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Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., January 15, 1738. (search)
Congregational Society a portrait in oil of the Rev. William Welsteed, who was invited to become Mr. Angier's successor in 1722, but declined the call. He was born in 1695, the son of William Welsteed, a merchant of Boston, who brought the news to Boston of the earthquake at Port Royal, Jamaica, on which occasion he narrowly escaped death. He was graduated from Harvard College with the class of 1717; was Librarian from 1718 to 1720, when he was appointed a tutor, and held the position till 1728, when he was called to the pulpit of the old North Church in Boston. He and Nicholas Sever, a fellow tutor, were conspicuous for claiming seats in the board of overseers of the College, in 1721-3, and in the troubles which grew out of an attempt to change the board, and effect the removal of certain liberal members of the Corporation. He died in 1753. The first services of the Protestant Episcopal Church, connected with the formation of the parish of Christ Church, were held in Rumford H