Zechariah Symmes (1638 - 1708)

Born 9 Jan 1638 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Susanna (Graves) Symmes — married 18 Nov 1669 (to 23 Jul 1681) in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Husband of Mehitable (Palmer) Symmes — married 26 Nov 1683 (to 1695) in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 22 Mar 1708 at age 70 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Derek Rose [send private message]

Biography

Name

Rev Zachariah Symmes

Birth

9 Jan 1637/1638 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Graduation

1657 Harvard College

from Findagrave.com

Rev Zechariah Symmes, Jr.

Birth: Jan. 9, 1637, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Death: Mar. 22, 1707, Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts

He was the son of Rev. Zecharia Symmes, Sr (April 1599- Jan.1670), who was a graduate of Emmanuel College Cambridge, Eng. Zechariah, Sr. wed Sarah Baker in 1622 and they emigrated to Massachusetts from Kent, England on the ship Griffin with their seven children in Aug. 1634.

When Rev. Zechariah Symmes, Sr. died in Charlestown, "he was honorably interred at the expense of the town." His grave was "covered and set comelie" by a stone-work laid in lime, together with a tomb-stone, procured by the selectmen of the town. The epitaph, which has been wholly effaced by the ravages of time, contained the following lines:

A prophet lies beneath this stone;

His words shall live, though he is gone "

http://symmes.org/Memorial/first.html

Graduating from Harvard College in 1657, Zechariah, Jr., married Susanna Graves on Nov. 18, 1669 in Charlestown. They had 7 children before her death in 1681. In 1683, he married Mehitable Palmer Dalton, widow of Samuel Dalton.

Family links: Spouse: Susannah Graves Symmes (1643 - 1681); Children: Susanna Symmes Stevens (1670 - 1753), Sarah Symmes Scottow (1672-1710), Thomas Symmes (1677 - 1725),

Burial: Ancient Burying Ground, Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA.^[1]

Gravestone for the Rev. Zechariah Symmes, Jr.

Sources

1. ↑ Stanton, Shirley. "Rev Zechariah Symmes, Jr.," Findagrave.com. URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21963700 Record added: Oct 05, 2007

• Sibley, John Langdon. Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University (Cambridge: Charles William Sever, 1873) Page 489

• Stanton, Shirley. "Rev Zechariah Symmes, Jr.," Findagrave.com. URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21963700 Record added: Oct 05, 2007

• Sanborn, George. The Dalton Cluster, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2000) Vol. 154, Page 283

• Leavitt, Emily Wilder. The Starkeys of New England and Allied Families (Springfield Printing & Binding Co., 1910) Page 109