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before the date of the union ; namely, Elizabeth, wife of John Roberts, who died November 4, 1750; Elizabeth Fay, who died November 24, 1756 ; and Lydia, wife of Deacon James Fay, who, died before September 13, 1760, when he was published to his second wife ; Betty Pratt, who married Elisha Field of Sunder- land, January 11, 1753 ; Prudence Whipple, who was published to Deacon James Fay, September 13, 1760 ; and Mehitable Fay, who married Benjamin Rogers September 10, 1760. There can be no possible doubt that all these names were subscribed to the covenant before the union was formed December 3, 1762 ; after which new names were added to the list of subscribers on the same paper. The signatures to the covenant may with perfect confidence be classed thus : the names in both columns, above the first cross lines, indicate the members of the Hardwick church ; those below the line in the first column, the members of the Sun- derland church; those between the cross lines in the second col- umn, the Newint members admitted at the time of the union ; and those below the second cross line, the new members after- wards admitted. The conclusion of the whole matter is, that this ancient document, providentially preserved, furnishes incon- testable evidence that the Separate Church, formed in Hardwick about 1750, together with the associates admitted December 3, 1762, became not only the first Congregational Church in Ben- nington, but also the first Congregational Church in the State of Vermont, retaining its original Covenant, with a single modifica- tion.
BAPTIST SOCIETY. The earliest notice of Baptists in Hard- wick, which I have seen, is under date of March 31, 1777, when Ephraim Pratt, Ebenezer Lawrence, Abiathar Babbitt, William Perkins, Nathaniel Haskell, Jeremiah Sibley, Ephraim Cleve- land, Jr., and Zebadiah Johnson, were so named, and their tax for the support of the ministry was remitted. In the Hardwick Ar- chives is preserved a certificate, to wit : " The names of those that formed a Baptist Society in the southwest part of Hardwick : Moses Winchester, Seth Tucker, Jeremiah Hathaway, Joshua Tucker, David Elwell, Samuel Bowen, Henry Higgins, Seth Willis, Samuel L. Robinson, Aaron Chamberlin, Jesse Snow, Apollos Snow. - APOLLOS SNOW, Clerk. Hardwick, April 12, 1799." It is observable that this list does not contain a single name which was mentioned twenty-two years earlier, and when the society was legally incorporated seventeen years later, Febru-
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ary 3, 1816,1 another almost total change appears : David Elwell and Seth Willis being the only names which occur in either of the former lists. Before its incorporation, this society erected a meeting-house in 1801. In 1832, a new and commodious edifice was constructed ; but this was sold to Mr. Daniel S. Collins, and converted into a barn, in 1846, when the society established its place of worship at Ware. The society was organized November 16, 1797. The church in connection with it was instituted Sep- tember 16, 1801. The first pastor was Rev. Ebenezer Burt, who was ordained June 20, 1798. After a faithful and devoted min- istry of nearly thirty years, he was dismissed November 19, 1827.2 He subsequently resided several years in Ware, and then removed to Athol, where he died November 25, 1861, aged nearly 96. He continued to preach, occasionally, until extreme old age disabled him.
The successor of Mr. Burt was Rev. Joseph Glazier, who was installed August 2, 1831. From the number gathered by him into the church,3 his ministry seems to have been successful; but it continued somewhat less than four years, and ended in April 1835.
Rev. Nelson B. Jones became pastor of this church in May, 1837, and sustained that office about two years. I have not been able to trace his subsequent pastoral labors ; but in 1881 he was
1 The corporators were John Raymond, Lydia (Tippen) Burt, who were among Elisha Sturtevant, Seth Willis, Enos the early inhabitants of Norton. When Newland, Masa Newland, Benjamin Ri- der, Timothy Hathaway, John Croff, Lemuel Wheeler, David Elwell, Judah Si- monds, Judah Marsh, Gamaliel Collins, Asa Sturtevant, John Wetherell, Jere- miah Newland, Daniel Barrows, Aquilla Collins, Jonah Collins, Cary Howard, Jeremiah Campbell, Jeremiah Campbell, Jr., Lemuel Gilbert, Aaron Marsh, Zenas Marsh, Cary Howard, Jr., Isaac Barlow. Mass. Spec. Laws, v. 87.
