To him yᵗ can supply what's taken away.
My crown is fallen from my Head, and wo,
Wo unto me yᵗ I have sinned so,
As to provoke yᵉ Lord to show such Ire
Wʰ I deserve 'gainst me should burn like Fire.
God righteous is in all yᵗ He hath done
Yea good in lending Her to me so long.
A Blessing rich _Forty three years_ and more:
Had I been wise to have improved such store
Of Gifts and Grace wherewith she was endu'd
I might in Grace have also much improv'd.
How prompt in heavenly Discourse was she,
That to her own and others good might be!
Out of her store came things both new and old
Wʰ she had read, or thought, or had been told.
How great my Bond to God in Thankfulness,
For such a Gift, for all my worthlessness.
The _only child_ her _gracious mother_ bare,
Obtain'd of God as a Return of Prayer:
For wʰ she with her Friends employ'd a Day,
In private, and soon found it good to pray
Unto yᵉ God of Nature and of Grace,
Who thus approv'd their seeking of his Face,
In forming this fair child to shew his Praise:
Endowed with virtues in her early Days
Wʰ grew and shine'd in young and riper age,
And to her Maker's Praise did much engage
All those wᵒ knew Her both of late and old,
And prove'd as diverse godly wise foretold.
She by her wisdom built yᵉ House and by
Her prudent care kept all in such a way
And in such order, so as nought might be }
A Let to worship in the Family }
Or cause Distraction on God's holy day. }
Yea both at _Morn_ and _even_, as was need
She did in _Household-worship_ always lead
Her Family, while in her widow-state,
And in my absence since she was my mate.
Whose good example may rebuke all Those
Who slight this Duty and Themselves expose
Unto yᵗ wrath of God wʰ hangs o'er all
Those Familes wʰ on Him do not call.
To rise up _very early_ was her way, }
Enter her closet strait, to read and pray, }
And then to call and raise her Family, }
And liv'd to see a Blessing great upon
Her Prayers and prudent Education
Of children such a number for yᵉ Lord,
Under his gracious covenant and word,
That now may say, I am, thro grace divine,
Thy Servant, Daughter, Son, of Handmaid thine.
She highly prized a _Gospel Ministry_,
For its support was an example high,
And while a widow chose yᵉ town shou'd say }
What was her Part lest self from Right shou'd sway }
And allways gave more than her Rate away, }
Yea ever first wou'd pay _that pious due_, }
Then other Debts, and on the Residue }
Wou'd wisely live and help yᵉ Poor she knew. }
Nor ever any want she found thereby,
And counselled her Friends yᵉ like to try:
But if they wou'd till last let _That_ alone,
They wou'd find nought to pay't, all wou'd be gone:
Which some have try'd, and found what she said True,
And so God was not robbed of his Due.
As by God's Grace she lived _piously_
So by the same she lived _righteously_:
Chusing yᵗ she and hers might wrongs receiv,
Than even yᵉ least to others give:
Allways a Pattern of _Sobriety_, }
Meek, lowly, peacefull, prone to _charity_ }
And freely given to Hospitality, }
Behaved wisely in a perfect way,
Both in yᵉ brightest and yᵉ darkest Day.
She came in nothing short with count of many
Of highest Praise of Tongue or Pen of any.
Great cause we have of pious Thankfullness;
For that tho sharpest Pains did her distress
For _six weeks_ allmost constantly, yᵗ she
Could take no Rest nor in yᵉ night nor Day;
Yet God preserv'd her mind and senses clear,
With exercise of Grace, yᵗ we cou'd hear
Not the least murmuring nor impatient word,
But meek submission to yᵉ Sovereign Lord:
Full of heart-melting Prayer and savoury words
Which Joy and wonderment to all affords
Whose Hearts were mov'd to leav their Homes and see
And help Her in her great extremity.
Her last words were, come _dear Lord Jesus, come
And take me quickly to thy Bosom home_:
And in few minutes had her Soul's Desire
With Him whom she did love with Heart intire.
