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July 1, 1847 Sept. 5, 1847
Jan. 2, 1848 Mar. 7, 1848
May 7, 1848
Fr. ch. in Sanbornton
Profession of Faith
Apr. 27, 1865 |Dis.to Eliot st.ch.Rox.
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Dis. to Meth. ch.
Dec. 10, 1855 By death, aged 38. 1859
Dis. to ch. in Bristol.
422|Elizabeth !"anborn] Sanborn (Thomas P.) 423 Charles Edwin Sanborn 424 Alvah McQuesten Merrill 425 Hobart Merrill 426 David Merrill, jr. 427 Jason Clark.
428 Hannah Jane Dearborn 429 Julia V. Dearborn, 430 Caroline Moulton 431 Amanda (Moulton) Merrill (Ralph M.) 432 Anna [Sanborn] Palmer (Joseph) 433 Almira Palmer 434 Nancy Sanborn
435 Hannah [Merrill] Goold (Daniel) 436 Alfred Webster
437 Martha [Coit] Lester (Joseph) 438 Martha (Merrill) Langley (Charles P.) 439 Matilda (Sanborn) Webster (Charles) 440 Mary [Baker] Keniston (John) 441 Eliza Ann Merrill
442 Anna Maria Johnson 443 William Hastings Reed 444 Eliza (Currier) Carter (-) 445|Helen (Stafford) Green (J. Henry) 446 Benjamin Wells 447 Abia [Moore] Wells (Benjamin) 448 Marcia Lovejoy Sanborn 449 Dolly [Lancaster [ Perkins (Jacob) 450 Sabrina [Holmes] Whitten (John L.) 451 Hannah [Wyatt] Baker (Benjamin) Dear- born (John) 452 Ralph Metcalf Merrill
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Fr. ch. in Sanbornton Dec. 16, 1848 Profession of Faith
Jan. 2, 1854 Dec. 16, 1849
By death, aged 24. By death, aged 21.
June 22, 1853 By death, aged 21. Feb. 14, 1854
Sept. 3, 1848
Fr.ch. in Sanbornton Dec. 29, 1866
By death, aged 96.
Sept. 15, 1855 By death, aged 69. Aug. 31,1865 July 9, 1857
Nov. 4, 1848 Jan. 7, 1849
Fr.2d ch.,Norwich,Ct April 17, 1850 Profession of Faith
By death, aged 57. By death, aged 32. By death, aged 55. Dis.toch.in So.Boston.
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May 5, 1849 July 1, 1849
Fr. ch. in Campton Profession of Faith
Nov. 25, 1855 By death, aged 22.
Sept., 1849 Jan., 1850 July 1, 1850
Fr. ch. in Pittsfield
Jan. 31, 1865 July 30, 1859
Dis. to Pine st. ch. Bos. By death, aged 80. By death, aged 84.
July, 1850 Jan. 5, 1851 May 3, 1851
Fr. ch. in Sanbornton From ch. in Hebron Fr.ch.in Johnson, Vt. Sept., 1855
Dis. to Johnson, Vt.
July 6, 1851 Sept., 1851
From ch. in Campton April 11, 1856 By death, aged 80. Profession of Faith
By death, aged 26.
July 2, 1848
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66
By death, aged 21.
Profession of Faith
Reg.
Name.
Date of Reception
Manner of Reception.
Date of Removal.
Manner of Removal.
453 Cynthia [Darling] Webster (Alfred) Phenix (Richard) 454 Mary Clement Long 455 Sarah (Ellis) Keyes (Orlando W.) 456 Sarah (Merrill) Cook (Hastings) 457 Mary (Merrill) Foote (John G.)
May 2, 1852 Sept. 5, 1852 May 1, 1853 July 2, 1853 Sept. 4, 1853
Profession of Faith
April 12, 1866
Dis.to Free st. Bap.ch. Portland, Me.
Jan. 2, 1859 July 2, 1859 Nov., 1855
By death, aged 27. Dis. to ch.in Campton. Dis. to ch. in Burling- ton, Iowa.
