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subsequently returned to Boston, and " in 1672, after the death of 

 Rev. John Youngs, the first minister of Southold, Long Island, pre- 

 viously minister at Hingham in England, the inhabitants sent an 

 agent to Boston for ' an honest and godly minister ; ' whereupon 

 Joshua Hobart went to them, and was ordained Oct. 7, 1674." He 

 died at Southold Feb. 28, 1716-17, " near ninety years of age, and 

 yet preached publickly within a few months before his decease." 

 " He was an eminent physician, civilian, and divine, and every way 

 a great, learned, pious man." 



Nehemiah Hobart [II. 335], son of Rev. Peter Hobart, was bap- 

 tized in Hingham Nov. 20, 1648. He was graduated at Harvard 

 College in 1667, in the class with his brothers Gershom and Japhet. 

 He began to preach at Newton in June, 1672, and was ordained 

 there Dec. 23, 1674, having given " this bereaved flock a rich 

 blessing," in healing, even before his ordination, the dissensions 

 which followed the death of the former minister, John Eliot. He 

 was a Fellow of Harvard College. Leverett's Diary states that 

 " He was a great blessing and an Ornam 1 to the Society. Upwards 

 of 40 years God blessed Newton with his Ministry. A few days 

 before his death, in his Last Sickness he observed to M r Brattle 

 & the Presid' who made him a visit, that upon his Return 

 from the Last Coinencem* he Remark'd that he had bin at 49 

 Comencm ts never having miss'd one from the very first time he 

 had waited on that Solemnity, and that God onely knew whether 

 he sh*J attain to the 50 th " He died Aug. 25, 1712. He is spoken of 

 as " an excellent scholar, in the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, some- 

 time a vice-president of the college, a most pious, humble, prudent, 

 and benevolent man." 



Noah Hobart [II. 338] was the son of David, and brother of 

 Nehemiah Hobart, the first minister of Cohasset. He was born in 

 Hingham, Jan. 2, 1705-6, and was graduated at Harvard College 

 in 1724. He was ordained pastor of the First Church in Fair- 

 field, Conn., Feb. 7, 1732-3. There he continued in the able and 

 faithful discharge of the duties of his office for over forty years. 

 The Sabbath immediately preceding his death he preached twice, 

 and with more than his accustomed animation. He continued in 

 his usual health until the evening of the Tuesday following, when 

 he was attacked with a disease which, before the next Sabbath, 

 closed his earthly existence. He died Dec. 6, 1773. 



" He possessed high intellectual and moral distinction. He had 

 a mind of great acuteness and discernment ; was a laborious stu- 

 dent ; was extremely learned, especially in History and Theology ; 

 advanced the doctrine which he professed by an exemplary life ; 

 and was holden in high veneration for his wisdom and virtue." 



Daniel Kimball [II. 406] was the son of Daniel and Elizabeth 

 (Tenny) Kimball, and was born in Bradford, Mass., July 3, 1778. 

 He worked on his father's farm in summer and attended the dis- 

 trict school in winter to the age of sixteen. He fitted for college 

 with Mr. John Vose, for many years preceptor of Atkinson Acad- 



