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Nathaniel A. Boynton, Cong. Ch. Clinton. Aseneth B. Boynton, 66
Charles Shedd, Pres. Ch. Marysville, Ohio. (4)
JANUARY 4, 1852. Oren H. Granville, Bapt. Ch. Effingham, N. HI. Catharine A. Granville, Cong. Ch. Westford.
40
George W. Hagar, First Evan. Cong. Ch. Cumbridgeport. Elizabeth Hagar, 66
Hannah Lang, Bowdoin St. Ch.
Jane H. Morrison, First Ch. Keene, N. HI.
Clarissa H. Shattuck, Leyden Ch.
Nancy Townsend, Cong. Ch. Bedford.
Lucy P. Tyler, Cong. Ch. Townshend, Vt.
George L. Dale, by Profession.
Jane Gilfillin, 66 (11)
MARCH 7, 1852.
Isaac Cushing, Edwards Ch.
Mary J. Cushing,
Langdon S. Ward, High St. Ch. Portland, Me.
Elizabeth H. Butler, by Profession.
MAY 2, 1852. (4)
Nathan B. Clark, High St. Ch. Providence, R. I.
James O. Noyes, Pres. Ch. Augusta, Ga.
Abel Wyman, Winnisimmet Ch. Chelsea.
Elizabeth L. Wyman,
Elizabeth Ann Wyman,
John Eaton, by Profession.
Ann Eliza Foster,
Isaac HI. Hazelton, Jr. "
Annette P. Hazelton,
Charlotte Liggot,
66
George B. Safford, 66
Edward Scarlet, 66
Samuel F. Stearns,
Catharine E. Stearns,
66
Elizabeth D. Smith,
66
Andrew Tower,
66
Louisa M. Waterman, " (17)
MEMBERS
OF THE MOUNT VERNON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, JUNE 1, 1852.
OFFICERS. The Rev. EDWARD N. KIRK, Pastor.
DANIEL SAFFORD, -
JULIUS A. PALMER,
JAMES W. KIMBALL, ANDREW CUSHING,
Deacons.
ALBERT HOBART, Clerk and Treasurer.
The Examining Committtee consists of the Pastor, Deacons, Clerk, and the following brethren : -
AARON KIMBALL .. JOHN M. PINKERTON.
JOSEPH C. TYLER. JOHN L. CHILDS.
GEORGE E. PORTER.
MALES.
Year of
Admission.
1847 Abbé, Alanson
1842 Adams, William H.
1848 Ayres, William O.
1850 Bridge, John A.
1850 Bailey, Jacob B.
1851 Broughton, Nicholson, Jr.
1844 Baldwin, Calvin T.
1846 Ball, Henry A.
1846 Bancroft, Silas A.
1850 Bumstead, Ebenezer W.
1848 Burnham, Samuel, Jr.
1844 Bass, Henry
1818 Butler, Samuel P.
1847 Beck, William
1847 Buss, William
1847 Bemis, Augustine S.
1844 Blaisdell, Timothy K.
1850 Blake, William W.
1842 Bliss, Seth
1849 Bowker, John S. 4 *
Year of Admission.
