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MANUAL
OF THE
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,
GUILFORD, CONN
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JANUARY 1, 1875.
NEW HAVEN PRINTED BY TUTTLE, MOREHOUSE & TAYLOR. 1875.
MANUAL
OF THE
First Congregational Church,
GUILFORD, CONN.
JANUARY 1, 1875.
NEW HAVEN : PRINTED BY TUTTLE, MOREHOUSE & TAYLOR. 1875.
HISTORICAL NOTE.
THE First Congregational Church in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, was formed by the first settlers of the town, who were emigrants from England, and came to America in 1639. These emigrants were mostly from the counties of Kent and Surrey in England, and came as a distinct company ; and although they landed at New Haven, they were not, as is often stated, a part of the New Haven company. They were many of them persons of position and influence in the com- munity where they lived, but they left their native land and came to seek a new home in the western wilderness, in order to enjoy the free exercise of their religious prin- ciples. Their first recorded act as a separate community was the Covenant, which they signed on ship-board, while on the passage, and which is here transcribed.
COVENANT.
We, whose names are hereunder written, intending by God's gracious permission to plant ourselves in New England, and if it may be, in the southerly part, about Quinnipiack : We do faithfully promise each to each, for ourselves and families, and those that belong to us ; that we will, the Lord assisting us, sit down and join our- selves together in one intire plantation; and to be
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helpful each to the other in every common work, accord- ing to every man's ability and as need shall require ; and we promise not to desert or leave each other or the plantation, but with the consent of the rest, or the greater part of the company who have entered into this engagement.
As for our gathering together in a church way, and the choice of officers and members to be joined together in that way, we do refer ourselves until such time as it shall please God to settle us in our plantation.
In witness whereof we subscribe our hands, the first day of June, 1639.
ROBERT KITCHELL, JOHN HOADLY,
THOMAS NORTON,
JOHN BISHOP, JOHN STONE, ABRAHAM CRUTTENDEN,
FRANCIS BUSHNELL, WILLIAM PLANE, FRANCIS CHATFIELD,
WILLIAM CHITTENDEN, RICHARD GUTRIDGE, WILLIAM HALLE,
WILLIAM LEETE, JOHN HUGHES, THOMAS NAISH,
THOMAS JOANES, WILLIAM DUDLEY,
HENRY KINGSNORTH,
JOHN JURDON,
JOHN PARMELIN, HENRY DOUDE,
WILLIAM STONE, JOHN MEPHAM,
THOMAS COOKE,
HENRY WHITFIELD.
After landing at New Haven, measures were immedi- ately taken to find a suitable location for the company, and after due examination Menunketuck was the place selected, and a settlement was at once commenced, to which they subsequently gave the name of Guilford.
The Church was organized June 19, 1643. The method of proceeding was the same as was adopted by Mr. Davenport and the Church at New Haven. Seven pillars were chosen as the basis of the organization, and to these the remainder of the company joined themselves to constitute a church. The seven pillars selected were Mr. Henry Whitfield, Mr. John Higginson, Samuel Desborough, William Leete, Jacob Sheafe, John Mep- ham and John Hoadly.
Several new churches have from time to time been formed as off-shoots from this Church; the Congrega- tional Church of East Guilford, now Madison, in 1703 ; the Congregational Church in North Guilford in 1719 ; the Church in Guilford called the Fourth Church, in 1731, now disbanded; the Congregational Church in North Bristol, now North Madison, in 1757; and the Third Congregational Church of Guilford, in 1843. The Episcopal Church of Guilford, in 1743, and the Methodist Church of Guilford, in 1836, also received, at their or- ganization, several members from this Church.
The Records of the Church for the first century have for a long time been lost. No record of admissions to the Church previous to Jan. 1st, 1749 is known to be in existence, but we have the names of those who were at that time living and acting members. The list of the officers of the Church from the first, except that of the deacons for the first twenty years, is supposed to be com- plete.
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PASTORS.
NAMES.
BIRTHPLACE.
BORN.
GRADUATED.
SETTLED.
DISMISSED.
DIED.
REV. HENRY WHITFIELD, __ England.
June 19, 1643 Sept. 20, 1650
1658
REV. JOHN HIGGINSON,
Claybrooke, Eng. Aug. 6, 1616
Sept. 5, 1653
1660 Dec. 9, 1708
REV. JOSEPH ELLIOT, -
Roxbury, Mass.
