sewall, holding court in Plymouth, says in his diary, "I walk out in the morn to see the mill, then turn up to the graves, come down to the meeting-house, and seeing the door partly open went in and found a very convenient opportu- nity to pray."

And again in the deed of the lot of land, where "Davis Build- ing" now stands, from Nathaniel Rowland to Francis Le Baron, of the same year the seat of the Le Baron family. — Davis An- cient Landmarks.

The following is a description of the Hill as it appears to-day, and ofthose who visit the same for the first time, as well as the impressions of a stranger from foreign lands.

"The 'Burying' Hill is the most remarkable spot in Plymouth. From whatever side we approach the town, it rises conspicuously above all its buildings; a lofty green mound, covered with dark gray tombstones, the first place to receive the ra}'s of the sun, and the last upon which they linger.

"Let us ascend to it by the narrow foot-path from the head of Leyden-street, worn deeply to the thick and mossy turf, and, seated on one of the tombstones, look out upon the surrounding scene. What a Sabbath stillness reigns buried among its leafy groves; though the curling smoke tells of many a cheerful home concealed amidst the foliage. It is morning, the tide is in, the wide e.K[)anse of the bay glitters with light, and a fresh

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and bracing sea-breeze pleasantly salutes us. The robin red- breast, a much larger bird than his elder brother in England, hopping from stone to stone, seems to haunt this fresh and breezy eminence. The view that it commands is pleasing from its wide expanse of sea and shore. But the spot whereon we stand, the cemetery, is itself the most striking feature of the scene.

"In wandering about this venerable place of sepulture, I was par- ticularly struck with the longevity attained by a large proportion of its tenants. It is remarkable that many of those who survived the first winter, fatal to half their companions, and became ac- customed to the climate, which, if keen and cutting, is remark- ably pure and salubrious, should, with their immediate descend- ants, have lived to eighty, ninety, and, in some few instances, above even a hundred years of age.

"Such, in its main features, is the Burying Hill, the most venerable, if not the most beautiful, necropolis to be met with on the soil of America." — Bartletf s Pilgrim Fathers.

"When the modern pilgrim finds his way to Plymouth, and, with filial veneration, directs his steps to the sacred spot where rest the fathers of New England, he is peculiarly struck with the remarkable objects which are presented to his view. When he has ascended the high hill, and looks around upon the innu- merable gravestones which afi"ection has placed as the last tributes to the memory of departed parents, relatives and friends, he seeks in vain for any ancient memorial to mark the graves of the Mayflower pilgrims of 1620. In vain he inquires for the graves of those who came in the Fortune in 1621, in vain for those of the Ann and Little James, in 1623. In vain he asks, in vain he seeks. Of all these, Thomas Cushman alone of the Fortune, and Thomas Clark alone of the Ann, are remembered by tab- lets. Their graves alone were surely designated by gravestones on Burying Hill. One of the old comers, Phineas Pratt, was similarly remembered in the old burial-ground in Charlestown, Uncertain tradition, however, has attempted to point out the burial places of a few others, and modern memorials have been erected to their memory.

"In an elevated position in one part of this field of the dead may be seen the shaft erected in memory of William Bradford, not only emphatically the Governor of the Plymouth Colony, but the faithful chronicler of the Pilgrims, his associates in the great enterprise. In another direction is the large slab com- memorating the life and services of the venerable John Howland ; and still, in another portion of the field, the monument which the filial regard of the Cushman family has raised over the graves

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of their pious ancestor, the excellent Elder. These, indeed, are modern erections, but not the less honorable.

"The site upon Burying Hill on which the Cushman monument stands has hallowed family associations, and is not in itself en- tire)}' devoid of interesting recollections of a more general char- acter. It is the identical spot selected for the burial place of Elder Cushman by his bereaved friends and religious associates; and beneath the turf which has grown for ages, and whose ver- dure has only now and then been disturbed, as a new tenant has been admitted to the community of the dead, to mingle ashes with those of the venerated sire, rest the remains of the earliest of this Pilgrim family, — the Cushmans. Around the Elder's humble grave were buried many of the Church, who, from their feelings of attachment, desired to be near him in death, as they had been with him in life ; among these were the officers of the church, with whom he had for so many years ministered ; but liis pastor was not permitted to be with him m his long sleep, but is quietly reposing in the distant regions of the sunny South. From this spot the turf has now been removed, but the sacred remains are still there. The turf has given place to more en- during granite.

"While standing within this ancient cemetery, the stranger is forcibly struck with the appearance of the large number of monumental tablets and burial mounds which he notices on all sides, compared with the smaller number of buildings in the village at its base, — that the dwellings of the dead far outnumber the dwellings of the living. The immediate scene presents a vast assemblage of the past and a more limited population of the present — the quiet remains of other days above, and busy and bustling life of to-day below. Here is where the forefathers lie with their children of more than two centuries, gathered together in family clusters, awaiting the call of the last great day. And where could they lie more appropriately than in the chosen land of their American pilgrimage?

"Extending the eye beyond the hill at his feet, and beyond the village and a few sparsely scattered houses adjacent, the stran- ger will witness the placid and hospitable waters, formed into a safe and quiet harbor, by the almost surrounding headlands and projecting beaches. His attention will be drawn to the Gurnet, at the eastward, with its twin beacons, and to Saquish, noted for affording food for the almost famished voyagers; to Clark's Island, on the north, where the Pilgrims, after their arrival in their new home, first passed the Christian Sabbath in prayer ; to the fields of Duxbury and the green elevation there, which bears the name of the redoubtable Captain Standish ; to the

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lands of Kingston, where piously dwelt good Elder Cushman and his devoted Mary, beside their never-tailing spring* of liv- ing water, and where the}'- terminated their earthly pilgrimage; and to the meanderings of Jones's River, and Rocky Nook, and Plain Dealing; and more westerly, to the chain of undula- ting hills, upon the chief of which is the national monument to the Pilgrim Fathers, and to the fresh waters of Billington Sea, and the numerous crystal lakes of the townships. More southerly will be seen the Town Brook and Pilgrims' Spring, where the Pilgrims first quenched their burning thirst, and Watson's Mill, where first appeared human friendship, in the person of the almost civilized Massasoit. Further to the east, following the circuit, the villages of Wellingly and Eel River, and the far- famed beach, and the warning and inviting Manumet are seen rising nearly 400 feet above the ocean. Extending his vision across the bay, a distance of twenty-five miles, the white cliffs of Cape Cod appear as if suspended in mid-air by some secret enchantment of nature.

"All these the stranger sees; and he may also see, almost at his feet, the famous Leyden street, where were the first dwel- lings of the Pilgrims, and the Middle street, and the North street, lying parallel to each other, and at right-angles with and between the Main street and the Water street at the Water side, where were the first allotments of land ; and he may see Forefathers' Rock, the place of landing, and Cole's Plill, where were laid to rest, during the first winter, half of the precious freight of the Mayflower. Well may we say to him, as he stands beside the graves of the Fathers ;

"'Stranger! — As from this sacred spot, hallowed by the re- membrance of the true-hearted, who sleep beneath its turf, you cast your eyes around and view scenes unsurpassed in interest and beauty, — while you behold flourishing towns and villages abound- ing in industry, prosperity, and happiness, where once all was dreary, inhospitable, and desolate; think of the self-sacrificing forefathers, learn to emulate their virtues, and firmly resolve to transmit unimpaired, to the latest posterity, the glorious lessons of their noble examples.' " — Pilgrim Almanac.

* This spring on the ])remises of Samuel V. Cole, at Kingston, is well worth a visit; as near bv the visitor can see where one of the old Pilgrims had a home. The electric cars take one quite near to the same.

Monuiiiij

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Bradford Moniiinent. Cushinan Monument. Clark Monument. Kussell Monument. Magee Monument. Bartlett Monument. Hall Monument. Currier Monument. Goodwin Tomb. Judson Tomb. "Edward Gray. William Crowe. Hannah Clark. Thos. Cushman, Elder Thomas Clark. Dr. Francis Lebarran. Joseph Bartlett. Giles Kickard. Hannah Sturtevant. James Warren. Gen. James Warren. John Howland.

TIios. Fiiunce, Kltler. NiUhaiiicl Clark, Sec. Utv. Chaiullcr Kobbins. Kcv. James Kendall. Kev.J. II. Buijbee. Capt. Simeon Sampson. Site of the old Fort. Site of Watch House. Andrew Farrell. Dr. James Thacher. Kdward W. Watson. William S. Russell, 'labitha Flasket. .Siuniicl Davis, A.M. Hon. William Davis. Jackson Yard. Jackson Yard. Witherell Yard. Ripley Yard. Collingwood Yard. Robbins' Yard. Shaw Yard. Kev. Ejihraim 1-ittlc.

Burial Hill Plymouth Mqss

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EPITAPHS

CTJRTA^L EI ILL,

PLYMOUTH.

A neat monument was erected on the site where, it has long since been ascertained, the remains of Governor Bradford were deposited. The monunient consists of a solid block of granite, thirty inches square and eighteen inches tliick, on a stone foundation. On the granite is a block of white marble twenty inches stiuare and ten inches thick, on which is a white marble shaft, six feet high, in the form of a pyramid, fifteen inches square at the base, and eight inches sqoare at the top, making the total height eight and one-half feet, erected in 1S35 "icier the direction of Alden liradford of Boston, late Secretary of State, a descendant of the Governor.

The following persons contributed to the same : Mrs. James DeWolf, of Bristol, K. I , Mrs. Collins, of Newport, wife of the late Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, Hon John Davis, of Boston, LeBaron Bradford, of Plymouth, Capt. Gershom Bradford, of Uu.xbury, William J. A. Bradford, Duncan Bradford, George P. Bradford and Ezra Weston, Jr., Esq., of Boston.

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Governor Willi.wi BKADi'ORDwas born in Austerfield. a small and rather obscure village in the southerly border of Yorkshire, England, in March, 158S. His father

* Jehovah is the help of my life.

t What our fathers with so much difficulty secured, do not basely relinquish.

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,/L fj p./~ fa small villac;e five m

died \\\ 1 591, leaving him to the care of his grandfather, who died in 1596. He was

then placed in care of his nncle Robert of Scrool)\-, miles only from Austerfield in id near to the manor house of was an husbandman, and Wil- liam was brought up as an agriculturalist. He inherited considerable property from his father. At an early age he became an attendant upon the preaching of Richard Clifton, and became a member of his church, over which he ami Robinson jnesided. Brought up to labor he received only a scanty education, although he was much inclined to literary jiursuits. lie became quite proficient in Dutch, Latin, French and Greek, and was a very devoted student of Hebrew, as "he wished to see with his own eyes the ancient oracles of God in their native beauty." He was fond of history and philosophy but theology was his favorite study. He early adopted the views of the separatist divines, -with an enthusiasm peculiar to his nature, and having Ijecome at an early age a leading man in the community where he resided, at the age of eighteen he joined with those who emigrated to Holland, where the commercial spirit had tol- erated free religious opinions. In this attempt the company was betrayed by the captain of the vessel in which they had embarked and they were thrown into jMison in Boston, Lincolnshire, but he was soon liberated on account of his youth. In the spring of the following year he made another imsuccessful attempt, but finally suc- ceeded and joined his brethren at Amsterdam. Here he learned the art of silk-dyeing. Upon arriving at the age of twenty-one years lie came into possession of his estate in England, and engaged in commercial pursuits in which he was not successful.

After a residence of about ten years in Leyden, the church which had been fornud by Mr. Robinson prepared to remove to America. In this movement Bradford tu- gaged with that zeal with which he entered into everything. He embarked for V.w- hind July 22, 1620, and on the si.xth of September set sail from Plymouth with the first company of about 100 ])ersons, in the Mayflower, arriving in sight of Cape CotI on the ninth day of November. While the vessel lay in Cape Cod Harbor, he l)e- came one of the foremost in the selection of a site for a settlement; and while lie was on an exploring expedition, his wife fell overboard from the ship, December 7, 1620, and was drowned.

Soon after the death of (iovernor Carver, April 5, 1621, Bradford was elected In fill the vacancy as Governor of the Colony. He was annually elected to that ott'u e till 1657, excepting the years, 1633, '34, '36, '38, '44. He had then become conspicu- ous among the people for wisdom, piety, fortitude and benevolence.

He lived almost through the whole period of the English Commonwealth, and saw other flourishing colonies, the offspring of that at Plymouth, rising around him and forming the germ of an immense nation, by all of whom he was regarded with the lo\i- and veneration due to a ])atriarch, and in the words of an ancient writer he "was the very prop and glory of I'lyniouth Colony during the whole series of changes that passed over it." In the office of chief magistrate he was prudent, temperate and firm, and would suffer no person to trample on the laws, or to disturb the peace of the ccil- onv.

He wrote a history of " Plymouth plantation," beginning with the first formation of the church (in 1602, and ending with 1647) which was published bv the Massachusetts Historical .Societv in 1856. After an infirm and declining state of health for a number of months, he was suddenly seized by an acute disease in May, 1657. In the night his mind was so enraptured by contemplating upon religious truth and the ht)pes of futurity, that he said to his friends in the morning, "The good Spirit of God has given me a pledge of my haj^piness in another world and the first fruits of eternal glory."

The next day, May 9, 1657, he was removed from the present state of existence, greatly lamented bv the people not only of Plymouth, but in the neighboring colonies.

"The ninth of May, about nine of the clock, A ])recious one God out of Plymouth took : Governor Bradford then expired his breath." — Morton.

Governor Bradford's first wife was Dorothy May; his second wife was Alice .Southworth, widow of P^dward Southworth, 1623. He had one son by his first wife, William; Mercy and Joseph, by his second wife, from whom has sprung a large and honorable list of descendants, many of whom have lived and died in the Old Colony, and led active, useful lives, and have been highly respectable, as well as prominent in public life in New England and without her limits.

Alice, the wife of Governor Bradford, was no doubt buried near this monument.

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The Old Colony records have the following:

" On the 26th day of March, 1670, Mistress Alice Bradford, Seni'r, changed this life for a better, having attained to four score years of age or thereabouts. Shee was a godly matron, and much loncd while shee lived, and lamented tho' aged when she died, and was honorably interred on the 29th day of the month aforesaid: at New Plimouth."

A few years since lion. John Howhmd, who died November 5th, 1S54, at the age of ninety-seven years and five thus. President of the Rhode Island Historical Societv, Providence, K. L, and a descendant in the fifth generation fmni John 1 lowland, the Pilgrim, caused a grave-stone to be erected over the remains of his ancestor, consist- ing of a large slate-stone, upon which is the following inscription: —

2. Here ended the Pilgrimage of \ JOHN ROWLAND and ELIZABETH his \ wife. She was tJie dan'tr of Gov. Carver \ They arrived in the Mayflo-wer Dee. 1620; | thej had ^ Sons & 6 dan'trs from whom \ are deseended a numerous posterity \

-i6y2 Feb'y2j'^ JOHN HOWL AND of \ Plymouth deceased,

he lived to the age of So | yr's. He luas the last man that zvas

left of those | that eame over in the Ship called the Mayjlo- \ zver

that lived in J^lymonth." — [Plymouth Records.]

