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Rosilla
Daniel & Nabby Shattuck
Eunice
Simeon & Sarah Williams
Rosilla
Nahum & Jane [(Dalrymple) ] Woods
Nov. 2.
Lucy
Eliakim and [Sarah] Tuffts
16.
William Crosby
James jun. and Lucy [(Crosby)] Lewis Simon & Mehetabel Gilson
Mindwell
Serena
Joseph & Rachel Stone.
ISO1.
Jan. 12.
Roxey
Levi and Sybele Gilson.
Jan. 18.
Jesse
25.
Samuel
Deacon Samuel and Susanna [(Par- ker)] Lawrance
April 12.
Lucy
Joseph 34 and Hannah [(Kemp)] Sawtell
19
Samuel
Samuel and Sally Pierce
26.
Serena
May 17.
Lucy
Wilder and Phebe [( Fletcher)] Sheple. Walter and Anna [(Tufts)] Dickson John and Nancy Farnsworth
May 24.
Ira
John and Lois [(Faulkner)] Loring
June 7. Fanny
Joseph jun. and Lucy Sawtell
July 12.
Sarah
Richard jun. and Sarah Sawtell.
26.
Charles
Oliver jun. & Anne | (Whiting) ] Prescott Samuel & Abigail Bancroft.
Sep. 20.
George
Oct. 18. Leonora
Jonas and Nabby Phillips
Nov. 29.
Walter
Mary
Noah and Anna [ ( Sheple ) ] Shattuck Levi and Polly Carlisle.
.
12. Sally Harriet
Joshua and Abigail Parker
Thomas & Molly Tarbell
N. B. Baptized at Jeremiah Farmer's. Oliver and Dolly Wright
Lydia
EARLY CHURCH RECORDS.
161
1802.
Jan. 20. Charles Eliza
April 11. Norman
April 18. Rebekkah
Heman and [Elizabeth ] Seaver. Jonathan and Deborah [ ( Lawrence ) ] Sheple
May 30.
Thomas Barrett Daniel
June 6. Jason
Solomon
Joseph Emerson Thomas
27.
Eliza
July 18. John
[(Gilson ) ]
Sept. 26.
Emme
Nov. 7.
Betsey
15.
William
Jonathan and Triphena Stevens. John and Lois [ ( Faulkner ) ] Loring. Alpheus & Phebe [ ( Meriam) ] Rich- ardson
Lucy
Joseph jun. & Lucy Rockwood.
1 803.
April 24.
Charlotte
Jonas jun. and Polly [(Corey) ] Eaton.
.
Eliza
Ebenezer and Barrett
May I.
Benjamin
Joseph jun. [and] Lucy Sawtell.
May 15. Andrew
Elnathan & Ruth [ ( Patch ) ] Sawtell
Mary
Solomon & Molly Tarbell
21.
Mary Prescott
Samuel & Sarah Cook
29. Roxy
Thomas & Milly [ ( Fitch) ] Blood
Milly S
Phinehas Gilman Abel & Hannah [ (Spalding) ] Pres- cott
Debby
Peter and Sybele Gilson
Sabra
Nathaniel
Winslow & Abigail [ (Woods ) ] Parker
Betsey
John 1 Sumner 1
Calvin and Patty [(Sawtell) ] Boynton
21
June 2. Lecture
William and Agness [(Edes) ] Bancroft.
William & Mary [ (French ) ] Nutting Daniel & Nabby [ (Sheple) ] Shattuck Simeon and Sarah Williams
John and Polly [( Reed) ] Burges Nathaniel & Mary Gilson Asa and Sukey [ (Gragg) ] Gilson. Joel and Ruth (deceasd) Lawrance Charles and Katharine Quailes
162
EARLY CHURCH RECORDS.
John Franklin
Solomon and Nabby [(Haven)] Carle- ton
June 5.
Loiza
Jerusha John Wyman Sarah
Levi jun. (baptized at same time) and Jerusha Kemp.
Joshua and Elizabeth Parker
[(Farley) ]
21. Nathan Phinehas Wright Aaron
Caroline
William & Susanna [(Chaney) ]
Parker. These four baptized at a lecture at the house of Elnathan Sawtell.
