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1630-1904
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
Rev. James De Normandie, D.D.
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W. A. BUTTERFIELD
59 BROMFIELD STREET
1908
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BY
WALTER ELIOT THWING
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F. H. CILSON COMPANY BOSTON. U.S.A.
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To THE Memory of
Deacon SUPPLY CLAP THWING
PREFACE
Various records of the church and of the town, including EHot's book, and the hves of the ministers and prominent members, have been from time to time pubHshed, but there has hitherto been no attempt to chronicle the history of the First Church in Roxbury. My own deep interest in the church with which my father was for so many years con- nected, has led me to make a systematic study of its founda- tion, the lives of the founders, and the chain of events leading down to the present time.
In the arrangement of material each of the five meeting houses erected on or near the site of the present one has been given a chapter. The authorities will be found in the adjoin- ing list. From these, extensive quotations have been made, and as far as possible the records tell the story.
The early records of the town, school, and church are very imperfect; in Eliot's petition to the General Court, June 29, 1669, for a renewal of the school charter, he says, " Our first book and charter were burned in ye burning of John John- son's house" (1645). But from 1652 the records are in a tolerably good condition, although the events are not always recorded in sequence. Rev. Amos Adams notes in reference to the church records, " Inasmuch as some things worthy of notice are not as I find mentioned in this Book and others yt are, are mentioned in divers places scattered up and down, I have thot proper here to insert ye following articles, follow- ing ye Revd. Mr. Eliot and Danforth's annals of events."
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The opening words are, " The First Church in Roxbury was gathered July 1682." This is the only evidence on the church records of the gathering of the church, and as no copy of the covenant can be found, it was probably burned in John Johnson's house.
For many years the inhabitants of West Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, and Brookline (then called Muddy River) worshipped in this church. In 1717 the town of Brookline organized an independent church. In 1712 the Congregational Parish of West Roxbury was set off from this church, and in 1770 the First Congregational Society of Jamaica Plain was organized from the West Roxbury Church. In 1821 the Dudley Street Baptist Church was organized; in 1822, the Universalist ; in 1832, the St. James Episcopal; in 1834, the Eliot Congrega- tional, and in 1846 the Second Unitarian Church, Mt. Pleasant Congregational, now All Soul's. From this we see that for nearly two hundred years this was the only church within the limits of Roxbury proper.
It has been difficult to get details of the lives of many of those prominent in the church, and many who were prominent in the town and in public life are unnoticed, as there is no mention of them in the church records. This is by no means proof that they were not members. During the last century a large number hired seats, and, attending the church regu- larly, considered themselves members of the church, but as it is well nigh impossible to learn the names of all of these, they have been omitted, and I have limited myself throughout to those mentioned in the records. In the brief biographies of the early members the date of baptism has been given Avhenevcr possible, as this shows that one or both parents were church members. Prior to the year 1752 the year began March 25, therefore the double date has been used for the first three months of the year as at present computed.
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I beg gratefully to acknowledge the aid rendered by many friends and especially by those who have given valuable help in offering letters relating to their immediate families. It is to be regretted that it is not possible to print the whole or parts of these letters, but as this is not a genealogical record, I have been obliged to restrict myself to the mere facts of birth, death, and marriage, the occupation of members as far as can be ascertained, and to note any public offices they may have held. I shall be grateful to receive any corrections if dates or facts are found to be wrong.
My thanks are due to Mr. William C. Lane, Librarian of Harvard University, for the photograph of the Corlet " Elegy, " and to Messrs. Allen A. Brown and William H. Gerrish for much information in regard to the choirs.
I am greatly indebted to our present pastor, the Rev. James DeNormandie, D.D., for his introduction, and to my mother and sister for their encouragement and help in preparing this work.
Two hundred and seventy-seven years have passed since a few men and women left home and friends for conscience sake, faced the great perils of the wilderness and gathered a Church in Roxbury. The seed then sown has borne won- drous fruit. The creed has changed but the church sur- vives. The spirit of the age and the change in the character of the inhabitants of the locality have greatly influenced the church membership, but under the able and earnest minis- tration of our present Pastor the Church still flourishes. And it is the prayer and devout wish of those of us who now worship in the old Meeting House on the same site where our forefathers gathered, that here we may continue to worship for many years to come.
Walter Eliot Thwing.
March, 1908.
INTRODUCTION
Man has always had a strong affection for the places of his worship. Of many nations these are their only traces which remain. Everything else has passed away — theatres, museums, libraries, art -galleries, forums, halls of traffic — but we still make pilgrimages to the ruins of their altars where they brought their oblations, and sought to escape the frown, or gain the favor, of their divinities.
One cannot pause without emotion, upon a spot, where, from a period reaching back to the settlement of a land, and without any interruption, generations have gathered, in the day of small things, amidst dangers and privations, and in the day of rapid increase in wealth, power and prosperity — to bring the story of their gratitude, penitence, and prayer to the altar of God. However indifferent or neglectful persons may have grown to the observance of religious forms in their old homes, as soon as they come to a new land they set up some place of worship, and confess that need of the spiritual realities to which the whole history of man bears witness.
The First Church in Roxbury traces an eventful history to the settlement of the plantation. On the same spot, without any break in its records, or any pause in its worship, with a line of most distinguished ministers from the Apostle Eliot, to the great preacher. Dr. Putnam, with a very large number of its members eminent in every department of civic, professional, and private life (as will appear in this book), and with many events of historical significance
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occurring within its grounds, this churcli is rapidly approach- ing the end of three centuries.
Tlie writer of this church history has studied everything relating to it, with careful, faithful, and unwearied labor, wide research and diligent inquiry for several years, and as few churches have had such an eventful history, none has had a more devoted chronicler.
The word "church" is used sometimes for the house of God as, " I am going to St. Paul's to-day," sometimes for the body of communicants, and very often for the whole service of devotion as, " I am going to church this morning. " It is on account of this varied use of the word that it is difficult occasionally to fix the exact date of a church's beginning. Some count from the building of the house, some from the settlement of a minister, some from the gatherinff of a few worshipj^ers on a ship's deck, or under a spreading tree, or in the room of a private house — this latter is the true idea of the iKKkr^a-ia, the assembly.
The Apostle Eliot's records of the First Church begin thus, "Mr. William Pinchon, he came in the first company, 1630. He was one of the first foundation of the churcli at Rocks- borough. " Then he goes on to name several families which he says were of the first company in 1630, certainly enough to have some kind of a gathering for the worship of God ; and in days when woi-ship Avas so dear to them after the persecu- tions they had suffered in England, especially with all the loneliness and privations, perils of the wilderness, and perils of the Indians, and the rigor of wintry days, in some home however humble they must have assembled and constituted a true church. When weather permitted, and weather was not a serious obstacle in those days to church going, they went for awhile through the pathway in the forests over to Dorchester, " until such time as God should give them oppor-
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tunity to be a church among themselves." "Mr. George Alcock, he came w*'^ the first company aiio. 1G30. When the pco[)le of Rocksbrough joyned to the church at Dor- chester, he was by the church chosen to be a Deakon esp'c to regard the brethren at Rocksbrough : and after he adjoyned himselfe to this church at Rocksbrough he was ordained a Deakon of this church. " The early ministers of these plantations, as the first settlements were called, regarded themselves as self-constituted chroniclers of whatever took place in their sparsely inhabited parishes. They were the historians and journalists of the time. If a house was struck by lightning, or a great storm came, or any portent in the heavens, or some accident befell a settler, or an epidemic appeared, or a brother or sister lapsed into heresy, or a ship arrived or sailed, or if there was an exceptional season, as once the Apostle writes, "not any snow fell this winter," if there was an abundant harvest or a threatened famine, the minister makes a note of it in the parish book, and frequently this is all the history of the times we have.
There was a special reason in the theology of that day for the minister to make these records. According to the Puritan, the Church was a company of Christians under the Govern- ment of God. Each church was to mark the separation of the faithful from the sinners; it consisted of the "visible saints, " and even if the saintship was not always visil)le, its object was to maintain a high standard of purity and holiness among its members. Each church was a unit to determine its own rules of faith and life. "The kingdom of God," said the Puritan Roliert Browne, "was not to be begun by whole parishes, but rather of the worthiest were they never so few." Wlien the Independent divines put forth their " Declaration, " its preface says, " From the first, every, or at least the generality of our churches, have been in a manner
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like so many ships (though holding forth the same general colours) lancht singly and sailing apart and alone in the vast ocean of these tumultuating times, and exposed to every wind of Doctrine under no other conduct than the Word and the Spirit, and their particular Elders, and principal Brethren, without association among ourselves, or so much as holding out common lights to others, whereby to know where we are. " No church or union of churches had any right or power to interfere with the faith or discipline of any other church, so it had to be a jealous custodian of the conduct of its own members. There was no disposition to gloss over the faults of anyone, man or woman, who, having once taken hold of the covenant, had fallen from grace ; so the minister was quite ready to put down in black and white his spiritual judgment of his flock. But with a keen watch for heresy or for sin, a tender love and sympathy went with it. The atmosphere of every home was known, and any lapsing brother or sister was brought to the open confessional or banished the settle- ment. On the Rockesbrough Hill fast by the first little rough meeting-house stood the stocks and the pillory, guardians of peace and terror to evil doers, where the offender had to stand in full view of the elect, and where every offence against the gospel was sure to be followed by the penalty of the law. These records make strange reading to-day, but after all the sins make a very small part of them. The records of the Apostle Eliot are of surpassing interest, because the man is the most interesting figure in the early history of New England. There is such a flavor of humanity and godliness about them because the man was so human, so godly. What tender yearnings come out in a sentence like this, about some who had humbled themselves by public confession in the meeting house, "we have cause to hope that the full proceedings of discipline," (no letting up of
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discipline) "will doe more good than theire sin hath done harm."
The plan of the writer of this volume has not permitted him to go beyond the affairs and statistics relating to the church — but many matters of historical interest, and especially events connected with the Revolution, cluster around the site of the First Church.
Here Washington came to review the army, the right of which was at Roxbury, its main post being on Meeting-House Hill. Its first commander was General Thomas, whose headquarters were in the parsonage, still standing on the high, rocky bluff near the church, almost the last witness to the scenes of those stormy days, and with a superb view over the city. The lawn in front of the meeting house was the grand parade ground of the army. Here the guards for the advanced lines on the neck, for the main guard in Roxbury Street, and for the other posts, and the fatigue parties em- ployed on the fortifications were formed every morning, and reviewed by General Thomas, who, with his spy-glass, watched from the dormer windows of his house the move- ments of the enemy at Charlestown. The Rhode Island troops were said to be the best furnished ; while the Southern riflemen, in white hunting shirts and Indian moccasins, were among the most picturesque, and also the most feared. They had been trained to think it disgraceful to shoot game any- where but in the head; and at a review a company of them fired, at a quick advance, their balls into objects of seven inches diameter, at a distance of two hundred and fifty yards. The British spoke of them as those " shirt-tail men, with their cursed twisted guns, the most fatal widow and orphan workers in the world. "
WTien the troops started on their march to Cambridge, and went down Roxbury Street, the one road to Boston, and past
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the school-house of the famous grammar school, founded by the Apostle Eliot after the type of the grammar schools of England, the fires of patriotism could no longer be smothered in the teacher, Robert Williams; he dismissed the boys, gave the key of the school-house to a pupil to hand to the trustees, fell in the march with the soldiers, and served throughout the war with a marked distinction which is cherished by his descendants.
Here Whitefield came in his great revival journey and preached on the lawn in front of the church on Friday, April 2G, 1740, to an immense congregation coming from every part of the country, and in every kind of vehicle, to the number, it is said, of at least sixteen thousand. After his services he dined with Judge Paul Dudley, the founder of the Dudleian Lectureship at our neighboring University. White- field was graciously welcomed by the clergy of Boston, with the exception of Dr. Cutler, rector of Christ Church, who, meeting him on the street, said to him, " I am sorry to see you here," to whom Whitefield quietly replied, "So is the devil."
In the list of members of the church which stood on the site of this present one, and which may be called the church of the Revolutionary period, it is surprising to find how many were officers of the army.
Another matter which enters largely into the history of the First Church is the great interest taken by the Apostle Eliot and members of the congregation in education. In a small manuscript roll covered with dark, time-stained vellum and tied with a cord of skin is preserved one of the most valualjle documents in the early history of New England. It contains the covenant for the establishment of "The Free Schoole in Roxburie, " afterwards Icnown as "The Grammar School in the P>astcrly part of the town of Roxbury, " and still later as the Roxburv Latin School. It is dated the last
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day of August in the year of our Lord 1645. The book is rich in signatures of Ehot, Weld, the Dudleys, Scavers, Williamses, Hemingways, Ruggleses, Mays, Dorrs, Sumners, Heaths, and many Avho were prominent in the plantation of Roxbury. The method and earnestness with which they entered into the matter, and their determination to sustain the school at whatever sacrifice is shown by another paper the next year wherein, " it is agreed by all those inhabitants of Roxbury as" have or shall subscribe their names or marks to this book for themselves severally and for their respective heii'S and executors that not only their houses but their fields, orchards, gardens, outhouses and homesteads, shall be and hereby are bound and made lialile to and for the several sums and rents before and hereafter in this book mentioned to be paid by every of them. "
I do not know where one can find earlier, more constant, more generous, or more consecrated efforts in the interests of education, and in the list of subscribers it is remarkable how few made their "marks," for their pledges.
It is impossible to include in this volume these old-time records of what was the heroic age of New England. They are not such records as we write to-day, but at heart the humanity of these worshippers was of the same type as our own. Here is a long and faithful list of those Avho for genera- tions have worshipped on the same spot, and thousands of their descendants now scattered throughout this vast land will find their names with a touch of grateful memory and emotion. For two hundred and seventy-seven years this church has been the abode of the highest and most helpful ideals to which the human heart can be consecrated, and the fire has not been suft'ered to die out upon the altar, nor has the altar been removed. We are not like the Fathers by wearing the Puritan dress, nor by subscribing to their doc-
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trines, but by sacrifices for a new land; by their interest in education ; by their efforts to walk together as the truth might be revealed to them; by a deeper faith in those few great spiritual verities which ever have been, and ever must be, the refuge, support, and inspiration of the human soul.
This church has had a noble past, but the real value of a church is not in its past, but in its ability to minister to the religious needs of to-day.
May many generations gather on this spot for their finest apprehension of truth, and for their deepest assurances of the living God.
James De Nokmandie.
45 Lambert Avenue, Roxbuby. March, 1908.
CONTENTS
3firf5t Meeting Douee
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List of Pastors and Officers 1
History of the Church 3
Life of Thomas Welde 15
Life of John Eliot 17
Life of Samuel Danforth 38
Lives of the Ruling Elders 42
Lives of the Deacons 43
Church Members 45
Second /llbcettng "Ibouse
List of Pastors and Officers 67
History of the Church 69
Life of Nehemiah Walter 84
Life of Thomas Walter 11-
Lives of the Ruling Elders 116
Lives of the Deacons 118
Church Members 120
tlbtrD Meeting Ibouse
List of Pastors and Officers 137
History of the Church 139
Chutrch Members 142
jFouctb /nbeeting Ibouse
List of Pastors and Officers 145
History of the Church 149
Life of Oliver Peabody 174
Life of Amos Adams 175
Life of Eliphalet Porter 178
Lives of the Deacons 185
Church Members 186
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List of Pastors and Officers 209
History of the Church 217
Life of George Putnam 240
Lives of the Deacons 245
History of the Communion Table 256
Church Members 259
Pew Owners 271
History of the Music 335
History of the Sunday School 353
History of the Horse Sheds 356
History of the Church Charities 358
Appendix — Presentation of John Eliot's Chair 372
Index 374
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Present Meeting House Frontispiece
Built in 1804, and showing Putnam Chapel, built in 1876. The large l)uilding near the church on the left is Stoddard's New Brick Building, where services were held in 1803.
The Corlet Elegy facing 87
Elegy on Elijah Corlet, the first schoolmaster of Cambridge, by Nehemiah Walter, 1687. The original is in possession of Har- vard University. Copied through the courtesy of Mr. William C. Lane, Librarian.
Plan of the Thhid Meeting House, 1736 facing 139
The Parsonage facing 174
Built by Oliver Peabody in 1751 and occupied by him and his successors. After the death of Dr. Porter by Charles K. Dillaway.
Meeting House Hill in 1790 facing 169
Showing the Fourth Meeting House, the Parsonage on the right and Horse Sheds near the church on the left. From an oil painting by John Ritts Penniman, a painter living m Roxbury. Taken from Francis S. Drake's History of Roxbury, through the courtesy of Mr. Edward W. McGlennen.
Plate facing ^18
This Plate, supposed to have been placed under the corner stone of the present Meeting House, was stolen in some mysterious manner, and returned anonymously in 1813.
Plan of the Floor of the Present Meehng House, 1804.
This remains unchanged, with the exception of the removal of two pews near the pulpit wlien the i)resent {)ulpit was built, facing 271 xix
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Plan of the G.ylleries of the Present Meeting House, 1804. Showing the square pews and the singers' seats. A change was made in 1835 facing 310
Plan OF Gajxeries OF the Present Meeting House. . . facing 317 Showing the long pews after the change in 1835. The only change since then was made in 1888, when four small pews attached to the organ were removed when the new organ was built.
View of Eliot Square facing 356
Showing the Meeting House and the Horse Sheds, taken from John W. Barber's Historical Collections of Massachusetts, 1844.
Interior of the Present Meeting House looking East, Taken
IN 1857 facing 232
Interior of the Present Meeting House looking West, Taken
IN 1857 facing 234
Interior of the Present Meeting House looking East, Taken
IN 1900 238
Interior of the Present Meeting House looking West, Taken
IN 1900 facing 240
John Eliot's Chair facing 373
Presented by the First Parish in Dorchester to the First Church in
Roxbury, Sunday Evening, March 17, 1907.
AUTHORITIES.
Recordes of the First Church in Roxbury, including Eliot's Book.
Town Records of Roxbury.
Town and Church Records of Dorchester.
To\\Ti and Church Records of Boston.
Town and Church Records of Brookline.
Massachusetts Archives.
Suffolk County Deeds.
Norfolk County Deeds.
History of New England, 1630-1649. John Wmthrop.
Wonder Working Providence of Zion's Saviour, 1658. Capt. Edward
Johnson. Plain Dealings or News from New England, WH. Thomas Lechford. A Briefe Description of New England, 1660. Samuel Maverick. New England's Prospects, 1634. Wilham Wood. Magnelia Clu-isti Americana, 1702. Cotton Mather. Journal of a Voyage to New York and a Tour in Several American Colonies,
1679-80. Jasper Dankers. Diary of Judge Samuel Sewall, 1673-1729. History of New England, 1873. John Gorham Palfrey. Memorials of the Pilgrim Fathers, John Eliot and His Friends of Nazing
and Waltham, 1882. William W'inters. Bibliography of the Algonquin Languages, 1891. James Constantine Pilling. Massachusetts Historical Society, Collections and Proceedings. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Biographical Dictionary, 1809. John Eliot. Biographical Dictionary, 1809 and 1857. William Allen. Harvard Graduates, 1873-85. John Langdon Sibley. Annals of the American Pulpit, 1857. William B. Sprague. American Quarterly Register.
Life of Nehemiah Walter, 1755. Thomas Prince and Thomas Foxcraft. Revolutionary Adventures of Ebenezer Fox, 1838. Records of Deacon Joshua Felton, 1782-1816. Newspapers of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Genealogies of Individual Families.
HISTORY OF THE FIRST CHURCH IN ROXBURY
®l|r iFtrfit iHrrttng l^nitar 1632-1674
PASTORS
Rev. Mr. Thomas Welde Rev. Mr. Samuel Danforth
TEACHER Rev. Mr. John Eliot
RULING ELDERS Mr. John Miller Mr. Isaac Heath
DEACONS
Mr. George Alcock Mr. William Parke Mr. Philip Eliot
Mr. Giles Paison
SEXTONS
John Chandler chosen in 1659
William Cleaves chosen in 1669
THE FIRST MEETING HOUSE
John Eliot was called to be a Teacher to the Roxbury people soon after the building of the first meeting house and his life and labours, together with those of his Nazing asso- ciates, occupy no small space in the evangelical annals of New England.
In the words of Mr. Winters, who wrote from the English point of view :
As a pioneer and reformer, Eliot stands prominent among the settlers and foimders of the New World, surrounded and supported by a galaxy of Essex Nonconfonnists of the purest type. It is well known that there is no county in Old England that can claim precedence of Essex for honest and intrepid men, especially those of the Reformation age, who, for the sake of truth and liberty, endured the tortures of the rack and fagot ; and others of a later period feared not to exercise the right of conscience and private judg- ment in things agreeable to their rehgious impressions, until overcome by the heat of persecution, they were necessitated to cross the stormy Atlantic in search of a home in the dreary wilds of the Far West.
The First Church in Roxbury, whose influence was to become great and far-reaching, was the sixth to be gathered by the emigrants to New England, being preceded by those of Plymouth (1620), Salem (1G29), Dorchester (1630), Boston (1630), and Watertown (1630). A company of the men who arrived in Winthrop's fleet in 1630, sat dowTi in Roxbury, and these, with others who came later in the same year and in 1631, were the founders of our church.
Under the charge of Deacon George Alcock they first joined themselves to the church in Dorchester, until such
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time as God should give them opportunity to be a church among themselves. In 1630 they were taxed for the main- tenance of the ministers at Charlestown and Boston. The beginning of a church was usually considered to date from the signing of the covenant and the ordaining of the first pastor, but, unfortunately, the covenant of our church cannot be found, though we have the date of the ordination of the first pastor. Rev. Amos Adams notes in the church book that the church was gathered in 1632. On the other hand the words under the clock in the gallery of the present Meeting House built in 1804, and placed there by an unknown hand, say, "This church was gathered in 1631," and Captain Johnson in "Wonder Working Providence" heads the paragraph on Roxbury, "The Fift Church of Christ gathered at Roxbury 1631." But Johnson did not always agree with other authorities as to the date of organization.
To have been without a church, both in the sense of a gathering and a building, must have been very trying to the settlers, and we may infer that while worshipping in Dorchester, they constantly kept in mind their own aspirations, and discussed among themselves their hopes and plans.
Judging from the history of other churches of the time, in all probability the covenant was signed when the first meeting house was built and ready for occupancy, and the first Pastor, Rev. Thomas Welde, ordained, in the month of July, 1632.
During that year another band of emigrants arrived and these were the friends of John Eliot, coming chiefly from Nazing and the adjoining parishes. Before leaving England, Eliot had engaged with a select number of his pious and Christian friends that if they should come into these parts
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before he should be in a pastoral care of any other people, he would give himself to them and be for their service. It happened that these friends transplanted themselves hither the year after he came, and chose their habitations in Roxbury, and it was no doubt through their influence with the church which had already settled Mr. Welde as Pastor, that John Eliot was called to be their Teacher, and he was ordained Nov. 5, 1G32.
We have no record of the appearance nor the size of the first meeting house, but Captain Johnson in his "Wonder Working Providence " tells us, in speaking of Roxbury:
Their streetes are large, and some fajTe houses, j'et liave they built their House for Church assembly, destitute and unbeautified with other buildings. The Church of Christ here is increased to about 120 persons, their first Teaching Elder called to office is Mr. Eliot, a yong man, at his comming thither of a cheerfull spirit, walking unblameable, of a godly conversation, apt to teach, as by liis indefatigable paines both with his own flock, and the poore Indians doth appeare, whose language he learned purposely to helpe them to the knowledge of God in Christ, frequently Preaching in their Wignams, and Catechizing their children.
The building was undoubtedly small and oblong and at first without shingles or plaster, with a thatched roof, and without gallery, pew or spire. Probably similar to Dedham in dimensions, that being thirty-six feet long, twenty feet wide and twelve feet high.
In other towTis the inhabitants were called to meeting by beat of drum, and no doubt this custom prevailed here.
The people sat on plain benches, men and women apart, on their respective sides of the house, while the boys had a place separate from both w^ith a tything man to keep them in order. Two services were held on Sunday, in the morning and afternoon, with a short interval between. They con- sisted of first a prayer by the Pastor, then the reading and expounding of scripture by the Teacher, then the singing of a
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psalm in a metrical version without instrumental accom- paniment, which was dictated or lined by the Ruling Elder, and a sermon of which the approved length was an hour, measured by an hour glass which stood upon the pulpit. The services concluded Avith a prayer and a blessing from the teacher.
Cotton Mather describes the Officers of the Church as follows :
The office of pastor and teacher appears to be chstinct. The pastor's special work is to attend to exortation and therein to administer a word of wisdom; the teacher is to attend to doctrine and therein to administer a word of knowled<>e ; and either of them to administer the seals of that cove- nant unto the dispensation whereof they are alike called; as also to execute the censures beinjij but a kind of application of the word the preaching of which tocjether with the application thereof they are alike charged withal. Forasmuch as both pastors and teachers are given by Christ, for the per- fecting of the saints, and edifying of his body, which saints and body of Christ is his church, and therefore we account pastors and teachers to be both of them church officers, and not the pastor for the church and the teacher only for the schools, tho' this we gladly acknowledge that schools are both la\vful. profitable and necessary for the training up of such in good literature or learning as may afterwards be called forth into office of pastor or teacher in the church.
The ruling elder's offic? is distinct from the office of pastor and teacher. The ruling elders are not so called to exclude the pastors and teachers from ruling, because ruling and governing is common to these with the other, whereas attending to preach and teach the word is peculiar unto the former.
The ruling elder's work is to join with the pastor and teacher in those acts of spiritual rule which are distinct from the ministry of the word and sacra- ments committed to them of which sort these be as followeth.
1. To open and shut the doors of God's house by the admission of members approved by the church, by ordination of officers chosen by the church and by excommunication of notorious and obstinate offenders renounced by the church, and by restoring of penitents forgiven by the church.
2. To call the church together when there is occasion and seasonably to dismiss them again.
3. To prepare matters in private that in publick they may be carried an end with less trouble and more speedy dispatch.
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4. To moderate the carriage of all matters in the church assembled, as to propound matters to the church. To order the season of speech and silence and to pronounce sentence according to the mind of Christ with the consent of the church.
5. To be guides and leaders to the church in all matters whatsoever par- taining to church administrations and actions.
6. To see that none in the church live inordinately, out of rank and place without a calling or idlely in their calhng.
7. To prevent and heal such offences in hfe or in doctrine as might corrupt the church.
8. To feed the flock of God with a word of admonition.
9. And as they shall be sent for to visit and pray over their sick brethren.
10. And at other times as opportunity shall serve thereunto.
The office of a deacon is instituted in the church by the Lord Jesus: Sometimes they are called helps. The scriptiu-es telleth us how they should be qualified. Grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre. They must first be proved, and then use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. The office and work of a deacon is to receive the offerings of the church, gifts given to the church and to keep the treasury of the church and therewith to serve the tables, which the church is to provide for: as the Lord's table, the taljle of the minis- ters, and of such as are in necessity, to whom they are to distribute in simplicity.
The office therefore being limited unto the care of the temporal good things of the church, it extends not to the attendance upon and administra- tion of the spiritual things thereof, as the word and sacraments and the like.
The ordinance of the apostle and practice of the church, commends the Lord's day as a fit time for the contributions of the saints.
At first ministers were provided for by voluntary con- tributions, but soon other methods were employed and the salary was raised by taxation or in other ways. In the earliest times ministers were ordained by officers of the church, but later other churches were asked to assist.
Children were baptised in the meeting house, generally on the next Sunday after their birth. Ministers did not officiate at marriages and no religious service took place at the burial of the dead.
Persons were admitted to the church after owning the
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covenant, but not always at once to full communion. And often they were excommunicated for some offence and upon repentance received again into the church. In those days the discipline of the church was severe and even the min- isters were not exempt.
Lechford in "Plain Dealings" tells us:
That the most persons at New England are not admitted of their church, and therefore are not freemen, and when they come to be tried there, be it for life or limb name or estate, or whatsoever, they must be tried and judged too by those of the church who are in a sort their adversaries.
A slight relaxation was admitted in a few years by which non-members were empowered to serve as jurymen and to vote at town meetings in laying down taxes and choosing selectmen, but the severe policy was retained as a whole until 1665.
A lecture was regularly preached on some secular day of every week. All the established periodical festivals, Christ- mas, Easter, etc., were disregarded, but fast days and days of public thanksgiving or humiliation were frequent and religiously kept.
In 1634, it being found that the four lectures did spend too much time, the ministers with the advice of the magis- trates, and with the consent of their congregations did agree to reduce them to two days. Mr. Warham at Dorchester one 4*11 day of the week, and Mr. Welde at Roxbury the next 4^^ day.
In 1634 at a meeting of the Assistants it was then informed us how Mr. Eliot, the teacher of the church of Roxbury, had taken occasion in a sermon, to speak of the peace with the Pekods, and to lay some blame upon the ministry for pro- ceeding therein, without consent of the people, and for other failings as he conceived, we took order that he should be dealt with by Mr. Cotton, Mr. Hooker and Mr. Welde.
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After the conference with Mr. Ehot he was brought to aclaiowledge his error.
Oct. 7, 1G36 the General Court met here having adjourned from Cambridge on account of the small-pox.
In regard to the followers of Ann Hutchinson in 1G37, Winthrop says, "the town of Roxbury is required to take order for the safe custody of Mrs. Hutchinson" and it is said that she was committed to the personal care of Joseph Weld, the brother of the minister. The church at Roxbury dealt with divers of their members (who had their hands to the petition in regard to Mrs. Hutchinson) and spent many days in public meetings to have them to see their sin, in that, as in also in the corrupt opinions, which they held, but could not prevail with them. So they proceeded to two or three admonitions, and when all was in vain, they cast them out of the church. In their dealings with them they took some of them in plain lies, and other foul distempers.
All towm business was transacted in the meeting house, and all matters relating to the church were acted upon in town meeting.
Maverick, in his description of New England, says, in speaking of Roxbury, " by farming is their most subsistence. " William Ward says, " The inhabitants being all very rich. "
The church prospered under the united labors of Mr. Welde and Mr. Eliot, and they worked together in harmony until Mr. Welde returned to England in 1641, and the church was without a Pastor until Rev. Mr. Samuel Danforth was ordained Sept. 24, 1650.
Sept. 1, 1644 Wee had a solemn and public fast throughout ye jurisdiction.
The relation and interest of the members of this church to the "Free Schoole in Roxburie," now more generally knoAvn as the "Roxbury Latin School," can best be told by what
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is found in the document of the earhest date in posses-sion of the Trustees and dated "last of August, 1645."
Whereas the Inhabitantes of Roxbury in consideration of their relligeous care of posteritie, have taken into consideration how necessarie the education of theire children in Literature will be to fitt them for public service, both in Church and Commonwealthe, in succedingf ages. They therefore unani- mously have consented and agreed to erect a free schoole in the said Towne of Roxburie, and to allow Twenty pounds per annimi to the Schoolemaster, to bee raised out of the Messuages and part of the Lands of the severall donors (Inhabitantes of tlie said Towne) in severall proportions as hereafter foHoweth under theire haiides. And for the well ordering thereof they have chosen and elected seven Feoffees who shall have power to putt in or remove the Schoolemaster, etc.
The Feoffees were John EHot, Joseph Weld, John Johnson, John Roberts, Joshua Hewes, Isaac Morrell, Thomas Lambe. Among the founders of this school were Rev. Thomas Welde, our former Pastor, Rev. John Eliot, our Teacher, Presiding Elder Heath, Deacon Parke, Deacon Eliot, Deacon Paison and of the Founders of our church, John Johnson, Thomas Lambe, William Dennison, Francis Smith, John Leavens, also Mr. Thomas Dudley and Daniel Gookin. Thomas Bell, a member of our church, gave his real estate to the support of the School and in his will mentions that the Minister and two head officers of the said Church at Roxbury and their successors should hold his estate in trust only for the maintenance of a schoolemaster and free schoole for the teaching and instructing of poore mens children at Roxbury, aforesaid forever, and to and for no other use, intent or purpose whatsoever. And from that day to this the minister and two senior Deacons of this church have always been members of the Board of Trustees.
In 1646 the Meeting House was put in safe repaire.
March 17, 1649/50 a collection for ye poor distressed church at Bahamah & yr was about 28 pounds gathered in our little con«jreg;ation.
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In 1654 the town voted to build two galleries and that the selectmen see to it, and in 16.36 the ends were clapboarded. Mr. Eliot and Mr. Danforth were each of them allowed £60, per annum, paid generally in corn or otherwise to their content, cleared in accounts ordinarily once in the year, they both having estate in corn and cattle.
Certain propositions agreed upon and voted in ye church ye 24 of 8mo 1658.
1. Infants, either of whose immediate perents are in church-covenant, do confederate in their parents and therefore are members of ye church, and ye cliurch ought to take care that they be duly instructed in the grounds of reUgion, and be trained up under ye tuition of ye ordinances.
2. The seed of ye church being thus trained up for Tlirift, it is their duety when grown to yeares of discretion to owne the covenant their made in their parents and (being orderly called thereunto) personally, publickly and solemnely to avouch ye Lord in an ecclesiacticall way to be their God accord- ing to the covenant of Grace, and to submit themselves to ye power and government of Clu-ist in his church.
3. Such of ye seed of ye church as understand ye grounds of religion, are not scandelous and have solemnly owned ye covenant in their own persons wherein they give up themselves and their children unto ye Lord, their children ought to have baptism administered unto them.
4. Though ye persons forementioned owne ye covenant according to ye premises, yet before they are admitted unto full communion, i.e. to ye Lords Supper and to voting, they must so hold forth their faith and evantances unto ye judgment of charity, by way of confession, as it may appear unto ye church yt they are able to examine themselves and to discern ye Lords body and to judge spiritually of spirituall things.
5. Such as being orderly called to owne ye covenant, if after church admonition and other due means with patience used, they shall refuse ye performance of this great duty or in case they shall notwithstanding like meanes applied, any otherwise contirme scandalous, they ought to be cut off from ye church.
The vote passed in these words :
Upon many agitations of disquisitions amongst ourselves, upon much advice and counsell and especially that of ye first Synod at Cambridge (1647) and ye late councill at Boston (1657) and after more than ten years time of consideration about these points in hand, we, ye church of Roxbury
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are at last come up to this resolution that we jud<^e in our consciences yt those 5 propositions are agreeable to ye truth of God and rules, wch we now are to walk by.
On the 30th January 1659/60 it was left to the selectmen to repair the Meeting House and to do as they please for the strength, warmth and beauty of said house, namely, that the house is to be shingled and also two galleries built, with three seats in a gallery, one at the one end of the house and the other at the other end. Also the house to be plastered within side with plaster and haire ; also for the seting out of the house, that some pinakle or other ornament be set upon each end of the house; also the bell to be removed in some convenient place for the benefit of the town, and the charge to be borne by the several inhabitance by way of a rate. For which work Lieut. John Remington is to have twenty -two pounds ; more, if the worke deserveth more; lesse, if the work deserveth lesse.
In 1659 John Chandler was to have 50 shillings a year for ringing the bell and sweeping and 3 pounds if he would "keep ye doore bowlted," and he continued to serve until 1669.
The 5 of ye (5) 1659. This day the Teaching and Ruling Elders of our church, as messengers of ye church mett at Roxbury, with ye messengers of other churches, for to heare the Indeans make a relation of the work of God upon ther soull; at wch time ther weer six made ther relation in the Indian tongue & repeated by Mr. Eliat in Englesh witt- nessed unto ye truth of his translation by Mr. Pearson of Long Island and Goodman ffolgicr of Martin's Vinyard; & Mr. Eliat's own son. (This is recorded in the Dorchester church records as well as the following.)
The first of ye (11) 60 ther was also a fast kept at Roxbury on ther lecture day.
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At a Town Meeting Jan. 15, 1665/6 it is stated, "the same day it being a complaint of several of the Inhabitance that they wanted convenient Rome to sit in the Meeting House to their edification by reason of the disturbance the boys make in the Gallery, and the voat of the Towne is such they desire the selectmen to advise with the elders about removing the boys, or building some other Gallery, or making another paier stayers or doing anything that may be the best Good for the whole. "
8th. 9 m. 1665 a solemn thanksgiving.
22. 9 m. 1665 A solenm Fast in reference to ye sickness in England.
In Jan. 1666/7, "it was voated for making more Rome in the ISIeeting House, that there should be another seate added to the men's Gallery, and it was left by the same voate to the selectmen, together with the advice of the elders, to consider of the making another paier stayers to the said gallery, or doeing anything else that way as may conduce to the good of the whole body for the end above expressed. "
April 6, 1666. All the churches in this jurisdiction kept a solemn day of Fasting and Prayer.
John Alcocke in his will dated May 10, 1666, says, " I give to ye church of X* in Roxbury £3 to buy them a good wine boule. "
1st mo 21. 1666/7. This day our church made a collection for Mr. Wigglesworth .£4 175.
8*^ 2 mo 1667. Our church made a collection for the relief of our brethren and countrymen who were reduced to extremities at Cape Feare. The sum was about seven pounds.
In 1669 William Cleaves was appointed sexton and served until 1677.
1670 4 mo 20 day. A solemn confei-ence of 6 churches.
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viz: ye elders and messengers of ye First Church in Boston, of Roxbury, of Dorchester, Weymouth, Cambridge and Watertowni, met at Braintree at ye request of ye church there, for ye hearing and ye heahng of their divisions and distractions, in reference to ye choice of Teaching Elders amongst tliem.
On Dec. 16, 1672, the Selectmen made a church rate for the payment of the Elders which amounted to £120.12.3 and the surplus was left in the hands of the Deacons.
In this Meeting House the people worshipped for forty years. Many of the first settlers were dead or had moved away and their children were now heads of families.
The population of the town having increased to such an extent that a larger house of worship was necessary and this Meeting House being constantly in need of repairs, on Decem- ber 10, 1672, there was a full towne meeting in consultation about repairing of the meeting-house and it was, " after much debate with love and condescending one to another, con- cluded by voate to l)uild a nue meeting-house as near the other as conveniently may be," provided it exceed not ten rods from this spot where it now stands. A committee was chosen to have charge of this important affair some time during the following year and in 1674 this building was torn dow^l and a new meeting-house erected.
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REV. MR. THOMAS WELDE
Thomas Welde was born in Terling, four miles west of Witham in Essex county, England. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, receiving the degree of A.B. in 1613, and A.M. in 1618 and then settled in the ministry in his native place. Here he received into his family the Rev. Thomas Sliepard six months before the latter took his degree at Cambridge, and later when the persecutions of Archbishop Laud were driving many across the water, Welde and Shepard consulted together whether it were best to let such a swine root up God's plant in Essex and not give him some check. But they both incurred the penalties of the laws against non- conformists and followed their brethren to New England.
Welde arrived in Boston in the William and Francis, June 5, 1632, and after many importunings and days of humiliation by those of Boston and Roxbury, to seek the Lord for Mr. Welde, his disposing, and the advice of those at Plymouth being taken, at length he resolved to sit doen with them at Roxbury and was ordained Pastor of this church in July, 1632.
He took the oath of freeman Nov. 6, 1632.
Mr. Welde was valiant in the faith, a defender of the truth and of the churches in this land l)oth in the pulpit and with his pen. His own honest convictions and principles led him to take an active part in religious controversies. He was very popular with the Magistrates and was often consulted in political matters. He was one of the chief inquisitors at the trial of Ann Hutchinson, who, after her conviction, was banished and her followers disarmed. »
In 1639 he assisted his colleague and Richard Mather in making the New England version of the Psalms. Li 1641
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the colony thought fit to send a commission to England to negotiate various matters, and their choice fell upon Mr. Welde, Hugh Peters and William Hibhens. The Court so moved the church of Roxl3ury for Mr. Welde that after some time of consideration they freely yielded. He went by the way (jf Newfoundland, where he preached to the seamen and thence took passage to England in a fishing vessel.
Mr. Hibbens returned home within a year, but Mr. Welde and Mr. Peters prolonged their stay until they seem to have sufi'ered no little suspicion from the General Court. In Oct., 1645, the Court adopted a vote "that Mr. Peters and Mr. Welde, having been long absent, may understand the Court's mind, that they desire their presence here and speedy return. " But neither came. Mr. Welde was after- wards settled over St. Mary's Church at Gateshead in the bislioprick of Durham opposite Newcastle.
Mr. Welde was twice married (1) to Margaret (2) to
Judith. Rev. Samuel Danforth thus records his death in
the church book. " March 23 (60) Mr. Thomas Welde some- time Pastor to this church dyed in London."
While in Roxbury he lived east of the town street not far from the present corner of Washington and Dudley Streets. In Eliot's letters to England we find him soliciting aid to enable him to purchase Welde's lil>rary, from which it may be inferred that he was well supplied with literary tools.
He published about 1644 "A short Story of the rise, reign and ruin of the Antinomians, Familists and Libertines, tliat infested (he churches of New England. " With three other ministers he wrote "The Perfect Pharisee under Monkish Holiness," against the Quakers. He was also the author of "The Fallen Jew Detected," against a man who pretended to be first a Jew and then an Anabaptist, and " A Vindication of the New England Churches. "
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REV. MR. JOHN ELIOT
John Eliot, who has been knowTi since his death as the Apostle to the Indians, was a son of Bennett and Lettese (Aggar) Ehot and was born in Widford, Hertfordshire, England in 1604 & baptised Aug. 5, 1G04 in the Parish Church, Widford, in which his parents were married Oct. 30, 1598. In the old record book one reads in letters quite distinct, "Anno Dm: 1604 John Elliott, the sonne of Bennett Eliot was baptised the 5th day of August in the year of our Lord God 1604. "
His parents early imparted to him religious instruction, and it was not without effect. His father held lands in both Hertfordshire and Essex from the profits of which the sum of 8 pounds yearly was set apart by will, Nov. 5, 1621, for the maintenance of John at college. On March 20, 1619, John Eliot was entered as a pensioner at Jesus College in Cambridge where he was graduated in 1622 with the degree of bachelor of arts.
After receiving his education he was for some time the instructor of youth. Rev, Thomas Hooker, who afterwards became the fh-st minister of the church in Cambridge (then called Newtown), New England and later the founder of the church in Hartford, Conn., was at this time a silenced non- conformist minister. He had established a grammar school at Little Baddow in Essex. In this school Mr. Eliot was employed as an assistant teacher. This connection with Mr. Hooker proved a great blessing to young Eliot. His example and instruction confirmed Eliot in the belief and practice of Christianity. "When I came to this blessed family," said he, "I then saw as never before, the power of godliness in its lively vigor and efiicacy. " He here resolved to devote
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himself to the work of the Christian ministry. This he did when there Avas nothing in prospect for a Puritan minister but fines and imprisonments.
It was this that turned his thoughts towards this Western wilderness. With a mind made up to endure the perils of the wilderness he embarked on board the ship Lyon reaching Boston November S^J, IGSl. The Company that came with him consisted of sixty persons, among this number were the wife and children of Governor Winthrop. Eliot left behind him in England (as Mather quaintly describes her) a virtuous young gentlewoman, Hanna (Anna) Mum- ford (or Mountfort), whom he had pursued and proposed a marriage unto : and she coming hither the year following, that marriage was consummated September 4*^^, A.D. 1682 (the first record of a marriage in Roxbury).
Mrs. Eliot has not received that attention from her hus- band's biograj)hers of which she is worthy. From the incidental references in Cotton Mather's memoir of the Apostle a concise account of Mrs. Eliot may be gleaned. In the church records, after giving a list of their children, he has written her name in a line by itself, as a member of his church, thus :
" M™. Ann Eliot, the wife of Mr. John Eliot. "
That one wife which was given to him truly from the Lord, he loved, prized, cherished, with a kindness that notably represented the compassion which he (thereby) taught his church to expect from the \jovd Jesus Christ; and after he had lived with her for more than half an hundred years, for she died March 24, 1087 in the 84*^'» year of her age, he thus speaks of her death. " lys year my ancient dearly beloved ■wife dyed. I was sick to death, but the Lord was pleased to delay me, and keepe in (i.e. retain) my service wch was but poore and weak. " " How beautiful and touching is this
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simple eulogy of the Apostle on his departed wife — a tribute more eloquent to the heart, than ever any that soiled the published page of ostentatious grief." The popular affection for Mrs. Eliot's character and memory is beautifully illustrated by the following incident. A considerable sum of money had been contributed to redeem Mr. William Bowen, a fellow townsman, from captivity among the Turks, but news of his death arriving "about the time Good oald Mrs. Eliot lay at the point of death," it was devoted to the erection of a ministerial tomb, and resolved that Mrs. Eliot, "for the great service she had done for the town," should be honored with a burial there; " but," says the relator, "before the Tomb was finished the good oald gentlewoman was dead," and she was committed to its sacred care, "wherein was never man yet laid. " There mingles with her dust that of her descendants for many generations.
By her did God give him six worthy children, children of a character which may forever stop the mouths of those anti- christian blasphemers who have set a false brand of disaster and infamy on the offspring of a married clergy. By the prudent management of his wife, who looked well to the ways of her household, Eliot was enabled to be generous to his friends, and hospitable to strangers, and with a small salary to educate four sons at Harvard College, of whom John and Joseph, ministers of Newton and Guilford, were the best preachers of that age, Samuel who died early in life and Benjamin born Jan. 29, 1646. This Benjamin was made the son of his right hand, for the invitation of the good people of Roxbury placed him in the same pulpit with his father, where he was his , assistant for many years but died before his father.
His family was a little Bethel for the worship of God constantly and exactly maintained in it; and unto the daily
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prayers of the family, his manner was to prefix the reading of the scripture; which being done, it was also his manner to make liis young people to cliuse a certain passage in the chapter and give him some observation of their own upon it. By this method he did mightily sharpen and improve, as well as try their understandings, and endeavor to make them wise unto salvation. He was likewise very strict in the education of his children, and more careful to mend any error in their hearts and lives, than he could have been to cure a blemish in their bodies. No exorbitancies or extrava- gancies could find a room under his roof, nor was his house any other than a school of piety; one might have there seen a perpetual mixture of a Spartan and a Christian discipline. Whatever decay there might be upon family religion among us, as for our Eliot, we knew him, that he would command his children, and his household after him, that they should keep the way of the Lord.
What estate he became owner of was from the blessing of God upon the husbandry and industry of some in his family, rather than from any endeavours of his own. Once when there stood several kine of his own before the door, his wife, to try him, asked him "whose they were.''" and she found that he knew nothing of them. He could not endure to plunge himself into secular designs and affairs, but accounted Sacerdos in foro as worthy of castigation as Mercator in Templo ; he thought that minister and market man were not unisons, and that the earth was no place for Aarons holy mitre to be laid upon. His apparel, says Mather, was with- out any ornament except that of humility. Had you seen him with his leathern girdle (for such a one he wore) about his loins, you would almost have thought what Herod feared, that John Baptist was come to life again.
In his manner of living he was very simple. The meat
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upon which he lived was a cibus simplex, an homely but an wholesome diet. Rich varieties, costly viands and poignant sauces, came not upon his table, and when he found them on other men's he rarely tasted of them. One dish and a plain one was his dinner; and when invited unto a feast a friend has seen him sit magnifying of God, for the plenty which his people in this wilderness were within a few years arisen to; but not more than a bit or two of all the dainties taken into his own mouth all the while. And for a supper, he had learned of his loved and blessed patron, old Mr. Cotton, either wholly to omit it, or to make a small sup or two the utmost of it. The drink which he still used was very small ; he cared not for wines or drams, and I believe he never once in all his life knew what it was to feel so much as a noxious fume in his head, from any of them; good clear water was more precious, as well as more usual with him, than any of those liquors with which men do so frequently spoil their own healths, while perhaps they drink those of other men. WTien at a stranger's house in the summer time, he has been enter- tained with a glass, which they told him was of water and wine, he has with a complaisant gravity replied unto this purpose, "Wine, 'tis a noble generous liquor, and we should be humbly thankful for it; but as I remember, water was made before it." His house stood where the People's Bank now stands, at the corner of Washington and Dudley Streets.
We now turn to his public life. As before stated he arrived in Boston Nov. 3, 1G31, and soon joined himself unto the Church at Boston ; 'twas church work that was his errand hither. Mr. Wilson, the pastor of that church, was gone back into England, that he might perfect the settlement of his affairs; and in his absence young Mr. Eliot was he that supplied his place. Upon the return of Mr. Wilson, that
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church was intending to have made Mr. Eliot his colleague and their teacher; but it was diverted and a church being now gathered at Koxbrough, now Roxbury, according to an agreement with his Nazing friends, he Avas ordained unto the teaching and ruling of that holy society Nov. 5, 16.32, as colleague to Rev. Mr. Welde, with the title of Teacher, Mr. Welde being the Pastor of the Church. These two ministers lived together in much harmony.
So it was in the orb of that church that we had him as a star fixed for very near three score years. He that will write of Eliot, must write of charity, or say nothing. His charity was a star of the first magnitude in the bright constellation of his virtues: and the rays of it were wonderfully various and extensive. His liberality to pious uses whether publick or private went much beyond the proportions of his little estate in the world. Many hundreds of pounds did he freely bestow upon the poor; and he would with a very forcible importunity press his neighbors to join with him in such beneficences. It was a marvellous alacrity with which he embraced all opportunities of relieving any that were miser- able; and the good people of Roxbury doul)tless cannot remember (but the righteous God will), how often and with what artlors, with what arguments, he became a be<r<rar to them for collections in their assemblies, to support such needy ol)jects as had fallen under his observation. The poor counted him their father, antl repaired still unto him, with a filial confidence in their necessities; and there were more than seven or eight, or indeed than so many scores who received their portions of his bounty. He did not put off his charity, to be put in his last will; but he was his own administrator. He made his own hands his executors, and his own eyes his overseers.
In 1G34 Mr. Eliot incurred the displeasure of the colonial
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magistrates by a sermon in which he criticised their conduct in making a treaty with the Pequot Indians without first obtaining the consent of the people. For these injudicious animadversions he was required to make a pul)hc apology. In 1637 both he and Mr. Welde opposed the wild notions of Mrs. Hutchinson and were both witnesses against her at her trial. In 1639 they were appointed with Rev. Richard Mather, of Dorchester, to make a new version of the psalms, which was printed in the following year. For tuneful poetry it would not perhaps yield the palm even to that of Sternhold and Hopkins, but it did not give perfect satisfaction. Mr. Shepard, of Cambridge, thus addressed the translators:
Ye Roxbury poets, keep clear of the crime
Of missing to give us very good rlijane:
And you of Dorchester, your verses lengthen,
But with the text's ovra words you will them strengtlien.
It was the first book printed in the English- American colonies. The New England Psalms were afterwards revised and improved by President Dunster, and they have passed through twenty editions. In 1641 Mr. Welde returned to England.
To his congregation Mr. Eliot was a preacher that made it his care to give every one their meat in due season. It was food and not froth which in his public sermons he enter- tained the souls of his people with, he did not starve them with empty and windy speculations. His way of preaching was very plain; so that the very lambs might wade into his discourses on those texts and themes wherein elephants might swim; and herewithal, it was very powerful, his de- livery was always very graceful and grateful. It yet more endears unto us the memory of our Eliot, that he was not only an evangelical minister, but also a true New England one;
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he was a Protestant and a Puritan, and one very full of that spirit Avhich acted on the first planters of this country, in their peaceable succession from the unwarrantable things elsewhere imposed upon their consciences. He was a modest, humble, but very reasonable non-conformist with the ceremonies, which have been such unhappy apples of strife in the Church of England. There were especially two things which he was loth to see, and yet feared he saw, falling in the churches of New England. One was a thorough establishment of ruling elders in our churches, which he thought sufficiently warranted by the apostle's mention of elders that rule well, who yet labour not in word and doctrine. He was very desirous to have prudent and gracious men set over our churches, for the assistance of their pastors, in the church acts that concern the admission and exclusion of meml^ers, and the inspection of the conversation led by the communicant, and the instruction of their several families, and the visitation of the afflicted in their flock, over which they should preside. Such helps in governments had he himself been blessed withal; the last of which was the well- deserving Elder Bowles; and of him, did this good man, in a speech to a s}Tiod of all the churches in this colony, take occasion to say, "There is my brother Bowles, the godly elder of our church at Roxbury, God helps him to do great things among us:" Had all our pastors been so well accom- modated, it is possible there would be more encouragement given to such an office as that of ruling elders.
His benevolent lal)ors were not confined to his own people. The natives of the country now possessed by the New Eng- enders had been forlorn and wretched heathen ever since their first herding here; and though we know not when or how those Indians first became inhabitants of this mighty continent, yet we may guess that probably the devil decoyed
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those miserable savages hither in hopes that the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ would never come here to destroy or disturb his absolute empire over them. There were, at the time, when he began his missionary exertions, nearly twenty tribes of Lidians within the limits of the English planters and were very similar in manners, language and religion.
Mather continues, "I cannot find that anything besides the Holy Spirit of God first moved him to the blessed work of evangelizing these perishing Indians. It was the spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ which enkindled in him a pitty for tlie dark souls of these natives, whom the God of this world had blinded through all the by-past ages. But when this chari- table pitty had once began to flame, there was a concurrence of many things to cast oyl into it. All the good men in the country were glad of his engagement in such an undertaking the ministers especially encouraged him, and those in the neighborhood kindly supplyed his place, and performed his work in part for him at Roxbury while he was abroad labour- ing among them that were without. Hereunto he was further awakened by those expressions in the royal charter, in the assurance and protection whereof this wilderness was first peopled: namely. To win and incite the natives of that country to the knowledge and obedience of the only true God and Saviour of mankind, and the christian faith, in our royal intention, and the adventurers free profession is the principal end of the plantation. " It was among the Massa- chusetts Indians that Mr. Eliot began his missionary labors.
The first step which he judged necessary now to be taken by him, was to learn the Indian language, the x-Vlgonquin dialect being the one spoken by the Indians of Massachusetts Bay ; for he saw them so stupid and senseless, that they would
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never do so much as enquire after the rehglon of the strangers now come into their country, much less would they so far imitate us, as to leave off their beastly way of living, that they might be partakers of any spiritual advantage by us, unless we could first address them in a language of their own. This Massachusetts tribe and its language have long been extinct and there are few, if any, living who can translate it. He began the study of their language probably about the year 1643 or perhaps earlier. In a letter dated 2/12/1648 he wrote. "There is an Indian living with Mr. Richard Calicott, of Dorchester, who was taken in the Pequott Warres, though belonging to Long Island; this Indian is ingenious; can read; and I taught him to write, which he quickly learnt, though I know not what use he now maketh of it. He was the first that I made use of to teach me words, and to be my Interpreter. "
At the end of his Indian grammar (Cambridge 1666) Mr. Eliot gives the following account of his method of learning the language, " I have now finished what I shall do at present : And in a word or two to satisfie the prudent Enquirer how I found out these new wayes of Grammar, which no other Learned Language (so farre as I know) useth; I thus inform him: God first put into my heart a compassion over their poor Souls, and a desire to teach them to know Christ, and to bring them into his Kingdome. Then presently I found out (by Gods wise providence) a pregnant witted young man, who had been a Servant in an English house, who pretty well understood our Language, better than he could speak it, and well understood his owai I^anguage, and hath a clear pronunciation : Him I made my Interpreter. By his he!)> I translated the Commandments, the Lords Prayer, and many Texts of Scripture: also I compiled both Exhor- tations and Prayers by his help. I diligently marked the
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difference of their Grammar from ours: When I found the way of them, I would pursue a Word, a Noun, a Verb, through all variations I could think of. And thus I came at it. We must not sit still, and look for Miracles; Up and be doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and Pains, through Faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything. "
There is a letter or two of our alj)habet, which the Indians never had in theirs; though there were enough of the dog in their temper, there can scarce be found an R in their language; but if their alphabet be short, I am sure the words composed of it be long enough to tire the patience of any scholar in the world: For instance, if my reader will count how many letters there are in this one word,
NUMMATCHEKODTANTAMOONGANUNNONASH
when he has done, for his reward I'll tell him, it signifies no more in English than our lusts; and if I were to translate, our loves, it must be nothing shorter than,
NOO WOMANTAMMOO NK ANUNONN AS H .
Or to give my reader a longer word than either of these,
KUMMOGKODONATTOOLLUMMOOETITEAONGANNUNNONASH
is in English, our question.
In 1646 Mr. Eliot began to preach to the Indians in their own tongue. About the middle of September he addressed a company of the natives in the wigwam of Cutshamoquin, the sachem of Neponset, within the limits of Dorchester. His next attempt was made among the Indians of another place, "those of Dorchester mill not regarding any such thing." He first preached to an assembly of Indians at Nonantum in the present city of Newton Oct. 28, 1646.
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The following is the Inscription on the tablet erected near
the spot: —
Waban Shephaed Gookin Heath Here at Nonantum Oct. 28, 1646 in Waban's Wigwam Near this spot John EHot began to preach the Gospel to the Indians. Here he founded the first Christian com- munity of Indians within the Enghsh Colonies.
Isaac Heath, aged 61 years, elder of the church at Rox- bury, Eliot's friend and counsellor.
Thomas Shepard, aged 41 years, pastor of the Church in Cambridge.
Daniel Gookin, aged 34 years, friend and companion of Eliot in his work from beginning to end, historian and guardian of the Indians.
After a serious prayer, he gave them a sermon which continued about a quarter above an hour, and contained the principal articles of the Christian religion, applying all to the condition of the Lidians present. Having done, he asked of them whether they understood, and with a general reply they answered, they understood all. He then began what was his usual method afterwards in treating with them; that is, he caused them to propound such questions as they pleased unto himself; and he gave wise and good answers to them all. One immediately inquired whether Jesus Christ could under- stand prayers in the Indian Language ? Another asked how all the world became full of people, if they were all once drowried ? A third question was, how there could be the image of God since it was forbidden in the Commandment.
He preached to them a second time, Nov. 11, and some of them wept while he was addressing them. An old man asked, with tears in his eyes, whether it was not too late for him to repent and turn unto God ? Among the other in- quiries were these — how it came to pass that sea water was
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salt and river water fresh ; how the English came to differ so much from the Indians in the knowledge of God and Jesus Christ since they all at first had but one father; and why if the water is larger than the earth, it does not overflow the earth ? He was violently opposed by the sachems, and pawaws or priests, who were apprehensive of losing their authority if a new religion was introduced. When he was alone with them in the wilderness, they threatened him with every evil, if he did not desist from his labors ; but he was a man not to be shaken in his purpose by the fear of danger. He said to them, " I am about the work of the great God, and my God is with me; so that I neither fear you, nor all the sachems in the country. I will go on, — do you touch me, if you dare. " With a body capable of enduring fatigue, and a mind firm as the mountain oaks which surrounded his path, he went from place to place, relying for protection upon the great Head of the Church, and declaring the salvation of the gospel to the children of darkness. His benevolent zeal prompted him to encounter with cheerfulness the most terrifying dangers, and to submit to the most incredible hardships. He says in a letter, " I have not been dry, night or day, from the third day of the week unto the sixth; but so travelled, and at night pull off my boots and wring my stockings, and on with them again, and so continue. But God steps in and helps." May 26, 1647 the General Court ordered that £10 be given Mr. Eliott as a gratuitie from this court in respect of his paynes in instructing the Indians in the knowledge of God also on Oct. 27, 1648 (upon the request of Mr. John Eliot, pastor to the church at Roxbury) it was ordered that none in Boston should sell wine to the Indians but W^i Phillipps, upon pinnaltie of 20^ to be heard and determined by any magistrate in case of drunkeness. Whereas Mr. Eliot undertook to procure to the country ten
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shillings from an Indian for his being drunk, which Indian since is dead, the Court therefore thinks meete to release Mr. Eliot from his engagnit.
Martin Moore says Mr. Eliot found that he could not bring the gospel to bear a steady and constant influence upon the natives, unless they had settled homes and constant employ- ment. They must abandon their roving and idle habits, and become industrious. He despaired of Christianizing them, except he could civilize them. He proposed to Waban and his associates to settle a town and conform themselves to the rules of civilized society. They readily agreed to this proposal. They selected a site for their settlement in the eastern part of Newton. The name of their town was Nonantum. In their language it signified "rejoicing." They were furnished with shovels, spades, crow-bars, etc. They surrounded their fields with fences and ditches. They called for tools faster than Mr. Eliot could procure them. The women partook of the general spirit of improvement. The spinning-wheel was introduced into their families, and they were clothed with their ovni fabrics. They soon felt the advantages of traffic. They manufactured many articles and carried them abroad to sell. They also labored among their English neighbors in times of hay-getting and harvest. The style of their wigwams was also greatly improved. The wigwams of the common people were equal to those formerly erected for their chiefs.
Mr. Eliot had washed for a long time to establish a towTi, modeled after a particular plan that he had in his own mind. We should have supposed that he would have fixed on Nonantum as the spot for his first town of " Praying Indians. " Some considerable improvements had already been made at this station. But he had certain insuperalile objections to making this the site of his model town. The territory was
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too small. They were surrounded by English neighbors, many of whom exerted a bad influence upon them. He wished to remove them into the interior, so that they should not have much connection with the white people, and that there might be room to gather a large body of Indians into a society. He wished to make a fair experiment of civilizing the Indians. If he could be successful in forming one well governed. Christianized toAvn, he hoped to form many more after the same model. The converts at Nonantum wished very much to be organized on Mr. Eliot's plan. He went out several times to explore the woods, to find a proper location. He did not find a place that suited his wishes. On returning from one of these exploring tours, he stopped on the way, retired behind a rock and asked divine direction. While he was gone out to hunt for a location, his Indians at home were asking God to guide and direct him. Some of the Indians that were in company with him mentioned a place, the description of which pleased him. Upon a careful survey, he fixed on that spot as the future location of his town. This place he afterwards called Natick. Gookin has very particularly described the mode of laying out the town. The Indians removed from Nonantum to Natick in 1651. The to\ATi Natick in the Indian language means a place of hills. It consisted of three long streets; two on the Boston side of the river, and one on the other. To each house was attached a piece of ground. Most of the houses were built after the Indian fashion. One large house was erected in the English style, the lower apartment of which was employed as a schoolroom in the week, and as a place of worship on the Lord's day. Afterwards they partitioned off a small bedroom for Mr. Eliot to sleep in, when he visited them. They also erected a fort and enclosed it with a stockade. Mr. Eliot encouraged them to build a foot
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bridge over the river so as to connect the different parts of the town. This was a great work for them ; but it stood the spring floods, while a bridge built by the Enghsh at Medfield was carried away. This bridge was eighty feet long and nine feet high in the middle. When they had finished it, Eliot called them together and asked them if they wanted pay for tlieir laljor. They replied, "no." It was built for their own benefit and not for his. They built a meeting house, fifty by twenty-five and twelve feet between the joists. This was built almost exclusively by themselves. An English carpenter helped them a day or two.
Mter the settlement of the town Mr. Eliot proceeded to organize a civil government according to his o-wn views. He took as the basis of his government the advice which Jethro gave to Moses, " Moreover, thou shalt provide out of all the people al:)le men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness ; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens." Exodus xviii, 21. In compliance with this counsel, about one hundred of them held an assembly and chose one ruler of the hundred, two rulers of fifty and ten rulers of ten. After the rulers of ten were chosen, they placed themselves in order, and every individual arranged himself imder the one whom he chose. After the establish- ment of this toAvn he continued to visit and preach to them as often as circumstances would admit. At this distance of time, it is not possible to ascertain definitely the progress that they made in the arts of living, or in the knowledge and practice of religion. There is sufficient evidence left behind to show that Eliot was not an enthusiast as it respected their religion. /Vlthough the appearance of some was very favor- able, yet he continued for a long time to keep them in the situation of catechumens. He proceeded very slowly in
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gathering them into a church estate. He began to preach to them in 1646, but did not organize them into a church until 1660.
He made a missionary tour every fortnight, planted a number of churches, and visited all the Indians in Massa- chusetts and Plymouth colonies, pursuing his way as far as Cape Cod in the East to the rocky hillsides of Brookfield in the West. Mr. Eliot was one of the most useful preachers in New England. No minister saw his exertions attended with greater effects. He spoke from the abundance of his heart, and his sermons, being free from that labored display of learning, from the quibbles and quaint turns with which most discourses were at that time infected, were acceptable in all the churches. So much was he endeared to his own people that they continued his salary after he had offered to resign it, and when he was unable to preach; and the youth were in the habit of visiting him, calling him their father and friend. Such attentions chased away the gloom which usually hangs over the head of the aged and cheered the evening of his life. His moral and religious character was as excellent as his ministerial qualifications were great. He carried his good principles with him in every situation, viewing all things in reference to God. He habitually lifted up his heart for a blessing upon every person whom he met and when he went into a family he would sometimes call the youth to him that he might lay his hands upon them and give them his benediction. Such was his charity, that he gave to the poor Indians most of his salary of fifty pounds, which he received annually from the society for propagating the gospel.
So remarkable was he for his charities, that on one occasion when the parish treasurer paid him the money due for his salary, he tied the ends of a handkerchief, into which he put
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it, in as many hard knots as he could, to prevent him from giving away the money before he should reach home. The good man immediately went to the house of a sick and neces- sitous family and told them that God had sent them some relief. Being welcomed by the sufferers with tears of grati- tude, he began to untie the knots. After many fruitless efforts, and impatient of the perplexity and delay, he gave the handkerchief and all the money to the mother of the family, saying, "Here, my dear, take it; I believe the Lord designs it all for you. "
In his principles of church government he was attached to the Congregational order. Yet he contended earnestly for frequent synods or councils, as necessary for the preser- vation of union, for the suppression of dangerous opinions and heresies, for the correction of abuses, and the healing of divisions. In one of his treatises he proposed four orders of councils, the congregational, provincial, national and ecumenical. He thought that every particular church should have ruling elders to assist the minister in the duties of frovernment and instruction. In his admissions to the church he required of the candidates some evidence that they were truly Christians, renewed in their hearts by the Spirit of God. He withstood the attempts which were made to change the old practice of giving a relation of the work of divine grace, which practice, in his view, honored the Saviour, and produced an intimate union among his disciples. He could not, in conscience, give the cup of the Lord to anyone who did not give some evidence of being a sincere Christian. With all his excellencies he had some singularities and strange notions. He had a most deep-rooted prejudice against wigs. He preached against the custom of wearing them ; he prayed against it ; he attributed to it the evils which overwhelmed the country. He thought, as Dr. Cotton
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Mather, who himself wore a wig, informs us, "that for men to wear their hair with a luxurious, delicate, feminine pro- lixity, or to disfigure themselves with hair, which was none of their own, hut above all, for ministers of the gospel to ruffle it in excesses of this kind," was an enormous sin. But fashion would bear sway, notwithstanding his remonstrances, and he finally ceased to complain, saying, " the lust is become insuperable." His prejudice against tobacco was as strong as his aversion to wigs ; but in contempt of all his admonitions the hairless head would be adorned with curls of foreign growth and the pipe would send up volumes of smoke. In his old age, not long before his death, he used to say that he was shortly going to heaven and would carry a deal of good news with him ; he would carry tidings to the old founders of New England, that our churches still remained and that their number was continually increasing.
It was with joy that he received Mr. Walter as his col- league in 1688. Wlien he was bending under his infirmities and could no longer visit the Indians, he persuaded a num- ber of families to send their negro servants to him once a week, that he might instruct them in the truths of God.
On the day of his death he was found teaching the alphabet to an Indian child at his bedside. " Why not rest from your labors now?" said a friend. "Because," replied the vener- able man, "I have prayed to God to render me useful in my sphere and he has heard my prayer, for now that I can no longer preach he leaves me still strength enough to teach this poor child his alphabet. "
He died May 20, 1690, saying that all his labors were poor and small, and exliorting those who surrounded his bed to pray. His last words were, "Welcome joy." There is no portrait of him extant.
Mr. Eliot published several letters in a work entitled.
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"The Glorious Progress of the Gospel among the Indians, etc." 1049; Tears of Repentance, in conjunction with Mr. Mayhew 1653; a Late and Further Manifestation of the Progress of the Gospel amongst the Indians, etc., 1659; a Brief Narrative of the Progress of the Gospel, etc., 1670. A work of his entitled, " The Christian Commonwealth, etc." was published in England aljout the year 1660, -v^o-itten nine or ten years before. When it was received in Massa- chusetts, the Governor and Council, viewing it as full of seditious principles against all established governments, especially against the monarchy of their native country, re- quired Mr. Eliot to make a recantation, which he accordingly did, acknowledging, that government S)y kings, lords and commons was not anti-Christian. The book was suppressed. A copy is in Colonel Aspinwall's collection of books relating to America. In 1661, he published his translation of the New Testament into the Indian tongue; second edition, 1680, and in 1663, his immense work, the translation of the whole Bible, in 4to. entitled, " Marausse Wunneetupana- tamwe Up-Biblum God naneeswe Nukkone Testament Kali Wonk Wusku Testament. " A second edition was printed in 1685, revised by Mr. Cotton, and l)oth of them were printed in Cambridge, Mass. The longest word is in Mark 1 : 40,
WUTAPPESITTUKQUSSUNNOOHWEIITUNKQUOH,
" kneeling down to him. "
A PORTION OF THE LORD'S PRAYER TRANSLATED INTO THE INDIAN LANGUAGE.
Our Father which art in heaven Nooshun Keesukqiit Quttianata
Hallowed be tliy name munach Koowesiionh Pergan-
Thy Kingdom come moonch Kukketarsootamoonch.
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Mr. Eliot also published, " Jews in America," 1660, in- tended to prove that the Indians were descendants of the Jews; an Indian grammar, 1666; a new edition, with notes by Du Ponceau and introduction by J. Pickering, 8 volumes, 18^2; also in 2d (Mass.) Historical Collections, ninth volume; The Logic Primer, for the use of the Indians, 1672; the Psalms, translated into Indian meter, and a catechism, annexed to the edition of the New Testament, in 1680; a translation of The Practice of Piety, of Baxter's Call to the Unconverted, and of several of Shepard's works ; the Har- mony of the Gospels, in English, 4to., 1678; the Divine Management of Gospel Churches by the Ordinance of Coun- cils, designed for the reconciliation of the Presbyterians and Congrcgationalists. Nine of his letters to Sir Robert Boyle are in the 3d volume of the Historical Collections, and his account of Indian churches in the ninth volume. His " Christian Commonwealth," is in Historical Collections, 3d series, volume nine.
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REV. MR. SAMUEL DANFORTH
Samuel Danforth, the second pastor of this church, was the sixth child and second son of Nicholas and Elizabeth
Danforth, and was baptized 17th Oct., 1626, in Fram-
lingham, Suffolk County, England. His mother died in 1629, and in 1034 his father emigrated to New England, with all his children, and settled in Cambridge. Cotton Mather speaks of him as :
A fi;entleman of such estate and repute in the world, that it cost him a considerable sum to escape the Knighthood which King Charles the First imposed on all of so much per annum, and of such figure and esteem in the church that he procured that famous lecture at Framlingham, where he had a fine manor, which was kept by many noted ministers. When the Laudian fury scored them he came to New England.
He died in 1638 and committed young Samuel to the care of Rev. Mr. Shepard, the minister in Cambridge who proved a kind patron unto him. Samuel was graduated at Harvard College in the class of 1643 and was made the second Fellow, his class being the second class that was graduated from that college. From his being early appointed one of the officers of instruction, we may infer that his rank as a scholar was high. He was also a member of the corporation, and, to the extent of his means, a donor to the college. On May 10, 1648, he was admitted to the freedom of the colony. Rev. Mr. Welde having returned to England the church at Rox- bury invited Mr. Danforth to become a colleague to Mr. Eliot whose evangelical employments abroad among the Indians made a colleague at home very necessary. On May 12, 1650, he was dismissed from the Cam!)ridge church and recom- mended and admitted to the First Church of Roxbury. He was ordained pastor of this church Sept. 24, 1650.
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"On the lltii of the 9^^ mo. 1651," says the towTi record, "there was voted a levy upon all the inhabitants for the raysing of 50 pounds, towards the building or buying of an house for Mr. Danforth, our pastor." This was nine years prior to his purchase of Capt. Joseph Weld's house in the town street near that of John Eliot, in which he finally resided. Here he continued until his decease, and no tempta- tions arising, either from the incompetency of the salary allowed him to support an hospital)le family, or from the provocation which unworthy men in the neighborhood some- times tried him withal, could persuade him to accept of motions, which were made unto him, to remove into more comfortable settlements; but keeping his eye on the great man's motto, prudens qui patiens, he continued in his Roxbury station for three years more than thrice seven together.
Evidence of his uncomfortable proximity to the Grey- hound Tavern is also seen in the fact that he exerted his influence to have such persons only keep houses of public entertainment as would "keep good order and manners in them," and when from his study window he saw any town dwellers trifling there, he would go over and chide them away. What with the venerable apostle Eliot on one side and the godly Danforth upon the other, the tavern roisterers would seem to have been under a pretty thorough surveillance.
In early life he devoted some time to scientific pursuits, especially to astronomy. He published almanacs for several years, some of which were considered valuable for the chrono- logical tables they contained.
That part of the diary in the church records written by him is filled with accounts of comets, earthquakes, prodigies, and other phenomena of nature. He particularly mentions the foUowmg in the year 1GG4.
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Nov. 17. About this time there appeared a Comet in ye Heavens the first time I saw it wch was ye 5th of 10 m. It appeared a httle below the Crows Bill in Hydra in ye Tropick of Capricorn or neer to it. on ye 18th day it appeared in Canis Major 2 degrees below ye Tropick. On ye 19th day I observed it to passe on ye upper star in ye Hares foot about 2 degrees &' h above the tropick. It continued till Feb. 4.
He maintained that a comet is a heavenly body moving according to defined laws, and that its appearance is por- tentous.
The sermons, with Vvhich he fed his flock, were elaborate and substantial; he was a notable text-man, and one who had more than forty or fifty scriptures distinctly quoted in one discourse; but he much recommended himself by keeping close to his main text, and avoiding all remote excursions and vagaries; and there was much notice taken of it, and though he was a very judicious preacher, yet he was therewithal so affectionate that he rarely, if ever, ended a sermon without weeping. On the Lord's days in the forenoons he expounded the books of the Old Testament; in the afternoons, he dis- coursed on the body of divinity, and many occasional subjects, and some chapters in the Epistle to the Romans, until the year 1661, and then he began to handle the harmony of the four Evangelists. He also preached a monthly lecture, and on many private occasions, at meetings of Christians in families of the faithful. But instead of ever venturing upon any extemporaneous performances, it was his manner to write his sermons twice over, and it was in a fair long hand that he wrote them, he then committed every word to memory and his memory was so tenacious that it was never kiiowTi to fail him. His utterance was free, clear and giving much in a little time. As a pastor he was unwearied in his attentions to his parishioners, visiting faithfully the sick and afflicted. There is no theological publication of his, except we con- sider his election sermon as such, which is a recognition of
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New Ensland's errand into the wilderness. It was delivered in 1670.
After his contraction, according to the Old usage of New England, unto Mary, the Virtuous Daughter of the Reverend Mr. John and Elizabeth (Mansfield) Wilson, the first minister of Boston, whereat Mr. Cotton preached the sermon, he was married Nov. 5, 1651, and was blessed with twelve children. Two of his sons became eminent divines in this State. Rev. John Danforth was minister of Dorchester from 1682 to 1730, Rev. Samuel Danforth was minister of Taunton from 1688 to 1727. Danforth died Nov. 19, 1674, after an illness of only six days, contracting a fever while on a journey. In the church record under the same date Eliot writes this touching passage :
"Our Rev. pastor, Mr. Samuel Danforth, sweetly rested from his labors. It pleased the Lord to brighten his passage to glory. He greatly increased in the power of his ministry, especially the last summer. He cordially joined with me in maintaining the peace of the churches. We consulted together about beautifying the house of God with ruling elders, and to order the congregation into the primitive way of collections." "My brother Danforth," said he, "made the most glorious end that I ever saw. "
He was thus eulogized in verse:
Mighty in scripture, searching out the sense, All the hard tilings of it unfolding thence; He lived each truth, his faith, love, tenderness. None can to th' life as did his life express. Our minds with gospel his rich lecture fed, Luke and his life at once are finished. Our new-built church now suffers, too, by this. Larger its windows, but its Lights are less.
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RULING ELDERS
Mr. John Miller was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he took his A.B. in 1627, and in the " Magnalia" is included by Mather in his "first classics. " He came to New England in 1634 with his wife Lydia and son John. Freeman May 22, 1639. Wliile in Roxbury he was chosen to the office of a Ruling Elder of this church. From 1639 to 1641 he was an assistant to the Rev. Ezekiel Rogers at Rowley. He returned to Roxbury at various intervals and probably preached when any temporary need existed. He died, in Groton, June 12, 1663.
Mr. Isaac Heath was born in Nazing, England, in 1585, and came to this country late in 1635, aged 50, in company with his wife Elizabeth and daughter Elizabeth. He settled in Roxbury and his homestead and farm of three acres were near what is now the southwest corner of Washington and Vernon Streets. Freeman May 25, 1636. He was by trade a harness-maker and was one of the principal founders of the Free Schoole. Deputy 1637-8. About 1637 he was chosen by his townsmen to the office of a Ruling Elder of this church, a special recognition of his prudence, wisdom and godliness. This office placed him in intimate relation with Eliot, who consulted him in all his plans and difficulties. He assisted Eliot in his Indian labors, accompanying him in his toilsome expeditions through the wilderness and expounded the gospel to the natives. In the meeting house he occupied an elevated seat between the deacons' seat and the pulpit and continued in office through life. He died, in Roxbury, Jan. 21, 1660/1.
DEACONS 43
DEACONS
Mr. George Alcock came with the first company in 1630. He left his only son in England. His wife, a sister of Rev. Thomas Hooker, died soon after he came to this land. When the people of Rocksbrough joyned to the church at Dorchester, "until such time as God should give them opportunity to be a church among themselves," he was by the church chosen to be a Deakon, especially to regard the brethren at Rocksborough. And after he had adjoyned himself to this church at Rocksborough, he was ordained a Deacon of this church in 1632. He made two voyages to England upon just calling thereunto, wherein he had much experience of God's preservation and blessing. He brought over his son John and also a wife, by whom he had his second son Samuel. He was a physician. Freeman, Oct. 19, 1630. Deputy to the First General Court, May 14, 1634. He lived in a good and godly sort, and died in the end of the lO^^i month 1640, and left a good savor behind him, the poor of the church much bewailing his loss.
Mr. William Parke (Parkes) was born in England in 1604 and came to this country February 1630/1 a single man, and was one of the first in the church at Rocksbrough. Freeman, May 18, 1631, and ordained a Deacon of this church in 1632. He married Martha Holgrave of Salem and lived on the North side of the road to Dorchester. He was a man of influence and wealth, of pregnant understanding and useful in his place. Deputy to the General Court for thirty- three years, & often selectman. One of the original donors of the " Free Schoole" and also a Trustee. He died May 10, 1683, aged 79 years.
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Mr, Philip Eliot, son of Bennett and Lettese (Aggar) Eliot and brother of Rev. John Ehot, our Teacher, was bap- tised April 25, 1602, in Nazing, England, and came to this covnitry in 1635 with his wife Elizabeth (Ferian) Eliot, whom he had married in 1621 in Nazing. Freeman, May 25, 1636. He was probably ordained a Deacon of this Church in 1640 in place of Deacon Alcock, who died that year. He was a man of peace & very faithful, he was many years in the office of a Deakon w^ he discharged faithfully. In his latter years he was very lively, usefull & active for God, & his cause. The Lord gave him so much acceptanc in the hearts of the people y* he dyed under many of the offices of trust y* are usually put upon men of his rank, for, besides his office of a Deakon, he was a Deputy to the Gen. Court, Comissioner for the govhm* of the towne, one of the 5 men to order the prudential affairs of the towne & chosen to be Feofee of the Publike Schoole in Roxljury. One t)f the original donors of the Free Schoole. He died 22/8/1657.
Mr. Giles Paison (Payson) baptised in Nazing May 14, 1609, was one of the Nazing emigrants and 26 years old when he embarked for New England A})rll 3, 1635 in the "Hope- well " ; a single man when he came to Roxbury. He married Elizabeth Dowell, a maide servant. Freeman, April 18, 1637. One of the original donors of the Free Schoole and also a Trustee. He held many town offices. He was elected & called to ye office of a Deacon 14 (11™.) 1671 & ye Sabbath following, 21. 11. 1671 he was solemnly ordained, by prayer and imposition of ye hands of ye Elders, Deacon of this church. He died Jan. 28, 1688/9.
FOUNDERS 45
FOUNDERS
WiLLiA-M PiNCHON, Came ill the first company, 1630, as one of the Assistants of the Company, and he was chosen to that office annually until he left Roxbury, and again in later years. His wife died soon after he landed and he married (2) Mrs. Frances Samford of Dorchester. When so many removed to the Connecticut river he went with them and planted at a place called Agawan, now Springfield. He was recommended to the church at Winsor until such time as it should please God to provide that they might enter into church estate among themselves.
George Alcock, see Deacons.
Tho.mas Lambe, farmer, came to Roxbury in 1630 with wife Ehzabeth. m. (2) Dorothy Harbottle. Freeman May 18, 1631. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Died March 28, 1616.
Eliz^ybeth Lambe, wife of Thomas Lambe.
Thomas RA^vx,INGS, carpenter and planter, came in the first company 1630 with wife Mary. Freeman May 16, 1631. Removed to Weymouth.
Mary Rawlings, wife of Thomas Rawlings.
Robert Cole, came in the first company, 1630. Freeman Oct. 19, 1630, with prefLx of respect. Removed to Salem.
IVLujY Cole, wife of Robert Cole.
John Johnson, farmer, came to Roxbury in 1630 with wife Margery; m. (2) Grace Fawer. Freeman May 18, 1631. Constable 1630. Select- man. Surveyor general of the ammunition, which, while stored in his house, caught fire, blew up the house and all was lost. It was at this time that the records were destroyed. May 8, 1632, he and Robert Cole were chosen from Roxbury to advise with the governor at the next General Court. May 14, 1634, Deputy from Roxbury to the first General Court of delegates. Artillery Compan}', 1638. An original donor to the Free Schoole. Died Sept. 30, 16.^9.
]\Lujgery Johnson, wife of John Johnson.
Jehu Bur (Burr), carpenter, came to Roxbury in 1630. Freeman May 18, 1631. In 1633 appointed by the Court to see to the bridges between Boston and Roxbury. Removed to Springfield with Pinchon.
GooDw^FE Bur, wife of Jehu Bur.
William Chase, came in the first company, 1630, with wife Mary. Free- man May 18, 1631. Removed to Scituate.
Mary Chase, wife of Wilham Chase.
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Richard Bugby, came to Roxbury in 1630 with wife Judith. Freemaa May 18, 1631. Died before 1641.
Judith Bugby, wife of Richard Bugby.
Gregorie Baxter, farmer, came to Roxbury in 1630. Freeman March 6, 1631/(2; married Margaret Paddy. Removed to Braintree.
Francis Smith, cardmaker and farmer, came to Roxbury in 1630. Free- man May 18, 1631. Served on the first inquiry held by a coroner, Sept. 28, 1630. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Removed to Boston.
Griitith Crofts (Crafts), farmer and carpenter, came to Roxbury in 1630 with wife Alice; m. (2) Ursula (Adams, Hosier, Streeter) Robinson, her fourth husband; m. (3) Dorcas Ruggles. Freeman May 18, 1631. Selectman. Deputy to the General Coiui, 1638, 1663, 1664. Lt. of the Roxbury company. Artillery company, 1668. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Held many positions of trust. Died Oct. 4, 1689.
A1.1CE Crofts, wife of Griffith Crofts.
William Parke, see Deacons.
William Dennison, farmer, born at Bishops Stratford, Herts, England, came to Roxbm-y in 1631 with wife IMargaret (Chandler). Freeman July 3, 1632. Constable, 1634. Deputy, 1635. Appraiser of W'ills. Disarmed as follower of Ann Hutchinson. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Died Jan. 25, 1654.
Margret Dennison, wife of William Dennison. It pleased God to work upon her heart & change it in her ancient years, after she came to this land & joined to the church in the year 1632.
Samuel Wakeman, yeoman, came to Roxbury, Nov., 1631, with wife Eliza- beth. Freeman Aug. 7, 1632. Removed to Cambridge.
Elizabeth Wakeman, wife of Samuel Wakeman.
Richard Lyman, bap. Oct. 30, 1580, in High Onger. Essex Co., England : came to Roxbury, Nov., 1631. Freeman June 11, 1633. Removed to Springfield with Pinchon.
Sarah Lyman, wife of Richard Lyman.
Phillis I.,yman, daughter of Richard Lyman, m. William Hills.
John Carmen, came to Roxbury in 1631 with wife Florence. Was a Patentee of Hamstead, Long Island, and removed there.
Florence CaRiMen, wife of John Carmen.
Thomas Goldthwaigiit, single man, came to Roxbury in 1631. Freeman May 14, 1634. Removed to Salem in 1636.
Valentine Phkntisk, came to Roxbury in 1631 witli wife Alice. Freeman Aug. 7, 1633. Died in 1633.
Alice Prentise, wife of Valentine Prentise.
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MEMBERS BETWEEN 1631 AND 1650.
Robert Gamlin, came to Roxbury in 163:2. Freeman May 14, 1634.
Removed to Concord. John Perry, farmer, came to Roxbury in 1632. Freeman March 4, 1632/3.
Died Sept. 21, 1642. John Leavens, farmer, came to Roxbury in 1632 with wife Elizabeth; m.
(2) Rachel Wright. Freeman March 4, 1633/4. An original donor of
the PVee Schoole. Died Nov. 15, 1647. Richard Dummer, born about 1599 in Bishopstoke, Hants, England, came
to Roxbury in 1632 with wife Mary. Freeman Nov. 6, 1632. Built
the fii"st watermill in Roxbury in 1633. Removed to Newbury. Mart Dummer, wife of Richard Dummer. She was a godly woman but
by the seduction of some of her acquaintances she led away into the
new opinions in Mrs. Hutcliinson's time. William Talmage, carpenter, and an early member of this church, came to
Roxbury with wife Elizabeth. Freeman March 14, 1634. Removed to
Lynn. Elizabeth Talmage, wife of William Talmage. Mr. Thomas Welde, out first Pastor. Margaret Welde, wife of Mr. Thomas Welde. Judith Welde, 2nd wife of Mr. Tliomas Welde. John Watson, farmer, came to Roxbury in 1632. Freeman Nov. 5, 1633.
m. AJice, widow of Valentine Prentise. An original donor of the Free
Schoole. Died Jan. 5, 1671/2. Thomas Woodforde, a man servant, came to Roxbury in 1632. Freeman
March 4, 1634/5. Married Mary Blott. Removed to Hartford. Margert Hajimond, a maide servant, came to Roxbury in 1632. Married
John Ruggles. IVLuiY Blott, a maide servant, came to Roxbury in 1632, m. Thomas
W^oodforde. Ann Shelly, a maide servant, came to Roxbiu-y in 1632, married
Foxall, a godly brother of the church of Sittuate. Rebeckah Short, a maide servant, came to Roxbury in 1632, married
(W'alter) Pahner of Charlestowne church. William Hili^, a man servant, came to Roxbury in 1632. Married Phillis
Lyman. Freeman May 14, 1634. Removed to Hartford.
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John Coggeshall, mercer, from county Essex, came to Roxbiiry in 1632 with wife Mary. Freeman Nov. 6, 1632. Removed to Boston, thence to Rhode Island.
RIary Coggeshall, wife of John Coggeshall.
William Heath, farmer, came to Roxbiu-y in 1632 with wife Mary. Free- man March 4, 1632/3. Deputy May 14, 1634. Died May 29, 1652.
IVIaby Heath, wife of William Heath.
William Curtis, farmer, came to Roxbury from Nazing, England, in 1632 with wife Sarah (Eliot) Curtis. Freeman March 4, 1632/3. Died Dec. 8, 1672, aged 80.
Sarah Curtis, wife of William Curtis.
Thomas Offitt, came to Roxbury in 1632 with wife Isabel. Freeman March 4, 1633. Removed with Pinchon to Springfield.
Isabel Offitt, wife of Thomas Offitt.
l^AAC Morrill, farmer, came to Roxbury in 1632 with wife Sarah. Free- man March 4, 1633. Selectman. ^Vrtillery Co., 1638. An original donor of the Free Schooll. Died Dec. 20, 1661.
Sarah Morrill, wife of Isaac Morrill.
Daniel Brewer, farmer, came to Roxl)ury in 1632 with wife Joanna. Freeman May 14, 1634. Died March 28, 1646.
Joanna Brewer, wife of Daniel Brewer.
Mr. John Eliot, our Teacher.
MR'^ Ann Eliot, the wife of JNIr. John Eliot.
Abraham Pratt, came to Roxbury from Charlestown in 1632 with wife Johanna. Returned to Charlestown.
Johanna Pratt, wife of Abraham Pratt.
Mary Gamlin, a maide servant, dau. of Robert Gamlin sr, came with her father. Died in 1633.
Robert Gamlin, Jr., came to Roxbury May 20, 1632, with wife Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Mayo of County Kent, England, and her son John Mayo. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Died in 1663.
Elizabeth Gamlin, wife of Robert Gamlin, Jr.
Samuel Basse, came to Roxbury in 1632 with wife Ann. Freeman May 14. 1634. Removed to Braintree.
Ann Basse, wife of Samuel Basse.
John Tatman (Totman), farmer, came to Roxbury in 1632. Freeman May 2, 1638. Had indulgence in 1639 from the General Court for hnng more than half a mile from the church. Died Oct. 28, 1670.
, Wife of John Totman.
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Jasper Ra\\t>ixgs, came to Roxbury in 1632 with wife Jeane. PVeeman
June 11, 1633. Removed to Wethersfield. Jeane Rawlings, wife of Jasper Rawlings. William Perkins, minister, b. Aug. 25, 1607. Came to Roxl)ury in 1032.
Freeman Sept. 3, 1634. m. Eliz. Woolton. Removed to Weymouth. John Moody, came to Roxbury in 1633 with wife Sarah. Freeman Nov. 5,
1635. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Removed to Hartford,
Conn. Sarah Moody, wife of Jolm Moody. John Walker. Freeman May 14, 1634. Removed to Boston and then to
Rhode Island.
Walker, wife of John Walker.
Elizabeth Hinds, a maide servant, came to Roxbury in 1633, married
Alexander , of Boston.
Elizabeth Ballard, a maide servant, came to Roxbury in 1633, married Robert Sever of this church.
John Porter, farmer. Freeman Nov. 5, 1633. Wife Margaret. Removed to Hingham.
Margret Porter, wife of John Porter.
Nicholas Parker, yeoman, came to Roxbury in 1633 with wife Ann. Freeman March 4, 1633/4. Removed to Boston.
Ann Parker, wife of Nicholas Parker.
Margret Huntington, widdow, came to Roxbury in 1633.
Philip Sherman, a single man, came to Roxbury in 1633. Freeman May 14, 1634. m. Sarah Odding. Disarmed as follower of Ann Hutchinson. Removed to Rhode Island.
Thomas Pigge (Pidge), came with wife Mary. Freeman May 14, 1634. Died Dec. 30, 1643.
Mary Pigge, wife of Thomas Pigge.
Samuel Finch, m. (1) Martha , (2) Judith . Freeman May 14,
1634. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Died Jan. 27, 1673/4.
Martha Parke, wife of Deacon William Parke.
Thomas Wilson, miller, came to Roxbury in 1633 with wife Aim. Free- man May 14, 1634. Removed to Exeter.
Ann Wilson, wife of Thomas Wilson.
Joshua Hewes, a single man, ironmonger, came to Roxbury in 1633. Freeman March 4, 1633/4. m. Mary Goldstone. Deputy. Artillery Co. 1643. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Removed to Rhode Island and thence to Boston.
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Isaac Johnson, came to Roxbury in 1630 with his parents. Joined our church in 1633. Freeman March 4, 1634/5. m. Eliza I'orter. ArtUlery Co. 1645. An orip^inal donor of the Free Schoole. Capt. Roxbury Co. Deputy, 1671. Killed in the Narraganset fight, Dec. 19, 1675.
Elizabeth Johnson, wife of Isaac Johnson.
Ralph Hinningway (Hemingway), a man servant, came to Roxbury in 1633. Freeman Sept. 3, 1634, m. Eliza Hewes. Became one of the . largest land holders in Roxbury. Active in town affairs. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Died June 1, 1677 or 8.
Sarah Odding, daughter-in-law to John Porter, married Philip Sherman.
Thomas Hills, a man servant. He came in the year 1633. He lived
among us in good esteem and Grodly & dyed about the lit or 12t
month 1634 and left a good savor behind him, he was a very faitlifull &
prudent servant & a good christian. He dyed in Mr. Eliot's family. Thomas Hale, a single man. Freeman May 14, 1634. Removed to
Hartford. Afterwards returned and married Jane Lord, one of our
members, and returned to Conn. Edward Riggs, came to Roxbury in 1633 with wife Eliza. Freeman May
14, 1634. Died March 5, 1671. Fought in the Pequod War. John Graves, came to Roxbury from Nazing in 1633 with a wife; married
(2) Judith . Freeman April 18, 1637. Died Nov. 4, 1644.
Eliot calls hmi "godly brother of the church" and says of him and
Thomas Ruggles that "these two broke the knot first of the Nazing
Christians. I mean they first died of all those Christians that came
from that town in England." Judith Graves, wife of John Graves. John Stow, came to Roxbury in 1634 with wife Elizabeth. Freeman Sept.
3, 1634. Removed to Concord. Elizabeth Stow, wife of John Stow. John Compton, laborer. Wife Susanna. Freeman Sept. 3, 1634. Removed
to Boston.
Hues, a maide servant.
William Cornewell, farmer, came to Roxbury in 1634 with wife Joane.
Removed to Conn. JoANE Cornewell, wife of Wilham Cornewell. Abraham Newell, fanner, came to Roxbury from Ipswich, Eng., in 1634,
agefl 50, with wife Frances. Freeman March 4, 1634/5. An original
donor of the Free Schoole. Died June 13, 1672. Frances Newell, wife of Abraham Newell.
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William Freeborne, came to Roxbury in 1634, aged 40, with w-ife Mary.
Freeman Sept. 3, 1634. Removed to Rhode Island. Robert Potter, farmer, came to Roxbury in 1634 with wife Isabel.
Freeman Sept. 3, 1634. Removed to Rhode Island. Isabel Potter, wife of Robert Potter. Sarah Burrell, wife of (John) Bmrell. Richard Pepper, farmer, came to Roxbm-y from Ipswich, Eng., in 1634,
aged 27, vdth wife Mary. Freeman March 4, 1634/5. An original
donor of the Free Schoole. Mary Pepper, wife of Richard Pepper. Elizabeth Howard, a maide servant. Robert Sever, came to Roxbury in 1634. Freeman April 18, 1637. m.
Elizabeth Ballard. Selectman. An original donor of the Free Schoole.
Died May 13, 1683. Phebe Disborowe, wife of Walter Disborowe. Christopher Peake, a single man. Freeman March 4, 1635. m. Dorcas
French. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Died May 22, 1666. Mr. Thomas Jenner, came to Roxbury in 1634. Removed to Weymouth. Mr. John Miller, see Ruling Elders. Lidea Miller, wife of Mr. John Miller. Richard Goard, came to Roxbury in 1635, aged 17. m. Phebe Howes.
Died Sept. 29, 1683. John Ruggles, shoemaker, bap. in Nazing, March 25, 1593, came to
Roxbury in 1635 with wife Barbara. He was a lively christian, knowne
to many of the church in old England where many of the church injoyed
society together. Freeman April 18, 1637. An original donor of the
Free Schoole. Deputy 1658, 1660, 1661. Died Oct. 6, 1663. Barbara Ruggles, wife of John Ruggles. Elizabeth Wise, a widdow. IsAAK Helath, see Ruhng Elders. John Astw'ood, husbandman from Stanstead Abbey, Co. Herts, Eng.,
came to Roxbury in 1635, aged 26, with wife Martha. Freeman March
3, 1635/6. Removed to Milford. Martha Astwood, wife of John Astwood. Philip Eliot, see Deacons. Elizabeth Eliot, wife of Philip Eliot. Giles Paison, see Deacons. Edward Payson, a man servant, m. Aim Parke. Freeman May 13, 1640.
An original donor of the Free Schoole. Removed to Dorchester.
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Nicholas Baker, stopped in Roxbury only a short time. Removed to
Hingham. Joseph Welde, storekeeper, brother to our first pastor, came to Roxbury
in 1635 with wife Ehza. m. (2) Barbara Clap. Freeman March 3,
1635/6. Deputy, 1637. Capt. of Roxbury INlilitia. An origmal donor
of the Free Schoole. Buried Oct. 7, 1646. Barbara Welde, wife of Joseph Welde. Thomas Bell, came to Roxbury in 1635. Freeman May 25, 1636. He
and his wife had letters of Dismission granted and sent to England in
Sept. 1654. He died in England in 1672, and iu liis will left all his
property in Roxbury to the Free Schoole.
, Wife of Thomas Bell.
WiLLiAvi Webb. Freeman May 25, 1636. Wife Rebecca. Removed to
Boston.
Rebecca Webb, wife of W^illiam W^ebb. She followed baldng and through her covetuous mind she made liglit waight after many admonitions & for a grosse ly in publik, flatly denying yt after she had weighed her dough, she never nimed off bitts from each loaf, for all wh grosse sins she was excommunicated. But afterward she was reconciled to ye Church & lived christianly & dyed comfortably.
Adam Mott, tailor, with wife Sarah, came to Roxbury in 1635 from Cam- bridge, Eng. Freeman May 25, 1636. Removed to Rhode Island.
Sarah iNIoTT, wiie of Adam Mott.
Mrs. Anna Vassaile, wife of William Vassaile.
Richard Carder. Freeman May 25, 1636. Removed early to Boston, afterwards to Rhode Island.
Lawrence W^hiitamore, husbandman, from Stanstead Abbey, Co. Herts, Eng., came to Roxbury in 1635, aged 63, with wife Eliza. Freeman April 18, 1637. Died in 1644. As he had no childien he gave his estate to the Free Schoole.
Jasper Gun, aged 29, came to Roxbury in 1635 with wife Ann. Freeman May 25, 1636. Removed to Hartford.
Thomas Birchard, aged 40, came to Roxbury iu 1635 with wife Mary. Freeman May 17, 1637. Removed to Hartford.
Mary Birchard, wife of Thomas Birchard.
John Cheney, shoemaker, came to Roxbury in 1635 with wife INIartha. Removed to Newbury.
Martha Cheney, wife of John Cheney.
!Mary Norrice, a maide, dau. of Mr. Edward Norrice, Teacher to the Church at Salem.
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Elizabeth Bowis.
Henry Bull, a man servant, aged 25, came to Roxbm-y in 1635. Freeman
May 17, 1637. Removed to Rhode Island. James How, came to Roxbury with wife EHzabeth. Freeman May 17,
1637. Removed to Ipswich. Elizabeth How, wife of James How. Mr. John Gore, came to Roxbury in 1635 vdth wife Rhoda. Freeman
April 18, 1637. Art. Co. 1638. An original donor of the Free Schoole.
Died Jmie 2, 1657. Rhoda Gtore, wife of Mr. John Gore. IVIary Swaine, a maide servant. Jane Lorde, a maide servant.
Elizabeth Dowell, a maide servant. ^Married Giles Paison. Phillis Pepper, a maide servant. Edward Porter, came to Roxbury in 1636 with wife Elizabeth. Freeman
May 17, 1637. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Removed to
Boston. Elizabeth Porter, wife of Edward Porter. John Roberts, came to Roxbury in 1636 with wife Elizabeth. Freeman
May 22, 1639. An original donor of the Free Schoole. "He was one
of the first fruits of Wales that came to New England called to Christ by
the ministry of yt Reverend and worthy instrument Mr. Wroth." Died
Nov. 27, 1651. Elizabeth Roberts, wife of John Roberts. George Kilborne, a man servant, bap. at Wood Ditton, Co. Cambridge,
Feb. 12, 1612, came to Roxbury in 1636 with wife Eliza. Freeman
May 13, 1640. Removed to Rowley. Robert Williams, cordwainer, bap. Dec. 11, 1608, in Great Yarmouth,
Norfolk Co., Eng., came to Roxbury in 1637 with wife Elizabeth (Stal-
ham). Freeman May 10, 1643. Selectman. An original donor of the
Free Schoole. Died Sept. 1, 1693. Elizabeth Williams, wife of Robert Williams.
Samuel Hagbourne, came to Roxbury in 1637 wnth wife Catharine. Free- man May 2, 1638. A benefactor of the Free Schoole. Died Jan. 24,
1643. Catharine Hagbourne, wife of Samuel Hagbourne. Abraham Howe, came to Roxbury in 1637 with wife. Freeman May 2,
1638. Removed to Boston. Held office of fence viewer in Roxbury. , Wife of Abraham Howe.
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Thomas Ruggles, came to Roxbury in 1637 with wife Mary (Curtis), from Nazing. Freeman May 22, 1639. Died Nov. 16, 1644.
Mary Ruggles, wife of Thomas Ruggles. An original donor of the Free
Schoole. Edward Bridge, came to Roxbury about 1637 with wife Mary. Freeman
May 22, 1639. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Died Dec. 20,
1683, aged 82. Maey Bridge, wife of Edward Bridge. Thomas Mighill, came to Roxbury in 1637 with wife Ellen. Removed
to Rowley. Ellen Mighill, wife of Thomas Mighill. Christian Spisor, a maide servant.
Rachel Write, a maide servant. Married brother John Lea\'ins. Johanna Boyse, a maide. Matthew Boyce. Freeman May 22, 1639. Removed to Rowley.
, Wife of INIatthew Boyce.
George Holmes, came to Roxbury with wife Sarah. Freeman May 22,
1639. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Died Dec. 18, 1665. Sarah Holmes, wife of George Holmes. Jane Stebbins, wife of Martin Stebbins. William Chandler, came to Roxbury about 1637 with wife Hannah.
Freeman May 13, 1610. He lived a very religious and Godly life among
us. He died Jan. 19, 1641/2 and left a sweet memory & savor behind
him.
Hannah Chandler, wife of William Chandler.
Walter Bi^ckburn, came to Roxbury with wife Elizabeth. Freeman
May 22, 1639. Returned to England in 1641. Elizabeth Blacivburn, wife of Walter Blackburn. Richard Peacock, glazier, came to Roxbury with wufe Jane. Freeman
May 22, 1639. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Dismissed to
ye church at Boston, 9. 5™, 1665. Jane Peacock, wife of Richard Peacock. ■jyj^Ris gm^pE^ a widdow.
Arthtir Geary, was in Roxbury with wife Frances in 1638. Freeman March 14, 1639. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Died Dec. 17, 1666, aged 67.
Frances Geary, wife of Arthur Geary. M**'^ Greene, a widdow.
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SiLENC RoBBiNSON, wife of Thomas Robbinson.
Samuel Chapin, came to Roxbury in 1638 with wife Cicely. Freeman June 2, 1641. Removed to Springfield in 1642.
Cicely Chapin, wife of Samuel Chapin.
James Astwood, came to Roxbury in May, 1638, with wife Sarah. Free- man May 22, 1639. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Dismissed to ye new church in Boston.
Sarah Astwood, wife of James Astwood.
Dorothy Harbittle, a maide servant, married Thomas Lamb.
