History of Fairfield County, Connecticut : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 165

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) comp. cn
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1572

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The following are extracts from the parish record at that time :

"At a meeting of the First Episcopal Society in Ridgefield, holder al the house of Capt. Vivns Danchy on the first day of Sepl. 1785.

" Voted, That Ebenezer Stebbins be a committee, in addition to Benja- min Hoyt, and Ezekiel Wilson, appointed at n former meeting, lo man- ago the building of a Cimrch.

" Voted, likewise, That all persons who have undertaken to get timber for a church, shall have it at the placo appointed, by Thursday the 8th inst. September; or the Committee shall not be obliged to accept it in payment of taxes."

At a meeting of the society, held at the house of Capt. Vivus Dauehy, April 27, 1787 :

" Voted, That said Society shall pay a tax of two pence on the Pound on the List of 1786, into the Treasury of said Society by first day of Oc- tober next, for the purpose of carrying on the building a Church.

" Item. That any person who shall furnish good eighteen inel chest- nnt shingle for the Church, shall be allowed one Pound, four shillings per thonsand. That good whitewood inch Boards, shall be valued at six shillings per hundred foot ; three-quarter inch Oak Boards at four shil- lings and six pence per hundred foot.

" Item. That the aforesaid articles shall be delivered at the church in said Ridgefield by the first day of June next ; otherwise, the Committee slinll not be obliged to take them in payment of taxes towards the build- ing a church."

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" Voted, That the Society shall pay a tax of four Pence on the Pound on the List of the year 1787, by the first day of April next.

" Toted, That Rye at three shillings and six pence per bushel ; Corn at three shillings ; Oats at one shilling and six pence; Buckwheat at two shillings per bushel ; Flax at seven Pence per pound, shall be taken in payment of said tax."

The church was not comfortably furnished until the year 1791, and the entire ground-floor was not occu- pied with pews until some time after the church was used for divine service ; and at a meeting held March 30, 1791, it was " Voted, That we will sell the lots for the pews in the church," and also " Voted, That they shall be sold at public vendue to the highest bidder." It was voted, also, "that the committe appointed to carry on the finishing of the church shall lay out the lots for the pews in the same, and advertise and sell them as before directed, when and at what time they think proper. Benjamin Hoyt and Joshua Burt were said committee."

At a meeting held April 17, 1794, a committee was appointed to superintend the building of a pulpit in the church.

At a meeting held April 17, 1799, it was

" Voted, That the Society's Committee be directed to procure materials, and build the remaining pews in the church, and charge the same to the Society."

In the year 1819 the church was materially altered and improved, side galleries were built, and a steeple erected on the south end, in style and form the same as the one at the Congregational church. The door at the east side was closed, and in its place a square pew was built and occupied by Abijah Resseguie and others, he then being in manhood's prime, and, al- though nearly sixty years have rolled away, he still continues in a vigorous old age an honored citizen among us, and also continues to hold, as in years past, the office of one of the wardens of the church.

In the year 1820 an effort was made by the parish to obtain some remuneration for the damage done to the former church edifice during the Revolutionary war. The following is from the parish records :

At a meeting held on the 24th day of April, 1820, it was,

" Voted, That Mr. Jeremiah Mead be an agent for the purpose of pre- ferring a petition in behalf of this parish to the Honorable General As- sembly of the State of Connecticut, at their session in May next, praying for a remuneration of damages sustained in consequence of the injury done to the former church belonging to the parish, by being used as a storehouse for provisions by the Commissary, in the time of the Revoh- tionary War; and that said Agent be empowered and instructed to employ counsel to advocate said petition."

The application, however, proved unsuccessful, and no compensation was ever obtained to cover the loss sustained in consequence of the firing of the church by the British.

In the year 1828 a bell was procured of six hun- dred pounds' weight and placed in the tower of the church,-the first one owned by the parish.

The church edifice never having been consecrated, on the 12th day of November, 1831, the Right Rev. Bishop Brownell visited the parish and consecrated it by the name of St. Stephen's Church, and at the

same time administered the rite of confirmation to fifty-two persons,-a large number for this parish. It was a year of great religious interest in the church, and sixty new communicants were added in the course of the year, under the successful ministry of the Rev. Charles J. Todd.