July 3.
Amelia
Sarah
Ezekiel
Rufus
Ezekiel & Prudence [ (Blood ) ] Shat- tuck
Harriet
Dexter Longley Thomas Ransford Elijah & Rebecca Pierce
Rebecca
24.
Clara Henry S
Jonathan & Sybele Farwell
Aug. 4.
Lydia Ann
Oliver jun. & Ann Prescott
[(Whiting) ]
Lecture.
7. Eliakim Ross
Eliakim and [Sarah] Tuffts
14. John Ware
Richard jun. & Sarah Sawtell
28. Helen Timothy & Lucy [ ( Prescott ) ] Bigelow
Sep. 29
Lydia -
Lecture
Lucy
Jeremiah (deceased) & Lydia [(Ames)] Chaplin
Elizabeth
Mary
Sep. 29. Lucy
Emme wife of Benjamin Page, grand- mother of the child, who has the care of its education. Eben and Sarah Tarbell
Nov. 27. Lucy
Jonathan & Susanna Nutting
Samson & Lucy [ ( Blood) ] Prescott Simeon & Mehetabel Gilson
June 21.
Walter
163
EARLY CHURCH RECORDS.
180.1
Feb. 5.
Lydia
Lucinda
twins Walter & Anna [ (Tufts) ] Dickson
Mar. II.
Pamela Imla & Hannah [ ( Ames) ] Parker
25.
Richard Jacob and Hannah Williams
April 15. Samuel William
Samuel-Osburn (deceased) & Martha [(Woods) ] Row. John and Nancy Farnsworth
19
Emily
May 13. Nathan-Heywood Jonas & Nabby Phillips
20.
Luther
Josiah
Joshua
Jonas & Nabby Gilson
Fanny 1
William
27. John Joseph 34 & Hannah Sawtell
Cynthia Joseph & Rachel Stone
July I.
Anna Noah and Anna [(Sheple) ] Shattuck
29. Francis
Mary
Aug. 26.
Sarah
Jonathan and Deborah [ (Lawrence) ] Sheple Daniel & Nabby [ (Sheple) ] Shattuck Solomon and Nabby [( Haven) ] Carleton
Nov. 4.
Caroline Mary
Asa & Sarah Wheeler
Evelina Sarah
11. Thomas-Jefferson Joshua & Elizabeth [( Farley)] Parker 25. Eliza Samuel & Abigail Bancroft Alpheus & Phebe [ ( Meriam) ] Rich- ardson
1805.
Feb. 3.
24.
Mar. 3.
David & Mary Fletcher
Sep. 2. Charles-Barrett
Oct. 21. Harriet
Decem. 9. Charles
Roxana David and Mary Fletcher Samuel Samuel and Caroline Matilda [(Wright) ] Hartwell. George Nathaniel and Mary Gilson Harriet-Williams, natural child of Mary Davis, adopted & offered in baptism by Eunice Wife of Jason Williams
164
EARLY CHURCH RECORDS.
May 12.
Eleanor
Betsey Green.
26. Alfred
Thomas and Milly [( Fitch ) ] Blood.
June 2.
Sarah
Jonathan
Jonathan & Margaret [(Shattuck) ] Bennett
June 16.
Luther Jonas & Nabby Phillips
July 7. James Brazer Jonathan and Sybele Farwell.
21. Frederick Augustus Samuel & Betsey [ ( Brown ) ] Hale
Oct. 6.
Edward
Samuel and Sarah Cook
20. Ann Oliver and Ann [ ( Whiting ) ] Prescott.
Nov. 3.
Louisa
Asa and Sarah Wheeler
8.
Edward Elnathan and Ruth [ ( Patch ) ] Sawtell
Anna Nahum and Jane [ (Dalrymple) ] Woods
At the house of Elnathan Sawtell
Loisa
William and Susanna [(Chaney) ] Parker
Melinda
W" Cumings
Simon & Mehetabel Gilson
Dec. 15.
Mary
Joseph jun. and Lucy Rockwood.
1806.
Jan. 19.
Susanna
May 18. Henrietta
25. Merina
Samuel and Susanna Billings Caleb & Clarissa [ ( Varnum ) ] Butler Abel & Hannah [ (Spalding) ] Pres- cott
June 4.
