price with Hollis was $1250, of which Dedham was to pay $650, Milton $509.10, and $40.50 were to be paid by private subscription. Dedham paid the $650 called for by the contract, and Mr. Teele, in his History of Milton, states that Milton paid $627.62.

The writer desires to acknowledge very valuable information furnished by Don Gleason Hill, President of the Dedham Historical Society, from the town records of Dedham.

NEEDHAM EPITAPHS,

WITH NOTES.

By CHARLES CURTIS GREENWOOD.

(Continued from page 111.)

Here Lies Interd ye Remains of Mrs Jane Butler, The Wife of Capt. Robert Butler who Died May the 11th 1762 Aged 34 years.

Deaths Stand like Mercury in

every Way and Kindly points us

to our journeys End.

She was b. Jan. 10, 1728, dau of Rev. Jonathan and Mary (Sugars) Townsend; m. Robert Butler of Boston, June 19, 1757. The following entry was made by Mr. Townsend in his interleaved almanac for 1762: "May 15, 1762 Hic est msætus dies funeris meæ charae filiae Butler."

Here lies interd ye Remains of ye Revd Ionathan Townsend late Pastor of the Church in Needham who Died ye 30th Day of Sept 1762 in ye 65th Year of his Age & the 434 of his Ministry

Earths highest Station ends in "here he lies"
And Dust to Dust concludes her noblest song.

Rev. Stephen Palmer, one of his successors, states that he was born at Lynn in 1698. He entered Harvard College at the age of 14 and graduated in the class of 1716. He was the first settled minister of Needham, ordained March 23, 1720. His letter of acceptance was dated Boston, January 25, 1720.

Here lies buried ye Body of Mrs Experiance Daniell Wife of Mr Joseph Daniell who died Deem ye 17th 1762 in ye 56th year of her age.

She was b. Aug. 23, 1707, dau. of Josiah and Hannah (Fisher) Newell; m. Joseph Daniell, March 25, 1735.

Here lies Buried the Remains of Mrs Sarah Townsend youngest Daughter of the Revd Jonathan Townsend and Mary his Wife. Deceast Noybr ye 1st 1763 in ye 334 year of her age. [b. May 5, 1781.]

That Life is long which answers life's great End.

In Memory of Mr Henry Dewing who died March ye 21st 1765 in ye 75th Year of his Age.

He was b. in Dedham, Oct. 16, 1690, son of Andrew and Dorothy (Hide) Dewing.

Here lies the Body of Mr Sarah Pain Wife to Mr Ephraim Pain. who died July 13th 1765 in yo 33a Year of her Age.

Ephraim Pain m. Sarah Skinner, July 20, 1762.

Here lies interr'd the Remains of Mrs Mary Townsend Relict of the Reverend Mr Jonathan Townsend. She departed this Life Sept ye 6th 1765 Etat 75.

An Angels Arm can't snatch me from

the Grave

Legions of Angels can't confine me here.

She was b. in Boston, March 17, 1691, dau. of Gregory and Jane Sugars; m. Rev. Jonathan Townsend, May 26, 1720. In Memy of Mrs Sarah Fuller Wife of Capt Robert Fuller. She died Novr ye 5th 1765 in ye 84th Year of her Age.

The Sweet Remembrance

of the Just

Shall flourish when they
Sleep in Dust.

Robert Fuller married Sarah Mills, July 6, 1721. She was the widow of Benjamin Mills who died Sept. 10, 1720..

In Memory of Mr Ephraim Dewing who died Deer ye 18th AD 1765 In ye 33 year of his Age.

He was b. July 20, 1733, son of Henry and Mehitable (Ellis) Dewing.

Here Lies the Body of Mr Jeremiah Fuller the son of Lieut Amos & Mrs Esther Fuller who died Sep ye 13th 1766 in the 23 year of his Age. [b. Oct. 2, 1743.]

Here Lies y Body of Dea Eleazer Kingsbery he died January ye 27th AD 1767 in ye 84th Year of his Age.

Bleffed are the Dead yt die in ye Lord

From henceforth. Yea saith the Spirit
That they rest from their labours

And their works do follow them.

