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CHAPTER XXVI.
ECCLESIASTICAL.
Church History -Town Meeting-house - Rev. Ebenezer Allen - Congregational Church - North Wolfeborough Congregational Church - First Freewill Baptist Church - Rev. Isaac Townsend - Deacon B. F. Parker - Second Freewill Baptist Church - First Christian Church - Second Christian Church -Second Advents - First Unitarian Society -Church Buildings.
C HURCH HISTORY. - It is more than probable that services of the Church of England were held at the "governor's house " before the Revolution ; but the people of Wolfeborough were almost entirely destitute of religious meetings. The question of settling a minister was being talked up when that war commenced and other matters absorbed attention.
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Meeting-house. - In September, 1786, the town proprietors offered to give, in lieu of the thirty pounds promised heretofore, 25,000 four-penny nails, 15,000 five-penny nails, 10,000 ten-penny nails, 3,000 two-penny nails, 30 gal- lons of West India rum, 1 quintal of fish, 50 pounds of sugar, 50 pounds of coffee, 8 pounds of tea, and 200 feet of glass toward the erection of a meeting- house. This gift was accepted by the town, and in November Henry Rust, Matthew S. Parker, and Eben Meder were appointed a committee to receive the articles. JJoshua Haines, Samuel Tebbetts, Matthew S. Parker, William Cotton, and Andrew Wiggin were appointed a committee to draw a plan of the meeting-house, to contract for a frame, and purchase the materials necessary to cover it.
At the annual meeting in March, 1787, the plan for a meeting-house was presented. This was not acceptable to the town, and Matthew S. Parker was authorized to draw one like that of the meeting-house in Middleton. It was then voted to raise ninety pounds, to be expended in clearing the lot and covering the building, to be paid in labor at the rate of four shillings per day, or in produce or neat stock. This was to be completed by winter, under the direction of Samuel Tibbetts and Andrew Lucas. The frame was raised in the course of the season, Samuel Tibbetts acting as master workman; but it was not covered as intended. One reason why this was not done will be shown by the following letter, addressed to Dr. A. R. Cutter, the pro prietors' treasurer : -
WOLFBOROUGH, February, 17SS.
Sir, - As the time draws near for our annual town-meeting, the meeting-house will come on the carpet ; and as but a small part of those articles which were voted by the proprietors for the encouragement thereof have been received, we have thought proper to write you respecting the matter, and desire that such preparation may be made for procuring the remainder, that we, as a committee, may have it in our power to lay before the town at their next meeting the situation thereof, which we should wish may be on the encouraging hand ; otherwise, we are apprehensive of its being the cause of stagnating our plan for a meeting- house greatly, especially as we have now got the frame raised and were in great expectation of having the nails ready for boarding it early in the spring or summer ensuing. We shall be exceedingly obliged if you will take the trouble of starting the affair from its present stag- nated situation ; otherwise, gratify us with a line respecting the matter prior to our annual meeting, which will come on the last Tuesday in March next, that we may give an account of our stewardship. Your compliance will much oblige
Your most obedient, Humble Servants.
(Signed by the committee.)
In March, 1788, the town voted "to sell the pews in the meeting-house for the purpose of raising money to complete the same," and William Cotton, Andrew Wiggin, and Eben Meder were made a committee " to draw a plan of the pews, sell them at public vendue, and appropriate the money arising there- from." May 8 the pews were sold, and the purchasers were Joseph Lary,
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Jonathan Hersey, William Cotton, John Fullerton, William Lucas, James Connor, Joshua Haines, John Martin, John Swazey, William Rogers, Benjamin Horne, David Piper, James Fullerton, Matthew S. Parker, James Lucas, Jr, Henry Rust, Samuel Tibbetts, Henry Rust, Jr, Reuben Libbey, Andrew Wiggin, Levi Tibbetts, Jacob Smith, Andrew Lueas, William Fullerton, Isaiah Horne, Thomas Piper, William Triggs. There were thirty-two pews sold. Henry Rust paid the highest price, £9-1-0; Jacob Smith the lowest, £4-3-0. The payments were made later in neat stock, building materials, labor, and cash. In July, 1789, twenty-five gallery pews were sold to eleven purchasers.
