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October, 1758. Nathan Williams, son of Rev. Ste- phen W., of Longmeadow, graduated at Yale in 1755, was ordained at Tolland, Ct., April 30, 1760, received the degree of D.D. from Princeton College, and died April 15, 1829, aged 94 years.
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August, 1759. Ebenezer Guernsey. He was not a graduate of any college.
July, 1767. Daniel Brewer, grandson of Rev. Da- niel Brewer of Springfield, graduated at Yale in 1765, became a Sandemanian. When and where he died is not known.'
January, 1769. Aaron Church, of Springfield, gra- duated at Yale in 1765, was ordained at Hartland, Ct., October 20, 1773, dismissed in 1814, and died in 1823, aged 77 years.
January, 1771. John Keep, of Longmeadow, gradu- ated at Yale in 1769, was ordained at Sheffield in 1772, and died in 1785, aged 36 years.
July, 1772. Abner Smith, of Springfield, graduated at Harvard in 1770 ; was pastor of the Church at Great Hill, in Derby, Ct., from 1786 to 1824.
April, 1773. John Ballantine, son of Rev. John B., of Westfield, graduated at Harvard in 1768; was never settled and never married; died in the house in which he was born, in 1832, aged 83 years.
January, 1786. John Taylor, of Westfield, gradu- ated at Yale in 1784 ; settled at Deerfield in 1787; was dismissed on account of a loss of his voice ; engaged in secular business ; preached occasion- ally in the latter part of his life, and died at Bruce, Mn., December 26, 1840, aged 78 years.
July, 1788. Publius V. Booge, of Farmington, Ct.,
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graduated at Yale in 1787, was settled at Win- chester, Ct., again in Vermont, and died in west- ern N. Y., August, 1836, aged 72.
Enos Bliss, of Longmeadow, graduated at Yale in 1787.
April, 1791. Ebenezer Gay, son of Dr. Gay of Suffield, Ct., graduated at Yale in 1787, suc- ceeded his father, and died in February, 1837, aged 71 years.
October, 1792. Heman Ball, of West Springfield, graduated at Dartmouth in 1791, was ordained at Rutland, Vt., in 1797, received the degree of D.D. from Union College, and died in 1821, aged 57 years.
William Nash graduated at Yale in 1791, and died in 1829.
June, 1795. Jesse Appleton, of New Ipswich, N. H., graduated at Dartmouth in 1792, was settled at Hampton, N. H .; was president of Bowdoin College from 1807 to his death, which occurred November 12, 1819, aged 47 years. He received the degree of D.D. from Dartmouth and Harvard. October, 1796. Stephen Thacher graduated at Yale in 1795 ; was never ordained.
June, 1797. Benjamin R. Woodbridge, of South Hadley, graduated at Dartmouth in 1795, settled at Norwich from 1799 to 1831, and removed to
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South Hadley, where he died about 1841. He was never married.
February, 1801. Abijah Biscoe graduated at Dart- mouth in 1798, and was never settled.
June, 1801. Festus Foster graduated at Williams' College in 1800, was pastor of the Church in in Petersham from 1802 to 1817, became a Uni- tarian, removed to Brimfield, and resided on a farm till he died, in 1846, aged 69 years.
June, 1804. Truman Baldwin graduated at Yale in 1802, was a native of Granville. He studied theology with Dr. Emmons, and is preaching in western New York.
October, 1804. Thaddeus Osgood graduated at Dartmouth in 1803-the Canadian missionary ; he was ordained as an Evangelist at Wilbraham, in 1808, and died recently.
Ephraim P. Bradford graduated at Harvard in 1803. February, 1805. Roger Adams, of Simsbury, was once an infidel; was converted in the great revi- val in 1799, was deacon of the Church in West Granville, preached at Otis with good success, and removed to western New York.
October, 1805. Sylvester Burt, of Southampton, graduated at Williams' College in 1804, was pas- tor at Warren from 1806 to 1811; at South New Marlborough from 1813 to 1822, and at Great
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Barrington from 1823 till his death, in 1836, aged 54 years.