There is a jiainted sign beard at the side of this gravestone containing the follow- ing inscription : —

The grave of | JOHN HOWLAND | died | Feb. 25, 1672.

it has been frequently published that Mr. Rowland married a daughter of Oover- nor Carver. This we thiidv is a mistake. In Bradford's History we find that John Howland married Elizabeth, the daughter of John Tillie. Mr. Howland was a dis- tinguished man, and devoted tcj the interests of the Colony, both in relation to its civil and religious institutions. He was Deputy and Assistant for several years. His early ie>idence was on Summer street, but afterwards removed to Rocky Nook, where he died. The remains of his lellar are visible a short distance north of the residence of the late Hezekiah Ripley.

The colonial records say, " He was a godly man a)id an ancient professor in the wa\s of Christ, and proved a useful instrument of good in his place." His descen- dants are quite nuinetous. The late Reverend John Howland of Carver, Mass., was giai (Ison of Mr. Howland. He wa> the last man of them that came over in the May- tli wer, who settled in Phmouth. On the passage to this country in the Mayflower the weather was tempestuous, and in a severe storm Mr. Howland fell overboard and came near losing his life. The following is a record of the accident in Bradford's own words. : —

"And in one of them as tliey thus lay at hull, in a mighty storme, a lustie yonge man (called John Howland) coming u])on some occasion above ye grattings, was, with a seele of ye shipe throwne into [ye] sea; but it ])lea.sed (iod yt he caught hould of ye tope-saile halliards, wliicii htinge over boaril, & rane out at length ; yet he held his hould ('hough he was sundrie fadomes under water) till he was hald up by ye same rope to ye brinie of vc water, and then with a boat hooke & other means got into ye shipe againe, & his life saved; and though he was something ill with it, yet he lived many years after, and became a ])rofitable member both in church and comone wealthe."

3. Here Lycth ye Body | of EDWARD GRAY | Gent Aged Abovt I 52 years & Depart'l | this life ye Last of | June 1 68 1.

Mr. Gray cama to this conntrv with his lirother Thomas about 1643. Thomas removed to Tiverton, R.I., and Edward settled in Plymouth. His name frequently

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ajipears in tlic records of that town, and he became a large owner of real estate. IJy his habits of industry and good management, he acquired a large property, his estate having been estimated the highest in the colony, at one time amounting to ;i^[2 5i sterling. He was a large owner of land at Rocky Nook, Kingston, where tlie o d family mansion still stands on the old road leading from Plymouth to Kingston, and is now owned and occupied by his descendants.

lieside his gravestone is a painted sign erected by the town of Plymouth, as fol- lows : —

The i,n-ave of | EDWARD GRAY, | Died | June i6Si.

He married Hannah, daughter of Josiah and Margaret (Bourne) Winslow, a brother of Governor Edward Winslow, in 1665. She afterward became the wife of John .Sturtevant, and died March, 170S-9.

Beside this gravestone is the following inscription on a ])ainted signboard : —

The t,rrave of | WILLIAM CROWE | Died | Jan. 1683.

5. Here Lyes ye Body of | M''^ HANNAH CLARK wife To M'- William Clark | Dec^' I'Y^b'y yc 2otii | 1687 in the 29th \ear of her age.

6. Here Lyes ye Body of | M' THOMAS CLARK Aged | 98 Years departed | this hfe March | ye 24^^ 1697.

"It is a well received tradition that this ancient man was the mate of the May- flower, and the one who first landed on Ji'T'^'^y^fWW^^^rt^v" the island in Plymouth Harbor which bears his name. Little is known of the life and circumstances of the mate of the Mayflower; his name is not among the signers of the original compact, nor mentioned among the first settlers. It may therefore be conjectured, that he was considered merely as an officer of the ship, and that he returned to England in her with Captain Jones, and subsec[uent!y came over and settled in this town. We find his name among those who received allotments of land in 1624; and he also shared in the division of cattle in 1627. He resided at Ee\ River, and it is supposed that his family were among the sufferers in the house of William Clark, when attacked by a party of savages, March 12,1676. He being himself absent at meeting escaped, while eleven others were massacred and his son tomahawked, who ever after wore a silver plate on his head from which he was called Silver-Head Tom. Numerous lineal descendants from Thomas Clark now reside at Eel river in this town, and in other parts of the Old Colony. There is a handsome China mug whose pedigree is traced through the Clark family back to Thomas Clark, which had been i)resented to the cabinet of the Pilgrim Society by Betsey B. Morton, a descendant, ancl also a leathern pocket-book with the initials T. C. impressed on its cover, presented by Amasa Clark. These relics afford additional evidence that the mate of the Mayflower died in this town, and that his ashes rest in the grave in our burial place designated by a stone with the above in- scription."

There is a sign board at the side of this gravestone on which is the following in- scription : —

The grave of THOMAS CLARK ] Died | March 24, 1697.

KriTAl'IIS FROM IJL'RIAL HILL.

/. Here lyeth buried y^ body | of that precious servant of | God, Mr THOMAS CUSHMAX, who, | after he had served his | j^eneration accordin^c^ to | the will of God and | particularly the Church of I Plvniouth for many years in | the office of a rulini; I'Llder, | fell asleep in Jesus Deem'' | yc lo^'' 1691, and in }•<-" | 84''! year of his age.

I'^klcr CusH.MAN came to I'lynioulh in the "Fortune,"' in 1621. He was l)roiiglU uj) and educated in the family of (""lovernor DracU'ord, and was always his intimate and confi- dential friend. He servetl the chiuxh of Plymouth as Ruling Elder nearly 43 vears, having lieen chosen April 6, 1649. His gravestone is on the southerly brow of the Hill in a beautiful locality commanding a full view of the harbor of Plymouth as well as the town, the green hills in the distance, and of the "Meeting House," where, for over seventy years he had prayed and worshipped. Tiiis gravestone was erected bv the church in 171 5, iwenty-tivc years after his death, and is a plain slab of mica slate, probably imported from England. It is in a good state of preservation, and the in- scription is still distinct and legible.

His wife was Mary, daughter of Isaac Allerton, who came over in the ".Mavtlowcr" the ])revious year.

Soon after his marriage he removed to "Rockv Xook" in Kingston, (then Plvniouth I. 'I"he locality of his house has often been visited by antiquarians and others interested in early Colonial matters. There is a famous spring of excellent water near his resi- dence, that has received the title of "Elder Spring," near the railroad on land now owned by .Mr. Samuel P. Cole in Kingston.

.\t the grave of Elder Cushman is a signboard of recent date, directing the visitors to the grounds to the grave of one of the most noted of the old Pilgrims.

The grave of | Eld. THOMAS CUSHMAN | Died | Dec. lo,

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CUSHMAN MONUMENT.

On the 15th of August, 1S515, the descendants of the Cushman ancestors and their relatives, met together to Plymouth, in honor of their venerated ancestors, Robert Cushman, the right hand of the Plymouth forefathers, and Elder Thomas Cushman, his son, who for about forty-three years acceptably served the church of the Pdgrinis as Ruling Elder. On the following day the persons assembled from almost every State in the Union, visited the grave of their ancestor, the Elder, and before ]jarting resolved to erect an enduring nuMiument over the remains of this venerable man. This object was subsequently consummated ; and on the i6th of September, 1S5S, in commemoration of the sailing of the Mayflower from I'lymouth, iii England, for the new home in New iMigland, the monument was consecrated with becoming exercises and ceremonies.

The Cushman monument stands in a conspicuous j^osition within the ancient ceme- tery of the Plymouth fatiiers, upon ISurying Hill, within sight of the hospitable har- bor where the .Mavtlower lav safely moored in the inclement winter of 1620; and also, of the far-famed solitary rock of that sandy shore whereon tb.e forefathers first set foot on the memorable twenty-first of December, and almost beneath the drippings of the first Christian sanctuary in New luigland.

The monument is a massive and tasteful structure, built of smoothly hewn '^)uincy granite, of the finest and inost fhnable quality, and is highly creditable to the skill and faithfulness of Messrs. C. R. & C. M itchell, the contractors. Its form is that of an obelisk with plainly chamfered edges, having a Crecian base standing upon an orna- mented pedestal, also chamfered to its base, and containing simken panels; the pedes- tal rests ujwn two square plinths, and the whole structure ujion blocks of hewn gran- ite occupying the whole space enclo-sed by a quadrangular fence, constructed with large stone ])osts and substantial iron rails. The whole height of the monument, in- cluding the stone blocks on which it stands, is about iwenty-sevcn and one-half feel; llie base of the pedestal is about five feet square, and of the lowest ])linth about eight feet. The space within the railing is about twelve feet square. The tablets, which contain the inscriptions in raised letters, occupy the four panels of the pedestal,

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and measure about thirty-six by twenty-two inches. They are of metallic bronze, and were cast at the foundry of Messrs. Henry N. Hooper & Co., in Boston.

The following are the inscriptions on the tablets: — (PVont or East .Side.)

Erected | by | The Descendants ok | ROBERT CUSH- man i in memory of tlieir pilgrim ancestors | xvi September, MDCCCLVIII.

(North Side.)

Fellow Exile wrrii the Pilgrims in Holland, | yIpter-

WARDS THEIR CHIEF AGENT IN ENGLAND, | ARRIYED HERE

(West Side.)

He died lamented by the forefathers | as "their

ancient friend, WHO WAS | AS THEIR RIGHT HAND WITH

THEIR FRIENDS | THE ADVENTURERS, AnD FOR DIVERS YEARS | HAD DONE AND AeilTATED ALL THEIR BUSINESS | WITH THE.M TO THEIR GREAT ADVANTAGE."

" And you, my loving friends, the Adventurers | To this plant.vtion, as your care has p.een first | to settle religion here before either trofit | or popularity, so, i pray you, go on. —

I REJOICE THA'T you THUS HONOR GOD | WITH YOUR

RICHES, AND I TRUST YOU SHALL BE REPAID | A(;AIN DOUBLE AND TREBLE IN THIS WORLD, YEA; | AnD THE MEMORY OF THIS ACTION SHALL NEVER DIE." YDcdicatiou of Ihc Sermon:]

(South Side.)

THOMAS CUSHMAN, | son of Robert, died X Decem- ber, MDCXCI, I aged nearly EXXXIV Years. | For more

THAN XVII years he WAS I RULING ElDER I OF THE FIRST

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Church in Plymouth, | By whom a Taiu.et was i'LAced. to ^lvrk hls graye | on iii is sl'ot, | now consecrated Anew f.y a more endurinc; mi:mokl\l.

MARY I WH)OW OF lU.DER CUSH>L\N AND DaUCIH'IER OE

Isaac Allerton | I)n;n XXVIII November. M.D.CXCIX, Aged about XC. | The last suryiyor oe the eirst co.nh£rs

L\ THE MaYEOWER.

8. NATHANIEL y^ Son | of Nathaniel ] Thomas Esq & j Mary liis Wife | Died ye s^^' of | April 1697 | in yc 23^ Month I of his ai^c.

Rev. John Coiton was born in Boston, Match 13, 1640. Graduated at Harvard College, 1657. Settled pastor of the Pirst Church in Plymouth, June 30, 1669. Dis- missed, October, 5, 1697. Sailed for Charleston, S. C, Nov. 15, 169.S. I'rcached in Connecticut and NLartha's Vineyard, 1664 to 1667. He was ennnent for his knowl- edge of the Indian language, and fre([ucntly ])rtachcd to the aborigines at Plymouth in their native tongue. He revised and corrected Eliot's Indian Bible, printed at Cambridge in 1685. His residence was on the north side of Leyden street. His sons, John, Roland and Theophilus, were clergymen.

Hon. JosiAll Cotton, son of the above Rev. John, was born in Plymouth, Jan. S, 16S0. Studied theology, but was not ordained over any church; taught school in Plymouth seven years; 'acquired a knowledge of the Indian language, and preached to'thc Indians of Plymouth and vicinity for a long lime. He was author of an Indian grammar; became Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, and afterward Judge of the same; was also Register of Deeds for the County of Plymouth. He died Aug. 19, 1756.

On the footstone are the following lines:

J. B. Tkousaiids of years after blest .Ihcli's Jail, T^vas sail! of him being dead lie speak">^ yet ; From silent grave mc thinks I hear a call. Pray fellozv mortal, don't your death forget ]'ou that your eyes cast on this grave, I Knozv yon a dying time must have.

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It is said In- sonic elderly persons that the gravestone of Mr. Bartlett was the fust placed on liinial Hill, although by the records he died subsequent to Edward (rrav. He was son of Joseph and Hannah (Fallowell) ISartlett, who was son of Robert Bartlett, a passenger in the Ann, in 1663, by Mary, a daughter of Richard Warren.

II. Here lyes ye body | of Honourable Major | WILL- IAM BRADFORD | who ex- pired Feb"^ y^ 20^'^ | i/of Aged 71 years.

lie lived long hut still 7L'as doDig gooJ, S^ i)i his country'' s service lost vuuli blood. After a life 'cvell spent l.Ss now at rest. His 7'err name and memory is blest.

Major William Bradford, son of the Governor, early obtained high distinction in the (Jolony, having been elected an Assistant and chief military commander soon after the decease of his father. He was a Major in the army, and was an active officer in King Philip's war. When the colonial govenmient terminated, in 1692, he became Deputy Governor, and afterward a Counsellor <:>f Massachusetts.

He had fifteen children, nine sons and six daughters. The late Ebenezer Cobb of Kingston, who lived to the remarkable age of loS years, well remembered the funeral of Deputy Governor Bradford. The public road between Kingstcjn and Plymouth was obstructed by deep snow, and the corpse was carried from his familv residence near Jones' River, along the seashore, it l)eing the expressed desire of the deceased to be buried near the body of his father. His tombstone indicates the spot where the Governor was prol^ably buried, the father lying on the east side of the son, while Joseph lies in another row, northerly.

12. MARY GRAY dau to | John & Joanna | Gray his wife I March 17''^ | 1701' | y^ 16 }'ear | of her age.

Dr. Francis LrdiAKuN was a surgeon on a French privateer, fitted out at Bor- deaux, and cruising on the American coast, was wrecked in Buzzard's Bay. The crew were carried to Boston as i)risoners of war. Dr. LeBaron came to Pl\ mouth, and having performed a surgical operation, the selectmen petitioned the executive, Lt. Governor Stoughton, for his liberation, that he might settle in that town. This was granted; and he married Mary Wilder, and practised medicine in Plymouth, where he died at the age of 36 years.

His religion was Roman Catholic. He made a donation of ninety acres of wood land to the town. He had a son, Lazarus, who was a physician in Plymouth for a long time.

It is probal)le that nearly all of this name in this conirtry descended from Dr. Le- liaron, and have become cjuite numerous and highly respected.

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14. Here Lyes y^ | body of | JOSEPH CHURCH | aged 25 year^ ( died Octo'' ye | I3(h 1707.

