DECEASE OF THE FATHERS OF NEW ENGLAND.
Chronologically arranged.
1630.
- Aug. 6, Rev. Francis Higginson d. at Salem, a. 43.
- Sept. 20, Dr. William Gager, surgeon, d. at Charlestown.
- Sept. 30, Isaac Johnson, an Assistant, d. at Boston.
- Oct. 23, Edward Rossiter, an Assistant.
1631-2.
- Feb. 16, Capt. Robert Welden d. at Charlestown.
1634.
- Aug. 2, Rev. Samuel Skelton d. at Salem; the first pastor who died in New England, the term pastor being used in contradistinction to teacher.
1635.
- Aug. 14, Rev. John Avery was drowned.
1636.
- Feb. 3, Rev. John Maverick of Dorchester d. at Boston, a. 60.
1638.
- April —, Nicholas Danforth d. at Cambridge.
- Sept. 14, Rev. John Harvard, founder of Harvard College, d. at Charlestown.
- Nov. 17, Roger Harlakenden, an Assistant, d. at Cambridge.
- Dec. 21, John Masters.
1641.
- Aug. 9, Rev. Jonathan Burr of Dorchester d., a. 37.
- Rev. Henry Smith of Wethersfield. (Mr. Savage says he died in 1648.)
1644.
- April 16, Elder William Brewster of Plymouth d., a. 84.
- July 1, Rev. George Phillips of Watertown.
- Israel Stoughton, an Assistant, d. in England.
- John Atwood, an Assistant of Plymouth Colony.
- Sept. 4, Rev. Ephraim Hewett of Windsor, Ct.
- Hon. George Wyllys of Hartford, Ct.
1646.
- April 12, John Oliver, (H. C. 1645,) d. at Boston, a. 29.
1647.
- July 7, Rev. Thomas Hooker of Hartford, Ct., d., a. 62.
(To be continued.)
Governor Bradstreet's House.