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LIST OF MEMBERS IN 1876.
With such difficulty and painstaking as they only under- stand who have had experience in dealing with imperfect records we arrive at length to a complete and accurate list of the present members of the church, arranged in the order of their uniting. So far as possible, we have given the full name, and in the case of married women, the maiden name in brackets.
List of present Members of the Church.
Ab. signifies absent from the place.
1818.
July 26. NANCY (Gwinneth), widow of Calvin Shaw.
1824.
April 11. MARIA KEITH. .
May 23. CLARINDA (Richmond), widow of Seth Fuller.
ELIZABETH WHITE (Parsons), widow of A. G. Pratt. 1831.
June 12. DANIEL ALDEN.
" LUCY (Hartwell), wife of Daniel Alden.
July 24. HANNAH (Fobes), widow of Daniel L. Hayward.
Oct. 16. LOIS GODFREY (Hathaway), widow of A. D. Clark. . SARAH SHAW (Hathaway), widow of D. G. Clark. .
66 JULIA ( Wilbar), wife of Oliver Keith.
NAHUM KEITH.
66 SARAH SHAW (Perkins), widow of John A. Keith.
" ELIJAH EATON PERKINS, Deacon, 1850.
66
" 'HENRY CLAY PRATT. [ab. ]
JULIA ANN ( Kingman), wife of Jared Pratt.
MELINDA (Shaw), wife of Jonathan C. Pratt.
ADALINE SHAW.
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LIST OF MEMBERS IN 1876.
Nov. 27. DIANA. WILLIAMS (Eaton), wife of Oliver Eaton.
OLIVE ( White), widow of Solomon Eaton.
HOLDEN WILBAR KEITH, Deacon, 1850.
ROSINA ( Cushman), wife of Eliakim Leonard.
1834.
Oct. 19. ELIZABETH EDDY (Hall), wife of Elijah E. Perkins. 1842.
Nov. 27. EUNICE ALDRICH.
" LUCY ( Crooker), widow of Zephaniah Shaw.
" GEORGE SANDERSON WILBAR.
" OLIVER CROMWELL WILBAR.
1843.
Jan'y. 8. MARY ELIZABETH (Shaw), wife of Justin Andrews.
CASSANDRA WHITMAN SHAW.
ELVIRA WILLIAMS SHAW. [ab.]
" NATHANIEL SOUTHWORTH. [ab.]
SOLOMON WHITE, Deacon, 1863.
1845.
July 20. HARRIET (Robbins), widow of Joshua Washburn.
1847.
April 11. LOUISA (Staples), wife of George S. Wilbar. 1850.
Dec. 15. EVELINA FOBES HAYWARD.
EMERY ARNOLD JOHNSON.
NANCY WHITMAN (Fobes), wife of Holden W. Keith. :
" KEZIAH LEONARD (Hathaway), wife of S. White.
1852.
Sept. 5. JUSTIN ANDREWS.
Nov. 5. SORANUS WENTWORTH.
SOPHIA WAPLES (Kingman), wife of S. Wentworth.
" 6. BETSEY BARKER (Pratt), widow of I. N. Perkins.
66 URSULA (Gwinneth), wife of O. H. Shaw. [ab.]
1853.
March 6. JOSHUA FOBES.
. CHLOE (Keith), wife of Joshua Fobes.
" JOB HARRINGTON JOHNSON.
" VASSAL KEITH ..
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CHURCH OF NORTH MIDDLEBOROUGH.
March 6, CORNELIA (Fobes), wife of Vassal Keith.
July 4, HANNAHI (Huron), widow of Galen Conant.
" " DORDANIA KEITH (Pratt), wife of T. J. Pratt. Sept. 4. ELLEN MARIA (Shaw), wife of N. Williams Keith.
SARAH DENNIS WHITE.
Nov. 6. SALONA (Eaton), widow of Solomon White. 1854. May 7. MARY ANN (Hoard), wife of Stillman Tucker. 1858. May 9. JANE WING (Pratt), wife of Martin Dunbar. [ab.]
66 WILLIAMS EATON.
" REBECCA LEAVITT (Caswell ), widow of S. White. 4. ELIZABETHII MARIA ALDEN.
July
" JARED FOSTER ALDEN.
LYDIA AUGUSTA ( Waldron), wife of P. S. Doty. [ab. ]
66 JULIA ANN WASHBURN ( Clark), wife of I. Dunham.
MARY ELIZABETHI (Richmond ), wife of Geo. Eaton.
66 NAOMI (Keith), wife of Williams Eaton.
NAHUM WILLIAMS KEITH.
" ISAAC EATON MACOMBER. £ CELIA. SHAW ( White), wife of Isaac E. Macomber.
" LUCRETIA EATON (Perkins), wife of Enoch Pratt.
ANNA SHAW (Pratt), widow of J. G. Thompson.
" CYNTHIA (Kingman), widow of R. W. Waldron. [First united 1828, Aug. 17.]
" GEORGE BARSTOW WHITMARSHT.
Sept. 5. WALES HAYWARD, Deacon, 1863.
Nov. 7. ABBY GRANT (McCurdy), widow of E. C. Keith. 1860.
March 1. JOSHUA PADELFORD.
1862.
May 4. JAMES MONROE ALDEN.
66 MARY BROOKS ( Clark), wife of James M. Alden.
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HARRIET ( Thompson), wife of Ruel W. Eaton.
66 " AVERY FOBES HOOPER.
