5. Reverend Nehemiah Hobart
Reverend Hobart was born in Hingham on April 27, 1697. He graduated from Harvard College in 1714 and went on to teach school in Eastham, Massachusetts. During his time, he studied for the ministry under Samuel Treat, whose pulpit he sometimes occupied. Upon the death of Reverend Treat, he was invited to succeed him but declined. Instead, he served for 19 years as the first ordained pastor of the Church of Hingham, Second Precinct, until his death on May 31, 1740.
Hobart lived near the meeting house on the west side of the Cohasset Common. In his diary, he wrote, “Raised my house October 15, 1722. I came to Dwell in my House, January 20, 1724–5.” His three successors in the ministry occupied the house until 1908. In 1770, Cohasset became incorporated as a separate town from Hingham, so the church became known as the First Parish of Cohasset.
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5. Reverend Nehemiah Hobart
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- David Bates
- Levi Willcutt
- John Jacob
- Ignatius Orcutt
- Rev. Nehemiah Hobart
- Deacon Abel Kent
- Rev. John Browne
- Abel Kent
- Bethiah "Resolution" Nichols Tower
- Abraham Tower
- Abraham Hobart Tower
- Isaac Lincoln
- Paul Pratt
- Margaret Tower, Ibrook Tower
- Daniel Tower
- Gilbert S. Tower
- Thomas Stevenson
- John Stephenson
- Capt. James Hall, Persis Tower Hall
- Elijah Lincoln
- Sarah Pratt
- Cousens Family
- Capt. George Hall
- Ezekiel Stetson, John Stetson, Lydia Stutson
- Urian Oakes
- James Stoddard
- Aaron Pratt
- Christopher James
- Phineas/Aaron Pratt Family Monument
- William Hanlon
- Thomas W. Clarke
- James W. Nichols
- Plaques 33-39
- Plaques 40-54
- Charles B. Nichols
- Helen Howes Vosoff
- Levi B. Gaylord
- Edward Tower
- Francis W. Hagerty, Mary F. Hagerty
- Howard S. Reid, MD
- Richardson White
- Vietnam Casualties
- Marion H. Gibson Woods
- Jessie Bancroft Cox, William C. Cox, Jane Steele Cook
- Lawrence P. Barrett
- Stuart Robson
- George H. Mealy
- Samuel L. Jenkins
- Joseph H. Smith
- Plaques 55-64
- Artistic Features