Aaron Gates, of Hartland, Ct., graduated at Wil- liams' College in 1804 ; was pastor at Montague, then at South Amherst, and last at Hartland, Ct., where he died in 1850, aged 69 years.
Isaac Garvin graduated at Dartmouth in 1803. February, 1806. Alfred Ely. (See Monson.)
William Richey graduated at Dartmouth in 1804; has been settled at Canton and Needham.
Jesse Fisher graduated at Harvard in 1803, and was ordained at Scotland Society, in Windham, Ct., in 1811, where he died, September 29, 1836, aged 59 years.
June, 1806. James Taylor, of Westfield, graduated at Williams' College in 1804, was ordained at Sunderland in 1807; died in 1831, aged 48 years. October, 1806. Newton Skinner graduated at Yale in 1804; settled at Berlin, Ct., and died in 1825, aged 42.
Saul Clark. (See Chester.)
Nehemiah B. Beardsley, of Somers, Ct., graduated at Yale in 1805 ; is now residing at Somers.
February, 1807. Enoch Burt. (See Holland.) October, 1812. Harvey Coe, of Granville, graduat- ed at Williams' College in 1811; has been for many years an agent of A. B. C. for foreign mis- sions, and now resides at Hudson, Ohio.
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February, 1813. Elisha B. Cooke, of Otis, pastor at Manchester, Ct., was drowned in 1823, aged 34. He graduated at Williams' College in 1811. October, 1814. Joseph Knight, of Monson, gradu- ated at Brown University in 1813; ordained at Stafford, Ct., in 1816, in Granby in 1830, and in Peru, where he now resides, in 1836.
Joy H. Fairchild, of Guilford, Ct., graduated at Yale in 1813, ordained at East Hartford in 1816, and is now pastor of a Church in South Boston. October, 1815. Elam C. Clark graduated at Wil- liams' College in 1812 ; was pastor of a Church in Providence one year ; wrote and committed his sermons. He died at Suffield, Ct., in 1837, aged 48 years.
February, 1816. Augustus B. Collins, of Guilford, Ct., received an honorary degree of A.M. from Williams' College ; has been pastor at Andover, Preston, and Stafford, Ct., and resides now at Norwalk, Ct., supplying vacant churches tempo- rarily.
June, 1816. David L. Hunn, of Longmeadow, gra- duated at Yale in 1813, was settled at Sandwich from 1818 to 1830, and is now residing in Roches- ter, N. Y.
Horatio J. Lombard. (See Feeding Hills.)
October, 1816. Roger C. Hatch, of Granville, gra- duated at Yale in 1815 ; has recently been dis-
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missed from Warwick, where he has been pastor. for many years.
Ephraim Chapin graduated at Williams' College in 1814.
Edward W. Rossiter graduated at Williams' College in 1815, and died in 1821, aged 27 years.
June, 1817. Parsons O. Hayes graduated at Wil- liams' College in 1816 ; died in 1839, aged 51 years. October, 1817. Eli Moody, not a graduate, was minister at Granby several years, resigned in con- sequence of ill-health, and resides on a farm in Montague.
Theodore Clapp, of East Hampton, graduated at Yale in 1814, and preaches in New Orleans.
June, 1819. Joseph Bracket, Jr., graduated at Williams' College in 1815; was born in Peter- borough, N. H .; settled in N. Y., and died in 1832, aged 41 years.
October, 1819. Noah A. Saxton, of South Wilbra- ham, graduated at Union in 1818, was editor of the New York Evangelist for a time, died June 19, 1834, aged 36.
June, 1820. Reuben S. Hazen. (See Feeding Hills.)
Philetus Clark, of Southampton, graduated at Mid- dlebury in 1818, has been pastor in Windsor, and is now at the West.
February, 1821. Harvey Smith. (See Feeding Hills.)
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February, 1822. Jonathan L. Hale was born in Goshen, Ct .; graduated at Middlebury in 1819, settled in Compton, N. H., then in Windham, Me., and died in 1835, aged 43 years.
June, 1823. John C. Morgan, of West Springfield, graduated at Williams' College in 1820, and is preaching in Ira, N. Y.