Mar., 1854 Sept., 1854
From ch. in Campton
Profession of Faith
1860
Dis.to ch. in Lawrence. 34
469 William Jewett Tucker (Rev.)
470 Mary Elmira Calley
April, 1859
From F. W. Bap. ch., New Hampton Fr. ch. in Providence Oct. 24, 1867
May, 1859
July 2, 1859
Fr.ch.in Sanbornton, Br. Profession of Faith
473 Henrietta Merrill
July 1, 1860
474 Deborah (Keniston) Johnson (Charles W.) Sept. 2, 1861
March 6, 1859
From ch. in Orford Profession of Faith
Sept. 13, 1863 Dis.toNo.ch.St.Johns- Dec. 31, 1863 bury, Vt. Dis. to Theo. Sem. ch., Andover, Mass.
471 Flora A. Young
472 Mary [Wight] Kelley (Cyrus K.)
Dis. to Methodist ch., Plymouth.
458 William George Cook 459 Mary [Hosley ] Cutter (John T.) 460 Clara (Robie) McCoy (Henry) Scott (Wm.) Aug., 1855 461 Martha (Keniston) Glynn (Thomas) Jan., 1857 462 Catherine [Spaulding] Leverett (William) 463 Lucia E. Kimball 66 464 Gara Burnham McQuesten 465 Sarah Elizabeth Johnson May, 1857 Jan., 1858 466 Mary Elizabeth McQuesten 467 |Nancy [Cross] Cross (Pearson) 468 Calista (Gilbert) Bryant (Matthew)
475 |Harriet [Stebbens] Ward (Enoch) 476 Mary [Moses] Reed (William H.) 477 James McQuesten 478 Louisa [Page] McQuesten (James) 479 Angelina [Rodgers] Webster (Samuel C.) 480 Mary [Tewksbury] Dodge (Joseph A.) 481 Benjamin Noyes Merrill
482 Eli Mellen Wight
483 Martha Alcesta Homans 484 Mary (Cummings) Meserve (Henry J.) 485 Martha Frances Hazeltine 486 George Punchard Cook
487 Caroline (McQuesten) Dole (Charles A.) 488 Pamela [Hutchinson ] Keniston (Cyrus)
489 |Seth Wight Kelley
490 Charlotte [Green] Hazen (Rev. Henry A.) 491 | Martha [Parker] Merrill (Alvah M.) 492 Annie [Huckins] Merrill (Rockwood F.) Blaisdell (W. Dinsmoor) 493 Lucretia (Merrill) Hawkins (Cortez C.) 494 Charlotte Henry Rogers 495 Mary [Cook] Merrill (Elliot)
496 Martha [Cummings] Moulton (Allen) 497 Ruth (Johnson) Ferrin (Edward E.) 498 Alonzo Van Buren York
499 Abby Sanborn Palmer 500 Charlotte (Dearborn) Fox (Plummer) 501 |Cyrus Kingsbury Kelley 502|William Wallace Russell, jr.
J 503|Clara [Smith] Russell (William W. jr.)
Jan., 1862 Feb., 1862 Feb. 27, 1863
Fr.ch.in Bradford, Vt From ch. in Campton Fr. ch. in Wentworth
Mar. 1, 1863
Profession of Faith
May 3, 1863
July 5, 1863 Sept. 6, 1863 Nov. 1, 1863
Dec. 31, 1863 May 1, 1864 May 19, 1864 Nov. 6, 1864
Fr.ch. in So. Reading Profession of Faith Fr.ch. in Windsor, Vt. Profession of Faith
Dec. 1, 1864
Jan. 1, 1865
Fr. F.W.B. ch. in W. Campton Profession of Faith
Mar. 4, 1865 Jan. 6, 1867 Mar. 3, 1867
Nov. 3, 1865
Dis. to Newbury, Vt.
Oct. 12
5 Dis. to Winnisimmet ch. Chelsea, Mass. Dis. toch.in Haverhill.
Mar. 3 1864
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Reg.
Name.
Date of Reception
Manner of Reception.
Date of Removal.
Manner of Removal.
