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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 10: civil History. (search)
0 Females,8 — 18 Whites,15 Blacks,3 — 18. 1763. Causes of death, etc. Accidental,2 Cancer,2 Consumption,1 Dropsy,3 Fit, (suddenly)2 Infancy,9 Palsy,1 — 20 Males,10 Females,10 — 20 Whites,17 Blacks,3 — 20. In the Boston News Letter, November 30, 1764, is a reference to a custom then recently introduced, but unwisely abandoned afterwards. On Monday the 19th instant died at Cambridge, in the 78th year of her age Mrs. Hannah Burrill, relict of the late Hon. Theophilus Burrill Esq., and sister to the Rev. Mr. President Holyoke, at whose house she had for some time past resided. She was a gentlewoman of a virtuous disposition, and possessed of many amiable qualities. Her remains were interred the Thursday following, without the expense of mourning apparel, agreeable to the laudable method now practised in Boston. As this is the first example of the kind in that town, and introduced by a gentleman of so worthy and respectable a character, we doubt not