2 Some of these facts and dates were communicated to me in 1838, by Rev. Nel- son B. Jones, then pastor of the church, and are presumed to be correct. A some- what different account is found in Clark's History of Norton, p. 503, which I insert on account of some details : Ebenezer Burt, " born Mar. 9, 1766, was the son of Deacon Ebenezer and Abigail (Bassett), grandson of Ebenezer and Naomi (Camp- 31. bell), and great-grandson of Ebenezer and
fourteen years old he joined the old Bap- tist church. Aug. 29, 1794, he was li- censed to preach by the Baptist church of Dighton, and preached in this vicinity till Nov. 2, 1796, when he removed to Hard- wick, and gathered a society in the south- west part of that town, where he was or- dained as an evangelist (standing upon a great rock), June 20, 1797. A church was organized in 1806, and he was installed the pastor, which position he held till November, 1846, when he preached his half-century Sermon." He may have preached such a sermon ; but he certainly was dismissed long before that date, and had had at least two successors.
3 The whole number of baptisms in this church, up to November, 1838, was 214 : viz., by Mr. Burt, 134; by Mr. Glazier, 42; by Mr. Jones, 7; by other persons,
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residing in Prescott, without official charge, but continuing to preach as opportunity offered.
After the dismission of Mr. Jones, the pulpit was supplied one year by Rev. William Brown. About 1840, Rev. Joseph Glazier was recalled, and remained pastor of the church until April 1, 1846, when he resigned, and the place of public worship was transferred to Ware. He was not again settled in the ministry, but resided in Ware until his death, which occurred September 1,1860.
The deacons of this church, while it remained in Hardwick, were as follows : -
Daniel Lamson, elected 1801, dismissed 1806.
Seth Willis, elected 1801, dismissed 1811.
Benjamin Rider, elected 1806, dismissed 1814.
Eseck Brown, elected 1811, dismissed 1812.
Enos Newland, elected 1812, dismissed 1814.
Henry Higgins, elected 1817, dismissed 1833.
Joseph Metcalf, elected 1817, dismissed 1829.
John Pepper, elected 1829.
John Chamberlain, elected 1833.
UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY. At a quite early date there were in Hardwick several believers in the doctrine of Universal Salvation. Before 1790, Rev. Caleb Rich, Rev. Zephaniah Lathe, and per- haps other itinerant ministers, had preached here, in private houses or elsewhere, as opportunity offered. In 1796, Rev. Hosea Ballou was engaged to preach, once a month, in that section of the town which was afterwards incorporated as a part of Dana. He resided there, doing the manifold work of a pastor at home, and of an itinerant or missionary abroad, until February, 1803, when he removed to Barnard, Vt.1 He afterwards removed to Portsmouth, N. H., in 1809, to Salem in 1815, and to Boston in 1817, where he died June 7, 1852, aged 81, having accomplished a work such as has been allotted to few mortals. He was one of the most remarkable men of this age. He has been not inaptly described as " an uneducated man, but a born theologian, a man endowed with the simplicity of a child and the intellect of a
1 During Mr. Ballou's ministry, the Gen- eral Convention of Universalists held its annual session here in September, 1798. On his removal to Barnard, he found among his hearers several Hardwick emi- grants, such as Nathaniel Haskell, Prince
Haskell, George Paige, Robert Dean, Seth Dean, Elijah Aiken, Solomon Aiken, Jr., Aaron Fay, Eliakim Fay, and Moses Fay. They may have been instrumental in his removal, having heard him preach when visiting their friends in Hardwick.
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giant." His biography, in four volumes, by his friend and disci- ple, Rev. Thomas Whittemore, was published not long after his decease.
