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FROM 1713 to 1840 BY JOHN B. DYER, TOWN CLERK OF TRURO, MASS. FOR JOSIAH L. LOMBARD of CHICAGO, ILL. _________________ PROVINCETOWN, MASS.: The Advocate Press. Howard F. Hopkins. 1897 ========================================================================== Page 13 FREEMAN, Capt. Constant, died May 3, 1756, aged 56 yrs, 1 mos, 8 days. Jean, wife of Capt. Constant, died May 21, 1762, in 58th yr. Anne, wife of Capt. Constant, Jan 26, 1730, aged 29 yrs, 8 mos, 19 days. Capt. Constant, died June 8, 1745, aged 76 yrs, 2 mos. Jane, wife of Capt. Constant, died Sept 1, 1729, in 54th yr. Jane, died May 19, 1783, in 85th yr. Dea. Joshua, died Sept 22, 1795, in 79th yr., "having faithfully served the church in the office of Deacon 45 yrs." --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 14 Rebecca, relict of Dea. Joshua, died ___, 1810, aged 75 yrs. Rebecca, wife of Joshua, died May 7, 1783, aged 66 yrs. Rebekah, dau. of Joshua and Rebekah, died Dec. 23, 1832, aged 2 yrs., 9 mos. Cyrenius, of Harwich, drowned Apr 4, 1785, in 28th yr. GIPSON, Michael, died Sept 25, 1748, in 53d yr. GREEN, Sarah Frances, dau. of Isaac and Betsey, died Oct 5, 1837, aged 1 yr 9 days. James Williams, son of Isaac and Betsey, died Sept 18, 1840, aged 8 mos, 16 days. GROSS, Micah, died Oct 8, 1753, in 68th yr. Mrs. Mary, died Oct 10, 1795, age 74 yrs. Hannah, widow of Micah, died Jan 13, 1758, in 54th yr. Mary, wife of Micah, died July 16, 1724, in 35th yr. Lydia, wife of Israel, died Nov __, 1796, in 65th yr. Israel, died Oct 19, 1788, in 71st yr. Elizabeth, wife of Israel, died May 25, 1761, in 48th yr. Capt. Jaazaniah, died May 30, 1816, in 46th yr. Elizabeth, died Dec 12, 1790, in 27th yr. "She was oldest daughter of Mr. Jaazaniah Gross, who was lost at sea in Oct., 1769." Lydia, dau of Israel and Lydia, died July 9, 1790, in 22d yr. Mary Ann, dau. of E.S. & R.P. Gross, died Sept 11, 1833, aged 2 yrs, 5 mos., 11 days. Jonah, Jr., died Sept 30, 1786, aged 32 yrs., 16 days. Joseph, died Mar 8, 1799, in 26th yr. Two brothers of Joseph Gross, lost at sea about the 22d of Oct, 1769 Jaazaniah, died May 5, 1819, in 23d yr. Isaac Snow, son of Jaazaniah and Anna, died Mar 24, 1803, aged 1 yr. 1 mos., 15 days. John, died Jan 12, 1825, aged 79 yrs. Susannah, relict of Capt. John, died Oct 22, 1828, aged 70 yrs. Sarah, wife of John, died Sept 29, 1783, in 37th yr. Bethiah, widow of Hincks, died Jan 5, 1789, in 82d yr Apphiah, wife of Samuel, died Aug 4, 1774, in 27th yr. GROZER, John, died Dec 24, 1770, in 38th yr. Mercy, widow of John, died Apr 26, 1817, aged 84 yrs. Marcy, dau. of John and Marcy, died Mar 24, 1759, aged 1 yr., 9 mos William, died Nov 30, 1786, in 25th yr. Mehitable, died Nov 4, 1799, aged 1 yr., 8 mos., 9 days. Bethiah, wife of John, died May 8, 1822, aged 28 years. HARDEN, Nathaniel, died Aug 1, 1741, in 64th yr. Hannah, wife of Nathaniel, died Apr 11, 1724, aged 43 yrs., 2 mos. HARDING, Bethiah, wife of Richard Collings Harding, died Mar 23, 1779, in 23d yr. Minah, dau. of Richard Collings & Bethiah, died Mar 25, 1778, aged 2 yrs., 3 mos. Infant son of Benjamin & Phebe, died Oct 12, 1800, aged 12 days. Ephraim, son of Ephraim & Sarah, died Apr 20, 1763, in 9th yr. Jonathan, died Feb 23, 1828, aged 82 yrs. Capt. Jonathan, son of Jonathan, died at St. Pierre, Martinique, ___ 1809, aged 31 years. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 16 Nehemiah, son of Jonathan, drowned at sea, Aug 12, 1812, aged 26 yr Nathaniel, son of Jonathan, died at sea, Apr 29, 1820, aged 22 yrs Capt. Jeremiah, died Sept 12, 1804, in 25th yr. Reuben, son of Jonathan & Ruth, died Mar 27, 1800, aged 24 yrs. Jemima, dau. of Jonathan & Ruth, died May 2, 1800, in 8th yr. Ruth, wife of Jonathan, died Apr 29, 1800, in 46th yr. Hannah, wife of Jess- broken off, died Apr __, 1766, in 29th yr. James, died June 29, 1751, in 21st yr. Nathaniel, Jr., died Mar 1, 1747-8, in 42d yr. Sarah, dau. of Nehemiah & Sarah, died Mar 29, 1773, aged 11 mos. Jonathan, died ___, 1752, age broken off. Hulday, wife of Jonathan, died Apr 27, 1748, aged 36 yrs. Lot, died Oct 29, 1802, aged 81 yrs Tamesin, wife of Lot, died Sept 18, 1793, in 70th yr. Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel, died at sea, ____, 1794, aged 26 yrs Priscilla, died Sept 26, 1758, in 20th yr. Huldah, died Sept 6, 1775, in 17th yr. Mary, wife of Jeremiah, died Aug 19, 1829, aged 25 yrs. Dea. Ephraim, died Oct 30, 1821, in 89th yr. Sarah, wife of Dea. Ephraim, died Jan 20, 1821, in 87th yr. Mary, wife of Jeremiah, died Aug 19, 1829, aged 25 yrs. Benjamin, died Mar 28, 1818, aged 52 yrs., 3 mos. Nehemiah, died Apr 27, 1794, aged 19 yrs. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 17 HATCH, Joseph, son of John & Tabitha, died Sept 3, 1733, aged 16 days. Samuel, 1740 } Elizabeth, 1747} George, 1751 } (on one stone. No ages given) HIGGINS, Joseph, died Nov 20, 1816, aged 45 yrs. Joseph, son of Joseph & Mercy, died Mar 15, 1816, aged 12 yrs, 10 mos. Mercy Paine, dau. of Joseph & Mercy, died Apr. 7, 1818, aged 12 yrs., 7 mos. Richard, died Nov 4, 1791, in 56th yr. Sarah, wife of Richard, died Feb 20, 1827, aged 81 yrs. Joseph, son of Joseph, died July 23, 1802, aged 1 yr., 7 mos., 9 days. HINCKLEY, Phebe, died Dec 31, 1799, in 70th yr. Joshua, son of Joshua & Thankful, died July 30, 1824, in 9th yr. Solomon, son of Benjamin & Dinah, died Sept 15, 1794, aged 5 yrs., 4 mos., 24 days. Dorcas, dau. of Benjamin & Dinah, died Nov 2, 1793, aged 20 yrs. Thankful, dau. of Benjamin & Dinah, died June 17, 1797, aged 25 yrs., 8 mos., 15 days. Benjamin, died May 24, 1824, aged 81 yrs. Dinah, wife of Benjamin, died Nov 12, 1824, in 74th yr. HODGKINS, Zacariah, lost from Sch. Rachel, Nov 20, 1798. HOPKINS, Constant, died Mar 28, 1817, aged 70 yrs. Elizabeth, wife of Constant, died Oct 24, 1835, aged 78 yrs. Sarah, wife of Jonathan, died Feb 21, 1773, aged 21 yrs. William, died Sept 25, 1839, aged 27 yrs., 21 days. Polly, dau. of William & Polly, died Nov 27, 1828, aged 18 yrs., 19 days. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 18 Margaret, wife of Samuel P., died Aug 7, 1838, aged 26 yrs., 4 mos Margaret G., dau. of Samuel & Margaret, died Sept 22, 1838, aged 7 weeks. Phebe, consort of Capt. Constant, died Apr 11, 1798, aged 78 yrs. Capt. Constant, died June 15, 1800, aged 80 yrs. Capt. Michael, Jr., drowned at sea, Dec 16, 1832, aged 28 yrs. Thankfull, died Aug 14, 1775, aged 16 yrs. Thomas, died Aug 19, 1761, in 31st yr. Elizabeth, consort of Capt. Michael, died Jan 