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2. WILLIAM TOMPSON. He is here mentioned because he received and accepted a call to be minister of the town,-although, for some unexplained reason, this was not followed by
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his settlement-and because he found a wife in Kingston. The earliest of the family in New England, was Rev. William Tompson, a native of Lancashire, England. Matriculated at Brazen nose C., Oxford, 1620; pastor First Church, Braintree, Mass., (now Quincy,) 1639-66. He was a minister eminent among his copemporaries. His son, Samuel, was deacon of the ยท same church, and father of Rev. Edward Tompson-grad. Harv. C., 1684; pastor at Marsh- field, Mass .; characterized in an elaborate epitaph in verse on a stone in a burial ground there as " A rare synopsis of divinity." He was father of the subject of this notice, who was b. Marshfield, Mass., 1797; grad. Harv. C. 1718; ordained at Scarboro', Me., June 26, 1728; was one of the ministers who sent in their attestations in 1743, to the assembled Pastors of New England, met at Boston, to give their testimony in favor of the great Revival. He welcomed Whitefield to his pulpit at the time of his second visit to America, 1745. He died Feb. 13, 1759. Of his sons, one was Hon. William Tompson, died 1807; another, Rev. John Tompson,- pastor at Standish, Me., also at S. Berwick, Me., where he died 1828, aged 88.
Mr. William Tomson's Answer to the Town of Kingston.
TO THE PEOPLE OF KINGSTON :- Christians-I chearfully resent your unanimous concur- rence in choosing me to take the charge of your souls in the weighty and solemn work of the ministry, and do withal as chearfully approve of the sense and meaning of the proposals you have made me in order to my taking up my abode amongst you, wherein you have exprest your care for the subsistence I shall need in so awful a Relation as Providence shall fix me in when my employ ment shall be to watch for your souls.
3. WARD CLARK. FIRST PASTOR OF THE CHURCH. Nathaniel Clark, a merchant of Newbury, m. Nov. 25, 1663, Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Somerby, one of the original grantees of the town. Their son, Rev. John Clark, Was b. at Newbury, June 24, 1670; grad. Harv. C. 1690; ordained at Exeter, Sept. 21, 1698; m. June 19, 1694, Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Benjamin Wood- bridge, and grand dau. of Rev. John Woodbridge, first minister of Andover, Mass .; died sud- denly July 25, 1705, aged 35.
Pike's Journal, noticing the event, speaks of him as a "good man, much wanted and much lamented." Of these parents Rev. Ward Clark was the youngest child, b. at Exeter, Dec. 12 1703. His mother, being left a widow, was m. to Rev. John Odlin, of Exeter. Mr. C. grad. Harv. C. 1723; m. Miss Mary Frost, Nov. 20, 1727.
4- JOSEPH SECCOMBE. SECOND SETTLED PASTOR. Most of the printed references to him which I have seen, make him a native of Medford, Mass., and brother instead of cousin of Rev. John Seccombe, son of Peter Seccombe. This is a mistake, started by some writer and adopted by others successively, including such standard authors as Allibone and Duy- chinck.
Richard Seccombe and Joanna his wife came from the West of England about 1660. They went first to Casco Bay, Me., and then settled in Lynn, Mass. One of their sons, John, lived in Boston, and m. Mehitable Simmons, Nov. 2, 1702. These were the parents of Joseph Sec- combe, b. in Boston, Mass., June 14, 1706. A portion of a dairy of Jeremiah Bumstead, "a staunch and active member of the Old South Church," Boston, has been preserved and pub- lished, (His. and Gen. Reg. 1861.) This shows that Mr. Seccombe went to Ipswich, Mass., to prepare for college with Rev. Mr. Wigglesworth, June 20, 1726. It appears also that Mr. B- Subscribed annually towards the expense of Mr. S.'s education. [His cousin John, though younger, grad. Harv. C. 1728, and was minister of Harvard, Mass,, 1733-57, and from about 1763 till his death, 1792, minister at Chester, Nova Scotia. He m, Mary, dau. of Rev. William Wil- liams, of Weston, Mass. He was famous in his day for his extraordinary wit and humor. He was a strong friend and promoter of the great Revival, while in Massachusetts, in opposi- tion to the prevailing sentiment of neighboring pastors.]
