Sarah HEYWOOD

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Name:
The Brooks children, Noah, Seth, Rebeckah, Abner, Dorothy and their mother Sarah, are recorded as having died in August and September 1747 Townsend, Mass. (228) This appears correct. The headstones give their death date as 1748 Townsend, Mass. (347? 48) Even though the chiseled words are very rustic, the 1748 is clear. The mother?s headstone is not rustic, also recording 1748. I [townsendburial] believe that the 1747 date is correct. Contributor Barbara Webster found there was a measles epidemic at this time throughout the colonies. This may have been the cause of so many deaths in one family. The headstones of the children are very rustic with chiseled words. I'm sure those headstones were done later. The tragedy of so many deaths clouded the memory of the year.
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Source: townsendburial (#47629974)
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The data above can be confirmed in the "Vital Records of Townsend, MA" Transcribed & Edited by Henry C. Hallowell ISBN 0-88082-030-6

Her birth is recorded January 18, 1701, Concord, Massachusetts (page 50 of published vital records), the daughter of Deacon John Heywood and Sarah (Blodgett) Heywood. Her maiden name is spelled Heywood on birth record and is spelled Haywood on the marriage record Dec. 29, 1719 (page 101 of the Concord Registers-Book II)

Inscription
COMPLETE:
In memory of
MRS. SARAH BROOKS,
the wife of
MR. BENJAMIN BROOKS,
who died Sep. 25th 1748
In the 49th year of her age.
Stop passenger as you pass by,
As you are now so once was I:
As I am now so you may be,
Prepare for death and follow me.

Sarah married Benjamin BROOKS on 29 Dec 1719 in Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Benjamin was born on 28 Apr 1698 in Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died on 27 Mar 1793 in Townsend, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Townsend, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]