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1053 Jy. 7. Charles S. Morse, s. Samuel, br. 1016, m. Nancy W. Pratt. 1054 No. 3. Elisabeth S. Smith fr. Hal'x, w. of Moses T., [gr. fa. 690, gr. gr. fa. 356], o. Bourne, dan. Isaac of Hal'x.
1851.
1055 Ja. 5.
Merey E. Bryant, w. of Ira, o. Freeman, mo. 1061, sis. 97-, 1056, gr. mo. 866, gr. gr. mo. 486.
1056, 4 5. Louisa Cornish, w. Josiah T., [gr. fa. 593, 664], o. Freeman, mo. 1061, sis. 972, 1055.
1057 5. Julia Maria Putnam, fa. 939, br. 1036, sis. 1006, m. Alfred S. Thayer, Re. in Exeter, N. H.
1058 5. Sarah Jane Tinkham, dau of Enoch, gr. mo. 551, gr. gr. fa. 592, Re. in Boston.
1059 Ap.
6. Melinda B. Eddy fr. Fall River, (682), o. Bordon, 1st m. to Rev Augustus B. Reed.
1060 Jy. 6. REV. ELIJAH DEXTER fr. Plymt., s. of Elijah, late Pastor there, (722), d. Oc. 10. 1851, æ. 65.
(722) 66 6. Lydia Dexter fr. Plymt., (1060.)
1061
6. Virtue M. Freeman, w. of Josiah, o. Morton, dau. Seth Jr., sis 789, gr. fa. 354, gr. gr. mo. 127.
1062 66 6. Elisabeth Littlejohn, w. Orsamus, o. Swift, dau. Jn.
1063 6. § Thomas Savery, s. of Neremiah, gr. gr. gr. mo. 43, (1064).
1064 Jy. 6. Penelope Savery, (1063,) o. Swift, dau. John, sis. 1062. 1852.
1065 No. 7. Susan H. Caswell, fr. Bridg'r, w. of Eleazer R., o. Caswell. 1853. 1066 Ja. 2. Thomas Weston Jr., fa. 839, gr. fa. 834, 944.
(847) 66 2. Adeline Cobb fr. Plym., w. of Heman, o. Cobb, mo. 684.
1067 2. Saba Adams Comstock fr. Dedham, w. of Dr. Wm. W., o. Sturtevant dau. of Thomas, gr. mo. 627.
1068 Mh. 6. Elira Jane Eddy fr. Providence, w. of Joshua M. [fa. 944], o. Carpenter, dau of IIosea of Prov.
1069 Ma. 1. Sarah A. Atwood, w. of Josiah, o. Bonney, dau. Ezekiel.
1070 66 1. Freeman T. Mc.Glathlin, s. of Tho., gr. gr. mo. ad. 85,(1077).
1071 1. ( Seneca R. Thomas, fa. 918, sis. 958, gr. gr. mo. 443,(1072).
1072 66 1. Zilpha B. Thomas, (1071), o. Shurtliff, mo. 1081.
1073
1. Melinda Thomas, wid. of Lothrop, o. Shurtliff, sis. 920.
1074
1. Clarissa Jane Thomas, mo. 1073, br. 957.
1075 66
1. Sarah Tyner, dau. of Michael and Susan of Ireland.
1076 1. Lydia Shaw fr. Plymt., wid. of Wm., o. Sampson, sis. 1080. 1077 Jy. 3. Harriet Me. Glathlin,(1070), o. Thomas, dau. Isaiah, sis. 923, gr. fa. 350.
1078
3. Francis M. Shaw, mo. 1076.
1079 66 3. S Benjamin Shaw, fa. 648, mo. 566, gr. mo. ad. 85.
1080 3. Bethiah Shaw, (1079) o. Sampson, dau. Peleg, sis. 1076.
3. Zilpha Shurtliff, wid. of Barnabas, o. Cole, sis. 893, 917.
1081 66 3. Mary M. Morse, w. Oliver, o. Goodwin.
