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One half the income from this Legacy, which was re- ceived in 18to under the will of
JONATHAN BROWN BRIGHT of Waltham, Massachusetts, is to be expended for books for the College Library. The other half of the income is devoted to scholarships in Harvard University for the benefit of descendants of
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HISTORY AND RECORDS 1
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, HANOVER, MASS., 1727-1865,
AND INSCRIPTIONS FROM THE HEADSTONES AND TOMRS IN THE CEMETERY AT
CENTRE HANOVER, MASS.,
1727-1894.
BEING VOLUME I. OF THE CHURCH AND CEMETERY RECORDS OF
HANOVER, MASS.
BY Lloyd
L' VERNON BRIGGS,
AUTHOR OF "HISTORY OF SHIPBUILDING ON NORTH RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS," MEMBER OF THE OLD COLONY COMMISSION (HISTORICAL) BY APPOINTMENT FROM GOV. GREENHALGE IN 1895, MEMBER OF THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC- GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, AND OF THE BOSTONIAN SOCIETY.
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1. Celestial Melodies .
MR. NASH.
2. The New Kingdom . Berthold Tours MISS TOLMAN.
&. Ebren on the Rhine . W. H. Hutchinson MISS TOWER.
4. Fantaisie from Martha
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5. For You .
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6. Andante Cantabile, Concerto . Bennett XR. BROOKS.
7. The Meeting of
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the Waters. Words by Thos. Moore
MISS RUSSELL.
8. Fantasie Impromptu, Op. 66 . Chopin X188 PAYNE.
Recitative and Arts . D. Buck MR. BURGESS.
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1. Impulse Polka · MR. SPRAQUE.
3. Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep. DR. SOUTHGATE,
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4. The Day is Done · Balfe XI88 TOLKAN.
5. Good Night, My Love R. King MR. BURGESS.
6. Second Air et Vaise . . Mokr MR. WHITE
7. Seventh Concerto, Op. 76 . De Bertot XISS PAIGE.
8. Rondo la G . Beethoven XISS PAYNE.
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10. Swiss Boy (Duet) · Bont MESSRS. WHITE AND SPRAGUR.
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VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL
CONCERT
GIVEN UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF
MR. L. VERNON BRIGGS,
(The proceeds to be expended for the im- provement of the Centre Hanover Cemetery
IN THE TOWN HALL,
HANOVER, FRIDAY, JUNE 11TH, 1886,
At 6 o'clock, P. M. .
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ARTISTS.
Miss Jeannette Russell, Soprano, (A pupil of Mr. John O'Nelll.) Miss Harriet L. Eells, Soprano. Miss Jennie M. Tower, Soprano. Kiss Anna Tolman, Contralto. Mr. John E. Burgess, Tenor. Dr. R. W. Southgate, Bass. Miss Fannie Payne, Piano. (A pupil of Herr Carl Faelten.) Mr. Wm. Gray Brooks, Plano. Mr. M. 8. Nash, Plano. Miss Marie L. Paige, Violin,
(A pupil of Mr. Timothee Adamowski.) Miss Beth C. Howland, Violin. Mr. W. H. White, Clarinet. Mr. Fred. L. Sprague, Cornet.
ACCOMPANISTS: Miss Velma Briggs, Miss Jennie Hoyt, Miss Nellie E. Tower, Mr. E. C. Osborne.
The McPhail Imperial Upright Plano used at this Concert is from J. Q. Beal & Son's Music Store, Rockland.
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At the end of the first chapter I give my reasons for not making this a complete history of the churches and cemeteries of Hanover to the present time. The records of the First Congregational Church are more perfect and much older than the others. The next oldest church records now in existence, are those of the Episcopal Church, which begin about 1784. The other churches are comparatively modern.
I have had placed on the title page Volume I., as I hope sometime to further contribute to the genealogical history of this town without inter- fering with any history which may be published in the meantime. I exceedingly regret not to have been able to obtain any portraits of the earlier ministers. I have made an extended but fruitless search for any likenesses among the families and friends of these old characters. The ' greater portion of what follows in this book is the result of compiling. But let me assure the reader that to write is much easier than to com- pile from the records as kept one hundred years ago by various persons, each in their own style. Much of the first chapter is in the words of the late Rev. Saml. E. Evans, pastor of the church from 1882 until 1887. He worked arduously over the old records, and though delayed by ill health, finally condensed them into a very interesting paper, of which I have made use.
