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July 18, 1815. JAMES MORRILL, WILLIAM SMITH, DANIEL SARGENT, ENOCH HUSE, EDWARD REYNOLDS, DANIEL MESSIN- GER, JAMES PHILLIPS, PETER C. BROOKS, JAMES HI. FOSTER.
July 23, 1816. July 29, 1817. July 28, 1818.
(Substitute Turner Phillips for WILLIAM SMITH.)
(Substitute Aller Crocker for ENOCH IIUSE.)
(Re-elected.)
July 27, 1819. Aug. 1, 1820. July 31, 1821.
(Re-elected.) (Re-elected.) (Re-elected.)
July 30. 1822.
(Substitute David Francis for JAMES PHILLIPS.) (Re-elected.)
Deacon MORRILL, Deacon FOSTER, D. MESSINGER, P. C. BROOKS, J. P. BRADIRE, CHARLES SPRAGUE, EBEN CHADWICK, D. 1. GIBBENS, D. FRANCIS.
Aug. 2, 1825. JAMES MORRILL, JAMES IE. FOSTER, DANIEL MESSINGER, PETER C. BROOKS, JAMES PHILLIPS, DAVID FRANCIS, DANIEL L. GIBBENS, EBENR CHADWICK, JOSEPH OTIS. (Substitute Charles Sprague for JAMES PHILLIPS.)
Aug. 1, 1826. July 31, 1827.
Deacon MORRILL, Deacon FOSTER, DANIEL MESSINGER, DANIEL L. GIBBENS, DAVID FRANCIS, JOSEPH OTIS, PETER C. BROOKS, JAMES PHILLIPS, JOSEPH T. BUCK- INGHAM.
July 29, 1828. Deacon MORRILL, DANIEL, MESSINGER, DANIEL L. GIB- BENS, JOSEPH OTIS, JOSIAH BRADLEE, CHARLES SPRAGUE, EBENEZER CHADWICK, J. T. BUCKINGHAM, DAVID FRANCIS.
(Substitute James Phillips for JOSEPH OTIS.)
July 28, 1829. July 20, 1830. (Re-elected.)
July 19, 1831. (Re-elected.)
July 29, 1823. July 27, 1824.
(Re-elected.) (Re-elected.)
335
STANDING COMMITTEES.
July 17, 1832. July 16, 1833.
(Re-elected )
JAMES PHILLIPS (Chairman), SAMUEL II. BABCOCK, ASA RICHARDSON, DANIEL MESSINGER, DAVID FRANCIS, DANIEL L. GIBBENS, JOSEPH T. BUCKINGHAM, WIL- LIAM HAYDEN, Jr., GEORGE BARKER.
July 15, 1834.
DANIEL L. GIBBENS, DANIEL MESSINGER, WILLIAM HAY- DEN, Jr., DAVID FRANCIS, SAMUEL HI. BABCOCK, GEORGE BARKER, JAMES PHILLIPS, WILLIAM B. FOWLE, HAZEN MORSE.
July 21, IS35.
July 19, 1836.
July 18, IS37.
July 17, 1838.
DANIEL MESSINGER, JAMES PHILLIPS, WILLIAM HAY- DEN, Jr., S. H. BABCOCK, GEORGE BARKER, NOAH DOG- GETT, WILLIAM G. BROOKS, B. B. APPLETON, JOHN HOOPER.
July 16, 1839.
D. L. GIBBENS ( Chairman), J. S. FOSTER, J. PHILLIPS, WILLIAM HAYDEN, Jr., S. H. BABCOCK, GEORGE BAR- KER, N. DOGGETT, JOHN HOOPER, B. B. APPLETON.
July 21, 1840. D. L. GIBBENS, W. HAYDEN, GEORGE BARKER, B. B. APPLETON, JOHN HOOPER, S. L. ABBOT, THOMAS SHERWIN, F. II. BRADLEE, T. B. WALES.
July 20, 1841.
D. L. GIBBENS, B. B. APPLETON, JOHN HOOPER, S. L. ABBOT, S. H. BABCOCK, JOS. WEST, J. P. BIGELOW, JOHN E. THAYER, S. H. RICH.
April 19, 1842. (Re-electe.l.)
April 18, 1843.
DANIEL L. GIBBENS, BENJAMIN B. APPLETON, JOHN HOOPER, JOHN ELIOT THAYER, JOHN P. BIGELOW, SAMUEL HENSHAW, JONATHAN PRESTON, SAMUEL BRADLEE, JOHN THOMAS STEVENSON.