In the year 1832 the square pews in the centre of the church were removed, and " slips," or long pews, erected in their stead, the square pews on each side still remaining.

On the 29th day of January, 1841, a meeting was held and measures taken for the erection of a new church, provided a suitable site could be procured. A plot of ground directly in the rear of the church- lot was generously donated by Isaac Jones, the owner of the land adjoining, in size one hundred feet east and west, and eighty-two to eighty-six feet north and south, the deed bearing date Aug. 12, 1841. Mr. Jones had previously given a strip of ground ten feet wide at the south end of the old church-lot. The corner-stone of the present church was laid by the rector, the Rev. Warner Hoyt, in the presence of a number of the clergy and of the inhabitants, on the 12th day of August, 1841. . The church was finished and consecrated by Bishop Brownell on the 20th day of September, 1842. The organ-the first onc in possession of the parish-was placed in the church and first used at its consecration.

Thus was completed and consecrated the third church in this parish, a little over a century after the erection of the first church edifice. Its dimensions are forty feet in width and fifty-six feet in length, with a projection in front for a vestibule and stairway of five feet, and with the addition afterwards of a chancel of a depth of fifteen feet, making the entire present length of the church seventy-six feet.

Tablets were also placed in the walls of the church in commemoration of two venerable laymen of the parish,-one to Samuel Stebbins, Esq., the other to Nathan Dauchy, both firm and zealous supporters of the church in all its vicissitudes; the former a dis- tinguished and useful citizen of the town as well as of the parish, for forty years the town clerk, and during a period of forty-six years the parish clerk and for over forty years the senior warden of the church.

In the month of August, 1851, the bell now in use, and weighing fifteen hundred and eight pounds, from the foundry of Meneely & Sons, of West Troy, N. Y., was placed in the tower of the church, the old one having been disposed of to a neighboring church in Georgetown.

In the year 1857 measures were taken for an exten- sive alteration and improvement in the church, the building of a chancel, alteration of the pews, and to be so arranged as to admit of a centre aisle, coloring and frescoing the walls, the procuring of a new organ from the manufactory of George Jardine, of New York, of a sweet tone and finish, all of which im-

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provenients were at an expense of about two thousand dollars. The church was reopened with appropriate services by the Right Rev. Bishop Williams, assisted by a number of the neighboring clergy, including former rectors of the parish.

In the summer of 1875 the organ was enlarged by the addition of several stops and one hundred and twenty-six new pipes, making the present number of sixteen stops and four hundred and fifty pipes, the addition nearly doubling its capacity.

The parish has a fund of a little over three thousand dollars, the income of which is devoted towards the support of the ministry.

The first efforts made towards the creation of a fund for the support of the ministry in the parish was in 1836, when Nathan Dauchy, Esq., of Troy, N. Y., a native of this town, made an offer for that purpose on condition that the parish would raise a like amount. In order to avail themselves of his generous offer, they used persevering exertions and raised the sum of twelve hundred dollars, to which he added a like amount. This, with later bencfactions from other sources, increased the fund to its present amount,- three thousand and fifty dollars.

In the year 1869 a legacy was received by the be- quest of the late Nancy Smith, of Norwalk, formerly of Ridgefield, of five hundred dollars, the income of which is to be used in aid of the poor of the parish.

It is also possessed of a convenient parsonage, built in 1853, with a glebe of four acres, in the central part of the village, of a valuation of about six thousand dollars.

The first building erected for a parsonage was in 1838, upon a piece of ground containing one acre, ap- propriated by the late Philip Bradley, in the northern part of the village strect, and which, with improve- ments, is now the residence of Gould Rockwell. It was built by a stock company and occupied by the clergy until it was afterwards sold and the present one erected, more contiguous to the church.

The first wardens of the church of whom there is any existing record-that of 1788-were Benjamin Hoyt and Dr. David Perry. Dr. Perry was also the clerk and treasurer of the parish from the commence- ment of its permanent record in 1784 until his admis- sion to holy orders in 1789. The present wardens of the church are Keeler, Dauchy, and Abijah Resse- guie, who have served the church in that capacity for a series of years, Mr. Dauchy having served the church as a vestryman, parish clerk, and in his present office for nearly half a century. During a period of thirty- three years he has been a warden of the church.

