Person:Martha Frothingham (3)

The successful labors of Mr. Willis, in establishing a Sabbath School in connection with his charge in Salem, are mentioned on page 19; (see Note F ;) but another important result of his Christian endeavors is not alluded to in the printed Discourse. We refer to the organization of the " Female Sa- maritan Society," which has proved one of the most useful of our benevolent associations. Though taking its rise in the Universalist Society, its blessed charities have never been limited to sect, nation, or color ; but the worthy poor, of every name, have been sought out by its ministers of mercy, and made the recipients of its bounties.

This Society was formed on the 10th of December, 1832, and organized by the choice of the following officers : President — Mrs. Lemuel Willis ; Vice Presidents — Mrs. Betsey Savory, Miss Emeline A. Breed ; Secretary — Miss Martha C. Frothingham ; Treasurer — Mjss Priscilla Dutch ; Trustees — Mrs. Sally Wellman, Mrs. Frances Hubon, Mrs. Eunice W. May, Mrs. Elizabeth Austin, Mrs. Elizabeth L. Smith, Miss Hannah A. Tibbets, Miss Cynthia Putnam, Miss Catharine Jenks, Miss Julia Ann Alden. Annually its appeals have been made to the benevolence of a generous public, and yearly has it increased in popular favor, as its objects and labors have become the better known. Up to 1859, the Managers had received and expended $7,412 00.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Compiler: Wyman, Thomas Bellows. The Genealogy of Frothingham in New England - 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts, 1916).