504 Laura Abbie Wallace 505 |Calista [Johnson] Clark (Jason) 506 Lucinda [Fogg] Robie (Frederic W. A.) 507 William Alpheus Chandler
508 |Hannah [Hastings] Chandler (William A.) 509 Sarah Grace Robie 510 Helen Marr Whipple 511 Arthur Norman Ward 512 George Punchard Russell 513 Elizabeth Ann Hale Greene
Mar. 3, 1867 66
Profession of Faith
66
66
Fr.P'rl st.ch., Nashua 66 Profession of Faith
July 7, 1867
66
Nov. 1, 1867
By letter, from Cent. Cong. ch., Phil.
Aug. 11, 1867 By death, aged 32.
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ALPHABETICAL LISTS.
PAST MEMBERS.
The numbers in the Alphabetical Lists refer to the Chronological List.
65 Adams, Sally.
4 Aiken, John.
5 Aiken, Anna.
267 Bachelder, Dorothy D.
220 Bailey, John.
156 Baker, Amos.
157 Baker, Lydia C.
393 Ball, Mary T.
317 Barnes, Sally.
194 Barron, Sarah H.
37 Bartlett, Ebenezer.
38 Bartlett, Ebenezer, jr.
41 Bartlett, Martha.
48 Bartlett, Joannah.
7 Bartlett, Mary.
373 Bartlett, Richard.
6 Bartlett, Stephen.
193 Bartlett, William.
128 Blake, Oliver.
129 Blake, Deborah.
285 Bliss, Jonathan.
302 Bliss, Lucretia.
8 Blodgett, Ebenezer.
9 Blodgett, Hannah. 375 Boynton, David P. 10 Brainard, Jemimah.
11 Brown, Rachel.
184 Brown, Sarah E.
468 Bryant, Calista G. 300 Bugbee, Orrin.
301 Bugbee, Mary A.
333 Butler, George L.
159 Cass, Benjamin. 160 Cass, Annie. 77 Chandler, Mary.
295 Chapman, Abigail.
366 Chase, Lydia.
382 Chase, Relief J.
323 Cheney, Israel.
324 Cheney, Sarah.
305 Church, Mary.
98 Clark, John.
63 Clark, Sally.
12 Clark, Sarah
99 Cook, Edmund.
100 Cook, Electa.
486 Cook, George P. 13 Cook, Hannah. .
139 Cook, Lucy.
110 Cook, Lydia.
39 Cook, Moody.
42 Cook, Sarah.
109 Cook, Sarah B.
456 Cook, Sarah M.
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352 Cook, Walter.
361 Cross, Mary.
238 Cross, Sophronia. 14 Cummings, Jotham.
15 Cummings, Anna.
43 Cummings, Jotham, jr.
44 Cummings, Elizabeth.
16 Cummings, James.
61 Cummings, Jonathan.
146 Cummings, Ruth. 354 Cummings, Alice.
284 Cummings, Jonathan G.
283 Cummings, Leonard.
273 Cummings, Noah C.
214 Cummings, Mary.
66 Cummings, Susannah. 412 Currier, Laura.
311 Davis, George A.
345 Davis, Sarah.
150 Dearborn, Edward.
131 Dearborn, Lydia.
451 Dearborn, Hannah.
119 Dearborn, Joseph.
274 Dearborn, Jotham G.
429 Dearborn, Julia V.
250 Dearborn, Mary M. 17 Dearborn, Samuel. 330 Dexter, Mercy. 239 Doe, Julia A.
487 Dole, Caroline L. 353 Dow, Charles M. 108 Draper, Abigail.
173 Draper, Rebecca. 291 Draper, Sally J. 339 Durgin, Hannah.
271 Eaton, Ezra B. 265 Eaton, Mary. 218 Edmonds, Benjamin.
307 Edmonds, Eliza.
260 Edmonds, Catherine W.
350 Ellis, Betsey. 185 Ellis, Hannah. 228 Emerson, Daniel.
229 Emerson, Lucy. 18 Emerson, Nathaniel.
122 Emerson, Samuel.
123 Emerson, Elizabeth.
19 Estabrooks, Joseph. 20 Estabrooks, Hannah.
92 Estabrooks, Rebecca. 93 Estabrooks, Sally. 3 Fairbank, Drury. 40 Fairbank, Lucretia. 107 Fairbank, Sarah W.
136 Farnum, Elizabeth. 85 Farnum, John. 73 Farnum, Betsey.
235 Farrand, Caroline T.
188 Fernald, Celia H.
134 Flanders, Oliver.
138 Flanders, Abigail. 279 Flanders, Sally B. 75 Fletcher, Joseph. 244 Fletcher, Betsey. 21 Fletcher, Joshua. 22 Fletcher, Sarah.