Death was no Terrour unto Her nor Fear,
No Ghastliness did in her Face appear:
But sweet composure in her Life and Death }
When her dear soul she in her final Breath }
Resigned to Him whom she beheld in Faith: }
Whose own she was and with Him long'd to be
Where she is free from sin and misery:
She enter'd into perfect, endless Rest,
And with yᵉ blest above is ever blest.
So that we have no reason to repine }
But thankfully and humbly to resign }
To his most wise and righteous hand therein }
Nor mourn for Her in Plenitude of Joy,
But for ourselves whom evils still annoy.
As a great Loss to all, yᵉ wisest deem,
Then sure to me and mine a Loss extream;
Now she has left the gap, is made a way
For evils to bear on us every Day:
Wʰ our Iniquities deserved have,
Unless yᵉ Lord please, as I humbly crave,
To give Repentance and Remission free
Of all our sins; of mine especially,
My great Defects in point of gratitude
In prizing and improving such a good:
Wʰ as a _second_ miracle of grace,
After the first who no less Pious was
And lovely _consort_. Both free gifts most rare
And Both in answer unto humble Prayer.
As soon as I my will resigned so
To God, as to be free yᵗ he shou'd do
As most for his own glory he shou'd see;
Then did their several Relatives agree
To say, They had oppos'd our match so long,
They neither dared nor wou'd it more prolong:
Wʰ was so far above all expectation
As made us to admire the Dispensation.
Yet that such wondrous works I cou'd forget,
Does my Offences greatly aggravete:
Which has so much dishonored his Name
As justly may me fill with grief and shame
And oh yᵗ by his grace enabling me, }
I may with Hate, yea self-abhorrency }
Turn from all sin and unto JESUS flee }
Whose meritorious and precious blood
Can clease from sin and reconcile to God.
O may He be most highly priz'd by me
And as most precious may embraced be.
May I to Him eternally be join'd
And in Him Rest and Satisfaction find:
By his good Spirit's mighty energy }
My Heart be purg'd from all Impurity, }
And filled with all grace and sanctity: }
Awakened out of all my drowzy Frames
Raised up to lively, heavenly views and aims,
Ever composed, humble, watchful be, }
Especially upon God's holy Day, }
And when I read, hear, meditate and pray. }
In holy Duties never slightly be;
As if to approach yᵉ glorious majesty
Of God, a light and trifling thing it were;
But ever look and speak to him with Fear:
May bring forth much good Fruit in my last Days,
Living and doing more unto his Praise:
Gaining much profit by our Father's Rod,
Who can make all work our eternal good.
For all which mercies great I beg yᵉ Prayers
Of all who see these drops of aged Tears,
That I and mine may by his mighty Hand
Be kept thro Faith unto Salvation, and
That we may neither slack or slothful be,
But follow Her and that blest company,
Who thro' their faith and patience now possess
The full completion of the Promises,
And we may fitted be at Death to say, }
_Lord Jesus come and take us quick away, }
To be with Thee unto eternal aye!_ }
Afflicted and distressed, but thro rich undeserved mercy
not wholly forsaken,
T. HINCKLEY. _ætatis_ 85.
* * * * *
The following is an extract from one of the manuscript volumes
of the Rev. Mr. Prince:
"She [Mrs. Hinckley] was yᵉ only child of Mʳ Quarter-master
_Smith_ by his 1ˢᵗ wife, formerly of _Lancashire_ in England
and afterward of _Dorchester_ in _New England_.
