Hingham Town (part 8 of 9)

John Ware, the second son of Rev. Henry and Mary (Clark) Ware, was born in Hingham, Dec. 19, 1795, and when a lad of about ten years, removed with his parents to Cambridge, Mass. He was graduated at Harvard University in 1813 ; received his degree of M. D. in 1816 ; was early elected a Fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society, in which organization he held many important offices, and was its president for a number of years. He resided at Boston, and died in 1864, in the 69th year of his age. Dr. Ware married in Hingham, April 22, 1822, Helen, daughter of Dr. Levi Lincoln of this town. She died at Boston, 25th Jan., 1858, aged 59 years.

James Wilde, the only son of Elijah D. and Lucy (Beal) Wilde, was born in Hingham, Nov. 29, 1812. His early education was acquired in the public schools and at the Derby Academy. He subsequently entered Harvard College and was graduated in the class of 1832 ; received his degree of M. D. from the Harvard Medical School in 1835 ; and shortly after settled in the practice of his profession at Duxbury, Mass., where he continued to reside until his decease, which occurred the 15th of Oct., 1887. In 1839 he was elected a Fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society.

The permanently located physicians of Hingham have been among the most useful, devoted and respected citizens of the town. Wherever duty called, or in whatsoever positions they were chosen or delegated to fill for the public good, a prompt and willing service has been given. Educated in most instances at the best medical institutions, they have been qualified to impart information upon a variety of subjects ; to hold offices of trust ; to act as counsellors ; and to assist in all local or public improvements.

circumstances or individual traits preserved by record or tradition which would remind us of their peculiarities and the conditions under which they were placed. Did space permit the insertion of such notices in this connection they would in many instances, no doubt, furnish interesting reading to those who have a love for the curious, or a taste for the study of the methods and proceedings of the past. The following are illustrations.

Probably Doctors Barker and Thaxter were both present, professionally, at the amputation referred to ; but we get no information from the account rendered as to how much was charged per visit in surgical operations, as at that time other subjects of the town were under a physician's care, and for the payment of these services the town was responsible. Ordinarily, the charges of these physicians was one shilling per visit.

Many years ago a venerable gentleman of this town said to the writer : " It was an agreeable picture to see Dr. Tom Thaxter and his son Robert riding along together horseback, each occupying opposite sides of the road, with their saddle-bags, to visit the sick. Usually they were very jolly, laughing and joking together like school-boys. Occasionally, when Dr. Tom was alone,, he rode in a square-topped chaise which had wooden springs."

Dr. William Gordon, who came here about the time Dr. Robert Thaxter removed to Dorchester, was a very popular young man. At first he rode in a sulky when visiting his patients. His charges then were fifty cents per visit, but before removing to Boston his price was raised to one dollar.

Isaiah Cushing, s. of Major Isaiah (Vol. II. p. 163 : 36), studied medicine with Dr. Thomas Thaxter, and settled in the State of Maine. He died in 1819, set. 42 years.

The life of a physician is one of incessant anxiety and toil. It does not have the freedom and liberty which is enjoyed in other pursuits, nor, in a pecuniary point of view, do statistics show that it brings to a majority in the profession great wealth. It has been to the writer, however, a pleasant task to recall the virtues of those who have engaged here in this calling ; to know that their lives have been given to the relief of sickness and distress, and to feel assured that such services in our midst have met the approval of this community.

Native And Resident Lawyers By Francis H. Lincoln

In the following sketches the attempt has been made to include air those lawyers who have practised their profession in Hingham, whether native or resident, and also those natives who went from here to other places. It has been necessary to confine the notices for the most part to facts, but it is a record of men of ability, and did space permit, there would be ample opportunity to enlarge upon their worth as members of an honorable profession.

John A. Andrew [II. 10] was born in Windham, Maine, May 31, 1818. His early education was in the public schools, and he was fitted for college at the Bridgton (Me.) Academy, which he entered in 1831. He is described while in the Academy as "a well behaved boy, and a general favorite with the village people. He had a kindly heart, but an indomitable will, which firmly contended against wrong and oppression." He was graduated at Bowdoin College in 1837, and in the same year he entered the law-office of Henry W. Fuller, Esq., of Boston. For more than twenty years afterwards he practised law in Boston, without interruption to the regular duties of his profession. In December, 1848, he was married to Eliza Jones Hersey, of Hingham, and from that date his home was for a great part of the time at Hingham. While living here he was nominated for State senator, but defeated. In 1860 he was a delegate to the National Republican Convention at Chicago, when Abraham Lincoln was first nominated for the presidency. In the same year Mr. Andrew was elected governor of Massachusetts, and filled that office for the five years from 1861 to 1865, during the stormy period of the War of the Rebellion. After the close of the war he resumed the practice of his profession in Boston. He died in Boston Oct. 30, 1867.

There is no need to recount at length in this connection the marvellous capacity of the great " War Governor" for the exigency which brought forth his powers. That is a part of the military history of the time. Nor need his anti-slavery sentiments through life be more than alluded to. It is with satisfaction that we remember that he lies buried in one of our cemeteries, in accordance with his expressed desire, and that his statue stands there to remind the young and old of his nobility of character and his unswerving loyalty to principle.

John F. Andrew [II. 10], the son of Hon. John A. Andrew, was born in Hingham Nov. 26, 1850. His early education was obtained in Boston, and he was graduated from Harvard College in 1872. He studied law in the Harvard Law School, and received the degree of LL.B. in 1875, after which he continued his legal studies in the office of Brooks, Ball, and Storey, in Boston, and was admitted to the bar of Suffolk County in 1875. Mr. Andrew was representative to the General Court from the Ninth Suffolk District in 1880, 1881, and 1882, and was State senator in 1884. He was a delegate to the National Republican Convention at Chicago in 1881, and during the presidential campaign of that year was president of the Young Men's Republican and Independent Organization of the city of Boston. He was Democratic candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 1886, and was a member of the 51st and 52d Congresses, being first elected in 1888. He is a member of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society.

Shearjashub Bourne was the first person who practised law in Hingham. He came from Barnstable, and was here for a few years, probably between 1794 and 1800. His office was in a building on the northeast side of Broad Bridge, where the railroad track now is. He afterwards removed to Boston, and was a practisine: lawyer there until his death.

Walter L. Bouve [II. 89], the son of Thomas T. and Emily G. (Lincoln ) Bouve-, was born in Boston, Oct. 28, 1849. His education was obtained at schools in Hingham and Boston, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was fitted for the profession of a civil engineer. From 1868 to 1870 he was engaged in Illinois as division engineer of the Toledo, Wabash, and Western Railroad, and in other railroad surveys. He was also engaged in engineering in Massachusetts and Rhode Island from 1870 to 1872. He subsequently studied law at the Harvard Law School, where he was graduated in 1879. He was admitted to the bar Nov. 13, 1880, and began practice with offices in Boston and Hingham. He was appointed special justice of the Second District Court of Plymouth County April 1, 1885, and assistant district attorney for the Southeastern District of Massachusetts in February, 1890. He was commissioned first lieutenant in the First Corps of Cadets, M. V. M., in February, 1889.

Joseph O. Burdett [II. 99] was born in South Reading (since Wakefield), Mass., Oct. 30, 1848. His early education was obtained in the public schools of his native town, and he was graduated at Tufts College in 1871. He was supported and educated by his own earnings from the age of twelve years. He taught school at intervals while in college, and during the winter of 1868-69 he taught the Centre Grammar School in Hingham. After gradua - tion he studied law with John W. Hammond, Esq. (afterwards Judge Hammond of the Superior Court), of Cambridge, and in the Harvard Law School. He was admitted to the bar in Middlesex County April 19, 1873, and practised law one year with Mr. Hammond. Since that time he has been in practice by himself, with offices in Hingham and Boston. He was elected a member of the school committee of Hingham in 1876, and chairman of the board in 1880, which office he has held to the present time (1893). He was representative to the General Court from the First Plymouth District in 1884 and 1885, chairman of the Republican State Committee in 1889, and has been re-elected to the same office in 1890 and in 1891.

Thomas H. Buttimer [II. 113] was born in Hingham, March 17, 1868. His early education was in the Hingham public schools. He was fitted for college in the Hingham High School, and after the full course of four years he was graduated at Harvard College in 1890. He studied law in the office of Child & Powers, Boston, and at the Boston University Law School, where he received the degree of LL.B. in 1892. He was admitted to the bar July 26, 1892, and- practises his profession with offices in Boston and Hingham.

Abel Gushing [II. 161], the son of Abel Cushing, was born in Hingham March 13, 1785. He taught school in Hingham in 1805 and in later years. He was graduated at Brown University in 1810, and studied law with Hon. Ebenezer Gay, in Hingham, afterwards removing to Dorchester, where he practised his profession. He was representative to the General Court from Dorchester for three years, and also a senator from Norfolk County. He was appointed a justice of the Police Court in Boston, which office he held until a short time before his death. He died in Dorchester May 19, 1866.

