History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. II, Part 135

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1672

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stretches from the mountains to the sea. From these points of view glimpses may be obtained, across and beyond the fields and forests nearer at hand, of church-spires along the New Hampshire line, while on the west "Birch Meadow," with its scattered farm houses, and the summit of " Brandy Brow," the meeting-place of four towns and two States, catch the eye, and on the south and east and northeast the West Newbury highlands and " Bear Hill" complete the panorama of which the villages of Merrimac, the subject of this sketch, are the central and salient points. Near by is the birth-place of Whittier, within the limits of Haverhill, but near the Merrimae line, and bounded by the landscape which, if it did not create the poet, at least kindled his imagination and inspired his pen.

The date of the settlement of the West Parish of Amesbury cannot be definitely fixed. It is known, however, that Elward Cottle was located in that sec- tion at a very early period, and that Samuel Foot and John Pressey were there respectively in 1659 and 1664. llenry Tuxbury, Thomas Nichols, John Grimpsen and Thomas Fargent were all settled there before 1670, while the Allens and Fowlers and Morses were to be found there as early as the year 1700. What is now Merrimae was called Jamaco at an early date, and for a century or more it continued to hear that name. As the fear of Indian raids grew less year by year, the eagerness for landed possessions which char- acterized the settlers of New England pushed the wave of population farther and farther into outlying districts, and under the influence of this wave Jamaco increased gradually in population, adding yearly new families and new names to the settlement. The Davis, Kelly and Clement families made their appearance varly in the eighteenth century, and about the year 1722 Abraham Merrill removed to Jamaco from New- bury with his family, including three sons, Abra- ham, Isaac and Jacob,-whose descendants have until recently been numerous within its limits.

At an carlier date John Martin and Joseph Peaslee became settlers, the latter locating himself in Newton, I settle in the Precinct and provide for himself a horse

then within the Salisbury grant, and finally in Haver- h[], where he died. Joseph Lankester, Samuel Ihadley and the families of Blaisdell and Hoyt were dler there at an early date, and as early as 1666 a grant of land was made to Thomas Harvey. A

Hamas Harvey was a ship carpenter and built ves- os at Jamcoo, on land granted to him by the town, Th 1710. He was chosen a deputy in 1690, '94, '97, 0 1705 05, '13 and '14. At various times in the watory of this district the names of Chase and Ken- Ho 24 Pper and many others, some of which

1. . a- 1.1. h . population of the West Dis- two low .. for i wes l ss to warrant the desire for I thet share wenn it's limits. Indeed, a vote, fterwards ree mentol, was passed by the town in that yi to build house in hat district. In 1722

the town agreed definitely to the plan and a meeting- house was at once erected. The West Parish agreed to pay the salary of their minister, and thus a sepa- ration of the two parishes was accomplished, which was confirmed by the General Court in 1725. On the 19th of May, 1726, the new church was organized and the church covenant was signed. Previous to the organization of the church the parish, at a meet- ing held on the 6th of July, 1725, voted to invite Joseph Parsons to settle as its minister. After some negotiations with Mr. Parsons he declined the invi- tation, and was afterwards ordained, on the 8th of June, 1726, as the third pastor of the church in Bradford, where he died, May 4, 1765.

At a meeting of the parish, held on the 5th of No- vember, 1725, a commitee of two was appointed to visit Mr. Hale, of Boxford, or Mr. Samuel Coffin or Mr. Edmund March, of Newbury, or Mr. Wingate, of " Hamtown," and if possible secure one of them to preach three or four Sabbaths. On the 2d of Decem- ber, 1725, the committee reported that they had se- cured Mr. Wingate, and the parish appointed a com- mittee, consisting of Captains Foot and Stephens and Mr. John Blaisdell, to confer with Mr. Wingate con- cerning an engagement to "preach for a consider- able time."

At a meeting held on the 3d of January, 1726, it was unanimously voted "to observe a day of fasting for to seek the blessing of heaven, and Thursday yo 20th of January instant, was the day appointed, and Mr. Wells, of the First church, Mr. Cushing, of Salis- bury, and Mr. Gooken, of Hampton, N. II., were chosen to carry on the work of a fast & to advise who to call to ye work of ministry." As a result of the advice sought, Mr. Wingate was invited to perma- nently settle with a salary of "four score pound a year for the first two years and afterward a hundred a year, and the use of the Pasnedg." It was also agreed to give him thirty cords of wood each year, and that "in case his family should increase, there should be an increase of salary ; and in case he should and a dwelling-place, he should receive fifty pounds a year for the first four years over and above his fixed salary."

