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This town has been peculiarly unfortunate in the destruction of buildings by fire. No fewer than ten dwelling houses, in this small town, seven of them large, two story buildings, have been burnt to the ground. Besides these, two school houses, one grist mill, one saw mill, and one shoe-makers's shop, have fallen a prey to the same devouring element.
In respect to expenses incurred for the support of paupers, the town has for the most part been highly favored. Since the com- mencement of the present year, only two persons have been a town charge, the whole expense of maintaining whom, for a year, is less than one hundred dollars.
Some additional particulars relating to the ecclesiastical and se- cular affairs of this town, it may be proper to include in these his- torical sketches. Owing to the destruction of the church records, in the year 1780, when the dwelling house of Rev. Mr. Whitney, with most of its contents, was destroyed by fire, we have no means of ascertaining the number of baptisms and of persons, who joined the church, as well as many other particulars, which it might be in- teresting to know, of what took place previous to that date. We learn, however, from Rev. Mr. Parkman's account of Westborough, that, in 1767, the year of the Rev. Mr. Martyn's death, that the number of communicants was forty four, 21 males, and 23 females. The whole number of persons admitted into the church, during the ministry of Mr. Whitney, as nearly as can be ascortamed, was 204. Since the death of Mr. Whitney, 54 have been added to the church, exclusive of such as have been received by recommendation from other churches. Besides these, 84 persons, during the ministry of Mr. Whitney, owned the baptismal covenant.
The number of persons baptised, from 1780 to the time of Mr. Whitney's decease, was 661 ; from that period to the present, 132.
From the gathering of this church, in 1746, to the present time, seven persons only have sustained the office of deacons, two of whom yet survive.
The two first deacons of this church were Jonathan Livermore and Matthias Rice. Deac. Livermore resigned, October 2d, 1782; died April 21, 1801, aged 100 years and 7 months. Deac. Rice died February 13, 1764, aged 58 years. Deac. Rice was succeed- ed by Paul Newton, who resigned May 8, 1795, and died May 18,
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1797, aged 79. Deac. Livermore was succeeded by Seth Rice, who resigned April 30, 1307, and died Jan. 2, 1815, aged 77. Deac. Newton was succeeded by Isaac Davis, who resigned Nov. 18, 1825, and died April 27, 1826, aged 77. Deac. Rice was suc- ceeded by Nahum Fay, and Deac. Davis by Jonas Bartlett. Deac. Fay came into office June 14, 1807, and Deac. Bartlett, February 26, 1826.
The amount of the ages of the five deacons who have deceas- ed, is 392 years, the average of which exceeds 78 years.
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In giving the history of this town, it will be proper that we sub- join a brief notice of those persons who have distinguished them- selves as its benefactors. It has already been mentioned that the land on which the meeting house stands, with the adjoining con- inon, was the donation of Capt. James Eager, of whom an account was given in a former part of these sketches.
Mrs. Martyn, the mother of the Rev. John Martyn, at first, wholly supplied furniture for the communion table. Rabbi Judah Monis, formerly a Hebrew Instructer, in Harvard University, gave to this church a silver cup, also a large silver tankard, afterwards converted into two cups. Another silver cup was procured, with the joint legacies of Capt. J. Eager and Lieut. William Holloway. A silver tankard was given by Anna, relict of Deac. Matthias Rice. Another silver cup was given by Pelatiah Rice, and his son in law, Thaddeus Fay. Another by Capt. Gideon Tenny ; and recently, one by the late Deac. Isaac Davis. An elegant Folio Bible, in 2 vols. for the use of the pulpit, was the generous donation of Jo- seph Foster, Esq. of Cambridge .*
