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Aug.
2 . Miss Mary Rugg, 24. Consumption.
Mr Jonas Joslyn, 64. Dropsy. 5. A Son of James Arnold, 4 mo. Bowel complaint. 9. Mrs Ruth Sawyer, 93. Fever and Age. 16.
Sep. 7. Mr Sewall Carter (of Boston), 42. Consumption.
Oct. 2 . Mr Jeremiah Ballard, 86. Old age.
12. Mr George Harris (Died at Wrentham), 23. Typhus fever.
16. Nelson Spaulding, 14. Typhus fever.
22. Mr Daniel Harris, 80. Cholera Morbus.
Dec. 7. Capt. John Thurston, 84. Erysipelas.
31. Mr Emory Harris, 50. Premature Decay.
228
In 1838, 22-1078.
1839. Jan. 20. Mrs Rebecca Houghton, 70. Numb Palsy.
26. Major Jonathan Locke, 60. Numb Palsy.
Feb. I. Mr Farwell Eager, 49. Consumption. .
3. Miss Louisa Everett, 26. Consumption.
227
Mar.
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226
369
FIRST CHURCH, BOOK İI.
Feb.
7. Mrs Rebecca Goodwin, 61. Cancer.
8. A child of Felicia Ann Eastman, of Worcester, 15 mo. Lung fever.
9. Mrs Maria S. Wilder, 26. Consumption.
14. William, the Son of Mrs Bray. By the discharge of a Gun.
24. A Son of Phinehas B. Howe, 12. Lung fever.
Mar. 3. Mrs Elizabeth Gould, 84. Old age.
5. Mrs Peggy Davis, supposed 100. Old age.
6. Mrs Laura Phelps, 35. Dropsy.
I9. Mrs Mary Tyler, 36. Consumption.
May 8. Mr Joseph Phelps, 33. Consumption.
June I. A Daughter of Thomas Wellington, 5. Dropsy.
July 2. Levi Lewis Esq., 51. [Suicide.]
IO. Mrs Emily Pratt, 42. Consumption.
II. A Daughter of Cyrus Bliss of Granville, N. Y., 9 mo. Bowel complaint.
27. A Daughter of Joseph Maynard Jr., 2. Croup.
Aug. 4. William M. Marston (of Palermo, 16 & 10 mo. Consumption.
14. Mr Amos White, 43. In a Fit.
18. Charles S. Brown, 16 & 10 mo. (of Boston). Consumption.
25. Mr Abel Richardson, 56. Consumption.
26. A Son of Salmon Houghton, I & 9 mo. Dysentery.
Sep. 2. A Daughter of Reuben Barrett, 2 & Io mo. Dysentery.
6.
Mrs Prudence Dunsmoor, 87. General Decay.
II. Mrs Frances Houghton, 32. Dysentery.
23. Mr Aaron Jones, 72. Consumption.
25. Mr Jonathan Davis, 36. Typhus fever.
Oct. I. A Son of Amos H. Wyman, I. Dysentery.
2. A Son of Levi Pierce, 7. Disorder of the Head.
6. Mr Ebenezer Knowlton, 61. Consumption.
14. Mrs Phebe Atherton, 82. Dysentery.
26. Mrs Betsy Eager, 72. Decline.
Nov. 8. Miss Beulah Phelps, 86 & 9 mo. Old age.
21. A Son of Mrs Alethina Eager, 2. By a burn.
22. Mr John Willard, -. General Decay.
230 Dec. 25. Mr Baxter Wood, 48 Disease of Kidneys. In 1839, 38-1116.
1840. Jan. 14. Mrs Abigail Fairbank, 88. Old age.
25. Twins (Daughters) of James Stone, 18 Hrs.
Feb. Miss Mary Conquerette, 81. Old age.
7.
II. Josiah Flagg Esq., 79. Influenza.
22.
Mr William Gould, 56. Suddenly.
23. Mr Isaac Childs, 65. Lung fever.
20. Mrs Polly Farnsworth, 53. Lung fever.
Mar. 6. Miss Margaret Sweetser, 53. Consumption.
IO. A Son of Emeline Sawyer, 7 mo. Lung fever.
23. Mr Silas Thurston, 81. Old age.
May 3. An Infant of Levi Pierce, I. Scarlet fever.
