The history of Lynn - Lynn Massachusetts Genealogy Project

154 HISTORY OF LYNN. [1721.The small pox prevailed in New England. In Boston morethan eight hundred persons died. If the small pox of 1633 wasa judgement upon the Indians,for their erroneous worship, wasnot tliis equally a judgement upon the inhabitants of Boston ?Some men are very free in dealing out the judgements of Godto their enemies, while they contrive to escape from the consequenceof their own reasoning. If a misfortune comes uponone who differs from their opinions, it is the vengeance ofheaven ; but when the same misfortune becomes their own, it isonly a trial. One might suppose that the observation of Solomon,that " all things happen alike to all men," and that stillmore pertinent remark of our Saviour, respecting the tower ofSiloam, would teach men understanding.^But though he spokeso plainly, how many do not rightly understand the doctrine ofthat inimitable Teacher.Doctor John Henry Burchsted died on the twentieth ofSeptember, aged 64 years. He was born in Germany in1657, and came to Lynn about the year 1685. He marriedwidow Mary Kertland, and had a son, Dr. Henry Burchsted,born 3 October, 1690. He resided in Essex Street, on thesame spot where the house of Dr. Richard Hazeltine now stands.The following is his epitaph." Silesia to New England sent this man,To do their all that any healer can ;But he who conquered all diseases mustFind one who throws him down into the dust.A chemist near to an adcptist come,Leaves here, thrown by, his caput mortuura.Reader, physicians die as others do ;Prepare, for thou to this art hastening too."The Honorable John Burrill died of the smallpox, on thetenth of December, aged 63 years. He was born on thefifteenth of October, 1658, and lived on the v/estern side ofWillis's Hill. He married Mary Stovvers of Chelsea, on thetwenty eighth of July, 1680, and left no children. He wasTown Clerk for thirty years, and was twenty one times electedRepresentative. He was Speaker of tlie House for several years,and at the time of his death was a Counsellor. He gained areputation which kw men, who have since filled his stations, havesurpassed.The purity of his character, and the integrity of hislife, secured to him the warmest friendship of his acquaintance,and the unlimited confidence of his native town. He was affablein his maners, and uniformly prudent in his conduct. His