He was b. in Dedham, May 10, 1683, son of Eleazer and Esther (Judson) Kingsbery; one of the forty petitioners for the incorporation of the Town, 1710; Selectman, 1716, 1717, 1721, 1727, 1729-1731, 1733, 1736, 1739, 1741, 1746, 1747, 1748 ; chosen deacon of 1st Church, Feb. 4, 1730, and dismissed from the office Jan. 9, 1747. "Eleazer Kingsbery who went over to ye anabaptists." [Ch. Rec.]

In Memory of Mr Jonathan Hunting who died Decr ye 16th 1768 in ye 79th Year of his Age.

He was b. in Dedham, Jan. 27, 1690, son of John and Elizabeth (Pain) Hunting.

In Memy of Mrs Lydia Hunting Wife of Mr Ebenezer Hunting who died Dec 23d 1768 in ye 434 year of hier Age.

She was b. Sept. 3, 1726, dau. of Benoni and Elizabeth (Mirick) Woodward; m. Ebenezer Hunting, May 21, 1747. In Memory of Mr Eben' Hunting who died Feby ye 3a 1769 In ye 41st Year of his Age.

He was b. May 18, 1728, son of Jonathan and Ruth Hunting. Here lies Interrd Meribah Fuller Daughter of Mr Ebenezer and Mrs Meribah Fuller who died Janus the 8th 1769 Aged one year & 5 days.

Here lies the Body of Ebenezer Pain Son to Mr Ephraim & Mrs Sarah Pain who died Feby 20th 1769 in ye 6th year of his Age. [b. Nov. 9, 1763.] In Memory of Capt Robert Fuller who Deceas March ye 3d AD 1769 in ye 84th Year of his Age.

Come listen all unto this call
Which God doth make today
For you must die as well as I

And pass from hence away.

He was b. in Dedham, Aug. 11, 1685, son of John and Judith (Gay) Fuller; one of the petitioners for incorporation of the Town, 1710; Selectman, 1726, 1728-32, 1734, 1735, 1737, 1739, 1742, 1743, 1746, 1749; Town Clerk, 1728--35, 1737, 1741, 1742, 1743, 1746-49; Treasurer, 1746-49.

Here Lieth ye Body of Mr Sarah Seuer widow of Mr Caleb Seuer she died Sept 9th 1769 in ye 86th Year of her age.

In Memory of the Widow Lydia Metcalf who Deceas Decr 18th 1770 In the 934 Year of her Age.

She was b. Dec.1, 1678, dau. of Nathaniel and Lydia (Fisher) Chickering of Dedham; widow of Thomas Metcalf, who was b. in Dedham, Jan. 3, 1678, son of Michael and Elizabeth Metcalf.

Here lies Buried the Body of Leut Amos Fuller who departed this Life Nov 12th 1771 in the 71st Year of his Age.

Stop here my Friend and Cast an Eye

as you are now so Once was I

As I am now so you must be
Prepare for Death & follow me

He was b. in Dedham, May 11, 1701, son of Thomas and Esther (Fisher) Fuller; Selectman, 1737, 1742, 1743, 1752, 1754-58, 1760, 1761, 1764, 1765, 1769; Representative to General Court, 1756, 1759, 1760, 1761, 1766.

Here lie deposited the Remains of Mr Esther Kingsbury The wife of Capt: Caleb Kingsbury who quited this Mortal State November ye 16th AD 1772 In ye 48th Year of her Age.

Passing with Melancholy State,

By all the solemn heaps of Fate,

O think as soft and sad you Tread,

Above the Venerable Dead

Time was, like You we life Posses'd,

And Time shall be when You shall Rest.

She was b. August 12, 1725, dau. of Rev. Jonathan and Mary (Sugars) Townsend; m. Caleb Kingsbury, Feb. 16, 1749. (To be continued.)

BIRTHS, FRANKLIN, MASS.

BY HENRY ELLIS RUGGLES.

(Continued from page 116.)

