Volume 1 — A COMPLETE LIST OF THE MINISTERS OF BOSTON OF ALL DENOMINATIONS, FROM 1630 TO 1842, ARRANGED IN THE ORDER OF THEIR SETTLEMENT.
Reading edition
BY JAMES C. ODIORNE, M. A.
Order of Settlement. Names of Ministers. Denomination. Churches. Graduated. Settled. Died or Resigned.
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.)