In compiling the records I have adhered to the original spelling, but have carefully rearranged and classified them under different heads. To the student I call attention to the number of slaves, Indians and negroes in the town during the last century. The causes of death are seldom found so faithfully recorded, and it is interesting to note the deaths of many in the same family from epidemics of canker and quinsy, as in 1752 in the Cobb family, in 1778 the Stetson family, and in 1799 in the Jacobs family. In 1793 there was also an epidemic of canker and quinsy or throat disorder. This I venture to suppose was a form of diphtheria. Epidemics of putrid fever and of dysentery are also noted, which may have been the typhoid fever of to-day. The oldest inhabitant is recorded on page 206. He died aged 105 years, 35 days.
The cemetery records are taken from the old cemetery at Centre Hanover, and are supposed to be complete to 1895. The stone bearing
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the oldest date is that erected to "Mr. Thos. Ramsdell, A. D. 1727," the same year that the town was incorporated and the church estab- lished here. There were undoubtedly many burials in this cemetery prior to that date, and on the older graves may yet be seen heaps of stones, placed there to keep the wolves and dogs from digging up the bodies. Little is left in these graves. In 1886, when making some improvements in the cemetery with money raised by concerts, I had occasion to have one or more of the old graves opened. A streak of black earth, a tuft of hair, and in one instance a few kernels of parched corn where the stomach ought to be, was all that was found by Mr. Andrew T. Damon, who opened the graves. I am indebted to Mr. Damon for many favors and much kindness during my acquaintance with him, extending over many years. No one now living knows more about the old cemetery than he.
In closing this preface I wish to especially commend this volume to all who have time to make a careful study of it. Many will find much to give them light on the characters who lived in this country town a cen- tury ago, and who had such difficulty in getting the wayward members back to the fold, in keeping the small boy quiet, and in raising enough money to support the minister. They were responsible for the present generations; do we all realize that we are equally responsible for the coming generations.
AUGUST, 1895.
L. VERNON BRIGGS.
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For Index of Names See End of Volume.
CHAPTER I.
Formation of Church and Biographies of Its Ministers
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PRESENT MEETING-HOUSE of the First Congregational Church. From
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. PLAN of the parts of Scituate and Abington that were incorporated as Hanover, June 14, 1727. From an original drawing · .
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" HOUSE occupied by Rev. Samuel Baldwin during his pastorate. From a photograph by L. Vernon Briggs 8
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. REV. ABEL G. DUNCAN. From a photograph owned by bis son 34 48
. PRESENT PARSONAGE, built A. D. 1855, on land purchased of Sam'] Stetson
SHIP "Cronstadt." From " History of Shipbuilding on North River " FIRST MEETING-HOUSE. From Barry's " History of Hanover" SECOND MEETING-HOUSE. From Barry's " History of Hanover" THIRD MEETING-HOUSE. From Barry's "History of Hanover "
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PORTRAIT of Keoni Kalua . 260 273 .
· STONE ERECTED to Dea. Joseph Stockbridge and Mrs. Margaret, his wife, 1732-1773. From a photograph by L. Vernon Briggs 280 284
. STONE ERECTED to Mr. John Stockbridge, 1768. From a photograph by L. Vernon Briggs . · · ·
. STONE ERECTED to Dea. Joseph and Mrs. Anna Stockbridge, 1783- 1783. From a photograph by L. Vernon Briggs · · ·
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HISTORY OF THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, HANOVER, MASS.
CHAPTER I.
FORMATION OF CHURCH AND BIOGRAPHIES OF ITS MINISTERS.
`HE early history of Hanover is identified with that of Scituate, to which town its territory belonged until 1727, excepting only a small portion which was taken from Abington. Therefore the church history, prior to 1727, of the people living in the territory, now known as Hanover, is to be found mainly in the church records of Scituate. This territory was settled in 1649; the part of Scituate lying about the harbor was settled in 1628, thus making Scituate the second settlement in Ply- mouth Colony, though not the second incorporated town.
When the inhabitants of Hanover, then numbering about three hundred souls, decided to petition to be set off a town by themselves, they were met with considerable opposition from the inhabitants of Abington, though the inhabitants of Scituate gave them no trouble. The General Court, receiving the remon- strance, appointed a committee, consisting of Lieut. Gov. Tailor and Elisha Cook, of the Council, and Ezra Bourne, Maj. Tiles- ton, and Edward Arnold, of the House, to view the territory, and they reported in favor of its corporation, although they al- lowed it would
"Put the inhabitants of Abington under some difficulties respecting the supporting the public worship of God, for that several large tracts of land within the town did not pay towards the maintenance of the ministry."
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It was decided to call the new town Hanover, probably after the Duke of Hanover, who had lately been called to the English throne, under the title of George I, and as yet the Colonies had seen little to give them cause to be otherwise than loyal to their Island government.
