Excerpted from The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850, published by W. J. Coulter, Printer, Courant Office, Clinton, Massachusetts 1890; "The Chocksett Precinct Burial Ground 1736-1781"; pg. 417.
Excerpted from The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850, published by W. J. Coulter, Printer, Courant Office, Clinton, Massachusetts 1890; "The Chocksett Precinct Burial Ground 1736-1781"; pg. 417.
Inscription
Dinah Daur.
of Mr. Ezra &
Mrs. Dinah
Houghton
who Died
October ye 17th
1756, Aged
7 Years 3 Mon-
ths & 4 Days.
Gravesite Details
In 1756 Chocksett was ravaged by an endemic dysentery, sungularly fatal in its attacks. With two months more than one-twentieth of the population dies.
Family Members
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