457 Foote, Mary E. 23 Fuller, Asa. 24 Fuller, Elizabeth.
246 George, Austin.
219 George, Leonard. 252 George, Nancy.
346 George, Louisa. 176 George, Mary P. 309 George, Matilda.
233 George, Moses.
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155 George, Susannah. 175 George, Ruth E.
293 George, Ruth. 80 George, Sarah. 213 George, Vashti. 153 Gilman, Mahala.
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224 Goodhue, Polly. 25 Goold, Benjamin. 435 Goold, Hannah.
215 Gordon, Balinda.
383 Grant, Stephen.
116 Grant, Mary P.
445 Green, Helen M. .
281 Green, Mary.
171 Green, William.
172 Green, Harriet.
78 Hadley, Nancy.
355 Hall, Samuel R.
356 Hall, Mary H.
71 Hamblett, Samuel.
72 Hamblett, Naomi.
83 Hardy, Abigail.
297 Harvey, Amanda W.
200 Hazeltine, David.
95 Hazeltine, James.
53 Hazeltine, Susannah.
264 Hazeltine, Mary Ann. 51 Hix. Susannah.
266 Hobart, Polly.
62 Holden, Ruth.
360 Holm, Jacob P. 26 Hull, George.
223 Hull, Nathaniel.
241 Hull, Zilpha.
255 Huse, John C.
256 Huse, Abigail.
280 Jenison, Caroline S.
390 Jewett, Hannah A. C.
299 Jewett, Jane R. 59 Johnson, Lydia. 318 Johnson, Susan. 319 Jones, Hannah P. 384 Joy, Sarah P. 261 Kendrick, Egbert B.
292 Kendrick, Emma W. 58 Keyes, Anna. 455 Keyes, Sarah E. 406 Kidder, Oliver B. 407 Kidder, Betsey.
376 Kimball, Betsey.
408 Kimball, Clara B.
463 Kimball, Lucia E.
365 Kirkpatrick, Mary. 359 Knight, Anna W. 117 Ladd, Thankful.
163 Lancaster, Susan.
403 Lane, Abby C.
438 Langley, Martha.
437 Lester, Martha.
320 Long, Samuel.
409 Long, Julia A.
385 Long, Sarah.
25 L Lowd, Joseph M.
179 McQuesten, Alvah.
170 McQuesten, Abigail.
1.69 McQuesten, Judith,
275 Marsh, Daniel.
195 Marsh, Aurelia.
27 Marsh, Onesiphorus.
28 Marsh, Sarah.
29 Marsh, Samuel.
45 Melvin, Polly. 164 Merrill, Abigail H. 46 Merrill, Betsey. 104 Merrill, Betsey W.
222 Merrill, David.
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426 Merrill, David, Jr. 425 Merrill, Hobart.
