Ye historie of ye town of Greenwich, county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, with genealogical notes on the Adams., Part 30

Author: Mead, Spencer Percival, 1863- dn; Mead, Daniel M. History of the town of Greenwich
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York : The Knickerbocker Press
Number of Pages: 886


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DR. PINNEO'S FAMILY SCHOOL FOR BOYS.


Timothy Stone Pinneo, M.D., was born at Milford, Connecticut, Feb. 18, 1804. He was a man of very varied learning and true culture, the author of a famous series of grammars, composition books, and the compiler of the well- known McGuffey's Readers. He was a graduate of Yale Classical School and also of its Medical School. He went south and then west to practise medicine, but later devoted himself to the more congenial labors of a literary life. He


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was at one time a professor in Marietta College, Ohio. He married Jeannette, daughter of Rev. Joel H. Linsley, Presi- dent of Marietta College from 1835 to 1845, and pastor of the Second Congregational Church, Borough of Greenwich, from 1847 to 1868.


He opened a school for boys in the fall of 1876 on the northeasterly corner of Greenwich Avenue and Elm Street, which he conducted until June, 1887, when it was discon- tinued. He died at Norwalk, Connecticut, Aug. 2, 1893.


ROSEMARY HALL. Incorporated, 1900.


Rosemary Hall, a young ladies' boarding-school, formerly at Wallingford, Connecticut, purchased six acres of land at Rock Ridge, in December, 1899, and erected thereon a school and gymnasium, which were formally opened on the thirty- first day of October, 1900. It was incorporated under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Connecticut on the nine- teenth day of November, 1900, for the purpose of establish- ing, maintaining, and conducting a private school, etc., under the name of The Rosemary Hall Corporation. Since the opening of the school the corporation has purchased more adjoining land so that now it is the owner of about twenty- five acres. The school is conducted by the Head-mistress, Caroline Ruutz-Rees, Ph.D.


The chapel connected with this school was consecrated on the eighteenth day of October, 1909, by the Right Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church for the Diocese of Connecticut.


BRUNSWICK SCHOOL. Incorporated, 1905.


The Brunswick School was originally situated on the westerly side of Milbank Avenue on the property now occu- pied by The Greenwich Hospital Association, and first


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opened on the twentieth day of September, 1902, under the auspices of George E. Carmichael, A.B., Headmaster, as a school exclusively for boys. It was incorporated under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Connecticut on the twenty-fifth day of April, 1905, under the name of the Brunswick School, Incorporated, for the purpose of establish- ing in Greenwich a school for boys only, to give a thorough primary and secondary education.


Its present site on Maher Avenue was purchased during the summer of 1905, and the erection of the present school building commenced early in August, 1905, which was formally opened on the fifth day of February, 1906.


The school is conducted by George E. Carmichael, A.B., Headmaster.


THE ELY SCHOOL.


The Misses Ely School for young ladies, formerly located on Riverside Drive, near 85th Street, in the City of New York, purchased twenty-five acres of land on the easterly side of North Street in 1905, and erected thereon a school building, which contains a gymnasium and an auditorium. It was formally opened on the sixteenth day of October, 1906, as a boarding-school for young ladies, and is conducted by Elizabeth S. Ely and Mary B. Ely.


CHURCHES.


FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.I Greenwich, Old Town, now Sound Beach. Incorporated by an Act of the General Court, passed in 1665.


The first religious services in the Town of Greenwich, as appears from the Records of the New Haven Colony, were held


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as early as 1658 in the houses of the settlers; but after the construction of a schoolhouse in 1667, that became the cen- tral meeting place for the inhabitants, and also the place of worship.


The First Congregational Church and Society, however, were created by an act of the General Court passed at the May Session, 1665, as follows, "upon ye motion and desire of ye people of Greenwich, this court doth declare that Greenwich shall be a township intire of itself, provided they procure and maintain an orthodox minister, and in the meantime and until that be effected they are to attend ye ministry at Stamford."


