History of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 227

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1706

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Educational .- The earliest date at which a public school was established in Hingham cannot be ascer-

tained. The 'earliest notice of the crection of a school-house is found in the " Selectmen's First Book of Records," which appears to have been in the year 1668.

In 1670, Mr. Henry Smith contracted with the selectinen "to teach and instruct, until the year be expired, in Latin, Greek, and English, writing and arithmetic, such youths of the inhabitants of Hing- ham" as should be sent to their school. His salary was fixed at twenty-four pounds, to be paid quarterly in wheat, rye, barley, peas, and Indian corn, at current prices. In 1673, James Bates, Sr., was paid " for keeping school." In 1674, Joseph Andrews and James Bates received compensation as school-masters. In 1677, James Bates made a written agreement with the selectmen to teach " Latin, English, writing, and arithmetic" for one year for twenty pounds sterling. In 1679, Matthew Hawke was paid by the town for teaching a school. In 1685, Mr. Thomas Palmer contracted with the selectmen to teach Latin, Greek, English, writing, and arithmetic for twenty pounds, ten pounds in money and ten pounds in corn. In 1687, Mr. Samuel Shepard was employed as a teacher of Latin, etc., with a salary of twenty-five pounds in corn. In 1690, Mr. Richard Henchman was a teacher. In 1694, Mr. Joseph Estabrook, Jr., contracted to teach Latin, Greek, etc., for twenty-two pounds per year, one-half to be paid in moncy, and the other in corn. Mr. Estabrook continued until 1696, when Mr. Jede- diah Andrews (afterwards a minister at Philadelphia) was employed for a salary of thirty pounds in money. Mr. Estabrook was again employed in 1700, and con- tinued until Aug. 20, 1705, when Mr. John Odlin was engaged ; but he remained for only a short time. Mr. Joseph Marsh (the same probably who was after- wards the minister of Quincy) was employed in 1706 and 1707. After him, Mr. Daniel Lewis, who subse- quently settled in the ministry at Pembroke, taught the school for several years. This note is already too long, and I give merely the names of a few other teachers : 1712-13, Mr. Jonathan Cushing; 1713- 14, Mr. Cushing and Mr. John Norton, Jr. From April, 1714, to 1717, Mr. Job Cushing, afterwards the minister of Shrewsbury ; 1718, Mr. Allen, Mr. Cornelius Nye, and Mr. Adam Cushing. Mr. Nye taught a school in the north part of the town from 1718 to 1745, with the exception only of two or three years. Perhaps previously, and during that time, other schools were established in other parts of the town. The south part of the town and the East Precinct drew their proportion of money from the treasury, and appropriated it for the support of schools as they thought proper. Mr. Isaac Lincoln was a

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teacher of the school in the north part of the town for a long series of years. He died April 19, 1760, aged fifty-nine. From the foregoing list it appears that well-educated teachers were early employed in this town to instruct the youth. They were generally men of liberal education.

The Hingham Public Library was founded in 1869 by Hon. Albert Fearing, and has since been in a prosperous condition. The present officers and trustees are as follows :

A. Lincoln, president ; Hawkes Fcaring, secretary ; William Fearing, Fearing Burr, E. W. Burr, Quincy Bicknell, Henry W. Cushing. F. M. Hersey, Lincoln Fearing, John D. Long, Elijah Shute, J. O. Sanborn, J. Winthrop Sproul, Ebed L. Ripley.

Derby Academy.1-Mrs. Sarah Derby, whose maiden name was Langley, was a poor fisherman's daughter, known as " Ragged" Sarah Langley,-ig- norant, and hardly able to read or write; but having acquired considerable property at the death of her first husband, Dr. Ezekiel Hersey, she determined to found a school where the poor children of the town might obtain the blessings of an education, which she herself had been denied, and of which she had ever felt the want. Accordingly, by a deed of law and release. executed Oct. 21, 1784, she conveyed-to the persons therein named, as trustees, a piece of land and buildings thereon, the income of which was to be appropriated for the maintenance of a school in Hing- ham, for the instruction of the youth in such arts, lan- guages, and sciences as were mentioned ; this bequest was further increased, in her will, by the remainder of her property, amounting to considerable, and by a grant of a township in Maine by the Legislature of 1803, to be disposed of for the benefit of the school.

