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Martha A. S. Ashmore. See lot 11.
Anna G. Aspinwall, wife of J. R. Fairbanks. See lot 86.
Mary Aspinwall, wife of Joseph Goddard. See tomb p.
Lucy Aspinwall, wife of Ebenezer Davis. See tomb z.
Susanna Aspinwall, wife of Lewis Tappan. See tomb g.
| Here lies ye Body of Capt. Samuel Aspinwall Decd Sept. ye 6th 1727 In ye 65th year of His Age |
| Footstone Capt. Samuel Aspinwall |
In 1727, at the age of sixty-five, the Captain was drowned in Charles River, not far from his farm. One can imagine something of the sensation this event must have produced in this thinly settled town; the loss of so prominent a citizen, the search for the body, — the military procession, for he was buried under arms, — the long funeral sermon, probably in the little church then only ten years built, — the vacant seat in the square pew, "in the northwest corner," -- the muffled drums, and the volley fired over the grave.
And how it was doubtless the topic of conversation among neighbors when they met for weeks after, and with what superstitious awe they looked upon the fore-runner or "warning" as they probably considered it, that he should have selected for his morning reading at family devotions the 27th chapter of the Proverbs, beginning, "Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth."
H. F. W., p. 67.
James Edmond bought in 1862, south side, Lots 11 to 19 inclusive, in 1865 he sold Lot 11 to George Brooks, Lot 14 to F. Henry Corey, Lot 15 to D. H. Rogers, Lot 16 to Peter W. Pierce, Lot 17 to Mrs. Abbie Barnet. In 1879 D. H. Rogers sold to Catherine J. Aspinwall, Lot 15, south side (new number 83). Marker only in this lot.
Catherine Jane Aspinwall, dau. of George and Martha (Goode) Aspinwall,
b. 1840 at West Point, Orange County, New York.
mar. Jan. 15, 1880 Charles F. Hunting of Brighton.
d. July 24, 1887, aged 46 yrs. 6 mos.
Charles F. Hunting was a grocer in Brookline, he is now living with his cousin Horace E. Hunting in Stoughton.
(Horace E. Hunting) Mar. 19, 1916.
| John Smith Goode Aspinwall (unmar. bro. of Catherine), b. at West Point, New York, June 26, 1833. d. at Brookline April 16, 1879. |
Marker Brother. Post 143, G. A. R. |
John S. G. Aspinwall (a descendant of Peter Aspinwall) served during the civil war in the United States Navy, enlisted March 8, 1861. Discharged Nov. 27, 1865, as Asst. Eng. on S. S. Minnesota.
Thomas Aspinwall, Brookline.
A great-grandson of the Colonel, and grandson of John, bearing his name, has kept up the military character of the family by good service in the War of the Rebellion, and daily walks our streets bearing trace of rebel shot or shell received in the fight at Hatteras Inlet where he served as engineer of the Minnesota.
H. F. W. p. 69. (dated 1871)
William Aspinwall, Soldier of the Revolution. S. A. R. Marker.
b. May 23, 1743.
d. April 16, 1823.
Susannah Gardner, wife of Dr. Willarm Aspinwall,
b. Feb. 28, 1754.
d. June 2, 1814. Their chn:
Juliana Aspinwall,
b. Dec. 25, 1779.
d. Aug. 20, 1852.
William Aspinwall,
b. Aug. 6, 1784.
d. April 7, 1818.
Augustus Aspinwall,
b. Dec. 14,1787.
d. July 27, 1865.
Martha Babcock Higginson, wife of Augustus Aspinwall,
b. Oct. 15, 1801.
d. March 4, 1833. Their son,
Augustus Aspinwall,
b. Jan. 15, 1859.
d. Sept. 4, 1860.
Thomas Aspinwall. Soldier of the Revolution.
Son of Thomas and Johanna (Gardner) Aspinwall, for whom the Johanna Aspinwall Chapter, D.A.R., was named, was born in Brookline Jan. 15, 1734, died in Brookline Aug. 1, 1799.
He served in the Revolutionary War, and held a Lieutenant-Colonel's commission, and at one time was in command of the fort at Sewall's Point. He married Oct. 4, 1762, Lucy Sparhawk, sister of the wife of his brother Samuel. She was born August 14, 1738, died June 15, 1815.
William Aspinwall. Soldier of the Revolution.
Son of Thomas (Capt. Samuel, Peter), and Johanna (Gardner) Aspinwall, youngest brother of the Revolutionary colonel. Born at Brookline, May 23, 1743; died April 16, 1823. He mar. Susannah, dau. of Capt. Isaac Gardner. He served throughout the Revolution.
"In 1775, Dr. Aspinwall was surgeon at St. Thomas' Hospital in Roxbury. In 1778 we find by his letters to his wife, that he was with the army under General Sullivan in Rhode Island."
H. F. W. p. 72.
"Among the past inhabitants of this town who should be mentioned with distinction and respect, is the late Dr. William Aspinwall, M.D. of H. U. 1764, who spent a long life, as a distinguished physician of this town and vicinity, who was successively Representative, Senator, and Coun. sellor, under the Government of this Commonwealth; who watched over the interests of his native village with vigilance and fidelity; and, who in the times that tried men's souls, amid the political contests, which raged in our land, was greatly instrumental in preserving this people from those disgraceful abuses which prevailed in too many other places. In treating the smallpox, that dangerous and destructive malady, few, if any cotemporaries had more extensive practice, or were more successful."
Dr. Pierce.
"William Aspinwall, M.D., son of Dr. William Aspinwall, H.U. 1804, died a practitioner of medicine, in his native town, aged 34 yrs."
Dr. Pierce.
Col. Thomas Aspinwall, A.M., son of Dr. William, lawyer in Boston, colonel in the army in the last war with England, consul at London, was buried in this tomb and latter removed to Walnut Hills Cemetery.
Bruce, son of Benjamin Bruce, also buried in tomb g.
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