1819 Boyce, Philip
1851 Boynton, Nathaniel A.
1850 Brown, Eli
1843 Bangs, Barnabas
1846 Bryden, James
1850 Budlong, James S.
1845 Carter, Elijah
1843 Chamberlain, Carlos
1843 Cheney, Gustavus 1844 Childs, John L.
42
1845 Church, James W.
1844 Clark, Leister M.
1844 Clark, Lemuel C.
1850 Hawthorn, Robert
1812 Hayward, Moses
1848 Hazleton, Isaac H.
1852 Hazleton, Isaac II., Jr.
1812 Hobart, Albert
1842 Cushing, Andrew (Deacon) 1843 Hoit, Charles
1852 Cushing, Isaac
1846 Cushing, William
1842 Cutler, Roland
1851 Cutler, William W.
1850 Huse, George W. C.
1845 Hutchinson, Samuel
1852 Dale, George L.
1848 Dana, Denison D.
1844 Darling, Moses,
1849 De Wolf, George
1845 Dickson, Henry
1847 Dixon, Isaiah
1850 Dodge, Joseph F.
1845 Dorrance, Oliver B.
1814 Doughty, James
1849 Dow, Benjamin
1852 Eaton, Jolın
1844 Elder, Robert
1844 Emerson, Henry
1844 Emerson, R. V. C.
1844 Federhen, John, Jr.
1849 Fippard, William
1849 Fisher, William D.
1846 Flanders, Henry
1846 Fosgate, Oliver
1849 Foster, Andrix A.
1848 Foster, William
1844 Foster, William D.
1849 Frost, William R.
1850 Fuller, Daniel D.
1843 Gilbert, Lemuel
1851 Neibuhr, Charles C.
1849 Nichols, Albion H.
1842 Norcross, Erasmus
1852 Noyes, James O.
1845 Gough, John B.
1850 Gould, George 1847 Graham, John
1852 Granville, Oren H.
1844 Gray, Joseph H.
1850 Greene, Albert C.
1842 Guild, Charles M.
1852 Hagar, George W. 1849 Hale, Henry M.
1842 Palmer, Julius A. (Deacon)
1849 Palmer, Jacob P.
1814 Palmer, Stevens G.
1844 Paul, Edward A.
1814 Pect, William H.
1845 Pettingell, Samuel M.
1850 Pickard, Samuel T.
1843 Johnson, Amos
1846 Keith, Charles E.
1848 Kelley, Joseph II.
1845 Kendall, Seth II.
1842 Keyes, Leavitt Hale
1845 Kimball, Aaron
1845 Kimball, Edward
1842 Kimball, James W. (Deac.)
1842 Kirk, Edward N. (Pastor)
1850 Lake, Flavius J.
1845 Lane, David P.
1816 Leland, Joseph D.
1844 Leslie, Alexander
1844 Lombard, Loring L.
1850 Mackie, Robert
1850 Mansur, Hiram P.
1849 Mansfield, George A.
1842 Mason, John W.
1816 MeFarland, Lafayette
1849 Morgridge, Charles
1846 Gill, Elias
1845 Gilman, Samuel
1844 Goodnow, Jotham
1844 Osgood, Moses E.
1843 Hamlin, Hannibal
1851 Harris, George S.
1852 Clark, Nathan B.
1815 Clary, Edward W.
1842 Coit, Daniel T.
1842 Crockett, George W.
1844 Holmes, Ichabod S.
1842 Homer, Samuel J. Mills
1847 Houston, George W.
1843 Jaquith, Aaron
1847 Jewett, John P.
43
1845 Pilgrim, Israel R.
1846 Pinkerton, John M.
1843 Porter, George E.
1849 Potter, Nathan D.
1848 Pratt, William H.
1843 Rand, Charles
1848 Ranger, John
1842 Rankin, Ira P.
1851 Richardson, Henry A.
1851 Richardson, William B.
1846 Ripley, Joseph W.
1850 Storrs, William 1843 Sweet, Charles A.
1843 Tarlton, Joseph W.
1817 Tenney, William P.
1843 Tobey, Edward S.
1852 Tower, Andrew
1850 Tower, Job
1847 True, John F.
1812 Tufts, Charles
1850 Twombly, Alexander HI.
1850 Twombly, Alexander S.
1842 Tyler, Joseph C.
1812 Tyler, Jerome W.
1850 Tyrie, Thomas
1842 Safford, Daniel (Deacon)
1852 Safford, George B.
1847 Safford, Ebenezer
1850 Sanders, Orren S.
1844 Sawyer, Frederick W.
1852 Scarlet, Edward
1847 Walker, Milton C.
1851 Shedd, Charles
1819 Ward, George L.
1847 Shedd, Christopher F.
1852 Ward, Langdon S.
1847 Shedd, John H.
1842 Warren, Samuel D.
1842 Shepard, Allen
1813 Whipple, John A.
1844 Sherman, Charles B.
1813 Whipple, Jonathan F.
1850 Skillings, David N.
1846 White, Hiram J.
1846 Smith, Isaac H.
1846 White, Jonathan, Jr.
1843 Stark, James
1814 Willard, J. Livingston
1847 Stearns, Richard H.
1813 Willey, Jonas M.
1852 Stearns, Samuel F.
1815 Williams, Henry
1842 Stedman, Charles H.
1844 Willis, Horatio M.
1843 Stephenson, Reuben M.
1844 Stevens, Edward C.
1814 Wyman, William A.
1848 Storrs, Amariah (186)
FEMALES.