The school was incorporated in November, 1784, and called after its founder, Derby School. The name Hersey School would have been more appro- priate. Among the first trustees were many promi- nent men of that day,-Hon. Benjamin Lincoln, Dr. Ebenezer Gay, pastor of the old church; Col. John Thaxter, secretary of the Continental Congress.

By an act of the Legislature, June 19, 1797, the Derby School was erected into an academy, called Derby Academy, which it has retained to the present day.

The deed and will of Mrs. Derby contain some curious provisions. By the deed the school was re- quired to be maintained for the instruction of such males as should be admitted therein "in the Latin, Greek, English, and French languages, and in the

sciences of mathematics and geography ;" and such females as should be admitted therein " in the English and French languages, arithmetic, and the art of needlework in general." The trustecs were required to elect a preceptor for said school, skilled in the above arts and sciences, and in the art of writing, also a sensible and discreet woman, skilled in the art of needlework, to instruct the females therein.

Special provision was made for the admission of pupils intended for Harvard College. There was to be no charge for tuition, but each pupil was required to furnish a " proportional share of firewood." An annual lecture was to be delivered by " some able minister of the gospel" to the pupils, " for the pur- pose of inculcating such principles as are suited to form the mind to virtue."

In the codicil of the will there is a provision that if the trustees should neglect at any time for the space of two years together to apply the income of the funds to the purposes for which they were in- tended, they were to become the property of the president and fellows of Harvard University, to be used for the support of the professor of Anatomy and Physics. Mrs. Derby also directed that her " por- trait and new clock" be placed in the school.

Such are the provisions upon which the academy was founded, and which are complied with, as far as possible, at the present day. The present building was erected in 1818, and the old clock still marks the time for those therein.

The first preceptor was Abner Lincoln, Esq., ap- pointed by Mrs. Derby herself, a man of excellent qualifications, secretary of Gen. Benjamin Lincoln in : the Revolutionary war. His successor was Rev. Andrews Norton, afterwards professor of Sacred Lit- erature at Harvard College. Mr. Increase S. Smith held the position for many years,-prominent in anti- slavery times, a man of ripe scholarship, and one of the foremost educators of his time.

During all this period the reputation of the acad- emy was high. To it flocked pupils from every State in the Union and from the West Indies and South America. It has sent, and continues to send, many pupils to Harvard and other colleges. Many prom- inent men were educated there,-Hon. Charles Sum- ner, Hon. Solomon Lincoln. Several of the Adams family were pupils at different times. At present the academy is in a flourishing condition, employing four teachers, and filled to its utmost capacity with pupils.

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CHAPTER VI.

HINGHAM IN THE REBELLION, 1861-64.

HINGHAM responded promptly to the call of her imperiled country, and on the 16th of April, 1861, four days after the attack on Fort Sumter, occurred the first movement in the town relating to the war. It was on this day that the field and staff officers of the various regiments of the M. V. M. in the vicinity of Boston met in council at the Governor's room in the State-House, and the situation of the nation, con- dition of the military of the State, movement of troops, etc., were there fully discussed.

The Lincoln Light Infantry .- On the dissolution of the meeting, Lieut .- Col. Hawkes Fearing, of the Fourth Regiment, M. V. M., who had 'been present and taken part in the deliberations, came directly to Hingham, and caused to be called and attended a meeting of the Lincoln Light Infantry at the armory in the evening. He then immediately returned to Boston, and reported for duty at headquarters, Fan- euil Hall.

The situation was critical, and the needs of the moment immediate and imperative. The call for aid was the call of the country, and it was soon apparent that the alternative presented was but a simple unit. It was a claim on the patriotism of the company that a sense of honor forbade the setting aside. They were bound to respond to the summons, and a vote was passed accordingly.

