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Dr Policarpus Loring

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Dr Policarpus Loring

Birth
Rhode Island, USA
Death
4 May 1770 (aged 70)
Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
R6 P8 S18
Memorial ID
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Son of Caleb Loring and Lydia (Gray.)
Husband of Mary Breck.

POLYCARPUS LORING, born at Plympton
in 1702; married September 17, 1729,
Mary Breck. She survived him and died
August 12, 1790.
He was a physician at Plympton.
He died May 4, 1770.
Children:
1) Hannah, b. Aug. 31, 1731;
d. unm. in 1792.
2) Mary, b. Sept. 5, 1733;
m. Dec. 4, 1755, Dr. Thomas Ruggles,
of Rochester.
3) Jacob, b. Dec. 1, 1735; d. unm. in 1761.
4) Susanna, b. Feb. 6, 1738;
m. Jan. 10, 1777, Thomas Gannett.
5) Daniel, b. Feb. 1, 1739.
6) Abigail (twin) b. Feb. 1, 1739;
m. Feb. 16, 1743, Jonathan Parker;
d. Mar. 23, 1740, ae. 97.
7) Caleb, b. Jan. 28, 1747; m. in 1802
Sarah, daughter of Nathan Howard and
widow of Caleb Packard, who d. Apr. 1,
1733; he was a soldier in the Revolution,
a popular innkeeper, selectman and
assessor, much respected. He d. s.p.,
June 4, 1833.

Source:
Loring Genealogy
by Charles Henry Pope
Printed in Cambridge, Mass., 1917
https://archive.org/stream/loringgenealogy
00pope#page/n11/mode/2up

Son of Caleb Loring and Lydia (Gray.)
Husband of Mary Breck.

POLYCARPUS LORING, born at Plympton
in 1702; married September 17, 1729,
Mary Breck. She survived him and died
August 12, 1790.
He was a physician at Plympton.
He died May 4, 1770.
Children:
1) Hannah, b. Aug. 31, 1731;
d. unm. in 1792.
2) Mary, b. Sept. 5, 1733;
m. Dec. 4, 1755, Dr. Thomas Ruggles,
of Rochester.
3) Jacob, b. Dec. 1, 1735; d. unm. in 1761.
4) Susanna, b. Feb. 6, 1738;
m. Jan. 10, 1777, Thomas Gannett.
5) Daniel, b. Feb. 1, 1739.
6) Abigail (twin) b. Feb. 1, 1739;
m. Feb. 16, 1743, Jonathan Parker;
d. Mar. 23, 1740, ae. 97.
7) Caleb, b. Jan. 28, 1747; m. in 1802
Sarah, daughter of Nathan Howard and
widow of Caleb Packard, who d. Apr. 1,
1733; he was a soldier in the Revolution,
a popular innkeeper, selectman and
assessor, much respected. He d. s.p.,
June 4, 1833.

Source:
Loring Genealogy
by Charles Henry Pope
Printed in Cambridge, Mass., 1917
https://archive.org/stream/loringgenealogy
00pope#page/n11/mode/2up


Inscription

Beneath the Sacred Honours of the Tomb
In awful Silence and majestic Gloom
The man of mercy here Conceals his Head
Amid the awful mansions of the Dead
No more his Libral Hands Shall help the Poor
Relieve the distress'd and scatter joys no more.



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