Samuel Man(July 6, 1647 – May 22, 1719) was an early teacher inDedham, Massachusetts,and minister inWrentham, Massachusetts.
Personal life
editMan was born on July 6, 1647, to William Man and Mary,néeJarrad,ofCambridge, Massachusetts.[1][2][3][4][5]Man was an only child and his parents designated their son for the ministry from an early age.[1]He married Esther Ware, the granddaughter ofJohn Hunting,on May 13, 1673, and they had seven sons and four daughters.[5][2][1]He was graduated fromHarvard Collegein 1665.[2][1]He was the great-grandfather ofHorace Mann[4]and a descendant ofJohn Man.[1]He died on May 22, 1719[5][1]and hisfuneral sermonwas later published.[6]
Dedham
editWhile living in Dedham, Man was hired to teach in theDedham Public Schoolson May 13, 1667, at a salary of £10 a year.[3][7][8][2][1]He continued in that position until 1672 when he was required to give two months notice before he moved toWollomonopoag.[1][3][9][2]
Wrentham
editMan moved from Dedham to the area soon to be known as Wrentham in 1672, one year after the first settlers arrived.[8][1]He preached to the settlers there until he was called away to fight inKing Phillip's War.[3]Each resident was required to pay one shilling and one sixpence per common right to pay Man's salary.[10]His selection as minister seems to have been an easy decision. He was selected by the residents of Wollomonopoag and their decision was quickly ratified by a committee ofJohn Allin,John Hunting,andEleazer Lusher.[10]After Wrentham was burned to the ground, he returned to Dedham and taught there again from 1676 to 1678.[3][1]
He was made afreemanin 1678.[2]In the spring of 1678 he turned down an opportunity to be ordained inMiltonand to preach for the winter inRehoboth,[11][3]though he lived and preached in Milton for four years.[1]When the people of Wrentham heard that he was about to be called to Milton, they sent a committee to entice him to return and be their minister.[3]He returned on August 26, 1680.[1][3]Due to the "troublous times and divers hinderances," it was not until April 13, 1692, that achurch of 10 peoplewas gathered in Wrentham with Man ordained as the pastor.[1][2][3][5]
His ordination was attended by JudgeSamuel Sewall[2]and he preached from 1st Corinthians IV Chapter 2nd verse.[1]He would minister there for the next 49 years[8]and his last sermon was preached on March 1, 1719, from Ecclesiastes 1st chap 14th verse.[1]
His house burned, along with the church records, on October 26, 1699.[3]
References
edit- ^abcdefghijklmnoMessinger, George W. (1859)."Man or Mann Genealogoy".The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.13:325–6.
- ^abcdefghGay, Frederick Lewis (1892)."Extracts from the Sewall Diary".The Dedham Historical Register.Dedham Historical Society: 123.
- ^abcdefghijSibley, John Langdon (1881).Sibley's Harvard Graduates: Biographical Sketches of Those who Attended Harvard College... with Bibliographical and Other Notes. 1659-1677.Massachusetts Historical Society. pp. 191–193.RetrievedApril 19,2021.
- ^abYale University (1921).Obiturary Record of Graduates.Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company. p. 579.RetrievedApril 25,2021.
- ^abcdBlake 1879,p. 20.
- ^Thatcher, Peter (1720).The Reverend Mr. Samuel Man, His Funeral Sermon, on Matt. XIV. 12: Preached at Wrentham, 1719. Upon Occasion of His Decease.Samuel Kneeland.
- ^Fiore 1973,p. 10.
- ^abcHanson 1976,p. 73.
- ^Fiore 1973,p. 11.
- ^abBlake 1879,p. 16.
- ^Fiore 1973,p. 28.
Works cited
edit- Hanson, Robert Brand (1976).Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635-1890.Dedham Historical Society.
- Fiore, Jordan D. (1973).Wrentham, 1673-1973: A History.Town of Wrentham. May be obtained at the Fiske Public Library.RetrievedApril 19,2021.
- Blake, Mortimer (1879).A History of the Town of Franklin, Mass: From Its Settlement to the Completion of Its First Century, 2d March, 1878: with Genealogical Notices of Its Earliest Families, Sketches of Its Professional Men, and a Report of the Centennial Celebration.Higginson Book Company.RetrievedApril 25,2021.