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Hobart, Peter, d. 1679. Diary and record book, 1635-1780.

Title: Diary and record book, 1635-1780.

Diary and record book kept at Hingham, Mass., by Rev. Peter Hobart of the First Church and his descendants. Records include births, baptisms, marriages, and funerals recorded or performed by Hobart from 1635 to 1679; similar records kept by his son, Rev. David Hobart, from 1679 to 1717; continued by David Hobart's sons, Rev. Nehemiah Hobart (from 1697 to 1740) and David Hobart (from 1740 to 1780). Hobart family genealogical information is included. Entries by Peter Hobart were apparently copied by his son David. Also, a ms. copy of the Hobart diary with additional information by Hosea Sprague.

ArchivalResource: 1 narrow box and 1 case.

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Hobart, Nehemiah, 1697-1740. Nehemiah Hobart record book [manuscript copy], 1721-1747.

Title: Nehemiah Hobart record book [manuscript copy], 1721-1747.

Manuscript copy of the diary and record book of Nehemiah Hobart, kept from 1721 - Dec. 13, 1747. Hobart was minister of the First Church of Cohasset, Mass., originally organized as the Second Church of Hingham. Records include births, deaths, marriages, and baptisms recorded or performed by Hobart. Records kept after 1940 were added by Hobart's successor, Rev. John Fowle. Following the church records are Hobart's personal diary entries, kept from 15 Oct. 1722 - Aug. 1739 (with significant gaps). Entries note Hobart's health, in particular his suffering of epileptic fits, as well as local news, and several area earthquakes. Copy by Richard Savage. Location of the original is unknown.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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First Church (Hingham, Mass.). Records, 1635-1961.

Title: Records, 1635-1961.

Records of baptisms, marriages, admittances to full membership, withdrawals, and deaths; Parish meeting records, committee meeting records, pew deeds and appraisals, account books, scrapbooks, ms. and printed sermons, service programs, brochures, etc.; some records of deaths of African-Americans and Native Americans; tax lists and property valuations for the First Parish; Hobart family genealogy by Jean M. Browne; Lewis C. Cornish's autobiography set in Hingham; some Second Parish (later First Parish Church of Cohasset) and Third Congregational Society (later Second Parish of Hingham) records. Persons represented in the collection include James Hawke, Joseph Richardson, Peter, David, and Nehemiah Hobart, Benjamin Jones, Fearing Burr, Calvin Lincoln, Henry E. Hersey, Ebenezer Gay, Henry Ware, Edward Horton, Hiram Collier, Arthur D. Marble, and Rev. Harry Hooper.

ArchivalResource: 42 boxes, 2 narrow boxes, 3 v., 1 card file box, and 2 oversize v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25107233 View