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1923-Evan F. Kullgren appointed Superintendent of Warburton Chapel, succeeding Oscar A. Phelps.
1923-Elsie J. Dresser appointed organist, succeeding Carl Mc- Kinley.
1924-Fiftieth anniversary of the appointment of Charles T. Welles as librarian of the Teachers' Library.
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Chronology
1924-Evan F. Kullgren appointed Director of Education.
1924-Hour of the Church School changed to precede rather than follow the morning service.
1925-Observance of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Dr. Potter's installation as Minister.
1925-1926-The Minister granted a seven months leave of ab- sence to join the American Board deputation to India. 1926-1930-Delmer H. Battrick served as Assistant in the De- partment of Religious Education.
1927-Recognition of fifty years of service by William B. Ed- wards as Sexton.
1927-Membership-1165.
1928-System of pew rentals abolished and free pews instituted.
1928-(June 3) Dr. Potter resigned as Minister, to take effect September 30, having served the Church twenty-eight years, and having accepted a call to become Professor in Practical Theology and Dean of the Hartford Theological Seminary.
1928-Dr. Charles S. Mills came to the Church as Acting Pastor. 1929-Women included in the membership of the Prudential Committee for the first time in its history.
1929-Helen Everton Brown appointed Minister's Assistant.
1929-The Parsonage Fund liquidated and 200 North Beacon Street purchased as a Parsonage.
1929-The Rockwell Harmon Potter Fund established in honor of the sixteenth Minister, the income to be designated annually for Home or Foreign Missions or Church support.
The Pastorate of John Milton Phillips
1930-(April 30) John Milton Phillips installed as seventeenth Minister of the Church.
1930-Miriam Guleserian, who had served as secretary to Dr. Mills, appointed office secretary.
1930-Marshall E. Seeley succeeded Elsie J. Dresser as organist. 1931-Dr. Potter given the title of Honorary Minister at a Serv- ice of Recognition in the Meeting House.
1931-Evan F. Kullgren transferred to full time at Warburton Chapel.
1931-Charlotte M. Burnham appointed Director of Education. 1931-Organization of "Center Church Men" Luncheon Club and Business Girls' Luncheon Club, with current events talks by the Minister.
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APPENDIX II The Record of the Ministers
Thomas Hooker
Born-Marfield, Leicester County, England, July 7, 1586. Son of Thomas and Hooker. B.A. Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1608; M.A. 1611. Married-Susanna
Children-Johanna, Sarah, John, Samuel, Mary, Sarah. Fellow and Lecturer, Emmanuel College, 1611-1620
Rector, Parish of Esher, Surrey, 1620-1626
Lecturer, Church of St. Mary's, Chelmsford, 1626-1629
Preacher, Amsterdam, Delft and Rotterdam, Holland, 1630-1633
Minister, Church at Newtown, Mass., which became The First Church of Christ in Hartford, 1633-1647
Died-Hartford, Conn., July 7, 1647.
Samuel Stone
Born-Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, July, 1602. Son of John and Stone. B.A. Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1624; M.A. 1627. Married-1st in England; 2nd Mrs. Elizabeth Allen of Boston.
Children-John, Rebecca, Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Samuel, Joseph, Lydia, Abigail.
Lecturer, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, 1630-1633 Teacher, Church at Newtown, Mass., which became The First Church of Christ in Hartford, 1633-1663
Died-Hartford, Conn., July 20, 1663.
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John Whiting
Born-England, 1635. Son of William and Whiting.
B.A. Harvard, 1653; M.A. 1655.
Married-1st Sybil, daughter of Edward Collins, 1654. 2nd Phoebe, daughter of Thomas Gregson, 1673.
Children-Sybil, John, William, Martha, Sarah, Abigail, Samuel, Thomas, Mary, Elizabeth, Joseph, Nathaniel, Thomas, John.
