New Castle, historic and picturesque . butions of strangers. The town alsopromised to build a parsonage, but put it oft from time to Mr. Emersons ministry, however, a new church wascompleted. Its site was directly in front of the present build-ing. Mr. Emerson often reminded the people of their promiseto build him a parsonage; many town-meetings were called toconsider the matter, always ending in a vote to build; but votesdid not then suffice to begin it even; at last, Mr. Emerson find-ing his house too inconvenient and his salary too small, calledthe people together and informed t
New Castle, historic and picturesque . butions of strangers. The town alsopromised to build a parsonage, but put it oft from time to Mr. Emersons ministry, however, a new church wascompleted. Its site was directly in front of the present build-ing. Mr. Emerson often reminded the people of their promiseto build him a parsonage; many town-meetings were called toconsider the matter, always ending in a vote to build; but votesdid not then suffice to begin it even; at last, Mr. Emerson find-ing his house too inconvenient and his salary too small, calledthe people together and informed them that he found the ayre not agreeable to his thin constitution, and that it would beabsolutely necessary for him to move farther away from the , he removed to that distant, inland town, Ports-mouth! While settled in New Castle he visited England, spentsome time in London, and became a favorite at court, beingmuch noticed by Queens Anne for his beauty — of which the *The tradition is that it was built by Cliarles 5o\)VV^n\eT6C)>i. IXTERXAL ANXALS 103 reader may form some opinion from our copy of his portrait.*Through lier admiration for Mr. Emerson, Queen Anne becamea patron of liis church at New Castle, and sent fre(|uent gifts toit. He was dismissed from the clmrch in 1712, and in 1715installed over the South Parish of Portsnioutli. Mr. Emersonwas a native of Gloucester, Mass., and a graduate of HarvardCollege in 1G89, at nineteen years old. How did he happen tocome to New Castle ? One of his classmates, Samuel Moody,was from here, and class associations have something to do withthe distribution of members; then he owned some landedproperty in New Castle, bought of his father, who was theguardian of Nathaniel Martin of this town. By such slightcircumstances, doubtless, he became connected with the place,and they led to his settlement as its minister. He preached inPortsmouth until his death, in 1782; the church there increasedgreatly in his time. Ear
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