14. Thomas Davis Esq., 87. Dropsy.
28. Mr Daniel Wilder, 60. Pleurisy.
June 23. Rev. Nathaniel Thayer, D. D., 71. Died at Rochester, N.Y., very suddenly, of spasms on the lungs.
Oct. I8. Mr Jonas Goss, 60. Disease of the liver. A child of Mr Americus Sawyer.
Nov. 3. Mrs Ann Matthews, 25. Consumption. In 1840, 18-1134.
337 REV. EDMUND H. SEARS'S RECORD OF DEATHS. 1840-1847.
1840. Dec. 29. Mrs Nancy Sawyer, 63. Cancer.
1841. Feb. 17. An infant child of James Stone. 18. A child of Mrs Williams, I year. 20. A daughter of Alfred Knight, 2 years- (throat distemper).
March 24. Miss Sally Ballard, 61-suddenly. Palpitation of the Heart.
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LANCASTER RECORDS.
Apl. 16. A child of Chs. A. Lyman, 18 months. Lung fever.
17. A child of Wilder S. Thurston, I year. Scrofula.
17. Mr Stephen Houghton, 76. Mortification.
May II. Capt. Daniel Goss, 69. Instantly in a fit.
16. A child of Oliver Green, 3 yrs. Scarlet fever.
June 5. Mr Daniel Lawrence, 52.
July 2. Miller, Son of J. W. Huntington, 3 years. Hooping Cough.
8. Horatio, son of J. W. Huntington, I year. Hooping cough and measles.
31. An infant child of Chas. L. Wilder, I month. Hooping cough.
338 Aug. 6. Mr John Carter 63. Consumption.
Aug. I3. Samuel B. Wilder, 15. Fits.
23. Capt. Joseph Wilder. Dropsy in the chest.
Sept. I. Caroline, dr. of Charles Bridge, of Lowell, 18 months; (died at Lowell of Cholera Infantum, buried here).
5. Mr Samuel Adams, 62. Typhus fever.
18. Mr John Laughton, 21. Consumption.
Oct. II. Mr Ebenezer W. Fuller, 72. Dysentery.
19. Mrs Ruth Miles, 62. Dropsy.
In 1840-1, 22.
1842. Jan. 5. Mr Jonathan Holman, 78.
Jan. 25. Mrs Mary Phelps.
Feb. 20. Charles W. Burditt, 6 months. Scarletina. Son of William Burditt.
27. Mrs Polly W. Carter, 27. Consumption.
March 26. Mrs Abigail Harris, 78. Pleurisy.
339 May 8. Miss Julia Chandler, 20. Consumption.
18. Mr Fabius Whiting, -. Paralysis.
I9. Mr Oliver Carter, 84. Old age.
June 2. Mrs Lucy Newman, 71. Dropsy.
19. Laurania S., daughter of Stevens [H.] Turner, 3,-lung fever.
July 13. Mr Henry Parker, about 50. Suicide.
14. Mrs Eliza Ann Wilson, 30. Consumption.
30. Mr Thomas P. Buttrick, 21. Drowned at Lincoln.
Aug. 9. Miss Mary Ann Laughton, 21. Consumption. Mr Ephraim Whitney, 63. Consumption.
30.
Mr Henry Thurston, 50. Paralysis.
29. Mr Cephas Carter, 52. Consumption. (Died at Boston.)
30. Mrs Ann Rice, 37. Debility.
Oct.
3. Miss Abby Sawyer, 18. Consumption.
II. An infant daughter of James Stone.
Nov. 8. George W., son of Mr Joel Wilder 2ª, 13. Typhus fever.
IO. Mr Amasa Willard, 70. Cancer.
15. Mr R. M. Bradley, -. Dropsy.
24. Mrs Mary M. Wilder, 39. Consumption.
Dec. 14. Miss Martha Townsend, 21. Consumption. In 1842, 24-46.
1843. Jan. 6. Mrs Relief Phelps, 83. Consumption.
28. Mrs Sarah Wilder, 86. Old age.
30. Mrs Hannah W. Upton, 80. Palsy.
31. Miss Ann Mitchell, 15. Bowel complaint.
Feb. 14. Mr Abel Rugg, 92. Old age.
