Person Page - 244

       Joseph/3 Hapgood was born 2 Oct 1714 at Marlborough, MA.¹ He married, 26 Apr 1739 at Concord, his 1st cousin Mary/4a Brooks of Concord, daughter of Lt. Hugh/3a Brooks and Abigail/3 Barker, with whom he had 6 children.² The will of his mother-in-law, Abigail Brooks, 26 Jul 1751, named him executor.³ He lived at Marlborough, and died 3 Jun 1767 (g.s.) at age 52.⁴ His widow Mary died there 18 Sep 1807.^5,6 They are buried in Spring Hill Cemetery.⁶ Joseph's gravestone reads, This Stone is Erected | in Memory of | Mr. Joseph Hapgood | Who was a kind husband, a tender | Parent & Charitable, Obliging Neighbor | he departed this life | June 5, AD 1767 | aged 52 years & 8 mo.⁶
     "Inherited the homestead of his father, with the east half of his spacious farm in Marlboro'; selectman, 1758, 1763, 1764, 1766, 1767; assessor, 1766, and was a prominent and leading citizen; died intestate, June 5, 1767, while administering on the estate of his brother Thomas, late of Marlboro; and his wife Mary, July 28, 1767, was appointed administratrix, who concluded the settlement of both estates, November 1, 1768. Her husband's estate was inventoried at £387. 8s. 10d."⁷

       Mary/4a Brooks was born 11 Jul 1714 at Concord, MA.¹ There she married, 26 Apr 1739, her 1st cousin Joseph/3 Hapgood of Marlborough, son of Thomas/2 Hapgood and Judith/3 Barker, with whom she had 6 children.² They lived at Marlborough, where he died 3 Jun 1767, intestate, "while administering on the estate of his brother Thomas, late of Marlboro; and his wife Mary, July 28, 1767, was appointed administratrix, who concluded the settlement of both estates, November 1, 1768."³ Mary died at Marlborough 18 Sep 1807, "at the advanced age of ninety-three, beloved, honored and respected."^4,5 They are buried in Spring Hill Cemetery.⁵