In the act incorporating the town of Hanover, June 14, 1727, it was stipulated as one of the conditions of the grant
"That the inhabitants of the said town of Hanover do within the space of two years from the publication of this act erect and finish a suitable house for the Public Worship of God, and as soon as may be procure and settle a learned Orthodox Minister of good conversation and make provision for his comfortable and honorable support, and that thereupon they be discharged from any further payment for the maintenance of the ministry &c., in the towns of Scituate or Abing- ton for any estate lying within the said town of Hanover."
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In pursuance of this proviso one of the first steps taken by the town was to provide for the support of Public Worship, and July 17, 1727, Mr. DANIEL DWIGHT, who had already preached in the town, was chosen to dispense the Word of God. for three months.
Rev. Daniel Dwight was a descendant of Michael Dwight, of Dedham, Mass .. He was born October 28, 1707; graduated from Harvard College in 1726, and was never married. He preached occasionally, though for years he engaged in business. He died July 4, 1747, aged 39.
Messrs. Amos Sylvester and Thomas Josselynn were chosen to arrange with Mr. Dwight, and £7 s. 19 were subsequently voted as a remuneration for his services. Meetings were held at this time in private dwellings, and the house of Mr. Samuel Stetson, being nearest the centre of the town, and most con- venient for the public accommodation, was principally used.
August 29th, of the same year, £60 was voted for the support of a minister, and Isaac Buck, Elijah Cushing and Joseph House were chosen to provide one. Nov. 13th, it was agreed to erect a meeting-house at the most convenient place, by the road called the Drinkwater Road, and Elijah Bisbee, Joshua Turner, and
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Aaron Soule were chosen to select the site, and Job Otis was appointed to inform them of the town's desire. Dec. 13th, voted:
"That the size of the house be as follows: Length 48 ft. ; Width 38 ft. ; and height between joints 19 ft. to be completed by October Ist 1728."
Elijah Cushing, Joseph House and Abner Dwelly were chosen a building committee, and to see that the house was done in a workmanlike manner, but as cheap as possible. The house was erected at a cost of £300. Barry says :
"January 22, 1728, Isaac Bush was chosen agent to apply to the town of Scituate for aid in erecting the new meeting-house; a subscription paper was circulated by him, on which the sum of £90 was subscribed, but of which only £66 Is. 6d., were realized; and it was agreed that the money thus obtained should be proportioned on the polls and estates, towards defraying the charges. Mr. Buck was also agent to apply to citizens of Han- over for aid. Gifts of land were made by John Cushing, Job Otis, Nicholas Litchfield, Stephen Clapp, Sen., and others of Scituate; Rev. Thomas Barstow, of Taunton : and Joseph Bars- tow, and Samuel Barstow, of Hanover; the lots being laid out for the town by Caleb Torrey, and Stephen Clapp, of Scituate. The land on which the house was built, is said to have been given by Thomas Buck. Isaac Buck was the agent of the town to receive the deeds of the above lots.
"March 23, 1728, the town voted to take their part of the Government loan of £60,000, 'now in the Treasury at Boston,' and Joseph Barstow, Benjamin Curtis, and Samuel Barstow, were chosen to receive the same, and to let it out towards pay- ing the carpenters. Gifts of lumber were made by several per- sons, and what was left, after the house was finished, was sold for the use of the ministry. The whole cost of the house appears to have been about £300.
"This first meeting-house stood on the same spot as the present house, and continued in use until 1765, under the min- istry of Mr. Baldwin, when the second house was built. No
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records exist from which a correct idea of its appearance can be gained. An old lady, Mrs: Perry, living in Pembroke in 1853, and then 98 years old, born in 1755, and who was ten years of age when the second house was erected, has a distinct recollec- tion of that event, but not of the looks of the original edifice. From the best information I can gain, I learn that it was a plain structure, in accordance with the simplicity of the times, facing the South; without steeple or chimney; the windows glazed with diamond-shaped glass; the walls unplastered; and unwarmed by stove or furnace; and here, for about forty years, the fathers of the town, with their wives and little ones, gathered together, from Sabbath to Sabbath, in summer's heat and winter's cold, listening devoutly to the ministrations of the Word of God, and chanting, to the quaint, old-fashioned tunes of the day, Stern- hold and Hopkins' hymns, deaconed off to them line by line."