Mr. Wingate accepted the invitation, and it was voted "to observe the 19th of May as a day of fast- ing and specially seeking the blessing of Heaven upon the anticipated ordination." The fast was held as proposed, and Rev. Mr. Wells, of Amesbury, Rev. Mr. Cushing, of Salisbury East Parish, Rev. Mr. Parsons, of Salisbury West Parish, Rev. Mr. Tufts, of New- bury West Parish, and Rev. Mr. Brown, of Haverhill, were present. On the same day, as has already been stated, the church was organized and the Confession of Faith, consisting of fifteen articles, was made and acknowledged, and Rev. Paine Wingate, John Foot, Thomas Fowler, Abraham Merrill, Thomas Colby, Titus Wells, Valentine Rowell, Samuel

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Stevens, Joseph Sargent, Joseph Bartlett, Philip Rowell, William Moulton, Tappan Ordway, John Blasdell and Abraham Merrill, Jr. signed the follow- ing church covenant :

"Forasmuch as the Lord hatlı accepted 118 sinful wretches into covo- nant with his Majesty, in Christ we therefore avouch the Lord to be our God, and make firm and sure covenant with his Majesty and one with another (through the grace of Christ) to give up ourselves to him ; to submit to his Government and all his holy ordinances, acknowledging him for our Prophet, Priest and King ; to walk before him in all things according to the rule of his Word ; shunning all Atheisal and Anti- Christianism with all other errors and pollutions in the worship of God. We do also bind ourselves to walk together with the Church and all the members of it in mutual love and watchfulness to the building up of each other in the faith and Juve of our Lord Jesus Christ ; to yield ube- dience to his holy will and to carry on the duties of his worship in pub- lic and private according to Gospel order and institution ; hereby craving help at God's lands for performance hereof we do also with ourselves give up our seed unto the Lord to be ltis people and to suhniit under the watch and discipline of this Church according to the Rules of Christ."

The church having concurred in the invitation to Mr. Wingate to settle, the ordination took place on the 15th of June, 1726. Rev. Mr. Wells, of Ames- bury, offered an introductory prayer; Rev. Mr. Goo- ken, of Hampton, N. H., preached the sermon from John 20: 15; Rev. Mr. Tufts, of Newbury, made the ordaining prayer ; Rev. Mr. Cushing, of Salisbury, gave the charge; and Rev. Mr. Parsons, of Salisbury, the right hand of fellowship. On the 13th of July Abraham Merrill and Joseph Colby were chosen dea- cons, and the church organization was complete.

The following list of persons included in the first rate for the minister's salary will convey a pretty ac- curate idea of the extent and character of the popu- lation of Jamaco in 1726 :

Abraham Merrinf.

Joseph Moody.

Abner Whittier.

John Lanckester.

Benjamin Hadley.

Philip Sargent.

Cutting Feavor.

Thomas Beedle, Jr.

David Sargent.

Thomas Rowell.

Ephraim Pemberton.

John Foot, Jr.

Jacob Hoyt.

Timothy Sargent.

Jonathan Colby. Jonathan Sargent.

Timothy Colby.

John Pressey.

Jonathan Clement.

Thomas Davis.

Sammuel Poore.

John Martin.

Johu Ordway.

Samuel Hadley, Jr.

John Harvey.

Nathaniel Merrill.

Jonah Fowler.

Joseph Hadley.

Jacob Sargent, Jr.

George IIadley.

William Sargent, Jr.

Ilenry Dow.

David Coope.

Micah Lanckester.

Jonathan Nichole.

William Pressey.

Henry Trussell.

Abraham Colby.

Joseph Pregett.

Benony Tucker.

Joseph Collins.

Joseph Bartlett. Charles Sargent, Jr.

Jedidiah Titcomb.

Jeremiah Fowler.

William Moulton.

Eben Aboot. Philip Rowell.

John Whittier. Samuel Foot.

Joseph Sargent.

Joseph Currier. John Davies.

Philip Sargent, Jr.

Samuel Stevens.

Nehemiah Heath. Samnel Martin.

