Annals of an old parish : historical sketches of Trinity Church, Southport, Connecticut, 1725 to 1848, Part 18

Author: Guilbert, Edmund, d. 1919. 4n
Publication date: 1898
Publisher: New York :
Number of Pages: 366


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APPENDIX K.


THE BIBLE AND COMMON PRAYER BOOK SOCIETY OF TRINITY CHURCH, SOUTHPORT, CONNECTICUT.


CONSTITUTION AND MEMBERSHIP.


At a meeting of a number of gentlemen, members of Trinity Episcopal Church in Fairfield, on the first day of January 1818, for the purpose of forming a Bible and Common Prayer Book Society, the following was unanimously adopted as their Constitution :


ARTICLE 1ST .-- This organization shall be known and dis- tinguished by the name of the Bible and Common Prayer Book Society of the Town of Fairfield.


ARTICLE 2ND .- Every person who shall annually pay into the treasury one dollar shall be a member of said Society. And whosoever shall pay at one time the sum of seven dollars shall be a member for life.


ARTICLE 3RD .- The officers of the Society shall be chosen annually and shall consist of one president, one vice-president, a treasurer, a secretary, and three directors, a majority of whom shall constitute a board to transact business. The clergyman in charge of Trinity Church, in the Town of Fair- field, shall be the president ex-officio, and the treasurer shall give bonds for the faithful discharge of his trust, to the satis- faction of the board, and also make an annual report to the board of the state of the funds.


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ARTICLE 4TH .- It shall be the duty of all the members of the board to exert themselves to obtain subscriptions and donations, and pay the same into the treasury, and all such subscriptions and donations shall be considered a permanent fund and be put to interest, and no more than the interest thereof shall be used for the purposes of the Society until the funds amount to one hundred dollars.


ARTICLE 5TH .- With the interest of the funds the directors shall purchase Bibles without note or comment, and Common Prayer Books, and distribute them to the needy under the direction of the board and the latter shall make report of their doings, the state of the funds, etc., to the annual meeting of the Society.


ARTICLE 6TH .- There shall be an annual meeting of the Society sometime in the month of January at such time and place as the president, or in his absence, the secretary shall direct.


ARTICLE 7TH .- There shall be a book provided by the secre- tary in which he shall record the names of the members, and the several sums given by them, also the proceedings of the meetings and such other matters as shall be directed by the board.


ARTICLE 8TH .- No person shall receive any pecuniary re- ward for his services as an officer or agent of this Society.


ARTICLE 9TH .- The foregoing shall be the Constitution of the Bible and Common Prayer Book Society of Trinity Church in the Town of Fairfield, and said Constitution shall not be altered except at an annual meeting, and by the votes of two- thirds of the members present.


After the foregoing Constitution was read and adopted the meeting proceeded to the election of officers for the year ensuing, and the following gentlemen were appointed by a unanimous vote, viz .:


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Rev. Philo Shelton, President.


Mr. William Robinson, Vice-President.


Mr. Jesse Banks, Secretary. Mr. Jeremiah Sturges, Treasurer.


Mr. Walter Sherwood, Mr. Joseph W. Davis, Mr. Abel Beers, directors.


LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.


PRESIDENTS.


Rev. Philo Shelton, 1818-25.


Rev. William Shelton, D. D., 1825-29.


Rev. Charles Smith, 1829-34.


Rev. Nathaniel E. Cornwall, 1834-53.


Rev. James E. Purdy, 1853-58.


Rev. Rufus Emery, 1858-70.


Rev. Edward L. Wells, 1870-77.


Rev. Taliaferro P. Caskey, 1877-79.


Rev. Charles G. Adams, 1879-90.


Rev. Edmund Guilbert, 1891-


VICE-PRESIDENTS.


Mr. William Robinson, 1818-26. Mr. Walter Sherwood, 1826-36.


Mr. James Bulkley, 1836-45.


Mr. Abel Beers, 1845-58.


Mr. William Bulkley, 1858-59.


Mr. Abel Beers, 1859-63.