441 Merrill, Eliza A. 57 Merrill, Enoch, 328 Merrill, Giles. 329 Merrill, Mehitable. 369 Merrill, Ira.
30 Merrill, Jacob.
89 Merrill, Jacob, Jr.
287 Merrill, I. Milton. 56 Merrill, Sally.
415 Merrill, Lemuel.
210 Merrill, Mehitable W.
105 Merrill, Nancy.
348 Merrill, Winthrop.
484 Meserve, Mary C. 97 Miller, James.
162 Miller, Miriam.
140 Mills, Sarah.
76 Morrison, Betsey.
96 Morrison, Eliza B.
177 Morrison, Miriam.
31 Morse, Daniel.
32 Morse, Miriam.
127 Morse, Mehitable.
268 Morse, Stephen.
430 Moulton, Caroline.
335 Moulton, Jane.
103 Moulton, Lydia. 82 Mulliken, Anna.
174 Murdock, Sarah H.
165 Norris, Samuel S.
166 Norris, Ann B.
294 Norris, Sarah N. 135 Noyes, Benjamin. 90 Noyes, Christopher B.
102 Noyes, Harriet L.
341 Noyes, Enoch W.
190 Noyes, Mary B. 396 Olcott, Lucia M. 225 Onderdonk, Lucy. 321 Page, Samuel. 432 Palmer, Anna.
101 Palmer, Eleanor. 400 Palmer, Ruth.
316 Patten, Emily M.
386 Pearce, Mary.
149 Peasley, Prudence.
453 Phenix, Cynthia.
192 Pierce, William B.
242 Pillsbury, Daniel.
231 Piper, Elbridge G. 47 Porter, Sarah. 288 Pulsifer, Charles.
196 Punchard, George.
236 Punchard, Williamine
121 Ramsey, Abigail. 33 Ramsey, Sarah.
120 Ramsey, Thomas.
202 Reed, Joseph.
357 Rice, Hannah. S. 74 Robbins, Asa.
191 Robbins, Rebecca.
49 Robbins, Jonathan.
54 Robbins, Mary F.
158 Robbins, Prudence.
118 Rogers, Betsey.
312 Rogers, John.
132 Rogers, Maria.
270 Rogers, Nathaniel P.
257 Rogers, Mary P.
208 Rogers, Polly.
334 Russell, Catharine M.
258 Russell, David M.
315 Russell, Mary F.
512 Russell, George P.
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198 Russell, Moor.
207 Russell, Betsey.
183 Russell, Moses. 205 Russell, William W.
306 Russell, Susan W.
282 Ryan, Isaac. 34 Ryan, James.
313 Sampson, Elnathan.
314 Sampson, Mary
416 Sanborn, Abra.
35 Sanborn, Abraham.
79 Sanborn, Hannah S.
70 Sanborn, Anna.
227 Sanborn, Clarissa.
277 Sanborn, Joseph B.
421 Sanborn, Thomas P.
397 Sanborn, Amelia.
422 Sanborn, Elizabeth.
434 Sanborn, Nancy.
254 Sands, Eliza.
52 Sargent, Abigail.
125 Sargent, Enoch.
126 Sargent, Hannah.
336 Shute, Eliza A.
94 Smith, Hannah.
180 Stafford, George L.
181 Stafford, Joseph C.
182 Stafford, Lydia.
377 Stafford, Martha J.
67 Stanton, Isaac W. 68 Stanton, Ruth A.
145 Stearns, Judith.
389 Stevens, Elizabeth.
392 Stevens, Ellen M.
303 Stevens, Thomas.
304 Stevens, Asenath.
378 Stickney, Mary.
363 Stone, Timothy D. P.
364 Stone, Susan.
. 307 Stowe, Joel B. 368 Stowe, Lucretia. 168 Strong, Elizabeth. 379 Taylor, Joseph. 380 Taylor, Sally.
216 Thompson, Elizabeth, 269 Thompson, William C. 237 Thompson, Martha L. 387 Thompson, Susan. 55 Thurlo, Sarah. 111 Tolman, Abigail. 247 .Towne, Lucy. 469 Tucker, William J. 394 Ward, Anna M.
372 Ward, Harriet J.
347 Ward, Isaac. 112 Ward, John.
141 Ward, Mary L.
209 Ward, Lydia.
115 Ward, Mary B. 88 Ward, Mary C. 142 Ward, Moses.
143 Ward, Polly.
130 Ward, Philena.
106 Ward, Polly T.
1 Ward, Nathan. 2 Ward, Lydia. 308 Ward, Susan. 50 Warner, Sally. 137 Webber, Eliza. 436 Webster, Alfred.
298 Webster, Anna M.
212 Webster, Caroline.
64 Webster, Daniel C. 81 Webster, Hannah. 221 Webster, David C.
199 Webster, Eliphalet. 167 Webster, Sarah. 133 Webster, Eliza.
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332 Webster, Elizabeth. 60 Webster, Esther.
