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COLLECTION 

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A3IERICAN  EPITAPHS 

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^  INSCRIPTIONS 

AYITH 

OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 
BY  REY.  TIJIoillY  ALDEN,  A.  M. 

TIOXORART  SIEMBEROFTnE  MASSACnVSETTS  AXP 

CF  THE  \E\\-YORK  HISTORICAL  SOCItTlES, 

MEMBER  OF  THE  AMEIIICAX   AXTiaUA- 

KIAX  SOCItTV,    ETC. 


FENTADE  I.    YOL.  III. 


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B  U  S  IT  R  O  D.  W  A  S  H  I  N  G  T  O  N. 
ARMIGERO. 
|t  E.  JUSTICIARIIS. 

RERUMPUBLICARUM.  AMERICA.. 

FCEDERATARUM. 

CURI.^.  SUPREME. 

UNI. 

TOMUM.  TERTIUM.  OPERIS. 

HUJUSCE. 

SUMMA.  CUM.OBSERVANTIA. 

DEDICAT. 

TIMOTHEUS.  ALDEN. 


A  COLLECTION  OF  AMERICAN  EPI- 
TAPHS  AND  IXSCKIFTI JNS,  WITH  OC- 
CASIOX.IL  NOTES,  BY  REV.  TIMOTHY 
ALDEN. 


QUIXCT,    MASS. 

433,  ATo/e.— Henry  Advms,  the  ancestor  of 
many  families  in  this  country,  came,  about  1630,  to 
Mount  Wollaston,  now  Quincy,  but  originally  a 
part  of  Boston.  He  was  from  the  county  of  Devon- 
shire, in  Eni;land,  where  he  bnrieil  his  wife.  Eight 
sons  accorai>anieil  him  to  3Iassachusctts,  one  of 
wkom,  Joseph,  settled  in  Braintree,  Henry,  Jona- 
than, Peter,  and  Edward,  in  Medfiehl,  and  two  in 
Chelmsford.  The  other  returned  to  the  land  of  his 
fathers. 

Joseph  Adams,  whose  wife  was  Mary  Baxter, 
daughter  of  captain  John  Baxter,  of  Braintree,  had 
three  sons,  Joseph  and  Peter,  wh(;  spent  their  days 
in  Braintree,  and  John,  wixo  removed  to  Boston. 

Joseph  Adams,  grandson  of  the  first  mentioned 
Henry  Adams,  whose  wife  was  Hannah  Bass,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Bass  of  Braintree,  had  five  sons  » 
1.  rev.  Joseph  Adams,  who,  having  been  the  pastor 
of  the  church  in  Newington,  New  Hampshire,  for 
fiixty-eight  years,  died,  in  t7o3,  at  the  age  of  93 
years  ;  2.  capt.  Ebenezer  Adams,  of  Braintree 
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S.  deacon  John  Adams,  of  Braiutree;  i.  Josiah 
Adams,  of  3lciidon ;  i.  Samuel  Ad.ims,  of  Braiutree. 

Deacon  John  Adams,  whose  wife  was  Susanna 
Eoyiston,  danghter  of  Peter  Tioylston  of  Urookiiue, 
had  three  sons;  1.  his  excellency, John  Adams, 
IjL.  D.  late  president  of  the  United  States ;  2.  Pe- 
ter Boylston  Adams,  esq,  of  ftuincy ;  S.  Klihu 
Adams,  of  Riindojph,  formerly  a  part  of  Braintrec. 

His  excellency,  Tuhn  Adams,  late  president  of  tiio 
United  States,  whose  wife  is  Abigail,  the  second 
daughter  of  the  late  rev.  William  Smith  of  Wey- 
mouth, has  had  four  children. 

1.  Abigail,  who  deceased  at  (liiincy,  15  August, 
1F.1S,  at  the  aee  of  forty-riiiht  years,  who  was  the 
wife  of  the  hon.  AVilliam  Smith,  of  New-York,  leav- 
ing  three  children,  William  Steuben,  John  Adams, 
and  Caroline  Amelia. 

2.  His  excellency,  John  Quincy  Adams,  LL.D. 
minister  from  the  United  States  at  the  court  Qf 
Knssia,  w  hose  wife  is  Catharine  Lonisa,  a  daughter 
of  Joshua  Johnson  of  Maryland,  and  whose  children 
are  George  Washington,  John,  and  Charles  Francis. 

3.  Charles  Adams,  esq.  who  deceased  at  New- 
York,  22  December,  1300,  at  the  age  of  thirty  years, 
whose  wife  was  Sarah  Smith,  daughter  of  John 
Smith,  of  New- York,  lea.  ing  two  children,  Susanna 
Boylston  and  Abigail  Louisa  Smith. 

A.  Hon.  Thomas  Boylston  Adams,  of  Quincy, 
whose  wife  is  Ann,  diin!?;hter  of  Joseph  Harrod  of 
Haverhill,   iuid  whose  children  are  Abigail  braitb, 


Klizaiieth  Coombj:,  Thomas  Boylston,  and  Isaac 
Hull. 

QUIXCY,    MASS. 

439.  Note. — The  I'oilowing  paragraphs  are  from 
a  sermon  on  Ps.  112.  6,  dcliverpd  hy  the  rev.  Peter 
Whitney,  at  the  interment  of  the  hon.  Richard 
Ckanch,  who  died,  16  Oct.  1811,  at  the  age  of 
eighty  five,  and  of  his  consort,  nirs.  M  akv  Ck  anch, 
wlio  died,  on  the  succeeding  day,  at  the  age  of 
seventy  years. 

"  The  honourable  Richard  Crancii  was  born  at 
Kingsbridge  in  England,  in  October,  1726.  He  was 
descended  from  reputable  parents,  who  were  of  tiiat 
class  of  christians  called  Puritans.  Accordingly, 
the  son  w-as  early  instructed  in  the  great  principles 
of  religion,  and  had  continually  before  him  an  ex- 
ample of  strict  adherence  to  the  practice  of  the  gos- 
pel. The  religious  sentiments  of  his  parents  were 
of  a  more  rigid  cast,  than  to  meet  hi«  cordial  recep- 
tion ;  but  their  piety  and  sincere  attachment  to 
what  they  conceived  to  be  the  truth  were  always 
the  subject  of  his  admiration.  iV.t  the  age  of  nine- 
teen he  left  his  native  country  and  embarked  for 
America.  Upon  his  arrival  here  he  resided  for 
several  years  in  Boston,  and  soon  became  acquaint- 
ed with  some  of  the  most  distinguished  characters 
both  among  the  clergy  and  the  laity.  AVith  the  ce- 
lebrated df.  Mayhew  he  was  pecnliarly  intimate. 
He  statedly  attended  upon  his  preaching,  and  in  a 
short  time  becoiue  a  member  of  his  ciiurch.  His  jcind 


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vvss  naturally  vigorous  ami  comprcLcnsive,  ihoughl- 
iiii  and  inquisitive.  His  fiiemlbliip  was  therefore 
sought  by  the  wise  and  virtuous,  and  in  thtir  society 
lie  laid  n  foundation  for  an  honourable  and  useful 
career.  His  (acuities  were  continually  improving 
by  all  the  advantages,  which  books  and  the  conver- 
,<ation  of  the  intelligent  could  imijurt.  Though  he 
was  not  favoured  witii  the  privilege  of  an  early 
classical  education  ;  yet  by  unwearied  application 
he  soon  acquired  a  conii)ctent  know  ledge  of  those 
languages,  which  are  taught  in  the  university. 

"  With  all  the  sciences  he  had  a  general  acquaint- 
ance ;  but  his  taste  led  him  principally  to  the  pur- 
suit of  that  most  important  of  all  sciences,  the 
knowledge  of  God,  of  his  works,  and  dispensations. 
Christian  theology  airested  his  first  regards.  The 
study  of  the  holy  scriptures  was  his  most  delightful 
employment.  To  ensure  the  greatest  success  in 
his  inquiries  into  tliis  sacred  volume  he  ai)plied 
himself  to  the  study  of  the  original  languages,  in 
which  the  Old  and  New  Testaments  were  written. 
AVith  the  truth  of  the  christian  religion  founded 
upon  the  prophecies  of  scripture  he  was  forcibly 
impressed.  This  impression  led  him  to  a  course  of 
reading,  which  might  throw  liglit  on  this  interest- 
ing portion  of  the  bible.  Those  prophecies  especi- 
ally, in  which  the  character  of  the  great  apocalyj)- 
tic  beast,  or  antichrist,  is  described,  and  which  have 
generally  been  considered  as  applicable  to  the 
church  of  Rome,  he  digested  into  a  system  in  some 
respects  peculiar  to  himself.    The  outlines  only  of 


this  system  have  been  {;iven  to  the  publick.  It  is  a 
subject  of  deep  regret  vvitii  many  tliat  he  could  not 
be  prevailed  upon  to  present  to  the  world  the  whole 
of  his  learned  and  ingenious  theory.  They,  who 
are  conversant  with  prophecy,  and  have  listened  to 
an  exposition  of  his  scheme,  have  beea  struck  witk 
its  merits,  and  pressingly  urged  its  publication. 

"In  seveiiteeu  hundred  and  fifty  he  left  Boston,  on 
account  of  the  destructive  prevalence  of  the  small- 
pox, and  came  to  this  place,  then  known  by  the 
!North  Parish  of  Braintree;  Here  he  resided  a 
short  time,  and  had  his  relation  transferred  from 
doctor  Mayhew's  church  to  this.  Circumstances 
soon  led  him  to  remove  from  this  town  to  Wey- 
mouth. Accordingly  he  obtained  a  dismission  fVom 
this  church  to  the  church  of  Ciuist  iii  that  place, 
and  with  that  church  he  stood  related  till  ihe  period 
of  his  decease.  During  his  res'idence  iu  Weymouth 
be  formed  that  conjugal  relation,  which  through  a 
long  life  has  been  a  source  of  the  most  exalted  hap- 
piness. 

"  Being  induced  in  the  course  of  providence  to 
make  another  remove  be  returned  in  a  few  yeui-s  to 
this  town  ;  and,  with  the  exception  of  residing  one 
er  two  years  in  Salem,  and  a  few  more  in  Bt)Ston, 
he  continued  here  through  the  residue  of  his  days. 

"His  talents  and  his  virtues  soon  recommended 
him  to  the  confidence  of  the  people.  He  was  repeat- 
edly chosen  to  represent  the  united  parishes  of  Brain- 
tree  in  the  general  assembly  of  this  state.  He  fre- 
Viuently  received  the  suffrages  of  the  people  for  scna* 


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'lor  ;  un<l  was  also  aiipolrilod  a  jtiilRo  of  tiie  court 
of  coiiiinon  picas  for  tlie  county  ef  StiH'ulk,  wliick 
ollirc  he  heltl  till  the  (livinun  of  the  county.  The 
fidelity  anil  iiitcHi;^once  liedisjiliiyed  in  all  the  trusts 
committed  to  him  are  uiiiverpally  known. 

"  Imj»resscd  witli  a  conviction  of  his  merits,  the 
university  at  Cambridge  conferred  upon  him  aa 
honorary  degree.  He  was  also  elected  a  member  of 
t"he  American  Aciulemy  of  Arts  and  Scienccg,  ani 
his  rcjiutation  has  been  continually  rising. 

"  Among  nil  his  excellencies  his  piety  perhaps 
was  the  most  prominent.  The  profoundest  venera- 
tion of  the  supreme  Jehovah  pervaded  his  life.  He 
ftlt  in  every  action  that  he  was  in  the  presence  of 
God,  and  accountable  at  his  tribunal.  In  his  family 
devotions  he  was  uncommonly  fervent ;  and  in  his 
life  were  as  few  aberrations  from  the  strictest  integ- 
rity, as  have  ever  marked  the  character  of  man.  Oa 
the  publickofiicei;  of  religion  he  was,  until  prevented 
by  infirmity,  a  constant  and  serious  attendant,  and 
as  a  professor  of  Christianity  he  adorned  the  doc- 
trines of  the  Saviour.  AVith  him  vice  could  find  no 
shelter ;  but  was  frowned  with  indignation  from  his 
presence.  Though  jilcasant  and  cheerful  as  a  com- 
panion, hischeerfulness  never  degenerated  into  levi- 
ty ;  nor  in  the  moments  of  greatest  relaxation  did 
he  forget  his  character  as  a  christian.  His  convcr- 
fiation  was  replete  with  apposite  and  entertaining 
anecdotes,  and  with  the  richest  fund  of  intelligence. 
The  wise  di  lighted  to  mingle  in  his  society,  and 
eould  always  find  some  addition  to  their  owji.treas- 
"Ures  frooj  the  full  stores  o!  his  niind. 


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*'  With  the  clergy  he  was  in  the  highest  csliiUft* 
tlon.  Having  devoted  a  considerable  portion  o£ 
hi.s  life  to  theological  pursuit?,  he  might  with  propri- 
ety be  denominated  a  sound  divine.  Few,  even  of 
the  clerical  profession,  have  ever  surpassed  him  in 
their  knowledge  of  christian  theology. 

"  Of  his  enlarged  and  comprehensive  mind  Cathol- 
icism was  a  natural  consequence.  Though  not  at- 
tached to  the  sentiments  of  those  christians,  who 
are  considered  as  orthodox,  yet  he  vic\rcd  them  with 
an  eye  of  candour;  and  belicld,  in  every  different 
shade  of  the  christian  faith,  men  of  sincerity  and 
real  virtue.  Apprized  of  his  own  imperfections  he 
tiever  erected  himself  into  a  standard  for  others ; 
but  was  willing  to  believe  tiiat  however  widely 
christians  might  differ  in  their  conceptions  of  the 
less  important  articles  of  tiieir  faith,  there  might  be 
in  thein  all  that  honesty  and  f.delity  in  their  imiui- 
ries,  which  would  recommend  them  to  God.  Every 
approach  to  bigotry  his  soul  abhorred  ;  and  he  de- 
lighted to  look  forward,  to  that  period,  when  the 
honest  and  upright  of  every  country  and  of  every 
religion  would  meet  together  in  heaven. 

"  Of  the  advantages  resulting  from  the  religions 
principles,  in  which  he  was  early  instructed,  and 
from  the  publick  avowal  of  the  christian  faith, 
which  he  made  in  youth,  he  was  deeply  impressed. 
For  more  llian  sixty  years,  he  observed  in  ray  last 
conversation  with  him,  for  more  titan  sixty  years,  I 
hare  fell  lite  xaliie  of  early  religion,  and  of  an  early 
frtfcfsi'm  af  chriilianilj.    At  «.  period,  ip/jm  ?),&- 


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warhlhi  ronsidcralions  csnll  he  supposed  to  iiifliiciiee 
vi;i  conduct,  I  viade  a  pitbtlck  profusion  of  religion. 
I  linre  ntttr  found  reason  to  lament  this  part  of  my 
rcndncl.  It  has  always  (riiin  inn  pleasure  on  reflec- 
tion, and  b,-i(:ktcns  }n:i prospects  into  futurity.''* 

"  Mrs  Craiich  was  born  in  Wcynioulli,  in  Sep- 
tember. 1741.  Slic  was  danghter  of  the  rev.  Wil- 
liam Smith,  pastor  of  the  first  chnrch  in  tliat  place, 
and  she  enjoyed  the  advantages  of  a  pious  education. 
Her  mind,  which  was  above  tiie  ordinary  level,  she 
liad  highly  iinjirovcd  by  reading,  and  tlic  society  of 
the  wisp.  Few  of  lier  sex  have  surpassed  iier  io 
useful  qualification?,  anJ  none  perhaps  in  the  vir- 
tues, which  will  be  in  everlasting  remembrance.  As 
a  companion  she  was  cheerful  and  entertaining,  as  a 
friend  she  was  affectionate  and  failliful.  In  the  re- 
lation of  a  wife  and  a  nioiher  she  was  every  thing, 
that  could  be  desired.  She  looked  well  to  her  house- 
hold, and  her  children  have  reason  to  call  her  bless- 
ed. The  sick  found  in  her  a  ready  and  consoling 
visiter ;  and  the  [)Oor  were  made  partakers  of  lier 
bounty. 

"  As  she  had  early  made  a  pubiick  profession  of 
Keligion,  so  she  endeavoured  uniformly  to  live  as  tbo 
gospel  tcaclicth.  Hal)itually  serious  and  devout, 
deatii  and  eterniiy  were  no  strangers  to  her  thoughts ; 
and  she  met  the  last  enemy  without  a  terror.  Nev- 
er have  1  witnessed  more  perfect  resignation,  more 
triumphant  hopes,  more  settled  composure  of  mind, 
than  she  displayed  in  her  last  sickness.  Sensible  of 
her  imperfections,  she  depended  for  r,a!vDtionon  fh«^ 


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niwcy  of  G.)J,  tiiruir^h  tlic  Reileemrt-.  Lvcry  stop 
to  the  grave  seeiuod  to  give  a;lililional  firmness  to 
her  faith,  and  fresh  vigour  to  her  hojies,  and,  as  she 
oi  Served  in  my  last  visit,  it  -appeared  to  her  that  she 
'.VIS  daily  conversant  \vith  other  beings,  and  with 
another  world.  Heaven  yeeuied  to  be  already  be^un 
in  her  soul ;  and  I  doubt  not  she  has  received  the 
api»robatii>n  of  her  Judge;  and  will  shine  a.<i  the 
hrightne-^s  of  the  firmament,  and  as  a  star,  forever 
and  ever." 

Mrs.  Cranch's  mother  was  a  daughter  of  the  hou- 
fohn  Guincy.  .She  w  as  the  oldest  sister  of  mrs- 
Vdams,  consort  of  president  Adams,  and  of  rare, 
Peabody,  consort  of  rev.  mr.  Peabody.  of  Atkinson, 
and  formerly  the  cousortof  the  lale  rev.JohnShaw,  of 
Haverhill.  She  had  cms  brother,  who  died  in  early 
life  leavhig  a  family  of  >rorthy  children. 

Mr.  and  nirs.  f'ranch  were  the  parents  of  three 
r.hildren,  the  oldest  of  mIioiii  was  married  to  the  rev, 
Jacob  Norton  of  Weymouth,  and  departed  this  life 
before  her  mother,  in  18!  1.  The  youngest  daugh- 
ter is  the  wife  of  mr.  Irhn  Greenleaf,  of  Clulncf, 
Their  only  son,  the  lion.  William  (ranch,  resides  at 
his  seat  in  the  vicinity  of  Alexandria.  He  is  su- 
preme judge  of  the  di>trfct  court  of  Columbia,  and 
reporter  of  cases  in  the  federal  court  of  the  Unit- 
ed States. 

The    venerable    jud.te     Cranch    had     devoted 

nach  time  to  the  study  (if  the  scriptures,  and   the 

result  was  a  scheme  in  reference  to  the  aparaliv'ic 

b'.ast,  which  embraces  so  much  originality,  aad  is  so 

rr:.-.  I. — vgl.  iir.  P» 


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liltle  known,  as  to  rcinlrr  it  n  su italic  and  importsit* 
appendix  to  tiiis  article.  It  is  therefore  given  tn- 
lire  as  it  was  addressed  to  Lis  son-in-law,  rev.  ur. 
Norton,  14  March,  11)10. 

"  The  Icrni  beast  in  thcprophetick  language,  gener 
ally  means  some  great  over  Ijcaring  powt  r  on  cartb, 
that  afilicts  and  tyrannizes  over  tlie  professors  of 
true  religion.  And  such  a  tyranny,  when exercit«d 
over  the  church  of  Christ,  has  generally  been  called 
the  reign  of  Antichrist.  And  christians  in  the  sev 
pral  ages  of  the  church  have  been  wont  to  apply  the 
title  to  the  various  powers,  who  have  persccuied 
thcni,  from  the  times  of  the  persecutions  under  the 
pagan  Roman  emjicrors,  to  the  time  of  the  tyranny 
of  the  Romish  church,  after  the  pope  had  obtained 
the  proud  title  o{  xinicersal  bishop,  from  Phocas  the 
usurping  emperor,  in  the  year  606.  From  this  lat- 
ter period  protestants  in  general  have  r.grced  to  da 
the  character  of  Antichrist  on  the  Roman  pontiti 
and  his  clergy,  and  suppose  that  it  was  foretold  and 
described  in  the  prophecy  of  Daniel,  and  in  tht- 
book  of  Kavelatlons. 

"  But,  in  opposition  to  this  application  of  the 
title  to  a  power,  that  profases  to  honour  Chrict,  end 
to  have  received  all  its  authority  from  him  ;  it  hnr 
been  i-upposed  by  others  tlat  the  character  of  Anti- 
christ ought  rather  to  be  looked  for  in  some  great 
tyrannical  power  that  wolS  juofcssedh/  in  opposiliov 
to  the  christian  religion,  and  so  might  literally  b» 
termed  A/iti  Christ.  It  may  not  therefore  be  improp- 
er here  to  take  a  cursory  view  of  the  ancient  cbri'^t- 
ian  c'l'irclif^s  that  wfre  ??ttlp<?  bef'^^'C  ^r"*  nrVni^"''- 


Jeilgcil  rise  of  Aiitichiief ;  that  so  by  comparing 
their  former  state  witli  their  present,  we  may  be 
lc<l,  as  it  were,  with  an  Arictdtie's  due,  to  iliscover 
niiat  that  fatal  power  was,  which  could  reduce  so 
preat  a  proportion  of  the  whole  christian  world  to 
such  an  abject  state  of  poverty,  wrclcliedness,  and 
slavery  as  that  under  which  they  now  groan,  and 
have  already  groaned  for  nearly  twelve  hundred 
years. 

"  The  great  extent  of  countrj-,  whose  inhabitants 
formerly  embraced  the  christian  religion,  and  form- 
ed the  numerous  churches  of  ancient  Christendom, 
may  be  coneidered  under  their  several  local  divi- 
sions. At  first  we  may  cast  our  eyes  ou  Africa, 
and  notice  the  great  number  of  famous  churches  that 
•were  formerly  under  the  patriarchate  of  Alexandria; 
in  one  of  which  the  great  Augustiu  was  a  bishop, 
and  within  whose  bosom  the  learned  Origen  taught, 
with  no  common  degree  of  celebrity,  the  principles 
of  philosophy  and  religion. 

"  Thence  we  may  p;iss  into  Asia,  the  cradle  of 
the  human  race,  where  first  the  Sun  of  righteous- 
ness arose  with  healing  in  his  beams,  and  trace 
the  numerous  ruins  of  christian  churches,  that  once 
flourished  under  the  patriarchs  of  Jerusalem  and 
Antioch,  and  view  the  noble  remains  of  edifices  con- 
secrated to  tlie  service  of  God,  that  are  scattered 
over  the  Holy  Land;  many  of  which  were  erected 
by  the  piety  of  emperors  and  empresses  in  honour 
f)f  the  Saviour  of  the  world. 
■■'  From  hence  we  may  proceed  to  the  Lesser  Asia, 


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wiiose  seven  churches  onrc  had  the  honour  of  bi-ini, 
ailihessedhy  fliii),  wlio  was  louud  worlhy  to  o|'0). 
tho  seals  of  the  divine  ^pcicilyjise  ;  liut  u  hose  pris- 
tine grandeur  can  now  only  be  traced  in  tlie  incliiii- 
chnly  tra'j:nier;ts  of  sculj.turrd  marble  and  broken 
pillars  sdatterod  on  the  jrround.  I  .ven  the  church 
of  tlie  diseiple  w  horn  Jesus  loved  is  now  convert- 
ed into  a  Turkish  mosque. 

"  Let  us  now  {)a<;s  over  into  F.urnpe,  and  visit 
Constantinople,  once  the  glorious  seat  of  the  chris- 
tian einperorsand  head  of  the  christian  world.  Wliere 
are  now  its  suj.crb  churches  ?  "Where  Ij  the  matchless 
fabrickof^t.  Sophia?  All, all  are  destroyed,  or,  what 
is  worse,  consecrated  to  the  false  religiou  of  Ma- 
homet. 

"  By  the  foregoing  view  of  the  state  of  ancient 
Christendom,  may  be  seen  Avhat  a  great  proportion 
of  all  the  original  christian  countries  and  churches 
have  been  overrun  and  enslaved  by  the  Mahometan 
power,  w hich  has  now  continued  for  nearly  twelve 
hundred  years,  to  tyrannize  over  the  poor  misera- 
ble remainders  of  the  christian  churches.  And  froca 
the  same  view  also  arises  a  strong  presumptive  ar- 
gument that  the  great  tyrannical  power,  spoken 
of  by  Daniel  the  prophet,  under  the  character  of 
the  abominntion  (f  disulativn,  or  o{  the  discrl,  as  the 
learned  say  it  might  be  justly  rendered,  is  no  other 
than  the  great  Mahometan  tyranny,  Avhich  first 
arose  in  the  desct-ts  of  Arabia.  And  here  it  deserves 
particular  notice,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  that  all  the 
christian  churches  that  are  mentioned  in  the  New 
Testament  as  having   been  planted  by  our  hlcsse ' 


n 


Lord  and  Ins  apostles,  excepting  only  the  churcii 
that  WIS  gatliered  ia  the  city  of  Rojiie,  have  been 
overrun  and  enslaved  by  the  Mahoiuctan  power, 
and  continue  under  the  same  tyranny  to  this  very 
day.  But,  to  proceed  from  this  general  argument 
Ij  some  that  me  more  particular,  it  may  be  observ- 
ed, 

"  1.  If  the  power,  that  was  to  tyrannize  over 
the  true  followers  of  the  Lamb  for  twelve  hundred 
and  sixty  pmphetick  days,  or  years,  meant  the  per- 
fecutiag  pouer  of  the  popish  church,  as  hr-s  been 
.«cncrally  admitted  by  protestants,  it  will  be  diffi- 
cult to  find  tlie  propriety  of  addressing  to  the  seven 
churches  of  Asia,  tlie  book  of  Revelations,  in  which 
that  power  is  ?uppoted  to  be  particularly  described; 
as  it  is  now  known  to  us  from  history,  that  neither 
tiiey  nor  their  posterity  have  ever  been  subject  to 
the  tyranny  of  the  church  of  Rome.  But  if  the  Ma- 
hometan power  was  meant,  then  there  was  a  pecu- 
liar fitness  in  addressing  the  book  to  them,  whose 
posterity  were  among  the  first  \  ictims  of  that  over- 
whelming destroyer. 

'"2.  If  the  persecutiiig  power  of  tiie  Romlj^h 
church  was  meant  to  be  described  by  the  great 
beast  in  the  Apocalypse,  it  will  be  difScult  to  con- 
reive  why  St.  John  was  carrieil  by  the  spirit  into 
the  uilde'rness  to  see  its  rise  ;  where,  it  is  said,  he 
saw  a  woman  sitting  on  a  ?carlet  coloured  beast 
full  of  names  of  blaiphcniv,  etc.  If  the  tyrannical 
power  of  the  Roman  pontilf  and  his  clergy  was 
B2 


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meant  to  be  exhibitcil  to  ■•t.  John  in  that  vision,  it 
aeciiLs  as  if  nolbin^  ^iiort  ofilip  ride  of  contraries 
could  i)ossibiy  npicsenta  power,  thut  conrtbMilly 
arose  in  the  chiel'city  of  the  grialci-t  empire  in  the 
world,  as  arising  in  the  uildtrntss,  JJut  if  the  Ma- 
hometan power  be  meant,  tlien  the  vision  is  a  true 
and  literal  representation  of  the  fact ,  for  that  false 
prophet  arose,  and  Lis  lirbt  armies  were  formed  in 
Arabia  Dcfcrta. 

"  3.  That  power  in  its  rise  is  rcprp?.cnted  in  a 
moriiig  posture.  1  he  being  mounted  on  a  bea?t  is 
for  the  purposeofbeinz  carried  to  some  other  place  ; 
and.  accordingly,  history  inform.*  us  that  ihc  Ma- 
hometan or  .Saracenick  seat  of  go\"ernment  was 
soon  removed,  from  Medina  in  Arabia,  to  Damascus  ; 
and  afterwards  to  the  city  of  Bagdat.  on  the  bor- 
ders of  the  Tigris,  near  the  site  of  old  liabylin  ;  by 
which  name  also  Bagdat  is  often  called  in  ancient 
v/riters  where  it  continued  for  several  centuricx 
in  great  splendour.  Whereas  the  Roman  ;>',.nliff 
held  his  court  always  in  the  city  of  Rome  where  he 
first  arose. 

"  4.  It  is  well  known,  that  after  the  fall  of  the 
Saracenick  power  at  Eagdat,  the  Turks,  who  came 
from  the  north  of  Asia,  beyond  the  Caspian  sea, 
joining  their  countrymen,  w  ho  had  long  been  fettled 
in  Turcumania  and  Persia,  creeled  a  government  in 
Asia  Minor  ;  and  having,  before  that  time,  embraced 
the  religion  of  Mahomet,  formed  the  Turkish  em- 
pire that  finally  took  Constantinople  and  destroyed 
the  christian  empire  in  the  «ait.    This  Turkish  enj- 


IS 


pire  being  formed  on  the  same  principles  with  tiiz 
Saraceiiick  government,  and  built  on  tlie  «anie  au- 
thority of  the  Alcoran,  was  only  a  coiilinuation  of 
the  same  ^lahonietan  power  and  spirit  that  wore 
out  tiie  saints  of  the  most  High  by  oppre.-siu^,  in 
the  most  cruel  maimer,  the  christian  churches,  as 
it  continues  to  do  unto  this  day. 

"5.  The  tyrannical  power  and  fatal  iufiuenec  of 
the  false  nrjphet,  having  at  length  arrived  at  the 
seat  of  the  christian  empire,  and  possessed  itself  of 
the  la^t  throneof  the  Koman  Caesars,  its  catastro- 
phe only  now  remains.  And  this,  from  the  prophetick 
description  of  it  will  aSbrd  new  evidence  that  Rome 
was  not  the  seat  of  the  jreat  Antichrist.  The  city 
where  the  conquest  of  t^te  christian  empire  was  com- 
pleted by  the  Turkibh  amoies,  inspired  by  the  in- 
vincible enthusiasm  of  the  Mahometan  religion, 
is  represented  in  vision  as  tlie  scene  of  their  final 
destruction.  This  great  city  was  exhibited  to  him, 
who  saw  the  Apocalypse,  as  a  place  of  great  trade, 
commerce  and  navigation.  Ami  when  the  fatal 
moment  arrived  lor  her  final  overthrow,  the  chief 
mourners  over  her  are  represented  to  be  the  mer- 
chants, ship-masters  and  sailors,  and  as  many  as 
traded  by  sea;  who  cried,  when  they  saw  the 
'•inokc  of  her  burning,  saying,  alas  !  alas  1  that  great 
city,  tchcrcin  trhtre  made  rich  all  that  had  ships  in  the 
«•«,  c/r.  This  description  cunnot  apply  with  any 
propriety  to  Rome,  which  never  was  noted  for  her 
navigation  and  commeixe  ;  but  will  ajipiy  with  the 
nost  literal  exactness  to  the  city  cf  Cotistantiiio- 


2« 

pie,  the  head  of  the  ?Iahonietan  rdigion  anil  pow- 
tr,  iiiul  one  olthe  most  imrcanlilc  cities  nf  ike  uurlJ. 
*'  Thcf^o  arc  some  of  the  reasons,  ainoni;  a  gif^l 
many  others  that  might  be  eiiumerHtcil.  that  liav. 
inchicecl  me  to  think  that  tlie  character  of  the  Aiiti- 
christian  beast  belongs  rather  to  tiie  :VIaiiom<iaii 
power  and  tyranny,  than  tu  that  of  tiie  church  oi 
lioinc." 

RlCH.vnu    CBAXCU. 


Bl'NITILI.-FltLDS,  LONDON. 
440.  Note. — The  hon.  Edmund  (Iuixct,  &u 
asent  from  the  general  court  of  Massachnsetts  to 
the  court  of  ureal  Brilnin,  was  one  of  tiie  most 
distinguished  and  esteemed  I  naracters  of  New  Kng- 
land.  A  monument  was'crected  to  his  mcm>)ry, 
wiiicli  cost  twenty  pounds  sterling,  in  Bunhill- 
fields,  at  the  expense  of  his  government  with  tlir 
following  inscription. 

EdiMundi  Qi  incy,  armiscn,  patria  Nov- 
An^Vi  JMassachusettetifcis,  viii  pictatc,  pru- 
tkntia,  ct  Uteris  bonis,  spectati  hie  depopi- 
ta^  sunt  rf!liqiii;r  ;  qnivariis  ab  ineimte  tetate 
muncrjbus  in  re  tarn  civili,  qiiam  niilitari  a 
suis  sibi  commissi^,  hie  pra-sertim  re^i  a 
conciliis,  curiae  r.uprema)  judicatoria;  justi- 
ciarii,  et  militum  tiibuni,  siimma  facuUate, 
et  ppectata  fidr  jTucctus.  laudcm  nicrito  adco- 
iw  est. 


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Re  patriae  suae  publica  postulante  ad  au- 
lanj  Britaimicani  legatus  c? t  proftctu?,  ut  ju- 
ra suorum  et  commoda  procuraret.  Vario- 
lis  arreptus,  morte  praMnatuva  obiit,  et  cum 
CO  emolumeula,  quse,  in  ejus  legatione,  suni- 
ina  cum  spe  reposita  erant,  omnibus  suis  pop- 
ularibus  penitus  desiderabili?,  dccessit,  at 
nuUis  magii  quam  patrio  senatui,  qui  in 
amoris  testimonium  et  gratitudinis,  ejus  lu- 
mulo  hoc  epitaphium  inscribi  curaverunt. 
Obiit  Londiui,  23  Feb.  1737,  ajt.  57. 

Translation.  Here  are  deposited  the  remains  of 
the  hon.  Edmund  Quiiicy,  a  native  of  Massachu- 
setts, in  New  England,  a  man  of  distinguished  piety, 
prndencp,  and  literary  acquirements;  w!iu  was  ear- 
ly entitled  to  lii2,h  commendation  for  the  consum- 
mate ability  and  integrity,  with  wliich  he  discharg- 
ed the  duties  of  various  employments,  civil  and  mi- 
litary, in  the  affairs  of  his  country,  particularly,  as 
one  of  his  majesty's  cnuncil,  a  justice  of  the  su- 
preme court  of  judicature,  and  a  colonel  of  a  regi- 
ment of  light  infantry. 

In  the  exigency  of  the  affairs  of  his  country  he 
embarked,  her  agent,  for  the  court  of  CJreat  Bri- 
tain, in  order  to  secure  her  invaluable  rights  and 
privileges.  Being  seized  with  the  smallpox,  he 
died  a  ]>rematiire  death,  and,  v;ith  him,  the  advan- 
tages, which  were  anticipated  from  his  agency.  He 
departed  the  delight  of  his  own  people  but  of  none 


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more,  than  of  the  senate,  who,  as  a  tesliraony  of 
their  love  and  gratitude,  liave  ordered  this  epitaph 
to  be  inscribed  on  his  luonuiiient.  He  died  at  Ijou- 
don,  '13  Feb.  17S7  in  the  57  year  of  liis  age. 

QUl.Vcy,   MASS. 

441.  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  .Tosiar 
Qi  iNcv,  jiin.  of  Boston,  barrister  at  law, 
youngest  son  of . I  osiah  Quincy,  esq.  late  of 
this  place.  Brilliant  talent.'^,  uncommon  elo- 
quence, and  indefatigable  application  raised 
him  to  the  highest  eminence,  in  his  profes- 
sion. His  early,  enlightened,  inllexible  at- 
tachment to  the  cause  of  his  country  is  at- 
tested by  monuments,  more  durable,  than 
this,  and  transmitted  to  posterity,  by  Avell 
known  productions  of  his  genius. 

He  was  born,  the  23  of  February,  1744, 
and  died,  the  26  of  April,  1775.  His  mor- 
tal remains  are  here  deposited  with  those  of 
Abigail,  his  wife,  daughter  of  Williain  Phil- 
lips of  Boston,  esquire,  born,  the  14  of 
April,  1745,  died,  the  25  of  March,  1798. 

Stranger  in  contemplating  this  monument, 
as  the  frail  tribute  of  lilial  gratitude  aud  af* 
fection. 


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T?lowsi  tliy  bold  bicast  vvitb  patriulick  flame? 

Let  his  example  point  tlic  paths  offune ! 

Or  seeks  thy  heart,  averse  from  publick  strife, 

The  milder  graces  of  ilome.'tick  life  ? 

Jler  kindred  virtues  let  thy  soul  revere, 

VnJ  o'er  the  best  of  mothers  drop  a  tear ! 

On  another  side  of  the  same  superb  monument  is 
ili'^  following  inscription. 

JosiAH  QuiNcY,  juii.  esq.  born,  23  Feb. 
174-1,  died,  20  April,  1775. 

Abigail  Qi  incy  born,  14  April,  1745. 
rlicd,  25  iMarch,  1798. 

To  their  iiuitcd  and  beloved  memoiy  this 
monument  was  erected  by  their  only  sui-viv- 
ins:  child,  1802. 

\ole. — The  only  surviving  child  of  the  late  dis- 
tinguished patriot,  Josiah  Quincy  jun.  esq.  whose 
name  will  be  transmitted  among  the  mopt  illustrious 
'Characters  of  his  country  to  the  end  of  time,  is  the 
Son.  Josiah  Quincy  of  Boston,  lately  a  member  of 
die  congress  of  the  United  States. 

QUI-VCT,  M  ASS. 
442.  Xo!e. — The  rev.  John  Hancock,  of  that 
part  of  Brciiiitree,  which  is  now-  Ouincy,  published 
two  sermons,  which  he  delivered,  16  Sept.  1739,  on 
•oompletiag  a  century  from  the  time  of  the  gather- 
ing of  the  first  church  \,}  that  piace.  These  ser.iums 
iiavc  lately  been  reprinted  and  fr  ii.  the  notes  the 
?'.''lo-vIng  statement  is  principally  made. 


The  rev.  John  Whcplwriijht,  who  is  often  mpu- 
lioned  in  the  histories  of  New  Knglarid,  uas  the 
fii-pt,  who  officiateiias  a  minister  at  Mount  Woilac- 
ton,  which,  in  1634,  formed  a  part  of  Boston. 

The  rev.  William  Tompson  succeeded  him  as 
pastor,  and  the  rev.  Henry  I'lynt,  iis  teacher,  to  the 
church,  accordini;  to  the  custom  of  those  times,  the 
former  of  whom  was  ordained,  24  Sept.  1659,  and 
the  latter,  on  tlie  IT  of  iMarch  following.  Notices 
of  mr.  Tompson  may  be  seen  in  Mather's  Magna- 
lia.  He  died,  at  the  age  of  63  years,  10  December, 
1668. 

The  rev.  Moses  Fiske  was  ordained,  11  Sept. 
1672,  and  died,  10  Aug.  1708,  in  his  66  year. 

The  rev.  Joseph  Marsh  succeeded  him,  on  the 
18  of  May,  1709,  and  deceased,  8  March,  1725,  iu 
bis  41  year.  Mr.  Hancock  was  settled,  2  Novetr.- 
ber,  1726,  and  departed  this  life,  in  May,  1744,  at 
the  age  of  41  years. 

Mr.  Hancock  remarks  that  mr.  Fiske  and  mr. 
Marsh  were  deposited  in  the  same  tomb  under  a 
handsome  monument,  on  which,  at  the  time  lie 
wrote,  the  following  lines  were  to  be  seen ;  but, 
now,  in  1814,  they  arc  totally  illegible,  as  is  the 
inscription  on  mr.  Tonipson's  moiuunentnl  stone 
and  that  on  president  Hoar's. 

Biaiutrec,  thy  prophet's  gone,  this  tom'j  inters 

The  rev.  Moses  Fiske  his  sacred  horse. 

Adore  heaven's  praiseful  art,  that  forrn'd  tlie- 
man, 

TTho  scvH.  T!ot  to  himself,  but  Christ  oft  wnn  : 


Saii'dllirougli  the  straits  with  Peter's  family, 

Kcnown'd,  ami  Gains'  hospitality, 

Paul's  patience,  James'  piuilence,  John's  SMcet 

love, 
Is  landed,  entered,  clcar'd  and  crown'J  above. 

QuiNCY,  Maps, 

^^43.  Ilere  lyes  interred  ye  body  of  the 
rev.  nir.  Hexry  Flynt,  who  came  to  New- 
England  in  yc year,  1035,  was  ordained  30 
first  teacher  of  ye  church  of  Braintiy,  1039, 
and  died,  27  Ap.  1668.  He  had  ye  char- 
acter of  a  jccntleman  remarkable  for  his  pie- 
ty, learning,  wisdom,  and  (itklity  in  his  of- 
fice. 

By  him,  on  his  right  hand  lyes  the  body 
of  Margery,  his  beloved  consort,  Avho  died, 
March,  lGSO-7.  Her  maiden  name  Avas 
Hoar.  She  was  a  gentlewoman  of  piety, 
prudence,  and  peculiarly  accomplished  for 
iqstriictinfi;  yoiuig  gentleAvomen,  many  being 
sent  to  her  from  other  to^nis,  especially  from- 
Boston.  They  descended  from  eminent  and 
good  families  in  England. 

ICote. — ^IMr.  Flynt,  was  the  father  of  the  rev, 
.Tosiali  Fiyut,  who  was  a  pastor  of  the  church  in 
Borchestcr,  and  the  grandfather  of  Henry  Flyn% 

5EN.  T.— VOL.  HT.  C 


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esq.  who,  for  nearly  fifty  yoars,  Avas  one  of  tiic  tu- 
tors at  Harvard  collci;e,  ami,  for  a  longer  period, 
oiieofits  senalusacadcmiciis.  [See  80  art.] 

Ql'INCV,  MASS. 
Aii.  IVote. — A  inonuinent  was  prectcd  over  tlie 
remains  of  the  Icarneil  TjtoxA.«o  Hoar,  M.  D.  the 
third  president  of  Harvard  college;  but,  if  it  still 
remain,  it  cannot  be  identified  by  the  inscription, 
such  have  been  the  rav;ige.s  of  time.  He  departed 
this  life,  2«  November,  16T5,  in  the  45  year  of  his 
age,  and  it  is  said  the  following  lines  w^ere  a  part  of 
the  cpitajih. 

Three  precious  friend?  under  tliis  tombstone  lie, 

Patterns  to  aged,  youth,  and  infancy. 

A  great  mother,  her  learned  son,  with  child. 

The  first  and  least  went  free,  he  was  exil'd. 

In  love  to  Christ,  this  country,  and  dear  friends, 

He  left  his  own,  cross'd  seas,  and  for  amends 

Was  here  extoll'd,  envy'd,  all  in  a  breath. 

His  noble  consort  leaves,  is  drawn  to  death. 

Strange  changes  may  befall  us  ere  we  die, 

Blest  tlioy,  who  well  arrive  eternity. 

God  grant  some  names,  O  though  New  England'.* 

friend, 
Don't  sooner  fade  than  thine,  if  tijne  don't  mend. 

Ql'INCY,    MASS. 

445.     Sacred  to  the  mcmoiy  of  master 
IcHABOD  Johnson,  a  celfbrntcd  irjirlirvol' 


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uit'.bick,  who  died,  5    August,  1807,  aged 
42  years. 

And  let  tliis  feeble  boily  fall, 

And  let  it  faint  ami  die  ; 

My  snu!  hhall  ruiit  this  inonrnfiil  vale, 

And  soar  to  worlds  ou  higli ; 

Shall  Join  the  disembodied  saints, 

Aiid  ;;nd  its  long  soui;lit  rest, 

That  only  bliss,  for  which  it  pants, 

III  the  Redeemer's  breast.  • 

QUINCY,    MASS. 

446.  Note. — Rev.  Lemuel  Bryakt  was  or- 
dained successor  to  the  rev.  mr.  Hancock,  in  1745, 
and  was  dismissed  in  1753. 

Rev.  Anthony  Wibird,  a  native  of  Portsmouth, 
New- Hampshire,  was  settled  in  O.uincy,  1755,  and 
departed  this  life,  4  June,  1800,  having  entered  his 
712  year.  The  rev.  Peter  Whitney  was  ordained  his 
rolleague,  about  four  months  before  his  death,  and 
is  his  successor  in  the  ministry. 

ERATNTKEi:,    MASS. 

447.  Note. — The  following  tribute  of  respect  t» 
the  memory  of  a  worthy  character  was  i)repared,  by 
the  I'cv.  Bzra  Weld  of  Braintree,  for  the  Massachu- 
setts Magazine. 

"  13  February,  1794,  aged  73,  after  a  sore  con- 
flict of  many  years,  deeply  depressed,  in  the  arms 
of  his  affectionate  offspring  and  other  condoling 


iVjends  fell  aslcop  tlie  Lon.  EBr.\t7...fi  Tiiayib, 
some  time  of  the  council  board  ;  ami,  for  many 
years,  a  rei)resentativf  of  the  ancient  to\vn  of  15rain- 
iree.  Ilis  person  and  aspect  was  pleasing  to  the, 
eye ;  while  a  condescending  aftability  touched  the 
^leart;  and  gained  the  esteem  of  a  ni.i;nerous  ac- 
quaintance, (icntle  and  graceful  wore  his  man- 
ners, his  affection  tender  and  flowing,  naturally 
hospitable  and  generous,  many  tasted  tlie  fruits  of 
his  bounty.  Friendly  to  religion  and  virtute,  he 
contributed  to  their  support  with  cheerfulness,  and, 
while  health  remained,  the  house  of  God,  sacred  to 
worship,  witnessed  his  presence  with  such  as  kept 
holy  day;  an  example,  honourable  in  all,  to  imi- 
tate. He  lived  to  sec  and  lament  the  vanity  of 
worldly  parade  and  the  increasing  dissipation  of  the 
present  age.  He  now  sleeps,  where  the  weary  arc 
at  rest ;  waiting  the  final  summons  of  the  last 
trump;  when  the  breath  of  God  shall  reanimate  his 
humble  dust!  Hush  then,  the  filial  flowing  tear; 
nor  call  him  back  ;  again  the  galling  shafts  of  en- 
vy to  sustain;  or. drink  anew,  the  bitter  cups  of 
time;  or  over  h.uman  woes,  to  shed  more  tear.*; 
adieu,  thou  friendly  sleeping  shade,  adieu  ! 

KANDOLPn,  MASS. 
448.  IVolc. — EnENEZEu  Aloen,  a  physician  of 
distinguished  reputation  in  Randolph,  Massachu- 
setts, was  born  at  Stafford,  in  Connecticut,  -4  July, 
1755.  He  was  a  son  of  Daniel  Aldcn,  esqviire,  of 
Lebanon  m  New-Hampshire,  awd  graudson  of  Dan* 


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i«l  Allien,  esquire,  whose  name  is  recorded  in.  the 
."583  article  ol'  this  work.  His  grandlalher  hud  sev- 
en cliikh-eii  ;  1.  Joseph  Aldon,  uho  lived  at  Statiord 
and  died,  at  Worcester,  at  the  age  of  ahout  jO  years ; 
'i.  Daniel  Ahlen,  esquire,  fatherof  the  doctor,  who 
removed  to  Lebanon,  in  the  vicinity  of  Dartmouth 
college,  in  the  latter  part  of  his  life,  and  died,  at 
the  age  of  70  years;  S.  Zephaniah  Alden,  who 
spent  his  days  in  Stafford,  and  died,  at  the  age  of 
ab«»ut  80  years ;  4.  Barnabas  Alden,  who  lived  at 
Ashfield,  and  died,  at  tiie  age  of  60  years  ;  5.  Eben- 
ezer  Alden,  who  died  at  Stafford,  at  the  age  of  iil 
years  ;  6.  Abigail  Alden,  who  was  the  wife  and  is 
now  the  widow  of  the  late  venerable  deacon  Whit- 
man of  Abington  ;  7.  Hannah  Alden,  who  was  the 
wife  of  Joshua  Blodget,  of  Stafford,  and  died,  at 
the  age  of  70  years. 

The  subject  of  this  article  received  liis  academical 
education  at  Plainfield  under  the  tuition  of  Ebene- 
zer  Pemberton,  esquire,  a  gentleman,  who  for  his 
urbanity,  talents,  acquirements,  and  wonderful  abil- 
ity in  his  profession,  is  greatly  esteemed  and  ven- 
erated by  all,  who  have  ever  had  the  honour  and 
the  happiness  to  be  under  his  instruction  and  of 
whose  numerous  pupils  not  a  few  have  risen  to  the 
most  elevated  rank  in  church  and  state.  He  marri- 
ed liis  wife  from  one  of  the  first  families  in  Ran- 
dolph, by  wiiom  he  had  two  sons  and  one  daughter. 

The  following  sketch  was  drawn  by  the  rev.  Jona- 
than Strong,  pastor  of  the  church  and  congregation 
in  Randolph. 

C  2 


ao 


"Having  gojie  through  a  njgular  course  of  stufly 
(.leparatory  to  the  practice  of  piiysick,  be  removeil 
lo  13raintrec,  now  Itatulolph,  Mass.  in  the  year 
ITOl,  where  he  conimenced  the  duties  of  his  pro- 
fession. Tiicse  lie  discharged  with  reputation  to 
himself  and  with  great  usefuhiess  to  his  employers. 
His  circle  of  ])usiness,  though  small  at  first,  gradu- 
ally increased  until  it  became  very  extensive.  As 
a  physician,  he  was  remarkably  attentive,  pru- 
dent and  successful.  During  the  latter  part  of  his 
life,  his  advice  was  sought  and  much  respected  by 
his  brethren  of  the  faculty  iu  his  vicinity.  No  phy- 
sician, in  this  part  of  the  country,  possessed  the 
love  aiid  confidence  of  his  patients  to  a  higher  de. 
gree.  This  was  evident  from  the  universal  sorrow 
occasioned  among  them  by  his  death.  'J'hey  felt  as 
though  they  had  lost  not  only  their  able  and  belov- 
ed physician,  but  a  most  i;iiportant  friend,  and  use- 
ful member  of  society.  Such  indeed  Avas  the  subject 
of  this  biographical  sketch.  His  friendship  was  not 
confined  to  the  circle  of  his  particular  patrons.  He 
rose  above  those  sordid  views,  by  which  too  many 
are  actuated.  While  he  was  ready  to  afford  relief 
to  the  indigent  and  aHIict>pd,  he  rejoiced  in  the  law- 
ful prosperity  of  all  around  him,  w-hcther  his  par- 
ticular friends  or  not.  Though  a  decided  enemy  to 
deception,  duplicity,  and  vice,  in  all  its  forms,  yet 
he  possessed  that  charity,  which  covers  a  multitude 
of  sins,  which  disposed  him  to  treat  the  characters 
of  all  with  as  much  temlerncss,  as  truth  and  justice 
V'ould  permit.    Amidst  all  the  rage  of  political  pai-* 


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ly  Sjiiiil,  he  never  beliayeil  the  interests  of  liis  coun- 
try. He  was  a  tlitciple  of  A^'at^hiiiglon,  vhose 
principles  he  revered  and  uniformly  supported.  In 
tiie  year,  17oT,  he  was  married  to  miss  Sarah 
IBass,  one  of  the  most  respectable  ladies  in  the  town, 
in  which  he  resided.  By  her,  he  had  three  child- 
ren ;  one  of  whom  is  now  in  the  practice  of  pliysick, 
in  the  circle  formerly  occupied  by  his  fatlier,  and 
promises  to  do  honour  to  his  memory  by  being  ex- 
tensively useful  in  his  profession.  As  a  hutbaiul, 
doctor  Alden  was  kind  and  affectionate,  as  a  par- 
ent, tender  and  faithful.  He  was  a  firm,  uiisiiaken 
believer  in  the  truth  of  divine  revelation,  and,  for 
about  twenty  years,  previous  to  his  death,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  church  of  Christ.  He  was  never  absent 
from  publJck  worship,  on  the  Lord's  day,  unless  im- 
perious necessity  required  it.  His  relii;ious  senti- 
ments were  Calvinistick.  Of  course,  he  believed  in 
tlie  necessity  of  regeneration  by  the  special  inliu- 
ences  of  tJie  Holy  Spirit,  in  order  to  future  happi- 
ness. A  hope  that  he  had  experienced  such  an  in- 
ternal change,  and  was  intere:-ted  in  the  merits  of 
the  Redeemer,  supported  him  <!uring  his  last  sick- 
ness, and  enabled  him  to  meat  death  with  coolness 
and  fortitude.  He  was  not  only  a  christian  in  the- 
ory, but  in  practice.  Whenever  he  conversed  about 
himself,  he  did  it  with  the  greatest  modesty  and 
sclf-abiisement.  Instead  of  resembling  the  bold, 
cunfideiit  professor,  v.ho  generally  outlives  his  re- 
ligion, and  deeply  wounds  the  cause  of  Christ,  he  re- 
sembled the  little  treiubling  tree,  which  often  takc^ 


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llie  deepest  root  in  the  garden  of  the  LorJ,  ami 
bears  the  most  and  tlie  best  ripe  fruit. 

"  The  writer  of  these  memoirs,  who  was  intisnatcly 
acquainted  with  the  subject  of  them  for  many  years, 
has  sehh)i!i  known  a  person  who  appeared  to  act 
more  conscientiously  in  tlie  various  concerns  of  life, 
and  whoso  daily  conduct  would  better  bear  the  test 
of  examination.  He  proved  the  sincerity  of  his  faith 
by  his  woriis.  In  liis  dying  address  to  his  children, 
lie  earnestly  exhorted  them  to  seek  first  the  king- 
clnm  of  God  and  his  righteousness,  assuring  them, 
that  if  they  did  thus,  all  other  needful  things  would 
be  added.  In  truth  it  maybe  said,  he  has  left  be- 
hind him  that  good  name,  which  is  better  than  pre- 
cious ointment.  Jiark  the  pcrfecl  man,  and  be- 
hold the  uj'ri-^lil ;  for  the  c7id  of  that  7naii  is  pcacc^ 

ACINGTOX,    MASS. 

Note. — The  rev.  Samtel  Nxi.fs  was  a  son  of 
tile  hon.  Samuel  ?viles,  of  Braintree,  and  grandi^on 
of  the  rev.  Samuel  Xiles,  who,  for  many  years,  was 
the  pastor  of  the  churcli  in  that  town.  He  was 
educate'd  at  New  Jersey  college,  in  Princeton, 
where  he  was  graduated  in  the  year,  1769.  He  de- 
parted this  life,  on  the  16  of  January,  1314,  in  the 
70  year  of  his  age,  leaving  a  widow,  a  son,  and 
five,  daughters  to  mourn  the  loss  of  one  of  the  truly 
excellent  of  the  earth. 

The  rev.  Jonathan  Strong,  of  Randolph,  deliver- 
ed a  sermon  from  2  Tim.  ■!,  7,  ",  at  the  interment 
ofmr.  Niles,  from  the  manuscript  copy  of  v.hicb 
the  following  characteristick  part,  Avilh  a  few  al- 


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xeraiions,  has  been  kindly  furnisbcd  for  a  place  in 
this  Colleclijn. 

"  In  tlie  early  part  of  life  he  discmere;!  no  par- 
ticular sobriety,  but  was  unusually  thousjhtless  and 
trifling.  It  was  while  a  member  of  college,  that 
he  became  a  subject  of  those  religious  impressio.'is, 
which  issued  in  his  hopeful  reconciliation  t;  divine 
truth.  He  was  consecrated  to  the  jiastoral  office  in 
Abington,  July,  ITTl,  wht^re  he  continued  to  dis- 
charge the  duties  of  his  office  until  prevented  by  a 
paralytick  shock,  which  took  place  a  little  more 
than  two  years  before  his  death.  From  that  shock 
he  so  far  recovered,  that  he  was  able  to  ride,  and 
several  times  attended  publick  worship ;  but  he  was 
a  silent  iiearer  in  the  midst  of  that  numerous  assem- 
bly, which  he  had  so  often  and  with  =uch  deep 
solemnity  addressed,  on  the  momentous  concerns  of 
eternity.  He  perfectly  recollected  all  his  acquaint- 
ance, who  vi>Jted  him  during  his  last  sickness,  re- 
joiced to  see  them,  evidently  understood  and  took 
a  deep  interest  in  their  convei-sation,  especially  on 
religious  subjects,  but  was  unable  to  articulate 
more,  than  a  few  words  himself.  When  his  par- 
ticular friends  in  tlie  ministry  inquired  of  him  res- 
pecting the  state  of  his  mind,  during  his  lust  illness, 
he  gave  them  to  understand  that  he  was  happily  re- 
signed to  the  dispensations  of  divine  Providence, 
and  enjoyed  the  consolation  of  that  religion,  which 
he  had  so  many  years  preached  to  others.  Being 
asked,  a  short  time  before  his  dissolution,  whether 
he  "should  preach  the  same  religious  sentiments  ize 


had  ilonc,  should  lie  return  to  active  life  again,  he 
answered,  with  peculiar  enijdiasis,  in  t)ie  afiirina- 
tive.  Ihough  frequently  exercised  with  great  bodi- 
ly [lain,  he  was  remark ;»bly  patient,  meek,  and  hum- 
ble, and  sensible  that  he  was  treated  with  unmerited 
kindness  by  his  heavenly  Father.  The  following 
sentences,  with  reference  to  his  own  situation,  he 
often  repeated.  Jll  is  done,  all  donr.  All  is  right, 
all  riglil.  This  was  evidently  the  language  of  his 
heart.  With  such  a  submifsivc  nuiet  spirit  he  closed 
his  sufferings  on  earth. 

"The  passage  of  scripture,  which  was  chosen  as 
the  foundation  of  the  sermon  preached  at  his  funer- 
al, and  which  was  thought  to  be  j>ecuiiar!y  pei'tinent 
on  that  occasion,  was  these  words  of  the  apostle 
Paul  to  Tininthy  ;  I  have  fought  a  goad  fight,  I  hare 
f.nisltcd  m;/  course,  I  hare  kept  the  faith  ;  hcnciforth 
there  is  laid  up  for  vie  a  croivn  vf  righteonstirss,  uhick 
the  Lord  the  rigtilccvs  Judge  shall  give  meat  thai  day ; 
and  not  to  mc  vnlj/.  Out  iinto  all  them  also,  that  lore 
his  appearing.  The  object  of  the  discour.'c  wasto 
exhibit  the  trials,  duties,  and  rewards  of  a  faithful 
minister  of  t'hrist.  From  such  trials,  our  deceased 
friend  was  not  exempted  ;  for  he  preached  those 
doctrines,  which  are  calculated  to  awaken  the  res- 
entment of  the  human  heart,  and  set  in  motion  the 
tongue  of  slander.  But  none  (f  these  things  moved 
him,  mithcr  cvunled  he  his  life  dear  unto  himself,  so 
iliul  he  might  finish  his  course  ivilh  jo>/,  and  the 
ministr;;,  ivhick  he  had  received  of  the  Lord  Jesus  to 
testify  the  gospel  of  the  grace  of  God.    The  various 


trials  incident  to  the  christian  ministry  he  endured 
with  exemplary  meekness  and  (brtitude.  He  ran 
ivith  patience  the  race  set  before  liim ;  looking  unto 
Jesus,  the  author  and  Jinisher  of  his  faith.  Tliat  he, 
as  well  as  the  rest  of  his  brethren,  was  a  subject  of 
much  indwelling  corruption,  he  was  deeply  sensible 
and  often  lamented.  Thiuigh  he  was  a  burning  and 
a  siiining  light  in  the  golden  candlestick,  in  wiiich 
he  was  placed,  and  eminently  usclul  as  a  uiini^ter  of 
Christ.yet  he  often  bewailed  his  own  barrenness  and 
unfruitfulness.  He  had  an  atlecting  sense  of  the 
evil  nature  of  Hn,  and  ardently  strove  to  gain  a 
conquest  over  it  in  his  own  heart,  and  to  rescue 
others  from  its  awful  dominion.  He  was  always 
ready  lo  instruct  the  ignorant,  to  comfort  the  dis- 
consolate, and  to  preach  the  gospel  to  those,  who 
desired  it.  His  services,  on  the  Lord's  day,  did  not 
constitute  the  whole  of  his  ministerial  labours.  He 
preached  abundantly  on  other  occasions,  especially 
during  revivals  of  religion  in  his  own,  and  neigh- 
bouring societies.  He  was  instant  in  season,  and  out 
of  season,  lie  reproved,  rebuked,  exlwrted  with  all  loni^ 
suffering  and  doctrine.  The  doctrines,  which  he 
preached,  were  strictly  Caivinistick.  These,  in  their 
various  connections  and  consequences,  he  well  un- 
derstood, and  illustrated  and  defended  with  irresist? 
ible  force  of  argument. 

"  His  manner  of  preaching  was  peculiarly  plain, 
luminous,  solemn,  and  impressive.  By  the  friends 
of  truth  he  was  loved  and  admired.  And  no  person 
could  hear  hi'^i  v;itl.'  indiii'e:-"n7e.    His  object  w»s  io 


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i«ach  liie  consciences  and  hearts  of  his  Iieiircr.s,  iiDii 
to  make  them  feel,  in  some  measure,  as  lliey  will, 
wlien  standing  before  the  tribunal  of  their  final 
Jndge.  Nor  did  he  always  fail  of  siicces?.  The 
profound  silence  and  deep  solemnity  frequently  dis- 
covered by  his  audience  evinced  that  impressions 
were  made,  which  cnuid  not  easily  bo  eradicated. 
His  labours  were,  manifestly,  accomjianied  w  itli  the 
influences  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  unquestionably 
in.'tniraental  of  the  salvation  of  many  souls.  He 
bad  the  unspeakable  pleasure  to  witness  four  or  five 
remarkable  revivals  of  religion,  amoug  the  people  of 
his  charge  ;  the  good  fruits  of  whicli  are  yet  visible- 
With  respect  to  his  prayers,  it  may  with  strict  pro- 
priety be  said,  they  were  uncommonly  sentimental, 
pertinent,  comprehensive,  fervent,  solenni,  and  im- 
pressive ;  and  often  produced  a  powerful  effect  on 
those,  who  had  opportunity  to  unite  with  hiai  be- 
fore the  throne  of  mercy.  At  such  seasons,  he 
sometimes  appeared  to  be  raised  above  all  earthly 
scenes,  and  permitted  to  look  within  the  vail. 

"Among  other  things,  he  was  remarkably  wise 
5n  council.  Hence  his  advice  and  assistance  were 
often  sought  in  the  settlement  of  ecclesiastical  dif- 
ficulties. On  such  occasions  he  was  preeminently 
useful. 

"  To  the  preceding  observations,  respecting  the 
character  of  mr.  Niles,  the  following  may  with  pro* 
pricty  be  subjoined.  As  a  man  he  was  peculiarly 
interesting  and  agreeable.  In  conversation,  he  was 
plgasantwifehout  levity,  facetious  without  malignity. 


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and  serious  without  austerity.  He  was  thorouglily 
acquainted  wiili  the  principles  of  human  nature, 
and  quicic  to  dii^ccrn  the  motives,  by  which  ililVerent 
characters  in  society  are  governed.  As  a  friend  he 
was  distinguished  for  confidence  and  fidelity.  His 
heart  was  a  cabinet,  in  whicli  the  secrets  of  others 
might  be  locked  as  safely  as  in  their  own.  Though 
not  affluent,  yet  his  house  was  a  mansion  of  hospi- 
tality. No  man  better  enjoyed  his  friends,  nor 
more  sincerely  sought  to  make  them  comfortable 
and  happy.  Although,  owing  to  particular  cir- 
cumstances, he  was  not  a  man  of  the  mostextensive 
reading,  yet  he  possessed  very  superior  powers  of 
inind.  Verj'  few  better  understood  the  art  of  think- 
ing, or  profited  more  by  it.  His  ideas  lay  clear  in. 
his  own  mind,  and  were  generally  exi)ressed  with 
uncommon  perspicuity.  A  fair  specimen  of  his 
talents  may  be  seen  in  a  work,  he  had  nearly  com- 
pleted for  the  press,  when  arrested  with  the  para- 
lytick  shock  before  mentioned.  This  work  has  since 
been  publislicd.  It  is  entitled  Remarks  on  a  sermon 
preaclicd  before  the  association  of  ministers,  in  the 
third  congregational  society  in  Middleborough,  26 
September,  1810,  by  John  Reed,  D.  D.  pastor  of 
the  first  church  and  congregation  in  Bridgewater. 
In  these  remarks  the  talents  of  the  author,  for  me- 
taphysical discussion,  are  strikingly  displayed.  It 
is  believed,  that  no  candid  reader,  after  examining 
them,  will  hesitate  to  acknowledge,  that  he  wag 
thoroughly  conversant  with  the  abstruser  parts  (^f 
theology. 

'•RN.   T, VOf.    T^I.  Xi 


an 

"  Since  such  %vas  the  character  of  our  deceased 
friend,  it  is  obvious  that  sucielj  has  sustained  a  great 
loss  in  his  reinovul,and  the  churchof  Christ  has  been 
deprived  oi  one  of  its  brightest  ornaments.  liut  the 
afllictive  dispensation,  wliich  has  deprived  them  of 
such  a  blcssius;,  has,  it  is  hoped,  iit^ued  in  his  per- 
sonal benefit.  Since  he  funghl  a  good  jight.finiflud 
hb  course,  and  kept  llic  fiiilli,  lie  lias  und.iubti-dly 
gone  to  receive  n  croun  of  riglUeov.sncss,  vliidi  llic 
Lord,  the  righteous  Judge  will  giie  to  all  his  faithful 
ministers  at  the  last  great  day,und  not  to  them,  only, 
hut  unto  all  others  also,  that  love  his  appearing. 
A  voice  from  heaven  has  said,  ihei/  that  bt  icise  shall 
shine  as  the  brightness  of  the  firmament ;  and  llici/ 
that  turn  man;)  to  rigltleuusness  as  the  stars  forever 
and  ever.  What  our  Lord  said  to  the  angel  or 
minister  of  the  church  of  Smyrna  he  says  tu  each 
of  his  true  ministers  ;  fear  none  of  those  things, 
whieh  thou  shall  svjfer.  Be  thou  faithful  unto  death 
and  I  will  gire  thee  a  crown  of  life.  A  similar 
honour  is  reserved  for  all  his  sincere  followei-s.  Ty 
all  such,  in  presence  of  the  assembled  universe,  ho 
will  ere  long  say,  come,  i/e  blessed  of  my  Father,  in- 
herit the  kingdum  prepared  for  yon  from  the  founda- 
tion if  the  world.  'J  here  all  sin  and  siitfering  \vill 
be  done  away.  There  they  will  live  and  reign  with 
Christ  forever  and  ever ;  and  make  an  endless 
progression  in  knowledge,  in  holiness,  and  happi- 
ness. What  powerful  motives  present  to  the  view 
of  Christ's  ministers,  and  to  all  others  to  be  faithful 
in  his  service  I — Elessid  are  the  dead,  uho  die  in  Uir 


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Lord ;  for  Ihey  reitfrom  tlicir  labours  and  their  worA,'? 
do  follow  Ihem." 

