was the son of Nathan and Phebe (Braman) Perry, In 

 1800 he became a member of Brown University; at the end 

 of the second year went to Union College, where he grad- 

 uated in 1804, and where he received the degree of D.D. in 

 1843. After teaching for some years, he was invited to set- 

 tle over the church in East Bradford, now Groveland, and 

 was ordained 28th Sept. 1 814, and continued his pastoral 

 relation to the church until his decease, which took place on 

 the 2d of December, 1859. He married Istly, 22d May, 

 1816, Maria P. Chamberlain of Exeter N.H., 2dly Eunice 

 Tuttle of Acton, July 20, 1819, 3dly Sarah Brown of Graf- 

 ton, who survives him. 



2. REV. DAVID TENNEY KIMBALL of Ipswich, who delivered 

 a discourse occasioned by the death of Mr. Perry in Grove- 

 land on the 25th Dec. 1859, and who speaks well of him in 

 his various relations as a Christian Minister, pastor, friend, 

 ,&c.; was within a few weeks afterwards called to render the 

 final account of his stewardship, having served in the minis- 

 try of the church in Ipswich for more than half a century. 

 His connexion with the Institute was that of an honorary 

 member, in virtue of his relation to the Essex Historical 

 Society. He was born at Bradford, Mass., Nov. 23, 1782, 

 and was the son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Tenney) Kimball 

 pf that place. At the age of seventeen he entered Harvard 

 College and graduated in 1803. He was ordained at Ips- 

 wich 8th October 1806, and continued his relation to that 

 church and society until his decease, which took place on 

 Friday, 3d Feb. 1860, laboring with great diligence and 

 faithfulness. He was a man of great modesty and humility 

 and one whose memory will long be cherished with affec- 

 tion and respect. He married, Oct. 20, 1807 Dolly Yarnum 

 Coburn, daughter of Capt. Peter and Elizabeth Coburn, of 

 Dracut, Mass. She survives him. 



3. JOBN GILLISON WATERS, son of Robert and Lydia 

 Waters, was born in Salem, llth April, 1796. For many 



