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Jacob Emery,
October
12, 1762
Pelham, N. II.
John Page, .
October
12, 1762
Danville, N. H.
John Marsh, D. D.,
August
14, 1764
Wethersfield, Conn.
Thomas Cary.
June
10, 1766
Newburyport.
Thomas Barnard, D. D.,
August,
1769
Salem.
Stephen Peabody,
May
14, 1771
Atkinson, N. H.
.
1762
Pembroke, N. H.
Amos Moody, .
1740
Salem, N. H.
Abner Bailey,
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MEMBERS.
MEMBERS OF THIE HAVERHILL ASSOCIATION, FORMED AT HAVERHILL, MASS., AUGUST 19, 1779.
NAMES.
Date of Admission.
Place of Settlement.
Gyles Merrill, .
August
19, 1779
Haverhill, North Parish.
Phineas Adams, .
August
19, 1779
Haverhill, West Parish.
Stephen Peabody,
August
19, 1779
Atkinson, N. H.
John Shaw,
August
19, 1779
Boxford, West Parish.
Simon Finley Williams,
April
29, 1788
Methuen.
Jonathan Allen,
May
27, 1788
Bradford.
Peter Eatou,
April
26, 1791
Boxford, West Parish.
Francis Welch,
April
26, 1791
Amesbury, West Parish.
John Kelly.
July
30, 1793
Hampstead, N. H.
David Smith, .
June
30. 1795 Amesbury, West Parish.
Abiel Abbott,
June
30, 1795
Ilaverhill, 1st Parish.
Humphrey Clark Perley,
June
7, 1796
Methuen.
John Smith,
August
1, 1797
Salem, N. II.
Isaac Tompkins,
August
1, 1797
Haverhill, East Parish.
Nathan Bradstreet,
September 29, 1801
Chester, N. H.
Samuel Mead,
July
3, 1805
Amesbury, West Parish.
Stephen Hull,
July
3, 1805
Amesbury, 1st Parish.
John Hubbard Church,
August
1, 1809
Pelham, N. H.
Samuel Harris,
probably
1809
Windham, N. H.
Joshua Dodge,
probably
1810
Ilaverhill, 1st Parish.
Edward L. Parker,
April
30, 1811
Derry. 1st Parish.
Ebenezer Porter, Prof.,
October
10, 1815
Theo. Sem., Andover.
Jacob Ward Eastman,
June
11, 1816
William Gould,
June
11, 1816
Dracut.
William Balch,
June
13, 1820
Salem, N. H.
Joel Ranney Arnold,
June
13. 1820
Chester, N. H.
Moses Welch,
October
10, 1820
Amesbury, West Parish.
Joseph Merrill,
June
12, 1821
Dracut.
Ira Ingraham,
June
7, 1825
Bradford.
Dudley Phelps,
June
10, 1828
Ilaverhill, Ist Parish.
Calvin Cutler,
August
13, 1828
Windham, N. II.
Moses G. Grosvenor,
January
6, 1829
Ilaverhill, West Parish.
Spencer F. Beard,
October
14, 1829
Methuen.
Loammi Ives Hoadly,
June
7,1831
Bradford.
Jonathan Clement,
June
7, 1831
Chester, N. H.
Samuel H. Peckham,
June
7, 1831
Haverhill, North Parish.
Abijah Cross,
June
7, 1831
Haverhill, West Parish.
John R. Adams,
June
13, 1832
Londonderry, N. II.
Benjamin Sargent,
January
14, 1834
Auburn, N. H.
CANDIDATES APPROVED BY THE HAVERHILL ASSOCIATION.
NAMES.
Date of Approval.
NAMES.
Date of Approval.
John Kelley,
May
1, 1792
Hezekiah Woodruff,
April
14, 1813
Rufus Anderson,
Philip Colby,
June
8, 1813
Josiah Webster, .
no date given.
Robert Crowell. .
Samuel Walker,
May
1, 1804
William Gould,
March
30, 1814
David Batchelder,
January
31, 1810
Valentine Little,
June
14, 1814
Benjamin White, Benjamin Rice, .
April,
1810
Enoch Pillsbury,
Horatio Bardwell,
July
6, 1814
John Bascom,
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66
Leonard Jewett,
Josiah Peet, .
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66
66
David M. Mitchell, .
