Elliot  ;  Rev.  Mr.  Balch's  Church  in  Dedhain  ;
Church  in  Ipswich,  Rev.  Mr.  Cutler's  ;  Third  Church
in  Roxbury ;  and  Dr.  Cooper  s  and  the  Old  South
Churches  in  Boston.  On  the  6tli  of  December,  1774,
Mr.  Everett  removed  from  Dedhara  to  Dorchester
with  his  wife.  About  seventy  men  and  women  ac-
companied them ;  and  when  they  arrived  at  Mr.
Everett's  house,  they  found  about  the  same  number
of  Dorchester  people,  ''  where  there  was  a  most
elegant  dinner  prepared,"  and  where  they  all,  both
minister  and  people,  had  a  joyful  time,  every  thing
being  "  carried  on  with  decency  and  good  harmony."
Mr.  EA'erett  was  born  in  Dedham,  July  15,  1750,
and  was  the  youngest  but  one  of  nine  children.  He
preached  in  Dorchester  with  great  acceptance  for
eighteen  years,  when  his  declining  health  made  it
necessary  for  him  to  resign,  and  in  1793  he  request-
ed and  obtained  a  dismission.  The  next  year  he
was  chosen  a  representative  of  the  town,  soon  after
was  appointed  a  special  Justice  of  the  Court  of  Com-
mon Pleas  of  Norfolk  Countv,  and  in  1808  was
appointed  to  fill  a  vacancy  on  the  bench  of  that
Court,  occasioned  by  the  death  of  his  brother,  Oliver
Everett,  Esq.     He  filled  the  office  with  wisdom  and


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