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pistols, and was present at the engagement at Concord Bridge. 

 He was afterwards appointed a chaplain in the army, attached to 

 Colonel Prescott's regiment, and was present at the Battle of 

 Bunker Hill. During the war he was elected a representative 

 to the General Court, but resigned to assume more active duties 

 in the army. After independence was acknowledged he settled 

 in the ministry at Edgartown, where he lived a long, uneventful, 

 and devoted life, dying July 18, 1827. He was present at the 

 laying of the corner stone of the Bunker Hill Monument, June 17, 

 1825, being at that time the only surviving chaplain of the Revo- 

 lutionary Army, and offered an impressive prayer on that occa- 

 sion, having then passed his eightieth year. 



William Walton [III. 274] came to Hingham in 1635, and had 

 a grant of land in the first distribution of lots. He was educated 

 at Emanuel College, Cambridge, England, where he took his de- 

 grees in 1621 and 1625. He remained but a short time in Hing- 

 ham. " Mr. Walton " had a grant of land in Marblehead, Oct. 14, 

 1638. This was Rev. William Walton, who was then preaching 

 there. This is the first mention of his name in the records, and 

 it is probable that he began the work of his ministry there in that 

 year. Through his endeavors, with the assistance of others, a 

 meeting-house was erected, and regular Sunday services were 

 established. 



Mr. Roads, in his " History and Traditions of Marblehead," 

 says : — 



" In October, 1668, William Walton, the faithful and zealous missionary, 

 died, after having served his Master and the poor people of Marblehead 

 for a period of thirty years. Coming to them as a missionary to preach 

 the gospel, he became, without ordination as a clergyman, a loving pastor, 

 a faithful friend, and a wise and prudent counsellor. His advice was sought 

 on all matters of public or private importance, and when obtained was 

 usually followed without question. That his loss was felt as a public be- 

 reavement by the entire community, there can be little doubt." 



Henry Ware, Jr. [III. 277], the son of Rev. Henry Ware, 

 the fourth minister of the First Parish, was born in Hingham, 

 April 21, 1794. His early education was obtained partly at 

 home and partly in the public and private schools of his native 

 town. He fitted for college with Rev. Dr. Allyn, of Duxbury, 

 Mr. Ashur Ware, his cousin, Mr. Samuel Merrill, and finally at 

 Phillips Academy, Andover. He entered Harvard College in 

 1808 and was graduated in 1812. Immediately on leaving college 

 he became assistant-teacher in Phillips Academy, Exeter, which 

 position he occupied for two years, studying theology at the same 

 time. His theological studies were completed in Cambridge. 

 He received a certificate of approbation as a preacher July 31, 

 1815. He was ordained and installed as pastor of the Second 

 Church in Boston, Jan. 1, 1817, the ordination sermon being 

 preached by his father. His health became somewhat impaired 