Ann Wallis, a maide servant.
Thomas Reives, a man servant, came to Roxbury in 1638 and was servant of John Gore until 1644. m. Hannah Rowe. Freeman May, 1645. Removed to Springfield.
John Weld, b. Oct. 28, 1623, in England, came to Roxbury in 1638, married Margaret Bowen. Freeman May 22, 1650. Served in King Phillip's War. Died Sept. 20, 1691.
Thomas Griggs, came to Roxbury in 1639 with wife Mary. Died May 23, 1646.
Mr. Thomas Dudley, second Governor of Massachusetts, was bom in Northampton, England, in 1576. At the age of fifty years, with others, he undertook the settlement of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and came over with the charter as Deputy Governor, in 1630, settling first at Newtowne, then at Ipswich, and came to Roxbury about 1639. He was Governor in 1634, 1640, 1645, 1650, and Deputy Governor or Assistant the intervening years. In 1644 he was chosen Sergeant-Major-General, the highest mihtary office in the colonies. As Governor of Massachu- setts he signed the charter of Harvard College and was a directing mind in its afi'airs. He was a hberal patron of the Free Schoole in Roxbury.
He married (1) Dorothy , (2) Catherine Hackburn (Hagbourne).
He died in Roxbury, July 31, 1653.
M*^'^ Dorothy Dudley, wife of Mr. Thomas Dudley,
John Trumbell, came to Roxbury in 1639. Freeman May 13, 1640. Removed to Rowley.
GowEN Anderson. Freeman May 13, 1640. An original donor of the Free Schoole in Roxbury. Removed to Boston.
, Wife of Gowen Anderson.
Robert Pepper, a man servant, m. EHza Johnson. Freeman INIay 10, 1643. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Given leave to brew and sell penny beare and cakes and white bread. Died July 7, 1685, "anoldX'stian/'
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EuzABETH Pepper, wife of Eobert Pepper.
John Hall. Freeman May 13, 164.0. Removed to Conn.
John Bowles, see Ruling Elders, Second Meeting House.
Dorothy Bowles, wife of John Bowles.
Thomas Bumstead, came to Roxbury July, 1640, with wife Susanna. Dis- missed to Boston.
Susanna Bumstead, wife of Thomas Bumstead.
Makgaret Cheney, wife of William Cheney.
Allis , a maide servant.
John Mats (May), came to Roxbury with wiie Sarah about 16-10. Free- man June 2, 1641. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Died April 28, 1670, aged 80 years.
Saeah IMays, wife of John Mays.
Lewis Jones, came to Roxbury with wife Ann about 1640. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Removed to Watertown.
Ann Jones, wife of Lewis Jones.
Richard Woody, came to Roxbury vnth wife Ann about 1640. Freeman May 18, 1642. Died Dec. 7, 1658.
Ann Woddy, (Woody), wife of Richard Woody.
James Morgan, came to Roxbury in 1640, m. Margery Hill. Freeman May 10, 1643. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Removed to New London.
William Lewis, was in Roxbvu-y with wife Amy (Weld), Dec, 1640. Free- man May 18, 1642. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Removed to Lancaster.
Amy LEwas, wife of William Lewis.
John Woody, m. Mary Coggm. Died May 23, 1650.
Thomas Gardner, was living in Brookline July, 1641. m. Lucy Smith. Freeman May 6, 1646. Died July 15, 1689.
(Lucy) Gardner, wife of Thomas Gardner.
Edward Dennison, was in Roxbury before 1637, as he was disarmed that year as follower of Ann Hutchinson, m. Elizabeth Weld. Freeman May 10, 1648, with prefix of Respect. Selectman and chosen first town clerk. Deputy 1652 and 1655. Died April 26, 1668.
Jane Stebbins, wife of Martin Stebbins.
Widdow Gardner, wife of (Thomas) Gardner, senior.
John Matthews, was in Roxbury with his wife July, 1641. Freeman May 18, 1042.
, Wife of John Matthews.
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Thomas BaivER, miller, was in Roxbury with wife Elizabeth Oct. 1641. Freeman 161.9. " Jan. 30, 1683/4 Old blind godly father Baker buried."
Elizabeth Baker, wife of Thomas Baker.
Hugh Prichard, recommended from the church at Cape Ann, was in Rox- bury with wife Eleanor Dec, 1641. Freeman May 18, 1642. Art. Co.
1643. Selectman. Deputy 1643, '44 and '49. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Returned to England about 1650.
Eleanob Prichard, wife of Hugh Prichard. Mary Scarborough, wife of John Scarborough. Bridget DEisnsnsoN, wife of George Dennison. Mary Jordan, a maide servant. Mary Turner, a maide servant. Mary Gorton, wife of John Gorton. JoNET Starkweather, wife of Robert Starkweather. Grace Newell, daughter of Abraham Newell.
Sarah , maide servant of brother Park.
Edmund Sheffield, came to Roxbury in 1641. m. Mary Woody. Freeman
1644. Dismissed to church at Braintree.
Thomas Roberts, m. Eimice . Art. Co. 1644. Freeman 1645.
Removed to Boston. Philip Torie (Torrey), from Combe St. Nicholas, Co. Somerset, Eng.
Freeman May 29, 1644. m. Mary, widow of Jolm Scarborough, died
in 1686. Richard Woody, Jr., soapboiler. Freeman May 29, 1644. m. Frances
Dexter. Removed to Boston. Joane Atkins, maide servant of Mr. Prichard, married one Smith. Dis- missed to Maiden. Hannah Roe, maide servant of Mr. Gore. Elizabeth Williams, dau. of John Williams. Robert Harris, first settled in Roxbury, afterwards removed to Muddy
River where he was living in 1643. m. Ehzabeth Boughey. Freeman
May 22, 1650. George Brand, baker, was in Roxbury July, 1643. m. Martha Heath.
Freeman May 22, 1650. Samuel Williams, see Ruling Elders, Second Meeting House. Edward White was in Roxbury with his wife in 1643. Freeman May
26, 1647. An original donor of the Free Schoole. William Franklin, joined the church, Feb. 1643/4, and a month later
was excommunicated.
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Henry Farnham, joiner. Freeman May, 1645. Removed to Long Island,
New York. John Stebbin, bisket baker, was in Roxbury April, 1644. m. Ann Mimke.
Freeman May 26, 1647. Died Dec. 4, 1681, Ann Stebbin, wife of John Stebbin. Gerrard Bourne, a member of Boston and living at Muddy River, was
here received in 1643 by communion of chiu-ches. Daniel Gookin, was born in Ripple, Kent, in 1612, came with his father to
Virginia in 1621 and to Boston in 1644. He was reconmiended to this
church, and lived in Roxbury from 1645 to 1648 when he removed to
Cambridge. He was the hfe long and valued friend of Jolm Ehot, and
his fellow worker among the Indians. Ann DmETON, a maide servant. Elizabeth How, daughter of Abraham How. Ann Brewer, daughter of Dan : Brewer. Mary Paison, wife of Edward Paison. Hannah Wilson, wife of Nathaniel Wilson. EuzABETH Clark, wife of James Clark. John Stonhard, was in Roxbury with his wife Aug. 1645. An original
donor of the Free Schoole. Buried Aug. 15, 1649.
.Wife of John Stonhard.
Mary Wise, wife of Joseph Wise.
GooDwiFE Farrow, joined in 1647.
Goodwife Reade.
Mary Heath.
Martha Medcalf.
Elizabeth Davls, wife of Wilham Davis.
John Turner, was in Roxbury Sept., 1647, removed soon, probably to
Medfield. Thankfull Pearepoynt, wife of John Peirpoint. Hannah Heath, daughter of William Heath. March 1649 Mr^ Barlcer a Gentlewoman that came from Barbados hither
for the Gospells sake we found her not so well acquainted wth her own
heart & the wayes & workings of Gods spirit in converting a sinner
unto God, yet full of sweet affection, & we feared a httle too confident,
we received her not wth out feares & jealousyes. Goodwife (Rebecca) Gardiner, wife of Peter Gardiner. GooDWTFE Lyon, wife of William Lyon. Goodwife Patchln, a poor old woman.
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CHURCH MEMBERS
May 12, 1650. —
Samuel Danforth, recommended and dismissed from Cambridge
Church and admitted here, our Pastor. Mrs. Sarah AJcock, wife of Mr. John Alcock. Elizabeth Denison, wife of Edward Denison. Susanna Polly, wife of John Polly. June 30, 1650. —
Mr. John Alcock, physician.
Hugh Thomas, gave his estate for the good of the Roxbury School.
Died May 6, 1683. John Polly. Oct. 20. 1650. Hugh Roberts. Nov. 17, 1650. John Perepont. See Ruling Elders, Second Meeting
House. June 15, 1651. Nicholas Williams. Nov. 23, 1651. —
William Garee, farmer. See Deacons, Second Meeting House. Isaac Heath. March 23, 1651/2. Daniel Weld, recommended from Braintree chiu-ch, was town clerk in 1654 and took so much interest in the schoole, of which he was master, that in 1659 the General Court rewarded him with 200 acres of land. Died July 22, 1666, aged 81.
3 m. 23 d. 1652. Peleg Heath.
4 m. 6 d. 1652. —
Sister Peake. Sister Devotion. 4 m. 20 d. 1652. —
Joseph Grigs, lived in Muddy River, died in 1715, aged 90. Lydia Eliot, dau. of Deacon Eliot. 2 m. 3d. 1653. Abraham Newel, junior, a tailor. 4 m. 26 d. 1653. —
Susanna Heath, wife of Peleg Heath.
Hannah Garee, wife of William Garee.
Magdalen Bullard, a maide servant of Brother Williams, m. John
Parrich of Medfield. John Ruggles, junior, farmer, b. in Nazing, Eng., in 1625, came to Roxbury in 1635 with his uncle John Ruggles. Freeman May 3, 1654. m. Abigail Crafts. Sergeant of the military company. Buried Sept. 15, 1658.
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11 m. 29 d. 1653.
Thomas Weld, son of Mr. Thomas Weld, sometime Pastor of this
church. Selectman. Deputy, 1676 & 7. Greatly esteemed. Margaret Weld, wife of John Welde. Theodea Williams, wife of Samuel Williams. 3 m. 14 d. 1654. Abraham How, weaver.
3 m. 3d. 1657. Goodman (Joseph) Griffin, fought in King Philip's war. 5 m. 19 d. 1657. —
Mrs. Rebecca Burrows, who came from Virginia yt she might enjoy
God in his Ordin. in N. E. Elizabeth Clark, wife of Hugh Clark, being dismissed from Watertown Church.
10 m. 20 d. 1657. Mris Huntley, wife of John Huntley.
2 m. 11 d. 1658. John Hanchet.
7 m. 12 d. 1658. Edward Morris, removed to Woodstock.
8 m. 17 d. 1658. John Maioh.
9 m. 14 d. 1658. John Watson.
9 m. 21 d. 1658. Isaac Williams, removed to Newton.
11 m. 23 d. 1658. —
Mary Childe, wife of Benjamin Childe. Mary Ruggles, wife of John Ruggles, Jr., Mary Heath, wife of Isaac Heath, Jr. Mary Griggs, wife of John Griggs. Martha Parkes, daughter of Deacon Parkes.
12 m. 13 d. 165S. Samuel Ruggles, farmer, m. (1) Hannah Fowle, (2)
Ann Bright; d. Aug. 15, 1692. Lieut, of militia, selectman and Deputy.
3 m. 15 d. 1659. —
Samuel Mayes.
Sarah INIay, wife of John May. 3 m. 22 d. 1659. —
Bridget Davis, wife of Tobijah Davis.
Susanna Newell, wife of Abraham Newell, junior.
Grace Morris, wife of Edw. Morris.
Exercise Felton, a maid dismissed from Salem. 7 m. 11 d. 1659. Hugh Clarke, dismissed from Watertown. 12 m. 12 d. 16,59. Elizabeth Bowen. 2 m. 29 d. 1660. —
Mrs. Mary Danforth, dismissed from Boston Church.
Mrs. Dorothie Welde, dismissed from Lyim.
Sarah May, an aged woman, dismissed from Dorchester.
Hannah Hopkins, dismissed from Dorchester.
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3 m. 27 d. 1660. John Mayes, junior. 12 m. 3 d. 1660. Isaac Newell.
2 m. 7 d. 1661. —
Mary GrifBn, wife of bro. GrifiBn.
Elizabeth Brewer, wife of Nathaniel Brewer. 7 m. 22 d. 1661. —
Hannah Ruggles, wife of Samuel Ruggles.
Anne Garee, wife of Nathl Garee.
Elizabeth Newell, wife of Isaac Newell.
Mary Watson, wife of John Watson, junior.
Sarah Peak, wife of Jonathan Peak.
Hanna Mayo, wife of John Mayo. 9 m. 24 d. 1661. —
Remember Palfrey, a maid servant, since wife of Peter Aspinwall.
Dorcas Watson, dau. of John Watson. 5 m. 6 d. 1662. —
Mrs. Sarah Eliot, wife of Mr. John Eliot, junior.
Eiizabeth Speare.
1 m. 22 d. 1662/3. —
John Bridge. John More.
2 m. 5 d. 1663. —
Elizabeth Harris, wife of Robert Harris. Rebecca Craft, wife of John Craft. Martha Newell, wife of Jacob Newell. Prudence Bridge, wife of John Bridge.
4 m. 7 d. 1663. —
Richard Meede.
Alice Davis, wife of William Davis. Hanna Brewer, wife of Daniel Brewer. 2 m. 24 d. 1664. Thomas Woodward, dismissed from Boston. 12 m. 4 d. 1664. Sarah Frissel, wife of James Frissell.
1 m. 5 d. 1664/5. —
William Cheany. Robert Hawes.
2 m. 12 d. 1665. —
John Chandler, first sexton, removed to Woodstock in 1686. Jacob Newell.
3 m. 28 d. 1665. —
Mary Tyler, wife of Job Tyler, dismissed to Mendham. Sarah Chamberline, wife of Richard Chamberline. Elizabeth Chandler, wife of John Chandler. Sarah Foster, wife of Thomas Foster.
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4 m. 18 d. 1665. Thomas Foster.
6 m. 20 d. 1665. —
Edward Bugbey, an old man.
Maria Pierrepoint, wife of Robert Pierrepont.
7 m. 24 d. 1665. John Prentice, son to our sister Watson, brought by
his father Valentine to N. E. in 1631. Blacksmith, removed to New London in 1652. Brought 6 of his children more than a hundred miles to be baptised in this church.
9 m. 5 d. 1665. —
William Lyons, fought in King Philip's war.
Samuel Craft, b. Dec. 12, 1637, m. Elizabeth Seaver, d. 1693. Freeman 1671, farmer and carpenter, held offices in the town, of selectman, tithing man and constable. Lieut, m military company.
9 m. 12 d. 1665. Benjamin Eliot, H. C. 1665, youngest son of Rev. John Eliot.
5 m. Id. 1666. John Gorton, an old man. Given leave to brew and
sell penny beare and cakes and white bread. 5 m. 8 d. 1666. —
Mary Polly, wife of John Polly.
Desire-truth Acrees, wife of John Acrees 5 m. 22 d. 1666. Jacob Newell.
7 m. 23 d. 1666. —
More, wife of John More.
(Martha) Sharp, wife of John Sharp. Elizabeth Buckmaster, wife of Joseph Buckmaster. 12 m. 1666. Timothy Stevens.
1 m. 24 d. 1666. —
Sarah Stevens, wife of Timothy Stevens. Mary Marshcraft.
8 m. 20 d. 1667. Elizabeth Parker, wife of John Parker. 11 m. 26 d. 1667. Mary Boltstone.
11 m. 22 d. 1667-8. Elizabeth White, wife of John Wliite, junior.
2 m. 5 d. 1668. Steven W^illiams, b. Nov. 8, 1640, m. Sarah Wise.
Farmer. Sarah Williams, wife of Steven Williams. 4 m. 28 d. 1668. James Clark, lived at Muddy River.
9 m. 22 d. 1668. —
Moses Craft, gave £2 towards building the Second Meeting House.
Removed to Deerfield. Rebecca Craft, wife of Moses Craft.
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1 m. 21 d. 1668/9. Mary Johnson, wife of Nathaniel Johnson.
S m. 30 d. 1669. Joanna Davies, grand child of Mr. Nicholas Parker. 6m. Id. 1669. —
Mary Hemingway, wife of John Hemingway. Joanna Hemingway, wife of Joshua Hemingway.
8 m. 10 d. 1669. , wife of Thomas Andrews.
12 m. 13 d. 1669. —
Mr. Joseph Dudley, son of Governor Thomas and Dorothy
Dudley, born Sept. 23, 1647, bap. 26, 7 m. 1647. H. C. 1665. Studied law. Admitted to this church to full communion Oct. 22, 1671. Freeman 1672. Deputy to the General Court, 1673 to 1675. An Assistant 1676 to 1685. President of New England 1685 and 1686 by a commission from King James II. President of the Council and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1687 to 1689. Chief Justice of New York, 1691 and 1692. Deputy Governor of the Isle of Wight, England, from 1694 to 1702. Member of the British Parliament, and he finally closed his long official career as Governor of Massachu- setts, 1702 to 1715. He promoted the interests of Harvard College and was most influential in giving to its constitution a permanent character. He was also a benefactor of the Free Schoole of Rox- bury. He married Rebecca Tyng, and died in Roxbury, April 2, 1720. Rebecca Dudley, wife of Mr. Joseph Dudley. Mary Parker, daughter of Edmund Parker. 12 m. 20 d. 1669. Martha Clark, daughter of James Clark.
2 m. 3d. 1670. Mary Lamb, wife of Caleb Lamb.
5 m. 17 d. 1670. Hanna Wliite, wife of Joseph White,
7 m. 4 d. 1670. —
Mary Swan, wife of Thomas Swan.
, dau. of sister Pitcher and wife of Bugbee, dismissed
from Dorchester.
8 m. 23 d. 1670. Patience Homes, vnfe of Nathaniel Homes.
10 m. 18 d. 1670. Dechne Lamb, alias Smith.
11 m. 8 d. 1670. Deborah Tatman, wife of Jabez Tatman.
12 m. 19 d. 1670. —
Andrew Gardiner.
Sarah Gardiner, wife of Andrew Gardiner.
Sarah Cleaves, wife of William Cleaves. 2 m. 2d. 1671. Susanna Bennet, wife of John Bennet. 2 m. 23 d. 1671. John Holdbroke, dismissed from Dorchester. Tanner.
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2 m. 30 d. 1671. —
Elizabeth Whitney, daughter of Robert Harris.
Mary Davis, wite of John Davis.
Hanna Curtis, -wiie of Isaac Curtis.
Sarah, wife to Sabin, dismissed to Rehoboth.
3 m. 11 d. 1671. Tho. Lyons.
5 m. 23 d. 1671. —
Mary Evans, wife of John Evans.
Edward Porter, Ann, his wife, his son WilUam Porter, his daughter, Eh'zabeth Nash, Hanna Dinely, Mary Bennit & Deborah Porter were all dismissed to the third Church in Boston.
8 m. 29 d. 1671. Mary (Joard, wife of Richard Goard.
1 m. 24 d. 1671/2. —
John Lyons.
Abigail Lyons, wife of .John Lyons.
John Pason, see Deacons, Second Meeting House.
Bathsheba Pason, vnie of John Pason.
Rebecca Curtis, wife of John Curtis.
Mary Bacon, wife of Thomas Bacon.
Hanna Seaver, wife of Shubal Seaver.
Abigail Clark, wife of John Clark.
2 m. 20 d. 1673. —
William Davies (Davis), emigrant ancestor. Died Dec. 9, 1683. Born
in 1617 of an ancient Welsh fam. m. (1) Elizabeth ; m. (2)
Alice Thorpe; m. (3) .Jane .
John Harris, lived in INIuddy River.
Mary Harris, wife of John Harris.
Mary Denison.
Hanna DenLson.
Sarah Denison.
Experience Pierpoint.
Mary Bowles. 2 m. 20 d. 1673. —
Abigail Heath.
Hanna Heath.
4 m. 8 d. 1673. —
Jane DaWes, wife of William Davies. Esther Woodwartl, wife of Thomas Woodward. Mary Bacon, wife of Thomas Bacon. Mary Parkes, a maid.
9 m. 23 d. 1673. Samuel Davis, dismissed to North-Hampton.
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10 m. 21 d. 1673. Samuel Lyons, dismissed to Rowley. 11m. 4 d. 1673. Nathaniel Brewer. 11m. 25 d. 1673. Thomas Bacon. 12 m. 8 d. 1673. —
Margaret Mason, daughter of sister Denison. Sarah Davis, wife of Joseph Davis. Sarah Pason, daughter of Deacon Pason. 1 m. 8 d. 1673/4. Richard Woody with his sons Samuel & Richard & daughters Mary, Martha & Elizabeth were dismissed to the 3d Church in Boston.
1 m. 29 d. 1674. Joseph White, of Brookline.
2 m. 5 d. 1674. —
Shubal Seaver. Caleb Seaver. 2 m. 12 d. 1674. IVIr. Greorge Burrows, was a minister, H. C. 1670, preaching in various places and finally became a victim to tne witch- craft fanaticism in 1692.
2 m. 19 d. 1674. Susanna Bennett, dismissed to the hithermost Church
in Boston.
3 m. 3d. 1674. Joanna, wife to Rob* Harwood, dismissed to the third
Church in Boston,
5 m. 24 d. 1674. —
Nathaniel Seaver, farmer. Killed by the Indians at Sudbury. Sarah Seaver, wife of Nathaniel Seaver. Sarah Seaver, wife of Caleb Seaver.
6 m. 30 d. 1674, —
John Winchester, sen., lived in Muddy River. Hanna Winchester, wife of John Winchester, sen. John Winchester, jun., lived in Muddy River. Joanna Winchester, wife of John Winchester, jun. John Druse, removed to Newton. Mary Druse, wife of John Druse,
1674-1741
PASTORS
Rev. Mr. Nehemiah Walter Rev. Mr. Thomas Walter
TEACHER Rev. Mr. John Eliot
RULING ELDERS
John Bowles
John Peirpoynt Samuel Williams
John Bowles, Jr.
There is no mention of an Elder between 1660 and 1674, but the suppo- sition is there was one or more.
DEACONS
William Parke Giles Paison
William Gary Samuel Scarborough John Paison, Sr.
John Mayo John May John Paison, Jr.
Edward Ruggles Samuel Gridley
PRECINCT CLERKS
Ebenezer Pierpont elected Oct. 3, 1733 John Sumner elected March 12, 1735/6
Joseph Williams elected Feb. 20, 1738/9
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PRECINCT TREASURERS
John Walley elected Oct. 3, 1733
Deacon Edward Ruggles elected March 12, 1735/6
Joseph Warren elected March 20, 1737/8
PRECINCT COMMITTEES
or, as expressed on the records, a Committee to Manage the Precinct Affairs. Elected Oct. 3, 1733.
Edward Dorr John Walley Capt. Joseph Ruggles
Elected March 20, 1733/4
John Walley John Sumner Col. Joseph Heath
Elected March 12, 1735/6
Capt. Joseph Ruggles Ebenezer Pierpont John Sumner
Elected March 16, 1736/7
John Sumner Capt. Joseph Ruggles Eleazer Williams
ElcHed March 12, 1738/9
Capt. Joseph Ruggles Eleazer Williams Col. Joseph Heath
Elected March 10, 1739/40
Col. Joseph Heath Col. Joshua Lamb Joseph Williams
SEXTONS
William Cleaves chosen in 1669
Widow Cleaves chosen in 1677
Widow Stevens (alias Cleaves) chosen in 1678
Edmund Parker chosen in 1680
John Ruggles, secundus chosen in 1690
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April 14, 1674, "the selectmen and the committee met at Serfft. Ruffffles's and there toke account of the number of hands that were hired to help rare the nue meeting-house. " To its construction the people of Muddy River (Brookline) contributed ^104 5s. having no meeting house of their own and worshipped here until the organization of their own place of worship in 1717, one fifth part of the house being allotted to them, they contributing in that proportion £6 4s. towards the toA\Ti's expenses. The list of contributors is as follows: Thomas Gardner, ^£10; John White, Jr., £10; Peter Aspinwall, £7; John Sharpe, Jr., £5; Thomas Boistan, £5; Richard Wolford, £1 lOs.; Andrew Gardner, £5; Joseph White, £3; Moises Crafts, £2; Clement Corban, £1 10s.; John Evens, 155.; John Accers, ^£1 10s.; John Winchester, £3; Robert Harrise, £4; Jolin Harise, £2; Benjamin Child, £2; Denman Meriam, £1; John Clarke, £3; Edward Mills, 105.; James Clarke, £1 10^.; Edward Devotion, £5; Henry Stevens, £5; John Parker, £1 10s.; Edward Kube, £1 10s.; Goodwife Keebe, 10.9.; Mrs. Mather & James Rementon, £7; Thomas Woodward, 10s.; Goodman Winchester, £7; Samuel Dunkim, £1 10s.
They had a Raising and the bill of expenses and provisions was £20 15s. lOd. There was also £9 5s. to hands for etceras. Henry Stevens of Boston contributed £5 towards building this meeting house because some of his family worshipped here. The first meeting in the new house was
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on November 15, 1674, only four days before the death of Rev. Mr. Danforth, Ehot's colleague. Concerning this event Eliot writes, "we first met and worshipped God in our new meeting house, but the I'd touched or thigh because yesterday my bro Danforth fell sick. "
1674, 6 d., 10 m., is the first record of a sabbath school. ** This day we restored a primitive practice for ye training up of our youth," and then reciting, " 1st, that the male youth (in fitting season) stey, every sabbath, after morning exercise, and the elders examine their remembrance in every part of the catechism. 2d, that the female youth should also meet in one place and their elders examine their remembrance in the catechism, and whatever else may convene. "
15 d. 10 m. 1674 a fast held at our church to humble ourselves under the mighty & awful hand of God, and to seek his favor and guidance of the church, for the healing of wounds & beautifying God's house, in all things defective or out of order. William Cleaves was the first sexton in charge of this meeting house and served until King Philip's war when he was killed in the Sudbury fight and his widow
took his place. She married Stevens within a year
and continued the duties until 1680 when she was succeeded by Edmund Parker. She had been paid £3 for Ringing the Bell and sweeping the Metting House.
In 1678 it was agreed that " Scollers not to keep Scoole in the Meeting House without the consent of the town. "
In 1680 Edmund Parker as sexton was to have thirty shillings of his three pound payd in money, from which it may be understood that the rest of his pay was in another form.
4 d. 7 m. 1681 sister Cleaves (alias Stevens) was publickly admonished for unseasonable entertaining and corrupting
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other folks servants & children and hath corrupted Mr. Lambs neger.
In 1682 it was found necessary to enlarge the seating capacity, which had been in charge of the Elders and Deacons and Selectmen, by building a gallery, and a committee was appointed consisting of John Weld senior, Leftenant Samuel Ruggles and William Gery to joyne with the Selectmen in viewing the work and agreing with some workmen to do it as speedily as may be, provided that our brethren at Muddy River have information of the met'ing about it, and have liberty to send some person to joyne with the above said men in consulting and carrying on the aforesaid work, if they please. Also they were to consult as to the most convenient passage unto the Bell in the inside of the met'ing house and to provide for the same.
15 d. 4 m. 1684. On the admission into the church of several women these did orally confess, etc., & also gave in the substance of their confessions in writg, all which were publickly read yt day, & yei wr received into the full com- munion of the church by yt. gospel a act o renewing theere explicit covenant.
19 d. 9 m. 1685. Towards the end of this year some naughty person made and divulged a libel for which 3 were censured by civil authority. The church take notice of Six, who humbled themselves by publik confession & we have cause to hope yt. the full proceeding of discipline will doe more good yu theire sin hath done hurt.
Dec. 30, 1687, Edmund Parker was granted as usual for ringing the bell, etc., half money £3, but in the following January by reason of the failure of money the toA\Ti altered the quality of the mony part to countrey pay and added ten shillings to it in the same species; for which (being three pounds and ten shillings in Countrey pay) sd. Parker cove-
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nantcd to officiated the yeare following. In December of the same vear he was alloweil thirty-two shillint>-s and six pence income ft)r the same services.
July 8. 1G88, the Church voted that out of two persons, viz. : Mr. John Rogers and Mr. Nehemiah Walter, they would make their choice as God should direct for a standing help in the Dispensation of the word of God and in order to office.
July 15 the Church elected by papers and the Voice of God by the Church was for Mr. ^y alter and Sept. 9 the Church and congregation gave ]Mr. Nehemiah Walter a call to accept of office.
In the Dorchester records we read that on the 7 of Oct. 1688 Avas read a letter ^i came from ye church at Rocksbery desiering ye church to send ther Elders & messengers to ye ordaining of ^Nlr. Walters on ye 17 Listant the church ap- pointed ye Elders & Deacon Capen & Deacon Preston for }i:. work.
Oct. 17, 1688 Rev. Mr. Nehemiah Walter was ordained Pastor by the imposition of hands and prayer.
Judge Samuel Sewall thus speaks of this event in his Diary: "Ride in the Hackney Coach with Governor Brad- street, his lady, Mrs. Willard, Mrs. Mercy Bradstreet, Josiah Willard, to Roxbury to the Ordination of Nehemiah Walter. Mr. Eliot, Allen, Willard, Danforth of Dorchester laid on hands. Mr. Eliot ordained. iNIr. Allen gave the Right Hand of Fellowship. Mr. Walter gave the Blessing. Dined at Mr. Dudley's. "
In 1689 the old bell being split and so rendered altogether useless or unserviceable in that state, it was voted to procure a new bell and Capt. Samuel Ruggles, Mr. Joshua Lamb, John Gore and Samuel Gore were chosen a committee to act on this matter and to dispose of the old bell toward the purchase thereof.
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In 1690, as the congregation was becoming larger, and so making it necessary to enlarge the accommodations, it was granted to Joseph Weld Jun., Abiel Davis, Philip Searle, Joseph Warren, Richard Davis, Thomas Aspinwall, John Walworth and John Sharpe to have the backward seatc in the lower front Galery in the Meeting house and liberty to make it according to their o\\ti minds, upon their own Cost and charge (not doing any damage to any other Seate), and to Enjoy the same to themselves and such as they shall see good to take in with them. At the same time John Ruggles, Secundus, for his services to the to\\Ti in looking to the meeting house, was allowed £1.
In 1692 it was agreed that three men should be annually chosen for the seating of persons in the meeting house, one of which three men should be of Muddy River and chosen by the Inhabitants there, the other two to be Inhabitants of Roxbury, and to be annually chosen on the first Monday in March in each year, but this plan was not successful and in 1694 the duty was left to the Church officers and Selectmen of the Town until a better way could be found.
Hitherto the floor of the meeting house had been occupied by seats only, but in 1693 the first mention of pews occurs, when liberty was given to build pues around the meeting house except where the boys do sit, upon the charge of those who desire the same, to have consent of the committee, and this only to be granted to meet persons, for them to enjoy and they and their families to fill the pews or else the committee to do it for them, the use of this grant being to save room and not to lose it, but if any died the pews to return to the towTi and no one had the right to sell.
The locality of the pews were as follows: Behind Mrs. Denison's seat, and ranging with Mr. Walter's pew, was Palsgrave Alcock's. The remainder of that comer was
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cut up into two pews, one for Jas. Bailey and one for Capt. Saunders, the one having the innermost to pass through the other. Capt. Timo. Stevens built his next the door at the South end on the right hand, and Jolui Howard between that and the stairs to the women's gallery. Eben Pierpont's was on the right coming in at the front door, and Jos. Gard- ner's between that and the men's gallery stairs. Opposite those was Sam'l Ruggles. On the left of the North door was Edward Dor's and between that and the stairs to the men's gallery was Edward Weld's. John Gore's was by the pulpit stairs.
March 1695/6 it was voted that the upper galleries be lowered and any person might lower the upper gallery who would do it at his own cost.
In 1699 <£3 allowed "by a close vote" to build a porch and several young men were given liberty to raise the hind seats in the North gallery at their own cost and charges, also the hind seat in the front gallery.
In 1703 the charge of building the Governor's pue was to be paid by the town and in the same year the turret was to be repaired. It seems that the intention to build pews in 1693/4 was not carried out, and the proposition was again brought up in 1705/6.
In March, 1707/8, two porches were to be built from the £10 185. contributed for the redemption of certain captives but not improved for that use. Muddy River was to be consulted about it.
In 1706 a considerable number of people who lived in the westerly part of Roxliury commonly called Jamaica End found it inconvenient to attend worship in the First Church and prayed the General Court to be made a separate pre- cinct, to be freed from taxes for the old parish, and for aid in building a meeting house. This was not granted.
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On Feb. 7, 1711, they sent an humble address signed by thirty-two men to the Roxbury Town Meeting, with a sincere desire to give Christian satisfaction for any disorderly steps in their late proceedings. Their petition was acceded to so far as to constitute a new precinct. Eighteen members of the First Church were set off to form the Second Church.
There does not seem to be any evidence in the church records that anything was accomplished toward purchasing a new bell since the subject was first acted upon in 1689, until 1711 when the town took active measures and voted to procure a new one and gave orders to Mr. William Clarke concerning it, which are as follows:
Roxbury the 16th of December, 1711.
Mr. William Clarke you being bound for England in Her Majesties Ship "Norwich" on board of which ship we have a cask of Bell mettle marked on one head W. C. and on the other 3 c 2.11 hereby consigned to yoimself the Receipt for which you allso have. We desire you'l please to dispose of as follows :
On your arrival at Plimoth or Portsmouth if the "Norwich" proceed no farther towards London we desire you to Land it at either of these ports and if you can neither dispose of it there to good advantage nor have it new Runn at the usual price please to order it to be carried by land and when it arrives at London you'le please to procure a good sound Bell of 3 hundred weight at least by the disposal of our mcttal and advancing what is i)roper on the different of Cast and uncast mettle or liaving our mettle new cast which done you'le please to pay for the casting thereof for which you have a Bill of Exchange of Ten pounds sterling on ]\Ir. James Duglas merchant of London out of which take any of the alx)ve charges after which we desire you'le take the first safe opportunity either by any of the Queens ships or other good merchant ship with convoy bound to this place and ship it on board consigned to any of us allways taking care either to enter it at the Custom house as a ship Bell or in cask as other wrought mettal that it may be safe, and if after you have effected this matter we remain anything in your debt we shall see to the punctual payment thereof. We have nothing further to add, not doubting of your utmost care and good management we wish you a good voyage and safe return and remain your most humble and faithful servants. William Dudley
Samuel Ruggles John Mayo.
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In March, 1717, a committee, consisting of Mr. Edward Dorr, Mr. Jacob Pepper, Capt. Stephen Wilhams, Richard Hall, Sen., and Mr. Robert Calef, was chosen to seat persons in the meeting house and in order to meet the general desire they were to have respect to the age and estate of all in their seating of them.
Att a church meeting held the first day of March 1717/8 it was unanimously agreed and voted as follows:
1. That it was necessary to chuse some meet person for an assistant to our reverend pastor.
2. It was agreed and voted to cinise such assistant att the present meeting. Accordingly the votes being brought in and counted, every vote was for Mr. Thomas \^alter, son of the reverend pastor.
3. The said church chose and appointed the deacons a committee to acquaint IVlr. Waher lierewith, and inform the inhaljitants of the town in their next meeting with the church's doings, in order for tlieir future pro- ceeding.
"May 13, 1718. The to\ATi (having had legal warning) meet to chuse a representative, and to consider of a settle- ment for INIr. Thomas Walter. Voted that there should be sixty pounds raised for Mr. Walter, as encouragement to his settling among us."
Rev. Mr. Thomas Walter was ordained Pastor, Oct. 19, 1718.
At a meeting held Aug. 7, 1727, it was voted:
(1) That for the future it shall suffice to have the relations of such as are propoundetl for the commimion read before the church only.
(2) Whereas there are or may be sundry persons among us Desirous of Church fellowship who cannot be Persuaded to make a Public Rotation and Really scrujile the doing it off whose profession and (lood conversation we may have such Testimony as in a Judgement of Charity to think them well qualified for the sacrament of the Lord Su[)per.
Resolved That if any Person who stands propounded to the communion of this c-hurch whose Profession is according to Godliness and of a blameless conversation that Really scruples the making Pulilic Relation before the church in order to admission and shall signify such their scruple to the Rev. Pastor giving him at the same time such satisfaction as y' he may Recommend
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them to our communion in that case this church mil not Insist upon the Public Rotations of such persons. But the Rev. Pastor may [iroceed to take ye Vote of the Church for their admission upon their Renewing the Covenant as usual.
In 1727/8 persons who have windows in their pues on the lower floor shall maintain the glass belonging to them and pews becoming vacant to be disposed of by the Society.
Paul Dudley, afterwards Chief Justice of Massachusetts, was a benefactor to this church as was his father before him, and Feb. 24, 1728/9, first showed his liberality by giving to the Deacons to take care of, the sum of Fifty pcfunds in money the Principal to be from time to time Let and kept out on good security and that the yearly interest was to be applied as follows. That at all times hereafter the Relict or widow of the minister of the church shall be entitled to the sole benefit of the yearly profits or Interest during her widdowhood and in case there be no such widow to be bestowed on any one, two or three (but no more) of the said church, that may stand in need thereof, from time to time at the discretion of the Deacons, taking his advice as long as he lived and after his decease the advice of the minister of the 2^' Church for the time being. He wished so long as Mrs. Rebecca Walter, the widow of the late Rev. Mr. Thomas Walter, remained his widow that she should have twenty shillings per annum, being a part of the Interest. In case Madam Walter, the present pastor's wife, should survive her husband and her dauffhter-in-law remain likewise a widow he wished the mother to have two thirds and the daughter one third of the yearly profits.
It seems that the congregation was at times disturbed by noise the boys made, and in March, 1730, it was voted "That all Boys under the age of 14 years shall be restrained from going up into the Galleries in time of Public Worship. "
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The boys' seats had some years before been granted to members of the congregation to make them pews, but as nothing had evidently been accompHshed, in 173i2 Joseph Heath and his brother Samuel asked to have the committee, appointed for seating the Meeting house, directed to lay out their Father's right to a pew in that place adjoining Mr. Gore's Pew, At the same time Sarah Williams, Mary Shed, Elizabeth Williams, Elizabeth Craft and Hannah Ruggles were given permission to fit up the hind seat in the Womens' Front gallery to sit in.
In 1732 another benefactor to this church appeared in the person of Mrs. Dorothy Williams, wife of Samuel Williams, and formerly the wife of William Denison, late of Roxbury, gentleman, who in accordance with the will of her former husband, as she had been the sole legatee, raised the sum of Two hundred pounds by the sale of a piece of land in Rox- bury which was part of the Real Estate of the said William Denison and also, as was expressed in the will, with the advice of Rever^ Mr. Nehemiah Walter, and committed it to and lodged in the hands of Jolm Mayo, cordwainer, John Payson and Edward Ruggles, yeomen. Deacons of the First Church of Christ in Roxbury and their successors in office to be by them or the major part of them let out upon good security at their discretion (but not in sums under Twenty pounds) and the annual income or yearly Interest to be applied for and towards the support and maintenance of the Reverd Mr. Nehemiah Walter, Pastor of the First Church, and the Rever^ Mr. Ebenezer Thayer, Pastor of the Second Church in Roxbury, and their successor^ in the Pastoral office of the said churches (according to the present con- stitution of the churches in New England) in Proportion as follows: Three-quarter ])arts of the annual interest or income to be to and for the benefit of the Reverend Mr.
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Nehemiah Walter for and during the term of his natural life and from and after his death to and for the benefit of his successors in the church and office aforesaid, the other quarter part to be to and for the benefit of the Reverend Mr. Ebenezer Thayer for and during the term of his natural life and his successors in the office aforesaid in the Second Church in Roxbury. The above gift was formerly accepted by Deacon John Payson and Deacon Edward Ruggles, Dec. 19, 1732.
The yearly expense for the support of the church was somewhat different each year. In 1736 <£100 was voted for the pastor's rate, for the cost of procuring firewood for Mr. Walter (which was cut on the common until the supply gave out); ringing the bell and taking care of the meeting house £22, for procuring help for Mr. Walter in the work of the ministry £52, and £13 for other expenses. A Committee was appointed each year for many years to procure help for our Rev. Pastor.
In 1734 the precinct at the West End of the town levied a tax on several persons and estates in this precinct, so a com- mittee, appointed for that purpose, were instructed to assert the line of this precinct and to take all due care to prevent the said persons being oppressed by obtaining a settlement of the line according to the bounds contained in the petition the inhabitants of the West End were set off by in 1706. This affair was finally adjusted the next year and the town was divided by a line showing who should be considered members of this church and who of the West End.
In March, 1736, the subject of building a new meeting house was first taken up and its position considered as to whether it should be built on the same spot as this one or between it and the house of Mr. Samuel Gridley somewhat north of this one. One of the spots suggested was between
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Mr. Gridley's Barn and the West corner of his Orchard as near the fence as conveniently may be.
Hon"^'^ Paul Dudley, Coll. Heath, Coll. Lamb, Mr. Shed, Capt. Ruggles, Mr. Eleazer Williams, Mr. Nathaniel Craft, Mr. Ebenezer Pierpont, Mr. Ebenezer Newel, John Sumner, Capt. Mayo, Mr. Isaac Curtis and Mr. Joseph Warren were chosen a committee to lay before the Precinct at their next meeting the Plan of a New Meeting: House, also how and in what manner the said Building shall be effected, particularly the Dimentions of it, the Number of Pews to be in it with the Charge of the whole Building as near as they can judge and that they agree upon the Dimentions of the Pews and the value of them, as well those to be Built on the Floor as those to be Built in the Galleries, so as to reach in the whole the sum of One Thousand Pounds, and that they agree upon some just and equal method for the disposing of the pews.
The question was raised as to how the money to build a new meeting house might be obtained, and a committee con- sisting of Capt. Isaac Williams, Capt. Joseph Ruggles, Col. Joshua Lamb, Col. Joseph Heath, Mr. Eleazer Williams and Mr. El)enezer Pierpont was chosen to present a sub- scription for that purpose.
It was finally decided that the New Meeting House should be Iniilt Northward of the Place where the Old Meeting House stands not exceeding Four Rods, and that it was to be 02 feet long, 42 feet wide, the Posts about 26 feet high, 38 pews on the floor, one tier of galleries and a Steeple at the West end. Number of pews to be built in Galleries shall not exceed 12 nor be under 8 at ,£10 each.
It was also decided that a Rate be made upon the Poles and Lstates of the Inhabitants of the Precinct to Raise Eight Hundred Pounds and the subscriptions to be laid aside.
Then it was Proposed that no Pew or Pews be sold or
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alienated by the persons that first have them, or their suc- cessors, without first making the ofi^er thereof to the Precinct or the Committee, they Have or shall Chose for that Purpose giving at least one Month's Notice thereof, and in case the Precinct or their Committee will repay to such Person or Persons the Money Paid for such Pew they shall Have it to Dispose of to some other suitable Person as they shall see Meet; l)ut in case the Precinct or their Committee Refuse the ofl'er, then the owner or Proprietor of such Pew may Dispose of it at Pleasure. That the First Offer of the Pews be made to such Persons as are of Character and Substance, and who in probability may be judged likely to Support in good proportion the charge of the Ministry and Meeting House in the Precinct; and in case of any competition or Equality as to Persons or to Families, then Regard to be had to such Persons or Families or their Descendants as were among the Antient Worthy Families of this End of the Town who were Remarkable for their Character and Support of Religion among us. In case there should not appear a suflScient number of Persons and Families Qualified as afores*^ to take the Pews at such a Price as shall be set upon them, then the offer to be made to Such Persons as will Pay for them, Provided they are likewise persons of good Sub- stance and likely to Contribute a good Proportion to the charge of the Ministry in time to come and are of good Reputation and Sober conversation. A Committee was chosen to Dispose of the Pews in the Method above noted and consisted of the Hon^'^ Judge Dudley, Joseph Heath, Esq., John Sumner, Mr. Ebenezer Pierpont, Maj. John Bowles, Esq., Mr. Shubael Seaver, Mr. Eleazer Williams, Mr. Samuel Williams, Mr. James Shed, Capt. Joseph Ruggles, Capt. Samuel Stevens, Mr. John Ruggles, Mr. Ebenezer Newell, Mr. William Clieany and Coll. Joshua Lamb.
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It was also voted that Twelve Hundred Pounds be Raised by the Pews for the Building of the New Meeting House and also that seven Persons be chosen to effect the Business of Building, and they were to be Capt. Joseph Ruggles, Mr. Ebenezer Pierpont, John Sumner, Coll. Joseph Heath, Esq., Capt. Edward Dorr, Mr. James Shed and Mr. Samuel Gore. Capt. Dorr refused to serve and Mr. John Hollirook was appointed to serve in his Room. Capt. John Richardson was appointed on above committee in the Room of Mr. Jolin Sumner who moved out of town. The above com- mittee was given Power to Agree with One Person or more to Build it by the Great and not by Days Work. Also they were not to exceed the space of Three Years until the whole be Finished ; this was cut down to two years from Feb. 1738/9. In March 1738/9 another attempt was made to have it built on the Northerly side of the Country Road near Deacon Sam'l Gridley's orchard but it was frustrated. Deacon John Payson (Jr.) was already set off to the West Precinct.
It had already been voted that Paul Dudley, Esq., have the Liberty of Purchasing the two feet more or less overplus of the Pews on the east side of the pulpit, he paying therefor in proportion to his Pew, and that the two feet more or less on the West side of the Pulpit shall be for the use of the Precinct. As it had all along been concluded that the Wall pews should have but six feet front each and it having been suggested that as they are Described in the plan there will be Some breakage in Some of the ranges of those pews which the Community Desire to have the advantage of, it was therefor voted that the proprietors in each range have liberty to Divide the same between them, except what was already granted to Judge Dudley, provided they should be obliged to pay to the precinct Treasurer, for the use of the Com- mittee for building, a further sum in proportion to the several
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prizes already set on their pews in each ranj^e respectively. And he that refuses so to oblige himself shall forfeit his part of said breakage to the rest of the proprietors in tlie same range. It was also decided that stairs going up into the galleries be made in the steeple and one porch of the meeting house, and that two pews be addcil on the floor in the corners formerly projected for the stairs. The pews were all Drawn except five in the galleries.
In April, 1740, the sum of £60 was voted to be raised to provide for a Raising Entertainment.
It was al^o voted that as soon as the cells of the new meeting house were framed that then the old house should be pulled down.
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REV. MR. NEHEML\H WALTER
Nehemiah Walter was the Son of worthy Parents, who originally came from Lancafhire in England. He had his Birth in Ireland fometime in December 1663. And there was initiated in Grammar-Learning at one of their beft Schools, where he diftinguifh'd himfelf by his Proficiency: particularly in the Latin Tongue, which by that Time he was 13 years old, he was fuch a Mafter of, as to be capable of readily converfing in it, which he often had Opportiuiity to do, with Popifh Scholars in his Neighbourhood, who had learnt to fpeak it rather more fluently, by Rote; and in his Difputes with them, he found it a fingular Advantage to him, that he had such frequent Occafion to tax them of falfe Grammar, and cou'd cite them to the Rule: which ferv'd to put them to the Blufh or at leaft bring them to a Paufe, and to give him Leafure to recollect his Thoughts.
Sometime in (or perha]xs a little before) the Year 1680 when the Prevalence of Popery greatly threatned Ireland, his Father Mr. Thomas Walter removed thence, and came over to New England; bringing with him this his hopeful Son. Here he was firft put to learn a Trade: but it was foon found, his Genius lay quite another Way and inclined him wholly to Letters.
His Book was his Delight. Accordingly, with a View to perfect his School-Education, and prepare him for the College, he was committed to the Care of the famous Mr. Cheever, then jNIafter of the Publick Grammar School in Bofton; who, upfm a fhort Examination and Experiment, return'd him to his Father, with a great Encomium, pronoun- cing hira already ftock'd with Claffick Learning, and abundantly fumifh'd to enter upon Academical Studies.
REV. MR. NEHEMIAH WALTER
In the 17*^ Year of his Age, he was admitted into Harvard College, A.D. 1680, when the very learned Mr. Oakes was Prefident, and Mr. Daniel Gookin and Mr. Samuel Andrews, Fellows: though the former of thefe soon removing, waf fuccceded by Mr. Jolin Cotton, afterwards Minifter of Hampton; who always mention'd Mr. Walter's Name with peer.liar Affection and Refpeet, and wou'd frequently take oceafion to fpeak of his fingular Progrefs in Learning while a Student at Cambridge, with much Applaufe.
Anno 1684, he commenc'd Batchelor of Arts; and Mafter in 1687. In the Literim, Mr. Nelson, a noted Merchant in Bofton, who had a great Intereft and Trade with the French at Port Royal (now Annapolis) in Nova Scotia, made him the Offer of a Voyage with him thither, in order to learn their Language; which Invitation he gratefully accepted. And the more fpeedily to effect his Defign, prefently on his Arrival he retired from the Fort, that he might be out of all Englifh Converfation, and fojourn'd for feveral Months in a private Gentleman's Family at a Diftance, where he could hear nothing fpoken but in the Language he was aiming to acquire. It was a fober and (in the Romifh way) a religious Family: the Heads of which he was wont to fpeak of with great Gratitude for their handfom Treatment of him, and to exprefs his charitable Hopes concerning them, as really pious, upon the Obfervations he had made of them. — After paffing a few Months there, he return'd very much a Mafter of the Language; in which he afterwards more fully perfected himfelf by reading of French Authors, and by frequently conferring with fome Proteftant Refugees of that Nation; a fmall Affembly of whom fubfifted for many years (and till very lately) at Bofton, to which in the Abfence of their Paftor, he has fometimes preached, in their own Tongue, to their Edification; though at the fame Time he declin'd
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praying with them in it, perhaps from a modeft Sufpicion of his own Sufficiency for doing this either extempore or me- moriter, and not chufing to read a written Form. — ^Biit he was certainly able to difcourfe very promptly in the French Language, and good Judges have faid, with great Propriety. His Knowledge of that Tongue he accoimted a vaft Privilege, which he frequently mentioned with Thankfulnefs to God; particularly as it gave him the Opportunity of confulting many valuable inftructive Books, that otherwife he muft have been unacquainted with: and accordingly his well- furnifh'd Library confifted, in great Part, of Proteftant Authors in the French Language; among whom thofe famous Divines, ^lefficurs Claude and Placett were fingularly valu'd by him.
Returned from his Travels, he purfued his Studies at College, for feveral Years with clofe Application ; difcovering a laudable Thirft after Increafe in all ufeful Literature, and giving Proofs of his Liduftry and Ligenuity, l)y his exemplary Proficience in the liberal Arts and Sciences. — He had a great Command of the Latin Tongue, became a Critick in the Greek, and had a good Infio;ht into the Hel)rew: attain'd to a confiderable Acquaintance with Philofophical Inquiries; and in fhort, poffefs'd a happy Fimd both of human and divine Learning. — He was indeed much of a Humanift; though Divinity rather was his Favourite Study. He bore fo fuperior a Figure among the Scholars of his Day, that in their Debates upon any Point, whether Philological, or Theological, ftill He was appeal'd to, and his Ojjinion was wont to be generally decifive. — It reflected a Luftre on his Character, that the memorable Mr. Elijah Corlet, Mafter of the Grammar School in Caml)ridge, ufed to exprefs a diftinguifhing ^'alue for him, by employing him to officiate at Times in the Care of his School, when obliged to be abfent
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himfelf; always efteeming his Place well fupply'd by Mr. Walter, and fully confiding in his Skill, Prudence and Dili- gence. And on Mr. Corlet's Death (Anno 1687 Aet. 77) Mr. Walter, to exprefs his Gratitude and Honour to the Memory of fo defcrving a Perfon, publifh'd an Elegy done in blank Englifh Verfe; beginning with a modeft Apology for its appearing in that Form, and in that Language. — Mr. Stone, the late worthy and aged Paftor of Harwich, having made his chief Progrefs in School Learning under that very excellent Divine, the Rev. Mr. Neheraiah Hobart of New- town, had his laft Preparation for the College by Mr. Walter; whom he daily attended at his Chamber in Cambridge, travelling thither on Foot every Morning, though above a Mile from his Father's Houfe; and for whom he ever main- tained a very high Efteem.
Mr. Walter early began to acquaint himfelf with Church Hiftory; in which he grew to be very well verfed: particularly in thofe Branches of it referring to the firft Ages of Chriftian- ity, to the Romifh Apoftacy, and the Proteftant Reformation. — He was well ftudy'd too in the Popifh Controverfies; in the Lutheran, and in the Arminian Controverfies; alfo in the Difciplinary Difputes among Proteftants ; — impartially reading the Controverfial Writings on all Sides, and weighing their feveral Arguments w^ith his beft Skill. Particularly he took this Method to fettle his Judgment in the Epifcopal and Prefbyterian Controverfies (or thofe between the Church and Diffenters in England, and between Prefbyterians and Congregationals) confulting the moft eminent Writers on each Side of the Queftion: and after much Deliberation, he fell in with the way of the Churches in New England as thinking their Conftitution and Practice in general, with refpect to Worfhip, Difcipline and Order, moft conformable to Gofpel-Inftitution and primitive Practice, as well as to the
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Principles of the Reformation, refpecting the Rights of Confcience and private Judgment, the Perfection and 01)hga- tion of the Scripture-Rule and the Supremacy of Chrift as fole Head of the Church. Accordingly, he was firmly attached to the Congregational way: l)ut ftill preferved a Candour for pious People of a different Perfuafion; and indeed was fometimes ready to think, that certain Modalities in Religion, wherein Proteftants vary from one another, had an immoderate Strefs laid upon them.
With him the holy Scriptures were the Teft of Orthodoxy and Meafure of Truth. He took the Word of Chrift for the Guide of his Thoughts in Religion, and from thence form'd his Sentiments upon the feveral Doctrines, which have been the Subjects of fo many warm Controverfies in the Church from Age to Age. — He had a Reverence for the Memory of many of the primitive Fathers, and had a juft Value for their Writings: but an equal Refpect for many of the Divines of the Reformation, and in Truth to tliefe he rather gave the Preference in his Judgment, on fome Accounts. He had a peculiar Efteem for the famous Calvin, among the firft Reformers; and among the more modern Englifh Divines, he had a diftinguifhing Value for the learned Dr. Owen, and for the great INIr. Howe, whom he feem'd in fome Regards to prefer al:)ove all: Though at the fame Time he ufed to exprefs an Affection and Refpect for many others as Dr. Bates, Mr. Charnock, Mr. Flavel, Mr. Richard Taylor, &c. He very much approved the Affembly of Divines Confession of Faith, and Catechisms; and in particular greatly priz'd the Affembly's fhorter Catechifin. However, ftill he had not fo learned Christ, as to take any Man or Sett of Men for his Standard, and to fubject his Faith to any Scheme of Divinity, or his Confcience to any Model of Religion, what- ever, of nicer human Contrivance. No ; but Divine Revela-
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tion, as it is contain'd in the facred Scriptures, was what he repair'd to as the Fountain of Theological Truth, and made that the only Rule of his Judgment, in Matters of Faith and Worfhip; ever efteeming that a Rule fufficient, obliging, and limiting, both as to Principles and Practices in Religion. Guided by the Light of Scripture, he embraced thofe great and important Doctrines of the Reformation; the fame tliat are contain'd in the 39 Articles of the Church of England, and the fame that have been commonly profefs'd and preach'd in the Churches of New England. — Neverthelefs he care- fully avoided all Extreams; and in particular, equally oppofed Arminianifm on the one Hand, and Antinomianifm on the other, always wifhing the Churches and Miniftry of New England might be exempted from both : Yet he Avould fpeak charitably of fome Divines, that leaned to either of the Extreams, and always took Care to preferve a Distinction between Perfons and Opinions; being very fparing in his Cenfures upon the former while he readily bore his Teftimony againft the latter.
With fuch a happy Temper and Furniture of Mind, with a Judgment thus poiz'd and fixed, and with an eftablifh'd Character of Piety, he at firft set out in the World as a Can- didate for the Miniftry; his Pulpit Performances meeting with uncommon Acceptance. — There feems to have been a fpecial Interpofition of divine Providence, in his firft Introduction into Roxbury Pulpit; which perhaps may be worth relating. And it was thus, as the Fact lies in the Memory of one of us, that heard the Account of it long fince. — Mr. Walter had entertain'd Thoughts of travelling abroad ; it's fupposed, with a View partly to making further Improve- ments in Knowledge; and had actually befpoke his Paffage in a Ship for Ireland, or England. But it fo happen'd in Providence, that when the Veffel only waited for a Wind, he
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on a Saturilay Aftonunm ivccivM a Moffag-e froiu lu^xlnirv defiriui;' o( him a Scnnon on the Morrow. Acoonlinolv. he thou went, ami proaeliM there (^as it was faitl) for the tirft Time; greatly to the Satisfaction, both of Minifter ami l\\iple. They hail for a eonfideral^lo while heen feekiui;- a Collea^iu^ tV>r their aged I'aftor. the fanunis and venerahlo ]\[r. John Fliot i^the fame who has nfually been eelehrated as the Ameriean Apoflle^ and anu>ni;- feveral verv worthv Candidates, whom th.ev had often heard, their Inclinations were fo divided, as to retard their riveeedings. But upon hearing ]Mr. Walter, they were inftantly very nuieh nniteil in him. and hafl'ned to invite him to eotd'tant Preai-hing among them, with a Profpeet of Settlement in due Time; which, it was faid. occafion'd the jiutting otf his intended Voyage. Tiie gvunl oKl Minifter was fo charm'd with this young Cientleman's Preai-hing. that on tlu> tirft Day of hciw- ing him. ho ftayM the Chuvch after Evening Service, anil was for putting it innnediately to \'ote, whether thev woulil give him a C^dl. But the llon^'''^ ,l<vseph Dudley. Esq. (after- wanls Ciovernor') then prefent. notwithftanding he had conceivM a high (){)inion of Mr. Walter, yet appeared in op|xifiiion to fo fuddv^n a Mi)tion. and perfuailed ^fr. Eliot to defer it for a while. — After a fhort Delay, he receiv'd an unanimous Call; the Brethren oi the Church making their Choice on Lord's Day July lo. 1(»SS auvl the Inhabitants of the d\>wn. in pnl>lick Affembly. nu Lord's Da v. Sept. 9. appixn'ing ami contirming it. Mr. Walter upon the (^all given him. though it was then a d;nk ami threatning Seafon. in the Ueign of K. James H. a profefs'd Papift, and in the Avlminiftrati'Mi of Sir 1-Mn\und Amlross. Governor of New England, a Tool ci the Court, and grievouflv tyrannizing over the |>oi>r Pet>ple here, yet had the Courage to enter into the Miniftrv. at fuch a critical
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Juncture, and devote himfelf to the Service of Christ in thefe Churches.
On Wcdnefday, October 17. 1G88 (in the 2.5*^ Year of his Age) he was puWickly and folemnly ordained, with the laying on of the Hands of the Prefljytery. Mr. Walter hiinfelf (purfuant to the former Ufage among us) preached the Sermon on that Occafion; which was from 2 Cor. iv. 7, But we have this Treafure in earthen Veffels that the Excel- lency of the Power may be of God, and not of us. — Mr. Eliot (then in his 84th Year) prefided in his Ordination and gave the Charge. And though a Diftinction was wont to be made between the Characters of Paftor and Teacher when two Minifters were together in the fame Church (one of them being ordain'd under the former Name, and the other under the latter) Mr, Eliot notwithf tan ding faw fit to join both Names or Characters in Mr. Walter's Ordination. And on their Return from the Solemnity, he took Occafion pleafantly to fay to Mr. Walter, — "Brother, I've ordain'd you a Teaching Paftor: but don't l)e proud of it; for I always ordain my Indians fo."
After this, Mr. Eliot did not long furvive: for on the 20^'^ of May 1690, he died; having been Minifterof Roxbury from Sept. 1632. and being worn out with Age, and with abundant Labours, in the Service of Chrift and Souls, as well among the Indians as Englifh. But it was a great Satisfaction to him, that he faw his People, before his Death, fo peaceably and happily fettled under Mr. Walter's Miniftry. And it is well known, how for the Year or two they were together, Mr. Walter ferved in the Gofpel with his venerable Colleague, even as a Son with a Father, full of filial Duty and ^Vffection ; and what a vaft Efteem and Parental I»ve that ancient Gentleman had for his Young Colleague, how he honoured him before his People, and almoft intirely devolv'd upon
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him all puhlick Offices of the Miniftry, from a Senfe of his fuperior A!)ilities. Mr. Ehot wou'd often make the Remark, that well beaten Oil was required for the Service of the Sanctuary; and to that, he ufed to compare Mr. Walter's Sermons. He would therefore feldom preach; that fo he might not hinder his People from the Benefit of his defirable Colleague's Labours, and might himfelf enjoy the Privilege of hearing him. This we find taken Notice of in the Memoirs of Mr. Eliot's Life, written above fifty Years ago, by the late very excellent Dr. Cotton Mather; where we have the Pleafure of feeing Mr. Walter thus characterifed : — "A Perfon young in Years, but old in Discretion, Gravity and Experience; and one, whom the Church of Roxbury hopes to find a Paftor after God's own Heart. " It follows, " Who being, by the unanimous Vote and Choice of the Church there, become the Paftor of Roxbury, immediately found the venerable Eliot embracing and cherifhing of him, with the tender Afl^ections of a Father. The good old Man, like Aaron, as it were dif robed himfelf, with an imfpeakable Satisfaction, when he beheld his Garments fpread upon a Son fo dear to him. After this, he for a Year or two before his Tranflation, cou'd fcarce be perfuaded unto any publick Service; !)ut humbly pleaded. It would be a Wrong to the Souls of the People, for him to do any Thing among them, when they were fup])Iy'd fo much to their Advantage, otherwife." — And it's faitl the good old Gentleman, when he preach'd at any Time in the Morning would excuse the Meannefs and Brokennefs (as he called it) of his Performance, but would conclude with faying, "My dear Brother here will by'n'by mend all." —
Thus, ]Mr. Walter gave early Prefages of his future Emi- nence; and he has all along, from Youth to advanced Age, f hewed liimsclf a Workman that needed not to be afhamed; a burning and fhining Light, both in the Pulpit and out of it;
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and through a long Life, abundantly anfwering the high Expectations he had raifed in his younger Days. — He was 0^vne^ of all the valuable Qualifications, intellectual and moral, neceffary to conftitute an eminent Character, whether as a Chriftian, or a Divine.
He certainly exliibited a bright Example of perfonal Holinefs; which is of the firft Confideration, and the grand Requifite in the Chriftian Profeffor, much more in the Chriftian Minifter. He gave very convincing Evidences of vital Experience in Religion, to a high Degree. He Hv'd the Chriftianity he preach'd; fhewing his Faith by his Works, and having his Fruit unto Holinefs, in all its various Exercifes. He was moft exemplary for Hatred of every Sin; and an Inftance of the correcteft Morals appear'd ever devoted to the Service and Honour of Chrift; exprefs'd a deep Concern for the Advancement of his Kingdom and Intereft; mani- fefted an ardent Love to God, and warm Benevolence to Men; a great Mortification to the World, and Abftraction from earthly Concerns; an ha!)itual Equanimity, and Con- tentment with his outward Condition ; Refignation in x\dver- fity, and Moderation in Profperity; Freedom from Envy at others rifing Reputation, or flourifhing Circumftances, and from all undue Elation with the pecular Refpects univerfally paid to himfelf ; was remarkable for his domeftick Tendernefs, and Endearingnefs towards his People; for his Humility and Modefty, which made him decline fome publick Honours that were offer'd him, and very much to avoid publick Appearances; was remarkable for an habitual, conftant Serioufnefs, Solidity, Veracity and Uprightnefs ; was ftrictly temperate, exactly juft, and exceeding cou- fcientious in all his Ways; was moft apparently fpiritually minded, and of a heavenly Converfation ; walking by Faith, not by Sight; and adding to his Faith, Fortitude. For,
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though he was low of Stature, and had a thin and feeble Body, as well as a low and weak Voice; yet he poffefs'd a great Soul, had a fingular animal Vivacity, with a good Meafure of natural Firmnefs and Courage, which being fanctify'd, were of Advantage to him, when call'd to appear in the Caufe of God our Saviour, He had a Zeal of God, and tliis according to Knowledge; being happily temper'd with Mccknefs, Lenity, and Charity, govern'd by Prudence, and recommended by a vifible Sincerity and Lowlinefs of Heart. — He was of a moft ingenuous Spirit, abounding in Candour; was a candid Difputant, a candid Hearer of Sermons, a candid Interpreter of others Words and Actions ; exceeding diftant from all Cenforioufnefs and Detraction, from all Bitternefs and Acrimony; yet was a faithful Friend, and knew not to give flattering Titles, nor ufed he flattering Words, or airy Compliments. Very refpectful was he to his Superiours, though fervilely obfequious to none; full of Condcfcenfion to his Inferiours; and in Honour preferring his Equals. He was of a moft placid and pacifick Temper, never embroil'd himfelf in Controverfy, kept out of all Con- tention, and ever followed the Things that made for Peace. — He was very averfe to entangling himfelf in the Affairs of this Life; whatever Occafions there might fometimes be for it, as having a numerous Family, and an Income fmall, comparatively. However, being fuch a great Lover of Learning, lie gave three of his Sons a liberal Education, by the Affiftance of generous Friends, and at the Expence of fome Self-denial at home. — He was inclined to live as retired, and to keep as much in his Study, as poffible, for devotional, as well as literary Purpofes; and his Work was almoft his only Recreation. The Confequence of this, his Friends tliought to be Gain to them on fome valuable Accounts, yet a Lofs to them by the Infrequency of his
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defirable Vifits. Though he was but feldom abroad, in Company, and did not affect Abundance of it at home, yet was eafy of Accefs and receiv'd his Vifitors with much Courtefy and Affabihty. There was a vifible Sweetnefs, under all his Referve; and in Converfation, where he might ufe a Liberty without Danger of giving Offence, he was modeftly free and facetious, pleafant, and entertaining; always ingenious, always communicative and inftructive; but never loud and noify, nor over-talkative; never affuming, nor overbearing, nor indecently interrupting, in any Debate or Difcourfe: nay, rather flow to fpeak, as well as flow to wrath, but fwift to hear, and readier to attend to others, than to exert himfelf. Neither did he love Trifling and meer Amufement ; but was always grave, in the midft of Chearful- nefs, and Avou'd ever (if he might) be difcourfing on Topicks that were ferious, or important and profitable; or otherwife be filent. His Converfation turned much on the State of Learning, and what pafs'd in the letter'd World, but more efpecially on the State of Religion, in the prof effing World ; or elfe on fome religious Subject, cominonly fuch as he had lately been reading on; and wou'd often cite remarkable Paffages (efpecially from Authors in the French Language) which we were not fo likely to have met with. Indeed, above all, he lov'd to be talking of a glorious Christ, and the Grace of God in Him, of his Truths and Ways; the Affairs of his Kingdom here, and the Hope laid up for his People hereafter. — He ever bore upon his Heart the Concerns of the Chriftian Church, in general ; but efpecially thof e Parts of it in Great- Britain, Ireland, France, and Germany; and was very inquifitive about the State of Things in them. Nothing, of that Nature, lay more on his Thoughts, or nearer his Heart, than the Safety and Profperity of the Protcftant Intereft. His Heart, like Eh's, trembled for this Ark of God; greatly
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lamenting to hear of Degeneracy among Proteftants, at home or abroad, whether in Principles or Manners; but equally rejoicing in well attefted Informations of a Revival of pure and practical Religion any where. — He thankfully admir'd the Conduct of Providence in bringing about the Settlement of the Cro\\Ti of Great-Britain in the illuftrious Houfe of Hanover; and fcarce ever made a Prayer, at leaft, in Publick, but one of his moft fervent Requefts to God was for the Security of the Proteftant Succeffion to the British Throne.
Simeon's Character was his, a juft Man and devout. He gave himfelf to Prayer, as well as to the Miniftry of the Word. He appeared to have habitually much of the Spirit of Grace and Supplication, and to be much in the Practice of Ejacu- latory Prayer. Befides his ftated Prayers in Private and in Publick, and other occafional ones, particularly in his paftoral Vifitations of the Sick, and at Funerals, Catechifings, &c. he affociated with his People at their Family Meetings for religious Exercifes, where he conftantly made one of the Prayers, whoever preached, or read the Sermon. — And he always appeared eminently qualify'd both with the Gift and the Grace of Prayer: nor is it eafy to fay, in which he feem'd moft to excel. His Prayers were a continued Series of raifed, but unaffected Devotion, filial Reverence and Con- fidence towards God, Faith in the Mediator, Self-Abafement, Zeal for the Caufe and Honour of Chrift, Love to his Church and People, Afpirations after fpiritual Bleffings in heavenly Places in Chrift Jesus. — For the Matter of his Prayers, they were adjuftcd to thofe peculiar Doctrines of the Gofpel, which he ever contended fo earneftly for. And indeed it was a Maxim with him, that as thofe Practices rauft be bad which one can't pray over, fo thofe Principles may well be fufpected, which cannot properly be turned into Prayer. This, he thought, look'd with an unfavourable Afpect on the
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Arminian Scheme, in particular: the Friends of which are wont to pray Calvin if tically, how differently focver they may preach. — And for the Manner of his Prayers, they were all in a very natural Method; appofite to the Occafion; exprefs'd in the eaficft and moft proper Language; fententious and concife; argumentative, and enliven'd with pertinent Scripture Pleas; utter'd with a fuhmifs Voice, and with a Mein the ferious, humble, affectionate; in the whole never prolix. There was this remarkable in his Prayers, that he frequently called on the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord, more directly and explicitly than is ufual. Particularly it was his con- ftant Practice in the Adminiftration of the Lord's Supper, to addrefs one of the Pravers to the Son of God; adoring his Divine Perfon ; giving him the Glory of his Divine Excellencies manifefted in the Works of Creation and Providence, but efpecially in the aftonifhing Work of Redemption ; acknowl- edging Him in his mediatorial Offices; celebrating his won- drous Love, in his Humiliation and Sufferings for his People; profeffing Repentance for Sin, and Faith in the Blood of Christ, as the only and perfect Atonement for Sin, and in his prevalent Interceffion, as our Advocate with the Father; profeffing to embrace the Promifes, as in him; renouncing all Sin, as againft him; engaging to do all Duty, as unto him, in his Name; expreffing a Dependence on him alone, for Righteoufnefs and Strength; and a Hope in his Power and Grace, as raifed from the Dead, and exalted to be Prince and Saviour, Head of his univerfal Church of Men and Angels, and Head over all Things to the Church, which was now alfo commended to his fpecial Care. — Another Thing we fhall take Notice of, is, that as he never practifed giving Characters of deceafed Persons in Funeral Sermons, fo his Prayers at the Houfe of Mourning were calculated to affist the Devotion of the Living, rather than to honour the Name
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of the Dead. So averfe was he to Flattery, that he ftudioufly avoided all Appearances of it, and all Approaches to it. — [For this Reafon, in part, he declined preaching on a certain great and annual Occafion, when chosen to do it.] — When he catechifed the Children of his Flock, befides praying with them, he was wont to give them a fhort and familiar Lecture on fome Part of the Affembly's Catechifm: which Practice he continu'd fo long as his Strength would well allow him.
As a Preacher, he was juftly admired by all that heard him, and has been often recommended for a Pattern.
The Matter of his Preaching confifted of the great Things of God's Law and Gofpel. He often entertained his Hearers with affecting Meditations on the guilty, depraved, con- demned, undone Eftate of the Race of Adam by Nature, in Confequence of the firft Apoftacy, and by means of their increafed Wickednefs; and on thofe eternal Miferies here- after, which they are every Moment expofed to. Whereliy he labour'd to awaken the Confciences of Sinners, to alarm their Fears, and excite their Concern to obtain the Salvation which is by Jesus Christ. — - And then his moft beloved Themes were the wondrous Counfels and Works of the Divine Trinity, refpecting this great Salvation; the Divine Father's Appointment and Miffion of his Son to purchafe it for us, and of his Spirit to reveal and apply it to us. Thefe were, either directly or reductively, the Subjects of his Preach- ing, in general. — More particularly, his frequent Theme was the admiral )le Pcrfon of Christ in his two diftinct Natures, of God and Man; his glorious Office of Mediator, in its various Views, Acts and Exercifes; his aftonifhing Humiliation and Sufferings, Atonement for Sin, and Satis- faction to Divine Juftice; his perfect active and paffive Obedience, its infinite Value and Merit, and the everlafting Righteoufnefs brought in thereby; his victorious Refurrec-
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tion, his triumphant Afcenfion into Heaven, and his Exalta- tion there to the Government of the whole Creation, and the Mediatorial vital Headfhip of his People; his continual Sympathy with them, and prevalent Interceffion for them, as their merciful and faithful High-Prieft; and his final Appearance, as the great Judge of Quick and Dead, when he fhall be glorify'd in his Saints, and admired in all them that believe. — Alfo the Divine Excellencies of the Holy Spirit, the Neceff ity of his Miff ion and Agency, and eminently of his fpecial and efficacious Grace, or faving Lifluence on the Hearts of Men ; convincing them of their Sin and Mifery, enlightning their Minds in the Knowlei^-e of Chrift, renewing their Wills, and both perfuading and enabling them to receive Chrift, in all his Offices, and for all his Benefits; to turn to God in and through Chrift, and chufe the glorious God, in Chrift, as their fupreme Ruler, Portion and End; to embrace the Promifes, to live by Faith and to look for the Mercy of the Lord Jefus Chrift unto eternal Life. Li Sum, he preached Repentance towards God, and Faith towards our Lord Jefus Chrift, teftifying the Gofpel of the Grace of God, in its Requirements and its Encouragements, it's Pre- cepts and Promifes; often taking occafion to fet forth the many invaluable Privileges of Believers, both here and here- after; and the infinite Wifdom, Holinef, Juftice, Truth, and Grace of God, difplayed in the whole of their Salvation.
On fuch Subjects as thefe, Mr. Walter laid out very much of his Miniftry. But at the fame Time, while he conftantly affirmed thefe Things, it was to the End that they which have believed in God, might be careful to maintain good Works. W'ell knowing, that Men are fanctified through the Truth, he preached the Truth, even as it is in Jesus. He was a Preacher of Righteoufnefs, in the whole Scripture- Meaning of this Character. He adapted his Preaching to the bleffed
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Defign of promoting Conviction, Converfion, and Sanctifica- tion. His Sermons were full of Motives and Directions, to this Purpofe. — But he always pointed out the true Caufes of Salvation, the Grace of God, the Merits of Christ, and the Power of the Holy Ghoft; and keeping thefe in View, he much inculcated a diligent Ufe of inftituted Means, under Gofpel-Encourageraents, ftriving to enter in at the ftrait Gate, and to v/alk in the narrow Way which leadeth unto Life. He often and earneftly preffed the Duties of the Chrif- tian I>ife, and infifted on the Neceffity of our following uni- verfal Holinefs, la'oouring after the higheft moral Improve- ments attainable in this Life, and longing for the Perfection of the upper World. — In fhort, he was a moft practical and truly evangelical Preacher. For the Proof of this, we need only appeal to his printed Works; which are thefe. (1) Unfruitful Hearers detected and warned. (This was lately re-printed.) (2) The Body of Sin anatomized. (3) A Difcourfe on vain Thoughts. (4) The great Concern of Man. (5) The Wonderfulnefs of Christ. (6) The Holinefs of Heaven. (7) Faithfulnefs in the Miniftry; (A Sermon preach'd to the Convention of Miaifters.) And the fallowing Difcourfes, on the 5.5th Chapter of Ifaiah ; with liis laft Ser- mon annexed. All which bear the vifible Signatures of his Piety, Orthodoxy, Skill and Diligence in his Work. We may look upon them as the true Tranfcript of his fettled Sentiments and habitual Thoughts, as the Exemplification of his ufual Frames, and as fo many Specimens of his common Preaching, with regard to Sul»ject, Spirit, Style, and Method. It was very much his Manner, to felect particidar Chapters of the Bible, or larw Portions of them, and to my over them verfe by verfe, in liis Sabbath -Sermons efpecially. He had a happy Talent at ilhiftrating the Scripture, and frequently with a few plain Words he would fet a difficult Text in an
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advantageous and perhaps uncommon Light. His Method of handhng a Subject appeared ahvays exceeding natural and juft. With a Dignity of Sentiment, there was ever an eafy Train of Tho't. The late Rev. Dr. Colman, v.ho was himfelf a valuable Preacher, ufed to fay of him. When one is hearing Mr. Walter, it feems as if any Man could preach fo; and yet it's difficult preaching like him, and few can equal him. So the late Rev. iNIr. Pemberton, of the South Church in Bofton, who in his Day fhone as a fuperior Light, once faid of him (in Converfation with one of us) I know no Man, that in his Preaching reconciles Perfpicuity with Accuracy, like Mr. Walter. — He ufually difcourfed on his Text by way of Doctrine and Ufe, according to the ancient Cuftom of the New England Miniftry. He dealt not in loofe Harangue, but laid out his Matter clearly, under diftinct Heads, and number'd thefe as he went along, for the Eafe and Benefit of his Hearers; though for the fame Reafon, he was careful not to multiply them to Excefs. He was folicitous, in the compofition of his Difcourfes, to digeft Things into the beft Order, for common Edification of the Auditory; and to enforce every Point with the beft Authority, by citing pertinent Scriptures. And when he had fufiiciently led them into the Underftanding of any Truth, then he apply'd it, to awaken their Mind and Heart, to move and guide them to an anfvver- able Experience and Practice. Here he often expatiated in a Variety of fuitable, practical Reflections and Exhortations; yet in the whole was commonly very brief and comprehenfive. — And as to his Style, or Diction, it was, not only exceeding clear and plain, but withal fo correct, that tlie Sermons he deliver'd in the ftated courfe of his jMiniftry (as were the enfuing) would bear to fee the Light. His Periods and Sentences concife, his Words emphatical and very expreffive, and moft eafy to be underftood. He had few Redundancies,
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and affected nothing of Luxuriancy or Pomp of Language. He was like the wife Preacher, Solomon fpeaks of, who fought to find out acceptal)le Words; and that which was written, was upright, even Words of Truth; and thefe he fet in Order. Becaufe the Preacher was wife, he ftill taught the People Knowledge. And the Words of the Wife are as Goads, and as Nails faftned by the Mafters of Affemhlies, which are given from one Shepherd. His Sermons were fcriptural, and rational, always fpeaking the Things that become found Doctrine, couched in few and familiar Words, with a noble Negligence of Style; and in the whole, calculated both to enlighten tlie Mind, and afl'ect the Confcience. Though his Organs of Speech were naturally feeble, and his Utterance very deli'oerate, with frequent Paufes; yet his Afpect, Gefture, Pronunciation, and whole Manner of Addrefs, were with fuch a Decorum, becoming the Pulpit; fo habitually grave and folemn, fo free from every aukward Air and difguftful Tone, and from all sign of Indolence, Formality or Affecta- tion; his Voice nothing effeminate, and fo well modulated, his Words fo juftly accented, his Paufes fo judicioufly placed, his Eye and Action under fo proper a Regulation, and fuch a Degree of genuine Pathos difcover'd, accompany'd fre- quently with Tears, as indicated his Difcourfes to be the genuine Breathings of a warm Heart, tho' the Produce of a clear and cool Head. — In the Beginning of his Miniftry for al)out feven Years, he preach'd memoriter, or without Notes, after the ufual Manner of that Day. But by a fevere Fit of Siclviiefs, which l>rouglit him very low, and of which he recover'd only by flow Degrees, he found his Head fo affected and his Memory weakened, that when reftor'd fo far as to be able to preach, he neverthelefs thought it prudent, not to commit his Sermons to Memory, and much lefs to venture upon preaching extempore; fo he then took up the
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Practice of ufing his Notes in the Pulpit, and never faw fit to depart from it. And indeed he had a very happy Art in ufing them, as though he ufed them not; commonly but glancing on them (latterly with the Help of a Glafs in his Hand) and then delivering his Matter, with his Eyes erect and pointed to the liftning Audience. For his agreable Elocution, and his excellent Compofition, added to the Importance of his Subject, feldom fail'd to draw the Eye and Ear of ferious Hearers, and engage their dofeft Attention ; by Means whereof a deeper Silence reigned in the Affembly, which gave Advantage to his low Voice, the more eafily to be heard: and a great vifible Solemnity in the Audience increas'd every one's Difpofition to attend with Wakefulnefs and Reverence. — His Sermons appear excellently good in the Reading; but it muft be confcfs'd, they appear'd with a peculiar Grace and Advantage from the Pulpit. Truly, his Doctrine dropped as the Rain, and his Speech, diftilled as the Dew. —
But to leave his Character, which we have only given forae imperfect Sketches of —
About the Year 1717, as we fuppofe, from his long and clofe Application to Study, and other Labours of his Charge (in Conjunction perhaps with fome Incidents in Providence) he contracted a vertiginous Diforder, and fell into fuch a State of Debility, as obliged him for a confiderable Time to fufpend the Exercife of his Miniftry, to intermit his Studies, and throw af ide Books ; — being feldom able to bear a Moment's intenfe Thought, and fcarce capable of carrying on Family-Duties or Clofet Devotions, without being quite overcome; — though ftill never wholly taken off from con- verfing with his Friends. On this melancholy Occafion, (if we do not mifremember) his kind People kept a Day of Fafting and Prayer; when many from the Vicinity, both
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Miniftcrs and others, affembled with them, to help together by Prayer to God, that he would prolong fo precious a Life, and reftore to Health and publick Service. — The Prayer of Faith receiv'd an Anfwer of Peace, in a Divine Bleffing on the Means ufcd for his Recovery. — K Minifter of Bofton put into his hands Dr. Fuller on Exercife, and urg'd him to ride. Upon which he took a Journey; and by that and other Means, he happily obtain VI fuch a Recruit of Spirit and Strength, as enabled him to return to his beloved work.
For above 28 years he had been in the Paftoral Office with- out a Co-partner; till Octo!)er 19, 1718, when his very valu- able Son, Mr. Thomas Walter, was ordained his Colleague, to his prefent Help and Suj^port ; and in him he was ready to promife himfelf much Comfort, through the whole Remainder of his Days. For he was a moft ingenious young Gentleman, an accomplifh'd Scholar, an orthodox Preacher, and began to be a great Bleffing to the New-England Churches, in bravely and learnedly defending their Scriptural Profeffion and Gof- pel-Order ; as appears by his printed Works. But the fovereign God w^as pleas'd to take him away by Death on Jan. 10. 1724, 5. — by which his Father, his Family, his Congregation, his Town, and the Land in general, fuftain'd a great Lofs.
And now again the whole Weight of the Paftoral Care devolv'd on the Father alone. But his People in Confidera- tion of Age advancing upon him, and in Hopes that })y the Goodnefs of God they might enjoy his Prefence and Labours the longer, were at the Expence of affording him Affiftance by young Candidates, every Sabbath, for one part of the Day : and with Ihv like Views, his Brethren and Sons in the Min- iftry, particularly in the Neighbourhood, were always ready to give him their Help, as there was Occafion.
In fiiort, Mr. Walter feem'd to l)e as univerfally lov'd and refpected as any Minifter of his Time in all New England.
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In the Beginning of his Miniftry, his Fathers, the aged Minifters (in particular, that venerable Man, his ancient Colleague, as before obferv'd) very highly cfteem'd and lov'd him; his Brethren in the Miniftry continued, or rather increafed, in their Regards for him; and in his Age, the Junior Minifters always rofe up before him with Reverence, not only honouring the Face of the old Man, but venerating him as a Man of God, and honourable, for the fuperior Wifdom and Holinefs fo confpicuoufly fhining in him, — And it may be proper to note here, that his Excellency, the late Governor Dudley, a Gentleman of fine Accomplifhments and a good Judge of Worth, was his Parifhioner, and one of us has often heard him exprefs the great Satisfaction he had in Mr. Walter's Miniftry. Indeed he feldom heard him preach, or adminifter a Sacrament, but it was obferv'd he wept: and to the day of his Death, he honoured his Minifter with many Honours, And the Governor's Son, who fucceeded him in his Seat at Roxbury, the late Hon. Paul Dudley, Efq. who was for many Years one of his Majefty's Council, and chief Juftice of the Province, equal'd (if not exceeded) his excellent Father in Love to Mr. Walter's Perfon and Miniftry: and memorable are the Honours he did him, living and dead. — And other Gentlemen of the greateft Diftinction among us, in the Civil (as well as Ecclefiaftical) Character, delighted to fhew their Refpects to Mr. Walter, by receiving his Vifits and returning them, by fometimes attending his publick Lectures, &c. — And truly it is to their own Honour they did fo. — As for the Church and Congregation, over which the Holy Ghoft had made, and continu'd him, fo wife and faithful and aflFectionate an Overfeer, he was conftantly belov'd and admired among them, from firft to laft. May the Lord deal kindly with them, who have not left off to fhew Kindnefs to the Living and to the Dead ! — And a rare
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Thing it is indeed, for a Minifter to live in fuch unintempted Harmony and Endearment with his People, efpecially for fo lonff a Tract of Time. — Yea his Praife was in all the Churches, in Proportion as he was known to them l)y Face, or by his printed Works, and by Report. Scarce any Man ever pafs'd through the World with a more unexceptionable Character or a more univerfal Reputation with all that knew him: every one fpeaking of him with high Efteem, for his Piety, his Judgment, and his Minifterial Accomplifhments and Performances. In fhort, he has long fhone among us, as a Chriftian and a Divine of the firft Figure in our Zion. And in very advanced Age, his Wifdom ftill remained with him ; his mental Powers retaining their Vigour in an uncom- mon Degree, and his Graces daily rifing towards Perfection. — But alas, the beft and longeft Life muft have a Period.
On Decemb. 25. 1749. he was confined to his Houfe, by bodily Indifpofitions, which gradually increafed upon him,
nd at length terminated in his Deceafe. It is remarkable, the Circumftances, both natural and moral, of his final llnefs and Dying, very much correfponded to the general Habit and Tenor of his preceeding Life. For, although he had notliing robuft in his Conftitution, but rather was of a feeble Make, and although he led a very ftudious, fedentary Life (which is much Wearinefs to the Flefh, and exliaufts the Spirits) yet through the Divine Bleffing, by means of his ftrict and fteady Temperance, his keeping to an exact Regimen in almoft every Thing, and preferving an habitual Tranquillity of Mind, he ufually enjoy'd a confiderable Share of Health and Eafe; for many Years fcarce knowing,
by any Experience what Pain or Sickness meant. Even fo, in the laft Stage of Life, and under the Approaches of Death, he found himfelf ftill very gracioufly dealt with in this Regard ;
being never exercifed with any fevere Dolour, or very dif-
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treffing Malady, during tlie whole time of his long Confine- ment and Decay. And, what was a greater Mercy, he ftill enjoy'd much of his ufual Compofure of Thought, and Sedatenefs of Temper, free from the Ruffles of Paffion, and not overborne by difquieting Reflections, or difmaying Apprehenf ions ; but with much Humblenefs of Mind lying at the Foot of a holy wife, gracious, and fovereign God, he was calmly submiffive to the Divine Will, and in Faith refigned himfelf into the Hands of a dear Redeemer. — His waking Hours, for the moft part (as it appear'd to his Atten- dants and Friends about him) were continually employ'd in filent, but fervent Devotion. — He liv'd and died in the Belief of the holy Angels Miniftration to the Saints. A Friend having obferved to him, that although the Miniftry of Angels was not now fo fenfible as in ancient Times, yet doubtlefs it was as real; he reply'd, I am fully of that Mind and believe that God now ufes the Ministry of Angels to the Saints, in their Life and at their Death. Adding withal, I am waiting the few remaining Days of my appointed Time. Which (in his modeft and ever cautious way of fpeaking) might import as much as if he had faid, more peremptorily and boldly, in the Language of the memorable INIr. Newman (of Rchoboth) on his Death bed, "Now Angels, do your Office!" As to his Litereft in the Promifes, which are in Christ Yea, and in him Amen, to the glory of God, he appear'd to have a good Hope through Grace, without any diftreffing Doubts, or the leaft Fear of Amazement. — To a Minifter, converfing with him on his Death-bed, he had (among others) fome fuch Sayings as thefe: If Hatred of Sin be a good Evidence, I think I have That. — Christ is precious to them which believe; but the Damned in Hell are perpetually blafpheming and difhonouring Christ; and I can't bear the Thought of doing This! — To another Minifter, fpeaking
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fomething for his Confolation not long before his Death, he replvM, I hope to find Mercy of the Lord in that Day! And to a Chriftian Neighbour, he fpake more fully in the Lan- guage of Affurance, repeating with Self-Application thofe triumphant Exprcffions of the Apoftle (2 Tim, 1. 12) I know whom I have believed and am perfuaded, He is able to keep that which I have committed to him againft that Day. — Thus having lived by the Faith of the Son of God, he alfo died in Faith, and fell afleep in Jesus; — fatiffy'd with long life.
He expired on the 17*11 of Sept. 1750 when he wanted but about 3 Months of being 87 Years old. The longeft hv'd Minifter in all New England, we fuppofe, excepting a few inftances; two formerly, Mr. Ward of Haverhill, and Mr. Higginson of Salem; and two more lately, Mr. Cheever of Chelfea, and jSIr. Stone of Harwich. — And it feems worthy of Remark, that the Continuation of Mr. Eliot's and Mr. Walter's Miniftry, who (as already obferv'd) were for a Seafon contemporary Paftors of the fame Church, extended to almoft a Score of Years above one intire Century; the former being ISJinifter of Roxbury Church near 58 and the latter above 60 Years, fucceffively. An Inftance wnthout a Parallel in this Part of the World, and the hke perhaps not to be met with in all Hiftory! — Though it ought to be noted, in the mean while Roxbury had two other Minifters; viz. IVIr. Samuel Danforth (Brother to the memorable Deputy Governor Danforth) Colleague with Mr. Eliot, for about a fifth Part of the Time, and died (if we miftake not) in the 49*^1 Year of his Age, who has been fam'd for an excellent Scholar, and a very judicious, methodical, pathetical, and truly evangelical Preacher; and many Years afterwards, Mr. Thomas Walter (before mention'd) Colleague with his Father.
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Alfo more lately another was chofen in Mr. Walter's Life- time to be his Colleague, and was Succeffor to him; viz., Mr. Oliver Peabody, an accomplifh'd and very ingenious Young Gentleman: but he liv'd not many Months after his aged Predeceffor's Deceafe. — And Mr. Adams fince has fucceeded him; for whom we wifh, that he may attain to the Days of the Years of the I^ife of his Fathers, who preceeded in his Charge, and have their God to be with him, as he was with them. — O how highly favour'd and diftinguifh'd has this ancient Church of Roxbury been, in the Enjojnnent of fuch an excelling Difpenfation of the Word! Efpecially, under the long protracted Miniftry of the late incomparable and ever-memorable Mr. Walter ! — A rich Favour of Heaven to his People, was the Gift and extended Life of fuch a Minifter; whereby very eminently a Price was put into their Hands to get Wifdom; for which they have Reafon to be exceeding thankful, as well as have a great Account to give. And he being dead, yet fpeaketh, — particularly by thefe following and other his printed Difcourfes, putting them in Remem- brance of the Gofpel, which he preached to them ; which they have received, and wherein (we truft) they ftand; by which alfo they are faved, if they keep in Memory what he preached unto them, unlefs they have believed in vain. — His printed Works are abiding Remembrances to them of his Thoughts in Religion, and of the Leffons of W^ifdom he taught them, as well as ftanding Atteftations to his Soundnefs in the Faith, and to his Fidelity and Skill in Preaching. May they ftill remember him who has fpoken to them the good Word of God; and none of them be forgetful Hearers, or unfruitful Readers, of his excellent Sermons.
To our Account of Mr. Walter we fhall only add, as ufual, the following Particulars. He marry'd a Daughter (Sarah) of the late venerable Dr. Licrease Mather (who was long a
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Minifter of the North Church in Bofton, hving to the Age of about 85) and had by her a numerous Offspring. His valu- able Comfort with four of his Children furvived him, viz., two Sons, and two Daughters; but the Younger Daughter fince dead. — The Younger Son has for many Years been the worthy Minifter of the fecond Parifh in Roxbury.
May the very aged and pious Widow, with the remaining virtuous Offspring of the Deceafed Man of God receive the full Anfwer of his fervent and believing Prayers, in Showers of Bleffings upon them ! — May his Son in the Ministry, and may his prefent Succeffor, and every other Minister, as Elisha, take up this precious Mantle of Elijah, and with a double Portion of that excellent Gofpel-Spirit, which refted on him fo confpicuoufly and abundantly, go on and profper in their heavenly and divine Employment! May his Flock, and others through the Land, attentively hear what the Spirit of Christ faith now to them, and to each Church among us (Rev. iii, 8-11). Thou haft a little Strength, and haft kept my Word, and haft not denied my Name. — Behold I come quickly! Hold faft that which thou haft, that no Man take thy Crown.
Boston, March 21, 1755.
Thomas Prince, Thomas Foxcroft.
The above life is taken from a book published in 1755 entitled Discourses on The Wliole LV Chapter of Isaiah, Preparatory to Communion at the Lord's Tal)le, to which is added, The Author's last Sermon, by that pious, judi- cious, and learned Divine, the Rev. Mr. Nehemiah Walter, Late Pastor of the First Churcli in Roxbury.
It is headed, "A Preface Containing fome Minutes of the Rev. Author's Life and Character. "
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Since Books are ufually valu'd as well for the Author, as the Contents, had the late venerable Mr. Walter's Name and Worth been as univerfally known m the World, as he was juftly reverenc'd and lov'd by all acquainted with his Perfon and Character, the genuine Remains of fo excellent a Divine might have been ventur'd abroad upon the meer Credit of the Title Page. . . . The Materials of the Account here given of him are collected, partly from what has been pub- lifhed already, partly from Roxbury Church Records, partly from our own perfonal Knowledge and Converfation with Him, and partly from Informations receiv'd of his People.
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REV. MR. THOIVIAS WALTER
The second son of the Rev. Nehemiah and Sarah (Mather) Walter was horn in Roxbury Dec. 13, 1696, and early gave evidence of the most extraordinary genius. In his younger days he was not a hard student, being of a convivial turn and fond of society, but so retentive was his memory that he easily made himself master of almost all the learning of his uncle. Cotton Mather, by frequent conversation with him. In this way he acquired more knowledge than many others could have gained by a whole life's diligent study. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1713 and five years after received a call to become an assistant pastor to his father, our reverend pastor.
He was ordained Oct. 19, 1718, and on the 25*^ Dec. of the same year married Rebeckak, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Belcher of Dedham, by whom he had a daughter Rebeckah who died unmarried in 1780.
In 1719 he engaged in a public controversy with his intimate friend and associate, John Checkley, a man who combined great wit and humor with infinite learning.
This was a grief to his father and his uncle. Dr. Cotton Mather. Checkley had sarcastically attacked the wholesome doctrine of election and predestination, in a pamphlet entitled, " Choice Dialogues between a Godly Minister and an Honest Countryman, desccting the False Principles of a certain man who calls himself a Presbyterian of the Church of England." This Mr. Walter answered in a 12 mo volume of 80 pages, under the caption of "A Choice Dialogue between John Faustus a conjurer, and Jack Tory his friend; occasioned by some Choice Dialogues lately published concerning Pre- destination and Election. By a Young Stripling. "
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In 1721, Mr. Walter who excelled in the science of harmony, being grieved beyond measure, and annoyed at the very indifferent performances in the sanctuary, published a neat 12 mo volume, " The Grounds and Rules of Music Explained ; or an Introduction to the Art of Singing by Note: Fitted to the meanest capacity. " Recommended by several ministers.
Mr. Walter's other works which have come down to us are, "A Sermon upon 2nd Samuel xxiii, 1. The sweet psalmist of Irael, " which was delivered at the Boston Lecture, 1722, printed at the desire of the ministers, and dedicated to Judge Dudley. This discourse has been pronounced "the most beautiful composition among the sermons which have been handed down to us from our fathers. " " The Scriptures the only Rule of Faith and Practice, " dictated while languish- ing upon his bed of suffering, overcome with pain and weak- ness, and written down by a beloved friend, published in 1728, and two other occasional sermons.
Mr. Walter was one of the most distinguished scholars and disputants of the day. "He had all of his father's vivacity and richness of imagination with more vigor of intellect." Rev. Dr. Chauncy, in a letter to Dr. Stiles, 1768, writes: "Mr. Jeremiah Dummer, Mr. John Bulkley, and Mr. Thomas Walter of Roxbury, I reckon the first three clergymen, for extent and strength of genius and powers. New England has yet produced. I was acquainted with the latter, and often had occasion to admire the superlative excellence of his natural and acquired accomplishments. His genius was universal, and yet surprisingly strong. He seemed to have almost an intuitive knowledge of everything. There was no subject but he was perfectly acquainted with; and such was the power he had over his thoughts and words, that he could readily and without any pains, write or speak just what he would." In his last illness he was for a time
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anxious for the salvation of liis soul. Cotton Mather, in his funeral sermon, has given us a vivid account of his dying liours. Prostrated by consumption, "he went over and over again through the j)rocess of rt^j)entance," making just reflections upon the youthful errors into wliich his good tem})er had betrayed him; and greatly distressed with the fear of his miscarrying at last; saying, ' O, it is a great thing to die.' " At length his father came to his relief with vic- torious and overwhelming remonstrance. "My dear son, were our Saviour visibly here, as once in the days of his humiliation, and you should prostrate yourself before Him and beseech His compassion, and a heart to love him, can you imagine he woid<l reject you .'' How strange then is this unbelief, to be discouraged from that which carries infinite encouragement with it. As if His power and goodness were less, or our access to Him more difficult, now that He is seated on the throne of His glory." His apprehensions being thus removed, he said moi-e composedly, " If I perish, I will perish in the hands of my Saviour, and though he slay me, yet will I trust in him." Thencefore his fears were swallowed up in the hope of a blessed immortality. "I shall be the most glorious instance of soverign grace in all heaven," he said. It was the Sabl)ath, Jan. 10, 1724/.'>, and he expressed his hope that he should that day be in Paradise. His father, as the time drew near for the morning service, said to him, "I am going to the house of God, which is the gate of h(>aven, I)ut you, I h()j)e, are going to heaven itself; I go to the table of the Ix)rd, but you Avill drink of the fruit of the vine new with Christ in the kingdom of his Father." Then taking his leave, and not expecting ever to see his son alive again, "My child, the I^rd Jesus receive thy spirit;" "and the Ix)rd fit it for his reception," he re})lied. Mr. Walter lingered until near the dose of the afternoon when
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he gently expired. "He was to me," says Cotton Mather, "not unlike what a sister's son was to Paul, and his death makes a sorrowful time for us. His rare accomplishments, his acute penetration, his copious erudition, with his right principles, render him an unknown loss to our churches. But that which makes him to be remembered with the more honor among us is, that his heai*t was fixed in his purposes and endeavors to employ all those bright al)ilities in the ser- vice of Christ."
His remains were deposited in the same tomb wherein years afterwards his father's body was placed. And the following account, copied from the original, may not at this day be uninteresting : —
Jan'y 12, 1724/5
An Acc't of the Funeral Charges of the Rev. Mr. Thomas Walter.
£ s d
To a coffin 2 10 0
" the pall 0 12 0
" opening the tomb 0 10 0
" 5 dozen and three payrs of gloves, at 45s 12 00 0
" 6 rings 6 12 0
" a barrel of wine 9 01 6
" toHing the bell 0 01 6
" a box to put the bones of old Mr. Eliot and others in . . . 0 06 0
" pipes and tobacco 0 03 0
" three payres of women's mourning gloves, allowed to this
account by the town, att 36 shil 1 16 0
33 12 0
Josh. Lamb, Caleb Stedman,
Samuel Stevens.
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RULING ELDERS
Mr. John Bowles was an early inhabitant of Roxbury,
arriving here about 1640, m. (1) Dorothy , (2) Elizabeth
Heath, (3) Sarah . Freeman, 1640. Artillery Co.
1645: one of the founders of the " Free Schoole" of which he was for many years a Feoffee and seems to have been active and influential in the management of the public affairs of the town. He was a leading member of the Massachusetts Cor- poration for Colonizing New England, and in 1645 a deputy to the General Court. The remonstrance of Roxbury to the General Court, 28th of October, 1664, against the sur- render of the Royal Charter, was signed first by the Apostle Eliot, and next by JohnBowles. Li 1674, 4 mo. 6 d., he was called to the office of Ruling Elder in this church which office he held until his death, Sept. 21, 1680, being killed by a cart wheel running over his body. He was always a warm and faithful friend of the Apostle Eliot who wrote: "Prudent and gracious men set over our churches for the assistance of their pastors, such helps in government had he (Eliot) been blessed withall ; the last of which was the well deserving Elder Bowles." And, again, in a speech to a synod of all the churches in this Colony (12 May, 1680) he said, "There is my brother Bowles the godly Elder of our Church at Rox- bury, God helps him to do great things among us." Li the will of Mr. Bowles we find the following bequest : " To the Rev. John Eliot, twenty shillings in token of my love and service due to him."
Mr. John Pierpont, born in Ixjndon, England, in 1619, married Thankful Stow. Died in Roxbury, Dec. 7, 1682. A malster by trade and he owned the first Fulling Mill in
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Roxbury. He was orderly nominated Ruling Elder 1674. 4 mo., 6 d., but not yet called, left to consideration. As no further mention is made he must have served, as he is men- tioned as a Ruling Elder and Selectman of the town and Deputy to the General Court.
Mr. Samuel Williams, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Stalham) Williams, was bom about 1632 and was, like his father, a cordwainer. Took the Freeman's oath March 1658. Married Theoda, daughter of Deacon William Parke. He was nominated to be called a Ruling Elder of this church Nov. 9, 1677. Died Sept. 28, 1698.
Mr. John Bowles, son of John and Elizabeth (Heath) Bowles, was baptised June 27, 1653, in Roxbury. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1671. Master of Arts in 1675. Married Sarah, daughter of John Eliot, Jr. Deputy to the General Court 1689-90 and Speaker of the House. July 15, 1688, he was called to officiate in the office of a Ruling Elder until such time as God please to restore his health and capitate him to the ministry. Died March 30, 1691.
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DEACONS
Mr. William Parke (see First Meeting House).
Mr. Giles Paison (see First Meeting House).
Mr. William Gary (Geary), son of Arthur and Frances Gary, was born in England in 1629. Came to Roxbury with his parents. Married Hannah Curtis. Freeman 1652. Deputy 1075. Ordained Deacon before Jan. 168G/7. Died Sept. 4, 1712.
Mr. Samuel Scarborough, son of John and Mary (Smith) Scarborough, was baptised in Roxbury, January 1,
1645/6. Married Bethia . A cordwainer by trade.
Ordained Deacon before 1700. Died March 18, 1714/15.
Mr. John Paison (Payson), son of Edward and IMary (Ehot) Paison, baptised June 18, 1643 in Roxbury. Married
(1) Bathsheba Tileston; (2) Hannah . Ordained
Deacon before 1715. Died Nov. 15, 1719, in Roxbury.
Mr. John Mayo, son of John and Hannah (Graves) Mayo, baptised Feb. 20, 1658/9, in Roxbury. ]\Iarried Sarah Burden. Ordained Deacon before 1711. Died Feb. 25, 1732/3.
