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Up to this time there was not even a Sabbath School. With the aid of a Society of Ladies in Tolland County, he labored about six months without expense to the people, except for board. Before the six months elapsed a Church of 16 members was organized.
The Church was much blessed by the Holy Spirit, and four years from its organization it contained about 100 members. During the first ten years of its existence, the Church was aided by the Domestic Missionary Society of Connecticut. The whole sum thus received was $1213, a large sum com- pared with the annual contributions of many churches to Home Missionary purposes, but less than it often costs to educate one man for the ministry.
The Church and Society for 15 or 20 years had pecuniary as well as mor- al difficulties to contend with. Their house of worship was dedicated in the autumn of 1828, and was paid for with much difficulty. Several years af- ter it was enlarged. Up to the time of its enlargement it was difficult to meet the annual expenses. The Church has never had either numbers or wealth to aid it in commanding the respect of the community.
THE CHURCH IN WILTON, ORG. JUNE 20, 1726.
Robert Sturgeon,
July, 1726
1732
William Gaylord,*
Feb. 1733
Jan.
1766
- Mills,
1765
1767
Isaac Lewis, D. D., t
Oct. 1768
June, 1786
Aug. 1840
Aaron Woodward, #
Jan.
1794
1800
John I. Carle,
June, 1801
1804
Samuel Fisher,
Dec.
1805
July,
1809
Sylvanus Haight,
Oct.
1810
Aug.
1831
Samuel Merwin,
Feb. 1832
Sept. 1838
Sept. 1858
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MINISTERS.
SETTLED.
DISMISSED.
DIED.
John Smith,
Feb. 1839
June, 1848
Gordon Hall,
Oct. 1848
May, 1852
Thomas S. Bradley,
July, 1853
Oct. 1857
Charles B. Ball, §
June, 1858
Jan. 1859
Samuel R. Dimock, Dec. 1859
Wilton was originally a part of Norwalk. The half-way covenant occa- sioned much difficulty in the Church during the ministry of Dr. Lewis. By his influence the Church passed a vote, Oct. 1783, to abolish it, and the Society also voted a year after to "sustain the Church and pastor in their principles." But after a stormy debate, two months after the dismis- sion of their pastor, the half-way covenant was restored, and was not finally abolished until the present confession of faith was adopted in its stead, soon after the settlement of Mr. Fisher. There were three extensive and power- ful revivals under the labors of Mr. Haight and Mr. Smith, and large addi- tions by other pastors. In the second house of worship, Whitfield preached in 1740, from Job 40, 4, " Behold I am vile." The first house was built at the time of organization, but being too small, another was begun in 1738, but was not finished, for lack of funds, till 1747; the present house in 1790, dedica- tion sermon by Dr. Timothy Dwight, from Gen. 28, 17. Rel Intel. 6, 762. MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Moses Stuart, Samuel G. Willard.
* Allen. t Sp. An. 1, 662. Allen. #Sp. An. 1, 585. § Cong. Qu. 1859, 225.
THE FIRST CHURCH IN WINCHESTER, (CENTER, ) ORG. OCT 30, 1771.
Joshua Knapp,* Nov. 1772 Oct. 1789 March, 1816 Publius V. Bogue, Jan. 1791 March, 1800 Aug. 1836
Archibald Bassett, May, 1801 Aug. 1806
July, 1860
Frederick Marsh, Feb. 1809 Oct. 1851
James H. Dill, Aug. 1846 Oct 1851
J. W. Cunningham, (c.)
1852 ?
1854 ?
Ira Pettibone, Oct. 1857
The Consociation declined to install Mr. Cunningham, on account of oppo- sition and remonstrance. Since 1783, there have been repeated revivals, ad- ding in seven different years from 21 to 70 members each. Rel. Intel. 16, 413.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Noble Everitt, Abel McEwen, D. D., James Beach, Eliphaz Platt, Daniel E. Goodwin, Henry B. Blake.
* Sp. An. 1. 370. Allen.
THE CHURCH IN WINDHAM, ORG. DEC. 10, 1700.
Samuel Whiting,* 1692 inst. Dec. 1700
Sept. 1725
Thomas Clap, t Aug. 1726
1739
Jan. 1767
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MINISTERS.
SETTLED.
DISMISSED.
DIED.
Stephen White,#
Dec. 1740
Jan. 1793
Elijah Waterman, §
Oct.
