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9. SAMUEL ESTABROOK, 3d son of the Rev. Joseph Estabrook, was born January 7, 1674, and graduated in 1696. He taught the grammar-school in Concord from 1706 to 1710, and assisted his father in the ministry. He was ordained at Canterbury, Con- necticut, June 13, 1711, where he died June 26, 1727, aged 53.
10. BENJAMIN PRESCOTT, son of Captain Jonathan Prescott, was born September 16, 1687, and graduated in 1709. He was ordained at Salem Village (Danvers), September 23, 1713. " In this office," says a biographical notice in the Boston Gazette of 1777, " he continued about 45 years, discharging its duties with such capacity and fidelity as gave him an extensive reputation. When he thought himself called in Providence to resign his pas- toral charge, he was introduced into the magistracy, which he supported with honor to himself and usefulness to the public ; always appearing the same man, and exhibiting an uniform piety and virtue in every station. He had great political as well as theological knowledge. He well understood the laws, the rights,
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and the interest of his country ; and defended them with great strength of reason as well as generous warmth of heart. In this service his pen was frequently and largely employed, more es- pecially at the commencement of the important controversy of the revolution, though his name was concealed ; and the clearness, the consistency, the force and vivacity with which he would support a long train of argument, even when he had entered his 90th year, was truly surprising. Few, very few attained so great an age as he did with so much comfort to themselves and their friends, and so much usefulness. Besides employing himself in some writings which he left unfinished, but enough to show the remaining vigor of his mind, he transacted considerable business as a magistrate till within a week of his death. After he was seized with the violent fever that soon put an end to his life, he could speak but little ; but he satisfactorily evinced, that he had those inward consolations and supports, which are the genuine result of that blessed religion which he had so long professed, preached, and practised." He died May 28, 1777, in his 90th year.
He married three times. 1. Elizabeth Higginson of Salem, by whom he had 2 sons and 3 daughters. Benjamin, the eldest, was graduated at Harvard College in 1736, married Rebecca, daughter of the Hon. James Minott in 1741, lived in Salem, and had 8 children. Rebecca, the eldest, married the Hon. Roger Sherman of New Haven. Her brothers, James and Benjamin, also lived there ; the former married Rebecca Barrett of Concord. The Rev. Benjamin married, the second time, Mercy, daughter of the Rev. Henry Gibbs of Watertown, by whom he had Henry, who died at New Castle September 10, 1816, father to Benjamin, Henry, and William Pepperell of that town, and George Washing- ton. His 3d wife was Mary, widow of the Rev. Benjamin Coleman, daughter of Sir William Pepperell.
11. TIMOTHY MINOTT was born June 18, 1692, a son of James Minott, Esq., and graduated in 1718. He studied divinity, and was licensed to preach the gospel, and in that capacity was accustomed to officiate for the Rev. Messrs. Whiting, Bliss, and Emerson, in Concord, and in many neighbouring churches. He was never ordained, but spent most of his long life in the more humble, but not less important office of a teacher of youth. His
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first introduction to this employment was in 1712, before he left college, in the public grammar-school in Concord. He was then engaged at the rate of £20 per year, on condition, say the town records, " if any thing should exceed his abilities his father should assist him." He taught occasionally till 1721, and from that time constantly for above 40 years. According to the town records, for many years, it appears as a condition on which money should be raised to support the grammar-school, that " Mr. Timo- thy Minott undertake the work." This vote of the town shows that his services were held in high estimation, an opinion which is fully confirmed by tradition. His occupation gave him the title of Master Minott, and enabled him to be a very useful man. He was more distinguished, however, for the excellence of his principles and character as a man, and for his faculties as a schoolmaster, than for any peculiar force or elegance as a preacher. He died November 30, 1778, aged 86.
12. JONATHAN MILES, son of John Miles, was born February 13, 1701, and graduated in 1727. He died in Concord in Feb- ruary, 1775, aged 74.