March 3. Miss Cynthia Bigelow, 12. Consumption.
IO. George W., child of Chs. J, Wilder, 10 weeks. Smothered.
14. Mr Elisha Sanderson. 81. Dropsy.
16. Dea. Samuel F. White, 50. Consumption.
24. Mr John Goss, 73. Dropsy in chest.
28. Miss Eliza (Wilder) Harris, 22. Erysipelas.
May 12. Mrs Betsy S. Pitts, 29. Consumption. 23. Mr Josiah Billings, 58.
341
June 2. Mr Jacob Fisher Senr., 75. Paralysis.
5. Mrs Relief Houghton, 81.
12. William Newman, 5. Killed by a limb from a tree.
26. Mrs Susannah Carleton, 26. Consumption.
340
Sept. 6.
371
FIRST CHURCH, BOOK İİ.
July I2. Mrs Mary Wilder, 95. Old age.
John A., infant son of Luke Bigelow, 4 months. Dysentery.
26. Mrs Elizabeth Carter, 54. Consumption.
Aug. 20. Mrs Abigail Ballard, 75. Mortification.
Francis, son of Mr Volney Wilder of Boston, II months. Dys- entery.
23. Mr Amos Sawyer, 85. Dysentery.
25. Edward, son of Mr Volney Wilder, II months. Dysentery.
31. George Gerry, a child of Alfred Knight, 11/2 years.
Sept. 4. Mr Torrey Fitch, 48. Paralysis.
IO.
7. Lewis Hiram, child of Hiram W. Pitts, 5 months. Dysentery. Miss Hannah Larkin, 79. Dysentery.
18. Warren, son of Jeremiah Barnard, I year 8 mo. Dysentery.
Oct I. Charles William, son of Mr [Jesse] Gibbs, 3 months. Canker.
17. Miss Abigail E. Osgood, 17. Consumption.
17. John William, son of George Fitch, 31/2 years. Canker.
342 Nov.
2 . Mrs Katharine Rugg, 84. Old Age.
5. Mrs Dinah Merriam of Fitchburg, 77.
Dec. 25. Mrs Lucy Danforth, 50. Dropsy of the heart. In 1843, 35-SI.
1844. Jan. 8. Miss Louisa Sawyer, 16. Consumption.
14. Mr Asahel Harris, 50. Consumption.
14. Mrs Elizabeth Tidd, 88. Influenza.
Feb. I. Mrs Sarah Farnsworth, 69. Influenza.
2I. Mrs Sophia Wilder, 64. Influenza.
March 15. Walter Austin, son of Austin Davis, 5. Congestion of the brain.
April 7. Anna Maria Nourse, 3-suddenly-dr. of Warren Nourse.
21. Mrs Betsy Sawyer, 94. Old age.
24. Mr Davis Whitman, 82. Old age.
June 8. Mr Joseph Upton, 70. General infirmity.
May 24. Mrs Dorcas Fletcher, 75. Typhus fever.
July 12. Miss Hannah Whipple, 70. Dropsy.
28. Mr Abel White, -. Dropsy.
28. Mrs Martha Ann R. Carter.
Joel Thomas, son of Chas. J. Wilder, 312. Cholera Morbus.
18. At N. York City, Mr Enos Wilder of Mamaronack, buried in Lancaster-funeral Oct. 23ª, Æ. 39.
Nov. 4. Emily, daughter of Thomas Davis, 21/2 years.
Mrs Lydia Bailey, 77. Typhus fever.
28. Mrs Sally Lyons, 69.
25. Drowned at Lowell, George W., son of Chas. Bridge, funeral at Lancaster, Dec. 27th. In 1844, 18-99.
1845, Jan. 25. Mrs Annis Andrews, 81. Dropsy in the chest.
28. Mrs Sarah E. Goss, 24. Disease of the heart.
29. Charlotte, child of Stevens [H.] Turner, 4. Scarlet fever.
Feb. 4. Franklin Warren, child of Ephraim Fuller, 3 yrs. Scarlet fever.
March 8. Lydia Ann, child of John Fuller, 3 months. Consumption.