Eli
Lecture Charles
Maryann 1
July 15.
Sarah
July 15.
Hannah
Isaac & Priscilla Bowers, had taken this child to educate as their own Samuel & Caroline Matilda [(Wright)] Hartwell, had taken this child, &c. Noah & Anna [ (Sheple) ] Shattuck
Andrew
William
Simon Margaret
Alexander Sarah
Anna
Mary
Eli & Sarah Flint
William & Eunice [ (Blood) ] Shattuck at their own house, at a meeting for religious exercises.
William
165
EARLY CHURCH RECORDS.
Aug. I.
Harriet
Nathaniel & Mary Gilson
Lecture
3. Francis Timothy & Lucy [(Prescott)] Bigelow Frederick Augustus Alpheus & Phebe [ ( Meriam) } Rich- ardson.
31. Joseph Joseph & Abi [(Hartwell) ] Mans- field
Ruhamah
Joshua & Elizabeth [(Farley) ]
Parker
Sep. 14. Anna Maria
Oct. 26. Lucy Lawrence Julian
Luther & Lucy { ( Bigelow) ] Law- rence Elnathan & Ruth [ ( Patch) ] Sawtell William & Susanna [(Chaney) ] Parker
Nov. 2.
James Abigail Margaret
Daniel & Nabby [ ( Sheple ) ] Shattuck Imla & Hannah [ ( Ames) ] Parker Jonathan & Margaret [ (Shattuck ) ] Bennett
Dec. 22. Harriet
Asa & Sukey Gilson. At home.
1807
Jan II. John Holden
Samuel & Carolina Matilda [(Wright)] Hartwell.
April 23. Charles Varnum
Caleb & Clarissa [(Varnum ) ]
June 7.
Betty Catherine
Butler. Joseph jun. & Lucy Sawtell Solomon & Nabby [ ( Haven) ] Carle- ton
Aug. 23. Elzaphan-Ithamer Gilbert & Elizabeth Smith.
Oct. 4. Sally (adopted) Betsy Fitch
Jacob & Mary Patch
Thomas & Milly { ( Fitch ) ] Blood
Samuel & Sarah Cook
II. Abel Almira Asa & Sarah Wheeler Philena Simeon & Elizabeth [(Sartell) ]
Emily
Oct. 20. Fredrick
Gilson
Luther & Lucy [ (Bigelow) ] Law- rance Jonathan & Susanna Nutting
N. B. administered at a lecture at the school house in the east part of the town, near bear rock, so called.
166
EARLY CHURCH RECORDS.
1808.
Jan. 17. Levi Achsah $ Dopinda
twins
Eliakim & [Sarah] Tufts
Mar. 13.
Henry
Asa & Sukey Gilson, baptised at home, on account of the indisposi- tion of the child. Jonas and Polly [(Corey) ] Eaton Eli & Sarah Flint
Apr. 7
William
Sarah
May 29. Jackson
Alpheus and Phebe [(Meriam]) Richardson
June I.
George
Caleb & Clarissa [ ( Varnum ) ] Butler - Lecture
Aug. 4. Lucy Oliver
Sep. 18.
Loiza
Joseph and Abi [ ( Hartwell) ] Mans- field Oliver & Ann [(Whiting) ] Prescott Jonathan and Margaret [(Shattuck)] Bennett
Oct. 2.
David
Samuel and Caroline Matilda [(Wright) ] Hartwell
6. Rebeccah
Asa & Sarah Wheeler
Elizabeth Nathaniel (deceased) & Mary Gilson
Elizabeth Lettice
Gilbert & Elizabeth Smith
7. 1809
June 18. Sarah Cobourn Elizabeth Relief Maria Fiducia Francis
James & Faithey Ridgway
July 23.
Susanna
Daniel & Nabby [(Sheple) ] Shattuck
Aug. 20.