* Rabbi Judah Monis was a native of Italy, born in 1683 or 1684. Of his parentage, and of the circumstances which led him to emigrate to Ameri- ca, we have no account. He was employed as an instructer in the Hebrew language, in Harvard University, about the year 1720, before his conversion to Christianity. At length, hr was led to receive Jesus Christ as the true Messiah ; and, March 27, 1722, was publicly baptised at Cambridge; the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Colman, of Boston, preaching a discourse in the College Ilall on the occasion, from John, v. 46. In the preface to this discourse, the author says, that " it was prepared iu obedience to the desire of the very Rev. Mr. Leverett, the present learned Head and President of the House where it was delivered, in case of the absence of the aged and venerable Dr. Increase Mather," who, he adds, " if his years had permitted him, would have presid- ed and served on so great a solemnity." " As to Mr. Monis himself," Dr. Colman writes, "it must be confessed that he seems a very valuable prose- lyte. He is truly read and learned in the Jewish Cabbala, and Rabbins, a Master and Critic in the llebrew : He reads, speaks, writes, and interprets it with great readiness and accuracy, and is truly didaktichos, apt ta teach. His diligence and industry, together with his ability, is manifest unto many who have seen his Grammar and Nomenclator, Hebrew and English ; as also his Translation of the Creed and Lord's Prayer; the thirty nine articles of the
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APPENDIX I. Containing a list of persons who were heads of families in this place before or soon after it became a separate Pre-
Church of England, and the Assembly's shorter Catechism into Hebrew ; and he is now translating the larger Catechism." On the same occasion, Mr. Monis also delivered a discourse from Ps. cxvi. 10, entitled " The Truth," which was printed, with a Preface written by Dr. Increase Mather. This was followed soon afterwards by two other discourses from the same text, the first entitled " The Whole Truth," the latter, " Nothing but the Truth." These three discourses, with that of Dr. Colinan, were printed in Boston, for Daniel llenchman, and "sold at his shop, over against the old Brick Church, in Cornhill, 1722."
Mr. Monis continued in his office as an Instructer in Hebrew forty years, till the infirmities of age rendered him incapable of performing its duties. After the death of his wife, in 1761, he left Cambridge and removed to North- borough to reside in the family of Rev. Mr. Martyn, who had married a sister of his wife. Here he remained till the time of his death, which happened, April 25, 1764, at the age of 81 years. As he had no children, he beqneath- ed the principal part of his estate, which was considerable, to the family in which he resided at his death. The sum of £46 13s. 4d. was distributed among seven of the neighboring ministers ; and about £126 was left as a fund, under the direction of a Board of Trustees, the interest of which was to be devoted to the relief of indigent widows of deceased clergymen. The Board of Trustees consists of the ministers of the following churches : The church in Northborough ; the first church in Salem ; first in Cambridge ; the new north in Boston ; and the first church in Hingham. The fund now amounts to $400, the interest of which is distributed annually among four widows of deceased clergymen.
The following is the inscription on Mr. Monis' Grare Stone. "NERE LIE BURIED THE REMAINS OF RABBI JUDAH MONIS, Late Hebrew Instructer, At Harvard College, in Cambridge ;
In which office he continued 40 years. He was by birth and religion a Jew, But embraced the Christian faith, And was publicly baptised
At Cambridge, A. D. 1722, And departed this life April 25th, 1764, Aged eighty one years, two months, and twenty one days.
A native branch of Jacob see, Which once from off its olive broke ;
Regrafted from the living tree, Rom. xi. 17. 24. Of the reviving sap partook.
From teeming Zion's fertile womb, Isai. Ixvi. 8. As dewy drops in early morn, Ps. cx. 3. Or rising bodies from the tomb, John, v. 28. 29. At once be Israel's nation born. Isai. Ixvi. 8."
Lieut. Wm. Holloway, of whose family an account has been given, was for many years, one of the leading characters in this town. Ile died Jan. 6, 1760, aged 71.
Deac. Matthias Rice was a grandson of Edward Rice, one of the origin-
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cinct, in 1744. The second column contains the names of the per- sons who now live on or near the same house lots.
Those to whose names this mark (t) is prefixed, have descend- ants of the same name now living in Northborough.
John Brigham. Samuel Goodenow,
?
' Gill Bartlett.
David and Jonathan, sons of ) Samuel Goodenow, Jan. .
Gill Bartlett.
Nathaniel Oakes,
Jacob Peirce.
Simeon Howard, Sen.
Near the Hearse House.
+ Gershom Fay, Sen.
Near Asa Fay's House.
Thomas Ward,
Asaph Rice.
Oliver ? Ward, (1)
Jonathan Bartlett.
Deac. Isaac Tomblin,
Widow of the late Deac. Davis.