Mr. William Bulkley, 1863-68. Mr. Abel Beers, 1868-75.


Mr. Jonathan Godfrey, Jr., 1875-83.


Mr. Augustus Jennings, 1883-86.


Mr. Franklin Bulkley, 1886-


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LIFE MEMBERS.


1818.


Rev. Philo Shelton, Jesse Banks,


Abel Beers,


Grisella and Mary Bradley, Stephen Osborn, William Robinson, Walter Sherwood,


Benjamin Sturges,


Gersham Sturges,


Jeremiah Sturges. 1827.


Joseph Bulkley. 1829. James Bulkley.


1831.


Rev. Charles Smith. 1839


Edward Carew, Jonathan Godfrey,


George Robinson, Henry Sturges. 1840.


Rev. Nathaniel E. Cornwall. 1846.


David Banks,


George Ogden,


Henry Perry. 1852. Augustus Jennings.


1853. George M. Hawkins.


1854.


Rev. James S. Purdy, Charles Bulkley, William Bulkley,


Isaac Milbank. 1862.


Oliver Bulkley, Jeremiah Sturges. 1865.


John H. Sherwood. 1866. Andrew Bulkley. 1867.


Franklin Bulkley, Francis Jelliff.


1868.


(Semi-Centennial Year.) Rt. Rev. John Williams, D.D.


Rev. Rufus Emery,


Mrs. William Bulkley,


Mrs. Andrew Bulkley,


Mrs. Mary J. Gallagher,


Mrs. Augustus Jennings,


Mrs. Nehemiah Perry, Mrs. Benjamin Pomeroy,


Miss Josephine B. Pomeroy,


Mrs. Brooks Hughes Wells, Mrs. Edward H. Winslow,


Patrick Griffin, Henry Davis,


Arthur O. Jennings, James D. Jennings,


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Benjamin Pomeroy, Justus Sherwood, M. D.


Jesup B. Wakeman. 1869.


Mrs. Sarah J. Morehouse,


Frederick Bulkley,


William C. Bulkley,


William D. Gallagher,


John Hawkins,


Howard N. Wakeman. 1870. Miss Elizabeth D. Banks. 1871.


Rev. Edward L. Wells. 1878. Rev. Taliaferro P. Caskey,


Sidney Hawkins,


Charles Rockwell.


1879. Charles F. Bulkley. 1881.


Rev. Charles G. Adams,


Moses Bulkley. 1886. Edward M. Bulkley,


Abraham B. Sturges, M. D. 1889.


E. Livingston Wells. 1890.


Joseph Bradley. 1891.


Roderick P. Curtis. 1892. Rev. Edmund Guilbert, D. D. E. Cornelius Sherwood. 1893.


Lewis A. Curtis,


Lewis B. Curtis.


1894.


Oliver T. Sherwood. 1895.


John A. Gorham.


1898.


Azor O. Hawkins.


At the Semi-Centennial meeting of the Bible and Common Prayer Book Society, held in Trinity Church, February 7th, 1868, the following report was made: "The Society has now been in existence fifty years, and has distributed Bibles and Prayer Books, whenever asked for, to the needy of this parish; also to the Sunday school ; also to St. Paul's of Fair- field, to Weston, to Easton, to Kansas, to Michigan, to vessels of this port, to war vessels of the United States Government, in all, fourteen hundred and forty-one books of Common Prayer, eighty-eight New Testaments, and fifty-one Bibles, besides in 1835, purchasing one large Prayer Book for use of Trinity Church, and again in 1856, one large Bible, and three large Prayer Books for the same purpose."


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It is estimated that the Society up to the present time, 1898, has distributed, in the aggregate, nearly six thousand copies of the Bible, the New Testament, and the Book of Common Prayer. The total amount of invested funds is $561.12, and the present officers as elected January, 1898, are :


Rev. Dr. Edmund Guilbert, President, Ex officio.


Franklin Bulkley, Vice President.


John H. Sherwood, John Hawkins, Charles F. Bulkley, E. L. Wells, Oliver Bulkley, E. C. Sherwood, A. O. Jennings, R. P. Curtis, H. N. Wakeman, Directors.


