Tisbury death record:
"No Name Luce d. 3/30/1852 Cause: Still born
Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: James Luce
female Interred: Tisbury"
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Unpublished Vital Records: Birth: -----, female, b. 3/30/1852 in Tisbury to James and ---- Luce; father
farmer; both parents born in Tisbury.
Tisbury death record:
"No Name Look d. 4/14/1852 Cause: Still born
Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Henry Look
Female Interred: Tisbury"
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Unpublished Vital Records: Birth: -----, female, b. 4/14/1852 in Tisbury to Henry Look; father mariner;
both parents born in Tisbury.
Tisbury death record:
"Zenas Dillingham d. 2/5/1853 Cause: Old Age / Apoplexy
Age: 78y Born: Tisbury
male Occ: Shoemaker Interred: Tisbury"
[Note: duplicate entry: Age: 78y 4m 2d, Occ: cordwainer, Cause: apoplexy.]
Gazette: Issue(s) 2/11/1853
"In Holmes Hole, 5th inst., Mr. Zenas Dillingham, a. 78y 2m."
Gravestone: Vineyard Haven Village Cemetery, southeast section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 3/18/1853
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 1/21/1853
Gravestone: Vineyard Haven Village Cemetery, northwest section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 3/18/1853
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 3/11/1853
Gravestone: Vineyard Haven Village Cemetery, northwest section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Note: Compare with entry #144.
Gazette: Issue(s) 3/18/1853
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 3/18/1853
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 4/15/1853
Gravestone: Lambert's Cove Cemetery, south section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 5/13/1853
Gravestone: North Tisbury (Middletown) Cemetery:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 6/3/1853
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 6/3/1853
Gravestone: North Tisbury (Middletown) Cemetery:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 6/17/1853
Gravestone: Lambert's Cove Cemetery, south section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: West Tisbury Village Cemetery, Area 1, southwest section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 5/6/1853
Gravestone: Vineyard Haven Village Cemetery, southwest section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 6/10/1853
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 7/1/1853
Gravestone: Oak Grove Cemetery, Area 5, east section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 7/23/1853
Gravestone: Oak Grove Cemetery, Area 5, west section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 8/13/1853; PN 1/27/1854 (Theodore)
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 8/20/1853
Gravestone: Vineyard Haven Village Cemetery, northeast section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 8/27/1853
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 9/3/1853
Gravestone: Oak Grove Cemetery, Area 6, east section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 9/23/1853
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 10/7/1853; PN 1/27/1854 (Charles)
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 10/14/1853
Gravestone: West Tisbury Village Cemetery, Area 1, southwest section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 11/11/1853
Gravestone: Vineyard Haven Village Cemetery, northwest section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 11/18/1853 ; PN 2/3/1854 (Elisha; see photocopy accompanying
II-27), 5/26/1854 (Eliakim)
Gravestone: Lambert's Cove Cemetery, south section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 12/16/1853
Gravestone: Lambert's Cove Cemetery, north section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 12/23/1853; PN 1/27/1854 (Prudence)
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 7/9/1853
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 8/13/1853
Gravestone: Oak Grove Cemetery, Area 6, east section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 8/13/1853
Gravestone: Oak Grove Cemetery, Area 6, east section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Oak Grove Cemetery, Area 5, east section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Note: Compare with entry #108.
Gazette: No death notice found. Compare with entry #108.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 3/31/1854
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 3/31/1854
Gravestone: West Tisbury Village Cemetery, southwest section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 3/31/1854
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 3/31/1854
Gravestone: Vineyard Haven Village Cemetery, southwest section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 8/18/1854, 9/1/1854 (letter from Bartlett Allen regarding the
death of his son)
Gravestone: Vineyard Haven Village Cemetery, southwest section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 9/1/1854; correction 9/8/1854
Gravestone: Vineyard Haven Village Cemetery, northeast section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Vineyard Haven Village Cemetery, northeast section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 9/1/1854; correction 9/8/1854
Gravestone: West Tisbury Village Cemetery, Area 1, southwest section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 1/20/1854
Gravestone: West Tisbury Village Cemetery, Area 3, south section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Vineyard Haven Village Cemetery, northeast section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 4/14/1854
Gravestone: Lambert's Cove Cemetery, south section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 4/21/1854
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 5/12/1854
Gravestone: Vineyard Haven Village Cemetery, northeast section:
Other references:
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Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 5/26/1854
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 6/9/1854
Gravestone: West Tisbury Village cemetery, Area 1, southwest section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 6/16/1854; PN 4/25/1856 (Thomas Bradley)
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 8/4/1854
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 8/25/1854
Gravestone: Vineyard Haven Village Cemetery, southeast section:
Other references:
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Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 9/29/1854
Gravestone: West Tisbury Village Cemetery, Area 1, southwest section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: North Tisbury (Middletown) Cemetery:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 2/2/1855
Gravestone: Vineyard Haven Village Cemetery, northwest section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 2/16/1855
Gravestone: Oak Grove Cemetery, Area 5, east section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 2/23/1855; PN 1/25/1856 (Hannah C.), 2/1/1856, 2/8/1856,
4/25/1856.
Gravestone: Vineyard Haven Village Cemetery, southwest section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: West Chop Cemetery, south section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: PN 7/25/1856 (Joseph Smith)
Gravestone: West Tisbury Village Cemetery, Area 1, northwest section:
Other references:
Banks vol. III: 1021
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 4/27/1855
Gravestone: Vineyard Haven Village Cemetery, southwest section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 4/6/1855
Gravestone: Lambert's Cove Cemetery, south section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Oak Grove Cemetery, Area 6, east section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 11/16/1855
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 12/14/1855; PN 1/25/1856 (Chas. A.), 2/1/1856, 2/8/1856
Gravestone: Vineyard Haven Village Cemetery, northwest section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
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Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 11/2/1855
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
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Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: West Chop cemetery, south section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Oak Grove Cemetery, Area 4, west section:
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: Issue(s) 4/27/1855
Gravestone: Gravesite unknown.
Other references:
Tisbury death record:
Gazette: No death notice found.
Gravestone: Vineyard Haven Village Cemetery, northwest section:
Other references:
"Zenas Dillingham, d. 2/5/1853, a. 78."
(Neighboring graves:
Banks vol. III: Dunham 453
Census family #: 264
#104) Freeman Lewis Jr.
