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PITTSFIELD, MASS.
FROM MANUSCRIPTS COPIED BY
CHURCH AND OTHER RECORDS a ROLLIN HILLYER COOKE
VOL. II
V. 2
Cake
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Vol. II
CONTENTS
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Church Records
First Church of Christ continued Baptist Church p. 216 - 230 Other Records
Clerk of Courts - Marriages State Tax - 1795
State Tax - 1798 Wadsworth, Manna and company. Ledger of. Van Alen, John E. Ledger of.
Read Feb 2 2 - 1978
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RECORDS OF FIRST CHURCH, PITTSFIELD. VOL. 11.
P.1
Pastor's Record.
Of Baptisms
Dismiss io ns
Marriage s
Additions
Deaths
Commenced at the Installation of Rev. Rufus . Bailey, as Pastor of the Congregational Church in Pittsfield, Mass. April 15,1824
Blank
P.2 P.3 Rev. Thomas Allen the first Minister of this church was or- dained Ap1.18,1874 Died Feb. 11,1810.
Rev. William Allen succeeded his father & was ordained Oct. 1810 Dismissed by mutual council Feb . 5,1817
Rev. Thomas Punderson was ordained Pastor of a seceding part of the church Oct.26,1809 Dismissed by mutual council May 5, 1817
Rev. Heman Humphrey was installed Pastor of the church again united Nov .27, 1817 Dismissed by council called at his re- quest Nov . 1823
Rev. Rufus Bailey was installed Pastor of the church Apr . 15, 1824
Rev. R.W.Bailey was dismissed at his own request on account of ill health, by mutual council Sept . 27, 1827
ch.members rec'd 341 Baptisms Marriages Members rec'd
214 710
40 6
57
70
35
56
97 28
99
180
49
82
24
Marriages 7 1824
Baptisms 32 ch 6 ads.
Members rec'd 7 by prof. 12 by letter
Dism. by letter 7
Deaths 4
1825
Marriages 10
Baptisms 16 ch, l adult
Members rec'd 1 by prof. 4 by letter
Dism. by letter 9
1826
Marriages 7
Bapti sms 10
Member's rec'd 1 by prof . 5 by letter
Dism. by letter 5
P.4-
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RECORDS OF FIRST CHURCH , PITTSFIELD. VOL. 11.
Page
Page No.of this Bk. 2
P.5- Members Received by profession -7
Do Do by Letter - 17
-33
Dismission with Recommendation
-41 -
19
Dismission with Censure
-49 21
Deaths -
-21-31 51
Bap ti sms
-32-37 125
Marriages
38- 42 51
Forms of Letters of Dismission & Recommendations
Form of general Recommendation
2
Form of calling a council of
ordination 95
43
Form of Letter for calling a mutual council
96
43
Delegations from the Church
97
44
Items of business or duty to be remebered 167 ( ?)
Blank
P.6- P.7- Members Received by profession corimcencing April 15,1824 Fre- ceded by a comrl te catalogue of all the members from the organization of the Church. 1824
Sept 16 James Mason
Rachel Hall, wife of Geo. Hall Rachel,wife of Henry Frost Joseph Barton Henry Sa unders
Elizabeth Warren , wife of Life "Tarren Penelope Clark
1825
May 1826
1 Elizabeth D.Bailey Charlotte Thompson Fanny Coleman Sophronia Reed, wife of Jas. Reed
1827 Jan
P.8- July
7 Welcome S.Howard Emory Case Warner and baptized Thomas Jefferson Cummings = Lucinda M. Cummings
Mary Cummings !!
James Reed
Henry B. Hale
David Verplank Bradford 11 Harriet Norton 11
93 94
42
3
RECORDS OF FIRST CHURCH, PITTSFIELD . VOL. 11.
Members
Wm.S Wells Mary Ann Dickinson
and baptized
11
=
Catharine Dorr
"
=
Lafana (?) Palmer
11
Lydia B.Tucker
=
Lillis S.Harris
=
11
Jesse Parker
Lydia Parker
11
Thomas Taylor
Lucy Taylor
James H. Dunham
Harriet Dunham
Enoch White
James P.White
Daivd White
Charles James Fox Allen
Samuel A.Allen
Samuel Gaylord
Maria Allen
Sarah M.West
Almira E.Kettredee
P.9 - Sophronia F.Kettredge Joseph L.King Cornelia Bidwell
Delia Merrick
Aurelia Bis sell
Mary M.Bissell
Justus Parsons
Julius C.Phelps il Hannah Elizabeth Augur of Bradford, Ct. Emily Peck
Sep 4 Wm Henry Willis and baptized
Patience Clap , wife of Jason Clap 11 Amelia Mercy Bailey =
Harriet Marilla Hungerford
Jason Clap Nathan Dillingham
Sylvester Lyman Jr. Henry Andrews Benton
RECORDS OF FIRST CHURCH, PITTSFIELD. VOL. 11.