Her _Father_ had been a Quarter-master in yᵉ army of yᵉ
Netherlands: her _mother_ a gentlewoman of a creditable
Family and of eminent natural Powers, Piety and acquir'd
accomplishments. Of them this Mʳˢ _Hinckley_ was Born in
_Lancashire_ in _England_ in 1630. Her Parents living undʳ yᵉ
ministry of yᵉ Rev. Mʳ _Richard Mather_ at Toxteth in that
shire; they came up and brought Her wᵗʰ them to Bristol in
order for _N. E._ in April 1635: young Mʳ _Nathaniel_ a son of
yᵉ sd Mʳ Mather being carried on One side a Horse in a Pannier
and this young Mʳˢ Mary on yᵉ other: as I have often heard her
say.
May 23, 1635; She with her father and mother, yᵉ sd Rev. Mʳ
_Richard Mather_ and wife, yʳ sons _Samuel_ and _Nathaniel_, Mʳ
_Jonathan Mitchell_ then about 11 years of age, &c. set sail
from _Bristol_. In yᵉ night between Aug. 14 and 15 coming on yᵉ
_N. E._ coast yʳ arose an extream Hurricane, wʳin yʸ wʳ in yᵉ
utmost Danger and wondrously delivered [see yᵉ acct in yᵉ Life
of yᵉ sd Mʳ _Richard Mather_ in yᵉ Magnalia] and on Aug. 17
arrived at _Boston_.
Her Father and others settling at _Dorchester_ and a new chh
gathᵈ There Aug. 23, 1636, yᵉ sd Mʳ _Richard Mather_ became yʳ
Teacher: under wᵒˢ ministry she liv'd, unless wⁿ sent to school
at _Boston_, wʳ she enjoy'd Mʳ _Wilson_ and _Cotton's_ ministry.
In ---- she married to Mʳ _Nathanˡ Glover_ a son of yᵉ Honᵇ
_John Glover_ Esq: of sd Dorchester by wᵐ she had _Nathaniel_
and _Ann_. And then this Husband Dying, she remained a
widdow till wⁿ she married yᵉ Honᵇˡ _Thomas Hinckley_ Esq.
of _Barnstable_; whither she removed and had by Him _Mercy_,
_Experience_, _John_, _Abigail_, _Thankfull_, _Ebenezer_ and
_Reliance_: wᵒ all grew up and married; and all but _Ebenezer_
before she died.
At _Barnstable_ she to yᵉ Day of her Death appear'd and shone
in yᵉ eyes of all, as yᵉ loveliest and brightest woman for
beauty, knowledg, wisdom, majesty, accomplishments and graces
throughout yᵉ _colony_, and there her fˢᵗ son _Nathaniel_
married to _Hannah_ a Dᵗʳ of sd Mʳ Hinckly, by his formʳ wf:
Her sd Dᵗʳ _Ann_ married to Mʳ _Wᵐ Rawson_ a son of Mʳ
secretary _Rawson_, secretary of yᵉ Massachusetts colony. Her
Dᵗʳ _Mercy_, to Mʳ _Samuel Prince_ of _Sandwich_: _Experience_
to Mʳ _James Whipple_ of _Barnstable_: her son _John_ to Mʳˢ
---- _Trott_ of _Dorchester_: her Daughter _Abigail_ to yᵉ
Rev. Mʳ Joseph Lord 1ˢᵗ of _Dorchester_ in _South Carolina_,
aftʳwd of Chatham, on _Cape Cod_: _Thankfull_ to yᵉ Rev. Mʳ
_Experience Mayhew_ of _Martha's Vineyard_: _Reliance_ to yᵉ
Rev. Mʳ _Nathaniel Stone_ of _Harwich_: and after the Decease
of Herself and Husband yʳ son _Ebenezer_ to Mʳˢ _Stone_ of
_Sudbury_."
Mrs. Hinckley died July 29, 1703, in the 73rd year of her age.
FOOTNOTES:
[34] The portraits of Samuel and Mercy Prince, belonging to the Rev.
Mr. Robbins, have been temporarily deposited in the rooms of the
Massachusetts Historical Society.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF PHYSICIANS IN KINGSTON, N. H.
