Donated by Dorothy Reynolds.
“Mary L. Parsons, born Dec. 11, 1812”
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Clarissa Walker Sampler -1812
May 28, 2021
Donated by Dorothy Reynolds.
Clarissa Walker (Moore) was born Sept. 23, 1793, and died October 13, 1879. She’s buried in Brookfield Cemetery in Brookfield, Massachusetts. She married Jonathan Moore (B. 1784 – D. 1842)
“Brookfield Ma. 1805, Clarissa Walker, Age 12.”
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Susanna Paine Sampler – 1800
May 25, 2021
Sampler measures 2.5 inches by 3 inches.
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Lucy Smith Sampler – 1818
May 23, 2021
Sampler measures 14 inches by 5.5 inches, and is in poor condition. It reads: “Lucy Smith of Smithfield her sampler wrought by her AD 1818. Good manners, grace, and truth, are ornaments of youth. With early virtue plant thy breast, the specious arts of vice detest.”
This sampler may have been completed by Lucy Smith, born March 27, 1792, daughter of Samuel and Hope. (Source: Vital records of Rhode Island, 1636 – 1850, by James N. Arnold, 1892.)
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