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Deaths
Jan. 8 1827 Mrs. Gleason ( ?) aged 50 yrs .
Feb. 17 1827 Child of Wm. Richardson aged 2 yrs.
Feb . 21 1827 Child of Mr. Jeffers aged 1 day
Feb. 24 1827 David North aged 28 yrs.
March 16 1827
Child of Mr. Hayes aged 1 day
March 18 1827
Child of Leonard Lawrence
aged 2 weeks
April 26 1827
Zachariah Dibble by a fall
aged 50 yrs .
May 24 1827
Wife of Mr. Brown aged 76 yrs.
May 26 1827
Wm. Watson Senior ( ?) aged yrs.
June 21 1827
Henrietta Rood aged 21 yrs.
Sept. 21 1827
Child of Mr. Wm. Watson aged 5 yrs.
Nov . 27 1827
Samuel Fowler Esq. aged 98 yrs.
Nov. 28 1827 Wife of Mr. Samuel Bennett aged 55 yrs .
Dec . 12 1827
Child of Jonathan Daboll aged 4 yrs .
Dec . 19 1827
Child of Adoniram Soardam
Jan. 5 1828
(?) wife of N'th Sage
Jan. 17 1828
Brenton Dean aged 58
Feb. 7 1828 Julia Jakeway
Feb. 24 1828
Nathaniel Barney aged 83 (Barnum written over this name R.H.C. )
March 30 1828 Wife of Doct. Thomas Huntington aged 75
April
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Moses Barber
May 31. 1828
Wife of Mr. Nathaniel Dean aged 56
July 9 1828 Wife of Capt. Abiram King aged 53
July 26 1828 Levi Smith aged 48
July 27 1828
Anthony Hosford aged 46
Aug. 25 1828
Elijah Dean aged 21
Oct . 22 1828
Oct. 22 1828
Child of Leonard Adam aged 1 yr.
aged 14 yrs.
April 12 1829
Asahel Dunham
April 26 1829
David Skinner
Sept. 11 1829
Edward Franklin £ aged 25 yrs.
Oct. 6 1829
Child of Dea. Rufus ". Dunning
aged 6 months
Nov . 1829 Child of Mr. Harmon Rockwell
Nov. 3 about 1829 Miss Daniels
About Nov 6 1829 Widow Smith
NOV . 17 1829 Cornelius Whitney aged 77 yrs .
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May 9 1827
Wife of Wm. Jeffers
aged 34 yrs.
De c . 1828
Son of Widow Barbara (?) Minor(?)
March 30 1829
Child of Harvey Bacon aged 7 yrs .
Deacon Gleason ? aged 70 yrs.
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Deaths
Feb.
1830 Widow Hannah Smith aged 85
March 6 1830 Wife of Mr. Gideon Mills 61
April 18 1830 Sabbath morning Doct. Wm. Parsons aged 27
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June
9 1830
Child of M. George Tobey age ?
June
9 1830
Mr. David Rood aged 78 ? yrs .
July
3 1830
Wife of Mr. Theophilus Fenn aged 85 yrs. John Benedict
oct.
27 1830
Theophilus Fenn aged 86
Dec. 20 1830 Wife of David Briggs
aged 50
Feb. 20 1831 Child of Plin Brigham aged 2 yrs.
Feb.
27 1831
Laury Dunham
April
20 1831
Child of Dea. Sardis Stevens
June
5 1831
Lidia Rockwell aged 10 yrs.
June
18 1831
Child of Mr. More
aged 2 yrs.
July
1831
Child of Jacob Hinsdale Junr.
aged 7 yrs.
July
8 1831
Deacon Rufus B. Dunning aged 45 yrs.
July
13 1831
Betsey Phillips aged 66 yrs .
July 19 1831
Wife of Mr. Minor aged 50 yrs .
July 25 1831
Wife of Mr. Owen
Aug. 25 1831
Doctor Edwin Ely
aged 33 yrs .
Sept . 18 1831
Edward Day aged 19 yrs .
Sept. 26 1831 1831
Mr. (?) Partirdge
Dec .
22 1831
Philemon Fellows
Dec.
23 1831
Wife of Salmon Elton age 51 yrs.
Jan. 11 1832
Mary White aged 25 yrs .
Jan.
21, 1832
Alpheus Underwood
Jan.
23 1832
Capt. Marinus Rood
aged 87 yrs.
Feb . 26 1832
Mrs. Molly Fellows
aged 75 yrs .
