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I found in one ear the malleus, incus and stapes, white and perfect. It seems strange that this very delicate little bone, the smallest in the body, could resist decay for a hundred and thirty-six years. In the side view of the skull [in the engraving] it can be seen that the forehead was not of unu- sual height, but the great length of the skull is remarkable. A little wisp of white hair is adherent to one side of the vault of the cranium.
Not long after the disinterment of the Rev. Mr. Southmayd's remains, it was decided to open two other graves upon which the people of the First church might be considered as having a special claim,-the grave of the Rev. Mark Leavenworth, who was buried in 1797, and that of Timothy Hop- kins, Esquire, father of the celebrated Dr. Samuel Hopkins, who was buried in 1748. (See page 8, and note.) The skeleton of Timothy Hopkins, who had been buried one hundred and forty-three years, was quite as well preserved as that of Mark Leaven- worth, who was buried half a century later. Neither of their crania is so large and massive as John Southmayd's, but that of Timothy Hopkins resembles Southmayd's in being of the dolicho- cephalic (or long-headed) type. The Leavenworth cranium is smaller than either of the others, and more symmetrical, suggesting an organization as delicate as a woman's. Mr. Leavenworth's bones were completely wrapped in the root-fibres of a large willow tree that was growing near the grave.
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The only traces of a coffin that were found in either of these graves were two plain brass hinges which had been attached by iron nails to the lid of Mr. Leavenworth's coffin.
During the winter of 1891 and 1892, the skeletons of these fathers of the church have remained un- buried, but tenderly cared for. At this time of writing (April 15th, 1892), it has not been posi- tively decided where they shall be laid to rest, and the headstones described on pages 7 and 8 perma- nently placed; but their destination will probably be the lot in Riverside cemetery which belongs to the First church.
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INDEX.
Abandoned farms, in Pros- pect, 161. in Wolcott, 138. Abbott, A. F., history of Methodism by, 71, n. Absent ones remembered, 240, 241.
American, Waterbury, arti- cles in, 20, 21, 71, 21., 74, n., 102, 11., 162, 11., 257- 259.
Anderson, Rev. Joseph, ac- count of celebration by, 3-17.
address by, 57-59. historical data by, 18-20. historical discourse by, 25- 54. letter by, on Southmayd's grave, 257-259. memorial hymn by, 14.
pastorate of, 20, 52, 63. sketches of churches by, 131-136, 148-153, 165-170. Antagonisms, religious, 58 and 2., 60, 65.
in the war, 47, 48, 207, 208. Anthem composed by A. S. Gibson, 13.
Anti-slavery agitation, early, 204. in Wolcott, 140. Apostle of Plymouth, Rev. Mr. Todd, 128.
Area of Mattatuck, 19, 69. Arms, Rev. W. F., at Terry- ville, 167.
Arnold, Rev. J. R., pastorate of, 20.
Association, New Haven, of ministers, 42. ordains Mr. Todd, 119. Atwater, Rev. Jason, at Waterbury, 20. at Middlebury, 155.
Avery, Rev. W. F., paper by, 153-160. Baker, F. C., at the celebra- tion, 10.
Baker, M. C., song by, 14. Baptists, Congregational an- cestry of, 65. greetings from, 63, 67. hard to " represent," 64. in Waterbury, 53. 63-68. prejudice against, 65. very democratic, 64. Beckwith Rev. E. G., pastor- ate of, 74.
Bell in third meeting house, use of, voted to Episcopal society, 49.
Bellamy Rev. Joseph, 82, 130. Benedict, Dea. Aaron, from Middlebury, 157. position in First church, 244. Benedict, Rev. Henry, at Waterbury, 20.
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INDEX.
Berkeley, Bishop, scholarship established by, 197, 198.
Bible names of persons in Prospect, 161.
Birthday of First church recognized, 20-22.
true date of, 3, 18.
Blackman, Rev. W. F., at Naugatuck, 141, 142, 145, 146.
Blakesley, Rev. Linus, raised up in Terryville, 168.