A. B. Sturges, Oliver Bulkley, Franklin Bulkley, Finance Committee.


H. N. Wakeman, Secretary and Treasurer.


John Hawkins, John H. Sherwood, A. O. Jennings, Standing Committee.


INDEX.


[ THE INDEX DOES NOT EXTEND EITHER TO THE NOTES OR THE APPENDICES.


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INDEX.


INDEX.


A


Aberdeen, 62 Academy Building, 92, 118 Act of Toleration, 8 Adams, Abraham, 36


Adams, Rev. Chas. G., 146, 151; 12th Rector, 1879-90


Adams, Nathan, 10


Alvord, Jessup, 96, 97


Alvord, Nelson B., 97


American Episcopate, 61


American Clergy, 43


American Revolution, 52


Applegate, Avis, 36


Applegate, John, 36


B


Baldwin, Rev. Ashbel, 64, 124 Banks, Miss Elizabeth D., 112, 155 Banks, Miss Mary J., 112, 155


Banks, David, 147


Banks, Jesse, 76


Beeman, Rev. Allen E., 124


Beardsley, Samuel, 83


Belden, Nathan, 141


Beers, Abel, 78, 95, 102, 103, 115


Beers, Henry, 96, 97, 102


Beers, Ruben, 65, 72 Benjamin, Rev. Wm. H., 133 Betts, Lyman, 96 Bible and Common Prayer Book Society of Trinity Parish, 79 Bishops in America, 61 Bishop, Rev. E. F. 133


Bostwick, Rev. W. L., 120


Book of Common Prayer, 80


Booth, Richard, 82 Bradley, Miss Griselda, 96, 97, 102, 141


Bradley, Miss Mary, 96, 97, 102, 141


Bradley, David, 102


Brathwaite, Rev. F. W., 133


Brewster, Right Rev. Chauncey B., 143


British Army, in New Haven and Fairfield, 53


Bridge, Rev. Mr., 27


Bronson, Rev. Wm. White, 120


Brown, Rev. Daniel, 31


Brown, Rebecca, 37


Brownell, Right Rev. Thomas C., 87


Burnet, Bishop, 14


Burr, Miss Mary Frances, 155


Burr, Col. John, 83


Burr, Moses, 65


Burr, Ozias, 65


Burr, Thadeus, 70


Burritt, Elijah, 165


Burroughs, Edgar, 113


Bulkley, Miss C, Malvina, 112


Bulkley, Miss Louisa D., 112


Bulkley, Miss Mary Jane, 112


Bulkley, Miss Mary Josephine, 112


Bulkley, Mrs. Hattie, 112


Bulkley, Abraham, 76


Bulkley, Andrew, 96, 97, 102, 103, 113, 136 Bulkley, Charles, 96, 102, 141, 142 Bulkley, Edwin, 122


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INDEX.


Bulkley, Eleazar, 96


Bulkley, George, 96, 113


Bulkley, Hezekiah, 59, 96


Bulkley, Jas. B., 96, 97 Bulkley, Joel B., 90, 102 Bulkley, Jonathan, 96 Bulkley, Josiah, 67 Bulkley, L. H., 96