1847 Abbé, Margaret L., Mrs. 1816 Ball, Eliza B., Mrs.
1848 Adams, Jennette R., Mrs. 1843 Bangs, Eunice, Mrs.
1846 Alden, Mercy 1813 Bartlett, Almira, Mrs.
1815 Allen, Augusta B., Mrs. 1846 Bass, Arlotta M.
1842 Allen, Ann, Mrs. 1846 Bates, Martha, Mrs.
1844 Ames, Orilla B., Mrs. 1847 Beck, Elizabeth, Mrs.
1851 Anderson, Jane 1819 Beck, Mary E.
1843 Anderson, Lydia A. A., Mrs.1849 Beck, Lucy M.
1851 Armstrong, Rebecca J., Mrs. 1843 Beeman, Jane, Mrs.
1845 Atwill, Sophia W., Mrs. 1848 Bell, Mary Ann
1843 Austin, Elizabeth G., Mrs. 1817 Bemis, Ophelia L., Mrs.
1847 Bacon, Naamah, Mrs.
1845 Berbineau, Lorenza, Mrs.
1850 Blake, Agatha E., Mrs. 1844 Baldwin, Frances A. M., Mrs. 1848 Blake, Sarah, Mrs.
1852 Wyman, Abel
1844 Upton, Eugene A.
1
44
1844 Blake, Susan M.
1847 Blaney, Mary A., Mrs.
1842 Bliss, Jennette F. R., Mrs. 1847 Dixon, Fanny W., Mrs.
1844 Bohanon, Isabella
1842 Bowker, Maria, Mrs.
1850 Boyle, Catharine
1851 Boynton, Asenath B., Mrs. 1842 Dow, Hannah I., Mrs.
1849 Brickett, Mary, Mrs.
1847 Brinley, Agnes, Mrs.
1850 Brown, Eliza Ann, Mrs.
1851 Broughton, Aravesta, Mrs.
1846 Bryden, Isabella C., Mrs.
1847 Buss, Ruth F., Mrs.
1852 Butler, Elizabeth II.
1845 Carnes, Mary J.
1844 Emerson, Mary Jane
1844 Carpenter, Elizabeth J., Mrs. 1843 Emerson, Sarah Maria
1849 Center, Sarah V.
1845 Chamberlain, Lydia, Mrs.
1843 Chamberlain, Elizabeth, Mrs.1851 Farrar, Mary A., Mrs.
1850 Chapman, Charlotte C., Mrs. 1847 Faulkner, Jane M.
1844 Chase, Elizabeth M., Mrs. 1811 Federhen, Dorothea D., Mrs.
1851 Childs, Sara V., Mrs.
1813 Finch, Letitia
1843 Clark, Mary, Mrs.
1843 Clark, Elizabeth E.
1850 Clark, Mary G., Mrs.
1844 Clark, Rebecca D.
1846 Clapp, Frances A.
1848 Clary, Charlotte R., Mrs.
1851 Clark, Huldah 1.
1842 Coit, Jane G. L., Mrs.
1842 Colburn, Mary, Mrs.
1848 Colcord, Abby W., Mrs.
1851 Conner, Charlotte G.
1851 Coombs, Catharine M. B.
1844 Copeland, Elizabeth, Mrs. 1847 Corse, Eliza P., Mrs.
1849 Colton, Mary Ann
1844 Cowden, Mary A. C., Mrs. 1843 Gilbert, Louisa, Mrs.
1842 Crockett, Ruth W., Mrs.
1815 Currier, Joanna, Mrs.
1845 Given, Sarah Ann
1848 Goodell, Eliza D. .
1842 Goodwin, Mary B., Mrs.
1845 Gough, Mary E., Mrs.
1843 Gould, Sarah
1844 Cushman, Emeline S., Mrs. 1845 Gragg, Sarah, Mrs.
1845 Cutler, Caroline A. 1851 Cutler, Louisa F., Mrs.
1842 Cutler, Martha, Mrs.
1842 Cutler, Caroline E.
1844 Cutting, Mary, Mrs.
1849 Cuyler, Anna D. P., Mrs.
1848 Davis, Hannah
1844 Dickson, Ellen, Mrs. 1850 Dimond, Eliza
1843 Domett, Margaret, Mrs.