April
8 1832
William Jeffers
April 17 1832
John Pierce aged 68
April
25 1832
Wife of John Pierce
April
30 1832
Capt. Josiah Lawrence aged 66 yrs.
May 24 1832
Child of Mr. Asahel Rood
aged (?) weeks
May 27 1832
Child of Mr. Asahel Rood aged 22 weeks
May 31 1832
June 12 1832
Wife of Mr. Henry Doolittle aged 41 yrs David Jakeway
Juno
16 1832
Miss Mane ( ?) aged 35
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Oct.
6 1830
17 1831 A Witherell aged 65 yrs .
March
Nathaniel Stevens Esq. aged 78 yrs.
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Deaths
July 1 1832
Child of Capt. David Mix
July 7 1832
Ann Paet aged 22
Aug. 10 1832 Child of Mr. Dennis Rood aged 4 yrs
Sopt. 28 1832
Widow Fellows aged 89 yrs. (Abiel in pencil R .H.C.)
Oct. 2 1832 Child of Mathew White aged 5 months
Nov . 14 1832
Wife of Wm. Watson aged 46 yrs.
July 16 1833 Sarah Watson aged 91
Aug. 29 1833
Esther Richardson aged 45
Nov . 28 1833
-Richmond aged 3 a lad ( ?)
Nov. 30 1833
Feb 5 1834
Chloe wife of Leonard Lawrence aged 33
March 23 1834
Betsey, wife of Nathan Lawrence ae 65
April 22 1834
Harvey Leavitt Rood ae 2
May 3 1834
Emmeline Rood ae 1
May 1834
Child of Mr. Hand & wife
June 11 1834
Mrs. Desire Allen ae 53
July 4 1834
Mary E. Isham
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P 41 Baptisms after Ist January 1816
June 30 1816
Laurin, Calvin, Emeline, Charlotte, Hiram Deming Children of Mr. Daniel Rood & his wife
June 30 1816
Amos child of Mr. Wm. Pierce & his wife
July 14 1816
Heman, Lyman, Henrietta, John Rufus children of Capt. John Rood
July 20 1816
Lawrence child of Lewis (?) B. Gillett
June 1 1817
Chauncey, child of Elisha Lewis & Lucy his wife. William Gifford child of William Pierce & his wife.
June 1 1817
David Smith child of Pitkin Cowles & Fanny his wife
Feb 25 1818
Joseph Warner ( ?) and William chilren of Widow Susan Kingsbury
Feb. 26 1818 Abigail, Daughter of Widow Susan Kingsbury
July 5 1818 George, child of Ebenezer Pomeroy & Sarah his wife. Aug. 1 1819 Walter Smith child of Pitkin Cowles & Fanny his wife.
Sept. 19 1819 ' Children of Harvey Bacon
Nov . 7 1819 Franklin, child of Seremo B. Gillett
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Feb. 28 1834
John Wadsworth aged 79
April 8 1834
Prudence Mossac ae 79
March 10 1834
Matthew White aged 44
Child of Gilbert Richardson still born
Edward Pierce & Silas children of Widow Freman
July 20 1816
Juliann Eliza, John Henry & Ina children of Widow Hall
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Baptisms Dec. 6 1819
Elizabeth Rose wife of Alban Rose Sarah Smith, child of Elisha & Lucy P. Lewis Edwin B ---? child of Jacob Hinsdale Junr. & Hannah his wife
Nov.
8 1821
May
5 1822
Mary, child of Rufus Dunning & Roena his wife Charles - (?) Justus (?) Samuel & George children of Samuel. F. Adam & his wife Silas Beckley Matthew White
Orin Freeman
Wife of Wm. Lawrence
Wife of Plin Brigham Mellona (?) Rood
May
4 1823
Anna Elizabeth, child of Albert Kellogg
May
25 1823
Lydia, child of Dennis Rood Joel, child of Dorrance ( ?) Rood Elishah Chauncey child of Elishah & Lucy Lewis by Mr. Lee.
July
20 1823
Louisa, child of Widow Ruthy Rood Artimas =? children of Pliny Brigham & Pollina his wife
oct.
12 1823
May
2 1824
Porter (?) child of Mathew White & Lucy his wife Joseph child of Deacon Rufus B. Dunning & wife Lucy Mary, Jane Elizabeth children of Mr.