April 16, 1844.
SAMUEL HENSHAW ( Chairman), SAMUEL BRADLEE, J. THOS. STEVENSON, JOHN ELIOT THAYER, JOHN HOOPER, JOSEPH WEST, SAMUEL FROTHINGHAM, Jr.
April 15, 1845.
(Substitute John P. Bigelow for SAMUEL BRADLEE. )
April 13, 1847.
( Re-elected.)
April 10, 1849.
(Re-elected.) (Re-elected.)
April 16, 1850.
EZRA LINCOLN ( Chairman), DAVID FRANCIS, JAMES T. HAYWARD, THOMAS B. WALES, Jr., OTIS RICH, CHRIS- TOPHER C. CHADWICK, J. T. W. SARGENT.
April 15, 1851.
EZRA LINCOLN, DAVID FRANCIS, JAMES T. HAYWARD, THOMAS B. WALES, Jr., OTIS RICH, SAMUEL L. AB- BOT, HORACE DUPEE.
April 20, 1852. EDWARD EVERETT (Chairman), NATHAN. L. FROTHING- HAM, SAMT L. ABBOT, HORACE DUPEE, DAVID FRAN- CIS, Oris RICH, J. T. W. SARGENT.
April 21, 1846.
(Substitute Charles Brooks for JOHN P. BIGELOW.)
April 11, 1848.
(Re-elected; DANIEL MESSINGER chosen Chairman.) (Substitute Noah Doggett for WILLIAM B. FOWLE.) (Re-elected.)
336
OFFICERS AND BENEFICIARIES.
April 19, 1853.
(Substitute William Hayden for DAVID FRANCIS.) (Substitute Edward F. Weld for EDWARD EVERETT.)
July 18, I853.
WILLIAM HAYDEN (Chairman), N. L. FROTHINGHAM,
OTIS RICH, SAMUEL L. ABBOT, HORACE DUPEE, ED- WARD F. WELD, THOMAS B. WALES.
April 17, 1855.
WILLIAM HAYDEN, OTIS RICH, SAMUEL L. ABBOT, HOR- ACE DUPEE, CHARLES L. HAYWARD, GEORGE BATES, THOMAS B. WALES.
April 15, 1856. (Re-elected.)
April 21. IS57.
(Substitute Prescott Bigelow for GEORGE BATES.)
April 20, 1858.
(Re-elected.)
April 19, 1859.
(Re-elected.)
April 17, 1860.
(Re-elected.)
April 16, 1861.
(Re-elected.)
April 15, 1862.
(Re-elected.)
(Substitute George W. Messinger for WILLIAM HAYDEN; THOMAS B. WALES chosen Chairman.)
April 19, 1864.
THOMAS B. WALES, OTIS RICH, SAMUEL L. ABBOT, GEORGE W. MESSINGER, NATHANIEL THAYER, JOHN COLLAMORE, D. W. SALISBURY.
April IS, 1865.
(Re-elected.)
April 17, 1866.
(Substitute Samuel HI. Gookin for OTIS RICH.)
April 16, 1867.
NATHANIEL THAYER ( Chairman), GEORGE W. MESSIN- GER, SAMUEL L. ABBOT, SAMUEL H. GOOKIN, D. WALDO SALISBURY, GEORGE W. WALES, TURNER SAR- . GENT.
April 21, 1868. April 20, IS69.
(Re-elected.)
(Increased to 12.) NATHANIEL THAYER, GEORGE W. MESSINGER, SAMUEL L. ABBOT, SAMUEL H. GOOKIN, D. WALDO SALISBURY, GEORGE W. WALES, TURNER SARGENT, ANDREW T. HALL, HENRY SALSTONSTALL, JOHN HI. REED, JOSEPH B. MOORS, DANIEL. L. SPOONER. (Substitute Jacob C. Rogers for DANIEL !. SPOONER. ) NATHANIEL THAYER, SAMUEL L. ABBOT, SAMUEL HI .. GOOKIN, D. WALDO SALISBURY, GEORGE W. WALES, TURNER SARGENT, ANDREW T. HALL, JOHN HI. REED, JOSEPH B. MOORS, JACOB C. ROGERS, GEORGE O. SHATTUCK, SEWALL II. FESSENDEN.
April 16, 1872. April 15, 1873.
April 21, 1874.