1848 Domett, Ellen M.
1843 Dorr, Anne, Mrs.
1845 Doyle, Jane, Mrs.
1848 Dunn, Isabella, Mrs.
1842 Eaton, Elizabeth
1818 Eaton, Rebecca
1842 Edwards, Ann E.
1845 Edwards, Elizabeth
1845 Edwards, Lydia
1816 Emery, Martha, Mrs.
1849 Fippard, Juliette, Mrs.
1851 Fisk, Sophronia S., Mrs.
1813 Fiske, Rebecca C., Mrs.
1813 Flood, Ezannah
1842 Floyd, Olive, Mrs.
1846 Fosgate, Hannah W., Mrs.
1852 Foster, Ann Eliza
1848 Foster, Louisa P., Mrs.
1851 Foster, Dorothia
1851 Foster, Mary
1849 Frost, Catharine, Mrs. [Mrs.
1850 Frothingham, Harriet S.,
1843 Gardner, Susan N. D., Mrs. 1814 Gates, Lucia A.
1852 Gilfillin, Jane, Mrs.
1843 Currier, Lydia
1842 Cushing, Chastine, Mrs.
1852 Cushing, Mary J., Mrs. 1846 Cushing, Elizabeth, Mrs.
1847 Graham, Margaret, Mrs.
1852 Granville, Catharine A., Mrs.
1844 Greeley, Mary, Mrs.
1852 Greeley, Harriet, Mrs.
1844 Griswold, Anna Maria, Mrs.
1852 Hagar, Elizabeth, Mrs. 1845 Hall, Caroline
45
1843 Hall, Ellen Louisa
1850 Hall, Elizabeth A., Mrs.
1843 Hamlin, Abby A., Mrs.
1847 Harper, Mary
1846 Harris, Anna C.
1851 Harris, Sarah F., Mrs.
1845 Hawes, Martha Ann, Mrs.
1843 Hawes, Martha E.
1844 Hawkins, Nancy
1843 Hayden, Maria D., Mrs.
1842 Hayward, Lucretia, Mrs.
1851 Hayward, Lucy A.
1848 Hazleton, Susan P., Mrs.
1852 Hazelton, Annette P.
1846 Heard, Mary
1849 Henry, Clarissa
1849 Hersey, Sarah P.
1843 Heywood, Mary E., Mrs.
1845 Hill, Harriet W., Mrs.
1843 Hinckley, Jane E., Mrs.
1848 Hiscock, Cynthia I., Mrs.
1844 Holmes, Tabitha, Mrs.
1847 Holmes, Sarah, Mrs.
1842 IIomer, Rebecca T., Mrs.
1845 Horn, Hannah H., Mrs.
1847 Howe, Mary J., Mrs.
1844 Hudson, Mary
1848 Loomis, Lucy
1843 Hunnewell, Catharine C., 1843 Low, Mary H., Mrs.
1843 Hunt, Mary Ann [Mrs. 1843 Luders, Clarissa G., Mrs.
1846 Hutchings, Sophia, Mrs.
1846 Hutchinson, Jane, Mrs.
1846 Lyford, Hannah E., Mrs.
1847 Jackson, Elizabeth, Mrs.
1848 Jackson, Rhoda J., Mrs.
1847 James, Anna A.
1843 Jaquith, Charlotte, Mrs.
1843 Jaquith, Charlotte Ann 1847 Jellison, Eliza
1846 Jenks, Cornelia H.
1847 Jewett, Harriette E., Mrs.
1843 Johnson, Eunice, Mrs.
1844 Johnson, Sarah D., Mrs.
1842 Johnston, Catharine, Mrs.
1848 Judkins, Nancy, Mrs.
1844 Kelley, Nancy, Mrs.
1845 Kendall, Anna, Mrs.
1851 Kendall, Mary C.
1846 Kent, Esther W.
1842 Keyes, Clarissa A. W., Mrs. 1850 Morse, Sarah
1845 Kimball, Sarah R., Mrs.
1845 Kimball, Emma J., Mrs.
1842 Kimball, Mary S., Mrs.
1847 Kimball, Melissa, Mrs.
1851 Manchester, Abby E.
1844 Mandell, Miranda R., Mrs.
