| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Eleventh Generation1878. Rev. Samuel Treat534,549 was born on 3 September 1648 in Milford, Connecticut (New Haven).454,549 In 1672 he was a Minister in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable).534 He died on 18 March 1716/7 at the age of 68 in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable).454,549 From Find-A-Grave: "Rev. Samuel Treat (1716/17) was minister in Eastham for 45 years from 1672 until his death. He is remembered as preaching hellfire and damnation." His voice was so loud that when speaking it could be heard at a great distance from the meetinghouse, even in the midst of the winds that howled over the plains of Nauset." Rev. Treat learned the language of the Indians and preached to them with missionary zeal over a wide area of Cape Cod. The large original slate headstone of Rev. Treat was stolen in the 1800's. It was replaced in the late 1800's with a marble headstone which was in style at the time. This marble stone is paired with the original slate footstone of Rev. Treat. A cedar tree grows over his grave. The original headstone later was found in a barn in Orleans. It was placed in Snow Library in Orleans for safe keeping where it was destroyed by fire in 1952." Written by the Eastham Cemetery Commission, and found at capecodgravestones website. Eastham Cemetery Commission HERE LYES INTERRED YE BODY OF YE An eighteenth century marble replacement marker stands in the cemetery today commemorating Rev. Samuel Treat, along with the original slate footstone, inscribed "Mr. Samuel Treat." According to Kenelm Collins of the Eastham Historical Society, the original slate stone was "removed from Cove Burying Ground prior to 1905 and kept at Snow Library in Orleans until its destruction by fire in 1952."32 Mr. Collins has reconstructed the fire-damaged gravestone from many broken parts, but I have not yet had opportunity to view this marker. John Warner Barber (1841) records the inscription on the original Treat headstone33. It is perhaps the most remarkable biographical statement written on any Cape stone of this early period. Rev. Mr. Treat, originally of Milford, Connecticut, apparently was held in the highest esteem at the time of his death. Barber writes that he was, "The first minister in this town, [. . .] distinguished for his evangelical zeal and labors, not only among his own people, but also among the Indians in this vicinity; and he was the instrument of converting many of them to the Christian faith."33 1879. Elizabeth Mayo was born on 23 May 1653 in Barnstable, Massachusetts (Barnstable).454,534 She died on 4 December 1696 at the age of 43 in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable).454 Children were:
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