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Revs. Elijah Woolsey, W. Jewett, R. Seney, R. Seaman, S. Martindale, Luman Andrus, Phineas Rice, P. P. San- ford, J. Bowen, S. Cochran, E. Hibbard, D. DeVinnie, E. Washburn, and J. Ferris, from 1821 to 1832.
Revs. B. Sellick, H. Husted, D. Ostrander, P. L. Hoyt, B. Daniels, P. R. Brown, T. Sparks, E. Osborn, P. Cham- berlain, C. Ochampaugh, C. F. Pelton, Samuel U. Fisher, F. W. Lefevre, E. Andrews, and W. Gothard, from 1833 to 1845.
Rev. H. F. Pease, 1845 to 1847.
Rev. W. B. Hoyt, 1847 to 1849.
Rev. J. A. Edmonds, 1849 to 1851.
Rev. Justus O. North, 1851 to 1853.
Rev. William F. Smith, 1853 to 1855. Rev. - Cotant, 1855 to 1857.
Rev. William Porteus, 1857 to 1859.
Rev. Joseph Vinton, 1869 to 1871. Rev. J. A. Edmonds, 1871 to 1874. Rev. J. Winthrop Rawlinson, 1874. Rev. Marcus D. Buel, 1875 to 1878. Rev. J. C. Barnhart, 1878 to 1879. Rev. J. B. Sheppard, 1879 to 1881. Rev. Daniel Jones, 1881 to 1884. Rev. James Robinson, 1884 to 1887. Rev. J. T. Langlois, 1887 to 1891. Rev. William E. Jeffries, 1891 to 1896. Rev. B. T. Abbott, 1896 to 1902. Rev. E. T. Lounsbury, 1902 to 1905.
Rev. B. C. Miller, 1905 to 1906. Rev. A. L. Faust, 1906 to 1910.
Rev. J. A. Parks, 1910 to 19II. Rev. C. S. Pitman, 19II.
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ROUND HILL METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. I Organized, 1826.
Methodism made its first appearance at Round Hill early in 1800, through the instrumentality of Nathaniel Husted and Benjamin Lockwood. The first known place for holding meetings was at the house of Nathaniel Husted, north of the present church, and the services were conducted by a Metho- dist preacher by the name of the Rev. Thomas Drummond, and afterwards meetings were held at different places in the vicinity of the church, and also in the schoolhouse. No regular church organization, however, was effected until 1826, when plans were made for the building of a church, which was completed and dedicated on Thanksgiving Day, 1828, by Rev. Noah Levings, D.D., of the New York Con- ference.
The ground on which the first church edifice stood was deeded to the society by two brothers, Benjamin Husted and Jonathan Husted, and was situated on the southwest corner of the road, about opposite the present structure. The corner-stone of the present edifice was laid on the twenty-second day of November, 1871, the ground hav- ing been purchased from William S. Brown, and the old building was soon afterwards moved to the new founda- tion, a lobby and steeple added, and the structure repaired. The church was rededicated on the thirty-first day of July, 1873.
It is a voluntary association of individuals formed for public worship under the name of the Round Hill Methodist Episcopal Church. The society has been abolished and trustees now hold the title to its property.
In 1907, the church was "circuited" with the King Street Methodist Episcopal Church. There are no records prior to 1858.
I Semi-Centennial of the Round Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, by Nathaniel C. Husted, M.D., published in 1879; Huntington's History of Stamford, published in 1868.
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Ministers in Charge from 1810 to 1907.
Rev. Billy Hubbard.
Rev. Ezekiel Canfield, 1812.
Rev. Zalmon Lyon.
Rev. Thomas Drummond, 1813.
Rev. Benjamin Griffin, 1813.
Rev. Phineas Rice, 1814.
Rev. Coles Carpenter, 1815.
Rev. Theodocius Clark, 1815- 16.
Rev. Aaron Hunt, 1816.
Rev. John Reynolds, 1817-18.
Rev. John M. Smith, 1819.
Rev. Samuel D. Ferguson, 1819.
Rev. Elisha P. Jacobs, 1820.
Rev. John M. Smith, 1820.
Rev. John B. Matthias, 1821. Rev. Eli Dennison, 1822.
Rev. Jarvis Z. Nichols, 1823.
Rev. Nathaniel Porter, 1824.
Rev. Noble W. Thomas, 1824. Rev. Cyrus Foss, 1825.
Rev. Elijah Woolsey, 1826.
