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WARE, Henry, theologian, was born in Sherborn, Mass., April 1, 1764; son of John and Martha (Prentiss) Ware ; grandson of Joseph and Hannah (Wood) Ware and of Henry Prentiss, and a descendant of Robert Ware, who came from England in 1643, and settled at Dedham, Mass., being made freeman, 1647. He worked on a farm ; attended the district school winters ; prepared for college under the Rev. Elijah Brown, and was graduated from Harvard, A.B., 1785, A. M., 1788. He taught school in Cambridge, Mass., 1785-87, meanwhile studying theology, and was ordained pastor of the First Unitarian church at Hiugham, Mass., Oct. 24, 1787, serving until 1805. He was Hollis profes- sor of divinity at Harvard, 1805-40, and professor emer- itus, 1840-45, his election in- -r^.'.-r^-s ~. , /; -,;I1 stigating the

THE OLD MEETiwf. HOUSE- H .'J OH AM. AA Aii^' faiuous Unita- rian Congregational controversy, which resulted in the separation of the two bodies of the church, Dr. Ware becoming one of the founders of the conservative school of Unitarianism. He was acting president of Harvard in 1810 and 1838-29, receiving the honorary degree of D.D. from the college in 1806. He was three times married : first, March 31, 1789, to Mary, daughter of the Rev. Jonas and Lucy (Bowes) Clark of Lexing- ton, Mass ; secondly, Feb. 9, 1807, to Mary, daughter of James Otis, and widow of Benjamin Lincoln, Jr., and thirdly, Sept. 18, 1807, to Eliz- abeth, daughter of Nicholas Bowes of Boston, Mass. He is the author of : Letters to Trinitari- ans and Calvinists, written in answer to "Letters to Unitarians " by Dr. Leonard Woods (1820) ; Answer to Dr. Woods' Rejily (1823) ; Postscript to an Answer (1823) ; and An Inquiry into the Foundation, Evidences, and Truths of Religion, lectures (2 vols., 1842). See: "Discourse on Life and Character " by Dr. J. G. Palfrey. He died in Cambridge, Mass., Juh^ 13. 1845.

WARE Henry, Jr., clergyman, was born in Hingham, Mass., April 21, 1794 ; son of the Rev. Dr. Henry (q. v.) and IMary (Clark) Ware. He was graduated from Harvard. V. B., 1812 ; A.M., 1815 ; was an assistant teacher in Phillips Exeter academy. New Hampshire, 1812-14 ; studied the- ology under his father ; was licensed to preach in 1815, and ordained pastor of the Second Uni- tarian church in Boston, Mass., Jan. 1,1817. As successor to Noah Webster, he edited the Chris- tian Disciple, afterward the Christian Examiner, 1819-22 ; visited Europe, 1829-30, for the benefit of his health, and upon his return resigned his

pastorate and -vras succeeded by Ralph Waldo Emerson (q. v.) who had become his colleague in the Second Church, in 1839. He was professor of pulpit eloquence and pastoral care in Harvard Divinity school, 1839-40 ; and Parkman pro- fessor of the same, 1840-43. The honorary de- gree of D. D. was conferred upon him by Harvard in 1834, of which college he was an overseer, 1820-30. He was married, first, in October, 1817, to Elizabeth Watson, daughter of Dr. Benjamin and Elizabeth (Oliver) Waterhouse of Cambridge, Mass; and secondly, June 11, 1827, to Mary Lovell (1798-1849), daughter of Mark and Mary (Lovell) Pickard of Boston, Mass. Her " Me- moir " was written by the Rev. Edward B. Hall. Of Dr. Ware's three sons who survived him, John F. W. Ware became a Unitarian clergy- man, and William Robert Ware an architect of note. Dr. Ware was a member of the Massachusetts Historical society, and is the au- thor of : Hints on Extemporaneous Rreaching (1824); Sermons (1825) ; TJie Formation of Chris- tian Character (1831) ; The Life of the Saviour (1832) ; Scenes and Characters Illustrating Chris- tian Truth (1837), also memoirs of Joseph Priestly, Noah Webster and others, fugitive sermons, es- says and poems. See his " Memoir " by Dr. John Ware (2 vols., 1846) and selections from his writ- ings by Chandler Robbins (4 vols., 1846^7). Dr. Ware died in Framingham Mass., Sept. 22. 1843.

WARE, Nicholas, senator, was born in Caroline county, Va., son of Capt. Robert Ware. He re- moved at an early age with his parents to Edge- field, S.C., and subsequently to Augusta, Ga., where he began the study of medicine, and later that of law, supplementing his studies at the law school of Litchfield, Conn. He was admitted to the bar ; commenced practice in Augusta, of which city he served as mayor and as judge of the city court, and in 1821 was elected U.S. senator from Georgia to succeed Freeman Walker (q.v.), resigned, taking his seat, Dec. 11, and serving by re-election until his death. He was president of the board of trustees of the academy of Richmond county, and trustee of the University of Georgia, 1816-34. He died while visiting New York city, Sept. 7, 1834.

WARE, William, author, was born in Hingham, Mass., Aug. 3, 1797 ; son of the Rev. Dr. Henry (q.v.) and Mary (Clark) Ware. He was graduated from Harvard college, A.B.. 1816, A.M., 1819. and B. D., 1819 ; was pastor of the First Congregational (All Souls) church in New York city. 1821-36 ; subsequently held temporary charges in Waltham and West Cambridge, Mass.. and in 1847 served as minister-at-large in Boston, Mass. After re- signing his pastorate in New York city, he devoted himself chiefly to literary pursuits, tieing proprietor and editor of the Christian