Hezekiah Tomblin,
On Tomblin Hill.
Ephraim Beeman,
Samuel Dalryiople.
Joseph Wheeler,
On Ball's Hill.
Simon Rice,
Near Ephraim Barnard's.
1 Daniel Bartlett, (2)
Deac. Jonas Bartlett.
None of the above, it is believed were heads of families in this town so late as 1744.
The following are the names of the fifteen persons who paid the highest taxes in 1749, taken from the Town Record, Vol. I. p. 27.
Lieut. Wm. Holloway,
Stephen Williams, Esq.
James Eager, Jun.
John Fisk.
Capt. James Eager,
Do
Deac. Matthias Rice,
Windsor Stratton.
Peletiah Rice,
Ephraim Barnard.
Samuel Gamwell,
Capt. Prentice Keyes.
+ Jacob Rice, (3)
Asaplı Rice,
t Jotham Bartlett,
Gill Bartlett.
Timothy Fay,
Capt. llenry Hastings.
Josialı Bowker,
Nathan Green.
t Jesse Brigham, (4)
Henry Brigham.
tBezaleel Eager, (5)
Col. Win. Eager:
al proprietors of Marlborough. He lived on the farm now owned by Jonah Brigham. He died without children, Feb. 3, 1764, aged 58.
Peletiah Rice was a son o! Peter Rice, of Marlborough, and lived on the farm now in the possession of Ephraim Barnard. He left no sons ; his two daughters, Thankful and Sarah, were married respectively, to Thaddeus and Adam Fay, sons of Gershom Fay. He died April 7, 1775, aged 81.
Deac. Isaac Davis was born in Rutland, in this county. His father, Si- mon Davis, was a son of Simon Davis, who removed from Concord to Rutland. Rev. Joseph Davis, the first minister of Holden, was another son of Simon Da- vis, Sen. Deac. Davis removed to Northborough during the Revolutionary, war, and has been, for a long succession of years, one of our most distinguish- ed citizens. His first wife, the mother of his children, was a daughter of the late Dr. Samuel Brigham, of Marlborough, who was married to a daughter of Dr. Benjamin Gott, whose wife was Sarah, a daughter of Rev. Robert Breck, the second minister of Marlborough. Deac. Davis died April 27, 1826, aged 77. During his last sickness, he directed his family to procure at his expense new linen for the Communion Table, a direction with which they cheerfully complied.
Mr. Holbrooks Saw Mill.
Samuel Goodenow, Jun. S
Deac. Jonas Bartlett,
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Silas Fay, Thomas Billings,
Capt. Henry Hastings.
John Oakes,
Col. John Crawford. Joel Gassett.
The following twelve names were added, in 1752.
+James Ball,
Edward B. Ball.
Cornet Simeon Howard,
Nahum Fay, Esq.
t Nathan Ball,
Nathan Ball.
t Josiah Rice,
William Maynard.
t Gershom Fay,
Benjamin Rice.
+ Samuel Allen,
Samuel Allen.
John McAllester,~
Hollon Maynard.
Deac. Jonas Livermone,
David Dinsmore.
'Thomas Goodenow,
Stephen Howe.
Seth Hudson,
Near Ephraim Barnard's.
George Oakes,
Luther Hawse.
t Seth Rice, Sen:
Calviu Hastings.
To the above list the following names may be subjoined.
John Martyn, Jun.
Benjamin Munroe.
Zephaniah Briggs,
Capt. Joseph Davis:
t Deac. Paul Newton,
Martyn Newton.
+ Col. Levi Brigham, (6)
Winslow Brigham.
t Samuel Wood, Sen. (7)
Samuel Sever.
¡Thomas Warren, and his son tEliphalet Warren, S Jonathan Hayward, and his son Gideon Hayward, tJonathan Bruce,
(8)
Abel Warren.
Lowell Holbrook.
Joshua Townsend,
John F. Fay.
t John Carruth,
Joseph Carruth.
+ William Babcock,
David Mahan.
Josiah Goddard,
Silas Bailey.
Solomon Goddard,
Jonas Babcock.
Silas Rice,
Benjamin Flagg.
Samuel Gamwell, Jun.
Reuben Babcock.
William Carruth,
Daniel Smith. Do.