4
Members 1827
Julia Amanda Porter
Mary Anne Bell, wife of ---- Bell
Mrs . Hannah Sturgis
Clarissa W. Willis, wife of Noah Willis
Bet sey Elizabeth Richards
Lucre tia Fowler Chapman
Frances Elizabeth Danfor th
Rachel Woodbridge Childs
Henrietta Danforth Alvira( ?) Car son
Lucy Newell
Lydia Brown
1828 P.10-Jan
Milton Whitney & wife and baptized
Oliver S.Root
Wells Warriner
Israel Crane
Abigail Clark
Zeno Russell
Lucy W. Russell
Daniel Millard
and baptized
Lucy Goodrich
Anna Wright Manley
and baptized
Jabez Wilder
Mrs. Jane Chapman
Mrs. Mary Warner, by letter on page 34
Se pt
Oliver Brown
and baptized =
Louisa Brown, his wife
James Warriner
Mar tha Graves Warriner his wife
1829 P. 11-July
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Howard
John Fayette
1830
Miss Jane Wells
Miss Eliza H.Hewitt
1831 Mar
6
. Caroline Arnum
and baptized
May =
1 Phineas Allen
11
Solomon Russell Mrs .. Russell
Mrs .. Walbrid ge
Mar
June
5
RECORDS OF FIRST CHURCH, PITTSFIELD . VOL. 11.
Members 1831 May
=
P.12-
1 Mrs . Elizabeth Clapp Caleb C.Wells Janette Reed Sarah Ann Trumbull Rowena Russell Cynthia Stowell Eliza Wells and baptized
= = Hannah Waraner Emma Hawley =
=
July 3 Ormand N.Blinn Mrs. Almeda Blinn Chauncey Isbell Philenda Wells Harriet Shores
=
11
=
Lewis McIntire
Burney Haskell
and baptized
=
Ruth Damon
and baptized =
Lucy M.Grosvenor
Amelia Newell
Thomas K. Fessenden
Hora ce Rice
and baptized
11
Susan W.Childs
11
Mary Ann Sanders and baptized Delia Hawley
Mary Jackson
P.13- Sept 4
Jared Ingersoll Ebenezer Dunham
Mary Elizabeth Dunham
Ann Maria Dunham
Caroline Maria Merrone
Climena Clark
Bayard Boyd Amy nd a Bodurtha
Selissa(?) Newell and baptized
Elizabeth Fairfield =
Catharine Fields
Nov 5 Sardis Nichols
Mary Ann Kilbourn
6
RECORDS OF FIRST CHURCH, PITTSFIELD. VOL. 11.
Members 1831 Nov 5 Lucy Fair field and baptized
Lydia Saunders Emily Duncan Diantha Burt
11
=
1832
P.14 -Mar 4
Strong Burnell Emily Pomeroy Nancy Smith Wells Wm Weller B
May
12 Oliver P.Dickinson
Abel West Jr.
John Shores
Joseph W. Squier
11
James Matthews
Almir a Matthews Watkins
James Merriam B
Robert C.Robinson
=
James Gardner
Griscilda C.Porter Gardner
Laura Churchill
Clar issa W.Whitney
=
Samuel Davis
"
Caroline Collins
11
Nelson Tracy
=
Cynthia Whitcomb
B
Henry L.Hoose
Eunice Stearns
B
Samue 1 Canfield
Mariett Ingham
John Percival
B
Allen Booth
Martin Brown
Martha Pixley
Maria Frost
Sarah McElvain
George Benton
May 27
Thomas Moseley by letter from 2nd Free chh. N. York
Oliver S.Root =
=
" chh. Richmond School S.C.
1833
July 7 Francis S.Collins
=
7
RECORDS OF FIRST CHURCH, PITTSFIELD . VOL. 11.