Ebenezer Gay [II. 266] was the son of Martin and Ruth (Atkins) Gay, and was baptized in Boston Feb. 24, 1771. He was the grandson of Rev. Ebenezer Gay, D. D., so long the minister of the First Parish in Hingham. Mr. Gay was fitted for college at the Boston Latin School, and was graduated at Harvard College in 1789. He studied law in the office of Christopher Gore, who was an eminent statesman of that day, and afterwards governor of Massachusetts. He was admitted to practice at the Court of Common Pleas in 1793, in the County of Suffolk, opened an office in Scollay's Building, where he soon acquired a lucrative practice in a day of small fees. Attracted by early associations he removed to Hingham in 1805, where he opened an office, continuing his office in Boston also for some time after he came here. After the death of his father, in 1809, he gave up his Boston office. Soon after coming to Hingham he was offered by Governor Gore the appointment of judge of the Court of Common Pleas, but declined it, and he continued the practice of his profession here until his death, which occurred Feb. 11, 1842. He was State senator for two successive years, president of the Hingham Bank from its establishment in 1833 until his death, and filled other important offices of trust. His counsel and professional services were much sought by the people of Hingham and other neighboring towns, and his practice was large. Deeds and other instruments in his handwriting are familiar sights to all whose researches lead them to examine transactions here in the earlier years of this century. Many young men studied law in his office, - among them Abner Loring, Abel dishing, Jerome Loring, John Thaxter, Jacob H. Loud, Solomon Lincoln, Benjamin B. Fessenden, James H. Wilder, James L. Baker, and Ebenezer Gay, Jr. Mr. Gay was a man of decided opinions, fearless in expressing them, and commanded the respect of his clients for his professional abilities.

" He was of that valuable class of the profession who, without possessing the rare gift of eloquence, or the more common talent for the conflicts of the bar, are yet able, by their learning and integrity, to pay the debt which every lawyer justly owes to his profession. His clients, and among them many widows and orphans who resorted to him for advice, always found in him a friend as well as a counsellor. Through life Mr. Gay exhibited a unity of character, which was always marked with usefulness, without ostentation or display. In politics he belonged to the old Federal school, claiming Washington for their model and leader."

Ebenezer Gay [II. 266], the son of Ebenezer and Mary Allyne (Otis) Gay, was born in Hingham March 27, 1818. He was a pupil at Derby Academy in early life, and studied law in the office of his father in Hingham, and at the Harvard Law School, where he received the degree of LL.B. in 1841. He began practice in Hingham, and later opened an office also in Boston. He was a member of the school committee of Hingham, a trustee of Derby Academy, a director in the Hingham Bank, and State senator in 1862. For several years he has held a position in the Suffolk Registry of Probate.

John Gilman [II. 275] was born in Hingham, England, and was the son of Edward Gilman, who came here from Hingham, in England, in 1638. This family afterwards settled in Exeter. John Gilman probably went to Exeter before 1650, as the earliest mention of his name noticed upon the town records there is an order " by the freemen and some others chosen for ordering the affairs of the town," dated June 19, 1650, signed by him and five others. Nov. 9, 1652, he was again chosen one of the selectmen, and in October, 1653, one of a committee " to carry on the meetinghouse." He was elected " townsman " for many years between 1654 and 1678, and probably afterwards. He was commissioner for small causes in 1665, 1666, and 1668. He held many other offices, and was evidently one of the prominent citizens of the place, often chosen or appointed to positions of trust. In 1678 and 1679 he was elected one of the associate judges of the County Court of the old County of Norfolk. He was named, in President Cutt's Commission in 1679, one of the Council of the Province, and also in Gov. Cranfield's Commission in 1682, and was appointed one of the justices of the Court of Pleas. In 1683, being obnoxious to Gov. Cranfield, he was removed from the Council.

Henry Edson Hersey [II. 321] was born in Hingham May 28, 1830, and was the son of Capt. Stephen and Maria (Lincoln) Hersey. He gave early indications of a scholarly taste, and after going through the customary course of instruction in the public schools of Hingham, he was fitted for college at the Derby Academy under the charge of Mr. Luther B. Lincoln. He entered the sophomore class of Harvard College in 1847, and was graduated in 1850. His college rank was very high, and at Commencement the salutatory oration was assigned to him. After leaving college he was a private tutor in Charlestown, N. H., studying law at the same time in the office of Hon. Edmund L. Cushing. His professional studies were afterwards continued in Boston in the offices of Hon. Peleg W. Chandler and Judge John P. Putnam. He was admitted to the Suffolk Bar in September, 1854, and at once entered upon the practice of his profession, having offices in Boston and Hingham. He was a member of the school committee of Hingham, one of the trustees of Derby Academy, and for several years superintendent of the First Parish Sunday-school.

In the fall of 1861, when he was just entering upon what promised to be a successful practice, his health began to fail. He sought relief in Spain and the south of France, but after a few months' absence he returned to Hingham, his health not being materially improved. He subsequently spent a few months in New Hampshire, but the slow wasting of consumption continued to exhaust his vital energies, and after returning again to Hingham, he died Feb. 24, 1863.

" He was gentle, quiet, modest, and unobtrusive, yet very social and genial in his nature. He was refined in his tastes, diligent and methodical in his habits, and upright in all his dealings. Strictly conscientious, he aimed, in all the relations of life, to act according to his convictions of duty and right. In everything he undertook he was industrious, painstaking, faithful, - and he met with that success, that approval and respect, which industry and fidelity will always command. His was a turn of mind eminently calculated to inspire confidence ; his manners and habitual deportment were such as would commend any one to favorable regard ; and his prevailing spirit was of a cast in which men feel that reliance may be placed. He was discriminating, careful, patient, calm, conciliating, and even-tempered, - qualifications so essential to one who is to act as an adviser and administrator in the affairs of others, sure to be appreciated, and ultimately meet their reward."

Sewall Henry Hooper [II. 352], son of John S. and Maria L. (Barnes) Hooper, was born in Boston, July 29, 1853. His early education was obtained in private schools in Boston, and he was graduated at Harvard College in 1875. He studied law at the Harvard Law School and in the office of Brooks, Ball, and Storey, and was admitted to the bar in Suffolk County, Oct. 15, 1880, soon after which he opened an office in Boston. He is a citizen of Hingham, where he has his residence during a large portion of the year.

Arthur Lincoln [II. 474] , the son of Solomon and Mehitable (Lincoln) Lincoln, was born in Hingham, Feb. 16, 1842. He attended private and public schools in Hingham, the Derby Academy, and was fitted for college by his cousin, Henry Edson Hersey, Esq., in Hingham. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1863, and at the Harvard Law -School in 1865. Jan. 1, 1866, he entered the law office of Lothrop and Bishop, Boston, having been admitted to the bar June 16, 1865. In January, 1867, he opened an office in Boston, and remained by himself until Nov. 23, 1867, when he became a partner with Lothrop and Bishop, the firm name being Lothrop, Bishop, and Lincoln. He continued a member of this firm until its dissolution in 1879, and since that time he has been in practice by himself, in Boston.

July 30, 1877, he was commissioned judge-advocate, with the rank of captain, on the staff of Brigadier-General Eben Sutton, commanding the Second Brigade, M. V. M., and March 3, 1882, resigned and was discharged.

He has been a manager, secretary, and treasurer of the Boston Dispensary ; treasurer of the Industrial School for Girls at Dorchester ; clerk and treasurer of the Proprietors of the Social Law Library in Boston ; trustee of the Derby Academy ; trustee and president of the Hingham Public Library ; trustee of the Massachusetts State Library ; director of the Hingham Mutual Fire Insurance Company ; and director and secretary of the Alumni Association of Harvard College.

Benjamin Lincoln [III. 10], son of General Benjamin Lincoln, was born in Hingham, Nov. 1, 1756, and was graduated at Harvard College in 1777. He held a distinguished position in a class containing many men of more than average ability. He studied law with Lieut.-Gov. Levi Lincoln, at Worcester, and commenced practice in Boston. He acquired an honorable reputation at the bar, but the hopes of later distinction which were entertained from his promising beginning were destroyed by his death, at the early age of thirty-two, in 1788.

Jotham Lincoln [II. 456], the son of Jotham and Meriel (Hobart) Lincoln, was born in Hingham, Nov. 7, 1815. He was educated in the public schools of Hingham, and the Derby Academy, under the preceptorship of Mr. Increase S. Smith. Subsequently he attended the private school of Mr. Luther B. Lincoln, and entered the sophomore class of Brown University in 1833, and was graduated in 1836. He studied law in the office of Hon. Solomon Lincoln, in Hingham, and was admitted to the bar in

1839. He spent some time in teaching, and in 1841, when Hon. Solomon Lincoln was appointed United States marshal, he succeeded to his law office in Hingham. In 1847 he was elected a representative to the General Court. After the adjournment of the General Court his bodily health was impaired and his mind diseased. On his recovery he went to Colorado, having a brother in Denver. He located upon a claim which he had taken up about forty miles from Denver, under the shadow of the Rocky Mountains. On Sept. 4, 1868, Mr. Lincoln was binding oats in his field, with another man, when three Indians appeared. His man ran for the house, but Mr. Lincoln would not run. The Indians broke down the fence and rode up to him. One of them attacked him with a sabre and the other two fired upon him, killing him instantly.

Levi Lincoln [II. 466] was the son of Enoch and Rachel (Fearing) Lincoln, and was born in Hingham, May 15, 1749. His father was a farmer and a man of decided opinions, frequently appointed on important committees of the town during the Revolution, and a representative to the General Court. He was a man of limited means, and not wishing to give to one of his children advantages he could not offer to all, he placed his son Levi, at the usual age, as an apprentice to an ironsmith. The son soon manifested a love of literary pursuits, and devoted much of his time to the study of Greek and Latin, in which he was assisted by Mr. Joseph Lewis; a teacher for many years in Hingham, and also by Dr. Gay, his minister. With his fondness for books it is not strange that he soon acquired a distaste for his occupation. " His books were his companions day and night. He generally appeared as if in deep thought, and by some was considered reserved and distant in his manners."