Mr. John May, son of John and Sarah (Brewer-Bruce) May, baptised May 24, 1663, in Roxbury. Freeman 1690. Married Prudence Bridge. Selectman of Roxbury. Or- dained Deacon before 1711. Died Feb. 24, 1730/1.
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Mr. John Paison (Payson), son of John and Bathsheba (Tileston) Paison, baptised Aug. 18, 1678; m. Elizabeth Child. Ordained Deacon before 1732 and before March 1738/9 he was set off to the Second Precinct where he was a Deacon. Died Jan. 6, 1747/8.
Mr. Edward Ruggles, son of John and Martha (Devo- tion) Ruggles, born Oct. 2, 1691, in Roxbury; m. (1) Hannah Crafts; (2) Abigail Williams. A farmer and a man of means. Percinct Treasurer. Ordained Deacon before 1732. He was a Deacon in 1748 when Nehemiah Walter, Clerk, Edward Ruggles and Samuel Gridley, deacons of the First Church in Roxbury, sold a piece of land being a gift to the church. He removed to Cambridge between February and July, 1753. Died Sept. 16, 1765, in Cambridge.
Mr. Samuel Gridley, a cordwainer, came to Roxbury
from Pomfret, Conn., about 1727; m. (1) Abigail ;
(2) Mary George; (3) Abigail Baker. Ordained Deacon in 1736. For many years he was Town Clerk and Selectman of Roxbury. June 3, 1763, he was chosen Moderator to keep the meeting alive, as Col. Joseph Williams was obliged to be absent to attend Court. Died March 4, 1776.
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THE SECOND MEETING HOUSE
CHURCH MEMBERS
Nov. 15, 1674. —
Samuel Perrj'.
Elizabeth Holdridge. Jan. 3, 1674/5. —
Samuel Scarbro.
Rebecca Scarbro, liis wife.
Benjamin Tucker.
Ann Tucker, his wife. Jan. 24, 1674/5. —
Mary Lambe, wife of Joshua Lambe.
Sarah Onion, dau. of Robert Onion.
Elizabeth Hawly.
Dorothy Hawly. Jan. 31, 1674/5. —
John Rugi^les, junior.
Martha Ruggles, his wife.
Elizabeth Crafts.
Joshua Seaver.
Hannah Devotion. March 7, 1674/5. —
John Davis, junior.
Mary Davis, his wife.
Susanna, wife of Thomas Mory. March 18, 1674/5. Sarah Cleaves. March 28, 1675. —
John Newel.
Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Weld.
Mary, wife of Robert Baker.
Abigail Gardner.
Johanna Gardner.
Bethiah Wise.
Katherin Wise.
Sarah Pepper. April 25, 1675. —
Mr. Thomas Weld.
Mr. John Bowles.
June 27, 1675. — Elizabeth Onion. Hannah Onion. Abigail Clark. Mercy Clark. Abigail GrifBn. July 15, 1675. Experience Bugby,
wife of Joseph Bugby. Sept. 12, 1675. John Bugby. Nov. 28, 1675. Widow of Phillip
Curtis. Feb. 13, 1675/6. Samuel Ruggles. Feb. 20, 1675/6. Elizabeth, \nie
of John White. July 2, 1676. —
Rebecca, wife of Moses Crafts. Sarah Mayes ] Abigail Mays > maids. Hannah PorterJ July 23, 1676. Mrs. Mary Morie of Milton, dau. of James Clark. Sept. 10, 1676. —
Mrs. Lidea Elder, dau. of bro.
Holmes. Mary Pepper, widow of Joseph Pepper. Oct. 1, 1676. Mary DaN-is, wife of
John DaWs. Dec. 3, 1676. Elizabeth, wife of
Abiel Lambe. Dec. 31, 1676. Elizabeth Lawrence,
a godly maide. Feb. 11, 1676/7.— Abigail, wife of William Lyon. Johannah, dau. of Thorn. Gard- ner. Feb. 25, 1676/7. — John Weld, junior.
CHURCH MEMBERS
121
sons of Thomas Weld.
Ann Paison, dismissed to 1st Chm-ch of Dorchester. April 29, 1677. John White, senior,
of Muddy River. May 6, 1677. —
Jonathan Winchester.
Mary Winchester, liis wife. July 29, 1677. —
Elizabeth, wife of William Gary.
Abigail, wife of John Clark.
Samuel Weld
John Weld
Edmond Weld^ Aug. 19, 1677. —
William Lyon, junior.
Hannah Winchester. Sept. 30, 1677. John Clark. Nov. 25, 1677. Uriah Clarke. Jan. 27, 1677/8. —
Experience Peirpoynt.
Johanna, wife of Joshua Henning- way.
Ruth, wife of John Grovnor. March 17, 1677/8. —
Deborah, wife of Samuel Scar- brow.
Mary, wife of John Hinningway. March 24, 1678. Abraham How,
jr., farmer. April 14, 1678. —
Sarah Gardner.
Ehzabeth Chandler. May 5, 1678. John Scot. July 7, 1678. Mr. Thomas
Boylston. July 11, 1678. Andrew Gardner. Oct. 13, 1678. —
Sarah, wife of Andrew Gardner.
Mary, wife of Joshua Seaver.
Priscilla, dau. of Robert Harris. March 1, 1678/9. —
Joseph Lyon.
Widdow Stevens.
children of Edward.
March 30, 1679. —
Timothy Stevens.
Jakob Newell.
Isaac Newell.
John Mayo. April 13, 1679. John Chandler. April 20, 1679. —
Jabesh Totman
Samuel Willias 1 children of
Elizabeth WilliasJ Samuel. April 27, 1679. Mr. Thomas Weld
junior. May 11, 1679. —
Elizabeth Gary 1
Mehitabel Heath > maides.
Hannah Mayo J Jmie 1, 1679. —
Epraim Paison
Samuel Paison
Mary Paison
John Devotion. Aug. 17, 1679. —
Margret Parker, dau. to Widdow Cleaves.
Joseph Hawly, dismissed to the church at Northampton. Nov. 2, 1679. —
Sarah Saben.
Mary Gardner. Jan., 1679/80 —
Elizabeth Williams, dismissed to the church at Rehoboth.
Mary Drew, dismissed to the church at Cambridge village. March 1, 1679/80. John White,
jiuiior. March 14, 1679/80. Josiah Win- chester, farmer. March 28, 1680. —
Deliverance Duncan.
Deborah Devotion. April 4, 1680. IVIr. John Bowie?
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THE SECOND MEETING HOUSE
May 2, 1680. Edward Paisou, dis- missed to Rowley. July 18, 1680. —
Elizabeth Colton.
Sarah Eliot.
Mary Danforth.
Dorothy Weld, as widow of Samuel Williams, owner of Pew No. 19, Third Meeting House. Jan. 23, 1680/1. —
Thomas Woodward, junior.
Esther Woodward.
Hannah Woodward.
Sarah Devotion. March 20, 1680/1. —
Joseph Weld.
Sarah Clark.
Elizabeth White.
Elizabeth Heath.
Hannah Cleaves. March 27, 1681. —
Elizabeth Pike.
Mary, Widdow Winchester.
Elizabeth Gary. April 24, 1681. —
Sarah, wife of Joseph Weld.
Hannah Weld.
Johannah Brewer.
Mehitable Mayse.
Hannah Biewer.
Elizabeth Morice. Aujr. 21, 1681. —
Mary Weld
maides.
Grace Morrice
Elizabeth Bowen
Prudence Bridge Oct. 2, 1681. —
Abignil Heath.
Naomi Mays. Oct. 23, 1681. —
Isaak Heath, junior, and his wife.
Nathaniel Wilson.
Jan. 15, 1681/2. Jakob Pigg.
Feb. 19, 1681/2. John Danforth, dismissed from Roxbury to be Pastor of Dorchester church.
June 4, 1682. Elizabeth Phillips.
Sept. 17, 1682. —
Mary, wife of Joseph Lyon.
Hannah, wife of Philip Searle. Feb. 25, 1682/3.
Benjamin Dowse.
Jonathan Tory. March 11, 1682/3. Joseph Wilson. March 15, 1682/3. —
Martha Sharp.
Francis Prentice. April 22, 1683. —
Narah Newel.
Elizabeth Newel. Dec. 2, 1683. —
James Peirpont, son of John.
William Dennison, son of Edward. Jan. 6, 168.3/4. —
John Williams 1 two hopfull
William Williams] young scholars.
Mary, wife of Joseph Gardner. Feb. 17, 1683/4. —
Moses Draper.
Rebeccah Hubbard.
Feb. 24, 1683/4. — Benjamin Tukker. Thomas Lyon.
March 2, 1683/4. John Davis, senior.
March 9, 1683/4. — Benjamin Saben. Steven Williams. Samuel Scarbro.
March 23, 1684. — John Grigs, senior. Thomas Bishop.
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123
John Peirpont
Joseph Griffin
Jonathan Davis
Nathaniel Brewer
Joseph Weld, junior
Joseph Peirpont
Benjamin Peirpont
Joseph Biickniastcr
Mary Searl, wife of John Searl.
male youths.
Rebecca Ruggles Margret Searl Rebecca Newel Leah Fisher Mary Newel Rebecca Mayo
dau. of John Ruggles, junior.
female youth.
March 30, 1684. — Abraham Gorton John Chandler Elcazer Mays Daniel Druer, junior Phillip Searl, junior Jakob Parker
March 30, 1684. — Sarah Gary Mary Davis Sarah Brewer Rebecca PoLly Mary Baker Hannah Chandler Samuel Williams, jimior, Joseph Weld, senior. John Whitney.
April 6, 1684. — Richard Hall. Francis Youngman. Elizabeth Crafts. Hanna Crafts. Ann Tucker. Hannah Grigs. Mary Swan. Mary Lam be. Sarah Bowles.
male youths.
female youths.
Hannah Weld.
Sarah Williams. April 13, 1684. —
John Mays,
Thomas Chany merchant,
WUlia Chany
John Chany young persons.
. Daniel Harris
Benjamin Cliild
Margret Weld
Sarah Stevens
Abigail Wise
Annah Goare
Abigail Da\is
Faith Newel j- young persons.
Deborah Willia
Sarah Willias
Mary Willias
Sarah Homes
Anna Goare J April 20, 1684. —
Daniel Brewer, senior.
Samuel Ruggs, junior.
John Harris. April 27, 1684. —
Nathaniel Homes.
John Davis.
Samuel Lyon. May 4, 1684. —
Hannah Ruggles.
Patienc Homes.
Hannah \Miite.
Abiel Lamb.
Joseph Bugby, senior.
John Crafts.
Nathaniel Sanger and his wife. May 11, 1684. —
Joseph Bugby, junior.
Ebenezer Merice.
Timothy Stevens.
Ebenezer Willias.
Thomas Boylston, junior.
Thomas Gardner, junior.
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THE SECOND MEETING HOUSE
Abigal Davis.
Rebecca Bii<i;by.
Elizabeth Child.
Mary Sangor.
Mary Boylston, junior.
Mary Duncan.
Mekitiah Hawkins. June 5, 1684. Hannah, w. of Joseph Goad, dismissed from Dor- chester. June 15, 1684. —
Mary Boylston, senior.
EUzabeth Gore.
Mary Lyon.
Sarah Weld.
Mary Baker.
Hannah Chamberlain.
Mary Lam be. June 22, 1684. —
Elizabeth Hall.
Mary Mashcraft.
John Leavens.
Abiel Davis.
John Siinonson.
John Seaver.
John Stevens. June 29, 1684. —
Caleb I>amb.
Joshua I^amb.
Richard Davis. July 6, 1684. Uriah Clark. July 20, 1684. —
John Clark.
Lidea Clark, his wife.
Mary Bukmaster. Aug. 24, 1684. Isaak Curtis. Sept. 7, 1684. Joseph Griffin. Dec. 28, 1684. Harmah Wilson,
wife of Nathaniel. March .5, 1681/5. —
Abigail Newall.
Sarah Burdon.
Jakob Chamberlin.
March 15, 1684/5. —
Thorn. Baker.
Joseph Baker.
Thomas Ruggles.
Edward Bugby. March 22, 1685. —
Thomas Mory.
Elizabeth Cotton.
Johannah Winchester. April 5, 1685. —
Hannah, wife of Jolui Devotion.
Mehitable Aspinal.
Elizabeth Aspinal.
Peter x\spinal.
Nathaniel Aspinal.
Samuel Aspinal.
Nathaniel Bruer. May 10, 1685. —
William Heath.
Margret Bo win.
Sarah Bullard.
Margret Morrice.
Sarah Brakket.
Elizabeth Whitney.
Rachel Davis. May 17, 1685. Matthew Brand. June 7, 1685. —
John Marcy, son of the high sheriff of Limerick, Ireland, born about 1662, m. Sarah Hadlock. In April, 1686, he moved to Quatosett (Wood- stock), Conn.
Hannah Newel.
Mary Crafts.
Elizabeth Crafts.
Susanna Pike. June 14, 1685. —
Susanna Morey.
Sarah Frizal.
Mary Woodward.
Mary Burd'ni.
Mehitabel Mayo.
CHURCH MEMBERS
125
July 12, 1685. — Mary Murreene. Rebecca Murreene. Elizabeth Grigs. Sarah Grigs. Sept. 20, 1685. — Phillip Mareen. William Marten. Elizabeth Mareen. Nov. 22, 1685. Josiah Winchester. Nov. 29, 1685. Thorn. Hanshet. March 7, 1685/6. Elizabeth, wife
of Andrew W'atkins. April 4, 1686. Sister Accor, dis- missed to the Church at Dun- stable. May 30, 1686. —
Sarah, wife of Mr. John Gore. Sarah, wife of Joseph Griffin. June 27, 1686. Sarah Peakok. July 4, 1686. Abigal Bowin. July 25, 1686. — Mary Bowin. Jane Dans. Oct. 10, 1686. Oct. 31, 1686. Nov. 14, 1686. Dec. 5, 1686, -
Paison. Dec. 26, 1686. Nov. 26, 1687. Jan. 1, 1687/8. — Hannah Smith. Prudence Wade. Katherein Chikkerin. Hannah Ellis. Feb. 13, 1687/8. —
, wife of Thomas Cheany;
junior. Elizabeth, wife of Caleb Phillips. Feb. 19, 1687/8. Mr. Jonathan Peirepoint.
Sarah Hadlock. Isaak Howe. Nathaniel Gary. wife of Samuel
Mary Feilder. Mr. John Gore.
May 13, 1688. —
Hannah Williams.
Elizabeth Williams, dau. of Stephen.
Sarah Crafts, dau. of John Crafts.
Margret Pairpoynt. June 10, 1688. John Baker. Oct. 21, 1688. —
Martha Williams.
Patience Draper.
Martha Ramsey.
Joseph Kingsbury.
John Da\'is.
IMary Holebrook.
Nathaniel Holmes.
Ebenezer Holmes.
Samuel Knight.
Sarah Knight.
Thomas Aspinal.
Joseph Crafts. Oct. 28, 1688. —
Elizabeth Morrice.
Sarah Mayo.
Mehittabel Mayo. March 2, 1688/9. —
Caleb Sever.
, the wife of Moses Draper.
April, 1689. —
John Mayo.
, the wife of Jacob Pepper.
May 13, 1689. —
Mehittabel Heath.
Abigail Bowen. June 30, 1689. —
Benjamin Griffin.
Sarah Davis. Aug. 4, 1689. —
John Lyon.
Hannah Morrice.
Grace Child.
Elizabeth Child. Nov. 24, 1689. Elizabeth Child, junior.
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THE SECOND MEETING HOUSE
Feb. 25, 1689/90. Sarah Newel. April 13, 1690. — John Newel. John Dims. Pennel Bowen. Joanna Harris. Mary Chamberlain. Sarah Brewer. May, 1690. — John May. Prudence May. Elizabeth Nuel. Elizabeth Weld. July, 1690. — Mehittabel May. Naomi May. Aug., 1690. — Haimah Heath. Jonathan Curtis. Sept.. 1690. — Elizabeth Brackett. Sarah Davis. Mary Mascraft. Dec, 1690. Joshua Gardiner. Feb., 1690/1. Mary Gardiner. March, 1690/1. — John Winchester. Sarah Haws. Mary Bridjies. May, 1691. Edward Morrice. June, 1691. Robert Baker. Oct. 1691. John White, H. C.
1685. Feb. 1691/2. —
Joshua Hemmingway, moved to
Framiiigham. Margarett Hemmingway, his wife. Anna Goard. March, 1691/2. Elizabeth Hall. April, 1692. Timothy Stevens, H. C. 1687.
May, 1692. —
Josiah D wight, H. C. 1687.
Thomas Ruggles, H. C. 1690.
Grace Onion. August, 1692. Daniel Brewer, H.
C. 1687. April, 1693.
Samuel Weld.
Susanna Weld.
Elizabeth Mascraft. May, 1693. —
Ebenezer Morrice.
John Johnson.
Hannah Mascraft. Aug., 1693. Ruth Greerson. Nov. 20, 1693. Hannah Ruggles. Dec, 1693. Mary Winchester. July, 1694. Katharine Mather. Dec 9, 1694. —
Christopher Peake.
William Davis.
John Simeson. June 9, 1695. Mary Holland. July 7, 1695. Matthew Davis. Sept., 1695. —
Susanna Pike.
Sarah Crafts.
Experience Newel. Dec, 1695. —
Tryphena Woodward.
Hannah Gary. Jan., 1695/6. —
Joseph Green, H. C. 1695.
Abigail Williams.
Hannah Merrj'field. March, 1695/6. Patience Polly. June, 1696. Susanna Sabin. July, 1696. Prudence Swan. Dec, 1696. —
Paul Dudley, son of Governor Joseph and Rebecca (TjTig) Dudley, was baptized Sept. 8, 1675, in Roxbury. He was
CHURCH MEMBERS
127
graduated from Harvard Col- lege in 1690. Studied law some time here, and then was sent to London to complete his educa- tion in the Temple. He returned in ITOS when his father was made Governor, as Attorney General of the Pro^^nce. He was a member of the Legisla- ture, of the Executive Council, and Speaker of the House. A Justice of the Supreme Court from 1718 to 1745, and Chief Justice from 1745 until his death, Jan. 25, 1751. He mar- ried Lucy Wainwright. He was an ardent Naturalist, and one of the few Americans who have been honored by election to membership of the Royal So- ciety of London. He was a benefactor of this church, of the Roxbury Latin School, and of Harvard College, and the founder of the Dudleian Lecture at Harvard College for the erection of which he bequeathed one hundred pounds. Chief Justice Sewall says he was a " thorough and accomplished lawyer, and shone with great lustre upon the bench, dis- playing admirable talents, quick apprehension, uncom- mon strength of memory, and extensive knowledge." Owner of Pew No. 2, Third Meeting House. Mary Baker.
Feb. 7, 1696/7. John Druce.
Feb. 15,^1696/7. Elizabeth Sanders.
March, 1697. Faith Nuell.
May, 1697. —
Mehittabel Crafts.
Sarah Aspinall.
Mary Allen. June, 1697. Lyddia Bishop. Sept., 1697. Hannah Parker. Oct., 1697. —
Jfmies Baily,dismissed from Salem.
James Baily, junior. Nov. 13, 1698. —
Deborah Warren.
Elizabeth Tucker.
Priscilla Williams. April, 1699. —
Joseph Buckminster.
Bathiah Scarborough.
Sarah Phipps. May, 1699. Dorothy Denison. Sept., 1699. Ebenezer Newell. May, 1700. Sarah Henneway. Oct., 1700. Mercy Kingsbury. Nov. 10, 1700. Joseph Davis. Nov. 17, 1700. —
Joseph Goddard & his wife.
Deborah Goddard. Dec, 1700. Rebecca Johnston. Jan., 1700/1. Bethiah Davis. May, 1701. Charity Davis. June, 1701. —
Sarah Butcher.
Mary Bacon. Sept., 1701. John Ingram. Dec, 1701. Isaac Morice. March 1, 1701/2. —
Margaret White.
Allice Crafts.
Elizabeth Crafts.
Francis White. May 19, 1702. Ichabod Davis. Jan. 31, 1702/3. —
Sarah Baker.
Mary Johnson. Feb. 21, 1702/3. Elizabeth Holbrook.
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THE SECOND MEETING HOUSE
March, 1703. —
Benjamin White, son of Joseph.
Nathaniel Crafts, a turner, miller, farmer.
Patience Crafts, his wife.
Steven Johns.
Robert Loverain, cordwainer, m. Alice Crafts. June, 1703. —
Elizabeth Brown.
Martha Brown.
Mehittabel Brown.
Samuel Scwal.
Joshua Tvamb.
Rebecca Sewal. July, 1703. Susanna Willis. Oct., 1703. Huldah Ruggles. Feb., 1703/4. Dorothy Bacon. March, 1703/4. Lucy Ruggles. May, 1704. —
Theodah Williams.
Thomas Weld [pius juvenis pre- mature objit in Christo urcitur viginti annos natus], H. C. 1701. Jime. 1704. —
Susanna Curtis.
Mehittabel Curtis. Nov., 1704. Isaac Bowen, dismissed from ye church at Framingham. Jan., 1704/5. —
Joanna Stevens.
Lucy Gardiner.
Rebecca Boylston.
Francis Wliite. March, 1704/5. —
Peter Boylston and Anne, his wife.
Thomas Gardner, jun''., and Mary, his wife.
Shtibal Scaver, jun""., and Abigail, his wife.
Robert and Sarah Sharp.
April, 1705. —
Dorothy W^eld.
Abigail Story. June, 1705. ]\Iary Bacon. July, 1705. —
Mary Aspinall.
Mary Stevens.
Hannah Stevens.
Abigail Stevens.
Roger Stainer and his wife Susanna. Feb., 1705/6. —
Mrs. Rebecca Sewall.
Mrs. Anne Dudley. March, 1706. —
Jacob Bacon.
Benjamin Crafts, blacksmith.
Jarvis Pike. May. 1706.
Caleb Stedman, owner of Pew No. 35, Tliird Meeting House.
Hannah Bowen, wife of Isaac Bowen.
Abiel Bacon.
Sarah Bugbee.
Caleb Seaver and Hannah, his wife.
Noah Perrin and Patience, his wife.
Elizabeth Wliite.
Cornelius Youngman. Jime, 1706. —
Amos Hill, negro.
Simon Gossan, negro. July, 1706. —
Richard Hall.
Anne Baker. Aug., 1706. —
William Lezon.
Thankfull Lezon.
Mary Bugbee.
Joanna Bugbee. Sept., 1706. Mary (Capen) W^illiams, wife of Stephen Williams, junior. Oct., 1706. Deborah Davis.
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129
Dec., 1706. —
John Payson and his wife Eh'za- beth, see Deacons.
Samuel Lion.
Joanna Lion. Feb.. 1706/7. Samuel White. May, 1707. INIargaret Griggs.
June, 1707. —
Grace Wilhams, dau. of Stephen
Williams. Caleb Gardiner. July, 1707. — Sarah Gardiner. Elizabeth Wood. Sept., 1707. Abigail Cole. April, 1708. — Park Williams.
Joseph Williams, removed to Con- necticut. April 18, 1708. —
Josiah Winchester and Sarah, his
wife. Esther Alcock, baptised adult. May 2, 1708. —
John Frost, baptised adult. Lydia (Crafts) Bedoima, wife of
Thomas. Abigail Williams. July, 1708. Susanna WTiitney. Aug., 1708. Abigail Harris. Oct., 1708. —
Mary Gardner, jun"". Hannah Scott, baptised adult. Feb. 20, 1708/9. —
Samuel Stevens, owner of Pew No.
11, Third Meeting House. Hannah Gore. March 20, 1708/9. Benjamin Eaton, owner of Pew No. 10 in gallery, Third Meeting House. April 17, 1709. Deborah Weld.
May 29, 1709. — Sarah Weld. Patience Holmes. June 12, 1709. Mr. Samuel Sewall. June 26, 1709. Jeremiah Rogers,
baptised adult. July 10, 1709. Timothy Ruggles, H. C. 1707, taught in (he Free Schoole in 1708 & 1709, minis- ter in Rochester, Mass. Hannah Ruggles. Patience Ruggles. Aug. 7, 1709. —
John Bowles, H. C. 1702, taught
in the Free Schoole in 1703-5,
owner of Pew No. 25, Third
Meeting House.
Lyddia Bowles.
Oct., 1709. James Trusty, negro
man baptised. March, 1710. Sarah Hartness. June, 1710. Elisha Johnson. July, 1710. — Joseph Adams, baptised adult. Mary Adams, baptised adult. Sarah Adams, baptised adult. Daniel Adams, baptised adult. Oct. 1, 1710. Martha Ruggles. Oct. 8, 1710. Dorothy Davis. Nov. 5, 1710. — Ebenezer Dorr. Mary Dorr. Thomas Graves. Dec, 1710. —
Samuel Williams, junior, owner of Pew No. 10, Ihird Meeting House. Anne Charter. Feb. 19, 1710/11. — Samuel Davis. John Bailey. Sarah WilUams. Feb., 1710/11. James Shed, farmer.
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THE SECOND MEETING HOUSE
May, 1711. —
Eleazer Aspinwall.
Mary Tucker.
Mehittabel Howard. June, 1711. Sarah Hartness. July, 1711. Sarah Jtuggles. Oct., 1711. —
John Totnian.
Caleb Gardiner.
Abiel Gardiner. Nov., 1711. —
Sarah Pierpont.
Esther Alcock. Dec, 171 1. Elizabeth Weld, wife of
Joseph Weld, jun"". March, 1712. —
Thankful] Holmes.
Sarah Holmes. April, 1712. Lyddia Harris. July, 1712, Jacob Chamberlain. Aug. 3, 1712. Ebenezer Williams, H. C. 1709, taught in the Free Schoole 1709-12, removed to Conn. Nov., 1712. —
Enoch Farley.
Mary Hoi brook. Dec, 1712. —
James Grant.
Hannah Blake.
Dan, negro servant to Capt. Ruggles. March 15, 1712/3. Anne White,
wife of Samuel White. April 27, 1713. Ichabod Woodward. May, 1713. Abraham Woodward. June, 1713. Roger Adams. July, 1713. —
George Woodward.
Nath' Woodward. Aug., 1713. —
Samuel Gardner.
Martha Gardner.
Sept., 1713. —
Peter Gardner.
Mary Gardner.
Simeon Buttler.
Hannah Buttler.
Rebecca Adams. May 9, 1714. Robert Stanton,
H. C. 1712. July, 1714. —
John Wilson.
Sarah Wilson.
John W'oods.
Jemima Woods.
Richard Cooms.
Hepsibah Cooms.
James Goddard.
Mary Goddard. Aug. 1, 1714. Allice Loverain. Oct., 1714. —
Thomas Jones.
Elizabeth Jones. Dec, 1714. Abiel Chamberlain. Feb., 1714/15. —
John Goddard, owner of Pew No . 27, Third Meeting House.
Elias Monk.
Dorothy Monk. April 9, 1715. —
Edward Sumner, owner of Pew No. 9, Third Meeting House.
Elizabeth Sumner.
Elizabeth Weld, Jun'. June, 1715. —
Thomas Cobbett.
Benjamin Payson.
Mary Payson. July, 1715. —
Thomas Gardner.
Joshua Seaver. Oct., 1715. —
Joseph Ruggles.
Hezekiah Turner.
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131
Nov., 1715. Martha Williams, dau*
of Isaac ^Yil!iams. Dec, 1715. Hannah Turner. Jan., 1715/16. —
Edward Clark.
Sarah Clark.
Amariah Winchester.
Sarah Winchester. Feb., 1715/16. —
Joseph Stevens.
Margarett Chandler.
Ebenezer Seaver, owner of Pew No. 38, Third Meeting House.
Margarett Seaver.
Peter Gardner.
Ehzabeth Gardner. May, 1716. —
John Winchester.
Samuel Healy.
Mary Williams.
Ichabod Griggs.
Isaac Leason.
Anne Leason. Sept., 1716. —
Jacob Howe.
Elizabeth Bernard. Feb., 1716/17. —
Sarah Gardner.
Huldah Lamb. Sept. 21, 1717. Thomas Walter,
H. C. 1713, our Pastor. Nov., 1717. —
Ebenezer Pierpont, owner of Pew No. 33, Third Meeting House. Taught in the Free Schoole 1716-18 and 1726-31.
John Wilhams. June 22, 1718. Harmah Bowen. Aug. 17, 1718. —
Josiah Holland.
Sarah Walter.
Hannah W'alter.
Joseph Warren.
Sept., 1718. —
Stephen Williams, see Deacons, Fourth Meeting House.
Abraham Howe.
Jacob Payson. Dec, 1718. Joseph Holland.
April 5, 1719. —
Ebenezer May, owTier of Pew No. 32, Third Meeting House.
Benjamin West.
Elizabeth Holland. Oct., 1719. —
Hannah Seaver.
Hannah Meers.
Elizabeth Hoi brook.
Timothy Parker.
Mary Parker.
Titus Jones. March, 1720. Hannah Norcross. April, 1720. —
Joseph Mayo.
Elizabeth Mayo. July 30, 1720. —
Abigail Greenwood.
Samuel Davenport. Aug., 1720. —
Joseph Craft.
Susanna Craft. Sept., 1720. IMary Stevens. Nov., 1720. IMargarett Tucker. July, 1721. —
Anna Pepper.
Sarah Lathgood.
Elizabeth Scutts. March, 1722. Abigail Cheney. Aug. 19, 1722. Thomas Weld, Senior Sophisterll. C. 1723. Taught in the Free Schoole 1723-26.
Dec 9, 1722. — Elizabeth Shed. Elizabeth Craft.
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March 3, 1722/3. Abijah Weld,
Senior Sopliister H. C. 1723. March 17, 1722/3. Susanna Gore. April 7, 1723. —
Joshua Lamb, owner of Pew No.
3, Third IMceting House. Susanna Lamb. April 21, 1723. Rebecca Davenport. Aug., 1723. Eunice Ruggles. Oct., 1723. Abigail Table. Nov., 1723. — Sarah Payson.
William Bosson, H. C. 1723. A preacher, lived in Roxbury. Chaplain of Castle William many years. Died 1748. Ownier of Pew No. 5 in Gallery, Tliird Meeting House. Dec., 1723. Elizabeth Pierpont. Jan., 1723/4. — Katharine Meers. John Craft. Elizabeth Craft. Feb., 1723/4. —
John Cheny, farmer. Mary Cheny. March, 1724. Sarah Daids. March 29, 1724. Joseph Warren, jr., son of Joseph and Deborah (Williams) Warren, born Feb. 2, 1696/7 in Roxbury, m. Mary Stevens. He was killed by falling from a ladder as he was gathering apples Oct. 23, 1775. He was an highly re- spected farmer and an exemp- lary christian. He was the father of Dr. Joseph Warren, the Patriot. Precinct Treasurer from March 20, 1737/8 to Nov. 12, 1755. Owner of Pew No. 6, Third Meeting House. April, 1724. John Huit.
May, 1724. Eleazer Williams, m. Sarah Tileston. He served as Hogreave, Highway Surveyor, Auditor, Selectman, Represent- ative, Tax Collector. Owner of Pew No. 21, Third Meeting House. Nov. 8, 1724. Elizabeth Bowen. July, 1725. —
Daniel Williams. Hannah Williams. July 25, 1725. Abigail Bugbce. Dec. 5, 1725. John Sumner, H. C.
1723. Jan. 17, 1725/6. —
Samuel Crafts, fanner in Muddy
River and housewright. Mehittabel Crafts, wife of Samuel. Jan. 30, 1725/6. — Edmund Weld. Cleraence Weld. March 27, 1726. Dorothy Dorr. April 24, 1726. Elizabeth Pierpont. May 8, 1726. Hannah Mather. Jan., 1726/7. Sarah Tileston. June 3, 1727. — 1'imothy Parker. John Hely. Hannah Hely. July. 1727. — Phillip Bacon. Patience Bacon. Sept. 3, 1727. —
Ebenezer Dorr, owner of Pew No. 36, Third Meeting House. Mary Dorr. Sept. 10, 1727. Mehittabel Meers. Oct., 1727. John Ix)vel. Oct. 9, 1727. Mary Thompson. Oct. 15, 1727. —
Isaac Curtis, owner of Pew No.
28, Third Meeting House. Mehittubell Curtis.
CHURCH MEMBERS
133
Nov., 1727. Rebecca Smith. Nov. 12, 1727. Elizabeth Crafts. Dec. 10, 1727. Ebenezer Tucker. Dec. 24, 1727. —
Ebenezer Gore.
Samuel Gore, o\vuer of Pew No. 11 in gallery. Third Meeting House.
Mary Gore.
Mary Mayo. Jan. 7, 1727/8. — '
Ebenezer Warren, owner of Pew No. 37, Third Meeting House.
James Meers, owaier of Pew No. 39, Third Meeting House.
Hannah Curtis.
Abigail May.
Waitstill Payson. Jan. 14, 1727/8. — Andrew Bordman. Deborah Williams. Sarah Bordman. Jan. 21, 1727/8. —
Joanna W^est.
Mary Sever.
Susanna Warren. Jan. 28, 1727/8. —
Mary Bowles.
Elizabeth Payne. Feb. 4, 1727/8. —
Sarah Lathbridge.
Bethiah Rice. Feb. 11, 1727/8. Mercy Eaton. Feb. 18. 1727/8. —
Jonathan Craft, weaver.
Thankful Craft.
Racliel Davis. Feb. 25. 1727/8. —
Joanna Rugles.
Anna Bayley. March 3, 1727/8. —
Anne Pierpont.
Joanna Stevens.
Susanna Stevens.
Elizabeth Payson.
Mary Harkness.
Martha Newel.
Mary Cheney.
Elizabeth Hooper. March 17, 1727/8. Paul Davis. March 24, 1727/8. —
Mary Parker.
Sarah Williams. March 31, 1728. —
John Prentice.
Elizabeth George.
Anne Wainwright. April 14, 1728. —
Peleg Heath, H. C. 1724.
Elizabeth Hinks. April 21, 1728. Sarah Craft. May 19, 1728. —
Mary Gore.
Sarah Pierpont. May 26, 1728. Jemimah Woods. June 23, 1728. —
Mary Bosson.
Sarah Seaver. July 21, 1728. Zipporah Towers. July 28, 1728. —
Francis Richey.
Mary Richey. Oct. 13, 1728. —
Mary Hall.
Mehittabel May. Oct. 20, 1728. Elizabeth Tucker. Nov. 10, 1728. —
Dorothy Williams.
Margaret Seaver.
Rebecca Macthaden. Jan. 5, 1728/9. Experience Cabot. Feb. 16. 1728/9. Nathaniel Newel,
H. C. 1727. March 8, 1729/30. Samuel Curtis
from First Church in Boston. April 12, 1730. Abigail Hewes.
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June 21, 1730. —
John Searle.
Mary Searle. Aug. 2, 1730. Alngail Green. Sept. 13, 1730. Sarah Mayo. Oct. 4, 1730. Ebenezer Cheney,
large landholder, owner of Pew
No. 8, Third Meeting House. Dec. 12, 1730. Margaret Searle. I\Iay 2, 1731. Joseph Woods. July 26, 1731. Sarah Scott. Aug. 15, 1731. —
Samuel Bayley.
Anna Baylej\ July 22, 1731. —
Ebenezer Davis, owner of Pew No. 14, Third Meeting House.
Sarah Davis, wife of Ebenezer Oct. 3, 1731. —
Thomas Seaver.
Ehzabeth Seaver. Jan. 9, 1731/2. Rebecca Abbot. April 2, 1732 Steven Choate. April 30, 1732. —
John liuggles, owner of Pew No. 15, Third Meeting House.
Elizabeth Kuggles. May 14, 1732. Mary Stevens. June 18, 1732. James Tucker. Aug. 20, 1732. Anna Heath. Dec. 3, 1732. Joseph Heath, dis- missed from North Yarmouth,
owner of Pew No. 22, Third
Meeting House. Dec. 31, 1732. Nathaniel Walter,
H. C. 1729. May 27, 17.33. Barnabas Wilson. July 1, 1733. — '
Josepli Gardiner.
Mary Cjardiner. Aug. 13, 1733. —
Joseph Williams, son of Joseph and — Williams, was born
April 10, 1708, in Roxbury. He married (1) Martha Howell, (2) Hannah Dudley. He died May 26, 1798, in Roxbury. His life was one of great activity, devoted to the service of the town and his fellow citizens. No name occurs oftener in the town records than his. For many years Selectman. Fre- quently moderator of town meet- ings and active on committees. A member of the General Court. He won distinction in the French and Indian Wars and in the Revolution, whence his title of Colonel. He was perhaps one of the largest land- holders in Roxbury, his estate exiending on both sides of Centre St.,. from Cedar St. to Hog Bridge. He was elected Pre- cinct Clerk of the Church March 12, 1738/9, and served forty- seven years. He was a member of the Precinct Committee from IVIarch 10, 1740/1 to 1788. He was owner of Pew No. 13, Third Meeting House.
Martha Williams, wife of Joseph. Aug. 20, 1733. —
Col. Aaron Davis, son of Ebenezer and Hannah (White) Davis, born in Roxbury April 26, 1709, died June 11, 1777, m. Mary Perrin of Roxbury. Farmer in West Roxbui-y. Owned land in Ciun- berland Co., Maine. He was chosen to the various offices of town goverimient and was se- lectman for many years. Repre- sentative in the first Provincial Congress convened at Concord
CHURCH MEMBERS
135
Oct. 5, 1774. Capt. of the 2nd Company of Minute men raised in the First Parish. Represent- ative in the 2nd Provincial Congress and also in the 3rd, and instructed "That if the Honorable Congress should for the safety of the Colonies declare them independent of the King- dom of Great Brit;iin they the said inhabitants will solemnly engage to support them in the measure." Mary Davis, ^vife of Aaron. Aug. 26. 1733. — Peter Seaver. Hannah Seaver. Oct. 11, 1733. — Moses Davis. Rebecca Davis. Oct. 19. 1733. — Thomas Cole. Sarah Cole. March 3, 1733/4. Abigail Table. March 10, 1733/4. — Daniel Bugbee. Abigail Bugbee. Nov. 10, 1734. — Edward Bilbo. Elizabeth Bilbo. Richard Robertson. Dec, 1734. Sarah Ames. Dec. 16, 1734. John Bowles, junior. March 23, 1735. — Thomas Baker. Hannah Baker. April 12, 1735. Timothy Stevens. April 28, 1735. — Shubael Seaver. Mary Seaver, wife of Shubael. Nov. 16, 1735. Robert Loveren. Feb. 7. 1735/6. — Benjamin Eaton.
Sarah Eaton. May 2, 1736. — Ebcnezer Payson. Sarah Payson. May 9, 1736. — Ebenezer Crafts, see Deacons,
Fourth Meeting House. Susanna Crafts, wife of Ebenezer. June 6, 1736. Samuel Griggs, owner of Pew No. 40, Third Meeting House. July 4, 1736. — Debora Warren. Hannah Warren. Nov. 17, 1736. — Eleazer May. Dorothy May. Feb. 6, 1736/7. Caleb Richardson. May 1, 1737. Mary Williams. May 29, 1737. Ebenezer Dorr. Sept., 1737. Hannah Goald. Sept. 19, 1737. —
Noah Perrin. son of Noah and Patience (Walker) Perrin, born in Roxbury Jan. 18, 1708/9, died there Apr. 4, 1788, m. Margeret Heley. He was held in liigh esteem by his fellow townsmen, being repeatedly chosen to fill important offices. He was town treasurer for 29 years. Mary Perrin. Dec. 11, 1737. — Increase Sumner. Mary Sumner. Jan. 8, 1737/8. Abigail Stevens. Jan. 19, 1737/8. Abigail George. April 16, 1738. EHzabeth Williams. Aug. 13. 1738. Bethiah Parker. Sept. 17, 1738. — Rebecca Davis. Mary Woods.
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Oct. 23, 1738. John Ilolbrook, owner of Pew No. 12, Tliird IVIeeting House. Jan. 6, 173S/9. —
Phillip Curtis, H. C. 1738.
Mary Curtis. Feb. 25, 1738/9. Sarah Stevens. Apr. 15, 1739. Susanna Crafts. May 20, 1739. Joanna West. May 27, 1739. —
Benjamin Draper.
Mary Draper. June2-i, 1739. Bethiah Scarborough. Jan. 27, 1739/40. Rebecca Pendle,
baptised adult. March 16, 1739/40. —
Hopestill Monk.
Sarah Manser, baptised adult. March 30, 1740. —
Lydia Manser, baptised adult.
Susanna Manser, baptised adult. May 11, 1740. —
Robert Pierpont, dismissed to Old
South Church, Boston, Jan. 6, 1771. Hannah Pierpont. Deborah Searle. Sept. 7, 1740. — Ambrose Searle. Elizabeth Searle. Oct.. 1740. Rebecca Choate. May 3, 1741. Maria Walter. May 17, 1741. Mary George. July 19, 1741. —
Ralph Holbrook, owner of Pew
No. 4, Third Meeting House. John Salmon. Dorothy Holbrook. July 27, 1741. Bethiah Ramsel,
bar.tised adult. Aug. 14, 1741. Samuel Heath, owner of Pew No. 20, Third Meeting House. Aug. 30, 1741. —
James Shed, owner of Pew No.
31, Third Meeting House. Mary Shed.
1741-1744
PASTOR Rev. Mr. Nehemiah Walter
DEACONS Edward Ruggles Samuel Gridlet
PRECINCT CLERK Joseph Williams, elected Feb. 20, 1738/9.
PRECINCT TREASURER Joseph Warren, elected March 20, 1737/8.
PRECINCT COMMITTEES
Elected March 24, 1741/2
Ebenezer Pierpont Capt. Joseph Ruggles Joseph Williams
Elected March 21, 1742/3
Ebenezer Pierpont Joseph Williams Lt. S.^iuel Williams
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THE THIRD MEETING HOUSE
The New Meeting House was raised June 25 & 26, 1740, according to the Diary of Paul Dudley, and it was completed during the summer of 1741, as, at the first meeting held in it Aug. 31, 1741, Mr. Ebenezer Newell, Mr. Shubal Sever, Mr. Daniel Bugbee, Capt. Joseph Ruggles and Mr. John Ruggles were chosen a committee to seat the said meeting house, and at the same meeting it was proposed that the westerly corner of the meeting house be a place provided for the negroes to set in so as not to intrude on the pews in the said West Galleries.
The owners of the Pews in the New Meeting House were
to be as follows:
Cost £ s. d. Pew No. 1. The Ministry . . . .,
2. Hon. Paul Dudley, Esq! 49 3 4
3. Col. Joshua Lamb 49 3 4
4. Ralph Holbrook 28 5 5
5. Jonathan Seaver 28 5 5
6. Joseph Warren 30 7 7
7. John Williams 36 17 6
8. Ebenezer Cheaney 28 5 5
9. Edward Sumner 30 7 7
10. Lft. Samuel Williams 36 17 6
11. Capt. Samuel Stevens 36 17 6
12. Ensign John Holbrook 36 17 6
13. Joseph Williams 30 7 7
14. Ebenezer Davis 30 7 7
15. John Ruggles 28 5 5
16. Capt. John Richardson 24 11 8
17. Capt. Joseph Ruggles 24 11 8
18. Ebenezer Craft 28 5 5
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cost. £• s. d.
Pew No. 19. INIrs. Dorothy Williams 24 11 8
20. Lt. Samuel Heath 36 17 6
21. Eleazer Williams 49 3 4
22. Col. Joseph Heath 49 3 4
23. Noah Perrin 22 2 6
24. Nathaniel Williams 36 17 6
25. Johu Bowles 22 2 6
26. Stephen W'illiams, afterwards Richard Gardner . . 18 8 9
27. Capt. John Goddard 24 11 8
28. lit. Isaac Curtis 28 5 5
29. John Williams, Jr 19 13 4
30. Jonathan Williams 18 89
31. James Shead 30 7 7
32. Ensign Ebenezer May 22 2 6
33. Mr. Ebenezer Pierpont 19 13 4
34. Dea. Edward Ruggles 18 8 9
35. Lft. Caleb Steadman 30 7 7
36. Capt. Ebenezer Dorr 22 2 6
37. Ebenezer Warren 19 13 4
38. Ebenezer Seaver 19 13 4
39. James Mears 19 13 4
40. Samuel Griggs 19 13 4
And in the Gallery Pew No. 1. Not drawn
2. Not drawn
3. Not drawn
4. Not dra\\^l
5. William Bosson 800
6. Not drawTi
7. Jno. W'oods 12 0 0
8. Dea. Samuel Gridley 12 0 0
9. Edward Dorr 12 0 0
10. Benjamin Eaton 12 0 0
11. Samuel Gore 12 0 0
12. Jeams Jervis 12 0 0
For as much as many of the people were of the opinion that neither their giving Bond for the price of their pews nor being put into present possession of them was such an ample
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and good title as they ought to have, Therefore in considera- tion of the power given the committee chosen in 173G to dis- pose of the Pews and to give a good title to them (subject to the exceptions and restraints made and provided in by another vote of the Precinct at the same meeting) and in con- sideration also of the several sums of money for which they had given their bonds, the remainder of this committee consisting of Joseph Heath, Joshua Lamb, Samuel Stevens, Shubal Seaver, Ebenezer Newell, Samuel Williams, James Shead, Eleazer Williams, Ebenezer Pierpont, Joseph Rug- gles, John Ruggles did on Dec. 29, 1741, for themselves in their said capacity and in the name and behalf of the Precinct assign, deliver, convey, and confirm to each and every of the said Persons the Respective pew now in his Possession as the same is numbered and annexed to his name in the written list of schedule to be to him his heirs and assigns (except as above) to have and to hold, possess, occupy and enjoy the same without any manner of lett or mollestation forever.
The old meeting house not having been torn down in Feb., 1741/2, it was proposed to sell it, and during that year (1742) it was sold for JEIOO.
As this the Third Meeting House proved to be not quite satisfactory in some respects, just what is not mentioned, and as the carpenters Messrs. Dickson, Pierpont and Baker had sustained some loss by building it, the i^lOO which the old meeting house brought was given to these carpenters.
Frequent attempts had been made to settle a colleague minister but without avail and all the precinct would consent to do was to procure help for Mr. W^alter.
In 1743 the necessary expenses were as follows: — Rev. Nehemiah Walter salary, £100; as a gift, £60; cutting and carting firewood for Mr. Walter, £30; Ringing bell and
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sweeping, £10; for help for Mr. Walter, &c., £150; Treas- urer's salary, £5.
On the Lord's day, Feb. 26, 1743/4, soon after Divine service in the afternoon, a fire broke out in this Meeting House by which this large and costly building was bimit to the ground. It occurred as 'twas thought by a stove acci- dentally upset with fire in it unperceived which was left in a Pew after the assembly was dismissed.
The congregation worshipped in the Brick School House until a new meeting house was built.
CHURCH MEMBERS
Oct. 7, 1741. —
Abiofjul Dorr.
Sarah Dorr. Jan. 24, 174'-2. Lucy Wiuthrop. Jan. 31, 174^2. Samuel WUliams. Feb. 14. 1742. —
Jeffrey, 1
Bristol, > noi^roes, baptised.
Guinea,] March 21, n42. —
Ebenezcr Eaton.
Susanna Woods. April 18, 1742. —
Mary Dra]K'r.
Abigail Parker. May 2, 1742. Joseph Curtis. May 30, 1742. —
James Picri)ont.
Samuel May.
Abigail llobinson. June 13, 1742. Nathaniel Sumner,
H. C. 1739. July 11, 1742. Robert Ix>e.
Aug. 15, 1742. Sarah Sumner. Sept. 26, 1742. Sanniel Smuner. Oct. 2, 1742. Sarah Cole. Nov. 1, 1742. —
Joanna Ruggles.
Elizabeth Ruggles.
Sarah Payson. Nov. 14, 1742. —
Nathaniel Felton, constable.
Hannah Felton. Jan. 16, 1743. John Giles, from
Old South Church, Bo.ston. Jan. 23, 1743. Phillis, a negro, bap- tised. March 6, 1742/3. —
Sarah Williams.
IVTary Williams. May 15. 1743. Priscilla Gore. June 26, 1743. Elizabeth Oaft.s. July 10, 1743. Ebenezcr Newel. July 24, 1743. Benjamin Curtis. Sept. 18, 1743. Susan Perrin.
CHURCH MEMBERS
143
ADMITTED IN BRICK SCHOOL HOUSE.
April 1, 1744. —
Abraham Woodward.
Sarah Woodward. June 3, 1744. —
Thomas Grigs.
Margaret Grigs.
Jeremiah Parker.
Mary Parker. Aug. 26, 1744. —
Jeremy Williams.
Catharine Williams.
Sept. 2, 1744. — Samuel Clark. Mary Clark.
Nov. 25, 1744. —
Jac-oh Reeves.
Abigail Reeves. Jan. 13, 1745. Samuel Hcaley. Jan. 27, 1745. Elizalieth Weld. March 3, 1745. Edward Ruggles. April 7, 1745. Martha Pcrrin. May, 1745. Guinea, negro servant,
maid to Judge Dudley. May 31, 1745. E<lward Dorr. July 28, 1745. Ebenezer Bwloono. Sept. 15, 1745. Elizaljeth Heath. Oct. 27, 1745. Abigail Sumner. Dec. 15, 1745. El>enezer Gore. May 27, 1746. William Bosson, junior.
1744-1803
PASTORS
Rev. Mr. Nehemiah Walter Rev. Mr. Oliver Peabody Rev. Mr. Amos Adams Rev. Dr. Eliphalet Porter
DEACONS
Edward Ruggles Samuel Gridley
Stephen Williams
Ebenezer Craft
William Gridley Samuel Sumner
David Weld
Nehemiah Munroe
Joshua Felton
PRECINCT CLERK Joseph Williams, elected March 12, 1738/9
PARISH CLERKS
Title changed April 23, 1788
Thomas Clarke, elected April 23, 1788 Nathaniel Ruggles, elected April 29, 1793 145
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PRECINCT TREASURERS
Joseph Warren, elected March 20, 1737/8 William Heath, elected Nov. 12, 1755 Deacon Samuel Gridley, elected June 4, 1762 Deacon William Gridley, elected March 29, 1774 Joseph Ruggles, elected April 14, 1783
PARISH TREASURER
Title changed April 23, 1788
Joseph Ruggles, elected April 23, 1788
PRECINCT COMMITTEES
Elected March 21, 1743/4
Ebenezer Pierpont Samuel Williams Joseph Williams
Elected March 20, 1748/9
Ebenezer Pierpont
Joseph Williams Ebenezer Newell
Eleded March 21, 1749/50
John Richardson Joseph Williams Noah Perrin, Jr.
Elected March 20, 1750/1
Joseph Williams
Noah Perrin, Jr. Ebenezer Newell
Elected March 30, 1757
Joseph Williams
Eleazer Williams Ebenezer Pierpont
Elected March 28, 1758
Joseph Williams
Benjamin Felton Ebenezer Newell
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ElecUd March 27, 1759
Joseph Williams Ebenezer Newell Nathaniel Felton
Elected March 30, 1768
Joseph Williams
Nathaniel Felton William Heath
Elected March 27, 1771
Joseph Williams
Nathaniel Felton Aaron Davis
Elected April 8, 1776
Joseph Williams
Nathaniel Ruggles Increase Sumner
Elected April 8, 1778
Joseph Williams
Increase Sumner William Bowman
Elected April 14, 1783
Col. Joseph Williams
Noah Perrin Capt. Joseph Williams
Elected April 12, 1784
Noah Perrin Col. Joseph Williams Thomas Clarke
PARISH COMMITTEES
Title changed April 23, 1788 Elected April 23, 1788
Thomas Clarke Joseph Ruggles Ralph Smith
Elected April 29, 1793 Joseph Ruggles Deacon Nehemiah Munroe John Curtis
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Elected Nov. 11, 1793
Joseph Ruggles Deacon NEHEivnAH Munroe Moses Davis Rice Curtis
Eleded July 10, 1791
Joseph Ruggles
Deacon Nehemiah Munroe Nathaniel Ruggles
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William Blaney |
served from 17G1 to 1768 |
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Aaron Blaney |
served from 1769 to 1774 |
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Samuel Croxford |
served from 1775 to 1782 |
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Stephen Mills |
served from 1782 to 1784 |
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Thomas Nolen, Jr. |
served from 1784 to 1786 |
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John Maxfield |
served from 1787 to 1792 |
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Edmund Grindall Weld |
served from 1793 to 1795 |
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Edward Turner |
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THE FOURTH MEETING HOUSE
The Third Meeting House was destroyed by fire Feb. 26*^, 1743/4, and a meeting of the precinct or parish was held March 22, 1743/4, to see what was to be done. At this meeting it was voted that Mr. John Walley with the two Deacons (Edward Ruggles and Samuel Gridlcy) be a com- mittee chosen to wait on our Reverend Pastor Mr. Nehemiah Walter and under his wise Direction to proceed and apply to such of the neighboring ministers as may be thought best that they would lay before the several Congregations of there Ryspective Charges the Difficult Sircumstances of the precinct under the late awfuU Providence (by fire) in order to obtain such help and Relief from them, as they shall in there Goodness think fit to Grant us, and also that they (our precinct) proceed with all Convenient speed to build a new meeting house and that they would build said meeting House on the Spot where our late New meeting House stood and of the same Dimentions as our late meeting House and have the Same Number of windows as was in our late meet- ing house but the Glass be 7 by 9. In Case Good London Crown can be procured of such Dementions. Also there be the same Number of Pews on the floor and of the same Dementions and the same Number of pews in the Gallerie as in our late New Meeting house.
For building the New Meeting House there was raised:
£ s. d.
On the Pews in 1744 1500 00 0
Tax on the inhabitants in 1744 976 17 8
Tax on the inhabitants in 1745 494 19 0
2971 16 8 149
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and by sundry gifts as follows:
£ s. d.
The Hon. Paul Dudley, Esq 120 9 10
William IJowdoin, Esq 20 0 0
Josiah ^Yilla^d, Esq 600
Capt. Joshua Loring 5 00
Decon Stone of Ne\vton 200
The Town of IMilton 17 4 0
The old Parrish at Dedham 12 0 7
3154 11 1 Sundry abatements to poor persons 83 11 8
3070 19 5 Cost of building the New Meeting House 2905 17 10
The Remains are 165 1 7
which were then in the hands of
£ s. d. Mr. Constable Griggs 145 5 0
Mr. William Cheney 12 0 0
Mr Sam'l Gore 10 6 8
The aoove was submitted by the Committee chosen to build the New Meeting House April 15, 1746.
The necessary aid having been received, the Fourth Meet- ing House was completed in 174G upon the same plan as its predecessor, the meetings having been held meanwhile in the brick school house.
Judge Paul Dudley provided a handsome porch. Col. Joseph Heath gave a New Church Clock or Time Peace.
The main entrance of this house, in front of which was a large flat circular stone, faced the south, and was in the cen- tre of the building. The tower and belfry were as at present, the gallery entrance being also there. In addition to the belfry a spire and vane were erected. The pulpit was on the northerly side. There were the same number of pews on the floor and of the same Dementions as were in the previous
THE FOURTH MEETING HOUSE 151
building and also the same number in the galleries. Some of the pews were square, and the seats so made as to fold up when the people stood up at prayer, at the close of which they would come down with a clatter, fun for the boys, who thus responded to the amen.
In front, the place of honor, were two body pews (so called) assigned to strangers and the poor of the parish.
The women's gallery was partitioned from the men's in a parellel line with the front gallery fore seat. The hinder- most seat in the front gallery was made into a pew and purchased by the following young men under the same regulations with the Proprietors of the other pews: — James Pierpont, John Richardson, Junr, John Gore Jr., Paul Gore, Edwd. Preston, Eb. Pierpont, Jun^", Sami May, Daniel Williams, Saml. Williams, Jun*"., Edw^ Ruggles Jun"", Jo^ Curtis, Daniel Seaver, Saml Weld, Benj. Sumner, Benj. Curtis, Saml Gridley Jun""., and the charge of building said Pew was the Purchase Price.
March 20, 1744/5, Deacon Samuel Gridley was chosen to have care of the meeting house.
The precinct allowed Joseph Weld, son of Edmond Weld, sum consideration for Ringing the School bell on Sabbath Days for the Benefit of the precinct the year past and pro- posed the said Joseph go about from Place to place and collect as persons may be disposed to give.
In Aug., 1749, the precinct chose a committee consisting of Capt. Eleaz. Williams, Capt. Joseph Williams and Mr. Ebenezer Pierpont to wait on their Rev. aged Pastor and to desire him to lay before the church the desire of the precinct to have a suitable orthodox minister called and settled as a colleague with Mr. Walter. In the following March the Church made choice of Mr. Oliver Peabody, who had been settled over the little missionary church in Natick, as a
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Colleague minister with their Revd. aged Pastor, but the congregation did not at once concur as they first desired to hear him for the space of six weeks. In the following May the congregation concurred by a majority of votes (vizt. fortcy Two Votes for Mr. Peabody and Twenty Three blanks), and a committee consisting of Dea. Edw. Ruggles, Mr. Ebenezer Pierpont and Capt. Eleaz"* Williams represent- ing the church, and Capt. Ralph Holbrook and Ensign Eben- ezer Cheney representing the congregation were chosen to wait upon Mr. Oliver Peabody to acquaint him of their choice.
Mr. Peabody accepted the call, and a committee of five consisting of Mr. Ebenezer Pierpont, Col. Joseph Heath, Col. Joshua Lamb and the two Deacons were chosen to consult with Mr. Peabody upon a time for his Ordination.
As a settlement for Mr. Peabody .£1200 old tenor was granted by the precinct and £80 as a yearly sallery and 15 cords of wood during the life of our Rev. aged Pastor and such further sum as ye parrish shall think convenient after his Decease so long as said Mr. Peabody shall continue our minister.
Rev. Mr. Nehemiah Walter died Sept. 17, 1750, and on the 19th a committee consisting of Capt. Eleaz^ Williams, Capt. John Richardson, Capt. Ebenezer Dorr, Capt. Sam' Stevens and Deacon Edw^ Ruggles were chosen to have the oversight of the funeral for our late Rev. aged Pastor, Mr. Nehemiah Walter (Deacon Sam' Gridley was especially obliged to attend on other business). In Oct. it was voted to raise £230 9.9. old tenor " to Defrey the charge of the funerall of our late Rev. aged pastor Mr. Nehemiah Walter Deceased."
On Oct. 8, 1750, a committee consisting of Lt. Sam'l Heath, Mr. Increase Sumner, Lt. Ebenezer Newell, Lt. Eben-
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ezer Cheney, Mr. Benj. May was chosen to have charge of the ordination of Mr. Peabody, who was ordained Nov. 7, 1750, the cost of which was ^£132 95. 7d. old Tenor.
In 1751 the precinct voted money for the support of Madam Walter giving her £500 and quarterly contribution voted last March for IVIr. Walter and <£650 also. They also voted to change the Lecture Day from Tuesdays to Fridays before our Sacrament. In jNIarch, 1752, the precinct voted 8 cords of wood for Madam Walter and 12 cords for Rev. Mr. Oliver Peabody. During this year Coll. Joseph Heath presented a Church Bible to the precinct.
Rev. ]VIr. Oliver Peabody died May 29, 1752, and the cost of the funeral expenses was ,£81 Is. old Tenor. June 22, 1752, a committee was chosen to supply the pulpit.
Ebenezer Pierpont, Deacon Edward Ruggles and Mr. Joseph Warren were chosen a committee to wait upon Madam Dudley Respecting a Donation or legacy given to this Precinct by the Hon. Paul Dudley, Esq., Late of Roxbury and if it may be receive the same for the use of the Precinct.
At a meeting of the Precinct held Feb. 28, 1753, Deacon Edward Ruggles presided as moderator and it was probably his last official connection with this church as he removed to Cambridge soon after.
At this meeting the congregation unanimously concurred with the church in the choice of Mr. Amos Adams as Pastor, and a committee was appointed to wait upon Mr. Adams. As a settlement it was voted to give him £1200 old Tenor, being £400 for each year for three years and £90 as a sallery with 20 cords of wood and the loose money put into the box be annually granted so soon as he shall settle with us and have a family, Mr. Adams accepted the call as follows:
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H. College March ye 27, 1753. To THE FiiiST Church of Christ and InhabitjVnts of the First Parish
IN ROXBLHIY
Christian Friends: For as much as it has pleased God who orders the bounds of every ones habitation in the Cource of his providence to Bring me among you and after Humble Supplication to Heaven, for Guidance & Direction in the choice of a minister; You have Been Inclined to Give me an Invitation to take the Pastoral Charge and over Sight of you in the Lord (of the honour and Respect you Have Done me therein I am not Insensi- ble) I have made these matters, the Subject of my Serious Consideration, with an Eye to the fountain of wisdom for Direction I have Also consulted those who we Trust are hearty Friends to the Kingdom of Jesus Christ and Considering the Happy luianiraity at Present Subsisting among you, I can Chearfully and by these lines do Signify my acceptance of your Invitation to settle among you in the work of the Gospel ministry upon the Terms Proposed —
and Since God is thus Bringing us into so near a relation may it be the foundation of much peace and Happiness to both you and me — Cease not my Dear friends to Beseech the Head of the Church to Give me that portion of his spirit and Grace to assist and Strengthen me that I may Speak as becomes Sound Doctrine and Conduct my Selfe in the whole of my ministry; with that wisdom and Prudence that fidellity and meakness which becomes a minister of the Gospell. That I may save my own Soul and the Souls of those Committed to my Charge. Pray preserve the unity of the Si)irit in the Bond of peace. Live in peace ; and the God of Love & Peace shall be with you ; and may be all Be Brought in Due Time to Rejoyce together in the Kingdom of Glory to Eternity and be mutual Possessors of that King- dam which is Incorruptable, undefiled, and that fadeth not away. 1 am Your Servant in the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Amos Ad.\ms.
In March, 17.53, the precinct voted to build a spire on tlie steeple of the meeting house the cost being ^68 155. 2hd. —£515 Us. Id. old tenor. On the Lord's day, Sept. 2, 1753, the congregation in the Old South Church, Boston, was stayed an.l a Letter read from the 1** Church in Roxbury desiring their Assistance in Coiuicil at the Ordination of Mr. Amos Adams. Granted. Messengers, Our Brethren that are or have been of the (Governor's) Council, the Deacons
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and Messrs. Edward Broomfield and Isaac Walker. Mr. Adams was ordained Sept. 12, 1753. Oct. 14, 1753, the Church was stayed & the question was put whether the custom of asking for Pubhck Testimony for such as are admitted to communion shall be henceforth disused in this church & it passed in the affirmative. Nov. 30, 1753, Two Deacons were chosen, Deacon Stephen Williams (formerly Deacon of the 2d Ch. in this town) and Brother Ebenezer Craft in the room of Deacon Ruggles removed to Cambridge.
In 1754 a committee consisting of the three Deacons with Capt. Sam'l Stevens, Capt. Eleazer Williams, and Sam'I Heath were chosen to obtain subscriptions towards purchas- ing a Bell for the meeting house. On Oct. 3, 1754, it was " Proposed wheather it be the Desire of this precinct that there may be no fire brought into this meeting by stoves and passed in the affirmative.
In 1755 the old bell was sent to England to be recast as per following letter of instructions:
Sr. We herewith Deliver to your care the remains of our old Bell "am* To Two hundred & Eighty weight (or thereabouts) Neet which we Desire you would Take due care to ship for Great Brittain by the first opportunity in order to its Being Cast with the needfull addition into a new Bell of Be- tween five & six hundred weight. The size we apprehend svu'table for oiu" steeple; and wish it may return with speed for our use. When we will Endever You shall receive the Just Ballance that may be due with our Grate- full acknowledgements for all favoiu-s. Desiring You would use Your Dycrefsion respecting Insurence as well as Dispatch; wliich is all needfidl from Sr Your Humble Servants ; In The name and Behalf of the First Prec* or Parish in Roxbury
Jo Williams )
Roxbury Sept. Ye 1, 1755
To Mr. Tho'' Gunter — merchant.
^T T. r Prect Comtte
Noah Perrin
In 1756 the precinct voted to have the Deck on the Top of the steeple sufficiently leded and also to have a frame to hang the new Bell upon
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In March, 1758, Mr. William Blaney was directed to remove the chairs that stand Cy the front Doer and Encumber the passageway.
At the precinct or parish meeting held March 27, 1759, it was proposed " wheather the precinct In Consideration of the Extreordinary price of provision at this present day and in answer to the memorial of onr s^ Rev. Pastor respecting the Difficulty of Supporting his family, will make him any con- sideration Voted the sum of Ten pounds money be granted."
The addition of Ten pounds was made each year until 1762 when he wrote to the precinct as follows:
RoxBtTRY, March 29 1762 My Brethren: I may not omit this Opportunity of thankin*^ you for the pinictual Pajment of my Sahiry, as also for the additional Ten Pounds which I have received: I likewise heartily thank those of you who have afforded me private Benefactions ; these I receive as the kind Testimonials of your Affection, and they have been a considerable assistance to me in the support of my Family.
I have vmderstood that it hath been Intimated by some, that 1 am growing rich, and laying up money for my Family; Justice therefore to myself and compassion for my Family require me to set that matter in a true Light.
I have now reed, from you Nine years salary. I do not know how it was possible for me or my family to live with greater care & Frugality, both as to clothing & provisions, than we have lived, consistent with that Decency, which I know you would have your minister preserve. I have neither right U'itle claim or Interest in any real Estate in the World, besides the Half Acre on which my little Barn and imfijiished, unadorned House do stand, I have neither clock in my house, nor Watch in my Pocket, nor a Horse to ride on; neither have I any way the means of purchasing one, nor have I cash to the value of £3. L. M. and on the Balance of Accounts, I can assure you, 1 do owe £250. O. Tenor more than 1 have due me in the World. ... I cannot think it unreasonable to ))ropose that my salary be fully made good according to the expences of a Family; I am sure if you were able to give Me £dO p. amnnu When I settled you are able to afford me at least the full Value of (hat now, — and Would it not be hard in so antient and able a Parish as this to be obliged to live in a pinching manner, and not- withstanding be unable to lay up anything for my Family — forgive the Thot; I am pcrswaded you are unwilling this should ever be the Case —
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The affecting Providence of God in taking away in so awful a Manner my Firstborn & dear Son (I remember the wormwood and the Gall) I desire may teach me not to be too greatly distressed for my Family; child- ren are Tender plants easily cut down ; but is it possible for a faithful Hus- band & Tender Father to consider a prudent Wife and his dear children liable, whenever their head is taken away, to be scattered in the World without any provision for feeding and clothing them, as is now the real con- dition of Mine ?
Am I unworthy ? let me ask your compassion to my wife and children, who I am sure have never forfeited your regards.
I am deeply sensible I have done nothing to Claim your favours. If my poor Imperfect services meet with any degree of acceptance from any of you it is as much as I could expect — If I have done anything acceptable to my INIaster I adore the Grace that will accept & reward an unprofitable servt.
If my Ministrations have been of Spiritual profit to any amongst us, (give the glory to God) I account that my labour hath not been in vain in the Lord.
I am your unworthy servt in the Gospel
Amos Adaais.
At the above meeting held March 27, 1759 it was Proposed, " Wheather they would come into any method to Build a pew or pews in the hindermost Seat in the mens Gallery at or near the South Easterly corner of the meeting house in said Prec't and Pass in the affirmative and voted that the Prect Committee be and hereby are Impowered (on a Suteable num- ber of Young men applycation for Liberty to build a pew or pews at the place or places afforesaid). To agree with and Grant them Liberty to build the aiToresaid pew or pews and to hold and Ocupey the same as there property on Such Terms as the pews in our late new meeting house were held. Wee who are hereafter mentioned Do agree to Complect the said seat in a hansom manner with your consent that we have and enjoy the same acording to the Vote of the Prect." The above was signed l)y Jonathan Hall, Caleb Howard, Aaron Davis, H. Howell Williams, Moses Dorr, Jolin Bowen Jun^., Joseph
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Williams Junr., Francis Dana, Lemuel May, Ebenez"" Dorr Tertius, Stephen Williams, John Davis Williams and they were approved by the Prect Committee.
At the same time and for the same purpose another peti- tion was presented signed by Richard Leathbridg, James Orr, Jona Hall. In 1762 as the bell purchased in 1755 was no longer fit for use they voted to have a new bell as near the pattern of y® Rev. Mr. Boyles bell as may l^e and the next year they purchased it weighing G. 3. 26 and its entire cost including freight on the old bell metal was .£22 Os. Id. Abel Rudhall of Gloucester, England, made it. A gratef id acloiowledgment Avas made by the Precinct to Mr. William Jones Marchant in Bristol who generously gave the Pre- cinct all his trouble and Commissions in this affair and to the Hon. James Bowdoin, Esq., who had given the precinct a quantity of Bell mettle towards the charge of the aforesaid new bell (being about one hundred weight of mettle) and to Isaac Winslow, Esq., for his assistance in serving the pre- cinct by writing to his friend Mr. Jones afforesaid, respect- ing the procuring said new bell. They voted to have the same hung on tlie top of the Tower where the Late new Bell was hung, and that the precinct Committee be Desired to Imploye sum fuithfull workmen to do all that may be thought needful to Brace and Strengthen the Steeple in the best manner they are able to do and that the sum of Twenty pounds be granted and raised in the usual manner as soon as may be to Defrey the charges thereof and other necessary charges in the precinct ye year ensuing.
In 1763 the three seats to the right of the clock in the center of the gallery (lately occupied by them) were appro- priated for "such persons as are and may be inclined to sit together for the purpose of singing on Lords Days and other times of Divine Service" and tliat tlicy have Liberty to
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make such alterations for their own convenience as may be thought needful so as not to marr or hurt the house.
In 1764 there were three stones one at each door of the porch on the South side of the meeting house. In this year the precinct voted £90 salary for our Rev. Pastor Mr. Adams and the further sum of £10 as a gift in consideration of the price of provisions and <£16 for his firewood. Also .£30 for sweeping and Taking care of the meeting house and to Defrey other charges in the precinct the year ensuing. At the annual meeting in March the Petition was presented of Daniel Bugbe, Jolm Bowing, Jonathan Davis and Aaron Davis " Humbly Shewing that wheirias it is Generally thought that the foure hind seats in the body of our meeting house might be very well spaired and no waise Discommode it; but be ornamentall to have foure Pews built in theire Roome — we theirefore Desire that you woold take it into your Consideration and if in your great wisdome you thinck fit: you woold Grant Liberty to your Petitioners to Erect foure Pews for the use of theire famileys in those seats in so doing you will oblidge youre Petetioners; and they as in Duty bound shall ever pray."
At a meeting held in May, 1764, it was Voted "that Mess. Aaron Davis, Capt. John Williams and Mr. Nath> Felton be a committee to regulate and seat the Several seats in ye meeting house By Desireing so many Elderly persons to come down out of the Gallery as to fill up the Body Seats Below." Then enquiray was made respecting the pews occupd by Mess. Thomas Bell and Jno. Pierpont & others and Mr. Bell being present was questioned concerning his occuping the late Capt. Jarvis^ Pew and answered That as Mrs. Jarvis had not Disposed of her estate in the Town he thought himself Lititled to set in the Pew on such Terms as she and he might agree and had accordingly set in the
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said Pew with his family. A committee was immediately- chosen to enquire into the Disposition of the Pews sup- posed to be disposed of contrary to the votes of the Parish and to make report at the anniversary meeting in March next ensuing, at which meeting the committee reported that Lt. William Cheeney had made an offer of the Prec* or there com"e of the pew now occupd by Mr. John Pierpont.
Sept. 20, 1768. This church and Congregation in con- junction with other churches unanimously agreed to keep this day as a day of fasting and prayer in the present threatening state of public affairs.
At a meeting held in March, 1772, a petition was pre- sented signed by Thomas Williams, Ebenezer Dorr, Aaron Davis Jr., Sam'l Sumner, Thadeus Partridge, Will™ Bosson, Caleb Hay ward, Sam'l Sumner Jr., Edw'i Sumner, John Woods, James Mears, Benja Curtis, Stephen Williams, which showed that it was their earnest desire to have a good Clock to the Meeting House and for that purpose humbly prayed that the precinct would set of and make four new pews from of the Body seats two on each side so as to include the ally on the side of the Body seats in said pues and that these pues when finished may be Disposed of in such way and Manner as the Committee or inhal)itants of said precinct shall think Best, that the money which the said pues shall be so sold for may be applied towards the Purchasing the said clock for an Ornament for the said Meeting House. That the attendance at the services was increasing is shown by the fact that a meeting was called in Fel)ruary, 1774, to consider a proposal to enlarge the Meeting House. The proposal v/as for an addition of about .SO feet in length at the Easterly End of said House, said addition to be made without weakening or injuring the house or in any manner spoiling its proportion; and the whole cost or expense of
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such an alteration or addition being on a moderate computa- tion £333 6s 8d. which a sufficient number of subscribers appear to pay. The Petitioners named below will take and receive the new pews or seats subject to the following regu- lations :
(1) That there be 24 new pews on the floor equal in bigness to those in the present house.
(2) That the additional room in the Gallery be offered to the Precinct with the seats or pews Built compleet and finished if they shall choose it at the sum of =£57 IO5. or otherwise that there be 10 pews built in the Gallery to be Disposed of by the Petitioners under Due regulations so as to raise the said sum.
(3) That moving the Pulpit, seats, pews and porches &c be done with- out any expense to the Precinct.
(4) That those persons who have seats removed shall have liberty to take the same situation in the new house from the Pulpit.
(5) That the timber -windows and all the stuff that may be taken out of the easterly end of the present house be allowed to help make the addition.
(6) If there be more subscribers than can be accomodated then those to be admitted fh-st who stand highest on the Precinct role of Valuation for their own estates.
(7) That the pews pay the whole expense of the addition and alteration (in case Ten are built in the Gallery) otherwise to pay all the expense (ex- cept only £57 10s.). To be paid by the Precinct if they shall choose to retain the Galleries for seats or to their own use.
(8) If there should not be a sufficient number of subscribers appear at first those pews that are not taken up shall be the Property of the subscribers to be disposed of under the Direction of the Parish Committee.
(9) That if any Person or Persons should at any time hereafter Incline to Dispose of his or there Pew or Pews they shall be under the same regu- lations of those in the Present house and make the first offer to the Precinct or their Committee by the space of one mouth before such Disposal.
(10) That one half the money for the addition be paid by the subscribers, witliin one week after the Building be raised and the remainder when the Precinct Committee shall judge the work is completed.
(11) That if any of the subscribers shall be in arrears for their pew three months after the house is finished: it shall be in the power of the sub- scribers to sell the same with the approbation of the Parish Committee.
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' (12) In case the work be not completed without Troubling the sub- scribers on or before the last day of Oct., A.D., IIH, then those persons who have subscribed may be at Liberty to make the agreement void.
(13) The 24 pews added on the lower floor to be all of a price: Numbered and Drawn by a lottery by such persons as shall appear and subscribe for them agreeable to the before mentioned conditions and Regulations.
(14) In case the Precinct should not Incline to keep the Room in ye Galleries to themselves; Neither in seats nor pews at the sum of fifty seven poimds ten shillings lawfull money above mentioned. Then the same shall belong to the said Twenty four persons to be made into pews and Disposed of for their advantage under the regulations afforesaid.
(15) As it is always intended and so to be understood that the said Twenty four persons to whom the said pews on the floor shall be assigned are to be answerable for all the cost and charge of said addition to the House (except as before excepted)
Moses Davis Aaron Davis
Stephen Williams James Mears
William Bowman Susanna Davis
Caleb Hayward Thos. W'jTnan
John Grcaton, Jr. John Bowen
Nehemiah Munroe Aaron Blaney
Nath^ Eaton Samuel Langley
Jonathan Patten Ebenezer Cheney
Joseph Smith John Slack
Jonathan Parker Sam'l Whittemore
Jeremiah Parker, Jr. and by the Parish vote
James White Jos. Williams for
Richard Lethbridge William Dudley
Adam Pattie Aaron Davis
Stephen Williams for Ebenezer Davis
Ralph Smith Nath. Ruggles
Ebenezer Wales Abijah Sever.
The precinct took the gallery room and made it into seats All the above votes passed.
May 12, 1774, a petition was signed by Stephen Williams gn'i, Moses Davis, W" Bownnan, Caleb Ilayward, Stephen Williams, Adam Pattie, Thad. Partridge, and addressed to the Committee of the first Precinct or Parish Avhich humbly
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requested them to notify and call a meeting of all the free- holders and inhabitants of said Precinct Quallif'^ to vote in Precinct alFairs To assemble at the meeting house in said Precinct on friday the Twentieth day of May instant at five of the clock in ye afternoon then and there to Icnow whether they will give Liberty to open the said meeting house in or near the middle so as to build ye proposed new addition of thirty feet in the middle of the said house.
March 29, 1775, it was Voted that Messrs Thomas Clarke, Samuel Croxford, John Porker, Ezekiel Jones, Benj^ Stevens, Jacob Whittemore, Jabez Parter, Jolui Smith, Ebenezer Smith, John Hopkins and Mathew Davis be and hereby are allowed to have and hold the new Pew at the Westerly End of the front Gallery built in the place of the hind seat on their paying to the prect or their committee thirteen shillings & four pence each for their seat in the said pew and being obliged to give the first offer thereof to the Precinct for the same sum in case they shall incline to Dispose thereof at any time hereafter by the space of one month next before they shall sell the same.
No public meetings were held in the meeting house be- tween March 29, 1775, and April 8, 1776.
No religious meetings could be held here while the siege of Boston lasted, and the building was used as a signal station for the army. A constant and conspicuous target for the British cannon, the meeting house was pierced through in many places, one ball passing through the belfry. The pews and the bell had been taken out by the parish com- mittee, and the communion plate carried by Rev. Mr. Adams to Medfield.
April 8, 1776, it was Voted the sum of Two hundred pounds Like money be Granted and raised in usual manner
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the year onsm-ing to Defrey the Cliarge of repareing the meetiiiir house and to make Good former Deficiences and to Defrey the Charge of the funeral of our late Rev. pastor Mr. Amos Adams Deceased and all other necessary Charges in the Prect. ye year ensuing.
There are no entries in the records l)etween April 8, 1770, and March 24, 1777, on which latter date the precinct voted to pay Mr. Croxford, the sexton, his 1)111 for twelve shillings for services at the funeral of Mr. Amos Adams.
The members of the parish were scattered, and until 1782 there was no settled minister.
In 1780 Mr. James How and others requested "for liberty to Ring ye Bell at ye hour of one of ye Clock and Nine at night in case a suteable number will subscribe to Defrey ye charge thereof. Voted they may have Liberty to employ the Sexton for the Purposes affores"^' and provided they will Defrey ye Charges and Take Due care that ye meeting house and Bell are not Damnified.
August 20, 1781 it was voted That our three Deacons be added luito Ihe Committee for supplying the Pulpit &c. At a parish meeting held March 25, 1782, Doctor Jonathan Davis and Robert Pierpont presented a petition in which they begged leave to Represent that the Long seats in the body of the meeting house were not generally filled, that they apprehended four pews might be built on the back seats without tlie least inconvenience to any person what- ever and the committee reported that they found it expedi- ent to build the four pews and to sell the same at vendue.
At a meeting held July 5, 1782, the church having voted unanimously to call Mr. Eliphalet Port(M-, the congregation voted 01 to 1 to call him, that one vote says "not Disposed to concur" and a committee was appointed to wait on Mr. Portor.
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At a meeting held Aug. 30, 1782 it was announced that four of the new pews were owTied by
No. 1. Nehemiah Munroe cost $10,5. —
No. 2. Increase Sumner " 235. —
No. 3. Mr. David Wait " 205. —
No. 4. John Read " 135. — $080. —
At this same meeting the Precinct received the answer of Mr. EHphalet Porter Vvherein he manifested his acceptance of the call Given him to the Pastoral Care of this Church and Congregation which is as folio weth viz:
RoxBUEY, Au(^. ye 24th 1782. Friends Bretheren & Fathers
The Invitation which you have ])een Pleased to Give me to Settle with you in the Gospel ministry I have endeavoured to consider with That Seriousness and attention which its importance requires, I have looked to The fountain of wisdom for Direction, and have not failed to ask Councel of tliose my friends, & fathers in the ministry whom I have had the oppor- tunity of consultint;; — as the result of my Deliljerations, and the advice which I have Received, I Now accept your Invitation with cherfidness, & Desire to Return my unfeigned thanks for that Testimony, which you have Given me of your affection & Esteem. Nothing could have had Greator influence on my mind in this Determination, or have afforded me more pleasure on the Present Ocation, than the union which you have manifested in your choice, imless your unanimity had been perfect. I thank you for the support which you have offered me, and have the fullest confidence in your Gen- erossity shod the State of tilings be such as to Render it insufficient to answer the Designe proposed. I am senceable that my luidertakeing is Great and arduous & I desire to make my Dependance on the Divine aid & assistance may & at all times have that wisdom which is proditahle to Direct, and obtain mercy of the lord to be found faithfuU, may my Sernces among you be useful! and acceptable and may there never be Reason for the com- plaint that I have laboured in vain. Permit me to assure you of that affec- tion & attaclmaent which I feel Towards you & to express my earnest desire Ever to Enjoye a place in the Kind and Eifectionate regards of you all and in your Remembrance of me at the throne of Grace — may the Shepherd
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of Iseral he that leadeth Joseph like a flock take you & me by the hand & lead us on in the way of Duty & in the paths of Peace & love til we shall Joyne the redeemed Company and Church of the first Born in heaven. I am with sinsear affection & Regard your friend & Servt.
EupHALET Porter.
The followino; letter was also sent to the Churches under the Pastoral Care of
The Rev^ Mr. Porter of Bridgwater The Revd Mr. Haven of Dedham The Rev^ Dr. Cooper of Boston The Revd Mr. Jgickson of Brockton The Rev. Mr. Payson of Chelsea The Rev. Mr. Abbot of Roxbury The Rev. Mr. Elliott of Boston
The first Church of Christ in Roxbury to the first Church of Christ in Boston
under the Pastoral Care of the Revd. Docf Charles Chauncy and the
Revd John Clark sends Greeting —
It ha\ang pleased God in his holy providence to lead the Church of Christ
in this place together with the Congregation to the Choice of Mr. Elijihalet
Porter to the Pastoral Office among us, and to incline him to accept of our
Call & invitation thereunto. We have thought fit to ap])oint Wednesday the
2d day of October next for his Solemn Separation to that important Office
according to the directions of the Gospel.
We earnestly request the presence & assistance of your Revd Pastors & such Delegates as you shall think fit to send with them to unite with the Revd Pastors & Messengers of several other Churches in such Acts & Offices as the Solemnities of the Day may require.
We ask your Prayers to Almighty God for his blessing on our important undertaking, and that the Gospel of the blessed Jesus may have its proper Effect among us. We wish Grace, mercy & jieace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ may be multi})lied unto you and subscribe our Selves your Brethren in the faith & fellowship of the Gospel.
WM. Gridley
Inc. Sumner
Jos. Ruggles Committee of the
Ralph Smith Church &
David Wait Congregation
John J. Spooner
Thus. Clarke Roxbury, Sept. 16, 1782.
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The Council were desired to meet at the House of I. Sum- ner Esq. at 10 o'clock A M. & from thence to proceed to the Meeting House & begin the Solemnity there exactly at two o'clock in the afternoon.
Mr. Porter was ordained Oct. 2, 1782, the Charge being given by Rev. Dr. Cooper of Boston, and the Rev. Mr. Abbot of the Second Parish in Roxbury presented the Right Hand of Fellowship. The total cost of the onlination was £51. Mr. Porter's salary was fixed at £240 la\vfull money, £120 the first year of his ministry with us, £120 the second year of his ministry among us, and £120 granted annually as a sallery, also 20 cords of wood for him after he shall have a family annually.
The Names of the Male members of the First Church of Christ in Roxbury when the Rev. Mr. Porter was ordained
were
Doct. Thomas Williams Mr. Moses Davis Mr. Ebenezer Bugbee Mr. Stephen Williams Mr. Nathaniel Felton Mr. Joshua Felton Mr. John Curtis Mr. Thaddeus Partrige Dea. Samuel Smnner Col. John Greaton Mr. Charles Belknap Mr. Edmund Weld Mr. James Mears Mr. Aaron White Mr. John Williams Mr. John Williams, Jr. Doct. Samuel Cheeuey Mr. John Brewer Mr. Noah Perrin Mr. Thomas Macarty Dea. William Gridley
Mr. Nathaniel Patten Mr. Samuel Bowen Mr. Joseph Ruggles IMr. Thomas Clark Mr. Ralph Smith Mr. John Pierpont Mr. Robert Pierpont Dea. Ebenezer Craft Mr. Simeon Pratt Mr. John Ward Mr. Jona Craft Gen. William Heath Mr. Peleg Heath INIr. Samuel Heath Col. Joseph Williams Mr. Thomas Dana Mr. Joseph Smith Mr. Daniel Monroe Mr. Nehemiah Monroe Mr. John Bowen Mr. Joshua Bowen
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Ciipt. Joseph Williams Mr. Jona. Williams
Mr. Jona Parker Mr. Corey
Mr. John Davis Williams Mr. Thomas Nolen
Mr. Samuel Wittemore, Jr. Mr. Nathaniel Sparhawk
Mr. Samuel Williams Hon. Increase Sumner
Capt. William Heath Mr. William Dudley Whole number 54.
In 1787 a number of gentlemen living in the vicinity of the meeting house presented the precinct with a clock which was placed on the Bell tower.
At a meeting held Wednesday April 23, 1788 a letter from Joseph Williams Esq. (who has l)ecn Parish Clerk for Forty seven years past) being laid before the Parish wherein he signified his resignation of the Office of Clerk and Assessor on a motion made and seconded Voted unanimously that the resignation of the said Joseph Williams Esquire be accepted, and that the thanks of the Parish be, and hereby are given to the said Joseph Williams Esquire for his long and faithful services in the offices aforesaid.
At this meeting the titles of all the officers were changed from Precinct to Parish.
At this meeting it was voted that the Committee provide a suitable seat for the Sexton and direct him to hand the box round the Meeting House on every Lords Day in the after- noon after sermon is ended in order that the People may have an opportunity of contributing towards the Parish tax as may be convenient to them. And that all the loose monies that may be contributed be for the Rev. Mr. Porter over and above his Salery.
At a meeting held April 28, 1790, Deacon Joshua Felton, Capt. Joseph Williams and Deacon Nehemiah Munroe were appointed a Committee to repair forthwith to the Singers Seats, view the same, and report what repairs in their opinion
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are necessary to be made thereon ; who reported " that several Doors are wanting, and that several parts thereof require some repair," whereupon. Voted that the Parish Committee cause such repairs to be made on said seats as they shall think expedient. Whereas on the 29*^ day of March 1775 the Parish Voted, that the Young men's seats scituate at the South Westerly part of the Galery, fronting the Pulpit, should be granted to Thomas Clarke, and others on the conditions in the said vote mentioned; and Whereas, by reason of the com- mencement of the War immediately after, the said conditions were never complied with, whereby the said seat still remains the property of the Parish. Therefore Voted, that the Parish Committee be and hereby are directed to cause the said seat to be put in decent repair, and to sell the same for the most they will fetch for the benefit of the Parish. At this meeting the sexton was desired to occupy the seat made for him on the top of the Pulpit stairs. In 1792 setting up Stoves in the Meeting House was refused.
Among the few sermons of this century which have been handed down to the present day is one delivered in this Meet- ing House Nov. 16, 1794, by Samuel Kendall, A.M., Pastor of the Concjreffational Church in Weston entitled "Love an essential Attribute of Deity."
May 1st 1795, the parish committee let thirteen seats in the back pew in the Gallery to Mr. Samuel Langley at two shillings each for one year.
May 9, 1796, Messrs Aaron Davis, Ralph Smith, John Svvift, Ebenezer Brewer and James Howe were appointed a committee to ascertain the expense of a room, candles and fewel necessary to accommodate the Singers for one year and to open a subscription for the probable amount. At this meeting it was voted that the rent already due for the Parish pew below and the thirteen seats in the long pew in the Gallery
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belonging to the Parish be appropriated towards said expenses of the singers.
The Parish received at various times the following legacies :
From Joshua Lamb of .£13 Qs. 8d. for the poor widdows
of the First Church, Roxbury. From Lieut. Caleb Stedman of £4 for the poor of the
First Church, Roxbury. From Ebenezer Warren of £6 13s. 4c?. for poor widdows of
the First Church, Roxbury. From an unkno^vn hand of <£13 6s. 8d. for the poor
widdows of the First Church, Roxbury. From Judge Dudley of £7 l^s. for the poor widdows of
the First Church, Roxbury. Contributions in the First Parish in Roxbury for the sufferers by Fire were
Apr. 20, 1787 70 dwelling houses in South part of Boston
£23 18.S. Mch. 9, 1788 home of Capt. Sam'l Langley of Warwick
£15 18s. Nov. 13, 1793 house of Nathan Shed £12. July 30, 1794 45 houses South end Boston £70 7,<f. May 22, 1796 house of David Ockington, Needham $48.58. Jan. 30, 1797 furniture James Tolman of Dorchester $36.00. Apr. 2, 1797 Eben. Fox of Roxbury part of Building $79.16. Satinxlay Aug. 4, 1798 the New Bell was suspended in the Balcony of the Meeting House the committee having pre- viously bought it of Paul Revere, being one made at his bell foundry. Bell weighed 862 lbs. cost $371.13 less old bell $130.17 making net cost as $240.96.
May 27, 1799, Voted not to build a new meeting house. July 4, 1800 at the Request of the inhabitants of the Town of Roxbury an Oration was pronounced in this House in commemoration of American Independence by Luther Richardson.
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In 1801 a committee was chosen to endeavour to revive the singing in the congregation.
April 29, 1802, it was voted to take measures for building a new meeting house. The Parish committee was directed to procure a room and to furnish candles to accomodate the Singers one night in a week to practise.
May 4, 1802, three different plans were exhibited and it appeared to the committee that the Plan of the Newburyport meeting house is the most elligible for Roxbury with a few alterations and Messrs. William Blaney, John Sawen, and Humphrey Bicknell were appointed a sub-committee to draught a plan for our meeting house similar to Newburyport meeting house with alterations, as expressed by the committee, and report estimate of the cost with brick and the cost with wood.
May 31, 1802, it was agreed that the amount to be assessed on the pews in this meeting house should be $2160, being $30.00 per pew on floor and $15.00 per pew in gallery, show- ing that there were G8 pews on floor and 8 square pews in gallery. In June the parish voted to build a new meeting house of wood but with a long spire.
Aug. 5, 1802, the Committee chosen to build the new meet- ing house were Mr. Ralph Smith, Joseph Ruggles, Esq., Capt. Joseph Williams, Mr. William Blaney & Nathaniel Ruggles, Esq.
At a meeting held April 7, 1803, it was voted that the old meeting house be put up at auction and voted that the thanks of this parish be given to the middle parish in Rox- bury for their kind offer to accomodate our congregation in their meeting house during the time that ours is building and that the parish committee be directed to express the same to the Rev. Mr. Gray.
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April 14, 180.'3, the parish committee reported that they had procured Capt. Stoddards new brick building oposite the meeting house, unfinished, for the congregation to meet in, for devine service, until the 20 of October next for the sum of one hundred & twenty dollars. They then adjourned for one hour to give time for the sale of the old meeting house. The conditions of sale were — The highest bidder to be the purchaser. Any dispute arising between two or more bidders the premises to be put up again. The building to be taken away and the ground around the same to be cleared by the first of May next. The purchaser to carefully take doAvai the Bell and fi-ame thereof with the two clocks & apparatus. The house to be sold as it now stands, excepting the moveables, the bell & frame, Clocks and apparatus. The underpinning stones & steps to be left. The Building, as now mentioned, to be sold on a credit of two years with satisfactory security on interest from the first of May next.
The Hon^'ie John Read Esq. was the highest bidder and it was struck off to him for the sum of Six hundred dollars $600. Then after the sale. Voted that the parish committee have a plan taken of the pews & their situation in the old meeting house before it be removed, and that they advertise in the parish, for the pewholders in the old meeting house, to exhilnt their claims to pews and parts of pews, clearly designated, to the parish committee before the first of Octo- ber next in order that the compensation voted by the parish may be awarded to the proper o^vners.
Two days after the Parish committee gave notice that they have a plan of the situation of the pews in the old meeting house, but this plan cannot l>e found.
April 17, 1803, was hekl the last Meeting of the Congrega- tion in the old Meeting House for Public Worship and on
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the next sabbath the 24th the first meeting in Capt. Stoddard's New house for pubHc worship.
The plan of rebuilding encountered opposition. Heath's manuscript journal under date of April 18, 1803, says: "This day the meeting house in the First Parish of this town was begun to be pulled down. It was not half worn out, and might have been repaired with a saving of $10,000 to the parish. It has been sold for $600. Whether every genera- tion grows wiser or not, it is evident they grow more fashion- able and extravagant."
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REV. MR. NEHEMIAH WALTER
Sketch of his life under Second Meeting House.
REV. OLIVER PEABODY
Oliver Peabody, son of Rev. Oliver and Hannah (Baxter) Peabodyof Natick, was born Jan. 15, 17'2o/6, and a graduate of Harvard College in 1745. At a Precinct meeting held May 28, 1750, it was voted to call Mr. Peabody, who had been settled over the little missionary church in Natick, as colleague pastor with Rev. Mr. Walter by a vote of 42 yeas against 23 blanks. He was ordained Pastor Nov. 7, 1750, nearly two months after the death of Mr. Walter. He was a preacher of acknowledged ability, but his ministry and his life were brief, as he died May 29, 1752, about a year and a half from the time of his settlement. He was never married. He built the house situated on the north side of Eliot Square, standing well back from the road and commanding a fine view of Boston in the rear, which has since been tenanted by his successors Rev. Amos Adams and Rev. Dr. Porter (Rev. George Putnam boarded there until his marriage) and afterwards owned and occupied by Deacon Charles Knapp Dillaway until his death. At the time of the siege of Boston it was the headquarters of General Thomas.
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REV. AMOS ADAMS
Amos Adams, the eldest of eleven children of Henry and Jemima (Morse) Adams, was born in Medfield, Mass., Sept. 1, 1728, and a graduate of Harvard College in 1752. He married (1) Elizabeth Prentiss, Oct. 18, 1753, in Cambridge, who died in Aug. 1769; (2) Mrs. Abigail Mears, Feb. 15, 1770, in Roxbury, who died the next year; (3) Sarah, daughter of Dr. Charles Chauncy of the First Church of Boston, July 16, 1771, in Boston.
He was ordained Pastor of this church Sept. 12, 1753. He was a very popular preacher. His delivery is said to have been animated and energetic, his voice musical and of great power. He was praised in other churches as a very accom- plished preacher, but many were disgusted with his plainness of speech, the length of his discourses, and his very desultory observations. All allowed him to discover some knowledge of human nature, in the addresses he made to his hearers. His preaching was calculated to prick the consciences of sinners, though they wanted correct discrimination and smoothness of period. His memory was tenacious and his reading very extensive. He was an ardent patriot from the first, earnestly co-operating in the efforts of the people to stop importation from the mother country and to encourage domestic manufactures. An instance of the spirit that per- vaded all classes at that time is found in the fact that one day in September, 1768, nearly sixty young women of Roxbury met together at the minister's house and gave Mrs. Adams the materials for and the spinning of about one hundred score of linen yard. "Such an unusual and beautiful appearance," says the chronicler, "drew a great number of spectators from town and country, who expressed the highest
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satisfaction at such an example of industry." He was scribe of the convention of ministers at Watertowii, which in May, 1775, recommended to the people to take up arms.
He spent his time and strength with pleasure in the service of a grateful people, till by the distress of the times, they were dispersed and he himself obliged to leave his habitation and pulpit, from which time his labors were increased, but through an affection to the people of his charge, he went through them with cheerfulness, attending the small remainder of his fiock every Sunday, though his family was removed to a distance among his friends. He not only visited his own flock but the soldiers who were stationed among the people of his parochial charge. He died Oct. 5, 1775, in Dorchester. At the time he was seized with his last sicl-mess, the result of preaching in the open air to the soldiers, he was engaged as chaplain to Col. David Brewer's Ninth Continental Regiment of 900 men, who paid the funeral honors to his remains on the Saturday following his death. The Boston Gazette in the notice of his death says, " His family as well as his church and people now driven into various parts of the country, refuse to be comforted. "
■ His publications never appeared to satisfy the expectations of those who heard them from the pulpit; they needed his animated delivery. Among his published sermons are the following: — On the Death of Madam Lucy Dudley, 1756; Artillery Election, 1759; Thanksgiving for the Reduction of Quebec, 1759; at the Ordination of S. Kingsl^ury, 1761, and of John Wyeth, 1766; The Only Hope and Refuge of Sinners, 1767; Dudleian Lecture entitled Diocesan Episcopacy at Harvard College, 1770; the manuscript of this last is now in the library of the college; it bears testimony to the learning of the \vi-iter. The discourses which gave him the most
reputation were two upon religious liberty, 1767, and two on
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the general fast, April 6, 1769, in which he gave "A Concise Historical View of the Difficulties, Hardships and Perils which Attended the Planting and Progressive Improvement in New England, with a Particular Account of its Long and Destructive Wars, Expensive Expeditions, etc. " These were reprinted in England in 1770, not as sermons, but with the title of a "Concise History of New England." The evan- gelical sentiments are curtailed. We see little more than the dry bones of a skeleton not well hung together. All his printed discourses are bound in two volumes, 8vo, which he presented to the College Library.
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REV. ELIPHALET PORTER, D.D.
Eliphalet Porter, son of John and Mary (Huntington) Porter, was horn June 11, 17o8, in Abington, now North Bridgewater, Mass.
He was beneath the common stature, straight and well proportioned. His hair, which was of chestnut color, was little if any changed at his death. Neither he nor his father ever used spectacles.
He entered Harvard College in 1773 and was graduated in 1777, the youngest of three brothers in the same class.
He held a highly respectable rank as a scholar, and was distinguished by the sobriety and correctness of his habits. His theological studies he prosecuted under the direction of his father.
The pidpit of the First Church of Roxbury had been vacant since the death of the Rev. Amos Adams in 1775, and, having heard various candidates, the precinct finally, in 1782, extended a nearly unanimous call (61 to 1; that one vote says "not Disposed to concur") to Mr. Porter, of which in due time he signified his acceptance. He was ordained Pastor of this church Oct. 2, 1782, the sermon being preached by his venerable father, the charge delivered by Dr. Samuel Cooper of Boston, and the Rev. Mr. Abbot of the second parish in Roxbury presented the Right Hand of Fellowship.
His ordination created consideral)le opposition from some of the first families of Roxbury. Dr. Williams joined the Episcoj^al Church. He showed a decided opposition to Dr. Porter till on arriving at the age of 70 he gave a dinner and invited Dr. Porter for the first time to his house. Captain Joseph Williams, another principal opposer, was converted into a firm friend by a funeral sermon delivered l)y Dr. Porter
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on the death of two sons of Captain WilHams, and when the Doctor shortly after went to see him, he greeted him most cordially.
Although in the pulpit he exhibited few, if any, of the characteristics of a popular preacher of the present day, few modern preachers are listened to more attentively or regarded with more reverence than he was. The effect he produced was not that of excitement; he was not excital^le himself, and was therefore not likely to produce excitement in others. There was a calmness and solemnity in his manner which gave to his discourses a peculiar impressiveness. He was never dogmatical or bigoted. He had clear and settled opinions on the controverted points of theology, and was always ready to sustain them; but he had no taste for con- troversy, and therefore rarely preached on suljjccts which occasioned it.
When religious disputes were started he had a remarkable faculty of discerning points of difference, of allowing to each controversialist his proper merit and of bringing the subject to an amicable decision.
His devotional services were highly appropriate though but little varied.
Of his pastoral character it was suited to the times in which he lived. Frequent visits, for social intercourse merely, were not expected; for these he had neither taste nor fitness; his manners were grave and did not encourage familiarity, nor had he that easy flow of language so essential to sustain a conversation on the familiar topics of the day. But in the chamber of the sick, or wherever there was affliction which the sympathies of a pastor could alleviate, he was a constant and welcome visitor, \^^len he uttered anything it was obvious that it Avas in words fitly spoken.
In October, 1801, he was married to Martha, daughter of
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Major Nathaniel Ruggles of Roxbury. She died without issue in December 1814.
In 1807 he was honored with the degree of Doctor of Divinity by Harvard College.
Rev. Charles Lowell writes of him as follows : —
" My recollections of Dr. Porter are of course very distinct. He was the minister of my childhood at Roxbury. I attended his catechising, which was held once a year. We recited the Assemlily's catechism. Dr. Porter was usually taciturn when I knew him m Roxbury. I remember it was a suliject of great solicitude with my sisters, how they should entertain him, when he made a visit at our house. When I knew him as a brother minister, he bore his full part in conversation. He was a man of good sense and good judgment, and, in addition to this, he had a good deal of what is termed dry wit or humor, though he looked so sedate, not to say grave; and he had great shrewdness and adroitness in parrying a pleasant thrust at him.
" He was on a visit to one of his parishioners one afternoon, where there was a little party of young people. The lady of the house told the Doctor, hesitatingly, that the young folks would be glad to have a little dance with the aid of the piano- forte, but were afraid to do it lest he shoidd be offended. 'Oh, no,' said he, 'let them dance; only I hope they will excuse me, as I have my boots on.' "
May 31, 1810, Dr. Porter preached the Annual Sermon at the Convention of the Congregational Ministers of Massachu- setts, and this perhaps may be considered the most prominent event of his life. The controversy between the two parties, known as the "orthodox " and the liberal, was really at that time no new thing; but, so far as the latter class at least were concerned, it had rarely, if ever, been introduced into the pulpit, especially on any great public occasion. Dr. Porter,
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on the occasion referred to, stepped aside from the course of his predecessors, and, without making any very distinct state- ment of his own views, brought out a bold and earnest defence of some of the general principles for which the liberal party were contending. The sermon produced great excitement at the time, and it has been acknowledged, by those who disliked as well as those who liked it, to be the ablest of Dr. Porter's printed productions. It is important now, chiefly as having marked a sort of epoch in the controversy and as indicating the then existing state of theological opinion.
The subject of the Discourse was " The Simplicity that is in Christ, and the Danger of its being corrupted."
Its general spirit and character may be sufficiently indicated by .the following extract: —
But it will be asked if the simple proposition which has been mentioned (Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ) is all that we have to demand in the way of Gospel belief. What are we to think of those articles of faith which have been long received in the Church, and considered, perhaps generally, as fundamentals, and essential to be believed ? What are we to think, not of those doctrines which have been exploded by Protestants, and which have had, and now have, their turn of being viewed as essential, more extensively than any others; but of those disputed articles of faith which have been retained or taught and required in the Catechisms and Confessions of Protes- tant and Reformed Churches, and in particular among ourselves? Or, to be more exjjlicit still, for I wish to be understood, what are we to think of the doctrines of original sin and total depravity; of imputation of sin and righteousness; of a trinity in unity; of the mere humanity, superangelical nature or absolute Deity of Christ; of particular and general redemption; of unconditional decrees of personal election and reprobation; of moral inability, and the total passiveness of man in regeneration; of the special and irresistible operation of the Holy Spirit ; of perseverance, or the impossi- bility of the believer's total apostacy; and, to mention no more, the absolute eternity of the torments to which the wicked will be sentenced at the last day.