The outside of the building was finished by Reuben Libbey, he receiving for the labor eighty-two pounds. The pews in the lower part of the house were built and some finishing done in the autumn of 1790 by Jesse and Eliphalet Merrill, of Stratham. They received thirty-four pounds in neat stock, produce, and small notes on sundry persons who had purchased pews.
At a town-meeting held in June, 1791, the committee that had charge of building the meeting-house made a report of its doings, and had performed its duties so satisfactorily as to receive a public vote of thanks. From this report there appears to have been expended three hundred and fifteen pounds, received from the sales of pews and a labor tax which had been worked out under the direction of Samuel Tebbetts. On the thirtieth day of the month the "privileges " for four pews on the lower floor of the meeting-house were sold at publie auction, and Nos. 33 and 34 were purchased by James Wiggin, No. 35 by Reuben Libbey, and No. 36 by Samuel Tebbetts, Jr, the whole bringing thirteen and a half pounds. This money, with an additional sum raised by a tax, was expended in building a pulpit. This pulpit and a canopy over it was built by George Freeze, who received for his labors nine pounds and eight shillings. The pulpit was finished by the first of September, and Joshua Cushman, of Dover, was employed to preach for six weeks at four dollars per week, exclusive of board.
This meeting-house was fifty-four feet long, forty-four feet wide, and two stories high. There were sixty-one square pews, and quite a number of open seats. It had double doors on the west end and an entrance through a poreh on the southern side. It was never finished or dedicated. After 1806 it was a free house, occupied by ministers of various denominations. In 1811 and again in 1827 it was struck by lightning. After churches had been erected the meeting-house was neglected. About 1840 the lower story was removed, and it was finished for a town-house. Town-meetings have ever been held in it.
Settling a Minister. - It is not known that the town enjoyed the ministra- tions of any religious teacher except Mr Collins, the teacher, during the Revolution, and he remained here but a few months. In 1784 Rev. John Allen preached some sermons, and in 1791 Rev. Mr Cushman and Rev. Isaac
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Townsend held meetings, and a large proportion of the citizens determined to settle a minister. The leader of this movement was Colonel Henry Rust. A town-meeting was called August 22, 1792, to see if the town would give Mr Ebenezer Allen, of Massachusetts, who had been preaching here for some weeks, a call to become its minister. It was voted to give him a eall, and a committee of invitation was appointed, consisting of Colonel Henry Rust, Joshua Haines, James Connor. Colonel William Cotton, Andrew Wiggin, Joseph Edmonds, Samuel Tebbetts, Jonathan Hersey, Daniel Brewster, Ebenezer Meder, Captain Reuben Libbey, Isaiah Horne, Jacob Haines, Lieutenant John Martin, Ithiel Clifford, Joseph Keniston, Lieutenant Andrew Lueas, Perry Hardy, Samuel Tebbetts, Jr, Richard Rust, Esq., Jacob Smith, John Fullerton, Stephen Horne, Henry Rust, Jr, James Fullerton, James Lucas, Jr, Josiah Thurston, David Piper, James Marden, Jason Chamberlain, Paul Wiggin, Jesse Merrill, Aaron Frost, Nathaniel Brown, William Triggs, Isaac Goldsmith, Benjamin Horne, George Yeaton, Levi Tibbetts, and Benja- min Wiggin, embracing probably all the freeholders in the town favorable to the movement.