Assistant, Church in Salem, Mass., 1657-1659
Minister, First Church of Christ in Hartford, 1660-1670
Minister, Second Church of Christ in Hartford,
1670-1689
Died-Hartford, Conn., Sept. 8, 1689.
John Haynes
Born-Hartford, Conn., 1641.
Son of John and Mabel Harlackenden Haynes.
B.A. Harvard, 1658.
Married-Sarah, daughter of Richard Lord, 1668.
Children-John, Mabel, Sarah, Mary.
Minister, First Church of Christ in Hartford, 1664-1679
Died-Hartford, Conn., May 24, 1679.
Isaac Foster
Born-Charleston, Mass., 1652.
Son of William and Ann Brackenbury Foster.
B.A. Harvard, 1671.
Married-Mrs. Mabel Wyllys Russell, 1680. Children-Ann.
Fellow at Harvard, 1678-1680
Minister, First Church of Christ in Hartford, 1680-1682
Died-Hartford, Conn., August 21, 1682.
Timothy Woodbridge
Born-Barford St. Martin's, Wiltshire, England, 1653. Son of John and Mercy Dudley Woodbridge. B.A. Harvard, 1675.
Married-1st Mrs. Mabel Wyllys Russell Foster, 1684. 2nd 3rd Mrs. Abigail Warren Lord, 1716. Children-Timothy, Mary, Ruth, John, Susanna, Ashbel, Theodore.
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Minister, First Church of Christ in Hartford, 1685-1732 Founder and Trustee, Yale College, 1701-1732
Moderator, Hartford North Association,
1709-1732
Moderator, General Association of the Colony, 1712. Died-Hartford, Conn., April 30, 1732.
Daniel Wadsworth
Born-Farmington, Conn., November 14, 1704. Son of John and Wadsworth.
B.A. Yale, 1726.
Married-Abigail, daughter of Gov. Joseph Talcott, 1734.
Children-Abigail, Daniel, Eunice, Elizabeth, Ruth, Jeremiah.
Minister, First Church of Christ in Hartford, 1732-1747
Trustee, Yale College, 1743-1747
Died-Hartford, Conn., Nov. 12, 1747.
Edward Dorr
Born-Lyme, Conn., Nov. 2, 1722. Son of Edward and Mercy Griswold Dorr.
B.A. Yale, 1742.
Married-Helena, daughter of Gov. Joseph Talcott, 1747 or 1748.
Minister, First Church of Christ in Hartford, 1748-1772
Died-Hartford, Conn., Oct. 20, 1772.
Nathan Strong
Born-Coventry, Conn., Oct. 16, 1748. Son of Nathan and Esther Meacham Strong.
B.A. Yale, 1769; D.D. College of New Jersey, 1801. Married-1st Anne, daughter of Solomon Smith, Nov. 22, 1777. 2nd Anne McCurdy, June 20, 1787.
Children-Anne Smith, Nathan, John McCurdy. Tutor, Yale College, 1772-1774 Minister, First Church of Christ in Hartford, 1774-1816
Incorporator, Missionary Society of Connecticut, 1798. Editor, Connecticut Evangelical Magazine. Trustee, Hartford Grammar School.
Trustee, Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences.
Died-Hartford, Conn., Dec. 25, 1816.
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The Record of the Ministers
Joel Hawes
Born-Medway, Mass., Dec. 22, 1789.
B.A. Brown, 1813; B.D. Andover Seminary, 1817; D.D. Brown, 1831.
Married-Louisa, daughter of William Fisher, June 17, 1818. Children-Louisa, Mary, unnamed infant, Thomas Hooker, Thomas Hooker, Joel Erskine.
Minister, First Church of Christ in Hartford, 1818-1864
Pastor Emeritus, First Church of Christ in Hartford, 1864-1867
Corporate Member, American Board of Commis- sioners for Foreign Missions, 1838-1867
Fellow, Corporation of Yale College, 1846-1867
President, Board of Trustees, Hartford Female Seminary.