He soon abandoned his trade, and after six months' preparation he entered Harvard College, where he was graduated in 1772. After graduation he studied law with Hawley, and commenced practice in Worcester, Mass., in 1775. He rapidly rose to a distinguished position at the bar, and was the acknowledged head of his profession in Worcester County.

He was appointed clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in 1775, and in 1776, judge of probate for Worcester County. In 1781 he was elected a delegate to Congress under the Confederation, and in 1787 he was re-appointed a delegate, but declined the office. In 1797 he was State senator, and in 1800 he was chosen to represent the Worcester district in Congress. He took his seat March 4, 1801, and the next day was appointed, by President Jefferson, attorney-general of the United States. He resigned in 1805. He discharged the duties of secretary of state, under President Jefferson, until the arrival of Mr. Madison in Washington. He had the affection and esteem of Mr. Jefferson in a great degree,, and received from him a warm tribute to his character and abilities on leaving the Cabinet. In 1807 Mr. Lincoln was elected lieut.-governor of Massachusetts, and re-elected in 1808, when, in consequence of Governor Sullivan's death, he became actinggovernor. In 1810 he was elected a member of the Executive Council of this Commonwealth, and in 1811 he was appointed an associate-justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, which office he declined, and soon after retired to private life.

" He was learned in his profession, and in his addresses to a jury, eloquent, and sometimes irresistible. As a statesman he was fearless and independent, and obtained respect by his energy and decision of character, and not by the practice of any arts to secure popular favor and public admiration."

" Few of our lawyers and divines are acquainted with the fact that the arbitrary encroachments of the Royalist clergymen, in 1776, were first successfully resisted here (Worcester), and that too by Mr. Lincoln, - that it probably was his exertions that first defined and settled the often conflicting interests of minister, church, and parish. How few of our rising politicians have been taught that the first practical comment on the introductory clause of the Bill of Rights was first given by a Worcester jury, - that it was here first shown, by the irresistible eloquence of Lincoln, that ' all men were in truth born free and equal,' and that a court sitting under the authority of our Constitution, could not admit as a justification for an assault, the principle of master and slave, - that it was the memorable verdict obtained upon this trial which first broke the fetters of negro slavery in Massachusetts and let the oppressed free ! This deed of Judge Lincoln, even if it stood alone, ought to consecrate his memory with every freeman."

Solomon Lincoln [II. 474], the son of Solomon and Lydia (Bates) Lincoln, was born in Hingham, Feb. 28, 1804. After attending private and public schools in Hingham, he was admitted to Derby Academy, Nov. 2, 1813, of which Rev. Daniel Kimball was preceptor. In April, 1819, he left the Academy to pursue a course of classical studies under the tuition of Rev. Joseph Richardson, of Hingham, and in September following, when but fifteen years old, he entered the sophomore class of Brown University, and was graduated there in 1822.

From Oct. 28, 1822, to Nov. 15, 1823, he taught private and public schools in Falmouth, Mass. From Nov. 21, 1823, to Nov. 18, 1826, he studied law in the office of Hon. Ebenezer Gay, of Hingham. Nov. 21, 1826, he was admitted to practice as an attorney at the Court of Common Pleas, in Plymouth, Mass. Oct. 21, 1829, he was admitted as an attorney at the Supreme Judicial Court, in Plymouth ; and Oct. 26, 1831, he was admitted as counsellor by the Supreme Judicial Court, in Plymouth. Under the laws then in force three years of study were required for admission to practice in the Court of Common Pleas, two years of practice in that court as preliminary to practice in the Supreme Judicial Court, and two years more of practice before admission as a counsellor-at-law.

He was elected a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1829, and again in 1830, but in the latter year occupied his seat for a few days only, having been elected to the Massachusetts Senate in the session of that year, by the Legislature, there being no choice by the people. He was also elected to the Senate in 1831, and served through the short session, after which he declined being a candidate. He was also elected representative in 1840.

March 10, 1841, he was appointed by President Harrison marshal for the District of Massachusetts and entered upon the duties of that office March 18, 1841, serving until December, 1844.

Oct. 2, 1849, he was appointed by Governor Briggs bank-commissioner, - George S. Boutwell and Joseph S. Cabot being the other commissioners appointed. May 14, 1851, the board having been established on a new basis, Governor Boutwell appointed as bank-commissioners Solomon Lincoln for one year, Peter T. Homer for two years, and Samuel Phillips for three years, and in 1852, Mr. Lincoln was re-appointed for three years. He resigned in 1853, on his election to the office of cashier of the Webster Bank in Boston, after which he gave up the active practice of the law. He continued as cashier of the Webster Bank until 1869, when he was elected its president, which office he held until his resignation in January, 1876, and retirement from active business.

President of the Trustees of the Hingham Public Library, 1869-1874. " " Hingham Cemetery for many years, resigning in 1881. " " Trustees of Loring Hall, 1852-1881. Vice-President of the Hingham Agricultural and Horticultural Society,

" Bunker Hill Monument Association. Corresponding Member of the Essex Institute, 1857-1881. Member of Old Colony Lodge of Freemasons, 1827. Clerk of the First Parish in Hingham, 1829-1834. Member of the School Committee of Hingham.

His interest in all matters relating to the history of his native town was very great, and at the early age of twenty-three he wrote and published the " History of Hingham." This is the only history of the town which has heretofore been published. The book, although small, contains much valuable information, and is a monument of careful research and accuracy. It was published in 1827. A list of Mr. Lincoln's published writings and addresses appears in the chapter on " Publications," but the following contains also many of his writings not published : -

Hingham. 1835, July 4. Oration before the Citizens of Quincy, Mass. 1835, Sept. 1. Address before the Philermenian Society, Brown University. 1835, Sept 28. Address at the 200th Anniversary of the Settlement of

Solomon Lincoln [IT. 474], the son of Solomon and Mehitable (Lincoln) Lincoln was born in Hingham, Aug. 14, 1838. After attending private schools in Hingham and the Derby Academy, he was fitted for college at the private school of Mr. David B. Tower, in Boston, under the tuition of Mr. Ephraim W. Gurney, subsequently a professor and member of the Corporation of Harvard College. He entered the sophomore class of Harvard College in 1854 and was graduated in 1857.

In February, 1858, he was appointed a tutor in Harvard College. This position he occupied until July, 1863, having been first a tutor in Greek and Latin, then in Greek, and finally in Mathematics. During the last year of his tutorship he attended the Harvard Law School, and received the degree of LL.B. in 1864.

Jan. 26, 1864, he entered the law office of Stephen B. Ives, Jr., in Salem, Mass. He was admitted to the bar Oct. 20, 1864, and remained in Mr. Ives's office until July, 1865, when he was received by that gentleman as his partner.

The firm of Ives and Lincoln was engaged in business in Salem until Jan. 1, 1867. At that time they opened an office in Boston and continued practice in both places until Feb. 1, 1882, when the firm was dissolved. Mr. George L. Huntress was a partner during the last four years, the firm name being Ives, Lincoln, and Huntress.

Until 1881 Mr. Lincoln's residence was in Salem. Since that time he has been a resident of Boston. "While in Salem he was a member of the School Committee.

Mr. Lincoln was aide-de-camp to Governor Talbot, with the rank of colonel, in 1874, and aid and chief of staff to the same in 1879. He was an overseer of Harvard College from 1882 to 1889 ; re-elected in 1890, and since 1890 president of the board.

In 1879 he was appointed by Governor Talbot a commissioner to represent Massachusetts at a meeting of the governors of the original thirteen States, at Yorktown, Va. In 1881 he attended the Centennial Celebration at Yorktown, Va., as commissioner, in the suite of Governor Long, who was also one of his college classmates.

Henry M. Lisle [III. 22] studied law in the office of Shearjashub Bourne, in Hingham, and remained here after Mr. Bourne removed to Boston, practising law for five or sis years, and then removed to Milton, and finally to Boston. But little is known of him, and there is a tradition that he went to the West Indies. He delivered an oration before the inhabitants of Hingham on the death of Washington, Feb. 22, 1800. His office was at first in Mr. Bourne's old office, on the northeast side of Broad Bridge, and afterwards in Loring's building, on the opposite side.

John D. Long [III. 25], the son of Zadoc and Julia Temple (Davis) Long, was born in Buckfield, Me., Oct. 27, 1838. His early education was in the common schools of his native town, and at Hebron (Maine) Academy, where he fitted for college.

He was graduated at Harvard College in 1857, with high rank, in a class containing more than the usual number of good scholars. After graduating he was principal of the Westford (Mass.) Academy for two years. He has since been a trustee of that academy, and president of the board of trustees.

In the fall of 1859 he entered the law office of Sidney Bartlett, Esq., in Boston. In the fall of 1860 he entered the Harvard Law School, and remained there until May, 1861. Returning to Maine, he studied law in Buckfield. During that year for a short time he occupied the position of usher in the Boston Latin School. In the spring of 1862 he opened a law office in Buckfield, Me. In the fall of that year he came to Boston and spent the winter in the offices of Peleg W. Chandler and Charles Levi Woodbury. In May, 1863, he went into the office of Stillman B. Allen, Esq., and in 1867 became his partner, the firm name being Allen and Long. This partnership with Mr. Allen continued until Mr. Long became lieut.-governor in 1879. In the summers of 1867 and 1868 he lived in Hingham, and in 1869 he made Hingham his permanent residence. He has been a member of the School Committee, a trustee of Derby Academy, and of the Hingham Public Library.

He was representative to the General Court from the First Plymouth District in 1875, 1876, 1877, and 1878, and during the last three of those years was speaker of the House of Representatives. He was lieut.-governor of Massachusetts in 1879, and governor in 1880, 1881, and 1882. He represented the Second Massachusetts Congressional District in the 48th, 49th, and 50th Congresses, being first elected in 1882.

