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was organized, it has had a settled ministry about seventy- four years, and has been destitute of the same about eight years. This church has had five pastors.
PASTORS. 1 .* REV. RUFUS WELLS was ordained as the first pastor of this church, Sept. 25, 1771, and Rev. Jona- than Ashley, of Deerfield, preached the sermon on the occa- sion. Thirteen churches were invited on the council ; and the ordination services were held under the shades of two large oak trees, and a temporary stage was built for the min- isters. After a ministry of about sixty-three years, during fifty of which he performed pastoral service, he died while a pastor in Whately, Nov. 8, 1834, in the 92d year of his age. Mr. Wells was born in Deerfield, Sept. 29, 1743, old style. His father, Doct. Thomas Wells, was the first phy- sician that lived in Deerfield, and was an extensive farmer. Rev. Mr. Wells graduated at Cambridge in 1764; was li- censed at Sunderland, Nov. 8, 1769 ; made some preparation to preach his half century sermon, but failed to preach it ; published several sermons ; married Miss Sarah Porter, a daughter of Rev. Nehemiah Porter, of Ashfield, Dec. 16, 1776, who died April 27, 1796; and for his second wife married Mrs. Temperance Shepherd, of Sharon, Ct., Jan. 4, 1802, who died Oct. 7, 1830. He had nine children. He was greatly afflicted by the death of his first wife, and his mind was so much affected by it, that application was made to the Association by some of the people, Nov. 6, 1798, for their advice and prayers. A day of fasting and prayer was accordingly appointed to be observed in Whately in reference to Mr. Wells. Rev. Mr. Taylor of Deerfield, and Rev. Mr. Porter of Ashfield, attended and preached on the occasion. Mr. Taylor was to preach in the morning, and had prepared a sermon on the subject of derangement, not ex- pecting that Mr. Wells would attend the meeting. During the morning service, just before the sermon, Mr. Wells, con- trary to the expectation of all, and, it is believed, without the knowledge of the family, presented himself in the church.
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The preacher felt unwilling to preach such a sermon as he was expecting to preach, in the presence of Mr. Wells, from respect to his feelings. In this sudden emergency he plead with Mr. Porter to preach, who refused, and insisted upon his proceeding to preach the sermon he had prepared. He did so. Mr. Porter preached .in the afternoon. Mr. Wells heard the whole. He had not believed himself to be deranged, and had thought his friends treated him strangely, and acted like enemies. Towards the close of the afternoon service, he was pondering the question, why his friends thus treated him ; and he became, for the first time, convinced that he was deranged. He soon began to recover, eventually be- came entirely sane, and, for many years afterwards, preached as usual.
Mr. Temple, in his Historical Discourse, gives the follow- ing account of Mr. Wells : "He continued to discharge in full the duties of pastor till 1822, a period of fifty years, when the infirmities of age, then apparently about to break down his constitution, induced him and the people to seek a colleague. At the same time he consented to a reduction of one hundred dollars from his yearly salary. After this date, however, he recovered, in a measure, his strength, and would occasionally exercise the functions of his office, till near the time of his death. His last (recorded) public act, was the marriage of his grand-daughter, Miss Sarah Wells, to Mr. Silas Rice, Nov. 8, 1831. The entry of this in the church record, in his own hand, now tremulous and uncertain, forms a striking contrast to the plain, bold penmanship of his early prime. * The sermon at his funeral was preached by Rev. Nathan Perkins, of Amherst, who was then the oldest survivor of Mr. Wells' particular associates. It would be foreign to my purpose to give an extended analysis of the character of Rev. Mr. Wells. Let it suffice to say, that as a preacher he held a respectable rank among his cotemporaries ; as a pastor, he was preëminently a peace-maker ; as a man, he was affable and of good social qualities. He made no
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enemies, and was kind and faithful to his friends. In the course of his ministry, Mr. Wells married 305 couples, and administered baptism to 956 persons. He wrote about 3,000 sermons ; a few of which were printed. His last sermon, written probably with no idea that it would be the last, was on Heb. iv. 9; " There remaineth, therefore, a rest to the people of God." One of his grandsons, Rev. Rufus P. Wells, is a Presbyterian minister in Jonesboro', Tennessee.
