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Solomon Clark
HISTORICAL CATALOGUE
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Northampton First Church.
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BY REV. SOLOMON CLARK, Author of Historicals, Antiquities, and Graduates, of Northampton, Mass.
ILLUSTRATED.
"Thy Way, O God, is in the Sanctuary."-PSALM 77 : 13.
NORTHAMPTON, MASS. : GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY. 1891.
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FIFTH MEETING HOUSE-ERECTED 1877-78.
INTRODUCTION.
The Work here introduced, covering a period of two hundred and thirty years, solicits the charitable judgment of an intelligent community.
It is not claimed to be perfect, though that has been the writer's steady purpose and endeavor. At the beginning, difficulties, arising from the absence of yearly dates in receiving Members, were to be met. For the first almost 100 years, the precise time when people united with the church is omitted. This was the order steadily pursued from 1661 till 1754. From this latter date, the beginning of Mr. Hooker's min- istry, the admissions and the year go together.
Note another particular. But one interval appears when names of Members have been lost. This oc- curred near the close of Jonathan Edwards pastorate. Alienation existed. The church went into a dark cloud. Few conversions occurred. Fewer still nnit- ed with the church. The record of that interval, and of those admissions is missing. The only one of the kind during the long period covered by this history.
INTRODUCTION.
The Work, embracing over forty-two hundred and fifty names, has been one of constantly increasing interest on the writer's part. Gratitude is hereby expressed that he is permitted to sec its completion. It is offered as a tribute of the author's estcem for his native place. May it serve as a reminder of the superior worth of those, who, so long ago, laid in this community the foundations of the first church.
CHAPTER I.
FORMATION OF THE FIRST CHURCH, JUNE 18, 1661.
Rev. Eleazar Mather's Ministry, 1658-1669.
ORIGINAL MEMBERS .- HISTORICAL ITEMS.
Samuel Wright. One of the first settlers. His home lot lay between King and Market streets. On it are, The First National Bank, The Smith Charities and other buildings.
John Marsh.
Thomas Woodford. Was of Springfield in 1636 and of Hartford 1639. Where he collected funds in 1645 for the students at Cambridge.
Rathorn Wilton. Abigail Strong. Margaret Wright. Arthur Williams. Mary Alford. Sarah Bridgman.
FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
George Alexander. Had a son Alexander Alexander in 1656.
Isaae Sheldon. Lived on King Street for near fifty years, father of fifteen children. Ancestor of the Northampton Sheldons.
Mary Sheldon.
Alexander Edwards. Came from Wales. See the origin of that name in Northampton where he lived, " Welsh End," toward the Hospital.
William Hannum. Came from Windsor, Conn. Ilis son John had thirteen children.
Nathaniel Phelps. Rathorn Williams.
Ann Bartlett.
Deliverance Hanchett.
George Langton. Esther Mather.
Dorcas Lyman.
Ruth Baker. Hannah Langton. Honor Hannum.
Aaron Cooke. A man of daring and energy, a fa- mous wolf hunter. Had the title of Major. Joanna Cooke.
William Holton. One of the Springfield petitioners and one of the first settlers. The first deacon, chosen in 1663.
ELEAZAR MATHER'S MINISTRY.
Mary Holton. Sarah Clark. Susan Cunliff. Elizabeth Woodward. Alice Hutchinson.
Susan Alexander.
Richard Lyman. Chosen on the first board of Se- lectmen in 1655. Prominent in promoting the business and welfare of the community. Recorder of the proprietors of Nonotuck, or Northampton, from 1654 to 1657. Six generations followed him on his Pleasant street homestead.
Hephzibah Lyman.
John Lyman, brother of Richard, was in Northamp- ton 1658. He married Dorcas Plum.
John King. A man of intelligence and worth. Lived on King street; reccived its name from him.
John Ingersoll.
Mary Burt. Sarah King.
Eleazar Mather. The first pastor, preached eleven years, deceased at thirty-two. Esther Mather, his widow, was a remarkable woman. She marricd the second minister, Rev. Mr. Stoddard, and lived seventy-seven years in Northampton. David Wilton.
