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age of seventy-five years. He married Han- nah Heald at Fryeburg, Maine; she died aged forty-two years. Mrs. Goodenough had three sisters : Mrs. S. E. Kimball, of Arlington ; Mrs. C. W. Isley, of Wells, Maine; Mrs. A. H. Kimball, of Arlington, and a brother, died aged eighteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Durgin were Baptists in religion. Children of Henry B. Goodenough : 1. Eva, born July 23, 1877 ; inarried C. L. Sleeper, of Boston; children : Ruth A., Elizabeth, Henry Goodenough, George Dustin and Cleveland Sleeper. 2. Harold D., June 20, 1883 ; member of the firm of Goodenough & Freeman; married Helen Tappan. 3. Ethel, May 28, 1888.
BRIGHAM
(II) John, son of Thomas Brigham (q. v.), was born in Cambridge, March 9, 1644-45.
He married (first ) Sarah , who died in Sudbury, between 1691 and 1698. He mar- ried ( second) Deborah - -, who died Feb- ruary 7, 1716-17. He married (third) May 22, 1717, Sarah Bowker. He was known as Dr. Brigham, and was without doubt the most brilliant of the children of Thomas. He is described by the historian Drake as "one of the most popular and remarkable men of his day, having considerable capacity for public affairs, unusual ability as a surveyor and some am- bition as a land speculator." At an early date he was a resident of Marlboro, and erected what is believed to have been the first saw- mill in that town, in that part afterwards in- cluded in Northboro. He had received a grant of land there in 1672, and built the mill before King Philip's war, 1676. He surveyed the Marlboro Indian Plantation of about six thousand acres in 1672, and was granted the extensive "Coram farm" for his services. His homestead was situated in what is now Berlin street, Northboro, of which town he is supposed to have been the first white set- tler. This farm has long been known as the "Priest Whitney Place" from its occupancy by the Rev. Peter Whitney, an honored his- torian of Worcester county. In 1684 John Brigham was one of the grantees from the Indians of land from which was formed the "Plantation of Sudbury," where he removed from Northboro. For many years he lived on the old Sudbury and Marlboro road near Sudbury town line, in a large old-fashioned farm house with a long sloping roof. In 1708 he surveyed and mapped out Sudbury town- ship. He held a number of public offices. being representative from Marlboro in 1688-
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89-92, and from Sudbury in 1706. He was also a Marlboro delegate to the convention called against the "Tyrant Andros." He appears to have been the leader in the attempt of some of the principal citizens of Marlboro to pos- sess themselves of the Indian Plantation, Oc- koocangansett, which they claimed had been forfeited by the latter because of their treach- ery in King Philip's war. The general court in 1684 refused the petition of these citizens for permission to purchase the plantation of the Indians, and when they obtained a deed of the land from the Indians declared it null and void. The purchasers, however, pro- ceeded at once to take possession of the Plan- tation, and to lay out and divide the lands. Dr. Brigham received, with the other pro- prietors, a thirty acre lot, besides other lots for his services in surveying. He was also chosen by the proprietors as their clerk in 1693, and in March, 1708, as one of a committee "to act about their title." In 1719 the general court, still keeping faith with the Indians, ended the controversy by annexing the terri- tory to Marlboro. He died in Sudbury, Sep- tember 16, 1728. Children, the two youngest born in Sudbury, other in Marlboro: 1. John, born August 19, 1667 ; died December 2, 1667. 2. Sarah, born March 27, 1674. 3. Mary, May 6, 1678. 4. John, November, 1680. 5. Hannah, March 27, 1683. 6. Thomas, May 6, 1687, mentioned below. 7. Mercy, married, March 23, 1715, 8. Samuel, married, August 23, 1716,
(III) Thomas (2), son of John Brigham, was born in Marlboro, May 6, 1687. He married, December 24, 1724, Elizabeth Bow- ker. He settled in Sudbury, but doubtless re- moved to Rutland, Massachusetts. Children, born in Sudbury : I. John, September 14, 1726. 2. Sarah, March 10, 1735. 3. Abijah, men- tioned below.