Members 1833 July 7 Joseph K. Clark Eunice Hogan =
P.15-
Caroline Colt
Clarissa Wells
Elizabeth White
Harriet A.Dorrance
John L. Dorrance
Sarah Jane White
Charlotte Matilda Adams
= Helen L.Brown
11 John C.Gallup
11 Asa Bagley
= Delia Nichols
Louisa Ann Norcott
= Eunice Bailey
Harriet L.Beals
= Sarah Sprague
11 Sarah Newton
= Mary Wood
= Rufus Clark Shepard by letter from 'chh. in Saybrook, Conn. Joseph Canfield 11 11 =
Susan M. Ingham =
11
= Widow Zilpah McElwan
Laura McElwain
=
Hinsdale "1
Lucretia White
= Louville, . Lewis Co. N.Y.
1832 May Sept 2 William Partridge
12 Widow Hannah Brattle
= Mary E.Porter
= Emel ine Bli ss
Henry F.Pelton
Salmon Rogers Amanda Edwards
= David P (?) Yeomens
=
Abbe L.Center
= Nancy Field
Caro line Dunham
= Lois Ellis
Bet sey A.Burt
8
RECORDS OF FIRST CHURCH, PITTSFIELD . VOL. 11.
Members 1832
Sep
2 Naomi Dilno
Nov 6 John C.Chase by letter from chh. in
= Elijah Peck
=
Lenox
11 Martha Tufts =
= Brookfield
Cel inda Buel
11
Sophia A.Whitney 11 =
P.16-
11 Juliet Wilder
Eliza C.Wilder
Horace Watkins
Ros amond Watkins
Maria Van Vor hees
1833 Jan 6 Wealthy B.Kendall Eunice Polly
Moses A.Lee by letter from chh. in Litchfield,Ct. 11 =
11 Adelia M.Lee
Sophia F.Tremaine
=
Dalton
Lamira Otis
Mar 2 Fanny P.Hinsdale
11 Frederic Polly
= Serena E.Bartlett
11 Asa Case
Mary Case
= Oren Walker
= Sally Walker 11 Aurelia Hall
1832 July 1 Wealthy W. Goodrich Noah W. Goodrich
Milton G. Goodrich
Horace D.Goodrich
Harriet E. Goodrich
11 Catharine A.Buel
11 Catharine L.Child s
= Egbert Dewey
= Frances C.Dewey
Abigail P.Goodrich
11 Lydia M.Goodrich
Emily Chamberlain Esther Ward
= Stockbridge
9
RECORDS OF FIRST CHURCH , PITTSFIELD . VOL. 11.
Members 1832
July 1 Merrick Ross Mary Cary
Theodo re S.Lyman
Elvira Fredenboro
11 Charles A. Clark
Esther Howard
Elizabeth Taylor
Theodore Pomer oy
1833 Sept 1 Lemuel G.Lord
= Daniel Bodur tha
Wm B . Han cock
11 Henry P. Barne s
= Rufus C.Denison .
Sarah T.Bodur tha
Harrie t How land
11 Experience Lawrence
= Jemina Severance( ?)
Nov
3 Charles R.Bellows Ephraim D.Bradley Calvin Gunn =
= Elizabeth Markham
" Martha M. Fuller by letter fran Park St. chh. Boston
= Wm Robinson "
= Lenox
11 Mrs . Robinson
Anna Gaylord = =
"Brookfield
Dorothy Bodurtha =
Orilla Barns =
11
= Becket
Lathrop =
" Rich ( ?)
Hill, S.C.
1834 Mar
2 John M. Barnard Emily Barnard
4 Maryan Wilder Melancia Thompson Blank
May Nov P.18- 1835 P.19-Jan 4 Mr. Alonzo Thompson 1 = Mrs . Cornelia A." ( Alonzo) by letter
" Mrs. Eliz Wells
1 Mrs.Lydia Kilbourn by letter from Avon, Conn.
Mar May 3 Mr. Sylvester Tracy )
Mrs. Anne Tracy )
tt Richmond
-
P.17-
10
RECORDS OF FIRST CHURCH, PITTSFIELD . VOL. 11.
Members 1835
May 3 Mrs. Jane Guilds by letter from Bleecker St. N.Y.
Mrs . Fanny Houghton
Mr.Solomon Fitch ) 11
= 2nd chh. Greenfield Middlefield
11 Mrs.Chloe Fitch 1
Mrs.Martha Dillingham and baptized
Miss Nancy Dillingham
1! Miss Elizabeth Reed
= Miss Sarah Houghton
= Mr . James M.Noble
= Miss Sarah W. Ross ( Robert Colt in pencil) R.H.C.
July 5 Mr.N.S.Dodge by letter from Moulton borough N. II.
Mr.Daniel P.Merriam =
" N.Adams = Mrs . Polly B.Merriam
= Miss Wealthy Alger " Canaan, N.Y.