16 PUELLA FRANCES (Dean), wife of J. E. Keith.
66 SARAH HOWARD ( Cobb), wife of John A. Keith.
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LIST OF MEMBERS IN 1876.
1862.
May 4. THALIA MARIA (Keith), wife of E. H. Macomber. " SALLY KINGMAN ( Waldron), wife of B. W. Mendell. 6. CHARLES EDWARDS ALDEN.
July
SUSAN ELIZABETH ( Weston), wife of C. E. Alden.
16 SUSAN MATILDA (Pratt), wife of Jared F. Alden.
LYDIA JANE (Holmes), wife of Amos D. Clark.
FANNY KINGMAN (Pratt), wife of Avery F. Hooper.
HARRIET (Fobes), widow of Justin Howard. [ab. ] LOIS HATHAWAY (Perkins), wife of E. Howard. [ab]. MARIA ELIZABETH( Waldron), widow of A. Johnson.
SARAH PRATT KEITH.
CHARLES HENRY LAWRENCE.
16 JANE GURNEY (Pratt), widow of Geo. L. Oakes. ANNIE MARIA (Pratt), wife of Jeremiah K. Pratt.
CORDANIA ELIZABETH( Perkins) widow of II. O. Pratt. JULIETTE (Pratt), wife of E. A. Richmond. [ab.]
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66 CHILOE (Atwood), widow of Philander Sampson.
66 MARY KING (Keith), widow of Zachariah Weston.
CLARISSA PRATT (Keith), wife of Wm. E. White.
MARIA COOK (Dean), wife of Daniel E. White.
Sept. 7. ANDREW ALDEN.
" "ABIGAIL WHITMAN ( Thompson), wife of A. Alden. SARAH EMILY (Davis), wife of W. Cushing. [ab. ] SUSAN DEAN (Pease), widow of C. F. Eldridge. [ab. ] LOUISA EDSON HATHAWAY.
" JAMES RICHIMOND.
66 ANNIE GARDNER( Thompson), wife of S. A. Sampson. .6 DANIEL EATON WHITE.
1866.
March 1. JULIA PRATT.
LOUISA PRATT.
May 6. ELIZA ANN PRATT.
1868.
March 1. OLIVER EATON.
6 6 AUGUSTUS PRATT.
EMILY MARIA (Eaton), wife of Augustus Pratt.
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CHURCH OF NORTH MIDDLEBOROUGH.
1868.
March 1. ANNA MARIA ( Nants), wife of William Shaw.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TINKHAM.
" HANNAH ( White), wife of Benjamin F. Tinkham.
July 3. LUCY MARIA ( Williams), wife of Hiram N. Pratt.
Sept.
4. JULIA MARIA (Tinkham), wife of W. C. Holbrook. 1869.
Jan. 1."HENRY LUTHER EDWARDS, Pastor, 1867. [ab.]
" MARY BLANKENSHIP( Thomas), wife of H.L. Edwards. 1870.
March 6. CELIA (Hayward ), wife of Wales Hayward.
May 1. ELIZA FRANCES (Gurney), wife of Job H. Johnson.
July 3. SUSAN LORING (Holmes), widow of A. S. Pratt. 1871.
. Jan. 1. GEORGE MELVIN WILBAR.
Sept. 3. JOSEPH HATHAWAY.
[First united 1833, May 16.]
LUCY (Alden), wife of Joseph Hathaway. [First united 1831, Oct. 16.]
" EMMA ROBERTS HATHAWAY.
1872.
March 3. JEMIMA WILLIAMS (King), widow of Jared Pratt.
" MARIA OTIS (Pratt), widow of Albert Washburn. 1874.
March 1. HARRIET MARIA (Drake), wife of I. E. Perkins.
" " ELIZA JANE (Harrington), wife of Jas. Richmond. May 10. LEONARD GIBBS.
" SYLVIA WADE ( White), wife of Leonard Gibbs.
- ANNA WILLIAMS HATHAWAY.
،، LIZZIE FLORENCE HOWES.
66 ANNA DAVIS PRATT.
JARED WARREN PRATT.
July 5. GEORGE HENRY CLARK. [ab. ]
" HANNAH CONANT (Hayward ), wife of G. H. Clark.
" SAMUEL HOPKINS EMERY, Pastor, 1874.
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" JULIA ( Reed ), wife of S. Hopkins Emery.
" JOSEPH WARREN SHAW GIBBS.
66 EMMA ELIZA ( Sherman ), wife of J. W. S. Gibbs.
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LIST OF MEMBERS IN 1876.
1874. July 5. SARAH ISADORA HATHAWAY.
SUSIE REBECCA JOHNSON.
66 EVA MARIA KEITH. [ab. ]
66 LUCY FRANCES KEITH.
66 ELLEN FRANCES MACOMBER.
JAIRUS HATHAWAY PERKINS.
66
JEANNIE CORNISH PERKINS.
MARY SAWYER PERKINS.
66 ABBY SAMPSON ( Wentworth), wife of C. Peterson.
66 CATHARINE (Cummings), wife of Otis Pratt.
60 66 ENOCH PRATT.
LYSANDER RICHMOND.
LUCY EVELINE RICHMOND.
MARY JANE SHIELDS.
66 CHARLES SUMNER TINKHAM.
WILLIAM WARREN TINKHAM.
LAURA MARIETTA WILBAR.
Sept.
6. CHARLES HERBERT ALDEN.
HERBERT AUGUSTUS PRATT.