15. Here lycth | ye body of | WARREN Gent. | who dcce- Oct I ye 29. 1707 in ye 48^11 | year of his age.

17. Here lyes ye body | of M^^ HANNAH | STURTEVANT aged I Above 64 years | dec^ in March | [ 7 o ^

19. Here Lyes | Buried ye Body of M'^ | HANNAH BART- LETT wife I to Mr Joseph Bartlett | Deccsd March ye I2t'i | 1710, In ye 72^1 year j of her age.

20. Here Lyes ye | body of M'' JOSEPH | BARTLETT De- ceased I Febru'v ye iS^'i 171 1, In ye | 73CI year of his age |

Lo here their body s near togath'^r lay Till y brig'it morn of y-' Rcsurcction day.

Deccmr ye 22, I712.

Mr. Li'iri.K was born in Marshfield, .Mass., 1674, graduated at Harvard College, 1695, married Mary Mayhevv, i6g8. He was a lawyer and iihysician, and at one time was a large owner of real estate in the central portion of Plymouth.

24. SARAH LITTLE daughr | to Charles & Sarah | Little aged 17 | M'^ Dec<l January | ye 3^1 1714.

25. NATHANIEL | CHURCHELL | aged 21 years | died March ye | 24^'^ i 714.

27. REBECCA I COLE, aged \ 18 years | died July | ye 2^1 1714.

She was the daughter of I'Lphraini ami Rebecca (Gray) Cole.

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28. Here lyes ye body | of M>- JONATHAN | BURNES Aged I about 73 years | died Augs' ye 20'li | 1714.

29. Pierc lyes ye | body of ELKNEY | CUSHMEN aged | about 37 years | died Jan""}' ye 9th | 1714-15.

Mr. CuSHMAN married Hester, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabetli Barnes, Feb- ruary 23, 1702. .She married Un her second husband, Benjamin Warren, Octol)er 25, 1 716, a grandson of Richard, who came over in the Mayflower, bv whom she had four cliildren. I lis gravestone is about five feet from the grave of Elder Thomas Cusli-

inan.

Mr. Wakrkn was son ot Nathaniel and Sarah (Walkci) Warren, and grandson of Richard of the Mayflower. He was a sheriff of Plymouth County and held other ])ublic offices of trust; a gentleman of great integrity and capacitv. The records of the first church say he was "an exceeding loss to the Church, Town and County." He was taken suddenly ill while on his wav to the assembly.

32. Here lyes interred ye body of | M^ JOSEPH BRADFORD son to the ] late Honourable WiLLIAM Bradfor" | Esq"" Gover- nor of riyniouth | Colony who dejiarted | this life Jul\" the lO'li 1715 I in the 85 year of his age.

Mr. BradfuRI) was born 1630, married Jael, daughter of Rev. Peter Hobart, the first minister of Hingham, May 21^, 1664. She died 1730. His residence was about one mile from the mouth of Jones' River, at a place called "Flat House Dock" in Kingston, Mass., so called from the fact that his house had a flat top.

33. Here lyes ye | body of M'' SAMUEE | RYDr:R who dec'l I July ye i8'l> | I 71 5 about | \-e 85t'i }-ear | of his age.

34. Here ye lyes ye bod\^ of | HANNAH WARRE'' | wife of Benjamen I VVarRFX, aged ^~,/ \ Died | November y- 3'! | 1715-

35. Here lyes )-e body u( \ M'^ MARY CHURCIH£EE| wife to Mr Eleazar | Churchell aged 60 | years decesj Deer

I )'e I I til 1 7 1 5 .

36. Here lyes ye body of | M'' EEEAZAR CHURCHELL | died March }'e 25th lyif, | in y^- 64''' }-ear of | his age.

37. Here lies )-e body of | NATHANIEL CLARK Esq"" | deed Janiy 31^1 171 7 | In the 741b \-ear ] of his age.

38. Here lyes ye | body of MARYE | CURTIS wife to [ ICpexEZER Curtis | died March ye j I7tb 171 7 | in ye 31st year ] of her age.

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The husbatul of Mrs. F;iiiiice was the last ruling elder of the First Clhurch in I'lv- niouth.

40. I lerc lyes y<^ body of M"" | ROBERT BARTLETT died | January the 3^1 j 1718 | In yc 55111 year | of his age.

42. Here lyes y*-^ body of | M'^ SARAH l^ARNES | Aged about I 32 years Uect' j Aprily^' iitli | 1718.

43. Here lyes yc body | of MARTHA HOWLAND | aged about 46 I years dec*-' | Aug^ y^ i ith | 17 18.

45. 1718 I 40''' )'ear | his age.

The above is a loose fragment on the ground.

47. Here lyes yc body | of M-" JOHN WARD | dec'' March ye I 15111 1719-20 I In ye 53'! year | of his age.

49. Here lyes ye body of | JOHN DREW aged 79 | >-ears died Jul)- I The 27^" I 72 I.

50. Here lyes y^ body | of Mr CALEB COOK | who dec^ Febry j ye ^th 172.1 I in the 72<^1 | year of | his age.

Caleb CuOK, son of Jacob and Damaris (Hopkins) Cook, born >Luch 29, 1651, and resided at Rocky Nook, Kingston. He will be reniendjered as the person con- nected with the death of King Lliili]) He was a soldier under the lead of Col. Ben- jamin Church, and while closely pressing the Iudian>, Cook, and an Lulian named Alderman, of the Seaconet tribe were jjlaced on duty to watch I'hilip, lest lie should get out of a swamp, where he had hidden, and if l^ossible to kill Philip. He soon had a chance, and fired at him, but his gun missed. He then bid Alderman to fire, and he soon became their victim, having been shr>t through the heart. Mr. Cook exchanged guns with the Indian, and the <run whicii did the fatal work has l)een kept in the Cook family till cpiiie recentlv. The old flint lock was taken off and j)resen- ted to the Massachusetts Historical Society. Part of the gun is in the Cabinet of Curiosities in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth.

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51. Children of M"" JoslAll | CARVER (the i''t born) | JO- SIAH dcc^l July 1 6tl> 17J2 Agfl 7 D--^ | A dauL,di'- dcc^ April | 29tli 1723 Agd I I Da. I DOROTHY dcc^i Jan-' | 2^ 1730 Ag'' | 3 y 7 m" i3Da I JAMES deed jan'' | 15 1730 Ag'' | i y 8 m" | A dan'' dectl Jan'" | 17 1730 Ag"-! | —

52. JAMES BARTLET | aged 22 years | died Jan')' | y^ 13"^ I 1723.

55. Here lyes ye body | of M-"^ HANNAH | CHURCHELL wife to I M'' John Churchell | deed April ye 29''! | 1723 in ye 61-' I year of her age.

56. Here lyes ye body of | M' JOHN CHURCHELL | de- ceased June \'e I 13th 1723 I in ye 66tli )'ear | of his age.

58. Here lyes ye body | of LOTHROP BARTLETT | /on to Sa.nh:l-el I & ELiztii Bartlett | Aged 16 weeks | deed Sep^ ye -7 I U~5-

59. Here lyes buried the body of | the Reverend M' EPH- RAIM LITTLE | Pastor of the Church of Christ at | Pl)-mouth aged 47 years 2 m" & 6 D^ | Deceased Nov"" ye 24''' 1723.

Rev. I'.i'KKAiM Little was the son of Epliraini and Mary (StiirtcvaVt) Little; l)orn 1673. Oraduated at Harvard College 1695; ordained as pastor of the I'lynioiith Church 1699, married .Sarah, daughter of William and Hannali (Oriswold) Clatk iGgcS, and died leaving no children. The town supported his widnw bv annual grant.'; to lier during her life. He was the first minister buried on the hill. " He was a gentleman more inclined to the active, than the studious life; but slmukl be remembered for his useful services as a minister, and for his exemjilarv life and conversation, being one of good memory, of cpiick invention, having e-xcellent gift in ])raver, and in occasional performances also excelling. But what can never be siiHicientIv commended, was the generosity of his s[)irit, and liis readiness to lielp all that were in di'-tress."

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62. Here lyes y^ \ body of ^r>■ RICHARD | COOPER who deC^' I Maixli }-^' 29''' | 1724 in | y-" 85^11 year | of his age.

6^. — CRVMHLh: | Dan to OriNTiN | & Elizap.ktii Crvm I BLE his wife | dec'' April ye 14111 | 1724 In j y^ 5th Month I of her age.

64. ELIZABETH— | yt was still | Borne Oct^r ye ] joth 1724.

66. Here lyes buried | y body of M^^ | SARAH WATSON wife I to John Watson | of Plymouth Esq"" I Deceased July ye 2^ I 1725 Aetatis 31.

70. Here lyes interred | ye body of ANNA | Dautr to ye

Rev'' I Mr NATHANIEL Leo | nard Born Nov'^r | ye 23d 1725 |

dec<J P'eb'Tye joth | 1725-6.

Rev. NArUANlEL Leonard was the son of Major George and Anna (Tisdale) Leonard of Norton, Mass., born March 9, 1700. Graduated at Harvard College 1719, the first from that town. He was called to settle as pastor of the First Church ill I'lyniouth, February 13, 1724, and was ordained on the twenty-ninth of July follow- ing On account of failing health he was obliged to resign in the early part of 1756; and in June, 1757, he removed to Norton, and resided in Barrowsville till his death, June II, 1761 He married Priscilla Rogers of Ipsvvich, Mass., by whom he had sixteen children. Rev. Abiel Leonard, D D. of Woodstock, Conn., and Dr. Thomas Leonard of Norton were his sons. He was buried in Norton.

72. Here lyes ye | body of ELISHA | MORTEN Deed \ Ocf'^ ye 23d I 1726 I in ye 15111 year | of his age.

73. Here Lyes yc | body of JAMES | COLh: who deed j Nov'^r ye 24''! I 1726 In I ye 22d year I of his age.

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75. NATHAN son | to John & | Marcv Holmes | his wife: dec<i I Dcc^^'' }'e 23'' I 1726 in | y^ .St'i year | of his age.

Mr. Holmes was the son of Jolin, who was in Plymouth as early as 1632, and 1 1 1634 was a messenger oi the general court <S^c, from whom most of the name in i'l'- mouth ami vicinity are descendants. He married Mercv, sister of Elder Thon i-. Faunce, and daughter of John Faunce, who came in the Ann in 1623, and Paticn. c Morton.

Deacon George Morton was the son o( Ephraim and Ann (Cooper) Mortrm, born 1645, and grandson of (Jeorge Morton who came in the Ann in 1623, whose wife was Julian Carpenter of Wrentham, Englantl.and married in Leyden in 1612. Eph- raim, the father, was born on the passage to tiiis country and died in 1663. No stone is said to mark tlie place of his burial, or that of his brother Nathaniel Morton, who was Secretary of the Colony, and died in 16S5, although he was jjrobably buried neai to l)eacon Morton's grave.

The above is the oldest grave-stone on the hill bearing the name of Morton.

81. Here lyes ye | body of JOSHUA | WETHREIL, died | Sepf In \-e I year 1727 | aged about ] 45 years.

85. Here lyes \-e | body of WILLIAM | RING who deed | Dec'^r ye 25^'' j 1728 in [ ye 31st year | of his age.

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88. Here lye 2 childni | to M"' Joiix & Mr-^ | Hannah Sl'ARIIAWK.

91. Here lyes ye | body of JOB | CUSHMAN who dec'' ] Nov't the I2''i I 1729 in | ye 19111 year | of his age.

Mr. CusH.MAN was the son (if Job and Lydia (.Vrnold) Cnsliinan, who was an inn- liohler of Plymouth: born 1710. His grave is ten feet south of the grave of Elder Thomas Cushman.

92. Here | lyes ye body of | CALEB CURTTIS who j dec'I Nov'"" )'e 19'!' I 1729 in )'e i8''i I year of his Age.

93. Here lyes ye | body of Mr« | REBEKAH DREW | wife- to M"- I Nicholas Drew | who dec^ Nov'^'" | 1729 in | \-e 45ii> }'ear j of her age.

94. FREEMAN LOTHROP | son to M"" Lsaac & | M-"^ Han- nah LoTHRoi' j Aged 4 weeks & 5 D^ | dec^ Janry yc 9th | 1730.

95. Here lyes ye body | of Capt" WILLIAM | SHURTLIFF

who Deed I Feb'T the 4tl' | 1729-30 In | the 72^ year | of his age.

Captain William SHaRiLEiK was the son of William and Elizabeth (Letticc) Shurtleff; born in Plymouth 1657. Married Susanna, daughter of Parnabas and Elizabeth (Hedge) Lothrop. He was a Selectman of Plymouth several years, and a delegate to the Provincial Assembly in 169), and held otlier positions of honor and importance.

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97. Here lyes buried | the body of Mrs | HANNAH THOMAS wife | to M"" Nathaniel Thomas | dec^ Feb'y ye 19th 1730 I in the 23'' }-ear | of her age.

100. ELIZABETH dauf | to Richard & | Mary Waite | Aged 13 M'> & 20 I Ds dec^l Sep"" ye 16: 1730.

102. Here lyes ye body | of Mrs REbECKAH MORTON | wife to M'' Er.EAZAR I Morton who dec' | Nov'^"" ye CA \ 1730 in I )'e 66' li \ ea: | of her age.

103. Here lyes ye bodys of PELEG | & MAREY DURPHEY his wife.

The mother was daughter of Ephraim and Rebecca (Gray) Cole.

104. PILISHA son to | Thomas & Lois | Foster his wife |

dec'l Noyl"- ye | 19th 1730 | aged 6 Mont'' | & 7 days.

105. Here lyes buried | the body of M^s | HANNAH LOTH- ROP wife I to Mr Isaac Lothrop Junr : | dectl Deer ye nth 1730 I in the 22^' year | of her age.

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109. Here lyes buried | the body of | M^s JEMIMA SAM- SON wife to I M"" Lazarus Samson | Dec*' July y^ 20th 1731 | in y"^ 27''' }-ear | of her age.

no. Here lyes y^ | body of FRANCIS | LKBARON who dcC^' I August yc 6'*^ I 1 73 1 in I y^ 31^' year | of his age.

Francis LF.iiARO>f son of Dr. Francis and Mary (Wilder) Lel'arnn, married Sarah, daughter of Jcjsejjh and Lydia (Griswold; Bartlctt.

111. Here lyes the body of | M^ SylMUKL COLE | dec^I Augt )'e ]8th I ij^i I in yc 23'! year | of his age.

112. Here lyes y-" | body of SAMUEL | WEST who dec*' | Aug ye 22f' I 173 I in I ye 20"^ year | of his age.

113. Here lyes ye | body of JOHN | COB who dec<l | Augst ye 22'' I 1 73 I in I ye 23^'year | of his age.

114. Here lyes the | remains of [ JOHN WATSON Esq"" |

who deceased Sep"" | the g^^ 173 i | in the 53c' year | of his age.