Tuesday night and the forenoon of the following day was the only time allowed for the arrangement of their affairs, the completion of the necessary pre- parations, and the taking leave of their friends. Tlie captain was sick ; but the remaining officers, in a spirit of the most genuine patriotism, came promptly forward and offered, for the extremities of the hour, any service which might be required at their hands. With a young family relying on him for support and counsel, the situation of Lieut. Stephenson in accept- ing the command thus suddenly and unexpectedly im- posed was one of peculiar trial. Between the ties of kindred and the claims of affection on the one hand, and the call of the country for support on the other, he and his band of noble men, with true patriotism, decided to do battle for freedom and their native land. As they went from home, their destina- tion was wholly unknown, the time of absence un- certain, the nature of their service could not be fore-

seen, and the future was shrouded in darkness and doubt.

During the day the following official dispatch was received by telegraph :

" April 16, 186].

" LUTHER STEPHENSON, JR.

"Capt. Sprague is discharged. You will report in Boston with the Hingham company by first train.

" JOHN A. ANDREW."

The stars and stripes waved from the public buildings, and uniformed soldiers were hastening to and fro in busy preparation for their departure. At one o'clock P.M. of Wednesday, the members and volunteers assembled at the armory at Hingham Centre, where they were met by Rev. Calvin Lincoln, who commended them.to the care and protection of the God of their fathers in earnest and impressive prayer. At four o'clock the line was formed, and the company, forty-two in number, took up their line of march, passing down Main Street, attended by hun- dreds of men, women, and children, amid the ringing of the church-bells, the waving of handkerchiefs from the dwellings as they passed, and cheered by the fre- quent and hearty huzzas of the gathering multitude. As they halted near the depot, each man was pre- sented with a wreath of flowers by the scholars of the North School. They were also addressed by Col. Charles W. Seymour, Rev. E. Porter Dyer, James S. Lewis, Esq., and Mr. Joel B. Seymour. Rev. Joseph Richardson offered in their behalf a fervent and affecting prayer ; when, stepping on board the wait- ing train, prepared to mneet whatever the future might decree, they left the town, followed by the tears, cheers, and benedictions of the assembled multitude.

The following is the roll of the regular members and the volunteers of the company which left Hing- ham Wednesday afternoon, April 17, 1861, for active duty, in response to the call of the President of the United States :

REGULAR MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY.

Capt. Luther Stephenson, Jr .. Hingham.

Lieut. Charles Sprague ..

Lieut. Nathaniel Freneh, Jr

Sergt. Peter N. Sprague.

Sergt. Joshua Morse.

Corp. Henry Stephenson

Corp. Lyman B. Whiton

Fifer Samuel Bronsdon. ...

Private George W. Bibby Jacob G. Cushing.

Levi Kenerson.

Josiah M. Lane.

George R. Reed.

66 Benjamin S. Souther

James S. Sturtevant

William S. Whiton

Joseph N. Berry

Weymonth.

Parker E. Lane.

66 Daniel W. Lincoln

1 Condensed from " Hingham in the Civil War," a work pre- pared by Fearing Burr and George Lincoln.

Henry S. Ewer.

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Volunteers.

Private George M. Adams

Hingham.

Charles H. Bassett

Andrew J. Clarke

John Creswell

Fergus A. Easton

John W. Eldridge.

George A. Grover

James M. Haskell

George E. Humphrey.

John Q. Jacob ..

Benjamin L. Jones.

George Miller.

William T. Nelson

Ebenezer F. Roberts

John S. Souther.

William J. Stock well

Alvan Tower

Isaac G. Walters

George Wolfe.

Elijah Prouty.

Weymouth.

Alfred W. Stoddard Marshfield.

Boston was not reached till late in the afternoon. The Fourth Regiment, to which the company was attached, assembled at Faneuil Hall, but had marched to the State-House, where the Lincoln Light Infantry joined it. Equipments, articles of clothing, and camp necessities, including provisions, had been distributed among the troops earlier in the day ; but, in the hurry and excitement of the hour, these articles of comfort were not fully shared by the Hingham soldiers.

A brief address was made by Governor Andrew ; after which, amid universal cheers, the Fourth and Sixth Regiments took up their line of rapid march.

