"Our ancestors, though not perfect and infallible in all respects, were a religious, brave, and virtuous set of men, whose love of liberty, civil and religious, brought them from their native land into the American deserts."—Rev. Dr. Mayhew's Election Sermon, 1754.

"To let the memory of these men die is injurious to posterity; by depriving them of what might contribute to promote their steadiness to their principles, under hardships and severities."—Rev. Dr. E. Calamy's Preface to his Account of Ejected Ministers.