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Yale, -
1758 1767 1785
1802, 69.
*J. Babbitt,
Dartmouth, 66
1783
1796,1798
1833, 76.
J. Field,
|1792
1799 1823
Charlemont.
*W. Tileston,
Union,
1822
1825 1837
1851, 59.
S. T. Allen, -
Amherst,
1833
1838 1839
New York City.
J. D. Smith,
Yale, -
1832
1839 1844
Charlemont.
M. H. Wilder, A. Foster, -
Dartmouth,
-
1822 1850
-
Charlemont.
COLERAINE.
*A. McDowell,
Harvard, -
1751
1753 1761
1762.
*D. McClellan,
Edinburgh,
1769 -
1773, 36.
*S. Taggart, -
Dartmouth,
1774
1777 1818
1825, 71.
A. Loomis, -
Williams, -
-
1815 1829 1836
Hebron, N. Y.
H. Flagg,
Amherst, -
-
1825 1837 1848
Coleraine.
C. W. Allen, -
- | Brown,
- 1826 1849 1852 Hubbardston.
Bernardston.
BUCKLAND.
*J. Spaulding, -
Yale, -
1778 1794
-
-
1848 1852
1847 1848
Harwich.
-
1827 1833 1835
Jacksonville, Ill.
B. Baldwin, -
430
CHURCHES AND MINISTERS TABLE No. IV-Continued.
Names.
College.
Grad.
Sett.
Dis.
Present Residence, or Death and Age.
CONWAY.
*J. Emerson, -
-
Harvard,
-
1764 1769
1826, 81.
E. Hitchcock,
-
Yale, -
-
1823 1827 1833
1843, 43.
M. G. Wheeler,
Union,
1825 1834 1841 Auburn Dale.
S. Harris,
Bowdoin,
1833 1841 1851 Pittsfield.
G. M. Adams,
-
-
Conway.
DEERFIELD.
*J. Williams, -
Harvard,
1683 1686
-
1729, 64.
*J. Ashley, -
Yale,
1730 1732 -
1780, 68.
*J. Taylor, -
66
1784 1787 1806 1840, 78.
H. Seymour, -
Amherst,
1838 1843 1849 Hawley.
A. E. Ives, -
Yale, -
1837 1849
Deerfield.
*B. Rice,
Brown,
1808 1819 1827
1847, 63.
T. S. Clarke, -
Yale, -
1824 1827 1833
Franklin, N. Y.
W. M. Richards,
Williams,
1832 1835 1843
Waukegan, Ill.
A. Jackson, -
1
-
1845 1847
Walpole, N. H.
M. K. Cross, -
Amherst,
1838 1850
Deerfield.
D. A. Strong,
Williams, -
-
-
ERVING.
J. Tucker, -
1842 1844 Taunton.
GILL.
*J. Jackson, -
Dartmouth,
- 1792 1798 1801 1844, 73.
-
1794 1802 1805
1832, 60.
J. W. Canning,
Williams,
1803 1806 1827
Gill.
J. Sandford, -
Brown,
-
1812 1829 1831 Oxbow, N. Y.
W. Miller,
Amherst, -
1842 1849 1850 Brookfield.
E. F. Brooks, -
Washington, Pa.,
1839 1851
Gill
GREENFIELD.
*E. Billings, - -
Harvard,
1731 1754 -
1760 (?)
Yale, -
-
1758 1761
1816, 79.
*G. S. Olds, -
Williams, 66
-
-
1801 1813 1816 1848, 71.
S. Woodbridge,
-
1807 1832
Greenfield.
*C. Jenkins, -
-
Burlington, Williams,
- 1813 1820 1824
1831, 45.
W. C. Fowler,
Yale, -
Dartmouth,
1825 1829
1831
Oakwood Hill,N.J.
T. Bellows, -
1827 1833
1834
Walpole, N. H.
*S. Washburn,
1837 1841 1853, 47.
L. L. Langstroth, 1
Yale, -
-
1831 1843 1848 Greenfield.
G. C. Partridge, -
Amherst, -
-
1833,1848
-
66
HAWLEY.
*J. Grout, -
- Harvard, -
- 1790 1793 - 1835, 72.
-
1821 1825 Amherst.
*D. Crosby, -
-
1845 1849
66
-
*J. Munsell, -
*R. Newton, - -
1813 1817 1823 New Orleans, La.
