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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 10: civil History. (search)
24 June 1740: both of the distemper called the throat distemper. Memorials are found in the burial-place, of Mrs. Margaret Holyoke, wife to the Revd. Mr. Edward Holyoke, President of Harvard College, who died June 25, 1740, aged 39; and of William Holyoke, their youngest son, who died June 23, 1740, aged nearly three years. Similar memorials are found of two children of Mr. Ebenezer Stedman,—Martha, who died June 23, 1740, aged 4 years; and Sarah, who died June 24, 1740, aged nearly 6 years. ng the cloaths,3190 To two gallons of wine, 30s., a dozen of pipes, and 2 papers of tobacco, 5s.1150 To cash paid for bricks, and bricking the grave,1100 To stones to cover the grave,0100 This bill was allowed by the judge, though the estate was soon afterwards rendered insolvent. The Belcher estate was large, and might easily afford the outlay. It is to be regretted that the efforts made by President Holyoke and others to abolish such extravagant and useless customs were ineffectual