Two different locations of his birth have been found. I've used the one NOT listed in the obituary as sometimes those are incorrect.

Information below found at source:
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.txt

Thomas Albert Emerson, B.A. 1863.
Born December 27, 1840, in South Reading, Mass Died April 17, 1926, in Northampton, Mass. Father, Thomas Emerson, a shoe manufacturer; son of Thomas and Betsey (Hartshorn) Emerson; grandson of Thomas Emerson and great-grandson of Thomas Emerson, who served in the Revolutionary Army; descendant of Thomas.

Obituary Record
Emerson, who came from England to Ipswich, Mass , in 1638; also descended from the Rev. Peter Bulkley, a graduate of Cambridge University, who came to Boston, Mass, in 1635, was the first settler and minister at Concord, Mass , and founder of the twelfth church in the colony and whose library formed the nucleus of the Harvard College Library. Mother, Emily Minerva (Swain) Emerson; daughter of Thomas and Mary Swain; descendant of Major Jeremiah Swain, who fought in the Indian wars of 1676 and 1688, being commissioned Commander in Chief of all the forces raised and detailed out of several regiments within the Massachusetts Colony against the Kennebec and Eastern Indians; descendant also of Jeremiah Swam, who was living at Charlestown, Mass., in 1643. Cousin-/Albert E. Foster, '11 S. Philhps-Andover. Oration appointments Junior and Senior years; member Linonia (president one term), Varuna Boat Club, Psi Upsilon, and Phi Beta Kappa.

Occupations
In October, 1863, appointed Acting Assistant Paymaster in U. S Navy; saw service on board the "Vermont" at Port Royal, S C , and on the brig "Perry" off Charleston, S. C. , and at Fernandina, Fla ; resigned commission November 25, 1865; then entered Andover Theological Seminary, his studies, however, being interrupted by ill health; after a short connection with his father's factory, was employed in bookstore of J. E Tilton & Company at Boston until 1867, when he returned to Andover Theological Seminary, graduated there in 1869; on November 25, 1869, ordained pastor of First Congregational Church at Wolfeboro, N. H., where he remained until 1873, after a year abroad, was installed as pastor of First Congregational Church at Bramtree, Mass.; continued there until 1886, subsequently serving as pastor of First Congregational Church in Clinton, Conn., until 1901, when he resigned on account of ill health; lived in Wakefield, Mass., 1901-03; pastor of First Congregational Church, Hadley, Mass., 1903-1910; since his retirement from the ministry had made his home in Northampton; served as moderator of General Association of Congregational Churches of Connecticut in 1892; life member American Board, Congregational Home Missionary Society, and American Missionary Association; member Wakefield Historical Society, Veteran Association, and Middlesex Association

Tale College
Married October 27, 1875, in Deerfield, Mass, Frances Huntington Crawford Brewster, daughter of the Rev. Robert Crawford, D.D. (B.A. Williams 1836), and Ellen Maria (Griffin) Crawford, widow of Edward P. Brewster (B.A. Princeton 1862), granddaughter of the Rev. Edward D. Griffin, D.D. (B.A. 1790), president of Williams College from 1821 €0 1836, and great-granddaughter of the Rev. Joseph Huntington, D.D. (B A. 1762). One son, Thomas (died in infancy) Mrs. Emerson died December 10, 1922.

Death
due to heart disease buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Wakefield. Survived by two brothers, Edwin E. Emerson, of Everett, Mass., and George D. Emerson, of New York City.

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Birth: Wakefield
source:
*The Huntington Family In America 1633-1915, Page #592
*Massachusetts Births & Christenings 1639-1915 (Ancestry.com)
*Massachusetts, U.S., Town & Vital Records 1620-1988 (Ancestry.com)
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