From a vote of the South Precinct Nov. 5, 1744, to accept the terms of settlement between them and Rev. Mr. Stimpson, determined by referees mutually chosen, he seems to have been dismissed about that time.3 Another Precinct vote, March 9, 1752, shows him to have been then an inhabitant of the Precinct: but whether he continued to be so till death, does not appear. [Records of First Chh. Charlestown. Wright's Hist. Disc. p. 10. South Precinct Records.] CLEAVELAND. Mr. Cleaveland was originally minister of Haddam, Ct., the successor of Rev. Phineas Fisk, who died 1738:1 but when Mr. Cleaveland succeeded him in office, and when he was dismissed, does not appear. By an error of the press, he is represented, in the Catalogue of Ministers, &c. in Trumbull's History of Connecticut, Ch. 26th, to have been ordained at Haddam and dismissed at the same time that his successor was, the Rev. Mr. Elderkin; viz. in 1749 and 1753. He was chosen minister of the South Precinct, Malden, April 2, 1747, by a vote of the Precinct in concurrence with the Church. Messrs. Daniel Shute and Joseph Emerson, Jr. (afterwards of Hingham and Pepperell) had been chosen to that office by similar votes, passed July 21 and Sept. 4, 1746; but had declined. To encourage Mr. Cleaveland to accept his invitation, the Precinct voted April 24, 1747, the sum of £1,200 Old Tenor, for the purchase &c. of a parsonage for his use, while their minister. He came with his family to Malden, to undertake the work of the ministry there, May 23, 1747; and was probably installed the following month, the Precinct voting, June 19, 1747, to raise £30 "to pay the Charges of (his) Instalment." 2 From a Precinct vote, Oct. 19, 1750, he appears to have been dismissed about that time.2 [List of Cong. Min. in Ct. in Am. Quart. Reg. May, 1832. Records of South Precinct, Malden.] WILLIS. Mr. Willis was a native of that part of Dartmouth which is now New Bedford. He was chosen by the Precinct, in concurrence with the Church, as their minister, Oct. 16, 1751,' but the precise time of his ordination the Records do not determine. In June 1752, an attempt was made to re-unite the two parishes, which proved abortive. But Mr. Willis lived to see this desirable end accomplished about forty years after (viz. March 25, 1792); and to be for nearly nine years a minister of the whole town.2 [South Precinct Records. Records of First Church.] CHELMSFORD. First Church. Chelmsford was incorporated as a town in May, 1655.1 Its first church was gathered at Wenham Oct. 8, 1644.2 After continuing there several years, a majority of its members, with its pastor, Rev. Mr. Fiske2 and its deacon, Cornelius Waldo, removed to Chelmsford 2 and established themselves there, apparently as a church already organized.1 Mather states this to have occurred "about the year 1656," and after Mr. Fiske had sustained the pastoral office at Wenham "for more than twice seven years." But in this term he must include the whole time of Mr. Fiske's preaching there. A comparison of the following passages from Wenham Town Records, renders it highly probable, if not certain, that the removal of Mr. Fiske and his church to Chelmsford took place in 1655. "Wenham the 6 of 12th. mo. 1654" (Feb. 6, 1655) "It is ordered that the maintenance of our minister shall be £40 a year, whether Mr. Fiske stay and settle among us, or we procure another."-" 31 Dec. 1655. It is ordered that in case Mr. Brook" (Brock?) "be procured to stay among us,- -be a committee to receive whatever the town has engaged for Mr. Brooks' use.' At Wenhamn, after its original church had withdrawn, another was gathered. "1663 Dec. 10. A Church was gathered at Wenham, & Mr Antipas Newman ordained." With regard to Chelmsford church, its Records commence with Rev. Mr. Bridge's ministry, 1741. The following statements show its comparative numbers at different periods. "The number of church members at the commencement of Rev. Mr. Bridge's ministry was, Males 73, Females 122-Total 195. Do. of Rev. Mr. Packard's-Males 40-Females 62-Total 102. Do. of the present Pastor's-Males 39, Females 73-Total (112)-Present number" (in 1820) "Males 36, Females 72-Total 108. When there were but 853 souls in town, in 1741, there were 195 professors of religion. Now" (1820) "the population is increased to 1,450, and the number of professors, including Baptists, may be estimated at 160. ” 1 [Hist. of Chelmsford, by Rev. Wilkes Allen. 2Mather's Magnalia, B. III. Life of Mr. John Fiske. Allen's Hist. p. 122, note. Mem. in Rec. of First Chh. Roxbury.] 593 FISKE. Mr. Fiske "was born in the parish of St. James, (called for distinction, one of the nine parishes,) in the county of Suffolk;" (A) and is supposed to have been a student of Emmanuel's, Cambridge University, Eng. Having commenced preaching, he was so opposed for his nonconformity, that he applied himself, with the advice of friends, to the study of medicine, and "upon a thorough examination" was licensed to practice. He came to New England in 1637, in the same ship with Rev. John Allin of Dedham; and was admitted a freeman of the Colony Nov. 2, of the same year. By the following memorandum among the collections of William Gibbs, Esq. formerly of Salem, he seems to have been received as an inhabitant of that town a few months earlier. 