1082
1084 4
1083 No. 6. Salome Vaughan, w. of Wm. H., o. Willis, fa. 802, gr. fa. 762. 6. Rhoda J. Savery, w. of Geo. S. [fa. 667, gr. mo. 555], o. Churchill, dau. of Asaph and Rhoda, gr. fa. 720.
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RESIDENT BRETHREN.
Admitted.
Darling,
Savery.
848, Alanson,
1823.
1063, Thomas,
1852.
Dean,
Shaw,
964. Eliab,
1840.
651, Samuel,
1803.
Eddy,
682, Nathaniel,
1807.
1079, Benjamin,
1853.
718, Zechariah,
1808.
944, Joshua,
1837.
Foley,
Soule,
1035, James,
1844.
866, James,
1823.
Fuller,
978, Isaac, Jr.,
1840.
1050, Consider,
1850.
Thomas,
Gisby.
885, Eleazer,
1824.
773, William,
1813.
918, Seneca,
1831.
928, Thomas,
1831.
957, Lothrop,
1838.
Harlow,
1071, Seneca R.,
1850.
989, Stephen,
1841.
Thompson.
Leach,
935, Cephas,
1832.
1048, George M.,
1850.
994, Venus,
1841.
Lucas,
996, Benjamin F.,
1841.
822, Job,
1823.
Tinkham, 938, Harvey,
1833.
1070, Freeman T.,
1853.
Warren,
Morse,
696, John,
1807.
1016, Marston S.,
1841.
Weston,
1053, Charles S.,
1850.
839, Thomas, sr., 1823.
Pratt,
1066, Thomas, Jr.,
1853.
772, Thomas,
1813.
1032, Thomas A.,
1843.
Putnam,
939, Israel W., Rev.
1835.
NON-RESIDENT MEMBERS.
841, Atwood, Dr. Shadrach.
877, Bassett, Mrs. Lydia.
776, Brown, wid. Sarah,
907, 2 Pool, Mrs. Lydia.
872, Bryant, Mrs. Cordelia.
826, Standish, Josiah O.
842, 5 Buss, Martin.
900, Standish, wid. Jane.
843, Mrs. Eliza.
979, Stephens, Mrs. Priscilla.
707, Cobb, Jacob. 759, Curtis, Mrs. Sally.
1010. Thayer, Mrs. Mary Jane.
1031, Doane, Calvin.
855, Drake, Mrs. Louisa.
804. Elmes, Eliphalet.
966. Fuller, Mrs. Mary Ann.
769. Harlow, wid. Hepzibah.
990. Harlow, Dr. Jona. Edwards.
997, 5 Tinkham, Oliver G.
950, Hathaway, Mrs. Mary T.
972, 2 Tinkham, Mrs. Jane.
945, Hill, Miss Harriet.
859, Holmes, Geo. L.
954, Orrington, Miss Mary Ann. 906, 5 Pool, Samuel.
830, Taylor, Mrs. Lucy.
1057. Thayer, Mrs. Julia Maria. 869, Thomas, Daniel. 640, Thompson, Rev. Otis. 730, Thompson, Ezra. 999, Thompson, Mrs. Dorliska N.
815, Wood, Mrs. Louisa. 1000, Wood, Mrs. Lydia.
1853.
1078, Francis M.
Smith, 679, Levi,
1807.
Admitted.
1008, Alfred, Jr.,
Wood, 953, William H., 1837.
1841.
Mc.Glathlin,
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DEACONS.
NAMES.
Elected.
Deceased or Removed.
No. I Des. Cat.
NAMES.
Elected.
Deceased or Removed.
No. in Des. Cat.
John Bennet,
1694-5, Mch. 21, 1717-18, æ. 76,
3.
Abner Bourne,
1796,
May 25, 1806, æ, 58,
563.
Ebenezer Tinkham,
Apr. 8, 1718, æ. 72,
11
Perez Thomas,
1803,
June 21, 1828, æ. 77,
649.
Jonathan Cobb,
Aug. 15, 1728, æ. abt. 68,
22
Joshua Eddy,
1805,
May 1, 1833, æ. 85,
633.
Sam el Barrows,*
1723-4, Dec. 30, 1755, æ. 82,
59. Calvin Tilson,
1819,
July 3, 1852, æ. 82,
652.