He is a member of numerous societies and clubs, including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, and many others.

He received the degree of LL.D. from Harvard University in 1880. His publications are enumerated in the chapter on " Publications." His pen has never been idle, and a list of all his numerous orations and addresses would of itself fill a volume. Mr. Long's public life and services are too well known to need any eulogium in this history. In 1889 he resumed the practice of his profession in Boston, returning to an association with his former partners, under the firm name of Allen, Long, and Hemenway.

Abner Loring [III. 36], son of Peter Loring, was born in Hingham July 21, 1786, and was graduated at Harvard College in 1807. He studied law in the office of Hon. Ebenezer Gay in Hingham, and commenced practice in Dorchester, Mass. Mr. Loring was possessed of an unexceptionable character for fairness and integrity. The hopes of his becoming distinguished in his profession were cut off by his early death, July 18, 1814. His death occurred " when his diligence in the pursuit of knowledge and his integrity and skill in his professional duties had gained universal respect and confidence, and opened the fairest prospect of an honorable and lucrative establishment " in his profession.

Jacob H. Loud [III. 42] was born in Hingham, Feb. 5, 1802, and was the son of Thomas and Lydia (Hersey) Loud. He fitted for college at the Derby Academy under Rev. Daniel Kimball. He entered Brown University in 1818, and was graduated in 1822. He studied law in Hingham with Hon. Ebenezer Gay, and was admitted to the bar in 1825. He commenced practice in Plymouth, Mass., Sept. 1, 1825. June 7, 1830, he was appointed register of probate, which office he held until 1852. He was State treasurer from 1853 to 1855, and from 1866 to 1871 ; representative from Plymouth in 1863, and State senator in 1864 and 1865 ; president of Old Colony Bank, Plymouth, 1855-1865 ; president of the Plymouth Savings Bank, 1872-1880 ; director of the Old Colony Railroad Company ; actuary of the New England Trust Company, Boston, 1870-1879. He delivered an oration in Hingham, July 4, 1823. He died in Boston Feb. 2, 1880. Mr. Loud was uniformly courteous in manner, a kind-hearted counsellor, a faithful custodian of private trusts, and a man of rectitude, industry, and conscientious fidelity in all the positions in which he was placed.

John Otis [III. 102] was born in Hingham in 1657. He moved to Barnstable in 1686, where he died Sept. 23, 1727. He was a distinguished lawyer, for eighteen years a colonel of militia, twenty years representative, twenty-one years a member of the Council, and for thirteen years chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas and judge of probate.

He was the father of James Otis, and grandfather of James Otis " the patriot," both well known in connection with the history of the country.

Benjamin Pratt [III. 116], son of Aaron Pratt, was born March 13, 1710-11, in that part of Hingham now included within the limits of Cohasset. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1737. He studied law with Auchmuty or Gridley, or both, and commenced practice in Boston. For several years he was one of the Boston representatives in the General Court, and was fearless and independent in support of those measures he thought to be just. He was a man of strong intellect and decided traits of character, qualities which made him conspicuous at the bar. He gained the friendship of Governor Pownal, and by his influence was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court of New York. On the occasion of his separation from the Suffolk Bar, the members sent him an address, which spoke in affectionate terms of his worth as a man and a lawyer.

Chief Justice Pratt hoped to spend the closing years of his life in New England, for he was possessed of all the pride of being a New England man, but death came to him ere he realized this fond anticipation. He died in New York Jan. 5, 1763.

His talents were unquestioned. He was a man of great learning, and wrote much in prose and poetry in a classical and scholarly style. He made an extensive collection of rare documents relating to the history of New England, and hoped to write its history, but that hope he did not live to see fulfilled.

Edward B. Pratt, son of Samuel L. and Mary L. (Bigley) Pratt, was born in Boston, Dec. 22, 1866. The family moved to Hingham in 1879. He attended the public schools, and was fitted for college in the Hingham High School ; took the full course of four years at Harvard College, where he was graduated in 1888 ;, studied law in the office of Richardson & Hale, Boston, and at the Boston University Law School, where he received the degree of LL.B. in 1891 ; was admitted to the bar Jan. 17, 1891, and has offices in Hingham and Boston.

David Thaxter [III. 237] was the son of Joseph B. and Sally (Gill) Thaxter, and was born in Hingham March 24, 1824. He was educated in the schools of this town, and learned the trade of a silversmith in his father's shop ; but pursued his studies, partly under the tuition of Preceptor Luther B. Lincoln, and afterwards at the Harvard Law School. He obtained his legal education by his own exertions, and with the aid of his brothers, and entered the office of Sidney Bartlett, Esq., the eminent lawyer of Boston. His office was in connection with Mr. Bartlett's during his entire professional career, until his death, which occurred June 10, 1878. Mr. Thaxter never sought or held public office. His life was unostentatious and somewhat retired. His reading was extensive and varied, and he was a man of broad and liberal views. In professional ability and character he commanded the entire respect of the members of the bar, and had the confidence of his clients as a barrister of perfect integrity.

John Thaxter [III. 233] was born in Hingham July 5, 1755, and was graduated at Harvard College in 1774. He studied law with (President) John Adams, in Braintree, and in 1776 was appointed deputy secretary to Congress. Afterwards, in the absence of Mr. Thompson, he performed the duties of secretary. In 1779, when Mr. Adams was appointed minister to make a treaty of peace with Great Britain, Mr. Thaxter went with him to Europe, as his private secretary, and with Mr. Adams resided in France and Holland. His integrity and fidelity won for him the greatest confidence of Mr. Adams. After peace was confirmed in 1783, the commissioners sent him to America with the charge of presenting the definitive treaty to Congress.

" As a lawyer, Mr. Thaxter was eminently respected for those qualifications the want of which, in some of the profession, has brought a degree of odium upon the whole ' order.' A nervous system, too delicate by nature to withstand the imperious taunts of overbearing arrogance, and still more debilitated by disease, disappointed the expectations which his strong, manly style of sentiment had created, and unhappily rendered him less useful as an advocate at the bar than as a counsellor in his chamber. But he was rich in the less glaring virtues, - honor, integrity, fidelity, and love of peace. These gained him the esteem and confidence of all."

John Thaxter [III. 235] was the son of Quincy Thaxter, and was born in Hingham Nov. 4, 1793. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1814, read law in the office of Hon. Ebenezer Gay, of Hingham, and settled in Scituate, where he died in 1825.

Native Ministees By Francis H. Lincoln

The following biographical sketches are of those natives of Hingham who became ministers and were settled in other places. The list is as complete as our records have enabled the writer to make it, and it is hoped no important omissions have been made. There are also sketches of a few who, though not born here, are sufficiently identified with the town to entitle them to notice. Ministers who have been settled here are noticed, in connection with their parishes, in the chapter on Ecclesiastical History.

Jedidiah Andrews [II. 12], son of Thomas Andrews, was born in Hingham, July 7, 1674, and was graduated at Harvard College in 1695. He taught school in Hingham in 1697, and was ordained in Philadelphia in the autumn of 1701. He appears to have performed a good deal of missionary labor in other places, as liis record of baptisms shows that he ministered in Hopewell, Gloucester, Burlington, Amboy, and Staten Island. He was the Recording Clerk of the Presbytery and of the Synod as long as he lived. He conducted most of their correspondence, especially with New England, and was considered to be particularly gifted in bringing to a successful termination any disputes, both in congregations and among individuals. He died, after a long ministry, in 1747. Benjamin Franklin speaks of him thus : -

" Though I seldom attended any public worship, I had still an opinion of its propriety, and of its utility when rightly conducted, and I regularly paid my annual subscription for the support of the only Presbyterian minister or meeting we had in Philadelphia. He used to visit me sometimes as a friend, and admonish me to attend his administrations ; and I was now and then prevailed on to do so, - once for five Sundays successively. Had he been in my opinion a good preacher, perhaps I might have continued, notwithstanding the occasion I had for the Sunday's leisure in my course of study ; but his discourses were chiefly either polemic arguments or explications of the peculiar doctrines of our sect, and were all to me very dry, uninteresting, and unedifying ; since not a single moral principle was inculcated or -enforced, - their aim seeming to be rather to make us Presbyterians than good citizens. At length he took for his text that verse of the fourth chapter to the Philippians : ' Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, or of good report, if there be any virtue, or any praise, think on these things,' and I imagined, in a sermon on such a text, we could not miss of having some morality. But he confined himself to five points only, as meant by the apostle : 1. Keeping holy the Sabbath Day ; 2. Being diligent in reading the holy Scriptures ; 3. Attending duly the public worship ; 4. Partaking of the Sacrament ; 5. Paying a due respect to God's ministers. These might be all good things ; but as they were not the kind of good things that I expected from that text, I despaired of ever meeting with them from any other, was disgusted,. and attended his preaching no more."

John Andrews [II. 13] was the son of Joseph and Hannah (Richmond) Andrews, and was born in Hingham, March 3, 1764. When quite a lad he was apprenticed to a Mr. Fleet, a printer in Boston ; but his earnest desire to obtain a liberal education induced his father to consent to his leaving Mr. Fleet at the end of the second year of his apprenticeship. He was fitted for college with Dr. Howard, afterwards of Springfield, but at that time a teacher in Hingham. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1786, studied theology at Cambridge, and resided for two years in the family of Chief Justice Dana. He soon accepted a call to settle as colleague with the Rev. Thomas Cary over the First Church in Newburyport, and was ordained Dec. 10, 1788. Mr. Cary died Nov. 24, 1808, and Mr. Andrews retained the sole charge of the parish until May 1, 1830, when he resigned his office.

