Notes for Josias Converse: Here lyes the body of Deacon Josias Convers, aged 72 years, deceased the 3rd of February, 1689-90.
"Memento Mori - Fugit Hora"
Deacon Josiah Converse, eldest son of Deacon Edward and Sarah Converse, was born in England; came with his father to New England, 1630; and to Woburn, 1641; was deacon of Woburn Church, 1674. He married Esther Champney, March 26, 1651, daughter of Richard Champney, ruling elder of the church in Cambridge. (info from Woburn, MA website http://www.yeoldewoburn.com/Burial1.htm) [Feb2004.FTW]
Here lyes the body of Deacon Josias Convers, aged 72 years, deceased the 3rd of February, 1689-90.
"Memento Mori - Fugit Hora"
Deacon Josiah Converse, eldest son of Deacon Edward and Sarah Converse, was born in England; came with his father to New England, 1630; and to Woburn, 1641; was deacon of Woburn Church, 1674. He married Esther Champney, March 26, 1651, daughter of Richard Champney, ruling elder of the church in Cambridge. (info from Woburn, MA website http://www.yeoldewoburn.com/Burial1.htm)
Children of Josias Converse are:
+Josiah Converse, b. March 15, 1659/601, d. July 15, 1717, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts1.