John Watson, Esq., son of Eikanah and Mercy (Hedge) Watson; born 1678. He was a usetul and respectable inhabitant, and afforded employment to a large num- ber of people. .Vt one time he was supposed to have been the largest owner of real estate in the conntrv, and was charitable to the poor and destitute. He married, ist, .Sarah, daughter <-^ Daniel Rogers of Ipswich; 2d, Priscilla, daughter of Caleb Thomas, of .Marshfield. His son John was the second President of the Pilgrim .So- ciety, Plymouth.

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119. Here lyes ye body [ of M-" NATHANIEL | MORTON who dectl I Nov'"" y^ 7111 | 1 731 in | ye 25^1 year | of his age.

1 73 I in I ye 38t'i year | of her age.

121. Here lyes ye | body of Mrs ELIZAbETli | BARNS wife to I '"^i'' Jonathan Barns | who dec^l Dec'^r ye j 15th 1731.

Number 122 is the same person as number 121.

129. JERUSHA BARTLET | Dau^ to John | & Sarah Bartlet I his wife Deed | jyiy yc ^th j 1732 In | ye 9th year j of her age.

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131. Here lyes yc | Ijody of NATI I'. ] FAUNCE who dcc^l | Aygst yc 29th I \'ji2 I Ai^ed 26 years | & 2 days.

Here Lyes | ye Body of |

137. Here lyes | ye Body of I RICHARD HOLMES | Who Dec'l I Nov-l"- y^ 12^'' j 1733 I in ye i5tl> I year of j His age.

NATHii HOLMES | Who Dec^l I Novl^r yc 14th I 1-33 I

in ye 3 2d I year of | his age.

140. JOSEPH Son to I Mr Ap.ieil & Mr^ | Bethia PULSI- FOR I His wife depart | ed this life ] Dec'^r }-e 28t'i | 1733 | Aged 3 Weeks.

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145. Here lyes ye | Body of JOHN | FAUNCE who deed | Nov'j*^ ye 28th I 1734 in I ye 26 year | of his age.

149. Here lyes ye | Body of HANNAH | HOLMES who died May ye lo^'i | 1735 in ] ye 23d year | of her age.

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155. To I Mr Ai!iKL & Mr« I Betiiiaii Pulsifer | His wife Dec^l I Jaiiry ye — th | 1735-6 | Ai^^cd—

158. LOIS Dauf To I John & Lois | Holmes his wife |

Died Spter ye | nth 17.5 j ^gcd 20 Moil's.

165. Here lyes interr'd the | Body of the Honourable | NATHANIEL THOMAS | Esq'' who Departed this Life | Feb- ruary the 24''! 1738 I in the 75''! year of his age.

*8. The eye of him tliat hath seen me shall see me no viorc: thine eves (//'c- upon nie, and I aw not.

9. As the clniKJ is consumed and vanisheth a\va\ ; so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no marc.

10. He shall return no more to iiis house, neither shall his place know him any more.

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172. Capt'i I Thomas | Howland ] Deed 1739.

This inscription appeared on a foot-stone.

178. Here lyes ye body of | HOLMES | dan to Nath" | Holmes who decd| July ye 6''^ I 1740 in | }-e 32d year| of her age.

181. SAMUIU. BURN ye | son of MncHLi.L | & Eliz'" Bl RN I Died May 8^'' | 1741 | Aged 7 months.

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184. Here lyes buried the | Body of | Deaeon JOHN EOS- TER I who Departed this Life | December ye 24''^ 1741 | in ye yO year of his a<^e.

186. JOSEPH son of] Mr , Con^H)Kr & Mr« | Ruth How- land 1 He Died May | ye i ith 1742 | Aged 3 Mo | & 3 Days.

188. MARY Dautr To | Mr JA^H:s & Mr^ Eaith I Shurtlefk His I Wife Died May | 1742 In ye | i3ti> Month of | Her age.

193. Here Lyes Interr^l | ye Body of M-" [THOMAS WETH- REIL I who DeC^l April ye | 2pt 1743 in | ye 6y^ year | of His age.

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195. Here Lyes Buried | The Body of | M.- NATH. JACK- SON I who died July yc 14th ] 1743 I,-, the 79th | year of his age.

196. Here lyes Inter'd the Body | of the Hon^^le | ISAAC LOTHROP Esq'- | Who Departed this Life | Sept 7^'' 1743 in the 71st year of his age.

198. Here Lyes Buried | The Body of | M^ LEMUEL COBB I Died Ocf 22'' 1743 | In The 38th year | of his age.

200. Here lyes buried | the Body of \ M^ JOHN BARNES | Deccl May the 15 1744 | in the '/6^^'^ year | of his age.

201. Here lyes Buried the | Body of Madam | PRISCILLA BROWN I the wife of ROBERT Brown | Esqrwho Died Septem- ber I the 7''i 1744 In the 441'! | }'car of her Age with three | Children Buried by her Side viz | ROBERT, MARTHA & MARGRET.

202. In memor}' of JO/L'\H /on to | M^" John Cobb & Sarah his | wife who died Sept ye 10''' | A. D. 1744 in ye 6^'' year of his Age | Like\v"se A daughter not | named Aged i i Days.

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211. Here lyes buried | the body of M^*^ | MERCY WAR- REN I who died Jan''y | the 17''' 1745-6 [ in y^ 42<^1 year | of her age.

Elder Thomas Fai nck was tlie son of John and Patience (Morton) Faunce. Born 1647; married Jane ilangliter of 'Williani' and Martha (Ford) Nelson 1672; or- dained Deacon of the First (Jhiiich of Plymouth, l)ecend)er 26, 16S6, also Town Clerk of Plvmouth from 16S5 to 1723 His father having died when he was a child, Cap- tain Thomas Southworih took him by the hand at the grave, led him to his own home, and from that time bestowed on him jiaternal affection. In the familv of Mr. South- worth he was educated and instructed, and here his mind received the rudiments of those principles of humility and piety, by which he was so remarkably distinguished

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ill after life. It lias been related, that the Elder has often l)cen heard to say that for this education he should have reason to lilessGodto all eternity. He was first chosen Deacon and afterwards I'^lder, and was the last who held tliat office. In those days the otiicc of Elder was one of great consideration. An Ekler was regarded as the virtual representative of the church, and on an equality with the Pastor. lie was bound to keep a watchful eye over the doctrines jireached as well as the princi- l)les and iiractices of the brethren.

The Elder's house stood on the west side of the road near lOcl River bridge. His descendants are numerous, antl are represented in the names of Kempton, 1 )oten. Paddock and Finney, as well as by his own family name.

213. Here lyes btiried | the Body of | Capt BENJAMIN WARREN I died Ma)- y^ 301'^ | 1746 in y^ 761'^ | Year of His age.

215. The Remains of M-'s MERCY FOSTER | wife to Mr Natii' lM)STERwho 1 tlied Decern'' yc 24''^ 1746 | in yc T,y^ year of Her Age | daugh^'' to the Rcv'l M'' PErER | THATCHER late of Midlel'dec'l I April the 22'1 1744 | The Remains of SUSANAH daugr I to Mr N.Vlll & M's MERCY P^OSTER | died Jan'T y^ 20tli 1746.

216. Here Lyes buried | the I^ody of | M-" NATHl HOW- EANl) I Died Dec y 29"' 1746 | In the /6^^^ year | of His age.

217. Here lyes buried | the Body of M--^ HANNAH | FOS- Tl'^R the wife of | Deacon JoiIX I'\)STER ] died April y<-^ 30"'

1747 I in the "/^^^ year | of her age.

218. AHICiAIE Dl'.ElCNO | dan- to M'' Nathan | & M'^ I^ArilsilEJ'.A I Di;i.E\<» aged 1 year | 6 m" & 4 D^ died | Ma\' y"^ lotli 1747.

220. Here Eyes The l^od\- | of MARY l^ARTEl'/FT Daur | To Mr John and M^^ | Sar.mi BARiLEir who | Died Aug^ i6t'i

1748 I In y^' 18"'' year of Her age.

221. Here lyes Buried | the Body of | M's SARAH SAM- SON wife I to M'' JoNATiiAX Samson | died Augt }-^' 2i«f 1748 | in the 22'-l year | of Her age.

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222. Here lies buried | the Body of ] Mr=^ EXPERIENCE LOTHROP I the wife of | Capt BEN7AMIN Lotiirop | died Sept

5"^ 1738 in the | 471'^ Year of her Age.

223. In Memory of | MARY BOWEN Who | dec'' Sci)' yc 2ist I 1748 in y'^ 27"! I year of Her | age.

225. Here lyes y<^ Body | of PETER MORTON j Son of M"" J()/i-:pii I Morton Jun^ & M'^ | Anna liis Wife Who | died Nov'^r i6t'i 1748 in I ye 91'^ year of his age.

228. JENNY Dau To | M-" John & M>-s Sarah | Bartlett Died I Sept 16^'^ 1749 | In y^ lo''^ year | of her age.

231.. Here lies ye Body | of Mr JOHN GODDARD | who dec<l Feby | the 3^' 174 — ) aged t,t, years.

233. Here lies Intcrr'd the Body of | M^s ABIGAIL WAT- SON wife of I Georcje Watson 1^S(^' | and Daughter to the Hon^le j Richard SaLTONSTALL p^sq"" | who departed this Life|

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March y^ 15^11 1750 /E 22 | al/o | their son stillborn March i i^'^ 1750.

Ha(/ ]lrtitcs Charms tlic pcnoer to save Its faithful ]\itarics from the Grave This Stone had ne'er possess' <i the Fame Of being mark'd ivith LOT H RO F S name.

Isaac Lothrop Esq., was the son of Isaac and Elizabetli (IxTrncs) Lotliroj^; horn 1707; married ist, Hannah, daughter of Echiiund Freeman, 1729; tnarried 2n(l, Pris- cilla (Thomas) widow of John Watson, 1733. He was a Justice of the Court of Com- mon Pleas, and his death was lamented liirougliout the county. At the oi^ening of the Court, at the ne.xt term of the Court after his death, the Chief Justice, Nicholas Sever, and Peter Oliver, an Associate Justice of the Court, both expressed their great grief and sorrow with which tlic Court and bar were affected by the melancholy event, and observed that Col. Lothrop was helil in profound regard as a Judt;r, and was greatly respected for his moral and Christian virtues. He possessed a large es- tate, and transacted extensive business in the mercantile line, in which he sustained an honoralile and upright character. Few men have Ijeen more Ijeloved, nor any whose death could diffuse more heartfelt s(jrrow among the poor, and in every social circle. He had five children, four sons and one danghter.

Our life is ever on the zving, , And death is ever nigh ;

The moment 7ohen our lives begin, ]Ve all begin to die.

238. In Memory of | MERCY HARLOW | Dau'' of Mr Sam- i EL & j M's Mercv Harlow | who died Sep'' 22^1 | 1750 aged 13 I months & 12 da)-s.

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241. Here Lyes Buried | the l^ody of | M'" WILLIAM BARNES I wlio chetl March \'^- 31^' | 1751 in the 8ist | year of his age.

242. Hcrehes | Buried Mr | WILLIAM | HARLOW Who | Dec'l April | \"^ 1 i''' | 175 1 | in }•<-" 59''' | }-ear of | his Age.

244. Here Lyes inter'd the Body of | M>- THOMAS MUR- DOCH Son I of John Murdoch Esq'" | who Departed this Life on I the 30^'' Day of September ] 1751 And in the 50''! | year of His Age.

246. Here Lies Buried | M-" JOHN STURTEVANT | Who Died j h'ebruary 4^1' | 1752 | Aged About 92 | }'ears & 5 months.

247. Here lies Buried | Mr^ RUTH DOTICN | ye Wife of Mr Ja.MEs I DoTEX who dec'l Marc'i | ye 221' 1752 in ye 241'' | year of her Age.

250. REBECCA HARLOW | Dau>- to M^ Am.v/aau \ and Mrs Lois Harlow j aged 11 Months j died Sepf 30''' | 1752.

ye I 22"'l 1752 I Dec'l Octr )-e 3'! | 1 752.

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252. Here lies | buried the J^Mxly of | JOHN WATSON lvs(i' I who departed this Life | Jan^ 3<1 1753 j in the 37'li year | of his a<^e.

253. Here lies the j l^ody of NU^ PHE | BE liARNES widow I of Mr Jonathan | 1?aknes who | dec^i May \-e 23'' | '753 ;ik^^''l i 49 }'ears.

254. In Memory of | BATHSHEBA MAY | who (hed July }^' 3' I 1753 ill I y'' 5"' year of | Her Ai^^e A DAUghf | of Mr John May | & Bathsheba | his wife.

Rev. Jacoi; liACON was born in W'rentham, Mass., 1706; graduated at Harvard ("ollege 1731. .Settled over a church in Keene, N. H. aljout ten years. Installed jiastor of the P'irst cluirch in Plyniouth in 1749, where he continued his labors of love, till 1776, when he was dismissed by mutual consent. After preaching about eighteen months in Plympton, Second Parish, now Carver, he retired to Rowley, where he dietl, 17S7, in the eighty-first year of his age.

256. Here lyes the | body of JOHN | MAY who died | Aui^ust ye 71'! I 1753 I in y^ 2*^ year | of his age.

259. Here lyes buried | yc body of Mr | JOSEPH MOR- TON I Who Departed this hfe | Eebry yf 241'! 1754 in ye | 7^1 Year of His Age.

260. In Memory of | Mr JOHN MAY | who died June | ye 3'1 1754 I in }e 67''* year | of his age.

261. The memory of ye Jii/t is Ble//ed | Here lyes the Body of I Mr JOHN ATWOOD, Who Died | on the 6tli of Augu/t A. D. I 1754 /litatis 70 years.

" He was a Man of Piety & Religion | Adorned with every Cliristian grace | & Virtue & therefore well qualified | for ye office of a Deacon, which he | diycharged in }-e first Church of |

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Christ in this Town for about 40 | Years witli Honesty & uprii^ht- 110/; I and in the Couryb of his Life | adorned y'^ Doctrine of liis Saviour | !:>)■ a well orderetl Conveiyiition : "

262. Mere lies Ikiried the | Body of M-' ICLEAZl-.R lIOLMhLS I wlio died Aui:^^' 2l^t | 1754 | A<^cd 65 Years lO Months I & 5 Da>-s.

263. In Memory of | M' ICLEZAR | CIIURCIIirj. | Who Dec^l I Sepf }'^' 2i^t I 1754 In y<-' \ 72"'! Xcav of j His Age.

265. In Memory of Mrs | BATHSHEBA DELE | NO the Wife of I Capt Nathan | Delleno Who deed j April 21^1 1755] Aged 5 I years & | 5 Months.

267. In Memory | of | JA^' REBEC AH \ WETHRELL wife of I M'- THOMAS I WETHRELL \ Dec^l died Nov-- | 1755 Aged — .

Mr I SiLVANAS I^RI.MHAI.L.

269. In Memory of M^ | JOHN RIDER Who | Dec'! March ye I ith I 1756 Aged 47 | years Wanting | 4 Days.

270. Here Lyes Entred | The Body of JOHN | MURDOCK Esq who I Departed this Life | March y^ — 1756 | In ys — )-ear of I His Age.

