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In the agitation which was excited in behalf of the slave and his emancipation, Marshfield was abreast of the times. During the excitement attending the enforcement of the fugitive slave law the voice of Marshfield uttered no uncertain sound. On the 3d of March, 1851, the following preamble and resolves, presented by Nathaniel H. Whiting, were adopted by a vote of one hundred and twenty to thirty-four :
"WHEREAS, the government of the United States is pro- fessedly based upon the great truth that all men are free and equal, and have an inalienable right to liberty, and whereas its constitution was ordained for the purpose of establishing jus- tice, insuring domestic tranquillity, providing for the common defense, promoting the general welfare, and securing the bless- ings of liberty to the people, and whereas the late fugitive slave act is not in accordance with this purpose, but is contrary to some of the express provisions of that instrument, among others, that which declares that no man shall be deprived of life or liberty without due process of law, and that men charged with crime or whose interests are at stake in snits at common law involving a sum equal to twenty dollars shall be entitled to a trial by jury, and whereas this act is equally repugnant to our moral sense, a disgrace to the civilization of the age, and clearly at variance with the whole spirit of the Christian faith ; Therefore,
" Resolved, That until we are prepared to repudiate the prin- eiples of independence and abjure all our ideas of justice und humanity, of truth and duty, we can render no voluntary ebe- dience to this act.
" Resolved, That while wo love and defend the Union that sccures the object for which this was said to be established, we are not to be deterred by any threats of disunion, or by any foar of evils, immediate or remote, presentfor future, from using all just and lawful means to nid and assist those who have the manliness and courage to escapo from the prison house of bondage.
" Resolved, That while we desiro liberty for ourselves, while we retain ono spark of that spirit which led tho Pilgrims across the ocean, while we have the least conception of those sublime precepts of the gospel which command us to lovo our neighbor. to do unto others as we would have others do unto us, to focd the hungry, clothe the naked, and relieve the suffering, the poor, and the outcast, while we recognize the obligations of charity and lovo and good-will, our houses shall be open to welcome the hunted fugitivo as he pauses at our doors in his flight from the natiouni bloodhounds which are baying on his truck.
" Resolved, That we commend to overy fugitivo from slavery the glorious words of Patrick Houry,-' Give me liberty or give me death.' Leaning upon this idea, let him nse all the means which God will justify to protect his freedom, and if he shull perish in the struggle for his birthright, ns his last sigh min- gles with the common din and goes out over the world und np to heaven a swift witness ngninst the nation which so foully
murders him, let him breathe into the wind that murmurs by him, and bequeath, as an inspiring influence to the panting fugitive he leaves behind him, 'Give me liberty or give me death.' "
When the war of the Rebellion broke out Marsh- field had no militia company within her borders to be called into the service, but whenever enlisted men were called for the town was ready and prompt in render- ing its service. As far as is known, only one of its citizens, Alfred W. Stoddard, belonged to an organ- ized company, and he, as a member of Company I, Fourth Regiment, served for three months from the 22d of April, 1861. On the 1st of May, 1861, the town voted to pay a bounty of ten dollars to each sol- dier who had enlisted or might enlist in the United States service. It was also voted to increase the monthly pay to twenty-four dollars of all soldiers, in- cluding those who might be drafted, and five dollars additional to those with families, and to accept the services of those ladies who had volunteered to make up clothing for the volunteers. On the 6th of July, in the same year, it was voted to pay one dollar per week to the wife of each soldier, and one dollar to each child under sixteen years of age, and one dollar to each dependent parent, brother, or sister of any soldier, provided the amount allowed to one family should not exceed twelve dollars. On the 22d of July, 1862, a committee of one from each school district was chosen to aid in filling the quota of the town, and a bounty of one hundred dollars was voted to be paid to cach enlisted man. On the Stli of Sep- tember it was voted to pay a bounty of one hundred and fifty dollars to each soldier mustered into the service for three years. The following is a list of soldiers furnished during the war, including one three months' man, six one hundred days' men, twenty-four nine months' men, twenty-six one year's men, and ninety-four three years' men, -- in all, one hundred and sixty-one :
Alfred W. Stoddard, private, 3 months from April 22, 1861, 4th Regt., Co. I.
