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his father, and was graduated at the Harvard Medical School in 1829. 

 In his death, another refined, cultivated Christian gentleman of the " old 

 school " has gone from among us. Those who for years were blessed 

 with his presence in sickness have felt the magnetic charm of his person- 

 ality. An eminent physician with a large practice, he was yet ever ready 

 to help the most needy patient. Goodness and strength seemed to ema- 

 nate from him. Truth and uprightness were his lifelong habit, and gentle- 

 ness and sweetness blending with great strength and firmness made an 

 almost perfect character." 



Daniel Greenleaf was for a number of years a practising 

 physician in Hingham, and probably contemporary with Dr. 

 James Hay ward. In his professional capacity he was frequently 

 called upon to administer to those needy residents who were sick, 

 and to some extent cared for by the selectmen of the town. It is 

 also fair to judge that he received a respectable patronage from 

 other sources. He married in Hingham, July 18, 1726, Mrs. 

 Silence (Nichols) Marsh. They had three children born in Hing- 

 ham. He probably removed from here with his family about 

 1732. His record in the genealogical portion of this work is 

 given on p. 279 of Vol. II. 



Nathaniel Hall, son of John of Yarmouth, was a practising 

 physician in Hingham early in the last century. He probably 

 succeeded Dr. John Cutler, who removed from here before 1700. 

 He had been a captain under Church in the Indian War at the 

 East, " and fought with great bravery," says Mr. Savage, " in de- 

 fence of Falmouth, Sept. 21, 1689." His wife was Ann Thornton, 

 a daughter of Rev. Thomas Thornton. In Feb. 1708-09, he, with 

 Ann, his wife, and sixty other inhabitants of Hingham, testified to 

 the best of their knowledge and belief that the widow- Mehitable 

 Warren (a daughter of Edward Wilder, and born here 1664) was 

 not guilty of the sin of being a witch, as she was reported to be ; 

 but that " she has bene a woman of great affliction by reason 

 of Many distempers of Body ; and that God hath given a Sancti- 

 fied improvement of his afflictive hand to her." In 1713 he sold 

 his home-place in Hingham (between South Street and the meet- 

 ing-house of the First Parish), containing about six acres, with 

 dwelling-house, shop, and outbuildings thereon, to Joshua Tucker. 

 He may have resided for a short time at the west part of the 

 town. Our tax-lists show that he was styled " Captain " by the 

 assessors. After leaving Hingham he removed to the Delaware 

 River. He left no issue. 



Jonathan Edwards Harlow, who succeeded Dr. Jonas Un- 

 derwood in 1850, was a resident physician of Hingham for about 

 thirty years. He was a son of Stephen and Patience (Ellis) Har- 

 low, and born at Middleboro', Mass., May 1, 1824. After com- 

 pleting his early education, and graduating at the Bridgewater 

 Normal School, he was for one or two years a teacher. He sub- 

 sequently entered the Harvard Medical School, and in 1848 

 received his degree of M. D. The year following he studied 

 medicine and surgery with Dr. Jacob Bigelow of Boston, with 