1850 Mason, Deborah A.
1845 Mason, Sarah E., Mrs.
1851 MeCurdy, Caroline L., Mrs.
1844 McFarland, Eliza G. 1848 McNab, Sarah, Mrs. 1844 McPhee, Margaret
1845 Mellish, Susan, Mrs.
1844 Merrill, Mehitable W., Mrs.
1849 Merrill, Sarah, Mrs. 1844 Merrill, Sarah Ann, Mrs.
1846 Miller, Sarah Ann
1843 Mills, Abigail S., Mrs.
1843 Mills, Abby
1843 Morrison, Almira S., Mrs. 1852 Morrison, Jane II.
1851 Morse, Lucy 1844 Moulton, Charlotte H., Mrs. 1843 Mulholland, Jessie, Mrs.
1842 Kimball, Nancy, Mrs. 1847 Kincaid, Sarah 1844 King, Lydia V. 1844 Kirk, Harriet N.
1845 Kirk, Mary Ann
1850 Lake, Mary E.
1847 Lane, Ann, Mrs.
1814 Lane, Martha
1846 Lane, Sarah M., Mrs.
1852 Lang, Hannah
1848 Lawrence, Hannah, Mrs.
1849 Leland, Mary P., Mrs.
1848 Leland, Olivia M.
1844 Leseur, Margaret, Mrs.
1852 Liggot, Charlotte
1819 Liggot, Margaret
1851 Liggot, Elizabeth
1813 Lillie, Betsey, Mrs.
1843 Little, Delia, Mrs.
1849 Littlefield, Martha
1849 Locke, Almira F.
1850 Locke, Julia W., Mrs.
1842 Lodge, Louisa
1843 Lombard, Eliza
1844 Lombard, Ellen W., Mrs.
1850 Lufkin, Elizabeth F.
46
1844 Nash, Mary A., Mrs.
1843 Nazro, Julia M., Mrs.
1842 Neibuhr, Sarah M., Mrs.
1843 Neibuhr, Sarah E.
1842 Neill, Catharine A., Mrs.
1842 Norcross, Eliza II., Mrs.
1851 Norris, Lovina A.
1846 Norris, Maria
1843 Robbins, Elizabeth B., Mrs. 1815 Robinson, Ann
1843 Robinson, Helen Maria 1849 Robinson, Isabella, Mrs.
1849 Rockwell, Susan, Mrs.
1844 Rogers, Mary Ann, Mrs.
1844 Rotch, Elizabeth L.
1844 Rotch, Maria A.
1844 Rotch, Susanna, Mrs.
1845 Oldson, Hannah, Mrs.
1843 Osborn, Mary Little 1842 Safford, Ann Eliza, Mrs. 1847 Outhwaite, Charlotte, Mrs. 1850 Sanders, Drusilla S., Mrs.
1842 Palmer, Lucy M., Mrs.
1847 Palmer, Lucy A.
1845 Parker, Elizabeth L. B.
1844 Parker, Louisa
1846 Perham, Almira M., Mrs.
1845 Phelps, Dorcas, Mrs.
1844 Philbrick, Deborah B.
1851 Phillips, Ann
1850 Phillips, Mary
1843 Phinney, Eliza D., Mrs.
1847 Pike, Nancy Y.
1845 Pilgrim, Anna, Mrs.
1843 Pond, Charlotte H.
1846 Pope, Olive
1843 Porter, Eleanor M., Mrs.
1849 Potter, Mary M. C., Mrs.
1843 Powers, Mary E.
1846 Pratt, Charlotte W., Mrs.
1847 Pratt, Elizabeth B.
1847 Pratt, Sarah S.
1844 Prescott, Frances L.
1845 Preston, Rosinda, Mrs.
1848 Price, Harriet E., Mrs.
1845 Putnam, Harriet D., Mrs.
1845 Putnam, Mary
1844 Quinn, Frances
1843 Ramsay, Abigail, Mrs.
1844 Randall, Mary S., Mrs.
1848 Ranger, Catharine H., Mrs. 1850 Studley, Mary S. P., Mrs. 1842 Rankin, Caroline A. B., Mrs. 1843 Sturtevant, Charlotte C.