The town meeting, held on the ninth day of November, 1691, considered for the first time the necessity for a church and appointed the following building committee: John Hobby, Sr., John Mead, Sr., John Mead, Jr., Samuel Peck, John Reynolds, Daniel Smith.


A subsequent meeting, held in 1694, decided that the meeting-house should be thirty-two feet long by twenty-six feet wide, and stand on the hill between the houses of Daniel Smith and Ephraim Palmer, which site was near the old bury- ing-ground, southeasterly from the present edifice, and on the Sound side of the point.


On the tenth day of August, 1734, the society voted to build a new meeting-house to "be erected in the place where the old meeting-house stood," and at the session of the General Assembly held in May, 1736, it appropriated $250 out of the public treasury to be used for finishing the church.


The third edifice was erected in 1791, and stood on the same site as the former churches. During the latter part of the eighteenth century, it was customary to petition the legislature for the privilege of holding a lottery in aid of some religious, charitable, or educational work. Such a privilege was granted to the society and the following advertisement appeared in the Farmer's Journal, published at Danbury, February 15, 1791.


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Scheme for Lottery. 1


For raising the remainder of the sum granted by the General Assembly for the benefit of the First Society of the Town of Greenwich.


Third Class.


I200 tickets at one dollar each is 1200 dollars. To be drawn in prizes as therein enumerated.


The drawing is to begin by the fifth day of April next, or sooner, if the tickets are disposed of, and the fortunate adventurers punctually paid.


Stamford, January 22, 1791.


Jabez Fitch, William Fitch and Elihu P. Smith, Managers.


Tickets


in the above lottery may be had of the managers and at the printing office, Danbury.


The fourth edifice was completed in 1837, and stood only a short distance south of the present church building. It was destroyed by fire on the seventh day of December, 1895.


The corner-stone of the fifth, the present, edifice was laid on the twenty-ninth day of October, 1895, and the dedication of the completed structure was solemnized on the twenty- fifth day of June, 1896.


The earliest church, or society, records extant are those commenced at the time of the installation of the Rev. John Noyes on the twentieth day of September, 1810. The society is still maintained.


Pastors.


Rev. Eliphalet Jones, 1669 to 1673.


Rev. William Leverich, 1673 to 1676.


Rev. Jeremiah Peck, 1678 to 1691.


Rev. Abraham Pierson, 1691 to 1694.


Rev. Solomon Treat, 1695 to 1697.


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Rev. Joseph Morgan, 1697 to 1700.


Rev. Nathaniel Bowers, 1700 to 1708.


Rev. John Jones, 1709 to 1710, settled for seven months and afterwards sued the society for his salary.


Rev. Richard Sackett, 1715 to 1717.


Rev. Ephraim Bostwick, 1730 to 1746.


In 1755, the church having been without a pastor for nearly nine years and being destitute of any settled gospel minister, and unable of themselves to settle and support one among them, the Associated Pastors of the Churches of Christ in the Western District in the County of Fairfield, brought the matter before the General Assembly, and it was proposed to annex this parish to the Parish of Horseneck. A committee was appointed to view the state and circumstances of each . of said parishes, and after due consideration the matter was amicably settled and the two parishes were allowed to continue as heretofore.


Rev. Ebenezer Davenport, 1763 to 1769.


Rev. Robert Morris, 1785 to 1794.


Rev. Platt Buffett and Rev. Abner Benedict, acting pastors from 1794 to 1800.


Rev. Samuel Sturges, 1800 to 1807.


Rev. Mark Mead and Rev. Simon Backus, acting pastors from 1807 to 1810.


Rev. John Noyes, 1810 to 1824.


Rev. Charles F. Butler, 1824 to 1834.


Rev. Thomas Payne, 1836 to 1842.


Rev. S. B. S. Bissell, 1842 to 1853.


Rev. William A. Hyde, 1854 to 1864.


Rev. William F. Arms, acting pastor 1864 to 1866.


Rev. William P. Hammond, 1867 to 1872.