Boston Medical Journal on John Southmayd's cra- nium, 259.
Boy's thoughts of theology, 242.
Bradley, Rev. C. F., letter from, 254.
Brass industry, origin of, 50. Briggs trial in New York, 209. Bronson, Dea. E. L., from Middlebury, 157.
portraits collected by, 6.
Bronson, Dea. Isaac, of Wol- cott, 139.
Bronson, Dea. Leonard, of Middlebury, 157.
Bronson, Judge Bennet, 243, 244.
Bronson Library, origin of, 157.
Bronson, Silas, a Middlebury man, 157.
Brotherhood of the churches, 58, 61, 66-68, 71, 94-99.
Brown, "Bishop " James, 21. Brown brothers, 245.
Brownson, Rev. David, at Oxford, 134.
Bryan, Rev. G. A., raised up in Waterbury, 9.
Bugbee, Rev. R. G., paper by, 163-165. Burgess Rev. J. S., at Rey- nolds Bridge, 170. death of, 170.
Burying ground on Grand st. abandoned, 7.
disinterments at, 7, 257-260.
headstones from, 7, 8.
Bushnell, Dr. George, ad- dress by, 215-223.
pastorate of, 20, 222.
Camp, Rev. J. E., at North- field, 148-151.
anecdote of, 151.
Card-playing, etc., forbidden in Prospect, 162.
Carter, Dea. P. W., covenant by, 241, 242.
Carter, Pres. Franklin, ad- dress by, 240-250.
ancestry of, 241.
theology of, in boyhood, 242. Catechising in Middlebury, 158.
Celebration, bi-centennial, ac- count of, 3-17.
churches invited to, 4, 5.
collation at, 14.
committees for, 3, 4.
decorations of church at, 5-7.
expenses of, 17. first public mention of, 3.
letter inviting to, 4. participants in, 9-13. program of, 9-13. visitors at, 15-17. voted by church, 3.
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Celebrations, for the young, 235. true glory of, 249. make history vivid, 68.
significance of, 240. spirit of, 233, 234. true purpose of, 234. Centres of population in Ply- mouth, 19, 166.
Chilian war-cloud in 1891, 89. Choir of First church, 14.
Christian Endeavor society an expression of Christian unity, 67.
Christian union, 52, 53, 67. Church and state one, 60. separation of, 48.
Churches before Farmington, 18.
before Waterbury, 18. derived from Waterbury, 19. gradual maturing of, 70. not Congregational, 20. of Connecticut, the early, a homogeneous body, 95. of to-day progressive, 65. Church grievances settled in Middlebury, 158.
Churchill, Rev. John, at Ox- ford, 135.
Church members, names of first, 34.
Clark, Thomas, headstone of, 7. a deacon, 8, n.
Clergy of the Episcopal church trained elsewhere, 61.
Coe, Israel, letter from, 255. death of, 255.
first church lamps procured by, 255.
Collation, guests at, 14-17. Colonization of churches op- posed, 57, 101, 109-114. Colony of New Haven united to Connecticut, 180. Colony school at New Haven, 177-180.
Columbia society, 19, 160-162. original map of, 161.
Committee of General Assem- bly to visit Plymouth, 12I, 122.
to locate meeting house, 123. Common fence, building of, 187. Concert of prayer in 1795, 107. Conferences of the churches, 98.
Consociations, 96.
Cook, Henry, first settler in Plymouth, 104.
Countryman, Rev. Franklin, at Prospect, 162. centennial discourse by, 162, n.
Country towns, problem of the, 99.
Courtship of Mark Leaven- worth, 85-88.
Covenants with God, 241, 242. Crane, Rev. Daniel, pastorate of, 20.
Crania of Waterbury pastors, 259, 260. Date, exact, of organization of First church, 18,21.
Daughter churches, delegates from, 15-17. list of, 19. membership of, 20.
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Davenport, Rev. J. G., hymn by, 90. pastorate of, 75. poem by, 76-90.
Day, Rev. H. N., pastorate of, 20.
