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Ellis Fuller (1788-1857) Lucy Gay Fuller (1792-1868) Ellis Fuller was born in 1788 to Eliphalet and Elenor Ellis Fuller. He was one of four children. On August 1, 1815, Ellis married Lucy Gay of Salisbury. She was born on July 30, 1792. The couple had two children: William Ellis Fuller (1816-1886), and Alvin Fuller (1821-1905). Following in the footsteps of his father, Ellis Fuller was a farmer. He was also elected to Dedham’s Board of Selectmen in 1833 and served for 7

Lot 89 John Tyler Bragdon (1810-1875) Julia Ann Pomeroy Bragdon (1819-1891) John Montgomery Bragdon (1840-1904) Annie Bragdon (1858-1877) John Tyler Bragdon was born in Maine in 1810. On November 27, 1838, he married Julia Ann Pomeroy who was born in 1819. The couple had eight children: John M., Frederick (who died in infancy), William (who died at 2 years of age), Frederick William (who passed away at 3 years of age), Lydia, Everett (who died at 2), Annie, and Emma. Jo

Joel Morse was born n March 5, 1785, one of ten children born to Seth Morse, Jr. (1753-1801) and Mary Dean Morse (1754-1842) (lot 175-176). As a young man, Joel’s father, Seth Morse, Jr. answered the militia call on April 19, 1775 on the day of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. Sometime in 1813, Joel Morse married Azubah Hodges, who was born in New Hampshire. They had two sons: Joel (1815-1877) and Mark (1820-1885); Joel moved to Medfield, Mark to Norton. Joel Morse di

Lot 166, 167 Captain William Everett (1757-1802) Sarah Blackman Everett (1761-1802) William Everett Jr. was born on May 5, 1757 in Dedham. His parents were William Everett (lot 169) and Sarah Clapp Everett (lot 171). On July 30, 1785, William Everett married Sarah Blackman who had been born in Stoughton on August 15, 1761. Her parents were Adam and Mary Blackman. William and Sarah Blackman Everett had nine children: Joel (lot 165), Betsey (lot 168), Ira, Oliver (lot 17

Eliphalet Fales, Jr. (1743-1825) Abigail Everett Fales (1742-1777) Milley (Melitiah) Fales (1772-1786) Eliphalet Fales, Jr. (1743-1825) was born on November 3, 1743. He was the son of Eliphalet Fales and Abigail Everett Fales. Eliphalet Fales Jr. was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. Around 1770, Fales married Abigail Everett, the daughter of Edward Everett and Mary Allen Everett. Abigail was born on March 9, 1742. The couple had three children: Milley, born in 1772; Ab

Childbirth in early America was a difficult and sometimes dangerous experience for women. Records indicated that between 1 percent and 1.5 percent of all births ended in the mother’s death as a result of exhaustion, dehydration, infection, hemorrhage, or convulsions. Since the typical mother gave birth to between five and eight children, her lifetime chances of dying in childbirth ran as high as 1 in 8. Death was sufficiently common that many women regarded pregnancy with dre

Ellen A. Pond (1845-1919) Ellen Augusta Pond was born on May 7, 1845 in South Dedham. She was the daughter and only child of John C. Pond (1814-1906) and Mary E. Lewis Pond (1818-1896). According to a friend’s diary, in February of 1880, Ellen was hospitalized and her foot amputated; she returned home on May 6, 1880. The 1880 Census also makes note of her disability. She did not work outside the home. After the deaths of her parents, Ellen boarded in various homes, chiefl

Royal Ellis (1771-1840) Betsey Morse Ellis (1782-1878) Isaac Newton Ellis (1810-1893) David M. Ellis (1821-1898) Royal Ellis was born on March 15, 1771. His parents were William Ellis and Olive Fairbanks Ellis. On April 29, 1807 Royal Ellis married Betsey Morse, who was born in 1782 in Walpole. She was the daughter of David and Sybil Morse. Royal and Betsey Ellis had three children: Isaac Newton Ellis, born November 26, 1810; Roxa Ellis, born on August 14, 1813; and David

William Dean (1751-1824) Olive Lewis Dean (1763-1851) Born on August 23, 1751, William Dean was the son of Benjamin Dean (1717-1810) and Mary Withington Dean (1729-1803) (lots 140, 141). William Dean was a Revolutionary War veteran. At the alarm of April 19, 1775, he served for 13 days. He was also called in October of 1775 and served at Fort No. 2 in the Boston area. On October 25, 1786, he married Olive Lewis, the daughter of Nathaniel Lewis Jr. (1731-1790) and Experi

Hannah Dean Fairbanks (1770-1842) Hannah Dean was born on February 11, 1770. She was the daughter of John Dean and Mary Morse Dean. On January 21, 1790, Hannah Dean married Benjamin Fairbanks, Jr., the son of Benjamin (lot 208) and Abigail Ellis Fairbanks (lot 207). The couple had three children: Abigail, Willard, and Mary. Their eldest child, Abigail, was born in 1791. Known as “Nabby,” she married Isaac Ellis (1790-1844), a paper maker. He was the son of Oliver Elli