(IV) Lieutenant Abijah, son of Thomas (2) Brigham, was born August 26, 1737, in Sudbury, died there April 2, 1814. He mar- ried, June 5, 1759, Eunice Willis, born Janu- ary 16, 1741, died March 9, 1826. He was a lieutenant in the revolution and on the Sud- bury muster roll of 1775. He marched on the Lexington alarm from Sudbury to Cambridge. He was in Captain A. Wheeler's company, Colonel E. Howe's regiment, as second lieu- tenant, commissioned July 5, 1776; also en- listed as second lieutenant, October 20, 1779, in Captain A. Cranston's company, Colonel Denny's regiment. By trade he was a black- smith, and lived on the old John Brigham
homestead in Sudbury. He was selectman in 1778-81-87. Children, born in Sudbury. I. Abel, March 25, 1760. 2. John, May 19, 1762. 3. Joseph, September 26, 1764, men- tioned below. 4. Eunice, February 7, 1767; (lied 1773. 5. Reuben, September 21, 1769. 6. Elizabeth (Betsey), April 14, 1772; died 1781. 7. Abner, October 31, 1774. 8. Eu- nice, July 5, 1779.
(V) Joseph, son of Lieutenant Abijah Brig- ham, was born September 26, 1764, in Sudbury, died there, January 12, 1842. He married, April 5, 1795, Rebecca, daughter of Charles Haynes, born in Sudbury, January 29, 1770, died there January 12, 1853. Her father was in the revolution. Joseph was a farmer and lived in Sudbury. Children, born in Sudbury : I. Nancy, March II, 1796. 2. Lewis, Octo- ber 27, 1797, mentioned below. 3. Eunice, De- cember 19, 1798. 4. Rev. Alanson, October II, 1802. 5. Esther, March 30, 1805; mar- ried Josiah Adams. 6. Rebeccah, August 28, 1807. 7. Charles (twin), July 16, 1811. 8. Abijah (twin), July 16, 1811.
(VI) Lewis, son of Joseph Brigham, was born October 27, 1797, in Sudbury, died there September 8, 1875. He married, May 27, 1838, Almira Bowker, born August 12, 1810. He was a farmer by occupation, prominent in town affairs, and served on many committees. He was well known for his honesty and integ- rity, and died the richest farmer in the town. He lived until 1830, in the old house which had been occupied by his great-great-grand- father, Dr. John Brigham. In that year it was taken down and a new one built somewhat east of it. As late as 1897 the cellar hole of the old house could still be seen, also the ruins of a cider-mill, over one hundred years old. Children, born in Sudbury: I. Martha Ann, March 9, 1839. 2. Rebecca Haynes, July I, 1840; married Thomas A. Bent, son of Thomas and Keziah (Carr) Bent, of Sudbury, Massachusetts ; had two children : Albert, died single, aged nineteen years ; Carrie F., married Lucius Bent, of Sudbury, has one girl, Carrie E. Bent; lives in Sudbury. 3. Nancy Eliza- beth, April 25, 1843, died December 12, 1906. 4. Esther Louisa, December 16, 1846, died May 8, 1903. 5. Lewis Alanson, February 25, 1850, died young. 6. Emma Almira, August 9, 1851 ; married and had three children : Fan- nie, married James Hair, has a child, Claud I. B. Hair; Alice, married Horace Andrus ; Ida, single.
(VII) Martha Ann, daughter of Lewis Brigham, was born March 9, 1839, in Sud-
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bury ; married, June 1, 1859, Hiram Green, a Boston merchant. (See Green, VI.)
(IV) Jonas Green, son of William Green (see William Green, I), was born at Groton, Massachusetts, March 15, 1731. He married (first) June 29, 1758, -; (second) Abi- gail Children, born at Groton, of first wife: I. Betty, September 23, 1760. 2. Nathaniel (twin), March 31, 1762. 3. Jonas (twin), March 31, 1762; died April 2, 1762. 4. Jemima, March 4, 1764. 5. Lydia, October 19, 1765. 6. Jonas (triplet), October 15, 1767. 7. Josiah (triplet), October 15, 1767. 8. Reuben (triplet), October 15, 1767. 9. Abigail, September 5, 1769. 10. Rachel, July 12, 1771. II. Joshua, August 23, 1776. Chil- dren of second wife: 12. Guy, August 23, 1778. 13. Hannah, May 1, 1780. 14, Asa, January 31, 1782. 15. Jonathan, May 7, 1784; mentioned below. 16. Hannah, February 19, 1786. 17. Polly, September 2, 1788. 18. David, May 6, 1791. 10. Rebecca, April 29, 1793.
(V) Jonathan. son of Jonas Green, was born May 7, 1784, in Groton. He settled in Pepperell, formerly part of Groton. He mar- ried and had a son Hiram.