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273. In Memory of | LOTIIROP BARTLETT | son of Sam- I'El, I Harii.E'IT y.sq & I Mr^ Vaa/.W.KTW his I Wife Born Aug- ust I }"-■ 7'li 1755 Dcc'l I June y^' 131I' 1756.

274. Here lies the 15ody of | DANIEL WATSON son | of John Watsox TLsq'' | & ElizaI'-KTH his wife I Died June 29^'^ 1756 I Aged 6 Years 9 months | & 13 Days.

275. In Memory of M'- j EDWARD STEPHENS | whoDecd July )-e 30"! I 1756 in y'^ yf^^ year | of his Age.

276. Here lyes the Body | of the Hon'^:*-^ | JOSIAH COTTON Esq I who Died | Auguy"t 19''^ J/S^ | Aged y6 }-ears ] and 7 months. (.See page 7.)

277. In Memory of M>- | JOHN MURDOCK | Who Dec^l Sept yc ijth I lyc^Q I In ye 65111 }'ear | of His Age.

278. In Memory of hANN-^'' | Daughf of M^" | Benjamin Morton | born Aug^t j ye 15th 1755 dec^ | Oc"" y^ 16^'^ 1756.

279. Here lyes yc Body of | M^^^ MAKCV MORTON Wife | to M>- JOSEPH MORTON \ Who Departed this Life | Ocf y^ iS^li 1756 in ye I 72^ Year of Her Age.

281. In Memory of Mr^ | LYDIA LEBARON | Wife to Doc"- I Lazarus Lebaron | Who dec'l Octi^'' y^ 281'^ | 1756 in ye ojth I year of her Age.

284. In Memory of ] ELIZABETH Daugh | ter to M^ Gideon | White & Mi^ J(\\nna | His Wife Born April | ye ist 1 75 I died I Deem'' )-e 26 1756.

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285. Here Lies The Body | of SARAH HOWES | Daughter of M"" I Jeremiah Howes & | Mr« Moriaii His | Wife who Dec^ DecC I yc — ''^ 1756 Jii l^*-''' I 6''^ )-ear of her age.

287. Li memory of JOSEPH ] son to Mr William ] Torrev & Marv his I Wife who died April i ye 25''' 1757 aged \ 18 months & 4 | da\-s.

288. Here Hes buried the Body of | Collo JAMES WARREN Esq'- I who departed this Life | y///i' the 2'' 1757 | \n the 58''^ }-car I of his Age.

CqI. James Warrkn was the son of James and Sarah (Doty) Warren; l:)orn 1700. Married Penelope, daiigluer of Isaac and Sarah (Wensley) Winslow, of Marshfield, 1724, and had five children, one of whom, (jeneral_/?w<'.f, became famous as an officer in the Revolutionary war.

289. Here Hes the Body of | GEORGE 1VATS0.V son of | GEORGE WATSON Esq"- | & ELIZABETH his wife | Died August lO^'i I 1757 I Aged 16 Days.

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296. In Memory of | JAMES HARLOW | son of M"" SAMUEL & Mrs I MERCY HARLOW who \ died Dec y^ 26

1757 I A;^cd 7 weeks & 6 da}'s.

1758 j Aged I year 6 | Months & 13 | days.

299. In Memory of ] M^s MERCY LEMOTE j Wife to M"" Mattiiew I Lemote She Dec^l | Augs' ye S^h | 1758 in ye 54111 | year of her Age.

1758 I Aged I year 3 | months & 13 | Days.

302. Here Lies Buried | M-", LOTHROP RICKARD | Who Died March | ye 6tli 1759 | Aged 27 years.

304. In Memory of DEBORAH | ye Daughter of M^ j Thomas & Mrs Sarah | Davee Who Dec^i | May ye 4111 1759 j Aged 9 years 1 1 Months | & 26 Days.

1759 I in ye 191'^ Month | of his Age.

307. In Memory of | M«-s ESTHER HOLMES wife | of Mr ELEAZER HOLMES \ who died Augt 26 1759 in ye | 39 year of her age.

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309. In Memory of M>- | ZRPIIENIAII \ MORTON \\\\o \ deed Oct« ye iQt'i | 1760 in )-e | 46^11 year of | his age.

311. Here lye/the body of | Mr yOFIN COOPE'' \ who deed Decemb"' | the d^'"" 1760 aged | 62 year/ 11 month/ — & 14 day/

313. Here Hcs buried | Doctr JO/EPH LEBARON | Wlio dectl May y^ ii | 1761 In ye 39th | year of his age.

Dr. Joseph LeBaron was the son of Dr. Lazarus and I-ydia (Bartlett) LeBaron; born 1722; was a physician in the West Indies for a time, and returned to his native town where, he died, as above.

315. In Memory of | M-" JOB COBB | who died | June ye 8'h I 1761 I in ye 45th year | of his age.

317. In Memory of I SARAH MAY Dau'^ of | M-" John May & Mr« | Ber/heb^i his wife who | Dec^l Sept yc ,3111 1761 | Aged 2 years & 4 days.

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321. Mr JOB I MORTON | 1761.

The aljovc inscription is found on a foot-stone.

323. Here lies buried ] M-" SEATH BARNES | Who dec^ Marc''' I )-t' 2 1^' 1762 I In y^ 6^'^ year | of his Age.

324. In Memory of | Mr^ EXPERIENCE | ATWOOD Widow to I Deacon John | Atwood She Dec^^ | April y: 14^'^ 1762 1 in v'* 58^'^ Year ] of Her Age.

325. In Memory of | Mrs MERCY HARLOW | the wife of M'- SAMUEL I HARLOW who departed ] this Life July the 4''i I 1762 In the 34''* )-car | of her Age.

330. In Memory of Mr | MATHEW LEMOTE ] Who Deed

Oc' I }-e 271'' 1762 I Aged 57 Years | & 20 Days.

331. Here lyes the Boody | of Mrs JOANNA ATWOOD| ye wife to Mr John | Atwood who dec^ Oct^ ye | 29'h 1762 in ye 46''^ I year of her age,

332. In Memory of | Mr^ REBEKAH | BARNS ye Wife | To Mr CORBAN I Barns She Dec^ Nov^>- | ye 3d 1762 In ye 26th I year of Her Age,

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335. Here lye/ the body of | Mr« HANNAH COOPER y^ | wife to Mr JOHN CooPER ] who dec*' March yc 141I1 | 1763 aged 52 yeary | 4 Months & 18 days.

337. Here hes buried ] M'' SAMUEL CLARK ] who died April I ye 2"^' 1763 | aged jG years.

339. In Memory of ELIZABET'^ | Daughter to M-" | Sa.MLEL & Mrs ExPERlNce | Jack/on his Wife who | dec^l July ye 31st I "jGi I Aged 1 1 days.

Augs< I ye I9ih 1763. J*}

341. In Memory of Mr^ | SARAH STEPHENS ye wife | of Mr Eleazer Stephens | who dec'i Oct" ye 28^11 | 1763 In ye 43d )'car I of her age.

342. Here lies ye body | of Mr^ ABIGAIL HEDQe | Daugh- ter of M*" I Barnabas Hedge | & Mr^ Mercy his j Wife who decfl I Decm^^r ye 9*11 1763 | Aged 26 years.

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344. Here lies buried | ELIZABETH Daughter | to M"- B'-'NJA^^^■ | Barns & Mr^ ELizanETii | his Wife who | Died April }'e 2 I St I 1764 aged one | \-ear & 8 months.

345. Memento Mori | In Memory | of | Capt JOSEPH FULGHUM I who I Departed this Life June 14th | 1764 Aged about 44 Year^.

346. In Memory of | ELIZABETH WATSON | Dau> of GEORGE I WATTSON Esq-" & | ELIZi^' his wife j Died Septic"" 14(1^ I 1764 I Aged 15 Days.

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355. Hero Hes ye Body | o{ HAXNAH ROBBfNS \ Dau'" of the Rev'd | M>- CHANDLER & | M'> JANE ROBBINS \ Died July 17th 1766 I Aged lO Months.

356. P^ere lies buried ye Body of | M-" WILLIAM RICK- ARD I who departed this Life | Augu/t 2o"» 1766 | Aged 32 Years.

• 357. In Memory of | ABIGAIL RUSSELL | Daughter of Mr JOHN j RrSSELLSc J/iTA'D' his wife | Aged 18 Months | Died Ocf 23'' 1766.

359. Here lyes buried | JOSEPH RIDh:R | — Dec^l | Dec^ 29''^ j 1766 In 1 ye 95th year | of his Age.

365. Here lies buried \ Mr* ELI/ABETH HILL wife | To Mr Andrew Hill who | Dec^ F^ebry ye 3^ 1767 | In ye 22"^ year of I her Age.

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366. Here Lies Interr'd the Body of ] Mrs. ELIZABETH WATSON I the wife of | GEORGE Watson Esq"- | & Daughter to the I Honl^ie PETER OLIVER Esq'- \ who Departed this Life } February ye 191'^ 1767 | Aged 32 years.

367. Here hes Interr'd | the Body of | M'^^ PATIENCE WATSON \ \\\c \\\{^ of I Mr ELK AN AH WATSON \'^\\& Departed this Life | April 20^1^ 1767 | In the Thirty fourth Year of her Age.

371. Here lies the Body of M's | BATH/HEBA DREW Wife 1 to Mr Nicholas Drew | who departed this | Life June ye i8ih I A. D. 1767 Aged 55 | years & 3 Months.

On this foot-stone is the following inscription.

372. BATH/HEB'-i | DREW | 1767.

375. In Memory of | M"" PEREZ TIL/ON | Who Deed Sep

y^' 3 I 1767 in ye 42""^ Year j of his age.

376. Here lies buried | DEBORAH Daff to | Mr Samuel Jack/ ON | & Mrs Experience | his wife Born oc'"J ] ye 17*11 I766 Deed I oc'o ye 9th 1767.

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lyy. Here lies buried | ye Body of I/AAC | SYMMS Son to M' I I/aac & Mrs Hana'^ I SVMMES who depar | ted this life

Nov^'' ye li^t I 1767 aj^ed 5 Months.

379. In Memory of JOSEPH | Son of Capt Joseph | & M>-s LlRAiXA Fl'L(;iium I who | Departed this Life | FebO' 6'h 1768 Aged I I I Ycar-^ & 8 months.

380. — Mr — I & Mr-^ Elizapkth his ] wife Born march yc | 17''^ 1768 DeeJ I march ye 26''! 1768.

382. Here Lies buried | Mr* ELI/ABETH DIMAN | ye wife of Mr 1 Damel Diman | who Dcc^l July ye i i^h | 1^(38 In yc ^gth I year of her age.

385. In Memory of | Mr DAVID TURNER | who Deed | Janry ye 1 8th J76Q I III ye 7(5th year | of his Age.

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390. In Memory of | M"" JOHN MAY | who Dec^' Sept yt | 4th 1769 Aged I 46 }'ears & 8 months.

On a foot-stone is the foUmving inscription. Also the letters B. J.

393- 1769 I i8t'' \-ear of his tige.

394. Here Hes buried | Mr« SARAH BARN^ ] ye Wife of M"" I Seth Ba^NS I who dec^I March | y^' 191'! 1770 | In ye 67^'! year | of his Age.

395. In Memory of | Mr^ BETH/HEBA MAY | ye widow of M'" JoH\ I Mav, who Dec^I May ye 20''^ | 1770 Aged: 45: years | & 3 : months.

396. Here hes burie'i Mr^ | E/THER WARREN | widow of Capt I Be"jamin Warren who | dec^ Novb>' ye I'^t j i^-j-^q ^ged 88 >-ears.

397. Here hes buried | M-" JOHN HARLOW | who Dec'' Jan'^' I ye 30t'> 1771 Aged 87 | years i Month & 2"^ days.

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401. Here lies Interr'd | the Body of | M"" MELATIAIT LOTHROP 1 who Departed this Life | July 6'^' 1771 \ Aged 70 years.

403. To 1 The Memory | of | AK--^ ELISABKTH CLARKl-: [ who (lied | September 27t'> 1771 | /ET. 26.

T/io' tJic pale coi'pfe is in the Grave ConfiJie'd She leaves a Pattrr.i for her Sex behind. The Sun of Virtue never can decay, It shines in Time, &" gives eternal Day.

404. Here lies Interrd | ye body of LEWIS | y« Son of John Bar I 'iLETT & Dorothy | his Wife who de | parted this Life | Januar\' y'- 9''> 1772 | Aged i }-ear 9 mo | nths & 20 Da)-s.

405. Here lies burie'l | Mr^ MARCY HARLO^v | Widou- 1 > Mr ! WiLLLVM Harlow | Who dec'l Janu'^y | \-'-2ist 1772 in y \ jy^^'^ year of her Age.

407. Here lies Interred the body | of AL WILLIAM RIDER | Who departed this Life | June the 29''! ] A. D. 1772 j In the 49'h year of his Age.

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412. Here lyes buried 4 children of ]\Ir | Je/se Churciiell & M's Abigai. his wife | Viz I ft JE/SE born Nov^ lo^h 1772 | Aged 12 Days 2d ABIGAL WORCESTER | born June 25th 1778 Aged 2 Months | & 12 Days 3d ABIGAL born March | 23d 1782 dcc'd July 24th 1783 I 4th DAVID born July 30 17S4 dec'd I Jany i i 1788.

414. Here lies Interrd the | Body of M'' | JOHN BAR- TLETT I who departed this | life February the 6th | A. D. I 773 /E -j-j years.

415. Here lies y^ body | of Capt JABEZ II AR \ LOW \xho died I March ye 8^'^ A. D. 1773 | in ye 40^^ Year of his | Age.

417. Here lies buried | JO/EPH Son to Mr | Jo/eph Bar- TLETT & Mt's I Mary his Wife who | deed March ye 26'h 1773 | Aged I Month & i \ days.

418. Here lies buried | the Body of | Mrs MARY CROS- WELL I wife of M'' Andre^ Croswell | who departed this Life Augu/t I 30''! 1773 in ye 29^'^ year | of her Age.

419. In Memory of ] Doctor LAZARUS LE BAROxN | who departed this Life | Sep"" 2d 1773 /Etatis Sual 75.

My flesh fJiall slumber in the ground Till the last trumpei'sjoyful sound Then burst the chains with sweet surprise

And in my Saviour s image rise.

Dr. Lazarus Le Baron w.is the son of Dr. Fr.incis and Mary (Wilder) Le Baron ; born 1698; married Lydia, daughter of Joseph and Lydia ((iriswold) Bartlett, 1720. Studied medicine and became an eminent physician, and had extensive practice from 1720 to the day of his death as above.

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420. To the memory of I M"^ HANNAH SYMMES | the wife of I M"" Isaac Svmmf.s | who died Oct'^"" lA | 1773 /l£t. 3,

424. Here lyes Buried ye body | of M^^^ MARY HOVEY late I wife of James Hovev E/q | /he dyed on ye 2^1 day of j June A 1774 in )'e 44th Year | of her Age.

427. In Memory of I SARAH Daughter of M"" | Jc/erh Tribell Ju^ & MI'S I Sarah his wife who died | Ocf 28 1774 aged I )'ear.