A. Chandler, - -
1816 1825 1827
Amherst.
C. S. Henry, -
1839
1844 1851
431
OF FRANKLIN COUNTY.
TABLE No. IV-Continued.
Names.
College.
Grad.
Sett.
Dis.
Present Residence, or Death and Age.
T. Thatcher, -
-
Brown,
-
1824 1834 1843
H. Seymour,
Amherst,
-
1838 1849
-
M. Miller, -
Brown,
-
1800 1840 1846
J. Eastman, -
1847
-
Marysville, Cal. Hawley .. Brookfield. Hawley.
HEATH.
*J. Strong, -
Yale,
-
1784 1790 1803
1823, 68.
M. Miller, -
Brown,
-
1800 1804 1840
Brookfield.
C. Butler, -
Dartmouth,
-
1834 1838 1840
Somerville, N. J. 1841, 55.
J. Fisher,
Bowdoin,
1828 1842 1845
Succasunna, N. J. Heath.
LEVERETT.
*H. Williams,
1784
-
1811, 66. S. Hadley Falls. 1822, 30.
J. Colburn, -
-
Middlebury,
-
1817 1824 1832
Saxonville.
F. Reynolds, - -
Yale, -
-
1787 1832 1837
D. Eastman, - -
Amherst, -
-
1835 1840
Wilmington. Leverett.
LEYDEN.
MONROE.
MONTAGUE.
*J. Nash, -
-
-
1748 1752
1805, 76.
-
Williams, -
- 1804 1807 1827
1850, 70.
M. B. Bradford, -
Amherst, -
1825 1828 1832
*B. Holmes,
J. H. Merrill, - .-
Dartmouth,
-
1834 1839
-
NEW SALEM.
*S. Kendall, -
Harvard, -
1731 1742 1776
1792, 85.
*J. Foster, -
Dartmouth,
1777 1779 1802
1812, 57.
L. French,
1825 1829
Berkley.
E. Curtis,
Union, -
1829 1834 1842
Greenwich.
W. H. Hayward,
New Salem.
NORTHFIELD.
*B. Doolittle, -
Yale, -
1716 1718
-
1748, 54.
*J. Hubbard, -
1747 1750 1
1794, 68.
*S. C. Allen, -
Dartmouth,
1794 1795 1798 - 1826 1830
Burlington.
B. Fowler,
Yale, -
1796 1831 1836
Stockbridge.
H. J. Lombard, -
Williams, -
- 1815 1836 1840 Springfield.
N. Richardson,
-
Amherst,
- 1836 1840 1842
East Taunton.
L. Farnham, -
Dartmouth,
- 1837 1844 1845 Boston.
-
-
Dartmouth,
-
1809 1812 1820
J. Wright,
*J. Sawyer, -
Williams, -
1813 1822 -
*S. M. Emerson,
Williams,
1810 1840 -
A. Graves,
1851
-
-
1848
-
1842, 70.
E. Moody,
1834 1838
Grafton, Vt. 1845, 77. Montague.
*A. Gates,
Yale, - -
432
CHURCHES AND MINISTERS
TABLE No. IV-Continued.
Names.
College
Grad.
Sett.
Dis.
Present Residence, or Death and Age.
ORANGE.
*E. Foster, -
-
Dartmouth,
1773 1782 1790 1814, 67. (?)
J. Tucker,
1842 1844 Taunton.
D. Peck, -
Yale, -
-
1849 1852
-
Orange.
ROWE.
*P. Smith,
Brown,
1786 1787 1804
1834, 75.
J. Keith,
66
-
1805 1808 1812
Raynham. Holyoke.
A. Govạn,
Glasgow, -
-
1817 1838 1842
B. F. Clarke, -
Williams, -
-
1820 1849 1850
Fentonville, Mich. Orange.
SHELBURNE.
*R. Hubbard,
Yale, -
1769 1773
1788, 45.
*J. Townsend,
-
1790 1792 1797
T. Packard, -
Dartmouth,
-
1796 1799
1838, 72. S. Deerfield. Shelburne.
T. Packard, Jr.,
Amherst,
1823 1828 1853
66
Waterbury, Conn.
SHUTESBURY.
*A. Hill,
-
Harvard, -
-
1788, 70. Northbridge. Dighton.
SUNDERLAND.
*J. Willard, -
Yale, -
1714 1718 1721
1723, 31.
