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Norwich, West Farms, was constituted the town of Franklin in 1786. A. great revival added to the church 100 members in 1741-2 ; one in 1855
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added 33. In 1753, there were more than 100 members of the society. The ministry of the first three pastors embraces a period of 136 years, or two years more than the whole period of the church's existence, prior to the death of Dr. Nott. The present house of worship was erected in 1836.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- David Avery, & Oliver Ayer, Eliphalet Nott, John Hyde, Eli Hyde, Samuel Nott, Charles Hyde, Lavius Hyde, Elijah Harts- horn, Beaufort Ladd, Stephen T. Nott, Robert P. Stanton, Joseph W. Back- us, Alvan Hyde, | Asahel Huntington .**
* Sp. An. 1. 299. Allen. + Sp. An. 1. 604. + Sp. An. 2. 190. Allen. § Mendon As. 124. | Sp. An. 2. 300. Allen. ** Allen.
THE CHURCH IN FITCHVILLE, IN BOZRAH, ORG. DEC. 1, 1854.
William Aitchison,
April, 1852
April, 1855 Aug. 1859
W. W. Belden, 1855
1857
T. D. P. Stone,
1857
Jan. 1859
Joseph A. Saxton, Jan. 1859
The house of worship was erected by Asa Fitch, Esq., the owner of the factory and village ; and the ministers have been supported mainly by him, on a liberal salary. After more than two years from the erection of the house, the church was formed.
THE CHURCH IN GILEAD (IN HEBRON, ) ORG. (PROBABLY) 1748.
MINISTERS.
SETTLED.
DISMISSED.
DIED.
Samuel Langdon,
1750
1751
Elijah Lothrop,* April, 1752
Aug. 1797
Ammi Rogers,
1797 ? 1799 ?
Nathan Gillet,
Nov 1799 Jan. 1824
July, 1845
Charles Nichols, Sept. 1825
Oct. 1856
The Ecclesiastical Society in Gilead was organized May, 1748. The first church edifice was erected in 1749. The occasions of special religious in- terest during the century were in the years 1824 and 1831. During the revival in 1831, there were 54 persons added to the church. During the early part of the year 1858, a work of grace resulted in upwards of twenty cases of hopeful conversion. A fund established in 1794, by Mr. John Gilbert, now amounts to $4,000.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Eleazar C. Hutchinson, D. D., Edwin R. Gilbert, Samuel Post.
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THE FIRST CHURCH IN GLASTENBURY, ORG. JULY, 1692.
Timothy Stevens,* Oct. 1693
April, 1726
Ashbel Woodbridge, t 16 1728
Aug, 1758
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MINISTERS.
SETTLED.
DISMISSED.
DIED.
John Eells,
June, 1759
May, 1791
William Brown,
May, 1792
Jan. 1797
William Lockwood, §
Aug. 1797
May, 1804
June, 1828
Prince Hawes,
June, 1807
1820
Caleb Burge,
Aug. 1821
Nov. 1825
Samuel A. Riddel,
June, 1827
Feb. 1837
James Smith,
Dec. 1837
Jan. 1858
Amos L. Chesebrough, July, 1858
Those members of the First Church in Wethersfield who resided on the east side of the Connecticut River, were duly organized into a distinct church July 28, 1692-denominated the First Church in Glastenbury. In May, 1731, a new Ecclesiastical Society was incorporated within the limits of Glastenbury, by the name of Eastbury, and a church immediately or- ganized, consisting of those members of the First Church whose home was within the bounds of the new society. The First Church was again divi- ded by the organization of the church in South Glastenbury, Dec. 22, 1836. Rel. Intel. 11. 460.
MINISTERS RAISED Ur .- John Bulkley, Samuel Welles, Charles Treat, Jonathan Hubbard, Richard Treat, Samuel Woodbridge, Timothy Wood- bridge, William Woodbridge, Anson Hubbard, Albert Hale, Isaac Plum- mer, James L. Wright, William S. Wright.
* Allen. + Allen. # Sp. An. 1. 657. § Sp. An. 1. 413. Allen.
