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GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-004227
NameThomas Weld
TitleMr.
Gendermale
Denomination
Livedb. ca. 1653-03-25 - d. ca. 1702-03-25 (old)
Linked Manuscriptsmanuscript owner - Thomas Weld's Commonplace Book: Ms. SBd-69
Linked SermonsSermon on John 7:37 -- notetaker (autograph: no)
Linked ReportsSermon on unidentified text -- preacher
Associated PlacesDunstable -- ParishHarvard College (University) -- Place of Study
Source of DataHannah Yip
Biographical Sources ConsultedMatthew P. Brown, The Pilgrim and the Bee: Reading Rituals and Book Culture in Early New England (Philadelphia, 2007), p. 51.
Other NoteThomas Weld was born in 1653. A native of Roxbury, he graduated from Harvard College in 1671, and was ordained ten years later in Dunstable; shortly after, he served as its first minister. Weld died in 1702.
GEMMS record createdJuly 01, 2023
GEMMS record last editedJuly 01, 2023