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The Fourth Church in Guilford, Org. 1733.
Edmund Ward,
Sept. 1733
1735
Joseph Lamb,
James Sprout, D. D.,*
April, 1743 Oct. 1768
1793
John Hunt,
1769 ? 1771
Daniel Brewer,
Sept. 1771
1778
Beriah Hotchkin, Aug. 1785
1790 ?
1829
This church was formed by reason of a controversy arising in 1729, with reference to the settlement of Mr. Ruggles, Jr. A meeting-house was erected in 1730. Dr. Sprout, after an able and prosperous ministry, was
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re-settled in Philadelphia. Mr. Hotchkin, after a few years, removed to Western New York, where he was eminently useful in preaching and plant- ing new churches. The church became extinct soon after 1800. See Trum- bull's History, Vol. 2, Chap. 7, p. 114.
* Sp. An. 2. 125.
THE CHURCH IN HADDAM, ORG. 1700.
MINISTERS.
SETTLED.
DISMISSED.
DIED.
Jonathan Willowbe,
Nicholas Noyes,*
1668
1682
John James,
1686
Jeremiah Hobart, t 1690, inst. Nov. 1700
Phinehas Fiske,
Sept. 1714
Oct. 1738
Aaron Cleaveland,
July, 1739
1746
1757
Joshua Elderkin,
June, 1749
1753
Eleazar May, }
June, 1756
April, 1803
David D. Field, D. D.
April, 1804
April, 1818
John Marsh,
Dec. 1818
April, 1834
Tertius S. Clark,
April, 1834
Feb. 1837
David D. Field, D. D.
April, 1837
April, 1844
Elisha W, Cook,
Nov. 1846
April, 1852
Erastus Colton,
Dec. 1852
May, 1854
James L. Wright,
May, 1855
Nov. 1715
As no church records exist in Haddam of an earlier date than 1756, it cannot be determined with certainty when the church was organized; it is supposed to have been at the time of the ordination of Mr. Hobart. Some circumstances, however, lead to a belief that it was done at a much earlier period. Public worship appears to have been observed from the first set- tlement. For a time the people met in a private house. The first meeting- house was built in 1673-4; the second in 1721 ; the third in 1770-1, (still standing ;) the present house in 1847.
The first preacher here of whom mention is made in the records of the town, was Mr. Jonathan Willowbe. In 1668, Mr. Nicholas Noyes began to preach here, and continued thirteen or fourteen years ; though it is said he was not ordained. Mr. John James preached here as early as 1686. How long he continued is unknown. Mr. Hobart came to Haddam in 1690 or 1691. "As he had been consecrated to the ministry before," the people seem to have recognized him as their minister without a formal installation. In 1695, they voted that they did not consider themselves under the charge of Mr. Hobart as pastor; and " that with the consent of the General As- sembly, and the approbation of the neighboring churches, they would em - body in church way, and order, according to the gospel." Mr. Hobart was, however, not installed till November, 1700.
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MINISTERS RAISED Ur .- David Brainerd, § John Brainerd, | Hezekiah May, Elijah Brainerd, Jonathan IHubbard, Eleazar Brainerd, Charles Dickinson, Henry Field, Chiliab Brainerd, Nehemiah Brainerd, Israel Brainerd, Israel Brainerd, 2d, James Brainerd, Israel Shailer, Davis S. Brainerd, Dan. C. Tyler. * Sp. An. 1. 91. Allen. +Sp. An. 1. 69. Allen. # Sp. An. 1. 414. Allen. § Sp. An. 3. 113. Allen. ¡ Sp. An. 149.
THE CHURCH IN HADLYME, IN EAST HADDAM, ORG. JUNE 26, 1745.
MINISTERS.
SETTLED.
DISMISSED.
DIED.
Grindall Rawson,*
Sept. 1745
Mar. 1777
Joseph Vaill, t Feb. 1780
Nov. 1838
Ralph S. Crampton, May, 1832
Nov. 1834
George Carrington,# Feb. 1835
Feb. 1843 1843?
