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Elizabeth Pickman,
Betsey Butman.
Dorcas C. Hiller,
Sarah Needham,
Margaret Hiller,
Sally Field,
1807 to 1809.
Ichabod Tucker,
Rachel Cushing,
Abigail Breed,
Rebecca M. Dow,
1795.
Edward Brown,
Mehitable Ward,
Mary Andrews,
John Dabney,
Joseph Sprague,
Lydia Bryant,
Bartholomew Putnam,
Lucia Swett, Polly Boutman,
John Fairfield, Jun., Martha Fairfield,
Benjamin R. Nichols,
Elizabeth Andrews.
1798.
Sally Archer, Joseph Osgood, Jun., Polly Osgood, Mary Pickman, John Sabin, Nathaniel Foster, Lydia Nichols, William Ward, Nabby Perkins.
1803 to 1807.
Daniel Clarke,
Mary Clarke, John D. Treadwell, Dorothy Treadwell, Abigail Brewer, Lydia R. Pierce, Lydia Peele, Sally Phippen, Ichabod Nichols, 3d, Frances Ashton, Margaret Gerrish,
1809. Martha H. Tucker, Sarah Marston, Ruth Gray,
Eliza G. Dabney,
Frances Swett,
Sarah Grant, Gideon Tucker.
1810 to 1813. Oliver Parsons, Rachel Forrester, Benjamin Peirce,
Mary West,
Sarah Whittredge,
Sarah Bacon, Charles Cleveland,
Mercy Berry.
Abigail Very, Peggy Sprague, Susanna Ashton,
Polly Fuller, Lydia Dodge,
Fanny Cabot,
Mary Ashton,
Lucy Cabot,
Mary Henderson, Mary Foster, Peggy Millet.
1796 to 1798.
Eliza Holman, Eliza Peabody, William Phippen, Anna Phippen, Rebecca T. Osgood, Samuel Putnam, Sarah Putnam.
Peggy Symonds,
Sukey Grafton, Hannah Seccomb, Benjamin Fisk, Lydia Fisk,
Sarah Swett,
Martha Wheatland, Mehitable Purbeck, Sally Nichols.
Nathaniel Knight,
Polly Goldthwait,
Mercy Walker,
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Hitty Osgood, Sarah C. Bronsdon, Sally Newhall, Robert Procter, Lydia Procter, Dudley L. Pickman, Catharine Pickman, Joseph Peabody, Elizabeth Peabody, Robert F. Cloutman, Mary Ann Cloutman, Nancy Davis Gay, E. Orne Tucker, Susanna Tucker, William Gibbs, Mercy Gibbs, Mary Shreve.
1813 to 1815.
Jonathan P. Saunders,
Elizabeth Cole,
Mary Adams Saunders, Hannah Putnam,
Abigail Buffinton,
Charlotte S. Forrester, Rebecca Phippen, Jonathan P. Dabney,
Mary Nichols, Henry Peirce,
David Nichols.
1815.
John Emery Abbot, Robert Emery, Margaret G. Emery, Rebecca Sutton,
Sarah Beckford, Sarah Ashton, Anna Ashton,
Leverett Saltonstall,
Mary Eliz. Saltonstall, Thomas Cole, Hannah Lucas Cole, Abiel Chandler,
Elizabeth Endicott, Anna Dodge, Caroline Plummer.
L. Rawlins Pickman, C. Gayton Pickman.
1816.
Abigail Frye, Elizabeth Phillips, Nancy F. Barstow, Charlotte Saunders, Lydia Sanderson, Sarah Roberts, Eliza Sanderson, Thomas Pickman, Sophia Pickman, Nathaniel Peabody,
Elizabeth Peabody.
1817. George Nichols, Sarah H. Ropes,
Louisa Putnam, Elizabeth D. Pickman, Maria Rea, Sarah Holman, Abigail Webber,
Mary Cook,
Abigail Spencer.
1819.
Francis Gerrish.
1820. Martha Pickman, John Brazer.
1821.