(VI) Hiram, son of Jonathan Green, was born at Pepperell. He was educated there in the public schools, and started in life as clerk in the wholesale grocery store of J. F. Conant, 50 Chatham street, Boston. After a few years he was admitted as partner in the con- cern. His home was for many years at 496 Massachusetts avenue, Boston, where Mrs. Green now resides. He was active in the militia in his younger days and a member of the National Lancers. In religion he at- tended a Baptist church, and in politics was a Republican. He married, at Sudbury, June I, 1859, Martha Ann Brigham, born March 9, 1839, daughter of Lewis and Almira (Bow- ker) Brigham. (See ' Brigham, VI). They had no children, but adopted Hattie Julia, who married Isaac M. Gurney, of Providence, Rhode Island.
The earliest mention in Eng- BRADLEE land of the name of Bradley, of which we have knowledge, was in the year 1183, at the feast of St. Cuth- bert, in Lent, when the Lord Hugh, Bishop of Durham, caused to be described all the revenues of his entire bishopric. In 1437 there is men- tion made of Bradleys, of Bradley. The name seems to have applied to places in England at a comparatively early date. The Bradleys of iv-58
Acworth are the first who had their arms and pedigree preserved, and that by a visitation of the county of York by William Dugdale, Nor- roy King of Arms, 1665-66. The arms are : "Or, a fess azure, between three buckles gules," and are proved by the visitation of Berkshire. Among the early settlers of New England are found a number by the name of Bradley who are probably descended from a common an- cestor, as the same names are often repeated.
(I) Nathan Bradley, first of the line here under consideration, of whom we have infor- mation, was born in 1631. In 1668 he is owner of two acres of the "Great Lots." He peti- tioned the selectmen for liberty to sell cider at retail in 1673, and is not again mentioned until 1680, when he was sexton for the town. He was to "ring the bell, cleanse the meeting- house, and to carry water for baptism." While the bell stood on the hill, Mr. Bradley was to have "£4 a year, and after the bell is brought to the meetinghouse £3 Ios." He died July 26, 170I, aged seventy. He married, May 17, 1666, Mary, born November 9, 1640, died Au- gust 24, 1711, daughter of Richard and Mary Evans; Richard Evans took the freeman's oath, May 10, 1642. Children: 1. Mary, born June 7, 1667; died March 6, 1685. 2. Sus- anna, October 13, 1669 ; married by Mr. Bailey, justice, to Thomas Glover, of Milton, Janu- ary 2, 1702. 3. Elizabeth, March 15, 1672- 73; died January 24, 1722-23. 4. Nathan, March 12, 1674-75, mentioned below. 5. John, October 25, 1678; died October 1, 1763 ; mar- ried (first) Tamsin Rouse, November 24, 1708; (second) Sarah Butcher, May 14, 1724; (third) Avis Snow, March 4, 1735. 6. Sam- uel, August 5, 1683.
(II) Nathan (2), son of Nathan (I) and Mary (Evans) Bradley, was born March 12, 1674-75 ; died December 13, 1750. He is men- tioned on a list of those living in Dorchester who had reached the age of twenty-one years, up to 1700, in addition to those previously given. In 1712 he with others undertook to build a wharf on Wales's creek. He was mar- ried (first) by Rev. Mr. Danforth to Ruth Hause, January 2, 1695-96; (second) to Lydia
- 1702. His first wife died March 25, 1701. His second wife died March 28, 1752. Child of first wife: Mary, born December 2, 1700. Children of second wife: 1. Nathan. January 5, 1703 ; married Amity -, about 1727. 2. Ruth, June 29, 1705. 3. Samuel, October 5, 1707, mentioned below. 4. Lydia, February 14, 1709; died December 20, 1710- II. 5. John, March 10, 1711-12; died October
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2, 1770; married by Rev. Jonathan Bowman, Hannah Spear, May 9, 1733. 6. Jonathan, October 25, 1714; died January 21 or 22, 1754; married Elizabeth Lee, August 1, 1739. 7. Millatia, March 12, 1716-17 ; married by Rev.
J. Bowman, Peter Farrow, June 4, 1733. 8. David, May 25, 1720; married Elizabeth Davis, October 26, 1749. 9. Josiah, January 8, 1722- 23; died January 21 or 22, 1754; married (first ) by Benjamin Bird, Ann Church, March 13. 1748; (second) Ann Ward, August 13, 1752.