124 Webster, Lydia C. 370 Webster, Ruth.
248 Webster, William.
249 Webster, Sarah G.
278 Wells, Eliza A.
446 Wells, Benjamin. 447 Wells, Abia.
154 Wheeler, Amy.
197 Wheeler, Hannah.
405 Whitten, John L.
450 Whitten, Sabrina H.
201 Willoughby, Abner. 36 Willoughby, John. 148 Willoughby, Jonas. 144 Willoughby, Maria. 371 Willoughby, Sarah.
204 Willoughby, William.
114 Worcester, Hannah. 84 Worcester, Lucinda. 69 Worcester, Lydia.
113 Worcester, Susan. 86 Wright, Wincol. 87. Wright, Lydia. 471 Young, Flora A.
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PRESENT MEMBERS.
Those marked with an obelisk [t] are Non-Resident.
337 +Andrews, Mary A.
262 +Bachelder, Enoch W.
492 Blaisdell, Annie A.
470 Calley, Mary E.
444 +Carter, Eliza A.
507 Chandler, William A.
508 Chandler, Hannah H.
351 +Chase, Sarah D.
226 Church, Lydia C.
419 Clark, Joshua.
420 Clark, Syrena L.
427 Clark, Jason.
505 Clark, Calista J.
458 Cook, William G.
310. Cook, Judith M.
467 +Cross, Nancy A.
331 Cummings, Elmira G.
327 Cummings, Philena A.
152 Cummings, Sally.
459 Cutter, Mary G.
398 Dearborn, Maria M.
428 +Dearborn, Hannah J.
480 Dodge, Mary A.
211 Emerson, Sally
91 +Estabrooks, Nathan.
497 Ferrin, Ruth A.
395 Flanders, Betsey.
296 Flanders, Hannah G.
289 Flanders, Hannah H.
500 Fox, Charlotte D.
272 George, Washington.
206 +George, David.
325 ¡George, Elvira C. 358 +George, Hannah E. 461 Glynn, Martha J.
245 +Graham, Mary A.
513 Greene, Elizabeth. 493 Hawkins, Lucretia A.
342 Hazeltine, Charles.
388 Hazeltine, Hannah S.
485 Hazeltine, Martha F.
490 Hazen, Charlotte G.
186 Hill, Sarah M. 230 Hobart, Peter.
286 +Hobart, Thomas.
483 Homans, Martha A.
276 +Hull, Phineas.
442 Johnson, Anna
465 Johnson, Sarah E.
474 Johnson, Deborah D.
501 Kelley, Cyrus K.
472 Kelley, Mary M.
489 Kelley, Seth W.
440 Keniston, Mary B.
488 Keniston, Pamela A.
333 +Kimball, Susan.
253 +Lake, Mary R.
462 Leverett, Catharine R. 454 +Long, Mary C.
189 +Lowd, Mary W.
464 +McQuesten, Gara B.
477 McQuesten, James.
478 McQuesten, Louisa P. 466 McQuesten, Mary E.
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424 Merrill, Alvah M.
491 Merrill, Martha A.
452 +Merrill, Ralph M.
431 +Merrill, Amanda M. 290 Merrill, Clarissa W.
481 Merrill, Benjamin N.
349 Merrill, Martha N.
473 Merrill, Henrietta N.
495 Merrill, Mary C.
344 Merrill, Sally H.
161 Morrison, James.
187 Morrison, Miriam J.
410 +Morrison, Eliza A.
401 Moulton, Simeon.
402 Moulton, Sarah S.
496 Moulton, Martha C.
322 Page, Vashti D.
399 Palmer, William H.
499 Palmer, Abby S.
433 Palmer, Almira.
449 Perkins, Dolly L.
391 +Phillips, Margaret P.
374 +Pulsifer, John W.
243 +Pulsifer, Nancy. W.