Mr. Styles Cady
and baptized
11 Mrs. Sophia Cady
= Miss Sarah Staples
=
Miss Eliza Howl and
= Mrs . Burgess by letter from Dalton
6 Mrs.Chloe Watkins from church in Sandisfield
3rd Pres.chh. Troy
11
Capt . John Churchill
and baptized
Mr. John D. Fenn
=
Mr. Joseph P.Merriam
=
Miss Rebecca A.Trow ( ?)
=
Miss Selina S.Stevens
and baptized
=
Mis s Mary C.Deming
=
Miss Mary A (?) Faulkner and baptized = = Cor nelia Loomis
Christina Howke Clarissa Ann Clark
Olive Carey Sarah Perry
and baptized
Nov 1 Mr. Allen Butler Jr.
=
Mr . Thomas Chapman
= Mr. Samuel D.Brooks
and baptized
P.20-Sept 42 =
Mrs . Mehetable Barker Mr. Daniel Merriam Mrs.Martha Merriam
chh. in Hinsdale
= 11
11
RECORDS OF FIRST CHURCH, PITTSFIELD . VOL. 11.
Members 1835 Nov
1 Mr. William Barnard
= Mr.Martin W.Carey - and baptized
= Mr. Matthew Butler
= Miss Marcia Sheldon
11 Elizabeth Bodur tha
: " Wealthy Loomis and baptized = Electa Loomis = =
= Sophia Rockwell
11
=
11 Frances A.Brown 11 19
1836 P.21-Jan 3 Mr.Wm M. Walker from Ist Cong.Chh. N. Haven
11 Mr. John H.Lawton from Prest.Ch. Watertown, N.Y.
" Miss Lucia Hawley
" Maria L.Coleman and bapt ized 11 11
= Mr. John Hawley
= Mr. Almond Jone s 11 11
July 3 Mrs. Frances C.Burr from Prest Ch. Patterson
Ame lie C.Brinsmade " Cong . Chh. Collinsville
" Helen M. Van Voorhees
" Jane E.Lawrence
and baptized 11 11 Emeline Smith
and baptized
11 Miss Grace M.Bliss
Sept
11 Mr. Henry Vosburgh " Joseph K.Clark
from P.Chh. in Troy, N.Y. 11 = =
= Panama , N. Y.
Mrs. Frances Spring
Miss Charlotte Merrill from chh. in Curtisville
1837 Jan 1 Mr.Phineas A.Beane
= Meth. E.Ch. Andover
= Mrs. Fanny S. Pomeroy
= Pres.ch. Attica, N.Y.
= Mrs.Sarah Ann Martin
Cong.chh. Middlefield
= Mrs. Abigail Stevens
11 Miss Caroline E. Lathrop
= Miss Elizabeth Barrido
May 7 Mrs . Vos burgh
11 Miss Sarah Wells
" Cong.Chh. Lee
P.22-
Miss Caroline Barns
= Miss Harriet Bates
and baptized
11 Miss Mary G.Bell
and baptized from P.Chh. Troy, N. Y.
-
= " Susan Clarke
= Sarah Nicholson
12
RECORDS OF FIRST CHURCH, PITTSFIELD . VOL. 11.
Members 1837
May 7
Miss Fanny T. Bodur the = Mariette Bodurtha
=
= Mary Eliz.Buck and baptized
=
11 Sarah Burns =
Eliz.M.Carey
=
Parthenia Fenn Thomas Gardner
Mr. Miss Mary Hinsdale
= Almira Merriam
Mr . Scovill S.Merriam
Miss Nancy S. Messenger and baptized
Mr. George F.Millard
Miss Mary Ann Moseley
Sarah A. Moseley
11 Elizabeth Peck
Frances M. Taylor
= Lucy S.Taylor
Lois Wilder
July 2
= Delia Buell
Sarah Howard
11 Eliza Howard
Lorett Ludington
and baptized
11 19
Mr.William Wilson
and baptized
3
Mrs. Abigail Grant
by letter
P.23-Nov
5
Mr.Jonas Whiting
= Greenbush
11 Miss Clarissa Whit comb
=
"1 Canandaigua
Mrs. Thankful Root
Mrs. Martha Newton
Mis s Alma Oakley
and baptized =
Miss Harriet Bixby
1838 Mar 1 Miss Sarah T.Root
=
"
4
Miss Abigail Barnard
by letter, Troy . 11
11
=
Dr. Enoch Pierce
11 Lanesboro
=
=
Mrs. Mary Pierce
=
11
Mrs . Mary Atwood
-
Aug Sept
Mr. Ralph Fairfield
11
= Mrs. Harriet Whiting
11 Mary Fields
13
RECORDS OF FIRST CHURCH , PITTSFIELD . VOL. 11.