Goorge Baker, private, 100 days from July 21, 1864, 16th Un- attached.
C. Willimm Estes, private, 100 days from July 28, 1864, 16th Unattached.
Nathaniel J. Porter, corporal, 100 days from July 21, 1864, 16th Unattached.
William Rogers, private, 100 days from Aug. 3, 1864, 20th Un- attached.
James L. Rogors, privato, 100 days from July, 1864.
James E. Baker, private, 100 days from July 21, 1864, 16th Unuttuehed.
Honry S. Bates, first lientenant, 9 months from Sept. 12, 1862, 43d Regt .. Co. F.
Edwin Curtis, sergennt, 9 months fron. Sept. 12, 1862, 43d Regt., Co. F.
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Peleg S. Sherman, sergeant, 9 months from Sept. 12. 1862. 43d Regt .. Co. F.
Edward H. Davis, corporal, 9 months from Sept. 12. 1862, 43d Regt., Co. F.
William Williamson, corporal. 9 months from Sept. 12, 1862. 421 Regt .. Co. F.
Charles W. Bailey, private, 9 months from Sept. 12. 1862, 43d Regt .. Co. F.
James E. Baker, private, 9 months from Sept. 12, 1862. 431 Regt .. Co. F.
Elijah F. Cudworth, private, 9 months from Sept. 12, 1862, 43d Regt .. C . F.
Israel H. Carver. private. 9 months from Sept. 12. 1862, 43d Rezt. Co. F.
Daniel E. Ewell, private, 9 months from Sept. 12. 1$62, 431 Regt .. Co. F.
Edward A. Falvey, private. 9 months from Sert. 12, 1862. 43d Bezt. Co. F.
Thomas P. Ford, private, 9 months from Sept. 12. 1862. 43d Regt., Co. F.
S. Nemon Gardner, private, 9 months from Sept. 12, 1862. 43d Regt, C. F.
Lorenzo I. Harrington. private, 9 months from Sept. 12. 1862. 4 d Regt., Co. F.
Samuel Il /mes, private, 9 months from Sept. 12, 1$62, 43d Regt .. Co. F.
Edward lateb, private, 9 months from Sept. 12. 1-62, 43d Rett., O. F.
Samuel F. Hatch, private, 9 months from Sept. 12, 1862, 43d Regt .. C. F.
Charles R. Hatch, private. 9 months from Sept. 12, 1-62, 43d Rog., Co. F.
Calvin O. Hatch, private, 9 months from Sept. 12. 1862, 43d Re:' . Co. F.
John F. Hatch, private. 9 months fromn Sept. 12. 1-62. 43d Regt., Co. I.
Ass W. Hewett, private, 9 months from Sept. 12, 1862, 43d Regt., C . F.
John A. Keen, private, 9 months from Sept. 12, 1562, 43d RezL. . . F.
William Byr n Little, private, 9 months from Sept. 12, 1862. 43d Regt., Co. F.
George T. Omborn, private. 9 months from Sept. 12, 1962, 43d Regt, Co. F.
William 5. Porter, private. 9 months from Sept. 12, 1862, 4. 1 Reg'., Co. F.
J iab Randa 1. private, 9 month. from Sept. 12, 1462, 434 Regt, C . F.
Joseph - erman. private, 9 months from Sept. 12, 1-62, 434 Regt., Co. F.
Jonathan J. simmons, private, 9 months from Sept. 12, 1862, 431 Rezt., Co. F.
J wah Te at. private, 9 months from Sept. 12, 1862, 43d Kegt. Co. F.
Lucia. Thomas, private, 9 months from Sept. 12, 1862, 434 Regt, Co. F.