14. Mrs Prudence Phelps, 73. Dropsy. 21. Henry Kimball, child of John M. Washburn, 21/2 yrs. Scarlet fever.
344 March -. Miss Caroline M. Newman, 29. Consumption.
May -. Mary Ann, dr. of Orice King, -. Scarlet fever. I. Mrs Sally Carter, 86. Paralysis.
July -. Mrs Nancy Fay, -. Inflammation of the bowels.
Sept. 16. Mrs Margaret Burdett, wife of Nathan B., 59. Typhus fever.
Oct. 25. Mr Thomas Houghton, 69. Dropsy.
Nov. 15. Mr Jonas Wilder, 58. Dropsy of the heart.
Dec. 14. Mr Prudence Robbins, 90. Old age.
" 17. Mrs Lois Bartlett, 84. Old age. In 1845, 16-115. 1846. Jany. 9. Mrs Mary Ann Chandler, 25. Consumption.
343 Aug, 25. Oct.
Dec. 13.
372
LANCASTER RECORDS.
Jany. 14. Mr Jonas Whitney, 74. Dropsy.
30. Mr Gardner Phelps, 88. Fever. March 10. Julia, daughter of Joel [W.] Phelps, 17 months-lung fever. 18. Mr James Bridge, 53. Lung fever.
28. Mrs Lucretia Osgood. 91. Old age.
345 April 6. Mr Hezekiah Davis, 48. 7. A child of Jonathan Bowman, 3 months. Lung fever.
24, Luther Tarbel, grandson of Tarbel Bancroft, 2 years-lung fever.
May 12. Mrs Ann L. Bancroft, 24-child birth.
June -. An infant child of James Stone.
18. Mr Francis Sawyer, 23. Consumption.
July 9. Mr Williams Greene, 38. Consumption.
Aug. 7 . Ellen Sophia Conant, 7. Typhus fever.
IO. Mr Philip Freeman, 33. Neck broken. [Negro.]
12. Sarah Ann Windett, I year, bowel complaint.
19. Mr Luke Stow, 49 years. Dropsy of the heart.
Sept. 24. Miss Sarah Windett. 22. Consumption.
Oct. I2. Elizabeth Derby, 3-bowel complaint.
Nov. 22.
George L. Gibson, 2. Croup.
28.
Mrs Betsy Rugg, 65. Consumption.
Dec. 14.
Mrs Ann M. Thurston, 28. Consumption.
Nov. - Mrs - Barnard, -. Typhus fever.
Dec. 21.
Mr John White, 78.
346 26. An infant, child of Mr John Fuller, 3 hours.
In 1846, 26-141. 28. Mr William Townsend, 62. Dropsy.
1847. Jan. I· Mrs Rebecca Rugg, 79. General infirmity.
Mr Joel I. Rugg, 28. Typhoid fever.
IO. Mr Jonathan Osgood, 71. Lung fever.
19. Miss Elizabeth C. White, 15. Enlarged Kidneys.
Feb. 11. Mrs Lucy Eaton, 97. Old age.
15. Mrs Abigail H. Stow, 51. Inward tumor.
I9. Addison Ellis Rugg, 15 months. Influenza.
24. Mr Benjamin Chandler, 79. Disease of the heart.
March 7. Mr Peter Phelps, 72. Paralysis.
18. Miss Parney Howard, 27. Fever.
MARRIAGES NOT FOUND RECORDED IN TOWN BOOKS.
Solemnized before Reverend Nathaniel Thayer.
1822. Aug. 29. Mr Otis Boynton of Framingham, to Miss Sarah Wilson of Lancaster.
1825. May 30.
Rev. Ira T. H. Blanchard to Miss Margaret B. Pearson, both of Harvard.
1827. Apr. 26. Mr Thomas H. Clark to Miss Eliza Phelps, both of Shirley.
1829. June 3. Mr Joseph Hazen to Miss Ann Longley, both of Shirley.
Nov. 5. Mr Thomas Lewis 2ª, to Miss Susan Hapgood, both of Sterling. 1831. Nov. 3.
Lieutenant John Andrews to Miss Mary Elizabeth Dunton, both of Boylston.
1835. Apr. 21. Mr Ephraim L. Roper to Miss Caroline Burpee, both of Ster- ling.
Aug. IO. Mr Liberty D. Bigelow to Miss Harriet A. Lawrence, both of Sutton.
