BY JAMES C. ODIORNE, M. A.
Order of
Settlement. | Names of Ministers. | Denomination. | Churches. | Graduated. | Settled. | Died or Resigned. |
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| 1 | John Wilson | Cong. | 1st Chh. | Camb., Eng. | Inst. Nov. 22, 1630 | Died Aug. 7, 1667 |
| 2 | John Cotton | Cong. | 1st Chh. | Camb., Eng. | Inst. Oct. 17, 1633 | Died Dec. 23, 1652 |
| 3 | John Mayo | Cong. | Old North | England | Ord. Nov. 9, 1655 | Dism. April 15, 1672 |
| 4 | John Norton | Cong. | 1st Chh. | Camb., Eng. | Inst. July 23, 1656 | Died April 5, 1663 |
| 5 | Thomas Gould | Bapt. | 1st Bapt. Chh. | | 1665 | Left 1675 |
| 6 | John Davenport, B. D. | Cong. | 1st Chh. | Oxford, Eng. | Inst. Dec. 9, 1668 | Died Mar. 15, 1670 |
| 7 | James Allen | Cong. | 1st Chh. | Oxford, Eng. | Inst. Dec. 9, 1668 | Died Sept. 22, 1710 |
| 8 | Increase Mather, D. D. | Cong. | Old North | Harv., 1656 | Ord. May 27, 1669 | Died Aug. 23, 1723 |
| 9 | Thomas Thacher | Cong. | Old South | England | Inst. Feb. 16, 1670 | Died Oct. 15, 1678 |
| 10 | John Oxenbridge | Cong. | 1st Chh. | Oxford, Eng. | Inst. April 10, 1670 | Died Dec. 28, 1674 |
| 11 | Isaac Hull | Bapt. | 1st Bapt. | | 1675 | Left 1688 |
| 12 | Samuel Willard | Cong. | Old South | Harv., 1659 | Inst. April 10, 1678 | Died Sept. 12, 1707 |
| 13 | John Russell | Bapt. | 1st Bapt. | | Ord. July 28, 1679 | Died Dec. 21, 1680 |
| 14 | John Miles | Bapt. | 1st Bapt. | | | Left 1683 |
| 15 | Joshua Moodey, Assistant | Cong. | 1st Chh. | Harv., 1653 | May 3, 1684 | Dism. 1692 |
| 16 | Cotton Mather, D. D. | Cong. | Old North | Harv., 1678 | Ord. May 13, 1684 | Died Feb. 13, 1728 |
| 17 | John Emblen | Bapt. | 1st Bapt. | | 1684 | Died Dec. 9, 1702 |
| 18 | Robert Ratcliffe | Epis. | King's Chapel | England | Induct. June 15, 1686 | Res. 1689 |
| 19 | Robert Clarke | Epis. | King's Chapel | | Induct. 1686 | Left |
| 20 | Peter Daille | Fr. Protest. | School St. | | Com. 1687 | Died May 20, 1715 |
| 21 | Samuel Myles | Epis. | King's Chapel | Harv., 1684 | Induct. June 29, 1689 | Died March 4, 1728 |
| 22 | George Hatton | Epis. | King's Chapel | England | Induct. June 15, 1693 | Left July, 1696 |
| 23 | John Bailey, Assistant | Cong. | 1st Chh. | | July 17, 1693 | Died Dec. 12, 1697 |
| 24 | Benjamin Wadsworth | Cong. | 1st Chh. | Harv., 1690 | Ord. Sept. 8, 1696 | Dism. June 16, 1725 |
| 25 | Christopher Bridge | Epis. | King's Chapel | England | Induct. March 20, 1699 | Rem. Sept. 1706 |
| 26 | Benjamin Colman, D. D. | Cong. | Brattle St. | Harv., 1692 | Ord. Aug. 4, 1699 | Died Aug. 29, 1747 |
| 27 | Ebenezer Pemberton | Cong. | Old South | Harv., 1691 | Ord. Aug. 28, 1700 | Died Feb. 13, 1717 |
| 28 | Thomas Bridge | Cong. | 1st Chh. | England | Inst. May 10, 1705 | Died Sept. 26, 1715 |
| 29 | Ellis Callender | Bapt. | 1st Bapt. | —— —— | Com. 1708 | 1728 |
| 30 | Henry Harris | Epis. | King's Chapel | England | Induct. April, 1709 | Died Oct. 16, 1729 |
| 31 | Joseph Sewall, D. D. | Cong. | Old South | Harv., 1707 | Ord. Sept. 16, 1713 | Died June 27, 1769 |
| 32 | John Webb | Cong. | New North | Harv., 1708 | Ord. Oct. 20, 1714 | Died April 16, 1750 |