Members 1838
Mar
4 Mrs. Abigail Barnard and baptized
Miss Eliza Barnard Mrs. Ruth Beardsley
Miss Sarah Beardsley and baptized
11 Mr. James A.Ball
Miss Sarah E.Bell
Miss Anna Blackman and baptized
Mr. Joseph H. Brewster
Miss Flaira J.Brewster
Mrs.Lucretia Bryant and baptized
Mr. Anselm Burt
Mrs. Penelope T.Burt
Mrs . Mehitable Churchill
Mr. John M.Davis
and baptized
P.24-
Mr. Richard P.Eells
Mrs. Elizabeth Fairfield
Mrs.Sarah Fairfield
Miss Judith Fairfield
=
Miss Sarah R.Fairfield and baptized Mrs . Frances M. Loree
= Miss Theodosia Herrick
Miss Lurania McIntosh
and baptized
= Mrs. Maria Moseley
Mrs. Eliza Parsons
and baptized
Mr.Arthur G.Pierce
=
Mr.David T.Pierce
=
Miss Eliza Taylor
Miss Rachel Van Voorhis and baptized
Mr . Ben jamin Wardwell =
=
Mrs.Clarissa Wardwell
Miss Martha B.Wells Mr. Charles G.Wright
May 6 Miss Sarah M.Benedict and baptized E =
Mrs.Lavina Bow
Miss Adelia Butler
=
Miss Harriet T.Butler
Miss Elizabeth Campbell
=
Miss Fanny Dunham
=
14
RECORDS OF FIRST CHURCH, PITTSFIELD . VOL . 11.
Members 1838
May
6 Miss Sarah E.Gory
and baptized = "
Mrs.Lois E.Greene
Miss Mary Howard
P.25-
Miss Eliza M.Howard
=
Miss Cha stina Johnson
Mr. Joseph Noble and baptized
= Mrs. Sarah Noble
Miss Jane E.Parker =
11
= Mary T.Parker 11
Mr. Henry Root
11
Miss Mary Root ..... cc by letter
= Lucy M. Root and baptized
= Sarah M.Stevens =
Mr . Joseph Tanner
Mr. Josiah Trow
Miss Eliza M.Wardwell and baptized
11 Paulina L. Wardwell"tab Bene.
=
= Clarissa J.West
11
Miss Harriet M.West
Mrs.Anna White
and baptized
11
11 Wealthy Ann Wiley
11 Frances F.Wright
and baptized
July 1 Mr .Anson Barrett
Mrs.Joanna Chittenden
= Elizabeth Clarke
=
Miss Eliza Saunders Mrs. Almaria Tracy
by letter and baptized
Sept 2 Mr . John White & ..... by letter = Mrs. Lucinda Stoddard = Miss Caroline Stoddard " = Miss Tryphena Goodrich and baptized
P.26-Nov
4 Mr.Lewis Stoddard Mr. Phineas Page Mrs.Synthia Page Mr. Phineas L.Page Miss Mary Walker Mrs.Laura Dunham
=
=
=
11
by letter =
11
.
-
Mrs . Elizabeth Wat son
"
15
RECORDS OF FIRST CHURCH, PITTSFIELD. VOL. 11.
Members 1838
Nov
4 Mr. Abner Root Mrs. Lucy Stoddard and baptized Mrs . Mary F.Gunn Miss Harriet Walker and baptized
Dec
24 Henry W . Child s
1839
Jan
6 Mrs . Mary E. Parks = by letter Mrs. . Brewster 11
May
5 Miss Lucy Groomer and baptized
Sep
1 Mr .Ben jamin Mills by letter
=
Mrs. Emily Estis Miss Clar issa Wells
1840
Mar 1 Mrs. Fanny Allen Mrs. Elizabeth Colt = =
=
Mrs. Rebecca Brown
May
7 Dr. Oliver E. Brewster Miss Harriet J.Buel
=
= Mary Peters Brown
=
Mrs. Matilda Campbell
¥111.0.2. 54. 52.04 .
