Rev Daniel Emerson (1716-1801) - Find a Grave Memorial

Rev Daniel Emerson

Birth

20 May 1716

Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Death

30 Sep 1801 (aged 85)

Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA

Burial

Congregational Church Cemetery

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He was ordained to the pastoral care of the church & congregation of Hollis April 20, 1745 which then consisted only of 30 families

He served in the French war as chaplain of Col. Joseph Blanchard's regiment in the Crown Point expedition of 1755.

Inscription

The inscription to the memory of Mr. Emerson reads: Beneath this monument lies the Mortal part of Rev. Daniel Emerson. He was born at Reading, Mass, May 20, 1716, Graduated at Harvard College 1739, And was ordained April 20, 1743 to the Pastoral care of the Church and Congregation in Hollis which then consisted of only 30 Families. He was an honest man given to Hospitality; an affectionate Husband and tender Parent; A faithful Friend and Patriotic Citizen; An Evangelical, zealous and unusually successful Preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ; Highly esteemed by his people, his praise was in all the Churches. A.D.1793 he voluntarily relinquished one half his salary to promote the settlement of a Colleague, From which time his pious walk and occasional labors evinced an unabating love for the cause of Christ, Until nature failed and he fell asleep in Jesus, September 30, 1801, aged 85 years.