Darius O. Griswold,
66
66
Miles P. Squire,
Richard Hall,
Elijah Baldwiu,
August 66
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Joshua Dean, .
April
15, 1812 66
Robert Page,
Job S. Swift, .
Juue
11, 1816
Samuel John Mills,
66
66
66
William Kimball, Henry Robinson,
August
14, 1816
Ansel Nash,
66
66
66
John Wheeler, . Reynolds Bascom.
August
3, 1819
Simeon Woodruff, .
66
66
14, 1813
Robert H. Noyes,
October
12, 1819
Chauncey Booth,
Henry Wade, .
November, 24, 1819
William Eaton, .
66
66
Samuel Griswold,
August
8, 1821
David Oliphant,
Horace Smith,
.
66
8, 1815
Nathaniel Merrill,
April
9, 1811
Ilerman Halsey,
Stephen Mason,
Jacob Ide. .
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Jonathan Lee,
Eleazer Lord,
66
66
66
66
66
66
Ephraim H. Newton, .
April
66
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66
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6.
March 13, 1811 66
Calvin Colton.
Joseph W. Clary,
66
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Methuen.
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Haverhill, 1st Parish.
Moses llale,
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.
66
66
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HISTORY OF ESSEX NORTH ASSOCIATION.
CANDIDATES APPROVED BY THE IIAVERHILL ASSOCIATION, - Continued.
NAMES.
Date of Approval.
NAMES.
Date of Approval.
James Prentiss,
August
29, 1821
Ova P. Iloyt, .
July
20, 1824
David C. Proctor,
66
Daniel Lancaster,
66
Nathaniel Coggswell, .
66
Erastus Maltby.
James Abell, .
August
13, 1822
Samuel Marsh,
.
Carleton Hurd,
June
10, 1823
Samuel Hall,
August
10, 1824
John L. Burnap,
66
66
66
John Sherer,
Joseph P. Taylor,
66
66
Nathaniel Bouton,
July
20, 1824
Milton P. Braman,
October
12, 1824
Caleb Burbank,
66
60
Samuel Aruold, .
October
11, 1825
Flavel Griswold,
66
Samuel C. Jackson,
December
26, 1826
Stephen Foster, .
Francis Welsh, .
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May
15, 1833
MEMBERS OF THE ESSEX NORTH ASSOCIATION, ORGANIZED AT ROWLEY (WEST PAR- ISII), SEPTEMBER 8, 1761.
NAMES.
Date of Admission.
Residence.
Jedediah Jewett,
September
8, 1761
Rowley.
James Chandler,
September
8, 1761
Georgetown.
Moses lIale,
September
8, 1761
West Newbury, Ist Church.
Moses Parsons,
September
8, 1761
Newbury (Byfield).
Thomas llibbert,
September
8, 1761
Amesbury, (East Parish).
George Leslie,
September 8, 1761
John Cleaveland,
September
8, 1761
Ipswich (Linebrook). Essex.
Oliver Noble,
August 18, 1767
Newburyport (Belleville).
Christopher Bridge Marsh,
May
8, 1770
Newburyport, North Church.
Joseph Dana,
July
10, 1770
Ipswich, South Church.
David Tappan,
August
9, 1774
West Newbury, 2d Church.
Levi Frisbie,
June
8, 1779
Ipswich, Ist Church.
Samuel Spring,
July
11, 1780
Newburyport, North Church.
Daniel Breck,
June
10, 1781
Topsfield.
True Kimball,
August
10, 1784
West Newbury, 1st Church.
Ebenezer Bradford,
October
9, 1787
Rowley.
Ebenezer Dutch,
October
9, 1788
Groveland.
Elijah Parish.
Newbury (Byfield). Topsfield.
Andrew Beattie, .
May
14, 1799
Salisbury (Rocky Hill).
Leonard Woods,
May
14, 1799
West Newbury, 2d Church.
Abraham Moor,
August
13, 1,99
Newbury, Ist Church.
Isaac Braman,
August 13, 1799
Georgetown.
David Tuller.
Rowley.
David Tenny Kimball,
Ipswich, 1st Church.
Thomas IIolt,
June 13, 1809
Essex.
James Miltimore,
July 14, 1812
Newburyport ( Belleville).
William Balch.
July 14. 1812
Salisbury (Rocky Hill).
James Wakefield Tucker,
September 8, 1812
Rowley.
Benjamin Sawyer,
May 12, 1817
Amesbury.