SUDBURV,    MASS. 

450.  Note. — The  rev.  Israkl  Loni\c  was  a 
native  of  Hull  in  the  vicinity  of  Bobloii.  He  was 
graduated,  at  Harvard  college,  in  1701,  and  was 
ordained,  at  Sudbury,  in  1706.  He  exchanged 
this  for  a  better  world,  on  the  9  of  iMarch,  1772, 
having  nearly  completed  his  90  year. 

Mr.  Loring  was  a  sound  orthodox  divine  and 
highly  esteemed,  in  the  !>icw  England  churches, 
for  his  talents,  pastoral  fidelity,  and  primitive  sim- 
plicity, purity,  and  piety. 

His  manuscript  Journal,  consisting  of  many  vol- 
umes, written  in  a  fair  hand,  besides  many  parochial 
notices  and  serious  reflections  on  his  birth  days,  at 
the  commencement  of  every  year,  and  other  special 
occasions,  contains  a  variety  of  important  biogra- 
phical and  historical  facts.  A  considerable  part  of 
this  Journal  is  in  the  possession  of  Nathan  Stone, 
esq.  of  Dennis. 


FRAMING  HAM,  MASS. 
451.  N'<tp. — "  Mr.  Is  VAC  Howe  of  Framingham 
departed  this  life,  [about  175 -]  a  man  not  flowing 
with  wealth.  In  his  house  were  to  be  seen  no  curi- 
ous beaufet  set  out  with  plate  and  China  ware;  no 
papered,  nor  painted,  nor  gilded  rooms;  no  costly 
dishes,  none  of  these  nor  such  like  things  there. 
JVo,  but  on  the  contrary,  the  marks  ©f  poverty  were 


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tliere  to  be  seen.  How  ever,  in  this  man's  houj>e 
dwelt  one  of  the  excellent  o(  the  eartli,  one  rich  in 
laith,  and  an  heir  of  the  kingdom,  which,  with  nie, 
who  was  well  aciiuainted  with  hiin,  there  is  no  doubt, 
lie  is  now  in  the  possession  of.  By  his  death  1  have 
lust  a  precious,  pious,  praying,  friend;  lint  my  loss 
is  doubtless  his  gain  and  in  that  it  becomes  me  to 
rejoice"  [Loring's  manuscript  Journal.] 

FRAM  INGHAM,  MASS. 
iS"!!.  Nutc. — Capt.  Good  v r d  of  Framingham,  ac- 
cording to  a  memorandum  in  rev.  mr.  Loring's  Jour- 
nal, de|>arted  this  life,  9  February.  1T54.  His  son, 
the' rev.  David  Goddard  of  Leicester  died,  19  Janua- 
ly  preceding.  C'apt.  Goddard  had  been  a  Justice 
of  the  peace  and  one  of  his  maje.sty's  council.  He 
■was  a  man  of  distinguished  abilities,  which  were 
much  improved  by  reading  and  study  He  held  the 
pen  of  a  ready  writer  and  was  a  strenuous  defender 
of  the  Calvin  istick  scheme. 

"WORCESTER,    MASS. 

453.  Tliie  corner  stone  was  laid,  1  Oc- 
tober, 1801,  by  Isaiah  Thomas,  esquire, 
who,  Avith  William  Caldwell,  esquire,  sher- 
ili"  of  the  county,  and  Salem  Towne,  es- 
quire, are  a  committee  for  building  and  com- 
pleting this  intended  Courthouse.  The 
old  courthouse  now  stands  two  feet  southeast 
from  this  spot,  1801. 


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Note.  The  foregoing  is  a  copy  of  the  inscription 
engraved  on  a  silver  plate,  which  was  enclosed 
in  a  leaden  box  with  specimens  of  New  England 
coin  struck  by  virtue  of  an  act  of  the  province 
of  Massachusetts,  passed  in  the  years,  1652  and 
1654,  with  otliers  of  the  United  States  and  Great 
Britain,  and  deposited  under  tiie  corner  stone  of 
the  newcourthause,  in  Worcester.  This  is  the  best 
building  of  the  kind  in  the  commonwealth,  except 
ihat  in  Boston  recently  erected. 

ROXBIIRY,    MASS. 

454.  Note. — The  rev,  Thomas  Weld,  accord- 
ing to  Calamy,  having  found  the  ecclesiastical  re- 
quisitions in  Terling,  county  of  Sussex,  unpropitious 
to  his(ministerial  labours,  and  having  been  ejected 
from  his  living  at  (iatesend,  near  Newcastle,  for  his 
non-conformity,  came  to  New-England.  In  July, 
1632,  he  was  invested  with  the  pastoral  care  of  the 
church  in  Roxbury. 

In  the  November  following,  the  rev.  John  Eliot, 
who  translated  the  Bible  into  the  aboriginal  dialect 
of  Natick,  was  ordained  teacher  in  the  same  ciiurch. 
In  1741,  mr.  Weld  was  sent,  with  the  rev.  Hugh 
Peters,  as  an  agent  to  England,  where  he  .«pent  the 
remainder  of  his  days.  In  the  Roxbury  church  re- 
cords, he  is  said  to  be  of  Kettering,  and  to  have 
died  in  London,  1660-1. 

ROXBURY,    MASS. 

455.  iVo/c— Mr.  Tuoi  vs  Welo,  o.ie  cf  the 

D  2 


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eons  of  the  first  pa>tor  of  the  church  in  Roxbury, 
lived  in  this  place  and  died  of  a  fever  in  1682. 

From  the  clnirch  records  it  appears,  timt  his  child- 
ten  were  Samuel,  Tin  mas,  who  Avas  the  minis- 
ter of  Dunstable,  [see  art.  116 J  Samuel,  John,  YA- 
mund,  Daniel,  Dorothy,  a  woman  of  remarkable  pi- 
ety and  a  benefnctor  to  the  church,  whose  first  hus- 
band was  AVilliam  Dennison,  and  second  Sanmel 
Williaiiis,  both  of  Roxbury,  Joseph,  and  ^largaret. 

456.  i\^/c.— The  rev.  Eumuxd  "Wkld,  son  of 
the  rev.  Thcinns  Weld  of  lloxbury,  was  graduated 
at  Harvard  college,  in  iGbO.  He  went  to  Ireland, 
after  graduation,  and  was  settled  in  the  ministry  at 
Inniskean.  He  died,  2  March,  1668,  in  the  39  year 
of  his  age.  Contemplating  his  dissolution  as  nigh 
at  hand,  he  wrote  the  following  dialogue,  a  little 
before  his  decease,  between  Death,  the  Soul,  the 
Body,  the  World,  and  Jesus  Christ,  w  hich  his  am- 
dow  sent  to  his  relatives  in  New-England,  and  is 
here  preserved  as  a  specimen  of  the  poctick  taste  of 
that  period. 

D.    Ho  ho,  prepare  to  go  with  me, 
For  I  am  sent  to  summon  thee, 
Sfee  my  commission  seal'd  with  blood  ; 
"Who  sent  me  He  will  make  it  good. 
The  life  of  man 
Is  like  a  span, 
Wkose  slender  thread  I  must  divide. 


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My  name  is  death, 
I'll  stop  thy  breath; 
From  my  arrests  thou  canst  not  hide. 

S.     O  Death,  triumph  not  over  me, 
My  .Saviour's  death  hath  conquered  thee, 
Man's  sin  at  fir?t  did  give  thee  breath, 
Whose  exit  now  must  be  thy  death. 

But  yet  througli  grace, 

•So  stands  the  case, 
Harm  thou  canst  not,  but  only  fright. 

Ah  death  thou'rt  dead, 

Broke  is  thy  head, 
Thy  sting  and  strength  removed  quite 

But  what  dost  think,  to  scare  me  so  ? 
Me  to  assault,  so  like  a  foe  ? 
Nay,  Death,  thy  power  and  all  that's  thine 
The  second  cov'nant  made  it  mine» 

Come  let's  shake  hands, 

I'll  kiss  thy  bands ; 
Tis  happy  news  for  me  to  die. 

What  dost  thou  think, 

That  I  will  shrink  ? 
I'll  go  to  immortality. 

Transported  is  my  ravish'd  heart, 
To  think  now  hence  I  must  depart  ; 
Ling  waited  I  for  suc"h  a  day, 
Thrice  welcome  sumiaons,  come  away. 


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Conic,  strike  Ibc  blaw, 

That  I  may  go ; 
H'hy  slay  thy  cliariot  wlicels  so  long  ? 

To  stay  'tis  pain, 

To  (lie  'tis  gain  ; 
Delay  me  not,  you  do  nie  wrong. 

This  is  my  Father's  messenger, 
My  King  and  Rridegroom's  harbinger  ; 
See  here  his  chariot  driving  fast, 
Home  to  conduct  me  in  all  haste. 

I'm  sick  of  love 

For  him  above. 
I  grow  impatient  to  be  gone. 

Him  for  for  to  see 

Who  loved  rac, 
That  precious  loving,  lovely  one. 

Hail>t  thou  but  knock'd  the  other  day, 
I  liad  been  forced  then  to  say, 
O  spare  a  little,  give  me  space 
Until  I  see  thy  pleasant  face. 
Because  my  light 
AVas  turn'd  to  night, 
Hid  was  his  face,  eclips'd  his  love  ; 
Tlien  inward  fears 
Caus'd  many  tears  ; 
Few  visits  had  I  from  above. 

Ilis  name  forever  blessed  is. 
To  send  at  iucli  a  time  as  this; 


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NouEjht  have  I  now  to  tlo  but  die, 
And  sleep  in  Jesus  quietly ; 

For  lately  he 

Refreshed  me 
"With  sweet  embraces  from  above. 

I  begg'd  a  smile, 

And  he,  mean  while, 
Cau«'d  me  to  understand  his  love. 

B.     And  must  wc  part,  my  dearest  mate, 
So  many  yeai's  consociate  ; 
Whal  makes  thee  long  iincas'd  to  be? 
AVhai  means  this  great  disparity  ? 

Thou  tak'st  thy  dight 

To  heaven's  height, 
To  be  conjoiu'd  with  C  hrist  thy  head  ; 

But  ah  !  poor  I 

Must  rotting  lye, 
As  one  forgot  amongst  the  dead. 

S.    Companion  mine,  why  blam'st  thou  tan 
Longing  to  leave  mortality  ; 
Wy  choicest  acts  have  spoiled  been 
By  such  a  mass  of  death  and  sin  ; 
.  My  joys  were  small. 

Disturbed  all 
In  thy  cold,  dark,  and  leaky  tent ; 

My  duties  were 

Put  out  of  square 
With  thine  unhandy  instrument. 


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But  Christ  shall  change  thy  sinful  Just, 
The  grave  shrill  rot  out  all  thy  rust ; 
That  body  of  thine  shall  fashion'd  be, 
Like  to  his  own  in  its  degree  ; 

Yea,  thouich  they  rot, 

Yet  not  one  Jot 
Of  all  thy  dust  shall  perish  aye  ; 

He  in  thy  sleep 

Safe  will  thee  keep 
"Till  IrinnpePs  sound  shall  call  away. 

Whose  sound  shall  cause  thee  to  awake, 
Oinnipotency  shall  thee  take 
Then  to  receive,'so  we  shall  meet. 
And  one  another  kindly  greet ; 

Made  one  again, 

So  tf)  remain 
Enibosom'd  friends,  in  lasting  bliss, 
And  never  more, 
As  heretofore, 
Act  any  thing,  that  is  amiss. 

W.     What's  this  I  hear  ?  guest  so  unkind, 
To  trust  me  so  quite  out  of  mind  I 
Have  1  so  hard  a  landlord  been, 
As  not  to  value  me  a  pin  ? 

To  kick  at  me. 

Who  nnurisli'd  thee, 
And  so  to  change  old  friends  for  new  ? 

Men  so  unkind 

1  seldom  find  ; 
I'll  care  as  little  now  for  yoB. 


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S.    We're  well  agreed,  vain  world,  farewell. 
Thy  flattering  smiles  begin  to  smell ; 
They  never  did  deserve  my  love, 
Nor  do  thy  frow  ns  at  all  me  move  ; 

Because  my  heart 

Is  set  apart 
For  things  that  are  of  best  account ; 

The  hujk  and  shell. 

With  thee  did  dwell, 
My  better  part  did  higher  mount. 

'Twas  yonder,  yonder,  up  above. 
Where  I  did  live,  converse  and  love ; 
A  stranger  here,  and  strangely  us'd, 
By  thee  and  thine  I  was  abus'd  ; 

I'ra  not  thine  own, 

Nor  am  I  known 
By  those  of  thy  ungodly  race  ; 

And  therefore  I 

So  cruelly 
Was  hated  in  that  weary  place. 

But  as  for  you,  my  weeping  friends, 
IMyGod  will  make  you  all  amends. 
Your  care  and  kindness  shown  to  me 
Shall  all  by  him  rewarded  be  ; 

Yourselves  have  seen 

How  God  hath  been 
Most  sweetly  gracious  unto  me  ; 

Lively  holily. 

Then  uhen  you  die 
The  saaic  to  you  this  God  may  be 


J.  C.    Welcome  to  ine,  my  lovely  bride, 
For  whom  1  liv'd,  for  whom  I  di'd 
Nor  do  I  count  my  heart's  blood  dear 
To  purchase  a  possession  liere. 

Come  satisfy 

Botli  iieart  and  eye, 
With  purest  joy?  up  to  the  brim ; 

Here's  endless  store, 

What  can  be  more 
Than  in  love's  ocean  aye  to  swim  ? 

Make  haste,  bring  forth  the  nuptial  vest. 
And  let  the  fatted  calf  be  dress'd  ; 
Angels  and  Seraphim,  come  sing, 
And  with  your  shout  make  heaven  ring. 

Come  thou  possess 

That  blessedness 
Prepar'd  before  the  world  was  made, 

And  wear  the  crown 

With  great  renown, 
'Tis  honour  that  shall  never  fade. 

S.     Blest  be  thy  glorious  Majesty, 
That  look  on  such  a  worm  as  I  ; 
Thou  didst  me  from  the  dungeon  raise 
That  i  might  here  advance  thy  praise. 

When  1  did  dwell 

In  lowest  iiell, 
Love  everlasting  fetched  aae  thence. 

Else  I  had  been, 

Through  Satan's  spleen. 
For  evermore  rxclntipd  b^nre. 


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Wheal  was  dead,  grace  quitkeii'J  me, 
When  I  was  lost,  soiiglit  out  by  thee, 
Thou  didst  me  pardon,  cdll,  and  «ave; 
IJought  with  thy  blood,  whate'er  I  have. 

Now  blessed  be 

The  Lamb  so  free 
To  die,  that  I  might  life  obtain  ; 

For  this  therefore, 

For  evermore, 
Blest  be  the  Lamb  forever  slain. 

ROXBURY,    MASS. 
457  Nule. — Thomas  Dudley,  a  governour  and 
.oajor  general  in  the  colony  of  Ma?-achusetts,  hav- 
ing entered  on  the  seventy-seventh  year  of  his  age, 
deceased,  31  July,  1653,  and  was  not  buried  till  the 
:<ixth  day  following.    His  biography  is  well  known  ; 
ijut  the  following  anagram,  preserved  in  the  files  of 
the  first  church  in  Roxbury,  is  said  to  have  been 
sent  to  the  governour,  by  some  nameless  author,  in 
''Gi?,  and  has  never  before  been  published. 
Thomas  DroLtY. 
Ah  I    old  must  dye. 
-\  death's  head  on  your  hand  yon  needcnot  weaie, 
A  dying  head  you  on  your  should.?rs  beare. 
You.  iieede  not  one  to  mind  you,  you  must  dye, 
You  in  your  name  may  spell  mortalilye. 
Younge  men  may  dye,  but  old  men,  these  dye 

must, 
■T'.vlll  not  be  long  before  you  turne  to  dast. 

rv?f.   I. — VOL    III.  E 


J- 


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Before  you  turne  to  dust!  ah!  must!  old!  dye! 
Wliat  sliall  youiigc  doe,  when  old  in  dust  doe  lye  i 
AVlicn  old  in  dust  lye,  what  N.  Eni^land  doc  ? 
When  old  in  dust  doe  lye,  it's  best  dye  too. 

ROXBURY,  MASS. 
458.  Nolc. — Thomas  Weld,  A.  B.  pins  jave- 
Jiis  pra-matuic  obiit  in  Christo,  circiter  viginti  an- 
aos  iiatus,  ti  Julii,  A.  D.  1704.  [Rox.  Ch.  Rec] 
He  was  a  son  of  the  rev.  Thomas  Weld  of  Dunsta- 
ble by  his  first  wife  and  was  graduated  at  Harvard 
collcijc,  in  1701. 

ROXBURY,  SIA8S. 

459.  Here  lies  buried  the  body  of  the 
rev.  Shearjasiiub  Bourn,  late  minister  of 
tlie  fust  parish  in  Scituate  and  son  of  the 
hon.  Melatiah  Bourn,  esq.  of  Sandwich,  who 
died,  14  August,  1768,  xt.  09. 

Cautious  himself,  he  others  ne'er  deceived 
i/ived  as  he  taught  and  as  he  taught  believec!. 


ROXBURY,    MASS. 

4G0.  In  memory  of  miss  Susannah 
Crafts,  who  died,  24  Sept.  1800.  He: 
suavity  of  temper  and  simplicity  of  mannern 
had  secured  the  esteem  of  her  friends  and 
acquaintance.  Though  at  the  early  age  of 
21  vears  nnd  ?.t  n  period;  ^vhon  her  prospects 


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Trere  the  moat  saiiguhie,  she  submitted  ^vitb 
calmness  to  her  fate,  in  the  full  persuasion 
of  a  reunion  to  her  friends  in  a  world,  M'here 
neither  sorrow  nor  death  can  enter.  This 
iribute  of  respect  for  iicr  memory  and  of 
esteem  for  her  virtues  is  oftercd  by  a  friend. 


ROXBURV,  MASS. 

461.  Erected  to  the  memory  of  mr.  Joel 
Gay,  who,  at  the  age  of  33,  Avas  translated 
from  this  state  of  trial  and  suffering,  on  tlic 
19  of  Dec.  1800,  at  a  period  when  his  in- 
dustiy  and  perseverance  gave  pleasing  pi-om- 
iscs  of  future  independence  and  Avhen  the 
hopes  and  welfare  of  a  rising  family  depend- 
ed on  him.  Though  exercised  with  a  tedi- 
ous and  painful  illness,  the  severity  of  Avhidi 
was  increased  by  the  deatli  of  a  beloved  son, 
he  exhibited  a  singular  example  of  patient 
resignation,  leaving  his  friends  this  consola- 
toiy  reflection,  that  his  faith  and  hope  of  a 
happy  immortality  had  disarmed  the  grave 
of  its  terrors  and  death  of  its  sting. 

ROXBURV,  MASS. 

462.  Isaac  Morril,  aged  74  years,  died, 
18  October,  1662. 


ROXBl'RV,  MASS. 
463.  Nolc— The  hon.  AVilliam  Hrath,  a 
major  general  in  llie  revolutionary  war,  wj:?  born, 
on  the  1  of  March,  old  style,  1737.  He  was  di*- 
scended  from  an  ancient  and  reputable  family  in 
■fiexbury  and  was  brought  up  a  farmer.  From  bis 
youth,  he  was  remarkably  fond  of  military  exer- 
cises and  read  whatever  he  could  find  on  the  subjecl- 
At  the  corameiicenient  of  that  contest,  which  il- 
sucd  in  the  independence  of  the  American  state*, 
the  subject  of  this  article  was  a  colonel  of  the  mili- 
tia and  one  of  the  committee  of  safety  appointed  b^- 
the  provincial  congress  of  Massachusetts.  So<ci 
after  the  war  was  begun,  he  received  the  comniip- 
sion  of  a  brigadier  general  in  the  array  of  the  Unit-* 
ed  States  and,  the  year  following,  he  was  promotedii 
to  the  rank  of  a  major  general.  He  continued  iin 
the  publick  service  of  his  countiy  till  the  establi.^h-^ 
ment  of  peace  and  was  appointed  to  various  imporl-i 
ant  stations  and  extensive  commands. 

On  the  restoration  of  peace,  lie  returned  to  hi? 
family  and  employed  hirafself  in  agricultural  pur- 
suits and  the  various  duties  of  private  life  and  of 
such  publick  olTices,  as  his  fellow  citizens  called  liiir. 
to  fill.  He  was  a  member  of  the  state  convention, 
which  ratified  the  federal  cons-titution  and  gave  his 
vote  for  its  adoption.  He  was  repeatedly  elected 
to  a  seat  in  the  senate  and  in  the  council  of  Massa- 
chusetts. In  the  year,  li06,  he  was  chosen,  by  the 
suffrages  of  the  people,  lieutenant  governour  of  tht- 
commonwealth ;   but,  being  far  advanced  in  age-. 


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dill  not  accept  the  uroffercd  honour.  As  judge  of 
probate,  he  served  his  county,  very  acceptably» 
for  many  years  and  till  the  close  of  life. 

In  a  doniestick  sphere,  lie  was  distinguished  by 
his  mild  and  amiable  disposition  and  manners.  Few 
icen  apjicared  more  free  from  the  influence  of  party 
spirit  and  rancour,  or  expressed  their  sentiments  on 
publick  men  and  measures  with  more  prudence,  than 
general  Heath.  From  his  youth,  he  was  a  believer 
aud  publick  profesfor  of  the  christian  religion,  and 
adorned  his  profession  by  his  exemplary  life  and 
conversation. 

After  a  few  days  of  confinement  with  sickness,  he 
died,  on  the  2-i  of  January,  1814,  meeting  his  dis- 
sohilion  with  christian  fortitude,  resignation,  and 
hope.  The  wife  of  his  youth  and  four  children, 
three  sons  and  one  daughter,  sunivcd  bi-n. 

The  rev.  Eliphalet  Porter,  D.  T).  paid  a  hand- 
some tribute  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  his  distin- 
gnished  parishioner  in  a  sermon  from  Is.  3.  2,  3, 
delivered  on  the  first  sabbatii  after  his  interment. 

General  Ilcatli  published  Neinoirs  of  himself  some 
years  before  his  death,  in  an  ?>vo.  volume  and  fi-e- 
quently  wrote  for  the  gazettes  of  his  day.  Many 
papers  with  the  signature  of  A  Mililary  Country- 
taaa  were  from  his  pen, 

DEDHAM,    MASS. 

464.  Here  lyes  intombed  the  body  of 
Timothy   Dv/icht,   esquire,  ^vho  depart 

f:2 


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ed   this    life,  31    January,    anno    Domini 
1717-18,  aetat.  83. 

Nole. — From  rev.  Samuel  Dexter's  century  ser- 
mon, delivered,  23  Nov.  1733,  it  appears,  that 
the  subject  of  this  inscription  was  a  gentleman  tru- 
ly serious  and  godly;  one  of  an  excellent  spirit; 
peaceable,  generous,  charitable,  and  a  great  pro- 
moter of  the  best  interests  of  the  churcli  and  town  ; 
and  that  his  roiuains  were  buried,  on  the  same  day, 
with  those  of  Iiis  sixth  consort  1 

DEDllAM,    MASS. 

465.  Dexter.  This  comiptible  must 
put  on  incormption  and  this  mortal  must  put 
on  immortality.  1  Cor.  15.  53.  Our  Sa- 
viour, Jesus  Christ,  hath  abolished  dcatl; 
and  brought  life  and  immortality  to  liirht. 
2  Tim.  1.10.  I  am  the  resurrection  and 
the  life  ;  he  that  believeth  in  mc,  though  he 
were  dead,  yet  shall  he  live.  John,  11.  25. 
Behold  he  is  coming  in  the  clouds  and  every 
eye  shall  see  him.  Rev.  11.7.  ^\']ien  Christ, 
our  life,  shall  appear,  then  shall  ye  also  ap- 
pear with  him  in  gloiy.  Col.  3.  4.  Where  is 
thy  sling,  0  deatli  ?  where  is  thy  victory !  O 
grave?  Thanks  to  G od,  Avho  giveth  us  the 
victoiy  through  our  l^ord,  Jesus  ClirisL 
i  Cor.  15.   55.  57. 


Note. — The  foregoing  is  the  insniption  on  the 
family  tomb  of  the  rev'.  Sainiiei  Dexter,  avIio  was 
the  grandfather  of  the  present  hon.  Saauiel  Dexter 
of  3Iassachusctts.  For  notices  of  the  ministers  of 
Dcdham  the  rendor  is  referred  to  Dexter's  cent.  ser. 
and  to  Haven's  iialf  century  sermon. 

DUDIIAM,    MASS. 

466.  From  the  ladies  of  the  rev,  nir. 
Cotlman  s  society  iu  norchester  to  the  rev. 
mr.  Bates,  as  a  testimcuy  of  th(;ir  grati. 
tade  and  esteem,  November,  1811. 

Note. — This  is  a  copy  of  the  inscription  on  eacli 
ef  three  valuable  pieces  of  plate,  presented  to  the 
rev.  Joshua  Bates,  in  gratitude  for  the  active, 
friendly,  and  successful  part  he  acted  in  behalf  of 
the  rev.  John  Cotlman,  when  opposed  by  some  of 
6is  parishioners,  who  were  hostile  to  Calvinistick 
sentiments.  1  he  donation  was  accompanied  with 
these  lines; 

The  christian  friend,  whose  heart  is  right, 

Defends  the  injnr'd  witli  delight ; 

tJnaw'd  by  hosts,  in  league  combin'd, 

The  cause,  that's  just,  employs  his  miu<3. 

attli;borough,  mass. 

467,  Bezaleel  BIann  mort.  die  Octo. 
tert,  1796,  an.  a?tat.  74.  Early  imbued 
■5dth  the  principles  of  moral  rectitude,  he 
sustained,  tlirough  the  diversified  coQcerns 


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of  a  long  and  active  life,  the  character  of 
an  honest  man.  As  a  physician,  he  com- 
manded, duiin<i;  the  prriod  of  near  fifty 
yeare,  that  unlimited  confidence  and  respect, 
Avhich  talents  only  can  iiL^pirc.  The  fea- 
tures of  his  mind  Avhere  skctclud  by  the 
glpMing  pencil  of  nature,  filled  up  with  quali 
ties,  that  adorn  humanity,  and  sliaded  ■with 
few  infirmities,  the  frequent  attendants  on 
mental  excellence, 

Bebee  Mann,  his  wife,  mort.  die  Octo. 
tert.  1793,  atat.  Gl.  She  was  a  person  of 
briglit  genius,  of  few  ivords,  and  nuich  re- 
served in  mind.  From  early  youth,  she 
marked  all  her  paths  with  virtue,  and  time- 
ly took  the  advice  Chri&t  gave  his  disciples, 
and  made  to  herself  a  friend  of  the  mammon 
of  unrighteousness,  and,  uhen  she  failed, 
could  with  christian  confidence  say,  that  her 
witness  was  in  heaven  and  her  reward  on 
high.  This  stone  is  erected  by  the  grateful 
hand  of  filial  piety  to  protect  the  awful  dust 
of  the  most  revered  parents. 

ATTLEBOROrOH,  AIASP. 

468.  In  memory  of  doctor  HnRnERi- 
Mavn.  ^vho,  -vvith   119  sailon%  with  capt. 


James Magee  master,  went  on  board  the  brig. 
General  Arnold,  in  Boston  harbour,  25  De- 
cember, 1778,  hoisted  sail,  made  for  sea, 
and  were,  inmiediately,  overtaken  by  the 
most  tremendt.His  suoavs  tonn  -with  cold,  that 
■vras  ever  known  in  the  memory  of  man,  and, 
unlianpilj,  [)arted  their  cable  in  Plymouth 
harbour,  in  a  place  called  tlie  Cow  Yard, 
and  he  with  aliout  100  others  was  frozen  to 
death,  66  of  whom  were  buried  in  one  grave. 
He  was  in  the  21  year  of  his  age.  And 
DOAv,  Lord  God  Almighty,  just  and  true  are 
all  thy  wajc,  but  who  can  stand  before  thy 
cold  ? 

Ao/e.  The  calamity,  which  ibis  inscription  re- 
cords, was  cue  ol'  the  most  distressing  ever  >V!tness- 
ed  on  the  coasts  of  Ma?SacliuscttP.  One  of  the 
sur\-iver5,  Bartholomew  Downes  of  Barnstable, 
published  a  narrative  of  his  sutferings,  cu  tliis  and 
former  occasions,  which  is  very  little  known,  and 
from  which  tlie  facts  in  the  following  statement  are 
principally  drawn. 

The  morning,  on  which  captain  Slagee  sailed, 
was  rcmarbably  pleasant ;  but,  in  a  few  hours,  af- 
ter getting  into  the  bay  a  most  tremendoa?  ^ale  com- 
menced, attended  with  cold  and  a  snow  storm,  for 
violence,  seldom  equalled  in  the  latitude  of  Massa- 
rhnsetts.  The  next  day,  with  no  small  difficulty, 
they  passed  the  Gurnet  for  Plymouth  harbour.  The 


wind  and  slorni  had  abated,  l)ut  llie  cold  was  in- 
tense beyond  de>-crijilion.  Tlic  hrig  was  brought  tc 
anciior  a  little  below  Beach  Point. 

On  satiirdaY,  26  December,  about  six  in  the  morn- 
ing, from  the  great  agitation  of  the  sea,  the  vcs^^cl 
f-trnck  the  bottom,  as  if  she  would  have  forced  in 
her  keel.  As  there  was  not  snlhcient  depth  of  wa- 
ter for  the  management  of  the  brig,  and  as  there  was 
every  appearance  of  a  renewal  of  tlie  storm,  the 
captain  ordered  the  cables  cut.  A  most  dreadful 
storin  ensued.  The  main  ma.>=t  was  cut  away  and 
the  vessel  drifted  upon  a  hard  flat  a  little  west  of 
Beach  Point.  The  people  laboured  hard  in  throw- 
ing overboard  their  Avood  and  getting  their  guns 
from  the  deck  into  the  hold.  Such,  however,  was 
their  situation,  that  the  brig  struck  the  bottom  con- 
linually,  with  violence,  and  presently  let  in  tlio 
water  so  that  two  pumjis  A\cre  of  no  avail.  The 
snow  storm  increased  to  an  astonishing  degree  and 
there  was  no  diminution  of  the  cold.  All  hands 
wrought,  with  the  greatest  diligence,  during  the 
day,  eating  nothing,  as  all  desire  of  food  was  gone 
in  the  fearful  prospect  of  sjtcady  death. 

Still  these  distressed  mariners  had  some  glimmers 
of  hope,  till  just  before  night,  when  they  found  eve- 
ry thing  afloat  in  the  hold  of  the  vessel.  They  were 
then  almost  in  a  state  of  despair,  being  persuaded 
that  they  must  perish,  unless  some  special  interjjosi- 
tion  of  Providenceshould  prevent.  Some  went  into 
the  cabin,  but  the  water  was  so  deep  as  to  oblige 
them  imniedjately  to  return.     It  was    flood   tido. 


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aiul,  in  a  little  time,  tiie  water  on  thu  maiii  deck  was 
oven  with  the  flooring  of  the  quarter  deck.  The 
foremast  was  still  standing;,  which  occassioned  a 
perpetual  rolling  of  the  wreck.  This  was  cut  away 
and  the  vessel,  sunk  nearly  altogether  underwater, 
was  comparatively,  hut  little  moved. 

The  floods  often  Ijroke  o  ver  them  and,  at  the  height 
of  the  tide,  the  water  was  of  coubiderablc  depth  on 
the  quarter-deck.  The  storm  continued  with  una- 
bating  fury.  Nothing  could  be  heard  but  screeches, 
groans,  lamentations,  and  earnest  cries  to  God  for 
jncrcy  and  i-elief. 

In  their  distress,  bordering  upon  distraction,  all 
being  much  crowded  on  the  quarter  deck,  they 
trampled  one  another  under  feet.  'Ihc  intenteiiess 
of  the  cold,  under  their  peculiar  circumstances,  was 
greater  than  they  could  bear,  and  during  the  night, 
more  tlian  half  of  the  crew  were  fr(jzen  to  death. 
The  v.et,  fatigue,  want  of  food,  and  violence  of  the 
.veathcr,'  were  unitedly  more,  than  their  natures 
ould  support. 

On  the  27  of  December,  the  storm  having  sub- 
,;ded,  the  sun  appeared,  but  the  severity  of  the  cold 
■■/as  extreme.  They  now  could  see  Plymouth  and 
a  number  of  people  attempting  to  go  to  their  relief; 
hut  the  ice  increased  so  rapidly,  in  the  harlour,  that 
the  kind  adventurers,  having  nearly  lost  their  own 
lives,  in  their  benevolent  exertions,  were  obliged  to 
return  without  eflecting  their  object.  This,  to  lli':; 
<(iirvivi!ig  but  perishing  mariners,  was  more  dreadful, 
than  cai  be  described,    A  r.iy  of  hope  had  beamed 


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Ih  the  eyes  of  some,  who  were  still  alive,  when  they 
saw  tlieir  fellow  creatures  fiyiiig  to  their  deliver- 
ance ;  but  now  despair  seized  every  soul,  and  tlity 
sunk,  one  after  another,  into  the  arms  of  death,  till 
but  thirty  two,  out  of  one  hnndred  and  nineti.'en,  re- 
iiiai'ied  alive  I 

The  humane  people  of  Plymouth  succeeded,  on 
monday,  the  '28  of  December,  in  getting  to  the 
wreck,  where  a  most  melancholy  scene  was  exhibit- 
ed !  Nearly  one  hnndred  men  were  frozen  to  death, 
in  all  manner  of  postures;  some  with  a  bottle  at  their 
month,  some  clasped  in  each  other's  arms,  some 
kneeling,  and  some  with  their  hands  elevated 
towards  heaven  !  All  were  taken  from  the  wreck 
and  carried  to  rar.  Eartlcit's  publick  house  in  Ply- 
mouth. Of  the  living  some  perfectly  recoverei, 
but  others  lost  their  limbs.  The  spot,  where  sixty- 
six  of  the  dead  were  buried  together,  is  still  disting- 
uishable, though  no  stone  has  been  erected  to  com- 
Hiemorate  the  uncomnionly  mournful  event ! 

It  is  worthy  of  remark,  that  the  captain  and  some 
others,  by  his  advice,  poured  ardent  spirit  into  their 
boots,  but  took  none  internally,  which  was,  unques- 
tionably, the  mean  of  preserving  their  livos  &nA 
limbs.  Those,  who  made  the  freest  use  of  intoxicat- 
ing liquor,  fell  the  first  victims  to  thf>  intensene^s 
nf  the  cold. 

ATTLEBOROUGK,    JfASS 

i1}9.    Here  lies  the  best  of  slave?. 

/Vr"."  Uivnin.5:  ir.tD  •'•t?' 


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Cnsar,  the  Ethiopian,  craves 

A  place  among  the  just. 
His  faithful  soul  is  fled 

To  reahus  of  heavenly  light ; 
And,  by  the  blood,  that  Jesus  fheci. 

Is  changed  from  black  to  white. 
Januai-y  15,  he  quitted  the  stage 
In  the  77  year  of  his  age. 

ATTLEBOROUGH,    MASS. 

470.  In  mcmoiy  of  the  rev.  Peter 
Thacher,  a.  M.  the  late  faithful  and  be- 
loved pastor  of  the  second  congregational 
church  in  Attleboroiigh,  ivho  was  born,  2j 
January',  1716,  ordained,  30  November, 
174S,  and  died,  13  September,  1785,  in  the 
70  year  of  his  age,  and  43  of  his  niinistrj. 

"Whom  papists  not, 

"With  superstitious  fire, 

"Would  dare  to  adore, 

"We  justly  may  admire. 
JVb/e. — >Ir.  Thacher  was  a  son  of  the  rev.  Peter 
Thacher  of  Middieborough  and  grandson  of  rev. 
Peter  Thacher  of -Milton.  Rev.  Thomas  Thacher 
of  Boston,  his  great-grandfather,  was  his  first  Ame- 
rican ancestor,  w  ho  was  a  son  of  rev.  Peter  Thacher 
of  Sarum.  [See  121  art.] 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  one  of  ten  children 
and  the  oldest  of  seven  sons.    According  to  fainlh 

?rX.  T.— V07..  TTl.  F 


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tradition  lie  was  the  fuurtcL'iith  oldpst  son,  ia  suc- 
cession, cinployed  in  the  WDilc  ■  T  tlie  gositel  minis- 
try, a  reniariciihJc  chcmnstancf  I  Hh  wife  was  He- 
thiah  Carpenter,  daii;^iitor  of  deacon  Obadiah  Car- 
penter of  Attleborou^ii,  by  whom  he  had  seven  sons 
and  three  daujijlitcrs,  all  of  whom  were  living  in 
18l!2,  excejit  the  younijest  son,  who  died  before  his 
father. 

Mr.  Tliachcr  w  as  a  man  of  great  simjilicity  and 
plainness  of  manners,  a  worthy  and  nsefnl  n^mi^ter 
of  the  new  covenant,  and  his  memory  is  justly  re- 
vered. A  small  vrdume  of  his  sermons  was  pub- 
lished, some  time  after  his  death  ;  but,  although 
(he  sentiment  may  be  preserved,  an  unjustifiable  li- 
berty was  taken  with  his  language.  However 
plain  maybe  the  style  of  a  man,  no  material  posthu- 
mous alteration  ought  to  take  place  in  preparing 
his  works  for  the  publick.  Every  one  appears  most 
natural  in  his  own  garb.  The  only  publication  ex- 
tant, so  far  as  the  author  of  this  work  knows,  which 
exhibits  a  fair  specimen  of  mr.  Thacher's  common, 
plain,  and  impressive  manner  of  sermonizing,  is  the 
discourse  occasioned  by  the  death  of  his  much  es- 
teemed friend,  the  rev.  Habijah  Weld  of  Attlebo- 
rough.  ^^ 

ATTLEBOROUGH,  MASS. 
471.    Nok. — The  hon,  Ei.isha  Mav,  who  re- 
ceived his  birth  and  spent  his  days  in  Attleborough, 
departed  this  life,  15   November,  1811,  ia  the  73 
rear  of  his  age.    The  rev.  John  Wilder  t!c!iverf^ 


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»  sfcrmon  at  his  interment,  from  Prov.  10.  7,  which 
is  before  tlie  publick  and  from  which  the  following 
notice  of  this  worthy  man  is  extracted. 

"Ilffw  far  the  ciiaracter  of  Colonel  May  answers 
the  description,  which  has  been  given  of  the  just 
man,  it  is  not  for  me  In  determine.  Tiiis,  however, 
I  will  venture  to  say,  his  memory  will  long  be  pre- 
cious, not  only  to  his  near  relatives  and  friends, 
but  likewise  to  his  intimate  acquaintance,  to  his 
neighbours,  to  the  religious  society  in  this  place, 
and  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  town.  For  he  is  the 
man,  whom  his  fellow-citizens,  for  a  long  course  of 
years,  have  delighted  to  honour;  nor  was  he  un- 
worthy their  respect  and  confidence.  For,  blessed 
with  a  sound  mind,  a  retentive  memory,  a  »|uiok 
discernment  of  men  and  things,  a  polite  address, 
an  honest  heart,  and  an  education  considerably 
above  mediocrity,  he  was  singujarly  qualified  for 
publick  employments  of  various  kinds.  And  his 
worth  was  early  discovered  ;  for  at  the  time  of  the 
revolutionary  war  he  was  an  active  and  useful  mem- 
ber both  in  the  military  and  civil  departments. 
Since  that  period  he  was  employed,  without  oppo- 
sition, as  a  legislator  or  a  counsellor,  until  he 
chose  to  retire.  For  about  twenty-seven  years  in 
succession,  one  excepted,  he  was  caikd  to  a  seat 
in  the  legislature;  and  chielly  in  the  upper  house. 
For  almost  forty  years  together,  he  has  ijcen  mo- 
derator of  the  tow  n  meetings  in  this  place ;  in  which 
office  he  was  eqalled  by  few, and  exceeded  by  none. 
He  had  the  honour  of  being  an  elector  of  the  pregi- 


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uent  of  the  United  States:  As  a  magistrate,  tlirouijlii- 
out  tlie  commonwealth,  ho  did  much  business,  and 
to  very  general  satisfaction.  He  was  justly  cele- 
brated, both  at  home  and  abroad,  for  his  wisdom  in 
adjusting  and  settling  dilferences  between  contend- 
ing parties.  As  a  politician,  he  was  a  friend  and 
disciple  of  Washington.  As  a  man,  he  was  pre- 
possessing and  engaging.  As  a  friend,  he  was 
faithful  and  constant.  As  a  neighbour,  he  wa? 
kind  and  obliging.  As  a  husband,  he  was  attentive 
and  tender.  As  a  parent,  he  was  pleasant  and  af- 
fectionate. As  to  his  religion,  he  was  a  firm  be- 
liever in  the  christian  systera.  and  a  very  constant, 
attentive,  and  apparently  devout  attcnder  on  pub- 
lick  wrorship,  all  his  life." 

ATTIiEEOUOUOII,  MASS- 
472.  Note. — Mrs.  Esthkr  Wilder,  daughter 
«f  colonel  Samuel  Tyler  of  Preston  in  Connecticut, 
consort  of  the  rev.  .John  Wilder,  after  a  long  and 
lingering  complaint,  died,  19  January,  11511,  in  the 
42  year  of  her  age,  leaving  six  sons  and  four  daugh- 
ters .From  the  ser  uon,  founded  on  1  John  3.  2,  de- 
livered at  her  funeral,  by  the  rev.  Nathaniel  iEni- 
mons,  D.  D.  of  Franklin,  the  following  paragraph 
is  extracted. 

"  There  is  not,  perhaps,  a  single  person  here 
present,  who  does  not  lament  the  decease  of  that 
amiable  and  excellent  child  of  God,  whose  remains 
now  lie  before  us.  1  have  endeavoured  to  delineate 
that  filial  spirit,  which  constitutes  and  adorns  the 


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christian  character,  and  can  .iny  one  recollect  a  sin- 
gle trait  in  that  cliaracter,  whicli  docs  not  apply  to 
mrs.  AVildcr?  witliout  mistaking  nature  for  grace, 
and  making  every  proper  allowance  for  her  native 
mildness,  ber  superior  education,  and   her  polisr.ed 
manners,  did  ^he  not  discover,  in  tlie  \\  liole  course 
of  her  conduct,    that  love  to  God,  that  love   to 
Christ,  that  love  to  the  friends  of  Christ,  and  that 
universal  love  to  mankind,  wliicli  are  the  genuine 
expressions  of  a  holy  and  humble  heart  ?  What  duty 
to  God,  what  duty  to  her  husband,  what  duty  to 
her  friends,  or  what  duty  to  her  enemies,  if  she  had 
any,  did  she  hal)itually  neglect?    She  exhibited  in 
her  very  countenance  that  meek  and  quiet  spirit, 
that  serenity  and  peace  of  mind,  which  naturally 
flow  from  vital   piety.     There   is,    therefore,  just 
ground  to  believe,  that  she  has  safely  reached  her 
heavenly  Fatlier's  house,  and   is  there  fixed  as  a 
pillar  in  his  temple  forever.     In  this  firm  belief,  the 
bereaved  and  aillicted  pastor  of  this  cliurch  has  no 
cause   to  sorrow,    as   those,    who  have  no   hope. 
Though  his  loss  is  greatly  enhanced  by  all  the  amia- 
ble, useful,  and  virtuous  qualities,  which  adorned 
the  dear  wife  of  his  youth,  whom  God  has  taken 
away ;  yet  he  has  abundant  reason  to  be  thankful, 
that  her  life,  which  had  been  so  often  threatened, 
was   continued  so  long  in  mercy  to  him  and  to  his 
numerous  family." 

In  July,  1808,  miss  Esther  Wilder,  the  oldest 
daughtRf  of  the  rev.  mr.  Wilder,  departed  this  life 
in  tlie  13  year  of  her  age.    She  was  mucii  endeared 
F2 


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to  her  parents  and  friends  by  that  modest  and  amia* 
Ijle  appearance,  that  serious  deportment,  and  that 
maturity  of  tlionght,  uliich  she  early  displayed. 
From  her  childhood,  siic  was  given  to  reading  and 
thinking  upon  religious  subjects.  As  her  health  de- 
clined she  manifei-ted  a  du-eper concern  about  the  sal- 
vation of  her  soul  and  gave  conjfortabic  evidence 
of  an  interest  in  divine  grace. 


BELLINGHAM,    MASS. 

473.  Nule. — The  rev.  No \n  Aldex  was  born 
in  that  partof  Midilleborough,  called  Tilii|uot,  31 
May,  1725,  and  in  time  of  the  great  revival  of  re- 
ligion, in  1741,  became  a  convert  and,  soon  after,  a 
preacher  of  the  gospel,  of  the  baptist  denomination- 
He  was  ordained  over  a  society  in  Staftord,  on  the 
5  of  June,  1755,  and  held  his  pastoral  relation  in 
that  place  for  ten  yeiirs. 

Tiie  late  aged  and  rev.  I^aac  Backus  of  Titiquot, 
ill  a  letter  to  the  author  of  this  Collection,  dated,  15 
3Iarch,  1804,  says  "  some  in  his  church  appeared 
so  openly  against  good  order,  that  he  was  dismissed 
by  the  advice  of  a  council,  28  August,  1765.  He 
then  travelled  and  preached  in  various  places  till  he 
was  installed  in  Eellingham,  12  November,  17G6, 
vhere  he  was  useful,  as  long  as  he  lived.  Several 
time?,  when  he  has  visited  3Iiddleborough,  I  have 
gone  and  supplied  his  people  at  Bellinghani,  and 
his  preaching  was  ever  much  esteemed  in  his  native 
place,  as  well  as  in  many  other  parts  of  the  coun- 
try.   In  December,  1763,  he  went  thronsh  Woo('- 


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stock  and  only  preached  one  sermon  there  ,  but  ii 
was  blessed  for  the  conversion  of  one  young  man, 
who  had  been  a  leader  in  vanity,  and  lie  then  be- 
"canie  so  in  religion,  and  was  afterwards  a  minister 
of  the  gospel. 

"  JMr.  Alden  was  a  member  of  the  convention, 
which  formed  the  Maj:sachusctts'  constitution  of 
government,  and  so  he  was  of  that,  which  adopted 
the  constitution  of  the  United  Stateg.  Bat  the  af. 
fairs  of  the  clrarch  of  Christ  and  watching  fur  sonls, 
as  one,  who  must  give  account  to  God,  were  his 
great  concern,  until  he  died,  with  mucli  peace  of 
mind,  5  May,  1797,  nearly  72  years  old." 

The  subject  of  this  article  married  -Joanna  Vaug- 
Iian,  by  whom  he  had  three  sons  and  several  daugh- 
ters. He  was  the  youngest  son  of  John  Aklen, 
who  settled  in  IVliddleborough  and  lived  to  a  great 
age,  and  grandson  of  Joseph  Alden,  noticed  in 
!he  382  article  of  this  work.  His  mother  was 
Hannah  White,  a  daughter  of  captain  Ebenezer 
White  of  Weymouth.  His  parents  had  thirteen 
children;  1.  David  Alden,  who  married  .luda  Pad- 
dleford ;  2.  Priscilla  Alden,  whose  husband  was 
Abraham  Borden  ;  S.  Tiiankful  Alden,  whose  hus- 
band was  Francis  Eaton  ;  -i.  Hannah  Alden,  m  hose 
husband  was  Thomas  Wood;  5.  Lydia  Alden,  whose 
first  husband  was  Samuel  Eddy  and  second.  John 
Fuller ;  6.  Mary  Alden,  whose  husband  was  Noah 
Thomas;  7.* Abigail  Alden,  whose  husband  was 
Nathan  Thomas  ;  8.  Josgph  Alden,  who  married 
HaitnahHal!";  9.  John  Alden,  who  married  Lydia 
iazellforhis  first  wife  and  Kebecca  AVettson  for 


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his  second  ;  10.  Kbcnezcr  Al<len,  wlio  married  A  niia 
IVIii taker  f>)r  his  fir^t  wife  and  Rebecca  Sii:ltli  for 
jiis  sccorrd.  At  twenty  years  of  age,  he  went,  witli 
many  otliers,  from  New  Kngland,  on  tlie  expedition 
to  Cuba,  where  he  was  taken  prisoner,  find  sufl'eied 
great  hardships,  not  being  released  under  ten  yeais. 
11  and  12.  Sainufl  and  Nathan  Alden,  who  died  at 
an  early  age  ;  13.  Noah  Alden,  the  principal  sub- 
ject of  thi?  memoir. 

MEDFIEI,D,  MASS. 
47-4.  Note. — Tlie  vrnrraMe  and  pifnis  mr.  Thomas 
Ad\3IS,  of  Medfield  in  Massaclnisctts,  a  descend- 
ant from  Henry  Adams,  who  came  to  America, 
about  the  year,  ICSO,  the  father  of  miss  Hannah 
Adams,  well  known  in  the  literary  world,  deceased, 
on  the  13  of  .Tuly,  1812,  in  the  88  year  of  his  age. 
The  late  excellent  and  rev.  doctor  Prentiss,  his  be- 
loved pastor  delivered  a  sermon,  at  his  funeral, 
from  1  Thi'SS.  4.  13,  from  whicli  the  following  pas- 
sages, respectful  to  the  memory  of  mr.  Adams,  are 
preserved. 

Speaking  in  reference  to  his  text,  he  says,  "  The 
subject  is  clearly  applicable  to  the  mourners  on  the 
present  occasion.  Their  departed  friend  was  not 
unseasonably  called  out  of  life.  He  has  gone  off  the 
stage  ripe  in  years,  and,  we  trust,  in  grace,  and 
Tiicet  to  pnrlakc  of  the  inheritance  of  the  saints  in  light. 
"  Early  in  life,  his  soul  was  brought  under  awak- 
ened and  serious  impressions,  and  turned  to  a  sober 
examination  of  the  doctrines  and  duties  of  christian- 


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tty.  A  warm  aR'eclion  for  book?,  and  an  ardent 
thirst  for  knowledge,  led  hiin  to  a  veiy  extensive 
course  of  reading.  He  acquainted  himself  with  all 
ihc  variety  of  opinions,  whicii  have  been  embraced 
in  the  christian  world ;  and,  comparing  them  with 
the  scriptures,  he  was  frouj  conviction,  established 
in  congregational  principles,  and  in  the  belief  of 
the  general  doctrines  of  the  reformation.  From 
these  princi|dc3,  through  a  long  course  of  life  and 
reading,  he  never  saw  occasion  to  depart. 

"Like  one  Mnason,  of  whom  mention  is  made 
in  the  Acts  of  the  Apostles,  he  Mas  literally  an  old 
disciple  of  Christ.  Almost  sixty-one  years  have 
elapsed,  since  he  made  a  pubiick  profession  of  reli- 
gion, and  united  with  the  church  of  Christ.  Dur- 
ing that  uncommon  period,  he  was  regular  and  con- 
stant in  attendance  on  the  pubiick  worship  and  or- 
dinances, and  maintained  the  character  of  a  sincere 
and  upright  christian. 

"  He  was  ever  strongly  attaclied  to  the  society 
of  literary  and  serious  people,  particularly  of  the 
clergy,  with  a  large  number  of  whom  he  kept  up  a 
very  friendly  intercourse.  There  is  reason  to  be- 
lieve, that  by  his  exertions,  for  many  years,  m 
ilisperslng  various  books,  he  contributed,  in  no 
small  degree,  to  the  diftusion  of  knowledge  and 
piety,  and  to  the  advancement  of  the  cause  of 
Christ.  Few  persons,  it  is  believed,  have  done  so 
lauch  in  this  way  to  benefit  their  fellow  men.  He 
was  often  heard  to  say,  that  he  knew  no  mode, 
•ifl  which  he  could  be  so  H?(>ful.    Frequectiy,  ivro 


?'0 

lir  employed  as  an  agent,  in  this  v.  ay,  to  distribute 
tlic  charity  of  other  religious  people ;  a  service,  in 
which  he  evidenced  much  satisfaction,  and  ever  ap- 
peared solicitous  to  perform  it  to  the  best  advantage. 

"  Blessed  with  a  memory  uncommonly  retentive, 
lie  had  amassed  such  a  stock  of  knowledge,  that  he 
was  literally  able  to  bring  out  of  his  Irffisiux  lliingf: 
71CIV  (Did  old.  On  all  occasions,  and  on  almost 
any  subject,  he  was  ready  with  ufcful  and  perti- 
nent remarks.  Rut  subjects  connected  with  religion 
wore  most  congenial  to  his  taste  and  feelings.  On 
these  he  conversed  with  the  greatest  freedom,  and 
the  most  sensible  delight. 

His  powers  of  mind  he  retained  in  an  uncommon 
degree,  under  the  decays  and  infirmities  of  the  out- 
ward man.  On  the  last  day  of  his  life,  when  he 
was  unable,  by  any  clear  articulation,  to  communi- 
cate his  feelings  and  views,  he  manifested,  by  looks 
and  significant  gestures,  a  full  apprehension  that 
his  departure  was  at  hand,  and  that  lie  enjoyed  the 
supports  and  comforts  of  religion,  and  was  sustained 
by  that  hope,  which  is  an  ancltor  lo  the  soul,  both  raire 
and  skaclfasl.  Being  asked  if  he  could  say  with 
tlie  Apostle,  I  am  now  ready  to  be  offend  ;  hcnct- 
forth  lliere  is  laid  tip  for  mc  a  crown  of  righteousness, 
which  the  Lord,  the  righteous  Judge  sh(tll  give  me  ? 
be  very  fsignilicantly  replied  in  the  affirmative ;  and 
gave  ail  the  evidence,  which  his  situation  permitted, 
of  a  firm,  unshaken  confidence  in  the  mercy  of  (iod, 
through  the  merits  and  the  mediation  of  Jesus 
Christ.    Thus  this  aged  servant  of  God  fell  alecp. 


n 

and  left  his  beloved  friends  to  mourn  not  as  tkosa 
tcho  have  no  hope.''* 

MEDFIELD,    MASS. 

475.  Note. — The  rev.  Tiiom  a.s  Prentiss,  D.  D. 
who  was  graduated,  at  Harvard  college,  in  1766, 
the  venerable  pastor  of  the  church  and  congregation 
in  Medfield,  departed  this  life,  on  the  '26  of  Feb- 
ritdary,  1814,  in  the  66  year  of  his  age.  The  illness, 
vvhicli  in  a  few  days  brought  iiiui  to  his  grave,  was  a 
fever,  which  he  caught  in  visiting  a  dying  parishion- 
er. Asasounddivinc,  an  exemplary  christian,  and  a 
faithful  minister  of  tlie  gospel,  he  held  a  conspicuous 
rank  among  his  brethren. 

BROOKFIELD,    MASS. 

476.  Nole. — Mr.  Joshua  Spooner,  of  Brook- 
field,  was,  in  a  most  barbarous  manner,  murdered, 
in  1778,  by  three  ruffian?,  hired  by  one,  who  ought 
to  have  been  the  Under  companion  of  his  bosom; 
all  of  whom  were  apprehended,  tried,  convicted, 
and  executed  for  the  nefarious  deed. 

STOCKBRIDGE,    MASS. 

477.  Note. — The  hon  Theodore  Sedgwick, 
while  on  the  circuit,  as  one  of  the  justices  of  the 
Fupreme  court  of  Massachusetts,  was  taken  ill  and 
died,  in  Boston,  on  the  24  of  January,  1813,  at 
the  age  of  sixty-seven  years.  He  was  educated  at 
Yale  college,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1765. 
H»  VMS  ri  TT.ernber  of  ih«i  .'VT)p-.-irao  j\  -^id  ^mv  of  A  r*s 


iaJ  Sciciie*?,  bjJ  receivcil  ihe  Louorary  dfgitc  t-f 
doctor  of  laws  from  Har\ar\l  univer«ily  and  New 
Jersey  college,  ami  bad  btx-n,  for  a  long  tiaie,  a  nc- 
preser.lati\'>e  ia  congress,  aaJi,  for  a  conjiilcraWe 
jkeriod,  speaker  of  the  house  of  rcpre<entaiives.  Ho 
had  also  been  a  senator  in  the  national  gi>>  t-rmnf  nt. 
He  discharged  the  duties  of  all  the  offices,  which  he 
sustained  in  life,  with  booour  tobiaiself  and  satii- 
faction  to  ike  publick. 


AMnr.Rsr,  mass. 

4TS.  AW. — The  han.SiMEox  Stbosc.  \\a:9  botu, 
at  Northampton,  in  ITJj,  b»it  at  the  age  of  about 
seveji  years,  bis  parentsijettled  in  Amherst,  where 
he  spent  the  most  of  las  life.  He  was  distin^«i>hctl, 
from  an  early  age,  by  the  sobriety  and  dectncy  of 
his  manners  and  by  a  rejecting  and  sagacious  mind. 
He  was  educated  at  Yale  college  and  had  the 
honour,  after  graduation,  of  receiving  the  premium 
instituted  by  the  learned  and  generous  dean  Berke- 
ley. 

Tbeolc^y  was  his  favoarite  study  through  life. 
For  several  years,  he  was  a  very  acceptable 
pneadier  of  the  gosj>el  and  bad  repeated  invitations 
to  settle  in  the  ministry;  bui,  being  aillicted  with 
pulmonary  complaints,  he  t\-as  obliged  to  relinquish 
the  profession  nearest  to  his  heart.  He  then  de^  ot- 
ed  his  attention  to  jurisprudence  and,  in  due  time, 
becair^  an  etninent  practitioner  at  the  bar. 

In  IGOO,  be  was  appointed  one  of  the  justices  of 
Uie  suprcce  judicial  court  of  Massachusetts.    Ia 


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1805,  he  received,  from  Han'ard  univerjity,  the 
honorary  dejjree  of  doctor  of  laws. 

In  all  the  relations  of  life  his  character  was  esti- 
mable to  an  uncommon  degree.  For  minute  and 
ioicrcsuog  memoirs  of  the  learned,  pious,  and  ex- 
cellent  jud^  Strong,  the  reader  is  referred  to  the 
Panoplist.  He  died,  14  Decemtjer,  1805  ;  and  just 
before  he  expired,  he  said,  that,  as  he  had  long  been 
a  professor  of  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ,  lu  luipid 
to  die  in  the  fidktt  hditf  of  Ihnf,  religion  ;  and  Ihat 
hit  only  hope  xrat  thron^h  the  atornnf  nt  i,f  il:f  Sn. 
riour. 

LOXG  MEADOW,    3IASS. 

479.  Note. — The  rev.  Stephex  WiLLrAMs, 
D.  D.  of  Long  >Ieado\r,  in  Springfield,  died,  on  the 
lOof  June,  1782,  in  the  90  year  of  his  age.  He 
was  tbe  !«on  of  the  rev.  John  Williams,  and  was 
carried  into  captivity  with  his  father  and  others,  in 
1704,  when  Deerfield  was  sacked  by  the  Indians, 
and  many  were  cruelly  put  to  death  with  the  toma- 
hawk. He  obtained  a  release  from  his  savage  cap- 
tors, and  returned  to  hi*  friends,  21  November,  1705. 
He  was  educated  at  Harvard  college,  where  he  wa« 
graduated  in  1713.  He  was  a  chaplain  of  the  pro- 
vincial force?,  at  the  celebrated  siege  of  Loui^Ujurg, 
in  1745  ;  also,  at  Lake  George,  in  1755,  under  sir 
TVUliam  Johnson,  and  the  following  year,  under 
general  Winslovv. 

Just  before  he  died,  bis  family  being  called  aroood 

r^.X.  T. TBI.  ITI.  O 


74 

Jjini,  at  his  desire,  he  looked  upon  tlicni  anil  sniil,  /': 
is  a  great  Ihtng  to  die.  I  rnnst  suy  I  urn  afraid  of 
dying.  I  am  afra  id  of  the  pangs  and  throes  of  death  ; 
for  death  is  the  wages  of  fin  ;  but  I  atn  not  afraid  to 
be  dead;  for,  I  trust  that,  through  the  merits  and  grace 
ofmj  dear  Jlcdeemer  and  advoaile,  Jesus  Christ,  the 
sting  of  death,  uhicli  is  sin.  is  taken  aieat/. 

NORTHAMI'TON,  MASS. 

480.  The  reverend  Jojix  Hint.  A.  M. 
pastor  of  the  Old  South  Chiucli  in  Bos- 
ton, died,  30  December,  A.  D.  1775,  aged 
31  years.  As  orator,  scholar,  and  divine, 
he  gave  bright  presages  of  future  eminence  ;. 
and  his  brief  but  exemplar}  life  he  devoted 
to  the  good  of  liis  folIoAv  men,  until  he  wa3 
summoned  to  higher  services. 

By  consent  of  his  friends  in  Northampton, 
where  he  drew  his  first  and  last  breath,  the 
church  and  congregation,  in  Boston,  Avho 
ordained  him,  25  September,  A.  I).  1771, 
and  whose  ornament  lie  shone  until  death, 
have  raised  this  memorial  of  iiis  vrorth;  his 
more  lasting  praise  being  in  heaven^  to  shin* 
as  the  stars,  forever  and  ever. 

Note. — The  forcgnine;  iiiscriptioii  was  written  I.y 
adistinguisheil  character  in  .Boston,  at  the  ifciiicst 
of  the  deacons  of  the  Old  Suuth.  The  nionuinent, 
from  which  it  is  taken,  was  prepared,  at  Hi?.rtfor<J^ 


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fLiui  sent  to  Northampton,  1811,  thirty-six  yeeos 
after  the  death  of  mr.  Hunt.  The  revolutionary 
Mar  prevented  rar.  Hunt's  people  from  showing  this 
tribute  of  respect  to  his  memory  at  the  usual  time. 

In  a  sermon,  delivered,  at  the  funeral  of  mr- 
Hunt,  from  .Tob  14. 19,  by  the  rev.  John  Hooker 
of  Northampton,  the  following  paragraphs  occur. 

"  His  publick  services,  as  long  as  he  lived,  every 
where  met  with  singular  approbation ;  he  waS 
truly  a  workman,  that  needed  not  to  be  ashamed. 
In  prayer  he  was  peculiarly  copious,  grave,  and  so- 
]emn,  with  an  unusual  variety  and  pertinency  of 
sentiment  and  language ;  and,  perhaps,  in  no  part 
of  publick  exercife  did  he  more  excel,  than  in  this. 
As  a  preacher  he  was  eminent.  His  compositions 
were  correct,  manly,  and  elegant;  his  sermons 
were  rational,  judicious,  and  instructive  ;  enriched 
with  striking  and  important  sentiments  ;  adorned 
with  a  variety  and  noble  turns  of  thought ;  enliven- 
ed by  a  strong,  animated,  and  delicate  style ;  recom- 
Riended  by  a  delivery  remarkably  grave,  deliberate, 
and  emphatical,  with  a  pathos  and  energy  becoming 
the  pulpit,  and  calculated  to  give  every  idea,  he 
meant  to  convey,  its  full  weight  upon  the  mind. 

"He  loved  and  he  preached  the  peculiar  doctrines 
of  the  gospel,  as  they  were  understood  by  the  fa- 
thers of  his  country,  but  w  ith  a  most  agreeable  open- 
aess  and  candour  of  mind.  The  doctrine  of  redemp- 
tion, through  a  Mediator  and  atoning  sacrirlce,  he 
•was  particularly  attached  to,  and  dwelt  much  upoE 


re 

it,  ill  tlio  course  of  his  life;  mid  it  was  liie  hope 
and  cuiiil'orl  of  his  lii-aii  in  death." 


NORTH. VMrrO.V,    MASS. 

48 1 .  Here  is  interred  the  body  of  the  rev. 
mr.  Solomon  Stoddard,  A.  M.  sometime 
fellow  of  Harvard  college,  pastor  of  the 
church  in  Nortliami)ton,  N.  E,  for  near  60 
years,  who  departed  this  life,  11  Februai^', 
1729,  and  intlie  86  year  of  his  as:e  ;  a  man  ol" 
God,  an  able  minister  of  the  New  Testa- 
iTKfit;  sin<riilarly  qualified  for  that  sacred  of- 
lice  and  faithfiil  therein ;  niuiieroiis  converts 
to  Christ  by  his  solid,  poAverful,  and  most 
searchinjj  ministry  ;  a  light  to  the  churches 
in  jsjeneral ;  a  peculiar  blessinjr  to  this  ;  em- 
inent for  the  holiness  of  his  life,  as  remai'k- 
able  for  his  peace  at  death. 

Nulc. —  Mrs.  F.stlier  Stoddard,  liis  widow,  died 
10  February,  1736,  lot.  9'2. 

NOUTHAMP  ION,    MASS. 

482.  Hon.  John  Stoddard,  esq.  was 
born,  at  Northampton,  11  February,  1681, 
and  died,  at  Boston,  19  June,  1748,  in  the 
07  year  of  his  a,s;e.  His  widow,  Prudence, 
was  born,  at  V/ethersfield,  4  March,  1699, 


17 


and  died,  at  Northampton,  11  September, 
1780. 

NORTHAMPTON,    MASS. 

483.  Here  lies  the  rev.  John  Hooker, 
who  died  of  the  small  pox,  6  February, 
1777,  ill  the  49  year  of  his  afire  and  23  of 
his  ministry.  In  him  an  excelleot  and  culti- 
vated genius,  graceful  elocution,  engaging 
manners,  and  the  temper  of  the  gospel  united 
to  form  an  able  and  faithful  minister  and  to 
render  him  excmplaiy  and  beloved  in  all  the 
relations  of  life.  The  afTcctionate  people 
of  his  cliarge,  in  remembrance  of  his  many 
amiable  and  christian  virtues,  erected  this 
monument  to  his  memory. 

