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m. 16 May 1705 - Rev. Charles Gleason1718 - 1790
Facts and Events
| Name |
Rev. Charles Gleason |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][3] |
29 Dec 1718 |
Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States |
| Degree[2] |
1738 |
Harvard College |
| Occupation[2] |
1739 |
Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesSchoolmaster. |
| Ordination[1][2] |
31 Oct 1744 |
Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts, United StatesMinister at Dudley. |
| Occupation[1] |
Bet 1744 and 1790 |
Second minister at Dudley. |
| Marriage Banns |
2 Oct 1747 |
Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Bethiah Scarborough |
| Marriage |
5 Nov 1747 |
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Bethiah Scarborough |
| Death[1][4] |
7 May 1790 |
Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |
| Burial[4][5] |
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Corbin Cemetery, Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 147. Charles Gleason4, in Wilson, Lillian May. Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown, Mass., 1607-1909. (Haverhill, Mass.: John Barber White, 1909)
70-73.
"147. Charles Gleason,4 (William,3 William,2 Thomas,1) b. Brookline, Dec. 29, 1718; d. in Dudley, May 7, 1790; …
On May 26, 1774 [error for 1744], the Selectmen of Dudley nominated the Rev. Chas. Gleason, with five others, one of whom was to be chosen as resident minister. On June 11th the vote was cast resulting in the choice of Mr. Gleason 'to the work of the gospel ministry in sd. town, by a great majority of vots─46 vots out of 54'. In July he was given as a consideration for his settling in Dudley to carry on the work of the ministry, 400 pounds in Bills of Credit of the old tenor, and his salary was fixed at 180 pounds in bills of credit of the old tenor for the first year, five pounds per year to be added until it reached the sum of 200 pounds. The Selectmen also voted to give him after the expiration of four years, 200 cords of wood yearly for the support of his fire, same to be carted to his house. The town presented him with an acre and a half of land the following September and on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 1744, he was ordained.
From the town records of Dudley we find his letter of acceptance, which reads as follows:
TO THE CHURCH & TOWN OF DUDLEY.
Gentlemen:
The first offers you made with me to settle with you in the ministry were such as I verily believe it was not my duty to accept, and though you have since made some addition yet I have at present that charity for you as to think you have not increased them as you would have done had not your circumstances been so difficult, as I perceive just now they are. I have taken into serious consideration your invitation and offeres, ye circumstances of the time and of your town and have concluded to answer as follows, viz.
1st─as to the settlement you offer, though it is small yet what some persons not living in the town have given encouragement they will do for me besides ye 400 which you offer, moves me to accept it, and run the risque which I think is not small, of getting land by and by to settle upon.
2nd─as to the salary, it is so small that were you a large and able people I would not accept it, but I expect that you will keep up ye value of it by making it yearly equal to silver at so much an ounce, as it is at this time, and also that in case my circumstances by & by call for & yours will admit it, you'll make further addition to it. I fully expected you would have given me some wood at my first settling with you, but since you have not done it, I won't now insist upon it, but I would let you know that I depend upon your giving me a sufficiency of fire wood yearly after the expiration of ye four first years, for I am fully perswaded yt ye salary you offer me will barely enough serve to provide other necessaries. Upon the whole I would let you know yt I depend much upon your generiosty towards me in case you shall be able and I stand in need; and now hoping I am in ye way of my duty, I hearly declare yt I accept your invitation to settle with you in ye work of ye ministry, entreating of God to furnish me for and assist me in the great and important work and undertaking, and to make me an instrument of promoting your unity, peace & comfort & everlasting salvation ; in fine begging of God to bless and prosper you in all your lawfull interest and concern & to enable me to live in love and peace while on earth, and at death to translate me to his heavnly kingdom and glory, I subscrib your affectionate friend and servant
CHARLES GLEASON.
Dudley, Sept. ye 13th 1744.
The people of Dudley, however, were very negligent in meeting their obligations, and the records show that for over forty years there was a continual deficit in the payment of the salary. This finally reached such an amount that Mr. Gleason made the following appeal.
'The subscriber demand of the people of this town the Eighty Seven pounds arrearages granted me by the town at their town meeting in May 1785 ; and the interest of it from that day to this day.'
CHARLES GLEASON.
Dudley, Apr. 6th, 1789.
The appeal failing to bring about a settlement Mr. Gleason brought suit, which was pending at the date of his death, May 7, 1790. The action was continued by his son William, and a compromise effected on Apr. 4, 1791, by which the town paid 55 pounds in settlement of all claims."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Charles Gleason, in Colonial Collegians: Biographies of Those Who Attended American Colleges before the War for Independence. (Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Historical Society & New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005)
Harvard:4461-63.
- ↑ Births, in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Brookline, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1929)
30.
GLEASON, Charles, s. William and Thankful, [born] Dec. 29, 1718.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Deaths, in Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Dudley, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1908)
263.
GLEASON, Rev. Charles, [died] May 7, 1790 [in 75th y. Native of Brooklyn (Brookline). gravestone, Old Cemetery, Dudley Centre]
- ↑ Rev Charles Gleason, in Find A Grave.
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