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FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
William Clark, viz., Lieut. William. In public life one of the associate justices for Hampshire County, filled other offices, one of the seven pillars of the church.
John Strong. Same as Elder John. Came to Northampton the same year with Lt. Wm. Clark, 1659. Both aided in developing the infant col- ony. The descendants of both were numbered by the thousands.
Henry Cunliff.
Henry Woodward. One of the early pillars of the first church, ancestor of the late Samuel Wood- ward, M. D.
Thomas Root. His descendants lived in Southamp- ton and elsewhere.
Thomas Hanchett. Chosen second deacon in 1668. Moved to Westfield within the next two years.
William Janes. Was recorder of lands for twenty years, also a school teacher, and bore the honorable title of Mr., conferred only on a few.
Thomas Bascom. Came from the North of England. His grandson, Jonathan, was a first settler in Southampton.
William Hulburd.
Avis Bascom. Ann Hulburd. Elizabeth Curtis.
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ELEAZAR MATHER'S MINISTRY.
Abigail Strong James. Josiah Dudy. Mary Strong.
John Stebbins. Father of sixteen children. Ap- pointed in 1661 with others to build a meeting- house, forty-two feet square, costing not over 150 pounds.
Joseph Eliot. Born in Roxbury. He came in 1662; preached as Mr. Mather's assistant, with a view to settlement, remained not over two years.
Clemence Mason. Elizabeth Phelps.
Richard Weller.
Sarah Smith.
Robert Bartlett. Killed by the Indians March 14th, 1676, when they broke through the palisades at the lower end of Pleasant street, setting fire to several houses and barns.
Joseplı Leeds. Freedom Strong. Sarah Hannum.
Sarah Allen.
Samuel Smith.
Mary Smith.
Joseph Parsons. United with the little band at Northampton in 1655. Had the title of Cornet. Kept the first house of entertainment in the place. The Parsons families there descended from him.
CHAPTER II.
Rev. Solomon Stoddard's Ministry, 1672-1729.
ADMISSIONS. - HISTORICAL ITEMS.
Solomon Stoddard. The second minister. A man of learning ; a plain, successful preacher. Five harvests crowned his labors. Married Esther Mather, widow of the first minister, the hon- ored mother of thirteen children ; all reared fam- ilies of their own, often a large household. His son, Anthony Stoddard, preached nearly sixty years.
Medad Pomeroy. Became one of the first men in town. Served as selectman, town clerk and treasurer, register of deeds, representative to leg- islature, forty-one years deacon.
Josiah Dewey. Thomas Bascom, Jr. Caleb Pomeroy.
Nehemiah Allen. Ancestor of Col. Ethan Allen of Vermont. Judah Wright.
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SOLOMON STODDARD'S MINISTRY.
Timothy Baker. Belonged to the same race with Osmyn, late a member of Congress, President of the Board of Trustees of the Smith Charities.
Joseph Parsons, Jr. Third justice of the Court of Common Pleas, a man of large business, public and private. Lived with his wife sixty years, reared twelve children, all married, had large families. His son, Joseph, was pastor at Leba- non, Conn., 1700-8.
John Bridgman. Son of James the settler.
Samuel Davis.
John Hannum.
John Holton.
John Clark. The first deacon John. Son of Lt. William. Lived where the Art Gallery stands. Constantly in public service. Went representa- tive to Boston fourteen times. His devotion to public duties injured his health and shortened his life. By his ten children had over eighty grandchildren.
David Burt. Joshua Pomeroy.
Jonathan Hunt. From Hartford. Home lot on what became Elm street. His dwelling near the Mills place, afterwards Miss Burnham's. A cooper, a skilled workman. Chosen deacon in 1680. A valuable citizen.
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FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
John Woodward.
Benjamin Edwards. His daughter, Mindwell, mar- ried Noah Parsons, Sr., who lived on South street, near the entrance to L. B. Williams' house, where his twelve children were born. Eleanor Frarey. Mary Holton.