1637 "July 12. Fiske, Mr. John, approved into jurisdiction." At Salem he resided about three years, employed in the instruction of " divers young scholars (whereof the well known Sir George Downing was one;") and occasionally in preaching to the church. From Salem he removed to Enon, afterwards Wenham, the settlement of which had commenced in 1639 3 There he was probably employed immediately in preaching (see above, "First Church'); and at the gathering of a church there, Oct. 1644, he was ordained its pastor. In 1655, he removed with the majority of his church from Wenham to Chelmsford, where proposals for settling had been made him, Nov. 22, 1654; and here he continued in the pastoral office till death, highly esteemed both as a divine, and as a physician. In the course of his ministry, he expounded almost the whole of the Bible to his people; went through the Assembly's Catechism twice in expository discourses before afternoon sermon on the Lord's day; and held a monthly lecture on a week day. He also composed at the request of his people, and published in 1657, at their expense, a catechism for their children, entitled, "The Watering of the Olive Plant in Christ's Garden, or a Short Catechism for the entrance of our Chelmsford children. Enlarged by a three fold appendix." He was the father of Rev. Moses Fiske of Braintree, and grandfather of Rev. Samuel Fiske of Salem.4 [Mather's Magnalia, B. III. Winthrop's Hist. Vol. ii. Append. Danforth's Almanac, 1647. 4Rev. W. Allen's Hist. Chelmsford Town Records.] 5 CLARK. Mr. Clark was a son of (Elder?) Jonas Clark of Cambridge. Mr. Allen dates his ordination from 1677.2 But this is a year too early. The " Articles of Agreement" between the town and Mr. Clark in order to his "settlement in the Ministry for time to Come in Chelmsford " are dated "this fifth Day of the Twelfth month, one thousand six hundred and seventy seven;" 3 that is, Feb. 5, 1677–8. His ordination must have been soon after, probably in March or April, 1678. His death was noticed at the time, as follows. "1704 Dec. 7th. Mr. Clark of Chelmsford dies of a Fever; was taken very suddenly the Friday before, after he had been at a Funeral: buried the 11th. "4 "Dorchester, 1704. Dec. 10. The death of the Rev. Thomas Clark of Chelmsford was lamented in a Sermon from Acts 20-25, &c. A great loss to all our towns, and especially to the frontier towns on that side of the country, who are greatly awakened with the loss of such a "None of his writings have been preserved." His epitaph in Latin, (composed probably by his son-in-law, Rev. Mr. Hancock of Lexington, and given at large by Allen) signifies, that he died Dec. 7, 1704, in the 52d year of his age. ['Farmer's Geneal. Reg. 2Allen's Hist. pp. 127, 128. 3 Town Records, Vol. i. p. 68. Sewall's Journ. Fairfield's Man. Journ. quoted in Allen's Hist. p. 127. man." 5 STODDARD. Mr. Stoddard was a son, probably, of Mr. Sampson Stoddard of Boston, and a nephew of Rev. Solomon Stoddard of Northampton. The City Records have been examined in vain for the time of his birth: but according to the Records of First Church, Boston, he was baptized in that church Jan. 12th (or Jan. 18th) 1691, when he was 12 years of age. He preached the Artillery Election Sermon 1713. This discourse, though not published, was noticed at the time as follows, "1713 June 1. Mr. Stoddard of Chelmsford preaches the Election Sermon. 1 Sam. 2. 30. Them that honor Me, I will Honor. Made an Excellent Discourse."2 [John Farmer Esq. Sewall's Journa!.] BRIDGE. Mr. Bridge studied Divinity under the direction of Rev. William Welsteed of Boston, who preached his ordination sermon. He preached the Artillery Election Sermon in 1752, the Gen. Election Sermon in 1767, and the Convention Sermon in 1780. The two former discourses were his only publications, though he was often solicited to publish others. The date assigned for his birth in the List, is on the authority of the late John Farmer, Esq. But Allen names 1714 as the year; and the Inscription on the monument, erected by his people to his memory, states that he died "Oct. 1, 1792, Æ. 78.1 ['Allen's Hist.] PACKARD. Dr. Packard studied Theology at Cambridge. After his dismission from Chelmsford at his own request, he was installed at Wiscasset, Maine, Sept. 8, 1802; dismissed at his own request Aug. 5, 1830; and installed over the North Cong. Society in Chelmsford, at the village of Middlesex, Dec. 8, 1830. From this last named pastoral charge he was released at his own desire in the Autumn of 1836; and now resides with one of his children at Saco, Maine. [Rev. Dr. Packard.] ALLEN. Mr. Allen, it is believed, studied Divinity at Cambridge. His dismission from his pastoral charge was at his own request, and by the advice of a mutual council, convened Oct. 10, 1832. He now resides on a farm at the North Parish, Andover. ['Rev. Dr. Packard.] ANDREWS. Mr. Andrews studied Divinity at the Theological School, Cambridge. [Rev. Mr. Andrews.] Second Church. This church consisted originally in