(Substitute Thomas Minns for St NALL II. FESSENDEN.) NATHANIEL THAYER, SAMUEL L. ABBOT, D. WALDO SALISBURY, GEORGE W. WALES, TURNER SARGENT, ANDREW T. HALL, JOHN 11. REED, JOSEPH B. MOORS, GEORGE O. SHATTUCK, THOMAS MINNS, WILLIAM F. MATCHETT, JAMES C. WHITE.
April 20, 1875. (Substitute Daniel C. Holder for TURNER SARGENT.)
April 19, 1870. April 18, 1871.
(Substitute Otis Drury for SAMUEL II. GOOKIN.)
April IS, 18 54.
April 21, 1863.
ORGANISTS. - SEXTONS. 337
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April 18, IS76. NATHANIEL THAYER, SAMUEL L. ABBOT, D. WALDO SALISBURY, GEORGE W. WALES, JOHN H. REED, JO- SEPH B. MOORS, GEORGE O. SHATTUCK, WILLIAM F. MATCHETT, JAMES C. WHITE, DANIEL C. HOLDER, REUBEN E. DEMMON, THOMAS O. RICHARDSON. April 17, 1877. April 16, 1878. (Substitute Asa P. Potter for JOHN H. REED.) (Substitute William A. Haskell for NATHANIEL THAYER; GEORGE W. WALES chosen Chairman.) (Re-elected.)
April 15, 1879. April 20, ISSO. (Increased to 13.) GEORGE W. WALES, SAMUEL L. AB- BOT, D. WALDO SALISBURY, JOSEPH B. MOORS, GEORGE O. SHATTUCK, WILLIAM F. MATCHETT, JAMES C. WHITE, DANIEL C. HOLDER, REUBEN E. DEMMON, THOMAS O. RICHARDSON, ASA P. POTTER, WILLIAM A. IIASKELL, JACOB C. ROGERS.
April 19, 1881. (Re-elected.)
ORGANISTS.
(This list is very incomplete down to 1850.)
July 17, 1786. (First mentioned by name, but appears to have served for some time previous to this date.) JOHN GREENLEAF. (Had not retired July 14, 1807.)
(The election of an organist passed into the charge of a special committee early in Dr. Frothingham's ministry, so that the record fails to mention his name among the list of appointments at the annual meetings. )
1825. THOMAS TRUEMAN SPEAR. Resigned in 1832. G. W. T. JONES. Resigned in 1832.
IS50. DAVID PAINE. Resigned in 1869.
IS(x) . EUGENE THAYER. Resigned June 15, IS75.
Sept. 15, 1875. HOWARD E. PARKHURST. Resigned in IS78.
Oct. 1, 1878. ARTHUR FOOTE.
SEXTONS.
The following entry is dated July 12, 1743, and appears to be the first time the office is mentioned on the records : "Voted. That the Deacons be desired to pay to the Sex- ton for his Service Ten pounds p Quarter old Tenour for one Year next coming:"
July 28, 1749. (First mentioned by name.) THOMAS WILLISTON. 1776. GEORGE ROULSTONE (or ROLSTONE). Died in 1781. July 12, 1785. (First mentioned by name.) MATTHEW JAMES.
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338
OFFICERS AND BENEFICIARIES.
July 6, 1790. LEMUEL LUDDEN. Died or resigned in 1802.
July 11, 1803. (First mentioned by name.) JAMES MENZIES.
July 10, 1804. EBENEZER CLAFLAND (or CLAFLEN). Died in 1831.
April 7, IS31. FRANCIS DILLAWAY. Died in 1850.
Sept. 9, 1850. M. S. DODD. Died in February, 1864.
1864. EBENEZER SANBORN. Died July 28, ISSO.
May 1, ISSO. JOHN II. HAWES.
DISPOSITION OF ELDER PENN'S LEGACY.
[The will of James Penn is dated 29th September, 1671, and provides for the pay- ment of fro out of the farm at Pullen Point (now Chelsea) to the Elders and Deacons of First Church for the maintenance of such poor scholar or scholars at Harvard Col- lige as they shall see fit. ]
July 18, 1720. Sept. 10, 1722.
HULL ABBOT. WVM SHEAF, NATHANIEL DAVIS of Roxbury, S' ABBOT, Sr COTTON.
Feb.
5, 1723/4.
Oct. '12, 1724.
S' DUNBAR, S' SHEIF. S' DAVIS (whose friends live at Roxbury), WEBB, SEN- IOR SOPHISTER.
Dec. 27, 1725. Mr WEBB'S son, Madi COTTON'S son.
()ct. 17, 1726. Rev. MY WALTER'S son, Rev. Mr ROWLAND COTTON'S son.
