a Congregational minister, was born at Stratford,. Conn., Oct. 5, 1670, and graduated from Harvard College in 1693. He was ordained Sept. 9,1796, at Hadley, Mass., and continued pastor till his death in May, 1745. He was of a truly peaceable and catholic spirit; a good scholar; an eloquent orator; an able divine; a lively, pathetic preacher. See Chauncy Memorial, p. 221.. (J. C. S.)