The following is a list of the volunteers who left Hingham May 18, 1861, to join Company I, of the Fourth Regiment. then stationed at Fortress Monroe :

Henry F. Binney. Hingham.

James B. Bryant.

John W. Burr.

Thomas A. Carver.

Silas H. Cobb.

Charles Corbett

Jerry J. Corcoran

Isaac M. Dow

Levi H. Dow.

George Dunbar.

George W. Fearing ..

Henry C. French

Albert S. Haynes.

Edwin Hersey

William H. Jacob.

William H. Jones.

Alfred A. Lincoln

Daniel S. Lincoln ..

William H. Marston

Jacob Ourish.

Albert L. Peirce.

Charles H. F. Stodder.

Demerick Stodder

William Taylor.

Charles H. Damon West Scituate.

George C. Dwelly .. Hanover.

Hosea Dwelly ..

Francis W. Everson. Weymouth.

Charles A. Gardner. West Scituate.

Henry C. Gardner. ¥

Jobn D. Gardner.

Herbert Graves. "

William B. Harlow Hanover.

E. A. Jacob. West Scituate.

John H. Prouty.

William Prouty, Jr.

Alpheus Thomas South

The Lincoln Light Infantry was organized Oct. 19, 1854. The first preliminary meeting was held Oc- tober 14th, and on the 28th of the month the com- pany adopted the title of " Lincoln," in honor of Benjamin Lincoln, a major-general in the army of the Revolution, and a native of Hingham.

On the 20th of June, 1855, pursuant to a warrant from his Excellency, Henry J. Gardner, Governor of the State and commander-in-chief, the members met for the election of officers, and Hawkes Fearing, Jr., was chosen captain.

The first parade was made July.4, 1855. Aug. 18, 1860, Joseph T. Sprague was elected captain, vice Hawkes Fearing, Jr., promoted lieutenant-colonel Fourth Regiment, M. V. M.

April 17, 1861, the company with forty-two men, in command of Lieut. Luther Stephenson, Jr., left Hingham for three months' active service at Fortress Monroe and vicinity.

April 19, 1861, Lieut. Stephenson was chosen cap- tain, vice Capt. Joseph T. Sprague.

April 23, 1861, the company was mustered into the service of the United States for three months, to date from April 16, 1861.

May 18, 1861, thirty-seven additional volunteers left Hingham to join the company, and the number was increased to seventy-nine men.

Mustered out of service July 22d, and returned to Hingham July 24, 1861.

Feb. 17, 1862, Joshua Morse was elected captain, vice Luther Stephenson, Jr., honorably discharged.

May 26, 1862, the company, then numbering forty- two men, was ordered to report at once on the Com- mon at Boston for active service, on account of the rumored defeat of Gen. Banks and the Union army.

May 28, 1862, returned to Hinghamn, the services of the company not being required.

June 23, 1862, Peter N. Sprague was elected cap- tain, vice Capt. Joshua Morse, resigned ; and on the 29th of September following the company was dis- banded and the officers honorably discharged.

April 19, 1861 .- A meeting of the citizens was held at the town hall for the purpose of devising measures for the relief of such families of members of the Lincoln Light Infantry as might need assist- ance during the absence of the company. The meet- ing was called to order by Capt. John Stephenson, who stated that, in consequence of the sudden de- parture of the Lincoln Light Infantry for Fortress Monroe, a number of families in town were left with- out their usual means of support, and in closing he gave the number of persons that would probably need assistance for the next three months.

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Caleb Gill was chosen chairman of the meeting, and Henry C. Harding secretary.

Remarks appropriate to the occasion were then made by Revs. Calvin Lincoln, E. Porter Dyer, and Jonathan Tilson, and also by Luther Stephenson, Capt. Jairus B. Lincoln, Isaac Barnes, Bela T. Sprague, Elijah Whiton, Robert W. Lincoln, and others. Subsequently a subscription was suggested, and by the unanimous vote of those present a com- mittee, consisting of Messrs. John Todd, John Ste- phenson, and Joseph Jacob, was chosen to carry the same into effect. A paper was immediately circulated in the hall, from which was realized the sum of eight hundred dollars. The meeting was large and very enthusiastie.

