William Shattuck

• Death Notes
  • To perpetuate the memory of William Shattuck who died in Watertown Aug 14 1672 aged 50 The progenitor of the families that have borne his name in America and of his son John Shattuck who was drowned in Charlestown Ferry Sept 14 1675 aged 28 This simple memorial was erected in 1853 by Lemuel Shattuck who holds in grateful veneration the character of the Puritan fathers of New England 
    
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• General Notes
  • SHATTUCK, LEMUEL, state legislator, author, was born Oct. 15, 1793, in Ashby, Mass. He was for several years a representative in the legislature. In 1844 he was one of the founders of the New England Historic-Genealogical society, and he was its vice-president for five years. He published History of Concord, Mass.; Vital Statistics of Boston; The Census of Boston; Report on the Sanitary Condition of Massachusetts; and Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck. He died Jan. 17, 1859, in Boston, Mass.