*W. Rand,
Harvard,
1721 1724 1745
1779, 79.
*J. Ashley,
Yale, -
1730 1747 1784
1797, 88.
*A. Lyon,
Dartmouth,
1791 1792 1793
1840, 77.
Yale, -
1787
1804 1806
1845, 77.
*D. H. Williston, *J. Taylor,
Williams,
1804 1807
1831, 48.
H. B. Holmes,
-
1833
1835
Andover.
*S. B. Ingram,
Amherst,
1831 1836
-
1840, 33.
*A. Cary, -
1837|1840
-
1849, 40.
H. B. Hosford,
Williams, -
- 1843 1850 1853
Hudson, Ohio.
S. D. Clark, - -
Amherst, -
1835 1853
-
Sunderland.
WARWICK.
*L. Hedge,
-
Harvard, -
-
-
1
1777, 44. 1812, 57.
S. Kingsbury, -
Brown, -
1822 1833 1835
Tamworth, N. H.
R. C. Hatch, -
Yale, - -
-
1815,1835 1853
Warwick.
WENDELL.
*J. Kilburn,
-
Harvard, -
1777 1783
-
1816, 61. 1852, 65.
*H. Wilbur, - - -
J. Duncklee, - -
Dartmouth,
-
- .1817 1822
- 1817 1823 1830| Greenfield, N. H.
-
Brown,
- 1809 1816 1822
E. Newton, -
-
Dartmouth,
1843 1848 1850
-
-
1759 1760
*S. Reed,
-
Yale,-
1777 1779
1829 1835 1837
J. C. Thompson, -
Amherst,
-
-
1851
G. F. Bronson,
1737 1742 1778
J. Taylor,
-
66
1812 1832
433
OF FRANKLIN COUNTY.
TABLE No. IV-Continued.
Names.
College.
Grad.
Sett.
Dis.
Present Residence, or Death and Age.
W. Claggett, -
-
Dartmouth,
-
1826 1830 1837
S. Bennett,
-
Middlebury,
- 1815 1838 1844
W. Hartford, Vt. Sherman Centre,
N. S. Dickinson,
-
Amherst, -
-
1841 1847
1852
Chatham. [N. Y.
WHATELY.
*R. Wells,
-
Harvard,
1764 1771
1834, 92.
L. P. Bates, -
-
-
1818 1822 1832
Detroit, Mich.
J. Ferguson, -
1836 1840
Whately.
J. H. Temple,
1845
1852
Framingham.
C. N. Seymour,
-
-
1841 1853
-
Whately.
J. S. Judd,
-
-
Williams,
-
1839,1843
-
TABLE No. V.
This Table shows from what Towns in Franklin County Orthodox Congrega- tional Preachers originated ; the date of their birth ; the College at which they graduated and the year of their graduation, if they are graduates ; and their present residence, if living ; and if deceased, the year of their death and their age.
Names.
Birth.
College.
Grad.
Present Residence, or Death and Age.
ASHFIELD.
R. B. Bement,
1808
Bedford, O.
W. Bement,
-
1806
Dartmouth, -
1828
Elmira, N. Y.
J. Cross,
-
1797
Wheaton, Ill.
A. Dyer,
1798
West Hawley.
A. Lilley,
1797
Williams,
1824
Pewaukie, Wis.
*E. Paine,
1797
Amherst,
1823
1836, 39.
J. C. Paine,
1806
Amherst,
1827
Holden.
M. Parker,
1815
1838
Weyauwega, Wis.
S. Parker,
-
1779
Williams, Amherst, Williams,
1804
1811, 33.
*O. M. Sears,
1818
1842
1853, 35.
*P. Smith,
1759
Brown,
-
1786
1834, 75.
P. Taylor,
1793
Sheldon, Vt.
M. E. White, -
1803
Dartmouth, - Williams,
-
1838
Bloomfield, Ct.
BERNARDSTON.
*S. C. Allen, -
-
1772(?)
Dartmouth, -
1794
1842, 70.
*E. Wollage,
- 1769(?)
-
1791
1847, 78.
-
Gardner.
W. P. Paine, -
1802
1806
Ithaca, N. Y.
C. S. Porter, -
1803
1827
Boston.
*F. Sears,
1779
1828
Northampton.
F. Williams, -
1814
55
-
-
Trinity,
Williams,
434
CHURCHES AND MINISTERS
TABLE No. V-Continued.