Mr. Seccombe was ordained in company with Stephen Parker and Ebenezer Hinsdell, at Boston, Dec. 12, 1733, Missionaries " chosen by the Commissioners to the Honorable Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge, at Edinburgh, to carry the Gospel to the Aboriginal
Rev. John W. of andover, m. a daw. of How. Thomas Dudley 1641. He was a grandson of Rev. John Woodbridge a dissecting minister of Stanton, Willshine, England,
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nations on the Borders of New England." No ordination of a minister as Evangelist had occurred before this in New England. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Joseph Sewall, D. D., and dedicated to the Society already mentioned by Benjamin Colman, pastor of Brattle Street Church, and Joseph Sewall, pastor of the Old South, the right hand of fellowship being given by Thomas Prince, junior pastor of the latter church.
The text was Acts 26 : 16-19. Subject-" Christ victorious over the Powers of Darkness by the Light of his Preached Gospel."
The missionaries were, in addition to giving religious instruction to the Indians, to " teach them writing and arithmetic, and to understand and speak the English language."
For three years or more before coming to Kingston, Mr. Seccombe was engaged in this work. Hem. Jan. 17, 1738, Mary Thuriel. A younger brother of his, Simmons,-one of the subscribers to Prince's chronology, b. May 17, 1711, m. Elizabeth Rand, Jan. 11, 1732, who settled in what was then called Derryfield,-had a son of the same name. This son lived with his uncle, Rev. J. Seccombe, in Kingston, and became his principal heir. He was an honored and beloved citizen, and filled the office of Town clerk thirty-one years, and was many years Justice of the Peace. He m. Mary Toppan, sister of Rev. Amos Toppan. Of the children, one was a son : Elizabeth, a daughter, was m. to Daniel Peaslee, who had a large family. But no descendants of 'Squire Seccombe with the surname Seccombe are now iiving.
The extant printed productions of Rev. Joseph Seccombe are as follows :- Discourses-
(1.) Plain and brief Rehearsal of the Operations of Christ as God, 1740.
(2.) Business and Diversion inoffensive to God, 1743.
(3.) The Ways of Pleasure and the Paths of Peace.
(4.) To the foregoing should be added another-noted as a literary curiosity, printed with- out the author's name-A Discourse uttered in part at Ammauskeag Falls, in the Fishing season, 1739. Upon a copy of this is Rev. Joseph Dunster's written mem. :- " The author of this discourse was the Rev. Joseph Secome, who was settled nct far from Merrymack river."
5. AMOS TOPPAN. THIRD SETTLED PASTOR. This surname is variously spelled The most common orthography at the present time is Tappan. The original spelling, it is said, was Topham. The most remote ancestor of the family in New England was Abraham Toppan who came from Yarmouth, Eng., to Newbury, Mass., 1637. Mr. Toppan was b. in Newbury, Feb. 7, 1736; grad. Harv. C. 1758. March 24, 1770, he m. Margaret, dau. of 'Squire Sanborn, of Kingston. Their dau. Mary died Feb. 16, 1792.
In the address as printed I have omitted a paragraph in which was incorrectly attributed to him the authorship of an ordination sermon published without date.
6. ELIHU THAYER, D. D. FOURTH SETTLED PASTOR. Richard Thayer of England, who d. 1695, in Braintree, Mass., was his earliest ancester in this country. [R. T. was also an ancester of the tenth settled pastor.] His parents were Nathaniel and Mary [Faxon] Thayer of Braintree, [where he was b. March 18, 1747. It was emphatically true of him that of a child he had known the Scriptures. At the age of nineteen he entered college one year in advance, but the application to study required for this seems to have been at the expense of permanent injury to his physical constitution. He graduated at the college of New Jersey, 1769. He studied theology with Rev. Mr. Weld, of Braintree, Mass. He was not in haste to settle as pastor, but preached in several places-nearly a year in New- buryport, for the church of which Rev. Dr. Spring was afterwards pastor. He had at once the most solid and engaging traits of character; a rare depth of judgment and discretion, and a kind and courteous manner wholly unaffected, which made him socially easy of access. Most interesting and improving was the conversation of a man of his fullness of knowledge and wisdom. Referring to this, Dea. Smith said to me-"You could not exhaust him." Among his mental characteristics were accuracy and thoroughness. He would be the last of all men to lift a finger for advancing his own promotion; but honors, so to speak, were forced upon him. In the year 1801 he was elected first President of the New Hampshire Missionary Society. In 1807 he received the degree of S. T. D. from Dartmouth College. The same year
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the General Association of New Hampshire considered the matter of establishing a bi-month- ly periodical called the Religious Repository, and appointed Dr. Thayer, chairman of a board of editors.