THE CHURCH IN GOSHEN, ORG. NOV. 1740.
Stephen Heaton,
Nov. 1740
May, 1753
Dec. 1788
Abel Newel,*
Aug. 1755 Jan. 1781 1813
Josiah Sherman,
June, 1783 Feb. 1789
Asahel Hooker, t
Sept. 1791 June, 1810
April, 1813
Joseph Harvey, Oct. 1810
Sept. 1825
Francis H. Case,
Feb. 1826
1828
Grant Powers, #
Aug. 1829
April, 1841
Lavalette Perrin,
Dec. 1843
Sept. 1857
Joel F. Bingham, Jan. 1859
May, 1860
The lands in Goshen were originally divided, in 1739, into 53 shares- one for the ministry, one for the first settled minister, one for schools, and the other fifty were sold at public vendue. At the first town meeting, in that year, it was voted " that the selectmen shall ascertain the places of holding the meetings for the public worship of God." Mr. Heaton's salary was £100 "settlement," to be paid in labor in two years, and £110 the first year, increasing £10 a year to £170. But he was found not to have much fixedness of opinion on theological subjects, sometimes preaching to please Arminians, and again to please the Orthodox, the consequence of which was, that he lost the confidence of all. Complaint was at length made to
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the Consociation, by the town, against him, of " immoral conduct ;" "impru- dent conduct unbecoming a minister ;" "a great deficiency in ministerial qualifications." Six years were spent in the trial. His confession was ac- accepted as Christian satisfaction, and he was dismissed. He died at Go- shen, leaving a large estate.
Mr. Sherman (brother of Hon. Roger Sherman, of New Haven,) wore a large white wig, and was very imposing and winning in appearance. He had popular talents, and at first was very acceptable. But alienation arose, in consequence of his avowing, in his preaching, Arminian sentiments. When the leading members of the church who felt aggrieved went to him to talk about it, he took offense, and they complained that he treated them in a very arbitrary way, " overrating human knowledge as essential to con- version." Three brethren, at this time, attended service one Sabbath at a neighboring church, for which they were disciplined; and things grew worse till Mr. Sherman agreed to a dismission, -the town paying him £50. Then the church were in a confused state, and called a council of ministers for advice ; which was to annul all votes during Mr. Sherman's ministry.
Messrs. H Bingham and Thurston were ordine I missionaries to the Sand- wich Islands, at Goshen, Sept. 1819 There have been frequent revivals in the last sixty years, -in six cases adding from 30 to 72 members in a year Ev. Mag. 1. 341. Rel. Intel, 7. 232 ; 12. 731.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Noah Wadhams, Elisha Parmelee, Reuben Par- melee, Darius O. Griswold, Edward W. Ilooker, D. D., William Thompson, D D., Orlo Bartholomew, A. T. Norton (h), Luther Hart., Ephraim Lyman, Mark Ives (f.), John F. Norton, Augustus Thompson, Luther H. Beecher, D. D. * Allen. +Sp. An. 2. 317. Allen. Litchf. Centen. 92. + Allen. Litchf. Centen. 123.
THE CHURCH IN GOSHEN (IN LEBANON, ) ORG. NOV. 26, 1729.
MINISTERS.
SETTLED
DISMISSED.
DIED.
Jacob Eliot,*
Nov. 1729
April, 1766
Timothy Stone, f
Oct. 1766
Sept. 1767
May, 1797
Win. B. Ripley, #
Nov. 1798
July, 1822
Erastus Ripley, g
Sept. 1823
Feb. 1832 Nov. 1843
Salmon Cone,
1832
Mar. 1834
Israel T. Otis,
June, 1835
Mar. 1844
Joshua R. Brown, I
May, 1845
June, 1852
Sept. 1858
Elijah W. Tucker,
Sept. 1853
1858
Aaron R. Livermore,
Feb. 1860
This church was formed by a colony of twenty-nine males from the First Church in Lebanon. On the following year, (1730) 56 females were re- ceived. About the year 1770, a part of the church was dismissed, for the purpose of forming a church in Exeter Society.