Mehitable M'Intire, Amos Clark,
Pamela Clark,
Betsy W. Dodge, Sarah Moses,
Martha Gale, Elizabeth Cushing, Elizabeth Hathorne,
Nancy Andrews, Samuel Gerrish, Rachel Barton,
Margaret O. Endicott, Ruth Henderson, Margaret Oliver, Abby Oliver, Anne W. Brazer, Alice Punchard,
Frederick Howes, Elizabeth Howes, Lydia Snelling.
1822. Eliza Amelia White, Sally Bulson,
Martha Gavett, Lydia Richardson, Mehitable Neal, Hannah Endicott, Hannah L. Burchmore, Nancy W. Bell.
1823. Sarah Chandler, Sally Chandler,
Elizabeth Burnham,
Sarah P. Nichols,
Elizabeth Kimball, Mary T. Peabody,
Lydia R. Nichols, Eliza H. Bott,
Sally G. Procter,
Lydia R. Treadwell, Gideon Barstow, Mary B. Osgood, Elizabeth Churchill, Jane Shillaber, Catharine Kimball.
1824. Ruth Driver, Lydia Ward, Rebecca Frye, Lydia Cheever,
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Archelaus Rea, Susan Potter, Mary Jane Page,
Martha Peabody,
Eliza. W. Brookhouse, Andrew Bowers, Catharine Hathorne, Joseph Goss,
Harriet Endicott,
Eliza H. Mansfield, Harriet Mansfield, Elizabeth Frye, Fanny Bowers, Susannah Hathorne, Sally Knight, Mary Knight.
1825.
Benjamin Shillaber, Joanna Payson, Lydia Gavett, Mary Beckford, Hannah Symonds,
Mary J. Andrews, Susan Buffum, Lucy G. Ives, Augustus Choate, Elizabeth West, Mary Jane Scobie, Sarah Buffum, Lydia Scobie, E. A. Holyoke, Jun.,
1826. Elizabeth West, Abigail P. West, Elijah Fuller, Daniel Bray, Jun., Mary Bray, Lucy C. Putnam, Priscilla Archer, Elizabeth Pearson, Eliza Endicott, Maria Osgood, Sally Webb,
Susan H. King, Eliza Felt,
Francis Ames Bowers,
Frances P. Bowers,
Ann M. B. Gale.
Sarah A Shillaber, Sarah G. Putnam,
Margaret P. Dabney,
Mary L. Cloutman, Susan W. Osgood.
1827.
Charles Hoffman,
Anstiss D. Rogers,
Richard Wheatland,
Sophia Peabody,
Anne Savage,
Isabel Page,
Nancy Chamberlain,
Mary Goldthwaite,
Sarah Ormond,
Mary Crawford Wells, Catherine Brown,
Eliza Chadwick Bridges, Judith Dean,
Elizabeth Perkins.
Martha B. Jelly,
Lydia Owen, Sarah Pearson.
1828.
Mary Wells,
Mercy Roche,
Allen Putnam, Jr.,
Sarah Osgood,
Lydia Maria Buxton,
Mary Anne Putnam.
1829.
Mary Page,
Harriet F. Peabody, Clarissa Peabody, Elizabeth Joplin, David Cummins, M. F. Cummins, Lydia Whipple, Martha T. Luscomb, Amelia M. Payson,
Charles M. Endicott, Sarah R. Endicott.
1830.
Caleb Foote, Joseph Felt,
1831.
Lydia L. Cloutman,
Elizabeth C. Cook,
E. H. Payson, Margaret Savage.
1832.
Rebecca Farnham,
Susan L. Whittredge,
Mary Chandler,
Elizabeth Dodge,
Elizabeth Cummings,
1833. Mary F. Nichols,
Martha B. Webster,
Frances G. Ashton,
Elizabeth Carlton, Margaret Sprague, Elizabeth Page,
Hannah Herrick.
1834.
Helen Ruee, Elizabeth Redding, Elizabeth Wheatland,
Sally Frye, Charlotte Ingalls.
1835.
Harriet S. Dodge, E. T. Brookhouse, Sarah King, Mary Ann B. Ward, Laura W. Sprague,
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Hannah P. Frye, Ruth S. S. Bott, Clarissa Balch,
Ann Bowden Freeman, 1836.