1794
Feb. 1805
Oct. 1825
William Andrews, |
Aug. 1808
April, 1813
Cornelius B. Everest,
Nov. 1815
Nov. 1827
Richard F. Cleaveland,
Oct. 1829
Oct. 1832
1855
John Ellery Tyler,
Oct. 1837
Dec. 1851
Geo. Ingersol Stearns, Dec. 1852
This town voted June 11, 1692, to employ Mr. Whiting as their minister. This church during a part of its history enjoyed a good degree of prosper- ity. One pastor, (Mr. Clap,) was called directly from this Church to the Presidency of Yale College. Dr. Eleazar Wheelock was the son of one of the deacons. This Church has sent off four colonies from the limits of the original parish, viz: the Churches in Mansfield, (South,) Scotland, Hamp- ton, and Willimantic.
Ever since the Revolutionary war, there has been much irreligion here. The Separatist movement did some mischief. An Episcopal Church and So- ciety started in 1832, which withdrew from us a large share of the wealth of the place ; and, added to all this, was a removal of the County Courts, and a large part of the profitable business once flourishing here. The re- sult is that this is a comparatively feeble church.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Elijah Fitch, T Augustine Hibbard, Eleazar Wheelock, D. D., ** Allen Clark.
* Sp. An. 1, 182. Allen. + Sp. An. 1, 234, 343. Allen. # Sp. An. 2, 235. Allen. § Sp. An. 2. 342. Allen. | Sp. An. 2. 237. Litchf. Centen. 120. T Mendon Assoc. 117. ** Am. Qr. Reg. 10, 9.
THE FIRST CHURCH IN WINDSOR, ORG. MARCH, 1630, IN PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND.
John Warham,*
1630
April, 1670
John Maverick,*
1630
Feb. 1636
Ephraim Hewit,*
1639
Sept. 1644
Nathaniel Chauncey, t
1667
1680
Nov. 1685
Samuel Mather,
1682
1727
Jonathan Marsh, #
1709
Sept. 1747
William Russell,#
July,
1751
1775
David S. Rowland, #
1776
1794
Henry A. Rowland, #
May, 1790
July, 1835
1835
Charles Walker,
March, 1836
1837
Royal Reed,
Oct.
1837
Oct. 1838
Spofford D. Jewett,
June, 1839
Oct. 1843
Theodore A. Leete,
Sept. 1845
Sept. 1859
Benjamin Parsons,
July, 1860
The people who originally composed the First Church of Windsor were from the Counties of Devon, Dorset, and Somerset, England. They had
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met by previous appointment at Plymouth, their port of embarkation, and on a day set apart for fasting and prayer they were organized into a church, and Rev. John Warham and Rev. John Maverick were chosen and installed Pastor and Teacher. They set sail, (probably but a few days after,) on the 20th of March, 1630. They arrived in New England, May 30, and settled in Dorchester, Mass. In the summer of 1635, and the spring of 1636, most of them came to Windsor, accompanied by their pastor, bringing their Church organization with them.§ Mr. Maverick, the teacher, died in Dor- chester.
Mr. Warham was one of the four ministers appointed by the General Court of Connecticut, in 1657, to meet in Boston, such Divines from the other colonies as should be sent to discuss certain Ecclesiastical questions, among others that of Baptism. The next Jan. (1657-8) he commenced the practice of baptizing under the half-way covenant, which it has been sup- posed was first practiced in Connecticut, in Hartford, in 1666. The practice was still continued in this Church in 1822, but probably only in families where the older children had been baptized under that system.
In 1664, the record was made : "the General Court doth approve of the pious and prudent care of Windsor in seeking out for a supply and help in the ministry, Mr. Warham growing ancient."
Cotton Mather says of him, "I suppose the first preacher that ever preached with notes in our New England, was the Rev. Warham ; who though he were sometimes faulted for it by some judicious men who had never heard him, yet when once they came to hear him, they could not but admire the notable energy of his ministry. He was a more vigorous preach- er than the most of them who have been applauded for never looking into a book in their lives. His latter days were spent in the pastoral care and charge of the Church in Windsor, where the whole colony of Connecticut considered him as a principal pillar and father of the colony." Sprague's Annals, 1, 11.
In 1667, the General Court authorized " all the freemen and householders of Windsor and Massano, (Simsbury,) to meet on Monday next, at the meeting-house, by sun an hour high in the morning, to bring their votes to Mr. Henry Wolcott. Those that would have Mr. Chauncey to be settled min- ister in Windsor, are to bring in a paper to Mr. Wolcott with some writing on it. Those that are against his continuance are to bring a white paper to Mr. Wolcott. And this court doth hereby require and command that du- ring this meeting they forbear all discourse and agitation of any matter as may provoke and disturb the spirits of each other, and at the issue of the work that they repayre to their severall vocations as they will answer to the contrary." The result was 86 votes for Mr. Chauncey's continuance, and 52 against it. Jan. 12, 1667-8, Mr. Chauncey made public declaration of his faith in Christian principles, and the manner of God's working on his soul.