The first Physician of Kingston of whom we have any definite account,
was a _Dr. Green_, who died some time in the year 1750. The vacancy
created by his death was filled by _Dr. Josiah Bartlett_ and _Dr. Aaron
Sawyer_. Dr. Sawyer soon returned to the Upper Parish of Amesbury, Ms.,
whence he originated.
_Dr. Josiah Bartlett_ was born in Amesbury, Ms., Nov. 21, 1727, O. S.
His father, whose name was Stephen Bartlett, had not much property,
but was, however, enabled to give him a medical education under the
instruction of Dr. Ordway, a respectable physician of Amesbury. Dr.
Bartlett completed his medical studies at the age of twenty-one, and
very soon after established himself at Kingston, N. H.
He married his cousin, Mary Bartlett, of Newtown, N. H., Jan. 15, 1754,
by whom he had twelve children.
His practice became very extensive, and he was eminently successful,
especially in the treatment of the _Cynanche Maligna_, or Throat
Distemper, which first made its appearance in Kingston, with great
fatality, in 1765.
Dr. Bartlett began his political career as Representative from
Kingston, in the Legislature of New Hampshire, while an English colony.
He continued to fill various offices of trust, from this time to the
year 1775, when he was elected to the Continental Congress, which met
at Philadelphia in September of that year. In July, 1776, Congress
declared the Colonies independent, and Dr. Bartlett was the first,
after the venerable Hancock, to sign this instrument of American
freedom.
In November, 1778, Dr. Bartlett returned home to attend to his domestic
affairs, which had suffered greatly from his absence. About this
time he was appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas,
and was transferred to the Superior Bench in November, 1782, and
there officiated till he was appointed, in 1788, Chief Justice of the
State. Judge Bartlett sustained, during this period, many offices not
incompatible with his high judicial character, such as Counsellor, a
member of the Convention to form a State Constitution, and was one of
a Committee, with Judge Livermore and Gen. Sullivan, to revise the
Laws of the State, and a member of the Convention to ratify the new
Constitution.
In 1789, he was elected Senator to Congress, but his declining health,
and the depression of spirits consequent upon the sudden death of his
wife, early in that year, induced him to decline the duties of Senator,
and to resign the office of Chief Justice.
The people, unwilling to lose his services, elected him President of
the State, in 1790.
Dr. Bartlett took an active part in forming the New Hampshire Medical
Society, and was elected, in 1791, its first President.
In 1792, he was chosen a member to revise the Constitution of New
Hampshire, in which the title of President was dropped, and that of
Governor substituted, and he was the first Chief Magistrate with the
title of Governor. About this time, he received the honorary degrees of
M. A. and M. D. from Dartmouth College.
Gov. Bartlett filled all these stations with general satisfaction,
without ostentation; administering the laws in a mild yet decisive
manner, and setting forth the example of true republicanism.
His appointments were just, and such as met the public approbation.
The arduous duties of a professional and political life, in those
"times that tried men's souls," had impaired his health, and so
shattered a constitution, never strong, that May 19, 1795, he died
suddenly, of paralysis, leaving a very extensive circle of friends to
mourn his departure.
Gov. Bartlett was possessed of good mental powers, of a kind and
benevolent disposition, and was scrupulously just in all his dealings.
Philanthropy and benevolence were the prominent traits of his character.
His letters, still extant, show that, with a calm and childlike trust
in God, he mingled that high sense of the responsibilities which man
owes to his Creator and his fellow-man, which forms the foundation of a
truly generous, just, and noble character.
Subjoined is the testimony of one who was his neighbor and intimate
friend for many years--the Rev. Dr. Elihu Thayer. It is taken from the
Address delivered at the funeral of Gov. Bartlett.