Rev. J. S. Bayne, 1872 to 1876.


Rev. Granville W. Nims, 1876 to 1878.


Rev. Frank S. Childs, installed Feb. 27, 1879, dismissed Aug. 30, 188I.


Rev. Martin Kellogg, called Dec. 17, 1882, resigned March 7, I886.


Rev. Albert W. Lightbourn, called Sept. 1, 1886, resigned Sept. 1, 1888.


Rev. Albert E. Kinmouth, called Feb. 3, 1889, resigned March 1, 1892.


Rev. A. Lincoln Shear, called Nov. 9, 1892, resigned June 20, 1894.


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Rev. De Witt C. Eccleston, called Sept., 1894, resigned Oct. 1, 1910.


Rev. Lewis W. Barney, called June I, 19II.


SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. I


Horseneck, now Borough of Greenwich.


Incorporated by an Act of the General Assembly, passed in I705.


Title to that tract of land originally known as Horseneck, now the Borough of Greenwich, was purchased of the Indians in 1672, and settlement thereof immediately commenced. In the year 1696, the settlement had increased so rapidly that the Rev. Solomon Treat, pastor of the First Congrega- tional Church, held mission services here one Sabbath out of every three.2 In 1701 the inhabitants felt the need of a meeting-house in the settlement, and at a town meeting, held on the twentieth day of March of the same year, a meeting- house was authorized to be built between the houses of John Reynolds and Angell Husted, Jr., in all respects like the meeting-house at Greenwich, Old Town, which was thirty- two feet long by twenty-six feet wide. The building com- mittee was Thomas Close, Sr., Joshua Knapp, and Ebenezer Mead. The church was erected about on the site of the present edifice, and within the parish lines of the First Soci- ety. It soon became evident that one minister could not satisfactorily attend to the spiritual needs of the two settle- ments. So the General Assembly, at the session held during May, 1705, passed an act creating the Second Congrega- tional Church and Society, divided the town into two ecclesiastical societies, and defined their parish lines. The First Society being on "ye East sid of sd Myanos River," and the Second Society being on "ye West sid of sd Myanos River."


In 1732, the church had outgrown its quarters and a sec-


I Historical Discourse, by Rev. Joel Linsley, published in 1867, and also preceding pages of this volume.


2 Minutes of Town Meetings.


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ond edifice was erected, fifty feet by thirty-five feet, similar in architecture to the first, but surmounted with a turret, which was taken down in 1749, owing, it was claimed, to a display of too much vanity. This structure gave way to a third meet- ing-house, which was dedicated on the seventh day of Janu- ary, 1799. The foundations for the fourth structure, the present edifice, were laid in 1856, and the building completed and dedicated on the eighth day of December, 1858. Its interior was remodelled in 1901, and rededicated on the third day of December, 1901. The chapel adjoining the church was dedicated on the fourteenth day of April, 1907.


All the church edifices have been erected on nearly the same site as the present church. The society was abolished in 1900.


The church records are in a good state of preservation, except those kept during the pastorate of Rev. Abraham Todd, 1733 to 1773, which were burned during the Revolu- tionary War by tories, who plundered the house of Benjamin Peck of Clapboard Ridge, at that time the clerk of the church.


Pastors.


Rev. Joseph Morgan, installed 1705, dismissed 1708, for devoting too much time running his grist-mill on Strickland Brook at Cos Cob.


Rev. Richard Sackett, installed Nov. 27, 1717. "He died very suddenly on May 7, 1727. He was well on the Sabbath, May 6, and preached all day, and on Monday night following departed this life, leaving his church then consisting of ten males."


Rev. Stephen Munson, installed May 29, 1728, dismissed Dec., 1733.


Rev. Abraham Todd, installed 1733, died in 1773.


Rev. Jonathan Murdock, installed June 3, 1774, dismissed March 3, 1785, for being a tory.


Rev. Isaac Lewis, installed Oct. 18, 1786, dismissed Dec. I, 1818.