May
2 1824
Silas Cook child of Mr. Isaac Mix & Caroline his wife
May
2 1824
Elizabeth child of Capt. Sereno B. Gillott & Nancy his wife
Ann, child of Mr. Albert Kellogg & Rhoda his wife Daniel Loveland, child of Dr. Wm. Pierce (?) & Polly his wife Isaac Fellows & Julia Ann ch of Ezekiel Daboll & Laura his wife.
Aug. 8 1824
Aug. 29 1824
Henry, Nancy Clark, Lois White, children of Seth Boax (?) & Olive his wife. Samuel Marvin, Maria children of Silas & Lidia Backley
Catharine Goodrich child of Elisha Lewis & Lucy his wife
Sept. 26 1824 Mary child of Jacob Hinsdale & his wife. Sept. 26 1824 Maria, Frederick, Lorenzo, Abigail, Harriet children of Mr. Wmn. Lawrence & his wife Nov. 7 1824 Wm. Richardson & wife Henry Doolittle & wife Wife of Ariel Cobb
Lucy (?) child of Harvey Bacon & wife
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Leonard Adams & his wife
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Baptisms
Dec. 19 1824
Almira Cannon, child of Pitkin & Fanny Cowles
Sept . 4 1825 John Dudley, child of John Elmore & wife
Sept. 4 1825 George Isaac, child of Isaac Mix & wife
Sept. 11 1825 Hurlburt, child of Dennis Root & wife
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Oct. 2 1825 Almira, child of Jacob Hinsdale & wife Unice Henry, Maria, Horace, Sally & Elisha children of Henry Doolittle & wife
Oct. 23 1825 Benjamin, child of Rufus B. Dunning & wife Oct . 30 1825 Maria Rebecca, child of Ezekiel Daboll & wife Nov. 6 1825 Chester, Sally, Chauncey children of Ariel Cobb & wife
Nov.
6 1825
Gilbert, Polly, Levi Edward, Huldch, William,
Oct.
19 1828
Sept. 6 1.829
Leonard Cook, William children of Leonard Adam & wife
July 17 1831
Ruth Jane, Ellen Catharine, children of Albert Kellogg & wife
Aug.
12 1832
Douglas Faxon
Sept. 2 1832
Jane Elizabeth child of Mr. Daniel Norton, of Chitang (?) N.Y.
Sept. 30 1832
Emma Loiza, child of Dennis Rood
Nov . 4 1832
John Albert, child of Albert Richardson
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Aug . 11 1833
George Theodore, Son of Leonard & Chloe Lawrence
baptised by the Rev. Mr. Bradford of Sheffield Julia Ann, daughter of Aaron & Lucy Hill bap. by Rev. Mr. Bradford of Sheffield
Oct . 27 1833
Hosmer Lawrence, son of Albert B & Rhoda Kellogg
Oct. 28 1833 William Henry, son of Matthew White & wife
Jan. 5 1834 Sidney Rood, son of Mark & Martha Callender
May 10 1834 George Volney son of Amos King & Sarah his wife June 15 1834 Louisa Malvina, daughter of Rodney Pierce & his wife July 13 1834 Pitkin Cowles, son of Albert A. Wright & Frances his wife
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P 47 Feb 4 1816 Church met by legal warning, when a complaint was laid in against Miles Tobey for intemperance and abuse & violence to his family.
He not appearing proceeded to examine evidence.
Voted that the evidence is sufficient to establish the first & second charges.
Voted to postpone a decision till 9 day inst. & give Miles Tobey notice that he may have an opportunity to answer for himself. Test Pitkin Cowles, Pastor
Aug .
11 1833
Charles children of Wm. Richardson & wife Lucy Sophia child of Ephraim Hanchet & wife Henrietta child of Dennis Rood.
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Feb. 9 1816. Church met according to adjournment at the house of Rev. Pitkin Cowles when Miles Tobey was present and confessed himself guilty of intemperance and abuse to his family & offered to confess.
Voted that with the assent of the aggrieving (?) brethren, the matter be referred to four gospel ministers, viz. Rev . Messrs. Catlin, Prentice, Rust and Bradford. Voted to ad journ till February 14th inst. Wednesday at 1 o'clock P.M. at the house of Rev. P. Cowles. Test Pitkin Cowles
P 48 Canaan, Feb. 14, 1816. Church met according to adjournment and attended to the business therein specified. Two of the council being present, viz. Rev. Mr. Jacob Catlin & Rev. Mr. Sylvester Rust, it was agreed by the church & the offending brother, Miles Tobey, to submit the matter to sd council for their advice. The result of Council was not to accept of a confession without further evidence of sincerity. till first Voted to defer a Decision (?) of excommunication Monday of March next at 11 o'clock P.M. at the house of Rev. Pitkin Cowles; with a view that sd Miles Tobey might have opportunity to prove his sincerity in repenting and asking forgiveness of his brethren. Test Pitkin Cowles Pastor.