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MINISTERS RAISED UP .-- Abraham Fowler, Dyar T. Hinkley, Timothy Stone, Orrin Fowler, Salmon McCall.
* Sp. An. 1. 322. + Sp. An. 1. 631. Allen. # Allen. §Allen. |Cong. Y. B. 6. 119.
THE CHURCH IN GRANBY, ORG. 1739.
MINISTERS.
SETTLED.
DISMISSED.
DIED.
Eli Colton,
Dec. 1740
Nov. 1742
David S. Rowland,
Feb. 1745
Aug. 1747
1794
Burr,
Ang. 1747
Dec. 1748
Aaron Brown,
Oct. 1750
Dec. 1751
Joseph Strong,*
Nov. 1752
Nov. 1779
Jan. 1803
Israel Holly,
Oct. 1784
1793
Isaac Porter, t
June, 1794
Dec. 1832
1844
Charles Bentley,
Aug. 1833
Mar. 1839
Chauncey D. Rice,
Oct. 1839
July, 1841
Israel P. Warren,
April, 1842
May, 1845
James C. Houghton,
June, 1845
April, 1847
Alfred White,
July, 1847
July, 1848
Samuel W. Barnum,
April, 1849
April, 1850
C. F. Page,
Oct. 1850
Mar. 1854
Wm. H. Gilbert,
July, 1856
The earliest Ecclesiastical record extant pertaining to this church and so- ciety, is dated May, 1739. In the volume which contains it, a part of which is obliterated, the records of the church and society are blended. On the 27th page-the 21st now existing, we find the first distinct notice of the church, as follows :
" Att a meeting of ye Northwest Society of Simsbury on ye last Mon- day of January, 1746-7. Voted,
1. Yt we chuse yt ye church in this society shall be settled a Congrega- tional church.
2. Voted yt ye Scriptures of ye Old and New Testaments, as they are ye only unering rule of faith and practis to Christians, so they are ye only un- ering rule of church government and discipline.
3. Yt as we know of no human composition yt comes nearer to ye Scriptures than Cambrig platform in ye substance of it, so we chuse yt ye church in this society, shall take it in ye substance of it under ye scriptures for their rule of church government and discipline.
4. Yt in ye administration of church membours, we judge it necessary yt ye porsons to be admitted, give to ye minister an account of their knoleg in ye fundamental docterings of ye gospel, their faith therein to his satisfac- tion and acceptance, and yt every such person being free from scandal, and of regular conversation, being propounded to ye church 3 Lords days before admition, may then be admited, by and with ye consent of ye church, pro- vided no valid objection be laid against then.
5. Voted yt we naurtheless are not straited in our charity towards
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our neighboring churches yt are settled under Saybrook platform, or those called Presbyterians, but are willing yt any of their members in good standing in their churches shall be admitted to communion in this church as opportunity may present-as also yt we are willing yt our ministers for ye time being shall exchang labours with any of ye ministers of any of s'd churches yt are in good standing, then alway provided yt it be with ye consent of ye church."
The whole number of additions to the church, exclusive of its original founders, is 604.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Joel Hayes, Silas Higby, Harvey Hayes, John C. Strong, Joseph D. Strong, Reuben Holcomb, Gordon Hayes, Amasa A. Hayes, James B. Cleaveland.
* Sp. An. 2. 229. t Allen. -
THE CHURCH IN GRASSY HILL, (IN LYME, ) ORG. 1755.
MINISTERS.
SETTLED.
DISMISSED.
DIED.
Daniel Miner,
1757
Seth Lee,
Oct. 1817
April, 1799 Oct. 1826
Nathaniel Miner,
Mar. 1827
Mar. 1829
A. Alden,
May, 1830 Sept. 1831
Mark Mead,
July, 1833
July, 1836
- Warner,
1837
1838
Oliver Brown,
May, 1839
Feb. 1853
Alpha Miller, May, 1853
The original members constituting the Strict Congregational, or Sepa- rate Church of Grassy Hill, mostly withdrew from the church of North Lyme, now Hamburg. This church united with the Middlesex Consocia- ation Oct. 1834. Their records were destroyed by fire, with the house of the first minister. It is not known precisely when the church was gathered.