My individual belief in respect to the truth or error of these points, can be of but little importance, and my subject no way requires tliat it should be given. It rather becomes me to follow the example which has been some- times set by learned judges on the bench, when difficult questions suggested then. selves, but whose decision the main subject before them did not require;
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and prudently say, — Neque teneo, neque rofcllo. But it is jiprtinent to tlie ohject of this discourse, and consonant to my serious and deliberate conviction, to observe that I cannot phice my finger on any one article in the list of doctrines just mentioned, the belief or the rejection of which 1 con- sider as essential to the Christian faith or character.
I believe that an itmumerable company of Christians who never heard of these articles, or who were divided in their ojiinions respecting them, have fallen asleep in Jesus; and that innumeraljle of the same description are following after.
Rev. Dr. A. C. Thompson in his Ehot Memorial says, " The transition of this chnrch from its Calvini.stic attitude to Libcrahsm appears to have taken place at the close of the eighteenth century and the first vcars of the nineteenth. This sermon was among the earlier public disclosures of a change which had been quietly going on in this neighbor- hood."
As a citizen, his influence was widely and beneficially felt. A man so distinguished for great practical wisdom as he was, could not escape frequently calls for his counsel and assistance in the secular afTairs of the tow^l. In the support and management of institutions for ol)jects of charity, or for the promotion of education and religion, his services and counsels were conspicuously useful and in con- stant request. The various ofRces of trust, to which he was called, were fulfilled with a characteristic caution, prudence, and fidelity, which obtained and justified unlimited confi- dence.
He was a highly valued member of the Overseers of Har- vard University, and in 1818 was elected a Fellow of the University and until his death a member of the Corporation. The period of his coimection with this institution was one of great difficulty, and he took his full share of the labors and responsil)ililies incident to his official position. His affection for the college was ardent and constant. The notice of his
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death on the records of the Corporation manifests their strong sense of " the great loss our hterary and religious com- munity have sustained by the death of this learned divine and exemplary Christian, whose intelligence, fidelity and zeal in support of the interests of literature, and especially of those connected with the prosperity of Harvard University, they have had uniform occasion to witness during the many years he has been one of the members of this Board." By his will he bequeathed one thousand dollars to the Theological School of Harvard College.
He was Treasurer for many years of the Massachusetts Congregational Charitable Society, whose funds are appro- priated to the support of ministers' widows and orphans. In this trust he gave great satisfaction. He was an original trustee of the Massachusetts Bible Society founded in 1809. He was among the founders of the Society for the Suppres- sion of Intemperance. For many years he was moderator of the Boston Association, by whom he was greatly valued for judicious counsel. He continued his stated labors with- out much interruption till he was past seventy, when it be- came apparent to both himself and others that his strength was inadequate to the full discharge of the duties of his office. Accordingly it was agreed that he should have a colleague; and Mr. George Putnam was called and settled, with his hearty approbation. The relations which existed between the Senior and Junior Pastors were mutually kind and agreeable, and w^hen the former died, the latter, in a Funeral Discourse, rendered a warm and grateful tribute to the memory of his venerated friend. During the three and one-half years he had a colleague he preached but eleven sermons.
The 7^^ of October, 1832, the Sabl)ath next succeeding the completion of fifty years of his ministry. Dr. Porter
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preached a sermon containing some historical sketches of his parish, and particularly a review of his own ministerial labors. Having referred to his Ordination he says : — The solemn transactions of that day were adapted to excite reflection, lead to resolutions, and make impressions on the mind, which half a century ought not, and, as the speaker trusts, has not, wholly effaced from his mind. But he laments that they have not had a more constant, powerful and salutary effect on his life and labors. He laments that he has not better fulfilled the ministry he received of the Lord, and better performed his vows. A sense of his many neglects, and defects in duty, he can truly say, is the greatest burden of his life; and he would this day humble himself before God, and in the presence of the great con- gregation, for his want of greater diligence and activity, constancy, faithfuhiess, and zeal, in the discharge of the work given him to do.
His death occurred on Saturday, December 7, 1833, and his funeral was attended on the succeeding Wednesday, by a large concourse. The sermon, by his surviving colleague, was from Genesis xxv, 8, and was published. A list of his publications includes: Thanksgiving Discourse of the Peace, 1783; Discourse to the Roxbury Charital)le Society, 1794; Fast Discourse, 1798; Sermon on the Death of Gov. Sumner, 1799; Eulogy on Washington, 1800; Discourse before the Humane Society, 1802; Sermon at the Ordina- tion of Rev. Charles Lowell, Jan. 1, 1806; Before Society for Propagating the Gospel, Nov. 5, 1807; Convention Ser- mon, May 31, 1810; Artillery Election Sermon, June 1, 1812; Sermon at the Ordination of Rev. J. G. Palfrey, June 17, 1818.
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DEACONS
Mr. Edward Ruggles, see Second Meeting House.
Mr. Samuel Gridley, see Second Meeting House.
Mr. Stephen Williams, son of Capt. Stephen and Mary (Capen) Williams, b. in Roxbury March 9, 1701/2, died there in 1773; m. Sarah Payson. Ordained Deacon Dec. 23, 1753, and served until his death. He was owner of Pew No. 26 in the Third Meeting House.
Mr. Ebenezer Craft, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Weld) Craft, b. in Roxbury May 22, 1705; died there Sept. 1, 1791; m. Susanna White. A cordwainer by trade and also extensively engaged in farming. He was a large land owner in Roxbury and adjoining towns. Ordained Deacon Dec. 23, 1753, and served until his death. He was owner of Pew No. 18 in the Third Meeting House.
Mr. William Gridley, son of Samuel and
Gridley, b. in Roxbury in 1732; buried there Dec. 15, 1786;
m. Lydia . Ordained Deacon Apr. 4, 1773, and
served until his death.
Mr. Samuel Sumner, son of John and Susannah (Stevens) Sumner, b. in Roxbury, Dec. 29, 1732; died there Oct. 11, 1813; m. (1) Susannah Boylston, (2) Elizabeth Bugbee. He was active in town affairs and one of the Committee of Correspondence in the Revolution. Ordained Deacon May 14, 1779, and served until his death. He was owner of Pew 91 in the Fifth Meeting House.
Mr. David Weld, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Tucker) Weld, b. in 1734; d. in 1821; ra. Sarah Davis. He held various town offices. Representative. One of the Com- mittee of Correspondence in the Revolution. Collector in 1785. Ordained Deacon Dec. 5, 1785, and served until his death.
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Mr. Nehemiah Munroe, son of William and Sarah (Mason) Munroe, b. in Roxbury, July 1, 1747; d. there Aug. 2, 1828; m. Avis Hammond. Cabinet maker. Held to^\^l offices. Trustee of the Roxbury Latin School. Mem- ber of the Parish Committee. Ordained Deacon March 9, 1787, and served until his death. Owner of Pew No. 71, Fifth Meeting House.
Mr. Joshua Felton, son of Nathaniel and Anna (Jacobs) Felton, b. in Roxbury, March 21, 1743; died there Dec. 17, 181G; m, (1) Mary Wardell, (2) Mrs. Lois Pattee. Black- smith. It is said he attended church every Sunday, except one-half day, for 37 years. He kept a diary of every event that transpired in Roxbury for many years. Member of the Standing Committee of the Roxbury Charitable Society. Ordained Deacon June 10, 1787, and served until his death. 0\Mier of Pew No. 60, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House.
CHURCH MEMBERS
According to the church records the Parish Committee gave notice that they had a plan of the situation of the pews in this meeting house, but this plan cannot be found. Few transfers of pews can be found on the records, the earliest being datetl Nov. 2o, 1788, and there are only three instances where the exact situation of each pew is knoAvn. In 1802 there were 68 pews on the floor and eight square pews in the galleries.
Feb. 1, 171G/7. John Williams. May 24. 1747. Katharine Williams. June 28, 1747. John Salmon. Aug. 29. 1747. Jeane Linsdey. Nov. 21, 1747. —
IMary Manser.
Rohocc-a Uidford. Jan. 3, 1747/8. Sanuicl Williams.
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Jan. 17, 1747/8. Anne Tucker.
Mch. 20, 1747/8. Phillis, negro servant of Mr. Stedman.
Sept. 25, 1748. Lydia Gamut.
Oct. 22, 1748. —
Daniel Sever.
Abiel Sever. Nov. 11, 1748. Joseph Bodoono. Feb. 26, 1748/9. —
Thomas Cheney.
Deborah Cheney. Nov. 5, 1749. Joseph Ruggles. June 30, 1750. —
Samuel Weld.
Ebenezer Pierepont, Jr.
John Williams, Jr.
Oliver Peabody, Jr., our Pastor. Feb. 24, 1750/1. John Richards. Mch. 10, 1750/1. —
John Dean.
Edward King. Apr. 28, 1751. —
Katharine Ruggles.
Mary Smith. May 5, 1751. Edward Kelton. July 21, 1751. Obadiah Coohdge. Aug. 11, 1751. —
Dorothy Holbrook.
Ann WilUams. Oct. 6, 1751. Thomas Dana. Jan. 19, 1751/2. Jonathan Sever. Sept. 12, 1753. Amos Adams, our Pastor. Sept. 23, 1753. —
Jeremiah Mosher.
Isabel Mosher, his wife. Oct. 14, 1753. Edmund Weld. Nov. 11, 1753. —
Abigail Reves.
Abigail Bosson. Nov. 18, 1753. Joseph Howard. Dec. 23, 1753. Deacon Stephen Wilhams, recomd. Dec. 30, 1753. Sarah Weld.
Jan. 27, 1754. Isaac Gardiner of BrookUne, H.C. 1747. June 16, 1754. Mary Shortlief, wife of Henry.
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July 14, 1754. Joseph Williams, Jr.
Sept. 29, 1754. John Hewet.
Oct. 6, 1754. Jonas Meriam, H.C 1753. Settled over Church in Newton.
Dec. 22, 1754. John Slack.
Feb. 16, 1755. —
Elizabeth Williams.
Anna Williams. Apr. 20, 1755. —
Anne Pierpont. *
Mary Pierpont. June 8, 1755. Hannah Williams. June 15, 1755. Jane Williams. June 22, 1755. —
William Heath.
Prudence Heath. June 29, 1755. Jeremiah Williams. Sept. 7, 1755. —
Jeremiah Parker.
Martha Parker. Dec. 21, 1755. Sarah Prince. Dec. 28, 1755. Ann McClure. Jan. 18, 1756. Eleanor Bossou, wife of John. Feb. 22, 1756. —
Ebenezer Cheney.
Mary Seaver.
Susannah Seaver. Mch. 21, 1756. —
Ebenezer May.
Sarah Duff.
Elizabeth Walker. Apr. 17, 1756. —
Increase Sumner, b. June 9, 1713; d. Nov. 28, 1774; m. Sarah Sharp. Farmer, selectman. Coroner for the County of Suffolk, Father of Governor Increase Sumner.
Job Walker. April 18, 1756. Fortune, a negro man belonging to Capt. Newell. May 16, 1756. —
Margaret Swan.
Hannah Whitney.
Margaret Sewall.
Dinah, a negro woman belonging to Deacon Crafts. June 13, 1756. —
Sarah Bishop, dismissed to Uxbridge.
CHURCH MEMBERS 189
Jonathan Hall, dismissed from Medford Church, and dismissed to
Church in Hadley in 1771. Mercy Hall, dismissed from Medford Church. July 11, 1756. Mary Seaver, Aug. 1, 1756. — John Searl. Margret Searl. Aug. 7, 1756. Abigail Parker. Sept. 5, 1756. Sarah Prentice. Sept. 12, 1756. —
William Gridley, see Deacons. Lj'dia Gridley.
Keturah, a negro woman belonging to Thos. Seaver. Oct. 31, 1756. — Mary Grigs. Sarah Doubt.
William Heath, jun., b. Mch. 7, 1737; d. Jan. 24, 1814; m. Sarah Lock- wood. Lived on his ancestral farm settled upon by William Heath in 1632. Capt. and then Col. of the Suffolk Regiment. Commander of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. in 1770. Member of the General Assembly. Member of the Committee of Correspondence and Safety, Member of the Provincial Congress 1774-5. On Dec. 8, 1774, he was commissioned provincial brigadier general and was the only general officer on the field at the battle of Lexington, Apr. 19, 1775, and as such directed the pursuit of Earl Percy. Promoted Major General, then Brigadier General and Major General of the Continental Army. Member of the convention of Mass. that adopted the Federal Constitution. State Senator. Probate Judge. Owner of Pew No. 76, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Nov. 7, 1756. — Samuel Woods.
Mercy Woods, wife of Samuel. Dec. 12, 1756. Elizabeth Williams. Feb. 6, 1757. Sarah Muncrief. Mch. 20, 1757. James Orr. April 10, 1757. — Solomon Ayers.
Elizabeth Ayers, wife of Solomon. April 17, 1757. — John Dinsdill. Abigail Dinsdill, wife of John,
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May 1, 17.57. —
Joseph Weld.
Mary Weld. May 22, 1757. Mary Benjamin. July 31, 1757. —
William Blaney.
Ebenezer Da\is.
Sarah Davis. Jan. 15, 1758. —
Moses Winchester.
Mary Winchester, wife of Moses. June 11, 1758. —
Elizabeth Stevens.
Hannah Stevens. July 9, 1758. William Pierpont. Oct. 1. 1758. —
Mary Bass.
Sarah Gore. Nov. 26, 1758. —
Samuel Sumner, Jr., see Deacons.
Susannah Siunner, wife of Samuel. Dec. 3, 1758. John Mears. Dec. 24, 1758. —
Joseph Williams.
Mary Williams. Apr. 2, 1759. James Mears. Oct. 28, 1759. Mary Chamberlayn. Jan. 13, 1760. Sarah Heath. Feb. 10, 1760. —
Joseph W^orsley.
Benjamin Pierpont. Feb. 17, 1760. —
Thomas Raymour.
Mary Raymour, wife of Thomas.
Ebenezer Dorr, member of Committee of Correspondence and Safety.
Anne Dorr.
James How.
Ebenezer Pierpont. Aug. 3, 1760. Jane Foster. Aug. 31, 1760. Isaac Curtiss. Oct. 26, 1760. —
Anne Curtiss.
Thaddeus Partridge.
CHURCH MEMBERS 191
Apr. 12, 1761. Jane Partridge. June 7, 1761. Thomas Williams. June 21, 1761. Richard Fox. July 5, 1761. —
Sarah Williams.
Rebecca Winslow. Aug. 2, 1761. —
Joseph Payson.
Abigail Payson. Sept. 13, 1761. Aaron Davis, b. Oct. 18, 1735; d. Oct. 12, 1773; m. Susannah Craft. A merchant on Long Wharf, Boston, as well as in Roxbury with his brother Moses Davis. Captain First Train of Artillery. Member Precinct Committee March 27, 1771. Oct. 4, 1761. WilUam Thompson. Dec. 13, 1761. Robert Williams. Dec. 27, 1761. Enoch Hancock. Jan. 17, 1762. —
Caleb Hayward, dismissed to Milton.
Susannah Da\ns, wife of Aaron. Mch. 14, 1762. Richard Robinson. May 29, 1762. Henry Paj'son. June 6, 1762. W^illiara Patrick. Sept. 26, 1762. Phillip Searle.
Oct. 3, 1762. Tobias, a negro man belonging to William Williams. Oct. 17, 1762. —
Nicholas Seaver.
Mary Seaver.
Deborah Searle.
Ruth Searle. Nov. 21, 1762. Ebenezer Williams, H. C. 1760. Taught in the Free Schoole 1761-3. Dismissed from his Pastoral Relation to this church Oct. 20, 1765, and recommended to Falmouth. April 10, 1763. —
Daniel Bugbee jr.
ISIary Bugbee. June 26, 1763. Jonathan Parker, farmer, a member of the Boston Tea Party, & one of those to Secret two camion belonging to the British Artillery taken from the gun-house on Boston Common. Oct. 23, 1763. —
Thomas Dana.
Martha Dana. Nov. 20, 1763. —
John Slack.
Elizabeth Slack.
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Jan. 15, 1764. Stephen Williams. Feb. 12, ITGl-. Hannah Woodward. April 8, 1764. —
Mehitable Shirley.
Theoda Williams, wife of Stephen.
Elizabeth Sumner. May 6, 1764. —
Mary Parker.
Ann Mears.
John Bowen.
Mehitable Bowen. Aug. 26, 1764. —
Daniel Bugbee.
Joseph Williams, b. June 23, 1738; d. Mch. 5, 1822; m. (1) Susannah May, (2) Mercy Davis. Called Captain. Member Precinct Com- mittee Apr. 14, 1783. Owner of Pew No. 26, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House.
Susannah Williams, wife of Joseph. Oct. 7, 1764. Ishmael and Venus, negro servants of Joseph Ruggles. Oct. 28, 1764. Sarah Fellows. Nov. 18, 1764. —
Moses Dorr.
Eleanor Dorr. Mch. 10, 1765. Deborah Bosson. April 7, 1765. William Bugbee. May 5, 1765. John Brewer. May 26, 1765. Abijah Seaver. June 9, 1765. Paid Gore. Feb. 2, 1766. Daniel Tombes. Mch. 23, 1766. James Cornish. Apr. 13, 1766. James Bird.
July 20, 1766. Noah Davis, dismissed to Second Chiu-ch in Roxbury. July 27, 1766. —
Benjamin May.
Mary May. Aug. 24, 1766. Elizabeth Davis. Aug. 31, 1766. Andrew Floyd. Oct. 19, 1766. Elizabeth Johnson. Nov. 23, 1766. —
Joshua Felton, see Deacons.
Mary Thompson. Dec. 21, 1766. Phillis, negro woman of Capt. John Williams. Feb. 15, 1767. Eliphalet Downer.
CHURCH MEMBERS 193
Apr. 5, 1767. —
Elizabeth Da\-is.
Abigail Davis.
Abigail Parker. May 3, 1767. Brill Johnson. May 10, 1767. Mary Doyle. Aug. 30, 1767. Joseph Smith. Sept. 13, 1767. Benjamin Baker. Oct. 25, 1767. Joseph Muncrieff. Dec. 13, 1767. —
Sarah Gridley.
Martha Gridley.
Susannah Gridley. Feb. 7, 1768. Hannah Pierpont. Feb. 28, 1768. James Gould. March 27, 1768. Hannah How. Aug. 2, 1768. —
Major Nathaniel Ruggles, son of Capt. Samuel and Martha (Wood- bridge) Ruggles, b. in Roxbury abt. 1748; died there Jan. 14, 1780; m. Martha Williams, known as "Aunt Major." They were the parents of INIrs. Martha Porter, wife of Rev. Eliphalet Porter, D.D. Major of the Suffolk Regiment in 1772. Filled many important public stations. Especially attentive to the wants of the soldiers in Roxbury. His house, cor. Eliot Square and Highland St., was the Headquarters of the army officers during the siege of Boston. Owner of Pew No. 18, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House.
Martha Ruggles, wife of Major Nathaniel Ruggles.
Rebecca Ruggles. Aug. 7, 1768. Mary Bosson. Aug. 28, 1768. —
Francis Dana.
Robert Champney. Sept. 18, 1768. Sarah Coolege. Sept. 25, 1768. Samuel Heath. Dec. 18, 1768. Richard Rowen. Mch. 5, 1769. —
Peleg Heath.
Patience Heath. Mch. 23, 1769. Martha MiUs. Apr. 2, 1769. John Bowen. Apr. 30, 1769. —
John Pierpont.
Nathaniel Eaton.
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July 15, 17G9. Hannah Tucker. July 23, 1769.
Joseph Heath.
MartJia Dana. Aug. 20, 1769. —
Increase Sumner, b. Nov. 27,1746; d. June 7, 1799; m. Ehzabeth Hyslop. H. C. 1767. Taught in the Free Schoole 1768-1770. Lawyer. Rep- resentative. Senator for Suffolk County. Elected to Congress in 1782, but declined the position. Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Mass. Governor of the State of Massachusetts.
Samuel Cheney, H. C. 1767.
Lydia Coolidge. Sept. 17, 1769. Mary Felton. Oct. 8, 1769. —
Thomas Weld.
Abigail Dow.
Deborah Cheney.
Abigail Mears.
Catherine Parker.
John Davis Williams, b. Dec. 25. 1739; d. May 26, 1807; m. Hannah Davis. Farmer. The farm he occupied was originally owTied by his emigrant ancestor, Robert Williams, and on it originated the Williams Favorite apple. One of a committee of seven to petition Lt. Gov. Hutchinson for removal of troops. Owner of Pew No. 4, Lower Floor, Fifth INIeeting House.
Hannah Williams, w. of John Davis Wilhams.
John Williams, b. May 27, 1744; d. June 19, 1809; m. Mary Simmer. Merchant. Owner of Pew No. 39, Lower Floor, Fifth MeetingHouse.
ISIary Williams, wife of John. Oct. 8, 1769. —
Priscilla Craft.
Sarah Craft.
John Gracton, son of John Graeton, the last landlord of the Greyhound Tavern, and Catherine (Lenton) Graeton, bap. ISIarch 10, 1740/1 ; d. Dec. 16, 1783 ;m. Sarah Humpreys. A prominent Son of Liberty. Served in the battle of Lexington. Lieut, of the Governor's Guard. Major, Lt. Col. & Col. of Col. Heath's regiment. Afterwards conmiissioned Brigadier General.
Sarah Graeton, wife of John. Nov. 12, 1769. —
Anne Williams.
Mary Smith.
Rebecca Cliampney.
Clarissa Kent.
CHURCH MEMBERS 195
Dec. 10, 1769. ISIary Hayward. Feb. 4, 1770. Lemuel May. Mch. 4, 1770. —
Joshua Bowen.
Joshua Bradley.
Sarah Bradley.
Mary Gore. Apr. 1, 1770. —
Nathaniel Felton, member of Committee of Correspondence and Safety.
Mary Felton.. Apr. 29, 1770. Mary Shed. Dec. 2, 1770. —
Moses Da\as, b. Apr. 29, 1744 ; d. June 2, 1823 ; m. (1) Hannah Pierpont, (2) Rebecca Sharp. Merchant. A partner of his brother Aaron Da\'is. A soldier of the Revolution. Member of the Parish Com- mittee Nov. 11, 1793. Owner of Pew No. 66, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House.
Hannah Williams.
Mary Newell. Dec. 16, 1770. Samuel Gore. Feb. 3, 1771. Abigail Newell. Feb. 10, 1771. Ebenezer Wales. Feb. 24, 1771. —
Benjamin Cotterel.
Mary Cotterel, w. of Benjamin. Mch. 10, 1771. Anne Johnson. Oct. 13, 1771. —
Jemima Winslow.
Sarah Williams.
Abigail Williams. Nov. 10, 1771. Abigail Whitney. Jan. 5, 1772. —
Samuel Langley.
Esther (Mayo) Langley, wife of Samuel. Mch. 28, 1772. Lucy Sumner. Apr. 12, 1772. Samuel Whittemore, jr. Apr. 26, 1772. James White. May 24, 1772. —
Margaret Seaver.
Samuel Bowen.
Mary Bowen.
Elizabeth Adams.
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July 5, 1772. Aaron Blaney. Aug. 16, 1772. —
Stephen Williams, b. Dec. 16, 1746; d. 1807; m. (1) Mary Langdon, (2) Lois Cminingham. Town Clerk of Roxbury. Tin ware mer- chant. His property was destroyed by the British during the Revolu- tion and he became a farmer at Canterbury, now Forest Hills, later resuming his old business. Owner of Pew No. 37, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Mary Williams, wife of Stephen. Sept. 27, 1772. —
Samuel Croxfort.
John Ward, b. Dec. 6, 1748; d. Apr. 29, 1828; m. (1) Martha Shed, (2) Mrs. Elizabeth (Ruggles) Brewer. Farmer. Owner of Pew No. 1 1 , Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Oct. 4, 1772. —
Nathaniel Scott, m. Sally . Manufacturer. Owner of Pew No.
63, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Stephen Jennings. Mary Jeimings. Nov. 8, 1772. Mary Cheney. Feb. 7, 1773. — Noah Parker. Eleanor Parker. Feb. 28, 1773. — Caleb Hayward. Catherine Williams. Mch. 21, 1773. Enoch Hyde. Apr. 25, 1773. — Job Bearce. Abigail Parker. Sarah Parker. May 23. 1773. — Thomas Clark.
Ebenezer Bugbee, b. Jan. 28, 1750/1 ; d. Jan. 12, 1834 ;m. Mary White. Currier. Owner of Pew No. 49, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Aug. 22, 1773. Nathan Shed. Nov. 7, 1773. —
Charles Belknap. Mary Belknap. Jan. 4, 1774. Rev. Jonathan Bowman, dismissed from Dorchester. Jan. 30, 1774. — Sarah Kelton, Anna Pike.
CHURCH MEMBERS 197
Feb. 20, 1774. John Whitney. Mch. 27, 1774. —
Joanna WiUiams.
Hannah Hunt. Apr. 17, 1774. Joseph Payson. May 22, 1774. —
Lev'y Whitman.
Patty Howard, dismissed from Pomfret. Oct. 9, 1774. —
Benjamin Stevens.
William Felton.
Eunice Felton.
Anna Pierpont.
Mary Pierpont.
James Ireland. Nov. 6, 1774. —
Nathaniel Healy.
Joseph Ruggles, son of Capt. Joseph and Rebecca (Curtis) Ruggles, b. Dec. 16, 1750; d. May 15, 1811 ; m. Joanna Williams. Lived where the Norfolk House now stands. He and his brother Nathaniel kept the store next to the Parsonage. Parish Treasurer. Member of Parish Committee. Member of Roxbury Charitable Society. Owner of Pew No. 94, Lower Floor, P^th Meeting House.
Sarah Ruggles.
Samuel Weld. Dec. 4, 1774. —
Samuel Heath.
Mary Heath. Dec. 25, 1774. Joseph Richardson. Jan. 1, 1775. Ehzabeth WiUiams. Jan. 22, 1775. James Howe. Feb. 12, 1775. Daniel Brown. Mch. 5 1775. —
Ephraira Hyde.
Abigail Hyde. Apr. 9, 1775. —
Adam Patty.
Louis Patty. June 13, 1779. —
Thomas Dana.
Capt. Eben Gore.
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July 11, 1779. Isaac Bolknap. Oct. 3, 1779. —
Capt. William Ilcath.
Abiffail Heath, wife of William. Jan 23, 1780. —
William Dorr.
James Orr. July 1(), 1780. 'I'homas Chcaney. July 'H, 1780. Jolm Swift. Feb. 18, 1781. rriscilla Fuller.
Jan. G, 1782. Edward Turner, b. 1755 ; d. Dec. 25, 1838 ; m. Lucy Ilyland. Sexton of this meeting house. Constable. Sheriff of Norfolk County. Part owner of Square Pew No. 9 in Gallery, Fifth Meeting House. Jan. 20, 1782. Katy Weld, widow. Feb. 17, 1782. —
Joseph (u)re, b. INfay 13, 1753; d. Feb. 5, 1824; m. Meriba Thayer. Tauf^dit school in Hoxbiu-y. A soldier of the Itevolutiou. Owner of Sijuare Pew No. 3 in Gallery, Fifth Meeting House.
Hcnj.unin West. Dec. 22, 1782. Elizabeth Woods. Mch. IG, 1783. Daniel Learned. Mch. 23, 1783. Sanuiel Ilayward. April 27, 1783. —
Lemuel IJratlley.
, wife of I.iemuel Bradley.
• Cunningham.
June 8, 1783. —
Elijah Weld.
, wife of Elijah Weld.
Nov. 30, 1783.
Phineas Child.
, wife of Phineas Child.
Mch. 14, 1784. —
Jonathan Brintneal.
Polly Brintneal, wife of Jonathan. Mch. 21, 1784. William Blaney, b. July 22, 1757; d. Jan. 25, 1824; m. Cath(>rine Mears. W'harfinger on Central Wharf. Architect of the Fifth Me(>tiiig House. Owner of Pew No. 53, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. April 25, 1784. William Williams, Jr. May 9, 1784. Abigail Boven, wife of Joshua.
CHURCH MEMBERS 199
July 4, 1784. —
Robert Lovering.
, wife of Robert Lovering.
Sarah Sever, widows. Aug. 29, 1784. Rebecca Bliss, wife of Elijah. Nov. 7, 1784. Elijah Field. Dec. 19, 1784. — Thomas Mayo.
, \vife of Thomas Mayo.
Elisha Mayo. May 28, 1785. Martha Ruggles, afterwards wife of Rev. John Fairfield. Oct. 9, 178.5. George Ziegler, b. in 1759, in Germany: d. Jan. 29, 1819; rn. Mary Blaney. Landholder. Built the City Hotel in Roxbury. Trustee of the Roxbury I>atin School. Owner of Pew No. 7, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Oct. 30, 1785. Samuel Curtis. Jan. 1, 1786. John Holbrook. Jan. 15, 1786. — Charles Dinsdel. Elienezer Scott. Feb. 5, 1786. Solomon Hunter.
Mch. 12, 1786. Ebenezer Fox, b. Jan. 30, 1763; d. Dec. 14, 1843; un- married. Cabin boy when about 12 years old. Afterwards appren- ticed to a barber. In 1779 he entered the army and served two months. Soon after entered the navy, serving to the end of the Revolution. Then opened a barber shop in Roxbury, and after- wards a crockery store. Postmaster in Roxl)ury in 18.'51. In 1S,'5S wrote his " Adventures." Owner of I'ew No. 12, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Mch. 19, 1786. Caleb Aspinwall. Apr. 22, 1786. John Dove. Feb. 4, 1787. Edward Thomas. Mch. 11, 1787. James Mears, Jr. May 6, 1787. Joanna Goddard, widow. May 20, 1787. Nathl Winship. June 3, 1787. — George Bacon.
Hephzibah Bacon, wife of George. July 8, 1787. Thaddeus Bruse.
July 29 1787. Nathaniel Ruggles, son of Capt. Joseph and Rebecca (Curtis) Ruggles, b. Nov. 11, 1761 ; d. Dec. 19, 1819; m. Sarah Fel- lowes. H. C. 1781. Studied law with Judge Sumner, afterwards Governor. Gave up law and became a merchant. He filled many
200 THE FOURTH MEETING HOUSE
civil and military oflBces in the State. Representative in Congress. Parish Clerk. Member Parish Committee. Owner of Pew No. 2, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Sept. 23. 1787. — Da\'id Swift. Jonathan Patten. Oct. 27, 1787. Abigail Craft, widow. Jan. 20, 1788. Samuel Quincy. Feb. 24, 1788. Increase Da\'is. Apr. 6, 1788. James Lewis, b. 1743; d. Dec, 1826; m. Hannah Seaver.
Farmer. Owner of Pew No. 4 in Gallery, Fifth Meeting House. July 27, 1788. Hannah Dana, widow. Aug. 10, 1788. —
John Montgomery.
, wife of John Montgomery.
Nov. 16, 1788. —
Simon Willard, b. Apr. 3, 1754; d. Aug. 30, 1849; m. Mary Leeds A famous clockniaker. A volunteer from Grafton on the Ijcxington alarm. Received a patent from the Government for his improved time piece. Appointed in 1791 to take care of the church clock, & had charge of it for many years.
, wife of David Swift.
Dec. 14, 1788. — Joseph Clarke.
, wife of Joseph Clarke.
Jan. 11, 1789. Thomas Adams, H. C. 1788. Feb. 8, 1789. —
Nathaniel Brewer.
, wife of Nathaniel Brewer.
Apr. 5, 1789. Stephen Mansfield, b. 1762; d. Dec. 18, 1808; m. Nancy Crosby. Cordwainer. Part owner of Pew No. 25, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Apr. 26, 1789. —
Elizab. Nolen, widow, dismissed from Hollis St. Church, Boston. Grace Shed, wife of Oliver. May 24, 1789. Samuel Weld, b. June 18, 1755 ;d. June 8, 1826 ;m. Elizabeth Williams. Farmer. Part owner of Pew No. 8, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. July 19, 1789. Patty Jackson. July 26, 1789. Anna Williams, wndow.
Oct. 4, 1789. Ebenezer Seaver, b. July 5, 1763; d. March 1, 1844; m. Elizabeth Clap. H. C. 1784. Farmer. Selectman of Roxbury. Repre- sentative. Moderator at town meetings. Parish Treasurer 1814-
CHURCH MEMBERS 201
1825. Member of Congress. Owner of Pew No. 54, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House.
Nov. 1, 1789. ISIary Ziegler, wife of George.
Jan. 24, 1790. Thomas Wyman, Jr., b. Jan. 21, 1761; d. May 31, 1816; m. Sarah White. Farmer. Soldier of the Revolution. Owner of Pew No. 55, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House.
Feb. 28, 1790. John Bartlett, b. 1760 ;d. Nov. 26, 1844 ;m. Abigail Williams. H.C. 1781. Only physician in Roxbury for many years. One of the founders of the Roxbury Charitable Society, and of the Humane Society of Mass. Trustee of the Roxbury Latin School. President of the Bank of Norfolk. Treasiu-er of the Institution for Savings in Roxbury. Fellow of the Mass. Medical Society. Owner of Pew No. 31, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House.
April 4, 1790. —
Himiplu-ey Bicknell, b. July 1, 1762; d. Dec. 31, 1849; m. Jemima Jackson. Mason and contractor. Part owner of Pew No. 58, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. John Mears.
July 25. 1790. Thomas Read.
Sept. 19, 1790. Wilham Emmerson. H. C. 1789. Schoolmaster.
Oct. 17, 1790. Wilham Heath, Jr., b. Sept. 23, 1762; d. March 8, 1836; m. Elizabeth Spooner. Farmer. Owner of Square Pew No. 25 in Gallery, Fifth Meeting House.
Nov. 7, 1790. Asa Hunting, b. Aug. 24, 1759; d. March, 1834; m. Abigail Blaney. Cabinet maker. Owner of Square Pew No. 32 in Gallery, Fifth Meeting House.
Aug. 21, 1791. Rebecca Wait, widow.
Sept. 25, 1791. Jesse Doggett, b. Jan. 12, 1761 ; d. Aug. 10, 1813 ; m. Eliza- beth Sumner. Tavern-keeper. Leather dresser. Train-band Cap- tain. OwTier of Pew No. 52, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House.
Oct. 16, 1791. Sarah Greaton, wife of R. H. Greaton.
Oct. 30, 1791. — Elijah Eastey.
, wife of EUjah Eastey.
Jan. 15, 1792. Joel Gay.
Mch. 18, 1792. Richard Allen.
Apr. 29, 1792. John Paddleford.
June 24, 1792. Nathaniel Tileston.
Sept. 9, 1792. Joseph Muncrief.
Nov. 11, 1792. Isabel Dudley, wife of Elijah.
Jan. 13, 1793. — Zacharias Shed. Hannah Shed, wife of Zacharias.
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Feb. 3, 1793. Sarah Robbins.
Mch. 3, 1793. Zabdiel Adams, b. Dec. 9, 1767; d. Mch. 24, 1819; m. (1) Rachel Lyon, (2) Mrs. Abby Pond Richardson. Hatter. Part owTier of Pew No. 60, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. May 26, 1793. — Jona. Trull. Mary Herring, widow. Sept. 15, 1793. WilUam Barnes, b. 1761; d. 1809; m. Jane Thompson. Soldier of the Revolution. Lt. Col. Commandant of Militia. Owner of Pew No. 56, Lower Floor, Fifth jMeeting House. Oct., 1793. WiUiam Cummens, b. 1768; d. Apr. 20, 1834; m. Polly Mayo. Clock maker. Owner of Pew No. 21, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Nov. 10, 1793. — John Swift.
, wife of John Swift.
April 6, 1794. —
John Clap, see Deacons, Fifth Meeting House.
Thomas Mayo, b. July 24, 1767 ;d. May 26, 1850 ;m. Mrs. Mary Gore. Innkeeper. A founder of the Universalist Church. Part owner of Pew No. 13, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. May 11, 1794. Otis Gould, d. 1843 ;m. (1) Ruth Wliite, (2) Mrs. Asenath Bacon. Hatter. Held towTi ofBces. Part owner of Pew No. 51, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. May 25, 1794. Martha Mayhew, wife of Simeon. June 1, 1794. Ephraim Mills. June 8, 1794. Elizabeth Harris, widow. June 22, 1794. — Geo. Nolen.
Hannah Parker, wife of William. Aug. 3, 1794. Olive Fessenden, wife of Henry. Aug. 17, 1794. Luther Fuller. Aug. 31, 1794. —
Joseph Ruggles, Jr.
Thomas Rumrill, b. Nov. 30, 1762; d. Nov. 10, 1849; m. (1) Abigail Richardson, (2) Mrs. Sally (Dudley) Fellowes. Baker. A soldier of the Revolution. Part ovraer of Pew No. 69, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Feb. 8, 1795. WiUiam Fisk. Mch. 22, 1795. Eben. Fuller. Apr. 26, 1795. — Wyatt Herring.
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Benjamin Scaver, b. Sept. 28, 1766 ;d. June 29, 1815 ;m. Debby Ix>ud. Auctioneer. Owner of Pew No. 77, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Sept. 20, 1795. John W. Fellowes. Jan. 3, 1796. —
Polly Freempn, wife of Philip, from ye Ch. at Brooklyne.
Simeon Pratt, fr. l^t Church in Cambridge. Part owner of Pew No. 58,
Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Sarah Pratt, wife of Simeon. Jan. 17, 1796. John Wyman.
Mch. 13, 1796. Ebenezer Brewer, m. (1) Mary Foster, (2) Elizabeth White. Merchant. Representative. A founder of the Universalist Church. Part owner of Pew No. 96, Lower Floor Fifth Meeting House. May 1, 1796. Rufus Foster. May 22, 1796. —
Samuel Freeman. Rebecca Freeman, wife of Samuel. Aug. 28, 1796. —
Charles Joy, b. July 27, 1773; d. June 10. 1838; m. Dorcas Babb. Cooper. A founder of the Universalist Chiu-ch. Part owner of Pew No. 50, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Lemuel Pierce, owner of Pew No. 93, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Sept. 18, 1796. Stedman Williams, b. Mch. 16, 1773; d. Feb. 16, 1852; m. Betsey Williams. Farmer. Member of the Society for apprehend- ing horse tliieves in 1819. Ow^ler of Pew No. 105, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Oct. 2, 1796. John DaAis. Nov. 27, 1796. Samuel Fiske. Jan. 8, 1797. —
Nathaniel Whiting Williams.
Mary Williams, wife of Nathaniel Wanting Williams. Jan. 15, 1797. —
Samuel Blaney, b. Dec. 6, 1759; d. May 2, 1826; m. Anna Curtis. Deputy Sheriff for Norfolk County. 0\\Tier of Pew No. 82, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Mary Shed. Elizabeth Shed. Feb. 26, 1797. Rebecca Lowell, wife of (Judge) John. Apr. 23, 1797. — Levi Pratt. Sukey Clap, wife of John.
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May 21, 1797. —
Benjamin Weld, b. 1767; d. Sept. 24, 1852; m. Elizabeth Heath.
Merchant. Trustee of the Roxbury Latin School. Part owner of
Pew No. 75, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Pliinchas Withington, b. June 23, 1764; d. Jan. 1, 1829; m. Hannah
Leeds. At first kept an Inn in Jamaica Plain, afterwards another
Inn on Naushon Island during the War of 1812. Owner of Pew No.
95, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. June 18, 1797. —
Susannah Lowder. Sally Williams. June 25, 1797. Jacob Gould, b. Jan. 14, 1765; d. Sept. 25, 1811 ; m. Lucy
Ruggles. Farmer. Part owner of Pew No. 78, Lower Floor, Fifth
Meeting House. July 23, 1797. William Landers. Aug. 13, 1797. Robert Pierpont. Oct. 29, 1797. William Seaver, Jr. Nov. 5, 1797. Sarah Pierpont, wife of Robert. Jan. 21, 1798. WilUam Robbins. May 20, 1798. —
Mary Willard, wife of Aaron.
Joel Whiting, b. 1769 ; d. Oct. 4, 1845 ; m. Abigail Smnner Williams.
Merchant. Owiier of Pew No. 20, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting
House. June 17, 1798. Lemuel B. Davis.
July 29, 1798. William Davis, see Deacons, Fifth Meeting House. Aug. 12, 1798. John Bryant Braid. Aug. 26, 1798. Joel Seaverns, b. May 22, 1767; d. Feb. 12, 1827; m. (1)
Deborah Crosby, (2) Ohve Draper Gay. Farmer. Part owner of
Pew No. 59, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Dec. 23, 1798. Matthew Gardner. Mch 31, 1799. Nathan Watson. May 5, 1799. Dan'l Haynes.
June 23, 1799. Joseph James, b. 1773; d. Nov. 18, 1838; m. Mary Rob- inson. Carpenter. A founder of the Universalist Church. Owner
of Stjuare Pew No. 6 in Gallery, Fifth Meeting House. Sept. 29, 1799. Nathaniel Seaver, b. Feb. 7, 1773; d. Oct. 27, 1827;
m. Hannah Loco. Merchant. Owner of Pew No. 74, Lower Floor,
Fifth Meeting House. Nov. 24, 1799. Benj. Marshall, part owner of Pew No. 67, Lower Floor,
Fifth ISleeting House.
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Jan. 19, 1800. Joseph Heath, b. Apr. 2, 1766 ; d. July 6, 1842 ; m. (1) Naomi
Vose, (2) ^Irs. Hannah (Davis) Miirdock. Farmer. Owner of
Square Pew No. 19 in Gallery, Fifth Meeting House. Feb. 2, 1800. Solomon Jones, m. Nabby Baker. Part owner of Pew No. 78,
Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Feb. 16, 1800. Isaac Shaw, b. 1772 ; d. May 31, 1817 ; m. (1) Nancy Brown
Bosson, (2) Polly Taylor. Truckman. Part owner of S<juare Pew
No. 15 in Gallery, Fifth Meeting House. May 4, 1800. —
Charles Davis, b. Mch. 29, 1772; d. Feb. 8, 1842 ;m. Harriet Fellowes.
He and his brother Aaron were Manufacturers and Ex])orters.
They formed a company which built the Roxbury Canal. Parish
clerk. Member of Parish Committee. Trustee of the Roxbury
Latin School. Owner of Pew No. 102, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting
House. James Henderson. Sept 7, 1800. Mary Blaney, widow. Nov. 30, 1800. Wilham McCarty, b. Sept. 30, 1773; d. Dec. 3, 1830; m.
Martha Nolen. Member of Parish Committee. Owner of Square
Pew No. 23 in Gallery, Fifth Meeting House. Dec. 21, 1800. Charles James. Jan. 18, 1801. Noah Perrin Williams. Mch. 15, 1801. Ehsha Forbes, b. June 2, 1773 ; d. Jan. 29, 1821 ; m. Nancy
Burrill. Provision dealer. Part owner of Pew No. 10, Lower
Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Mch. 22, 1801. Patty Ruggles. Mch. 29, 1801. Joseph Da^ds, b. May 26, 1779 ;d. May 8, 1814; m. Elsie
Donnell Fellowes. East Indian Merchant. OwTier of Pew No. 103,
Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Apr. 5, 1801. Joseph Seaver, b. April 12, 1777 ; d. Aug. 17, 1811 ; m. Abigail
Whitney. Provision dealer. Owner of Pew No. 34, Lower Floor,
Fifth Meeting House. His son Joseph was the first boy and second
child baptised in the Fifth Meeting House. June 21, 1801. Grant Learned. Aug. 2, 1801. Seth Lawrence. Aug. 16, 1801. Samuel Gore. Aug. 23, 1801. John Seaver, b. Aug. 24, 1773; d. March 25, 1856; m.
Betsey Dudley. Sexion of the Fifth Meeting House from April 28,
1821, to Feb. 29, 1844. Owner of Pew No. 46, Lower Floor, Fifth
Meeting House. Sept. 20, 1801. John Downer. Oct. 18, 1801. Joseph Dudley, b. Oct. 16, 1780; d. Feb. 28, 1827; m.
Pedy Whitney. Gave the site for a town house aftersvards the City
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ILill. Member Parish Committee. Husbandman. Owner of Pew No. 104, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Oct. 25, 1801. Sarah Davis, widow. Nov. 15, 1801. —
EIi.slia Hathaway. Samuel Williams. Dec. 13, 1801. Edward Humplu-ey. Jan. 3, 1802. Jesse Stetson, b. 1780 ; d. Aug. 16. 1847 ; m. Sally Dickerman.
Owner of Square Pew No. 27 in Gallery, Fifth INIeeting House.
Wheelwright. Feb. 7 1802. Aaron Rmnrill, b. 1770; d. July 10, 1811; m. Ann .
Baker. Part owner of Square Pew No. 15 in Gallery, Fifth Meeting
House. Feb. 21, 1802. Charles Lowell, son of Judge John Lowell, b. Aug. 15,
1782; d. Jan. 20, 1861 ;m. Harriet Bracket Spence. H. C. 1800.
Ordained Pastor of the West Church in Boston, Jan. 1, 1806, and
officiated 55 years. Received the honorary degree of D.D. from
Harvard College in 1823. Secretary of Mass. Historical Society.
One of the founders of the Society of Northern Antiquarians of
Copenhagen, Denmark. Ct)rresponding member of the Archeolo-
gical Society of Authors. April 11, 1802. William Patten, b. Dec. 10, 1772; d. Aug. 13, 1861; m.
Sarah Williams. Leather merchant. Part owner of Pew No. 39,
T /iwpr Floor, Fifth Meeting House. May 9, 1802. Joseph Crafts, b. 1775; d. March 28, 1842; m. (1) Eliza- beth Mellish, (2) Eunice Dowse. Tanner. July 4, 1802. John Bower. July 18, 1802. Joseph Stratton. Sept. 12, 1802. Aaron Child, b. Jan. 1, 1770: d. May 11, 1847; m. Polly
Hall. Housewright. Ovviier of Square Pew No. 37 in Gallery,
Fifth Meeting House. Nov. 14, 1802. Da\ad Baker, b. Sept. 7, 1755; m. (1) Hannah Geegins,
(2) Amy Williams. Currier. Owner of Pew No. 19, Lower Floor,
Fifth Meeting House. Nov. 28, 1802. Stephen Goddard. Feb. 13, 1803. —
Aaron Pomeroy, buried Aug. 21, 1821 ; m. Abigail Burrell. Blacksmith.
Part owner of Pew No. 10, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Dudley Williams, b. Sept. 6, 1775; buried Sept. 25, 1811; m. Polly
Williams. Member of Roxbury City Guard. Alderman. A
proprietor of the Roxbury Athenaeum. Owner of Pew No. 14, Lower
Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Feb. 20, 1803. Mary Mears, wife of James, Jr. March 20, 1803. Adin Ayrcs.
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Capt. Stoddard's New Brick Building CHURCH MEMBERS
July 10, 1803. Jacob Allen, b. May 14, 1776; d. Jan. 31, I860; m. Sibyl
Willett. Carpenter and builder. Owner of Pew No. 14, Lower Floor,
Fifth Meeting House. Aug. 21, 1803. Ephraim Cutting. Oct. 2, 1803. Jacob Skinner. Nov. 27, 1803. — . William Hazlett, b. 1770; d. July 17, 1823; m. (1) Eliza Kingsbury,
(2) Sarah Walker. Innkeeper. Owner of Pew No. 65, Lower
Floor, Fifth Meeting House. Eliza Hazlett, wife of William. Dec. 25, 1803. Daniel Whitney. Jan. 29, 1804. Joseph Ware, b. 1780 ; d. July 22, 1830 ; m. Nancy Smith.
Part owner of Pew No. 44, Lower Floor, Fifth Meeting House. May 27, 1804. Jesse Joy.
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PASTORS
Rev. Eliphalet Porter, D.D. Rev. George Putnam, D.D. Rev. Mr. John Graham Brooks Rev. James De Normandie, D.D.
DEACONS
Samuel Sumner
Nehemiah Munroe Joshua Felton William Davis
Ebenezer Crafts John Clap
Jonathan Avery Richards Rufus Wtman, M.D. Benjamin Kent
Charles Ejstapp Dillaway Supply Clap Thwing John Hunt
Adams Ayer
Edward Belcher Reynolds Joseph Warren Tucker Jereivhah Plimpton John Joseph May
Henry Dan Wilmarth
Robert Comfort Metcalf William Francis Crafts John Noble Isaac Gover
Henry Clay Whitcomb 209
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PARISH CLERK
Nathaniel Ruggles elected April 29, 1793
Ebenezer Brewer elected April 29, 1805
John Champney elected April 30, 1811
Charles Davis elected April 29, 1813
William Davis elected April 21, 1814
William Bosson elected April 27, 1815 Dr. Nathaniel Shepherd Prentiss elected April 21,' 1817
Dr. Peter Oilman Robbins elected April 4, 1821
David Allen Simmons elected April 18, 1822
At a meeting held April 4, 1825, the above title was changed to Clerk of the Society and the date of the Annual Meeting to Jan. 2, 1826.
CLERK OF THE SOCIETY
David Allen Simmons elected April 4, 1825
David Allen Simmons re-elected Jan. 2, 1826
Deacon William Davis elected Jan. 12, 1829
Joseph Warren Tucker elected Jan. 7, 1850
William Crosby elected Jan. 4, 1886
George Allen Dary elected Jan. 1, 1894
PARISH TREASURER
Joseph Ruggles elected Dec. 11, 1787
William Heath, Jr. elected April 29, 1805
Asa Whitney elected April 22, 1812
William Heath, Jr. elected iVpril 29, 1813
Ebenezer Seaver elected April 21, 1814
At a meeting held April 4, 1825, the above title was changed to
TREASURER OF THE SOCIETY
John Lemist elected April 4, 1825
John Lemist re-elected Jan. 2, 1826
Nathaniel Dorr elected Jan. 12, 1829
Thomas Simmons elected Jan. 4, 1830
John Champney elected Jan. 2, 1832
John Jones Clarke elected Jan. 5, 1835
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Baman Stone elected Jan. 16, 1856
Charles Knapp Dillaway elected Jan. 27, 1862
Edward Belcher Reynolds elected Jan. 4, 1886
William Crosby elected Jan. 1, 1894
Alfred Monson Bullard elected Jan. 4, 1904
PARISH COMMITTEES
Elected Juhj 10, 1794
Joseph Ruggles
Deacon Nehemiah Munroe Nathaniel Ruggles
Elected April 29, 1805
Ebenezer Brewer
Daniel Saunderson Joseph Heath
Elected May 6, 1805
Ebenezer Brewer
Major William Bosson William Heath, Jr
William Heath, Jr., desired to be excused from serving, so Joseph Dudley was chosen and elected May 13, 1805.
Elected April 25, 1806 Ebenezer Brewer Major William Bosson
John Champney in place of
Benjamin Weld who declined office
Elected April 29, 1807
Ebenezer Brewer
Capt. Joseph Dudley Capt. Benjamin Weld
Elected April ?,0, 1810
Ebenezer Brewer
Col. Joseph Dudley John Champney
Elected April ^1, 1812
Ebenezer Brewer
Isaac Davis John Champney
Elected April 29, 1813
Capt. Jonathan Dorr
Major Benjamin Weld Charles Davis
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Elected April 21, 1814
Ebenezer Brewer
Isaac Davis William Davis
Elected April 27, 1815
Isaac Davis
William Davis William Bosson
Elected April \6, 1816
John Clap
William Bosson Dr. Nathaniel Shepherd Prentiss
Elected April 13, 1818
John Clap Deacon William Davis
Dr. Nathaniel Shepherd Prentiss
Elected April 4, 1821
Jonathan Dorr
John Champney William Blaney
Elected April 18, 1822
Benjamin Weld in place of Charles Davis who declined
John Lemist Samuel Guild
Elected April 25, 1823
Elijah Lewis Stephen Child David Allen Simmons
Elected April 15, 1824
William McCarthy Col. Jonathan A. Richards David Allen Simmons
STANDING COMMITTEES
Title changed April 4, 1825
Elected April 4, 1825
Charles Davis
Jonathan Dorr Isaac Davis
Above were re-elected Jan. 2, 1826
Elected Jan. 8, 1827
John Champney Samuel Jackson Gardner Assistants Re-elected in 1828
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Elected Jan. 4, 1830
John Lemist
Ebenezer Crafts David Dudley
Elected Jan. 3, 1831
John Lemist Ebenezer Crafts Supply Clap Thwing
Elected Jan. 2, 1832
John Lemist Supply Clap Thwing David Dudley
Elected Jan. 23, 1833
John Lemist
Watson Gore Benjamin Franklin Copeland
Elected Jan. 6, 1834
Benjamin Franklin Copeland Watson Gore Dr. Henry Bartlett
Elected Jan. 4, 1836
Richard Ward Thomas Brewer Ephraim Harrington
Elected Jan. 2, 1837
Richard Ward Ephraim Harrington Daniel Andrew Sigourney
Elected Jan. 7, 1839
Richard Ward
Ephraim Harrington Charles Knapp Dillaway
Elected Jan. 1, 1844
Richard Ward Charles Knapp Dillaway Jonathan Pratt Robinson
Elected Jan. 3, 1853;
Richard Ward CusHiNG Stetson James Guild
Elected Jan. 16, 1856
Thomas Simmons Theodore Otis Aaron Davis Williams
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Elected Jan. 5, 1857 i
Charles Knapp Dillaway Gushing Stetson Theodore Otis
ElededJan. 3, 1859
Charles Knapp Dillaway
CusiiiNG Stetson Edward Wyman
Elected Jan. 5, 18G3
Edward Wyman
William James Reynolds William Channt:ng Appleton
Elected Jan. 4, 1864
Edward Wyman
William James Reynolds George Lewis
Elected Jan. 1, 1866
George Lewis Samuel Crocker Cobb Shubael Gorham Rogers
Elected Feb. 6, 1866 James Ritchie in place of Shubael Gorham Rogers
Elected Jan. 7, 1867
George Lewis
Samuel Crocker Cobb John Felt Osgood
Elected Jan. 1, 1872
Samuel Crocker Cobb
John Rogers Adams Ayer
Elected Jan. 6, 1873
Samuel Crocker Cobb
John Rogers James Thacher Hayward
Elected Jan. 4, 1875 William Crosby John Rogers William Blanchard
Elected Jan. 7, 1878
David Miller Hodgdon
Augustus Parker Adams Ayer
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Eleded Jan. 6, 1879 David Miller Hodgdon Henry A. S. D. Dudley Henry Ware Putnam
Elecfed Jan. 1, 1883
David Miller Hodgdon Henry Ware Putnam Charles Milton Seaver
Elected Jan. 7, 1884
David Miller Hodgdon
Charles Milton Seaver Charles Andrews Grinnell
Elected Jan. 7, 1889
Dependence Sturtevant Waterman Horace Bacon James Clarke Davis
Elected Jan. 4, 1892.
Dependence Sturtevant Waterman
James Clarke Davis Samuel Everett Tinkham
SEXTONS Edward Turner served from Feb. 27, 1796, to April 28, 1812.
At a meeting held April 28, 1812, Edward Turner was elected to attend funerals, &c., Mr. Hervey Woods to do the other work of the sexton and Mr. Abraham Crawley to wind up and take care of the clocks.
Hervey Woods served from April, 1813, to April, 1819. Edward Turner served from April, 1819, to April, 1821. John Seaver served from April 28, 1821, to Feb. 29, 1844. William Seaver served three months to Jan. 28, 1825,
(John Seaver was probably absent.) Horace Bacon served from March, 1844, to June 30, 1850. Nathan Haynes served from July 1, 1850, to April 1, 1857. Thomas Colligan served from April 1, 1857, to April 1, 1877.
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Charles S. Champney served from April 1, 1877, to March
14, 1897. John Hall served from March 14, 1897, to June 20, 1897. John B. Johnson served from June 21, 1897, to May 15, 1904. William Slater served from May 15, 1904.
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With the nineteenth century there came a change in the creed of the old church. The earhest intimation of dissent in Boston from the Calvinistic creed of the Congregational church was in 1747 when Jonathan Mayhew was settled over the West church in Boston. After the Revolution many Unitarians, then called Ai-minians, filled the Congregational pulpits in and around Boston, and by 1782 Unitarianism was brought prominently to the front. In our church, Dr. Porter's sermon before the Convention of ministers in Boston may be called the turning point, and since his day we have become a Unitarian church.
The committee, to whom was left the choice of plans for a new Meeting House, had three placed before them from which to choose, and that of the Newburyport Meeting House appeared to them the most suitable for Roxbury. The architect of that building is unknown, though tradition says it was Timothy Palmer. With a few alterations this plan was adopted and Mr. William Blaney appears to have been the chief consulting architect. May 26, 1803, the Building committee was directed to build stairs and make entrance to the gallery at the East end in the most convenient mode consistent with the present plan.
July 20, 1803, " the builders began to raise the frame and finished raising it in four days without any evil occurance," and when completed the building proved highly satisfactory, and was thought to be one of the most commodious and
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beautiful of all the old Meeting Houses in New England- The timbers were massive, the proportions good and the acoustic properties perfect. The building measures 80 feet by 70 feet on the outside with a seating capacity of about one thousand.
I Its great simplicity is its most striking feature. It has no ornamentation, with the exception of the Memorial Tablets recently put in, and is without stained glass windows. For a century it has proved a Meeting House in the most devout sense of the word. A place of worship and religious devotion, with old associations of our immediate ancestors.
The corner stone at the west corner was laid with appro- priate ceremonies and there was supposed to have been deposited under this stone a circular silver plate with the
inscription : —
This Buikliiig desig- ned for the Publick worship of God was fou nded with harmony and love by the first Parish
in
Roxbury May ^d 1803
Laiis Deo.
Ten years later at a meeting of the Parish Committee, May 10, 1813, Capt. Jonathan Dorr received from Mr. Ebenezer Brewer this identical plate which he was requested to place in the hands of William Heath, Jr., Treasurer. This event took place soon after a discourse by Rev. Dr. Porter from Acts xviii, 17, "Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things." Upon the back of the plate when returned there was found attached to it a piece of paper on which was written
"-^J^UJ
Ttdk^MH^Jtcmfumo arid
THE PLATE.
THE PLATE AS RETURNED WITH INSCRIPTION
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This Tallant
wliich the sloth
full servant hid in
earth mite have been
sold for six shillings
and seven pence and
given to the poor
But Gallcio cared
for none of these
things.
May 7, 1804, the Parish voted to purchase only one clock for the inside of the Meeting House until the pews are sold. This clock was made by Simon Willard and is undoubtedly the one still in the church.
May 10, 1804, shortly after 9 o'clock in the morning, Mr. Lewis Hoyt, the auctioneer, proceeded to sell the pews which continued through the day and the pews were all sold, except- ing Pew No. 1 reserved for the Pastor and his family, and Pews Nos. 85, 86, 87, 88 reserved for the future disposition of the parish, realizing the sum of $7700. The surplus arising from this sale, after all the just demands arising in consequence of building said meeting house were paid and deduction for a new clock, was paid to the several persons who were assessed and did pay a Parish Tax in this Parish for the last year in proportion to the said tax they severally paid in said Parish the last year, being the year 1804.
This New Meeting House was dedicated to the service of God on Thursday the 7^^ Day of June, a.d. 1804. Sermon by Dr. Porter, the text being Ezra vi, 16, "And the chikh'en of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy." The 10*^ day of June, 1804, was the first Sabbath on which there was preaching in the new house.
By vote of the parish, Feb. 11, 1805, town meetings in the
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Meeting House were interdicted, and as a result a towai house was built soon after.
In April, 1805, a committee reported to the Parish that an act of incorporation similar to the one granted to the first parish in the town of Groton, Feb. 21, 1804, with few alterations and additions would be suitable for this Parish. At the same time it was voted not to raise Mr. Porter's salary to $1000, but allow him $800 and his wood.
Ill April, 1806, the new clock with one dial was set up in the tower of the ncAV meeting house by Mr. Simon Willard who made it at a cost of $858.00.
Thomas Williams, Jr., presented an Elegant Folio Bible to the Parish April 25, 1806, and on the same day the Parish voted to have the bell rung at one o'clock noon and at nine o'cl(Kk in the evening.
July 4, 1808, the citizens of the Town of Roxbury in Com- memoration of the Anniversary of American Independence celebrated the day by a procession which was formed at the house of Mrs. Burrell at twelve o'clock under the direction of Major Bosson, Marshall of the Day, and moved from thence to the Rev. Dr. Porter's Meeting House under the escort of Capt. Bicloiell's company of Artillery. The exer- cises in this House began with (1) a prayer by the Rev. Dr. Porter; (2) Hymn to Freedom, Tune Old Hundred; (3) Declaration of Independence read by Mr. Abraham Fox; (4) Oration by Mr. N. Ruggles Smith ; (5) Ode for the Fourth of July, 1808, Tune, Rise Columbia. This was the First Public event in this house.
In April, 1810, it was voted that the time of intermission of Divine service be lengthened the three summer months only, to three hours; that is to say, the Second bell to begin ringing one quarter of an hour before three, and in 1811 the time was lengthened to between May 1 and Sept. 1.
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In April, 1812, the Parish Committee agreed with Mr. Edward Turner for him to attend funerals, &c., and with Mr. Hervey Woods to have charge of the Meeting House, to ring the bell at one o'clock every day, Sundays excepted, and at 9 every night in the year, to see that no horses are tied to any part of the Meeting House, and that no posts are set on the hill without the consent of the Committee, for which services he was to receive $84.00 per year. They also agreed with Mr. Abraham Crawley to wind up, oil and keep the two clocks for $7.00 per year.
Sept. 23, 1815, the meeting house was a little damaged by a hurricane.
July 10, 1816, the surplus arising from the sale of Pews with current Bank Bills remaining in the Treasury was appropriated for the use of the Parish.
In April, 1817, the Parish declined to purchase one or more stoves for the purpose of heating the meeting house.
June 6, 1817, the window over the middle door at the West end of the meeting house was broken by some malicious person or persons.
In Oct., 1817, a committee consisting of Mr. John Clap, Mr. Georg-e Ziegler and Mr. Eleb Faxon was chosen to look out a suitable piece of land for a Burying Ground, ascertain the price of the same and report at the next meeting. They made a verbal report at the next meeting in Dec. when a committee, consisting of Mr. Eleb Faxon, Ebenezer Seaver Esq., Mr. George Ziegler, Joseph Harrington Esq. and Mr. John Clap, was chosen to purchase in behalf of the Parish a suitable piece of ground. At the Annual Meeting held April 13, 1818, the committee reported that they had agreed to purchase in behalf of the Parish a tract of land of Doctor Samuel Bugbee (of Wrenthara) situated nearly opposite the Mansion of the late Doctor Davis and containing about an
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acre and a half for the consideration of $1000.00. It was also voted to dispose of the musical instruments belonging to the parish which were not useful. Mr. Simon Willard continued to have charge of the clocks in 1818.
The present l)ell purchased of Mr. J. W. Revere was cast at the Foundry in Canton, Mass., and was raised to its present position May 27, 1819. It weighed 1538 lbs. and cost $692.10 less old bell sold for $215.50 leaving a balance of $-176.60 which was the cash payment. In 1820 the meeting house was warmed by two stoves costing $258.16. At a meeting of the Parish held Feb. 10, 1820, it was voted not to oppose the prayer of William Hannaford and others for an act of Incorporation as a Society of Univcrsalists in the Town of Roxbury.
During the night of May 26, 1820, some evil minded per- sons entered the meeting house and tore away the cushions from the pulpit and totally destroyed the valuable Parish Bible and committed other depredations.
June 24tt of the same year the Holy Bible, which is now (1908) in the Pulpit, was presented to the Parish accompanied by the following note : —
RoxBUHT, June ^i, 18'20. Gentlemen,
The Holy Bible that accompanies this Note is presented to the first or Easterly Parish of this Town by tlieir Huml Servt
SamI J. Gardner.
Messrs. John Clap 1
NathI S. Prentiss i Committee of said Parish. William Davis )
to which the following acceptance was made.
Roxbury, 2Gfh Juiie, 1820. Saml J. Gardner Esq.
Dear Sir: We, the undersigned, the Committee of the First Parish in Roxbury, for ourselves, and in behalf of said Parish, do hereby acknowledge
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the Receipt of an elegant Church Bible, by you presented to the said Parish. We beg you will he assured. Dear Sir, we duly appreciate your kindness in bestowing so valualjle a present. Be pleased to accept our most cordial wishes, that you may long enjoy Health, Prosperity and Happiness. And what can be more conducive to Happiness, than the pleasure derived from the consciousness of having voluntarily performed a liberal and at the same time a Good Act.
John Clap ]
W-^' Davis > Parish Committee.
N. S. PrentissJ
After Jan. 31, 1822, the records of sales of pews were kept in a separate hook having previously been included in the general records of the parish. INIrs. Hannah Jackson and Kendall Brooks left this church and became original members of Dudley St. Baptist Church. Sunday evening March 31, 1822, there was a Concert in this Meeting House. March 21, 1825, the last meeting of the First Parish in Roxbury took place, and April 4, 1825, the first meeting of the First Religious Society in Roxbury took place in the Town House.
The Act of Incorporation is as follows : —
Commonfajcit!!^ oi glassarljxtscifs.
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE
An Act declaring and confirming to the Pew-holders the property in the Congregational Meeting-House, in the First Parish in Roxbiu-y, and authorizing them to raise monies by taxing pews.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate ami Home of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the s;une, that all persons who now are, or may hereafter become proprietors of the pews in the Con- gregational Meeting-House in the First Parish in Roxbury, are hereby declared to be a body pohtic and corporate by the name of the "First Religious Society in Roxbury," with all the powers, privileges and immunities usually granted to such societies : And said Corporation shall be, and hereby are deemed in law to be, seized of the same Meeting-IIouse and the land under, adjoining and belonging to the same, and the privileges and
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appurtenances thereto appertaining; reserving, however, to the several new projjfietors, their riglits and interest in said pews respectively.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted. That said proprietors shall meet on tlie first Monday of April next, and afterwards on the first Monday in January, annually, at said ISIeeting House, or such other place as the Standing Com- mittee shall appoint, and after choosing a Moderator, shall choose a Clerk, who shall record all the votes and proceedings of said proprietors, and be sworn to the faithful discharge of his duties; they shall also choose a Treas- urer, who shall give bonds for the discharge of the duties of his office, and also a Standing Committee of three discreet persons to manage their afi"airs, to continue in office one year, and until others are chosen: Provided however, if from any cause, any of said officers are not chosen at said meeting in April next, or at any annual meeting on the first Monday in January, said officers may be elected at any other meeting duly notified for that purpose; and said committee may notify any meeting by causing printed or WTitten notifications to be delivered to the proprietors, or left at their dwellings, tliree days at least before such meetings, or by leaving the same in the pews of the pro- prietors, should a day of pubUc worsliip intervene.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted. That said proprietors shall have power to repair, alter, or rebuild their Meeting-IIouse; and shall have all the rights in relation to the same and the support of public worship therein, which said parish have hitherto had, and shall be bound by all the contracts made by said Parish.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted. That said Corporation may take, hold and possess, by gift, devise, purchase or otherwise, real and personal estate, not exceeding forty thousand dollars exclusive of their Meeting-House and its appurtenances, as a ministerial fund, the interest only of which shall be expended annually in such manner as the Deacons of the church in said society, and the Standing Committee for the time being may deem fit, or the i)roprictors by their vote direct; and those only whose pews are taxed shall be deemed legal voters ; and said corporation may make and establish by-laws for the better ordering their affairs, provided the same are not repugnant to the constitution or laws of this commonwealth.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted. That all monies necessary for the support of public worshij) in said Meeting-House and incidental charges, which may be duly voted to be raised shall be assessed by the Standing Committee on the Proprietors of the pews on the lower floor in said ]\Ieeting-Ilouse, accord- ing to a scale of valuation agretxl upon by a vote of said Parish passed on the twenty-second day of November last, which is not to be changed for the term of ten years from the first day of April next, but after that time may be altered, and gallery pews may be included if deemed expedient, having regard to the silualion and value thereof ; and the said committee shall make out ILsts of such assessments, stating the number of each pew, the name of
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the owner, and the amount assessed thereon, and deliver the same to the Treasurer who shall collect such assessments, and pay the same out on orders to be drawn by the Clerk, under the direction of the Standing Com- mittee.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That said proprietors shall hold their pews under their resj^ective deeds, and the same shall hereafter be considered personal estate, and whenever any transfer of any pew in said Meeting- House shall be made, the old deed shall be given up and a new deed made in the name of one person only, to be signed by the Treasurer and counter- signed by the Clerk; and no conveyance shall be valid, until noted on the records of the Corporation.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted. That if any proprietor shall neglect to pay his or her assessment, for the space of six months after such assessments is laid and notified by posting at the door of said House, the Treasurer shall advertise the pews of such delinquent for the space of three weeks, by post- ing notices at said Meeting-House and two other public places in said town, stating the time, place and cause of sale, and then if all the arrears are not paid, he shall sell the same at auction to the highest bidder, and after deduct- ing all sums due with costs of sale and charges of conveyance, shall pay over the balance, if any, to the owner.
Sec. 8. Be it furtiier enacted. That any person wishing to dispose of his or her pew, shall first give notice thereof to the Standing Committee, stating the name of the person to whom it is intended to sell, and offering the same to said Corporation at cost, and if said Corporation shall not elect to pur- chase and pay for such pew within thirty days from such notice, the same may be sold to one person only, pro\aded all dues thereon be first paid.
Sec. 9. Be it furtiier enacted. That this act being accepted by a major vote of said Parish, shall be binding on all parties concerned therein and the present Treasurer or Standing Committee of said Parish, may call the first meeting imder this act, and shall continue in office until others are chosen.
In House of Representatives, Feb. 26, 1825. This Bill ha\ing had three several readings, passed to be enacted.
WILLIAM C. JxVRVIS, Speaker.
In Senate, Feb. 26, 1825. This Bill having had two several readings, passed to be enacted.
NATHANIEL SILSBEE, President. February 26, 1825.
Approved. MARCUS MORTON.
A true copy. Attest: Edward D. Bangs, Sec.
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At a meeting of the Proprietors of the Pews of the First Rehgious Society in Roxbury, held Jan. 15, 1855,
Vofed, That the Standing Commiltee shall not be at liberty to expend for any object more money than the Pew Proprietors shall raise and appro- priate for any such object; and shall not expend, for any purpose, not authorized by them, and shall not borrow any money for any purpose what- ever, without a special vote, nor contract any debt in behalf of said Pew Proprietors, without a special vote of said Proprietors authorizing it."
JOSEPH W. TUCKER, Clerk. A true copy. Attest:
JOSEPH W. TUCKER, Clerk.
The First Annual Parish Meeting (under the Society's new title) took place on Monday, Jan. 2, 1826, and thereafter the Annual INIecting occurred on the first Monday in January in each succeeding year.
At a meeting of the Society held May 10, 1830, the Vote to call Mr. George Putnam as Colleague Pastor was passed unanimously with the exception of one vote only. , The per- son who put in the negative vote called on the Moderator after the Meeting stating that his negative was not on account of any dislike to Mr. Putnam, but on account of his having a wish to hear him preach a few more Sundays previous to his being called as a Colleague Pastor, and he further stated that he would wish to withdraw his negative, and that the choice might be considered as unanimous. The Church Members of this Society met at the Ihnise of their Rev. Pastor in the evening after the Meeting of the Society and after an appro- priate Prayer voted unanimously their approbation of the doings of the Society in calling and inviting IVIr. George Putnam to become their Colleague Pastor. Mr. Putnam replied to the above invitation as follows:
To THE First Christian Church and Society in Roxbury Chridian Brethren I have received through your Committee your invitation to become Colleague with your present Pastor in the Christian Ministry. The harmony of all your j)roccedings and the apparent cor- diality of your invitation have been very satisfactory and gratifying. And
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now having, as I believe, weighed the subject with that serious dehberation which its importance demands, I do cheerfully and without one dissenting thought or feeling, accept your call and consent to become your minister as soon as my professional studies shall be so far advanced, that I can obtain the usual testimonials.
In so determining I have marked the intimations of Providence, I have listened for the injunctions of duty, I have consulted the desires of friends, and asked the counsel of the wise, and all these concur with every inclination of mj' own bosom in dictating the answer I have given you.
I am not insensible to the great and untried responsibilities which I am taking ujjon myself, and I trust that the cheerfulness and hope wth which I come to you, are tempered with a just diffidence and humility. Cherishing a deep desire and firm resolve to devote to your service, and spend in the way of my duty, whatever strength Almighty God may graciously give, I commit all else to his wise guidance and disposal — looking for his blessing and your kind indulgence.
(Signed) George Putnam.
Cambridge, May 21, 1830.
June 15, 1830, it was voted that the Standing Committee have Hberty to lower the Pulpit fourteen inches providing on examination they find such alteration will not operate to the injury of any Pews in the Gallery and that the expense be defrayed by subscription and not by the Society.
Wednesday, the 7^^ day of July, 1830, was fixed on for the day of Ordination and for the Council to meet at the Norfolk House at 9 o'clock a.m.
Some of the parishioners, feeling disposed to encourage the arrangements that were made for the Ordination of Mr. George Putnam as Colleague Pastor, agreed to take one ticket each at three dollars for the Dinner to be provided for the council and others that may join on the occasion, they were,
John Bartlett, D. A. Simmons, NatW Dorr, Charles Hick- ling, Charles Davis, Thos. K. Jones, Caleb Fellowes, John Lowell, Thos. Simmons, Dan'l A. Sigourney, Isaac Davis, Jos. Harrington, Enoch Bartlett, William Phipps, William H. Spear, Chas. Davis Jr., Horatio Davis, George Simmons,
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William Fisk, Mr. Dyer, Eph™ Harrington, W'" Dove, Thomas Brewer, B. F. Copeland, G. L. Brewer, Eliab Brewer, S. G. Rol)l)in.s, Sherman Leland, Benj. Weld, S. C. Thwing, Watson Gore, Asa Bugbee, Benj. Baleh, Jolm Hovey, S. H, Hunneman, Jos. Callender, W"^ Davis Jr., F. S. Eastman, Jon^ Dorr.
H. A. S. Dearborn was absent on a journey, Joseph Hall declined his ticket and Mr. Lithgow returned the ticket.
July 7, 1880. The order of services at the ordination of Mr. Putnam was as follows: Introductory Prayer by Dr. Gray of Roxbury. Selections from the Scriptures by Mr. Austin of Brighton. H}aim. Sermon by Mr. Dewey of New Bedford. Aiithem. Ortlaining Prayer by INIr. Osgood of Sterling. Charge by Dr. Ware of Cambridge. Right Hand of Fellowship by Mr. Newell of Cambridge. Original Hymn. Address to the Society by Mr. Parkman of Boston. Prayer by Mr. Capen of South Boston. Anthem. Benedic- tion by Mr. Putnam.
Rev. Dr. Porter died Saturday night, Dec. 7, 1833. A Committee was appointed to make suital^le arrangements for the funeral of the revered and lamented senior Pastor demon- strating the affection and respect with which the Society regarded liis pure and exalted character and to offer such evidence of regret and condolence to the Family of the deceased as may justly represent the intensity <>! interest they felt in the melancholy event. They were Deacon William Davis, Deacon John Clap, Jolm Lemist, B. F. Copeland, Watson Gore; the Standing Committee, Dr. Jolm Bartlett, Charles Davis, Joseph Harrington, Ebenezer Crafts, David Dudley, Jon^ Dorr, Sherman Iceland, Sam'l J. Gardner. They were recjuested to meet at the Church directly after the evening service. On the succeeding Wednesday his funeral was attended by a large concourse in his meeting
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house. The exercises began with a vohintnry on the organ. A hymn was then sung. Rev. Dr. Lowell, who in early life was a parishioner of the deceased, read selected passages of Scripture and offered a very appropriate prayer of 20 minutes. Rev. George Putnam, colleague of Dr. Porter, delivered a very judicious discourse of 40 minutes from Gen. xxv, 8, "Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people." So just and discriminating was he in giving the character of Dr. Porter, that they who best knew him and were best qualified to judge remarked that they should not desire the alteration, addition, or suppression of a single word. The services were concluded Avith a prayer by Rev. Dr. Pierce of Brookline and solemn music from the choir, when a procession was formed to the place of interment by a large number of parishioners and friends.
Two hot air stoves were placed in the meeting house in 1834. For the saving of fuel and to render the House more comfortable during the winter months, those who usually entered the Meeting House at the easterly end, namely, P. G. Robbins, Elnathan Taber, William Bacon, Stephen Child, Himiphrey Bicknell, Charles Davis, John Lemist, John Bartlett, Sam' H. Hunneman, Aaron Kingsbury, Aaron D. Williams, William Dove, Charles Grant, W°^ Phipps, Edw. Brinley, Aaron Willard, Charles Copeland, H. Cunning- ham, D. A. Sigourney, Sam'I J. Gardner, Moses Whiting, Nath' Snow, William Fisk, William Patten, consented in November, 1834, to have the Doors at that end of the House kept closed from the first Sunday of December in each year to the first Sunday of March following.
Oct. 20, 1834, John Lowell, Joseph Harrington, S. C. Thwing, Thomas Brewer, Thomas Simmons and the Stand- ing Committee were appointed a committee to ascertain
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whether tliere was any waste room in the Galleries which could be used with profit to the Parish and to take into con- sideration the expediency of making a general alteration in the Gallery Pews. In 1885 a plan was agreed upon and the alteration from square jjews to long and narrow ones was made, the Committee having charge of it Ijcing Thomas Bre^\•er, Joseph Ilarrmgton, Thomas Simmons and the Standing Committee.
Putnam Street was built and the Parish lot fenced in in 183G. There was a stove put into the vestry in 1836, and during the same year Samuel J. Gardner Esq., had the Bible presented by him several years ago rebound and Rev. Mr. Putnam presented Pulpit chairs.
For the first time a fixed salary of $2000 was given Mr. Putnam in 1838. Jan. 4, 1841, it was voted that no Pew proprietor should be permitted to vote by proxy and that each pew should be entitled to one vote. At the same time a committee was chosen to warm the church I>y a furnace.
In January, ]84'2, a committee was chosen to take into consideration the recent invitation of the Church of the Messiah in New York to our Minister to settle with them, but fortunately for us Mr. Putnam declined.
In 1845 the Standing Committee was directed to adopt such measures as they might deem expedient to keep the carriages to the Westward of the circular walk at the West end of the Church.
Wednesday, July 31, 1850. There were pul)lic services in the church on the occasion of paying Funeral Honors to Zackary Taylor, late President of the United States, by the City of Roxbvny, when the oration was delivered by Rev. Thomas D. Anderson.
Deacon Thwing in a letter, written June 7, 1852, and referring to the day before says : " It was Communion Sunday
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and this 'service was the most touching and impressive I ever attended. In the first place Two Brothers who are Twins offered themselves for Baptism — this to me is always inter- esting — when an adult offers himself at the Altar to show his attachment and belief in his Saviour. Then one of them held up his infant child, after which all partook of the Sacra- ment. Before commencing the Services of the Communion, Dr. Putnam stated with a few remarks delivered with great unction the desire of Doctor Robbins expressed on his death bed to have his name enrolled on the records of the Church, to show his belief in the strength and power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to comfort and support him during his pain- ful ilhiess and m his dying hours. Then eight or ten joined the Church, six being young ladies and amongst them Dr. Putnam's Daughter. I think I never attended the service when the impressions made upon all was so solemn and so great."
In January, 1855, a committee consisting of John J. Clarke, David A. Simmons, William B. Kingsbury, Cushing Stetson and Charles K. Dillaway were appointed to consider the expediency of remodelling the mterior of the Meeting House and report at a future meeting. They reported the House very much out of repair and proposed to change the pews on the floor to long pews with four aisles, two by the walls and two dividing the floor into three lines of pews. Reducing the number of windows from 30 small ones to ten long ones. Two of the doors of entrance and exit were kept closed for the purpose of accommodating two stoves which occupied the door-ways : Finally two reports were submitted and after a long debate were accepted and placed on file and then the meeting dissolved without further action.
In 1857, the Society voted to remodel the Meeting House and even went so far as to consider building a stone Meeting
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House. The services during July and August of this year were held in the City Hall. The Baptist Society and the Mount Pleasant Society offered our Society the use of their churches during repairs. The pews were upholstered, the floors carpeted and new iron posts substituted for the old wooden ones which supported the galleries.
When this Meeting House was erected in 1804 it was without the vestry and the "old red" painted pulpit was entered by stairs from the floor at the side. Back of the pulpit were three false windows covered by green blinds, one of which made the door. (This pulpit was similar to that in the Newburyport church, which has since been lowered twice and has had stairs built on both sides.) When the vestry was added in 1857 the stairs were removed and entrance was by a door from the new vestry in the rear. At the same time this pulpit gave place to a small circular one on top of a post with stairs each side, the vestry door, however, remaining.
In August, four new clock dials were placed on the steeple.
In 1857 William Patten sold his pew for $400, and gave the proceeds to the Pastor and Deacons in Trust, the income to be given to the deserving poor, except foreigners. In 1859 Mr. David A. Simmons left one thousand dollars to the Society "which sum is to be safely invested and together with the increase and income thereof is to be applied for and towards the erection of a New Meeting House upon the site of their present place of worship whenever such new structure shall become necessary and for no other purpose."
The Society contributed in 1861, $450 for the suffering in Kansas, and in 1862, $855.58 for the poor and the soldiers, and $994 for the Sanitary Commission. Aug. 31, 1862, after
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the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Church was dismissed to enable all to go home and work for the soldiers, as hospital supplies, &c, were much needed. In 1863 a new clock was put in the tower of the Meeting House.
The celebration of Washington's Birthday in 1864 included services in this INIeeting House. The exercises began by the singing of the Battle Hymn by the Choir. Prayer was then offered by Rev. John O. Means, and the Star Spangled Banner was sung. The oration was then delivered by Rev. George Putnam, D.D. Dr. Putnam gave a brief sketch of Washington's career, " to bring him before us — to bring us into this presence — to lift us up in thought and sympathy toward the great light where he stands." The oration itself is too long to print here, but the allusion to President Lincoln must not be omitted as it was received with tremendous applause.
"The nation's banner torn and soiled in battle but with every star and stripe kept, whole and radiant in its fair expanse, shall be brought back to the capitol ; and it may well be that he the illustrious civic leader who first flung it to the breeze in the nation's necessity, should be the man whose hands shall be priNileged to furl it again in peace, he who sits worthily in the chair that once held Washington : he, so honest and piu-e in his great function, so wise and prudent, so faithful and firm: God Almighty bless and preserve Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States."
The exercises were closed by the singing of an original hymn and a benediction.
The Society contributed $933 in 1864 for our suffering fellow citizens in East Tennessee.
In 1865 the Society received a legacy from Mrs. Polly Robbins.
A service in memory of President Abraham Lincoln was held April 19, 1865, in this Meeting House by the City Government of Roxbury, the order of exercises being as follows :
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Dirge, by the Band "Rest, Spirit, Rest."
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"O rest in the Lord, wait patiently for Him, and
He shall give thee thy heart's desires."
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Prayer By Rev. Dr. Thompson
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"Peace, Troubled Soul."
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Address By Rev. Dr. George Putnam
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Selection 'Cast thy Burden on the Lord." Mendelssohn.
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Benediction
The address has been published and was listened to in perfect silence by a throng which occupied every seat and settees placed in the aisles.
The church was heavily draped and extra props put in to prevent the galleries from giving way under the crowd which packed them.
In Oct., 1865, the meeting house was entered and about 15 yards of carpet on each of the aisles cut out and carried away.
In April, 1866, a skylight over the pulpit was constructed.
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Concerning this improvement, James Sharp of Watertown
wrote as follows :
"I was today (Sunday, April 22, 1866) one of the few who had opportunity to notice the effect of the "New hght" just introduced at the Meetinj^ House of the First Rehgious Society in Roxbury. Not however without some pines as it appears. And the first gleam which met my eye was the cause of the following impromptu
From church we should not keep aloof, Since by admission through the roof. The Light of Heaven is clearly shed. Direct upon the Reverend head. Light from above can here be sought To illuminate each pious thought And lustre new around us shine Of truth and love and grace di\ine."
During the same year the church spire was rebuilt and the Society contributed $3400 for the sufferers by the fire in Portland, and $730 for the Freedman's Aid Society.
In 18G7 the porch of the church was enlarged, and in this year the Society contributed $638.70 for the Poor of the South and $3095 for a Free Chapel in the Easterly pan of Iloxbury.
April 13, 1868, for the first time, the church was decorated for the Easter services with flowers. Miss Anna Everett and Miss Sarah Gore dressed the pulpit. The decoration consisted of a cross at the back of the pulpit and a few wreaths and Ivy plants around the base.
In the spring of 1871, Rev. Dr. Putnam asked for a leave of absence until October which was granted him and the Society supplied the pulpit during his absence.
In the fall of 1871 the Society contributed $1727.50 for the sufferers by the Fire in Chicago.
In 1873 Rev. Dr. Putnam tendered his resignation as Pastor, but he was persuaded to still keep his position and was relieved of all responsibility.
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In 1875 Mr. John Graham Brooks of Cambridge was invited to Ijecome Associate Pastor. He accepted and was ordained Oct. 10, 1875. The order of exercises were: — Reading of the Scriptures and Ordaining Prayer by Rev. C. C. Everett, D.D.; Ordaining Address by Rev. George Putnam, D.D., who gave the Right Hand of Fellowship. Sermon by the pastor elect, and Concluding Prayer by Rev. W" Newell, D.D., of Cambridge, who had extended the Right Hand of Fellowship to Dr. Putnam at his ordination. Benediction by Mr. Brooks.
In 187(3 the building of a chapel was considered and soon built. It was dedicated Saturday evening, Dec. 23, 187G. In the order of exercises were selections sung by cliildren from the Sunday-school, Invocation by Rev. J. G. Brooks, Anthem by the Choir, Prayer of Dedication by Rev. E. E. Hale, Benediction by Rev. Dr. Putnam, besides some addresses and more singing. It was called Putnam Chapel. The Misses Fisher gave the beautiful window of stained glass; Mrs. Franklin Greene, the clock; j\Ir. John J. May, the busts of Dr. Channing, by Persies, and Dr. Putnam, liy Greenough; and Mr. Edward B.Reynolds, the Bible. The cost of the chapel, built and furnished, was $10,527.82, entirely paid for in 1880 through the generosity of the pew proprietors in that year who then furnished the balance of $5,000.00.
In 1880 Rev. Mr. Brooks, our Pastor, made the following report to the Parish : —
The nhjcfts of our Society — Cliristian worsliip and work — being com- mon to all the congregation, it has seemed to the minister that an annual statement of tlie condition of the parish, what has been accomphshed during tlie year, wliat is doing and what should be done, would help us all to a more intelligent interest in the welfare of the society.
It is in the hope of such better and wider und(>rstanding, that this report is given. 'I'lie inimlier of families now connected with the Society is 301 ; the number of calling places 316. It is the purpose of the minister to call
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once each year upon all. Many special needs, however, such as sickness and death, make much more calling necessary. Diu-ing the last two years an average of seventy-one calls per month was made. The Society is still widely scattered. Eight families are in Brookliue, fourteen in Jamaica Plain, three in West Roxbury, one m Newton, one in Brighton, nine in Dorchester, thirty in Boston. It is yet true, that the situation of so large a nmuber of families makes such visiting impossible, as the minister would gladly make for the sake of that influence which comes from a closer personal connection with the home life of his people. Mostly owing to this condition of the Society, also, the minister often does not hear of sickness until to hear it is an embarrassment; he tlierefore earnestly asks that he be informed of such events as he would gladly know. The help which, in these days, the minister can render in time of trouble is but Uttle; yet no kinder service is ever done to any minister than when such opportunity is confided to him. Nor does anytliing so strengthen him in liis work as admission to the deeper life of those whose Sabbath worship he directs.
During the year five couples have been united in marriage, three persons were baptized, seven rniited with the church. The nimiber of deaths ten. The chapel service, begun four years ago, continues during sixteen or eighteen weeks, from November into March. The object has been more especially instruction in the liistory of the Ethnic, the Jewish and Christian religions.
Rev. Mr. Brooks resigned in the early spring of 1882 and we had no settled Pastor until 188.3, when Rev. James De Normandie was called, and he was installed March 14, 1883. The services mcluded the Invocation by Rev. William H. Lyon of Roxbury; Reading the Scriptures by Rev. C. Y. De Normandie, Kingston; Sermon by Rev. James Freeman Clarke, D.D., Boston; Ordaining Prayer, Rev. A. P. Peabody, D.D., Cambridge; Right Hand of Fellowship by Rev. Edward H. Hall, Cambridge; Address to the People and Pastor by Rev. Edward E. Hale, Boston; Benediction by the Pastor; the whole interspersed with music.
In 1883, a new Bible was presented to the Society by the young men of the Parish.
In 1887 a committee was appointed to ascertain the rights of the First Religious Society in Roxbury to the burying ground off Kearsarge Avenue.
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The present pulpit was built in 1888, and it is similar to that in the First Church in Lancaster, built l)y Bulfinch in 181G. At the same time the church was painted and refur- nished and gas introduced.
The first mention of ushers was in 1889, when the following men served: — William Wells Bosworth, B. P. Cheney Clapp, Nathan S.Robinson, Channing Robinson, William S. Rumrill.
An attempt was made in 1891 to change the name of the cor{)oration to " First Church in Roxbury," but it was defeated.
There is nothing so fitting in closing the account of this Historical Church as a brief description of the services on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Dedication of this House of Worship, which occurred June 7, 1904. Some of the descendants of those who worshipped here in 1804 were present on this anniversary.
The order of service was : — Organ Voluntary ; Anthem ; Invocation, the congregation joining in the Responsive Ser- vice; Anthem; Prayer l)y The Rev. Alexander McKenzie, D.D., Minister of the First Church in Cambridge; Organ; Hymn in which the congregation joined. Address !)y the Rev. James De Normandie, D.D., minister of this church; Anthem; Address by the Right Reverend William I^awi-ence, Bishop of Massachusetts; Address l)y the Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D.D., of the South Congregational Church, Boston; Hymn in which the congregation joined; Bene- diction.
There were no formal exercises of imveiling of the memo- rial tablets now in position and seen for the first time, the reference to the men thus honored, which Dr. De Normandie gave in his address, sufficing for such a ceremony. The tablets were those to John Eliot, Amos Adams, Eliphalet Porter, George Putnam of the Pastors, and Thomas Dudley,
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Joseph Dudley, Paul Dudley, William Dudley, Charles K. Dillaway, and John Felt Osgood of the laymen.
One of the Daily papers refers to this event as follows : —
The observance last night of the hundredth anniversary of the dedication of the present house of worship at Eliot Square, Roxbury, the old First Church of that quarter, was one of the most interesting and inspiring events that has occurred for a long time. The history and tradition of which it is now the visible arid venerable symbol, are more venerable still, for as Dr. De Normandie said : " For 273 years there has been no interruption of worship on this hilltop."
The church is practically coincident with the history of the colony and stood from the beginning, not only for the strong virtues of the Puritan pioneers, but for the added grace and nobleness of Rev. Jolm Eliot's sympathy for the natives, which neither at that time nor to the present day has been characteristic of Anglo-Saxon colonizations. The glory of the spot is its association with the name and tireless devo- tion of "John Eliot, apostle to the Indians." This alone is enough to insure it a chapter in the annals of early American history, whose glory can never fade.
This feature of its early record was feelingly and beauti- fully dwelt upon in the noble prayer delivered by Rev. Dr. McKenzie of Cambridge, and that and the addresses which followed seemed admirably attuned to the spirit of the occa- sion. All denominational differences were put aside and the broader interests which the event suggested were merged in common Christian fellowship among those who were equal sharers in their reverence for their great heritage. The church was crowded and the profound silence that reigned throughout the exercises was an eloquent tribute to their interest.
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REV. GEORGE PUTNAM, D.D.
Son of Andrew and Jerusha (Clap) Putnam, was born in Sterling, Mass., August IC, 1807. His early training was in the academies of Leicester and Groton. He entered Har- vard College in 1822, and graduated in 1826. He was plain, simple, and unpretending, one of the youngest in the class, and though thoroughly manly, in no other respect old for his years, the soul of truth and honor, respected and liked by all his classmates, dearly loved by many. He held a high rank in his class, and undoubtedly might have had a higher place if he had striven for it.
After graduating he spent one year as a teacher in Duxbury, and then entered the Divinity School in Cambridge. What his success was there may be inferred from the fact that before completing his required course of instruction, he received an invitation to preach as a candidate for one of the oldest societies in New England and that after officiating but three Sundays he was called, by a very general vote, to become the associate pastor there of the Rev. Dr. Eliphalet Porter. His letter of acceptance is dated May 21, 1830. He was ordained July 7, 1830. Rev. Orville Dewey, D.D., preached the ordination sermon.
This church was then, as it was at the time of his death, one of the largest and most influential congregations in this neighborliood.
In its service Dr. Putnam at once attained the distinction which he ever afterward held, as a thoughtful, interesting, wise, and eloquent preacher.
A careful student, of very wide range of reading, he made everything contribute to the interest of his sermons. The subjects which he treated in the pulpit were of every variety,
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and before lie liad been long in the ministry cf this Church, the most thonohtful men and women of this community took every opportunity to hear him preach, whether they were or were not members of the same religious communion.
The parish at the time of his ordination, and for some years after, was essentially an agricultural one, a majority of the members being substantial farmers. To this class the new minister's style of preaching, so plain, direct, and impres- sive, so full of illustrations of God's beneficence in nature, was just what they needed. It made them appreciate their calling in its religious as well as secular aspect, and it made them respect each other.
In 1831 Dr. Putnam married Elizabeth Anne, daughter of Rev. Dr. Henry Ware, Mollis Professor of Harvard Ct)llege. Miss Caroline Porter, Mrs. Richard Ward, and Mrs. B. F. Copeland were the committee who furnished their home at the time of the marriage.
No one who knew Mrs. Putnam can forget the beneficence and beauty of her character. Where she was there was sunshine ever. She had a ready sympathy for all in trouble, and an open hand for their relief. She died March 24, 1866.
Gradually in the course of ten years the agricultural ele- ment in our society disappeared. The increased volume of land, and the estimates of the assessors, drove our farmers to more profitable fields.
The pews they left were soon filled by the commercial class, many of them from the highest mercantile houses in Boston. Some of these, who had not been accustomed to look for business talent and experience in clerical men, were surprised to find that Dr. Putnam could give them wise counsel in mercantile emergencies, when even the oldest among them were in doubt.
No one had a higher estimate of mercantile honor than
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he. No one despised more heartily any deviation from it. Some of his sermons on this theme were of such singular merit that he Avas requested to pubhsh them, but this, Hke many other such requests, he generally declined. He had a singular disinclination to publish anything he wrote. His common answer was that after he had preached a sermon at home, and three or four times elsewhere by exchanges, it reached more than would be likely to read a pamphlet.
There was another class in our Society, and not a small one, the professional men, whom he delighted by the beauty of his language and the brilliancy of his thoughts. One trait he had always sho-wii — an intuitive sagacity to seize the master key to a su'nject, and so easily open all its parts.
He received the degree of S.T.D. from Bowdoin College in 184.5.
In 1845 he was offered the chair of the Hollis Professorship at Cambridge, and the friends of the college urged him per- sistently to accept it. The possibility of his leaving our Society of course produced intense excitement. The letters he received from petitioners and remonstrants would make an interesting volume. The real question with him was, " Wliat is my duty in settling this trying question .'' " Hap- pily for our Society, and for him too, we think, he decided to remain with us. The interests of the college were always dear to him, and at a later period of his life he had abundant opportunity of showing his appreciation of them. He was from 18j3 to 1877 a most efficient member of the corporation. His services in that position Avere greater than the public knows.
Dr. Putnam was interested largely in pul)lic affairs, outside of his professional duties. He was a member of the con- stitutioiud convention in 18.53; one of the presidential electors in 18G4, and with Edward Everett, Ex-Governor Lincoln,
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and Jolm G. WTiittier, voted for Abraham Lincoln. In 18G9 he was elected a member of the Massachusetts legislature, and served two years with great efficiency. The ability he showed in the discussion of financial questions and kindred subjects clearly indicated the practical character of his mind.
In educational aii'airs he manifested a deep interest. He was chairman of the school committee of Roxbury, and for many years President of the Board of Trustees of the Rox- bury Latin School, President of the Trustees of the Fellowes Athenaeum, Chairman of the Trustees of the Boston Young Men's Christian Union, and one of the Trustees of the Boston Public Library.
During his whole ministry the character of his preaching was eminently practical, and some of his most effective sermons were those addressed to young business men. Every day topics, those that touched nearest the lives of his people, he chose most frequently. For controversial sermons he had no taste, or belief in their usefulness, and in this he resembled his venerable predecessor, the Rev. Dr. Porter. To the good sense and Christian spirit of both may be attributed the harmony which has always subsisted among our Roxbury ministers of all denominations.
Li the spring of 1871, a long vacation having been granted for health and recreation, he spent six months in Europe. The acquaintances he formed there, and the interesting places he visited, were ever after among his most pleasant memories.
On the SSrJ of December, 1872, he attended a meeting of the Corporation of Harvard College. The weather was intensely cold. On his return home he was stricken by paralysis. The Society took immediate measures to relieve him from all anxiety in regard to pastoral duties and expressed in many ways their sympathy for him in his invalid state.
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On the Gt'i of October, 1873, a letter was received from him in which he resigned his pastoral office. The Society unanimously passed a series of resolutions expressive of the strong attachment of the people, their high appreciation of his past services, and their unwillingness to accept his resignation.
In view of the impaired health of Dr. Putnam, measures were immediately taken for the election of an associate pastor. The Society united in giving a call to Rev. John Graham Brooks, which call was accepted.
During the succeeding year the senior pastor appeared often in the pulpit, but rarely took part in the services beyond the reading of a hymn. If he ventured upon a sermon his people listened with increased interest to the words which fell from his lips, for they were conscious how soon that voice, which had so charmed them by its utterances in the past, might cease forever.
The last time he was heard in his pulpit he spoke with his usual impressiveness, but it was painfully evident from the feebleness of his voice that no progress had been made in the recovery of his health. By the advice of his friends he did not preach again, though occasionally takmg some part in the Sunday services.
He died at his home on Highland Street, April 11, 1878.
Rev. John Graham Brooks, a Divinity student of the class of 1875, Harvard University, was ordained Pastor of this church Oct. 10, 1875. His work in the church Avill be found elsewhere, in the Parish report of 1880, the Sunday School and the Young; Men's Union. He resigned as Pastor in 188'2 to study Sociok)gy in Europe, and has since been distinguished as a Lecturer on Economics.
Rev. James De Normandie, D.D. our Present Pastor.
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Samuel Sumner, see Fourth Meeting House.
Joshua Felton, see Fourth Meeting House.
Nehemiah Munroe, see Fourth Meeting House.
William Davis, son of Moses and Hannah (Pierpont) Davis, was born Nov. 18, 1770, and died Feb. 4, 1850. He married (1) Polly Smith and (2) her half sister Sally Smith, both being daughters of Captain Ralph Smith, a prominent resident of Roxbury. In early life he was engaged in the West India goods business, which was not successful, and later followed his natural inclination and was made Principal of the Grammar School, now known as the Roxbury Latin School, a position he held for many years. He was after- wards a Trustee. He was ordained Deacon of this church in 1819 and held the office until his death. He was Town Clerk for many years and Parish Clerk for one year. His home was situated on Lambert Ave., on the hill, and here he cultivated a beautiful garden of flowers and various kinds of fruit trees, being extremely fond of horticulture.
Ebenezer Crafts, son of Daniel and Abigail (Kent) Crafts, was born Jan. 12, 1779, in Roxbury, and died there Jan. 10, 1864. He married Sarah Heath, daughter of Major John Jones and Sarah (Heath) Spooner. He cultivated the farm inherited from his grandfather, Deacon Ebenezer Craft, containing about fifty acres. He served in the state militia as Brigade Quartermaster with the rank of Major and was always known in after life as Major Ebenezer Crafts, rather than Deacon Ebenezer Crafts. He was ordained Deacon July 19, 1827, and was a friend and helper wherever help was needed. He was for many years engaged in mercantile pursuits, but in consequence of losses in the crisis of 1837 withdrew to the old farm, moving back into the house in which he was born.
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John Clap, son of Noah and Ann (Clap) Clap, was born in Dorchester, Sept. 11, 17G4, and died Sept. 23, 1840, in Roxbury. lie married (1) Susanna Robinson; (2) Priscilla Holden; (.'3) Ann Hawes Pierce, who gave a communion cup to the church in 1830. He served his time as a cabinet-maker with Deacon Munro, and settled in Roxbury, carrying on his business in a shop which stood on the main street of the town. He was ordained Deacon July 19, 1827, and was a truly honest man, affable and remarkably courteous to all. His death was noticed in a funeral sermon by his Pastor, Rev. George Putnam, D.D., who called him, "the last of the Puritans," ''one who embodied in himself all that was respectable and lovely in the primitive Avorthies of New England." "A plain, doAATiright man, yet affable and cour- teous, who never did a thing for show, had none of the restless pride of life, and gave the world the spectacle of a calm, cheerful, blameless, contented old age." He ever felt a deep interest in all that concerned his church and his native town of Dorchester.
Jonathan Avery Richards was born April G, 1797, and died April 19, 1845. He married Nancy D. Gore in 1820. He was ordaijied Deacon, June 3, 1838, and resigned in 1841. He was a book-keeper in Boston.
RuFUs WyiMan, son of Zebediah and Eunice Wyman, was born July IG, 1778, and died June 22, 1842. He married Anne Morrill of Boston. He fitted for college at Westford Academy and entered Harvard in 1795 and was graduated in 1799. For one year he taught in Worcester. In 1800 he was entered as a student of medicine with Dr. Samuel Brown of Boston, but owing to the iUness of his instructor he finished his course with Dr. John Jeffries. He stayed in Boston and then moved to Chelmsford thinkiug a country life might be of benefit to his health. In 1817 he was appointed first
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Physician and Superintendent of the JNIcLean Asyhim for the Insane at Charlestown, which position he resigned in 1834, soon after which he removed to Roxbury. He was ordained Deacon of this church in 1840. Rev. Dr. George Putnam, D.D., in a sermon preached after his death, said in part, "I cannot now, I could not in his hfe time, gather any words concerning him, but words of commendation and respect. He was not one of those who are prized after death only. His character was of that positive sort, so obviously and constantly ruled by high principle that men noticed it while he lived, as they only note those who are really above the level of common excellence, who live not by exponents but by principle, not to appearances but to fulfil righteousness for righteousness' sake." He was appointed to various offices of trust and was a member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences and for two years was President of Massachu- setts Medical Society.