Joshua Child,
On the South Road.
Warren,
Do.
Capt. Timothy Brigham, now living,
Oliver Eager.
NOTES.
Brief notices of several persons whose names are found in the foregoing list.
1. Oliver ? Ward. I understand that a farmer of the name of Ward, was the first settler on the farm of Jonathan Bartlett, and I conclude that his name was Oliver from the circumstances that, in 1710, forty three acres of land were laid out to Thomas and Oliver Ward " on Woody Hill, near the upper end of Cold Harbor, north side of the brook, next John Brigham's meadow."
2. Daniel Bartlett, was a son of Henry Bartlett, who emigrated from Wales and settled in Marlborough, in the latter part of the seventeenth or beginning of the eighteenth Century. He was the common ancestor of all of that name in this town. His sons were Jotham, settled in this town, grandfather of Gill Bartlett ; Daniel, settled in Rutland ; Jonathan, father of
George Smith,
Samuel Dalrymple.
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Jotham and Jonathan, in this town ; John, in Princeton ; Isaac, in Holden ; and Jonas, father of Deac. Jonas B. in this town. A brother of Daniel set- tled in Western or Brookfield, probably the Benjamin Bartlett, whose daugh- ter Mary, born 1701, was the first child born in Brookfield, whose birth was recorded. (1 Hist. Col. 1, 267.)
3. Jacob Rice, son of Jacob Rice of Marlborough, first lived a little south of the dwelling house of Doct. Stephen Ball, afterwards removed to the house now owned by his grandson, Asaph Rice. He was the father of John Rice, of Shrewsbury ; Jacob, minister of Brownfield, Maine ; and Amos, now living in this town. The brothers of Jacob were Amos and Cbediah, of Brook- field, and Gershom, of Marlborough. Jacob Rice died, July 29, 1788, aged 31.
4. Capt. Jesse Brigham, son of Jonathan Brigham of Marlborough, was the father of Artemas, and Capt. Tim. Brigham, the latter of whom is now living in this town. Jesse Brigham died, D. c. 8, 1796, aged 87.
5. Capt. Bezaleel Eager, came from Marlborough to the place where his grandson, Col. Win. Enger now lives. Two brothers, Abraham and Capt. Benjamin Eager, came about the same time to Shrewsbury, and were among the first settlers of that town. Their father or grandfather was from Concord; Bezalcel Eager, died Oct. 31, 1787, aged 74.
6. Col. Levi Brigham, son of David Brigham of Westborongh, was the father of the late Judge Brigham, and of Winslow Brigham now living in this town. Col. Brigham was chosen July 10, 1775, to represent this town in the Assembly to be convened at the meeting house in Watertown, the 19th of that month. He died Feb. 1, 1787, aged 71.
7. Samuel Wood came from Sudbury, and set up the first fulling mill in this town. He was the father of the late Abraham and Capt. Samuel Wood, who lived together on the same farm now in the possession of Samuel Sever.
8. Thomas Warren, from Watertown, was the father of Eliphalet, who left many descendents in this town and in other places.
APPENDIX II. Referring to page 134. The Grants for house lots were made 26th November. 1660, and were in the following proportions.
Acres.
Acres.
Edmund Rice
50
Richard Ward
18
William Ward
50
Jolin Woods
30
John Ruddock
50
John Maynard
23
Thomas Goodenow
32
Peter King
22
Joseph Rice
32
Benjamin Rice
24
Samuel Rice
21
A Minister
30
Christopher Bannister
16
Peter Bent
30
Thomas King
39
John Bellows
20
William Kerley
30
Abraham How
25
Solomon Johnson
30
Thomas Goodenow Jun.
20
Richard Newton
30
John Rutter
30
John Howe, Sen.
30
-John Barrett
18
John Howe Jun.
16
John Rediat
22
Henry Kerley
193
A Smith
30
Richard Barnes
16
Joseph Holmes
18
-Thomas Rice
35
Samuel How
16
Andrew Belcher
20
Henry Axtell
15
Obadiah Ward
21
John Newton
16
Edward Rice
35
30 house lots,
992} acres.
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NOTES.
Brief notices of several persons whose names are found in the foregoing list.