Joseph Harvey.

Ezra Tucker.

Juhu Bartlett, Sr.

Joseph Shoort.

William Harvey.

Jonathan Cleark.

William Fowler.

John Hoyt.

Titus Wells.

Thomas Dow.

Jonathan Ferrin.

John Sargent.

Isaac Rogers,

Jacob Pressey. Abner Brown.

Ezekiel Colby. Samuel Juell. Henry Trussell, Jr.

Benjamin Tucker.

Charles Allen.

Philip Call.

Daniel Sargent.

Thomas Beedio.

Ephraim Davies.

Thomas Colby.

Francis Davies.

Jonathan Kelley.

Timothy lloyt.

James Dow.

Samuel Davies.

Samuel Colby, Jr.

Samuel Ilunt.

Nathaniel Tucker.

John Straw.

Israel Young.

John Hunt.

Valentine Rowell.

William Davies.

Jonathan Davies.

Samuel Hadley. Thomas Bartlett.

Richard Kelley.

Thomas Fowler.

Isaac Colby.

Andrew Rowen.

Joseph Lanckester.

Joseph Davis.

Thomas Stevens, Jr.

John Fowler.

John Nichols.

Capt. John Foot.

Robert Ring.

Robert Beedle.

John Pressey.

John Bartlett, Jr.

Jacob Sargent.

Thomas Wells.

John Blasdell.

Charles Sargent.

Joseph Davies, Jr.

Mr. Wingate's ministry was a long and eminently successful one. It continued nearly sixty years, and terminated only with his life on the 19th of February, 1786. He was born in Hampton, N. H., in June, 1703, and was the son of Joshua Wingate, of that town. He graduated at Harvard in 1723, and must have been settled in Amesbury soon after the close of his theological studies. His wife was Mary Balch, and his children were Paine, who married Eunice Pickering ; Mary, who married Ephraim Elliot ; Betsey, who married a Bartlett; Sarah, who married Samuel Bradley; John, who married two wives,-a Webster aud a Kimball; Joshua, who married Han- nah Carr; Abigail, who married an Ingalls; and Joseph, who married Judith Carr. Paine Wingate, the oldest child, graduated at Harvard in 1759, and after preaching several years in Hampton, N. H., became a judge of the Supreme Court of New Hamp- shire, and Representative and Senator from that State in the United States Congress. He died at Stratham, N. H., March 7, 1838, in the ninety-ninth year of his age. His father, the Rev. Paine Wingate, lies buried in the cemetery at Merrimac, and the fol- lowing inscription is cut on his monument :

" In memory of

REV. J'AINE WINGATE,

First Pastor of the Church in Amesbury West Parish. In his meek- ness and moderation unaffected Piety and Benevolence were eminently conspicuous. The People of his charge were for a long series of years edified by his preaching and animated to the practice of pure Religion by his example. Having faithfully discharged the duties of his miuis- terial office near sixty years, beloved and honored by those who best knew him, ho departed this life in cheerful expectation of a better on the 19th of Feb., 1786, Etat 83."

Mrs. Wingate survived her husband less than two years, and having died on the 9th of October, 1787, at the age of eighty-one, was buried by his side. As her epitaph states, the monument over her grave was

Richard Goodwin. Samuel Silver.

Nathaniel Davies.

Daniel Iloyt. Elias Colby.

James Ordway.

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erected "t, record the virtues of the dead and the gratitude of the living."

In 1787 a new meeting-house was erected, and in the next year the church, with the concurrence of the parish, invited Rev. Francis Welch to settle, offering him the use of the parsonage, one hundred pounds as A settlement and a yearly salary of eighty pounds. The invitation was accepted, and on the 3d of June, 1789, the ordination took place, at which Rev. Mr. Webster, of Salisbury ; Rev. Mr. Ames, of Newton ; Rev. Mr. Noyes, of Southampton ; Rev. Mr. Merrill, of Plaistow ; Rev. Mr. Cummings, of Billerica; Rev. Mr. Adams aud Rev. Mr. Shaw, of Haverhill ; Rev. Mr. l'eabody, of Atkiuson; Rev. Mr. Tappan and Rev. Mr. Kimball, of Newbury ; and Rev. Mr. Dutch and Rev. Mr. Allen, of Bradford, constituted the or- dnining council. Mr. Cummings offered the intro- dartory prayer, Mr. Merrill preached the sermon from Phil. 1: 8, Mr. Noyes made the ordaining prayer, Mr. Webster gave the charge, Mr. Adams the right hand of fellowship and Mr. Peabody made the concluding prayer.