Ephraim Wood,*
1723-4, July 9, 1744, æ. 64,
68. Samuel Sampson,
1826,
July 30, 1850, æ. 86,
732
Samuel Wood,*
1734-5, Before 1754. [ born, 1684],
82. James Sproat,
1833,
Apr. 15, 1837, æ. 62,
793.
Ebenezer Finnea, *
1734-5, Sept. 21, 1745, æ. 46,
240.
.John Freeman,
1833,
[ Dismissed to Carver, 1846, ]
676.
Gershom Cobb.
1745,
Removed from town,
272 Horatio G. Wood,
1842,
[ Dismissed to C. C. C., 1847.]
801.
Benjamin Tucker,
1745.
July 9, 1781, æ. 75,
164. Nathaniel Eddy,
1852,
918.
Benjamin Thomas,
1776,
Jan'y 18, 1800, æ. 78,
425. Seneca Thomas,
Ichabod Morton,
1782,
May 16, 1809, æ. 84,
495.| Alfred Wood, Jr.,
1008.
1,
SAMUEL FULLER,
Plymouth.
Ordained, Dec. 26, 1794,
Aug. 17, 1695,
70
1
2,
THOMAS PALMER,
Plymouth ?
66
Nov. 2, 1709,
April 22, 1744,
55
35
3,
PETER THACHER JR.,
Milton.
Harvard, 1706,
Dec. 8. 1777,
57
468
4,
SYLVANUS CONANT,
Bridgewater. Harvard, 1740,
Mar. 28, 1745,
Julv 25, 1815,
63
545
5,
JOSEPH BARKER,
Branford, Ct. Yale, 1771,
Dec. 5, 1781,
April 26, 1851,
65
791
6,
EMERSON PAINE,
Foxborough. Brown, 1813,
Feb. 14, 1816,
Resigned, July 4, 1822. Resigned Mar. 3, 1834.
April 15, 1840,
56
886
WILLIAM EATON,
Framingham. Williams, 1810,
Installed, Mar. 10, 1824,
8,
ISRAEL W. PUTNAM,
Danvers.
Dartmouth, 1809, Installed, Oct. 28, 1835,
Close of Pastorate.
Died.
Age.
No. in Des. Cat.
No.
NAMES.
Native Place.
Graduated.
Settled.
May 2, 1702,
Deposed, June 30, 1708.
July 17, 1743,
77
21
* The persons starred, were ordained as deacons ; the first two in 1725, the other two in 1736-7 ; subsequently to which the records show no ordination, each individual accepting the office soon after his election.
PASTORS.
939
682.
ADDENDA.
A portion of the first twelve of this addenda list appear by the transactions of the church to have been members; others of them are known lo: g to have worshipped and communed here, and must have been members here or elsewhere.
1 Pegge Howland ; dis. 1753 to 4th Church, Bridgwater.
2 Anna Kalton, w. of -? (Afr.), servant of No. 35, chi. bap fr. 1733.
3 Nannie, (Afr.), serv't of Nos. 35, 47 ; d. Ju. 28, 1787, æ. 91st.
4 Jacob Tomson, fa. 9, br. 268, sis. 180, 159, (ad. 36), m. 1731, d. Mh. 10, 1789, æ 94th.
5 Isaac Perkins, of chh. in Carv., s. of Zephaniah, m. Mary Shurtliff, chỉ. 749, 790, d. Jy. 1839, æ. 95th.
6 Jacob Bennet, fa. 179, (ad. 7), m. 1751, d. No. 6, 1799, æ. 74.
7 Hope Bennet, (ad. 6), o. Nelson, d. Fe. 5, 1816, æ. 84.
S Elijah Perry, (ad. 9), d. Ja. 28, 1812, æ. 86th.
9 Sarah Perry, (ad. 8), d. Jy. 25, 1813, æ. 84th.
10 Livy Morton, s. Eben'r, gr. mo. 127, (11), m. bef. 1790, 2d. m. Catharine Richmond dau. Stephen, d. Jy. 19, 1838, æ. 78}.
