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Simeon Bartlett.
Elias Lyman. The second Elias, kept a public house near Rock Ferry, largely patronized.
Elijah Southwell. Asahel Danks. Rufus Brown.
Noah Strong, Jr.
Joseplı Fairfield. Ezekiel Bascom.
Moses Kingsley. The third of that name, became deacon in 1785. Moved to Chesterfield, 1794. His grand-daughter, Judith, married the late Moses Breck. Joel Pomeroy. Caleb Pomeroy. Daniel Alexander. John Strong. Joel Strong. Phinehas Allen. Jonathan Stearns.
Joseph Clark. Son of the first Nathaniel, a far- mer in Southampton.
Elisha Wright. Ebenezer Strong. Son of Elder Ebenezer. Had thirteen children. His house and barn stood on the homestead of Gov. Caleb Strong. Eleanor Lyman.
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Mrs. Downing Warner.
Jerusha Brown.
Mrs. Asahel Clark.
Mrs. Philip Clark. Lucy Bartlett. Hannah Searl.
Rachel Lyman.
Miss Lyman. Hannah Strong.
Naomi Bascom. Mary Buck. Jerusha Phelps. Sarah Wright.
Rebecca Burt.
Mary Kingsley.
Rachel Strong.
Hannah Strong.
Elizabeth Bascom.
Mrs. Benjamin Wright. Jemima Alvord. Mary Brown. Jerusha Clark.
Rebecca Miller. Miriam Tufts. Hannah Janes. Mary Rust. Ann Ashley.
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Sarah Parsons.
Eglah Sheldon.
Sarah Rust.
Ruth Wright.
Rebecca Clark.
Esther Rust.
Phobe Wright.
Ann Brown.
Abigail Danks.
Lucy Bridgman.
Hannah Wright.
1763.
Jonathan Hunt. Built inside Prospect, near Elm street. Great grandson of the first Dea. Jona- than. Was chosen deacon, 1764.
Eliab Southwell. Jonathan Warner.
Samuel Clapp. Elisha Searl.
Nathan Clark.
Noah Pixley. Solomon Clark. Born 1744. Daniel's son on Elm street. In his later years styled Dea. Solomon. Described as a bright, sunshiny, emotional chris- tian.
Ebenezer Phelps. The second of a series of Ebe- nezers, who lived near Shady Lawn.
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Moses Allen. Born on King street. Graduated at Princeton, N. J., 1772. Became a minister. Preached in Virginia, South Carolina. A faith- ful preacher, highly esteemed.
Elijah Parsons. Son of Isaac. Graduated at Yale, 1768. Settled at East Haddam, Ct., 1772-1827. Left a tract of land in Ohio to two Northamp- ton nephews.
Paul Guilford.
Benjamin Edwards.
Mr. Kelton.
John King.
Nathaniel Edwards, 3d. The first at Roberts Meadow, viz., 1773. IIad thirteen children. A farmer, inn-keeper, also keeper of toll gate. Titus King. Same as Master King. Had many droll ways as a teacher. His school on School- house Square, between Main and King streets, was for a time the only public school in town. Nathaniel Day. Joel Bartlett.
Jonathan Wait.
Elisha Southwell.
Joseph Allen, Jr.
Samuel Fairfield.
John Parsons. Commenced at Pascomac, 1736, lived there 1736-85. His twin children, David
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and Jonathan, were much attached to each other. Martha Clark.
Hannah Clark.
Eleanor Strong. Martha Alexander .
Abigail Clark. Experience Clark. Esther Wright, Hannah Birge.
1764.
Henry Burt.
Thankful Day.
Sarah Alvord.
Eunice Lyman. Hannah Pomeroy. Naomi Wright.
Martha Wright. Mary Starr. Hephzibah Chilson. Mrs. Nathaniel Day. Esther Wright. Esther Parsons. Mrs. Titus King. Mchetabel Parsons. Mary Lyman.
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Martha Lyman.
Hannah Bridgman.
Mrs. Jonathan Strong. Phebe Pomeroy. Mrs. Moses Bartlett.
Abigail Searl.
Esther Lyman.
Eunice Root.
Eunice King.
1765.
Elisha Lyman. Lived on Pleasant street. It be- came a public house.
Daniel Pomeroy. Same as Major Daniel. The red tavern which stood where the present Catholic Church stands, was associated with his name, 1755-1805.
Benjamin Sheldon.
