Samuel TOLMAN

                      Vital Records of Dorchester, Suffolk, MA;TIB,f31263469,&1263468;IGI,#335;1st Church of Dorchester;
                  

                      Vital Records of Dorchester, Suffolk, MA;Vital Records of Stoughton, Norfolk, MA;Temple bks A & C;
       Inscriptions in the Pearl street cemetery in Stoughton, picture of the cemetery and the Tolman Tomb with the slab in front, copied by Fred & Arlene Tolman in 1965;
       Arlene's account, "the first day of October 1964 found me in Stoughton, MA. I visited the old cemetery located on Pearl Street, almost in the center of town, and found there a large tomb mounded up within a stone wall, with a large stone slab, about 4 feet by 6 feet, setting edgewise to the tomb, with inscriptions on both sides.  It has been re-enforced with boards around the edges and is very clear for the age of it."
      Copied as on the slab and put other identifications in()from records;
            HERE LIES ENTOMBED:
Johnson Tolman, who died 30 Oct 1790 age 80 years.
Elizabeth(Capen)his wife,died 14 Feb 1803 aged 81 years.
Jane (Capen) Baker(sister 0f Elizabeth) died 9 Mar.1826 aged 86 years.

Deacon, Samuel Tolman, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Tolman, died 30 Nov. 1835 aged 81 years.
wife, Elizabeth (Wales) died 1 Aug 1820 aged 63 years. (She had married Nathaniel Hammond who apparently died, but she had a son Nathaniel Hammond,who died 18 Sept.1803 aged 22 years.)
Inscibed as son, died 18 Sep. 1803, aged 22 years.

Elizabeth (Tolman), their daughter, wife of Capt. Elisha Swan,died 25 Oct.1835 aged 42 years.
Rebecca Everett (Tolman), died 4 Apr.1842 aged 20yrs.
Mary Capen (Tolman), died 15 May 1832 aged 5 years.
      Daughters of Samuel and Elizabeth Tolman

John Alden (Tolman) died 9 Nov. 1822 aged 1 year.
Samuel (Tolman) died 15 Jun. 1832 aged 3 years.
       Sons of Ebenezer W. & Mary A. Tolman.

Mary Elizabeth (Tolman) died 8 Oct.1847 aged 21 years.
       Daughter of Ebenezer W,Tolman, Esq.

          REVERSE SIDE OF SLAB
Samuel Tolman, Esq., died 20 Sept. 1872 aged 85 y.4 m.3 d.
Elizabeth(Everett) his wife born 9 Jan.1708-died 29 Jan. 1861.
Mary Elizabeth, their daughter,born 1 Nov.1820-died 5 Nov.1820.
NOYE****(In the Chestnut Tree cemetery near Sharon, MA, we found a small stone
   that is engraved "In memory of Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Samuel Tolman, Jr.,and Mrs, Elizabeth, his wife, who died 6 Nov.1820 aged 1/5 M." Apparently the 1 days difference in death date was because of time this was done and when the slab in Stoughton was engraved.)

Capt. Elisha Swan, died 26 Feb. 1864 aged 76y.10m.
Ebenezer W.Tolman, Esq., b. 12 Mar.1798-d.12 Sept.1877 aged 79y.6m.
Mary (Alden)Tolman, wife of Ebenezer WmTolman,Esq., b.29 Nov. 1799-d.13 Apr.1889 aged 89y.4m.14d.
Deacon, Lucius A.(Alden)Tolman, son of Ebenezer W. Tolman,Esq.,died 4 Aug.1871, aged 48y.7m.24d.
Julia M.(Marie)(Tolman), his wife, died 10 Oct 1871 aged 42y.8m.10d.
Mary Elizabeth (Tolman) (Daughter od Lucius) died 8 Oct.1847 aged 21 years.
                  

                   Vital Records of Boston, Suffolk, MA;Vital Records of Dorchester, Suffolk, MA; History of Augusta, Maine, by North, 1870, p. 91;

Samuel Tolman, Sr., 1717-c1765;
      He was a housewright, and advanced in age, came with his family from Boston and settled on lot #42, granted 28 April 1762. His son Samuel, Jr.,also.
      The history of Augusta, 1785-182 by Nash, p. 104.(was 1st called Cushnoc in 1754) p.104.Samuel Tolman settled on lot #42, granted 28 April 1762 from Boston, and also Samuel, Jr.
      Samuel Tolman, Sr., and Jr., lived on the ancient Fort Western on Halifax Road about 3 miles northerly from Fort Western and his name was given to Tolman Pond. He was an original settler on lot #42. A little stream flowing from his farm into Kennebec river is known as Tolman Brook to this day.
      Probate Records of Lincoln county, Maine, 1760-1800;
      Samuel Tolman, Sr.,late of Kennebec river;
      Mary Tolman, of Kenneber River, near Fort Western, so called,
      Adminsitrix 29 Apr 1765.
The 1772 census of Maine shows that he had 4 sons and 2 daughters. They were all born in Boston before he went to Maine in 1762, settling at Fort Western, Augusta, Kennebec, Maine.

DEATH: 30 Oct 1796 is given as date on another record.
                  

                   #1: LDS Printou of Vital Records of Stoughton, Norfolk, MA, 1709-1800;  LDS FHL f#933414;  #2: Suffolk County Probate Record, p.566 Inventory of Estate, FHL f#493879;  #3: The Ministers Record of the Second Parish of Stoughton, The Rev. Philip Curtis 1742-1797; Now found in Sharon Historical Society, FHL f#940506; #4: Vital Records of Sharon, to 1850, FHL #973.47/S2 V2B;  #5: Vital Records of Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, FHl f#014748; #6: Early Marriages of MA, FHL #974.48 V25B;  #7: Vital Records of Roxbury, Suffolk, MA, f#928294;  #8: Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, Vital Records to 1850, FHL f#164692;  #9: Roxbury, suffolk, MA, Vital record, FHL f#974.46/R2 VAR;  #10: Logan Temple Book D 1885-1886, FDL LDS f#177842;  #11: Logan Temple Book B 1885-1886, FHL LDS f#177956; #12: FHL IGI;  #13: Vital Records of Canton 1715-1845. p 85 to 171 second vol. of Stoughton Records , FHL #974.47 v2e;  #14: Sharon was set apart from Stoughton;
Some of them are buried in the Rockridge Cemetery at what is now Sharon Norfolk, MA. Fred and Arlene Tolman were there in 1965 and went to his original farm. His great-grandson Otis Tolman was then the water commissioner at Sharon and took us all around the area.There is a gravestone in the cemetery but Otis said he was buried on his farm in  Sharon, Norfolk, MA;