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At a meeting held on the twelfth day of January, 1897, it was decided to organize a church, which is a voluntary association of individuals formed for public worship under the name of the North Mianus Congregational Church.
The building was remodelled in November, 1898.
Pastors.
Rev. Arthur E. Davis, Feb. 1, 1897, to July 30, 1898.
Rev. William W. Davidson, Oct. 30, 1898, to Feb. 1, 1900.
" Hurd's History of Fairfield County, published in 1881.
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Rev. Grove F. Ekine, April 1, 1902, to April 1, 1904. Rev. William H. Smith, April 1, 1905, to Oct. 1, 1906. Rev. J. F. Schneider, Jan. 1, 1907, to May 25, 1907. Rev. C. M. Calderwood, July 25, 1907, to June 17, 1908. Rev. Samuel E. Dunham, July 6, 1908.
SWEDISH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Organized, 1904.
The Swedish Congregational Church was organized dur- ing the month of August, 1904, as a branch of the church at Stamford, and is not considered as a separate charge. The first services were held in a hall on the westerly side of Green- wich Avenue, near Grigg Street, and were continued in the · same place for one year. On the last Sunday of August, 1905, the services were held in the Second Congregational Church, Borough of Greenwich, where they have been continually held until the present time.
Ministers.
Rev. K. F. Olsen, 1904 to 1906.
Rev. Mr. Jansen, 1906 to 1908.
Rev. Gustaf A. Quarnstrom, 1908.
CHRIST CHURCH-EPISCOPAL. I Borough of Greenwich.
Started as a Mission in 1705. Organized as a Parish in 1833.
Undoubtedly more credit is due to Colonel Caleb Heath- coate of Mamaroneck, Surveyor-General of His Majesty's Customs for the Eastern District of North America, Judge of the Court of Admiralty for the Provinces of New York and New Jersey, and the Colony of Connecticut, one of His Majesty's Council for the Province of New York, and brother of Sir Gilbert Heathcoate of London, than to any one else, for having founded the Church of England in this vicinity.
I Huntington's History of Stamford, published in 1868; Baird's History of Rye, published in 1871.
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At his instance the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts of England, formed in 1701, sent one of its first missionaries, the Rev. Thomas Pritchard, to officiate in the Parish of Rye. He arrived at New York in April, 1704, and entered upon his duties in May. He soon, however, proved unsuitable and remained but a few months.
His successor, the Rev. George Muirson, a native of Scotland, may be regarded as the first missionary in the Town of Greenwich. He came to America, as a school- teacher, under the auspices of the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and his work was so efficient that he was soon sent back to England as a candidate for orders, where he was ordained by the Bishop of London. He returned to Rye in the summer of 1705, and on the thirty- first day of July, 1705, Governor Cornbury signed a mandate for his induction as rector of the Parish of Rye, Mamaroneck, and Bedford. During his short ministry he conducted ser- vices at Greenwich and Stamford. His death occurred on the twelfth day of October, 1708.
The Rev. George Muirson was succeeded by the Rev. Mr. Reynolds in October, 1709, who officiated bu't a few times, when he was removed.
The Rev. Christopher Bridge, formerly assistant at King's Chapel, Boston, and afterwards at Narragansett, succeeded the Rev. Mr. Reynolds. He came to Rye as rector in January, 1710, and died on the twenty-second day of May, 1719.
The Rev. Robert Jenney, chaplain of the royal forces in New York, succeeded the Rev. Mr. Bridge, and was inducted as rector of the Parish of Rye on the seventh day of June, 1722. He remained until 1726, when he removed to Hemp- stead.
The Rev. James Wetmore succeeded the Rev. Mr. Jenney. He was a native of Middletown, Connecticut, graduated from Yale College in 1714; ordained as a Congre- gational minister in November, 1718, and settled as pastor of the First Congregational Church at North Haven. Within
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four years, he relinquished his charge and soon after went to England, where he was ordained as a clergyman of the Estab- lished Church. He returned to America and on the seventh day of June, 1725, was called to Rye, and his induction as rector of the Parish of Rye took place soon after. He con- tinued the services maintained by his predecessors, preaching at Rye, North Castle, White Plains, Bedford, Greenwich, and Stamford. He remained in charge of the Parish of Rye until his decease on the fifteenth day of May, 1760, over thirty-three years.