Hannah Morton, (10), o. Dailey, dau. Abiel, d. Se. 4, 1807, æ. 47th. Rebecca Scollay, dau. Benj'n of Mystic ; resident in Rev. S. Conant's fam. from 1759, unm., d. No. 15, 1801, æ. 68th,
11 12 The following persons were in such covenant connection with the church as to be under its watch and care, and to enjoy the right of baptism for their children. Some of them may have been in full membership with this or other churches.
13 Samuel Chard ; ch. Joseph b. 1705, Wm. 1708, and bap. 1710.
14 Samuel Cobb; (w. Abigail) ; 5 ch. bap. fr. 1710 to 1718.
15|" Shubael and Elisabeth Lewis 1709."
16 Ann Winslow ; " bap. at Rochester June 1710."
17 John Smith and Melatiah ; chi. bap. 1710.
18 " James Coomes, Oc. 1710."
19 Hannah Vaughan ; 2 Bap., made conf. of faith in 20 Mary Vaughan ; (prob. b. 1694. fa. 38,) } Christ and admit'd into Cov't. 21|Jane Hall ; chi. Tabatha bap. 1713; Charity, 1715.
22 Lt. Elkanah Leonard; chi. Timothy bap. 1713.
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23| Wm. Thomas, Jr., b. 1700, sis. 119, br. 298, (115).
24 Joseph Thomas ;
25 Josiah Thomas ;
26 Betty Cobb ;
These four were ' Lap., made conf. of faith in Christ and admitted into cove- nant, 1713.'
27 Jerusha Conant, b. 1702, mo. 101 ; 2 Made their relations, and
28 Prudence Conant, b. 1707, mo. 101 ; § were bap. 1721.
29 Elisabeth Thomas, b. 1698, br. ad. 23 ? made rel. and bap. 1715.
30 Abiah Caswell ; made a relation and bap. 1722.
31 |Robert Mackfun ; (w. 72) ; 'Bap. in Scotland ; restored to cov't.' 32 John Drew Jr. ; fa. 78, m. Susanna Bennet, 1728. ) Made conf. and 33 Thomas Drew ; fa. 78; d. Ju. 14, 1770 ? S bap. 1724.
34 Geo. Vaughan, fa. 38, and w. (166), owned the covenant and he was bap. 1728, 1st w. Rebecca, d. 1718; he d. Ap. 11, 1766, æ. 83d. 35 Elisabeth Robbins, w. Jn., her chi. bap. fr. 1727 to '38.
36 Elisabeth Holmes, w. Jn. bef. 1724, o. Tilson, 2d. m. (ad. 4), d. Au. 8, 1773, æ. 74th.
37 Samuel Fuller, fa. 28, br. 94, 156, (146) ; 6 chi. bap. fr. 1729.
38 Thankful Eaton, (226), o. Alden, fa. 32, d. Oc. 29, 1732, æ. 26.
39 Mary Thomas, br. ad. 23, m. Jacob Soule 1731, d. Mh. 1, 1749, æ. 49.
40 Eunice Thomas, br. ad. 23, (336), d. Ap. 8, 1778, æ. 69.
41 Betty Thomas, b. 1716, br. ad. 23, m. Jona. Wood, Bridg'r, 1737.
42 Sarah Holmes ; her chi. Hannah bap. 1733.
43 Mary Holmes, w. Thomas m. 1731, o. Sproat.
44 Gershom Sampson, br. 193 ? (224) ; chi. bap. fr. 1729.
45 Eben'r Wood, fa. 7, (429), chi. bap. fr. 1729, d. De. 5, 1768, æ. 71. 46 Samuel Warren Jr. ; fa. 174, m. Rebecca Dunham, 1734.
47 Cornelius Warren, b. 1710, fa. 174, chi. bap. fr. 1736.
48|Wm. Canedy, (432) ; ' Wm. Esq., of Taunton, d. Ja. 23, 1774.' 49 Susanna Miller, w. David, m. 1728, o. Holmes ; removed.
