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BRADFORD H. LINCOLN, from July 1859, to March 1862.
DEACONS.
REUBEN POST, chosen January 1814; died October 1859. SALA POST, chosen September 1818; died June 1821. BLINN TYLER, chosen January 1836; died January 1854. ASA PARKER, chosen December 1840; died April 1860. ALANSON H. HOUGH, chosen December 1840. JEREMIAH GLADWIN, chosen March 1856; died June 1861. ASAHEL C. BRADDICK, chosen January 1860.
JAMES S. NEWELL, chosen January 1860; dismissed from the church, by letter, December 1861.
CARNOT O. SPENCER, chosen November 1861. BELA C. POST, chosen November 1861.
NAMES OF MEMBERS.
Saybrook branch of the East Haddam Baptist Church, July 1, 1809.
L denotes received by letter; E, by experience. Persons whose names are not thus marked were received by baptism. * denotes de- ceased. + denotes dismissed by letter. Names of present members are in SMALL CAPITALS.
* Reuben Post.
* Levi Post.
* Jacob Hayden. * Gurdon Smith.
* George Harrington.
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1809.
* Polly Dickinson.
* Irene Williams.
* Fanny Post.
* Lucy Post.
* Elizabeth Post.
* Mary Pratt.
* Phebe Harrington.
* Susanna Starkey.
* Sarah Murray.
* Martha Sargent.
* Phebe Tooker.
* Elizabeth Hayden.
* Mindwell Pratt.
* Phebe Post.
* Ruth Waterhouse.
* Patience Shipman.
* Hester Pratt.
1809. June 18.
* Elizabeth Glover. MARTHA DICKINSON.
July 16.
* Sally Hayden.
Nov. 19.
* Isaac Post.
* Julia Avery.
* Lemuel Dickinson, L.
* Jared Hayden.
* Abby Smith.
* Rebecca Fordham.
* Anna Tooker. MARY GLOVER.
March 25.
* Daniel Gladding.
* James Tooker.
* Hope Scovill.
* Abby Church. Sala Post, L.
April 8.
* Mary Waterhouse.
* Ursula Pratt.
* Mary Tinker.
* Sylvia Hayden.
April 15.
* Polly Church. EUNICE M. (Post) PARKER.
* Betsey Harrington.
April 29. * Ambrose Waterhouse.
1810. March 4. 24.
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1810. April 29. * Temperance Webb.
* Elizabeth Pratt.
* Submit Tripp.
November.
* Prudence Starkey.
* Dorothy Starkey.
* Elias Starkey.
* Gideon A. Dickinson.
* Samuel W. Gladding.
Killingworth branch of the East Haddam Baptist Church, June 18, 1811.
t William Carter. John Waterhouse. * Elisha Elderkin.
* Avis Kelsey.
* Hannah Smith. Ruth Crane.
* Abigail Griffing.
* Parnel Peck.
* Catherine Redfield.
* Jennet Tower.
t Lucy Waterhouse.
* Dotha Wright. * Thankful Carter. * Betsey Herring.
The above named persons were constitued the Second Bap- tist Church in Saybrook, June 18, 1811. 1812. October. * Polly Lord.
* Gilbert A very, L.
L.
1813.
November. + Oliver Wilson, * Sophia Avery. * Betsey Spencer, L.
1814. May.
* Calvin Williams.
August. * Samuel Williams.
1815. July. * Elizabeth Whittlesey.
August.
* Huldah Post.
1816. October.
* Benjamin Carter. t John S. Griffing. + Hannah Nichols. Sally Redfield. t Julia Redfield.
1817. March. + Justin Loomis.
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1818. April.
+ Rev. Asa Wilcox, L. + Ursula Pratt. REBECCA HILL. L.
October.
1820. April 5. 1821. April 22.
t William Carter. + Hannah Carter. t Sally Glover, EUNICE BRADDICK.
* Simeon Post. Horace Murray. Deborah Dickinson.
* Betsy (Pratt) Tooker. HARRIET POST. HENRY BRADDICK.
* Levi Dickinson. t Elizabeth Denison.
May 13.
