the whole town, and died in office, March 14, 1801, aged 88. The funeral services were attended on Wednesday, March 18, 1801. Rev. Messrs. Roby, Prentiss, Osgood, Thacher, Lothrop, and Eliot, were invited to attend as pall-bearers. The services were in the meeting-house, which was shrouded in black. Dr. Lothrop made the first prayer; Dr. Thacher preached the Discourse, from 2 Tim. iv. 6, 7, 8. Mr. Prentiss made the concluding prayer.

Mr. W. was a worthy man, and left a good name in the churches. He was chairman of the committee that reported the "Instructions of the town of Malden," now in almost every house in the town; though Mr. Thacher, it is said, was the author of them. The Bible now used in the pulpit of the First Parish was a present from him. He left also a numberof theological works as the basis of a parish library.

REV. AARON GREEN.

He was born in this town January 2, 1765. He graduated at Harvard College in 1789. As an exception to the rule that " a prophet is not without honor save in his own country," he was ordained in his native place, September 30, 1795, as colleague pastor with the venerable Mr. Willis. Mr. Green resigned his pastoral charge, August 8, 1827. He soon after removed to Andover, where he still resides in a peaceful and honored old age.

his duties by sickness, and was consequently dismissed in 1744. He appears to have continued his residence in the town, as he was taxed for the support of his successor so late as 1752.

The other minister, Rev. Aaron Cleaveland, a native of Medford, graduated at Harvard College in 1735. He was settled in the South precinct in 1747. He had been minister of Haddam, in Connecticut. He was dismissed from Malden in 1750, and afterwards removed to Stoneham, where he remained until the Revolutionary war.

DISTINGUISHED CITIZENS.

JOSEPH HILLS. This gentleman was one of the first settlers of the town, a man of considerable note, and a lawyer by profession. "Wonder-working" Johnson speaks of him as 66 a man active for to bring the Lawes of the Country in order." He was born in 1602; came to New England at least as early as 1639, and was admitted a freeman in 1645. He resided first in Charlestown, then in Malden, and last at Newbury, whither he removed in 1657, and where he died February 5, 1688, aged 86 years. He was representative from Charlestown in the General Court for 1647, in which year, also, he was Speaker. He was for some time Captain of the Malden Company, and also represented Malden from 1650 to 1656. He was for several years one of the Assistants of the Colony, a class of magistrates cor. responding to the present Senate and Governor's Council combined. In 1667, he represented the town of Newbury in the General Court. His first wife was Rose Dunster, a sister of Henry Dunster, the first President of Harvard College. His second was Helen Atkinson, whom he married January, 1656. His third wife was Ann, widow of Henry Lunt. He married her at Newbury, March 8, 1664. He had a son Joseph, who died in 1674; Wayt; Gershom, born July 27, 1639. He had also a son Samuel, who lived at Newbury. His daughters were Hannah, and three others who married a Blanchard, a Green, and a Vinton. He appears to have acted a prominent part in the affairs of the church during its tribulations on account of Mr. Mathews. The only other circumstance of particular interest in respect to this gentleman, known to us, relates to his marriage. On the Records of the County Court, at Cambridge, under date April 1st, 1656, occurs the following entry: "Mr. Joseph Hills of Malden was admonished for marrying of himself contrary to law.

He made confession, and stated that he misunderstood the grounds whereon he went." It is to be feared that many who marry according to the provisions of the law, are unfortunately in the same predicament.

JOHN UPHAM. This gentleman was one of the first settlers of the town. He was born in 1597, and probably came to this country in 1635. He first settled in Weymouth, which town he represented several times in the General Court. In 1642 we find him one of the Commissioners to treat with the Indians. He removed to Malden a few years afterwards; and was Selectman in the town as early as 1651, and at other subsequent times. He was also several times appointed Commissioner by the Supreme Court, for ending small causes in Malden. He was often Moderator of the town meetings. He was also a deacon of the church for at least twenty years. The following is the inscription on his tombstone, which is near the centre of the old church yard in Malden: "Here lyes the body of John Upham, aged 84; died Feb. 25, 1681."