1839. Apr. 23. Mr Chandler Carter to Miss Nancy Babcock, both of Berlin. Before Reverend Edmund H. Sears.
1842. June I. Mr Reuben Emery and Miss Mary Joslyn, both of Holliston. July 23. Mr Thomas Hastings of Ashburnham, and Miss Emma S. Chase of Shirley.
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FIRST CHURCH, BOOK II.
1844. May 8. Mr Noah Humphrey of Barre, to Miss Lucena Wilder of Holl- iston.
1845. Oct. I9. Mr Charles Grove to Miss Nancy W. Whitney, both of Weston.
23. Mr Charles Whitney of Fitchburg, to Miss Susan Davis of Lexington.
1846. May 27. Mr George Gleason of Marlboro', to Miss Harriet Burpee of Sterling. 1847. Jan. 31. Mr Joseph Cushing to Miss Mary A. Arnold, both of Fitch- burg.
DEACONS.
Twenty-three pages of the first Church Book, and one hundred of the sec- ond, are devoted to Votes, Regulations, Councils, etc., not hereinbefore copied. The more important portions of them have already been printed by Reverend Abijah P. Marvin in his History of Lancaster. A list of the Deacons of the First Church, compiled from sundry sources, may, however, appropriately be given here.
The first deacon, and probably the only one before the massacre of 1676, was Roger Sumner. Between 1676 and 1715, no deacon is named in existing records :
Capt. Peter Joslyn, Joseph Wilder, Esq., Josiah White,
elected August 4, 1715, died 1759. died March 29, 1757.
" January 30, 1729, died May 5, 1772. died May 13, 1739.
James Wilder,
Hooker Osgood, Jr.
Israel Houghton,
Joseph Wilder, Jr.,
60
Sept. 9, 1761, died Nov. 15, 1780. Sept. 24, 1761, died Nov. 17, 1776.
Capt. Benjamin Houghton, Cyrus Fairbank,
66
died Feb. 28, 1801.
Josiah Ballard, John Whiting,
Sept., 1781, resigned July 31, 1794, infirm. Sept. 2. 1789, resigned Oct. 23, 1808, removed from town.
Joseph Wales,
July 31, 1794, resigned Aug. 24, 1817, do. April 2, 1801, resigned Mar. 25, 1838, infirm.
Jonas Lane,
Dec. 1, 1802, died July 1, 1806.
Joseph White, Joel Wilder,
Oct. 3, 1806, died May 2, 1837.
Benjamin Wyman, Josiah Bridge,
Sept. 14, 1817, resigned April 1, 1824, re- moved from town.
Horatio Carter,
66
April 1, 1824, resigned Jan. 12, 1830. (Swe- denborgian.)
Tarbell Bancroft, James G. Carter, Peter Osgood, Silas Sawyer,
April 18, 1830, suspended July 13, 1832.
April 19, 1835, resigned -- 1857.
April 5, 1838, declined serving.
April 4, 1839, died March 16, 1843.
Samuel F. White, William Stearns,
14
Dec. 28, 1843, resigned - 1853, removed to Clinton.
6
Oct. I, 1742, resigned Sept. 9, 1761, paralytic. " resigned Sept. 9, 1761. March 16, 1749, died Feb. 28, 1777. died Nov. 25, 1769.
Joshua Fairbank, Joseph White, David Wilder, Josiah Wilder, Esq.,
April 2, 1777, died Dec. 20, 1788. died July 31, 1802.
60 July 23, 1809, died Dec. 30, 1826.
April 5, 1827, died - 1872.
BOOK OF RECORDS
FOR
YE SECOND CHH. IN LANCASTER. .
1744-
The southern part of the Additional Grant to Lancaster was known by its Indian name, Woonksechocksett -usually abbreviated to Chocksett. There a "second church " was gathered, and Reverend John Mellen was ordained pas- tor over it December 19, 1744. In the political ferment that preceded the rebellion against monarchy, all the pulpits about Lancaster were shaken, and Mr. Mellen's was overturned. A long and bitter wrangle, the details of which occupy about half the pages of the church book, resulted in dismissal of the pastor, November 14, 1774. He served in the relations of minister to the less radical members of the parish, until after its incorporation as a town with the name Sterling, April 25, 1781. Reverend Reuben Holcomb was ordained over the church June 2, 1779. Both Mr. Mellen's and Mr. Holcomb's returns of Lancaster marriages appear on previous pages, as copied into the town's book. If Mr. Mellen kept a record of deaths, it was probably given in to the town- clerks from time to time, but no death list of his appears in the church book.
