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Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Epitaphs from the Cemetery of Worcester Common -Part VI
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 10:25:00 EDT
Epitaphs from the Cemetery of Worcester Common
by W. S. Barton - Printed by Henry J. Howland,
171 Main Street.
Part VI.
1776.
172. Luke Brown, Jr.; d. Nov. 6, 1776; a. 31.
[Same epitaph as in No. 40. His son, Luke Brown, Esq.,
graduated at Harvard University in 1794, and practiced
law in Hardwick. Linc. Hist. p. 270.]
173. Thomas Brown ; d. Dec. 11, 1776; a. 40.
[Same epitaph as in No. 136 above]
David Young who brought to America the potatoe.
174. David Young; born in the Parish of Tarboyn, county of Donagall,
Ireland; d. Dec. 26, 1776. a. 94.
[See note, ante No. 2. The Young family first introduced and planted
here that valuable esculent, the potato. About the time of its
introduction, a few were presented, by the Irish, to some of our
early inhabitants, who, being suspicious of their poisonous
quality, threw them away as unsafe to enter their homes.
Line. Hist. p. 49.]
175. "Nathaniel Lucy & Adams, Adams, died 1776.
176. Dec'd 1776. Dec'd 1776." (Inscription on one stone.)
1777.
177. Nathaniel Fullerton ; d. Feb. 16, 1777; a. 38. [The
name "Mary Raymond " is below this inscription.]
178. Amos Holbrook; d. March ___, 1777.
179. Capt. William Jones; d. Ap. 6, 1777; a *.
180. Simon Gates ; d. Ap. 11, 1777; a 66.
"Blessed are they who do His commandments,
that they may have right to the tree of life,
and may enter in through ye gates into ye city." (Epitaph)
p.17
181. Capt. Daniel Ward; d. May 21, 1777 a. 77.
His epitaph is thus:
Now I behold with sweet delight
The Blessed Three in One,
And strange affections fix my sight
On God's Incarnate Son."
[Capt. Ward is perhaps the person referred to by Mr.
Lincoln, when he says-in giving a description of the houses
and streets of Worcester as they appeared about the year
____ that " Daniel Ward had built nearly opposite the
Old South Meeting-House," which was probably near the
site of I. M. Barton's present residence. See Line. Hist. p. 44.]
182. David Fisk ; d. Nov. 23, 1777; a. 44.
183. Hannah Goddard, w. of John Goddard (No. 219.) d. Dec. 10m 1777, a. 76.
1778.
184. James Brown ; d. Jan. 11, 1778; a. 67; [Same epitaph as in No. 181.]
185. Eunice Lovell, dr. of Jonathan and Mary Lovell; d. Mar. 2, 1778; a. 22
ms.
186. Lydia Goddard, dr. of Samuel and Abigail Goddard; d. Aug. 9, 1778; a.
13.
187. James Tanner; d. Sept. 6, 1778; a. 36.
1779.
188. John Greenleaf of Boston ; d. Feb. 21, 1779 ; a. 64.
[Same epitaph as in No. 136. This stone lies prostrate
in the extreme N. E. corner of the yard.]
189. William Taylor, Jr., s. of Wm. and Lois Taylor; d. Mar. 7, 1779;
a. 11.
"Youth forward, Death soon Nips;
Vain World farewell to you,
Heaven is my native air,
I bid my friends a short adieu,
Impatient to be there." (Epitaph.)
190. Othniel Taylor ; b. Oct. 19, 1698; d. July 29, 1779; a. 81.
"O ! may my Humble Spirit stand,
Among them Clothed in White,
at CHRIST'S Right Hand
is infinite Delight." (Epitaph.)
1780.
191. Abraham Wheeler; d. Oct. 20, 1780; a. 80.
1781.
192. Jonathan Fisk; d. Jan. 8, 1781 ; a. 52.
p.18
193. Samuel Rice ; d. Feb. 10, 1781, a. 89.
194. Maria Barber, w. of Joseph Barber; d. Ap. 7, 1781; a. 39 y. 8 m.
195. Lieut. Noah Jones; d. July 6, 1781; a. 70.
" Beneath this ston's inter'd the bones,
Ali ! frail Remains-Lieut. Noah Jones." (His epitaph!)
196. Absalom Rice ; d. July 27, 1781; a. 72.
"He lived 69 years in this town." (Inscription.)
197. Lieut. Gershom Rice; d. Sept. 24, 1781; a. 85.
198. John Nazro, s. of John and Mary Nazro. ; d. Oct. 23, 1781; a. 21 mos.
To be continued Part VII
Edited by Janice Farnsworth
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