Stephen A. Loper, Mar. 1842, inst. May, 1845, June, 1850
Wm. Goodwin,
James Noyes,
Elias B. Hillard, Mar. 1855 1860
Hadlyme lies partly in East Haddam, and partly in Lyme; whence its name; the society was formed Nov. 1742. Mr. Rawson was a plain preach- er, gifted in prayer, remarkably social, and had an uncommon talent in recon- ciling parties at variance. Mr. Vaill was a man eminent in goodness, of substantial character, a faithful preacher, a devoted pastor, and a man of God. He conducted a school in his house for many years, where were in- structed many men who became eminent in church and state, among whom were his own sons, Joseph and Wm. F. Vaill, and Griffin, Harvey, Hunger- ford, and others. There is no record of a revival till 1808. In 1813 a revival began, which continued two years, adding 30; 56 in 1827; also revivals in 1846, '54, and '58. The half-way covenant was practiced till the time of Mr. Vaill. The first meeting-house was erected in 1843; the second in 1840. Nettleton's Mem. 67. Rel. Intel. 13, 61.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Joseph Harvey, D. D., Joseph Vaill, D. D., Wm. F. Vaill, (h.)
* Sp. An. 1. 168. Allen. t Sp. An. 4. 26. # Litchf. Centen. 117.
THE CHURCH IN HAMBURG, IN LYME, ORG. (PROBABLY) IN 1727.
George Beckwith, Jan. 1730
Dec. 1785
David Higgins, Oct. 1787 1801
David Huntington, Dec. 1803
April, 1812
Asahel Nettleton, April, 1813
May, 1844
Josiah Hawes,
Nov. 1814 Jan. 1833
Harvey Bushnell,
Jan. 1835 April, 1838
Philip Payson,
Oct. 1838
Oct. 1841
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MINISTERS.
SETTLED.
DISMISSED. DIED.
Charles E. Murdock,
June, 1842
Jan. 1844
James A. Moore, 1844
Daniel C. Tyler,
Oct. 1844
Oct. 1845
Samuel Griswold,
Oct. 1845
Sept. 1848
E. F. Burr,
Oct. 1850
Before the division of the town, this was the third church in Lyme ; now the first. After Mr. Huntington's death, the pulpit was supplied one year by the Middlesex Association. There was a revival under Mr. Nettleton's la- bors, attended with great solemnity and deep conviction of sin, promoted by the preaching of the distinguishing doctrines of the gospel ; 31 added. Me- moir, 67. Also in April, 1824, a work of divine grace commenced under the ministration of Rev. Noah C. Saxton, progressed rapidly, and forty-eight were added, four of whom entered the ministry. In April, 1831, Rev. War- ren G. Jones commenced assisting Mr. Hawes, and a powerful revival fol- lowed, adding forty-five to the church. There was also a revival in the winter of 1836, and there have been two within the last ten years. Rel. In- tel. 9. 175.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- David Ely, D. D., Zebulon Ely, John Ely, Elias P. Ely, Daniel M. Lord, L. F. T. Huntington, Richard Ely, Samuel Ely, Zabdiel R. Ely, Joseph T. Lord, Abijah P. Marvin, George W. Sill.
THE CHURCH IN HANDEN, EAST PLAINS, ORG. AUG. 18, 1775.
Abraham Alling, Oct. 1797 Oct. 1822 July, 1837
George E. Delavan, May, 1833 Aug. 1834
Austin Putnam, Oct. 1838
For many years, under the ministry of Mr. Alling, the church enjoyed a good degree of prosperity. At the time of his dismission, it was afflicted and weakened by divisions. During 16 years after his dismission, the church was served by more than two hundred different ministers. These were years of severe trial to this little flock of Christ. They were few, poor and feeble. They had no pastor, no place of worship that was con- venient, no parsonage, no fund. They feared that they should be obliged to disband and go to other churches. They had many a communion season, which they thought might be their last. They could pay only two dollars a Sabbath for preaching. But a few, faithful brethren, held on. The church still lives, having a comfortable house of worship, and a parsonage, and has been self-supporting fifteen years, paying a good salary, and $150 to $200 to benevolent objects, although there has been but little increase of business or population.
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THE CHURCH IN HAMPTON, ORG., JUNE 5, 1723.
MINISTERS.
SETTLED.
DISMISSED. DIED.