Names.
Birth.
College
Grad.
Present Residence, or Death and Age.
BUCKLAND.
*J. Edson,
1773
Dartmouth, - Amherst, - Williams, - 16
1834
Chicago, Ill.
L. R. Phillips,
-
1818
1844
Umbazi, Africa.
L. Taylor,
1813
Middlebury,
1839
Francestown, N. H.
CHARLEMONT.
J. Ballard,
-
1805
Williams,
1827
Grand Rapids, Mich.
R. Hawks,
1788
-
1811
South Hadley.
T. M. Hawks,
1821
66
-
1844
New York City.
L. Leonard, -
1812
-
1
-
1837
Troy, O.
COLERAINE.
O. Johnson,
1801
Williams, -
1829
Beaver Dam, Wis.
A. G. Loomis,
1820
1844
Bethlehem, Conn.
E. Loomis, -
1823
1847
Bedford.
L. Lyons,
1807
Union,
1827
Waimea, Sand'ch Isl.
*Luke Lyons,
1791
-
-
1845, 53.
J. McGee,
1789
Williams,
1814
Greenfield, N. H.
*W. Riddel, -
1768
Dartmouth,
1793
1849, 82.
*H. Wallis,
1767
1791
1848, 81.
CONWAY.
*J. Baker, -
1763
1833, 65.
*E. Billings, -
1749
Yale,
1772
1825, 76.
R. S. Billings,
1819
Amherst,
1847
Andover.
*A. B. Clary, -
1801
1833, 38.
D. Clary,
1798
Beloit, Wis.
*S. Clary,
1782
1770
New Bremen, N. Y.
H. G. O. Dwight,
1803
Hamilton,
1825
Constantinople, Ty.
*S. M. Emerson,
1785
Williams,
1810
1841, 55.
S. Fisher,
1777
1799
Orange, N. J.
*W. Fisher,
1775
1805
1840, 65.
J. A. Nash,
1798
Amherst,
1824
Amherst.
E. W. Root,
1820
Yale, -
1844
Williamsburg.
J. K. Ware, -
1793
Amherst,
1824
Canandaigua, N. Y.
S. Ware,
1781
Williams,
1808
S. Deerfield.
W. Ware,
1784
Clear Creek, N. Y.
DEERFIELD.
H. P. Arms, -
1799
Yale, -
-
1824
Norwich, Ct.
S. R. Arms,
1789
Williams,
-
-
1756
1811, 79.
*Z. Clapp,
1796
Dartmouth, -
1821
1837, 41.
O. Cooley,
-
1801
Union,
-
1827
Chesterfield, Ill.
-
-
-
-
-
-
1794
1805, 32.
W. A. Nichols,
1800
1806
1836
Sharon.
D. Rood.
Moscow, N. Y.
D. Rice,
1816
Amherst,
Springfield, Vt.
*J. Bordwell, -
1732
Yale, -
1818
1831, 49.
D. Dickinson,
435
OF FRANKLIN COUNTY.
TABLE No. V-Continued.
Names.
Birth.
College.
Grad.
Present Residence, or Death and Age.
J. Hawks, Jr.,
-
1823
Amherst,
1847
Newport, Ind.
*E. Hindsdale,
-
1706
Harvard,
1727
1763, 67.
E. Hitchcock,
1793
Amherst.
A. Johnson,
1802
Union, Amherst,
1834
Wellington, O.
*R. Wells, -
1743
Harvard,
1764
1834, 92.
*E. Williams,
1688
1708
1742, 55.
*S. Williams, -
1693
1713
1782, 90.
*W. Williams,
1699
66
1719
1751, 62.
*E. Wright, -
1815
Yale, -
1840
1852, 37.
ERVING.
GILL.
W. M. Richards, -
1805
Williams, Yale, -
-
Waukegan, Ill. Boston. Lowell, Vt.
GREENFIELD.
*E. Billings, Jr.,
1750
Harvard,
1775
1806, 56.
C. C. Corse,
-
1803
Amherst,
1830
East Smithfield, Penn. Washington, N. H.
C. P. Russell,
1801
1819
New York Un.
1839
New Brunswick, N. J.
HAWLEY.
O. W. Cooley,
1816
1841
Granville, Ill.
*M. L. Farnsworth,
1799
Williams, Union,
1825
1838, 40.
P. Field,
1794
Amherst,
1822
North Pitcher, N. Y.