July 3, 1727.
Rev. M. N. WALTER'S SON.
July
1, 1728.
Mr WALTER'S son.
July
I, 1729. July
M' WALTER'S son.
I, 1230. July -, 1731.
CHRIST! BRIDGE.
July II, 17.32.
CHRISTO BRIDGE.
July -, 1733.
July -, 1734.
Oct.
27,
1735.
M' NATIF. GARDNER'S Son.
July
-, 1738.
M' NATHEL GARDNER'S SON.
July 6, 1739. M' NATHE GARDNER'S SON.
July 2, 17.10.
Son of ye Rev. M' JOHN BROWN (of Haverhill).
July -, 1741.
Son of y= Rev. Mr BROWN.
July,
-, 1742. Son of ye Rev. Mr BROWN.
July
-, 1713. Another son of the late Rev! Mr BROWN and TUREL.
July
I, 1737.
CHRIST? BRIDGE.
S' BRIDGE.
Augt 1736.
Mr NATHEL GARDNER'S Son.
Mr NATH'L GARDNER'S Son.
CHRISTO BRIDGE.
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DISPOSITION OF ELDER PENN'S LEGACY.
July, 1744. TURELL and two sons of the Rev. Mr PERKYNS.
July, 1745. Son of Mr BROWN (wid. of ye late Rewd Mr John Brown), Rev. M' PERKYNS'S son, M' MATTHEW ADAMS'S son.
March 21, 1746/7.
THOMAS FOXCROFT, Jr. (son of the Pastor of the church).
Dec. 23, 1747. 1748.
M' MANNING'S son, ye late Rev. M' WILLARD'S son, the late Rev. Mr BROWN'S son.
1749.
EBENEZER THAYER (son of Mr Nathaniel Thayer). EBENEZER THAYER, SAMUEL FOXCROFT (son of the Pastor of the church).
Dec. 16, 1751.
EBENEZER THAYER, SAMUEL FOXCROFT.
EBENEZER THAYER, SAMUEL FOXCROFT.
July, 1752. July, 1753. 1755 & 1756. July, 1757.
EBENEZER THAYER, SAMUEL FOXCROFT. EBENEZER THAYER, SAMUEL FOXCROFT.
WILLIAMS BRADFORD.
July, 1758.
WILLIAMS BRADFORD.
July, 1759.
WILLIAMS BRADFORD.
July, 1760.
CHRISTOPHER BRIDGE MARSH (son of Deacon Daniel Marsh of First Church).
July, 1761.
Rev. M' STONE'S son.
July, 1762.
Son of Revd M' HULL ABBOT.
July, 1763.
Son of Revd Mr HULL ABBOT.
Mr ABBOT'S son.
July, 1764. July, 1765. 1799.
THOMSON (son of Revd M' Thomson of Scarborough).
ANDREW ELIOT THAYER (son of Mrs. Martha Thayer).
July
I, ISO0.
ANDREW ELIOT THAYER.
July I, ISO1.
SAMUEL RIPLEY.
July I, ISO2. ANDREW ELIOT THAYER.
July I, ISO3. DANIEL BLISS RIPLEY.
July 2, 1.804. EBENEZER HUBBARD.
Jaly 8, 1305. WILLIAM SMITH.
July 7, 1806. BENJY WILLARD.
July I, 1307. WILLIAM SMITH.
July I, 18OS. JOHN H. FARNHAM.
July I, J XIN IT. FARNHAM.
July 2, 1310. JOHN H. FARNHAM.
JOHN IL. FARNHAM.
July, 1811. I, 1312. RUFUS . ILURLBUT.
July
Aug! 21, 1813. RUFUS HEUREBUT. July, 1814. SAMUEL HUNT. July, 1815. WILLIAM EMERSON.
THOMAS FOXCROFT, Jr.
March 14, 1750/1.
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OFFICERS AND BENEFICIARIES.
July, 1816. WILLIAM EMERSON.
1841. NATHANIEL G. ALLEN.
July, 1817. RALPH WALDO EMERSON.
IS42. THOMAS IIILL.
July, ISIS. RALPH WALDO EMERSON.
IS43. CHARLES SHORT.
July, IS19.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON.
IS44. CHARLES SHORT.
July, 1820.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON. 1845. CHARLES SHORT:
July, 1821. EDWARD B. EMERSON.
1846. JAMES MORRILL ALLEN.
July, 1822. EDWARD B. EMERSON.
IS47. JAMES MORRILL ALLEN.
July, 1823.
EDWARD B. EMERSON.