Died-Gilead, Conn., June 5, 1867.
Phineas Wolcott Calkins
Born-Painted Post, New York, June 10, 1831.
B.A. Yale, 1856; D.D. Hamilton, 1877.
Married-Charlotte Grosvenor Whiton.
Children-Maude, Mary Whiton, Leighton, Raymond, Gros- venor.
Teacher, New Haven and Worcester, 1856-1859
Student, Union Theological Seminary and University of Halle, 1859-1861
Associate Minister, First Church of Christ in Hart- ford, 1862-1864
Minister, Calvary Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, 1864-1866
Minister, North Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, 1866-1880
Minister, Eliot Church, Newton, Mass.,
1880-1895
Minister, Montvale, Mass.,
1898-1924
Died -- Newton, Mass., Dec. 31, 1924.
George H. Gould
Born-Oakham, Mass., Feb. 20, 1827.
Son of Rufus and Mary Henry Gould.
B.A. Amherst, 1850; B.D. Union Theological Seminary, 1853; D.D. Amherst, 1870.
Married-Nellie M. Grant, October, 1862.
Acting Pastor, Olivet Church, Springfield, Mass., 1863-1864
Minister, First Church of Christ in Hartford, 1864-1870
Acting Pastor, Piedmont Church, Worcester, Mass., 1872-1876 Acting Pastor, Union Church, Worcester, 1878-1880 Died-May 8, 1899.
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Elias H. Richardson
Born-Lebanon, New Hampshire, August 11, 1827.
B.A. Dartmouth, 1850; B.D. Andover Seminary, 1853; D.D. Dartmouth, 1876.
Married-Jane M. Stevens, May 15, 1854.
Children-five sons.
Minister, Congregational Church, Goffstown, N. H., 1854-1856 Minister, First Congregational Church, Dover, N. H., 1856-1863
Minister, Richmond Street Church, Providence, R. I.,
1863-1867
Minister, First Congregational Church, Westfield, Mass., 1867-1872
Minister, First Church of Christ in Hartford, 1872-1877
Minister, First Church of Christ, New Britain,
1878-1883
Died-New Britain, Conn., June 27, 1883.
George Leon Walker
Born-Rutland, Vermont, April 30, 1830.
Son of Charles and Lucretia Ambrose Walker.
D.D. Yale, 1870.
Married-1st Maria Williston, Sept. 16, 1858. 2nd Amelia Larned, Sept. 15, 1870.
Children-Williston, Charles A.
Minister, State Street Church, Portland, Maine, 1858-1867
Minister, First Church of Christ, New Haven, Conn., 1868-1873
Acting Pastor, Centre Church, Brattleboro, Vt., 1875-1878
Minister, First Church of Christ in Hartford, 1879-1892
Pastor Emeritus, First Church of Christ in Hartford,
1892-1900
Member, Corporation of Yale University, 1887-1899
Member, Board of Visitors, Andover Seminary,
1888-1897
Member, Commission for "Creed of 1883".
Member, Commission of Nine, A.B.C.F.M. on
Missionary Appointments.
Carew Lecturer, Hartford Theological Seminary, 1896.
Died-Hartford, Conn., March 14, 1900.
Charles Marion Lamson
Born-North Hadley, Mass., May 16, 1843. Son of Charles Edwin and Elizabeth Cook Lamson. B.A. Amherst, 1864; D.D. Amherst, 1885. Married-Helena Bridgman, December, 1869.
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The Record of the Ministers
Children-Marion, Theodore, Richard, Charles, Kenneth.
Teacher, Williston Academy, Easthampton, Mass., 1864-1865
Teacher, Amherst College, 1865-1867
Minister, Porter Congregational Church, Brockton, Mass.,
1869-1871
Minister, Salem Street Church, Worcester, Mass.,
1871-1885
Minister, North Congregational Church, St. Johns- bury, Vt., 1885-1893
Minister, First Church of Christ in Hartford,
1894-1899
Trustee, Amherst College,
1888-1899
Director, Congregational Home Missionary Society,
1897-1899
President, American Board of Commissioners for For- eign Missions,
1897-1899
Died-St. Johnsbury, Vt., August 8, 1899.
