RffEmBng BSa2*a raw ,\ "' '•• :; * v S$ ' Ml m Up HBBRHLm PHILLIPS ACADEMY ANDOVER, MASS. 1778-1830 .','.''*'-:,•.'--• MEMORIAL HALL LffiRARY Andover, Massachusetts 475-6960 3& THE OLD BRICK ACADEMY Built 1818, Charles Bulfinch, Architect. Used for many years as gymnasium. Remodeled 1902, for Academy Dining Hall. ***************The morning came; I reached the classic hall; floor— How all comes back ! the upward slanting The masters' thrones that flank the central door— The long outstretching alleys that divide The rows of desks that stand on either side. Holmes's Centennial Poem, BIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE OF THE TRUSTEES, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY ANDOVER 1778-1830 ANDOVER, MASS. THE ANDOVER PRESS 1903 and. Cell. K Car Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/biographicalcataOOcarp PREFATORY NOTE The compilation of this Catalogue was begun in 1878, the year of the Centennial Celebration, on the plan of the ordinary college triennial. This was afterward modified so as to include biographical data, deemed worthy of preservation. The record of students, extended beyond the half-century limit to 1830, the date of the organization of the Teachers' Seminary (at the wish of Principal Bancroft, who was deeply interested in the work), was completed and stereotyped in 1892. Issued now for the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of the Academy, sketches of all the Trustees, Principals and Assistant Instructors have been added, together with a list of the " Divinity Students" in Phillips Academy be- fore the founding of the Andover Theological Seminary. Grateful acknowledgment is made to librarians, college statisticians, public registrars and numerous other correspondents for courteous aid rendered during all these years. Those interested in the correct preser- vation of such genealogical and historical facts will confer a favor by making note of any important errors or omissions. C. C. CARPENTER. Andover, Mass., June, 1903. EXPLANATIONS The students are registered under the year of entrance, the figures after the name indicating the age at which admitted. The abbreviations for colleges are given below; in case of non-graduates, the year of their class is enclosed in parentheses. A. Amherst Pa. University of Pennsylvania Bo. Bowdoin S. C. University of So. Carolina Br. Brown Tr. Trinity Col. Columbia U. Union Col. U. Columbian Univ. Va. University of Virginia D. Dartmouth Ver. University of Vermont G. University of Georgia W. Williams Ham. Hamilton W.P. West Point H. S. Hampden-Sidney Wa. Waterville H. Harvard W. R. Western Reserve M. Middlebury Y. Yale N.J. New Jersey Names of ministers are in italic s ; L. is for Lawyer, M. for Physician, T. for Teacher, Rep. for Representative, Sen. for Senator, res. for resided. TRUSTEES, 1778-1830. 1778 Samuel Phillips President, 1778-90 1790 Son of Rev. Samuel Phillips (first pastor of South Church, Andover, 1711-1771) and Hannah White; born, Andover, Feb. 13, 1715; fitted for college by his father; Harvard College, 1734; merchant in Andover (North Parish); magistrate; representative; Governor's Council; deacon of North Church; one of the founders of Phillips Academy; built and resided in the "Phillips manse," North Parish of Andover; died Aug. 21, 1790. 1778 John Phillips President, 1791-94 1794 Brother of preceding; born, Andover, Dec. 27, 1719; fitted for college by his father; Harvard College, 1785; taught and preached a short time, though not ordained; removed to Exeter, N. H., 1741; merchant; colonel of militia; ruling elder of the new church (" Phillips Church "); representative; judge of Court of Common Pleas; one of the founders of Phillips Academy; founder of Phillips Exeter Academy, and of the Phillips professorship of Divinity, Dartmouth College; died April 21, 1795. LL.D., Dartmouth, 1777; trustee of Dartmouth and Phillips Exeter Academy. 1778 William Phillips President, 1794-96 1802 Brother of two preceding; born, Andover, July 6, 1722; clerk for Edward Brom- field, Esq., Bo»ton, and afterward his partner; prominent and wealthy merchant; representative; senator; member of convention for adopting the constitution of the United States ; 1788 ; deacon of the Old South Church ; liberal benefactor of Phillips Academy ; died Jan. 15, 1804. 1778 Oliver Wendell Treasurer, 1795-1803 1818 Son of Hon. Col. Jacob Wendell and Sarah Oliver; born, Boston, March 5, 1733; Harvard College, 1753; one of selectmen of Boston, 1773, 1774; representative, 1776; judge of probate, Suffolk County; member of convention to frame consti- tution of Massachusetts, 1779; Governor's Council, 1792-1804; senator, 1805; died Jan. 15, 1818. Fellow of Harvard. Grandfather of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Phillips Academy, 1824. 