After his resignation he preached occasionally to one or two societies in the vicinity of Newburyport. His death took place Aug. 17, 1845, in his eighty-second year. In 1824 he received the degree of S. T. D. from Harvard University. Dr. Andrews, in his opinions, would be classed among those known as Unitarians. He abhorred all exclusiveness, and owned no creed but the Bible. Until the close of his professional life he freely exchanged pulpit services with all the Congregational ministers in Newburyport and its vicinity. He seldom touched upon controverted subjects, preferring to confine himself to those of a more practical nature. He preached the Dudleian Lecture, and several of his occasional discourses were published. For fifty years he was a trustee of Dummer Academy and for half that time its faithful treasurer. He was one of the delegates in the convention for revising the constitution of Massachusetts.

Nicholas Baker [II. 17] came to Hingham in 1635, and was one of those who had grants of house-lots in that year. He was a delegate to the General Court in 1636 and in 1638. He left Hingham at an early date, and after living in Hull for several years, was ordained as pastor of the church in Scituate, in 1660. He died Aug. 22, 1678. Cotton Mather, in his " Magnalia," speaks of him as " honest Nicholas Baker ; who, though he had but a private education, yet being a pious and zealous man, or, as Dr.

Arrowsmith expresses it, so good a logician that he could offer up to God a reasonable service ; so good an arithmetician that he could wisely number his days ; and so good an orator that he persuaded himself to be a good Christian, and being also one of good natural parts, especially of a strong memory, was chosen pastor of the church there ; and in the pastoral charge of that church he continued about eighteen years."

Samuel M. Beal [II. 75], the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Souther) Beal, was born in Hingham Oct. 23, 1839. His education was obtained in the public schools of Hingham, Wilbraham Academy, and the theological department of Boston University. He became a Methodist minister, and has been stationed as follows : -

John A. Crowe [II. 148] was born in Hingham, Nov. 17, 1860. His early education was in the public schools of Hingham. He entered Boston College, an educational institution under the direction of the Fathers of the Society of Jesus, in February, 1878, and was graduated therefrom in June, 1880. In the following September he began his immediate preparation for the priesthood at St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, Md., where, after completing the course of prescribed study, he received the degree of Bachelor of Theology. He was ordained to the orders of deaconship and priesthood at St. Michael's Cathedral, Springfield, Mass., by the Rt. Rev. P. T. O'Reilly, Dec. 22, 1883. His first appointment was in connection with St. Jerome's Church, Holyoke, Mass., where he remained one year. In June, 1885, he was transferred to Concord, Mass., where, in addition to assisting in parochial work, he is the Roman Catholic chaplain to the Massachusetts Reformatory.

Jeremiah Cushing [II. 151], son of Daniel dishing, was born in Hingham July 3, 1654, and was graduated at Harvard College in 1676. He was educated for the ministry, under Rev. Mr. Norton, of Hingham, but did not settle immediately over any parish. He received an invitation to settle in Haverhill in 1682, which he declined, but afterwards was invited to become the pastor of the First Church in Scituate, which invitation he accepted. He was ordained May 27, 1691. All the church records of his time are lost, and there is little material from which to form an estimate of his ministry. He was the pastor of the church in Scituate until his death, which occurred March 22, 1705.

Job Cushing [II. 153], son of Matthew Cushing, was born in Hingham July 19, 1694, and graduated at Harvard College in 1714. He was the first minister of Shrewsbury, Mass., where he was ordained Dec. 4, 1723. In 1731 a question arose respecting the expediency in church government of having ruling elders in the church. This and matters growing out of it engaged the attention of the church for ten years or more. Church meetings were frequent, and there was much correspondence between this church and that of Framingham. This disclosed a controversy between the churches of Framingham and Hopkinton. In all this Mr. Cushing necessarily took a prominent part. He died Aug. 6, 1760.

Jonathan Cushing [II. 152], the son of Peter and Hannah CHawke) Cushing, was born in Hingham Dec. 20, 1689. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1712. He afterwards taught school in Hingham, and was ordained as minister of the First Parish in Dover, N. H., Sept. 18, 1717. He " sustained the character of a grave and sound preacher, a kind, peaceable, prudent and judicious pastor, a wise and faithful friend." He died March 25, 1769.

Samuel Dunbar [II. 197] was the son of Peter and Sarah (Thaxter) Dunbar, and was born in Hingham May 11, 1704. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1723, and was ordained pastor of the First Parish of Stoughton in 1727, where he remained in faithful service for fifty-five years, until his death, June 15, 1783. There was no other religious society in all the territory of the First Parish of Stoughton, being that territory now included in and forming the town of Canton.

Paul Revere, at the age of twenty-one, accompanied Col. Gridley to Crown Point in 1755-56, and assisted in the struggle then going on. Rev. Mr. Dunbar accompanied them on this distant and perilous journey, returning to his parochial duties in December, 1755.

Nathaniel Eells [II. 210] was born in 1678, and was the son of Samuel Eells, who removed to Hingham from Connecticut about 1689, when Nathaniel was eleven years old. His father's residence was in Hingham until his death, in 1709. Nathaniel was graduated from Harvard College in 1699. The first mention of him in Scituate, according to Mr. Deane, is Jan. 12, 1702-3, when " the church and society chose a committee to discourse with Mr. Eells concerning his settling with us in the work of the ministry." Again, in 1703, " The agents before chosen are directed to apply themselves to Mr. Eells, at his return to Hingham, concerning his settlement in the work of the ministry." He was ordained in

Scituate June 14, 1704. He was a leader among the neighboring clergy, - well acquainted with the constitution and usages of the churches, weighty in counsel, and often called to distant parts of the State and to other States on ecclesiastical councils. He assisted in the embodiment of the church in the South Parish in Hingham, Nov. 20, 1746. As a preacher there is reason to believe that he did not so much excel as in his dignity of character and soundness of understanding. He preached the election sermon in 1743. His sentiments were the moderate Calvinism of that day, closely bordering on Arminianism, though in the latter part of his life he continued to speak of Arminian free-will as an error, but with no asperity. He died August 25, 1750.

Samuel Feench [II. 235], son of Samuel and Bathsheba (Beal) French, was born in Hingham, July 13, 1729. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1748, and studied divinity. He is represented as an excellent scholar and an amiable man. He died May 21, 1752, in the twenty-third year of his age.

Calvin Gakdner [II. 251] was the son of Samuel and Chloe (Whiton) Gardner, and was born in Hingham, Aug. 29, 1798. He did not receive a college education, but was a good scholar, and esteemed for ability and integrity. He was first settled in the ministry over the Universalist church in Charlestown, Mass., in June, 1825, and he remained there until December, 1826. After two short settlements in other places he became the pastor of the Universalist church in Waterville, Me., in 1833, and for twenty years, until 1853, he held that position. He was twice married, - first, to Mary Whiting [III. 301], of Hingham, Dec. 26, 1825. She died Sept. 2, 1832. He married for bis second wife Julia Ann Hasty, of Waterville, Me., June 30, 1834. Mr. Gardner was a man of fine character, who will always be affectionately remembered in Waterville. He died there March 22, 1865.

Henry Hersey [II. 313] was the son of Capt. Laban and Celia {Barnes) Hersey, and was born in Hingham, Aug. 16, 1796. His early education was obtained in the public schools of Hingham and in Derby Academy. He fitted for college under the tuition of Rev. Joseph Richardson of this town, and was graduated at Brown University in 1820. He pursued his theological studies at the Harvard Divinity School, where he spent the usual term of three years to qualify himself for the ministry, receiving his degree in 1823. In 1824 Mr. Hersey received a call to settle as pastor of the Congregational Church and Society in the East Precinct of Barnstable, which he accepted, and was ordained Oct. 6, 1824. There he remained in the faithful discharge of his duty for nearly eleven years, when the state of his health compelled him to ask for his dismissal, which was granted. He left Barnstable in May, 1835. On leaving the ministry, which he did not again resume, he retired to his home in this town, where he spent the remainder of his days. He served as chairman of the school committee here for several years, with, a warm interest in the prosperity of the schools and in the character of his native town. His reports were well written, judicious, and practical. He was a delegate to the convention in 1853 for revising the constitution of Massachusetts. Of his ministry at Barnstable it has been said : " It was marked by sobriety and an earnest desire to do good. He was a good preacher and pastor, and had many deeply attached friends. He was a fluent and easy writer, and his sermons were such as to commend themselves to his hearers." Mr. Hersey died in Hingham Sept. 23, 1877.

Gershom Hobart [II. 335], son of Rev. Peter Hobart, was born in Hingham, December, 1645. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1667, in the same class with his brothers Japhet and Nehemiah. After graduation he lived for a while in Hingham. " Hobart accompanied, or soon followed, the settlers who, after the destruction of Groton by the Indians in 1676, returned in the spring of 1678," and he was ordained minister there Nov. 26, 1679, as successor to Rev. Samuel Willard. His ministry was not harmonious. About the year 1689 he appears to have left the town, the dissensions having become so great. Although calls had been made to others, he was, in 1690, and again in 1693, asked to return, and he did so before 1694. When the Indians attacked Groton in 1694, Mr. Hobart was preserved from falling into their hands, although they took two of his children, killing one of them. He preached in Groton until 1705, and resided there till his death, Dec. 19, 1707.

