Grave marker of Reverend Convers Francis, his wife, daughter, and son.

Grave marker of Reverend Convers Francis, his wife, daughter, and son.

Death records -- Watertown (Mass).; Epitaphs -- Watertown (Mass).; Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Genealogy -- Sources.; Francis, Convers -- 1795-1863.; Allyn, Abby Bradford.; Francis, Abby Bradford.; Francis, George Convers.;

In Common Street Cemetery. Erected by the Historical Society in 1944. He was the last minister to be hired by the Town. He was minister for twenty-three years. He moved the First Parish from congregationalism to Unitarianism without the usual anger that accompanies this change. Convers Francis was lacked the easy outgoing self assurance of his predecessors.

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