Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE THACHER SCHOOL. To tie Centre School it is proposed to give the name of the Thacher School, after Rev. Peter Thacher, the first settled minister of Milton. Rev. Peter Thacher was born in Salem, Mass., July 18, 1651, and graduated at Harvard College in 1671. "June 15, 1674, he was chosen third fellow of the Colledg." Judge Sewall wrote, July 1, 1674 :— " Sir Thacher Common placed. Justification was his head. He had a good solid piec. . . . Stood above an hour and yet brake off before he came to any use. By reason that there was no warning given none (after ye undergraduates) were present save Mr. Dan Gookin Sr. the President and myself." In 167.6 he accompanied his classmates Judge Samuel Sewall and John Danforth to Europe, where he remained for a year or more pursuing and perfecting his studies in preparation for his life work. After returning to America he preached for nearly a year at Barnstable, Mass., gaining the confidence and affection of the people to such a degree that when called to Milton great opposition to his leaving was experienced. The Journal of Mr. Thacher contains the following entries regarding his invitation to Milton and his removal from Barnstable:— "June 28, 1680. A Committee of eight persons, among whom was Thomas Swift, came to request me to settle among them." In hie reply to the call of the church, dated May 18, 1681, he saye:— " I was pursuaded so far to comply withall as to remove myself and my family to this place, yt so I might the more clearly discern and faithfully follow divine guidance and direction in any future settlement amongst you, or remove from you accordingly as God should unite ye heart of ye Chh. and Congregation unto me and mine, and ours unto you or otherwise dispose." A delegation of ten members o... --This text refers to the Paperback edition.