Nicholas Loring

He succeeded Ammi Ruhamah Cutter, who was relieved of his duties due to his liberal theology.

[1] Loring married Mary Richmond (1713–1803) on February 16, 1737, in Little Compton, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

[2] The daughter of colonel Silvester Richmond,[2] Mary received a female house servant as part of her wedding gift.

[4] The Lorings had ten children: Richmond, Bezaleel, Levi, Lucretia (the mother of physician Ammi Ruhamah Mitchell), Mary, Elizabeth, Rachel, Thomas, Nicholas and Jeremiah.

[2] Thomas, Levi and Jeremiah purchased land and built homes in the Walnut Hill area of North Yarmouth, becoming some of the earliest settlers.