Benjamin Kent, son of Samuel and Rhoda (Hill) Kent, was born May 25,1794, in Somerville, and died Aug. 7, 1859, in Roxbury. He married Eleanor Bradford. He was grad- uated at Harvard College in 1820 and from the Divinity School in 1824. Before his settlement he supplied the pulpit for three months at Washington, D.C., at a period when the journey there and back was performed mostly by stage. He was ordained as Colleague Pastor to Dr. Allyn in Duxbury, June 7, 1826. After a short but trying and very laborious ministry, he resigned his office of Pastor, June 7, 1833. He was chiefly instrumental in establishing a High School in that town which was first under the charge of Rev. George Putnam, who afterwards became our Pastor. R. W. Emer- son in answer to an invitation to be the Phi Beta Kappa poet thus speaks of him : " May I take the liberty to ask whether Mr. Kent of Duxbury has ever been requested to write a
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poem for the Society ? He was much the most successful poet who appeared on the college stage for many years." After leaving Duxbury he opened a young ladies' school in Roxbury in connection with which he gave courses of lectures on scientific subjects not confined to his pupils. He was ordained Deacon of this church in 1841 which office he held until his death. He was a trustee of the Roxbury Latin School and also for many years Librarian of the Roxbury Athenaeum. He was a great lover of antiquity. He ran- sacked garrets, collected many autographs and literary docu- ments of the Pilgrims, and made several discoveries of interest.
Charles Knapp Dillaway, son of Samuel and Mary (Knapp) Dillaway, was born Oct. 10, 1804, in Roxbury, and died there May 2, 1889. He married Martha Ruggles Porter, daughter of Rev. Huntington Porter and niece of Rev. Eliphalet Porter, D.D. He entered Harvard College in IS'i'-Z in the sophomore year and was graduated in 1825. He received the degree of A.M. in 1829. After graduation he was for a time assistant teacher in the Hancock School. In 1827 he became sub-master of the Boston Latin School, and in 1831 he became master. Holding this position for five years, he, in 1836, resigned on account of ill health. He was through his life interested in educational matters and for many years was regarded as a standard authority in the classics. Some of his publications were, " Roman Antiquities and Ancient Mythology," "The Classical Speaker," "Latin Classics with English Notes," in 12 volumes, "Colloquies of Erasmus," with glossary, beside many minor classical works and fugitive writings. He wrote and published in 1860 "A History of the Grammar School," or " The Free Schoole of 1645 in Roxburie." He was the author, also, of the valuable chapter upon education in the Memorial History of
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Boston. He was secretary of his college class, a trustee of the Roxbury Latin School for 50 years, and the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the school for many years. He was ordained Deacon of this church in 1842, which office he held until his death; Member of the Standing Committee 1857 to 1863; Treasurer of this church from Jan. 27, 1862, until 1886; Superintendent of the Sunday School for 25 years. A member of the Board of Trustees of the Fellowes Athenaeum and after the death of Dr. Putnam, its President. Supply Clap Thwing, son of Samuel and Sarah (Homans) Thwing, was bom Oct. 27, 1798, in Boston, and died June 4, 1877, in Roxbury; married (1) Elsey Fellowes Davis; (2) Arme Shapley Haven; (3) Anna Haven. His name descended to him from his ancestor Roger Clap of Dorchester, who, during a famine in the town, had a son born on the day supplies were received from England, and showed his gratitude by naming this son Supply Clap. He (Supply Clap Thwing) was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, and early placed in the counting room of James and Thomas H. Perkins, where he received the necessary instruction to qualify him for his future career. He began business on his own account in 1826, and for fifty years was actively engaged in mercantile pursuits, doing an extensive business with New Orleans and the East Indies. He was also a part owner of vessels and later in life was engaged in the coal trade. He removed to Roxbury about 1824 and here he passed the remainder of his life, and it was among his neighbors and fellow citizens that his truly honorable character was seen to the best advan- tage. In 1831 he joined this church and ever after took the deepest interest in its affairs and was foremost in anything pertaining to it. He had more intimate relations with Dr. Putnam than anyone else in the parish and was frequently consulted by him in important matters. He was a member
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of the Standing Committee in 1831 and 1832 and ordained Deacon June 29, 1851, which office he held until his death. He was Treasurer of the Communion Table from March 24, 1858, until his death. Trustee of the Grammar School in the Easterly Part of the To^vn of Roxbury, now known as the Roxbury Latin School, being elected in place of Deacon Kent, in 1859, and on Oct. 29, 1862, elected its Treasurer, which office he held until his death. A trustee of the Rox- bury Athenaeum, A Vice President and a Trustee of the Institution for Savings in Roxbury and Vicinity. He was one of the original trustees of the Fellowes Athenaeum and his connection with it may best be told in the words of Mr. William C. Collar at the Dedication Services, July 9, 1873. " Mr. Fellowes not unnaturally thought of the city where he had found a happy home for almost twenty years ; and being in his later life a great reader, he designed to found there an institution which should be to many the means of that enjoy- ment and cidture which he had himself derived from the best literature. But fortunately, before he was fully resolved, he asked the advice of a friend with whom he had lived in Roxbury in the most intimate relations. That friend sur- vives him in a vigorous old age, and he is present with us to-day. You all know him well, — the faithful steward of his friend's legacy to you, your friend and neighbor, and mine, the friend of everybody, — Supply Clap Thwing. He said to Mr. Fellowes — I give his o\\ti words — 'My friend, your mother was born in Roxl)ury, and there, you say your- self, you passed some of the hap]>iest years of your life. We want an Athcnannn, and you could not leave your property, outside of your owii family, to a better object.' Few words but fit and effective. For the following year, on reading the will of his friend, Mr. Thwing had the satisfaction of finding that his appeal was successful. But 1 have omitted one
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circumstance without which my account would be incomplete and yet I know not if I have a right to disclose what was told me, perhaps in confidence, months ago, and what I dared not ask permission to make known, when I saw that the public interests demanded that the whole truth should be told. I say ' the public interest,' for it does concern the public to know of every noble and unselfish act which makes nobleness and unselfishness easier for all. And it is due to Mr. Thwing, though I may ofiend him by this disclosure, that you should know that the planting of this institution among you is due not less to his disinterestedness than to his timely and prudent counsel. You will already have sur- mised something of what I had to tell you, namely, that a large part of the sum which, together with the accumulated interest, has been devoted to the establishment of this library, was by Mr. Fellowes's first will bequeathed to Mr. Thwing; and that it was at his urgent request, when this became known to him, that his friend cancelled the legacy and increased by so much his bequest to you. Thus happily what the splendid generosity of the one conceived and begun, the rare unsel- fishness of the other completed and crowaied; and hence, while we shall always hold him in grateful remenil)rance to whom we owe this nolile benefaction, we shall honor in our hearts the not less noble self-sacrifice of him who refused wealth proffered in the name of friendship that he might bestow enduring riches on us, and on those who shall come after us; or, still better, that he might put it in the power of each and all of us to eni'ich ourselves."
John Hunt, son of Elisha and Lucy (^Calef) Hunt, was born June 26, 1799, in Boston, and died May 16, 1873, in Medford. He married (1) Nabby Williams Esty; (2) Eliza- beth Gardner Whitin;(o) Sarah Jane S>Tnmes. He was a morocco dresser, having served an apprenticeship with Mr.
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Isaac Mead of Charlestown, Mass., afterwards having a factory of his own there. About 1840 he removed to Roxljiiry and had a factory which stood beside the old Eustis Street Burying Ground, with a sale store in Boston. He was an Alderman of Roxbury in 1852. Also a member of the Mass. Charitable Mechanics Association. It was his custom to have his family sit arovmd him on Sunday evenings at home and to read from the Bible and sing some of the old hymns. He was very fond of singing. He was brought up in the Old South Church, his father being a Deacon there. Li his younger days, when other boys were walking the streets, he spent his time in his room improving his mind reading. In that way he made up his mind, no doubt, to take up the Unita- rian belief. He was a member of the Sagamore Club which began meeting at each others houses in 1850 for simple enjoyment and a clam chowder supper. Among its members were Rev. George Putnam, D.D., Samuel Walker, Benj. Kent, John J. Clarke, Edwin Lemist, Manlius Clark, Thomas Adams, E. D. Huntington, Daniel Leach. He was oi-dained Deacon of this Church June 29, 1851, and resigned May 11, 1856, on account of his removal to Southboro where he l)ccame interested in fanning. He attended church in Framingham where he also was a Deacon. About 1866 he moved to Medford.
Adams Ayer, son of John and Susannah (Emerson) Ayer, was born June 18, 1823, in Haverhill, and died March 22, 1882. Married Martha Augusta Hinkley. He attended the district school and taught for a time in the district schools. He was graduated from Harvard in 1848 and from the Divinity School in 1851. He held pastorates in Chelsea, Mass., Newport, R. I., and in Charlestowai, N. H. He resigned this last pastorate to come to Boston to assist Mr. Holmes Ilinldey, his father-in-law, who was then prcsi-
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dent of the Hinkley Locomotive Works. After the death of Mr. Hinkley he was chosen to fill his place. He made his home in lloxbury and was ordained Deacon of this church July 1, 1877. He was a member of the Standing Committee in 1872 and 1878. He was a member of the Christian Register Association and established a scholarship at Har- vard. Member of the Common Council of Boston in 1870 and 1871. He was a man of kind heart and generous hand. Joseph Warren Tucker, son of Elijah and Rebecca (Weatherly) Tucker, was born Dec. 1, 1800, in Dorchester, and died x\pril 21, 1885, in Roxbury. Married Mary Porter. Until the age of 21 he worked upon his father's farm in Roxbury, having no advantages for education, except such as were afforded by the district schools of that period, which were of an inferior grade. However, by special studies after he had come of age, he prepared himself for school teaching, and for some years taught district schools in the whiter. Then he began to serve as clerk in stores until 1827 when he went into the grocery business for himself. In 1827 he was chosen chorister in charge of the choir of this church and even advanced money for its support. From 1837 to 1843 he represented the town of Roxbury in the Legislature. He was also upon the board of assessors, over- seers of the poor, and surveyors of highways. In 1840 he was elected a selectman, serving until Roxbury was made a city, in 184G, when he was elected city clerk, and held the office during the whole period that Roxbury remained a separate city. He was elected clerk of this Parish Jan. 7, 1850, and served until his death. He was a member of the music committee in 1836 and from 1849 to 1865. He was ordained Deacon of this Society Jan. 1, 1882, and held this office until his death. He was a justice of the peace, notary public, and held many other offices of trust.
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Jeremiah Plimpton, son of Ziha and Olive (Smith) Plimpton, was born May 10, 1810, in Sharon, and died Nov. 28, 1892. Married Sarah Davenport Bradlee. He was for twenty-five years a school-teacher, and master of the Dudley School for girls in Roxbury from 1839 to 1855, when, finding his health somewhat impaired, he withdrew from the business of teaching. From 1802 to 1868 he held the office of U. S. Assistant Assessor for 3d Collection District of Mass. He was ordained Deacon of this Society, June 7, 1885.
John Joseph May, son of Samuel and Mary (Goddard) May, was born in Boston, Oct. 15, 1813, died there May 25, 1903. Married Caroline S. Danforth of Norton, Mass. He was a graduate of the Boston High and Latin Schools. Mr. May's eldest brother, Samuel, having been educated for the ministry, his father decided that he should be educated for commercial life. After serving his apprenticeship, he became a partner in his father's firm, Samuel May and Company, importers of hardware and metals, established in 1797. He made his first trip to Europe in 1835 and several subsequent trips, the last being in 1896. He also made several trips to San Francisco, where his firm had a branch establishment. He moved to Dorchester in 1845, where he bought a large estate which he called " Mayfield," after the village in Sussex, England. He was one of the earliest members, and in some instances, a charter member, of the Museum of Fine Arts, The Boston Athen3eum,the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Bostonian Society, etc. He was one of the wealthiest and most prominent landed proprietors in Dorchester. Though he was offered many offices of trust, having often been urged to become a memlicr of Congress, he declined all such positions with the single exception of a membership of the school board,, which at that time needed an active and intelligent worker. He contributed largely to the toA\ai's improvements and
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institutions, giving money with great liberality for the benefit of the community. Although a merchant, he was by nature and preference a student, especially of the domestic history of New England, which was one of his great pleasures during his maturer years. He was a very large buyer of books and accumulated a library which became celebrated for its size and extent. While a resident of Boston he was a member of John Pierpont's Society. On moving to Dorchester he joined this church, of which he was a member for nearly sixty years, and ordained Deacon June 7, 1885. By virtue of this office he became a Trustee of the Roxbury Latin School, member of the music committee of this Society from 1849 to 1864. He left a record of fidelity to the interests of the city of his birth, of the town of his adoption.
Henry Dan Wilmarth, son of Daniel and Sarah (Luke) Wilmarth, was born Oct. 4, 182G, in Taunton, died May 4, 1896, in Roxbury. Married Matilda Reynolds. When only fourteen years of age his father died and he was obliged to leave home to seek his fortune. He came to Boston and entered the employ of Kendal Whitwell & Co., importers of woolens, remaining with them through successive changes of partnership, finally becoming a partner under the style of Talbot, Wilmarth & Co. He was ordained Deacon June 7, 1885.
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COMMUNION TABLE
The first mention, in the Deacon's Book, of anything rehxting to the table was "At a Curch Meting Held at the Revern'd Mr. Porter's Ixxlgings, April, 1789, Voted the Deacons Sell Some of the Chnrcli plate two vessels that was Worn out and purches With the Same a New tankard, the old plate asayed that was sold twenty Nine ounces & Some peny wait & sold for 0. 6. 4."
1789
May 27, \ho tankard Boufrlit ^* twenty tlirce owenccs
& thirntoen pceny^*' at Seven Sliillinj^sprownce . 8. 5. 6
May 1789. Cash Expended lo pnrehase Tliis IJook
for the chnrch 10.
Cash for a Small kef:;<:j for the nse of Caryiug the whie on Comnnniion
Days 1. 8 8. 17. 2
Ballence Carr'd over 9. 2
(The following is in the handwriting of Deacon Supply
Clap Thwing.)
"part of 'I'his old plate sold was that from whieh the Apostle Eliot had administered the Communion." "how sliort siii;hted !!!"
A Memorandum of the Plates, the Property of the First Church of Christ in lloxbury. Taken on the 20 Day of Dec. 1803 is as follows:
One Tankard The Gift of Mr. John Ilolbrook to the first Church of Christ in Roxbury 1735 makers name W Correl on the side and I..ed.
One Tankard the Gift of Mrs. Susanna Lamb to the old Church in Roxbury 1743, Markt on side SV
One Tankard The Gift of Mrs. Dor. Williams to the first Church of Christ in Roxbury 17.34 Mark on the side I Ilurd.
One Tankard For the Use of the Communion in the First
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Churcli in Roxbury given by the Widow & Children of the Govr Dudley 1722 June, Ma^r IC
One Tankard the gift of Mrs. Sarah Mayo to the first Church of Christ in Roxbury, 1740 makers name ID
Supposed
belonged
to the church
1650
T
One Tankard Mar*^* on the Bottom ,„. maker IC.
FFCTt
One Tankard Mar''* , . on the Bottom, III on the lid . lA
One Cup Markt MT side HP Bottom.
One Cup Markt WG side Maker FD side.
W
One Cup mark* - , Maker WC. o 1.
One Table Spoon no Mark.
In 1830 the following vote was passed:
Whereas on account of the Church Plate belonging to the First Church in Roxbury, being very Ancient, much worn, and the form of the vessels not convenient (being chiefly Tankards), it was thought advisable to have it manufactured into Cups with covers, providing the expense of the same would not be an objection, and our Revd Pastor, Dr. Eliphalet Porter, was authorised by the Church to effect the same, if he, after ascertaining the expense, should think it advisable. On enquiry it was found the old plate would furnish a suflfi- cient number of Cups with Covers, for the Communion Table, and have an overplus of old silver sufficient to pay all the expenses of the alteration. Mr. Jones of Boston was employed by our Revd. Pastor to Manufacture the new Vessels and as Five of the Old Tankards were Gifts from Ancient Members of the First Church in Roxbury, to said Church, Mr. Jones was directed to engrave the names of said donors on the Cups made from said Five Tankards, and the year in which they were given. Also To engrave on them the year in which they were Renewed.
William Davis (Deacon).
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Inventory of Church plate, renewed : —
Two cups with covers, presented by The Widow &
Children of the late Governor Dudley .... 1722
Renewed 1830
Two Cups with covers presented by Mrs. Dorothy
Williams 1734
Renewed 1830
Two Cups with covers presented by Mr. John Hol-
brook 1735
Renewed 1830
One Cup with cover presented by Mrs. Sarah Mayo 1740
Renewed 1830
One Cup with cover presented by Mrs. Susanna
Lamb 1743
Renewed 1830
One Cup with cover presented by Mrs. Ann Clap,
wife of Deacon John Clap 1830
One Table Spoon Renewed 1830
One Plated Flaggon, purchased with overplus old silver, which remained after paying Mr. Jones Bill for making the above named cups and spoon.
The above first made use of September 5^^, 1830.
In addition to the above there was a Christening Bason (Silver), presented by the late Mrs. Martha Porter, wife of the late Rev. Dr. Eliphalet Porter.
The following articles were presented by Deacon John Clap in 1630: — A new Mahogany Communion Table; Four Plates for Bread (Plated ware). Two handsome covered Baskets for Church Plate.
William Davis, Senior Deacon.
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259
January 24, 1833.
Cost of Communion table from May, 1789, to Jan., 1791, £19 135. 4(/. and in 1791, £11. From 1789 to 1838 the yearly amount spent for wine and bread for the Communion table was from $20 to $50, the balance of the contributions ^ being placed yearly in the Pastor's hands for the benefit of the poor of the Church. The Treasurers of the Communion table were : —
Deacon Nehemiah Munroe, from 1789 to Oct. 2, 1817, except for a short time in 1816, when Deacon Joshua Felton officiated in that capacity.
Deacon William Davis, from Oct. 2, 1817, to 1850.
Deacon Supply C. Thwing from March 24, 1858, to June 4, 1877.
Deacon Edward B. Reynolds from Aug. 5, 1877.
THE COMMUNION TABLE MEMBERS
1804 July 22. John Champney. Aug. 5. —
Mary Davis.
Sally Wilson, widow. Aug. 26. Stephen Child. Sept. 2. —
Elijah Lev\as.
Jesse Joy. Sept. 16. Elisha Wliitney, Jr. Oct. 14. —
Jona. Hill.
Samuel Newell, a student in H.C. Nov. 25. Stephen Brigham.
1805 Feb. 17. Jona. WilHams. March 3. John Curtis. March 17. W"^ Tileston.
April 14. Nathaniel Shepard Pren- tiss and Abigail, his wife (fr. Ye chiu-ch in Marlborough). May 12. —
Andrew Newman. Jane Barns, -wife of William. IMay 19. Roswell Pomroy. Aug. 11. Luther Richardson. Sept. 1. Sam'l Henshaw Horton.
1806
Jan. 5. James Cawte.
Feb. 23. Simeon Keyes.
March 16. John Davis.
May 11. Samuel Jackson Prescott,
A.M. May 25. —
W™ Pratt and Mary, his wife.
Edw. Jewett Robbins.
260
THE FIFTH MEETING HOUSE
June 15. Jonas Randall and Mary,
his wife. Aug. 10. Sam'l Langley. Aug. 31. Priscilla Clap, wife of
John. Oct. 5. Abijah Merriam. Oct. 19. IVIariha Sumner (at her
father's being sick). Nov. 2. —
Edward Sumner.
Henry I'ayson Sumner and Maria,
children of Edward. Dec. 7. Fanny Lewis, wife of Elijah.
1807 Jan. 18. —
Warren IVIarsh.
Hannah Lewis, wife of James.
Mary Smith, widow. Feb. 8. Calvin Ware. March 15. —
Theodore Kingsbury.
Joseph Thurston.
John Houghton and Nancy, his wife. May 31. Stephen Loud. June 21. —
Chenery Clark.
Nath' Ellis.
Isaac Goddard. Aug. 2. —
Elizabeth Wnrd, wife of John.
Thomas Dudley.
W™ Wynian Jr. Aug. 23. —
1'homas (hutis.
Amos Adams Mears. Sept. 27. Lois Williams, widow. Oct. 25. —
James Lewis.
Samuel Swift. Nov. 8. —
John Holbrook Hawse.
Nov. 8. —
Sam'l Silsby. Nov. 15. Aaron Gay. Nov. 22. Asa Whitney. Dec. 20. W'" Caswell. Dec. 27. Samuel Seaverns.
1808 Jan. 3. Samuel Guild. Jan. 17. Seth Tucker. Eel). 28. James Blake. March 6. Ann Dorr. April 10. —
Jonathan Freeman Cook.
Henry Pomroy.
John S. Williams and Nancy, his wife. June 26. Eben Craft. July 3. Susan Sloan. Sept. 18. Hervey Wood. Sept. 25. —
Caleb Dickerman & Sally, his wife.
Isaac Silsby. Nov. 13. William Wliite.
1809 April 9. —
Eben Swift Pierce.
Simeon Stearns. July 30. —
Barbara Fullerton.
Mary Baker Pratt.
Lois Eaton Knight.
Ehzabeth Whitney, wife of Daniel. Aug. 27. Polly Williams. Oct. 22. —
Elizabeth Champney, widow.
Mehitabel Curtis.
1810 Feb. 11. Eliphalet Everett. Feb. 18. Susanna Smith, wife of Jeremiah P.
COMMUNION TABLE MEMBERS
261
AprU 8. —
George Ware.
Mary Ware. April 29. —
Rufus Converse.
Antipas Newlon. June 3. Mary Bradley. July 1. —
Isaac Curtis.
Charlotte Seaverns. Nov. 11.—
William Seaver.
Martha Seaver, w. of William. Dec. 9. William Langley.
1811 Feb. 3. Samuel Dudley. March 10. —
Thomas Cheney and Sarah, his
wife. Edward Severy and his wife. AprU 7. John Stephens. Nov. 24. Daniel Hammond and Sally, his wife.
1812 Jan. 12. —
Wilham Cheney.
Abigail Seaver, widow. April 5. Abigail Harris. May 3. Amasa Smith & Martha
Ruggles, his wife. May 31. —
Abigail Smiiner.
Deborah W. Sumner.
Nancy Sumner.
1813 Feb. 21. James Adams. March 7. —
Elizabeth Weld, w. of Samuel.
Lucy Williams.
John Ward, Jr.
April 4. Joseph Harrington and
Rebecca, his wife. June 13. David Burtt and Sally,
liis wife. July 25. John Mecuen and wife. Aug. 22. —
Mary Shattuck. Martha Shuttuck. Aug. 29. Timothy Dexter Brown. Nov. 14. Betsy Shepard, w. of Charles of N. H.
1814
Feb. 27. James Blackman.
April 3. Ehzabeth Bent.
Jmie 26. Abigail S. Whiting, w.
of Joel. July 24. Jabez N.ison and Elizab
Ann, his wife. Sept. 18. Lewis Morse and Mary,
liis wife. Sept. 25. John Ersldne.
1815
Jan. 8. Sally Hauamond, w. of
Daniel. Feb. 5. —
Mary Adams, w. of James. Abigail Bartlett, w. of Dr. B. Aaron Davis and Theoda, his
wife. Martha Williams. March 5. —
Caroline Porter. Huidah Stoddard, widow. April 30. Hannah Pond, w. of John. May 21. Louisa Burton, w. of
John. May 28. Sarah Sanderson, w. of
Daniel. June 25. Brooks Kendall and Eunice, his wife.
262
THE FIFTH MEETING HOUSE
July 30. Al)ner Willett.
Aug. 20. Debby Sea ver, widow.
Oct. 15. —
Sally Burditt.
Harriot Burditt. Nov. 5. John Green.
1816 Jan. 7. —
William Davis and Sarah, his
wife. Aaron Davis Williams and Nancy, his wife. April 7. Calvin Baker. April 14. Calvin W^arren. May SO. Susanna Robinson
Clap, d. of Deacon John Clap. Nov. 10. Samuel Sprague Wil- liams and Lucy, liis wife. Dec. 1. — Isaac Rand. Nehemiah Da\ds Williams.
1817
Feb. 2. Mary Ward, w. of Jolui Jr. June 8. Matthew Walker and
his wife. June 22. Ebenezer Crafts and wife. June 28. Joel Wheeler and his wife. Sept. 14. John Lemist. Nov. 9. —
Elizalieth Champney, widow.
Asa Wliitney and Mary, his wife.
1818
April 19. Thomas W. Scott. April 26. Sarah Wyniaii, wife. June 7. Polly Smith Heath, wife. June 21. —
Amy Baker, w. of David.
Sally Patten, w. of Willinm. July 5. Asa Wymaii and wife.
Aug. 16. Dorothy Davis, widow. Sept. 13. Ann Calder.
1819 Aug. 15. —
Harriet Blanchard, w. of William.
Susan Dorr, w. of Nathaniel. Oct. 10. Mary Newell.
1820 May 21. Lydia Williams.
1821 July 15. —
Richard Austin. William Fiske and wife.
1822
Feb. 3. Isaac Davis. March 24. —
Sarah Ann Clap.
Lucy Clap. Oct. 6. —
Asa Bugbee.
Eleanor Kent. Dec. 1. Elizabeth Patrick. Dec. 15. —
Joshua B.FowleandEliz., his wife.
Lemuel Bradlee. Dec. 29. Ezra Morse and Rebecca, liis wife.
1823 June 15. Mary Phelps.
1824 March 14. Isaac W^raian and
Cath., his w. A[)ril 18. Abigail Smith, widow. May 16. —
Susannah and Sarah Davis.
COMMUNION TABLE MEMBERS
263
May 16. —
Charles Fox and Mary Louisa,
his wife. Martha R. Porter. Elizabetii Weld, w. of Benjamin.
June 26. Timothy Gay and Mary
W., his wife. July 17. Daniel A. Sigourney. Aug. 7. Aim L. Fearing, wife. Oct. 30. Lydia Wait.
1826 Aug. 6. -
Mary Sumner Patten. Sally Patten. Nov. 26. Samuel H. Hunneman and Eliz., his wife.
1827 Jan. 7. Samuel Payson and Lydia,
his wife. Sept. 2. Syhaa Patch.
1829 April 5. Edward W. Bradley and Sarah, liis wife.
1830 July 4. —
George Putnam (fr. University
Church, Cambridge). Jemima Bicknell, w. of Humphrey Hannah Robertson, widow. Harriet Robertson, widow.
1831 March 6. —
Jonathan A. Richards. Mrs. Richards. Anna Blaney, widow.
Marcli 6. —
Susannah Maccarty. April 3. Mary Pratt, widow. May 1. —
Julia Hill, widow.
Charles Hiokling.
Eliza Hickling.
Harriet Edes. June 5. —
Mrs. Dearborn, w. of Gen. H. A. S. Dearborn.
Supply Clap Thwing transferred from First Church, Boston with Elsey, his wife.
Mrs. Sarah Thwuig, widow, trans- ferred from First Church, Bos- ton. July 3. —
Salome Davis, w. of Isaac.
WilUam Whiting.
Nancy F. Whiting.
Elizabeth A. Putnam. Date imknown.
Joseph R. Newell. Date unknown.
Ann Lewis.
1832 Date unknown. — Mary Baker. Stedman Wilhams.
1833 Dec. Martha R. Simmons, w.
of DaNid A. Date unknow^l. —
Nancy D. Simmons (Mrs. Fisher)
bap. Betsey Saunderson.
1834 Feb. —
Hannah D. Williams.
264
THE FIFTH MEETING HOUSE
Feb. —
Mary W. Williams. March. —
Charlotte E. Wliitinrr.
Roxamia C. \Vhitinsj.
Benjamin Kent transferred from chm-eh in Duxbiu-y. April. Elizjibeth Hohnes, bap. June. Polly H. Patten. July. John Parker. Sept. —
Marsraret D. Heath.
Sarah II. Shaw. Dec.—
Abijah IMerriam.
Mrs. A. Merriam.
Hannah Merriam.
Sarah H. Simmons.
1835 June. Sophia T. Townsend, bap.
1836 July.—
Gardner L. Chandler! ^'°^ Lucretia C. Chandler P^'^^^^
IVIary Ann Chandler ^^"^^^' > Boston. EUzabeth F. Chandler. Sept. —
Joseph H. Gardner. Charles K. Dillaway. Mary Emma Dillaway.
1837 Jan. Susanna Smith. July. Joseph Harrington Jr. Aug. —
Rebecca C. Clarke.
Frances C. Lemist. Sept. —
Elizabeth Weld.
Caroline Weld.
Sept. —
Susan Weld.
Helen Louisa Perkins.
Rufus Wyman, transferred from Cluu-ch at East Cambridge. Oct. Margaret Feniio.
1838 Jan. Isaac H. Carey.
Phebe P. Carey.
Sophia J. Snow.
Aim M. Hill. Sept. —
Henry White Pickering.
Frances D. Pickering. Oct. ISlrs. Jidia F. Copeland. Nov. Mrs. Ehzabeth Francis, w.
of Ebcn T. Dec. Juha Leland.
1839 May. —
Henry Lehman.
Sarah Filmore.
Anna, w. of W. I. Loring. Sept. —
Nabby L. Durant, widow.
Rebekah Harrington, w. of Jos. H. Nov. —
Sarah, w. of Jos. D. Gould.
Grace C. Fiske.
1841 Feb. —
Hem-y F. Harrington.
Elizabeth D. Harrington.
Elizabeth Codman. March. —
Mary Fairbanks.
Wm. Henry Fairbanks.
Richard Ward] from West
Lucy Ward | Ciiurch, Boston. Mav. Margaret Bacon.
COMMUNION TABLE MEMBERS
265
June. —
Deborah NewTnan. Mary Newman. Margaret Newman. Anna B. Newman. Susan D. Ne\sTiian. Elizabeth O. Baldwin. Caroline Prentiss.
1842 March —
Sarah Bartlett.
Susan B. Hunt. May —
Catherine G. Gore.
Jane J. Willard. June —
Harriet Davis.
Sarah Davis Bradley. July. Thomas Simmons. Aug. —
Ann D. Bartlett.
Jane Bartlett.
Elizabeth R. Perkins
Allen Putnam.
Sept. —
James Sturgis.
Charles Blanchard.
Ann I. Blanchard.
Charles Briggs.
EUzabeth Briggs. Oct. —
John Himt.
Elizabeth Hunt.
Frances G. Train.
Eliza E. Hiclding.
Ephraim Harrington.
IVIaria Harrington.
Daniel Sigourney.
Nathaniel P. Lovering.
Mary L. Lovering.
Oct. —
Watson Gore Jr.
Jeremiah Plympton.
Sarah D. Plympton.
John J. Clarke.
Nahmn Ward.
Susan Ward.
Ozias Field.
Jonathan P. Robinson.
Catherine L. Robinson.
Walter Earns worth.
Elizabeth Farnsworth.
Moses Gragg 1 from
Rebekah Gragg J Milton.
Augustus Perrinl from West
Harriet Perrin J Church, Boston.
Jonathan Chapman.
Lucinda Chapman.
1843 Feb. —
Ann WjTuan. Stephen Child. Rebecca Child. Geo. H. Grossman. Hannah Grossman.
March. —
N. Proctor Smith.
Dorcas C. Smith.
Hannah Bardakin.
John S. Williams.
Ellen M. Williams. April. —
Ann Matilda Brinley.
At Rea 1 from Salem
M. Rea J North Church.
. jfrom Charleston, J. Amory Davns[ g (, ^^ q^_
Emily P. Da\is
Geo. Norwood.
Norwood.
John Rogers.
man's) .
266
THE FIFTH MEETING HOUSE
Rebekah A. Lowell Anna C. Lowell
April. —
Sarah Ellen Rogers. Hezekiah Blanchard
Blanchard
1 from King's Chapel, J Boston. Mary Howe, w. of Abraham. F. Howe from Suffolk St. Church, Boston. May. Thomas P. Codman. Sept. — I from
Charlotte Dorr Hollis St.
Charlotte P. Dorr Church, Helen A. Dorr J Boston. Oct. Mary E. Davis. Nov. —
Hester Billings. Benj. E. Cotting. Catherine G. Cotting.
1844 Jan. —
George W. Dodd.
Catherine H. Dodd.
Benjamin A. Gould.
Lucretia Gould. Feb. Sarah Kent. April. —
Frances Hunnenian.
Mary Elizabeth Dana. May. Lucy Rand. July. Neheniiah Davis Williams.
1845 March. —
Geo. B. Hyde. Nath'. Mayhew\. . , Nancy May hew/ ^ April. Rebecca Tucker. June. Mary H. French. July. Catherine Downer, w. of Wm. Hancock.
Charles F. Bradford.
from Church in Dor- chester.
Aug. Oct. —
Clarence C. Cook.
Sam Phipps Mary A. K. Phipps
Dec. —
Edward C. Bates. Mary C. Bates.
1846
Jan. Catherine L. Bowles. April. —
Emily P., w. of Nath'. Dorr.
Sarah W. Taber. June. —
Samuel Perkins.
Ehza D. Simmer, from Chinch in Keene, N. H. Oct. Mary D., w. of Hciu-y Winsor.
1847
May. —
Sarah Jane, w. of John Hunt.
Ehzabeth G. Briggs.
Aug. Anne H., w. of Supply
Clap Thwing.
Oct. —
Sarah Rolibins.
Mary C. Ilunneman
/-I rL • oi -n- sl from First Catherme Skilung „, ,
Nabby Balch ^^'''''^'
•' J Boston.
Nov. —
John A. Wiesse.
Jane L. Wiesse.
Samuel Dexter 1 from Church
EUza Dexter
in Gloucester.
1848 Jan. —
David C. Perrin.
COMMUNION TABLE MEMBERS
267
Jan. —
Nath^ Francis Jr. April. Emeline Perkins. May. Eloisa Kent. Sept. Martha S. Harrington. Oct.
Henry Robinson I
Cecilia Robinson f
Ann D. Cooper.
coK.
1849 Feb. Ellen Derby Rogers. Oct. —
William Bacon Jr.
Sophia B. Guild.
1850 June. —
Philip Dumaresq.
Margaretta Diunaresq.
Elizabeth H. Weld. July. DaAad Allen Simmons. Oct. Mary Elizabeth Blanchard.
1851 March. —
Nathaniel Snow.
Salome H. Snow. June. Eve Smith. Oct. —
IVIiranda Bacon.
Ann H. Blaney.
Catherine P. Townsend.
1852 May. —
Lydia Champney.
Susannah R. Spear.
James H. Champney.
Peter G. Robbins. June. —
Isabel Kent.
June. —
Mary Lemist Clarke.
Harriet Williams Fearing.
Charlotte Augusta Blanchard.
Augusta Woodbury Blanchard.
Elizabeth Wyman.
Margaret Curry Wyman.
Caroline Putnam.
Betsey Seaver.
Adeline Seaver.
Elizabeth Bacon.
William Bacon.
Augustus Bacon. Dec. —
Mary Prentiss.
Mary E. Baker.
Sarah D. Gore.
Hannah M. Dudley,
Mary Helen Bartlett.
Amelia T. Sweet.
1853 Jan. —
Charlotte P. RejTioIds.
Edward B. Rejniolds.
Thomas M. Prentiss.
Nancy W. Houghton. Feb. —
Thomas Wiley.
Margaret Wiley.
Abby Payson. May. —
Benjamin Williams.
Polly R. Eastman.
Harriet D. Johnson.
Abby H. Putnam.
Sarah P. Blake.
Belinda P. Simmons.
Louisa Simmons. Nov. —
Charlotte Fellowes.
Susan R. Weld.
Catharine W. Gore.
268
THE FIFTH MEETING HOUSE
1854
May. — Augustus D. Berry.
Mary A. Berry.
Edward Wyman. Sept. Mary W. Hollingsworth. Oct. —
Aaron D. Williams Jr.
Susan F. Williams.
Emily D. Bacon.
William Ellery Copeland. Nov. —
George Foster Williams.
Susan L. Williams.
Sarah A. W. INIerry.
1855 Jan. Jeannette P. Watson. March. INIary P. Howe. May. —
Emma Rodman.
Emily I. Brown. June. Mary Ijouisa King. Nov. Ann Elizabeth Smith.
1856 Feb. Frances Ann Lemist. Mar. Mary Louisa Huckins.
May. —
John Bmnstead.
John B. Fessenden.
Ehzabeth F. Minns. Oct. —
Sarah Cmnmins.
Mary Cimunins.
Abby W. Dudley.
James Cunningham.
Elizabeth H. Cumiingham.
Catherine II. Cunningham.
1857 Jan. Harriet Briggs. April. ^Vgnes L. Greene.
June. —
Jane W. T. Spanlding.
Jenny Tileston Spaulding. Oct. —
Olive E. Hayden.
Elizabeth B. Fisher.
Anna E. Putnam.
1858 Jan. 4. —
James Guild.
^Martha Simmons.
IVIary Emma Dillaway.
Mary V. Bufhnton.
Mary Anne Jones.
Emily Greene.
Rebecca W. Pickering. March. —
Cushing Stetson.
Sarah M. Simmons.
Isabella D. Harrington.
Ann M. Hill. April. —
Adeline D. Hooper.
Sarah Guild. June. —
Edward C. R. Walker.
Harriet Walker. Sept. —
Mary P. Nichols.
Sarah E. Nichols. Dec. Catherine W. Fearing.
1859 Feb. —
Sarah B. Lewis.
Elizabeth Ix'wis.
Emeline B. Fuller. April. Ellen P. Perrin, May. —
Dependence S. Waterman.
Georgiana Waterman.
COMMUNION TABLE MEMBERS
269
I860 Jan. James II. Barnes. Feb. Judith Eleanor Motley. May. —
Frances G. Fessenden.
Mary B. Fessenden.
1861 July. Sarah Nichols Messer. Sept. Sybil x\llen. Oct. Daniel Simmons Fisher. Nov. —
Caroline May.
Miriam P. Loring.
186^2 Jan. —
Annie W. Daxas. Sarah E. Stearns. Harriott T. Ward. Sarah R. Robinson.
1863 Jan. Anna Catherine Hancock. April. Mary Beers. June. Julia Annie Meston. Nov. Thomas Motley Jr. Dec. —
Mary G. Fuller.
Frances G. Pickering.
1864
Feb. —
Bacon.
Laiu-a Rogers.
Annie WilUams. March. —
Susan G. Rogers.
Susan S. Rogers.
Mary S. Thomas. May. —
Eugene L. BufEnton.
Sarah Wells.
May. Julia Messer. July. —
Anna G. Gray.
Margaret C. Welch.
Miima Motley. Nov. Caroline K. WjTnan. Dec. William S. Bond.
1865 Jan. —
Bessie Bromfield Rogers.
Frances Stetson Rogers.
Mary Frances Stetson. Feb. —
Theoda H. Fearing.
Marie Louise Mandell. March. —
Jane E. WTiite.
Sarah D. H. White.
Margaret U. Wliite.
Wm. Pliipps.
Elizabeth V. Phipps.
Lucy Staniford.
Geo. B. Palmer.
Maria D. Palmer. April. Emily D. Crafts. May. —
John C. Hunneman.
Charlotte S. Reynolds.
Ann F. Reynolds.
Florence L. Clarke. Dec. —
Louise A. Crafts.
Sarah Wells.
1866 March. —
Elizabeth F. Homer.
Augusta F. Homer. May. —
Josephine M. Hicks.
Enuna E. Hicks.
Henrietta G. Fuller.
270
THE FIFTH MEETING HOUSE
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June. Siumiel P. Blake. |
1874 |
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Sept. Harriet L. Otis. |
Jan. Abby S. Erving. |
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Oct. Elleu Maria Barrett. |
Oct. — |
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Horace G. Hutchins] from |
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1867 |
Juha H. Hutchms 1 Church in |
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March. — |
Harriet Hutchins [ Charles- |
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Lucy E. Huckins. |
Emma Hutchins J town. |
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Edith H. Chirke. |
Caroline P. Hutcliins |
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Harriet W. Ritchie. |
Bertha F. Wilhams |
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Clara E. Ritcliie. |
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Aug. Famiie L. Stevens. |
1875 |
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June. Mary A. Wales. |
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1868 |
Oct. Jane E. Lovermg. |
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Jan. Grace Bradford. |
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July. Ehza Dorr Williams. |
1877 |
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April. — |
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1869 |
Hannah Caroline Leavitt. |
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Nov. Annie M. Hobbs. |
Ellen Willusta Leavitt. |
1870 Jan. —
Henry G. Pickering.
Edward H. Bradford.
Henry W. Putnam.
EUzabeth W. Bacon.
Sue Williams. March. —
Sarah W. D. Ivcmist.
Fanny Gore Bradford. May. —
Florence H. Thwing.
Annie H. Thwing. June. Maria Davis. Dec. Walter Eliot Thwing.
Nov.
1871 Caroline Weld Fuller.
187'2 B. Louisa Champney. Mary Ann Champney. Sarah M. Cliami)ney. Lydia II. Champney. Dec. M. Louisa Reynolds.
■ 1878 Jan. Sarah Parker. May. Sarah W. Dnggett. Nov. Josephine W'ilson.
1879 March. —
Mrs. Mary A. Edson. Joseph W. Tucker.
1880 Jan. Grace Livermore. April. —
Katharine Hamilton Andrews.
Agnes Quincy Andrews.
Sarah Dearborn. May. —
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Plympton
Rebecca Clarke.
Susan II. Pickering.
1881 Oct. Dr. E. T. Williams.
Nov. —
William S. Boardman. Mary M. Boardman.
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70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
68676665
83
84
PULPIT
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33 |
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63 |
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31 |
34 |
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62 |
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30 |
35 |
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29 |
36 |
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60 |
5 |
28 |
37 |
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59 |
6 |
27 |
38 |
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58 |
7 |
26 |
39 |
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57 |
8 |
25 |
40 |
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56 |
9 |
24 |
4 1 |
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55 |
10 |
23 |
42 |
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54 |
1 1 |
22 |
43 |
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53 |
12 |
2 1 |
44 |
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52 |
1 3 |
20 |
45 |
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14 |
1 9 |
46 |
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50 |
1 5 |
1 8 |
47 |
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1 6 |
1 7 |
48 |
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89 90
102
10
100
99
98
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95 94
93
92
PLAN OF THE FLOOR OF THE PRESENT MEETING HOUSE, 1804.
PEW OWNERS
271
1886 Jan. 3. — Ida T. Weeks. Frank M. Leavitt. Carl Edson. Matthew Binney. Harry Hinckley. Margery Dodd. Robert Williams. George Houston.
1888 March 19. Emily Daggett Crafts. Dec. 2. Eleanor Parker.
1890
April 6. Virginia Fisher.
Oct. 5. William SaiFord Jones.
1893 Jan. 1. —
Mary Sibyl Collar, JVIildred Averill Collar.
1895 Dec. 1 . EUzabeth Bates Thacher
Parsonage Pew.
PEW OWNERS
Pew No. 1 Lower Floor
Pew No. 2, Lower Floor
Hon Nathaniel Ruggles, see Fourth
May 10, 1804. Cost $348.00
Meeting House. Oct. 13, 1834. Caroline Porter, niece of Rev. Dr. Eliphalet Porter, &
dau. of Rev. Huntington Porter. Apr. 15, 1844. Charles Knapp Dillawat, see Deacons.
Pew No. 3, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $385.00. Mrs. Sarah Davis.
Oct. 15, 1828. Thomas Brewer, of Roxbury, b. July 8, 1781 ; d. June 4,
1859; m. Abigail Stone. Dry goods merchant. Member of the City
Council of Boston. Member of the Standing Committee, 1836. Dec. 7, 1839. Gardner Brewer, b. May 1, 1806: d. Sept. 30, 1874; m.
Mary Weld. Wholesale commission merchant. President of several
manufacturing companies and director in others. Feb. 14, 1848. Jonathan Chapxl-un, b. Jan. 23, 1807; d. May 25, 1848;
m. Lucinda Dwight. H. C. 1825. Mayor of Boston, 1843. July 8, 1854. Charles Bunker, b. Aug. 8, 1802; d. Aug. 21, 1881; m.
Judith Folger. Lawj'er. U. S. Consul at Lahaina, Sandwich Islands.
Member of Roxbury Board of Aldermen.
272 THE FIFTH MEETING HOUSE
Nov. 19, 186'^. John Henry Eastburn, b. April 1, 1805; d. July 1, 1873; ni. Susan Fosdick Simmons. Learned the printer's trade of Major Benjimjin Russell, proprietor of "Columbian Centinel." City Printer, 18'-27 to I80-I; pro2)rietor of "The Atlas," published in 1840.
Pew No. 4, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $415.00. John Davis Williams, see Fourth Meet- ing House.
March 18, 1856. Aaron Da\ts Williams, b. July 3, 1787; d. Dec. 8, 1863; m. Nancy Bugbee. Farmer, first one to introduce French pears and first to graft pears on to quince bushes. Charter member and councillor Mass. Horticultural Society. Treas. Roxbury Charitable Society. On coimuittee applying for City Charter for Ro.\bury in 1845. Trustee of Institution for Savings iu Roxbury, etc.
March 13, 1868. Nancy Willlims, w. of Aaron Davis Wilhams.
Nov. 11, 1868. Aaron DA\as Williams, see Long Pew No. 45 iu Gallery.
Pew No. 5, Lawcr Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $380.00. John Shirley Willlvms, b. ]May 3, 1772;
d. May, 1843; m. Nancy Hunt Fellowes. H. C, 1797. Lawyer. Clerk
of the Courts, also County Attorney. May 26, 1814. Amos Adams Williams, see Square Pew No. 22, in Gallery. July 18, 1823. John Lowell, see Pew No. 101, Lower Floor. Aug. 11, 1823. i\.\.RON Davis Weld, b. Dec. 21, 1779; d. June 26, 1835;
m. (1) Bet^sey Williams, (2) Susannah Morey, (3) Martha Williams.
Fanner. March 3, 1831. Da\t[d Allen Si\evions, see Pew No. 33, Lower Floor. Feb. 9, 1860. Franklin Greene, b. April 22, 1807; d. Nov. 15, 1893;
m. Agnes Love Bradlee. President of the Prescott Insm-ance Co. Jan. 4, 1889. Mijs. Mary Ann Morse.
Pew No. 6, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $380.00. Henry Howell Williams, b. March 9, 1767; d. in 1832; m. Sally Williams. A man of property.
April 6, 1821. Samuel Guild, see Pew No. 79, Lower Floor.
Jan. 18, 1844. S.'VMUEL Guild, Jr., b. July 16, 1809; d. Sept. 16, 1846; m. Elizabeth Baker Davis Thayer. Leather merchant. W^as for some years a member of the choir of this church.
Dec. 17, 1849. J.a.mes Guild, see Pew No. 53, Lower Floor.
Jan. 26, 1888. Caroline W. Guild, w. of James Guild.
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Pew No. 7, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $410.00. George Ziegler, see Fourth Meeting
House. Jan. 1, 1820. W^illiam Bacon, b. June 27, 1790; d. Marcli 8, 1868; ra.
Elizabeth Wyman. Merchant. March 26, 1846. Augustus Bacon, b. April 21, 1815; d. April 8, 1896;
m. Elizabeth Moore Lothrop. Merchant.
Pew No. 8, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $370.00. Isaac Da\ts, b. July 31, 1769; d. March 17, 1856; m. (1) EUzabeth White, (2) Salome White. Farmer. Member of Parish Committee, 1812, 1814, 1815; of Stiiiiding Commit- tee, 1825, 1826, 1827. Selectman and Overseer of Roxbury, 1810, 1811. Treasurer of Roxbury, 1817 to 1845. Member of Legislature, 1819 to 1854. Trustee of the Roxbury Latin School.
May 10, 1804. Samuel Weld, see Fourth Meeting House.
Jan. 19, 1863. Najjct Weld, w. of Samuel Weld and dau. of Deacon Sumner.
Pew No. 9, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $355.00. Sarah Dudley, w. of William Dudley.
Sept. 18, 1812. Samuel Dudley, b. Aug. 6, l'^5; m. Susanna Davenport Brewer. Farmer.
March 29, 1814. Samuel Guild, see Pew No. 79, Lower Floor.
March 21, 1864. Sahah Guild, w. of Samuel Guild.
Nov. 30, 1870. Henry Guild, b. Jan. 13, 1824; d. July 27, 1886; 'un- married. Merchant. President of People's National Bank.
Nov. 10, 1890. Charles W. Chamberlin, living.
Oct. 27, 1896. William Torrey Barker, b. Feb. 14, 1851 ; d. Aug. 12, 1903; m. Susan Withers Warden. Paper manufacturer. President of the American Paper Trade Association.
Pew No. 10, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $330.00. Elisha Forbes, one half pew, see Fourth
Meeting House. May 10, 1804. Aaron Pomeroy, one half pew, see Fourth Meeting House. April 26, 1816. Calvin Warren, b. 1785; d. May 3, 1819; m. CaroUne
May 19, 1825. Caroline Warren, w. of Calvin W'arren. July 2, 1838. Isaac Parker Townsend, b. July 2, 1784; d. Nov. 3, 1846; m. Catherine Parker. Flour merchant.
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March 17, 1856. Catherine Parker Townsend, w. of Isaac Parker
Townsend. Oct. 9, 1868. William Amory, see Pew No. 61, in Gallery. March 1, 1880. David Miller Hodgdon, see Long Pew No. 29, in
Gallery.
Pew No. 11, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $277.00. JoHxN Ward, see Fourth Meeting House.
April 19, 1830. Saiiah Thwing, w. of Samuel Thwing and mother of Deacon Thwing.
Dec. 3, 1833. Thomas Simmons, see Pew No. 17, Lower Floor.
Jan. 29, 1836. Nathaniel Phillips Lovkring, b. Jan. 18, 1808; d. Oct. -1, 1887; m. (1) Mary Lane Clap, (2) Jane EHzabeth Hatch. Held a position in the Boston Custom House. Partner of Benj. F. Copeland. Treas. of the Conn, and Passiuupsic River R. R. Co. Treas. of the Concord R. R.
May 17, 1837. Joseph Lovering, b. Sept. 19, 1758; d. June 13, 1848; m. (1) Esther Martin, (2) Aime Phillips, (3) Mary Langdon (Bor- land) Wales. Originally soap boiling and tallow chandlering, later a careful and shrewd investor. Selectman. ^lember of first Board of Aldermen, Boston. Representative. Treasurer Mass. Charitable Mechanic Association. A. & H. Artillery Co., 1830.
Dec. 31, 1842. Nathaniel Phillips Lovering, same as above.
April 2, 1844. James Vila, see Pew No. 12, Lower Floor.
Aug. 6, 1874. Elizabeth R. Taylor, w. of Newton Taylor.
March 20, 1883. Robert Bruce Fairbairn, b. in Scotland, Nov. — 1847; d. March 22, 1907; m. (1) Harriet Lavinia Sears, (2) Etlith Alex- ander. Cashier, President and a Director of tlie National Rockland Bank. Director of the Forest Hills Cemetery Corporation. Director of the Chadwick-Boston Lead Co.
Pew No. 12, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $260.00. Ebenezer Fox, see Fourth Meeting House. March 31, 1840. James Vh^, b. Feb. 7, 1789; d. May 23, 1871; m.
Elizabeth D. Dexter. Wool merchant. Jan. 2, 1843. Charles Stearns, Jr., b. Dec. 6, 1794; d. Oct. 24, 1879;
m. Hannah Clap Pierce. Fanner in Brookline. Selectman. Assessor.
Member of School Committee. Sei)t. 9, 1844. Joseph Viia, b. 1791 ; d. July 20. 1870; m. Ly(ha Shepard
Staniford. Banker and commission merchant. Dec. 6, 1847. William Piiipps, see Pew No. 25, Lower Floor.
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July 7, 1860. Joseph Vila, Jr., b. May 29, 1834; d. Feb. 23, 1885; m. Anna Fields McLcIIan. Banker.
May 25, 1870. xVaijox Warner Spencer, b. Jan. 17, 1823; d. July 29, 1895; m. Josephine Vila. Banker. President Boston Stock Ex- change.
Pew No. 13, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $260.00. Bartholomew White, b. Jan. 4, 1773;
d. April, 1857; m. Hannah — . Victualler.
May 10, 1804. Thomas Mayo, see Fourtli jNIeeting House.
April 23, 1823. John H. Hawes, see Pew No. 83, Lower Floor.
Nov. 15, 1832. BENJ.\,MLNr Hawes, b. April—, 1771; d Oct. 16, 1857;
m. Mary Pilsbury Shannon. Farmer. March 11, 1850. Joseph Nickerson, b. March 3, 1804; d. Feb. 28, 1880;
m. Louisa Winslow. Merchant.
Pew No. 14, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $240.00. Dudley Willlvms, see Fourth Meeting
House. June 1, 1808. Jacob Allen. One half pew, see Fourth Meeting House. April 19, 1810. Chenery Clark. One half pew. b. March 24, 1779; d.
April 27, 1848; m. Lucy Davis. April 30, 1824. Jacob Allen bought this pew of assignees of Chenery
Clark and sold it to Samuel Payson who sold it to Calvin Allen and
he sold it to Feb. 20, 1860. William Henky Slocum, b. Jan. 1, 1818; d. Aug. 19,
1901 ; m. Sarah Elizabeth Wilhams. Importer and dealer in furs.
Pew No. 15, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $190.00. George Howe, of Roxbury, m.
Mary .
Jan. 31, 1820. Oliver Shed, b. March 14, 1794; m. Nabby .
^lerchaiit. Dec. 11, 1823. Jonathan Dorr, see Pew No. 84, Lower Floor. Dec. 29, 1832. Nathaniel Dorr, see Pew No. 97, Lower Floor. Dec. 11, 1834. William Joseph Loring, b. 1795; buried March 2, 1841;
m. Anna Thorndike. H. C, 1813. Merchant. May 20, 1841. Anna Loring, w. of William Joseph Loring. Feb. 10, 1880. Charles Milton Seaver, b. March 18, 1829; d. April 26,
1902; m. Helen Sophia (Rogers) Ball. A capitalist.
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Pew No. 16, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $171.00. Stephen Childs, b. July 17, 1771; d.
June 16, 1863; m. Rebecca Williams. Kept a boot and shoe store in
Roxbury. May 10, 1804. Jonathan Williams, b. Sept. 3, 1775; d. Feb. 11, 1825;
m. Anne Tileston. Leather dresser, a foiuider of the Universulist
Church, Member of Roxbury City Guard. June 16, 1812. John Houghton, b. May 31, 1772; d. Sept. 27, 1828;
m. Nancy Williams. Tanner. March 7, 1817. Jesse Jordan, b. Nov. 17, 1795; d. Aug. 25, 1870; m.
Ann Bond INlirick. At first a tanner then a Japan leather finisher, a
founder of the Universalist Church. Aug. 18, 1823. WiLLLUi Heath Spooner, b. Aug. 5, 1798; d. Feb. 9,
1872; m. (1) Caroline Hartshorn, (2) Harriet Cm-tis, (3) ]\Irs. Rebecca
Moses. Hotel pro})rietor and manager. June 19, 1834. Charles May Windship, b. April 16, 1809; d. July 19,
1865; m. Susan Barker. Harvard Medical School, 1829. Consulting
Physician of the City of Roxbury. Oct. 22, 1869. Susan Windship, w. of Dr. Charles May Windship. Oct. 24, 1870. William Frank Stetson, hving. Oct. 26, 1874. William Coe Coluvr, living.
Pew No. 17, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $201.00. Samuel Langley, b. June 3, 1778; d. Feb. 6, 1861; m. Emily Pierpont. Carpenter, housewright and archi- tect of Roxbury. A foimder of the Universalist Church.
April 16, 1823. David Allen Simmons, see Pew No. 33, Lower Floor. Jan. 1, 1830. Thomas Sixlmons, b. Oct. 8, 1791; d. March 16, 1866; m. Sarah Homans Thwing. For 40 years a merchant on India Wharf, Boston. Parish Treasurer, 1830-1832. Member SUmding Com- mittee in 1856.
May 10, 1845. John Joseph May, see Deacons.
Sept. 4, 1848. Lucia Marston Watson, dau. of George Watson.
Peiv No. 18, Lcnver Flour
May 10. 1804. Cost $215.00. Mrs. Martha Ruggles, see Fourth
Meeting House. Nov. 10, 1835. Charles Knapp Dillaway, see Deacons. Dec. 21, 1843. Luke Baldwin, see Pew No. 21, Lower Floor.
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Dec. 2, 1847. Chahles Mayo Ellis, b. Dec. 23, 1818; d. Jan. 23, 1878; m. (1) Harriet Lucretia Lewis, (2) Helen Thomas. H. C, 1839. Lawyer. Author of "The History of Roxbury Town," 1847.
April 8, 1848. Charles Copeland, see Pew No. 33, Lower Floor.
April 15, 1857. Shubael Gorham Rogers, b. April 23, 1806; d. Nov. 13, 1876; m. Susan Gross Snow. Secretary of the Fireman's Ins. Co., 1831 to 1865, then President. Director of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Co. Elected member Standing Committee in 1866 but declined the office.
Jan. 22, 1877. Susan Gross Rogers, w. of Shubael Gorham Rogers.
Dec. 15, 1877. Susan Snow Rogers, dau. of Shubael Gorham Rogers.
Pew No. 19, Lmcer Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $240.00. David Baker, see Fourth Meeting House.
Feb. 4, 1805. Susanna Smith, w. of Ralph Smith.
Dec. 17, 1827. Miss Sarah Tappan.
Aug. 17, 1830. Edward W. Bradley, b. 1799; d. Feb. 1876; m. (1)
Elizabeth Weld Wilhams, (2) Sarah Davis. Sept. 2, 1837. William Bacon, see Pew No. 7, Lower Floor. May 24, 1842. Francis Caleb Loring, of Boston, b. Sept. 1809; d.
Aug. 19, 1874 ; m. Miriam Mason Perkins. H. C, 1828. Lawj^er. Nov. 16, 1857. Francis William Welch, b. Nov. 5, 1808; d. Nov. 28,
1899; m. Mary Anne Humphrey. Master mariner. Nov. 8, 1878. Jane Merrill Hollingsworth, w. of Amor Hollings-
worth. Oct. 29, 1885. Mark Hollingsworth, b. Feb. 9, 1854; d. March 16,
1905; m. Amelia Grigg Merrill. Member of the music committee,
1889 to 1896.
Pew No. 20, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $240.00. Joel Whiting, see Fourth Meeting House. Dec. 13, 1849. William Whiting, see Pew No. 84, Lower Floor. Jan. 15, 1861. William Gray Jr., see Pew No. 40, Lower Floor. Dec. 1, 1887. Hiram Whittington, see Long Pew No. 19 in Gallery.
Pew No. 21, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $266.00. Joseph Curtis, b. Sept. 23, 1772; d. Feb. 13, 1858; m. Bethia Parker. Farmer, and the first man to carry vegetables to market in a team instead of in paniers on horseback.
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May 10, 1804. S.a_muel Ward, b. Sept. 13, 1773; d. Jan. 5, 1830; m.
Joanna . Farmer.
May 8, 1806. William Langley, see Square Pew No. 28 in Gallery.
Apr. 22, 181S. Samuel Langley, see Pew No. 17, Lower Floor.
Apr. 16, 1823. William Cummens, see Fourth Meeting House.
June 13, 1834. Luke BAi.D\\aN, b. June 5, 1797; d. Oct. 27, 1887; m. (1)
Elizabeth Anne Gushing, (2) Helen Sophia Hill. IVIerchant. Apr. 19, 1837. William Mack. Jan. 2, 1841. Nelson Curtis, b. Dec., 1809; d. Sept. 16, 1882; m. Mary
S. Hyde. One of the largest contractors in Boston. He built the
Boston Museum, P"'itchburg R.R. Depot, &c. Alderman. Director of
the People's National Bank. Oct. 3, 1842. Samuel Phipps, of Dorchester, b. June, 1800; d. JiJy 27,
1880; m. Maria Dennis Staniford. Dry goods importer. Apr. 7, 1860. James Henry Barnes, b. in 1837; d. Nov. 30, 1861; m.
Mary Virginia Buffinton. Salesman with Tuttle Gaflield & Co.
Glassware. Sept. 23, 1863. INIary Virginia Barnes, w. of James Henry Barnes. March 1, 1886. John Hurd Hutchins, hving.
Pew No. 22, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $295.00. Elisha Whitney, Jr., b. Feb. 4, 1780; d.
Feb. 12, 1823; m. Sally Heath. Merchant. A founder of the Uni-
versalist Church. July 1, 1813. Samuel Langley, see Pew No. 17, Lower Floor. Apr. 16, 1823. Charles Durant, see Square Pew No. 8 in Gallery. June 13, 1834. Charles Pierpont Blaney, b. Jan. 2, 1797; d. May 9,
1860. Unmarried. Bookkeeper. June 26, 1860. Nelson Curtis, see Pew No. 21, Lower Floor. Jan. 23, 1885. INIary S. Curtis, w. of Nelson Curtis.
Pew No. 23, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $310.00. Aaron Davis, b. April 13, 1763; d. April, 1817; m. Theoda Williams. Partner of his uncle Moses Davis, after- wards with his brother Charles. Maiuifacturers and Exporters. Helped to build the Roxbury Canal.
Jan. 8, 1863. Harriet Sigourney, w. of D. A. Sigourney.
Oct. 17, 1863. Caroline B. Thaciier, w. of Thomas Thacher.
Jan. 1, 1881. William Gill Thacher, b. July 28, 1846; d. Sept. 23, 1883; m. Elizabeth Ames Bates. Grad. Chauncey Hall School. First
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a grocer, then had charge of a large property. Member of the Com- mon Council. Director of the Howard Clock Co. and of the Rock- land National Bank.
Pew No. 24, Lmver Floor.
May 10, 1804. Cost $330.00. Ralph Smith, b. Oct. 25, 1770; d. Aug. 12, 1812; m. (1) Mary Wliittemore, (2) Sarah Ruggles, (3) Mrs. Susan- nah Howe. Manufacturer of soap and candles. Member of a com- pany commanded by Watson Gore at Nantasket in the War of 1812, and attached to the commissary department until liis death.
May 24, 1825. Joseph Harrington, b. June 27, 1781; d. Dec. 8, 1852; m. Rebecca Smith. Yale College, 1803. Studied law with Fisher Ames. He suggested the planting of trees around the church green. He held Justice Courts every Saturday. After retiring from the bench he received a position in the Boston Custom House and held it until Iiis death.
March 31, 1837. Samuel Shaw Lewis, b. June 19, 1799; d. June, 1869; m. Hannah Brackett Lewis. Commission Merchant, afterward Agent of the Ciuiard Steamship Co., in Boston.
March 17, 1842. Sarah LEW^8, daughter of Thomas Lewis.
Jan. 5, 1843. Robert Gould Shaw, b. Jime 4, 1776; d. May 3, 1853; m. Elizabeth Willard Parkman. Merchant.
Oct. 31, 1856. Samuel Allds Way, see Pew No. 65, Lower Floor.
March 23, 1883. Samuel Little, b. Aug. 15, 1827; d. Dec. 21, 1906; m. Elizabeth Malbon. President of Rockland National Bank. Alder- man. Member Common Council. Treas. of Highland St. R'way Co. Member of Legislature.
Pew No. 25, Lower Floor.
May 10, 1804. Cost $370.00. Reuben Stoddard, d. Oct. 1807; m.
Huldah . Mariner.
May 10, 1804. Stephen Mansfield, see Fourth Meeting House.
Jan. 29, 1810. Daniel Hammond, b. Dec. 13, 1785; d. Aug. 23, 1872; m.
Sally Stoddard. Merchant of the firm of Cutler & Hammond. June 12, 1826. Huldah Stoddard, w. of Reuben Stoddard. Sept. 7, 1826. Sally Hammond, w. of Daniel Hammond. June 27, 1844. William Phipps, b. Aug. 6, 1799; d. Feb. 16, 1873; m.
Elizabeth Vinton Staniford. Dry goods merchant. Feb. 9, 1860. Hentiy Newton Farwell, b. Jan. 12, 1822; d. June 14,
1896; m. Clara Richardson. Commission merchant.
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March 27, 1865. Horatio Haeris, b. Feb. 12, 1821; d. Feb. 29, 1876; m. Eunice Elizabeth Crehore. Commission merchant. Trustee of Joshua Sears Estate. Director of Athis Bank. One of the originators and a director of the Metropolitan Railroad. One of the proprietors of the Adams, Oxnard and Continental Sugar Refineries. One of the leading promoters of the "World's Peace Jubilee."
Nov. 3, 1876. Minnie Harris, daughter of Horatio Harris.
Oct. 25, 1880. William Goodwin Russell, see Pew No. 51 in Gallery.
Oct. 1884. John Felt Osgood, see Pew No. 96, Lower Floor.
Pew No. 26, Lmver Floor.
May 10, 1804. Cost $380.00. Joseph Willllms, see Fourth Meeting
House. May 19, 1825. Nehemiah Davis Wh^liams, b. July 25, 1786; d. May 13,
1852; m. Sarah Heath. Tanner and farmer. Dec. 18, 1852. Joseph Williams. Provision dealer. Feb. 9, 1856. Anna R. Dwight, of Brookline. Jan. 1, 1858. David Nevins, of Brighton, b. Dec. 12, 1809; d. March 19,
1881; m. Eliza S. Coffin. Dry goods commission merchant and
manufacturer. Dec. 21, 1882. Eliza S. Nevins, w. of Da\id Nevins.
Pew No. 27, Lmver Floor.
May 10, 1804. Cost $390.00. Rebecca Wait, w. of Jacob Wait.
May 22, 1806. Samuel Wait, see Pew No. 38, Lower Floor.
Aug. 10, 1826. Lydia Wait.
Dec. 10, 1827. Benjamin Franklin Copeland, b. Nov. 25, 1798; d. Dec. 22, 1863; m. Julia Fellowes Ruggles. Commission merchant. Repre- sentative. Deputy Collector of the Port of Boston.
March 26, 1830. Ebenezer Francis, see Pew No. 36, Lower Floor.
Jan. 30, 1802. Elizabeth Brown Bowditch, w. of Nath' I. Bowditch.
Jan. 12, 1880. Henry Ware Putnam, hving.
Pe^v No. 28, Loioer Floor.
May 10, 1804. Cost $390.00. John Parker of Boston, b. Feb. S, 1759;
d. April 21, 1828; m. Elizabeth Phillips. Merchant. Sept. 7, 1840. John Parker, b. June 4, 1783; d. Dec. 29, 1844; m. Anna
Sargent. Merchant. Owner of Parker Hill. Oct. 26, 1874. Samuel Crocker Cobb, see Pew No. 67, Lower Floor.
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May 8, 1888. Stephen Henry Williams, b. Nov. 3, 1807; d. July 15, 1894; m. Katharine Morrill. Graduate of Roxhury I^atin School. Clerk of Boardman and Pope on India W harf in the East India IViule. Sailed for them as Captain. Established at San Francisco and Hono- lulu, the Commission House of S. H. Williams & Co. Representative Member of Roxbm-y City Council.
Pew No. 29, Loiver Floor.
May 10, 180-i. Cost $410.00. Madam Elizabeth Sumner, w. of Governor
Increase Sumner. Sept. 15, 1814. John Lemist, b. Aug. 25, 1785; d. Jan. 13, 1840; m. Mary
(Cordis) Haswell. Merchant. Owner of Auchmuty House. Parish
Treasurer, 1825. Treasurer of the Society, 1826 to 1829. Member
of Standing Committee, 1822 and 1830 to 1833. Trustee of the Rox-
bury Latin School. March 12, 1840. Edward Brinley, see Pew No. 70, Lower Floor. June 20, 1851. Thomas Howe, of Dorchester. Vinegar maker. Oct. 19, 1860. Elijah Williams, of Boston, b. Aug. 1805; d. June 19,
1879; m. Mary Nye Bangs. Flour commission merchant. Trustee
of several estates. Owned numerous ships.
Pew No. 30, Lower Floor.
May 10, 1804. Cost $391.00. INIargaret IVIagee, w. of James Magee.
Jan. 29, 1810. Jonathan Dorr, see Pew Ny. 84, Lower Floor.
May 10, 1830. Benjamin Franklin Copeland, see Pew No. 27, Lower
Floor. June 10, 1837. Rev. George Plttnam, Pastor of this Church. Nov. 29, 1839. Isaac Parker Townsend, see Pew No. 10, Lower Floor. March 4, 1843. William Gray, of Boston, b. Dec. 20, 1810; d. Feb. 12,
1892; m. Sarah Frances Loring. H. C. 1829. Lawyer. Overseer of
Harvard College. President Alumni Assn. Fellow Am. Acad.
Member of Mass. Hist. Society.
Pew No. 31, Loiver Floor.
May 10, 1804. Cost $355.00. Doctor John Bartlett, see Fourth Meeting
House. Nov. 22, 1854. Julia Hill, w. of Thomas Hill of Roxbury. Jan. 31, 1870. Adams Ayer, see Deacons.
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Pew No. 32, Lower Floor.
May 10, 1804. Cost $350.00. Thomas Williams, Jr., bap. June 3, 1764; d. Sept. 20, 1823; m. (1) Elizabeth McCarthy, (2) Frances Jones. Lawjer.
March 24, 1825. Samup^l .Tackson Gardner, b. July 9, 1788; d. July 14, 18G4; m. Mary Bellowes Kingsley. H. C. 1807. Lawyer. Secretary and Treasurer of the Roxbury Latin School. In 1820 he presented a Holy Bible to the Parish which is still in the pulpit. Member of the Standing Committee in 1827, 1828, 1829. In 1838 moved to Newark, New Jersey. Editor of the Newark Daily Advertiser.
Aug. 26, 1837. INIahy Bellows Gardner, w. of Samuel Jackson Gardner.
June 13, 1839. Lydia Williams, of East Bridgewater, dau. of Dr. Thomas Williams, of Roxbury.
July 9, 1844. Daniel Andrew Sigourney, see Pew No. 38, Lower Floor.
Feb. 15, 1859. Jeremlvh Willlu^is, b. April 9, 1805; d. Feb. 3, 1877; m. Emmeline Eames Childs. Farmer. Selectman of West Roxbury.
March 1, 1878. Henry Ware Putnam, living.
April 30, 1883. Anna Cabot Lowell, see Pew No. 35, Lower Floor.
Pew No. 33, Lower Floor.
May 10, 1804. Cost $300.00. Hon. Nathaniel Ruggles, see Pew No. 2,
Lower Floor. Oct. 24, 1822. David Allen Simmons, b. Nov. 7, 1787; d. Nov. 20, 1859;
m. Martha Fairfield Ruggles. Lawyer. Parish Clerk 1822-1825.
Member Parish Committee 1823-1824. Clerk of the Society 1825-
1829. State Senator from Roxbiny 1848-1849. Oct. 13, 1834. Charles Copeland, b. Aug. 27, 1803; d. March 9, 1853;
m. Susan Rogers Sprague. INIerchant. May 18, 1837. Charles Nichols, b. Jan. 26. 1794; d. Aug. 22, 1873; m.
Harriet Powers. Paying teller in the New England Bank. June 16, 1845. Benjamin Franklin Copeland, see Pew No. 27, Lower
Floor. May 24, 1860. Robert Chamblet Hooper, see Pew No. 92, Lower Floor. Oct. 25, 1880. Mrs. Samuel D. Bradford.
Pew No. 34, Lower Floor.
May 10, 1804. Cost $312.00. Joseph Seaver, see Fourth Meeting House.
Dec. 29, 1832. Watson Gore, b. March IS. 1703; d. June 13, 1872; m. Catherine Gates VVillard. Importer of linens. Menil)er of Standing Committee 1833-1834. Member of the New England Guards.
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Oct. 11, 1844. Catherine Gates Gore, w. of Watson Gore.
Aug. 20, 1847. Enoch Train, see Pew No. 51 in Gallery.
May 20, 1859. Alfred Augustus Reed, b. Sept. 7, 1817; d. Oct. 1,
1878; m. Caroline Van Son. Lived in Java many years; afterwards
engaged in cotton manufacturing in this country. April 2, 1866. Ebf.nezer FiiANcis Parker, b. Dec. 13, 1823; d. Aug. 15,
1896; m. Elizabeth Clap Stone. Partner of Augustine Heard & Co.,
Merchants of Hong Kong, China.
Pew No. 35, Lower Floor.
May 10, 1804. Cost $340.00. Aaron White, b. April 8, 1741; d. Dec.
18, 1809; m. Elizabeth Cheney. Farmer. May 19, 1825. William White, b. Oct. 9, 1779; d. Aug. 25, 1833; m.
Nancy Avery. Mason. Dec. 20, 1833. David Dudley, see Pew No. 45, Lower Floor. March 27, 1834. Daniel Andrew Sigourney, see Pew No. 38, Lower
Floor. July 1, 1837. Edwin Lemist, b. Oct. 14, 1806; d. Jan. 28, 1888; m.
Sarah Wliitney Da\ds Dorr. Dry goods merchant. May 15, 1838. James Russell. Bookkeeper in the Atlas Bank. June 27, 1842. Rebecca /Vmory Lowell, dau. of John Lowell, taught in
the Sunday school about 40 years. Jan. 21, 1874. Anna Cabot Lowell, dau. of John Lowell, taught in the
Sunday school about 50 years. Secretary of the Lincoln Freedman's
Aid Society.
Pew No. 36, Lower Floor.
May 10, 1804. Cost $320.00. Willlui Hyslop Sumner, b. July 4, 1780; d. Oct. 24, 1861; m. Mary Ann (DeWolf) Perry. H. C. 1799. Law- yer. Representative, 1808 to 1819. Organized in 1833 the East Boston Co. One of the original members of the Massachusetts Horti- cultural Society.
April 2, 1816. George Ziegler, see Pew No. 7. Lower Floor.
June 11, 1819. Ebenezer Francis, b. Oct. 15, 1775; d. Sept. 21, 1858; m. Elizabeth Thorndike. ]\Ierchant and a large ship owner. Chair- man of the Trustees and President of the Massachusetts General Hospital. President of the Suffolk Bank. President of the Cocheco Mfg. Co. Treasurer of Harvard College.
April 20, 1830. David Dudley, sec Pew No. 45, Lower Floor.
Dec. 21, 1833. John Jones Clai{KE, see Square Pew No. 31 in Gallery.
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March 8, 18-Z7. Samuel Stillman, b. Jan. 31, 1796; d. March 17, 1878;
m. Sarah CoUins Baldwin. Wholesale dry goods merchant. May 2, 1835. Walter Farnsworth, b. 1798; d. Feb. 26, 1881; m.
Elizabeth Loring Young. Dry goods merchant. Trustee of estates. Nov. 3, 1846. Jonathan Pratt Robinson, see Square Pew No. 7 in
Gallery. Jan. 25, 1861. William James Reynolds, see Pew No. 65 in Gallery. Oct. 7, 1887. Henry O. Stratton, b. Jan., 1837; d. July 15, 1894.
Dealer in hardware.
Peiv No. 42, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $270.00. Susanna Davis, dau. of Capt. Aaron Davis.
Jan. 6, 1845. Horatio Davis, b. April 2, 1810; d. Aug. 18, 1861. Un- married. INIerchant.
Jan. 28, 1850. George Alfred Fisk, b. Oct. 11, 1812; d. Jan. 15, 1883; m. Sarah W. Clap. Hardware dealer.
Feb. 20, 1866. Henry Lefrelet Daggett, see Pew No. 57 in Gallery.
June 15, 1883. IVIaitiiew Binney, living.
Pew No. 43, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $261.00. Mrs. Hannah Curtis.
Nov. 1, 1834. Milton Durand, m. Louisa ■ . Innkeeper.
March 10, 1842. Nathaniel Snow, b. April 30, 1812; d. Nov. 10, 1862.
Unmarried. Merchant. Nov. 13, 1863. Salome Snow, sister of Nathaniel Snow. June 10, 1892. Gorham Rogers, living.
Pew No. 44, Louver Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $260.00. Ebenezer Smith, b. 1752; d. May 19,
1822; m. Abigail Williams. Victualler. May 10, 1804. Joseph Ware, b. 1780; d. July 22, 1830; m. Nancy
Smith. Marketman. Oct. 1, 1830. Gitl' Carlton, b. 1788; d. Jan. 31, 1840; m. Abigail
Hovey. Manager of a morocco factory. Jan. 20, 1834. John Lemist, see Pew No. 29, Lower Floor. Feb. 18, 1836. Nabby Carlton, w. of Guy Carlton. March 23, 1836. Guy Carlton Jr., b. July 22, 1812; d. March 23, 1903;
m. Charlotte Howe. Merchant.
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Aug. '■22, 1838. Ralph Crooker, see Pew No. 46, Lower Floor. March IG, 1878. Edward Belcher Reynolds, see Deacons. March 26, 1883. Horace Bacon, h\ing.
Pew No. 45, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $240.00. Edward Jewett Robbins, b. , 1779;
d. Sept. 6, 1825; m. (1) Mary Hohnes Curtis, (2) Elizabeth .
Trader. April 7, 1806. Remember Preston, b. Nov. 27, 1756; d. April 18, 1832;
m. (1) Mary Dav-is, (2) Sarah Clark. May 12, 1825. David Dudley, b. Aug. 23, 1787; d. April 21, 1841;
m. Hannah Davis. Merchant. President of the Traders' Bank.
Member Standing Committee, 1830 & 1832. July 9, 1834. George Adams, b. Sept. 10, 1792; d. Dec. 21, 1868; m.
Mary Ann Leach. Commission merchant. Oct. 21, 1848. John Joseph May, see Deacons. April 7, 1902. Edward IVLvy, Uving.
Pew No. 46, Louver Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $206.00. John Seaver, see Fourth Meeting House.
April 5, 1805. Benjajhn Duick, see Pew No. 98, Lower Floor.
Nov. 3, 1829. Abijah Merriam, see Pew No. 79, Lower Floor.
Feb. 10, 1830. Joseph Callender, b. Dec. 15, 1789; d. Sept. 23, 1855.
June 4, 1832. Joshua Seaver, b. Jan. 15, 1779; d. Sept. 11, 1833; m. Nancy Siunner. Taught school in Jamaica Plain. Postmaster of Roxbury.
June 30, 1838. Ralph Crooker, b. May 28, 1801; d. March 2, 1886; m. Marietta Hathaway Borden. Overseer of the Iron Mills Corporation on Parker St., afterwards Superintendent of the Bay State Iron Works, South Boston.
Aug. 28, 1838. Joel Seaverns, b. April 18, 1801; d. April 14, 1853; m. Ann T. Seaver. Farmer. His farm is now Forest Hills Cemetery.
Aug. 5, 1839. George Arthur Slmmons, see Long Pew No. 2 in Gallery.
Feb. 16, 1843. Capt. James Huckins, b. Jan. 29, 1798; d. Oct. 11, 1868; m. Lucy J. Crocker. At first in the starch business in Roxbury, afterwards owner of the famous clipper ships NortJiern Light and Golden Light the former making the fastest passage on record between Boston and San Francisco — 76 days, 5 hours.
March 5, 1883. John H. Haines, b. , 1839; d. Sept. 2, 1889.
March 18, 1890. Mary P. Bacon, living.
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Pew No. 47, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $171.00. Stephen Sampson, d. Feb., 1826; m.
Mary Morse. Tanner. Oct. 18, 1817. Benjamin Myeick, b. April 14, 1776; d. Oct. 1, 18,S8; m.
Sarah Coding. Tanner. A founder of the Universalist Church. April 30, 1824. John Lemist, see Pew No. 29, Lower Floor. June 6, 1838. Levi Bartlett, b. June 3, 1784; d. June 21, 1864; m.
Clarissa Walker. INIerchant. Oct. 9, 1845. Whiting Hewins, b. Aug. 13, 1789; d. Aug. 16, 1855;
m. Olive Easty. Oil merchant. Jan. 16, 1900. Albert Fearing Hayden, li\-ing.
Pew No. 48, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $193.00. Jonathan Champnet, b. Feb. 6, 1737;
d. Aug. 14, 1809; m. Ehzabeth Pierce. Cordwainer. May 7, 1889. James Howe Champney, see Square Pew No. 3 in Gallery.
Pnv No. 49, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $175.00. Ebenezer Bugbee, see Fourth Meeting
House. May 18, 1825. Asa Bugbee, b. June 24, 1790; d. Dec. 15, 1831; m.
Jane — . Painter.
Jan. 5, 1832. Alpheus M. Withington. Carpenter.
June 30, 1835. Benjamin Franklin Copeland, see Pew No. 27. Lower
Floor. April 13, 1836. Benjamin Fran-xlin Campbell, b. July 6, 1806; d.
March 29, 1874; m. Mary Lillcy. INlaclmust. A Director of the
People's Bank. April 19, 1843. Sltply Clap Thwing, see Deacons. Sept. 1, 1857. John Rogers, b. May 11, 1800; d. June 15, 1884; m.
Sarah Ellen Derby. H. C. 1820. President Roxbury Charitable
Society. President Roxljury Home for Aged Women. Treasurer of
the Vermont and Mass. Railroad Co. Treasurer of the Music Hall
Association. Member Standing Committee, 1872-1875. Member
Music Committee, 1851-1865. Oct. 9, 1884. Ellen Derby Rogers, dau. of John Rogers. May 26, 1888. James Ci^rke Davis, b. Jan. 20, 1838; d. May 11, 1905;
m. Alice Paine. H. C. 1858. Was Class Secretary. La^^'yer.
Assistant District Attorney. Member of School Board. Trustee of
large estates. March 29, 1893. Nathan Dyer Robinson, see Pew No. 58, Lower
Floor.
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Pew No. 50, Lower Floor
May 10, 1801. Cost $161.00. \ pew. George Lyon Farrington, b. , 1764; d. Nov. 30, 1823; m. Rhoda Baker. Cooper.
INfay 10, 1804. One half pew. Charles Joy, see Fourth Meeting House.
April 10, 1809. One half pew. Stephen S.\mpson, see Pew No. 47, Lower Floor.
Jan. 30, 1823. One half pew. Williaii Joy, b. Dec. 20, 1800; m. Mary Parker Hunt.
Nov. 7, 1823. One quarter pew. William Bacon, see Pew No. 7, Lower Floor.
Nov. 7, 1823. One quarter pew. William Heath Spooner, see Pew No. 16, Lower Floor.
Jan. 3, 1848. John Adam Weisse, see Long Pew No. 5 in Gallery.
Nov. 6, 1852. Hen-ry White Pickering, b. May 27, 1811; d. Aug. 15, 1898; m. Frances Dana Goddard. Stock broker. Presdt. of the Old Boston Nat. Bank. President of the Boston Stock Board. Member Common Council. JNIember of the First Board of License Commis- sioners and of the Overseers of the Poor.
Jan. 20, 1870. Stephen W. Marston, Jr., b. Oct. 11, 1819; d. Sept. 4, 1899; unmarried. Dry Goods Conunission Merchant. Director of the National Webster Bank.
Pew No. 51, Lo7ver Floor May 10, 1804. Cost $221.00. Five eighths of pew. Elijah Dudley, h.
July 26, 1764; d. Sept. 6, 1805; m. Isabel Weed. Cooper. May 10, 1804. Three eighths of pew. Otis Gould, see Fourth INIeeting
House. Dec. 17, 1827. Miss Sarah Tappan.
July 26, 1828. Isabel Whiting, w. of Moses Whiting, of Dedham. Feb. 9, 1842. Elizabeth Whitwell, dau. of Samuel Whitwell. Feb. 9, 1860. Daniel Staxiford, b. April 22, 1814; d. Feb. 21, 1879; m.
Frances Ann Minns Wheelwright. Wool merchant.
Peiv No. 52, Lower Floor May 10, 1804. Cost $241.00. Capt. Jesse Doggett, see Fourth Meeting
House. April 20, 1814. Elizabeth Doggett, w. of Jesse Doggett. April 18, 1845. Jonathan Amory Davis, see Pew No. 89, Lower Floor. Jan. 4, 1866. Ann Wainwright Davis, dau. of Jonathan Amory Da\as. Jan. 31, 1884. Henry Dan Wil\L'Uith, see Deacons.
Pew No. 53, Loiver Floor. May 10, 1804. Cost $260.00. Willlim Blaney, see Fourth Meeting House.
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May 19, 1825. Catherine Blaney, w. of William Blaney.
Sept. 20, 1847. Horace Bacon, b. , 1801; d. Aug. 14, 1850; m.
Miranda Wood. City messenger. Se.xton of this church. Nov. 22, 1847. Edav.uid Darley Boit, b. Aug. 31, 1813; d. Oct. 25, 1890;
m. Jane Parkinson Hubbard. H. C. 1834. Lawyer. Representative. May 29, 1848. J.\mes GmLD, b. July 12, 1811; d. May 3, 1887; m. (1)
Sophia Buckland Child, (2) Ann Eliza Gore, (3) Caroline Whitmarsh.
A Graduate of Roxbury Latin School. Leather merchant. ISIember
of Standing Committee 1853. Trustee of the Roxbury Latin School
and its Treasiu-er in 1855. President and Director of the People's
Bank. President Roxbury Gas Light Co. Nov. 7, 1850. Frederick Guild, living. Dec. 4, 1891. James Clarke Davis, see Pew No. 49, Lower Floor.
Pew No. 54, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $271.00. Ebenezer Seaver, see Foiu-th Meeting
House. April 14, 1855. Sarah Parker, daii. of Ebenezer Seaver and w. of Thomas
Parker. April 1, 1884. Sarah Parker, dau. of Thomas Parker.
Pew No. 55, Lawer Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $300.00. Thomas Wyman, see Fourth Meeting
House. Oct. 18, 1817. Isaac Wyinian, b. March 27, 1795; d. Nov. 6, 1872; m.
Catherine Taber. Farmer. Feb. 5, 1880. Emmeline Hayward, see Pew No. 107, I^ower Floor. March 30, 1883. John Tetlow, living.
Peiv No. 56, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $321.00. Col. Willlum Barnes, see Fourth Meeting
House. May 18, 1825. Jane Barnes, w. of Col. William Barnes. July 17, 1833. Moses Whiting, b. ,1780; d. March 19, 1842; m.
Percis Rice Clark. July 1, 1846. Benjamin Bangs, b. Dec. 10, 1783; d. June 18, 1860; m.
Sophia Nye. Merchant. Owner of ships. Interested in Valparaiso
trade. Member of Common Council. Representative. Oct. 23, 1860. Charlotte Augusta Bradstreet, dau. of Benj. Bangs,
and w. of Samuel Bradstreet.
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Pew No. 57, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $330.00. Heirs of the Pierpont Estate.
Aug. 16, 1806. Samuel Gore, bap. Dec. 23, 1770; d. Dec. 11, 1824; m.
Abigail Wliite. Farmer. March 10, 18:50. William Fisk, b. Dec. 20, 1770; d. June 11, 1844; m.
Eunice White. Cabinet maker. Measurer of wood. Feb. 28, 1843. Capt. Arciielaus Rea, b. Feb. 12, 1778; d. Sept. — , 1864;
m. (1) Elizabeth Mason, (2) Maria Marsh Woodbridge. Master
Mariner. Agent of Salem Iron Co. Nov. 16, 1847. Philip Duimaresq, b. April 13, 1804; d. June 25, 1861; m.
Margarita Deblois. Educated at Gardiner, Me. Commanded a ship
at the age of twenty, and for thirty years prominent in liis profession.
He was the first American who began the traffic with the Japanese
after the American Treaty of Commerce. Oct. 8, 1855. James Stxjrgis, b. Aug. 21, 1822; d. Jan. 21, 1888; m. Mary
Catharine Towaisend. Engaged in the East India, China, South
Africa and Australian trades. On the staff of Gov. Alex. H. Rice. Jan. 30, 1880. James Thacher Hayward, see Pew No. 85, Lower Floor. Nov. 24, 1886. James Warren Hattvard, see Long Pew No. 34, in
Gallery.
Pew No. 58, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $338.00. Humphrey Bicknall, see Fourth Meeting
House. May 10, 1804. Simeon Pratt, see Fourth Meeting House. May 6, 1837. Polly Lewis, w. of Thomas Lewis. Feb. 9, 1854. George Foster Williams, b. Aug. 17, 1805; d. Dec. 5,
1872 ; m. Susan Lucy Fellowes. ]\Iember of the firm of Hall & Williams,
afterwards Tucker & Williams. Nov. 11, 1878. Nathan Dyer Robinson, b. June 20, 1835; d. April 11,
1895 ; m. Elizabeth Leman Parker. Member of the firm of MacuUar
Parker & Co., dry goods. Member of the Boston Art Club and the
Roxbury Club.
Pew No. 59, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $351.00. Joel Seaverns, see Fourth Meeting House.
May 10, 1804. Samuel Seaverns, b. , 1782; d. April 29, 1810; m.
Charlotte Williams. July 26, 1817. Charlotte Seaverns, w. of Samuel Seaverns. July 26, 1824. William Langley, see Square Pew No. 28, in Gallery. May 14, 1825. Aaron Kingsbury, see Pew No. 92, Lower Floor.
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April 18, 1856. William B. Kingsbury, b. Dec. 14, 1806; d. April 6, 1872; m. Frcelove Fenner. Farmer. Alderman. Treasurer Roxbiiry Gas Li<i;lit Co. Trustee of Institution for Savings in Roxbiiry and Vicinity.
Nov. 27, 1875. Edward C. R. Walker, b. Dec. 11, 1823; d. Oct. 11, 1897; m. Henrietta Kingsbury. JNIanufacturer.
Pew No. 60, Lower Floor
INIay 10, ISO^. Cost $31-1.00. Deacon Joshua Felton, see Deacons.
May 10, 180-1. Zaudiel Adams, see Fourth Meeting House.
May 16, 1825. Abicail P. Adams, w. of Zabdiel Adams.
Feb. 9, 1828. Dr. Zabdiel Boylston Adams, b. ¥eh. 19, 1793; d.
Jan. 25, 1855; m. Sarah May Holland. H. C. 1813. M. D. 1816. Aug. 10, 1833. Samuel Billings, see Pew No. 94, Lower Floor. Nov. 27, 1844. John Bltjstead, b. Jan. 12, 1778; d. Oct. 29, 1857;
m. (1) Frances Gore, (2) Sarah Gore. IMerchant and dealer in real
estate. July 28, 1866. John James Dixwell, b. June 27, 1806; d. Nov. 14,
1876; m. Eliza Boardman Ingersoll Bowditeh. May 14, 1807. J. Henry Sears, see Pew No. 65, in Gallery.
Pew No. 61, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $320.00. Major William Bosson, b. Apr. 28,
1753; d. after 1818; m. (1) Prudence Mayo, (2) Susanna IMayo. One.
of the minute men at Lexington. Major in the Continental Army.
Parish Clerk, 1815 to 1817. IMember Parish Committee, 1805, 1806,
1815, 1816. Nov. 20, 1816. Elliah Lewis, see Pew No. 64, Lower Floor. Aug. 26, 1818. Samuel Hewes, b. May 4, 1767; d. Oct. 21, 1860.
Unmarried. Dry Goods Merchant. Capt. of the Boston Fusileers. June 21, 1821. William Cooper Hunneman, b. July 10, 1769; d. May
10, 1856; m. Hannah Hewes. Coppersmith. Brass founder and
manufacturer of hand fire engines. President of Mass. Charitable
Society. One of the Deacons of West Boston Church. (Rev. Dr.
Charles T.rOweII). Feb. 19, 1856. Willl\.m Cooper Hunneman, Jr., 1). Jan. 4, 18,30; d.
Jan. 28, 1869; in. Sally Williams Patlcu. First in the drug business
and later a manufacturer of varnishes. March 29, 1869. Sidney Bartlett, b. Fcl). 13, 1799; d. March 6, 1889;
m. Caroline Pratt. II. C. 1818. Taught school in Scituate. In 1821
admitted to the Bar where he became the leader. One of the founders
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and first president of the Boston Bar Assn. Member of tlie Legis- lature antl also of Constitutional Convention. Received from Harvard College Honorary Degree of LL.D. in 1855. Feb. 14, ISSO. Charles Frederick Bkadford. see Pew No. 104, Lower Floor.
Pew No. 6^2, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $340.00. W^ii-liam Pratj-, b. May 18, 1776; d. Feb. 5, 1826; m. Mary Wyman. Currier.
June 7, 1825. Charles Durant, see Sciuare Pew No. 8, in Gallery.
July 1, 1829. Aaron Kingsbury, see Pew No. 92, Lower Floor.
Nov. 2, 1830. Supply Clap TnwaNG, see Deacons.
April 18, 1843. John Murray Forbes, b. Feb. 23, 1813; d. Oct. 12, 1898; m. Sarah Hathaway. Merchant. One of the leaders who gave an impetus to the great Railway systems of the West. A Director of tlie Chicago Burlington and Quincy Rail Road from 1857 until his death, also Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of the same Railroad. Elector at large at President Lincoln's election in 1860. Member of Peace Congress Feb . 1861., Deputy Commissary under Governor Andrew in 1861. One of two j)ersons sent by the Secre- taries of State and Navy on a privnte mission to England March 1863. One of the founders of the Sanitary Commission. " Li the Civil War he did more for his country than any other private citizen and we owed our success as much to him as to any other man." (Judge Hoar.)
April 27, 1874. Edwin Read, b. 1815; d. March 12, 1887. Auc- tioneer.
Jan. 26,^1878. John Coffin Jones Brown, hving.
Pew No. 63, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $320.00. David Poignand, m. Delicia .
IMerchant. Removed to Lancaster.
April 12, 1810. Nathaniel Scott, see Fourth Meeting House.
Jan. 8, 1816. Thomas Whittemore Scott, b. Dec. 20, 1793; d. May 1, 1824; m. Susan Curtis Brewer. Manufacturer.
Sept. 1, 1835. Enoch Bartlett, b. Feb. 17, 1779: d. June 25, 1860; m. Abby Kane DeWolf. A merchant who laid the foundation of his fortune by importing a cargo of English dry goods just before the War of 1812. A pioneer member and a Vice President of the Mass. Horti- cultiu-al Society. The "Bartlett Pear" was named in honor of him having been first introduced from Great Britain into the garden which he afterwards purchased.
Nov. 15, 1860. Ann D. Bartlett, daughter of Enoch Bartlett.
May 6, 1874. Caroline Bartlett, daughter of Enoch Bartlett.
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Pew No. 6-1, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $306.00. Elijah Lewis, b. March 3, 1773; d.
Dec. 15, 1858; m. (1) Fanny Sumner, ('2) Elizabeth Sumner Daggett.
Associated with Charles and Aaron Davis manufacturers and ex})orters.
Alderman. Representative. Captain of Roxbury Fire Brigade.
Member of Parish Committee in 18-23. Apr. Vl, 1859. George Lewis, see Long Pew No. 17, in Gallery.
Pew No. 65, Lower Floor
IMay 10, 1804. Cost $214.00. John Dove, reverted to Parish.
April '25, 1806. Lucrr Bowman, see Pew No. 91, Lower Floor.
Jan. 24, 1807. Deacon Samuel Sumner, see Deacons.
May 4, 1818. William Hazlet, see Fomth Meeting House.
Jan. 0, 1845. Abraham F. Howe, b. May, 1783; d. Nov. 29, 1861; m. Mary Woochiian. At first a West Indian merchant afterwards an auctioneer. President in the Norfolk j\I. F. Ins. Co. Special county commissioner. Held offices in the City of Govermnent.
March 25, 1845. Joseph White, see Pew No. 90. Lower Floor.
June 21, 1845. Li-jlvn Locke, b. Jan. 25, 1804; d. Dec. 23, 1861; m. (1) Almeria Rosaline Boynton, (2) Eliza Anne Lane, (3) Frances Brew- ster. Manufacturer of weigliing scales and afterwards {)urchased and conducted an iron foundry.
June 20, 1850. Thomas Lord of Boston, d. Jan. 1860. Merchant and dealer in real estate.
Jan. 2, 1854. Samuel Allds Way, b. Dec. 17, 1816; d. June 4, 1872; m. Sarah Ann Simpson. Banker. Organized the first bank under the Mass. Free Banking Law. Large real estate holder.
April 15, 1857. James Ritchie, b. May 12, 1815; d. March 16, 1873; m. (1) Caroline Whitaker, (2) Mary Jane Kimball. H. C. 1835. Prin- cipal of the Partridge Academy in Duxbury. Mayor of Roxbury. President Roxbiu-y Charitable Society. City IVIissionary. One of the founders of the Old Ladies' Home. Editor of the Norfolk County Journal. Trustee of the Roxbury Latin School. Representative. Assessor of Internal Revenue. INIember of Governor Andrew's Council.
July 15, 1867. Seam^vn Klous, living.
This pew was removed in 1888 to give space for the new pulpit.
Pew No. 66, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $260.00. Moses Davis, see Fourth Meeting House. April 24, 1824. Ezra Morse, b. Nov. 16, 1765; d. Oct. 17, 1826; m. Rel>ecca Thomas. Soap boiler.
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May 8, 1830. Ezekiel D. Dyer, m. Mrs. Rebecca Morse. Gold-beater. June 13, 1834. Amos Stevens, b. 1803; d. Feb. 25, 1861; m.
Susan . Mercliant and Manager of a balance factory.
Dec. 30, 1835. Nahtoi Ward, b. Oct. 10, 1801; d. Nov. 9, 1858; m.
(1) Susan Gurney, (2) Ruth Stetson Gurney. Manufacturer of tallow
candles and settled soap. Alderman. Director of Nat. Rockland
Bank. March 28, 1860. Ruth Stetson Ward, w. of Nahum Ward.
Pew No. 67, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $202.00. Nathaniel Patten, d. before 1822, in Missoiu-i; m. Nancy Scott. One of the Committee of Correspondence during the Revolution. One of the original incorporators of the Bos- ton Marine Society. Ropemaker. His daughter Sarah was the first child baptized in this meeting house, June 10, 1804.
May 10, 1804. Benjaahn Marshall, see Fourth Meeting House.
Sept. 12, 1807. Nathaniel Shepherd Prentiss, b. Aug. 7, 1766; d. Nov. 5, 1853; m. Abigail Pico. H. C. 1789. Began the practice of medi- cine in Marlborough. In 1801 he removed to Roxbury and took charge of tlie Roxbury Latin School for eight years. Afterwards kept a private school. Representative. Town Clerk about 30 years. Parish Clerk. Member of Parish Committee. Helped to establish the First Baptist Church in Roxbury and one of the founders of the Eliot Con- gregational Chm-ch in Kenilworth Street.
May 30, 1821. S.amuel Guild, see Pew No. 79, Lower Floor.
Nov. 16, 1840. Baaian Stone, see Pew No. 37, Lower Floor.
Feb. 8, 1862. Samuel Crocker Cobb, b. May 22, 1826; d. Feb. 18, 1891; m. Amelia Ladd Beattie. Merchant. Pres. of the Mass. Society of the Cincinnati. Alderman of Roxbury. Alderman and Mayor of Boston. Trustee of Fellowes Athenaeiun. Trustee of Roxbury Latin School. Member of Standing Committee. President of Roxbury Charitable Society. Member of the Board of Public Institutions. President of Nat. Revere Bank. Trustee National Sailors' Home. Actuary of the Mass. Hospital Life Ins. Co.
Dec. 21, 1877. William Addison Beattie. Living.
Pew No. 68, Loiver Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $311.00. William Hannaford, m. Betsey Knower. Currier. A founder of the Universalist Church.
March 7, 1822. Samuel Doggett, b. Feb. 12, 1794; d. Aug. 18, 1856; m. Lois Currier. IManufacturer of mirrors, picture frames, &c. Cap- tain of the Norfolk Guards of Roxbury.
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Jan. 7, 1845. Henry Pettes, b. May 24, 1810; d. Aug. 29, 1882; ni.
ISIary liarrett. INIerchaiit. Feb. 16, 1860. John Reed, b. , 1812, d. July 26, 1892; m. Harriet
While. Vice-Treasurer Provident Institution for Savings.
Peiv No. 69, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $347.00. Thomas Rummll. One half pew, see
Fourth Meeting House. May 10, 1804. Nathaniel Richardson. One half pew. b. March 19,
1780; d. April 18, 1812; m. Mary Dwight Coverly. Jan. 10, 1807. Benjamin Weld. One quarter pew, see Pew No. 75,
Lower Floor. Jan. 10, 1807. Jesse Doggett. One quarter pew, see Pew No. 52.
Lower Floor. July 25, 1825. Samuel Jackson Gardner. One hah" pew, see Pew
No. ."2, Lower Floor. Feb. 13, 1S20. John Weld Childs, b. Feb. 8, 1789; d. March 21, 1864;
m. Sarah Richards. Jan. 19, 1830. Charles Frederick Gore, b. , 1799; d. June 10,
1857. Gardener. Jan. 19, 1830. Joseph Warren Tucker, see Deacons.
July 3, 1833. Sajmuel Perkins, b. , 1771; d. Aug. 3, 1846.
Aug. 9, 1843. Abigail Perkins.
Feb. 27, 1850. Gushing Stetson, b. Apr. 26, 1800; d. March, 1865; m.
Mrs. Frances (Burrows) Bowles. Merchant. Sept. 30, 1863. George W. Wheelwright, see Long Pew No. 4, in
Gallery.
Pew No. 70, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $310.00. Tho\l\s Kilby Jones, bap. Feb. — , 1759; d. April 26, 1842; m. Polly Morton. Auctioneer and Mer- chant. He built his country seat "Grove Hall." Trustee and Vice- Pres. of Mass. Fire Society. Trustee of the Roxbury Latin School.
Aug. 17, 1833. John Jones Clarke, see Sipiare Pew No. 31 in Gallery.
June 19, 1834. Edward Brinley, b. , 1809; d. July 13, 1868; m. Ann
Matilda Bartlett. Druggist.
March 31, 1843. Hezekiah BLAN'ciiAun, b. ; d. May, 1864; m.
Charlotte Porter. Dealer in seeds. Member of New England Guards in 1812.
Pew No. 71, Lower Floor
ISIay 10, 1804. Cost $298.00. Nehemiah Munroe, see Deacons.
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Dec. 29, 1828. Samuel Hewes Hunneman, b. Feb. 12, 1800; d. Jan. 15, 1869; m. Elizabeth Champney. Coppersmith. Builder of the cele- brated Hunneman Hand and Steam Fiie Engines in Roxl)iiry. Presi- dent of Mass. Mechanic Charitable Association. Member of the Roxbury Social Library. Engineer of the Roxbury Fire Department.
Feb. 1, 1883. Augustus Parker, see Pew No. 69, in Gallery.
Nov. 23, 1898. William Prentiss Parker. Li\'ing.
Pew No. 72, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $299.00. Ebenezer Crafts, see Deacons,
April 12, 1844. Miss Sarah Stoddard, from New London.
Nov. 29, 1844. Ebenezer Crafts, see Deacons.
, 1864. W'lLLLUi Augustus Crafts, b. Oct. 28, 1819; d. Oct. 30,
1906; m. Emily Daggett. H. C. 1840. Lawyer. Established the
Norfolk Ct'unty Journal in 1849. Member of Common Council.
Member of School Committee. Representative. Clerk of the State
Board of Railroad Commissioners.
Peio No. 73, Loioer Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $297.00. Eleb Faxon, b. Jan. 9, 17.56; d. Oct. 6, 1820; m. Ruth Ann Hathaway. Blacksmith. Proprietor of a large iron factory casting cannon used in the War of 1812. A founder of the Universalist Church.
March 22, 1822. Ruth Faxon, dan. of Eleb Faxon.
Jan. 2, 1836. Amos Stevens, see Pew No. 66, Lower Floor.
March 3, 1853. Thomas Motley, Jr., b. Feb. 1, 1812; d. March 8, 1895; m. Maria Bussey Davis. Agricultiu-ist. President of the Mass. Society for the Promotion of Agricidture. Trustee of the Mass. Humane Society. President of the Sailors' Snug Harbor.
