CHELSEA DEATH RECORDS FROM JANUARY 1801 to APRIL 1829
Age at Cause of
Year Date of Death Name Death Death
1801   Jan. 11   Reverend Phillips Payson, D.D.   65   ?
  Jan. 24   Mrs. Rebecca Oliver   78   ?
  April 6   Mrs. Joseph Green   66   ?
  May 30   Mrs. Lois Sargeant   82   ?
  July 27   Mrs. Rachel Lewis   84   ?
  Sept. 7   Mr. Joseph Wait   77   ?
  Sept. 10   James Penn, son of Col. John Sales   3   ?
    Nov. 24   Daniel Sargeant   44   Melancholy
1802 Feb. 6 A son of Benjamin & Sarah Sargeant 15 hrs. ?
  March 9   Mrs. Elizabeth Stowers   85   Lung Fever & old age
  April 26   Sarah, daughter of the widow Tewksbury   9   Lung Fever following Measles
  July 15   A son of Mr. Trevalley   15 mo.   Complications after a fall
  Sept. 20   Miss Elizabeth Eustis   52   Inflammation of the Liver
  Nov. 13   Charlotte, daughter of John & Charlotte Low   11 weeks   ?
  Nov. 16   Mary Ann, wife of William Oliver   43   Consumption
    Dec. 26   Henry Howell Williams, Esq.   66   Paralytic
1803 Jan. 26 Mr. Daniel Pratt 78 Old age complaints
  March ?   Mr. John Raymond   75   Fell dead in a moment
  Aug. 27   George, an infant of Mr. Trevalley   7 mo.   Died from being weaned at 4 mo.
  Aug. 29   Ann, daughter of Phillips Payson   45   Cancer
  Oct. 28   Samuel Sargeant   86   Infirmities of old age
  Dec. 17   Ceasar Sprague, a black man   ~100   Old age
  ?   Miss Molly Eustis   60   Dysentery
    ?   A child of Mr. William Oliver   2   ?
1804 April ? Mr. Caleb Pratt 66 Fell into a ditch - found dead
  Sept. 26   Mrs. Mary, wife of Nathaniel Hall, Esq.   69   Instantaneous death
    Dec. 18   Mrs. Deborah, wife of Col. John Sale   31   Consumption
1805 Jan. 10 Samuel Floyd 71 Hypocondriasis & paralysis
  Jan. 12   Benjamin Stowers   27   Consumption
  June 28   Samuel Sprague Stowers   36   ?
  Oct. 5   Mrs. Hannah Floyd   70   Consumption
    Oct. 7   Emma, daughter of Phineas and Jane Paul   1   Infantile complaint
1806 March 31 Harriet, daughter of Sweeten and Anna Reed 1 Died being nursed by ill mother
  May 31   Mr. William Watts   70   Pleuritia and lung fever
  June 4   Mrs. Anna, wife of Mr. Sweeten Reed   38   Consumption
  June 7   Mrs. Esther Fuller   33   Bilious fever
  Dec. 27   Mrs. Belcher   78   Lung fever
    Dec. 31   Jacob Belcher   64   Many years deranged - fever
1807 Jan. 1 Catherine Cook, a domestic of Mr. Williams 58 Dropsy
  April 24   Content Baxter, a pauper   80   Consumption
  July 28   Abigail, wife of Joseph Tuckerman   28   Violent cough-bursting of vomica
  Sept. 18   Louis, wife of Mr. Joseph Stowers   28   Influenza-sudden death
    Nov. ?   A child of Mr. Cook of Point Shirley   9 weeks   ?