John Kirby,
June
10, 1817
West Newbury, 2d Church.
Leonard Withington, .
June
10, 1817
Newbury, 1st Church.
Willard Holbrook.
September 14, 1819
Rowley.
Gardner Braman Perry,
October 12, 1819
Groveland.
Luther Fraseur Dimmick,
October
-, 1820 10, 1821
Newburyport, North Church. Topsfield.
Elijah Demond,
September 11, 1821
West Newbury. 2d Church.
William Ford,
September 13, 1825
Newburyport, 2d Presbyterian.
Henry Clarke Wright,
July
11, 1826
West Newbury. Ist Church.
Daniel?Fitz, .
July
10, 1827
Ipswich, South Church.
Paul Couch,
July 10, 1827
West Newbury, 2d Church. Amesbury, West Parish.
Isaac Richmond Barbour,
May
13, 1828
Newbury (Byfield).
John Charles March,
July
10, 1832
Newburyport (Belleville).
John Quincy Adams Edgell,
December
25. 1832
West Newbury, 2d Church.
Abijah Cross.
JJanuary 9, 1833
Haverhill, West Parish.
John Whittlesey,
January
9, 1833
Haverhill, Centre Church.
Henry Durant,
August
26, 1834 | Newbury (Byfield).
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66
Abijah Cross, .
66
66
6.
66
David Merrill,
August
9, 1825
William L. Buffett,
August
12, 1823
66
66
Samuel Russell,
46
66
Edmund Frost, .
Edward Palmer, Ora Pearson,
66
66
66
66
66
James Kimball,
66
Hervey Jones,
66
Jacob Cummings,
.
Peter Sidney Eaton.
September 11, 1827
Rodney Gove Dennis, .
July
Asahel Iluntingtou,
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.
.
Frederick E. Caunon,
Members. Original
MEMBERS.
MEMBERS OF TIIE ESSEX NORTH ASSOCIATION, - Continued.
NAMES.
Date of Admission.
Residence.
Benjamin Ober,
August 26, 1834
West Newbury, First Church.
Joseph Hardy Town,
October
-. 1834
Amesbury (Mills).
James Royal Cushing,
August 27, 1835
Haverhill, East Parish.
Samuel Howland Peckham,
August
27, 1835
Haverhill and Plaistow.
Nathan Munroe, .
July
28, 1836
Bradford.
Seth Harrison Keeler,
April 26, 1837
Amesbury (Mills).
Randolph Campbell,
February
28, 1838
Newburyport, 4th Church.
James Bryant Hadley,
October 30, 1838
Amesbury, West Parish.
Edward Alexander Lawrence,
January
1, 1840
Haverhill, Ceutre Church.
Charles Moulson Brown,
February
24, 1841
Amesbury (Mills).
Anson Sheldon,
February
24. 1841
West Newbury, Ist Church.
John Pike,
October
31, 1842
Rowley.
Henry Augustus Woodman,
February
29. 1843
West Newbury, Ist Church.
Enoch Pond, Jr.,
February
29, 1843
Georgetown.
John Phelps Cowles,
August
-, 1844
Ipswich.
Benjamin Franklin ITosford,
October
29, 1845
Haverhill, Centre Church.
Horatio Merrill,
December
31, 1845
West Newbury, Ist Church.
Calvin Emmons Park,
February
24, 1847
Boxford, West Parish.
John Moor Prince,
June
29, 1847
Georgetown.
Daniel Taggart Fiske,
December
29, 1847
Newburyport (Belleville).
David Oliphant,
April
26, 1848
Haverhill and Plaistow.
Albert Paine,
December
27, 1848
Amesbury, West Parish.
Wales Lewis,
February 27, 1850
Haverhill, East Parish.
John Edwards Emerson,
May
1, 1850
Newburyport. Whitefield Ch.
Francis Vergnies Tenney,
June
26, 1850
Newbury (Byfield).
February
26, 1851
Haverhill, Winter Street.
Rufus King, .
October
29, 1851
Amesbury (Mills).
James Monroe Bacon,
December
31, 1851
Amesbury and Salisbury.
Samuel Jones Spalding,
June
22, 1853
Haverhill, Winter St.
Asa Farwell,
October
26, 1853
Ilaverhill, West Parish.
Daniel Webster Pickard,
February
28, 1854
Groveland.