Prudence Belden. Walter Pratt.
* Joy Post.
* Polly Andrews. Mulford H. Williams. SAMUEL TOOKER. SUSAN G. (Smith) POST. MEHITABLE (Tuby) SMITH.
* Hannah Gladwin.
* Joseph Swan.
* Eunice Pratt.
* Betsey Spencer. Maria (Dickinson) Pratt.
June 24.
t Jared Post.
July 8.
Eunice (Clark) Wright. BENJAMIN F. POST. * Hepzibah Post.
* Cynthia Post. ALVAN F. WHITTEMORE.
t Courtney Tooker. Elizabeth Tooker. REBECCA (Hayden) POST. Deborah Holmes. SOPHIA POST. t Fanny (Post) Stanard. * Abel Harrington.
July 21.
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1821. July 21. * Hezekiah Buckingham. * Nancy (Comstock) Turner. LURA (Post) PRATT. WEALTHY A. POST. JARED C. REDFIELD.
Aug. 12.
August 12.
t Phene Powers. t Eunice Williams.
Abby Post. Rebecca Murray. Amanda (Post) Clark.
t George Read.
t Christopher B. Rogers.
BETSEY (Johnson) WARNER.
1822. April 28.
AMBROSE W. POST. Nancy Starkey.
t Elizabeth Doane.
+ Ann Post.
Abner Farnham.
t John Pierson.
+ Polly Pierson.
t Sally Griffiths.
+ John A. Peck.
+ Henry Archibald.
November 3. RoxANNA (Williams) POST.
1823. November.
+ Phebe Treat.
t Charlotte Parks.
t Lydia Morgan.
1824. June.
t Joseph H. Mather.
t Zipporah Pratt.
t Wealthy Tooker.
1827. March 4.
* Amelia Buckingham, L.
* Esther M. C. Mather, L.
t Asa F. Wilcox. t Thomas Russel.
March 25. * Ann Maria Tooker. GEORGE HARRINGTON.
April 8.
t Rachel Rogers. Abijah C. Wheat. * Joy Post, Jr. t Emeline Beman.
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t Lydia Pilgrim.
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1827. April 8. OLIVE (Post) STARKEY. CHARLES PRATT. t Sally Read. + Almus Pratt. * Rebecca Andrews.
1828. August 21. + Rev. Pierpont Brocket, L.
t Sarah Brocket, L.
MASON H. POST, L.
1829. February 1. + Abner H. Stannard.
* Elias Redfield, L.
March 8.
Edward E. Braddick.
* Eliza Whittemore. TERESA WHITTEMORE.
March 15.
t Philena (Howell) Clark. ESTHER (Post) TOOKER. Eliza (Smith) Munger.
+ John N. Braddick.
+ Obadiah Dickinson, Jr.
* Charles Smith.
* William Post. John Andrews.
March 29.
* Submit Pratt. REBECCA WILLIAMS.
* Elvira HI. (Tooker) Doan. Susan Harrington.
* Tabor Tooker. RICHARD TOOKER.
Norman Wales. John Bull.
April 5. 1
* Louisa Williams. RICHARD S. WILLIAMS.
* Hannah Williams. RICHARD P. WILLIAMS.
t Phebe Pratt. CATHERINE (Brockway ) BUCKINGHAM.
* Levi B. Post. ANN POST.
* Joseph H. Hayden. Russel H. Post, F.
t Sarah S. Matlær, L.
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1830. April 4.
CHARLES C. CONKI.IN.
t Charles Beman. + David Brockway. + Levi Southworth, Jr.
* Denison Ely.
+ Daniel B. Shipman.
t Joseph H. Mather, Jr. * Sarah Dodd.
* Patience Loper.
t Charlotte Beman.
+ Catherine Bogue.
t Catherine Read.
+ Aurelia Read.
t Joseph M. Ely.
* Benjamin E. Loper.
April 18.
* Noah Starkey.
* Elizabeth Pratt.
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SUSAN E. ( Williams) HOUGH.
* Sarah Dukes. * James Rockwell.
June 6. t Emily Johnson.
October 3.
