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That this distinction between the pastor and ruling elder was one not merely of name, is obvions from a variety of evidence. After the branch of the Leyden Church, which had removed to Plymonth, had remained some years without a pastor, waiting the arrival of Mr. Robinson, Brewster, the ruling elder, and a man eminently " apt to teach," wished to know of Mr. Robinson whether it were permissible for him to administer the Sacraments. The reply of Robinson: is "Now touching the question propounded by you, I judge it not lawful for you, being a ruling elder (as Rom. xii, 7, S, and 1 Tim., v, 17), opposed to the elders that teach and exhort and labor in word and doctrine, to which the sacraments are annexed, to administer them, nor convenient if it were lawful." Again, in his reply to Bernard, he says, " The contrary to that which you affirm is to be seen of all men in our Confession of Faith, Art. 34, wherein it is held, that ' no sacraments are to be administered nntil pastors or teachers be ordained to their office.'" Still again he says : " We believe and confess that the elders which Christ hath left in His Church are to govern the same in all things, provided always the nature of ecclesiastical government be not exceeded, according to the laws by Him prescribed, and that the brethren are most straitly bound to obey them." And once more to the same purport, he holds that " the flock, both severally and jointly, is to obey them that have the oversite over them."
In accordance with such views the Leyden Church was constituted. They were of course reflected in the Constitution of the Plymouth Church in this country. As to the church in Salem, Hubbard says there is no small evidence that they took their model from the Plymouth Church. To its constitution and covenant reference was often made. Mr Cotton's charge at Hampton was that they should take advice of them at Plymouth, and Gov. Winslow wrote of others, " they will do nothing without our advice." Baillie says, the settlers did "agree to model themselves after Mr. Robinson's pattern," and Cotton speaks of " the Plymouth Church helping the first comers in their theory, by hearing and discovering their practice at Plymouth." The only point which we find specified in regard to which the other churches diverged from those of Plymouth, is that " they of Massachusetts choose mere ruling elders - that is, as not necessarily 'apt to teach,'- and gave them authoritative power." It would seem therefore that in the Leyden Church we are to find the recognized model of the early New England churches.
The Cambridge Platform (1648) thus recognizes the Presbyterian Constitu- tion of the Church. It says : "Of elders, some attend chiefly to the minis- try of the Word, as the pastors and teachers ; others attend especially unto rule, who are therefore called ruling elders." Again : "The ruling elder's office is distinct from the office of pastor and teacher." His "work is, to join with the pastor in those acts of spiritual rule which are distinct from the ministry of the Word and Sacraments." Among the specified duties, are admission of members ; convening the church ; " preparing matters in pri- vate" for " more speedy dispatch," &c.
The government of the Church, moreover, is according to the Platform, vested in "its Presbytery" of elders. " The Holy Ghost frequently - yea always - where it mentioned Church rule and Church government, ascribeth it to elders." This government of the Church is " a mixed Government," but " in respect of the Presbytery and the power committed unto them, it is an aristocracy."
In accordance with these principles the greater part of the early New Eng- land churches were established. In Plymouth Colony the choice was not, as
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in Massachusetts, of mere ruling elders, but of those that were "apt to teach." In New Haven several of the principal men - called in Scripture phraseology " the seven pillars" - constituted an eldership which was the base or nucleus of the Church. "It was the opinion of the principal divines who first set- tled New England and Connecticut," so Trumbull remarks, " that in every church completely organized, there was a pastor, teacher, ruling elder, and deacons. These distinct offices they imagined were clearly taught in these passages : Rom., xii, 7; 1 Cor., xii, 28; 1 Tim., v, 17; and Epli., iv, 11. From this they argued the duty of all churches, which were able, to be thus furnished. In this manner were the churches of Hartford, Windsor, New Haven, and othor towns organized. The churches which were not able to support a pastor and teachers, had their ruling elders and deacons. * * The business of the ruling elder was to assist the pastor in the goverment of the church. He was particularly set apart to watch over all its members, to prepare and bring forward all cases of discipline," &c. "It was the general opinion that elders ought to lay on hands in ordination, if there were a Presbytery in the church, but if there were not, the church might appoint some other elders or brethren to that service." As late as 1670, upon the organization of the second church in Hartford, one of the main principles of Congregational Church order is stated to be " that the power of guidance, or leading, belongs only to the eldership, and the power of judgment, consent, or privilege, belongs to the fraternity of brethren in full communion." Of the importance of the eldership, Hooker speaks in very emphatic language : " The elders must have a Church within a Church, if they would preserve the peace of the Church." Nor would he allow questions to be discussed before the whole body, till the proper course had been resolved upon in the Presbytery, or session of the elders. .