"Freeman Lewis d. 2/9/1853 Cause: Consumption
Age: 42y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: son of Freeman Lewis
Male married Occ: Sailor Interred: Tisbury"
[Note: duplicate entry: Freeman Lewis Jr., occupation: mariner, cause: Plithisis Pulmonalis]
"In Holmes Hole, in February, Mr. Freeman Lewis, Jr., a. 45y."
Banks vol. III: (11)
Census family #: 116?
#105) Betsey (Luce) Luce
"Betsy Luce d. 1/17/1853 Cause: Dropsy
Age: 75y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: David Luce
female widow Interred: Tisbury"
[Note: duplicate entry: Age: 75y 2m 5d, Cause: disease of liver]
"In Holmes Hole, 17th inst., Mrs. Betsey, widow of David Luce, of Chilmark, a. 76y."
"Betsey, wife of David Luce, d. 1/17/1853, a. 75."
(Neighboring graves: David Luce, d. 1848, a. 68y.)
Banks vol. III: 671
Census family #: 228?
#106) Elizabeth (Jones?) Crocker
"Elisabeth Crocker d. 2/28/1853 Cause: Consumption
Age: 25y Born: Falmouth Wareham Par/Sp: Richard Crocker
married Interred: Wareham (Falmouth crossed out)"
[Note: Duplicate entry: Elizabeth, d. Feb. 29, Age: 26y 3m 5d, Interred: Wareham, born in
Wareham, Cause: Plithisis Pulmonalis.]
"In Holmes Hole... Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Richard Crocker, a. 24y."
Census family #: ?
#107) Marietta Look
"Marietta Look d. 3/1/1853 Cause: Canker Rash
Age: 2y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Charles C + Sarah Look
female Interred: Tisbury"
"In Holmes Hole, 28th ult., of scarlet fever, Marietta, only child of Charles and Sarah Look, a. 22m. ...
"
"Marietta, dau. of Charles C. and Sarah Look, d. 2/28/1853, a. 22m 8[?]d" [ep.]
Unpublished Vital Records: Birth: Marietta Look, b. 4/20/1851 in Holmes Hole to Charles C. and Sarah
(Smith) Look; father blacksmith; father born in West Tisbury village, mother born in Tisbury.
#108) Infant Butler
"Infant Butler d. 3/1/1853 Cause: Fits
Age: 3d Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Charles + Love Butler
Interred: Tisbury"
"In Holmes Hole... 3/2, a dau. of Chas. D. Butler, a. 1m."
Vital Records to 1850: TVR 23(Love), 116(Charles); EVR 100(Charles D)
Unpublished Vital Records: See birth record after entry #144.
#109) Marybah (?) Gould
"Marybah Gould d. 3/8/1853 Cause: Lung Fever
Age: 58y Born: Gayhead
female Interred: Tisbury"
[Note: duplicate entry: colored; born in Chilmark; Cause: pneumonia]
"In Holmes Hole... 8th, Meriba Gold, colored, a. 55y."
Census family #: 85
#110) Lydia Gray Cleveland
"Infant Cleaveland d. 3/13/1853
Age: 1d Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: William + Clorissa Cleveland
female Interred: Tisbury"
Unpublished Vital Records: Birth: Lydia Gray Cleveland, b. 3/13/1853 in Holmes Hole to William and
Clarissa L. (Dexter) Cleveland; father master mariner; father born in Lamberts Cove, mother born in
Holmes Hole.
Banks vol. III: ((Dexter 45))??
Vital Records to 1850: TVR 28(Clarissa L, Lydia), 121(William)
#111) Frederick Smith
"Frederick Smith d. 4/2/1853 Cause: Retention of Urine
Age: 53y 4m 9d Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Zachariah Smith
male married Occ: Husbandman Interred: Holmes Hole"
"In Tisbury, 2d inst., Mr. Frederick Smith, a. 50y 6m."
"Frederick Smith, d. 4/2/1853, a. 50y 6m." [ep.]
Banks vol. III: (451)?
Census family #: 284?
#112) Betsy Mantor
"Betsy Mantor d. 4/18/1853
Age: 80y Par/Sp: none living
female single Interred: West Tisbury"
Banks vol. III: 161?
Census family #: 21
#113) Richard L. Look
"Richard L Look d. 5/9/1853 Cause: Dropsy the Brain
Age: 7y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: William A + Maryetta Look
male Interred: West Tisbury"
"In West Tisbury, 8th inst., Richard L., son of Wm. A. Look, a. 7y 5m 15d."
"Richard W., son of William A. and Maryetta Look, d. 5/9/1853, a. 7y 5m 15d." [ep.]
(Neighboring graves: Marietta Look, d. 1851, a. 25y; William A. Look, d. 1870, a. 49y.)
Banks vol. III: ((Luce 744))
Census family #: 311
#114) Nathan Clifford
"Nathan Clifford d. 5/17/1853 Cause: Old Age
Age: 95y Born: Tisbury
male Occ: Pensioner Interred: West Tisbury"
"In Chilmark, 25th ult., Nathan Clifford, a soldier of the Revolution, a. 94y 11m."
Banks vol. III: 57
Census family #: 357
#115) Charlotte A. (Luce) Randall
"Charlotte A Randal d. 5/26/1853 Cause: Phthisis Pulmonalis
Age: 27y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Hovey + Nancy Luce
widow Interred: on Hovey Luce land, West Tisbury"
"In West Tisbury, 26th ult., Mrs. Charlotte A. Randall, widow of Edwin R. Randall, a. 35y 5m."
"Charlotte A., wife
(Neighboring graves: Edwin R. Randall, d. 1852, a. 37y; Richard W. Look, d. 1853, a. 7y)
Banks vol. III: (Luce 744)
Census family #: 308
#116) Clarissa (Luce) Luce
"Clarissa Luce d. 6/12/1853
Age: 71y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Widow of Eleazer Luce
widow"
"In West Tisbury, 11th inst., Mrs. Clarissa Luce, aged about 70y."
"Clarissa, widow of Eleazer Luce, d. 6/12/1853, a. 68y 11m 10d." [ep.]
(Neighboring graves: Eleazer Luce, d. 1814[?])
Banks vol. III: 506
West Tisbury Cong. Church records lists "Clarrissa Luce died june 1853".
Census family #: 48
#117) John Baxter
"John Baxter d. 6/18/1853 Cause: Hemorrhage
Age: 22y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Chas + Emily Baxter
male single Occ: Mariner Interred: West Tisbury"
"John Baxter, d. 6/18/1853, a. 22y 7m 24d." [ep.]