Before Mr. Ballou removed to Barnard, the town of Dana was incorporated, including within its limits that portion of Hard- wick in which he and many of his hearers resided. Those who dwelt in the present town of Hardwick did not, for several years, organize a legal society, or maintain constant preaching. Some continued to worship at Dana, where Rev. Joshua Flagg 1 had succeeded Mr. Ballou ; and others employed such other preachers as could be had, generally meeting in the hall of the Ruggles Hotel until the Town House was erected. Among those who thus occasionally ministered at the altar, the most prominent in all respects was the Rev. John Bisbe, who was born at Plymp- ton, grad. B. U. 1814, studied law for a considerable time with Hon. Marcus Morton, then prepared for the ministry, and was ordained at Brookfield, November 14, 1821. From Brookfield he removed to Hartford, Conn., where he was installed August 19, 1824, and thence to Portland, Me., was installed there in August, 1827, and died March 8, 1828, at the early age of 36 years. He was regarded as a remarkably eloquent and powerful preacher, and as an exemplary Christian. During his residence in Brookfield he preached frequently in Hardwick ; and under his influence, as it would seem, a petition for the incorporation of a Universalist Society was presented to the General Court, which was granted June 12, 1824.2 A copy of the petition re- mains on file in the Town Archives, sufficiently characteristic to justify its insertion : -
" To the Hon. the Senate, and the Hon. House of Representa-
1 Mr. Flagg was settled in several towns in the course of his long life ; but I am not able to construct an accurate list. His decease was mentioned in the Uni- versalist Register for 1861, then edited by Rev. Aaron B. Grosh, with an appre- ciative obituary : " Rev. Joshua Flagg died in Dana, Nov. 10, 1859, aged 86 years, 6 months, and 20 days, - after a ministry of more than sixty years, and the oldest Universalist minister in the State. Though of rude vigor and con- troversial spirit in his early days, when persecution and violent opposition were met on every side, yet his devotional spirit and earnest sincerity in later years
won general regard, and the clergy of his town generally attended his funeral and paid due tribute of respect to his mem- ory."
2 Mass. Spec. Laws, vi. 215. The cor- porators were Daniel Ruggles, Constant Ruggles, Ezra Ruggles, Samuel Weston, Ira Ruggles, Samuel Granger, Gardner Ruggles, Anson Ruggles, Franklin Rug- gles, Crighton Ruggles, Moses Man- dell, Ebenezer Cobb, Simeon Crosby, Daniel B. Hinkley, Nathan Perry, James Sturtevant, William P. Jordan, Seth Hinkley, Stephen W. Paige, Ebenezer Perry, and Noah Beach.
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tives in General Court assembled. The petition of the sub- scribers, inhabitants of the town of Hardwick, humbly sheweth : That we, being deeply impressed with a sense of the duty as well as the privilege of worshipping the Supreme Being agreeable to the dictates of conscience, and as we believe in the restitution of all things spoken of by the mouth of all God's holy prophets since the world began, and that God will have all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth, and believing that the knowledge of this truth will have the most powerful in- fluence to produce order, morality, and rational happiness, and as faith comes by hearing, and as we cannot hear without a preacher, - the prayer of your petitioners therefore is that we, together with others that may join us, may be incorporated into a society by the name of the First Universalist Society in the Town of Hardwick, in order that we may be enabled to com- mand our own resources for the purpose of procuring and sup- porting a preacher of this great and common salvation, and other necessary concerns of said Society. And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray."
Little use of the act of incorporation seems to have been made for several years. Occasional preaching 1 was had from time to time, but regular services were not established until 1837, when Rev. John Pierce, a young man who had recently entered the ministry, was employed, and was ordained Septem- ber 27, 1837. He remained here about a year ; and subsequently preached in Dana and Lunenburg in 1838, and in Lunenburg and Shirley Village, 1839, during which year he also gathered a society in Townsend. " In the spring of 1840, he engaged to labor with the two societies in Lunenburg and Townsend." But he was soon prostrated by disease of the lungs, and died at Lunenburg, his native place, August 31, 1840, at the immature age of 26 years. He was a young man of fair mental endow- ment, and of great earnestness and zeal. His interest in the cause which he had espoused was manifested by the legacy of all his earthly possessions to the society in Lunenburg, the income to be devoted to the maintenance of religious worship, on con- dition that the society should raise a prescribed amount annually, for the same purpose. 1
The successor of Mr. Pierce was Rev. Gilman Noyes, who was
1 One of the occasional preachers was
2 Memoir of Rev. John Pierce, pp. 39,
Rev. John H. Willis, who labored faith- 68. fully in many fields, and died on College Hill, October 9, 1877, aged 70 years.