18
Mrs. Mercy Wicks
Mrs.Sarah Wilkinson by letter
1840
(Three leaves have been cut out of original book ) R.H.C. by letter " =
P.27 - July 5 Mr. Charles T.Benjamin
Mrs.Caroline E. Ben jamin Mr . Lyman Dewey
=
= Mrs. Phebe Dewey
11 Y
=
Miss Henrietta Dewey
Sept 6 Mr. Henry Marsh
=
Mrs.Marsh
=
=
Miss Clarissa Whitney
=
=
=
= Lucy Ferry 11
=
Mrs.Abi Day Amanda M.Roy
and baptized
1841
Jan 3 Mr. Joseph B. Cunningham tt Mrs. Elsie Cunningham
by letter
( i)
Mrs. Eliza Millş =
Miss Caroline L.Campbell and baptized "
Mr. James S.Dewey
11
16
RECORDS OF FIRST CHURCH, PITTSFIELD . VOL. 11.
Members 1841 Jan 3
Mr. Henry Tracy and baptized
Mar 7 Mrs. Ann W.Wells by letter
=
Miss Mary Weller Miss Rachel East man
= May 2 Mr.Geo.H.White by letter Mrs. Rebecca W.White by letter
=
=
Mrs.Hannah Clarke
Mr.Joel T.Page
11
Miss Louisa Weller Mrs . Hannah Tracy and baptized
Miss Julia Fenn
July 4 Mr. John Morris by letter
Mrs. Elizabeth Morris 11
Mrs . Margaret A. Whitney"
Dr.L.L.J.Prevost
P.28 -Sept 6 Mr . Ambrose H.Cadwell and baptized
( The Rev. John Todd was Installed over the First Congregational Church and Society Feb . 16 , 1842. )
1842 Mar 13 Harvey C.Dunham Henry B.Brewster
Josiah Carter
Bradford B.Page
George B.Kirtland
Jabez L.Peck John M.Bidwell
James Howard
Edward Por ter
by le tter " =
Titus M.Roberts
Mrs. Anna Maria Brooks and baptized
Miss Helen M. Dunham
11 Sarah A.Gardner
= Jane Dunham
Mary A.Stockbridge
Augusta L(?) Page
= Sarah A.Tracy
Ann M.Williamş
= Mary A.Peck JE
17
RECORDS OF FIRST CHURCH, PITTSFIELD . VOL. 11.
+
Members 1842 Mar 13 Miss Julia H.Peck Mrs. Lucy Por ter by letter 11 11
!
P.29-
= Mrs. Mary S.B.Todd Mrs. Julia Ann Fairfield by letter
" Clarissa Bagg
Miss Lucy Maria Bar nard
' Mary C.Cogswell " Julia Ann Webster by letter
" Jane E.Webster Mrs.Lavinia B.Bodurtha- by letter 11
July 3 Mrs. Catherine A.Pover
" Elizabeth Sprague 11 11
" Elizabeth Williams =
=
Mr. Oliver S.Hull
and baptized =
Mrs. Mary Hull
=
Mr.Jon'n B.Williams
by le tter =
Miss Pamela S.Bodur tha
and baptized
Sept 11 Salmon Dewey
Wm.S.Kirtland
Nov Miss Wealthy Ann Goodrich by letter Y. . Sau. 4 Cha rle s Monta gue
Mrs. Montague (his mother ) = Charles Montague (wife)
Pages 30,31 & P.33- Members received by letters of recommendation from other churches Betsey Wells, wife of Royal Wells, from the church in Wethersfield, Ct.
1824 July
2 Mary Danforth, wife of Joshua Danforth, from the church in Georgia, Vt.
July 2 Thomas Pixley & wife Patty Pixley in Hinsdale ,Ms.
from the church
Nov
7 William Coleman and wife 1 from the church
William Coleman Jr. and wife Lydia 1 1 1
Sarah Coleman Zophronia Coleman
1825 Jan 2 Wife of Thomas Car son
Miss Lucy Porter Mrs. E.S. Patterson =
Mrs .. . . Rouse "
May 11
2 Joab Brace Jr. " =
Mrs. Emel ine Smith Havi.
32 blank
18
RECORDS OF FIRST CHURCH, PITTSFIELD. VOL. 11.
Members
Rec'd from other Churches
1825
Lucy C.Bailey, wife of Rev. R.W. Bailey
Nov 10 John P.Bachelder and wife Lucy Bachelder from Charlestown, N.H.
P.34-May
7
John De Lamater Wife of Dr.De Lamater
·
Wife of Zachariah Field
1 Rev. Eliakim Phelps and his wife Simeon Gilford and his wife
Wife of Sylvester Lyman
Martha Dunham, wife of J. H. Dunham Maria Center
Sep
4 George Wells Mrs. Sarah Benton, wife of
1828 Jan
Mrs. Esther Bell Mrs . Merrill, wife of Justus Merrill E.H.