2. REV. LEMUEL P. BATES was settled as the second pas- tor, and as a colleague with Mr. Wells, Feb. 13, 1822, and the sermon was preached by Rev. Dr. Moore, then president of Amherst College. After a ministry of about ten years and eight months, he was dismissed, Oct. 17, 1832. Mr. Bates was born in Blandford in 1791, but is supposed to have lived in early life chiefly in Southampton ; graduated at Wil- liams in 1818; studied theology at Princeton Seminary ; after leaving Whately, was installed in Templeton, Jan. 15, 1833, and Rev. Parsons Cook, D. D., then of Ware, preached on the occasion ; was dismissed from there in March, 1837 ; then preached five years in Pontiac, Michigan ; then one year in Flint, Mich .; then four years in Pontiac, Mich .; then four years in Conneautville, Penn. ; and then in various places in Ohio ; and now resides in Detroit, Michigan. He has a brother, Rev. Chandler Bates, who is a Congregational minister.
3. REV. JOHN FERGUSON was installed as the third pastor of this church, March 16, 1836, and the sermon was preached by Rev. Dr. John Todd of Pittsfield. After a ministry of about four years in Whately, he was dismissed June 17, 1840.
Mr. Ferguson was born in Dunse, Berwickshire, Scotland, Dec. 9, 1788. His father removed with his family to this country in 1806 ; and he came, as he said, " to seek for his family a country, and for himself a grave." Rev. Mr. Fer- guson never graduated at any college, but received an hon- orary A. M. from Amherst College in 1837; studied theol- ogy with Rev. Dr. Calvin Park, then a professor in Brown
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University ; was ordained as pastor of the Second Church in Attleboro', Feb. 27, 1822, and was dismissed from there in March, 1835 ; after leaving Whately, preached in Lanesboro' from November, 1840, till 1842; in 1842 became an agent of the American Tract Society, in whose service he is still employed, and resides in Whately. Mr. Ferguson for his first wife, married Mary V., daughter of Benjamin Hammet of Newport, R. I. ; and, for his second wife, Margaret S., daugh- ter of William Eddy, of Providence, R. I. He has had eleven children, eight of whom are living. He has pub- lished several sermons, and a Memoir of Rev. Dr. Samuel Hopkins, of Newport, R. I.
4. REV. J. HOWARD TEMPLE was settled as the fourth pas- tor of this church, Sept. 30, 1845, and Rev. Dr. Joel Hawes of Hartford, Ct., preached the sermon on the occasion. After a ministry of about six years and a half in Whately, he was dismissed March 24, 1852. Mr. Temple was born in Framingham, March 2, 1815; never graduated at any college ; studied theology with Rev. Dr. Joel Hawes of Hartford, Ct. Since his dismission he has resided in Fram- ingham. In 1849 he published a historical discourse in reference to Whately.
5. REV. CHARLES N. SEYMOUR was settled as the fifth pastor of this church, March 9, 1853, and the sermon was preached by Rev. Nahum Gale, then a Professor in the Seminary at East Windsor Hill. Mr. Seymour was born in Hartford, Ct., April 4, 1817; graduated at Trinity College (then Washington College) in 1841; studied theology at New Haven, and pursued his collegiate studies chiefly at Yale College ; was ordained as a pastor in Huntington, Ct., June 26, 1844, and Rev. O. E. Daggett of Canandaigua, N. Y., preached the sermon on the occasion ; was dismissed from there in August, 1847 ; then preached for several years as a stated supply at Broad Brook, (East Windsor) Ct., and removed from there to Whately, where he is now a pastor.
Of the five pastors of this church, three were dismissed ;
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four are living ; one was a pastor of the church more than a half a century ; and the average length of their ministry in Whately was about fifteen years.
SECOND CHURCH. The second Congregational church in Whately was organized, Nov. 10, 1842, with 17 members. Its first and present Meeting-house was built in 1843, and is situated in the centre of the town, not far from the house of worship belonging to the first society. The number of members belonging to this church in 1853 was 87. The number in the Sabbath School in 1852 was 75. The church has been supplied during nearly all the eleven years of its existence by its present pastor, who was settled over it about one year after its organization.
PASTOR. 1. REV. JONATHAN S. JUDD was ordained as the first pastor of this church, Oct. 12, 1843, and the sermon was preached by Rev. William A. Hawley of Plainfield. He is now in the eleventh year of his pastorate in Whately. Mr. Judd was born in Westhampton, Feb. 4, 1816; he is a descendant, in the third generation, from Rev. Jonathan Judd, who was the first minister in Southampton ; graduated at Williams College in 1839; and finished the theological course at East Windsor Hill in 1842.
