NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER - WESTON, MASSACHUSETTS c.1805

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Hepzibah Harrington from Weston, Middlesex County, MA, worked this c.1805 sampler and included a memorial to her 15-year-old brother. The intricate border is a classic characteristic of Middlesex County samplers. Inscribed: MY CHILDIFH DAYS FWIFT GLIDE AWAY/ AND RIPER YEARS ARE COMING ON/ MAY HEAVEN PREPARE ME FOR THAT HOUR/ WHEN I ON EARTH FHALL BE NO MORE/ HEPZIBAH HARRINGTON.S WROUGHT IN/ THE ELEVENTH YEAR OF MY AGE.
Hepzibah (1794-1877) was one of eleven children born to Abraham Harrington and Anna Russell of Weston. She married, as his second wife, Charles Traine (1783-1849) in 1815, who was first married to her sister Elizabeth (1785-1814). He graduated from Harvard in 1805, was the preceptor of Framingham Academy in 1808, the Baptist minister in town from 1811-1839, a representative to the General Court and a State Senator. They had four children. Hepzibah’s sampler exhibits a typical Middlesex County border but the memorial to her brother is unusual. Silk on fine linen; 22.25 x 19 inches framed.

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NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER - WESTON, MASSACHUSETTS c.1805

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