Jeremiah Hobart [II. 335], the second son of Rev. Peter Hobart, was born in England in 1631. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1650, in the class with his brother Joshua. After preaching at Bass River, now Beverly, and at other places, he was ordained at Topsfield, Mass., Oct. 2, 1672. His ministry there " was far from being a smooth one," and he was dismissed Sept. 21, 1680. In 1683 he was called to Hempstead, Long Island, and was installed Oct. 17, 1683. His labors were satisfactory, but finding it difficult to collect his salary of .£70, he settled in Haddam, Conn., in 1691. Here again he found himself in the midst of difficulties and controversies, arising from various causes, and his ministry seems to have been far from " smooth." In 1714 Mr. Phineas Fish was settled as his colleague, and " Nov. 6, 1715, being the Lord's Day, he attended public worship in the forenoon, and received the sacrament ; and during the intermission expired, sitting in his chair."

Joshua Hobart [II. 335] was the eldest son of Rev. Peter Hobart, the first minister of Hingham, and came to Hingham with his father in 1635. He was born in England in 1628, and was graduated at Harvard College in 1650. His brother Jeremiah was of the same class. The two brothers probably continued at the college till December, 1651. They were employed successively as preachers at Bass River, now Beverly, Mass. July 16, 1655, Joshua sailed for Barbadoes, whence, having married, he went to London. He subsequently returned to Boston, and " in 1672, after the death of Rev. John Youngs, the first minister of Southold, Long Island, previously minister at Hingham in England, the inhabitants sent an agent to Boston for ' an honest and godly minister ; ' whereupon Joshua Hobart went to them, and was ordained Oct. 7, 1674." He died at Southold Feb. 28, 1716-17, " near ninety years of age, and yet preached publickly within a few months before his decease." " He was an eminent physician, civilian, and divine, and every way a great, learned, pious man."

Nehemiah Hobart [II. 335], son of Rev. Peter Hobart, was baptized in Hingham Nov. 20, 1648. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1667, in the class with his brothers Gershom and Japhet. He began to preach at Newton in June, 1672, and was ordained there Dec. 23, 1674, having given " this bereaved flock a rich blessing," in healing, even before his ordination, the dissensions which followed the death of the former minister, John Eliot. He was a Fellow of Harvard College. Leverett's Diary states that " He was a great blessing and an Ornam* to the Society. Upwards of 40 years God blessed Newton with his Ministry. A few days before his death, in his Last Sickness he observed to Mr Brattle & the Presid? who made him a visit, that upon his Return from the Last Comencem* he Remark'd that he had bin at 49 Comencm^ never having miss'd one from the very first time he had waited on that Solemnity, and that God onely knew whether he sM attain to the 50th" He died Aug. 25, 1712. He is spoken of as " an excellent scholar, in the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, sometime a vice-president of the college, a most pious, humble, prudent, and benevolent man."

Noah Hobart [II. 338] was the son of David, and brother of Nehemiah Hobart, the first minister of Cohasset. He was born in Hingham, Jan. 2, 1705-6, and was graduated at Harvard College in 1724. He was ordained pastor of the First Church in Fairfield, Conn., Feb. 7, 1732-3. There he continued in the able and faithful discharge of the duties of his office for over forty years. The Sabbath immediately preceding his death he preached twice, and with more than his accustomed animation. He continued in his usual health until the evening of the Tuesday following, when he was attacked with a disease which, before the next Sabbath, closed his earthly existence. He died Dec. 6, 1773.

" He possessed high intellectual and moral distinction. He had a mind of great acuteness and discernment ; was a laborious student ; was extremely learned, especially in History and Theology \ advanced the doctrine which he professed by an exemplary life > and was holden in high veneration for his wisdom and virtue."

Daniel Kimball [II. 406] was the son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Tenny) Kimball, and was born in Bradford, Mass., July 3, 1778. He worked on his father's farm in summer and attended the district school in winter to the age of sixteen. He fitted for college with Mr. John Vose, for many years preceptor of Atkinson Acad- emy. Mr. Kimball was graduated at Harvard College in 1800. After graduation he taught in the Sandwich Academy for a year, and in Bradford for six months, when he returned to Cambridge as a theological student. He was approbated and commenced preaching in 1803, and in the same year was appointed tutor in Latin, which office he held for two years. He then spent some time in preaching, writing, and study. He was preceptor of Derby Academy from 1808 to 1826, and was ordained in Hingham as an evangelist, Dec. 17, 1817. After leaving the Academy, he removed to Needham, Mass., where he kept a boarding-school for both sexes until 1848. Mr. Kimball died in Needham, Jan. 17, 1862.

Daniel Lewis [II. 441] , the son of John and Hannah (Lincoln) Lewis, was born in Hingham Sept. 29, 1685. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1707, taught school in Hingham from 1708 to 1712, and was ordained the first minister of the First Parish in Pembroke, Dec. 3, 1712. His peaceful ministry continued there for nearly forty years. He died June 29, 1753, his wife having died two weeks before him, both of a fever of less than a fortnight's duration.

Isaiah Lewis [II. 441], the son of John and Hannah (Lincoln) Lewis, was born in Hingham, June 10, 1703, and was graduated at Harvard College in 1723. He was ordained in 1730 as minister of that part of Eastham, Mass., which was soon afterwards Wellfleet. Up to the time of his ordination the church over which he was settled had not been organized, and the council which was called for the ordination organized it. He continued in the faithful discharge of his duty for many years. In 1779 Mr. Lewis became old and feeble, and was unable to perform all the labors of his ministry, and it was voted that he should be dismissed ; but after a consultation with him it was agreed that he should relinquish his claim upon the town for his salary, and continue his pastoral connection. Twenty pounds were allowed for his maintenance, and a committee appointed to procure a minister. He continued in the ministry at Wellfieet fifty-five years. " He possessed a strong mind, and a heart devoted to the work of the gospel, in which he labored diligently and with success." He died in 1786.

George Lincoln [II. 457], the son of George and Sarah (French) Lincoln, was born in Hingham, June 9, 1797. At the age of fourteen he went to Boston to learn the sail-maker's trade, and was soon after converted in the Bennet-Street Church. He returned to Hingham and continued in the occupation of sailmaking, having also other business interests. He was one of the seven members of the first Methodist class formed in Hingham in 1818, and spared no labor to promote its welfare. He spent much of the time which he could spare from his business in educating himself for the work of the ministry. He was licensed and ordained a local preacher, and for fifty years or more preached as he had opportunity. His longest terms of service were at North

Cohasset, South Hingham, and East Abington. He felt specially called to go out into the by-ways and hedges, and there was no neighborhood, however isolated, within many miles of his home in which he had not preached the " word of life."

Henry Lincoln [II. 467], the son of William and Mary (Otis) Lincoln, was born in Hingham, Nov. 3, 176.5. He fitted for college with Eleazer James, teacher of a school in Hingham, and had some assistance from Dr. Joshua Barker. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1786. He studied theology with Mr. Shaw, of Marshfield, and was ordained pastor of the church at Falmouth, Mass., Feb. 3, 1790. This was his only settlement in the ministry. The pastoral connection between Mr. Lincoln and his parish was dissolved by mutual consent Nov. 26, 1823. He then removed to Nantucket, and the remainder of his life was spent there in the home of his daughter, who was the wife of Dr. Elisha P. Fearing. He died in Nantucket, May 28, 1857, and was buried in Falmouth.

Perez Lincoln [II. 478] , son of David Lincoln, was born Jan. 21, 1777, and graduated at Harvard College in 1798. He studied divinity with Dr. Barnes of Scituate, and was settled in the ministry at Gloucester, Mass., Aug. 3, 1805. He was a talented and promising divine, but his constitution was feeble, and after a few years of devoted labor he died in Hingham, June 13, 1811.

William G. Marsh [III. 63], son of Samuel W. Marsh, wasborn in Hingham, Feb. 28, 1841. He received his education in the schools of Hingham and was for a time engaged in business in the employ of the Woonsocket (R. I.) Print Works. In December 1868, he went to Melbourne, Australia, and in 1873 he was appointed secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association in that city. In 1885 he resigned his position as secretary, and since that time he has been engaged in missionary service in Australia. He is an Episcopal clergyman.

Andrews Norton [III. 94], the youngest child of Samuel and Jane (Andrews) Norton, was born in Hingham, Dec. 31, 1786. He was a lineal descendant of Rev. John Norton, the second minister of the First Parish. He was fitted for college at Derby Academy under Preceptor Abner Lincoln, and in 1801 entered the Sophomore class in Harvard College. He was graduated in 1804. He was grave and studious from his childhood, and in college he held a high character for scholarship and moral worth. After graduation he spent four years in theological study. For a short time, in 1806, he was preceptor of Derby Academy. In 1809 he accepted an invitation to supply the pulpit in Augusta, Me.; but, after preaching there a few Sundays he accepted the position of Tutor in Bowdoin College and entered immediately on its duties. Here he remained a year and then removed to Cambridge.

In 1811 he was appointed tutor in mathematics in Harvard College and remained in this position for a year. In 1812 he established the publication, " The General Repository and Review," which continued for two years. It was very earnest in defence of Unitarianism, and was conducted with great ability. In 1813 he Avas appointed librarian of Harvard College Library and held the office for eight years. In the same year, 1813, he was also appointed lecturer on the Criticism and Interpretation of the Scriptures in the college. In 1819 he was elected Dexter Professor of Sacred Literature in the Harvard Divinity School. In 1830 he resigned his professorship, but still continued to devote himself to literary and theological pursuits.