Bulkley, Lewis D., 122


Bulkley, Lot, 97, 102, 141


Bulkley, Moses, 96, 97, 102,


103, 119, 136


Bulkley, Peter, 66


Bulkley, Walter, 95, 96


Bulkley, Ward, 102


Bulkley, William, 96, 97, 102, 103, 119, 136 Burlington, N. J., 23


C


Candor, Rev. Mr., 124 Caner, Rev. Henry, 39, 43; 1st Rector, 1727-47


Canedy, William, 102


Cannon, Philip, 83


Caskey, Taliaferro P., 142, 145; 11th Rector, 1877-79,


Chapel, 139 Charles, I., 3


Charles, II, 7 Charter, new, 13


Chestnut Ridge, 46


Choir in "Old Church on the Hill," 112


Clapp, Rev. Mr. 124


Clark, Rev. Dr. J. L., 132


Coit, Rev. G. S., 120, 123


Cotton, John, 21


Coley, David, 96


Coley, Jonathan, 66


Collyer, Thomas L., 65


Commencement at Yale College Concordate, 64 Confirmation, Rite of, 81


Cornwall, Miss Anna E., 111


Cornwall, Rev. Asa, 100


Cornwall, Rev. Nathaniel E.,


108, 116; 7th Rector, 1834-53 Cushion, Rev. Mr., 21


Curtis, Mrs. Lewis A., 155


Cutler, Rev. Timothy, 31, 60


D


Davis, Miss Cornelia, 113 Davis, Miss Emily, 113 Davis, Hezekiah, 96, 102 Davis, Joseph W., 96, 97, 102, 103 Davenport, John, 2


Davies, Right Rev. Thos. F., 124


Deshon, Rev. G. H., 132


Dimon, Ebenezer, 96


Dimon, W. D., 96


Down, Levi, 96, 97


Dudley, Governor, 20


Dudley, Henry, 96


Dwight, President Timothy, 54


E


Erasmus, 4 Elizabeth, Queen, 4


Eliot, Rev. Mr., 55


Emery, Rev. Rufus, 127, 137; 9th Rector, 1858-71


Emery, Rev. S. M., 132


F


Fairfield, Burning of, 53


Fairfield, Churchmen in, 9, 10 First Church Edifice, location, 34; dedicated, 34; proves to be to small, 40; replaced by a larger structure, 41 First Southport Parsonage, be- gun, 104; sold, 107


Fifth Church Edifice, location, 119; consecrated, 120; de- stroyed by tornado, 128 Fisher, Rev. C. R., 120 Fourth Church Edifice, originally designed as a Chapel for the mother Church, 95; location, 95 ; consecrated, 95; contribut- ors, 96; popularity, 101; be- comes the Parish Church, 104; Christmas festivities, 111; choir, 112; destroyed by fire, 118


Furniss, Jos. H., 92 French, Rev. Louis, 120, 132 G Gallagher, Mrs. Mary J., 156 Gordon, Rev. Patrick, 20


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Godfrey, Jonathan, 96, 102, 112, 115, 119, 131, 147 Godfrey, Rev. Stephen, 102 Godfrey, Rev. J., 133 Gore, Canon, 15


Gorham, Shubael, 66


Goodwin, Rev. F. J., 120


Graves, Matthew, 61 Greenfield Hill, 54, 69, 101


Greenwich, 46


Guilbert, Rev. Edmund, 152, 160; 13th Rector, 1891-


H


Hallam, Rev. Dr., 123 Hanford, Mr., 28


Hawks, Rev. Francis L., 95, 96, 102


Hawkins, B. A., 96


Hawkins, Benj. B., 102


Hawkins, Benj. N., 102


Hawkins, Edward, 155


Heathcote, Caleb, 24, 25, 26


Hobart, Right Rev. John Henry, 80,81 Hull, Sarah, 96 Hall, John, 97


J


Jackson, Rev. Prof., 120 Jarvis, Right Rev. Abraham, 20, 71


Jelliff, Francis, 113, 149, 153


Jennings, Aaron, 96, 102


Jennings, Augustus, 119, 147


Jennings, David, 37, 76


Jennings, James, 97 Jennings, Joshua, 96 Johnson, Rev. Samuel, 9, 30, 31, 34, 60, 79, 131 Johnson, Rev. Geo. D., 133


Johnson, Rev. Samuel Roosevelt, 118, 120 Johnson, Rev. Wm. Allen, 125 Jones, Rev. Wm. Strother, 124 Judah, Rev. Mr., 83 Judd, Rev. Mr., 120, 124


Katlin, Ezra, 59 Keith, Rev. George, 19, 22, 23


Kirtland, Ezra, 65. Knapp, Henry R., 123


L


Laborie, Dr. James, 28, 29, 34 Lacy, Miss Phoebe, 145 Lamson, Rev. Joseph, 44, 45, 48, 82; 2d Rector, 1747-74 Leonard, Wm. B., 122 Leffingwell, Rev. C. S., 123, 124