Note. — This  inscription  is  stspposed  to  have  been 
written  by  his  excellencj'^,  Caleb  Strong,  whose 
consort  is  a  daughter  of  mr.  Hooker. 

NORTHAMPTON,    MASS. 

484.  la  memory  of mr.  Caleb  StronGj 
who  died,  13  February,  A.  D.  1776,  in 
the  G6  year  of  his  age. 

3Ian's  home  is  in  the  grave  ; 
Here  dwells  the  nniltitiule  ;  we  gazearounc?, 
'We  read  their  monuments,  v/e  sigh,  and  while 
Ve  sigh,  we  sink. 

G2 


n 


NORTHAMPTON,  MASS. 

485.  In  menioiy  oliiirs.  Phebe  Strong, 
tlu;  relict  ol"  nir.  Calki;  Stronc,  mIio  died, 
5  .laiiuiuy,  anno  Domiui  1802,  in  the  ?>5 
year  of  her  ap;e. 

We  loved,  but  not  enough,  the  gentle  hand, 
that  reared  us.  Gladly  -wouUl  we  now  re- 
cal  tiiat  softcbt  fiieiid,  a  mother,  whose 
mild  converse  and  faithful  counsel  wc  in 
vain  reo;ret. 

A'o/e. — These  were  the  parents  of  his  excellency, 
Caleb  Strong,  governour  of  llie  conuiioinvcaltli  of 
Md^sacbuseUs. 

noktiiampton,  mass. 

486.  This  monument  erected  by  Joseph 
Clarke  to  the  meniory  of  the  honourable  J  o- 
8EPH  Hawi.ey,  esquire,  Avho  died,  10 
March,  17BS,  aped  64  years. 

.V.,/c.— The  rev.  Joseph  layman,  D.D.  of  Hatfielt?, 
who  was  an  intimate  friend  ofmr.  IIaA\  ley,  <loliv- 
ered  a  ■sermon  from  Is.  S.  ,t,  2,  S,  at  his  interment, 
frv)Ui  the  mannscript  copy  of  which  the  following 
dia"act<"ristick  sketch  is  here  preserved  as  a  just, 
triimtc  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  one,  \\  ho,  in 
hib^  day,  had  greater  innuence  in  directing  piiblick 
nr^s'ircs,  than  any  other  man  in  the  common- 
wealth. 

"The  hon.  Joseph  Ilawlry  was  of  rcjv.udblc  par- 


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entagc.  From  his  youth  be  discovered  traces  of  a 
great  and  noble  mind.  His  elevated  genius  was 
cultivated  and  enlarged  by  the  advantages  of  a  pub- 
lick  asid  liberal  education,  which  lie  received  at 
Yaic  College.  In  literary  attainments,  no  less  than 
in  the  native  strength  of  his  mind,  he  was  truly  a 
great  man.  In  the  beginning  of  his  publick  life,  he 
officiated,  for  a  season,  in  the  character  of  a  preach- 
er of  the  gospel ;  and  he  maintained  his  reputatioa 
among  those,  who  were  best  acquainted  with  his 
life  and  conversation  so  as  to  merit  the  choice  of  his 
christian  brethren  to  the  office  of  a  deacon  of  the 
church  of  Christ  in  this  town  ;  in  which  office  he 
served  this  part  of  our  Saviour's  family,  for  several 
years,  to  the  acceptance  of  his  brethren. 

"  Having  talents  peculiarly  fitted  for  civil  life  and 
having  a  prevailing  inclination  to  the  employments 
of  such  a  life,  he  devoted  himself  to  the  service  of 
his  country  in  the  profession  of  the  law  and  soon 
became  a  deep  proficient  in  that  branch  of  science 
and  one  of  the  most  able  practitioners  in  his  day. 
In  his  profession  lie  was  eminent  for  his  fidelity  and 
integrity,  and  for  his  unusual  capacity  and  eloquence. 
Perhaps  few  have  equalled  his  usefulness  in  main- 
taining justice  and  equity  among  his  brethren.  He 
was  proverbial  for  his  honesty  in  his  calling  and  for 
the  moderate  compensation,  v/hich  he  received  for  his 
painful  labours  for  those,  whose  causes  he  under- 
took to  defend.  Whatever  advantages  for  acquir- 
ing property  he  had  above  the  greater  part,  on  ac- 
count of  his  abilities,  reputation,  and  influence  ;  yet 


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Tic  was  sntisficd  with  a  moderate  rstatr,  while  t1i« 
publick  and  individuals  were  richly  privileged  by 
his  most  iinremittin.!^  labours.  He  may  justly  be  re- 
^;retted  ns  a  loss  to  tiie  publick  in  his  useful  profes- 
sion and  be  propounded  to  tiioseof  the  same  calling, 
as  an  example  of  integrity,  justice,  and  moderation, 
worthy  their  diligent  imitation.  Furnished  with 
eminent  abilities  for  publick  business,  he  wae 
early  called  by  tlic  suffrages  of  the  town  to  serve  as 
a  representative  in  the  general  court.  With  a  few 
intermissions,  from  an  ill  state  of  health,  he  sustain- 
ed that  honourable  and  useful  station  for  more,  than 
thirty  years.  Fie  w-as  long  distinguished  for  his 
probity,  his  inflexible  regard  to  the  rights  and  pri' 
vilegea  of  his  country.  He  was  celebrated  for  his 
many  indefatigable  patriotick  virtues  and  exertions. 
"Witii  a  reputation  untarnished  in  the  high  station, 
in  which  he  moved,  with  an  unecpialled  perse- 
verance, with  an  acutcncss  of  penetration  and  a 
iTi.isterly  eloqiience,  he,  for  many  years,  gave  direc- 
tion to  publick  measures;  and  was  the  first  promot- 
er and  finisher  of  many  important  designs  of  high 
publick  advantage.  It  1ms  been  alleged  by  many 
of  his  best  acijuaintances  that  no  publick  man  was 
more  regarJi^d  and  followed,  tlian  our  worthy  de- 
ceased friend.  What  was  singularly  happy  and  is 
peculiarly  advantageous  to  his  memory,  his  measures 
v.cre  dictated  by  a  regard  to  the  publick  interest 
and  a  warm  love  of  country.  Assemblies  hung 
upon  his  lips  and  the  violence  of  party  was  tamed 
i'v  the  persuasiou  of  his  eloipience.  The  most  hard^^ 


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eritefprises  of  publick  benefit  n  ere  clieerfiilly  under- 
taken and  executed,  througli  tlie  strength  of  his 
reasoning  and  the  firmness  of  his  spirit.  So  that 
future  generations  will  gratefully  reniciuLcr  him 
as  the  prudent  counsellor,  the  candid  leasoner,  and 
the  irresistible  orator,  the  friend  of  his  country, 
the  scourge  of  oppressors,  and  the  lover  of  the  liber- 
ties and  social  hajipiness  of  mankind.  But  all 
human  glory  is  clouded  with  inSnnitieg.  By  a  deep 
hereditary  taint  he  was  peculiarly  afflicted  with 
gloomy  and  hypochondriacal  affections,  which,  at 
times,  rendered  his  conduct  incoherent  and  his  pur- 
suits contradictory,  but  when  exempted  from  these 
overwhelming  complaints,  few  persons  were  so  gen- 
erally right  in  their  objects  and  pursuits.  To  teach 
us  the  uncertainty  of  our  noblest  endowments  and 
the  duty  of  a  diligent  application  of  our  talents  to 
Eome  salutary  purpose  we  lind  this  person  of  u strong 
and  comprehensive  mind  at  three  dilferent  periods 
of  life,  for  several  years,  under  the  full  dominion  of 
his  hereditary  indisposition,  by  which  the  cup  of 
life  was  embittered,  his  friends  greatly  burdened  and 
afdicted  and  the  community  deprived  of  Ills  exten- 
sive services.  Thus  he,  who,  by  the  thunder  of  his 
oratory,  shook  the  assembly  of  the  ancients,  was 
often,  by  the  force  of  melancholy,  reduced  below  the 
common  level  of  his  brethren.  The  last  season  of 
this  conquering  malady,  aggravated  with  heavy 
paralytick  complaints,  has  brought  him  down  to  the 
dust  of  death,  where  he  rests  from  his  labours  and 
his  works  do  follow  him." 


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NORTHAMPTON,    MASS. 

4uT.  Ao/e. — Tlio  rev.  David  Br ainerd,  aso* 
of  tliR  lion.  Hczckiuli  Bminerd  of  Hadilam,  in  C'oii- 
jiecticut,  died,  iit  tlic  house  of  the  rev  Junatlian 
Edwards,  in  Northampton,  on  tlie  9  of  October, 
1747,  having  entered  liis  30  year. 

A  horizontal  slab,  of  freestone,  supported  by  pil- 
lars, was  placed  over  his  precious  remains,  and  is 
rtill  to  be  seen.  The  inscripti.n,  however,  is  at 
present  unknown.  It  was  cut  on  an  inlet  of  schis- 
tus,  wiiich,  many  years  since,  was  totally  destroy- 
ed Ijy  liie  frost. 

The  subject  of  this  acticle  was  greatly  digtinguisk- 
ed  by  the  indefatigable,  pious,  and  successful  minis- 
terial services  he  performed  among  the  poor  abori- 
ginal natives  of  this  country.  No  one  ever  had 
niore  of  the  right  spirit  for  a  missionary,  than  inr. 
Braincrd.  For  a  time,  notwithstanding  his  zr>al 
and  happy  talents  for  an  employment,  which  en- 
grossed the  powers  of  his  body  and  n.ind,  he  met 
with  great  discouragements  in  his  arduous  endea- 
vours for  the  salvation  of  the  heathen ;  yet,  at 
length,  his  importunate  prayers  were  wonderfully 
answered,  his  labours  were  blest,  and  multitudes, 
v/ho  were  perisiiing  for  lack  of  vision,  were  hi'ought 
out  of  pagan  darkness  into  the  glorious  light  of  the 
gos[ie!.  The  wilderness,  which  had,  for  agc«,  re- 
sounded with  the  dismal  powwows  of  superstition,  ■ 
was  made,  to  echo  to  the  sw  eet  notes  of  redeeming 
love  and  to  rejoice  and  blossom  like  the  rose. 

Tie  account  of  mr.  Brainerd's  life,  suiferinirf, 


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labours,  anJ  death,  written  in  a  plain  unvarnished 
style  and  published  by  nir.  Edward?,  is,  to  the  fol- 
lowers of  Jesus,  one  of  the  most  interesting  works, 
which  this  country  has  ever  produced. 

II.VDLEY,    MASS. 

48".  Reverend  Rlssell's  remains, avIio 
first  eatliered  and,  for  33  years,  faitlifully 
governed  tlie  flock  of  Christ  in  Hadly  til 
the  cheif  Shepherd  suddenly  but  mercifully 
called  him  off  to  receive  his  reward,  in  the 
66  year  of  his  age,  10  December,  1092. 

Note.—kioS'e  and  Whailey,  two  of  the  regicides, 
were  concealed  from  the  rage  of  their  pursuers,  for 
several  years,  in  the  rev.  mr.  Russell's  cellar.  One 
of  tliein  was  there,  for  a  long  time,  and  was  so 
carefully  screened  from  the  publlck  eye,  that  none 
of  mr.  Russell's  neighbours  had  any  knowledge  of 
the  circumstance.  The  tradition  is,  that,  on  a 
certain  occasion,  when  the  town  was  besti  by  In» 
dians,  an  aged  man,  of  a  remarkably  venerable  as- 
jtect,  with  a  long  beard,  white  as  the  driven  snow, 
suddenly,  rushed  into  the  engagement,  fought  with, 
wonderful  adroitness,  anim.ated  tiie  soldiers  by  his 
cheering  language  and  valiant  conduct,  was  of  es- 
sential service  in  repelling  the  enemy,  and  immedi- 
ately withdrew,  they  knew  not  m  hither.  It  was  re- 
ported that  an  angel  bad  appeared,  with  a  svvonf 
like  that  of  Gideon  and  the  Lord,  had  headed  thc>. 
aruiy,  and  had  given  ther.i  the  victory. 


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HADLEY,    MASS. 

'  480.  Here  lies  interred  the  body  of  tlie 
rev.  Isaac  Chal.vcy,  pastor  of  the  first 
church  of  Christ  in  Iladley,  who  was  of  a 
truly  peaceable  and  catliolick  spirit,  a  good 
scfiolar,  an  eloquent  orator,  an  able  divine, 
a  lively,  palhetick  preacher,  a  burnins;  and 
shinin^'^  light  in  this  candlestick,  an  exem- 
plary christian,  an  Israelite  indeed,  iu  whom 
was  no  guile.  He  departed  this  life,  2  May, 
A.  D.  1745,  cetat.   74. 

IIADLEY,    MASS. 

490.  Here  rests  the  body  of  the  rev. 
mr.  Chester  Williams,  in  Avhom  bright 
parts,  solid  learning,  unfeigned  piety,  happy 
elocution,  universal  benevolence,  hospitali- 
t}-,  and  christian  love  combined  to  form  the 
exemplary  pastor,  the  kind  liusband,  the 
tender  parent,  the  dutiful  companion,  and 
the  faithful  friend,  who  departed  this  life, 
13  October,  1755,  setat.  30. 

hadlev,  mass. 

491.  Here  rests  the  body  of  tlie  lion. 
Eleazer   Porter,     esq.    a    lover  of   his 

countvv    nnd    un'ivrrcallv    brnrvolmt.      He 


Gompassionaicd  the  distressed,  rcliced  the 
poor,  was  the  orphan's  friend,  a  kind  luis- 
hand,  tender  parent,  a  lover  of  good  mm, 
and  an  exemplary  christian.  He  died,  6 
November,  1737,  anno  a?tatis  59. 


WEST  SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 
492.  Note. — The  rev.  Sami'll  Hovuins  of 
West  Springfield,  an  eminent  minister  of  the  gospel, 
ilied  ill  tiie  year  1755,  about  60  years  of  age.  He 
was  the  author  of  Memoirs  of  the  Housatunnuk  In- 
dians. The  subject  of  the  following  article  was  hig 
•=ocond  son. 

HADLEY,    MASS. 

493,  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  tlie  rev. 
Samuel  Hopkins,  D.  D.  who,  in  christian 
duty  exemplary,  in  friendsliip  frank  and 
sincere,  in  pnidence  and  meekness  eminent ; 
able  in  counsel,  a  pattern  of  piety  and  puri- 
ty, ever  upriirht  and  honourable  in  conduct, 
the  epitome  of  the  heart;  as  a  peacemaker 
blessed,  as  a  minister  of  Christ,  skilful  and 
valiant  in  the  truth  ;  havinjr,  v>ith  ability 
and  cliarity,  long  magnified  his  holy  olTicc, 
and  served  God  and  his  generation  faithful- 
ly; fell  asleep,  8  March,  A.  D.  ISll,  in 
ri.\.  I.— VOL.  iir.  H 


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the  82yparof  liis  ago  and  tho  57  of  his  miiu 

islry. 

Note. — The  fullouing  paragraphs  are  selected 
from  a  sermon  on  -1  Cliron.  24.  15,  16,  delivered  at 
the  funeral  of  doctor  Hopkins,  by  the  rev.  Joseph 
Lyman,  D.  D.  of  Hatfiehl,  wiiich  is  before  the 
pnhlick. 

"  Doctor  Samuel  Hopkins,  whose  remains  are  be- 
fore us,  was  descciukd  from  reputable  parents,  dis- 
tinguished for  the  rich  endowments  of  their  minds 
and  the  eminent  piety  of  their  lives.  His  father  was 
the  rev.  Samuel  Hopkins,  of  West  Springfield,  who, 
for  thiity-five  yca.T?,  was  the  worthy  and  much  re- 
spected minister  of  the  church  and  people  in  that 
town.  His  mother  was  the  eldest  daughter  of  the 
Tev.  Timothy  Edwards  of  East  Windsor  in  Connec- 
ticut. The  deceased  was  their  second  son,  born  the 
iO  October,  old  style,  A.  ».  1729.  From  his 
youth  he  was  of  a  serious  mind  ai)d  of  a  disposition 
peculiarly  amiable.  He  has  said,  that  if  his  heart 
had  ever  been  inclined  to  n^ake  religion  his  choice 
and  to  close  witli  Christ  as  liis  Saviour,  he  must  at- 
tribute it  under  God  to  the  fervent  and  christian 
counsels  and  instiuctions  of  his  pious  mother,  wlier 
was,  painfully,  attentive  to  his  spiritual  intercsli. 
irom  his  early  childhood. 

"  Having  a  mind  bent  upon  science  and  literatnrcv 
&e  Vv-as  favoured  by  his  father  witli  a  publick  edu- 
cation and  was  graduated,  at  Yale  college,  A.  D. 
17i9.  For  his  distinguished  attainments  in  litera- 
+i7re.  hfi  -vjs  appointed,  ia  ITjI.  n,  tutor   rS  <1ie 


8f 


same  college,  in  whicli  office  lie  laboured  for  three 
years.  In  1752,  he  made  a  publick  profession  of 
religion  and  was  admitted  to  the  communion  of  tlie 
church  under  the  pastoral  care  of  iiis  father. 

"  He  was  ordained  over  the  church  and  congrega- 
tion in  this  town,  on  the  last  Wednesday  of  Febru- 
ary, 1755.  In  the  year  following  he  formed  a  mat- 
rimonial connection  witli  mrs.  Sarah  Williams,  whose 
virtues  Avill  be  held  in  respect,  and  whose  memory 
will  be  precious  to  all,  who  were  favoured  by  an  ac- 
quaintance with  her.  She  was  the  relict  of  the  rev. 
Chester  Williams,  the  respectable  and  beloved  pas- 
tor of  this  church,  who  was  taken  oS'frora  his  work, 
in  the  midst  of  life  and  usefulness.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  the  honoiu able  judge  Porter.  By  her 
second  marriage,  her  five  orphan  children  came  un- 
der the  guardianship  and  instruction  of  one  of  the 
best  and  most  faithful  fathers.  The  abiding  sense 
of  their  obligations  to  a  father,  so  good  and  impar- 
tial, will  not  permit  their  lips  to  be  silent  in  his 
praises,  in   the  expressions  of  their  gratitude. 

"  By  his  first  marriage,  doc.  Hopkins  v.as  blessed 
with  a  numerous  family  ofnine  children,  all  of  whom, 
excepting  his  eldest  son,  an  amiable  youth  of  fair 
promise,  now  survive  him  and  are  settled  in  fami- 
lies of  their  own.  His  children  and  numerous  de- 
cendants  have  profited,  greatly,  by  his  parental 
attention  to  their  temporal  interests,  by  his  exam- 
ple of  industry,  economy,  and  charity,  by  his  re- 
markable talents  in  family  government,  but,  most 
of  all,  by  big  holy  life,  his  faithful  religious  coun- 


scls,  and  fervent  prayers  for  llicm  at  the  throne  o! 
grace.  For  years  to  come,  his  ilescentlaiits  will  have 
occasion  to  rise  up  and  bless  his  memory  and  show 
their  humble  {i;ratitude  to  God,  l)y  following  the 
example  of  a  father,  so  wise,  and  so  provident  of 
their  best  interests  in  the  present  and  fnt'ire  world- 

"  He  lived  happily  and  joyfully,  with  the  wife  of 
his  youth,  for  the  term  of  eighteen  years,  when  he 
WAS  called  to  the  sore  and  alllicting  trial  of  a  «ei)ara- 
tion  by  her  death. 

"  Xearly  three  years  after,  he  formed  a  second  re- 
putable and  happy  connection  with  miss  Margaret 
Stoddard,  a  worthy  branch  of  a  worthy  and  honour- 
Jible  family.  In  this  union  he  continued  for  twenty 
years,  until  October,  1796,  when  his  former  griefs 
and  sorrows  were  renewed,  by  her  sudden  removal 
from  him.  From  that  period,  until  the  time  of  his 
departure,  he  lived  in  the  solitary  state  of  widow- 
hood, comforted  and  supported,  as  we  trust,  by  the 
assiduous  discharge  of  his  ministerial  duties,  by  the 
filial  attentious  of  his  children,  and,  above  all,  by 
a  greater  nearness  to  God. 

"When  we  leave  the  circle  of  domestic];  life  and 
follow  tho  deceased  into  the  intercourses  of  j)rivat* 
and  personal  Iriendthip,  we  shall  continue  to  find 
abundant  reason  to  esteem  an<l  respect  him.  The 
frank  sincerity  of  his  heart  and  the  hilarity  of  his 
manners,  tempered  by  prudence  while  they  were 
teasoned  with  pleasantry,  made  him  the  chosen 
companion  of  persons  of  all  ages  and  of  all  grades 
in  soriefy.    In  all  companies,  he  made  himself  ac- 


cepKabie  aad  by  seasonable  reflections  and  usettri 
hints,  uliich  dropped  easily  from  his  tongue,  all 
were  delighted  and  all  might  be  improved  and  made 
better.  Seldom  have  we  seen  so  much  innocent 
pleasantry  mingled  with  so  much  solid  sentiment 
and  profitable  instruction. 

"  In  his  friendships,  I  have  seldom  known  his 
equal  for  constancy  and  fidelity.  No  man  ever 
made  it  more  his  duty  to  reprove  in  others  what  he 
found  amiss.  Yet  his  manner  of  reproof  was  so 
timely,  so  well  chosen,  so  frank  and  sincere,  so 
kind,  meek,  and  benevolent,  that  the  bonds  of 
fricnds-hip  and  confidence  w-ere  strengthened  by 
these  difficult  and  painlnl  ofSces  of  love.  He  was 
remarkable  for  reproving  failiifully  without  giving 
■vnuecessary  pain  or  leaving  any  impressions  of  of- 
fence. 

"  As  a  minister  in  the  house  of  God,  doctor  Hop- 
tins  was  well  versed  in  those  branches  of  science 
•connected  with  his  sacred  profession.  Deeply  read 
in  the  science  of  theology,  by  a  strength  of  mind 
aiore  than  common,  he  made  a  happy  progress  and 
was  an  able  and  sound  divine.  Extensively  ac- 
quainted with  the  doctrines  of  Christianity,  he  was 
M  ell  able  to  vindicate  and  defend  the  faith  delivered 
to  the  saints." 

Many  other  things  are  said  of  this  worthy  charac- 

ier,  from  which  it  may  safely  be  inferred,  that  he 

was  truly  one  of  the  excellent  of  the  earth.    Th« 

•^:nthoi'*of  this  Collection  regrets  that,  with  regard 

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90 


to  the  venerable  uoctor  Hopkins  arA  many  otiier 
worthies,  whom  he  notices,  he  cannot,  consittent- 
ly,  give  more  in  the  cliaracleristick  way  from  his 
ample  and  rich  documents.  As  it  is  an  object  with 
him  to  bring  into  view  some  account  of  many,  of 
Avhom  the  world  was  not  worthy,  he  is  niider  the 
necessity,  in  gcncriil,  of  avoiding  prolixity,  how- 
ever deserving  and  eminent  may  bo  tlie  subjects  of 
his  memoirs 

NEWBl'RV,    VEUMONT. 

494.  Nolc. — Samiiol  Hopkins,  the  ehlest  son  of 
file  rev.  doctor  Hopkins  of  Hudlcy,  was  graduated 
at  Yale  college,  in  1117.  He  devoted  himself  li> 
ihe  study  ofphysick  and  became  a  practitioner  at 
aVewbnry  in  Vermont.  In  178*2,  having  an  opportuni- 
ty to  <co  in  the  character  of  a  physician  and  surj^con 
ofa  letter  ofmurqne,  bound  to  the  We.^t  Indies  and 
Holland,  he  embraced  it,  with  a  view  to  visit  the 
celebrated  hospitals  in  Euroi)e  and  to  add  to  his  pro- 
fessional knowledge.  While  at  Martinitjuc,  he 
died  of  the  yellow  fever,  11  July,  1782,  in  the  "6 
year  of  his  age. 

HATFIELD,  MASS. 

495.  Sacred  totljc  mrinoiy  of  that  venera- 
ble man,  deacon  Oeadiah  Dickinson,  who 
early  ivitnessed  a  good  confession,  who 
through  various  dispensations,  in  prosperity 
and  advrrj-ity,   rxcniprified   the   rc!i:^ion  of 


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Jesus  ;  ^vllo,  for  many  years,  used  the  office 
ofa  deacon  -well  and  purchased  to  himself  a 
^ood  degree  and  great  boldness  in  the  faith, 
who,  in  the  hope  of  a  better  life,  fell  asleep, 
24  June,  A.  D.  1788,  in  the  84  year  of  his 
age.     Is.  20.  19. 

The  following  is  an  extract  fi  om  the  mantiscripi 
f!e^ln^■ln,  on  Ecc.  7.  1,  delivered  at  liie  funeral  of 
deacon  Dickinson  by  the  rev.  doc.  Lyman. 

"  Of  the  vcncraMe  person,  to  whom  we  are  now 
paying  the  last  olTicesof  duty  and  love,  we  may  say, 
v.ith  a  good  degree  of  humble  assurance,  that  he 
possessed  that  go'jd  name,  which  is  as  precious 
elntmerft,  and  that  the  day  of  his  death  was  better 
tbaii  the  day  of  his  birth.  It  :vas  a  day,  in  which 
he  received  a  .stronger  testimony  of  his  Father's 
love,  in  being  strijiped  ofthat  vefi  of  weakness  and 
mortality,  that  flct^h  and  blaod,  which  cannot  inherit 
the  kingdom  of  GoJ.  The  deceased  was  early  im- 
pressed w'ith  a  deep  conviction  of  the  impartance 
and  bfeauty  of  religion ;  and  he  witnessed  a  good 
ecofe.^^sion  of  his  faith  in  Christ.  Few,  in  the  general 
tenour  of  a  long  life,  have  been  enabled  by  divine 
grace  to  adorn  tlieir  profession  so  well,  wiihout 
many  imperfections  and  back-siidings." 

HATFIELD,    MASS. 
i%.     Note. — The  rev  Willi \m  Williams^ 
the  third  settled  minister  in  Ilatr.eld,  was  the  cele- 
brated pastor  of  the  church  aad  congregation  in 


that  place,  foi-  luore,  than  fifty  years.  He  was  suc- 
ceeded by  the  rev.  Timotiiy  AVoodbrid^e,  wlio  way 
his  colleague,  a  year  or  two  before  his  death.  Mr 
Williams  was  blessed  with  four  sons,  who  were 
men  of  distinction  in  church  and  state  ;  1.  the  rev. 
William  William-;  of  Wfston  in  iMassiichiisetts  ;  C. 
the  rev.  Elis-ha  Williams!,  who  was  settled  in  the 
uiiiiislry  at  Wcthersfield,  in  Connecticut,  who  was 
an  agent  for  the  colony  at  the  court  of  (Jreat  Bri- 
tain, and  who,  from  1726  to  17.39,  was  rector  ol 
Yale  college  ;  3.  rev.  Solomon  AVilliams,  D.  D.  ol 
Lebanon  in  Connecticut,  a  minister  of  great  distinc- 
tion, whose  pastoral  labours  were  continued  Ibi 
more,  than  fifty  years;  4.  Israel  Williams,  esq. 
whose  epitaph  follows,  and  who  occupied  tlie  family 
mansion  house  in  Hatfield. 

HATFIF.T.D,    MASS. 

497.  In  memor}-  of  tlie  hoii.  Israkl  Wjl- 
IjIams,  esquire,  who  drparted  this  life,  10 
January,  1788,  in  the  79  year  of  his  a«je. 
Hi£;h  and  low,  rich  and  poor  are  deatli's 
equal  prey,  and  no  valuable  distinction  sur- 
vives his  resistless  attack,  but  that,  which 
ennobles  an  angel,  the  love  of  God. 

All  on  earth  is  shadow,  all  beyond 

Is  substance  ;  the  reverse  is  folly's  creed. 

}!ow  solid  all,  where  change  shall  be  no  more  ! 

Note. — The  rev.  Joseph  Lyman,  D.D.  delivered 
a  dlFcoHrs"    from  Ecc  9.  12,  at  the  interment  of 


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Ills  distinguished  pari.'hioner,  from  the  mauuscripl 
copy  of  which  the  subsequent  sketch  was  trans- 
ei-ibed,  at  the  request  of  tlie  autlior  of  lliis  work. 

"  The  deceased,  t!ie  honourable  Israel  AVilliara?, 
esq.  was  of  worthy  descent  and  lineage,  proceeding 
from  pious  and  distinguished  ancestors.  "Hisvenera- 
ble  father  was  long  the  nffcctienate  and  able  min- 
ister of  Christ  in  this  town  ;  and  souio  arc  now  re- 
maining with  us.  who  will,  probably,  iiave  occasion 
forever  to  bless  God  for  his  labours  with  tliem  in 
the  gospel  of  Jesus.  His  motlier  was  a  daughter  of 
the  venerable  Stoddard,  a  name  still  dear  and  res- 
pected in  the  New-England  churches.  He  was  the 
last  surviving  son  of  a  family  blessed  with  children 
eminent  for  their  parts,  their  usefulness,  and  repu- 
tation. Ha\  ing  received  the  advantages  of  a  pub- 
lick  education,  he  devoted  himself  to  the  service  of 
Lis  country  in  civil  employments  and  \^  ith  great 
ability  he  discharged  the  oflice  of  a  representative 
of  this  town,  for  several  years,  at  the  general  court, 
and  was  called  to  serve  the  government  in  the  erai' 
nent  station  of  a  counsellor.  He  was,  many  years, 
judge  of  probate  and  chief  judge  of  the  county 
court,  in  wliich  offices  he  conducted  with  that  abili- 
ty and  integrity,  which  made  him  truly  respected 
and  a  publick  blessing.  In  private  life  he  was  frank, 
open,  and  undisguised,  liberal  and  compassittnate  to 
the  poor,  and  distinguished  for  his  hospitality.  He 
nvas  early  married  to  the  daughter  of  the  lion.  mr. 
Chester  of  Wethersfield,  by  whom  he  had  a  numer- 
•eus  family  of  children,  six  of  whom  are  now  tlie 


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surviving  mourners  of  Ills  Jcatli.  Upoa  the  10 
instant,  by  a  &ad  and  disastrous  fall,  he  was  mortal- 
ly wounded  in  his  head  and  expired  in  less,  than 
two  hours,  from  that  fatal  accident.  Thus,  alth<nii5h 
be  fell  by  a  sorrowful  occurrence  of  proviilencc,  hr 
died  in  a  good  old  age.  full  of  days,  riches,  and 
honours,  and  was  gathered  to  bis  people  in  the  79 
year  of  his  age." 

HATFIELD,    MASS. 

498.  Interred  tlie  remains  of  mrs.  Sauah 
Williams,  the  daughter  of  the  hon.  John 
Chester,  esq.  and  worthy  consort  of  the  hon. 
Israel  AVilliams,  esq.  She  departed  this 
life,  the  18  of  September,  A.  D.  1770,  aged 
63  years. 

HATFIELD,    MASS. 

499.  In  niemoiy-  of  the  rev.  TiMOTiit 
WooDBRiDGE,  for  30 ycars,  pastor  of  the 
churcli  of  Clnist  in  tlie  town  of  Hatfield. 

This  man  of  God,  wlio  called  on  the  Lord, 
out  of  a  pure  heart,  followed  after  righteoun- 
ness,  godliness,  faith,  love,  patience,  meek- 
ness, apt  to  teach,  charitable,  and  gentle  to 
all  men,  departed  this  life,  on  the  3  of  June, 
A.  D.  1770,  in  the  58  year  of  his  age. 


HATFIELD,    MASS 

5.00.  To  the  memory  of  mr.  Jacoc  Wal- 


9j 

KER,  who,  res^^pecled  by  the  bra\c,  beloved 
by  his  counti-}'s  friendp,  dear  to  his  rela- 
tions, while  manfully  defending  the  laws  and 
liberties  of  the  commonwealth,  nobly  fell  by 
the  impious  liand  of  treason  and  rebellion,  on 
rhc  17  of  Fcbruai^-,  1787,  in  the  32  year  of 
his  age.  Citizen  passing,  drop  a  tear,  and 
leam  to  imitate  the  brave. 

Noie. — This  valiant  friend  of  his  country  was  kil- 
led in  a  dastardly  manner,  by  one  of  the  dehided  fol- 
lowers of  Shays  in  time  of  an  alaiining  insurrec- 
tion in  New-England.  For  a  luminous  and  inter- 
Cfting  history  of  the  rebellion  in  jMa'sachusetts, 
headed  by  Daniel  Shays,  in  1T36  and  1787,  the  read- 
er is  referred  to  the  work  of  the  late  hon.  George 
Richards  iMinot  on  the  subject. 


NOUTIIKIELD,    MASS. 

jOI.  Note. — The  rev.  John  Hdbbard,  pastor 
of  the  church  and  congregation  in  Northfield,  de- 
parted this  life,  'i3  November,  1794,  in  the  69  year 
ijf  his  age.  He  was  a  son  of  deacon  John  Hubbard 
of  Hatfield.  He  ir.arricd  miss  Anna  Hunt,  a  dauich- 
tcr  of  captain  Samuel  Hunt  of  NorthHeld,  by  whom 
he  had  ten  children.  The  following  tribute  of  re- 
spect to  his  memory  is  from  the  sermon  delivered  at 
bis  interment  by  the  rev.  Joseph  Lyman,  D.  D.  of 
Hatfield.  The  text  used  on  that  occasion  may  be 
seen  in  the  2  Tim.  4.  7,  8. 

"Mr.  Hubbard  avp3   dr-scended  from  respectable 


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{parents,  who  were  most  of  all  dibtinguished  fur 
a  blaiuclcss,  holy,  anil  christian  life.  It  was  their 
wise  care  to  give  their  son  a  pious  education.  Th«? 
grace  of  God  co-operated  with  their  endeavours  and 
llu'ir  hearts  were  made  glad  with  his  early  improve- 
ments in  virtue  and  religion.  The  happy  conse- 
quences of  tUeir  discreet  care  were  experienced  by 
their  son  and  have  extended  themselves,  in  copious 
bene'its,  to  this  people  and  to  the  clinrch  of  God  all 
around  us.  Such  extensive  benefits,  derived  from 
the  faithfulness  of  parents  in  educating  their  child- 
ren, should  be  an  effectual  incentive  to  all,  early 
to  teach  their  offsprinir  the  good  knowledge  and  feat- 
*f  the  Lrrd. 

"  Mr.  Hubbard,  having  obtained  the  honours  and 
advantages  of  a  publick,  liberal  education,  devoted 
himself  to  the  service  of  Christ  in  the  evangelical 
ministry.  In  early  life,  he  was  called  to  settle  with 
this  peojilc.  He  accepted  their  invitation  and  took 
the  charge  of  their  souls.  He  lived  in  the  conscien- 
ces and  afiections  of  his  people,  and  preached  to 
them  the  gospel  of  the  grace  of  God,  with  much  ac- 
ceptance. He,  in  general,  possessed  their  cordial 
love  and  esteem. 

"  1  need  not  tell  you  how  firmly  he  was,  in  ?enti- 
mcnt,  attached  to  the  doctrines  of  grace,  those  pe- 
culiar and  leading  doctrines  of  the  gospel.  As  he 
sincerely  believed  them,  so,  with  strict  unifcrmity, 
with  pious  contention  and  palhetick  zeal,  he  preach- 
ed them  to  his  people.  He  was  an  affectionate  and 
sound  prt->achf c  cf  iVre  gospel.    Hp  wa<!  p  man  ff 


prayer.  He  wrestletl  with  Goil,  until,  as  a  piiuct\ 
he  pievailcil  in  b!cs<inc;«  upon  his  people.  He  loved 
his  peoi)le,  he  loved  his  work,  he  loved  his  blaster. 
By  the  uncorrtiptness  and  purity  of  his  life,  he  ex- 
emplified tlie  dictriiies  he  taui;hl.  He  laboured 
afier  that  ministerial  greatness  and  dignity,  which 
consist  in  sound  doctrine  and  holy  living;  a  great- 
ness, which  is  not  buried  in  the  grave,  but  goes 
along  with  us  into  heaven.  That  he  might  be  truly 
great,  he  laboured  to  be  good. 

"  After  a  long  and  painful  ministry,  in  the  latter 
yeai-s  of  which  he  patiently  encounteicd  heavy  bodily 
infirmities,  he  has  obtained,  in  his  closing  moments, 
the  hopes  and  cinsolations,  which  flow  from  con- 
scious fidelity  in  his  Masters's  work.  Having,  as 
we  trust,  been  faithful  unto  death,  he  is  now  par- 
taking of  eternal  life." 


HATFIELD,    MASS. 

502.  In  nrcmoiy  oftlie  hon.  John  Has- 
tings, esq.  Avho,  an  early  professor  of  the 
faith  of  Christ,  observed  strictly  jrosptl  or- 
dinances; in  perilous  times  faithfuily  per- 
formed the  duties  of  the  citizen  patriot;  for 
36  years,  an  upright  magistrate  and,  for  2a 
years,  a  senator  or  counselloi-  of  tliis  com- 
monwealth ;  was  gathered  to  his  fathers,  C 
December,  A.  D.  1811,  in  the   74  year  ei 

Mar.  I. — vol.  III.        I 


98 


his  age.     Her  strong  rods  were  broken  and 
withered.     Ezekiel. 

11  VTKIEI-D,  MASS. 

503.  Here  lies  interred  the  remains  ol' 
Olivf.r  Partridce,  esq.  who  died,  the 
21  of  July,  A.  D.  1792,  in  the  81  year  of 

his  age. 

His  usefulness,  in  cliiirch  and  state, 

AVas  early  kiiouii  to  men  ; 
Blest  with  an  active  life,  till  late, 
And  happy  iu  his  cad. 

The  family  of  Partridge  here  interred  aie 
descendants  from  William  Partridge,  who 
came  from  Berwick  on  Tweed  in  Great  Bri- 
tain and  died  in  Hadlcy.  Oliver  was  the 
son  of  Edward,  Edward  was  the  son  of  Sam- 
uel, Samuel  Avas  the  son  of  William,  who 
was  one  of  the  first  adventurers  in  forming 
settlements  on  Connecticut  river  in  the  1 7 
centuiy. 

HATFIF.LD,    MAPS. 

504.     Here  are  interred  the  remains  of 
mrs.  Anna  Partridge,  consort  of  Oliver 
Partridge,  esq.  who  died,  21    Dec.    \    T> 
1802,  in  tlT^'  u^  renr  of  hf>r  ase. 


90 

In  youth  devoted  to  t'le  Lord, 
Through  a  long  life,  esteeiuM  his  word  ; 
Trusted  in  Kiod,  Jiis  laws  obey'd, 
And  thus  an  happy  exit  luade. 

PALMER,  MASS. 
505.  Note. — The  rev.  Moses  Baldwin  was  the 
first,  who  received  a  baccalaureate  at  Princeton,  he 
having  been  at  the  head  of  the  class,  which  was 
graduated  there  in  1T5T,  He  was  a  native  of  New- 
ark, where  he  had  the  most  of  his  collegiate  educa- 
tion. The  college  of  New  Jersey  was  first  in  oper- 
ation in  174T,  at  the  borough  of  Elizabeth,  under 
the  presidency  of  the  rev.  .Jonathan  Dickenson.  On 
his  decease,  it  was  removed  to  Newark,  in  1743, 
and  was  committed  to  the  care  of  the  rev.  Aaron 
Burr.  In  1T56,  it  was  permanently  fixed  at  Prince- 
ton. 

Mr.  Baldwin  was  invested  with  the  pastoral  care 
of  the  church  and  congregation  in  Palmer,  Massa- 
chusetts, 17  June,  1761,  and  continued  in  this  con- 
nection until  the  19  of  June,  1811.  At  this  time, 
the  relation  between  him  and  his  people  was  d)S!,<)lv- 
ed  by  mutual  consent.  He  died,  about  a  year  alter, 
at  71  good  old  age,  having  survived  every  male  in- 
habitant, who  was  at  the  head  of  a  family  when  he 
settled  in  the  place. 

It  has  been  stated  by  one,  who  gave  a  concise 
obituary  notice  of  the  subject  of  this  article,  that 
as  a  minister  of  the  gospel  he  was  failhfol  and  dili- 
gent in  discharging  the  duties  of  his  olfice.    Few 


100 

"have  gone  through  greater  variety  of  trial?,  fi'vV 
have  subsisted  upon  a  smaller  annual  stipend,  and 
few  have  ever  manifested  a  stronirer  attachment  to 
a  people,  r-r  sought  more  earnestly  the  good  of  ?oh!s 
committed  to  their  care,  than  mr.  Baldwin.  His 
greatest  ambition  Avas  to  live  to  the  glory  of  God. 
He  strenuously  nmintained  and  defended  the  system 
of  faith  once  delivered  to  the  saints  in  simplicity 
and  purity.  His  preaching  was  impressive,  for 
Christ  nud  his  cro/^s  utre  all  Itis  tlieme.  His  powers 
of  elocution  were  respectable,  and  he  had  the  happy 
talent  of  gaining  the  attention  of  his  auditors  to  an 
uncommon  degree.  He  was  punctual  in  the  dis- 
charge of  all  duties,  publick  and  private.  As  a 
husband  and  parent  he  was  tender  and  affectionate, 
keloved  and  respected. 

UROOKFIELD,    MASS. 

506.  Note. — Mrs.  Mary  Reed,  daughter  of 
the  rev.  F.liab  Stone  of  Reading,  and  cousort  of  ma- 
jor (honey  Reed  of  Brnokfield,  departed  this  life, 
suddenly,  labore  parlnriendi,  1  December,  1304,  iu 
the  30  year  of  her  age.  The  following  passage  in 
form  of  an  epitai)h  was  written  by  an  intimate  fe- 
male friend  and  was  published  in  the  Boston  Week- 
ly Magazine. 

"  In  the  death  of  this  much  esteemed  woman  her 
relatives  and  acquaintance  have  lost  an  endeared 
friend  and  companion  ;  society  a  highly  valued 
member.  Those  virtues  and  accomplishments,  which 
make  lovely,  were  hers,  ia  an  eiiiineut  degree.  Pos- 


10! 


s«ssing  an  elevated  mind,  enriched  by  a  ereative 
fancy  and  sprightly  wit,  she  was  Justly  acknowledg- 
ed the  life  of  the  circles,  in  which  she  moved.  A 
sensibility,  perhaps  too  refined,  made  her  happy  in 
the  happiness  of  others,  and  first  to  commiserate 
and  relieve  the  uufoi lunate.  The  muses  have  lost  a 
favourite,  and  musick,  chanting  her  requiem,  will 
pay  a  tributary  tear.  The  character  of  mrs.  Reed 
will  command  respect,  while  virtue  is  held  in  esti- 
mation." 

The  subjoined  apposite  lines  were  selected  for  a 
part  of  the  monumental  inscription. 

Lo,  where  this  silent  marble  weeps, 

A  friend,  a  wife,  a  mother  sleeps  ; 

A  heart  within  whose  sacred  cell 

The  peaceful  virtues  lov'd  to  dwell. 

Aflcction  warm,  and  faith  sincere. 

And  soft  humanity  were  there, 

And  cheerfulness,  with  thought  refined, 

And  modesty  with  meekness  joined. 

Sudden  her  death,  with  many  a  groan  ; 

In  giving  life,  she  lost  her  own  ! 

WALTHAM,  MASS. 
50T.  Note. — The  rev.  Warham  Williams  of 
Waltham  was  a  son  of  the  rev.  John  Williams  of 
Deerfield.  He  was  graduated  at  Harvard  college, 
in  1719,  and  was  ordained,  11  June,  1723.  He 
closed  a  well  spent  life  in  June,  1751.  In  Loring's 
manuscript  Journal  is  the  following  icnteace,  in 
13 


1D2 

-reference  to  him.  "  He  was  a  {;ood  minister  of  Je- 
sus t'lirisit,  one  well  qualiHeil  tor  the  work  of  the 
ministry,  and  faithful  in  tlie  discharge  of  it." 


SCITIATE,    MASS. 

508.  Note. — The  rev.  NATn\KiEi-  Eei.t.ks  of 
Scitnate  died,  .'■uddpnly,  in  August,  1750.  lie  was 
a  pious  man,  sound  in  his  princi|)lcs,  a  pood  preacli- 
er,  and  faithful  minister  of  .Tesus  Christ.  He  was 
often  invited  to  sit  in  ecclesiastical  councils.  3Ia- 
ny  pupils  were  prepared,  under  his  tuition,  for  ad- 
mission into  college.  A  considerable  number  of  his 
sermons,  writ<cn  in  a  correct  and  neat  manner,  is 
jstill  preserved. 

LAGIWA,    S.    A. 

509.  Note. — George  Warner,  an  enterprising 
young  man,  much  endeared  to  liis  relatives  and 
friends,  after  suffering  great  hardships,  died  at  La- 
guna,  on  the  Spanish  main,  25  October,  1809.  He 
Avas  a  son  of  major  Jonathan  AVarner  of  31edford  iu 
Massachusetts.  The  following  lines  were  written 
"by  an  affectionate  sister,  v.hose  anonymous,  poetick 
productions  have  often  enriched  the  pages  of  sevei'- 
al  periodical  publications. 

''  The  genial  sun  new  life  bestows 

K'en  on  the  meanest  llow'r,  that  blows  ; 

35ut  vainly,  vainly,  may  he  pour 

His  rays  on  dark  Laguna's  siiore, 

And  vainly  strive  that  gloom  to  burst, 

Which  shrouds,  dear  George,  thy  Ijallg'.v'd  uiist.' 


103 

Nor  genial  sun,  nor  blooming  flower. 

Nor  summer's  breeze  shall  charm  thee  more^ 

Yet  shall  that  breeze,  as  o'er  thy  grave 

It  softly  sweeps  at  dewy  eve, 

Still  waft  aflection's  deepest  sigh; 

Still  shall  memory  linger  nigh 

And  weep,  forever  weep,  the  sever'd  tie,; 

Still  hover  on  that  distant  shore 

Where  now  thou  skep'st  to  wake  no  more  1 

AVILMINGTON,    MASS. 

510,  Note — The  rev.  Is  vac  MottKitL,  a  wor- 
thy minister  of  the  gospel,  left  tiie  sorrows  and 
trials  of  this  life  for  the  joys  of  a  better,  on  the  17 
of  August,  1793,  at  the  age  of  T5  years.  The  rev. 
Eliab  Stone  of  Reading  preached  his  funeral  sermon, 
from  which  the  following  paragraphs  are  here  pre- 
served. 

"  He  was  descended  from  a  reputable  family  in 
the  town  of  Salisbury.  He  was  born,  "20  -May,  1718, 
The  God  of  nature  furnished  him  with  many  excel- 
lent mental  talents.  These  he  ini])roved  by  the  com- 
mon coui-se  of  academick  education,  and  received 
the  honours  of  the  university  in  July,  17ST.  ACteif 
the  usual  studies  ie  theology,  he  was  ordained  to 
the  pastoral  office,  on  his  birth  day,  20  May,  1741. 

"  As  a  minister,  he  was  able,  diligent,  and  faith- 
ful. His  sermons  were  evangelical,  rational,  plain, 
and  practical ;  and  delivered  with  such  animation 
and  propriety,  as  gained  the  general  attention  and 
.approbalioo  of  his  hearers.    He  was  eminent  ix». 


1«4 

prayer,  botli  for  the  fervour  of  devotiou,  and  perii- 
nericy  of  lliought  and  expression  on  all  occasions. 

"  As  a  man,  lie  was  sensible  and  judicious,  social 
and  benevolent.  Averse  to  every  kind  of  deception, 
he  spoke,  without  disguise,  the  sentiments  of  his 
heart.  The  plainness  and  uprightness  of  his  deal- 
ings disti»guished  him  as  an  lionest  man.  And  bis 
hosi)itab!c  reception  of  the  stnuiger  and  friend  was 
no  less  remarkable.  He  was  a  clieei  fal  and  agree- 
able comj)anion,  a  firm  friend,  a  kind  husband,  a 
tender  parent,  and  above  all,  if  we  determine  the 
goodness  of  his  heart  from  the  exemplary  virtue 
and  piety,  with  Avliich  his  life  was  adorned,  a  real 
christian.  A  few  weeks  before  his  death,  when 
daily  expectiiig  it,  he  told  me,  that  he  had  not  ob- 
tained full  assuriuice,  but  that  he  was  labouring 
after  it ;  and  that  he  had  a  good  hope,  through 
grace,  of  eternal  life.  He  lab()ur(?d  fur  more  than 
half  a  century  in  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord.  And 
after  a  long  and  painful  illness,  he  exchanged  the 
afilictions  of  earth  for  the  joys  of  heaven." 


MARELEHEAD,    MA5S. 

511.  Hoc  coespite  vclanturdom.  Sawl- 
KMS  Cheever  ecclf  sja:  primre  Dom.  nost. 
Jesu  Chvisti  apud  Marblchead  pastoris  re- 
verend! reliquiae.  Neque  ex  huraaiiis  denii- 
r,ravit  annis  eatenus  gravatus  fuit  cumqiic 
obiit,  licet  anniim  octngosimum  quintiini  a 
geret,  vinbus  tantura  non  juvcnilibus  floruit 


105 

€l  vis  tandem  sennit ;  ofiicjo  pastoral!  crgc. 
Pastoris  ma«;ni  «;regcin  iiiteofritate  maxima, 
iKborc,  etvigilantia  ;  amorc  bencvolentia,  et 
pliiladelpliia,  per  quinqua^inta  annos,  fun- 
jiebatur  ;  laboribus  donee  fatigatus  intra  li- 
mina  per  quatuor  fere  annos  cohibitiis  fiiit, 
Jibi  studiis  et  praccationibus  enixe  attamen  in- 
cubuit ;  popiilo  interea  damnum  effuse,  in- 
signiter  quantumlibet  reparatum,  lugente; 
opera  sue  demum  peracto,  ut  remuneretur 
acccrsitus  fuit,  29  Maii,  1724,  et  resigna- 
tionc  maxima,  sine  dolore,  sine  morbo,  nisi 
senectute  et  valetudine  vix  adversa,  tandem 
evasit,  suavissimeqiie  in  Jesu  dormivit. 

JVotc. — Mr.  CJiecver,  tlie  first  minister,  who  war. 
settlod  in  Marblelioad,  a  son  of  tlie  celebrat£»l 
Ezelacl  Choever,  was  one  of  the  distinguished 
oiergyiucn  of  New-Enf;lnnd.  II i-;  successors,  in  of- 
fice, were  the  rev- John  Barnard,  the  rev.  William 
Wliitwell,  the  rev.  Ehenezer  Hubbard,  [q.  o.  v.  ia 
Joe]  and  the  rev  Samuel  Dana,  who  ia  the  present 
pastor  of  the  church. 


MANCHESTER    MASS. 

512.  Hoc  deciis  exiguum  sacnim  memo- 
ripe  reverendi  Amesti  Cheever,  qui  ciirsu 
jjeracto  aetatis  suae   69,  15  Januarii,  anno 


Domini,  1750,  terrena  pro  ccelcstibus  reli- 
quit. 

Aoic — The  rev.  Ames  Checver  of  Mancbebter 
was  a. son  of  the  rev.  nir.  Cheever  of  ISIarblehead. 

MARBLEHEAD,    MASS. 

513.  S.  M.  rcveiendi  Simoms  Broad- 
street,  qui,  annis  triginta  tribusquc  parac- 
tis  iinmere  pastorali  iu  Clnisti  ccclesiam 
Marinoracricnscni  sccundam,  quinto  Octo- 
bris  die,  anno  1771,  a^tatisquc  03,  in  Jesii 
dormivit.  ITunianitate  caritateque  piucla- 
rus,  pietate  insignis,  omnibusque  bonis  Uter- 
is cximie  pra^ditus. 

Qui  vitam  siiam  bene  degit  honore 
Menioiabitrir ;  iicc  dies 

Ulla  faiiiam  r.ondet  suani,  subinvido 
Oblivii  silentio.     liuchanan. 

Note. — The  rev.  Edward  Holj-okc,  ofterwarda 
president  of  Harvard  college,  was  tiie  fust  minister 
of  t'lr  secfind  congregational  society  in  I^laiblehead. 
Mr.  Broadstrcet  was  his  successor,  after  whom 
Mere  the  rev.  Isaac  Story,  tlie  rev.  Hczekiah  May, 
anil  the  rev.  .lolin  Bartlett,  the  present  pastor  of 
the  church. 

Mr.  Bradstreet,  as  the  name  is  usually  written, 
wag  distinguished  as  a  linguist,  and,  more  so,  for 
Jiis  piety  and  meekness.  His  father  was  the  rev 
Simon  Bradstreet,  of  Cbarlcstown,  a  clergyman  of 


lor 

high  reputation.  Ilis  grandfather  Avas  the  rev. 
Simon  Bradstreet,  of  New-London  in  Connecticut. 
His  great-grandfather,  the  hon.  Simon  Bradjtreet, 
was  governour  of  the  province  of  Massachusetts  > 
eleven  years,  and  was  styled  the  Nestor  of  his  age. 
[See  art.  85.] 

MARBLEHEAD,    MASS. 

514.  Nole. — IsA.vc  Story,  esq.  the  second  .son 
of  the  rev.  Isaac  Story  of  Marbleiiead  and  grandson 
of  the  rev.  Simon  Eiadstreet,  was  enrolled  among 
the  graduates  of  Harvard  college  in  1793.  Having 
gone  through  a  regular  course  of  study,  he  became 
a  practitioner  of  the  law.  For  a  term  of  time,  ho 
resided  at  Castine,  on  the  banks  of  the  Penobscot, 
and  was  the  editor  of  the  Castine  Journal,  a  week- 
Jy  gazette.  He  tinally  selected  Rutland,  in  Wor- 
cester county,  as  a  more  favourable  situation  for 
his  professional  labours. 

No  one  of  his  age,  in  Massachusetts,  had  writ- 
ten more  for  the  periodical  publications  of  his  day, 
than  the  subject  of  this  article.  Many  pieces  from 
The  Desk  of  Bert  Hesdin,  scjmewhat  in  the  style  of 
The  Lay  Preacher,  were  from  his  pen,  and  were 
published  in  the  Farmer's  Museum.  He  wrote  a 
volume  under  the  signature  of  The  Traceller,  many 
partsof  which  v.ere  printed  in  the  Columbian  Cen- 
tinel.  He  had  a  great  fondness  for  the  original 
manner  of  Peter  Pindar,  and  wrote  much  in  iraita- 
tation  of  this  modern  bard.  A  volume,  issued  by 
>iini  from  the  press,  under  the  tide  of  The  Parnas- 


TOtJ 

s.ian  f^hop,  hy  Peter  Quinct,  was  in  imitaUon  ul  Ihe 
the  British  Pindar.  As  he  began  to  write  while 
very  young,  not  a  few  prosHJck  and  poetick  piodiie- 
tions  were  such,  as,  in  riper  years,  he  regretted  to 
have  j)ublished  ;  yet  there  are  some  of  his  writings, 
tlie  fruit  of  early  age,  which  received  haiul»oiue 
conimendalion  from  the  hite  Joseph  Dennie.  esq. 
and  other  gentlemen  of  literary  taste  and  judgment. 

He  departed  tliis  life,  at  his  paternal  mansion,  in 
July,  1803,  at  about  the  age  of  '20  years.  The  fi-l- 
lowing  notice  appeared  soon  after  his  decease  in 
the  Salem  Register,. 

"Died  at  3Iarblehead  Isaac  Story,  esq.  of 
Kutland;  a  gentleman  well  known  by  numerous 
productions  in  polite  literature.  In  his  manners 
Itland,  social,  and  allectionate ;  in  his  disposition 
.••portive  and  convivial;  in  his  morals  pure,  gener- 
ous, and  unaffected;  in  his  mind  vivacious  and  re- 
filled. 

"After  the  usual  academick  course,  he  pursued 
the  science  of  jurisprudence  and  gave  promise  of  an 
honourable  station  among  advocates.  In  the  inter- 
val of  juridical  studies,  he  courted  the  Aonian  sisters, 
and  occasionally  gave  to  the  publick  specimens  of 
elegant  composition.  Wit  and  humour  were  pro- 
vinces, in  which  he  sought  peculiar  favour;  though 
he  not  unfrequenlly  mingled  in  his  poetick  effusions 
the  gravity  of  sententiousnefs  with  the  ligliicr 
graces."" 

''The   follow. ing    mnnoilv   is  cittribntcd   to  mt-. 


iSM^' 


109 

Storj-'s  kinsman,  now  one  of  the  justices  of  the  su- 
preme federal  court,  tlie  lion.  Josej:h  .^tory. 
"Spirit  of  him,  wiiose  chastened  soul 

Could  touch  each  cord  of  pure  desire, 
Whence,  floivn  beyond  the  mind's  control, 

Thy  brilliant  thought,  thy  Druid  fire? 
Lost  in  thy  manliood's  chariest  bloom, 

O'er  thee  shall  pity  meekly  mourn, 
And  many  a  sylpii,  who  haunts  the  gloom, 

With  twilight  dews  besprend  thine  urn. 
Beside,  thine  airy  harp  shall  reft, 

With  wonted  charms  unskilled  to  play. 
Or  wildly  moved,  in  grief  suppressed, 

Fling  to  the  breeze  its  funeral  lay. 
Yet  may  the  willow  love  to  bend, 

And  there  the  gentle  myrtle  woo, 
While  softly  sighs  each  passing  friend, 

^i,  I'orkk,  bard  of  trulh,  adku?^' 

MAUBLEIIEAD,  MASS. 
515.  A'o/e— Philip  Ashto.v,  jun.of  Marblehead, 
when  a  young  man,  was  taken,  15  June,  ll"!"!,  in 
the  harbour  of  Port  Roseway,  by  the  crew  of  Ed- 
ward Low,  a  noted  pirate,  who,  for  many  years, 
infested  the  coasts  of  North  America.  At  the  same 
time,  Nicholas  Merritt,  jun.  his  cousin,  met  with  a 
similar  misfortune.  Rlerritt,  however,  found  means 
to  escape  from  the  hands  of  the  pirates  in  Septem- 
ber following,  but  did  not  reach  his  native  place 
tinder  a  year  after.  Ashton  was  called  to  greater 
PFW.  I.— -797/.  ti  t.  K 


119 

trials.  He  Mift'ered  extreme  lianlhlilpa  and  was  of- 
ten in  jeopardy  of  his  life,  while  among  the  incon- 
scioiiable  huccaniers.  Low  and  his  men  watched 
him  so  narrowly,  that  he  almost  desipaircd  of  ever 
having  an  opportunity  to  gain  his  freedom,  and  did 
not  effect  it,  till  the  9  of  March,  llrlS.  On  that 
day,  he  obtained  permission  to  go  ashore,  for  the 
first  time  after  his  capture,  on  a  small  desolate 
West  India  island  called  Koataii,  with  the  cooper 
and  others,  to  get  water  for  their  sijuadron.  He 
was  very  helpful  in  rolling  the  hogsheads  to  the 
xvatering  place,  and  then  pretended  to  amuse  him- 
self, along  the  shore,  in  gathering  shells  and  pebble 
atones.  At  length,  he  rambled  towards  the  woods. 
The  cooper  called  to  hiin.  He  said  he  was  going  to 
jet  some  cocoa  nuts.  As  soon  as  he  was  fairly  out 
of  sight  of  his  shipmates,  he  ran,  as  fast  as  lie  could, 
among  the  thick  brush,  till  he  found  a  favourable 
place  for  concealment.  He  was  not  so  far  off,  how- 
ever, but  he  could  hear  the  men  talk.  They  re- 
peatedly called  to  him,  but  he  made  no  answer.  He 
could  plainly  understand  them  when  they  said,  the 
dog  has  lost  himself  in  the  woodi.  I'hcy  waited  for 
him  till  out  of  patience,  and  went  off  without  him, 
to  his  great  joy.  Though  liberated  from  the  pirates, 
he  still  had  many  difficulties  to  encounter,  having 
very  scanty  means  of  subsistence  and.  at  length, 
scarcely  a  rag  of  clothing  left.  Besides,  his  feet 
became  extremely  sore  and  he  was  visited  with 
sickness.  After  nine  months,  he  was  attacked  by 
gprne  Spauiards.who  made  a  descent  upon  the  Island, 


Hi 

i»ut  wonderfully  escaped  witli  his  life.  In  March, 
1725,  alruost  three  years  after  lie  fell  into  the 
haads  of  Low,  he  was  taken  off  fi-om  the  desolate 
island,  by  captain  Dove,  of  Salem,  and  carried  in 
safety  to  his  frienWs  in  Marblehead,  who  received 
him  like  one  from  the  dead. 

The  subject  of  this  article  publislied  a  narrative 
of  the  treatment  he  received  among  the  pirates,  and 
of  his  great  suQerings,  in  a  pamphlet  of  38  pages. 
Merritt  also  gave  a  succinct  account  of  his  escape 
from  those  banditti.  The  rev.  John  Barnard  deliv- 
ered a  sermon  from  Dan.  S.  17,  on  the  return  of  Ash- 
ton,  which,  with  the  two  narratives,  was  given  to 
the  publick  ;  but,  it  is  presumed  that  not  three  co- 
pies of  this  interesting  work  remain  in  existence. 
The  whole  is  well  worth  a  new  impression,  and 
ought  not  to  be  lost. 

Ashton  and  Merritt,  as  well  as  their  piratick  cap- 
tors, have  long  since  passed  that  bom-ii,  %ihencc  no 
traveller  returns. 

MARBLEHEAD,    MASS. 

5 16.  The  design  of  tliis  stone  is  to  poini 
out  the  spot,  where  Avere  interred  the  remains 
of  Isaac  jMansfield,  esquire,  wlio  died,  12 
April,  1 792,  aged  72  years. 

Note.— Mr.  Mansfield,  fatlier  of  Isaac  Mansfield, 
esq.  who  was  formerly  in  the  ministry  at  Exeter, 
Was  a  gentleman  of  handsome  literary  acquirement 
and  spent  his  days  in  piety  and  usefuines?- 


112 

MARBfiEIlKAD,    UfASS. 

517.  In  memory  of  nirs;.  Ritji  Mans- 
FiKi^D,  the  Avife  of  Isaac  IMan?fieW,  «sq. 
vlio  died,  5  Ftbioiaiy,  1  784,  in  the  65  year 
of  her  u^e. 

Nolo. — Mrs.  Mansfield  eminent  for  her  knov\- 
lcds:;e  easy  and  instructive  conversation,  sincerity 
in  IViendsliii),  exemplary  piety,  and  christian  resig- 
nation under  threat  bodily  infirmities  of  thirty  years' 
continuance,  wixs  universally  esteemed  and  respect- 
ed in  the  circle  of  her  acquaintance. 

MARBLKIIEAD,    MASS. 

518.  Sacred  to  the  mcnioiy  of  a  tender 
■wife  and  fond  parent,  nirs.  iMary  Mans- 
Fiii.D,  consort  of  Isaac  Mansfield,  esq.  vsho 
died,  11  February,  1806,  aged  59  years. 

MARBLEHEAD,    MASS. 

519.  Aotc. —  The  hon.  A/oR  Orke,  of  Marble- 
head,  departed  this  life,  after  a  short  illness,  at  Eos- 
ton,  6  June,  179G,  in  the  65  year  of  his  age.  He 
Avas  a  descendant  from  worihj'  and  distinf^uished 
ancustors.  His  father  was  Joshua  Orne,  esi|.  and 
his  j;randfather  was  of  the  same  i;ame.  They  were 
both  eminent  for  their  activity  and  usefulnes-s  in 
private  ami  pul^lick  life,  and  for  the  excellence  of 
chri>tian  dcjn  rlinent.  His  mother  was  a  dai^ihtcr 
of  Azor  Lrale,  esq.  who  was  a  respectable  character." 


113 

He  had  three  children,  two  sons,  and  one  daughter, 
who  lived  to  have  families. 

The  subject  of  this  article  was  remarkable  for  his 
assiduous  application  to  business,  from  an  early  age, 
and  his  labours  were  crowned  with  the  smiles  of 
Providence.  From  the  commencement  of  the  revo- 
lutionary war,  he  was  one  of  the  most  active  and 
popular  advocates,  in  New-England,  for  the  liberty 
and  independence  of  the  American  states-  He  de- 
voted his  time,  his  talents,  and  no  small  amount  of 
his  property  to  the  noble  cause  of  his  country.  Af- 
ter the  formation  of  the  army  at  Cambridge  and  its 
vicinity,  he  was  often  employed  to  address  the  sol- 
diers on  the  subjects  of  disquietude,  which  agitated 
ihem,  and  he  was  happily  instrumental  in  tjuelling 
disorder,  inspiring  the  ardour  he  felt,  and  promoting 
a  spirit  of  subordinaiion,  till  general  Washington  ar- 
rived. On  the  appearance  of  this  illusti'ious  father 
of  the  country  in  the  American  camp,  all  uneasiness 
vanished,  confidence  universally  prevailed,  and  the 
«ivil  rulers  were  exonerated  from  much  anxiety  and 
care. 

Colonel  Orne  was  a  representative  at  the  general 
court,  in  1773.  He  was  a  member  either  of  the  pro- 
vincial congress,  or  of  the  state  legislature,  during 
most  of  the  war.  He  was  one  of  the  convention, 
which  formed  the  present  constitution  of  Massa- 
chusetts, and,  for  a  lime  after  it  went  into  opera- 
tion, belonged  to  the  council  board.  He  was 
also  a  member  of  the  convention,  in  1788,  for  dis- 
cussing aud  adopting  the  federal  constitution.    The 


114 

i>ame  yoar  he  was  again  chosen  to  a  sent  in  the  le« 
gislativc  council,  which,  by  repeated  elections",  he 
Leld  ti)  the  close  of  life.  In  1T0-,  he  was  one  of  the 
electors  of  president  and  vice  president  of  the  Unit- 
ed states.  JUis  fellow-citizens  would  clwerfnily 
Lave  given  him  tiieir  suft'rages  for  lieutenant  gover- 
nour  of  the  commonwealth,  but  he  nuide.nly  refused 
to  1)0  a  candidate  for  that  office.  The  principal  rea- 
son he  offered  Avas,  that  he  had  not  had  opportu- 
nity for  making  such  literary  acquirements,  as  he 
considered  important  for  the  station,  lie  was  a 
great  advocate  for  the  instruction  of  youth,  and  of- 
ten expressed  his  rejcret,  that  he  had  not  been  fa- 
voured with  a  lil)eral  education. 