Sunday, P.M., April 28 .- A large number of ladies met at Masonie Hall, in Lincoln Building, for the purpose of making elothing to be sent to the mem- bers of the Lincoln Light Infantry at Fortress Mon- roe. Mrs. Solomon Lincoln acted as principal super- intendent of the work, and under her direction it was completed in time for shipment by steamer " Cam- bridge." The labor of pressing and finishing was performed by Messrs. Lincoln Burr, John J. Corbett, John Todd, and Loring Jacob, who gratuitously proffered their valuable services for the occasion.

During the war the ladies of the various sewing- circles held frequent meetings in the different seetions of the town for the purpose of preparing comfortable raiment for our men in the service. These meetings were generally held at Loring, Torrent, Niagara, Union, Constitution, and Liberty Halls. But there were also other gatherings for this purpose at the residenees of mothers, sisters, daughters, and friends who were unable to leave their homes, and thus the good work found willing hands and patriotie hearts among the daughters as well as the sons of Hingham.

April 30 .- At a town-meeting, Charles W. Cush- ing, Esq., in the chair, it was

" Voted, That the town appropriate six thousand dollars for the purpose of furnishing such supplies as may be wanted by the families of those who have been, or may be, ealled into the service of their country, and that the money be expended under the direction of a committee of six, consisting of John Todd, David Cain, John Stephenson, Demeriek Mar- ble, Joseph Jacob, and Albert Whiting." Should more troops be called from this town, the committee were instructed to furnish them with clothing and other necessaries.

July 10, 1861 .- A citizens' meeting was held for the purpose of making arrangements for the reception of the Lincoln Light Infantry on their return from

the seat of war. Col. Charles W. Seymour was chosen moderator, and Henry E. Hersey, Esq., see- retary. Addresses by Melzar W. Clark, John Cush- ing, James S. Lewis, Esq., Luther Stephenson, Col. Seymour, and others were made, and the following committee was chosen to make the necessary arrange- ments for their reception :

John Todd, John Stephenson, Joseph Jacob, Wil- liam Fearing (2d), David Cain, E. Waters Burr, Elijah L. Whiton, Daniel Bassett, David Leavitt, Demerick Marble, Abner L. Leavitt, John K. Cor- thell, John Cushing, David Cushing, Jr., E. Barker Whiteomb, Charles W. Seymour, Henry E. Hersey, Joseph B. Thaxter, Jr., Thomas F. Whiton, and Albert Whiting.

The marshals appointed were Albert Whiting, Seth C. Dunbar, Joseph Jacob, Jr., Ezra Wilder, George Cushing (2d), Solomon Lincoln, Jr., Henry C. Hard- ing, Charles Spring, William C. Lincoln, George Lincoln, Jr., John D. Gates, Robert W. Lincoln, Charles W. Cushing, Erastus Whiton, Hiram Gard- ner, Ezra T. C. Stephenson, Joseph H. French, George H. French, Albert E. Thayer, Joseph A. Newhall, Benjamin Thomas, and Enos Loring.

Aids, Daniel Bassett, David Cushing, Jr., John K. Corthell, Edwin Wilder (2d), and Thomas Ste- phenson.

July 18 .- At a meeting of the committee of ar- rangements it was decided to provide a collation at the town hall, and the following ladies and gentlemen were chosen to carry the same into effect, viz. : Mrs. Albert Whiting, Mrs. John Cushing, Mrs. E. Barker Whiteomb, Mrs. B. S. Hersey, Miss Elizabeth L. Cushing, Mrs. Luey Sturtevant, Mrs. David R. Her- sey, Mrs. William Thomas, Mrs. Thomas J. Leavitt, Mrs. John S. Souther, Mrs. E. Waters Burr, Miss Sally Thaxter, Mrs. Joseph A. Newhall, Mrs. Walton V. Meade, Miss Sarah L. Marsh, David Leavitt, David Cushing, Jr., Daniel Bassett, Abner L. Leavitt, and Thomas F. Whiton.