" HELEN MARIA SHERMAN.
Nov. 1. FLORA MARION (Pratt), wife of E. PADELFORD.
1875.
Jan. 3. EDWARD CLINTON ANDREWS.
". EMMA LOUISE ANDREWS.
" HELEN SYLVIA (Gibbs), wife of George E. Cates.
ALBION AUGUSTUS KEITH.
66 ABBY JUDSON (Vaughan), wife of Albion A. Keith.
ABIATHAR WILLIAMS LEONARD.
66 " MARY ELIZABETH(Andrews), wife of A. W. Leonard."
IDA LOUISE ( Waterman), wife of Joshua F. Packard.
1876.
Jan. 2. ELIZA JANE ( Witherell ), wife of J. C. Osborne. March 5. GEORGE EMERSON CATES.
If every member of the church will enter at this place all additions, and mark accurately dismissions and deaths, the list may be preserved accu- rate and complete in the future. [See Errata et attenda; next page.]
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ERRATA ET ADDENDA.
It is seldom that a hundred pages of printed matter come from the press with so little call for correction. The young firm in Middleborough have done themselves and their town credit in the way they have executed their work. The mistakes found are almost too trivial to be named.
On page 9, cleven lines from the top, there is one that too many. On page 22, third line from beginning of note, the second of should be omitted On page 35, twenty second line from top, wbo is found instead of who. On page 77, in note, Caswell's name should be W. Irving instead of Irving W. On page 84, in list of members, Clarinda (Richmond), widow of Seth Fuller, should be marked as uniting April 11 instead of May 23, 1824. On the same page, Mrs. Lois G. widow of A. D. Clark is to be marked deceased March 31, 1876-this excellent sister having been called home, since this list was given to the printer. On page 86, [ First united IS28 Aug. 17] belongs only to the name of Cynthia (Kingman), Widow of R. W. Waldron, and should have been directly under that name. On page 87, [ab.] should follow the name of Mrs. Mendell. On page SS, [ab.] should follow the names of Mrs. Edwards and Mrs, Clark. On page 89, amend the printer's Latin at bottom of page-addenda for attenda.
On page 20, is the remark, "It has been said that the church really died out and became extinct," followed by the statement toward the bottom of the page, "we have no knowledge of the organizing of any other church than the Baptist, after February 16th, 1748."
I am informed the statement is found in Rev. Mr. Backus' Unabridged History of the Baptist churches, that a Baptist church was organized in Titicut the 4th of February, 1749, consisting of sixteen members, which church was afterwards dissolved. If this be so, we can easily understand how this Baptist church organized about a year later than the New Light church, the subject of our history, and with the same number of members, has been confounded with it, and its dissolution been made to apply to the wrong church.
The Baptist church has just received a pastor, Rev. George L. Ruberg, who was installed Feb. 8, 1876, with the following services :
Reading the Scriptures and Prayer,
By Rev. S. II. Emery, of North Middleborough.
Sermox, by Rev. C. II. Spalding, of Arlington.
Prayer of Installation, by Rev. II. B. Marshall, of Kingston.
Fellowship of Churches, by Rev. N. Fullerton, of South Abington.
Charge to the Pastor, by Rev. Joseph Barber, of Cocheset.
Address to the Church, by Rev. G. G. Fairbanks of Middleborough. Benediction, by the Pastor.
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ERRATA ET ADDENDA.
On page 40, are found the names of some, who studied for the ministry in Rev. Mr. Gurney's time. At a later period, we find the name of Francis G. Pratt, son of Greenleaf, son of William, and who married a daughter of Zachary Eddy, Esq. of Middleborough. IIe was ordained at South Malden in 1846, and now resides in Middleborough. Another resident minister on the Bridgewater side, is Rev. Darius Dunbar, a Baptist minister.
On page 51, oceurs the notice of Rev. Mr. Colby previous to his settle- ment in North Middleborough. To make certain some statements for which I relied on Dr. Huntington's funeral sermon, I wrote to the pastor of the church in Hallowell, Me., and received the following :-
"Philip Colby and wife united with the church August 20, 1810, Mrs. Colby being baptized. The same day, two sons, Harrison Gray Otis, and Philip Hamilton Van Rensellaer were baptized, Dr. Gillett being the pastor of the church."
Thus my account is confirmed, with the exception of the month, August instead of July.
On page 73, is found an allusion to one of the business men who have originated in the place, which I am able to supplement by facts furnished by Zebulon Pratt of Bridgewater.
William Pratt born in Bridgewater in 1740, son of Benjamin, born in Bridgewater 1719; son of Benjamin, born in Weymouth 1698; son of Joseph born in Weymouth 1665; son of Joseph, born in Weymouth 163 -; son of Phineas, born in England 1593, who came to this country as one of Weston's Colony, in the Sparrow, in 1622. Benjamin, the father of William, built vessels of forty or fifty tous on the Titieut river, with which, he and his sons carried on trade South. The father and three sons dying South of yellow fever, William settled up the business and bought a farm, to which he added from time to time till it grew to about four hundred acres. His house was on the North Middleborough side of the Titicut river, not far from the old Indian fort, known also as the Indian Weir, where Winslow and Hopkins in 1621 were entertained by the Indians. Here he built vessels, and by leave of the General Court, in connection with Capt. Edson, erected a dam across the river, and built on the south side a grist mill, a saw mill, a fulling mill, and a linseed oil mill. Capt. Edson built mills on the north side. William Pratt had a store, a blacksmith and shoe making shop, and attended also to his large farm. A man of much worldly business, he did not neglect religious things but " died in a strong, well-founded hope of a blessed immortality." HIe was an earnest patriot. As captain of a militia company, he took a prominent part in the war of the Revolution. He had a sister Sarah, who married Judge Paris of Maine, whose only son, Albion K. filled many dis- tingnished offices in the State. He had a son Enoch, who was a minister-a son Isaac, who carried on the Iron business in Wareham, the father of Isaac and Enoch, in the same business in Boston and Baltimore, and Zebulon K. whose sons, Zebulon, Benjamin, Jeremiah, and Martin have been largely *engaged in the book trade.
