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Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct., chapter 4 (search)
r. 21, 1738-9, was set apart for a day of fast, and Rev. Messrs. Hancock, Appleton, Storer and Turell were again desired to assist with counsel, advice, &c. Mr. Thomas Prentice was therefore chosen minister (April 23, 1739) by unanimous vote, and his answer desired with convenient speed; but it was a negative one, The Rev. ThomaThe Rev. Thomas Prentice, H. U. 1726, was installed minister at Charlestown, 1739. He was a native of Cambridge, and was first settled at Arundel, now Kennebunk, Maine. He received three invitations for settlement on his return to Cambridge,—from the New North Church, Boston, from Menotomy, and from Charletown, the last of which he accepted, d the same day declined the other two (Budington, Hist. First Ch Charlestown, 234). See Wyman's Chs 774; Paige's Camb. 632. and hence on May 21, 1739, the day Mr. Prentice's answer was publicly read, Mr. Cooke was unanimously chosen minister. 1739 The organization of the church was accomplished. The particulars are found i