“July 9, 1810 Rev. Samuel Ware was invited to settle as minister, and was ordained Oct. 31.  Salary, $400, and a settlement of $500, if he should remain fifteen years.  He was a useful minister, and was much blessed in his labors, for more than fifteen years, and gathered one hundred and ninety -seven into the church, 177 by profession, and 20 by letter from other churches.  He was dismissed in consequence of ill health, in 1826, and the following vote pass by the town, July 3, will show the esteem in which he was held.  ‘Voted unanimously, that agreeably to his request, we dismiss and cordially recommend the Rev. Samuel Ware, as an exemplary Christian, and an able, judicious and faithful minister of the gospel.’ ”

Reference Data:

An Address Delivered at the Opening of the New Townhall, Ware, Mass, by William Hyde, 1847, page 26