Jame. A. Wright, private, 9 months from Sept. 12, 1862, 434 legt., Co. F.
Calvin Wi amson, Jr., private, 9 months from Sept. 12, 1-62, 431 Regt., Co. F.
Peter Williamson, private, 9 months from Sept. 12, 1862, 434 Kort, Co. F.
Andrew J. Williamson, private, 9 months from Sept. 12, 1862, 434 Rezt., Co. F.
George W. Eames, sailor, 1 year from Aug. 15, 1862, St. " Juniata."
Heury F. Ford, sailor, 1 year from Aug. 15, 1862, St. "Juni- ata."
Henry W. Holmes, sailor, 1 year from Ang. 14, 1862, "S. I. P. Sm."
George S. Lapham, sailor, 1 year from Ang. 19, 1862, St. ·· Phil."
Jobn Williamson, sailor, 1 year from September, 1862, St. " Colorado."
Anthony W. Williamson, sailor, 1 year from September. 1862, St. " Colorado."
Samuel C. Baker, private, 1 year from Sept. 2, 1864, 4th Mass. Cav.
Lucius L. Bonney, private, 1 year from Sept. 19, 1864, 2d H. Art.
Frederick A. Delano, private, 1 year from Sept. 2, 1864, 2d HI. Art.
Ilenry F. Ford, private, 1 year from Sept. 3, 1864, 2d II. Art.
John G. Fish, private, I year from Sept. 17, 1864, 2d II. Art. Calvin Joyee, private, 1 year from Sept. 3, 1864, 2d HI. Art.
Nicholas Porter. Jr., private, 1 year from Sept. 3, 1864, 20 H Art.
Calvin Porter, Jr .. private, 1 year from Sept. 3, 1864, 2d H. Art.
George W. Sears, private, 1 year from Sept. 2, 1864, 2d H. Art. Moses Sherman, private, 1 year from Sept. 17, 1864, 2d H. Art. Eben S. Thomas, private, 1 year from Sept. 5, 1864, 2d H. Art.
Georgina White, private, 1 year from Sept. 3, 1864, 2d HI. Art.
Warren F. White, private, 1 year from Aug. 16, 1864, 2d H. Art.
William Il. Tolman, private, 1 year from Sept. 2, 1864, 2d H. Art.
James C. Phillips, private, 1 year from Sept. 3, 1864, 2d H. Art.
George Atwell, private, 1 year from Sept. 5, 1864, 2d 11. Art. lerael H. Hlateh, corporal, 1 year from Sept. 13, 1864, 2d D. C. Vols.
Jonathan J. Simmons, private, 1 year from September, 1864, 2d Il. Art.
llenry F. Ford, private, 1 year from Sept. 3, 1863, 2d H. Art. David T. Phillips, private, 1 year from Dee. 15, 1863, 3d Mass. Cav.
Augustus Ilatch, first lieutenant, 3 years from June 22, 1861, Ist Regt., Co. B.
Iliram A. Oakman, brevet colonel, 3 years from June 15, 1861, 7th Regt.
Hlenry B. Bonney, sergeant, 3 years from June 15, 1861, 7th Regt., Co. E.
llenry Tolman, sergeant, 3 years from June 15, 1861, 7th Regt., Co. E.
Ethan A. Randall, private, 3 years from June 15, 1861, 7th Regt., Co. E.
Josiah C. Crowell, corporal, 3 years from June 15, 1861, 7th Regt., Co. E.
Job L. Ewell, corporal, 3 years from June 15, 1861, 7th Regt., Co. E.
Ezra W. Ilatch, corporal, 3 years from June 15, 1861, 7th Regt., Co. E.
Nathan F. Ilopkins, corporal, 3 years from June 15, 1861, 7th Regt., Co. E.
Allen Wright, corporal, 3 years from Feb. 11, 1862, 7th Regt., Co. E.
Caleb E. Bailey, private, 3 years from June 15, 1861, 7th Regt., Co. E.