1848.
JAMES MORRILL ALLEN (?).
July, 1824. CHARLES C. EMERSON.
IS49. JAMES MORRILL ALLEN (?).
July, IS25. CHARLES C. EMERSON.
July, 1826.
CHARLES C. EMERSON.
IS51. SIDNEY WILLARD.
July, 1827. CHARLES C. EMERSON.
1852. SIDNEY WILLARD.
1828. CHARLES C. EMERSON.
1853.
GEO. A. W. CHAMBERLAIN.
IS29.
CHARLES II. ALLEN.
1854.
CHARLES A. ALLEN,
IS30.
CHARLES II. ALLEN.
1855.
CHARLES A. ALLEN.
1831.
CHARLES H. ALLEN.
IS 56.
CHARLES A. ALLEN.
IS32. JOHN CLARK ALLEN.
18 57.
CHARLES A. ALLEN.
1834. HENRY DAVID THOREAU.
I859.
ROBERT WILLARD.
IS35. HENRY DAVID THOREAU.
1860.
STEPHEN G. EMERSON.
1836. HENRY DAVID THOREAU.
1861.
FREDERIC WARE.
1837. HENRY DAVID THOREAU. 1862.
FREDERIC WARE.
1838. NATHANIEL G. ALLEN.
1863. FREDERIC WARE.
1839. NATHANIEL G. ALLEN. 1864. FREDERIC WARE.
1840,
NATHANIEL G. ALLEN.
1865. JOHN HILLIS.
[The rent charge having grown very cumbersome, the pastor and dracon of the church, at the request of the owners of the property, secured an act of the Legislature in 1866 authorizing them to re-lease it and invest and hold the proceeds ($600) in trust for the purposes mentioned in the will. ]
1866. JOHN HILLIS. 1867. JOHN HILLIS.
IS74. EDMUND Q. S. Oscoon.
IS75. GEORGE OSGOOD. IS6S. EDWARD OSGOOD OTIS. IS76. EDWARD OSGOOD OFIS. 1877. GEORGE OSGOOD.
PARRY KENNARD SOLGER.
1870. EDWARD OSGOOD OTIS.
1878. HL. IRVING DILLENBACK.
1879. WILLIAM H. PAGE.
1871. ARTHUR L. GOODRICH. 1872. ARTHUR L. GOODRICH. 1873. ARTHUR L. GOODRICH.
1880. WILLIAM H. PAGE.
1881. WILLIAM H. PAGE.
IS50. SIDNEY WILLARD (?).
1833. JOHN CLARK ALLEN. IS58.
ROBERT WILLARD.
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INDEX.
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INDEX.
ABBIT, Mrs. Susanna (Mrs. Oxenbridge), 120. Abbot, Rev.'John L., 249, 250; ordained minister of the church, 243; life of, 244-247; his fecble health, 243, 245, . 246 ; birth and education, 244; grad- uates at Harvard, 244 ; studies theol- ogy at Cambridge, 244; appointed reader in the Episcopal church and College Librarian, 244 ; his marriage, 244 ; ill-health, 245 ; votes and letter of sympathy from the church granting leave of absence, 245, 246; continued ill-liealth and resignation, 246; decline and death, 246; funeral sermon by Edward Everett, and Monody on, by J. Lathrop, 247; burial-place, 247; his preaching and religious views, 247 ; leaves a widow but no children, 247. Abbot, Archbishop, 108.
Abbot, John L., 244.
Abbot, Mrs. Phoebe, 244.
Abbot, Rich., 140 n.
Abbot, S. L., 261, 306, 309.
Adams, C. F., 262.
Adams, Pres. John, 101 n.
Adams, Senator John Q., 234.
Addington, Isaac, 167, 173. Admission to the church by covenant, xlii. Admissions (see Church).
Alden, his Account of Religious Societies in Portsmouth, 139.
Alexander, Mr., elected vicar of Boston (Eng.), 28.
Allen, Rev. James, 125, 133, 136 n., 137, 139, 140, 146 11., 147, 158, 159, 160; teacher of the church, 102 ; life of, 118- 120; birth and education, 18; arrival in Boston, 119; first marriage, 119;
fellow of Harvard College, 119; sec- ond and third marriage, 119-120; his fine residence, large wealth, and hospi- tality, 120; his zeal for church order and government, 120; his death, 120; executor of the will of Governor Bel- lingham, 130. Allen, James, 119. Allen, Jeremiah, 119, 173, 174.
Ames, Dr. William, 99.