(Neighboring graves: Valentine N. Baxter, d. 1858; Emily R. Baxter, 1808-1865.)
Vital Records to 1850: TVR 19(Emily), 113(Charles)
Census family #: 359
#118) Julia Ann (Nye) Lewis
"Julia A Lewis d. 5/1/1853 Cause: Ovarian Fever
Age: 39y 2m 17d Born: Sandwich Par/Sp: wife of Shubael Lewis
female married Interred: Tisbury"
"In Holmes Hole, May 2d, Mrs. Julia Ann, wife of Mr. Shubael Lewis, a. 39y."
"Julia Ann, wife of Shubael Lewis, b. 12/14/1813, d. 5/2/1853." [ep.]
(Neighboring graves:
Banks vol. III: 24
Census family #: 244
#119) Infant Dunham
"Infant Dunham d. 5/20/1853 Cause: Still born
Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: William + Love C. Dunham
Interred: Tisbury"
Unpublished Vital Records: Birth: not named, male, b. 5/-/1853 in Holmes Hole to William Dunham
and Love Case Dunham nee Robinson; father ship carpenter; both parents born in Tisbury.
#120) Ansel Cook Luce
"Ansel C Luce d. 6/6?/1853 Cause: Dysentary
Age: 2y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Charles G + Angeline Luce
male Interred: Tisbury"
"In Holmes Hole, 6/6, of dysentery, Ansel Cook, youngest son of Mr. Chas. G. Luce, a. 29m."
Unpublished Vital Records: Birth: Ansel C. Luce, b. 1/7/1851 in Tisbury to Chas. G. and Angeline (nee
Newcomb) Luce; father trader; both parents born in Tisbury.
Banks vol. III: ((Luce 1170))?
#121) James M. Barry
"James M Barry d. 6/21/1853 Cause: Bilious Fever
Age: 33y Born: Bristol Maine
male Occ: Mariner Interred: Tisbury"
Census family #: ?
#122) John L. Cromwell
"John L Cromwell d. 6/28/1853 Cause: Dysentary
Age: 2y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Benjamin + Abba Cromwell
male Interred: Holmes Hole"
"In Holmes Hole, 6/28, John, a much beloved and interesting child of Capt. Benjamin and Mrs. Abba B.
Cromwell, aged about 2y."
Probably the stone marked "Little Johnie".
(Neighboring graves: Capt. Benj. C. Cromwell, 1820 - 1898; Abby B. Luce Cromwell, 1828 -
1904)
Unpublished Vital Records: Birth: John L. Cromwell, b. 8/13/1851 in Holmes Hole village to Benjamin
and Abby B. Cromwell nee Luce; father master mariner; both parents born in Tisbury.
Banks vol. III: (Cromwell III)
#123) Infant Dexter
"Infant Dexter d. 7/18/1853 Cause: Stillborn
Born: Holmes Hole Par/Sp: Rodolphus + Irene Dexter
female Interred: Holmes Hole"
Unpublished Vital Records: Birth: no name, female, b. 7/18/1853 in Tisbury to Rodolphus W. and
Juna[?] Dexter; father mariner; both parents born in Tisbury.
Vital Records to 1850: TVR 132(Rudolphus W)
#124) Frances Merton Smith
"Frances P Smith d. 7/19/1853 Cause: Croup
Age: 5y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Lorenzo + Christine Smith
female Interred: Holmes Hole"
"In Holmes Hole, 19th inst., Frances Merton, dau. of Christina B. and Lorenzo Smith, a. 5y 2m."
"Frances M., dau. of Lorenzo and Christina B. Smith, 5/12/1848 - 7/19/1853."
(Neighboring graves: Capt. Lorenzo Smith, 1815 - 1896; Christina B. Smith, 1818 - 1896)
Vital Records to 1850: TVR 84(Frances M, Frances M), 83(Christina B), 85(Lorenzo),
181(Lorenzo)
Census family #: 118
#125) Mary (Wimpenny) Ruggles
"Mary Ruggles d. 7/22/1853 Cause: Dysentary
Age: 84y Born: Edgartown Par/Sp: widow of Timothy Ruggles
female widow Interred: Holmes Hole"
"In Holmes Hole, Mrs. Polly Ruggles, a. 84y."
Banks vol. III: (Wimpenny 12)
Census family #: 230?
#126) Henry Wade West
"Henry C West d. 8/13/1853 Cause: Dysentary
Age: 4y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Abner + Sarah West
male Interred: Holmes Hole"
"In Holmes Hole, 8/13, Henry Wade, an interesting and much beloved son of Capt. Abner and Sarah
West, a. 4y."
"Henry Wade, son of Abner and Sarah E. West, b. 8/7/1850, d. 8/13/1853." [ep.]
(Neighboring graves: Capt. Abner West, 1811 - 1902; Sarah E. West, 1832 - 1914)
Unpublished Vital Records: Birth: Henry W. West, b. 4/7/1850 in Tisbury to Abner and Sarah E. West
nee Hodge; father master mariner; father born in Holmes Hole, mother born in Troy, NY.
Banks vol. III: (346)
Census family #: 193
#127) John Y. Bracket
"John Y Bracket d. 8/14/1853 Cause: Fever
Age: 21y 4m Born: Bristol Maine
male Occ: Mariner Interred: Holmes Hole"
Census family #: ?
#128) Thomas Dunham Jernegan
"Thomas D Jernegan d. 8/18/1853 Cause: Cholera Infantum
Age: 4y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Nathan + Charlotte Jernegan
male Interred: Holmes Hole"
"In Holmes Hole, 18th inst., Thomas Dunham, only son of Nathan M. and Charlotte C. Jernegan, a.
4m. ... "
Banks vol. III: (Dunham 449)
#129) Anna Horton Peakes
"Anna H Peakes d. 8/26/1853 Cause: Hooping Cough
Age: 1[?]y 1m Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Charles H + Abba L Peakes
female Interred: Holmes Hole"
"In Holmes Hole, 27th ult., Annie H., an only and interesting dau. of Charles H. and Abby L. Peakes, a.
19m."
"Anna H., only child of Charles H. and Abby L. Peakes, d. 8/27/1853, a. 19m 20d."
(Neighboring graves: Capt. Charles H. Peakes 1824 - 1906; Abbie L. Peakes, 1827 - 1873)
Unpublished Vital Records: Birth: Annie Horton Peakes, b. 1/7/1852 in Holmes Hole to Charles H. and
Abigail L. (nee Cleveland) Peakes; father mariner; both parents born in Tisbury.