13. JOHN PRESCOTT, son of Dr. Jonathan Prescott, was born May 8, 1707, and graduated in 1727. He was a physician in Concord, and highly esteemed for his professional skill and excel- lent character. When the unfortunate expedition to Cuba was proposed, he entered readily into the views of the government, and enlisted a company of 100 men from this neighbourhood. He sailed from Boston, as commander of this company, September 23, 1740, and was off " Don Maria Bay " in the following Feb- ruary. After the melancholy failure of the expedition, he re- turned to this country in 1743, and not long after went to Eng- land, at the request of the government, where he was treated with great respect. He died in London, of the small-pox, De- cember 30, 1743, aged 35.
He married Ann, the 8th child of Nathaniel Lynde, Esq. She died May 12, 1795, aged 88. Her sister married Joseph Wil- lard of Rutland, who was killed by the Indians in 1723. Her mother was Susannah Willoughby, and her father son of Simon and Hannah Newdigate, who came from London. In testi- mony of the esteem in which Captain Prescott's services were held, his widow received a pension from the British government
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during her life. She had 5 children, Ann, Rebecca, 2 sons, who died young, and Willoughby, who died in Concord April 15, 1808, aged 65.
14. PETER PRESCOTT, a brother of the foregoing, was born April 17, 1709, and graduated in 1730. He studied law, and resided here and in Boston. He dealt largely in wild lands. Pe- terborough, in New Hampshire, derived its name from him. He was out several times in the French war, and commanded a com- pany at Crown Point in 1758. Some time before the revolution, he removed to Nova Scotia, where he was appointed clerk of one of the courts, and died in 1784.1
15. NATHANIEL WHITAKER, son of David Whitaker, was grad- uated in 1730. After being some time employed as a minister at Norwich in Connecticut, he went to England in 1765 or 1766, accompanied by Sampson Occum, the first Indian educated by the Rev. Mr. Wheelock, afterwards President of Dartmouth College, to solicit donations for the support of Mr. Wheelock's school " for the education of Indian youth, to be missionaries and school- masters for the natives of America." He was installed July 28, 1769, over the 3d church in Salem. In 1774 his meeting-house was burnt, and a division in his society took place. He and his friends erected a new house, and called it the Tabernacle Church in 1776 ; but, difficulties having arisen, he was dismissed in 1783, and installed at Canaan, Maine, September 10, 1784. He was again dismissed in 1789, and removed to Virginia, where he died.
16. EPHRAIM FLINT, son of Colonel John Flint, was born March 4, 1714, and graduated in 1733. He settled in Lincoln, and inherited the valuable estate of his uncle Edward, and great uncle Ephraim, who had successively owned and lived on the " Flint Farm " ; both having died without issue. He was the first town clerk of Lincoln, and died December 26, 1762, aged 48.
17. AARON WHITTEMORE, son of Benjamin Whittemore, was born December 13, 1711, and graduated in 1734. He was or- dained at Pembroke, New Hampshire, March 1, 1737, and died November 16, 1767, aged 55.
1 Benjamin Prescott, a brother probably of Peter, entered College in 1744, but was not graduated. He was killed by the Indians.
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18. JONATHAN HOAR, son of Lieutenant Daniel Hoar, was graduated in 1740. He was an officer in the provincial service during the war from 1744 to 1763. In 1755 he went as Major to Fort Edward, and the next year was a Lieutenant-Colonel in Nova Scotia, and aid to Major General Winslow at Crown Point. After the peace of 1763, he went to England, and was appointed Governor of Newfoundland and the neighbouring provinces, but died on his passage thither in 1771, aged 52.1
19. TIMOTHY MINOTT, son of Timothy Minott, teacher of the grammar-school, was born April 8, 1726, and graduated in 1747. He was a physician in Concord, where he died, July 25, 1804, aged 78.
20. ISRAEL CHEEVER, son of Daniel Cheever, was born Sep- tember 22, 1722, and graduated in 1749. He was ordained at New Bedford, but was dismissed in 1759, and installed at Liver- pool, Nova Scotia, where he died, in June, 1812, aged 90.