February, 1814. Parsons Cook, of Hadley, gradu- ated at Williams' College in 1822; settled at Ware, and is now in Lynn. He received the de- gree of D.D. from Lafayette and Williams' Col- leges.
June, 1826. Warren Isham, of South Wilbraham,
has been editor of a paper in Michigan.
June, 1827. Gordon Hayes, of Granby, Ct., gra- duated at Yale in 1823, and settled in Washing- ton, Ct.
Amasa A. Hayes, of Granby, Ct., graduated at Yale in 1824, settled at Londonderry, N. H., and died October, 1830, aged 32 years.
February, 1828. Giles Pease, of Somers, Ct., not a graduate, settled at Lowell, and is now at Sand- wich.
June, 1830. Eliphalet Strong, Jr., of Somers, Ct., graduated at Amherst in 1828, and settled at Hood, N. H.
October, 1831. William Bement, of Ashfield, gra- duated at Dartmouth in 1828; settled first at Easthampton, and is now at Elmira, N. Y.
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June, 1833. Justin Perkins, of West Springfield, graduated at Amherst in 1829, is a missionary to the Nestorians in Persia. He received the degree of D.D. from Amherst.
June, 1837. William Allen, of Princeton, settled at Quincy in 1841, and is now residing in Lowell. February, 1838. Noah Bishop graduated at Yale in 1833, and settled in Ohio.
October, 1838. Philo Canfield graduated at Wil- liams' College in 1836, and is pastor in Wilton, Ct.
George Langdon, of Hartford, is a missionary at the West.
G. W. Underwood, settled at Charlton for a time ; his health failed, and he is now engaged in secu- lar business in Michigan.
John Wood graduated at Amherst in 1836.
October, 1838. Edmund Wright, not a graduate ; a student from East Windsor.
February, 1839. Chauncey D. Rice, of Ludlow, two years a student at Yale, pastor at Granby, Ct., and then at East Douglass ; dismissed on account of ill-health, and now resides in Worces- ter.
June, 1839. Alexander Montgomery, of Westfield, N. Y., graduated at Amherst in 1837, and is now an agent of the American Tract Society, and re- sides at Chicago.
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Henry G. Van Lennepp, of Smyrna, Asia Minor, gra- duated at Amherst in 1837, and is a missionary at Constantinople.
June, 1840. William W. Woodworth, of Durham, Ct., graduated at Yale in 1838, was settled first at Berlin, Ct., and is now at Waterbury, Ct. June, 1840. Anson McCloud graduated at Yale in 1838, and is pastor of the Church in Topsfield. June, 1842. Daniel T. Bagg graduated at Union ; was pastor of a Church in New York; died at West Springfield, his native place.
August, 1842. Perkins K. Clarke, of Westfield, graduated at Yale in 1838, and is pastor of the Church in Hinsdale.
February, 1843. Jeremiah W. Tuck. (See Lud- low.)
August, 1843. Henry Cooley. (See Southwick.)
February, 1844. John Lawrence, not a graduate, has been a teacher several years, and is now pas- tor at Carlisle.
LICENSED BY HAMPDEN WEST
June, 1848. Isaac De Voe, of Troy, graduated at Union, had been a Methodist preacher, and is now at North East, N. Y.
LICENSED BY HAMPDEN EAST.
May 6, 1845. Otis Lombard. Native of Spring-
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field ; graduated at Amherst in 1834; settled in New Marlboro south parish in 1849.
June 4, 1846. Christopher Cushing. Native of Scituate ; graduated at Yale in 1844; settled over the Edwards Church, Boston, in 1849, and in North Brookfield as colleague with Rev. Tho- mas Snell, D.D., in 1851.
George A. Bryan, of Waterbury, Ct., graduated at Yale in 1843, and settled in Upper Middletown in 1849.
D. K. Turner, of Hartford, Ct., graduated at Yale in 1843, and settled in Pennsylvania.
Isaac G. Bliss, of Springfield, graduated at Amherst in 1844, and went on a mission to Erzeroom. S. V. Blakesley, of Clinton, Ohio. Settled in Ohio. August 4, 1846. A. A. Stephens, of Cheshire, Ct. Settled in Meriden, Ct., in 1848.
