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1795 - 1799 Record of Deaths - St. John's Church
Town of Portsmouth
Rockingham County, New Hampshire


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1795 Deaths

July 8 - David Shackford WELSH, aged 23.

Sept. 2 - Elizabeth WENTWORTH, infant of Capt. John WARDROBE & wife.

Oct. 4 - Capt. Albert DENNIE, aged 47.

Dec. 29 - Miss Elizabeth COOK, aged 54.


1796 Deaths

Feb. 17 - Mrs. Mary LOUD, aged 54, wife of Thoms LOUD.

Feb. 18 - Mrs. DIMPSEY, aged 56, wife of Mr. Edward DIMPSEY.

Apr. 23 - Elizabeth THOMPSON, aged 5 years, daughter of Col. Thoms THOMPSON & wife.

Aug. 7 - A child, unbaptized, aged 5 months, of Mr. Tobias HERRALD.

Aug. 16 - A child, unbaptized, aged 4 years, he was the son of Mr. Saml SHERRIFF.

Sept. 6 - Patrick TRACY, aged 1 year, son of Amos PAUL & wife.

Sept. 15 - Benjamin, aged 12 years, son of Saml SHERRIFF & wife.

Nov. 3 - Hepsebeth, aged 4 years, daughter of Mr. John COX & wife.

Nov. 6 - Mr. Edward DIMPSEY, aged 65.

Nov. 13 - Saml MARSHALL, aged 15 months, son of Capt. William MESERVE & wife.

Nov. 29 - Peter BURKE, aged 34 years, from New York.

Dec. 24 - Elizabeth, aged 18 months, daughter of Peter & Eliza DURRIL.


1797 Deaths

Jan. 10 - Mr. John GARDNER, aged 81.

Jan. 28 - Widow Elizabeth HAYES, aged 41, sister of Major Gardner.

Feb. 23 - Widow Margaret LANERKIN, aged 75 years

Apr. 3 - John, aged 4 years, son of Capt. John SEAWARD & wife.

Apr. 20 - Mary, aged 6 years, daughter of James ROACH & wife.

Apr. 27 - Mr. Peter DURRIL, aged 35.

May 19 - A Child, few days old, unbaptized, of Saml. LARKIN & wife.

May 31 - Aaron, aged 2 years, son of Aaron RANDALL & wife.

July 5 - John, infant of John HARRIOT & wife.

July 17 - Mrs. Mary MANAN, aged 47, wife of Philip MANAN.

July 22 - William GARDNER, aged 6 years, son of Mrs. Paul.

Sept. 2 - Joseph, aged 3 years, son of Mr. Joseph CHAMPNEY & wife.

Sept. 10 - Widow ---- HALEY from the Workhouse, aged 80.

Sept. 21 - Mary, aged 2 years, daughter of Mr. John NELSON & wife.

Oct. 2 - Mr. John STAVERS, aged 84 years. While riding out with his daughter, Mrs. APPLETON, his horse was frighted, the carriage upset and he was killed.

Nov. 4 - Elizabeth Mary, aged 1 year, daughter of Thomas G. MORRIS & wife.

Nov. 7 - Abigail, aged 10 years, daughter of John HALEY & wife.

Nov. 4 - Capt. Giles SEAWARD, aged 81 years.

Nov. 22 - Joshua, infant son of Mrs. JAMBRILL.

Dec. 18 - Mr. Stephen HARDY, aged 66.


1798 Deaths

Mar. 3 - Mr. George HOW, aged 66.

July 27 - Thomas GRANT, aged 44.

Aug. 4 - John, aged 6 months, child of Capt. Gilbert HORNEY & wife.

Aug. 23 - Samuel, aged 9 years, son of Mr. Saml. FURNALD & wife.

Aug. 24 - Miss Betsy NOBLE, aged 20 years.

Aug. 25 - Widow ---- NOBLE, aged 60, mother of the above.

Aug. 25 - Miss Mary NOBLE, aged 29, daughter of ye above.

Sept. 23 - Lucy, Infant daughter of Dennis and Mary CARTER.

Sept. 7 - Betsy NELSON, aged 10 years, daughter of Mr. John NELSON & wife.

Nov. 5 - Elizabeth TURNER, aged 6 months and 11 days, died Nov. 3, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth WILLARD.

Nov. 7 - Michael FOWLER, aged 63 years.

Dec. 6 - His Excellency Stephen DELANCY, Governor of Tobago, who died the night after his arrival in the harbor of this town, aged 50 years.

Oct. - Mr. Peter CLARKE, aged 38 years, merchant in West Indies.

Dec. 15 - Miss Elizabeth CLARKE, aged 16 years, the only daughter of Jonathan CLARK, Esq., Merchant. She died on Dec. 12.


1799 Deaths

Jan. 27 - Miss Ann RIMES, aged 76 years.

Apr. 13 - Mrs. Catherine Elizabeth ROUSSELET, aged 35, wife of N. ROUSSELET, Esq.

Apr. 18 - Mr. Philip PENDEXTER, aged 79.

Apr. 26 - Capt. Timothy MOUNTFORD, aged 68 years.

May 3 - Miss Esther MESERVE, aged 37 years, the youngest daughter of George MESERVE, Esq., formerly collector of this port.

July 26 - Caroline SHERBURNE, aged 9 years, daughter of Coln. Samuel SHERBURNE & wife.

July 28 - Charles, aged 3 weeks, infant of Capt. John WARDROBE & wife.

Aug. 20 - Mr. James YEATS, aged 84 years, from the workhouse.

July 7 - Mr. Augustus WILLARD A. M. died in the West Indies, Kingston Jamaica. He was in the 23d year of his age and was the oldest son of Rev. Joseph Willard, D. D., President of Harvard University.

Sept. 10 - Mr. Abraham SEAWARD, aged 30 years.

Oct. 1 - Mrs. Sarah SHEAFE, aged 40 years, wife of the Hon. James SHEAFE, Esq. and last remaining child of the late George MESERVE, Esq., formerly collector of this fort.

Oct. 26 - William TAYLOR, aged 33 years, a native of England and a private aboard the United States Frigate the Congress.

Oct. 28 - Mrs. Hannah MOULTON, aged 31, wife of Capt. John Watts MOULTON, died in childbed on the morning of the 26th.

Nov. 20 - Mary, aged two years, child of William and Mary BURROWS.

Dec. 8 - Widow Lovy LOUDEN, aged 55, died on ye 7th inst.