James Tomb McCollom,
November
1, 1854
Bradford.
Davis Foster,
February
27, 1856
West Newbury, 2d Church.
William Greenough Thayer Shedd, .
April
29, 1856
Andover Theo. Seminary.
Herman Rowlee Timlow,
February
24, 1857
Newburyport, 2d Pres. Church.
Alexander Crocker Childs,
February
24, 1857
Amesbury (Mills).
Thomas Doggett,
April
29, 1857
Groveland.
Charles Diekinson Herbert,
December
29, 1857
West Newbury, Ist Church.
Charles Beecher,
December
29, 1857
Georgetown.
Abraham Burnham,
December
29, 1857 20, 1858
Haverhill, East Parish. Haverhill.
Charles Brooks,
April
19, 1859
Newbury (Byfield).
John Rogers Thurston.
April
19, 1859 Newbury, Ist Church.
Timothy Dwight Porter Stone,
October
23, 1860
Amesbury (Mills).
Elias Cornelius Hooker,
February
19, 1861
Newburyport, North Church.
CANDIDATES FOR TIIE MINISTRY APPROBATED BY THE ESSEX NORTH ASSOCIATION.
NAMES.
Date of Approval.
NAME.
Date of Approval.
Nathaniel Howe,
May 8, 1787
Paul Jewett,
September 9, 1806 May 12, 1807
Moses Bradford,
September
-, 1787 ,
Joseph Merrill,
Nathaniel Lambert,
August -, 1789
Abraham Burnham,
Ariel Parish, .
August
-, 1789
Luther Hart, .
September 12, 1809
Daniel Merrill,
April
-, 1791
llenry P. Strong,
September 12, 1809 September 8, 1810
Gould,
June
12, 1792
Daniel Dana,
May
14, 1793
Eliphalet Gillett,
May
13, 1794
Humphrey C. Perley,
June
10, 1794
Joseph Dana, .
June
9, 1795
Justin Edwards,
November 30, 1810 May 12, 1812
Charles Coffin, Jr.,
May
14, 1799
James Richards,
September 8, 1812 .
Samuel Dana,
May
-, 1800
Robert C. Robbins,
October 12. 1812
Lake Coffin,
July
29, 1806
Edward Warren,
October
12, 1812
Daniel Lovejoy,
September
9. 1806
Calvin Hitchcock,
July
12, 1814
.
February 28, 1838 Amesbury and Salisbury.
Lucius Watson Clark,
October
28, 1840
Samuel Hill Merrill,
Jonathan French Stearns,
December 29, 1841
Newburyport, 1st Presbyterian.
Henry Boynton Smith,
June 27, 1843
Amesbury, West Parish.
Elam Jewett Comings,
April
28, 1852
Newburyport, Whitefield Ch.
Leonard Stickney Parker,
Leander Thompson,
June
20, 1855
Amesbury, West Parish.
George Washington Finney,
April
Winthrop Bailey,
Gamaliel Smith Olds,
October 9, 1810
October 9, 1810
Abel Cutter, Samuel Newhall,
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HISTORY OF ESSEX NORTH ASSOCIATION.
CANDIDATES FOR THE MINISTRY APPROVED BY THE ESSEX NORTH ASSOCIATION, Continued.
NAMES.
Date of Approval.
NAMES.
Date of Approval.
Ralph Emerson,
July
12, 1814
Samuel W. Clark,
July 10, 1827
Joel Hawes,
May
12, 1817
Thomas R. Durfee,
July
10. 1827
Ebenezer Perkins,
May
12, 1817
Henry C. Jewett,
July
10, 1827
Amos W. Burnham,
July
14, 1818
Joel W. Newton,
July
10, 1827
Alpha Miller,
July
14, 1818
Dudley Phelps, .
July
10, 1827
Luther F. Dimmick,
July
13, 1819
Caleb Kimball,
May
11, 1830
Cyrus Byington.
July
13, 1819
Edward Cleaveland,
October
26, 1833
Louis Dwight.
July
13, 1819
Dauiel T. Smith,
March
12, 1834
Hezekiah Hull, .
July
13, 1819
Seth Sweetser,
April
22, 1834
Joseph A. E. Long,
October
-, 1820
Francis V. Pike.