"But few persons by their own merit, without the influence of family,
or party connections, have risen from one degree of honor and
confidence to another, as he did. And _fewer still_ have been the
instances, in which a succession of honorable and important offices
even to the highest, have been held by _any man_ with _less envy_;
or executed with _more general_ approbation. Despising the gaudy
exhibition of vain parade, (a sure mark of a noble mind,) he set a
shining example of frugality and economy, both in private and public
life, at a period when such virtues were peculiarly becoming and
necessary. His natural temper was open, humane, and compassionate. In
his dealings, he was scrupulously just, and faithful in the performance
of all his engagements; and in his public offices, he served his
country with all his might."
The children of Gov. Bartlett who still survive, are Hon. Ezra Bartlett
of Haverhill. N. H., and Mrs. Gale, the widow of the late Dr. Amos Gale
of Kingston. She is in her 74th year, and resides at South Hampton with
her daughter, Mrs. White.
_Dr. Levi Bartlett_ was the eldest son of Gov. Josiah Bartlett, and
was born Sept. 3, 1763. He received his preparatory education at the
then celebrated "Dummer School" in Newbury, Ms., and after studying
the science of medicine one year with his father, he completed his
professional course with Dr. Thomas Kittredge of Andover, Ms., a
distinguished physician.
Soon after, he established himself in Kingston, N. H., where his father
had been located, and who was giving up his professional business to
younger and more vigorous practitioners.
Here, and in the adjoining towns, he soon acquired an extensive
practice, and was frequently called many miles from home in
consultation. He was a skilful and successful surgeon, and performed
many important operations.
Dr. Bartlett filled many stations of trust. He was a Justice of the
Peace and Quorum throughout the state, Colonel in the militia, and
Post Master for many years. He frequently represented Kingston in the
Legislature, and for several years was a member of the Council, and
Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. But being of a studious and
metaphysical turn, he preferred the quiet pleasures of private life to
the care and turmoil of the political arena.
He was married, Nov. 6, 1791, to Sally Hook, who died of consumption,
February, 1793. He married the second time, Abigail Stevens, April 18,
1807.
He was kind and obliging in his disposition, generous and humane to the
needy, and honorable and just in all his business relations.
For several years, he suffered from paralysis, and was, consequently,
unable to transact business or enjoy life. His earthly career
terminated Jan. 30, 1828, at the age of 65, leaving a widow and three
children--two daughters and one son.
_Dr. Levi Stevens Bartlett_ was born Dec. 3, 1811. He received his
academical education at Phillips Academy, Exeter. He read medicine with
his uncle, the late Hon. Josiah Bartlett of Stratham, Professor Elisha
Bartlett, at that time of Lowell, Ms., and with Dr. John Barrett of
Portland, Me. Dr. Bartlett attended the Medical Lectures at Dartmouth
and Bowdoin Colleges, and received his diploma from Dartmouth in the
year 1832, a short time before he was 21 years of age.
Having come in possession of the landed estates of his father, and the
old mansion of his grandfather, he settled at Kingston, where he now
resides, and is in the practice of his profession. He married, Dec. 3,
1844, Aroline E., daughter of Moses Sanborn, Esq.
_Dr. Amos Gale_, son of Jacob Gale, was born at East Kingston, April 9,
1744, 0. S. He studied medicine with Dr. Josiah Bartlett of Kingston,
N. H., and married Hannah, the only child of Daniel and Hannah Gilman
of Kingston, Nov. 12, 1765. They had ten children, six sons and
four daughters, six of whom are still living. His practice was very
extensive, and he was highly esteemed as a physician and citizen. He
was one of the early members of the N. H. Medical Society, and he
continued to practice medicine in Kingston and vicinity, (with the
exception of a few years, during which he resided in Troy, N. Y.,)
until a short time before his death, which occurred June 8, 1813, aged
69 years. The disease which terminated his life was paralysis. Several
young men received their medical instruction from him.
_Dr. Amos Gale, Jr._, son of the preceding, was born at Kingston, Oct.