(III) Samuel, son of Nathan (2) and Lydia Bradley, was born October 5, 1707 ; died July 7. 1768. A monument was erected to his memory in the Dorchester burying-ground. and the following inscription is on the grave- stone : "Here lies the Body of Mr. Samuel Bradlee, who died July 7, 1768. aged 62 years. Blessed are the Dead that die in the Lord, they rest from their Labour and their Works Follow them." He was the first to spell the name Bradlee. He was a weaver and fisherman. In 1753 he was constable for the town of Dor- chester, when it was recorded that "removing out of Town, John Beighton was hired to serve for ye whole Town." Later he removed to Boston. He married Mary Andrus, about 1730. Children : 1. Samuel, born August 15, 1731 ; married Agnes Love; died January 20, 1770. 2. Lydia, November 3, 1733: married by Rev. Samuel Checkley, James Collins, No- vember 22, 1753. 3. Daniel, March 25, 1737; died March 30, 1738. 4. Mary, September 25, 1738; married by Rev. Mather Byles, William Etheridge, February 26, 1764. 5. Sarah, De- cember 24, 1740; married John Fulton; died in Medford, 1836. 6. David, November 24. 1742; married by Rev. Philip Payson, Sarah, daughter of Judge Watts, of Chelsea, March 22. 1764; died March 10, 1811. 7. Thomas, December 4. 1744; married Margaret Smith. January 28. 1765 ; died October, 1805. 8. Na- thaniel, February 16, 1746, mentioned below. 0). Margaret Lord, May II, 1749; married Eben Eaton ; died September 20, 1824. IO. Melatiah, April 10. 1751 ; married by Rev. Dr. Stillman, Andrew Green, March 7, 1773. The above named children were born in Dor- chester, the two following in Boston. Josiah, March 24, 1754; married by Rev. Dr. Stillman, Hannah Putnam, August 7, 1777; ( second) Lydia Callender, December 1, 1793 ; died October 2, 1798. 12. Elizabeth, Septem- ber 14, 1757 ; married by Rev. Stephen Lewis, of Christ Church, Gershom Spear, April, 1780 ; ‹lied Jannary 6, 1832.
(IV) Nathaniel Bradlee, son of Samuel and Mary ( Andrus) Bradley, was born February 16, 1746, baptized by Rev. Mr. Bowman. He was one of the loyal Americans who, disguised as Indians, threw the British tea into Boston har- bor, and it was in the old Bradlee house ( which stood on the corner of Hollis and Nassau, now Tremont street, Boston) that some of the men met to prepare for the "tea party." This house, erected by him in 1771, was the birthplace of all his children except the eldest. He married Ann, born in Boston, October 12, 1748, died August 4, 1821, daugh- ter of George and Ann (Carr) Dunlap. Chil- dren: 1. Nathaniel, born April 27, 1770; bap- tized at New South Church, by Rev. Mr. Bowen ; married by Rev. Samuel West, Ann Kuhn, April 5, 1795; died April 27, 1836. 2. George Dunlap, March 7, 1772; died October 17, 1777. 3. Mary Andrus, October 12, 1774; baptized at Hollis Street Church, by Rev. Mather Byles; died May 22, 1775. 4. Samuel, December 7, 1776; died December 17, 1776. 5. Samuel, November 7. 1778, mentioned below. 6. Elizabeth, October 12, 1781 ; bap- tized at Hollis Street Church, by Rev. Mr. Wight ; married by Rev. Horace Holley, Noah Doggett, September 15, 1810; died January 25. 1869. 7. John Andrus, January 10, 1784; baptized at New South Church, by Rev. Mr. Everett ; died at Batavia, November 8, 1805, of yellow fever, while there as mate of the ship "Belle Savage," from Boston. 7. David, May 10, 1786; baptized at New South Church by Rev. Mr. Everett ; died April 3, 1814. 9. Thomas, November 17. 1788; baptized at Hollis Street Church, by Rev. Samuel West ; married (first) Mehetable, daughter of John A. and Mehetable Fulton, of New London, Connecticut, by Ebenezer Learned, of New London, July 14. 1814: (second) married by Rev. Paul Dean, Ann, daughter of Edward and Rebecca Howard, August 1, 1819: (third) by Rev. Henry Ware, Rachel, daughter of Daniel and Margaret Wright, of New York City, September 20, 1830; died at Jamaica, Long Island, February 19, 1878.