429. In Memory | of | M^s MARY TORREY wife to | Deacon JohnTorrey I who departed this Life | Dec^ ye 31/-' 1774 in ye 43"^! I )'ear of her Age.

430. In I memory | of | M^s RUTH HOWLAND | Relict of I Mr Con/ider HowlanI) I who I departed this life | Jan ii«'i J 775 I aged 61 years.

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Ti// Christ shall come to ronsc the shiuibcr'nig dead Farezvell pale lifeless elay a loiig- fareivell.

433. In Memory of | M-" NEHEMIAH RIPLEY | who departed this Life | April ye 28''^ 1775 in y^ | 75th year of his Age.

434. To I the memory | of | Cap^ JOHN HARLOW | who died June 20''^ 1775 | aged 44 years.

1 2th \-j-jo Died I June ye 23^^ 1775-

436. In Memory | of | Capt THOMAS JACKSON [ who departed this Life | July ye 10''' 1775 Aged | 75 years.

I 775 Aged I I years.

438. In Memory | of | M>- EPHRAIM COBB | who departed this Life I Sep"" ye 6''^ 1775 Aged | 6-j years.

439. In Memory of | M-" DAVID TURNER | who died Octo'^r I ye 4th 1775 in I ye ^rth yga^ of j his Age.

440. In Memory of | BENJAMIN /on of | Setii Harlow and I SAF-iAH his wife who | died Ocf ye 17111 | 1775 aged II years.

442. In Memory of [ M^^ ELIZABETH JACKSON | wife of I Mr N.VTIIANIEL Jacksox I who departed this Life Ocf | 27''> 1775 Aged 28 years.

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444. In Memory of | REMEMBER Daughr | of Cap' Sam- uel I Harlow & M^s | Remember his wife | Born AugA yc 4th 1773 I Died Nov'^r ye 20^'! 1775-

445. To the Memory of I JOSEPH Son of | AL JosEi'H Croswell 1' I & Lucy his wife who | died Dec"" 8"i 1775 | Aged

5 }'ears i | Month & 11 Days.

446. To the Memory of | DEBORAH Daughter | of Mr WILLIAM I HARLOW %L M''^ SARAH \ his wife who died | Dec 23<^1 A. D. 1775 | Aged 7 Year & 6 months.

447. In memory of | JOHN LEWIS Son | of IVL John BarTLETT I and M'"^ DOROTHV | his wife who died | April ye i^t 1776 Aged I 2 }'ears & 2y \ Days.

449. In Memory of | M^-^s MERIAH Dau^ of | M^ JERE^^AH

6 Mrs I Hannah Howes who | Died Dec 2'' 1776 | In ye 15th Year of | her Age.

450. In Memory of | M^^ HANNAH DIER Widow of | Mr John Dier who died Deer 2 j 1776 in ye 79 year of her age.

/;/ Faith he dyd, in Dust he lies: But Faith foresees that Dust shall rise When Jesus with almighty tvord, Calls his dead Saints to meet the Lord.

452. To the memory of | Mrs ABIGAIL SAMPSON | wife of Mr I Stephen Sampson | who died of the j Small pox Janry ye 9 A. D. 1777 I in the 45 year of her age.

453. In Memory | of | Mr JOB FOSTER \ who departed this Life | JanY ye 22^^ 1777 in ye 22^ | year of his Age.

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455. Here lies Buried the Body of | M'"'^ HANNAH GOODWIN \\^c wife of | M^ JOHN GOODWIN and Daughter of I Mr THOMAS and M^s SARAH JACKSON \ who departed this Life March 8^'^ A. D. 1777 | in the 22cl Year of her Age.

A Soul prepay d Needs no delays The Smnmoiis eonies, the Saint obeys Swift was Her flight & short the Road She clofed her Eyes &" saw Her God The Flefh refts here till ycfits comes And claijus the Treafnre from the Tomb.

457. In Memory | of | M's REBECCA MORTON | wife of M-- NATHANIEL \ MORTON who departed | this Life May ye 1 -th 1777 I in ye 41st year of her age.

458. In memory of | CORBAN Son of Cap' j CORBAN BarXP:s & Mrs I Marv his wife who | died July ye 21st 1777 | Aged I year 2 Months | & 15 Days.

460. In Memory of | 4 Children of M'" SAMUEL & M^— | Viz SAMUEL died Sep'" 28 1777 | I/AAC died Sep'" 14 1703 aged 5 — I died Sep^ 25 1786 aged i year — | 1791 aged 9 months & 19 da\-s.

462. In Memory | of i M^s HANNAH JACKSON | widow of Capt THOMAS \ JACKSON dec'd who | departed this Life Jany ye | 21A 1778 Aged 70 years.

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464. In Memory of | JOS'' WARREN ALBERT"" | son of Mr Jacoh I Alhkrsox & LVDLV I his wife who was | born June 25'^^ 1778 I dec^' the same day.

465. In Memory I of I Mrs HANNAH DIMAN | wife of Deacon JON^ Diman | who departed this Life July ye 6^^' \ 1778 in ye 65^'r year of her age.

466. In memor\- of | LAZARUS /on of | NatiH Goodwin Esqr I and M^s MoLLV his | wife who deed July | y^ 29^'! 1778 ^tatis I 6 Days.

468. Memento Mori | In Memory of | M'^ LURAINA wife of I Capt Joseph Fulohum | who Departed this Life | Nov"" ye 28'h 1778 In the I 53CI year of her Age.

469. In Memory | of | M^s SARAH BR AM HALL | Widow of Joshua Bramhall — who departed this Life | Dec^ ye 15th 1778 in ye 97th I year of her Age.

Capt. John Russell, of Barnstalilc, Mass., was a commander of the marines, and Daniel Hall was a Lieutenant on board of the l)rig "Oeneral Arnold," which was shii>wrecked in December I77>S, at Plymouth, in which so many lives were lost. The stone to their memory is on the brow of the hill, south east side.

471. In memory of I Mrs MARTHA DARLING— wife of Jonathan Darling & j Daughter of Joshua Bramhall | who Departed this life | January the 7th 1 779 | in the 6;^ year| of her age.

U7iv J/ow )nv tears ivhy should I

Not rejoice — At their deliv ranee from this combrows

Clay; I soon shall meet them.' hear their

Gentle voiee — Welcome my soul to everlasting day.

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472. IN MEMORY (3F

SEVENTY TWO SEAMEN, WHO I'KRISHEl) IN PLYMOUTH HAR 150R ON THE 26f'i & 27th OF DECEAHU^R 1 778, ON BOARD THE I'RIVATE ARMED BRIG GENERAL ARNOLD OF TWEN- TY GUNS NUMBERING IN OFFICERS AND CREW ONE HUNDRED AND SIX PERSONS IN ALL, JAMES MAGEE OF BOSTON C(^MMANDER, SIXTY OF WHOM WERE BURIED ON THIS SPOT, AND TWELVE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE HILL.

The inhabitants of Piynioath were calleti to witness a most distressing catastrophe in the month of December, 177S, of whicli the following is a reliable account as pnb lished in the Boston Gazette, June 4, 1779:

'•On Friday, the 25th ult , at six a. m., the wind to the westward, sailed from this port the brig General Arnold, James Magee, commander; and about meridian the wind chopped round to north-east, and looking likely for a gale, they thought best to put into Plymouth, and came to anchor in a place called the Cow-yard. On Saturday, the gale increasing, she started from her anchor and struck on the White Flat. They then cut both cable and masts away, in hojjes to drive over; but she immediately bilged; it being low water, left her quarter-deck dry, where all hands got for relief. A schooner lying within hail heard their cries, but could not assist them. On Sunday the inhabitants were cutting ice most of the day before they got on board, when they saw seventy-five of the men had perished, and thirty-four very much frozen, which they got on shore and on Monday they got on shore and buried the dead. Great part of her stores, etc., will be saved. Some evil-minded jjersons have raised a report that she was plundered by the inhabitants, which is entirely false, as they Ijchaved with the greatest humanity. The following are the persons taken off the wreck of the General Arnold, that survived \.\\q ship-wreck: Capt. James Magee, John Steel, Jotham Haughton, George Piisl)ury, Peter Moorfield, Robert Hinman, Dennis Flin, Thomas Farmer, — Stevens, John Bubbev, James Hutchinson, Andrew Kellcv, P'rancis Fires, Daniel English, Robert Mitson, James Kent, — Robertson, James Rughley, of Boston: James Williams, David Williams, Chelsea; (ieorge Chocklev, Bedford; Eleazcr Thaver, — Potter, Providence; Wm. Russell, Vineyard; Abel Willis, Edwaril Bur- gess, Jethro Naughton, — Coffin, — Merchant, William Gardner, — Chajjman, Martha's Vineyard; — Dunham, P'almoulh; Barnabas Lathrop, Barnabas Downs, Jun'r, BarnstaljJe."

The inhabitants of Plvmouth provided for the comfort of the survivors in the best ])ossible manner and ministered everything necessary to their restoration, with a ten- derness and social svmpalhy characteristic of our best ]:)eople.

On Monday the inhabitants passed over the ice to the wreck. Here was ])resented a scene unutterably awful and distressing. It is scarcely ])ossible for the human mind to conceive of a more appalling spectacle. The ship was sunk ten feet in the sand: the waves had been for about thirty-si.K hours sweeping the main deck; the men had crowded to the C|uarter deck, and even here they were obliged to pile together dead bodies to make room for the living. .Seventy dead bodies, frozen into all im- aginable postures, were strewed over the deck, or attached to the shrouds and s])ars; about thirty exhibited signs of life, but were unconscious whether in life or death. The bodies remained in the posture in which they died; the features dreadfully dis-

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torted. Some were erect, some bending forward, some sitting with the head resting on the knees, and some with both arms extended, clinging to the spars or some ])arts of the vessel The dead were piicd on the floor if the Court House, and it is said that Dr. Robbins fainted when called to jjerform the religious services.

Among those who perished were IJr. Mann, of Attleborough, and Dr. Sears. Sixty jiersons were buried in one ]iit, on the south west side of the l)urial hill, at which is the above tablet.

473. In Memory of | M' LEMUEL MORTON | who departed this Life | JaiiY y^ 26''^ 1779 in yc 75th | year of His Age.

474. In Memory of | JOSHUA son of M^ | Joseph Bram- iiALL I & Mr^ Remember | his wife who died | Febry ye -th jj^g aged I 3 months & 8 Days.

477. In memory of j M-" GIDEON WHITE | who departed this Hfe March | ye 6th 1^79 Aged 62 years | Al/o In Memory of | Capt CORNELIUS WHITE \ his son who Founder'd at Sea Sepr I ye 22d 1779 aged 35 years.

478. In Memory | of | M"" SILVANUS— | who departed this life I March ye 14th ijjg in ye — j year of his age.

480. In Memory of | M'' JOSEPH RIDER Ju' | who departed this Life | Ma)- ye 13''' 1779 in ye 651'! | year of his Age.

481. In Memory | of | M'^ MERCY DAVIS | wife of | Capt Thomas Davis ] who departed this Life | Sep'' }e 20«f' 1779 in yc 45th I year of her Age al/o | their son Still born i8''\

482. In memory of I Mrs ELISABETH l^ARlLl-yiT | wife of Thomas BarTLETT | who departed this life j Sep 20 1779 | in the 32 year | of her age.

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I'.ri lAi'iis i-RoM nruiAi. hill.

485. To the memory of I M'^ MOLLY GOODWIN" | wife of I Xatilwiim. GooDWIX I"^s([' I who departed this life | Octr ye 22(1 A. 1). 1779 I /Etatis 30 years.

486. In Memory of 2 Children of] M'' CunfWK LrcK & M''^ I IClizai'.f.HI his wife Viz. I'^LKANAH | died Xo\' 5 1779 aged 1 >-ear | 3 months & 1 I da\-s CRO/BK | born June 25 1780 & died the | /ame da)-.

Hark! the- ArcJi aiigcF s tntuipct rends tlic skies. From liarth and Ocean, see the Dead arise. The J\x rents — Son — and Daughter, meet again Wliere perfect love shall banifh fear and pain.

489. In Memory of | NANCY Daughter of M-- | JoilN GooDWLX and I M'-^ Fkar his wife who | dec'd Jan 17"' 1780 | Aged I Month & 25 Days.

Tor ns they languish & for ns they die,

And shall they languish shall they die in vain.

491. In Memory of | REBPXCA Daughter of | M'' Joseph Ck()S\vl:ll & I Mr^ LUCV his wife | who died Feby y^' y\ \ 1780 Aged 8 Months | & 5 Days.

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492. In Memory of | M- SAMUEL BARTLETT | who departed this Life | April /''' 1780 in yc 54th | year of his Age.

7'o name her J ^irtiics ill befits my grief, What once ivjs blifs can iuko give no relief, A Ilnfoand ino'^rns — The reft let friendship tell, Frieiids knew her ivorth : a Ihifoand knezu it well.

495. In llcmory of | JAMES HOVEY Esq | who dec'd Jan'y ye yth I 78 I I in y^ 72<^' year of his Age.

498. In Memory of | AL^ MARGARET KEEN [ widow of I M"" WiLLL\M Keen | who departed this Life April | 26^^^ 1 78 1 in yc 66^^^ year | of his Age.

• 500. In Memory of | MARY BENNET Daughter | of M^ Joseph Bramhall | & M^s Remember his | wife who dec'ijuly I ye 20th 1 78 1 Aged I I year & 4 Days.

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50 r. In Memory of | M-" NATHANIEL MORTON | who departed this Life | Augu/t 13''^ 1 78 1 in | ye 50^'^ )-ear of his Age.

502. In Memory of | STEPHEN /on of | M-" William Bartlett I & Mrs Mercy his | wife who died Sep"" | ye lo^'' 1781 in ye 2^ I year of his age.

1 78 1 I Aged 15 months.

505. To I the memory of | Coh THEOPHILUS COTTON | who departed this Life | FebY ye iS^'i 1782 — /Etatis 66 years.

" T/ie finn Patriot there Who made the welfare of mankind his car'' Shall know he cojiqiieredy

Col. Theophilus Cotton was the son of Josiah and Hannah (Sturtevant) Cotton ; born 1716, married Martlia Saunders 1742. He was a zealous and active whig and patriot, and served sometime in the provincial army. He left several children.

506. In Memory of | M-^s LYDIA WASHBURN | wife of Mr JOHN 1 WASHBURN \\\\o dec'd | May ye 12th 1782 in ye | 47t'i year of her Age.

507. To the Memory of | Mr^ MERIAH rORR^-Y \\\{<i of | Mr JOHN TORREY who dec'd | July ye 20"^ 1782 in ye 25th | year of her age.

Her I Life agreeable | Her | Death Triumphant | Through | Her Saviour.

508. In Memory of | FREDERICK /on of Mr j J(/lpii & Mrs Mary | Bartlett his wife, who | died July 27 1782 aged |

I year 2 months & 27 days.