Katherine Wilton.
Susanna Alexander.
Hephzibah Marsh.
Mary Hunt. Ruth Limon.
Katherine Branch.
Elizabeth Weller.
Freedom Strong. Sarah Allen. Mary Bascom. Abigail.
Elizabeth Smeade.
Mary Bridgman. Mary Phelps.
Experience Pomeroy,
Hephzibah Pomeroy. Thankful Taylor.
Sarah Clapp. Hephzibah Lyman.
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SOLOMON STODDARD'S MINISTRY.
Joseph Hawley: Graduated at Harvard, 1674.
Came at once to Northampton. Taught a gram- mar school. Chosen captain, received title of Mr. Ancestor of Northampton Hawleys.
William Smeade.
Enos Kingsley. Came from Dorchester. Married in Northampton, 1662.
Samuel Langton. The Samuel L. Parsons' place on West street came into that family through Samuel Langton, an ancestor, who bought it in 1709.
Samuel Smith.
Samuel Allen. Came unmarried to Northampton in 1657. Received his home lot on King street, corner of King and Back Lane, now called Ed- wards street. Married, 1659, Hannah Woodford. The Allens of Northampton and Pittsfield de- scended from them.
Ebenezer Strong. A farmer and tanner. The third and last ruling elder in the First Church. The seventh child of Elder John. He was ser- geant, constable, and for a long time one of the selectmen. Samuel Bartlett. John Taylor. Nathaniel Phelps, Jr. Thomas Judd.
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FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
John French.
James Wright.
Samuel Clark. Brother of the first deacon John, sons of Lt. William. The two received from their father six acres each on Elm street. John on the south and Samuel on the north side.
Jonathan Parsons. The first of three or more of that name in Northampton.
John Hulburt.
Ebenezer Wright. Established himself on Bridge street about 1684. The homestead is still owned by his descendants. Filled the office of deacon forty-four years.
William Holton, Jr.
Robert Lyman. Fond of hunting, fishing. and the like, hence from him the names Robert's Hills and Robert's Meadow. The first who discovered the Westhampton lead mines.
Jacob Root. Rachel Strong. Sarah Alexander. Joanna Ingraham. Elizabeth Langton. Rebecca Rust. Sarah Bartlett. Elizabeth Lyman. Sarah Merry.
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SOLOMON STODDARD'S MINISTRY.
Abigail Holton. Edwards. Hannah Janes.
IIannah Woodward. Sarah Kingsley. Mary Clessen. Elizabeth Cook. Sarah Clark.
Mary Hulbert. Mary French. Elizabeth Clark.
Hannah Strong. John Sheldon. Father of Mary Sheldon, carried to Canada as a prisoner, 1704-5, by the French and Indians. Afterwards, by her father's efforts, she was restored.
Henry Burt.
Samuel Judd. Lived forty years on Pleasant street, where his ten children were born.
Joseph Root. Benoni Stebbins.
Alexander Alvord. An early settler, possessed large means for the times.
William Clark. Same as Capt. William, son of the distinguished Lt. William. Moved early to Lebanon, Ct.
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FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Nathaniel Edwards. Son of Alexander from Wales, born in Northampton 1657, soon after the fam- ily came.
Matthew Clessen.
William Phelps. His father, Dea. Nathaniel, came from England in the great ship, Mary and John. William was born in Northampton, 1657. Lived near Shady Lawn.
John Broughton.
Thomas Hunt.
Samuel Smith, Jr.
Samuel Parsons. John Alexander.
William Southwell.
Nathaniel Curtis.
Philip Paine.
Thomas Sheldon. One of the fifteen children of Isaac. Chosen the seventh deacon in 1702.
Samuel Wright, Jr. A seleetman in 1655. His homestead on Bridge street till recently, contin- ned in the family, through the long period of 225 years. Mehetabel Smeade. Hannah Allen. Elizabeth Parsons. Broughton. Ruth Wright.
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Abigail Phelps. Mary Clark. Hannah Sheldon. Thankful Edwards. Hephzibah Pomeroy.