15, 1768. He studied medicine with his father and Dr. Levi Bartlett
of Kingston, attended lectures at Boston, commenced and continued to
practise medicine in his native town till his death, which occurred
Dec. 7, 1824, aged 56 years. He was a very energetic and athletic
man, and was characterized for his great assiduity and self-denial in
the discharge of his duties as a physician. He was married to Sally,
youngest daughter of Gov. Bartlett, by whom he had seven children, five
sons and two daughters, all of whom are still living. Dr. Gale held
various offices in the town, and was Representative to the Legislature
in 1808. About twenty young men received medical education under his
instruction. He was elected a member of the N. H. Medical Society in
1800.
_Dr. Stephen Gale_, youngest son of Dr. Amos Gale, Senior, was born
Jan. 28, 1723, and studied medicine with his brother Amos. He died Aug.
13, 1804. His disease was a scrofulous affection of the knee, caused by
an injury.
_Dr. Ezra Bartlett Gale_, eldest son of Dr. Amos Gale, Jr., was born
at Kingston, Oct. 13, 1797. He studied medicine with his father and
uncle, Dr. Levi Bartlett, and attended medical lectures in Boston in
1818, and practised with his father till July, 1821, when he commenced
practice in Brentwood, N. H., and continued there till August, 1823.
In the fall of 1822, he attended a course of Medical Lectures at Brown
University, and received the degree of M. D. in 1823. He married Ruth
White, youngest daughter of the late Richard White, Esq., of South
Hampton, N. H., July 31, 1823, where he practised medicine till 1827,
when he recommenced practice in Kingston, in which place he now pursues
his professional duties. He had seven children by his first wife, four
sons and three daughters, all of whom are living. His wife died July
6, 1841. He married Emily, daughter of the late Moses Atwood, Esq., of
Atkinson, Nov. 22, 1842, by whom he has two daughters. He is a member
and officer of the N. H. Medical Society, and also of the Rockingham
Dist. Med. Society.
_Dr. Levi Bartlett Gale_, second son of Dr. Amos Gale, Jr., was born
Aug. 29, 1800. He studied medicine with his father and brother, and
attended lectures at Boston and at Brown University, where he took his
degree of M. D. He commenced and continued the practice of medicine in
Kingston till the return of his brother from South Hampton, when he
removed to Boston, where he now resides. He married Sarah B. Keggan, by
whom he has two children.
_Dr. Josiah Bartlett Gale_, third son of Dr. Amos Gale, Jr., was born
Jan. 11, 1803. He studied medicine with his brothers Ezra Bartlett and
Levi Bartlett Gale. He attended Medical Lectures at Brown University,
and commenced the practice of medicine in Brentwood, where he remained
but a short time. Thence he removed to Salisbury Mills, Ms., where
he now resides. He married Hannah, daughter of the late Capt. Jacob
Morrill of Salisbury, Ms. They have one child, a son.
_Dr. Amos Gilman Gale_, fourth son of Dr. Amos Gale, Jr., was born
Feb. 17, 1807. He commenced his medical studies with his brother
Levi Bartlett Gale, and attended two courses of Medical Lectures
at Dartmouth College, at which he received the degree of M. D. He
commenced the practice of medicine in Hooksett, N. H., where he was
employed in his profession till his removal to Manchester, N. H. He
married Mary, daughter of Hon. Richard H. Ayer, of Hooksett, by whom he
has one child, a daughter.
_Dr. Stephen Madison Gale_, fifth son of Dr. Amos Gale, Jr., was born
in Kingston, Oct. 20, 1809. He commenced the study of medicine with
his brother E. B. Gale, in 1834, studied one year with his brother L.
B. Gale in Boston, and attended three courses of Medical Lectures in
that place three years in succession, commencing in 1834, and received
his medical degree at Harvard University, 1837. He commenced practice
in Derry, N. H., September following; and thence he removed to East
Kingston, where he remained but a short time. He commenced practice in
Lowell, Dec. 1838, and from that place he removed to Methuen, July,
1839, where he has been engaged in practice ever since. He was admitted
a Fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society, April, 1839. He married
Hannah W. Johnson of Portland, Me., March 28, 1843, by whom he has one
daughter, Alice Bartlett.