50 Lt. Joseph Bennet, s. of Peter, (273), d. Ja. 1742, æ. 38th.
51 Priscilla Bennet, br. ad. 50, m. Jn. Miller 1735, d. Oc. 7, 1754, æ. 44th. 52 Wm. Nelson, " of a chh. in Ireland ; " 3 chi. bap. fr., 1730. 53 Joel Ellis, (190), 6 chi. bap. 1730, d. Ju. 21, 1763, a. S5th.
54 § Barna. Eaton, fa. 15, w. Mehita'l, 2 w. (ad. 55), d. No. 1790, æ.90th.
55 Elisabeth Eaton, (ad. 54) m. 1743, o. Clemens ? 56 Jabez Wood, b. 1686, fa. 13, m. Mercy Fuller 1716 ; 7 chi. bap. 1732.
57 Robert Barrows, b. 1709, fa, 59, (248), d. bef. 1761.
58 Eben'r Morton, sis. 80, 131, 134, (127), d. Ma. 12, 1750, æ. 54th.
59 Mary Palmer, b. 1715, fa. 21 ; relation read and bap. 1732.
60 Samuel Tinkham sr., fa. 46 ? m. 1718, 1730, d. Mh. 16, 1775, æ. 87. 61 Thomas King, (279) ; his chi. bap. fr. 1733.
62 Mary Savery, w. Jn. jr., m. 1729, o. Thomas, d. Jy. 20, 1778, æ. 71st. 63 Content Weston, w. Jn., [his 2 w. (347) ; he d. Au. 18, 1768, æ. 73.] 64 Martha Tomson, w. of Thomas 2d. m. 1732, o. Soul, mo. 55, d. Mh. 18, 1772, æ. 70th.
65 John Smith, s. of Jn., (313). m. 1736, d. De. 13, 1748, æ. 46th,
66 Mary Shaw ; chi. bap. 1737. A wid. Mary d. Ma. 18, 1793, æ. 89. 67 Ichabod Barden, b. 1705, s. of Jn., m. Bethia Elmes, chi. bap. 1737
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68|Jedidah Wood ; chi. bap. 1737. Que? 263.
69 Mrs. - Sampson, w. Peleg ; chi. bap. 1739.
70 Amos Bates and w. Jemima; their chi. bap. 1739.
71 Esther Bennet, w. Eben'r Jr., owned cov't, and chi. bap. 1739, d. Jy 5, 1776, æ. 70th.
72 Jane Brown ; her chi. bap. 1739.
73 ( James Warren, b, 1711, fa. 174, (ad. 74), } Made relations and them- selves and chi. bap. 1739.
74 Mary Warren, (ad. 73),
75 Joanna Barlow, w. Wm. ; her chi. bap. fr. 1738 to '52.
76 Elisabeth Whaley, w. Alexander ; her chi. bap. 1740.
77 § Gershom Cobb Jr., b. 1714, fa. 272, (ad. 78), their chi. bap. 1740.
78 Miriam Cobb, (ad.77), m. 1739, o. Thomas, mo. 136, d. Ja. 31, 1748, æ. 27.
79 Joseph Harris, (w. Hannah), " His chi. bap. 1741." 80 Mrs. Clarke, w. of John, " Her chi. bap. 1741."
81 Jn. Montgomery ; m. Mary Strowbridge, 1735 ; chi. bap. 1742.
82 Gideon Southworth, fa. 135, (308), d. Oc. 25, 1788, æ. 70th.
83 Lemuel Harlow sr., (w. Joanna), " His chi. bap. 1745."
84 Benjamin Pratt sr., (w. Lydia), 6 chi. bap. fr. 1745.
85 Mehitabel Thomas, w. Sam'l 2d., 10 chi. bap.fr.1746 to '64.o. Barrows ? 86 Jonathan Shaw Jr .; 5 chi. bap. fr. 1746-56.
