Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Deacon Hastings” in chapter 17, page 281 of Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register:
...o the preachers was ten shillings for each sermon; and generally one person preached in the forenoon, and another in the afternoon.
The commendable generosity of one eminent preacher is recorded by Deacon Hastings : Mr. Increase Mather preached.
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