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Subject: Deaths Recorded at Westford 1704 to 1800 - History of Westford
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 17:39:11 EST

Subject: Deaths Recorded at Westford, MA from 1704 to 1800
Source: History of Westford, MA by Rev. Edwin R. Hodgman, A.M. 1883

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1704. May 17, Sarah dau of Joshua & Dorothy Fletcher

1708. Nov 17, Esther, dau of Joshua & Dorothy Fletcher

1723/24. Jan. 3, Aquila, son of Aquila Underwood & Margaret, his wife.

1727. Sept. 15, Joshua, son of Joshua & Dorothy Fletcher

1729. Dec. 24, Jonathan, son of Timothy & Hannah Barron

1730. August 1, Peter Proctor

August 29, Samuel, son of Samuel & Hannah Fletcher

Sept. 3, Joanna, dau ofSamuel & Hannah Fletcher

Oct. 1, Esther, wife of Jonas Prescott

Oct. 12, Susanna, dau of Samuel & Hannah Fletcher

Oct. 13, John Wright, late of Chelmsford

1731. Dec 9, Hannah, wife of Benjamin Robins

1731/32. Mar. 24, Sarah, wife of Josiah Heald

1732. March 11, Elijah, son of Jonas & Elizabeth Prescott

Aug 14, Josiah, son of Timothy & Rebecca Spalding

Oct 19, Joshua Fletcher, a Deacon

Oct 20, Thomas, son of Joseph & Susanna Underwood

1733. May 6, Josiah Heald

July 19, Sarah wife of John White

Sept 19, Mrs. Hannah Boynton, dau of Joseph & Dorothy Perham

1734. April 3, John, son of John & Abigail Cowdry

April 11, Timothy, son of Timothy & Rebecca Spalding

Dec or Sept 14, Ephraim son of Jacob & Abigail Wright

1735. August 16, Ebenezer, son of John Wright & his wife

Oct 12, Dorothy, dau of Samuel & Dorothy Hildrick

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1736. Jan 8, Deacon Paul Fletcher

March 28, Sarah wife of Samuel Craft

Oct 14, Agnes dau of Joseph & Agnes Proctor

Oct 17, Lydia Hildreth

Oct 20, Olive Hildreth, dau of James & Lydia Hildreth

Oct 28, Ruth Hildreth, dau of James & Lydia Hildreth

Dec 3, Abigail dau of Jonathan & Jane Fletcher

1736/37 March 13, Susanna, dau of Jonathan & Jane Fletcher

March 15, Sarah, dau of Thomas & Sarah Heald

March 25, Hannah dau of Thomas & Sarah Heald

1737. Feb 20, Mary, wife of Aaron Parker

April 14, Sybil, dau ofJoseph & Agnes Proctor

Oct 17, Elizabeth Hildreth, dau of Ephraim & Mary Hildreth

Oct 27, Thankful Hildreth dau of Ephraim & Mary Hildreth

1738. Jan 4, Zechariah, son of Zechariah & Susanna Fletcher

Jan 13, Susanna, dau of Zechariah & Susanna Fletcher

Feb 19, Jonathan, son of Ensign Jonathan & Sarah Hartwell

Sept 17, Isaac, son of Jonas & Elizabeth Prescott

Oct 5, Hannah, dau of John & Hannah Abbott

1738/39. March 9, Sarah, wife of Jabez Keep

1739. Dec 27, Elizabeth, wife of Jonas Prescott

1740. May 7, Samuel, son of Samuel & Margaret Craft

1741. Feb 14, Silas and Abel, sons of James Hildreth, Jr.

Feb 19, Thankful, dau of James Hildreth, Jr.

Mar 30, Thomas Blodgett

Apr 3, Benjamin, son of Jonas Prescott, Jr.

Joseph Butterfield, Jr.

Nov 2, Benjamin, son of Jacob & Abigail Wright

1742. Dec 3, Sarah, dau of William Fletcher Jr. & Elizabeth, his wife

1743. Jan 11, Sarah, wife of William Barrit

1744. Feb 11, Hannah, wife of Andrew Spalding

Feb 21, Lois, dau of Jacob Taylor

June 1, Dorothy, dau of Moses & Dorothy Chandler

July 11, Joseph Keyes, Jr.

