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Jeremiah Spofford, Ebenezer Rollins,* Phiiiehas Parker, f 

 Capt. George Savary, and Capt. Samuel Tenney. J Rev. 

 Elijah Demond was named in the act, but declined the 

 trust. Mr. Stephen Parker || was elected trustee in 1824. 

 Dr. Perry was president of the board thirty-five years, 

 till his death ; Dr. Spofford was secretary about twenty 

 years, and president after Mr. Perry. Capt. Benjamin 

 Parker, IF elected trustee, was secretary and treasurer 

 nearly thirty years. 



The school did not entirely sustain itself, in its early 

 years, but all deficiency was made up by an annual assess- 

 ment upon the trustees, resident in town, and on one 

 occasion one hundred and forty dollars were paid, at an 

 evening session, to* square accounts, by a voluntary con- 

 tribution by them alone. 



Rev. David L. Nichols** was preceptor about two 

 years. His health failing, Mr. John C. March, afterwards 



* EBENEZER ROLLINS, son of Eliphalet and Patty [Sargent] Rollins; merchant 

 in Boston. 



fPHiNEHAS PARKER, son of William and Hannah [Hardy] Parker; born at 

 Bradford [Groveland] Dec. 3, 1783. In early life went into business in Boston; in 

 1827 retired and removed to Newburyport, and died at that place Oct. 7, 1850. 



t Capt. SAMUEL TENNEY, son of Solomon and Betsey[[Savary] Tenney, born Feb. 

 21, 1764; died April, 1828. 



Rev. ELIJAH DEMOND, son of Israel Howe and Hannah [Henry] Demond, born 

 at Rutland, Mass., Nov. 1, 1790; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1816; studied at 

 Andover Theological Seminary; settled in the ministry at West Newbury, Lincoln 

 and Princeton ; married Lucy, daughter of Aaron Brown of Groton and has resided 

 at Westborough, Mass. 



|| STEPHEN PARKER, son of Daniel and Abigail [Bailey] Parker, born Nov. 11, 

 1783; married Mehitable, daughter of Wm. Palmer; a boot and shoe manufacturer 

 and trader; representative of Massachusetts legislature; died Aug., 1861. 



IT Capt. BENJAMIN PARKER, son of Stephen Parker; trader fifty years; married 

 Anne, daughter of Barker Lapham. 



** Rev. DAVID LOWELL NICHOLS, son of Stephen and Martha [Robinson] Nichols, 

 born at Amesbury. Mass., Apr. 12, 1794; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1816; 

 teacher at Richmond, Va., Groveland and other places; studied divinity and was 

 ordained but never settled on account of ill health; died at Kingston, April 22, 