The records of the Second, or West Precinct Church, open with the usual covenant, the subscribers to which, eighteen in number, were :
John Mellen, Pastor Jonathan Bayley
Reuben Rugg
David Osgood
Thomas Burpee Daniel Powers
Joseph Moors
Edward Newton Edward Robbins
Jonathan Osgood
Josiah Richardson
William Goss
Benja. Houghton Jun
Thomas Fairbanks
David Nelson
Josiah Wilder
Oliver Moors
Samuel Bayley.
5 Decembr. 31, 1744. The Brethren of ye Chh met att ye house of Capt. David Osgood, & Voted that members should be admitted into the Chh with ye Con- sent of ye Brethren upon their giving Satisfaction to ye Pastor & publicly con- senting to ye Chh Covenant, without offering a written Profession or Relation of their own.
January 13th, 1744-5 Admitted into ye Chh. ye Several persons whose Names are as follows : Ebenezer Prescott
Jonath. Nelson
Daniel Robbins
Samuel Gibbs
Jonath. Wilder
Hezekiah Whitcomb Jonath. Fairbanks
Samuel Sawyer
James Kendal
Shubal Bayley
Josiah Kendal
Jonath. Powers
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CHOCKSETT CHURCH.
Benja. Houghton
John Wilder Benja. Wilder
Samuel Burpee Thomas Burpee Jun.
Feby: 3ª: 1744-5. Admitted into ye Chh ye Several persons whose Names follow :
Jacob Kilburn Zacheus Boynton Ezra Houghton
Thomas Ross
Anna Boynton his wife
Ezekiel Kendal
Samuel Kendal
David Jewett Esther Jewett his wife,
John Glazier Phebe Kendal his wife
March 3ª. Admitted into ye Chh - John Snow
March 17th. Admitted into ye Chh. ye Several persons whose names are as follows :
Ephraim Sawyer Isaac Kilburn
Amos Rugg Mary Houghton ye wife of James Houghton
Mary Rugg his wife Abigail Wilder ye wife of John Wilder
7 March 18th, 1744-5 Att a Chh Meeting calld. for ye Election of Deacons, Choice was made of our Brother Jonathan Osgood for ye first Deacon & our Brother Oliver Moores for ye Second. And Voted that these were sufficient for ye chhs Service att present.
Likewise voted yt ye Communion Table sh'ld be furnished by a free Contri- bution, for yt purpose.
April 7th: A Free Collection was made of upwards of five & twenty pounds for ye purpose above sd.
April 21st: Admitted into ye Chh. ye two persons following, namly : James Ross, Esther Glazier ye wife of Jo. Glazier.
May 5th, 1745. The holy ordinance of ye Lord's Supper was Celebrated ye first time in this chh of Christ. Att wch. time was admitted : Mary Bayley ye wife of Moses Bayley. Also received into our Communion from ye Ist. Chh in Rowley : John Crosby, Dorcas Kilburn and Elisabeth Burpee, ye wives of Jacob S Kilburn & Sam11. Burpee. Also received into our Communion from ye 2ª Chh. in Rowley : Anna Burpee, ye wife of Thomas Burpee Jun. The Sacrament of ye Lord's Supper is administered every eighth week.
July 7th, 1745. Att wch. time ye Sacrament of ye Lord's Supper was again administered, admitted into ye chh. Gamaliel Beman; also Rec'ved ye relation of ye several persons following from ye first chh of Christ in Lancaster :
The widow Anna Sawyer.
The wife of Jonathan Powers.
The wife of Thomas Burpee. The wife of John Snow.
The wife of James Ross.
Decembr. ye 15, 1745. Admitted into ye chh. Rachel ye wife of our Brother Hezekiah Whitcomb. Also Recevd into our Communion Jacob Barrett from ye first chh of Christ in Reading.
April ye 6th, 1746. Receivd into our Communion Abigail ye wife of Joseph Wheler, from ye First chh of Christ in Cambridge.