443 Reed, William H. 476 Reed, Mary E
411 Reed, Phebe C.
232 Robie, Frederic W. A. 506 Robie, Lucinda G.
509 Robie, Sarah Grace.
326 Robie, Sally G.
259 Rogers, Nancy R.
494 Rogers, Charlotte H. 502 Russell, William W. Jr.
503 Russell, Clara J.
417 Sanborn, Simeon.
418 Sanborn, Lucy P.
423 Sanborn, Charles E.
448 Sanborn, Marcia L. 362 +Sanborn, Relief M. 460 }Scott, Clara A.
413 +Seymour, Lydia C.
414 Stafford, Harriet A.
240 +Stafford, Laura.
151 +Stevens, Hannah C. 343 Stevens, Sarah D.
404 +Taylor, Dorothy B.
504 Wallace, Laura A.
511 Ward, Norman.
340 +Ward, Chastina S.
147 Ward, Deborah C. 203-`Ward, Enoch.
475 Ward, Harriet S.
217 +Ward, Nabby C.
234 Ward, Prudence H.
479 Webster, Angelina P.
381 Webster, G. Washington
439 Webster, Matilda A.
510 Whipple, Helen M.
482 +Wight, Eli M.
178 Willoughby, Hephzibah G.
263 +Willoughby, Sophronia. 498 York, Alonzo V. B.
Manual
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
PLYMOUTH, N. H.
1892
CONFESSION OF FAITH.
1. We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament were given by inspiration of God and are the only infallible rule of faith and practice.
2. We believe that there is one only living and true God, mysteriously subsisting in three persons - Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
3. We believe that God is perfect in all His attributes, unchangeable in His purposes, and universal in His provi- dence, maintaining a righteous government over the universe and working all things after the counsel of His own will.
4. We believe that man has fallen from the state of perfection in which he was originally created, and that now all men are by nature destitute of holiness and prone to sin.
5. We believe that regeneration is effected by the agency of the Holy Spirit, and that except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God.
6. We believe that the Son of God became incarnate, and by His sufferings, and death on the cross, the just for the unjust, has made a full atonement for sin, so that God can now be just and justify him that believeth; and that pardon and eternal life are fully, freely and sincerely offered to all men on the condition of repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
7. We believe that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust, and a Day of Judgment ; and that the wicked will go away into everlasting punish- ment, but the righteous into life eternal.
8. We believe that God has appointed one day in seven, to be kept holy unto Him, and that from the resurrection of
Christ, the first day of the week, is to be, to the end of the world, the Christian Sabbath.
9. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ has established a visible church in the world; and that the conditions of its membership are credible evidence of regeneration, baptism and a public profession of faith in Him.
10. We believe that Christ has appointed the sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper; that members of the visible church are entitled to partake of the Supper; and that believers and their offspring only should receive the ordinance of Baptism.
All these things you truly profess and cordially believe.
BAPTISM.
(The pastor will first address those who come by profession, and who have been baptized in infancy, as follows :)
You who were dedicated to God in your childhood in the ordinance of Infant Baptism, by your believing parents, do hereby declare your personal acceptance of the same, and your belief that the regeneration thereby signified has been wrought within your soul by the Holy Spirit.
(To others on confession the Pastor will say :)
You who trust that your hearts have been renewed by the Holy Spirit, but who have never received the outward seal of the covenant, will now, upon this profession of your faith, present yourselves for the ordinance of Baptism.
(When baptism has been administered the Pastor will say to those coming by letter : )
Having heretofore in other churches professed your faith, you now come to us with their commendation. We greet
you in Christ's name and ask you, with these others, to enter into covenant with God and with this church.
COVENANT.
In the presence of Almighty God, His holy angels and this assembly, you do now solemnly avouch the Lord Jehovah, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, to be your God, the supreme object of your affection and your portion forever. You cordially acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ as your Redeemer, and the Holy Spirit as your Sanctifier, Comforter and Guide.
You cheerfully devote yourself to God in the everlasting covenant of His grace, consecrating all your powers and possessions to His service and glory, and you promise that through the assistance of His Spirit you will cleave to Him, as your chief good ; that you will give diligent attention to His word and ordinances ; that you will seek the honor and interest of His kingdom, and that henceforth, denying un- godliness and worldly lusts, you will live soberly, righteously and godly in this present world.