(V) Samnel (2), son of Nathaniel and All ( Dunlap) Bradlee, was born November 7. 1778; baptized at Hollis Street Church, by Rev. Mr. Wight. He was born in the house that stood on the southeasterly corner of Hol- lis and Tremont streets, Boston, and which was torn down for the erection of the Doggett building. He was educated in the public schools, and entered into business in the year 1800, from which he retired at the age of
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fifty-six, according to a resolution formed in early life. He married (first) June 4, 1806, by Rev. Dr. Samuel West, Mary, daughter of Timothy West, of Charleston, New Hamp- shire ; she died July 28, 1812; he married (sec- ond) July 31, 1817, by Rev. Charles Lowell, Elizabeth Davis, daughter of Jeremiah Will- iams, of Boston : she died February 4, 1875. Samuel Bradlee died suddenly August 1. 1867, the day after his golden wedding. Children by first wife: 1. Samuel West, born August 7. 1807: married Margaret Adeline Bradlee, by Rev. John Pierpont, November 14, 1830; died September 17, 1832. 2. Mary Andrus, May 6. 1812, died February 17. 1833. Chil- dren by second wife : 3. Joseph Williams, May 29. 1818. died August 19, 1830. 4. Eliza Davis, March 15, 1820; married Edward Franklin Weld, son of Daniel Weld, by Rev. Oliver C. Everett, May 3, 1849; died . April 12, 1855. 5. Abigail Ann, No- vember 9. 1821 ; married Edward Frank- lin Weld, son of Daniel Weld, June 10. IS41 : died February 7, 1847. 6. Eleanor Ma- tilda, October 12, 1823; died July 23, 1851. 7. Matilda Williams, June 27, 1825; died May 30, 1844. 8. Caroline Lydia, May 25, 1827 ; died April 22, 1860. 9. Nathaniel Jeremiah, June 1. 1829, mentioned below. 10. Caleb Davis. February 24, 1831. mentioned below. (VI) Nathaniel Jeremiah, son of Samuel (2) and Elizabeth Davis (Williams) Bradlee, was born in Boston, June 1, 1829, died in his native city, December 17, 1888. He received his early education at Chauncy Hall School, from which institution he was graduated in 1846. He then entered the office of George M. Dexter, architect, of Boston, where he re- mained until 1856, when he became that gen- tleman's successor. In April, 1869, he was appointed by the municipal government of Boston to take charge of the removal of the Hotel Pelham. The work was successfully accomplished, and attracted such wide atten- tion that accounts of the way in which it was done were published in several English, French and German newspapers. In 1874 Mr. Brad- lee was appointed consulting architect to the commission for the Danvers Insane Asylum. He was also the architect for over five hun- dred buildings in the city of Boston, including the edifices of the New England and Mutual life insurance companies, the Suffolk Savings Bank and the Young Men's Christian Union, the buildings of the City, Market, Traders', Third National, and Commonwealth banks. many large stores, warehouses, blocks and pri-
vate residences; and the Second South Con- gregational and Bullfinch churches.
In August, 1875, he served upon the com- mitte appointed by the Secretary of the Treas- ury to examine and report upon the condition of the new Chicago custom house. Secretary Bristow accepted the recommendations of the commission and directed the supervising archi- tect of the treasury to take down the parts of the structure they had condemned, and to pro- ceed with the construction at once. Mr. Brad- lee's name must be permanently identified with the water supply of the city of Boston. He was elected member-at-large of the city water board for two years in 1865, and was after- wards re-elected for five terms consecutively. He resigned the office during his last term of service, on account of the severe pressure of his business. During 1868-69-70 he was presi- dent of the water board. It was during this period that the reservoir on Chestnut Hill was constructed. The largest basin in this recep- tacle was designated by the board the Bradlee Basin, out of compliment to him. In 1868 he published a remarkably able, accurate and detailed history of the introduction of pure water into the city of Boston, with a descrip- tion of the Cochituate water-works. He was the executor and trustee of a large number of estates, and held a very large amount of trust property, being trustee for more than forty persons. He was a member of the commis- sion appointed by the supreme court in rela- tion to the location of the Union Station at Worcester, Massachusetts. His associates were the late Chief Justice George T. Bigelow, and the late Governor Onslow Stearns, of New Hampshire. Mr. Bradlee was president of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Associa- tion, the Franklin Savings Bank, and the Bos- ton Storage Warehouse Company ; one of the trustees of the New England Trust Company. and the Safe Deposit and Trust Company ; di- rector in the Massachusetts Mutual Fire In- surance Company, Boston and Maine Rail- road, Eastern Railroad, Maine Central Rail- road, the New England Mutual Life Insur- ance Company ; and president of the Adamanta Manufacturing Company, the Massachusetts Title Insurance Company, the Chauncy Hall School, and the Roxbury Club. In 1876 he was candidate of the Citizens', and on the Re- publican ticket for mayor. In 1887 he was nominated by the citizens' committee for the mayoralty, but declined the nomination.