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George E. Crossley, private, 3 years from June 15, 1861, 7th Regt., Co. E.
Edmund Crossley, private, 3 years from June 15, 1861, 7th Regt., Co. E.
David Church, private, 3 years from June 15, 1861, 7th Regt., Co. E.
Charles H. Cobbett, private, 3 years from June 15, 1861, 7th Regt., Co. E.
Thatcher Ewell, private, 3 years from June 15, 1861, 7th Regt., Co. E.
Samuel H. Ewell, private, 3 years from June 15, 1861, 7th Regt., Co. E.
Jobn M. Ford, orderly, 3 years from Feb. 8, 1862, 7th Regt., Co. E.
Joseph Joyce, private, 3 years from June 15, 1861, 7th Regt., Co. E.
Jesse L. Lewis, private, 3 years from June 15, 1861, 7th Regt., Co. E.
Franeis P. Lewis, private, 3 years from Feb. 8, 1862, 7th Regt., Co. E.
Nathan Sherman, Jr., private, 3 years from June 15, 1861, 7th Regt., Co. E.
Japhet S. Sampson, private, 3 years from June 15, 1861, 7th Regt., Co. E.
Charles Stevens, private, 3 years from June 15, 1861, 7th Regt., Co. E.
Lucius Thomas, private, 3 years from 1862, 7th Regt., Co. E. William H. Tolman, private, 3 years from 1862, 7th Regt., Co. E. Seth Williamson, private, 3 years from Feb. 8, 1862, 7th Regt., Co. E.
James C. Phillips, private, 3 years from June, 1861, 11th Regt., Co. A.
Benjamin H. Manning, captain, 3 years from July 26, 1861, 18th Regt., Co. G.
Edwin R. Merry, corporal, 3 years from July 26, 1861, 18th Regt., Co. G.
Anson Ilatch, teamster, 3 years from July 26, 1861, 18th Regt., Co. G.
Abijah Ewell, private, 3 years from July 26, 1861, 18th Regt., Co. G.
Gilman Mitchell, private, 3 years from July 26, 1861, 18th Regt., Co. G.
William W. Randall, private, 3 years from July 26, 1861, 18th Regt., Co. G.
Daniel Stetson, private, 3 years from July 26, 1861, 18th Regt., Co. G.
Fletcher Webster, colonel, 3 years from June 24, 1861, 12th Regt.
Charles Toluian, private, 3 years from March 12, 1861, 14th Regt.
Silas W. Carver, private, 3 years from Sept. 6, 1861, 3d Mass. Batt.
Lucius E. Chandler, private, 3 years from 1861, 22d Regt.
Francis A. Corlew, corporal, 3 years from Sept. 25, 1861, 22d Regt., Co. I.
George Atwell, private, 3 years from Oct. 9, 1861, 23d Regt., Co. E.
Leroy S. Bonney, private, 3 years from Oct. 9, 1861, 23d Regt. Justin A. Carver, private, 3 years from Oct. 23, 1861, 24th Regt., Co. C.
Judson Ewell, musician, 3 years from Jan. 27, 1862, 2d D. C. Vols.
llenry P. Oakman, sergeant, 3 years from Ang. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
Samuel J. Ross, corporal, 3 years from Ang. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
Edwin Atwell, private, 3 years from Aug. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
Robert Ames, private, 3 years from Aug. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
William J. Baker, private, 3 years from Aug. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
Levi W. Bailey, private, 3 years from Aug. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
Edwin F. Damon, private, 3 years from Aug. 21, 1862, 38th Regt., Ce. K.