Eighteenth Century Deacons of the Church of Christ, Dedham, Second or South Parish Within the confines of Old Parish Cemetery are the gravestones of three men who became Deacons of the South Parish in the eighteenth century, John Everett, Ezra Morse and Ebenezer Everett. Deacons were elected by their peers; they were typically older men who were well-known and respected for their honesty and faith. Although the pastor was unquestionably the leader of the congregation, the

Mark C. Hoyle (1814-1876) Sarah E. Belknap Hoyle (1818-1876) Mark C. Hoyle was born in England on April 25, 1814. When he arrived in America is unknown. In 1840, he married Sarah E. Belknap. They had at least three children: Clara Belknap Hoyle (1841-1925) who married Francis Everett; Maria Hoyle (1842-1906) who married George Willard Gay; and Raphael Hoyle (1854-1903) who worked at the tannery. Ancestral chart of Mark Hoyle & Sarah Belknap Holye compiled in 1941 Mark Ho

John Ellis (1820-1899) Louisa S. Pond Ellis (1826-1917) Emma M. Ellis (1850-1901) John Ellis was born in South Dedham on February 3, 1820. His parents were Paul and Sally Ellis. He married Louisa Pond, the daughter of Captain Daniel Pond and Catherine Smith Pond of Wrentham. Louisa Pond Ellis had been born on January 18, 1826. John Ellis was a paper manufacturer like his father and also kept a small farm at the family home on Walpole Street. The Ellis family was one of N

Sarah Ann Johnson (1827-1829) Sarah Ann Johnson was born on May 12, 1827 in Dedham. Her parents, Comfort H. Johnson and Susan Loring Johnson were the parents of eight children including twin sons John Adams Johnson and George Washington Johnson, born on November 1, 1822. It appears that the family moved frequently between South Dedham, Walpole, and Dover. They were living in South Dedham on October 4, 1829 when their little girl, Sarah Ann Johnson, died at the age of 2. H

March 4, 1776: The 250 th Anniversary of Dorchester Heights Among those hardy souls who answered the alarm on March 4, 1776 were several men from the South Parish of Dedham. After the skirmish at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, and the Battle of Bunker Hill (actually Breed’s Hill) in June, British troops settled in Boston where they remained under siege, awaiting reinforcements. It was up to George Washington to break the stalemate. An outright attack was not feas

William S. Gay (1813-1892) Betsey Harlow Gay (1815-1887) Henry W. Gay (1836-1837) William S. Gay was born in 1813 in Dorchester. On December 2, 1835, he married Betsey Harlow of Sharon. The couple had two sons. Henry W. Gay was born in 1836 and died a year later in 1837. Their second child, William Harlow Gay was born in June of 1840 in South Dedham. He lived to adulthood and served in the Civil War. Gay was a cabinetmaker by trade but for many years worked for Ellis D. Dra

Herbert A. Corbett (1859-1903) Herbert Andrew Corbett was born on November 24, 1859 in South Dedham. He was the son of David H. Corbett and Sarah P. McIntosh Corbett. David was born in Nova Scotia, Sarah in Stoughton. In 1887, Herbert Corbett married Stella Augusta Gay who was born in Dedham on February 21, 1864. She was the daughter of Jarvis Gay Jr. and his wife Martha Kendall Gay. The couple had one child who died in infancy. That child was interred in the Gay family l

Jesse Morse (1788-1861) Clarissa Guild Morse (1792-1854) Jesse Morse was born on August 14, 1788, one of ten children born to Seth Morse, Jr. (1753-1801) and Mary Dean Morse (1754-1842) (lot 175, 176). As a young man, Jesse’s father, Seth Morse, Jr. answered the militia call on April 19, 1775 on the day of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. On August 12, 1815, Jesse Morse married Clarissa Guild who had been born on June 23, 1792. Clarissa was the daughter of Joel Guild

Benjamin Franklin Fairbanks (1806-1874) Priscilla D. Cushman Fairbanks (1808-1893) Benjamin Franklin Fairbanks was born in March of 1806 in Dedham. He was the son of Abijah Fairbanks and Lavina Fairbanks (lot 25). On October 21, 1827, Benjamin Fairbanks married Priscilla D. Cushman, who was born on November 23, 1808 in Kingston. Her parents were Daniel and Priscilla Bassett Cushman. Between the years 1832 and 1848, Benjamin and Priscilla had eight children: Elizabeth, M

George Lewis Stone (1862-1899) Born on March 9, 1862, George Lewis Stone was the son of Lewis G. Stone and his first wife, Mary Lewis Fairbanks Stone. His father was born in Maine, served in the Civil War and was discharged with a disability in 1862. Following his service, Lewis Stone worked at the Railroad Car Shops in South Dedham and the family lived with George’s grandmother, Priscilla Cushman Fairbanks, who ran a boardinghouse. Mary Fairbanks Stone died in 1881 and wa