The ministry of Mr. Welch was a short one, but long enough to impress the people of his charge with his dignity and uprightness of character, with the example of his Christian life, with his eminent ability and eloquence, and to win their warmest affec- tion. Ile died December 15, 1793, and the slab cov- ering his grave in the cemetery in Merrimae bears the following inscription :

" This Mounment

Is Barred to the dust and memory of the

REV FRANCIS WELCH,

Bob uf Joseph We ch, Esq., of Plaistow, N. H., who suddenly departed this life December 1. , 1793, in the twenty-eighth year of his age and Ofth of lus ministry ; within a year of bis nuptial contract with Miss Pri-illa Adams, who remains with an infant to mourn the loss of a tel.r ud afle Aneante husband.

"Through the shares and dangers of life Reason uncontrouled hehl the l' bite of Fie breast. Religion was bis polar star. Modest without Ifp Mod6 -t without bigotry and devout without superstition, he wewon't the most important qualifications for the ministerial of- Med de fargel it with faithfulness, reputation and success. Taken [pt fextonalso usefulness, and leaving an evidence of bin w Ci in the univeral lamentation of bis acquaintance, he has led the Warto them the tul mansione what I ho earnestly labored to fill with

Mr Welch, as his gravestone states, was the son of Joseph Welch, of Plaistow ; and his mother's maiden- Que w. . Hannah Chase. He graduated at Har- vol in 1755 16 the class with John Quincy Adams, Vel At Will am Cranch, Thaddeus Mason Har r. J. Lloyd Samuel Putnam and others who Wit wi a national reputation. II's parents were Laguer at ! though his departure from ancestral Kath deoro dottie anxiety for a time, his achat . der das Hotel with a Congregational (mnich, bood a youever brother followed him into th Coi ngh uvioin stry He pursued his theo- I got studies with Res. Celles Merrily of Plaistow, ad Hirt, Dermeer 6, 1792, Priscilla, daughter of

Rev. Phineas Adams, of the West Church in Haver- hill.

In May, 1794, a call was extended to Rev. Jona- than Brown, which was deelined, and in November in the same year Rev. David Smith was invited, and accepted, and on the 17th of January, 1795, Mr. Smith was ordained. The council consisted of the following ministers : Noyes, of Southampton, N. H .; Dana and Frisbie, of Ipswich; Merrill, of Plaistow, N. H .; Adams, of Haverhill ; Peabody, of Atkinson, N. H .; Allen, of Bradford ; Eaton, of Boxford ; Kel- ley, of Hampstead, N. H .; and Dutch, of Bradford; and Mr. Peabody offered the introductory prayer. Mr. Dana preached the sermon from 1 Thess. ii : 5-8, Mr. Merrill made the ordaining prayer, Mr. Noyes gave the charge, Mr. Adams the right hand of fel- lowship and Mr. Frisbie made the concluding prayer.

At the end of a little over five years from the set- tlement of Mr. Smith, an irreconcilable difficulty grew up between him and the parish, in which at first the church took no part, except to oppose the efforts of the parish to bring about his dismission. Ifis relations with the parish became at last, however, so nnpleasant that a council was called, the result of which was the dismission of Mr. Smith, on the 22d of May, in the year 1800.

Mr. Smith was the son of Col. Isaac and Ennice (Adams) Smith, and was born in Ipswich, Mass., July 23, 1761. He graduated at Harvard in 1790, and studied theology with his pastor, Rev. Joseph Dana. After leaving Amesbury, he was employed for a tiule, by the Missionary Society, as a traveling preacher in Western New York, and after residences in Ilaverhill, and in Bath, N. H., he finally fixed his home in Portland, Me., where he died May 19, 1837. He was married twice-first, to the widow of his predecessor in the Amesbury pulpit, Rev. Francis Welch, to whom he was married September 27, 1795, and second to a lady of Portland, by the name of Cutler. Ilis children, all by his first wife, were John Adams, born in Amesbury, December 20, 1797 ; David, born in Amesbury, July 3, 1799; William Perkins, born in Haverhill, June 10, 1801; Mary, born in Haverhill, July 23, 1803; Elizabeth, born in Haverhill, January 17, 1805 ; Charles Henry, born in Bath, N. 11., December 12, 1809; and Myra Adams, born in Bath, N. H., September 21, 1812.