§ There is a mistake in the note on page 86, owing to not allowing for the difference of reckoning in Old Style. The Church in Windsor was formed "in the beginning of the year," that is in March, at Plymouth, England, just before their embarkation ; and the Church in Wethersfield not till the February after, 1630-31.
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The minority were dissatisfied, and the court authorized such as could not close with Mr. Chauncey, to procure an orthodox minister, such as the court will approve, and the Church to settle Mr. Chauncey.
Mr. Chauncey and Mr. Woodbridge, continued to minister to their separate Churches until 1680, when the court directed that both be dismissed, and the second Church disband and unite with the first. The difficulty was kept up two or three years longer, the First Church urging that those who had made a profession in the Second Church should undergo an examination by the first Church before being received. This point was finally yielded to the First Church, and the Rev. Samuel Mather settled over the united Church.
In 1685 there was a powerful revival and about 30 added to the Church.
And now as to the evidence that the Church in Hartford was on the ground before the Church in Windsor. This, to say the least, is not positive. The early records of the Windsor Church are not as entire as those of the Hartford Church. Here lies, as we think, the main difficulty. The evidence is decisive that the Church in Dorchester started for its destination in Wind- sor, several months prior to the removal of the Newtown Church to Hart- ford. (See Stiles's History of Windsor, p. 28.) The presumption there- fore is, that they were first on the ground. And Dr. Hawes does not furnish any historic proof that such was not the fact. He does indeed assert, on the authority of Trumbull, that Mr. Warham did not come to Windsor till September, 1636. But this statement of Trumbull is more than balanced by counter statements, which affirm that Mr. Warham, with his Church, had re- moved to Windsor prior to April, 1636. (Life of Richard Mather.) As early as April of this same year, an attempt was made to form a new Church in Dorchester, because, as Mather says, the Church which was first planted in that place had removed with the Rev. Mr. Warham, to Connecticut. Here then is presumptive evidence that they were first on the ground. They had left Massachusetts ; where were they if not in Connecticut ?
Besides, it is in evidence that Matthew Grant, a prominent member of the Church at Windsor, was there in 1635, and it may be inferred from the record (See note p. 635, Stiles's History of Windsor,) that he was permanently set- tled there, and that he was not alone. Some think that Mr. Warham was there at that time. See note p. 25 as above.
Unless, therefore, proof positive can be produced, showing that the Wind- sor Church did not reach its destination prior to June, 1636, we must consid- er the claims of the Windsor Church as valid against all others. Compare with Dr. Hawes's address, page 85.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Jonathan Marsh, Abel Stiles, Daniel Marshall, (Bap.) Abraham Marshall, (Bap.) Eliakim Marshall, Joseph Marshall, Jedediah Mills, Hezekiah Bissell, Solomon Wolcott, Samuel Chauncey, Allyn Mather, Henry A. Rowland, James Rowland, Oliver W. Mather.
*Sp. AD. 1. 11. Allen. Math. Mag. 399. + Sp. An. 1. 114. 263. } Allen.
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The Second Church in Windsor, Org. 1669.
MINISTERS. SETTLED.
Benjamin Woodbridge, 1668
DISMISSED. 1680
DIED.
A division arose in the First Church with reference to the settlement of Mr. Chauncey; the minority seceding and calling Mr. Woodbridge, ap- plied May 18, 1668, to the General Court for their approbation, which then took cognizance of all such matters. "The Court declare that they shall not disapprove of Mr. Woodbridge's continuance as a lecturer there, and recom- mend that the Church of Mr. Warham permit him to preach once a fortnight on the Sabbath." May 19th, "Mr. Warham inquires whether members of the Church are included in the order that granted liberty for choosing Mr. Woodbridge," and received an affirmative answer. In 1669, " The Court see not cause to deny liberty to those dissenters to embody themselves in a church state." Mr. Woodbridge was dismissed in 1680 by order of Court, and this church disbanded to unite with the First Church.
THE CHURCH IN WINDSOR LOCKS, ORG. FEB. 28, 1844.