The likeness of nearly all the rectors of the present century are placed on the walls in the vestry-room. On the left hand of the chancel is a memorial window to the Rev. Warner Hoyt, under whose zealous rector- ship the present church was built, and who is the only one of its clergy thus far who has been removed by death while in charge of the duties of the parish.

Among the many persons not heretofore named, with two or three exceptions, as among the carly and prominent supporters of the church who have passed away may be named the following : Caleb Lobdell, Vivus Dauchy, Jacob Resseguic, Ezekiel Wilson, John Jones, Ebenezer Stebbins, Hackaliah Burt, Eliphalet Brush, Nehemiah Sturges, Epenctus How, Jeremialı Smith, Jacob Dauchy, Benjamin Sherwood, Benjamin Smith, Jeremiah Mead, Daniel Jones, Timothy Jones, Isaac Olmsted, Thaddeus Olmsted, David Burr, Sam- nel B. Grumman, Czar Jones, John M. Smith, Philip Northrop, William Sherwood, Stephen Olmsted, Wal- ter Dauchy, Chauncey Ohnsted, William Crocker, and others. Of the above, Jacob Dauchy served as a war- den of the church twenty-three years, and John M. Smith for a period of twenty-seven years.

The first instance in which the rite of confirmation was administered was in 1809, when Bishop Abraham Jarvis visited the parish and confirmed eighty-six persons, which, with those confirmed on subsequent episcopal visitations, makes the entire number of five hundred and ten persons confirmed in this church to the present time. The parish at the present time numbers eighty-five families, about two hundred and fifty baptized members, and one hundred and forty communicants.

The first year in the history of the parish in which it was enabled to avail itself of a resident clergyman with constant services was in 1837, under the rector- ship of the Rev. Eli Wheeler, who remained until 1839, when he was succeeded by the Rev. Warner Hoyt, who entered npon the regular charge of the parish and was the first occupaut of its first parsonage, just erceted; and the parish has been favored with the undivided services of all succeeding clergymen to the present time.

The ministrations of all the preceding clergy, from the year 1789, when the Rev. David Perry assumed the charge of the parish, until the year 1837, were in connection with other parishes. The Rev. David Perry served the churches in Ridgebury and Danbury a portion of the time. His successors-the Rev. David Butler, the Rev. Elijah G. Plumb, and the Rev. Reu- ben Hubbard-cach had charge of the three churches of Ridgefield, Danbury, and Redding, giving an equal time to cach.

The Rev. Charles Smith, the Rev. Origen P. Hol- comb, and the Rev. Charles J. Todd each had charge of the churches in Wilton and Ridgefield, residing in Wilton and devoting two-thirds of the time to Wil- ton and one-third to Ridgefield. The Rev. Jacob Lyman Clark took the charge of the church in Ridge- field in connection with that of New Canaan, minis- tering half the time in each until 1837 and residing in New Canaan, when he accepted a call to the church in Waterbury, Conn., which brings us to the period when constant services were secured to the parish, under the Rev. Eli Wheeler, as has been before meu- tioncd.

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The following are the inscriptions upon tablets in the church :

" THIS TABLET is erected by the Vestry, in memory of NATHAN DAUCHY, a zealous friend and supporter of this Church. He died April 14, 1824, in the glorious hope of a Blessed immortality.

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace."

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is erected by the Vestry, in memory of SAMUEL STEBBINS, Esq., Senior Warden of this Church, From the year 1793, until his death. He died March 27, 1836, aged 73 years.

His untiring activity, and Christian devotedness, in the cause of religion, and the prosperity of this Church: are worthy of a grateful remembrance in the annals of this Parish.

Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."

The lettering on the tablets is all in capital letters.

