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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 15: ecclesiastical History. (search)
ch is gathered at Cambridge North Farms. No relations made, but a covenant signed and voted by ten brethren, dismissed from the churches of Cambridge, Watertown, Woburn, Concord, for this work. Being declared to be a church, they chose Mr. Benjamin Estabrooks their pastor, who had made a good sermon from Jer. III. 15. Mr. Estabrooks, the father, managed this, having prayed excellently. Mr. Willard gave the charge; Mr. Fox the right hand of Fellowship. Sewall's Ms. Journal. These examples Mr. Estabrooks, the father, managed this, having prayed excellently. Mr. Willard gave the charge; Mr. Fox the right hand of Fellowship. Sewall's Ms. Journal. These examples are sufficient to show that Mr. Brattle did not depart from an established Congregational custom, by preaching at his own ordination. On the contrary, he conformed to the custom, not willingly, but in deference to the wishes of others. In the Library of the Massachusetts Historical Society is preserved a manuscript letter from Mr. Brattle to Rev. Rowland Cotton of Sandwich, dated Nov. 6, 1696, in which he says: I wrote to your good father the last week, and therein acquainted him and yourself,