On  tho  sabbath  after  his  interment,  the  rev.  Eben- 
ezer  Hubbard  deli\  cred  a  discourse,  which  was  res- 
pectful to  the  memory  of  his  distinguished  parishion- 
er. F.xtracts  from  this  discjurse,  which  was  found- 
ed on  these  words,  Jesus  wept,  and  which  was  the 
only  thing  mr.  Hubbard  ever  published,  are  sub- 
joined. 

"  To  draw  minutely  the  character  of  colonel  Orne 
before  you,  who  have  beeii  so  long  conversant  with 
him,  must  be  unnecessary.  It  will  suffice  to  men- 
tion some  of  its  most  prominent  and  leading  features. 
With  this  restriction,  we  may  say,  that  he  was  re- 
oiarkable  for  his  early  and  persevering  attention  and 
api'lication  to  business.  Idleness  he  greatly  detest- 
ed ;  aid  a  careless  imjirovidence,  as  to  temporal 
coiiceriis,  always  met  his  hi^h  disapprobation  and 
Censure. 


115 

"  Teuiperaiice  was  a  striking  feature  in  the  char- 
acter of  cdI.  Jriic.  Though  possessed  of  the  means 
of  luxury,  he  coin|)letely  controlled  his  bodily  aiijie- 
tiles.  lie  kept  under  his  body,  and  brought  it  into 
subjection.  Hereby  he  preserved,  in  a  state  of  vi- 
gour, both  his  mental  and  bodily  faculties;  and  was 
active  and  lively,  in  the  employments  of  life,  to  the 
utmost  ])eriod  of  his  days. 

"  To  other  beings,  besides  himself,  col.  Ornc  pos- 
sessed suitable  regards.  The  Deity  was  the  object 
of  his  highest  reverence ;  and  as  to  Je.'us  Clirist, 
Hiui  he  adored,  and  in  him  he  put  his  confidence,  as 
the  great  restorer  of  the  human  nature ;  all  which 
he  e\idenced  by  a  solemn  and  constant  attendance 
on  all  the  publick  institutions  of  Christianity. 
Greatly  did  he  adorn,  by  his  deportment  and  life, 
the  profession  he  made  of  the  gospel  doctrine. 

"  He  was  a  man  of  great  integrity  and  upright- 
ness, with  respect  t«  his  fellow  men.  He  seemed 
evidently  to  prefer  the  peace  of  his  own  mind  and 
the  answer  of  a  good  conscience,  to  all  worldly  con- 
siderations. The  interest  and  welfare  of  society  in 
general  lay  near  his  heart.  To  this  religious  so- 
ciety he  was  a  warm  friend  and  benefactor.  To  the 
town  he  performed  many  and  long-continued  ser- 
vices, earnestly  seeking  its  peace  and  prosperity. 
To  his  country  he  possessed  the  greatest  attachment, 
and  for  its  freedom,  independence,  and  prosperity, 
he  made  large  sacrifices  both  of  his  time  and  sub- 
stance. And.  on  account  of  the-io,  his  eminent  per- 
Eoaal  virtues,  aad  publick  services,  he  will  oot  soon 


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be  forgotten  amongst  us.  His  fame  has  been  wide* 
ly  extended,  and  generations  yet  to  come  will  re- 
vere liis  memory." 

A  plain  monument  covered  with  a  marble  slab,  on 
which  is  a  very  concise  inscription,  marks  the  spot 
where  rest  tiie  remains  of  col.  Ornc.  The  follow- 
ing lines  were  written  for  a  part  of  his  epitaph,  but 
were  not  used. 
"  IVo  splendid  falsehoods  deck  these  artless  lines ; 

Read  them,  and  venerate  the  hallow'd  dust. 
Beneath  this  stone,  the  godlike  man  reclines, 

Honour'd,  lamented,  by  the  grateful  just. 
Weep  with  Columbia,  o'er  the  patriot  dead, 

AVhose  manly  virtues  did  her  realms  adorn  ; 
And  as,  with  solemn  footsteps,  sad  you  tread, 

Chant  the  last  requiem  to  th'  illustrious  Orne." 

MARELEHEAD,    MASS. 

520.  Erected  with  filial  afl'ection  to  the 
memory  of  the  hon.  .Iohn  Glover,  esquire, 
brigadier  general  in  tlie  late  continental  army, 
who  died,  30  January,  1797,  aged  G4  years. 

Note. — The  subject  of  this  article,  a  native  of 
Marblehead,  was  a  distinguished  officer  in  the  army, 
which,  under  Providence,  secured  to  the  United 
States  of  America  the  blessings  of  liberty  and  in- 
dependence. He  had  the  conmiand  of  a  regiment 
from  the  beginning  of  the  revolutionary  contest. 
He  had  tiie  honour  witli  his  brave  officers  and  sol- 
diers of  forming  the  advance  part  of  the  army, 


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which,  ill  a  bold  and  intrepid  manner,  crossed  the 
Deiuuarc  in  the  niirht  of  the  .^j  of  Oeceiuber  .  ;6, 
at  a  iiu'St  iiih  i^jiitable  and  hazardous  juncture,  dwd. 
added  much  ti)  the  martial  glory  of  the  American 
forces  by  capturing,  at  Trent  hi,  a  thousand  Hessi- 
ans, under  the  immortal  Washington.  This?  propi- 
tious event  inspired  the  continental  army  with  cdh- 
fidoiice  of  tiie  linal  happy  result,  and  was  fallowed 
vith  victories  in  every  quarter,  till  heaven  sanction- 
ed the  justice  of  the  America;)  appeal  with  the  dis- 
coimUure  of  the  enemy  and  the  freedom  of  the 
United  States. 

General  (ilover  had  the  honour  of  condiicling 
Bnri;oyue's  army,  after  its  surrender,  throujrh  the 
New  England  states ;  and,  in  various  ins-tances, 
during  the  war,  he  had  the  warm  approbation  aud 
unjualiied  applause  of  his  commander  in  chief. 

A  want  of  documents  prevents  the  aiith.u-  .■("  lliia 
work  from  paying  a  more  full  tribute  of  rcsiiec!  to 
the  memory  of  one  of  the  most  brave,  bold,  Uiul 
persevering  officers  of  the  revolutionary  army,  lie, 
therefore,  cannot  better  close  this  article,  than  u  ith 
an  extract  from  a  letter,  addressed  to  general  Glov- 
er by  general  Washington,  dated  .Morris,  26  April, 
17T7,  soon  after  his  appointment  to  the  command  of 
a  brigade. 

"  DilHdence  in  an  officer  is  a  good  mark,  because 
he  will  always  endeavour  to  bring  himself  up  to 
what  he  conceives  to  be  the  fill  line  of  his  duty  ; 
but,  I  thi  ik,  I  may  tell  you,  without  flattery,  that 
I  know  of  no  man  better  quaiiiied,  than  you,    to 


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conduct  a  brigade.  You  have  activily  and  industry, 
and  as  you  very  well  know  the  duty  of  a  culoiiel, 
you  know  how  to  exact  tlial  duty  from  others." 

VALPARAISO,    S.  A. 

521,  Nutc. — .JonN  CowELL,  esq.  late  acting 
lieutenant  on  board  the  United  States  frigate,  t-^s- 
?ex,  was  u  native  of  Marhlehead  in  Massachusetts. 
lie  was  the  second  son  of  the  late  captain  Richard 
Cowell.  His  mother,  mrs.  Hannah  Cowell,  who 
died  in  1809,  was  a  daughter  of  the  hon.  John  Glov- 
er, a  brigadier  general  and  brave  officer  in  the 
American  revolutionary  army.  His  academick  edu- 
cation he  received  at  a  respectable  seminary  in  his 
native  place  under  the  tuition  of  the  rev.  William 
Harris,  D.  D.  now  president  of  Columbia  college. 
At  a  suitable  age,  he  was  placed  under  the  care  of 
mr.  Samuel  Coverly,  a  merchant  in  Boston,  with 
whom  he  continued  for  several  years.  His  desire, 
however,  for  a  seafaring  life  was  so  great  that  lit 
at  length  obtained  a  release  from  mr.  Coverly  and 
went  a  voyage  before  the  mast  to  the  norlhwesteru 
coast  of  America,  about  the  year  1804. 

In  another  attempt  upon  the  seas,  while  mate  of 
the  schooner,  Hope,  commanded  by  captain  Swan  of 
Marblehead,  he  had  a  narrow  escape  with  his  life. 
The  vessel  foundered  and  all  hands  were  obliged  to 
take  to  their  boat  about  midway  between  Europe 
and  America.  In  that  deplorable  situation  mr. 
Cowell,  fearless  of  personal  danger,  was  of  much 
assistance  by  his  courageous  anU  cheerful  convcT 


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salion  in  keeping  up  the  spirits  of  the  crew.  A 
British  vessel,  providentially,  found  them  in  a  short 
time  and  took  them  safe  to  England. 

He  first  entered  the  navy  of  the  United  States  as 
master  of  a  gunboat.  He  was  soon  after  sailing- 
master  of  the  Chesapeak,  while  Isaac  Hull,  esq.  was 
commander.  For  a  season,  in  the  same  capacity, 
he  was  in  the  Enterprise,  the  same  vessel  which  had 
the  engagement  with  the  Boxer,  commanded  by  lieu- 
tenant Trippe  on  a  southern  station.  Having  ob- 
tained a  furlough,  he  performed  a  voyage  as  com- 
mander of  a  vessel  to  some  part  of  Europe,  and  on 
his  return  became  the  sailing  master  of  the  Essex, 
commanded  by  David  Porter,  esq.  which  left  the 
shores  of  the  United  States,  on  the  27  October, 
1812,  and  on  board  of  which  he  remained  till  her 
capture,  on  the  -o  of  JIarch,  1814. 

Captain  Porter  in  the  United  States'  frigate,  Es- 
sex, with  42  guns,  after  traversing  a  wide  extent  of 
the  Pacifick,  injuring  the  enemy,  by  capture  and 
otherwise,  to  the  amount  of  more,  than  six  million 
dollars,  was,  at  length,  on  the  28  of  March,  1814, 
brought  to  an  engagement  with  the  British  frigate, 
Phebe,  carrying  52,  and  the  sloop  of  war.  Cherub, 
23  guns,  at  Valparaiso.  For  more,  than  two  hours, 
he  sustained  the  unequal  encounter,  before  he  sur- 
rendered and  his  crew  fought  with  a  bravery  never 
exceeded.  Of  his  intrepid  officers  and  seamen  fifty 
eight  were  killed,  thirty  one  were  missing,  thirty 
eight  were  severely,  and  twenty  fire  slishtly  wown- 
ded, 


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In  the  series  of  distinguished  exploits,  wliicli 
have  marked  the  pro;5ress  of  the  American  navy, 
since  the  coiniuencemeiit  of  tlie  present  war,  cap- 
tain Porter,  tiiouj^li  overpowered  at  last,  in  a  man- 
ner, which,  according  to  the  luminous  and  interes- 
ting statement  of  this  active,  persevering,  and  brave 
commander,  reflects  no  lionoiir  on  the  navy  of  his 
Britanniciv  majesty,  has  rendered  his  country  essen- 
tial service,  gained  a  lasting  reputation  on  the 
waters  of  the  western  ocean,  and  added  to  the  splen- 
dour of  the  American  navy,  by  his  able  vindication 
of  sailors'  rights  and  the  freedom  of  navigation  and 
commerce. 

Mr.  Cowell,  the  principal  subject  of  this  article, 
while  sailing  master,  distinguished  himself  by  his 
ability,  attention,  and  faithfulness  in  his  dejtart- 
rieiit.  For  his  good  conduct,  on  a  certain  hazar- 
dous occasion,  he  was  promoted  by  captain  I'orter 
to  the  office  of  acting  lieutenant.  Had  his  life  beea 
spared,  he  would  no  doubt  in  due  time  have  risen  to 
a  proud  eminence  as  a  naval  commender  ;  but  this 
enterprising  man,  fearless  of  danger  and  death  ia 
his  country's  cause,  was  called,  in  providence,  to 
finish  his  days  at  V^alparaiso,  shortly  after  the  ac- 
tion. He  was  about  the  age  of  28  ycai-s  and  has 
left  a  widow  and  two  children. 

This  article  cannot  be  better  closed,  than  in  the 
words  of  cajitain  Porter  to  the  hon.  secretary  of  the 
navy.  "  I  cannot  speak  in  sufficiently  high  terms 
of  the  conduct  of  those  engaged  for  such  an  unparal- 
felicd  length  of  time,  under  such  cireuntstanfe.",. 


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"Willi  me,  in  the  anliious  and  unequal  conicst.  Lei  U 
sullicetofay,  that  more  braver},  skill,  patriotism, 
and  zeal  were  never  displayed  on  any  occasion. 
Every  one  seemed  determined  to  die  in  defence  of 
their  much  loved  country's  cause,  and  nothing  but 
views  of  humanity  could  ever  have  reconciled  them 
to  the  surrender  of  tiie  ship. 

"  The  conduct  of  that  brave  and  heroick  officer, 
acting  lieutenant  John  Glover  Cowell,  who  lost 
his  leg  in  the  latter  part  of  tlie  action,  excited  the 
admiration  of  every  man  in  tlic  ship  ;  and,  after 
being  wounded,  would  not  consent  to  be  taken  be- 
low, until  loss  of  blood  rendered  him  insensible." 

MARBLEHEAD,  MASS. 
522.  Note. — Robert  Hooper,  esquire,  son  of 
Nathaniel  Hooper,  was  a  native  of  Marblehead, 
where  he  spent  iiis  days.  He  was  di^tingui^hed  as 
an  honest  and  enterjirising  man,  and  as  an  eminent, 
prosperous,  and  opulent  merchant.  He  died  at  the 
age  of  72  years,  leaving  a  widow,  four  sons,  and 
one  daughter.  3Irs.  Mary  Hooper,  his  first  wife, 
by  whom  he  had  six  children,  departed  this  life, 
after  suffering  great  bodily  indisposition,  for  many 
years,  on  the  31  of  .Tuly,  1807,  in  the  67  year  of 
iier  age.  Their  son,  Henry  Hooper,  died  at  sea,  in 
iCOl,  aboiit  the  age  of  29  years. 

MARBLCilEAD,    MASS. 

•523.     In   t{)i=  grave,  on  the  same  dar 

iSX.  I.—TOL.  III.  L 


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Ttcrc  deposited  the  remains  of  cnpt.  3ohs 
(iiMST  and  his  virtuous  consort,  Elikabetii 
CJniST.  They  were  neHvly  at  the  same 
lime  visited  by  the  same  disorder,  which 
put  a  period  to  their  christian  course  in  the 
03  year  of  their  a-re,  2  Marcli,  1 79.1.  The 
memoiy  of  the  just  is  blessed  and  the  right- 
eous shall  be  held  in  everlasting  remem.- 
hi'ance. 

H.\!;rT."!CKAD,    MASS. 

524.  Sacred  to  tlie  memory  of  the  hoa- 
uurahle  William  Boi'rne,  who  died,  12 
August,  1771,  aged  47  years. 

marble}i;;ad,  mass. 

525.  Captain  Robert  Wormsted,  asta- 
tis  28,  was  lost  at  sea,  in  October,  1782. 

Note. — Tliis  inscription,  to  the  memory  of  one, 
wlio  was  much  distinguished  by  his  activity  and 
bravery,  was  copied  from  a  piece  of  family  plate. 

Captain  Wormstcd  was  born,  at  Marblehead,  on 
iJie  19  of  May,  1755.  He  wa?  the  oldest  son  and 
the  second  child  of  captain  Michael  Wormsted, 
who  died,  after  a  few  hours'  illness  at  the  .ige  of  42 
years.  His  mother,  whose  original  name  was  Mary 
Bull,  a  daughter  of  Robert  Bull,  an  Englishman, 
who  settled  in  Marblehead,  departed  this  life,  in  the 
autumn  of  1795.  aftor  enterins  »n  her  63  yc^-r.  John 


Worijisied,  his  grandfatiier,  whose  wile,  his  granii- 
mothf.r,  was  Sarah  Stacey,  lived  to  the  uge  ot'  85 
and  died,  on  the  10  of  May,  1788.  The  father  of 
John  Worinsted,  from  whom  all  of  liie  name  in  this 
country  are  descended,  was  a  native  of  some  part 
<)f  Wales,  came  to  America  in  early  life,  and  fixed 
his  abode  in  31arblehead. 

The  children  of  captain  Michael  AVormsted  were  ; 
1.  Sarah  Wonnsled,  the  late  wife  of  Sannicl  Russell 
Trcvett,  esq.  of  Boston  ;  2.  Robert  Wornis^ted,  the 
principal  subject  of  this  article  ;  3.  Michael  Worm- 
sted,  who  died,  a  few  years  since  in  one  of  the 
middle  stales;  A.  JMaiy  VVornisted,  the  wife  of 
captain  William  Skinner  of  Marblehead. 

In  177;!,  captain  Robert  Wormsled  married  mis-s 
Martha  Shepherd,  the  second  daughter  and  the  iifth 
child  of  captain  John  Shi^pherd,  of  Marblehead, 
[see  art.  l'i\  by  whom  he  had  one  daughter  and  one 
son,  the  former  of  whom  still  survives. 

The  subject  of  this  article,  while  a  lad,  had  a 
great  inclination  to  enter  on  a  seafariug  life.  His 
father,  to  gratify  him  and,  as  he  ho;.ed,  to  give  him 
a  distaste  for  such  a  fatiguing  and  hazardous  m  de 
of  gaining  a  subsistence,  took  him  on  board  his 
vessel,  one  voyage,  and  laid  as  many  hardships  upon 
him,  as  he  consistently  could,  but  without  the  de- 
sired effect,  [t  was  still,  as  much  as  ever,  his  ar- 
dent desire  to  perse-ere  in  enc lunteiing  the  dan- 
gers of  the  ocean. '  However,  in  obedience  ti>  the 
wishes  of  his  parents,  he  I'ecame  an  apprentice  to 
TiiL'mas  Grant,  a  silversmith,  with  whom  he  coa- 


12  i 

timieil  till  mastPr  of  liis  <ra>l(^.  This  was  an  cu»- 
ploynient  by  no  mpaiis  congenial  w  ith  his  active, 
enterprising,  patriotick  spirit ;  and,  wiiPii  the  revo- 
lutionary contest  came  on,  he  was  one  of  the  fore- 
most to  enlist  in  his  cnnntry's  service. 

Having  attended  to  fencing,  he  was  a  perfect 
master  of  tiic  broad  sword.  No  one  conbl  gain  the 
ascendancy  over  him.  His  instructcr  used  to  say, 
that  Robert  Wnrmstcd  was  the  only  pupil  he  evci' 
had,  with  whom  he  was  afraid  to  encounter. 

When  the  British  went  from  Boston  to  Salem  in 
order  to  get  into  their  possession  certain  pieces  of 
artillery,  the  subiect  of  tiiis  article  with  others  has- 
tened over  from  Marblehead,  and  by  removing  the 
north  bridge  assisted  in  frustrating  their  object.  He 
and  others  ofter^d  some  irritating  language  to  the 
disappointed  and  mortified  regulars,  so  that  several 
of  them  made  a  pass  at  him  with  their  bayonets.  lie. 
bad  no  other  weapon,  than  a  cane  ;  yet,  with  this, 
be  disarmed  six  uf  them,  one  after  another,  to  their 
great  astonishment 

In  the  Bunker-hill  fight,  IT  June,  1TT5,  he  was. 
the  first  sergeant  in  the  artillery  company,  of  which 
Samuel  Russell  Trcvett,  esii.  was  commander.  Jfe 
acted  well  his  part,  as  one  of  the  intrepid  heroes  of 
ihat  memorable  day,  till  woiuided  iu  his  shoulder  b) 
the  bursting  of  a  shell,  thrown  from  the  enemy  pott- 
ed on  Copp's  hill.  n  withdrawing  from  the  scene 
of  action,  he  with  two  others  stojiptd  at  a  well  to 
drink,  on  ( 'harlestown  neck,  being  almist  sulfoca- 
fcd  with  thirst.     Just  as  cup  of  hi';coii)]iaiii^()ns  was 


l^i 


)JUi:ig  tLRljiicket  to  his  inoiitii,  a  cauiioii  bnll  sevticti 
>iis  liead  IVuiii  his  shuiilJers. 

Early  in  17T6,  lie  entered  as  ensign  in  captain 
Jo:>cp!i  Lee's  company,  belong! njj  to  colunel  John 
Glover's  regiment.  It  is  well  known  that  this  re- 
giment, consisting  mostly  of  men  accustomeil  to  the 
water,  was  of  essential  service  in  managing  the 
boats  on  the  Delaware,  at  a  time,  when  the  hazard 
of  crossing  was  extreme,  and  had  the  honour  of 
forming  the  advance  of  Washington's  army,  w  hich, 
on  the  £6  of  December,  the  same  year,  entered  Tren- 
ton, niid  captured  a  thousand  Hessians. 

While  this  regiment  lay  at  Reverly,  in  the  former 
part  of  17T6,  many  of  the  officers  and  soldiers  had  v. 
temporar}'  employment  in  some  of  the  government's 
■vessels,  in  Wasrachufictts  bay,  under  the  command 
of  commodore  Manly. 

Tiic  subject  of  ihis  article  was  a  lieutenant  in  one 
of  tiiem,  and  was  at  the  taking  of  several  of  the  ene- 
my's armed  vessels. 

In  17TT,  he  was  captain  of  raarittcs  in  a  large  pri- 
vateer ship,  comnianded  by  Graham,  and  owned  in 
Boston  and  Providence.  He  afterwards  went  mate 
of  a  sc'iiooner,  of  which  his  brother  Cartholomew 
Jackson  was  connnanaer,  bound  to  Billioa.  The 
vessel  was  captured  and  the  captain  i-.itli  u!ost  of 
the  crew  was  taken  cut.  The  subject  of  thi  i  me- 
raoir,  one  raan.  and  one  boy  were  left  oa  board  of 
tliu  schooner,  wliich  was  ordered  to  repair  to  some 
\>r-yi  fri  r.pg-I.'Td.  With  the  aid  of  the  niun  and  boy  he 
I.  2 


1^6 

retook  tlie  schooner  and  ranicJ  lier  safely  Into  Bil- 
Itoa.  \)n  Ins  h'uneuard  ijassnj^o,  lie  was  uiiforlmiHti'- 
ly  raptured  and  stripped  of  all  his  properly,  not  lic- 
iiig  siilFcred  to  retain  a  siiijjle  tuticlo  of  ciolhing  be- 
sides what  ho  wore. 

In  November,  1779,  he  sailed  from  Marblehead 
in  the  letter  ofmaniue,  Freemason,  bound  to Mar- 
tinico,  which  carried  six  guns  and  (ifleou  lueu, 
as  first  mate  to  captain  Benjamin  Boden.  -Jd 
their  passage  for  that  island,  tlicy  were  taken 
by  a  privateer  sloop,  mounting  fourteen  or  sixteen 
gun.s,  from  the  city  of  New- York.  Tiie  captain, 
second  male,  and  a  boy  remained  in  the  l-"reema- 
£on;  but  mr.  Wormsted  with  the  rest  of  the  ci-ew 
was  carried  on  board  of  the  privateer,  treated  in  a 
very  ungentlemanly  manner,  handcuffed,  thru- 1  in- 
to the  hold,  and,  at  night,  the  hatchway  was  closed. 
Here  he  found  means  to  perform  an  exploit,  vvlncli 
v/as  long  the  subject  of  conver^ation  and  applause. 
His  handcuffs  were  so  large  he  could,  with  little  ex- 
ertion, gel  rid  of  them  and  set  the  rest  at  liberty. 
He  proposed  rising  upon  the  privateer,  the  next  day, 
when  the  captain  should  be  about  to  take  the  sun. 
At  first  the  attempt  was  tlijught  to  be  too  de.S|ier- 
ate,  they  being  so  few  in  number  compared  with  the 
crew  on  board,  and  none  seemed  willing  fur  the  un- 
dertaking. He  was  always  sanguine  in  every  enter- 
prise and  fearless  of  danger.  If  they  would  agi-ee 
to  his  i)roposal,  he  engaged  to  be  the  first  to  spring- 
upon  deck  and  knock  down  the  captain.  'J  hey 
"Wfire  instaatiy  to  follow  and  do  iheiy  part  in  every 


i2r 

ilinLiion.  lie  told  them  tbey  rnupt  succeed  ur  die 
ill  the  attempt.  They  at  length  all  liolcmnly  bound 
themselvra  with  nii  oath  to  do  their  utmost.  At 
twelve,  the  next  day,  oijportunity  was  otrercd  to 
put  their  courage  to  the  test,  and,  in  a  Ww  nionieiits, 
the  captain  and  many  others  wn-e  laid  sprawling 
npon  deck.  Their  pistol.s  were  taken  and  pointed  to 
the  enemy  in  the  caMn,  who  surrendered  withoul 
opposition.  Mr.  Wormsted  then  bore  down 
upon  the  schooner  and  ordered  her  to  strike  hux 
colours.  Captain  Boden  cried  for  joy,  and  his  cap- 
tors were  as  miicii  chagrined,  as  astoni^iied  at  this 
ixnexprcted  reverse  of  fortune.  Mr.  Wormsted,  as 
commander,  had  the  Engli?h  flag  lowered  and  the 
American  hoisted.  lie  ordered  all  the  British  offi- 
cers and  sailors  to  be  handcuffed  and  thrust  into  the 
hold,  treating  them,  secundum  le^tm  lalionis,  much 
as  they  had  treated  l;im  and  his  countrymen,  the 
day  before,  appointed  cai>tain  Boden  prize  master, 
and  directed  to  :itecr  for  Gnadalou[)C.  In  due  time, 
they  arrived  ?afciy  at  this  island,  in  triumph,  and 
were  received  with  uncommon  testimonials  of  exul- 
tation. The  prize  master  of  the  privateer  with  the 
crew  was  sent  to  prison,  and,  notwithstanding  the 
savage  manner,  in  which  mr.  WoriDSted  and  his 
people  had  been  use;!  by  them,  he  bou;j;ht  them  a 
fjnintal  of  fish,  a  jar  of  oil,  and  furnished  them  with 
Tuoney,  to  get  sucli  things  as  they  wanted.  He 
-'old  the  brig  and  privateer,  at  auction,  one  of  which 
he  bought  for  hir-  employers.  His  ])art  of  the  prize 
Dioney  was  eight  hundred  Johannes.    Having  lead- 


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cJ  bis  vessel  he  set  out  for  3Iassachu.?ctli-,  ami,  rtn 
the  second  day  after  sailing,  Avas,  imrortmiatciy, 
rajitured  and  lost  every  thiDg,  the  ficijuent  je?iiU 
of  war. 

After  this,  in  the  auluiim  and  winter  of  1T30,  lu- 
performed  one  prosperous  voyage  to  the  West  In- 
dies, as  commander  of  the  brig,  Hope,  a  letter  of 
marque  belonging  to  colonel  William  R.  Lcc,  cap- 
tain Samuel  R.  Trcvett,   and  captain  Joeseph  Lee. 

Captain  Wormsted  was  then  invited  to  go  master 
of  a  privateer  froai  Salem.  He  went,  and,  being  in 
danger  of  capture,  run  his  vessel  ashore,  to  avoid 
the  enemy,  somewhere  on  the  coat^t  of  Nova  Scotia. 
He  and  his  men  travelled  thr  iugh  the  woods  till  they 
«ameto  the  water  again,  M'liere  they  found  an  open 
boat,  which  they  took,  entered,  and  made  the  best 
of  their  way  for  New  England,  running  ncnr  tlip 
'and.  At  length,  thoy  fell  in  with  a  vessel  fro:a 
Cork  laden  with  linens,  butter,  and  caudles,  which 
had  been  taken  by  the  Americans  and  retaken  by 
ihc  British.  Captain  Wormsted  and  his  crew 
boarded  and  took  her,  by  surprisal,  without  arms. 
Elate  with  hope,  they  thought  tlien  to  have  reach- 
ed their  native  shore  witii  a  valuaiile  prize,  but  they 
had  not  long  enjoyed  their  pleasing  anticipations, 
•when  a  British  vessel  hove  in  sight,  and  bore  down 
upon  them  so  rapidly,  that  they  were  obliged  once 
more  to  have  recourse  to  their  boat.  They  haftih 
threw  in  a  few  stoi-es  and  other  articles,  made  their 
escape,  and  gained  the  port  of  Marblchcad,  with- 
out further  molestation,  about  the  10  of -Nov.  ITS] 


Mr?.  WonnsteJ  was  so  unwilling  that  Le  srhoiilj 
again  go  in  any  privateer,  that  he  at  length  went, 
as  first  officer  of  a  letter  of  marque,  which  was  a 
bris;,  commanded  by  captain  Trasik  and  owned  by 
Nathaniel  Tracy,  esq.  of  Ncwburypoit,  to  Billjoa. 
The  brig  arrived  in  safety  and  on  her  homeward 
passage,  being  deeply  laden,  was  lost  in  a  tremen- 
dous gale,  near  the  Grand  Bank,  about  the  '2  of  Oc- 
tober, 1T82.  His  widow  was  left  to  mourn  a  kind 
husband,  his  daughter  an  indulgent  father,  and  his 
country  one  of  her  most  intrepid  sons. 

Captain  Worni>;ted  was  five  feet  and  eleven  inches 
in  height,  uncuiumonly  activ^e  and  athlclick,  brave 
to  a  proverb,  generous  to  excess,  and  humane,  as 
fee  was  fearless  of  danger  and  death 

MARELEHEAD,  MASS. 

526.  Mrs.  Martha  Wor.aisted,  relict 
«f  captain  Ro);cvt  Wormstcd,  died  at  Bos- 
ton, 23  September,  1309,  aged  50  years 
and  one  day. 

Nole. — Mi-s.  Worrasted  was  the  second  daughter 
©f  captain  John  Shepherd  of  Marblehead,  of  whose 
family  some  account  may  be  seen  in  the  72  article  of 
this  Collection.  She  was  tenderly  educated  under 
the  pious  instructions  and  truly  christian  exansj  !o  of 
her  excellent  mother,  who  was  Ifft  a  widow,  in  the 
nioniing  of  life,  with  five  young  children.  After 
the  .uarriage  of  her  daughter,  mrs.  AVornisted  con- 
stantly resided  with  her  to  the  close  of  life.    From 


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December,  1790,  to  I-"eljrii:!ry,  lil03,  the  fairily 
was  located  at  Portsinoiitli  in  New  Ilaiupshire,  and 
after  that  period  at  Boston  uliere  she  deceased. 

The  subject  of  tliis  memoir,  thouch  blessed  with 
a  religious  education,  ever  aiming  to  live  i:i  the 
discharge  of  all  good  conscience,  an  exemplary  com- 
municant in  the  episcopal  church  i)f  her  native  place, 
was,  (luring  the  most  of  her  life,  in  bondage  through  ■ 
fear  of  death. 

About  a  year  before  her  release  from  the  body, 
she  was  violently  seized  with  a  disorder,  which  laf- 
iled  the  skill  of  the  physician,  and  she  made  up  her 
raind,  that  the  time  of  her  departure  was  at  hand- 
At  this  distressing  period,  ^hrf  experienced  the 
goodness  of  that  Being,  whom  it  iiad  long  been  her 
earnest  endeavour  to  serve.  All  fears  of  death 
•were  totally  banislied.  She  was  perfectly  resigned 
and  willing  to  leave  the  world.  She  spoke  with 
the  utmost  calmness  of  the  event,  which  all  supposed 
to  be  near.  Slie  reposed  with  unsliaken  confidence 
in  the  grace  of  (lod  and  gave  her  farewell  counsels 
and  benediction  to  the  objects  of  her  allection  around 
her. 

A  wonderful  relief  was  suddenly,  as  it  was  imex- 
pectedly,  obtained  from  the  tlireatening  malady  and 
fhc  was  soon  raiped  to  a  comfortable  measure  of 
health.  She  spent  much  of  her  spared  life  in  read- 
ing a.id  meditation,  en 'oying  the  comforts  of  religion, 
till  called  to  a  happier  state. 

About  a  mo'ith  before  her  death,  she  wns  attack- 
ed with  a  disease,  which,  during  most  of  the  rcsi- 


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•Jiie  of  her  days,  much  afFccled  tlic  iio-.vcrs  ol"  hei 
ruhid;  yet  she  had  many  lucid  iateivals,  nhcn  she 
3poke  of  her  dissolution  without  a  fear,  and  looked 
forvv^ard  with  delightful  anticipations  of  that  rest, 
which  grace  has  secured  to  the  people  of  God.  She 
found  a  satisfaction  and  j\>y,  in  the  religion  sh»; 
had  loDj;  professed,  which  the  world  could  neither 
.jive  nor  takeaway. 

On  the  ncdiiesday  evening  hefore  nirs.  Worm- 
sted  died,  ihe  was  free  from  bodily  distress,  had  the 
lull  exercise  of  her  reason,  and  was  in  a  most  hap- 
py frame  of  mind.  In  conversation  with  a  near 
ulend,  who  sat  by  her,  she  said,  J  lore  my  cUildrer 
as  ucU  as  any  bodj  can,  but  I  can  williiiirlj  leave 
ihein  to  go  to  my  bltsscd  Saviour.  Oli,  how  I  lure  my 
dear  Redamer !  The  friend  said  to  hor,  you  seem  ta 
feel  as  if  you  c^uld  adopt  the  language  of  the  psalm- 
ist, which  he  began  to  repeat,  ><hom  hace  1  inlieaien 
but  Hue  ;  she  caught  the  words  from  his  mouth  and 
finished  the  passage,  pronouncing  it  with  an  ardour, 
an  emphasis  of  expression,  which  showed  that  she 
cordially  felt  its  full  import.  Speaking  of  her  mo- 
ther, she  said,  that  she  was  a  very  pious  woman. 
The  morning  and  evening  sacrifice  of  prayer  and 
praise  constantly  rose  from  her  family  altar.  She 
brought  her  up  in  a  very  strict  manner,  and  was 
an  excellent  pattern  of  holy  living  to  all  her  chil- 
dren and  do:ucsticks.  She  particularly  remarked, 
that  her  mother  spent  a  great  deal  of  time  in  read- 
ing the  Bible,  and  tlien  said,  J  loish  that  I  had  lived 
■vorp  .'fs  wv  mn>.hfr  did ;  but  I  trust  in  the  ail  svjickit' 


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o/  of  my  dear  Redeemer.  At  anotlier  lime,  she  said, 
/  caxt  ini/srlf  (it  lliefctl  of  mi/  Sariuitr.  J  Im.k  to  !iim 
for  thcsalvalion  ofmtj  soul.  Slip  rciiounoed  all  her 
own  works  of  ritclitfoufiioss  and  looked  to  the  blood 
of  atonement  as  the  only  source  of  hope.  A  little 
Lcfore  the  last  scene,  speaking  of  her  comiiOMire, 
and  perfect  freedom  from  the  fear  of  death  at  that 
time,  when  she  knew  that  she  could  remain  but  a 
little  longer,  and  at  a  former  period,  when  she 
had  no  exjiectations  of  living  another  day,  slie 
said,  cnii  it  be,  titat  God  will  east  me  off ;  that  1  mmt, 
after  all  this  bf.  a  cadaway?  jVo,  I  irusl  hi  ilie  merits 
tf  my  dear  Redeemer. 

In  this  heavenly  temper  of  mind  she  continued, 
%vhenever  indulged  with  her  reason,  till  the  moment 
bhe  expired.  On  monday  evening,  the  £5  of  Sep- 
tember, perceiving  that  the  last  conflict  was  at  hand, 
she  reijuested  a  friend  to  pray  w  itii  her  once  more. 
She  then  called  for  her  grand  daughters  and  told 
them  she  must  lenic  them,  that  she  irus  ij;uing  to  the 
tternal  world,  so  far  as  could  be  understood,  and  at- 
tempted to  give  them  her  parting  counsels.  Her 
voice  faltered.  The  pangs  of  death  were  upon  her, 
but  its  sting  was  destroyed.  Her  eyes  were  immedi- 
ately turned  towards  heaven.  Her  noble  counten- 
ance, always  remarkably  expressive,  indicntcd  a 
foretaste  of  the  unutterable  joy,  on  which  she  was 
about  to  enter.  In  a  few  moments,  she  was  gone, 
without  a  struggle,  without  a  groan,  and  the  glow 
of  rapture  still  beamed  in  her  face! 

jtn  her  Jw-st  sirlcpc^^s.  irrs-  ■\Vr>nn?f'^d  ynenfjrtv^ff 


1S3 

tiiat  the  remains  of  her  ancestors,  who  deceased  in 
her  native  place,  were  carried  into  the  episcopal 
church,  wiiere  a  sermon  was  delivered  and  the  burial 
service  performed  ;  and  that  it  was  her  desire,  that 
her  funeral  solemnities  might  be  performed  in  the 
same  way.  The  rev.  Asa  Eaton,  of  Boston,  attend- 
ed her  with  pastoral  fidelity,  during  her  last  sick- 
ness. She  requested  him,  to  preach  at  the  time  of 
her  interment,  ou  such  a  text  as  he  should  think 
I)roper. 

The  remains  of  thi.i  best  of  mothers,  this  kindest 
of  friends,  this  beloved  disciple  of  Jesus,  were  ac- 
cordingly carried  into  Christ  Church.  Mr.  Eaton 
delivered  a  very  appropriate  and  comforting  dis- 
course from  these  words,  unto  you,  Iherefure,  uho  be- 
lieve, he  is  precious ;  and  performed  the  burial 
service,  in  a  solemn  and  imprcssiv'e  manner.  The 
mortal  remains  were  then  removed  to  .Marblehead 
and  deposited  in  the  family  tomb. 

The  following  acrostick  on  mrs.  Wormsted  was 
written  by  the  late  Jonathan  3Iitchell  Sewall,  esq. 
in  1802. 

3Iuse,  for  thy  3Iartha,  prune  thy  choicest  wing 
AaA,  in  celestial  strains,  her  praises  sing. 
Resplendent  nature  in  this  fav'rite  join'd 
The  charms  of  person  with  each  grace  of  mind. 
Humour  and  wit  with  sense  and  reason  blend 
And  satire's  shafts  fly  thick,  if  fools  offend. 
Whea  she  in  spightly  conversation  leads, 
Or  in  quick  sallies  of  gay  mirth  j>rocced* ; 
FEN.  I. — TOI..  III.  M 


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Resistless  graces  silence  all,  who  hear; 
Mute  ev'ry  tongue,  and  list'ninj^  every  ear. 
Skill  in  each  duly  of  domestick  life. 
The  tender  niotlicr  now,  as  once  the  faithful  wife, 
Each  virtue,  that  adorns  a  female  breast, 
Distinguish  her  in  crowds,   and  make  her  worth 
coufest. 

CAMERIDf.  E,    MASS. 

527.  Note. — The  venerable  ptiritanick  fathers  of 
New-England,  having  (led  to  this  western  world  to 
enjoy  the  sweets  of  religion  pure  and  undeliled,  ear- 
ly made  provision  for  the  literary,  scientilick,  and 
pious  education  of  their  offspring.  The  first  school, 
of  importance,  was  established  at  New  Towne,  now 
Cambridge,  in  the  vicinity  of  Boston,  about  the 
year,  1637.  N\th\niel  Eiton,  aman  of  learn- 
ing, was  appointed  the  head  of  the  institution.  His 
severe  and  arbitrary  mode  of  discipline  so  disgusted 
the  young  gentlemen,  committed  to  his  care,  and 
his^niployers,  that,  in  a  about  two  years,  he  was 
set  aside  by  order  of  the  general  court.  He  after- 
wards went  to  England  and  was  extremely  inimic- 
al to  Massachusetts  ;  but,  a3  the  late  doctor  Eliot 
remarks  in  his  Biog.  Diet,  his  power  and  influence 
were  small  compared  with  his  malicious  humour. 

Strictly  speaking,  mr.  Eaton,  though  unworthy, 
was  the  first  president  of  the  college  in  Cambridge. 
Hence,  in  reference  to  this  fact,  Holyoke  is  styled, 
in  his  epitaph,  the  eleventh  president  of  the  same 
institution.    His  character  ""ras  so  reprchen"!!?!?. 


135 

that  the  senatus  academicus  of  Harvard  university 
have  not  seen  fit  to  place  bim  at  the  head  of  their 
long  series  of  learned  and  dii:tingui>he(l  presidents. 

The  rev.  Hex RY  Di'.vster,  therefore,  stands  at 
the  head  of  fifteen,  wlio  have  had  tlie  honour  of 
presiding  over  the  most  ancient  and  the  best  endued 
collegiate  institution  in  America.  He  nas  blest 
with  a  happy  disposition  and  the  talent  of  comiiiu- 
nicating  instruction  in  such  a  manner,  as  to  gain 
the  confidence  and  affection  of  his  pupils.  Having 
imbibed  the  idea  that  infants  were  not  to  be  bapti- 
zed, according  to  his  understanding  of  the  scrip- 
tures, he  resigned  his  office,  upon  that  account,  and 
removed  to  Scituate,  w  here  he  died  in  16j7.  His 
remains  are  supposed  to  ha\  e  heen  conveyed,  agreea- 
bly to  his  direction,  to  the  ancient  cemetery  in  Cain- 
bridge,  but  no  stone  directs  to  the  spot  of  inter- 
ment. 

A  spacious  vault  has  recently  been  prepared,  in 
the  same  enclosure,  in  which  the  remains  of  the 
officers  of  the  university  are  to  be  deposited.  Uver 
this  it  is  contemplated  to  erect  a  superb  monument. 
When  completed,  inscriptions  commemorative  of  the 
taleiils  and  virtues  of  the  worthy  dead,  who  may- 
there  repose,  will  adorn  and  enrich  its  walls. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  those,  wlio  have  presided 
over  Harvard  college,  with  the  times  of  induction 
aud  resignation  or  decease. 
1640,  rev.  Henry  Dunster,  res.  165.4. 
1654,  rev.  Charles  Chauncy,  S.  T.  B.  dec.  1672. 
1672,  rev.  Leonard  Hoar,  31.  D.  res.  1675. 


136 

1675,  rev.  Urian  Oakes,  dec.  1681. 
1682,  doc.  Tohii  Rogrps,  dec.  16H4. 
1685,  rev.  Increase  Matther,  S.  T.  D.  res  1701. 
1701,  rev.  Samuel  Willard,  dec.  1707. 
1708,  lion.  John  Levcrett,  S.  U.S.  dec.  1724. 
1725,  rev.  Benjamin  Wadswortli.  dec.  1737. 
1137,  rev.  Kdward  Ilolyoke,  dec.  1769. 
1770,  rev.  Samuel  Locke,  S.  T.  D.  res.  1773. 
1774,  rev.  Samuel  Langdon,  S.  T.  D.  res.  1780. 
1781,  rev.  Joseph  Willard,  S.  T.  D.  LL.  D.  dec.  1304. 
1806,  rev.  Samuel  Webber,  S.  T.  D.  dec.  1810. 
1810,  rev.  John  Thornton  Kirkland,  S.T.  D.LL.D. 
Interesting  biographical  sketches  of  most  of  the 
presidents  of  Harvard  college  may  be  seen  in  Kliot's 
Biog.   Diet.      The   ejiitajdjs  of  Chauncy,    Oakes, 
Leverctt,    Wadsworth,    Holyoke,    and    Langdon  j 
and   notices  of  Dnnster,  Hoar,  Rogers,    Willard, 
and  Webber,  have  a  place  in  this  collection. 

CAMBRIDGE,    MASS. 

528.  Hie  jaccnt  rcliquite  honoratiss.  et 
rev.  atlmodum  doni.  Johannis  Leverett, 
armig.  qui  majoribus  oriiindusillustribus,  il- 
lustrjiis  nomen  lecklidit  quam  accepit.  Vir- 
tus et  pietas,  sapientia  et  ^ravitas  juvcntuti, 
fuere  laiirea,  nee  non  senectuti,  corona  ;  ma- 
jestas  et  authoritas  in  oculo,  voce,  viiltu  ; 
bcnignitas  et  hiimanitas  in  corde  re&ederunt. 
In  secundis  luoderatus,  in  adversis  constanfri 


et  iufracto  fiiit  animo.  Maritus  et  pater 
amantissimiis  ;  animus  diilcis  et  fidiis,  pru- 
deiis  coiisiliarius,  fortis  auxiliarius,  lingua- 
rum  et  artiura  academicarum  inter  peritis- 
sinios,  nee  minus  in  jurispnidcutia  et  theolo- 
gia  quam  in  philosophia  conspicuus. 

Oranes  fere  honoris  gradus  conscendit  et 
ornavit.  Juvenem  adniodum  niirata  est  et 
plausit  acaderaia  tutorem  primarium  et  so- 
cium  ;  ut  et  postea  communium  domus  pro- 
locutorem,  de  probatioue  testamentorum  judi- 
cem,  et  in  superiori  tribimali  justitianim 
regi  consiliis  assisteutem,  et  in  variis  lega- 
tionibus  honorificis  et  momentosis  sagaciter 
et  integre  versantem,  conteraplata  est  uni- 
versa  patria.  Tandem  coUegii  principalis, 
et  societatis  regi;e  socius  coaptatus,  scliohe 
prophetamm  ad  annos  sedecim  pari  authori- 
tate  et  lenitate  pra^sidebat ;  donee  raorte  in- 
stantanea  Deo  vis^um  sit  a  filiis  propheta- 
mm dominum  e  lecto  et  somno  in  ctjclum  as- 
sumere,  Maii  tertio,  1724,  actatis,  62. 


CAMBRIDGE,    MASS. 

529.      M.    S.   \^iri  admodiun   reverendi 
pariter    atque  honorandi  Edwakdi    Hox- 
M  2 


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138 

YOKK,  qui  priestanli  decoratus  inojenlo;  doc- 
tiiiia  instmctissimus ;  arte  niodcrandi  ap« 
prime  felix  ;  prffclarus  eloquentia  ;  miia  in 
rebus  suo  tempore  cxcquendis  accuratione 
prajditus ;  moribus  oruatus  sanctissimis, 
integritate  pra'sertini  ab  oniui  parte  iiitacta  ; 
collegii  Haivardini  pra?sidis,  a  jacto  funde- 
mcnto,  undecimi  munus,  amplius  triginta  an- 
nis,  cum  summa  laude  sustinuit  ac  digni- 
tate. 

In  vita  insuprr  privata  edidit  imitandum 
omnibus  exemplum  conjugis  aniantissimi; 
erga  liberos  pietatis  ;  urbanitatis  in  hospites 
ingenua'  comisque  ;  summi  erga  amices  stu- 
dii  et  constantis;  pauperibus  elargiendi 
sfepissime  ;  religionis  erga  Deum,  mediante 
Christo  insignis. 

Vitadcmum  optime  peracta,  animam  Je?u 
commendavit  expiravitquc  Calendis  Juuiis, 
anno  Christi,  1769,  petatif^que  suai  80. 

CAMERlDCiE,    MAES. 

530.  Mrs.  Margaret  ITolyoke,  'wife 
to  the  rev.  Edward  Ilolvoke,  president  of 
Hai-vard  college  and  youngest  daughter  of 
the  hon.  col.  .Tolin  Appleton  of  Ipswich,  late 
deceased,  died,  25  June,  A-  D.  1740,  hav- 


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Ing  entered  her  40  year,  the  19  day  of  March 
last. 


CAMBRIDGE,  MASS. 
331.  Note.— The  rev.  Joseph  Willard,  D.D. 
IjL.  D.  was  born  at  Biddefoi-d,  in  the  District  of 
Maine,  '29  December,  old  style,  173;:.  He  was  a 
son  of  the  rev.  Samuel  Willard,  pastor  of  the  church 
and  congregation  in  that  place,  and  great  grandson 
of  the  rev.  Samuel  VViilard,  who,  for  six  years,  was 
at  the  head  of  Harvard  college.  He  was  a  distin- 
guished pupil  of  the  celebrated  Samuel  Moody,  esq. 
preceptor  of  Dumuier  academy.  He  receivt  d  the 
usual  honours  of  Harvard  in  1TG5  and  176  '.  He  was 
elected  tutor,  in  1766,  and  is  supposed  to  have  been 
one  of  the  most  thorough  Greek  sch;ilars  this  coun- 
try has  produced.  In  1768,  he  was  chosen  a  mem- 
ber of  the  seuatus  academicus.  In  177^,  having 
resigned  his  tut  rship  and  fellowship,  he  was  or- 
dained the  minister  of  the  first  parish  in  Beverly, 
where  he  continued  beloved  and  esteemed  for  his 
literary  and  scientiiick  attainments  and  for  his  pas- 
toral fidelity,  till  the  19  of  December,  1781,  when 
he  was  installed  the  president  of  Harvard  university. 
Here  he  continued  conscientiously  discharging  the 
complex  and  arduous  duties  of  \hat  honourable  and 
im:ortant  station,  with  dignity  and  high  repute, 
to  the  close  of  life. 

President   Willard   was  complimented   with  an 
konorary  merabersbip  in  many  foreign  and  domes^- 


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tick  philosophical,  literary,  and  benevolent  institu- 
tions. He  died,  after  a  few  days'  illness,  while  on 
a  jouniey,  at  iS'ew  Bedford,  25  Septe..  ber,  1804. 
Hi^  remains  were  broiii;ht  to  Cambridge,  where  his 
interment  was  attended  with  great  respect  and 
many  tokens  of  extensive  and  nndissembled  grief. 

A  eulogy  prononnced  by  professor  Webber  toge- 
ther with  the  prayer  at  the  funeral  by  the  rev.  doc- 
tor T,aihrop,  the  sermon  delivered  on  the  succeed- 
ing sabbath  by  the  rev.  doctor  Holmes,  and  a  lec- 
ture, given  by  professor  Pearson,  at  a  subsequent 
period,  before  the  students  of  the  university,  com- 
memorative of  the  worth  of  this  venerable  patri- 
archal character  and  of  many  others,  who  had  been 
distinguished  as  instructers  and  benefactors  of  this 
ancient  seminary,  were  given  to  the  publick. 

To  these  publications  the  reader  is  referred  for 
an  account  of  the  life,  literary  labours,  virtues,  and 
talents  of  the  late  president  "VVillard.  The  limits 
of  this  work  j)reclude  the  possibility  of  doing  full 
justice  to  the  memory  of  this  great  and  good  man  ; 
besides,  there  is  little  occasion  for  the  attempt; 
a  city  set  upon  a  hill  cannot  be  liid, 

CAMBRIDGE,  MASS. 
532.  7Vo/c.~The  rev.  Samuel  Webbeh,  D.D 
the  fourteenth  i)resident  of  Harvard  college,  expir- 
ed, suddenly,  on  the  evening  of  the  17  of  July, 
1!'.!',»,  in  the  r»l  vf-ar  of  his  age.  He  was  a  native  of 
Byl'eld  in  Masbaciiusetts,  where  he  lived  till  about 
ten  years  of  age,  when  his  father  removed  to  Hop- 


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kinton  in  New-Hainpshire.  Here  the  rev.  Elijah 

Fletcher,  pastor  of  the  church  and  congregation  in 
that  place,  became  acquainted  with  the  subject  of 
this  article,  witnessed  tiie  bent  ot  his  mind  for  learn- 
ing, and  the  early  promite  of  his  talents.  I'he  beue.o- 
lence  of  this  worthy  minister  prompted  him  to  af- 
ford every  kindly  aid  to  his  young  friend.  He  took 
hi;n  under  his  particular  patronage  and  fitted  him 
for  admission  into  Harvard  college.  He  received 
the  honours  of  this  academick  institution  in  i7o4 
and  1787.  After  graduation,  he  devoted  his  atten- 
tion to  theology  and  became  a  preacher  of  the  gos- 
pel. For  a  short  time,  he  wag  the  preceptor  of 
Dummer  academy  in  his  native  place.  He  was  thea 
elected  one  of  the  tutors  of  Harvard  university,  left 
the  academy,  returned  to  his  alma  mater,  and  .ier- 
formed  the  duties  of  his  new  office  with  great  ability 
till  17B9,  wiien  he  was  called  to  the  Hollis  pro- 
fessorship of  mathematicks  and  natural  philosophy- 
This  was  a  department  peculiarly  congenial  with 
ills  taste.  He  had  a  thorough  and  familiar  acquain- 
tance with  the  sciences,  which  it  devolved  upon  hiin 
to  teach  ;  a  happy  talent  at  communicating  his  ideas 
in  a  perspicuous  manner  ;  and  no  small  share  of  pa- 
tience, a  virtue  of  the  first  magnitude  in  an  instuc- 
ter  of  youth. 

On  the  death  of  the  learned  and  venerable  presi- 
dent Willard,  the  subject  of  this  memoir,  unexpect- 
edly but  meritoriously,  received  the  suffrages  of  the 
corporation  and  overseers  of  Harvard  university,  as 
his  suBcessor  in  office.    He  was  inaugurated,  in  due 


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form,  on  the  6  of  Maj-,  1306.  Competent  to  what- 
ever he  undertook,  cons^cicntiously  |(Uiictual  and 
faithful  in  the  discharge  of  every  duly,  he  presulcd 
with  dignity  and  reputation  over  this  ancient 
school  of  the  prophets,  and  his  sudden  exit  in  the 
midst  of  his  days  and  usefulness,  was  deeply  la- 
mented. 

The  rev.  Henry  Ware,  D.  D.  Hollis  professor  of 
divinity,  delivered  a  eulogy  at  the  interment  of 
president  Webber,  which  w  as  respectful  to  his  mem* 
ory  and  is  before  the  publick. 

CAMBRIDGE,    MASS. 

533.  Huic  tunmlo  maudantiir  exuviae 
JoiiANNia  WADSvtoRTfi.  A.  M.  Duxbur- 
guy  iiali,  coUejrii  Harvardini  alumni,  cujus 
septcm  per  annos  fidflitcr  iitilissimeque  tu- 
toris  Oiftciuni  pi\Tstitit,  et  modo  aptissiiiio, 
facilliino,  gratissimoquc,  optimis  pra;ccptis 
ac  iiistitutis  juvenum  animos  imbiiit,  mores- 
que  ipsoriim  amice  ac  sedulo  ciiravit.  Ihi- 
jus  temporis  trcs  per  annos  ct  ultra  seuatus 
academi  socii  munera  perite  explevit.  In- 
genio  sagaci  et  aciitissimo  Uteris  scienliis- 
que  penitus  instructo  ;  etiam  facilitate  niira 
scntentias  imperticndi,  omnium  obsci-van- 
tiam  in  sese  attraxit.  Amicitia  in,<:eniia 
Htque  constanti,  et  consuetudinis  suavitate 


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facotiisque,  amor  ac  delieiae  fait  amicorum. 
Inter  alias  virtutes  pictas  crga  parcntcs  et 
aiTectio  fraterna  prsecipuc  fiicnmt  insij^nes. 
Viritamboni  ac  utilis,  oninibusque  cari,  ia 
setatem  senectam  ppes  vitani  produxerat.  Ah, 
spes  inanis  !  Variolis,  illo  geaeris  humaQi 
flao:ello,  correptus,  animam  efflavit,  die  Ju- 
lii  12  mo.  amio  salutis  1777,  atatisque 
SUJE  37. 

CAMBRIDGE,    MASS. 

534.  TuoMiE  Marsh,  armigeri,  sep- 
tuagiuta  annosnati,  quorum  per  viginti  quin- 
que,  apud  collegium  Harvardimun,  tutoris 
docti,  seduli,  et  urbani ;  umictim  etiam  socii 
vigilantis  partes  agebat ;  qui,  officiis  publi- 
cis  diligenter,  domesticis  peramanter  exactis, 
Septembris  vigesimo  secundo,  1780,  in  spe 
revivendi  Christiana  mortem  oppetiit,  reli- 
quiae hoc  tumulo  reconduntur. 


CAMBRIDGE,    MASS. 

An  honest  man's  the  noblest  work  of  God. 

535.     G'uLiELMis  Kneeland,  armiger, 

M.  M.  S.   S.  vir  ingenio  pra^ditus  eximio, 

artibusque  ac  scientiis  penitus  imbutus,  in 

rppublica  literaiia  locum  perinsigaem  jure 


144 

obtirmit.     In  univcrsitate  Haivardiana  olfi- 
ciuni   tutoris  novctn    per   annos  cxornavit. 
Exindc  in  arte  medendi  magna  cum  laude 
erat  vcrsaUis;    atque  socictatis  medkorum 
jRIasfiacluitjetteiisJs   prctses  bis  fiiit  electus. 
Sajrax   ad    res    liominesquc   pcr.spicicndoB» 
multos  rogantes  consilio   adjuvit.      Ofticia 
omnia,  tarn  privata  quani  publica,  fidelitate, 
ordine,  ac  puncto  tcniporis  cont^tituto  pra;- 
stitit.     Amirus   fuit  sincerus,  hospes  liber- 
ali?,  socius  jucundus,  vir  houestiis,   et  pau- 
peruDi  patronus.     Talis  quiim  vixisset  56 
annos  ;    animus  subliniis,  die  secundo   No- 
vrmbris,    1788,   subito   efliigit ;    ast,  eheu, 
quantum  in;2jcniii,  quantum  inteo;ritatis,  quan- 
tum benevolcntia'  terris  couvolavit  ! 

iVo/e. — The  subject  of  the  foregoing  epitaph, 
^vhich  is  attributed  to  the  pen  of  the  rev.  Eliphalet 
Pears  in.  LL.  D.  was  a  native  of  Boston.  Soon  af- 
ter his  decease,  the  following  sketch  appeared  in 
some  of  the  ])ublick  jjazeltes. 

"Doctor  Kneeland,  while  a  cliild,  discovered  a 
capacity  above  the  common  level.  Under  the  care 
of  worthy  and  pious  parents,  he  received  those  im- 
pressions, whicli  were  never  obliterated,  and  whick 
he  ever  acknowledged  with  filial  gratitude.  At 
6ch:inl,  he  outstripped  most  of  his  fellows,  and  was 
exceeded  by  none,    While  a  student  in  the  univer- 


145 

sity,  tlie  eicpansion  of  his  intHlectual  powers  Was 
ecjuai  to  llie  sj.hcie,  in  which  they  were  to  be  dis- 
played, lie  received  tVoni  the  government  of  that 
society  an  ainjile  testimonial  of  bis  attentioQ,  in* 
dnstry,  and  proj:ress  in  litcratuie  and  science,  by 
the  assignment  of  a  distinguished  ^art  in  the  exer- 
cises, irevious  to  his  receiving  ihe  !rst  honours  of 
the  university.  Soon  after,  he  went  thrt  ugh  a  re- 
gular course  of  medical  studies  with  an  eminent 
physician,  whose  api-robation  aud  patroaage  he 
justly  merited.  While  he  was  qualifying  himself 
for  his  profession,  he  ;irdently  pursued  various 
branches  of  science,  acquired  the  character  of  a 
sc'.iolar,  and  became  peculiarly  eminent  in  logick 
and  metaphysicks.  Before  he  entered  on  the  prac- 
tice of  physick,  a  tuturship  in  the  college  bfcaine 
vacant,  and  his  qualifications  pointed  him  out  to 
the  government  of  that  society,  as  the  must  suita- 
ble person  to  till  the  ciTicc.  In  this  a  tield  was  open 
for  the  full  display  of  his  talents.  He  did  not  dis- 
appoint the  fondest  hopes  of  his  friends,  nor  the 
expectation  of  his  electors.  He  showed  himself 
v»'ell  skilled  in  each  de|artment  of  his  office.  He 
oonimunicatcd  his  instructions  with  perspicuity, 
and  governed  with  impartiality ;  and  he  hereby 
coinmanded  the  respect  and  esteem  of  his  pupils. 
Having,  with  dignity  and  approbation,  discharged 
the  duties  cf  his  oUice  about  nine  years,  he  quitted 
it  for  the  pleasures  of  domestick  lite.  His  eminence 
:a  his  profession  was  honourably  recogsized^by  th^e 

TEA'.  I. — YOt   III/  N 


H6 

aicdiciil  sociciy  ol'  Massachusetts,  wiio  rcpcatciUy 
'ilected  liim  their  president.  While  register  of  pro- 
Latc,  the  widow  nnd  orpliaii  had  frequent  experi- 
ence of  his  aid  and  friendship.  His  accuracy,  fideli- 
ty, and  inflexible  integrity,  as  a  civil  magistrate,  and 
in  every  otiicr  department  of  life,  uerc  acknowledg- 
ed hy  all,  who  were  conversant  with  him.  The 
aocial  virtues  formed  a  distinguished  trait  in  his  char- 
acter. Facetious,  ingenuous,  hospitable,  and  agree- 
able, in  his  deportment,  his  acquaintance  was 
sought  and  sedulously  cultivated  Oy  those  of  a  simi- 
lar disposition.  He  wished  the  happiness  of  man- 
kind ;  and  the  society  and  church,  of  which  he  was 
a  member,  experienced,  in  an  especial  manner,  the 
Lenelicial  effects  of  his  benevolent  exertions  in  tlieii 
tchalf.  Truly  eatholick  and  unallccted  in  piety  and 
rievfltion;  he  exemplified  the  rclit;ion,  of  which  ho 
was  a  professor,  by  the  morality  of  his  conduct.  In 
him  was  exhibited  one  of  the  most  striking  evi- 
dences of  the  poet's  observation  ; 

An  honest  man  's  the  noblest  work  of. God. 

NORTIIBOROUGH,    MASS. 

536.  Here  lie  buried  tlie  remains  of  rab- 
bi JcDAH  IMoNi?,  A.  I\{.  late  Flebrew  in- 
structer  at  Harvard  collen:c  in  Cambridse, 
in  which  office  lie  continued  40  years.  He 
was,  by  birth  and  religion,  h  Jew  ;  but  em- 
braced the  christian  faith,  and  was  publickly 
baptized,  at    Cambrid.<,'e,    A.  D.  1722.   ncd 


i4r 

departed  this   life,  23    April,    17G4,   aged 
eighty  one  years,  tAvo  mouths,  and  twenty- 
cne  days. 
A  native  branch  of  Jaoob  see, 

AV'liich  once  from  otf  its  olive  broke  ; 
Regrafted  from  the  livrngtree,    Rom.  11.  IT,  24. 

Of  the  reviving  sup  pano6k: 
From  teeming  Zion's  fertile  womb.     Is.  66.  8. 
As  dewy  drops  in  early  morn,     Ps.  110.  29. 
Or  rising  bodies  from  the  tomb,      John  5.  ^8, 29 

At  once,  be  Israel's  nation  born.  Is.  66.  8. 
Note. — Mr.  Monis  was  from  the  south  of  Europe. 
He  was  naturalized  at  the  city  of  New-York,  21 
February,  1715,  as  appears  by  the  original  instru- 
ment, containing  his  sign  manual,  now  in  the  ar- 
chives of  the  New- York  Historical  Society.  At  the 
time  he  was  baptized,  he  delivered  a  discourse  ea- 
titled  The  truth,  the  whole  truth  and  nothing  but  the 
truth,  which  was  published  and  is  occasionally  still 
to  be  seen  in  some  of  the  libraries  of  the  New-Eng- 
land antiquaries.  He  was  iiso  the  author  of  a  Hebrew 
grammar,  which  was: formerly  used  at  Harvard  col- 
lege. 

Mr.  Monis  married  miss  Abigail  Marrctt  of  Cam- 
bridge, who  died,  27  October,  1760,  in  the  60  year 
of  her  age.  After  her  decease,  he  resigned  his  office 
in  college  and  removed  to  Northboroiigh,  where 
he  spent  the  residue  of  his  days  in  the  family 
of  the  rev.  John  Martyn,  whose  wife  was  a 
■Fi*t':r  of  mrs.  Monis.    In  his  will,  [see  Whitnftv's 


148 

Hist.  Worcester.]  he  made  an  honourable  bequest  lt» 
the  ciiiirch  in  iN'ortbborongh,  and  (o  seven  minis- 
ters of  the  gospel,  uhoiii  he  particularly  esteemed. 
He  also  gave  one  hundred  and  twenty  s^ix  pounds, 
as  a  fund,  the  interest  of  which  was  to  be  distributed, 
from  time  to  time,  among  the  widows  of  cierj;ymcn 
left  in  indigent  ciicumstances.  The  remainder  of 
hi.>i  estate,  as  he  hud  no  children,  he  gave  to  his 
wife's  connexions. 

lie  was  hasty  in  his  temper  and  often  spoke  with 
severity  to  the  yuung  gentlemen  of  the  college.  As 
a  beiiover  in  Christianity,  there  was  no  reason  to 
doubt  his  sinccr.ty.  In  the  prospect  of  death,  how- 
ever, he  not  un frequently,  iu  his  exclamations,  used 
to  call,  in  a  Jewish  style,  upon  falhtr  Abraham.  At 
pul)lick  worship  he  appeared  devout,  repeating  after 
the  minister,  in  a  low  voice,  the  words  of  his 
prayer. 

Kabbi  Monis  was  styled  the  Hebrew  insimctcr 
of  Harvard  college,  no  professorship  for  any  of  the 
oriental  languages  having  Lcen  established  at  that 
seminary  till  after  the  time  of  his  resignation.  When 
the  H  incock  profess'>rshi.>  wasfjunded, the  late  Ste- 
phen Sewall,  A.M.  became  the  ilrst  incumbent,  a 
mail,  who,  for  knouiege  of  the  oriental  languages 
waseiual,  if  not  sii;ierior,  to  that  of  any  native 
American.  The  epitaph  at  the  head  of  this  article 
was  written  by  mr.  .'Jew.ill. 

CAMBRlt  t,    MASS. 

5ST.  A'o/<»,~After  the  resignation  of  mr.  Monis,  the 


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TBebrew  instructer,  Thomas  Hancock,  esq.  an  opu- 
lent merchant  in  Boston,  having  established  from 
his  munificence  a  professorship  of  the  Hebrew  and 
other  oriental  languages,  at  Harvard  college, 
Stephen  Sewali,,  A.  M.  was  the  unrivalled  can- 
didate for  an  appointment  upon  this  honourable  and 
important  fuundution.  His  installation  in  the  office 
took  place  in  1765. 