The succession of ministers has been as follows :

1725, Rev. Samuel Johnson, of Stratford ; 1727, Rev. Henry Caner, of Fairfield; 1735-38, Rev. John Beech, of Newtown ; 1740, Rev. James Wetmore, of Rye; 1742, Rev. Richard Caner, of Norwalk; 1744, Rev. Joseph Lamson, of Rye, with Bedford and North Castle; 1764-67, Rev. Richard S. Clarke, of Salem, with Ridgefield and Ridgebury ; May 26, 1768, to July, 1776, Rev. Epcnetus Townsend, of Salem, with Ridge- field and Ridgebury ;* 1788, for four months, Rev. David Belden ; Sept. 22, 1791, to April 1, 1795, Rev. David Perry ; Feb. 14, 1799, to Oct. 1, 1804, Rev. David Butler; Sept. 15, 1805, to May 1, 1806, Rev. Russell Wheeler ; April 2, 1807, to April 11, 1811, Rev. Elijah G. Plumb ; Jan. 15, 1812, to April, 1818, Rev. Reuben Hubbard; June 15, 1818, to April, 1823, Rev. Charles Smith ; May 26, 1823, to Easter, 1831, Rev. Origen P. Halcomb ; May 15, 1831, to September, 1834, Rev. Charles J. Todd ; July 20, 1835, to Marcli 26, 1837, Rev. Jacob Lyman Clark; Aug. 1, 1837, to March 31, 1839, Rev. Eli Wheeler; April 28, 1839, to June 30, 1839, Rev. Joseph H. Nichols ; July 6, 1839, to Oct. 18, 1844, Rev. Warner Hoyt (deceased) ; April 1, 1845, to Oct. 1, 1845, Rev. Thaddeus M. Leavenworth ; Dec. 1, 1845, to April 1, 1846, Rev. David H. Short ; April 13, 1846, to April 20, 1850, Rev. Henry Olmstead, Jr. ; Junc 8, 1850, to May 30, 1852, Rev. William Staunton; August,

1853, to Nov. 14, 1353, Rev. Theodore S. Rumney ; March 1, 1854, to Oct. 7, 1863, Rev. William H. Wil- liams; May 1, 1864, to May 10, 1866, Rev. Curtiss T. Woodruff; June 3, 1866, to May 1, 1868, Rev. Francis T. Russell ; Aug. 2, 1868, to Aug. 3, 1873, Rev. Samuel F. Jarvis ; Oct. 1, 1873, to May 12, 1878, Rev. David D. Bishop; July 1, 1878, Rev. Francis A. Henry, present rector.

METIIODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

The extensive religious revivals that preceded and followed the organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church at the Christmas Conference held in Balti- more, Md., 1784, prepared and raised up young men who became evangelists and were sent by Rev. Fran- cis Asbury, traveling bishop of the Methodist Episco- pal Church, to various parts of the United States.

As early as 1787 the Rev. Cornelius Cook preaclied in Ridgefield, and Ambrose Olmstead, Jr., received the following certificate :

"To whom it may concern : These certify that Ambrose Olmsted, Jr., is a constant attendant at public worship (as opportunity offers) with the people called Methodists, and that he contributes his due proportion toward maintaining said worship & ministry.

" Certified by me, CORNELIUS COOK, " Minister of the M. E. Church.

" Nov. 16, A.D. 1787.

" Recorded Dec. 1st, 1787, by Benjamin Smith, Congregational Society's Clerk."

At the first Methodist Conference held in New York City, June, 1789, the Rev. Jesse Lee, from Vir- ginia, was sent to the Stamford Circuit, in New Eng- land. His first sermon was preached in Norwalk, on the highway, June 17, 1789. He formed a two wecks' circuit, embracing Stamford, Norwalk, Fair- field, Stratford, Milford, Redding, Danbury, Ridge- field, and other intermediate places, and the name was changed to Fairfield Circuit. Mr. Lee preached his first sermon in Ridgefield, probably on the 26th of June, 1789, in a building known as the "Independent School-house," situated near Mr. P. C. Lounsbury's house, formerly owned by Nehemiah Perry, M.D.

On Thursday, Jan. 28, 1790, the first "class" was formed in Ridgefield, being the third in New Eng- land, and was composed of Ichabod Whceler and wife and Daniel Keeler and wife, at Limestone, at the house of Ichabod Wheeler, near Taylor's Mill, which continued to be a preaching-place for some years.

On the 27th of February, 1790, Elder Jacob Brush - and Revs. George Roberts and Daniel Smith came from Maryland to labor under direction of Mr. Lee, who extended his labors eastward to New Haven.