LIEUT. PHINEAS UPHAM. This gentleman was the son of John Upham. He was born about the year 1635. Though Malden was always his residence, he was very active in the settlement of the flourishing city of Worcester. He was a very active officer in the terrible Indian war, which ended in the death of King Philip. He conducted many scouting parties; and was severely wounded at the storming of the Narragansett fort called Canonicus, where the Indians were defeated with immense loss. After lingering some ten months from the effect of his wound, he died in 1676, at the age of 41 years. He was held in high respect as a citizen and a soldier.

DEACON PHINEAS UPHAM was the oldest son of Lieut. Upham. He was for fifteen years a Selectman, also town treasurer, and representative in General Court, for 1705, 1716, and 1718. He died in 1720, aged 62 years. This family has produced many worthies in church and state, who have added much honor to the name they bore.

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PHINEAS UPHAM, THE THIRD. He was the eldest son of Deacon Phineas Upham, and was born at Malden, probably in 1683. He was early married, as appears by the record: "Phineas Upham and Tamzen Hill were joined in marriage, ye 23d of November, 1703, by Mr. Wigglesworth." He soon after removed from Malden Centre to North Malden, of which he was one of the first settlers. He was, for six years, a Selectman of the town. He had twelve children, of whom the most noted were Timothy and Jabez. He died in 1676, having lived among his townsmen in great esteem.

DR. JABEZ UPHAM, son of Phineas and Tamzen Upham, was born in Malden, January 3, 1707. He was bred to the medical profession, and practiced it with great distinction at Brookfield, in this State; which place he represented in the General Court, among whose members he held a prominent position. He died November 4, 1760, at the age of forty-four.

REV. TIMOTHY UPHAM, grandson of Phineas, and son of Timothy Upham, was born in Malden, February 20, 1748. He graduated at Cambridge in 1768. He studied theology with Rev. Mr. Trask of Brentwood, N. H. He settled at Deerfield in that State in 1772, being the first minister ever .settled there. He died in that place, February 21, 1811, after a ministry of 40 years, at the age of 63. His mind was perfectly balanced, his judgment excellent, and his temper, though naturally quick, was under perfect control. Distinguished for the rectitude of his character, for quiet dignity, and constant self-possession, he won the admiration of his people; while his hospitality and benevolence, extending to the very verge of his means, awakened their love and esteem. His professional duties were, to him, a source of constant pleasure, and were performed with the greatest assiduity.

WILLIAM BRACKENBURY, said to have belonged to a very aristocratic English family. He was one of the first Selectmen of the town, and a very prominent citizen. His wife Alice died in 1670, aged 70. His grandson Samuel was a physician in this town. It has been said that this name is

extinct among us; but as names often undergo strange mutations in the lapse of time, there is reason to believe that this has been changed into Bradbury.

REV. SAMUEL WIGGLESWORTH, son of the Malden patriarch, was born in 1688; and graduated at Harvard College in 1707. He first turned his attention to the study and practice of physic, for which purpose he settled at the "Hamlet Parish" in Ipswich, March 1, 1710. The December following, he relinquished his business, returned to Malden, took a school, and began the study of theology. On the 27th of October, 1714, he was ordained the first minister at the above named Hamlet Parish, now Hamilton. Besides attending to the public and private duties of the sacred office, he still cultivated his first profession; and, like his father, was useful in prescribing for the maladies of the body, as well as of the soul. He died September 3, 1768, in the 54th year of his ministry, and the 80th of his age.

PROFESSOR EDWARD WIGGLESWORTH, D. D., son of Rev. Michael Wigglesworth and Sybil his wife, was born at Malden, near the beginning of 1693. He graduated at Harvard College in 1710. He was sometime usher of a Grammar School at Boston, and left it with a view to settle in the ministry. He took a chamber at College, lived there, and preached occasionally, till June 28, 1781, when he was elected the first Hollis Professor of Divinity, being thirty years of age; and was inaugurated, October 24, 1722. This office he held, in high repute for piety and learning, upwards of forty years. He was a Fellow of the Corporation of the University, and received the Degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of Edinburgh, in 1730. His first wife, whom he married June 15, 1726, was Sarah Leverett, daughter of Hon. John Leverett, President of Harvard University. She died the following year. On the 11th of September, Professor Wigglesworth was married to Rebecca, eldest daughter of Dea. Joseph Coolidge of Cambridge. Dr. Wigglesworth died January, 1765, and was succeeded in his professorship by his only son, Edward Wigglesworth, D. D. We find the following exalted character of the first "Hollisian Professor," in "a Sketch of Eminent Men in New England,"