He  was  a  native  of  York,  in  the  District  of  Maine, 
and  was  the  sixth  son  and  youngest  child  of  Nicho- 
las Sewali.  He  was  born  at  a  little  village  called 
:Vewtown,  about  two  miles  from  the  York  county 
'.ourthousc.  His  father,  a  reputable  character,  was 
a  tanner,  and  attended  to  the  business  of  his. trade, 
at  the  same  time,  cultivating  a  small  farm,  which  he 
owned  in  connexion  with  his, tan  yard. 

iS'ichoIas  Sewal!,  the  father  of  the  professor,  of 
whose  ancestry  an  account  may  be  seen  in  the  SS5 
article  of  this  work,  married  Mehetabel  Storer,  a 
daughter  of  Samuel  Storer  of  Wells,  hy  whom  he  • 
had  these  ten  children,  born  between  1714  and  1734, 
in  this  order;  Samuel,  John,  Hannah,  Thomas, 
William,  Mehetabel,  Henry,  Jane,  Sarah,  Stephen. 

Nicholas  Sewali  died  at  the  age  of  about  50  years, 
and  his  widow  having  married  mr.  Preble,iin  1768. 

Henry  Sewali,  esq.  of  York,  a  gentleman  well 
known  for  his  attention  to  aetronomical  calculations 
and  as  a  clerk  of  the  court,  by  whose  aid  the  gene- 
alogical notices  of  the  Sewalls  in  this  work  has 
been  made,  is  a  son  of  Henry  and  grandson  of  Ni^ 
cholas  Sewali. 

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150 

Professor  Sewnll  scrvoil  aa  apprenliccsliip  at  the 
trutle  i.'f  a  oiner,  and  was  noted  for  his  diligence 
and  ingenuity.  He  was  from  early  life,  extremely 
fond  of  books,  and  devoted  all  his  leisure  to  read- 
ing. After  completing  his  twenty-first  year,  he 
was  taken  under  the  tuition,  and  cxi)erienced  the 
friendshio  of  the  celebrated  mastiM-  .Moody.  By  the 
progress  he  made  in  his  studies,  and  the  eminence 
to  which  he  arose,  as  a  linguist,  he  was  an  honour 
to  his  native  place,  to  his  jtrtceptor,  to  his  ahiia 
niater,  and  to  his  country.  No  native  Ameri- 
can, previous  to  his  day,  had  ever  so  accurate,  and, 
at  the  same  time,  so  extensive  an 'acjuaintance 
with  all  the  learned  languages  of  the  east.  In  the 
P.V.'af  ei  gnUulaliv  call.  Cantab,  apud  IVovanglos,  liis 
Gn-ek  ode^  were  highly  complimented  by  the  Eng- 
lish reviewers.  His  lexicon  for  tlie  Chaldee.  fonnd 
in  several  parts  of  the  <Jlil  Testament,  ouclit  to  be 
published,  .jne  fair  copy  of  this  is  lodged  in  the 
lii-rary  of  Harvard  college,  and  another,  which  he 
presented  to  the  author  of  this  Collection,  is  in  the 
library  of  the  N.  V.Ilis.  Soc.  His  ureek  prosody, 
the  only  complete  copy  of  which  is  in  Harvard  col- 
lege library,  was  tlie  fruit  of  close,  long,  and  critical 
in\  estigation.  'i'he  rotigh  draught  copy,  which  he 
gave  ihc  author  of  this  work,  contains  a  list  of  sixty 
ports  and  poetesses,  whose  works  he  read  with 
the  utmost  attention,  and  with  the  express  de- 
aigii  to  ascertain  the  quantity  of  the  tircek  vowels 
in  every  poisibie  ciise.    I'he  result  was  a  systcia  oc 


I5i 

this  Mibjcct,  wiiich  certaiiiJy  oui'ut  not  to  have  re- 
inaineil  tiil  tiiis  time  unknown  to  the  world. 

rr.jfersor  Seivdi's  lectures  in  j^cneral,  consisted  of 
various  ingenious  and  interesting  ilisiiuisitions  on 
suiiilry  parts  oltbe  original  of  the  scriptures.  He 
wrote  in  an  easy,  perspicUniis,  and  neat  style.  From 
tlie  specimens  printed,  it  is  desirable  that  a  selection 
of  his  lectures  should  be  published,  as  they  would, 
uo  doubt,  be  useful  to  inquisitive  scholars,  and  a 
respectful  monument  of  the  excellence  and  extent 
of  his  talents  and  acquirements. 

He  was  honoured  with  an  epistolary  correspond 
dnice  with  Kennicott,  Gcbelin,  and  other  distin- 
gui-^hod  foreign  orientalists.  Gebelin,  author  of 
31onde.Primilif,  was  particularly  gratified  by  the  re- 
ception of  a  copy  of  the  celebrated  c/mrflf/ers  on  Digh- 
ton  rock,  which  professor  Sewall  t0()k  with  great 
care,  and  transmitted  to  him.  His  learned  correspon- 
dent pronounces  those  characters  Phenician,  in  one 
of  his  letters,  and  refers  to  the  seventh  volume  of 
his  works  for  his  further  ideas  relative  to  them. 

The  subject  of  this  article  married  Rebecca  Wig- 
giesv.orth,  daughter  of  the  first  Hoilis  jtrofessor  of 
theology  at  Harvard  college.  His  children  died  in 
infancy.  At  length  his  worthy  consiirt  left  him  a 
sorrowful  widower.  His  nervous  sys-tem  had  become 
affected  with  the  intenseness  of  application.  He  found 
relief  from  ardent  spirits,  and  was  suspected  by 
some  to  have  made  an  undue  use  of  them.  If  this 
t\ere  the  case,  he  must  have  been  betrayed  uruvit- 
tijigly  into  such  a  dreadful  calamity,  for  no  one  could 


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express  r»  greater  aljhorrencc  at  any  tiling  like 
intemperance,  than  he  has  done  to  the  writer  of  this 
memoir.  A  person,  whose  nerves  are  in  a  perpetual 
tremor  from  a  long  and  laborious  prying  into  the  ra- 
niilicationsand  import  of  words  in  Latin,  Greek,  He- 
brow, Syriac,Arabick, Clialdee,  Samaritan,  E'hiopidk, 
and  Persick,  may,  to  the  careless  observer,  seem  like 
one  under  the  inlluence  of  inebriety.  His  feelings, 
however,  were  certainly  very  much  hurt  at  the  impu- 
taton,  and  whether  just  or  unjust,  he  thought  it  best, 
in  1785,  to  resign  his  professorship,  especially  as  his 
Tfiealth  was  gready  impaired.  He  spent  theTemain- 
der  of  his  days  secluded,  in  a  great  measure,  from 
the  world,  in  meditation  and  dcv(Hion,  and,  as  his 
health  admitted,  in  translating  the  first  book  of 
Young's  Night  Thoughts  into  Latin  hexauielei-, 
•:om|)iling  a  Greek  and  Engli'-h  lexicon,  aiul  no- 
ting the  variations  of  the  magnctick  needle. 

He  was  about  the  middle  size  as  to  stature.  His 
thick  and  well  set  locks,  white  as  the  driven  snow, 
gave  him,  with  his  open,  mild,  and  pleasant  coun- 
tenance, a  most  venerable  aspect. 

He  departed  this  life,  ^.'i  July,  1801,  having 
entered  on  the  71  year  cti  his  age.  His  pupils  will 
long  remember  him  as  one  of  the  most  engaging, 
,pleasit;g,  and  conmuinicativc  instructeis,  whicli  this 
tDr  any  other  country  has  ever  produced. 


CAMERIDGE,    MASS. 

53d.     Ic  memory  of  Samuel  Shapleigb, 


Ij'6 

A.  M.  born  in  Kitteiy,  a  virtuous  soq,  faitk- 
iul  librarian,  ami  liberal  benctictor  of  Har- 
vard college,  Avho  died,  16  April,  1800,  aged 
33  years. 

^Tote, — yiv.  Shapleigh  was  left  an  orphan  at  an 
early  age.  He  was  distinguished  from  childhood 
for  his  amiable  disj-OFition  and  for  his  modest  and 
inobtrusive  deportment.  Diligence,  sobriety,  and 
eummendalle  literary  and  scientiMck  attainmenu 
marked  his  collegiate  com-se.  He  was  graduat- 
ed in  1789.  la  1793,  he  was  elected  librarian 
of  his  alma  mater  and  sustained  the  office  to  the 
close  of  life.  In  hi*-  last  will,  having  no  near  rela« 
tives,  who  needed  his  bounty,  he  beiiueathcd  all  he 
po&sessed,  amounting  to  >g:J0OO,  after  s;  ccify.ng 
a  few  small  legacies  to  some  p-iri:cu'ar  friends, 
to  tiie  corporation  cf  Harvard  cidie^e.  The  inter' 
est  of  this  generous  beiiofaction  is  to  be  annually 
vested  in  modern  publications  for  the  increast*  of 
the  college  library,  which  at  present  consists  of 
more,  than  1500<.»  volumes  and,  if  not  the  largest, 
is  unquestionably  the  most  valuable  of  any  in 
America. 

CAMBRIDGE,    MASS. 

539.  Presented  to  the  rev.  Joseph 
M'Kean,  by  a  number  of  his  friends  and 
late  parishioners,  of  3Iilton,  as  a  teEtimouial 
r»f  their  affection,  and  to  express  how  deep- 


ly  ihty   regret  his  separation   from   theci, 
•1804. 

JVolc. — This  inscription  i«  from  a  valuable  piece 
of  plate.  'J1ie  rev.  inr  M'K<iin,  now  Tloyl.vlon  pro- 
fessor of  rhetorick  und  oratory  at  Harvard  univer- 
sity, was  ordained  over  the  church  and  congrega- 
tion at  Milton,  on  the  1  of  November,  1797.  His 
lieailh  being  inucli  impaired,  he  asked  a  dismission 
fioni  his  parochial  charge,  whicli  was  honourably 
granted,  with  a  iiandsonie  recommendation,  undcr 
t  lie  sanction  of  a  venerable  ecclesiastical  council,  of 
which  the  rev.  di)c.  Lathrop  was  moderator,  on 
the  3  of  October,  180i. 

•CAMBRIDGE,    MASS. 

540.  Huic  sepulchro  niandanliir  exiiviee 
Jahacobi  Sfieafe  WiLiiARD,  rev.  prses. 
Josc[)lii  Wiliardfllii  ^  juvcnis  ingcnio  solido 
pr3  diti,  probitate  et  virtute  coiispicui,  tem- 
poris  in  usii  assidui,  sodalil)us  omflibus  dilec- 
ti,  matris,sororuiTi,  ct  fratram  spei. 

Ah  spem  dolosara  !  Morbo  crudeli  subito 
correptus  animam  ('fflavit  spt  ininiortalitatis 
beatae  firmissinia,  anno  cursus  academici 
tertio,  die  Julii  26,  anno  sahilis  1805,  ata- 
lis  18. 

No!e. — This  inscription  was  written  by  Sidney 
Willard,  A.  M.  Hancock  professor  of  the  oriental 
languages  at  Ilorvaid  naivcrsity,  and  brother  of  tht 


155 

Jtaiable  and  endearing  youth,  whose  memory  he  ba>^ 
30  justly  and  aflcctionately  embalmed. 


CAMBRIDGE,    MASS. 

341.  M.S.  die  7  mo.  Julii,  A.  I).  1310; 
ineuntc  aetatis  anno  27  mo.  obiit  acadeniia^ 
HarvardinjE  alumnus,  Sami/el  HARinSjpatro 
Samuel  Harris  et  matre  Sarah,  natus  Bos- 
toniae.  Litcraruni  a  pucro  mire  studiosus  : 
et  vixdum  adultus omnibus  fere  linj:;ui3  orien- 
talibus  eruditus,  return  antiquamm  abdita  el 
mirabilia  quibus  maxime  delectaretur  cu- 
riosc  et  feliciter  perscrutatiis,  rrcteris  sua^ 
ffitatis  facile  prajcelliiit..  Cum  spes  amicorum 
maxima  foveretur  futurum  patriae  honorera 
ct  dccns,  cursu  academico  jam  prope  pcrac- 
la,  iiifelioi  morte  correptus,  fluctibus  CaroU 
fluminis  subniervsus,  elieu  !  niortaliii  reliquit, 
Tauta  illi  pictas  et  benevolentia,  tanta  mo- 
ium  suavitas,  tanta  modestia,  ut  nullum  suis, 
\  el  amandi  viviis,  vel  mortiuis  lugcndi  statue- 
lit  modum.  Hoc  Uteris,  hoc  moribus,  hoc 
eximise  virtuti,  amicitias  quam  irapar  monu- 
jiientum  !  sacraverunt  juveries,  amici,  so- 
tlales.  Heu  !  quanto  minus  est  cum  aliis 
'^r?ari,  quam  tui  mcnmiissc. 


I5f> 


CAMBRIDGE,  MASt?. 
342,  Nvle. — The  sljin,  which  hionght  the  char- 
ter to  Massachusetts  with  tlie  hoiiuuraUle  Jnhii 
WiiithiO|),  the  first  govetnour  of  that  sccliun 
of  America,  also  ccinvcyed  a  .Sto.vk  Mvg,  mounted 
witli  silver,  which  is  carefully  prei-erved  hy  the  h.m. 
"William  Winthrop,  and  is  valuahle  on  account  of 
its  anti'julty  and  the  celebrity  of  the  personages,  to 
Avlioni  it  has  belonged.  A  scrip  of  paper  acc,j;:> 
panies  it  containJng  the  subjoined  passage  in  tlie 
autograj'hy  of  Adam  Winthrop,  son  of  Adam  Win- 
tlirop  of  Onjtnn  in  treat  Britain,  and  father  ofgo- 
vernourJohn  V/iulhrop,  from  whoai  have  descended 
many  distinguished  for  their  patriotism,  literature, 
and  science,  and  for  the  various  offices  of  honour 
and  trust  they  have  sustained  in  each  successive 
generation. 

At  ye  feast  of  St.  Mich,,  an.  1007,  niy 
sistf;r,  ye  lady  jMildmay  did  give  me  a  stoae 
pott  tipped  and  covered  "vvith  a  siiyer  lydd. 

BOSIO.\,    MASS. 

543.  M.  S.  Fauncisc-s:  Shirley,  quarn 
vir,s;incm  omnium  adniirationi  coiDincndavit 
exiuiiiis  forma"  nitor,  farailiariuin  veto  eti- 
am  amori  gratior  venicna  in  piilchro  corpon:; 
virtus;  quam  miptam  fides  intemerata,  amor 
sincerus,  rcrum  domesticarum  [)rudci!s  ad- 
niiiiistratio.  Indoles  suavitsinia  in  tantum 
marito  devinxerunt  v.\.  cor  ejus  in  ilia  liiti=« 


157 

'?)ine  confitlerit  5  quam  inatrcm  nulla  priiui 
habuit  rura  quam  ut  liberonim  aaimos 
pi-iestantissimis  moribus  inibuerat  quod  et 
gtreuup  laboiavit  et  feliciter  ;  quam  demuni 
in  omni  vita;  statuet  conditione,  summa  ingenii 
clpgantia  quicquid  decorum  atquc  honcstuiu 
Jili2;cnter  excolentis,  quicquid  vanum  con- 
tra et  leve  serio  aversantip,  morum  simplici- 
1  as  Candida,  pictas  infucata,  in  egenos  liber- 
iilitas,  in  omncs  bcncvolcntia,  dolorum  tolei- 
antia,  voluptatum  tcmperantia,  cmnis  de- 
nique  ct  omninioda  virtus,  ut  amabilem  fe- 
ccnint  oiriiiibus,  ita  amorem  ipsum  et  delici- 
as  luijus  provincial  vivam,  dcsiderium  tri^te 
et  insolabile  reddiderunt  mortuani.  Mari- 
!um  liabuit  Gulielmum  Shirley,  hujus  pro- 
vincia:  pia'fectum,  queni  filiis  quatuor  filia- 
busque  quiaquc  beavit ;  e  stirpe  gcnerosa 
•iata  est  Londini,  1 092,  denata  Dorcestriit; 
,Ma2sachusettensium  prid.  kal.  Sept.  17  40, 
In  coniinuni  hujus  oppidi  ca3nieterio  condi  s 
ipsius  exuvia;  felicem  ad  mclioreni  vitam  re- 
•.litum  expectant. 

Juxta  liauc  prBestantissimam  matrem  posi- 
turn  est  quicquid  mortale  fuit  filiaj  natu  se- 
f.undiB,  Francisca;  Bollan,  Gulielmi  Bollan.^ 

JEX.   I.— VOL    III.  O 


armigcn,  in  curia  vice  admiralilatis  apiuV 
Massac!) uscttsenscsiopii  advocati,  nuperux- 
ovis,  quain  virtus  ct  forma  excellens,  prii- 
dcntia  ct  iriofcnium  cxcultum,  pictas  ct 
mores  suavisr-imi,  dilectissimum  omnibus, 
dum  ill  vivis  I'uit,  fmxerunt.  Spatiolo  vita\ 
heu  breve,,  pevcurso,  annum  quippe  vix 
quartum  supra  vicesimum  attigit,  primo  in 
partu  diem  obiit  supremum  12  kal.  Martias, 
17-44,  marito,  parentibus,  amicis,  ingens 
;ui  dcsideriurn  relinquens. 

Niitt. — This  inscription  anJ  the  next  following 
were  taken  irom  elegant  tablets  within  the  walls  of 
Kind's  Chapel  in  Boston. 

BOSTON,  MASP. 

j44.  M.  S.  Carou  Aptiioup,  qui  pa- 
terfamilias prudons  et  liberalis  mercator  in- 
tegerrimus,  insigni  probitatc  civis,  inter  hu- 
jiis  ffidis  instauratorcs  prajcipue  munificus^ 
sincera  fide  et  larga  caritate  christiamis^ 
obiifsexagenarius  11  Nov.  1758,  repenting- 
et  suis  immalura  morte  praneptus.  Nc  tan- 
tiarum  virtutum  memoria  et  exemplum  ob- 
solerct;  vidua  ct  15  liberi  superstitcs  lio< 
^nv'Tior  o.morj«  '^t  pi^t9ti«  rr'onuTnf>nliirn  P  7' 


I0i» 

BOaTOK,  JIASa> 

j-13.  Pro  republica  semper.  Sacred  to  the 
memory  of  Samuel  Vassall,  vh(\.  of  Lon- 
don, merchant,  one  <»f  the  original  proprie- 
tors of  the  lands  of  this  country,  a  steady 
and  undaunted  assertor  of  the  liberties  of 
England.  In  1028,  he  Avas  the  fixit,  Avho 
boldly  refused  to  submit  to  the  tax  of  ton- 
nage and  poundage,  an  unconstitutional  claim 
of  the  croAvn  arbitrarily  imposed  ;  for  which, 
to  the  ruin  of  his  family,  his  goods  were 
seized  and  his  person  imprisoned  by  the  star 
chamber  court.  He  was  chosen  to  represent 
the  city  of  1/ondon  in  two  successive  parlia- 
ments, Avhich  met,  13  April  and  3  Novem- 
ber, 1640.  The  parliament  in. luly,  1641. 
voted  10445  pounds  12  shillings  and  2  pence 
for  his  damages  and  resolved  that  he  should 
be  further  considered  for  his  personal  suffer- 
ings ,  but  the  rage  of  the  times  and  the  neg- 
lect of  proper  applications  since  have  left  to 
his  family  only  the  honour  of  that  vote  and 
resolution.  He  was  one  of  tlie  largest  sub- 
scribers to  raise  money  against  the  rebels  in 
Ireland.  All  these  facU  may  be  seen  in  the 
^V^urnals  of  the  house  of  commons.     He  ■wa'^ 


160 

the  son  of  the  gallant  .(olin  Va.'sall,  Avho,  in 
1588,  at  liis  own  expense,  fitted  out  and 
commanded  two  ships  of  war,  with  -wliicli  hr 
joined  the  royai  uavj  to  oppose  the  Spanish 
armada. 

This  monument  was  erected  by  his  preat 
grnndson,  Florcntius  Vassall,  esq.  of  the  isl- 
and of  '  aniaiea,  now  residing  in  England, 
May,  ned. 

Ntiic — The  foregoing  inscription  is  from  an  ele- 
gant marble  monument,  uilhin  thr  walls  of  Kind's 
thapel,  surmounted  with  the  hc;ul  ofmr.  Vassall 
iicotly  wrought,  and  furnished  with  various  cuhle- 
mutick  appurtenances  and  devices. 

BOSTON,    MASS. 

j46.  JVcte — The  principal  incidents  in  the  life, 
with  the  leading  traits  in  the  character,  of  i  zekiel 
Cheever,  the  learned,  and  celelirated  master  of  the 
ancientLatin  grammar  school  in  Boston,  are  broui^ht. 
to  view  in  the  following  epitaph,  probably,  written 
by  doctor  Cotton  Mather,  which  was  designed  to 
perpetuate  a  remciiibrance  of  his  'sterling  worth. 

EzEKiEL  CxiEEVERus,  ludima«ister,  pvj- 
mo,  Neo  portensis  ;  deinde,  Ips-viccnsis;  po£- 
tea,  Carolotenensis;  postremo,  Bostoneiisis  5 
cujus  doctrinam  ac  virtiitem  nostvi,  si  sif 
NovsngiuF.  colis,  si  non   Barabus;    gram-. 


lt>l 

^mticus,  a  quo,  non  pure  tanlum,  sed  tt 
pie,  loqui;  rhcloii  ns,  a  quo  non  tantum 
ornate  clicci-c  coram  honiiiubus,  scd  et  era- 
tioues  coram  Deo  iuuderc  efFiracissimas ; 
poeta,  a  quo  non  tantum  carmina  pangere,  sed 
et  cailestcs  hymno?,  odasq.  angelicas  canere, 
didicerunt  qui  discere  voluerunt ;  luccrna, 
ad  quaiD  acccnsa  sunt,  quir.  qucat  numcrarr, 
<|uot  ecclesjaruni  lumina?  et  qui  secum  cor- 
pus thcologije  abslulit,  periiissimus  tlieolc- 
gus,  corpus  liic  suum  j;ibi  minus  charunr, 
deposuit.  Vixit  aiinos  94.  Docuit  annos  70. 
Obiit  A.  D.  1705),  et  quod  mori  potuit,  heic 
*xpcctat  exoplatq.  primam  sanctorum  resur- 
jectiop.em  ad  imiiJortalitaioKi.  Exuviis  dcbe- 
-tur  Ijonos  inirionalitatcra  primam. 

Doctor  Cotton  Jlntlier  prpacheJ  his  funeral  ser- 
mon,wliich  abounds  in  learned  and  apposite  quota- 
tions Troin  ancient  anthors  ar,d  liigh  en-coniinins  Uf>- 
■on  his  much  revered  preceptor,  from  the  close  cl' 
^^rhwh  the  Rnbseqnent  paragraphs  are  added. 

"  Out  of  the  school  he  was  one,  antiqnafide  prii- 
ds  moribns,  a  clinstian  of  tlic  old  fashion,  an  eld 
r^w  English  christian ;  and,  T  may  tell  yon,  that 
he  wag  as  venerable  a  3:ght  as  the  v/orld  since  the 
days  of  primitive  Christianity  lias  ever  looked  upon. 

"  He  was  well  studied  in  t!ie  body  of  divinity,  an 
able  defender  of  the  faith  and  order  of  the  gospel, 
O  2 


162 

uotn'uly  conversant  and  acquainted  with  sciiptiiihl 
prophecies,  and,  by  cont^equence,  a  sober  chiliaf^t. 

"  He  lived,  as  a  master,  the  term,  which  has 
been,  for  above  three  thiunand  years,  assiijiied  lur  the 
life  of  man.  He  coutiiiucd,  iintu  tlie  niiiPty-fourtli 
year  of  his  .-ic;e,  an  unusual  instance  of  liveliness  ; 
kis  intellectual  tVnce  :is  little  abated  as  his  natural. 
He  exeuiplilicd  the  lulfdment  of  that  word,  as  ih) 
day  so  shall  thy  strength  be,  in  the  i;loss,  which 
the  Terusaleni  Targum  has  put  upon  it;  as  thou 
wast  in  the  days  of  thy  youth,  such  thou  shalt  be  in 
thy  old  age,  the  reward  of  his  IVuitfulness,  for  fruc- 
tus  liberat  arborem;  the  product  of  his  temperance, 
rathei',  than  uhal  my  lord  Verulam  assigns  as  a 
rer?on  for  vivaciMus  scholars. 

"Death  must  now  do  its  part.  He  died  longin^;^ 
lor  death.  Jur  old  Simeon  waited  for  it,  that  he 
jii'^iit  get  nearer  to  the  consolation  of  Israel.  H.- 
Jiid  leaning,  like  old  Jacob,  upon  a  staff ;  the  sac* 
ritice  and  the  righteousness  of  a  glorious  Christ,  lif: 
let  us  know,  was  the  golden  staff  which  he  leaned 
upon.  He  died  mourning  for  the  quick  apostacy, 
which  lie  saw  breaking  in  upon  us ;  very  easy  about 
bis  own  eternal  happiness,  but  full  of  distress  fur  a 
poor  people  here  under  the  displeasure  of  heaven, 
for  former  iniquities  he  thought,  as  well  as  latec 
ones.  To  say  no  more,  he  died  a  candidate  for  thu 
firyt  resurrection.  And  verily  our  land  is  weaken- 
ed when  those  fiy  away,  at  whose  flight  we  may 
cry  out,  njy  father,  my  father,  thechaviots  of  Ncn- 
Englaud  and  the  borsciaea  liiereof.'' 


IbJj 


UOSTON,    MASS. 

547.  Here  lyelh  the  body  of  major  Tho- 
mas Savagi:,  aged  75  years,  deceased  thc 
15  of  February  1681-2.  Repaired  by  Isaac 
Winslow,  1800. 

Note. — Major  Savage  left  England  in  the  reign  of 
Charles  I.  ami  was  an  ufficer  in  the  colonial  wars 
with  the  aborigines  of  tiiis  country.  He  had  two 
brothers,  one  of  whom  was  the  rev.  Arthur  Savage, 
dean  of  Carlisle. 

After  his  arrival  in  3Iassachnselts,  he  married, 
for  his  first  wife.  Faith  Hutcliinson,  by  whom  he  haj 
four  sonii  and  three  (laughters.  His  second  wife  was 
a  daughter  of  the  rev.Zechariah  Symmes  of  Charles- 
town,  by  whom  he  had  several  children. 

BOSTON,    T.IASS. 

.^4S.  Xotc. — Rev.  Tuojias  Tiiacueh,  bon  of 
icv.  Peter  Thacher  of  Saruni,  in  England,  was 
born,  1  ?Iay,  16^0.  He  arrived  at  Boston,  4  June, 
16Sj,  and  married,  for  liis  first  wife,  a  daughter  of 
the  rev.  Ralph  Partridge  of  Duxboroiigh.  He  was 
ordained  at  Weymouth,  2  January,  1644,  and  in 
1669,  v.-iis  removed  to  Boston,  where  he  became  the 
iirst  minister  of  the  Old  South  Church.  By  his  first 
wife  he  had  two  sons,  rev.  Peter  Thacher  of  Milton 
and  rev.  Ralph  Thacher  of  Martha's  Vineyard. 
I\Iather  in  speaking  of  him  says  that  he  was  one, 
who,  with  his  prayers,  did  cxlicni  lundsre  ct  missricor- 
diaxn  extormiere. 


lo'i 

BOSTON,    MASS. 

J49.  Here  lycth  intened  the  body  of 
Jacob  Siieafe,  of  Boston,  ulio  for  bume 
time  lived  at  Crambiock,  in  Kent,  in  Ould 
Infiland.  He  deceased,  the  22  oi  3Iai(;h, 
1G58,  aged  58  years. 


BOSTON,  MASS. 

550.  Elisha  Broavn,  of  Boston,  -who 
in  October,  1769,  during  17  days,  inspired 
■with  a  generous  zeal  for  the  laws,  Inavcly 
and  successfully  opposed  a  whole  British  re- 
giment, in  their  violent  attempt  to  force  liim 
from  his  legal  habitation.  Happy  citizen, 
uhen  called  singly  to  be  a  barrier  to  tlie  li- 
berties of  a  continent ! 

Note. — This  inscription  seems  to  exhibit  sonie- 
tiiing  more  like  tiie  fictions  of  romaticc,  tliaii  rriil 
history.  The  fact,  iiowcvcr,  is,  that  nir.  IJrown, 
in  1769,  when  the  Biiti.'h  troojis  were  quaitercil  in 
Bufton,  possessed  a  valuable  estate  at  the  south 
part,  of  the  town.  These  troops,  having  selected 
mr.  Brown's  situation,  as  peculiarly  advantageous 
for  their  use,  and  his  mansion,  as  a  convenient  cdilicc 
for  a  barrack,  surrounded  it,  and  continued  their 
-iege  for  seventeen  days  ;  but,  all  other  occupants 
being  withdrawn,  he  secured  the  doors,  ai.d  uin- 
^ows  in  the  lower  :tory,  with  bolts  and   /;ar?,  a^j^j 


mione  vesisted  the  opposing  British  torco  !  In  all 
this  time,  he  had  nothing  for  his  sustEnancc,  except 
such  articles  as  liis  friends  found  means  to  throw 
into  his  window  I  [See  Omnium  Gatherum.] 

BOSTON,    MASS. 

551.     A  trophy  from  the  wijrwam  of  king 

Philip,  Mhen  he  -jvas  slain,  in  1676,  i>y 

Richard.  Presented  by  Eleazer  Richard, 
his  grandson. 

IVole. — The  foregoing  is  a  copy  of  the  inscription, 
neatly  gilt,  on  a  wooden  Bowl,  now  an  article  in 
the  cabinet  of  the  Mas«.  His.  Soc.  which  belonged 
to  Philip,  the  sachem  of  the  Waraponoag  tribe  of 
Indians.  This  lordlj- dish  is  made  of  oak,  and  will 
contain  about  six  quarts,  which  was  indeed  a  goodly 
quantity,  Avhether  of  nokehifce,  appoon,  nausamp, 
or  6ukl(cla«b,  for  the  breakfast  of  his  tawny  ma- 
jesty. 

BOSTON,  MAS3. 
552.  Note. — In  different  parts  of  the  taost  spa- 
cious room  in  Fa\euil  Hall,  the  subsequent  in- 
.scriptions  are  to  be  found.  Here,  also,  i?  to  be  seen 
in  one  conspicuous  situation  an  elegant  full  length 
portrait  of  the  illustrious  Washington,  and,  in  anoth- 
er, that  of  Peter  Faneiiii,  esq.  whose  munificence 
gave  rise  to  the  building,  which  bears  his  name,  and 
■-f!  which  was  first  rocked  the  cradle  of  American 


liberty  and  irnlependpnco.  On  two  liaii(1souiely 
painted  pillars  are  the  lollowiny  names  ;  on  one, 

AMES,  SUMXi;n,  BOWIKJIN,  TRl'MBULI,,  WAYNE, 
MERCEH,  MONTGoMrRV,  PUT.VAJI,  SULLIVAN, 
SIOnCA.\,    GATK5,    WAIll),    WOObTtll  ; 

on  the  other, 

ISRAEL,  SOJIERS,  WlI>SWORTII,  PRTBLE,  LAW- 
BEXCE,    MAXLr,    LITTLE,    BARRi',    MCGFORD. 

He  that  outlived  that  day,  and  came  safe  back 
From  those  sharp  conflictF,  which  the  same  assured, 
Shall  st.and  on  tiptoe,  when  that  day  is  named, 
And  rouse  him  at  the  sound  of  independence. 

They  who  lived  through  those  times  and  sec  old  age.- 
Shall  yearly  feast  among  their  couiitiymen,  [scars. 
And  some  shall  strip  their  fleeves  and  show  iheir 

Familiar  in  our  mouths,  as  household  words, 
Shall  be  the  names  of  Wabhinj^ton,  and  Warren. 
Hancock,  and  Adams,  Hamilton,  and  Green, 
Knox,  Franklin,  Lincoln,  and  full  many  others 
Shall  in  our  flowing  cups  be  fresh  remembered. 
Our  independence,  then,  ne'er  go  by. 
From  this  day  to  the  ending  of  tbe  world, 
But  its  first  founders  we'll  commeinoralc. 

UXION'. 

Sons  of  New-England,  venerate  the  plough. 
So  with  superior  boon  shall  your  rich  soil 
Become  th'  exhaustless  granary  of  a  world. 

Hestrained  by  legif  lative  ties, 

Discouraged  commerce  droops  and  dic'i 


Hit 

Where  indepen Jcnce  cheers  th'  iuvcntivc  uiiud 
Science  and  art  their  high  perfection  find  ; 
Mechanick  power  her  giant  hand  applies, 
Fleets  ride  the  occait^  mighty  cities  rise. 

BOSTON,    MASS. 
55S.       FOR    THE   PROLOGCE    AT   THE    orEXING 
Or     THE    BOSTON-    THEATRE     THIS    PEIZE     IS     AD- 
JUDGED  TO    THOSIAS   PAIXE    BY    THE    CENSORS. 

Nule. — Tliis  is  a  copy  of  the  inscription  on  a  cir- 
cular medal  about  two  inches  in  diameter,  widely 
and  neatly  embroidered  around  the  periphery,  which 
was  presented  to  mr.  Paine  lor  his  prologue,  writ- 
ten for  the  opening  of  the  theatre  in  Boston,  as  the 
reward  of  merit  and  genius. 

By  act  of  the  general  court  of  Massachusetts, 
his  name  was  afterwards  changed  to  Robert 
Treat  Paine,  jun.  In  his  application  for  this  ul- 
ceration, he  stated  that  it  w;\s  his  desire  to  have  a 
rhrislian  name.  He  was  unwilling  any  longer  to 
bear  that  of  a  certain  noted  infidel  and  reviler  of  re- 
ligion. 

Mr.  Paine  was  unquestionably  a  man  of  uncom- 
2ion  genius.  No  American  in  his  day  had  equal  re- 
j>ntation  for  poetick  taient?. 

His  productions,  in  prose  and  verse,  hctve  been 
coUecteJ  together  and  handsomely  printed  in  a 
t.irge  octavo  volume  with  sketches  of  his  life,  char^ 
acter,  and  writings.  His  portrait  was  taken  after 
*»i-  decease  and  engraved  to  accompany  his  wcrkp  ; 


16*8 

but  it  does  little  justice  to  the  orifzinal,  at  leasi, 
when  living. 

He  was  a  son  of  the  late  venerable  patriot,  the 
hon.  Robert  Treat  Paine,  of  Boston.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  Harvard  university  and  enrolled  among  its 
graduates  in  1792.  Having  ciitcied  on  bisSC  yeav. 
he  departed  this  life,  tS  November,  1811,  leaving  v 
wldou-,  one  daughter,  and  two  sous. 

BOSTON,    MASS. 

554.  Templum  D.  O.  M.  hoc  loco 
primitiis  dicatum  erat^  Jan.  A.  D.  1717. 
Ampliatum,  A.  D.  1729.  Amotus  erat, 
Ap.  A.  D.  1314.  Fundamenta  hiij.  nov. 
sedis  tunc,  quod  fclix  faustumq.  sit,  posita, 
Ap.  14,  A.  D.  1814,  lev.  Samuele  Cooper 
Tliacher  ecclesicT  nost.  past. 

Hjbc  a2;untur,  iilustriss.  Caleb  Strong  reip. 
Mass.  »ub.  hon.  Giiliel.  Phillips  vice  gub. 
rev.  Johan.  T.  Kirkland,  D.  D.  universit. 
Hai-v.  pra?s.  ecclcs.  nost.  nuper  past. 

Note. — The  foregoing  is  a  copy  of  the  inscription 
engraved  on  a  silver  plate  and  deposited  under 
some  part  of  the  new  stone  congregational '"'iitfcH, 
Tiow  erecting  on  Suiamer  Street,  in  Boston. 

BOSTON,  MASS. 

555.  Sacred  to  the  niemoiy  ot  the  lion 
TnoAtAf?  D^vis.  esq,  whodic*!.  21  Jamiory. 


169' 

A.  D.  1805,  aged  48  yeav5,  formerly  treas- 
rrer  of  this  commonwealth  and  senator  of 
'lassachusetts,  which  offices,  as  well  as  many 
others,  he  filled  in  a  manner  highly  useful  to 
die  community  and  honourable  to  himself. 

This  monument,  in  token  of  their  respect 
and  allectiou  for  his  memory  and  their  just 
sense  of  his  di.-linguished  merit  and  services, 
is  erected  by  the  Boston  IMarine  Insurance 
Company,  over  which  institution  he  presi- 
ded, from  its  establishment,  until  his  decease, 
and  the  concerns  of  Avhich  he  conducted  with 
undeviating  rectitude,  with  great  ability,  and 
to  r.'jiversal  acceptance. 

BOSTON,  MASS. 

55Q.  Tiio.MAS  Dawes,  A.  A.  S,  born, 
3  August,  173],  died,  2  Januaiy,  1800, 
a-tat.  78. 

Of  his  taste  for  the  Grecian  simplicity  in 
architecture  there  are  many  moaaments, 
which  iic  raised,  when  that  art  v;as  nev;  to 

Tfic  records  of  Massachusetts  show  that 
he  was  one  of  her  active  legislators  from  the 
year,  1770,  until  ho  v>as  70  years  old,  v,hcf. 
he  retired  with  faculties,  unimpaired. 
vys.  I. — vol..  Ill,        P 


170 

To  the  fiscal  concpriis  of  this  metropolis, 
to  its  literary  and  other  institutions  h«;  was  a 
zealous  frieud. 

He  was  an  elector  at  the  three  first  elec- 
tions of  president  of  the  United  States  and 
discliarced  various  trusts  to  his  own  honour 
and  tiie  i)ul)lirk  good. 

Note. — The  l;ite  rev.  Joseph  F.ckley,  D.  D.  de- 
livered a  sermon,  on  the  afternoon  of  (he  secomt 
sabbath  in  January,  1809,  from  Job  19.  25,  from 
the  close  of  which  tiic  following  extract  has  been 
taken,  and  is  respectful  to  the  memory  of  (he  hon. 
nir.  Dawes. 

"  To  the  choice  of  the  pubject,  which  we  have 
contemplated  this  afternoon,  my  hearers  will  readi- 
ly suppose  I  liave  been  directed  by  the  late  decease 
of  the  senioi' deacon  of  this  religious  society.  It  is 
sanctioned  by  long  custom  that,  after  any  of  our 
friends  and  brethren  have  acted  in  some  of  the  most 
conspicuous  and  important  station?,  a  particular 
notice  should  be  taken  of  their  lives  and  char.icters, 
when  the  scene  of  their  activity  is  closed,  and  we 
have  just  returned  from  following  their  sable  hearses 
to  the  congregation  of  the  dead.  But  few  persons 
have  been  brought  into  more  publick  view,  and,  for 
a  long  course  of  time,  sustained  a  greater  variety  of 
olFices,  than  onr  late  respected  brother. 

"  As  a  native  of  Boston,  he  discovered  a  very 
earnest  attacliment  to  its  interest,  and,  at  an  early 
season  of  life,  bent  hi«  \v'\v.<\.  ntr.niir  oth^r  thini;*.  \r> 


in 

the  desire  of  it^  exterior  improvement.  From  liie 
callinj;,  which  lie  pursued,  and  in  which  he  acted  as  a 
principal,  he  greatly  amended  tiie  style  of  architec- 
ture, and  there  is  now  a  considerable  number  of 
private,  as  well  as  some  publick  edilxes  in  this 
town  and  in  the  vicinity,  indebttd  for  tlieir 
conveniency  and  beauty  to  his  skill.  The  Ameri- 
can Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences  was  well  jufti- 
fjed  in  making  him  one  of  its  members. 

"  When  the  political  concerns  of  our  country,  no 
less  than  fifty  years  a^o,  required  a  martial  spirit 
and  knowledge  of  tactick?,  colonel  Dawes  was  one 
of  the  most  useful  officers  of  the  militia  of  this  then 
province. 

"  To  the  fiscal  state  of  this  capital  lie  paid  a  very 
particular  and  assiduous  attention.  With  its  pecu- 
niary concerns,  there  was  no  person  more  intimate- 
ly acquainted.  I  have  understood  that  the  town  of 
Boston  had  iiftcn  coni^ideied  itsell  as  having  been 
overcharged  in  the  general  tax  tlirougluut  the  com- 
monwealth. From  the  knowled;j;e,  which  he  was 
judged  to  possess  on  this  subject  he  was  elected,  by 
a  full  vote  of  the  inhabitants  of  this  place,  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  house  of  representatives  in  the  general 
court,  iu  the  year  17T7,  araonR  which  body,  his  in- 
formation on  many  points  connected  with  the  rela- 
tive situation  of  the  towns  in  the  whole  state,  espe- 
cially on  the  subject  of  taxation,  gave  him,  for  a 
number  of  years,  so  decided  an  influence,  as  to  ena- 
ble him  to  repel  many  improper  claims,  and  ellec- 
tually  to  serve  the  interest  of  this  his  native  place. 


172 

'  Although  by  these  particular  exertions,  Lc 
voluntarily  consented  to  an  5ibric!:;mont  of  his  pop- 
ularity among  the  members  of  tiic  geiierai  court, 
yet  such  was  the  seuse,  vviiich  th("  citizens  of  Bos- 
ton entertained  of  his  services,  that  by  tiieir  united 
suttVagcs,  he  was  advanced  to  a  scat  in  tlie  senate, 
in  which  station  he  served  several  ycar^i.  Soon 
afterward  he  was  elected  to  the  coii-.icil ;  and  it 
was  no  small  jrratilication  to  him  that,  in  each  of 
these  offices,  he  acted  for  a  v.hilc  as  colleague  with 
4he  hon.  uiessrs.  Phillips  and  Mason,  his  brcthrcu 
both  as  members  and  deacons  of  this  church. 

"  The  honourable  nir.  Dawes  continued  in  the 
council  until  the  age  of  seventy  years,  when  by  the 
death  of  lieutenant  governnur  Gill,  then  the  chief 
magistrate  of  the  state,  he  became  president  of  the 
council,  and  for  a  time,  was  the  first  acting  magis- 
trate in  the  corauionwoalth.  He  had  been  an  elec- 
tor at  the  three  lirirt  elections  of  president  of  the 
United  States. 

"  To  this  station,  as  counsellor  he  would  un- 
■doubtedly  have  been  re-elected,  but  at  the  age  ©f  three 
score  years  and  ten  he  saw  fit  to  decline  being  u 
candidate  for  this  or  any  otlier  office  in  the  gift  of 
his  fellow  citizens,  and  gave  pui>lick.  notice  of  the 
intention.  From  this  time  to  the  close  of  his  life, 
lie  gradually  withdrew  from  many  other  publick  en- 
gagements, observing,  among  other  reasons,  that  at 
such  an  advanced  age,  it  was  fit  that  the  business  of 
the  present  world  should  give  way  to  the  m^re  ir- 
lercstiu!;  concerns  cf  the  future. 


1?3 

"  In  his  connexion  with  tliis  reliu;imis  society  I 
find  by  the  records,  that  nir.  Dawes  was  baptized 
by  the  vow  doc.  Sewall  in  this  clmrch  in  the  month 
of  Aiig!i>t,  ill  the  year,  1731.  He  was  admitted  as  a 
nicniher  in  full  conniuinion,  A.  D.  17i9,  being  in  his 
19  year.  Since  my  own  relation  to  this  society,  I 
liave  always  known  him  among  those,  who  have 
taken  liie  most  active  part  in  its  concerns.  After 
the  revolutionary  war  with  Great  Britain,  dining 
which  the  internal  part  of  the  house,  in  which  Ave 
are  now  assembled,  was  destroyed,  he  drew  tlie  plan 
in  which,  with  a  few  late  alterations,  it  now  ap- 
pears; and  was  a  principal  agent  in  the  erection  of 
the  adjoining  buildings  belonging  to  the  general 
estate.  In  the  year  1737,  he  was  chosen  a  deacon, 
in  which  office  he  continued  until  he  was  removed 
by  death,  being  upwards  of  21  years.  He  was  re- 
markable for  being  a  constant  worshipper  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord.  During  the  last  year  of  his  life, 
disorder  and  sickness  impaired,  in  some  degree,  the 
vigour  of  his  mind,  which  was  naturally  strong,  and 
being  improved  not  indeed  by  an  acadeniick,  yet  by 
a  good  education,  endued  him  with  uncommon  abili- 
ty to  serve  both  the  publick  at  large,  and  his  par- 
ticular friends.  It  was  a  great  consolation  to  the 
members  of  his  family  and  to  others,  that  notwith- 
standing this  violent  shock  to  his  constitution, 
his  rational  powers  and  faculties  were  continued. 
Throughout  this  sickness,  his  views  and  conversa- 
tion principally  turned  on  the  great  subject  of  re- 
P2 


174 

iigion.  In  the  fiec|neiit  visits  I  paid  him,  and  whicii 
he  always  appeared  to  receive  with  gratification,  he 
i'ully  expressed  his  sense  ol'tlic  great  depravity  and 
siiil'iiiness  attaclied  to  human  nature,  the  necessity 
1)1"  tiic  divine  inlhicnr.es  in  the  renewal  and  sanclifi- 
cation  of  tlie  heart,  tiie  insniljciency  of  man's  riglit- 
eousncss  for  tiie  end  of  justification,  the  glorious 
nature  of  pardon  in  virtue  of  the  mediation,  witli 
animated  hopes  that,  througli  the  faith,  he  had  long 
professed  and  still  continued  to  declare  in  the  hles- 
scd  Rcdecr.>er,  he  might  be  freely  accepted,  and 
made  compieteiy  happy  in  the  enjoyment  of  a  holy 
God.  With  these  sentiments,  he  mixed  many  otliers 
respecting  the  instability  of  all  earthly  things,  the 
iin|)ortancc  of  contemplating  time  in  relation  to 
eternity,  and  continually  seeking  a  state  of  prepar- 
ation, by  grace,  for  the  change,  which  will  soon  be 
made  on  us  nU  by  the  stroke  of  death. 

"  He  lived  to  the  beginning  of  the  new  year ;  and, 
ihougli  weak  and  faltering,  he  said  to  his  family 
he  would  begin  it  in  the  house  of  the  I^ord.  He 
heard  my  worthy  colleague  in  the  morning  on  a  sub- 
ject adapted  to  the  season.  He  was  not  able  to  at- 
tend the  service  of  the  afternoon,  but,  as  I  learn^ 
conversed  with  his  particular  connexions  in  the  eve- 
ning, in  a  manner  the  most  appropriate  to  the  occa- 
sion, ainl  with  a  great  degree  of  seriousness,  solem- 
nity, and  aflection.  At  four  o'clock,  the  following 
moriiiag,  by  a  sudden  fit  of  the  paralytick  kind,  he 
was  bereaved  of  his  reason  ;  and,  in  six  hours  after- 
wards, resi^Hcd  hid  spirit  unto  God,  v,'h  j  gave  it, 


175 

'Brelhreu!  we  sliall  all  die.  To  that  eternal 
Being  we  siiull  speedily  go,  wlio  is  acquainted  witb 
tlie  state  of  the  living  ami  the  dead,  who  will  judge 
us  all  in  righteousness  by  his  Soa,  according  to  the 
riilesof  the  blesfetl  gospel, through  which  each  chris- 
tian believer  will  be  accepted,  and  the  saint  rejoice 
and  triumph  for  ever. 

"  On  this  occasion,  may  the  comforts  of  religioa 
be  administered  to  the  bereaved  family  of  the  deceas- 
ed I  May  the  event  be  sanctified  to  this  chrittian  so- 
ciety, wit'i  whicii  he  was  so  long  connected  I  and 
when  we  shall  all  leave  the  present  world  of  sin  and 
deaiii,  may  we  attain  an  everlasting  life  of  right- 
eousness !  May  we  joyfully  rest  in  Jesus  Christ, 
with  whom  we  trust  is  our  departetl  friend  and 
'brother," 

BOSTON,  MASS. 

.WT.  T^ote. — John  Jov,  who  received  his  bacca- 
iaureate,  at  Harvard  university,  in  1797,  was  a  mod- 
est, amiable,  promising  young  man.  He  was  a 
son  of  mr.  John  Joy  of  Boston,  and  died,  to  the  great- 
est grief  of  those,  who  knew  him  best,  on  the  lo  of 
September,  1798,  in  the  20  year  of  bis  age. 

Mr.  Joy  was  a  member  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
fraternity.  The  following  lines  in  reference  to  this 
worthy  brother,  conclude  the  anniversary  [-oem,  de- 
livered before  that  literary  association,  by  William 
Eiglow,  A.  M.  in  1799. 
"  Not  to  ourselves  with  partial  pride  confin'd. 

Hers  may  we  learn  to  love  and  bless  mankind. 


To  watch  the  «ljjng  stranger's  dangerous  htS, 
AVheii  every  friend  and  every  hope  is  (led  ; 
Careful  to  cool  his  latest  feverish  breatii, 
And  close  his  eyes,  when  sunk  in  icy  deqth  ; 
May  this  continue  our  di\  ine  employ; 
Thus  liv'd,  tluis  died,  our  lov'd,  lamented  Joy." 

BOSTON,    MASS. 
558.    JVdlc. — The  subjoined  sketch  was  prepared 
for  a  place  in  this  Collection,  at  the  request  of  its 
author,   by  the  gentleman,  who  wrote  the  conclud- 
ing part  of  the  427  article. 

"  Francis  DvNA  Channing,  esquire,  secom! 
son  of  William  and  Lucy  Channing,  was  born  at 
Newport,  Rhode  Island,  16  August,  1775.  His 
mother  was  a  daughter  of  AVilliain  and  Ann  Ellery. 
He  was  named  for  the  late  excellent  chief  justice, 
Francis  Dana,  who  married  his  maternal  aunt. 

"Heenteied  Harvard  college,  in  1790,  and  re- 
ceived its  honours  in  regular  course.  He  was  dis- 
tinguished, while  an  uiulergraduate,  for  the  bril- 
liant and  strong  powers  of  his  mind,  the  elegance 
and  {)urity  of  his  manners,  the  regularity  and  vir- 
tue of  his  demeanour,  and  the  extent  and  sound- 
ness of  his  knowledge.  In  a  class  of  no  ordinary 
excellence,  though  of  small  numbers,  he  had  no  su- 
perior in  classical  and  polite  literature.  Few  stu- 
dentsever  pass  through  the  academickcour.«e,  at  the 
same  time  more  acceptable  to  the  authority,  and 
more  beloved  by  his  associates.  Nor  was  a  nio- 
roeat's  suspicion  ever  entertuiaeJ,  that  he  practised 


177 

iny  arts  tn  reniler  himself  popular.  He  was  as  in^ 
ilepemlent  iu  spirit,  as  lie  was  exemplary  in  conduct, 
A  frieinl,  who  enjoyed  the  most  uii reserved  and  de- 
iightful  intimacy,  at  this  distance  of  time,  looks 
hack  with  unmingled  admiration  and  esteem  on  ail, 
which  Channing  then  uas.  lleinenibering  the  high 
promise  he  gave,  not  without  deejiest  grief  can  that 
mysterious  dispensation  be  contemplated,  which 
removed  him  from  the  world  before  he  had  accom- 
plished the  services,  for  which  he  was  eminently 
qualified,  or  gained  the  eminence,  which,  had  his 
life  been  spared,  he  would  have  attained. 

"  He  engaged  in  the  profession  of  law  and  resided, 
for  a  time,  at  Cambridge,  whence  he  removed  to 
Hoston  and  gradually,  but  surely,  adv^anced  to  the 
foremost  ranks  among  the  great  men,  who  are  mem- 
bers of  the  SulTolk  bar.  His  townsmen  proved 
their  sense  of  his  worth  by  electing  him  one  of  their 
representatives ;  and  he  honoured  their  choice. 

"  In  1810,  his  health,  which  hail  for  some  years 
jjcen  slender,  appeared  materially  to  decline  ;  and 
a  voyage  to  South  America  was  recommended  for 
ills  relief.  He  sailed  for  Rio  De  Janeiro,  17  Octo- 
ber ;  and  expired  at  sea,  nineteen  days  after,  on  the 
T  of  November. 

"  He  had  lived  valued,  he  died  deeply  lamented. 
His  course  was  marked  by  integrity,  benevolence, 
and  piety.  His  christian  faith  was  firm,  his  chris- 
tian affections  fervent.  What  he  believed  and  felt 
he  avowed,  by  becoming  a  pnblick  professor  and 
ri'ommunicant.     His  doracstick  and  soRial  character 


was  singularly  esliinablc  and  endearing.  As  it  sou, 
a  brother,  a  iiiishand,  a  father,  a  friend,  he  was  ail 
that  is  kind  and  faitiiful.  He  was  indeed  one  of 
those  good  m§n,  for  iclioin  some  might  even  dare  to 
die:' 

BOSTON,    MASS. 

559.  Note. — Doctor  William  Bovd,  youngest 
brother  of  the  hon.  John  P.  Boyd,  brigadier  gene- 
ral in  the  army  of  the  United  States,  was  graduated, 
at  Harvard  university,  in  1796.  He  was  a  young 
gentleman  of  an  amiable  disposition,  pleasing  ad- 
dress, and  fine  literary  taste.  Having  nearly  com- 
pleted his  course  of  medical  studies,  he  was  seized 
with  a  consumptive  complaint,  which  bafRed  the 
skill  of  his  able  attendants  and  closed  his  life,  on 
the  13  of  January,  1800,  in  the  '-4  year  of  his  agp,  to 
the  great  grief  of  a  numerous  circle  of  respectable 
relatives  and  friends. 

Doctor  Boyd,  while  an  undergraduate,  delivered 
an  oration,  by  appointment  of  his  class,  on  the  death 
of  a  promising  young  gentleman,  John  Russell,  of 
North  Yarmouth,  a  senior  sophister,  who  died  iij 
Cambridge.  This  oration  was  well  received,  and 
was  given  to  the  publick,  at  the  request  of  his  fel- 
low students.  He  wrote  sundry  occasional  poems, 
which  retlecteil  h()n(jur  on  his  talents.  One  of  tlicsc, 
entitled  fVuman,  delivered  at  a  publick  collegiate  ex- 
hibition, 19  of  April,  1796,  was  issued  from  the 
press,  and  is  still  admired.  The  introductory  ami 
♦'oncludiiig  parts  of  this  poem  arc  here  preserveii. 


179 

"  When  time  was  younjj,  and  nature  first  began 
To  form  tliis  odd  fantastick  being,  man, 
She  rack'd  her  fancy  to  invent  a  joy 
Unknown  before,  to  please  the  smiling  boy. 
Her  choicest  viands  from  tlie  field  she  brought, 
Cherish'd  each  herb,  and  all  their  uses  taught, 
PressM  the  cold  earth,  and  bade  the  fountain  pour 
Its  stream  meandering  to  the  distant  shore. 
To  cheer  tlie  day  and  banish  every  pain, 
She  spread  luxuriance  o'er  the  festive  plain, 
Smil'd  on  the  scene,  and  call'd  the  choirist's  song 
To  sweeten  pleasure  and  the  joy  prolong. 
Though  far  around  was  pour'd  the  plenteous  tide, 
No  charm  forgotten,  and  no  bliss  denied  ; 
Thougii  rich  profusion  lavish'd  all  its  store, 
Man  saw  the  tasteless  sweets,  and  pin'd  for  morft. 
Still  anxious  care  his  feeling  heart  oppress'd, 
And  pensive  langour  rankled  on  his  breast. 
The  plague  ennui  his  ckarest  joys  had  stole 
And  solitude's  cold  pleasure  chill'd  his  soul. 
Parental  care  again  the  task  renew'd. 
Again  each  art,  with  fondest  zeal  pursu'd  ; 
From  opening  roses  cuU'dthe  blushiog  dye, 
And  the  mild  lustre  of  the  new  bora  sky  ; 
Fromev'ry  sweet  expanding  to  the  view 
The  isagick  power  a  soft  perfection  drew  ; 
RestoAv'd  each  grace  that  nicest  skill  could  give, 
And  call'd  the  lovely  composition  Ere, 
The  winning  fair  from  nature's  wardrobe  dress'd, 
By  heav'n  applauded,  and  by  man  caress'd. 
Each  melting  charm  with  artless  pride  displayed. 
I"n  f"rm  an  angel,  and  is  he«rt  aniftid* 


no 


-  Columbia,  hail !  along  tliy  favouiM  short, 
The  fientl,  oppression,  shall  be  heard  no  more. 
No  tyrant  lord,  with  jealous  fear  shall  bind 
I'he  soft  affections  of  the  icmale  mind ; 
'       ]S'o  grov'ling  wretch  with  inij)ious  zeal  shall  dare 
Assauit  the  rights  of  heavcu-protectcd  fair. 
Fain  would  the  muse  her  country's  honours  trace, 
Each  winning  beauty  and  each  mental  grace  ; 
But  ah  !  to  speak,  and  every  merit  show. 
Would  wake  the  blush,  where  nought  but  s:nilee 

should,  glow ; 
Then  cease  distinction,  dilforcnce  denied, 
With  equal  virtue  be  Columbia's  pride. 
Soon  shall  the  world  receive  the  geii'rous  firt^ 
Plnsh  at  its  follies,  and  the  fair  admire  ; 
Soon  shall  the  time,  by  ancient  bards  foretold, 
A  joyful  era  to  the  heart  unfold  ; 
When  female  worth  with  purest  beam  shall  shine, 
Nor  rival  man  witli  sordid  envy  pine  ; 
When  mutual  pleasures  undistnrb'd  shall  roll, 
And  the  rude  Arab  own  a  Avoman's  soul." 

BOSTON,.  MASS. 
5G0.  Note. — The  lion.  Thkopuilv*  PvnsoN.i, 
iate  chief  justice  of  Massachusetts,  was  a  son  of  ihc 
rev.  Moses  Parsons  of  Byiield.  He  received  the 
rudiments  of  his  education  in  his  native  place,  under 
the  celebrated  Samuel  Mo!)dy,  esq.  the  preceptor  of 
Dummer  academy.  He  was  graduated  at  Harvard 
uni\ersit^' in  'TfiP.  He  studied  !aw  at  Fahnouth, 
BOW  Portland,  under  the  late  ji:d£;e  Bradbury,  and, 


^^^i^ 


181 

for  a  time,  kept  the  grammar  school  in  that  town. 
He  first  commenced  the  business  of  his  profession  in 
the  same  place,  but  soou  removed  to  Newburyport. 
In  1806,  he  was  appointed  chief  justice  of  the  state, 
aud  held  that  high  and  honourable  olEce  to  the  close 
ef  his  life.  He  died  in  Boston,  where  he  had  lived 
for  a  number  of  years,  in  the  autumn  of  1313,  at  the 
age  of  d3.  A  very  interesting  sketch  of  his  charac- 
ter was  gisen  by  the  hon.  Isaac  Parker,  one  of  the 
associate  justices  of  the  supreme  judicial  court,  ia 
an  address  to  the  grand  jury,  delivered  on  the  -3 
of  November,  1813.  From  this  address  the  follow- 
ing paragraphs  are  here  added. 

"  I  shall  not  be  accused  uf  fulsome  panegyrick,  in 
asserting  that  the  subject  of  this  address  has  for 
more  than  thirty  years  been  acknowledged  the  great 
man  of  his  time.  The  friends,  who  have  accompa- 
nied him  through  life,  and  witnessed  the  progress  of 
his  mind,  want  no  proof  of  this  assertion  ;  but  to 
those,  who  have  heard  his  fame,  without  knowing  the 
materials  of  which  it  is  composed,  it  may  be  useful 
to  give  such  a  display  of  his  character  as  w  ill  prove, 
that  ihe  world  is  not  always  mistaken  in  awarding 
its  honours. 

"  From  the  companions  of  his  early  years  I  have 
karned.  that  he  was  comparatively  great,  before  he 
arrived  at  manhood ;  that  his  infancy  was  marked 
by  mental  labour  and  study,  rather  than  by  puerile 
amusements;  that  his  youth  was  a  season  of  perse- 
vering acquisition,  instead  of  plea.?ure  ;  and  that. 

"T-x.  t.— TOT    irr,  Q,  * 


Ui 


Wiieil  he  iiecamc  a  man,  lie  sePiiieil  to  |Kih.scsS  thu 
xvisdoni  and  experience  of  those,  who  liad  been  men 
tong  before  liim.  And,  indeed,  those  of  us,  who 
have  seen  him  lay  open  his  vast  stores  of  knowledge 
in  later  life,  unaided  by  recent  actiuireuient,  and  rc- 
h'ing  more  upon  memory,  tlnn  research,  can  account 
for  his  greatness  only  by  supposing  a  patience  of 
labour  in  youth,  which  almost  exhausted  the  sources 
of  information,  and  left  him  to  act  rather  than  slndi/, 
at  a  period  w  hen  others  are  but  beginning  to  ac- 
quire. 

"  His  familiar  and  critical  knowledge  of  the  Greek 
and  Latin  tongues,  so  well  known  to  the  literati  of 
this  country,  and  to  some  of  the  most  eminent  abroad, 
was  the  fruit  of  his  early  labours,  preserved  ami 
perhaps  ripened  in  maturer  years,  but  gathered  in 
the  spring  time  of  hi?  life.  His  philosophical  and 
mathematical  knowledge  were  of  the  same  early 
harvest,  as  were  also  his  logical  and  metaphysial  1 
powers. 

"  Had  he  died  at  the  ags  of  twenty-one,  I  am  per- 
suaded he  would  have  been  held  up  to  youth,  as  an 
instance  of  astonishing  and  successful  perseverance 
in  the  severest  employments  of  the  mind. 

"  Heaven,  which  gave  him  this  spirit  of  industry, 
endowed  him  also  with  a  genius  to  give  it  effect. 

*'  There  were  united  in  him  an  imagination  vivid, 
but  not  visionary,  a  most  discriminating  judgmenl, 
*he  attentiveness  and  precision  of  the  mathemati- 
dan,  and  a  memory,  which,  however  enlarged  ani' 


138 

•trtiigUieiievl  by  exercise,  must  have  been  originaliy 
powerful  and  capacious. 

"  With  these  wonderful  faculties,  which  had,  from 
the  first  da«  nings  of  reason,  been  employed  on  sub- 
jects most  interesting  to  the  human  mind,  he  came 
to  the  study  of  that  science,  which  claims  a  kindred 
with  every  other;  the  science  of  the  law. 

"  This  was  a  field  worthy  of  his  labours  and  con- 
genial with  his  understanding.  How  successfully 
he  explored,  cultivated,  and  adorned  it,  need  not  lt« 
related  to  his  cotemporarics. 

"  Never  was  fame  more  early  or  more  just,  thae 
that  of  Parsons  as  a  lawyer.  At  an  age  when  most 
of  the  profession  are  but  beginning  to  exhibit  their 
talents  and  to  take  a  fixed  rank  at  the  bar,  he  was 
confessedly,  in  point  of  profound  legal  knowledge, 
among  the  first  of  its  professors. 

"  His  professional  services  were  every  where, 
sought  for.  In  his  native  county,  and  in  the  neigh- 
bouring state  of  New-Ham psbi re,  scarcely  a  cause 
of  importance  was  litigated  in  which  he  was  not  au 
advocate.  His  fame  had  spread  from  the  country  to 
the  capitoi,  to  which  he  vvas  almost  constantly  call- 
ed to  take  a  share  in  trials  of  intricacy  and  in- 
terest. 

"  At  that  early  period  of  his  life,  his  most  formi- 
dable rival  and  most  frequent  competitor  was  the 
accomplished  lawyer  and  scholar,  the  late  jndge 
Tiowell,  whose  memory  is  still  cherished  with  affec- 
tion by  the  wise  and  virtuous  of  our  state.  Judge 
■  rtwoll  was  considerably  his  senior,  kit  entertainetl 


184 

Ihe  bighc-st  respect  for  the  general  talents  and  Jtiridi- 
caj  skill  of  his  able  competilor.  It  xvas  the  highest 
intellectual  treat,  to  see  these  great  men  contending 
for  victory  in  the  judicial  forum.  Lowell,  with  all 
the  ardour  of  the  most  impassionate  eloquence,  as- 
saulting the  hearts  of  his  auditors,  and  seizing  thrir 
understandings  also,  with  the  most  cogent,  as  well 
as  the  most  plausible  arguments.  Parsons,  cool, 
steady,  and  deliberate,  occupying  every  post,  which 
was  left  uncovered,  and  throwing  in  his  forces, 
V  herevcr  the  zeal  of  his  adversary  had  left  an  open- 
ing. Notwithstanding  this  almost  continual  foren- 
sick  warfare,  they  were  warm  personal  friends,  and 
freely  acknowledged  each  other's  merits 

"  The  other  eminent  men  of  that  day,  with  whom 
Parsons  was  brought  to  contend,  tlid  full  justice  to 
his  great  powers.  1  have  myself  heard  the  late  go- 
vernour  Sullivan  declare, he  was  the  greatest  lawyer 
living. 

"  So  rapid  and  yet  so  sure  was  the  growth  of  his 
reputation,  that  innncdiatcly  upon  his  couunencing 
the  practice  of  the  law,  his  office  was  considered,  by 
son.e  of  the  fir^t  men  our  state  has  produced,  to  be 
the  most  perfect  school  for  legal  instruction. 

"  That  distinguished  lawyer  and  statesman,  RufuE 
King,  having  finished  his  education  at  our  university, 
at  an  age  when  ho  was  qualified  to  choose  his  own 
instructer,  placed  himself  under  the  tuition  of  I'ar- 
sons ;  and  probably  it  W'as  owing  in  some  measure  to 
the  wise  lessons  of  the  master,  as  well  as  to  the 
great  talents  of  the  scholar,  that  the  latter  acquired 


185 

a  -celebrity  during  the  few  years  be  remained  at  tiie 
bar,  seldom  attained  in  so  short  a  professional 
career. 

