Rev Samuel Porter (1709-1758) - Find a Grave Memorial

Rev Samuel Porter

Birth

2 Dec 1709

Death

16 Sep 1758 (aged 48)

Burial

Sherborn Center Cemetery

Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Show Map

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married Mary Coolidge October 10, 1735 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Father: Samuel Porter b. 25 May 1685 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts d. 16 Nov 1748 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Mother: Anna Colton b. 27 Dec 1680 in Longmeadow, Massachusetts d. 11 May 1761 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Education: Harvard University - 1730
Ordained 23 Oct 1734, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Occupation: minister
Originator of the Porter apple

[biographical information provided by Richard Rhode]

Inscription

Sub hoc Marmore Reliquiae sunt depositae Reverendi SAMUELIS PORTER, Viri propter agiles mentis facultates insignis; pro Pietate et Prudentia, pro Benevolentia morumque comitate conspicui; Praeconis Evangelii ardentis; ornamenti Doctrinae effulgentisque Exemplaris Christi Vitae; Pastoris vigilantissimi et benignissimi Ecclesiae apud Sherbourn per annos viginti quatuor. Eruditione quoque humana sacraque Theologia versati, sociisque affectionibus et Virtutibus maxime proediti et ornati, qui ad Regiones coelestes ab hac Vita transivit, decimo sexto Die Septembris, A. D. 1758, AEtat. 49

Translation:
Beneath this stone are deposited the remains of the Reverend SAMUEL PORTER; a man distinguished for active powers of mind; conspicuous for piety and prudence, for benevolence and courtesy of manners; a zealous preacher of the gospel; an ornament of the doctrine and a shining example of the life of Christ; a most watchful and affectionate pastor of the church at Sherbourn, during twenty four years. He was also well versed in human learning and sacred Theology, and distinguishingly endowed and adorned with social affections and virtues. He passed from this life to the heavenly regions, September 16, 1758, in the 49th year of his age.
(History of Shelburne, 1830 Ed.)