1778 John Lowell 1802 Son of Rev. John Lowell and Sarah Champney; born, Newbury, June 17, 1743; Harvard College, 1760; lawyer, Newburyport and Boston; one of selectmen, and of Committee of Safety of Newburyport; representative and senator; member of convention to frame constitution of Massachusetts, 1779; delegate to Conti- nental Congress, 1782-83; judge of U. S. Court of Appeals, and of U. S. District Court of Massachusetts; chief justice of U. S. Circuit Court; died, Roxbury, May 6, 1802. LL.D., Harvard, 1792, and Fellow; a founder of American Acad- emy ; member of American Philosophical Society ; father of Francis Cabot Lowell, Phillips Academy, 1786, and Rev. Charles Lowell, 1792; grandfather of James Russell Lowell. 1778 Josiah Stearns 1781 Son of Lieut. John Stearns and Esther Johnson; born, Billerica, Jan. 20, 1732; Harvard College, 1751; pastor, Epping, N. H., 1758-1788; delegate to Provincial Congress, Exeter, N. H., 1775; died July 25, 1788. Ancestor of many students and instructors of Phillips Academy, Including the present Principal. See Samuel Stearns under Instructors. TRUSTEES. 5 1778 Elias Smith 1791 Son of Benjamin Smith and Elizabeth Burnap; born, (South) Beading, 1781; Har- vard College, 1763; pastor, Middleton, 1759-91; died Oct. 14, 1791. 1778 William Symmes 1795 Son of William Symmes and Ruth Convers; born, Charlestown, November, 1729; Harvard College, 1750, and tutor; pastor, Andover (North Parish), 1758-1807; died May 3, 1807. D. D., Harvard, 1803. 1778 Jonathan French Clerk, 1778-1809 1809 Son of Moses French and Esther Thayer; born, Braintree, Jan. 30, 1740; soldier in French and Indian war; sergeant at Castle William, Boston harbor, and fitted for college there; Harvard College, 1771 (classmate of Judge Phillips); second pastor of South church, Andover, 1772-1809; acted as surgeon at Battle of Bunker Hill; adviser of his parishioners, Judge Phillips and Samuel Abbot, regarding the Academy and the Seminary; religious teacher in the Academy for many years, and taught divinity students in his home, including several admitted on the "Dr. Phillips Charitable Foundation," before the establishment of the Seminary; died July 28, 1809. 1778 Samuel Phillips President, 1796-1802 1802 Son of Hon. Samuel Phillips (above) and Elizabeth Barnard; born, (North) Ando- ver, Feb. 5, 1752; Duramer Academy; Harvard College, 1771 (salutatorian); town clerk of Andover; delegate to Provincial College, Watertown, 1775, and repre- sentative in General Court till 1779; manufacturer of gunpowder for the Amer- ican Army, in Andover; member of convention to frame constitution of Massa- chusetts, at Cambridge, 1779; judge of Court of Common Pleas for Essex County (appointed by Governor Hancock), 1781-98; senator, 1781-1801, and president of senate, 1786-1801; lieutenant governor, 1801-02; removed to Andover Hill, 1777, and was principal founder of Phillips Academy, 1778; built his man- sion-house, 1782 ; died Feb. 10, 1802. Fellow of American Academy. 1778 Eliphalet Pearson President, 1802-21 1826 See Principals. 1778 Nehemiah Abbot Treasurer, 1778-95 1808 Son of Zebadiah Abbot and Anna Lovejoy; born, Andover, Sept. 4, 1731 ; farmer, Andover; prominent and patriotic citizen; representative, 1776; died Aug. 13, 1808. 1781 David Tappan 1803 Son of Rev. Benjamin Tappan and Elizabeth Marsh; born, Manchester, April 21, 1752; Dummer Academy; Harvard College; 1771 (classmate of Judge Phillips); pastor, Newbury, (now West Newbury), 1774-92; Hollis professor of Divinity, Harvard College, from 1792; died Aug. 27, 1803. A. M., Dartmouth, 1786; D.D., Harvard, 1794; Fellow of American Academy. 1786 Ebenezer Pemberton 1793 See Principals. 1791 William Phillips President, 1821-27 1827 Son of Hon. William Phillips (Trustee, 1778) and Abigail Bromfield; born, Boston, April 10, 1750 ; Boston Latin School; president of Massachusetts Bank; repre- sentative; lieutenant governor, 1812-23; presidential elector, 1816, 1820; deacon of Old South Church; liberal benefactor of Phillips Academy and Andover Seminary; one of original incorporators of American Board for Foreign Missions; died May 26, 1827. 6 TRUSTEES. 1795 Samuel Abbot 1808 Son of Capt. George Abbot and Mary Phillips; born, Andover, Feb. 25, 1732; importer, Boston; resided in Andover after the Revolution; generous benefactor of the South Church, Andover, and of Andover Seminary, his gifts to the latter, including the endowment of the Abbot professorship of Christian Theology, amounting to over one hundred thousand dollars ; died April 12, 1812. 1795 Mark Newman Clerk, 1809-33 1836 See Principals. 1795 Jacob Abbot 1801 Son of Dea. Joseph Abbot and Deborah Blanchard; born, Andover, March 22, 1746; merchant and manufacturer, Wilton, N. H. ; removed to Andover, 1791; in business with Judge Phillips; removed to Concord, N.