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Graduates of Harvard University 
1768

Bachelors of Arts  (A.B)  

From 1642 to 1869, inclusive, Bachelors of Arts were entitled to receive the degree of Master of Arts (A.M.)  in course, three years after graduation. 

1768

  Died
Roland Cushing, A.M. 1788
William Paine, A.M.; M.D. Aberd. 1775; L.R.C.P. (Eng.) 1781; M.D. (Hon.) 1818; Fellow Am. Acad. 1833
Nathaniel Chandler, A.M. 1801
Henry Sewall, A.M. 1772
Andrew Henshaw, A.M. 1782
William Hunt, A.M. 1804
David Greene, A.M., also Yale 1772 1812
Ebenezer Sayer, A.M. 1778
Thomas Leonard 1771
Jonathan Hastings, A.M. 1831
Kenneth McKenzie 1798
James Diman, A.M. 1823
John Wentworth, Delegate to Continental Congr. 1787
Jeremiah Fogg, A.M. 1808
John Ballantine, A.M. 1832
Gad Hitchcock, A.M. 1836
Benjamin West, A.M.; Del. U. S. Const. Conv. 1817
Lawrence Sprague, A.M. *----
Timothy Orne, A.M. 1789
Obadiah Parsons, A.M. 1801
Joseph Thaxter, A.M. 1827
William Fessenden, A.M. 1805
Samuel Hill 1769
John Coffin Jones, A.M. 1829
Ephraim Wales, A.M. 1774 1805
Lemuel Hayward, A.M.; M.D. (Hon.) 1808 1821
Samuel Parker, A.M. 1811
Isaac Knowles, A.M. *----
Jonathan Smith, A.M. 1829
Aaron Bascom, A.M. 1813
David Tenny, A.M. 1778
Joseph Cummings, A.M. 1788
Timothy Upham, A.M. 1811
Benjamin Hichborn, A.M. 1817
Moses Brown, A.M. 1820
Thomas Emery 1770
Nathaniel Porter, A.M. 1772; S.T.D. 1814, Dart. 1814 1837
Daniel Newcomb, A.M.; Just. Supr. Court N. H. 1818
Jonathan Gove, A.M. 1818
Ebenezer Starr 1798
Samuel Nutting, A.M. 1797
William Keous, A.M. 1775 1814
   
* deceased - Date unknown  

Source:  Quinquaennial Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Harvard University 1636 - 1915  Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press in the Two Hundred and Seventy-Ninth Year of the College 1915.


  
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