*'  Many  others  of  our  principal  lawyers  and  states- 
men are  indebted  to  the  same  preceptor  for  their 
fundamental  acquisitions  in  the  science  of  jurispru- 
dence and  civil  polity. 

"  I  will  not  omit  to  mention,  for  I  wish  not  to  ex- 
aggerate his  powers,  that  he  enjoyed  one  advantage 
in  his  education  beyond  any  of  his  cotcmporaries, 
except  tiie  learned,  able,  and  upright  chief  justice 
Dana,  whose  long  and.  useful  administration  in  this 
court  ought  to  be  remembered  with  gratitude  by  his 
fellow-citizens.  I  refer  to  the  society  and  conver- 
sation of  judge  Trowbridge,  perJiaps  the  most  pro- 
found common  lawyer  of  N*w  England  before  the 
revolution.  This  venerable  old  man,  like  some  of 
the  ancient  sages  of  the  law  ia  England,  had  pur- 
sued his  legal  dist^uisitioas,  long  after  he  had  ceas- 
ed to  be  actively  engaged  in  the  profession,  from 
an  ardent  attachment  to  the  law  as  a  science,  and 
had  employed  himself  in  writing  essays  and  forming 
elaborate  readings  upon  abstruse  and  difhcult  points 
of  law. 

"  Many  of  Ids  works  are  now^xtant  in  manuscript, 
and  some  in  print,  and  tbey  abundantly  prove  the 
depth  of  his  leai'uing,  and  the  diligence  and  patience 
of  his  research. 

"  When  Parsons  had  retired  to  the  house  of  his  fa- 
..ber.  a  respectable  minister  of  Newbury,  in  conse- 
Q3 


186 

quence  of  tho  drstrwction  of  Falmouth  by  the  Bri- 
tisli,  he  there  met  juil^e  Trowbridge,  who  haA 
sought  shelter  from  the  confusion  of  the  times  in  the 
fame  hospitable  mansion.  How  grateful  must  it  have 
been  to  the  learned  sage,  in  the  decline  of  life, 
fraught  with  the  lore  of  more,  than  a  half  century's 
incessant  and  laborious  study,  to  meet  in  a  peaceful 
village,  secure  from  the  alarms  of  war,  a  scholar 
panting  for  instruction  and  capable  of  comprehend- 
ing his  i»iofoun<i  and  useful  lessons ;  and  how  delight- 
ful to  the  scholar  to  find  a  teacher  so  fitted  to  pour 
instruction  into  his  eager  and  grasping  minJ.  He 
regarded  it  as  an  unconnnon  blessing,  and  has  fre- 
quently observed,  that  this  early  interruption  to  his 
business,  which  seemed  to  threaten  poverty  ani 
misfortune,  was  one  of  the  most  useful  and  happy 
event?  of  his  life. 

"His  habit  of  looking  deeply  into  the  ancienfbooks 
of  the  common  law,  and  tracing  back  settled  princi- 
ples to  original  decisions,  probably  accjnired  under 
this  fortunate  and  accidental  tuition,  was  the  prin- 
cijial  source  of  his  early  and  continued  celebrity. 

"  He  entered  upon  business  also,  after  this  connex- 
ion ceased,  early  in  our  revolutionary  war,  when 
the  courts  of  ad;niralty  jurisdiction  were  open  and 
crowded  with  causes,  in  the  management  of  which 
ho  had  a  large  share.  This  led  him  to  study  with 
diligence  the  civil  law,  law  of  nations,  and  the 
principles  of  belligerent  and  nentral  rights,  in  all 
which  he  soon  became  as  distinguished  as  he  was 
for  his  knowledge  of  the  coramon  and  statute  law 


sr 


oJ'  the  country.  Twenty  six  years  ago,  wlieu  1  with 
others  of  ray  age  were  pupils  in  tlie  profession  of^the 
law,  V.-C  saw  our  masters  call  liiis  man  into  their 
councils,  and  yield  implicit  conGilence  to  his  opin- 
ions. Among  men  eminent  themselves,  and  by 
many  years  hia  seniors,  we  saw  him  by  common  con- 
sent take  the  lead  in  causes,  which  re(|iiired  intri- 
i^  cate  investigation  and  deepness  of  research. 

'  In  the  art  of  special  pleading,  which  more  than 
(7- any  thing  tests  the  learning  of  a  lawyer  in  his  pe- 
culiar pursuit,  he  had  then  no  competitor. 

"  In  force  of  combination  and  power  of  reasoning 
ke  was  unrivalled,  and  in  the  happy  talent  of  pene- 
trating through  the  mass  of  circumstances,  which 
3ometinies  surround  and  obscure  a  cause,  I  do  not 
remember  his  equal. 

"  His  arguments  were  directed  to  the  undpr?tand- 
ings  of  men,  seldom  to  their  passions,  and  yet  in- 
stances may  be  recollected,  when,  in  causes,  Avhich 
required  it,  he  has  assailed  the  hearts  of  his  hearerr, 
with  as  powerful  appeals  as  were  ever  exhibited  in 
the  cause  of  misfortune  or  humanity.  I  do  not  dis- 
parage others  by  placing  him  at  their  head.  They 
were  great  men,  he  was  a  wonderful  man.  J^ike  the 
great  moralist  of  England,  he  might  be  surroinnled 
by  men  of  genius,  literature,  and  science,  and  neither 
he  nor  they  jufter  by  a  comparison.  Indeed,  he 
seemed  to  form  a  class  of  intellect  by  himself,  rather 
than  a  standard  of  comparison  for  others. 

"  Even  his  enemies,  for  it  is  the  lot  of  all  extraor- 
iJinary  men  to  have  them,  paid  involuntary  homage 


1U8 

w»  His  {ricatiicss  ;  they  designated  him  by  au  ap- 
pellation, vvliicli,  from  its  ajituopriuteness,  became  a 
just  complJinRiit,  the  ^hial  of  the.  lav. 

"  I  liiivcs|jokcu  now  of  his  early  life  only,  before  he 
■was  thirty  five  ycare  of  af;e,  and  yet  it  is  known 
that  common  minds  and  even  great  minds  do  not  ar- 
rive at  maturity  iiitliis  profesi-ion  until  a  much  later 
period. 

"  From  tliis  time  for  near  twenty  years  1  lived  in  a  , 
remote  part  of  tiie  state,  and  iiad  no  opportunity 
personally  to  witness  his  powers  ;  but  his  fame  pur- 
sued me  even  there.  He  was  regarded  by  those 
lawyers,  with  Avhom  I  have  been  conversant,  as  the 
living  oracle  of  the  law.  His  transmitted  opinions 
carried  with  tiiem  authority  sufficient  to  settle  con- 
troversies and  terminate  litigation. 

"  On  my  accessiou  to  the  bench,  1  had  an  opportu- 
nity to  see  him  in  practice  at  the  bar,  when  he  pos- 
sessed the  accumulated  wisdom  and  learning  of 
tiity-six  years.  Thougli  labouring  under  a  valetu- 
dinarian system,  his  mind  was  vigorous  and  majes- 
lick.  His  great  talent  was  that  of  condensation. 
He  presented  his  propositions  in  regular  and  lucid 
t)rder,  drew  iiis  infei-cnces  with  justness  and  precis- 
ion, aiul  enforced  his  arguments  with  a  simplicity 
yet  fulness,  which  left  nothing  obscure  or  misuuder- 
ttood. 

"  He  seemed  to  have  an  intuitive  perception  of  the 
cardinal  points  of  a  cause,  upon  which  he  poured 
-'^ut  the  Avhole  treasures  of  his  mind,  while  he  rejec- 


18'J 

ltd  all  minor  (acts  ami  principles  iroui  iiis  eoiisitlera- 
xion. 

"  He  was  concise,  energetick,  ami  resistless  in  his 
reasoning.  The  most  complicated  questions  appear- 
ing in  his  hands  the  most  easy  of  solution  ;  and  if 
there  be  such  a  thintj  as  demonstratioii  in  argument, 
ho,  above  all  tlicmen  I  know,  had  the  power  to  prO' 
(luce  it. 

"With  this  fulncjsof  learning  and  reputation, hav- 
ing had  thirty  five  years  of  extetisivc  practice  in  all 
branches  of  the  law,  and  having  indeed  for  the  last 
ten  yeai-s  acted  unodicially  as  judge  in  many  of  the 
most  important  mercantile  disputes,  which  occurred 
in  this  town,  he  was,  on  the  resignation  of  chief  jus- 
tice Dana,  selected  by  our  present  governour  to  pre- 
side in  this  court.  This  was  the  first,  and  I  believe 
the  only  in.stance  of  a  departure  from  the  ordinary 
nile  of  succession  ;  and,  considering  tiie  character 
and  talents  of  some,  \\]v.>  bad  been  in:iny  years  on  the 
bench,  perhaps  no  geater  proof  could  be  given  of 
his  pre-erainet  legal  endowments,  than  that  this  ele- 
vation should  have  been  universally  approved.  Per- 
haps there  never  was  a  period  when  the  regular 
succession  would  have  been  more  generally  acquies- 
ced in  as  fit  and  proper,  and  yet  tlic  departure  from 
it,  in  this  instance,  was  every  \\  here  gratifying. 

"  That  the  man  who,  in  England  would,  probably, 
by  the  mere  force  of  his  talents,  without  the  aid  of 
family  interest,  have  arrived  to  the  dignity  of  lord 
chancellor  or  lord  chief  justice,  she  uld  be  placed  at 
the  head  of  so  important  a  department,  was  consid' 


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cred  a  uioit   I'avourable  epoch  in  our  jiiiiJirul  hiv 
(ory." 

BOSTON,    MASS. 

061.  Nole. — Mrs.  Sarah  Tretett,  consort  of 
Samuel  Russell  Tre%-ett,  es^q.  who,  in  the  stimmer  of 
11814,  was  appointed  commander  of  the  United 
States'  revenue  cutter  on  the  Boston  station,  was  a 
native  of  jMarblehead.  She  was  tiie  eldest  daugh- 
ter of  captain  JVIicliael  Wormstcd  and  sii-ter  of  cap- 
tain Robert  Wormstcd,  of  wliom  a  memoir  is  given 
in  the  525  article  of  this  Collection,  and,  like  her 
brother,  was  distinguished  for  a  noble  generosity  of 
disposition. 

She  was  man-ied  to  ca])tairi  Trevett,  10  March, 
IT73.  Theirthildren  wore  ;  I.Susannah  Trevett,  the 
>vife  of  Nathaniel  Adams  ;  2.  Sarah  Trevett,  the 
widow  of  captain  .Jonathan  (i lover  EartoU,  who 
died  in  Hav:inna  at  the  nt:e  of '-7  years  ;  5.  captain 
Russell  Trevett,  nn  intelligent,  active,  and  enter- 
prising mariner,  who  died,  5  Octolicr,  1;?1'2,  at  the 
ageofS5  years  ;  4.  Rebecca  Trevett,  who  died  at 
the  age  of  5  years  ;  5.  Mary  Trevett,  who  died  in 
infancy;  6.  Samuel  Russell  Trevett,  esq.  M.  D.  a 
:5urgeon  in  the  navy  of  the  United  StiUes  ;  7.  Robert 
Wormstod  Trevett,  esq.  a  practitioner  of  the  law, 
who  i?  settled  in  Lynn  ;  8.  iJcnjamin  Trevett,  esq. 
An  officer  in  the  navy  of  the  United  States  ;  9. 
Michael  Worrasled  Trevett,  who  died  at  an  early 
age. 

Mrs.  Ti-cvctt,  after  suffering  extrcmcJv  with  her 


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rust  sickness,  and  exhibiting  an  uncommonly  meek 
anil  submissive  spirit,  expired  at  Bo.-ton,  C  Jaiiuaiy, 
iSV2,  in  the  59  year  of  her  age.  She  cast  Iierselt" 
upon  the  mercy  of  tiiat  bles?ed  Redeemer,  whoFC 
professed  di.sciplo  she  had  long  been  and  in  whom 
she  reposed  an  unshaken  confidence,  was  crowned 
w  ith  the  joys  of  the  christian  hope  as  she  anproac'i- 
ed  the  dark  valley  of  the  shadow  of  death,  and  at 
last  calmly  fell  asleep  in  Jesus.  Captain  Trcvett 
wa*;  at  Gottenburg  and  several  of  the  children  were 
in  distant  parts  of  the  country,  at  the  time  of  the 
last  soleinn  scene.  The  remains  of  mrs.  Trevett 
were  carried  into  Christ's  Church,  where  she  had 
dciighteiJ  to  worship  the  God  of  her  fathers,  and 
where  the  burial  service  was  performed  by  the  wor- 
thy and  rev.  mr.  Eaton,  and  then  were  conveyed  to 
tiie  family  tomb  in  the  place  of  her  nativity. 

The  following  lines,  respectful  to  the  memory  of 
mrs.  Trevett,  were  written,  soon  alter  her  decease, 
by  an  amiable  young  lady,  a  near  friend,  to  wiiom 
she  was  much  endeared. 

"  Farewell,  thou  sainted  shade  !  Nought    then 

could  stay 
Thy  parting  soul.    Wiiile  late  we  saw  thee  lay 
AVith  meek  submission  on  the  bed  of  death  ; 
Then,  vainly,  to  arrest  thy  fleeting  breath, 
Did  bleeding  nature  urge  her  kindred  ties. 
Thou  saw'st  it  in  thy  children's  pleading  eyes  ; 
Thou  saw'st  their  silent  agony,  and  thou 
Could'st  give  no  hope  ;  and  recollection,  too. 
Painted  tUiiie  absent  husband's  dumb  despair. 


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>\'hen  the  sad  news  should  reach  his  list'ning  ear. 
How  joyless  now  his  long,  long-wish'd  return  I 
How  will  his  lone  and  sorrowing  heart  e're  learn 
To  measure  back  his  course  to  that  dear  home, 

Where  peace  and  love  did  smile  ? 
Thine  absent  sons  thy  fancy  pictur'd  too 
O'erwhelm'd  with  all  tht  bitterness  of  woe, 

And  nature  wept  a  while. 
But    Heav'n  decreed    thy  fate ;  wife,    mother, 

friend 
Are  lost  forever.    Yet  so  calm  thine  end 
That  sister  spirits  sure  upbore  thy  soul, 
With  angel  pity,  to  its  desiin'd  goal. 
Yes,  Heaven  decreed  thy  fate  ;  then  Heiven  dr- 

fend 
The  sinking  mourners,  and,  in  mercy,  send 
Its  needed  aid,  from  long  and  deej)  despair, 
The  hapless  partner  and  the  orphans  spare. 
Then,  fare  thee  well  again,  thou  sacred  shade  ! 
Still  shall  our  tributary  tears  be  paid 
Upon  thy  tomb  ;  and  memory  shall  dwell 
On  those  domcstick  scenes,  thou  lov'd'st  so  well. 
And  we  will  imitate,  and  hope  and  trust, 
That,  when  our  frames  shall  mingle  with  thedustj 
On  v.iags  of  faith  our  parting  souls  may  rise, 
And  meet  thy  spirit  in  its  native  skie«. 

HANOVER,    N.  J. 

262.     In  memory  of  Thomas  Eckle\% 
esq.  who  departed  this  life,  on  the  15  of  JuIy; 


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f793,  aptatis  72.  We  shall  not  all  sleep, 
ive  shall  be  changed.  Then  shall  be  brought 
to  pass  the  sayin<?  that  is  Miitten,  death  is 
s^vallovred  up  in  victory. 

IIANOVEn,    N.  J. 

560.     In  memoiy  of   mrs.  Katharixk 
EcKLEY,  who,  by  a  sudden  accident,  died, 
18  Aujjust,  A.  D.  1772,  anno  a?tatis  4t>. 
To  this  saJ  slirine  the  leliqiies  ue  commend 
Of,  once,  the  tender  mother,  wilu,  and  friend  ; 
Too  soon,  alas  !  those  lender  l3'-cs  were  broke, 
Friends,  husband,  cjjildrcn  felt  the  fatni  stroke ; 
Yet  cease,  fond  griff,  no  mnrra'ring  sigh  arise, 
Heaven  struck  the  hlow,  and  hoavDi  is  jubt  and 

wise. 
Think,  dying  passenger,  life's  final  date 
Steals  on  thee  heedless  of  impending  f;iio. 
While  pleasure   courts    Ihec  with   her  smiling 

charms, 
Prepare  to  meet  thy  God,  tlje  torab  alarnis. 
Man  coineth  forth  like  a  flower  and  is  cut 
doAvn,  Job  14.  2. 

Note. — Mrs.  Eckley,  by  her  sudden  removal,  ex- 
hibited a  most  striking  exerapliQcation  of  the  pre- 
carious tenure  of  human  life.  The  manner  of  her 
death  was  remarkable  and  deeply  diijlresving  to  her 
Muraerous  friends  and  connexions. 

PEN,  T.--.T9I,   iir.  R 


ia4 

Mr.  Kcklcy  and  his  wife  were  on  their  way  i'ui 
Priticetoii  to  visit  their  son,  the  late  rev.  doc.  Eck- 
ley  of  Jloston,  a  little  before  he  closed  his  collegiate 
course.  In  passing  a  steep  hill,  mr.  Eckley  got  out 
of  the  chaise  in  cumpassion  to  his  horse.  Mrg. 
iirkley  helil  tlie  reins,  and  was  eating  an  apple, 
wiiicliplie  leiMirely  cut  with  a  sharp  pointed  pen- 
knife. The  liorsc  suddenly  started,  and  threw  her 
nut  of  the  carriage,  in  isuch  n  manner,  that  the  pen- 
knife was  thrust  into  her  hrcast,  and  she  expired  in 
:i  fe\\  moments ;  a  very  aflecting  tlispensation  of 
J'loviiloncc  !    J II.  tl;c  midst  of  life  we  arc  in  datUil 


BOSTON,  3IASS. 
.V34.  Xule. — The  rev.  Joskph  Ecklev,  D.  1>. 
A*  as  a  native  of  tiie  city  of  lionclon,  and  came  to 
iliis  country,  while  a  youth,  with  his  father,  wim 
removed  to  Ameri(;a  with  his  family  and  settled  at 
Hanover,  in  the  county  of  Morris,  and  state  of 
"New  Jersey.  He  received  a  liberal  education  at 
Princeton,  under  the  presidency  of  the  learned  and 
pions  doctor  Witherspoou,  and  was  graduated  in 
1772.  Fifteen  years  after,  he  was  honoured  with  a 
doctorate  from  liis  alma  mater.  On  the  27  of  Octo- 
ber, 1713,  lie  was  ordained  the  pastor  of  t.'ic  third 
congregational  society  in  Boston,  which  had  heca 
honoured  with  the  labours  of  Thacher,  Willard, 
Pemberton,  Sewall,  Prince,  Curaming,  Blair,  Bucon, 
and  Hunt,  all  of  them  worthy  characters  and  some  of 
them  pre-eminently  distinguished  for  their  learning 
and  piety.  In  1SJ09.  the  rev.  Joshua  Hantingfoa  wa? 


il,\ 


seitleJ  lii«  olicaguo  aiul  is  bis  succescor  in  tiie  uiiu- 
istry.  Doctor  Erkicy  departed  this  life,  after  a 
sliort  iliiifiss,  on  the  SO  of  Ajiri!,  1311,  in  the  61 
year  of  liis  age.  The  rev.  tloclcr  J-Hthrop,  tiie 
senior  minister  of  (he  Boston  nssoiirdion,  in  h'r, 
accustomed  affectionate  manner,  j);'id  a  tribute  of 
respect  to  the  memory  of  the  able,  conscienliou'-, 
faithful,  and  zealous  doctor  Eckley,  in  a  sermon, 
from  Rev.  14. 13,  which  he  delivered  on  the  day  vf 
intennent,  and  whicli  is  before  the  pubiick.  Tlils 
article  is  closed  with  the  following  extracts  from 
that  sennon. 

"  Doctor  Ecklcy  was  a  faithful  minister  of  t!ic 
word  of  God.  This  part  of  his  character  I  shall 
not  attempt  to  illustrate.  I  Only  appeal  to  the 
people  of  his  late  charge.  He  has  a  witness  for  him 
in  your  hearts.  May  I  not  say,  in  the  words  of 
St.  Paul,  varying  them  a  little  to  the  occasion,  yc 
arc  icitnesses  and  God  also,  Iww  Iwlif}/,  and  justly, 
end  unblamcabU',  he  Lehaccd  himself  among  you,  thai 
helicve.  "With  what  solemnity  did  he  warn  sinners 
of  their  danger,  and  call  upon  them  to  repent  and 
Le  converted,  that  their  sins  might  be  forgiven  :' 
With  what  seriousness  did  he  exhort  professors  of 
Christianity  to  walk  circumspectly ;  to  honour  their 
profcssio!!,  and  to  cause  tiieir  ligiit  to  shine  before 
men,  that  they  seeing  their  good  works  might  be 
induced  to  glorify  God  ?  While  he  taught  the  doc- 
'rinc  of  justification  through  faith,  he  gave  eiicour- 
i-'^cemcnt  to  nono,  (hat  (hey  aiight  hope  far  justili- 


iT 


'.atlon,  unless  thpy  hnd  tlie  faiih,  wiiich  worketii  l;y 
love,  and  which  ptirifieth  the  heart. 

"  Doctor  Ecklcy  was  a  zealous  minister  of  tlic 
gospel  of  Christ.  His  afi'cctions  were  iiaturiilly 
lively,  and  we  liave  goori  reason  to  believe  his  hc.irt 
was  wanned  by  tlie  grace  of  (rod.  He  loved  iiis  di- 
vine Master  and  he  loved  thcsovil^  of  men.  Ho 
had  a  zeal  for  God;  bnt  it  was  not  a  zeal  to  make 
converts  to  a  particular  denominulionof  christians, 
nor  to  a  particular  niodo  of  worship.  His  zeal  was 
to  make  men  good  ;  to  make  thcni  pious  and  bene- 
volent ;  to  make  them  the  hninble  disciples  of  Jesus 
Christ;  and  then  it  was  of  little  consequence  with 
him,  where  they  worshi/ped,  provided  they  in  any 
place  worshipped  God,  who  13  a  spirit  in  sjiirit  anil 
in  trjih.  lie  had  a  zeal  to  build  up  the  kingdom  of 
the  lledccmer;  but  he  never  advised  nor  requested 
.my  to  make  a  profession  of  what  they  did  not  feel, 
Bor  to  promise  what  they  had  no  inclination  to  per- 
form. He  very  well  knew,  tiie  kingdom  of  God 
doth  not  consist  in  meats  and  drinks,  in  outward 
professions  and  forms  of  worship  ;  but  in  rishleous- 
nessand  peace,  as  well  as  joy  in  thejioly  Ghost." 

BOSTO>f,  IMASS- 
.')G5.  Note. — The  rev.  W i i.li  a m  Eji eh'-o  v,  lb 
liite  pastor  of  the  first  cluirch  in  Hoston,  was  bon 
at  Concord,  in  Massachusetts,  6  May,  1769.  Ih 
was  the  only  son  of  the  rev.  William  Emerson  of 
that  pbice  and  grandson  of  the  rev.  Joseph  Emer- 
s'^n  of  ^)^^^1rn.     Hi'--  niother,  rars.  Pbrlin  Finei-.son, 


19? 

«as  a  daugliter  of  tlie  rev.  Daniel  Bliss  of  tJoli- 
«or(l.  He  was  enroUeJ  among  the  graduates  of 
Harvard  university  in  1789.  He  nas  ordained  the 
pastor  of  the  church  and  congregation  in  the  toMn 
■of  Harvard,'  in  1702.  His  popular  talents  induced 
the  people  of  the  most  ancient  religious  society  in 
Boston  to  take  measures  for  his  removal.  By  an 
honourable  adjustment  he  was  released  from  his 
first  charge  and  was  installed  in  the  capital  of  New 
England,  16  October,  1799,  where  he  continued  till 
the  12  of  IMay,  loJ  I,  when  he  died  after  an  illness 
of  a  few  days'  continuance. 

Mr.  Emerson  wrote  a  History  of  the  first  church 
in  Boston  from  its  establishment  containing  much 
interesting  inroncalion,  which  has  bepn  publisheri 
since  his  dccea<:p.  His  character,  as  given  in  the 
■sermon  delivered  at  his  funeral  by  the  rev.  nir. 
Euckrainster,  makes  a  part  of  the  volume.  A  me- 
moir commemorative  of  his  virtues,  talents,  ant! 
literary  worth  is  inserted  in  tlie  1  vol.2  dec.  Coll. 
jMasg.  His.  Soc.  The  following  paragraphs  arc  se- 
lected from  tlie  funeral  difcourse. 

"  The  Rev,  William  Emerson  gave  early  indico- 
iioMS  of  devolcdness  to  God.  He  was  a  descendant 
of  pious  ancestors  through  many  generations  ;  and 
the  only  son  of  one  of  tlie  most  popular  and  promis- 
ing ministers  of  New  England,  who  died  early  in 
the  American  revolution.  The  mother,  who  sur- 
vives to  moum  over  the  death  of  her  son,  saw  him 
^ith  dflight  soon  giving  his  attention  and  studies 
".p  the  vrord  and  rainistrv  of  that  God,  to  whom  the 
R  2 


198 

prayers  and  wishes  of  liis  parents  had  dirpctcd  hi". 
first  thoughts.  They,  who  knew  hhu  best,  diiriii;,- 
the  most  trying  jieriod  of  youthful  virtue,  hear 
witness  to  the  singular  piuity  of  his  mind,  tender- 
ness of  his  conscience,  dcvoutness  of  his  feelinp;3, 
and  strictness  of  his  manners;  qualitifs,  which, 
by  God's  blessini;,  age  and  experience  did  not  di- 
minish, and  whicli  his  christian  profci;sion  after- 
wards secured  and  improved." 

*'  Such  is  the  constitution  of  society  .imong  m. 
that  much  of  the  care  of  our  literary  and  charitabh- 
institutions  devolves  upon  those  clergymen,  who 
have  disposition  and  qualifications  for  the  task- 
Mr.  Emerson's  industry,  integrity,  accin-acy,  and 
fidelity  were  well  knovvrn  in  the  numerous  societies, 
of  which  he  was  a  member.  The  f.own  has  lort  a 
diligent  observer  of  its  youth  and  education ;  the 
Academy  and  Historical  vSocicty  an  a.«-socialenrrcatIy 
interestcd  in  their  flourishing  state  ;  the  University 
an  attentive  overseer.  The  clergy  throughout  the 
country  have  lost  a  hospitable  and  liberal  brother: 
iiis  family  a  itoost  careful  and  cxceiient  father,  hus- 
band, and  master ;  and  his  friends  an  honourable 
i'rjcnd." 

BOSTON,  MASS. 
566  Note. — The  rev.  Joseph  Stevkxs  I]r(  k- 
Mi  YsTER,  successor  to  the  late  rev.  Peter  Thachor, 
jfJ.  1).  in  the  pastoral  care  of  the  congre^ationpl 
church  in  Brattle-street,  Boston,  departed  tliis  life, 
on  the  9  of  June,  1812,  twenty  two  hours  before  hi'- 


jy9 

iittiaer,  lue  icv.  Joscpli  Buckininster  of  Portsmouii:, 
ia  the  29  year  of  his  age.  [See  art.  S73.]  He  was 
a  nseiiiber  of  the  Aintrican  Academy  of  Arts  and 
ScienceH,  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society, 
iind  an  honorary  member  of  the  New-York  llistori- 
I'ai  .Socii'ty. 

Since  liis  decease,  a  vohime  of  hiy  <?erinoTis  Jias 
;  cen  selected  and  published  on  an  cicgaiit  paper  and 
lype,  accompanied  with  ahioKraphical  memoir, hand- 
:omely  written hy  the  rev.  Samiir.l  Cooper Thachei', 
uula  striking  portrait  engraved  by  mr.  Lcney  from 
T  superb  painting  executed  by  mr.  Stuart. 

To  this  work  the  reader  is  referred  for  an  accoinit 
of  mr.  Buckminstcr,  who  was  a  gentleman  of  the 
most  amiable  disposition,  of  uncommon  celebrity  as 
a  classical  and  beileslettres  scholar,  and  was  one  of 
the  mnst  engaging  and  eloquent  pulpit  orators  in 
Amcrhrn. 


BOSTON,    MAS5;. 

.jbT.  Note. — The  rev.  John  Ei.iot,  D.  D.  <>i 
()Oston,  one  of  the  founders,  and  successor  of  doc. 
}'Selknap,  as  corresponding  secretary,  of  the  Mas- 
-  ichusetts  Historical  Society,  a  beloved  pastor  of 
•is  Hock,  extensively  known  by  his  valuable  liistor- 
H.al  and  biographical  labours,  departed  this  life,  in 
the  joyous  hope  of  an  interest  in  redeeming  love,  on\ 
the  1-4  of  February,  1813,  in  the  5!)  year  of  his  age. 
No  one  could  have  had  the  happiness  and  the 
honour  of  his  friendship  and  acquaintance  without 
loving  and  revering  huii  ;  be  was  so  mild,  so  amiu- 


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ble,  so  benevolent,  so  learned,  and  so  reac^y  to  com- 
inunicatc  from  his  rich  funrl  of  kno\vIetl,i;e. 

The  author  of  this  Collection  will  not  atlpin|it  t» 
draw  his  character.  He  merely  introduces  him  a» 
one  of  the  distinguished  worthies  of  his  day,  ant' 
in  order  to  state,  that  a  memoir  of  this  estimable 
man,  attributed  to  the  present  learned  Boylston  pro- 
fessor of  rhetorick  and  oratory  at  Harvard  univer- 
sity, makes  one  of  the  most  interesting  articles,  of 
the  kind,  to  be  found  in  the  numerous  volumes  pub- 
lished by  that  society,  of  which  doctor  Eliot,  was  a 
most  active  and  useful  member.  To  this  and  the 
pennons  occasioned  by  his  death,  and  given  t)  the 
publick,  the  reader  is  referred  for  an  account  of 
tlie  talents  and  virtues  of  the  late  excellent  doctor 
Eliot. 

BOSTON,  MASS. 
568.  iVo/e— The  rev.  Sa  mvel  West,  D.T).  of  Bos- 
ton, was  a  native  of  Martha's  Vineyard,  and  wa< 
born,  19  November,  old  style,  17:38.  His  father,  the 
rev.  Thomas  West,  was  a  colleague  %vilh  the  rcv- 
Experience  Mayhew,  for  a  considerable  length  of 
time,  but  removed  to  Rochester,  where  he  ended  hii 
days,  having  sustained  the  character  of  a  pious  and 
ivorthy  man. 

The  subject  of  this  article  having  received  tht 
honours  of  Harvard  college,  in  1761,  was,  soon  after, 
appointed  chaplain  at  Fort  Pownal,  and  had  the 
happiness  to  reside  in  the  late  general  Preble's 
f.t'ioily.     On  the  "23  of  April,  1764,  he  was  ordained 


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Jit  JVeetliiaui.  He  coiUinued  in  tliat  piace,  diligent- 
ly ilevoted  to  his  Master's  cause,  till  1783,  when, 
iipon  the  pressing  invitation  of  tlie  church  in  Hoi- 
lii>-5treet,  he  was  released  from  Lis  first  parochial 
charge  and  was  installed  at  Boston,  12  March, 
1789.  Here  he  clofcd  his  life  witli  a  hope  full  of 
immortality,  after  long  conllicting  with  a  painful 
disorder,  on  the  10  of  April,  1808. 

His  consort,  nirs.  Priscilla  AVest,  Avho  still  sur- 
vives, was  a  daughter  of  Nathan  Plimpton  of  Need- 
ham,  by  whom  he  had  four  children  ;  one  daughter, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  six  yearrs  and  three  son?. 
Samuel  West,  esq.  his  oldest  son,  departed  this  life, 
30  January,  1310,  in  the  S3  year  of  his  age. 

The  rev.  John  Lathrop,  D.D.  preached  a  sermon 
from  2  Tim.  1.  12,  at  the  interment  of  doctor  West, 
which  was  published  with  a  biographical  memoir 
written,  at  the  request  of  a  committee  of  tiie  socie- 
ty in  Holli?-sfrcet,  by  the  late  rev.  Thomas  Thacher 
ofDcdham.  To  these  the  reader  is  referred  for  an 
account  of  the  life,  character,  and  writings  of  this 
distinguished  clergyman. 

The  follow'ing  rules,  from  the  private  papers  of 
doctor  West,  vere,  according  to  his  memorandum, 
thrown  together,  as  general  waymarks  in  the  jour- 
ney of  life.  They  were  advantageous  to  him,  and, 
■while  they  exhibit  an  honourable  testimony  to  his 
moral  w  orth,  may  be  useful  to  oihers. 

1.  "  Never  to  ridicule  sarrsJ  things,  or  what 
(hers  may  esteem  such,  hov.evcr  absurb  they  may 
Tipear  to  rae. 


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2.  !V(»ver  to  slinw  levity  where  the.  people  are 
professrcliy  engaa;pd  in  woishij). 

3.  Never  to  resent  a  supixisecl  injury,  till  I  know 
the  views  and  motives  of  the  author  o/  it.  Nor  ou 
uny  occasion  to  retaliate. 

4.  Never  to  judge  a  por?on's  character  Ijy  ex- 
ternal appearances. 

5.  Always  to  take  the  part  of  an  absent  person . 
who  is  censured  in  company,  so  far  as  truth  and  j)ro- 
priety  will  allow. 

6.  Never  to  think  the  worse  of  another  on  ac- 
roiint  of  his  differing  from  me  in  political  or  reli- 
gious opinions. 

7.  Never  to  dispute,  if  I  can  fairly  avoid  it. 

8.  Not  to  dispute  with  a  man  more  than  70  year.": 
old  ;  nor  with  a  woman  ;  nor  with  an  enthusiast. 

9.  Not  to  afleci  to  be  witty  or  to  jest,  so  as  to 
wound  the  feelings  of  another. 

10.  To  sa)'  as  little  as  possible  of  myself,  and 
those,  who  arc  near  to  me. 

11.  To  aim  at  cheerfulness,  without  levity. 

12.  Not  to  obtrude  my  ad\  ice  unasked. 

\S.  Never  to  court  the  favour  of  the  rich,  by  flat- 
tering either  their  vanity  or  their  vices. 

14.    To  respect  virtue,  though  clothed  in  ragr. 

l."*.  To  speak  with  calmness  and  deliberation,  on 
all  occasions  ;  especially,  in  circumstances,  wiiii  !■ 
lend  to  irritate. 

16.  [""rrqucntly  fn  ro'-iew  niv  rnivbict,  and  nc^U 
inv  failinj'': 


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16.  On  uli  occdhions  to  have  in  piotpect  Uic 
fiid  oIlifL-  and  a  future  state. 

13.  Not  to  (latter  myself  that  I  can  act  up  to 
*hesc  rules,  however  honestly  1  may  aim  at  it." 

GRFKN'LAND,    N.  H. 

569.  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  the  rev. 
.James  Armstroxg  Nt-al,  A.  M.  late  pas- 
tor of  the  cono;re£;atioaal  cliurch  ia  Green- 
land, New  Hampshire,  who  departed  this 
life,  18  July,  1808,  a^ed  34  years. 

Note. — Mr.  Neal  hail  a  good  academick  educa- 
tion and  was,  for  some  years,  a  distinguished  pre- 
ceptor of  a  young  ladies'  school  in  Philadelpiiia. 
He  was  particularly  patronized  by  the  rev.  doctor 
<*ireen,  to  whose  church  he  belonged,  and  under 
whose  directions  he  commenced  his  theological 
atndies.  Although  he  had  never  belonged  to  any 
college;  yet,  such  were  his  literary  and  scientifick 
attainments,  the  late  doctor  Nisbet,  president  of 
Dickinson  college,  conferred  upon  him  the  degree 
)f  master  of  arts  in  the  year,  1802. 

Mr.  Neal,  having  becom.e  a  licentiate  of  the  Pis- 
Catac[ua  association,  was  oidained  at  Greenland, 
luccehsor  to  the  rev.  doctor  Macclintock,  !22  May, 
1805.  He  was  a  minister  of  popular  talents  and 
died  much  regretted,  after  suffering  greatly  from  an 
organick  disease  of  the  heart. 

He  married  miss  Christina  Palmer,  a  lady  from 
§4:otiand,   by  whom  he  had  two  sons,  the  oldest  of 


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whom  dietl,  11  Novpnibcr,  180G,  at  the  age  oi  tucy 
years. 

His  successor  in  the  ministry  at  Grcenlaml  is  tlir 
rev.  Epiiraim  Abbot. 

GREENLAND,    N.  H. 

570.  Here  lyes  the  body  ol"  mis.  Emz- 
ABETii  Packer,  wife  to  colonel  Thomas 
Packer,  aged  02  years,  deceased,  4  August, 
1717. 

Note. — The  plate  used  at  the  communion  taWe  in 
Greenland,  of  considerable  value,  was  presented  to 
the  church  by  nus.  Packer. 

GREENLAND,    N.  H. 

571.  Here  lyes  buried  the  body  of  mrs. 
Eleanor  Allen,  late  consort  of  the  rev. 
mr.  William  Allen  ;  an  early  convert,  emi- 
nent for  holiness,  prayerfulness,  watchfulness, 
zeal,  prudence,  sincerity,  meekness,  patiencr. 
weanedness  from  the  world,  self  denial,  faith- 
fulness, and  charity,  who  died,  16  January. 
1734-5,  aged  52  years. 

Note. — The  rev.  lur.  Allen,  the  first  minister  of 
Greenland  was  ordained,  15  July,  1T07,  and  died. 
1760,  at  the  age  of  84  years. 

NORTH-HAMPTON,    N.  H. 

572.  iVo/c— Tiie  fullowina  statement  is  made  by 


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he  author  of  this  CollccLioft  with  the  aid  of  his 
worthy  friend,  the  rev.  Jonathan  French  of  North 
Hampton. 

John  Wingate,  who  settled  on  Dover  neck,  in 
New  Hampshire,  was  the  ancestor  of  many  familiep 
in  this  country.  He  had  three  sons,  John,  Joshua, 
and  Caleb.  The  last  removed  into  one  of  the  south- 
ern slates.  Joshua,  at  first,  fixed  his  abode  in 
Harapton.  He  was  a  very  respectable  character 
At  the  celebrated  siege  and  conquest  of  Louisbourg. 
in  1745,  he  commanded  a  company,  and  was  after- 
wards, for  several  years,  colonel  of  the  Hamptoa 
regiment  of  militia.  He  finally  settled  in  Nortk 
Hampton,  where  he  and  his  wife  died  at  more, 
than  90  years  of  age.  They  had  many  children. 
Their  eldest  son,  the  rev.  Paine  Wingate  o{  Ames- 
bury,  died  at  the  a^c  of  82  years,  and  was  the  father 
of  the  hon.  Paine  Wingate  of  Strathani  and  oi 
Joseph  AVingate,  esq.  ofHallowell.  Onedaughtei 
was  the  wife  of  doctor  E<in>und  Toppan,  [see  art. 
Sv)2]  one  of  mr.  Pickering,  father  of  the  hon.  Timo- 
thy Pickering,  one  of  rev.  mr.  Cliase  of  Newcastle, 
one  of  doctor  Newman  of  Newburyport,  one  of  mr. 
Stickney  of  the  same  place,  one  of  doctor  AVecks  of 
Hampton,  and  one  of  the  rev.  Nathaniel  Gooki« 
of  North-Hampton,  father  ofthe  present  hon.  Daniel 
Gookin.  Most  of  these  lived  to  a  great  age.  The 
youngest  son  of  colonel  Jofhua  Wingate  was  the 
late  venerable  John  AV"ikgate,  A.  M.  the  princi- 
pal subject  of  this  article. 
This  worthy  man  was  born  at  Haropt«B,  4  Janua- 
?E>^.i.— vox.  III>  6 


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ry^  17-25.  He  was  prepared  for  admission  into 
Harvard  college  by  liis  brollicr,  the  rev.  Pdine 
Wiiigate,  and  received  liis  buccalaureatc  in  1744. 
[n  course  of  the  following  year,  he  made  a  jiuljlick 
profession  of  religion,  which  he  adorned  l)y  his  ex- 
emplary christian  deportment  through  a  long  pro* 
traded  life.  Sleekness,  luuiiility,  and  benevolence 
shone  with  uncommon  lustre  in  the  constellation  of 
his  virtues.  He  was  a  very  conscientious  and  de- 
vout man.  Hn  loved  the  institutions  of  the  gospel 
'  and  esteemed  them  as  most  precious  privileges.  He 
deli;ihted  in  the  society  of  the  pious  and  particularly 
in  that  of  the  faithful  ministers  of  .Tesus  Christ, 
with  many  of  whom  he  was  well  acquainted. 

Mr.  Wingate  never  entered  into  the  bonds  of 
matrimony;  yet  he  vas  ei<teemod,  like  a  father,  by 
many,  who  experienced  his  kind  and  w  atcliful  care* 
Devoid  of  ambition  for  the  honours  of  ihe  world,  it 
was  his  constant  aim  to  live  to  the  glory  of  ciod  and 
llie  benefit  of  his  fellow  creatures.  He  was  never 
happier,  than  when  doing  good  to  the  extent  of  his 
opportunities  and  means,  and  his  days  were  lilled 
up  with  deeds  of  usefulness.  He  wept  with  those, 
who  wept  and  rejoiced  at  the  temporal  and  spiritual 
prosperity  of  all  around  him.  He  was  remarkable 
for  the  simplicity  and  purity  of  his  life  and  conver- 
sation. M  no  one  may  it  Ije  said,  with  more  strik- 
ing propriety,  that  he  was  an  Israelite  indeed  in 
■whom  llteve  iins  no  gidlc.  At  length,  bowed  down 
with  age,  esteemed  and  revered,  \vherever  known, 
he  closed  his  pilgrimage,  oa  the  4  of  September, 


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1811',  in  his  88  year,  to  enter  on  the  rewards  of 
grace.  i>iark  the  pcrftcl  mau  and  bklwld  the  upright, 
/or  (lie  end  of  that  man  is  peace. 


KINGSTON,  N.  H. 
573,  iN'o/e.— The  rev.  Emhi'  Tii.vter,  D.  D. 
was  born  of  religions  parents  in  Braintree,  .Massa- 
chusetts, 29  March,  1T4T.  lie  was  edncated  at 
New  Jersey  college,  the  honours  of  which  he  re- 
ceived in  1769.-  His  ordination  at  Kingston,  in  New- 
Haniii.«hire,  took  place,  18  Decembir,  1776.  His 
predecessors,  in  the  ministry  of  that  town,  were 
the  rev.  Ward  Clarke,  who  was  ordained,  in  172.'i, 
the  rev.  Joseph  Secombe,  in  1737,  and  t!ie  rev. 
Amos  Ta[)pan,  in  1752.  From  the  time  of  tiie  or- 
ganization of  the  New  Hamp!.hire  Missionary  Socie- 
ty, in  1801,  doctor  Thayer  was,  annually,  elected 
the  president  of  that  institution,  till  1811,  when 
his  feeble  state  of  health  obliged  hiai  to  decline  a 
re-election.  He  finished  liis  ciiristian  course,  on  the 
3  of  April,  1812,  at  the  age  of  C5  years.  He  was 
distinguished  for  his  meekness  and  humility,  piety 
and  learning,  and  was  an  euiiuent  minister  of  (he 
gospel  of  Jesus  Christ. 

BOON   ISLAND. 
STi.    Note. — This  article  is  designed  to  perpetu- 
ate the  remembrance  of  a  distressing  occurrence  at 
Boon  Island,  which  is  a  body  of  rocks  of  extremely 
dilficult  access,  except  in  a  perfect  calm,  and  which 


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iie3  at  the  distance  of  a  few  miles  in  a  soutbeaslerly 
direction  from  Cape  Nedibck. 

The  Nottingham  Galley,  a  vessel  of  120 
tons'  biirilen  with  ten  guns  and  fourteen  men,  sailed 
from  London  for  Boston,  25  September,  1710;  but, 
meeting  with  contrary  winds  and  bad  weather,  was 
driven  to  the  northward  of  Piscataqua  harbour, 
and,  at  length,  in  a  tremendous  northeasterly  gale 
accompanied  with  rain,  hail,  and  fnow,  was  driven 
upon  lluon  Island,  in  the  night  of  the  It  of  Decem- 
ber. Tile  vessel  was  immediately  dashed  to  pieces; 
but,  in  almost  a  miraculous  manner,  all  the  crew 
5t)t  safely  upon  the  dreary  island.  Their  suftcrings, 
in  this  situation,  from  the  wet,  cold,  and  hunger, 
were  extreme.  Some  of  them  soon  died.  Two  of 
them  attempted,  after  a  few  days,  to  get  ashore  at 
York  upon  a  raft  and  were  lost.  Having  no  means 
to  make  a  signal,  whidi  could  be  seen,  the  surviv' 
ers  were  not  discovered,  so  as  to  be  taken  oft',  till 
the  3  of  January,  ITll.  They  were  obliged  to 
subsist  upon  rock  weed,  a  few  muscles,  and  a  raw 
hide  cut  into  little  shreds.  For  a  time,  they  fre- 
quently united  in  prayer  to  God  and  exhibited  all 
that  kindness  of  disposition,  which  becomes  the 
christian  character.  At  length,  dying  with  their 
hardships,  and  especially  for  want  of  food,  after 
much  deliberation,  it  was  thought  to  be  their  dulT' 
to  satisfy  the  cravings  of  nature  by  eating  the  fleSh 
of  one  of  their  number,  who  had  fallen  a  victim  to 
disease  and  death.     It  being  out  of  their  y»0Tver  tc 


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get  fire,  tlipy  were  oblin;cd  to  swallow  the  loathsome 
morsel  as  it  c;imc  tVom  the  human  carcass. 

Now  the  scene  was  totally  changed.  Perpetual 
quarrels  ensued  and  nothing,  scarcely,  could  be 
more  dreadful,  than  the  eflbcts  of  the  alternative, 
to  whicli  these  unliappy  mariners  had  heeti  driven. 
Their  disposition  resemhled  that  of  the  irifernuls. 
Their  God  was  forgotten  or  his  hply  name  was  aw- 
fully blasphemed. 

When  relieved,  these  men  weiSl  reduced  to  a  mere 
skeleti>n  and  were  unable  to  jftik-  John  Deaiic, 
theconiuiand'er  of  the  NnttinghSi  Galley,  published 
a  long  and  circumstantial  nnrriKtive,  which  is  seldom 
to  be  found,  and  from  which  the  facts  in  this  article 
have,  been  drawn. 

NEV/nURYPORT,    MASS. 

575.  ReliqiiiK>;  hie  depomintur  dom. 
Nicoi.Ai  IIiJuhj'e,  coll.  Har.  a.  M.  indolis 
promptise  ac  mentis  pito  jiivcais  ;  literatura 
omnimoda  non  parum  prasditus  ;  ecclcsiis 
decessit  moestis  candidatus  evan«;clicus ;  con- 
tempovalibus,  quibuscunque  notiis,  condo- 
lentibijs  plauditur.  Futiinis  ctiam  longe 
laudabitur  apud  Neoburienses,  qui  natii  i\z- 
visi  sunt,  omnium  votis  non  obstantibus,  Feb. 
29,  1744,  aetatis  24  denatu?.  Beatitudine 
jam  cailesti  Deo  optimo  maximo  donatus  est 
S  2 


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spjritus;  corpus  autem  descensuro  Christo 
immortale  et  gloriosum  resuscitabitur,  feli- 
cissimus  indc  totalis  in  a'tcrnuni.  Sir  vo- 
Uiit  rcgnaus  ca'lis  terrisque  Supiemus. 

NEWBURY,    iMASS. 

57G.     A   rosurrection  to  immortality  is 
here  expected  for  what  was  mortal  of  the  rev. 
mr.    John    Richardson,    once  fellow  of 
Harvard  college,  afterwards  teacher  to  the 
church  of  Newbury,  putt  off,  21  Ap.  1696, 
in  the  fiftieth  year  of  his  age. 
"Wlien  prcacliers  dy,  the  rules,  the  pulpit  gave, 
To  live  \vell,  are  still  preached  I'rom  the  grave. 
The  faith  and  life,  which  your  dead  pastor  taught, 
In  one  grave  now  wilii  him,  syrs,  bury  not. 

Abl,  viator,  a  mortuo  disce  vivere  ut 
moriturus,  e  Ferris  disce  cogitare  de  ccelis. 

NEWBURY,    MASS. 

577.  Here  lyes  the  body  of  the  rev.  mr. 
Christopher  Top^an,  master  of  arts, 
fourth  pastor  of  the  first  church  in  New- 
bury, a  gentleman  of  good  learning,  conspi- 
cuous piety  and  virtue,  shining  both  by  his 
doctrine  and  life,  skilled  and  greatly  improv- 
ed in  the  practice  of  physick  and  surgery. 


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whodeceased,  23  July,  1747,  in  the  76  year 
of  his  age  and  51  year  of  his  pastoral  of- 
fice. 

Here  are  also  the  remains  of  that  pious 
and  virtuous  gentlewoman,  mrs.  Sarah 
ToppAN,  former  wife  of  the  abovesaid  rev. 
mr.  Toppan,  and  daughter  of  mr.  Edmund 
Angier  of  Cambridge.  She  died,  20  Feb- 
ruary,  1 738-9,  in  the  64  year  of  her  age. 

Note. — The  rev.  John  Snelling  Popkin,  the  pre- 
sent pastor  of  the  most  ancient  church  in  Newbury, 
in  1806,  published  one  sermon,  on  leaving  the  old, 
and  one  on  entering  the  new  meeting  house  in  the 
first  parish  of  that  town,  accompanied  with  a  co- 
pious appendix,  which  contains  many  historical, 
biographical,  and  genealogical  facts.  From  this  it 
appears,  that  mr.  Toppan  leii  two  sons  and  two 
daughters.  The  late  most  excellent  Mollis  profes- 
sor of  theology  at  Harvard  university,  the  reverend 
David  Tappan,  D.  D.  was  a  son  of  the  reverend 
Benjamin  Toppan  of  Manchester,  who  was  a  son  of 
mr.  Samuel  Toppan  of  Newbury,  a  brother  of  the 
rev.  Christopher  Toppan.  The  late  professor,  for 
some  reason,  thought  proper  to  exchange  the  o  for- 
an  a  in  writing  his  name,  and  his  example  is  fol- 
lowed  by  the  other  descendants  of  his  father. 

NEWBURV.    MASS. 

/'"Sc    Beneath  are  the  reraaics  of  the  rev. 


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John  TrcKKR,  D.  D.  pastor  of  the  first 
church  and  conj^resation  in  this  town,  who 
diod,  22  March,  1792,  setat.  73.  Blessed 
"vvith  stronsj  mental  powers,  a  liberal  educa- 
tioji,  and  an  unconimon  mildness  of  temper  ; 
all  dir«'cted  and  improved  by  that  faith, 
wlijch  purifies  the  heart ;  rendered  him  dear- 
ly beloved  in  every  relation,  in  which  he 
was  placed  ;  and  more  especiallj  made  him 
conspicuously  useful  as  a  minister  of  the  gos- 
pel. When  mcetin;;;  with  peculiar  difticul- 
ties,  he  eminently  complied  with  that  direc- 
tion of  his  master  to  the  first  preachers  of  his 
gfospel  ;  be  wise  as  serpents  and  harmless 
as  doves.  As  he  lived  a  life  of  piety,  he  met 
death  with  serenity.  By  his  doctrine  and 
example,  he  taught  the  humilltj-  and  meek- 
ness, and,  at  his  death,  he  exhiinted  the  dig- 
nity and  triumph,  of  the  real  christian. 

To  perpetuate  the  memory  of  so  excel- 
lent a  character,  and  as  a  testimony  of  their 
affectionate  reo;ard,  the  bereaved  flock  have 
erected  this  sepulchral  stone. 

UNITED    STATES. 
5T9.     N)lr. — This   article  consists  of  a  concise 
account  of  a  rcnmrkable  naval  exploit,  performed* 


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by  several  active,  bold  and  courageous  Ameiicajs 
seamen,  belonging  to  Marblehead  near  the  dose  of 
the  revolutionary  war. 

In  \oveinber,  1782,  the  ship,  St.  Helena,  com- 
manded by  .John  Stillw.°ll,  sailed  with  a  fleet  frain 
Havannah  for  Philadelphia.  -She  mounted  twenty 
guns  between  decks,  ten  of  which,  however,  were 
wooden,  and  had  under  convoy  about  fifteen  Amer- 
ican vessels,  which  had  jirevioiislj  been  subjected 
to  an  embargo.  The  day  they  were  permitted  to 
leave  the  port,  the  St.  Helena,  in  attempting  to  get 
under  way,  unfortunately,  met  with  a  disaster  oppo- 
ahe  to  the  Moro  Castle,  which  detained  her  till  sun- 
set. The  fleet  was  beating  backwards  and  forwards 
during  the  night,  which  was  very  dark,  waiting 
for  the  convoy.  The  St.  Helena  passed  and  repas- 
sed a  number  of  the  vessels-  In  the  mean  time  f.ev- 
eral  guns  were  heard,  supposed  to  be  from  some  of 
the  fleet.  At  length,  about  midnight,  she  was  sa- 
luted by  a  broadside-  It  was  a  thing  altogether 
unexpected,  the  men  were  much  fatigued,  no  one 
seemed  to  know  his  station,  an*l  great  confusion 
•followed.  However,  some  of  their  guns  were  soon 
got  into  operation  and  the  firing  continued  till  day- 
light, when  the  antagonist  was  found  to  be  his  Bri- 
lannick  majesty's  brig.  Lively,  commanded  by  Mi- 
chael Stanhope,  esq.  The  St.  Helena  was  also 
within  reach  of  the  guns  of  the  .Tupiter,  a  ship  of 
the  line;  of  course,  her  colours  were  lowered,  and 
Jlie  men  were  taken  on  board  of  the  Lively. 

In  six  days  after  ths  capture,  it  was  discovered 


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that  the  crew  ortlie  Ft.  HHona  was  preparing  to 
rise.  All  the  men  were  then  CfinHiied  below  and 
were  suffered  to  come  up  through  a  narmw  grating 
only  one  at  a  time,  the  hatchway  l)eing  continually 
barred,  and  j^uaidcd  by  a  centin<'l.  In  six  days 
after  the  close  confinement,  five  of  the  Americans, 
Anthony  Carner,  .John  I'rince.  Seth  Farrow,  Lewis 
Russell,  and  Nathan  Walker  concerted  a  plan  for 
taking  the  brig.  Accordingly,  about  noon,  Wal- 
ker disarmed  the  centinel,  took  out  the  bar,  which 
fastened  the  hatchway,  and  the  other  four  instantly 
rushed  upon  deck,  fought  in  a  most  desperate  man- 
cer,  and,  in  a  few  moments,  took  the  vessel ! 

The  number  of  Americans  on  board  the  Lively 
was  forty  six.  They  immediately  bore  away  for 
Havannah,  where  they  arrived  in  safety,  and  sold 
their  prize  for  $  22000. 

A  want  of  documents  precludes  the  po.ssibility  cf 
giving  a  more  circumstantial  account  of  the  boldest 
naval  adventure,  of  the  kind,  which  took  place 
during  the  revolutionary  war,  excejit  that  recorded 
of  captain  Robert  Wormsted,  in  the  '»25  article  of 
this  Collection.  They  were  both  long  the  subject 
of  wonder  and  applause,  in  the  United  States,  and 
the  enemy  could  not  avoid  expressing  admiration 
at  the  surprising  achievements  of  yankee  seamen. 

CANTON,    iMASS. 
5B0.  Note. — The  rev.  Samuel  DuNBAR,minister 
of  tlat  p.ut  of  Stoughton    which  is  now   Canton, 
was  the  son  of  uir.  John  jDunbar,  a  man  of  piety  and 


S15 

joo(3  report,  who  emigrated  from  Scotland  to  Ameri- 
ca, about  the  coiumeiicemeni  of  the  eighteenth  cen- 
tury. His  mother,  whose  original  name  was  Marga- 
ret Hohues,  was  left  a  disconsolate  v\  idow,  when 
this  son,  her  only  child,  was  about  four  years  old. 
For  his  education,  he  was  chiefly  indebted  to  the 
industry  and  exertions  of  his  pious  mother  ai\d  the 
patronage  of  the  rev.  doc.  Cotton  Mather.  At  the 
asje  of  seven  years,  he  entered  the  ancient  Latin 
school  in  Boston,  under  the  care  of  the  rev.  Na- 
thaniel Williams,  the  worthy  successor  of  the  vene- 
rable Ezekiel  Cheever.  He  was  graduated  at  Har- 
vard College,  in  1T2S,  and  immediately  became 
usher  of  the  school,  where  he  had  had  his  first  rudi- 
ments of  classical  learning. 

Having  become  a  licentiate,  he  was  ordained,  at 
Stoughton,  15  November,  I'itl.  His  plain  and 
pungent  preaching,  unadorned  with  the  graces  of 
composition,  was  enforced  by  a  peculiar  zeal  and 
pathos.  He  had  a  most  powerful  and  comuianding 
voice,  and  spake  as  one  having  authority.  In  pray- 
er he  was  pertinent,  copious,  and  fervent. 

Mr.  Dunl)ar  had  a  critical  knowledge  of  the 
Latin,  Greek,  and  HeOrew  languages.  He  was  re- 
markably studious,  and,  during  his  long  ministry, 
wrote  more  sermons,  than  almost  any  one  has  ever 
done  since.  He  composed  with  ease  and  commuied 
his  thoughts  to  paper  in  a  short  hand  of  his  owa 
invention.  For  more  than  half  a  ce?itury,  he  was 
never  absent  from  the  sanctuary,  through  ill  health. 
He  was  much  esleeuied  as  au  able  and  prudeat  coua» 


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jcilor.  Blessed  with  a  vigorous  mind,  lie  uaS'Si 
strenuous  advocate  for  the  civil  and  religious  liber- 
ties of  his  country.  In  1755,  he  was  chaplain  to 
colonel  Brown's  regiment  in  the  expedition  agains'. 
Crown  Point.  For  sixteen  years,  he  generously 
relinquished  a  tenth  part  of  his  salary  to  aid  in 
meeting  the  expenses  of  building  a  new  house  o{ 
■norship. 

During  the  revolutionary  contest,  his  ?eal  am* 
firmness  in  the  cause  of  freedom  and  his  unwavering 
ffeiitii  in  the  protection  and  providence  of  God,  eveu 
in  the  darkest  and  most  distressing  times,  contri- 
buted not  a  little  to  support  the  hopes  and  sustain 
the  sinking  spirits  of  his  people.  Nor  was  he  un- 
mindful of  their  pecuniary  embarrassments.  Biirint' 
tlie  whole  war  he  voluntarily  gave  his  people  one 
moiety  of  his  annual  stipends 

Mr.  Dunbar  lived  Uj  see  the  return  of  peace  antl 
the  complete  establishment  of  the  independence  oi 
the  United  States.  It  is  worthy  of  notice  that  his 
last  ofllcial  publick  act  wag  a  prayer,  on  the  '2  of 
June,  1703,  when  the  people  of  his  charge  were 
assembled  at  the  temple  to  celebrate  that  great  na^ 
tional  event  and  to  give  thanks  to  almighty  God, 
whose  outstretched  arm  had  humbled  the  pride  of 
Britain  and  rescued  his  American  Israel  from  an 
ungenerous  oppression. 

His  last  sickness,  excruciating  in  the  extreme,. 
he  endured  with  patience  and  resignation,  like  a 
good  soldier  of  Jesus  Christ.  A  little  before  his 
'^rparturc,  fie  affectionately  replied  to  an  inquiiinj;; 


217 

friend,  in  the  words  of  Polycarp,  J  have  served  K 
good  Master,  and  he  futs  not  forsaken  me.  He  closed 
his  well  spent  life,  on  the  15  of  June,  178S,  in  the  79 
year  of  his  age  and  56  of  his  ministry. 

[The  foregoing  meiuoir  was  principally  drawn 
from  the  appendix  to  a  sermon,  delivered  at  the  or- 
dination of  the  rev.  William  Kichey,  in  Canton,  by 
the  rev.  Elijah  Dunbar  of  Peterborough,  grandson 
•f  the  rev.  Samuel  Dunbar.] 


DEDHAM,    MASS. 

581.  M.  S.  rev.  Thom^e  Tiiacher.  Vir 
erat  eruditus,  praecellens  robore  mentis  et 
verbomm  pondere,  verbi  divini  minister  in- 
defessus  et  fidelis.  Quam  amicis  retentus  et 
seqiiis  beneficus  diim  vixit  plurimorum  ani- 
mis  diu  gratissime  insedebit.  Obiit  kal. 
Oct.  1812,  anno  tetat.  56,  ministerii  33. 

Note. — This  inscription  was  written  by  the  rev- 
Thaddeus  Mason  Harris,  D.  D.  of  Dorchester.  Mr- 
Tha«  her  was  the  only  brother  of  the  late  rev. 
Peter  Thacher,  D.  D.  of  Boston  and  son  of  Oxea- 
bridge  Thacher,  esq. 

ROXBURV,    BfASS. 

532.  Note.— The  hon.  John  Loweil,  LL.  D. 
A.  A.  S.  was  one  of  the  most  eminent  civilians, 
which  America  has  produced.    He  was  a  son  ©f  tkc 

PBA'.  I,— y©t  III,        T 


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rev.  John  iioucll,  for  many  years,  the  able  an  J  ex- 
cellent  pastor  of  a  congregational  church  in  Nevv- 
Iniryport.  [See  art.  4t4.]  A  memoir  of  this  difi- 
tiiiguished  character  appears  in  Eliot's  liiog.  Die. 
The  hon.  Isaac  Parker,  in  pronouncing  his  eulogy 
on  the  late  chief  justice  Parsons  [see  art.  ."jGO]  payn 
a  just,  elegant,  and  highly  respectful  tribute  to  the 
memory  of  mr.  Lmvell,  who  was  the  chief  justice  «f 
the  federal  circuit  court  for  the  District  of  Maine, 
New  Hampshire,  Massachusetts,  and  Rhode  Island. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  obituary  notice  of 
judge  Lowell,  which  was  published  in  several  ga- 
zettes, soon  after  his  decease,  and  is  considered  as 
strictly  just  by  all,  who  knew  him. 

"  Boston,  6  May,  180^2.  Died  at  Roxbury,  on 
thursday  last,  in  the  59  year  of  his  age,  the  hon. 
John  Lowell,  esq.  chief  justice  of  the  circuit  court 
of  the  United  States  for  the  first  circuit. 

"  Few  men  ever  passed  through  a  long  life  more 
generally  beloved,  or  quitted  it  more  sincerely  la- 
mented. Of  manners  mild  and  conciliatory;  of 
candour  almost  inimitable;  of  alfection  sincere ;  of 
morals  irreproachable.  With  a  fancy  ardent  and 
fertile ;  with  an  tiiiderstanding  acute  and  pene- 
trating ;  with  feelings  animated,  yet  refined  and 
correct;  with  a  mind  enriclieil  by  literature  and 
improved  by  observation  ;  with  an  eloquence  impe- 
tuous, yet  fascinating  and  impressive.  In  the  pro- 
fession and  practice  of  our  holy  religion  sincere 
and  devout;  in  friendship  warm  and  unalterable; 
in  domestick  life  amiable  and  affectionate  ;  in  publick 
eraplc-uent  fdilhful,  intelligent,  and  upright.    Dh 


M 


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linguished  by  svich  qualities,  society  sustains  uti 
OTdinary  loss  in  a  magistrate  so  wise,  a  husband  and 
parent  so  aft'ectionate,  a  frienJ  so  sincere,  and  a 
citizen  so  inestimable." 

Tke  subject  of  this  article,  a  graduate  of  1760, 
is  supposed  to  have  been  one  of  the  writers  in  the 
Pietas  ct  Grat.  Coll.  Har.  His  eulogy  mi  the  late 
governour  Bowdoin,  the  tirst  president  of  the  Am. 
Acad.  Arts  and  Sciences,  published  with  tlie  Me- 
moirs of  that  learned  body,  is  a  lasting  inonumeui 
of  his  talents  as  a  writer. 

UNITED    STATES. 

583.  James  Lawrexce,  esq.  late  commander  of 
ihe  United  States'  frigate,  Chesapeake,  was  mortally 
wounded  in  her  desperate,sanguinary,  and  disastrous 
engagement  with  his  Britaiinick  majesty's  frigate. 
Shannon,  on  the  first  of  June,  1813,  a  ft.w  league? 
from  Boston. 

He  was  a  native  of  Burlington  in  the  state  of 
\ew-Jersey,  and  was  born,  on  the  fust  of  October, 
1781.  His  father,  John  Lawrence,  esquire,  was  au 
eminent  counsellor  at  law  in  that  beautiful  city. 
For  two  years  he  was  devoted  to  the  study  of  juris- 
prudence in  the  office  of  his  brother,  the  late  John 
Lawrence,  esq,  at  Woodbury.  This,  however,  not 
being  congenial  w  ith  his  taste,  he  turned  his  atten* 
tion  to  navigation  and  naval  tacticks. 

His  first  cruise  wa«  in  the  character  of  a  midship- 
man on  board  the  Ganges,  with  Thomas  Tingey, 
esq.  now  pommodore  in  the  United  l^tates'  navy,  la. 


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the  Mediterranean  senice  he  aftenvaHs  spent 
about  three  years,  and  was  Decatur's  first  lieuten- 
ant in  the  well  known,  unprecedented,  and  daring 
exploit  of  destroying  the  Philadelphia. 

On  the  ii4  of  January  1813,  captain  Lawrence, 
in  the  Hornet,  had  an  engagement  with  the  IVacock, 
in  which  he  disjilayed,  in  a  most  conspicuous  man- 
ner, that  skill,  s^elf  possession,  and  bravery,  for 
which  not  a  few  of  the  American  naval  officers  are 
remarkable.  In  fifteen  minutes,  the  Peacock  was  a 
perfect  wreck.  The  signal  of  distress  was  hoisted. 
Every  exertion  was  made  by  the  officers  and  crew 
of  the  Hornet  to  remove  all,  who  survived,  from 
the  Peacock  before  she  sunk  ;  yet  thirteefi  of  her 
men  with  John  Hart,  Joseph  Williams,  and  Hanni- 
bal Boyd,  in  their  generous  attemi  t  to  save  the 
lives  of  their  conquered  enem)^  went  to  the  bottom. 
There  was  dreadful  slaughter  in  the  Peacock  ;  yet, 
as  strange  as  it  may  seem,  John  Place  was  the  only 
one  killed  in  the  Hornet.  Several  others,  however, 
were  wounded. 