Elijah E. Perkins and son, and others are engaged in the boot and shoe trade in the place. The Bartlett Brothers manufacture tacks and nails.
LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.
I always liked the old fashion of publishing the list of subscribers, that the generations to come after, might know who encouraged the work of publication in the ancient time. Without any special effort, the names, which follow, have been obtained, to ensure the expense of printing-one hundred and fifty one subscribers for two hundred and sixty three cop- ies. Some of the names will be recognized as those of enter- prising natives of the place, who entered into business else- where, to be largely prospered but not to forget their early home still lives in their loving remembrance. The letter of one of these is appended.
NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS, RESIDENT IN MIDDLEBORO.
Alden, Andrew
Peirce, James E.
Alden, James M.
Perkins, Elijahı E.
Alden, Theodore H.
Perkins, Isaac E.
Andrews, Justin
Perkins, Jairus H.
Beals, Solomon F.
Perkins, Sumner
Carver, Josiah T.
Pratt, Augustus
Clark, Amos D.
Pratt, Christopher C. K.
Clark, David R.
Pratt, Enoch
Clark, Lois (Mrs.)
Pratt, Hiram N.
Dean, Edward M. .
Pratt, Jared
Doane, George H.
Pratt, J. Warren
Eaton, Cyrus.
. Pratt, Jeremiah K. Pratt, Martin V. B.
Eaton, Oliver.
Eaton, Ruel W. (Mrs.)
Pratt, Nathan F. C.
Fuller, Seth (Mrs.)
Pratt, Otis (Mrs.).
Gibbs, Joseph Warren S.
Pratt, T. Jefferson
Harlow, Ivory H.
Richmond, Elisha W.
Hathaway, Joseph (M. D.) Hathaway, Otis W.
Richmond, Hiram L. Richmond, Lysander
. Holbrook, William C.
Robinson, Everett
Holmes, Benjamin E. Hooper, Avery F. Johnson, Emery
Robinson, Dr. Morrill (Mrs.)
Sampson, Shadrack A. Shaw, Cassandra W.
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LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.
Keith, Nahum
Shaw, J. Addison.
Keith, N. Williams
Shaw, William.
Keith, Sarah P.
Shaw, Elbridge .G.
Kingman, Calvin D.
Tinkham, Benjamin F.
Kingman, Sally R.
Waldron, Cynthia (Mrş.)
Leonard, Cornelius
White, Daniel E.
Macomber, Elbridge II.
White, Solomon.
Macomber, Isaac E.
White, W. Emery
Oakes, Jane G. (Mrs.)
Whitmarsh, George
Paun, Amos D. (M. D.)
Whitmarsh, Joshua
NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS, RESIDENT IN BRIDGEWATER.
Alden, Charles F.
Keith, Solomon
Bartlett, Bradford
Keith, Sumner
Conant, Virgil V.
Keith, Vassal
Crane, Joshua E.
Keith, Zephaniah
Dunbar, E. Frank
Kingman, Philip D.
Dunbar, Jane W. (Mrs.)
Latham, William
Dunbar, Lewis B.
McKeen, Lewis L.
Fobes, Bela
Parsons, Lloyd
Fobes, Joshua
Peirce, Clark
Gibbs, Leonard
Pratt, Charles K.
Hayward, Ariston
Pratt, Elizabeth (Mrs.)
Hayward, Hannah (Mrs.)
Pratt, Zebulon.
Hayward Wales
Richmond, Israel, Jr.
Johnson, Job H. Keith, Ambrose
Richmond, James
Shields, John
Keith, Ann (Mrs.)
Sturtevant, Harriet (Mrs.)
Keith, Avery F.
Tucker, Stillman (Mrs.)
Keith, George F.
Walch, Henry
Keith, Henry A.
Washburn, Seth (Mrs.)
Keith, Holden W.
Wilbar, George S.
Keith, LaFayette
Wilbar, Isaac S.
Keith, Lloyd
Wilhar, O. Cromwell
Keith, Loring
Wyman, Josephine (Mrs.)
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NAMES . OF SUBSCRIBERS, RESIDENT IN OTHER PLACES.
Alger, Roland F.
Cochesett.
Andrews, John S. (M. D.)
Taunton.
Andros, George W.
Taunton.
Baylies, Edmund
Taunton.
*Capen, Nahum (LL D.)
Boston.
Clark, George H.
Brockton.
Cowdrey, Arthur H. (M. D.) Stoneham.
Crocker, Samuel L.
Taunton.
Dean, David
Taunton.
Deane, Eleanor .L. (Mrs.)
Taunton.
Dunbar, Samuel O.
Taunton.
Emery, Aaron F.
Boston.
Emery, Ann L. (Mrs.)
