Rev Zechariah Symmes Jr.

• BIRTH 9 Jan 1637 Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• DEATH 22 Mar 1707 (aged 70) Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• BURIAL Ancient Burying Ground, Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 21963700 Photos by Diane Darke

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:

Transcription [3]
A prophet lies beneath this stone;
His words shall live, though he is gone "

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.

Spouse
Susannah Graves Symmes 1643–1681 (m. 1669)

Children
Susanna Symmes Stevens 1670–1753
Sarah Symmes Scottow 1672–1710
Thomas Symmes 1677–1725

References

[1] http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=michelott...

[2] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21963700/zechariah-symmes

Sources

[3] http://symmes.org/Memorial/first.html