21. OLIVER MERRIAM was born June 5, 1722, son of Ebene- zer Merriam, and graduated in 1749. He died in Concord, while a student in divinity, on the 29th of May, 1751, aged 29.
22. SAMUEL BROOKS, son of John Brooks, was born March 16, 1729, and graduated in 1749. He lived at Exeter, New Hamp- shire, was a Register of deeds, justice of the peace, and a worthy man. He died in March, 1807, aged 78.
23. STEPHEN MINOTT, a brother of Dr. Timothy Minott, was born June 30, 1732, and graduated in 1751. After obtaining a theological education, he was invited to the care of a church in Portland, Maine, but died before ordination, September 3, 1759, aged 27. " The gentleman, scholar, and the Christian," says his epitaph, " were so conspicuous in his life, that he was greatly · respected while living, and at his death generally and sincerely lamented."
24. GEORGE FARRAR, son of George Farrar, was born Novem- ber 23, 1730, graduated in 1751, and ordained at Easton, March 26, 1755. He died September 17th, 1756, aged 25, and was interred at Lincoln.
25. JOHN MONROE, son of Thomas Monroe, was born March 4, 1733, and graduated in 1751. He studied divinity, but was
1 Daniel Hoar, a brother of Jonathan Hoar, entered College in 1730, but was not graduated.
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never ordained. He taught a school several years in Concord and Harvard, whither he removed in 1772. He died there about 1796. His sister is now living, aged 97.
26. WILLIAM WILLARD WHEELER, son of William Wheeler, was born December 24, 1734, and graduated in 1755. He was the Episcopalian minister of St. Andrew's Church in Scituate, and succeeded the Rev. Mr. Thompson, whose daughter he married. He died January 14, 1810, aged 75.
27. JOSEPH WHEELER was graduated in 1757, ordained at Harvard, December 12, 1759, and dismissed on account of ill health, July 28, 1768. He subsequently relinquished the pro- fession, and resided at Worcester, where he was representative, justice of the peace, and register of probate, from 1775 to his death, February 10, 1793, at the age of 58.
28. DANIEL BLISS, son of the Rev. Daniel Bliss, was born March 18, 1740, and graduated in 1760. He read law with Abel Willard, Esq., of Lancaster, and was admitted to the bar in Wor- cester county in May, 1765, and soon after commenced practice in Rutland. He removed to Concord in 1772. He married a daughter of Colonel Murray of Rutland, and, in imitation of his father-in-law, embraced principles opposed by the " sons of liber- ty." In March, 1775, he left Concord, and was afterwards com- missary in the British army at Quebec. He subsequently set- tled in Fredericktown, New Brunswick, where he was a counsel- lor at law, and afterwards chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas. He died in 1806, aged 66. His was the only estate in Concord confiscated by government. He was a man of great talents, popular manners, and energy of character.
29. JOSEPH LEE, son of Joseph Lee, was born May 12, 1742, and graduated in 1765. He was ordained at Royalston October 19, 1768, and died February 16, 1819, aged 77.
30. JOSEPH HUNT, youngest son of Deacon Simon Hunt, was born March 1, 1749, and graduated in 1770. He was a physi- cian at Dracut and Concord, and several years Secretary of the Massachusetts Medical Society. He died May 27, 1812, aged 63.
31. NATHAN BOND, son of Abijah Bond, was born March 31, 1752, and graduated in 1772. He was a merchant in Boston, and died there January 5, 1816, aged 64. His remains were in- terred, at his request, by the side of his mother in Concord.
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32. TILLY MERRICK, son of Tilly Merrick, was born January 29, 1752, graduated in 1773, and now resides in Concord, the oldest native living graduate.
33. THOMAS WHITING, grandson of the Rev. John Whiting by his son Thomas Whiting, Esq., was born October 3, 1748, and graduated in 1775. He taught the grammar-school in Concord several years, and was afterwards a merchant here. He died September 28, 1820, aged 72.
