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. 416.
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. 416.
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF
ELIJAH BURPE
SON OF Mr.
NATHAN BURPE
& Mrs. AZUBAH HIS
WIFE, DIED SEPt. 20th,
1756. AGED 3
MONTHS & 10 Ds.
Gravesite Details
In 1756 Chocksett was ravaged by an endemic dysentery, singularly fatal in its attacks. Within two months more than one-twentieth of the population died.
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