In these later days, the Congregational churches seem to be tending toward a return to the custom of the earlier church in this respect. Certain churches in the West have elected ruling elders, and the subject is now commanding much attention in the Congregational denomination (Ed).
Page 209. The Patent of the Town of Windsor. (State Archives NSS., Towns and Lands. Vol. I, p. 222.)
Whereas the Generall Court of Conecticot have formerly granted the pro- prietors Inhabitants of ye towne of Windsore all those lauds both upland & meadow, within those abuttments uppon Hartford bounds by ye great River, where ye fence of their meadow stood & to run as ye sd fence runns till it meets with a red oake tree marked for ye bounds standing within ye neck [ of ] fence in Thos Butler's land, and from ye tree it runs a westerly line till it meets wth ye brick hill Swamp & then it runs due North half a mile till it comes neere to ye head of ye brick hill Swampe, & from thence westerly till it meets wth farmington bounds & abutts west on farmington and Symsbury bonnds & North in ye Commons & it extendeth from Hartford bounds on ye South, North to a tree marked neere ye great River two miles above a brooke known by ye name of Kettle brooke. On ye east side of Conecticot River it abutts on a great elme on ye south side of Podunk River & runs Easterly three miles & then south half a mile & from ye half miles' end it runs East five miles & abutts on ye Commons on ye East from sayd Hartford bounds, ye whole breadth till it extendeth two miles above ye forenamed Kettell brooke, both on ye East & west side of Conecticot River, ye sd Lands having been by purchase or otherwise lawfully obtained of ye Indian native proprie- tors. And whereas the proprietors ye fore sde Inhabitants of Windsor, in the
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Colony of Conecticot, have made application to ye Governor & Company of ye sayd Colony of Conecticot assembled in Court, May 25, 1685, that they may have a pattent for ye confirmation of ye afore sd Land soe purchased & granted to them as afore sd & wch they have stood siezed & quietly pos- sessed of for many yeares late past wth out interuption ; Now for a more full confirmation of ye aforesaid tract of land as it is butted & bounded aforesde unto ye pr gent proprietors of ye sde towneship of Windsor, in their pos- session & enjoyment of ye prmises Know ye yt ye sde Governor and com- pany assembled in Generall Court according unto ye Commission granted to them by his Majestie in his Charter have given, granted & by these preser ts do give, grant, ratifie & confirme unto Captn Benj : Newberry, Capt Daniell Clarke, Lut Thomas Allyn, Mr Henry Wolcot, Mr. Thomas Bissell, Sent Mr. George Griswold & Mr. John Moore & ye rest of ye sde prsent proprietors of ye township of Windsor, their heirs, successors & assigns for ever, ye fore sde prell of land as it is butted & bounded, together wth all ye woods, mea- dows, pastures, ponds, waters, riverets, lands, fishing, huntings, fowlings mines, mineralls, quarries & pretiose stone uppon or within ye sde tract of Land & all other proffits & commodities thereon belonging or in any wise appertayn- ing, & doe alsoe grant unto ye afore sde [names of the patentees, above, repeated ] & ye rest of ye proprietors inhabitants of Windsor, their heirs, successors and assigns forever yt ye afore sd tract of land shall be for ever hereafter deemed, reputed & be an in intire township of it selfe. To have & to hold ye sde tract of land & p'mises wth all & singular their appurtenances, together wth ye privilege & inmomities & franchises herein given & granted into ye sde [names repeated as above] & others ye prsent proprietors, Inhabit- ants of Windsor, their heirs successors and assigns, forever & to ye only proper use and behoofe of ye sd [names repeated as above | & other proprietors, In- habitants of Windsor, their heirs successors and assigns, acording to ye tenor of East Greenwitch in Kent in free & common soccage & not in capitte nor by knight's service, they to make improvements of ye same as they are capeable according to ye custome of ye country, yielding, rendering & paying there- for to our Sovereign Lord ye King his heirs, successors & assigns, his dues according to Charter.