N.H.
Mar Sept Oct
Chester Dewey from Williamstown
Mrs. Sophronia Wells, wife of Geo. Wells from Chester, Mass.
Dec. Mrs . Esther Canfield 1 1
Miss Bet sey Canfield Mr.Ira C.Baldwin Mrs.Sarah L.Baldwin 1
from Ist Pres.Chh. Hudson, N.Y.
1829 P.35-Jan
Mr.Jabez Colt
from Richmond
Mrs. H. P.Tappan
Skaneatelas
Mrs . Hannah Dunham
= Cambridge
Mrs. Mary Winchell
11 West Springfield
Mr. Avery Carey 1
from Ware Evangelist Ch.
Mrs. Abiah Carey Miss Martha B. Carey ) Mrs. Elsey Wells
" Ist ch.Wethersfield, Ct. = 2nd ch. Greenfield
Miss Nancy Smith Mrs. Phebe Wilder
= Washington
Mar May Aug Mr . Jonathan L. Hyde ) from Pres. Chh. Cedar St. New York 1 Mrs. L. E.Hyde
Sept Mrs. Clarissa Whitcomb, wife of O. R. Whitcomb from Hatfield Josiah Nash
Aug
from Stockbridge
from Nort hampton " West Hampton " Sheffield
1826 Mar 5 Cynthia Clark Orenzo Parsons & wife Roxana
1827 Jan July
7
Mrs. Mary Warner , wife of Emory Warner, from Stockbridge
from Lenox
April June Feb
19
RECORDS OF FIRST CHURCH, PITTSFIELD. VOL. 11.
Members received by letter from other churches
1830
Mar Miss Emily E. Ingham from Ist Cong. Ch Saybrook, Ct.
Apr Mr. Levi F.Claflin from Cong.ch. at West hampton, under care of Rev.Enoch Hale
Apr Mrs. Susan Ross from Ist Prest.ch. in Greenbush, N.Y.
P.36-Nov.7 Mrs.Sarah Mills " chh. at Sandisfield 1831
Mar 6 Mr.Jeremiah Stevens from Prest.chh. at Schenectady , N.Y.
11 Mr . John Dillingham & wife Catharine from the North Chh. Hartford, Ct. under pastoral care of Rev.S.Spring
" " Mr.J.T. Ely from Ist Pres ch. at Ann Arbor under the pas- toral care of Rev. William Page.
Mrs. Henry A.Benton from the Cong. ch. in Lenox
May 1 Mrs. Caroline Noon from the Wall St. Pres Chh.
= Sam'l Wardwell from the Pres. Chh. at Catskill, N.Y.
11 Titus Goodman from the Pres Ch. York, Monroe Co. N.Y.
P. 37-Sep 4 Sherman Foot & wife from the Cong , chh. Richmond Nov 5 Stephen Howard & wife " =
of Dalton
Frisbee & wife 11 11 =
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Page 41 Dismissions with Recommendations
1824
Jun 22 = Mehitable Cadwell, wife of - - rec.to chh. in Norwich N.Y. James McKnight Jr. )rec.to ch.in Buffalo, N.Y. Sarah Mcknight, wife of Jas.McK)
Aug 15 Mrs. Eliza B.Crocker rec. to the fellowship of the churches, & to be dismissed when we receive official information of her reception into another regu- lar church.
Sep 15 Mrs. Martha Jarvis wife-rec.to the ch. in Esperance, Schoarie Co.N.Y. Rev. Luke Lyons
Oct 20 Bela Turner rec to Cong. ch.Stockbridge
Oct 20 Mrs. Rachel Hall rec to -the churches. To be dismissed when received by another
1825
P.42-Mar 4 Harriet Wells, now Harriet Butler, rec. to the church in Wethersfield , Conn. under pastoral care of Rev. Mr. Tenney
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Mar 22 Josiah Lawrence Jr. rec. to churches generally .
May 10
= Mary Phelps , former ly Mary Strong, to ch. in Lane sborough Mrs. Eliza H.Weed, former ly Eliza H. Lathrop rec to Mission- ary Church at Dwight , Ark.
Sep 12 Jonathan Day, rec. to churches generally.
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RECORDS OF FIRST CHURCH, PITTSFIELD VOL. 11.
Dismissions 1825
Aug 17 Miss Mary Peters, Rec. to churches generally
Mrs . Mira Mason, formerly Mira Peters, general rec.