Deacons at Naugatuck, 146.
at Watertown, list of, 105. of Second church, 73.
Decay of the ancient type of life, 98.
Declensions, religious, 31, 32, 48.
Decorations at celebration, 5-7, 57.
DeForest, Benjamin, jr., fund enlarged by, 106.
Dickerman, Rev. G. S., 12.
Dickinson, Rev. J. S., at Northfield, 151.
Dimensions, original, of town, 35.
Discipline in the Watertown church, 106.
Diseases prevailing in 18th century, 107. Disinterments, 7. S, So, 257- 261.
Disintegration, era of, 43, 192. Dissent in Waterbury, 43-45. in Northbury, 124.
Doctrine and life, 62. in old times, 83. versus love, 84. Dudley, Mrs. Lucy B., 8, n.
Eagle Rock church, Reynolds Bridge, 19. sketch of, 169, 170. Easton, Rev. D. A., at Nauga- tuck, 145.
Eggleston, Rev. A. C., ad- dress by, 68-71.
Elliot, Dr. H. B., address by, 209-215.
pastorate of, 20, 210-213.
Elsdon, Rev. W. P., address by, 63-68.
Elton Dr. Samuel, describes
Mark Leavenworth, 206. Emerson's hymn, 41.
Emigration from Middlebury, 156, 157.
from Prospect, 160, 161. from Wolcott, 137, 138,
141. from Woodbury, 232.
of early proprietors, 39. to New Jersey, 180.
Episcopacy in Waterbury, 44, 45, 49, 53, 59-63, 194, 195, 201, 202, 207.
profits by revival excesses, 46. in Wolcott, 140.
Episcopalians brought up in other folds, 61.
Era in which First church originated, 25, 38, 39. of frontier missions, 37, 49. of renewed prosperity, 48, 49, 50, 5I.
Establishment, an ecclesias-
tical, in Connecticut, 42. Ex-pastors now living, 20. addresses by, 209-223.
Expenses of celebration, 17. Farmingbury, 19, 136-14I. Farmington, life in, described, 29, 30. settled, 25, 27.
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Farmington church, mother of Waterbury church, 4, 18, 29, 30. sketch of, 93-99. Fellowship of the churches, 95,97.
First church and Rev. John Read, 184, 185.
attitude of, toward dissent- ers, 60. authorized by General Court, 33.
history of, 18, 20, 25-54.
in New Haven association, 42.
organized when, 3, 18, 20, 33; how, 33, 34. pastors of, 20.
First settlers, names of, 21.
First society, 41.
Fiske, Dr. John O., letter from, 254.
Ford, Barnabas, dwelling house of, III.
first clerk of Northbury, 117.
Foreign element in Thomas- ton church, 164.
Foreign missionary society, 51.
Forty-sixth psalm, Dudley Buck's, at celebration, 13. Fowler, Rev. Abraham, at Naugatuck, 143.
Frayser, Mr., was he a Waterbury minister ? 173- 175.
Frontier experiences of Waterbury, 38, 95. Frontier missions, 48.
Fruits of revival in 1817, 51.
Gates, Rev. H. N., at North- field, 152.
General Court, the, and the churches, 96, 175.
Gibson, A. S., anthem by, 13. organist at celebration, 13. Gilbert legacy at Northfield, 152, 153.
Gillet, Rev. Alexander, at Wolcott, 139.
Gospel as life, 22I.
Governorship of Connecticut in 1891, 88.
Graham, Rev. John, poem by, 200.
Granger, Rev. D., at Water- town, 10I.
Grave of John Southmayd opened, 258.
Mark Leavenworth opened, 260.
Timothy Hopkins opened, 260.
" Great awakening," 45, 46, 201. at Watertown, 102. Great drought, 182.
Great flood, 38.
Great sickness, 39, 182, 202.
Gridley, Rev. Uriel, at Water- town, 104.
Griggs, Rev. Dr. Leverett, at Bristol, 167.
Griggs, Rev. L. S., at Terry- ville, 167.