William Billings, June, 1723
May, 1733
Samuel Moseley, * May, 1734
July, 1791
Ludovicus Weld,
Oct. 1792
March, 1824
Oct. 1844
Daniel G. Sprague,
May, 1824
April, 1839
Daniel C. Frost,
Sept. 1840 Oct. 1841
William Barnes,
Sept. 1842
Sept. 1847
Richard Woodruff,
Feb. 1848
April, 1852
George Soule, Sept. '53. ord. Sept. 1855
This Church was called the church in Windham Village, then the Second or Canada Society Church, until the town (Hampton,) was incorporated. It consisted of a colony of 29 persons from the church in Windham. It has re- cently refitted its house of worship and received to itself a large number of new members as the results of the great revival of 1858. Rel. Intel. 16, 476.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Ebenezer Moseley, Charles Fitch, A. C. Denison, Ludovicus Robbins, Joseph Stewart.
* Sp. An. 1, 446. Allen.
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THE CHURCH IN HANOVER, IN LISBON, ORG. MAY 13, 1766.
Timothy Stone,*
Oct. 1765
1766 May, 1797
Andrew Lee, D. D., t
Oct. 1768
Aug. 1832
Barnabas Phinney,
Feb. 1830 Nov. 1832
Philo Judson,
June, 1833
July, 1834
Daniel Waldo,
Edward Cleaveland,
Joseph Ayer,
Sept. 1837 June, 1848
Ebenezer W. Robinson,
Mar. 1849
April, 1852
James A. Hazen, Dec. 1852
The Hanover Ecclesiastical Society in Lisbon was incorporated in 1761, in- cluding small portions of Canterbury and Windham. A fund of £1400 was raised by subscription for the support of the gospel ministry before the incorporation of the Society. The church at its formation consisted of fourteen members. It has been greatly blessed by revivals.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Ezra Witter, Horace Bushnell, James Abel, An- son P. Brooks, Charles L. Ayer.
* Sp. An. 1, 631. Allen. + Sp. An. 1, 668. Allen.
THE CHURCH IN HANOVER, IN MERIDEN, ORG. FEB. 13, 1853. James A. Clark, Dec. 1853 April, 1855
Jacob Eaton, May, 1857
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Early in the year 1852 members of different Congregational Churches re- siding in Hanover, and attending worship at the chapel opened for that pur- pose, began to contemplate the organization of a Church ; it had at first 25 members. This church has been repeatedly blessed with the outpouring of God's Spirit.
In the Spring of 1857 a most powerful work of grace was enjoyed, and 32 persons united with the church.
THE FIRST CHURCH IN HARTFORD, ORG. 1633.
MINISTERS.
SETTLED.
DISMISSED.
DIED.
Thomas Hooker,*
Oct. 1633
July, 1647
Samuel Stone, t
Oct. 1633
July, 1663
John Whiting, +
1660
Nov.
1689
Joseph Haynes, §
1664
May,
1679
Isaac Foster,
1679
Jan.
1683
Timothy Woodbridge, ||
Nov. 1685
April,
1732
Daniel Wadsworth, T
Sept. 1732
Nov.
1747
Edward Dorr, **
Apr. 1748
Oct.
1772
Nathan Strong, D. D., tt
Jan. 1774
Dec.
1816
Joel Hawes, D. D.,
Mar. 1818
This Church was originally gathered in Newtown, (now Cambridge) Mass., and was duly organized by the installation of Thomas Hooker as pastor, and Samuel Stone as teacher, Oct. 11th, 1633. It is supposed that William Goodwin was ordained as ruling elder, and Andrew Warner as deacon at the same time.
In June, 1636, Messrs. Hooker and Stone, with about one hundred of their people, removed to this place. Here the Church was permanently planted, being the first Church established in Connecticut; and here the ordinances of the gospel have been regularly administered from that time to the present.
This Church embraced the territory now occupied by the Churches of the City, of East Hartford, and of West Hartford.