9 June It: 1746. Received into our Communion Hannah ye wife of Thomas Dole from ye first Chh of X in Newbury.
July 27. Admitted into this Chh Tilley Wilder & his wife; also Receivd into our Communion Rebeckah ye wife of our Brother Jacob Bennett from ye first chh in Woburn.
Sepr 21st. Admitted into this chh Joshua Wilder & his wife.
Novemb. 9. admitted Martha Thompson ye wife of Simon Thompson.
Decemb: 7: admitted Simon Thompson into this chh.
May 3ª, 1747, admitted into this Chh. Aaron Dresser & his wife.
October 18, 1747, admitted Esther the wife of Jacob Smith.
June 19, 1748 admitted Dorothy ye wife of Jonathan Nelson.
July 17. 1748 admitted Ebenezer Prescot Junr. & his wife to Communion. July 24, admitted Jonathan Prescot & his wife.
Octo. 23, 1748, admitted Jeremiah Burpee & his wife.
Decembr. 18. Receivd John Brooks into our Communion from ye first Chh. in Wobourn, and Lydia wife of James Kendal.
10 January 22, 1748-9. Admitted ye Wife of Moses Cooper.
Feb: 12 Admitted into our Communion from ye first Chh. in Lancaster ye wife of Capt. David Osgood, Eunice.
James Houghton
Joseph Bennet
376
LANCASTER RECORDS.
Novm. 19, 1749 Receivd into Communion ye following persons : Ebenezer Burpee & Wife & ye Wife of Jno. Brooks.
May 13, 1750 Admitted Rachel Wheeler to Com".
July 8, 1750 Admitted to Communion ye following persons. Joseph Palmer, Philip Goss & Wife, Benja Glazier & Wife.
Sepr: 2 Admitted to Communion. Saul Houghton & Wife, Ezekiel Newton & Wife
Novr: 4. Admitted to Communion, the Wife of Jonathan Wilder, Zerviah, the Wife of Ezra Houghton, Dinah, & the Widow Sarah Steward.
Decembr. 30, 1750. Admitted Elizabeth Blowers.
April 21, 1751. Admitted Mary ye Wife of Daniel Powers, and Hannah ye Wife of Ezekiel Kendall.
11 Augt. 18, 1751. Admitted Rezina Wilder ye Daughter of Joshua Wilder. Decr: 8th: 1751 Admitted Abner Wilder & Wife.
March 29, 1752 Admitted John Fairbank & Wife.
July 19. Admitted Phinehas Beman.
Sepr. 24. Admitted Joseph Kilbourn & Wife.
Jany. 21, 1753. Admitted Sarah ye wife of Hezekiah Walker.
Decr. 16, 1753. Admitted Abigail wife of Jonathan Bayley.
April 7, 1754. Admitted Nathan Burpee (Son of Thomas Burpee) and his Wife
May 8. Admitted Nath1. Wright & Sam11. Thurston & Wife.
Augt. 25. Admitted Amity ye Wife of Jonath Gary.
Sepr. 22. Admitted John Whitcomb & Susanna his Wife, also Mary Newton.
Novr. 17. Admitted Stephen Choat & Wife.
May 4, 1755 Nathan Burpee & Wife.
Augt. 31. Admitted Asa Wilder & Wife.
12 Decr. 14, 1755. Admitted Elisha Sawyer, Prudence Rugg & Lydia Glazier. March 14. 1756. Admitted Nath1 Wilder Jun". & Wife.
May 30. Admitted Ruben Wheler.
July 25. Admitted Sarah Bennet.
Augt 8. Admitted Dinah Beman.
Novemb. 14. Admitted Sam11. Prentice & Wife.
January 9. 1757. Admitted ye following persons, viz: Eph™. Sawyer Junt. & Wife & Phinehas Wilder & Wife.
March 6, 1757. Admitted Israel Moores & Wife & Prudence Moores.
April 10, 1757. Admitted Jabez Brooks & Wife.
May Ist, 1757. Admitted Sam11. Snow.
Octob: 15, 1757. Admitted Sam11. Burpee Junr. & Wife.
13 Augt. 30, 1758. Dismisd. Deacon Joseph Moores from his office by a vote of ye Chh, after Lecture, agreable to his Desire. At ye same time voted that Elijah Houghton Shold be ye Chorister or Psalm Setter for ye present.