You do also cordially join yourself to this church, having assented to its articles of Faith and Government. You engage to assist in and submit to its discipline ; to strive earn- estly for its purity, peace and edification, and to walk with its members in charity, faithfulness, circumspection, meek- ness and sobriety.
Do you thus covenant with God and with this church?
[Here the members of the church will rise.]
In consequence of these professions and promises, we affectionately receive you to our communion, and, in the
name of Christ, declare you entitled to all its visible privi- leges. We welcome you to this fellowship with us in the blessings of the Gospel, and, on our part, engage to watch over you and seek your edification.
May God, in His infinite mercy, give us grace to be faith- ful to Him, and faithful to each other while we live; that we may be admitted at last, through the atonement of Christ, to the everlasting fellowship of saints and angels, in the presence of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.
MANUAL
-OF THE
Congregational Church,
PLYMOUTH, N. H.
1892.
PRINTED BY REPUBLICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION CONCORD, N. H.
CONTENTS.
PAGE.
ABSENTEES, Concerning
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ADMISSION, Form for, upon profession
10
Mode of,
66 " by letter .
11 11
BAPTISM of children, Form for .
14
BENEVOLENCE, Committee on
17
CHURCH, Historical sketch
5
Annual progress of
20
Principles and rules of
15
CONFESSION OF FAITH AND COVENANT
10, 12
DISCIPLINE .
17
DISMISSION, Letters of
17, 19 18
When held for business
19
Quorum
19 19
Suspension of rules .
MEMBERS, Entitled to vote 19
Alphabetical list of
78
Chronological list of
28 94 20
MEMBERSHIP, At end of each year
21
OFFICERS, Church
How chosen
15
Duties of
15, 16 19
Vacancies, how filled . List of . 22
Society, List of .
25
SUNDAY-SCHOOL, Care of
18 19
List of officers
24
School year of
18
YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOC. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR, when organized
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MEETINGS, When held for worship
Present, list of .
Summary of
15
Annual meeting of
Historical Shetch.
The Congregational Church in Plymouth is as old as the town. The first settlers were mostly from Hollis, and the church was organized in that town April 16, 1764, before they came to Plymouth. This was the first church organized in New Hampshire north and west of Boscawen, and only Bennington, in Vermont, is older. The church in Newbury and Haverhill was gathered in the autumn of 1764. But it was afterwards limited to Newbury, leaving the church in Plymouth the oldest in Grafton county. It built the first meeting-house, gave the first call to a pastor, and enjoyed the first revival in the county.
Plymouth was first visited, with a view to settlement, by a party from Hollis, in Nov., 1762. The next spring men came on, and worked through the summer. clearing and building cabins, and some of them spent the winter. In the spring of 1764 the first families arrived, the wife of Col. David Web- ster having probably been the first woman in town. She came on horseback, bringing in her arms her infant, David, afterward so widely known. Among the first settlers we find the names of James Blodgett, Lieut. Josiah Brown, Capt. Jotham Cummings, Samuel Dearborn, Capt. James and David Hobart, Lieut. Zachariah Parker, Col. David, Amos, and Stephen Webster, Ephraim Weston, John Willoughby, and Francis Worcester.
Rev. Nathan Ward came by invitation to Plymouth early in the same year. He was born in Newton, Mass., April 11,
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1721, son of Joseph Ward. He did not receive a liberal education, but, being converted under Whitefield's preaching, and possessing superior natural endowments, he was led in middle life to enter the ministry. His first settlement was in Newton, Mass., where he preached about seven years. In 1760 he was preaching in Newcastle, Me., and in Jan., 1761, received a call to settle there, which he accepted. But some difficulty arose, and the relation never was consummated, the invitation being withdrawn at his request in Oct., 1763.
He preached his first sermon at Plymouth, May 19, 1764, at Col. Webster's cabin, on the present grounds of the Pemi- gewasset House, from the text, Isa. 1: 19, 20. After spend- ing four Sabbaths, he received a formal call to become pastor July 9, 1764. His acceptance, however, was delayed, and in February further overtures were made by the proprietors. These were successful, and he was installed at Newburyport, Mass., July 10, 1765.
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