Rockwell Harmon Potter
Born-Glenville, N. Y., October 1, 1874. Son of Spencer and Catherine Harmon Potter.
B.A. Union College, 1895; B.D. Chicago Theological Seminary, 1898; D.D. Union College, 1907; Rutgers, 1915; Williams, 1927.
Married-Jean A. Gilchrist, May 12, 1898.
Children-Richard M. Gilchrist, Amelia Harmon, Jean Mairs, Harmona Romeyn, Rockwell Harmon, Jr.
Minister, Reformed Dutch Church, Flushing, N. Y., 1898-1900 Minister, First Church of Christ in Hartford, 1900-1928
Honorary Minister, First Church of Christ in Hart- ford,
1931-
Member, Commission of Nineteen on Polity, National Council of Congregational Churches, 1910-1913
Chairman, Commission on Missions, National Council of Congregational Churches, 1921-1923
Lecturer, Practical Department, Hartford Theologi- cal Seminary,
President, Board of Trustees, Warburton Chapel,
1919-1928 1901-
President, Board of Trustees, Connecticut Institute for the Blind, 1907- 1913-1930 1904-
President, Consumers League of Connecticut,
President, Connecticut Bible Society,
President, Connecticut Federation of Churches, 1920-1923
President, Congregational Home Missionary Society, 1915-1917
President, Congregational Church Extension Boards, 1917-1921
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President, American Board of Commissioners for For- eign Missions, 1925-
Moderator, National Council of Congregational Churches, 1923-1925
Trustee, Hartford Theological Seminary, 1902-1928
Trustee, Union College, 1921-1931
Trustee, Mt. Holyoke College,
1912-
Dean and Professor of Practical Theology, Hartford Theological Seminary, 1928-
John Milton Phillips
Born-Jacksonville, Illinois, December 27, 1889. Son of William Sandusky and Mary Wood Phillips.
B.A. Illinois College, 1912; S.T.B. Boston University, 1915; D.D. Illinois, 1929; Northland, 1930.
Married-Eleanor E. Sinclair, October 3, 1917.
Children-Jean Wood, Charlotte Sinclair, John Milton, Jr.
Minister, Lynnville Circuit, Illinois, 1910-1912
Assistant Minister, Central Congregational Church, Jamaica Plain, Mass., 1912-1914
Minister, Park Ave. Church, Arlington Heights, Mass., 1915-1920 1920-1921
Teacher, Babson Institute,
Minister, Central Congregational Church, Lynn, Mass.,
1922-1923
Minister, Franklin Street Church, Manchester, N. H., 1923-1927 Minister, First Congregational Church, Akron, Ohio, 1927-1930
Minister, First Church of Christ in Hartford, 1930-
Chairman, American Committee, Bantu Youth 1929-
League, Chairman, New England Regional Committee on Prisons, 1932-
Chairman, Council of Twelve, Organizations Sup- porting the Eighteenth Amendment,
1930-
Chairman, Committee for Revision of Constitution, General Conference of Connecticut, 1931-1932
Director, Boston Seaman's Friend Society, 1930-
Trustee, Atlanta Theological Seminary, 1929-
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APPENDIX III
Memorial Funds
For the Current Work of the Church
The Fund of 1802:
The original fund was subscribed in 1802 "for the support of the ministry in the Society." In 1831 it was invested, together with the proceeds of the sale of the Old Conference Room on Temple Street, in the purchase of the building and land next north of the Meeting House.
The Francis B. Cooley Memorial Gift (1907) : In 24 Lewis Street.
The Mary C. Bemis Fund (By gift prior to 1902).