Samuel Munson. Jonathan Allen. Mrs. Benjamin Sheldon. Sarah Wait. Mrs. Samuel Phelps. Ruth Phelps. Mrs. Jonathan Allen. Mrs. Elijah Hall.
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1766.
David Lyman.
Lemuel Lyman.
John Clark.
Oliver Wright.
Martha Stoddard.
Eunice Cotes.
Sarah Smallage.
Mrs. John Clark.
Mary Bartlett.
Elizabeth Taylor.
Mrs. Joel Wright.
Mrs. N. Langford.
1767.
Benjamin Southwick, Jr. Joel Hunt. Brother of Elijah. ITis house stood on Prospect street on the northeast corner of Elijah Hunt's homestead.
Sarah Pomeroy. Abigail Clark. Tamar Danks. Lucy Clapp. Mrs. Elisha Lyman.
Mrs. Elias Lyman. Sybil Pomeroy. Mrs. Solomon Ferry. 6
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176S.
Robert Breck. From Springfield. Graduated at Yale, 1756. A lawyer and clerk of the Court of Common Pleas.
Thomas Bridgman. Graduated at Harvard, 1762. Read law in the office of Major Hawley. Began practice in his native place. Deceased 1771, age thirty-one.
1769.
Israel Rust.
Joseph Putney.
Samuel Parsons.
Heman Pomeroy. Esther Clark. Mrs. Joseph Putney.
Esther Warner.
Mrs. Daniel Elmer.
John Hunt. Graduated at Harvard, 1764. Fonr years pastor Old South Church, Boston. His early death, 1775, much lamented.
Benjamin Tappan. A patriot of the Revolution. Acted on the committee of fifteen. Went with others to repel the invasion of Burgoyne at Sara- toga. IIad eleven children. A remarkable family.
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1770.
Moses Clark. Moved to Sunderland, had fourteen children ; one of the number was Dea. Israel Clark on Bridge street.
Solomon Allen. Attained the rank of Major in the Revolutionary war. Chosen deacon in 1797. Entered the ministry, 1801, a pioneer missionary in western New York. Four churches organized as the fruit of his labors.
David Parsons.
Jonathan Parsons. Home at Pascomac. Baptized by Rev. Jonathan Edwards. Married and admit- ted to church by Rev. John Hooker.
Timothy Wright. Mrs. Joel Strong. Naomi Lyman.
Martha Wright.
Abigail Lyman. Jerusha Rust. Mrs. Simeon Birge. Rhoda Strong. Esther Wright. Mary Wright. Mary Wright. Rachel Alvord. Catharine Knight. Rachel Burt.
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Lydia Holton. Sarah Alvord. Mindwell Phelps. Mrs. Samuel Judd.
Hannah Day. Sarah Worthington. Martin Clark.
Jonathan Strong, Jr. , Lived on South street. Same as Ensign Jonathan. Tything man in 1767.
Gideon Clark, Jr. Benjamin Pomeroy.
Daniel Wright. Was postmaster about seventy years ago. Father of F. Hunt Wright, a cashier. Elisha Mather, a tanner on Hawley street.
Azariah Lyman. Eleazar Wright.
Moses Bartlett. Settled at West Farms.
1771.
Dr. Levi Shepherd. Father of Thomas, Levi and Charles. The three sons built on Round Hill. Dr. Levi & Sons had a factory on Pleasant street. Theodore Hopkins. Abijah Lyman. Mrs. Timothy Dwight. Lucy Parsons.
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Mary Shepherd. Miriam Bartlett. Naomi Clark.
1772.
Thomas Starr. Thomas Levake.
Lucius Knight.
Gov. Caleb Strong. Graduated at Harvard, 1764. U. S. Senator, assisted in forming the Constitu- tion of Massachusetts and of the United States. Eleven times governor. An eminent lawyer. Dr. Ebenezer Hunt. Began practice before 1770. A druggist from 1769 to the present century.
Mrs. Thomas Starr. Mrs. Elijah Lyman. Rachel Bridgman. Mrs. Samuel Clark.
1773.
Mr. Bullard. Joel Lyman. A lieutenant at South Farms. Lived nearly sixty years. Mrs. Bullard. Hephzibah Guilford. Esther Hunt. Mrs. Daniel Alexander.
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Abigail Alexander.
Mrs. Benjamin Edwards.
1774. .
Phinehas Parsons. Lived on West street, father of Capt. Samuel Parsons.