24, 1840, aged 72 yr Samuel, died June 19, 1820, aged 94 yrs. Peggy, wife of Samuel, died Sept 18, 1803, in 71st yr. Peggy, dau. of Samuel & Peggy, died Oct 8, 1774, aged 15 yrs Jeremiah, son of Samuel & Peggy, died at New York ____, 1780, aged 23 yrs. Samuel, son of Samuel & Peggy, died at New York ____, 1783, aged 18 yrs. Michael, son of Michael & Elizabeth, died Oct 8, 1800, aged 4 mos. 8 days. Infant dau. of Michael & Elizabeth, died ___, aged 9 days. Priscilla, dau. of Isaac & Lydia, died June 16, 1796, aged 16 yrs., 5 mos., 16 days. Samuel, died June 11, 1829, aged 25 yrs. Caleb, a soldier of the Revolution, died Dec 8, 1836, aged 94 yrs Thankful, wife of Caleb, died Apr 16, 1816, aged 70 yrs. C. H. (on foot stone. Head stone gone.) Caleb, lost at sea ____, 1827, aged 31 yrs. HUGHES, Capt. John, died May 2, 1799, aged 47 yrs., 8 mos. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 19 Rachel, relict of Capt. John, died Feb. 12, 1836, aged 78 yrs. Atkins, lost at sea, Apr __, 1828, aged 32 yrs. KENNY, Deborah, wife of John Kenny, died Mar 16, 1814, aged 33 yrs. Keturah, wife of John Kenny, Sr., died Aug 5, 1796, aged 61 yrs, 2 mos, 28 days. KILBURN, Eleazer P., son of Edward C. & Phebe, died Sept 15, 1823, aged 1 yr., 11 mos., 15 days. KNOWLES, Phebe, wife of Paul, died June 23, 1748, in 49th yr. Marcy, wife of Paul, died Jan 29, 1761, in 50th yr. Isaiah, son of Paul & Hannah, died June 5, 1803, aged 6 mos., 18 days. Jemima, wife of Caleb, died Jan 8, 1796, aged 29 yrs., 7 mos., 9 days. Capt. Caleb, died at sea, Oct 8, 1806, in 41st yr. Caleb, son of Caleb, died Sept 8, 1814, in 22d yr. Joshua, died May 7, 1779, in 49th yr. Mary, widow of Joshua, died June 12, 1801, aged 66 yrs. Nathaniel, son of Joshua & Mary, died at sea, June 18, 1783 in 26th yr. Paul, Sr., died Sept 12, 1802, in 74th yr. Silas, died Mar 30, 1816, aged 22 yrs. Silas, died at sea, Sept 6, 1799, aged 36th yr. Joshua, died Mar 8, 1822, aged 67 yr. Miss Sarah, died Apr 24, 1816, aged 50 yrs. Sally, wife of Jesse, died Mar 28, 1816, aged 40 yrs. Rebeccah L., dau. of Jesse & Sally, died Mar 28, 1816, aged 15 mos., 11 days. LEWES, John, died Apr 5, 1754, in 66th yr. Dinah, wife of George, died Apr 19, 1794, aged 72 yrs. Sarah, dau. of John & Elizabeth, died Nov 17, 1726, in 10th yr. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 20 LEWIS, Elizabeth, dau. of John & Elizabeth, died Sept 13, 1734 in 12th yr. Elizabeth, wife of John, died Oct 21, 1757, in 64th yr. George, died Mar 21, 1809, in 89th yr. Thomas, died Aug 6, 1773, in 35th yr. Elizabeth, died Nov 6, 1741, in 20th yr. Hannah, wife of Joseph, died May 5, 1771, aged 21 yrs. Eleazer, died June 10, 1836, aged 90 yrs. Joseph, son of Eleazer, lost at sea, Apr __, 1825, on is passage to Grand Banks, aged 25 yrs. Sarah, wife of Eleazer, died Sept 26, 1831, aged 72 yrs. Sarah C., dau. of Thomas & Elizabeth, died May 29, 1834, aged 1 yr., 9 mos., 13 days. Ann S., dau. of Thomas & Elizabeth, died Oct 17, 1838, aged 5 mos., 17 days. Benjamin, died __, 1801, aged 19 yrs. Eleazer, died ___, 1815, aged 38 yrs. LOMBARD, Jedidiah, died Sept 12, 1739, in 71st yr. Hannah, wife of Jedidiah, died Apr 25, 1743, in 67th yr. Ebenezer, died June 19, 1767, in 62d yr. Elizabeth, wife of James, died Oct 5, 1771, in 64th yr. James, died Sept 12, 1769, aged 65 yrs. James, son of Ephraim & Mehitabel, died June 28, 1777, aged 3 mos. Mehetable, wife of Capt. Ephraim, died Sept 24, 1785, aged 30 yrs. Ephraim, died Dec 4, 1801, aged 87 yrs. Joanna, wife of Ephraim, died Nov 14, 1809, aged 85 yrs. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 21 Lewis, died Oct 19, 1814, in 74th yr. Elizabeth, wife of Lewis, died Sept 30, 1818, in 87th yr. Capt. James, died Feb 8, 1817, in 48th yr. Joseph A., son of Capt. Lewis & Elizabeth, died Mar 30, 1816, aged 3 yrs., 4 mos. James, son of David & Anna, died Oct 5, 1822, aged 1 yr Metilda A., dau. of Lewis & Elizabeth, died Apr 11, 1822, aged 6 yrs. Hannah, dau. of Lewis & Sarah, died Aug 27, 1743, aged 15 days. Sarah, dau. of Ebenezer & Bethiah, died Dec 20, 1735, in 3d yr. Sarah, dau. of Ebenezer & Bethiah, died June __, 1739, aged 3 weeks John, son of Ebenezer & Bethiah, died Sept 9, 1748, in 21st yr. Sarah, wife of Lewis, died Feb 25, 1750-51, in 36th yr. Sarah, wife of Lewis, died Jan 3, 1758, in 28th yr. Hannah, wife of Lewis, died May 13, 1767, in 41st yr. Rebekah, wife of Cornelius, died Sept 5, 1790, in 37th yr. Bethiah, wife of John, died Nov 13, 1786 in 73d yr. Simon, son of Capt. Thomas, died May 4, 1725, in 24th yr. Mary, wife of Thomas, died Oct 22, 1776, aged 22 yrs. John, died Oct 6, 1738, in 63d yr. Rebekah, widow of John, died Feb 8, 1785, in 44th yr. Sarah, wife of John, died Nov. 20, 1762, in 34th yr. Daniel, died Jan 13, 1797, in 44th yr. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 22 Tamesin, wife of Daniel, died Nov 22, 1794, aged 37 yrs. Thomas, lost at sea, May 20, 1819, in 33d yr. James, died in New Orleans, June 5, 1819, in 27th yr. Hannah, consort of Israel, Jr., died Dec 30, 1806, in 24th yr. Infant of Hannah, died Dec 27, 1806 Israel, Esq., died Apr 26, 1821, aged 46 yrs. Israel, died June 19, 1825, aged 77 yrs. Elizabeth, wife of Lewis, died Apr 12, 1826, aged 47 yrs., 9 mos. Capt. Solomon, died June 30, 1793, in 32d yr. John, son of Capt. Solomon, died July 24, 1788, aged 5 days. Hannah, dau. of Solomon & Sarah, died Oct 20, 1735, in 4th yr. Sarah, dau. of Solomon & Sarah, died Sept 21, 1747, in 18th yr. Hezekiah, son of Solomon & Sarah, died Oct 25, 1747, aged 13 mos. Ebenezer, son of Solomon & Sarah, died July 23, 1744, aged 4 mos. Still-born son, twin with Ebenezer, son of Solomon & Sarah, Mch 26, 1744. Mary, wife of Samuel & daughter of Barnabas Paine, Esq., died Oct 4, 1758, aged 26 yrs, 8 mos., 7 days. Betsey, died Mar 24, 1816, age 19 yrs. Jemima, wife of Israel, died Dec 31, 1805, in 54th yr. Thankfull, wife of Caleb, died June 30, 1763, aged 25 yrs. Elizabeth, died Dec 15, 1793, in 70th yr. Beny, died in West Indies, Jan 3, 1794, in 23d yr. Thomas, died Apr 20, 1779, in 81st yr. Elizabeth, widow of Thomas, died May 21, 1787, in 85th yr. Peter, died Jan 14, 1765, aged about 26 yrs. Daniel, lost at sea ___, 1800 in 23d yr. M.L. (nothing else) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 23 LOMBER, Lewis, died July 18, 1773, aged 62 yrs. LUMBARD, Capt. Thomas, died Nov 3, 1736, in 66th yr. Thankful, dau. of James, Jr., and Thankful, died Mar 28, 1759, in 3d yr. LONG, Charles H., son of Capt. William & Sarah, died Feb 19, 1838, aged 2 yrs., 9 mos, 21 days.