Samuel H. Allen, April, 1846
This church was organized with fifteen members, mostly from the First Church in Windsor. It has enjoyed but one season of revival, in 1857 and 1858; the fruits 43 members. Its place of worship was at first a small chapel, built in 1834, in which public worship and a Sabbath school were reg- ularly sustained from that time. The church edifice, now occupied, was built in 1846, and dedicated March 17, 1847.
THE FIRST CHURCH IN WINSTED, IN WINCHESTER, ORG. 1790.
Ezra Woodworth,
Jan. 1792 1799
James Beach, * Jan. 1806
1842 June, 1850
T. M. Dwight,
1842 1844
Ira Pettibone,
Jan. 1846
1854
Henry A. Russell, April, 1854
1858
Situated in a prosperous and enterprising manufacturing village, at the terminus of the Naugatuck Railroad, this church had so increased as to af- ford materials for a colony in 1854, and thus was formed the church in West Winsted, which is also well sustained. There have been several revi- vals, the most extensive in 1816, adding 112, and in 1843, adding 52 mem- bers.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Samuel Rockwell, Lumas H. Pease, John W. Al- vord, Willard Burr, Jonathan Coe. (Ep.)
* Sp. An. 2. 319. Litchf. Centen. 128.
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THE CHURCH IN WOLCOTT, (FORMERLY FARMINGBURY, ) ORG. Nov. 15, 1773. Alexander Gillett,* Dec. 1773
Nov. 1791 Jan. 1826
Israel B. Woodward,
June, 1792 1810
66
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MIEISTERS.
SETTLED.
DISMISSED. DIED.
Thomas Rich,
1811
1812
Lucas Hart,
1812
1813
John Keycs,
Sept.
1814
1824
Erastus Scranton,
1827
1830
James D. Chapman,
1833
1840
Aaron C. Beach,
1842
1857
Stephen Rogers,
May, 1859
Wolcott was originally the Society of Farmingbury, situated between Farmington and Waterbury, and taking its name by a combination usual in the early formation of Connecticut societies. In the vacancy of 1824 to 1833, there were supplies by Rev. Messrs. Vaill, Gaylord, Shaw, Sackett and others, but the dates are not preserved. Being a rural and hill town, with but indifferent encouragement to agriculture, the young men of en- ergy and enterprise, leave to build up the cities and villages; reducing the church to a state of dependence in the support of the gospel. The revival of 1858, however, brought a considerable accession, mostly of the young, to the church, and rendered its spiritual state very desirable. Rel. Intel. 13. 398.
* Sp. An. 2. 68. Allen. Litchf, Centen. 80 ; Memoir by Rev. Luther Hart, 1826.
THE CHURCH IN WOLCOTTVILLE, IN TORRINGTON, ORG. JULY, 1832.
H. P. Arms,
Feb. 1833 July, 1836
Stephen Hubbell, Fcb. 1837
Sept. 1839
Samuel Day,
Sept. 1840 June, 1845
S. T. Seelye,
Jan. 1846 Mar. 1855
Ralph Smith,
April, 1856
Sept. 1857
E. L. Clark,
1857 ?
1859
R. M. Chipman, July, 1859
This church at first comprised 29 members ; 58 others were afterwards received by the first pastor ; 19 by the second ; 61 by the third ; and 90 by the fourth. This church has suffered the fluctuations usual to churches in manufacturing villages.
THE CHURCH IN WOODBRIDGE, (FORMERLY AMITY,) ORG. Nov. 2, 1742.
Benjamin Woodbridge,* Nov. 1742
Dec. 1785 1797
Eliphalet Ball, Dec. 1783
1790
David L. Beebee, Feb. 1791
Mar. 1800
Claudius Herrick, t Mar. 1802
Sept. 1806
1831
Jason Allen, April, 1810
April, 1826
Prince Hawes,
Dec. 1828 April, 1834
Walter R, Long,
Oct. 1837 Sept. 1841
Samuel H. Elliot, Sept. 1842, ord. Nov. 1843
Dec. 1849
Ozean Street, Dec. 1850 May, 1852
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MINISTERS.
SETTLED. DISMISSED.
DIED.