1843 Raymond, Lucy
1814 Sullivan, Marion D., Mrs.
1843 Reed, Rebecca C.
1847 Reynolds, Adeline, Mrs. 1849 Talcott, Mercy R.
1851 Richardson, Mary A., Mrs. 1850 Tarleton, Mary Jane, Mrs.
1851 Richardson, Harriet B., Mrs. 1847 Tarleton, Mary J. 1850 Richardson, Harriet M., Mrs. 1842 Taylor, Abigail O.
1842 Ricker, Mary Ann, Mrs. 1847 Tenney, Sarah G., Mrs.
1846 Ripley, Ruth Ann, Mrs. 1850 Thayer, Elizabeth D., Mrs.
1846 Scammon, Eliza
1843 Scollay, Catharine
1852 Shattuck, Clarissa HI., Mrs.
1847 Shedd, Susan F., Mrs.
1815 Shepard, Susan N., Mrs.
1844 Smith, Eliza M. B., Mrs.
1852 Smith, Elizabeth D.
1813 Smith, Elmira 1848 Smith, Esther
1844 Smith, Rachel
1846 Snow, Emily, Mrs.
1851 Standish, Angeline H.
1851 Standish, Caroline M.
1816 Staniels, Elizabeth A., Mrs.
1813 Stark, Catharine, Mrs.
1852 Stearns, Catharine E., Mrs. 1845 Stebbins, Harriet
1842 Stedman, Lucy R., Mrs.
1843 Stephenson, Charlotte P., Mrs.
1844 Stevens, Lydia D., Mrs. 1815 Stevens, Elizabeth
1815 Stimson, Sarah J., Mrs. 1844 Stone, Helen C., Mrs.
1848 Storrs, Lemira, Mrs.
1850 Storrs, Elizabeth, Mrs.
1850 Storrs, Mary
1813 Stratton, Mary F., Mrs. 1843 Stuart, Isabella, Mrs.
1847 Reed, Frances J., Mrs.
1844 Sullivan, Annie D.
1851 Sawyer, Susan, Mrs.
1813 Sawyer, Charlotte, Mrs.
47
1847 Thompson, Deborah, Mrs. 1847 Wedgewood, Mary W. B.,
1850 Thompson, Eliza J., Mrs.
1844 Weld, Isabella, Mrs. [Mrs.
1848 Titcomb, Catharine 1849 Wells, Susan, Mrs.
1843 Titcomb, Catharine B., Mrs. 1843 Wellman, Lucy N., Mrs.
1842 Titcomb, Elizabeth T.
1843 Tobey, Hannah B., Mrs.
1850 Tower, Louisa L., Mrs.
1852 Townsend, Nancy, Mrs.
1842 Trow, Elizabeth B.
1842 Trow, Hannah B.
1842 Trow, Mary
1843 Turner, Temperance
1842 Tuttle, Sarah
1845 Tuttle, Sarah T.
1851 Tyler, Hannah P., Mrs.
1852 Tyler, Lucy P.
1848 Tyler, Joanna K.
1849 Tyler, Mary Ann, Mrs.
1850 Tyrie, Mary D., Mrs.
1845 Upton, Mary I., Mrs. 1850 Vanderlip, Lucy, Mrs.
1847 Walker, Eliza M., Mrs.
1847 Walsh, Margaret, Mrs.
1847 Walton, Mary, Mrs.
1848 Warren, Susan C., Mrs.
1851 Waterman, Charlotte C. 1852 Waterman, Louisa M.
1851 Wentworth, Susan M., Mrs.
1844 Wheelwright, Mehitable, Mrs.
1843 Whipple, Melinda G., Mrs.
1849 Whipple, Melinda G.
1850 White, Eliza J.
1845 Whiting, Bethia
1849 Whitney, Nancy E.
1844 Wier, Catharine
1849 Wilder, Betsey S.
1843 Wilkinson, Sarah Ann, Mrs.
1847 Willard, Eliza, Mrs.
1843 Williams, Martha Fitch,
1843 Williams, Sophia M., Mrs.
1817 Williams, Ruth, Mrs.
1844 Willis, Sophia P., Mrs. 1845 Willis, Margaret 1845 Wilson, Jane R.
1845 Wilson, Nancy
1846 Wilson, Mary A., Mrs.
1852 Wyman, Elizabeth L., Mrs.
1852 Wyman, Elizabeth Ann
1851 Yerrinton, Susan E., Mrs. 1847 Young, Hannah H., Mrs. (387)
SUMMARY.