From the first settlement of the Colony of Connecticut, and for many years thereafter, the Congregational Church was considered, as it were, the State Church, and every free- man was compelled by law to contribute to its support, unless exempted by some legislative act. In 1738, during the ministry of the Rev. Mr. Wetmore, and under his auspices, the Episcopalians in the Towns of Greenwich and Stamford, where he regularly held services once a month, sent a memo- rial to the General Assembly, together with other Episco- palians in the Colony of Connecticut, praying that the members of the Church of England in the Colony of Con- necticut might be excused from paying for the support of the Congregational Church, which was denied. The petition of the Stamford and Greenwich churchmen was signed by the following :
Arnold, Robert,
Austin, Jonathan,
Avery, John,
King, William,
Ballis, Thomas,
Kirkham, John,
Barton, Joseph,
Burley, John,
Knapp, Benjamin, Knapp, Caleb,
Charlton, Richard,
Knapp, Israel,
Knapp, James,
Day, Benjamin, DeMill, Peter, Finch, John,
Knapp, Joseph, Lockwood, Gershom,
Lockwood, Hezekiah, Lockwood, John,
Lockwood, Jonathan,
Hibbard, Nathaniel, Hicks, John, Johnson, John,
Johnson, Thomas, Jones, Henry,
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Lockwood, Nathaniel,
Riggs, Mills,
Matthews, John,
Roberts, Thomas,
Mills, Samuel,
Rundle, Abraham,
Morine, Samuel,
Sutherland, Charles,
Nichols, Abraham,
Wilson, James,
Peck, Jeremy,
Worden, Nathaniel,
Quintard, Isaac,
Worden, Nathaniel, Jr.,
Reynolds, David,
Young, Benjamin,
-- , John.
From 1744 until the time of the settlement of the Rev. Ebenezer Dibble at Stamford, the Rev. Mr. Wetmore seems to have been assisted in his mission work in Greenwich and Stamford by the Rev. Henry Caner of Fairfield.
Saint John's Parish of Stamford must have been organ- ized in 1742, because on the twelfth day of December, 1742, the Town of Stamford granted to the Professors of the Church of England a piece of land to set a church upon.
The church edifice in the Town of Greenwich was so far completed in March, 1747, that it could be used. The deed to the property from Israel Knapp was recorded on the twenty-seventh day of December, 1748. The mission at Greenwich from that time on until its organi- zation into a parish, in 1833, became a part of Saint John's Parish.
The Rev. Mr. Wetmore was succeeded by the Rev. Ebenezer Dibble. He graduated from Yale College in 1734; was licensed to preach as a Congregational minister, and was called in 1741 by the Congregational Church at Stamford to become its pastor. The next heard of him he was seeking orders in the Episcopal Church, and was an assistant to the Rev. Henry Caner. On the twenty-seventh day of December, 1747, he received leave to go to England for orders, where he was ordained by the Archbishop of Canterbury. He returned to Stamford, and entered upon his duties as missionary in charge of Saint John's Parish on the sixteenth day of October, 1748, and continued as such until his death in 1799, over fifty years, during which time he conducted services regularly
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once a month in the chapel at Horseneck, now Borough of Greenwich.
In 1749, the Rev. Ebenezer Dibble in his report to the Venerable Secretary of the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, stated that a chapel, thirty-six feet in length by twenty-five feet in breadth, had been built at Horseneck and was glazed. This chapel stood on the brow of Put's Hill and was blown down during the great gale which occurred on the third day of September, 1821.
The foundation for a new chapel was soon after com- menced on the southerly side of Putnam Avenue, near the site of the present church edifice. The building was raised on the fourth day of July, 1832, and the completed structure consecrated on the fourth day of May, 1834.
A meeting of the Episcopalians in the Town of Green- wich, to be held on the twenty-fifth day of December, 1833, was regularly called, upon the application of:
Bush, Justus L., Davis, Silas, Husted, William,
Bush, Nelson, Finch, Jared, Knapp, Albert,
Mead, Drake.