Herrick Leonard.
Elijah Rust.
Timothy Parsons. Brother of Noalı, Jr. Both were neighbors on South street. Both set ont, 1755, each an elm tree. Timothy's tree died many years ago. Noah's still lives.
Isaac Parsons. Home on Bridge street, 1715-98. IIis descendants still occupy the place.
Mrs. Dr. Ebenezer Hunt.
Mrs. Jonathan Lyman.
Mrs. Phinehas Wright.
Hannah Elwell.
Mrs. Enos Kingsley.
Rebecca Clark.
Martha Parsons.
Mrs. Rhoda Fowle. The Fowles lived in the brick house on Pleasant street.
Anna Barnard. Ruth Edwards. Mindwell Parsons.
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1775.
Nathaniel Clark. The third of that name on the homestead in South street. Lived there seventy-
four years, till 1823. Joseph Ensign. Joel Hannum. Ebenezer Clark, 3d.
Israel Parsons.
Timothy Guilford.
Ebenezer Stearns.
Mrs. Ebenezer Clark.
Meribah Miller.
Mrs. Ephraim Wright.
Mrs. Benjamin Tappan. Mrs. Ezra Clark.
Mrs. Josiah Dickinson.
1776.
Amasa Clapp. Stephen Clark.
Hezekiah Porter, M. D. Lived on South street. Resided there from 1776 until 1820.
Mrs. Hezekiah Porter. Mrs. Amasa Clapp. Mrs. Stephen Clark. Mrs. Samuel Wright. Martha Edwards.
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Lucy Edwards.
Mrs. Amasa Strong.
Mrs. Noah Janes. Mindwell Lyman.
Sarah Hooker. Daughter of Rev. John Hooker, the pastor. She married, 1777, Hon. Caleb Strong. They were the parents of Hon. Lewis Strong.
1777.
Enos Wright. ITis son Ebenezer, studied for the ministry with Rev. Dr. Lyman, of Hatfield.
Elisha Alvord. His home lot in the center was bought by fifty-six persons and given to the County as a site for a Court House, the remain- der to be used for a Common and for no other purpose.
Quartus Pomeroy. Brother of Asahel. A black- smith. Occupied the large mansion on Pleasant street, known as the Nonotuck House. His shop stood where the first passenger depot on the Conn. R. R. R. was built. Had ten chil- dren, four sons and six daughters.
Jonathan Clapp.
Phebe Clark. Lived on Bridge street, a relative of Job Clark.
Elizabeth Wright. Wife of Dea. Enos.
CHAPTER V.
Rev. Solomon Williams' Ministry, 1778-1834. His active ministry lasted not over forty-five years, 1778-1823.
ADMISSIONS .- HISTORICAL ITEMS.
1778.
Esther Clapp.
Lydia Parsons.
Naomi Clark.
Lydia Edwards.
Elizabeth Allen.
Eunice Breck.
Eunice Clark.
Sarah Wright. Mary Edwards.
1779.
Job Clark. Homestead at the cast end of Bridge street. Had two maiden sisters, Naomi and Phebe, who lived near. (89)
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Josiah Sheldon.
Lyman Clark.
Sylvanus Parsons.
Justin Clark.
Reuben Wright.
Solomon Wright.
Daniel Edwards. Home on West street on the right.
Samuel Breck. Married 1777 Eunice Allen. Father of Aaron and Moses Breck.
Seth Wright. Son of Ephraim, a trader at the corner of King and Main streets. Moved to Boston, became wealthy. In 1809 bought the place owned by H. Rose Hinckley.
Solomon Clark.
Seth Strong.
Medad Strong.
Simeon Day. He was deaf, used a trumpet, lived on North street.
Isaac Clark. Married 1784 Nancy, danghter of Ebenezer Edwards. In 1809 moved from Roberts Meadow to South street. Had ten children, one of them, Isaac, the druggist.
Irene Parsons. Naomi Parsons. Patty Wright. Mindwell Parsons.
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Rhoda Parsons.
Roxy Brown.
Merab Allen.
Prudence Parsons.
Dorcas Wright. Anna Parsons.
Eunice Lyman.
Anna Strong.
Susanna Baker.
Susanna Wright.
Phebe Lyman.
Salome Rust.
Mabel Strong.
Lucy Parsons.
Esther Burt.
Phebe Clark.
Rachel Edwards.
Cynthia Wright. Eunice Root.
