Person:Lemuel Hedge (6)

Name^[4]	Rev. Lemuel Hedge
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	7 Jul 1734	Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	5 Nov 1761	Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah White
Alt Death^[2]	15 Oct 1777	Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Death^[3]	17 Oct 1777	Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1904)
p. 50.

HEDGE, Lemuel, s. Elisha and Martha, July 7, 1734.
↑ Find A Grave: Warwick Cemetery, in Find A Grave
Rev Lemuel Hedge.

[In Memory]
of
Mr Rev. Lemuel Hedge
first Minister of the church of Christ
in Warwick
who
died October 15th 1777
in the 17th year of his ministry.
["This monument was erected ... in 1801" [or 1807?]. Note: this death date differs from published histories of Warwick.]
↑ Blake, Jonathan. History of the Town of Warwick, Massachusetts: from its first settlement to 1854. (Boston, Massachusetts: Noyes & Holmes, 1873)
p. 62.

"Rev. Lemuel Hedge having died Oct. 17, 1777, on the very day that Gen. Burgoyne surrendered his army to the Americans."
↑ Ward, Andrew Henshaw. History of the town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts: from its settlement in 1717 to 1829, with other matter relating thereto not before published, including an extensive family register. (Boston, Massachusetts: Samuel G. Drake, 1847)
p. 326.

Lemuel Hedge, s/o Elisha Hedge and Martha Johnson, bp. [sic] 7 Jul 1734, d. Warwick Oct 1777, m. Sarah White of Harwick. Graduated from Harvard 1759, settled in the ministry at Warwick [ordained 3 Dec 1760 according to Blake].