87 Sarah Morse, w. David, chi. bap. 1748 " on her account."
88 Joanna Reed, w. of Seth, 4 ch. bap. fr. 1750 to '60.
89 John Tilson, (480?) chi. Patience bap. 1750.
90 Elisabeth Ellis, w. of Wm., o. Lazell, 1st. chi. bap. 1753.
91 Nathan Tinkham of Hal'x., b. 1725, fa. 93, chi. bap. 1756.
92 Joseph Waterman, (w. Joanna), chi. bap. 1756.
93 Abigail Hacket, w. Eben'r, m. 1757, o. Thomas, chi. bap. 1760. 94 Mary Willis, w. Jas. m. '59 o. Thomas, chi. bap. 1762 ; d. Ja. 5, 1795, æ. 69.
95 Deborah Billington, w. Seth, o. Smith, mo. 313, 2 chi. bap. 1763. 96 John Phinney, sis. 585, (586), chi. bap. fr.1781,d. Ap. 2, 1785, æ. 24}.
ADDITIONAL DEATHS OF MEMBERS.
Since the decease of Miss Elizabeth Barker, (D. C. No. 788) in Chicago, her friends there have forwarded to this church, from among her papers, " A Bill of Mortality kept in the First Precinct in Middleboro' from and after December 5, 1781, by Joseph Barker." This MS. book of her father appears to be a careful record of 827 deaths, specifying the " occasion," or discase, up to the time of his decease, "July 25, 1815, aged 62 years and nine months." From it are gathered the following deaths of church members, which we had not found from other sources. The number will show their place in the Descriptive Catalogue :
315 Alice Anthony d. De. 2, 1786, æ. 80. 207 Mary Bennet, wid. d. Ap. 2, 1785, æ. 79th.
265 Rebecca Darling d. Se. 16,1782,æ.93. 289 Wid. - Dunham d. Mh. 27, 1801, æ. 97th.
524 Elkanah Elmes d. Nov. 19, 1809,æ.82. 146 Wid. Silence Fuller d. Jy. 23,1786,æ. 83.3.
521 Wid. - Maxfield d. Mh. 11, 1787, æ. 88th.
485 Francis Pomeroy d. Ja. 23, 1807, æ .?
406 Samuel Pratt d. Ap. 20, 1794, æ. 78. 374 Japhet Rickard d. Nov. 25,1798,æ.74. 206 Wid. - Sampson d. De. 7,1794,æ. 86th. 333 David Sears d. Au. 20, 1788, x.78. 216 Wid. of Jona. Snow d. Ap. 20, 1783, æ. 69tli.
322 Wife of Jas. Willis d. Ja. 5,1795,æ.69. 218 Susanna Thomas, mo. 45,br.424,425, 350, unm. d. Ma. 15, 1785, æ. 75. 372 Wife of Dan'l Vaughan d. Fe. 1,1791, æ. 73.
ORDER DURING WORSHIP.
" THY WAY, O GOD! IS IN THE SANCTUARY ; WIIO IS SO GREAT A GOD AS OUR GOD ?"-Psalm Ixxvii : 12.
To show the views of the Rev. Peter Thaeher-our mueh venerated pastor, more than a century since-we give below his letter on this subjeet from the church records, under his hand, in accordance with another on page 23 :-
LETTER.
" My letter to some who would run out from the public worship at the last singing, before the public blessing, Sept. 18, 1737.
To MR.
AND HIS WIFE.
Dear Friends : - As long as [it was proper in] charity to suggest a cover for your abruptly breaking from the public worship, I was silent. But your manner of leaving it of late obliges me, as your friend and
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watchman, to bear solemn testimony against such a practice, if not forced to it by bodily indisposition. I solemnly beseech, and in the name of God, charge you to consider what you do when you pour such contempt upon the institutions of the Lord Christ, whom you have taken for your King, and promised subjection to Him in all His institutions. God hath appointed His ministers to bless His worshiping assemblies in His name. What do you, if you needlessly turn your backs on this blessing, but say, "'tis comtemptible," and so are in danger to carry away a curse instead of a blessing ? If all should do as you do, where would the order of God's house be? What a sad and sinful example do you set before vain persons, to whom you ought to be exemplary ? How do you grieve the hearts of them which you ought not to make sad? Every time you do so, you break the covenant of God with your brethren with whom you have promised to walk orderly. If you, with- out the pressing necessities of the body, do so for time to come-which I hope God will, in His merey to your souls, keep you from-this will be a witness against you, and the guilt of so evil, so God-dishonoring a practice, must lie at your door and not mine, who am your grieved and affectionate friend and pastor,
" PETER THACHER."