Banks vol. III: ((Manchester 60)) and ((Cleveland 87))
#130) Charles Granville Luce
"Charles G Luce d. 9/12/1853 Cause: Disease of the Heart
Age: 42y Par/Sp: Jonathan + Clarinda Luce
male married Interred: Holmes Hole"
"In Holmes Hole, 12th instant, of disease of the heart, Mr. Charles Granville Luce, aged about 39 1/2
yrs."
Banks vol. III: (1170)?
Census family #: 192
#131) Thomas Harding
"Thomas Harding d. 9/27/1853 Cause: Cholera Infantum
Age: 4m Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Thomas C + Harriet Harding
male Interred: Holmes Hole"
Vital Records to 1850: TVR 46(Harriet), 47(Thomas C)
#132) Caroline (Smith) Smith
"Caroline Smith d. 9/28/1853 Cause: Old Age
Age: 94y Born: Edgartown Par/Sp: widow of John Smith
female widow Interred: Edgartown"
"In Holmes Hole, 28th ult., Mrs. Caroline Smith, widow of the late John Smith, a. 95y."
Banks vol. III: 88
Census family #: Edg. 332
#133) Lydia (Davis) Frazier
"Lydia Frazier d. 10/5/1853 Cause: Typhoid Fever
Age: 55y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: widow of George W Frazier
female widow Interred: West Tisbury"
"In West Tisbury, 6th inst., Mrs. Lydia, wife of the late George W. Frazier, aged about 56y."
"Lydia, widow of George W. Frazier, d. 10/6/1853, a. 55y 2m"
Vital Records to 1850: TVR 43, 137(George W)
Census family #: 314
#134) Harriet L. Robinson
"Harriet L Robinson d. 11/17/1853 [sic.] Cause: Erysipelas
Age: 14y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Hervy + Peggy Robinson
female single Interred: Holmes Hole"
"In Holmes Hole, on Saturday last, Harriet L., youngest dau. of Hervey Robinson."
"Harriet L., dau of Hervey and Peggy Robinson, d. 11/7/1853, a. 14y 8m 14d." [ep.]
(Neighboring graves: Hervey Robinson, 1795 - 1879; Peggy Robinson, 1800 - 1885)
Banks vol. III: (133)
Census family #: 194
#135) Mary (Luce) Dunham
"Mary Dunham d. 11/30/1853 [sic.] Cause: Plithsis Pulmonalis
Age: 61y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: wife of Elisha Dunham
female married Interred: Tisbury"
"In Tisbury, 10/30, Mary, wife of Elisha Dunham, a. 61y."
"Mary, wife of Elisha Dunham, d. 10/31/1853, a. 61y 7m 8d." [ep.]
[JBE adds in grave notes "b. 4/16/1791."]
(Neighboring graves:
Banks vol. III: Luce 869
Census family #: 49 ["Insane 35 yrs."]
#136) Shubael Luce
"Shubael Luce d. 12/12/1853 Cause: Suddenly
Age: 70y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: son of Malachi Luce
male widower Occ: Farmer Interred: North Shore"
"In Tisbury, 12th inst., Mr. Shubael Luce, aged about 70y."
"Shubael Luce, d. 12/12/1853, a. 70y 28d" [ep.]
(Neighboring graves: Betsey Luce, d. 1849, a. 63y; Malachi Luce, d. 1838, a. 82y)
Banks vol. III: 801
Census family #: 289
#137) George Washington Lewis
"George W Lewis d. 12/13/1851 [sic.] Cause: Enlargement of Spleen
Age: 45y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Warren Lewis
male married Occ: Mariner Interred: Tisbury"
"In Tisbury, on the 13th inst., Mr. Washington Lewis, aged about 45y."
Banks vol. III: 25 (Note discrepancy with parent listed in town record.)
Census family #: 237
#138) Infant Bunting
"Infant Bunting d. 12/18/1853 Cause: Stillborn
Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: James + Minerva Bunting
male Occ: Mariner [sic.] Interred: Tisbury"
Unpublished Vital Records: Birth: no name, male, b. 12/18/1853 in Holmes Hole to James and Minerva
Bunting; father mariner; father born in Edgartown, mother born in Tisbury.
#139) Mary (?) Gamage
"Mary Gamage d. 7/25/1853 [sic.] Cause: Billious Remittent Fever
Age: 46y Born: Bristol Maine Par/Sp: wife of Jas. Gamage
female married Interred: Tisbury"
"In Holmes Hole, 5th inst., Mrs. Gamage, wife of Capt. Gamage, of brig Eastern State, from Darien for
Boston. [The captain and most of the crew have been sick at H. Hole with the southern fever. The crew
have recovered, but Capt. G. was still quite sick up to Thursday last.]"
Census family #: ?
#140) Herbert Norton
"Herbert Norton d. 8/9/1853 Cause: Cholera Infantum
Age: 3y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Eben + Esther A Norton
male Interred: Tisbury"
"In Holmes Hole, 10th inst., Herbert, son of Eben. and Esther Ann Norton, a. 2y 9m."
"Herbert, son of Eben and Esther Norton, b. 11/19/1850, d. 8/10/1853." [ep.]
(Neighboring graves: Eben Norton, d. 1903, a. 87y; Esther A. Norton, d. 1874, a. 63y)
Unpublished Vital Records: Birth: Herbert Norton, b. 11/19/1850 in Holmes Hole to Eben and Esther
A. (Simmons) Norton; father teamster; father born in Avon, Maine, mother born in Foster, RI.
Vital Records to 1850: TVR 76(Esther), 75(Angeline W)
#141) Martin Luce West
"Martin L West d. 8/9/1853 Cause: Cholera Infantum
Age: 2y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Philander + Mary West
male Interred: Tisbury"
"In Holmes Hole... Martin L., son of Philander and Mary West, a. 1y 6m."
"Martin L., son of Philander D. and Mary West, b. 4/10/1852, d. 8/18/1854 [sic.]" [ep.]
(Neighboring graves: Philander D. West, 1827 - 1903; Mary West, 1830 - 1918)
Unpublished Vital Records: Birth: Martin Luce West, b. 4/10/1852 in Holmes Hole to Philander D.
and Mary (Cleveland) West; father mariner; both parents born in Tisbury.
Banks vol. III: ((340))
#142) Not Named Mayhew
"Not Named Mayhew d. 5/12/1853
Age: 1/2 d Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Timothy + Mary Y Mayhew
male Interred: West Tisbury"
Unpublished Vital Records: Birth: No name, male, b. 5/12/1853 in Tisbury to Timothy and Mary Y[?]