T. A. Hall,
1813
Williams,
1838
Lee.
U. Hitchcock,
-
1782
1806
Ware.
J. King,
1792
Athens, Greece.
F. Lilley, Jr., -
-
1812
1838
Hume, N. Y.
*A. Longley, -
-
1809
1851, 41.
M. M. Longley,
1815
Oberlin,
1842
Chatham Centre, O.
I. Oakes,
1795
Williams,
1823
Oakland, N. Y.
A. C. Page, -
1806
Amherst,
1829
Holland.
*O. A. Taylor,
1801
Union,
1825
1851, 50.
R. Taylor, -
-
1811
Amherst,
-
1837
Manchester.
T. A. Taylor,
1809
1772
Williams,
1799
1842, 71.
HEATH.
S. T. Allen,
1809
Amherst,
-
1833
New York City.
J. Leavitt,
-
1794
Yale, -
- 1814
L. Smith,
-
-
1802
Williams,
-
1829
Honolulu, Sand. Isl.
-
-
J. F. Griswold, -
1795
Yale, -
-
1821
D. C.
S. M. Woodbridge, -
1832
S. H. Riddel,
1800
1823
J. Wellman, -
1793
-
Peru, Ind.
*A. Sanderson,
1808
-
-
-
-
1835
Slatersville, R. I.
*T. H. Wood,
1817
1843
Wenham.
J. Taylor,
-
-
1816
1827
436
CHURCHES AND MINISTERS
TABLE No. V-Continued.
Names.
Birth.
College.
Grad.
Present Residence, or Death and Age.
D. H. Thayer,
-
1825
Union,
-
1849
J. C. Thompson,
1804
Amherst,
1829
Nunda, N. Y. Holyoke.
LEVERETT.
L. A. Field, -
1821
Amherst,
-
1846
Marlboro'.
*L. Field,
1780
1799
1820. 40.
W. S. Smith,
1821
Williams, Amherst,
-
1848
New York City.
*A. Williams,
1782
Dartmouth, -
1804
1816, 34.
LEYDEN.
MONROE.
MONTAGUE.
L. R. Eastman,
1809
1833
Berkley. 1851, 36.
*W. Gunn, -
1815
Amherst, Union, Amherst,
-
-
1824
Lodi, Mich.
NEW SALEM.
J. L. Armes, -
1811
Amherst,
1836
Mason, N. H.
C. Clark,
1790
Middlebury,
1814
Truxton, N. Y.
J. Taylor, -
1781
Brown,
1809
Northbridge.
NORTHFIELD.
*C. Alexander,
1755
Yale, -
1777
1828, 72.
*J. R. Field, -
1795
Dartmouth, -
1822
1828, 33.
*L. Field,
1796
-
1821
1839, 42.
T. P. Field,
1814
Williams, Amherst,
1834
Amherst.
F. Janes,
1808
New York City.
ORANGE.
ROWE.
*J. W. Clary,
-
1786
Middlebury, Williams, Brown,
-
-
1812
Deerfield.
S. W. Streeter,
1810
Henrietta, N. Y.
SHELBURNE.
A. Chandler,
1782
Burlington, -
1807
Greenfield.
R. Childs,
1819
Gilmanton, N. H.
D. T. Fisk,
1819
Amherst,
-
1842
Newburyport,
*E. Fisk,
-
1785
Williams,
1809
1833, 49.
*P. Fisk, -
1792
Middlebury, Amherst, -
1848
Amherst College.
*R. Hubbard, Jr.,
- 1782
Williams, -
1803
1840, 57.
G. Lyman,
1802
Amherst,
-
1827
Marlboro', N. II.
-
-
-
-
1808 1805
1835, 48.
N. Cressey, -
1777
Portland, Me.
P. Smith, Jr., -
-
1789
1814
1825, 33.
S. Fisk,
1828
-
1840
J. Marsh, -
1796
437
OF FRANKLIN COUNTY.
TABLE No. V-Continued.
Names.
Birth.
College.
Grad.
Present Residence, or Death and Age.
T. Packard, Jr., *L. Pratt,
-
1802 1799
Amherst, 66
1823 1826
Shelburne. 1837, 38.
SHUTESBURY.
D. Ball, - -
1796
Union,
1828
Canton, China. 1844, 63.
S. W. Leonard,
-
1802
Williams,
1827
West Monroe, N. Y.