* Maria Wheat. * Elisha Gladwin.
October 31. * Ezra Gladwin.
Nov. 7. ANN S. REDFIELD. HENRIETTA R. REDFIELD.
* Azuba Starkey.
Nov. 17.
Austin Starkey JEMIMA STARKEY.
1831. January 30.
* Abby Williams. FREDERICK W. BUSHNELL ..
Marclı. t Jane Wilcox.
Aug. 21. * Alvah Post.
Oct 16. SUSAN POST. Jerusha (Brown) Tyler.
1832. January. t Phebe Chapman, I.
March.
* Lorinda Gladwin,
May 13.
* Minerva Platt.
1832. May 13. PRUDENCE L. (Post) BUSHNELL. May 27. PARNAL PARKER.
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1832. May 27. June 3 .. Oct. DR. ALANSON H. HOUGH, L.
Nov. 30. HENRIETTA (Pratt) BECKWITHI, 1.|
1833. Jan. 6.
MABEL CONKLIN. BETSEY GLADWIN.
Dec. 29. + Elizabeth Glover, 2d. MARIA PRATT.
1834. March 23. April 6.
* Wealthy A. ( Williams) Smith. ALPHEUS S. PRATT.
April 13.
* Eliza Bushnell.
* Lay W. Pratt. MARY A. (Pratt) WILLIAMS.
April 20.
Sylvester Munger. Ansel Bushnell.
t Linus P. Brocket. SARAH W. POST.
April 27. * Abby Ann Tooker. * Tirza I. (Post) Peck. Hepzibah Pratt.
May 4. t Stanton Belden.
t Sarah (Parker) Caulkins, L.
EMILY (Gladwin) STARKEY.
* Maria (Post) Tiffany. HARRIET A. (Williams) MORLEY.
May 11.
t Hetta Sutliff. Cyrus Brown. Patience Brown.
ELIZABETH SPENCER. SARAH DICKINSON, L.
* Blinn Tyler, L.
* Alice Tyler, L.
t Alice A. (Tyler) Hallenbeck, L.
* Theodore D. Pratt, L. RICHARD H. PRATT, L.
1836. March 4. April 1.
+ Rev. H. R. Knapp, L.
t Mary Knapp, II.
t John Butler.
1837. April 2.
EMILY BRADDICK.
! First received by baptism May 13, 1821. Dismissed to Deep River in 1830.
May 25.
July 6.
1835. March 31.
* Nancy B. Pratt. * Ruth Tooker.
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1837. April. 2. t John N. Braddick, L.
+ Sarah Braddick. NANCY BRADDICK. John Boyce.
1838. March 25. * Charlotte Tucker.
April 1. LAURA POST, E.
April 15. GEORGE BISHOP.
June 3. * Elizabeth Stevens, 1.
1839. March 31. * Asa Parker. LUCY BROWN.
April 6. ELSA DICKINSON, E.
* Elmira Rose, L.
1840. March 3.
CAROLINE POST.
April 1.
* Rev. W. Geo. Miller, L.
June 7.
+ Maria S. Miller, L. .
+ Hannah Dowling, L.
ANGELINE BUCKINGHAM, L.
Nov. 1.
KETURAH DAVIS, L. JOHN DICKINSON.
* Charles Peck, L. ASA H. ROSE, L.
1841. March 7.
FRANCIS H. TIFFANY. ALEXANDER HANNAH. ASAHEL C. BRADDICK.
t Rebecca Pratt. CLORINDA (Gladwin) JENNINGS.
t Ann Maria Leet. HARRIET (Post) WATERMAN.
t Sarah (Andrews) Heafford.
t David Miller. JOSEPH DICKINSON.
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t Emily Hayden. E.
April 5.
* Elijah Stevens.
+ Henry D. Braddick. WILLIAM P. SISSON.
. + Charles C. Conklin, Jun. SAMUEL M. MORLEY. WILLIAM MOCRERY. Francis W. Williams.
t William Whittemore.
t Samantha Clark.
