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supports, and in expectation of more assistance from the poor people, than they will find, may in the end, prove of bad consequence in bringing contempt upon our order."
The date of Mr. Wetmore's marriage, and whom he married, the writer has not been able to ascertain, further than that he was a man of family during his residence in the city of New York, and that his wife's Christian name was Anne, she surviving him until February 29, 1771. He had issue by her, two sons and four daughters.
He died Thursday, 15th May, 1760, and was buried in the old parish burial ground on the northwest side of Blind brook. A plain monumental stone indicates the place, and bears the following inscription, which we are told, was written by his tried friend and fellow-laborer in his Master's vineyard, the Rev. Samuel Johnson, D.D.
Sacred
to the Memory of
The Rev. Mr. James Wetmore,
Worthy, Learned and Faithful Minister of the
Parish of Rye, for Above 30 years.
Who Having Strenuously Defended the Church with his Pen
and Adorned it by His Life and Doctrine,
at Length Being Seized of the Small-Pox,
departed this life May 15, 1760
Ætatis 65.
Cujus Memoriae sit in
Benedictione sempiterna.
If any of the readers of this article can supply the surname of Anne, wife of Rev. James Wetmore, they are requested to communicate with the writer. Some interesting facts regarding Mrs. Wetmore will appear in the next article.
(To be Continued.)