34. SAMUEL LEE, brother of the Rev. Joseph Lee, was born March 28, 1756, and graduated in 1776. During the revolution he was a merchant at Castine, and after the peace at Tracadache in Canada, and Ristigouche in New Brunswick on Bay Chaleur. He held various offices, civil and military, under the government of that province, and died March 3, 1805, aged 56, at Shediac, on his return from Halifax to Ristigouche.
35. PETER CLARK, son of Benjamin Clark, was graduated in 1777, was a lawyer in Southborough, and died in July, 1792, aged 36.
36. EBENEZER HUBBARD, son of Ebenezer Hubbard, was grad- uated in 1777, ordained at Marblehead, January 1, 1783, and died December 15, 1800, aged 43.
37. ABIEL HEYWOOD, son of Jonathan Heywood, was born December 9, 1759, and graduated in 1781. He studied physic with Dr. Spring of Watertown, and commenced practice in Con- cord in 1790. In 1796 he was chosen town clerk and first se- lectman, and has since been reëlected. He was appointed jus- tice of the peace October 24, 1797, special judge of the Court of Common Pleas February 25, 1802, and an associate justice of the Court of Sessions from 1802 to the organization of the County Commissioners' Court, and has also held other important offices.
38. TIMOTHY SWAN, son of Samuel Swan, was graduated in 1781, was a physician, and died at Washington, North Carolina.
39. EZRA CONANT, son of Ezra Conant, was born September 18, 1763, graduated in 1784, ordained at Winchester, New Hamp- shire, February 19, 1788, and dismissed October 13, 1S06.
40. SILAS LEE, brother to Joseph and Samuel before men- tioned, was born July 3, 1760, and graduated in 1784. He set- tled as an attorney at Pownalborough, now Wiscasset, Maine, and in 1800 and 1801 represented the district of Lincoln and Ken- 32
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nebec in the 6th Congress of the United States. In January, 1802, he was appointed United States Attorney for Maine, and in 1807, Judge of Probate for the county of Lincoln, and held these offices till his death, March 1, 1814, aged 54.
41. JOHN MERRICK, brother of Tilly Merrick, was born Feb- ruary 7, 1761, and graduated in 1784. He read law and prac- tised in Concord, where he died. The following epitaph, at his request, was inscribed on his grave-stone.
" John Merrick died 15 August, 1797, aged 36, and here, here he lies ! "
42. WILLIAM EMERSON, only son of the Rev. William Emer- son, was born May 6, 1769, and graduated in 1789. He was ordained at Harvard May 23, 1792, but was dismissed on being called to a greater field of usefulness, and was installed over the . First church in Boston October 16, 1799, where he obtained a distinguished reputation for talents, literary acquirements, and pie- ty. He died May 11, 1811, aged 42. His History of his Church, a posthumous publication, and the Massachusetts Historical Col- lections, Vol. I. p. 256, (Second Series) contain full notices of his character, to which the reader is referred. Four of his sons, William, Ralph Waldo, Edward Bliss, and Charles Chauncy, were graduated at Harvard College with distinguished rank.
43. WILLIAM JONES, only son of Samuel Jones, was born Sep- tember 15, 1772, and graduated in 1793. He read law with Jonathan Fay, Esq., and commenced practice in this town, but removed to Norridgewock, Maine, about 1801. He was appoint- ed, June 29, 1809, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Somerset, and on the 23d of April, 1812, clerk of all the courts in that county, and June 22, 1809, Judge of Pro- bate. While resident in Concord he delivered an oration on the 4th of July, 1795, which was published. May 12th of that year he was appointed Captain of a company of cavalry, and April 17, 1799, Major in the 15th regiment of the United States' army stationed at Oxford. On the 27th of March, 1806, after his removal to Maine, he received a commission of Lieutenant- Colonel, and February 21, 1810, of Brigadier-General, in the militia of that state. He died at Norridgewock January 10, 1813, aged 40. His remains were removed, and interred in Concord.
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44. JAMES TEMPLE, son of Benjamin Temple, was born Sep- tember 20, 1766, and graduated at Dartmouth College in 1794. He taught the grammar-school in Concord in 1795 and 1796, and read law with Jonathan Fay, Esq. He commenced pro- fessional business in Cambridge, but died March 10, 1802, aged 35.