George Charles Mary Saltonstall
Noah & Anna [ (Sheple) ] Shattuck
Walter & Anna [(Tufts) ] Dickson William F. Brazer & Phebe his wife Sep. 3. Andrew Johnson Joshua & Elizabeth Parker [(Farley) ] Nov. 5. Ebenezer Doreas
Ebenezer (deceased) & Dorcas Hopkins
Jeduthan Stanley Sumner Bradley 26. Susan Caleb & Clarissa [ ( Varnum ) ] Butler
5.
George
167
EARLY CHURCHI RECORDS.
1810.
Apr. 5. Charles
Abel & Hannah [ (Spalding) ] Prescott
15. Mary Anne
Thomas & Milly [( Fitch ) ] Blood '
May 13. Sarah-Farwell
June 1 7.
Caroline
William F.& Phebe [(Varnum) ] Brazer. Alpheus & Phebe [ ( Meriam) ] Rich- ardson.
July 15.
Robert
Joseph & Abi [( Hartwell) ] Mans- field
22
John
Enoch & [Betsey (Dunsmore)] Page
Sep. 30. Elizabeth-Andrews Luther & Lucy [( Bigelow) ] Law- rence
Oct. 15.
Maria
Joseph & Rachel Stone (baptised at home)
21. Daniel-Wilkes
Samuel & Caroline Matilda [(Wright)] Hartwell
Nov. 18.
William Lawrence Rev. Stephen & (Susanna deceased) Bemis, of Ilarvard, baptized in Groton Asa & Sarah Wheeler
Mercy Ann
Nov. 22
Joseph 1
William & Susanna [(Chaney) ]
Addison
Parker
Moses Hemmen- Simeon & Elisabeth Gilson (baptized way at school house Nº 8.
1811. Feb. 17.
Ebenezer
Eliakim & [Sarah] Tufts
Apr. 7. Amos Biglow
Amos & Sarah Bancroft
May 7. Eliza
Abel & Elizabeth Hartwell.
June 23
Otis
Daniel and Nabby [(Sheple) ] Shat- tuck
Emily Ann
James & Faithey Ridgway
July 21.
Luther
Luther & Sally [ (Cook) ] Blood
Lucinda Hall
Aug. 18.
James Rebecca
Joseph Danforth Nutting & Lucinda [(Keep) ] his wife William F. & Phebe [(Varnum) ] Brazer Caleb & Clarissa [ ( Varnum ) ] Butler (baptized at Es. Brazer's) Joseph F. & Sarah [ ( Moors) ] Hall George & Betsey [ ( Morse ) ] Brigham
Sep. 8. Sarah-Olive * Betsey
Oct. 3. Joseph-Emerson \ Jonas & Polly [ (Corey ) ] Eaton - Sarah 1 Lecture day
* This child by the consent & direction of the father assumed the christian name of Betsey- Morse. Sep. 19 1823.
168
EARLY CHURCH RECORDS.
1812
June 7.
Joseph French
Joseph Danforth & Lucinda [( Keep)] Nutting
21.
Katherine
Luther & Lucy [ ( Bigelow) ] Law- rence.
28. William Perkins
July II. James Hervey
Joseph & Abi [ ( Hartwell) } Mansfield Joseph & Rachel Stone (baptised at home & lived but a few hours after) Jonathan & Margaret [ (Shattuck ) ] Bennett - Fast day
Aug. 2.
Phebe Ann
Alpheus & Phebe [ ( Meriam ) ] Rich- ardson Samuel & Betsey [ ( Brown) ] Hale
9. Edward
Sep. 24. Abi
Mary
Lydia
Zadock
Ralph
Jotham & Mary [ (Gilson) ] Woods
Eda
Rachel
James
Nahum
Susanna
Anna
Zara & Susanna [ (Nutting) ] Patch
Lydia
Sep. 24. John Ames
William & Elizabeth Blood
Fanny 5
Daniel
Jonathan & Susanna Nutting (grand- parents)
Oliver
William & Susanna [(Chaney) ] Parker (all baptisms of this date at School house Nº 8)
Oct. 6.
Mary Lakin Hannah
Lydia
Henry & Abigail [(Lakin) ] Blood (at the house of Capt. Job Shattuck)
Ebenezer Lakin Luther
Calvin
Nov. I. Nancy
Thomas & Milly {(Fitch) ] Blood.
23
James
EARLY CHURCH RECORDS.