Abigail Holton.
Hannah Alexander.
Sarah Baker. Mindwell Sheldon. Mary Paine. Sarah Wait. Abigail Alvord. Clemence Hunt. Sarah Holton.
Martha Dickinson.
Elizabeth Stebbins.
Warham Mather. Son of Rev. Eleazar. Hlas the honor of being the first native of Northampton who graduated, viz., at Harvard, 1685. Preached some, also taught. Finally was Justice of Peace at New Haven ; also Judge of Probate there 1716-27.
Nathaniel Alexander.
John King, Jr. Was a lieutenant. Married daugh- ter of Dea. Medad Pomeroy. She lived into her ninetieth year. 2
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FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Jedediah Strong, Sr. Was a constable, received eighteen shillings a year, for blowing the trum- pet Sabbath morning, to summon people to ehureh. He lived to be ninety-six. Had four- teen ehildren.
Joseph Wright. Benjamin Carpenter. Noah Cooke.
Preserved Clap. Son of the renowned Roger of Dorehester. Chosen second Elder of the church. Deseribed as a blessing to Northampton.
Jedediah Strong, Jr.
John Livermore.
Eleazar Smith, John Searl, Jr.
Samuel Allen, Jr. He was deaeon of the church in the time of Jonathan Edwards, third pastor. Samuel Rust.
Moses Hutehinson.
Hope Root. In the first half century about sixty Roots were born.
Nathaniel Clark. Grandson of Lt. William. The first of several of the same name who lived on the South street homestead.
Isaac Sheldon. John Hutchinson. Abijah Ingersoll.
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SOLOMON STODDARD'S MINISTRY.
Benjamin Janes. Abigail Root.
Elsie Ingersoll. Hephzibah Janes. Joanna Smith. Elizabeth Parsons. Mary Parsons.
Abigail Strong.
Sarah Parsons.
Elsie Hannum.
Sarah Alexander.
Mary Sheldon.
Sarah Wright.
Sarah Southwick. Mary Stebbins. Mary Ashley.
Rhoda Parsons. Sarah King.
Mary Miller. Abigail Wright. Elizabeth King. Samuel Davis. Elizur Wright. Within the first half century abont eighty Wrights were born in Northampton. Benoni Janes. Probably the same, with two chil- dren, killed by the Indians, 1704, at Paskhomuck now Easthampton.
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FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Joseph Cook.
Mark Warner. From Hadley, 1687. His home- stead included the corner where John Clarke, the banker, lived. Ancestor of the Northamp- ton Warners.
Benjamin Hastings.
Ebenezer Pomeroy. Acted as attorney in the trial of four Indians, for the crime of murder, com- mitted in Hadley. He was a Major, also Hon- orable.
Samuel Kingsley.
Nathaniel Rust.
Ebenezer Strong, Jr. His family numbered thir- teen children.
Benjamin Wright.
Samuel Phelps.
David Lee. Removed to Coventry, Ct., in 1709. His granddaughter married Rev. Thomas Allen. first minister in Pittsfield.
Preserved Strong.
Roger Clap. Chosen captain. Went representa- tive. Had eight sons and a daughter ; all mar- ried and reared families.
Samuel Edwards, Jr. Grandson of Alexander from Wales. Lived 80 South street. His oldest was Dea. Samuel, lived in Sonthampton, grandfather of Prof. B. B. Edwards.
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John Alvord, Sr. John Alvord, Jr. Joseph King. Accidentally killed while hunting . with another. Sarah Smith. Ruth Alvord. Abigail Searls. Mercy Allen. Sarah Rust.
Hannah Janes.
Elizabeth Porter.
Hannah Hutchinson.
Marcy Field.
Mary Burt.
Priscilla Webb.
Thankful Davis.
Lydia Taylor. Mindwell Lyman. Joanna Smith. Mary Hastings.
Sarah Curtis. Mary Miller. Sarah Allen.
