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Danvers, where can be seen a grey slate stone,— a fine specimen 

 of the lapidary art, — with its lines as sharp as on the day when 

 they were first cut, erected over her grave, on which is the fol- 

 lowing inscription, with the initials of Samuel Parris at the 

 bottom : — 



" Sleep precious Dust no stranger now to Rest, 

 Thou hast thy longed wish, within Abraham's Brest-— 

 Farwell Best Wife, Choice Mother, Neighbor, Friend, 

 We'll wail the less, for hopes of the in the end." s. p. 



After his dismission from Salem Village he removed to Con- 

 cord, Massachusetts, where he lived in 1705; and 1711, preach- 

 ed six months in Dunstable. He died at Sudbury, February 

 27th, 1720 ; Mrs. Dorothy Parris, his second wife, died there 

 on the 6th of September, 1719. The following are the children 

 of Mr. Parris : — Elizabeth, who was married to Benj. Barnes, 

 at Concord, January 18th, 1710; Dorothy, married Hopestill 

 Brown, of Sudbury, 1718, and died March 4th, 1725 ; Sam- 

 uel, who was a Deacon of a Church in Sudbury, died November 

 22d, 1792, aged 91 years ; Noyes, graduated at Harvard Col- 

 lege, 1721, was deranged, and supported by the town; Mary, 

 married Peter Bent, of Sudbury, April 18th, 1727. 



Hon. C. W. Upham, in some very felicitous remarks, fol- 

 lowed Mr. F. He expressed himself highly gratified with the 

 hour's entertainment. He confessed himself in previous doubt 

 as to the extent of the part Rev. Mr. Parris took in the Witch- 

 delusion. He was glad therefore to find that the favorable view 

 presented this evening could be substantiated through the Church 

 Records made at the very time. It was a topic of importance 

 to him, as he had lectured and written on the same subject sev- 

 eral years since. Many of the minuter matters had been for- 

 gotten, but were now revived by Mr. F. He thought that con- 

 clusions at once pleasing and satisfactory could be drawn and 

 on which great reliance might be placed. He moved that the 

 thanks of the Institute be presented to Mr. Fowler for his very 

 interesting and instructive sketch, and they were unanimously 

 voted. 



A brief discussion then ensued, suggested by some enquiries 

 raised by John L. Russell, relative to the facts in the pheno- 

 mena of so called Witchcraft, and how similar they might have 