169
1813.
Jan. 17. William
31.
Caroline
Matilda S twins
Abigail
Daniel & Abigail [(Sheple)] Shattuck Noah & Anna [(Sheple) ] Shattuck
Feb. 28.
Zara
May 30.
Luther
Aug. 8.
James
Zara & Susanna [(Nutting) ] Patch Josiah & Hannah Billings James & Faithy Ridgway.
22. Sep. 3.
George Dexter
George & Betsey [( Morse) ] Brigham Timothy & Stone
Sep. 3.
Samuel-Freeman Thomas John
John & Polly [(Reed) ] Burges
James - twins
Elisabeth S -
N. B. These five children baptized at a lecture at the house of Jonas Stone.
30. John Hamilton
John & Elisabeth [(Child | Spauld- ing)] Spalter (baptized lecture day at meeting house.) Winslow (deceased) & Abigail Parker
Oct. 24.
Job
1814.
Mar. S. Sybele
Nehemiah & Gilson (grand- parents)
27.
Hannah Maria
Joseph D. & Lucinda [(Keep) ] Nutting. this an adopted child of W" & Betsey Farnsworth
May 17.
Nancy Nichols
WVm Jackson Betsey Curtis Edward
W= & Betsey Farnsworth
Julia William John
Emerson
John (deceased) & Jane Ross.
Rebecca
Esther
Sarah
Sumner
These twelve children baptized at a lecture at the house of a M: Day in Groton.
22
Caleb & Clarissa [(Varnum) ] Butler. Samuel & Caroline Matilda [(Wright)] Hartwell
Caroline
170
EARLY CHURCH RECORDS.
June 15. Adaline Jonas Farns- worth
Amos jun. & Hannah Stone
Eliza
-
Amos
June 15. John
Martha
John & Anna Park Nath' & Sally Stone
These six baptized at Mr. Day's, at a lecture
19. William Tarbell George
Calvin & Patty [(Sawtell) ] Boynton Alpheus & Phebe [( Meriam)] Rich- ardson
July 31.
Elizabeth-Merril Thomas Fitch
Joseph & Abi [(Hartwell)] Mansfield
Aug. 19. Maria
Thomas & Milly [( Fitch) ] Blood Abel & Elizabeth Hartwell
21.
Eliza
Luther & Sally [(Cook) ] Blood Caleb & Clarissa [(Varnum) ] Butler
Jane
Job 3ª (deceased) & Polly [(Sawtell)] Shattuck
George Martin Job
18. Horace Josiah & Hannah Billings
25. Rufus Bigelow Luther & Lucy [( Bigelow)] Lawrence
Oct. 2. George Peirce Charles Bancroft
Asa & Sarah Wheeler
Nov. 9. Sally Ann John & Anna [(Stuart)] Park - bap- tized at Mr D's.
13. Albert Decater
John & Elisabeth [(Child | Spaulding)] Spalter
Dec. 25. Benjamin Franklin Samuel & Caroline Matilda [(Wright)] Hartwell
1815 Feb. 8. Jacob Zara & Susanna [ ( Nutting) } Patch - at School house Nº S.
June 8.
William Boynton George Sarah Maria Levi & Betsey [(Jones)] Wait. Elizabeth Anna Eben Eben and Sarah Tarbell. At School house Nº 3.
Sep. 4. 16. Mary Ruth Sawtell
Clarissa
171
EARLY CHURCH RECORDS.
July 23.
Jerome William & Betsey Farnsworth
Aug. 3. Walter
William
Peter & Sally [(Stone) ] Chase
Mary Ann
Martha Ann Lucy, daughter of Levi Stone
6.
Emmeline George & Betsey [(Morse) ] Brigham
Oct. I. Sophia Phineas and Nutting
15.
Charles-Thomas James & Faithy Ridgway.
Nov. 24. Joseph
Henry & Abigail Blood. At home.
1816
May 19.
Lydia
June 2.
Susanna
Lydia Young - an adult Joseph D. & Lucinda [ ( Keep) ] Nut- ting Joseph F. & Sarah [(Moors)] Hall. Alpheus & Phebe [(Meriam)] Rich- ardson
14. Achsa - Mary
Isaac, deceased, & Lucy Stone
Aug. II.