Mayhew; father mariner; both parents born in Chilmark.
#143) Infant Harding
"Infant Harding d. 5/31/1853
Born: Holmes Hole Par/Sp: Thos C + Harit Harding
male Interred: Holmes Hole"
There is a badly worn stone for a child by the same parents, whose birthdate is the same as this infant's
town death record. Is this coincidence, or could it be the same child?: "William, son of Thomas C. and
Harriet Harding, b. 5/31/1853[?], d. 9/27[?]/18?3[?]"
(Neighboring graves: Capt. Thomas C. Harding, 1828 - 1888; Harriet Harding, 1829 - 1888)
Unpublished Vital Records: The following birth appears to go with the child whose stone is found at
Oak Grove: no name, male, b. 5/31/1854 in Holmes Hole, to Thomas and Harriet Harding; father
mariner; both parents born in Tisbury.
Vital Records to 1850: TVR 46(Harriet), 47(Thomas C)
#144) Infant Butler
"Infant Butler d. 2/11/1853
Age: 1m Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Charles D + Love Butler
female Interred: Holmes Hole"
Unpublished Vital Records: Birth: No name, female, b. 2/11/1853 at Holmes Hole to Charles D. and
Love Butler; father laborer; father born in Tisbury, mother born in Edgartown. Compare with entry
#108.
Vital Records to 1850: TVR 23(Love), 116(Charles D); EVR 100(Charles D)
#145) Infant Morrison
"Infant Morrison d. 12/16/1853 Cause: Stillborn
Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Moses + Sophia J Morrison
male"
Unpublished Vital Records: Birth: no name, male, b. 12/16/1853 in Holmes Hole to Moses and Sophia
J. Morrison; father carpenter; father born in N.H., mother born in Maine.
Vital Records to 1850: TVR 74(Morrison, -)
#146) Infant Doring
"Infant Doring d. 11/11/1853 Cause: Stillborn
Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Michael + Lilly Doring
male"
Unpublished Vital Records: Birth: no name, male, b. 10/19/1853 in Tisbury to Michael and Lilly
Doring; father laborer; both parents born in Ireland.
#147) Jonathan Manter
"Jonathan Manter d. 3/19/1854 Cause: Old Age
Age: 83y 11m Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Jonathan + Sarah Manter
Male Occ: Mariner Interred: Holmes Hole"
"In Holmes Hole, 19th inst., Capt. Jonathan Manter, aged about 85y."
Banks vol. III: 113
Census family #: 154
#148) William Ferguson
"William Ferguson d. 3/27/1854 Cause: Old Age
Age: 84y Born: Chilmark Par/Sp: John + Mary Ferguson
Male Occ: Farmer Interred: West Tisbury"
"In West Tisbury, 27th inst., Mr. William Ferguson, a. 84y."
"William Ferguson, d. 3/27/1854, a. 82y 4m." [ep.]
(Neighboring graves:
Banks vol. III: 40
Census family #: 24
#149) Clarence G. Luce
"Clarence G Luce d. 3/26/1854
Age: 5y 3m Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Chas G + Angeline Luce
Male Interred: Holmes Hole"
"In Holmes Hole, 26th inst., Clarence, son of the late Mr. Charles G. Luce, aged about 6y."
Banks vol. III: ((1170))?
Census family #: 192
#150) Susan Ellen Brown
"Susan Ellen Brown d. 3/27/1854 Cause: Lung Fever
Age: 7y 11m Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Franklin + Susan Brown
Female Interred: Holmes Hole"
"In Holmes Hole, 27th inst., Susan Ellen, dau. of Franklin Brown, a. 7y 11m."
"Susan Ellen, dau. of Benj. F. and Susan M. Brown, d. 3/28/1854, a. 7y 10m." [ep]
(Neighboring graves: Susan M. Brown, d. 1868 a. 47y;
Banks vol. III: ((Norton 664))
Census family #: 277
[In the town records, an additional death is inserted her: Rhoda Baxter, who died Dec. 28,
1843.]
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#151) William Henry Allen
"Wm Henry Allen d. 8/14/1854 Cause: Consumption
Age: 24y 7m Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Bartlett + Priscilla Allen
Male Occ: Clerk Interred: Holmes Hole"
"In New Bedford, suddenly, on Monday morning, 14th inst., William H. Allen, of Holmes Hole, son of
Bartlett and Priscilla Allen, a. 24y 7m 13d."
"Wm. Henry, son of Bartlett and Priscilla Allen, b. 12/27/1829, departed from earth 8/14/1854."
(Neighboring graves: Priscilla Allen, d. 1867 a. 69y; Bartlett Allen, d. 1872, a. 90y.)
Banks vol. III: (441)
Census family #: 80
#152) William West
"William West d. 8/27/1854 Cause: Palsey
Age: 69y 6m Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Jeruel + Deborah West
Occ: Mariner Interred: Holmes Hole"
"In Holmes Hole, 8/27, Mr. Wm. West, a. 71y."
"William West, d. 8/27/1854, a. 69y 6m[?]"
(Neighboring graves:
Banks vol. III: 274
Census family #: 243
#153) Franklin Daggett
"Franklin Daggett d. 10/15/1854 Cause: Unknown
Age: 50y Born: Holmes Hole Par/Sp: Freman + Rhoda Daggett
Occ: Mariner Interred: Holmes Hole"
"Capt. Franklin Daggett, 1804 - 1854."
(Neighboring graves:
Banks vol. III: 275
Census family #: 151
#154) Jabez Luce
"Jabez Luce d. 8/-/1854 Cause: Old Age
Age: 83y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Ezekel Luce
Occ: Farmer Interred: Tisbury"
"In West Tisbury, 8/30, Mr. Jabez Luce, aged about 70y."
"Jabez Luce, d. 8/29/1854, a. 76y 10m."
(Neighboring graves:
Banks vol. III: 1023
Census family #: 333
#155) Amanda Melvina Mayhew
"Amanda Mayhew d. 1/16/1854 Cause: Unknown
Age: 17y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Wm. A. + Eliza Mayhew
Female Interred: Tisbury"
"In West Tisbury, 11th inst., Miss Amanda Melvina, dau. of Wm. A. Mayhew, Esq., a. 16y."
"Malvina Mayhew, 1837 - 1854" [HMP recorded in 1899: "Malvina, dau. of Wm. A. and Eliza L.