As it is a material order of the house of God, that at the close of the service the minister should pronounce the benediction upon the congre- gation, it is obviously important that they should give a most reverential attention while the Divine blessing is thus implored.
The early seating also of the congregation before the service com- mences, adds much to the solemnity and good order of public worship.
These orderly attentions are well approved by the church and people in this place, and in general may be observed. Late arrivals at the meeting-house in the morning may cause some irregularity, but prompt- ness in joining the assembly in the afternoon is expected of all. Those also who have the care of children should instruct them in these things.
" THOSE THAT BE PLANTED IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD,
" SHALL FLOURISH IN THE COURTS OF OUR GOD."
NOTES.
Page 3. Indian Churches. In 1698, Rev. Grindal Rawson, of Mendon, and Rev. Samuel Danforth, of Taunton, were commissioned by the Society for propagating the Gospel among the Indians, to visit, and did visit, the several plantations in the Old Colony, and made their report; 10 Hist. Col. 129-134. Extract : "There are at Assowampsit and Quittaub twenty houses and eighty persons. John Hiacoomes, preacher and constant schoolmaster. Mr. Jocelyn preached at Assowampsit. At Kehtehticut are forty adults, to whom Charles Aham preached." All these places are in Middleborough. Kehtehticut, Co- tuticut, and Tetiquid are different spellings of Titicut. Quittaub might be an- other name for Nemasket, or it might be " Betty's Neck."
Titicut is mentioned as a place of praying Indians. Rev. Mr. Backus says in his account of Middleboro', (1 Hist. Col. 150), " ABaptist church was formed among them [at Titicut], and Nehemiah Abel, Thos. Sekins, Thos. Felix [see Des. Cat. 324], and John Symons are teachers among them. When I came here [1747] John Symons was the minister of that church, and continued so for near ten years, and then he removed to the southward. He assisted in ordain- ing Silas Paul on Martha's Vineyard in 1763. One Indian gave five acres, and two others fifteen acres of land for the ministry in Titicut.
Nehemiah Bennet, Esq., gr. fa. D. C. 179, wrote an account of Middleboro,' (1 Hist. Col. 3), and respecting the Indians in town, says, " There is a settle- ment of them descended from the ancients, on 'Betty's Neck,' [perhaps the same as Quittaub], eight houses and eight families; the general number is from 30 to 40."
This was in 1793. He says, " they raise good crops which they sell for rum, and live afterwards by making baskets and brooms. They are subject to hec- tics, and half that are born are carried off by consumptions."
Page 34. Rev. Samuel Fuller had also a son Jabez, who died June, 1712, and whose widow, Mercy, married Joseph Vaughan, No. 38.
Page 3, at foot. The Indian name of the " Long Pond " is " Pontaquahot."
Page 4. It was not intended to give a list of the twenty-six purchasers, but such of them and their representatives as were in town in 1675, when the settlement was attacked by the Indians. The names of the purchasers were : " Francis Sprague, John Adams, George Partridge, Francis Cooke, Thomas Bordman, William Pontus, Samuel Fuller, Edward Bumpus, Francis Bil- lington, William Brewster, John Shaw, Edward Gray, (two shares.) Resolved White, William Hodskins, Andrew Ring, Moses Simmons, William Nelson, John Howland, George Soul, Phillip Delano, William Mullens, Peter Brown, Samuel Eddy, Matthew Fuller, William Twining." It should be mentioned that the Indian churches referred to on the third page, were gathered by the instrumentality of Rev. Mr. Bourne, of Sandwich, and Rev. Mr. Treat, of Eastham (son of Gov. Treat, of Connecticut) whose labors for the conversion of Indians were not surpassed by the apostle Elliot himself, there being at that time fifteen hundred of them formed into churches in the Old Colony.