Number of original members, June 1, 1842 :
Males,
25
Females,
. 22 -- 47
There have been added to June 1, 1852 :
Males, by letter from other churches, . 186
Males, by profession, . 75
Females, by letter from other churches, . 348
Females, by profession,
. 168-777
824
Total, by letter, 534
Total, by profession, 243-777
There have died, to June 1, 1852 :
Males,
10
Females,
. 37-47
There have been dismissed to other churches :
Males,
. 89
Females,
108-197
There have been excommunicated :
Males,
3
Females, ·
4-7-251
573
Leaving the number, June 1, 1852 :
Males,
186
Females,
387-573
Original members,
47
By letter, 47
By profession, 0
Admitted in 1842,
76
66
48
66
28
1843,
124
66
85
66
39
66
101
66
36
66
1815,
95
66
67
66
28
66
1847,
65
50
66
40
10
1819,
48
66
20
28
1850,
54
66
36
18
1851,
37
27
10
To June 1, 1852,
21
8
66
13
Total,
824
581
243
66
18
1846,
70
66
52
50
15
1818,
1814,
137
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THE
CONFESSION OF FAITH AND
COVENANT
OF THE
Mount Dernon Congregational Church,
BOSTON:
WITH A
THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY CHICAGO
LIST OF ITS MEMBERS
APRIL 1, 1857.
BOSTON. PRINTED FOR THE USE OF THE MEMBERS 1867
IT Particular attention is invited to the rule respecting the transfer of members, on page 13. Members changing their residence, - especi- ally when leaving the city, whether for a year or an indefinite time, are earnestly requested to send a written notice of the change to the Clerk of the Church. This will relieve the Examining Committee of much labor. See note, page 14.
THE
CONFESSION OF FAITH
AND
COVENANT
OF THE
MOUNT VERNON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
THE
IN
WBERRY
.
LIBRARY CHICAGO
BOSTON, MASS.
ORGANIZED JUNE 1, 1842.
BOSTON: PRINTED FOR THE USE OF THE MEMBERS. 1857.
1
BRIEF HISTORY
OF THE
MOUNT VERNON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,
IN BOSTON.
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DURING the years 1840 and 1841, several brethren of the Orthodox Congregational churches in Boston, were impressed with the importance of forming a new church in the city, with a view of obtaining the services of the Rev. EDWARD N. KIRK, as its pastor. These impressions having been strengthened in the latter part of the year 1841, during a season of special religious interest in the churches, a meeting of pastors and lay brethren was called to consider the subject, December 16, 1841.
The following is a transcript of the official record of that meeting : -
" A meeting of the pastors and several lay brethren from the Orthodox Congregational churches in this city, was held at the house of Deacon Daniel Safford, on Thursday, December 16th, 1841, at 3 o'clock, P. M.
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The meeting was called to consider the expediency of forming a new Orthodox Congregational church in this city, and inviting the Rev. EDWARD N. KIRK to become its pastor.
There were present, of the pastors, the Rev. Messrs. Aiken, Adams, Winslow, Rogers, Blagden, and Towne, and the Rev. Seth Bliss, Secretary of the American Tract Society ; of the lay brethren, Deacons Samuel T. Arm- strong, Pliny Cutler, Daniel Safford, Lewis T. Stoddard, Eliphalet Kimball, Lemuel P. Grosvenor, N. P. Rogers, Charles Scudder, Daniel Noyes, James Tufts, and Charles Stoddard, Messrs. Moses L. Hale, George W. Crockett, Samuel Hubbard, Thomas A. Davis, Charles W. Homer, and William W. Stone.
Samuel T. Armstrong was called to preside, and Wil- liam W. Stone to act as Secretary.
The Rev. N. Adams led in prayer. The Rev. Mr. Aiken stated the object for which the meeting was called, and each individual present was requested to express his views of the proposal. The Rev. Messrs. Rogers, Aiken, Winslow, Adams, Blagden, Towne, and Bliss, were unan- imously of opinion that a new Orthodox Congregational church in this city should be formed without delay, and that the Rev. EDWARD N. KIRK should be obtained, if possible, for its pastor ; and expressed their readiness to render any aid in their power towards accomplishing the object.
The lay brethren present unanimously coincided in these views, provided satisfactory assurances could be given that sufficient funds could be obtained to erect a house of worship.
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On motion of the Rev. Mr. Bliss, a committee of nine was appointed to take the subject into consideration, and to take such measures for the accomplishment of the object, as they should deem expedient, with power to fill vacancies in the committee.
