born in Northampton, November 20, 1744. He was a
Harvard graduate in the class of 1764, a classmate of Caleb Strong
and John Scollay. He was installed colleague-pastor of the Old South
Church with John Bacon in 1771. He found it a most trying position.
He was of an amiable and gentle disposition, and the poem on "Boston
Ministers" asserted that he "most friends with sisters made."
Another Boston rhymester called him "puny John from Northampton,
a meek-mouth moderate man." When the gates of Boston were closed in
1775, after the battle of Lexington, he returned to Northampton, and
died there of consumption, December 20, 1775. A full account of his
life is given in _Sprague's Annals of the American Pulpit_. See also
Note 3.

NOTE 5.

"Unkle and Aunt Winslow" were Mr. and Mrs. John Winslow. He was the
brother of Joshua Winslow, was born March, 1725-26, died September
29, 1773, in Boston. He was married, on March 12, 1752, to Elizabeth
Mason (born September, 1723, died January, 1780). They had five
children: I. Gen. John Winslow, born September 26, 1753, married Ann
Gardner, May 21, 1782, died November 29, 1819. II. Sarah, born April
12, 1755, married Deacon Samuel Coverly, of Boston, on November 27,
1787, died April 3, 1804. See Note 13. III. Henry, born January 11,
1757, died October 13, 1766. IV. Elizabeth, born November 28, 1759,
died September 8, 1760. V. Elizabeth, born September 14, 1760,
married John Holland, died November 21, 1795.

Gen. John Winslow was the favorite nephew of Joshua Winslow and of
his wife, and largely inherited their property. He remained in
Boston through the siege, and preserved the communion plate of the
Old South Church by burying it in his uncle Mason's cellar. He was
an ardent patriot, and it is said that his uncle Joshua threatened
to hang him if he caught him during the Revolutionary War. The
nephew answered, "No catchee--no hangee, Uncle;" but did have the
contrary fortune of capturing the uncle, whom he released on parole.
He was the sixth signer and first treasurer of the Society of the
Cincinnati. General Winslow's daughter, Mary Ann Winslow, born in
1790, lived till 1882, and from her were obtained many of the facts
given in these notes.

NOTE 6.

Miss Soley was Hannah Soley, daughter of John Soley and Hannah
Carey, who were married October 11, 1759. Hannah Soley was born June
5, 1762, and marrie