CONGREGATIONAL MINISTERS ORIGINATING FROM WHATELY.
1 .* Rev. Pomroy Belden was born in Whately, March 15, 1811; graduated at Amherst in 1833 ; finished the theologi- cal course at Andover in 1836; was ordained as an Evange- list by Franklin Association at Warwick, Aug. 8, 1837, and Rev. Burr Baldwin, then of Ashfield, preached on the occa- sion ; preached as a stated supply in the Orthodox church in Deerfield from 1837 to 1842 ; was installed at East Amherst, Sept. 14, 1842; and died while a pastor there, March 2, 1849, aged 38. The epitaph on his gravestone is : " For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." Rev. Dr. John Wood- bridge of Hadley preached his funeral sermon.
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He married for his first wife Miss Loisa Tenney of Gill ; and for his second wife Miss Miranda Smith of Hadley, who died in 1848. An intimate acquaintance says of him : " Mr. Belden was universally respected and beloved. He was studious, systematic, laborious, and successful in his labors. He possessed a rare combination of excellencies." The following is an extract from the notice of him read by Pro- fessor W. S. Tyler before the Alumni of Amherst College in 1851: " He was a man of uncommon common sense, of business talents, and practical wisdom. None ever called in question his prudence or his piety. In short, he was pre- eminently a good man and a model pastor. Hence, though not particularly remarkable for his pulpit talents or his theo- logical attainments, he was greatly beloved and universally lamented by the people of his charge."
2 .* Rev. Perez Chapin was born in Whately, April 29, . 1783, and removed with his father's family, about 1796, when about thirteen years of age, to Ludlow, and soon after to Benson, Vt. ; graduated at Middlebury in 1808 ; studied theology with Rev. Abijah Wines of Newport, N. H. ; was licensed at Cornish, N. H., in March, 1810; preached about six months in Otisfield, Me .; was ordained as a pastor, in Pownal, Me., March 20, 1811, and the sermon on the occa- sion was preached by Rev. Dr. Beman of Troy, N. Y .; and died while a pastor in Pownal, Me., Jan. 27, 1839, aged 56. The epitaph on his gravestone is as follows :
" In life beloved and revered, In death universally lamented."
He had nine children, six of whom survived him. His funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Asa Cummings of Portland, Me., which was published, and from which the following extracts are taken :
" Were I called on to point a young aspirant to the sacred office to a model of a minister of Jesus Christ, exhibiting the scriptural requisites in an eminent degree, I should point
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to Perez Chapin. His mind was, I think, above the ordinary cast ; but however this may be, it had one crown- ing excellence ; it was well balanced. He had no hobby. His self-control was truly exemplary. He governed his temper. In an intercourse of eighteen years, I may have witnessed in him an occasional ruffling of the feelings, but never heard from him a short answer. A quality this, emi- nently conducive to the peace of the pastoral relation, and the harmony of the flock. Nor was it of scarcely less value in the domestic relations, in which he was truly affectionate, ruling his family with patriarchal tenderness and love ; and making his house the abode of the most generous hospitality. * Mr. Chapin was a man of prayer. Devotion was his element. He walked with God. He frequented the presence chamber of the Almighty, and held audience with the Deity. * * He loved the Bible; it was his daily
counselor. He drank in its doctrines with exquisite relish. He loved the character of God there delineated ; of the Re- deemer there made known. He loved the law there pro- mulgated ; he loved the grace there revealed. * * Mr. Chapin was sound, intelligent and edifying. To this audi- ence I need not say that his sermons were evangelical. He was permitted to rejoice over several revivals in his own pastoral charge ; for, though the growth of his church was rather gradual and constant than rapid, there having been but very few years since its formation in which it did not receive increase, still there have been some seasons especially distinguished by the effusions of the Spirit. Such was the year 1817, during which fifty-nine members were added to the church ; and the year 1829, in which fifty-three were added. The year 1831, so memorable to many of our churches, brought also an accession of sixteen to this. The most joyful day probably that ever shone on this church was Sabbath day, March 16, 1817, of which it is recorded, in the pastor's hand, 'This has been a day long to be re- membered by this church-a day of rejoicing and praise.