In witness whereof we have caused ye seale of ye Colony to be herennto affixed this 26 day of or Sovereign Lord JAMES ye Second of England, Scot- land, France and Ireland, King defender of the faith, &c.
ROBERT TREAT, Governor.
pr order of ye Generall Court, signed by John Allyn, Secretary pr order of ye Governor & company of ye Colony of Conecticot. Signed by JOHN ALLYN, Secretary.
Entered in ye publiq Records, Lib. II, fol : 141 : 142. December 1, 1685.
Mr. JOHN ALLYN, Secretary.
This above written is a true copy taken out of ye originall & compared, March 7: 1697-8, by me,
HENRY WOLCOT, Register.
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No. 5. Page 226. The Petition of Inhabitants on the east side of the Great River, 1680.
(Copied from the State Archives).
To The Honored The Gen' Assembly of ye Colony of Connecticott now sit- ting in Hartford :
The Humble Petition of Sundry proprietors and Inhabitants of Lands on the East side of Connecticott River in the Townshipp of Windsor, Shows, et cetera.
That whereas by the good providence of God who hath appointed all men ye bounds of their Habitations, and his blessing upon us, your Petitioners. have their lands and many of us having dwellings on the East side of the Great River, and are increased to very considerable number of Persons. And there being a continual accession of families to that side of the River, likely yet more to increase the number of Dwellings etc ; And it having pleased this Honl Assembly at a late Session to Grant an addition of five miles to our town, or former bounds, for ye Incouragement and accomodating of a Plan- tation there ; and also to take notice by a committee (formerly ) of the capacity of that place for such end, and were by their return well (assured) satisfied that with be aforesaid addition it would be well furnished both as to meadow and upland for a Particular township. Your petitioners by long experience having proved the difficulty of attending the Public Worship of God, at so great a distance from having the Great River always to pass, and that in every Great peril both by Storms in Summer and Ice in winter and finding it also impossible to have the weaker persons in their families along with them to the ordinances of God as is their duty and desire. And considering also how ready this Hond Court hath been to forward the wealth of the People in those and such like respects, we are upon these Premises both necessitated and Incour- aged Humbly to Petition the Hond Assembly to Grant that all those lands on the said East side Connecticott River, at present in the township of Windsor, may hence forward be a distinct and particular township ; and that the In- habitants & Proprietors of those lands and that place may be by your authority invested with the Power and Privileges of a Particular township, or Planta- tion, for the Settling the Ordinances of God in his Public Worship there and the attendance of such other public occasions, &c. and duties as shall attend- ing to your regulations be put upon us - which as we hope will be much to the Glory of God, Our Edification with our family and beyond what we now enjoy so also an Increase of our outward prosperity and an Inabling us to be more serviceable to the Public weal of this Colony, which that we may obtain we shall for this Hond Court ever pray, etc. May 13, 1680.
Joseph Skinner
Thomas Burnham
Thomas Newell
Joseph Phelps
Samuel Baker
Nathaniel Bissell
Thomas Bissell, Jr
Samuel Grant Jolin Stoughton
John Hoskins, Sr
Samuel Rockwell
Humphrey Pinney
Samnel Ffarnsworth
Joseph Baker Job Drake, Jr
William Morton
George Griswold
Jas Loomis, Jr
John Denslow, Jr
Job Drake James Cooper
Timothy Buckland Samuel Gibbs John Strong
Samuel Gaylord, Sr
Henry Styles
Nathaniel Gaylord
James Gaylord, Joseplı Birdge John Pinney
Thomas Powell John Gaylord, Jr
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John Gaylord, Sr.
Jolın Loomis
James Porter
Edward King
John Elmore
Simon Holbrook
Israel Loomis
Nathaniel Loomis
William Phelps
Nathan Gillet
. Thomas Parsons
James Eno
Humphrey Prior Samuel Phelps
Matthew Kelsey
John Owen
William Howell
John Hosford
Timothy Palmer
Micael Tainter
Robert Howard
Samuel Cross
Samuel Filley
Walter Gaylord
Anthony Hoskins
Timothy Thrall
Benedict Alford,
Tahan Grant
Thomas Newbery
Enoch Drake
Josias Ellsworth
Josiah Elmore
John Porter, Jr.
Nathaniel Bancroft
Obadiah Wood
John Drake, Sr
Edward Elmore
Timothy Phelps
Roger Stedman
Thomas Loomis
Jeremiah Diggins
Josiah Barker
Samuel Olmsted
Owen Tuder, Jr
John Colt
Samuel Tuder
John Porter, M. D.
