A history of the Moulton family : a record of the descendents of James Moulton of Salem and Wenham Massachusetts, from 1629 to 1905 . lectedpresident. He wrote many articles, both prose andpoetry, which were greatly enjoyed by his friends,and was a contributor to the Liberator and otherperiodicals. He married in 1846 Irene Conant, daughter ofJohn Conant and a direct descendant of RogerConant. He was identified with the anti-slavery cause,voting with the abolitionists, and in 1838 he wasinstrumental in starting a free anti-slavery libraryin North Beverly. He was interested in the tem-perance ca
A history of the Moulton family : a record of the descendents of James Moulton of Salem and Wenham Massachusetts, from 1629 to 1905 . lectedpresident. He wrote many articles, both prose andpoetry, which were greatly enjoyed by his friends,and was a contributor to the Liberator and otherperiodicals. He married in 1846 Irene Conant, daughter ofJohn Conant and a direct descendant of RogerConant. He was identified with the anti-slavery cause,voting with the abolitionists, and in 1838 he wasinstrumental in starting a free anti-slavery libraryin North Beverly. He was interested in the tem-perance cause, being himself a total abstainerfrom liquor in all forms. He was a trustee of the Beverly Public Libraryfor a term of years and served the town for many —35— THE MOULT ON FAMILY years as a member of the school committee. Hewas a Unitarian and always attended the servicesof that church. When his minister preached hisfuneral sermon he spoke of him as one of the bestmen in his parish and one who had helped him byhis example and counsel as much as anyone in hischurch. He died November 19th, 1894, at the age of -36- Honorable Henry P. Moulton A T a meeting of the members of the bar of Essex?**• and Suffolk Counties held at Salem April 28th.,1905, for the purpose of paying their tribute to thememory of Henry P. Moulton, the following me-morial was adopted. Several speeches followed thereading of the memorial address among which wasone of Justice Loring of the Supreme Judicial Court,which paid a very high tribute to the deceased as aman and a lawyer. Mr. Moulton was born in Beverly and his lifework was done in Essex county, and there he al-ways resided. He was of Puritan ancestry. Hewas a lineal descendant in the eighth generationof James Moulton, who was born in England in1602. James was a member of the church and afreeman in Salem in 1637. In 1646 he lived inWenham, where at the first town meeting he waschosen granary-man. He was also a deacon of theWenham c
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