Adams, Ezra

Adams, Ezra, a Congregational minister, was born at West Medway, Mass., Aug. 28, 1808. He united with the Church under the pastoral care of Rev. Dr. Ide, graduated at Amherst College in 1835, and, after teaching for a season, entered the East Windsor (Conn.) Theological Seminary, and, having finished its curriculum, was ordained pastor of the Church in Surrey, N. H., in 1839. From Surrey he went, in 1842, to Roxbiry, N. H., where he continued seven years. He was installed pastor at Gilsum in 1856. He died March 20, 1864. Mr. Adams was a faithful pastor and minister, distinguished for his self-sacrifice, and took deep interest in the education of the young.' He wrote for the Massachusetts Sabbath-school Society a little volume entitled Advice to an Inquirer, or Children Led to Christ. See Cong. Quarterly, 1864, p. 208.