At which meeting a parish was regularly organized, and it was then decided to call the church, Christ Church. It is a voluntary association of individuals formed for public wor- ship.
About 1855, it was found that the needs of the parish required a larger church edifice, and thereupon a new building was erected on the same site, and consecrated on the seven- teenth day of January, 1857, which was torn down during . the summer of 1910.
The corner-stone of the present church edifice was laid on the first day of May, 1909, and the completed structure consecrated on the fourth day of June, 1910.
Ministers.
Rev. George Muirson, 1705 to 1708.
Rev. Mr. Reynolds, 1709.
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Rev. Christopher Bridge, 1710 to 1719.
Rev. Robert Jenney, 1722 to 1726.
Rev. James Wetmore, 1726 to 1747.
Rev. Ebenezer Dibble, 1748 to 1799.
Rev. Calvin White, 1798.
Rev. J. H. Reynolds, Rev. S. Wheaton, and Rev. Amzi Rogers, officiated for a number of years.
Rev. Jonathan Judd, Oct. 10, 1810, to 1822.
Rev. Bennett Glover, 1822 to 1823.
Rev. Ambrose S. Todd, June 30, 1823, to Nov., 1833.
Rev. Robert Davies, Nov., 1833, to July, 1834.
Rev. Joseph H. Nichols, Sept. 14, 1834, to Feb., 1839.
Rev. Benjamin M. Yarrington entered upon his work April 5, 1839; elected rector April 20, 1840; resigned April 28, 1895; and was elected rector emeritus on July 16, 1895. Entered into rest March 19, 1898.
Rev. M. George Thompson entered upon his duties July 7, 1895. Present rector.
CALVARY CHURCH. Round Hill. Organized, June 25, 1859.
Calvary Church at Round Hill was organized on the twenty-fifth day of June, 1859, as follows:
The following named persons, all citizens of Greenwich and residing in the vicinity of Round Hill, have associated and formed themselves into a religious society agreeably to the statute laws of the State of Connecticut, and the constitu- tion and canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Connecticut, under and by the name of "Calvary Church, (Round Hill), Greenwich."
Ferris, Nathaniel, Knapp, Benjamin, Jr.,
Finch, Silas,
Merrit, Caleb W.,
Haight, Thomas A.,
Minor, Zalmon,
Holly, Francis M.,
Peck, Isaac,
Holly, Pierre R.,
Platt, William J.,
Husted, Benjamin F.,
Purdy, Calvin, Purdy, John, Jr.,
Husted, James,
Husted, John A.,
Purdy, William,
Husted, Jonathan,
Raymond, Henry,
Husted, Joseph W.,
Sniffen, Daniel,
White, Bartow F.
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The church edifice was erected during the summer of 1860, chiefly through the personal efforts of Dr. Bartow F. White, and the first service held in it on the twenty-sixth day of August, 1860, was conducted by the Rev. Isaac Peck. It was consecrated on the twenty-ninth day of October, 1860, by the Right Rev. John Williams, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Connecticut. On Easter Sunday, 1865, Emmanuel Chapel at Glenville was transferred to its charge.
Rectors.
Rev. Isaac Peck, Sept. 24, 1860, to Feb. 26, 1865.
Rev. William Bient, in charge from Ist Sunday after Trinity, 1865, to Jan. 15, 1866.
Rev. R. H. Barnes, 1867, to May 14, 1871.
Rev. C. W. Bolton, Oct. II, 1874, to 1880.
Rev. Benjamin M. Yarrington, Dec. 28, 1880, to April 26, 1887.
Rev. Mr. Pierce and Rev. G. T. Linsley, in charge, April I, 1888, to 1890.
Rev. William I. Magill, Feb. 1, 1890. Present rector.
SAINT PAUL'S CHURCH. Riverside. Organized, 1876.