Church met according to adjournment March 4 1816 when Capt . Tobey was present, church -- Voted to put off excommunication till first Monday of April next to meet at the meeting house II o'clock P.M. Test Pitkin Cowles Pastor
P 49 Canaan, April 1st, 1816. Church met according to adjournment. Voted to defer a decision in case of Brother Miles Tobey till first Monday in May.
Voted to adjourn to III o'clock first Monday May next at the house of worship. Test P. Cowles, Pastor
Canaan, May 6, 1816 Church met according to adjournment, as only few were present, Voted to adjourn to the 2nd Monday in
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May at III of the clock P.M. at the meeting house .
Test Pitkin Cowles, Pastor
Canaan May 14 1816 Church met according to adjournment. Voted to excommunicate Miles Tobey from communion with the Chh
Voted to announce his excommunication on the next Lord's Day
before the Congregation.
Voted, that Deacon Lawrence, Edward Dunning, Salmon Elton, be a chh committee.
Voted that Edward Dunning be a committee of the Church fund. Test Pitkin Cowles, Pastor
P 50 May 1, 1818
Voted that Capt . Edward Dunning, Salmon Elton & Daniel Rood be a chh committee for the year ensuing. Test Pitkin Cowles, Pastor
Mentioned at the same time to the church the subject of a Chh contribution for the support of missionaries among the heathen, & for the General Association expenses .
At a meeting of the Church of Christ July 2, 1819 at the house of worship; Voted to appoint a committee to draw up some rules of providing for raising money in the chh for the Support of missions.
Voted that Edward Dunning, Anson Lawrence & John Elmore be this committee.
At a Church meeting legally warned June 11, 1821 at the house of worship III o'clock P.M.
Voted that when no opposition appears a member may be dismissed from the chh; & recommended to a sister chh, at any regular chh meeting.
Test Pitkin Cowles, Pastor
P 51 June 11, 1821
Voted concert of prayer, first Monday of every month at the meeting house VI o'clock during the summer. Voted to attend chh prayer meetings once in two weeks on the Sabbath at the meeting house. Voted Edward Dunning, Salmon Elton, Wm. Piorce (?) be chh committee the
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ensuing year.
Test Pitkin Cowles Pastor
At a meeting of the Chh legally warned at the house of worship Sept. 10, 1821
1. Voted that Brother John Isham be delegate to consociation yearly meeting.
2. Voted to appoint a visiting committee to visit as they think expedient .
3 . Voted that all Brethren of the Chh be this committee.
4. Voted : The Church made choice of Brother Rufus B. Dunning for a Deacon. Test. P. Cowles, Pastor
At a chh meeting legally warned, at the house of worship: The Chh made choice of Brother Sereno B. Gillett for Deacon. Voted to recommend wife of Ozias J. Hayes by letter October Ist 1821 . Test P. Cowlesy Pastor
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Canaan North Jan. 30, 1822
At a church meeting legally warned at the Square Rood School House, was laid before the church a complaint against Brother Nathaniel Dean Denison for unchristian conduct in a number of instances .
viz: Ist. his neglect of publick worship on the holy sabbath. 2nd. his slothfulness in business, his neglecting to provide for his own household; & for a wasteful use of his inheritance, to procure spirituous liquors & for an intemperate and improper use of the same .
On deliberation, the offending Brother not being present, Voted to lay over this business till Monday eve noxt, at 6 o'clock P.M. at the house of Deacon Lawrence
Canaan North Feb. 5 1822 Church met according to adjournment. Took up the business of complaint against Brother Nathaniel Dean & proceeded to hear evidence on the charges.
P 53 Ist. On the first charge voted: that the offending Brother is guilty
2nd. On the second charge Resolved that the offending Brother is guilty saving so far as relates to the intemporate and im- proper use of the same .
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3. Voted that sd Brother Nathaniel Dean, he not appearing before the Church & answering to the complaint be judged contumacious
4. Voted to lay over all unfinished business of the complaint till Monday eve the 19th of the present month to meet at the Square Roof School house at VI o'clock.