After the dismission of Mr. Smith the church re- mained without a pastor until June 6, 1804, when Rev. Samuel Mead, of Danvers, was installed. The council at his installation consisted of Rev. Messrs. Ilull, of Amesbury ; Wadsworth, of Danvers ; Kelley, of Hampstead, N. Il .; Dutch, of Bradford; Tomp- kins, of Haverhill; Woods, of Newbury; and Rev. Mr. Hull offered the introductory prayer, Mr. Wads- worth preached the sermon from 1 Fim. iv : 6, Mr. Kelley made the installing prayer, Mr. Dutch gave the charge, Mr. Tompkins the right hand of fellow- ship and Mr. Woods made the concluding prayer.

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The ministry of Mr. Mead continued until his death, which occurred on the 28th of March, 1818. He was the son of Zaccheus and Sarah (Barlow) Mead, and was born in Rochester, Mass., in 1766. He gradu- ated at Harvard in 1787, and after pursuing for a short time the study of medicine, prepared himself for the ministry, and was ordained pastor of a church in Danvers before he was called to Amesbury. He married, at Rochester, January 1, 1797, Susannah, daughter of Major Earl Clapp, of Rochester, and afterwards of Woburn, who, after the death of her husband, removed to Woburn. Mr. Mead had eight children,-Samuel Barlow, born December 27, 1797 ; Jeremiah Clapp, March 4, 1800; Susan Clapp and Sarah Barlow, twins, November 15, 1802; Anna Barstow, December 5, 1804; Abby, March 6, 1806; Mary, April 16, 1809 ; and Jeremiah Clappagain, Sep- tember 19, 1812.

After the death of Mr. Mead the church was again without a pastor, and this time for a period of eight and a halfyears. During a large part of the time Rev. Moses Welch, of Plaistow, a brother of the second pastor, sup- phed the pulpit, having been ordained as an evangel- ist on the 7th of July, 1819. In that year he was en- gaged for a year's supply, and the engagement was renewed annually in the four succeeding years. In 1824 he was invited to continue the supply for another year, but declined, and was subsequently installed over the church in Plaistow, his native town, Decem- ber 26, 1826, and died in Wenham, February 17, 1831.

The next pastor was Rev. P. S. Eaton, who was ordained September 20, 1826. At his ordination Rev. Mr. Welch offered the introductory prayer ; Rev. Dr. Eaton, the father of the pastor, preached the sermon from 1 Cor. 3 : 6; Rev. Mr. Dodge made the ordain- ing prayer ; Rev. Mr. Kelley, of Hampstead, N. H., gave the charge; Rev. Mr. Farnsworth, of Oxford, N. H., the right hand of fellowship; Rev. Mr. Perry made the address to the people; and Rev. Mr. Sawyer the concluding prayer.

Mr. Eaton's ministry continued until May 10, 1837, when he received his dismissal.

Rev. Peter Sidney Eaton was the son of Rev. Peter and Sarah (Stone) Eaton, and was born in Boxford, October 7, 1798. His father was for fitty-seven years the pastor of the church in West Boxford, and his mother's father, Rev. Eliab Stone, was for sixty years pastor of the Congregational Church in Reading, Mass. Mr. Eaton graduated at Harvard in 1818, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1822, and married, at Charlestown, December 4, 1828, Elizabeth Ann Leman. His children were Sidney Payson, born September 16, 1829; Henry Martyn, born June 28, 1835; and Elizabeth Ann, born May 16, 1841. He died at his home in Chelsea, March 13, 1863.

On the 1st of November, 1837, Rev. Lucius W. Clark was installed as the next pastor, and at the in- stallation the sermon was preached by Rev. Mr.

Fitch, of Boston ; the charge was given by Rev. Mr. Peckham, of Plaistow; the right hand of fellowship by Rev. Mr. Cushing, of the East Church in Haver- hill; and the address to the people by Rev. Mr. Keeler, of Amesbury Mills.