Alvah Caroline Sewall & Lucy [( Moors) ] Rockwood
Sep. 8. Susanna Lawrence Joseph & Abi [( Hartwell)] Mansfield
Oct. 20 George )
Ezra 1 Abel & Polly [(Goodell)] Farnsworth.
Nov. 17.
Abel Harknes Abel & Jane (deceased) Tarbell Almira Thomas & Milly [(Fitch) ] Blood.
24. Edward Sally Charles Adeline
Peter & Sally Ames
1817. Apr. 20. William June 8. William Nutting
Aug. 17. Augustus
Sep. 7. James Chaplin
Noah & Anna [(Sheple) ] Shattuck Zara & Susanna [(Nutting)] Patch. Luther & Sarah [(Cook) ] Blood. Samuel & Caroline Matilda [(Wright)] Hartwell.
1818. June 21. Aug. 16.
Harriet-Newell William & Betsey Farnsworth. Martha-Elisabeth Joseph D. & Lucinda [ ( Keep) ] Nut- ting.
16. Joseph-Fletcher,
July 7.
Albert
172
EARLY CHURCH RECORDS.
1819.
Feb. 28. Norman
Noah & Anna [ (Sheple) ] Shattuck. Luther & Sarah [(Cook)] Blood.
July II. Walter
William-Danforth
Joseph D). Nutting & Lucinda [( Keep)].
Aug. 15.
Abigail Bulkley
Peter & Sally Ames.
Nov. 7. Sarah Lawrence
Rev. Samuel (deceased) & Mary [(Lawrence)] Woodbury.
1820.
Feb. 6. Samuel-Curtis
Sam! & Anna [ (Houghton) ] Rock- wood.
Apr. 16. Harriet-Prudence Samuel, deceased, & Sarah Bennett.
Aug. 22. Sarah-Ann
Moses & Anna L. Day
Oct. 1. Gilman
Thomas & Milly Blood.
Oct. 29. William Phillips
William F. & Phebe Brazer.
[(Varnum) ]
Dec. 7.
William Andrew
Aaron jun. & Sarah at A.
[(Spaulding) ] Lewis
Richard-
Benjamin-William Alpheus & Phebe [ ( Mer- iam) ] Richardson
son's
1821.
June 27. Franklin 2 Susanna Jonas & Polly [ (Corey ) ] Eaton.
Claudius Buchanan ) Luke & Sally [ ( Hartwell) ] Farns-
Susanna Augusta
worth
[(Keep)] Aug. 26. Jane
Oct. 5. Mary
Luke & Sally [( Hartwell) ] Farns- worth.
18.
Rufus ) Mary S
Zara & Susanna [( Nutting) ] Patch. Baptised at home.
1822
July 7. Mary Rice Abel & Polly [(Goodell) ] Farns- worth .
William F. & Phebe [(Varnum) ] Oct. 3. Ilenry-Farwell
13. Sarah Hubbard
Brazer. Joseph D. Nutting & Lucinda [( Keep) ] his wife.
Nov. 6.
Lyman-Fletcher Oliver & Rebecca [ ( Fletcher ) ] Blood
Joseph D. & Lucinda Nutting.
173
EARLY CHURCH RECORDS.
Dec. 15. Nancy Charles
22. Frances
Moses & Anna Lawrence Day. Sewall & Lucy [ ( Moors ) ] Rockwood. Caleb & Clarissa [ ( Varnum ) ] Butler.
[1823.]
May 18. Albert Smith
June 5. Sarah
Samuel & Anna [(Houghton)] Rockwood.
Luke & Sarah [(Hartwell)] Farns- worth.
1824
March 28. Mary Loring
July 29. Mary Calhoun Marietta
Dec. 19. James Sidney
George & Margaret [(Shattuck)] Brigham. Sampson & Mary [ ( Burges ) ] Woods. William F. & Phebe [ (Varnum ) ] Brazer. Sam! & Anna [(Houghton ]) Rock- wood
1825
Feb. 20. Isaiah Hall Joseph D. Nutting & Lucinda [(Keep)] his wife.