Owen Tuder, Sr.
Joseph Ffitch.
No. 6. Page 249. Early Records of the East Windsor Church. (Collected from the private papers of its first pastor, Rev. TIMOTHY EDWARDS.)
The Covenant that those have owned that are under Church watch in ye Second Church of Christ in Windsor.
You do now sollemly in the presence of ye most Great and dreadfull God, the Holy Angells, and this Assembly, avouch the Eternall Jehovah, one God in three persons, ye Father, ye Son, and ye Holy Ghost, to be your God ; viz, you Own him to be the Living and the true God, and desire to Choose him to be, & promise that by his grace you will Serve him as your God, by Seeking of, and waiting upon him for his grace in his Ordinances, and in the Constant and diligent Improvement of all his appointed means, and by faithfully and conscientiously endeavouring to avoid all Sin, and yield Obedience to all his Commandments. And you also acknowledge yt you are by nature Children of Wrath, being born into the World ir a State of Sin and misery ; and that there is no way to obtain Mercy, and Salvation, but Only by faith in the Righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ, Who is the Eternall Son of God, and the alone Saviour of Sinners, in whom you desire to trust for eternal Life & Salvation and promise that by his grace you will above all earthly things Labour to make Sure of an Interest in his Righteous- ness and that he may be your Lord, and Saviour, that so you may be found in him, at the great day, and not in your Sins or your own Righteousness, And you also now Sollemnly promise and bind yourselves to Submit to his Government, In this Church, and by God's help to walk with his People therein in all things according to the Rules of the Gospell.
Thos Bissell, Jr Abraham Phelps Abraham Randall John Denslow
Nathaniel Winchell Samuel Dibble Thomas Eggleston Joshua Willes
John Moses
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The Persons ffollowing owned the Covenant &c
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1700
Aug 25. Nath! Grant
Augt. 25. Bathialı Grant, NathIl wife
Oct. 27. Eliz. Taylor, Jno wife {wife
Sep! Hez Porter Joseph Porter
66 Hannah Grant, Matthew's
Oct. 27 David Bissell
66 Mary Skinner, Josph wife
Nov 10 Samll Bancroft
66 Abigail Rockwell
6 Joseplı Elmer
66 Ann Fitch
66
66 Ephraim Bissell
66
66 Joanna Taylor
66
Josiah Rockwell
66 Jolin Bissell
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Abigail Bissell, Thos. Dau g
66
66 Hannalı Phelps.
66
Elisabetlı Diggens
Abigail Bissell, Goody
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66 Tudor's Daughter
These ffollowing persons having owned The Covenant in other Churches & thereby put themselves under Church watch, have entered into ye same state in this Church, viz ; ye Second Church of Windsor.
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1700
Samll Grant, Junr
Joseph Rockwell
Joseph Skinner, Junt
Job Ellsworth.
Ann Drake, Josphs wife [and] Bridget Fitch both of ye first church in Hartford, Oct. 27.
belonging all of them to ye first Church of Windsor, owned ye Covenant in this Church, some- time in Septr or Oct"
Ebenr Lomis of ye first Church in Windsor, Octr 27.
Jno Taylor of ye first Church in Windsor, Octr 13.
An Acctt of ye Members in full Communion belonging to ye 2d church of Christ in Windsor, besides myself.
Ist of ye Men : and 2. of ye Women :
* Deacon Samll Bakar * Mary Grant, Samll Senr wife
Deacon Job Drake * Mary Rockwell, S. Senr wife
* Samll Rockwell, Sent
* Sarah Bakar, Samll wife
Samll Grant, Senr
Elizabeth Drake, Job's wife.
* Nathll Bissell. * Liddia Loomis, Jos : wife Brothr Stoughton. ** Abigail Tudor, Samll wife Joseph Loomis Sarah Porter, James wife * John Stoughton Eliza Loomis, Nathll wife Esther Bissell, Thos. wife Mary Loomis, Josiah's wife James Porter Ruth Colt, Josphs wife
Samll Tudor Nathll Loomis
Thos. Bissell
Henry Wollcot, Junr son of Si- mon.
* Hannah Elmer, Edd wife Joanna Loomis, Moses wife Mary Strong, Jnos wife Esther Phelps, widow
Edward Elmer William Wollcot Matthew Grant Jolin Rockwell
* Elisa : Wells, Josha Junr wife
Abigail Burge * Ruth Stiles, Jnos wife * Abia Sanders.
