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Thomas Barnard, Jr., of the North Church. Dr. 

 Barnard is yet ■well remembered bj our elderly citizens. He 

 was a son of the pastor of the First Church, born in Newbury, 

 February 5, 1748. He graduated at Harvard College in 

 1766, and studied theology with Dr. Williams, of Bradford, — 

 afterwards Prof Williams of H. C. In 1794 he received the 

 title of D. D. from the universities of Edinburgh and Provi- 

 dence. He was descended from a ministerial family. His 

 father, uncle, grand-father, and great grand-father had all been 

 preachers. His ancestor, Francis Barnard, came over and 

 settled in Hadley. Francis had a son Thomas, who settled in 

 the ministry at Andover. The latter had a son John, who 

 succeeded him in his parish. John had two sons, one of whom, 

 Edward, settled over a society in Haverhill, and the other, 

 Thomas, over a society in Newbury and subsequently in Salem 

 — as mentioned in a previous notice of him — and was father of 

 the subject of the present record. 



The North Church was formed in 1772, by an amicable 

 sesession of a minority of members of the First Church who 

 had desired to settle Mr. Barnard as colleague with his father, 

 instead of Mr. Dunbar, and who preferred to enjoy his services. 

 The meeting-house, still standing, corner of North and Lynde 

 streets, and use^ as a carpet factory, was built the same year. 



Mr. Barnard was more eminent as a pastor than as a preach- 

 er. His shining qualities were of the heart rather than the 

 head ; yet his published discourses impart a favorable impres- 

 sion of his pulpit efforts. The following are preserved in the 

 Athenaeum and Institute Library : 



Sermon at the Ordination of Aaron Bancroft, in Worcester, 

 Feb. 1, 1786 : Sermon before the Annual Convention of Con- 

 gregational Ministers in Boston, May 30, 1793 ; Discourse 

 before the Mass. Humane Society, at second annual meeting, 

 June 19, 1794; Thanksgiving Sermon, Feb. 19, 1795; Fast 

 Day Sermon, March 31, 1796; Thanksgiving Sermon, Dec. 

 15, 1796 ; Sermon on the death of Washington, 1799, pub- 

 lished by desire of the Town at the Bible and Heart Bookstore ; 

 Sermon before Salem Female Charitable Society, July 6, 1803; 

 Charge at Installation of J. S. Popkin, in Newbury, Sept 19, 

 1804 ; Discourse before Society for Propagating the Gospel 

 among the Indians, Nov. 6, 1806 ; Sermon at Ordination of 

 Ichabod Nichols, in Portland, June 7, 1809. 



At one time, just previous to the Revolution, Dr. Barnard, 

 was suspected of Toryism, He was an Addresser of Gov. 

 Hutchinson. But he published an ample apology, and was 



