514 AT FEND IX. 



which was his distinguished reward upon earth, public consideration 

 and esteem. His profound adoration of the Great Supreme, and his 

 deep sense of dejjendence on his mercy, in life and in death, gave him, 

 at the close of his protracted years, the hope of a superior one in 

 Heaven." 



The following obituary notice in '(\'\(t Pennsylvania Packet o{YQS:>rv:xxy 

 lo, I 781, is upon the wife of Thomas Willing, of the family name, v/c 

 believe, of McCall : 



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On Monday last died, greatly and deservedly regretted, Mrs. Ann Willing, wife 

 of Thomas Willing, Esq., and her remains were, on Wednesday, interred in Christ 

 Church burying-ground, with tlie tribute of many a tear to her memory. 



With every virtue that can adorn the female character, .she possessed ihe most 

 amiable and endearing manners. It is not the frail memorial, inscribed on the fugitive 

 page, th.1t can do her justice. A more durable monument of her virtue and her worth 

 is erected in the hearts of her surviving friends, stamped in such strong characters that 

 nothing but the passing hand of death can ever efface them. 



I have seen some handsome lines to the memory of Anne Willing, 

 of the family name of Shippen, wife of Charles Willing and mother of 

 Thomas Willing, said to be from the pen of the well-known and ac- 

 complished Mrs. Ferguson, of Graeme Park. I regret not to be able to 

 recover them. 



No. VII. — Page 350. 



Samuel Blodgef, Jr. 



[By Lorin Blodget, Esq.] 



Samuel Blodget, Jr., who married Rebecca, the favorite daughter 

 of Rev. William Smith, in 1792, was the son of Samuel Blodget,* of 

 Concord, N. H., who was born at Woburn, Mass., but subsequently 

 resided at Concord, and was distinguished as a member of the expe- 



* Samuel Blodget, Sr., of Woburn and Concord, was grandson of Thomas Blodget, 

 of London, merchant, who came over in the ship " Increase," in 1635, and who was 

 sworn in " Freeman" of Boston, March 3, 1635. He was accompanied by his wife, 

 Susanna, and his infant sons, Daniel and .Samuel, from whom are descended all bear- 

 ing this name in the United States. See Encyclopaedia Britannica, Johnson's Universal 

 Cyclopaedia, etc., for biographical notices of Samuel Blodget, of Woburn and Concord ; 

 also for notices of Benjamin Thompson, afterward Count Rumford, who was himself 

 a native of Woburn : bis mother, whose maiden name was Susanna Blodget, was a 