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born at Atkinson, N. H., in 1804, and grad. D. C. 1830. . He was settled at Charlton in June, 1831, having charge also of the parish in Brookfield. He removed to Spencer in 1838, and thence to Hyannis in 1839. While residing in Spencer, he preached in Hardwick regularly once a month. About 1843 he removed to Brimfield, where he devoted a portion of his time to agricultural pursuits, and where he died October 18, 1863, aged 59.
Rev. Rufus S. Pope, born in Stoughton, April 2, 1809, was ordained during the session of the Boston Association at Gloucester, December 4, 1833. He had commenced preaching in the previous August, at South Dedham (now Norwood), where he remained three years, dividing his services a portion of the time between that parish and Milford. In 1836 he removed to Sterling, and had charge of that parish until April, 1840, when he came to Hardwick. While here, his ministry was very successful. A church of twenty-seven members was organized. A new meeting-house was erected, under an arrangement with the Congregational Society, in 1841, and for the next year the two societies united in one congregation. In April, 1843, he re- moved to Hyannis, where he died June 5, 1882. He was a rep- resentative in the General Court, in 1855 ; register of probate in Barnstable County, from 1855 to 1857; and postmaster in Hyannis from 1862 to 1870.
The subsequent history of the Universalist Society, embracing its substantial consolidation with the Congregational Society, and its succession of pastors, - Rev. Messrs. Smith, Sanger, Moore, Jewell, Crosley, and Stevenson, - has already been narrated, and need not be repeated. The deacons elected by the Uni- versalist Church, at its organization December 24, 1842, were :
Constant Ruggles, died April 28, 1846, aged 79.
Joseph Burgess, died July 20, 1879, aged 79.
Constant Southworth, died December 5, 1877, aged 63.
METHODIST SOCIETY. Many years ago a Methodist Society was organized at the Furnace Village, and erected a neat and commodious meeting-house on the west side of Moose Brook about the year 1845. Though not lacking in zeal, it was never strong in membership and wealth. It has generally been classed with Barre by the Conference, the same preacher having charge of both societies. I would be glad to record the names of the several preachers from the beginning, but all my efforts to ob-
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tain an accurate list have been unavailing. And equally unsuc- cessful have I been in seeking from both preachers and laymen such information as would enable me to give a satisfactory ac- count of the fortunes of this society, whether prosperous or ad- verse.
TRINITARIAN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Almost all the facts here related concerning this church are gleaned from its Manual, and from a Decennial Sermon by its pastor, the Rev. Willard D. Brown. " The very first words in the records of the. Church are these : 'From the commencement of the present manufacturing village of Gilbertville in 1860, the proprietors have felt much interest in the moral welfare of the place, and have spared no pains to secure the improvement of its popula- tion.' " 1 The princely munificence of Mr. George H. Gilbert, of his family, and of the manufacturing corporation bearing his name, richly deserves this recognition by the beneficiaries. " The Gilbertville Hall was dedicated December 27, 1863, and was used as a place of worship until the completion and dedica- tion, on September 10, 1874, of the house of worship now occupied by the church and society. From December, 1863, until August, 1865 (except during a portion of the winter of 1864-65), there was preaching Sunday afternoons by Rev. Messrs. Perkins, Tut- tle, Gordon, and Merrill, of Ware, Tupper, of Hardwick, and Gurney, of New Braintree. From that time till March, 1866, Rev. William H. Beecher, of North Brookfield, preached as a stated supply, and he was succeeded by Rev. R. P. Wells, from Tennessee, who became acting pastor of the church, and re- mained with it until January, 1869." 2 The Rev. Rufus P. Wells grad. A. C. 1842, and took a partial course at the Theol. Inst. in Connecticut in the class of 1845. After a successful ministry at Gilbertville, he preached at Southampton, 1869- 1874, and at Mason, N. H., 1874-1877. He died at Norton, May 25, 1877, aged 59.