Guests at collation, 15-17. Half-way covenant, 31, ISO. Hart, Rev. Luther, at Ply- mouth, 131.
on the decline of religion, 48.
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Hazeltine, Rev. H. M., at Oxford, 135. in the celebration, II.
Hazen, Dr. A. W., letter from, 253. Headstones, inscriptions on, 7, 8.
removed to church, 7.
"Hector," the ship, 176, 178. Hillard, Rev. E. B., paper by, viii, 108-131.
pastor at Plymouth, 131.
Historical discourse, 25-54.
Hitchcock, Rev. Oliver, at Prospect, 162.
Holmes brothers, 245.
Holmes, Dr. W. H., on South- mayd's remains, 259, 260. Home missions, 37, 49, 99. beginning of, 49.
Hooker, Rev. Samuel, at Farmington, 29.
Hopkins, Dr. Mark, president of Williams college, 246. character of, 246, 247.
death of, 247.
Hopkins, Dr. Samuel, at Great Barrington, 245.
covenant by, 241, 242.
hero of the "Minister's Wooing," 8, n.
under Southmayd's minis- try, 195.
Hopkins legacy at Northfield, 152.
Hopkins, Mark, an eminent lawyer, 245, 246.
born in Watertown, 245. grandfather of President Hopkins, 246.
Hopkins, Prof. Albert, 246. great-grandson of Timothy, 245.
Hopkins, Timothy, cranium of, 260.
father of Dr. Samuel, 8 and n. of Mark, 245.
grave of, opened, 260.
great grandfather of Presi- dent Hopkins, 245. headstone of, 7.
Hopkinsianism, 24I.
Hotchkiss legacy at North- field, 152.
House of first minister, where, 2I. Hoyt, Rev. J. P., in celebra- tion, 13.
Hull, Captain Joseph, of Derby, father-in-law of Mark Leavenworth, 202. Humaston, Caleb, collector in Northbury, 125, 126.
Humaston, Miss Esther, 243. Humphrey, Rev. Daniel, at Derby, 131. Hunt, Rev. Ira, at Middle- bury, 155.
Hymn by Rev. J. G. Daven- port, 90. memorial, 14.
Indian depredations, 38. skull, 259.
Indian, the, a menace to civ- ilization, 95.
war, 183, 189, 207.
Industries of Waterbury and its church life, 228.
Influence of church life, con- servative, 231.
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Influence of church life, on benevolence, 230. on morals, 230. Inscriptions on gravestones, 7, 8, 103, 104. Inventors in Waterbury, 50.
Jennings, Rev. Isaac, letter from, 255. ordained by First church, 254.
Johnson, Rev. Edwin, raised up in Terryville, 168.
Judd, Sarah, headstone of, 7. Judd's Meadows, in Nauga- tuck, 142.
Judd, Sturges M., map of cemetery by, 258.
Judd, Thomas, first deacon, 7. a founder of the church, 34. headstone of, 7.
Kendrick, Green, 213, 244.
King Philip's war, 32.
Kingsbury, F. J., ancestry of, 197, 22. paper by, 197-208. Kingsbury house, docu-
ments found in the, 174, 18I.
Kitchell, Miss Johanna, mar- ried to Rev. J. Peck, 177, 178. Kyte, Rev. Joseph, at North- field, 152.
Ladies' Benevolent society, origin of, 51. Lamps for the First church, 255.
Land at Thomaston deeded for public uses, 118. set apart for the ministry, 31.
Leaders in religious thought, I30.
Leading men of the First church, 72.
Leavenworth genealogy, 207, n. Mrs. Ruth, 8, 84-88, 199, 200, 202.
Mrs. Sarah, second wife of Mark, 8, 202; her two- wheeled chaise, 203. Leavenworth, Rev. Mark, and John Southmayd, 198, 199.
a " new light," 201, 202. at Yale College, 197, 198.
as a man of business, 206. as a teacher, 207 and n.
chaplain of Whiting's regi- ment, 203. character of, 181, 208. courtship of, 85-88. cranium of, 260. death of, 205. grave of, opened, 8, 260. inscription on headstone of, 8.
in the Revolutionary war, 204.
lays corner stone of third meeting house, 205.
length of pastorate of, 205. marries Ruth Peck, 199. marries Sarah Hull, 202.
