Decease Of The Fathers Of New England:
While no means comprehensive, these dates from NEHGS Jan 1847 Register, vol 1
page 74, 286 & 287 from 1630-1655 add to our knowledge of early pilgrims and
their death dates. [Courtesy: Wilma Fleming Haynes]
1630
6 Aug, Rev Francis HIGGINSON d at Salem age 43
20 Sep, Dr William GAGER, surgeon died at Charlestown
30 Sep, Isaac JOHNSON, an Assistant, died at Boston
23 Oct, Edward ROSSITER, an Assistant
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1631-2
16 Feb, Capt Robert WELDEN died at Charlestown
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1634
2 Aug Rev Samuel SKELTON died at Slem; the first pastor who died in
New England, the term pastor being used in contradistinction to teacher.
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1635
14 Aug, Rev John AVERY was drowned
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1636
3 Feb, Rev John MAVERICK of Dorchester died at Boston age 60.
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1638
_____ April, Nicholas DANFORTH, died at Cambridge
14 Sep, Rev John HARVARD, founder of Harvard College died
Charlestown
17 Nov, Roger HARLAKENDEN, an Assistant, died at Cambridge
21 Dec, John MASTERS
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1641
9 Aug, Rev Jonathan BURR of Dorchester, died at 37
9 Aug, Rev Henry SMITH of Wethersfield. (Savage says he d 1648)
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1644
16 April, Elder William BREWSTER of Plymouth, d at 84
1 July, Rev George PHILLIPS of Watertown
1 July, Israel STOUGHTON, an Assistant, died in England
1 July, John ATWOOD, an Assistant of Plymouth Colony
4 Sep, Rev Ephraim HEWETT of Windsor CT
4 Sep, Hon. George WYLLYS of Hartford, CT
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1646
12 April, John OLIVER, (H.C. 1645) died at Boston age 29
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1647
7 July, Rev Thomas HOOKER of Hartford, CT d a 62
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1648
11 Oct, Rev Henry GREEN of Reading
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1649
26 March, Gov John WINTHROP of Boston b 12 Jan 1588 d at 61
25 Aug, Rev Thomas SHEPARD of Cambridge, b 5 Nov 1605 d a 44
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1650
11 Sep, Atherton HOUGH of Boston, an Assistant
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1651
_____ Aug, William THOMAS as Assistant of Plymouth Colony d at 77
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1652
24 Aug, Adam WINTHROP, Esq., of Boston d a 33
14 Sep, Capt Bozoun ALLEN of Boston formerly of Hingham
23 Dec, Rev John COTTON of Boston d a 67. (The old "Boston Book"
says, Mr. COTTON d 15th of 10th month)
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1653
18 Jan, Capt William TYNG of Boston, Treasure of the Colony
31 July, Gov Thomas DUDLEY of Roxbury d a 77
31 July, Rev. Nathaniel WARD, 1st minister of Ipswich, d England a 83
8 Nov, Rev John LOTHROP of Barnstable
8 Oct, Hon. Thomas FLINT of Concord
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1654
______ Jan, John GLOVER of Dorchester an Assistant
______ Jan, Gov John HAYNES of Hartford, CT
23 July, William HIBBINS, an Assistant, d at Boston
9 Dec, Gen. Edward GIBBONS of Boston
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1655
8 May, Edward WINSLOW of Plymouth d on board the "Fleet" a 61
3 July, Rev Nathaniel ROGERS of Ipswich, d a 57
3 July, Rev Daniel MAUD of Dover, N.H. He taught a school for some
years in Boston before he went to Dover.
3 July, Henry WOLCOTT, the ancestor of the governors of CT by this
name, d a 78.
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1656
___________, Capt Miles STANDISH of Duxbury d a abt 72
___________, Capt Robert BRIDGES of Lynn, as Assistant
1668? Rev Peter PRUDDEN of Milford, CT., d a 56
23 March, Capt Robert KEAINE, merchant in Boston
22 Oct, REv James NOYES of Newbury d a 48
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1657
7 Jan, Gov Theophilus EATON of CT., d a 66
_____ March, Gov Edward HOPKINS d in London a 57
_____March, George FENWICK, the first settler of Saybrook d in England
9 May, Gov William BRADFORD of Plymouth d a 69
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1658
_________ Rev Ralph PARTRIDGE of Duxbury
_________ John COGGAN of Boston
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1659
27 Feb, Rev Henry DUNSTER of Scituate (bur at Cambridge)
9 Mar, Rev Peter BULKLEY of Concord d a 77
10 Apr, Rev Edward NORRIS of salem d a abt 70
29 Sep, John JOHNSON of Roxbury
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1660
16 Oct, Rev Hugh PETERS executed in England a 61
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1661
23 Jan, Rev Ezekiel ROGERS of Rowley a 70
17 Sep, Maj. Gen. Humphrey ATHERTON of Dorchester. He was killed
by a fall from his hourse on the Boston Common, when on his return
from a military review on the Common. Mr Savage and the
inscription
on his tombstone say, that he died on teh 16th, but other authority
* &
incontrovertible, says on the "17th at about 1 o'clock, after
midnight."
28 Dec, Rev Timothy DALTON of hampton d a abt 84
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1662
1 March, Rev Ralph SMITH d at Boston
30 March, Rev Samuel HOUGH, minister of reading d in Boston
14 June, Sir Henry VANE executed in England a 50
_____ Oct, William PYNCHON d at Wraisbury, Bucks a 72
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1663
______, Thomas CAMOCK, nephew of the Earl of Warwick, d in Scar-
borough, ME. If he is the same who is named in
the 2nd charter of
Virginia, 1609, he was quiet advanced in years.
______, Rev Richard DENTON of Stamford, CT [abt 1663]
5 Apr, Rev John NORTON of Boston a 57
12 June, Rev John MILLER d at Groton
5 July, Rev Samuel NEWMAN of Rehoboth, a 63
20 July, Rev Samuel STONE of Hartford
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1665
9 Jan, Rev Samuel EATON of New Haven
15 March, Gov John ENDECOTT of Boston a 77
15 July, Capt Richard DAVENPORT, killed by lightning at Castle
William, a 59
_______, Rev Adam BLACKMAN of Stratford
_______, Dr John CLARK of Boston a 66.