Apr. 17. Mary Susanna Luke & Sarah [(Hartwell)] Farns- Augusta Oct 16. Sarah Augusta worth Walter jun. & Sarah [(Eldredge)] Dickson
23. Catherine Arte- Otis & Abigail Bardwell. mesia
1826
Aug.
Catherine Jane Stuart James Samuel Smith Elizabeth
John & Anna [(Stuart)] Park
Moses & Anna L. Day.
Mem. These 4 children baptized at a chh prayer-meeting at the house of the Pastor of the chh.
1828. Nov. 9. Almira Ann
Deacon Walter & Santah [( Eldredge) ] Dickson
174
EARLY CHURCH RECORDS.
Memoranda found on the last page of the first volume.
1761
July y: 19th The Congregation Contributed {2"3"0 For Daniel Harper of Harvard now residing at D[or- chester ]. Canada [Ashburnham ].
1762. Dec- 27. The Congregation Contributed £5.2. for Moriah Goold
1763 Dec' 8. The Congregation Contributed £5"9"73 for Jnº But- terfield of Shirley
1767. Oct' 18. The Congregation contributed about £7 for Eleazer Gilson of Pepperel
Sep'
1768. The Congregation Contributed £316"5, for the Suffer- ers by the fire at Montreal.
S. si 1778. March 22.ª The Congregation contributed 32-15-1I One pair of Shoes, one Bushel of Rye, & one Ditto of I[n]dian Corn to David Gilson of Dunstable, on account of his having lost his house by fire.
1781.
Decem' 13. The Congregation contributed twenty five Dollars in hard money & four Dollars new Emission which are equal to one in hand, to the poor & distressed people in S. Carolina & Georgia, in Compliance with a Brief issued by His Eccellency the Governor for that Purpose.
1795 Feb. 19. The congregation contributed sixteen Dollars to the sufferers by fire in Boston
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APPENDIX.
BEQUESTS TO THE TOWN OF GROTON.
THE following list of legacies to the town of Groton, or to * the Church of Christ in said town, with one exception, is gathered from wills on file in the Middlesex Registry of Probate at East Cambridge. The exceptional case is the legacy contained in Colonel Josiah Sartell's will, which is not now to be found there in its proper place. The details of this bequest have been taken from Mr. Butler's History of Groton (pages 208-212), as the author of that work evidently had access to the will. The Church of Christ in Groton, so called in former times, is now represented by the Unitarian Society, though often it is spoken of as the First Parish.
The list may not be complete, but it includes all that I have been able to find after a careful examination.
WILLIAM MARTIN'S BEQUEST.
IN his will, made on March 6, 1672-3, - only twenty days before his death, - William Martin bequeathed "to the Towne of Groton, Ten pounds ought of the foresaid Rent due fro James Parker; towards the purchasing of a Meeting House Bell for the Tows vse; which Ten pounds is to be payed after the aboue said Leageses are descharged."
William Martin died on March 26, 1673, aged about sev- enty-six years. In his will he mentions " sister Allen," who may have been the wife of Timothy Allen, a near neighbor at Groton ; and he gives forty shillings to the Reverend Samuel Willard, the minister. It was nearly sixty years before the town received this legacy, and then only after a law-suit.
176
EARLY CHURCH RECORDS.
JONAS PRESCOTT'S BEQUEST.
IN his will, made on December 28, 1723, Jonas Prescott bequeathed " to the Church of Christ in Grotton fiue Pound money to be paid by my Executar within six months aftar my deceas." Ile was the grandfather of Colonel William Prescott; and his death took place on December 31, 1723, three days after the date of his will. There is a silver cup belonging to the Society, which bears the following inscrip- tion : - "The Gift of Jonas Prescott Esq- to ye Church of Groton "; and perhaps it was bought with a part of the legacy.
JONATHAN LAWRENCE'S BEQUEST.
By his will, made on August 27, 1725, Jonathan Lawrence bequeathed to the town of Groton, as follows : -
Item I give and bequeath To the Town of Groton One Hun- dred Pounds in Good Bills of Publick Credit or other Specia to the Vallue thereof out of my Estate, to be paid by My Executor within five years after my Decease unto Such persons as Shall be Deputed and Appointed by the Said Town to Receive it to be by them (With my Executor) Layed out & Disposed of toward y: pur- chasing & procuring of a Good Meeting House Bell and the putting it up. &c.