Mr. Davenport's vision of, 78-90. obituary of, 208. ordination of, 200. pastorate of, 20, 42, 46, 49, 197-208.
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Leavenworth, Rev. Mark, preaches election sermon, 204.
relations of, to Episcopacy 201, 202, 207.
residence of, 200.
rides to Norwich for medi- cine, 202.
sermons by, 203, 204.
sketch of, 197-208.
three sons of, in the Revolu- tionary war, 204.
Lee, Rev. Mr., ordination of, 130, and n. Legacies at Northfield, 152, 153.
Length of pastorates, 51.
Leonard, Rev. S. C., at Naugatuck, 144.
Letters from absent friends, 253-255.
Litchfield Law school, 150.
South consociation, North- field church separated from, 152.
Local history, interest in, 217. Lowest ebb in prosperity of church, 49, 50.
Lutheran church, 20. Lyman, Rev. Ephraim, at Plymouth, 131.
Lyman, Rev. Jonathan, at Oxford, 134. death of, by accident, 134.
Magill, Rev. S. W., pastorate of, 74 and 1.
Maltby, D. F., paper by, 72- 76.
Manufactures, development of, in Connecticut, 50, 229.
Mattatuck, area of, 35, 69, 216. incorporated, 25.
Indian name of Waterbury, vii, 4. Mead, Rev. Mark, at Middle- bury, 155.
Meeting houses in Middle- bury, 153, 159; gifts to build, 159.
in Naugatuck, 143, 144.
at Northfield, 150.
in Oxford, 133.
in Plymouth, 119-12S.
in Waterbury, 39, 40 and 2, 48, 52, 189-192. in Watertown, 101, 102. Meeting house, the third, fur- nished with a bell, 49. Membership of Waterbury churches, 19.
Members, original number of, in Waterbury, 21, 33, 34. Memoranda, historical, 18-22. Memorial service, 7, 171-223. Men of to-day, obligations of, to the past, 250. Men raised up in Middlebury, I57. in Plymouth, 239. in Prospect, 161.
in Watertown, 245. in Wolcott, 138, 14I. Methodists in Waterbury, 53, 68-71, 71 22. earliest, names of, 58. excommunicated, 57, 58 and n. meetings, 71.
Micou, Rev. R. W., in the celebration, 10.
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Middlebury a generation ago, 158. society organized, 154.
Middlebury church, 19, 153- 160. gifts of, to Waterbury, 157. membership of, 155, 156, 159. missionary movement in, 158.
organized, 154. present state of, 158.
Ministers, associations of, 96.
raised up in Oxford, 136.
in Terryville, 168. in Waterbury, 8, 12, 9, 135, 195, 245, 255. in Watertown, 105.
"'Minister's wooing," hero of, 8, 2.
Ministry, provision for, in Waterbury, 30, 33, 181, 184-186, 188, 200-202. Minutes of N. H. East associ- ation at the ordination of Samuel Todd, 119.
of the First church concern- ing Methodist dissenters, 58 and n .; concerning call of Mr. Peck, 181.
of town meeting concerning Plymouth, III.
of meeting at Plymouth to organize a society, 117, I22.
Mission, Congregational, in Waterbury, 13. Missions on the frontier, 49. Mohr, Ursinus O., ordained at Reynolds Bridge, 169, 170.
Monuments, inscriptions on, 103, 104.
in Waterbury, 79, 80.
Morality and the churches, 230. Moral training of communi- ties, 217-220.
Morrow, J. H., letter from, 253.
Moss, Rev. Joseph, of Derby, I3I.
Mother and daughter churches, viii, 19, 93-170, 216.
Naugatuck church, a house of peace, 147.
church membership, 147.
deacons, 146.
organized, 143.
parish house, 145, 146.
pastors of, 143, 144. sketch of, 141-147.