Mr. Woodbridge was a member of the Saybrook Synod, 1708. We give a list of Churches formed from this Church wholly or in part; viz :
South Church, Feb., 1669, 31 members; East Hartford, May 1702; West Hartford, Feb. 1713; North Church, Sept. 1824, 97 members; Fourth Church, Jan. 1832, 18 members; Pearl Street Church, Oct. 1852, 47 mem- bers. See Dr. Hawes's Centennial Discourse, 1836 ; " First Church in Connecticut," Dr. Hawes's Address at Norwich, page 85 (supra ;) also His- tory of the Church in Windsor, (infra,) which also claims to be the First Church in Connecticut. Ev. Mag. 8, 263, 470.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Thomas H. Gallaudet, ## James Anderson, Algernon S. Kennedy, Anson Gleason, (f.) Reuben Tinker,§§ (f.) Alfred Wright, Benj. B. Wright, H. J. Van Lennep, (f.) Shearjashub Bourne, George Thacher, Jona- than Brace, D. D., Asa T. Hopkins, D. D., | Douglas K. Turner, Josiah H.
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Temple, Charles O. Reynolds, William Bird, (f.) Erskine J. Hawes, John Willard, William U. Colt, Chester Isham, TT Marshfield Steele, ****
* Sp. An. 1, 34. Math. Mag. 1, 302. + Sp. An. 1, 37. Math. Mag 1, 392. #Sp. An. 1, 182. Allen. § Dr. Bacon's Historical Diseourse, supra, 24-25. | Allen. T Allen. ** Sp. An. 1, 387. Allen. tt Sp. An. 2, 34. Allen. Am. Qr. Reg. 13, 129. ## Sp. An. 2, 609. Allen. §§ Sp. An. 4, 770. || Sp. An. 4, 741. TI Sp. An. 2, 704. *** Sp. An. 2, 347.
THE SOUTH CHURCH, HARTFORD, ORG. FEB. 12, 1669.
MINISTERS.
SETTLED.
DISMISSED.
DIED,
John Whiting,
Feb. 1669
1689
Thomas Buckingham,*
1690
1730
Elnathan Whitman, t
1733
March, 1777
William Patten, #
July, 1767
1773
Jan.
1775
Benjamin Boardman, §
1784
Feb. 1802
Abel Flint, D. D., []
Apr. 1791
Jan. 1824
Joel H. Linsley, D. D.
Feb. 1824
Aug. 1832
C. C. Vanarsdalen,
Dec. 1832
March, 1836
Oliver E. Daggett, D. D.
Apr. 1837
June, 1843
Walter Clark, D. D.,
June, 1845
Jan.
1859
Edwin P. Parker,
Ján. 1860
During the ministry of Mr. Whiting and Mr. Haynes, joint pastors of the First Church, some difference of opinion arose, which resulted in a regular and amicable division of the Church. The senior pastor and 31 members withdrew and formed this Church, Mr. Whitman recovering his health, was sole pastor about 4 years. During the troubles of the Revolutionary war from '77 to '84, there was no pastor.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- William Patten, Jr. D. D., John A. Hempsted, Andrew Benton, Albert Smith, Charles Rockwell, W. H. Corning, Charles N. Seymour, Elijah P. Barrows, Charles E. Linsley.
* Sp. An. 1, 260. Allen. + Sp. An. 1.315. #Sp. An. 1, 592. Allen. § Sp. An. 1,513. | Sp. An. 2, 273. Allen.
THE NORTH CHURCH, HARTFORD, ORG. SEPT. 23, 1824.
Carlos Wilcox, * Dec. 1824 May, 1826
May, 1827
Samuel Spring, D. D. Mar. 1827 Jan. 1833
Horace Bushnell, D. D.,
May, 1833 Nov. 1859
James T. Hyde,
July, 1855
April, 1857
George N. Webber, Nov. 1859
Organized by a Colony from the Center Church of Hartford. It has had a steady and vigorous growth; and especially under the ministry of Dr. Bushnell, enjoyed great prosperity, both in the increase of the congregation and of the Church.
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MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Erastus Colton, Henry N. Day, Tryon Edwards, D. D., John Erskine Edwards, James M. Smith, Aaron L. Chapin.
* Sp. An. 2, 653. Allen.
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THE FOURTH CHURCH IN HARTFORD, ORG. JAN. 10, 1832.
MINISTERS.
SETTLED.
DISMISSED. DIED.