At an adjourned meeting eight days after, this committee reported that they had unanimously agreed to give Mr Allen a call to settle as minister, " to pay him annually forty-five pounds ; one third cash, one third part grass- fed beef at twenty shillings per hundred, and the remaining third part in corn at three shillings per bushel and rye at four shillings per bushel, or otherwise in cash; and had also agreed to increase his salary proportionally as the ratable estate of the parish should increase, until it should reach sixty pounds per annum, when it should remain stationary during his ministry." They had also agreed to "deliver him annually twenty-five eords of wood, to expend thirty pounds on his buildings, to be paid in labor or building material, and to grant him leave of absence five Sabbaths in a year during the first three years of his ministry, and four Sabbaths each year during the remainder of it." This report was accepted, and it was voted that "if Mr Allen should accept of the invitation to become the minister of the town, his estate should be exempted from taxation during his ministry." Colonel Henry Rust, Joshua Haines, and Andrew Wiggin were appointed a com- mittee to inform Mr Allen of the action in relation to him and receive his answer. The meeting was then adjourned to the twentieth day of September. At the adjournment Mr Allen's answer was received and read.
To the Frecholders and other inhabitants of the town of Wolfborough, convened in town- meeting this 20th day of September, A.D. 1792 :-
Men, Brethren, and Fathers : The call, or invitation, which you have given me to settle as a minister of the gospel in this town of Wolfborough has engaged my serious attention. Wishing to act agreeably to the pleasure of that God whom I serve in the gospel of His Son, and considering the unanimity which you have exhibited in your proceedings, together with
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other circumstances, as affording a striking presumption what that pleasure is in the case now depending, I comply with your request. To be your minister, and preach to you the unsearchable riches of Christ according to the measure of grace and ability given, I consent and agree. Great, arduous, important is the work. How important to you and your chil- dren ! How important to me! How important to that spiritual kingdom which consists in righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost ! Who is sufficient for these things? " But," says the Redeemer, "Lo! I am with you always unto the end of the world."
Permit me to expect, for I shall certainly need, your love, your kindness, your prayers.
EBENEZER ALLEN.
This answer was acceptable to the meeting, which voted that Thursday, the twenty-fifth day of October, be appointed for the ordination of Mr Allen, and Henry Rust, Jr, Richard Rust, Reuben Libbey, and Stephen W. Horne were appointed a committee to extend invitations to ministers and churches to attend the ordination services.
October 16, 1792, this action was taken in town-meeting, the commence- ment of a long and bitter controversy.
1st. Whereas, we, the freeholders and others, inhabitants of this town of Wolfborough, did, in the month of Angust last, give Mr Ebenezer Allen a call or invitation to settle as a minister of the gospel in the said town; and whereas, by his answer in writing of the twentieth of September last, he fully complied with the said call or invitation, plainly expressing his consent and agreement to be our minister; and whereas, being then convened in town-meeting, we voted to accept his answer; we do therefore now resolve, declare, and vote : First, That the said Ebenezer Allen, upon giving his answer aforesaid, on the said twentieth of September, and his answer being accepted immediately, became the first minister of the gospel of this town of Wolfborough. Such we then considerd him; such we now declare him. Secondly, That although he was not at that time ordained, yet the civil contract between him and the people being completed, he, the said Ebenezer Allen, was settled, at least so far as respeets things of a civil nature; and therefore immediately had a good and sufficient title to the right or lot of land which was given or reserved for the use of the first minister of the gospel who should settle in said town. Thirdly, That the said Eben- ezer Allen shall have for himself, his heirs and assigns forever, the said right or lot of land, being number eighteen, in what is called the Lords', or Masonian Proprietors', quarter of this town of Wolfborough, and consisting of about three hundred and fifty-four aeres. Voted, Secondly, - Whereas it is suspected that Mr Isaac Townsend designs to be ordained in some part of this town of Wolfborough as a minister of the gospel, before the ordination of Mr Ebenezer Allen, which is appointed to be on Thursday, the twenty-fifth day of this present October; and whereas, he may possibly entertain some faint hope that he shall thereby be entitled to the whole or a part of the right or lot of land which was given for the use of the first minister of the gospel who should settle in the town; - we, therefore, the free- holders and other inhabitants of this town of Wolfborough (to prevent difficulty), do hereby declare - 1st, that we have not invited or agreed with the said Isaac Townsend to settle as a minister of the gospel in this town; secondly, that we utterly disown him as our minister ; and thirdly, that we hereby forbid him to be ordained in any part of the said town of Wolfborough, with any view, design, or intention of being considered or acknowledged as a minister of the town. It was also voted that Mr Allen's salary commence from the time that he consented to be the minister of the town, and that the constable serve a notice of the second vote passed at this meeting on Mr Townsend.