| 33 | William Cooper | Cong. | Brattle St. | Harv., 1712 | Ord. May 23, 1716 | Died Dec. 13, 1743 |
| 34 | Thomas Foxcroft | Cong. | 1st Chh. | Harv., 1714 | Ord. Nov. 20, 1717 | Died June 18, 1769 |
| 35 | Elisha Callender | Bapt. | 1st Bapt. | Harv., 1710 | Ord. May 21, 1718 | Mar. 31, 1738 |
| 36 | Thomas Prince | Cong. | Old South | Harv., 1707 | Ord. Oct. 1, 1718 | Died Oct. 22, 1758 |
| 37 | Andrew Le Mercier | Fr. Protest. | School St. | Geneva | 1719 | Left March 7, 1748 |
| 38 | Samuel Checkley | Cong. | New South | Harv., 1715 | Ord. Nov. 22, 1719 | Died Dec. 1, 1769 |
| 39 | William Waldron | Cong. | New Brick | Harv., 1717 | Ord. May 23, 1722 | Died Sept. 20, 1727 |
| 40 | Peter Thacher | Cong. | New North | Harv., 1696 | Inst. Jan. 28, 1723 | Died Feb. 26, 1739 |
| 41 | Joshua Gee | Cong. | Old North | Harv., 1717 | Ord. Dec. 18, 1723 | Died May 22, 1748 |
| 42 | Timothy Cutler, D. D. | Epis. | Christ Church | Harv., 1701 | Induct. Dec. 29, 1723 | Died Aug. 17, 1765 |
| 43 | Charles Chauncy, D. D. | Cong. | 1st Chh. | Harv., 1721 | Ord. Oct. 25, 1727 | Died Feb. 10, 1787 |
| 44 | William Welsteed | Cong. | New Brick | Harv., 1716 | Ord. March 27, 1728 | Died Sept. 29, 1753 |
| 45 | Roger Price | Epis. | King's Chapel | England | Induct. June 25, 1729 | Res. Nov. 21, 1746 |
| 46 | John Moorhead | Pres. | Federal St. | Scotland | Inst. March 31, 1730 | Died Dec. 2, 1773 |
| 47 | Thomas Harward | Epis. | King's Chapel | England | Induct. April, 1731 | Died April 15, 1736 |
| 48 | Samuel Mather, D. D. | Cong. | Old North | Harv., 1723 | Ord. June 21, 1732 | Dism. Oct. 23, 1741 |
| 49 | Mather Byles, D. D. | Cong. | Hollis St. | Harv., 1725 | Ord. Dec. 20, 1733 | Dism. Aug. 9, 1776 |
| 50 | Addington Davenport | Epis. | King's Chapel | Harv., 1719 | Induct. April 15, 1737 | Dism. May 8, 1740 |
| 51 | William Hooper | Cong. | West Chh. | Scotland | Ord. May 18, 1737 | Dism. Nov. 19, 1746 |
| 52 | Ellis Gray | Cong. | New Brick | Harv., 1734 | Ord. Sept. 27, 1738 | Died Jan. 17, 1753 |
| 53 | Jeremiah Condy | Bapt. | 1st Bapt. Chh. | Harv., 1726 | Ord. Feb. 14, 1739 | Left Aug. 1764 |
| 54 | Addington Davenport | Epis. | Trinity Chh. | Harv., 1719 | Induct. May 8, 1740 | Died Sept. 8, 1746 |
| 55 | Stephen Roe | Epis. | King's Chapel | | Induct. 1741 | Rem. 1744 |
| 56 | Samuel Mather, D. D. | Cong. | N. Bennet St. | Harv., 1723 | Com. Oct. 23, 1741 | Died June 27, 1785 |
| 57 | Andrew Eliot, D. D. | Cong. | New North | Harv., 1737 | Ord. April 14, 1742 | Died Sept. 13, 1778 |
| 58 | Ephraim Bownd | Bapt. | 2nd Bapt. | —— —— | Ord. Sept. 7, 1743 | Died June 16, 1765 |
| 59 | Samuel Cooper, D. D. | Cong. | Brattle St. | Harv., 1743 | Ord. May 22, 1746 | Died Dec. 20, 1783 |
| 60 | Henry Caner, D. D. | Epis. | King's Chapel | Yale, 1724 | Induct. April 11, 1747 | Dism. Mar. 17, 1776 |
| 61 | Charles Brockwell | Epis. | King's Chapel | | Induct. 1747 | Died Aug. 20, 1753 |
| 62 | Jonathan Mayhew, D. D. | Cong. | West Chh. | Harv., 1744 | Ord. June 17, 1747 | Died July 9, 1766 |
| 63 | William Hooper | Epis. | Trinity Chh. | Scotland | Induct. Aug. 28, 1747 | Died April 14, 1767 |
