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STANTON. 



James Richard (William r= Catherine Donovan), b. in Hing. May 

 10, 1852. m. Feb. 11, 1872, Margaret Ahem, clau. of Patrick and 

 Mary (Keyes) Ahern. She was b. in the county of Limerick, Ire., 

 Apr. 30, 1849, and surviving him, m. secondly, Jan. 23, 1887, William 

 O'Brien, wid^. James E. d. 7 Jan. 1880, set. '28th yr. "Teamster." 

 Resided on Elm St. 



Ch., b. in Hing., — 



i. William Joseph, June 17, 1873. 

 ii. Mary, March 27, 1875. 

 iii. James Richard, Aug. 31, 1877. 



STEARNS. 



Levi, who came to Hing. 1837, and engaged successively in the 

 mackerel fisheries and in coasting voyages, was b. at Orland, Me. Oct. 

 22, 1804. He m. first, Sept. 22, 1827, Naomi Jones, who d. at Boston, 

 24 Jan. 1833. His sec. w., whom he m. in 1837, was Mrs. Eliza Ann 

 Webster. She d. at Wey. 4 June, 1865, set. 55 yrs. Levi was lost at 

 sea, Sept. 1865, set. 61st yr. " Master-mariner." Resided on Green St. 



Ch., by w. Naomi, — 



i. Hannah Elizabeth, Aug. 15, 1828. m. Nov. 29, 1846, Gilbert Thayer, 

 and d. at Dedham, 10 Apr. 1850. 



ii. Mary Rebecka, Aug. 15, 1828. ra. Dec. 15, 1849, Lind Hamilton, and 

 d. at Boston, 15 Sept. 1858. 



iii. Levi, Nov. 28, 1829. m. (1) July 28, 1854, Ellen M. Kidder. She d. at 

 Quincy 16 Aug. 1872. He m. (2) Sept. 1873, Mrs. N. I. Comings. Re- 

 sides at Quincy. 



iv. Charles, Dec. 5, 1831. Was lost at sea in schT "Flight" of Gloucester, 

 22 Feb. 1854, set. 22 yrs. 



Ch., b. in Hing. by w. Eliza, — 



V. Eleanor Herbert, Feb. 26, 1840. m. Aug. 13, 1862, Charles Reckards of 



Lynn, 

 vi. George Clinton, Feb. 26, 1842. m. March 29, 1864, Ann E. Cross of 



Gloucester, and was lost at sea, 1 Feb. 1879. 

 vii. Justus Sober, Sept. 5, 1846. m. Nov. 28, 1866, Mary E. Semons. Re- 

 sides at Lynn, 

 viii. Elizabeth Thayer, Feb. 26, 1850, d. 17 Oct. 1851. 



Oliver (Thomas = Priscilla Gushing), was b. at Lunenburg, Mass., 

 June 3, 1807. His mother, Priscilla Gushing, was a dau. of Gol. 

 Charles and Hannah (Groade) Gushing (II. 164), and a descendant of 

 Matthew Gushing, one of the early settlers of Hing. Oliver was grad. 

 at Har. Coll. 1826. He was ordained Nov. 9, 1831, at Northampton. 

 After preaching for short periods at Northampton, Newburyport, autl 

 Boston, he was called, in May, 1839, to supply the pulpit of the Third 

 Gong. Society in Hing. ; and Apr. 1, 1840, he was permanently settled 

 as the minister of this parish. This pastoral relation continued until 

 Sept. 30, 1856, when he accepted the position of president of the 

 Meadville Theological School. Sept. 1, 1863, he succeeded Rev. 

 Gonvers Francis at Har. Coll., as professor of theology, and Dean 

 of the Divinity School, which position he held until 1877, when he 

 retired from active work. S. T. D., Har. Coll. 1857. He m. first, 