A very interesting revival of religion, which resulted in a very considera- ble addition to the numbers and strength of the church, commenced in the winter of 1842. There was also one in 1858. In 1847, their house of wor- ship was remodeled. They have during a series of years received $100 from the Home Missionary Society. The whole number of families embraced in the Congregation does not exceed twenty.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Noah H. Gillett, Sylvester P. Marvin, Oliver Brown, Jr., George A. Miller.
THE CHURCH IN GREENFIELD, (IN FAIRFIELD, ) ORG. MAY 18, 1726. John Goodsel, May, 1726 April, 1756
Seth Pomeroy,* Jan. 1758 ? 1769
51
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MINISTERS.
SETTLED.
DISMISSED.
DIED.
William M. Tennent, t
June, 1772
Dec. 1781
1810
Timothy Dwight, D. D., }
Nov. 1783
1795
Jan. 1817
Samuel Blatchford, D. D. ,§
1796
1797
Mar 1828
David Austin, !
1797
1798
Feb. 1831
Horace Holly, D. D.,
Sept. 1805
Sept. 1808
1827
William Belden,
Oct. 1812
1821
Richard V. Dey,
Jan. 1823
1828
1836
Nathaniel Freeman, T
April, 1833
1840
June, 1854
T. B. Sturges,
June, 1842
This church has had five houses of worship. Dr. Dwight had a noted classical school at Greenfield. He left to accept the Presidency of Yale College.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Aaron Burr, D. D., ** President of New Jersey Col_ lege, Daniel Banks, - Pomeroy.
* Allen. +Sp. An. 3, 26. # Sp. An. 2. 152, Allen. § Sp. An. 4, 158. | Sp. An. 2, 195. Allen. TT Allen. ** Allen.
THE CHURCH IN GREEN'S FARMS, (IN WESTPORT, ) ORG. OCT. 26, 1715.
Daniel Chapman, Oct. 1715
Nov. 1741
Daniel Buckingham,* Mar. 1742
May, 1766
Hezekiah Ripley, D. D., f Feb. 1767
Aug. 1821
Nov. 1831
Edward W. Hooker,
Aug. 1821
Jan. 1829
Thomas F. Davies,
Oct. 1829
Aug. 1839
Dan C. Curtiss,
June, 1840
Jan. 1843
Giles M. Porter,
Dec. 1844
Mar. 1850
Charles Bentley,
May, 1850
May, 1858
R. S. Egleston, April, 1859
From the state records, in Hartford, it appears that West Farms, Fairfield, was made a distinct society and parish in May, 1711, and that at their Octo- ber session, 1714, the General Assembly did allow the inhabitants of West Farms, in Fairfield, to embody themselves into a Church Estate. The ori- ginal covenant was subscribed by seven persons besides Mr. Chapman. There was no Confession of Faith distinct from this Covenant, which as it appears to have been retained, without alteration or addition for ninety- three years, is here given :
" We do, in the humble sense of our deep unworthiness of an acknowledge- ment in the covenant of divine grace and also of our inability unto the per- formance of the duties of the holy covenant, through the strength and grace of Christ alone, heartily and sincerely engage and promise, in the presence of God and his people, denying all ungodliness and worldly lusts, to live so- berly, righteously and godly in this present world, solemnly devoting our- selves and our seed unto the Lord, to be his people ; avouching Almighty God for our God and portion ; avouching the Lord Jesus Christ for our only Prophet and Teacher, and for our only Priest and Propitiation, and for our
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only King and Lawgiver ; avouching the Holy Ghost for our Sanctifier ; pro- fessing our subjection to the gospel of Christ, and that we will walk together in a conscionable attendance upon all the ordinances of the gospel, and in a member-like communion, helpfulness, and watchfulness according unto Christ."