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A glorious work of grace began here about twelve weeks since ; this day we renewed our covenant, and received to our communion and cheerful fellowship twenty-four per- sons.' " Mr. Chapin was a brother of Rev. Horace B. Chapin, who was formerly a pastor in Westhampton.
3. Rev. Lucius W. Chapman was born in Whately, Jan. 7, 1820; pursued his studies, preparatory to the ministry, at Shelburne Falls Academy from 1835 and onward, and in some other places ; never graduated at any college ; was licensed to preach as a Baptist minister in Westmoreland County, Penn., Feb. 5, 1842, and was ordained as a preacher of the same denomination in Jefferson County, Penn., Oct. 14, 1842, and preached as a Baptist minister in Shiloh, Thomp- sontown, and Sunbury, and Northumberland, Penn., until 1849. Having changed his views in regard to baptism, he was received to the Presbytery of Northumberland, Penn., April 18, 1849, as a Presbyterian minister ; preached at Ly- coming Centre and Runsdale, Penn., and was settled as pastor of the church in the first named place, in November, 1849; was dismissed from there in December, 1851; and since then has been residing in Monroetown, Penn., and preaching there and in some neighboring places. He now belongs to the Presbytery of Susquehanna, Penn. Rev. Alexander Heberton preached his installation sermon at Ly- coming Centre. Several revivals have attended Mr. Chap- man's labors.
4 .* Rev. Alvan Sanderson was born in Whately ; and as he was a pastor in Ashfield, a further notice of him may be found in the account of the Congregational pastors in that town.
5. Rev. Rufus P. Wells was born in Whately, Feb. 4, 1818, and is a grandson of Rev. Rufus Wells the first pastor in that town. Mr. Wells spent some portion of his early years in Hatfield and in South Deerfield. He graduated at Amherst in 1842; studied theology with Rev. William M. Richards then of South Deerfield, at the East Windsor Hill Seminary,
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and at the Union Theological Seminary in New York. He was licensed by the third Presbytery of New York, April 18, 1845 ; was ordained as an Evangelist at Jonesborough, East Tennessee, by the Holston Presbytery ; and was installed pastor of the church in Jonesborough, Tenn., Aug. 17, 1850, and Rev. Ira Morey preached the sermon on the occasion. Mr. Wells still remains the pastor in that place.
Of the five Congregational preachers who are reckoned as sons of Whately, all were natives of the town ; four were graduates ; all have been pastors; one left the Baptist min- istry and became a Presbyterian minister ; and two are now living.
Rev. Alonzo Sanderson, of Wellington, Ohio, was con- nected in early life with the Congregational church and meeting in Whately ; but as his residence was in South Deerfield, he is reckoned as a son of Deerfield.
OTHER DENOMINATIONS.
BAPTISTS. The Historical discourse of Mr. Temple says : " Within this period, [in 1788] a colony, comprising about twenty-five church members, withdrew from the commun- ion of this (Congregational) church, and professed Anti-pedo Baptist sentiments. These twenty-five, with about forty others, were embodied in a church state by themselves ; which was the commencement of the Baptist church in the west part of the town. The Baptist church was constituted, May 5, 1789." The clerk of the Baptist church writes to the author, that the church was organized, July 8, 1789. The church was disbanded in 1851. Rev. Asa Todd was ordained pastor of the church, Sept 9, 1789, and remained till 1807 ; Rev. Stephen Barker was the pastor several years from 1807; Rev. John R. Goodnough was ordained in Au- gust, 1823 ; Rev. Lorenzo Rice was ordained, Feb. 8, 1837 ; since then Rev. James Parker has supplied two years, and Rev. George Bills two years. Rev. Lucius W. Chapman
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of Whately was licensed and ordained as a Baptist minister in 1842; and in 1849 became a Presbyterian minister.
METHODISTS. Rev. William Bordwell, a Methodist min- ister, was born in Whately, Oct. 13, 1813, and died in North- ampton in 1851, and was buried in Whately.
SUMMARY of preachers who originated from Whately : Congregationalists 5 ; Baptists 1; Methodists 1. Total 7.
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GENERAL SUMMARY.
CHURCHES IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Number of Orthodox Congregational Churches formed, -
43
66
32
66 Baptist Churches formed,
now existing,
20
Episcopal Churches formed,
3
¥
66 now existing, -
3
Methodist Churches formed,
18
now existing,
17
Unitarian Churches formed, or by change,
13
66 now existing, I
9
Universalist Societies formed,
13
now existing, ,
8
Total number formed,
117
Total number now existing, - 89
ORTHODOX CONGREGATIONAL PASTORS IN THE COUNTY.