45. SAMUEL PHILLIPS PRESCOTT FAY, son of Jonathan Fay, Esq., was born January 10, 1778, graduated in 1798, was admitted to the bar in 1803, and settled at Cambridge Port. He was ap- pointed Judge of Probate May 1, 1821, and has since filled the office with distinguished ability.
46. RUFUS HOSMER, son of the Hon. Joseph Hosmer, was born March 18, 1778, and graduated in 1800. He was admitted to the bar in Essex in 1803, and soon after removed to Stow, where he has since resided as a counsellor at law.
47. STEPHEN MINOTT, son of Captain Jonas Minott, was born September 28, 1776, graduated in 1801, and settled as a lawyer in Haverhill. He was appointed a judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, and held the office till 1820, when the law which created that Court was repealed. In 1824 he was appointed County Attorney for Essex, which office he resigned in 1830.
48. SAMUEL RIPLEY, son of the Rev. Ezra Ripley, D. D., was born March 11, 1783, graduated in 1804, and was ordained over the first religious society in Waltham November 22, 1809, where he still resides.
49. DANIEL BLISS RIPLEY, brother of the preceding, was graduated in 1805. He was an attorney, and died at St. Stephens, Alabama, April 30, 1825, aged 37.
50. BENJAMIN WARREN HILDRETH, son of Jonathan Hildreth, was born March 29, 1784, graduated in 1805, and settled as a physician in Marlborough.
51. JOHN WHITE, son of Deacon John White, was born De- cember 2, 1787, graduated in 1805, and was ordained over the third parish in Dedham April 20, 1814.
52. JONAS WHEELER, son of Jotham Wheeler, was born Feb- ruary 9, 1789, and graduated in 1810. He read law with Eras- tus Root, Esq., of Camden, Maine, and settled in the profession in that town. He was justice of the peace, Colonel in the mi- litia, delegate to form the constitution, a representative and a member of the Senate of Maine, of which he was President the two last years of his life. He died May 1, 1826, aged 37.
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53. JOHN BARRETT, son of John Barrett, Jr., was born Sep- tember 30, 1781, and graduated at Williams College in 1810. After obtaining a theological education he was employed by the Evangelical Society, and went to Ohio. He was ordained at Mesopotamia, Trumbull county, Ohio, February 22, 1827.
54. JOSHUA BARRETT, brother to the preceding, was gradu- ated at Dartmouth College in 1810. He studied divinity, and was employed as a preacher and missionary till he was ordained, January 11, 1826, over the Second church in Plymouth near the Manomet Ponds.
55. JOHN BROWN, son of Samuel Brown, was graduated in 1813. He studied physic, but relinquished the profession, and is now a merchant near Buffalo, New York.
56. EPHRAIM BUTTRICK, son of Samuel Buttrick, was gradu- ated in 1819, admitted to the bar in September, 1823, and settled at East Cambridge.
57. BENJAMIN BARRETT, son of Peter Barrett, was born Feb- ruary 2, 1796, graduated in 1819 and at the Cambridge Medical School in course, and settled in Northampton.
58. CHARLES JARVIS, son of Deacon Francis Jarvis, was born November 27, 1800, and graduated in 1821. He studied medi- cine with Doctors Hurd and Bartlett of Concord, and Shattuck of Boston, and received his medical degree in 1825. He set- tled in South Bridgwater, where he soon obtained a respectable practice. But in the following July he was attacked with a fatal disease, removed to his father's house, and died February 23, 1826, aged 25.
59. JOHN MILTON CHENEY, son of Hezekiah Cheney, was graduated in 1821. He settled as a lawyer in Concord, and was appointed Cashier of the Concord Bank in April, 1832.
60. GEORGE WASHINGTON HOSMER, son of Cyrus Hosmer, was graduated in 1826, and at the Cambridge Theological School in 1829. He was ordained at Northfield June 9, 1830.
61. EDWARD JARVIS, son of Deacon Francis Jarvis, was graduated in 1826. He studied physic and practised at North- field, but removed to Concord in 1832.