Lewis, Rev. Mr., 120


Lines, Benjamin, 37


Lockwood, John, 10


Lottery, 75, 77


Lord, Esther, 17


Lyon, Samuel, 10 Ludlow, Roger, 2, 7


M


Mackenzie, Rev. Aeneas, 28


Mackenzie, Dougal, 48


Marcy, John, 9


Marshall, Rev. Mr., 50


Marquand, Frederick, 100


Massachusetts, Colony of, 2


Mason, Capt., 2


Mead, Rev. Dr., 120, 123, 132


Meeker, Daniel, 65


Meeker, Samuel, 72


Meeker, W. B., 72


Methodists, 100


Mill River, 91


Minor, Richardson, 45


Muirson, Rev. George, 24, 26, 27


N


Nash, Henry, 102, 103


Newburgh, 137


New Canaan, 46


Newtown, L. I., 55


Nichols, Allan, 119, 147


Nichols, C. T., 97


Nichols, Ebenezer, 65


Nichols, John, 82


Nichols, Judson, 102


Nichols, Rev. Geo. Warner, 124


Nichols, Rev. Samuel, 124


Norwalk, 42, 46


Northfield, 42


Nova Scotia, 56


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INDEX.


0


Ogden, Abel, 97, 103 Ogden, George, 97, 102 Old Church on the Hill, 109 Olmstead, Rev. H., 124 Onderdonk, Right Rev. B. T., 95, 110 Ordinations, 32, 45, 64, 91, 118, 143 Osborn, Stephen, 96


F


Parish School of Trinity Church, 139


Parochiales Notitiae, 83


Parliament, English, 61


Penfield, Rachel, 96


Pequot Library, 1


Perry, Mrs. Francis D., 72, 153


Perry, Charles, 96, 97


Perry, Francis D., 147


Perry, Gordon, 96


Perry, Henry, 96, 97, 102


Perry, John, 4


Perry, Joseph, 96, 102


Perry, Nathaniel, 70


Perry Rectory, 158


Phillips, Rev. Mr., 27


Pigot, Rev. George, 28, 29, 60


Pike, Julius, 96, 102


Pitkin, William, 7


Pomeroy, Benjamin, 122, 129, 136, 141


Pomeroy, Benjamin, 2d, 141 Portland, 81


Potter, Rev. C. I., 120


Presbyterian Ministers, 63


Purdy, Rev. J. Souveraine, 117, 126; 8th Rector, 1853-58 Purves, Rev. J., 120, 124


Quakers, 20 Quinnipiack Harbor, 2


R


Redding, 1 Reid, Rev. H. H., 123


Revolution, American, 52 Ridgefield, 42, 46 Ripton, 57 Robinson, Miss Anna, 96


Robinson, Miss Jerusha, 113 Robinson, George, 97 Robinson, Smith, 97 Robinson, Thomas, 91, 97 Robinson, William, 78, 96 Robertson, Rev. Mr., 120 Rockwell, Miss Anna R., 157 Rockwell, Charles, 122, 147 Roosevelt, Marcus B., 120 Rowland, Thos. F., 7


Rumsey, Mrs. Abigail, 46


Russell, Rev. Mr., 120


Rye, 24, 45 S


Saltonstall, Gordon, 21


Saugatuck, 69


Sayre, Rev. John, 50, 56; 3d Rector, 1774-79


Scottish Episcopate, 62 Seabury, Right Rev. Samuel, elected Bishop, 62 ; consecrated, 62; at Yalecommencement, 63 ; holds first Convention of the Diocese, 64; ordination of Rev. Philo Shelton and Rev. Ashbel Baldwin, 64 Second Church Edifice, location, 40; described, 41; burned by British troops, 54