Rev. Luman Andrus, 1826.
Rev. Lorin Clark, 1827.
Rev. Reuben Harris.
Rev. Samuel U. Fisher, 1827. Rev. Daniel DeVinnie, 1828.
Rev. Oliver V. Ammerman. , Rev. Samuel Cochran, 1830. Rev. Daniel I. Wright, 1831. Rev. John Lovejoy, 1832.
Rev. Elijah Hibbard, 1833.
Rev. Abraham S. Francis, 1833. Rev. Charles Stearns, 1834.
Rev. William Bangs, 1837.
Rev. Seymour Vandusen, 1837. Rev. Henry Hatfield, 1838.
Rev. Alonzo F. Silleck.
Rev. George L. Fuller.
Rev. Nathan Rice.
Rev. Robert Travis.
Rev. Josiah L. Dickerson.
Rev. Jesse Hunt, 1842.
Rev. Rufus C. Putney, 1844.
Rev. James H. Romer, 1846.
Rev. Jacob C. Washburn, 1847.
Rev. Charles F. Pelton.
Rev. J. K. Still.
Rev. Robert Codling.
Rev. Charles Gorse, 1848.
Rev. Jacob C. Washburn.
Rev. John A. Selleck, 1850.
Rev. Joseph Wildey, 1851.
Rev. William F. Smith.
Rev. Benjamin Redford, 1853.
Rev. William Ross, 1855-56.
Rev. William Porteus, 1857.
Rev. Seneca Howland, 1858-59 and I868.
Rev. Julius B. Wilcox, 1860.
Rev. George H. Goodsill.
Rev. Alexander McAllister,
1863.
Rev. Moses Lyon.
Rev. John P. Haviland, 1868- 7I.
Rev. Ephraim Watt, 1873.
Rev. Frank M. Halleck, 1875.
Rev. Thomas W. Bethel, 1876- 77.
Rev. William McNickoll, 1877.
Rev. M. N. Olmstead, 1878-79.
Rev. Thomas J. Watt, 1880.
Rev. William J. White, 1881- 82.
Rev. Frederick J. Shackleton, 1883-84.
Rev. George B. Wray, 1885.
Rev. George Leavens, 1886-87.
Rev. S. T. Jackson, 1888-89.
Rev. Frederick Fisher, 1889. Rev. Isaac Marsland, 1890.
Rev. Henry Roisay, 1891.
Rev. Frank B. Westervelt, 1892-94.
Rev. John E. Zeiter, 1895-99.
Rev. Gilbert O. Gilman, 1900. Rev. James W. Colona, 1901. Rev. E. Stevenson, 1902.
Rev. Robert Hartley, 1903.
Rev. Henry E. Wing, 1904.
Rev. J. Horace Barnes, 1905. Rev. Benjamin Dahnes, 1906.
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"Circuited" with the King Street Methodist Episcopal Church in 1907, and one minister now attends to both parishes.
FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.I Horseneck, now Borough of Greenwich. Organized, 1812.
As early as 1787, Methodism made its appearance in the Borough of Greenwich, at which time the Rev. Samuel Q. Talbot was appointed preacher on the New Rochelle Circuit, and preached all through this vicinity. He was succeeded, in 1788, 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. Meetings for prayer and religious experience had been held in the Town of Greenwich at irregular intervals for some time prior to 1812, but during this year the first sermon that is be- lieved to have been preached by a Methodist minister in Horseneck was preached by the Rev. Ezekiel Canfield, in the house formerly occupied by Loretta Merritt, near the old toll- gate. It is quite evident that a church organization was effected at that time. It was not, however, until the year 1843, that the church felt able to build a meeting-house, consequently, on the fourteenth day of November, 1843, at a meeting held in the Horseneck District Schoolhouse, the "Horseneck Methodist Episcopal Society" was organized by:
Close, Jonathan A., Gansey, Solomon S., Merritt, John A., Peck, Benjamin, Jr.,
Halsted, Elisha,
Marshall, Gilbert,
Weed, John M.
I Historical Sermon, by Rev. William F. Hatfield, published in 1870. Historical Sermon, by Rev. Benjamin M. Adams, published in The Greenwich Graphic, November 18, 1893.
