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[258] 2. Zechariah, s. of Abraham (1), d. (10) 11 Mar. 1768, a. 60 (g. s.). Rebecca, W. of Zechariah, was adm. Pct. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. She was Rebecca, dau. of Dea. John Cutter—see Cutter (par. 3). Their dau. Sarah, m. William Adams, 14 June, 1750; their son Abraham, m. Susanna Wellington, 16 Feb. 1758; Zechariah, m. Rebecca Wellington (Paige, 683); John, m. Dorcas Bowes, 1 Aug. 1765; Samuel b. 30 Mar., was bap. 5 Apr. 1741; William, b. 8, bap. 16 Oct. 1743; Rebecca, b. 25, bap. 27 Oct. 1745, m. John Cutter, 3d, 24 Jan. 1765—Cutter (par. 38); Lydia, b. 3 Dec. 1747, bap.———, 1747, m. George Prentice, 21 June, 1770; Susanna, b. 23 Feb., bap. 4 Mar. 1750, m. Thomas Francis, of Charlestown, 11 July, 1771; Mary, b. and bap. 7 June, 1752, m. Stephen Hall, 4th, of Medford, 12 July, 1770; Deborah, b. 16, bap. 18 July, 1756, m. Nehemiah Cutter, Jr., 30 Oct. 1781—Cutter (par. 44). See Wyman, 501. Mrs. Rebecca, the mother, m. Capt. Samuel Carter, of Woburn, 11 Dec. 1770. Her gravestone (1797, a. 84) says she was mother of 11 children, grandmother of 103, great-grandmother of 150, and of the fourth generation had 134. She was adm. to Camb. ch., before marriage, 11 Jan. 1730. Zechariah Hill was a Pct. committeeman, 1750, 1751; Pct. assessor, 1746, 1750, 1751. 3. Nathaniel, d. 28 May, 1761, a. 75. Paige, 582, &c. [Mar-Tha] his wife, d. 18 Nov. 1752. His son Gregory was adm. Pct. ch. 23 Sept. 1750, and d. of dysentery 21 Aug. 1778, a. 54; Martha, dau. of Nathaniel, d. 12 Nov. 1749; Sarah, another dau., was adm. Pct. ch. 28 Jan. 1753, d. unm. 22 Feb. 1814, a. 83; Daniel. 4. Abraham, s. of Zechariah (2), had Abraham, (b. 6) bap. 17 Dec. 1758 (Abraham the father o. c. Pct. ch. 17 Dec. 1758); Susanna, b. 10, bap. 13 July, 1760, m. John Frost, Jr., 21 Nov. 1780; Thomas, b. 25, bap. 27 June, 17621; Rhoda, b. 1, bap. 8 Jan. 1764, m. Samuel Kent, 20 June, 1782; Isaac, b. 9, bap. 11 May, 1766; Chary (al. Cherry ), b. 16, bap. 18 Oct, 1767, m. Gershom Swan—see Swan (par. 16); Sarah, b. 26 June, bap. 2 July, 1769, m. Thomas Rand of Chas. (19 Dec. 1786). Abraham the father d. 16 Dec. 1812, a. 79. He was a soldier of the French War, and also of the Revolution. (See Wyman, 501.) 5. Zechariah, s. of Zechariah (2), adm. Pct. ch. 16 Oct. 1763. Had Rebecca (b. 15 Apr. 1757), m. Samuel Cutter, Jr., of Chas., 30 Sept. 1780—Cutter (par. 30); Zechariah (b. 8), bap. 10 June, 1759; Sarah (b. 14), bap. 15 Feb. 1761, m. Seth Frost, 20 Nov. 1781; Bette, b. 19, bap. 23 Jan. 1763, m. Jonathan Perry, 29 June, 1780; Mary, b. 15, bap. 20 Jan. 1765; Love, b. 6, bap. 7 Feb. 1767, (m. Samuel
1 The following epitaph is from a stone in the old burying-ground:—
‘In memory of Thomas Hill, who was born in the precinct called Menotomy, now the Town of West Cambridge, and died there July 8, 1851, aged 89 years. He was a brave and faithful soldier of the Revolution, and the last Revolutionary pensioner of the Town. He lived esteemed, and died surrounded by pleasant memories among all that knew him; by some of whom this monument has been placed over his ashes, Nov. 1, 1851.’
Boston: David Clapp and son. 564 Washington Street, 1880.
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