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1841. April 5. . * Amelia L. (Turner) Clark. SARAH E. (Williams) PRATT. HARRIET C. (Williams) POST. JANE M. (Redfield) ROBINS. ANN J. (Redfield) PARMELEE.
May 4. * Mary Murray. Sarah B. Tooker, E.
12. JULIA CHAPMAN, I ..
June 6. LUCINDA ARNOLD, L.
* Amanda Williams.
August 1. NOAH STARKEY, JUN. ALBERT GLADWIN.
1842. May
MIRIAM (Tooker) TRIPP.
1843. January 1. NATHAN PRATT, E. |
ORPHA A. PRATT, E.
Isaac T. Whittemore, E.
April 2.
RALPH BUCKINGHAM.
FEDERICK W. WILLIAMS. PHILLIP TOOKER, 2D.
t Fredrick Conklin.
t Alonzo Buckingham. LEVI R. B. POST.
AUGUSTUS WILLIAMS.
ALBERT STARKEY. DOROTHY BISHOP.
t Amanda M. Butler. CATHARINE WILLIAMS. MARIA TOOKER. ABBY POST.
t Elizabeth (Manwarring) Thompson.
t Lucy E. (Conklin) Bonner. MARY ANN (Braddick) TOOKER. ELIZA J. BRADDICK.
t Jenette (Post) Child. MARY (Gladding) HILL.
June 25.
* Henry Waterhouse. . ESTHER WATERHOUSE. CHARLOTTE ( Williams) BUSHNELL .. t Polly Williams.
[ First received by baptism August 12, 1821. Dismissed to East Haddam church 1828.
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1843. June 25. EUNICE POST. JANE E. (Williams) WOOSTER, L.
1844. April 7. 1845. Nov. 1.
* Clorinda Braddick. t Rev. William II. Card, L.
Dec. 8.
t Sarah Heafford, L.
1846. Feb. 22.
ELIAS F. PARMELEE. NILES H. TOOKER, JUN.
+ Hugh M. Thompson, * Jerusha H. Thompson. PHEBE PRESTON. HANNAH (Brockway) HOWARD. .
March 1.
+ William Heafford. t Joseph L. Johnson.
* Caroline Gladding. LUCRETIA ANDREWS. SILAS S. GLADWIN, L.
* Lucy Gladwin,
March 8. t Charles H. Cornell. SARAH PRATT. TEMPERANCE (Parker) SPENCER.
March 15. PHEBE (Tooker) GABB.
29 ALEXANDER PRATT. SOPHIA (Parker) WILLIAMS.
April 5.
WILLIAM H. PHELPS,
L.
* Jeremiah Gladwin, SARAH GLADWIN, L.
EZRA D. POST.
April 26. June 7. SUSAN HI. (Parker) PRATT, L.
July 5. t Lucretia Denison, MARY ANN PARKER.
1847. Nov.
+ Rev. Henry Bromley,
t Jane Bromley, L.
Feb. 7.
* Elizabeth Heafford, L.
March 6.
t William Richardson, L.
* Mehitable Richardson, L.
May 3.
t Rev. William G. Howard, L.
+ Ellen B. Howard, L. July 25. Sarah Ann Comstock, 1848. April 2. Timothy Greene Parker, L.
Sept. 20.
t Cornelia A. Card, L. ELIZABETH POST.
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1848. Aug. 6. t Lucius Lyon, L. 1850. Jan. 6. LEVIAH L. (Hull) CHRYSTAL .. LOVISA WADE.
1850. Jan. 6. BENJAMIN H. STEVENS, L.
FANNY STEVENS, I.
Feb. 3. FRANCIS DEVLIN. JARED E. REDFIELD.
* Samnel Whittemore. CHAUNCEY SPENCER. LUTHER P. HAYDEN. ISABELLA S. (Post) HAYDEN. ISABELLA B. (Pratt) DEVLIN. CATHERINE (Bishop) DOLPH.
t Nancy G. (Pratt) Miner. ELLEN (Gladwin) GLEASON. HARRIET A. BECKWITHI.
* Ellen V. Post. James Post. E. t Rev. Marvin Eastwood, L.
Feb. 9.
t Dorcas Eastwood, L.