Turner Ewell, Jr., private, 3 years from Aug. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
James W. Fish, private, 3 years from Aug. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
Seth O. Fitts, private, 3 years from Aug. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
James Green, private, 3 years from Aug. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
Albert Holmes, private, 3 years from Aug. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
Albion Hatch, private, 3 years from Aug. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
Israel H. Hatch, private, 3 years from Aug. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
Andrew W. Hatch, private, 3 years from Aug. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
Charles P. Hatch, private, 3 years from Aug. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
Wilbur F. Harrington, private, 3 years from Aug. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
Charles A. Nichols, private, 3 years from Aug. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
Charles W. Osborn, private, 3 years from Aug. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
Charles F. Perry, private, 3 years from Aug. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
David T. Phillips, private, 3 years from Aug. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
Freeman A. Ramsdell, private, 3 years from Ang. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
Martiu Rausdell, Jr., private, 3 years from Aug. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
Josiah C. Stoddard, private, 3 years from Aug. 12, 1862, 38th Regt., Co. K.
Joseph W. Clift, surgeon, 3 years from July 13, 1862.
Franklin J. Manning, lieutenant, 3 years from Aug. 31, 1862, 10th Regt., Co. I.
T. Correggio Brown, private, 3 years from March 26, 1864, 58th Regt., Co. 11.
Melvin Ewell, private, 3 years from March 10, 1864, 57th Regt., Co. K.
Frederick 11. Ewell, private, 3 years from March 10, 1864, 57th . Regt., Co. K.
J. Alonzo Ewell, private, 3 years from March 10, 1861, 57th Regt., Co. K.
Lymon Fitts, private, 3 years from March 10, 1864, 57th Regt .. Co. K.
Joseph E. Williamson, private, 3 years from Jannary, 1861.
Andrew L. Damon, carpenter (trans. to navy). June 6, 1864, Ist. 11. Art.
Church C. Lapham, private, 3 years from Feb. 21, 1864, 3d Mass. Cnv.
Alfred W. Stoddard, private, 3 years from Sept. 25, 1861, 220 Rogt., Co. C.
lleury B. Bonnoy, sergeant, 3 years from Dec. 25, 1863, 7th Regt., Co. E.
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Hiram Butterfield, Jr., private, 3 years.
Henry Tolman. sergeant. 7 years from Dec. 25. 1863. 7th Regt., Co. E.
Ethan A. Randal. private. 3 years from Dee. 25, 1$63, 7th Regt .. Co. E.
Job L. Ewell. corpora !. 3 years from Dec. 25, 1863, 7th Regt., C . E.
A'en Wright, corporal. 2 years from Feb. 11. 1864. 7th Regt .. , James W. Fish, died at Savannah June 14, 1865.
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George F .. Crossley, private. 3 years from Dec. 25. 1863, 7th Regt .. Co. E.
David Church. private, 3 years from Dec. 25, 1-63. 7th Regt., Co. E.
Charles Talman. sergeant. 3 years from May, 1864. Ist HI. Art. Francis A. Criew, corporal. 3 years from Jan. 1, 1564, 32d Rezt .. Co. L.
J iah Th mas, private, 3 years from June 1, 1563, 43d Regt .. C . F.
Jeison Ewell. musician, 3 years from March 23, 1-64. 2d D.C.
Edwin Curtis, sergeant, 2 years from Jan. 1. 1:64, 5 th Regt .. C . 11.
Edward II. Davis, captain, 3 year- from Dec. 25, 1564, 2d II. Art.
Alfred W. Stoddard, private. 3 years from Feb. 1. 1564. 22d Regt .. Co. C.
In addition to the above list. a sufficient number of men in the navy aud of non-resident recruits were credited to the town to make the whole number of credits during the war two hundred and ten, to whom the whole amount of bounties paid was twenty- four thousand four hundred and sixty-five dollars. Of this sum. fifteen thousand four hundred and fifty dollars were paid to residents of the town and nine thousand and fifteen dollars to non-residents. This record of the war is creditable to Marshfield. and fully justifies the following resolves prepared by Nathaniel H. Whining, and adopted by the town on the 22d of July. 1962 :
" Restore , That in the lark and troubled night which -ur- r nd. g. we the ich with a deeper love and more exalted pa- tr m the noble sentiment proclaimed in that carly conflict with the spirit of dissension on the floor of the American Senate by our great statesman, now sleeping in our midet by the -ea he Bored M web .-. Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and
a Porod. That, in defence of this sentiment, we will stand by the Government to the extent of our last dollar and our last man, preferring to leave for those who shall come after us a wildernem Ake that our fathers found when they sailed into y sder bay, and andel on Plymouth Rock, rather than that this mnot 'ro " rete hon shall prevail."
