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 Deacons helped...

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 Hoyle was a cutter...

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 Norwood’s oldest...