He fitted a number of students for college, and sometimes received into his family young men who pursued under his instruction classical studies away from the colleges of which they were members. Students in theology were also instructed by him.
Dr. Thayer was often invited to take part in ecclesiastical councils, where his advice in cases of difficulty was esteemed of the highest value.
The volume of his sermons published after his death was a valuable work, but did not in- clude, as I have been informed, some of his best discourses. The bulk of his manuscripts, it is said, were in the care of a gentleman who became insane, by which means they were un- fortunately lost.
Among discourses, delivered on public occasions, which were printed during his life-time, were, 1790-Ordination of Peter Sanborn, (K 9). 1795-Discourse, with Eulogy, at the grave on the death of his neighbor and friend, Josiah Bartlett, M. D. (K. 1). 1801-Discourse at For- mation of New Hampshire Missionary Society-&c.
Dr. Thayer wrote at the request of the N. H. M. Society, 1807, a small work entitled-" A Summary of Christian Doctrines and Duties."
Dr. Thayer m. Dec. 28, 1780, Hannah, dau. of Col. John Calef, (E. 16). They had six sons and five daughters, of whom the youngest son only, Calvin Thayer Esq., is now living. Mrs. Thayer died March 26, 1841, aged 81 years.
7. HERVEY WILBUR. His labors here, as has been stated, were before he became an or- dained minister. He was born in Worthington, Mass., 1785. Received honorary degree of A. M. from Dart. C. 1812. He was six years pastor of a church in Wendell, Mass., being dis missed in 1823. His published works are- (a) married Con Jopfor .
(1.) New Testament with Key-stereotyped in 1823.
(2.) Bible-class Text-book. Of these there were some twenty editions.
(3.) Reference Bible-Boston, 1828. This had a very large sale.
(4.) Reference Testament for Bible-classes. London, 1831.
(5.) Elements of Astronomy. New Haven, 1829.
He was the author of several other works. A number of his discourses were printed. He was also well known to the New England public as Lecturer on Astronomy, &c. He died at Newburyport, Mass., Jan. 1852. FF
8. JOHN TURNER. FIFTH SETTLED PASTOR. Youngest son of Col. Seth and Rebecca [Vinton] Turner, b. Randolph, Mass., (then New South Precinct of Braintree,) Nov. 4, 1768; m. Sept. 30, 1792, Lucy, a dau. of Paul Dudley Sargent, b. Sept. 27, 1773; Grad. Brown U. 1788. Studied divinity with Rev. Ephraim Judson of Taunton, Mass. ; ordained at Alfred, Me., Sept. 9, 1791 ; pastor Second Church, Biddeford, Me., 1805-1817; obliged to leave because his preach- ing was too orthodox to suit Judge Thatcher and other leading men in the Society. From Kingston he went to Boston, Mass., and lived there about ten years, of which he was city mis- sionary two years. He also preached at Lynnfield, Orleans and Canton, Mass., &c. Rev. John A. Vinton (in Vinton Memorial) says of him that he was " a very companionable guest; strictly orthodox in his sentiments; in good spirits, having a fund of anecdote and an easy flow of conversation." He died at Dorchester, Mass., Sept. 29, 1839. Mrs. T. died Feb. 13, 1853. They had two sons and seven daughters. Only the youngest, Catharine Winthrop, was born in Kingston. She died at the age of twenty. The eldest, Lucy Sargent, b. June 28, 1795, was m. to David Hale, Esq., Aug. 22, 1825, whose father was Rev. David Hale of Lisbon, Conn. Mr. H. in his connection with the New York Journal of Commerce, " proved himself to be one of the ablest editors on this continent." He was the leading founder of the Broadway Taber- nacle Church, New York City. He d. 1849. The second dau. Mary Sophia, b. Aug. 30, 1797, was m. Oct. 14, 1829, to Rev. Joseph Searle of Stoneham, Mass., who grad. Dart. C 1815, and d. 1841.