Feb. 23, 1880. Joseph Warren Tucker, see Deacons.
Pew No. 74, Lmver Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $302.00. Nathaniel Seaver, b. Feb. 7, 1773;
d. Oct. 27, 1827; m. Hannah Loco. Merchant. Nov. 3, 1829. Mrs. Anna Gardner Hovey. Jan. 12, 1839. Miss Sarah S. Gardner of Cambridge. Sept. 20, 1856. Samuel William Rodman, b. Oct. 30, 1814; d. Jime 1,
1906; m. Emma Motley. Owner of Whaling ships. Feb. 10, 1880. Jeremiah Plimpton, see Deacons.
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Pew No. 75, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $291.00. Major Benjamin Weld, see Fourth Meet- ing House.
May 10, 1804. Samuel Heath, b. March 9, 1760; d. Sept. 24, 1841; m. Mrs. Nancy Greaton. Tanner.
March 1, 1849. Elizabeth Weld, dau. of Benjamin W^eld.
Pew No. 76, Longer Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $273.00. Hon. Willduvi Heath, see Fourth Meeting
Hou.se.
, 1814. William Heath, Jr., see Square Pew No. 25, in Gallery.
May 25, 1836. William Davis, Jr., b. July 18, 1801; d. April 27, 1865;
m. Maria Davis. Merchant and importer of Russian goods. Aug. 25, 1857. Supply Clap Thwing, see Deacons. March 29, 1878. Annie Haven TinviNG, dau. of Supply Clap Thwing Jan. 28, 1884. Josiah Wheelwtjight, see Long Pew No. 14, in Gallery. Dec. 28, 1895. Walter Eliot Thwing, living. Author of this book.
Pew No. 77, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $260.00. Benja.mln Seaver, see Fourth Meeting
House. May 28, 1816. Susannah McCarty, w. of William McCarty. Feb. 24, 1842. Joseph Dudley Golh^d, see Pew No. 78, Lower Floor. Aug. 1, 1878. Dr. P. O'Meara Edson, living.
Pew No. 78, Lower Floor
M;!y 10, 1804. Cost $222.00. Jacob Gould, see Fourth Meeting House.
May 10, 1804. Solomon Jones, see Fourth Meeting House.
Jan. 11, 1813. Lucy Golh^d, w. of Jacob Gould.
Aug. 30, 1828. Joseph Dudley Gould, b. May 17, 1807; d. April 19,
1879; m. Sarah Payson Seaverns. Dry goods merchant. Partner of
Ozias Field. Dec. 29, 1828. John Lfjwist, see Pew No. 29, Lower Floor. Aug. 1, 1834. Harrison Gray, b. , 1794; d. Aug. 16, 1846; m. Clarissa
. Bookseller. Hilhard, Gray & Co.
April 11, 18.35. Robert B. Schenck.
Sept. 27, 1836. Charles Winship Holbrook, b. Aug. 4, 1804; d. June 11,
1860; m. Delia Aim Gardner. Discount Clerk City Bank. Dec. 10, 1841. IvKonard Crocker Bowles, b. Sept. 12, 1796; d. March 2,
1876; m. Catherine Cushing Linc-oln. Bookseller and Publisher.
Assistant Secretary of the Mass. Society of the Cincinnati.
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Sept. 6, 1842. Sajiuel Maverick Phillips, b. May 19, 179.5; d. June 8,
1875; ra. Rebecca Capen Simmons. Merchant. Feb. 23, 1880. George Morrill, b. Sept. 7, 1825; d. March 31, 1895; m.
Sarah Emmons Rogers. Lawyer and Public Administrator.
Pew No. 79, Lmver Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $222.00. S,\iMUEL Guild, b. March 18, 1777; d. Jan. 12, 1862; m. Sarah Mears. Tanner. Representative. Senator. Presi- dent of the People's Bank. Trustee of the Roxbiu-y Latin School. President of the Inst, for Sa\angs in Roxbury. Member of the Standing Committee.
May 4, 1814. Major Abijah Merriam, b. , 1777; d. July 10, 1852;
m. Catherine Coburn. Tanner.
May 7, 1853. Catherine Merriam, dau. of Abijah Merriam.
Sept. 9, 1853. Samuel Parkman Blake, see Pew No. 45, in Gallery.
March 26, 1858. Josiah Wheelwright, see Long Pew No 14, in Gallery.
Peio No. 80, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $222.00. William Seaver, b. May 6, 1765; d. Feb. 28, 1817; m. Lucy Heath.
June 1, 1829. Dr. Henry Bartlett, b. Dec. 9, 1801; d. July 20, 1872; m. Hannah Everett. H. C. 1820. A prominent physician of Roxbury. Member of Mass. Med. Soc. A Founder of the "Home for Aged Women, &c." in Roxbm-y. President Roxbury Athenaeum. President Roxbury Gas Light Co. President Eliot Savings Bank. Trustee of Fellowes Athenaeum. Member of the Standing Committee.
July 4, 1882. Anna Sophia Everett, niece of ]\L-s. Henry Bartlett, & daughter of Thomas Everett.
Pew No. 81, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $212.00. D.-vniel Saunderson, b. 1746; d. Jan.
25, 1829; m. Sarah Cunningham.
March 10, 1830. Sarah Saunderson, w. of Daniel Saimderson.
May 5, 1843. Nathaniel Russell Stutigis, b. Feb. 17, 1779; d. Sept.
26, 1856; m. Susan Parkman. Merchant.
March 2, 1844. Benjamin Apthorp Gould, b. June 15, 1787; d. Oct. 24, 1859; m. Lucretia Dana Goddard. H. C. 1814. Fellow Am. Acad. Principal f)f Boston Latin School. Afterwards engaged in the East India Trade.
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Jan. 28, 1851. George William Bond, b. June 22, 1811; d. May 29, 1892; m. (1) Sophia Augusta May, (2) Louisa C. Greenwood. Wool broker. Member of School Conunittee of W'est Roxbury. Trustee Suffolk Savings Bank. Treasurer ]\Iount Aubiu-n Cemetery.
Jan. 17, 1855. Eben Bacon, Jr., b. Aug. 4, 1829; d. Feb. 22, 1904; m. Susan Gilclu-ist Low. Banker. Treasurer Hamilton IVIfg. Co. Director China Mut. Ins. Co. President of Washington Nat. Bank. Director of Sailors' Snug Harbor, and of Farm School for Indigent Boys.
Jan. 1, 1898. Theorode Melville PLiMnx)N, living.
Pew No. 82, Lmver Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $203.00. Samuel Blaney, see Fourth Meeting
House. Dec. 16, 1816. William Pratt, see Pew No. 62, Ivower Floor. June 26, 1819. Luther Morse, b. Feb. 3, 1770; d. Dec. 4, 1848; m.
(1) Mary Holmes, (2) Elizabeth Hohiies. Soap boiler. A founder of
the Universalist Church. June 26, 1819. Hartford Morse, see Square Pew No. 17, in Gallery. Dec. 17, 1827. Jonathan Dorr, see Pew No. 84, Lower Floor. Dec. 29, 1832. Nathaniel Dorr, see Pew No. 97, Lower Floor. June 13, 1834. George Woodman, b. Jan. 27, 1796; d. May 6, 1874;
m. Louisa Gore. Merchant. Judge of petty cases at Jamaica Plain
lockup. Member of Society of War of 1812. April 11, 1835. Harrison Gray, see Pew No. 78, Lower Floor. Jan. 1, 1844. Nathaniel R. Sturgis, see Pew No. 81, Lower Floor. Dec. 22, 1852. Francis Minot Weld, b. April 27, 1815; d. Feb. 4, 1886;
m. Elizabeth Rodman. H. C. 1835. Interested in the cotton and East
India trades. Treasurer of Pembroke Print Mills. Feb. 21, 1878. Thomas Johnston Homer, b. Nov. 1, 1813; d. Dec. 25,
1880; m. Mary Elizabeth Fisher. Merchant. Franklin IVIedal Scholar.
Trustee of estates. Jan. 9, 1882. Mary Elisabeth Homer, w. of Thomas Johnston Homer. June 1, 1900. John Noble, see Deacons.
Pew No. 83, Lmver Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $195.00. John Holbrook Hawks, b. Sept. 20, 1772; d. July 21, 1846; m. (1) Achsah , (2) Sally Clap Mes- senger. Inherited an estate in Roxliury.
May 10, 1804. Daniel Whiting; m. Elizabeth .
Feb. 18, 1814. Jonathan Freeman Cook; ra. j\Iary Little.
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Feb. 4, 1835. Galen Bowditch, b. March 15, 1772; d. March 16, 1853;
m. Sally Davenport. Blacksmith and farmer. Aug. 19, 1839. Joseph Waiiken Tucker, see Deacons. March 12, 1880. Mrs. Mary R. Gore.
Pew No. 84, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $195.00. Jonathan Dorr, b. April 5, 1777; d. Sept. 18, 1841 ; m. Eliza Smith. Merchant. Representative. Delivered an address of welcome to General Andrew Jackson on his visit to Roxbm-y. Interested in the first omnibus line between Roxbury and Boston. Member of Standing Committee in 1825. Trustee of the Roxbury Latin School.
Dec. 20, 1832. Nathaniel Dorr, see Pew No. 97, Lower Floor.
Sept. 4, 1834. Capt. Willl^m C. BARSTOW,b.May9, 1801; d. March 31, 1864; m. Sarah Foster Morton. He commanded ships in the New York and Liverpool Packet Co. until 1844, afterwards Supt. and ]\Ianager of the East Boston Land Co. One of the foimders and a director of the Maverick Bank.
March 8, 1836. William Whiting, b. March 3, 1813; d. June 29, 1873; m. Lydia Cushing Russell. H. C. 1833. Admitted to the Bar in 1838 and became a leading lawyer. Advocated the union of Roxbury and Boston.
March 21, 1839. Adam Stewart, b. 1776; d. Oct. 15, 1842. He was called Doctor.
March 2, 1844. George William Dodd, b. Aug. 26, 1802; d. Oct. 31, 1872; m. Catherine H. Perkins. Assistant Cashier Atlantic Bank.
Oct. 28, 1853. Harriet Blanchard, w. of William Blanchard, Senior.
Sept. 24, 1869. William Blanchard, see Pew No. 46, in Gallery.
March 15, 1880. James G. Haynes, b. 1830; d. Dec. 29, 1894; m. Charlotte A. Folger. Merchant.
Jan. 10, 1904. Rev. Charles Richmond Weld, living.
Pew No. 85, Loicer Floor
May 10, 1804. Reserved at the sale of pews for the use of the Society.
Apr. 22, 1835. Cost $19.00. Benj.amin Kent, see Deacons.
Sept. 3, 1856. James Thacher Hayward, b. Feb. 19, 1802; d. March 12,
1886; m. Sarah Appleton Dawes. Merchant. Treasurer of Boston
Sugar Refinery. Vice Prest. Eliot Five Cent Sa\'ings Bank. Director
of Eliot Ins. Co. Member of Standing Committee. Apr. 7, 1883. Dr. John Lydenh.\m Flint, b. , 1822; d. April 16,
1887. Unmarried. H. C. 1843. Physician of Roxbury.
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Few No. 86, Lawer Floor
May 10, 1804.. Reservcti at the sale of pews for the use of the Society. April 22, 1835. Cost $19.00. Benjamin Kent, see Deacons. * May 3, 18()6. Mks. Samuel D. Bradford. Oct. 25, 1880. Jane Eliza White, w. of Henry White.
Peiv No. 87, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Reserved at the sale of pews for the use of the Society.
April 22, 1835. Cost $21.00. Dr. Peter Gilman Bobbins, b. Dec. 10, 1781; d. May 18, 1852; m. (1) Abba Dowse, (2) Mrs. Polly (Wil- liams) Hooper. In early life a [jhysician in L3'nn, afterwards in Rox- bury. Parish Clerk, 1821.
July 2, 1842. James Phillips, Jr., b. March 25, 1808; d. Oct. 5, 1SG3; m. EUza Cunningham. Real estate broker. Secretary of Board of Overseers of the Poor of the City of Boston.
April 15, 1854. Thomas Thacher, Jr., 1). Jan. 18, 1824; d. Dec. 11, 18G9; m. Marietta B. H. Crooker. President Fulton Iron Foundry Co. Notary Puljlic.
March 28, 1871. Stephen Minot Weld, living.
March 11, 1878. Horace Williams Fuller, b. in 1844; d. Oct. 26, 1901 ; m. Emily Gorham Carter. Lawyer and editor.
Jan. 26, 1880. Samuel Seaverns Gay, b. Feb. 20, 1819; d. Dec. 24, 1894; m. Tryphenia M. Gleason. Stationer.
Jan. 19, 1883. Edward Belcher Reynolds, see Deacons.
Pew No. 88, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Reserved at the sale of pews for the use of the Society. April 22, 1835. Cost $21.00. Dr. Peter Gilman Robblns, see Pew No.
87, Lower Floor. April 18, 1837. Sarah Cummens, dau. of William Cummens. March 12, 1862. Paul W^illard, b. Sept. 26, 1824; d. Aug. 15, 1868;
m. (1) Maria Louisa McCleary, (2) Mrs. Mary Elizal)eth Read Weld.
H. C. 1845. Solicitor of Roxbury. Clerk of the Common Council of
Charlestown. Member of the ('ouncil. Hc]>resentative. May 29, 1877. Mahy E. R. Willakd, w. of Paul Willard. Dec. 16, 1889. Helen Wendell, w. of Fraidv Wendell.
Pew No. 89, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $140.00. Abicail Gay, w. of Joel Gay. Jan. 28, 1820. John I>e.mist, see Pew No. 29, Lower Floor. Dec. 31, 1839. Miss Abig.ajl K. Oliver.
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June 24, 1843. Jonathan Amory Davis, b. Jan. 16, 1800; d. May 5, 1865; m. (1) Emily Parker, (2) Frances Elizabeth Amory. Pre.sident Suffolk National Bank. Treasurer Lancaster Mills.
May 5, 1845. William Deiion, b. Feb. 2, 1814; d. May 22, 1875; m. Caroline IVIaria Inches. Counsollor-at-law.
Feb. 9, 1846. Nathaxiel Francis, Jr., of Roxbiu-y, b. 1819; d. Aug. 4, 1848. Bookkeeper.
Sept. 15, 1849. Nathaniel Francis, of Boston, b. 1789; d. Sept. 13, 1870; m. (1) , (2) Elizabeth Lydia Coolidge. Iron merchant.
May 10, 1853. Hon. John Howe, of Brooklinc, b. March 17, 1792; d. April 1, 1867; m. Hannah Williams Heath. Lumber merchant. A Director of the Rutland & Burlington R. R. Co. President of the Boston & Maine R. R. Co. Pre.sident of the Eastern R. R. Co. Rep- resentative. Soldier of the War of 1812, for which service he received a warrant for 160 acres of land from the Government. At the open- ing of the Civil War in 1861, he presided over the first war meeting in Brookline and gave this land warrant to the Committee to be bestowed upon the family of the first victim of the war.
June 5, 1865. George Woods Rice, b. July 14, 1828; d. Nov. 14, 1882; m. Adelaide Walker. Commission merchant. President of Mass. Loan & Trust Co.
May 20, 1887. Charles Stuart Halladay, b. March 23, 1837; d. June 13, 1907; m. Sarah Adams. Civil War Veteran. A. A. PajTuastcr United States Navy.
Peio No. 90, Loiver Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $190.00. Isaac Ctotis, b. Dec. 2, 1767; d. May 11,
1822; m. (1) Sally Heath, (2) Margaret Bell. Farmer. Oct. 4, 1837. Ebenezer Pratt, b. June 17, 1802; d. May 28, 1857; m.
Nancy Moore. Painter. June 17, 1844. Joseph White, b. April 15, 1791; d. Oct. 15, 1867;. m.
Anna Maria Halsey. Merchant in New York and Java, afterwards
Cashier of the Atlas Bank. March 5, 1845. James Russell, see Pew. No. 35, T>ower Floor. April 22, 1846. Charles H. Blanchard, of Boston, b. ; d. about
1848; m. Mary E. Stevenson. West India Goods & Groceries. Oct. 7, 1848. Stephen W. Marsh, of Boston, Pianoforte manufacturer. Jan. 8, 1852. Charles IVLvyo Ellis, see Pew No. 18, Lower Floor. July 21, 1855. Leonard C. Bowles, see Pew No. 78, Lower Floor. Dec. 3, 1855. IVIartin Lincoln Bowxes, b. Nov. 1, 1832; d. Feb. 15, 1904 ;
m. Fanny M. Darracott. Merchandise broker.
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March 29, 1858. Hexky Hughes Wahden, b. Nov. — , 1817; d. Jan. 2,
1897; m. Elizabeth Beal. Merchant. May 15, 1861. Joseph Williams Balch, b. Aug. 3, 1819; d. Jan. 11, 1891 ;
m. (1) Maria Hallet, (2) Agnes Love Greene. President of Boylston
Fire Ins. Co. Feb. 9, 1878. Charles C. Harvey, liraig.
Pew No. 91, Lower Floor
May 10, 180 1. Cost $214.00. Deacon Samuel Sumner. One half pew, see
Deacons. May 10, 1804. Lucy Bo\vman. One half pew. w. of William Bowman
and sister of Governor Increase Sumner. April 28, 1806. Peleg Heath, Jr., b. May 14, 1771 ; d. Oct. 21, 1812; m.
Peggy Davenport. Farmer. Dec. 12, 1859. Joseph P. Shaw, b. ; d. Dec. 31, 1866; m. Sarah
Heath. Merchant. Nov. 1, 1872. Ebenezer Francis Parker, see Pew No. 34, Lower Floor.
Pew No. 92, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $214.00. Jonathan Hill, m. Suky Bosson. Cabinet maker.
Dec. 29, 1824. Aaron Kingsbury, b. , 1776; d. April 12, 1839; m.
Mary Lethbridge. Farmer and Aictualer.
May 3, 1825. John Lemist, see Pew No. 29, Lower Floor.
Oct. 8, 1835. Dr. William Pitt Greenwood, b. May 10, 1766; d. May 10, 1851; m. Mary Langdon. Dentist.
May 19, 1841. Samuel Edmund Sewall, b. Nov. 9, 1799; d. Dec. 20, 1888; m. (1) Louisa M. Winslow, (2) Harriet (Winslow) List. Law- yer. H. C. 1817. LL.B. 1820. Abolitionist. Senator.
June 25, 1847. Li-al^n Hollingsworth, b. July 17, 1816; d. April — , 1890; m. INIary W. Thayer. Paper manufactm-er.
Feb. 21, 1851. Robert Chamblet Hooper, b. April 8, 1805; d. Nov. 26, 1869; m. (1) Maria Hooper, (2) Adeline Denny Ripley. Entered Harvard College in 1818. Did not graduate. Supercargo and Cap- tain of ship. Merchant. ^
Dec. 2, 1851. Carollne Elizabeth Perkins.
Feb. 27, 1883. Williajvi Crosby, see Pew No. 42, in Gallery.
Pew No. 93, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $198.00. Liomuel Peirce, m. Sarah . Wheel- wright.
Sept. 24, 1806. Luther Richardson, b. Aug. 25, 1774; d. Nov. 14, 1811 ; m. Susannah Craft. H. C. 1799. Lawyer. He delivered an oration
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July 4, 1800, at the request of the inhabitants of the Town of Roxbury
in commemoration of American Independence. Jan. 1, 1807. Axn Pierpont, dau. of Robert Pieii^ont.
Jan. 1, 1807. Daniel French, b. , 1776; d. Auff. 3, 1828. Carpenter.
Aug. 2, 1814. James Riley, b. , 1790; d. Nov. 6, 1829. Trader.
A fovmder of the Universahst Church. Oct. 16, 1816. Jonathan Dork, see Pew No. 84, Lower Floor. May 15, 18;57. Jonathan Buffington, b. Sept. 1, 1786; d. July 15, 1859;
m. Mary Ann Churcliiil. East India & West India merchant. Ship
owner. Pres. of Commonwealth Bank and President Commonwealth
Fire Ins. Co. Dec. 1, 1887. Lois W. Clarke, dau. of Col. Thomjis Clarke. Feb. 15, 1892. Mrs. Florence Lemist Cruft, Uving.
Pew No. 94, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $210.00. Joseph Ruggles, see Fourth Meeting
House. May 8, 1823. Nathaniel Dorr, see Pew No. 97, Lower Floor. Aug. 1, 1829. Saaiuel Billings, b. , 1757; d. April 11, 1842; m.
Hester Gill. W^holesale grocer. Director in State Bank. May 20, 1830. William Bradley Dorr, b. May 17, 1803; d. Sept. 9,
1875; m. Mary Hickhng. H. C. 1821. Lawyer. April 20, 1835. Jonatil^j^ Dorr, see Pew No. 84, Lower Floor. Jan. 3, 1842. Cil-uiles Davis, Jr., b. July 12, 1807; d. March 9, 1888; m.
Mary Vila Ball. Owned and managed his large estate. Refused all
pubhc ofBces. June 10, 1844. James Russell, see Pew No. 35, Lower Floor. Feb. 13, 1845. William Channing Appleton, b. Oct. 25, 1812; d. Aug.
8, 1892; m. Mary Ann Louisa Smith. Lawyer. Treas. of Roxbury
Gas Light Co. President of Eliot Five Cent Sa\'ings Bank. Nov. 2, 1887. James Webster Newell, hving.
Pew No. 95, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $222.00. Phlnehas Withington, see Fourth Meeting House.
June 18, 1811. Ebenezer Withington, b. Sept. 23, 1753; d. Oct. 1, 1832; m. (1) Betsey Baker, (2) Mary Preston. Wlieelwright. Soldier of the Revolution. Coroner of Norfolk County. Deacon of Rev. Dr. Cod- man's Chiu-ch in Dorchester.
May 11, 1812. Stephen Childs, see Pew No. 16, Lower Floor.
May 11, 1812. Jonathan Williams, see Pew No. 16, Lower Floor.
March 30, 1822. Stephen Childs, 2'^.
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Nov. 12, 1851. Robert Chamblet Hooper, see Pew No. 92, Lower Floor. May 2i, 1860. Edward Everett Rice, b. July 10, 1814; d. April 8, 1888;
m. (1) Priscilla D. Woodridge, (2) Elizabeth H. Bartlett. Merchant.
Direc-tor in Atlantic Bank. Dec. 6, 1888. Edw.^rd D. Rice, li\ing.
Few No. 96, Lower Floor
May 10, 1801. Cost $2^7.00. Ebenezeu Brewer. Two third.s of pew, see Fourth Meeting House.
May 10, 1804. Willi.-ui Brewer. One third of pew. b. Fel). 24, 1758; d. July .'50, 1817; m. (1) Rebecca Brewer, (2) Mary Brewer. Representative.
May 23, 1825. Elizabeth Brewer, w. of Ebenezer Brewer.
Sept. 4, 186:i. John Felt Osgood, b. Dec. 18, 1825; d. July 31, 1894; m. Elizabeth Lawrence Burling. At the age of 15 he was a clerk in the Excha-nge Bank of Salem. At the age of 17 he was emj)loyed by a Salem merchant and sj^ent 6 years as agent at various ports in Arabia. In April, 1850, he went to California aiul settled in San Francisco as a commission merchant. He came to Boston in 1859 and lived in Roxl)nry until 1892. His study of mechanics and chemistry soon led to his giving up business. Alderman. Secretary of the Fellowes Athenieum. Treasurer of the Roxbury Latin School. President of the Roxl)ury Charitable Society. Member of the Standing Committee.
April 24, 1894. Alfred Monson Bullard, living. Treasm-er of the Society.
Pew No. 97, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $202.00. William IvAMBERT, b. Dec. 22, 1743; d.
June 17, 1823 ;m. (1) Mrs. King, (2) Susannah Cunningham. A grocer
in Boston and Hahfax, N. S., afterwards a merchant and ship owner.
Member of the Humane Society in Boston. One of the founders of
the Roxl)nry Charitable Society. March 26, 1820. Nathaniel Dour, b. IVrarcli 22, 1779; d. Nov. 8, 1850;
m. (1) Susan I^ambert, (2) Emily Penelope Bradley. Kept a market.
Treasurer of the Society. March 26, 1820. William Blaxch.vrd, b. , 1775; d. April 18, 1844;
m. (1) Mary Elliot, (2) Harriet Lambert. Sea cajitain and merchant. Jan. 1, 1830. Susavnah Lambert, w. of William l^aml^ert. March 19, 1841. Warren Fisher, b. May 30, 1794; d. March 9, 1875:
m. (1) Lucretia Bucknam, (2) Nancy Stimpson Simmons. Merchant.
Owned large tracts of land in Roxbury. Jan. 15, 1880. Willlam Blanchard, see Pew No. 46, in Gallery.
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Pew No. 98, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $30^2.00. Benjamin Duick, m. (1) Esther Weld, (^2) Hannah Gay, (3) INIary . Tavern keeper. Removed to Pom- fret, Conn.
May 13, 1805. iVsA Whitney, b. May 18, 178£; d. March 4, 1826; m. IMary Ilanmiond. Merchant. Parish Treasurer.
April 20, 1818. John Champney, see Square Pew No. 14, in Gallery.
Jan. 25, 1867. Charles DA^^s, living.
Nov. 2!), 1871. IIenuy Porter Stanwood, living.
Oct. 6, 1883. Mrs. Eliza D. Howard.
Petv No. dd. Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $317.00. Lieut. Elisha Whitney, b. Oct. 6, 1747;
d. May 18, 1815; m. Abigail Dana. Farmer. May 12, 1817. Isaac Davis, see Pew No. 8, Lower Floor. May 28, 1855. John Langedorff D'Wolf, b. May 24, 1817; d. Dec. 31,
1886; m. IMary Wliite Da\is. Sugar commission merchant.
Pexv No. 100, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $322.00. Edward Suainer, b. June 14, 1746; d. Oct. 28, 1829; m. (1) Rebecca Payson, (2) Joanna Sumner. Farmer. Apr. 30, 1823. Elijah Lewts, see Pew No. 64, Lower Floor. June 9, 1831. Joanna Su:mner, w. of Edward Smnner.
April 23, 1835. Edward Sumner, b. Aug. 3, 1810, d. , 1849.
Sept. 16, 1837. Abigail Mother Sumner, dau. of Edward Sumner. July 3, 1849. Theodore Otis, see Pew No. 59, in Gallery.
Pew No. 101, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $307.00. John Lowell, b. Oct. 0, 1769; d. March 12, 1840; m. Rebecca Amory. H. Q. 1786. Admitted to the Bar before he was 20 years of age. In 1803 he \aHited Europe. A noted WTiter during the War of 1812. A leading member of the Corporation of Harvard College. Received the degree of L.L.D. from Harvard in 1814. Prominent promoter of the Mass. General Hospital and of the Pro\'ident Inst, for Sa\Tngs. President of Board of Trustees of Mass. Agricultural Society. Trustee of the Roxbury Latin School. A sup- porter of the Boston Athenacimi. First in the country to estabUsh a greenhouse on an ample scale and on scientific principles.
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Sept. 26, 1842. John Amort Lowell, b. Nov. 11, 1798; d. Oct. 31, 1881; m. (1) Susan Cabot Lowell, (2) Elizabeth Cabot Putnam. H. C. 1815. Merchant. Member of Convention for revising State Consti- tution. Fellow of Harvard College. Trustee of the Lowell Institute. Director of Suffolk Bank.
May 29, 1886. Joshua Lovett, b. Sept. 28, 1840; d. Jan. 25, 1904. Real Estate.
Pew No. 102, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $302.00. Charles Davis, b. March 29, 1772; d. Feb. 8, 1842; m. Harriet Fellowes. He and his brother Aaron were manufacturers and exporters. They helped to build the Roxbury Canal. Trustee of the Roxbury Latin School. Parish Clerk. Mem- ber Parish Committee.
May 17, 1843. Harriet Davis, w. of Charles Da\is.
Sept. 7, 1847. Charles Jefferson Hendee, see Pew No. 61, in Gallery.
Jan. 6, 1858. Joseph Hewes Hunneman, b. Nov. 21, 1812; d. Dec. 13, 1887; m. Harriet Bradley. Dry goods business in New York. Fire engine l)uilder in Roxbury with his brother Samuel. President of Mass. Charitable Society. Trustee of Eliot Five Cent Sa\angs Bank.
Pew No. 103, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $302.00. Joseph Davis, see Fourth Meeting House. Nov. 18, 1814. Polly (Williams) Hooper, afterwards w. of Dr. Peter
Gihnan Robbins. Jan. 6, 1864. Mits. Sai.ly Patten Eastman, adopted daughter of Mrs.
Polly Robbins. Nov. 10, 1868. Caroline Whiting, niece of Mrs. Polly Robbins.
Pew No. 104, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $382.00. Joseph Dudley, see Fourth Meeting House.
Dec. 30, 1822. John Crease Estabrooks, b. Nov. 30, 1793; d. Dec. 4, 1830; unm. Blacksmith.
Nov. 24, 1831. Capt. Stephen Williams, b. June 26, 1781; d. May 23, 1844; m. Louisa Palmer. Shipmaster. Opened American trade witii Siani. Sailing Master of Frigate " President." Commanded ship "Blakeley" in War of 1812. Organized Roxbiiry Fire Department. Member of the Legislature.
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June 24, 1843. Charleb Frederick Bradford, b. March 8, 1806; d. Aug. 31, 1887; m. Eliza Edes Hickling. Merchant in China and South i^ierica. lie compiled, in Spanish, notes on Don Quixote for which he receivwl a medal from the Royal Academy of Madrid and the order of Isabella Catholica from the King of Spain. Trustee of the Roxbury Latin School.
June 16, 185!). George Packer, see Pew No. 44, in Gallery.
March 9, 1869. William Turell Andrews, see Long Pew No. 6, in Gallery.
Pew No. 105, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $278.00. Stedman Williams, see Fourth Meeting House. Held by the family for many years.
Pew No. 106, Lmoer Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $270.00. John Clap, see Deacons.
July 6, 1841. Moses Gragg, b. Sept. 20, 1791; d. Apr. 30, 1885; m. Rebecca Newell Alden. Hotel keeper. Representative. Commis- sioner of streets in Roxbury. Soldier of the War of 1812. Member Mass. Mihtia.
April 4, 1865. Harriet Louisa Thayer, w. of Charles Lowell Thayer.
Pew No. 107, Lower Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $236.00. Hon. John Read, b. , 1727; d. Jan.
13, 1813. Tanner. Many years agent for Gov. Bowdoin's Ehzabeth Island estate and named Bowdoinham, Maine, in honor of his patron. Readfield, IMe., was named for him. Once owned the Shirley Man- sion. Selectman, Representative and Member of Governor's Council.
May 23, 1825. John LE\nsT, see Pew No. 29, Lower Floor.
Apr. 5, 1839. Jonathan Dorr, see Pew No. 84, Lower Floor.
Jan. 23, 1844. Charles Ellis, b. Feb. 27, 1794; d. Jan. 9, 1860; m. Maria Mayo. Merchant. President Howard Bank.
March 3, 1845. Joseph Dorr, b. Dec. 1, 1817; d. Feb. 1, 1888; m. CaroUne Aurelia (Humphrey) Riley. INIerchant in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Louisville, Ky., and Boston, afterwards interested in real estate.
May 29, 1845. Caroline Langdon Eustis, w. of Gov. William Eustis.
Jan. 4, 1866. Charles Latham Hayavard, b. March 22, 1812; d. Aug. 28, 1890; m. Emmeline Greenwood. Stockbroker. Treasurer of the First Church in Boston. Director of Eliot National Bank.
Sept. 4, 1866. Emmeline Hayward, w. of Charles Latham Haj'ward.
June 29, 1888. Alonzo N. Burbantc, see Pew No. 108, Lower Floor.
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Pew No. 108, Lmrer Floor
May 10, 1804. Cost $2-10.00. Samuel Howard, m. Sarah .
Cordwaiiier. May 10, 1804. Andrew Newman, b. , 1779; d. March 11, 1812;
m. Susan Ilayward. Bhtcksmitli. Jan. 4, 1866. Franklin Curtis, b. Nov. 10, 1817; d. July 4, 1897; m.
(1) Emily Dore, (2) Sarah B. Lewi.s. Merchant and .shipowner. Oct. 15, 1878. Alonzo N. Burbank, li\ang. This Pew removed in 1888 to give more space for the new Pulpit.
G.VLLERY PEVv'S.
Square Pew No. 1
May 10, 1804. Cost $].10.00. DwacHT Williams, b. 1779; d. Aug. 10,
1812. Hum. , 1812. Thomas Williajis, b. Oct. 12, 1786; d. Sept. 10, 181.5; m.
Abigail Williams. Physician. One of the projectors of Roxbury
canal. May 17, 1824. Daniel Saunderson, .see Pew No. 81, Lower Floor. March 10, 1830. Thomas Simmons, see Pew No. 17, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 2 May 10, 1804. Cost $130.00. Bartholomew White, see Pew No. 13,
Lower Floor. Jan. 27, 1818. Thomas Mayo, see Pew No. 13, Lower Floor. May 30, 1823. David Allen Simmons, see Pew No. 33, Lower Floor.
Square Pew N^n. 3
May 10, 1804. Cost $1 43.00. Joseph Gore, see Foiu-th Meeting House.
June 12, 1805. Amos Smith, see Pew No. 40, Lower Floor.
Apr. 10, 1826. James Jones, b. 1795; d. Dec. 3, 1826.
May 20, 1831. James Howe Champnet, b. Dec. 4, 1807; d. Aug. 29, 1889; m. Sarah Elizabeth Wells. Dry goods merchant. Afterwards book- keeper in the Washington Bank for over 50 years.
April 19, 1832. Cil\rles Hickling, b. Dec. 20, 1799; d. June 9, 1888; m. Eliza Brown Edes. Educated at Boston Latin School. Member of publishing firm of Hickling, Swan & Brewer in the Old Corner Book store.
Sept. 15, 1834. Whjjam Bradley Dorr, see Pew No. 94, Lower Floor.
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Square Pew No. 4 May 10, 1804. Cost $141.00. James Lewis, see Fourth Meeting House.
Square Pew No. 5
May 10, 1804. Cost $141.00. Peleg Heath, Jr.; reverted to Parish. Dec. 21, 1806. AxTiPAs Jackson, b. Nov. 20, 1772; d. July 28, 1846; m.
Hannah Richards. Housewright. She vras an original member of
the Dudley St. Baptist Church. May 6, 1826. Saiiuel Jackson, b. Jan. 15, 1803; d. Nov. 7, 1873; m. Mary
Doggett. Patent leather manufacturer. ^Vldermaii of Roxbury.
Selectman and Assessor of West Roxbm-y. March 14, 1828. Samuel Gxuld, see Pew No. 79, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 6
May 10, 1804. Cost $136.00. Joseph James, see Fourth Meeting House. Oct. 3, 1805. Samuel Langley, see Pew No. 17, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 7
May 10, 1804. Cost $146.00. Reuben Parker, m. Judith Smith. Miller.
Apr. 19, 1805. Ralph Smith, see Pew No. 24, Lower Floor.
Aug. 25, 1819. Jonathan Dorr, see Pew No. 84, Lower Floor.
May 10, 1830. Joshua Bently Fo^\'le, b. June 17, 1797 ; d. Aug. 17, 1885 ; m. EUzabeth Austin. INIerchant and baker of ship bread. Alderman.
March 25, 1833. Henry Moore.
April 24, 1834. Jonathan Pratt Robinson, b. March 2, 1799; d. April 18, 1863; m. (1) Catherine Lewis, (2) Mary A. G. Goddard. Com- mission Merchant. Alderman. Deputy Collector of Boston. Presi- dent of the Mt. Vernon Bank.
Square Pew No. 8
May 10, 1804. Cost $141.00. Charles Dur.^nt, b. July 16, 1777; d.
Oct. 23, 1832; m. Nabby Langdon Williams. Representative. April 17, 1805. Ralph Smith, see Pew No. 24, Lower Floor. Before 1834. Joseph Harrington, see Pew No. 24, Lower Floor. June 25, 1834. Ephralm Harrington, b. Sept. 24, 1786; d. July 24, 1854;
m. Maria Williams Simmons. Artillery Co. 1815. Member of the
aiass. Mihtia, of St. John's Lodge F. & A. M., of the Legislature, of
the Standing Committee of this chm-ch.
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Square Pew No. 9
May 10, 1801. Cost $132.00. Edward Turner, see Fourth Meeting House.
May 10, 1804. Ebenezer Goddaed, Jr., b. 1779, d. Dec. 15, 1838. Truck- man. A founder of the UniversaUst Church.
June 2, 1834. Jonathan A. Richards, see Deacons.
Square Pew No. 10
May 10, 1804. Cost $92.00. John Curtis, Jr.; reverted to Parish. April 25, 1806. Jesse Doggeti', see Pew No. 52, Lower Floor. Auj":. 26, 1807. Edward Payson Williams.
Feb. 6, 1811. /-Ebenezer Brewer, see Pew No. 96, Lower Floor. Feb. 6, 1811. (Chenery Clark, see Pew No. 14, Lower Floor. 1825. William Brewer, hving in Clinton, Ga., Aug. 28, 1834.
Sqtiare Pew No. 11
May 10, 1804. Cost $92.00. John Sawin, living in 1813, m. Abigail .
Ilouscwright.
Square Pew No. 12
May 10, 1804. Cost $97.00. Samuel Warren, b. Oct. 16, 1742 ; d. Nov. 1 ,
1805. Unmarried. Farmer. June 16, 1808. Samuel Maxfield, b. 1767; d. Sept. 19, 1855; m. Mary
Bradlee. Trader. Sept. 2, 1817. Nathaniel Shepherd Prentiss, see Pew No. 67, Lower
Floor. May 30, 1821. John Ch.-vxh'ney, see square Pew No. 14, in Gallery. June 2, 1834. Shubael Bills, b. Jan. 3, 1791; d. May 31, 1850; m.
Harriet Colburn. Contractor, pile driver and mover of buildings.
Square Pno No. 13
May 10, 1804. Cost $70.00. Forfeited. Reverted to Parish.
April 21, 1806. Cost $84.00. Stedman Williams, see Pew No. 105,
Lower Floor. Dec. 21, 1806. Samuel Wait, see Pew No. 38, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 14
May 10, 1801. Cost $125.00. John Champney, b. Feb. 22, 1779; d. March 21, 1847; m. Lydia Howe. Weigher and ganger in the Boston Custom House. Representative.
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Jan. 16, 1805. Nathaniel Richardson, see Pew No. 69, Lower Floor.
1810. Ebenezer Goddard, see Square Pew No. 21, in Gallery.
June 2, 1834. Joseph Harrington, see Pew No. 24, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 15
May 10, 1804. Cost $105.00. Isaac Shaw, see Fourth Meeting House.
May 10, 1804. Aaron Rumrill, see Fourth Meeting House.
May 10, 1804. Richard Galloop, d. March, 1842; m. Mary Pain.
Hairdresser. Jan. 26, 1813. Chenery Clark, see Pew No. 14, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 16
May 10, 1804. Cost $111.00. George Simmons, b. 1767, d. Oct. 9, 1810;
m. Marcy Wales. May 14, 1825. Major Ebenezer Crafts, see Deacons.
Square Pew No. 17
May 10, 1804. Cost $113.00. Amos Morse, b. Nov. 30, 1772; d. Nov. 24,
1823; m. Irene Morse. Soap boiler. He and his brothers, Lewis and
Harford, first established a conveyance for passengers from Roxbury to
Boston. They also established the Hourlies. May 10, 1804. Lewis Morse, b. July 8, 1778; d. Aug. 2, 1830; m. (1)
Olive Richards, (2) Mary Jewell. Soap boiler. A founder of the
Universalist Church. Sept. 5, 1815. Harford Morse, b. Jan. 9, 1788; d. Oct. 28, 1830; m.
Lucy Gay. Soap boiler. A founder of the Universalist Church. July 26, 1819. Amos Morse, same as above. April 10, 1821. Amos Morse, Jr., b. Aug. 9, 1799; d. April 10, 1851; m.
Abigail B. Davenport. Soap boiler.
Square Pew No. 18
May 10, 1804. Cost $111.00. John Doggett, b. Sept. 15, 1780; d. June 17, 1857; m. (1) Sophia Miller, (2) Mrs. Mary Jones, (3) Mrs. Ann Eliza (Cushing) Webster. Carver in wood, horn and shell. The first gilder and carver in Roxbury. Founded the Carpet Works in Roxbury Street.
Square Pew No. 19
May 10, 1804. Cost $153.00. Joseph Heath, see Fourth Meeting House. Dec. 15, 1814. William Heath, Jr., see Square Pew No. 25, in Gallery.
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Square Pew No. 20 May 10, 1804. Cost $150.00. Simeon Pratt, see Pew No. 58, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 21
May 10, 1804. Cost $153.00. Stephen Williams 3^, reverted to Parish. April 21, 1806. Ebenezer Goddard, b. 1752; d. April 8, 1827; m. Vashti
Colson. Truckman. July 13, 1812. Timothy Gay. July 22, 1830. Thomas Brewer, see Pew No. 3, Lower Floor.
Sqtiare Peio No. 22
May 10, 1804. Cost $151.00. John Paijker, see Pew No. 28, Lower
Floor. Oct. 4, 1813. Joseph Williams, see Pew No. 26, Lower Floor. Oct. 4, 1813. Amos Adams Williams, b. May 4, 1776; d. Feb. 2, 1861 ; m.
Nancy Williams. Merchant in Baltimore. April 11, 1834. Susan Dorr, w. of Nathaniel Dorr.
Square Pew No. 23
May 10, 1804. Cost $141.00. William McCarty, see Foiu-th Meeting
House. Aug. 16, 1806. John Shirley Williams, see Pew No. 5, Lower Floor. March 21, 1816. Charles Davis, see Pew No. 102, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 24
May 10, 1804. Cost $142.00. Aaron Pomeroy, see Pew No. 10, Lower
" Floor. April 9, 1817. Daniel Saunderson, see Pew No. 81, Lower Floor. March 10, 1830. Charles Grant, b. April 13, 1789; d. June 4, 1859; m. Sarah Richards. In the paper trade.
Square Pew No. 25
May 10, 1804. Cost $135.00. William Heath, Jr., see Fourth Meetuig House.
Square Pew No. 26
May 10, 1804. Cost $141.00. John Lewts, b. Nov. 26, 1763; d. Feb. 15,
1844; m. Polly Pillsbury. Farmer. April 29, 1822. Willla.m Hazlet, see Pew No. 65, Lower Floor.
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Square Pew No. 27
May 10, 1804. Cost $150.00. Jesse Stetson, see Fourth Meeting House. March 29, 1812. William Tratt, see Pew No. 62, Lower Floor. May 24, 1819. James Riley, see Pew No. 93, Lower Floor. April 29, 1823. Martila. Ruggles, see Pew No. 18, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 28.
May 10, 1804. - Cost $142.00. Elias Dunbar.
Sept. 10, 1804. William Langlet, b. 1782; d. Oct. 9, 1828; m. Alona . Marketman.
Square Pew No. 29
IVIay 10, 1804. Cost $100.00. Thomas Curtis, reverted to Parish. April 21, 1806. Stephen Brigham, b. Sept. 21, 1779; d. March 9, 1820; m. Lucy \^niite. Merchant.
. Thojmas W^illiams, see Pew No. 32, Lower Floor.
April 23, 1824. Daniel Saunderson, see Pew No. 81, Lower Floor. March 10, 1830. Abijah Merriam, see Pew No. 79, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 30
May 10, 1804. Cost $102.00. Caleb Clap, b. May 9, 1764; d. May 19, 1829; m. Nancy Dorr. Carpenter. Removed to Vermont.
. Joseph Ruggles, see Pew No. 94, Lower Floor.
Feb. 15, 1813. Nathaniel Ruggles, b. March 20, 1789; d. 1832; m. Rebecca Hollingsworth Hughes. Merchant and shipowner. Re- moved to Henderson, Kentucky.
Aug. 28, 1815. William Lambert, see Pew No. 97, Lower Floor.
March 26, 1820. Nathaj^el Dorr, see Pew No. 97, Lower Floor.
March 26, 1820. William Blanchard, see Pew No. 97, Lower Floor.
Jan. 1, 1830. Susannah Lambert, w. of WilUam Lambert.
Square Pew No. 31
May 10, 1804. Cost $106.00. Joseph Curtis, see Pew No. 21, Lower
Floor. May 10, 1804. Samuel Ward, see Pew No. 21, Lower Floor. May 8, 1806. William Langley, see Square Pew No. 28, in Gallery. April 22, 1818. Samuel Langley, see Pew No. 17, Lower Floor. April 16, 1823. Elijah Lewis, see Pew No. 64, Lower Floor.
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July 16, 1833. John Jones Clarke, b. Feb. 24, 1803; d. Nov. 5, 1887; m. Rebecca Cordiss Haswell. Educated at Norton, Framingham and Andover Academies. H. C. 1823 (Rebellion Class). Received his degrees of A.B. and E.M. in 1841. Mayor of Roxbury. Representa- tive. Counsellor of the Supreme Judicial Court. Treasurer of this Society 1835 to 1856.
Square Pew No. 32,
May 10, 1804. Cost $103.00. Asa Hunting, see Fovu-th Meeting House.
April 9, 1806. Neh1':miaii Mxjnkoe, see Deacons.
Dec. 29, 1828. John Lemist, see Pew No. 29, Lower Floor.
March 12, 1835. Charles Grant, see square Pew No. 24, in Gallery.
Square Pew No. 33
May 10, 1804. Cost $110.00. Thomas Trott Robinson, b. Aug. 22,
1762; d. Oct. 24, 1824; m. Polly Holljrook. Cotton merchant. April 21, 1817. John Clap, see Deacons.
Square Pew No. 34
May 10, 1804. Cost $111.00. Stephen Williams, Jr., see Pew No. 104,
Lower Floor. March 6, 1815. Thomas Williams, Jr., see Pew No. 32, Lower Floor. July 1, 1816. John Lowell, see Pew No. 101, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 35
May 10, 1804. Cost $119.00. Samuel Whittemore; reverted to Parish. Apr. 21, 1806. Dr. John Bartlett, see Pew No. 31, Lower Floor. Jan. 17, 1810. Jacob Allen, see Pew No. 14, Lower Floor.
Square Pew No. 36
May 10, 1804. Cost $150.00. BENJA^HN Wait, b. 1775; d. May 17.
1817; m. Clarissa . Grocer.
Afterwards a free pew.
Square Peic No. 37
May 10, 1804. Cost $125.00. Aaron Child, see Fourth INIeeting House. May 9, 1825. Jonathan Dorr, see Pew No. 84, Lower Floor. June 13, 1834. James Howe CHAMPNEY,see Square Pew No. 3, in Gallery. Oct. 13, 1834. Daniel Andrew Sigourney, see Pew No. 38, Lower Floor.
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Square Pew No. 38
May 10, 1804. Cost $150.00. Daniel McCarty Prince, bap. Jan. 30, 1780; d. March 23, 1806; m. Nancy Thayer. Mariner.
Nov. 12, 1805. John Hoave, b. June 3, 1779; d. March 26, 1828; m. Henrietta Sparhawk. Teacher of the Grammar School (now Roxbury I^atin School) Worshipful Master of Washington Lodge F. & A. M. and delivered an address in this meeting house occasioned by the death of Aaron Bean, Esq., in the presence and at the request of St. Paul's Royal Arch Chapter, April 18, 1820.
Apr. 4, 1806. Thomas Williams, see Pew No. 32, Lower Floor.
April 23, 1824. Daniel Saunderson, see Pew No. 81, Lower Floor.
March 10, 1830. Isaac Davis, see Pew No. 8, Lower Floor.
In April, 1835, the galleries were altered from square pews to long pews including much of the space occupied by the singers' seats.
Long Pew No. 1
Apr. 22, 1835. Thomas Simmons, see Pew No. 17, Lower Floor.
May 17, 1837. George Arthur Simmons, see Long Pew No. 2, in Gallery.
Feb. 3, 1887. George Allen Dart, see Long Pew No. 64, in Gallery.
Long Pew No. 2
April 22, 1835. Thoal^s Simmons, see Pew No. 17, Lower Floor.
May 17, 1837. George Artiiub Simmons, b. May 17, 1808; d. Feb. 26, 1881; m. Belinda Wells. Merchant on Long Wharf, keeping the same place for 53 years. First to reduce the refining of whale and spwm oil to a science. Afterwards interested in real estate. Never sought public ofBce.
Oct. 28, 1854. Joseph Warren Hunnewell, b. Jan.—, 1818; d. April, 1873; m. Emeline Aquila Sargent. Dealer in paints and oils.
Aug. 18, 1864. Hannah Maria Par.sons, w. of Thomas W. Parsons.
March 28, 1865. George A. Hull, living.
Long Pew No. 3
Apr. 22, 1835. Ephraim Harrington, see Square Pew No. 8, in Gallery. April 15, 1852. James Davenport, see Long Pew No. 19, in Gallery. March 27, 1873. Dr. James Henry Davenport, b. April 18, 1846; d.
Dec. 26, 1878; m. Elizabeth Wyman Bacon. Physician. H. C. 1868.
M.D. 1871. Dec. 10, 1879. Sarah Adams Davenport, w. of James Davenport.
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Long Pew No. 4
April 22, 1835. Watson Gore, see Pew No. 34, Lower Floor.
Sept. 9, 1845. David R. Nash, m. Caroline M. Fox. connected with Bay State Brewery.
Oct. 14, 1847. George Wilijam Wheelwright, b. Sept. 19, 1813; d. Dec. 16, 1879; m. Hannah Giddings Tyler. First in the dry goods business afterwards in the paper business. Founder of the firm of George W. Wheelwright & Son. Large Mills run by the firm in several towns.
Oct. 28, 1863. Charles Mayo Ellis, see Pew No. 18, Lower Floor.
March 16, 1864. IMrs. Cushing Stetson, w. of Cushing Stetson.
Oct. 8, 1864. Mary Adeline Berry, w. of Augustus D. Berry.
Long Pew No. 5
April 22, 1835. Thomas Sevimons, see Pew No. 17, Lower Floor.
May 17, 1837. George Arthur Summons, see Long Pew No. 2, in Gallery.
March 6, 1840. Heiu-y Bartlett, see Pew No. 80, Lower Floor.
May 30, 1845. John Adam Weisse, b. Dec. 3, 1810; d. Jan. 12, 1888; m. Jane Lee Hunt. Grad. College in Bitsch, Lorraine, also in Metz. Prof, of French in Vienna. He conducted a private school on Haw- thorne St., Roxbury, afterwards settled in New York.
Feb. 23, 1846. Oliver A. Farwell, of Roxbury. Commission merchant. Connected with Bay State Brewery.
July 17, 1849. Charles Frederick Sleeper, living.
Aug. 12, 1857. John Sherburne Sleeper, b. Sept. 25, 1794; d. Nov. 14, 1878; m. Mary Folsom Noble. Educated at Phillips (Exeter, N. H.) Academy. From 1809 to 1830 followed the sea. Established "The Exeter News Letter." Afterwards purchased "The Lowell Daily Journal." In 1834 removed to Boston. For 20 years sole editor and part proprietor of "The Boston Mercantile Journal," now "The Boston Journal." Mayor of Roxbury. IMeiuber of the Constitutional Convention in 1853. Representative.
Jan. 5, 1872. Julia Ann C. Gray, dau. of Alfred T. Gray.
Long Pew No. 6
July 11, 1835. Joseph Harrington, Jr., b. Feb. 21, 1813; d. Nov. 2, 1852; m. Helen E. Griswold. H. C. 1833. Taught in Academy in Fast Greenwich, R. I. Master of the Ilawes School in South Boston, meanwhile studying for the ministry with Rev. George Putnam. Oi'- dained as an evangelist in 1840 and became pastor of a church in
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Chicago, afterwards in Hartford, Conn., and then in San Francisco, where after preacliing seven Sundays, he died. He freed all of these societies from debt.
Dec. 1, 1847. Josiah Fisk, b. Aug. 17, 1810; d. May 19, 1869; m. Helen Maria Bridge. Merchant.
Dec. 1, 1849. George Burrill Faunce, b. Aug. 11, 1824; d. Feb. 24, 1899; m. Abbie J. Trenn. Real estate agent. President of the Dedham Mut. Fire Ins. Co. Member of the Roxbury Common Council and of the Boston Board of Aldermen.
July 25, 1851. George Arthur Simmons, see Long Pew No. 2, in Gallery.
Feb 2, 1867. Helen E. Harrington, w. of Joseph Harrington, Jr.
Sept. 16, 1868. William Turell Andrews, b. Dec. 24, 1794; d. Nov. 24, 1879; m. Fanny Mackay Reynolds. Director and President City Bank 43 years. Director Mass. Mut. Ins. Co., 27 years. Director Manufacturer's Insurance Co., 30 years. Trustee and Vice-Pres. Provident Institution 31 years. Trustee of Boston Public Library over 50 years. Trustee Mass. General Hospital. Trustee McLean Asylum. Trustee Westborough Reform School. Trustee Old Ladies' Home. Trustee of the Boston Athenaeum. Overseer of House of Correction. Member of Boston Board of Aldermen. Member of Mass. Charitable Society 41 years, its President 5 years. Treas. of Harvard College, 1853-1857.
Long Pew No. 7
April 22, 1835. Jesse Pm\NAM Richardson, b. 1794; d. May 29, 1840;
m. Susan Cabot. May 19, 1841. Augustus Perrin, b. Aug. 6, 1788; d. Aug. 8, 1844; m.
Harriet Child. Firsf importer of palm leaf into the United States.
He established the business of braiding palm leaf hats. April 1, 1845. William Sticknet. Dealer in domestic produce with
Charles F. Joy. June 13, 1849. John Hunt, see Deacons. March 26, 1856. James O. Sargent, b. Nov. 21, 1823; d. Jan. 8, 1897.
Unmarried. Lawyer.
Long Pew No. 8
April 22, 1835. Ephraim Harrington, see Square Pew No. 8, in Gallery.
Sept. 9, 1839. Lincoln Fearing, b. July 22, 1792; d. May 10, 1873; m. Harriet A. Williams. Farmer. Agent Roxbury Color and Chem- ical Co.
320 THE FIFTH MEETING HOUSE
Long Pew No. 9
April 22, 1835. David Allen Simmons, see Pew No. 33, Lower Floor. May 16, 1835. Ephrajm Harrington, see Square Pew No. 8, in Gallery. June 28, 1884. Seth Augustus Fowle, living.
Long Pew No. 10
Jan. 1, 1844. Sophia S. Hakrington, dau. of Joseph Harrington. July 10, 1851. Joseph Dorr, see Pew No. 107, Lower Floor.
Long Pew No. 11
April 22, 1835. Benjamin Franklin Copeland, see Pew No. 27, Lower
Floor. May 17, 1837. George Arthur Simmons, see Long Pew No. 2, in Gallery. Jan. 29, 1842. Rev. Charles Briggs, b. Jan. 17, 1791; d. Dec. 18, 1873;
m. Eliza Casey. H. C. 1815. Ordained April 28, 1819. A pastor for
16 years. Secretary of the American Unitarian Association. May 21, 1883. Edmund Hersey Stowell, b. May 10, 1824; d. Nov. 6,
1896 ;m. Susan Lawn. Importer of cloths, afterwards a leather dealer.
Long Pew No. 12
April 22, 1835. Benjamin Franklin Copeland, see Pew No. 27, Lower
Floor. Oct. 10, 1835. Richard Ward, b. Nov. 17, 1789; d. March 13, 1862; m.
Lucy Tidd. Member of the Standing Committee. Cashier of the
Atlantic Bank. Aldennan. One of three who selected the site for
Forest Hills Cemetery. Oct. 30, 1840. Samuel Francis Train, b. Sept. — , 1818; d. Nov. 1, 1863;
m. Frances Gore Glover. Hide and leather dealer. Chief of the Rox-
bury Fire Department. In the Navj' at time of death. Jan. 1, 1844. Thomas Tilden, b. June 18, 1775; d. May 12, 1858; m.
(1) Frances Burns Fulton, (2) Mrs. Hannah B. Patterson. Mason. March 9, 1866. Hannah Tilden Bartlett, dau. of Hosea Bartlett.
Long Pew No. 13
May 16, 1835. William Bradley Dorr, see Pew No. 94, Lower Floor.
Sept. 14, 1835. Sarah Hickling, w. of William Iliclding.
May 3, 1836. Richard Ward, see Long Pew No. 12, in Gallery.
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Aug. 5, 1870. Franklin Greene, see Pew No. 5, Lower Floor.
Oct. 3, 1870. IMatihias Denman Ross, b. Nov. 1, 1819; d. Sept. 14, 1892;
m. (1) Mary Swift Waldo, (2) Caroline E. Archer. Merchant. Aug. 21, 1874. Edward Belcher Reynolds, see Deacons.
Long Pew No. 14
April 22, 1835. James Lewis, see Square Pew No. 4, in Gallery.
May 3, 1851. Josiah Wheelwright, b. June 26, 1824; d. April 11, 1894;
m. Lucinda Orne Chapin. Merchant. March 26, 1858. Susan C. Wheelwright, w. of William Wheelwright. Jan. 3, 1871. Leonard Ware, Jr., living.
Lo7ig Pew No. 15
April 22, 1835. Scotto Clark, b. Sept. 2, 1782; d. Oct. 12, 1844; m. Sally
M. Freeman. Merchant. Sept. 10, 1838. Sarah Hickling, w. of William Hiclding. Jan. 9, 1846. Charles Hickling, see Square Pew No. 3, in Gallery.
Long Pew No. 16
April 22, 1835. Eleazer Giles Lemon, b. Jan. 13, 1801 ; d. July 15, 1845.
Unmarried. Apothecary. Postmaster of Roxl)ury. March 15, 1845. George Baxter Hyde, b. March 29, 1811; d. July 8,
1889; m. INIary Whitten Clap. A public school teacher. Member
of the Boston School Committee. April 28, 1845. Edward Carrington Bates, b. Jan. 11, 1811; d. Dec.
26, 1872; m. Mary Caroline Cook. Merchant. President of Nat.
Bank of Commerce. Agent of Cunard Steamers. June 16, 1859. Charles Frederick Bradford, see Pew No. 104, Lower
Floor. Feb. 16, 1880. Charles A. Grinnell, see Long Pew No. 17, in Gallery.
Long Pew No. 17
April 22, 1835. Amos Morse, Jr., see Square Pew No. 17, in Gallery. Jan. 31, 1843. Charles Knapp Dillaway, see Deacons. Dec. 16, 1846. Joseph Harrington, see Pew No. 24, Lower Floor. Jan. 25, 1853. Susan C. Wheelwright, w. of William Wheelwright. April 24, 1857. George Lewis, b. May 25, 1820; d. Oct. 8, 1887; m.
Susan Minns Wheelwright. Member of Common Council of Roxbury.
Alderman. Mayor of Roxbury. Member Boston Water Board.
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Treasurer of Forest Hills Cemetery Corporation. Treasurer Granite
Railway Co. Director of People's Nat. Bank. Director of Roxbiu-y
Gas Light Co. Feb. 24, 1858. Samuel Parkman Blake, see Long Pew No. 45, in Gallery. Oct. 3, 1874. Charles Andrews Grinnell, b. Dec. 4, 1816; d. April 22,
1895; m. Aiuia Akny Cobb. Manufacturer of boots and shoes.
Director of the Nat. Bank of Redemption. President of the New
England Shoe and Leather Association.
Long Pew No. 18
April 22, 1835. Ebenezer Crafts, see Deacons.
May, 1835. Jonathan Pratt Robinson, see square Pew No. 7, in Gallery. July 9, 1844. Eliza Rigart Harrington, dau. of Joseph Harrington. Nov. 6, 1851. Jaaies Cunningham, b. April 27, 1801; d. Aug. 12, 1872;
m. Catharine Hays Howard. Merchant. Oct. 28, 1852. WiLLiAAi Dwight, b. April 15, 1805; d. Sept. 20, 1880; m.
Elizabeth Amelia White. Merchant. Treasurer of the Pepperell
Manufacturing Co. Dec. 31, 1866. Henry Faulkner, b. Sept. 19, 1839; d. Jan 12, 1868;
m. Victoria G. Wheat. Wool Merchant. Oct. 9, 1868. Maria D. Lockwood, w. of Commodore Samuel Lockwood. , 1899. Thomas S. Lockwood, living.
Long Pew No. 19
July 11, 1835. Joseph Harrington, Jr., see Long Pew No. 6, in Gallery. July 3, 1846. James Davenport, b. June 22, 1817; d. Nov. 7, 1872; m.
Sarah Adams Wiswell. An ornamental car and carriage painter. Oct. 18, 1851. Jonathan Bigelow, b. Jan. 1, 1825; d. May 11, 1907; m.
Sarah Brooks. Dealer in boots, shoes and rubbers. Representative. May 17, 1854. Leonard Crocker Bowxes, see Pew No. 78, Lower Floor. Dec. 8, 1854. Willlajvi Crosby, see Long Pew No. 42, in Gallery. June 9, 1855. Samuel T. Crosby, see Long Pew No. 70, in Gallery. June 16, 1862. Benjaahn Lincoln, b. July 21, 1816; d. July 21, 1884.
Unmarried. Clerk. Oct. 26, 1868. Mary Ann Smith Easton, dau. of Isaac Easton. Nov. 19, 1872. Henry Peleg Coffln, b. Aug. 7, 1839, d. Feb. 11, 1894;
m. Mary Greenwood Barrett. Real estate and insurance. Member
of the Cadets. April 23, 1883. Hiram Wiiittington, b. Nov. 5, 1843; d. Jan. 31, 1905;
m. Alice Parker Streeter. Wholesale hardware dealer. Trustee of
estates.
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Long Pew No. 20
April 9, 1838. Jonathan Pratt Robinson, see Square Pew No. 7, in
Gallery. Nov. 27, 1844. Henry Weld Puller, b. Jan. 16, 1810; d. Aus. 16,
1889; m. Mary Storer Goddard. Lawyer. Clerk of Circuit Court.
Founder and treasiu^er of Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Mass. Nov. 6, 1882. Henky Alphonso Mokse, b. March 27, 1832; d. June 21,
1900; m. Joan D. Follansby. Wholesale coal merchant.
Long Pew No. 21
April 22, 1835. Jonathan Prait Robinson, see Square Pew No. 7, in
Gallery. March 3, 1847. Charles Tilden Appleton, b. Jan. 11, 1809; d. March
11, 1859; m. (1) Catharine LawTence, (2) Mary Grave Barker.
Merchant. Treasurer of Lowell Bleachery and Clinton Mills. Nov. 6, 1882. Henry Weld Fuller, see Long Pew No. 20, in Gallery.
Long Pew No. 22
April 22, 1835. Samuel Langley, see Pew No. 17, Lower Floor.
May 15, 1845. Edward Wyman, b. Aug. 1, 1818; d. Oct. 26, 1899; m. (1) Margaret Curry Boyd, (2) Caroline King Hooper. Merchant. Captain of Roxbury Reserve Guard. Commander of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. Chief of Staff of Governor Gaston.
Sept. 7, 1869. Sarah B. Lewis, a well-kno^vn school teacher of Roxbury.
May 3, 1897. Alfred Bunker, living.
Long Pew No. 23
April 22, 1835. Joseph Harrington, see Pew No. 24, Lower Floor.
Jan. 31, 1843. Charles Knapp Dillaway, see Deacons.
Dec. 16, 1846. Joseph Harrington, see Pew No. 24, Lower Floor.
March 3, 1853. Francis Gardner, b. Nov. 6, 1809; d. Dec. 22, 1881; m. Lydia Nowell Browne. Wholesale hardware merchant. Alder- man. Member Boston Common Council.
April 29, 1874. Lydla Nowell Gardner, w. of James Gardner.
Long Pew No. 24
April 22, 1835. Stedman Williams, see Pew No. 105, Lower Floor. Jan. 6, 1851. Alfred Tltper Gray, b. Dec. 11, 1797; d. March 17, 1867; m. INIary Woodward Gray. Bookkeeper.
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Jan. 3, 187i>. Samuel Frotiiingham, b. July 17, 1815; d. Dec. 25, 1872;
m. Maria Louisa Whitridge. Dry goods merchant. A director of
the Suffolk National Bank. April 29, 1876. IMaria Louisa Frothingham, w. of Samuel Frotiiingham. Dec. 23, 1883. Joseph B. Bryant, living. Dec. 24, 1884. George Burrill Faunce, see I^ong Pew No. 6, in Gallery.
Lo7ig Pew No. 25
April 22, 1835. Shubael Bills, see square Pew No. 12, in Gallery. Dec. 6, 1847. Lews Slack, b. March 11, 1804; d. Jan. — , 1883; m. (1)
Pedy Dudley, (2) Mary Reed Flower. Produce dealer. Justice of
the Peace. INIember of Roxbury Fire Department. Jan. 17, 1856. William Crosby, see Long Pew No 42, in Gallery.
Long Pew No. 26
April 22, 1835. John Sawin, see Square Pew No. 11, in Gallery. July 10, 1857. Horatio Gilbert, b. Aug. 15, 1807; d. April 30, 1883; m. Cordelia E. Perry. Dealer in iron and steel springs and axles.
Long Pew No. 27
April 22, 1835. Joseph Harrington, see Pew No. 24, liower Floor.
Aug. 25, 1857. William Sherman Leland, b. Oct. 12, 1824; d. July 26, 1869; m. Sarah Elizabeth Hallett. Educated in the public schools of Roxljury.' Studied law in his father's ofTice. Succeeded his father as Judge of Probate of Norfolk Comity. Received honorary degree of ■ Master of Arts from Harvard College. Director of the People's Bank. One of the founders of the Eliot Five Cent Sa\angs Bank, and its Presi- dent. Member of the City Government of Roxbury.
Sept. 27, 1859. Nathan Carruth Cary, see Long Pew No. 68 in the
Gallery.
Long Pew No. 28
April 22, 1835. William Blttters, b. Nov. 1, 1786; d. Oct. 11, 1866;
m. (1) Sophia Charlotte Green, (2) Eloisa Moureau Cormerals; (3)
Rebecca Fletcher White Cram. Lawyer. May 5, 1836. Jacob Marshall, m. Mary Gay. Aug. 10, 1841. Lydia Faxon. Aug. 23, 1853. Mary Faxon. Dec. 24, 1888. Dependence Sturtevant Waterman, living.
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Long Pew No. 29
April 22, 1835. Chenery Clarke, see Pew No. 14, Lower Floor.
Aug. 12, 1857. Rebecca Harrington, w. of Joseph Harrington.
Apr. 24, 1865. David Miller Hodgdon, b. March 22, 1829; d. May 17.
1894; m. Henrietta Young. Merchant. Member of the Standing
Committee. Dec. 16, 1898. Dependence Sturtevant Waterman, see Long Pew No.
28, in Gallery.
Lotig Pew No. 30
April 22, 1835. Jonathan A. Ricil\jids, see Deacons.
May 16, 1842. William Whiting, see Pew No. 84, Lower Floor.
Feb. 15, 1878. Lydia Gushing (Russell) Whiting, w. of William
Whiting. May 21, 1882. Rose S. Whiting, dau. of WiUiam Whiting. Nov. 12, 1887. Mrs. IL^nnah Jones.
Long Pew No. 31
Nov. 16, 1857. George B. Foster, b. Feb. 10, 1810; d. June 22, 1881; m. Catherine E. Duncan. Silversmith and jeweller.
Long Pew No. 32
Nov. 12, 1867. Maria D. Lockwood, w. of Commodore Samuel Lock- wood.
Feb. 12, 1869. Francis Baker, Jr., b. Jan. 26, 1824; d. Dec. 19, 1877. m. Lydia May Vose. Wholesale salt dealer.
Dec. 7, 1872. Edward Belcher Rei^nolds, see Deacons.
May 19, 1886. Charlotte G. Coffin, dau. of Peter Coffin, of Portsmouth, N.H.
Long Pew No. 33
April 22, 1835. Joseph Harrington, see Pew No. 24, TiOwer Floor.
Jan. 31, 1843. Charles Knapp Dillaway, see Deacons.
May 10, 1864. Frederick Hall Bradlee, b. Sept. 18, 1807; d. Sept. 6,
1888; m. Lucretia WainwTight. H. C. 1827. Merchant. Director
of Old Boston National Bank. Feb. 27, 1890. Mrs. Luct B. Stone, dau. of Frederick Hall Bradlee.
Long Pew No. 34
April 8, 1867. Mrs. Ann F. Holmes.
March 3, 1879. Jajies Warren Hayavard, li\ing.
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Long Pew No. 35 July 16, 1867. James Ritchie, see Pew No. 65, Lower Floor.
Lung Pew No. 36 Free Pew.
Long Pew No. 37
Jan. 13, 1868. Pickering Atwell, b. May — , 1812; d. Jan. 31, 1866; m. Adeline Prentice. Merchant tailor.
Long Pew No. 38
Jan. 28. 1866. William R. Houston, b. 1816; d. Oct. 13, 1881; m.
Susan E. Lee. Carpenter and builder. Alderman. Director in the
Roxbury Mechanics Institute. Feb. 4, 1868. Erastus Sampson, b. Au^. 28, 1808: d. ISIay 17, 1885; m.
Elizabeth Winsor. Shipmaster, subsequently agent of Boston and
Baltimore Steamship Line.
Lung Pew No. 39 Free Pew.
Lung Pew No. 40 Free Pew.
Long Pew No. 41
June 24, 1845. John Jones Clarke, see Square Pew No. 31, in the
CJallery. Jan. 20, 1880. Edward Belcher Reynolds, see Deacons. Oct. 1, 1903. Matthew Binnet, living.
Long Pew No. 42
Aj>ril 22, 1835. Daniel Andrew Sigouhney, see Pew No. 38, Lower
Floor. Nov. 19, 1838. Charles Jefferson Hendee, see Long Pew No. 61, in
the Gallery. June 3, 1844. Charles Inches, b. March — , 1808; d. Jan. 22, 1888; m.
Harriet Auchmuty Howard Boit. Broker. April 12, 1845. Leon.\hd C. Bowles, see Pew No. 78, Lower Floor.
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327
Oct. 7, 1845. William Crosby, b. Oct. 27, 1818; d. Sept. 9, 1907; m. Mary Elizabeth Bowles. Member of the finii of Crosby and Nichols, booksellers, and of Crosby, Lee and Co., booksellers. Superintendent of the Children's Mission for 20 years. Member of the Standing Com- mittee, Clerk and Treasurer of this Society.
Dec. — , 1853. Charles Henry Warren, b. Sept. 29, 1798; d. June—, 1874; m. Abby Burr Hedge. H. C. 1817. Lawyer. Judge of Court of Common Pleas in New Bedford. President of Boston and Providence R. R. Senator and President of the Senate.
April 13, 1871. Joshua Huntington Wolcott, b. Aug. 29, 1804 ; d. Jan. 4, 1891 ; m. (1) Cornelia Frothingham, (2) Harriet Frothingham. Edu- cated in Litchfield, Conn. Member of the firm of A. and A. Lawrence and Co., dry goods merchants. Member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Treasurer of the Sanitary Commission. Father of Governor Roger Wolcott.
Oct. 12, 1880. Henry A. S. D. Dudley, see Long Pew No. 54, in Gallery.
Jan. 27, 1883. Josephine IMackay Hicks, dau. of William Howland Hicks.
Lo7ig Pew No. 43
-. Farmer. Removed to
Sept. 3, 1839. Charles Ford, m. Lois -
Dover. Jan. 25, 1845. Ebenezer Pratt, see Pew No. 90, Lower Floor.
Long Pew No. 44
Aug. 1835. Abijah Merriam, see Pew No. 79, Lower Floor.
May 12, 1845. George Packer, b. Oct. 9, 1801; d. June 19, 1889; m.
Catherine French Bowen. Morocco manufacturer. One of the first
stockholders of the Rockland National Bank. Jan. 29, 1856. Roland Worthington, b. Sept. 22, 1817; d. March 20,
1898; m. Abby Bartlett Adams. Proprietor of the Boston Traveler.
Alderman. Collector of the Port of Boston. Dec. 19, 1857. Frances Cordis Clarke, w. of Manlius Stimson Clarke. Dec. 21, 1872. Aaron Da^7S Williams, see Long Pew No. 45, in Gallery. May 28, 1883. Frances Cordis Clarke, w. of Manlius Stimson Clarke.
Long Pew No. 45
June 13, 1837. Nathaniel Dorr, see Pew No. 97, Lower Floor.
Aug. 7, 1845. Samuel Parkman Blake, b. Jan. 30, 1804; d. Dec. 20,
1889; m. Ann Boylston Cunningham. H. C. 1823 (Rebellion Class).
Received his degrees of A.B. and A.M. in 1841. Merchant.
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Jan. 1, 1850. Caleb Loring Cunningham, b. Nov. 22, 1821; d. Aug. 11,
1863; m. Clementina Trufant. Merchant. April 12, 1854. Augustus Daniel Berry, b. June 14, 1810; d. Feb. 16,
1864; m. Mary Adeline Farnham. Wholesale dry goods merchant. July 13, 1860. Aaron Davis Williams, b. Sept. 11, 1821 ; d. Dec. 21, 1899;
m. Susan B. Farnham. Merchant. President of the Boston Lead Co.
Director of the Ilockland Nat. Bank. Trustee of the Instu. for Savings
in Roxbury. Councillor of Mass. Horticultural Society. Member of
the Roxljury Common Council. Honorary member of the Roxbury
Horse Guards. Dec. 23, 1872. William Howland Hicks, see I^ong Pew No. 70, in Gallery. Nov. 13, 1882. Josephine M. Hicks, dau. of William Howland Hicks.
Long Pew No. 46
April 22, 1835. John Jones Clarke, see Square Pew No. 31, in Gallery.
June 28, 1841. Hiram Withington, b. July 29, 1818.
May 17, 1842. William Blanchard, Jr., b. July 3, 1817 ; d. June 2, 1887 ; m. Mary Elizabeth Seaver. Manufacturer. Member of Boston Com- mon Council. Representative. IVIember of Standing Committee.
April 16, 1845. Mrs. Lucia G. Wells.
Feb. 21, 1851. Ltman HoLLiNGSVi^ORTH, see Pew No. 92, Lower Floor.
Long Pew No. 47
April 22, 1835. John Clap, see Deacons.
Aug. 19, 1841. Alpheus M. Withington, see Pew No. 49, Lower Floor.
Oct. 9, 1841. Susan M. Withington.
March 2, 1844. William Blanchard, Jr., see Long Pew No. 46, in Gallery.
April 11, 1845. Charles Tyler Savage, b. March 15, 1797; d. Nov. 5,
1879; m. Anna Lewis Thacher. A retired sea captain. Succeeded his
father in 1822 as member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Jan. 1, 1850. Samuel Parkma"n Blake, see Long Pew No. 45, in Gallery. Sept. 15, 1853. Catherine Merriam, dau. of Abijah Merriam. Jan. 14, 1859. Robert H.vle, b. Oct. 1, 1815; d. June 28, 1888; m. Ann
G.Ward. Supt. of several Railroads. Alderman. One of the original
members of the Unitarian Church in Minneapolis. April 26, 1862. Nancy Gay, w. of George Gay. Feb. 4, 1871 . Martha Gay, dau. of George Gay. Nov. 10, 1888. Ben.iajvhn Gilbert Gay, b. Jan. 8, 1833; d. Oct. 5, 1892;
unmarried. Assistant Treasurer of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Co. Dec. 29, 1892. Mrs. Nettie (Gay) HmiLBERT, living.
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Long Pew No. 48
Sept. 26, IS^^. John Amory Lowell, see Pew No. 101, Lower Floor. Au<T. .'JI, 1852. James Cunninghaai, see Long Pew No. 18, in Gallery. Feb. 6, 1890. Hepsib Swan Howakd, niece of Mrs. James Cunningham.
Long Pew No. 49
April 19,, 1835. Joseph Smith.
Nov. 22, 1842. Sarah Elizabeth Miles, w. of Solomon Pearson Miles.
Apr. 8, 1859. William Sherman Leland, see Long Pew No. 27, in Gallery.
Long Pew No. 50
April 22, 1835. Charles DA\as, see Pew No. 102, Lower Floor.
June 13, 1839. Edward Williams Adams, see Long Pew No. 52, in Gallery.
Jan. 15, 1842. Mary Adams, w. of James Adams.
Jan. 30, 1846. John Augustus Dodd, b. Aug. 16, 1811 ; d. July 31, 1890.
m. (1) ISIary Perrin Adams, (2) Theoda Hunnewell Adams, (3) Sarah
Whittemore. IMerchant. Sept. 15, 1856. Roland Worthington, see Long Pew No. 44, in Gallery.
Long Pew No. 51
April 22, 1835. George Augustus Eliot, b. May 6, 1806; d. June 15,
1838; m. Cordelia Howe. Hardware dealer. Nov. 30, 1849. John Fleet Eliot, b. Jan. 17, 1800; d. Aug. 30, 1881.
Druggist. Aug. 20, 1845. Enoch Train of Boston, b. May 2, 1801 ; d. Sept. 6, 1868;
m. Almira C. Cheever. IMerchant. Connected with a Liverpool line
of packets. Member of Governor John Davis' staff. Director of
Tremont Bank. Aug. 23, 1847. Miss Jane I. Willard. Oct. 30, 1867. William Goodwin Russell, of Boston, b. Nov. 18, 1821 ;
d. Feb. 6, 1896; m. Mary Ellen Hedge. H. C. 1840. Lawyer, and a
Leader of the Bar. Overseer of Harvard College. April 1, 1882. Samuel G. Davis, Mving Jan. 27, 1897. Edward P. Sherburne, li\ang.
Long Pew No. 52
April 22, 1835. James Adams, Jr., bap. Feb. 21, 1813.
Sept. 15, 1838. Edward Willw.ms Adams, b. Nov. 22, 1814; d. Jan. 23,
1842. Unmarried. Merchant. June 6, 1839. Joel Richards, d. 1847; m. Eliza . Merchant.
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Sept. 5, 1842. Amos Atkinson, b. May 11, 1792; d. June 26, 1864; m.
Anna Greenleaf Sawyer. Merchant. Nov. 6, 1845. Henry Winsor, b. Dec. 31, 1804; d. Oct. 28, 1889; m.
Mary Ann Davis. Merchant and steamship owner. July 1, 1847. Isaac Parker, b. Dec. 21, 1778; d. Sept. 7, 1859; m. Betsey
Wendell Townsend. Commission merchant.
Long Pew No. 53
April 22, 1835. Jacob Allen, see Pew No. 14, Lower Floor.
June 18, 1844. Aaron E. Whittemore, b. 1808; d. Nov. 19, 1852. Blacksmith.
April 22, 1848. Almon Danforth Hodges, b. Jan. 25, 1801; d. Sept. 27, 1878; m. (1) Martha Comstock, (2) Mrs. Jane H. Leonard. Merchant. Member of the General Assembly of Rhode Island. President of the Washington Bank. One of the organizers of the Boston Clearing House and Treasurer of the Association of Banks for the suppression of counterfeiting. Commander of the Roxbury Horse Guards.
Nov. 16, 1880. Frederick S. Hodges.
Long Pew No. 54
April 13, 1835. Ben.iamin Wait, see Square Pew No. 36, in Gallery.
Jan. 2, 1854. Pedy Dudley, w. of Col. Joseph Dudley.
June 6, 1863. Henry Alexander ScA^LMELL Dearborn Dudley, b.
Aug. 13, 1821 ; d. July 7, 1885. Uimiarried. Member of the Standing
Committee. Sept. 7, 1885. George A. Slack, living. April 12, 1886. Sarah Elizabeth Rumrill, living.
Long Pew No. 55
April 26, 1835. Charles Blanchard, b. June 30, 1790; d. Sept. 28, 1863; m. Ann Isabel Blanchard. Merchant. Member of Boston Light Infantry in 1814.
April 6, 1854. Henry Fullerton Cragin, b. Feb. 9, 1829; d. Nov. 28, 1865; m. Abigail Roe Dalton Blanchard. Cotton Commission Merchant.
April 24, 1854. Ann Isabel Blanchard, w. of Charles Blanchard.
May 18, 1864. Charles Jarvis DanI'Orth, b. Aug. 11, 1825; d. May 17, 1877; m. Sarah Elizabeth Rol>bins. Dry Goods Merchant. Member of the Music Committee. A prominent member of the Masonic fra- ternity.
March 26, 1890. Samuel Everett Tinkham, living.
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Long Pew No. 56
April 26, 1835. Charles Grant. See Stjuare Pew No. 24, in Gallery.
Dec. 21, 1844.. Charles Edward Grant, b. Auo;. 26, 1814; d. Oct. 1, 1903; m. Eliza Ann Hales Bacon. Succeeded his father in the paper business. Alderman of Roxbury. Representative. One of the Assessors of Boston. Member of Mass. Horticultural Society. Clerk of the Mount Pleasant (Unitarian) church.
April 3, 1852. James Tolman, b. Nov. 17, 1811; d. Dec. 16, 1868; m. Elizabeth Metcalf Smith. Merchant tailor. Member of the Roxbury Common Council. President of the Young Men's Benevolent Society. Trtistee of the Mass. Charitable Mechanics Assn. Treasurer of the Children's Aid Society.
March 24, 1864. Charles Mayo Ellis, see Pew No. 18, Lower Floor.
Oct. 19, 1878. Effie Ellis, dau. of Charles Mayo Ellis.
Dec. 6, 18S3. Mart E. Bangs, w. of William A. Bangs.
Nov. 12, 1887. Isaac P. Gragg, living.
May 1, 1896. Dr. Sevanus Bowen, b. Feb. 13, 1840; d. April 7, 1899.
Physician.
Long Pew No. 57
April 22, 1835. Charles Grant, see Pew No. 24, in Gallery.
June 15, 1842. Elijah Vose, b. Jan. 1, 1790; d. Sept. 12, 1856; m.
Rebecca Gorham Bartlett. Merchant. State Senator Member of the
Society of the Cincinnati. President of INIass. Horticultural Society., Jan. 7, 1864. Henry Lefrelet Daggett, b. Aug. 10, 1812; d. March 1,
1882; m. Sarah Eliza Williams. Shoe and Leather Merchant of
Boston. Member of the Boston Board of Trade. Feb. 20, 1866. Franklin Smith Merrett, b. June 16, 1824; d. Jan. 13,
1879. Unmarried. Leather dealer. Director of the City National
Bank. Member of the Music Committee. May 27, 1879. IMary Barker Comins, w. of Linus Bacon Comins. Nov. 11, 1887. Frank M. Sprague, li\ing. March 31, 1896. Daniel W. Jones, b. Nov. 7, 1829; d. Nov. 27, 1898;
m. Emma A. Cleaves. Schoolmaster in Roxbury. Jan. 1, 1904. Samuel Everett Tinkham, living.
Long Pew No. 58
June 13, 1837. Nathaniel Dorr, see Pew No. 97, Lower Floor.
April 12, 1851. Joseph Morrill, Jr., b. April 5, 1822; d. Nov. 23, 1893;
m. Helen Brooks. Manufacturer. Member of Roxbury Commoa
Council.
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Long Pew No. 59
Aug. 26, 1835. Capt. William Blanch ard, Senior, see Pew No. 97, Lower
Floor. Dec. 30, 1848. Theodore Otis, b. Dec. 15, 1810; d. July 11, 1873; m.
Harriet Blanchard. Lawyer. Mayor of Roxbury. Trustee of the
Roxbury Latin School. Member of the Roxbury School Board.
Representative. April 5, 1851. William Rodman Robeson, b. July 27, 1814; d. Nov. 7,
1892; m. Anna Rochnan. Cotton INIanufacturer. Representative.
1894. Anna R. Robeson, w. of William Rodman Robeson.
Jan. 1, 1902. Theodore Mel\ille Plimfi'on, hving.
Long Pew No. 60.
April 22, 1835. Ozms Field, b. Nov. 17, 1798; d. Jan. 6, 18G6; m.
Charlotte E. Whiting. Dry goods with Joseph D. Gould. Feb. 24, 1866. Ann Isabel Blanchard, see Long Pew No. 55, in Gallery. Dec. 8, 1870. John Dean Sturtevant, b. 1818; d. July 5, 1893; m.
Adeline D. Bradley. Manufacturer.
Long Pew No. 61
April 22, 1835. Daniel Andrew Sigourney, see Pew No. 38, Lower
Floor. Nov. 19, 1838. Charles Jefferson Hendee, b. July 1, 1805; d. Aug. 2,
1872; m. Adeline Davis. Member of the firm of Carter, Hendee and
Co., who were the first occupants of the "Old Corner Bookstore," as
booksellers, from 1828 to 1833. June 3, 1844. William Amory, b. June 15, 1804; d. Dec. 9, 1888; m. Anna
Powell Grant Sears. H. C. 1823 (Rebellion Class), receiving his
degrees in 1845. Studied law but did not practice. Treasurer of the
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. Jan. 3, 1854. Isaac Pollard Rand, bap. Dec. 1, 1816. Marketman. Oct. 25, 1866. Samuel Parkman Dexter, b. June 13, 1824, d. Dec. 18,
1885; m. Matilda Campbell Abbot. Merchant. Director Revere
National Bank, and of the Vale ISIills.
Long Pew No. 62
April 22, 1835. Isaac Davis, see Pew No. 8, Lower Floor. March 19, 1853. William S. Messenger, living. April 25, 1890. Bejmjamin P. Cheney Clapp, living.
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Long Pew No. 63
Sept. 9, 1839. James H. Champney, see Square Pew No. 3, in Gallery. Sept. 4, 1844. Lot Clark, b. July 25, 1796; d. Feb. 24, 1880; m. Mary
Barnard Eaton. Commission merchant. March 22, 18.53. Amos Stevens, see Pew No. 66, Lower Floor. Nov. 18, 1858. William Biiandford Shubrick Gay, b. Dec. 13, 1820; d.
Sept. 16, 1901; m. Eliza Kirkland Dwight. Dry goods commission
merchant. Afterwards note broker. Feb. 19, 1867. Chat^les Edward Cook, b. Oct. 17, 1805; d. Sept. 23,
1874; m. Elizabeth White Wells. Member of Boston City Council.
For thirty years connected with public charitable institutions of
City and State, including Tamitou Hospital. Representative and
President of the State Senate.
Long Pew No. 64
April 22, 1835. Mrs. Hannah Robertson.
Aug. 9, 1847. Catherine Haviland, w. of Thomas Philip Ha\aland.
May 4, 1848. Joseph Henry Gardner, d. 1884 ; m. (1) Harriet Robertson, (2) Eliza . Insurance Broker.
Aug. 30, 1855. Heniiy White, b. Nov. 25, 1797; d. Sept. 11, 1873; m. Jane Eliza Williams. Druggist.
May 15, 1883. George Allen Dary, b. Nov. 30, 1842; d. Dec. 30, 1905; m. Elizabeth Tuttle. Lawj'er and a most expert and reliable con- veyancer. Founder and member of the Abstract Club. Member of the Mass. Title Insurance Co. and of the Conveyancers' Title Insur- ance Co. Member of the Music Committee and Clerk of this Society.
Jan. 24, 1889. Joseph A. Willard, b. Sept. 30, 1816; d. Aug. 14, 1904. Clerk of the Superior Court.
Long Pew No. 65
May 29, 1835. Isaac Harris Gary, b. Nov. 3, 1803; d. May 22, 1881 ; m. Phebe Phillips Pratt. Wholesale dealer in fancy goods, horn and sheU.
Feb. 14, 1846. William James Reynolds, b. Oct. 14, 1814; d. Jan. 17, 1865; m. (1) Martha Pratt, (2) Harriet E. Wheelwright. Book pub- lisher. IMember of the Roxbury Common Council. Representative.
Jan. 25, 1861. Jonath,\n Pratt RoBiNSON,see Square Pew No. 7, in Gallery.
July 10, 1863. J. Henry Sears, living.
Nov. 5, 1866. Augustus Parker, see Long Pew No. 69, in Gallery,
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Feb. 12, 1883. George H. Wyihan, b. AprU 10, 1827; d. April 13, 1893.
Beddinp; supplies. April 13, 1896. Matilda Campbell Dexter, w. of Samuel Parkmaa
Dexter.
Long Pew No. 66
Sept. 16, 1835. Thomas Brewer, see Pew No. 3, Lower Floor.
Dec. 7, 1839. Gardner Brewer, see Pew No. 3, Lower Floor.
Dec. 3, 1849. Nathaniel P. Lovering, see Pew No. 11, Lower Floor.
Long Pew No. 67
June 25, 1839. John Eagan, a painter; received the deed of this pew in part payment for painting fence and blinds attached to the Meeting House.
July 12, 1839. George Read, b. July — , 1788; d. March 27, 1856. Mer- chant. Auctioneer and real estate agent.
Aug. 22, 1841.. Francis Cubtis, b. , 1814; d. Aug. 12, 1882. Mer- chant.
Dec. 4, 1846. Joseph Lewis Stackpole, b. Dec. 28, 1808; d. July 20, 1847; m. Susan Margaret Benjamin. H. C. 1824. Lawyer.
Dec. 1, 1887. Nathaniel Osgood Whitcomb, living.
Long Pew No. 68
Jan. 2, 1837. Aaron Child, see Square Pew No. 37, in Gallery.
Nov. 19, 1844. Joseph ILuirington, see Pew No. 24, Lower Floor.
May 31, 1853. Nathan Carruth Cary, b. Nov. 4, 1814; d. May 7, 1900; m. (1) Frances Taylor Wilson, (2) Charlotte Emeline Burnette. Solici- tor in Probate.
Feb. 8, 1862. Leonard C. Bowles, see Pew. No. 78, Lower Floor.
Oct. 7, 1863. Curtis Guild, living.
March 17, 1871. Henry Prentice Binney, b. March 5, 1838; d. April 17, 1878; m. Josephine Hayward. Merchant. Trustee of estates.
Long Pew No. 69
April 22, 1835. Benjaailn Franklin Copeland, see Pew No. 27, Lower
Floor. May 17, 1837. Gf:orge Arthur Simmons, see Long Pew No. 2, in Gallery. Vch. 25, 1846. William Frederic Freeman, b. July 31, 1817; d. Aug. 18.
1888; m. Caroline Crosby Lewis. Manufacturer of dye stuffs from
imported woods. March 27, 1848. Samuel Gore Glover, b. Feb. 28, 1821; d. July 15.
1856; m. Rebecca Putnam Page. IVIerchant. Trustee of estates.
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March 13, 1856. Augustus Parker, b. Aug. 30, 1827; d. Feb. 27, 1901 ; m. Mary Elizabeth Baker. Fanner. Member of the Common Coun- cil. Representative. President of Franklin Savings Bank. Overseer of the Poor.
Nov. 15, 1866. Edward Belcher Reynolds, see Deacons.
Jan. 11, 1869. Israel Goodwin Whitney, b. Jan. 30, 1831; d. Jan. 27, 1901; m. Christiana Kadie Swan Sargent. East India merchant. Trustee of estate of John A. Burnliam. ,
April 13, 1883. Samuel T. Crosby, see Long Pew No. 70, in Gallery.
Jan. 6, 1898. Willlui Hoag, living.
Long Pew No. 70
April 22, 1835. David Dudley, see Pew No. 45, Lower Floor.
Sept. 24, 1842. Samuel Thompson of Roxbury; m. Rachel .
Blacksmith. May 5, 1843. William Rowland Hicks, b. Feb. 27, 1801; d. May 17,
1873; m. Sarah Mackay. Merchant. Dec. 15, 1847. Andrew Davis, b. June 15, 1814; d. June 1, 1872; m.
• Ellen Pearey. Dealer in boots and shoes. May 5, 1853. Samuel T. Crosby, b. 1822; d. Dec. 24, 1907; m. Sarah E.
Lincoln. Senior member of the firm of Crosby, Morse & Foss.
Jewellers. Afterwards Life Insurance Broker. Jan. 12, 1855. Thomas Simmons, see Pew No. 17, Lower Floor. Oct. 30, 1855. Frances Cordis Clarke, w. of Manlius Stimson Clarke. Nov. 16, 1857. Rebecca Farnham, w. of Putnam Ingalls Farnham.
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MUSIC
In the early days of the church the music was wholly supplied by the congregation. Hymn l)ooks were not in general use and the number of tunes was limited. Though there is no mention of a Precentor in the records, there was undoubtedly some one member who pitched the tunes, and led the singing, as Judge Sewall did for many years in the Boston church.
The Bay Psalm Book, a metrical version of the Psalms, was the first hymn book used as far as we know. This was the joint production of John Eliot, Thomas Welde and Richard Mather, and was published in Cam!)ridge in 1640. Rev. Elias Nason describes this book as follows, "Welde, Eliot and Mather mounted the restive steed Pegasus, Hebi-ew Psalter in hand, and trotted in hot haste over the rough road of Shemitic roots and metrical psalmody. Other divines rode behind, and after cutting and slashing, mending and patch- ing, twisting and turning, finally produced what must ever remain the most unique specimen of poetical tinkering in our literature." The music is arranged in tre])le and base; directions are given for setting the tunc to the voice, so that one may sing "without scpieking above or grumbling below."
Rev. Thomas Shepard of Cambridge wrote,
"Ye Roxhury poets, keep clear of the crime Of missinji; to give us very good rhjiiie; And you of Dorchester, your verses lengthen. But witli the text's own words you will them strengthen."
Samuel Sewall, in 1718, speaking of attending a private meeting where Mr. Thomas Walter ])reached and there was singing, says "Sang part of the 145th Psalm which he set to Ijow Dutch very well."
In IT'-il Rev. Thomas Walter, who excelled in the science of harmony, being grieved beyond measure, and annoved at the very indiH'erent peiformances in the sanctuary, pub-
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lished a neat 12 mo. volume, The Grounds and Rules of Music Explained; or an Introduction to the Art of Singing by Note, Fitted to the meanest capacity. Recommended !)y several Ministers. " Let everything that hath breath, praise the Lord." Ps. cl, 6.
In this woik the author endeavored to show that singing was reducible to the rules of art, and that he who made him- self master of these rules would be able at first sight to sing any new tune, by the bare inspection of the notes. He complains that "for a want of a standard to appeal to in all our singing, our tunes are left to the mercy of every unskilful throat, to chop and alter, twist and change, according to their infinitely divers and no less odd humors and fancies." And of the singing of the congregations, "it sounded like five hundred diftcrent tunes roared out at the same time," and so little attention was paid to time, that they were often one or two words apart, producing noises "so hideous and disorderly as is bad beyond expression."
The manner of singing also had become so tedious and drawling, that he goes on to say, " I myself have twice in one note paused to take breath." The preface to this book, signed by fourteen clergymen, discourses delectably, and in a manner equally applicable at the present day. " We would encourage all, more particularly our young people, to accom- plish themselves with skill to sing the songs of the Lord, according to the good rules of psalmody; hoping that the consequence of it will be that not only the asseml)lies of Zion will decently and in order carry on this exercise of piety, but also it will be the more introduced into private families and become a part of our family sacrifice. At the same time, we would above all expect that the main concern of all may be to make it not a mere bodily exercise, but sing with grace in their hearts, and with minds attentive to the truths in the psalms which they sing, and affected with them, so
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that in tlieir hearts they may make a melody to the Lord." This vohime was the first wherein the music was printed with bars in America. The tunes were composed in three parts only. Mr. Hood characterizes the harmony as being "full rich and correct, and the whole style purely choral."
Li 1757 members of the congregation wrote the following letter to the Pastor, Rev. Mr. Amos Adams.
Rev. S^
The New England Version of tlie Psalms, however usefull it may form- erly have been, is now become through the natural variableness of Lan- guage, not only very uncouth, but in many Places imintelligible; whereby the mind instead of being Raised and spiiited in singing The Praises of Almighty God, and thereby better prepared to attend the other Parts of Divine Ser\nce, is Damped and made spiritless in the Performance of the Duty; at least such is the Tendency of the use of That version, and it being the Duty of Christians to make use of the Best heli)s for the right & acceptable i)erformance of Divine Worship and as in Regard to Psalm singing there are several versions of the Psalms much preferable to that Before mentioned especially the version Made by Tate & Brady, which has been lately Rec*^ by Divers of the Neighbom-ing Cluirches in the Room of the New England version.
We the sul)scribers (a number of your Parish) hereby Express our inclination and desire, that you would propose to the Church and Congre- gation under Your Care (in such manner as you Think sutable) the intro- duction among them of the last Mentioned version: and we would recom- mend that Etlition (lately Published) to which is annexed a niunber of Hymns, suited to sacramental Occasions.
We are with Great Esteem
S"" Your Most Humble Servants
James Bowdoin. Benjamin May.
Ebenezer Dorr. Ebenezer May.
Sam'^ Stevens. Isaac Winslow.
Sam'' Gridley. Joseph Curtiss.
James Mears. Ebenezer Newell.
Sam" Williams. John Williams.
Jonathan Hall. Joseph W'illiams.
W^ILLIAM BOSSON. EbEN*" PiERPONT.
Noah Perrin. William Gridley.
James Mears, jun'". John Pierpont.
Benjamin Williams. William Pierpont.
Joseph Weld. William Heath.
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To THE Rev^ Mr. Adaais.
The within is a True Coj)y of a letter Communicated to the first Congre- gation in Roxbiiry on Sept. 11, 1757, and agreeable to the Desire therein Expressed it was proposed by the Paster to the Congregation tliat they Take this version into Consideration for a considerable Time at least six or seven weeks, and it was Recommended to them to Read and acquaint themselves with this version, and if after having Carefully Read & Con- sidered this version any find Cause to object against it the Pastor Desires that he may be Timely hiformed of it.
Attest
AjMos Adams.
July 9, 1758. The Congregation Tarried after the Bless- ing and the above letter was again read, and now at the motion of two gentlemen of the Congregation (none objecting to the motion) the Question was put by the Pastor " Whether it be the minds of the Congregation to lay aside the New England Version of Psalms and in the Room thereof to use henceforth the version of Tate & Brady with a collection of Hymns Chiefly from Dr. Watts which are now used by some of the Neighboring Congregations," and it passed in the afiirmative.
Ebenezer Fox, a Roxbury lad, has furnished this reminis- cence of the music of this old meeting house in 1775. " Deacon Crafts used to read aloud one verse at a time of the psalm or hymn, which the choir would sing, and then wait till he had read another. Hymn books were not in general use; they were, some time after, in the pews of the wealthy. At a subsequent period fuguing tunes were introduced and they produced a literally fuguing effect upon the elder people, the greater part of whom went out of church as soon as the first verse was sung." After a while the bass viol was introduced, much to the scandal of the elders, who dubl)ed it the "devil's fiddle," while the choir called it the "Lord's fiddle." Fox continues, " I well remember the first Sal >bath that the bass viol was used, as an accompaniment to the sinffinor. The
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old pious people were horror struck at what they considered a sacrilegious innovation, and went out of meeting in his;h dudgeon. One old church member stood at the church door and showed his contempt for the music by making a sort of caterwauling noise, which he called 'mocking the banjo.' A meeting of the 'pillars of the church' took place, but into it managed to creep some young and frisky laymen, and for a time things were rather lively, and Dr. Emmons, who was then temporarily filling the pulpit, had hard work to preserve order. He finally succeeded in making himself heard. 'Show me,' he said, 'a single instance in the Bible where they use the obnoxious instrument and I am content.' ' But they used other stringed instruments,' said a layman. 'That has nothing to do with it. My question is, do they ever speak of the bass viol in the book? Answer me.' Silence reigned. 'No,' continued the doctor, 'they do not. And do you think the Almighty and his angels woidd put up with such squeaky noises .'' Do you think tliat they cannot tell good and pious music, that you try to inflict them with discord and inharmonious tunes ? Mark me, those of you who continue to sing to the "devil's fiddle" will never have a chance to sing to the sublime soimds of the harp and the lute. But I have said that the Almighty aliominated such noises, and so do I, and I will never read God's Word in a meeting house where the choir sing in unison with an inven- tion of the devil.' " And he never did.
What two prominent members thought of the use of the bass viol may best be told in their oAvn words. Deacon Felton in liis Records says, "July 27, 1788, was introduced that unmeaning lifeless sound upon a Bass Viol, as a part of Divine worshi]) in the First church of Christ in Roxbury, the manner of its introduction was simply this, it was ask'd the Church by their Rev. Pastor whether they were willing the
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Viol should be made use of in their worship on the sabbath day, upon which one of the Church rose and said if there was any one had any objection to make, why it should not, he wish'd they would make it for his part he said he had none. But no vote of the Church was taken upon the subject. And Thus (in my weak opinion) relapses a pure primitive Church of Christ of One Hundred and Fifty years standing into error and vain glory. From which the good Ix)rd Deliver us."
AVilliam Heath writes to Rev. Mr. Eliphalet Porter under date of Aug. 4, 1788, as follows: —
"Instrumental musick Avas yesterday introduced into divine worship in the meeting house of the First Church and Congregation of this toAATi, and altho for myself I am fully of opinion that the use of instrumental musick in divine worship may be vindicated both from Scripture and reason, yet I conceive that for obvious reasons it ought not to be introduced without the consent and appro) nation of the Church. As I have not heard that either have been requested or obtained, I cannot refrain from addressing you on the subject. If the young gentlemen, who favor the Congrega- tion by leading the singing, introduced instrumental musick of their oa\ti motion, I think it was going too far and invading the rights of the Church. Nor can I persuade myself to believe that any individuals would advise to the measure untill the sense of the Church was known, as this would be arrogating to themselves a power which I presume no indi- viduals have a right to exercise in the Church. Permit me therefore, to request (for the satisfaction of my own mind) to be informed how and in what manner the introduction took place. ^Miile it is my ardent desire not only to join, but also to encourage ever^ihing which may tend to the furtherance of publick devotion, I wish to see ever}i;hing conducted decently and in order."
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Notwithstanding the protests of several members, musical instruments were used to assist the singers, down to the time of the building of the first organ in 1821. The only ones mentioned are a bass viol and a clarionet. They were all sold when the organ was built.
Near the close of the eighteenth century the hymn book used was "Psalras and Hymns," by Rev. Jeremy Belknap, D.D., this being substituted for the Tate and Brady collection.
It having been the anxious wish of many individuals in the Parish to have an organ procured to aid in the services of Publick Worship, Messrs. Nathaniel Dorr, John Doggett and Joseph Harrington took upon themselves the very arduous task of procuring by subscription the means of purchasing such an instrument. After having obtained about $12.50, a meeting of the subscribers was called on the evening of the 18'^ December, 1820, at the Town House. At this meeting, Jonathan Dorr, Esq., was chosen moderator and John Lemist was chosen Secretary.
After discussing the o))jects of the meeting, it was voted to petition the Parish Committee to warn the members of the Parish to meet at the meeting house on Friday, Dec. 22, 1820, at 2 o'clock p.m., to take into consideration whether the Parish will accept an organ and have the same erected for the use of the Parish in said House. A petition was then introduced l)y Joseph Harrington, Esq., for that purpose, and after being dvdy signed was presented to the Parish Com- mittee. At the same time a committee, consisting of Jonathan Dorr, Isaac Davis, William Blaney, John Doggett, Joseph Harrington, John Lemist, Peter G. Rol)bins, John Champ- ney, Jacob Allen, was chosen to carry the objects of the sub- scribers into complete effect. Tlie Parish, having accepted the offer of an organ. Dr. Robbins was made Treasurer of the fund, and a sub-committee, consisting of William Blaney,
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Joseph Harrington, Isaac Davis, and John Charapney con- tracted -with Mr. Appleton to build an organ, and after its completion presented it to the Parish in behalf of the sub- scribers, who at last had the satisfaction of seeing an organ erected much superior to what were their most sanguine hopes at the commencement of their exertions, and under the impression that the Parish would, from time to time, grant such liberal support as would command a person of talents whose performances would excite in us that pure and holy spirit of devotion which is due to the Great Author and Disposer of all things.