In  the  action  of  the  Chesapeake  with  the  Shan- 
non, of  the  latter  25  officers  and  seamen  were  killed 
and  5tl  were  wounded  ;  of  the  former  4!!  officers, 
seamen,  and  marines  were  killed,  and  93  wt  re  woun- 
ded, of  whom  14  died  soon  after. 

For  the  numerous  particulars  relative  to  this  dis- 
tressing occurrence,  the  reader  is  referred  to  the  ac- 
count, published  by  Belcher,  of  the  funeral  honours 
bestowed  upon  the  remains  of  cajituin  Liiwroiice  and 
lieutenant  Ludlow  with  the  eulogy  pronounced  at 


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lialem,  on  the  occasion,  by  the  hon.  Joseph  Story 
xiid  tke  various  accompanying  documents. 

DoxTGiVECP  TUE  SHIP  was  OQC  of  the  dying 
commands  of  the  heroicic  Lawrence,  and  has  ^ince 
been  more  frequently  repeated  and  with  threat  enthu- 
siasm, than  any  oracle  of  Delphos  ever  was. 

Captain  Lawrence  and  lieutenant  T-udlow  were 
carried  to  Halifax,  wiierc  their  remains  were  buried 
with  all  the  honours,  which  their  rank  demanded, 
and  which  a  generous  enemy  could  bestow.  Short- 
ly after,  the  hon.  Benjamin  W.  Crowuinshield,  of 
Salem,  obtained  permission  to  go  svith  a  flag  and 
bring  them  to  the  U.  States.  On  kis  arrival,  funeral 
solemnities  were  again  performed  in  a  deeply  im- 
pressive manner,  at  Salem,  as  detailed  in  nir.  Bel- 
cher's publication.  The  remains  of  these  distin- 
guished officers  were  then  conveyed  to  New-York, 
where  a  procession  was  formed,  which,  with  the 
spectators  of  the  solemn  scene,  is  supposed  to  have 
amounted  to  fifty  thousand.  The  burial  service  was 
once  more  performed  and  the  dead  were  committed 
to  their  final  tomb. 

Captain  Lawrence  had  been  honoured  by  the 
corporation  of  the  city  of  Xew-York  with  the  free- 
dom of  the  city  accompanied  with  a  golden  box, 
which  was  decorated  with  appropriate  devices.  It 
is  understood  to  be  in  contemplation  to  erect  a 
a  splendid  monument  to  his  memory,  in  a  conspi- 
cuous situation,  which,  while  adorned  with  inscrip- 
tions commemorative  of  his  gallant  doeH*.  will  lo 
in  ornament  to  the  city. 
T  2 


'Z'l'i 

UNITED  STATKS. 
584.  Note. — Aucrsxes  C.  Lc  dlow,  esq.  second 
in  comiiianil  on  board  the  United  Stales'  tVii:atc, 
Clit-sapeake,  died  at  Halifax,  13  June,  1813,  ot  tlie 
wounds  lie  received  in  the  action  with  tlie  Shan- 
non, in  the  21  year  ol  his  age.  He  was  a  brave  of- 
iicer  and  fell  in  defending  his  national  flag. 

UNITED  STATES. 
535.  Note. — Edward  J.  B\llard,  esq.  lieu- 
tenant on  board  the  Chesapeake  on  the  memorable 
first  of  .Tune,  1813,  another  gallant  officer  of  the 
American  navy,  fell  v.ith  many  of  his  intrepid  com- 
panions, iu  the  desperate  action  with  the  Shan- 
non. 


UNITED  STATES. 
586.  Nole. — Lieutenant  .Tames  M.  Broome 
commanding  the  marines  on  board  the  Chesapeake, 
in  time  of  her  disastrous  engagement  with  the  Shan- 
non, fell  a  victim  to  his  country's  cause,  and  is  re- 
prr  sented  to  have  been  one  of  the  bravest  of  the 
brave.  He  was  a  native  of  New'-.Tersy.  It  is  stated 
that,  of  44  marines  under  his  command,  12  were  kil- 
led' and  20  wounded  ;  dreadful  bloodshed  and  cai> 


UNITED    STATES. 
587.  Note. — William  Algustus White, csq.a 
nativeof  Kutlaud  in  Massachusetts,  was  sailing  mas- 


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xer  on  board  the  Chesapeake,  in  her  unfortunate 
conflict  with  the  Shannon,  and  received  his  mortal 
wound  in  the  first  broadside  from  the  enemy.  He 
fell  at  the  age  of  26,  and  is  represented  to  have 
been  a  gentleman  of  a  noble  and  generous  disposition, 
of  genuine  valour,  and  an  ornament  to  his  profession. 


UNITED  STATES 

588.  Note. — Oct.wius  AccusTrs  Page,  es- 
quire, son  of  the  late  governour  Page  of  Virginia, 
one  of  the  oldest  lieutenants  in  the  navy  of  the  Uni- 
ted States  and  first  lieutenant  of  the  (  hesajieake,. 
died  in  Boston  of  a  lung  fever,  in  June,  1813,  at 
the  age  of  28  years.  'I'his  gentleman  was  much  es- 
teemed as  an  officer  of  real  heroism  and  distinguish- 
ed talents.  Cajjtain  Lawrence  expressed  deep  re- 
gret at  being  obliged  to  leave  the  port  of  Bostoa 
without  him.  He  seemed  to  forget  his  own  sufler- 
ings  when  lamenting  his  own  inability  to  re-enter 
the  frigate,  and  expressed,  in  lively  terms,  his  anx- 
iety for  his  gallant  companions  in  arms. 

Several  of  the  foregoing  articles  arc  here  introdu- 
ced merely  to  make  a  recurd  of  the  names  of  some, 
who  have  fallen  in  their  c mntry's  cause,  and  who 
were  esteemed  for  their  distinguished  talents  and 
bravery.  Ample  justice  will  be  done  to  their  char- 
acters, in  future  publications  designed  exclusively 
to  embalm  the  memory  of  American  naval  heroes. 

MARSIIFIELD,    MASS. 

589.  Here  lies  the  ashes  of  the  reverend- 


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learned,  aud  i»iuus  inr,  Edward  Tomi^son, 
pastor  of  the  church  of  ftrarplificld,  who  sud- 
denly departed  this  life,  10  March,  1705,  an- 
no ffitalis  su;e  40. 

Hoic,  in  a  tyruiU'.s  hand,  dotlicajaive  lie 

A  rare  synopsis  of  ilivinjty. 

Old  patriarchs,  propliets,  j;ospel  bishops  meet, 

lender  deep  silence,  in  their  windinij  sheet. 

All  rest,  a  while,  in  hopes  and  lull  intent, 

IVhen  their  king  calls,  to  sit  in  parliament. 

Nute. — The  subject  of  this  article,  a  son,  or  grand- 
son of  the  rev.  "William  Tompson  of  Braintree  in 
Massachusetts,  of  wliom  some  account  is  given  in 
3Iather's  Magnalia,  was  grailuated  at  Harvard  col- 
lege, 1604.  His  sou,  rev.  William  Tompson,  was 
settled  in  the  ministry  at  Scarborough,  and  his 
grandson,  rev.  John  Tompson,  son  of  the  last  men- 
tioned, is  the  present  venerable  pastor  of  the  con- 
gregational church  in  Berwick,  District  of  Maine. 
From  the  manuscript  copy  of  the  sermon,  which 
■ir.  Tompson  of  31arshlield  preached  at  his  own  or- 
dination and  wliich  is  still  preserved,  it  appears 
that  he  entered  on  his  parochial  charge,  14  October, 
1696  ,  so  that  his  decease  took  place  in  the  ninth 
year  of  his  pastorate. 

JIARSHFIKLD,    MASS. 
4'JO.    JVole. — The  pilgrims  of  Leyden,  who  made 
the  first  settlement  at  Plymouth,  arrived  at  Cape 
Cod  harbour,  onth^ll  of  Xovcrabcr.  16!20,  where 


225 

Peregrine  WniTK  was  soon  after  born.  He  was 
the  first,  born  of  European  parents  in  any  of  llic  re- 
gions north  of  Virginia  now  making  a  part  of  the. 
U.  States.  He  was  a  son  of  William  White  and  finally 
settlei!  in  JMarshlield,  where  he  died  nearly  84year3 
«f  age  in  1704.  His  descendants  are  numerous  imd 
many  of  them  live  in  that  part  of  Massachusetts, 
which  constituted  the  Old  Colony, 

NEW  BEDFORD,    MASS. 
59 1 .    Note — .1 ER  K M I  V  H  M  \  y  he w,  A .  B.  who 

was  graduated  at  Brown's  university  in  liiOii,  a 
member  of  the  Theological  institution  in  Anduver, 
departed  this  life  in  the  triumphs  of  the  christian 
hiM.>e,  at  New  Bedford,  on  the  4  of  January,  1<}11, 
in  his  23  year.  For  a  full  and  interesting  biogra- 
phical sketch  of  this  pious  young  man  the  reader  is 
referred  to  the  Panoplist  for  February.  1812,  from 
which  one  paragrajdi  only  is  here  subjoined. 

"  This  amiable  youth  was  descended  from  the  an- 
cient and  respectable  family  of  the  MayhcMs  on 
Martlia's  Vineyard,  so  well  known  in  the  ecclesias- 
tical annals  of  our  country  as  having  afforded  emi- 
nent ministers  of  the  gospel,  and  particularly  faith- 
ful missionaries  among  the  aborigines  in  that  and 
the  adjacent  islands.  It  is  worthy  of  notice  that 
missionaries  of  five  successive  generations  have 
laboured  in  the  evangelical  work,  and  all  been  held 
in  high  esteem  as  men  of  distinguished  talents  and 
unaffected  piety.  To  the  sorrow  of  the  churches  ia 
the  vicinity,  and  of  the  Indians  oa  iMartha's  Vine- 


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yard,  the  labours  of  this  extraonlinary  succes- 
sion of  missionaries  were  closed,  in  1803,  by  the 
*leath  of  nir.  Zecliariali  JMayliew,  at  the  advanced 
age  of  eighty  eight." 

m;w  bedkord,  maps. 

602,  Note.— The  rev.  Sami'kl  West,  T).  D.  of 
]S'e«'  Bedford,  was  as  remarkable  for  the  strength 
of  his  mental  [)o\vrrs,  as  was  doctor  Samuel  John- 
son, the  great  lexicograiiijcr  and  moralist.  He 
is  suppo!;cd  to  have  much  resembled  him  in  persiiiial 
apjjearance,  and,  with  the  same  literary  advanta- 
ges, would,  un<|Ufslionably,  have  eciualled  him  for 
reputation  in  the  learned  world.  He  was  a  son  of 
Sackfield  West,  a  man  of  a  strong  mind,  who  used 
frequently  to  give  the  Indians  an  exhortation  in 
thoi"  meeting  hou.'^c  near  his  huml)le  cot. 

Doctor  West  was  born  in  the  southeasterly  part 
of  Yarmouih  in  the  county  of  Barnstable,  not  far  from 
Swan  Pond.  He  was  one  of  the  greatest  Bible  tcx- 
tuaries  this  country  has  ever  produced.  In  Latin, 
Greek,  and  HeWrev/,  he  was  a  thorough  critick. 
He  was  particularly  noted  for  his  metaphysical  and 
controversial  talents.  His  manner  was  very  un- 
couth, and  many  anecdotes  are  related  of  him, 
which  show  that  his  mind  was  often  so  engrossed, 
wiiile  pondering  upon  some  favourite  subject,  as 
lo  render  him  inconscious  of  the  lapse  of  time  and  of 
almost  every  thing  around  him.  For  further  noti- 
ces of  this  divine,  of  uncommon  powers,  the  reader 
is  referred  to  tke  Anthology,  Eliot'g  Biog.  Die!, 


227 

accl  Allen's  Biog.  His.  Diet.    He  died  24  Sepletn- 
lier,  180T  in  the  T3  year  of  his  ago. 

NAISHAI  N,    .MASS, 

593.     In  menioiy  of  capt.  Wilmam  Lor- 
iNG  of  Norwich,  Coimccticut.  HeT\-asborn  in 
Doston,  5  Januaiy,  1750,  ami  died  at.  <,x?.. 
2  February,  1788, 
Loriflg,  in  all  the  prime  of  life, 

Hath  quit  this  brittle  day, 
A.nd  calmly  steered  his  single  bark 
To  yonder  world  of  day. 

BARNSTABLE,    3IASS. 

594.  Hon.  Ebenezer  Bacon  bcrn,  {i 
Aup.  1750,  died,  23  Nov.  1811.  To  his 
■worth,  talents,  and  integrity,  the  undeviatins; 
confidence  of  his  fellow  citizens  bore  ample 
testimony.  He  fc;iistained  the  honours  and 
discharged  the  duties  of  various  important 
offices  with  credit  to  himself  ana  satisfac- 
tion to  the  publick.  In  publick  life  he  was 
faithful,  in  private  he  was  amiable  .  As  an 
alFectionate  busband,  a  tender  pai'ent,  a, 
firm  friend,  a  kind  neighbour,  a  decided  pa- 
triot, a  good  man,  and  a  sincere  christian,  his 
memory  will  long  be  cherished  in  the  breast 
of  a  mourning  family  and  of  bereaved  friend?. 


228 

BARNSTABLE,    MASS. 

595.     Here  lies  the  body  of  mr.    John 
Savage,  student  at  law,  son  of  Samiul  and 
Hope  Savage.     He  departed  this  life,  5  Oc- 
tober, 1811,  aetatis  22. 
Insatiate  archer  I  could  not  one  suffice? 
Thy  •■haft  (lew  thrice,  and  thrice  my  peace  was  slain ! 

Note. — Mr.  Savage  was  tjradiiated  at  Harvard 
university  in  1310.  The  two  lines,  on  his  tomb- 
stone from  Young's  Night  Thoughts,  are  peculiarly 
apposite  ;  for  doctor  Savage  and  his  lady  had  becE 
previously  called  to  bury,  at  Kingston  in  Jamaica, 
two  beloved  sons,  in  succession,  at  about  the  age  of 
twenty  one;  mr.  Samuel  Savage  and  mr.  Elisha 
Doane  Savage  ;  so  just  is  th»  scriptural  remark,  all 
fl.esh  is  grass,  and  all  the  goodlhtess  thereof  Ui  ajlow- 
er  of  the  field! 

BARNSTABLE,    MARS. 

596.  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  the  hon. 
Daniel  Davis,  esq.  who  died,  22  April, 
A.  D.  1799  in  the  8G  year  of  his  age.  Rea- 
der, be  encouiaged  by  his  example  to  the 
practice  of  industry,  temperance,  piety,  and 
patriotism,  and  your  reward,  like  his,  shall 
be  long  life,  the  esteem  of  the  wise  and  good, 
in  this  world,  and  the  joyful  hope  of  a  hap- 
P>  immortality  beyond  the  grave. 


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P.AnXSTAET.r,    M.\SS. 

ere  lies  buriod  the  bod 
Abner  HrusEY  of  Barnstable,  -who  depart- 
ed, 9  Januaiy,  IT"?,  in  the  66  year  of  his 

Xi)le. — Doctor  Ilcrscy,  brotlicr  of  iloctor  Ey.ckio} 
jlr^i-rcy  of  Illnghara,  who  made  a  valuable  bequest 
to  Harvard  college,  left  no  children.  His  widow, 
nirs.  Hannah  Hersey,  died  at  the  age  of  74 
j-rars,  on  the  10  of  June,  1T90.  He  Avas  sorae- 
M'hat  ccccntrlck  in  his  character,  very  precise  in 
all  his  dealings,  a  great  enemy  to  the  follies  of  the 
world,  an  admirer  of  simplicity  in  dress  and  man- 
ner?, and  a  person  of  unquestionable  piety. 

In  his  last  will  he  gave  to  Harvard  university, 
tov.'ards  the  establishment  of  a  professorship  of 
pbysick  and  surgery,  the  sum  of  Z500,  equal  to 
^{66G,  66.  The  remainder  of  his  estate,  which  was 
ample  for  tlis  region,  in  which  he  spent  his  days, 
lie  gave  to  thirteen  of  the  congregational  parishes 
in  the  county  of  Barnstable,  in  diflerent  propor- 
-;ons,  according  to  the  share  of  professional  busi- 
■'oss  he  had  performed  in  each,  the  net  proceeds  of 
vhicli,  after  the  demipe  of  his  widow,  were  to  be 
laid  out  annually,  for  one  hundred  years,  in  the 
liurchase  of  Doddridge's  Rise  and  Progress  of  Reli- 
■^inn  and  otlier  works,  Evans's  Sermons,  and  Grove 
•in  the  Lord  's  Supper.  After  the  completion  of 
one  hum! red  years,  those,  who  shall  then  be  the 
-.liiiisters  of  the  thirteen  parishes,  are  to  be  at  lib- 

^.-,-,  T— TOT.  TIT.  *  V 


230 

zrly  to  select  any  other  books,  calcnlatcJ  to  pro, 
luote  picly  and  religion,  except  one  year  in  every 
lour,  when  the  oilier  prescribed  books  are  still  to 
be  purchased.  Tiie  deacons  of  the  thirteen  parishes 
have  the  sole  care  of  the  estate,  the  particular 
mode  of  managing  which  is  specified  ivith  great 
minuteness  in  the  doctor's  will.  They  pay  over 
the  net  income  to  the  ministers  of  those  parishes, 
ivho  vest  tiie  same  in  books  agreeably  to  the  testa- 
tor's directions,  and  distribute  them,  gratuitously, 
among  the  members  of  their  respective  churches.  In 
this  way  many  families  are  furnished,  from  year  to 
year,  with  books,  which  are  highly  esteemed  by  the 
serious  and  whicli  will  continue,  to  be  instrumental  of 
good  to  the  end  of  time. 

baenstabi.tj:,  mass. 
.593.  Rev.  Oakes  Shaw  born  at  Bridgf- 
-vvater,  1 736,  graduated  at  Ilan-ard  college, 
1758,  ordained  in  tills  place,  1700,  died  11 
Fcbruaiy,  1807.  Benevolence,  afTection,  and 
sincerity  characterized  and  endeared  him  in 
all  the  relations  of  social  life.  With  unaf- 
fected piety  and  zeal,  with  unshaken  con- 
stancy and  fidelity,  he  discharged  the  various 
duties  of  tlic  pastoral  office.  To  perpetuate 
<he  rcmembraDce  of  his  virtues  and  talents, 
to  prolong  the  influence  of  liis  character,  and 
if>  testify  their  respect  for  his  memory^  this 


monuraent  is  gratefully  erected  by  a  bereav- 
ed and  aiiectionate  people. 

Nok. — Mr.  Sliaw  was  the  oldest  son  of  the  rev. 
John  (?ha\v  of  Biiugewatci-.  [See  an.  S92.J  By  his 
first  wife,  who  was  Elizabeth  Weld,  a  daughter  of 
the  rev.  Habijuh  Weld  of  Attleboroiigh,  lie  had 
<hiee  daughters;  1.  Elizabeth,  who  died,  8  Sept. 
1798,  at  the  age  of  thirty  three  yeai-s ;  2.  Temper- 
ance the  wife  of  uiajor  Joseph  Blish  of  Bariistablc  ; 
S.  Sarah,  who  died,  at  the  age  of  twenty  three 
yeai-s,  on  the  IT  of  July,  17S'2.     By  his   second 

wife,  who  was Hay  ward  ofBraintree,  sisterof 

«!octnr  Ilayward  of  Boston,  he  had  two  sons,  John 
Shaw,  who  is  engaged  in  a  seafaring  life,  and  Le:n- 
aei  Shaw,  e'jq.  of  Boston. 

For  a  character  of  lur.  Shaw,  whu  was  one  of  the 
most  pious,  zealous,  and  faithful  ministers  of  Lis 
iay,  the  reader  is  referred  to  his  funeral  sermon 
preached  by  rev.  Jonathan  Burr  of  Srindwich,  from 
which  the  following  extracts  are  taken. 

*'  lu  my  first  visit  to  him,  after  he  was  confined  to 
his  chamber,  which  to  me  was  one  of  the  most  pleas- 
ant and  edifying  I  ever  made  him,  I  thought  I  dis- 
covered more  of  the  amiable  meekness,  humble  dig- 
nity, and  perfect  resignation  of  the  christian,  than 
I  had  ever  before  observed  in  him.  It  appeared  to 
me,  that  if  any  state,  on  this  side  heaven,  can  be 
truly  enviable,  it  is  that  of  an  humble  christian 
gently  taking  his  departure  out  of  time  into  eterni- 
ty, who,  as  he  outwardly  decays  and  grows  weaker 
and  weaker,  is  inwardly  rcBewed  ami  grows  stror- 


232 

l^er  and  stronger ;  to  whom,  as  worldly  prospeclt. 
darkens,  llic  prospect  of  a  brii;htcr  wor'.J  beyond 
the  grave  grows  clearer.  This  was  remarkably  the 
case  with  tliat  precious  man.  This  interview,  the 
impression  of  which,  I  trust,  will  never  be  erased 
from  iny  mind,  forcibly  brouj^ht  to  ray  recollection 
thiise  lines  in  dr.  Young ; 

The  chamber,  where  the  good  man  meets  his  falc, 
Is  privileij'd  beyond  the  common  walk 
Of  virtuous  life,  ijuite  on  the  vcrj^c  of  heav'n. 
"When  I  a>-ke(l  how  he  did.  he  replied,  wiUi  oiu: 
of  the  most  complacent  smiles  I  ever  observed  on 
his  countenance,  I  am  a  poor  crcalurc  sinking  under, 
ike  dcca})s  of  nature  ;  bat  I  am  not  wilhout  comforts. 
I  have  many  thin<fs  to  be  Ihankfitl for  yd.  I  am  now 
depending  on  that  foundiiliun,  tchich  I  have  alua:,'!! 
been  endeavouring  to  establish  in  my  preaching,  the 
mercy  of  God  in  Christ,  and  n<hidi  I  believe  to  be  the  on- 
ly foundation,  on  uhich  any  one  can  stand  with  safely. 
I  do  not  profess  to  liait  attained  to  full  assurance  ; 
but  I  have  such  a  hope,  as  raises  me  above  all  distrc^' 
.ling  fears  of  death.  I  am  habitually  looking  for  the 
mercj  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  nnlo  ttirnal  life.  //' 
ihcre  is  any  thing  more  for  mc  to  do,  I  am  willing  lo 
slay  aiid  du  it  in  my  pour  tray  ;  but  if  not,  iflkno.o 
my  own  heart,  I  am  entirely  resigned  logo. 

"  lie  discovered  much  alfectionate  concern  respecl- 
inj^  the  people  of  his  charge,  and  the  rc-settlemefit 
of  a  gospel  minii-ter  among  them,  lie  was,  however, 
ill  iic.ieral,  remarkably  cheerful,  and  at  times,  even 
facetious,  but  without  the  least  appearance  of  levi- 
ty.      Before  niorninj  prayers,  he  desired  lae  to 


ii3ii 


read  the £7  and  the  147  psalms,  a  [jail  o("  the  lat- 
ter ol"  tthicli  Le  considered  as  predicting  the  fu- 
ture prosperity  of  the  church,  in  the  contemplation 
of  which,  lie  observed,  he  had  derived  great  conso- 
lation, during  his  declining  state- 

"  A  little  before  I  took  my  leave,  among  sever- 
al other  tjuestiou!!,  which  I  proposed  as  thinking  it 
very  do-jbtful  whether  I  should  ever  see  him 
again,  in  this  world,  I  asked  him,  supposing  we 
uore  to  confine  our  pi'eaching,  principally,  to  one 
point,  what  that  poi:it  should  be?  He  immediately 
replied  ;  to  hnptiiitcni  sinners,  we  must  preach  their 
tolalli/  lost  and  lui.iid  condition  by  nature,  and  the 
viler  inipossibilit:/  of  their  ever  being  saved,  except, 
iy  the  free  grace  of  God  in  Christ.  Thus  did  your 
faithful  and  atiectionate  pastor,  who  watched  for 
your  souls  as  one,  that  must  give  account,  bear 
testimony  to  the  truth  and  importance  of  those  doc- 
trines, which  he  preached  tlirou;rh  life  and  were 
kis  comfort  and  support  in  death." 

MASSAPEE,    MASS. 

599.    Note. — The  rev.  Gideon   Hawley,    the 

lato  pious,  venerable,  and  excellent  missionary  of 

the  Massapce  Indians  in  the  county  of  Marnstablc, 

ilepaited  this  life,  S  October,  180T,  in  the  80  year 

^«f  his  age.     Fired  with  a  noble  zeal  in  the  christian 

eaase,  be  was  determined,  from  an  early  period,  to 

tronsecrate  his  talents  and  his  life  to  the  best  interests 

sf  the  poor  jiatives  of  the  American  wilderness.  Re, 

tcrordir.jly,  waS  ordained,  in  Boston  for  th«  ex- 

U2 


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press  purpose  of  carrying  the  gospel  to  llie  heathen. 
Haviii;i  -^pent  s.)me  time  at  Ohonoijiiaui^e,  the 
French  war  coiiimcnced  and  obligod  him  to  leave 
that  region.  For  a  while,  he  olficiated  as  chaplain 
to  colonel  Gridley's  regiment.  He  also  sjient  some 
time  with  the  .Stockbridge  Indians,  and  was  finally 
settled  at  ^^Iassapee,  in  ITSS,  where  he  spent  his 
days,  in  U!.et'ulness,  beloved  and  revered.  Kis  la- 
bours were  not  wholly  confined  to  his  parochial 
charge.  The  aboriginal  natives  of  Yarmouth,  Pote- 
numniatiuut,  and  Sandwich,  occasionally,  had  the 
benefit  of  his  ministerial  attentions. 

Some  time  before  his  death,  he  gave  the  author  ol 
this  Collection  an  interesting  narrative  of  liis  mis- 
sion into  the  Susquehannah  country,  with  the  in- 
junction that  it  should  not  be  published  till  after  his 
decease.  In  this,  he  often  mentions  the  late  presi- 
dent Kdwards,  who,  while  a  lad,  was  with  him  iii 
one  of  his  tours. 

Mr.  Hawley  buried  a  worthy  son,  the  rev.  James 
Hawley  a  few  years  before  his  death,  who  had  been 
the  pastor  of  the  congregational  society  in  Pen- 
broke,  and,  previously,  one  of  the  tutors  of  Har- 
vard university. 

This  venerable  missionary  was  happy  in  his  paro- 
chial charge,  in  his  domestick  circle,  and  in  an  ac- 
quaintance with  many  literary  and  religious  charac- 
ters, and  had  a  more  extensive  epistolary  corres- 
pondence, than  the  generality  oi"  his  brethren. 

Some  of  his  writings  are  preserved  in  the  ColJ. 
Mass.  Hid.  Soc.    A  more  full  mdiaoir  of  this  esti- 


'23b 

ludlj/e  miiuster  of  the  gos;)el  may  be  seen  in  Allen's 
Biog.  Hist.  Diet. 

YARMOUTH,    MASS. 

600.  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  the  rev. 
Joseph  GREEX,jun.  pastor  of  the  fust  church 
i;i  Yarmouth,  wlio  departed  this  life,  5  No- 
vember, 1 768,  in  the  42  year  of  his  age  and 
i:i  tlie  scventli  year  of  Ijis  ministiy  in  this 

Note. — The  subject  of  this  notice  was  son  of  the 
venerable  mr.  Green,  whose  epitaph  makes  the  61 
article  of  tliis  work,  and  father  of  the  hun.  Isaiah 
Lewis  Green  of  Barnstable.  Previous  to  his  installa- 
tion at  Yarmouth  he  had  been  in  the  ministry  at 
Marshfield. 

According  to  traditicjn,  mr.  Matthews,  a  school- 
master, exercised  the  ministerial  function  in  Yar- 
mouth, after  its  settlement;  but  finally  removed  to 
Cape  May  and  their  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life. 

The  rev.  Juhn  3Iillar,  one  of  the  seventy-seven, 
mentioned  in  Mather's  Magnalia,  ^vbo  had  been  in 
tiie  ministry  previous  to  their  embarcation  for 
America,  was,  foi'  a  number  of  years,  the  pastor  of 
the  church  and  congregation  at  Yarmouth.  He 
died  in  the  ministry  at  Groton,  agreeably  to  a  mcmo- 
ianduin  in  tlie  Roxbury  church  records,  14  June, 
1663. 

Rev.  Thomas  Thornton,  who  fled  from  the  per- 
se cutloa  'la  En2laadj  sub3e'4uent  to  tha  act  of  uui- 


2d& 

{'arinity,  wliich  ti>ok  place  in  1662,  may  be  conrij- 
ered  us  tlie  third  minister  of  this  place.  Al^uutthc 
year,  WH,  he  removed  to  Boston,  where  he  spent 
the  residue  of  liis  life. 

Rev.  .Tohn  Cotton,  son  of  the  rev.  John  Cotton 
of  Plymouth,  and  grandson  of  the  rev,  .John  Cot- 
ton of  Boston,  settled  lur.  Thfirnton's  successor  in 
1693;  resigned  his  office,  on  account  of  weakness 
of  body  and  mind,  26  April,  170j;  and  died,  11 
February,  1706,  at  the  age  of  45  years,  according 
to  a  record  in  the  manuscript  biographical  sketcies 
of  sundry  branches  of  the  family  in  possession  of 
Rossiter  Cotton,  esq.  at  Plymouth.  Mr.  Cotton 
had  one  or  two  sons,  who  died  in  infancy  and  se- 
ven daughters,  the  most  of  whom  lived  to  have  fami- 
lies. 

The  rev.  Daniel  Greenleaf,  was  settled  at  Yar- 
mouth in  1708,  and  contifiued  (here  till  abciit  1727. 
His  situation  was  rendered  UiipieHsant,  through  the 
influence  of  a  parishioner,  who  had  b<'come  disdfect- 
od  towards  him.  At  length,  he  was  honoiiniMy  re- 
leased. For  a  year  or  two  before  his  dismission,  his 
wile  with  thirteen  children  removed  to  Boston,  and 
opened  an  apothecary's  shop,  e'he  frerjuei.tly  pre- 
scrilted  for  the  sick,  having,  in  early  life,  had  op- 
portunity, at  Cambridge,  t<i  gain  considerable  knowl- 
edge of  medicines  and  of  the  healing  art.  Twelve 
of  her  children  lived  to  maturity  ef  years.  She  car- 
ried ihem  all  safely  through  the  small  pox,  at  the 
time  of  the  secnd  great  inoculation,  as  it  was  cal- 
'ed.     Mr.  Greenleaf  preached  cccasionallv,  but  not 


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bUcn,  after  his  vc.tioviil  to  Boston.  He  belonged  to 
doctor  Col  mail's  church,  and  used  to  take  his  j)lace 
in  the  elders'  scat.  He  was;  a  venerable  looking  old 
inan,  accordin:^  to  hib  portrait,  wliicii  is  still  pre- 
served and  was  taken  by  Blackbnrn.  For  two 
jears,  before  his  death,  he  was  bedridden,  in  consc- 
■;ucncc  of  a  fall,  and  suffered  extremely,  but  was  a 
/^Utern  of  patience.  An  old  friend  called  to  see 
ijini  iu  the  time,  and  remarked  to  mr.  Greenleaf  that 
God  had  laid  his  hand  heavily  upon  him  ;  he  repli- 
ed, true,  but  his  ahnightj  arm  is  underntalh  me.  In 
tbat  happy  submifsive  state  of  mind  he  continued  to 
the  last,  breathing  out  his  soul  in  love  lo  God  and 
rcan,  and  died  at  the  age  of  82  years.  The  late 
high  sheriff  of  Suffolk  county  was  one  of  his  descend- 
ants. 

The  rev.  Thomas  Smith,  a  native  of  Barnstable, 
was  ordained  at  Yarmouth,  in  1729,  and  continued 
till  the  year,  1754,  when  he  left  his  people  for  want 
of  a  comfortable  support,  and  was  installed  in  Pem- 
broke. 

The  rev.  Griudall  Rawson,  who  had  been  ordain- 
ed at  Ware,  was  installed  at  Yarmouth,  in  17j5, 
and  was  released  from  his  labours  in  that  place  in 
17u0.  He  had  a  strong  mind  but  was  a  very  eccea- 
tri'jk  character. 

■J'he  rev.  Timothy  Alden,  the  ninth  and  present 
minister  of  Yarmouth,  was  ordained,  on  the  13  of 
Dcceaiber,  1760,  and,  although  entered  on  his  78 
year,  is  still  able  to  discharge  the  duties  of  the 
'ii::toral  otE^ce . 


-i.VRMOVTII,    MASS. 

tiOl.  Nulc. — Elisha  Nauhaugut,  an  exeiu- 
jilary  deacon  in  the  little  cluster  of  wigwams,  wliith 
%vere  standing  as  late  as  1T70,  at  Indian-town  in 
Yarmouth,  deserves  an  honourable  notice  among  the 
worthy  aborigines  of  this  country.  Several  anec- 
dotes are  still  related  of  him,  which  show  that  he 
was  a  conscientious,  honest,  and  pious  man. 

He  once  found  a  pocketbook  containing  a  ([uanti- 
ty  of  money.  Such  were  his  ideas,  howevci,  that 
lie  would  not  open  it,  nor  would  he  suffer  any  one 
else  to  open  it,  till  he  got  to  a  publick  house.  Tfl 
were  to,  he  said,  all  Ike  trees  in  the  wuods  tvould  see 
me  and  witness  agninst  me. 

The  village  before  mentioned  contained  many 
praying  Indians,  as  well  as  souic  of  a  difi'erent  char- 
acter. Deacon  Rider,  an  old  gentleman,  had  lost 
some  turkies,  on  a  certain  time,  and,  nr>t  being 
well  acquainted  with  the  character  of  his  aborigin- 
al neighbours,  fixed  his  suspicions  upon  t'lem.  He 
rode  into  the  village  very  early  in  the  morning,  fas- 
tened his  horse  in  the  woods,  and  walked  in  silence 
to  the  di)oi'  of  one  of  the  wigwams,  where  he  stopped 
for  a  moment  and  fuund  that  the  linlian  was  at 
prayer.  He  then,  without  disturbing  the  pious  oc- 
cupant in  liis  devotions,  passed  on  to  another  wig- 
wam. The  liead  of  the  family  was  solcniniy  enga- 
ged in  the  same  manner.  He  felt  ashamed  of  him- 
self; yet  he  thought  he  would  go  to  one  wigwam 
wore.  He  did  si»,  and  it  happened  to  be  Nau- 
haught's.    To  his  astoni'sbment,  he  found  him  also 


23» 

«iToriiig  up  tliciaoi-iiing  sacrifice  in  the  midst  of  his 
little  family.  What  a  ilelightfiil  scene  I  uhile  the 
proves  rcsouiulcil  with  the  melodious  notes  of  the 
feathered  choir,  the  whole  village  seemed  to  echo 
with  the  prayers  and  prnises,  which  rose  from  eve- 
ry quarter.  Deacon  Rider  was  extremely  mortified, 
and  vexed  with  himself,  to  think  that  he  sliouh! 
have  suspected  the  poor  Indians  of  theft,  w  hen  he 
found  them,  before  sunrise,  pouring  forth  their  peti- 
tions to  almighty  God,  in  such  a  commmendablc 
manner,  while  many  of  his  whiter  brethren  were 
sleeping,  like  the  sluggard,  and  never  called  upon 
that  sacred  name  unless  to  profane  and  blaspheme  it. 
Deacon  Nauhaught,  in  the  near  prospect  of  disao- 
iution,  was  visited  by  the  clergyman,  in  the  town, 
who  had  much  satisfaction  in  the  meek,  humble, 
md  pious  temper,  which  he  witnessed.  Among 
other  questions,  he  asked  iS'auhaught  if  he  felt  re- 
signed to  the  will  of  God  and  could  say  he  was  wil- 
ling to  die?  He  immediately  replied,  in  an  Indian 
style,  oh  yes,  mr.  Alden,  I  have  always  had  a  pret~ 
fy  guod  notion  about  death  ;  meaning,  that  he  had 
long  so  cast  himself  upon  the  blessed  Redeemer  anil 
had  such  hope  in  his  mercy,  that  he  was  not  afraid 
of  the  king  of  terrors.  He  soon  after  left  the  world, 
bcltvcen  80  and  90  years  of  age,  and  no  doubt  en- 
tered u[)on  that  rest,  which  is  provided  for  the  peo- 
ple of  God. 

The  following  remarkable  anecdote  the  author  of 
this  C(diection  had  from  some  aged  people,  and, 
particularly,  from  the  late  venerable  deacon  l8a!w; 


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JVfalthows,  of  Yarmouth,  uho  was  well  acqualntfd 
with  -Vaiihaiii^ht. 

This  iiiiiian,  whawas  a  verj'  athletick  man,  wa« 
once  attacked,  in  the  spring  of  the  year,  by  a  larjje 
number  of  black  snakes.  Keing  at  a  considerable 
distance  from  any  people  and  having  no  weapon 
about  him,  except  what  the  God  of  nature  had  ^iv- 
cn  him,  he  knew  not  what  to  do.  lie  found  it  im- 
possible to  escape  from  them  by  attempting  to  run- 
lie  experienced,  however,  very  little  from  any  fear- 
ful apjireliGnsions  on  account  of  his  personal  safet}'. 
He  was  perfectly  self  collected  and  thought  he 
would  stand  firm  on  his  feet  and  sutler  the  snakes 
to  take  their  own  course,  for  a  time,  without  an- 
noyance They  approached  him  from  every  direc- 
tion with  elevated  heads  and  a  tremendous  hissing. 
They  soon  began  to  wind  themselves  about  his  legs. 
Presently  one  of  them  got  up  to  his  neck  and  seem- 
ed to  act  as  if  he  were  attempting  to  get  his  head 
into  Natihaught's  mouth.  IS'auhaught  opened  liis 
jaws,  wiiich  were  furnished  with  a  noble  set  of 
teeth.  The  snake  immediately  thrnst  in  his  head 
and  the  deacon  bit  it  off!  a  fortunate  circumstance, 
as  the  result  proves;  for  the  blood,  streaming  from 
the  decapitated  leader  in  the  attack,  so  alarmed  tlip 
rest  of  the  invading  enemy,  that  Nauhanght  wcs  ini- 
mcdiatcly  left  master  of  the  field  ! 

LF.YDEN,    KrnOPE. 
602.    Note. — The  rev.  JOHN  kobinson,  a  native 
of  Great  Britain,  educated  at  Cambridge,  was  n  »li?- 


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tiuguished  miiiiotei-  of  the  gospcJ.  He  was  a  col- 
league pastor  of  the  rev.  mr.  Clifton,  of  a  society  ol 
•  lissenters  in  tlie  north  of  Enghiiul.  Persecution 
(hove  him  with  his  congregation  into  Holland,  in 
!60S.  At  first  they  went  to  Amsfealani;  but,  from 
certain  considerations,  removed  in  the  followinc 
year,  to  Leyden,  where  they  enjoyed  the  rigiit.s  ol 
conscience  unmolested,  happy  in  discharging  thc- 
duties  of  the  christian  life,  and  endearing  themselves 
to  their  neighbours  by  their  peaceable,  pious,  aud 
amiable  deportment.  Having  been  sojonrner?; 
among  the  friendly  Dutch  people,  for  nearly  twelve 
years,  a  part  of  mr.  Robinson's  congregation  came 
to  America,  aud  formed  the  iirst  permanent  settle- 
ment in  New-England.  Mr.  Robinson  and  the  resi- 
<lue  of  his  Hock  were  to  have  followed  soon  after; 
many  of  whom,  in  due  time,  joined  their  associates 
in  the  wilds  of  this  western  world,  but  their  most 
excellent  paftor  departed  this  life,  at  Leyden,  ia 
1625,  having  entered  on  his  50  year.  His  wido\T 
came  to  Plymouth,  after  his  decease,  with  her  son, 
Isaac,  who  was  a  worthy  man,  and  died  at  a  jrreat 
age,  and  whose  descendants  are  still  in  New  Eng- 
land. 

It  is  inexpedient  to  give,  in  this  work,  the  biog- 
rnpliy  of  mr.  Robinson.  His  character  has  often  ap- 
j)earud,  and  he  is  well  known  to  have  been,  not  only 
a  learned  and  pre-eminently  pious  man,  but  one  of  the 
principal  loaders  of  those  sincere,  exemplary,  and 
zealous  christians,  who  Avere  once,  contemptuously 

fe:.-.  I. — VOL.  III.  \Y 


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oalied  Puritaits  liy  some,  a?  illibrral  in  spntiment,  a* 
tliey  woiT  tyrannical  in  lording  it  civcr  (iod's  heri- 
tage and  ignorant  of  that  noble  freedom,  wliich 
pertains  to  the  followers  of  the  Ijainb.  Though 
the  name  ivas  given  in  deri-ion  to  some,  «  ho  for...ed 
one  of  the  purest  churches,  which  have  appeared  up- 
on earth,  since  the  primitive  times  of  Christianity  ; 
yet  it  is  considered  as  no  reproach  by  thf>se  of  their 
descendants,  whose  desire  it  is  to  equal  that  stand- 
ard of  simplicity,  liberality,  orthodoxy,  piety,  and 
fervour  in  the  Redeemer's  cause,  for  which  they  were 
distinguisiied,  and  for  which  they  suffered  cruelticB 
worse,  than  a  martyrdom  at  the  stake. 

The  parting  of  the  first  adventurers  to  the  old 
Colony,  from  their  brethren  and  Dutch  friends  on 
the  shores  of  Holland,  according  to  the  ancient  his- 
tories of  the  scene,  was  solemn,  affecting,  and  im- 
pressive, beyoiul  what  cati  easily  be  described.  No 
one  could  have  witnessed  it  without  feeling  ready  to 
exclaim,  behold llicse  christian!!,  how  they  luie  inu  an- 
other ! 

PLiYMOUTII,  MASS. 
G03.  JVolr. — The  first  settlers  of  New-England, 
commonly  called  the  Pu-CiUiMsoF  Lkydkn,  went 
into  Cajie  Cod  harbour,  on  the  11  of  November, 
1620.  They  devoutly  gave  thanks  to  God  upon 
their  knees  for  their  safe  arrival  and.  on  the  same 
day,  entered  into  a  civil  compact,  binding  them- 
selves together  in  a  body  politick,  in  the  following 
terms.  "  In  the  name  of  Gi>d,  anien.  We,  whose 
nanifs  nre  iimlorwritlen,  llic  loval  subterts  of  put 


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dread  sovereign  lord,  king  Janic?,  by  the  graee  ol" 
God,  of  Great  Britain,  France,  and  Ireland,  kingi 
defender  of  tiie  faith,  etc.  having  undertaken,  for 
the  glory  of  God  and  advancement  of  the  christian 
faith,  and  honour  of  our  king  and  country,  a  voyage 
to  plant  the  first  colony  in  the  northern  parts  of 
Virginia  ;  do,  by  these  presents,  solemnly  and  mu- 
tually in  the  presence  of  God  and  of  one  another, 
convenant  and  combine  ourselves  together  into  a 
civil  body  politick,  for  our  better  ordering  and  pre- 
servation, and  furtherance  of  the  ends  afore-iaiil ; 
and  by  virtue  hereof  to  enact,  constitute,  and  frame 
such  just  and  equal  laws,  ordinances,  acts,  constitu- 
tions, and  offices,  from  time  to  time,  as  shall  be 
thought  most  meet  and  covenient  for  the  general 
good  of  the  colony.  In  witness  whereof,  we  have 
^lereimto  subscribed  our  names,  at  Cape  Cod,  the 
11  of  Xovember,  in  the  year  of  the  reign  of  our 
sovereign  lord,  king  .Tames  of  England,  France, 
and  Ireland,  the  eighteenth,  and  of  Scotland,  the 
fifty-fourth,  anno  Domini  16':J0. 

To  this  instrument,  the  following  names  were 
subscribed  in  this  order ;  John  Carver,  William 
Bradford,  Edward  Winslow,  AVilliam  Brewster, 
Isaac  Allerton,  MylesStandish,  .Tohn  Alden,  Sasnuel 
Fuller.  (  hristopher  Martin,  AVilliam  iMullins,  Wil- 
liam White,  Richai-d  Warren,  lohn  Howland, 
Stephen  Hopkins,  Edward  Tilly,  John  Tilly,  Fran- 
cis Cook,  Thomas  Rogers,  Thomas  Tinker,  .John 
Eidgdale,  Fdward  Fuller,  John  Turner,  F>ancis 
Saton,  James  Chilton,  Jokn  trackstoa,  John  Bi!«- 


244 

.iiigton,  Moses  Fletcher,  John  Goothnan,  Degory 
Priest,  Thomas  'Williains,  Gilbert  Winblow,  Ed- 
mund .Maryeson,  Peter  Brown,  Richard  i3ritterige, 
George  Soule,  Ricliard  Clarke,  Richard  Gardiner, 
.f»)lin  Allerton,  Thomas  Ens^lish,  Edward  Dotey, 
Edward  Leister,  making  forty-one.  Some  of  these 
had  tlieir  faniilicF  vvitli  ihcin,  so  that  the  whole  num- 
ber of  the  first  advciiturers  to  Plymoulii  was  one 
hundred  and  one,  wlio,  for  the  love  of  religion  pure 
and  undeliled,  left  the  endearments  of  their  native 
land,  and  encountered  the  dangers  of  the  Atlan- 
tick,  under  various  disheartening  circumstances,  in 
search  of  soaie  uncultivated  region  in  iN'orth  Vir- 
giiiia,  where  Ihey  might  enjoy,  unmolested,  the 
rights  of  couFcience  and  the  blessings  of  christain 
liberty,  and  transmit  them,  as  the  richest  legacy 
they  could  leave,  to  their  posterity. 

The  six  and  only  governours  of  the  Old  Colony 
were  John  Carver,  William  Jiradford,  Edward 
Wiiisiow,  Thomas  Prince,  Josiah  Wmslow,  and 
Thomi^s  Kinkley.  'i  he  assistants,  so  far  as  the 
writer  has  ascertained,  were  Isaac  Allerton,  Wil- 
liam Bradford,  Myies  Stand ish,  John  liowland, 
John  Alden,  John  Dove,  Stephen  Hopkins,  AVilliam 
Ciil;on,  Edward  Winslow,  William  i  oilier,  Thom- 
as Prince,  Timothy  Hatherly,  John  iJrown,  Joliu 
Jenny,  John  Atwood,  John  Rrown,  F.dimnul  Prep- 
man,  William  Thomas,  'Ihoinaa  Willei,  'I'homas 
Southworth,  James  tiuhvorth,  Joyiah  Winslow, 
Thomas  hinkley,  William  Bradford,  Constant 
Southworth,  James  IJrown,  John  Freeman,  Nathan- 


245 

iel  Bacon,  David  Aiden,  Daniel  Smith,  Barnabas 
Lolliiop,  John  i  liacber,  John  Walley,  and  John 
Cushiiig. 

The  last  election  of  govtinour  and  assistants,  in 
the  Old  Colony,  was  on  the  2  of  June,  1691.  The 
new  charter,  which  united  the  Old  Colony  to  jMas- 
sachuselts,  arrived,  ia  May,  1692,  a  little  more, 
than  71  years  after  the  first  permanent  settlement 
in  New-England. 

PLYMOUTH,    MASS. 

604.  Note. — Mr.  Wii.i-rAM  .Mclliks  was  one 
of  the  pilgrims  of  Leyden.  who  commenced  the 
settlement  of  the  ancient  dominion  of  the  Old  Colo- 
ny, in  December,  16.0.  He  brouglit  his  wife  and 
family  with  him.  consisting  of  five  with  himself; 
but  was  soon  called,  with  about  half  of  his  fellow  ad- 
venturers, to  exchange  this  world  for  that,  which  is 
unseen  and  eternal.  He  departed  this  life  for  a  bet- 
ter, on  the  21  of  February,  1621.  Every  testimony 
to  the  worth  of  those  noble  christian  heroes,  who 
encountered  hardships,  of  which  the  j  resent  genera- 
tion can  scarcely  form  an  adequate  conception} 
ought  to  be  had  in  remembrance. 

Morton  says,  "  that  mr.  William  Mullins  was  a 
man  pious  and  well  deserving,  endowed  also  with  a 
considerable  outward  estate,  and,  had  it  lieen  the 
Tviil  of  God  that  he  had  sur\'ived,  might  have  pro- 
ved an  useful  fiJember  in  his  place." 

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PLYMOUTH,  MASS. 

005.  Nvte. — From  the  chiircli  records  at  Ply- 
liiuutli,  it  ajjppars,  liiat  Nathwiki.  MonroN,  esq. 
for  many  yoars  secretary  to  the  Oltl  Colony,  died 
:28-.'29  June,  1685,  Iiaviii^  entered  upon  his  7.7  year. 
His  Sew  England's  Memorial  contains  many  pre- 
oinu.s  documents  relative  to  the  first  settlers  of  tiic 
Old  Colony.  It  was  recommended  to  the  publick, 
on  its  first  appearance,  in  1G69,  by  two  distinguish- 
ed clergymen,  un-.  Higginson  of  Salem,  and  mr. 
Thacherof  ArVpymoiith.  They  say  of  the  author, 
that iic  "is  an  approved  godly  man,  and  that  the 
worlc  is  compiled  with  modesty  of  spirit,  containing 
the  annals  of  New  England  for  the  space  of  forty- 
seven  years,  with  special  reference  to  Plymouth 
Colony,  where  the  author  made  his  constant  abode. 

It  is  gratifying  to  the  antiquaries  of  New  Eng- 
land, that,  uiidpr  the  editorial  superintendance  of 
the  hon.  John  Davis,  Morton's  iMemorial  is  about 
to  be  re-published,  with  great  additions  from  the  old 
records  of  Plymouth  church,  in  which  many  noti- 
ces, respectful  to  the  memory  of  the  pious  puritan- 
ick  fathers  of  New  England,  will  be  brought  more 
generally  into  view. 

COG.     Here  lies  the  body  of  the  honoura- 
ble William  Bradford,  who  expired  the 
20  of  F^iuaiy,  1703-4,  aged  79  years. 
He  liviftl  Jong,  but  still  was  doing  good. 
And,  in  his  country's  service,  lost  much  blood, 


24r 

After  a  life  well  spent,  he's  now  at  rest, 

His  very  name  and  memory  is  blest. 

Nott. — The  iiou.  William  Bradford,  deputy  goV" 
ernoiir  in  the  Old  Colony,  was  the  oldest  son  of 
William  Bradford,  one  of  the  pils^rims  of  Leyden, 
who  came  to  Plymouth,  in  1620,  who  was  govcrnour 
of  the  Old  Colony  thirty  years,  and  who  died,  in 
1657,  being  Tl  years  of  age.  He  had  one  brother, 
Joseph  Bradford,  who,  having  entered  his  8  J  year, 
died,  in  1715,  and  left  a  son  by  the  name  of  Elisha. 

The  subject  of  this  article,  served  as  an  officer  in 
the  wars  of  his  country  with  the  aborigines.  In 
a  certain  engagement  he  received  a  musket  ball, 
which  he  carried  in  his  flesh  for  twenty  years  before 
his  death.  By  his  lirst  wife  he  had  four  sons  ;  Is- 
rael, Ephraim,  Samuel,  John;  by  his  second,  one 
son,  Joseph,  who  settled  in  Connecticut;  by  his 
third,  four  sons;  William,  Thomas,  David,  Hezc- 
kiah.  He  also  had  three  daughters.  His  son  Samuel 
had  three  sons  ;  1.  Perez,  who  was  graduated  at 
Harvard  college,  1713,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
council ;  2.  Gershoni,  who  lived  in  Kingston  ;  3. 
Gamaliel,  who  was  a  judge  and  counsellor,  and  died 
at  the  age  of  73  years.  One  of  the  sons  of  judge 
Bradford,  bearing  the  same  name,  was  the  father  of 
the  preient  secretary  of  state  in  Massachusetts. 

With  the  aid  of  these  data,  the  families,  descend- 
ed from  governour  Bradford,  which  are  become  nu- 
merous, and  are  in  various  parts  of  the  United 
States,  may  be  enabled  to  trace  their  ancestors  to 
Oil'',  who  magnanimously  recommended,  1624,  in 


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reference  to  the  office  of  governour,  he  long  after 
sustained  and  tliat  of  the  assistants,  that  the  people 
of  the  Old  Colony  should  "  change  the  persons  as 
well  a*  renew  the  election,  and  also  add  more  as- 
sistants to  the  governour  lor  helji  and  counsel,  and 
for  the  better  carrying  on  of  pnhlick  aft'aiis,  show  ing 
that  it  Has  necessary  it  should  so  be  ;  for,  if  it  were 
an  honouror  a  benefit,  it  w  as  fit  that  others  should  be 
made  iiartiikers  of  it.  and  if  it  were  a  burden,  it  was 
but  equal  that  others  should  help  to  bear  it,  and 
that  th  s  V  as  the  end  of  jearly  elections  ;"  a  no- 
ble sentiment !  how  happy  for  our  country,  were  it 
genei'ally  to  prevail  I 

PLYMOVTH,  MASS. 
60T.  Note.—''  )n  the  11  June,  1761,  died  the 
rev.  N\Tii  VNiKL  Leonaro  at  Norton  in  the  02 
year  of  his  age  and  was  decently  interred  on  Sat- 
urday the  13.  His  funeral  being  attended  by  a  con- 
siderable concourse  of  people  from  that  and  other 
towns  in  token  of  respect  and  regard.  He  was 
settled  in  the  ministry  in  Plymouth,  29  July, 
1724,  and  continued,  labouring  in  word  and  doc- 
trine among  them,  till  he  was  taken  ofl"  from  his 
woik  by  his  growing  indrtiiitics.  He  was  subject 
from  bis  youlh  to  an  hereditary  phthisick  and  heitd- 
ach,  which  many  times  prevented  his  publick  la- 
bours. But  thepe  and  other  disorders  were  all  at 
last  swallowed  up  in  a  paralytick  distemper,  which 
seized  him,  as  he  was  preaching  on  the  sabbath,  9 
T\ov.  1755.    After  this,  he  desisted  from  his  werk. 


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r  some  months,  his  flock  providing  him  an  assist- 
ant. But  in  the  spring  of  the  year,  1756,  being 
somewhat  recruited,  he  preached  a^ain  and  ("oilon- 
ed  it  constantly  till  the  2-2  of  .uily.  But  his  infir- 
mities of  body  increasing,  he  was  again  obliged  to 
delist.  And  after  lie  had  rested  some  months,  not 
seeing  any  prospect  of  recovering  his  health  and  so 
of  discharging  his  work,  he  thought  it  best  t>  ask 
a  dismission,  which  his  fleck  with  regrcet  and  con- 
cern consented  to.  And  then,  removing  with  his 
family  to  Norton,  his  native  place,  and  where  his 
estate  lay,  he  remained  in  a  weak  and  declining 
condition,  though  not  conTmed  to  hi?  house,  t..the 
day  of  his  death,  which  happened  very  suddenly. 
A  repeated  shock,  it  is  thought,  of  his  former  dis- 
temper, carried  hiai  out  of  the  world,  in  a  ino'i.e,\t, 
after  he  made  some  little  complairU  of  a  pain  in  liis 
stomach,  and  a  numbness  in  one  of  his  arras.  But 
we  have  the  utmost  reason  to  think  that  death  was 
no  surprise  to  him.  He  at  times  seemed  to  long  for 
its  approach  and,  no  doubt,  was  habitually  ready 
for  the  awful  summons.  He  was  a  man  of  consider- 
able natural  abilities,  as  well  as  of  acquired  ace  mi- 
pHshments,  of  a  clear  head,  solid  judgment,  pene- 
trating thought,  excelling  in  conference  and  in 
giving  counsel  and  advice  in  difficult  cases.  He 
had  made  great  improvements  in  philosophy,  but 
especially  divinity,  was  a  clear  and  sound  gospel 
preacher,  making  Christ  his  Alpha  and  '  >mega  in 
liis  preaching.  He  seemed  to  be  carried  above  all 
hi?  natural  infirmities,  in  the  late  time  of  remarkable 


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awakenine;!),  and  was  in  labour.^  more  aliundant; 
and  ii)d  was  jileased  to  bless  him  with  cn.isidcrablc 
success.  He  was  of  a  mild,  pleasant,  affable  dispo- 
sitim;  prudent,  hospitable,  i^enenms,  and  liberal 
to  the  poor;  a  lovini;  husband,  a  tender  parenl,  a 
iind  and  olilijini;  frienil ;  a  faithful  reprover  even 
of  those,  that  were  dear  to  him,  when  he  ajipre- 
htMidml  there  was  occasion  fir  it  ;  and  was  coura" 
georis  and  bold  in  the  cause  of  his  Master  and  in 
promoting;  the  interest  of  vital  piety.  In  short,  he  ex- 
celled in  tlie  sjraces  and  duties  -if  the  christian  life. 
And  now  he  is  no  more,  we,  that  survive,  have 
reason  to  arif^e  and  call  him  blessed,  for  blessed 
are  the  dead  that  die  in  the  Lord."     [Ply  .Ch.  Kec] 

PLYMOUni,    iMASS. 

608.  Here  lyes  buried  the  body  of  mr. 
Thjmas  Clvrk,  aged  98  years,  who  de- 
parted this  life,  the  24  ot  31arch,  1697. 

PLYMOUTH,    xMASS. 

009.  This  stone  is  erected  to  the  memory 
of  that  unbiassed  judge,  faithful  officer,  sin- 
cere friend,  and  honest  man,  col.  Jsaac 
LoTHRop,  who  resigned  this  life,  on  the  26 
day  of  April,  1750,  in  the  43  year  of  his 
age. 

Had  virtue'-  charms  the  power  to  save 

Its  fdithful  votaries  from  the  yi^^'G* 


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This  stone  had  ne'er  possess'd  the  fanae 
Olbeiii;;  inarkM  witli  l.othropV  name. 
Note. — Col.  Lotlirop  was  a  geiitieuian  of  distiu* 
guished  worth,  as  his  ei>ita()h  tully  repieseiiis.  He 
was  a  descendant,  in  the  fourth  generation,  from 
the  rev.  John  Lothrop^),  of  Barnstable,  of  whom  a 
verv  interesting;  accf)Uiit  is  given  in  the  fnst  volume 
ef  tiie  seciiud  decade  of  the  Collections  of  the  .Uas- 
sacliiivetts  Historical  Society,  by  the  rev.  John 
i-athrop,  D,  D.  of  Boston. 

PLYMOTTH,    MASS. 

610.  Departed  this  life,  23  June,  179C, 
in  the  90  3  ear  of  her  a.«:e,  madam  PuisiciL- 
LA  HoBART,  relict  of  tlie  rev.  Noah  liobart, 
late  of  Fairfield  in  Cormectit  nt,  her  third 
husband.  Her  first  and  second  Mere  John 
Watsou.  esq.  and  h on.  Isaac  Lothrop. 

PLYMOUTH,    MASS. 

611.  In  memory  of  George  Watson, 
et!q.  who  died,  the  3  of  Dec.  1800,  in  the 
83  Tear  of  hi^^  aii;e. 

No  folly  wasted  hi>  paternal  st  re. 
No  Kuilt,  no  sordid  av'rice  luadt-  it  more. 
With  honest  fame  and  sober  ;  lenty  crown'd, 
He  liv'd  and  spread  his  ch^erinj^  inlluence  round. 
P:irp  'vas  hi-  walk  and  ^^eacefiil  was  his  cud 
'Wa  bless'd  his  rcv'reud  length  of  days. 


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And  hail'dhim,  in  the  publickvvays, 

With  vi'iieration  and  w  ith  praise, 

Oiir  father  and  our  Iricnd. 

Nolt—'lhv  inhabitants  of  Plyiunuth,  at  a  town 
mei'tiiig,  con  ened  in  consequence  of  the  death  of 
Col.  Watson,  adopted  arrangements,  for  the  funeral, 
vhich  were  very  respectiul  to  the  remains  and  to 
the  memory  of  this  uncommonly  estimable  charac- 
ter. 

The  rev.  James  Kendall  delivered  a  sermon,  on 
the  day  of  his  interment  from  2  K.  22. 19, 20,  \\  hich 
was  published,  and,  with  it,  a  biographical  notice, 
attributed  to  the  hon.  Joshua  Thomas,  from  the 
latter  of  which  the  subjoined  is  taken. 

"  Descended  from  respectable  [)arents,  by  an  uni- 
form dignity  of  manners  and  uprightness  of  conduct, 
he  preserved  the  respectability  of  his  family  unsul- 
lied to  the  grave. 

"  In  the  meridian  of  his  days  and  amidst  the  mul- 
tifarious concerns  and  solicitudes  of  coumiercial 
business,  he  formed  a  Just  estimate  of  the  scenes 
fleeting  before  him,  and  looked  forward  to  an  inheri- 
tance eternal  in  the  heavens.  Becoming  a  member 
of  the  most  aiicient  church  of  Christ  in  New-f'.ng- 
land,  his  exem[ilary  observance  of  all  the  institu- 
tions of  religion  and  tlie  well  regulated  habits  of 
his  mind  and  life  were  analogous  to  those  of  its 
primitive  fouiders. 

"  Ijjossed  with  alT.upnce,  bis  house  was  the  tem- 
ple of  resort,  n.t  merely  of  the  indigent  and  dis- 
tressed, but  of  those,  who  sought  to  be  obiise-1.  AnC 


e5ft 

as  the  benevolent  propensities  of  his  nature  would 
«ot  sutler  him  to  withhold  a  soliciteil  favour,  so,  by 
his  munificent  direction,  into  the  lacerated  bosouft 
were  often  poured  the  wine  and  the  oil. 

"  As  the  natiM-al  result  of  his  wUe  and  temperate 
arrangement,  col.  Watson  had  almost  uninterrupted 
health,  which  enabled  him  to  enjoy,  with  cheerful- 
ness, the  liberalities  of  Providence  ;  and,  singularly 
happy  ill  his  connexions,  rich  in  the  esteem  of  his 
ftiends,  and  ripe  iu  years,  he  sunk  gently  into 
deatn." 


PLYMOUTH,    MASS. 

612.  In  memory  of  doctor  Lazarus  Le 
Baron,  who  departed  this  life,  2  Septem- 
ber, 1773,  ret.  sune  75. 

My  flesh  shall  slumber  in  the  ground 

Till  the  last  trumpet's  joyful  sound, 

Then  burst  the  chains,  with  sweet  surprise, 

And  iu  my  Saviour's  likeness  rise. 


PLYMOUTH,    MASS. 

613.  Here  lyeth  buried  the  body  of  that 
precious  servant  of  God,  mr.  Thomas  Cush- 
MAN,  who,  after  he  had  served  his  genera- 
tion according  to  the  will  of  God,  and  par- 
ticularly the  church  of  Plymouth,  for  many- 
years,  in  the  office  of  a  ruling  elder,  lell 

rr?r.i. — Tot.  m,  X 


354 

asleep  in  Josus,  10  Dec.  1G91,  and   in  the 
84  )  ear  of  his  age. 

Note. — He  was  a  son  of  nir.  Robert  Ciishman,  a 
man  of  primitive  piety,  wlio  had  the  lionoiir  of 
preaching  the  first  sermon  in  New-Kngland.  He 
succeeded,  in  the  otfice  of  ruling  elder,  that  venera- 
ble pilgrim  of  liCyden,  nir.  AVilliam  Brewster,  who 
died,  in  1644,  at  ni<  re  than  eijihty  years  of  age.  lie 
inheriteil  much  of  the  excellent  spirit  of  his  father, 
and,  being  adorned  w  ith  gifts  and  graces,  pi-ovcd  a 
great  blessing  to  the  chnrch  in  Plymouth.  He  as- 
sisted rev.  mr.  Reyner,  not  only  in  ruling,  cateciiis- 
ing,  and  visiting  ;  but  in  puhlick  teaching,  as  had 
been  tlie  practice  of  mr.  Rrewster.  "  It  was  the 
professed  principle  of  this  chnrch  in  their  first  for- 
mation, to  cJwose  none  fur  governing  tldri-s  but  such  as 
are  able  to  teach.''^  This  particular  distinguished 
the  church  of  Leyden  and  the  Old  Colony  from 
other  reformed  churches,  in  general,  which,  as  mr. 
Robinson  remarks  in  a  certain  letter,  did  not  re- 
quire this  ability  in  their  ruling  elders. 

The  subject  of  this  article  was  greatly  instrumen- 
tal in  preventing  the  ill  effects  of  the  irregularities, 
whicii,  unhappily,  too  much  characterized  not  a  few 
of  the  denomination  oi friends,  on  their  first  appear- 
ing in  New-England,  about  the  middle  of  the 
seventeenth  century.  This  he  did  by  teacliing  the 
will  of  God  plainly  and  powerfully  and  by  his 
blameless  life  and  conversation. 

It  may  be  proper  here  to  remark  that  the  Old 
Coiony   govermaeut,  to  its  honour,  never  enacted 


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any  sanguinary  or  capital  laws  against  this  sect, 
h.i\vr\  er  ^reat  the  pravocation,  as  some  of  her  sister 
colonies  liiJ.  The  friends,  though  censurable  iu 
former  times,  are  now  highly  respectable  for  their 
love  of  order  and  their  example  of  economy,  indus- 
try, and  their  regular,  peaceable,  aud  moral  con- 
duct, wherever  their  lot  is  cast. 

The  following  quotntion  is  from  a  luminous  and 
interesting  account  of  the  church  in  Plymouth, 
written  by  Josiah  Cotton,  esq.  and  preserved  in 
the  4  vol.  <  oil.  Mass.  His.  Soc. 

Mr.  Cushitian  was  a  "  rich  blessing  to  this  church 
scores  of  years.  He  was  grave,  sober,  holy,  and 
teni.ierale,  very  studious  and  solicit  )us  for  the 
peace  and  prosperity  of  the  church,  and  to  prevent 
aud  heal  all  breaches.  Much  of  God's  presence 
went  away  from  this  church,  when  this  blessed  pil- 
lar was  removed." 