great measure of inhabitants of Chelmsford, who resided at the village of Middlesex, three miles distant from the principal settlement. It was then connected with the Second Cong. Society, and met with them for public worship in a meeting-house erected in that village for their mutual accommodation. But being at length deprived of that privilege, or at least compelled to resign it, they retired to a Hall in the village for that purpose; and more recently have had their place of worship in that part of Chelmsford, known by the name of Leach's Foundry. Since the dismission of Mr. Albro, this church has had no settled pastor. ALBRO. See First Church, Cambridge. North Church. This church was gathered, principally at least, out of the Second Society, after the Second Church had withdrawn from it: and meets for public worship in the meetinghouse at Middlesex village, originally occupied by that church. PACKARD. See First Church. [To be continued.] Errata in "the Survey" published in Register of August, 1838. On page 45, line 6, for "County," read, Country. On page 45, line 18, for "given, New Style is intended," read, given that New Style is intended. On page 47, in Column of Authorities, the 4th, Rev. Mr. Crosby" should stand opposite to "Jan. 9th, 1833" (I) under "Winthrop Church" in first Column. On page 48, line 7th, for "sections of County," reads, "sections of Country." On page 51, under Prentice, on line 5th, between "leaving his people," and, "He died at Cambridge," insert the following: "He preached the Artillery Election Sermon in 1745, and the Convention Sermon in 1766." Graduates at Colleges and Theological Seminaries in the United States in the Year 1838. THE FOLLOWING LIST IS AS FULL AS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT. NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. 1. Collections of the Massachusetts His- | 2. torical Society. Vol. VII. of the third series. 1838. pp. We feel the highest satisfaction in noticing the volumes of this, and of kindred societies. They are a connecting link with the past. They carry us back to the glorious days of our origin. They enable us to quit for a few moments, the dull realities and the wearisome labors of the present, and to converse with the pious and the heroic dead, whose names grow brighter with the lapse of each revolving year. The present volume is the twenty-seventh of the collection, or the seventh of the third series, the volumes having been classed in series, each comprising ten volumes. They are sold at the very moderate price of one dollar a volume. The proceeds of the sale are devoted to defraying the expense of the annual publication of a volume. The first article in the volume before us, is the account of the Massachusetts Historical Society, prepared by the Rev. Dr. Jenks, and originally published in the American Quarterly Register. Then follow A Word to Boston, by governor Bradford, and Our Forefathers' Song; a Model of Christian Charity, by governor Winthrop, a very interesting article, from which we may make an extract hereafter; some account of the Post Office Department as it was managed in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, derived from the archives in the State house; some account of two celebrated Frenchmen, D'Aulney and La Tour, the scene of whose history was laid in Nova Scotia; certain notices respecting Whalley and Goffe ; instructions from his majesty's commissioners in England, to Edward Randolph, Esq.; papers relative to the period of usurpation in New England; a number of interesting letters of the Rev. John Higginson of Salem, son and successor of the venerable Francis Higginson, the first minister of Salem; Memorial of colonel Quarry, an admiralty judge in New York and Pennsylvania, on the state of the American Colonies; some account of Mr. Isaac Allerton, one of the first settlers of Plymouth, by the Rev. L. Bacon of New Haven; some account of Beverly, and of Rev. John Hale, a minister in that town, by the Hon. Robert Rantoul of Beverly; a memoir of the late Rev. Dr. Holmes, by Dr. Jenks; list of portraits in the hall of the Massachusetts Historical Society, etc. An Historical Discourse on the Civil and Religious Affairs of the Colony of Rhode Island, by John Callender, M. A. with a memoir of the author, biographical notices of some of his distinguished contemporaries, annotations, original documents, elc. By Romeo Elton, M. A., F. S. U. S., Member of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries at Copenhagen, Professor in Brown University, etc. Providence: Knowles, Vose & Co. 1838. pp. 270. This is the fourth volume of the Collections of the Rhode Island Historical Society. It is printed with all possible accuracy, and with great beauty. The paper and typography are superior to any which we have seen employed in the publications of other Historical Societies. Professor Elton has performed his editorial labor with the assiduity and intelligence to be expected from his accurate habits, and his zeal in antiquarian researches. Of the 270 pages in the volume, Mr. Callender's Discourse occupies 137. The remainder is supplied by the editor with biographical notices of Mr. Callender, Dr. Stiles, Rev. Messrs. John Comer, Nathaniel Clap, Thomas Prince, William Blackstone, professor Wigglesworth, bishop Berkely, John Clarke, Mary Callender, Thomas Hollis, with an account of the ante-Columbian discoveries on this continent, with various deeds, forms of civil compact, patents, depositions, commissions, letters, and illustrative notes and documents. The whole volume is exceedingly creditable to the editor, his learned associates, and the printers. Mr. Callender's Discourse, of which we have not space here to give an abstract, is regarded as one of the most important documents in existence in relation to the early history of Rhode Island. 