Philadelphia, Pa.
Emery, Francis F.
Boston.
Emery, Francis W. R.
Taunton.
Emery, Joseph W.
Quincy, Illinois.
Emery, Joshua (Rev.)
Boston.
Emery, Samuel H. Jr.
Quincy, Illinois.
· Haskins, Myrick
Lakeville.
Herrick, William A.
Cambridge.
Howard, Embert
Brockton.
Phillips, William H. (Mrs.)
Taunton.
Pratt, Abner K.
Boston.
Pratt, Enoch
Baltimore, Md.
Pratt, Isaac, Jr.
Boston.
Reed, Edgar H.
Taunton.
Reed, Henry G.
Taunton.
Reed, Sampson
Boston.
Richmond, David
Raynham.
* Dr. Capen is brother of Robert Capen, M. D., who was the first resident physician of Titicut and who was succeeded by Dr. Morrill Robinson in 1827, who was the "beloved physician" of the place until 1873, the year of his death. His place is now filled by Dr. Amos D. Paun. Dr. Hathaway is a . resident but ont of practice, confining himself to chemistry, in which he is very eminent. He is also skilled in portrait painting.
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LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.
Richmond, Eliezer
Lakeville.
Richmond, Jonathan
Taunton.
Sanford, Enoch (Rev.)
Raynham.
Shaw, Edwin
Fall River.
Shaw, Elvira W.
Taunton.
Tobey, Joshua B. (Mrs.)
Wareham.
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Vickery, Charles R.
Taunton.
Washburn, Leonard
Lakeville.
Wilbur, Joseph
Taunton.
Wilbur, Seth D. Raynham.
The subscribers, whose names appear above, have taken from one to twenty copies, each, and thus provide for the cost of publication. Whatever is realized by the sale of other copies will be devoted to the procuring of an appropriate memorial stone for the three Indians, referred to on pages, 12-15 of this work.
The letter of one of the subscribers, accompanying his subscription will be read with pleasure by the inhabitants of the parish, which has shared so largely in his liberal con- tributions :
Baltimore, Nov. 1, 1875.
Rev. S. Hopkins Emery :
Dear Sir: I am pleased to receive your letter of the 29th Oct. and always glad to hear from my native place. I hope to pay it a visit before long but time is scarce with me.
I will subscribe for twenty copies of your work. 'Send one to me and give the balance to the Principal of the Pratt Free School to distribute among the pupils as he thinks best. Herewith please find an order for ten dollars.
Yours respectfully,
Enoch Pratt.
ERRATA IN LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.
Ten lines from top of page 92, which between home and still, would help the grammar and complete the sense. Same page, Middleborough instead of Middleboro would better agree with the orthography of our book.
The admirers of pure alphabetical lists, of which we are one, need not be told that the columns on page 93 are needed to complete page 92; a blemish of arrangement which a closer oversight of the press might have prevented.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
N. B .- The figures refer to the page or pages where the subject is treated.
B
Backus, Rev. Isaac-his first preaching in Titicut, 19. His parentage, 18 .. His call and settlement as first pastor, 21. His long and laborious, emi- nently useful life, 23. His death, 23. His family and published writings, 23.
Baptist Church organized, 20, 22. Its ministers, 22, 24, 90. Beach Woods, church organized there, 21.
Bliss, Rev. Thomas E .- his genealogy, 65. Preparation for ministry and settlement at North Middleborough, 65, 66. His family, 67. Pastoral work, 68. His visit in the winter of 1873-4, 68, 69.
C
Choir, choristers and leading singers of the parish, 28.
Church organized, 19. Membership under Rev. Mr. Backus, 20. Rev. Mr. Reed, 28. Rev. Mr. Gurney, 39. Rev. Mr. Colby, 57. Rev. Mr. Bliss, 68. Rev. Mr. Packard, 69. Rev. Mr. Little, 72. Rev. Mr. Edwards, 79. Rev. Mr. Emery, 80. . Summary, 82.
Colby, Rev. Philip - his call and ordination, 49. His early life and first marriage, 50, 51. Eldest son, Judge Colby, 51, 55. Missionary labor in Maine, 52. Honorary degree from Brown University. 52. Second mar- riage, 55. Third marriage, 56. Work of his ministry, 56. Revival seasons, 57, 58. Printed sermon, 59. Hymns, 59, 60, 63. Rev. Mr. San- ford's account of him, 60, 61. Burial, 61. Monument, 62; see also 91. Controversy between Old Lights and New Lights, 17, 18. On the subject of baptism, 20.
Correspondence between committee of the church and pastor on subject of this publication, 2.
Councils, ecclesiastical, in Rev. Mr. Backus' time, 20, 21. In Rev. Mr. Reed's ministry, 28. In Rev. Mr. Gurney's, 39. In Rev. Mr. Colby's, 56. In Rev. Mr. Bliss', 68. In Rev. Mr. Packard's, 69. In Rev. Mr. Edwards', 79. In Rev. Mr. Emery's, 80. Summary of Councils, 82.
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INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
D
Deacons chosen, 21, 28, 39, 56, 57, 77.
Deaths and funerals in Rev. Mr. Colby's pastorate, 56. Rev. Mr. Bliss', 68. Rev. Mr. Packard's, 69. Rev. Mr. Emery's, 80. Summary, 82.