Though all the above physicians by the name of Gale have not been
located as physicians in Kingston, yet, as they were all of one family,
we have entered their names under the head of Kingston.
There has been for about eighty years in Kingston a physician of the
name of Gale, father, son, and grandsons. Very much the same may be
said of the name of Bartlett. It is believed that no two families in
our country have furnished more physicians than the Bartlett and Gale
families of Kingston. Governor Bartlett had three sons eminent as
physicians; namely, Josiah of Stratham, Levi of Kingston, and Ezra of
Haverhill, all members and officers of the Medical Society; and all
political men, Ezra and Levi having been Judges of Courts, and Josiah
a Member of Congress. Many of his grandsons are in the profession, one
of whom, Dr. Josiah Bartlett of Stratham, is now President of the New
Hampshire Medical Society.
_Dr. Thomas Bassett_ was born in Deerfield, N. H., Aug. 12, 1797. His
father was a merchant in that town, and once traded in Atkinson; but
in 1804 removed to Londonderry with his family, where he resided till
his death. His mother's name was Susannah McGregore, a descendant of
the Rev. James McGregore, who emigrated from Scotland to Ireland, and
subsequently with a number of others, to America, and commenced a
settlement in Londonderry. At the age of fifteen, Thomas commenced
the studies preparatory to entering college, under the instruction of
his uncle, Rev. David McGregore, who was then the settled minister in
Bedford, N. H., and lived with him about three years; he then left and
entered the Pinkerton Academy in Derry, under the tuition of Mr. Samuel
Burnham, and continued there until the death of his father. At this
time, finding himself destitute of pecuniary means, he was forced to
relinquish the idea of prosecuting further his collegiate studies, and
resorted to school-keeping to obtain the object he then most desired,
an education. After spending three years in this employment, he
resolved to prepare for the medical profession; and, in 1821, entered
the office of Dr. George Farrar of Derry, as a student in medicine,
where he remained till the fall of 1822, when he left, and entered the
private class of Professors Mussey, Oliver, and Dana, at Dartmouth
College, and continued with them until he had finished a regular course
of medical instruction, and received the degree of Doctor in Medicine
at the Commencement, in 1824. In March following, he established
himself at Kingston, as a physician and surgeon, where he has resided,
with the exception of a few months, to the present time, in the
practice of his profession, in that place and the neighboring towns.
In 1828, he was married to Miranda Spofford, daughter of Samuel
Spofford, and granddaughter of Major Jacob Peaslee of Kingston. In
1826 he was elected, and in 1837, became a Fellow of the N. H. Medical
Society, in which he has held the office of Censor and Counsellor. He
has been honored with the office of Justice of the Peace, and has held
the office of Brigade Major and Inspector in the first Brigade of New
Hampshire militia.
REGISTER OF BIRTHS IN DEDHAM.
This account of births in Dedham, from 1635, the time when the town
was first settled, to 1677, was copied from the Records by Dr. Elisha
Thayer. The year, name of the child and its parents, and also, the
month and the day of the month, are given in each case. The year is
considered as beginning the first day of the first month called March,
as time was then reckoned.
Year. Day. Month.
1635 Mary, daughter of John and Hannah Dwight, born 25 5
John, son of John and Joanna Balden, 21 4
1637 Ruth, daughter of John and Annis Morse, 3 4
Mary, daughter of Joseph and Millecent Kingsbury, 1 7
1638 Sarah, daughter of John and Hanna Dwight, 17 4
Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Millecent Kingsbury, 14 7
Elizabeth, daughter of Francis and Amy Chickering, 26 7
Mary, daughter of Richard and Mary Everard, 28 7
Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Mary Alcock, 24 8
Isaac, son of John and Prudence Frary, 29 10