Feb. 10. ELIZABETH (Dolph) WATROUS. LOIS G. WATERHOUSE.
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t Catherine E. Harding. t Ann R. (Beckwith) Wooding ..
t Sarah J. Johnson.
t Oliver R. Post. ALFRED A PRATT.
Feb. 17.
+ Henry Whittemore. + Henry A. Braddick. EMILY A. BRADDICK. MARY L. POST.
* Jane (Gladding) Wright. CECILIA G. WATERHOUSE. BENJAMIN A. GLADDING. ELIAS E. PARKER. HORACE M. PRATT. ETHELBERT D. POST.
Feb. 22.
Feb. 24. t George W. Califf. * Alphonso Comstock.
t Caroline C. (Comstock) De Wolf. HARRIET KELSEY.
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1850. Feb. 24. FRANCES M. WHITTEMORE. ELIZABETH WILLIAMS.
March 5. JOSIAH S. DICKENSON. CHRISTOPHER B HARDING. TEMPERANCE A. POST.
BELA C. POST. SAMUEL HEAFFORD, E.
ELIZABETH HEAFFORD, E.
March 31.
* Isaac Cobb. * Frances E. Cobb. . * Eunice B. Grumley. Charles S. Munger. ADELAIDE B. POST. JOIN R. REDFIELD. GURDON L. SMITH.
Henry M. Stillman. SUSAN T. (Strong) BUSHNELL ..
* Elizabeth Whittemore. THOMAS CRYSTAL.
April 7.
* Thomas Grumley. JANE (Langdon) RANKIN. AUGUSTA C. (Post) SMALL.
SYLVANUS T. POST.
HORACE P. PARKER.
ABBY L. (Smith) PERKINS. SAMUEL O. TUCKER.
June 2.
t Mary J. (Williams) Fuller. LUCRETIA PARKER, L.
HENRY A. JOHNSON, L.
1851. April 21.
OBADIAH SPENCER, L.
ESTHER H. SPENCER, CARNOT O. SPENCER,
L.
October. + Rev. Joseph A. Bailey, L.
+ Jane A. Bailey, L.
December.
+ Emory Lyon, L.
* Mary C. Lyon, L.
1852. Dec. 4.
Mary E. Hovey, L.
1853. March.
t Catharine Gordon, L.
JOSEPH C. POST.
| First received by baptism, 1829 TaisMissed to Deep River, 1846. 5
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1853. June 6. H. GOODWIN PARKER. LOUISE DICKINSON.
July 3.
December 3. HORACE L. PRATT,
L.
1854. Feb. 5.
L.
March 12. April 2.
t Oliver W. Chapman, CLORINDA (Braddick) NICKLE. MARY ANN CHAMPION. t James S. Newell, L.
+ Jane Newell, L.
ELIZA PENFIELD, . L.
May 7. t Abby P. (Hough) Wightman.
May. 28
* John Miner.
June.
t Jesse N. Braddick. ALMIRA C. POST.
WILLIAM C. HOUGH.
Nov. 5 CHARLES NEWTON, L.
ELIZA NEWTON, L.
+ Uriah N. Gordon, L.
t Emeline Gordon, L.
+ Denison P. Grant, L.
t Emma J. Grant, L.
1855. March 4. 1856. Feb. ' 2.
+ Belinda (Miner) Braddick,
L.
+ Rev. Silas Ilsley, L.
t Lucy Ilsley, L.
L.
March 2.
+ S. Harding Ilsley, MARIE J. SPENCER, L.
March 16. EZRA L. CHAPMAN.
t Edward A. Goddard. R. ELMER WHITTEMORE.
t Harriet Chapman. ELIZABETH BRADDICK.
+ Eliza J. Newell.
April 6.
* Jane M. Whittemore. JOSEPH PAGE. LUTHER BRADDICK. CARROL J. POST. JULIA H. (Starkey) GODDARD. ELIZA (Pratt) STILLMAN. June 22. * William Ferris.
* Phineas Pratt, L.
CYNTHIA (Starkey) HUTCHINSON.
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1856. June 22.