During the ministry of Mr. Clark a new meeting- house was erected on the spot occupied by the present honse, and dedicated September 18, 1839. Mr. Clark was dismissed at his own request, August 31, 1842, removed to Vermont, and died in Middlebury, in that State, January 2, 1854. He was the son of James and Jerusha (Morey) Clark, of Mansfield, Conn., and was born in that town July 2, 1801. He graduated at Brown University in 1825, and was licensed to preach by the Mendon Asssociation in October, 1826. On the 9th of December, 1829, he was ordained as pastor of the church at South Wilbraham, Mass., and after three years was dismissed. He afterwards supplied a pulpit in Plymouth five years, and went from that town to Amesbury. He married, April 30, 1830, Lucy Beard Jacobs, widow of Dr. Simon Jacobs, of Oakham, Mass., and daughter of Rev. Daniel and Lucy (Beard) Tomlinson, of Oakham. Mr. Clark had two children,-Lucy Maria, boru February 12, 1832, and Lucius Watson, born January 22, 1834.

The successor of Mr. Clark was Rev. IIenry B. Smith, who was ordained December 29, 1842. The sermon at the ordination was preached by Rev. William Allen, D.D., of Northampton ; the ordaining prayer was made by Rev. Dr. Perry, of East Brad- ford; the charge was given by Rev. Jonathan F. Stearns, of Newburyport ; the right hand of fellowship by Rev. Edward A. Lawrence, of Haverhill; and the address to the people by Rev. Dr. L. Withington, of Newbury. Mr. Smith's ministry continued until Sep- tember 29, 1847, when he was dismissed to accept a professorship in Amherst College. Mr. Smith was the son of Henry Arixene (Southgate) Smith, and was born in Portland, Me., November 21, 1815. He grad- uated at Bowdoin College in 1834, and immediately after served as tutor in the college, studied theology at Andover and Bangor, and spent a year or two in professional preparation at Halle and Berlin, in Europe. After leaving Amesbury he was professor of mental and moral philosophy in Amherst College from 1847 to 1850, and professor of ecclesiastical bis- tory in the Union Theological Seminary of New York from 1850 to 1854, when he became professor of sys- tematic theology in the same institution, and died in New York February 7, 1877. He married, January 5, 1843, Elizabeth L., daughter of Rev. William Allen, D.D., of Northampton, Mass., and his children were Arixene Southgate, born at Amesbury, November 2, 1843; Maria Malleville Wheelock, born at Amesbury, December 15, 1845; William Allen, born at Amherst, August 16, 1848; and Henry Goodwin, born in New York, January 8, 1860.

The next pastor was Rev. Albert Paine, who was ordained September 7, 1848, on which occasion Rev.

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llenry B. Smith, of Amherst College, preached the sermon ; Dr. Samuel C. Jackson, of' Andover, gave the charge; Rev. D. T. Fisk, of Belleville, Newbury, the right hand of fellowship; and Rev. Dr. L. F. Dimmick, of Newburyport, the address to the people. Mr. Paine's ministry continued until April 11, 1854, when, at his own request, he was dismissed. He was the son of John and Betsey Paine, of Woodstock, Conn., where he was born, July 21, 1819. lle gradu- ated at Yale in 1841, and, after studying for a time at Andover, finished his theological course at the Auburn Seminary in 1845. He married, November 20, 1849, Sarah, daughter of Patten Sargent, of Amesbury, and had four children,-Edward Sargent, born May 3, 1×51; Charles Hamiltou, born March 27, 1853; Wil- liam Alfred, born January 29, 1855; and Dolly Elizabeth, born October 16, 1856.

The successor of Mr. Paine was Rev. Leander Thompson, who was installed September 20, 1854, on which occasion Rev. Samuel Wolcott, of Providence. preached the sermon ; Rev. Ralph Emerson, D.D., of Newburyport, made the installing prayer ; Rev. Daniel Dana, D.D., of Newburyport, gave the charge ; Rev. Thomas Laurie, of West Roxbury, the right hand of fellowship ; and Rev. Albert Paine the address to the people. In 1859, during the pastorate of Mr. Thomp- son, the meeting-house built in 1839, being found too small, was sold and removed to give place to the pres- ent house of worship, which was at once erected and dedicated January 12, 1860. The old house was after its removal used for a time for public purposes.

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History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. II, Part 135

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed Publication date: 1888 Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co. Number of Pages: 1672

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1672