62. REUBEN BATES, son of Captain John Bates, was born March 20, 1808, graduated in 1829, and at the Theological School in 1832.
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63. JONATHAN THOMAS DAVIS, son of Jonathan H. Davis, was graduated in 1829.
64. HORATIO COOK MERRIAM, was graduated in 1829, and is now in the practice of law at Lowell.
65. WILLIAM MACKAY PRICHARD, son of Moses Prichard, was graduated in 1833.
66. WILLIAM WHITING, son of Colonel William Whiting, was graduated in 1833.
Undergraduates. - George Moore, son of Captain Abel Moore ; Hiram Barrett Dennis, son of Samuel Dennis ; Ebenezer Rock- wood Hoar, son of the Hon. Samuel Hoar, members of Harvard University ; Marshall Merriam, and Gardner Davis, son of Josiah Davis, of Yale, and Josiah Dudley, of Union College, New York.
JOHN CUMING, was born March 1, 1728. His father, Mr. Robert Cuming, was a distinguished Scotchman who emigrated to this country during the rebellion, about 1715, and, after re- siding a short time in Boston, removed to this town about 1722, where he spent the remainder of his life in agricultural pursuits. John inherited a large part of his father's estate. After acquiring a good academical education, and going through a regular course of medical studies, he embarked for Europe, where he com- pleted his professional education, and afterwards returned to his native town. He received the honorary degree of Master of Arts at Harvard College in 1749. During the wars which pre- vailed in America from 1745 to 1763, he was several times called to take an active part. In one of these engagements he was wounded by a ball that lodged in his hip (where it re- mained till his death), captured by the Indians, and carried into Canada. The Indians at first treated him with severity ; but after his remaining with them some time they became friendly, and by the influence of a French gentleman he obtained his lib- erty. He was out in 1758 and 1759, as Lieutenant-Colonel under Colonel Nichols, and was distinguished for the ability with which he discharged his duty. After the close of the war he acquired an extensive professional practice, in which he continued during life. He was early entrusted with important town affairs, and was often chosen representative in the General Court. At ninety of the town-meetings, from 1763 to 1788, he presided
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as moderator. When the great work of the American revolution commenced, he was one of its firmest advocates. He was chair- man of the committee of correspondence, inspection, and safety, almost every year during the war. He received the commission of justice of the peace from the crown, and was one of the first appointed by the Provincial Congress, and was president of the county Court of Sessions about twenty years. By his extensive professional business in this and the neighbouring towns, he ac- quired a considerable estate which enabled him to make liberal donations to this church and town, Harvard College, and other objects. To the poor he was remarkably benevolent. He regu- lated his whole life by the precepts of religion, of which he was an exemplary professor about forty-five years, and, it is said, never charged for professional services rendered on the Sabbath. He died suddenly, while on a visit in Chelmsford, July 3, 1788, aged 60.
His benevolent and liberal disposition was manifest in the ju- dicious disposition of his estate. Beside many other legacies, he bequeathed " for the use of the town of Concord three hundred pounds sterling, one moiety thereof to be equally distributed for the benefit of the private schools in the town of Concord, and to be especially under the direction of the selectmen for the time being ; the other moiety thereof to be annually disposed of among the poor of said town, at the discretion of the minister and selectmen of the town of Concord for the time being, - the use of the above sum of money to be for the above purposes and for no other under any pretence whatever." He also made it the residuary legatee of one quarter of his real estate undisposed of at the death of his wife. The whole amounted to £500 lawful money, or $1,666-66. He gave " to the church in Concord fifty pounds sterling, to be laid out in silver vessels to furnish the communion-table " ; and also " twenty-five pounds sterling, to be for ever kept as a fund " to be disposed of by the minister and deacons for the benefit " of the poor communicants " ; and also £20 to the Rev. Dr. Ripley. He bequeathed " to the University in Cambridge three hundred pounds sterling, the income of the same to be appropriated for a professor of physic," and also made it a residuary legatee in the same manner as he did the town of Concord.
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