The successor of Mr. Wells was Rev. Willard D. Brown, who grad. at Middlebury Coll., 1868, and at Andover, 1869. He became acting pastor of the church in September, 1869, and was ordained and installed December 6, 1870. The church " was organized March 7, 1867, and was composed of thirty-eight members, twenty-three of whom were received by letter, and fifteen on profession of faith. There were connected with it,
1 Sermon, p. 5.
2 Manual.
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during its first year, forty-eight members. There have been connected with it, up to the present time (1878), one hundred and thirty-three members, forty of whom were males and ninety- three females; forty-four have been received by letter, and eighty-nine on confession of faith." 1
DEACONS.
Isaac H. Hoyt, elected February 14, 1868, resigned 1868. Warner H. Joslyn, elected February 14, 1868, resigned 1869. Wales T. Wilder, elected March 10, 1869. Melzar Lamberton, elected March 1, 1877.
The meeting-house occupied by this church and society deserves special notice. Constructed of granite, " from foundation to top of spire," it is a perfect gem of architecture, and is the crowning ornament of the most beautiful and neatly-kept manufacturing village in the Commonwealth. For its erection, Mr. George H. Gilbert, who died May 6, 1869, aged 63, devised by his will the sum of $20,000 ; the manufacturing corporation which bears his name contributed $20,000 in cash, and in addition gave a spacious lot of land suitably graded and inclosed, and also put in the foundation of the edifice ; his widow gave an organ, and his children the furniture, together with a memorial window in memory of a deceased sister. The whole amount of this mag- nificent gift is estimated at not less than fifty thousand dollars.
CATHOLIC CHURCH. The building up of a large manufactur- ing establishment at Gilbertville naturally attracted a numerous foreign population, most of which consisted of Catholics. Hav- ing worshipped for several years at Ware, they are understood to have been organized into a separate parish at Gilbertville. A spacious brick church was erected in 1872, on the west side of the river, in the northerly part of the village. Mass is celebrated in the forenoon of every Sabbath, with Sunday-school exercises at two o'clock, and Vespers at three o'clock in the afternoon. The congregation is larger than any other in the whole town, embracing about eight hundred souls, including children. The pastor in 1883 is Rev. John T. Sheehan, who resides in Ware. I am unable to give a more particular account of the parish.
Manual.
CHAPTER XIII.
LITERARY HISTORY.
Graduates. - Clergymen. - Lawyers. - Physicians. - Poets. - Poetry. - Schools. - Early Teachers. - Appropriations. - School-Houses. -- High School. - Social Library. - Early Proprietors. - Catalogue of Books. - Mount Zion Lodge. - Original Members. - Removal to Barre. - Masters. - Post-Offices and Postmasters. - Post Riders and Mail Carriers. - Cen- tennial Celebration.
GRADUATES. The number of native-born sons of Hardwick who have received a liberal education and collegiate honors is not large. The following list is probably imperfect, but it approxi- mates the truth. Two graduates, Lemuel Hedge and Sanford Lawton, though born elsewhere, are included, because they were brought here in their infancy, were of Hardwick stock, and were trained in our schools. Further notice of all these graduates, and also of the lawyers and physicians named, may be found in the Genealogical Register contained in this volume.
Luther E. Barnes A. C. 1871.
Andrew J. Bartholomew
Y. C.
1856.
Barnabas Billings
B. U.
1791.
Joseph Blake .
H. C. 1786.
George Blake
H. C. 1789.
Charles E. Bruce
A. C. .
1845.
Henry James Bruce
A. C.
1859.