1745. Sept 9, Abel, son of Benjamin Butterfield

Oct 11, James Hildreth, Jr. at Cape Breton

Oct 16, Esther, dau of Timothy Fletcher

1746. June 24, Joseph son of Ezekiel and Elizabeth Proctor

Oct 12, Sarah, wife of Samuel Parker

1747. Aug 2, Esther, dau of Ezekiel & Elizabeth Proctor

1748. July 17, Samuel, son of James Hildreth

Oct 12, Susanna dau of James & Amy Spalding

1749. Feb 17, Mary, wife of Jonas Prescott

Feb 25, Lois, dau of William Barrit

Oct 2, John, son of Josiah & Susanna Burge

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1749. Oct 30, Samuel, son of Samuel Fletcher

Dec 11, Sarah, dau of Ezekiel Proctor

1749/50. Jan 24, Olive, dau of William & Bathsheba Butterfield

1750. April 17, Susanna, wife of Josiah Burge

July 4, Josiah, son of Josiah Burge

1751. Dec 10, Rebecca, dau of Ensign Samuel & Mary Fletcher

1752. March 6, Margaret, dau of Ensign Samuel & Mary Fletcher

March 20, Samson, son of Ensign Samuel & Mary Fletcher

May 15, Sarah, dau of Thomas Wright & Elizabeth, his wife

May 22, Peter, son of Thomas & Elizabeth Wright

Oct 9, Abraham, son of Ephraim Wright

Oct 17, Silas, son of James & Ama Spalding

1753. June 17, Joanna, dau of Jonathan & Elizabeth Keyes

June 17, Isaac, son of Moses & Bridget Parker

July 3, Susanna, dau of Jonathan & Jane Fletcher

July 9, Wiley, son of Jonathan & Jane Fletcher

July 11, Sarah, dau of Josiah Burge

July 17, Susanna, dau of Moses & Dorothy Chandler

July 25, Hannah, dau of Simeon & Dorcas Wright

July 28, Jane, dau of Jonathan & Jane Fletcher

Aug 1, Aaron son of Jonathan & Elizabeth Keyes

Aug 3, Thankful, dau of Oliver & Sarah Spalding

Oct 8, Joshua, son of John & Hannah Abbott

1754. Jan 16, Joseph Proctor

Feb 14, Joh, son of Joseph Dutton

1755. Jan 20, Samuel son of Samuel & Abigail Read

Aug 13, Lydia, dau of Josiah & Lydia Brooks

Oct 12, Timothy, son of Timothy & Mary Fletcher

1756. April 24, Jesse, son of Timothy & Mary Fletcher

June 30, Isaac, son of Aaron Parker, Jr.

Oct 16, Josiah Burge

Oct 23, Robert Butterfield, late of Westford, died near Lake George

1757. Jan 9, Joseph, grandfather of Jonathan Keyes

July 27, Oliver Spalding

Sept 29, Oliver Spalding, Jr. son of the above

Nov 22, Mary, wife of Samuel Parker

1758. March 31, Joanna, grandmother of Jonathan Keyes

Aug 3, Stephen, son of Jonathan Keyes

Sept 27, John, son of Thomas & Sarah Cummings

Oct 11, Azubah, dau of Simeon & Dorcas Wright

Dec 12, Joel, son of Ebenezer & Deliverance Wright

1759. April 27, Deacon John Comings

April 30, Elizabeth, widow of Deacon John Comings

Sept 14, Isaiah, son of Thomas & Elizabeth Kidder

Sept 23, Esther, dau of Timothy & Lydia Prescott

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1759. Sept 25, Timothy, son of Timothy & Lydia Prescott

Sept 26, James, son of Samuel & Sarah Hildreth

Oct 3, Samuel Hildreth

Oct 21, Lucy, dau of Timothy & Lydia Prescott

Dec 4, Bethia, wife of Lieut. Timothy Spalding

Dec 22, Reuben, son of Thomas & Elizabeth Wright

1760. March 6, Anna, wife of Daniel Brooks

April 11, Dorothy, wife of Moses Chandler

Sept 6, Daniel, son of Timothy & Mary Fletcher, at Crown Point

Sept 24, Abraham, son of William & Bathsheba Butterfield

Dec 15, Elias Foster, Sr.

1761. Jan 24, Deliverance, widow of Deacon Paul Fletcher

Jan 29, Joseph Underwood aged 79 yrs.