Dedication of the published discourses, 3
Discipline, in Rev. Mr. Reed's ministry, 28. Rev. Mr. Colby's, 57. Rev. Mr. Bliss', 68. Rev. Mr. Edwards', 79. Summary, 82.
Dismissions from church, in Rev. Mr. Reed's ministry, 28. Rev. Mr. Gur- ney's, 39. Rev. Mr. Colby's, 57. Rev. Mr. Bliss', 68. Rev. Mr. Packard's, 69. Rev. Mr. Little's, 72. Rev. Mr. Edwards', 79. Rev. Mr. Emery's, 80. Summary, 82
Dissolution of a church referred to on page 20 explained, 90.
E
Edwards, Rev. H. L .- his engagement with this church, 78. His ancestry, marriage and ministry in this place, 78, 79.
Emery, Rev. S. H .- his preparation for ministry, pastorates elsewhere and in North Middleborough, 79, 80.
Errata et addenda, 90, 91, 95, 98, 99.
G
Gurney, Rev. David,-his call to the pastorate, 35, 36. His salary, 36. His answer to call, 36, 37. His ordination, 37. His house, 38. His parentage and early life, 38. His service in the war of the Revolution, 38. His college and theological education, 39. His school and grammar, 40, 41. His prayer meeting with the Titicut ministers, 43. Ilis opposition to war of 1812, 43. His temperament, 44. His sermonizing, 44. Printed sermon, 44. His family, 44. His death and funeral. 44, 45. An obituary notice, 46, 47.
Independency, 33. 1
Indians, their settlements in Middleborough, 6. Sale of lands to the whites, 7. Their churches and ministers, 8. Praying Indians, 8. Probable płace of worship in Titicut, 9. Their gifts of land to the Titicut' Precinct, 12,13. Proposed monumental stone to their memory, 14, 15.
Infant baptisms and public dedication of children during Rev. Mr. Backus' ministry, 21, 22. In Rev. Mr. Reed's pastorate, 28. Rev. Mr. Gurney's. 39. Rev. Mr. Colby's, 57. Rev. Mr. Bliss', 68. Rev. Mr. Little's, 72, Rev. Mr. Edwards's, 79. Rev. Mr. Emery's, 80. Summary, 82.
Ladies' Benevolent Society, 59. L List of members of this church, 84-89. List of subscribers to this publication, 92-95.
Little, Rev. E. G .- his settlement and pastoral work. Revival seasons, 71, 72. Notice of him by Mrs. Little, 74, 75. Obituary notice by Rev. Mr. Marvin, 75, 76. His sermons, 76, 77.
Lotteries to build bridge and to support minister, 29.
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Marriages by Rev. Mr. Reed, 28. By Rev. Mr. Gurney, 39. By Rev. Mr. Colby, 5€. By Rev. Mr. Packard, 69. By Rev. Mr. Emery, 80. Sum- mary, 82.
Meetinghouse, the first in Titicut, 15, 16, 22, 24. "Pew spotts" sold, 24. The second, in 1809, 42. The third, in 1852, 66.
Ministerial lands sold, 29.
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Notice, six months' and three months', its working, 68, 69.
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Organ, purchase and organist, 79.
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Packard, Rev. Charles,-his brief pastorate, 69. Prof. Packards' notice of him 69, 70. His death, 70. Renewal of covenant in his ministry, 71.
Parsonage, 50.
Pastorates, comparative length of, 81.
Physicians in Titicut, 94.
Pratt, Enoch-his letter, 95. Genealogy of the family, 91.
Pratt Free School, 72, 73, 74.
Precinct or Parish in Titicut, petition for it and names of signers, 9, 10. Petition granted, 10. Parish organized and arrangements made for preaching, 11. Its clerks, 54. Treasurers, 54, 55. Petition for township, 55.
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Records of church, first book of, discovered, containing articles of faith, covenant and names of original members, 19, 20.
Reed, Rev. Solomon, called to be pastor, 24, 25. ITis first field of labor, 25. His answer to call, 25. IIis house, 25, 26. His children, 26. The ancestry of himself and wife, 26. His salary, 29. His death and burial, 29, 30. His character as a man and minister, 30. His journal, 31, 32. His monument erected by Mr. Pratt, 32.
Rebellion, war of, list of those in this parish, who lost their lives, 77. *Revolution, war of, part Titicut took in it, 29, 91, 98, 99.
Roche, Nicholas,-his legacy to this church, 41, 42.
*As this page was going to press, a message came to me from Mrs. Tobey of Warcham, that her mother was in the habit of saying that her father, Jeremiah Keith, cast the first cannon which were ever made in this country. Curious to know the facts in the case, I inquired of Williams Latham, Esq., of Bridgewater, authority in all these matters, and through him obtained the following information :
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Sabbatlı School, 52, 53. Sheds erected in 1814, 42.
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Titicut,-its business, 91, 98, 99. Its young men, who have entered the min- istry, 40, 91.
Title page, 1.
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Watts' version of psalms, supplemented by hymns, used, 28. Winslow and Hopkins in Titicut, in 1621, 7.
Young people cared for on the Sabbath. 28.
Jeremiah Keith, Sr., started a furnace on the east side of the turnpike, not far from the river on the Bridgewater side, in 1776, where he manufac- tured screws for paper mills, shot and other things, but probably not cannon or fire arms. He was interested however, without doubt, with Amos Keith and others in the Forge and Foundry in Titicut, where now the Bartletts manufacture nails and where cannon and cannon balls were cast. This mill privilege is a very old one, and I am so fortunate as to have found a copy of the original lease of land from the Indian proprietors to certain parties for this purpose.