Page 36. Rev. Mr. Thacher. Backus, in his Church History, says : " Ile was much engaged in and after the glorious revival of 1741, and his success was so great that there were above 340 communicants in the church when he died."
Page 38. Rev. S. Conant, No. 468, married, about a year after his ordina- tion, a lady of Boston whose name was called Bethan or Betell, (perhaps it was Bethune). She died in about a year after marriage. His second wife was -
Williams of Roxbury, (perhaps daugliter of Dr. Williams,) who lived a nin- ber of years and was the mother of a daughter named Hannah, who died in
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infancy. ITis third wife was admmitted to this church in 1758 by a letter from the church in " Norwich,"and - as appears by a letter written by Mr. Conant, expressive of his deep affliction, to her father, and which was printed at New London by her friends in the same year of her death, 1759,-was the daughter of Col Hezekiah Huntington. A son, Hezekiah, was born Nov. 7, 1758, bap- tized Nov. 12th, and died in infancy, leaving Mr. C. childless. A friend, Miss Scollay, (ad. 12), became a permanent resident in his family at or soon after his third marriage, and conducted his household affairs until his death in 1777; in which period she acted as guardian of two young orphan neices. One of them became the wife of the late Dr. Joseph Clarke, and the other, succes- sively, the second wife of Daniel Thomas, and Capt. David Thomas, (Nos. 544 and 546). After Mr. Conant's decease, Miss Scollay tenanted the Dr. Peter Oliver house, (now Capt. Earl Sprout's) and Rev. Abraham Camp (p. 41) boarded with her. She was estcemed a person of much excellence of charac- ter. The inscription on her grave-stone in " the Green " Cemetery is as follows :
"Great peace have they who love God." In memory of Miss Rebecca Scollay. Who died Nov. 15th, 1801 in her 68th year. " The ways of God were her delight ; Her faith was strong, her hope was bright."
In 1760 Mr. Conant adopted Deborah Conant then five years of age and the daughter of his brother. Deborah married the late Nathan Lazell of Bridge- water. The above in part has been furnished us by descendents. There is no record or monument in town of the first and second wives of Mr. Conant.
Rev. Isaac Backus says: " Mr. Conant ministered to good purpose until his decease."
Page 39. In respect to Mr. Weld he says, when a law was passed, " giving liberty to the people to attend which meeting they pleased, the friends of Mr. Weld grew siek of him, and used violence against him, until they got him away, and obtained a dissolution of their Society."
P. P. 52, 54. Deacons .- Lost Records. The table of deacons on p. 117 corrects some errors on these pages. The following extracts from the church records indicate two deacons at least, acting in 1721 and 1722, while this table shows but one from 1718 to 1724.
" Feb. 16, 1720-21. The deacons together with brother Isaac Fuller, [Desc. Cat. 91] were desired to take the most proper aud speedy methods for recover- ing the ancient and original records of the affairs of this church to the time of their present settlement." [i. e. to 1708].
" Dee. 19, 1721. Brother Isaac Fuller brought a remnant of the ancient rec- ords and delivered to P. Thacher."
This " remnant" we know nothing farther of ; but the copy, p. 13, by Eben- czer Fuller, the nephew of Isaac, may have been made from it.
"May 13. 1722. Voted that the two deacons br. King and Sam'l Wood do meet," &c.
P. 55. Three of our people became ministers of the Gospel, and joined other churches : - Daniel Thomas, minister in South Abington, Alvan Cobb in West Taunton, and Stetson Raymond in Assonet and Scotland [Bridge- water]. Of the members, eleven were ministers of the Gospel, and about the same number phyicians, or counsellors-at law.
P. 63. - The west precinct was incorporated as a town in the year 1853, by the name of Lakeville.
Parish Records. The book of records commencing with the separation and ordination of Rev. S. Conant has not been in possession of the parish Clerk for some years ; and the committee have thus been deprived of access to it. The course pursued by Mr. Bosworth, p. 13, is commended to all who possess docu- ments of historie value to this church and parish.
TWO DISCOURSES
ON
THE DIVINE FAITHFULNESS,
AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE HISTORY OF THE
FIRST CHURCH IN MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS.
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