Deaths Reported in the Boston Recorder and Telegraph , 1827 and 1828

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The Boston Recorder and Telegraph was a non-denominational religious weekly edited by Nathaniel Willis and Asa Rand. In 1948 Elizabeth Hayward of Ridgewood, New Jersey, copied all of the death notices — whether in a news item or an obituary column — that appeared in this newspaper in the years 1827 and 1828. The compiler notes in the introduction that "death dates were rarely given in the obituary notices, and from those scattered instances in which they were printed it appears that the interval between the event and its reporting varied from a few days to as much as three years. In general, the time interval varied directly in proportion to the distance from Boston. It should be noted that the date given at the close of each entry is the date of publication, not the date of death." She goes on to say that "the large number of deaths reported outside of Boston may be due to the fact that the periodical's editors were in correspondence with clergymen all over the world. The list has no geographical limits, for deaths are chronicled in all 26 of the then-existing states, in Canada, at sea and abroad." Service in the Revolutionary War is indicated by an asterisk (*).
The original transcription is kept in the R. Stanton Avery Collections at NEHGS, call numbers MS 35/34 (1827) and MS 35/35 (1828).

Jan. 12, 1827 WHITING, Spencer, M. D., 21, son of the late Spencer of Hartford, Conn., d. at Castleton, Vt.

Jan. 26, 1827 TOWER, Isaac, 75, formerly of Cohasset, Mass., d. Ja. 5 at Springfield, Vt.

Jan. 26, 1827 WOODWARD, Mrs. Lucinda, wife of David and dau. of Col. Asahel Washburn of Montpelier, Vt., d. No. 13, 1826 at Tekhundah, a mssny. station among the Indians.

Feb. 9, 1827 WISWELL, Mrs. Susannah, 100, wid., d. at Townsend, Vt.

Feb. 16, 1827 SMITH, Mrs. Jemima, 46, wife of Col. Abner, formerly of Leicester, Vt., d. at Boston.

Feb. 23, 1827 ADAMS, William, 76, formerly of Enfield, d. at New-Salem. Vt. and O. ed- itors requested to copy.

Mar. 2, 1827 BRADBURY, Mrs. Hannah, 47, wife of Francis, d. at Vergennes, Vt.

Mar. 30, 1827 WOODWARD, Mrs. Sarah, wife of Rev. James W. of Brownington, formerly of Norwich, Vt., d. at Norwich.

Mar. 9, 1827 WHEELER, Mary, 19, dau. of John B., Esq., of Orford, N. H., d. at Royal- ton, Vt.

Apr. 6, 1827 CARPENTER, Mrs. Sophronia, 41, wife of William and dau. of the late Ebenezer Seaver of Taunton, d. Mr. 18 at Chelsea, Vt.

Apr. 13, 1827 BESSY, --, 11, son of Anthony, was accidentally shot by his bro., 9, Mr. 26 or 25 at Enosburgh, Vt.

Apr. 13, 1827 DAVIS, Eli Smith, 36, of Salem, formerly of Guilford, Vt., d. at Charles- town.

Apr.13, 1827 --, --, a pauper, drowned in a brook, Mr. 28, at Bakersfield, Vt.

May. 18, 1827 BRAINERD, Mrs. Parthenia, wife of Rev. Elijah formerly of Vt., now principal of the Female Academy, Warrenton, N. C., d. at Warren- ton.

May. 18, 1827 CLARK, Rev. Samuel, 44, formerly pastor of the 1st Cong. ch. at Burling- ton, Vt., where he d.

SPOONER, Alden, d. at Windsor, Vt.

May. 25, 1827 DARLING, Dennison, 53, native of Vt., d. at Mobile.

Jul. 13, 1827 CLEMENT, Dea. Jonathan, 81, d. at Sutton, Vt.

Jul. 20, 1827 WARREN, Josiah, committed suicide Je. 20 at Montpelier, Vt. He left a wife and 8 or 10 ch. News item.

Aug. 3, and 10, Oc. 12, 1827 CHAPIN, Rev. Walter, 48, author of "Missionary Gazeteer;" editor of "a small religious paper" which was discontinued in 1824; officer of the Vt. Domestic Missionary Soc.; pastor of the Cong. ch. in the North parish of Woodstock, Vt., d. there Jl. 22, leaving a wid. and 8 ch., the oldest aged 14.

Aug. 31,1827 BABBIT, Mrs. --, wife of a minister, d. at Whiting, Vt.

Sep. 14, 1827 MEAD, S., of Middlesex, killed Ag. 27 "by the caving of a bank" at Montpelier, Vt.

Sep. 14, 1827 WELLS, Rev. William, D. D., 83, d. at Brattleborough, Vt. De. 21. * WENTWORTH, Samuel, 70, d. at Canton.

Oct. 26, 1827 MILLER, Mrs. --, wife of Jabez, d. suddenly at Westminster, Vt. Obit.

Oct. 26, 1827 BAXTER, Hon. Wm., 50, d. at Brownington, Vt.

Nov. 9, 1827 CHENEY, Mr. --, of Hollis, Vt., met an accidental death at Groton

Nov. 16, 1827 BURGE, Mrs. Jerusha H., 35, wife of Rev. Caleb, formerly of Brattlebor- ough, Vt., and dau. of Rev. William Hall of Grafton, Vt., d. Oc. 25 at Utica, N. Y.

Dec. 7, 1827 BRACKET, Lemual, 76, d. at Greenland, Vt.

Dec. 7, 1827 HUNTER, Hon. Wm., 75, d. at Windsor, Vt.

Jan. 4, 1828 FITCH, Rev. John, 57, d. at Guildhall, Vt.

