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- Samuel Perley was graduated from Harvard College in 1763, and afterwards studied under the Rev. George Lesslie. He led a company of Volunteers to the battle of Bunker Hill, but arrived too late to be of service. He was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Seabrook, N. H., and his parish was said to be a sort of Gretna Green for all the discontented lovers in Massachusetts. He preached for a time both in Moultonborough, N. H., and Groton, N. H., and afterwards in Gray, Maine, where he served until 1791, after which time he did not preach. He practiced medicine during and after his ministry, and was justice of the peace for 21 years. He was representative to the General Court, and in 1787, was a member of the convention that ratified the federal constitution, and voted in favor of its adoption.
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