The subscribers were as follows : —
William Blaney $30.00
Samuel Guild 40.00
Louisa Williams 5.00
Lewi.s Withington .... 3.00
A.sa Bugbee 5.00
Ezra Morse 5.00
Aaron Willard 10.00
Sam'l Langley 15.00
James Riley 5.00
Martha Ruggles 10.00
Benj. Weld 35.00
Joseph Ward 8.00
John Doggett 70.00
Joseph Harrington .... 30.00
Nath' Dorr 32.00
Jon* Hunnewell 30.00
Friends 6.00
Edmund Munroe .... 25.00
Joseph H. Hawes .... 7.00
Isaac Rand 3.00
Tho. Lillie 10.00
Da\-id Baker 10.00
Ebenr Bugbee 5 qq
John Lowell 25 , 00
Charles Davis 50.00
Elijah Lewis 10.00
Eliza Brewer 5.00
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Jonathan Dorr . |
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John Lemist . . |
. . 110.00 |
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Peter G. Bobbins |
. . 115.00 |
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John Parker . . |
. . 100.00 |
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Nathaniel Snow |
. 20.00 |
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Thomas Williams |
. , 50.00 |
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Nehemiah ]Munroe |
. . 38.00 |
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Eben. Crafts . . |
. . 30.00 |
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Isaac Davis . . |
. . 70.00 |
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Sam'l Wait . . |
. . 50.00 |
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Tho. Robinson . |
. . 25.00 |
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Jno. Champney |
. . 30.00 |
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Eben. Francis . |
. . 25.00 |
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Elijah Vose Jr. , |
. . 10.00 |
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W™. Lambert . |
15.00 |
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Joseph Williams |
10.00 |
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Stedman Williams |
. 20.00 |
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A. D. Williams . |
. 35.00 |
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Moses Davis . , |
. . 10.00 |
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W™. C. Hunnema |
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20.00 |
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Sam'l Doggett . |
. . 25.00 |
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W™. H. Spooner |
10.00 |
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Chenery Clark . |
15.00 |
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Misses Waite . . |
4.00 |
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William Eustis . |
. 10.00 |
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John W. Child . . |
5.00 |
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Benj. Meriam . . |
3.00 |
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William Langley . |
$5.00 |
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W°i. Blanfhard . |
20.00 |
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Jon'^. A. Richards |
10.00 |
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W™. Blanehard . |
15.00 |
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W™. Pratt .... |
10.00 |
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Sam'l Sumner . . |
10.00 |
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William Patten . . |
25.00 |
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Susan Davis . . . |
10.00 |
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Jos. Hastinfi;s . . . |
3.00 |
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Guy Carlton . . . |
5.00 |
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Abigail Meriam |
15.00 |
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Andrew Robertson |
3.00 |
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Francis Dana . . |
2.00 |
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John W^hittemore . |
2.00 |
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James Adams. . . |
3.00 |
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D. A. Simmons . . |
10.00 |
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John C. Estabrook |
4.00 |
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Sherman Leland . |
10.00 |
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Eliphalet Porter . |
35.00 |
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Abigail Seaver . . |
10.00 |
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Stephen S. Davis . |
5.00 |
Charles Fox $3.00
Nath' Magoon 2.00
John Clap 3.00
Benj. B. Curtis 3.00
Thos. K. Jones 20.00
Jolm Williams 5.00
John A. Lowell 10.00
Asa Whitney 10.00
Dan'l Wild 5.00
Austin & Fowle 15.00
Jacob Allen 10.00
Mrs. Williams 5 . 00
N. D. Williams 15.00
Amos Smith 5.00
Z. B. Adams 10.00
Daniel Saunderson . ... 15.00
W"!. Dore 5.00
Mary Williams 5 . 00
Cap. Cazneau 2.00
Thos. W. Scott 2.00
Total amount of subscriptions was $1816. The organ cost $1800 agreeably to contract and was finislied in Nov. 1821.. Mr. Taylor was paid $'■25 for playing on it and other services.
In 1849 it was found necessary to put the organ in complete repair, $G00 being raised by subscription for that purpose. The following year, however, members of the congregation subscribed for a new organ.
In iMay, IS'i'i, it was determined to engage Miss Emma Dillaway as organist for the term of six months from the 13*11 of May, as for the previous six months she had gener- ously given her services, and to allow her pay during that time at the rate of one hundred and fifty dollars per year. She was discharged Nov. 13, IS^S, and Mr. Joseph Wilson appointed organist began his duties Nov. 17, 1822, and continued to serve until April, 1825. He was followed by
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K. B. Stratford in 1825 and 1826. Geo. W. Hewitt, 1827; Geo. O. Farmer 1828 and 1829; Asa Fillebrown, 1830 to 1836; John N. Pierce, 1837; George O. Farmer, 1838 to 1848. About 1830 the Hymn Book used was "A collection of Psalms and Hymns," by Rev. Dr. Francis W. P. Green- wood and this continued to be used until 1877, when it was succeeded by the Hymn and Tune Book, published by the American Unitarian Association, in use at the present time.
The vocal part of the music had, since its beginning in the latter part of the eighteenth century, been rendered entirely by volunteers, and the first time the choristers were mentioned by name, for the purpose of leading, was when Jonathan Harrington was chosen in 1811. He was followed by Benjamin Baker Davis in 1816, William K. Phipps in 1816, James G. Loring in 1820, John Willard in 1820, John Fuller in 1822, Joseph W. Tucker in 1827, Isaac Cham- berlain from Jan. 1, 1829, to Jan. 1, 1850.
The first paid singers were Mrs. Sophia M. Blcndell. soprano, and Miss Elizabeth Clap Rumrill, alto, who entered the choir in 1827, and toward their salaries twelve members of the Society agreed to pay $31.50. Mrs. Blendell served until 1834, being followed by Mrs. E. A. Hildreth, 1835 and 1836; Miss Louisa Corporal, 1837; Miss Bugbee, 1838; Miss Susan Wilde Hunt, 1839 to 1843; Miss Rose, 1844. Miss Rumrill served until 1837, being followed by Mrs. Louisa A. Egan, 1838; Miss Myra Hunt, 1839 and 1840; Miss S. C. Jones, 1841; Miss Susan J. M. Jones, 1841; Miss H. L. Shepard, 1843 and 1844. The only men mentioned in the same period, beside Mr. Chamberlain, were Mr. Levi W. Slack in 1830, John Bartlett in 1835, Samuel Ames, 1836, Samuel Guild, 1838. There were no choirs between the latter part of 1844 to 1848 with the exception of the chorister and organist, and the voluntary system of music was intro-
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duced as then practiced in some of the Congregational churches. About this time the Committee recommended a large choir and a more efficient one, and it was hoped that some of the congregation who were competent would volun- teer their assistance. Since 1849 the choirs have been full, and among the names may be found many who in after years attained a high reputation as singers, the lists being as
follows : —
1849 1850
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Organist |
Adolph Baumbach. |
Adolph Bavuubach. |
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Soprano |
Mary Ann Forau. |
Mary Ann Forau. |
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Alto . . |
Miss L. A. Grossman. |
ISIiss L. A. Grossman. |
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Tetwr . |
Isaac Chamberlain. |
Benjamin Butler. |
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Bass . |
Loring B. Barnes. |
Loring B. Barnes. |
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1851 |
1852 |
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Organist |
Adolph Baumbach. |
Adolph Baumbach. |
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Soprano |
Mrs. George B. Fowle. |
Mrs. George B. Fowle |
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Alto . . |
Miss Sarah Gushing. |
Miss Sarah Gushing. |
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Tenor . |
John H. Low. |
John H. Low. |
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Bass |
David A. Granger. |
David A. Granger. |
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1853 |
18.54 |
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Organist |
Adolph Baumbach. |
Adolph Baumbach. |
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Soprano |
Mrs. George B. Fowle. |
Mrs. George B. Fowle |
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Alto . . |
Miss Sarah Gushing. |
Miss Sarah Gushing. |
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Tenor . |
John n. Low. |
John H. Low. |
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Bass . . |
Thomas A. Upham. |
Thomas A. Upham. |
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1855 |
1856 |
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Organist . |
Adolph Baumbach. |
Adolph Baimibach. |
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Soprano . |
Mrs. Ellen Fowle. |
Mrs. Ellen Fowle. |
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Alto . . . |
Miss Sarah Gushing. |
Miss Sarah Gushing. |
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Tenor . |
John H. Low. |
John H. Low. |
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Bass . . |
Thomas A. Upham. |
Thomas A. Upham. |
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1857 |
1858 |
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Organist |
. Adolph Baumbach |
Adol})h Baumbach. |
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Soprarw |
Mrs. Lizzie HayAvard. |
Mrs. 'Lizzie Ilay^vard. |
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Alto . . |
Mrs. Julia Meston. |
Mrs. Julia Meston. |
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Tenor . |
John B. Thayer. |
John H. Low. |
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Bos . |
George Wright. |
George Wright. |
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1859 |
1860 |
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Organist |
Adolph Baumbach. |
Adolph Baumbach. |
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Soprano |
Mrs. Ellen Fowle. |
Miss Addie Ryan. |
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Alto . . |
. ]\Irs. Julia Meston. |
Mrs. Julia Meston. |
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Tenor . |
John II. Low. |
John II. Low. |
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Bass . |
. Charles E. Pickett. |
Charles E. Pickett. |
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1861 |
1862 |
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Organist |
Adolph Baumbach. |
Henry W. Edes. |
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Soprano |
Miss Addie Ryan. |
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Alto . . |
Mrs. Julia Meston. |
!Mrs. Julia Meston. |
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Tenor . |
John H. Low. |
John H. Low. |
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Bass . |
Charles E. Pickett. |
Charles E. Pickett. |
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1863 |
1864 |
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Organist |
Henry W. Edes. |
Henry W. Edes. |
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Sopratio |
Cook. |
Cook. |
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Alto . . |
IVIrs. Juha Meston. |
Mrs. Juha Meston. |
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Tenor . |
John H. Low. |
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Bass . |
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1865 |
1866 |
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Organist |
Henry W. Edes. |
Henshaw Smith. |
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Soprano |
Mrs. Ellen Fowle. |
Miss Sarah Barton. |
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Alto . . . |
Sarah Shattuck. |
Miss Julia Barden. |
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Tenor . . |
William F. McDonald. |
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Bass . . |
Henry C. Barnabee. |
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1867 |
18G8 |
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Organist . |
Henshaw Smith. |
Frank F. Tingley. |
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Soprano . |
Miss Sarah Barton. |
Miss Sarah Barton. |
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Alto . . . |
Miss Matilda Phillips. |
Mrs. Harriet L. Guilmette. |
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Tenor . . |
William F. McDonald. |
Edward Prescott. |
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Bass. . . |
Henry C. Barnabee. |
Dr. Charles A. Guilmette. |
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1869 |
1870 |
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Organist . |
Charles Smith. |
Charles Smith. |
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Soprano . |
Miss Sarah Barton. |
Miss Vera Cross. |
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Alto . . . |
Mrs. Harriet L. Guilmette. |
Miss Helen M. Mead. |
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Tenor . . |
Edward Prescott. |
M. L. Intralls. |
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Bass . . |
Dr. Charles A. Guilmette. |
G. W. Dudley. |
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1871 |
1872 |
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Organist . |
, Charles Smith. |
Miss Caroline E. Symonds. |
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Soprano . |
. Miss Vera Cross. |
Miss Vera Cross. |
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Alto . . . |
, Miss Helen M. Mead. |
Miss A. Fraukhn. |
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Tenor . . |
, M. L. Ingalls. |
M. L. Ingalls. |
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Bass . . |
G. W. Dudley. |
G. W. Dudley. |
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1873 |
1874 |
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Organist . |
Miss Caroline E. SjTiionds. |
Miss Caroline E. Symonds. |
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Soprano . |
Miss Annie L. Harmon. |
Miss Annie L. Harmon. |
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Alto . . . |
Miss Anna C. Holbrook. |
Miss Anna C. Holbrook. |
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Tenor . . |
M. L. Ingalls, |
M. L. Ingalls. |
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Bass . . |
G. W. Dudley. |
G. W. Dudley. |
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1875 |
1876 |
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Organist . |
Charles R. Ford. |
Charles R. Ford. |
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Soprano . |
Mrs. George K. Hooper. |
Mrs. George K. Hooper. |
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Alto . . . |
Miss Anna C. Holbrook. |
Mrs. Frank Goodwin. |
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Tenor . . |
John Henry Stickney. |
John Henry Stickney. |
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Bass . . |
Dr. Charles W. Goddard. |
Dr. Charles W. Goddard. |
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1877 |
1878 |
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Organist . |
Charles R. Ford. |
Charles R. Ford. |
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Soprano . |
Mrs. George K. Hooper. |
Lilian Norton. |
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Alto . . . |
Miss Emma Hathaway. |
INIrs. Flora E. Barry. |
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Tenor . . |
John Henry Stickney. |
John Henry Stickney. |
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Bass . . |
David Marks Babcock. |
David Marks Babcock. |
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1879 |
1880 |
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Organist . |
John A. Howard. |
John A. Howard. |
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Soprano . |
Mrs. Marie Stone McDonald. |
Miss Vinnie H. ]\Iayiiard. |
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Alto . . . |
Mrs. Flora E. Barry. |
Mrs. Jennie B. Wadleigh. |
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Tenor . . |
, W. H. Wadleigh. |
W. H. Wadleigh. |
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Bass . , |
, David Marks Babcock. |
David Marks Babcock. |
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1881 |
1882 |
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Organist . |
. John A. Howard. |
John A. Howard. |
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Soprano . |
. Mrs. M. E. Gibson. |
Miss Etta J. Allen. |
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Alto . . . |
. Mrs. Jennie B. Wadleigh. |
Miss H. Idel Miles. |
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Tenor . , |
. Samuel M. King. |
Samuel M. King. |
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Bass . |
. Frank H. Hathorne. |
Walter A. Adams. |
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1883 Organist . Charles R. Ford. Soprano . Mrs. Leonora Chamberlain
Simmons. Alto . . . Mrs. Agnes Giles Spring. Tenor . . Samuel M. King. Bass . . G. L. Olney.
1884 Charles R. Ford. Miss EtUi Kileski.
Mrs. Agnes Giles Spring. Samuel M. King. Arthur W. Thayer.
1885 Organist . Charles R. Ford. Sojyraru) . IMiss Ettii Kileski. Alto . . . INIrs. Agnes Giles Spring. Tenor . . Samuel M. King. Bass . . Arthur W. Thayer.
1886 William Frese. Miss Maud Starkweather. Mrs. Agnes Giles Spring. Samuel M. King. Arthur W. Thayer.
1887 Organist . Frank O. Nash.
Soprano . Miss Maud Starkweather.
Alto . . . Mrs. Agnes Giles Spring. Tenor . . Samuel M. King. Bass . . Arthur W. Thayer.
1888
Frank O. Nash. jMrs. Lillian R. Hayman. iMiss Alice May Bates.
Mrs. Agnes Giles Spring.
Samuel M. King.
Arthur W. Thayer.
1889 Organist . Philip Hale. Soprano . Miss Minnehaha Scoffield. Alto . . . IMiss Georgie M. Wiggins. Teiwr . . Thomas Carne. Bass . . Walter H. Edgerly.
1890 Philip Hale. IVIrs. Edlefson. Miss Whiting.
Merrill.
Walter H. Edgerly.
1891
Organist . Philip Hale. Soprano . Helen M. Young. Alto . . . Maud Wilson. Tenor . . Thomas E. Johnson. Bass . . Walter H. Edgerly.
1892 Philip Hale. Mrs. Lilian Atkinson. Mrs. Joseph W. Homer. Thomas E. Johnson. Walter H. Edgerly.
1893 Organist . Philip Hale. Soprano . ISLaud WilUams. Alto . . . Miss Edith MacGregor. Tenor . . Thomas E. Johnson. Bass . . Walter H. Edgerly.
1894 Philip Hale.
Miss Carolyn H. Parish. Miss Edith MacGregor. Robert T. Hall. Walter H. Edgerly.
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1895 |
1896 |
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Organist |
. riiilipllale. |
Philip Hale. |
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Soprano |
. Miss Carolyn H. Parish. |
Miss Carolyn H. Parish. |
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Alto . . |
. Miss Edith MacGregor. |
Mrs. Edith M. Woods. |
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Tenor . . |
Rohert T. Hall. |
Archie MacDonald. |
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Bass |
. Walter H. Edgerly. |
Charles H. Bennett. |
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1897 |
1898 |
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Organist |
rhilip Hale. |
Philip Hale. |
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Soprano |
Miss Carolyn H. Parish. |
Miss Gertrude Miller. |
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Alto . . |
Mrs. Edith M. Woods. |
Mrs. Edith M. Woods. |
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Tenor . |
Frederick W. Bancroft. |
Frederick W. Bancroft. |
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Bass . |
Charles H. Bennett. |
Charles H. Bennett. |
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1899 |
1900 |
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Organist |
Philip Hale. |
Philip Hale. |
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Soprano |
Miss Gertrude Miller. |
Miss Lottie M. Mackay. |
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Alto . . |
Mrs. Edith M. Woods. |
Mrs. Edith M. Woods. |
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Tenor . |
Frederick W. Bancroft. |
Louis E. Black. |
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Bass . |
Frederick E. Kendall. |
Frederick E. Kendall. |
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1901 |
1902 |
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Organist |
Philip Hale. |
Philip Hale. |
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Soprano . |
Mrs. Blanche M. West. |
Miss Clara Sexton. |
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Alto . . . |
Mrs. Edith M. Woods. |
Mrs. Edith M. Woods. |
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Tenor . . |
Louis E. Black. |
Louis E. Black. |
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Bass . . |
Frederick E. Kendall. |
Frederick E. Kendall. |
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1903 |
1904 |
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Organist . |
Philip Hale. |
Philip Hale. |
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Soprano . |
]\Iiss Clara Sexton. |
Miss Laura Van Kuran. |
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Alto . . . |
Mrs. Edith M. Woods. |
Miss Edith Castle. |
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Tenor . . |
Louis E. Black. |
Joseph Viau. |
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Bass . . |
Frederick E. Kendall. |
Frederick E. Kendall. |
There is no record of any fixed choir or paid singers until 1827 chiefly because of the small amount appropriated each year for the use of the singers before IS^^, which averaged up to that time about $100, while from April 16, IS'i'i, to Jan. 1, 1827, $300 was appropriated each year to pay the organist and chorister. Between 1827 and 1835 there was no appro- priation voted by the Society. On Oct. 1, 1831, the under-
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351
signed members of the First Religious Society in Roxbury agreed to pay the sums set against their respective names, to the Committee of said Society, to defray the expense on an organist and other indispensable items for encouragement of the music generally.
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Paid — |
Paid — |
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Guy Carleton $ 5.00 |
Sam'l H. Hunneman . . $2.00 |
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Sam J. Gardner |
5.00 |
Dyer |
2.00 |
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William Phipps. |
. 5.00 |
E. W. Bradley . |
. 2.00 |
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John Lemist . |
. 15.00 |
Eben Francis . |
. 15.00 |
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Ebenr Crafts . |
. 15.00 |
Jno. Parker |
. 15.00 |
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S. C. Thwing |
. 10.00 |
Charles Davis . |
. 10.00 |
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Joseph Vila . |
. .5.00 |
Da\nd Dudley |
5.00 |
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Misses Da\is |
5.00 |
D. A. Simmons. |
. 5.00 |
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Thos. Simmons |
5.00 |
B. F. Copeland. |
. 5.00 |
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Thos. Brewer |
5.00 |
John Lowell |
15.00 |
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Jon* Dorr |
3.00 |
H. A. S. Dearbori |
5.00 |
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J. B. Fowle |
5.00 |
A. D. Williams |
5.00 |
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Chas. Grant . |
5.00 |
Isaac Da\TS . . |
5.00 |
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William White |
5.00 |
Enoch Bartlett |
5.00 |
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Abijah Meriam |
5.00 |
W. Gore. . . . |
5.00 |
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Isaac W^jTuan . . |
1.00 |
S. Williams . . |
3.00 |
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Caroline L. Eustis |
5.00 |
P. G. Bobbins . |
5.00 |
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D. A. Sigonmey |
2.00 |
Jos. Harrington |
2.00 |
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Nat. Dorr . . . |
2.00 |
E. G. Lemon . |
3.00 |
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Charles Hichling |
3.00 |
Lemuel Mills . |
1.00 |
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Dea. John Clap |
3.00 |
John J. Clarke |
2.00 |
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W^i Bacon . . |
2.00 |
F. S. Ea.stman |
2.00 |
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Chas. Bullard . |
1.00 |
Wm H. Spear . |
3.00 |
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Moses Whiting . |
2.00 |
Benj. Weld . . . |
2.00 |
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W^Fisk . . . |
3.00 |
Asa Bugbee . . |
1.00 |
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John Bartlett . |
5.00 |
Aaron W'illard . . |
1.00 |
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Sam'l Guild . . |
5.00 |
Mr. Wainwright . |
2.00 |
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Joseph Callender |
2.00 |
M. Durand . . . |
2.00 |
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Ozias Field . . |
1.00 |
M. W^ard .... |
1.00 |
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Nahimi Ward . |
2.00 |
E. Taber .... |
1.00 |
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Ralph Crooker . |
2.00 |
Jacob Allen . . |
1.00 |
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Nathan Smith |
2.00 |
Jacob Marshall. . |
1.00 |
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A. M. Withington |
2.00 |
Stedman Williams |
2.00 |
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W™ DavTS . . . |
5.00 2.00 |
N. D. Williams. . . |
2.00 |
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Will™ Dorr , . |
288.00 |
352 THE FIFTH MEETING HOUSE
In 1834, Joseph W. Tucker advanced $93.33 for church music, otherwise the singers must have received no com- pensation for their services until 1836, when $450 was appro- priated for music, and from 1836 to 1850 between $400 and $500. In 1850 $750, and the amount was gradually in- creased until over $3000 was reached.
The first mention of a committee on music was at the annual meeting in 1835, when Joseph Harrington, chairman, Samuel J. Gardner and Charles P. Blaney were appointed a committee to take charge of church music or as the records have it " to see that Church Music is regularly performed in First R. Society, each Sabbath in the ensuing year. Said Committee to have the direction and Control of the same." From this it may be inferred that the music was very irregular and uncertain.
Their successors in office with dates of appointments were;
Jan. 4, 1836. Doctor P. G. Robbins, Galen Bowditch, Joseph W. Tucker.
Jan. 2, 1837. John Lemist, Dr. Henry Bartlett.
Jan. 1, 1838. Standing Committee and Joseph Harrington, John Lemist,
Dr. Henry Bartlett. May 7, 1849. F. C. Loring, S. P. Blake, J. W. Tucker, J. J. May, Ephraim
Harrington. Jan. 6, 1851. John Rogers, George W. Dodd, Charles Hickling, Joseph W.
Tucker, John J. May. Jan. 2, 1854. John Rogers, Charles Hickling, Joseph W. Tucker, John J.
May, Almon D. Hodges. Jan. 4, 1858. John Rogers, Joseph W. Tucker, John J. May, Almon D.
Hodges, Henry W. Pickering. Jan. 2, 1860. John Rogers, Joseph W. Tucker, John J. May, Henry W.
Pickering. Jan. 4, 1864. John Rogers, Joseph W. Tucker, Henry W. Pickering,
Samuel C. Cobb, Lyman Hollingsworth. Jan. 2, 1865. Samuel C. Cobb, Lyman Hollingsworth, Henry W. Pickering,
Josiah Wheelwright. Feb. 6, 1866. Theodore Otis, Charles J. Danforth, Franklin Greene, John
Felt Osgood, William Crosby. Jan. 7, 1868. Charles J. Danforth. Jan. 5, 1874. Charles J. Danforth, Horatio Harris, Israel G. Wliitney.
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Jan. 4, 1875. Franklin S. Merritt.
Jan. 7, 1878. William A. Beattie.
Jan. 2, 1882. The Standing Committee.
Jan. 1, 1883. George A. Dary, R. B. Fairbairn.
Jan. 4, 1886. George A. Dary, R. B. Fairbairn, Mrs. Leonard Ware, Jr.
Jan. 2, 1888. George A. Dary, R. B. Fairbairn.
Jan. 7, 1889. G. H. Wilson, Mark Hollingsworth.
Jan. 5, 1891. Mark Hollingsworth.
Jan. 6, 1896. Theodore M. Plimpton.
Jan. 4, 1897. N. O. Wliitcomb, Stephen H. Williams, James A. Waddington.
Jan. 2, 1899. N. O. Whitcomb.
354 THE FIFTH MEETING HOUSE
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
In the early days of the church the young people were carefully watched over and disciplined, and at least once a year were catechised by the Pastor or Elders. December 6th, 1674, Eliot writes in the Church Book:
"This rlaj' we restored o"" primitive practice for the traininf^ up of o"" youth, first o"" male youth (in fitting season), stay every Sab: after the evening exercize, in the Pub: meeting house, where the Elders will examine their remembrance yt day, & amy fit poynt of catechise. Secondly yt o*" female youth .should meet in one place, where the Elders may examine }ui of theire remembrance yesterday & about catechise, or what else may be convenient."
From that time there is no special mention in the records of a Sunday school, though we know that the Pastors and Elders continued to watch over and discipline the youth of their flock.
The Sunday school as we know it to-day was organized in Dr. Porter's time, and he is known to have taken an interest in the young and often talked in the school to the scholars. The first known superintendent was Mr. Clap, and he is mentioned as acting in 1841. Oct. 31, 1842, Mr. Williams, son of Mr. Isaac Williams, entered upon the duties, and Dec. 12, 1847, Mr. C. K. Dillaway became the superintendent and continued in office for nearly thirty years. He was succeeded by Mr. Adams Ayer, after whom there have been numerous superintendents, no one serving for any great length of time. In some years students from the Divinity School in Cambridge have filled the place.
Li the first half of the century the session was only between April first and December first, on account of the lack of heat and the difficulty of sending children any distance in cold and stormy weather. The time of service was sometimes
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL 355
between three and four in the afternoon, but more often before church service in the morning.
The school assembled in the pews in the middle aisle of the church, and the opening exercises generally consisted of a short service with singing. The classes then adjourned to the square pews, where the class lessons were held. Just before the end of the hour they reassem})led in the middle aisle, and after repeating the I^ord's Prayer and singing a hymn, the school was dismissed with a benediction. Some- times the school was addressed by a visitor. Mr. Wm. Crosby made an address annually, when a special collection Avas taken up for the benefit of the Children's IVIission.
There was no system in the class instruction. Each teacher used his or her own individual method. Some classes used the books common in the American Unitarian Associa- tion, but there was no compulsion in the use of these. Dur- ing Mr. Brooks' pastorate he held teachers' meetings, where the lessons were planned and discussed, but each teacher used her own method in carrying out the ideas thus gained.
Prizes were given for regular attendance, and at Christmas and Easter there were special exercises. A collection was taken the first Sunday in each month, usually for the benefit of the Children's Mission. There was a library in connec- tion with the school, when books were given out and exchanged each Sunday.
May 27, 18G8, there was a mass meeting of Sunday school children in Music Hall in Boston, in which our school took an active part. On another occasion the school was taken in King's coaches to Boston, to see an exhibition of religious paintings, and for many years the annual Sunday school picnic was a popular feature.
In the Report of the Society in 1880, the following was the
356
THE FIFTH MEETING HOUSE
REPORT OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
The number of scholars now in the school is 130; the number of teachers 27. A teachers' meeting is held once each fortnight on Frida5' at four o'clock. These meetings are always open to all in the society who care to listen to a discussion of the work of the Sunday School. It is of the nature of a Bible Class. The hour of the School was changed in the autumn from three P.M. to a quarter of ten A.M. A gentleman from the senior class of the Divmity School in Cambridge has been engaged this year to assist in the superintendence of the school. The Library last year underwent a careful examination, a large number of questionable books being thrown out. Nearly an equal niunber of new books, selected almost wholly from the catalogue of the Ladies' Commission, were added. Contributions are taken up in the school for the Children's Mission. The sum this year it is hoped will be about one himdred dollars. The Children's Christmas Festival has resulted in adding largely to the stores of Mr. Briggs, the Agent of the Roxbury Charitable Society. Instead of distributing gifts to our own children they have been asked to bring useful gifts, groceries, clothing, «&c which have been given to INIr. Briggs. Large mmibers of toys have also been sent to the Rev. Mr. William Bradley's Mission in Heath Street. The officers of the School are
Swperintendcnt, Rev. J. G. Brooks.
Assistatit-Superintendent, Mr. A. M. Judy.
Librarians. Miss Abby Putnam and Miss Emma Lock wood.
Teachers.
Miss A. S. Baylies. Miss Josephine Carret. Mrs. Mary L. Clarke. Miss Annie V. Comins. Miss Helen T. Comins. Miss L. B. Comins. Miss Emily A. Crafts. Miss Sarah Dearborn. Mrs. Geo. B. Famsworth. Miss Kate Fearing. Miss Emma Ilutchins. Mr. A. M. Judy. Miss Carrie Leavitt. Miss E. W. Leavitt.
Miss Nellie Leavitt. Miss Elizabeth Leland. Miss Maria D. Lockv/ood. Miss Anna C. Lowell. Miss Susie H. Pickering. Miss Laiu-a M. Pollock. Miss F. S. Rogers. Miss Alice M. Sears. Miss Sophia Shepherd. Miss Sarah Taber. Miss Annie II. Thwing. Miss Aimie Ware. Mrs. Fanny A. Wheelock.
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THE HORSE SHEDS
The first mention in the church records of sheds for the protection, during services, of the horses of those Hving at a distance, was on Jan, 19, 1673, when leave was granted the inhabitants Hving at a distance to have ground for temporary house for themselves and horses on the Sabbath.
In March, 1701-2, leave was granted to build a stable to shelter horses at public meetings and on the Sabbath, and the next year leave was granted to those at Jamaica end to build a house near the meeting house for their accommoda- tion between services on the Sabbath day. The exact location of these sheds is unl-aiown.
There were 7 or 8 horse sheds erected in 1757 standing on a part of the ground now enclosed in the meeting house yard. In 1804, they were removed on to the triangular piece of land at the corner of Bartlett and Dudley Streets, where Cox Building now stands, and were then seven in nianl>er. In 1828 they had become so much out of repair that it was deemed necessary to pull them down and erect new ones in their stead. The seven Old Proprietors conceived that they had a right to the land on which their sheds stood, by reason of their having had quiet possession thereof for more than twenty years (since 1804), and in that case came in for new ones on better terms than those who had requested leave of the Society to build an additional number. Therefore they were given the first choice and not compelled to take leases. All were to have the use of the sheds for twenty years by pay- ing to the Standing Committee one Dollar vrhen the sheds were completed.
The new sheds were erected, completed, and accepted by the building committee about Jan. 1, 1830, at a cost of $700. They were leased until Dec. 31, 1849, each proprietor paying
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about $35 to cover the cost of erection, and a rental of one cent per year if demanded.
A list of the proprietors is as follows, the Old Proprietors being designated by a *
No. 1. Charles Davis*.
No. 2. John LoAvell*.
No. 3. William C. Hunneman*.
No. 4. Enoch Bartlett.
No. 5. Thos. K. Jones.
No. G. Susan and Sarah Davis*.
No. 7. Eben Francis.
No. 8. John Parker*.
No. 9. Isaac Davis.
No. 10. Caroline Langdon Eustis.
No. 11. Samuel Billings.
No. 12. David Dudley.
No. 13. Ebenezer Crafts.
No. 14. Nehemiah D. Williams*.
No. 15. Benjamin Weld.
No. 16. Aaron Kingsbury.
No. 17. Stedraan Williams.
No. 18. Thomas Brewer.
No. 19. John Cham])ney.
No. 20. Aaron D. Willams*.
The following were afterwards transferred.
No. 4 to Warren Fisher.
No. 10 to Jonathan Chapman of Boston and later to Jas.
D. Gould. No. 11 to David A. Simmons. No. 12 to William I. Loring. No. 14 to Ilolman Page. No. 1(> to William B. Kingsbury. No. 18 to Gardner Brewer. No. 19 to Benjamin Bangs.
In 1850 the leases were renewed until 1859 when the sheds were entirely removed.
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CHARITABLE SOCIETIES
Our church has always been foremost in good works, and has helped many good causes. The following Societies have been founded by members of the church. Some of them have ceased to exist, and others, enlisting the sympathy of those outside of our Society, have ceased to be strictly church organizations.
Roxbury Charitable Society, 1794.
The Roxbury Female Benevolent Society, 18i27.
Ladies' Religious Charitable Society, 1832-1835.
The May Fair, 1842.
Roxbury Branch of the United States Sanitary Com- mission, 1861.
Lincoln Freedman's Aid Society, 1863-1873.
The Roxbury Young Men's Union, 1875.
The Woman's Alliance, 1887.
Chapel Club, 1896-1906. Not only in organizing these Societies, but in carrying on the work, have the ladies of our church been the leaders. They have generously contril)uted both time and money, and have been active and indefatigable in making them a success. During the century, one or more members of ahnost every family connected with the church, has devoted herself to some one of these good works, and as it is impossible to name them all, I am sure that no one will take it amiss if I omit all personal mention. Where all have been faithful and done much, it is impossible to specialize.
Besides the regular organizations, the ladies have been ever ready to answer special appeals, and to take their share in emergencies. In April, 1845, after a great fire at the Rope- walks, the ladies met and devised help for the sufferers, and many other instances of a like nature could be named.
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From time to time Sewing Circles have been organized and carried on for a few years, and then they seem to have died a natural death, until a new generation thought the time again auspicious for these social functions.
The John Eliot Club, a purely social club for the men of the Society, was organized in 1890.
THE ROXBURY CHARITABLE SOCIETY
The meeting to organize this society was held in January, 1794, probably the third Monday, the 2Uth day, at the resi- dence of Mr. William Lambert, the house still standing at the corner of Bartlett and Blanchai'd Streets. The first officers of the Society were cliosen at this meeting to hold office until the amiual meeting. The Society was incor- porated Feb. 26, 1799. The first annual meeting was held at the old Parish Meeting House on Monday, Sept. lo^h, 1794, when a discourse was delivered by the Rev. Eliphalet Porter, our Pastor.
Discourses or addresses were delivered at subsequent annual meetings by the following : —
1795. Hon. John Lowell of Roxbury. 1790. John Bartlett, M.D., of Roxl)ury.
1797. Mr. Nathaniel Ruggles of Roxbury.
1798. Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris of the First Churc h,
Dorchester.
1799. Rev. John Foster of the First Church, Brighton.
1800. Rev. William Emerson of the First Church,
Boston.
1801. Rev. John Eliot, D.D., of the New North Church,
Boston. ISO^. Rev. Henry Cummings, D.D., of the First Church,
Billerica. 1803. Nathaniel S. Prentiss, M.D., of Roxbury.
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1804. Luther Richardson, Esq., of Roxbury.
1805. Rev. Joshua Bates of the First Church, Dedham.
1806. Rev. Charles Lowell of the West Boston Society,
Boston.
1807. Joseph Harrington, Esq., of Roxbury.
1808. Henry Maurice Lisle, Esq., of Milton.
1809. Rev. Samuel Gile of the First Congregational
Parish, Milton.
1810. Rev. Horace Holley of Hollis Street Church,
Boston.
1811. Rev. Edward Dorr Griffin, D.D., of Park Street
Church, Boston.
1812. Rev. Ezra Ripley of the First Church, Concord,
Mass.
1813. Samuel J. Gardner, Esq., of Roxbury.
1814. Mr. Joseph Field of Boston.
1815. Rev. Nathaniel L. Frothingham of the First
Church, Boston.
1816. Rev. Francis Parkman of the New North Church,
Boston.
1817. Rev. John Codman of the Second Church,
Dorchester.
1818. Rev. Prof. Henry Ware, D.D., of Harvard Col-
lege, Cambridge.
1819. Rev. John Pierpont of Hollis Street Church.
Boston.
1820. Rev. Prof. Edward Everett of Harvard College,
Cambridge.
In 1821 the custom of the annual address was discontinued. There was much ceremony attached to these annual meetings. A procession was formed in the afternoon at the Town House and proceeded under the escort of the local military company to the Meeting House, where the address was
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given and where music was a prominent feature. A collec- tion was always taken up. Thanks were always tendered to those who delivered the address for their " handsome address " or " ingenious discourse," or in some other quaint phrase. Hon. John Lowell was the first president of this Society, Hon. Increase Sumner and Hon. John Read the first vice- presidents, Nathaniel Ruggles the first secretary, Joseph Ruirffles the first treasurer.
The successors of these gentlemen have been many of the leading citizens of Roxbury, who have administered the affairs of the Society in a highly creditable manner.
By the failure of the Norfolk Bank the accumulated funds of the Society were almost entirely lost, and its work of charity almost ceased, until by the exertions of Rev. Dr. Putnam and Deacon William Davis it was reorganized in 1850, and a few years later it received the munificent legacy of Horatio Davis, which now amounts to about one hundred thousand dollars. The aim of the Society was to help the imfortunate. It is no longer a church institution, but con- tinues its usefulness in giving aid to those of good character living in Roxbury, whose misfortunes compel them to ask assistance.
THE ROXBURY FEMALE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
Was organized in 1827, and since that time has been a very efficient aid in the charities in Roxbury. It gives employ- ment in sewing to a large number of women, and distributes many garments to the needy. It meets for its work, the cut- ting out of the garments, at Putnam Chapel every Monday morning at ten o'clock, from December to May. It has an employment committee and a loan and gift committee.
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LADIES RELIGIOUS CHARITABLE SOCIETY
A few ladies having met at Mr. Putnam's on the evening of the 18th of October, 1832, after making arrangements for the formation of the society, adopted the following con- stitution.
1st. That the association shall be called The Ladies' Religious Charitable Association of Roxbury.
2nd. The officers shall be a President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary to perform the customary duties of these officers.
3rd. Meetings shall be held once a month, or more fre- quently, if deemed expedient, at the house of those members for whom it may be convenient.
4th. The members shall employ themselves at the meet- ings about such kinds of work as they can make most avail- able, and each member shall be responsible for two dollars a year from the proceeds of her industry, or from some other source, to be paid into the treasury at, or before the last meeting in July, which shall be the annual meeting for the choice of officers, provided, however, that any two young misses, who feel unable to be responsible for so large a sum, may associate together to raise it.
5th. Until otherwise determined, the funds of this associa- tion shall be annually appropriated for the support of some pious and promising young man, while preparing for the ministry, at the Theological school at Cambridge.
6th. The association shall appoint a committee of three gentlemen annually to select some suitable young man to receive the aid of the association.
7th. It shall be a leading object of the association, by read- ing or conversation, to conduce to the religious laiowledge and improvement of its members.
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8th. Any lady may become a member of this association by signing this constitution, and may withdraw at any annual meeting.
* Denotes members withdra\\Ti. f Members deceased.
Mrs. Lemist. Mrs. C. L. Eustis. Mrs. E. A. Putnam. Mrs. Susan Dow. Mrs. Persis R. Whiting. Mrs. Catherine G. Gore.
* Mrs. Frances Glover. Mrs. Rebecca C. Clark. Mrs. Rcljecca Harrington. Mrs. Nancy Weld.
Mrs. Sarah H. Crafts. Mrs. H. E. Bartlett. Mrs. Harriet Sigourney. Mrs. Sally Ruggles. Mrs. Elizaljeth Phipps. Mrs. Sarah Bradley. Mrs. E. Francis.
* Mi-s. Eliza B. Hickling. Mrs. Charlotte RejTiolds. Mrs. M. F. Sinmions.
t Mrs. Sally Thwing. Mrs. Lucy Ward. Mrs. Julia F. Copeland.
* Mrs. Eliza Davn's.
* I\Irs. Rebecca Dyer. Mrs. Lydia Faxon.
* Mrs. H. A. S. Dearborn. Mrs. Sarah Guild.
Mrs. D. Dudley. Mrs. Salome Da\is. !Mrs. M. Gardner. Mrs. C. W^indship. Miss Caroline Porter. Miss iNIartha R. Porter. Miss ]\Iary Faxon. Miss Harriet Bicknal.
* Miss E. Brigham.
Miss Jane Willard. Miss Caroline JNIaybin. Miss Rebecca R. Lowell. Miss Anna C. Lowell. Miss Susan G. Rogers. Miss Sophia Snow. Miss Lucy Staniford. Miss Ann P. Lewis.
* Miss Cordelia Richards.
* Miss Helen Tuttle.
* Miss Sarah Cummens.
* Miss Mary Cummens. INIiss Mary Baker. Miss Matilda Bartlett.
* Miss Susan Dow.
* Miss Harriet F. Edes. Miss Abby ISI. Sumner.
* INIiss Townisend. Mrs. Sally Eastman. Miss P. H. Patten. Miss Mary E. Fairbanks. Miss Frances Lemist. Miss Mary D. Guild. Miss Sarah A. Guild. Miss Sarah B. Bartlett. Miss Ann D. Bartlett.
* Miss Caroline Allen. Miss Hannah Faxon.
* Miss Frances Glover. Mrs. Abby Sumner. Miss Babson.
Miss Francis.
Miss Francis.
Miss Francis.
* Misses Harriet & Abby Carlton.
* Misses S. Grant & M. Frothing-
ham*.
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* Miss Charlotte Butters. Rlisses Caroline & Jane Bartlett.
* Miss Eliza Butters. * Misses Salome & Marc White.
* Misses N. W. &. A. Dans. Misses A. W. &. N. E. Baker.
* 3 Misses Champney. * Misses Mary W. Davis & S. H. 2 Misses Whiting. Crafts.
* Misses Elizabeth & Julia Le- 3 Misses Weld.
land*. Miss C. Brewer.
Misses Harriet & Sarah Ward. * Miss C. Leland.
Misses Harriet and Susan Blan- Miss Mary P. Adams.
chard. Miss Eliza Bacon.
* Misses Sophia & Eliza Har- Miss Mary Richards.
rington. * Mrs. Peter Sears.
Misses Salome H. Snow & E. Miss Eliza Baldwin. Weld. Miss Ellen White.
Journal of the Proceedings of the L. R. C. Association.
October 2Srd, 1832. A meeting was held at Dr. Porter's when a committee was chosen to soHcit subscriptions.
October 3lst. Met at Mrs. Putnam's. Mr. Putnam was appointed moderator and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year.
Mrs. E. A. Putnam, President.
Miss Caroline Porter, Vice President.
Mrs. Rebecca C. Clark, Treasurer.
Miss Sarah B. Bartlett, Secretary. It was voted that the meetings should be held on the third Tuesday of each month, in the evenings of winter, and the afternoons of summer. Also that two or more young ladies may associate together to produce the sum of two dollars.
November 29th. First sewing meeting was held at Mrs. Putnam's. Commenced reading the life of Obelin. A donation was received from Miss Rebecca R. Lowell of one dollar, in addition to her subscription. Three new members wei-e admitted.
December 18th. Met at Mrs. Lemist's. Two new mem- bers.
Januanj I5th, 1833. A very full meetiDg at ]Mrs. Ward's.
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February Idth. Met at Mrs. Robbin's. Two new mem- bers were added.
March 2&h. A meeting at Mrs. David Simmons'. Life of Obelin was finished. Three new members were added.
April 2^fh. Met at Mrs. Craft's. A letter was read from Professor Palfrey, recommending Mr. Briggs as a suitable person to receive the aid of the association, he was accord- ingly chosen. The meetings were changed to the afternoon of the third Wednesday in each month. Began to read the Listener.
May I5th. First afternoon meeting at Mrs. Fairbank's.
Ju7ie 19th. At Dr. Porter's. A donation of three dollars was received from Mrs. Eustis.
July llfJi. Annual meeting at Mrs. E. Bartlett's. Very few members present.
September ISth. At Mrs. Eastman's. No meeting in August.
October 15th. First eveningmeeting at Mrs. Nancy Weld's.
November 19tJi. Full meeting at ]Mrs. Putnam's. A letter was read from Mrs. Willard with proposals for pub- lishing her Travels in Europe. Voted to subscril^e for one copy. The balance of the receipts for the past year $'29 were deposited in the Roxbury Savings Bank. The meetings were changed to Thursday.
December 11th. No meeting.
January 16th, 1834. At Mrs. Patten's. A donation of $10 was received from the Misses Lowell.
February 20th. Met at Mrs. Gardner's. Commenced reading Mrs. Willard's Travels.
March 20th. At Mrs. Ward's.
April 11th. Meeting at Mrs. Gore's which was well attended. Two new members.
May 15th. INIet at Mrs. Lemist's. It was voted to con-
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tinue the meetings in the evenings, and to give up reading for the present.
June I9th. No meeting.
July 17th. Annual meeting at Mrs. Eastman's. The same officers were elected, with the exception of Mrs. Clark, who declined. Miss Matilda Bartlett was chosen Treasurer. It was voted that a note of thanks should be addressed to Mrs. Clark for her services for the two preceding years. The balance of the receipts for the past year 6 dollars were deposited in the Savings Bank.
August 21st. At Mrs. William Phipps'.
September 18th. Very full meeting at Mrs. Snow's.
October 16th. At Miss Porter's. Three new members were added.
November 20th. At Mrs. Benjamin Weld's, but four members present.
December 18th. A meeting at Mrs. Putnam's. Mr. Parker of Lexington was proposed as a suitable person to receive the aid of the society. Reading was again adopted.
January %2nd, 1835. Met at Mrs. Windship's.
February 19th. At Mrs. J. Bartlett's.
March 19th. Very pleasant meeting at Mrs. Ward's.
April 2Srd. Full meeting at Mrs. Harrinton's.
Here the Journal ends. Copied through the kindness of Miss Anna S. Everett in whose possession is the original.
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THE IVIAY FAIR
The first May Fair was held May 1, 1842, in the hall of the old Norfolk House. It was started by Miss Polly Patten, who returned from the west filled with the desire to help the stru*rs:lino' Unitarian church in the town of Geneva, Illinois. It was the third Unitarian church in the west. The matter was discussed at the Sewing Circle, and the outcome was the first of the annual May Breakfasts and Fairs, which for many years were notable events in the town and church life. $800 was contributed by our church as the net result of this first Fair. We insert the following poem, not so much perhaps for its artistic merit as to preserve a quaint relic of the past.
Invitation of the Ladiks
TO THE
May Morning Fair.
Oh come, friends, all come, 'tis our urgent request. And aid us to build up the Church in the West. The ladies unite their best eflforts together. — Tlieir smiles shall insure you the fairest of weather.
Should Eurus salute you on May's early morn. And Cliiird by his blast you feel cold and forlorn, The rich smoking coffee awaits your behest; Come and help us to build up the Church in the West.
If to her you love best a fit offering you'd bring, Here are flowers all bright with the freshness of spring; Choose roses or lilies, or what you like best; And help us to build up the Church in the West.
Would you please your young friends, here are gifts rich and rare, Here are dolls, who wear bonnets and dolls who have hair; The useful and pleasing your sight shall arrest; Then help us to build up the Church in the West.
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But we urge not such notions to patrons like ours, Though ingenious the works, and attractive the flowers, We appeal to your hearts ; let your actions attest Your zeal to erect the new Church in trie West.
So ill ages to come, when the pure light of truth Shall comfort the old, and in peace guide the youth, On the old town of Roxhury their blessing shall rest; For she hclp'd to build up their Church in the West.
The Fairs became highly popular not only in Roxbury, but many came from the neighboring towais. Young men walked or rode out from Boston to the Breakfasts. There was always a May Pole around which both young and old gathered, and tables of fancy articles, besides the ice cream and more substantial fare. After a time other churches joined in the preparations and it ceased to be a church insti- tution. The money collected annually was devoted to various popular uses, and during the Civil War, especially, these Fairs were a great attraction, the proceeds going to the soldiers.
The Roxbury Branch of the Sanitary Commission, and the Lincoln Freedman's Aid Society, though started by the ladies in our church, soon embraced workers from all denomi- nations and the details of their work will be found elsewhere.
THE ROXBURY YOUNG MEN'S UNION
The Roxbury Young Men's Union was formed by the Rev. John Graham Brooks, during the year 1876. It was non- sectarian, and its object to improve the condition of the young men of Roxbury. They had rooms in a building at No. 4 Pynchon Street, near the Police Station at Roxbury Crossing. Four years after it had been in existence, it had a member- ship of about two hundred, made up of working young men whose homes were not easily accessible to any such institution.
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Its success was in no small degree attributable to its position so near to tired men. It began with boys averaging hardly more than sixteen years of age.
There were classes each evening in United States History, Political Economy, Bookkeeping, English, German, Music and Arithmetic. These were carried on by the generous help of the ladies and gentleman of the Parish. The most important was that of Citizenship under the personal super- vision of Mr. Brooks. Also weeldy talks on practical sub- jects. The Library contained about twelve hundred volumes. Through the influence of regular class work the members became possessed of a new feeling toward the Union, and were far more willing to sacrifice for it, and pro- posed a monthly payment that went towards its support. In 1880 it had passed out of its dependant stage, and was almost self supporting. Nearly fifty members were influenced to deposit money in the Savings Bank connected with the Union, many of them making quite regular deposits. The members gave occasional entertainments at the Union and an exhibition in the church chapel each year to help meet the necessary expenses. It consisted of essays and discus- sions from the different classes.
After the resignation of Mr. Brooks, the Union ceased to be a church mstitution.
THE WOALIN'S ALLL\NCE
This is a branch of the "National Alliance," connected with our Church, and its aim is to enlist the interest of every woman in the Church in denominational and mission- ary work. Its meetings are held on the first Tuesday in every month from October to May, in Putnam Chapel, at 3 o'clock. The first half hour is devoted to business; then follows a talk or lecture; afterwards tea is served, and a half
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hour is given to conversation. The annual membership fee is one dollar. Connected with it are the Post Office Mission and the Cheerful Letter Exchange.
THE CHAPEL CLUB
was organized in the fall of 1896 in order to bring the young ladies of the parish in closer relations to each other and the church, and to give tliem a more vital interest in the work of the denomination. Many of the ladies of tlie church having felt the need of such a club, Mrs. DeNorraandie in the spring of that year called a meeting at her house, where such a club was discussed and officers and directors elected to plan the work. At their first meeting, it was voted that the club should be called the " Chapel Club," and should hold its meetings on the last Tuesday of each month from October to May. These meetings have been made of particular interest and value by addresses given from time to time by Dr. DeNormandie and others. The constitution states that the object of the club is charity; therefore much of its work has been in raising money by fairs and entertainments of various kinds, and in distributing this, as well as clothing made by the club, to different charitable institutions of Roxbury and Boston, besides helping individual cases. In February, 1900, it joined the Young People's Religious Union, which brought it more in touch with denominational work. The club was never numerically large but it filled an impor- tant place in the church life until 1906, when it ceased to exist.
THE John' eliot club of roxbury
was organized January 9th, 1890. It is composed of gentle- men of the Parish of the First Religious Society over 18 years of age, who meet three times a year for the purpose of per- sonally meeting Dr. DeNormandie and to listen to papers
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or addresses upon works or questions connected with the Parish or denominational or social interests.
Meetings of the Clul) are customarily held on the jfirst Thursday of December and Fel)ruary and the second Thurs- day of April. They generally consist of a dinner at some quiet Boston hotel, after which the assembled members and their guests are addressed by such speakers as have been arranged for the meeting by the Council, which is the governing committee of the club.
It is the custom of the club to hold at least one ladies' night during the year, and precedent has made this the annual meeting, which comes on the first Thursday of Feb- ruary.
The first President of the club was Samuel Little. He was succeeded by John Tetlow. Since Mr. Tetlow's term of office, the Presidents have been Azariah Smith, James C. Davis, Robert C. Metcalf, W. Prentiss Parker, and AKred Bunker.
There are two Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and an Executive Committee of six members who held office for three years, two being elected each year. The Officers and Executive Committee, a body of eleven, constitute the Council.
The records of the meetings of the club are full of inter- est. Prominent men religiously, educationally, and politi- cally have been guests of the Club, and their addresses have been a source of great benefit to the members attending.
Although a variety of subjects have been discussed before the meetings of the Club, yet the predominant idea has been to keep the Club as distinctly a religious club as possible.
JOHN ELIOT'S CHAIR.
APPENDIX
On Sunday evening, March 17, 1907, tlie First Parish in Dorchester graciously presented to the First Church in Roxbury a chair once be- longing to the Apostle Eliot, accompanied by a most interesting service.
The presentation was made by Rev. Eugene R. Shipi)en, Pastor of the First Parish Church in Dorchester, and accepted by Rev. James De Nor- mandie, D.D., our pastor. The chair had been placed by the Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris, D.D., in the Dorchester meeting house. After the ser%ices, the chair, a copy of Eliot's Indian Bible and the Church records, written by him, were placed on exliibition. On the pulpit rail were placed slips of ivy taken from the church in England in which John Eliot was christened.
LINES WRITTEN BY A MEMBER OF THE DORCHESTER CHURCH It came to us from early days.
Perchance from English carver's hands; In rude and simple fashion made,
A relic of our past it stands.
Severe its outline, speaking plain
Of work and hard New England fare.
No welcome here for idleness.
No frame for ease this ancient chair.
Dim through the mists of vanished years.
A rugged face we seem to see, A shad'wy figure sitting there,
The red man's gospel on his knee.
Content the gentle preacher's smile.
Deep in his eyes a happy light, — This man of God, whose record runs,
"High piety and learning bright."
Well pleased he looks to find his name
And memory still burning clear. Glad that tlirough him another bond
Should knit the two old churches dear.
Take then our treasure, place it here.
Its rightful home, and may we see Old Dorchester and Roxbury live
In constant love and unity.
INDEX
Abbot, Matilda Campbell, 332.
Rebecca, 134.
Rev. jSIr., 166, 167, 178. Accers, John, 69. Accor, Sister, 125. Acrees, John, 62.
Desire-Truth, 62. Adams, J. D., 284.
Abby Bartlett, 327.
Abby (Pond-Richardson), 202.
Abigail (Mears), 175.
Abigail P., 292.
Amos, 4, 109, 145, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 159, 163, 164, 174, 178, 187, 238, 338, 339.
Daniel, 129.
Edward Williams, 329.
Ehzabeth, 196.
Elizabeth (Prentiss), 175.
George, 287.
Henry, 175.
James, 261 , 329, 344.
Jemima (Morse), 175.
Joseph, 129.
Mary, 129, 261, 329.
]\Iary Ann (Leach), 287.
Mary Perrin, 329, 364.
Rachel (Lyon), 202.
Rebecca, 130.
Roger, 130.
Sarah, 129. 303.
Sarah (Chauncy), 175.
Sarah May (Holland), 292.
Theoda Hunnewell, 329.
Thomas, 200, 252.
Adams, Ursula, 46.
Walter A., 348.
Zabdiel, 202, 292.
Zabdiel Boylston, 292, 344. Aggar, Lettese, 17, 44. Alcock, Esther, 129, 130.
George, 1, 4, 43, 44, 45.
John, 13, 43, 59.
Palsgrave, 73.
Samuel, 43.
Sarah, 59.
Wife of George, 43. Alden, Rebecca Newell, 309. Alexander, Edith, 274. Allen Calvin, 275.
Caroline, 364.
Etta J., 348.
Jacob, 207, 275, 316, 330, 342, 344, 351.
Mary, 127.
Mr., 72.
Nancy, 285.
Richard, 201.
Sybil, 269.
Sibyl (Willett), 207. Allyn, Dr., 247.
Am. Unitarian Association, 345, 355. Ames, Fisher, 279.
Samuel, 345.
Sarah, 135. Amory, Aima Powell Grant (Sears), 332.
Frances Elizabeth, 303.
Rebecca, 307.
William, 274, 332.
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INDEX
Anderson, Gowen, 55.
Thomas D., 230.
Wife of Gowen, 55. Andrews, Ajjnes Quincy, 270.
Fanny Mackay (Reynolds), 319.
Katharine Hamilton, 270.
Samuel, 85.
Thomas, 63.
Wife of Thos., 63.
William Turell, 309, 319. Andross, Edmund, 90. Appleton, Catherine (Lawrence), 323.
Charles Tilden, 323.
Mary Ann Louisa (Smith), 305.
Mary Grave (Barker), 323.
Mr., 343.
WiHiam Channing, 214, 305. Archer, Caroline E., 321. Aspinal, Aspinall, Aspinwall —
Caleb, 199.
Eleazer, 130.
Elizabeth, 124.
Mary, 128.
Mehit^ible, 124.
Nathaniel, 124.
Peter, 01,69, 124.
Remember (Palfrey), 61.
Samuel, 124.
Sarah, 127.
Thomas, 73, 125. Astwood, James, 55.
John, 51.
Martha, 51.
Sarah, 55. Atkins, Joane, 57. Atkinson, Anna Greenleaf (Sawyer), 330.
Amos, 330.
Lilian, 349. Atwell, Adeline (Prentice), 326.
Pickering, 326. Austin, P:iizabeth, 311.
Mr., 228, 344.
Richard, 202. Avery, Nancy, 283. Ayer, Ayers, Ayres —
Adams, 209, 214, 252, 281, 353.
Adin, 206.
Ayer, Ayers, Awes — 'Elizabeth, 189. John, 252.
Martha Augusta (Hinkley), 252. Solomon, 189. Susamiah (Emerson), 252.
Babb, Dorcas, 203. Babcock, David Marks, 348. Babson, Miss, 304. Bacon, Abiel, 128.
Asen;ith, 202.
Augustus, 267, 273.
Dorothy, 128.
Ebcn, 300.
Eliza, 365.
Eliza Ann Hales, 331.
Elizabeth, 267.
Elizabeth Moore (Lothrop), 273.
Elizabeth W., 270, 317.
Elizabeth (Wymau), 273.
Emily D., 268.
George, 199.
Hephzibah, 199.
Horace, 215, 269, 287, 290.
Jacob, 128.
Margaret, 264.
Mary, 64, 127, 128.
Mary P., 287.
Miranda, 267.
Miranda (Wood), 290.
Patience, 132.
Philip, 132.
Susan Gilchrist (Low), 300.
Thomas, 64, 65.
William, 229, 267, 273, 277, 289, 351. Baylies, A. S., 356. Baily, Bailey, Bayley —
Anna, 133, 134.
James, 74, 127.
John, 129.
Samuel, 134. Baker, A. W., 365.
Abigail, 119.
Amy, 262.
Amy (W'illiams), 206.
Anne, 128.
INDEX
377
Baker, Benjamin, 193.
Betsey, 305.
Calvin, 26^.
David, 206, 262, 277, 343.
Elizabeth, 57.
Francis, 325.
Hannah, 135.
Hannah (Geegins), 206.
John,125.
Joseph, 124.
Lydia May (Vose), 325.
Mary, 120, 123, 124, 127, 263, 364.
Mary Elizabeth, 267, 335.
Mr., 141.
N. E., 365.
Nabby, 205.
Nicholas, 52.
Rhoda, 289.
Robert, 120, 126.
Sarah, 127.
Thomas, 57, 124, 135. Balch, Agnes Love (Greene), 304.
Benjamin, 228.
Joseph Williams, 304.
Maria (Hallet), 304.
Nabby, 266. Baldwin, Eliza, 365.
Elizabeth Anne (Gushing), 278.
EUzabeth O., 265.
Helen Sophia (Hill), 278.
Luke, 276, 278.
Sarah Collins, 286. Ball, Helen Sophia (Rogers), 275.
Mary Vila, 305. Ballard, Elizabeth, 49, 51. Bancroft, Frederick W., 350. Bangs, Benjamin, 290, 358.
Charlotte Augusta, 290.
Edward D., 225.
Mary E., 331.
Mary Nye, 281.
Sophia (Nye), 290.
William A., 331. Bardakin, Hannah, 265. Barden, Julia, 347. Barker, Mary Grave, 323.
Mrs., 58.
Susan, 276.
Susan Withers (Warden), 273.
Barker, William Torrey, 273, Barnabee, Henry C, 347. Barnes, James Henry, 269, 278.
Jane, 259, 290.
Jane (Thompson), 202.
Loring B., 346.
Mary Viriginia (BufBngton), 278.
William, 202, 259, 290. Barrett, Ellen Maria, 270.
Mary, 296.
Mary Greenwood, 322. Barry, Flora E., 348. Barstow, Sarah Foster (Morton), 301.
William C, 301. Bartholomew, J. G., 234. Bartlett,AbbyKane (De Wolf), 293.
Abigail, 261.
Abigail CVVilliams), 201.
Ann D., 265, 293, 364.
Aim Matilda, 296.
Carohne, 293, 305.
Caroline (Pratt), 292.
Clarissa (Walker), 288.
Ehzabeth H., 306.
Enoch, 227, 293, 351, 358.
Hannah (Everett), 299, 364.
Hamiah Tilden, 320.
Henry, 213, 299, 318, 352.
Hosea, 320.
Jane, 265, 365.
John, 201, 227, 228, 229, 261, 281, 316, 345, 351, 360.
Levi. 288.
Mary Helen, 267.
Matilda, 364, 367.
Mrs. E., 365.
Mrs. J., 367.
Rebecca Gorham, 331.
Sarah, 265.
Sarah B., 364, 365.
Sidney, 292. Barton, Sarah, 347. Bass, Basse —
Ann, 48.
Mary, 190.
Samuel, 48. Bates, Alice May, 349.
Dr., 88.
Edward Carrington, 266, 321.
378
INDEX
Bates, Elizabeth Ames, 278.
Joshua, 3G0.
Mary C, 266.
Mary CaroHiie (Cook), 321. Baumbach, Adoph, 346, 3-17. Baxter, Gregorie, 46.
Hannah, 174.
Margaret (Paddy), 46. Beal, Elizabeth, 304. Beattie, Amelia Ladd, 295.
William Addison, 295, 353. Bearce, Job, 196. Bedouna, Lydia (Crafts), 129.
Thomas, 129. Beers, Mary, 269. Belcher, Joseph, 112.
Rebeckah, 112. Belknap, Charles, 167, 196.
Isaac, 198.
Jeremy, 342.
Mary, 196. Bell, Margaret, 303.
Thomas, 10, 52, 159.
Wife of Thomas, 52. Benjamin, Mary, 190.
Susan Margaret, 334. Bennett, Bennet, Bennit —
Charles II., 350.
John, 63.
Mary, 64.
Susanna, 63, 65. Bent, Elizal)eth, 261. Bernard, Elizabeth, 131. Berry, Augustus Daniel, 268, 318, 328.
Mary Adeline, 318.
Mary Adeline (Farnham), 328.
Mary E., 268. Bicknal, Bicknell —
Capt., 220.
Harriet, 364.
Hum])hrey, 171, 201, 229, 263, 291.
Jemima, 263.
Jemima (Jackson), 201. Bidford, Rebecca, 186. Bigelovv, Jonathan, 322. Sarah (IJrooks), 322. Bilbo, Edward, 135.
Bilbo, Elizabeth, 135. Bills, Harriet (Colburn),312.
Shubael, 312, 324. Billings, Hester, 266.
Hester (Gill), 305.
Samuel, 292, 305, 358. Binney, Jose])hine (Hayvvard), 334.
Henry Prentice, 334.
Matthew, 271, 286, 326. Birchard, Bircharde —
Mary, 52.
Thomas, 52. Bird, James, 192. Bishop, Lyddia, 127.
Sarah, 188.
Thomas, 122. Black, Louis E., 350. Blackburn, Elizabeth, 54.
William, 54. Blackman, James, 261. Blake, Ann Boylston (Cimningham), 327.
Hamiah, 130.
James, 260.
Samuel Parkman, 270, 299, 322,
327, 328. 352. Sarah P., 267.
Blanchard, Abigail Roe Dalton, 330. Ann Isabel, 265, 330, 332. Augusta Woodbury, 267. Charles, 265, 330. Charles H., 303. Charlotte Augusta, 267. Charlotte (Porter), 296. Harriet, 262, 301, 332, 365. Harriet (Lambert), 306. Ilezckiah, 266, 296. Mary Elizabeth, 267. Mary Elizabeth (Seaver), 328. Mary (Elliot), 306. Mary E. (Stevenson), 303. Susan, 365. William, 214, 262, 301, 306, 315,
328, 332, 344.
Blancy, Aaron, 148, 162, 196. Abigail, 201. Ann II., 267.
INDEX
379
Blaney, Anna, 263.
Anna (Curtis), 203.
Catherine, 289.
Catherine (Mears), 198.
Charles Pierjwnt, 278, 352.
Mary, 199, 205.
Samuel, 203, 300.
William, 148, 156, 171, 190, 198, 212, 217, 289, 342, 343. Blendell, Sophia M., 345. Bliss, Elijah, 199.
Harriet, 334.
Rebecca, 199. Blott, Mary, 47. Boardman, Bordman.
Andrew, 133.
Mary M., 270.
Sarah, 133.
William S., 270. Boit, Edward Darley, 290.
Harriet Auchmuty Howard, 326.
Jane Parkinson (Hubbard), 290. Bodoono, Ebenezer, 143.
Joseph, 187. Boltstone, Mary, 62. Bond, George William, 300.
Louisa C. (Greenwood), 300.
Sophia Augusta (May), 300.
William S., 269. Borden, Marietta Hathaway, 287. Borland, Mary Langdon, 274. Bosson, Abigail, 187.
Deborah, 192.
Eleanor, 188.
John, 188.
Mary, 133, 193.
Nancy BrowTi, 205.
Prudence (Mayo), 292.
Suky, 304.
Susanna (Mayo), 292.
W'illiam, 132, 140, 143, 160, 210, 211, 212, 220, 292, 338. Boston, 3.
Boswortli, William Wells, 238. Boughey, Elizabeth, 57. Bourne, Gerard, 58. Bowditch, Eliza Boardman Inger- soll, 292.
Bowditch, Elizabeth BrowTi, 280.
Elizabeth Brown (Francis), 284.
Galen, 301, 352.
Nathaniel Ingersoll, 280, 284.
Sally (Davenport), 301. Bowdoin, Governor, 309.
James, 158, 338.
William, 150. Bowen, Boven, Bowin, Bowing —
Abigail, 125, 198.
Catherine French, 327.
Elizabeth, 60, 122, 132.
Hamiah, 128, 131.
Isaac, 128.
Johnson, 157, 159, 162, 167, 192, 193.
Joshua, 168, 195, 198.
Margaret, 55, 124.
Mary, 125, 196.
Mehitable, 192.
Pennel, 126.
Samuel, 168, 196.
Sevanus, 331. Bower, John, 206. Bowles, Catherine Cushing (Lincoln), 298.
Catherine L., 266.
Dorothy, 56, 116.
Elizabeth (Heath), 116, 117.
Fanny M. (Darracott), 303.
Frances (Burrows), 296.
John, 24, 56, 67, 81, 116, 117, 120, 121, 129, 135, 140.
Leonard Crocker, 298, 303, 322, 326, 334.
Lyddia, 129.
Martin Lincoln, 303.
Mary, 64, 133.
Mary Elizabeth, 327.
Sarah, 116, 123.
Sarah (Eliot), 117. Bowman, Jonathan, 196.
Lucy, 294.
Lucy (Sumner), 304.
William, 147, 162, 304. Boyd, Margaret Curry, 323. Boyles, Rev. Mr., 158.
380
INDEX
Boyce, Boyse, Bowis —
Elizabeth, 53.
Johanna, 54.
Matthew, 54.
Wife of Matthew, 54. Boylston, Boistan —
Anne, 128.
Mary, 124.
Peter, 128.
Rebecca, 128.
Susanna, 185.
Thomas, 69, 121, 123. Boynton, Ahneria Rosaline, 294. Brackett, Brakket —
Ehzabeth, 126.
Sarah, 124. Bradford, Charles Frederick, 266, 293, 309, 321.
Edward H., 270.
Eleanor, 247.
Eliza Edes (Ilickling). 309.
Fanny Gore, 270.
Grace, 270.
Mrs. Samuel D., 282, 302. Bradlee, Bradley —
Adeline D., 332.
Agnes Love, 272.
Edward W., 263, 277, 351.
Emilv Penelope, 306.
Elizabeth Weld (Williams), 277.
Frederick Hall, 325.
Harriet, 308.
Joshua, 195.
Lemuel, 198, 262.
Lucy, 325.
Lucretia (W'ainwTight), 325.
Mary, 261, 312.
Mary (Ilickling), 305.
Sarah, 195, 263. 364.
Sarah Davenport, 254.
Sarah Davis, 265.
Sarah (Davis), 277.
Wife of Lemuel, 198.
William. 3.06. Bradstreet, Charlotte Augusta (Bangs), 290.
Governor, 72.
Mercy, 72.
Bradstreet, Samuel, 290. Braid, John Bryant, 204. Brand, George, 57.
Martha (Heath), 57.
Matthew, 124. Brewer, Bruer —
Abigail (Stone), 271.
Ann, 58.
C, 365.
Daniel, 48, 58, 61, 123, 126.
David, 176.
Ebenezer, 169, 203, 210, 211, 212, 218, 306, 312.
Eliab, 228.
Eliza, 343.
Elizabeth, 61, 306.
Elizabeth (Ruggles), 196.
Elizabeth (White), 203.
Gardner, 271, 334, 358,
G. L., 228.
Hannah, 61, 122.
Joanna, 48, 122.
John, 168, 192.
Mary, 306.
Mary (Foster), 203.
Mary (Weld), 271.
Nathaniel, 61, 65, 123, 124, 200.
Rebecca, 306.
Sarah, 118, 123, 126.
Susan Curtis, 293.
Susanna Davenport, 273.
Thomas, 213, 228, 229, 230, 271, 314,334,351,358.
Wife of Nathaniel, 200.
W^illiam, 306, 312. Brewster, Frances, 294. Brick School House, 142. Bridge, Bridges —
Edward, 54.
Helen Maria, 319.
John, 61.
Mary, 54, 126.
Prudence, 61, 118, 122. Briggs, Charles, 265, 320.
Ehza (Casey), 320.
Elizabeth, 265.
Elizabeth G., 266.
Harriet, 268.
Mr., 356, 366.
INDEX
381
Brigham, E., 361.
Lucy OVl'ite), 315.
Stephen, 259, 315. Briglit, Ann, 60. Brinley, Ann Matilda, 265.
Ann Matilda (Bartlctt), 296.
Edward, 229, 281, 296. Briiitneal, Jonathan, 198.
Polly, 198. Bromfield, Edward, 155. Brookliiie, 69, 73, 74. Brooks, Eunice, 261.
Helen, 331.
John Graham, 209, 236, 237, 244, 355, 356, 368, 370.
Kendall, 223, 261.
Sarah, 322. Brown, Browne —
Daniel, 197.
Elizabeth, 128.
Emily I., 268.
John CofBn Jones, 293.
Lydia Nowell, 323.
Martha, 128.
Mehittabel, 128.
Samuel, 246.
Timothy Dexter, 261. Bruce, Bruse —
Sarah (Brewer), 118.
Thaddeus, 199. Bryant, Joseph B., 324. Buckman, Lucretia, 306. Buclonaster, Bukmaster, Buckmin- ster —
Elizabeth, 62.
Joseph, 62, 123, 127.
Mary, 124. BufRnton, Eugene I., 269.
Jonathan, 284, 305.
Mary Ann (Churchill), 305.
Mary Virginia, 268, 278. Bugbe, Bugbee, Bugbey, Bugby —
Abigail, 132, 135.
Asa, 228, 262, 288, 343, 351.
Daniel, 135, 139, 159, 192.
Ebenezer, 167, 196, 288, 343.
Edward, 62, 124.
Elizabeth, 185.
Experience, 120.
Bugbe, Bugbee, Bugbey, Bugby —
Jane, 288.
Joanna, 128.
John, 120.
Joseph, 120, 123.
Judith, 46.
Mary, 128, 191.
Mary (White), 196.
Miss, 345.
Nancy, 272.
Rebecca, 124.
Richard, 46.
Samuel, 221.
Sarah, 128.
Wife of, 63.
William, 192.
, 63.
Bull, Henry, 53.
Bullard, Alfred Monson, 211, 306.
Chas., 351.
Magdalen, 59.
Sarah, 124. Bulkley, John, 113. Bumstead, Bumsted —
Frances (Gore), 292.
John, 268, 292.
Sarah (Gore), 292.
Susanna, 56.
Thomas, 56. Bunker, Alfred, 323, 372.
Charles, 271.
Judith (FoIger),271. Burbank, Alonzo N., 309, SIO. Burden, Burdon —
Mary, 124.
Sarah, 118, 124. Burditt, Harriot, 262.
Sally, 262. Burling, Elizabeth Lawrence, 306. Bur, Burr —
Good wife, 45.
Jehu, 45. Burnette, Charlotte Emeline, 334. Burrell, Burrill —
Abigail, 206.
John, 51.
Mrs., 220.
Nancy, 205.
Sarah, 51.
382
INDEX
Burrows, Frances, 296.
GeoFf^c, 65.
Heliec'ca, (>(). Burton, John, 261.
Louisa, 261. Burtt, David, 261.
Sally, 261, Buryinf,^ (Jrouiid, 221, 237. Butcher. Sarah, 127. Butler, Buttler —
Benjamin, 346.
Ilannali, 1.30.
Simeon, 1.30. Butters, Charlotte, 365.
Eliza, 365.
Eloisa Moureau (Cormerals), 324.
Rebecca Fletcher White (Cram) 324.
So{)hia Charlotte (Green), 324.
William, 324.
Cabot, Experience, 133.
Susan, 31!). Cakler. Ann, 262. Calef, Lucy, 251.
Robert, 76. Calicott, Richard, 26.
Calvin, 88. Callender, Joseph, 228, 287, 351. Campbell, Benjamin Franklin, 288.
Mary (Lilley), 288. Capen, Deacon, 72.
Mary, 128, 185.
Mr., 228. Carder, Richard, 52. Carey, Cary — -
Charlotte, Emcline (Bumette),334.
Frances Taylor (Wilson), 334.
Isaac Harris, 264, .333.
Nathan Carruth, 324, 334.
Phebe v., 264.
rhebe rhilli])s (Pratt), 333. Carlton, Abby, 364.
Abigail (Ilovey), 286.
Charlotte (Howe), 286.
Guy, 286. 344, 351.
Harriet, 364.
Nabby, 286.
Carmen, Florence, 46.
John, 46. Came, Thomas, 349. Carret, Josej)hine, 356. Carter, Emily (iorham, 302. Casey, Eliza, 320. Castle, Edith, 350. Caswell, Wm., 260. Cawte, James, 259. Cazneau, Capt., 344. Chamberlain, Chamberlin, Cham- berline, Chamberlayn —
Abiel, 1.30.
Charles, W., 273.
Hannah, 124.
Isaac, 345, 346.
Jakob, 124, 1,30.
Mary, 12(!, 190.
Ricliard, 61.
Sarah, 61. Champney, B. Louisa, 270.
Charles S., 216.
Elizabeth, 260, 262, 296.
EUzabeth (Pierce), 288.
James Howe, 267, 288, 310, 316, 333.
John, 210, 211, 212, 259, 307, 312, 342, 343, 358.
Jonathan, 288.
Lydia, 267.
Lydia II., 270.
Lydia (Howe), 312.
Mary Ann, 270.
Misses, 365.
Rebecca, 194.
Robert, 193.
Sarah M., 270.
Sarah Elizabeth (Wells), 310. Chandler, Elizabeth, 61, 121.
Elizabeth F., 264.
Gardner L., 264.
Hannah, .54, 123.
John, 1, 12, 61, 121, 123.
Lucretia C, 264.
Margarett, 46, 131.
Mary Ann, 264.
William. 54. Chapel Club, the, 359, 371.
INDEX
383
Chapin, Cicely, 55.
Lucinda Onie, 321.
Scunuel, 55. Chapman, Jonathan, 265, 271, 358.
Ivucinda, 2(i5.
Lucinda (i)\vif,dit), 271. Charitable Societies, 359 to 371. Charnock, Mr., 88. Charter, Ainie, 129. Chase, Mary, 45.
William, 45. Chauncy, Charles, 113, 175.
Sarah, 175. Checkley, John, 112. Cheney, Chaeney, Chany, Cheaney, Ciieany, Cheeney, Cheny —
A})if,'ail. 131.
Deborah, 187, 194.
Ebenezer, 134, 139, 152, 153, 162, 188.
Elizabeth, 283.
John, 52, 123, 132.
]Vlar<faret, 50.
Martha, 52.
Mary, 132, 133, 196.
Samuel, 168, 194.
Sarah, 261.
Thomas, 123, 125, 187, 198, 261.
Wife of Thomas, 125.
William, 56, 61, 81, 123, 150, 160, 261. Cheever, Almira C, 329.
Mr., 84, 108. Chikkerin, Katherein, 125. Child, Childs, Childe —
Aaron, 206. 316, 334.
Benjamin, 60, 69, 123.
Elizabeth, 119, 124, 125.
Emmeline Eames, 282.
Grace, 125.
Harriet, 319.
John Weld, 296, 343.
Mary, 60.
rhineas, 198.
Polly (Hall), 206.
Rebecca, 265.
Rebecca (Williams), 276.
Sarah (Richards), 296.
Child, Childs, Childe — Sophia Huckland, 290. Stephen, 212, 229, 259, 265, 276,
305, 306. Wife of Phineas, 198. Children's Mission, 355. Chipman, Elizabeth, 285. Choate, Rebecca, 136.
Steven, 134. Church, Act of Incorporation, 220, 223. admissions, 45 to 65, 71, 76, 120 to 136, 142, 143, 186 to 207, 259 to 271. annual meetings, 226. baptisms, 7. IJible, 222, 237. change of creed, 217. collections and contributions, 10,
13, 69, 170, 232, 233, 235. Covenant, 4.
donations and legacies, 77, 78, 150, 158, 170, 220, 232, 233, 236, 256, 257, 258. fasts, 8, 9, 12,13,70, 160. founders of, 45, 46. gathering of, 4. lectures, 8, 153. officers, 1, 6, 67, 68, 137, 145
to 148, 209 to 215. propositions agreed upon, 11. rate, 14, 80, 82, 149, 171. services, 5, 220. title changed, 168. Churchill, Mary Ann, 305. Civil War, 232. Clap, Clapp, — Ann, 246, 258. Aim (Clap), 246. Ann Hawes (Pierce), 246. Benjamin P. Cheney, 238, 332. Barbara, 52. Caleb, 315. Elizabeth, 200. Jerusha, 240.
John, 202, 203, 209, 212, 221, 222, 223, 228, 246, 258, 260, 262, 309, 316. 328, 344, 351.
384
INDEX
Clap, Clapp — Lucy, 26^. Mary Lane, 274. Mary Whitten, 321. Mr., 354.
Nancy (Dorr), 315. Noah, 246. Priscilla, 260. Priscilla (Holden), 246. Roger, 249. Sarah Aim, 262. Sarah W., 286. Sukey, 203. Supply, 249.
Susanna (Roliinson), 246. Susanna Robinson, 262. Clark, Clarke —
Abigail, 64, 120, 121.
Chenery, 260, 275, 312. 313, 325,
343. Edith H., 270. Edward, 131. Elizabeth, 58, 60. Florence L., 269. Frances Cordis, 327, 335. Hugh, 60.
James, 58, 62, 63, 69, 120. James Freeman, 237. John, 64, 69, 121, 124. John Jones, 210, 231, 252, 265,
283, 284, 296, 316, 326, 328,
351. Joseph, 200. Lidea, 124. Lois W., 305. Lot, 333.
Lucy (Davis), 275. Manlius Stimson, 252, 327, 336. Martha, 63. Mary, 120, 143. Mary Barnard (Eaton), 333. Mary I^mist, 267, 284, 356. Mercy, 120. Percis Rice, 290. Rebecca, 270. Rebecca Cordiss (Haswell), 264,
316, 364, 365, 367. Sally M. (Freeman), 321.
Clark, Clarke —
Samuel, 143.
Sarah, 122, 131, 287.
Scotto, 321.
Thomas, 145, 147, 163, 167, 168, 169, 196, 305.
Uriah, 121, 124.
Wife of Joseph, 200.
William, 75. Cleaves, Enmia A., 331.
Harmah, 122.
Sarah, 63, 120.
Widow, 68, 70, 121.
William, 1, 13, 63, 68, 70. Cobb, Anna Almy, 322.
Ameha Ladd (Beattie), 295.
Samuel Crocker, 214, 280, 295, 352. Cobbett, Thomas, 130. Coburn, Catherine, 299. Codman, Elizabeth, 264.
John, 361.
Thomas P., 266. Coffin, Charlotte G., 325.
Eliza S., 280.
Henry Peleg, 322.
Mary Greenwood (Barrett), 322.
Peter, 325. Coggeshall, John, 48.
Mary, 48. Coggin, Mary, 56. Colburn, Harriet, 312. Cole, Abigail, 129.
Mary, 45.
Robert, 45.
Sarah, 135, 142.
Thomas, 135. Collar, Mary Sibyl, 271.
Mikh-ed Averill, 271.
William Coe, 250, 276. Colligan, Thomas, 215. Cohnan, Dr., 101. Colson, Vashti, 314. Colton, Elizal)eth, 122. Comins, Annie V., 356.
Helen T., 356.
L. B., 356.
Linus Bacon, 331.
INDEX
385
Comins, Mary Barker, 331 . Communion Table, 256 to 271, Corapton, John, 50.
Susanna, 50. Comstock, Martha, 330. Cook, , 347.
Cliarles Edward, 333.
Clarence C, 266.
Elizabeth White (Wells), 333.
Jonathan Freeman, 260, 300.
Mary Caroline, 321.
Mary (Little), 300. Coolidge, Coolege —
Elizabeth Lydia, 303.
Lydia, 194.
Obadiah, 187.
Sarah, 193. Cooms, Hepsibah, 130.
Richard, 130. Cooper, Ann D., coir., 267.
Rev. Dr., 166, 167.
Samuel, 178. Converse, Rufus, 261. Copeland, Benjamin Franklin, 213, 228, 280, *281, 282, 288, 320, 334, 351.
Charles, 229, 277, 282.
Julia Fellowes (Ruggles), 241, 264, 280, 364.
Susan Rogers (Sprague), 282.
William Ellery, 268. Corban, Clement, 69. Corey, Mr. 168. Corlet, Elijah, 86, 87. Cormerals, Eloisa Moureau, 324. Cornewell, Joane, 50.
William, 50. Cornish, James, 192. Corporal, Louisa, 345. Cotterel, Benjamin, 195.
Mary, 195. Cotting, Benj. E., 266.
Catherine G., 266. Cotton, Elizabeth, 124.
John, 8, 21,36, 41,85. Coverly, J\lary Dwight, 296. Craft, Crafts, Crofts —
Abigail, 59, 200.
Abigail (Kent), 245.
Craft, Crafts, Crofts —
Alice, 46, 127, 128.
Benjamin, 128.
Daniel, 245.
Dorcas (Ruggles), 46.
Ebenezer, 135, 139, 145, 155, 167, 185, 188, 209, 213, 228, 245, 260, 262, 297, 313, 322, 339, 343, 351, 358.
Elizabeth, 78, 120, 123, 124, 127, 131, 132, 133, 142.
Elizabeth (Mellish), 206.
Elizabeth (Seaver), 62.
Elizabeth (W^eld), 185.
Emily A., 355.
Emily (Doggett), 297.
Emily Doggett, 269, 271.
Eunice (Dowse), 206.
Griffith, 46.
Hannah, 119, 123.
John, 61, 123, 125, 132.
Jonathan, 133, 167.
Joseph, 125, 131, 206.
Louise A., 269.
Lydia, 129.
Mary, 124.
Mehittabel, 127, 132.
Moses, 62, 69, 120.
Nathaniel, 80, 128.
Patience, 128.
Priscilla, 194.
Rebecca, 61, 62, 120.
Samuel, 62, 132, 148.
Sarah, 125, 126, 133, 194.
Sarah Heath (Jones), 245, 262, 364, 366.
Susanna, 131, 135, 136, 191, 304.
Susanna (Wliite), 185.
Thankful, 133.
Ursula (Adams, Hosier, Streeter), Robinson, 46.
William Augustus, 297.
William Francis, 209. Cragin, Abigail Roe Dalton (Blan- chard), 330.
Henry Fullerton, 330. Cram, Rebecca Fletcher WTiite, 324. Crawley, Abraham, 215, 221. Crehore, Eimice Elizabeth, 280.
386
INDEX
Crocker, Lucy J., 287. Crooker, Ralph, 287, 351.
Marietta B. H., 302.
Marietta Hathaway (Borden), 287. Crosby, Deborah, 204.
Mary Elizabeth (Bowles), 327.
Nancy, 200.
Sarah E. (Lincoln), 335.
Samuel T., 322, 335.
William, 210, 211, 214, 304, 322, 324, 327, 352, 355. Cross, Vera, 347, 348. Crossman, Geo. H., 265.
Hannah, 2G5.
L. A., 346. Croxford, Mr., 164.
Samuel, 148, 163, 196. Cruft, Florence Lemist, 305.
Isaac Smith, 285.
Mary Powers (Nichols), 285. Cummings, Henry, 360. Cummens, Mary, 268, 364.
Polly (Mayo), 202.
Sarah, 268, 302, 364.
William, 202, 278, 302. Cunningham, Ann Boylston, 327.
Caleb Loring, 328.
Catherine Hays, 268, 285.
Catharine Hays (Howard), 322.
Clementina (Trufant), 328.
Eliza, 302.
Ehzabeth H., 268.
H., 229.
James, 268, 322, 329.
Lois, 196.
Sarah, 299.
Susannah, 198, 306. Currier, Lois, 295. Curtis, Curtiss —
Anne, 190, 203.
Benjamin, 142, 151, 160.
Benj. B., 344.
Bethia (I'arker), 277.
Emily (Dore), 310.
Francis, 334.
Franklin, 310.
Hanna, 64, 118, 133, 286.
Harriet, 276.
Harriet (BlLss), 334.
Curtis, Curtiss —
Isaac, 64, 80, 124, 132, 140, 190, 261, 303.
John, 64, 147, 151, 167, 259, 312.
Jonathan, 126.
Joseph, 142, 277, 315, 338.
Margaret (Bell), 303.
Mary, 54, 136.
Mary Holmes, 287.
Mary S. (Hyde), 278.
Mehitabel, 128, 132, 260.
Moses Davis Rice, 148.
Nelson, 278.
Philip, 136.
Rebecca, 64, 197, 199.
Sally (Heath), 303.
Samuel, 133, 199.
Sarah B. (Lewis), 310.
Sarah (Eliot), 48.
Susanna, 128.
Thomas, 260, 315.
Widow of Pliilip, 120.
William, 48. Cushing, Ann Eliza, 313.
Elizabeth Amie, 278.
Sarah, 346. Cutting, Ephraim, 207.
Daggett, Doggett —
Ann Eliza (Cushing, Webster), 313.
Elizabeth, 289.
Elizabeth (Sumner), 201.
Ehzabeth Siunner, 294.
Emily, 297.
Henry Lefrelet, 286, 331.
Jesse, 201,289,296,312.
John, 313, 342, 343.
Lois (Currier), 295.
Mary, 311.
Mary Jones, 313.
Stmmel. 295, 343.
Sarah Eliza (Williams), 331.
Sarah W., 270.
Sophia (Miller), 313. Dana, Abigail, 307.
Francis, 158, 193, 344.
Hannah, 200.
Martha, 191,194.
INDEX
387
Dana, Mary Elizabeth, 266.
Thomas, 167, 187, 191, 197. Danforth, Caroline S., 254.
Charles Jarvis, 330, 352.
Elizabeth, 38.
John, 41, 72. 122.
Mary, 60, 122.
Mary (Wilson), 41.
Nicholas, 38.
Samuel, 1, 9, 11, 16, 38 to 41, 59, 70, 108.
Sarah Elizabeth (Robbins) 330. Darracott, Fanny M., 303. Dary, George Allen, 210, 317, 333, 353.
Elizabeth (Tuttle) 333. Davenport, Abigail B., 313.
Charles Jarvis, 330.
Elizabeth W^Tiian (Bacon), 317.
James, 317, 322.
James Henry, 317.
Peggy, 304.
Rebecca, 132.
Sally, 301.
Samuel, 131.
Sarah Adams (Wiswell), 322.
Sarah (Adams), 317.
Sarah Elizabeth (Robbins), 330. Davis, A., 365.
Aaron, 134, 147, 157, 159, 160, 162, 169, 191, 195, 205, 261, 278, 286, 308, 364.
Abiel, 73, 124.
Abigail, 123, 124, 193.
Adeline, 332.
Alice, 61.
Alice (Paine) 288.
Alice (Thorpe), 64.
Andrew, 335.
Ann Wainwright, 289.
Annie W., 269.
Benjamin Baker, 345.
Bethia, 127.
Bridget, 60.
Charity, 127.
Charles, 205, 210, 211, 212, 227, 228, 229, 278, 305, 307, 308, 314, 329, 343, 351, 358.
Deborah, 128.
Davis, Dorothy, 129, 262. Dr., 221.
Ebenezer, 134, 139, 162, 190. Eliza, 364.
Ehzabeth, 58. 64, 192, 193. Elizabeth (White), 273. Ellen (Pearey), 335. Elsey Fellowes, 249. Elsie Donnell (Fellowes), 205. Emily P., 265. Emily (Parker), 303. Frances Elizabeth (Amory), 303. Hannah, 194, 205, 287. Hannah (Pierpont), 195, 245. Hannah (White), 134. Harriet, 265, 284. Harriet (Fellowes), 205, 308. Horatio, 227, 286, 361. Ichabod, 127. Increase, 200. Isaac, 211, 212, 227, 262, 263,
273, 307, 317, 332, 342, 343,
351, 358. James Clarke, 215, 288, 290, 372. Jane, 64, 125. Joanna, 63. John, 64, 120, 122, 123, 125, 126,
203, 259. Jonathan, 123, 159, 164. Jonathan Amory, 265, 289, 303. Joseph, 65, 127, 205, 308. Lemuel B., 204. Lucy, 275. Maria, 270, 298. Maria Bussey, 297. Maria (Davis), 298. Mary, 64, 120, 123, 259, 287. Mary Ann, 330. Mary E., 266. Mary (Perrin), 134, 135. Mary Vila (Ball) 305. Mary White, 307, 364. Mathew, 126, 163. Mercy, 192. Misses, 351. Moses, 135, 162, 167, 191, 195,
245, 278, 294, 343. N. W., 365. Nancy, 284.
388
INDEX
Davis, Noah, 192.
Paul, 133.
Polly (Sinitti). U5.
Rachel, I'it, 133.
Rebecca, 135.
Rebecca (Sharp), 195.
Richard, 73, 124.
Salome, 263, 364.
Salome (white), 273.
Samuel, 64, 120.
Samuel G., 329.
Sally (Smith), 245.
Sarah, 65, 125, 126, 132, 134, 185, 190, 206, 262, 271, 277, 358.
Stephen S., 344.
Susan, 344, 358.
Susamia, 162, 262, 286.
Susanna (Craft), 191.
Theoda, 261.
Theoda (Williams), 278.
Tobijah, 60.
William, 58, 61, 64, 126, 204, 209, 210, 212, 222, 223, 228, 245, 257, 258, 259, 262, 285, 298, 351, 362. Dawes, Sarah Appleton, 301. Deacon, office defined, 7. Dean, John, 187. Dearborn, H. A. S., 228, 263, 351.
Mrs. H. A. S., 263, 364.
Sarah, 270, 356. Deblois, Marf^arita, 291. Dedham, 5, 150. Dehon, Caroline Maria (Inches), 303.
William, 303. Denison, Dennison —
Bridget, 57.
Dorothy, 78, 127.
Edward, 56, 59, 122.
Elizabeth, 59.
Elizabeth (Weld), 56.
George, 57.
Ilanna, 64.
Margaret, 65.
Margret (Chandler), 46.
Mary, 64.
Mrs., 73.
Sarah, 64.
Sister, 65.
Denison, Dennison —
William, 10, 46, 78, 122. DeNormandie, C. Y., 237.
James, 209, 237, 238, 239, 244, 370, 371, 373.
Mrs., 371. Derl)y, Sarah Ellen, 288. Devotion, Deborah, 121.
Edward, 69.
Hannah, 120, 124.
John, 121, 124.
Martha, 119.
Sarah, 122.
Sister, 59. Dewey, Ornlle. 228, 240. De Wolf, Abby Kane, 293.
John Langcdorfl', 307.
Mary Ann, 283.
INIary White (Davis), 307. Dexter, Dezter —
EUza, 266.
Elizabeth D., 274.
Frances, 57.
Matilda Campbell, 334.
Matilda Campbell (Abbot), 332.
Samuel, 266.
Samuel Parkman, 332, 334. Dickerman, Caleb, 260.
Sally, 206, 260. Dickson, Mr., 141. Dillaway, Charles Knapp, 174, 209, 21l', 213, 214, 231, 239, 248, 264, 271, 276, 321, 322, 323, 325, .354.
Emma, 344.
Martha Ruggles (Porter), 248.
Mary Emma, 204, 268.
Mary (Knapj)), 248.
Samuel, 248. Dinely, Hanna, 64. Dinsdel, Diiisdill —
Abigail, 189.
Charles, 199.
John, 189. Direton, Ann, 58. Disboroiigh, Phcbe, 51.
Walter, 51. Dixwell, Eliza Boardman, Ingersoll (Bowditch), 292.
INDEX
389
Dixwell, John James, 284, 292. Dodd, Catherine H., 266.
Catherine II. (Perkins), 301.
George WiUiam, 266, 301, 352.
John Angiistus, 329.
Margery, 271.
Mary Perrin (Adams), 329.
Sarah (Whitteniore), 329.
Theoda Ilunnewell (Adams), 329. Dorchester, 3, 373. Dorr, Dore —
Abigail, 142.
Anne, 190, 260.
Caroline Aiirelia (Ilumphrey- Riley), 309.
Charlotte, 266.
Charlotte P., 266.
Dorothy, 132.
Ebenezer, 129, 132, 135, 140, 152, 158, 160, 190, 338.
Edward, 68, 74, 76, 82, 140, 143.
Eleanor, 192.
Eliza (Smith), 301.
Emily, 310.
Emily P., 266.
Emily Penelope (Bradley), 306.
Helen A., 266.
John, 199, 294.
Jonathan, 211, 212, 218, 228, 275, 281, 284, 285, 300, 301, 305, 309, 311, 316, 342, 343, 351.
Joseph, 309, 320.
Mary, 129, 132.
Mary (Hickliiig) , 305.
Moses, 157, 192.
Nancy, 315.
Nancy (Davns), 284.
Nathaniel, 210, 227, 262, 266, 275, 300, 301, 305, 306, 314, 315, 327, 331,' 342, 343, 351.
Ralph Smith, 284.
Sarah, 142.
Sarah "VMiitney Davis, 283.
Susan, 262, 314.
Susan (Lambert), 306.
William, 198, 344, 351.
William Bradley, 305, 310, 320. Doubt, Sarah, 189. Dove, John, 294.
Dove, William, 228, 229, 351. Dow, Abigail, 194.
Susan, 364. Dowell, Elizabeth, 44, 53. Downer, Eliphalet, 192.
John, 205. Dowse, Abba, 302.
Benjamin, 122.
Eunice, 206. Doyle, Mary, 193. Draper, Benjamin, 136.
Mary, 136, 142.
Moses, 122, 123.
Patience, 125.
Wife of Moses, 125. Drew, Mary, 121. Druce, John, 65, 127,
Mary, 65. Druer, Daniel, 123. Dudley Anne, 128.
Abby W., 268, 285.
Betsy, 205.
Catherine (Hackburn), 55.
David, 213, 228, 283, 285, 287, 335, 351, 358.
D., Mrs., 364.
Dorothy, 55, 63.
Elijah, 201, 289.
G. W., 347, 348.
Governor, 74, 105, 257, 258.
Hannah, 134, 285.
Hannah (Davis), 287.
Hannah M., 267.
Hem-y Alexander Scammell Dear- born, 215, 327, 330.
Isabel, 201.
Isabel (Weed), 289.
Joseph, 63, 90, 126, 205, 211, 239, 308, 330.
Lucy, 176.
Lucy (Wain Wright), 127.
Madam, 153.
Mr., 72.
Paul, 77, 80, 81, 82, 105, 113, 126. 139, 143,150,153,170,239.
Pedy. 324, 330.
Rebecca (Tyng), 63, 126.
Redy (Whitney), 205.
Sally, 202.
390
INDEX
Dudley, Samuel, 261, 273.
Sarah, 273.
Susanna Davenport (Brewer), 273.
Thomas, 10, 55, 63, 238, 260.
William, 75, 162, 168, 239, 273. Dudley St. Baptist Church, 223. Duif, Sarah, 188. Dujjjlas, James, 75. Duick, Benjamin, 287, 307.
Esther (Weld), 307.
Hannah (Gay), 307.
Mary, 307. Dimiares((, Diunaresque —
Mar<raretta. 267.
Mar<;arita (Dehlois), 291.
Thilip, 267, 291. Dummer, INIary, 47.
Jeremiah, 113.
Richard, 47. Dunbar, Elias, 315. Duncan, Catherine E., 325.
Deliverance, 121.
Mary, 124. Dunkim, Sanuiel, 69. Durand, Louisa, 286.
Milton, 286, 351. Durant, Charles, 278, 293, 311.
Nabhy L., 264.
Nal)l)y, Lan>,rdon (Williams), 311. Dwio-ht, Aima R., 280.
Elizabeth Amelia (White), 322.
Elizabeth Kirkland, 333.
Josiah, 126.
Lucinda, 271.
William, 322. Dyer, Ezekiel D., 295.
Rebecca, 364.
Rebecca (Morse), 295.
Mr., 228, 351.
Eagan, John, 334. Eastburn, John Henry, 272.
Susan Fosdick (Simmons), 272. Eastey, Easty —
Elijah, 201.
Olive, 288.
Wife of Elijah, 201. Eastman, F. S., 228, 351.
Polly R., 267.
Eastman, Sally, 364, 366, 367.
Sally Ratten, 308.
Mrs., 365, 366. Easton, Isaac, 322.
Mary Ann Smith. 322. Eaton, Benjamin, 129, 135, 140.
Ebenezer, 142.
Mary Barnard, 333.
Mercy, 133.
Nathaniel, 162, 193.
Sarah, 135. Edes, Eliza Brown, 310.
Harriet, 263.
Harriet F., 364.
Henry W., 347. Edgerly, Walter H., 350. Edlefson, Mrs., 349. Edson, Carl, 271.
Mary A., 270.
P. O'Meara, 298. Eo;an, Louisa A., 345. Elder, Lidea, 120. Eliot, Elliott —
Ann, 48.
Anne (Mumford), 18, 19.
Benjamin, 19, 62.
Bennett, 17, 44.
Cordelia (Howe), 329.
Elizabeth, 51.
Elizabeth (Ferian), 44.
George Augustus, 329.
John, 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17 to 38, 39, 42, 44, 48, 58, 61, 62, 67, 70, 72, 90, 91, 92, 108, 115, 116. 117, 238, 239, 256, 3.36, .354, 360, 372, 373.
John Fleet, 329.
Joseph, 19.
Lettese (Aggar), 17, 44.
Lydia, 59.
Mary, 118, 306.
Philip, 1, 10, 44, 51, 59.
Rev. Mr., 166.
Samuel, 19.
Sarah, 48, 61, 117, 122. Ellis, Charles, 309.
Charles Mayo, 277, 303, 318, 331.
Effie, 331.
INDEX
391
Ellis, Hannah, 125.
Harriet Luc-retia (Lewis), 277.
Helen (Thomas), 277.
Maria (Mayo), 309.
NathI, 260. Emerson, Emmerson —
R. W., 247.
Susannah, 2^52.
William, 201, 360. Emmons, Dr., 340. Erskine, John, 261. Er\dng. Abby S., 270. Estabrooks, John Crease, 308, 344. Esty, Nabby Williams, 251. Eustis, Caroline Langdon, 309, 351, 358, 364.
Mrs., 366.
William, 309, 343. Evans, Evens — John. 64, 69. Mary, 64. Everett, Anna Sophia, 235, 299, 367.
C. C, 236.
Edward, 242, 361.
Eliphalet, 260.
Hannah, 299.
Thomas, 299.
Fairbairn, Edith (Alexander) , 274.
Harriet La^^nia (Sears), 274.
Robert Bruce, 274, 353. Fairbanks, Mary, 264.
Mary E., 364.
Mrs., 366.
Wm. Heiu-y, 264. Fail-field, Martha (Ruggles) , 199.
Jolm, 199. Fariey, Enoch, 130. Farnham, Henry, 58.
Mary Adeline, 328.
Putnam Ingalls, 335.
Rebecca, 335.
Susan B., 328. Farmer, Geo. O., 345. Farnsworth, Elizabeth, 266.
Ehzabeth Loring (Young), 286.
Mrs. Geo. B., 356.
Walter, 265, 286. Farrington, George Lyon, 289.
Farrington, Rhoda (Baker), 289.
Farrow, Goodwife, 58.
Fanvell, Clara (Richardson), 279.
Heru-y Newton, 279.
Ohver, A., 318. Faulkner, Henry, 322.
Victoria G. (Wheat), 322. Faunce, Abl)ie J. (Trenn), 319.
George Burrill, 319, 324. Fawer, Grace, 45. Faxon, Eleb, 221, 297.
Hannah, 364.
Lydia, 324, 364.
Mary, 324, 364.
Ruth, 297.
Ruth Ann (Hathaway), 297. Fearing, Ann L., 263.
Catherine, W., 268.
Harriet A. (Williams), 319.
Harriet W^illiams, 267.
Kate, 356.
Lincoln, 319.
Theoda H., 269. Feilder, Mary, 125. Fellowes, Fellows —
Caleb, 227, 250, 251.
Charlotte, 267.
Elsie Donnell, 205.
Harriet, 205, 308.
John W., 203.
Nancy Hunt, 272.
Sally (Dudley), 202.
Sarah, 192, 199.
Susan Lucy, 291. Felton, Anna (Jacobs), 186.
Benjamin, 146.
Eunice, 197.
Exercise, 60.
Hannah, 142.
Joshua, 145, 167, 169, 186, 192, 209, 245, 259, 292, 340.
Lois (Pattee), 186.
Mary, 194, 195, 284.
Mary (Wardell), 186.
Nathaniel, 142, 147, 159, 167 186, 195.
WilHam, 197. Fenner, Freelove, 292. Fenno, Margaret, 264.
392
INDEX
Ferian, Elizabeth, 44. Fessenden, Frances C, 269.
Henry 202.
John B., 268.
Mary B., 269.
Ohve, 202. Ffolgier, Goodman, 12. Field, Elijah, 199.
Charlotte E. (Whiting), 332.
Joseph, 361.
Ozias, 265, 332, 351. Fillebrown, Asa, 345. Filmore, Siirah, 264. Finch, Judith, 49.
Martha, 49.