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The society purchased the plot of land about where the parsonage now stands, and erected thereon the first Metho- dist Episcopal Church built in the Borough of Greenwich, which was dedicated in September, 1844. The corner-stone of the present church edifice was laid on the twelfth day of May, 1868, and the completed structure dedicated on the twelfth day of May, 1869. The first meeting-house has been moved to the easterly side of Church Street and is now used as a chapel. The society was abolished during the ministry of the Rev. William R. Webster, 1866, and a board of trustees substituted in its place.
It is a voluntary association of individuals formed for public worship under the name of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Greenwich. The earliest records pre- served by the church are those commenced in November, 1857.
Ministers in Charge.
Rev. Ezekiel Canfield, 1812.
Rev. Benjamin Griffin, 1813.
Rev. Phineas Rice, 1814.
Rev. Coles Carpenter, 1815.
Rev. Theodocius Clark, 1815- 16.
Rev. Aaron Hunt, 1816.
Rev. John Reynolds, 1817-18.
Rev. John M. Smith, 1819.
Rev. Samuel D. Ferguson, 1819. Rev. Elisha P. Jacobs, 1820.
Rev. John M. Smith, 1820. Rev. John B. Matthias, 1821. Rev. Eli Dennison, 1822.
Rev. Jarvis Z. Nichols, 1823.
Rev. Nathaniel Porter, 1824.
Rev. Noble W. Thomas, 1824.
Rev. Cyrus Foss, 1825.
Rev. Elijah Woolsey, 1826.
Rev. Luman Andrus, 1826.
Rev. Lorin Clark, 1827.
Rev. Samuel U. Fisher, 1827.
Rev. Daniel De Vinnie, 1828-29.
Rev. Samuel Cochran, 1830.
Rev. Daniel I. Wright, 1831.
Rev. John Lovejoy, 1832.
Rev. Elijah Hibbard, 1833.
Rev. Abraham S. Francis, 1833.
Rev. Charles Stearns, 1834.
Rev. William H. Bangs, 1837.
Rev. Seymour Vandusen, 1837.
Rev. Henry Hatfield, 1838.
Rev. Alonzo F. Silleck.
Rev. Nathan Rice.
Rev. Robert Travis.
Rev. Josiah L. Dickerson.
Rev. Jesse Hunt, 1842.
Rev. Rufus C. Putney, in 1843 and 1844, was appointed to what was called the "Horseneck Circuit, " embracing Horseneck, Cos Cob, Round Hill, and Stanwich. In 1845 he was assisted by Rev. Robert Codling.
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Rev. James H. Romer, assisted by Rev. Benjamin Redford, 1846.
Rev. Jacob C. Washburn, assisted by Rev. Benjamin M. Adams, 1847.
Rev. Charles Gorse and Rev. William F. Smith, 1848-49. Rev. William McKendree Bangs and Rev. J. A. Selleck, 1850. Rev. J. A. Selleck, 1851, and the charge included Horseneck and Cos Cob.
Rev. George L. Fuller, 1852-53.
Rev. Philip L. Hoyt, 1854.
Rev. George Dunbar, 1855.
Rev. Seneca Howland, 1856-57.
Rev. Edward Oldrin, 1858.
Rev. George Hollis, 1859-60.
Rev. George Stillman, 1861-62.
Rev. Alexander McAllister, 1863, and Round Hill and Stan- wich were included in the circuit.
Rev. Alexander McAllister, 1864, and the circuit was changed to Horseneck and Round Hill.
Rev. Moses Lyon, 1865.
Rev. William R. Webster, 1866, and Horseneck and Round Hill were separated.
Rev. William F. Hatfield, 1867-70.
Rev. Arza Hill, 1870-73.
Rev. Charles C. Glover, 1873-75.
Rev. J. W. Beach, 1875-76.
Rev. Richard Rush, 1876-77.
Rev. George Taylor, 1877-80.
Rev. Charles P. Corner, 1880.
Rev. Henry Asten, 1881-83.
Rev. J. H. Lightbourne, 1884-86.
Rev. Arthur B. Sanford, 1887-89.
Rev. Isaac E. Smith, 1890-92.
Rev. Benjamin M. Adams, 1893-97.
Rev. William W. Gillies, 1898-1900.
Rev. William E. Scofield, 1901-10.
Rev. Martin O. Lepley, 1910. Present minister.
STANWICH METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Organized, 1830. Abandoned, 1876.