Nettleton, Dr. Asahel, minis-
try of, 20, 37 and n., 51. New age, an age of institu- tions, 52.
New centres of population, 43, 94, 108, 192.
New Connecticut aud Middle- bury, 156.
New England divines, not antiquated, 236, 238.
real character of, 235, 246. very human, 236. worked without " machine- ry," 237, 238.
New settlers, labors and pa- tience of, 69, 159, 186, 187. Northbury parish, 19, 108-131. boundaries of, 116. organized, 115-II7.
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" North farmers" in Derby, permitted to organize a society, 132.
Northfield church, viii, 19, 148- I53.
pastors of, 151, 152.
Old cellars in Prospect, 161.
Old Testament criticism, 219.
Old-time worshippers de- scribed, 30, 41, 42.
Oneida community and Pros- pect, 162.
Orcutt, Rev. Samuel, History of Wolcott by, 140, 2.
Organization of First church delayed, 31, 33.
described, 34, 35.
place of, 21, 35. time of, 18, 21, 33.
Organizations, modern, 52, 237.
Original minutes of meeting that called Mr. Peck, 181. Oxford church, 19.
sketch of, 131-136.
society organized, 132, 133.
Painter, Rev. C. C., at Naug- atuck, 144.
Parade ground in Plymouth, I26.
Parish house at Naugatuck, 145, 146.
Parish, original, disintegra- tion of, 43, 101, 108-116, 132, 137, 143, 153, 16I.
Participants in the celebra- tion, 9-J3.
Pastors of Eagle Rock church, 169, 170.
at Middlebury, 155.
Pastors at Northfield, 151, 152. at Oxford, 134, 135.
at Plymouth, 130, 131.
at Terryville, 166, 167. at Watertown, 105.
of First church, list of, 20.
portraits of, 6.
Peck, Jeremiah, jr., father of Ruth Leavenworth, 85, n., 199.
Peck, Rev. Jeremiah, and the N. H. colony school, 177- ISO.
at Elizabethtown, 180.
at Greenwich, Conn., 18I. at Harvard college, 177. began Waterbury ministry, 21, 28.
character of, 183.
coming of, to Waterbury, ISI, 182.
death of, 39, 183.
grave of, unknown, 183.
had he a predecessor ? 173- 175.
marriage of, 177. on the ship Hector, 176.
petition of, to General
Court, 178-180.
sketch of, 173-183. sons of, 85, 181, 182.
Peck, Ruth, courtship of, 84- 88.
married to Rev. Mark Leavenworth, 199.
Pegrum, Rev. R., paper by, 99-107.
Periods in Waterbury history, 37.
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Petitions to General Court, by Jeremiah Peck, 178-180. by Northfield, 148. by Oxford, 132. by Plymouth, 111-115, 12I- 125. by Salem, 143. by Waterbury, 33, 38, 39, 189, 190.
by Watertown, 100-102.
Phipps, Rev. W. H., paper by, 160-162.
Planters of Mattatuck, emi- grants from Farmington, 29.
men of the modern time, 28. names of, 21.
of Anglo-Saxon stock, 36. Platt, Dr. G. L., from Middle- bury, 157.
Plymouth church and her children, 238, 239.
colonizing, 166. grateful for her parentage, 238. organized, 19, 118. sketch of, 108-131.
Plymouth, first settlers at, 108. Plymouth Hollow, 19, 108- 121, 163-165, 166. Plymouth settlers appeal to the town for winter privi- leges, II0. memorials of, to legislature, II2-115. Plymouth society reorgan- ized, 121. vote to build by, 124, 126. Plymouth town incorporated, 131.
Pohl, F. J., ordained at Rey- nolds Bridge, 169.
Porter, President Noah, de- scription of early New England life by, 29, 30. Porter, Rev. Edward, pastor- ate of, 20, 49.
Portrait of Rev. Luke Wood, 6.
Portraits in parlors of First church, 6.