Mayhew, d. 1/11/1854, a. 16y 8m." Has the stone been replaced?]
(Neighboring graves: William A. Mayhew, 1806-1860; Eliza L. Mayhew, 1806-1891)
Banks vol. III: (Athearn 204)
Census family #: 62
#156) John Horten[?]
"John Horten[?] d. 1/16/1854
Age: 30y Born: Deleware
Occ: Mariner Interred: Tisbury"
Census family #: ?
#157) Abner West Jr.
"Abner West Jr. d. 1/21/1854
Age: 7y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Abner + Sarah West
Male Interred: Tisbury"
"Abner Jr., infant son of Abner and Sarah E. West, b. 7/2/1853, d. 1/26/1854."
(Neighboring graves: Capt. Abner West, 1811 - 1902; Sarah E. West, 1832 - 1914.)
Banks vol. III: (346)
#158) Freeman Lewis
"Freeman Lewis d. 4/9/1854 Cause: Old Age
Age: 85y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Deborah F Lewis
Occ: Farmer Interred: Tisbury"
"In Tisbury, on Saturday last, Mr. Freeman Lewis, aged about 85y."
"Freeman Lewis, d. 4/9[?]/1854, a. [illegible]"
[JBE wrote by his grave transcription "b. 5/6/1769."]
(Neighboring graves:
Banks vol. III: 11
Census family #: 288
#159) Ira Dexter
"Ira Dexter d. 4/14/1854 Cause: Paralysis[?]
Age: 60y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Joseph + Mary Dexter
Male Occ: Blacksmith Interred: Holmes Hole"
"In Holmes Hole, on the 13th inst., Mr. Ira Dexter, a. 60y."
Banks vol. III: 45
Census family #: 209
#160) Temperance (Smith) Smith
"Temperance Smith d. 4/29/1854
Age: 49y 6m Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Wife of Benj. F. Smith
Female Interred: Tisbury"
Banks vol. III: wife of Smith 600
Census family #: 286#161) Peter Daggett
"Peter Daggett d. 5/4/1854 Cause: Pneumonia
Age: 74y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: William + Mary Daggett
Male Occ: Mariner Interred: Holmes Hole"
"In Holmes Hole, 4th inst., Capt. Peter Daggett, a. 74y."
"Peter Daggett, b. 8/21/1780, d. 5/4/1854" [ep.]
(Neighboring graves:
Banks vol. III: 245
Census family #: 198
#162) Temperance Athearn
"Temperance Athearn d. 5/9/1854 Cause: Chronic Diarrhea
Age: 67y 4m Born: Tisbury
Female Interred: Tisbury"
[Note: "for Correction see #1087 New Book of Deaths"]
"In Holmes Hole, 19th inst., Miss Temperance Athearn, a. 67y."
Banks vol. III: 111
Census family #: 227
#163) Mercy (Look) Dunham
"Mary Dunham d. 5/30/1854
Age: 55y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Wife of Edmond Dunham
Female Interred: Tisbury"
"In West Tisbury, 31st ult., Mrs. Mercy Dunham, wife of Edmund Dunham, aged about 55y."
"Mercy, wife of Edmund Dunham, d. 5/30/1854, a. 66." [ep.]
Banks vol. III: Look 156
Census family #: 360
#164) Edward West
"Edward West d. 6/7/1854 Cause: Pneunomia
Age: 40y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Jerual + Deborah West
Male Occ: Mariner Interred: Tisbury"
"In Holmes Hole, 7th inst., Mr. Edward West, a. 40y."
Banks vol. III: (135)?
Census family #: 234
#165) Gardwin Grant
"Gardwin Grant d. 6/22/1854
Age: 28y Born: Hampden Me
Male Occ: Mariner Interred: Tisbury"
Census family #: 92?
#166) William Holmes
"William Holmes d. 7/4/1854
Age: 50y Born: St. George Me
Male Occ: Mariner Interred: Tisbury"
Census family #: ?
#167) Charles Hackland
"Charles Hackland d. 7/4/1854
Age: 45y Born: Portland Me
Male Occ: Mariner Interred: Tisbury"
Census family #: ?
#168) Joseph Bradley
"Joseph Bradley d. 7/7/1854
Age: 21y Born: Deleware
Male / a man of color Occ: Mariner Interred: Tisbury"
Census family #: ?
#169) George L. Peterson
"George L Peterson d. 7/31/1854
Age: 6y Born: New Jersey
Male Interred: Tisbury"
"In Holmes Hole harbor, 31st ult., on board Sch. Benj. Sharp, George L. Peterson, of Morristown, NJ,
a. 6y."
Census family #: ?
#170) Betsey (Luce) Dillingham
"Betsy Dillingham d. 8/30/1854 Cause: Unknown
Age: 72y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: the widow of Zenas Dillingham
Female Interred: Tisbury"
"In Holmes Hole, suddenly, 19th inst., Mrs. Betsey L. Dillingham, widow of the late Zenas Dillingham,
a. 70y 6m."
"Betsey, wife of Zenas Dillingham, d. 8/22/1854, a. 71y 5m 27d."
(Neighboring graves: Zenas Dillingham, d. 1853, a. 78y; Mrs. Jane Dillingham, d. 1811, a. 28y.)
Banks vol. III: (See Dunham 453)
Vital Records to 1850: TVR 39(Betsy, Zenas), 132(Zenas + Elizabeth)
Census family #: 264
#171) Solomon Norton
"Sollomon Norton d. 9/24/1854
Age: 52y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Malatiah Norton
Male Occ: Farmer Interred: Tisbury"
[Note: Age "52" written above "42".]
"In Tisbury, 26th inst., Solomon Norton, aged about 40y."
"Solomon Norton, d. 9/25/1854, a. 54y." [ep.]
Banks vol. III: 841
Census family #: 346
#172) David Young
"David Young d. 12/15/1854
Age: 25y
Male Occ: Mariner Interred: Tisbury"
Census family #: ?
#173) Benja. H. Richardson
"Benja. H Richerson d. 12/1/1854
Age: 1m 21d Par/Sp: Henry W + Margaret S Richerson
Male Interred: Tisbury"
Unpublished Vital Records: Perhaps this is the birth record?: male twin, b. 10/14/1854 in Tisbury to H.
W. Richardson[?]; father carpenter; father born in [illegible], Maine.
Banks vol. III: ((Dunham 423))?