1808 Jan. 25 Mr. Edward Carey 19 Abscesses
    June 24   Mr. Jonathan Belcher of Pulling Point   65   Dropsy
1809 Feb. ? Mrs. Abigail, wife of Deacon Cheever 63 Liver complaint
  June 10   Nathaniel Hall, Esq.   75   Old age
  Nov. 12   Susan Parkman Tuckerman, eldest child of J. and A Tuckerman.   5 years, 6 months and 20 days - Quincy and lung fever, a sickness of 49 hours
    Dec. 25   Mr. Samuel Pratt   56   Consumption
1810 Jan. 1 Hannah Matilda, daughter of Thomas & Sarah Floyd 6 mo. ?
  May 15   Moses Collins   85   Paralytic
  Sept. 2   Mr. Nathaniel Belcher   80   Urinary suppression
    Dec. 1   Consider Cole, a hired man in town.   25   Consumption
1811 June 3 Ralph O'Donnell, an Irishman in the poor house 70 Consumption
    Nov. 24   The widow Raymond   77   Dysentery
1812 Jan. 21   Abigail, wife of William Tewksbury   33   Consumption
  Aug. 1   Nathaniel Belcher   20   Died of a strain
  Ead. Die   Samuel Cary, Esq.   69   Gravel
  Aug. 14   Lydia, wife of Jabez Burdett   64   An uncommonly gross woman, died of morticication of the bowel
  Oct. 6   Widow Abigail Low   65   Long infirmities ending in fever
  Oct. 17   Miss Sarah Eustis   82   Lung Fever
  Nov. 16   Sarah, wife of Benjamin Sargeant   40   She died of the "King's evil", which closed and she sunk into a decline
  Dec. 6   Mrs. Williams, wife of Ebenezer Williams   21   Bilious fever
    Dec. 26   A man called Fields Pratt, alias Ebenezer Fields   32   Froze to death, when intoxicated
1813 Jan. 15 Deacon Joshua Cheever 73 A fall, with infirmities of old age
  March 2   Mr. William Oliver   43   Choked with the first mouthful of supper
  March 24   John Belcher   62   Typhus fever
  March 28   An infant of William & Betsy Carlton   54 hrs.   Fits
  Aug. 16   Mrs. Mary Fuller   74   Paralysis
  Dec. ?   Thomas Cheever, a pauper   ?   Died in Malden
  Dec. 21   Jonathan Fuller   82   Worn out
    Dec. 25   An infant of Charles & Sally Adams   9 mo.   Lung fever
1814 Feb. 15 Elizabeth Cheever, a pauper 86 Old age
  April 2   Charles Bill, a pauper and an idiot   80   Old age
  May 12   David Fairweather, (a black man)   ?   ?
  June 14   James Stowers, Jr.   43   Consumption
  June 15   Aron Ames   1   Fits
  June 19   George, son of the late James Jr. & Abigail Stowers   1   Probably teething
  Sept. 11   Martha Tewksbury   3 1/2   Fever
  Nov. 6   Martha, wife of Ebenezer Burrill   59   Constitution weakened by repeated and long illness
  Nov. 6   Andrew Tewksbury of Deer Island   70   ?
    Nov. 6   J. Nelson of Point Shirley   20 mo.   Quincy
1815 Aug. 11   Nancy Sale   62   Decay
    Nov. ?   Mrs. Elizabeth Butman   ?   Dropsy
1816 Feb. 16   Mrs. Catherine, wife of Major Zechariah Hall   ?   Consumption
  Feb. 18   Jabez Burditt   62   Diseases
  March 6   An infant son of Bill & Martha Tewksbury   5 mo.   Lung fever
  March 8   Joshua Cheever   ?   ?
  March 12   An infant of Mr. Wyman of Point Shirley   2 1/2   ?