Ichabod Nichols.
Sophia Jane Burnham, Jane Lakeman.
OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH.
From quite an early period the New England churches were accustomed to have an order of officers, intermediate in authority and dignity, between the ministers and deacons, called Ruling Elders. They assisted the ministers in their pastoral duties, and were naturally their chief advisers among the laity. The North Church followed the custom of the Mother Church, and at its organization chose two Ruling Eiders, the usual number. The last election of a member to this office was in 1826. The fol- lowing persons were successively chosen Ruling Elders.
John Nutting, chosen Aug. 20, 1772, died May 20, 1790.
Joshua Ward,
Dec. 29, 1779.
Edward A. Holyoke,
Jan. 12, 1873, Mch. 31, 1829.
Samuel Holman,
Nov. 10, 1793, Nov. 24, 1825.
Jacob Ashton,
Feb. 7, 1826, Dec. 28, 1829.
The following persons were successively chosen to fill the office of Deacon in the church.
James Gould, chosen Aug. 20, 1772, dismissed Jan. 5, 1783 .*
Samuel Holman,
66 died Nov. 24, 1825.t
Jacob Sanderson,
Jan. 31, 1785, 66 Feb. 12, 1810.
Feb. 16, 1825. Elijah Sanderson, Dec. 22, 1814, 6 66 June 10, 1844.
Edward Brown,
Thomas Cole, Sept. 1, 1825, 66 June 24, 1852.
Edward A. Holyoke,
Mch. 28, 1848,
Dec. 19, 1855 .;
Daniel Bray,
66 Feb. 24, 1850.
In late years those who have acted as deacons have declined the office and title, but have consented temporarily to fulfil its duties. Edward H. Payson and Caleb Foote have thus served the church most acceptably for many years.
At his own request.
t For thirty-two years Samuel Holman held the offices, both, of Ruling Elder and Deacon.
# In Syracuse, New York.
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William Browne was chosen the first "Scribe " or clerk of the church, Aug. 3, 1772, and performed the duties of the office till the settlement of Mr. Barnard.
Rev. Mr. Barnard acted as clerk during his ministry ; and after his death, Ichabod Tucker, Esq., was chosen clerk, Oct. 31, 1814, and held the office till 1840 or later.
Charles M. Endicott was chosen clerk Oct. 1, 1842, and con- tinued in the office till 1856 or later, there being no record of his resignation.
Henry M. Brooks was chosen clerk May 4, 1862, and still holds the office.
MINISTER'S LIBRARY.
The Rev. Mr. Abbot, shortly before his death, placed in the hands of his father the following memorandum :
"I wish to leave all the books which are marked in my Cata- logue, to the North Society for the use of their Pastor for the time being. In this way I hope that when I shall speak to my beloved people no more, I may still, in a remote manner, be doing good to them and to their children."
The books thus given for the use of the minister numbered one hundred and sixty- eight volumes, many of them of high cost, and at the time standard works. Some of them have a less relative value now, having been superseded by later biblical studies and an ever-advancing learning.
The principle upon which the selection was made was evi- dently that the collection should contain for his successors' use the choicest books of his library. Subsequently, considerable additions were made to this library, principally by purchase, during the ministry of Dr. Brazer. For many years additions have nearly ceased.
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
The Sunday School was organized in June, 1828. It was the earliest formed of the Sunday Schools connected with the Unita- rian churches of the town, though such schools were already com- mon in churches of other denominations. It was not at first looked upon with favor by a large part of the society. Indeed the opposition to it was such that some would not allow their pews to be used by Sunday School classes. It began with thirty scholars. For three years its expenses (chiefly the cost of books) were borne by Mr. Leverett Saltonstall, the superintendent, Mr. Francis Choate, his assistant, and acting superintendent in the periods of his absence, and Rev. Dr. Brazer; Mr. Saltonstall contributed one hundred dollars, Mr. Choate more than fifty dol- lars, and Dr. Brazer a smaller sum. A subscription taken after- wards to reimburse these expenses amounted to seven dollars ! So great was Mr. Saltonstall's interest, and so devoted his service, that during one of his summer recesses spent, at Haverhill, he was accustomed to ride down to Salem in his gig, a distance of about twenty miles to attend the Sunday services of the church, and to discharge his duties as superintendent of the Sunday School. He continued to fill this office for eleven years, and brought the school to a high prosperity as to numbers, interest and usefulness. He may be said, in fact, to have been its founder, since the conclu- sion of the pastor, and such as he consulted before entering on the enterprise, was that, in view of the discouragements and preju- dices which beset it, if Mr. Saltonstall would consent to become the superintendent, the experiment might be expected to succeed, otherwise not.