Members at the close of the first pastorate, eighty ; of the second, seventy- five; of the third, one hundred and thirty ; added during the fourth, nine- teen ; the fifth, one hundred and ten ; the sixth, thirty-one; the seventh, eighteen; the eighth, seventy-seven. Present number one hundred and thirty.
In 1831, about forty were dismissed to unite in the formation of a church in the village of Westport. The present meeting-house is the fourth which has been erected. . The second was destroyed by the British troops in 1779, when many dwellings, including that of the pastor, were consumed. The third house of worship was lost by accidental conflagration in April, 1852.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Samuel Sherwood, Samuel Sturges, William B. Ripley, Daniel C. Banks, Zalmon B. Burr, Enoch F. Burr, William J. Jen- nings, Edward Allen.
* Sp. An. 1, 648, +Sp. An. 1. 647. Allen.
THE FIRST CHURCH IN GREENWICH, ORG. 1670.
MINISTERS,
SETTLED.
DISMISSED.
DIED.
Jeremiah Peck,
1679
1689
Abraham Pierson,
1691
1694
Salmon Treat,
1695
1697
Joseph Morgan,
1697
1700
Nathaniel Bowers,
1700
Ephraim Bostwick,
1730 ?
1746
Ebenezer Davenport,
1767
1773
Robert Morris,
1785
1794
Platt Buffet,
1794
1796
- - Simons,
1796
Abner Benedict,
1800
Samuel Sturges,
1800
1807
John Noyes,
1810
1824
Charles F. Butler,
1824
1835
Thomas Payne,
May,
1837
Feb. 1842
S. B. S. Bissell,
Sept. 1842
Sept. 1853
William A. Hyde,
Sept. 1854
This church has had four houses of worship. The first existed previous to 1694, as in that year a vote was passed to build a new meeting-house. Two others were successively occupied till 1838, when the present house was erected. For many years previous to 1835, this church was small and feeble, and in a very low state; since then it has been greatly blessed, and sustained. As the fruits of a revival in 1839, thirty-nine were added; in 1843, thirty-two ; in 1855, thirty.
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THE SECOND CHURCH IN GREENWICH, ORG. 1705.
MINISTERS.
SETTLED.
DISMISSED.
DIED.
Joseph Morgan,
1705
Oct. 1708
Richard Sackett,
1717
1727
Stephen Monson,
May,
1728
1733
Abraham Todd,
May, 1734
1773
Jonathan Murdock,*
June, 1774
Mar. 1785
Jan. 1813
Isaac Lewis, D. D., t
Oct. 1786
1818
Aug. 1840
Isaac Lewis, Jr.#
Dec. 1818
1828
Sept, 1854
Noah C. Saxton,
Albert Judson,
Elam Clark,
Joel Mann,
Sept. 1830
Aug. 1836
Noah Coe,
May,
1837
May, 1845
Frederic G. Clark,
George Bushnell,
Ebenezer Mead,
Joel H. Linsley,
Dec. 1847
This church is located in the west part of the town of Greenwich, and its separation from the first church appears to have arisen from the jealousy of the proprietors of the town, lest the holding of worship at Horseneck (as the west part was then called,) should injure their interests. The society was weak till after the close of the revolution, at which time tradition says that the society owed £30, and it was admitted that the money was not in the place. Since 1793 there has been a great increase of wealth in this community, so that there are now eleven houses of worship in the town, west of Mianus river, occupied by four denominations. A stone meeting-house, the contract for which was $32,500, was built in 1859. There are few records of the church for the first seventy years. In the revolutionary war, this society suffered severely, being between the British and American lines for about four years, in which there was no law, but robbery and plunder ran riot ; the minister parolled by the British, and nearly all the stable inhabitants were compelled to flee ; a few that were too poor to remove, remained to be made still poorer or join the enemy. A dread of revivals which grew out of the excesses in the great revival of 1740 has had an extended influence down to the present day ; and yet God has favored this church above many in this respect, for since 1816, when the first revival after 1740 occurred, there have been revi- vals in 1822, in 1828, in 1831, in 1839, in 1843, in 1850, in 1854, in 1858, besides several others which did not bring so many into the church .- Rel. Intel., 13, 188 ; 16, 620.
