Rev. Thomas Weld, the first minister of Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, was born in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts 1 June 1653, (baptized 12 June 1653). He was the son of Thomas and Dorothy (Whiting) Weld, grandson of Rev. Thomas Weld, and maternal grandson of Rev. Samuel Whiting of Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts.
He graduated from Harvard University in 1671; admitted to the church in Roxbury 27 April 1678. He studied divinity with Rev. Samuel Danforth, and began preaching in Dunstable early in 1679. He was ordained 16 December 1685. His church was the 5th church organized within the limits of New Hampshire; (at that date Dunstable was within the jurisdiction of Massachusetts).
Preaching was probably suspended two years or more during the Indian hostilities beginning in 1691; and he died at the beginning of Queen Anne's War, 7 June 1702.
He married 1st in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts on 9 November 1681, Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of Rev. John and Sarah (Hooker) Wilson. She died at Dunstable 29 July 1687, and he married 2nd at Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Mary Savage, daughter of Habijah and Hannah (Tyng) Savage of Boston.
There were four children of the first marriage and two of the second marriage.
Source:
Stearns, A.M., Ezra S. "Early Geneations of the Founders of Old Dunstable - Thirty Families: Published by George B. Littlefield, Boston: 1911 Pages 91-92
He graduated from Harvard University in 1671; admitted to the church in Roxbury 27 April 1678. He studied divinity with Rev. Samuel Danforth, and began preaching in Dunstable early in 1679. He was ordained 16 December 1685. His church was the 5th church organized within the limits of New Hampshire; (at that date Dunstable was within the jurisdiction of Massachusetts).
Preaching was probably suspended two years or more during the Indian hostilities beginning in 1691; and he died at the beginning of Queen Anne's War, 7 June 1702.
He married 1st in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts on 9 November 1681, Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of Rev. John and Sarah (Hooker) Wilson. She died at Dunstable 29 July 1687, and he married 2nd at Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Mary Savage, daughter of Habijah and Hannah (Tyng) Savage of Boston.
There were four children of the first marriage and two of the second marriage.
Source:
Stearns, A.M., Ezra S. "Early Geneations of the Founders of Old Dunstable - Thirty Families: Published by George B. Littlefield, Boston: 1911 Pages 91-92
Rev. Thomas Weld, the first minister of Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, was born in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts 1 June 1653, (baptized 12 June 1653). He was the son of Thomas and Dorothy (Whiting) Weld, grandson of Rev. Thomas Weld, and maternal grandson of Rev. Samuel Whiting of Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts.
He graduated from Harvard University in 1671; admitted to the church in Roxbury 27 April 1678. He studied divinity with Rev. Samuel Danforth, and began preaching in Dunstable early in 1679. He was ordained 16 December 1685. His church was the 5th church organized within the limits of New Hampshire; (at that date Dunstable was within the jurisdiction of Massachusetts).
Preaching was probably suspended two years or more during the Indian hostilities beginning in 1691; and he died at the beginning of Queen Anne's War, 7 June 1702.
He married 1st in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts on 9 November 1681, Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of Rev. John and Sarah (Hooker) Wilson. She died at Dunstable 29 July 1687, and he married 2nd at Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Mary Savage, daughter of Habijah and Hannah (Tyng) Savage of Boston.
There were four children of the first marriage and two of the second marriage.
Source:
Stearns, A.M., Ezra S. "Early Geneations of the Founders of Old Dunstable - Thirty Families: Published by George B. Littlefield, Boston: 1911 Pages 91-92
He graduated from Harvard University in 1671; admitted to the church in Roxbury 27 April 1678. He studied divinity with Rev. Samuel Danforth, and began preaching in Dunstable early in 1679. He was ordained 16 December 1685. His church was the 5th church organized within the limits of New Hampshire; (at that date Dunstable was within the jurisdiction of Massachusetts).
Preaching was probably suspended two years or more during the Indian hostilities beginning in 1691; and he died at the beginning of Queen Anne's War, 7 June 1702.
He married 1st in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts on 9 November 1681, Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of Rev. John and Sarah (Hooker) Wilson. She died at Dunstable 29 July 1687, and he married 2nd at Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Mary Savage, daughter of Habijah and Hannah (Tyng) Savage of Boston.
There were four children of the first marriage and two of the second marriage.
Source:
Stearns, A.M., Ezra S. "Early Geneations of the Founders of Old Dunstable - Thirty Families: Published by George B. Littlefield, Boston: 1911 Pages 91-92
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Rev. Thomas Weld
Born June 1653
Settled as
The first minister
of the Church in
Dunstable Dec. 1683
Probably massacred
by the Indians
while defending the
settlement
June 7, 1702
AET 49
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