Number who have been settled in the County,
- 147
66 who are now pastors in the County, -
-
21
who are sons of Clergymen, -
11
66 who have sons that are Clergymen, -
13
who are not graduates of Colleges, -
14
¥ who have been Instructors in Colleges,
11
who have been Members of Congress, who have received Doctorates,
6
who have been Pastors half a century of the same church, - who changed their denomination after beginning to preach, who were killed or captured by the Indians,
3
66
who died at seventy years of age, or upwards, - -
24
who have deceased,
- 58
who are now living,
-
84
ORTHODOX CONGREGATIONAL PREACHERS FROM THE COUNTY.
Number who were born in the County, -
129
¥ who began to live in the County in early life, 23
Total, - 152
Number who were sons of Clergymen, -
15
66 who had sons that were Clergymen, -
11
who were not graduates of Colleges,
23
who became Foreign Missionaries, -
8
deceased,
50
now living,
102
3
5
5
-
In the foregoing General Summary, while the number of Orthodox Con- gregational pastors who have been settled in the County is reckoned to be 147, the number of persons is only 142, since five of the individuals having been settled twice each-settled over different churches in the County-are reckoned as ten pastors.
54
now existing,
27
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CHURCHES AND MINISTERS
TABLE No. I. In this Table are enumerated the Churches in each Town in the County, now in operation.
Towns.
Orth. Cong.
Bap.
Epis.
Meth.
Unit.
Univ.
Total.
Ashfield,
-
-
1
1
1
1
1
5
Bernardston,
1
1
-
1
1
1
5
Buckland, -
1
1
-
-
-
3
Charlemont,
2
1
-
1
1
1
4
Conway,
1
1
1
1
1
6
Erving,
1
1
11
1
1
6
Hawley,
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
3
New Salem,
1
1
1
1
1
2
Rowe,
1
1
1
1
4
Shelburne, -
2
1
1
-
1
5
Shutesbury,
1
1
1
-
1
4
Sunderland,
1
1
2
Warwick, -
1
1
4
Wendell, -
1
1
1
-
-
2
Whately,
-
TABLE No. II. This Table shows how many Preachers of each denomination originated from each town in the County.
Towns.
Orth. Cong.
Bap.
Epis.
Meth.
Unita.
Univ.
Total.
Ashfield,
-
-
17
5
-
3
1
2
28
Bernardston,
2
-
-
-
2
Buckland, -
-
5
1
1
1
-
-
8
Charlemont,
5
1
-
-
1
30
Conway,
-
16
4
1
1
11
2
25
Deerfield, -
15
-
2
1
I
-
18
-
3
1
1
Gill,
2
Greenfield,
2
1
1
Heath,
1
1
1
Leyden,
1
2
Monroe,
1
1
Northfield, -
1
]
1
1
Orange,
-
32
20
3
17
9
8
89
1
2
1
Coleraine, -
3
Deerfield,
1
2
2
2
Leverett,
1
-
I
5
2
13
Coleraine, -
-
8
15
-
6
1
1
2
2
-
-
1
4
1
Montague, -
2
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TABLE No. II-Continued.
Towns.
Orth. Cong.
Bap.
Epis.
Meth.
Unit.
Univ.
Total.
Erving,
-
1
-
-
1
Gill, -
3
-
2
2
7
Greenfield,
5
-
2
2
1
10
Hawley,
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
6
2
10
Monroe,
-
-
4
-
2
1
12
Northfield, -
5
-
1
5
2
8
Shelburne, -
10
1
1
1
14
Shutesbury,
3
6
2
1
12
Warwick, -
7
3
1
-
4
3
18
Wendell, -
2
8
-
1
10
Whately, -
5
1
-
1
-
7
152
61
11
47
15
21
307
One C-h-r-i-s-t-i-a-n and one Perfectionist preacher, from Coleraine, will make the total number 309.
TABLE No. III.
In this Table are given the dates of the organization of the Orthodox Congre- gational Churches in the County ; and the present number of members in those that have not become Unitarian, or are not extinct ; and the number of Pastors each church has had, and the average length of the ministry in each church, while continuing Orthodox.
Towns.
Ch. Formed.
Members.
Pastors.
Av. Leng. of Ministry.
Ashfield,
1763
180
8
83 yrs.