The early records of the society being lost, it is im- possible to ascertain who were the early members of the Methodist Society in Ridgefield, but we find in the records of the Congregational Society that certifi- cates similar to the one above quoted were issued by "Jesse Lee, Methodist preacher," to Jeremialı Olm- sted, of Ridgebury, Oct. 17, 1789; also, April 1, 1790, by Rev. George Roberts, to Ichabod Wheeler ; Dec. 24, 1790, by Rev. John Bloodgood, to Daniel Keeler ;

* The above were missionaries of the "Society in England for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts" previous to the Revolu- tionary war, and officiated at Ridgefield in connection with other stations or at intervals.

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March 30, 1797, to Stephen Mills, Powell Batterson, and Jonathan Stevens; March 27, 1798, John Mills ; Dec. 10, 1804, Thaddeus Benedict; Dec. 10, 1804, Joseph Mead (3d); Nov. 5, 1805, Saml. Hoyt (2d) ; Dec. 7, 1805, Abijah Hyatt; March 31, 1806, Benja- min Bouton; Aug. 6, 1807, Martha Bouton; Nov. 23, 1807, Jabez M. Gilbert ; March 23, 1808, Danl. Dean ; Nov. 14, 1809, Amos Baker, M.D.

For several years there was no preaching upon the Sabbath by the "circuit-preachers," but this vacancy was most acceptably filled by the frequent and volun- tary labors of Absalom Day, of Norwalk, Aaron San- ford and Hawley Sandford, of Redding, Rory Starr, of Danbury, "local (or lay) preachers," and James Coleman, "superannuated," of Ridgefield, whose name and labors have been handed down in grateful rc- membrance to the children of the fathers. "Classes" were formed in North Street in 1805, in the village in 1809, and from 1807 to 1826 the houses of Thomas. Hyatt, Jabez M. Gilbert, and Amos Baker, M.D., were the regular preaching-places of the " Methodist itinerants."

In 1824 the first church edifice was erected, stand- ing in the fork of the roads leading to the districts called North Street and Titicus, and the "circuit" appears under the name of " Redding and Bridge- port." Frequent revivals of religious interest had occurred, especially in the years 1816, 1822, and 1828. In 1831 a more extensive and powerful work was ex- perienced, resulting in large additions to all the churches. Among the converts was Mr. William Crocker, who soon became a very acceptable and use- ful " local preacher."

The following is a list of the ministers sent by the New York Conference to the circuits embracing Ridgefield from the year 1790 to 1836, at which date Ridgefield became a station, with a resident minister.

Fairfield Circuit : 1790, John Bloodgood; 1791, Nathaniel Burton Mills, Aaron Hunt; 1792, Joshua Taylor, Smith Weeks; 1793, James Coleman, Aaron Hunt; 1794, Zebulon Kaukey, Nicholas Snethen.

Redding Circuit : 1795, Daniel Dennis, Timothy Dewey ; 1796, Elijah Woolsey, Robert Leeds; 1797, David Buck, Augustus Jocelyn; 1798, William Thatcher; 1799, David Brown; 1800, Augustus Jocelyn ; 1801, Samuel Merwin, Isaac Candee ; 1802, James Coleman, Isaac Candee ; 1803, James Camp- bell, N. U. Tompkins; 1804, Peter Moriarty, Sylves- ter Foster; 1805, Peter Moriarty, Samuel Merwin ; 1806, Nathan Felch, Oliver Sykes; 1807, James M. Smith, Zalınon Lyon; 1808, Noble W. Thomas, Jon- athan Lyon.

New York Conference : 1809, Billy Hibbard, Isaac Candee; 1810, Nathan Emory, John Russell; 1811, Aaron Hunt, Oliver Sykes, John Reynolds; 1812, Seth Crowell, Gilbert Lyon, S. Beach ; 1813, Aaron Hunt, Henry Eames; 1814, Ebenezer Washburn, Reuben Harris; 1815, Elijah Woolsey, Reuben Har- ris ; 1816, Samuel Bushnel, John Boyd ; 1817, Sam-

uel Buslinel, Theodocidus Clarke; 1818, James M. Smith, Theodocius Clarke; 1819, J. S. Smith, Phineas Cook ; 1820, Laban Clark, Phineas Cook ; 1821, Laban Clark, Aaron Hunt; 1822, Samuel Cochrane, Aaron Hunt; 1823, Samuel Cochrane, John Reynolds ; 1824, Elijah Woolsey, John Reynolds, Aaron Hunt (super).