Item I give to the Church of Christ in Groton fourty Pounds to be paid by my Executor ( After named) within four Years next after my Decease to be Layed out & Disposed of for the procuring of Some Silver Vessel or Vessels for the Churches use as they shall Order. Also I give To the Church of Christ in Groton Twenty Pounds to be Let out or otherwise Improved to the best advantage the profits and Income arising thereby, to be annually paid out and accoumpted for to the Settled or ordained Minister or Ministers of Said Town Successively from Time to time forever (the Twenty pounds not to be diminished &c)
In his will he mentions his brother Enosh, and his cousin William Lawrence, who was the executor of his estate. He was a son of John and Elizabeth Lawrence, of Watertown, where he was born about 1657, and died at Groton, on Sep- tember 19, 1729, in the seventy-third year of his age.
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The Church of Christ in Groton, now known as the First Parish or Unitarian Society, has in its possession two silver cups bought under this bequest. They were made by Jacob Hurd, and each bears the following inscription : -
The Gift of Lie" Jona" Lawranc to the Church of Christ in Groton Ob: Sep!"" 19 !! 17 29
See the first volume ( No. X. 41) of this Historical Series for a reference to the purchase of these cups, where they are called " Silver Tankards."
Sce also page 17 of this Number, under the record of July 5, 1782, for an allusion to the bequest of Twenty Pounds, mentioned above.
SAMUEL BARRON'S BEQUEST.
By his will made on February 5, 1753, Samuel Barron gave to the Church of Christ in Groton the sum of thirteen pounds, five shillings, and four pence "for the Bennefit of the Poore of saied Church as the Church shall order but the Princaple neuer to be Deminished." This sum, though small in amount according to modern ideas, and expressed in illiterate lan- guage, represented much hard work and showed a kind heart on the part of the giver.
Mr. Barron died on June 9, 1771, in the eighty-eighth year of his age. In his will he mentions a grandson, Silas Parker Barron, which may help to straighten out the genealogy of the Groton branch of the family, now little known. By a codicil, added in 1756, he left the sum of thirteen pounds, six shillings and eight pence to my grandfather, Samuel Law- rence, - then two years old, - provided he lived to become of age. Perhaps I am now enjoying some of the indirect benefits of this bequest.
See page 12, under date of December 10, 1772, for a refer- ence to this bequest.
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EARLY CHURCH RECORDS.
Mr. Barron was born about the year 1684, and was, per- haps, a younger son of John and Elizabeth (Hunt) Barron, who were married on April 1, 1664. In the Groton town records the names of Barron and Barnes are often confused ; and John Barron, of Groton, is probably the same person as John Barnes, of Concord.
SHADRACH WHITNEY'S BEQUEST.
By his will made on July 20, 1764, Shadrach Whitney gave to the town of Groton the sum of forty pounds (£40), of which the interest was to go toward the support of the settled minister. In his will he mentions his brothers Amos and Daniel, and his " Cousin Sible Lakin," daughter of his brother Timothy. He died on August 8, 1764, in the sixty-seventh year of his age; and on his tombstone the given name is written " Shaderah." His wife died on December 25, 1762, and presumably they left no children. The following is the extract : -
Item My Will is & I do hereby give & Bequeath to the Town of Groton the Sum of Forty Pounds to be paid by my Executors here- after named within two years after my Decease to be Improved for their use forever hereafter in manner following (viz.) for the said Town to Let out the said money upon Interest in such way & manner as they shall think fit, so that the Interest thereof may be Improved & applyed for & towards the Support of the or- dained minister of the Town of Groton, from time to time for ever hereafter.
EPHRAIM SAWTELL'S BEQUEST.
By his will made on April 4, 1767, Ephraim Sawtell gave to the Church of Christ in Groton the sum of thirteen pounds, six shillings, and eight pence, of which the interest should "be applyed for the use of the poor of s"! Church from time to time for Ever hereafter In such way & manner as the said Church shall order."
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