5. Church made choice of Brother Wm. Pierce for a Deacon. Test Pitkin Cowles Pastor
Feb. 19 1822 Church met according to adjournment and attended to hear the evidence in respect of the charge against Brother Nathaniel Dean and
Ist. Voted the charge of intemperate and improper use of ardent spirits 2nd. Voted that Nathaniel Dean Senior be excommunicated from the church of Christ in this place . Pitkin Cowles, Pastor
P 54 At a Church meeting legally warned at the house of Rev. Pitkin Cowles Feb. 27, 1822 Ist. Voted that a former vote propound persons recommended by letter from sister churches, to this Church, be rescinded . 2nd. Voted that Esq. John Elmore be a committee to attond to persons who are members of sister churches. 3rd. Voted that Deacon Rufus Dunning & Brother Wm. Pierce be a committee to visit all the members of the Church.
4. Voted to dissolve church meeting. Pitkin Cowles Pastor
At a Church meeting at Square Roof School house Aug. 30, 1822 Voted to withdraw watch & care of Miss Lake ( ?) she having joined a Baptist Church. Test P. Cowles Pastor
At a Chh meeting legally warned at the house of P. Cowles, Doct. Thomas Huntington, Deacon R. B. Dunning, Dea. Wm. Pierce, Capt. Sereno B. Gillett & Mr. Jacob Hinsdale Junr. were appointed a committee to visit the chh. Canaan April 15, 1824 Pitkin Cowles, Pastor
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P 55 January 23rd 1825. By vote of the church Deacon Wm. Pierce was chosen Delegate to meet in Consociation to be convened at Salisbury on the 1st day of February next to attend the install - ation of the Rev. L ---- -(?) E. Lathrop, if the council -----? Pitkin Cowles, Pastor
Jan . 12th 1825 Church legally warned met at the meeting house; when Deacon Rufus B. Dunning brought up the case of an offender, without naming the offender. Voted to adjourn two weeks to the house of Deacon R. B. Dunning. Test P. Cowles, Pastor
Jan. 26, 1825 Church met according to adjournment General
Talk.
Voted to adjourn till two weeks from tomorrow, to Deacon Rufus B. Dunning's 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Pikin Cowles, Pastor.
Feb. 16, 1825 Church met according to adjournment. Voted to adjourn to Feb. 23 to Deacon Dunning's. Test Pitkin Cowles
Feb. 23, 1825 Church met according to adjournment when a complaint was laid in against Sam'l F. Adam. Voted to dissolve the meeting. Pitkin Cowles
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March 3 1825 Church met, according to legal warning, at the meeting house, when the meeting was opened with prayer. Voted to adjourn to Brother Edward Dunning's Laid before the Church the following complaint.
To the 2nd Church of Christ in Canaan. The undersigned in obedience to the laws of Christ, presents to them the following complaint.
That as appears from evidence our Brother Samuel F. Adam, in full communion with this church, did on the evening of the 4th of Nov. 1824 (?) at the house of Capt. Josiah Lawrence indulge himself in the act of dancing, and I being grieved with him for this his unchristian
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conduct, have sought in private, christian satisfaction, and not finding sd Brother disposed to give this satisfaction, have taken one more to labor with him & not finding satisfaction These are therefore to request the church to hear the complaint & judge thereon as directed by the word of God. Rufus B. Dunning
Canaan Feb. 22, 1825 On this complaint the accused Brother admitted the fact, & put in his plea, as appears on file, and the complainant argued the criminality of the act charged .
Vote taken by yeas & nays on the question, viz: "Is this an offence for which by the rules of the gospel a brother ought P 57 to be excommunicated?" Yeas two Nays ten.
Voted to dissolve the meeting. Pitkin Cowles, Pastor
May 4 1827 Dea. Wm. Pierce, Dea. Rufus B. Dunning & Col. Sereno B. Gillett chh committee the ensuing year. Test. Pitkin Cowles, Pastor
May 20, 1828 Col. Sereno B. Gillett, Dea. Wm. Pierce, Brother Albert Kellogg were appointed Chh Committee . Test Pitkin Cowles, Pastor
May 30, 1828 Voted in Chh. meeting to have ordinance (?) on the Sabbath in the afternoon. Test Pitkin Cowles, Pastor
April 30, 1830 Voted in Chh meeting that Dea. Dunning, Dea. Pierce & Brother Dennis Rood be Chh committee the ensuing year. Read to the Chh letter from Silas Beckley in which he wanted a dismissal from this chh to whatever (?) place the providence of God.might cast his lot.