Edmund Rice was probably the father of Edmund Rice, one of the first settlers of Westborough, whose children Silas and Timothy were taken by the Indians and carried into captivity. If so, he was the great grandfather of the late Deac. Seth Rice of this town. Ile was one of the selectmen of Marlbo- rough, in 1661.
Wm. Ward was one of the first deacons of the Church at Marlboroughi, and had a house lot assigned him on the south side of the road opposite the Rev. Mr. Brimsmead's. He was one of the selectmen in 1661. Ile was the grandfather of the late Col. William Ward, of Southborough. He was proba- bly also an ancestor of the late Maj. Gen. Artemas Ward, of Shrewsbury. There were, however, three persons of the name of Ward, viz. William, Obe- diah, and Richard, to whom house lots in Marlborough were granted at this time, (1662.) From the following inscription on a grave stone in the old bu- rying ground in Marlborough, it would appear that the person to whom it belongs, was born before either of the New England colonies was planted. " Here lyes the body of Elizabeth Ward, the servant of the Lord, deceased in 87 year of her age, December the 9 in the year of our Lord 1700.
John Ruddock, was one of the selectmen of Marlborough, also a recorder or clerk in 1661, and a deacon of the church in 1689.
Of Thomas Goodenow, Richard Newton and John How, some account has already been given. Thomas Goodenow and John How, were selectmen in 1661, as also were Thomas King and Solomon Johnson, the latter of whom was afterwards a deacon of the church.
The name of Andrew Belcher, occurs in Dr. Holmes History of Cam- bridge, (1. Hist. Col. Vol. 11. 28, 31.) who quotes from the Town Records the following : " The townsmen granted liberty to Andrew Belcher, to sell beare and bread, for entertainment of strangers, and the good of the town." This was in 1052. Whether this is the same person whose name is found among the proprietors of Marlborough eight years afterwards, I am unable to say. A Capt. Andrew Belcher is said to have given to the first parish in Cambridge, the bell now in use, in the year 1700. I am informed too that the name of Andrew Belcher, Esq. frequently occurs in the records of the Gen. Court ; that he was for some years an assistant, a member of the King's Council, and often a member of the Legislature; and that, in 1689, he was a messenger to treat with the Indians at Albany, &c. It is not improbable that he lived for a time at Marlborough, and that he afterwards returned to Cambridge, and sustained the several offices abovementioned.
Edward Rice was a deacon of the church in 1089; and was, as has been mentioned, the grandfather of the late Deac. Matthias Rice, of Simon Rice, and of Jacob Rice, of this town. It is not improbable, taking into view the connexion between Sudbury and Concord, that the Richard Rice, who is mentioned as one of the first settlers of Concord, in 1635, (1. Ilist. Col. Vol. 1, 240.) was the common ancestor of all of that name in this part of the coun- try, and the person, who, as tradition says, left eight sous, who all lived to a very great age. The Rice family has been remarkable for longevity.
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Two of this name, Cyprian and Elisha Rice, who went from Marlborough, di- ed at Brookfield in 1788, the one in the 98th, and the other in the 99th year of his age. Ilist. Col. 1. 273.
Of the other persons mentioned in the foregoing list, I have no account to give. Maj. Peter Bulkley was mentioned, page 138, as one of the persons who assisted in procuring the Indian deed of Marlborough. This was un- doubtedly a son of Rev. Peter Bulkley, who was the first minister and one of the first settlers of Concord, then called Musketaquid. Rev. Mr. Bulkley, had a number of children who were much distinguished in their day. One of his sons, Gershom, was married to a daughter of President Chauncey, and was the father of John Bulkley, minister of Colchester, Conn.
Maj. Peter Bulkley, was in 1678-9, an agent for the Corporation of the Massachusetts Bay, respecting the Narragansett country, (1 IIist. Col. V. 221) and in the first year of James II. was appointed by the King's commission, one of the Council, of which Joseph Dudley, Esq. was President. 1. Hist. V. 445.
It appears from the State Records, that a grant of 1000 acres of land in the Nipmug or Kittituck country, was made to Maj. Bulkley, by the General Court, for some service he had performed for the public.
APPENDIX III.