The following Marshfield men were either wounded or died in the service:
Rusker Amer. diel at Baton Rouge June 24, 1863.
Levi W. Baley, wour ded at Winchester Sept. 19, 1864.
Lowme IA. Bonney, died at Raleigh, N. C., of disease, May 15, 1625.
Hl ram Batterfeld, Jr., died of disease.
Jun A. Carver, woundel at Newbern March 4, 1862.
David Choreb, killel in battle May 6, 1864.
Marler W'. Cobbett, died at hospital Ang. 5, 1863.
Edmund Crossley, wounded at Cold Harbor June 2, 1864, and lied in Washington June 30, 1864.
Edwin Curtis, wounded June 13, died June 19, 1864.
Job L. Ewell, wounded May 6, 1864, died at Alexandria June 5. 1864.
Samuel 11. Ewell, died in Washington Oct. 1, 1862. Turner Ewell, Jr., died at St. Louis Oct. 16, 1863.
S. Nelson Gardner, died at Newbern June 4, 1863. Wilbur F. Harrington, died at New Orleans June 10, 1863. Andrew W. Hatch, died at New Orleans June 4, 1863.
Joseph Joyce, disch. Sept. 8, 1862; died of disease contracted in the service Oet. 14, 1862.
Hiratu A. Oakman, wounded May 3, 1863, at Fredericksburg. Freeman A. Rainsdell, died at New Orleans June 4, 1863.
William W. Randall, wounded in 1862.
Josiah C. Stoddard, died at Stnart's Hospital, Baltimore, Nov. 19, 1862.
Josiah Thomas, died of disease Dec. 3, 1864.
Fletcher Webster, killed at Bull Run Ang. 30, 1862.
Joseph E. Williamson, died in hospital May 29, 1864.
James A. Wright, died at Newbern May 7, 1863. .
In 1866, the farmers of Marshfield, desirous of promoting the interests of agriculture in the town and neighborhood, organized the " Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural Society," having for some time pre- viously enjoyed the benefits of an organization ealled the " Marshfield Farmers' Club." The society was in- eorporated by the Legislature in 1867, and made its first annual report in 1868. It then had three hundred and thirty-seven members, and without any indebted- ness, held property valued at two thousand two hun- dred and sixty-one dollars. Its first roll of officers inchided George M. Baker, president ; Levi Walker, vice-president; John Baker, secretary ; Warren Kent, auditor, and Luther Thomas, Constant Oakman, Frank P. Arnold, Stephen Henry, Charles T. Hatch, Charles P. Wright, Joseph O. Cole, Jonathan S. Ford, Bailey Chandler, James S. Bates, and Hiram Randall, directors. The successful issue of the fair of 1868 indueed the society to ereet a commodious building for dining and exhibition purposes, which, when approaching completion, was demolished by a severe gale in September, 1869. An increasing in- terest in its purposes, however, enabled the society without distress to erect a new building, and sinee that time its annual fairs have abundantly justified the expectations of its projectors. According to the last report,
The total receipts for the year were ... $1,972.20 Disbursements, including improvements of building and grounds. 2,717.12
Indebtedness of the society was. 5,051.96
Value of real estate ... 11,806.92
Value of personal estate. 8,147.74
Membership 900
The present officers of the society are George M. Baker, of Marshfield, president; Francis P. Arnold and Edwin Reed, of Marshfield, vice-presidents ;
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Francis Collamore, of Pembroke, secretary and treas- urer; Albert T. Sprague, of Marshfield, auditor, and Frank Ford, George L. Peterson, Charles A. Walker, and Barker Sprague, of Marshfield, Bailey Chandler, Josephus Dawes, and Thomas Alden, of Duxbury, Hiram Randall and J. Dean Bonney, of Pembroke, James W. Sampson, of South Scituate, and Charles O. Ellms, of Scituate, directors.