Thankful Lyman. Mehetabel Wright. Anne Lyman. Abigail Lyman,
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FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Mark Warner, Jr. Homestead on Blaekpole, same as Prospect street continued ; had seven daugh- ters and four sons; removed beyond Florence to what became the Warner district. Attained his ninetieth year.
Thomas Strong. Son of Elder John. Received from his father a homestead on Pleasant street. Whole number of his children, sixteen.
Benjamin Alvord. A weaver, an express rider, actively engaged in the French and Indian war. Ebenezer Edwards.
Benjamin Lyman. A lieutenant. An enterprising man, traded some, an extensive farmer, fatted cattle in the stall, owned 500 acres near Gran- ville, Mass. Two of his sons were graduates.
Jonathan Strong. The first of five or six of the same name. Seleetman five times. Number of his children, seventeen. Thirteen of them were married.
William Phelps, Jr.
Jonathan Alvord.
Jonathan Rust.
Ebenezer Hunt. Lived on Bridge street. Moved his large family in 1723 to Lebanon, Conn.
John Clark. Styled the 2d Deacon John. Built 1704 on South street. Captain and deacon. De- ceased at the age of eighty-nine.
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SOLOMON STODDARD'S MINISTRY.
Ebenezer Parsons. Israel Rust. Jonathan French.
Samuel Pomeroy. Son of Dea. Medad. Graduated at Yale, 1795. Pastor at Newtown, L. I., 1709-44. Edward Baker.
Joseph Atherton.
Sarah Janes.
Maria Judd.
Sarah Merils.
Hannah Carpenter.
Hannah Clark. Sears. Sarah Parsons.
Mary Kingsley.
Tabitha Strong. Hannah Hunt.
Prudence Baker. Sarah Stoddard. Fourth daughter of Rev. Solo- mon, the pastor. She married, 1707, Rev. Sam- uel Whitman, Farmington, Conn.
Daniel Nash. Joseph Rust. Mary Hutchinson. Hannah Pomeroy. Deborah Alvord.
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FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Clemence Judd. Mercy Pomeroy. Martha Hunt. Lydia Lee. Hannah Langton. Sarah Sheldon. Mary Strong.
Increase Clark. Born where the Art Gallery stands. Built opposite the same, 1710. One descendant continues on the place, viz., Mrs. Mary Tenny. John Stoddard. The renowned Col. John. Au eminent civilian. As a Statesman had no supe- rior in his day. Ebenezer Alvord. Jonathan Sheldon. John Hannum, Jr. His son, Eleazar, lived in Southampton.
Joseph Meacham.
John Parsons. The two, Esther Alvord and John Parsons, were drowned the same day, Oct. Sth, 1707.
Samuel Bartlett, Jr. His father received permis- sion in 1686 to erect a grist mill at the falls of the Manhan river. Nathaniel Curtis. Nathaniel Alexander, Jr. Samuel Baker.
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SOLOMON STODDARD'S MINISTRY.
Thomas Stebbins.
Ebenezer Clark. A lieutenant. His house, the second built by Lieut. William, stood near Pres- ident Seelye's. His age almost one hundred. John Baker. Usually styled Capt. John. Built about 1710 the John Whittelsey house. His six sons, very tall men, averaged eighty-two years each.
Mindwell King. Sarah French.
Mary North. Thankful Phelps. Mercy Rust. Rebekah Stoddard. Mary Phelps.
Mehetabel King.
Thankful Alvord. Hannah Wright.
Mary Smith. Sarah Pomeroy.
Ruth Wright. Rebekah Strong. Sarah Clark. Mary Root. Elizabeth Clark. Dorcas Alvord. Mary Strong.
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FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Mary Searl.
Merey Parsons.
Mary Smith.
Experience Clark. Elizabeth Alvord.
Mary Sheldon.
Rebekah Clark.
Joseph Hawley. The second of this name, a lien- tenant. Married Rebecca, sister of Col. John Stoddard. This marriage united the Hawley and Stoddard families and gave to Northampton one of the ablest advocates of civil freedom before the Revolution, viz., Major Joseph Hawley.
William Holton. Samuel Sheldon.