John Strong
Samll Rockwells wife viz : Eliza : of ye first church in Windsor, Oct. 27.
66
Joseph Phelps
Sarah Taylor
Nov. 10. Mary Elsworth, Job's wife 66 Abigail Strong, Jacob's ,,
Mindwell Phelps
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Grace Grant, Samll Grants wife * Jane Wollcot, Henry's wife Mindwell Loomis, James his wife Sarah Wollcot, Simon's wife * Egglestone Bens wife Esther Bissell, Thos Daughter
An Account of the Children of those belonging to this Society baptized by me :
Samll Grant, Juniors Child named Ephraim, Augt 98 Josepli Rockwell's Child nand Elizabeth, dead.
Edward Elmer's Child namd Edwd dead.
John Strong's Child, namd Esther about March 99 Robert Stedman's Child
Joseph Skinner's Child, March 99 nand
Joseph Fitch's Child nand Joseph, Ap'l 99
Joseph Drake Child Benju Aprill, 99
My own Child named Ann, Aprill 28, 99 Cousn Moor's Child Abigail May 99
Joseph Loomis's Child Damaris July or Augt 99 James Loomis's Child James Aprill 99 66 " Mindwell, May 99
Broth'r Stoughton's Child Dan" Augt 99
Moses Loomis's Child Joanna
Jabez Colts' Child, Ann, Autumn, 99
Sam" Burnham's Child
Cousn John Stoughton's Child Ann Thos Burnham's Child of Hartford Ist Church John Elsworth's Child
Simon Wollcot's Child James
Jolin Stiles' Child Ebenezer 1700 Samll Tudor's Child Elizabeth
. * Joseph Porter's Child Josph Septr 1700 dead Josialı Loomis's Child Nath1 Octr 27, 1700
Josph Rockwell's Child, Benj : Octr. 27, 1700 Nath : Grant's Child, Bathiah, Augt 25, 1700
John Taylor's Child Mary Spring 1700
Jacob Strong's Child Abigail Febry : Samll Bancraft's Child namd Eunice in ye wintr 1700
MathW Grant's Child Wm Janry 26 1700
Jos. Drake's Child Ann, febry 2, 1700 My Daughter Mary fobry 11, 1700 on Tuesday about 10 of ye clock in ye morning, baptized feb 16, 1700 Job Elsworth Child Hannah, ffebr 23, 1700
Cousin Moor's Child Pelatiah, March 1701-2 Sam! Piney's Child namd Samll March 23, 1700 Thos Long's Child Sarah March 1700-1
Joseph Elmer's Child, March or Aprill 1701. Joseph
Brother Stoughton's Child, Benj : Aprill or May 1701 Joshua Willes' Junr May or June, Joshua 1701
John Strong's Child Abigail, May or June 1701 Jacob Child Mind well, July 1701 Hez : Porter's Child, Hezekiah, July 1701 Jno Spark's Child John, his wife of Hartford Ist Church viz : under C[hurch] Watch, July, 1701 Benj : Colt's Child Jnº July 1701
Samll Grant's Child, Grace, Angt 1701 John Elsworth's Child Esther in ye former part of ye winter 1701
Jos : Skinner's Ann in Autumn 1701
John Rockwell's Child John in ye winter 1701
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Mathw Grant's Child Mary about March or Aprill 1702
Cous" John Stoughton's Child Nath" June 1702
James Loomis' Henry Anno 1702 or 1701
James Younghiss, Hannah in ye Summer 1702 kidwd Elmor's Child, Edwd 1702 about Sept"
Jno Stiles's Child 1702 in ye winter as we take it. Noah
Jno Taylor's Child Zebulon, 1701 or 1701-2
Cousin Jolin Moore's Child Eliza May 1703
Nathll Grant's Child Ruth Febry or March 1702
Samll Rockwell's Child Samll Jan'y 1702
Jos. Bakar's Child Jos ph, Aprill 1703
Jos. Drake's Child Jnº May 1703
Jno Strong's Child Charles May 1703
Broth Stoughton's Child Timo June 1703
Hezh Porter's Child Deborah, 1702 Winter toward Spring
Josh Porter's Child Joseph ( Winter) 1701
Henry Wollcot's Thos April 1701
Josph Fitch's Child Jnº March 1701
Ebenr Loomis's Child Jemima (Winter) 1702
Jerh Diggens Senrs Child 1702 Autumn
Jabezh Colt's Child Esther 1701
Jabesh Jabesh
Saml Bancraft's child July 25, 1703.