In 1849 he suffered from a severe illness, from which he never fully recovered. He passed the summer of 1850 in Newport, by the advice of his physician, and his sojourn there was attended with such beneficial results that he made it his subsequent residence. In the summer of 1853 it was apparent that his strength was declining, and he died Sept. 18, 1853. Professor Norton was a learned writer on theological questions. He was a frequent contributor to periodicals, and many of his essays and discourses were published. Of his more elaborate works, that on " The Evidences of the Genuineness of the Gospels " is regarded as " one of the most important contributions which this country has made to theological literature." " To him, also, with Mr. Buckminster, Professor Stuart, and a few others, we are indebted for that impulse given to Biblical study in New England early in the present century, which has been of incalculable benefit to all denominations."

David Sprague [III. 166], son of David Sprague, was born in Hingham, April 12, 1707. The following is taken from a " History of the Exeter (R. I.) Baptist Church," by T. A. Hall.

" Elder David Sprague, who was the founder and first pastor of the Exeter Baptist Church, was a native of Hingham, Mass., from whence he removed to Scituate, R. I., where he was converted and received as a member of the Six Principle Baptist Church in that town, then under the ministry of Rev. Samuel Fiske. Here he commenced preaching with great acceptance, but, not holding Arminian views, was soon a little unpopular. He next removed to North Kingstown, united with the church in that town, and was ordained in 1737 as colleague to Rev. Richard Sweet, but finally left that church on account of its free-will notions, as he was Calvinistic in his views, and went to South Kingstown and preached to the church in that place, but soon left them, and for the same reason, and removed to Exeter, where in the autumn of 1750 he founded the church made up largely of what were then termed New Lights.

" There were two large gatherings of the New Light Churches of New England with the Exeter Church. The first, representing twenty-five churches, was on the 23d of May, 1753 ; the second, representing twelve churches, was on the second Tuesday in September, 1754, to settle terms of fellowship and communion at the Lord's table.

" Of this last meeting, David Sprague was chosen Moderator, and Isaac Backus, Clerk. At the first meeting Elder Sprague was chosen in company with Elders Weeden, Lee, and Beck, to visit Middleborough, Mass., and sit in council on the troubles there, in the church of Mr. Backus. The decisions of these two councils in Exeter were in favor of open communion. Elder Sprague, being a strict Baptist in his views, shortly after left not only the New Lights, but the pastorate of the Exeter church.

" The first record which we have been able to find is of a meeting Sept. 17, 1757, at the meeting-house, to hear from their pastor, Elder Sprague, the reasons for his long absence ; he not being present, the church adjourned to Oct. 1, 1757. At this meeting, at the desire of Elder Sprague, the proceedings of a council, held at the meeting-house July 15, 1757, were read, after which he 'read an epistle in which he laid down many reasons for his not meeting with us for a long time, and also enjoined many things for the church to remove, confess, and retract before he could walk with us.' Deacon Joseph Rogers attempted some reply, which Elder Sprague would not hear, and abruptly left the house. On the 19th of November following the church next met, and after reading the result of a council held on the 3d of November, which advised and entreated them to withdraw from their pastor, they proceeded to read a letter of withdrawal, which Deacons Joseph Rogers and Philip Jenkins had previously prepared, which was adopted, and messengers appointed to carry it to him.

" Soon after, Deacon Philip Jenkins felt it to be his duty to preach the gospel and take the watchcare of the church, but the church not being agreed on this matter, he left it, together with a number of those who were attached to him. Deacon Joseph Rogers about the same time had a grievous difficulty with another brother, in consequence of which Rogers also left the church. From this time, 1759, until 1763, it appears that no business meetings of the church were held.

"The records again commence May 21, 1763, with Solomon Sprague for Moderator. Soon after this the church unanimously voted that they felt that he was the man to lead them on and take the watchcare of the church; but his mind as yet was not clear on that point. In July, 1766, David Sprague, their former pastor, returned, and was cordially received to their membership. He also in the same meeting offered himself and his gifts to the church to lead them on as a pastor ; but they declined the offered service as evidently showing that their minds were fixed upon the son as their choice for a leader. During his absence from the church he had preached for a season at New London, Conn., and on Block Island. After his return the church were evidently in accord with their former pastor on those points which once divided them, they having adopted his views, viz., that scriptural baptism was prerequisite to communion. He died in Exeter, in 1777, after a ministry of forty years. He was a man of pure character, superior abilities, happy address, and winning spirit."

Joseph Thaxter [III. 233] was the son of Deacon Joseph Thaxter, and was born in Hingham, April 23, 1744. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1768, after which he taught school for some time in Hingham. When the Revolutionary War broke out, in 1775, he was preaching as a candidate for the ministry at Westford, but on the advance of the British towards Lexington he mounted a horse and rode to Concord, armed with a brace of pistols, and was present at the engagement at Concord Bridge. He was afterwards appointed a chaplain in the army, attached to Colonel Prescott's regiment, and was present at the Battle of Bunker Hill. During the war he was elected a representative to the General Court, but resigned to assume more active duties in the army. After independence was acknowledged he settled in the ministry at Edgartown, where he lived a long, uneventful, and devoted life, dying July 18, 1827. He was present at the laying of the corner stone of the Bunker Hill Monument, June 17, 1825, being at that time the only surviving chaplain of the Revolutionary Army, and offered an impressive prayer on that occasion, having then passed his eightieth year.

William Walton [III. 274] came to Hingham in 1635, and had a grant of land in the first distribution of lots. He was educated at Emanuel College, Cambridge, England, where he took his degrees in 1621 and 1625. He remained but a short time in Hing-. ham. " Mr. Walton " had a grant of land in Marblehead, Oct. 14, 1638. This was Rev. William Walton, who was then preaching there. This is the first mention of his name in the records, and it is probable that he began the work of his ministry there in that year. Through his endeavors, with the assistance of others, a meeting-house was erected, and regular Sunday services were established.

" In October, 1 668, William Walton, the faithful and zealous missionary, died, after having served his Master and the poor people of Marblehead for a period of thirty years. Coming to them as a missionary to preach the gospel, he became, without ordination as a clergyman, a loving pastor, a faithful friend, and a wise and prudeni counsellor. His advice was sought on all matters of public or private importance, and when obtained was usually followed without question. That his loss was felt as a public bereavement by the entire community, there can be little doubt."

Heney Waee, Jr. [III. 277], the son of Rev. Henry Ware, the fourth minister of the First Parish, was born in Hingham, April 21, 1794. His early education was obtained partly at home and partly in the public and private schools of his native town. He fitted for college with Rev. Dr. Allyn, of Duxbury, Mr. Ashur Ware, his cousin, Mr. Samuel Merrill, and finally at Phillips Academy, Andover. He entered Harvard College in 1808 and was graduated in 1812. Immediately on leaving college he became assistant-teacher in Phillips Academy, Exeter, which position he occupied for two years, studying theology at the same time. His theological studies were completed in Cambridge. He received a certificate of approbation as a preacher July 31, 1815. He was ordained and installed as pastor of the Second Church in Boston, Jan. 1, 1817, the ordination sermon being preached by his father. His health became somewhat impaired in 1828, and he was desirous of being relieved from the arduous labors demanded by a pastoral charge. At the same time a professorship in the Divinity School at Cambridge was offered him, and he resigned his pastorate. His parish refused to accept his resignation, but proposed that he should retain his pastoral connection with the assistance of Mr. Ralph Waldo Emerson as a colleague, who was ordained March 11, 1829. Mr. Ware had by this time accepted the professorship at Cambridge, but before entering upon his duties he made an extended visit to Europe, hoping for an improvement in health and strength. He returned home in August, 1830, and again requested his dismissal from his parish, which was granted, and he soon afterwards entered upon the duties of the professorship of Pulpit Eloquence and the Pastoral Care, in the Divinity School, at Cambridge. He received the degree of S.T.D. from Harvard University in 1834. Dr. Ware's health was so essentially impaired in 1841 that he found great difficulty in performing his duties, and he resigned his professorship early in 1842. During that year he removed to Framingham, Mass., where he died Sept. 22, 1843.

Dr. Ware was a Unitarian. He was a voluminous writer and author of numerous publications. His fame is too well known to call for extended comment on his abilities as a scholar, writer, or preacher.

William Ware [III. 277], son of Rev. Henry Ware, was born in Hingham, Aug. 3, 1797. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1816, and at the Harvard Divinity School in 1819. He began preaching in 1820, his first public service being at Northborough, Mass., and for some time was engaged in preaching in various places, principally in Brooklyn, Burlington, Vt., and the city of New York. He was ordained pastor of the First Congregational Church in the City of New York, which was the first Unitarian Church established in that city, Dec. 18, 1821. His labors in New York were very arduous, as there was no Unitarian clergyman in the city or in the immediate neighborhood from whom he could receive assistance. In June, 1837, he removed to Waltham, Mass., having accepted an invitation from the Second Congregational Church in that place to supply their pulpit. Here he continued until April, 1838, when the church was united with the elder church in that place. Mr. Ware then removed to Jamaica Plain, and about the same time became proprietor and editor of the " Christian Examiner," which remained in his hands until 1844. In January, 1844, he terminated his connection with the " Christian Examiner " and accepted an invitation to become the pastor of the Unitarian Church in West Cambridge. He was soon after taken ill and resigned in July, 1845. In November, 1845, he removed to Cambridge, and after this, his health having improved considerably, in 1847 he engaged in the ministry at large, in Boston, and continued in this employment for about a year. In 1848 he went to Europe, where he remained more than a year, principally in Italy, and on his return he delivered a course of lectures on European Travel. He published under the title of " Zenobia, or the Fall of Palmyra," vivid representations of ancient life and manners, which had previously appeared in magazines as " Letters from Palmyra." He also wrote and published many other works.