#174) James Henry Beetle
"James Henry Beetle d. 12/12/1854
Age: 5m Par/Sp: Henra + Eliza Beetle
Interred: Tisbury"
Unpublished Vital Records: Birth: No Name, b. 8/7/1854 in Tisbury to Henry W. Beetle and Eliza Ann
(Eaton); father Master Mariner; father born in New Bedford [corrected from "Edgartown"], mother
born in Farmington, Me.
Vital Records to 1850: TVR 20(Henry, Eliza)
#175) William Day[?] Earles
"William Day[?] Earles d. 5/20/1854 Cause: Scald
Age: 3y Par/Sp: son of Mary Earles; Father unknown
Male / colerd[?] Interred: Tisbury"
Vital Records to 1850: TVR 135(Richard)??, 212(Richard)??
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[In the town records, two additional records are inserted here: Samuel Look, who died
4/28/1825, and Margaret Look, who died 10/10/1815.]
#176) Betsy Lambert
"Betsy Lambert d. 2/-/1854 Cause: Consumption
Age: 83y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Timoth Lambert
F Interred: Tisbury"
Banks vol. III: 100
Census family #: 61
#177) Abigail Lambert
"Abigail Lambert d. 4/-/1854 Cause: Consumption
Age: 74y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Timoth Lambert
F Interred: Tisbury"
Banks vol. III: 104
Census family #: 61
#178) Isabella E. (?) Chase
"Isable Chase d. 8/-/1854 Cause: Typhoid Fever
Age: 26y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: wife of Alpheus Chase
F Interred: Tisbury"
"Isabella E., wife of Alpheus Chase, d. 10/10/1854, a. 28y 5m."
(Neighboring graves: Alpheus Chase 1826 - 1906;
Banks vol. III: wife of son of Chase 277
Census family #: ?
#179) Rebecca (Daggett) Daggett
"Rebecca Daggett d. 1/28/1855 at Tisbury Cause: Consumption
Age: 58y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: wife of Wm. Daggett 3d
Female Married Interred: Tisbury"
[Note: Duplicate entry (crossed out): Age: 28y, Cause: chronic bronchitis]
"In Holmes Hole, 28th inst., Mrs. Rebecca Daggett, wife of Capt. William Daggett, 3d, a. 58y 2m
3d."
"Mrs. Rebecca, wife of William Daggett, b. 11[?]/25/1796, d. 1/28/1855."
(Neighboring graves: Capt. Wm. Daggett, 1797[?] - 18--[?];
Banks vol. III: 342
Census family #: 212
#180) Infant Jones
"Infant Jones d. 2/3/1855 Cause: Atresia Recti
Age: 3d Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: R. K. Jones
Male Interred: Tisbury"
Unpublished Vital Records: Birth: No Name, male, b. 1/31/1855 in Holmes Hole to R. K. and Octava
Y[?] Jones; father "Phisician"; father born in Stockbridge, mother born in Tisbury.
Marriage: Ralph K. Jones (of Tisbury, a. 30, Phisician, born in Stockbridge, son of
Samuel and Abby Jones,) married Octavia A. Norris (of Tisbury, a. 20, born in Tisbury, dau. of Howes
and Elwina Norris) on 11/4/1853.
Banks vol. III: ((Norris 38))
#181) Eudora Williams Harding
"Eudora W Harding d. 2/3/1855
Age: 3m 10d Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Edward Harding
Female Interred: Tisbury"
[Note: Duplicate entry (crossed out): Indora, d. Feb. 4 in Tisbury, Age: 2y 10d, dau. of Edward and
Mary Harding.]
"In Holmes Hole, 3d inst., Eudora Williams, youngest child of Capt. Edward Harding, a. 2y 10m."
"Eudora W., dau. of Edward and Jane Harding, b. 4/1/1852, d. 2/3/1855."
(Neighboring graves: Edward Harding, 1810 - 1894[?]; Jane Harding, d. 1852, a. 39y.)
Vital Records to 1850: TVR 46(Edward), 47(Mary S)
#182) Orrick P. Branscomb
"Orrick P Brancomb d. 2/9/1855 Cause: Acute Rheumatism
Age: 45y Born: Maine Par/Sp: Unknown
Male Occ: Cord Wainer Interred: Tisbury"
"In Holmes Hole, Mr. O.P. Branscomb."
"Orrok P. Branscomb, d. 2/9/1855, a. 46y 11m."
(Neighboring graves:
Banks: married to daughter of Chase 272?
Census family #: 72
#183) Infant Vincent
"Infant Vincent d. 2/17/1855
Age: 2d Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Albert + Ellen M Vincent
Female Interred: Tisbury"
Unpublished Vital Records: Birth: Died without Name, Female, b. 2/15/1855 in Holmes Hole to Albert
C. Vincent and Ellen M. Vincent nee Tilton; father carpenter; father born in Edgartown, mother born in
Tisbury.
Marriage: Albert C. Vincent (of Tisbury, 21, carpenter, born in Edgartown, son of
Peter M. and Sarah Vincent) married Ellen M. Tilton (of Tisbury, 20, born in Tisbury, dau. of Thos.
and Densy Tilton) on 4/9/1854.
Banks vol. III: ((119))
[ #184) Rhoda (Lewis) Luce
"Rhoda Luce d. 3/11/1855 Cause: Old Age
Age: 85y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: widow of Marten Luce
Female Interred: Tisbury"
[Note: THIS TOWN RECORD WAS CROSSED OUT, and labelled "a mistake".]
Banks vol. III: Lewis 10. See 1966 addenda.
Census family #: 282?? [compare with death #290.] ]
#185) Sarah Jane (Claghorn) Lewis
"Sarah J Lewis d. 3/25/1855
Age: 26y
Female married Interred: Tisbury"
[Duplicate entry in Book 2: died in Tisbury, Cause: Plithisis, wife of Valentine Lewis, born in
Tisbury.]
"Sarah Jane, wife of Valentine Lewis, and dau. of Joseph and Augusta N. Claghorn, d. 3/26/1855, a.
26y." [ep.]
(Neighboring graves: Capt. Valentine Lewis, d. 1893, a. 64y; Ethelinda Lewis, d. 1914, a. 74y)
Banks vol. III: (Claghorn 263)
Census family #: 251
#186) Elijah Luce
"Elijah Luce d. 3/25/1855 Cause: Old Age
Age: 83y 11m 26d Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Ezekial + Hannah Luce
Male Occ: Farmer Interred: Tisbury"
[Note: Date uncertain; deaths #185 and 186 share a single date. #186 was registered on April 11.]