Miss Lary, Miss Lewis, Miss Cobb voted to recommend by letter to the chhs where they may reside.
Voted to adjourn to Deacon Lawrence Monday 1 o'clock P.M. next week. Test. Pitkin Cowles, Pastor
P 58 May 6, 1830 Church met according to adjournment at the house of Deacon A. Lawrence. Present 18 brethren and Proceeded to business .
Voted to appoint a committee to take into consideration
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on article ( ?) of some disaffected members. 2. Voted John Elmore Esq. Dea Wm. Pierce & Brother Daniel Rood be this committee.
3rd . Voted not to give Mr. Silas Beckley a dismissal from this church by letter.
Committee on the articles (?) of disaffected Brethren reported they could agree on no report to make .
Voted to adjourn after prayer
During this meeting a long season was spent in prayer . Test Pitkin Cowles, Pastor
Nov. 14 1830 Laid a letter of petition for chh meeting before the Chh, after the services of the sabbath, for their
consideration. No motion was made on the subject. After waiting for a time dispersed. Test Pitkin Cowles
P 59 March 31 1831 Church met according to legal warning. Ist Attended to application of Widow Fellows 2nd Attended to the subject of 4 days meeting & prayer 3. Voted to dissolve. Test. Pitkin Cowles, Pastor
March 14, 1832 Church met according to legal warning at the house of Deacon Anson Lawrence, and after conversation & prayer it was proposed to appoint a committee to attend delinquent members of the church if any . 1. Voted to appoint a committee
2. Voted that Dea. Anson Lawrence, Esq. John Elmore & Brother Salmon Elton be a committee. Test Pitkin Cowles
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P 68 At a regular meeting of the Church duly notified to moet at the square roof School House on the 20th day of August 1833. Voted unanimously to unite with the Society in giving a call to the Rev. Henry H. Woodbridge (who is now preaching with us) to settle with us as our Pastor & Minister. A true copy of the Record Attest Sereno B. Gillett, Clerk
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The call of the Society is here inserted as the church refer to that call in their vote.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of the 2nd Ecclesiastical Society of Canaan legally warned & held at the meeting house in said Society September 26, 1833.
John Elmore Esquire Moderator
Voted that we give Mr. Henry H. Woodbridge a call to settle with us in the work of the Gospel Ministry.
Voted that the Society's committee John Franklin, Albert
B. Kellogg, & Lewis C. Lawrence be a committee to confer with Mr. Woodbridge on the subject of his settling with us, in the work of the ministry.
Voted to give Mr. Woodbridge annually six hundred dollars salary, if he will settle with us in the work of the ministry. A true copy of the Record Attest Ezekiel Daboll, Clerk
At a church meeting holdon September 29, 1833 at the meeting house .
Voted that the church committee be appointed to communicate the above doings of the church (of the 20th of August last) to the Rev. Henry H. Woodbridge.
A true copy of the Record Attest Sereno B. Gillett Clerk
On the ninth day of October 1833, The following answer was returned to the church through their committee, "To Serono B. Gillett, John Elmore & Dennis Rood, Committee of the Church of Jesus Christ in North Canaan." "Dear Brethren.
The church of Christ of which you are members have united with the second Ecclesiastical Society in Canaan in giving me a call to settle with you as your Pastor & Minister & through you as their committee, have communicated their desire to me" "I need hardly say to you that the proper answer to be given to this invitation has been with me the subject of deep solicitude & anxious enquiry. Our Master has given
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to all the assurance, that as our day is so shall our strength be, "& recognizing my dependence upon Him for grace to fulfil the arduous & Most responsible duties of the Bishop of this church, & having become satisfied that the call of this church is also the call of the Great Head of the church, I do most cheerfully accept the call which you have given. In accepting this call, it is done with the confidence, that every member of this church will so walk as becometh the Gospel of Christ & will always remember their Pastor at the throne of Grace, in humble, fervent & believing prayer, and that we shall all strive together in every method of God's appointment, for the progress of the Godpel at home and abroad. "If the union which we now contemplate shall be permitted to take place, I trust it will be the theme of praise to our Redeemer, in "that temple not made with hands eternal in the heavens ."
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That God may bless you richly with "all spiritual bless- ing in Christ Jesus" our Lord is the prayer of your servant in the Gospel of Christ."
Canaan, Oct. 9, 1833 Henry H. Woodbridge
On the 9th day of October 1833, the following answer was returned to the Ecclesiastical Society, through their committee .