William C. Walton,
Jan. 1833
Feb. 1834
Charles Fitch, June, 1834
May, 1836
Isaac N. Sprague,
Oct. 1837
Oct. 1845
William W. Patton,
Jan. 1846
Dec. 1856
Nathaniel J. Burton, Oct. 1857
The original members of the Fourth Church numbered thirty-three. The organization grew out of efforts to bring the gospel to bear more effectively on the mass of the people. To encourage the attendance of the poor, the " free seat plan " was tried for several years, after which it was abandoned as not securing a self-supporting Church, and as therefore endangering the safety of the enterprise. The Church worshiped for about two years in the old Baptist Church in Market Street, now Washington Hall ; in 1835, re- moved to a new house they had built, now the Melodeon; and in 1850 to their present edifice. The Church has been greatly blessed with revivals, and is now one of the largest in the State.
THE "COLORED " (FIFTH OR TALCOTT ST.) CHURCH, HARTFORD, ORG. 1833.
John A. Hempsted,
June, 1837
Aug. 1838
E. R. Tyler, 1839
1840
Sept. 1848
J. W. C. Pennington, D. D. J. A. Prime,
Nov. 1849
May, 1851
J. W. C. Pennington,
1855
Samuel Griswold,
1855
1856
E. J. Adams,
Aug. 1857
Aug. 1858
Joseph D. Hull, 1859
The name of this Church was changed by vote, August, 1837, from " Af- rican," to "Colored Congregational Church." It was consociated with Hartford South, August, 1837. It has had but one settled pastor.
The Church has a fund yielding about $100 annually, a legacy from Cath- arine Freebody, a worthy colored woman of Hartford.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- E. P. Rogers, Amos G. Beman.
Mar. 1853
C. W. Gardner, May, 1851
July, 1840
Nov. 1847
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THE PEARL STREET CHURCH IN HARTFORD, ORG. OCT. 15, 1852.
MINISTERS. SETTLED. DISMISSED. DIED.
Elias R. Beadle,
Dec. 1852
The Pearl Street Church was formed from members of the four Congrega- tional Churches in Hartford, who, with some others, were duly constituted a Christian Church, with appropriate religious services, in the edifice recent- ly erected by the Pearl Street Congregational Society, and for the purpose of completing its ecclesiastical organization. The whole number of members was ninety-one, viz: forty-six males, and forty-five females.
MINISTER RAISED UP .- Theodore J. Holmes.
The Market Street Church, Hartford, Org. Jan. 8, 1854.
Warren G. Jones, April, 1853
April, 1858
Organized with twenty-four members, after sustaining public worship nine months. It adopted the free Church system, but proved fully in five years not to be self-sustaining, and though remarkably blessed in the outward reformation and hopeful conversion of many, (147 being added to their number in four years,) was disbanded.
THE GERMAN MISSION, HARTFORD.
Renner,
1848
J. Conrad Buenner,
1849
Christopher Popp,
1850
John Kilian,
1855
F. M. Serenbetz,
1856
Without a Church organization, the preaching of the gospel among resi- dents of German origin aided by the Connecticut Missionary Society, has been productive of good. There is also a German congregation connected with another denomination. H. S. Ollendorf, a converted Jew, of German origin, a member of Dr. Hawes's Church, not a licensed minister, labored a few months in 1858-9, among the Germans in Broad Brook, Ellington and Rockville, with favorable prospects, but was cut off by an early death.
THE FIRST CHURCH IN HARTLAND, (EAST,) ORG. MAY 1, 1768.
Starling Graves,*
July, 1768
1773
Aaron Church,
Oct. 1773
1815
April, 1823
Ammi Linsley,
July, 1815
Dec. 1835
Aaron Gates,
1836
1841
Mar. 1849
J. C. Houghton,
1843
1845
Nelson Scott,
Sept. 1846
June, 1857
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MINISTERS. SETTLED.
DISMISSED. DIED.