W. P. Dore, of Wilton, N. Y. Preaching in Rhode Island.
J. W. Tarlton, of Boston.
May 4, 1847. Charles Gibbs, of Ohio.
August 3, 1847.
William W. Baldwin, of West
Granville. He now resides in his native town.
Josiah Tyler, son of Rev. Dr. Tyler of East Windsor, graduated at Amherst in 1845, and is now a mis- sionary to the Zulus of Africa.
Charles L. Woodworth, of Monson, graduated at Amherst in 1845, and was settled in Amherst east parish in 1849.
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November 1, 1848. Charles G. Goddard, of Pe- tersham, Vt., graduated at Amherst in 1841, and settled in West Hartland, Ct., in 1850. James B. Thornton, of Saco, Me. Settled in Maine. Geo. F. Bronson, of Middlebury, Ct., settled at Shelburn Falls in 1851.
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SYSTEMATIC BENEVOLENCE.
THE first object of religious charity, to which the churches of Hampden county contributed systema- tically, was home missions. The Hampshire Co. Missionary Society was formed in 1802. This county, then being a part of Hampshire, contributed regularly to its funds. After the division of the county, the interest in the Hampshire society dimi- nished somewhat.
The Hampden County Home Missionary Society was organized in May, 1831, and the first public meeting was holden October 14, of that year, and annual meetings have been holden ever since in Oc- tober. The amount of money raised for this object in 1835 was $1,210; the amount raised in 1845 was $1,375, and in 1853, $2,044, exclusive of legacies.
This society looks first to the wants of the desti- tute churches in our own county, and then to the wants of the whole field occupied by the A. H. M. Society.
It is an interesting fact that fourteen churches of this county, which have received missionary aid, now sustain themselves ; and only four are depend- ent on the assistance of others.
A Bible Society was organized in 1814, the object
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of which was more particularly to supply the desti- tute in our own county. Committees were appointed in each town to ascertain how many families were destitute of the Bible, to raise money to purchase Bibles for them, and to get subscribers who would pay one dollar a year, and receive a Bible for every dollar they paid. The idea exists in the minds of many of the elderly people, to this day, that. they are entitled to as many Bibles annually as they give dollars. In that and the succeeding year the county was pretty carefully canvassed, and the destitute supplied. In 1817 the society seems to have be- come rather inefficient. They had supplied the people at home, and were then called to extend their charities to the destitute elsewhere. During this year $200 were paid over to the American Bible Society.
The county was explored again in 1825, and in 1845. The amount contributed to this society in 1853 was $949.
The Hampden County Education Society was organized in 1814. Considerable money was re- ceived between that and 1820, for scholarships, which has entered the permanent funds of the Ame- rican Society. The effect was to make the people feel that they are all life-members of the society, and have no farther duty to perform. The amount contributed to this object by all the churches in the county in 1853 was only $340.
There was no county organization for Foreign Missions till 1823; the first annual meeting of the county society was holden in 1824. Contributions were made to this cause as early as 1811, by some individuals, but comparatively little was done for several years. In 1814 there is said to have been a missionary society, which I think was an agreement on the part of ministers as an Association to diffuse
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information, and collect funds for this object. But the contributions were not very systematic. The amount contributed by the churches in the county in 1853 was $3,945.
The Hampden County Tract Society was organ- ized in 1837, and the first annual report presented in 1838. The receipts of that year were $431 ; the receipts in 1853 were $1,231.
A Seaman's Friend Society was organized in 1839. The contributions have been small, and only a part of the churches contribute regularly to this object. The amount given in 1853 was $217.
Besides these, the churches contribute more or less to all the causes of Christian benevolence.
An annual meeting is holden in the early part of October, each year, commencing at 4 o'clock, P.M. on one day, and closing at evening the next day. At this meeting addresses are made in favor of all the causes of benevolence for which contributions are made, and means used to awaken in our churches a deeper interest in doing good to all men, as they have opportunity.
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