From 1825 to 1827 it was called Redding and Bridgeport Circuit: 1825, Marvin Richardson, H. Humphreys, Frederic W. Siger, A. Hunt (sup'); 1826, Marvin Richardson, H. Humphreys, A. Hunt (supr), Oliver Sykes; 1827, Henry Stead, John Love- joy, J. C. Bontecue, O. Sykes (supc').

Redding Circuit: 1828, Henry Stead, Gershom Pearce; 1829, Ebenezer Washburn, Gershom Pearce; 1830, Ebenezer Washburn, Oliver V. Ammerman ; 1831, James Young, Josiah Bowen, O. Sykes (sup") ; 1832, Nicholas White, Jesse Hunt; 1833, Jesse Hunt, John Burton Beach ; 1834, Josiah Bowen, John Bur- ton Beach.

Redding and Newtown Circuit: 1835, Humphrey Humphreys, Josiah L. Dickerson, John Davies.

In 1836, as above stated, Ridgefield was separated from other appointments and became a "station," having as its pastor Rev. Parmnelce Chamberlain, who remained two years, and at the close of his labors re- ported a membership of one hundred and eighteen, " probationers" included.

In the year 1839 occurred the most extensive re- ligious awakening in the history of the church, under the ministry of Rev. Thomas Sparks. The curiosity of the community to hear the "experience of a con- verted sailor"-Rev. George C. Bancroft-drew large audiences. But the relation of these "experiences" was accompanied by such spiritual power, and en- forced by such vivid declaration of divine truth and the clear and logical arguments concerning the truths of the gospel, as presented by Rev. Paul R. Brown, that many who came through curiosity were deeply convinced of the truth, resulting in the conversion of large numbers and the increase of the membership of all the churches in the village.

The large accession to the Methodist Church and congregation made it necessary to provide a larger place of worship. Accordingly, in the year 1841, the house uow standing on the corner of Main and Ca- toonah Streets was erected, during the pastorate of Rev. Charles Chittenden. The humble beginnings of ninety years ago are represented to-day by a mem- bership of nearly two hundred.

Nor has the influence of this church been confined to this vicinity alone. Other towns and the distant West have heard the gospel preached by the sons of those fathers and mothers. Revs. Stephen Remming- ton, Thomas B. Rockwell, William Crocker, Albert Nash, Elias Gilbert, Alonzo B. Pulling, Miles N. Olmsted, and Frank W. Lockwood have been sent forth from her bosom as chosen ministers of God, while the plains of India have been hallowed by the self-sacrificing labors aud early death of Mrs. S. Mi-

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The following list of names is of those ministers who have been stationed in Ridgefield from 1836 to 1878: 1836-37, Rev. Parmelee Chamberlain; 1838- 39, Rev. Thomas Sparks; 1840, Rev. Seymour Van Deusen ; 1841-42, Rev. Charles Chittenden ; 1843-44, Rev. Abram S. Francis; 1845-46, Rev. Charles Stearns ; 1847-48, Rev. Sylvester S. Strong ; 1849-50, Rev. Nathaniel Mead; 1851, Rev. Ira Abbott; 1852- 53, Rev. Reuben H. Loomis; 1854-55, Rev. Friend W. Smith ; 1856-57, Rev. Joseph Wildey ; 1858-59, Rev. Joseph Woolley ; 1860-61, Rev. Joseph Smith; 1862 -63, Rev. Calvin B. Ford; 1864, Rev. Samuel F. Johnson ; 1865-66, Rev. James D. Bouton; 1867-69, Rev. George L. Thompson ; 1870-72, Rev. Larman W. Abbott; 1873-75, Rev. Theodore C. Beach ; 1876, Rev. John B. Merwin; 1877, Rev. William Ross ; 1878, Rev. Smith H. Platt.

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History of Fairfield County, Connecticut : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 165

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) comp. cn Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & co. Number of Pages: 1572

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) comp. cn
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1572