P.43 -" = Gad Day & wife Roxana , rec. to Rev.Mr.Bacon's 'ch. New Hav en
11 letter Mar.23, 1826 Clarissa Whitcomb, wife of Oren
Whitcomb rec to ch. in Hatfield
11 11 11 Amelia Graves, rec.to ch. in Hatfield
Apr 30
1826 · · Mrs. Elizabeth Stocking, late Elizabeth Goodrich, to ch.in Lenox .
June 4 Mr. William Gardiner & wife to ch. about to be formed in Lowell, Mass.
Jul 30 Abigail Congdon, to church in Williamsburg
Aug 20 Mrs. Elizabeth Atkinson to any ch.
Sep
1 Mrs. Sophia Humphrey to chh.at Amherst College
1827 P.44-Feb
letter dated Mar.1, Francis Warriner to chh. in Amherst College
Aug
Mar 7 John Delamatter & wife Ruth to Pres. Ch. Fairfield N.Y. George R.Whitney- to chh. in Euclid , Ohio
Sep 10 Mrs. Martha Merriam, formerly Martha Churchill to the chh. in Hinsdale
1828 Jan 4 Mr. Robert Spercer , restored to fellowship rec. to Mr. Wisner's chh. in Boston
Apr 14
Mary Richardson- general rec.
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James Brown & wife Keturah, general rec
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John P. Batchelder & wife Lucy, to chh. in Utica, N.Y.
Hannah Clark, to chh. in Elbridge
Elvira Cla pp, = East hampton
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June Apr 14 1832 P.45-Nov
Sherman Foot & wife -- -. John Dillingham & wife Catharine to 2nd Free Pres.chh. New York.
= Aug 12
Osman Clark to chh. in Prattsburg, N.Y. Sarah Coleman Rice to Pres.Chh. Ravenna,0
Dec 23 Chauncey Isbel & wife to chh. in Lenox
Nov
4 George Wells to Ist Pres.chh Troy, N.Y.
11 Mrs . Sophronia Wells to Ist Pres. chh. in Troy, N. Y.
Miss C.C.Wells
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11
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= Sam'l Davis
1833
Almira Matthews Watkins to chh. in Hinsdale Wealthy A. Richmond Curtiss "1 Cynthia Richmond Williams
P.46-Feb 17
1830 Apr
Mrs. Mary Bowers to Ist Cong chh. Nort hampton Mrs. Sylvia Ashley ( formerly Fanning ) gen rec to Pres or Cong. and particularly to a Pres Ch at Grafton, Ohio, where she resides, should one be formed there.
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RECORDS OF FIRST CHURCH, PITTSFIELDA. VOL. 11.
Dismis sions
1830 ·
May Mrs. Eliakim Phelps rec to Pres Chh. Geneva N.Y. ·
Dec Doct.O.S. Root & wife to Pres Chh. at Rice Creek , S.C.
1831
Mr. I.T. Ely to Chh in Hanover N.H.
P.47-May 1 Justin Parsons to Pres Chh. at Otisco, N.Y.
June 16 Mr. James Mason to Prest.Chh at Sand Lake, N. Y. under pastoral care of Rev. Mr. Wieks
Aug 9 Miss Minerva Kiteredge to Cong Ch. of - Huron Co. Ohio
10 Mr. C. F. Allen to Pres Chh. of Detroit', Michigan, Ter.
22 Miss Sarah Trumbull to Cong Chh. of Washington, Berk Co.
24 Mrs. Clarissa Whitcomb to churches generally ( she is about to remove to the west. )
Oct 16 Mrs. Jane Chapman to churches generally ( she removes to Ohio )
Oct 30 Rev. C. Goodrich rec. to " - and Mrs. Amelia Goodrich and their daughters Mrs. Harriet W. Robinson Mrs.Lucy P.Winton and Elizabeth A. Goodrich to the Pres, Church of Havana , N. Y.
P.48-Nov 4 Mrs. Rebecca Smith , formerly Rebecca Thayer , to ch. in Northampton
Duplicate =
Osman Clark to Prest .chh. in Prattsburgh, Steuben Co.N.Y.
R.H.C.
Nov
4 Emily Babcock to African chh. in New York City under the care of Rev. Theodore Wright . Dismissions with censure- Blank Blank
P.49- P.50-
Deaths in the Parish
Age
Child of Enoch White-
20 months
Wife of Justus Merrill ( ch) consumption
2 months
Capt . . .. Sackett(ch) apoplexy
- years
Stephen Fowler
Strangule - years
Child of Mr. Luce
Daughter of Mr.Backus- Son of Freeman, Blk. Measles
15
months
July 19 Susan Walker (at poor house) Measles
-
years
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