Singing was not introduced into its exercises till 1829.
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The following gentlemen, so far as can now be ascertained, have been superintendents of the school.
1. Leverett Saltonstall, 1828 to 1838.
2. Francis Choate,* assistant superintendent from 1828 to 1838.
3. Thomas Barnard West, from Dec., 1838, to May, 1840.
4. Thomas Cole, from 1840 to 1842.
5. Edward A. Holyoke, from Oct. 1842 to 1844, and probably longer.
6. George Wheatland, from 1847 (?) to 1849. (?)
7. George B. Loring, from 1852 to 1854.
8. O. B. Frothingham,
11. Solomon Lincoln, Jr.
9. Andrew B. Almon, 12. John R. Lakeman,
10. William F. Nichols, 13. E B. Willson.
EXTRACTS FROM THE RECORDS, AND NOTES.
1772, Dec. 14. "Publick Thanksgiving, December 3. Contributed £16-5-4. L. M. T."
1773, Jan. 11. Voted, " That the church recommend to Mr. Barnard to have a monthly lecture, if it is agreeable to the proprietors and they will attend."
1773, Feb. 26. Voted, unanimously, " That members be admitted to our communion for the future by signing personally, in presence of the min- ister or one of the elders, the covenant which the church first entered into, instead of having it propounded to them publickly."
1773, May 25. Voted, "That there should be public catechising in the meeting house."
1773, May 25. Voted, " That there should be a monthly lecture on the Wednesday preceding the sacrament to begin at three in the afternoon through the summer months, and at two through the winter.
1793, Nov. 10. The church voted unanimously that the minister might administer the ordinance of baptism in private houses on "application from adults, or from parents entitled to baptism according to the votes of this church, in behalf of their children," "not less than two brethren of the church," beside the minister, being present; the church "being of the opinion that neither the precepts of the gospel, nor the practice of the apostles are repugnant to such a mode of administration." Nevertheless this church "recommend when health will permit that the administration
* Mr. C. was associated with Mr. Saltonstall, in the superintendency, during this time, and to him the school was indebted for many years of generous and devoted service.
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of this ordinance be performed in the usual publick manner agreeable to the laudable practice of the churches in New England."
1807, Sept. 15. The usage having been, when the church sent its pastor and delegates abroad as its representatives in ordaining councils, or other- wise, that the expense was borne by the delegate, or delegates accom- panying the pastor, the church voted that henceforth such expenses should be paid from the funds of the church.
1815, Feb. 5. Voted, "That the morning service in future begin with singing instead of the short prayer."
1815, June 2. Voted, "That the Covenant be now altered by striking out of the first section the words, Father, Son and Holy Ghost."
1818, Dec. 15. Voted, " That in future the Lord's Supper be celebrated in this church on the last sabbath in each month."
1824, Jan. 20. It was voted that half the income of the church, and half of the monthly contributions (after the cost of maintaining the com- munion table) should be committed to the pastor to be distributed among the poor of the church, and the other half reserved by the deacons for contingent expenses.
1824, Dec. 8. It is recorded that Dr. Edward A. Holyoke and Samuel Holman, "elders of the church" were "the only male members of the church living, who were members of the First Church in 1772, when, with others, they were dismissed from the First Church, and formed the North Church."
1830, Jan. 12. In closing the record of an invitation to send delegates to an ordination, the clerk, Ichabod Tucker, Esq., appends the following : " Memo. Why are not communications like the foregoing made to the society as well as to the church ?"