Feb 25, James Hildreth

April 12, Daniel, son of Daniel & Anna Brooks

Nov 21, Jacob Wright aged 65 years

Nov 30, Abigail, wife of Jacob Wright, aged 65 years

1762. Feb 4, Sarah dau of Ephraim & Abigial Wright

Mar 30, Hannah, dau of Josiah & Lydia Brooks

Sept 30, Aaron Parker, Jr. aged 49 years

Dec 1, William, son of Thomas Wright

1763. March 30, Jonathan Keyes

April 14, Timothy Spalding

1764. Nov 17, Joseph Hildreth

1767. John Read, aged 82 years

1768. July 1, Mehitable, wife of Deacon Andrew Spalding

1769. Mar 17, Daniel, father of Josiah Brooks

Dec 10, Thomas Wright, aged 63 years

1770. __________ Annie, wife of James Spalding, aged 53 years

Oct 22, Thomas Wright

1771. ________Mary, wife of Joshua Parker

April 13, Deacon Henry Wright in his 72nd year

_______Ebenezer Prescott, aged 71 years

______John Burn, in his 81st year. When he was 80 he was baptized at
his own house by Rev.
Willard Hall.

1773. _______Dorothy, wife of Joseph Wright

_______Luke Richardson, aged 28 years

Dec 24, Thomas Read, Esq in his 86th year

1774. Aug 19, Capt. Jabez Keep, in Harvard

_______David Prescott, aged 45 years

_______William Blodgett, aged 50 years

1775. Sept 5, Jonathan Spalding

_________Ephraim Wright

1776. _______Priscilla, wife of Henry Richardson, aged 63 years

_______Mary, wife of Edward Bates, aged 78 years

Oct 17, Lieut. Thomas Rogers, killed by the bursting of a cannon on Lake
Champlain.

_______Ezra, son of Ezekiel Proctor, Jr. aged 15 years

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1777. Feb 8, Mrs. Ruth, wife of Capt. Joseph Read

Feb 11, Joseph Wright, son of Joseph & Dorothy Wright, at White Plains,
in the Army.

Feb 21, Ezekiel Proctor, Sr.

Dec 25, John Nutting, son of John & Hannah Nutting at Albany, in the
service of his country.

________Samson, son of Capt Joseph Read, aged 23 years.

1778. Sept 18, Joanna, wife of David Fletcher

Oct 7, Lucy, dau of Gershom Fletcher, Jr.

Oct 8, Jacob, son of Gershom Fletcher, Jr.

Oct 11, Gershom, son of Gerhsom Fletcher, Jr.

1779. ___________Gershom Fletcher, Jr.

April 3, Joseph Minot Wright, son of Samuel & Esther Wright

1780. ______Capt. Samuel Fletcher, aged 73 years.

______Timothy Fletcher, aged 72 years.

______Joseph Hildreth, aged 80 years

1781. ______Susanna, wife of Lieut. Thomas Read

1783. Dec 25, Hannah, dau of Deacon John Abbot

1784. _____Rebecca, wife of Levi Parker

_____Capt. William Fletcher aged 82 years.

_____Zachariah Hildreth, aged 58 years.

1785. Feb 22, Oliver Harris, son of Oliver & Mary Harris

_______William Butterfield, aged 80 years

1787. May 10, Abigail Read wife of Benjamin Read

1788. Aug 7, Martha, wife of David Parker

1789. ______Capt. Benjamin Fletcher, aged 72 years

June 3, Esther, wife of Hezekiah Hildreth

July 13, Simeon Wright at New Ipswich

Oct 20, Madam Abigail Hall

1790. _______Richard Read

1791. Feb 27, Ephraim Hildreth, Jr.

June 20, Oliver Read

Oct 22, Deacon John Abbot, son of Joshua, of Billerica.

_______Nathan Ames

1792. _______Amaziah Hildreth

1793. _______Bathsheba, wife of William Butterfield

______ William Butterfield, aged 58 years

1794. ______ Asa Nutting.

1795. ______ Hannah, widow of Deacon John Abbott

1796. ______ David Keyes

1797. July 12, Lieut. Moses Parker, aged 79 years

1798. ______ Ensign Nathaniel Boynton, aged 73 years.

______ Col. David Goodhue, aged 56 years

______ Lydia Prescott, wife of Timothy.

1800. March 8, Richard Kneeland, drowned in Concord River

Sept 15, Daniel Brooks

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