This sketch of Marshfield, even as limited as it must be, would be conspicuously wanting in completeness without some allusion to its church history. It has already been stated that the first church was organ- ized in 1632. It is probable that in the earliest days of the church, Edward Winslow acted in some ca- pacity akin to a teaching elder. At a later day, be- fore 1640, it is to be presumed from intimations on the records that Nehemiah Smyth was its acting min- ister. After the incorporation of the town, in 1640, the town and the parish were identical until 1738, when the Second Church or Parish was incorporated. In 1641, Rev. Richard Blinman emigrated to New England from Wales, and settled in Marshfield, where he officiated cither as a settled minister or acting pas- tor, soon removing to Gloucester, where he remained until 1648, when he removed to New London, and from therc, in 1658, to New Haven, whence he returned to England, and died in Bristol at an advanced age.
In 1642, Rev. Edward Bulkley was ordained, and continued his services as pastor of the church until about 1656, after which he was settled in Concord, and died in Chelmsford in 1696. He was a son of Rev. Peter Bulkley, and grandson of Rev. Edward Bulkley, both of whom had enjoyed settlements in England. Rev. Peter Bulkley, after twenty-one years' service at Woodhill, was silenced for his non- conformity, and came to New England in 1635. In 1636 he was settled in Concord, where he remained until his death, in 1659. Until the close of the min- istry of Mr. Bulkley the meeting-house stood on or immediately north of the acre of ground now inclosed and known as the "old burial-ground." It was a thatched building and undoubtedly rude in its con- struction. In 1657 a new meeting-house was built on the site of the present meeting-house of the First Parish, two miles farther north, to meet the eouve- nience of a population which had gradually spread in that direction. But notwithstanding the removal of the meeting-honse from its old site, the old burial- ground continued to be the only burial-place until February, 1721. No more interesting spot connected with the early history of New England can be found than this hallowed ground in which so many of the early settlers were buried. Here lies William Thomas,
who died in August, 1651. Here lies Susanna Wins- low, who came in the " Mayflower," the wife of Wil- liam White, and afterwards of Edward Winslow, who died in October, 1680. Here lies, too, Governor Jo- siah Winslow, the first native-born Governor, who died Dec. 18, 1680, and was buried on the 23d at the expense of the colony in token of its esteem and affec- tion. And here lies Peregrinc White, the first born in New England, who died on the 20th of July, 1704. And here also were deposited the remains of Rev. Samuel Arnold, the successor of Mr. Bulkley in the church, who died on the 3d of September, 1693; of Rev. Edward Tompson, the successor of Mr. Arnold, who died on the 16th of March, 1705 ; and of Rev. James Gardner, the successor of Mr. Tompson, who died in 1739. The ground remained uninclosed until 1854. In that year a fair was held by the ladies of Marshfield, in the Winslow house, and suffi- cient funds were raised to erect the iron fence which now surrounds the grounds. In connection with the fair Miss Marcia A. Thomas published the ‘ Memo- rials of Marshfield," and proposed to devote the profits arising from the book to the erection in the " old burial-ground" of a monument to the memory of the first settlers of "Green's Harbor." These profits, to which were added contributions from John Barstow, of Providence, George P. Hayward, of Bos- ton, and Mrs. Sigourney, were deposited in the Plym- outh Savings-Bank, and the deposit, with its accumu- lations, has enabled Miss Sarah Thomas, the surviving sister of Marcia, to consummate the original plan, and within the last year to crect a handsome granite struc- turc as originally intended.
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