The Methodists began to hold services in Stanwich as early as 1825, and as near as can be ascertained the Stanwich
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Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1830. The book containing the early records of this church has been lost, and only meagre details concerning its history can be obtained. The church edifice stood on the westerly side of the road a short distance south of the Stanwich Congrega- tional Church and about opposite the Stanwich Cemetery. The church never supported an independent minister, but was "circuited" with the church at Round Hill, Greenwich, or Mianus, and one minister attended to the spiritual needs of all the parishioners in the circuit. The last sermon was preached by the Rev. Frank M. Halleck in 1876. The property was recently sold to the Stanwich Congregational Church, and the building is now used as a hall.
DIAMOND HILL METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Organized, 1857.
It would appear, from the history of the progress of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Town of Greenwich, that the church at Mianus was organized as early as 1844, because at that time the Methodists in this vicinity were included in the circuit called the "Horseneck Circuit," which included Horseneck, Cos Cob, Round Hill, Stanwich, and Mianus. The first meetings were probably held at different houses, and possibly in the schoolhouse. Later they were held in an old neglected structure on the northeast corner of the Post Road and the road to Steep Hollow, about opposite the present church edifice. It was not, however, until 1857 that the church was recognized as an independent charge. It is a voluntary association of individuals formed for public wor- ship, and is known as the Diamond Hill Methodist Episcopal Church. The corner-stone of the present church edifice was laid in 1867.
In a report of the Rev. George H. Anderson, pastor, 1867- 1868, to the Quarterly Conference for the year 1869, he says: "The new edifice is enclosed, the heavy work done, and the building gradually goes on to completion. The trustees
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gave themselves three years to complete the work; two have already expired. At the end of the third they will probably be in their new church, and with debt enough to make them comfortable." In 1874 the debt stood thus: mortgage, $10,000, and a floating debt of $448. In July, 1878, the floating debt amounted to $1500. It was during this year, the second year of the pastorate of the Rev. George A. Graves, that an effort was made to lift this constantly increasing indebtedness. The task seemed quite hopeless, but through the efforts of the pastor and his most active co-laborer, John H. Ockershausen, treasurer of the board of trustees, the money was raised and the debt liquidated.
Ministers in Charge.
Rev. Rufus C. Putney, 1844-45. Rev. William F. Smith, 1849.
Rev. George L. Fuller, 1852-53.
Rev. George Dunbar, 1855.
Rev. Seneca Howland, 1856-57.
Rev. Thomas D. Littlewood, 1857.
Rev. Seneca Howland, 1858-59. Rev. George Hollis, 1856-60.
Rev. Seneca Howland, 1861-63. Rev. William W. McGuire, 1864-65.
Rev. George H. Anderson, 1867 -68.
Rev. William H. Bangs, 1869.
Rev. William D. Thompson, 1870-72.
Rev. James M. Carroll, 1873.
Rev. Charles E. Miller, 1874.
Rev. Charles W. Fordham, 1875-76.
Rev. George A. Graves, 1877- 79. Rev. William W. Martin, 1880 -83.
Rev. Henry S. Still, 1884-85. Rev. Albert S. Hagarty, 1887- 91.
Rev. Rufus S. Putney, 1892-96. Rev. J. Wilbur Eggleston, 1897. Rev. William C. Wilson, 1898- 99.
Rev. William E. Jeffries, 1900- 02.
Rev. Nathan G. Cheney, 1903. Rev. E. Foster Piper, 1904- I9II.
Rev. Richard Hegarty, 191I.
NORTH COS COB METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH. Organized, 1830.
Very little is known of the early history of the Methodist Protestant Church at North Cos Cob, except that it was organized in 1830, and was part of the Bedford Circuit. During the latter part of 1845, the members of the church felt the need of a permanent place of worship and organized
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a society for the purpose of building a church edifice, as follows:
We the undersigned, desirous of providing for the public worship of God, according to the doctrine and usages of the Methodist Protestant Church at North Cos Cob in the Town of Greenwich, County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut.
For the accomplishment of our said object do hereby by mutual agreement associate ourselves together, as a religious society pursuant to the statute law of this state in such cases provided. And we do hereby unite and form a religious society, for the maintenance of the public worship of God, according to said doctrine and usage of the said Methodist Protestant Church at said North Cos Cob, by the name and style of the "Horse Neck Society of the Methodist Protestant Church" by which name and style the said society is to be called and known, which said society we do hereby constitute to be subject to all the incidents and liabilities to which religious societies and congregations are by law subject, and to possess and enjoy all rights, powers and privileges given by law to religious societies and congregations.