Alfred C. Raymond, Oct. 1852
Dec. 1855
Jesse Guernsey,
May, 1856
Oct. 1857
Alexander D. Stowell, Nov. 1858 April, 1860
The ecclesiastical society in Amity, (including Bethany, till 1762,) was formed, in 1737, (after petitioning twenty years,) from the north-west part of the town of New Haven, with the addition of "one mile and six score rods in width " from the north-cast part of Milford ; and in lengthi, from an east and west line about four miles north of the State House, to Waterbury line. The town was formed with the same bounds in 1784, and named in honor of its first minister ; and Bethany Society became a town in 1832. In Jan. 1782, this church voted that its government should be agrecable to the Congregational plan ; and in Jan. 1801, it united with the New Haven West Consociation. A separate religious society was formed by Methodists about 1833, which continued but a few years. Besides this, there has been no other religious organization within the present bounds of the society and town. The church has for long periods, in the intervals of pastorates, been supplied from Yale Theological Seminary. There have been several revivals ; the one in 1858, when the Church was without a pastor, adding 60 to its membership. Rel. Intel. 5. 521.
The house of worship was built in 1832, and repaired in 1860.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- L. S. Parsons, Artemas Hull.
* Allen. + Rel. Intel. 16. 15.
THE FIRST CHURCH IN WOODBURY, ORG. MAY 5, 1670.
Zechariah Walker,* 1668 ord. 1670
Jan. 1700
Anthony Stoddard, t
1702
1760
Noah Benedict, #
1760
1813
Worthington Wright,
1811
1813
Henry P. Strong,
1814
1816
Samuel R. Andrew,§
1817
1846
1858
Lucius Curtis,
1846
1854
Robert G. Williams,
1855
July, 1859
This church was organized as the Second Church in Stratford. It had separated from the original church, some years before, on the " Half-Way Covenant" question. A new location was sought, and in May, 1672, a grant for a township of land was obtained for this church at Pomperaug, the In- dian name of the river. Early the next year, a majority of the members removed to this place, and became the First Church in Woodbury.
Mr. Walker ministered to both portions of his church till June 27, 1678, when he took up his abode permanently in Woodbury. The church main- tained the half-way covenant system till the ordination of Mr. Benedict.
The limits of the original and first church embraced the present towns of Bethlem, Washington, Roxbury, Southbury, and a portion of Middlebury, and the churches in those towns were formed from this. The ministry of
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the first three pastors, with little interval, covered a period of 143 years. By its eight pastors, 1410 persons have been gathered into its fold. It has had three different houses of worship, and, in 1857, remodeled its present house at an expense of $4,200. See History of Woodbury ; also Bi-centen- nary, 1859.
There is within its history abundant evidence of the covenant keeping mercy of God. Some of its original office bearers have had one or more of their descendants to represent them in the office, without a break in the succession to the present time. The present condition of many families is a living testimony to the covenant faithfulness of God-to those who ob- serve the rite of infant baptism.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Ephraim Judson, Adoniram Judson, Philo Jud- son, Samuel Judson, | Everton Judson, Justus Mitchell, Thomas Miner, An- son S. Atwood.
* Allen. Litchf. Centen. 73-75. + Sp. An. 1, 173. Allen. Litchf. Centen. 73, 75. Sp. An. 1, 407. Allen. Litchf. Centen. 73, 75. § Cong. Y. Book, 6, 118. | Men- don Assoc. 138.
THE FIRST CHURCH IN WOODSTOCK, ORG. 1686.
MINISTERS.
SETTLED.
DISMISSED. 1726
DIED.
Josiah Dwight,
1686
Amos Throop,
1727
1736
Abel Stiles,*
1737
1759
1783
Abiel Leonard,
1763
1777
1780
Eliphalet Lyman, t
1779
1824
1836
R. S. Crampton,
1827
1830
W. M. Cornell,
1831
1834
Otis Rockwood,
1834
1843
Jonathan Curtis,
1846
1852
Henry M. Colton,
1853
1855
Lemuel Grosvenor,
1855
1860
This church originated with a company of settlers from Roxbury, Mass. parishioners of Rev. John Eliot. The church enjoyed numerous revivals of religion during the pastorates of Mr. Lyman, Mr. Rockwood and Mr. Cur- tis, and in 1858, shared in the general shower of divine grace.
Three houses of worship have been built since the organization of this church. The present one was built in 1821, at a cost of $4,000, and was repaired and remodeled inside in 1858. This church was governed under the Cambridge Platform till 1815, when they joined the Consociation of Windham County.
MINISTERS RAISED UP .- Ezra Ripley, D. D., ; Thomas R Chandler, D. D., Jedediah Morse, D. D., | James Davis, Abiel Holmes, D. D. T Lucien Burleigh, Newton Barrett, Charles Burleigh, Anthony Palmer, George Webber, Sam- uel Palmer, George Bugbee, John Bowers, Ralph Lyon.