Andrews, William T., 252.
Andros, Sir Edmund, 140, 145 ; his at- tempts to establish Episcopacy, 146- 147. Apollonius,. William, 91. Apostles' Creed, The, Ixx.
Appleton, ---- , 157. Arbella, The, I. Aspinwall, William, 43 n., 67. Austin, Hon. Benjamin, 242. Austin, Charles, 242.
BACON, Dr., 106.
Bailey, Rev. John, 140; invited to assist in the ministry of First Church, 149; life of, 150-155; ministry in England and Ireland, 150; imprisoned in both places for non-conformity, 150-151; arrives in Boston and preaches at South Church, 151 ; installed minister at Wa. tertown, 152; settled at Boston, 152; death, 152-153; burial-place, 153 ; his sayings, 154; his Journal, 154; his descendants, 155. Bailey, Rev. Thomas, 151, 152. Ballantine, Capt. Jolm, 171. Balston, Capt. John, 161. Balstone, William, 43 n., 67.
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INDEX.
Bancroft, George, 262.
Baptism, the Puritan view of the rite of, as distinguished from that of the Church of England, xxxix.
Baptisms (see Church). Barefoot, -, 142.
Baxter, -, 195.
Belknap, Rev. Jeremy, 229, 2So; sermon at Thursday Lecture, 210 n.
Belknap, Miss Betsey, 210 n. Belknap, Sarah, 155.
Bellingham, Gov., 130. Bendall, Edward, 58.
Benjamin, Asher, 235-237.
Bernard, ---- , 71.
Bewett, Ilugh, banished, 76.
Bible, modern estimate of the, Ixxiii.
Bigelow, Jacob, M.D., 240.
Bigelow, Mrs. Jacob, her description of the Old Brick, 240. Biron, Duke of, 98. Blanchard, George, 235.
Blaxton, William, 8. Blenkin, Rev. G. B., 36.
Boardman, Ruth ( Mrs. Wadsworth), 157. Bodies of Divinity, Ixi.
Bond, Sampson, invited to preach for First Church, 138. Boscawen, Hugh, 152.
Boston Association of Congregational min- isters, origin of, 45. Boston Church, its conspicuous position, xlix. Boswell, Rev. William, 104. Bowditch, N. I., 43. Brackett, Richard, 101 n. Bradford, Alden, his History of- Massachu- setts cited, 149 n. Bradford, Sam., 243. Bradstreet, Dorothy ( Mrs. Cotton), 45. Bradstreet, Simon, 94. Brattle Square Church, formation of, 158. Breck, Robert, 120. Bridge, Copia. 163. Bridge, Elizabeth, 163. Bridge, Ellen ( Mrs. Marion), 163. Bridge, Lydia, 163. Bridge, Samuel, 167.
Bridge, Rev. Thomas, 152 n., 160, 170, 173, 176; ordained as assistant minis- ter of First Church, 160; life of, 160- 164; birthplace, 160; graduates at Oxford and travels abroad, 161; takes orders, 161 ; his marriage, 161 ; preaches in the West Indies, 161; his journey
to Port Royal, 162; death, 162; no- tices of, 162; his burial-place, 39 n., 163; provision for his widlow, 162; manner of educating his daughters, 162; his descendants, 163. Bridge, Thomas, his early death, 164. Bridge, Rev. Mr. (of Chelmsford), 206. Bridgham, Elder, 160.
Briggs, G. W., D.D., address at the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of First Church, 319.
Briscoe, William, fined for writing a book against taxation, 79. Britton, -, 73.
Brooks, Ann Gorham (Mrs. Frothing- ham), 253.
Brooks, Rev. Charles T., hymn by, for the two hundred and fiftieth anniver -. sary of First Church, 319.
Brooks, Peter C., 235, 246, 254, 311.
Brooks, Peter C., Jr., 253.
Brooks, Phillips, D. D., address on the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of First Church, 319.
Brooks, William Gray, his " Genealogy of the Cotton Family," 39 n., 44 n. Brown, Elder, his heresy regarding the Church of Rome, 12.
Browne, -, 201.
Buck, Edward, his "Ecclesiastical Law of Massachusetts " cited, 187.
Buckminster, Rev. J. S., 227, 238, 265; extract from funeral sermon on Rev. William Emerson, 231.
Butler, Jane ( Mrs. Oxenbridge), monu- ment to her memory with Latin in- scription by Andrew Marvel, 128. Butler, Thomas, 126.