Ogden Hall,
Oct. 1858
1859
Alfred White,
1859
1860
Hartland was incorporated in 1761. It then belonged to Litchfield County, but was afterwards annexed to Hartford County. It is centrally divided by a branch of the Farmington River, and two Congregational Churches were early formed in the east and west divisions of the town,-the one in West Hartland twelve years after this Church. Mr. Graves was ordained in the open air, on a knoll about a mile south of the present church. The first Church edifice was erected in 1770.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Salmon Giddings, (h.) Lewis Foster, Orson Cowles, Elisha C. Jones, Lemuel Foster, Anson McCloud, Chas. L. Loomis. * Sp. An. 2. 229.
THE CHURCH IN HARWINTON, ORG. OCT. 4, 1738.
Timothy Woodbridge, Jr.
1735
1737
Andrew Bartholomew,
Oct. 1738
Jan. 1774
March, 1776
David Perry,*
Feb. 1774
Dec. 1783
June, 1817
Joshua Williams, t
Mar. 1790
Jan. 1822
Feb. 1835
George Pierce,
July, 1822
June, 1834
R. M. Chipman,
Mar. 1835
March, 1839
Charles Bentley,
Sept. 1839
Jan. 1850
Warren G. Jones,
Oct. 1850
June, 1853
Jacob G. Miller,
July, 1854
May, 1857
John A. Mckinstry, Oct. 1857
The ministry of Mr. Bartholomew was, so far as appears, generally pros- perous, thoughi not accompanied with those manifestations of divine power that have been witnessed since. Under his ministry the Half-way Coven- ant was adopted. Mr. Perry opposed it; was truly an evangelical man, and his labors were blessed by the Divine Spirit.
Since 1774, in six revivals there were added from 20 to 85 ; in five others, from 96 to 150 each. Ev. Mag. 1,462.
Under the ministry of Mr. Williams commenced that series of revivals which crowned the closing years of the last and the commencement of the present century. Mr. Williams was ordained pastor of a Presbyterian Church, Southampton, L. I., Dec., 1784. Mr. Pierce was dismissed to become President of Western Reserve College. See Chipman's History of the town.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Norris Bull, D. D., Richard Chester, David But- ler, D. D., Jacob Catlin, § Russell Catlin, Simeon Catlin, Clement Merriam, David Perry, (h.) Rodney Rossiter, (Ep.) H. C. Abernethy, (h.) Abner Wil- cox, (lay missionary.)
* Sp. An. 2, 303. + Litchfield Centen. 114. 1 Sp. An. 4, 615. § Sp. An. 2, 260. Allen.
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THE CHURCH IN HEBRON, ORG. 1717.
MINISTERS.
SETTLED.
DISMISSED. DIED.
Samuel Terry,
1714
John Bliss,
1715, ord. Nov. 1717
1734
Benjamin Pomeroy,*
1734, ord. 1735
Dec. 1784
Samuel Kellogg,
June, 1788
July,
1793
Amos Bassett, D. D., +
Nov. 1794
Sept. 1824
1828
Lyman Strong,
Aug. 1825
Feb. 1830
Hiram P. Arms,
June, 1830
Sept. 1832
Moses T. Harris,
Jan. 1834
Jan. 1835
Sylvester Selden,
Sept. 1835
May, 1841
Oct. 1841
Edgar J. Doolittle,
May, 1842
Dec.
1852
William M. Birchard,
April, 1853
April, 1854
Merrick Knight,
June, 1854
June, 1850
The first settlement was in 1704. In 1712, the town appointed a com- mittee to procure a minister. In 1714, the town passed votes making grants of land to the first minister, (170 acres,) and "ordered that three or four acres be broken up and sowed with wheat, for the encouragement of a minister settling among us, and appointed a committee to inspect the afore- said affair."
Public worship, until the erection of a meeting house, was held in private houses and in a new barn, where fourteen children were baptized in one day. The people disagreeing about the site for the meeting house, it was fixed by a committee of the General Assembly; soon after the house was raised, but it was not completed for several years.
Mr. Pomeroy's salary was to be paid "in grain, or as grain goes in market," but in a few years the "Old Tenor" currency of the country became very much depreciated, so that in the year 1747, he received for his salary of £100 lawful money, £420 of depreciated money, payable in corn at 12 shillings per bushel, pork at 18 pence, and beef at 11 pence per pound, and in another year £685, and £85 to get his fire wood.