Bernardston, Ist,
-
1741
-
3
15}
2nd,
-
1824
63
4
44
Buckland,
1785
190
4
143
Charlemont, Ist,
1767 (?)
66
2nd,
1788
87
5
93
3rd,
-
1845
80
2
24
Coleraine,
1750 (?)
42
6
12
Conway,
-
-
1768
342
6
14
-
-
3
19
Heath,
5
1
7
Leverett,
4
3
1
-
312131 3 3
7
New Salem,
3
4
11
Orange, -
7
Rowe,
4
-
11 1
11
Sunderland,
9
2
-
1
4
Montague, -
3
-
4
2
1
8
Leyden,
16
-
-
1
18
-
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TABLE No. III-Continued.
Towns.
Ch. Formed.
Members.
Pastors.
Av. Leng. of Ministry.
Deerfield, 1st,
1686 (?)
-
3
36 yrs.
1835
85
2
5
3rd,
1818
86
5
53
¥
4th,
1848
77
1
5
Erving,
1832
21
1
2
Gill,
1793 (?)
46
6
8
Greenfield, 1st, 66
2nd,
1817
181
7
33
Hawley, Ist, -
1778
97
3
18
2nd,
1825
59
2
6
Heath, Ist,
1785
117
6
9.3
Leverett,
1774
100
6
10
Leyden,
-
Monroe,
Montague,
1752 (?)
134
5
184
New Salem, 1st,
2nd,
1824
1
2
6
66
3rd,
1845
24
1
5
Northfield, 1st,
2nd,
1825
61
5
3 1-5
Orange, Ist, -
1782
-
1
8
2nd,
1837
28
1
1
Rowe, 1st, -
2d,
1833
28
3
2 1-3
Shelburne, 1st,
1770 (?)
125
4
19
2nd,
1850
77
1
23
Shutesbury, -
1742
48
3
15
Sunderland, -
1718 (?)
230
11
9
Warwick, 1st,
2nd,
1829
56
2
9%
Wendell,
1774
66
6
13
Whately, 1st,
1771
132
5
15
2nd,
1842
87
1
10
3,049
147
10 1-6
-
-
1742 (?)
1
2
273
1718 (?)
-
3
25
2
3rd, -
-
4th, -
1846
50
2
20
1774 (?)
-
2
25
1760
In the footings at the close of this Table, the number, 10 1-6, signifies that the average length of the Orthodox Congregational Ministry in the county has been ten years and one-sixth.
2nd,
-
1754
50
5
18₺
2nd,
1844
1
1843
429
OF FRANKLIN COUNTY.
TABLE No. IV.
This Table shows, where and when the Orthodox Congregational Pastors of the county graduated, if they are graduates ; when their settlements in the county took place ; and when they were dismissed, if dismissed at all ; and their present residence if living ; and, if deceased, the time of their death, and their age.
Names.
College.
Grad.
Sett.
Dis.
Present Residence, or Death and Age.
ASHFIELD.
*J. Sherwin, -
-
Yale, -
-
1759 1763 1774
1803, 66.
*N. Porter,
Cambridge,
1745 1774
1820, 100.
*A. Sanderson,
Williams, -
-
1802 1808 1816
1817, 37.
T. Shepard, -
Brown,
-
1813 1819
1833
Bristol, R. I.
M. Grovesnor,
Yale, -
-
1809|1836
1838 Montrose, Penn.
S. D. Clark, -
Amherst,
1835 1840 1851
Sunderland.
W. H. Gilbert,
Yale, -
1841 1851
Ashfield.
BERNARDSTON.
*J. Norton,
Yale, -
1737
1741|1745
1778, 62.
*J. Wright,
-
-
1757 1761 1782
1823, 85.
*A. Cook,
Brown,
-
1776 1783 1805
1816, 66.
*V. Gould, -
Williams,
1797
1833 1836
1841, 68.
B. Fowler,
Yale, -
1796 1836 1838 Stockbridge.
F. Janes,
-
1840 1843
New York City.
C. Kendall,
Amherst,
1839 1844
-
-
1823, 72.
B. F. Clarke, - -
Williams, -
-
1820 1824 1839
Orange.
P. Cummings, -
Brown, -
-
1822 1840 1847
Leicester.
A. B. Smith, - -
Middlebury,
1834 1848
-
Buckland.
CHARLEMONT.
*J. Leavitt,
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