SUNDERLAND.
*E. Billings, -
Harvard,
1731
1760. (?)
E. F. Cooley, -
1781
Nassau Hall,
1806
Trenton, N. J.
J. Field,
1772
Dartmouth, -
1792
Charlemont.
A. Graves,
1815
Heath.
*H. N. Graves,
1806
Yale, -
1826
1852, 46.
A. O. Hubbard,
1800
1824
Barnet, Vt.
*J. Hubbard, -
1702
66
1724
1765, 62.
*O. G. Hubbard,
1805
1829
1852, 47.
R. B. Hubbard,
1803
Amherst, Union,
1829
Sunderland.
WARWICK.
J. Fisk, -
1770
Dartmouth, -
1791
New Braintree.
*M. Fisk,
1759
1786
1842, 83.
N. Gould,
1798
Amherst,
1825
Northville, Ill.
J. L. Hatch,
1825
1849
Gloucester.
F. Leonard, -
1817
Knox, -
1846
Lyonsville, Ill.
S. L. Pomroy,
1799
Brown,
1820
Boston.
L. Wheaton, -
1817
Amherst,
1845
West Gloucester.
WENDELL.
W. H. Beaman,
1813
Amherst, Williams,
-
1813
North Hadley. 1822, 30.
WHATELY.
*P. Belden, -
-
1811
Amherst,
1833
1849, 38.
*P. Chapin, -
-
1783
Middlebury,
1808
1839, 56.
L. W. Chapman,
1820
-
Monroetown, Penn.
*A. Sanderson,
-
1808
Williams, Amherst,
-
1802
1817, 37.
R. P. Wells, -
-
1818
-
1842
Jonesborough, Tenn.
-
-
*O. Hill,
-
1781
-
-
1837
*J. Sawyer, -
1792
-
-
-
-
HISTORY OF FRANKLIN ASSOCIATION,
FRANKLIN COUNTY, MASS.
THE Orthodox Congregational Ministers in the several towns which now constitute Franklin County, formerly belonged to the Hampshire Ministerial Association. August 2, 1803, the Northern Association of Hampshire County set off, at their request, eight members of their body, to be called the North Western Association of Hampshire County. The following is a list of those eight members, viz., John Emerson of Conway, Joseph Field of Charlemont, Jonathan Grout of Hawley, Theophilus Packard of Shelburne, Nehemiah Porter of Ashfield, Preserved Smith of Rowe, Josiah Spaulding of Buckland, and John Taylor of Deerfield. The first meeting of this new body was held in Rowe, Sept. 20, 1803, and the following members were present, viz., Messrs. Field, Grout, Packard, Smith and Spaulding ; also Rev. Jesse Edson of Halifax, Vt., became a member at this meeting. The Constitution of the Association was adopted at Shelburne, April 10, 1805. In 1813, after the county of Franklin was organized, the title of " Franklin Association " was adopted.
Two members of the Association, viz., Revs. Joseph Field and Preserved Smith, became Unitarians, and their connection with the Association was discontinued.
Two licentiates of the Association also became Unitarians, viz., Rev. Samuel Clarke, who died at Burlington, Vt., in 1827, and Rev. Preserved Smith now of Deerfield.
The following is a list of the eight ministers whom the Association has ordained as Evangelists :-
Rev. Stalham Clary, ordained at Shelburne in 1823.
John F. Griswold,
1825.
66 Hiram Smith,
1830.
Alvah C. Page,
Charlemont, 1831.
.
Anson Dyer, Hawley West, 1831.
Lowel Smith, Heath, 1832.
" John Eastman, 66 Charlemont, 1834.
Pomroy Belden,
Warwick, 1837.
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HISTORY OF FRANKLIN ASSOCIATION.
In 1834, the Association, after a long examination of certain charges preferred against Rev. Anson Dyer, for unministerial conduct, withdrew their fellowship from him as a minister of the gospel.
Some of the principal regulations by which this body is governed are subjoined. Their meetings are held on the first Tuesdays of February, May, August and November, at 2 o'clock, P. M., and are continued till noon the following day. A public meeting is held and a discourse preached by one of the body. Their exercises among themselves consist of prayers, written performances, and discussions of subjects. The Assembly's Shorter Catechism has been adopted as a brief summary of their theological views and the basis of their union.