April
28, 1835
Samuel Spring,
May
8, 1821
Daniel P. Noyes,
August
28, 1846
Eleazar Brainard,
July
9, 1822
John Jackson,
July
12, 1848
William Richards,
July
9, 1822
Elias Nason,
July
10, 1849
Sencca White,
July
9, 1822
John Coombs,
February
26, 1850
Leonard Bacon,
July
8, 1823
Moses P. C'ase,
October
25, 1853
Heman M. Blodgett,
July
8, 1823
Samuel C. Dean,
February
26, 1856
Isaac Oakes,
July
8, 1823
John D. Kingsbury,
February
26, 1856
Samuel A. Worcester,
July
8, 1823
William M. Baker,
June
18, 1856
William Ford,
September
9, 1823
Chauncey B. Thomas,
February
22, 1860
Isaac Rogers,
June
14, 1825
Joseph Boardman,
February
22, 1860
Leander Cobb,
July
10, 1827
Elward N. Goddard,
February
22, 1860
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July
13. 1819
David T. Kimball, Jr.,
April
22, 1834
John Wilcox,
.
September 14, 1819
John Dudley,
September 12, 1834
Joseph Searl,
May
8, 1821
Moses P. Stickney,
April
26. 1836
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Daniel Hemenway.
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SKETCHES
OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE ESSEX NORTH ASSOCIATION.
BY REV. S. J. SPALDING, NEWBURYPORT.
THE following Abbreviations are used in these Sketches :
a. aged; ab. about; œ. (ætatis) in the year of one's life; b. born; bp. baptized; d. died; dau. daughter; grad. graduated; inst. installed; ord. ordained; m. married; w. wife; wid. widow; M. H. S. Massachusetts Historical Society; A. A. S. American An- tiquarian Society ; H. G. S. Historical and Genealogical Society; E. N. A. Essex North Association; A. C. Amherst College; B. C. Bowdoin College; B. U. Brown University ; C. N. J. College of New Jersey; D. C. Dartmouth College; H. U. Harvard University ; H. C. Hamilton College; M. C. Middlebury College; U. C. Union College; U. N. Y. University of New York; U. V. University of Vermont; W. C. Williams College; Y. C. Yale College.
JEDEDIAH JEWETT,
Was the fifth minister of the First Church in Rowley, and was the son of Jonathan and Mary (Wicom) Jewett. He was born in Rowley, Massachusetts, 1705, and was baptized June 3, 1705. His baptism was on the day of his birth, or but a few days subsequent. He graduated at H. U. 1726, and was ordained colleague pastor with Rev. Edward Pay- son of the First Church in Rowley, Nov. 19, 1729.
Mr. Jewett was married Nov. 11, 1730, by Rev. Moses Hale, to Eliza- beth Dummer, daughter and only child of Richard and Dorothy (Light) Dummer, of Newbury, Mass. She was born Dec. 7, 1713, and died April 14, 1764, leaving two children.
1. Dummer, b. April 25, 1732; grad. H. U. 1752; was a merchant
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in Ipswich, Mass. In a fit of insanity he destroyed his own life, by leap- ing from a garret window of his house, Oct. 1788, and died aged 56. He took a distinguished part in promoting our independence, was Repre- sentative in 1776 and 1780, was a lawyer, and of very estimable charac- ter. He left a wife and children.
2. Dorothy, b. May 2, 1736 ; mar. January 18, 1753, John Calif, M. D., of Ipswich.
Mr. Jewett was married a second time October 29, 1765, by Rev. William Balch, to Mrs. Elizabeth Parsons, widow of Rev. Joseph Par- sons of Bradford. This was her fourth marriage. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Greenleaf, and she was daughter of Rev. Daniel and Elizabeth (Gookin) Greenleaf. She was born Ang. 24, 1708, and married 1, David Bacon; 2, Joseph Scott ; 3, Rev. Joseph Parsons of Bradford ; and 4, Rev. Jedediah Jewett, and d. 1778. - Gen. Reg. N. 153.
Mr. Jewett received as a settlement £300, and a salary of £90, which was considerably increased in succeeding years. In 1754, the parish voted, that Mr. Jewett have the nse and improvement of all the upland and marsh at Sandy Bridge, four rights in the east end of Ox-pasture, and two rights in the Mill Swamp Pasture, for and during the term of his ministry, he allowing £6, lawful money, per annum for rent.
The last sermon he preached was at the ordination of the Rev. David Tappan of Newbury, April 18, 1774. This, with several other sermons of Mr. Jewett, were published.