Thankful Strong. Abigail Eliot. Penelope Cook. Asenath Clark. Martha Root. Jerusha Warner. Sarah Parsons. Dorcas Parsons.
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Hannah Parsons. Rhoda Hulbert. Elizabeth King. Abigail Brown. Rachel Parsons.
Priscilla Parsons. Mrs. Abiathar French. Mrs. William Pomeroy., Elizabeth Strong.
1780.
Sarah Wright.
Hannah Lyman. Mrs. Elisha Brown. Mrs. Ebenezer Clapp, Jr. l'hebe Phelps. Abigail Phelps. Mrs. Bela Parsons. Mrs. Jonathan Bartlett. Heziah Allen. Anna Wright.
1782.
Medad Alvord. Residence on Bridge street, on left hand going towards the Bridge. Married Sarah Baker ; for his second wife widow Betsey Partridge.
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Eleazar Hulbert. The Hulberts started the oil, grist, and saw mills at Florence, afterwards owned by Josiah White. Jonathan Davis. Hugh Hutchens.
Moses Wright. His home was on Bridge street on the left.
Sophia Pomeroy.
Mrs. Luke Lyman.
Mrs. Abner Baker.
Sarah Baker.
Mrs. Daniel Strong.
Eleanor Hurlburt.
Priscilla Miller.
Abigail Clapp. Mary Wright.
1784.
Elijah Bartlett. Settled at West Farms.
Solomon Ferry. Jerusha Lyman. Jerusha Clark. Mary Clark. Roxana Wright. Ruth Crossett.
FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
1785.
Eli Clark. Second son of Dea. Elijah. Moved to Skaneateles, N. Y., 1801, then almost a wilderness. Has descendants in the place.
Nathaniel Edwards. The second Nathaniel on South street, who went by the name of Master Edwards. He devoted part of his leisure instruct- ing the girls of his neighborhood in the ordi- nary school branches.
Israel Bridgman.
Medad, a colored man.
Sarah Wright.
Elizabeth Pomeroy.
Mrs. Nathaniel Edwards.
Mrs. Job Strong.
1786.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cook, Jr. One of that name kept the jail on Pleasant street in 17SG.
Maria Alvord.
Sarah Clapp. Nabby Baker.
Abigail Phelps.
1787.
Bela Strong. Erastus Bridgman.
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Samuel Hinckley. Native of Brookfield. Gradu- ated at Yale 1781. Register of Probate twenty- nine years, Judge of Probate seventeen years. Home and office on Pleasant street.
Mrs. Samuel Hinckley. Nancy Clark. Hannah Parsons. Mrs. Silas Brown. Esther Wright. Patty Lyman.
1788.
Charles Starkweather. Came in 1787. His pew was near the pulpit. When the choir rose to sing, he also rose, faced the singers, the only one who did so except the venerable Asahel Pomeroy. Asahel Wright. Hezekiah Reed. Lydia Cook. Mrs. Charles Starkweather.
1789.
Medad King. Aaron Cook, Jr. The son of Dea. Aaron and brother of the late Enos Cook.
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Luther Clark. Fourth child of Dea. Elijah. Lived eighty-eight years on Elm street; built 1795 the gambrel roof house opposite the Art Gallery. HIeld the office of deacon fifty years. Father of six sons and three daughters.
Abner Hunt. Father of Thomas Merriek and Theodocia IIunt, wife of Silas M. Smith, also other children.
Jacob Clark.
Calvin Clark. The fifth of Deacon Elijah's seven sons. Married 1792 Lucy Parsons. That year started his home six miles ont, at Rail Hill, beyond Leeds. Attained the age of 92. The 4th generation continue on the place.
Enan Clark.
Justin Parsons.
Simeon Parsons, Jr. His homestead included the corner on which John Clarke the banker lived, now occupied by the Norwood House.
Joseph King. Alpha Hurlburt.
Jacob Sprague.
Luke Day. A neighbor at Rail Hill of Calvin Clark. Lived one mile nearer the center.
Thomas Day. Ebenezer Brown. Oliver Strong.
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David S. Whitney. Came when a boy to North- ampton, 1789. Employed by the Shepherds. Formed partnership in 1809 with Benjamin Tappan. Chosen deacon in 1831.
Elisha Lyman, Jr. Born on Pleasant street. Lived in Conway and elsewhere. Much esteemed by all who knew him.
Ammah Strong. Elam Plumley.