Samuel Strong.
Noah Cook. His house on West street stood on Smith College grounds. Married, 1712, Abigail, daughter of first deacon John Clark. When chosen deacon, 1739, the First Church enjoyed a bright period.
Josiah Parsons. The sixth child of Esquire Jo- seph's large family and the first of the name in town.
Preserved Clap, Jr. Was captain, married Mehet- abel Warner of Hatfield. Among his children were Roger, Preserved, John, Eliphaz, Ezra.
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Samuel Curtis, Jr. John Kingsley. Abraham Miller. He married the daughter of Elder Preserved Clapp.
Benoni Stebbins.
Thomas Cheney.
Ebenezer Lyman.
Preserved Bartlett. Jonathan Wright.
John Wright. Samuel Holton.
Nathaniel Parsons.
Ebenezer Bridgman.
Ebenezer Sheldon. The first Sheldon on the Bridge street homestead. In 1701, married Mary, daughter of first deacon Jonathan Hunt, a lady of refinement, a favorite among the young ; her age eighty-seven. Mary Edwards. Esther Curtis. Elizabeth Stebbins. Mary King. Thankful Strong. Experience Lyman. Mary Wright. Dorothy Hawley. Lydia Warner.
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FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Abigail Holton.
Mary Sheldon.
Lydia Hawley.
Mary Baker.
Abigail Langton.
Abigail Clark.
Mary Sheldon.
Mehetabel Clap.
Miriam Cook.
Mehetabel Strong.
Elizabeth Bartlett.
Thomas Sheldon.
Samuel Clark.
John Bascom.
James Searl.
David Rust.
Thomas Alvord. Previous to 1730 owned the house, barn, hatter's shop which, at the above date, came into possession of Dea. Ebenezer Hunt, in the center.
John Lyman. The second of this name, a lieuten- ant. Settled at South Farms, molested by the Indians, 1704, a year disastrous to Pascomac neighbors.
Moses Lyman. Chosen captain. His daughter Hannah married Elijah IIunt, on Elm street. Ilis danghter Phebe married Lt. Caleb Strong, and became the mother of Gov. Caleb Strong.
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SOLOMON STODDARD'S MINISTRY.
William Bartlett.
Thomas Holton.
Noah Parsons. Isaac Sheldon. William King. John Porter.
Jeremiah Webb. Benjamin Stebbins.
William Parsons. Samuel Smith. Jonathan Parsons.
Elizur Wright, Jr.
Waitstill Strong. Nathaniel Searl.
Eliakim Strong. John Hulbert. Timothy Dwight. Same as Col. Timothy. Lived on Market street, Styled Esquire and Surveyor Dwight. One of the first in full, legal practice in the community.
Grace Phelps. Mary Clapp. Sarah French. Hannah Stebbins. Sarah Southwell. Ruth Edwards. Mary Sheldon.
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FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
ITannah Miller.
Sarah Rust.
Hannah Wright. Lydia Parsons. Mary Cook.
Mary Stebbins.
Esther Edwards.
Elizabeth Hodge.
IIannah Bascom.
Thankful Bascom.
Sarah Phelps.
Mary Bridgman.
Sarah North. Hannah Clesson.
Mary Clark.
Abigail Clark.
Sarah Wright.
Mindwell Parsons.
Samuel Hulbert. John Wait. James Hulbert. Eliakim Cook.
Noah Clark. The ninth child and fifth son of the first Dea. John. His homestead was at the top of the hill above the Baptist Church. Eighty- two at his decease, younger than any of six brothers.
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SOLOMON STODDARD'S MINISTRY.
John Miller. The first who settled at West Farms. Joseph Bartlett. Originally Pleasant street was the headquarters of the Bartletts, therefore its first name, Bartlett street.
Stephen Wright. Son of the third Samnel. Chosen deacon in 1739. In 1744 moved to a neighbor- hood afterwards included in Easthampton. An- cestor of the Wrights in that town.
Daniel Buck.
Nathaniel Phelps. Lived on South street, chosen lieutenant.
