"The church in Sherburne was gathered March 6, 1685; consisting or 6 male members; Rev Daniel Gookin was ordained Pastor; dying in 1718; succeeded by Rev Daniel Baker, ordained as colleague in 1712; he died in 1731; and three years after Rev. Samuel Porter was ordained his successor; dying in 1758; and succeeded in 1759 by Rev Samuel Locke"[1]
Reverend Samuel Porter is buried at the Sherborn Center Cemetery, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts[2]
Rev Samuel Porter, had a daughter Mary; who married Samuel Locke, Jr.[3]
Samuel was born in 1709. He passed away in 1758.
Sources
↑ Monthly Miscellany, of Religion and Letters; v. 6-7
Vinton, John Adams. (1876).Vol II. The Richardson Memorial; Full History and Genealogy of Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson. Posterity of Thomas Richardson .Portland ME.
Findagrave.com online database for death and burial records
Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1905) Page 490: Newton Deaths: "Porter, ____, Rev., of Sherburn, Sept. 16, 175[torn][1758]. P.R.I." (private record, from Hyde Diary, 1706-1816, kept by Lieut. William Hyde, Lieut. Noah Hyde, and Miss Ruth Hyde, now in the possession of the NEHGS.)
Find a Grave (pictured gravestones of both Samuel Porters wives) although they've reversed the maiden names on the website page
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Porter-7139 and Porter-6793 appear to represent the same person because: Samuel Porter died in September, 1858, and was succeeded by Samuel Locke in 1759 (Richardson Memorial)... This merge should be completed.
Porter-7139 and Porter-6793 do not represent the same person because: Rev Samuel Porter in Porter-6793 was alive in 1760 when his daughter married; profile Porter-7139 shows Samuel Porter died in 1758