Potter, Tertius D., of Thomas- ton, 164 and 2, 256.
Prayer meeting, origin of, 51. Prayer meetings before 1829, 255.
Preaching, dogmatic, no longer relished, 220.
Prichard, Miss S. J., article by, in "American," 21, 22. papers by, 173-196. Prospect church, 19, sketch of, 160-162.
Prospect men in other churches, 161. Public library at Northfield, 152. in Waterbury, origin of, 157. Pulpit supplies at Northfield, 15I. at Oxford, 134, 135.
Puritans, the eulogy of, by Dr. Rowland, 59, 60. by Mr. Eggleston, 69. by Mr. Zelie, 235-238. Quaker Farm, petitioners at, I3I. Rapidity of modern achieve- ment, 70.
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Read, Rev. John, called to Waterbury, 184, 185.
describes the Rev. Mr. Torrey's praying, 185, 186. Relics of the dead, 7, 257-261. Religion, decline in, 31, 32, 48. Remains of pastors, exhumed, 7, 259-261.
final disposition of, 261.
Revival, 45, and reaction, 48. excesses, effect of, 46.
of 1817, under Nettleton, 51. Revivals at Terryville, 167. at Watertown, 105.
Revolutionary war, 46, 47, 48. Reynolds Bridge, church at, 19, 169, 170.
Richards, Dr. James, at Northfield, 152.
Richardson, Rev. Merrill, at Terryville, 166, 167.
Root, Rev. David, pastorate of, 20.
Ross, Rev. A. Hastings, at Terryville, 167.
Rowland, Rev. E., address by, 59-63.
Rural churches, 20, 137, 138, 157, 161, 231, 239.
Russell, Rev. F. T., grandson of Rev. Luke Wood, 6. Salem society, 19, 141-147, I6I.
Sanford, Rev. E. B., at North- field, 152. at Reynolds Bridge, 169.
Saybrook platform, 42, 43, 96, 97. Scholars of the house, 197, 198.
School, Miss Pierce's, at Litch - field, 150.
the colony, at New Haven, 177-180.
Scovill, Rev. James, 207.
Scovill, Edward, 244.
Seating the meeting house, 42, 65, 190-192. at Northfield, 150.
Second Congregational church, Waterbury, 19, 53.
invited to celebrate, 3. growth of, 75. origin and spirit of, 222.
sketch of, 72-76.
society organized, 72, 73. spire blown over, 76.
Settlers, of Northfield, 148.
of Waterbury, of what
stock, 29, 36. life of, described, 29. Services, order of, at celebra- tion, 9-13. Sherman, Rev. C. S., at Naugatuck, 144, 145.
centennial sermon by, 144. 11. Skeletons exhumed, 7, 259- 261.
Smith, Rev. E. A., paper by, 93-99.
Smith, Rev. Isaiah P., paper by, 136-14I.
Snow, Rev. F. S., II, a son of the First church, 135. pastor at Oxford, 135.
Societies, ecclesiastical, set apart, 43, 73, 101, 116, 132, 137, 143, 148, 153, 161, 192. Society for the promotion of freedom, 204.
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Soldiers' monument, 79, 80. South-east Farms, in North- field, 148.
Southmayd, Daniel, “ Water- bury's pride," 203. sermon on death of, 203. Southmayd, Mrs. Dorcas, of Watertown, fund begun by, 106.
Southmayd, Rev. John, and Mark Leavenworth, 198, 199.
attitude of, to the Church of England, 194, 195. becomes town clerk, 193.
bereavements of, 196. called, 40.
children of, 189.
comes to Waterbury, 186.
cranium of, described, 259, 260. disinterment of remains of, 7, 257-259. gifts of the town to, 188.
grave of, 7, 196, 11, 257- 259. headstone of, 8 and n.
land at Thomaston given by, 118. landed estate of, 194. lineage of, 187. pastorate of, 20, 42, 193. settlement of, 188. sketch of, 184-196. work of, in Waterbury, 189, 193-195. Starr, Rev. E. C., at North- field, 152. parish papers edited by, 153, 1.
