Left an orphan at the age of four years, he went to live at the home of his grandfather, in Hopkinton, where he remained until he was seventeen years old.

The very next year, he was married to Miss Grace Fletcher, the daughter of a minister in Hopkinton.

No. 4" 33.00 Hopkinton.

We have, therefore, never considered him worthy of a place in any Christian church since he left Hopkinton, in May, 1831.