Josiah Parsons. Married 1791, father of twelve children, one of them. Josiah, Jr., still living on Bridge street. His son, Isaac Lewis, was drowned July 29th, 1820. Six years old.
Thomas Bridgman. A tanner on Hawley street. Medad Lyman.
1790.
Roswell Pomeroy. Royal Lashet.
Samuel Hodge.
Henry Higgins. Isaac Adams.
Supply Clapp. Jonathan Miller. Joel Burt. Jacob Miller. Stephen Strong.
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Joseph Warner. Son of Daniel. lle married Je- rusha. daughter of Noah Edwards. Had four- teen children. Ile was the first of several Joseph Warner's.
Samuel Henshaw. Born in Eastern part of the state. Graduated at Harvard College in 1773. Failure of voice compelled him to leave the ministry for the legal profession. Came to Northampton in 1788. Appointed in 1797 Judge of Probate, afterwards Judge of Common Pleas. Ilis son, John Hunt Henshaw, was admitted to the Bar of Hampshire County.
Mercy Parsons.
Asenath Bartlett.
Elizabeth Phelps.
Hannah Bartlett.
Mrs. Phinehas Parsons.
Mrs. Lewis Smith.
Mary Bartlett. Mindwell White.
Mrs. Thomas Clapp.
Mrs. Supply Clapp. Mrs. Jonathan Miller.
Mrs. Moses Legg. Irene Parsons.
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1791.
Deborah Pratt.
Lydia Parsons. Mrs. Moses Kingsley. Mrs. Seth Phelps. Mary Sheldon. Betty Taylor.
1792.
Andrew Phelps.
Widow Mary Strong.
Mary Yemons.
Phebe Blackman.
Mrs. Stephen Strong.
Widow Martha Clark.
Martha Barnard.
Mrs. Mary Edwards.
Her niece, Miss Bartlett.
Elizabeth Bartlett. Lucretia Lyman. Mrs. Nabby French.
Esther Parsons.
1793.
Nathaniel Phelps. The fifth of that name, an innkeeper on South street, a blacksmith, used a trumpet in church to assist his hearing.
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Warham Parsons. His two sons, Thaddeus and Elihn, settled, 1797, in Skaneateles, N. Y. In his later years sold to Elisha Graves and followed his sons to Western New York.
Daniel Rust.
Ethan Marshall.
Catharine Parsons.
Sally Jypsen.
Mrs. Bohan Clapp.
Mrs. David Wright.
Mrs. Joseph Ring.
Mrs. Levi Upson.
Mrs. Abigail Hitchcock.
Mrs. Ebenezer Kingsley.
Mrs. William Rust.
Mrs. Calvin Clark.
Emma Clark.
1794.
Rufus Phelps. Jabez Denison.
Jonas Clark. Home near the bridge on Bridge street. Keeper of toll gate, several times chosen selectman, grandfather of Jonas M. Clark, Super- intendent of Water Works.
Mrs. David Turner. Mrs. Hezekiah Parsons, Jr.
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1795.
Lemuel Clark. Born 1764, married Lucretia Graves, 1794. Received his father's estate on South street. Mrs. Solomon Allen.
Mrs. Daniel Mather.
Mrs. Azariah Clapp.
Mrs. Lemuel Clark.
Mrs. Benjamin Southwick.
Phebe Arnold.
Mrs. Hewitt Strong.
Mrs. Warham Clapp. Widow Sarah Butler. Mrs. Molly Bartlett.
Mrs. Elisha
1796.
Mrs. Samuel Henshaw. Mrs. Seth Carson. Mrs. William Butler. Wife of first editor and pro- prietor of the Hampshire Gazette.
Lucy Tappan. Mrs. Gideon Carson. Widow Brackett. Elias Mann. Home on Pleasant street, a music teacher, styled Master Mann. Mrs. Elias Mann. Rachel Clark.
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1797.
Rhoda Bridgman.
Mrs. Benjamin Clark.
Mrs. Eleanor Clark.
Jemima Baker. John Bullard. Hannah Bullard.
Almey Hewitt.
Azarina Root.
Experience Smith. Wife of Justin Smith, Sr., and mother of Mrs. Mary Tenney.
Bancroft Fowler. A native of Pittsfield, a gradu- ate of Yale, minister at Northfield, professor in Bangor Theological Seminary.
Benjamin Bartlett. Azarina Root.