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9. ORA PEARSON. SIXTH SETTLED PASTOR. Mr- Pearson was b. in Chittendon, Vt., Oct. 6, 1797; grad. Middlebury C. 1820; Andover 1824. Licensed to preach by the Haverhill Association July 20, 1824, or more than two years and a half before he received ordination; m. Mary, dau. of Hon. John Kimball of Barton. Vt., June 15, 1827. After his dismissal from K., he preached in Canada. He was pastor of churches in Barton and Glover, Vt., nearly five years, 1840-44, when a serious affection of the eye made it necessary for him to relinquish this eharge, but he labored afterwards as colporteur for the American Tract Society five or six years. The latter years of his life he lived at Peacham, Vt., being in infirm health and almost totally blind. In this period and remarkably in his last sickness, he furnished a bright exam- ple of the sustaining power of the religion of the gospel. He d. July 5, 1858. His oldest son, Thomas Scott, a native of K. grad. Middlebury C., a young man of much character and prom- ise, d. 1856.
10. ANDREW GOVAN. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, March 5, 1794; grad. Glasgow U. 1821; ordained at Barnet, Vt., Oct. 22, 1829; pastor in Lancaster, N. H., nearly three years, 1832-35. After leaving Kingston he went to Rowe, Mass. For the last thirty years he has lived in Brandon, Michigan. His son, William Govan M. D., grad. Dart. C. 1839.
* Died at Brandon, Mich,, WOv. 10, 1876,
11. JOSIAH LEONARD CASE. SEVENTH SETTLED PASTOR. Born in Johnston, N. Y., March 5, 1808; grad. Union C. 1836; Andover 1839. A brief memoir of Mr. C. containing twelve pages, was prepared by Rev. John A. Vinton, [B. U. Lib. Funeral Dis.] Rev. L. Woods. D. D., preached the ordination sermon from 1. Tim. 4: 15. Mr. Case's text for the funeral service which he attended on the Tuesday after the Sabbath succeeding his ordination was-I's. 17: 5. The discourse at his own funeral was preached by Rev. Edward A. Lawrence.
12. GEORGE WILLIAM WEEKS THOMPSON. EIGHTH SETTLED PASTOR. Grandson of Judge Ebenezer Thompson and son of Ebenezer Thompson of Portsmouth, and Mary [Weeks] Thompson, a native of Greenland. He was born in Portsmouth, March 29, 1808; grad. Gilmanton Seminary, 1839; m. April 18, 1833, Mary, a dau. of Dea. John and Sally Win- gate, b. Stratham, Nov. 2, 1810.
Mr. T., after leaving K., preached in Dracut, Mass. He has for many years lived in Strat- ham.
13. SAMUEL MASON. Born in Cavendish, Vt., Sept. 9, 1797. Apprenticed at the age of seventeen to a manufacturer of woolen cloth. When of age carried on the business in com- pany with Calvin French, now a lawyer and judge. After some years learned the black- smith's trade. Read and studied much, and was an earnest Christian worker, and a leader in the village lyceum. Held meetings in school-houses which were blessed as means of religious awakening. Pastors of churches were glad of his help in seasons of revival. He was licensed to preach by the Block River Association. Ordained pastor of the church in Rockingham, Vt., Jan. 5, 1837. Leaving Vermont he preached in Washington, N. H., 1840-42, and for a shorter time at Lempster, from thence coming to Kingston. Completing his three years service at K. in the summer of 1846 his health failed rapidly, and in the autumn he removed to Newbury- port, Mass., where he died in peace and triumph April 9, 1847. Of his children, his son Sam- uel W. Mason, A. M., of Chelsea, Mass., grad. Dart. C. 1849, has long held the position of head-master of one of the Boston public schools.
Rev. S, Muson m. Abigail Sawyer Whitcomb, 6. Alstead, N.H.
14. JAMES FLETCHER. Born in Acton, Mass., Sept. 5, 1824; grad. Dart. C., 1843; Andover, 1846. Ordained June 20, 1849, at Danvers, Mass .; pastor about sixteen years, and then beca m principal of a literary institution.
15. JOHN SMITH. NINTH SETTLED PASTOR. Born in Wethersfield, Conn., Sept. 2, 1796; grad. Yale C. 1821; studied at Princeton 1821-2, Andover 1823-4. Ordained at Trenton, N. J.,
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5. March 8, 1826. Pastor at Exeter nearly nine years, 1829-38; Wilton, Conn., Feb., 1839-June, 1848; then at Kingston; York, Me, Oct., 1850-March, 1855. Preached at Long Ridge and Stam- ford, Conn., 1855-8; d. Stamford, Conn., Feb. 20, 1874. Was twice married. and left a family.
