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parish, Rev. Moses Parsons, from June 21, 1744, when 

 he was ordained, until his death, Dec. 11, 1783. In this 

 house was born, Feb. 24, 1750, his son Theophilus Par- 

 sous, the eminent jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme 

 Court of Massachusetts from 1806 until his decease, Oct. 

 30, 1813. The house was built, probably, in 1706. 



About noon the party arrived at Dummer Academy, 

 which is situated in a retired and shady spot at the inter- 

 section of several roads. This school was organized, in 

 accordance with the will of its patron and founder, in 

 1763, during the provincial period of our history, under 

 the direction of Samuel Moody, 4 the first Principal. Mr. 

 Moody had previously been so successful as a teacher in 

 his native town, York, Me., that twenty-eight pupils 

 were present at the opening. For many years the num- 

 ber of scholars averaged over seventy, and it is inscribed 

 upon his tombstone: "He left no child to mourn his 

 sudden death (for he died a bachelor) , yet his numerous 



* William Moody, 1 probably the ancestor of all the Moodys in this section of the 

 country, came in 1634 (it was said a saddler) from Ipswich, Co. of Suffolk. He 

 was first of Ipswich, afterwards in 1635 of Kewbury, where he continued to reside. 

 He died Oct. 25, 1673. He had three sons. 



1. Rev. Joshua Moody, 2 Harv. Coll., 1653, of Portsmouth and Boston; died July 

 4, 1697. 



2. Caleb Moody, 5 married 1st, Sarah Peirce; 2nd, Judith Bradbury. He died 

 Aug. 25, 1698. 



Rev. Samuel Moody, 3 son of the above Caleb, b. Jan. 4, 1676; Harv. Coll. 



1697; of York Me. ; died Nov. 13, 1747. 

 Rev. Joseph Moody, 4 son of Rev. Samuel, born in 1700; Harv. Coll. 1718; 



died Mar. 20, 1753, of York, Me. 

 Rev. Samuel Moody, 6 the preceptor of Dummer, son of the above Rev. 



Joseph. 



3. Samuel Moody, 2 married Mary Cutting Nov. 9, 1(557; died April 4, 1675. 



William Moody, 3 son of Samuel above, born June 20, 1663; married Mehit- 



able Sewall Nov. 15, 1684 (see note on page 116); resided in Byfield; died 



Feb. 6, 1729-30. 

 Deacon Samuel Moody 4 of Newbury, son of the above William and Mehit- 



able, born March 21. 1689; died May 25, 1767. 

 Paul Moody 5 of Newbury, son of the above Samuel, d. Dec. 30, 1822, aged 



80; his widow Mary, d. March 10, 1825, aged 82. 

 Paul Moody 6 the distinguished mechanician, son of the above Paul and 



Mary, b. at Newbury, May 23, 1779; died at Lowell, July 7, 1831. 