Nov. 15, 1861 .- At a meeting of the inhabitants of Hingham, in town-meeting assembled, Col. Charles W. Seymour in the chair, it was

" Voted, That the sum of three thousand dollars be raised in aid of the families of volunteers, and that the seleetmen be authorized to apply the same as their judgment shall dictate."

March 3, 1862 .- At a town-meeting, the com- mittee previously chosen to direet the expenditures of money appropriated for aid to the families of volun- teers, and for furnishing elothing and other necessaries to volunteers which might be ealled into service at a future time, reported that they had expended for

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Company I, Fourth Regimeut M. V. M. (the Lincoln Light Infantry), for uniforms, underclothing, caps, shoes, &c., $1331.27, and to volunteers in other companies $18.50.

July 5, 1862 .- At a town-meeting held this day, at four o'clock P.M., Capt. John Stephenson, modera- tor. it was

" Voted, To raise five thousand dollars for the pay- ment of State aid to the families of volunteers enlisted in the service of the United States, and one thousand dollars as town aid to volunteers and their families, the same to he appropriated under the direction of the selectmen."

July 11 .- A large and enthusiastic meeting of the citizens of Hingham was held this Friday evening, at the town hall, in response to the call of the select- men, to take action in reference to furnishing the town's quota of recruits, as called for by the com- mander-in-chief. The following officers were chosen, viz. : President, Luther Stephenson ; Vice-Presidents, Edward Cazneau, Caleb S. Hunt, Demerick Marble, James S. Lewis, Crocker Wilder, and Seth Sprague.

Charles N. Marsh was chosen secretary, but not being present, Henry C. Harding was chosen secre- tary pro tem.

Animating and encouraging addresses were made by the presiding officer and other gentlemen, urging enlistments, and recommending that a liberal bounty be paid by the town to volunteers, and offering to contribute generously, if need be, to prevent the necessity of a draft.

Voted, Unanimously, to recommend to the town that an appropriation be made sufficient to pay a bounty of seventy-five dollars to each person who may volunteer to make up the quota of men required of this town. It was also

Voted, That a committee of twelve be chosen to co-operate with the selectmen in procuring enlist- ments, and the following persons were chosen, viz. : Rev. Jonathan Tilson, Rev. J. L. Hatch, Edward Cazneau, Seth Sprague, Demerick Marble, Albert Whiting, Charles Sprague, Ezra Wilder, Elijah L. Whiton, George Hersey, Jr., Andrew W. Gardner, Abner L. Beal, E. Barker Whitcomb, Edmund Her- sey, Thomas Fee, and John Stephenson.

July 15 .- Agreeably to a call issued by the com- mittee chosen July 11, the citizens met at the town hall to consider the great and important question of the day, the call for volunteers.

The meeting was called to order by Col. Cazneau, and organized by the choice of the following officers, viz. : President, Hon. Solomon Lincoln ; Vice-Presi- dents, Jairus B. Lincoln, George P. Hayward, Charles

Siders, J. Sturgis Nye, William Whiton, Isaac Barnes, Robert W. Lincoln, Joseph B. Thaxter, Jr., James S. Lewis, Joseph Ripley, Alfred Loring, George M. Soule, Luther Stephenson, Crocker Wilder, Charles W. Seymour, John Lincoln, James L. Gardner, An- son Nickerson, Orr F. Jerald, and Elijah Whiton ; Secretaries, Charles N. Marsh and Henry C. Hard- ing.

The president, upon taking the chair, stated the object of the meeting, and urged upon all present the duty of responding promptly to the necessities and demands of the present crisis. He then called upon Revs. Calvin Lincoln, J. L. Hatch, Daniel Bowen, John E. Davenport, E. Porter Dyer, and Jonathan Tilson, who responded in short, patriotic, and perti- nent addresses. E. S. Torbey, of Boston, being present, was also called upon, and although not a cit- izen of Hinghamn, he offered to contribute, if necessity required, towards furnishing the means to induce young men to enlist.

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History of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 227

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & co. Number of Pages: 1706

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1706