CAMBRIDGE Church, formation of, 53. Cambridge Platform, embodied by Cot- ton and others, 21. Cambridge Synous, 60, 80, 83, 133; rules adopted by, 60-61. Campbell, his " Lives of the Lord Chan- cellors of England " cited, 24 n.
Carpenter. --- , leader of singing, 239. Cathedrals, English and continental, dif- ference between, lii.
Chandler, Dr., 190. Channing, William E., D.D., 250, 263. Chaplin, Daniel 224. Charities (see Sunday School). Charles 1., of England, 113, 128, 270.
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INDEX.
Charles II., of England, 94. Charlestown church, formation of, 13. Chauncy, Rev. Charles, 97 n., 130; letter to, from John Davenport, 112.
Chauncy, Charles, D.D., IS1, 183, 205, 206, 208, 209, 210, 212, 217, 219, 233, 238, 265, 270; ordained minister of the church, 187; life of, 188-198; birth and ancestry, ISS; college life, 188; D.D. from Edinburgh University, 189; visit of Whitefield first brings into public notice, 189; preaches the Elec- tion Sermon, 189; engages in theolog- ical controversies, 190 : his " Universal Salvation," 191 ; review of, 196-198; death, 191 ; his family, 192 ; liis preach- ing and literary attainments, 192, 195; religious views, personal appearance and habits, 193-198; portrait, 193. Chauncy, Mrs. Elizabeth, 192.
Cheever, Samuel, 172.
Chevers, Mr., 147.
Child, Dr., his attempts to secure free- dom of worship, 82.
Church, admissions to, 6, 14-15, 85, 96,
97, 98 n., 102 n., 117 n., 120, 131, 145, 148, 158, 160, 165, 178, 188, 198, 205, 215, 247, 284, 317 ; baptisms, 15, 85, 96, 93 n., 102 n., 117 n., 120, 131, 145, 148, 158, 160, 165, 178, 18S, 206, 215, 248, 284; marriages, 82 n., 317; Pu- ritan idea of, xxv; records cited, 26 n., 62 n., 65 n., 84 n., 125 n., 132 n., 134 n., 138 n., 139 n., 147 n., 148 n., 149 n., 150 n., 160 n., 165 n., 167 n., 170 n., 171 n., ISo n., 184 n., 185, 199, 201 n., 312 n; the Roman idea of, xxii ; work, lxxxii.
Clarke, James Freeman, D.D., 300.
Clarke, John, D. D., 191, 192, 194, 207, 217, 226, 233, 239 ; ordained colleague pastor with Dr. Chauncy, 208; his birth, 208 ; enters the Boston Latin School, 208; his scholarship, 208 ; graduates at Harvard, 208 ; his repu- tation for preaching, 209 ; sudden death, 209 ; published sermons and writings, 210 ; cultivated the fine arts, 210 ; his public prayers and style of delivery, 211 ; his manners and religious views, 211; contrasted with his colleague, Dr. Chauncey, 212 ; personal appear- ance, 213; portrait and family, 213. Clarke, Capt., 117, 118. Clarke, John, 208.
Clarke, Sarah (Pickering), 208. Clavering, Elizabeth, 126.
Clavering, Sir John, 127.
Coddington, Gov. William, 9, 101 n.
Coffin, Thomas Aston, Bart., 208.
Coffin, -, 142 .. Coggshall, John, 50, 67 ; banished, 62.
Coleburn, William, 43 n.
Coleman, William, 43 n.
Coleman, Dr., 158, 162, 167, 168, 170, 173, 180, 185, IS7.
Collamore, John, 307.
Collins, Edward, 144.
Collins, Rev. John, 144.
Collins, Rev. Mr., his " reproachful speeches," 69; imprisonment and re- lease, 70. Collins, -, 142.
Columbian Centinel, quoted, 209 n.
Commemoration by the First Church in Boston of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary, etc., The, cited, 28 n., 7º n., 317 n. Coney, Thomas, 31.
Congregationalism of the New England churches, xlix ; a reversion to the New Testament pattern. li.
Continental Reformed Churches, li. Cook, Dr., 173.
Cook, Elisha, 167. Cooke, Lieut., 125.
Cooke, Richard, 132.
Cooke, -, 118.
Coolidge, J. I. T., D.D , 289.
Cooper, Mrs. Judith (Sewall), 43. Cooper, W. D., his " Sketch of the Oxen- bridges " cited, 126 n.
Cope. Elder, 165.