David Charles, Isaac Wanno and wife Amey, Anthony Walnum and wife Martha, Samuel Robin and wife Rebecca, Joseph Peter and wife Bethia, children and heirs of Charles Ahas of Titicut, deceased, with consent of our mother, Martha Ahas, for 25 shillings, yearly, lease to Capt. Edson, Edward Mitchell, Edward Fobes, Samuel Washburn, and Ephraim Howard, land to set up Iron Works at Titicut, to build a dam and pond their land as much as is needful, April 1, 1707. Nathan Brett, Samuel Crossman witnesses.
The above taken from the scrap book of Isaac Fobes of Scotland, Bridgewater, p. 14, as copied by Williams Latham.
May 5, 1725, N. Willis and others transferred their interest in what is called " Iron Works brook and Wanno's land " to Nehemiah Washburn. Jan. 24, 1728-9, Josiah Edson transferred his interest in land "where the old Forge stood" to Nehemiah Washburn. Dec. 10, 1744, articles of agree- ment were drawn up between some fifteen persoons, who were to manufac- ture hollow ware at "the Forge brook near Capt. Nehemiah Washburn," who lived on the south side of the brook.
It was here at " the Forge brook," cannon were cast solid at the time of the Revolution and as Judge Mitchell, the historian of Bridgewater, told Mr. Latham, they were probably taken solid to East Bridgewater or South Abington and bored and finished off
Small fire arms were made in North Bridgewater in 1747, and Hugh Orr, a Scotchman, was in the same business in East Bridgewater, so says Judge Mitchell in his history of Bridgewater, pages 58, 59, but the cannon cast in Titicut at the time of the Revolution were among the first probably, if not the very first in the country.
INDEX OF NAMES.
N. B. Every name found in the book is here registered, but it may oc- cur several times on the same page. I remember my friend Drake, who recently passed away, complained of the Index in the Ministry of Taunton, because it failed to give all the names. I confess it is a wearisome work both to the author and the printer, but it is a labor of love, which some ap- preciate and certainly enhances the value of a historical volume.
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Abbott, 24. Abel, 8. Adams, 44.
Ahanton, 13, 15.
Ahas, 99.
Alden, 19, 20, 22, 24, 23, 35. 36, 37, 53, 54, 55, 56, 84, 86, 87, 89, 92, 93.
Aldrich, 10, 85.
Alger, 73, 94.
Allen, 65, 70.
Andem, 24. Andrews, 85, 89, 92. 94. Andros, 94. Angier, 37.
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Backus, 8, 11, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 32, 42, 43, 62, 81, 90.
Barber, 90.
Barden, 15.
Barker, 37.
Barnes, 67,
Bartlett, 91, 93, 99.
Bates, 49 ... Baylies, 94.
Beals, 92. Bellamy, 18.
Blake, 73.
Bliss, 19, 32, 65, 6€, 67, 68, 69, 73, 81.
Bourne, 8.
Bragg, 61, Brett, 7, 11, 35, 99.
Briggs, 40.
Brigham, 61. Brown, 31. Bryant, 10, 22. Byram, 7, 11.
INDEX OF NAMES. 101
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Campbell, 20. Capen, 94. Carver, 61, 92. Cary, 35. Casewell, 10. Caswell, 22, 77, 90. Cates, 89. Charles, 99. Charlotte, Princess, 45. Chikatawbut, 7. Clark, 84, 87, 88, 90, 92, 94. Cleaveland, 21.
Codding, 22. Colby, 23, 32, 49, 50, 51, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 73, 81, 82, 91. Coleman, 75. Conant, 22, 86, 93.
Cook, 27. Cotton, 8, 13.
Cowdrey, 94. Cowms, 10. Crane, 28, 38, 39, 48, 54, 55, 66, 67, 93.
Crocker, 94. Crossman, 10, 99.
Curtis, 44. Cushing, 13, 87.
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Davenport, 18. David, 13, 15.
Davis, 27, 62. Dean, 92, 94. Deanc, 14,"94-
Derby, 38. Dexter, 40. Doane, 92, Doty, 86. Dunbar, 54, 86, 91, 93, 94. Dunham, 86. Dyer, 78,
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Eaton, 10, 28, 39, 55, 56, 77, 85, 86, 87, 92. Eddy, 91. Edson, 7, 10, 11, 13, 24, 25, 38, 55, 91, 99.
Edwards, 18, 32, 78, 79, 81, 88, 90. Eldridge, 87.
Eliot, 8. Emery, 1, 2, 61, 88, 90, 94, 95.
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Fairbanks, 90. Fay, 73.
Felix, 8. Fisk, 59. Fleet, 44.
Flint, 45.
Fobes, 10, 14, 20, 22, 28, 37, 44, 52, 54, 55, 85, 93, 99.
Fuller, 28, 84, 90, 92.
Fullerton, 90.
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Gardiner, 70. Gay, 61. Gibbs, 88, 92, 93.
Gillett, 49, 51, 57, 91.
Gould, 73. Gray, 76. + Greenleaf, 75. Gurney, 23, 27, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 58, 62, 73, 81, 91.
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Hall, 18, 22, 24, 61. Handy, 77. Harlow, 1, 92. Harvey, 10, 20. Haskins, 94. Hathaway, 77, 87, 88, 89, 92, 94. Hayward, 19, 21, 22, 28, 40, 53, 54, 77, 84, 85, 86, 88, 93. Heford, 22. Herrick, 94. Hide, 21. IIill, 49.
