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Ch., b. in Hing., by w. Sarah — 



ix. Lydia, May 13, 1700. m. March 28, 1722, Samuel Capen of Dor. 

 2. X. Thomas, Jan. 19, 1701-2. 



xi. Hannah, May 2'2, 1704. m. (pub. Aug. 27, 1723) Theophilus Gushing. 



2. Thomas 8 (Robert 2-1), b. in Hing. Jan 19, 1701-2. m. Nov. 20, 

 1729, Mary, dau. of John and Hannah Beal. She was b. in Hing. May 

 7, 1710, " and both husband and wife were buried together the same 

 day." Resided on Fort Hill St. Their gravestone in the Fort Hill 

 cemetery bears the following inscription : — 



Our peaceful graves shall keep 

 our bones till that sweet day 

 We wake from our long sleep 

 and leave our beds of Clay 



Ch., all b. in Hing., were — 



3. i. Thomas, May 4, 1731. 



ii. Mary, May 17, 1733. m. Nov. 11, 1751, Henry "Ward. 

 iii. JosiAH, bt. Feb. 23, 1735. m. Thankful, dau. of William and Susanna 

 (Beal) Humphrey. Resided at Wey., where he d. 16 Jan. 1795, set. 60th 

 yr. His gravestone in the old cemetery at Ea. Wey. bears the foil, 

 lines : — 



" Stop here, my friend, my mansion see, 

 Remember, you must die like me. 

 Prepare for death and you will find 

 That God is infinitely kind." 



iv. David, Dec. 7, 1736. m. Feb. 15, 1787, Elizabeth Lincoln, dau. of Levi 

 and Elizabeth (Norton) Lincoln (II. 480). She was b. iu Hing. July 29, 

 1765, and d. 16 Apr. 1837, ist. 72d yr. 

 V. Sarah, 1739, d. 28 Oct. 1743, fet. 4 yrs. 



vi. Lydia, bt. Apr. 18, 1742, d. 10 July foil. 



vii. Robert,* Aug. 30, 1743. 

 viii. Sarah, bt. Aug. 4, 1745. 



ix. John, bt. July 12, 1747, d. 12 Feb. foil. 



X. Lydia, Dec. 25, 1748. m. Dec. 14, 1769, Noah Hersey. 



xi. Elizabeth, June 22, 1753. m. Oct. 31, 1776, Heman Lincoln (II. 480). 



* The date of Robert's death, with several added lines portraying the uncertainties of life 

 for even a day, is given upon a moss-covered stone in the Fort Hill cemetery as foil. : — 



Erected in Memory of 



M' Robert Waterman 



Who Died Dec™'"' 7 



I 766 in Yo 24 



Year of his Age 



the Morning Light is ushering 

 That we (hall end y^ day 

 for Death stands ready at ye door 

 to feize our lives away 