Dec. 20, 1638 H. U.,
1658 Mar. 15, 1665
May 24, 1694
REV. THOMAS RUGGLES, ___ Roxbury, Mass.
Mar. 10, 1671 H. U.,
1690 Nov. 20, 1695
June 1, 1728
REV. THOMAS RUGGLES, JR., Guilford, Conn.
Nov. 27, 1704 Y. C.,
1723 Mar. 26, 1729
Nov. 19, 1770
REV. AMOS FOWLER, -
Guilford, Conn.
Feb. 8, 1728 Y. C.,
1753 June 8, 1757
Feb. 10, 1800
REV. ISRAEL BRAINERD, ___ Haddam, Conn.
Sept. 13, 1772 Y. C.,
1797 June 11, 1800 June 11, 1806 Oct. 5, 1854
REV. AARON DUTTON,
Watertown, Conn. May 21, 1780 Y. C.,
1803 Dec. 10, 1806 June 8, 1842 June 13, 1849
REV. E. EDWIN HALL,
Blanford, Mass.
April, 1814 Illin. C., 1838 Oct. 25, 1843 July 24, 1855
REV. HENRY WICKES,
Jamaica, N. Y.
Feb. 11, 1821 Mar. C., 1848 May 22, 1856 July 21, 1858
REV. WILLIAM S. SMITH, __ Leverett, Mass.
July 10, 1821 Amh. C., 1848 May 3, 1859 July 3, 1865
REV. CORNELIUS L. KITCHEL, Thomaston, Conn. July 5, 1841 Y. C.,
1862 Apr. 13, 1870 Mar. 24, 1873
Rev. HENRY WHITFIELD, the first pastor of this Church, a man of ability and influence, and a leading man in organizing and conducting the plantation, after continuing here about eleven years, returned with his family to England, and died in Winchester in 1658.
Rev. JOHN HIGGINSON was teacher for the Church during the pastorate of Mr. Whitfield, whose daughter he had married; and after the departure of Mr. Whit- field he became pastor, continuing to perform the duties of this office till 1660, when he decided to return to England. But just at this time his father, Rev. Francis Higginson, first minister of Salem, Mass., died, and he was invited to become his successor. He accepted the call and was installed in Salem, Aug. 29, 1660, and was an able and distinguished minister in Salem until his death, in 1708.
Rev. JOSEPH ELLIOT was son of Rev. John Elliot,
called the Apostle.
Rev. THOMAS RUGGLES, JR., was disabled for active service as pastor, through impaired health, during a few of the last years of his life, and Rev. AMOS FOWLER was ordained as colleague pastor.
NOTES.
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DEACONS.
Chosen.
Died.
GEORGE BARTLETT,
1664
*Aug. 3, 1669
JOHN FOWLER,
1664
*Sept. 14, 1676
JOHN GRAVES,
1666
*Dec. 31, 1695
WILLIAM JOHNSON,
Nov. 1673
*Oct. 1, 1702
JOHN MEIGS,
1696
*Nov. 9, 1713
SAMUEL JOHNSON,
1713
*May 8, 1727
JAMES HOOKER,
1702
*Mar. 12, 1742
THOMAS HALL,
1727
*Feb. 1, 1753
WILLIAM SEWARD,
1730
*May 31, 1764
TIMOTHY STONE,
1742
*Sept. 9, 1765
Dr. NATHANIEL RUGGLES,
1751
*Oct. 16, 1794
EBENEZER BARTLETT,
1765
*May 27, 1775
JOHN BURGIS,
Nov. 2, 1775
*Mar. 26, 1799
THOMAS BURGIS,
Nov. 5, 1794
*June 14, 1799
SAMUEL CHITTENDEN,
June 19, 1799
*May 27, 1802
ABRAHAM CHITTENDEN,
July 2, 1799
*Mar. 4, 1848
DAVID BISHOP,
April 29, 1802 (removed 1807) *1809
AMBROSE LEETE,
Dec. 2, 1807
*Feb. 14, 1809
THOMAS HART,
Mar. 29, 1809
*May 29, 1829
ANSON CHITTENDEN,
Mar. 29, 1809 (r. 1813)
*Jan. 21, 1849
WILLIAM STARR,
Dec. 3, 1813
*Apr. 8, 1830
JOHN B. CHITTENDEN,
Oct. 3, 1823 (r. 1831)
*Jan. 23, 1863
COMFORT STARR,
Aug. 30, 1827
*Dec. 1, 1862
JASON SEWARD,
Aug. 30, 1827 (r. 1839)
*Oct. 14, 1874
ABRAHAM DUDLEY,
Aug. 30, 1827
*July 18, 1852
SAMUEL ROBINSON,
May 3, 1832
*Nov. 17, 1839
ALBERT A. LEETE,
May 3, 1832
EDWARD L. LEETE,
Nov. 14, 1852
ELI PARMELEE,
Nov. 14. 1852
EDWIN O. DAVIS,
Jan. 8, 1871
DOCTRINES OF FAITH, AS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED BY THIS CHURCH.