Sept: 3d. Admitted Mary ye Wife of James Cowey.
Sepr. 24. Admitted Dinah ye Wife of Moses Sawyer.
Octo: It Admitted Sibillah ye wife of Amos Powers.
Octo. 29. Admitted ye Widow Mary Wilder, also John Farrar & wife.
Decr. 24. Admitted Jonath: Osgood Junr. & Wife.
June 3, 1759. Admitted Ephm. Boynton & wife from ye Chh of X in Chester. June Io. Admitted Elisha Wilder.
Augt. 26, 1759. Admitted ye followin persons. Elijah Houghton, Wid; Pris- cilla Houghton, Mehitabel Dresser & Eunice Houghton.
14 Octo 21, 1759. Admitted: Moses Burpee & wife; Jabez Fairbanks & wife; Wife of David Nelson, Hannah; Wife of Joseph Bayley, Lydia; Oliver Osgood. Decr. 16. Admitted David Osgood & wife, & Abigail Conquet.
Feb. 6, 1760 After Lecture made choice of Cap": Asa Whitcomb for another Deacon.
Feb. 10. Admitted John Brooks Junr. & wife, also ye wife of Joseph Stewart. April 13, 1760. Admitted Lemuel Houghton & wife.
July 27. Admitted ye wife of James May.
Novembr. 2. Admitted Tilley Littlejohns & Wife.
Decr. 28, 1760, Admitted wife of Jonathan Osgood.
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March 22, 1761. Admitted ye wife of Thos. Sawyer, the wife of Phinehas Beman & the wife of Jesse Ross.
May 17th, 1761. Admitted William Brown.
Novr: 8, 1761. Admitted Abigail ye wife of Josiah Fairbank from ye first Chh in Lancaster.
Decr. 20, 1761 Admitted Hezekiah Whitcomb & wife.
March 28, 1762. Admitted Catharine ye wife of Israel Moores.
15 April 18. Admitted Josiah Osgood & Wife.
May 23. Admitted Prudence Brown & Elis: Houghton.
July 18. Admitted Joseph Willoughby & wife and Priscilla Jewet.
Sepr. 12 1762 Admitted John Boynton & Thomas Ross Junr. & wife.
Jany. 2, 1763 Admitted Eleanor Ball & Eunice Bennet.
April 17. Admitted Wife of Wm. Judevine.
July 10. Admitted Josiah Houghton, Elizabeth & Anna Rugg.
Octo: 2, 1763 Admitted Joel Houghton & wife
Decr. 25, 1763. Admitted Wife of Ezra Sawyer Junr.
March 11, 1764 Admitted Wife of Fortune Eager, also received Ephraim Boynton from ye Chh in Rowley.
Augt: 12. Admitted Nath11. Houghton & Wife.
Sepr- 23. Admitted ye Wife of Jonathan Kendal.
Jan: 20, 1765. Admitted Thos. Brooks & Wife
April 21. Admitted Daniel Robbins & Wife.
June 16. Admitted Josiah Winn & Wife, also Joseph Fairbanks & Wife.
Augt. II. Admitted Tilly Richardson & Wife, Jonathan Whetcomb & Wife and Jonathan Wilder Junr & Wife.
16 Octor. 6, 1765 Admitted John Loring & Wife. also chose ye four Deacons to receive & give a Receipt to ye Executor for ye 200 } old tenor given by Sebastian Smith for purchasing two Silver Tankards for ye Communion Table.
Oct. 23. The Chh met according to public appointment and voted that they were not dissatisfied with the Pastor on account of a Complaint exhibited by Josiah Kendal. also voted to dismiss ye Complaint.
17 Feb: 2, 1766 Admitted John Brown & Abijah Worster.
March 30. Admitted Widow Mary Spafford.
Jany. 14, 1767 Chose our Brother Joseph Kilborn, Deacon.
18th Admitted the Wife of Joseph Bennet.
March 15. Admitted Abijah Kendal.
Octobr. 25. Admitted Wife of Sam11. Hancock.
May 22 1768 Admitted Wife of John Boynton.
June 8. Lecture The Chh voted to buy a Clock for ye meeting house, with . George Bush's money, 6.
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