1846, Dec. 26. A " committee of charity " was appointed to distribute the charities of the church (" as the office of deacon is now vacant "), and to officiate until such time as the church shall elect suitable persons to fill said office of deacons."
1847, July 4. " It was voted unanimously on motion of Mr. Frederic Howes, that the pastor be requested to offer to the society on communion Sundays the following invitation : All present who are desirous of a closer communion with Christ are invited to remain, and join with the church in celebrating the Lord's Supper."
1848, Mch. 28. A proposal to change the time of communion to the after- noon, and to have the observance less frequent, though presented and favored by the pastor, was not approved by a majority of the church.
MINISTERS,
MEETING HOUSES, AND
BRIEF NOTICES
OF
Proprietors of the First House.
BY
HENRY WHEATLAND.
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MINISTERS.
Thomas Barnard, D.D., ordained Jan. 13, 1773; died Oct. 1, 1814. John Emery Abbot, ordained April 20, 1815; died Oct. 7, 1819. John Brazer, D.D., ordained Nov. 14, 1820; died Feb. 26, 1846. Octavius Brooks Frothingham, ordained March. 10, 1847 ; resigned April 9, 1855.
Charles Lowe, installed Sept. 27, 1855; resigned July 28, 1857. Edmund Burke Willson, installed June 5, 1859.
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REV. THOMAS BARNARD, JR.
THOMAS BARNARD, JR., was born in Newbury, Feb. 5, 1748 ; graduated from Harvard College in 1766 ; studied theology with Dr. Williams of Bradford, afterwards professor in Harvard Col- lege. In 1794 he received the title of D.D., from the Universities of Edinburgh and Providence. His father, an uncle, a grand- father, and great-grandfather, had all been preachers. Francis Bar- nard, his first American ancestor, settled in Hadley. Francis had a son Thomas, settled in the ministry at Andover. The last named had a son John, who succeeded him in his parish. This John had two sons, one of whom, Edward, settled over a Society in Ha- verhill, and the other, Thomas, over a Society in Newbury, and afterwards over the First Church in Salem. Thomas, Jr., of the North Church was his son. The father, Thomas, Sr., was reported an Arminian, or, perhaps a Semi-Arian of Dr. Clarke's school. He left Newbury on account of opposition from the friends of Whitfield ; studied and practised law after his dismission ; but afterwards returned to the ministry and was settled at Salem, Sept. 18, 1755. He died Aug. 15, 1776. He was "a man of superior talents and acquirements, and of excellent character :" much beloved by his society here, and " highly esteemed by the public," says Felt. "His manner of preaching was grave, slow and distinct," says Dr. Eliot. He "had not sufficient animation in his delivery, but his sermons were rational and judicious, calcu- lated for hearers of thoughtful minds." It was observed by men of good sense that his style was not the most perspicuous. Bishop
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Butler was his favorite author. Rev. Thomas Barnard, Jr., was married to Lois, second daughter of Samuel and Esther (Orne) Gardner, May 31, 1773. He died suddenly, Oct. 1, 1814. His children were Thomas, baptized April 24, 1774 ; Sally, baptized Aug. 12, 1775, married Robert Emery and died Sept. 25, 1809.
William Pickman, Henry Gibbs, Jacob Ashton, Benjamin Good- hue, all of Salem, were college classmates of Thomas Barnard, Jr., and after his settlement were his parishioners.
The following is believed to be a list, nearly, if not quite complete, of the published sermons and addresses of Rev. Dr. Barnard.
Sermon at the ordination of Rev. Aaron Bancroft in Worcester, Feb. 1, 1786. 8vo. Worcester. 1786.
Sermon before the Ancient and Honorable Artillery company, June 1, 1789. 8vo. Boston. 1789.
Sermon before the Convention of Ministers, May 30, 1793. 8vo. Bos- ton. 1793.
Discourse before the Massachusetts Humane Society, June 19, 1794. Svo. Boston. 1794.
Thanksgiving Sermon, Feb. 19, 1795. 8vo. Salem. 1795.