"To John Franklin, Albert B. Kellogg & Lewis Lawrence, the committee of the second Ecclesiastical Society, of Canaon, Litchfield County, Conn.
Brethren, you have by a vote of your Society of the 26th of September last given me a call to settle with you in the work of the Gospol ministry as your Pastor. This call has been with me the subject of enquiy & meditation for many days & I have concluded it to be my duty to accept the call, & hereby do most cheerfully accept the same.
P 72 The responsibilities are immense, but the great Head of the church has promised to be with his ministering servants, "always even unto the end of the world," on this promise I rely & trust ( should the consociation to which
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the church belongs form the union we contemplate) that we may have reason forever to bless God in a better & brighter world, that He has brought us together.
I wish to state, that should it by my wish to bo absont four Sabbaths in each year of my ministry, this is not to be considered a violation of the contract between us. Your servant in the Lord, Canaan, Oct. 9, 1833 Henry H. Woodbridge
After the above answers were given & accepted by the church & Society, Mr. Woodbridge was examined by a committee of the Association, consisting of three nearest Pastors ---- Messrs. Prentice, Lathrop & Eldridge (only two of whom attended to wit, Messrs. Prentice & Eldridge, & have been approved, letters missive were sent from the Church & society in Canaan to each of the churches belonging to the consociation, re- questing them to meet by their Pastors & Delegates in conso- P 73 ciation, on the 22nd day of October, at the house of Ezekiel Daboll, for the purpose of examining & ordaining the Pastor elect
A quorum of the consociation appeared at the time & place appointed, and having organized, they had read the call of the church & society & the answers thereto & the credentials of the candidate, they proceeded to his examination in Divinity church government &c & his personal piety, and having approved of all, they voted to proceed to ordain & install the Pastor elect on Wednesday the 23rd day of October, 1833, at the meet- ing house in North Canaan at 11 o'clock A.M. by the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery, according to Apostolic directions, practice & order.
Wednesday the 23rd of October, 1833 The consociation in conformity to their vote of the 22nd proceeded to ordain & install the Pastor-olect, & the various parts were performed by the following persons. Rev. Edward Tyler, of Colebrook offered up introductory prayer. Rev. Timothy Woodbridge, of Austerlitz, Columbia County, N. Y. preached the sermon. Text 1 Tim. 1, 11
P 74 Rev. Charles Prentice, of South Canaan, made consecreting prayer
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Rev. Hart Talcott, of Warren gave the charge to the Pastor. Rev. Joseph Eldridge, of Norfolk gave right hand of fellowship Rev. Leonard E. Lathrop, of Salisbury gave charge to the people.
Rev. David L. Perry, of Sharon made the concluding prayer And thus Henry H. Woodbridge was ordained to the work of the Gospel Ministry & installed Bishop of the church of Jesus Christ in North Canaan.
Oct. 23 1833 Attest H. H. Woodbridge Pastor
Oct. 27, 1833 Mrs. Phebe Starling received into the fellow- Ship & communion of the church by letter from the church of Christ in Lyme.
Dec. 17 1833 At a church meeting legally called at the meeting house, & having been opened with prayer by the Pastor, any persons present, who wished to unite with the church were requested to signify it. Mr. John Franklin, Mrs. Chloe Huntington & Mary Dunning, offered themselves as candidates . Having been examined as to their experimental acquaintance with religion & assented to the confession of faith, it was P 75 voted that they be propounded on the next Sabbath for admission to the church .
Voted that Br. Sereno B. Gillett be a committee to purchase a blank bound book to be used for keeping the records of the church & also to employ some one to copy into said book the present Records of the church. Voted that Bro. Gillett be authorized to draw of Br. E. Dunning for money sufficient to pay for said book.
Voted to adjourn until Friday next, at 2 o'clock P.M. at the meeting house closed with prayer. H.H. Woodbridge Pastor
Dec. 20 1833 Church met pursuant to adjournment, opened meeting with prayer, four individuals presented themselves as candidates for admission to the church -- Miss Ami Rockwell, Mrs. Joshua Berwick, Mrs. Silas Beckley and Mr. Jacob Hinsdale. They were examined, the confession of Faith of this church read to them, to which they gave their assent. Voted that the four individuals examined be propounded
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the next Sabbath for admission to the church.
P 76 Voted that the Pastor of the church & John Emmons Esq. be a committee to prepare a form of a letter of dismission & recommendation to be used by the church & also to prepare a rule relative to the reception of members from other churches, who come recommended by letter.