Ninety-three members have belonged to this Association. In the follow- ing catalogue, brief sketches are given of those who have not already been noticed in this work, as pastors of churches, or as originating from the county :-
MEMBERS OF FRANKLIN ASSOCIATION.
1 .* Rev. John Emerson joined in 1803, and died in 1823. See the ac- count of Conway pastors.
2. Rev. Joseph Field joined in 1803, and his membership was discontinued in 1823 by a vote of the Association. See the account of Charlemont pas- tors.
3 .* Rev. Jesse Edson joined in 1803, and died in 1805. See the account of ministers originating from Buckland.
4 .* Rev. Jonathan Grout joined in 1803, and died in 1835. See the ac- count of Hawley pastors.
5. Rev. Theophilus Packard, D. D., joined in 1803, and is still a member. See the account of Shelburne pastors.
6 .* Rev. Preserved Smith joined in 1803, and withdrew in 1821. See the account of Rowe pastors.
7 .* Rev. Josiah Spaulding joined in 1803, and died in 1823. See the account of Buckland pastors.
8 .* Rev. John Taylor joined in 1803, and was dismissed in 1806. See the account of Deerfield pastors.
9 .* Rev. Roger Newton, D. D., joined in 1804, and died in 1816. See the account of Greenfield pastors.
10 .* Rev. Nehemiah Porter joined in 1804, and died in 1820. See the account of Ashfield pastors.
11 .* Rev. Samuel Taggart joined in 1804, and died in 1825. See the account of Coleraine pastors.
12 .* Rev. Amasa Cooke joined in 1805, and died in 1816. See the ac- count of Bernardston pastors.
13. Rev. Moses Miller joined in 1805, and was dismissed in 1846. See the account of Heath pastors.
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HISTORY OF FRANKLIN ASSOCIATION.
14. Rev. Josiah W. Canning joined in 1806, and was dismissed in 1827. See the account of Gill pastors.
15 .* Rev. Thomas H. Wood joined in 1807, and died in 1842. See the account of ministers originating from Hawley.
16 .* Rev. Alvan Sanderson joined in 1808, and died in 1817. See the account of Ashfield pastors.
17. Rev. Thomas Shepard joined in 1819, and was dismissed in 1833. See the account of Ashfield pastors.
18. Rev. Sylvester Woodbridge joined in 1821, and was dismissed in 1823. See the account of Greenfield pastors.
19 .* Rev. Charles Jenkins joined in 1822, and was dismissed in 1824. See the account of Greenfield pastors.
20. Rev. Edward Hitchcock, D. D., LL.D., joined in 1822, and was dis- missed in 1825. See the account of Conway pastors.
21. Rev. Benjamin F. Clarke joined in 1824, was dismissed in 1840, re- joined in 1843, and is still a member. See the account of Buckland pastors.
22 .* Rev. Wales Tileston joined in 1825, and was dismissed in 1837. See the account of Charlemont pastors.
23. Rev. William C. Fowler joined in 1826, and was dismissed in 1828. See the account of Greenfield pastors.
24. Rev. Eli Moody joined in 1827, and was dismissed in 1831, re- joined in 1847, and was dismissed in 1853. See the account of Northfield pastors.
25 .* Rev. Daniel Crosby joined in 1827, and was dismissed in 1833. See the account of Conway pastors.
26. Rev. Theophilus Packard, Jr., joined in 1828, and is still a member. See the account of Shelburne pastors.
27. Rev. Moses B. Bradford joined in 1829, and was dismissed in 1833. See the account of Montague pastors.
28. Rev. Caleb S. Henry, D. D., joined in 1829, and was dismissed in 1832. See the account of Greenfield pastors.
29. Rev. Aretas Loomis joined in 1829, and was dismissed in 1836. See the account of Coleraine pastors.
30. Rev. James Sandford joined in 1830, and was dismissed in 1832. See the account of Gill pastors.
31. Rev. William Claggett joined in 1831, and was dismissed in 1837. See the account of Wendell pastors.
32. Rev. Bancroft Fowler joined in 1832, and was dismissed in 1839. See the account of Northfield pastors.
33. Rev. Anson Dyer joined in 1832, and was excluded in 1834. See the account of ministers from Ashfield.
34. Rev. Amariah Chandler, D. D., joined in 1833, and is still a member. See the account of Greenfield pastors.
441
HISTORY OF FRANKLIN ASSOCIATION.