Mr. Bradlee married ( first ) April 17, 1856, Julia R .. daughter of George F. Weld, for-
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merly a merchant of Baltimore, Maryland. She died August 11, 1880. He married (sec- ond ) December 29, 1881, Anna M., daughter of Josiah H. Vose, of Robinston, Maine. Children of first wife: I. Joseph Williams, born January 20, 1858; died October 1, 1858. 2. Caroline Louise, May 11, 1860; died July 23. 1860. 3. Elizabeth Lydia, June 1, 1862; married February 7, 1887, Albert Walter Childs, son of Albert and Hannah M. (Dud- ley) Childs : children. i. David Bradlee, born March 12, 1889, in graduating class of 1910, Harvard University ; ii. Paul Dudley, January 8, 1892: iii. Ralph de Someri, November 5. 1900. Albert Walter Childs was treasurer of the New England Safe Deposit and Trust Com- pany of Kansas City, Missouri, and when it was changed into a national bank was the cashier for thirteen years, and for the past eight years has been engaged in business on his own ac- count in Kansas City, dealing in bonds, mort- gages, real estate, etc. 4. Eleanor Collmore, April 13. 1867 ; married, June 22, 1896, Rob- ert Weld, of New York. 5. Helen Curtis, August 3, 1875; married, October 28, 1897, Alfred Page Emmons, and have one child, Alfred Bradlee Emmons, born March 17, 1908; they reside in Brookline. Massachusetts.
In the death of Mr. Bradlee the city of Boston lost an enterprising, public-spirited and loyal son, the business community a model of probity and intellectual administration of sacred trusts, social life a conspicuous and ever welcome guest, and the commonwealth of Massachusetts one of her most modest, yet representative, men. The funeral of Hon. Nathaniel J. Bradlee was held from the South Congregational Church, corner of Exeter and Newberry streets, and was attended by a large number of representative business and profes- sional men of Boston. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Edward Everett TTale, D. D.
(VI) Rev. Caleb Davis, son of Samuel (2) and Elizabeth Davis (Williams) Bradlee, was born February 24, 1831, in a house on Avon place, Boston, now Avon street, where a part of the store of Jordan & Marsh is located. He was never in robust health, but he survived all other members of his father's family. He was first sent to the school of a Miss Bacon, but when he reached the age of five years he entered the preparatory department of Chauncy Hall School, and Miss Nancy Healey, afterward Mrs. Elisha D. Winslow, became his teacher. His education was con- tinued in this school for twelve years with the
exception of a few months during which he was a pupil of the Rev. Richard Pike, of Dor- chester. His faithfulness in the performance of his school duties is shown in the fact that he received three medals from the Chauncy Hall School, two of which were lost in a fire at North Cambridge, and the other was given to a friend, who many years later presented it to Dr. Bradlee's daughter. In 1848 he en- tered Harvard University, and during the fol- lowing year received a "Detur." Among his classmates were Hon. Charles Thomas Bon- ney, of New Bedford, Massachusetts; Hon. Addison Brown; Professor Charles Taylor Canfield ; Professor Cary ; Dr. and Professor David W. Cheever; Judge Choate; Hon. Jo- seph H. Choate; Professor E. W. Gurney ; Henry G. Denny, Esq. ; Hon. William C. Will- samson : Dr. Samuel H. Hurd; Judge Hurd. and other well-known men. On account of illness he was obliged to be absent from college during the last term of the senior year, but on graduation day he received with his class- mates the degree of A. B., no examination being required of him for the months of ab- sence. In September, 1852, he entered the Cambridge Divinity School. where he remained a year and a half, and, receiving a highly hon- orable dismissal from the school, placed him- self under the care of Rev. F. D. Huntington and Rev. Rufus Ellis, and pursued his studies in divinity with great interest. In due time he was elected an honorary member of the Cambridge Divinity School. In 1855 he re- ceived the degree of A. M. from Harvard.
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