The settlement of Rev. Isaac Lewis, D. D., appears to have been one of the events that turned the tide in favor of this church. His long faithful min- istry was the means of raising the church from forty-seven members to one hundred and eighty-five. One of his best measures was leading the church to abandon the "half-way covenant," and to admit only professors of piety to the communion, and only the children of such persons to baptismn. In
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March, 1831, the first "four days" or "protracted meeting" east of By- ram river was held in this church, which was attended with a great blessing.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Mark Mead, Samuel Howe, Platt Tyler Holley, Ebenezer Mead, Zachariah Mead, (Epis.,) Whitman Peck, John Peck, Isaac Peck. (Epis.,) Enoch Mead.
* Allen. Sp. An. 2. 41. + Allen. Sp. An. 1. 662. #Allen. Sp. An. 1. 667.
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THE CHURCH IN GREENEVILLE, (IN NORWICH, ) ORG. JAN. 1, 1833.
MINISTERS.
SETTLED.
DISMISSED. DIED,
Dennis Platt,
Sept. 1832
1833
John Storrs,
Mar. 1834
April, 1835
1854
Spencer F. Beard, !
1835
1837
Stephen Crosby, (c.)
1837
June, 1838
Alphonso L. Whitman,
Dec. 1838
Mar. 1846
Charles P. Bush,
Dec. 1846
Jan. 1856
R. P. Stanton,
June, 1856
Soon after the commencement of works for the manufacturing establish- ments in the village in 1829, a prayer meeting was commenced by brethren of the second church. In 1832, when the inhabitants were multiplied, the prayer meeting was changed to a regular sabbath service, and a Sabbath School was gathered in the autumn, and a minister employed. A meeting house, commenced in 1834, was completed in the spring of 1835. The Sab- bath School has here, as elsewhere, proved a nursery of the church. One of its members, Rev. William Aichison who went as a missionary to China has fallen at his post. There have been frequent revivals, and in five several years there have been added from twenty-six to forty-three members.
MINISTER RAISED UP .- William Aichison, (f.)
THE FIRST CHURCH IN GRISWOLD, ORG. NOV. 20, 1720
Hezekiah Lord,
Nov. 1720
June, 1761 1808
Levi Hart, D. D.,*
Nov. 1762
Horatio Waldo, t Feb. 1810
Aug. 1828
Spofford D. Jewett, Feb. 1830 June, 1836
William R. Jewett, Dec. 1836 July, 1843
Roswell Whitmore, 1844 1846
Calvin Terry,
Nov. 1846
April, 1851
Bennett F. Northrop, July, 1853
Dr. Hart was a man of eminence, and conducted the studies of some the- ological students. There were extensive revivals in 1820, and 1831, and more limited revivals in 1852 and 1858 .- Rel. Intel. 5, 376; 13, 551.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Asa Burton, D, D., # Daniel Haskell, § Punderson
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Tyler, Stephen Johnson, (f.) Robert Staunton, James .Averill, William Clift, William P. Avery, (h.) Alexander Yerington, William R. Palmer.
* Sp. An. 1. 590. Allen. + Sp. An. 4. 630. # Sp. An 2. 140. § Sp. An. 2. 526.
THE CHURCH IN GROTON, ORG. 1705.
MINISTERS.
SETTLED.
DISMISSED.
DIED.
Ephraim Woodbridge,
Nov. 1704
1724
Dec. 1725
John Owen,*
Nov. 1727
1753
June, 1753
Daniel Kirkland, t
Dec. 1755
1758
May, 1773
Jonathan Barber,
Nov. 1758
1768
1783
Aaron Kinne, #
Oct
1769
Nov. 1798
1824
Timothy Tuttle,
Aug. 1811
Apr. 1834
Jared R. Avery,
Oct.