1st. Concerning the Scriptures .- You do believe that the Holy Scriptures are the very word of God, contain- ing in them all things necessary to salvation, and are a perfect rule of faith and manners.
2d. Concerning God .- That there is one infinite and eternal God, who is almighty, most wise, holy, just, merciful and blessed forever, distinguished into three persons, the Father, the Son and Holy Ghost.
3d. Concerning the Works of God .- That from all eternity God hath unchangeably decreed within Himself how all things shall come to pass, hath elected a certain number of men to salvation through Christ ; that in the beginning He made the world of nothing and created man in His own image ; also that He provides for all His creatures, especially believers.
4th. Concerning the Fall of Man .- That our first parents, being tempted of the devil, did willfully fall into disobedience by eating the forbidden fruit, by which sin came into the world and death by sin; so that all men since the fall are wholly corrupted with original and actual sin, and are subjected to all miseries corporal, spiritual, and eternal.
5th. Concerning Redemption by Jesus Christ .- That only the elect are reconciled to God through Christ Jesus, saved by the grace of God in Christ Jesus, who, as their surety, by paying a sufficient price, redeemed them out of a state of sin and death into a state of righteous- ness and life.
6th. Concerning the person of Jesus Christ .- That He is both God and man in one person. As God He is
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the eternal Son of God; as man He was in all things made like unto us, sin only excepted.
7th. Concerning the Offices of Christ .- That He was called of God to be a mediator of the covenant of grace, and was anointed to be the Prophet, Priest and King of His Church ;- a Prophet, to teach them the way of truth and peace ; a Priest, that He might satisfy by sacrificing Himself for His people, and by interceding for them; a King, to gather them together unto eternal life.
8th. Concerning Effectual Calling .- That all that are elected and redeemed are effectually called to Christ by His word and Spirit, whereby they are separated from sin and self, and united to Christ by faith in Him, and that all believers do partake of the grace of justification, adoption, sanctification, and glorification.
9th. Concerning a Particular Church .- That although all believers are members of the Militant Church of which Christ is the head, yet it is the duty of every believer to join himself to some particular, visible church, that he may enjoy the ordinances of God therein ; which being dependent on Christ hath power to choose its own officers, pastors, teachers, elders and deacons, and also to receive in and cast out members according to rules.
10th. Concerning the Moral Law .- That the moral law, contained summarily in the ten commandments, although it is not a covenant of life, yet it is a rule of life to believers, commanding all duties and forbidding all sin, which therefore a Christian is bound to yield obedience unto, endeavoring always in all things to keep a conscience void of offense both towards God and towards man, seeking for that blessed hope and glorious appear- ing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who shall come again to judge the world at the great day of the resurrection,
when the wicked shall arise to the resurrection of con- demnation, and the godly to the resurrection of eternal life.
THE COVENANT.
You do now, in the presence of the great and ever living God and of His people here, give up yourself and yours first unto the Lord, avouching Him to be your God ; and you do give up yourself and yours to His people here, to walk together with us in the attending of all the duties and enjoyment of all the privileges that are to be attended and enjoyed in a particular, visible church, as God shall enable you by His grace.
We do then receive you as a fellow-member of this church unto the enjoyment of all the privileges of God's house, and do promise by His grace to carry it toward you as to such an one.
CONFESSION OF FAITH.
REVISED AND ADOPTED BY THE CHURCH, JANUARY, 1851.
You believe that there is one only, the living and true God; that He exists in three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost; that these three are equal and divine, and that united they constitute the glorious Godhead.
You believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testa. ments to be divinely inspired ; that they constitute the only unerring guide of faith and practice of men, and you publicly declare that you cordially embrace the precious doctrines they contain.
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You believe also that in God are united all moral and natural perfections ; that He created and governs the world, and that all creatures owe to Him alone supreme love, homage and devotion ; that God made man at first upright in His own image, but that he apostatized, and that in consequence of the apostacy, sin and misery were introduced into the world, and that all men in their natural state are destitute of holiness, dead in trespasses and sins, and under the curse of the divine law.
You believe that in this ruined condition the only con- sistent hope of man is built on the atonement of Christ, which you deem sufficient to justify the pardon of sin, and you receive Him as the only Mediator, the glorious prevalent Advocate for all His people, and the Everlast- ing Head of the Church.
You believe in the doctrine of particular election as taught in the Scriptures; that the salvation of the soul is the gift of sovereign mercy ; that the heart of man is by nature totally sinful and must be renewed by the Divine Spirit ; that man is justified by faith ; that the only satisfying evidence of saving faith is a holy life.
You believe Baptism and the Lord's Supper to be ordained of the Gospel; that believers and their infant offspring are proper subjects for baptism ; and that none but such as profess to be saints, and live in a manner consistent with such a profession, should be received to the Lord's Supper and considered as suitable members of the Church.
You believe the Sabbath to be appointed of God; that the first day of the week is now to be observed as the Christian Sabbath and to be kept holy to the Lord.
You believe in the doctrine of the final perseverance of saints; the resurrection of the body; the general
judgment; the everlasting life of the righteous and the eternal punishment of the wicked.
Thus you believe ?
COVENANT.
PROFESSING sincere repentance for your sins, you do now, in the presence of God and this assembly, avouch the Lord Jehovah to be your God, and do give yourself (or yourselves) away to Him in an everlasting covenant, to walk before Him in holiness and love, to have respect unto all His commandments, endeavoring to approve yourself (or yourselves) a true disciple (or disciples) of the Lord Jesus Christ. You do also faithfully covenant that you will walk with this Church in all the ordinances of Christ and constantly endeavor to promote its purity, its peace, its edification.
In humble reliance on divine grace, do you thus covenant and promise ?
(Church rises.) Then do we, the members of this Church, affectionately receive you into our fellowship, and promise to watch over you in the Lord, and in Chris- tian fidelity seek your growth in grace.
Now unto Him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and praise, both now and forever. AMEN.
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STANDING RULES.
ADOPTED IN FEB., 1844.
I.
STANDING COMMITTEE.
THERE shall be a Standing Committee of this Church, which shall consist of the Deacons of the Church, together with two other members who shall go out of office in rotation and the vacancy supplied annually.
II. ADMISSION OF MEMBERS.
1. Persons proposing to unite with this Church on a profession of religion, shall be examined by the Pastor and Standing Committee, and publicly propounded to the Church two weeks previous to their admission.
2. Persons may be admitted to this Church by letter from other churches, by publicly reading their letters of dismission and recommendation from the church with which they were connected, and shall be considered members in regular standing unless objection be made to the Pastor or Standing Committee within two weeks after the reading of their letters.
3. Members of other churches (in communion with us), having resided among us more than one year, shall not be considered as included in the customary invitation to communion with us, except by a vote of the Church on their application.
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DISMISSION OF MEMBERS.
1. This Church, adopting the principle of free or open communion, is ready, on due application, to dismiss its members to any other Evangelical Church which adopts the same principle.
2. If any member of this Church shall leave its fellow- ship and unite with another, and not seek the advice of the pastor or ask a letter of dismission, it shall be regarded as a breach of covenant, and such a disorder as requires our discipline.
3. If any member of this Church wishes to unite with a church which rejects our communion, or denies our existence as a church, and cannot be dissuaded, we are not able, consistently with our principle of open com- munion, to give a letter of dismission and recommenda- tion in the ordinary form, but will give a certificate of regular standing, and record his dismission; it being understood, as in other cases, that this dismission takes effect when the person receiving it is admitted into the church with which he wishes to unite.
4. Members of this Church, on removing out of the place, are requested to take a dismission from us, and unite with some church in or near the place where they reside, within one year after their removal.
IV.
DISCIPLINE.