And we do hereby declare this meeting, at which all the undersigned are present, to be the first meeting of said society, the same being holden by us all on this twenty-sixth day of November, 1845, at said North Cos Cob. And we do hereby appoint William M. Sparkes, clerk of said Horse Neck Society to continue in office until another is chosen and sworn in his room.
And we also appoint hereby David Johns, William Ferris, James Mead, Lockwood C. David and James Jarman the committee of said society to order the affairs of the society according to law.
And we do fix on the third Wednesday of November of every year, at this house, as the time and place of holding the meetings of this society until the society shall otherwise direct.
And we do direct that the clerk of this society shall cause the articles of this association to be recorded in the records of the society, and for the information of the public, and also in the town records of the Town of Greenwich.
Witness our hands this twenty-sixth day of November, I845.
R. BALLOU, Chairman. WM. M. SPARKES, Secretary.
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Ministers in Charge.
Rev. Samuel Henderson, 1836. Rev. J. S. Serene, 1884.
Rev. E. W. Griswold, 1840.
Rev. Charles Raynor, 1886.
Rev. Robert Woodruff, 1844.
Rev. James Cody, 1887.
Rev. Ransom Ballou, 1845.
Rev. R. T. Tyson, 1891.
Rev. William F. Harris, 1849.
Rev. D. E. Day, 1893.
Rev. Peleg Weaver, 1871.
Rev. G. A. Ogg, 1898.
Rev. J. H. Holden, 1873.
Rev. F. A. Smith, 1900.
Rev. W. Walton, 1877.
Rev. J. H. Holden, 1903.
Rev. J. H. Painter, 1878.
Rev. George E. Davis, 1908.
Rev. T. W. Minner, 1909.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.1 Borough of Greenwich. Organized, April 26, 1881. Incorporated, 1904.
For a few years previous to the organization of the First Presbyterian Church, the question of the advisability of organizing a Presbyterian Church in the Borough of Green- wich had frequently been considered. The matter, however, was somewhat hastened by the withdrawal of thirty-one members from the Second Congregational Church in the spring of 1881, who, together with two members from other churches, held the first informal services, which were conducted by the Rev. R. A. Sawyer, D.D., at Ray's Hall, on the seventeenth day of April, 1881. Applica- tion was made to the Presbytery of Westchester on the nineteenth day of April, 1881, to be received as a Presbyterian Church, which was referred to the Church Extension Com- mittee with power to organize a church at Greenwich, if the way be clear. The committee met in Greenwich on the twenty-sixth day of April, 1881, and organized the First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich. The Ecclesiastical Soci- ety was organized on the twenty-second day of April, 1881, abolished in 1904, and the church incorporated on the twenty- eighth day of May, 1904.
The problem of a location for a church edifice was con- sidered during the first year of its existence, and on the
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eleventh day of March, 1882, it was decided to purchase the site now occupied by the church on the northwest corner of Putnam Avenue and Lafayette Place. The construction of the church edifice was commenced in 1885, and it was dedi- cated on the twenty-fifth day of October, 1887.
Pastors.
Rev. R. A. Sawyer, D.D., acting pastor, April 17, 1881, to Sept., 1884.
Rev. J. H. Hobbs, installed July 22, 1885, resigned July I, 1889.
Rev. J. T. Wills, installed Oct. 8, 1889, resigned June 1, 1897. Rev. Robert L. Jackson, acting pastor, 1897-1900.
Rev. Sanford H. Cobb, acting pastor, June 30, 1900, resigned May 19, 1901.
Rev. William B. Waller, installed June 30, 1901, resigned July 15, 19II.
PILGRIM PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SOUND BEACH, formerly the
PILGRIM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF SOUND BEACH. Organized, 1894. Incorporated, 1894.
The Pilgrim Congregational Church of Sound Beach was organized on the twenty-fourth day of June, 1894, by the withdrawal of thirty-nine members from the First Congre- gational Church of Sound Beach and two members from the church at Stamford, and incorporated on the twelfth day of July, 1894. The church edifice is located on the westerly side of the trolley line a short distance south of the Sound Beach railroad station. It was dedicated on the third day of July, 1895.
On the fourteenth day of January, 1901, it was unani- mously decided to change the name to the "Pilgrim Presby- terian Church of Sound Beach."
Pastors.
Rev. A. Lincoln Shear, June 24, 1894, to Dec., 1894. Rev. Matthew Patton, March, 1895, to Sept. 30, 1899.