16. CHARLES WILLEY-Son of Jesse and Hannah [Perkins] Willey. Born in Derby, Vt., Sept. 9, 1815; studied theology with S. R. Hall, LL. D .; ordained pastor at Chichester, N. H., Sept. 15, 1845. Since leaving Kingston he has ministered to churches in this State as follows- In Loudon, four years; Epsom, three; Barrington, six; Centre Harbor. three; Greenfield, one; Nelson, one; Swanzey, two. From Swanzey he went July, 1873, to Bloomington, Wisconsin.
17. JOHN H. MELLISH. TENTH SETTLED PASTOR. Oldest son of John Mellish, Esq., a native of Dorchester, Mass., and Cyrene [Smith] Mellish, a native of Walpole, Mass. Born in Oxford, Mass., Aug. 30, 1824; grad. Amherst C. 1851, Andover 1854; m. Jan. 1, 1856, Sarah A. dau. of Capt. David W. and Eliza S. (Witt) Lane, b. N. Brookfield, Mass., Aug. 24, 1828. Their dau. Florence was b. in Kingston Dec. 5, 1856. Mrs. M.'s descent is from Job Lane who m. Hannah dau. of Rev. John Reyner, Sen., pastor at Plymouth, Mass, 1636-54, and Dover, N, H. 165-69. # 24 das Bertha Lane, b. North Scituate R. I. Jan. 1. 187 After leaving K. Mr. M. preached at Killingly, (Dayville,) Conn., Jan. '68-April, '71. Began preaching at N. Scituate, R. I., June, '71.
18. SOLOMON BIXBY. Born in Norridgework, Me., Dec. 9, 1821; grad. Colby U. 1849. Ban- gor Sem. 1852; m. Mary Herrick Peet of Norridgework. Preached at Kenduskeag, Me., from June, 1852, to May, 1856, where he was ordained June 30, 1853. Preached at Halifax, Vt., one year, and at Fayetteville, Vt., June '57-Jan., '64; Westmoreland, N. H., Feb. '64-Feb. '68. After leaving Kingston was at Buxton, Me., Dec. '71-May, '75, when he went to Petersham, Mass.
19. JACOB CHAPMAN. ELEVENTH SETTLED PASTOR. Son of Samuel and Elizabeth S. [Folsom] Chapman; born in Tamworth, N. H., March 11, 1810; grad. Dart. C. 1835, Andover 1839; m. (1) May 27, 1840, Mary C. dau. of Hon. Nathaniel Howe of Bridgton, Me., who died April 6, 1869; m. (2) Sept. 14, 1871, Mary E. dau. of Charles Lane of Stratham, N. H. Principal Lyndon Academy, Vt., one year; Bridgton, Me., two years; Myerstown, Pa. '43-46. Ordained Evangelist at Fryeburg, Me., June 23d, 1845. Though engaged as teacher preached much for churches. Professor in Franklin C. (now Franklin Marshall) '46-'50; principal Harrisburg Academy '50-'52; pastor Marshall, Ill. '52.'64; acting pastor Onarga, Ill. '64-'65. While pastor at Marshall was appointed chaplain and professor of languages in Terra Haute Female C .; was there one year. Pastor Deerfield, N. H. May 30, '66-April 10, '72. Next settled in Kingston.
Several ministers whose terms of service were very short, not installed in Kingston, are not included in above notices.
Agreeably to a unanimous vote of the town of Kingston, in 1850, a monument was erected to the first four ministers, who were settled by the town and died in office.
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A List of the Communicants at the First Gathering of the Church at Kingston at the Fast before the Ordination of the Revd. Mr. Ward Clark.
Ward Clark, past'r, Samuel Easeman Esq'r, Aaron Sleeper, Ichabod Robie, James Prescot, Thomas Webster, Moses Elkins, Moses Sleeper, Jeremiah Hubbard, Jonathan Sanborn Jun'r, Ebenezer Sleeper, Capt. Jonathan Sanborn.
I Florence Mellish, was one year a student at Mt, Holyoke Seminary Berthe Lave Millish is now (Sept, 1897) a member of the junior class, in dit Holyoke College, Mrs. Lucy Fitch Mellish wife of the late David B. Mellish M.C. then dans, alice May Mellish, both deceased, were grad notes of all Holyoke Seminary
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Families belonging to Kingston when the Revd. Mr. Ward Clark took charge of the Church, Sept. 29, 1725.