John Field
W. C. 1807.
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Horace Gleason
W. C. 1828.
Matthew W. Haskell
A. C. 1853.
Lemuel Hedge
H. C. 1759.
Abiathar Hopkins
D. C.
1806.
John Lawton
Mid. C. 1805.
Sanford Lawton
Y. C.
1825.
William A. Mandell
A. C. 1838.
Daniel W. Mandell
Mid. C. 1850.
William Mixter
H. C.
1829.
George Mixter
. Y. C.
1836.
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George Mixter
H. C.
1863.
Samuel J. Mixter 1
H. C.
1879.
James Monroe
Y. C. 1845.
Christopher Paige
.
D. C. 1784.
Reed Paige
D. C.
1786.
John Keyes Paige
W. C.
1807.
Winslow Paige (honorary)
B. U.
1828.
Lucius R. Paige (honorary)
H. C. 1850.
Charles G. Pope
T. C.
1861.
Thomas Rice
Y. C.
1803.
Moses Robinson (honorary)
Y. C.
1789.
Jonathan Robinson (honorary)
D. C.
1790.
Alfred Stearns
W. C.
1812.
Squire Whipple .
U. C. .
1830.
Thomas Wells White
H. C.
1759.
John White
.
H. C.2
1765.
CLERGYMEN. The several clergymen who have had pastoral charge in Hardwick have already been mentioned under the ecclesiastical head, which may suffice.
LAWYERS. TIMOTHY RUGGLES, H. C. 1732, came here in 1754, and was soon appointed justice, and subsequently chief justice, of the Court of Common Pleas. He left Hardwick in 1774, at the commencement of the Revolution, and died at Wil- mot, near Annapolis, N. S., August 4, 1795, aged nearly 84.
DANIEL OLIVER, H. C. 1762, commenced practice here early in 1767. He was one of the very few barristers at law in the Province, and apparently popular and successful. He left town with General Ruggles in 1774, and died at Ashstead, England, May 6, 1826, aged 82.
SETH PADDLEFORD, Y. C. 1770, soon commenced practice here. He removed to Taunton about 1778, was judge of pro- bate for Bristol County, received the degree of LL.D. from B. U., 1798, and died January 7, 1810, aged 58.
PELATIAH HITCHCOCK, H. C. 1785, commenced practice here before 1791. He removed to West Brookfield, where he died April 25, 1851, aged 86.
LUKE BROWN, H. C. 1794, commenced practice here before
1 Educated at the Mass. Inst. of Tech- D. C. - Dartmouth College. H. C. - nology, and at the Harvard Medical School.
Harvard College. Mid. C. - Middlebury College. T. C. - Tufts College. U. C. 2 CONTRACTIONS. A. C. - Amherst - Union College. W. C. - Williams College. B. U. - Brown University. College. Y. C. - Yale College.
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1799. He removed about 1807, and died at Enfield in 1835, aged about 60.
ELISHA P. CUTLER, W. C. 1798, commenced practice here. In 1805 " he removed to North Yarmouth, Me., and died there Aug. 29, 1813, aged 32. He was a man of much promise." " Wil- liams Biog. Annals," p. 214.
SAMUEL EASTMAN, D. C. 1802, commenced practice here in 1807. He remained longer than any of his predecessors, but at length removed to Springfield. He died at Amherst, April 11, 1864, aged 81.
JOSEPH KNOX was here before 1831. He removed in 1837 to Rock Island, Ill., where he died August 6, 1881.
JOEL W. FLETCHER, A. C. 1838, came here in 1841, and re- moved to Leominster in 1843. About 1865 he removed to Cambridge, abandoned the practice of the law, and became an insurance agent. In 1879 he went to Chicago, where he died February 15, 1880, aged 62.
Since 1843, no lawyer has established himself in Hardwick. It is much to the credit of the town, as a peaceable and law-abid- ing community, that it has never required professional aid in its transaction of business, and its settlement of differences, to such an extent as to induce any lawyer to make this his permanent residence through life.
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