Andrew N. Adams, A Genealogical History of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass., And His Descendants; Also John Adams, of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897, (By the Author, 1898: The Tuttle Company Printers, Rutland, VT.), 15, "#33. i. Rev. Amos (5) b. in Medfield, Mass., Sept. 1, 1728. M. (1) Oct. 18, 1753, Elizabeth Prentice, dau. of Dea. Henry and Elizabeth Prentice of Cambridge, Mass. She d. 10 Aug., 1769; m. (2) Feb. 15, 1770, Mrs. Abigail Mears; m.(3) 1771, Sarah Chauncey, dau. of Rev. Dr. Charles Chauncey of Boston, b. 1728. He graduated at Harvard College, 1752; became pastor of the First Church in Roxbury, Mass.; was Chaplain in Col David Brewer's 9th Continental Regiment in Oct., 1775; d. 5 Oct., 1775, age 47."
Andrew N. Adams, A Genealogical History of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass., And His Descendants; Also John Adams, of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897, (By the Author, 1898: The Tuttle Company Printers, Rutland, VT.), 15, "#33. i. Rev. Amos (5) b. in Medfield, Mass., Sept. 1, 1728. M. (1) Oct. 18, 1753, Elizabeth Prentice, dau. of Dea. Henry and Elizabeth Prentice of Cambridge, Mass. She d. 10 Aug., 1769; m. (2) Feb. 15, 1770, Mrs. Abigail Mears; m.(3) 1771, Sarah Chauncey, dau. of Rev. Dr. Charles Chauncey of Boston, b. 1728. He graduated at Harvard College, 1752; became pastor of the First Church in Roxbury, Mass.; was Chaplain in Col David Brewer's 9th Continental Regiment in Oct., 1775; d. 5 Oct., 1775, age 47."
Inscription
The engraving on the Parish Tomb is as follows:
HERE LIE THE REMAINS OF
JOHN ELIOT.
The
APOSTLE TO THER INDIANS
Ordained over the First Church Nov 1632
Died May 20, 1690, Aged LXXXVI.
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Also of
THOMAS WALTER.
Ordained Oct 19, 1718 Died Jan 10 1725
Aged XXIX
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NEHEMIAH WALTER.
Ordained Oct 17, 1688. Died Sept. 17, 1750
Aged LXXXVII.
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OLIVER PEABODY.
Ordained Nov. 7, 1750. Died May 29, 1752
Aged XXXII
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AMOS ADAMS.
Ordained Sept. 12, 1753. Died Oct. 5, 1775
Aged LIV.
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ELIPHALET PORTER.
Ordained Oct. 2, 1782. Died Dec. 7, 1783.
Aged LXXI.
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