Jan. 4 and 11 1828 FISK, Rev. Pliny, A. M., b. Je. 24, 1792 at Shelburne, Mass., d. Oc. 23, 1825 at Beyroot. He grad. from Middlebury Coll. 1814; preached at Wilmington, Vt. 1815; was a mesny. in Turkey, Egypt, Malta, Pales- tine and Syria, 1820-5. &.

Jan. 11, 1828 JOHNSON, William, Englishman, d. at Westminster, Vt.

Jan. 11, 1828 SABIN, Hon. Noah, 77, d. at Putney, Vt.

Ja.18 & Feb. 1, 1828 CASE, Beriah, d. at Lempster, N. H., en route from Boston to Vt.

Feb. 15, 1828 SCOTT, Ann Lovina, 16, of Sandgate, Vt., pupil in the Asylum for the Educ. of the Deaf and Dumb, d. at Hartford, Conn.

Feb. 22, 1828 BELMONT, Mrs. Eveline, 22, d. at Whiting, Vt.

Mar. 7, 1828 EAMES,William, 31, son of Jeremiah, above, and a merchant of Wells river, Newbury, Vt., d. No. 20, 1827 at Charlestown, Mass.

Mar. 21, 1828 SWIFT, Mrs. Mary Ann, 78, wid. of Rev. Job, D. D., of Bennington, d. at Addison, Vt.

Apr. 4, 1828 BANOROFT, Benj., 78, native of Groton, Mass. and formerly of Rindge, N. H., d. at Grafton, Vt.

Apr. 25, 1828 LOVE, Mrs. --, wife of George, accidentally wounded by her husb., d. Mr. 18 at Barre, Orleans co., Vt. She left 3 chn.

Ap. 25, May, 23 and Ag, 8, 1828 BURR, Joseph, Esq., of Manchester, Vt., d. leaving $10,000 to Mid- dlebury Coll. and $85,000 to other institutions.

May. 23, 1828 LAWRENCE, James, of Middlesex, Vt., accidentally shot himself, Ap. 25. He left a wife and 3 chn.

May. 30, 1828 HAND, Mrs. Agnes Hunsdon, 26, wife of Rev. R. C. of Governeur, N. Y., d. at Shoreham, Vt.

Jul. 11, 1828 * BAILEY, Richard, 82, d. at Berlin, Vt.

Jul. 18, 1828 * TUPPER, Darius, 76, d. at Middlebury, Vt.

Jul. 18, 1828 WARNER, Capt. John, 80, d. at Londonderry, Vt.

Jul. 25, 1828 --, --, blacksmith, drowned "a few wks. ago" in a freshet at Ben- nington, Vt.

Jul. 25, 1828 GLEZEN, David, killed by Ezekiel Odell, who then attempted suicide, at Manchester, Vt.

Jul. 25, 1828 HARVARD, Seymour, d. of a blow from a crutch in the hands of William Blake, schoolmaster, in Vt. Blake was acquitted.

Aug. 15, 1828 JONES, Dea. John, 84, son of Abraham (above), d. Je. 6 at Busti, N. Y. Residences: Milford, Orange, Milford again, Wardsborough, Vt. His youngest sons, twins, now (1828) residents of Carroll, were the 1st chn. b. in Wardsborough.

Sep. 26, 1828 DRURY, Henry, 4 1/2 mos., son of Rev. Amos, d. at Rutland, Vt. He and his twin bro. Horace d. on successive days.

Sep. 26, 1828 DRURY, Horace, 4 1/2 mos., son of Rev. Amos and twin of Henry, above, d. at Rutland, Vt.

Sep. 26, 1828 EMERSON, George, 20, son of Elisha of Norwich, Vt., drowned Sp. 5 in the Conn. river near Barnet, Vt.

Sep. 26, 1828 HEMMENWAY, Caleb, 31, grad. of Middlebury Coll., d. Sp. 12 at Bridport, Vt.

Oct. 10, 1828 WASHBURN, Seth C., 17, of Randolph, Vt., d. Sp. 26 at the Am. Asylum for the Educ. of the Deaf and Dumb, Hartford, where he was a pupil.

Oct. 24, 1828 MORRIS, Maj. Lewis O., 32, of Springfield, Vt., d. at Boston.

Nov. 7, 1828 MORGAN, Rev. Asaph, 53, of Essex, Vt., and a minister over 23 yrs., d. at St. Albans, Vt.

Nov. 14, 1828 MARSH, Mrs. Lucia, 31, wife of Rev. James, pres. of the Univ. of Vt., and dau. of James Wheelock, Esq., of Hanover, N. H., d. Ag. 11 at Burl- ington, Vt. & Ag. 29 and

Nov. 21, 1828 NILES, Hon. Nathaniel, 86, former memb. of Congress from Vt., d. at W. Fairlee, Vt.

Nov. 28, 1828 GOLDSBURY, John, 89, d. at Barre, Vt. He was with Gen. Wolfe at Que- bec, 1769.

Nov. 28, 1828 PAYSON, Hon. Moses P., 57, d. Oc. 30 at Bath, N. H. He left a wife and 5 chn. Grad. and trustee of Dartmouth Coll.; many yrs. pres. of Grafton Bank; memb. of N. H. legislature; for several yrs. "2d of- ficer in the State govt."

Dec. 11, 1828 PRIME, Jewett, 32, ed. of "Cleaveland Herald" and a native of N. H., al- so a former resident of Windsor, Vt., d. at Cleaveland.

Dec. 25, 1828 COLE, Hezekiah, formerly of Pa., d. His wid., Bathsheba of Pownal, Vt., sought inf. of their chn.: Daniel, David, Polly, Juliana and Julia, from whom she had not heard for 13 yrs.

Dec. 25, 1828 FAY, Mrs. Mary, wid. of Hon. David, d. at Bennington, Vt.