3. The Thirty-fourth Report of the British and Foriegn Bible Society, 1838, with an Appendix, etc. London: 1838. pp. 246. For this and for some other valuable documents, we are indebted to our attentive correspondent, the Rev. Dr. Matheson of Wol verhampton, England. The amount of funds received by the British and Foreign Bible Society from all sources during the year, was £97,237 1s 11d. The expenditures amounted to £91,179 14s 11d. The issues of the Society were 594,398, being 366,764 at home, and 226,634 abroad, which is the largest number of 7. The Fifth Annual Report of the British and Foreign Sailors' Society, including the Port of London and Bethel Union Society. 1838. pp. 80. The missionaries of this Society, during the year, boarded nearly 8,000 vessels; held above 260 meetings on the Thames, thus making known the unsearchable riches of Christ to 5,000 seamen; distributed 200,000 religious tracts; obtained 247 additional Bethel ships; dedicated 19 entirely new vessels; prevailed on more than 100 captains to attach their names to a solemn covenant to maintain the worship of God on board their respective vessels, etc. 4. The Report of the Directors of the Forty-fourth General Meeting of the Missionary Society, commonly called 8. the London Missionary Society, on Thursday, May 10, 1838. pp. 208. In the several parts of the world connected with the Society's operations, there are 455 stations and out-stations; 135 missionaries, 32 European, and 473 native assistants; making a total of 640 European missionaries and assistants. Under the care of these are 93 churches, with 7,347 communicants; and 568 schools, containing 36,974 scholars; being an increase reported during the year, of 27 stations and out-stations, 44 agents, 9 churches, 932 communicants, 52 schools, and 2,732 scholars. There are 17 printing establishments, nearly all of which have been continued with increasing activity during the past year. Income during the year, £70,255, being an increase beyond the income of the previous year, to the amount of £5,888 3s 7d. Expenditure, £76,818 16s 11d. 5. The Twenty-sixth Annual Report of 6. Third Biennial Report of the Edinburgh City Mission, for 1836-7. This Report is crowded with most affecting and interesting facts. There are some harrowing details on pp. 32-43, respecting intemperance, which is declared to be "the monster vice of Scotland, carrying in its train poverty and misery, desolation and death in their most appalling forms." The Society employs ten or a dozen missionaries, who are evidently laboring with most cheering results. A Charge to the Grand Jury upon the Importance of Maintaining the Supremacy of the Laws; with a brief sketch of the character of William M. Richardson, late Chief Justice of the Superior Court of New Hampshire. By Joel Parker. Concord: 1838. pp. 32. The author of this Charge is now Chief Justice of New Hampshire. Not entertaining the same political views with those of the executive authority of the State, his elevation is alike honorable to both parties-to him whose acknowledged talents adorn the place which he now occupies, and to the candor and magnanimity of the appointing power. The Charge is a very lucid, fearless, and yet temperate exposition of a most appropriate subject. The author briefly reviews the history of our country, and shows that a great object of its first settlement, was the establishment of a government by law; that the upholding of the laws has been a matter of absorbing interest on the part of all patriots and good men ever since; he then graphically delineates the recent flagrant infractions of law in various parts of the country, particularly by bodies of men, or by organized associations, and closes by pointing out the dangers to our freedom and to all our valuable institutions, by allowing this lawless spirit to prevail. The Charge is very timely, and the thoughts suggested are weighty, and are expressed in good taste and style. The closing pages of the pamphlet are devoted to a brief exhibition of the character of judge Richardson, who died at his residence in Chester, in the early part of the present year. From this biographical sketch, we learn that judge Richardson was born at Pelham, N. H., Jan. 4, 1774, graduated at Harvard in 1797, engaged as an assistant instructor in Lancaster * academy, Ms., and afterwards as principal in Judge Richardson was an assistant instructor in Liecester academy, see Am. Quar. Reg., VII, 53. |