No. 7. Page 273.
Deacons and Early Members of the Congregational Church in Ellington, Connecticut.
In the annexed list of Deacons, the first two were were regularly ordained to their office at the original constitution of the church. It may be considered a circumstance somewhat singular, that Deacon Fitch was elected to the office which he filled, at the early age of twenty, and continued to perform its duties for fifty years. Those with this mark (T) prefixed, removed from town.
The four first deacons had no descendants in Ellington in 1820, bearing their name.
Deacons. Isaac Davis,
Elected.
Deceased. Age.
T Job Drake,
T - Hubbard,
Unknown, do Nov. 14, 1792,
Medina Fitch,
Jonathan Porter,
July 5, 1783, 71
Ithamar Bingham,
April 26 1791, 63
John Hall,
May 26, 1766, 52
Joseph Kingsbury,
Aug. 29, 1822, 66
Gurdon Ellsworth,
June 26, 1803, 65
Rufus Collins,
July 20, 1808, 57
T John H. Goodrich, May 4, 1809,
John Newell,
Oct. 17, 1812,
Benjamin Pinney,1
Oct. 17, 1812,
Charles Sexton, Nov. 3, 1826,
Noah Pease, Oct. 2, 1835,
Dan Russell,
Oct. 2, 1835,
Died 1840,
Feb. 11, 1836, 78
1 Dismissed by vote of the church, December, 1833.
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The following persons were members of this church when Rev. Mr. Brook- way was ordained to the work of the ministry and installed as pastor of this particular Church. The precise time of their admission to the Church is not known.
Members of the Church in 1799.
Explanation of Marks .- (*) Deceased. (1) Admitted by Letter. (#) Dis- missed by Letter. (§) Watch withdrawn. (x) Excommunicated.
* Mrs. Laura Bartlett.
* Mrs. Mary Mckinney,
* Mrs. Eunice Burroughs.
* Andrew Mckinney.
* Mrs. Rosina Mckinstry.
* § Ebenezer Nash.
* & John Charter.
* x Wicome Clark.
# Rufus Collins.
* Mrs. Samuel Parsons,
* Mrs. Pearce.
* Deborah Porter.
* Lydia Porter.
* Mrs. Mercy Porter,
* Reuben Porter.
* Mrs. R. Porter.
* Mrs. Sarah Reed.
* x Hezekiah Russell,
* Mrs. H. Russell.
* + Thomas Sabin,
* | Mrs. T. Sabin.
* Mrs Moses Smith,
* Mrs. David Spear.
* William Spear.
* Mrs. W. Spear.
* Mrs. Moses Thrall.
* # Elijalı Torrey.
* * Mrs. E. Torrey.
* Ichabod Wadsworth,
* Mrs. Jenny Wallace.
* Mrs. Daniel Warner.
* # Philip Warner.
* # Mrs. P. Warner.
* Levi Wells.
* # Mrs. Rachel Wells.
* Mrs. Eunice Wells.
The present pastor of this church is the Rev. JAS. K. FESSENDEN.
No. 8. Page 371. The Original Members of the Wintonbury (now Bloomfield) Church.
(From MSS. Records of Rev. Hezekiah Bissell.)
Isaac Butler and wife Samuel Case and Wife
Daniel Foot and wife Solomon Clark and Wife
Thomas Adams and wife
William Webster and Wife
Robert Barnett and Wife
Jonathan Filley and Wife
Cornelius Gillet and Wife
John Burr, Jr. and Wife
Peletiah Mills and Wife
Alexander Hoskins and Wife
Joshua Case and Wife Jacob Drake, Jr and Wife
* Nathaniel Newell, Jr.
* Mrs. Elihu Day.
* Wm. Dodge.
* Mrs. Wm. Dodge.
* Fear Chubbuck.
* § Ruth Clark.
* Mrs. Amos Dorman.
* Gurdon Ellsworth.
* Mrs. Lydia Ellsworth.
* * Mrs. Rachel Ellsworth.
* Mrs. Thomas Field.
* Mrs. Jerusha Fitch.
* Zıba Gifford.
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