Corporation, records of, cited, 237 n., 250. Cotton, Rev. John, 15, 18, 20, 23, 46, 47, 51, 53, 54, 57-60, 65, 67, 79, 82, 85, 86, 88, 92, 94, 122, 278, 302, 307 ; arrival in Boston, 25; installed as teacher, 25-26 ; life of, 27-45 ; birth- place and Puritan influences, 27 ; his course at the university, 27 ; vicar of St. Botolph's Church in Boston ( Eng. ), 28 ; his fame as a preacher, 29 ; per- secuted for non-conformity, 29 ; war- rant for his arrest, 30; resigns his vicarage, 31 ; his views on the subject of church ceremonies, 32, 33: 36 ; seeks refuge in New England, 34 ; helps to save the Boston Common, 34, 52; es- tablishes Thursday Lecture, and per-
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haps also the Election Sermon and Public Latin School, 34-35 ; his literary abilities, 35 ; personal appearance and portrait, 35 ; observance of Saturday evenings, 37 ; his " Milk for Babes," 37; preaches the second Artillery Election Sermon, 37 ; correspondence with Oli- ver Cromwell, 37-39 ; death and bur- ial-place, 39 ; influence in Church and State, 40, 45 ; gift to First Church, 40 ; restoration of the "Cotton Chapel in Boston (Eng.)" by American citi- zens, 40-41 ; copy of Latin inscription by Edward Everett, 41 ; his posses- sions and will, 42; epitaph, 44; his descendants, 44-45; said to have preached the first Election Sermon, 50; his sympathy with the views of Mrs. Hutchinson, 21, 55-56 ; his review of the llutchinsonian controversy, 64 ; an- swers Mr. Bernard, and a book in sup- port of Common Prayer, 71; favors support of the ministry by voluntary contributions, 73; his " Sermons on the Seven Vials " surreptitiously pub- lished, 77; invited to attend the West- minster Assembly, 77.
Cotton, John, Jr., 43.
Cotton, Maria, her Bible, 43 n., 45 n.
Cotton, Mrs. Priscilla, 45 n.
Cotton, Rowland, 27.
Cotton, Seaborn, 25, 42, 43, 45.
Cotton Tomb, The, in King's Chapel Bur- ying Ground, 39n.
Cranfield, Gov., 139, 143.
Creed, change of, in First Church, Ivi ; Puritan or Orthodox or "Evangelical, Ivit ; modifications of, Iviii; Orthodox committed to revise, Ixix.
Cromwell, Oliver, 128 ; his letter to Cot- ton, 38-39 ; his Letters and Speeches . cited. 38 n. Crosby, Prudence ( Mrs. Cotton), 45. Cuntz, Otto, 313 1. Curtis, Charles P., 252.
DALLIA, Mons., 173. Dantforth, Gov., ISI.
Dantforth, Elizabeth (Mrs. Foxcroft), 181.
Dantforth, Rev. John, 182 n. Dantforth, Samuel, 82. Davenport, Christopher, 103. Davenport, Henrie, 102.
Davenport, Rev. John, 18, 39 n., 97 n., 117, ITS, 119 ; his Life of Cotton, 32; ar- rival in Boston and sermon there, 59-60 ; sermon at Cambridge, 61 ; in- vited to attend the Westminster As- sembly, 77; declines invitation to be- come minister of Second Church at formation, S4 ; his birth and education, 102 ; begins preaching at eighteen, 103; lecturer and curate of St. Law- rence Jewry and vicar of St. Stephen's, London, 104 ; suspected of Puritanism, 104 ; pastoral relations, 105 ; his letter to Dr. Leighton, 105 ; signs an appeal in behalf of abused Protestants, 105; correspondence with Lady Vere, 105, 108, 112; trouble with Archbishop Land, 166; contributes towards the colonization of Massachusetts, 106; his first printed se mon, 106; edits sermons of Dr. Preston, 107; com- plained of for non-conformity, 107; pastoral labors, 168 ; inward change to non-conformist, Io8 ; escapes to Ilol- land and minister of church in Amster- dam, 109 ; controversy with Paget, 109; summoned to answer for seditious preaching, no; further troubles, 110; returns home and sails for New Eng- land, ito ; his stay at Boston and de- parture for New Haven, in1; pro- moter of the new government, 111-112 ; bis letters and1 writings, 111-112; his connection with the formation of a col- .lege at New Haven, 112; views on church discipline, 113 ; his sermon on the occasion of the flight of King Charles's judges, 113 ; scholarship and handwriting, 114 ; portrait, 114 ; preaches the Election Sermon, 114 ; death and burial, 114-115.
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