* Sp. An. 1. 470. Allen. t Allen. # Allen. § Allen. 1Sp. An. 2. 247. TSp. An- 2. 240.
APPENDIX.
CHURCHES WITH DIFFERENT SOCIETY NAMES AND POST OFFICE ADDRESSES FROM THOSE OF THE TOWNS IN WHICH THEY
ARE LOCATED.
Ashford, Westford. Avon, (West Avon P. O.) East Avon, (Avon P. O.)
Barkhamsted, Hitchcockville. Berlin, Kensington.
Bozrah, Bozrahville, Fitchville. (B. P. O.) Canaan, (So. Canaan P. O.) Falls Village. Canterbury, Westminster.
Canton, (C. Center P. O.,) Collinsville. Chatham, East Hampton. Middle Haddam. Colchester, Westchester. Colebrook, (C. Center P. O.) Cornwall, North Cornwall. Coventry, South, (C. P. O.) North Coventry. Darien, (D. Depot, P. O.) Derby, Birmingham, Ansonia. Durham Center, (P. O.) East Haddam, Millington, Hadlyme. East Haven, Fair Haven, (2d.) East Lyme, (Niantic P. O.)
East Windsor, Broad Brook. Essex, Centerbrook. Fairfield, Greenfield, (G. Hill P. O.) Southport, Black Rock. Farmington, Plainville, Unionville.
Lebanon, Goshen, (L. P. O.) Exeter, (L. P. O.) Lisbon, (Jewett City P. O.) Hanover, (Lord's Bridge P. O.) Litchfield, Northfield, Milton. Lyme, Hamburg, Grassy Hill. Madison, North Madison.
Manchester, M. 2d, (M. Station P. O.) Mansfield, (M. Center P O.) North Mansfield, (M. P. O.)
Meriden 1st, (West Meriden P. O.) Hanover, (W. Meriden P. O.) Middletown, Westfield, (M. P. O.) Middlefield. Montville, Mohegan, (Norwich P. O.) New Hartford North, (N. H. P. O.) New Hartford South, (N. H. Center P. O.) New Haven, Fair Haven (1st,) Fair Haven (Center,) Westville. North Branford, Northford. North Canaan, (East C. P. O.) Norwich 1st, (Norwich Town P. O.) Greeneville. Old Lyme, (Lyme P. O.) Old Saybrook, (Saybrook P. O.) Orange, West Haven. Plainfield, Central Village, Waure- gan, (C. V. P. O.)
Glastenbury, East Glastenbury, (G. Plymouth, Plymouth Hollow, Terry- P. O.) South Glastenbury. Greenwich Ist. (Mianus P. O.,) Stan- wich, North Greenwich. Griswold, (J. C. P. O ) Jewett City. Guilford, North Guilford. Haddam, Higganun. Hamden, Mt. Carmel. ville. Pomfret, Abington. Putnam, East Putnam, (P. P. O.) Ridgefield, Ridgebury, (Ridgefield P. 0.) Sharon, Ellsworth. Southbury, South Britain.
East Plain, (Whitneyville P. O.) South Windsor, S. W. 2d, (Buckland Hartland, West Hartland. Hebron, Gilead.
P. O.) Church of Theological In- stitute, (East Windsor Hill P. O.) Killingly, West Killingly, South Kil- Stafford, West Stafford, Stafford lingly, Dayville.
Springs, Staffordville.
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Stamford, North Stamford, Long[ Ridge.
Stonington, 2d ; (S. 1st, M. B. P. O.,) Mystic Bridge.
Suffield, West Suffield,
Torrington, Torringford, Wolcottville. Vernon, Rockville 1st and 2d.
Voluntown and Sterling, (Collamer P. O.) Washington, New Preston. New Preston Hill, (N. P. P. O.) Westport, Green's Farms,( W. P. O.)
Wethersfield, Newington.
Willington, (West Willington P. O.) Winchester Center, (P. O.) Winsted, West Winsted. Windham, Willimantic. Windsor, Poquonnoc. Woodbridge, (Westville P. O.)
Woodbury, North Woodbury, (W. P. O.) Woodstock (So.) East Woodstock. West Woodstock, North Wood- stock.
EARLY THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 296.
In the first generation of New England history, several ministers, who afterwards became in various degrees distinguished, appear to have been trained, in part, under the teaching of Thomas Hooker and Samuel Stone, at Hartford. Whether any other pastors in the Connecticut and New Haven colonies at that period, gave special instruction to candidates for the ministry, is less clearly indicated.
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