SARAH L. DICKINSON. LOUISE REDFIELD.
1857. August 30.
1858. Feb. 7.
t Robert R. Pratt, L.
+ Mary Pratt, L.
1858. Feb. 7 March 28.
JOSEPH S. BROCKWAY, L.
CATHARINE BUCKINGHAM. MARIA BUCKINGHAM. LYDIA BUCKINGHAM.
Sarah A. Newell.
+ E. Bradley Chadburn. GEORGE M. POST.
April 4.
t Lewis C. Ilsley. + Noah A. Smith, L.
April 11.
THOMAS J. STILLMAN. MARCENA M. WILLIAMS.
THOMAS M. WILLIAMS.
April 18.
EDWARD WILLIAMS. BENAZET A. HOUGH. JAMES YOUNG. LUCRETIA M. (Tooker) LOOMIS. AUGUSTA BROCKWAY. KATHLEEN BROCKWAY. HUDSON F. GLADWIN. t John II. Hayden. EMORY T. BUCKINGHAM. HARRIET DICKINSON, L.
CATHARINE A. FERRIS, E.
May 16. GIDEON PARKER. HENRY C. WOOSTER. ABBY S. POST. SUSAN S. (Pratt) GROVER. CAROLINE WHEELER. FRANCES STEVENS.
June 6. CHARLES BRAMBLE. WILLIAM P. GLADWIN. HARRY S. MORGAN. ARTHUR BRADDICK. CORNELIA MORLEY. August. SILAS C. BEEBE, MARY BEEBE.
L.
+ Philura Smith, L.
t
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1858. October. JULIA E. PRATT. November. AUGUSTUS WILLIAMS, JR.
1859. January 2.
ANTOINETTE BRADDICK.
1859. January 2. + Edward B. Braddick. JUDSON A. PRATT. GILBERT WILLIAMS. SUSAN B. POST. May 2. MARY A. (Hough) REDFIELD.
1860. October.
JOHN E. ROCKWELL, L. |
IRA H. WHEELER, L.
ADANI M. WHEELER, L.
November.
t Adele L. Robinson, DAVID BISHOP, L.
L.
1861. January 6. GILES POTTER, L.
June 2.
WILLIAM E. WILLIAMS,
1862. March 30.
HARRIET TOOKER.
SUSAN TOOKER.
WILLIAM A. BACON.
ELLEN BACON.
LOUISA T. WHITTEMORE.
ABBIE I. POST.
GRACE S. HOUGH.
HELEN A. TIFFANY.
SARAH M. TIFFANY.
LUCRETIA SISSON.
MARY E. WATROUS, E.
April 6.
ELIPHALET POST.
GURDON H. POST.
WILLIAM LANG.
THEODORE FORDHAM.
FREDERIC HOLMES. ALBERT U. PLATTS. STELLA V. MORLEY. RHODA A. WILLIAMS.
EUNICE HARRINGTON. SARAH WATERS. ELIZA E. BUSHNELL.
| First received by baptism April 9, 1830; dimissed to Deep River the same year.
MARTHA W. POTTER, L. L.
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1862. April 6. SARAH B. PRATT. SUSAN J. BUSHNELL.
April 20. ELIZABETH J. BUSHNELL.
April 20. FREDRICK W. DOLPH.
JAMES H. BISHOP.
April 20. IRWIN POST. ABBY LAPLASS.
May 4. MARTIIA JACKSON.
EMILY HOADLEY.
JANE BELL.
ALICE E. WATERHOUSE.
SARAH E. BUCKINGHAM.
S. LOUISE BRADDICK.
May 3].
GURDON ROBINS, JR., L.
June 9. REV. M. A. CUMMINGS. L.
July 5. JULIA CAULKINS, E.
SUMMARY.
Number of constituent members,
68
Admitted by baptism,
436
Admitted by letter, - 107
Admitted by experience,
10
Total,
621
Deceased, -
163
Dismissed by letter,
151
Excluded, (and not restored,)
33-347
Present number,
274
|| Since the names were copied, Mrs. Eunice Braddick has died, August 14, 1862, aged 87 years.
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