The Charles T. Wells Fund (1910).
The Elvira Evans Roberts Fund (1911).
The Lewis E. Stanton Fund (1916).
The Mary Roberts Perkins Fund (1922).
The Marcia S. Sherman Fund (1922).
The Emily S. G. Holcombe Fund (1923).
The Charlotte J. Hillyer Fund (1925).
The Julia Pierson McConville Fund (1926).
The John H. Holcombe Fund (1927).
The Paulina S. Barker Fund (1927). The Newman Hungerford Funds (1927).
The Edward H. Case Fund (Trust Fund 1928).
The Albert B. Gillett Fund (Trust Fund 1928). The John B. Russell Fund (1928).
The James Moseley Foster Fund, (1932).
For the Care of the Meeting House The Emma C. Goodrich Fund (1918). The Nellie A. and William A. Sanborn Flower Fund (1931).
The Clarence Catlin Hungerford Fund (1917).
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For Center Church House
The Edward F. Harrison Fund (1925). The Nellie A. Sanborn Fund (1930).
For the Sunday School
The Lavinia Morgan Fund (1905). The Caroline Catlin Hungerford Fund (1914).
For Center Church Women
The Julia P. McConville Fund (1926). The Paulina S. Barker Fund (1927). The Helen D. Wilson Hungerford Fund (1927). The Maria D. Thompson Fund (1928).
For the Teacher's Library
The Mary A. Warburton Fund (1867).
For Music
The Rowland Swift Fund (1910). The Harriet E. Corning Fund (1910). The Frank T. Albro Fund (1927).
For the Poor of the Church
The Mather Fund (prior to 1880).
The Thomas Hender Fund (prior to 1880).
The B. W. Greene Fund (prior to 1880). The Julia M. Ward Fund (1895).
The George Leon Walker Fund (1901).
The John S. Welles Fund (1903). The John Warburton Cooke Fund (1916).
The Mary B. Brainard Fund (1921). The Frederic and Mary Eunice Burritt Knapp Fund (1922).
Funds for Young People and Summer Camp The Clarence Catlin Hungerford Funds (1927).
For the Educational and Hospital Work of the Church The Charles P. Croft Fund (1922). The Katharine S. Day Fund (1925). (Thomas Hooker Scholar- ship)
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Memorial Funds
The Charles A. Jewell Free Bed Fund* The Augusta M. Manning Free Bed Fund* The Newman Hungerford Free Bed Funds*
* In possession of Hartford Hospital, the beneficiaries to be designated by the Church.
For Home and Foreign Missions
The Joel Hawes Fund (1867). The Edward F. Harrison Fund (1925). The Rockwell Harmon Potter Fund (1929). The Bertha L. Graves Fund (1929).
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The Memorial Gifts
The Windows
The Pastors Window, at the west end of the Meeting House, in memory of the Pastors of the Church during the first two hun- dred and fifty years of its history, 1881.
On the north side of the Meeting House
The Caldwell Window, in memory of John Caldwell, 1894. The Seymour Window, in memory of Harvey Seymour, 1914.
The Day Window, in memory of Calvin and Catherine Seymour Day, 1894.
The Gallaudet Window, in memory of Thomas Hopkins Gal- laudet, the founder of deaf-mute instruction in America and the first preacher to the insane, 1887.
The Wells Window, in memory of Horace Wells, the discoverer of anaesthesia, and Elizabeth Wales Wells, 1903.
The Hooker Window, in memory of "Thomas Hooker, Pastor of this Church 1633-1647; transplanted it to Hartford 1636; leader among the founders of this city and commonwealth."
In the north Vestibule
The Catlin Window, in memory of the Catlin family, 1883. On the south side of the Meeting House
The Perkins Window, in memory of Ellen, George C. and Ed- ward H. Perkins, 1886.
The Henry A. Perkins Window, in memory of Henry A. Perkins, 1886.