Arial Sayles, son of Elisha and Catharine, June 15, 1780.
Jonathan Bowditch, son of Jonathan and Mary, Dec. 10, 1780.
Nanee Richardson, dau. of Elisha and Abigal, Nov. 21, 1790.
Ester Baker, dau. of Abigal and Ester, Sept. 25, 1779.
Philo Seocomb, son of Billa and Jerusha, Dec. 18, 1780.
Horatio Kingsbury, son of Stephen and Abigal, July 5, 1780.
Jonathan Wails, son of Jonathan and Olive, Feb. 23, 1778.
Otis Wails, son of Jonathan and Olive, March 11, 1781.
Oliver Richardson, son of Daniel and Lydia, March 31, 1781.
Elizabeth Daniels, dau. of Nathan and Elizabeth, April 19, 1776.
Cyrus Daniels, son of Nathan and Elizabeth, Feb. 9, 1778.
Dorcas Daniels, dau. of Nathan and Elizabeth, Oct. 14, 1779.
Julia Fisher, dau. of Joseph and Susa, March 2, 1781.
James Fisher, son of Peter and Joana, April 12, 1781.
David Daniels, son of Nathan and Elisabeth, Jan. 12, 1782.
Seneca Man, son of Elia and Mary, April 25, 1781.
Ebeneze Day, son of David and Mercy, April 10, 1777.
David Day, son of David and Mercy, April 2, 1779.
Jonathan Day, son of David and Mercy, April 13, 1781.
Lois Wood, dau. of David and Hannali, Feb. 6, 1780.
Caleb Thurston, son of Abijah and Rachel, June 20, 1781.
Alesford Metcalf, son of James and Abigail, June 6, 1781.
Soloman Blake, son of Solomon and Sibel, March 23, 1781.
Betsy Dean, dau. of Ichabod and Chloe, April 21, 1781.
Hannah Adams, dau. of Nathaniel and Hannah, April 8, 1781.
Rhoda Pond, dau. of Hezekial and and Lois, March 3, 1773.
Prise Pond, dau. of Hezekial and Lois, Nov. 6, 1775.
Abigail Pond, dau, of Hezekial and Lois, March 7, 1778.

Jeremiah Metcalf Pond, son of Hezekial and Lois, Feb. 12, 1781.
Envira Ware, dau. of Phineas and Susanna, Feb. 3, 1781.
Sanford Ware, son of Jesse and Kezia, Aug. 31, 1781.
Marcus Robbins, son of Aquial and Elisabeth, Dec. 3, 1781.
Silence Wood, dau. of David and Hannah, Nov. 23, 1781.
Calley Pond, dau. of Robert and Olive, Oct. 25, 1781.
Cyras Adams, son of John and Noamy, Feb. 23, 1781.

Mehetable Partridge, dau. of Eleazer and Lois, May 29, 1779.
Kezia Partridge, dau. of Eleazer and Lois, Sept. 10, 1780.

Eleazer and Ithamer Partridge, sons of Eleazer and Lois, May 27, 1782.
Ester Man, dau. of Elias and Mary, May 26, 1782.

Perez Fisher, son of Peter and Joanna, July 14, 1782.

Chloe Man. dau. of Nathan and Eunice, Aug. 30, 1782.

Kezia Haws, dau. of Ichabod and Sarah, April 28, 1782.

Stephen Kingsbury, son of Stephen and Abigail, Sept. 10, 1782.
Nanna Billings, dau. of Enoch and Nanna, Oct. 24, 1782.
Mary Bowditch, dau. of Jonathan and Mary, Oct. 11, 1782.
Levi Ellis, son of Timothy and Sarah, March 25, 1782.
Edine Pond, dau. of Dr. Elisha and Olive, Jan. 16, 1780.
Olive Pond, dau. of Dr. Elisha and Olive, Feb. 1, 1782.
Hannah Morse, dau. of Samuel and Sarah, July 23, 1782.