| 64 | Samuel Checkley, Jr. | Cong. | Old North | Harv., 1743 | Ord. Sept. 3, 1747 | Died Mar. 19, 1768 |
| 65 | Andrew Croswell, | Cong. | School St. | Harv., 1728 | Inst. Oct. 5, 1748 | Died April 12, 1785 |
| 66 | Ebenezer Pemberton, D. D. | Cong. | New Brick | Harv., 1721 | Inst. March 6, 1754 | Died Sept. 9, 1777 |
| 67 | John Troutbeck | Epis. | King's Chapel | | Induct. 1755 | Dism. Nov. 1775 |
| 68 | James Greaton | Epis. | Christ Chh. | Yale, 1754 | Induct. 1759 | Left Aug. 5, 1767 |
| 69 | Alexander Cuming | Cong. | Old South | | Inst. Feb. 25, 1761 | Died Aug. 25, 1763 |
| 70 | William Walter, D. D. | Epis. | Trinity Chh. | Harv., 1756 | Induct. July 22, 1764 | Dism. Mar. 17, 1776 |
| 71 | Samuel Stillman, D. D. | Bapt. | 1st Bapt. Chh. | —— —— | Inst. Jan. 9, 1765 | Died Mar. 12, 1807 |
| 72 | Penuel Bowen | Cong. | New South | Harv., 1762 | Ord. April 30, 1766 | Dism. May 12, 1772 |
| 73 | Samuel Blair. D. D. | Cong. | Old South | Coll. N. J., 1760 | Inst. Nov. 26, 1766 | Dism. Oct. 10, 1769 |
| 74 | Simeon Howard, D. D. | Cong. | West Chh. | Harv., 1758 | Ord. May 6, 1767 | Died Aug. 14, 1804 |
| 75 | Mather Byles, Jr., D. D. | Epis. | Christ Chh. | Harv., 1751 | Induct. April 22, 1768 | Dism. April, 1775 |
| 76 | John Lathrop, D. D. | Cong. | Old North | Coll. N. J., 1763 | Ord. May 18, 1768 | Died Jan. 4, 1816 |
| 77 | John Davis | Bapt. | 2nd Bapt. | —— —— | Ord. Sept. 9, 1770 | Left July 19, 1772 |
| 78 | John Bacon | Cong. | Old South | Coll. N. J., 1765 | Inst. Sept. 25, 1771 | Dism. Feb. 8, 1775 |
| 79 | John Hunt | Cong. | Old South | Harv., 1764 | Ord. Sept. 25, 1771 | Died Dec. 30, 1775 |
| 80 | Joseph Howe | Cong. | New South | Yale, 1765 | Ord. May 19, 1773 | Died Aug. 25, 1775 |
| 81 | Isaac Skillman, D. D. | Bapt. | 2nd Bapt. Chh. | Coll. N.J., 1766 | Com. Oct. 3, 1773 | Dism. Oct. 7, 1787 |
| 82 | John Murray | Univ. | 1st Univ. Chh. | England | Com. Oct. 24, 1773 | Died Sept. 3, 1815 |
| 83 | Samuel Parker, D. D. | Epis. | Trinity Chh. | Harv., 1764 | Induct. May 19, 1774 | Died Dec. 6, 1804 |
| 84 | Ebenezer Wight | Cong. | Hollis St. | Harv., 1776 | Ord. Feb. 25, 1778 | Dism. Sept. 1788 |
| 85 | John Clarke, D. D. | Cong. | 1st Chh. | Harv., 1774 | Ord. July 8, 1778 | Died April 1, 1798 |
| 86 | Stephen Lewis | Epis. | Christ Chh. | —— —— | Induct. Aug. 1778 | Dism. Sept. 1785 |
| 87 | Joseph Eckley, D. D. | Cong. | Old South | Coll. N. J., 1772 | Ord. Oct. 27, 1779 | Died April 30, 1811 |
| 88 | John Elliot, D. D. | Cong. | New North | Harv., 1772 | Ord. Nov. 3, 1779 | Died Feb. 14, 1813 |
| 89 | Oliver Everett | Cong. | New South | Harv., 1779 | Ord. Jan. 2, 1782 | Dism. May 26, 1792 |
| 90 | James Freeman, D. D. | Unit. | King's Chapel | Harv., 1777 | Induct. Oct. 18, 1782 | Died Nov. 14, 1835 |
(To be continued.)
[Those names which are starred are not contained in Fanner's Genealogical Register, and concerning those which are not starred, additional facts are related. The article is prepared entirely from unpublished manuscripts, by Mr. S. G. Drake.]
Adams Samuel, Chelmsford, authorized to solemnize marriages there, 1664.
Allen, Bozoun, Boston, constable, 1680.
Allin, Onesiphorus,* Ipswich, 1679.