  May 11   Mr. John Tewksbury of Point Shirley   81   Old age
  May 11   James Stowers   74   Diseased several years
    Dec. 10   (unreadable) Oliver   71   Old age
1817 Feb. 8   Edward Pratt   55   Diseased Limb which was amputated. He survived the operation 8 days.
  June 19   A son of Mr. Thomas Furber   15 mo.   Croup
  June 23   George Washington, son of Deacon Floyd   13   Throat Distemper
  June 29   Mary, daughter of Deacon Floyd   20   Throat Distemper
  July 5   Aaron, son of Deacon Floyd   17   Throat Distemper
  Aug. 31   Stephen Hall, Sr.   71   Stranguary caused by a burst
  Sept. 1   Lydia, daughter of Abner & (unreadable) Gay   18 mo.   Dysentary and worms
    Sept. 1   George, son of Bill and (unreadable) Pratt   5 1/2   Typhus fever
1818 March 9   Mary, widow of Daniel Pratt   87   Old age
  March 9   William Eustis   81   Old age
  April 11 John Floyd 45  
        He was found dead, this afternoon, on the ridge of stones above the beach, with nearly the whole of his face shot away by the discharge of a gun. There was strong indications of an intentional suicide, but circumstances, which equally indicate previous, though short, derangement. He was a man of great probity, temperance, industry, and gentleness of character: exemplary in his observance of the sabath: and a very faithful and affectionate child and brother. A son of James Floyd, and a brother of the deacon.
  July 21   Mrs. Rachel Floyd   79   A very long decline
  July 24   Joseph Burill at Pulling Point   56   Gravel
    Aug. 11   Parker Bassett, a black boy   9   Drowned in one of the clay pits, before Miskella's
1819 Jan. 18   Samuel, son of Bill and martha Tewksbury.   10 mo.   Sudden affection of the lungs
  March 31   Hannah, wife of Mr. Stephen Hall   46   Consumption
  May 12   Marthe, wife of Abijah Hastings sr.   84   Old age
    May 18   Mary, wife of Caleb Pratt   49   Consumption
1820 April 7 Thurza, wife of James Lowe 33 Consumption
    Nov. 10   Edward, son of the widow Abigail Stowers   9   Lung Fever
1821   Jan. 20   Mary Abbott, daughter of Abner & Lydia Gay   3 mo.   Lung Fever
1822 Jan. 10 Mary Hall, widow, mother of Stephen & Zechariah Hall 70 Paralysis
    Jan. 10   Samuel, son of James & ? Green   18   Fever
    Feb. 2   Jeffrey Williams   74   Broken down
    Feb. 27   George, Youngest son of Joseph & Sarah Tuckerman   ?   Measles
    March 13   Mr. William Pratt   59   Consumption
    May 12   An infant of Mr. A. W. Pratt   7 mo.   ?
    June 19   Mr. Henry Newell   93   Consumption
    Sept. 20   Widow Martha Green   85   Paralysis
    Oct. 17   John Tewksbury   64   Intemperance
    Oct. 31   James Floyd Sr.   93   Old age
    Nov. 11   An infant of John & ? Belcher   7 mo.   Dropsy in the head
    Nov. 23   Jonathan Bill, an idiot, who has been without any reason from his childhood.   75   Natural decay
    Dec. 8   Charles Edward, son of Carpenter Staniels   2   Dropsy in the head
    Dec. 24   Molly Wait, a pauper   92   Old age
1823 June 5 Samuel Lowe 64 Consumption
    June 27   Lois Shute, wife of Jacob Shute   33   Intemperance
    July 28   Capt, Richard williams, at sea, on his passage from Gottenburg.   ?   ?
    Aug. 19   Capt. Thomas Pratt, at sea 6 days out from Point Peter, Guadalope, ill 5 days.   67   Yellow Fever
    Nov. 28   Ann Montagu Cary, daughter of Joseph & Sarah Tuckeman   3 1/2 wk   ?
1824 Mar. 8 Edward Carpenter, son of Carpenter & Sarah Staniels 6 mo. Sickness of 8 hours
    April ?   Abijah, son of ? Wyman of Point Shirley   2   Probably worms
    April 8   Joanna, wife of Simon Blanchard   31   Consumption
    May 10   John, son of John & Sarah Tewksbury   6/7 wks   ?