1. In every case of private offense, if known only to a few, it shall be the duty of those to whom it is known to endeavor faithfully and seasonably to recover the erring member to duty, without a public exposure. But if the
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offense is notorious, the Church in its collective capacity shall take cognizance of it, and it shall be the duty of the Standing Committee to present such cases to the Church without needless delay.
It shall also be the duty of each and every member of the Church, who shall come to the knowledge of any case of offense, to name it to the Standing Committee, or himself to proceed in regard to it, according to the rules of Christian discipline. In all cases, however, of private offenses, the rule found in the 18th chapter of Matthew is to be followed.
2. No person shall be suffered to conduct the investi- gation and defense on the part of the accused, but a member of this Church, approved for the purpose, or a minister of the Gospel in communion with us and approved in like manner.
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SABBATH SCHOOL.
1. The Sabbath School shall be under the direction and supervision of the Church, and the Superintendent shall make to the Church annually a report of its condi- tion.
2. The Superintendent shall be chosen annually by the Church, and the teachers for the time being may nominate, if they see fit, the person they wish to have elected.
VI. CHURCH MEETINGS.
1. It shall be the duty of the Pastor to preside at all business meetings of the Church when present. If absent from necessity or choice, the oldest Deacon pre- sent shall preside. If no Deacon be present, a Chairman or Moderator shall be elected by a majority of votes.
2. It shall be the privilege of the Pastor to call a church meeting whenever he shall deem it expedient; and his duty to call such a meeting of the Church on the respectful petition of any ten of its members.
3. In case the Church is destitute of a pastor, the above named privilege and duty shall belong to the officers of the Church.
The foregoing rules shall not be altered or amended, nor shall any be hereafter added, except by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, at a meeting notified for the purpose.
HOURS OF PUBLIC WORSHIP.
SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE at a quarter to eleven o'clock throughout the year. The last bell begins to ring a quarter of an hour before time of service.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON SERVICE in December, January and February, at a quarter past one o'clock; during the rest of the year at a quarter to two.
SUNDAY EVENING PRAYER MEETING in the four months of shortest days (viz: November, December, January and February), at half past six o'clock ; in the four months of longest days (viz: May, June, July and August), at half past seven o'clock ; through the rest of the year at seven o'clock.
On the first Sunday of each month, this meeting is a Monthly Concert of prayer for the conversion of the world.
CHURCH PRAYER MEETING on Thursday afternoon, at two o'clock in the four months of shortest days; at
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four o'clock in the four months of longest days ; through the rest of the year at three o'clock. The Thursday meeting before the first Sunday of every other month is a Lecture Preparatory for THE LORD'S SUPPER, which is celebrated on the first Sabbath in January, March, May, July, September and November.
A contribution for the treasury of the Church, to be used by the Deacons in providing for the table and in assisting poor members of the Church, is taken after each celebration of the Lord's Supper.
The ANNUAL FAST of this Church is observed on the Thursday before the first Sabbath in March.
BUSINESS MEETINGS.
The Annual Meeting of the Church is held on the Thursday before the first Sabbath in May.
The Annual Meeting of the Society is held on the second Monday in November.
NAMES OF THOSE DISMISSED DEC. 8TH, 1719, TO FORM A CHURCH AT NORTH GUILFORD, UNDER THE PASTORATE OF REV. SAMUEL RUSSEL.
Baldwin, Timothy. Gould, Thomas.
Baldwin, Bathsheba, w. Timothy.
Gould, Mary, w. Thomas.
Baldwin, Nathaniel. Hall, Lydia.
Baldwin, Elizabeth, w. Nathaniel. Lee, Elizabeth.
Bartlett, George.
Stone, Josiah.
Bartlett, Anna.
Stone, Temperance, w. Josiah.
Chittenden, Mehitabel, w. Joseph. Stone, Susannah.
Farham, John.
Fowler, Elizabeth.
Fowler, Anna.
Waterous, Damaris, w. Benjamin. Woodins, Abigail.
NAMES OF THOSE WHO WENT FROM THIS CHURCH, JUNE 10TH, 1731, TO FORM THE FOURTH CHURCH IN GUILFORD.
Benton, Ebenezer. Hall, Rebecca, w. Nathaniel.
Benton, Abigail, w. Ebenezer. Hill, Hannah.
Benton, Elizabeth, dau. Ebenezer. Leete, Pelatiah.