Rev. Isaac Lewis, Jr., installed Dec. 1, 1818, dismissed April 16, 1828.


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Rev. Noah C. Saxton and Rev. Albert Judson, acting pastors for about two years, 1828 to 1830.


Rev. Joel Mann, installed Sept. 1, 1830, dismissed Aug. 23, 1836.


Rev. Noah Coe, installed May 23, 1837, dismissed May 20, 1845.


Rev. Frederick G. Clark, Rev. Ebenezer Mead, and Rev. George Bushnell, acting pastors for about two years, 1845 to 1847.


Rev. Joel Linsley, installed Dec. 8, 1847, retired June 19, 1863.


Rev. W. H. H. Murray, acting pastor, Dec. 4, 1864, to Oct. 28, 1866.


Rev. Frederick G. Clark, D.D., called April 24, 1867, dis- missed May 13, 1871.


Rev. Horace James, called July 24, 1871, dismissed Sept. 30, 1873.


Rev. Charles R. Treat, called Dec. 29, 1873, dismissed March 8, 1880.


Rev. George A. Gordon, called Nov. 22, 1880, dismissed Jan. 24, 1884.


Rev. Edward C. Porter, called March 14, 1884, dismissed Nov. 21, 1887.


Rev. Washington Choate, called April 23, 1888, dismissed Dec. 1, 1891.


Rev. Russell T. Hall, called Dec. 7, 1891, dismissed Nov. 24, 1897.


Rev. Walter H. Barrows, called March 16, 1898, died on Aug. 10, 1899.


Rev. Joseph H. Selden, D.D., installed June 28, 1900, resigned June II, 19II.


STANWICH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.I


Incorporated by an Act of the General Assembly, passed in 1732.


The Stanwich Society was organized at a meeting of the inhabitants of the northwestern part of the Town of Stam- ford and the northeastern part of the Town of Greenwich held in ye North Street Schoolhouse early in 1731, at which


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there was an agreement entered into whereby the several contributors to said society agreed to contribute the several sums set opposite their respective names toward the building of a "Prisbeterian Meeting Hous," as the Congregational Church was frequently called in those days. One of the contributors, Jonathan Asten (Austin), deeded to said society a tract of land six rods square on which the present church edifice now stands. The deed is dated April 6, 1731, and is recorded in the land records of the Town of Greenwich.


The parish, as originally established in 1732, began at the eight-mile line, or division line between the Colony of Con- necticut and the Province of New York, at the partition line between Stamford and Horseneck, and ran easterly by said . eight-mile line three miles, and westerly by said line one and one half-miles, and southerly by said partition line between Stamford and Horseneck four miles, and thence parallel with said eight-mile line three miles into Horseneck, and one and one half miles into Stamford.


The first meeting-house, which was thirty-two feet long by twenty-six feet wide, was erected in 1732. This was torn down in 1804, and a new edifice erected on the same site, fifty feet long and thirty-eight feet wide, which was dedicated the same year. In 1857 the meeting-house was enlarged to its present size. The society was abolished in 1894.


All the records of the church and society, prior to 1796, were destroyed by fire in 182I.


Pastors.


Rev. Benjamin Strong, installed June 17, 1735, dismissed March 3, 1767.


Rev. William Seward, installed Feb. 24, 1774, dismissed Feb.


4, 1794.


Rev. Platt Buffett, installed May 25, 1796, dismissed June 3, 1835.


Rev. Daniel B. Butts, installed Oct. 2, 1839, dismissed Dec. 6, 1842.


Rev. Alonzo R. Rich, installed April 26, 1848, dismissed Nov. 3, 1852.


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Rev. Henry G. Jessup, installed April 26, 1853, dismissed Sept. 30, 1862.


Rev. George W. Timlow and Rev. P. H. Hollister, acting pastors, 1863 to 1866.


Rev. John S. Bane, installed May 18, 1869, dismissed Oct. 8, 1872.


Rev. John C. Houghton, acting pastor, 1873 to 1875.


