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Cohasset having formerly been a part of Hingham, and 

 known as the east or second precinct, its families are in- 

 cluded in the succeeding records up to 1770, when it was 

 incorporated as a separate town. 



The writer gratefully acknowledges his indebtedness to 

 Charles B. W. Lane and Quincy Bicknell, of Hingham ; to 

 Rev. Joseph Osgood and Aaron Pratt, of Cohasset; and 

 to Gen. Samuel Andrews, Charles J. F. Binney, and Albert 

 T. Whiting, of Boston, for the loan of valuable records. Also 

 to Charles N. Marsh, Elijah Shute, Edwin D. Gardner, and 

 David Cobb, Jr. for assistance in collecting information. 

 Without the aid thus rendered some of the records would 

 have been quite incomplete. 



GEORGE LINCOLN. 