    June 24   Deacon William Harris   73   Affliction of the kidneys
    July 9   Widow Lydia Stowers   76   Consumption
    Dec. ?   Mrs. Lois, wife of David Province   44   Intemperance
1825 Jan. 14 ? Daughter of William & Lydia Tewksbury 22 mo. Catarrhal fever
    Jan 26   Mrs. Sarah, wife of carpenter Staniels   24   Consumption
    April 2   An infant of Joshua & Eliza Pratt   4 wks   ?
    April 9   An infant of Carpenter Staniels   3 mo.   ?
    May 30   Charles, son of Daniel, jr. & Polly Pratt   19 mo.   Lung fever
    June 24   Anna Stowers, daughter of J. Stowers, Esq.   20   Consumption
    July 25   James Stowers, son of (James deceased)   27   Consumption
    Aug. 16   Mrs. Sarah Carey, Mother of Dr. Tuckerman   72   ?
    Aug. 30   Mrs. Elizabeth Goodwin, a pauper   75   Cancer
    Oct. 4   Mr. Joseph Green   68   Typhus fever
    Oct. 13   Mrs. Eunice, wife of Deacon Floyd   60   Bilious fever
    Oct. 28   Harriet Osgood, daughter of John & Priscilla Wright   2 1/2   Disease of the head due to a fall
1826 Feb. 25 Abijah Hastings, Esq. 95 Influenza
    Mar. 3   George, son of Stephen & E. L. Pratt   3 mo.   Influenza
    April 14   William, son of Joseph & Mary Harris   3   Measles & throat distemper
    April 15   Giles David, son of Joseph & Mary Harris   1 1/2   Measles & throat distemper
    April 18   Sarah, daughter of Benjamin & Mary Wilson   2 1/2   Measles & throat distemper
    April 19   Mary, daughter of Benjamin & Mary Wilson   4   Measles & throat distemper
    April 20   Sampson Bassett, a blackman, one of the worthiest members of the church, now a glorified member of his church in heaven.   86   Old age
    Aug. 22   Amos Lyon   44   Typhus fever
    Sept. 10   Abigail Cheever, a pauper   77   Diseased liver
    Oct. 23   William Cutter   25   Bilious fever
    Dec. 23   Mr. James low   ?   Consumption
1827 Jan. 8 Edward K., son of Edward & Susan Smith 4 mo. ?
    Jan. 21   Nathan Floyd   83   ?
    May 4   Benjamin, son of J. Stowers, Esq.   21   Consumption
    June 27   Infant daughter of John & Sarah Pierce   ?   ?
    Sept. 8   Benjamin Porter, boarde at Widow Joseph Green's   ?   ?
    Sept. 22   George Carpenter, son of Carpenter Staniels   9 mo.   Dysentery
    Oct. 27   John Sears, a stranger   ?   ?
    Oct. 28   Thomas Tewksbury   40   ?
    Nov. 17   Catherine A., daughter of James Tewksbury   15 mo.   ?
1828 Jan. 7 John Thomas, son of Capt. John Tewksbury ? ?
    Feb. 24   Mary Forin, an Irish woman at the poor house   ?   ?
    Mar. 12   Hannah Burditt, a pauper   ?   ?
    April ?   Isaac Wyman   ?   Drowned
    July 11   Infant child of Joseph Belcher   ?   ?
    July 25   Ann Devereux, wife of Capt. D. and daughter of widow Leach of Boston. They were boarding at Mr. Isaac Pratt's when the daughter sickened and died.   19   ?
    July 31   Widow Elizabeth Hasey, a pauper   101   ?
    Sept. 8   Mr. John Gray, Boston merchant   31   Died at Mr. Isaac Pratt's
1829 Jan. 7 John Burke, an Irishman ? Consumption
    Jan. 8   Mr. Burt, a pauper at Point Shirley   50   Consumption
    Mar. 23   Hannah Bridden, at the poor house   75   ?
    April ?   Anne Tewksbury   91   Old age