1839
Apr. 1851
George H. Woodward,
Oct. 1851
Jan. 1856
Sylvester Hine,
1856
The church was formed from the church in New London. The records were destroyed, or disappeared, amid the terrible scenes through which the people here were called to pass during the war of the revolution, and the in- human massacre at the Fort in 1781 ; they are very meager till within the last fifty years. The first house of worship was located near the center of the town, as at present bounded. A house of worship was subsequently erected three-fourths of a mile east of the present village of Groton, and was occupied for a considerable time previous to the Revolution, and after, till the present house in Groton village was dedicated in 1834.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Elisha Fish, § Solomon Morgan, Colby C. Mitch- ell, (f.) Joseph Morgan, | Jared R. Avery, Frederick D. Avery.
* Sp. An. 1. 235. Allen. Tracy's Great Awak. 307-9. + Sp. An. 1. 623. Allen. # Allen. § Mendon. Assoc. 89. | Sp. An. 3. 19.
THE FIRST CHURCH IN GUILFORD, ORG. June 19, 1643.
Henry Whitfield,*
1639
1650
1658
John Higginson, t
1643 ?
1659
1708
John Bowers,
1660 ?
Joseph Eliot, #
1664
May, 1694
Thomas Ruggles, §
Nov. 1695
June, 1728
Thomas Ruggles, Jr., §
Mar. 1729
Nov. 1770
Amos Fowler, |
June, 1758
Feb. 1800
Israel Brainerd, ** June, 1850
Jan. 1806
Oct. 1854
Aaron Dutton, tt
Dec. 1806
June, 1842
June, 1849
E. Edwin Hall,
Oct. 1843
July, 1855
Henry Wickes,
May, 1856
July, 1858
Wm. S. Smith,
May, 1859
Mr. Whitfield, with a large part of those who had been under his charge
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History of the Churches.
in England, began a settlement in Guilford in 1639. He returned to Eng- land, and died at Winchester. Mr. Higginson, his son-in-law, was " teach- er" till his removal, and left himself to return to England, but was induced to settle at Salem, Mass. Mr. Brainerd's ministry of thirty years at Verona, N. Y., was attended with several extensive revivals. Mr. Dutton was an able and devoted minister, and his labors were eminently blessed with sev- eral revivals of great power. On taking leave of the old meeting-house, in 1830, he stated that about eight hundred had professed religion, and sixteen hundred had been baptized in it.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Jared Eliot, Daniel Collins, Timothy Collins, Edmund Ward, Bela Hubbard, D. D. (Ep.) Samuel Johnson, D. D. (Ep.) Thomas Ruggles, William Seward, Timothy Stone, Andrew Fowler, (Ep.) Thomas Ruggles, Jr., Joy H. Fairchild,§§ William Leete, Jr., Thomas Dut- ton, Edwin D. Seward, Theodore A. Leete, Beriah Hotchkin, John H. Fow- er, Henry Robinson, Sherman Griswold, (Bap.) S. W S. Dutton, D. D., Mar- tin Dudley.
* Math. Mag. 1. 541. Sp. An. 1. 10. Allen. + Sp. An. 1. 91. Allen. # Sp. An. 1. 22. Allen. § Sp. An. 1. 261. Allen. |Sp. An. 1. 383. ** Cong. Y. B. 2. 89. tt Sp. An. 2. 489. Allen. ## Sp. An. 3. 497. §§ Sp. An. 3. 497. §§ Cong. Quar. 1. 314.
THE THIRD CHURCH IN GUILFORD, ORG. NOV. 23. 1843.
MINISTERS. SETTLED. DISMISSED. DIED.
David Root,
Jan. 1845 April, 1851
R. M. Chipman, Jan. 1852
May, 1858
Geo. I. Wood,
Nov. 1858
This church was formed by a secession from the First Church. The church in Madison (East Guilford,) was formerly the Third Church ; that at North Guilford being the Second ; and a church formed in 1773, (now extinct, on account of the disagreement of a large majority of the First Church in the settlement of Mr. Ruggles, Jr.,) having been the Fourth in Guilford.
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