MINISTERS OF MARLBOROUGHI .- Rev. William Brimsmead, the first minister of Marlborough, was a native of Dorchester, a member of the class that graduated at Harvard College, in 1648, but who left with several others in the preceding year, without a degree, in con- sequence of dissatisfaction with the regulation then introduced of requiring a residence of four years instead of three. He was em- ployed as a preacher, at Marlborough, as early as 1660 ; was after- wards, in 1665, after several months probation, invited to settle in Plymouth, with an offer of £70 salary and firewood, which he de- clined, and was ordained at Marlborough, October 3d, 1666.
John Cotton, Esq. of Plymouth, in his history of that town, (1760) speaks of him as " a well ucomplished servant of Christ."
lle preached the Election Sermon, 1681, on Jer. 6. 8. which was printed. His salary in Marlborough was from 40 to £45 per annum.
It appears from the following record that he was unable to sup- ply the pulpit during the latter part of his life. "May 6, 1700. Voted, to send to Cambridge for a candidate for the ministry."
"July 12. Voted unanimously, by church and town, to invite Mr. Swift to help with our present pastor, if God shall raise him up."
At the same time a committee was chosen " to procure a place to remove their minister to, and to provide him a nurse." (Mr. Brimsmead had no family of his own to provide for him, having never been married.)
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"December 16, 1700, a committee was chosen to treat our Rev. pastor, with reference to the arrears yet in his account that con- cern the town, and to bring an account of all that is behind, from the beginning of the world to the end of November, 1699."
Mr. Swift having negatived the call, Mr. Joseph Morse was in- vited to settle as colleague with Mr. Brimsmead. Rev. Mr. Brims- mead died on Commencement morning, July 3d, 1701, and was bu- ried in " the old grave yard,"* where a large unlettered stone was erected to his memory, which still remains, and is almost the only memorial that remains of " this venerable servant of Jesus Christ."t Soon after the death of Mr. Brimsmead, Mr. John Emerson, after- wards settled in Portsmouth, N. H.t was invited to be the minister of Marlborough, but declined the invitation.
At length, after a long controversy respecting Mr. Emerson, which was carried on with a good deal of asperity, June Ist, 1704, Mr. Robert Breck, son of Capt. John Breck, of Dorchester, gradu- ated at Harvard College, in 1700, received an invitation to take the pastoral charge of the society, which he accepted, and was or- dained, October 24th, 1704.
Rev. Mr. Breck remained pastor of the church at Marlborough
* The following inscription is placed over the remains of the first person who was buried in the old burying ground in Marlborough.
" Capt. Edward Hutchinson aged 67 years, was shot by treacherous In- dians, August 2d, 1675, died, August 19th, 1675."
Capt. Edward Hutchinson was mortally wounded by the Indians, Au- gust 2d, at a place called Menimimisset, about four or five miles from Quabo- ag (Brookfield) to which place he had been sent with twenty horsemen by the Governor and Council, for the purpose of conciliating the Nipmucks, to many of whom he was personally known. It appears that they conducted themselves towards him with the basest treachery. The Sachems had sig- nified their readiness to treat with the English, but it must be with Capt. Hutchinson himself. Having been conducted by a treacherous guide to the place where two or three hundred of the Indians lay in ambush, they sud- denly issued from a swamp, fell upon Capt. Hutchinson, and his unsuspecting associates, shot down eight of the company, and mortally wounded three more, among whom was Capt. H. himself. Capt. Hutchinson was a son of the cel- ebrated Mrs. Ann Hutchinson, who occupies so conspicuous a place in the early history of New England. He was also the great grandfather of Thomas Hutchinson, Governor of the Massachusetts colony and the historian of Mas- sachusetts. Savage's Winthrop, 1. 249.
tRev. Mr. Brimsmead's house stood in a lot of land on the west side of Ockoocangansett hill, adjoining to said hill. Tradition says, that he uniform- ly refused baptism to children who were born on the Sabbath.
#Rev. John Emerson was first (1703) ordained as pastor of the church at Newcastle, New Hampshire, dismissed in 1712, and installed pastor of the South Parish in Portsmouth, March 23d, 1715, died June 21st, 1732, aged 62. Mr. Emerson was a native of Ipswich and was graduated at Harvard Univer- sity, in 1689. 1. Hist. Col. X. 53.
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