A portion of the inhabitants being unwilling to accept Mr Allen as their
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minister, prepared a dissent, which was presented to the selectmen by William Rogers and William Lucas, and an informal meeting was called, at which it was voted to enter the same on the town records. The following is the instrument : -
We, whose names are here underwritten, being inhabitants of the town of Wolfborough, declare that we have considered ourselves of the Baptist persuasion, and have constantly attended to and have had a Baptist preacher for the space of seventeen months past, and do now look upon ourselves as a Baptist society ; and understanding that Mr Ebenezer Allen is to be ordained as a minister of the town of Wolfborough, we hereby enter our dissent against him as our minister; and declare that we have never called nor desired him, neither will we have any concern in ordaining and settling him, the said Mr Allen, as our minister, but do make choice of and have called Mr Isaac Townsend as our minister, and are deter- mined, as the happy government we set under allows us liberty of conscience, according to a previous appointment from the fourth of September, to ordain him as minister the twenty-fifth of this instant October.
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Isaac Townsend. Josiah Evans.
William Lucas.
William Rust.
Thomas Chase. . John Furber.
Israel Piper. Thomas Cotton.
William Rogers. John Warren.
Henry Allard. Jona. Edmonds.
John Snell. Jesse Whitten.
WOLFBOROUGH, October 19, 1792.
Besides these there were a few other persons, including several who were members of the Society of Friends, not favorable to the settlement of Mr Allen.
At Mr Allen's ordination, Mr Allen, of Bradford, Mr Whittemore, of Stratham, Mr Shaw, of Moultonborough, Mr Piper, of Wakefield, and Mr Gray, of Dover, were present. The sermon was preached by Mr Allen, of Bradford, the charge delivered by Mr Shaw, and the right hand of fellowship given by Mr Piper. The ordination was an occasion of great hilarity and joy. Almost the entire population of the town were present, as well as large numbers of persons from the adjacent towns. Food and forage were furnished at the Cabot House. In the bill of expenses appeared three and one-half gallons of rum, four gallons of wine, seven pounds of loaf sugar, forty-two pounds of brown sugar, and two and one-quarter dozen lemons. An omission of these indispensable requisites for such an occasion would have been deemed highly improper.
At an early hour of the same day Isaac Townsend was ordained as a Baptist minister at his own house.
After the ordination of Mr Allen, the new (Congregational) church adopted a constitution, from which we extract : -
Persons who believe the Christian religion and in the judgment of charity lead moral lives, shall, upon professing their faith and promising obedience, be entitled to baptism,
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either for themselves or their children, provided that none shall be entitled to baptism for their children who shall not have been previously baptized themselves, - who shall not also promise to bring up such children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, to teach them their duty, and to display before them in their own conduct examples of piety and virtue.
The following signed this constitution in the presence of the ordaining council, namely : Joshua Haines, Henry Rust, Ithiel Clifford, John Shortridge, Samuel Tibbetts, William Cotton, Andrew Wiggin, and Jacob Smith. There were afterwards added to this church : in 1793, Sarah Martin, Hannah Martin, William Warren, Phoebe Young, Hannah Rust, Hannah Horn, and Deborah Folsom ; in 1794, James Fernald, Mary Horn, and Abigail Shortridge; in 1796, Anna Young ; in 1798, Betsey Allen and Margaret Shortridge ; in 1799, Ben- jamin Nudd and Mary Chamberlin ; in 1800, Martha Adams; in 1801, Eliza- beth Stoddard and Lucy Keniston. The year following the organization of the church, Henry Rust and Andrew Wiggin were appointed deacons.