The Bissell Window, in memory of Henrietta Perkins Bissell (Mrs. Josiah), and Henrietta Perkins Bissell, 1884.
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The Memorial Gifts
The Corning Window, in memory of Ezra Corning, George Cor- ning and George W. Corning, 1887.
The Smith Window, in memory of Wilder Smith, 1894.
The Bryan Hooker Window, in memory of Bryan Edward Hooker, 1899.
The Tablets
On the West Wall, North of the Pulpit
The Hawes Tablet, in memory of Joel Hawes, Pastor of this Church, 1896.
On the West Wall, South of the Pulpit
The Lamson Tablet, in memory of Charles Marion Lamson, Pas- tor of this Church, 1901.
The Walker Tablet, in memory of George Leon Walker, Pastor of this Church, 1901.
On the North Wall of the Meeting House
The Parsons Tablet, in memory of John Caldwell Parsons, 1900. The Williams Tablet, in memory of Thomas Scott Williams, 1896.
The Kendall Tablet, in memory of Stephen Preston Kendall, Lucretia Post Kendall, and Jennett P. Kendall Mayo (Mrs. William K.), 1888.
On the East Wall of the Meeting House
The World War Memorial Tablet, "In honor of all members of this Church and congregation who served in the World War, and in grateful memory of those who died.
Franklin Allen, Frank Philip Bardons, William Cheney Brown, Jr., Robert Swift Gillett, Henry Jacob Meisterling, Edgar Oakley Shirley, Charles McLean Smith." 1922.
The Cooke Tablet, in memory of John Warburton Cooke, 1899. The Hills Tablet, in memory of J. Coolidge Hills, 1915.
On the South Wall of the Meeting House
The Parker Tablet, in memory of John Dwight Parker, 1920. The Dennis Tablet, in memory of Rodney Dennis, 1900.
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The Other Memorials
The Pulpit Bible in the Version of 1611, in memory of Solomon Smith, 1814.
The Pulpit Bible, in the American Version of 1901, in memory of Charlotte A. Jewell, 1905.
The Pulpit Table, in memory of Antoinette R. Phelps Pierson, 1903.
The Baptismal Font, in memory of Clarissa May Davis Ely (Mrs. William), 1892.
The Baptismal Bowl, in memory of George Leon Walker, Pastor of this Church, 1903.
The Communion Table, in memory of Sarah Emmons Perkins (Mrs. Henry A.), 1901.
The Communion Plates for use in the galleries, in memory of Caroline Catlin Hungerford (Mrs. Anson), 1904.
The Memorial Chairs, in memory of ten founders of the Church, 1907.
The Silver Offering Plates, in memory of eight founders of the Church, 1908.
The Memorial Organ, in memory of Leonard D. Church, 1883. It was placed within the case of the organ built in 1835. In 1907 the organ was rebuilt as an anniversary gift of the Congrega- tion in gratitude for the preservation of the Meeting House through one hundred years.
The Safes for the keeping of the records of the Church and of the Communion Service, in memory of Anson Hungerford and Clarence Catlin Hungerford, 1904.
The Day Gateway, at the north side of the Meeting House, serv- ing as an entrance to the Ancient Burying Ground, was given in memory of John Calvin Day, 1903.
The Center Church House, the Parish House of this Church, with the site on which it is built was given in memory of Francis B. Cooley, 1909.
The Camp Site at Columbia Lake, in memory of Daniel R. and Annie R. Sanborn, 1914.
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The use of illustrations in this volume is made possible through the gift of Mrs. Rockwell Harmon Potter.
Many of the photographs are the work of John Haley, who also prepared all the illustrations for the press with the exception of that of Dr. Phillips, for which acknowledgment is made to Bachrach.
The picture opposite page twelve of the First Meet- ing House and Thomas Hooker's House are from a fac- simile of the frontispiece in the first American edition of Hooker's "The Poor Doubting Christian."
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