509. In Memory of | MARY BROWN Daughter | to Robert Brown & \ Mary his wife who | Expired on Sepr 27'^ | A. D.

1782 Aged 5 years | i Month & 14 Days.

Sleep filent Dust, till Christ our Lord The Oninipotejit will speak the ivord Then Soul & Body both zvill arise To endless joys above the Skies.

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510. Here lies buried | SARAH daughter of j M"" Andrkw & Mrs Sarah | Crosswell who dec^ | Sep'' 28t'> 1782 .4^1=* | i year & 4 days.

512. In Memory of ! M-- SILAS MORTON | who died Goto ye 30tli I 1782 In the 55^'' year | of his Age.

513. Nov'' )■ — I Aged II years & — |

Not youth, nor parts, nor friends could save. The ufisuspecting victim from the i^rave Like a fair flower that fades in early bloom, In life s bright morn he met his early tomb Thd harsh the stroke and most severe the rod Cease mourner cease — // ivas a stroke from God.

This stone is broken. On tlie foot-stone is inscribed:

ISAAC SAMSON | 1782.

514. In Memory of | M--^^ MARTHA wife of | M"- SiLAS MoRTOiX who j died DeC ye 12th 1782 | Aged 52 Years | & 8 Months.

516. In Memory of | M^s JEMIMA TAYLOR | wife of Capt JACOB TAYLOR \ who dec'd March I4t'^ 1783 | in ye 52'! year of her Age \ Al/o In Memory of M-" JACOB \ TAYLOR their Son who was Drown'd | Nov"" 26i'» 1783 in ye 21// year of his Age.

517. In Memory of | Dea" JOSEPH BARTLETT | who died May 30 1783 I in ye 80 year of his age.

518. In Memory of | Mrs ABIGAIL DOTEN | Wife of Mr WILLIAM I DOTEN \\\\o dec'd | Julys 17^3 Aged | 25 years.

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521. In Memory of 2 Children | Sons of M"" Richard Holmes | & M'« Aimcail his wife [ ist REUBEN born June 8''' 1782 died Aug. 2 1783 | 2'i REUB born Sep"" 17111 | died 26^^ I 78 5.

523. In Memory of | M^^ ELIZABETH BARTLETT | widow of I M"" Samuel BartleTT | who departed this Life | Sepi" I2tli

1 783 in ye 48''! I year of her Age.

525. In Memory of | DAVID /on of M^ | Joseph Croswell & I Mrs LUCV his wife ] who died Sep^ 29''! | 1783 aged I year

2 I months & 8 days.

526. In Memory of | EZRA THAYER JACKSON /on of | Mr TIIO^L\s Jackson 2^^ & | M^s Lucy his wife who | died Novr 23^1 1783 Aged I 25 Days.

What did the Littl: hasty sojonni*' find So forbidding' cV disgustful in our upper World to oc cat ion its prtcipita?it exit.

127. To the Memory of | M's HANNAH SYMMES | wife of I Mr I/aac Symmes I who died Deer 13111 | 1783 M^ 35^11.

528. To the memory of | 3 Children of ICHABOD HOLMES Jr I & Rebekah his wife i^t a /on | ICHABOD Died Augu/t 26 1784 I aged 1 1 days 2^ a daughter REBEKAH j Died Noyr 13th

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1786 aged 2 I months & 14 days 3'' a /on j ICHABOD Died Jani'y 13 1799 aged j 17 months.

Fresh ill the jnorn the fuDiiiicr rose Hangs ivithered ere its noon We searee enjoy the balmy gift. But mourn the pleafures gone.

529. In memory of | Mrs DEBORAH HOWLAND | wife of I Mr Calep. Howi.AM) I who departed this Life | Sep"" 8''^ 1784 in yc 48^'^ I year of her Age.

531. In Memory of I DANIEL/on of Mr | David Dl\L\X& Mrs I Lois his wife who died | Octr 9^'^ i 784 Aged [ 2 years & 5 Days.

532. In Memory of | JOHN /on of Mr John | Torrev & Mrs Elizabeth | his wife who died Octr 19 | 1784 aged 3 days.

535. To I the memory ] of | Capt THOMAS DAVIS | who departed this hfe ] March 7th A. D. 1785 | in the 63^1 year of his age I and here hes interred.

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/// Her united all that' Fair & good,

Short tvas her Race yet J 'Irt/ns Path she trod.

540. hi Memory of | Mrs MARY BARTLETT | wife of M-" WiLLLVM Bartlett who died July | 16 1785 in y^ 56 year | of lier age.

542. In Memory of | M-' ELEAZER STEPHENS | who departed this Life | Sep"" 5^'^ 1785 in y^ 63^1 | year of his Age.

543. In Memory of | 2 Children of M^ Barnap.as | CiiL'RciiiLL & Mrs Sarah his | wife Viz: BARNABAS died Sep' I 14 1785 aged lO months & 14 | days BARNABAS dietl Dec 8 I 1789 aged 10 months & 3 days.

544. In Memory of I M^s SARAH BARTLETT | wife of | Dea'i Joseph BARii.ETr | who died Dec'' 23 1785 ] in y^ 80 year of her age.

546. Here lies buried | the body of | M^« ELIZABETH TUETS j wife of | M-- Jonathan Tlets | who departed this Life I Jany 12th 1786 aged 39 years.

548. In Memory of | JO/EPH Son of Mr | LEMUEL DREW & Mrs I Elizabeth his wife ] who died March 4^11 | 1786 Aged 2 years | 3 Months & 1 7 Days.

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552. In Memory of] M^^ SUSANNA DIMAN | wife f)f | Mr Daniel Diman | who departed this Life | April 4^1 1786 in y^ 6ot'> I )-ear of her Age.

Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.

554. In Memory of | Cap' JAMES DOTEN | who departed this life I July 25''^ 1786 in \-e 58^'! | year of his Age.

555. In Memory of | Mr SAMUEL COLE | who dec'd July 30''' 1786 I Aged 30 years.

556. In Memory of | M>-> MARY MORTON \s\{c of | Mr THOMAS MORTON \\\\o \ died Aug* 28 1786 in y^ 52 | year

■of her age.

557. In Memory of | HENRY SAMPSON Son of | M-" Davh) B.\C0.\ & Mrs I AniGaii. his wife who died | Jany 21 1787 Aged 14 Days.

558. In Memory of | Mr RICHARD HOLMES | who Dec'd June 5'>i 1787 I in \^ 44^11 year of his Age | Al/o In Memory of I Mrs MERCY HOLMES ] his wife who Dec'd May 2Q^\^ 1779 1 in y^ 45''! year of her Age.

559. In Memory of | ELIZABETH Daughter of Mr | Crosbe Luce & Mrs Elizabeth | his wife who died Augu/t 5"! 1787 | in ye 7th year of her age.

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560. In Memory of | 2 Children of M^ I/AAC | BARNES & M^s Lucy his | wife, Viz. SALLY died Oct'' 1 1 | 1787 aged 1 1 months

6 9 days I POLLY died Sepf 5 1789 aged | 2 years I month & 20 days.

561. Li Memory of I THOMAS SMITH /on of | Josiah Cotton l-^sq'' & Mrs I LvDiA his wife who died | Ocf iit'i 1787 aged 4 I months & 18 days.

562. To I the Memory | of | the amiable M>-' LYDIA COT- TON I Con/ort of JOSIAH COTTON Esq"- | who died No\r \J'' 1787 in yt-- 3 5tli year | of her Age.

'Tis God who lifts our comforts high, Or finks tJicui in the grave; He gives and (blefsed be his jiainef) He takes but ivJiat he gave.

563. In Memory of | 2 Children of M>- WiLLIAM & | M^s- Ruth Bradford Viz | ELIZABETH died Nov' 17 | 1787 aged

7 weeKs JAMES | died Dec'' 28 1788 aged 7 | weeks & 6 days.

564. In Memory of | HANNAH Daughter of M'' | Lewis We/tox & Mrs Lucv I his wife who died Eeby 9 | 1788 aged I year 4 months.

565. In Memory of | FREDERIC /on of M^ THOMAS | Jackson & Mrs Lucy his wife | who died March 15^'^ 1788 aged | I year & 5 days.

0! Happy Trobationer/ accepted witliont being exercifedf It 7aas thy peculiar Privi- lege not to feel the f lightest of thofe Evils, liliich opprefs thy furviving kindred.

566. In Memory of | GRACE Daughter of M^ | Jo/eph Bramhall & Mrs I Remember his wife who | died March 17 1788 aged 1 6 months & 12 days.

567. In Memory of | Mr EDWARD STEPHENS | who died April 9 1788 in y^ | 66^'^ year of his age.

568. To 1 the memory | of | Capt JACOB TAYLOR | who [ died May 2 1788 | aged 59 years.

Through life he bravd her foe if great or f mall And marclid out foremost at his Country s call.

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569. In Memory of | M-" JAMES DRI^W | who died Ma> 5th 1788 in ye 60''^ I )'ear of his age.

570. In Memory of I Mr^ BATH/IIEBA WA/HBURNj wife of Mr Benjamin | Wa/hburx who died July | 13 1788 aged 26 years.

571. In Memory of | JES/E /on of M"" Jes/e IIarldw ! — Mrs Hannah his wife | — died Jul>- \6 1788 | — 4 months & 19 days.

572. In Memory of | DAVID Son of M"" David | Diman & M's Lois his wife | who died Aut,^^ 4 1788 | ai;cd 3 }-ears i month & 26 I days.

573. Died Aug/? 22 1788 I DE/IRE JACK/OX | Daughter of I M'- Thomas Jack/on | & M^s Lucv his wife | Aged 2 months & i 3 | days.

574. In Memory of j M^s ABIGAIL BARTLETT | wife of Mr SOLOJ/O.V I BARTLETT who died Sepr 11 j 1788 aged 40 3'ears.

576. In Memory of | SARAH Daughter of Mr | Edward Morton & Mrs | Sarah his wife who died | Nov-r 12 1788 aged 7 }'ears | 9 months & 9 da)'s.

577. In Memory of | THOMAS /on of Mr Thomas | J.vck- SON 3"^! & Mrs Sarah his | wife who died Deer 24 17S8 | aged 31 <lays.

Ca/i the human heart remain jnitonch'd WitJi tender feelings when an Infant dies.

579. In Memory of [ Mrs REBECAH SEARS [ who died April 14 1789 I in yc 52'' year of her age.

580. In Memory of | M"" SETH MORTON | who died April .17 1789 I in ye 54 year of his age.

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581. Died I Captain | SIMEON SAMSON | June 22 A. D. 1789 I Aged I fifty tliree | years.

0 j'c ^vliofe check the tear of pit}' f tains. Draw near zuith pious reverence & attend Here lie the lovinj^ HiifbancV s dear ranains TJie tender Father cf the o^enerons h'riend The dauntless heart yet touch'' d at human woe A Friend to man to vice alone a foe.

Capt. SiMK.oN Sampson was the son cif Pclep; and Mary (Ring) Sani]ison ; born in Kingston, Mass, August, 1736. In early life he became a mariner, and was employed in the merchant service from Plymouth. In the year 1762, Mr. .Sampson was taken l)risoner bv the French, in a vessel belonging to Goodwin & Warren, which was. redeemed bv the ca])tain for a large sum of money, and Mr. Sampson was left as a hostage for the ]:)ayment of the ransom. From this imprisonment he escaped by assuming the dress of a female, and was soon restored to his family in Plymouth.

At the commencement of the revolutionary war, when a Tiiarine force was deemed necessary to protect our commerce from the depredations of the ISritish cruisers, he was honored by the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts with the appointment of the firstnaval captain in the service of tlie country. He immediately took command of the brig Independence, belonging to the colony, and which was built at Kingston, under his direction. In this vessel he was eminently successful, and in one cruise captured and sent in five prizes, among which was the Roebuck, Captain White, in the autumn of the year 1776. Immediately after this, he himself was captured by Capt. Dawson, of distinguished memory in these seas. Ca])t. .Sampson did not surrender, until an engagement of a character as severe and bloodv as perhaps is recorded in the annals of naval warfare. The skill and intrepidity manifested by him was apjDlauded even by his enemies. Had he been sustained l)y all iiis men, he would undoubtedly have been the conqueror, rather than the vanquished. It is said in the gazette of that period, that he was driven to the awful necessity of running through the body of two or three of his men, who abandoned their guns in the most trying moment of the conflict. One of these victims was his third lieutenant. Soon after his return front captivity, which was at Fort Cumberlanil, near Halifax, he was appointed commander of the brig Hazard, a public vessel belonging to the state. In this vessel he likewise took several prizes, among which was the sfiip Live Oak. In 1779 he was selected to the command of the packet ship Mercury, built at Plymouth, by Mr. John Peck, for Congress. She was employed t(j carry desjiatches to our ministers in France. In this ship he returned from Nantz during the severe winter of 17S0. .Soon after which, he was promoted to the command of the Mars, a large shi]i, likewise belong- ing to the state, and in this vessel he was employed in the most responsible trust, in carrying des])atches, and in one cruise carried out one of our ministers to Europe. The British flag ship Trial was captured by him while in the Warren. .Xtthe close of the war, he retired, like most of the faithful servants of our country, with a very scanty estate, and a numerous family dei^endent upon him for support.

In 17SS, Capt. Samjison disposed of his mansion in Middle street, I'lvmouth, and ))urchased a farm in Plympt(jn, where he terminated his earthly career Ijvaii apoplcxv, Jime 22d, 17S9, at the age of 53 years. He was buried upon his own farm, and after- wards his l)ody was removed to the burying hill in Plymouth, where his grave is marked as above.

Few naval officers stood higher in ]iublic estimation, and few citizens were more respected for domestic virtues, hosjiitality, and generous friendshij'). He married Deborah, daughter of Seth Cushing of Hingham, Mass., who survived him, and died in Homer, N. Y., in 1S30, at the age of 90 years. He had twelve children, seven of whom died young, and five of whom married.

5 82. In Memory of | M^s ELIZABETH TURNER | wife of | ?il' LoTlIROP Turner | who died Augu/t i6 1789 | in ye 24 }-car of Iter age.

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583. To I the Memory | of [ JOHN COTTON Esq"- formerly a I Min[/ter of the Gospel at Hallifax | (which I^^mploy was ever his greate/t | Delight) who died Nov'' 4 A. D. 1789: | in y"^ 78 \'ear of his Age.

'Tis Hcavciis irrevocable Decree, That the great, the good, the pious f hall fall, III the (lark (jrave nndiftinguifh'^ to lie. Till the laft 'Tntiiipet reiuls the azure fky! When the I'irtiioiis immortal loill rife To Glory and joys 'boi'e the f tarry fkies! The Meioiis to pain, dif honour, contempt ; III realms behno the fplendid Firmament!