Samuel Janes.
Eleazar Holton.
Haines Kingsley.
Joseph Phelps.
Samuel Judd. Lived on Pleasant street. Father, son and grandson of the same name lived there. William Judd.
David Bartlett.
Benoni Wright.
Benjamin Bartlett.
Benjamin Sheldon.
James Porter.
Nathaniel Strong. Hawley street. The third ehild of Elder Ebenezer, born 1673, when his grand- father, Elder John, was in the height of his use- fulness.
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FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Experience Wright.
Elizabeth Judd.
Thankful Alexander.
Hannah Porter.
Elizabeth Alexander.
Esther Cook.
Abigail Strong.
Jemima Sheldon.
Sarah Smith.
Sarah Smith.
Hannah Porter.
Priscilla Searl.
Mebetabel Strong.
Hannah French.
Elizabeth Phelps.
Sarah Searl.
Hannah Wright.
Elizabeth Wright.
Mindwell Lyman.
Susanna Webb.
Mindwell Holton. Sarah Edwards.
Mindwell Parsons.
Mindwell Strong. Experience Dwight. Hewett Strong. Ebenezer Rust.
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Ezra Strong. Samuel Wright.
Thomas Alexander.
William Sanderson. Samuel Wright. John Alexander.
Ebenezer South well. Ezekiel Bascom.
Joseph Lyman, first born of Lt. Benjamin, home on Pleasant street. Married in Farmington, Ct. His second child, Mercy, married IIon. Joseph Hawley, the patriot.
Jonathan Kingsley. Eliakim King. Ezekiel Bascom. Samuel King.
Ebenezer Pomeroy. Son of Major Ebenezer. Chos- en deacon 1739. Served thirty-five years. Saw ten spiritual harvests.
Noah Wright. Captain Noah. Succeeded his father, Dea. Ebenezer, on Bridge street home- stead.
William Clark. Deliverance Bridgman. Samuel Pomeroy. Samuel Sheldon. Joshua Lyman. 3
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FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
George, an Indian.
Josiah Pomeroy. Same as Ensign Josiah, brother of Dea. Ebenezer, one of Major Ebenezer's six sons.
Joseph Alvord. Born 1698, grandson of Alexander Alvord, by occupation a weaver. Married Clem- ence, daughter of Dea. Ebenezer Wright.
Eunice Clark. Abigail Lyman.
Mary Lyman.
Abigail Hulbert.
Hannah Hunt.
Jemima Cook.
Sarah Strong.
Martha Strong.
Mary Phelps.
Lydia Scarl.
Hannah Esther King.
Joanna Clark.
Thankful Sheldon. Abigail Phelps. Esther Lyman.
Hannah Root.
Elizabeth Clapp. Bethiah Lyman. Mary Strong.
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SOLOMON STODDARD'S MINISTRY.
Mary Strong.
Abigail Lyman.
Deborah Alvord.
Elizabeth Pomeroy.
Esther King. Thomas White.
William Wait, Jr.
Samuel Marshall. A prominent citizen, selectman, captain, house stood near the site of the Baptist Church. Capt. Joseph Hawley married Lydia, daughter of Capt. Samnel Marshall.
Ebenezer Cooke or Cass.
Jonathan Allen.
Noah Sheldon. Born 1709, on the Bridge street homestead. Second child of Ensign Ebenezer. Jonathan Hunt, Jr. Same as Lieut. Jonathan, ancestor of Madam Henshaw. Ile was the first to occupy what is now the S. E. Bridgman place. A public spirited man. Gave twenty pounds towards the town schools.
Samnel Stebbins.
Phinehas Lyman. He entered Yale and died be- fore completing his college course.
Gideon Lyman. Same as Lieut. Gideon, held sev- eral town offices.
Jerijah Strong. The eighteenth and youngest child of Elder John. Baptized by the first minister,
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FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Mr. Mather, he lived through Mr. Stoddard's long pastorate, also through the eventful one of Mr. Edwards, into Mr. Hooker's attaining the age of about ninety.
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