Samuel. 49. First Religious Society in Roxbury,
223. Fisher, Daniel Simmons, 269.
Elizabeth B., 268.
Leah, 123.
Lucretia (Buckman), 306.
Mary Elizabeth, 300.
Misses, 236.
Mrs., 263.
Nancy Stimpson (Simmons), 306.
"Virginia, 271.
Warren, 306, 358. Fisk, Fiske —
Eunice (White), 291.
George Alfred, 286.
Grace C, 264.
Helen Maria (Bridge), 319.
Josiah, 319.
Samuel, 203.
Sarah W. (Clap), 286.
Wife of Wm., 262.
William, 202, 228, 229, 262, 291, 351. Flavel, Mr, 88. Flint, John Lydcham, 301. Flower, Mary ]{eed, 324. Floyd, Andrew, 192. Folger, Charlotte A., 301.
Judifh, 271. Follansby, Joan D., 323. Forau, Mary Ann, 346. Forbes, Ehsha, 205, 273.
Forbes, John Murray, 293.
Nancy (Burrill), 205.
Sarah (Hathaway), 293. Ford, Charles, 327.
Charles R., 348, 349.
Lois, 327. Foster, Catherine E. (Duncan), 325.
George B., 325.
Jane, 190.
John, 360.
Mary, 203.
Rufus, 203.
Sarah, 61.
Sarah E., 270.
Thomas, 61, 62. Fowle, Eliz., 262.
Elizabeth (Austin), 311.
Ellen, 346, 347.
Hannah, 60.
Joshua Bently, 311.
Joshua B., 262, 351.
Mr., 343.
Mrs. George B., 346.
Seth Augustus, 320. Fox, Abraham, 220.
Caroline M., 318.
Charles, 263, 344.
Ebenezer, 170, 199, 274, 339.
Mary Louisa, 263.
Richard, 191. Foxall, Ann (Shelly), 47. Foxcroft, Thomas, 110. Francis, El)enezer, 280, 283, 343, 351, 358.
Eben T., 264.
Elizabeth, 264.
Elizabeth Brown, 284.
Elizabeth Lydia (Coolidge), 303.
Elizabeth (fhorndike), 283.
Misses. 364.
IVIrs. E., 364.
Nathaniel, 267, 303. Franklin, Frankling —
A., 348.
William, 57. Free Schoole in Roxbury, 9, 10 Freeborne, Mary, 51.
William, 51.
INDEX
393
Freeman, Caroline Crosby (Lewis), 334.
Philip, 203.
Polly, 203.
Rebecca, 203.
Sally M., 321.
Samuel, 203.
William Frederick, 334. Freemen, 8. French, Daniel, 305.
Dorcas, 51.
Mary H., 266. Frese, William, 349. Frissel, Frissell, Frizal —
James, 61.
Sarah, 61, 124. Frothingham, Caroline, 327.
Harriet, 327.
M., 364.
Maria Louisa (Whitridge), 324.
Nathaniel L., 360.
Samuel, 324. Frost, John, 129. Fuller, Caroline Weld, 270.
Eben, 202.
Emeline B., 268.
Emily Gorham (Carter), 302.
Henrietta G., 269.
Henry Weld, 323.
Horace Wilhams, 302.
John, 345.
Luther, 202.
Mary G., 269.
Mary Storer (Goddard), 323.
Priscilla, 198. FuUerton, Barbara, 260. Fulton, Frances Bums, 320.
Galloop, Mary (Pain), 313
Richard, 313. Gamlin, Elizabeth (Mayo), 48.
Mary, 48.
Robert, 47, 48. Gamut, Lydia, 187. Gai diner, Gardner, —
Abiel, 130.
Abigail, 120.
Andrew, 63, 69, 121.
Gardiner, Gardner — Caleb, 129, 130. Delia Ann, 298. Eliza, 333. Elizabeth, 131. Francis, 323. Harriet (Robertson), 333. Johanna, 120. Joseph, 74, 122, 134. Joseph Henry, 264, 333. Joshua, 126. Isaac, 187.
Lydia Nowell (Browne), 323. Lucy, 128. Lucy (Smith), 56. Martha, 130. Mary, 121, 122, 126, 128, 120,
130, 134. Mary Bellowes (Kingsley), 282. Matthew, 204. Mrs., 366. Mrs. M., 364. Peter, 58, 130, 131. Rebecca, 58. Richard, 140. Samuel, 130. Samuel Jackson, 212, 222, 228,
229, 230, 282, 296, 351, 352, 361. Sarah,63,12, 129, 131. Sarah S., 297. Thomas, 56, 69, 120, 123, 128,
130. Widdow, 56. Gary, Garee, Geary — Anne, 61. Arthur, 54, 118. Elizabeth, 121, 122. Frances, 54, 118. Haimah, 59, 126. Hannah (Curtis), 118. Nathaniel, 61, 125. Sarah, 123.
WiUiam, 59, 67, 71, 118, 121. Gay, Aaron, 260. Abigail, 302. Benjamin Gilbert, 328. Eliza Kirkland (Dwight), 333. George, 328.
394
INDEX
Gay, Hannah, 307. Joel, 201, 30^2. Lucy, 313. Martha, 328. ]Mary, 324. Mary W., 263. Nancy, 328. Nettie, 328. Olive Draper, 204. Samuel Seavens, 302. Timothy, 263, 314. Trj-phena M. (Gleason), 302. William Brandford Shubrick, 333. Geegins, Hannah, 206. General Court, 9. George, Abigail, 135. Elizabeth, 133. Mary, 119, 136. Gin)ert, Cordelia E. (Perry), 324.
Horatio, 324. Gibson, M. E., 348. Gile, Giles — Samuel, 361. John, 142. Gill. Hester, 305. Gleason, Tryphena M., 302. Glover, Frances, 364. Gore, 320.
Rebecca Putnam (Page), 334. Samuel Gore, 334. Goddard, Charles W., 348. Deborah, 127. Ebenezar, 312,313,314. Frances Dana, 289. Isaac, 260. James, 130. Joanna, 199. John, 130, 140. Joseph, 127. Lucretia Dana, 299. Mary, 130, 254. Mary A. G., 311. Mary Storer, 323. Stephen. 206. Va-shti (Colson), 314. Wife of Joseph, 127. Gossan Simon (negro), 128.
Goding, Sarah, 288. Goldstone, Mary, 49. Goldthwaight, Thomas, 46. Goad, Goard —
Anna, 126.
Hannali, 124.
Joseph, 124.
Mary, 64.
Phebe (Howes), 51.
Richard, 51, 64. Goodw-in, IVIrs. Frank, 348. Gookin, Daniel, 10, 28, 31, 58, 85. Gore, Goare —
Abigail (White), 291.
Ann Eliza, 290.
Anna, 123.
Catherine G., 265, 364.
Catherine Gates (Willard), 282.
Catharine W., 267.
Charles Frederick, 296.
Ebenezer, 133, 143, 198.
Elizabeth, 124.
Frances, 292.
Hannah, 129,
John, 53, 55, 72, 74, 125, 151.
Joseph, 198, 310.
Louisa, 300.
Mary, 133, 195, 202.
Marv R., 301.
Meriba (Thayer), 198.
Mr., 57, 78.
Mrs., 366.
Nancy D., 246.
Paul, 151, 192.
Priscilla, 142.
Rhoda, 53.
Samuel, 72, 82, 133, 140, 150, 195, 205, 291.
Sarah, 125, 190, 235, 292.
Sarah D., 267.
Susanna, 132.
Watson, 218, 228, 265, 279, 282, 318, 351. Gorton, Abraham, 128.
John, 57, 62.
Mary, 57. Gould, Goald —
Asenath (Bacon), 202.
INDEX
395
Gould, Goald—
Benjamin Althorp, 266, 299.
Hannah, 135.
Jacob, 204, 298.
James, 193.
Jas. D., 264, 357.
Joseph Dudley, 298.
Lucretia, 266.
Lucrctia Dana (Goddard), 299.
Lucy, 298.
Lucy (Rufjfjjles), 204.
Otis, 202, 289.
Ruth (White), 202.
Sarah, 264.
Sarah Payson (Seaverns), 298. Gover, Isaac, 209. GragfT, Isaac P., 331.
Moses, 265, 309.
Rebekah, 265.
Rebecca Newell (Alden),309. Granger, Da^^d A., 346. Grant, Charles, 229, 314, 316, 331, 351.
Charles Edward, 331.
Eliza Ann Hales (Bacon), 331.
James, 130.
S., 364.
Sarah (Richards), 314. Graves, Thomas, 129.
Hannah, 118.
John, 50.
Judith, 50. Gray, Alfred Tupper, 318, 323.
Anna G., 269.
Catherine Hays (Cunningham), 285.
Clarissa, 298.
Dr., 228.
Elizabeth (Chipman), 285.
Harrison, 298, 300.
Julia Ann C, 318.
Mary Woodward, 323.
Mary W'oodward (Gray), 323.
Rev. Mr., 172. See " Dr."
Sarah Frances (Loring), 281.
Wm., 277, 281, 285. Graeton, Greaton —
Catherine (Lenton), 194.
John, 162, 167, 194.
Graeton, Greaton —
Sarah (Humphreys), 194.
Nancy, 298.
R. H., 201.
Sarah, 201. Green, Greene —
Abigail, 134.
Agnes Love, 304.
Agnes Love (Bradlee), 236, 268,272.
Emily, 268.
Franklin, 272, 321, 352.
John, 262.
Joseph, 126.
Mrs., 54.
Sophia Charlotte, 324. Greenwood, Abigail, 131.
Emmeline, 309.
Francis W. P., 345.
Louisa C, 300.
Mary (Langdon), 304.
William Pitt, 304. Greerson, Ruth, 126. Greyhound Tavern, 39. Gridley, Abigail, 119.
Abigail (Baker), 119.
Lydia, 185, 189.
Martha, 193.
Mary (George), 119.
Samuel, 67, 79, 80, 82, 119, 137, 140, 145, 146, 148, 149, 151, 152, 185, 338.
Sarah, 193.
Susannah, 193.
William, 145, 146, 167, 168, 185, 189, 338. Griffin, Abigail, 120.
Benjamin, 125.
Brother, 61.
Edward Dorr, 361.
Joseph, 60, 123, 124, 125.
Mary, 61.
Sarah, 125. Griggs, Grigs —
Constable, 150.
Elizabeth, 125.
Hannah, 123.
Ichabod, 131.
John, 60, 122.
Joseph, 59.
396
INDEX
Grifjgs, Grigs —
Margaret, 129, 143.
Mary, 55, 60, 189.
Samuel, 135, 140.
Sarah, 125.
Thomas, 55, 143. Grinnell, Anna Ahny (Cobb), 322.
Cliarles Andrews, 215, 321, 322. Grisvvold, Helen E., 318. Grovnor, John, 121.
Ruth, 121. Guild, Ann Eliza (Gore), 290.
Caroline W ., 272.
Caroline (Whitmarsh) , 290.
Curtis, 334.
Elizabeth Baker Davis (Thayer), 272.
Frederick, 290.
Governor, 334.
Henry, 273.
James, 213, 268, 272, 290.
Mary D., 364.
Samuel, 212, 260, 272, 273, 284, 295, 299, 311, 343, 345, 351.
Sarah, 268, 273, 364.
Sarah A., 364.
Sarah (Mears), 299.
Sophia B., 267.
Sophia Buckland (Child), 290. Guilmette, Charles A., 347.
Harriet L., 347. Gun, Ann, 52.
Jasper, 52. Gunter, Thomas, 155, Gurney, Ruth Stetson, 295.
Susan, 295.
Hadlock, Sarah, 124, 125. (Hackbourne), Hagbourne —
Catherine, 53, 55.
Samuel, 53. Haines, Haynes —
Charlotte A. (Folger), 301.
Daniel, 204.
James G., 301.
John H., 287.
Nathan, 215. Halladay, Charles Stewart, 303.
Sarah (Adams), 303.
Hale, Ann G. (Ward), 328.
Edward Everett, 236, 237, 238.
Jane (Lord), 50.
Philip, 349, 350.
Robert, 328.
Thomas, 50. Hall, Edward H., 237.
Elizabeth, 124, 126.
John, 56, 216.
Jonathan, 157, 158, 189, 338.
Joseph, 228.
Mary, 133.
Mercy, 189.
Polly, 206.
Richard, 76, 123, 128.
Robert T., 350. Hallet, Hallett —
Maria, 304.
Sarah Elizabeth, 324. Halsey, Anna Maria, 303. Hammond, Avis, 186.
Daniel, 261, 279.
Margery, 47.
Mary, 307.
Sally, 201, 279.
Sally (Stoddard), 279. Hanchet, Hanshet, —
John, 60.
Thorn., 125. Hancock, Anna Catherine, 269.
Catherine Downer, 266.
Enoch, 191.
William, 266. Hannaford, Betsey (Knower), 295.
William, 222, 295. Harbottle, Harbittle —
Dorothy, 45, 55. Harkness, Mary, 133. Harmon, Anne L., 348. Harrington, Eliza, 365.
Eliza Higart, 322.
Elizabeth D., 264.
Ephraim, 213, 228, 265, 311, 317. 319, 320, 352.
Helen E., 319.
Helen E. (Griswold), 318.
Henry F., 264.
Isabella D., 268.
INDEX
397
Harrington, Jonathan, 345.
Joseph, 221, 227, 228, 229, 230, 261, 2G4, 279, 311, 313, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 334, 342, 343, 351, 352, 361.
Maria, 265.
Maria WiUiams (Simmons), 311.
Martha S., 267.
Mrs., 367.
Rebecca, 261, 264, 325, 364.
Rebecca (Smith), 279.
Sophia, 365.
Sophia S., 320. Harris, Harise —
Abigail, 129, 261.
Ehzabeth, 61, 64, 202.
EHzabeth (Boughey), 57.
Eunice Elizabeth (Crehore), 280.
Daniel, 123.
Horatio, 280, 352.
Joanna, 126.
John, 64, 69, 123.
Lyddia, 130.
Mary, 64.
Minnie, 280.
Priscilla, 121.
Robert, 57, 61, 67, 69, 121.
Thaddeus Mason, 360, 373. Hartness, Sarah, 129, 130. Hartshorn, Caroline, 276. Harvey, Charles C, 304. Harvvood, Joanna, 65.
Robert, 65. Hastings, Jos., 344. Haswell, Mary Cordis, 281.
Rebecca Cordiss, 316. Hatch, Jane Elizabeth, 274. Hathaway, Elisha, 206.
Emma, 348. Ruth Ann, 297. Sarah, 293. Hathorne, Frank H., 348. Haven, Anna, 249. Anne Shapley, 249.
Rev. Mr., 166. Haviland, Catherine, 333.
Thomas Philip, 333.
Hawes, Haws, Hawse —
Achsah, 300.
Benjamin, 275.
Mary Pilsbury (Shannon), 275.
Robert, 61.
Sally Clap (Messenger), 300.
Sarah, 126.
John Hollbrook, 260, 275, 300.
Joseph H., 343. Hawkins, Melatiah, 124. Hawly, Dorothy, 120.
Elizabeth, 120.
Joseph, 121. Hayden, Albert Fearing, 288. Haydere, Olive E., 268. HajTnan, Lillian R., 349. Hayward, Caleb, 160, 162, 191, 196.
Charles Latham, 309.
Emmeline, 290.
Emmeline (Greenwood), 309.
James Thacher, 214, 291, 301.
James Warren, 291, 325.
Josephine, 334.
Lizzie, 346.
Mary, 195.
Samuel, 198.
Sarah Appleton (Dawes), 301.
Susan, 310. Hazlet, Hazlett —
William, 207, 294, 314.
Eliza (Kingsbury), 207.
Sarah (Walker), 207. Healey, Healy, Heley, Hely —
Hannah, 132.
John, 132.
Margaret, 135.
Nathaniel, 197.
Samuel, 131, 143. Heath, Heathe — -
Abigail, 64, 122, 198.
Anna, 134.
Elizabeth, 42, 116, 117, 122, 143, 204.
Elizabeth (Spooner), 201.
Hannah, 58, 64, 126.
Hannah (Davis-Murdock), 205.
Hannah Williams, 303.
Isaak, 1, 10, 28, 42, 51, 59, 60, 122.
398
INDEX
Heath, Ilea the —
Joseph, G8, 78, 80, 81, 82, 134, 140, . 141, 150, 152, 153, 194, 211, 205, 313.
Lucy, 299.
Margaret D., 264.
Maiiha, 57.
Mary, 48, 58, 60, 197.
Mehitahel, 121, 125.
Nancy Greaton, 298.
Naonii (Vose), 205.
Patience, 193.
Peggy (Davenport), 304.
Peleg, 59, 133, 167, 193,304, 311.
Polly Smith, 262.
Prudence, 188.
Sally, 278, 303.
Samuel, 78, 136, 140, 152, 155, 167, 193, 197, 298.
Sarah, 190, 280, 304.
Sarah (Lockwood), 189.
Susanna, 59.
Wife of Isaak, 122.
William, 48, .58, 124, 146, 147, 167, 168, 188, 189, 198, 201, 210, 211, 218, 298, 313, 314, 338, 341. Hedge, Abby Burr, 327.
Mary Ellen, 329. Hemingway, Ilenningway, Hinning- way, Hemenway, Hemming- way, Henneway —
Eliza (Hevves), 50.
Joanna, 63, 121.
John, 63, 121.
Joshua, 63, 121, 126.
Margarett, 126.
Mary, 63, 121.
Ralph, 50.
Sarah, 127. Hendee, Adeline (Davis), 332.
Charles JdVcrson, 308, 326, 332. Henderson, James, 205. Herring, Mary, 202.
Wyatt, 202. Ilewes, Hues —
, 50.
Abigail, 133.
EUza, 50.
Ilewes, Hues —
Hannah, 292.
Joshua, 10, 49.
Mary (Goldston), 49.
Samuel, 292. Hewet, Hewitt, Huit —
Geo. W., 345.
John, 132, 188. Hewins, Olive (Esty), 288.
W'hiting, 288. Hickling, Charles, 227, 263. 310, 321, 351, 352.
Eliza Brown (Edes), 263, 310, 364.
Eliza Edes, 265, 309.
Mary, 305.
Sarah, 320, 321.
W'illiam, 320, 321. Hersey, Charles Henry, 285. Hibbens, William, 16. Hicks, Emma E., 269.
Josephine M., 269. 327, 328.
Sarah (Mackay) 335.
William Howland, 327, 328, 335. Higginson, Mr., 108. Hiidreth, Mrs. E. A., 345. Hill, Amos (negro), 128.
Ann M., 264^ 268.
Helen Sophia, 278.
Jonathan, 259, 304.
Julia, 263, 281.
Margery, 56.
Rhoda, 247.
Suky (Bosson), 304.
Thomas, 50, 281. Hills, Phillis (L\-man), 46, 47.
William, 46, 47. Hinckley, Hinkley —
Harry, 271.
Holmes, 252, 253.
Martha Augusta, 252. Hinds, Elizabeth, 49. Hinl^s, Elizabeth, 133. Hoag, William, 335. Hobart, Nehemiah, 87. Hobbs, Annie IM., 270. Hodgdon, David Miller, 214, 215. 274, 325.
Henrietta (Yoimg), 325.
INDEX
399
Hodge, Hodges —
Almon Danforth, 330, 352.
Frederick S., 330.
Jane H. Leonard, 330.
Martlia (Comstock), 330. Holbrook, Holdbrook, Holebrook —
Anna C, 348.
Charles Winship, 298.
Delia Ann (Gardner), 298.
Dorothy, ]3(;, 187.
Ehzabeth, 127, 131.
John, 63, 82, 136, 139, 199, 256, 258.
Mary, 125, 130.
Polly, 316.
Ralph, 136, 139, 152. Holden, Priscilla, 246. Holdridge, Elizabeth, 120. Holgrave, Martha, 43. Holland, Elizabeth, 131.
Joseph, 131.
Josiah, 131.
Mary, 126.
Sarah May, 292. Holley, Horace, 361. Hollingsworth, Amelia Grigg (Mer- rill), 277.
Amor, 277.
Jane Merrill, 277.
LjTOan, 304, 328, 352.
Mark, 277, 353.
Mary W., 268.
Mary W. (Thayer), 304. Holmes, Homes —
Ann F., 325.
Bro, 120.
Ehzabeth, 264, 300
Ebenezer, 125.
George, 54.
Lidea, 120.
Mary, 300.
Nathaniel, 63, 123, 125.
Patience, 63, 123, 129.
Sarah, 54, 123, 130.
Thankfull, 130. Homans, Sarah, 249.
Homer, Augusta F., 269.
Elizabeth F., 269.
Mary Elizabeth (Fisher), 300.
Mrs. Joseph W., 349.
Thomas Johnston, 300. Hood, Mr., 338. Hooker, Thomas, 8, 17, 43. Hooper, Adeline D., 268.
Adeline Denny (Ripley), 304.
Caroline King, 323.
Elizabeth, 133.
Ellen, Priscilla, 284.
Maria, 304.
Maria (Hooper), 304.
Mrs. George K., 348.
Polly (Williams), 302, 308.
Robert Chamblet, 282, 284, 304, 306. Hopkins, Hannah, 60.
John, 163. Horse Sheds, The, 357-8. Horton, Sam'l Hcnshaw, 259. Hosier, Ursala (Adams), 46. Houghton, John, 260, 276.
Nancy, 260.
Nancy WilUams, 267, 276. Houston, George, 271.
Susan E. (Lee), 326.
Wilham R., 326. Hovey, Abigail, 286.
Anna Gardner, 297.
John, 228. Howard, Caleb, 157.
Catharine Hays, 322.
Eliza D., 307.
Elizabeth, 51.
Hepsie, Swan, 329,
Jolm, 74.
John A., 348.
Joseph, 187.
Mehittabel, 130.
Patty, 197.
Samuel, 310.
Sarah, 310. How, Howe, Howes —
Abraham, 53, 58, 60, 121,131.
400
INDEX
How, Howe, Howes —
Abraliiim F., 266, 294.
Charlotte, 286.
Cordelia, 329.
Elizabeth, 53, 58.
Georp;e, 27.').
Hannah, 193.
Hannah Williams (Heath), 303.
Henrietta (Sparhawk), 317.
Isaak, 125.
Jacob, 131.
James, 53, 164, 169, 190, 197.
John, 303, 317.
Lydia, 312.
Mary, 266, 275.
Mary P., 268.
Mary (Woodman), 294.
Mr.," 88.
Phebe, 51.
Susanna, 279.
Thomas, 281.
Wife of Abraham, 53. Howell, Martha, 134. Hoyt, Lewis, 219. Hubbard, Jane Parkin.son, 290.
Pebeccah, 122. Huckins, James, 287.
Lucy E., 270.
Lucy J. (Crocker), 287.
Mary Louisa, 268. Huffhes, Rebecca Hollingsworth,
315. Hull, Gcorcje A., 317. Huuiphrey, Hmnjihreys —
Caroline Aurelia, 309.
Edward, 206.
Mary Ann, 277.
Sarah, 194. Hunneman, Eliz., 263.
Elizabeth (Champney), 296.
Frances, 266.
Hannah -(Ilewes), 292.
Harriet (Hra<lley), 308.
John C, 269.
Josiah Hewes, 308.
Mary C. 266.
Sally Williams (Patten), 292.
Samuel Hewes, 228, 229, 263, 296, 351.
Hunneman, W^illiam Cooper, 292,
343, 358. Hunnewell, Emeline Aquila (Sar gent), 317.
Jonathan, 284, 343.
Joseph Warren, 317.
Theoda, 284. Hunt, Elisha, 251.
Elizabeth, 265.
Elizabeth Gardner (W'hitin), 251.
Hannah, 197.
Jane Lee, 318.
John, 209, 251, 265, 266, 319.
Lucy (Calef), 251.
Mary Parker, 289.
Mary 345.
Myra, 345.
Nabby, Willams (Esty), 251.
Sarah Jane, 266.
Sarah Jane (Symmes), 251.
Susan B., 265.
Susan Wilde, 345. Hunter, Solomon, 199. Hunting Abigail, (Blaney), 201.
Asa, 201, 316. Huntington, F. D., 252.
Margret, 49.
Mary, 178. Huntley, John, 60.
Wife of John, 60. Hurlbert, Nettie (Gay), 328. Hutchins, Caroline P., 270.
Emma, 270, 356.
Harriet, 270.
Horace G., 270.
John Hurd, 278.
Julia H., 270. Hutchinson, Ann, 9, 15, 23.
Lt. Gov., 194. Hyde, Abigail, 197.
Enoch, 196.
Ephraim, 197.
George Baxter, 266, 321.
Mary S., 278.
Mary Whitten (Clap), 321. Hyland, Lucy, 198. Jlynm Books, 15, 23. Hyslop, Elizabeth, 194.
INDEX
401
Inches, Caroline Maria, 303.
Charles, 326.
Harriet Auchmuty Howard (Beit), 326. Indian Languaj^e, 27, 36. Indians, 12, 24-33. Ingalls, M. L., 347, 348. Ingram, John, 127. Ireland, James, 197.
Jackson, Antipas, 311.
Hannah, 223.
Hannah (Richards), 311.
Jemima, 201.
Mary (Doggett), 311.
Patty, 200.
Rev. Mr., 166.
Samuel, 311. Jacobs, Anna, 186. Jamaica End, 74, 357. James, Charles, 205.
Joseph, 204, 311.
Mary (Robinson), 204. Jarvis, Jervis —
Capt., 159.
James, 140.
Mrs., 159.
W. C, 225. Jeffries, Jolm, 246. Jenner, Thomas, 51. Jennings, Mary, 196.
Stephen, 196. Jewell, Mary, 313. John Eliot Club, The, 359, 372. Johnson, Johnston —
Anne, 195.
Brill, 193.
Captain, 4, 5.
Elisha, 129.
Eliza, 55.
Eliza (Porter), 50.
EHzabeth, 192.
Grace (Farver), 45.
Harriet D., 267.
Isaak, 50.
John, 10, 45, 126.
John B., 216.
Margery, 45.
Johnson, Johnston —
Mary, 63, 127.
Nathaniel, 63.
Rebecca, 127.
Thomas E., 349. Jones, Ann, 56.
Daniel, W., 331.
Elizabeth, 130.
Emma A., (Cleaves) 331.
Ezekiel, 163.
Frances, 282.
Hannah, 325.
James, 310.
John, 245.
Lewis, 56.
Mary, 313.
Mary Anne, 268.
Mr., 257.
Nabby (Baker), 205.
Polly (Morton), 296.
Sarah Heath, 245.
Sarah (Heath) Spooner, 245.
Solomon, 205, 298.
S. C, 345.
Susan J. M., 345.
Thomas, 130.
Thomas Kilby, 227, 296, 344, 358.
Titus, 131.
William, 158.
William Safford, 271. Jordan, Aime Bond (Mirick), 276.
Jesse, 276.
Mary, 57. Joy, Charles, 203, 289.
Dorcas (Babb), 203.
Jesse, 207, 259.
Mary Parker (Hunt), 289.
William, 289. Judy, A. M., 356.
Keebe, Goodwife, 69. Kelton, Edward, 187.
Sarah, 197. Kendall, Frederick E— , 350.
Samuel, 169. Kent, Abigail, 245.
Benjamin, 209, 247, 250, 252, 264, 301, 302.
402
INDEX
Kent, Clarissa, 195.
Eleanor, 262.
Eleanor (Bradford), 247.
Eloisa, 267.
Isabel, 267.
Rhoda (Hill), 247.
Samuel, 247.
Sarah, 266. Keyes, Simeon, 259. Kelbourne, Kilborne — ■
Eliza, 53.
Geor<};e, 53. Kileski, Etta, 349. Kimball, Mary Jane, 294. King, f>lvvard, 187.
Mary Louisa, 268.
Mrs., 306.
Samuel M., 348, 349. Kinjrsbury, Aaron, 229, 291, 293, 304, 358.
Eliza, 207.
Freelove (Fenner), 292.
Henrietta, 292.
Joseph, 125.
Mary (Lcthbridge),304.
Mercy, 127.
S., 176.
Theodore, 260.
William B., 231, 292,358. Kingsley, Mary Bellowes, 282. Klous, Seaman, 294. Knapp, Mary, 248. Knight, Lois Eaton, 260.
Samuel, 125.
Sarah, 125. Knower, Betsey, 295. Kube, Edward, 69.
Ladies' Religious Charitable Society,
359, 363 - 367. Laml), Lanibe —
AV)iel, 120, 123.
Caleb, 63, 124.
Decline, alias Smith, 63.
Dorothy (Harbottle), 45, 55.
EUzabeth, 45, 120.
Hulder, 131.
Lamb, Lambe —
Joshua, 68, 72, 80, 81, 115, 120. 124,128, 132,139, 141,152, 170.
Mary, 63, 120, 123, 124.
Mr., 71.
Susamia, 132, 256, 258.
Thomas, 10, 45, 55. Lambert, Harriet, 306.
IVIrs. (King), 306.
Susan, 306.
Susannah, 306, 315.
Susannah (Cunningham), 306.
Wm., 306, 315, 343, 360. Landers, William, 204. Lane, Eliza Anne, 294. Langdon, Caroline, 309.
Catherine Smith, 285.
Mary, 196, 304. Langley, Alona, 315.
Emily (Pierpont), 276.
Esther (Mayo), 195.
Samuel, 162, 169, 170, 195, 260, 276, 278, 311, 315, 323, 343.
Wm., 261, 278, 291, 315, 344. Lathbridge, Sarah, 133. Lathgood, Sarah, 131. Laud, Archbishop, 15. Lawn, Susan, 320. Lawrence, Catharine, 323.
Elizabeth, 120.
Seth, 205.
William, 238. Leach, Daniel, 252.
Mary Ann, 287. Learned, Daniel, 198.
Grant, 205. Leason, Lezon —
Aime, 131.
Isaac, 131.
ThankfuU, 128.
William, 128. Li^avens, Elizabeth, 47.
John, 10, 47, 54, 124.
Rachel (Wright), 47, 54. Leavitt, E. W., 356.
Ellen Wilhista, 270, 356.
Frank M., 271.
INDEX
403
Leavitt, Hannah Caroline, 270, 356. Lee, Robert, 142.
Susan E., 326. Leeds, Hannah, 204.
Mary, 200. Lehman, Henry, 264. Leland, C, 364.
Ehzabeth, 356, 365.
Julia, 264, 365.
Sarah Elizabeth (Hallett), 324.
Sherman, 288, 344.
William Slierman, 324, 329. Lemist, Edwin, 252, 283.
Frances, 364.
Frances Ann, 268.
Frances C, 264.
John, 210, 212, 213, 228, 229, 262, 281, 286, 288, 298, 302, 304, 309, 316, 342, 343, 351, 352.
Mary Cordis (Haswell), 281.
Mrs., 365, 366.
Sarah W. D., 270.
Sarah Whitney Davis (Dorr), 283. Lemon, Eleazer Giles, 321, 351. Lenton, Catherine, 194. Leonard, Jane H., 330. Lethbridge, Leathbridg —
Marj% 304.
Richard, 158, 162. Lewis, Amy (Weld), 56.
Ann, 263.
Ami P., 364.
Caroline Crosley, 334.
Catherine, 311
Elijah, 212, 259, 260, 285, 292, 294, 307, 315, 343.
Ehzabeth, 268.
Ehzabeth Sumner (Daggett), 294.
Fanny, 260.
Fanny (Sumner), 294.
George, 214, 294, 321.
Hannah, 260.
Hannah (Seaver), 200.
Hannah Brackett,279.
Hannah Brackett (Lewis) , 279.
Harriet Lucrecia, 27.
James, 200, 260, 311, 321.
John, 314.
Polly, 291.
Lewis, Polly (Pillsbury), 314.
Samuel Shaw, 279.
Sarah, 279.
Sarah B., 268, 310, 323.
Susan Minns (Wheelwright), 321.
Thomas, 279, 291.
William, 56. Lilley, Mary, 288.
Thomas, 343. Lincoln, Abraham, 233, 234, 242.
Benjamin, 322.
Catherine Gushing, 298.
Frcedman's Aid Society, 359, 369.
Sarah E., 335. Lincoln, Governor, 242. Lindsey, Jeane, 186. Lisle, Henry Maurice, 361 . List, Harriet (Winlsow), 304. Lithgow, Mr., 228. Little, Ehzabeth (Malbou), 279.
Mary, 300.
Samuel, 279, 372. Livermore, Grace, 270. Locke, Ahneria Rosaline (Boynton), 294.
Eliza Aim (Lane), 294.
Frances (Brewster), 294.
Lyman, 294. Lockwood, Emma, 356.
Maria D., 322, 325, 356.
Samuel, 322, 325.
Sarah, 189.
Thomas S., 322. Loco, Hannah, 204, 297. Lorcie, .lane, 53.
Thomas, 294. Loring, Anna, 264.
Aima (Thorndike), 275.
Francis Caleb, 277, 352.
James G., 345.
Joshua, 150.
Miriam Mason (Perkins), 277.
Miriam P., 269.
Sarah Frances, 281.
William I., 264, 358.
William Joseph, 275. Lotlu-op Ehzabeth Moore, 273. Loud, Deblw, 203.
Stephen, 260.
404
INDEX
Lovel, John, 13^2.
Lovering, Loverain, Loveren.
Allice, 130.
Alice (Crafts), 1-28.
Anne (Phillips), 274.
Esther (Martin), 274.
Jane E.. 270.
Jane Ehzabeth (Hatch), 274.
Joseph, 274.
Mary L., 265.
Mary Lane (Clap), 274.
Mary Langdon (Borland-Wales), 274.
Nathaniel Phillijis, 265, 274, 334.
Robert, 128, 135, 199.
Wife of Roliert, 199. Lovett, Joshua, 308. Low, John H., 346, 347.
Sarah Gilchrist, 300. Lowder, Susannah, 204. Lowell, Anna Cabot, 266, 282, 283, 356, 364.
Charles, 180, 184, 206, 229, 292, 361.
Elizabeth Cabot (Putnam), 308.
Harriet Brackctt (Spence), 206.
John, 203, 206, 227, 229, 272, 283, 307, 316, 343, 351, 358, 360, 362.
John Ainory, 308, 329, 344.
Misses, 366.
Rebecca, 203.
Rebecca Amory, 266, 283.
Rebecca (Ainory), 307.
Rebecca R., 365.
Susan Cal)ot, 308. Luke, Sarah, 255. Lyman, Phillis, 46, 47.
Richard, 46.
Sarah, 46. Lion, Lyon, Lyons —
Abigail, 61, 120.
John, 64, 125.
Joanna, 129.
Joseph, 121, 122.
Mary, 122, 124.
Rachel, 202.
Samuel, 65, 123, 129.
Thomas, 64, 122.
Lion, Lyon, Lyons — Wife of William, 58. William 58, 62, 120, 121. WiUiam H., 237.
Macarty, Maccarty, Mcarty, Mc- Carty, McCarthy —
Elizabeth, 282.
Martha (Nolen), 205.
Susannah, 263, 298.
Thomas, 168.
William, 205, 212, 298, 314. McCleary, Maria Louisa, 302. McClure", Ann, 188. MacDonald, McDonald —
Ai-chie, 350.
Marie Stone, 348.
W'illiam F., 347. MacGregor, Edith, 350. Macthadcn, Rebecca, 133. McKenzie, Alexander, 238, 239. McLellan, Anna Fields, 275. Mack, William, 278. Mackay, Lottie M., 350.
Sarah, 335. Magee, James, 281.
Margaret, 281. Magoon, Nathnl, 344. Malbon, Elizabeth, 279. Mandell, Marie Louise, 269. Manser, Lydia, 136.
Mary, 186.
Sarah, 136.
Susanna, 136. Mansfield, Elizabeth, 41.
Nancy (Crosby), 200.
Ste})hen, 200, 279. Marcy, John, 124.
Sarah (Hadlock), 124. Mareen, Elizabeth, 125.
Mary, 125.
Philip, 125.
William, 125. TNLirsh, Stephen W., 303. '
Warren, 260. Marshall, Benjamin, 204, 295.
Jacob, 324, 351.
Mary (Gay), 324.
INDEX
405
Marston, Stephen W., 289. Martin, Esther, 274. Mascraft, Elizabeth, 126.
Hannah, 1^26.
Mary, 62, 124, 126. Mason, Elizabeth, 291.
Margaret (Dennison), 65.
Sarah, 186. Mather, Cotton, 6, 18, 34, 35, 38, 92, 112, 114, 115, 336.
Hannah, 132.
Increase, 109.
Katherine, 126.
Richard, 15, 23, 336.
Mrs., 69.
Sarah, 109, 112. Matthews, John, 56.
Wife of John, 56. Maverick, Samuel, 9. May, Mays, IMayse —
Abigail,' 120, 133.
Benjamin, 153, 192, 338.
Caroline, 269.
Caroline S. (Danforth), 254.
Dorothy, 1.35.
Ebenczer, 131, 140, 188, 338.
Edward, 287.
Eleazer, 123, 135.
John, 56, 60, 61, 67, 118, 123, 126.
John Joseph, 209, 236, 254, 255, 276, 287, 352.
Lemuel, 158, 195.
Mary, 192.
Mary (Goddard), 254.
Mehittabel, 122, 126, 133.
Naomi, 122, 126.
Prudence, 126.
Prudence (Bridge), 118.
Samuel, 60, 142, 151, 254.
Sarah, 56, 60, 120.
Sarah (Brewer-Bruce), 118.
Sophia Augusta, 300. May Fair, 358, 366. Maybin, Caroline, 364. Mayhew, Jonathan, 217.
Martha, 202.
Nancy, 266.
Mayhew, Nancy (Allen), 285.
Natlianiel, 266, 285.
Simeon, 202. Maynard, Vinnie H., 348. Mayo, Maioh —
Capt., 80.
Elisha, 199.
Elizabeth, 48, 131.
Esther, 195.
Hannah, 61, 121.
Hannah (Graves), 118.
John, 48, 60, 61, 67, 75, 78, 118, 121, 125.
Joseph, 131.
Maria, 309.
Mary, 133.
Mary (Gore), 202.
Mehitabel, 124, 125.
Polly, 202.
Prudence, 292.
Rebecca, 123.
Sarah, 125, 134, 257, 258.
Sarah (Bmden), 118.
Susannah, 192, 292.
Thomas, 48. 199, 202, 275, 310.
Wife of Thomas, 199. Maxfield, John, 148.
Samuel, 312.
Mary (Bradlee), 312. Mead, Meede —
Helen M., 348.
Isaac, 252.
Richard, 61. Means, John O., 233. Mears, Meers —
Abigail. 175, 194.
Amos Adams, 260.
Ann, 192.
Catherine, 198.
Hannah, 131.
James, 133, 140, 160, 162, 167, 190, 199, 206, 338.
John, 190.
Katherine, 132.
Mary, 206.
Mehittabel, 132.
Sarah, 299.
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INDEX
Mecuen, John, 261
Wife of John, 261. Medcalf, Martha, 58. Meeting House, Hell, 12, 71, 72, 75, 155, 156, 170, 222.
Clock, 160, 168, 219, 220, 232, 233-
Contribution to second, 69.
Corner stone plate, 218, 219.
Dedication, 219.
Destroyed by fire, 142.
During Revoluticjn, 163.
Easter decoration, first, 235.
Memorial Tablets, 218, 229, 238, 239.
New one proposed, 14, 79, 149, 171.
One hinidreth anniversary, 238.
Pews, 73, 80, 81, 161, 186, 219.
Porch, 74, 235.
Position of Third, 80.
Pulpit, 232, 238.
Raising entertainment, 69, 83.
Repairs, additions, &c., 10, 12, 13, 154, 156, 160, 164, 169, 227, 230-2, 234, 235, 238.
Scollers not to keep school in, 70.
Seating capacity, 13, 71, 73, 160, 218, Mellish, Elizabeth, 206. Merrett, Franklin Smith, 331, 353. Meriara, Merriam —
Abigail, 344.
Abijah, 260, 264, 287, 299, 315, 327, 328, 351.
Benj., 343.
Catherine, 299, 328.
Catherine (Coburn), 299.
Dennian, 69.
Hannah, 264.
Jonas, 188.
Mrs. A., 264. ISIerice, Ebenezer, 123. Merrill, Mr., 349. Merry, Sarah A. W., 268. Merryheld, Hannah, 126. Messenger, Sally Claj), 300.
WilUam S., .'532. Messcr, Juha, 269.
Messer, Sarah Nichols, 269. Meston, Julia, 346, 347.
Julia Aiinie, 269. Metcalf, Robert Comfort, 209, 372. Mighill, Ellen, 54.
Thomas, 54. Miles, H. Idel, 348.
Sarah Elizabeth, 329.
Solomon Pearson, 329. Miller, Gertrude, 350.
John, 1,42, 51.
Lidia, 42, 51.
Sophia, 313. Mills, Edward, 69.
Ephraim, 202.
Lemuel, 351.
Martha, 193.
Stephen, 148. Milton, 150.
Minns, Elizabeth F., 268. INIirick, Anne Bond, 276. IMonk, Dorothy, 130.
Elias, 130.
Hopestill, 136. Montgomery, John, 200.
Wife of John, 200. Moody, John, 49.
Sarah, 49. More, Moore —
Henry, 311.
John. 61, 62.
Martin, 30.
Nancy, 303.
Wife of John, 62. Morgan, James, 5G.
Margery (Hill), 56. Morris, Morice, Morrice —
Ebenezer, 126.
Edward, 60, 126.
Elizal)eth, 122, 125.
Grace, 60, 122.
Hannah, 125.
Isaac, 127.
Margret, 124. Morrell, Morrill —
AmeUa Grigg, 277.
Anne, 246.
George, 299.
Helen (Brooks), 331.
INDEX
407
Morrell, Morrill —
Isaak, 10, 48.
Joseph, 331.
Katharine, 281.
Sarah, 48.
Sarah Emmons (Rogers), 299. Morse, Ahipiil B. (Davenport), 313.
Amos, 313, 321.
Elizabeth (Holmes), 300.
Ezra, 262, 294, 343.
Hartford, 300, 313.
Henry Alphonso, 323.
Irene, 313.
Irene (Morse), 313.
Jemima, 175.
Joan D. (Follansby), 323.
Lewis, 261, 313.
Lucy (Gay), 313.
Luther, 300.
Mary, 261, 288.
Mary Ann, 272.
Mary (Hohnes), 300.
Mary (Jewell), 313.
Olive (Richards), 313.
Rebecca, 262, 295.
Rebecca (Thomas), 294. Morton, Marcus, 225.
Polly, 296.
Sarah Foster, 301. Morey, Morie, Mory —
Mary, 120.
Susannah, 120, 124, 272.
Thomas, 120, 124. Moses, Rebecca, 276. Mosher, Isabel, 187.
Jeremiah, 187. Motley, Emma, 297.
Judith Eleanor, 269.
Maria Bussey (Da\is), 297.
Minna, 269.
Thomas, 269, 297. Mott, Adam, 52.
Sarah, 52. Muddy River, see Brookline. Mumford, Mountfort —
Ilanna (Anna), 18, 19. MmicriefT, Joseph, 193, 201.
Sarah, 189. Munke, Ann, 58.
Monroe, Munroe —
Avis (Hammond) 186.
Daniel, 167.
Edmund, 343.
Nehcmiah, 145, 147, 148, 162, 165, 167, 169, 186, 209, 211, 245, 246, 259, 206, 316, 343.
Sarah (Mason), 186.
William, 186. Murdock, Hannah (Davis), 205. Murreene, Mary, 125.
Rebecca, 125. Music, 336 to 353. Myrick, Benjamin, 288.
Sarah (Coding), 288.
Nash, Caroline M. (Fox), 318.
David R., 318.
Elizabeth (Porter), 64.
Frank O., 349. Nason, Elias, 336.
Elizah Ann, 261.
Jabez, 261. Nazing, 3. Negro, Amos Hill, 128.
Bristol, 142.
Dan, 130.
Dinah, 188.
Fortune, 188.
Guinea, 142, 143.
Ishmael, 192.
James Trusty, 129.
Jeffrey, 142.
Keturah, 189.
Phillis, 142, 187, 192.
Simon Gossan, 128.
Tobias, 191.
Venus, 192. Nelson, Mr., 85. Nevins, Da^^d, 280.
Eliza S. (Coffin), 280. Newel, Newell, Nuell —
Abigail, 124, 195.
Abraham, 50, 57, 59, 60.
Capt., 188.
Ebenezer, 80, 81, 127, 139, 141, 142, 146, 147, 152, 338.
Elizabeth, 61, 122, 126.
Experience, 126.
Faith, 123, 127.
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INDEX
Newel, Newell, Nuell—
Frances, 50.
Grace, 57.
Hannah, 1'34.
Jacob, 61, 6^2, U\.
James Webster, 305.
John, 1^>0, 1'26.
Joseph R., 263.
Isaac, 61, 121.
Martha, 61, 133.
Mary, 123, 195, 262.
Mr., 228.
Narah, 122.
Nathaniel, 133.
Rebecca, 123.
Samuel, 259.
Sarah, 126.
Susanna, 60.
Wm., 236. Newman, Andrew, 259, 310.
Anna B., 265.
Deborah, 265.
Margaret, 265.
Mary, 265.
Susan D., 265.
Susan (Hay^ward), 310. Newton, Antipas, 261. Nichols, Charles, 282, 285.
Harriet (Powers), 282.
Mary P., 268, 285.
Sarah E., 268. Nickerson, Joseph, 275.
Louisa (VVinslow), 275. Noble, John, 209, 300.
Mary Folsom, 318. Nolen,"Elizab., 200.
Geo., 202.
Martha, 205.
Thomas, 148, 168. Norcross, Hannah, 131. Norrice, Edward, 52.
Mary, 52. Norton, Lilian, 348. Norwood, (icorge, 265. Nye, Sophia, 290.
Oakes, Mr., 85. Ockington, David, 170.
Odding, Sarah, 49, 50. Offitt, Isabel, 48.
Thomas, 48. Oliver, Abigail K., 302. Olney, G. L., 349. Onion, Elizaljeth, 120.
Grace, 126.
Hannah, 120.
Robert, 120.
Sarah, 120. Orr, James, 158, 189, 198. Osgood, Elizabeth LawTence (Bur- ling). 3G6.
John Felt, 214, 239, 280, 306, 352.
Mr., 228. Otis, Harriet (Blanchard), 332.
Harriet L., 270.
Theodore, 213, 214, 307, 332, 352. Owen, Dr., 88.
Packer, Catherine French (Bowen), 327.
George, 285, 309, 327. Page, Holman, 358.
Rebecca Putnam, 334. Paine, Pain, Payne —
Alice, 288.
Elizabeth, 133.
Mary, 313. Padtly, Margaret, 46. Paddieford, John, 201. Palfrey, J. G., 184.
Professor, 366.
Remember, 61. Palmer, Geo. B., 269.
Louisa, 308.
Maria D., 269.
Rebeckah (Short), 47.
Timothy, 217.
Walter, 47. Parish, Parrich — ■
Carolyn H., 349, 350.
John, 59.
Magdalen (Bullard), 59. Parke, Parkes —
Ann, 51.
Brother, 57.
INDEX
409
Parke, Parkes —
Deacon, 10, 57, 60.
Edmund, 63.
Elizabeth, 62.
John, 62.
Martha, 49, 60.
Martlia (Holgrave), 43.
Mary, 63, 64.
Theoda, 117.
William, 43, 46, 49, 67, 117, 118. Parker, Abigail, 142, 189, 193, 196.
Ann, 49.
Anna (Sargent), 280.
Augustus, 214, 297, 333, 335.
Bethia, 135, 277.
Betsey Wendell (Townsend), 330.
Catherine, 194, 273.
Ebenezer Francis, 283, 304.
Edmund, 63, 68, 70, 71.
Eleanor, 196, 271.
Elizabeth, 62.
Elizabeth Clap (Stone), 283.
EUzabeth Leman, 291.
Elizabeth (Phillips), 280.
Emily, 303.
Hannah, 127, 202.
Isaac, 330.
Jakob, 123.
Jeremiah, 143, 162, 188.
John, 62, 69, 163, 264, 280, 314, 343, 358.
Jonatlian, 162, 168, 191, 351.
Judith (Smith), 311.
Margaret, 121.
Martha, 188.
Mary, 63, 131, 133, 143, 192.
Mary Elizabeth (Baker), 335.
Mr., 367.
Nicholas, 49, 63.
Noah, 196.
Reuben, 311.
Sarah, 196, 270, 290.
Sarah (Seaver), 290.
Thomas, 290.
Timothy, 131, 132.
William, 202.
William Prentiss, 297, 372. Parkman, Elizabeth Willard, 279.
Francis, 361.
Parkman, Mr., 228.
Su.san, 299. Parsons, Hannah Maria, 317.
Thomas W., 317. Parter, Jabez, 163. Partridge, Catherine, 285.
Jane, 191.
Thadeus, 160, 162, 167, 190. Pastor, letter of acceptance, 154, 165, 226.
Office defined, 6.
Ordination of, 4, 5, 72, 76, 153,
155, 167, 228, 236, 237. Provision for, 7, 11, 39, 79, 152.
156, 230.
Report to parish, 236, 237. Patch, Syhia, 263. Patchin, Goodwife, 58. Patrick, Elizabeth, 262.
William, 191. Patten, Jonathan, 162, 200.
Mary Siunmer, 263.
Mrs., 366.
Nancy (Scott), 295.
Nathaniel, 168, 295.
Polly H., 264, 364, 368.
Sally, 262, 263.
Sarah, 295.
Sarah (Williams), 206, 292.
William, 206, 229, 232, 262, 285, 296, 343. Patterson, Hannah B., 320. Pattie, Pattee, Patty —
Adam, 162, 197.
Lois, 186.
Louis, 197. Payson, Pason, Paison —
Abby, 267.
Abigail, 191.
Ann, 121.
Ann (Parke), 51.
Bathsheba, 64.
Bathsheba (Tileston), 118, 119.
Benjamin, 130.
Deacon, 10, 65.
Ebenezer, 135.
Edward, 51, 58, 118, 121, 122.
Elizabeth, 129, 133.
Elizabeth (Child), 119.
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INDEX
Pason, Paison. Paj'son —
Elizabeth (Dowell), 44, 53.
Ephraim, 121.
Giles, 44, 51, 53, 07, 118.
Hannah, 118.
Henry, 191.
Jacob, 131.
John, 64, 67, 78, 79, 82, 118, 119, 129.
Joseph, 191, 197.
Lydia, 263.
Mary, 58, 121, 130.
Mary (Eliot), 118.
Rebecca, 307.
Rev. Mr., 166.
Samuel, 121, 125, 263, 275.
Sarah, 65, 132, 135, 142, 185.
Waitstill, 133.
Wife of Samuel, 125. Peabody, A. P., 237.
Hannah (Baxter), 174.
Oliver, 109, 145, 151, 152, 153, 174, 187. Peak, Peake —
Christopher, 51, 126.
Dorcas (French), 51.
Jonathan, 61.
Sarah, 61.
Sister, 59. Peacock, Peakok —
Jane, 54.
Richard, 54.
Sarah, 125. Pearson, Mr., 12. Pemberton, Mr., 101. People's Bank, 21. Pepper, Anna, 131.
Elizabeth (Johnson), 55, 56.
Jacob, 76, 125.
Joseph, 120.
Mary, 51, 120.
Phillis, 53.
Richard, 51.
Robert, 55, 56.
Sarah, 120.
Wife of Jacob, 125. Percy, Earl, 189. Pearey, Ellen, 335. Perkins, Abigail, 296.
Perkins, Caroline Elizabeth, 304.
Catherine 11., 301.
Eliz (Woolton), 49.
Elizabeth R., 265.
Emehne, 267.
Helen Louisa, 264.
James, 249.
Miriam Mason, 277.
Samuel, 266, 296.
Thomas H., 249.
William, 49. Perrin, Augustus, 265, 284, 319.
Da\'id Child, 266, 284.
Ellen P., 268.
Ellen Priscilla (Hooper), 284
Harriet, 265.
Harriet (Child), 319.
Margaret (Healey), 135.
Martha, 143.
Mary, 134.
Noah, 128, 135, 140, 146, 147, 155, 168, 338.
Patience, 128.
Patience (Walker), 135.
Susan, 142. Perry, Cordelia E., 324.
ISIary Ann (DeWolf), 283.
John, 47.
Samuel, 120. Peters, Hugh, 16. Pettes, Henry, 296.
Mary (Barrett), 296. Pew Owners, 139 to 140, 271 to 335. Phelps, Mary, 262. Phillips, Anne, 274.
Caleb, 125.
Eliza (Cunningham), 302.
Ehzabeth, 122, 125, 280.
James, 302.
Matilda, 347.
Rebecca Capen (Simmons), 299.
Samuel Maverick, 299.
Wm., 29. Phipps, Elizabeth, 364.
Elizabeth V., 269.
Elizabeth Vinton (Staniford), 279.
Maria Dennis (Staniford), 278.
Mary A. K., 266.
Mrs. Wm., 367
INDEX
411
Phipps, Samuel, 266, 278.
Sarah, 127.
William, 227, 229, 269, 274, 279, 351.
William K., 345. Pierpont, Pierpovnt, PairpojTit, Pierrepoint, Peirpont, Peire- pont, PeirpojTit,
Amia, 197.
Anne, 133, 188, 305.
Benjamin, 123, 190.
Ebenezer, 67, 68, 74. 80, 81, 82, 131, 137, 140, 141, 146, 151, 152, 153, 187, 190, 338.
Elizabeth, 132.
Emily, 276.
Experience, 64, 121.
Hannah, 136, 193, 195, 245.
James, 122, 142, 151.
Joseph, 123.
John, 58, 59, 67, 116, 122, 123, 159, 160, 168, 193, 255, 338, 361.
Jonathan, 125.
Margret, 125.
Maria, 62.
Mary, 188, 197.
Mr., 141.
Robert, 62, 136, 164, 167, 204, 305.
Sarah, 130, 133, 204.
Thankfull, 58.
Thankful (Stow), 116.
William, 190, 338. Pickering, Frances D., 264.
Francis Dana (Goddard), 289.
Frances G., 269.
Henry G., 270.
Henry White, 264, 289, 352.
Rebecca W., 268.
Susan H., 270, 356. Pickett, Charles E., 347. Pico, Abigail, 295. Peirce, Pierce —
Ann Howes, 246.
Eben Swift, 260.
Elizabeth, 288.
Hannah Clapp, 274.
John N., 345.
Peirce, Pierce —
Lemuel, 203, 304.
Rev. Dr., 229.
Sarah, 304. Pidge, Pigg, Pigge —
Jakob, 122.
Mary, 49.
Thomas, 49. Pike, Anna, 197.
Elizabeth, 122.
Jarvis, 128.
Susanna, 124, 126. Pillsbury, Polly, 314. Pinchon, Francis (Sanford), 45.
William, 45. Pitcher, Sister, 63.
Sister, dau. of, 63. Plimpton, Plimpston, P]_>Tnpston —
Jeremiah, 209, 254, 265, 297.
Mrs. Theodore, 270,
Olive (Smith), 254.
Sarah D., 265.
Sarah Davenport (Bradlee), 254.
Theodore Melville, 270, 300, 332, 353.
Ziba, 254. Plymouth, 3. Poignard, Poignant —
David, 293.
Delicia, 293. Pollock, Laura M., 356. Polly, John, 59, 62.
Mary, 62.
Patience, 126.
Rebecca, 123.
Susanna, 59. Pomeroy, Pomroy —
Aaron, 206, 273, 314.
Abigiiil (Burrell), 206.
Henry, 260.
Roswell, 259. Pond, Hannah, 261.
John, 261. Porter, Ann, 64.
Caroline, 241, 261, 271, 363, 364, 365, 367.
Charlotte, 296.
Deborah, 64.
Edward, 53, 64.
412
INDEX
Porter. Eliphalet, 145, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 174, 178, 193, 209, 217, 218, 219, 220, S28, 229, 238, 240, 243, 248, 256, 257, 258, 271, 341, 344, 354, 360, 366.
Elizabeth, 50, 53, 64.
Hannah, 120.
Huntinp;ton, 248, 271.
John, 49, 50, 178.
Margaret, 49.
Martha, 193, 258.
Martha (Ruggles), 179, 248, 263, 364.
Mary, 253.
Mary (Huntington), 178.
Miss, 366.
Rev. Mr., 166.
WilHani, 64. Potter, Isabel, 51.
Robert, 51. Powers, Harriet, 282. Pratt, Abraham, 48.
Caroline, 292.
Ebenezer, 303, 327.
Johanna, 48.
Levi, 203.
Martha, 333.
Mary, 259, 263.
Mary Baker, 260.
Mary (WjTnan), 293.
Nancy (Moore), 303.
Phebe Phillips, 333.
Sarah, 203.
Simeon, 167, 203, 291, 314.
Willitmi, 259, 293, 300, 315 344. Prentice, Prentise, Prentiss —
Abigail, 259.
Abigail (I'ico), 295.
Adeline, 326.
Alice, 46, 47.
Caroline, 265.
Elizabeth, 175.
Francis, 122.
John, 62, 133.
Mary, 267.
Nathaniel Shepherd, 210. 212, 223, 259, 295, 312, 360.
Prentice, Prentise. Prentiss —
Sarah, 189.
Thomas M., 267.
Valentine, 46, 47, 62. Prescott, Edward, 347.
Samuel Jackson, 259. Preston, Deacon, 72.
Edward, 151.
Mary, 305.
Mary (Davis), 287.
Remember, 287.
Sarah (Clark), 287. Prichard, Elinor, 57.
Hugh, 57. Pritchard, Mr., 57. Prince, Daniel McCarty, 317.
Nancy (Thayer), 317.
Sarah, 188.
Thomas, 110. Putnam, Abl)y, 356.
Abby H., 267.
Allen, 265.
Andrew, 240.
Anna E., 268.
Caroline, 267.
Elizabeth Anne (Ware), 241, 263. 364, 365, 367.
Elizabeth Cabot, 308.
George, 174, 183, 209, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 233, 234, 235, 236, 238, 240-244, 246, 247, 249, 252, 263, 281, 362, 363.
Henry Ware, 215, 270, 280, 282.
Jerusha (Clap), 240. Putnam Chapel, 236, 362, 370.
Quincy, Samuel, 200.
Ramsel, Bethia, 136. Ramsey, Martha, 125. Rand, Isaac, 262, 343.
Isaac Pollard, 332,
Lucy, 266. Randall, Jonas, 260.
Mary, 260. Rawlings, Rawlins —
.Tasper, 49.
Jeane, 49.
INDEX
413
Rawlings, Rawlins —
Mary, 45.
Thomas, 45. Raymour, Mary, 190.
Thomas, 190. Rea, Archehuis, 205, 291.
Elizabeth (Mason), 291.
Maria Marsh (Wooodbridge), 291.
M., 205. Read, Reade, Reed —
Alfred Augustus, 283.
Caroline (van Son) 283.
Edwin, 293.
George, 334.
Goodwife, 58.
Harriet (White), 290.
John, 165, 172, 290, 309, 361.
Mary Elizabetli, 302.
Thomas, 201. Reeves, Reives —
Abigail, 143, 187.
Hannah (Rowe), 55.
Jacob, 143.
Thomas, 55. Remington, Rementon — •
James, 69.
John, 12. Rendle, Rebecca, 136. Revere, J. W., 222.
Paul, 170. Reynolds, Ami F., 269.
Charlotte, 364.
Charlotte P., 207.
Charlotte S., 269.
Edward Belcher, 209, 211, 236, 259, 267, 287, 302, 321, 325, 326, 335.
Fanny Mackay, 319.
Harriet E. (Wheelwright), 333.
Martha (Pratt), 333.
Matilda, 255.
M. Louisa, 270.
WiUiam James, 214, 286. 333. Rice, Adelaide (Walker), 303.
Alex. H., 291.
Bethiii, 133.
Edward D., 306.
Edward Everett 306. Elizabeth H. (Bartlett), 306.
Rice, George Woods, 303.
Priscilla D. (Woodbridge), 306. Richards, Cordelia, 364.
Eliza, 329.
Hannah, 311.
Joel, 329.
John, 187.
Jonathan Avery, 209, 212, 246, 263, 312, 325, 344.
Mary, 365.
Mrs., 263.
Nancy D. (Gore), 246.
Olive, 313.
Sarah, 296, 314. Richardson, Abigail, 202.
Abby Pond, 202.
Caleb, 135.
Clara, 279.
Jesse Putnam, 319.
Jolm, 82, 139, 146, 151, 152.
Joseph, 197.
Luther, 171, 259, 304, 360.
Mary Dwight (Coverly), 296.
Nathaniel, 296, 313.
Susan (Cabot), 319.
Susannah (Craft), 304. Ripley, Adeline Denny, 304.
Ezra, 361. Riggs, Edward, 50.
Ehza, 50. Riley, Caroline Ameha (Humphrey), 309.
James, 305, 315, 343. Ritchie, Richey —
Caroline (Wliitaker), 294.
Clara E., 270.
Francis, 133.
Harriet W., 270.
James, 214, 294, 326.
Mary, 133.
Mary Jane (Kimball), 294. Robbins, Abba (Dowse), 302.
Edw. Jewett 259, 287.
Elizabeth, 287.
Mury Holmes (Curtis), 287.
Peter Gilman, 210, 229, 231. 267, 302, 308, 342, 343, 351, 352.
414
INDEX
Robbins, Polly (Williams-Hooper), 308, '■233, 30-2, 308, 366. Sarah, 202, 2C6. Sarah Elizabeth, 330, S. G., 228. William, 204. Roberts, Elizabeth, 53. Eunice, 57. Hush, 59. John, 10, 53. Thomas, 57. Robertson, Andrew, 343. Hannah, 263, 333. Harriet, 263, 333. Richard, 135. Robeson, Anna (Rodman), 332.
William Rodman, 332. Robinson, Robbinson — Abigail, 142. Catherine L., 265. Catherine (Lewis), 311. Cecelia coir., 267. Channinjr, 238.
Elizabeth Leman (Parker), 291. Henry, coir., 267. Jonathan Pratt, 213, 265, 286
311, 322, 323, 333. Mary, 204.
Mary A. G. (Goddard), 311. Nathan Dyer, 288, 291. Nathan S.", 238. Polly (Holbrook), 316. Richard, 191. Sarah R., 269. Silenc, 55. Susanna, 246. Thomas, 55, 343. Thomas Trott, 316. Ursula (Adams, Hosier, Streeter), 46. Rodman, Anna, 332. Elizabeth, 300. Emma, 268. Emma (Motley), 297. Samuel William, 297. Rogers, Bessie Bromfield, 269. 1 ^len Derby, 267, 288.
Rogers, Ezekiel, 42.
Frances Stetson, 269, 355. Gorham, 286. Helen Sophia, 275. Jeremiah, 129.
John, 72, 214, 265, 288, 352. Laura, 269. Sarah Ellen, 266. Sarah Ellen (Derby), 288. Sarah Emmons, 299. Shubael, Gorham, 214, 277. Susan Gross (Snow), 269, 277, 364. Susan Snow, 269, 277. Rose, ]\Iiss, 345.
Ross, Caroline E., (Archer), 321. Mary Swift (Waldo), 321. Matthias Deimaan, 321. Roe, Rowe —
Hannah, 55, 57. Rowen, Richard, 193. Roxbury Charitable Society, 359, 360 to 362. Female Benevolent Society, 359,
362. Latin School, 9.
Young Men's Union, 359, 369, 370. Rudhall, Abel, 158. Ruggles, Rugles, Ruggs — Abigail (Crafts), 59. Abigail (Williams), 119. Ann (Bright), 60. Barbara, 51. Capt., 80, 130. Dorcas, 46.
Edward, 67, 68, 78, 79, 119, 137, 140, 143, 145, 149, 151, 152, 153, 155, 185. Elizabeth, 134, 142, 196. Eunice, 132.
Hannah, 61, 78, 123, 126, 129. Hannah (Crafts), 119. Hannah (Fowle), 60. Huldah, 128. Joanna, 133, 142. Joanna (Williams), 197. John, 47, 51, .59, 60, 68, 73, 81, 119, 120, 123, 134, 139, 141.
INDEX
415
Ruggles, Rugles, Ruggs —
Joseph, 68, 80, 81, 82, 130, 137,
139, 141, 146, 147, 148, 167,
168, 171, 187, 19e, 197, 199, 202,
210, 211-305, 315, 362. Julia Fellowes, 280. Katharine, 187. Lucy, 128, 204. Margery (Hammond), 47. Martha" 120, 129, 179, 180, 199,
261, 276, 315, 343. Martha (Devotion), 119. Martha Fairfield, 282. Martha (Williams), 193. Martha (Woodbridge), 193. Mary, 60. Mary (Curtis), 54. Nathaniel, 145, 147, 148, 162, 171,
180, 193, 197, 199, 210, 211,
271,282,315,360,362. Patience, 129. Patty, 205. Rebecca, 123, 193. Rebecca (Curtis), 197, 199. Rebecca HolHngsworth (Hughes),
315. Samuel, 60, 61, 71, 72, 74, 75, 120,
123, 193. Sarah, 130, 197, 279, 364. Sarah (Fellowes), 199. Sergt., 69.
Thomas, 50, 54, 124, 126. Timothy, 129.
Ruling Elder office defined, 6, 7, Rumrill Aaron, 206, 313.
Abigail (Richardson), 202.
Ann, 206.
Ehzabeth Clap, 345.
Sally (Dudley-Fellowes), 202.
Sarah Elizabeth, 330.
Thomas, 202, 296.
William S., 238. Russell, James, 283, 303, 305.
Lydia Gushing, 301.
Lydia (Cushing), 325.
Mary Ellen (Hedge), 329.
William Goodwin, 280, 329. Ryan, Addie, 347.
Saben, Sabin —
Benjamin, 122.
Sarah, 64, 121.
Susanna, 126. Salem, 3.
Salmon, John, 136, 186. Sampson, Elizabeth (Winsor), 326.
Erastus, 326.
Mary (Morse), 288.
Stephen, 288, 289. Sanger, Sangor —
Nathaniel, 123.
Mary, 124.
Wife of Nathaniel, 123. Sargent, Anna, 280.
Cliristina Kadie Swan, 335.
Emeline Aquila, 317.
James O., 319.
Mary Sarah, 285. Sanders, Saunders,
Capt., 74.
Elizabeth, 127. Sanitary Commission, 359, 369. Saunderson, Sanderson —
Betsy, 263.
Daniel, 211, 261, 299, 310, 314^ 315, 317, 344.
Sarah, 261.
Sarah (Cunningham), 299. Savage, Anna Lewis (Thacheu), 328.
Charles Tyler, 328. Sawin, Abigail, 312.
John, 171, 312, 324. Sawyer, Anna Greenleaf, 330. Scarborough, Scarbro, Scarbrow.
Bethia, 118, 127, 136.
Deborah, 121.
Jolm, 57, 118.
Mary, 57.
Mary (Smith), 118.
Rebecca, 120.
Samuel, 67, 118, 120, 121, 122. Schenck, Robert B., 298. Scoffield, Minnehaha, 349. Scot, Scott —
Ebenezer, 199.
Hannah, 129.
Jolm, 121.
Nancy, 295.
Nathaniel, 196, 293.
416
INDEX
Scot, Scott —
Sarah, V3i, 196.
Susan Curtis (Brener), 293.
Thomas W., 'HH, '^293, 344. Scutts, Klizahflli, 131. Scarlc, Searl —
Ambrose, 136.
Dehorali, i:56, 191.
Elizal)ctli, 136.
Hannah, Vi'i.
John, 123, 134, 189.
Mar^rct, 123, 134, 189.
Mary, 123, 134.
Philin,73, 122, 123, 191.
J{iilh', 191. Sears, Alice M.,3.'-)6.
Anna TowclK Irani, 332.
Harriet Jjavinia, 274.
J. Henry, 284, 292, 333.
Mrs. IMer, 30"). Seaver, Saever, Sever —
AhiKail, 128, 261, .344.
Ahiffiil (Whitney), 205.
Al)iel, 187.
Ahijah, 102, 192.
Adeline, 267.
Ann T., 287.
IJenjamin, 203, 298.
IJetsey, 267.
IJetsy (Dudley), 205.
Caleb, 65, 125, 128.
Cliarles Milton, 215, 275.
Daniel, 151,187.
Debby, 262.
Debby (Loud), 203.
Ebenezer, 131, 140, 200, 210, 221, 290.
Elizabeth, (i2, 134.
Elizabeth (Ballard), 49, 51.
Elizabeth (CMap), 200.
Hannah, 04, 128, 131, 135, 200.
Hamiah (Loco), 204, 297.
Helen Soi)hia (Rofrers-Ball), 275.
John, 124, 205, 215, 287.
Jonathan, 1.39, 187.
Joseph, 205, 282.
Joshua, 120, 121, 130, 287.
Lucy (Heath), 299.
Seaver, Saever, Sever —
Margaret, 131, 133, 195.
Martha, 201.
Mary, 121, 133, 1.35, 188, 189, 191.
Mary Elizabeth, 328.
Nancy (Sumner), 287.
Nathaniel, 05, 204, 297.
Nicholas, 191.
Teter, 135.
Robert, 49, 51.
Sarah, 65, 133, 199, 290.
Shubal, 64, 65, 81, 128, 135, 139, 141.
Susannah, 188.
Thomas, 134, 189.
William, 204, 215, 261, 299. Seaverns, Ann T. (Seaver), 287.
Charlotte, 201, 291.
Charlotte (Williams), 291.
Deborah ((Crosby), 204.
Joel, 204, 287, 291.
Ohve Draper ((Jay), 204.
Samuel, 200, 291.
Sarah I'ayson, 298. Severy, Edward, 261.
Wii'e of, 201. Sevvall, Harriet (Winslow), Eist, 304.
Louisa M. (Winslow), 304.
Mar^'aret, 188.
Rebecca. 128.
Samuel, 72, 127, 128, 129, 336.
Sanniel Ednnmd, 304. Sewitif^ Circles, 359. Sexton, Clara, 350. Sextons, 1, 12, 13, 08, 70, 71, 148.
151, 164, lOS, 215, 221. Shannon, Mary I'ilsbury, 275. Sharp, Sharpe —
James, 235.
John, 62, 69, 73.
Martha, 62, 122.
Rel)ecca, 195.
Rol)ert, 128.
Sarah, 128, 188. Shaw, Elizabeth Willard (Parkman), 279.
Isaac, 205, 313.
Joseph P., 304.
INDEX
417
Shaw, Nancy Brown (Bosson), 205.
Polly Taylor (Truckman), 205.
Robert Gould, 279.
Sarah II., 2(J4.
Sarah (Heath), 304. Sheafe, M™., 54. Shed, Elizaheth, 131, 203.
Grace, 200.
Hannah, 201.
James, 81, 82, 129, 136, 140, 141.
Martha, 196.
Mary, 78, 136, 195, 203.
Mr. ,^80.
Nabby, 275.
Nathan, 170, 196.
Oliver, 200, 275.
Zacluirias, 201. Sherburne, Edward P., 329. Shattuck, Martha, 261.
Mary, 261.
Sarah, 347. Shdiield, Edmund, 57.
Mary (Woody), 57. Shelly, Ann, 47. She[)ard, Shepheard, Shepherd —
Betsy, 261.
Charles, 261.
H. L., 345.
Sophia, 356.
Thomas, 15, 23, 28, 38, 336. Sherman, Philip, 49, 50.
Sarah (Odding), 49. Shippen, Eugene K., 373. Shirley, MehiUible, 192. Short, Rebcekah, 47. Shortliei', Hem-y, 187.
Mary, 187. Sigourney, Daniel Andrew, 213, 227, 229, 263, 265, 278, 282, 283, 284, 316, 326, 332, 351.
Harriet, 278, 364.
Harriet (Davis), 284. Silsbee, Silsbey —
Isaac, 260.
Nathaniel, 225.
Sam'l, 260. Simeson, John, 126.
Simonson, John, 124. Sinnnons, Belinda P., 267.
Belinda (Wells), 317.
David Allen, 210, 212, 227, 231, 232, 263, 267, 272, 276, 282, 310, 320, 344, 351, 358.
George, 227, 313.
George Arthur, 287, 317, 318, 319, 320, 334.
liConora Chamberlain, 349.
liOuisa, 267.
Marcy (Wales), 313.
Maria Williams, 311.
Martha, 268.
Martha Fairfield (Ruggles), 282, 364.
Martha R., 263.
Mrs. David, 366.
Nancy D., 263.
Nancy Stimpson, 306.
Rel)ecca Capen, 299.
Sarah H., 264.
Sarah Ilomans (Thwing), 276.
Sarah M., 268.
Susan Fosdick, 272.
Thomas, 210, 213, 227, 229, 230, 265, 274, 276, 310, 317, 318, 335, .351. Simpson, Sarah Ann, 294. Skilliiigs, Catheriii(>, 266. Skinner, Jacol), 207. Slack, Elizabeth, 191.
George A., 330.
John, 162, 188, 191.
Levi W., 345.
Lewis, 324.
Mary Reed (Flower), 324.
Pedy (Dudley), 324. Slater William, 216. Sleeper, Charles Frederick, 318.
John Sherburne, 318.
Mary Folsom (Noble), 318. Sloan, Susan, 260. Slocum, Sarah EUzabeth (Williams), 275.
William Henry, 275.
Smith , 57.
Abigail, 262.
418
INDEX
Smith, Abigail (Williams), 286.
Amasa, 261.
Amos, 285, 310, 344.
Ann Elizabeth, 268.
Azariah,372.
Catherine Smith (Langdon), 285.
Charles, 347, 348.
Decline (Lamb), 63.
Dorcas C, 265.
Ebenezer, 163, 286.
Eliza, 301.
Elizabeth Metcalf, 331.
Eve, 267.
Francis, 10, 46.
Hannah, 125.
Henshaw, 347.
Jeremiah P., 260.
Joane (Atkins), 57.
John, 163.
Joseph, 162, 167, 193, 329.
Judith, 311.
Lucy, 56.
Mary, 118, 187, 194, 260.
Mary Ann Ivouisa, 305.
Mary (Whittemore), 279.
Martha (Rusictles), 261.
N. Troctor, 265.
N. Kuggles, 220.
Nancy, 207, 286.
Nathan, 351.
Olive, 254.
Polly, 245.
Ralph, 147, 162, 167, 168, 169, 171, 245, 277, 279, 311.
Rebecca, 133, 279.
Sally, 245.
Sarah (Ruggles), 279.
Susanna, 260, 264, 277.
Susatuiah (Howe), 279. Snow, Mrs., 367.
Nathaniel, 229, 267, 286, 343.
Salome, 286.
Salome II., 267, 365.
Sophia, 364.
Sophia J., 264.
Susan Gross, 277. Sparhawk, Henrietta, 317.
Nathaniel, 168. Spaulding, Jenny Tileston, 268.
Spaulding, Jane, W. T., 268. Spear, Speare —
Elizabeth, 61.
Susannah R., 267.
William H., 227, 351. Spence, Harriet Brackett, 206.
i^aron Warner, 275. Spencer, Josephine (Vila), 275. Spisor, Christian, 54. Spooner, Caroline (Hartshorn), 276.
Elizabeth, 201.
Harriet (Curtis), 276.
John J., 167.
Rebecca (Moses), 276.
Sarah Heath, 245.
WilUam Heath, 276, 289, 343. Sprague, Frank M., 331.
Susan Rogers, 282. Spring, Agnes Giles, 349. Stackpole, Joseph Lewis, 334.
Susan Margaret (Benjamin), 334. Stainer, Roger, 128.
Susanna, 128. Stalham, Ehzabeth, 53, 117. Staniford, Daniel, 289.
Elizabeth Vinton, 279.
Frances Ann Minus (Wheel- wright), 289.
Lucy, 269, 364.
Lydia Shepard, 274.
Maria Dennis, 278. Stanton, Robert, 130. Stanwood, Henry Porter, 307. Starkweather, Jonet, 57.
Maud, 349.
Robert, 57. Stebbin, Stebbins —
Ann (Munke), 58.
Jane, 54, 56.
John, 58.
Martin, 54, 56. Stearns, Charles, 274.
Hannah Clap (Pierce), 274.
Sarah E., 269.
Simeon, 260. Stedman, Caleb, 115, 128, 140, 170.
Mr., 187. Stetson, Gushing, 213, 214, 231. 268, 296, 318.
INDEX
419
Stetson, Frances (Burrows-Bowles), 296, 318.
16586,206,315.
Mary Fnincis, 269.
Sally (Dickerman), 206.
William Frank, 276. Stevens, Stephens —
Abigail, 128, 135.
Anios, 295, 297, 333.
Benjamin, 163, 197.
Elizabeth, 190.
Fannie L., 270.
Hannah, 128, 190.
Henry, 69.
Joaima, 128, 133.
John, 124, 128, 261,
Joseph, 131.
Mary, 128, 131, 132, 134.
Mrs. (Cleaves), 70.
Samuel, 81, 115, 129, 139, 141, 152, 155, 338.
Sarah, 62, 123, 136.
Susan, 295.
Susanna, 133, 185.
Timothy, 62, 74, 121, 123, 126, 135.
Widdow, 68, 121. Stevenson, Mary E., 303. Stewart, Adam, 301. Stickney, John Henry, 348.
William, 319. Stiles, Dr., 113. Stoddard, Capt., 172, 173.
Huldah, 261, 279.
Reuben, 279.
Sally, 279.
Sarah, 297. Stone, Abigail, 271.
Baman, 211, 284, 295.
Deacon, 150.
Ehzabeth Clap, 283.
Lucy (Bradlee), 325.
Mary (Walker), 284.
Mr., 87, 108. Stonhard, John, 58.
Wife of John, 58. Story, Abigail, 128. Stow, Elizabeth, 50.
John, 50.
Stow, Thankful, 116. Stowcll, Edmund llersey, 320.
Susan (Lawn), 320. Stillman, Sanuiel, 286.
Sarah Collins (Baldwin), 286. Stratford, K. B., 344. Stratton, Henry O., 286.
Joseph, 206. Streeter, Alice Parker, 322.
Ursula (Adams-Hosier), 46. Sturgis, James, 265, 291.
Mary Catherine (Townsend), 291.
Nathaniel Russell, 299, 300.
Susan (Parkman), 299. Sturtevant, Adeline D. (Bradley), 332. t
John Dean, 332. Sumner, Abigail, 143, 261.
Abigal Mather, 307.
Abby, 364.
Abby M., 364.
Benj., 151.
Deacon, 273.
Deborah W., 261.
Edward, 130, 139, 160, 260, 307.
Eliza D., 266.
Elizabeth, 130, 192, 201, 281, 294.
Elizabeth (Bugbee), 185.
Elizabeth (Hyslop), 194.
Fanny, 294.
Henry Payson, 260.
Increase, 135, 147, 152, 165, 167, 168, 184, 188, 194, 281, 304, 362.
Joanna, 307.
Joaima (Siunner), 307.
John, 67, 68, 80, 81, 82, 132, 185.
Lucy, 195, 304.
Maria, 260.
Martha, 260.
Mary, 135, 194.
Mary Aim (DeWolf-Perry), 283.
Nancy, 261, 273, 287.
Nathaniel, 142.
Rebecca (Payson), 307.
Samuel, 142, 145, 160, 167, 185, 190, 209, 245, 294, 304, 344.
Sarah, 142.
420
INDEX
Sumner, Sarah (Sharp), 188.
Susannah, 190.
Susanna (Boylston), 185.
Susanna (Stevens), 185.
WiUiam Hyslop, «83. Sunday School, 70, 354 to 356, Swaine, Mary, 53. Swan, Margaret, 188.
Mary, 63, V-^3-
Prudence, 126.
Thomas, 63. Sweet, Amelia T., 267. Swift, David, 200.
John, 169. 198, 202.
Samuel, 260.
Wife of David, 200.
Wife of John, 202. SjTiionds, Caroline E., 348. Symmes, Sarah Jane, 251.
Taber, Catherine, 290.
Catherine (Partridge), 285.
Elnathan, 229, 285, 351.
Sarah, 356.
Sarah W., 266. Table, Abigail, 132, 135. Talmage, Elizabeth, 47.
William, 47. Tappan, Sarah, 277, 289. Taylor, Elizabeth R., 274.
Mr., 344.
Newton, 274.
Richard, 88.
Zackary, 230. Teacher, office defined, 6. Tetlow, John, 290, 372. Thacher, Anna Lewis, 328.
Caroline B., 278.
Elizabeth Ames (Bates), 278.
Elizabeth Bates, 271.
Marietta B. 11. (Crooker), 302.
Thomas, 278, 302.
William Gill, 278. Thayer, Arthur W., 349.
Charles Lowell, 309.
Ebenezer, 78, 79.
Elizabeth Baker Davis, 272.
Harriet Louisa, 309.
John B., 346.
Mary W., 304.
Thayer, Meriba, 198.
Nancy, 317. Thomas, Arthur Malcolm, 285.
Edward, 199.
General, 174.
Helen, 277.
Hugh, 59.
Mary Sarah (Sargent), 285.
Mary S., 269.
Rebecca, 294. Thompson, A. C, 182, 234.
Jane, 202.
Mary, 132, 192.
Rachel, 335.
Samuel, 335.
W^iHiam, 191. Thorndike, Anna, 275.
Elizabeth, 283. Thorpe, Alice, 64. Thurston, Joseph, 260. Thwing, Anna (Haven), 249.
Anne Shapley (Haven), 249, 266.
Aimie Haven, 270, 298, 356.
Elsey, 263.
Elsey Fellows (Davis), 249.
Florence H., 270.
Samuel, 249, 274.
Sarah, 263, 274, 364.
Sarah Homans, 276.
Sarah (Homans), 249,
Supply Clap, 209, 213, 228, 229, 230, 249 to 257, 259, 263, 266, 274, 288. 293, 298, 351.
Walter Eliot, 270, 298. Tidd, Lucy, 320.
Tilden, Frances Bums (Fulton), 320.
Hannah B. Patterson, 320.
Thomas, 320. Tileston, Anne, 276.
Bathsheba, 118, 119.
Nathaniel, 201.
Sarah, 132.
William, 259. Tingley, Frank F., 347. Tiukliam, Samuel Everett, 215, 330,
331. Tolman, Elizabeth Metcalf (Smith), 331.
INDEX
421
Tolman, James, 170, 331. Tombes, Daniel, 192. Torie, Torrey, Tory —
Jonathan, Vii.
Mary (Scarljoroiigh), 57.
Philip, 57. Totnian, Tatman —
Dehorah. 63.
Jahesh. 63, 121.
John, 48, 130.
Wife of John, 48. Towers, Zipporah, 133. Town meetings, 9, 13, 14, 163, 219,
220. Townsend, Betsey Wendell, 330.
Catherine (Parker), 267, 273, 274.
Isaac Parker, 273, 274, 281.
Mary Catherine, 291.
Miss, 364.
Sophia T., 264. Train, Almira C. (Cheever), 329.
Enoch, 283, 329.
Frances G., 265.
Frances Gore (Glover), 320.
Samuel Francis, 320. Trenn, Abbie J., 319. Truckman, Polly Taylor, 205. Trufant, Clementina, 328. Trull, Jona, 202. Trumbell, John, 55. Trusty, James, 129. Tucker, Tukker —
Ann, 120, 123, 187.
Benjamin, 120, 122.
Ebenezer, 133.
Elijah, 253.
EUzabeth, 127, 133, 185.
Hannah, 194.
James, 134.
Joseph Warren, 209, 210, 226, 253, 270, 296, 297, 301, 345, 352.
Margarett, 131.
Mary, 130.
Mary (Porter), 253.
Rebecca, 266.
Rebecca (Weatherly), 253.
Tucker, Tukker —
Seth, 260. Turner, Edward, 148, 198, 215, 221, 312.
Hannah, 131.
Hezekiah, 131.
John, 58.
Lucy (Hyland), 198.
Mary, 57. Tuttle,' Elizabeth, 333.
Helen, 364. Tyler, Hannah Giddings, 318.
Job, 61.
Mary, 61. Tyng, Rebecca, 63, 126. Tjihingman, 5.
Universalists, 222. Upham, Thomas A., 346.
Van Kuran, Laura, 350. Van Son, Caroline, 283. Vassaile, Anna, 52.
William, 52. Viau, Joseph, 350. Vila, Amia Fields (McLellan) 275.
Elizabeth D. (Dexter), 274.
James, 274.
Joseph, 274, 275, 351.
Josephine, 275.
Lydia Shepard (Staniford), 274. Vose, Ehjah, 331, 343.
Lydia May, 325.
Naomi, 205.
Rebecca Gorham (Bartlett),331.
Waban, 28.
Wade, Prudence, 125.
Wadleigh, Jennie B., 348.
W. IL, 348. Waddington, James A., 353. Wainwright, Anne, 133.
Lucretia, 325.
Lucy, 127.
Mr., 351. Wait, Waite —
Benjamin, 316-330.
Clarissa, 316.
422
INDEX
Wait, Waite —
David, 1G5, 167.
Jacob, 280.
Lydia, 26S, 280.
Mary (Felton), 284.
Misses, 343.
Rebecca, 201, 280.
Samuel, 280, 284, 312, 343. Wakeman, Elizabeth, 46.
Samuel, 46. Waldo, Mary Swift, 321. Wales, Ebenezer, 162, 195.
Marcy, 313.
Mary A., 270.
Mary Langdon (Borland), 274. Walker, Adelaide, 303.
Clarissa, 288.
Edward C. R., 268, 292.
Elizabeth, 188.
Harriet, 268.
Hem-ietta (Kingsbury), 292.
Isaac, 155.
Job, 188.
John, 49.
Mary, 284.
Matthew, 262.
Patience, 135.
Samuel, 252.
Sarah, 207.
Wife of Jolm, 49.
Wife of Mattliew, 262. Walley, John, 68, 149. WalHs, Ann, 55. Walter, Hannah, 131.
Maria, 136.
Nathaniel, 134.
Nehemiah, 35, 67, 72, 73, 78, 79, 84 to 111, 112, 119, 137, 141, 145, 149, 151, 152, 174.
Madam, 153.
Rel)ecca, 77.
Rebeckah (Belcher), 112.
Sarah, 131.
Sarah (Mather), 109, 112.
Thomas, 67, 76, 77, 84, 104, 108 112 to 115, 131, 336. Walworth, John, 73. Ward, Ann G., 328.
Ward, Elizabetli, 260.
Elizabeth (Ruggles-Brewer), 196.
Harriet, 365.
Harriott T., 269.
Joanna, 278.
John, 167, 196, 260, 261, 262, 274.
Joseph, 343.
Lucy, 264, 364.
Lucy (Tidd), 320.
M., 351.
Mary, 262.
Martha (Slied), 196.
Mr., 108.
Mrs., 365, 366, 367.
Mrs. Richard, 241.
Nahnm, 265, 295, 351.
Richard, 213, 264, 320.
Ruth Stetson (Gurney), 295.
Samuel, 278, 315.
Sarah, 364.
Susan, 265.
Susan (Gurney), 295.
Wilham, 9. Warden, Mary, 186. Warden, Elizabeth (Beal), 304.
Henry Huglies, 304.
Susan W'ithers, 273. Ware, Annie, 356.
Cahin, 260.
Dr., 228.
Elizabeth Anne, 241.
George, 261.
Henry, 241, 361.
Joseph, 207, 286.
Leonard, 321.
Mary, 261.
Mrs. Leonard, 353.
Nancy (Smith), 207, 286. Warham, Mr., 8. Warren, Abby Burr (Hedge), 327.
Calvin, 262, 273.
Caroline, 273.
Charles Henry, 327.
Deborah. 127, 135.
Deborah (Williams), 132.
Ebenezer, 133, 140, 170.
Hannah, 135.
INDEX
423
Warren, Joseph, 68, 73, 80, 131, 139, VSi, 137, 146, 153. Mary (Stevens), 132. Samuel, 31'-2.
Susanna, 133.. Waterman, Dependence Sturtevant, 215, 268, 3-24, 325.
Georrjiana, 268. Watertown, 3. Watkins, Andrew, 125.
Elizabeth, 125. Watson, AUce (Prentise), 47.
Dorcas, 61.
George, 276.
Jeannette P., 268.
John, 47, 60, 61.
Lucia Marston, 276.
Mary, 61.
Nathan, 204.
Sister, 62. Way, Samuel Allds, 279, 294.
Sarah Ann (Simpson), 294. Weatherly, Rebecca, 253. Webb. Rebecca, 52.
William, 52. Webster, Ann Eliza (Cusliing), 313. Weed, Isabel, 289. Weeks, Ida T., 271. Weisse, Jane Lee (Hunt), 318.
John Adam, 289, 318. Welch, Francis William, 277.
Margaret C, 269.
Mary Anne (Hiunphrey), 277. Weld, Welde —
Aaron Da\as, 272.
Abijah, 132.
Amy, 56.
Barbara (Clap), 52.
Benjamin, 204, 211, 212, 228, 263, 296, 298, 343, 351, 358.
Betsy (^Villiams), 272.
Caroline, 264.
Charles Richmond, 301.
Clemence, 132.
Daniel, 59, 185.
David, 145, 185.
Deborah, 129.
Dorothie, 60, 122, 128.
Weld, Welde —
Edmond, 121, 132, 151, 167, 187.
Edmund Grindall, 148.
Edward, 74.
Elijah, 198.
Elizabeth, 52, 56, 120, 126, 130,
143, 185, 261, 263, 264, 298. Elizabeth (Heath), 204. Elizabeth IL, 267. Elizabeth (Rodman), 300. Elizabeth (Tucker), 185. Elizabeth (Williams), 200. Esther, 307. E., 365.
Francis Minot, 300. Hannah, 122, 123. John, 55, 60, 71, 120, 121. Joseph, 9, 10, 39, 52, 73, 120,
122, 123, 130, 151, 190, 338. Judith, 16, 47. Katy, 198.
Margaret (Bowen), 55. Margret, 16, 47, 60, 123. Martha (Williams), 272. Mary, 122, 190, 271. Mary Elizabeth (Read), 302. Misses, 364. Mrs. Benjamin, 367. Nancy, 273, 364, 366. Nancy (Sumner), 273. Samuel, 121, 126, 151, 187, 197
200, 261, 273. Sarah, 122, 124, 129, 187. Sarah (Davis), 185. Stephen Minot, 302. Susan, 264. Susan R., 267. Susanna, 126. Susannah (Morey), 272. Thomas, 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16,
22, 23, 38, 47, 60, 120, 121, 128,
131, 194. 336. Wife of Elijah, 198. Wells. Behnda, 317. Elizabeth White, 333. Lucia G., .328. Sarah, 269. Sarah EUzabeth, 310. Wendell, Frank, 302.
424
INDEX
Wendell, Helen, 302. West, Benjamin, 131, 198.
Blanche M., 350.
Joanna, 133, 136. West Roxbury church organized, 75. Wheat, Victoria G., 322. Wheeler, Joel, 262.
Wife of Joel, 262. Wheelock, Fanny A., 356. Wheelwright, Frances Ann Minns, 289.
George William, 296, 318.
Hannah Giddings (Tyler), 318.
Harriet E.. 333.
Josiah, 298, 299, 321, 352.
Lucinda Orne (Chapin), 321.
Susan C, 321.
Susan Minns, 321.
William, 321. Whitaker, Caroline, 294. Whitcoml), Henry Clay, 209.
Nathaniel Osgood, 334, 353. White, Aaron, 167, 283.
Abigail, 291.
Anna Maria (Halsey), 303.
Anne, 130.
Bartholomew, 275, 310.
Benjamin, 128.
Edward, 57.
Elizabeth, 62, 120, 122, 128, 203, 273.
Elizabeth Amelia, 322.
Elizabeth (Cheney), 283.
Ellen, 365.
Eunice, 291.
Francis, 127, 128.
Hann.ah, 63, 123, 134, 275.
Harriet, 296.
Henry, 302, 333.
James, 162, 195.
Jane E., 269.
Jane Eliza, 302.
Jane Eliza (Williams), 333.
John, 62, 69, 120, 121, 126.
Joseph, 63, 65, 69, 128, 294, 303.
Lucy, 315.
Marc, 365.
Margaret, 127.
White, Margaret U., 269. Mary, 196.
Nancy (Avery), 283.
Ruth, 202.
Salome, 273, 365.
Sarah D. H., 269.
Samuel. 129, 130.
Sarah, 201.
Susanna, 185.
Wife of Edward, 57.
William, 260, 283, 351. Whiting, Abigail Siuuner (Williams), 204 .
Abigail S., 261.
Caroline, 308.
Charlotte E., 264, 332.
Daniel, 300.
Elizabeth, 300.
Isabel, 289.
Joel, 204, 261, 277.
Lydia Cushing (Russell), 301, 325.
Miss, 349.
Misses, 365.
INIoses, 229, 289, 290, 351.
Nancy F., 263.
Percis Rice (Clark), 290.
Persis R., 364.
Rose S., 325.
Roxanna C, 264.
William, 263, 277, 301, 325. Whitin, Elizabeth Gardner, 251. Whitman, Levi, 197. Whitmarsh, Caroline, 290. Whitney, Abigail, 195, 205.
Abigail (Dana), 307.
Asa, 210, 260, 262, 307, 344.
Christina Kadie Swan (Sargent 335.
Daniel, 207, 260.
EUsha, 259, 278, 307.
Elizabeth, 124. 260.
Elizabeth (Harris), 64.
Hannah, 188.
Israel Goodwin, 335, 352.
John, 123, 197.
Mary, 262.
Mary (Hammond), 307.
INDEX
425
Whitney, Redy, 205. SaUy (Heath), 278. Susanna, 129. Whitridge, Maria Louisa, 324. Whittamore, Whittemore, Witte- more — Aaron E., 330. Ehza, 52. Jacob, 1G3. John, 344. LawTence, 52. Marv, 279.
Samuel, 162, 168, 195, 316. Sarah, 329. Whittier, John G., 242. Whittington, Alice Parker (Streeter), 322. Hiram, 277, 322. Whitwell, Ehsa, 285. Elizabeth, 289. Samuel, 285, 289. Wiesse, John A., 266.
Jane L., 266. Wiggins, Georgie M., 349, Wigglesworth, Mr., 13. Wild, Danl, 344. Wiley, Margaret, 267, 285.
Thomas, 267, 285. Willard, Aaron, 204, 229, 285,343,35 1. , Catherine Gates, 282. Jane, 364. Jane I., 329. Jane J., 265. John, 345. Joseph A., 333. Josiah, 72, 150. Mary, 204.
Mary Elizabeth Read (Weld), 302. Mary (Leeds), 200. Maria Louisa (McCleary), 302. Mrs., 72, 366. Paul, 302.
Simon, 200, 219, 220, 222. Willett, Abner, 262.
Sibyl, 207. Williams, Willias —
Aacon Davis, 213, 229, 262, 268, 272, 327, 328, 343, 346, 351, 358.
Williams, WiUias —
Abigail, 119, 126, 129, 195, 201,
286, 310. Abigail Sumner, 204. Amos Adams, 272, 314. Amy, 206. Anna (Ann, Anne, Annie), 187,
188, 194, 200, 269. Anne (Tileston), 276. Benjamin, 267, 338. Bertha F., 270. Betsy, 203, 272. Betsy (Williams), 203. Brother, 59. Capt. 179. Catherine, 143, 196. Charlotte, 291. Daniel, 132, 151. Deborah, 123, 132, 133. Dorothy, 78, 133, 140, 256, 258. Dorothy (Weld), 122. Dr., 178. Dr. E. T., 270. Dudley, 206, 275. Dwight, 310. Ebenezer, 123, 130, 191. Edward Payson, 312. Eleazer, 68, 80, 81, 132, 140, 141,
146, 151, 152, 155. Ellen M., 265. Elijah, 281. Eliza Dorr, 270.
Elizabeth, 57, 78, 121, 125, 135. 188, 189, 197, 200.
Elizabeth (McCarthy), 282.
Elizabeth (Stalham), 53, 117.
EUzabeth Weld, 277.
EmmeUne Eames (Childs), 282.
Frances (Jones), 282.
George Foster, 268, 291.
Grace, 129.
Hannah, 125, 132, 188, 195.
Hamiah (Davis), 194.
Hamiah (Dudley), 134.
Hannah D., 263.
Harriet A., 319.
Henry Howell, 157, 272.
Isaac, 60, 80, 131, 354.
426
INDEX
Williams, Jane. 188. Jane Eliza, 333. Jeremiah, 143, 188, 28^. Joanna, 197. John, 57, 122, 131, 139, 140, 159,
168, 186, 187, 192, 194, 285,
338, 344. John Davis, 158, 168, 194, 272. John Shirley, 260, 265, 272, 314. Jonathan, 140, 168, 259, 276, 305. Joseph, 67, 68, 119, 129, 134, 1.37,
139, 145, 146, 147, 151, 155,
157-8, 162, 167, 168, 169, 171,
178, 188, 190, 192, 280, 314,
338, 343. Katharine, 186. Katharine (Morrill), 281. Lois, 260.
Lois (Cunningham), 196. Louisa, 343. Louisa (Palmer), 308. Lucy, 261, 262. Lydia, 262, 282.
Martha, 125, 131, 193, 261, 272.
Martha (Howell), 134. Mary, 123, 131, 135, 142, 190, 203,
28*4, 344. Mary (Capen), 128, 185. Mary (Langdon), 196. Mary Nye (Hangs), 281. Mary (Smnner), 194. Mary W., 264. Maud, 349. Mercy (Da\is), 192. Mr., 354. Mrs., 344.
Nabby Langdon, 311. Nancy, 260, 262, 276, 314. Nancy (Bugbcc), 272. Nancy limit (Fellowes), 272. Nancy (Williams), 314. Nathaniel, 140. Nathaniel Whiting, 203. Nehemiah Davis, 262, 266, 280,
344, 351, .358. Nicholas, 59. Noah Perrin, 205.
Williams, Park, 129.
Polly, 206, 260, 302, 308.
Polly (Williams), 206.
Priscilla, 127.
Rebecca, 276.
Robert, 53, 117, 191, 194, 271.
Robert B., 285.
Sally, 20 K 272.
Sally (Williams), 272.
Samuel, 57, 60, 67.
Sarah, 78, 123, 129, 133, 142,
191, 195, 206. Sarah Eliza, 331. Sarah Elizabeth, 275. Sarah (Heath), 280. Sarah (Payson), 185. Sarah (Tileston), 132. Sarah (Wise), 62. Samuel, 78, 81, 117, 121, 122, 123, 129, 137, 139, 141, 142, 146, 151, 168, 186, 206, 338, 351. Samuel Sprague, 262. Stedman, 203, 203, 309, 312, 323,
343, 351, 3.58. Stephen, 62, 76, 122, 125, 128, 129, 131, 140, 145, 155, 158, 160, 162, 167, 185, 187, 192, 196, 284, 308, 314, 316. Stephen Heru-y, 281, 353. Sue, 270.
Susan B. (F.arnham), 328. Susan F., 268. Susan L., 268. Sus.an Lucy (Fellowes), 291. Susannah "(May), 192. Theoda, 60, 128, 192, 278. Theoda (Parke), 117. Thomas. 160, 167, 178, 191, 220,
282, 310, 315, 316, 317, 343. William, 122, 191, 198. Willis, Susanna, 128. Wilmarth, Daniel, 255.
Henry Dan, 209, 255. 289. Matilda (Reynolds), 255. Sarah (Luke), 255. Wilson, Ann, 49. Barnabas, 134.
INDEX
427
Wilson, Elizabeth (Mansfield), 41.
Frances Taylor, 334.
G. H., 353.
Hannah, 58, 124.
John, 21, 41, 130.
Joseph, 122.
Josephine, 270.
Mary, 41.
Maud, 349.
Mr., 21.
Nathaniel, 58, 122, 124.
Sally, 259.
Sarah, 130.
Thomas, 49. Winchester, .^mariah, 131.
Goodman, 69.
Hannah, 65, 121.
Joanna, 65, 124.
John, 65, 69, 126, 131.
Jonathan, 121.
Josiah, 121, 125, 129.
Mary, 121, 122, 126, 190.
Moses, 190.
Sarah, 129, 131. Windship, Winship —
Charles May, 276.
Susan (Barker), 276, 364, 367.
Nathl, 199. Winslow, Harriet, 304,
Isaac, 158, 338.
Jemima, 195.
Louisa, 275.
Louisa M., 304.
Rebecca, 191. Winthrop, Lucy, 142. Winsor, Mary D., 266.
Mary Ann (Davis), 330.
Elizabeth, 326.
Henry, 266, 330. Wise, Abigail, 123.
Bethia, 120.
Elizabeth, 51.
Joseph, 58.
Katherin, 120.
Mary, 58.
Sarah, 62. Wiswell, Sarah Adams, 322.
Winters, William, 3. Withington, Alpheus M., 288, 328, 351.
Betsey (Baker), 305.
Ebenezer, 305.
Hannah (Leeds), 204.
Hiram, 328.
Lewis, 343.
Mary (Preston), 305.
Phineas, 204, 305.
Susan M., 328. Wolcott, CaroUne (Frothingham), 327.
Harriet (Frothingham), 327.
Joshua Huntington, 327.
Roger, 327. Wolford, Richard, 69. Woman's AUiance, The, 359, 370. Wood, Woods —
Edith M., 350.
Elizabeth, 129, 198.
Hervey, 215, 221, 260.
Jemima, 130, 133.
John, 130, 140, 160.
Joseph, 134.
Mary, 135.
Mercy, 189.
IVIiranda, 290.
Samuel, 189.
Susanna, 142. Woodbridge, Maria Marsh, 291.
Martha, 193.
Priscilla D., 306. W'oodforde, Mary (Blott), 47.
Thomas, 47. Woodman, George, 300.
Ix)uisa (Gore), 300.
Mary, 294. Woodward, Abraham, 130, 142.
Ester, 64, 122.
George, 130.
Hannah, 122, 192.
Ichabod, 130.
Mary, 124.
Nathaniel, 130.
Sarah, 142.
Thomas, 61, 64, 69, 122.
Tryphena, 126.
428
INDEX
Woody, Woddy —
Ann, 56.
Elizabeth, 65.
Frances (Dexter), 57.
John, 56.
Martha, 65.
Mary, 57, 65.
Mary (Coggin), 56.
Richard, 56, 57, 65.
Samuel, 65. Woolton, Eliz., 49. Worsley, Joseph, 190. Worthington, Abby Bartlett (Adams) 327.
Roland, 327, 329. Wright, Write —
George, 346.
Rachel, 47, 54. Wroth, Mr., 53. Wyman, Ann, 265.
Anne (Morrill), 246.
Asa, 262.
Caroline K., 269, 323.
CaroUne King (Hooper), 323.
Cath., 262.
Catherine (Taber), 290.
Edward, 214, 268, 323.
Wyman, Elizabeth, 267, 273.
Eunice, 246.
George H., 334.
Isaac, 262, 290, 351.
John, 203.
Margaret Carey (Boyd), 323.
Margaret Curry, 267-323.
Mary, 293.
Rufus, 209, 246, 264.
Sarah, 262.
Sarah (White), 201, 262.
Thos., 162, 201, 290.
Wife of Asa, 262.
Wm., 260.
Zebediah, 246. Wyeth, John, 176.
Young, Elizabeth Loring, 286.
Helen M., 349.
Henrietta, 325. Youngman, Cornelius, 128.
Francis, 123.
Ziegler, George, 199, 201, 221, 273, 283. Mary, 201. Mary (Blaney), 199.
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