After the death of Mr Allen, which took place in 1806, the church lost its visibility. Mr Allen at the time of his ordination was forty-six years old. The following certificate will show in what estimation he was held by his clerical brethren : -
June 11, 1792.
This may certify that Mr Ebenezer Allen graduated at the University of Cambridge in the year 1771 ; that he sustained a good moral character; that he is esteemed well as a preacher of the gospel, and as such may be improved by any people who shall think proper to invite him.
Isaac Merrill, pastor of the church in Wilmington ; John French, pastor of a church in Andover; John Shaw, pastor of the First Church in Haverhill; Gyles Merrill, pastor of the church in Plaistow; Jonathan Eames, pastor of the church in Newton, N. H .; Samuel Webster, pastor of a church in Salisbury; Ebenezer Thayer, pastor of the church in Hampton ; Thomas Carey, pastor of the First Church in Newburyport; John Andrew, junior pastor of the same church; Francis Webb, pastor of a church in Amesbury; Benjamin Thurston, pastor of church in New Hampton; Samuel Langdon, D.D. ; Samuel Haven, D.D. ; James Miltemore, pastor of the church in Stratham.
May 30, 1793, the town gave Mr Allen the use of a portion of the meeting- house lot for ten years. In March, 1795, the town granted Mr Allen leave of absence for six Sabbaths, to recompense him for two years' deficiency of fire- wood. He declined this offer, and December 29, 1796, it was voted to furnish him with seventy-five cords of wood, the amount due. Tradition says that this was all delivered on one day. After this the furnishing of the annual allowance (twenty-five cords) was let to the lowest bidder. The first con- tractor was John Shorey, his bid being nine dollars.
Several unavailing attempts were made at various periods to increase Mr Allen's salary. In 1799 Joseph Varney and others petitioned the town to have the parish business separated from the general town affairs, urging that it was unjust for the "Quakers and Baptists to be requested to aid in paying the
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parish expenses :" but without avail. As Mr Allen died only seven years later, and the town declined to procure another minister, the support of the ministry by taxation then ceased to be a disturbing element, but it was a bitter controversy. The followers of Elder Benjamin Randall contended that the ministry should be supported by voluntary contributions. This was antag- onistic to the prevailing opinion and custom of the time, and from Mr Allen's settlement until his death there were contentions as well as protests. The larger and more influential party held to the Puritanic idea, that as the preached gospel was a public good, and every person benefited thereby, so every person should be required to pay for the support of this ordinance. The Baptists, the Quakers, and some other citizens demurred to an obligatory sup- port of doctrines with which they were not in harmony. The Quaker element gave the minority great strength, for several very prominent families were of that faith. It is but just to consider that it was an honest difference of opinion and a matter of religious principle on each side.
At the annual meeting in March, 1802, Thomas Cotton and others petitioned to be released from paying a minister's tax. The town refused to grant the petition. The selectmen assessed a ministerial tax of one dollar and ninety- two cents against Mr Cotton, which he refused to pay, and on the twenty-third day of the following October Samuel Tebbetts, the collector of taxes, took from him by distraint a cow valued at twenty dollars. At the annual meeting in March, 1803, the town voted to abate the minister tax of 1802 assessed against Stephen Thurston and all other persons that "the selectmen thought the law would clear." On the twenty-third day of September following Cotton brought a suit against the town for the recovery of the value of the cow taken for the ministerial tax. At a meeting held on the twelfth day of January, 1804, Stephen W. Horne was appointed an agent to defend the town against the suit brought by Cotton. The following persons then and there entered their protest against contesting the suit with Cotton : Benning Brackett. Isaac Cotton, James Cotton, Cornelius Jenness, Joseph Jenness, Thomas Frost. Valentine Wormwood, Samuel Hide, Jr, John Snell, William Cotton, John Young, William Fernald, Moses Thompson, Josiah Frost, George O. Cotton, John W. Fernald, Stephen Nute, John Furbur, Aaron Frost, James Fernald, James Cate, John Warren, John P. Cotton, Josiah Willey. Stephen W. Horne subsequently declined serving as agent in the suit Cotton vs. Wolfeborough, and another person was appointed in his stead. The suit was continued with considerable expense to both parties until August, 1805, when it terminated by a settlement, each party paying its own costs and the town paying to Cotton the sum of twenty dollars, being the value of the cow.