The following brethren were appointed on this com- mittee : - Rev. Seth Bliss, Deacons P. Cutler, Charles Scudder, Charles Stoddard, Julius A. Palmer, Daniel Safford, Messrs. George W. Crockett, Moses L. Hale, and William W. Stone.
After the reading of the above records by the Secretary, and their adoption as the doings of the meeting, Rev. Mr. Aiken led in prayer, and the meeting was dissolved.
SAMUEL T. ARMSTRONG, Chairman.
WILLIAM W. STONE, Secretary."
The committee of nine thus constituted, (Messrs. L. P. Grosvenor and George R. Sampson having been substitut- ed for Deacons Cutler and Stoddard, who were unable to serve,) held various meetings from December 16th to the 29th of March following, for prayer and consultation, in which the enterprise was often discussed in all its bearings; and, after obtaining the names of twenty-five brethren, who professed themselves ready to be united with a new church, on condition that the Rev. Mr. KIRK should become its pastor, they dissolved, transferring to these brethren all their powers and instructions, and com- mending them and their enterprise to the Great Head of the church, and to the confidence and co-operation of their brethren in this city. Five of this committee be- lieved that duty required them to give themselves person- ally to the enterprise.
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During the months of April and May, the brethren who had thus associated themselves, met frequently to promote the object which they had in view, and held a weekly meeting for prayer. The Rev. EDWARD N. KIRK having signified to a committee of the brethren his inten- tion to accept the invitation of the new church to become its pastor, whenever such church should be formed; an Ecclesiastical Council was called, and convened in the vestry of the Park Street meeting-house, on the morning of Wednesday, June 1st, 1842, when twenty-five brethren and twenty-two sisters, who, at their own request, were dismissed from their several churches for the purpose, « were regularly organized into a church.
The consecrating prayer was offered by the Rev. Wil- liam Jenks, D. D., pastor of the Green Street church in Boston, and the fellowship of the churches expressed by the Rev. William M. Rogers of the Central church.
The churches represented in this council were, all the Orthodox Congregational churches in the county of Suf- folk ; second church in Dorchester ; Mercer Street church in New York city ; First church in Malden ; Evangelical Congregational church in Cambridgeport; Eliot church in Roxbury ; First Congregational church in Charlestown ; Winthrop church in Charlestown ; First church in Cam- bridge.
Upon the same day the Rev. EDWARD N. KIRK was invited by the new church to become its pastor; and having accepted the invitation, was installed in the afternoon, by the Ecclesiastical Council called to organize the church.
At a meeting of the brethren, holden upon the evening of June 1st, 1842, Thomas Adams, Daniel Safford, Julius
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A. Palmer, and Marshall S. Scudder, were chosen Dea- cons of the church.
The church held its first public religious exercise in the Old South Chapel, which was generously tendered for their use by the Old South Society, upon Sabbath, June 5th, when the Lord's Supper was administered, and several infant children received the ordinance of baptism.
On the 19th day of June, 1842, public worship was commenced in the Lecture Room of the Masonic Temple, and continued there till the 31st of December, 1843.
The first meeting with reference to the erection of a house of worship, was convened January 3d, 1843, by a public notice from the pulpit, on the preceding Sabbath. At this meeting it was determined, after deliberation and prayer, that the time had arrived, when we were called, in the providence of God, to go forward and erect another sanctuary for his worship. A subscription was accord- ingly commenced for the purpose, and subsequently the following gentlemen were elected a Building Committee, with full power to select the location and erect the build- ing, to wit :- George W. Crockett, William W. Stone, Daniel Safford, John Slade, Jr., Roland Cutler, Freeman L. Cushman, and George F. Homer.
After many ineffectual attempts to obtain a situation combining the requisite advantages, the committee in the month of May succeeded in contracting for an estate on the north side of Somerset Court, now ASHBURTON PLACE, a site unequalled perhaps by any in the city for the pur- pose, considering its quiet location, and its advantages for ventilation and light.
On the 23d of June, 1843, the church voted to assume
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the name of " Mount Vernon Congregational Church," adopting the name by which the western section of the hill has long been known, on which the building is erected.
The corner-stone was laid on the morning of July 4th, 1843, on which occasion an appropriate address was de- livered by the pastor, and the Rev. Lyman Beecher, D. D., led in prayer.
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