Rev. Homer J. Broadwell, installed June 15, 1875, dismissed Sept. 14, 1878.


Rev. Frank C. Potter, installed Dec. 16, 1879, dismissed Sept., 1896.


Rev. Gilbert B. Shaw, acting pastor, March, 1897, to Sept. I, 1899.


Rev. Matthew Patton, acting pastor, Oct. 1, 1899, to Jan. I, 1910.


NORTH GREENWICH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.I Organized, 1826.


The ridge's first name was Byram Long Ridge. It was first settled by a Quaker early in 1700, who owned a large part of it, so the name was changed to "Quaker Ridge." His name was John Marshall and his house stood about opposite the present church.


On account of the rapid growth of the southern part of the town its inhabitants kept spreading farther and farther north, so that, in 1728, Benjamin Mead from the Second Congregational Church came and settled on the ridge south of the church, where the old house now stands. He was followed by others from the same church: Eliphalet Mead, who settled where Captain Caleb Merritt's old house now stands, a short distance north of Benjamin Mead; Silas Mead, in 1750, settled a short distance west of the church, and Zebediah Mead settled just east of the church on the Cross Road to Round Hill. In 1797, these four families had


I The data from which the greater part of this article is compiled is taken from a Historical Sketch of the Congregational Church at North Greenwich, pre- pared by Deacon Silas Hervey Mead, of North Greenwich, born in 1796, and read by him at its semi-centennial celebration on the twenty-fifth day of De- cember, 1877.


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increased to six, and at that time Calvin Mead, born in 1760, of Quaker Ridge, and Joshua Mead, born in 1751, of Round Hill, with his wife, united with the Second Congregational Church at Horseneck. Gilbert Close and his wife, Charlotte, united with the same church in 1801.


The society (parish) lines were fixed by acts of the General Assembly. The First Society extended west as far as the Mianus River and north to the Parish of Stanwich, which was created by an act of the General Assembly passed during the May Session of 1732. The Second Society extended east to the Mianus River; thence north to the Parish of Stanwich; thence west along the Parish of Stanwich to Round Hill, just below Calvary Episcopal Church; thence northerly and parallel with the west bounds of Greenwich to the New York State line, so that Quaker Ridge and the lower part of Round Hill were included with the bounds of the Second Society. Prior to the "Toleration Act, " passed in 1798, it was required "that every person should attend public worship on Sunday, Fast Day and Thanksgiving Day under penalty of five shillings, and that all the inhabitants of each town, or society, were to be taxed to support its minis- ters." This act exempted members of other religious denom- inations from being taxed to support the Congregational churches, which they previously were compelled to do unless excused by some legislative act.


In the fall of 1816, a young man by the name of Peter Lockwood, a theological student, came to Horseneck and held evening meetings, while the Rev. Isaac Lewis preached on the Sabbath. There was quite a revival in religion, and several from Quaker Ridge were admitted to the church. In 1817, the Rev. Dr. Lewis, now about seventy years of age, felt that he must give up his charge as pastor, and soon after resigned. He was succeeded by his son. In the fall of 1822, another young man by the name of Brinsmade came and held evening meetings, and another revival followed, a great deal larger than the one of a few years previous when a large number were admitted to the church, and of course a


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number from Quaker Ridge, and there was some talk of building a meeting-house on the ridge and also a Methodist Meeting-House at Round Hill. Time, however, passed on until after the harvest (fall) of 1826, and nothing had been done in either place. The time now seemed opportune for organization, so a meeting was called to be held at the house of Jehiel Mead, born in 1742, which stood on the Cross Road to Round Hill, a short distance east of the present church, to take into consideration what should be done in relation to building a meeting-house, and further to take such action as was thought best. Thirteen people representing eleven fam- ilies attended, and it was unanimously voted to build a meet- ing-house, and the necessary committees were thereupon duly appointed for that purpose. Soon after a carpenter was consulted and asked to look at the Stanwich Meeting- House, as it was nearest the size the committee had agreed upon to have built. The plans finally adopted called for a house fifty feet long by thirty-eight feet wide. During the winter of 1826-1827 the people of Quaker Ridge cut and hauled all the timbers for the meeting-house to the site where it was to stand, which is on the site of the present church, and religious meetings were started and held at different houses on the ridge. On the first day of March, 1827, the building of the meeting-house commenced. The carpenters were boarded free of charge by the six families living nearest to the meeting-house, each family taking them for a week at a time. The names of the families were Obadiah Mead, Jehiel Mead, Darius Mead, Levi Mead, Calvin Mead, and Silas H. Mead. The meeting-house was finished, painted, furnished, paid for, and dedicated on Christmas Day, 1827.


