AMMI RUHAMAH CORLET.
1670. Ammi Ruhamah Corlet was son of the celebrated schoolmaster, Elijah Corlet, of whom an early poet sang,
"'Tis Corlet's pains, and Cheever's, we must own,
That thou, New England, art not Scythia grown."
The father was educated at Lincoln College in the University of Oxford, and the son had all the advantages of early preparation, which could be derived from so distinguished a scholar. Having been graduated, he appears to have followed the business of his father, and in 1672 we find him at Plymouth, as the Master of the principal school in that place. After taking his second degree, or about that time, he was a Fellow of the College, in which office, it is presumed, he continued till his death, which occurred Feb. 1, 1679.