August 27th, 1728, Benjamin Curtis, Elijah Cushing, William Witherell, Thomas Josselynn, and Benjamin Curtis, jr., were chosen
"To advise with the neighboring ordained ministers as the law directs, in order for the settlement of the REV. BENJ : BASS in the work of the ministry ;"
and subsequently it was voted that the sum of £130 per annum be paid as his salary. Nov. 23rd, 1728, it was voted to ordain Mr. Bass to the work of the ministry; and Amos Sylvester was chosen to make provision for the council. Rev. Benj : Bass was the son of Joseph and Mary Bass, of Braintree, and a descendant of Samuel Bass, who, with his wife Anne and one or two young children, came to New England in 1630, and set- tled first in Roxbury, and afterwards in that part of Braintree which is now Quincy. Benjamin was born in 1694, and gradu- ated at Harvard College in 1715.
The ordination of Mr. Bass took place Dec. 11, 1728. Previ- ous to this, Dec. 5th, was observed as a day of
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" Fasting and Prayer to implore the Divine Presence and Blessing to attend the ministry of the Pastor elect, Benj: Bass, M. A., who had before this accepted the Town's call to the Pastoral office amongst them."
The church, consisting of ten members besides the pastor elect, was formed on this day, and they then subscribed the Church Covenant. The following names appear in the Church Records of those who constituted the church at this time, and signed the covenant :
Joseph Stockbridge, Elijah Cushing, James Hatch, John Tailor, Samuel Staples, Isaac Buck, Joseph Stockbridge, jr., Thomas Josselynn, Amasa Turner, and Samuel Skiff. The covenant signed by them is found further on in this book.
At the ordination of Mr. Bass the Rev. Mr. Eells, of Scituate, and Rev. Mr. Lewis, of Pembroke, were present and assisted in the services.
At a church meeting, held Jan. 10th, 1729, Joseph Stockbridge and Elijah Cushing were chosen deacons, and it was agreed to raise money by contribution to provide utensils for the Lord's Table. A contribution was accordingly made January 19th, it being the Sabbath, and with the proceeds there were bought
"Three pewter tankards, marked C. T., of 10 s. price each ; five pewter beakers, costing 33. 6d. each, and marked C. B .; two pewter platters, marked C. P .; a pewter basin for baptism; and a cloth for the Communion Table."
The communion was celebrated for the first time March 2nd, 1729, and the first service plate continued in use until 1768.
Feb. 15th, 1736, occurred the death of John Taylor, one of the original members of the Church.
March 7, 1742, the Church took a vote to see if the Society would sing in the new way, and it passed in the affirmative. Then, being desired to bring in their votes for a tuner, Mr. Ezekiel Turner was chosen by a considerable majority. Previ- ous to this, singing, in most, if not all the New England churches, had been strictly congregational, the lines of the hymns being
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who could sing joined in. By this vote, Sternhold and Hopkins' version of the Psalms was rejected, and Tate and Brady's was adopted. From the first the church steadily increased in num- bers. On Nov. 4th, 1744, Susannah Rose, an Indian, was received by letter from the Indian Church of Mashpee in Sandwich.
The Church chose May 14th Joseph Stockbridge, Elijah Cushing, Benjamin Mann, Thomas Rose, Samuel Barstow, Joseph Ramsdale, and James Torrey, jr., to inspect the manner of the children of the church, as well as such as are in full com- munion, and endeavor when they walk disorderly to bring them to repentance and reformation.
April 8th, 1748, £14 15s. was collected to buy good books to lend to such of the Society as stand in need of them, and would be glad to read them.
"With the above money," says Mr. Bass, "I bought in less than a week a parcel of books, whose Titles, Authors, and Price in Old Tenor may be met with in a book which is an exposition of the Epis- tle to the Colossians by Nicholas Byfield."
Those who borrowed the books were to return them in two months, and Mr. Bass wrote on the title-page of each book the letters C. B. C. S. H., which stand for Charity Book of the Con- gregational Society in Hanover.
The ministry of Mr. Bass, which was quiet and undisturbed, passed peacefully on until May 23, 1756, when he died, in the 63rd year of his age, after a settlement of 27 years, 5 months, and 15 days. During this period 83 persons joined the church, and 588 were baptized.
From his writings Mr. Bass appears to have been a man marked more by common sense, than by brilliancy of diction, withal a little inclined to facetiousness, yet open-hearted, and frank, and laboring diligently for the welfare of his people. He was often consulted by neighboring churches, and acted as Mod- erator in Ecclesiastical Councils. In the midst of the excite- ment which prevailed during the latter years of his ministry, occasioned by the preaching of Whitefield, and the rise of the "new lights," he preserved his own hold on the good-will of
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MAP OF PARTS OF THE TOWNS OF ABINGTON AND SCITUATE, INCORPORATED AS THE TOWN OF HANOVER, JUNE 14, 1727.
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