Dudleian Lecture Sermon at Harvard College, Sept. 3, 1795. 8vo Boston. 1795.
Fast Day Sermon, March 31, 1796. 8vo. Salem. 1796.
Thanksgiving Sermon, Dec. 15, 1790. 8vo. Salem. 1796.
Sermon on the death of Washington, Dec. 29, 1799. 8vo. Salem. 1799.
Right Hand of Fellowship at the ordination of Rev. S. Dana in Marble- head, Oct. 7, 1801.
Charge at the ordination of Rev. H. May in Marblehead, June 23, 1803.
Sermon before the Salem Female Charitable Society, July 6, 1803. 8vo. Salem. 1803.
Charge at the installation of J. S. Popkin in Newbury, Sept. 19, 1804.
Discourse before the Society for propagating the Gospel among the Indians, Nov. 6, 1806. 8vo. Charlestown. 1806.
Sermon at the ordination of Rev. Ichabod Nichols in Portland, June 7, 1809. 8vo. Portland. 1809.
Sermon before the Bible Society of Salem and vicinity, April 20, 1814. 8vo. Salem. 1814.
Sermon on the death of Rev. Dr. Payson, January 11, 1801.
Jours Even- g. E. Abbot
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REV. JOHN EMERY ABBOT.
REV. JOHN EMERY ABBOT, born at Exeter, New Hampshire, Aug. 6, 1793, graduated at Bowdoin College in 1810, with reputation. After leaving college he commenced his preparation for the inin- istry partly at the University in Cambridge and partly under the direction of Rev. W. E. Channing of Boston. He was ordained Pastor of the North Church April 20th, 1815 ; died at Exeter, Oct. 7, 1819, unmarried, after a long illness.
His father, Benjamin Abbot, LL.D., was born at Andover, Mass., Sept. 17, 1762 ; graduated at Harvard College, 1788, died at Ex- eter, New Hampshire, Oct. 25, 1849 ; was for more than fifty years the distinguished head of Phillips (Exeter) Academy, a position which his peculiar qualifications enabled him to fill with great success - son of Capt. John and Abigail (Abbot) Abbot of An- dover, Mass., who lived with his father, enterprising and indus- trious, and managed the ancestral farm well and profitably which had descended through a line of worthy ancestors, a grandson of Capt. John Abbot, a great-grandson of Deacon John Abbot, a great-great-grandson of John, and a great-great-great-grandson of George, the venerable progenitor and ancestor of a numerous progeny, who emigrated, as tradition reports, from Yorkshire, England, about 1640, and was among the first settlers of Andover.
His mother, Hannah Tracy Emery, was the only daughter of John and Margaret (Gookin) Emery, and died at Exeter, Dec. 6, 1793, aged 22, a granddaughter of Noah and Joanna (Perryman) Emery.
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A volume of his sermons, with a memoir of his life by Rev. Henry Ware, Jr., was printed at Boston in 1829 - a fitting tribute to his memory. His ministry, though short, is remembered as one of the bright spots in the annals of this church and society.
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REV. JOHN BRAZER, D.D.
REV. JOHN BRAZER, D.D., was born in Worcester, Mass., Sept. 21, 1789. His father, Samuel Brazer, a baker in Charlestown, was burnt out when the British destroyed the town in 1775, and after- wards went to Worcester and established his bakery in that place.
He received a common school education in his native town. Influenced by the express wish of his parents he entered a store in Boston. But his tastes led him to widely different pursuits, and in 1810 he entered Harvard College, where he graduated in 1813 with the highest honors of his class. In 1815 he was appointed tutor in Greek, 1817 to 1820 he was Professor in Latin, ordained at Salem, Nov. 14, 1820, and labored there in the ministry until his death. He married April 19, 1821, Annie Warren Sever, daughter of William and Sarah (Warren) Sever of Worcester. She died at Salem, Jan. 30, 1843, aged 54.