June 26, 1806, Rev. Mr Allen died very suddenly. He was a native of Tisbury, Mass., and a graduate of Harvard College. He married Betsey, daughter of Deacon James Fernald, in 1796. They had six children. During
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his ministry twenty-six members were added to the church. After his decease the church had no leader and became extinet.
First Congregational Church.1- In 1822-23 Rev. Dr J. P. Cleveland, the first preceptor of the academy, started a Sunday-school, and occasionally preached. In this way he and his co-workers sowed seed destined to bear fruit a few years later in the organization of the First Congregational Church. This was formed June 17, 1834. The council met at the house of Daniel Pickering, Esq., examined the twelve candidates for membership, and adjourned to an " upper room" in the old academy, and held the appropriate services. The original members were Benjamin Young, Rebecca Young, Daniel Pickering, Sarah C. Pickering, George B. Farrar, Susan M. Farrar, Mehitable Farrar, Eunice Piper, Abigail Connor, Amy W. Connor, Sarah Meader, Mary Avery. In the autumn eighteen became members, among them Thomas Rust and wife and Ann Eliza Avery, who later became the wife of Rev. Leander Thompson, missionary to Syria.
Thomas P. Beach, an instructor in the academy, assisted in the public services, was ordained as an evangelist June 17, 1835, and became acting pastor for about two and one-half years. About the time of his departure, students from Gilmanton Theological Seminary held a series of meetings here. They visited every family and preached every evening. As a result of their labors, fourteen joined this church, and much religious zeal was awakened. Novem- ber 1, 1838, Rev. Jeremiah Blake, M.D., became pastor at a salary of four hundred dollars and " a suitable dwelling-place." Mr Blake gives a remarkable statement concerning his connection with the church. le visited this place first as one of the students engaged in revival work. He says : -
My mind was wonderfully drawn toward the place. For a long time I seemed to see a field of wheat extending from Moultonborough to Brookfield. This wheat had very full heads, all leaning toward the east, and " white for the harvest." This field was before me by day and by night, and the feeling was very strong that I must assist in reaping it. In the winter of 1839-40, God in his all-wise providence opened the way for me to reap this field. I held a meeting at Tuftonborough, and thus began at the upper end of the field, and reaped grain as it leaned to the east. The good work soon spread through Moultonborough, Tufton- borough, and then into Wolfeborough. The first manifestations here were at the Bridge. It spread to Wolfeborough Center, the farm road, and, last, to South Wolfeborough. This revival continued almost two years. By the assistance of Deacons Rust, Fox, Ayers, and others, I was enabled to labor in 'Tuftonborough, North Wolfeborough, Alton, Middleton, Farmington, Milton, Wakefield, Effingham, Moultonborough, Tamworth, Centre Harbor, and Newfield, Maine. In all these places God was pouring out his Spirit. The field of wheat was now reaped and laid in bundles to be bound and shocked. As fruits of this revival, a Congre- gational church was formed in Tuftonborough, and another in North Wolfeborough, and a meeting-house builded there. During this revival all denominations were united as the heart of one man, and converts were added to each of them. My five years in Wolfeborough are among the brightest spots in my life.
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