Stocking, Dea. John, 244. Stone, Rev. Dr. A. L., raised up in Oxford, 136. Storrs, Rev. Andrew, at Ply- mouth, 128, 131.
Subscribers, original, to Sec- ond church building fund, 73.
Subscription paper for build- ing Middlebury meeting house, 159.
Sunday school, origin of, 51. in Middlebury, 158.
Swedish church, 19, 2. Sympathy in building up com- munities, 221.
Tax upon land in Northbury, 124, 125. Territorial division in the town, 43, 108.
Terry, Eli, gifts of, to Terry- ville church, 168. Terryville church, 19, in the civil war, 167, 168. membership of, 167. sketch of, 165-169. Theology a progressive sci- ence, 52.
Thomaston church, 19. sketch of, 163-165.
Thomaston park, original deed of, 118, n. Todd, Rev. Samuel, a man of progress, 130. at Plymouth, 117, 118, 128- I30. character of, 129, 130. hardships of, 128. ordained, 118, 119. relief for, 129.
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Torrey, Rev. Mr., of Wey- mouth, in prayer, 185, 186. Town of Waterbury, original dimensions of, 35, 69. Townsend, George L., from Middlebury, 157.
Trouble in Northbury society, I20-122.
Trumbull, Rev. John, de- scribed, 103.
installation of, at Water- town, celebrated, 102 and
monument to, 103, 104. pastorate of, 102-104.
Type, unity of, in Connecti- cut churches, 94 ..
Unity of Christians, 21, 61, 62, 66.
Up-river inhabitants, 108. Vacancies in pastorate, 20, 51. Village churches, 19.
Vision of Mark Leavenworth, Mr. Davenport's, 78-90.
Visitation and charity, fund for, 10. Visitors at celebration, 15-17. Vote to celebrate bi-cente- nary, 3. War, effects of, 38, 48, 207. for the Union, 167, 168.
Warren, Franklin, paper by, 141-147. Watch, the Waterbury, 78. Waterbury and Farmington, early relations of, 93, 94. annexed to New Haven county, 42. family of churches, 164. in 1699, 186, 187.
Waterbury in 1800, 50. men in Oxford church and society, 134, 133. Waterman, Rev. Simon, mod- erator at Northfield, 149. pastor at Plymouth, 131.
Watertown as a society, IOI. centenary, 102, 1.
diseases in, 107. when settled, 100.
Watertown church, 19. discipline in, 106. organized, 102. sketch of, 99-107.
death record of, 107.
ministers raised up in, 105. pastors and deacons in, 105. Watts' hyms at Watertown, I06.
Weeks, Rev. Holland, fare- well sermon of, 50, 49, n. pastorate of, 20, 49.
Welton monument, 79. Westbury, 19, 99-107.
West Farms, 19, 153-160.
Whitefield, Rev. George, re- vival under, 201.
Whittlesey, Rev. E., pastor- ate of, 74.
Williams, Rev. M. H., raised up in Terryville, 168.
Winter privileges at Ply- mouth, 109-114, 199, 238.
at Watertown, 100. for Judd's meadows, 143. Wolcott church, 18.
centenary of, 140, n.
"raising deacons for Water- bury," 141. sketch of, 136-14I.
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Wolcott, Episcopalians in, 140. incorporated, when, 137. men in city churches, 141. raising men, 138.
Wood, Rev. Luke, pastorate of, 20, 51.
Woodbury, ancient, described by Rev. J. L. R. Wyckoff, 228, 231, 232. bi-centenary of, 232. North church, 228.
Woodbury tributary to Water- bury churches, 232.
Woodward, Rev. Israel B., at Wolcott, 139.
Woodworth, Rev. W. W., pastorate of, 20. Wooster swamp, 108.
Wyckoff, Rev. J. L. R., ad- dress by, 227-233. pastorate of, at Woodbury, 228. Zelie, Rev. J. S., address by, 233-240. relations of, to Waterbury, 239.
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