Rev. John Cotton, son of Rev. Josiah and Ilannali (Sturtevant) Cotton, born April 5, 1712; gracluated at Harvard College 1730; ordained minister at Halifax, Mass., October 1736. In 1756, owing to a failing voice he requested a dismission which was granted. He succeeded his father as Register of Deeds, which ottke he held till his death, Novend^er 4, 1789,. He was considered an able theologian, and much beloved as a pastor and jireacher. He was the author of the valuable Account of Plymouth Church, apjiendcd to Rev. Chandler Roljbins' ordination sermon in 1760, which was afterward republished l)v the Massachusetts Historical Society in volume 4 of their collections. He also published several occasional sermons, includ- ing among them seasonable warnings to the churches of New England, and tracts on "Infant Baptism." He was chosen delegate to the Convention for revising a Con- stitution for the Commonwealth in 1780, and was one of the committee for Plymouth county to draft the constitution. He left several children, among whom was Rev. Josiah Cotton, minister at Wareham, I\Ia.ss., who l)ecame a magistrate, and clerk of the Court for Plymouth county, and died April 19, 1819, leaving a son who became a jihysician in Ohio, and a daughter who married Isaac I.othrop Hedge Esq. of Ply- mouth. His other sons were Rosseter, who for several years was Register of Deeds in Plymouth. Rev. Ward Cotton, of Boylston, Mass., was his son. Another son, John, was lost at sea in 1800.

584. In Memory of I M'^ DEBORAH \s\{c of | M^ Kimbal CroaHHE I who died Nov'' 17 1789 ] aged 21 years.

585. In Memory of [ Mi/s PATIENCK WARREN] Daughter of Cap' BeN'JAMIN | WarreN who died Nov"" 27 | 1789 aged 74 \'cars.

Hark from the tombs a doleful found My cars attend the cry

Ye living men come viczv the ground

JVhere you muft shortly lie.

586. In Memory of | JOANNA Daughter of M^ I/A AC & Mrs Joanna Sv.MMES | who died Dec 27 1789 | aged 5 years 2 months & 13 | days.

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587. In Memory of I Mr-s KETURAH HOVEY | wife of Capt SAMUEL \ HOJ'EY who died Feby 14 | 1790 in yc 37 year of her age | Al/o in Memory of RACHEL their Daughte'' | who died Ocf 14 i 790 aged 18 months & 5 da}^s.

589. In Memory of | EDWIN Son of M"" Thomas | Jackson y\ & M'^ Sarah his | wife who died April 20 | 1 790 aged 22 days.

590. In Memor)' of ] M-" JOHN BARTLETT | who died April 26 1790 in y^ \ 53 year of his age.

Here lies the man ivho nev r his friends denied Nor never gcive tlieni grief but ivJien he died.

593. In Memory of | O/BORN /on | of M"" 0/born ] MOR- TON & Mrs Patience his | wife who died Sep'' 18 1790 ] aged 4 )'ears & 10 months.

594. In Memor)' of | JO/EPH Son of Dr Stephen | Marcy & Mrs LUCV his wife | who died Ocf 16 1790 aged | i }'ear & 9 months.

Sleep on viy babes &f take your qniet rest,

'Tivas God who called you when he thought it best.

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596. In Memory of | MARCY WARREN Dauijhtcr of | M^ Benjamin Bramiiall & M"-^ | Pri/cilla his wife who died ] Nov"" I I 1790 aged i )'ear 7 | months & 7 days.

597. In Memory of ] 2 Children of M^ JUDAH & M'-' | Plxk- LOI'L Dki.axo Viz IIEXRICY | died XoV >4 1790 aged 2 years &4 I months & 8 da\-s died a Daughter | Feby 4 1785 aged I da}'.

600. In Memory of | M^s HANNAH OTIS | wife of Mr yOHN OTIS I who died March 28 1791 | in y^ 47 year of her age.

/// early days, away from us they fly. No more their plcafiiii^ actions charuies our eyes. A happy change from earth to Jure above, Nozv take their chvelling i)i the reahues of love.

602. ANCEL /on of M"- Samuel Dotev | & M'^ Eunice his wife who I died June 17 1791 aged i year | &7 months.

603. In Memory of | M''^ PATIENCE RIDER \ wife of | Major BENJAMIN RIDER \ who died June 18 1791 in yc | 42^1 year of her age.

Why do zee mourn departing friends. Or f hake at deaths alarms, 'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends. To call them to his arms.

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604. In Memory of | M-'s SARAH CHURCHILL | wife of M"" Samuel j Churchill who died | June 26 1791 in ye ] 40 year of his Age ] Al/o in memory of their /on | who was born June 15 1786 I & died the/ame day.

605. In Memory of | EUNICE Daughter of M"" | Ebenezer Howard & M^^ ] Bethiah his wife who died | July 10 1791 aged 3 years | I month & 7 days.

606. In Memory of | M>- KIMBALL CROMBIE | who died July 13 1791 aged | 24 years.

607. In Memory of | M'^ RUTH MAR/HALL | wife of M"" Bartlett I Mar/hall who died | July 24 1791 Aged | 37 years.

608. In memorv- of | M^'^ SARAH LUCE wife of | M^ SETH LUCE who died | July 26 1791 in the 53 year | of her age.

609. In Memory of | MARY Daughter of Dr | R0//ETER & MI'S Pri/cilla I Cotton who died Aug' ] 26 1791 aged 15 months j & 6 days.

610. Died I Mr ISAAC SYMMES | Augu/t 27 1791 I i" the 48 year | of his age.

Here lies a man zvho never luas uiijiift ; His body flozvly ntoulderiiig into duft But ivhen Time eeafes, joyfully he II rife And meet his Savionr s face in fweet furprise.

612. In memory of | POLLY Daughter of M^ John | & M'« Lydia Edwards who | died Scp^ 11 1791 aged 5 | years & 3 months.

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615. In Memory of | M>« MARY DIMAN | wife of | M-" Daniel Dimax ] who died Feby 15 1792 | in )-e 55 year of her age.

616. Beneath this Sod | Hes buried all that was mortal, | of Mi/s LUCIA WAT/ON | (the younge/t Daughter of M-" Klka- nah I & MI'S Patience Wat/on) | who, at the age of 26 years | without one reluctant Sigh | Calml}^ rcyigned her Spirit | to the Creator who gave it | firmly pciyiiaded that in his | Infinite Benevolence | She /"hould injoy an endless & | a happy Immor- tality I She was born November 11 1765 ] Died March 20 1792.

617. In Memory of ] M^^ HANNAH SAM/ON | wife of M"" Ebenezer I Sam/on who died May | 13 1792 in yc 72 year | of her age.

A^o Pain, nor Grief, no anxious Care nor Fear Invade fhcse f acred Boinids No mortal Woes Can reaeJi or vex the pions Sleeper here May Angels gently watch her foft Repose.

618. To the memory of I M-" LEMUEL BARTLETT | who departed this life | May 20''^ 1792 /Etatis yj.

With filent fteps he meekly tracd the way To the bright relms of love his ivisJid abode Nor did lie ask a moments longer stay When the last fnmmons calV d liis foul to God.

619. In Memory of [ M^s PATIENCE COBB | widow of AF JOB COBB I who died July 26 1792 | aged 70 }-ears.

620. In Memory of | NANCY Daughter of M^ | Jo/lAll & Mrs Rebecca Finney | who died Aug' 13 1792 aged i | month.

621. In Memory of | Cap' JAMES RU^ELL who died | Sep"- 28 1792 aged 32 years | And al/o M>- THOMAS RLT//"ELL |

/uppo/ed to be lo/t at Sea in a /evere | snow /torm DeC 4 & 5, 1786, I aged 24 years both Sons of the late | M'' John & M^s Mercy Ru//ell.

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622. To the memory of | — LENOR CHURCHILL | Daugh- ter of I Capt Stei'IIEN Ciiurciiili, | And Lucv his Wife | Who died Oct 3 1792 I in the lO^'^ }'ear | of her age.

623. In memory of | MARTHA TORREY Daughter of | M'' James & M^s Martha | D(-)TEx who died Novf 26 | 1792 aged 1 1 months & 6 days.

624. In Memory of | JOHN BARTLETT Son of M^ | John & Mrs Dorothy Bartlett | who died Jany 25 1793 | aged 17

years. ,

TJiofc eyes which once fo fparklcd zvith delight Are een now clofcd in Death's eternal niglit.

626. In Memory of | M'* ELIZABETH BARTLETT | ReHct of j Samuel Bartlett Esc|'' | who died March 29 1793 in ye I 'jj year of her age.

Dear Babe sleep their in the dnst

Till thy Saviour say ai'ise with the Just.

628. This Stone is | Erected to the | Memory of JAMES [ HERSEY THACHER who | Died 27^1^ April 1793 | Aged \ year And 4 months ] And CATHERINE THACHER | Who Died 10 Eebr}' 1800 | Aged 3 years Children of D^ | James And Mrs Susanna Thacher.

Early Bright Transeint Sweet As Morning Dew They Sparkled Were Exhaled And woit to Heaven.

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Our days i<.'Ci'C fczv on earth Wc could no longer stay The hlefsed J liSUS doth appear To bear our souls azoay.

632. To the memory of ] POLLY ROGERS | Daughter of | M"" William Rogers | & M^s Eli/abetii his wife | who died Sep"" 5*''' 1793 I aged i year & 10 months.

633. In memory of | HARRIET Daughter of M'' | Samuel & M's Hannah ] Jack/on who died Scpr 15 j 1793 aged 10 months & i 5 days.

Babes thither caught from Womb Sr Breaft. Claiuid Right to fing above the reft Becaufe they found the happy fhore, They never fazu nor fought before.

634. In Memory of | MARY Daughter of— D^ | Ro^eter & Mrs Priscilla I Cotton who died Sepr 24 | 1793 aged 12 months.

Sleep on fweet Babes & take thy reft

' Tivas God that call'd when he thought beft.

635. In Memory of | M-"* LYDIA REED wife of | M"" NATHAN REED who \ died Octr 12 1793 in yc t^z \ year of her age.

636. Mr TIMOTHY BURBANK I died Oct''' ,311, , ^(^3 iCtatis 90 I ^i''^ MERCY his wife | died Jan'y 27^1 1771 /Etatis 61 I and here lie interred.

637. In Memory of | SOUTH WORTH Son of M-" Joi; & Mrs Rebecca Rider | who died Oct'' 15 1 793 | aged 6 years & 3 months.

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638. To the memory of | two Children of M"" JOHN | Paty & Deborah his wife | viz SILVIA died Oct y^ 22 | aged 3 years 6 months & | 26 Days MERIAH Died Aug^ | ye i i A. I). 1793 aged I }'ear — st | & 26 Days.

639. To the memory of | M^s ELI/ABETH NEL/ON | wife of I Capt Sam' Nicols Nelson j who died Oct 26^^ 1793 | aged Gj }-ears.

640. In Memory of | W^ PRISCILLA THOMAS | Con/ort of I Mr Nathaniel Thomas | who died Dec 6 1793 aged 36 years.

641. SAMUEL H — I Samuel Harmo — | Lvdlv his wife — I 9 1793 aged 7 years | & 9 days.

This was probably tiic family of Sanuiel Harmon.

642. In memory of | Mr WILLIAM BRADFORD | who died in Roxbur}- Jan)' 14 1794 [ aged 44 years | Also of Mrs RUTH BRADFORD his wife | who died May 22 1813 | aged 60 years | Also of two of their children | viz AMOS who died in Martinico | Aug' 3 1794 | aged 17 years | And ISAAC who died March 16 | 1806 aged 21 years.

643. In Memory of | M-" SAMUEL LANMAN ] who died Jany 19 1794 I in y^ "jt, year of his age.

/;/ thy fair book of Ife divine, I\Iy God inf crib f my Jiamc, There let it fill fome hmnble place, Beneath the f laughter d Lamb.

645. To 1 the memory I of I Capt. THOMAS DOTEN \ who I died F^b'Y 28tli 1/94 | in the 49''! year of his age.

647. In Memory of | BET/Y Daughter of Mr j Samuel & M''^ BE'I/v Brooks | who died April 19 1794 | aged 5 years & 6 months.

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648. Here lies f intcr'd the body | of Mi/s HANNAH | SYMMES eldc/t Daughter | of M' l/.wc & M-^-" Hannah | Symmes who at the earh' | period of 28 )'ears after being | long excrci/d with bodil}' pain | with christian fortitude | yielded her Spirit to its | benevolent Autlu)r | Born JanV 30 1766 | Died May 27 1794.

649. To the I memor\' | of the amiable | M^s JANE DOGGET I who died Ma\- 3 :/' 1794 | in the 26^'' year of her age I also an infant Daughter b}- her /"ide.

Come view the seen 'tivill fill yon tvitk fnrprise Behold the lovelieft form in natnre died At noon sJie flonrifli d bloo7ni>ii^ fair and ga)f At evening an extended eorpfe fhe lay.

650. In Memory of | M^ JAMES DOTEX Jun'' | who Died June 6 1794 I in \c 32 \-ear of his age.

Death is a debt too natnre dne, Whieh I have paid & fo ninft you.

652. In Memory of j M^s POLLY HOLMES | wife of Joseph Holmes | who died July 3 1794 | aged 26 years.

Death is a debt to natnre due Whieli / have paid & fo mnftyon.

Death is the privilege of human natnre And life without it zvere not zvorth our taking Thither the poor, the unfortunate, and Mourner Fly for relief, & lay their burdens down.

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655. In Memory of | M^ JOSEPH FLASKET | who died August I j A. D. 1794 in the 48 | year of his age.

All yon that doth behold my stone Consider hozv soon I was gone Death does not always zvarnitig give Therefore he earefnl hozv yon live Kepejit in time no time delay I in my prime ivas ealled away.

The fpiders moft attennated thread Is cord is eable to mans tender tie.

The Babe thats eanglit from wond) & breaft Claim right to fing above the reft

Beeause they found the happy shore They }iever faw nor fought before.

658. To tlie memory of | M>s OLIVE WA/HBURN | wife of I Mr Abiel Wa/hburn I with an infant in her arms | who died Oct. 14 1794 in | the 30 year of her age.

661. In Memory of I LYDIA PRINCE Daughter of | Mr David & M^s Lydia | Turner who died Jany 19 | 1795 aged 9 months & 12 days.

Of fnch is the kingdom of heave?i.

EPITAPHS FROM I5URIAI. HILL.

66^. To I the memory of | M'^ ELIZABETH FINNEY | wife of I M"" THOiMAS FiNNEV I who died | March 3'! 1795 in the | 53^1 )-car of her age.

664. In memor}- | of | LAZARUS GOODWIN P/qr | who died I June 27''' 1795 | aged 42 | years.

A'o age exempt the tender Mother fir ft

Bozvs to Deaths Empire &" returns to Dnft

Searee had th' afflieted Confort zuip'dhis tearful ejes

Jl'hen lo Heaven ealls the lovely Infant dies.

74 KI'ITAPIIS VKOSl BURIAL HILL.

671. To the memory of I M^s MARY HILL | wife of | Mr Jonathan Hill | who died Nov'' 14^11 1795 | in the 42^ year of her cii^e.

67:,. In memory of | HENRY HOLMES | Son of | M'' Nathaniel Holmes | and Mary his wife | who died Deer 3111 1795 I aged 2 }'ears | 8 months & 8 days.

674.