Martin Parris, no date

In May 1794 Mr Martin Parris was engaged at a salary of seventy pounds per year ’so long as he shall give satisfaction to the town.’ He continued to serve the town for about eight years and afterwards went to Plymouth where he taught school awhile then returned to Kingston. After he gave up teaching he was settled as a minister in Marshfield for about twenty years. He died in Kingston in 1839.

“History of Kingston” by Thomas Bradford Drew in Duane Hamilton Hurd’s History of Plymouth County. p. 275

Certificate of 'inoculation' of Martin Parris by Ephraim Wales, 1792

Braintree Oct.r 9th 1792
This certifies that Mr. Martin Parris, having received the Small-Pox at my hospital, is properly cleansed from the infection, and has paid the customary fees for inoculation, board and attendance.
Ephraim Wales