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Hillard, 73. Holbrook, 88, 92. Holmes, 92. Hooper, 10, 20, 22, 54, 55, 86, 87, 92. Hopkins, 6, 7, 18, 80, 91. Ilovey, 11, 22, 23. Howard, 87, 94, 99.
Howes, 88. Hunt, 22, 50. Huntington, 50, 61, 91. Hutchinson, 24. Hyde, 65.
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Ingalls, 28, 74.
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James, 67. Johnson, 28, 85, 87, 88, 89, 92, 93. K
Keith, 2, 10, 11, 13, 24, 25, 28, 40, 44, 49,53,54,55,56,77,84, 85, 86,87, 89, 93, 98, 99. Kelley, 24. Kendall, 24. Kent, 70. Kingman, 52, 54, 93. Knowlton, 55.
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Lake, 73. Lambert, 55 .. Latham, 93, 98, 99. Lawrence, 74, 87. Leach, 10, 20, 22, 28 53, 55.
Lee, 77. Leonard, 10, 22, 28, 85, 89, 93. Lewis, 22. Little, 32, 53, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 81.
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Oakes, 87, 93. Orr, 70, 99. Osborne, 89. Otis, 55.'
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Macomber. 22, 86, 87, 89, 93.
Maltby, 61, 72.
Marshall, 90.
Marvin, 75. Mason, 23.
Massasoit, 7.
McChesney, 73. McKeen, 93.
· McLearn, 24.
Mead, 21.
Mellen, 22.
Mendell, 87, 90.
Mitchell, 74, 99.
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Nehemiah, 8. Nelson, 22.
Niles, 24, 37.
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Packard, 32, 69, 70, 71, 73, 81, 89.
Padelford, 86, 89.
Paine, 21, 49.
Paris, 91.
Parker, 55.
Parsons, 28, 59, 93.
Paun, 74, 93, 94.
Peabody, 74.
Peckham, 75. -
Peirce, 92, 93.
Perkins, 2, 10, 28, 36, 39, 40, 53, 55, 56, 59, 66, 77, 84, 85, 88, 89, 91, 92.
Peter, 99.
Peterson, 89.
Phelps, 65.
Philip, 7.
Phillips, 94.
Phinney, 20, 22.
Pomponoho, alias Peter, 7.
. Pomroy, 49. Porter, 30, 37.
Pratt, 28, 32, 38, 40, 46, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 55, 57, 62, 73, 74, 79, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95.
Putnam, 61.
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Raymond, 49, 61.
Reed, 11, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 41, 44, 45, 49, 54, 55, 62, 73, 79, 80, 81, 94.
Richardson, 24.
Richmond, 10, 13, 28, 36, 40, 44, 55, 87, 88, 89,92, 93, 94, 95.
Robin, 99.
Robinson, 24, 49, 55, 73, 74, 92, 94. ' Roche, 41, 42. Rowley, 67. Ruberg, 90.
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Sampson, 87, 92.
Sanderson, 75.
Sanford, 40, 41, 60, 61, 95.
Sanger, 49.
Sekins, 8. Sewall, 51, 55. Shaw, 10, 13, 30, 37, 38, 39, 54, 55, 73, 84, 85, 88, 92, 93, 95.
Shay, 26. Shepherd, 18. Sherman, 28, 89. Shields, 89, 93. Smith, 21, 22. Snow, 18, 19, 21, 73. Southworth, 85. Spalding, 90. Spring, 79. Standish, 56.
Stevens, 79.
Storrs, 69. Stoughton, 27. Strong, 52. Sturtevant, 93. Symons, 8.
Tandy, 24. Tennents, 18. Tenney, 70. Thatcher, 1, 61. Thomas, 12,13,14,15, Thompson, 27, 86. Thurston, 10. Tinkham, 88, 89, 93.
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Tispacan, ". Tobey, 95, 98. Tracy, 18. Tucker, 11, 86, 93. Turner, 37.
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Van Rensalaer, 51. Vickery, 95.
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Wade, 28.
Wadsworth, 11. Walch, 93. Waldron, 86, 90, 93. Walker, 46. Walnum, 99. Wampatuck, 7.
Wamsutta, 7. Wanno, 99.
Washburn, 10, 15, 20, 21, 41, 54, 85, 88, 93, 95, 99. Webster, 33. Wentworth, 28, 85. Weston, 22, 75, 87, 91. Wheeler, 56.
White, 2, 15, 28, 35, 53, 54, 55, 77, 85, 86, 87, 93.
Whitefield, 18, 31, 32.
Whitmarsh, 86, 93. Wilbar, 85, 88, 89, 93.
Wilbur, 28, 39, 56, 95.
Willis, 73, 99.
Wills, 28. Winslow, 6, 7, 18, 80, 91. Wood, 41. Woods, 20, 21.
Worcester, 49, 51, 52. Wyman, 93.
On page 101 Cowms should be Cowins.
On page 103, the initial letter O is out of place, preceding M and N, as may be plainly seen, proving that in printing as in other things, there is "an end of all perfection," if not "of making many books."
On page 77, in'a note are given the names of seven who lost their lives in the service of their country, in the war of the Rebellion. Two others should be added, who contracted disease which in after years terminated fa- tally-Albert G. Pratt and his son, Harrison O. Pratt.
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