Voted to receive Miss Melona Rood, who brot a recommendatory letter from the church of Christ in Geneva, N. York as a member of this church.
Adjourned with prayer H. H. Woodbridge Pastor
Dec. 22 1833 At a meeting of the Church held at the house of Ezekiel Daboll & having been opened with prayer by the Pastor, Almon Gillet & his wife & Miss Anna Lawrence offered themselves as candidates for admission to the church, and having been examined, it was voted that they be propounded this afternoon as candidates for admission to the church. Adjourned with prayer by the Pastor H.H. Woodbridge, Pastor
P 77 Dec. 22, 1833 Lord's Day. John Franklin, Mrs. Horace Hunting- ton, Miss Mary Dunning, Mrs. Silas Beckley, Mrs. Joshua Berwick, Miss Ame Rockwell, Mr. Jacob Hinsdale, Miss Maria Lawrence, Mr. Almon Gillet & his wife, were propounded as candidates for admission to the church. H. H. Woodbridge, Pastor
Jan. 5 1834 Lord's Day. The following individuals were baptised on a public profession of their assent to & belief in the confession of Faith of this church, to wit -- Almon Gillett & Sarah his wife, Chloe Huntington (wife of Horace Huntington) John Franklin.
The above individuals together with Jacob Hinsdale, Mrs. Lydia Beckley, (wife of Silas Beckley) Mrs. Maria Berwick (wife of Joshua Berwick) Maria Lawrence, Ame Rockwell & Mary Dunning were then received as members of the church of Jesus Christ, having all of them publicly assented to, & expressed their belief in the confession of faith of this church & entered into covenant with us.
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The Lord's Supper was then administered to all the members of the church then present. H. H. Woodbridge Pastor
P 78 Feb. 28, 1834 At a meeting of the church, regularly convened, & opened with prayer by the pastor, Mrs. Ezekiel Daboll was examined as to her acquaintance with experimental religion, she offering herself as a candidate for admission to the church .
On motion it was voted that the Pastor of the Church together with Sereno B. Gillett & Dea. William Pierce be a committee to prepare for publication the Articles of Faith, the Covenant, the articles of church government & such of the standing rules of the church as they may see fit & report to the church. Adjourned with prayer by the Pastor. H.H. Woodbridge Pastor
April 11, 1834 At a meeting of the church regularly warned & convened & opened with prayer by the Pastor. A letter was laid before the church from the Presbyterian Church in Delhi, Delaware County, N.Y. recommending Maria Louisa R. Woodbridge to the fellowship of the church.
Voted to receive her as a member of this church. The committee to whom was referred the confession of faith of this church to prepare for publication reported the following as the confession of faith, which they recommended the church to adopt.
Page 79 & 80 Blank P 81 The confessi on was read twice & then the church proceeded to express their views upon each article separately. Each article was separately proposed & each article unanimously adopted -- then
Voted that the confession of faith presented by the committee & adopted article by article, be adopted as a whole as the confession of the church of Christ Jesus in this place. Voted that the standing rules presented by the committee be adopted as the standing rules of this church.
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Voted that the church will print the confession of faith as this day adopted, the covenant & the standing rules. Voted that the Pastor, Dea. Wm. Pierce, & Bro. Sereno B. Gillett be a committee to procure the publication of the same. Voted that said committee have power to draw on the Treasurer for such interest money on the church funds as my be in his hands, after the 1st May next if not hitherto appropriated, to be by the Committee used in printing the confession, covenant & rules.
P 82 June 20, 1834 Miss Maria E. Beckley presented herself as a candidate for admission to the church. After conversation with her the church voted that she be propounded for admission on the next Sabbath . Erastus P. Allen & Alta his wife were at the same time pro- pounded on a letter of recommendation from the church of Christ Jesus in North Goshen.
July 6 Maria E. Beckley (no objection having been made) publickly assented to the confession of Faith of this church & entered into the covenant & was thus received into the full communion of the church.
Erastus P. Allen & wife were announced as members of the church (no objection having been made )
The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was then Administered
The foregoing records of the church at East Canaan have been copied verbatim from the two manuscript books in the hands of A.A. Lawrence, East Canaan, Ct . The second book is not paged after pago 49. It has no cover and measures 8 x 92 inches.
Pittsfield, Mass. Aug. 8, 1901
Rollin H. Cooke
INDEX South & Best Cruzan Congregation Church
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