He died in Cambridge, Feb. 19, 1852. As a preacher he was somewhat dry and lacking in oratorical effect, and distrustful of > his own powers, so that he was sometimes thought to be distant and reserved, but his writings show a force and ability very far above the average.

Samuel Willard [III. 329] was the son of William and Catherine (Wilder) Willard, and was born in Petersham, Mass., April 18, 1776. He was fitted for college principally by Rev. Nathaniel Thayer, D.D., of Lancaster, Mass., and was graduated at Harvard College in 1803. After leaving college he was a teacher in Phillips (Exeter) Academy, and a tutor in Bowdoin College, preparing himself for the ministry meanwhile. In 1805 he returned to Cambridge to finish his theological studies. He was licensed to preach by the Cambridge Association and preached his first sermon in Deerfield, Mass., March 15, 1807. He was invited to settle there and accepted. Aug. 12, 1807, was the day first appointed for his ordination, and a council assembled composed principally of those entertaining the Calvinistic belief. It was about the time when a separation of the Calvinistic churches from the Arminian was taking place, and after a rigid examination in a session of two days duration, the council refused to ordain Mr. Willard. Another council was called, and he was ordained Sept. 23, 1807. " From that time Mr. Willard became a pioneer in the cause of liberal Christianity." His ministry was faithful and acceptable. He was a musician and the author of the " Deerfield Collection of Sacred Music." In 1819 his sight became very much impaired, and in September, 1829, he resigned his pastoral charge. For the last forty years of his life he was blind. After the loss of his sight, he accustomed himself to commit to memory the Scriptures, his hymns, and other writings which were read to him, and the amount of matter which he could accurately repeat was prodigious. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 1826 the degree of S.T.D. was conferred upon him by Harvard College. He was the founder of Willard Academy in Hingham, of which mention is made in the chapter on " Education " of this History.

Indian Burials

There are several localities in Hingham where the rude implements of Indian warfare, of fishing and hunting, of husbandry, and of household use have been unearthed, which were occupied as burial-grounds by the aborigines prior to the settlement of the town by Englishmen. These burial-places were principally near the seashore. They have been found at Downer Landing, at Old Planters' Hill, at the head of Weir River, and at or near Cuba Dam or Little Harbor in Cohasset, which was originally a part of Hingham. From these localities have been taken at short distances below the surface of the earth stone hatchets, axes, gouges, spear and arrow heads, sinkers, corn-crushers, pestles, copper trinkets, pottery, etc., which in most instances were near human bones ; and, although no record has come down to us relating thereto, they indicate unmistakably where some of the Indians who preceded the English, probably of the tribe of Wompatuck, were buried.

Burial-Ground Of The Early Settlers

The first spot of land in Hingham consecrated to burial purposes by the emigrants from England was that which adjoined the first meeting-house. It was situated on rising ground in front of what is now the Derby Academy lot, and for fifty years or more was the only burial-place for the inhabitants of the town. A narrow roadway skirted its northern and southern boundaries, while on the east and west the ground sloped down in conformity to its surroundings. Several stately trees beautified its westerly declivity, and a single tomb facing southward, used probably for winter interments, is still remembered by persons who are now living. Here, with few exceptions, most of the early settlers were buried. If the monuments which were erected to their memory had been preserved, rough and unartistic as they were, they would have served as a more forcible reminder of the noble men and women who first settled here, and overcame the difficulties and hardships which the early planters of the Colony were obliged to encounter, than can any written record, however carefully preserved, which is rarely seen or brought to the notice of the people.

Occasional interments were probably made in this ground after the sale of burial-lots had been commenced elsewhere ; but just when they were discontinued is uncertain. Tradition says that one of the Acadians (French Neutrals) was the last person buried here. This would have occurred from 1760 to 1763 ; but Hingham Records furnish nothing by which to verify this statement.

After the locality had been abandoned as a burial-place, several buildings were erected on its northerly margin. One of these was owned successively by Joseph Loring and Solomon Blake, and used as a cooper's shop. Later it was rented for various purposes. At one time it was the residence of John Murphy and his wife Jane. Next west was the district schoolhouse ; and beyond this stood a shop, the easterly part of which was last occupied by Thomas Loud for the manufacture of hats, and the westerly end. by Samuel Norton, Jr., a repairer of watches and silverware.

The hill was lowered to its present condition by a vote of the town in 1831, and the remains which were unearthed at that time were by the same vote reinterred in the Hingham Cemetery. The shop of Messrs. Norton and Loud was taken to South Street, near Magoon's Bridge, where it was rented to different tenants for several years. It was afterwards removed again, and is now occupied as a dwelling-house on Thayer Street.

The schoolhouse was taken to the west part of the town and there used for some time as it had been. It has since undergone another change, and at the present writing is located as a dwelling-house on Thaxter Street.

Human remains were found in this locality, in front of the estates of Caleb B. Marsh and John Siders, as late as 1877, when the drain leading to Broad Bridge was constructed. They were placed with those previously reburied.

Beechwood Cemetery

In 1737 Aaron Pratt and Isaac Bates, " yeomen," both of Hingham, second precinct, in consideration of £1, current money, . . . conveyed to Jonathan Pratt, Israel Whitcomb, Stephen Stoddard, Jr., Prince Joy, Ebenezer Kent, and Joshua Bates, Jr., all of Hingham, ... a tract of land containing eighteen rods, . . . situated " in front of our house lots where we now dwell in the Township of Hingham," and bounded as follows : S. by the way or road ; E. with the land of Isaac Bates ; N. partly with the land of said Bates and partly with the land of Aaron Pratt ; and W with said Pratt " as the same is now staked out." The deed of

-conveyance shows that each of these purchasers was to have and hold a lot one half-rod in width by six rods in length " after the following manner, that is to say : " Beginning W., the first lot to Jonathan Pratt ; the second to Israel Whitconib, etc. Then follow the usual conditions of a warranty deed. Acknowledged Dec. 5, 1737, before Benjamin Lincoln, Justice of the Peace.

The tract of land thus conveyed for burial purposes is the older part of the present Beechwood Cemetery. Additions to this purchase have been made at different times since, so that the grounds now embrace about one and a half acres. It is situated on Beechwood and Doane streets, and is accessible from both streets. Within the past fifteen years it has been greatly improved and beautified in various ways. Two substantial iron entrance-gates have been erected, upon which the name of the cemetery and date of its incorporation (1874) are wrought, and its tablets and monuments are creditable specimens of the sculptor's art.

Catholic Cemetery

The ground upon which this burial-place is located was purchased of Mrs. Catherine Roche, widow of John A. Roche, March 3, 1877, by the Most Reverend John J. Williams, Archbishop of Boston. Rev. Peter J. Leddy was at that time pastor of St. Paul's Catholic Church in Hingham, and through him the land was secured. It was consecrated the 13th of November following. The lot contains about three acres, and is approached by an avenue leading from Hersey Street. Situated as it is on high table ground, it commands the most extensive as well as diversified views of any of our local cemeteries. Its walks and paths are conveniently arranged ; its memorials are tastefully conceived,, and the inscriptions thereon are noticeable for their explicit and appropriate wording.

A large granite monument in the form of a cross is one of the many features of attraction which meet the eye upon entering this cemetery. It consists of a massive granite plinth, surmounted with a well proportioned base ; this is succeeded by a die, above which rises the cross-shaped shaft. The inscription on the die reads as follows : -

Requiescant In Pace

Upon the larger monuments, many of which are quite attractive, are the surnames Burns, Carr, Casey, Corbett, Cronin, Crowe, Daley, Fagan, Farrell, Fee, Foley, Halley, Hayes, Keating, Loden, Moore, Quinn, and Tully.

Over the door of the receiving tomb are the figures " 1881." What the future may reveal in the way of further improvements in this hallowed ground cannot be known or prophesied. But if the rapid strides and marked progress which have been made here within the past ten years are any criterion to judge by, it will soon rival in attractiveness many of the older burial-grounds.

Cedar Street Cemetery

On the old road leading from Hull Street to the present thoroughfare between Hingham and Cohasset is a small buryingground of perhaps a quarter of an acre in extent, in which lie the remains of several families whose surnames are found among the earlier settlers of Hingham. The spot has been occupied as. a place of interment for the fathers, mothers, and children of those whose homes were in this vicinity for a century and a half or more, and contains all that was mortal of many who were pioneers of this locality. It is a sequestered spot yet easy of access, and the surroundings are quiet and picturesque.

Several tombs, monuments, and tablets, of modern construction have been erected upon the grounds within the last half-century, but many of the more ancient headstones are rough, moss-covered, and unintelligible. The surnames most noticeable upon these memorials are Beal, Freeman, Humphrey, Litchfield, Lothrop, Nichols, Phinney, and Stoddard. Among the older inscriptions are the following : -

Cohasset Central Cemetery

This conveniently located burial-place, situated at the corner of North Main Street and Joy Place, in Cohasset, did not include more than half the ground it does now when the town was legally known as the Second Precinct of Hingham. The row of antique tombs toward the street was then the front boundary line ; and just below the knoll on the opposite side was the rear line. Before the middle of the present century the land lying between the range of tombs and North Main Street, upon which had been a small dwelling, with its adjoining garden, and a schoolhouse, was added to the cemetery grounds. But even with this increase of territory the demand for burial-lots was found to exceed the supply. Accordingly an association was formed in May, 1867, and on the 3d of September following a piece of land containing one and three-eighths acres, adjoining the cemetery in the rear, was purchased and added thereto, so that the area of the inclosed ground at the present time is about four acres.