Introduction

Biography

Hosea was the son of Bap­tist min­is­ter Ma­tur­in Bal­lou.

He be­came pas­tor of a con­gre­ga­tion in Da­na, Mas­sa­chu­setts (the town was dis­solved in 1938 as part of the cre­ation of the Quab­bin Re­ser­voir), in 1794.

He al­so preached at Bar­nard, Ver­mont, and sur­round­ing towns (1801–07); Ports­mouth, New Hamp­shire (1807–15); Sa­lem, Mas­sa­chu­setts (1815–17); and was pas­tor of the Se­cond Uni­ver­sal­ist Church in Bos­ton from De­cem­ber 1817 un­til his death.