The history of the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts, By a committee of the Dorchester antiquarian and historical society ...

HISTORY OF DORCHESTER. 525
died at the going down of the sun, much lamented
by his people." His widow was living at the time of
the ordination of Rev. Mr. Sewall (13th of April,
1814), but died a few weeks after, at the ripe age
of 90, in consequence of a fall she had on the 12th
of that month.
" The house I live in," says the last mentioned
clergyman, in 1857, "was purchased by Mr. Jones
soon after his ordination-was his dwelling while
he lived-the abode of his widow till her decease,
and also of her son and daughter Marrett; so that
it has been a ministerial abode above a century. And
it is a memorable house, as the place of refuge to
Hancock and Samuel Adams on the 19th of April,
1 775."*
EDWARD BASS, son of Joseph and Elizabeth
(Breck) Bass, of Dorchester, and great-great-grandson of Samuel and Ann Bass, of Roxbury, was born in
Dorchester, Nov. 23d, 1726. He entered Harvard
College at the early age of thirteen, and graduated
in 1744. From the time of taking his -first degree
till he received that of Master of Arts, he was engaged in keeping school-a part of the time in Dorchester-and also occupied himself in such studies
as would qualify him for his contemplated profession. From 1747 to 1751, he resided at the College,
making progress in theological studies and occasionally supplying vacant pulpits in the Congregational
churches. In 1751, he was chosen assistant minis* Letter from Rev. Samuel Sewall.
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