In 1733 we find records of a movement for a division of the town into two Ecclesiastical Societies, resulting in 1747, in setting off Andover and Gilead.
An incendiary, Moses Hutchinson, set fire to the meeting house and it was burnt in Oct., 1747. He was prosecuted and committed to jail, and after wards sold into service to Samuel Gilbert, Esq., to pay damages and costs. The present edifice was erected in 1828.
It is recorded of Mr. Kellogg, that he was ordained by the Rev. President Stiles and others, by the style and title of Bishop. Dr. Bassett was dis- missed to take charge of the Foreign Mission School at Cornwall. The practice of half way membership was continued until 1793, there being as many as 60 thus received.
The history of the Church does not appear to have been marked by any particular seasons of general religious interest until 1817, which with 1824
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and 1831, are to be remembered for a general and powerful outpouring of the Spirit. Rel. Intel. 16, 156.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Ambrose Porter, David Porter, D. D., } Aaron Hutchinson, Oliver Noble, Benjamin Trumbull, Jacob Sherwin, John Saw- yer, § Amasa Porter, Flavel Bliss, Ralph Perry, Alfred White, Moses Smith. * Sp. An. 1, 394. Allen. + Sp. An. 2, 294. Allen. #Sp. An. 3, 496. § Cong. Y. B. 6,131.
THE CHURCH IN HIGGANUM, IN HADDAM, ORG. MAY 1, 1844.
MINISTERS. SETTLED. DISMISSED. DIED.
David D. Field, D. D., May, 1844 June, 1850
Stephen A. Loper, July, 1850
June, 1856
Charles Nichols, April, 1857
The village of Higganum is in the town of Haddam. The members of the Church and Society formerly belonged to the First Church and Society in Haddam ; a division of that being effected, it resulted in the formation of this.
THE CHURCH IN HITCHCOCKVILLE, IN BARKHAMSTED, ORG. APRIL 19, 1842. Luther H. Barber, Oct. 1843
The Church at its organization consisted of 53 members. There was a revival in 1857-8. The pas'or commenced his labors in June, 1842, there being then no house of worship; the use of the Episcopal House being allowed them every alternate Sabbath, about one year. The Church was dedicated at the time of the ordination.
THE CHURCH IN HUNTINGTON, (FORMERLY RIPTON,) ORG. FEB. 12, 1724.
Jedediah Mills,* Feb. 1724
Jan. 1776
David Ely, D. D., t Oct. 1773
Feb. 1816
Thomas F. Davies, Mar. 1817 July, 1818
Thomas Punderson, Nov. 1818
Jan. 1844
Aug. 1848
Charles N. Seymour, June, 1844 July, 1847
Eliakim Phelps, D. D., Nov. 1847 March, 1849
William B. Curtiss, Feb. 1850 June, 1857
John Blood, Sept. 1858
The Church was organized with 92 members. During Dr. Ely's ministry there were additions by profession every year, except six ; in all 158. Dr. Ely instructed and prepared many young men for college and also for the ministry. The Panoplist contains a sketch of his life and character.
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The following is a copy of the Half Way Covenant which stands upon the records of the Church at the date of 1773, which was done away in 1817 :-
" You do now, before God and these witnesses, avouch the Lord Jehovah to be your covenant God and Father, viewing yourself under solemn bonds and obligations to be the Lord's by your baptismal vows. You do, so far as you know your own heart, make choice of Jesus Christ to be your only Saviour and Redeemer, and the Holy Ghost to be your Sanctifier, solemnly engaging to serve the Lord and him only, as he shall by his grace enable you ; that you will deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts ; that you will be careful to keep a conscience void of offense, so as to do honor to God and the religion you profess ; that you will endeavor by strength from God to walk in all his commandments and ordinances blameless, desiring to put yourself under the watch and care of this Church, to be trained up in the school of Christ for his heavenly kingdom; promising also that you will give up your children to God in baptism, and to bring them up in the fear of the Lord ; and to attend upon all the ordinances of Christ as administered in this place ; also that it is your full purpose to obey God in the ordinance of the Holy Supper as God shall give you light, and show you his will herein. And you covenant, and you promise, relying for help, strength and ability on the blood of the everlasting covenant, to perform all and every duty to the praise and glory of God."
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