Saint Paul's Church at Riverside was originally started as a Sunday School on the twenty-fourth day of October, 1875. The first Sunday School services were held at the residence of Mrs. Stephen P. Selleck and conducted by Jennie McComb and Margaret Topham, and attended by five teachers and fifteen pupils. The school was found to be too large to be comfortably accommodated at Mrs. Selleck's, and the Mianus District Schoolhouse was obtained for the following Sunday in which the Sunday School services were continually held until the chapel was ready for occupancy. The undertaking was supported by Luke A. Lockwood and other prominent residents of Riverside. Mr. Lockwood became superintendent of the Sunday School and under his
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influence and guidance the school rapidly increased in num- bers. A weekly church evening service was established, and the growth of the work was so encouraging that it was decided to raise funds to erect a Sunday School Chapel.
It was through the efforts and personal influence of Mr. Lockwood that the society was organized in March, 1876, by the name of "Saint Paul's Episcopal Society." The first meeting of this society was held on the twentieth day of March, 1876, which resulted in the election of the following wardens and vestrymen: Luke A. Lockwood, Senior War- den; Dr. Edward H. Brinley, Junior Warden and Treas- urer; Vestrymen: Frederick M. Lockwood, Clerk, John R. McComb, Augustus R. Newman, Benjamin Page, Benjamin P. Smith.
Jeremiah W. Atwater supported the undertaking to the extent of donating to the society on the eighth day of May, 1876, over half an acre of land, upon which the present church edifice stands. The plans for the chapel were donated by H. Hudson Holly, who also personally supervised the construction of the building without compensation. The foundation for the chapel was commenced on the seventh day of August, 1876, and the corner-stone was laid on the ninth day of September, 1876, at which the address was deliv- ered by Luke A. Lockwood. The visible result of eleven months' work was a Sunday School with one hundred and seventy-three pupils and twenty-three teachers. The chapel was ready for occupancy on the eighth day of December, 1876, and the first services were conducted by Luke A. Lock- wood, as lay reader. He continued to conduct the services regularly until the tenth day of July, 1886, when the Rev. Charles Wright Freeland, curate at Saint Andrew's Church, Stamford, took charge of the work at the chapel.
On the second day of July, 1892, the Right Rev. John Williams, D.D., Bishop of Connecticut, made his second episcopal visit to the chapel, administered the rite of con- firmation, and consecrated the chapel. In 1894, by the unsolicited action of the wardens and vestrymen of Christ
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Church, Borough of Greenwich, Saint Paul's Episcopal Soci- ety became an independent parish.
A. R. Whitney donated the land on which the rectory was built in 1901.
Ministers in Charge.
Rev. Charles Wright Freeland, July 10, 1886, to July 1, 1889.
Rev. Christopher W. Knauff, 1889 to 1890.
Rev. Alden Welling, April 5, 1890, to Dec. 1, 1891.
Various clergymen in charge, 1892 to 1893.
Rev. Peter McFarland, 1893 to 1894.
Rev. Frederick R. Sanford, first rector, 1894 to 1898.
Rev. Herbert M. Smith, in charge, Oct. 15, 1898, to Dec. 31, · 1898.
Rev. Charles W. Boylston, Jan. 1, 1899. Present rector.
EMMANUEL CHAPEL. Glenville.
Emmanuel Chapel was erected in 1842 through the liber- ality of Samuel G. Cornell, and consecrated on the twenty- second day of April, 1842. It was originally under the charge of the rector of Christ Church, Borough of Greenwich, but on Easter Sunday, 1865, it was placed under the care of Calvary Church, Round Hill. Owing to a change in the inhabitants at Glenville, the services were discontinued and the property sold in 1910.
SAINT JOHN'S CHAPEL. formerly the ABBOT CHAPEL. Byram.
This chapel is located on the northerly side of the Post Road near the top of Byram Hill, and was originally started by B. F. Ashley of Port Chester as a Sunday School in the Byram District Schoolhouse in the fall of 1869. Frank Abbot of Harrison became interested in the work, and it was
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through his personal influence and financial aid that the present chapel was erected in which the first service was held on the seventh day of January, 1870. Monthly services were held by the Rev. Mr. Yarrington of Christ Church, Borough of Greenwich. Mr. Ashley was succeeded in the work by William Whitney. In 1889 the late Archdeacon Tatlock took charge of the property, in trust, for the Diocese of Connecticut, In 1890 the chapel became part of the Round Hill Parish, and has ever since been in charge of the present missionary.
ROSEMARY CHAPEL. Borough of Greenwich.
