TRASK, George+ clergyman, born in Beverly, Massachusetts, 15 August, 1798: died in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 25 January, 1875. He was graduated at Bowdoin in 1826, and at Andover theological seminary in 1829, was ordained, 15 September, 1830, and held pastorates in Framingham, Warren, and Fitchburg, Massachusetts, till 1850, after which he was a temperance agent in the last-named town until his death. Mr. Trask became specially known for his efforts against the use of tobacco, in opposition to which he labored earnestly with voice and pen. He delivered many lectures throughout the United States, and was the author of many anti-tobacco tracts. TRASK, William Blake, antiquary, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, 25 November, 1812. He is a descendant of Captain William Trask, who emigrated to New England before John Endicott in 1628, and having settled at Salem, Massachusetts, became subsequently an intimate friend of that governor, a deputy to the general court, and a commander in the Pequot wars. William Blake received an English education at the common schools, and in 1828 was apprenticed to a cabinet-maker. He worked at his trade in his native town until 1835, when he went to Pennsylvania; but he returned to Dorchester in 1837. He served for three years on the school committee of Dorchester, and in 1850 became assessor. He was obliged to resign this post, owing to failing health, and soon afterward began to develop an interest in historical and antiquarian studies. He gave valuable aid to several writers by supplying them with the fruits of his investigations. He copied the ancient town-records of Boston and made fac-similes of autographs for Samuel G. Drake's history of that city, and was of great aid to General William H. Sumner in preparing a "History of East Boston" (Boston, 1858). He contributed to the "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," made copies of entire documents from the Massachusetts archives for this publication, and prepared indexes of names as well as general indexes for the nineteen volumes from 1851 till 1869. The "History of Dorchester" (Boston, 1859) owed much to his researches, and 137 pages, comprising a fifth of the work, were written by him. He published a "Memoir of Andrew H. Ward" (Boston, 1863), and edited "The Journal of Joseph Ware" (1852); "Baylie's Remarks on Gen-oral Cobb" (1864) ; "The Bird Family" (1871) ; and "The Seaver Family" (1872). He has aided in preparing several genealogies, has been a member of the Historic-genealogical society since 1851, and was its historiographer from 1861 till 1868.