Benton, Daniel.
Leete, Abigail, w. Pelatiah.
Bishop, Caleb.
Leete, Caleb.
Bishop, Lydia, w. Caleb.
Norton, Thomas.
Bishop, Lydia, dau. Caleb.
Norton, Rachel, w. Thomas.
Cruttenden, Samuel.
Norton, Samuel.
Cruttenden, Mindwell, w. Samuel. Norton, Abigail, w. Samuel.
Collins, John, Jr.
Parmele, Daniel.
Collins, Rachel, w. John, Jr.
Parmele, Anna, w. Daniel.
Chittenden, Hannah.
Parmele, Hannah.
Davis, Hannah.
Starr, Joseph.
Edwards, Daniel.
Starr, Mary, w. Joseph.
Evans, Margaret.
Starr, Mary.
Evarts, Daniel.
Stone, Caleb.
Everest, Mary.
Stone, Sarah, w. Caleb.
Fowler, Abraham.
Stone, Jedidiah.
Fowler, Elizabeth, w. Abraham.
Stone, Abigail.
Fowler, Elizabeth.
Ward, Andrew.
Fowler, Mehitabel.
Ward, Deborah, w. Andrew.
Hall, Nathaniel.
NAMES OF THOSE DISMISSED MARCH 25TH, 1757, TO FORM THE CHURCH IN NORTH BRISTOL, NOW NORTH MADISON.
John Allis. Thomas French.
Mary Allis, w. John. Sarah French, w. Thomas.
Joshua Bishop.
John Hopson.
Silence Bishop, w. Joshua.
Millicent Hopson, w. John.
Susanna Bishop, dau. Joshua.
David Seward.
Sarah Bristol, w. Bezaleel.
Martha Seward, w. David.
Mercy Crampton. David Dudley.
Nathaniel Stevens.
Dinah Dudley, w. David.
Sarah Stevens, w. Nathaniel.
David Dudley, 2d.
Samuel Teal.
Mary Dudley, w. David, 2d.
Anna Teal, w. Samuel.
John Wilcox.
David Field. Anna Field, w. David.
Jerusha Shelley, w. John.
Waterous, Benjamin.
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Bishop, John.
More, Seth.
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THE FOLLOWING PERSONS WENT FROM THIS CHURCH, AND WERE OR- GANIZED AS THE THIRD CHURCH OF GUILFORD, NOV. 23, 1843.
Asher Dudley.
Calvin Crampton. Sarah Hall.
Jonathan Parmele.
Martin N. Seward.
Richard Cruttenden.
Maria Parmele
Mary E. Seward.
Clara Cruttenden.
Lucy E. Parmele.
Nathaniel Fowler.
Julia Benton.
Lucius Dudley.
Sally Fowler.
Clarissa Stone.
Sarah Griswold. Titus Hall. Wid. Sarah Dudley.
Daniel Smith. Sarah Redfield.
Amanda Benton.
Clarissa C. Parmelee. Anna Fowler. John L. Seward.
Mary Ann Fowler.
Thankful Burgis. Elizabeth Parmelee.
MEMBERS.
EXPLANATION OF CHARACTERS.
c denotes those received on certificate from other churches.
d dismissed to other churches.
e excommunicated.
* deceased.
The following persons, 133 in number, were the mem- bers composing the Church Jan. 1st, 1749, under the ministry of Rev. Thomas Ruggles, Jr.
1. Thomas Hall, Deacon, *Dec. 1, 1753.
2. Abigail Seward Hall, w. Thomas, *Jan. 19, 1751.
3. Mary Leete Hooker, w. Dea. James, *Oct. 5, 1752.
4. Timothy Stone, *Sept. 9, 1765.
5. Rachel Norton Stone, w. Timothy, *Mar. 31, 1750.
6. Samuel Hill, *May 28, 1752.
7. Huldah Ruggles Hill, w. Samuel, *Aug. 29, 1762.
Fanny M. Bishop.
Betsey Hall.
William L. Dudley. Phebe A. Dudley. Hannah Bartlett.
John Hall.
Justin Dudley.
Mary Ann Dudley.
The following persons went from this Church, peti- tioners with the preceding, for the formation of a new church, but joined the Third Church soon after its organization.
Sarah Todd. Anna M. Dudley. Wid. Ruth Fowler.
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