The funds for Rosemary Chapel were all raised by the pupils of Rosemary Hall, which is a school for young ladies, and of which the chapel is a part. It is said to be the only pure Middle English Gothic structure in this country and was under construction some three years. It was conse- crated on the eighteenth day of October, 1909, by the Right Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster, D.D., Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church for the Diocese of Connecticut.
KING STREET BAPTIST CHURCH. I . Organized, Nov. 3, 1773. Incorporated in 1842. Glenville.
The first item of information respecting the Baptists in this vicinity is a statement made in 1769, by Ebenezer Ferris. He and his wife, Abigail, had united with the Congregational Church at Stamford on the twelfth day of February, 1769, and by the twenty-seventh day of October, of the same year, he had become so far convinced of the invalidity of his bap- tism as to seek immersion at the hands of Elder Gano of New York City. His own statement of the change is as follows:
Having been sometime exercised in mind, in disputes upon religious subjects, searching the scriptures for under-
I Huntington's History of Stamford, published in 1868.
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standing, and becoming convinced that the Baptists, in their practice, are agreeable to the order of the gospel, I made application to the Baptist Church in New York, under the pastoral care of Elder Gano. Desiring to unite with them in the privilege of the gospel, after having been examined, they manifested their freedom. Was baptized Oct. 27, 1769, and received into church fellowship.
In April, 1770, Elder Gano preached in Stamford and baptized Nathan Scofield of Stamford and John Ferris of Stanwich. In June, 1770, he baptized Nehemiah Brown and David Wilson of Horseneck, and Moses Reynolds of Stanwich.
In 1771, the following persons were baptized: Oliver Sherwood of Horseneck, James Winchel, Elizabeth Davis, Hannah Ferris, Rebecca Reynolds of Stanwich, Elizabeth Rowel of Horseneck, Mindal Smith of Bedford, William Brundage and Nathan Sutton of Horseneck.
On the third day of November, 1773, those Baptists who were living in the Horseneck Society organized a separate church, located at Glenville. It was supplied for a period of about eleven years by ministers from Tarrytown, Danbury, Stamford, Long Island, and New York City. After that the Rev. Nathaniel Finch was settled as pastor and continued as such until June, 1824. He died on the twenty-ninth day of August, 1829, in his 85th year.
At the session of the General Assembly held in 1842, it was:
Resolved, that the society of Baptists, consisting of William Newman, James Green, Samuel Brundage, James Wilson, and others, located in the Town of Greenwich, and having their place of worship in or near King Street, and those now acting with them as members of said society, and those by said society now recognized as members thereof, be and they are hereby declared to be a religious society, legally established for the worship of God, with power to hold real and personal property, etc.
Services were discontinued in 1886, and the church edifice, which was erected in 1774, and used as a hospital during the
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Revolutionary War, was destroyed by fire on the twenty- fifth day of October, 1899.
Pastors.
Rev. Nathaniel Finch, 1785 to June, 1824.
Rev. David Peck, assisted Rev. Mr. Finch, during the latter years of his pastorate.
Rev. Jacob H. Brouner, June, 1824, to Aug., 1826.
Rev. Ebenezer S. Raymond, Dec. 30, 1826, to 1864.
Rev. O. C. Kirkham, May 4, 1867, to 1870.
Rev. Jonathan Bastow, July 1, 1873, to 1875. Rev. A. F. Perry, in charge, 1878 to 1880.
There was no settled pastor after the Rev. Mr. Bastow left.
BANKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH. Organized, August 8, 1853.
The Banksville Baptist Church is a voluntary association of individuals formed for public worship, and was organized on the eighth day of August, 1853, by several members from the church at Bedford together with one or two members from other churches. It is located on the westerly side of North Street near the state line. The first service was held in the basement of the present church edifice, which was afterwards completed and dedicated. The church records have been exceptionally well kept and are in an excellent state of preservation.
Original Members.