Samuel Clark, son of Samuel and Ester, Dec. 4, 1782.
Lewis Robbins, son of Josiah and Sarah, Sept. 11, 1782.
Nance Gilmore, dau. of James and Elizabeth, Sept. 9, 1780.
Mary Rockwood, dau. of Samuel and Sally, Oct. 30, 1782.
Amos Partridge, son of Amos and Meletiah, April 11, 1777.
Pairle Partridge, dau. of Amos and Meletiah, Jan. 1, 1779.
Apollos Partridge, son of Amos and Meletiah, Jan. 18, 1781.
David Partridge, son of Amos and Meletiah, Aug. 27, 1782.
John Pond, Jr., son of Benjamin and Katherine, Feb. 21, 1783.
Richard Sayles, son of Elisha and Katherine, July 20, 1782.
Deliverance Emmons, dau. of Rev. Nath' and Martha, Dec. 30, 1782.
John Partridge Allen, son of John and Abigail, Nov. 9, 1774.
Asa Allen, son of John and Abigail, Dec. 13, 1776.

Simeon Allen, son of John and Abigail, March 11, 1779.
Elleza Allen, son of John and Abigail, March 10, 1783.

Warren Ware, son of Phinehas and Susana, Feb. 15, 1783.
William Sethbridge, son of Richard and Jerusha, Jan. 11, 1783.
Ruth Pond, dau. of Malchiah and Ruth, Sept. 2, 1781.

Sinai and Syntha Heaton, dau's of Isaac and Thankfull, April 29, 1783.

Peter Adams, son of John and Neomy, Jan. 19, 1783.

Baruch Richardson, son of Daniel and Lydia, May 23, 1783.
Julete Bullard, dau. of John and Rachel, June 30, 1783.
James Gilmore, son of David and Joanna, Dec. 6, 1777.
Pashance Gilmore, dau. of David and Joanna, Jan. 10, 1782.
David Baker, son of Abijah and Ester, June 5, 1783.
Daniel Thurston, son of Daniel and Susanna, Feb. 22, 1783.
Sabana Partridge, dau. of Joshua and Hannah, Aug. 5, 1783.
Cyrus Dean, son of Ebenazer and Abigail, Aug. 24, 1783.
Willis Fisher, son of Joseph and Susa, July 20, 1783.

Benjamin Rockwood, son of Elisha and Eunice, Oct. 18, 1783.
Oliver Dean, son of Seth and Edene, Feb. 18, 1783.

Polly Mann, dau. of Elias and Mary, Nov. 29, 1783.
Martin Pond, son of Robert and Olive, Oct. 3, 1783.

Claudius Drusas Howard, son of Solvanus and Olive, Nov. 15, 1783.
Ebenezer Partridge Wood, son of David and Hannah, Dec. 14, 1783.
Lewis Guild, son of Samuel and Ruth, April 28, 1783.

Elisabeth Smith, dau. of James and Betsy, March 17, 1774.

Molly Smith, dau. of James and Betsy, Sept. 5, 1776.
James Smith, son of James and Betsy, Dec. 11, 1778.
Elias Smith, son of James and Betsy, Mar. 14, 1780.
Sarah Smith, dau. of James and Betsy, April 23, 1783.
Sally Whiting, dau. of Asa and Mary, March 10, 1784.
Abigail Allen, dau. of Abijah and Abigail, March 26, 1783.
Joanna Hills, dau. of Leonard and Margaret, Nov. 10. 1782.
Elias Hill, son of Leonard and Margaret, Mar. 22, 1784.
Salla Rockwood, dau. of Timothy and Sarah, Dec. 24, 1783.
Ichabod Dean, son of Ichabod and Chleo, Oct. 5, 1783.
Asa Pond, son of Asa and Judith, Dec. 9, 1781.
Perez Pond, son of Asa and Judith, April 20, 1784.
Joshua Lawrence, son of Amos and Hannab, April 29, 1784.
Paul Dexter Pond, son of Paul and Calla, May 20, 1784.
Eliphoz Lawrence, son of Joseph and Anna, Sept. 7, 1784.
Jemima Richardson, dau. of Elisha and Abigail, Aug. 7, 1784.
David Thurston, son of Abijah and Rachel, Sept. 20, 1784.
Timothy Addams, son of Thaddeus and Rachel, March 19, 1781.
Almera Woodard, dau. of James and Lois, Oct. 15, 1784.
John Fisher, son of Jason and Mary, Sept. 6, 1784.
Sophey Bowdith, dau. of Jonathan and Mary, Dec. 6, 1784.

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