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the Assembly, and was speaker of the House, and in 1697 he was 

 again a delegate. He died July 24, 1708. 



Henry Edson Hersey [II. 321] was born in Hingham May 

 28, 1830, and was the son of Capt. Stephen and Maria (Lincoln) 

 Hersey. He gave early indications of a scholarly taste, and 

 after going through the customary course of instruction in the 

 public schools of Hingham, he was fitted for college at the Derby 

 Academy under the charge of Mr. Luther B. Lincoln. He entered 

 the sophomore class of Harvard College in 1847, and was gradu- 

 ated in 1850. His college rank was very high, and at Com- 

 mencement the salutatory oration was assigned to him. After 

 leaving college he was a private tutor in Charlestown, N. H., study- 

 ing law at the same time in the office of Hon. Edmund L. 

 Cushing. His professional studies were afterwards continued 

 in Boston in the offices of Hon. Peleg W. Chandler and Judge 

 John P. Putnam. He was admitted to the Suffolk Bar in Sep- 

 tember, 1854, and at once entered upon the practice of his pro- 

 fession, having offices in Boston and Hingham. He was a mem- 

 ber of the school committee of Hingham, one of the trustees of 

 Derby Academy, and for several years superintendent of the First 

 Parish Sunday-school. 



In the fall of 1861, when he was just entering upon what 

 promised to be a successful practice, his health began to fail. He 

 sought relief in Spain and the south of France, but after a few 

 months' absence he returned to Hingham, his health not being 

 materially improved. He subsequently spent a few months in 

 New Hampshire, but the slow wasting of consumption continued 

 to exhaust his vital energies, and after returning again to Hing- 

 ham, he died Feb. 24, 1863. . 



" He was gentle, quiet, modest, and unobtrusive, yet very social 

 and genial in his nature. He was refined in his tastes, diligent 

 and methodical in his habits, and upright in all his dealings. 

 Strictly conscientious, he aimed, in all the relations of life, to act 

 according to his convictions of duty and right. In everything he 

 undertook he was industrious, painstaking, faithful, — and he 

 met with that success, that approval and respect, which industry 

 and fidelity will always command. His was a turn of mind 

 eminently calculated to inspire confidence ; his manners and 

 habitual deportment were such as would commend any one to 

 favorable regard ; and his prevailing spirit was of a cast in which 

 men feel that reliance may be placed. He was discriminating, 

 careful, patient, calm, conciliating, and even-tempered, — qualifica- 

 tions so essential to one who is to act as an adviser and administra- 

 tor in the affairs of others, sure to be appreciated, and ultimately 

 meet their reward." 



Sewall Henry Hooper [II. 352], son of John S. and Maria L. 

 (Barnes) Hooper, was born in Boston, July 29, 1853. His early 

 education was obtained in private schools in Boston, and he was 

 graduated at Harvard College in 1875. He studied law at the Har- 

 vard Law School and in the office of Brooks, Ball, and Storey, and 