Banks, Abigail,
Banks, Mary,
Banks, Ann Maria,
Banks, Rachel,
Banks, Benjamin F.,
Barrett, Eliza,
Banks, Emily,
Barrett, Henry,
Banks, Ezra F.,
Ferris, James L.,
Banks, Frances E.,
Ferris, Jennet,
Banks, John,
Hobby, Deborah A.,
Banks, Jonathan,
Hobby, George,
Banks, Keziah,
Hobby, Mary,
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Knowlton, Farnham,
Thatcher, Clarissa J.,
Knowlton, George,
Thatcher, George,
Knowlton, Sarah E.,
Tillotson, Adelia J.,
Mead, Hannah,
Tillotson, Gilbert H.,
Miller, Amanda, Tillotson, Harrison,
Studwell, Mary, Tillotson, Nancy M.,
Youngs, Daniel.
Pastors.
Rev. Henry F. Smith, called Nov., 1853, resigned Aug. 22, 1858.
Rev. Uriah B. Guiscard, called Oct., 1858, resigned Feb. 5, 1861.
Rev. A. Judson Allen, called April 4, 1863, resigned Dec. 31, I865.
Rev. I. S. Gifford, called Jan., 1866, resigned Sept. 10, 1871. Rev. Warren Lincoln, called Dec. 17, 1871, resigned May, 1874.
Rev. Harvey B. Alley, called June 23, 1874, resigned Oct. 30, 1904.
Rev. Francis Purvis, called Oct. 30, 1904, resigned April I, 1908.
Rev. Samuel D. Ringrose, called Aug. 16, 1908, resigned Jan., 1910.
Rev. James A. Deojay, called Oct., 1910.
KING STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. I Organized, 1787. Glenville.
The Methodists began to hold services in Glenville as early as 1787, at which time the Rev. Samuel Q. Talbot was appointed preacher on the New Rochelle Circuit. He preached in this vicinity and organized a church. The ser- vices were at first held in private houses, and later, when the membership had increased in numbers, the King Street Dis- trict Schoolhouse was used. He was succeeded, in 1788,
Huntington's History of Stamford, published in 1868; Baird's History of Rye, published in 1871.
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by the Rev. Peter Moriarity and the Rev. Albert Van Nostram. The next year the celebrated Rev. Jesse Lee and Rev. Andrew Van Nostram were the preachers.
In 1790, a regular circuit was formed embracing all of Fairfield County and part of Westchester County, and the Rev. John Bloodgood was the preacher. In 1803, this large circuit was divided, and set off to New Rochelle and Redding, so that the southeastern portion of Westchester County formed the New Rochelle Circuit, and included the church organization on King Street. In 1832, the circuit was again divided, so as to embrace in the New Rochelle Circuit, New Rochelle, East Chester, Mamaroneck, Rye, Port Chester and King Street. In 1845, the circuit was again divided by making Port Chester and King Street a separate circuit, and it remained so until 1857, when the King Street Methodist Episcopal Church became a separate charge.
In 1822, the erection of a church edifice was discussed for the first time. In 1829, Desire W. Haight, wife of Daniel Haight, donated to the society, which had recently been organized, the ground upon which the church edifice now stands, and the erection of the building commenced, which was completed and dedicated in 1831.
The corner-stone of the present church edifice was laid on the fourth day of October, 1892, and the completed structure dedicated on the twenty-third day of July, 1893.
In 1907, this church and the one at Round Hill were formed into a circuit.
Owing to the loss of the church records prior to 1869, the list of ministers in charge from the organization of the church until that date, can be given only approximately.
Ministers in Charge.
Rev. Samuel Q. Talbot, 1787.
Rev. Peter Moriarity and Rev. Albert Van Nostram, 1788. Rev. Jesse Lee and Rev. Andrew Van Nostram,. 1789.
Rev. John Bloodgood, 1790.
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Rev. W. Thatcher and Rev. Aaron Hunt, 1803.
Rev. J. Coleman and Rev. J. Sawyer, 1805.
Rev. H. Redstone and Rev. Joseph Crawford, 1806. Revs. Billy Hubbard, M. B. Buel, Zalmon Lyon, Ezekiel Canfield, Luman Andrus, P. Peck, N. W. Thomas, H. Eames, E. Smith, J. Lyon, S. Arnold, N. Emery, Coles Carpenter, D. Ostrander, M. Richardson, and S. Bush- nell, from 1807 to 1821.
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