From that service he returned unwell, and died on the 8th of May following, in the forty-fifth year of his ministry, aged sixty-nine.
He was possessed of considerable property, which came from the estate of his father-in-law, Dummer. With this were two female slaves. In his will he provided for their manumission, and made his estate, which he principally bequeathed to his children, liable for their maintenance, in case of poverty and need in their old age.
During his ministry two hundred and nineteen were added to the church, - ninety-six in two special revivals, one in 1741, and the other in 1764 and 1765.
The parish voted to defray the expenses of his funeral, and erect a suitable monument at his grave. From the inscription upon it, we learn that "He was a skilful, fervent preacher of the doctrine of God's grace to lost men, through Jesus Christ; preached it as a doctrine according to godliness, so as to teach them who had believed in God to maintain good works. He also took heed to himself; was so pious, charitable, prudent, and patient, as to be an example to the flock."
In December, 1774, the parish purchased of Dummer Jewett, Esq., for
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a parsonage, the homestead and buildings that were his father's, for which they paid £300, or $1000. These buildings were erected by Mr. Jewett soon after his ordination, being the same now owned by Joseph Smith.
Mr. Jewett was one of the fifty-three clergymen who were present and signed " The testimony and advice of the pastors of churches in New England, at a meeting in Boston, July 7, 1743, occasioned by the late happy revival of religion in many parts of the land."
He published " A Sermon preached in Rowley, the next Lord's day after the death of Mr. John Ropes, master of the Grammar School in the town, - 1759."
JAMES CHANDLER,
The first pastor of the church in Georgetown, then the Second Church in Rowley, was born in Andover, June 10, 1706. He was the son of Thomas and Mary (Stevens) Chandler ; was brother of Rev. John Chandler of Billerica, and cousin of Rev. Benj. Stevens, D. D., of Kit- tery, Me. ; his mother being a daughter of Deacon Joseph Stevens of Andover, and sister of Rev. Joseph Stevens of Charlestown.
Mr. Chandler graduated at H. U., 1728, and was ordained pastor of the church in Georgetown, Oct. 20, 1732. He was married Dec. 14, 1736, by his father-in-law, to Mary Hale, daughter of Rev. Moses and Mary (Moody) Hale, of Byfield. They had no children. She died, Sept. 2, 1806. æ. 92. He died April 19, 1789, aged 83 years, and in the fifty-seventh of his ministry.
Mr. Chandler left but little property. His whole estates being appraised at £482 2s. By his will, bearing date May 23, 1787, he gave his negro servant, Sabina, to his wife, ordering that she should not be sold to go out of the house, and if she lived to become burdensome, he ordered his executor to assist in her support.
He was a man of sound doctrine, exemplary life and conversation, dignified deportment, and esteemed both at home and abroad. Mr. Chan- dler was said to have been quite a fruit-grower in his day. He intro- duced the cultivation of all the best kinds of apples, also many medicinal plants. He was the only member of the Association who was also a member of the Ministers' Meeting. There is no record of his presence with that body, however, later than the year 1739. Mr. Chandler was present and signed " The Testimony and Advice of Pastors of Churches in New England, at a meeting in Boston, July 7, 1743 ; " which indicates his position and sympathy with reference to the "Great Awakening." It is an important fact in the history of the Association, that two of its original members took part in the deliberations of that body.
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Mr. Chandler was buried in the Union Cemetery, Georgetown, and the following inscription was put upon his tombstone :
This monument is erected in memory of Rev. James Chandler, first Pastor of the 2d Church of Christ in Rowley, who departed this life Apr. 19, 1789, in the 83d year of his age, 58th of his pastoral care of said church.
Beneath the honours of this tomb we've placed our Pastor's Dear Remains, to rest in silence here till the last trumpet shall be blown,
by the Eternal's High Command, to bid the world draw near. Then will he wake with Sweet surprise,
and join the Saints above the skies, to sing in triumph there.
The following is the inscription on the gravestone of Mrs. Chandler :
MRS. MARY CHANDLER, RELICT OF REV. JAMES CHANDLER, died Sept. 2, 1806. Et. 92.
When I lie buried in the dust, My flesh shall be thy care; These withering limbs to thee I trust, To raise them strong and fair.
As the Essex North Association was organized in the West Parish, Rowley, which is now Georgetown, it was doubtless done at the house of Mr. Chandler.
