Excerpt from Record of the Parish List of Deaths: 1785-1819 Mr. Bentley was an eminent scholar, at zealous antiqua rian, a. Revered and honored minister, and indefatigably industrious in collecting and recording anything relating to his studies, his pursuits, his parish and his life. He was born in Boston, J une 22, 1759 a graduate of Harvard in the class of 17 77, and from Which he received the honor ary degree of D.D., in 1819, ordained over the East church and society in Salem, 1783. Died Dec. 29, 1819. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.