The History of Long Island, from Its Discovery to the Present Time
by Benjamin Franklin Thompson (9781458885180)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: He removed in 1696, in consequence of many of his people turning quakers, and others being so indifferent on the subject of religion, that they would do nothing toward his maintenance, except upon compulsion; and he became the minister of Jamaica, where he remained a short time, and went from thence to East Haddam, Conn., where he was installed Nov. 14, 1700, and died March 17, 1717, aged 87, on Sunday, having preached in the forenoon. His daughter Sarah was the mother of the celebrated David Brainard, who died at Northampton, Mass, in 1747. His brother Joshua Hobart, was the father of the Rev. Noah Hobart, of Fair- field, Conn. the father of the Hon. John Sloss Hobart, formerly judge of the supreme court of this state. The parsonage above mentioned was ordered to be built on the town lot, to be 36 feet long, 18 wide and 10 feet between the joints, to be a comfortable house to dwell in, and when the said Jeremiah Hobart should see cause to leave it, then it should return to the town. To show how the salary was raised, we subjoin the following from the town books.: May the 24; 1682. We under Righten dwo Ingeage Ech and Every of us to give these under Righten sumes to Jeremy Hubard yearly during the time we Hue under ministry and to Pay it in Corn or Cattel at Prise as it Pasis Currant amongst us. Robert Jackson, Jeames Pine, s. John Pine, John Sirring, Samuel Pine, John Tredwell, Henry Johnson, John Waskeate, William Wetherbe, James Ryle, Harman Johnson, William Smith, Richard Minthorne, John Carman, sen. John Smith, (b) William Jecocks, John Bedell, John Carman, jr. Robert Bedell, sen. Daniell Bedell, Jeremy Wood, jr. Abraham Frost, Richard Ellison, sen. Richard Valentine, sen. Harman Flower, Robert Williams, John Karle, Thomas Higain, J...

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