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

518 HISTORY OF DORCHESTER.
uary, 1768, died the 18th of May, 1804; Seth, who
graduated at Harvard College in 1777, was ordained
at Rindge, N. H., the 4th of December, 1782, died
the 26th of February, 1820-the father of Rev. Edward Payson, D.D., minister of Portland, who was
born the 25th of July, 1783, graduated at Harvard
College in 1803, was ordained the 16th of December, 1807, died 22d of October, 1827, Two of the
above sons of Phillips Payson, Sen., viz., Phillips
and Seth, had the degree of D.D. conferred on them.
SAMUEL MOSELEY, son of Ebenezer and HIannah,
was born in Dorchester the 15th of August, 1708;
graduated at Harvard College in 1729; taught the
school the same year for ~50 5s.; was ordained the
second pastor of the church in Windham Village,
now Hampton, Conn.; was successor of the Rev.
William Billings, whose widow, Bethiah (Otis) Billings, he married the 4th of July, 1734. She died
the 29th of May, 1750. Their children were-Elizabeth, Samuel, Ebenezer, Mary, John. His'second
wife was Mrs. Mary Gaylord, whom he married the
1st of April, 1752. Their children were-William,
Abigail, William, Elizabeth, Sarah.
Ebenezer, father of Rev. Samuel (born the 4th of
September, 1673), was a son of Thomas and Mary
(Lawrence) Moseley, who were married the 28th of
October, 1658. She was a daughter of Thomas
Lawrence, of Hingham.
Rev. Samuel Moseley died in Hampton, Conn.,
the 26th of July, 1791, in the 83d year of his age,