Samuel Man
Samuel Man (July 6, 1647 – May 22, 1719) was an early teacher in Dedham, Massachusetts, and minister in Wrentham, Massachusetts.
Personal life
[edit]Man was born on July 6, 1647, to William Man and Mary, née Jarrad, of Cambridge, 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 of John Hunting, on May 13, 1673, and they had seven sons and four daughters.[5][2][1] He was graduated from Harvard College in 1665.[2][1] He was the great-grandfather of Horace Mann[4] and a descendant of John Man.[1] He died on May 22, 1719[5][1] and his funeral sermon was later published.[6]
Dedham
[edit]While living in Dedham, Man was hired to teach in the Dedham Public Schools on 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 to Wollomonopoag.[1][3][9][2]
Wrentham
[edit]Man 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 in King 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 of John Allin, John Hunting, and Eleazer 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 a freeman in 1678.[2] In the spring of 1678 he turned down an opportunity to be ordained in Milton and to preach for the winter in Rehoboth,[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 a church of 10 people was gathered in Wrentham with Man ordained as the pastor.[1][2][3][5]
His ordination was attended by Judge Samuel 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]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Messinger, George W. (1859). "Man or Mann Genealogoy". The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. 13: 325–6.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Gay, Frederick Lewis (1892). "Extracts from the Sewall Diary". The Dedham Historical Register. Dedham Historical Society: 123.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Sibley, 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. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ a b Yale University (1921). Obiturary Record of Graduates. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company. p. 579. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Blake 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.
- ^ a b c Hanson 1976, p. 73.
- ^ Fiore 1973, p. 11.
- ^ a b Blake 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. Retrieved April 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. Retrieved April 25, 2021.