In 1836 he delivered the Dudleian Lecture at Harvard, and received the honorary degree of D.D. In January, 1846, declining health induced him to try the effect of a change of climate ; he went to Charleston, South Carolina, and died at the plantation of his true friend, Dr. Huger, on Cooper River, Feb. 26, 1846, and although in a land of strangers he received from them the kindest attention that a tender friendship, assisted by high medical skill, could give. Children :-
1st. Mary Chandler Brazer, born July 13, 1823; married John W. Draper and now resides in Cambridge.
2d. John Allen Brazer born Sept. 9, 1826.
3rd. William Sever Brazer * S
4th. Anne Warren Brazer, born June 10, 1829; married - Ellis.
5th. Edward Winslow, born Nov. 17, 1831 ; d. June 8, 1854, at Dorchester.
* W. S. graduated Harvard College, in 1846; died at West Point, 17th Aug., 1849.
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The following discourses and other publications of Dr. Brazer have been printed.
A Discourse before the Society for the Promotion of Christian Educa- tion in Harvard University, Aug. 28, 1825. 8vo. Boston. 1825.
Discourse at the interment of E. A. Holyoke, April 4, 1829. 8vo. Salem. 1829.
Sermon at the ordination of Rev. Jonathan Cole, in Kingston, Jan. 21, 1829. 8vo. Salem. 1829.
Power of Unitarianism over the Affections (Am. Unit. Association, Tracts, Ist. ser., No. 27). 1829.
Biographical Memoirs of Edward Augustus Holyoke (appended to a collection of his writings). 1830.
A Sermon on the value of the Public Services of our Religion (Liberal Preacher, N. S., vol. 1, No. 2). 1832.
The Efficacy of Prayer (in the Unitarian Advocate). 1832.
The Same. 12mo. Boston. 1832.
The Same, reprinted for the Am. Unitarian Association, Tracts, 1st ser., No. 88. 12mo. Boston. 1834.
A Discourse at the Installation of Rev. Andrew Bigelow, in Taunton, April 10, 1833. 8vo. Cambridge. 1833.
A Dudleian Lecture at Harvard College, May 13, 1835. 8vo. Cam- bridge. 1835.
Essay on the doctrine of Divine Influence on the Human Soul. 1835.
Address before the Seaman's Widow and Orphan Association, Dec. 25, 1835. 8vo. Salem. 1836.
Introduction to " A Good Life," by Thomas Wright. 16mo. Boston. 1836.
Sermon on the Anniversary of Ordination, Nov. 19, 1837. 8vo. Salem. 1837.
The Present Darkness of God's Providence. Svo. Boston. 1841.
Notice of a " Collection of Hymns for the Christian Church and Home," by the Rev. James Flint (in the Monthly Miscellany). 1843.
Discourse Aug. 20, 1843, on the death of Benjamin Pickman. 8vo. Salem. 1843.
A Discourse on the life and character of the late Leverett Saltonstall, May 18, 1845. 8vo. Salem. 1845.
A volume of Sermons published after his death : with a memoir by his son W. S. B. 12mo. Boston. 1849.
Besides Dr. Brazer was a frequent contributor to the North American Review and the Christian Examiner, and it has been thought that some of these articles displayed more culture, learning, and ability than any of his separate publications.
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REV. OCTAVIUS BROOKS FROTHINGHAM.
REV. OCTAVIUS BROOKS FROTHINGHAM, was born in Boston, Nov. 26, 1822. Prepared for college at the Latin School in Boston, and graduated at Harvard College, in the class of 1843. His father, was Rev. N. L. Frothingham, D.D., for many years the well known Pastor of the First Church in Boston, a poet and writer of great merit. Born at Boston, July 23, 1793 ; graduated at Harvard, 1811; died, April 3, 1870. His mother, Ann Gorham, was a daughter of Hon. Peter Chardon Brooks, one of the wealthiest of the sons of New England. Mr. Frothingham was ordained over the North Church, March 10, 1847, and continued in the ministry here till April 9, 1855, when he resigned his charge and accepted the pastorate of the First Unitarian Church in Jersey City, where he was installed Sept. 11, 1855. In 1860 he was installed over the New York (city) Third Unitarian Society. Married, March 23, 1847, in Boston, Caroline E. Curtis, daughter of Caleb Curtis, Esq., of Boston.
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