SNELL, Thomas, clergyman, born in Cummington, Massachusetts, 21 November, 1774: died in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, 4 May, 1862. After graduation at Dartmouth in 1795 he taught in Haverhill for a year, was licensed to preach by the Tolland association on 3 October, 1795, and was ordained pastor of the 2d Congregational church, North Brookfield, Massachusetts, on 27 June, 1798, holding this charge until his death. Amherst gave him the degree of D. D. in 1828. Twenty-four of his discourses were published, among which were "Sermons on the. Completion of the 40th Year of his Ministry," with a brief history of the town (Brookfield, 1838); "Sermon on the Completion of the 50th Year of his Ordination" (1848); " Discourse, containing an Historical Sketch of North Brookfield" (1850); and "Historical Sketch of the 1st Congregational Church, North Brookfield " (1852).