35. Rev. Mason Grovesnor joined in 1833, and was dismissed in 1835. See the account of Ashfield pastors.
36. Rev. Eliphalet Strong, Jr., joined in 1833, and was dismissed in 1835. Mr. Strong was born in Stafford, Ct., March 4, 1799; graduated at Amherst in 1828; studied theology with Rev. Nathan Perkins of East Amherst ; was licensed in June, 1830; preached at Warwick and New Salem; was a settled pastor about three years at Hinsdale, N. H .; then preached in Tol- land and Southwick; then, on account of the failure of health, relinquished preaching ; in 1836 removed to Milton, Ill., and engaged in agriculture, where he still remains. Mr. Strong, in a letter to the author in 1853, pro- fesses to have become a Swedenborgian.
37. Rev. Thomas Bellows joined in 1834, and was dismissed in 1834. See the account of Greenfield pastors.
38. Rev. Henry B. Holmes joined in 1834, and was dismissed in 1836. See the account of Sunderland pastors.
39. Rev. Tyler Thacher joined in 1834, and was dismissed in 1844. See the account of Hawley pastors.
40. Rev. Melancthon G. Wheeler joined in 1834, and was dismissed in 1842. See the account of Conway pastors.
41 .* Rev. Benjamin Holmes joined in 1835, and was dismissed in 1839. See the account of Montague pastors.
42. Rev. John C. Thompson joined in 1835, and was dismissed in 1837. See the account of Rowe pastors.
43. Rev. Erastus Curtis joined in 1836, and was dismissed in 1843. See the account of New Salem pastors.
44. Rev. Burr Baldwin joined in 1836, and was dismissed in 1838. See the account of Ashfield pastors.
45. Rev. William M. Richards joined in 1836, and was dismissed in 1843. See the account of Deerfield pastors.
46. Rev. Roger C. Hatch joined in 1836, and is still a member. See the account of Warwick pastors.
47 .* Rev. Solomon B. Ingram joined in 1837, and died in 1840. See the account of Sunderland pastors.
48. Rev. Horatio Flagg joined in 1837, and ceased to be a member in 1851. See the account of Coleraine pastors.
49 .* Rev. Pomroy Belden joined in 1837, and was dismissed in 1843. See the account of ministers from Whately.
50. Rev. Horatio J. Lombard joined in 1837, and was dismissed in 1841. See the account of Northfield pastors.
51 .* Rev. Samuel Washburn joined in 1837, and was dismissed in 1841. See the account of Greenfield pastors.
52. Rev. Stephen T. Allen joined in 1838, and was dismissed in 1839. See the account of Charlemont pastors.
56
442
HISTORY OF FRANKLIN ASSOCIATION.
53. Rev. Andrew Govan joined in 1839, and was dismissed in 1842. See the account of Rowe pastors.
54. Rev. Calvin Butler joined in 1839, and was dismissed in 1841. See the account of Heath pastors.
55. Rev. Martyn Cushman joined in 1839, and was dismissed in 1840. Mr. Cushman was born in Kingston, Oct. 8, 1800; never graduated at any college ; studied theology with Rev. Alvan Cobb of Taunton ; was licensed by Taunton Association ; preached in Dennis and Hanover and West Haw- ley ; ordained as pastor in Acton, Me., April 9, 1833, and was dismissed from there in October, 1836 ; preached in Shutesbury about seven years from 1836; then, on account of the failure of his voice, relinquished public speaking, and engaged in agricultural pursuits for ten years in Amherst, and now resides in Taunton.
56. Rev. Salmon Bennett joined in 1839, and ceased to be a member in 1849. See the account of Wendell pastors.
57. Rev. Preston Cummings joined in 1840, and ceased to be a member in 1851. See the account of Buckland pastors.
58. Rev. Frederick Janes joined in 1840, and was dismissed in 1843. See the account of Bernardston pastors.
59. Rev. Warren Allen joined in 1840, and was dismissed in 1841. Mr. Allen was born at Fort Ann, N. Y., March 21, 1799; never graduated at any college; studied theology with Rev. Ichabod Hart; was licensed in 1834; was ordained as an Evangelist in New York State, July 8, 1835; preached in various places in New York, and in Erving and Irvingsville a short time in 1840-1 ; never was settled as a pastor; became a Methodist in 1845; has preached more or less in the Methodist connexion; and now resides in Oswego, N. Y.
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