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Rev. E. R. Perry, Dec. 22, 1899, to 1903.
Rev. Walter M. Grafton, March 17, 1903, to April 20, 1904. Rev. F. A. Hatch, April 4, 1905, to Oct., 1908.
Rev. Warren L. Rogers, Oct., 1908, to Feb. 5, 191I.
GERMAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SAINT PAUL'S CHURCH. East Port Chester. Organized, 1865. Incorporated, 1872.
The German Evangelical Lutheran Saint Paul's Church was organized during the year 1865 to supply a long-needed want of the German population of Port Chester and its vicinity. The first service was held in Diehl's Hall in Port Chester on the twenty-eighth day of December, 1865. Philip Rollhaus donated to the society a lot in East Port Chester on which to build a church edifice, and its construction was commenced forthwith and completed in 1867. It was remodelled in 1902.
Upon the petition of Christian Lehn, Henry Pfeiffer, Philip Bender, and others, members of the German Evangel- ical Lutheran Saint Paul's Congregation of East Port Chester, the General Assembly at the May Session, 1872, resolved, that the members of said society, and all others who shall hereafter become members be, and they hereby are constituted and created a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The German Evangelical Lutheran Saint Paul's Congregation of East Port Chester, in Connecticut," etc.
Ministers.
Rev. William H. Buttner, 1865, to Oct. 4, 1866.
Rev. Herrmann J. Fischer, Oct. 22, 1866, to Sept., 1868.
Rev. John Steiner, Feb. 14, 1869, to Feb. 14, 1870.
Rev. R. Hoeck, Feb. 21, 1870, to April 1, 1872.
Rev. Bernhard Cunz, April, 1872, to April, 1875.
Rev. Carl F. W. Rechenberg, May, 1875, to Dec., 1877.
Rev. John A. Hoffman, April 8, 1878, to Oct., 1881.
Rev. J. A. Schmidtkong, March 19, 1882, to Nov., 1888. Rev. Herman Berkemeyer, Nov., 1888, to Sept. 20, 1898.
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Rev. Theodore Bauck, Oct. 2, 1898, to Aug., 1905. Rev. John Kopp, Oct. I, 1905. Present pastor (1910).
SAINT PETER'S DANISH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH.
East Port Chester. Organized, 1870. Incorporated, 1900.
The Saint Peter's Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized in 1870. The first service was held in the German Evangelical Lutheran Saint Paul's Church, where they were continued until the dedication of the present church edifice.
At a meeting held on the seventeenth day of February, . 1900, it was decided to incorporate the church, and the certificate of incorporation was filed in the office of the Sec- retary of the State of Connecticut on the twentieth day of February, 1900.
The property on which the present church edifice stands was purchased from Milo Mead by the Danish Ladies' Society for $200, and the deed therefor was given direct to the corporation, which was recorded on the seventeenth day of July, 1900. The corner-stone was laid on the eighteenth day of November, 1900, and the completed structure dedicated on the seventeenth day of March, 1901.
Ministers.
Rev. R. Andersen, 1870 to 1894.
Rev. A. V. Andersen, Sept., 1894. Present minister (1910).
SLOVAK EVANGELICAL SAINT PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH.
East Port Chester. Incorporated, 1904.
The author has made several attempts to obtain informa- tion regarding this church, but has been unsuccessful. The deed to the first piece of land it purchased was from Milo Mead and was dated May 30, 1903. The certificate of its incorporation was filed in the office of the Secretary of the
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State of Connecticut on the twenty-seventh day of August, 1904.
UNION SOCIETY, now known as the RIVERSVILLE CHAPEL. Organized, 1867.
The Union Society, Riversville, was organized in 1867, by the Congregationalists, Methodists, and Baptists in the vicin- ity, as a Sunday School, and also for church services. Its first members were Josiah Wilcox, David Peck, and Leander Burns. The deed to the property on which the chapel now stands was donated to the society by George E. Wilcox on the twenty-fourth day of June, 1867. The chapel was built in 1869, and the money raised by contributions, the several amounts being represented by shares, the total amount thereof being the entire cost of the building. Josiah Wilcox was the first Sunday School superintendent and acted con- tinuously as such until his decease on the thirteenth day of June, 1883, when he was succeeded by John Green. It was abandoned as a Sunday School in 1895, and now church services are held in the chapel by the different denominations in the vicinity.
SAINT MARY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Borough of Greenwich.
Started as a Mission in 1854. Organized as a Parish in 1876.
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