The revision of the laws of the State of Connecticut, and the adoption of the constitution in 1818, annulled all previous acts of the General Assembly in regard to parish bounds, and provided for the organization of societies for public worship. The church at North Greenwich was organized under these provisions. It is a voluntary association of individuals


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formed for public worship under the name of the North Greenwich Society and the North Greenwich Congregational Church. The society was organized on the twenty-sixth day of April, 1827. Two years after the completion of the church, a parsonage was erected by the society. It stands directly south of the church.


The congregation the first winter was one hundred and forty. The Rev. Chauncey Wilcox was called as its first preacher and occupied the pulpit on the first Sunday in 1828. The first meeting-house was destroyed by fire in 1895, and the present church edifice was finished and dedicated on the tenth day of February, 1897. The society is still maintained. The church records are kept in excellent shape.


Pastors.


Rev. Chauncey Wilcox, installed June 25, 1828, dismissed May 5, 1846, died Jan. 31, 1852, in his 55th year.


Rev. Frederick Munson, ordained and installed Sept. 22, 1847, dismissed April 22, 1856.


Rev. John Blood, installed Nov. II, 1856, dismissed Oct. 12, 1858.


Rev. William H. Knouse, ordained and installed May 4, 1859, dismissed May 3, 1863.


Rev. Lemuel S. Potwin, acting pastor from Sept. 4, 1863, to March 1, 1865.


Rev. Solomon R. Schofield, acting pastor from May 2, 1865, to May I, 1867.


Rev. William P. Alcott, ordained and installed Feb. 18, 1868, dismissed Aug. 4, 1874.


Rev. Alpheus Winter, acting pastor from Nov. 14, 1874, installed June 27, 1876, dismissed July 16, 1878.


Rev. Richard B. Bull, acting pastor from Sept. 1, 1878, to July 31, 1881.


Rev. Richard B. Thurston, installed Nov. 21, 1882, resigned Dec. I, 1887, dismissed Feb. 19, 1888.


Rev. Charles E. Hoyt, acting pastor from Feb. 21, 1888, to Sept. 30, 1890.


Rev. Levi Rodgers, acting pastor from Nov. 16, 1890. Present minister.


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NORTH MIANUS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. I Started as a Sunday School in 1850. Organized as a Church in 1897.


The North Mianus Congregational Church was originally started in 1850, in the Steep Hollow District Schoolhouse, by Mr. Stickney and others from Stamford, as a Sunday School. It was kept up for about two summers and then given up. In 1852, the Rev. S. B. S. Bissell and others from Greenwich, Old Town, now Sound Beach, and Mianus, started it again, and after continuing it for three summers abandoned the undertaking.


In the spring of 1856, Miss Beers, who was teaching in the district, with the aid of Miss Ritch, started it again in the schoolhouse, and invited the Rev. William A. Hyde and Deacon Hawes, of the First Congregational Church, and others to help them. The number of pupils began to increase and the schoolhouse was soon so crowded that it was decided to build a chapel, which was erected in 1858 on the site where the church edifice now stands, and it was known as the Union Sunday School Chapel, Steep Hollow. The undertaking was supported by Philander Button and Moses Cristy of the Second Congregational Church, who were respectively super- intendents of the Sunday School for a number of years. Others also from the Second Congregational Church assisted in the work.




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