Nehemiah Walter (December 1663 in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland – 17 September 1750 in

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, British Colonial America) was a clergyman. He came with his father, Thomas, to the American colonies in 1679, settling in the Boston area. He was graduated at

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in 1684. After living for a time in

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, became colleague to John Eliot, the apostle to the Indians. He was minister of

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from 17 October 1688 until his death. Walter married a daughter of

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. He published ''The body of death anatomized: A brief essay concerning the sorrows and the desires of the regenerate, upon their sense of indwelling sin'' (Boston, 1707); ''Practical Discourses on the Holiness of Heaven'' (1726); and a posthumous volume of ''Sermons on Isaiah LV'' (1755).

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