July 17, 1733. The Parish voted, they would be at the expense of the rais- ing of Mr. Chandler's house and barn. And agreed to give Mr. Joseph Nelson £12 to make provision for the same. - Gage's History of Rowley, p. 91.
After the death of Mr. Chandler, and while Mrs. Chandler was alive, the house was sold to Mr. Solomon Nelson, father of the late Hon. Jere- miah Nelson, of Newburyport. The house was burnt Apr. 4, 1825.
PUBLICATIONS OF REV. JAMES CHANDLER.
1. Two sermons preached at Rowley, West Parish, Lord's day, Feb. 10, 1754. On Temptation and Prayer.
2. Sermon, preached at the ordination of Mr. Thomas Lancaster, to the Pastoral care of the First Church in Scarborough, Maine, Nov. 8, 1775.
3. Sermon, preached at Newburyport, June 25, 1767. This sermon
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was preached at " a Fast, Sanctified by the Congregational Church and Society there, under bereavement of their Pastor," Rev. John Lowell, who died May 15, 1767.
Its publication drew out a letter of 27 pages in " Reply," from Rev. John Tucker, pastor of the First Church in Newbury, dated Aug. 25, 1767.
4. This was followed by an " Answer," of some 36 pages, by the author of the sermon, dated Rowley, Oct. 16, 1767.
A Reply to Rev. Mr. Chandler's Answer then came, in a second let- ter by Rev. Mr. Tucker, of 55 pages ; dated Newbury, Dec. 18, 1767.
5. To this Rev. Mr. Chandler published, " A Serious Address," of 38 pages, " to that part of the Congregational Church in Newburyport, which, for the present, attend the public worship of God in the Court House; occasioned by two letters published by the Rev. John Tucker, to make void in part a sermon preached to said church on their Solemn Fast, June 25, 1767. It contains also, an account of the dividing of said church and parish, into two Christian societies."
To this Rev. Mr. Tucker published " Remarks," of 43 pages, "On Rev. Mr. James Chandler's Serious Address," dated Newbury, July 25, 1768.
MOSES IIALE,
The son of Joseph and Mary (Moody) Hale, was born in Newbury (Byfield), Jan. 18, 1715 ; grad. at H. U., 1734; preached at Rowley from 1745 to Dec. 12, 1750; ordained pastor of the First Church in West Newbury (then the Second Church in Newbury), Feb. 20, 1751; died Jan. 15, 1779. He was a nephew of Rev. Moses Hale of Byfield ; his father Joseph being a son of John and Sarah (Symonds) Hale.
He married, Nov. 8, 1744, Mehitabel Dummer, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Moody) Dummer. She was born Jan. 22, 1720-21; Their children were, -
1. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 18, 1747.
2. Rev. Moses, b. Feb. 19, 1749 ; grad. H. U., 1771; ord. at Box- ford, Nov. 16, 1774; d. May 26, 1786.
3. Mehitable, b. Nov. 2, 1751 ; m. Rev. Levi Frisbie of Ipswich.
4. Joseph, b. May 8, 1763.
5. Sarah, b. -; m. Rev. Nathaniel Noyes, Nov. 12, 1765.
After the death of Mr. Hale, Mrs. Hale went to reside with her daughter, Mrs. Frisbie, in Ipswich, where she died March 10, 1796, aged 77.
. The only publication of Mr. Hale that we have seen, is a Sermon
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preached at the ordination of Rev. Joseph Woodman, in Sanbornton, N. H. Nov. 13, 1771.
Mr. Hale had resided with his family for several years previous to his residence in West Newbury, in New Rowley, now Georgetown, and brought the most cordial and complimentary letters from the minister, Rev. Mr. Chandler. At his ordination, his late pastor preached from the text in Isaiah 52: 7, " How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of Him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace," &c. He had no stipulated salary ; perhaps on account of the fluctuation in the currency. His people at his settlement promised him a comfortable and honorable maintenance. A committee visited him prior to each annual parish meeting, to ascertain how much he would need, and it was inva- riably voted to him ; apparently, without the least hesitation. He usu- ally requested £75 in money. A few months before he died they voted him £500, " on account of the extremely high prices of the necessaries of life." And this was done while they were frequently obliged to fur- nish supplies for the desk, on account of their pastor's infirmities.
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