Mrs. Joseph Root. Mrs. Thaddeus Parsons.
Mrs. Julius Barnard.
1798.
Mrs. Eliza Phelps. Mrs. William Edwards, daughter of Benjamin Tappan. Her husband and her sons were eminent business men.
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1799.
Mrs. Moses Bartlett. Hannah Miller. Mrs. David Nash. Mrs. William Stockwell. Esther Pomeroy. Anna Sackett.
1800.
Dorcas Sheldon.
Lydia Lyman. Mrs. Smith Copeland. Mrs. Eunice Strong. Thankful Smith. Mrs. William Bliss.
Eunice Rachel Phelps. Polly Little. Mrs. Joel Strong. Mrs. Phinehas Allen. Mrs. Simeon Butler. Wife of the first Northamp- ton bookseller. Mrs. Oliver Pomeroy. Mrs. John King, Jr. Rachel King.
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FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Jonathan Strong, Jr. Married, 1799, Eunice Clark. Lived farther end of Sonth street. Two unmar- ried brothers, Asahel and Samuel, very tall men, lived near.
Enos Clark. The youngest of Dea. Elijah's eight children. Chosen deacon in 1818. At the for- mation of the Edwards Church, 1832, received the same appointment. Held the office till his death, 1864. Rev. T. J. Clark, now of North- field, was his son.
William Carson.
Lydia Patterson.
Mrs. John Clapp.
Mrs. Enos Clark.
Beulah Allen. Married William Clark, of Utica,
N. Y. A daughter married Rev. Ansel Eddy, of Newark, N. J.
1801.
Abigail Clark. Mrs. Justus Parsons. Her home was near the South Street bridge. Sally Gould.
Esther Cook.
Mrs. Sarah Mather.
Mrs. Rebecca Kingsley. Mrs. Asenath Baker.
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Rachel Kingsley. Mrs. Nathaniel Edwards, 2d. Luther Alvord. Mrs. Eunice Alvord.
Mrs. Fanny Allen. She married Phinehas Allen of Pittsfield, bookseller, editor and publisher of the Pittsfield Sun. The parents of Rev. Samuel and Phinehas Allen, Jr., editor and postmaster of Pittsfield.
1802.
Mrs. Wealthy Wright. Elizabeth Chapman.
Channing. Mrs. Gideon Edwards.
Mrs. Eunice Bateman.
Mrs. Levi Strong. Mrs. Elihu Clapp.
Mrs. Elizabeth Strong. Mrs. Moses Steel.
Mrs. Aaron Wright. Mrs. Moses Clapp. Mrs. Timothy Parsons. Jerusha Parsons. Mrs. William Mather. Stephen Parsons.
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Julius Phelps. Capt. Northampton Artillery. Moved to the Warner district, 1815. Place now occupied by his son Julius.
Increase Clark. Sixth son of Dea. Elijah. Home- stead opposite Dea. Jared Clark's, Elm street. Justin Smith. Father of Alvah, Theodore, Justin, Jr., and several daughters.
Francis Pomeroy.
Samuel Phelps. His house stood on Prospect street where Mr. Trumbull lives. He had the name of being honest. When the public house in the center was burnt, 1792, he with others assisted in clearing the house. He found the money deposit, took care of it, giving it in due time to the owner, who said, " If it had not been for honest Samuel Phelps, I should have lost all my money."
Erastus Clark. An inn-keeper, near President Seelye's. In 1807, sold to Major Erastus Lyman and went west. Lived into the middle of this century. Joseph Bridgeman. Bilhah.
Mrs. Medad Clark.
1803.
Rachel Breck. Widow Holt.
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Miss Holt. Bela Amsden. Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Joseph Clark. Mr. and Mrs. David Dole.
1804.
Nancy Bolter, wife of William Bolter, harness maker.
Mrs. James Dunham.
Mrs. Daniel King.
Mrs. Asahel Phelps.
Mrs. Seth Wright.
Thankful Clapp. Mrs. Sarah Parsons. Mrs. Phinehas Rust.
Justus Clark.
Dea. Israel Clark.
Mrs. Israel Clark. William Phelps.
1805.
Mrs. David Clark. Martha Clark. Mrs. Joel Clark. Mrs. Olive Wright. Mrs. Thankful Webb. Mrs. Heman Pomeroy.
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1806.
Enos Cook. A miller at the upper mill, father of Horace, Rev. Theodore, Aaron, Mrs. Elihu Clark on Elm street. Mrs. Enos Cook. Deborah Ramsdell.