Seeley. Joseph, 82


Sharpe, Rev. Mr., 27


Sheffield, Joseph E., 123


Shelton, Mrs. Philo, 85


Shelton, Rev. Philo, 57, 88; 4th Rector, 1785-1825


Shelton, Rev. Geo. Augustus, 88


Shelton, Rev. William, 88, 93; 5th Rector, 1825-29


Sherman, R. M., 96


Sherman, Selleck, 97


Sherwood, Miss Juliette, 120


Sherwood, Aaron, 97


Sherwood, E., 96 Sherwood, Hull, 71, 86, 90, 96,


Sherwood, 97, 102, 103, 133


Sherwood, John, 58, 59, 65, 68


Sherwood, Mrs. John H., 155


Sherwood, John H., 113


Sherwood, Judas, 96


Sherwood, Justus, M. D., 102, 120, 145


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INDEX.


Sherwood, M. A., 96 Sherwood, Simon, 96, 97 Sherwood, Walter, 76, 86, 90, 96, 102, 103 Sherwood, William, 95, 96, 102, 103


Sherwood, Wm. S., 102


Short, Mrs. Cornelia Ann, 106 Short, Rev. J. H., 120, 130, 132 Slavery, in Connecticut Colony, 5 Smith, Rev. Charles, 94, 98; 6th Rector, 1829-34 Smith, George, 103 Southport, 92, 95, 97, 101, 105, 116, 124, 143, 154 Stamford, 46 Stearns, Rev. Mr., 120


Stratfield, 59, 65, 82


Stratford, 26, 27, 28, 29, 33, 45, 90 St. Barnabus Chapel, 120 St. John's Church, Bridgeport, 46,82 St. Paul's Church, Buffalo, 92


St. Paul's, Fairfield, 123


Steinburg, Elias, 102 Stiles, President, 63 Stimson, Rev. Levi, 120, 124, 132 Sturges, Mrs. Jerusha, 48 Sturges, Benjamin, 10 Sturges, David B., 102


Sturges, Henry, 97, 147


Sturges, Hezekiah, 68


Sturges, Jeremiah, 76, 78, 95, 96, 97, 102, 103, 113, 114


Sturges, Jonathan, 48, 96


Sturges, Joshua, 97 Sturges, Samuel, 48


Sturges, Seth, 65 Sturgis, Rev. Isaac C., 141


T


Talbot, Rev. John, 20 Talbot, St. George, 48 Tashua, 81 Tennison, Archbishop, 17 "The Old Church Bell," poem, 105


Third Church Edifice, location, 69; dimensions, 70; conse- crated, 72; description of, 73; demolished, 105


Thorp, Charles, 97 Titharton, Timothy, 9 Todd, Rev. A. S., 120 Tomlinson, Rev. D. G., 124


Tomlinson, Gideon, 76 Townsend, Rev. H., 124 Trinity Church, 34, 36, 38, 41, 43, 48, 52, 55, 69, 97, 114, 118, 120, 130, 157, 159


Venerable Society for the Propa- gation ofthe Gospel, organized, 17; seal, 18; missions in Con- necticut Colony, 25, 27, 34, 43, 45, 50


Wakeman, Mrs. Zalmon, 155


Wakeman, J. B., 97


Wakeman, Jessup, 96, 102, 103


Wakeman, L. B., 96


Wakeman, Maurice, 97


Wakeman, W. W., 96


Ward, Moses, 10


Washington Hall, 120


Weston, 59 Wetmore, Rev. Mr., 45


Wheeler, Calvin, 65


Wheeler, Daniel, 59


Wheeler, Timothy, 83


Whitefield, George, 44


Wilton, 46 Whitmar, Albert, 97 Wells, Rev. Edward L., 138, 143 ; 10th Rector, 1870-76


Wells, Rev. E. Livingston, 143


Wilberforce, Samuel, 63


Williams, Right Rev. John, 120 133 Williams, Rev. J. R., 120, 124, 133


Williams, Rev. W. H., 133


Willey, Rev. J. M., 132


Wood, Abi D., 102


Wood, John H., 112


Woodbury, 62


Y


Yale, Elihu, 61 Yarrington, Rev. B. M., 120


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