Sam'll Easeman Esq'r, Capt. Jonathan Sanborn, Lieut. John Sweat, Lieut. Sam'll Colcord, Ensign John Fifield, Ensign Tristram Sanborn, Serg't Cornelius Clough, Serg't Joseph Young, Serg't Moses Sleeper, Serg't Ebenezer Stevens, Daniel Ladd, Eben'r Sleeper, Widow Mary Sleeper, Richard Clifford, Phillip Moody, John Magoon, Isaac Clifford, Benjamin Judkins, James Prescot, Joshua Prescott, Benjamin Wadleigh, Robert Stockman, Sam'll Stevens Sam'll Judkins, Nathaniel French, Jedijah Philbrick, John Ladd, Will'm Long, Simon French, Sam'll Easeman Jun'r, Daniel Bean, Sam'll Bean, Jonathan Sanborn, Jacob Gilman, Phillip Huntoon, Phillip Huntoon Jun'r, John Huntoon, Widow Newton, Joseph Bean, Widow Coleman, Jeremiah Hubbard, Widow Hubbard, Moses Elkins, Widow Elizabeth Sleeper, Jo- seph Fifield, Sam'll Tucker, Aaron Sleeper the aged, Mr. Benjamin Choate, Thomas Webster, James Bean, Sam'll Winslow, Old Goodman Severns, Ephraim Severns, Sam'll Welch, Abraham Watson, Joseph Sleeper, Thomas Dent, John Webster, Thomas Webster Jun'r, Richard Hubbard, Jacob Flanders, Ralph Blazdel, Thomas George, Jeremiah Quimby, Theo- philus Griffin, Moses Rowell, Ichabod Robie, Sam'll Sanborn, Joseph Clough, Widow Sanborn, James Healet, William Buzzel, John Sweat Jun'r, Eben'r Webster, Nathan'l Batchelor, Icha- bod Clough, Eben'r Fellows, Joseph Greely, Widow Muzzey, Jonathan Collings a Quaker, Da- vid Quimbey. In all Eighty and One.
E. Deacons of the Church.
1. MOSES ELKINS. Chosen Nov. 1, 1725; d. May 10, 1737; m. Nov. 17, 1701, Anna Shaw, and had eleven children. He died suddenly in Exeter, after attending the funeral of Rev. Ward Clark.
2. JEREMIAH HUBBARD. Chosen Nov. 1725; d. Sept. 22, 1762; b. March, 1692. " A very valuable and useful man." Mrs. H. died in Hawke, Jan. 30, 1783, aged 90.
3. SIMON FRENCH. Chosen June 26, 1735; m. Nov. 24, 1709, Sarah Heard. Two sons, Jacob and David, survived him.
4. TRISTRAM SANBORN. Chosen Dec. 26, 1737; born 1683; m. April 2, 1711, Margaret Tay- lor; had six children; was called Ensign Sanborn; filled the office of deacon forty years .*
5. JOSEPH ELKINS. Chosen Dec. 26, 1737. Lived on or near Beech Plain. He is supposed to have joined the church in Hawke.
6. SIMEON BROWN. Chosen Dec. 26, 1737. Had a son Simeon baptized 1738.
7. JEDIDIAH PHILBRICK, Chosen May 1, 1742; born at Hampton 1700; m. 1721, Mary Tay- lor; had sons, Jeremiah, Samuel and Joseph. He was "Representative of the Town in the Gen'l Assembly of the Province, Captain of the Town, Town Clerk, and in many respects a very useful and worthy leader of this Society-" He d. March 20, 1754.
8. LIEUT. ELISHA SWETT. Chosen July 1755; born 1705; d. 1788.
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9. BENJAMIN SWEAT. Chosen March, 1763; m. Feb. 20, 1729, Abi. Darling; had seven chil- dren; d. Nov. 2, 1787. " Dea. Swett sustained a great reputation in his ecclesiastical office."
10. CAPT. SAMUEL FIFIELD. Chosen about 1763.
11. COL. EBENEZER STEVENS. (Son of Major Ebenezer and Elizabeth [Colcord] Stevens.) Chosen 1770; b. June 19, 1715; m. (1) Mary Colcord; (2) Miss Daley Stevens. He was taken when seven years old by the Indians and carried into captivity, but was redeemed by his fa- ther. He was an active and successful business man, and held office many years. He had four sons-Ebenezer Jr., John, Moses and Paul. Stevenstown, now Salisbury, was named for him. He d. July 19, 1800.
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