"Elijah Luce, d. 4/8/1855, a. 82y 11m 24d[?]"
(Neighboring graves: Mrs. Sally Luce, d. 1858, a. 86y)
Note: The West Tisbury Congregational Church records include "Elijah Luce died 1855."
Census family #: 372
#187) Mehitable (Luce) Joseph
"Mehitable Joseph d. 3/31/1855 Cause: Old Age
Age: 85y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Mr. Emmanuel Joseph
Female Interred: Tisbury"
"In Tisbury, 3/31, Mrs. Mahitable, wife of Mr. Emmanuel Joseph, aged about 85y."
"Mrs. Mehittable, wife of Mr. Emanuel Joseph, d. 3/31/1855, a. 84y 6m 4d."
(Neighboring graves: Emanuel Joseph, d. 1864, a. 89y)
Vital Records to 1850: TVR 50(Mehitable, Emanuel), 145(Emanuel); EVR 137(Emanuel)?
Census family #: 281
#188) George Williams Luce
"George C Luce d. 3/20/1855 Cause: Land Scurvey
Age: 6m Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Franklin + Dency Luce
Male Interred: Tisbury"
[Note: Duplicate entry in Book 2: George W., died 3/27/1855 in Tisbury, Cause: purpura.]
"In Tisbury, 3/27, George Williams, infant son of Capt. Franklin and Dency L. Luce, a. 6m 11d."
"George W., son of Franklin and Dency Luce... " [remainder buried, however HMP recorded "b.
9/16/1854, d. 3/27/1855" in her notes.]
(Neighboring graves: Capt. Franklin Luce, d. 1860, a. 51y;
Unpublished Vital Records: Birth: George Williams Luce, b. 9/16/1854 in Lambert's Cove to Franklin
and Dency L. (Cleveland) Luce; father farmer; father born in Chilmark.
Banks vol. III: ((290))?
#189) Cornelia F. West
"Cornelia F West d. 12/27/1855 Cause: Croup
Age: 6y 1m Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Philander + Mary West
Female Interred: Tisbury"
"Nellie F., dau. of Philander D. and Mary West, b. 3/12/1850, d. 12/28/1856 [sic.]" [ep.]
(Neighboring graves: Philander D. West, 1827 - 1903; Mary West, 1830 - 1918)
Banks vol. III: ((340))
Census family #: 91
#190) George T. Hobbs
"George T Hobbs d. 11/20/1855 [sic.] Cause: Paralysis
Age: 34y Born: Maine
Male Occ: Mariner Interred: Tisbury"
"At Holmes Hole, 11/12, Capt. George Hobbs, of Eastport, Maine, a. 30y."
Census family #: ?
#191) Richard Luce
"Richard Luce d. 12/7/1855 Cause: Unknown
Age: 74y 10m 22d Born: Tisbury
Male Occ: Mariner Interred: Tisbury"
"In Holmes Hole, 7th inst., suddenly, Capt. Richard Luce, a. 75y."
"Capt. Richard Luce, d. 12/7/1855, a. 74[?]y 10m 22d"
(Neighboring graves:
Banks vol. III: 672
Census family #: 210
#192) James Robinson
"James Robinson d. 10/16/1855
Age: 35y
Male Occ: Mariner Interred: Tisbury"
Census family #: ?
#193) Thomas Dunham
"Thomas Dunham d. 10/26/1855 Cause: Drowned at Sea
Age: 15y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Wm. + Sophronia Dunham
Male Occ: M "
[Note: "Mariner" crossed out. Occupation entered as "M".]
Banks vol. III: (423)?
Census family #: 274
[IN THE TOWN RECORDS, THE SECOND BOOK OF DEATHS STARTS WITH ENTRY
#194.]
#194) Jane Reynolds
"Jane Rounols[?] d. 10/28/1855 in Tisbury Cause: Unknown
Age: 84y 6m Born: Tisbury
Female Interred: Tisbury"
"In Tisbury, (Head of the Pond) 28th ult., Mrs. Jane Reynolds, a. 85y."
Banks vol. III: 61?
Census family #: 302
#195) William Sheer
"William Sheer d. 10/28/1855 in Tisbury Cause: unknown
Age: 19y Born: Ireland
Male Occ: Mariner Interred: Tisbury"
Census family #: ?
#196) Samuel N. Brush
"Samuel N Brush d. 11/1/1855 in Tisbury Cause: Chronic Pleurisy
Age: 17y Born: Tisbury
Male Occ: Mariner Interred: Tisbury"
"Capt. Samuel N. Brush, b. 11/2/1819, d. 11/1/1855." [ep.]
Banks vol. III: (West 303)
Census family #: 239
#197) Augustus Rieland Smith
"Augustus Rieland d. 11/4/1855 in Tisbury Cause: Disease of Brain
Age: 2y 6m 15d Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: Edward D[?] + Mary Smith
Male Interred: Tisbury"
[Note: Grave and birth records indicate that his surname was omitted from the town record.]
"Augustus K., son of Edward T. and Mary S. Smith, d. 11/4/1855, a. 2y 8m 14d." [ep.]
Unpublished Vital Records: Birth: Augustus H. Smith, b. 2/20/1853 in Tisbury to Edward T. T. and
Mary S[?] Smith; father farmer; both parents born in Tisbury.
Banks vol. III: ((192))?
#198) Thomas J. Tilton
"Thomas J Tilton d. 10/4/1855 at sea Cause: Drowned
Age: 26y Born: Chilmark Par/Sp: Benj. + Susan Tilton
Male Occ: Mariner"
Banks vol. III: (352)
Census family #: 310
#199) Mary (?) Heald
"Mary Heald d. 4/13/1855 in Taunton Cause: Erysipelas
Age: 21y Born: Tisbury
Female Interred: Tisbury"
"In Bridgewater, 20th inst., of consumption, Mary L. Heald, a. 21y."
Vital Records to 1850: TVR 142(Hannah S), 216(John)
Census family #: 116
#200) Sallie S. or Polly (Vincent) Smith
"Polly Smith d. 4/23/1855 in Tisbury Cause: Bronchitis
Age: 67y Born: Tisbury Par/Sp: wife of Joseph Smith
Female Married Interred: Tisbury"
"Sallie S., wife of Joseph Smith, 5/16/1792 - 4/24/1855."
(Neighboring graves: Joseph Smith, 1791 - 1868)
Banks vol. III: Vincent 87
Census family #: 285