Nathan Patch was born in Ipswich, MA to John Patch and Mercy Potter on April 8, 1735 and baptized on October 5, 1735. He was the seventh of their nine children. He filed intentions to marry Hannah Whipple on December 14, 1756 and they were married soon after. They had two sons: Henry born in 1757 and baptized in neighboring Danvers, and Joseph born around 1759. Hannah died giving birth to Joseph, but the boy survived. The following year Nathan married Eunice Adams of Worce

Photos of the William McFarland house taken by Harriette Merrifield Forbes William McFarland was baptized in Marblehead, MA on July 19, 1722, and was the oldest surviving of his parents' eight children. His parents, John and Margaret, were "Scots-Irish" (Presbyterians) and had come to the Worcester area to settle in the late 1720s. Their land was located in the northeast part of Worcester on what is now Salisbury Street in the area near Assumption College. In 1740 the old

Clark was the third of four children born to John and Dorothy (Paine) Chandler in Worcester, MA. He and his twin brother Gardner were born on December 1, 1743. Sadly, Gardner died only two weeks later on December 16. In 1745 his mother died a week after giving birth to his sister Elizabeth, leaving his grieving father to take care of three very young children, the oldest, John, being only three. In 1746 his father married Mary Church. They would go on to have twelve child

In Memory of Mrs. Rhodea Stone Consort of Mr. Simon Stone She died April 9th, 1800 In the 33d year of her age.