Mary Pomeroy.
Mrs. Merrick Pomeroy, Her husband was a prin- ter ; his shop was in the old Tontine building ; His home was on South street. Dec. 1, 1805, his child was burnt.
Mrs. Elihu Clark. Her husband was the second Elihu. Three Elihu Clarks of different genera- tions were born near Smith College.
Anne Kingsley.
Marilla Searl.
Mrs. Asahel Wright.
Mrs. Lydia Hodge. Ursula Wright. Electa S. Lyman. Elizabeth Wright. Achsa Clark. Anne Wright. Widow Mary Wallace. Mrs. Sylvester Lyman. Eleanor Clapp. Esther Clark.
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Elizabeth Wright.
Mary Williams. Daughter of Rev. Solomon, the pastor, a lady of great excellence, much beloved by the people, extensively useful, large hearted and benevolent. Sister of Hon. Eliphalet Wil- liams.
Spencer Parsons. Recently deceased at Pine Grove. Benjamin Parsons, Jr. Louisa Reed.
Betsey Ludden. Michael Graves.
Pamela Graves. Aaron Searl. John Little. Erastus Parsons. Lydia Boles. Susan Lyman. Abigail Lyman. Timothy Phelps Shepherd.
James Williams. Son of Rev. Solomon.
Asahel Pomeroy. Col. Seth's youngest son. In 1786, kept the principal public house in town. Very extensively known. Says one, "I remem- ber well his stately form, standing in his pew, facing the choir, his back to the pulpit, his pon- derous watch seals hanging from his vest."
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Elisha Parsons. Lived in the upper part of King street. Father of Esquire Enos.
Noah Strong. Calvin Smith. Samuel Bosworth.
David B. Spencer.
Alvalı Judd, Jr.
Mrs. Nathaniel Clark,
Spencer Clapp.
Mrs. Spencer Clapp.
Electa Bridgman.
Julia Edwards.
Sarah Warner.
Mindwell Strong.
Mary Alexander.
Sally Miller.
Margaret Dwight.
Eliza Tappan.
Sophia Brown.
Laura Hunt.
Chester Clark.
Wainwright Breck. Deceased 1811, at the age of twenty-one. Brother of Aaron and Moses.
Nabby Everett.
Eleanor Wright. Sarah Clark. Betsey Dotey.
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Elizabeth Steel.
Mrs. Aaron Clapp.
Ebenezer S. Phelps. Chosen deacon, 1816. With others left Northampton, 1831, and settled in Princeton, Illinois. Attained age of eighty-five. Levi Strong. A farmer and cooper on Hawley street. A leading tenor singer in the First Church choir.
Mrs. Gershom Clark.
Phebe Hurlburt.
Susanna Warner.
Mary Clark. Elizabeth B. Pomeroy.
Mrs. Jacob Miller.
Miriam Wright, a member of the First Church choir.
Nancy Parsons.
Rachel Parsons.
Dorothy Parsons. Experience Strong. Aurelia Tappan.
Jerusha Warner.
Sally House.
Harriet Mills. Wife of Senator Mills. Their daughter Helen, married Judge C. P. Hunting- ton. Sally Mills married Prof. Benjamin Pierce. Mrs. Mills lived to be over ninety.
112 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Jane K. Welch. A Boston lady, lived much in Senator Mills' family.
Ashur Shepherd. Home in the Warner district. Samuel Kentfield. John Miller. Lived at West Farms.
Lydia M. Elkey, a colored woman. Charlotte Jane, a colored woman.
1807.
Seth Clark and wife. Mrs. Seth Pomeroy. Mrs. Thomas Gardner. Amasa Strong. Sally Strong. Nancy Whitney.
Dolly Edwards.
Josiah Clark. Son of Dea. Isaac. Graduated at Williams College, 1809. Principal of Leicester Academy, 1809-18. Pastor at Rutland twenty- seven years. Always an acceptable preacher. Enos Wright, Jr. Timothy Wright. John Smith. Ansel Clapp. Sophia Clapp. Anne Parsons. Thomas Warner. William Field.
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Joseph
Harvey Frink, M. D. Built and occupied the large brick house on King street, owned for over fifty years by President Allen and family.
Mrs. Frink. Esther Pratt.
Fanny Rust.
Mrs. Ruth Hamilton.
Mrs. Abner Lyman, Jr.
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