PLYMOUTH,    MASS. 

614.  Andrew  Farrell,  of  respecta- 
ble connexions,  in  Ireland,  aged  38  } eajs, 
owner  and  commander  of  the  ship,  HiberiJa, 
sailed  from  Boston,  26  Jan.  and  was  wreck- 
ed on  Plvmouth  beach,  28  Jan.  1835.  His 
remains  witli  five  of  seven  seamen,  who  per- 
ished with  him,  are  here  interred. 

O  j'lteous  lot  of  man's  uncertain  state  ; 

Wkat  woes  on  life's  eventful  journey  wait .' 


2.56' 

By  rea,  what  treacherous   calms,   what  sudden 

storms, 
And  death,  attendant  in  a  thousand  forms! 

PI.YMOrTH,    MASS. 

615.  To  the  mrmory  of  John  Cotton, 
•sq.  formerly  a  miuister  of  the  gospel  at 
Ealifax,  which  employ  was  ever  his  great- 
est delight,  Avho  di^a,  4  Nov.  A.  D.  1789l» 
ill  Jie  78  year  of  his  age. 

'Tis  heaven's  irrevocable  decree, 
Thiit  the  great,  the  good,  the  pious  shall  fall, 
In  the  dark  grave  undistinguish'd  to  lie. 
Till  the  last  trumpet  rends  the  azure  sky  ; 
TTlien  the  virtuous  immortal  will  rise, 
To  glory  and  joys,  above  the  starry  skies  ; 
The  villous  to  pain,  dishonour,  contempt, 
In  realms,  beiuw  the  splendid  firmament. 

PLYMOUTH,  MASS. 

616.  Here  lies  the  body  of  the  hon.  Je- 
siAH  Cotton,  esq.  who  died  19  August, 
1756,  aged  76  years  and  7  months. 

Note. — This  worthy  man,  a  son  of  the  rev.  Joho 
Cotton  of  Plymouth,  who  was  also  a  mitiister  in 
Charleston,  South  f'arolina,  and  died  there  in  1696, 
was  like hi:<  father  well  versed  in  the  laiigiiagcofhig 
aboriginal  neighlour?,  aud,  being  a  pre  tcher  ol'  the 
gospel,  often  discoursed  to  them  in  their  vernacalar 


25? 

tongue.  Many  of  his  manuscript  sermons,  in  Eng^. 
lish  and  Iniliun,  still  remain.  He  also  attended 
much  to  the  history  of  the  .>ld  Colony,  and  left  a 
volume,  in  his  own  hand  writing,  of  interesting  me- 
moirs of  hi?  ancestors,  with  many  incidental  notices 
of  their  worthy  cotemporaries.  His  wife,  mrs.  Han- 
nah Cotton,  died,  '27  May,  1Tj6,  aged  69  years  and 
1  month.  He  was  the  father  of  John  Cotton,  esq. 
noticed  in  the  foregoing  article.  The  present  Ros- 
siter  Cotton,  esq.  is  a  son  of  the  last  mentioned,  and 
holds  in  possession  many  valuable  letters  written  to 
his  ancestors  by  some  of  the  early  and  distinguished 
clergymen  of  this  country,  which  will  be  useful  to 
the  future  historians  of  New  England,  in  ascertaia- 
ing  a  variety  of  dates  and  facts. 

PLYMOUTH,  MASS. 

61 7.  This  stone  consecrated  to  the  memo- 
ry of  the  rev.  Chandler  Robbins,  D.  D. 
was  erected  by  the  inhabitants  of  the  first  re- 
ligious society  in  Plymonth,  as  their  last 
grateful  tribute  of  respect  for  his  eminent  la- 
bours in  the  ministry  of  Jesus  Christ,  which 
commenced,  30  January,  A.  D.  1760,  and 
continued  till  his  death,  30  June,  1 799,  anno 
ffitatis  61,  when  he  entered  into  that  everlast- 
ing rest  prepared  for  the  faithful  ambassa- 
dcui-s  of  the  Most  High  God. 

X2 


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Ah,  come  heav'ns  radiant  olFspriiig.  hither  throng, 
Buli.ilil  your  projihet,  yuur  Klijali  fled ; 
Let  sacred  symphony  attune  each  tongue, 
To  chunt  h  "saniias  witli  the  eucred  dead. 
Note. — A  discourse   eiUitleil,    'Jlie    resurrection 
of  good  men  to  a  blessed  iinmortiility,  a  ground  of 
consolation  to  surviving  mourners,  from  1.  'Ihes.  4. 
14,  occasioned  by  the  death  of  doctor  Robbins,  was 
delivered  at  Plymouth,  14  July,  1T99,  by  the  rev. 
"William  Shaw,  of  Marshlield,  and  was  published. 
In  an   appendix   to  that  discourse,   the  following 
sketch  of  the  life  and  character  of  that  eminent  di- 
vine, attributed  to  the  pen  of  the  hon.  Joshua  Thom- 
as, his  respectable  pai'ishioner,  was  also  given  to  the 
publick. 

"  The  reverend  Chandler  Robbins,  D.  D.  was 
born  at  Branford,  in  the  stale  of  Connecticut,  the 
24  of  August,  1738,  and  was  the  son  of  the  rever- 
end Philemon  Robbins,  then  minister  of  that  place. 
In  September,  1T5'2,  doctor  RobbiHs  was  admitted 
a  student  at  Yale  college;  and,  after  completing  the 
usual  terra  of  study,  received  the  honours  of  that  uni- 
versitj',  and  is  said  to  have  been  there  distinguished 
as  a  correct  classical  scholar. 

"  Early  impressed  with  the  truth  and  importance 
ef  the  christian  system,  and  jirompted  by  incliua- 
tinn,  as  well  as  formed  by  nature,  and  nuaiiiied  by 
divini!  grace,  for  the  gospel  ministry,  he  commenced 
a  preacher  of  this  holy  religion  before  lie  reached  the 
age  of  twenty. 
"  Having  consecrated  his  powers  to  the  services 


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«f  the  sanctuary,  bis  fervid  and  pious  eloquence  an^ 
unciiininoii  brilliancy  of  his  pulpit  talents  uniied  the 
first  reiiiLrious  society  in  Plymouth,  after  having 
heard,  unsuccessfully,  a  large  number  of  candidates, 
in  the  choice  of  him  as  their  minister  ;and,  in  Janua- 
ry, 1760,  he  was  ordained  pastor  over  the  first 
ehurch  of  Christ  planted  in  New  England. 

"  It  is  worthy  of  remark,  considering  the  com- 
parative antiquity  of  this  church  that  doctor  Rob- 
bins  had  but  live  predecessors  in  the  work  of  the 
ministry,  and  only  one  of  theui  died  and  was  en- 
tombed with  the  people  of  his  charge. 

"  The  scriptural  doctrines,  i>reached  by  diiCtor 
Robbins,  did  not  materially  differ  from  those  main- 
tained by  the  first  founders  of  this  church  ;  and  the 
result  of  his  investigations  being  a  lull  conviction 
that  they  were  contained  in  the  sacred  pages  of  his 
Lord  and  Master,  he  inculcated  them,  both  in  jiub- 
lick  and  private,  with  the  energy  of  an  ujiright  zeal, 
and  with  a  happy  facility  and  ardour  of  expression. 

"  In  the  discharge  of  all  the  ministerial  duties,  he 
was  affectionate  and  attentive,,a  constant  visitant  in 
the  chambers  of  the  sick  and  distressed,  to  whom 
he  adminiftered  those  heavenly  consolations,  that 
smooth  the  bed  of  death.  To  the  alKicted  and  be- 
reaved, he  made  such  pertinent  rellections  on  the 
moral  government  of  dod,  as  are  powerfully  adapt- 
ed to  calm  the  tumults  of  nature  and  serene  the 
troubled  soul ;  and  his  prayers,  his  fervent  and  rev- 
erential prayers,  accom[  anicd  v  itli  his  solemn  and 
ievolicnal  manner,  will  be  remembered  by  his  peo- 


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j/ie,  w?ien,  by  tlic  mouldering  hand  of  time,  evcrj 
otlipr  impression  of  liieir  beloved  uiinii^tcr  shall  be 
eft'accd. 

"  His  publications,  though  not  numerous,  bore 
such  strong  fe<itures  of  the  divine,  ihe  gentleman, 
and  the  scholar,  as  procured  him,  unsolicited,  a  doc- 
torate of  divinity  fmm  Dartmouth  college,  in  New- 
Ilampshirf,  in  the  year,  179'i,  and,  in  the  year  fol- 
lowing, another  from  the  university  of  Edinburgh 
in  Scotland. 

"  In  private  and  social  life,  doctor  Robbins  was 
equally  amiable  and  exemplary;  the  instructive 
companion,  the  unfeigned  friend,  the  tender  and  en- 
dearing husband,  the  faithful  and  indulgent  parent. 

"  iS'or  was  doctor  Robbins  less  assiduous  in  the 
jicrforinance  of  his  civil  duties.  Attached  from 
principle  to  the  federal  government,  and  persuaded 
of  the  rectitude  of  its  administration,  lie  advocated 
both  with  that  unfettered  freedom,  which  became  the 
servant  of  a  prince,  whose  kingdom  is  not  of  this 
world. 

"  Amidst  this  extensive  usefulness,  amidst  the  un- 
bounded affections  of  his  church  and  congregation, 
it  pleased  the  almighty  Governour  of  the  universe 
to  arrest  him  by  the  stroke  of  death,  and  to  remove 
him  from  these  transitory  and  chequered  scenes  to 
those  permanent  and  blei^sed  abodes,  where  they, 
w/to  have  litrned  many  to  righleomntss,  shall  shine  as 
the  stars  forever  and  ever. 

"  The  chamber  where  the  good  man  meets  his  fate 

Is  privileged  above  the  common  walk 

Of  virtuous  life,  quite  on  the  verge  of  heaven. 


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■•  The  ruiieral  solemnities  of  doctor  Robbins  were 
attended  by  the  whole  society  from  hoary  age  t» 
lisping  childhood.  The  procession  waa  arrang- 
«d  with  great  judgment,  and  genuine  sympathy 
and  silent  regret  marked  its  very  movement.  The 
eorpse  was  placed  in  the  broad  ai>le  of  the  meeting 
house,  which  had  so  often  resounded  with  the  sol- 
emn counsels  and  earnest  expostulations  of  the  de- 
ceased,when  the  throne  of  grace  was  addressed  in  an 
inipressive  and  appropriate  manner,  by  the  rev.  mr. 
Shaw,  and  an  ingenious  discourse  was  delivered  by 
Ihe  rev.  mr.  Sanger,  from  these  words  of  the  apostle, 
which,  with  strong  propriety,  were  applied  to  the 
present  occasion,  for  me  to  lice  is  Christ,  and  to  die 
is  gain. 

'•  The  obsequies  of  but  few  celebrated  ministers 
kave  been  visited  by  a  larger  concourse  of  people, 
and,  in  no  instance,  have  greater  order,  deccnoy, 
and  seriousness  been  preserved." 


PLYMOUTH,    MAS3. 

61 8.  This  stone  consecrated  to  the  niemo- 
ry  of  madam  Jane  Robeixs,  consort  of  the 
late  rev.  doc.  Robbins,  yrho  lan<iuished  from 
his  death,  30  June,  1799,  till  12  Sept,  an- 
no Domini  1800,  Avhen,  in  the  60  year  of 
her  age,  she  commenced  her  inseparable 
union  with  her  much  beloved  consort  and 
ker  tombstone  !'  erected  by  the  piety  of  her 
afflicted  childrei. 


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Note. — llie  rev.  Jauics  Kendall,  successor  to  thu 
rev.  doc.  Rabbins,  delivered  a  sennoii,  <iii  tiie  sab- 
bath after  the  interment  of  inrs.  llnbliins,  from 
lle\'.  14.  IS,  which  is  before  tiie  (niblick,  and  from 
which  the  following  extract  is  oirerod,  as  respect- 
ful to  the  memory  of  a  precious  follower  of  the 
Lamb. 

"During  the  frail  life  of  her  beloved  companion, 
fcy  hiippily  blending  the  feeliiij;s  of  sympathy  with 
the  fortitude  of  the  christian  and  the  cheerl'ultiess  of 
the  friend,  she  often  UfUd  up  Hit  handu,  lliat  hung 
doim.  cheered  the  desponding  spirits  and  thus  pro- 
longed a  life  not  more  dear  to  hei-self  and  cliiidren, 
than  interesting  to  his  friends  and  useful  and  desir- 
able to  his  charge.  But  when  the  stiver  cord  was 
loosed  and  the  v\eary  soul  returned  to  its  rest,  tiie 
sister  spirit,  bereft  of  the  object  of  her  fondest  care 
and  tenderest  sympathy,  mourned  in  solitude  the 
joy  of  her  heart;  till,  at  length,  wasting  disease, 
proud  of  it?  victim  too  ready  to  yield,  drank  n.)  the 
current  of  life,  and  deprived  the  world  of  a  christian, 
but  gave  to  heaven  a  saint." 

PLYMOUTH,    BIASS. 

619.  Consecrated  to  tlic  memory  of  nirs. 
S.\RAH  Kendall,,  amiable  cons;art  of  rev. 
James  Kendall,  wlio  died,  13  Februaiy, 
1809,  in  the  33  year  of  her  a^e,  leaving  to 
her  surviving  friends  the  best  consolation,  the 
remembrance  of  her  virtues  in  life  ;  her  pi- 
ous calmness,  christian  resignation,  and  tri- 


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umphant  hope  in  death.  Blessed  are  the 
dead,  who  die  in  tlie  Lord ;  yea,  saith  the 
Spirit,  for  they  rest  from  their  labours,  aad 
their  works  do  follow  them. 

A'ole. — Mrs.  Kendall  was  a  daughter  of  deacon 
Daniel  Poor  of  Andover.  She  was  the  mother  of 
six  children,  four  of  whom  survived  her.  A  di.«tia- 
guishcd  character  in  Piymouth  prepared  an  obitua- 
ry notice  of  this  amiable  lady,  from  which  the  fol- 
lowing extract  is  here  preserved. 

"  Possessed  of  a  high  degree  of  discretionary  in- 
telligence and  educated  in  the  sublime  and  practical 
principles  of  our  holy  religion,  eminently  calculat- 
ed to  teach  us  to  form  a  just  estimate  of  human 
life,  nirs.  Kendall,  in  all  the  situations,  in  which 
Providence  placed  her,  sought  rather  to  be  useful, 
than  splendid.  Piety  to  God  and  benevolence  to 
the  fiunily  of  man  predominated  in  her  mind.  The 
unaffected  modesty,  the  placid  unassuming  demcau- 
our,  aud  the  amiable  graces,  that  embellish  the 
female  character,  were  uniformly  conspicuous  in 
her  intercourse  with  her  ninuerous  friends  and  ac- 
quaintances. In  the  social  and  endearing  relations 
of  life,  filial  obedience  marked  her  as  a  child,  the 
most  affectionate  tendcrnessas  a  wife,  and  the  fond- 
est attention  as  a  mother.  Bitter  experience,  in- 
deed, almost  daily  admonishes  us,  that  no  assem- 
blage of  christian  graces  and  virtues  can  secure 
their  exalted  votaries,  from  the  fatal  arrest  of 
death ;  but  the  example  of  the  deceased  furnishes 


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llio  luost  consolatory  proof,  that  a  well  gr»»in«lei 
Lojtc  in  the  salvation  of  the  gospel  can  calm  the  tu- 
mults of  nature,  in  the  agonizing  fcene  of  dissolu- 
tion, and  tlisann  the  ghastly  monarch  of  all  his  ter- 
rors. In  the  mcriilian  of  life  and  amidst  all  those 
domestick  endearment*,  that  fortify  our  attachment 
to  it,  mrs.  Kendall  received  the  awful  mandate 
with  a  triumphant  faith  in  the  redemption  of  the 
great  Saviour  of  the  world,  of  which  hhe  made  aa 
early  profession,  and  hid  a  tender  and  interesting 
adieu  to  her  worthy  consort,  lovely  children,  and 
oilier  beloved  relatives  and  friends,  who  surrounded 
the  bed  of  death." 

DrrxBOROUGH,  MASS. 

620.  Note. — The  hon.  John  Alden  was  one 
of  the  pilgrims  of  Leyden,  who  came,  in  the  May- 
Flower,  to  Plymouth,  in  iG'iO.  He  wa?  about  twen- 
ty-t«o  years  of  age,  when  he  arrived,  and  was  one 
of  those,  who  signed  the  original  civil  com[iact, 
formed  and  solemnly  adopted  by  the  first  adventur- 
ers ai  Cape  Cod  harbour,  on  the  ir»  of  Xovember. 
This  was  a  few  days  previous  to  their  finding  and 
selecting  a  |i!ace  for  the  commencement  of  their  set- 
tlement in  this  western  world.  He  was  a  snigle 
man  and  appears  to  have  been  an  inmate  in  the 
family  of  captain  Myles  Standish.  He  was  Iht  strip- 
ling, tvho  first  leaped  upon  tlie  rock,  as  mentioned  by- 
president  Adams  in  a  certain  communication. 

It  is  well  known,  that,  of  tiie  first  company  con- 
sistittg  of  •ne  kundred  and  one,  about  oae  half  die* 


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■II  six  months  after  landing,  in  coufequcnce  of  the 
hardships  tiiey  nere  called  to  encounter.  Mrs. 
Rose  Standish,  consort  of  captain  Standish,  depart- 
ed thislife,on  the  29  of  January,  16.21.  This  circum- 
stance is  mentioned  as  an  introduction  to  the  follow- 
ing anecdote,  which  has  been  carefully  handed 
down  by  tradition. 

In  a  very  short  time  after  the  decease  of  mrs. 
Standish,  the  captain  was  led  to  think,  that,  if  he 
could  obtain  miss  Priscilla  jVlullins,  a  daughter  of 
nir.  William  Mullins,  the  breach  in  his  family  would 
be  happily  repaired.  He,  therefore,  according  to 
liie  custom  of  those  times,  sent  to  ask  mr.  Mullins' 
jiermission  to  visit  his  daughter.  John  Alden, 
the  messenger,  went  and  faithfully  communicated 
the  wishes  of  the  captain.  The  old  gentleman  did 
not  object,  as  he  might  have  done,  on  account  of 
the  recency  of  captain  Standish's  bereavement.  He 
<;aid  it  was  perfectly  agreeable  to  him,  but  the  young 
lady  must  also  be  consulted.  The  damsel  was  then 
called  into  the  room,  and  John  Alden,  who  is  said 
to  have  b«en  a  man  of  most  excellent  form  with  a 
fair  and  ruddy  complexion,  arose,  and,  in  a  very 
courteous  and  prepossessing  manner,  delivered  his 
errand.  Miss  Muliins  listened  with  respectful  at- 
tention, and  at  last,  after  a  considerable  pause,  fixing 
her  eyes  upon  him,  with  an  open  and  pleasant  coun- 
teiiance,  said,y)r(7/iep,  Jvlut,  why  do  i.iou  not  sptakfor 
yourself?  He  blushed,  and  bowed,  and  took  his 
leave,  but  with  a  look,  which  indicated  more,  than 

^liiV,  I. — VOL.  III.  X 


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his  diffidence  would  permit  him  otherwise  to  ex- 
press. However,  he  soon  renewed  his  visit,  and  it 
was  not  long  before  their  nuptials  were  celebrated 
in  ample  form.  From  them  are  descended  all  of  the 
name,  Aldcn,  in  the  United  States.  What  rpj)ort 
he  made  to  his  constituent,  after  the  first  interview, 
tradition  does  not  unfold  ;  but  it  is  said,  how  true 
the  writer  knows  not,  that  the  captain  never  for- 
gave him  to  the  day  of  his  death. 

For  a  few  years,  the  subject  of  this  article  lived 
in  Plymouth  and  then  settled  in  Duxborough  on  a 
farm,  which,  it  is  a  little  remarkable,  has  remained 
in  the  possession  of  his  descendants  ever  since  and 
is  one  of  the  best  in  the  town.  He  built  his  house 
on  a  rise  of  land  near  Eagle  Tree  Pond,  where  the 
ruins  of  his  well  are  still  to  be  seen. 

He  had  four  sons  and  four  daughters,  who  lived 
to  enter  the  marriage  state,  who  had  many  children 
and  most  of  whom  lived  to  a  good  old  age. 

1.  John  Alden,  who  settled  in  Boston,  had  a 
son  by  the  name  of  Nathaniel,  two  daughters,  Anna 
and  Elizabeth,  and  probably  other  children.  A 
certain  avenue,  leading  from  one  street  to  another  in 
Boston,  is  called  Alden's  Lane,  from  the  circum- 
stance, as  it  is  supposed,  of  his  having  lived  in  that 
part  of  the  town.  Zechariah  Alden,  who  was  grad- 
uated at  Harvard  college,  in  169'2,  was  of  his  family, 
and  must  have  been  either  his  son  or  grandson. 

2.  .TosephAlden,  who  was  one  of  the  first  settlers 
of  the  Duxborough  Plantation,  now  Bridgewater, 
as  noticed  in  the  332  article  of  this  Collection. 


26  r 

3.  DaviJ  Allien,  who  was  tlie  representative  of 
Duxboroujih.  for  a  niiiiiber  of  years,iii  the  Old  Colo- 
ny court,  ami,  in  1690,  one  of  the  assistants.  He  had 
two  sons,  Benjamin  and  Samuel,  and  one  daughter, 
Alice,  who  was  married,  5  December,  1706,  to  Judah 
Paddock  of  Yarmouth,  now  Dennis,  grandfather  of 
the  present  Judah  Paddock,  esq.  Benjamin  had 
four  sons  and  one  daughter,  iMary,  who  was  the 
wife  of  dnctiir  John  Wadsworth  and  the  mother  of 
John  Wadsworth,  A.  M.  a  much  beloved  tutor  at 
Harvard  college,  whose  elegant  epitaph  forms  the 
5;13  article  of  this  Collection.  The  sons  of  Ben- 
jamin Alden  were  David,  Bezaleel,  Wrestling,  and 
Abiiithar;  the  lirst  and  last  of  whom  removed  to 
the  District  of  Maine,  Abiathar,  a  physician,  and  a 
man  of  uncommon  metaphysical  talents,  to  Scarbo- 
rough; theother  two  spent  their  days  in  their  native 
place.  Samuel  is  further  noticed  in  a  subsequent  ar- 
ticle. 

4.  Caj'tain  Jonathan  Alden,  who  inherited  and 
occu]  led  the  ancient  homestead  and  died  in  1697. 
Be  is  the  subject  of  the  62'2  article  of  this  Collec- 
tion. 

5.  Elizabeth  Alden,  the  wife  of  William  Pay- 
hody  of  Little  Compton,  of  whom  some  account  is 
giveu  in  the  6'i'o  article  of  this  work. 

6.  Sarah  Alden,  the  wife  of  Alexander  Standish, 
a  son  of  CH|itain  Myles  Standish. 

7.  Ruth  Alden,  the  wife  of  John  Bass,  of  Brain- 
tree,  now   Guincy,  a  son  of  deacon  Samuel  Bas?, 


S68 

who,  according  to  tlie  duiiicy  Cli.  Rec.  was  elected 
a  riilin*  elder,  in  1Cj3. 

8.     Mary  Allien,  tiic  wife  of  Thomas  Diilano. 

John  AKh>n,  tlic  principal  subject  of  this  memoir, 
is  supposed  to  have  been  a  native  of  some  part  of 
the  island  of  Great  Britain.  A  very  few  of  the 
name,  however,  a,>ppar  evar  to  liuve  been  in  Kng- 
land.  The  name  has  probably  been  more  common 
in  (lermany.  In  a  certain  printed  catal«gue  (^  the 
graduates  of  Cambridge  university,  but  one  of  thin 
name  is  to  be  fmind.  In  tliat  part  of  C'.'damy's  Ac- 
c Hint  of  ejected  ministers  and  others  confined  to 
the  county  of  Bedford,  mr.  A!den,  a  scholar  of  St. 
John's  college,  is  mentioned  as  one,  who  suffereJ 
from  tlie  tyrannical  Bartholomew  act.  In  duil- 
lim's  Display  of  Heraldiy,  the  following  armorial 
passage  is  recorded.  "  He  beareth  gules,  three 
<rrefcents  within  a  border  engrailed  ermine  by  the 
name  of  Alden.  Thi?  coat  was  assigned,  8  Septem- 
ber, 1607,  by  William  Camhden,  clarencieux,  to 
John  Alden  of  the  Middle  Temple." 

Through  a  long  protracted  life,  the  subject  of  this 
article  was  almost  continually  engaged  in  puldick 
employments.  In  the  patent  for  Plymouth  in  Xew- 
Ertgland,  dated  IG  January,  1G'J9,  and  signed  by 
jRobert  earl  of  AVarwick,  IM)  les  Staiidish,  Edward 
AVinslow,  John  Howland,  and  John  Alden,  or  any 
of  them,  are  named  as  the  true  and  lawful  attoruies 
of  the  council  established  at  Plymouth  in  the  coun- 
ty of  Devon.  Accordingly,  John  Alden  entered 
into  some  part  of  the  tracts  specified  in  the  patent 


•(ja 


look  possession  in  due  form  and  delivered  l|)eliiliaiKt 
peaceahle  possession  and  seizin  of  the  same  to  VVil- 
Jiam  liradford,  govcrnour  of  the  Old  Colony,  Lis) 
heirs,  associates,  and  assigns  secunduui  forinam 
cliartK. 

He  was  one  of  the  court  of  assistants  in  16SS  and, 
Siiu-cpssively,  for  a  numiter  of  years.  From  1641  to 
1649,  inclusively,  he  was  chosen  to  represent  the 
town  of  Duxboroiigh  in  the  general  court  of  the 
Old  Colony.  In  165.'?,  and  for  several  succeeding; 
years  he  was  one  of  the  council  of  war,  appointed  on 
account  of  dan£;pr  ap])rehpnderf  from  the  Indians* 
In  the  year,  1650.  he  was  again  elected  one  of  the 
as>istants  to  the  governour  and  every  year  after  till 
1686. 

In  December  of  the  last  mentioned  year,  sir  Ed- 
munil  Andros  arrived  with  an  extensive  commis- 
sion from  kinsr  .Tames  IT.  appointing  him  governour 
of  all  the  VewEnsland  colonies.  Of  course,  the 
liberties  of  the  people  of  the  Old  Colony  were  sup- 
posed to  be  at  an  end.  The  measures  of  sir  Ed- 
mund were  very  distrusting  to  the  free  born  sons  of 
this  western  world ;  and,  at  length,  he  was  seized  and 
imprisoned  at  T?oston.  In  1688,  a  happy  revolution 
took  place  ;  William  and  Mary  came  to  the  throne 
ofFngland  and  Andros  had  leave  to  depart  from 
the  country.  Thi< colony  then  resumed  its  original 
powers,  and  elections  by  the  people  took  place  till 
Hay  169?,  when  the  charter,  uniting  the  Old 
Colony  of  Plymouth  with  .Matsachusetts,  arrived. 
Y  2 


Tlie  u;overnoiir,  lifiilenantgovernour,  and  sccrctniy 
were  after  appointed  by  royal  authority. 

The  sul)jcct  of  tliis  memoir  m  as  an  assistant  to 
all  the  yoveniours  of  the  old  colony,  except  Car- 
ver,who  early  fell  a  victim  to  the  distreissinj^  calami- 
ties, uhich  alllictrd  the  adventurers  on  their  first 
airival  at  Plymouth.  For  thirty  six  years,  with- 
out interruption,  he  was  elected  to  this  office  and, 
for  the  twenty  last  years  of  his  life,  from  ICfiG  till 
the  liberties  of  the  people  were  infrintjed  tlirouj;h 
the  folly  of  James  the  second,  he  was  the  senior  as- 
sistant. 

From  tradition,  as  well  as  from  the  annexed  elegy 
occasioned  by  his  death,  this  aged  and  vencrabh; 
puritan  was  distinguished  by  his  holy  life  and  com 
vcrsation.  He  was  a  meek,  humble,  sincere,  pious, 
and  faithful  follower  of  the  blessed  Reedemer,  and 
his  end  was  peace  and  triumph.  The  object,  whicl:, 
in  his  youthful  days,  he  anxiously  sought,  was  fully 
attained.  He  came  to  the  howllag  wilds  of  Ameri- 
ca to  enjoy  the  sweets  of  religion  pure  and  undcfiled. 
Like  the  saints  of  old,  he  was  willing  to  endure 
hardshi])s  with  the  people  of  God,  while  he  might 
bo  instrumental  in  extending  the  kingdom  of  Im- 
inanuel  and  looking  lo  a  better  and  an  eternal  state, 
ofexistencc  for  the  rewards  of  grace.  Here  he  wa;i 
unmolested  in  the  exercise  of  the  rights  of  con- 
science and  in  the  worship  of  the  Most  High.  In 
addition  to  his  spiritual  blessings,  he  was  crowned 
with  that  competence,  which  is  vital  to  content ; 
tvith   an  uncommon  length  of  days  }  and  with  a 


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--t-oiily  number  c-i'diiltlren,  all  of  wlioni  deiigiiierl  ic 
'  ;ic   ordinances  of  God  and   finally  left  that  good 

imp,  in  the  world,  which  is  better,  than  precJou? 
.;iijt.»Pnl. 

The  following  linc5,  with  wliich  this  article  lE 
rloscil,  are  snpposetl  to  have  been  written  by  the 
rev.  John  Cotton  of  Flyrnouth,  and  are  rcspectfni 
^  to  the  meuiory  of  one  of  the  j)ious  and  worthy 
J-  tiiors  of  New  Enjcland.  They  have  been,  several^ 
-;::t'.s,  given  to  tlie  publick  from  tlte  press,  aud  an- 
' :  >re  valuable  on  account  of  the  rich  sentiments  they 

ntain,  than  the  style,  in  which  they  are  couipos- 

ELECY 

on    the  d<^ath  of  the  honourable    Jolun  Allien,  for 
I  ny  years,   a  nmi^istrate  of  the   Old  riyinouth 
•  >!ony,  who  died,  on  the  12  of  September,  1637, 
.obah'y,  in  his  90  year. 
"  The  staft'of  bread,  and  water  eke  the  stay, 
From  sinning  Judah  God  will  take  ^way ; 
The  prudent  counsellor,  the  honourable, 
''.Thoni  o;race  antl  holiness  makes  delectable, 
The  judge,  tiic  prophet,  and  the  ancient  saint  ; 
The  deaths  of  such  cause  sorrowful  complaint. 
The.earth  and  its  inhabitants  do  fall. 
The  aged  saint  bears  up  its  pillars  all. 
The  hoary  head  in  way  of  righteousness 
A  crown  of  glory  is.     Who  can  express 
Th'  abundant  blessings  by  disciples  old  ! 
In  every  deed  they're  more  than  can  be  told-  • 

Tsro  guise  'tis  of  a  wanton  generation 


2r2 

To  wi?h  tke  aged  soon  miglit  quit  tlitir  station. 

Though  truth  it  be,  the  Lonl  our  li«il  iloe    Iruwi;, 

When  aged  ^i^illts  Ijy  death  do  tuiiiljlp  (hnvii. 

"What  thiu^h  there  be  not  such  uciivily. 

Yet  in  their  prayers  there's  such  fervency 

As  doth  great  mercy  for  a  place  obtain, 

And  gracious  presence  of  the  Li)rd  maintain. 

Th  )ugh  nature '4  strength  in  old  age  d  ith  decay, '^ 

Yet  the  inward  man  reiievv'd  his  day  by  day. 

Tlie  very  presence  of  a  saint  in  years, 

■\Vlio  lifts  his  soul  to  God  with  itray'rs  and  tears, 

Is  a  rich  blessing  unto  any  place. 

Who  have  that  rnerey  to  behdd  his  face. 

When  sin  is  ripe  and  calls  fir  desolation 

G  >d  will  call  home  old  saints  from  such  a  nation. 

Let  sinners  then  of  th'  aged  weary  be. 

God  give  me  grace  to  mourn  most  hcaitily 

For  death  of  this  dear  servant  of  the  Lord, 

W^lnise  life  Ciod  did  to  us  so  long  atlord. 

God  lent  J^islife  to  greatei^t  length  of  days  ; 

In  which  he  liv'd  to  bis  Hedecnicr's  praise. 

In  youthful  time  he  made  Moses  his  chciice. 

His  s»ul  obeying  great  lehovali's  voice, 

Freely  forsook  the  world  for  sake  of  Ciod, 

In  his  house  with  his  saints  to  ha .  e  abode. 

He  followed  (rod  into  this  wilderness  ; 

Thereby  to  all  the  world  he  did  profess, 

AiHiction  with  his  saints  a  better  part 

And  more  delightful  to  his  holy  heart, 

Than  sinful  pleasures,  lasting  but  a  season. 

Thns  said  his^faith.  so  saith  not  carnal  reason. 


2r6 

Mc  caQ>3  one  of  the  first  intoliiis  lano, 

And  lierc  was  kept  by  God's  most  gracious  hani 

Years  sixty-seven,  which  time  he  did  beliold 

To  poor  New-England  mercies  manifohl. 

All  God's  great  woriis  to  this  his  Israel 

From  Jirst  implanting  that  to  them  befell  ; 

Ofthcm  he  made  a  serious  observation, 

Aftd  could  of  them  pre>enta  large  nanaUota. 

His  walk  was  holy,  humble,  and  sincere^ 

"His  heart  was  filled  with  Jehovah's  fear, 

Ke  honour'd  God  with  much  integrity, 

God  therefore  did  liim  truly  magnify. 

The  hearts  of  saints  entirely  did  him  love. 

His  uprightaessso  highly  did  approve. 

That  whilst  to  choose,  they  had  their  liberty 

Within  the  limits  of  this  Colony, 

Tlieir  civil  leaders,  him  they  ever  chose. 

His  faitiifulness  made  hearts  with  him  to  close. 

With  all  the  governours  he  did  assist ; 

His  name  recorded  is  within  the  list 

Of  Plymouth's  pillas  to  his  dying  day. 

His  name  is  precious  to  eternal  ay. 

He  set  his  love  on  God  and  knew  his  name, 

God  therefore  gives  him  everlas-ting  fame. 

So  good  and  heav'nly  was  his  conversation, 

God  gave  long  life,  and  show'd  him  his  salvation. 

His  work  now  finished  upon  this  earth; 
Seeing  the  death  of  what  he  saw  the  birth. 
His  gracious  Lord  from  heaven  calls  him  home. 
And  saith,  my  servant,  now  to  heaven  come  : 
Thau  hast  done  good,  been  faithful  unto  cie. 


i>?4 

iS'ow  slialt  thou  live  in  bliss  flcrnally. 
Oil  tlyiiii;  bed  his  ails  were  very  great, 
Yet  verily  his  heait  on  God  was  Ket. 
He  bare  liis  griefs  with  faith  and  |>atieiice, 
jViyl  did  maintain  liis  lively  oiiiideiice  ; 
Saying  to  somr,  the  work,  wiiieh  i»otl  begun, 
He  would  preserve  to  its  |»eifecti'>i). 
His  month  was  full  of  blefsinsrstill  his  drath 
To  ministers  and  christians  all  ;  his  breath 
Was  very  sweet  by  many  a  precious  word 
He  utter'd  from  the  spirit  of  his  Lord. 
He  liv'd  in  t  hrist,  in  .^esnsnow  he  sleeps  ; 
And  his  blest  soul  the  Loid  in  safety  keeps. 
John  Aldex,     Anagram,  e\o    al  o.\   ni. 
Death  puts  an  end  to  all  this  w-rid  enjoys. 
And  frees  the  saint  from  all,  that  iuie  annoys. 
This  blessed  saint  hath  seen  an  end    if  all 
W  irldly  perfections.     Now  his  l-ord  doth  call 
Him  to  ascend  from  earth  to  heaven  high, 
"Where  he  is  blest  to  all  eternity. 
"Who  walk  with  jod  as  he,  shall  so  be  blest, 
And  evermore  in  t  hrist  his  arms  shall   est. 

Lord,  spare  thy  remnant,  d.)  not  us  forsake, 
From  us  do  not  tliy  Holy  Spirit  take. 
Thy  cause,  thy  int'rest  in  this  land  still  owa 
The  gracious  presence  ay  let  be  our  crown. 

J.  C." 


DUXBOROI  (iH,    M.\SS. 

G21.  In  memory  of  captain  Sa.muel  Al,- 


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DEN,  who  died,  24  Fobniar^-,  1781,  aged 
92  yeais,  2  months,  and  3  days. 

Note. — This  gentleman  was  remarkable  for  his 
strength  of  iiiiail,  soinulness  of  juilginent,  and  ex- 
emplary deportment  through  life.  He  was  a  pious 
man  and  was  ever  cheerful  through  the  christian 
hope,  which  he  had  attained.  He  lived  till  he  was 
impatient  to  depart  and  enter  a  happier  state,  thougk 
Le  suflered  but  little  bodily  distress. 

The  bubject  of  this  notice  was  the  second  son  of 
David  Alden  mentioned  in  the  foregoing  article. 
He  was  the  father  of  colonel  Ichabod  Alden,  a 
brave  revolutionary  officer,  who  fell  at  the  time  of 
the  destruction  of  Cherry  Valley. 

It  is  a  remarkable  circumstance,  that  captain  Sam- 
uel Alden  and  mrs.  Alice  Paddock,  his  sister,  two 
of  .'he  grand-children  of  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
the  Old  Colony,  should  have  been  upon  the  stage, 
at  the  commencement  of  the  revolutionary  war. 
They  lived  to  see  the  country  peopled  with  three 
million  white  inhabitant?  and  successfully  opposing 
the  ungenerous  usurpation  and  tyranny  of  the  par- 
ent empire.  Had  any  on^  told  the  first  adventur- 
ers, wh')  were  often  in  the  utmost  jeopardy  from 
their  surrounding  enemies,  that  some  of  their  grand- 
cliildren  would  live  to  witness  such  an  astonishing 
population  in  the  va'5t  and  drsary  region,  which 
they  behel.'.  overspread  with  unknown  numbers  of 
savages  and  beasts  of  prey,  and  establishing  nation- 
al liberty  nnd  iiid'-pf^n-lcTire,  th''"  -''oijld  hr»-o  rot-- 


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sjiterei]  it  as  a  tiling  utterly  improbable  If  not  totally 
•flipossible. 

Dl'XBOROUGH,  MASS. 
622.  Nolc. — Captain  .Tox\than  Alpek,  the 
fourth  son  of  the  hon.  John  Alden,  of  whom  a  me- 
ruoir  is  triven  in  the  620  articie  of  this  Collection, 
inherited  and  occupied  the  farm  of  his  father.  He 
died  in  February,  169T,  at  the  age  of  about  70 
years.  From  the  Duxborough  records,  it  appears 
that  he  married  Abigail  Kalat,  10  December, 
1672,  by  whom  he  had  four  sons  ;  1.  Andrew,  who 
settled  in  Lebanon  Connecticut,  further  noti- 
ced in  a  subsequent  volume  of  this  work  ;  2.  Jona- 
than, who,  also,  removed  to  Lebanon  and  whose 
son,  deacon  Austin  Alden,  sottled  at  Gorham  in 
the  vicinity  of  Portland  ;  3.  John,  who  inherited  the 
place  of  his  father,  was  a  colonel  of  the  militia,  and 
died,  2i  July,  1739,  at  the  a§e  of  58  years  ;  4.  dea- 
con Benjamin  Alden,  who  was  drowned  near  the 
Gurnet,  14  April,  1741.  Colonel  John  Aklen,  be- 
fore named,  had  four  sons  ;  1.  John  Alden,  who  di- 
ed in  infancy;  2.  captain  Samuel  Alden,  who  waii 
master  of  a  merchant  ship  and  died  at  Uristol,  T'vng- 

land,  where  he  married  Fdith and  died  about 

the  year,  1744  ;  3.  captain  Judab  Alden,  master  of 
a  ves?el,  who  died  on  his  passage  to  Scotland ;  4. 
colonel  Briggs  Alden,  who  owned  and  occupied  the 
ancient  seat  of  his  ancestors  and  died  in  October, 
1T9T,  at  the  age  of  74  years.  Colonel  John  Alden 
harf  als^tluee  daughters:  1.  Abigail,  the  wifo  of 


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Ijeiijuiuiu  Lorliig,  who  died  at  the  age  of  88 ;  ?.  Deb- 
orah, who  died  a  young  woman  in  17S0  ;  3.  Abi- 
'.:ai\,  the  wife  of  colonel  Anthony  Thomas  of  Marsh- 
field.  Colonel  Btiggs  Alden's  ciiildren  were;l. 
Hannah,  who  was  the  w  ife  of  captain  John  Gray  of 
Boston  and  died,  in  1790,  at  the  age  of  47  ;  2.  John, 
who  was  drowned,  in  1766,  at  the  age  of  21;  2.  Deb- 
orah, vhose  first  husband  was  Caleb  Coffin  of 
Nantucket  and  second  Isaac  Belknap  of  Ncwbiu-gh, 
in  the  state  of  New  York,  where  she  died  in  1792 ; 
i,  Jiidah,  a  member  of  the  general  court  of  Massa- 
chusetts and  justice  of  the  peace  ;  5.  Nathaniel ;  G 
Edith  ;  7.  Abigail,  the  first  wife  of  the  hon.  Boza- 
leel  Hay  ward  of  Bridgewater ;  0.  Samuel,  w  ho  died 
in  November,  1778,  by  a  wound  he  received  in  the 
PenobFcot  expedition  under  general  Lovell ;  9.  Am- 
herst, who  died,  in  1804,  at  the  age  of  4j  years. 

Captain  Jonathan  Alden,  the  principal  subject 
pfthis  article,  was  buried  underarms,  17  February, 
1697,  on  which  nccasion  an  address  was  delivered, 
at  the  grave,  by  the  rev.  Iclmbod  Wiswall,  of  Dux- 
borough,  a  copy  of  which  is  still  preserved,  and 
from  which  the  following  paragraphs-are  selected. 

"  Neighbours  and  friend?,  we  are  assembled,  this 
day,  in  a  posture  of  mournins,  to  solemnize  the  fu- 
neral of  the  present  deceased,  to  pay  our  last  tri- 
bute of  respect  to  a  person  well  known  among  us. 
I  need  not  enlarge  upon  his  character ;  but,  in  brief, 
ini  bold  to  say  thus  much.  He  stepped  over  his 
youth  without  the  usual  stain?  of  vanity.  In  his 
riper  years,  lie  ai)pprovcd  hiW^lf  a  good  comnjon- 

rry.  I.— vei,  iii.  Z 


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wealth's  roan  ;  and,  which  is  the  crown  of  all,  a 
sincere  christian,  one,  whose  heart  was  in  the  house 
of  God,  e%'cn  when  his  body  was  barred  thence  by 
the  restraints  of  many  diificulties,  which  confined 
him  at  home.  He  couid  say,  in  truth.  Lord,  1  have 
loved  the  habitation  of  tiiy  house.  He  earnestly  de- 
sired the  enlargement  of  Jerusalem  and  inwardly  la- 
mented that  the  ways  to  Zion  did  mourn,  because 
so  few  did  fli)ck  to  her  solemn  feasts;  but  is  now 
united  t -  that  general  assembly,  where  is  no  more 
cause  of  sorrow  on  that  account. 

"  As  to  his  quality  in  our  militia,  he  was  a  leader, 
and,  I  dare  say,  rather  loved,  than  feared  of  his 
company,  etc.  etc. 

"  Fellow  soldiers,  you  are  come  to  lay  your  lead- 
er in  the  dust,  to  lodge  him  in  his  quiet  and  silent 
repose.  You  are  no  more  to  follow  him  in  the  field. 
No  sound  of  rallying  drum  nor  shrillest  trumpet  will 
awaken  him  till  the  general  muj-ter,  when  the  Son 
of  God  will  cause  that  trumpet  to  be  blown,  whose 
echoes  shall  shake  the  foundations  of  the  heavens 
and  the  earth,  and  raise  the  dead. 

"  Fellow  soldiers,  you  have  followed  him  into 
the  field,  appeared  in  your  arms,  stood  your  ground, 
marched,  countermarched,  made  ready,  advanced, 
fired,  and  retreated  ;  and  all  at  his  command.  You 
have  been  conformable  to  his  military  commands 
and  postures,  and  it  is  to  your  credit.  But,  let 
me  tell  you,  this  day  he  has  acted  one  posture  be- 
fore your  eyes,  and  you  are  all  at  a  stand  !  No  man 
stirs  a  foot  after  hiu#but  the  day   is  hastening, 


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wlicrein  you  must  all  conform  to  his  present  posture 
I  mean  be  laid  in  the  dust." 

After  oftering  \  arieus  serious  exortations  with 
many  scriptural  references,  mr.  Wiswall  concludes 
his  address  in  this  manner. 

"  Fellow  soldiers,  eh  consider  how  dreadful  it 
will  prove,  if,  after  you  have  with  a  matchless 
bravery  of  spirit,  acted  the  part  of  soldiers  on  earth, 
you  should,  in  the  meantime,  forget  your  christian 
armour  and  discipline,  and  be  numbered  among 
those  mentioned  in  Ez.  32.il6,  2T,  who  having  been 
the  terror  of  the  mighty,  in  the  land  of  the  living, 
yet  went  down  to  hell  with  their  weapons  of  war, 
their  iniquities  remaining  upon  their  bones  I  which, 
that  you  may  all  escape,  follow  your  deceased  leader, 
as  he  followed  Christ ;  and  then,  though  death  may, 
for  a  short  space  of  time,  tyrannize  over  your  frail 
bodies  in  the  grave ;  yet,  you  shall  rise  with  him  in 
triumph,  when  the  great  trumpet  shall  sound,  and 
appear  listed  in  the  muster  roll  of  the  Prince  of 
the  kings  of  the  earth,  the  captain  of  our  eternal 
salvation." 


LITTLE  COMPTOX,  R.  I. 
625.  Note — The  following  paragraph  is  from  the 
Boston  News-Letter,  IT  June,  1717,  and  is  retained 
in  judge  Sewall's  Phcenomena  Qua^dam  Apocalyp- 
tica,  published  in  17£T,  in  connection  with  sun- 
dry other  statements,  in  evidence  of  the  longevity 
of  the  first  settlers  of  the  Old  Colony  and  of  tbeir 
immediate  descendants. 


mo 

■Xittle  Compton,  31  May.  This  morning  died 
here  inrs.  Er.iz  vnKTH  Paybody,  late  wife  oi' 
)»r.  William  ]*aybo(ly,  in  tiie  93  year  oilier  at;c. 
She  was  a  daughter  of  John  Aldcn,  esq.  and  Priscil 
la,  his  wile,  danjijiiter  of  mr.  William  Mullins.  Thii. 
John  Alden  and  Priscilla  Mullins  were  married  at 
Plymouth,  in  New  England,  where  their  daughter, 
Elizabeth,  was  born.  She  was  exemplarily  virtuous 
and  pious  and  her  memory  is  blessed.  She  has  left  a 
numerous  posterity.  Her  grand  daughter,  Bradford, 
J3  a  grandmother." 

BOSTON,     MASS. 

624.  John  Winthrop,  goveraoiir  of 
Massachusetts,  died,  1(349. 

Major  general  Wait  Still  Winthkop 
died,  7  September,  1717,  aged  7 G  years. 

Ann  Winthrop  Skars,  the  wife  of  Da- 
vid Sears,  died,  2  October,  1789,  aged  33 
years. 

Note. — Govcrnour  Ariutiirop  was  l)orn  at  CrotoD, 
county  of  Suffolk,  in  England,  12  .Tune,  1587.  Of 
course,  he  was  at  the  age  of  62,  when  he  deceased. 
His  name  makes  a  conspicuous  figure  in  the  early 
history  of  IMassaciiusetts.  His  Journal,  kept  from 
1630  to  1644,  the  original  of  which  is  in  the  library 
of  the  Mass.His.  Soc.  was  not  printed  till  1790.  Many 
of  his  descendants  have  been  distinguished  for  their 
intellectual  powers,  their  literary  and  scicntifick 
Attainments,  their  patriotism;  and  the  ability,  with 


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%vhich  iliey  have  discharged  the  duties  of  various 
publick  lionorary  and  important  stations. 

BOSl  ON,   MASS. 

625.  Note. — The  honourable  Pe.ns  Towxsend 
was  a  distinguished  member  of  the  king's  council 
in  Massachusetts.  He  closed  his  days,  21  August, 
1727,  in  the  76  year  of  his  age.  The  rev.  Thomas 
Prir.ce  says  he  "  was  a  great  and  steady  lover 
of  our  country  ;  a  firm  friend  to  the  civil  and  sacred 
privileges  of  it ;  an  espouser  of  our  pure  scriptural 
religion  ;  who  ever  readily  and  generously  sought 
the  common  welfare ;  passed  through  a  great  variety 
of  publick  posts  with  honour ;  and  was  greatly  accept- 
ed and  beloved  among  the  multitude  of  his  brethren." 

CAMBRIDGE,    MASS. 

626.  Noie.—Tho.  hon.  Francis  Dana,  LL.  D. 
who  for  many  years  had  been  the  chief  justice  of 
the  supreme  judicial  court  of  Massachusetts,  died, 
at  hit  seat  in  Cambridge,  on  thursday,  the  25  of 
April,  1811,  having  entered  on  his  68  year.  He  was 
graduated,  at  Harvard  college,  in  1762.  His  life 
was  marked  with  activity,  integrity,  and  useful- 
ness in  various  publick  and  honorary  employments. 
He  was  vice  president  of  the  American  Academy  of 
Arts  and  Sciences  and  had  been  an  ambassadour 
from  the  United  States  to  the  court  of  Russia.  A 
vant  of  documents  prevents  the  author  of  this  Col- 
lection from  giving  a  full  memoir  of  the  upright, 
able,  and  dietinguished  judge  Dn.na. 

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CHARLESTOWN,  MASa. 
0£7.  Note. — Samcel Nicholson,  esq.  comiao- 
Jore  and  senior  officer  in  th«  navy  of  the  United 
States,  tlied  at  his  residence  in  the  navy  yard  at 
Charlestown,  29  December,  1813,  in  the  69  year 
of  his  age.  Ho  was  a  lieutenant  with  Paul  Jones 
esq.  in  the  frigate,  Bun  ilomme  Richanl,  at  the 
lime  of  her  engjjgemcnt  with  the  Serapis. 

IVESTON,    MASS. 
628.    Nolt. — The  rev.  Joseph  Robert?,  gradu- 
ated at  Harvard  c<jilege  in  1741,  who  had  been  in 
tlie  ministry  at  Leicester,  departed  this  life,  in  Wes- 
ton, at  the  age  of  91  years,  on  the  30  of  April,  1311. 

FROriNCE-TQWX,  MASS. 
C29.  iVd/e.— The  rev.  Samuel  Parkek,  the 
first  minister  ordained  at  Province-Town  on  Cape 
Cod,  was  a  native  of  Great  Marshes,  the  western 
parish  ia  Barnstable.  He  had  his  education  at  Har- 
vard college,  t!ie  usual  honours  of  which  lie  receiv- 
ed in  176"  and  1771.  He  died,  on  the  11  of  April, 
1811,  in  the  70  year  of  his  age  and  the  S8  of  his 
paftorate.  He  was  a  man  of  great  humility  and 
diffidence.  His  days  were  spent  in  usefulness 
among  the  people  of  his  charge  and  he  enjoyed  their 
affection  and  esteem  to  the  close  of  life. 

ATTLEEOROUOH,    xMASS. 

530.     Here  is  interred  the  body  of  doctoi 


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Samuel  Weld,  son  of  the  rer.  Habiiah 
Weld  and  Maiy,  his  wife,  who  deceased, 
15  June,  1 767,  in  the  21  year  of  his  age. 


JVoie. — Doctor  Welti  was  an  amiable,  intelligent 
and  promising  young  man.  He  attended  to  a  course 
of  medical  insii-uction  under  the  tuition  of  doctoi- 
Sohier  of  Newbury,  ^nd  died  of  a  consumptive  com- 
plaint, as  did  most  of  his  sisters.  [See  art.  118.] 
The  following  is  a  description  of  his  family  arms,  as 
I'ecorded  ia  Guillim's  Display  of  Heraldry. 

"Hebeaieth  azure,  a  fess  nebule  between  three 
•crescents,  ermine,  by  the  name  «f  Weld,  and  is  the 
paternal  coat  armour  of  Humphrey  Weld,  of  Lul- 
worth  Castle  in  Dorsetshire,  esquire,  governour  of 
his  majesty's  isle  and  castles  of  Portland  and  Sands- 
foot;  lineally  descended  from  Edrick  Sylvaticus, 
alias  Wild,  a  Saxpii  of  great  renown  in  the  reigns 
of  King  Harold  and  William  the  conqueror,  whose 
father,  Alfrick,  was  brother  to  Edrick  of  Stratton, 
duke  of  Mercia." 


ERRATA, 

Page  148,  line  26,  after  superior  to,  erase  thai  of, 

168,  line  14,  for  tunc,  read  nunc. 

—2:22,  line  21,  for  New  Jersey,  read  Wiltning- 

tonin  Delaware. 
^225,  line  9,  for  son,  read  nephew. 


INDEX. 


ADAMS;  Henry,  Quii;cj,  Mags, 
i\(liiiiS,    Thomas,   Med'ield,   Mass. 
Altlon,  John,  DuxboroUJih.  3Iass. 
Alden,  .lonathan,   Duxborongh,   Mass 
Aldfii,  Samuel,   Diixborough,  Mass. 
Aifloii,  Xoali,  Bflliiigham,   Mass. 
Aldpii,  Vibencrer,  Kari(l")l|ili,  Moss. 
All»»ii.  Eleanor,  (ireenland,  N.  H. 
Ai'thorp,  '  harles,  Boston,    Mass. 
Aslilou,   i'hilip,   Maiblehead,  Mass. 
Bi(C4;}i,    I'bpnezer,  Barnstable,   iMass. 
Baldwin,   *l')ses.  Palmer,   Mass. 
BiiHaid,  I'd  ward  J.  U.  S.  A. 
Batps,  loshua,  l)edham,  Mass.     . 
B  urn,  Sheara.-hub,  Roxbnry,  Mass. 
E  iirne,  William,  Marblehead,  Mass. 
B  w\     r.iiigPhilip's,  Boston,  IMass 
B' yd,  William,  Boston,  Mass. 
Bradford.  W'llliam.  Plyraonth,  Mass. 
Braiistreot,  Simon,  Marbloliead,  Mass. 
Biainerd,  David,  Nortliaiiipton,  Mass. 
Broome,  .Tames  M.  U.  S.  A. 
Brown,  Flisha,  Boston,  Mass.     . 
Bryant,  Lemuel  and  others,  Ouincy,  Mass. 
Biickminster,  Joseph  S.  Boston.  Mass. 
Ghanniug,  I'Vancis  D.  Boston,  Mass. 
Chauncy,  Isaae,  Hadley.  Mass. 
Cheever,  Ezekiel,  Boston,  Mass. 
Cheever,  Samuel,  iMarblehead,  51  ass. 
Chfever,  Ames,   Manchester,  Mas^. 
Church  in  Suramcr-vtrcet.  Boston,  Mass. 
Clark,  Thomas,  Plymouth,  Mass. 
Cotton,. Tosiah,  Plymouth,  Mass. 
Cotton,  John,  Plymouth.  Mass.    . 
Court-House  in  Worcester,  1^1  ass. 
Covvell,  John  (i.  Valparaiso,  S.  A. 
Crafts,  Susannah,  Ruxbnry,  Mass. 
Cranch,  Eicbard,  and  wife,  Quincy,  Jlasis. 


2}Jj 


tnshraan,  Thomas,  Plymouth,  Mass. 
Dana,  Francis,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Davi?,  Daniel,  Barnstable,  Mass. 
Davis,  Tlioina.s,  Boston,  Mass.     . 
Dawes,  TlKniia.s,  Boston,  ^Iase.    . 
Dexter,  Samuel,  Dcilliam,  .Mass.  . 
Dickenson,  Obadiah,  Hatfield,  Mass. 
Dudley,  Thomas,  Roxbury,  Mass. 
Dunbar,  Samuel,  Canton,  Mass.  . 
Dunster,  Henry,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Dwight,  Tim«thy,  Dedhani,  Mass. 
Eaton,  Nathaniel,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Eckiey,  Thomas,  Hanover,  N.  J. 
Eckley,  Katharine,  Hanover,  N.  J. 
Eckiey,  Joseph,  Boston,  Mass.     . 
-Eelles,  Nathaniel,  Scituate,  Mass. 
Eliot,  .John,  Boston,  Mass. 
Emerson,  William,  Boston.  Msss. 
J-'aneuil-Hall,  Boston,  Mass. 
xarrell,  Andrew  Plymouth,  Mass 
Flynt,  Henry,  Q,uincy,  Mass.     . 
Galley,  The  Notinghani.  Boon  Island 
Gay,  Joel,  Koxbury,  Mass. 
Glover  John,  Marblehead,  Mass. 
Goddard,  Captain, I'raiiin^ham,  Mass 
Green,  Joseph,  and  others,  Yarmouth,  .Mass 
Grist^John,  and  wife,  Marblehead,  Mass. 
Hancock,  John,  and  others,  ftuincy,  Mass 
Karris,  Samuel,  Cambridge,  Mass, 
Hastings,  John,  Hatfield.  Mass.    . 
Hawley,  Joser  !i,  Northampton,  Mass. 
Hawley,  Gideon,  Manssapee,  Mass. 
Heath,  Wiiliam,  Roxbury,  Mass. 
Hersey,  Abner,  Barnstable,  3Iass. 
Hoar,  Leonard,  Gtuincy,  Mas.s.    . 
Hobart,  Priscilla,  Plymouth,  Mass. 
Hndge,  Nicholas,  Newbui-yport,  Mass 
Holyoke,  Edward,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Hoiyoie,  Margaret,  Cambridge,  Mass, 


286 


Hoolcev,  John,  Northampton,  Mass.    .  .  485 

Il".;|)er.  Rnbert,  ''liirblehead,  Mass.     .  .  522 

Hopkins,  Samuel,  West  Spriiigtield,  Mass.  .  A92 

Hopkinc,  Samuel,  lladiey,  Mass.           .  .  49S 

Hopkius,  Samuel,  Newbuiy,  V'cj.          .  .  494 

Howe.  Isaac,  Framingliaiii,  iMass.         .  .  4,'>1 

Hubbard    lohn,  Nnrtliiield,  Ma,ss.          .  .  501 

Hunt,  .lohn,  .Vorthampton,  Mass.          .  .  480 

Johnson,  Ichrtbod,  Cluincy,  Mass.         .  .  445 

Joy.  lohn.  Bo'-ton,  .Mass 557 

Kendall,  Sarah,  Plymouth,  Mass.         .  .  619 

Kneeland,  William,  Camliridge,  Mass.  .  535 

JLawrence,  James,  U.  S.  A.  .         .         .  .  533 

Le  Baron,  Lazarus,  Plymouth,  Ma«s.  .  612 

Leonard,  Nathaniel,  Plymouth,   Mass.  .  607 

Leverett,  lohn,  Cambridije,  Mass.       .  .  528 

Loring,  Israel,  Sudbury,    Mass.   .         .  .  450 

Loring,  AVilliani,  Naushaun  Island,      .  .  59S 

Lothrop,  Isaac,  Plymouth,  .VIa.«s.         .  .  609 

Lowell,  .Tohn,  Roxbury,  .Mass.     .         .  .  582 

Ludlow   Augustus  C.  U.  S.  A.     .         .  .  584 

M-  Keaii.  Joseph,  Cambiid.i:e,  Mass.      .  .  539 
Mann,  Bezaleel,and  wife,  Attleijorough,  Mass.  467 

Mann,  Herbert,  Attleborouj^h,  Mass.  .  .  458 

Maiisield,  Isaac,  Marblehead,  Mass.  .  .  516 

Mansneld,  Ruth   i^Iarblehead,  Mass.    .  •  517 

Mansi'old.  Mary,  .Marblehead,  iMass.  .  .-  518 

Marblehead  Seamen,   'exploits  ol'  several,  .  579 

Marsh.  Thomas,  Cambridge.  Mass.      .  .  .534 

Maxcy,  Cesar,  Attleb;)rough,  Mass.    .  .  469 

Mary,  F.lisha,  Attleborough,  Mass       .  .  471 

Mayhew,  'eremiah   Xew-Bedtbrd,  Mass  .  591 

]^^onis,  ludah,  Northborough,  Mass.    .  .  536 

Morril,  Isaab.  R  »xbury,  Mass.    .         .  .  462 

Morrill,  Isaac,  Wilmington,  Mass.        .  .  510 

M'.rton,  N^athaniel,  Plymouth,  Mass  .  .  605 

IMiiilins,  William,  i^lyraoulh.  Mass.     .  .  604 

Mug,  ciovcruoiii  Winlhrop's         .         .  .  542 

I^auhaught,  Elibha,  Yarmouth,  Mass.  .  .  601 


287 


JVTeal,  James  A.  Greenland,  N.  H. 
Jn  icholson,  Samuel,  C  harlestown,  Mass. 
Kiles,  Samuel,   Abington,  Ma^s. 
Orne,  Azor,  Marblchead,  Mass. 
Packer,  Klizabeth,  Greenland,  N.  H.    . 
Page,  .Jctavius  A.  U.S.  A  -. 

Paine,  Robert  T.  jun.  Boston,  Mass.    . 
Parker,  Samuel,  Province-Town,  Mass. 
Parsons,  Tlieophilus,  Boston,  Mass. 
Partrids^e,  Oliver,  F:atfield,  iNlass. 
Partridge,  Anna,  Hatfield,  Mass. 
Payb.idy,  Elizabeth,  Little  Corapton,  R.  I. 
Pilgrims  of  Leyden,  Plymouth,  Mass. 
Porter,  F^eazer,  Hadley,  Mass. 
Prentiss,  Thomas,  Medfield. 
Quincy,  Edmund,  Bunhill  Fields,  London, 
Quin'cy,  Josiah,  jun.  Quincy,  Mass.     . 
Reed,  Mary,  Brooktield,  Mass 
Richardson,  John,  Newbury,  Mass. 
Robbins,  Chandler,  Plymouth, 3lass.  . 
Robbins,  .Tane,  Plymouth,  Mass. 
Roberts,  Joseph,  Weston,  Mass. 
Robinson,  John,  Leyden,  Europe. 
Russell,  Hadley,  Mass. 
Savage,  Thomas,  Boston,  Mass. 
Savage,  .Tohn,  Barnstable,  Mass. 
Sedgwick,  Theodore,  Stockbridge,  Mass. 
Sewall,  Stephen,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Shaw,  Oakes,  Barnstable,  Mass. 
Shaideigh,  Samuel,  (  amuridge,  Mass.  . 
Sheafe,  Jacob,  Boston,  Slass. 
Shirley,  Frances,  Boston,  Mass. 
Spooner,  Joshua,  Brookfield,  Mass. 
Sti'ddard,  Solomon,  Northampton,  JNIass. 
Stoddard,  .Tohn,  and  wife,  Northampton,  M 
Story,  Isaac,  Marblehead,  Mass. 
String.  Caleb,  Northampton,  Mass.    . 
Str  ng,  Phebe,  Norih;>ir.pton,  Mas^.    . 
Strong,  Simeon,  Amherst,  Mass, 


569 
6i>7 
449 
.--.19 
570 
588 
553 
6':9 
560 
503 
5'* 
6-3 
603 
491 
475 
440 
441 
506 
576 
6tT 
618 
623 
602 
488 
547 
595 
477 
537 
598 
538 
549 
543 
476 
481 
482 
.014 
4^4 
4;;5 
478 


288 


TFiacher,  Thomas,  Boston,  Mass. 

Tln.cliei-,  Peter,  Attleborough,  Mass. . 

TliMcher,  Thomas,  Deilham,  Mass. 

Thayer,  Elienezer,  Braintree,  Mass.     . 

Thayer,  Elihii,  Kingston,  N.  H. 

Tmi:)[jsoii.  iidward,  Marshficid,  Mass. 

Tii|>pan,  Christopher,  Newbury,  Mass* 

Trevett,  Sarah,  Boston,  Mass. 

Tucker,  John,  Newhiiry,  Mass. 

Vas'all.banmcl.  Boston,  Ma?s, 

WadsMorth,  John,  Cambridge,  Mass.  • 

Walker,  Jacob,  Hatfield,  .Mass. 

AV'arncr,  George,  I.aguna,  S.  A. 

"Writson,  George,  Plymontli,  Mass. 

"Webber,  Samuel,  Cambridge, Mass* 

Weld,  Tliomas,  Ro^bury,  :Mas.s. 

Weld,  Thomas.  Pioxbuiy,  Mass. 

WpM.  Edmund,  inniskcan,  Ireland. 

Weld,  Thomas,  Roxbiiry,  Mass. 

Weld,  Samuel,  Altleborougli,  T<Ta«s.     . 

W -st,  ''amnel.  New  Bedford,  M;'^£.     . 

AVfst,  Samuel,    Boston,  Mass.     . 
White,  Peret:rine,    Marshfiel,d,  JIaE,s. 
While,  William  A.  17.  S.  A.         .  "      . 
Wilder,  Esther,    Attleborongh,  Mass. 
Willard,  .Toseph,  Cambridge,  Mass.     . 
Will'ird,  Jacob  S.  Cambridge,  Mass.    »      , 
Williams,  William,  Hatfield,  Mars.    . 
Wiiliaras,  Israel,  Hatfield,  Mass.     .    . 
William'!,  Sarah,  Hatfield,  Mass.     .     . 
WiMiams,  Stephen,   Long    Meadow,    Mass. 
Vv'iMiaras,  Warham.  Waltliuni,  Ma^if.  . 
Williams,  Chester,  Hadley,  IMass. 
W:iigate,  John,  North  Hampton,  N.  H 
"^""inihrop,  John,  and  others,  Boston,  Ma^s. 
^^./■.lb•idge,  Timothy,  Hatfield,  Mass. 
■^T.  misted,  Robert,  JJarblehcid,  Mass. 

'*■'.. fiiiitcd,  Martha,  MarblehcaJ,  Mass 

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